0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05That's cracking.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07- With £200 each... - Wonderful.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13That's exactly what I'm talking about.
0:00:13 > 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 > 0:00:19- No-brainer.- Going, going, gone.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory...
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Push.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29How awfully, awfully nice.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:35 > 0:00:39It's the third instalment of this week's epic adventure
0:00:39 > 0:00:42for our auctioneers extraordinaire,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Charles Hanson and James Braxton.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- What are you, now? 58?- I'm not 58!
0:00:48 > 0:00:51I'm warming up for the big 49...
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- Are you serious?- Hey? Hey?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Ow! My ribcage!
0:00:56 > 0:01:01Charles is a hotshot antiques expert who likes to be in charge.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Yeah, I'm very comfortable here. This is more me. Sold.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Going, going, gone.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09His nemesis on this road trip is antiques guru James,
0:01:09 > 0:01:11who is bursting with antique knowledge...
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Literally.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Whoopsie. Gesundheit.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18From his starting stake of £200,
0:01:18 > 0:01:22James has £229.60 in his wallet.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24While Charles' profitable purchases
0:01:24 > 0:01:29have turned his original £200 into £294.30,
0:01:29 > 0:01:33so he's out in front and enjoying it.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- I think I am the antique whisperer. - Do you?
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Although, one man thought I was a Ken Barlow on antiques.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39- LAUGHING:- Ken Barlow.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I guess that makes you Deirdre, then, James.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44On this trip, our boys are travelling in style in
0:01:44 > 0:01:48this 1964 DKW 1000 coupe.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51It was manufactured before seatbelts were mandatory,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55so our experts aren't wearing any, got it?
0:01:55 > 0:01:59- I'm going to buy really old things. - Good. Please.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00That is what will get my juice...
0:02:00 > 0:02:03That is what will get my sap rising.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04We're not after your sap.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Quite right.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10After beginning their epic trip in the Highlands,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Charles and James are journeying all over Bonnie Scotland,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15taking in the north-east and the central belt
0:02:15 > 0:02:19before finishing over the border in Berwick-upon-Tweed.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25This leg will get going in Glasgow and end in Hamilton for auction.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Shopping kicks off with a visit to Scotland's largest city -
0:02:30 > 0:02:32a wet and windy Glasgow.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33What's new?
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Good egg that he is,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38James is dropping off Charles at the first shop.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40Isn't that lovely? See that the old boy doesn't get wet, eh?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- This is it, James. - I'll tell you what?
0:02:42 > 0:02:45This could be the Glasgow kiss of antiques.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47James, if it is a Glasgow kiss,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50it will be the head-butt of all antiques.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55- Keep it new.- On your head, son. Have a good day. See you later.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58This emporium is bursting with potential buys.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Dealer John is on hand to help. Hi, John.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05This is now Antiques Road Trip time. Quiet, please.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09I would appreciate no disturbance, OK? No disturbance.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Well, that's us told, then.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20This is what I do on my day job.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Yeah, I am very comfortable here. This is more me. Sold.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Going, going, gone.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Today is about buying, not selling, chap.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Now, what have you got there?
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Isn't that nice?
0:03:34 > 0:03:35A little barometer.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Set to fair, at the moment, is our road trip.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42It could get stormy. It could get stormy.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43The reason I like this
0:03:43 > 0:03:48is it's almost got this militaria association.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52It reads here, "To Sgt Maj Hardy on his marriage
0:03:52 > 0:03:57"from his squadron leader captain, the Honourable RH Lindsay,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59"Royal Scots Greys."
0:03:59 > 0:04:03It's in oak and a good barometer. It's circa 1910.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Could it be a great price? There's no price on it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08The barometer isn't John's to sell,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11but luckily the dealer's wife is in the shop today, Julie.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14What is your man willing to accept, then, girl?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- He says you can have it for 40. - Oh, don't say that.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20- You've got to fall in love with an object.- That's true.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I think this object has a real history,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26so I think with that price, I shall buy it.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32First lot bought - anything else grab you, Charles?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33There's this lovely little dish.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37Elkington-style with an agricultural scene.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40It's been described as being on copper.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45It's silver-plated but just very nice quality.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48With the ticket price of £70,
0:04:48 > 0:04:50is there a deal to be done with John?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53What is the best on that if I bought that?
0:04:53 > 0:04:5460.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59- Interesting. You wouldn't take 50 for it?- Can't do it.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01I'll take it for £60 and take a gamble with it,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03because it is just a nice object.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Sometimes when the heart says yes, your heart says yes.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09From one man's heart to a Scottish heart,
0:05:09 > 0:05:10I will take it.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Thanks a lot, sir.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Good. A second lot secured for £60. But how about a third?
0:05:15 > 0:05:16Hang on, this piece of porcelain
0:05:16 > 0:05:18looks like it has seen better days, Charles.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21This is a lovely little dish.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25This is hand-enamelled with a very attractive lady.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29What I like about this is the gilding on this rim.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32But we talk about condition, condition is so important,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35and you will see on the back, it has been plastered.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36The wounds have been healed.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41You have got cracks, you've got some quite serious damage,
0:05:41 > 0:05:44and the old wire from where it's been held up.
0:05:44 > 0:05:49It will date to around 1880, made at Dresden in Germany,
0:05:49 > 0:05:53like Staffordshire is to England, a huge epicentre,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56but it is completely smashed, isn't it, John?
0:05:56 > 0:05:57What's the best price on that?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- For you?- Yes. £1.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02£1?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- Yes.- For 100 pence, I will take her.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07- Going, going, gone.- No problem. - Thanks a lot, John.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09That's another programme, isn't it?
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Anyway, three lots bought. Well done.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17James, meanwhile, has motored 23 miles south-west
0:06:17 > 0:06:22to Kilbirnie in Ayrshire, home of The Stirrup Cup,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26a lovely little antique shop that James has visited before.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Look out.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- Hello.- Hello, James. - Greta, how are you?
0:06:31 > 0:06:32I'm very well. Nice to have you back.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Yeah, lovely to be back, isn't it?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37What have you got, Greta? Have you got some goodies at the moment?
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Something interesting?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41On my way here, I dropped off Charles, and I said to Charles,
0:06:41 > 0:06:45"What I want to buy is things of age."
0:06:48 > 0:06:50With a selection of antiques and curios,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53you're bound to find something old in here.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59Look at the condition of that bell. It's got a bit of history, though.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- That's had a direct hit. - The Blitz in Glasgow.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- So where did this come from? - Clydebank.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08That is where we had a lot of our problems.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Isn't that great? - Isn't it great?
0:07:10 > 0:07:12So this comes from Clydebank.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15The poor air raid warden wouldn't wear that, would he?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- That would have been on his door. - That would have been on his door.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Yes. It is all bumped and bashed, isn't it?
0:07:20 > 0:07:25It's quite funny that it's an ARP warden... So Air Raid...
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Air Raid Personnel. - Air Raid Personnel.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30..would have had a direct hit.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32How much are those two, Greta?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Well, I could do the two for 40 for you.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38- 40. It's got history, hasn't it? - Yes.- That certainly has.
0:07:38 > 0:07:43I quite like that. I think I'm going to put that aside, Greta.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Touching history, that's what we need to do.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Looks like James has spotted another bit of history
0:07:48 > 0:07:51in the form of an oak table.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Oh, yes.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54The table is Arts and Crafts,
0:07:54 > 0:07:59so you're looking at, what, 1890, 1900?
0:07:59 > 0:08:01It has been restored...
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Yeah, it looks very clean, doesn't it?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- It is in perfect condition. - Nice piece, that.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07It's good, isn't it?
0:08:07 > 0:08:12With a ticket price of £225, the table is set aside for now
0:08:12 > 0:08:15because something shiny has caught James' eye.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19They are very stylish, aren't they?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- They are a stylish, aren't they? - They're early.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24When the Orkney silver first took off,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27which would be probably about the '70s,
0:08:27 > 0:08:34Ola Gorie, she was one of the main designers for Ortak,
0:08:34 > 0:08:36but they are so stylish.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38It's nice to get something packaged.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Is that the little pamphlet that went originally with it as well?
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Oh, I see.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47It's quite nice to have that, isn't it?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50He seems keen, but will Greta be willing to go lower
0:08:50 > 0:08:53than the £50 ticket price?
0:08:53 > 0:08:57I could do them for 25 for you, James.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01What was the best you could do on that table?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03The table... Well, I could do the table...
0:09:03 > 0:09:05I could do the table for 80.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- 80.- Yes.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11That is a very generous discount. Right, James, decision time.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17I'm going to definitely take earrings at 25.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21I'm trailing a bit with my terrible partner,
0:09:21 > 0:09:26old History Hanson is sort of moving away.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I think he will be rather envious of that.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Could you take a bit of that one, 70,
0:09:30 > 0:09:33and then I will pay you the 40 on that
0:09:33 > 0:09:36and then the 125, so it's 135?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Right, OK.- Would that be all right?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- Yes, let's agree on that. - Thank you, that's very kind.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Very kind. I'm really pleased with that.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I've got history, I've got style,
0:09:47 > 0:09:52and I've got that Glasgow, that great craftsmanship, really.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Yeah, it is a nice piece. It is a lovely piece.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Great. Really pleased. Really pleased.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02So you should be. That's three lots bought £135 in your very first shop!
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Charles has been back on the road and made his way to Prestwick.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Once thought as the only place in the UK
0:10:12 > 0:10:15that Elvis Presley ever set foot,
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Prestwick is also home to Nae Sae New.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19That's a shop.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Dealer Gary has plenty of antiques and collectables on offer,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25and it doesn't take Charles long to spot something he likes.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I like the spoons. They're nice, aren't they?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32How much are those silver spoons, Gary?
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Those ones are 35.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38- And the best price, Gary, on those could be...to an old mate?- 28.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40They're quite sweet.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45Right, the spoons are a possibility, and the search continues.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- We always like being able to root. - Get stuck in.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50CHARLES LAUGHS
0:10:50 > 0:10:51That's quite nice, isn't it, Gary?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53A little...
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Probably Regency in period.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58If you are a man of some distinction,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01you would certainly be using this at your desk
0:11:01 > 0:11:04to rubber-stamp your letters with your wax seal.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I bet, Gary, it is quite good value.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Very.- Tell me.- Fiver. - Yeah, I thought so.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Not bad at all, isn't it? I might put that on the side there, Gary.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17What I also like is that. It's a rule, isn't it?
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- Yes.- How early is that? - Late 19th, early 20th.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23What could that be, best price?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Eight. - That's your very best on that?
0:11:25 > 0:11:26- See what else you come up with.- OK.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30I will put it over there as well, Gary.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33What's Gary got in there, then?
0:11:33 > 0:11:35His stash.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Oh, I say! That is quite a sweet pendant,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39isn't it, with a footballer?
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Yes, it's got a compass on the other side.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Oh, how nice, Gary. How much is that?
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I could do that for eight.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48I'm going to take him out and put him on your counter
0:11:48 > 0:11:51with my little rule and stamp.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54I'm actually seeing a lot of objects that I'm quite taken by.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57One second, I'm going down.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59What we've got is a nice drum mustard
0:11:59 > 0:12:02that's hallmarked Birmingham, made by Walker & Hall.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06You've then got matching salt, with spoons.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08They are all silver, which is nice.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11How much, Gary, would all that be, there, out of interest?
0:12:14 > 0:12:1630.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20With a combined ticket price of £58 on the selection of silver
0:12:20 > 0:12:23and £21 for the compass, rule and seal,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27what's the best Gary will do?
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- I would do 50.- OK. - I would do...
0:12:33 > 0:12:34..15 for those three pieces.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38I'm going to, for auction, put those three together.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- Right.- And pay £15.
0:12:40 > 0:12:41- OK.- Done. OK.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I have now confirmed one lot.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I'm going to buy these spoons for £20.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Job done. Thank you very much.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Then, finally, I'm going to buy my group of metalware,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57which is all silver, for £30.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Gary, thank you.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04£65 has Charles another two lots for auction. Jolly good stuff.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Thanks for the memories. See you.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13James, meanwhile, is still in Ayrshire,
0:13:13 > 0:13:16and has made his way down to Ardeer,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18which is in the bottom of our garden. Ha!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20It was here in the late 19th century
0:13:20 > 0:13:24that Swedish scientist and inventor Alfred Nobel
0:13:24 > 0:13:26built what was, at the time,
0:13:26 > 0:13:30the biggest explosives factory in the world.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33After centuries of gunpowder ruling the explosives market,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36everything changed when nitroglycerin was invented,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40which Nobel then used to manufacture dynamite.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44James is meeting local author Dr Eric Graham to find out more.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Boom-boom.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Eric, tell me about the man himself, Alfred Nobel.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Well, he was a Swedish chemist, engineer.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56He takes this new product called nitroglycerin,
0:13:56 > 0:14:02which was very unstable, and he makes it safe by mixing it
0:14:02 > 0:14:06with a kind of moss, bog material, quite inert,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10which he'll patent, and he'll call it dynamite.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12This was no mean feat.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16The volatile nature of nitroglycerin had caused many deaths,
0:14:16 > 0:14:20including Nobel's youngest brother, Emil,
0:14:20 > 0:14:24who was killed while experimenting with the dangerous liquid in 1864.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Crikey. Over the next three years,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Nobel focused on the safety issues with nitroglycerin.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32In 1867, dynamite was born.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Although manufacturing was still dangerous,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37the finished product was much safer to handle.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39He was a very astute businessman.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42He was very good at organising the capital.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44He knew governments would be very interested,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48because it's such a powerful explosive device.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52With the British Empire expanding, demand for dynamite quickly grew
0:14:52 > 0:14:55as it was ideal for blasting tunnels, cutting canals
0:14:55 > 0:14:58and building railways and roads.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Of course, you will have 13,000 people working at the site alone.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- 13,000 here? - Just here in Ardeer.- Really?
0:15:05 > 0:15:09Nobel chose to build his factory on the Ardeer Peninsula
0:15:09 > 0:15:12due to its remote location and huge sand dunes,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15which provided natural safety features
0:15:15 > 0:15:18for the dangerous manufacture of dynamite.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21All these earthworks you see all round about you,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24excavated out of sand dunes,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27provides the unit production protection.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31So if they were to go up, the hut would explode,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34but the force would go up the way, not sideways.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37I see, so not hitting anything else, just straight up into the air.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40So you minimise damage and casualties
0:15:40 > 0:15:42and you don't lose the factory.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45This is what we're going to prove with the experiment, isn't it?
0:15:45 > 0:15:50- This force going up.- An experiment, yes, that would be excellent.
0:15:50 > 0:15:51- Get blowing something up.- Yes!
0:15:54 > 0:15:57This sounds right up James' street!
0:15:57 > 0:15:59So we've got the brown box.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03And in the blue box, we have the same amount of charge,
0:16:03 > 0:16:06but this box will be uncovered, whereas this one will be...
0:16:06 > 0:16:07It's sand-bagged.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The experiment will show how the contained one here,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13give an example of how these blast walls,
0:16:13 > 0:16:17these will be the sand bags to hold the blast and direct it upwards,
0:16:17 > 0:16:20away from the other munitions workers and huts.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- You can't wait to press the button, can you?- I can't.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Get plunging!
0:16:25 > 0:16:28We don't have plungers any more. Far more sophisticated.
0:16:29 > 0:16:34Boxes prepped and ready to go. James gets to do the honours.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35This is where the button is.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41KLAXON SOUNDS
0:16:41 > 0:16:42All away?
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Press one.
0:16:47 > 0:16:48Here we go.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01So, with both boxes blown, it's time to survey the damage.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04The non-sand-bagged blue box first.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06It's scattered, isn't it? All over.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Well, there's not a lot left of the blue box, that's a fact.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- No, no.- It's everywhere. As far as you can see.- All over.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14I can see it over there as well.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16How's our brown box fared?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I think it should have been much more contained.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- The damage is localised. - It is localised, isn't it?
0:17:23 > 0:17:25For almost 25 years,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Nobel's explosives were manufactured at Ardeer.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Sadly, 21 people lost their lives here,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34but compared to the number of employees,
0:17:34 > 0:17:36it was actually a lower death rate
0:17:36 > 0:17:39than any cotton mill or shipyard at that time.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Eric has a very close connection with Ardeer
0:17:42 > 0:17:44as one of his relatives once worked here.
0:17:44 > 0:17:49So this is my wonderful Aunt Maisie. Just engaged to be married.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- She's 22 years old.- 22 years old.
0:17:52 > 0:17:58She would be one of four girls in the cartridging huts.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Unfortunately, 66 years ago to this day,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05my Aunt Maisie and the other three girls were blown up,
0:18:05 > 0:18:07so they all died.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10We've never found out what caused the accident,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12but the principle that we've been discussing
0:18:12 > 0:18:14meant that only that hut went.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- Yeah. Yeah. - So there was no more casualties.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- It didn't spread.- It didn't spread. - Amazing.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Although dynamite revolutionised the mining and construction industries,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27it wasn't long before the military began using it in warfare.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31In 1888, a French newspaper mistakenly published
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Alfred Nobel's obituary,
0:18:33 > 0:18:35describing him as a man who made millions
0:18:35 > 0:18:37through the death of others.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Reportedly stunned, Nobel was determined to improve his legacy.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46The year before he died in 1896,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49he signed his last will and testament,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52in which he set aside the majority of his vast estate
0:18:52 > 0:18:54to establish the Nobel prizes,
0:18:54 > 0:18:58including one awarded for the pursuit of peace.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Thank you, Eric. It's been...
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Well, you've made this former very busy landscape come alive again.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- I loved doing the blasting.- Did you?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Let's get into the warm.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- North Ayrshire, it's quite cold, isn't it?- Yes!
0:19:12 > 0:19:16And so ends another explosive day for our experts.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Time for some shuteye. Night-night, you two.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25No explosions and it's a new day in Bonnie Scotland,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27and our boys are back on the road.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Did you have a good day yesterday?
0:19:30 > 0:19:31- Yeah.- Did you buy anything?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- I went... I bought...- Sorry.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38- Sorry.- Lovely... Lovely driving.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- I didn't know we were going through a- ford. Sorry about that.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44This is Scotland, James. I'll tell you what?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46We've had some rain the last 24 hours.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47We've had some rain.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50So far, James has bought three lots -
0:19:50 > 0:19:52the Arts and Crafts oak table,
0:19:52 > 0:19:56the World War II ARP hand ball and door plate,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59and the Ola Gorie silver earrings,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02leaving him £94.60 available to spend today.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Charles, meanwhile, has secured himself five lots.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11The early 20th-century barometer, a 19th-century embossed charger,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14the Dresden porcelain plate,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16the selection of assorted silver
0:20:16 > 0:20:19and the combined lot of the football compass, parallel rule
0:20:19 > 0:20:21and treen seal which means
0:20:21 > 0:20:25he still has £128.30 in his pocket.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Why is the car currently shaking?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I can't work...
0:20:31 > 0:20:33What have you done? Go up to second.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35You've gone to fourth again.
0:20:35 > 0:20:40All you do, all you do is you drive from first to fourth.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42There are two other gears, you know.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46It's called clutch control. It's called clutch control.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48You're in first again, aren't you?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50James, maybe you should drive.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55This morning, our likely lads have made their way to the village of
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Overtown in North Lanarkshire,
0:20:57 > 0:21:01where Charles is dropping James off at his first shop of the day.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Garrion Bridges Garden And Antique Centre.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05I've been there.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08If I don't find any antiques, it's herbs for me.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12James, I hope you'll bloom. Bloom like a daffodil.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15- Good luck, but not too much, bye. - Yeah. Flower.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17All the best, James.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20ENGINE ROARS Oh, Lord, get it in gear.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Ha... With over 100 dealers' delights on display,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27manager Greg is lending a helping hand.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Nice bit of plain porcelain there. Who's it made by?
0:21:35 > 0:21:36We've got Royal Doulton there.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39We've got a date, 1936.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43Normally with commemorative china,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46you don't get the sort of royal cipher there,
0:21:46 > 0:21:50so the initials - you normally get something to do with an event.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Say, like a coronation. It's lovely quality.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57- That's history. I like that. - History, yeah.- It's damaged.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01What have we got? We've got 15 on that. Can I make a cheeky offer?
0:22:01 > 0:22:02- You can, on you go.- A fiver.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05A quick call to the dealer and Greg's back.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Right, bad news, I'm afraid. - Bad news, Greg?
0:22:10 > 0:22:12What is the bad news?
0:22:12 > 0:22:16- £12.- £12? Oh, he's a tough man, isn't he?
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- Very tough.- Tough man.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19£12?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I think it's still worth having a go at.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23I think that's rather fun.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Yeah. I'll go for it. Why not?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- In for a penny.- Thank you. - Thank you, Greg.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31The little Doulton jug secured for £12 - well done, James.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36CAR HORN
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Charles, meanwhile, is starting the day with a trip to Lanark.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45He's come to New Lanark - founded in the late 18th century,
0:22:45 > 0:22:47this pioneering cotton mill village
0:22:47 > 0:22:50was made famous by a man named Robert Owen.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Charles is meeting learning and outreach manager Aynsley Gough
0:22:54 > 0:22:57to find out more.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- Hello, Charles. Welcome to New Lanark.- How are you?
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- What an amazing place.- It is. - Isn't it?- Come on in.- Can't wait.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08In 1800, social pioneer Robert Owen
0:23:08 > 0:23:11took over New Lanark from his father-in-law.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15This cotton mill village would go on to become known worldwide
0:23:15 > 0:23:19thanks to Owen's workplace, social and educational reforms.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22His ground-breaking ideas would go on
0:23:22 > 0:23:25to change the lives of the working classes the world over.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Robert Owen had grand plans for this place.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31He wanted to create a model community.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35By that, I mean he wanted to make
0:23:35 > 0:23:37the lives of the working people better.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Of course they were required to work in his mill to make money.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43But he wanted to make their lives better in terms of the environment
0:23:43 > 0:23:47they lived in, the living standards that they encountered
0:23:47 > 0:23:49and by giving them an education.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51That was very forward-thinking at the time.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56He had the foresight to see how one had good workers,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59meant good business, meant good spirits,
0:23:59 > 0:24:00and meant we all got on together.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Working conditions in mills at this time were brutal,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07with long hours, poor wages and cruel discipline.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09More than a century ahead of his time,
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Owen believed the environment formed character
0:24:13 > 0:24:15so, he made New Lanark a better place for his workers
0:24:15 > 0:24:17to work and live.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Owen also stayed in the village and his house still stands today.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Quite grand.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26He did much here to improve the lives of the workers.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28He built a school here.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31He banned all children under ten working in the mills.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32As well as the school,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- he built the Institute For The Formation Of Character...- Yes.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38..in which there were evening classes for the adults.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39There was a library,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42because he believed that all of the working classes
0:24:42 > 0:24:44had a right to education.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Along with creating the world's first infant school,
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Owen also built a village store
0:24:51 > 0:24:55which is believed to be a forerunner of the Co-operative Movement.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Established in 1813,
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Owen wanted to provide quality groceries and goods at fair prices.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04All profits from the shop were used
0:25:04 > 0:25:08to help fund the education system Owen had introduced.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- The idea behind the store was to make people's money go further.- Yes.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14They didn't earn great wages here at New Lanark,
0:25:14 > 0:25:16because they had benefits such as better housing -
0:25:16 > 0:25:20but Robert Owen wanted to make sure that their money could go further,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24and he instituted an idea of fair trading all those years ago.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27He would buy in bulk - local fresh produce.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29The company leased a farm locally,
0:25:29 > 0:25:33so that people were getting access to apples, vegetables -
0:25:33 > 0:25:37they could buy them fresh and at a very good price.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- We understand 25% less... - Really?- ..than market value.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45So, it meant that a family could have quite a good diet.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49In addition to the store, and he encouraged people to save.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52He created a savings bank here and, again,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55just convincing people to put back a little bit
0:25:55 > 0:26:00of their hard-earned cash was a huge cultural change.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Owen was one of the most influential thinkers of his time,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06and he continued to campaign for social reform
0:26:06 > 0:26:08until his death in 1858.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Robert Owen's vision for fairness and moral order
0:26:12 > 0:26:14remains a source of inspiration to this day.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20With more shopping still to do,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23James has made his way to Newhouse in North Lanarkshire.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28He's arrived at Greenside Antique And Decorative Arts Centre
0:26:28 > 0:26:31with just over £80 still in his pocket...
0:26:31 > 0:26:33and looking very pleased with himself.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40I'm looking for an elusive combination - profit and history.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44I've got one more item to buy.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46HE SNEEZES
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Bless you!
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I want to buy it well. What on earth is that?
0:26:50 > 0:26:52Look at that light!
0:26:56 > 0:27:01That's cutting-edge design, isn't it? That's right up my street.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Looks like a plastic lamp from around the 1970s, I'd say.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Can we just suspend the history, the seeking of history, here?!
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Cos this is slightly tempting.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Alan...
0:27:15 > 0:27:18History well and truly out of the window -
0:27:18 > 0:27:20dealer Alan, what's the damage?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Looks like the one thing I haven't priced!
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Well done, you haven't priced it - cos it's free, isn't it, Alan?
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- Well done.- Not quite.- Do you think it works? Could we just turn it on?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- Yeah, yeah.- Can I just see it lit?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38This will be a test of it. If it lights, I might buy it.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Look at that!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42- Super splendid. - Haven't even cleaned it!
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Would you incorporate this in your home?
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Until last week, it WAS in my home. It was lying in the kitchen!
0:27:51 > 0:27:56- Alan, a fiver, chief.- James! - A fiver.- How about £10, eh?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Fiver... £10?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02How about splitting the difference, chief? £8.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- £8, I'll give you the favour. Well done.- Great, great.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Retro lamp bought -
0:28:07 > 0:28:09and just in time, cos here comes Hanson.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Apparently, he's in here now, James is,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14and I'm determined just to, maybe, join the party.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18- Do you mind, Alan, can we leave that on the desk, lit?- Course you can.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21And when our history boy, Charles Hanson,
0:28:21 > 0:28:25arrives, let's see if he makes any comment about it.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Course you can.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Quick, hide! He's here!
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Like children, these two.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Now... Look at him go.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36Oh, Charles...
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Ha, Charles, he's behind you!
0:28:42 > 0:28:44This is ridiculous.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47He's got the observational skills of a newt.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Charles, you great berk.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51LAUGHTER
0:28:51 > 0:28:52- How's it going?!- Very good.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54- How's it going?- How are you? - Yeah, very well.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- All spent up?- Well, no.
0:28:57 > 0:28:58I'm never spent up, James,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01because there's always a chance to keep hunting.
0:29:01 > 0:29:02Always a goodie, isn't there?
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- Hunting down those great... - Always a goodie.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Very often, it's in front of our noses, isn't it?
0:29:08 > 0:29:12- Is that the clue?- I don't know how you're going to wrap that light.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- Have you bought that, have you really?- Yeah.- You haven't!
0:29:14 > 0:29:16It's very retro.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17Yeah, baby.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21With James all spent, Charles, it's your turn for a look around.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25If I'm going to find something, it's got to be quite big, I feel.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28So, he's after big, and he's found...
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Well, small.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34In this cabinet here is a label, which reads,
0:29:34 > 0:29:37"A set of three Roman nails
0:29:37 > 0:29:43"excavated from Inchtuthil in Perthshire. 2,000 years old."
0:29:43 > 0:29:47For three old nails - and they're just wonderful to see.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51The ticket says £45. Alan! You're needed.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Priced at £45, what could these Inchtuthil Perthshire nails be?
0:29:55 > 0:30:00- For you, Charles, 20.- Not bad at all. Let me give them some thought.
0:30:00 > 0:30:07- I quite like, also, Alan, the very nice Benson pocket watch here.- Yeah.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Nice quality.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Slightly engine turned, that's worn,
0:30:11 > 0:30:16these beautiful blue enamel dials, and that's just a beautiful watch,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19and really was one of the leading pocket watchmakers.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22The Benson family were highly regarded watchmakers
0:30:22 > 0:30:25in the middle of the 19th century.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29And that is priced only £35. The best on that would be...?
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Well, in the condition it is -
0:30:30 > 0:30:34- I don't think it's working properly, that one.- Oh, right.- £15, as it is.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- I mean, the silver is worth that, I'm sure.- Yeah, it is.- It's cheap.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41It's nice - but it's decision time, Charles.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46- If I bought the Benson pocket watch and the nails...- Uh-huh.
0:30:46 > 0:30:50- What's the best price you could do - the very best?- 30.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55Those nails at £15, I'm going to say yes to. So, I'll buy the nails.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59- Uh-huh.- Is there any margin on that watch, at all?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- 12? Give you a chance.- Go on, then. Sold.- There we are.- Job done.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- Thank you. - Thank you very much, Alan.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07That's two more items bought for £27.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- Thanks a lot, Alan. Take care. See you.- Thank you, bye.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- All the best. Bye-bye.- Thank you.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Charles does have a bulging shopping bag.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Along with the rare Roman nails,
0:31:16 > 0:31:18he has his selection of assorted silver,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21which he's adding the Benson fob watch to.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24There is the early 20th-century barometer,
0:31:24 > 0:31:27the 19th-century embossed charger, the Dresden porcelain plate,
0:31:27 > 0:31:30and his combined lot of the football compass, parallel rule,
0:31:30 > 0:31:34and treen seal, giving him a six-lot haul.
0:31:34 > 0:31:35Gosh.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Meanwhile, James has bought five lots -
0:31:39 > 0:31:41the Arts and Crafts note table,
0:31:41 > 0:31:44the World War II ARP handbell and doorplate,
0:31:44 > 0:31:46the Ola Gorie silver earrings
0:31:46 > 0:31:50and the Royal Dalton jug - and, of course, his retro lamp.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53So, what will they make of each other's lots?
0:31:53 > 0:31:58Typical Charles - unexpectedly, he always reaches back into history.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01His Roman nails are a class act.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05I do like his bell - the great Air Warden bell.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08It's in a condition which makes one think, "What's its story?"
0:32:08 > 0:32:12He's got a bunch of silver that's going to do very well,
0:32:12 > 0:32:14he's going to get strong profit there.
0:32:14 > 0:32:15Forget the lamp.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18I think, for £8, it's dreadful, James, but, of course,
0:32:18 > 0:32:22it's retro and you never know, it might take off in Hamilton.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23After beginning in Glasgow,
0:32:23 > 0:32:28our experts are now hurtling on towards the auction in Hamilton.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33- James, I just love this light. On a morning...- It is lovely, isn't it?
0:32:33 > 0:32:35..doesn't it give you a breath of incentive?
0:32:35 > 0:32:36You know, it gives you an energy,
0:32:36 > 0:32:38it gives you an energy and bounce -
0:32:38 > 0:32:41and you know when you think of a wink or a twitch or a...
0:32:41 > 0:32:44- a part of the nose...- Yeah. - To me, James...
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Where are you going with this, Charles?
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- I just foresee a bidding frenzy approaching.- Do you?- Yes, I do.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54The boys have arrived at LS Smellie & Sons, Auctioneers.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- Man and machine... - James, don't you feel...
0:32:57 > 0:32:58..in perfect harmony.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00- ..this place has a pedigree... - Do you think so?
0:33:00 > 0:33:02..to give us a real life?
0:33:02 > 0:33:03- Are you feeling lucky?- Very.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06The gentleman holding the gavel today is James Henderson -
0:33:06 > 0:33:10so, what does he think of our lads' lots?
0:33:10 > 0:33:14I think the Arts and Crafts table will do OK, it's quite nice -
0:33:14 > 0:33:17and, well, I know the silver will probably do the better of the lots,
0:33:17 > 0:33:21but it depends who's here.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23The boys have battled their way through the crowd
0:33:23 > 0:33:27to take their places, and are raring to go.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30It's like you're almost like a jockey, you know?
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Well, they're at starters orders, and they're off!
0:33:33 > 0:33:37First up, ding-ding, is James' ARP handbell and doorplate.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38Give it a ring, go on!
0:33:38 > 0:33:3910, I'm bid.
0:33:39 > 0:33:4110. 12, now.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44At 12, at 14. 16...and 18.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46And 20, and 22.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49At 25, and 28.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50At 28, 30.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52At 30, bid 30. With the lady...
0:33:52 > 0:33:54It's moving.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55At 30, I'm bid.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58At 30, and 32 - at £32.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00- Well done.- At 32, at 32, at 32...
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Come on, it's worth this.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06At 32 - all done at £32.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08A disappointing start could be a dead ringer.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09But still, time to make it all up.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13- It's warming up. This is your first item...- Yeah.- Don't worry about it.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17So sweet. Let's see if Charles can fare better with his barometer.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Can we start the bidding here at £50?
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Great! I'm moving.
0:34:22 > 0:34:2550 I'm bid. At 50. 55. 60...
0:34:25 > 0:34:2665.
0:34:26 > 0:34:2965, and 70. At £70 for the barometer.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30At 70.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- It's a lovely object.- 80 now.
0:34:32 > 0:34:33£80! It's moving.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35At 80 I'm bid.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36And 85. 90.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39For Queen and country, make him happy. Come on!
0:34:39 > 0:34:43- 100.- Come on!- 100 for the barometer. At 100.- Come on!
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- At 100, I'm bid.- Come on! - At 100, 100, 100, 100.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- That's enough, James. - All done a £100.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51- Don't be greedy.- Sold! Fantastic.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Fantastic indeed.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55The pressure is rising - and a whopping great profit for Charles.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58- I'm delighted. - I bet you're delighted!
0:34:58 > 0:35:02James, can redeem yourself with your retro lamp?
0:35:02 > 0:35:0420 I'm bid, sir. At 20.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06- 2, and 5, and- 8. We're flying.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10And 30 and 5. And 40 and 5.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11At £45.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16- Don't tell him.- At 45, at 50 now. - I don't believe it.
0:35:16 > 0:35:1850 I'm bid. Fresh bidder at £50.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21- At 50, bid 50, bid 50... - A person of taste.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Bid 50. All done at £50.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Charles wasn't taken by the retro lamp but the bidders
0:35:28 > 0:35:30of Hamilton are.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34- Cor blimey.- Get in. - Get in there, mate.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Hey, Charles. Leave his pate alone.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38What about the table?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Do you feel another profit coming on?
0:35:40 > 0:35:4120 I'm bid, sir.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43At £20 the table.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44At 20, bid 2.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47At 22, bid 4, bid 2, bid 28.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Bid 30, bid 5.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- 40, bid- 5. Moving.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Bid 50. 5 now on the telephone.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- At 55, at 60 with the lady.- Go on.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58At 60. 5 now on the telephone.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- 70, at 70 bid.- Good man.- Go on.
0:36:00 > 0:36:0275, at 75.
0:36:02 > 0:36:0480 now. At 85 on the telephone.
0:36:04 > 0:36:0695.
0:36:06 > 0:36:0895, 95 I'm bid.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- At 100 on the telephone. - Keep going.- At 105.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- At 105, at 110.- Go on.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15At 115. At 120 now.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- 130.- God.- At 130 with the lady.
0:36:17 > 0:36:22- 140, 150.- At 150, I'm bid at 150. - Go on.- Amazing.
0:36:22 > 0:36:28- 150, 150, 150, 150... - That's amazing.- All done at 150!
0:36:29 > 0:36:33- What a marvellous profit. Looks like you're on a roll, James.- Well done.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39Right, it's Andrew Smellie's turn to take the gavel
0:36:39 > 0:36:42and Charles's rare Roman nails are coming up next.
0:36:42 > 0:36:4310 for a start, £10.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- Roman nails.- Tenner in it, £10, 12.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- 12, 14, 16...- They're worth a lot more.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- 16, 16.- They are so important.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54In the history of Scotland they have bound you together.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Over there.- 16, 16, 18.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- 18.- 18, come on.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02- Go on, sir. Real history.- 20.
0:37:02 > 0:37:0620, I'm bid. £20. All finished?
0:37:06 > 0:37:08£20.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Not the result Charles was hoping for, but a profit none the less.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- It just shows what people can buy for £20.- It does, it does.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- I'd love, you know, I'd love a Roman nail.- Wouldn't we all?
0:37:22 > 0:37:26James' silver Ola Gorie earrings are next to go under the gavel.
0:37:26 > 0:37:2810 I'm bid. £10, I'm bid 10.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29- 12, 14...- What are they worth?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- I don't know.- 16, 18.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34It's out of my comfort zone, this.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37They sit so well and they have style.
0:37:37 > 0:37:4022 I'm at, 24.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42He's back in. That man's got style.
0:37:42 > 0:37:4530, 2, 34 on the rail.
0:37:45 > 0:37:4936, 36, 36 I'm out.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51All finished for the earrings.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53£36.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56James bags himself another pretty profit. Well done.
0:37:56 > 0:38:01When I knew you ten years ago, you had a little stud. I thought you did.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- I had one in the nose, remember. - That was it.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Now that would be a sight to see.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Charles' turn now is the combined lot of the football compass,
0:38:10 > 0:38:13parallel rule and treen seal.
0:38:15 > 0:38:1620 I'm bid, 20, left, 2.
0:38:16 > 0:38:1924, 26, 28.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2430, 2, 34.
0:38:24 > 0:38:2836, 38, 38 left.
0:38:28 > 0:38:2938 I'm bid. All finished.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31I'd leave it.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32£38.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Well done, Charles. Great profit there.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- Put it there.- No.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39- Give us a kiss.- No.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- Give us a kiss.- No!
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Oh, do behave, you two.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48Next, it's Charles' Dresden plate that he bought for £1.
0:38:48 > 0:38:5010 for the plate.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51I like the Sellotape.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Oh!- £5, 6.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- 6, 8 I'm bid.- Stunning.
0:38:57 > 0:38:5910. It's stunning. Come on.
0:38:59 > 0:39:0112, I'm bid, 14.
0:39:01 > 0:39:0514 on the right. Spot of the Super Glue.
0:39:05 > 0:39:06- 14, 16.- Over there.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- 18, 20.- Over there.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- 20 I'm bid.- Go on, sir.- 22.
0:39:10 > 0:39:1222, you're in, 4. 24.
0:39:12 > 0:39:1524, are you sure now?
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- 24 on the left.- Make a memory.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20£24.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Oh, look at that. An incredible profit from a £1 purchase.
0:39:24 > 0:39:29You know, in the scheme of things, that's 100, up 2,300 pence.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33Time for James' final lot. His Royal Doulton jug.
0:39:33 > 0:39:3410, 10 I'm bid.
0:39:34 > 0:39:3610 on the left. 12.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37- 14, 14...- Profit.- 16.
0:39:37 > 0:39:4018, 20. New bidder.
0:39:40 > 0:39:4320 I'm at. £20 I'm bid, 20 I'm bid, 20 I'm bid.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Wallis Simpson.
0:39:45 > 0:39:4922. 22, 24.
0:39:49 > 0:39:5326, I'm bid. 26 I'm bid, 26 I'm bid.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55All finished? £26.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59So James finishes with another profit.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04Look at that. Shake hands. It's doubled up. Well done.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09What will the room make of Charles' 19th-century embossed charger?
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Interest here. Started at £48.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- I'm happy with that.- Brilliant.
0:40:14 > 0:40:1648, 50.
0:40:16 > 0:40:1952, 54, 56.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Go on.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- 58, 60, 60 I'm bid.- Come on.
0:40:22 > 0:40:245, 65, on the rail.
0:40:24 > 0:40:2865 I'm bid, 5 I'm bid, 65...
0:40:28 > 0:40:3070. New bidder.
0:40:30 > 0:40:325, 75.
0:40:32 > 0:40:3480, 80 bid 5.
0:40:34 > 0:40:3885, 85, I'm bid. 85 on the rail.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- I do not...- Come on, keep going. Sorry.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43£85.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- That's amazing.- That is good.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Charles is pleased and rightly so. Well done.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51- Another small profit. - Another small profit.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Oh, goodness' sake.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Here comes the final lot of the day.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58And it's Charles' selection of silver.
0:40:58 > 0:41:0150 for a start. Nice set there. 50 I'm bid.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03The whole lot comes with it.
0:41:03 > 0:41:0455, 60, 5.
0:41:04 > 0:41:0670, 5.
0:41:06 > 0:41:0875 on my left.
0:41:08 > 0:41:1075 I'm bid, I'm bid 5, I'm bid 80.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- 80,- 5... Hey, it hasn't stopped yet.
0:41:13 > 0:41:1485, 90.
0:41:14 > 0:41:165, 95.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18- 95, left, have we? - Watch over there.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- He's got some good lots.- 95 and 5.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22100 and 5.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- 110.- Oh, no.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26110, 115.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28115, 120.
0:41:28 > 0:41:305, 130.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- 5, 140.- It's a good lot.
0:41:33 > 0:41:355, 150.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Still going. 5.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39155 on my left.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42155, I'll need 5.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44- 155, all going...- Put it down.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- 155.- Come on.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Wow, look at that! Brilliant profit for Charles.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51- Well done.- You rise and fall.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52You rise and fall.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Like a barometer.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57So as our experts make a dash for the exit...
0:41:57 > 0:41:58Keep going.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00- Oh!- Oh, Charles is down.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Dearie me. Let's find out who's come out on top.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08James started this leg with £229.60
0:42:08 > 0:42:13and made an impressive profit of £86.08 after auction costs,
0:42:13 > 0:42:16leaving him with £315.68 for next time.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Charles began with £294.30
0:42:23 > 0:42:25and he too pulled in a profit
0:42:25 > 0:42:31gaining a whopping £153.04 less costs,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35so he's still in the lead and goes into the next leg
0:42:35 > 0:42:37with a huge £447.34.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41James, it's all in the passion for antiques.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45It's all in the passion from driving to just buying.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Anyway, the only thing I can take a small amount of comfort from
0:42:49 > 0:42:53- is Roman nails. - Yes, but they still made £5.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Roman nails, that's all I'm going to say to you.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Bon voyage, road trippers.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:04 > 0:43:08- there are thrills...- Don't look at me like that. I'm not a bad man.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09..spills,
0:43:09 > 0:43:12and one big bang.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14GONG REVERBERATES