0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:06I want something shiny.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07..a classic car... HORN TOOTS
0:00:07 > 0:00:10and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12I like a rummage!
0:00:12 > 0:00:13I can't resist.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17But it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Why do I always do this to myself?!
0:00:19 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Give us a kiss!
0:00:21 > 0:00:22And valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Come on, stick 'em up!
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory...
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Onwards and upwards!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Take me home!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40On this third leg of the road trip,
0:00:40 > 0:00:42we're in some Tudor towns in Warwickshire,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44with the king and queen of the antiques trade,
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Catherine Southon and Charles Hanson.
0:00:46 > 0:00:47He's the king, she's the queen.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51We are in Middle England.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56Welcome to what I would call the home of heritage.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58It is beautiful round here.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Catherine started her career at one of London's top auction houses,
0:01:01 > 0:01:04and still deals with a straight-talking logic and acumen,
0:01:04 > 0:01:05as you would expect.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- B&W.- B&W?
0:01:08 > 0:01:09- Black and white.- Yeah?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Black and white timber-frame cottages.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15I love the way, Charles, you talk in riddles,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18you make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Quite!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23While Charles runs a Derbyshire saleroom with his trademark passion
0:01:23 > 0:01:26for all things antiquated and archaic.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28And chaotic and really rather lovely.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32This area is renowned for black and white timber-frame cottages,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Anne Hathaway's,
0:01:34 > 0:01:35Shakespeare's...
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Ah, to be or not to be.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41With our bards of buying starting off with £200,
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Catherine now has £207.30...
0:01:45 > 0:01:48..while Charles has proved himself a true titan of trading,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52having accumulated £660.98.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53He learned everything from me.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Huh, modest!
0:01:55 > 0:01:58They're driving this green goddess, a 1981 MGB GT.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05And they're motoring that classic car around southern England
0:02:05 > 0:02:07before wending their way up the country,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09journeying several hundred miles.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12They'll finally finish up in Congleton in Cheshire.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15On this leg, they start off in the Warwickshire village of Long Marston
0:02:15 > 0:02:19and aim for auction in Newport, Shropshire.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24But what might be their dream buys on this leg, eh?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26See, I don't have sweet dreams any more on the road trip,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28- I have nightmares.- Get out of here!
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Wondering what else you're going to buy!
0:02:30 > 0:02:33It's treasure hunting, it's like my hobby of metal detecting.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36- You can't guarantee... - You don't do metal detecting!
0:02:36 > 0:02:39As a young boy, what got me into treasure hunting...
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- SHE LAUGHS - ..was metal detecting,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I love it. What's so funny?!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46SHE MIMICS DETECTOR BLEEPING
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Let's hope they can both find something that glitters
0:02:49 > 0:02:52as they head for their first shops,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54and, having dropped Charles off,
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Catherine's striding towards her first destination.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Ooh, hello!
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Good morning.- Hi, I'm Catherine, very nice to meet you.- I'm Laura.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Pleasantries over, time to shop.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Oh, now, that's cute, look at that!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10It's in terrible condition.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Wow, I love that!
0:03:12 > 0:03:13I love it!
0:03:13 > 0:03:16It's a miniature model of a sedan chair,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20a type of box in which a small seat or cabin
0:03:20 > 0:03:23would be carried by servants or horses. Hm!
0:03:23 > 0:03:25This one might have been used as a display case
0:03:25 > 0:03:27and probably dates from the 19th century.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Dealer Laura owns this little curiosity.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Obviously, we've got a stain on the top.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36What is your very, very best on that?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38You've got 88 on it.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40I could do it for 50.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43I don't think I'd spend any more than 40, to be honest.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- Would you be willing to... - You couldn't go to 45?
0:03:46 > 0:03:4845...
0:03:48 > 0:03:5045, yeah, that's a possibility, yeah.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Can I put that on the back burner? - Course you can.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Well, I wouldn't burn it, exactly.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Anything else?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59This I'm kind of drawn towards.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02A copper letter rack, yes. It does have a maker's mark on it.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07This copper and brass letter rack also hails from France,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10where Laura sources a lot of her stock.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13The ticket price on that is £55.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16I could do that one for...
0:04:16 > 0:04:1830.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I think I'd want to be more around 20 on that, to be honest.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Could we meet in the middle, at 25?
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Shall we see again?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Cos we've got this, with the sedan chair...
0:04:32 > 0:04:34With two items reserved, time for a peek outside.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38How much is the Belfast sink?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Oh, do you know, I can't remember, I think it's 40-something,
0:04:40 > 0:04:41but that can be cheap.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Cheap, you say, Laura?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45That's music to Road Trippers' ears!
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Meanwhile, Charles has raced onwards
0:04:47 > 0:04:52to the multi-storied town of Stratford-upon-Avon.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Here, Charles is aiming towards Stratford Antiques Centre,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58and dealer Raymond.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00And just as Charles has come through the door,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Raymondo already has a little item he's keen to show him.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08Oh, lovely! So what we've got here, it appears to be, what...?
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Madonna and child? It's a religious scene, isn't it?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Yes.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18This little plaque appears to bear the mark of the German ceramics firm
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Meissen, the very first European manufacturer to create porcelain
0:05:22 > 0:05:27in 1708, a skill previously only held in East Asia.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30But Charles thinks something about this is a bit suspicious,
0:05:30 > 0:05:31and I think he's right.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35It carries a mock Meissen mark.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- OK.- So it's an imitation of Meissen.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42And this was made in Germany, probably around 1880.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- OK.- I like it, I like it a lot.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48That will need further investigation,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51but it's still an attractive 19th century lump.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53What would be your best price?
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- 30 for you.- 30?
0:05:57 > 0:05:59You wouldn't do a bit more at all, would you, no?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Because to me it's probably worth between £20 and £40.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04OK.
0:06:04 > 0:06:0525's rock-bottom.
0:06:05 > 0:06:10For £25, I'm going to say, well, life is too short, I'll take it.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Deal done at £25.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Thank you, Raymondo!
0:06:15 > 0:06:17And what's this he's stumbled upon?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19An early footman.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23A footman was used for keeping plates or food or wine warm
0:06:23 > 0:06:25in front of a dining-room fire.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27- Raymond?- Hello, yeah?
0:06:27 > 0:06:29What's your best price on this footman?
0:06:29 > 0:06:32The price tag is 58.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- I can do... 38.- Oh, you can't!
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Oh, he can do anything.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I'm hoping this might just be late 18th-century,
0:06:40 > 0:06:44because I say so... but I might be wrong!
0:06:45 > 0:06:48He's keen, but what about the price?
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Would you take 30 for it?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53OK, 30, then.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Done, thank you very much, that's great.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Another deal in the bag. Thank you, Raymondo.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Back in Long Marston,
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Catherine's been busy negotiating for the miniature sedan chair,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07French letter rack,
0:07:07 > 0:07:10and Belfast sink. What a mixture!
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Dealer Laura's suggesting £85 for the three.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Catherine?!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Could we do 75 for the three, rather than 85?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22No, but I could go to 80.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- OK, OK, shall we do that?- Yeah.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26- Are you happy with that?- I am.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- We'll go on that.- Thank you.- Right.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Magnifique, eh?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Catherine has bagged the sedan chair for £35,
0:07:32 > 0:07:34the letter rack for 30
0:07:34 > 0:07:36and the sink for 15.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- Lovely to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40And carry on buying en francais.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42- We will!- Au revoir!
0:07:42 > 0:07:44- Au revoir! - Au revoir!
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Now, Charles has travelled on to the town of Henley-in-Arden,
0:07:48 > 0:07:53where he's about to trip off into Henley Vintage & Interiors.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Always on the run, Charles.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Hi.- Charles Hamilton.- Hi, Christine.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- Hi, Christine. And?- Julie.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Hi, Julie, good to see you. What a lovely shop.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06What I can see in here already is a nice array of silver.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07These are lovely, Christine.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Oh, God, they're really nice!
0:08:12 > 0:08:16That's a set of four silver seasoning dishes, or salts,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18bearing a Victorian hallmark,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and the monogram of their original owner, and they're very sweet.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Here we've got W Pound, Esquire,
0:08:24 > 0:08:28and we've got the hallmarks on there for London.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32It's a young sovereign head, so we know they're about 1884.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Have they been here a while?- No.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36They're lovely. So, four of those.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38- Yes.- How much could they be?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40£50 on them.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42What's your offer, Charles?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Well, I was going to say to you, Christine,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48whether I could buy them at £10 a piece, and go in at £40?
0:08:48 > 0:08:4942?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I'll happily buy them...
0:08:51 > 0:08:52- Lovely.- ..for £42.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Well done, Charles.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57And with that, we're quite hit for six
0:08:57 > 0:08:59at the end of a jam-packed first day on the trip, so...
0:08:59 > 0:09:02..nighty-night, you two.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07But the morning finds these two back in the MG
0:09:07 > 0:09:09and getting along as swimmingly as ever.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11You're a bit close for my liking.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Well, thanks a lot.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18This morning, Catherine's beginning her buying
0:09:18 > 0:09:20in the pretty Cotswold town of Chipping Campden.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23She's got £127 left to spend.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25You're an uptown girl in Chipping Campden.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- See you later.- Mwah!
0:09:29 > 0:09:33With coffee at hand, Catherine strolls into Stuart House Antiques
0:09:33 > 0:09:35to meet dealer Rachel.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Welcome to Chipping Campden.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Thank you. And you are?
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- I'm Rachel. Nice to meet you. - Rachel, lovely to meet you.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Catherine will scour this jam-packed place for buys.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48And she will, you know.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Our girl has hunted down one potential
0:09:53 > 0:09:55in a collection of crockery.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56- Rachel?- Yeah?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Can I just ask you, you've got a lot more of this hunting,
0:09:59 > 0:10:01the hunting china here...?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- Yes.- Crown Staffordshire.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Crown Staffordshire was a ceramic maker
0:10:06 > 0:10:09whose origins date back to the mid-1800s.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13The set Catherine has alighted on hails from the 1930s,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16decorated with hunting scenes. Rather jolly.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- It's quite fun, isn't it? - It is quite fun. Yeah.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I wouldn't buy the whole lot.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23But something like the sugar bowl and the jug...
0:10:23 > 0:10:25- Yes.- Would you sell those two?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Yes.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Combined ticket price on those is £66.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32But what might Rachel accept?
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I'd let you have it for...
0:10:35 > 0:10:37..25.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- For the two?- For the two.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Catherine also fancies adding a cup, saucer and tea plate
0:10:43 > 0:10:46that have a combined ticket price of £38.
0:10:46 > 0:10:52I'd be able to have one, two and three for £30.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53RACHEL INHALES
0:10:53 > 0:10:55What about 35?
0:10:55 > 0:10:56I'm going to shake your hand...
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- Good. Thanks, Catherine..- ..at 35, because I really like that.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01And I hope you do really well on that, yes.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02So, Catherine has her quarry.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04And she's cantering off.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05HORSE NEIGHS
0:11:05 > 0:11:08MUSIC: Hound Dog by Elvis Presley
0:11:08 > 0:11:11Meanwhile, Charles is heading for the environs of
0:11:11 > 0:11:13the town of Moreton-in-Marsh.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17This morning, dog-lover Charles has come here to learn
0:11:17 > 0:11:20the fascinating story of some of the nation's favourite dog breeds.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24He's meeting breeder Gay Robertson.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27- Good morning.- How are you? - I'm fine, nice to meet you.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Good to see you, Gay. I'm Charles Hanson.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- And who's your friend beside you? - This is Fickle.- Hello, Fickle.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Good to see you, Fickle. Hello, I won't bite.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I should hope not, Charles.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Gay breeds, shows and races whippets like Fickle,
0:11:39 > 0:11:43and is something of an authority on the fascinating history
0:11:43 > 0:11:46of racing dogs like whippets and greyhounds.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50These sighthounds were bred over centuries to chase small prey,
0:11:50 > 0:11:54like hare, by sight rather than by smell,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56as breeds like foxhounds and beagles.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01Sighthounds have been raced in Britain for many centuries.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- Really, in this country... - Yes.- ..we started with the Romans.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- Right.- And the Romans, who used them for sport,
0:12:08 > 0:12:12the sport entailed the dogs chasing the hare...
0:12:12 > 0:12:17- Yes.- ..not to catch it, but to see which dog was the fastest.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Yes.- And that's been true ever since.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23This sport was known as hare coursing,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26and was popular in Britain down the ages.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30It found particular favour with the aristocracy of the 16th century,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32when Queen Elizabeth I took an interest.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37The Duke of Norfolk was told by Queen Elizabeth I
0:12:37 > 0:12:41to draw up a complete set of rules for the sport.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45And it's because betting figured very, very heavily.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49And you don't want somebody saying "S'not fair!" You know?
0:12:49 > 0:12:50HE LAUGHS
0:12:50 > 0:12:52No, you don't, do you?
0:12:52 > 0:12:53It had to be...
0:12:53 > 0:12:56..absolutely which dog can run fastest,
0:12:56 > 0:13:00turn the hare most often, and score the most points.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02This made for a great spectator sport,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04popular for centuries,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and regularly drew large crowds to coursing events.
0:13:07 > 0:13:12In the 19th century, the banks closed for the Waterloo Cup,
0:13:12 > 0:13:13for instance.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Wow! Such was the popularity of greyhounds?
0:13:16 > 0:13:18The whole thing was very popular.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Although today we might most associate the greyhound breed
0:13:22 > 0:13:24with dog racing,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27the similar but smaller whippet was also very popular,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30particularly in working-class mining areas of the 19th century.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34In the north, and also in Wales, as you know,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36mining was a big thing.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41And whippets were more user-friendly than greyhounds.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44I mean, you can have a whippet or two in your house,
0:13:44 > 0:13:46and there's room.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49They did take great care of them
0:13:49 > 0:13:53because to win a race with a whippet could earn you more
0:13:53 > 0:13:55than you earned in a week.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57Nowadays, of course,
0:13:57 > 0:14:01dogs don't chase a live hare but rather a mechanised lure,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04as all of Gay's whippets have been trained to do.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07This taps in to the dog's instinct to pursue,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09with no risks to wildlife.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14I think the hooligan, he's the quickest, almost as quick as me.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16THEY LAUGH
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Come on!
0:14:17 > 0:14:20So, so this activity's all part of their training?
0:14:20 > 0:14:21It keeps them in good shape...?
0:14:21 > 0:14:23It keeps them in good shape and it's...
0:14:23 > 0:14:25They just love to do it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27BARKING
0:14:27 > 0:14:29So, it's all about looking at antiques
0:14:29 > 0:14:32and always look at the bottom shelf first, keep your head down,
0:14:32 > 0:14:35just stay with the object, and then towards the finishing line,
0:14:35 > 0:14:37if it's worth buying, get it bought,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39and hit that finish line, OK?
0:14:39 > 0:14:41BARKING
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Frank! Pack it in.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Whoops!
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Charles is down! Oh, Lord.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48I was taken down by a whippet.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51BARKING
0:14:54 > 0:14:57MUSIC: Dog Days Are Over by Florence And The Machine
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Look at 'em go!
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Come on, Morgan.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Bring it home. Imagine that's Catherine Southon, OK?
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Oh, Charles!
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Get set. Go!
0:15:25 > 0:15:26He's off! He's off!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- Well...- Their speed's incredible.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32It's like lightning across a field.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Come on. Ooh, I've lost my dog now.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Once Charles's catches up, it's time to hit the road.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I've been delighted to have been here, so thank you so much, Gay.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48It's been such a revelation and I shall not forget today.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49BARKING
0:15:56 > 0:15:58In the meantime, Catherine's
0:15:58 > 0:16:00moved on to the town of Burford,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03where she is still on the hunt for another item
0:16:03 > 0:16:06with her remaining £92.30.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09My goodness.
0:16:09 > 0:16:111920s.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14French grape pickers' bins.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18So, this is going to come round, like this.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22You put your grapes in there. That's incredible.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26But this grape bin is ticketed at around £200,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29more than double what Catherine has remaining.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32There is an awful lot to see and there's some beautiful pieces,
0:16:32 > 0:16:34but it's just not for me.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37The prices are just way, way over what I have.
0:16:37 > 0:16:44It's lovely stock, but for another day.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Meanwhile, Charles has trotted off to the town of Evesham,
0:16:47 > 0:16:51and he's got nearly £594 to spend here.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Andy is the owner of this fine emporium.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58With lightning speed, Hanson Hanson's found something.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Gosh, what a chair. Look at that for a chair.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08But you'll see has this beautiful shaped apron back,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11with these scrolls,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13this beautiful tired rush back,
0:17:13 > 0:17:15these wonderful arms,
0:17:15 > 0:17:18and when you just rest your arms on these rests,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21you almost close your eyes, and you're in a time warp...
0:17:21 > 0:17:23..don't you?
0:17:23 > 0:17:24Yep.
0:17:24 > 0:17:29I'm fairly confident in saying... would date to around 1700.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Yep.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Ticket price on the armchair is a hefty £240.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Be careful, Charles.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Has it been here a long time?
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Yes, it has. Er...
0:17:42 > 0:17:44So, that's often a bad sign, isn't it?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46So, your very, very best price would be...?
0:17:46 > 0:17:47Yep.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49100. I can't go any lower.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55So, Charles will ponder that offer at a cool £100, and browse on.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00Time to delve into the cabinets on the other side of the shop, eh?
0:18:00 > 0:18:05Just...down here, what I'm looking at now
0:18:05 > 0:18:07is just a very, very nice microscope.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11This Victorian brass example was made by Bryson of Edinburgh,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14a quality maker of clocks and instruments from the very heyday
0:18:14 > 0:18:16of the gentleman scientist.
0:18:16 > 0:18:22What's attractive is this microscope comes in its original fitted box.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23There we are.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28With its divisions... and original slides.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30There's no ticket price on it,
0:18:30 > 0:18:33but there is another smaller microscope here, too.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35This one isn't so good.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Another fairly simple microscope.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Andy, how much could the two be together?
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Make it 25 for the pair.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Golly.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50I mean... Very tempting.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56And his beloved ancient chair is still offered at around 100.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58It's make your mind up time, Carlos.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00I'm going to take it with me,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- and hopefully impress Catherine by what will be...- Yes.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05..the earliest item I've bought so far.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07It's just a wonderful chair.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08And the microscopes?
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Anyway, I think for £25, I'll take them.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Yep.- Thanks a lot.- Right.- Andy, I'm delighted with those two purchases.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I really feel...
0:19:19 > 0:19:20..I'm spent.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Spent out, or spent up?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24We all are, Charles. We all are.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27As well as the chair and the microscopes,
0:19:27 > 0:19:28Charles has the porcelain plaque,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30the polished steel footman
0:19:30 > 0:19:31and the set of four salts.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34He spent £222 exactly...
0:19:36 > 0:19:39..while Catherine has the miniature sedan chair,
0:19:39 > 0:19:40the French letter rack,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42the Belfast sink
0:19:42 > 0:19:44and the collection of Crown Staffordshire.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48She spent a total of £115.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51But what do they make of each other's hauls?
0:19:52 > 0:19:55I do love that miniature sedan chair.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57It's a really good object, Catherine.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01I think for £35 it could make £100, so good job.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06I cannot tell you how devastated I am
0:20:06 > 0:20:10that Charles has bought those four salts
0:20:10 > 0:20:14in the shape of pails for £42.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18It pains me to even think about them.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20They are amazing!
0:20:22 > 0:20:24On this leg of the trip,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26they began in Long Marston,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29and are now aiming for auction in the Shropshire town of Newport.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31But sad news.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Things have taken an unexpected turn this morning.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Unfortunately, Charles has been detained on urgent family business,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40so he can't make the auction today.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43So an old pal will step into the breach
0:20:43 > 0:20:45to rally Charles's lots along.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48Hello there, legendary Road Tripper.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49It's Phil Serrell.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53- Hello!- Hello, how are you?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I'm good. Thank you for stepping in.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58They wanted someone with Charlie's disposition, you know -
0:20:58 > 0:21:01happy, smiley, effervescent, bubbly...
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Here I am.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05- LAUGHING:- Come on!- Come on. How are you?
0:21:05 > 0:21:10Catherine and Philip are strolling into Brettells Auctioneers,
0:21:10 > 0:21:14David Brettell is the man in command today.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Phil's got five minutes to take a nosey at Charles's items.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Well, your little plaque here...
0:21:19 > 0:21:22And that's cost Charles Hanson £25.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24That'll do really well.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Well, that's very promising, as the sale kicks off.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30And with internet bidding as well.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33First off, it's Charles...
0:21:33 > 0:21:35and Philip's two microscopes.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38Can they scope out some cash?
0:21:38 > 0:21:4030 on the net, £30...
0:21:40 > 0:21:41See, I'm into profit straightaway.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- Aren't I? Aren't I? - Oh, all right. All right.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45We've got 37 on the net, now.
0:21:45 > 0:21:4637.
0:21:46 > 0:21:4842 on the net.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49Five on the net.
0:21:49 > 0:21:5145 bid, 45. 48, 48.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Nobody in the room. I sell this time at 48.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56GAVEL BANGS
0:21:56 > 0:21:59That scores an enlarged profit for Team Charles and Phil.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03He had no input on those. I bought those.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Hey! I'm sure you bought them in spirit, Philip.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Next, it's one for Catherine, as her Belfast sink meets the room.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13We go ten, 12, 15, 18, £20 bid.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Two, five, eight, £30 bid.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16- Yes.- Ooh!
0:22:16 > 0:22:18£30 bid, £30 got. 32...
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Keep going.- Five, eight, £40 bid.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23- Rubbish thing. - I knew this would make money.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Didn't I say it all the time?
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- "Make a good profit on this." - Just shush.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Can't say I heard you, Philip.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Will be sold. Hammer's up. Anybody else going?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- Oooh...yes!- At £40... - GAVEL BANGS
0:22:33 > 0:22:38No sinking feeling for Catherine, as that earns her a nice little bundle.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39I learned from you.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41I learned it all from you.
0:22:41 > 0:22:42Oh-ho, I don't know about that.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Mwah.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Now it's Charles's big gamble,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49the chair with some real age,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51but needs a lot of restoration.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54£10 on the net. 12, 15.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- 15.- 20 bid.
0:22:56 > 0:22:5722.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- 22.- 22, got to be sold.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Hammer's up. Shout me now.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Charlie will be really upset.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Fair warning.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05GAVEL BANGS
0:23:05 > 0:23:07That's a stinging loss on a chair Charles loved.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Bad luck.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11it's a much better chair than 20 quid.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Now it's another for Catherine,
0:23:14 > 0:23:16as her collection of Crown Staffordshire
0:23:16 > 0:23:18goes hunting for profit. Giddy up.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20£10 here for the hunting.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- Come on.- No, ten, 12, 15.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26- This is ridiculously cheap, you know?- It's ridiculously cheap.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Selling, then.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30I'm not selling, I'm giving away now.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- He is giving it away.- At 15...
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- GAVEL BANGS - That is really, really cheap.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Oh, chance of a profit gallops off there.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Oh, well.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40There we go. What's next?
0:23:40 > 0:23:41Glad you asked, Catherine.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44It's Charles's set of four silver salts.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Can his seasoned stand-in Philip will them to a profit?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50£50 for those?
0:23:50 > 0:23:51They've got to make 100.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Well, 40, then? It's only a tenner each.
0:23:53 > 0:23:5540, thank you, Bill.
0:23:55 > 0:23:56£40 bid, £40 got.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58£40 bid. 45.
0:23:58 > 0:23:5950.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01£50 bid, £50 got. Five?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- BIDDER: 60.- 60.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05£60. Five? Hammer's up.
0:24:05 > 0:24:0770. £70 sat there.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Five? 75?
0:24:10 > 0:24:11No, he says. 75 bid...
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- I think these are for nothing. - Me, too.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Quickly round at 75.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20It's a decent profit, but our experts hoped for more.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23They should have made £100.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25- They are really nice things!- Yeah.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I agree.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Another chance to give Catherine a bit of a lift now,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31as her miniature sedan chair is up.
0:24:31 > 0:24:3360.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34- Yes!- Five in the room.
0:24:34 > 0:24:3665 bid, 65, in the room...
0:24:36 > 0:24:38This is my only chance.
0:24:38 > 0:24:4070. Five.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41Come on, this is a good thing.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43I'm selling at 75. 80 on the net.
0:24:43 > 0:24:4585. 85 bid.
0:24:45 > 0:24:4685. 90...
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Yes!
0:24:48 > 0:24:49- 100.- Yes!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51£100 in the room.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53I'm selling, in the room at 100.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54All done at 100?
0:24:56 > 0:24:57I still don't think that was that dear.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- Just shush, I'm happy with that. - I don't.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01As well you might be, Catherine.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Another splendid profit, darling.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Thanks, you bring good luck.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06You're like my little leprechaun.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08We should get him a hat!
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Another for Team Charles and Philip now,
0:25:11 > 0:25:13as the 19th century polished steel footman
0:25:13 > 0:25:15will try to ignite some interest.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Bid. £10, I'm bid,
0:25:16 > 0:25:1910, 12, 15, 18, 20 on my left.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Sat down here, £20, you're out, £20 bid.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24£20 got. £20 to you on the left...
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- On the internet.- 25 on the net.
0:25:26 > 0:25:2825 bid on the net, now 28 on the net.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32Hammer's up then. All done, round we go, quickly round at 28.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33GAVEL BANGS
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- A little, a little loss.- A smidge.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Sadly, that lights no fires for Charles.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41I'm quite happy for you to come on again.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43I'm just thinking, I could rent myself out
0:25:43 > 0:25:45to all the other Road Trippers, couldn't I? You know,
0:25:45 > 0:25:47if anybody is having a really bad day or a good day,
0:25:47 > 0:25:48- get Phil in.- Yeah.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Now it's the little French letter rack
0:25:51 > 0:25:54that Catherine felt had some je ne sais quoi.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56£50 on the net, £50 got.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57No...
0:25:57 > 0:26:00Five, 55 bid, 55 got.
0:26:00 > 0:26:0155, lovely thing. 60...
0:26:01 > 0:26:0360? Where did that come from?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05A bidder, Catherine.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Five on, for Andrea, 65 bid.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10We've got the two internets playing each other here.
0:26:10 > 0:26:1170. At £70 bid.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13£70, up to you.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- Five for UK Auctioneers...- Ooh!
0:26:15 > 0:26:1775 bid. 70, 80, back to sale room
0:26:17 > 0:26:19at £80 bid...
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- Yes.- Ooh.- 85 bid, 85.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23I wish Charles was here to see this,
0:26:23 > 0:26:25cos I always lose money when I'm with Charles.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27100 on the net. £100 bid, £100 got.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Ten. 110 bid, 110...
0:26:29 > 0:26:32£110? Is he on the same lot?
0:26:32 > 0:26:33120 bid.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36120 got. 120 you're at, Andrea.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37120 bid. No?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Selling at 120...
0:26:39 > 0:26:41GAVEL BANGS
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Yeeeeees!
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Thank you so much.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47That really was something to write home about.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49I do really like you, Phil.
0:26:50 > 0:26:55Now it's Charles and indeed Philip's very last shot at a profit.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57The little porcelain plaque.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00£100 for it. 100 bid on the net.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02- £100 bid...- £100!
0:27:02 > 0:27:03110...
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- # There may be trouble ahead... # - Shush!
0:27:06 > 0:27:08130, 40.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10140 on the net...
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Well, at least he's kind of making it up for the chair.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Nobody in the room. £140.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Anybody on the UK Auctioneer one?
0:27:17 > 0:27:18At £140, hammer's up, going to be sold.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20All done? Anybody else? 140...
0:27:20 > 0:27:22- GAVEL BANGS - He's done brilliantly.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- Yeah, I always knew that'd make money.- He'll be happy.- Yeah.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27- And you would've bought that, wouldn't you?- Yeah, yeah.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Well, that's a winner that's almost heaven sent
0:27:31 > 0:27:33to help the absent Charles on his last lot.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Philip was right about that.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36So, let's do the maths.
0:27:36 > 0:27:42Charles, ably assisted by Philip, started this leg with £660.98.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47He made a profit of £34.66,
0:27:47 > 0:27:54meaning he has £695.64 to carry forward.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58Catherine started with £207.30
0:27:58 > 0:28:02and she's made a profit of £110.50.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05So she has £317.80 in her coffers,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09and is this leg's winner. Whoo!
0:28:09 > 0:28:13And she's put a little bit of a dent in Charles's lead, so well done.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Talking of Charles, he's back for the penultimate leg
0:28:18 > 0:28:22as we continue our Road Trip with our antique-hunting faves.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Bless 'em.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25What is this armrest thing?
0:28:25 > 0:28:27It's not an armrest...
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Hey, look, careful!
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- What is it? - Listen, that is my link to history.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- It's my metal detector. - DETECTOR BEEPS
0:28:34 > 0:28:37That is the most ridiculous thing ever.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Harsh!
0:28:39 > 0:28:43They will begin in Macclesfield, in Cheshire, God's country,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45and will amble their way to an auction in Nottingham.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48# Do the hokey cokey And you get out the car
0:28:48 > 0:28:51- BOTH: - # That's what it's all about! #
0:28:51 > 0:28:53All together now!
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Oh, very good - if only in tune.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Catherine's hopping out at her first shopping stop -
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Sawmill Architectural Antiques.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Get out of here! See you.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07She's got a little under £320.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Mm. Lots of salvage in here.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15There is something to be found - my metal detector is going off,
0:29:15 > 0:29:16I can feel it. Beep-beep-beep!
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Watch out, dealer Jack.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21I love...your sign.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25It was one of those things that came in one of the factories we stripped.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28You know, they had it laying about in there and...
0:29:28 > 0:29:30So it was just lying about?
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- Can I grab it? - Yeah, course you can, yeah.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Cos this is how I feel at the moment,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37I feel it's very much GO Team Catherine.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42That's what I... That's what I want to say to Charles. Go Catherine.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45And STOP, to Charles.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46So what's on this, then?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- Er, £30.- Right.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Can you do that for 20?
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Go on, then, £20.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56- Yeah?- Yeah.- I'm having that.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58It's certainly a novel buy, Catherine.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01It's a Road Trip first, certainly.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Meanwhile, Charles has pootled the MGB east
0:30:04 > 0:30:06to the glorious spa town of Buxton -
0:30:06 > 0:30:10home to his first shop, Circus Home and Salvage.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Not forgetting he has just under 700 smackers to spend.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- Good morning!- Good morning.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- How are you?- Very well, and you?
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Nice to see you. Charles Hanson.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- Hi, I'm Lee.- Good to see you, on this busy day.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24It's lovely. What a gorgeous shop you've got.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29I love this chest. Almost like a treasure chest, isn't it?
0:30:29 > 0:30:31You've got these, erm...
0:30:31 > 0:30:33..straps, probably in tin.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37She's nice and light, and I love that handle on there,
0:30:37 > 0:30:41and you'll see how over the years that handle has fallen.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43On the inside...
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Oh, what a shame, it's got a split just in the bottom there,
0:30:47 > 0:30:49you can see the daylight through there.
0:30:49 > 0:30:54But it is maybe 1830, maybe second quarter of the 19th century.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56It's priced at 48, Leigh.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- Right.- What could be the best price?
0:31:00 > 0:31:02- Could be £30.- Really? Mm.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- I'm going to mental-note that...- OK.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- This, I quite like. - That's why I hide it away,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10cos generally it gets rattled a lot.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12I think in Nottingham,
0:31:12 > 0:31:15this could go down quite well because if you're a football fan,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17or if you were a fan back in the...
0:31:17 > 0:31:20I suppose, what, 1920s, '30s...?
0:31:20 > 0:31:22- '20s, I think, yeah. - 1920s, '30s, rather than chant,
0:31:22 > 0:31:24you may have done this.
0:31:24 > 0:31:25RATTLING
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Isn't that wonderful?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34What could be the best price on your perhaps 1920s
0:31:34 > 0:31:36football rattle, Lee?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- £24?- Really? £24.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- Mm.- I'll mental-note...
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- OK.- ..and continue.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46I hope you're remembering all of this, Charles.
0:31:46 > 0:31:47Oh, hang on, there's more.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- That's interesting.- Mm-hm.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51A mother of pearl penknife.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55I would have thought it was probably made in Birmingham, or Sheffield,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57and would date to around...
0:31:57 > 0:31:59what do we think, just pre-war?
0:31:59 > 0:32:00Yeah. I'd say '30s.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03It's got a bit of damage, a bit of wear.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04- Yeah.- How much could it be, Lee?
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- 15.- What's that for?
0:32:08 > 0:32:09Erm...
0:32:09 > 0:32:15I think you're holding an ear cleaner.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15SHE LAUGHS
0:32:15 > 0:32:18- It's got a little scoop out of there. Oh, yes!- Tiny thing there.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20- Yeah, I'll put it back in, quick. - Yeah. Probably.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- What's your best price?- £12.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Circuit of tiny shop completed
0:32:25 > 0:32:28and lots of possible - Charles, it's decision time.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I'll buy...
0:32:30 > 0:32:32..the penknife and the box, please.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34- Mm-hm.- £42.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38- Yeah?- Yeah.- That's deal one done.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40OK? Sold. Thank you very much. OK?
0:32:40 > 0:32:43The next thing is the...rattle.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46Since you've already bought a couple of things, how about 20 quid?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- How much?- 20 quid.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50- 20 quid?- Yeah.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53I think it's fun. And I'd love to sort of...
0:32:53 > 0:32:55- £18.- Oh, don't say that!
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- Please take it.- For £18?
0:32:58 > 0:32:59- Yeah.- I'll take it. Thanks a lot.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00That's great.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03So, Charles kicks things off with three items bought,
0:33:03 > 0:33:05and £60 spent.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Elsewhere, Catherine has made her way into the Peak District
0:33:10 > 0:33:13and to the gorgeous village of Hartington.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Her final shop of the day has a fine line
0:33:16 > 0:33:18in large 18th-century oak furniture.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24Ohhh! You can't not touch this beautiful oak.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29But they do have stock that's a little later, and smaller.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32How cute is that?
0:33:34 > 0:33:37It's got a bit of woodworm to it, but a Victorian...
0:33:37 > 0:33:41little child's deckchair.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46And I think that's an original canvas seat.
0:33:46 > 0:33:50I like that. I think that's quite cute. It's quite a lot of woodworm.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Aww.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Woodworm and a ticket price of £80.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57One to think about. Anything else?
0:33:57 > 0:33:59A little silver purse.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Let's have a looky-look.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04It's got a nice clear hallmark there.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07It's Birmingham.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Now, a lady in the '20s
0:34:09 > 0:34:12would have taken something like that to a dance.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14She's not going to get an awful lot in there.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16You're certainly not going to get any notes in there.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20But you might get a little coin or two.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Very nice. Standby.
0:34:22 > 0:34:23There's more.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28This cigarette case, this is Art Deco.
0:34:28 > 0:34:29So we've got a...
0:34:29 > 0:34:33..Art Deco geometric design.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Then you open it up and again you've got a clear hallmark,
0:34:36 > 0:34:37this time for Chester.
0:34:39 > 0:34:44They don't light my fire, but I might just see if I can get those...
0:34:46 > 0:34:47..for a good price.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50There's no ticket price. Time to chat money with dealer Jan
0:34:50 > 0:34:53about the little chair and the silver.
0:34:53 > 0:34:59I would suggest for those, £20, and then I'd say for that chair,
0:34:59 > 0:35:02I'd probably say 20 for that as well.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04So 40 for the two.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06- Is that all right? - Fine. That's fine.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- OK.- OK.- Put it there, then. Thank you very much.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11£40 spent and just like that,
0:35:11 > 0:35:13shopping for the day is done.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Time for a well-earned rest. Nighty night!
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Day is dawning over the Cheshire countryside.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Hang on. Is that Charles?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33At least he's enjoying himself.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36When you pick an object out the ground, you say,
0:35:36 > 0:35:37"Hello, you're in the modern world.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- "Long time, no see." - BEEPING
0:35:40 > 0:35:42- Oh, hello. - BEEPING SPEEDS UP
0:35:43 > 0:35:47And that actually is a really good sound.
0:35:47 > 0:35:54Has someone lost a bundle of gold sovereigns or gold guineas?
0:35:54 > 0:35:58Hold tight. What is lurking under there?
0:35:59 > 0:36:02And that's it. That is it.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06What is that? It's certainly Victorian.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07It is silver plate.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10It could be bronze. Do you know, it's almost...
0:36:10 > 0:36:13I'll tell you what that might be. a little spill holder.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17And maybe you haven't seen that for a few...150 years, or so.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19And that's history. Hello.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Hello, history. Your lift's here. SHE HONKS HORN
0:36:22 > 0:36:27I've found real Antiques Road Trip treasure.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29- You found something? - Yes.- Are you serious?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31A real treasure. I'm going to give it to you.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34There you are. That's just for you. Have a look at it.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37- It's not a tractor part.- No!
0:36:37 > 0:36:39I'm fairly sure, romantically, it's a spill holder.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- Charles, that's rubbish. - It's not rubbish!
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Let's get moving while they're still friends, eh?
0:36:44 > 0:36:47The first stop today is Walgherton in Cheshire.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50And they're sharing a shop, so stand by.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51Antiques that way.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53I'm going to go this way.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54What are you going that way for?
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Look, it's everywhere.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Come on, follow me. Come on.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00- Trust me. Trust me. Come on.- I don't trust you.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02That's the problem.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Perhaps it's best you split up, you two.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Dagfield Crafts And Antique Centre
0:37:07 > 0:37:09is huge.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- So do stop horsing about.- Sorry.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15Catherine's got just under £260.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19There's something here.
0:37:19 > 0:37:25They've called it a large vintage dragonfly brooch.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29It's either really, really horrible, or quite good fun.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33No risk here, then. Sue owns the contents of this cabinet.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Hello, Sue.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- I think that's '50s.- Mm.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39I do like the way it's been made.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41The sort of graduated pearls there.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44The lovely almost seed pearls on the wings.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48- You've got 38 on it.- Yes.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50What I'd like to offer you is 20.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- No, I couldn't do 20.- No?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I'd knock ten off the ticket price.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56- Can we say 25?- Is that all right?
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- 26.- 26. Go on, then.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01I'm not going to argue over a few pounds.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Top work. Just a few paces from the front door and Catherine has bagged
0:38:05 > 0:38:07her first deal of the day.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10It is rich pickings, as my Hanson would say.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Well, dealer Sam is here to help.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Isn't that interesting?
0:38:16 > 0:38:20That is a brooch in the form of a perfume bottle.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23What the lady would do is have that pinned to her dress,
0:38:23 > 0:38:25or pinned to her jacket, and you would
0:38:25 > 0:38:27take the little glass...
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- ..stopper out...- Yes.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Isn't that lovely? Edwardian.
0:38:33 > 0:38:3538.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38There's so many lovely things here!
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Ooh, I want to buy everything.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41I love that!
0:38:41 > 0:38:43I'm very excited here.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45What is lovely about this,
0:38:45 > 0:38:50- it is actually a baby's rattle and a teether as well.- It's beautiful.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51So...
0:38:51 > 0:38:54But what is lovely is it is in the form of an owl's head
0:38:54 > 0:38:58and owls are quite collectable. This is actually really nicely done.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59Great spot, Catherine.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Amongst all this stock, that's two gems.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06The 1920s owl rattle has a ticket price of £150.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10I do like it so I might gamble on it.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11Well, I can speak for Debbie.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15I think she wouldn't take anything less than 100 for the rattle.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17She would do the perfume bottle for 20.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Do I do it? What do you think?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- Oh, I'd be a devil.- Be a devil?
0:39:22 > 0:39:27- Be a devil.- I like to be a devil. - Do you?- Lovely.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Catherine devilishly scoops up the rattle and teether for £100.
0:39:31 > 0:39:37The scent bottle brooch for 20, and the dragonfly brooch for £26.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41While she nips off, Charles is looking to spend his £635.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Go, Charles.
0:39:43 > 0:39:44There's got to be something.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Minutes ago... I love this.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49On a summer day, you often see summer fruits.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53I love these because they are just gorgeous Crown Ducal,
0:39:53 > 0:39:55probably by Charlotte Rhead.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57And they are so Art Deco.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Look at the little beaded handles here.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02They've got that almost skyscraper look.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04There's a crack running down the rim here.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06And they've been smashed.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08But on that side they're OK.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Against a wall, you can't even see it.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Great pair of pots.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Made by Crown Ducal.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17In around 1935.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Could be yours for £6.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Isn't that amazing?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Incredible!
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Ignore the damage and they're gorgeous.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Charles is keen to chat to their vendor.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Can you do much on that for me at all?
0:40:31 > 0:40:34£5. I will pay £5 and they're sold.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Thanks a lot. Great!
0:40:37 > 0:40:39- I'll pay you £5. - Pay the lady there.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42£5 spent and off he goes.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Thanks ever so much. Have a good day.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Enjoy the sunshine.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47- Thank you.- Bye-bye.- Bye.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Meanwhile Catherine is 16 miles away in Stoke on Trent,
0:40:53 > 0:40:57the world's capital of ceramics.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00She's here to learn about one man
0:41:00 > 0:41:02who played a particularly important role
0:41:02 > 0:41:04in making the local potteries so renowned.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09Paul Wood is here to tell Catherine the life of Stoke's Josiah Spode.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Hello.- Hello.
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- Wow.- Lovely to meet you. Welcome to the Spode Museum Trust.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19By the latter half of the 18th century,
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Stoke was already a bustling centre for the pottery trade.
0:41:22 > 0:41:27Amongst this hotbed of thriving industry, one man stood out
0:41:27 > 0:41:31for his imaginative approach and for one type of pattern in particular.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35I can't believe the amount of blue and white that you've got here.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38This is a collection we've been putting together
0:41:38 > 0:41:39for many, many years.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43Spode's blue earthenware is instantly recognisable.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48It used locally sourced clay which made it cheaper than porcelain.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51In 1796 Spode made a significant development
0:41:51 > 0:41:54that changed the course of the industry.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56This is a piece of bone china.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58So what makes this so special?
0:41:58 > 0:42:02The main thing was the use of 50% bone ash in the recipe.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05But this is the one where he actually got it right,
0:42:05 > 0:42:08he cracked it, he got the right percentage of bone ash,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10with English china clay,
0:42:10 > 0:42:15some feldspar, and it just came out beautifully, white, translucent,
0:42:15 > 0:42:19and really very stable to fire and make.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22And you could put wonderful ranges of decorations on it.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Spode's recipe is still used today
0:42:24 > 0:42:26by pottery manufacturers the world over,
0:42:26 > 0:42:28and it made Spode a household name.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Bone china tended to be used in, shall we say,
0:42:31 > 0:42:33the London townhouses of the rich.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36One cup and saucer would be a month's wages
0:42:36 > 0:42:37for an average workman.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40You're talking about very, very expensive production.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43But the earthenware was used in the big country homes.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Both of these things were continued in parallel production.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50The bone china developed and grew, but so did the blue.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Spode's biggest challenge was meeting the demands of a public
0:42:53 > 0:42:57who had grown used to importing china from China.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00The taste in Europe was of course being met, but very slowly,
0:43:00 > 0:43:05by ships bringing Chinese porcelain from the Far East,
0:43:05 > 0:43:07which was considered very chic, very attractive.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09And there was Spode.
0:43:09 > 0:43:14He developed a way of engraving the pattern so it could be reproduced.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16He'd get hold of a Chinese original,
0:43:16 > 0:43:19make a fair copy as an engraving,
0:43:19 > 0:43:21and of course that then meant that he could meet the demand that
0:43:21 > 0:43:24couldn't really be met from the Far East quickly enough
0:43:24 > 0:43:26for the local customers.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28So that really upped the game
0:43:28 > 0:43:31and became something that the English preferred
0:43:31 > 0:43:33against imported porcelain from the Far East.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38This early form of mass production was hugely successful
0:43:38 > 0:43:40but still required a lot of skill.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Paul, one of the Museum trustees, is here to demonstrate.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Would you have had originally one person doing that?
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Yes. There was always a team.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52There was the printer,
0:43:52 > 0:43:56a transferor, who was the most skilled person,
0:43:56 > 0:43:59and then they had an apprentice who would rub the pattern down,
0:43:59 > 0:44:02and there was a younger, usually girl, who'd cut the paper out first.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05So a team of four.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07And they were often a family.
0:44:07 > 0:44:12The father was often the printer and the wife was the transferor.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14Oil-based colour was applied to an engraving
0:44:14 > 0:44:17and then on to transfer paper.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21- Shall I be your apprentice, then, Paul?- Yes, please.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23The job of cutting out the pattern,
0:44:23 > 0:44:25carried out by the young members of the families,
0:44:25 > 0:44:27now falls to Catherine Southon.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30Goodness me, I shall never, ever turn away
0:44:30 > 0:44:34a willow-patterned transfer-printed plate again.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37How many of these would they have produced,
0:44:37 > 0:44:38how many plates, for example?
0:44:38 > 0:44:40They would produce several hundred a day.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42- Several hundred a day?! - Yeah. Oh, yeah.
0:44:44 > 0:44:47Well, they were on piece work, and that is what they were paid by,
0:44:47 > 0:44:49so the pressure was on all the time.
0:44:49 > 0:44:53Oh, my goodness. I can't believe they made so many of these.
0:44:54 > 0:44:57Josiah died soon after making his pottery into a successful business,
0:44:57 > 0:45:01but his son saw the potential in his father's inventions,
0:45:01 > 0:45:02and in the 19th century,
0:45:02 > 0:45:05Spode was one of the largest potteries in Staffordshire,
0:45:05 > 0:45:09boasting 22 bottle ovens and employing around 1,000 locals.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12The pioneering effort of Josiah Spode
0:45:12 > 0:45:15makes his early bone china highly sought-after.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17I'm really, really pleased with that.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21- Brilliant.- A plate produced from a 200-year-old engraving.
0:45:21 > 0:45:25- There's your plate. - Thank you very, very much indeed.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27That is... I shall treasure that.
0:45:27 > 0:45:31We'll leave Catherine to admire her handiwork.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Charles meanwhile has toddled down the road to Stafford.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37Windmill Antiques,
0:45:37 > 0:45:40owned by Ian, is his final shop of this leg.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42Any star finds recently?
0:45:42 > 0:45:47Well, I've got a nice little diamond and ruby leopard.
0:45:47 > 0:45:48That's nice. The brooch.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Pretty, isn't it? Nine carat gold?
0:45:50 > 0:45:53- Nine carat gold. - What, 1970s, probably '80s?
0:45:53 > 0:45:55- Yep.- Expensive?
0:45:55 > 0:45:56- Not really.- How much?
0:45:56 > 0:45:58- £100.- Really?
0:45:58 > 0:46:00That really is quite stylish.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04- Good.- I also just, away from the leopard, quite like that box there,
0:46:04 > 0:46:07the rectangular white metal box.
0:46:07 > 0:46:10- Is that silver?- No, it isn't, but it's quite an unusual thing.
0:46:10 > 0:46:11Yeah, it is. It's inscribed.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14- It is. - It's got a name on which reads
0:46:14 > 0:46:19FW Hepford, or Hefford, of Tunstall.
0:46:19 > 0:46:21It is of local interest.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23And I can't quite work out what, Ian, you'd have used it for.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25If we just pull it apart.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27Gaming counters?
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Toothpicks?
0:46:29 > 0:46:31- But how peculiar.- Very strange.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35This box, I'm fairly sure, must be no later than,
0:46:35 > 0:46:39let's say, 1800, 1810.
0:46:39 > 0:46:40What's the best price on that?
0:46:40 > 0:46:42The very best on that...
0:46:42 > 0:46:45- To a humble man.- To a humble man.
0:46:45 > 0:46:47To a humble man from Derbyshire, not Tunstall.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50- It would be £15.- 15?- 15.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52That's not bad.
0:46:52 > 0:46:53Certainly not.
0:46:53 > 0:46:57So a nine carat gold brooch and a white metal box to consider.
0:46:57 > 0:46:58Anything else, Charles?
0:46:58 > 0:47:01There's such a richness of porcelain.
0:47:01 > 0:47:06Hanson is on the scent all things 18th-century.
0:47:06 > 0:47:11That's a Chinese porcelain coffee cup of circa 1770.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13I love it because it's so noble.
0:47:13 > 0:47:14It's so well painted.
0:47:14 > 0:47:20It was clearly a coffee cup from a once upon a time very important set.
0:47:20 > 0:47:25On this shelf here, there is one item which is 18th-century.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28And that's a small Chinese Qianlong.
0:47:28 > 0:47:33As is that. Emperor Qianlong ruled China from 1735 to '99
0:47:33 > 0:47:35and that's the same period.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39On the bottom shelf, the pewter plate is, again, I'm fairly sure...
0:47:39 > 0:47:45Yeah, the touch marks are good, and that's 18th-century, circa 1770.
0:47:45 > 0:47:48On this top here, that one there.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52It's the 18th-century Chinese Qianlong tea bowl on the top deck.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54This has a price. That's £20.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58The others, I can't see any labels on, so maybe
0:47:58 > 0:48:02they could be bought for nothing. Ian...!
0:48:02 > 0:48:04What is Charles planning to buy?
0:48:04 > 0:48:06I'm quite keen to do a deal.
0:48:06 > 0:48:11What would be the best price, all-in, for the leopard brooch...
0:48:11 > 0:48:14..for the inscribed Tunstall box
0:48:14 > 0:48:18and these four bits of very old crockery and old plate?
0:48:20 > 0:48:23£140.
0:48:23 > 0:48:24That's actually not bad.
0:48:24 > 0:48:28Hold on. So the leopard at 90, a tenner for the box,
0:48:28 > 0:48:31and I think for the sake of history, Ian,
0:48:31 > 0:48:33you know, how can one turn away
0:48:33 > 0:48:39four 18th-century joys for £40?
0:48:39 > 0:48:42- Which makes 100...- £140.
0:48:42 > 0:48:43Yeah, I'll take that.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Thanks, Ian. I'm really, really grateful.
0:48:45 > 0:48:47Top work, old chap.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49A handful of items to finish off with
0:48:49 > 0:48:51and shopping for the day is done.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54Charles will combine his 18th-century ceramics and plate
0:48:54 > 0:48:58with the ribbed vases to make a single lot,
0:48:58 > 0:49:01which he adds to the 18th-century white metal box,
0:49:01 > 0:49:03the nine carat gold brooch,
0:49:03 > 0:49:05his 1920s football rattle,
0:49:05 > 0:49:07an oak carriage box
0:49:07 > 0:49:12and the Edwardian penknife, all for a total of £205.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15Catherine parted with £1 more,
0:49:15 > 0:49:19spending £206 on a large stop and go sign,
0:49:19 > 0:49:20a silver lady's purse,
0:49:20 > 0:49:22an Art Deco cigarette case,
0:49:22 > 0:49:24a Victorian child's chair,
0:49:24 > 0:49:26a 1950s dragonfly brooch,
0:49:26 > 0:49:29a 1920s teether and rattle,
0:49:29 > 0:49:31and an Edwardian scent bottle brooch.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Cor! Busy shopping for our pair.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35But what do they make of each other's items?
0:49:35 > 0:49:39Charles, you make enough noise as it is.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41Why did you buy a rattle as well for £18?
0:49:41 > 0:49:43Please don't use that at the auction.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46£18 for that, though, you've got yourself a bargain.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48My favourite item of Catherine's, I think,
0:49:48 > 0:49:50is the one that is the biggest speculator.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53It's the owl-mounted teether .
0:49:53 > 0:49:55It cost £100.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58It could make 250, it could make 50.
0:49:58 > 0:49:59Go, girl.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Go, indeed.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04The fourth auction of this trip is upon us.
0:50:04 > 0:50:06And Catherine and Charles are making their way
0:50:06 > 0:50:07to the fair city of Nottingham,
0:50:07 > 0:50:10heading for the auction house at Arthur Johnson and Sons.
0:50:10 > 0:50:14And it's a fairly substantial and, well, complicated complex.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16My goodness, how many auction rooms?
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Our auction room is number two today.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20- Shall I?- Yes, after you.- Right.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24In charge of proceedings today is auctioneer Phil Poyser.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Tell us all about our pair's lots, then, Phil.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30The panther brooch, it is gold.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33I think it's going to be what a lot of people would be looking for.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35I expect £60-£90 on that.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37The brooch and scent bottle,
0:50:37 > 0:50:39It's the sort of novelty piece that people like.
0:50:39 > 0:50:43I would have thought that could be £30-£50.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45So, here we go.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Live on the internet and a crowd gathering.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49Good luck, you two.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51- This is nice, isn't it?- It's a very close atmosphere, isn't it?
0:50:52 > 0:50:56First item to get your pulses racing is Catherine's stop and go sign.
0:50:56 > 0:51:00Well, I've got three commission bids on it, and I can start it at 25.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02- £25 bid.- Oh.- At 25, at 25.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04- Come on, go, go, go.- At 25.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06- 30.- Stop, stop, stop.- At 35.
0:51:06 > 0:51:0840 online. 45 is with me.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10- At £45, myself.- It's doubled up.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13- It's on commission and it's done at £45.- Awww!
0:51:13 > 0:51:15You can't grumble with that.
0:51:15 > 0:51:16- No.- It went a bit.
0:51:16 > 0:51:20Catherine starts things off with a nice profit.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22- Go.- Stop.
0:51:22 > 0:51:23- Go.- Stop it.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25- Go, Southon. - Stop it. I hope it will stop. Stop.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Seriously, please stop.
0:51:27 > 0:51:31Time for Charles's first item of the day, his Edwardian penknife.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33At £10. 12 bid.
0:51:33 > 0:51:3515. 15 bid.
0:51:35 > 0:51:36I've got 15 in the room.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38- Come on, net.- 18, 18 bid.
0:51:38 > 0:51:3920. £20.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41In the room, then, at £20.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43- Right. Hammer down. - One for the road.- On we go.
0:51:43 > 0:51:44At £20.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47Charles is up and running and that's one profit apiece.
0:51:47 > 0:51:48I'm happy, I'm happy.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50- Are you?- Yeah.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Let's hope the happiness continues
0:51:52 > 0:51:56and see how things go with Catherine's dragonfly brooch.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59- £20 I'm bid on this.- Come on! - 25. 30.
0:51:59 > 0:52:0335. 40. 45. 50. 55. 60.
0:52:03 > 0:52:04Yes!
0:52:04 > 0:52:07- 65. 70.- Yes.- Amazing. - £70 bid, with me.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09- That's amazing.- At £70. - That's really good.
0:52:09 > 0:52:1175, thank you. At 75, in the room now.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13- Amazing.- It is such a good thing.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16- It goes at 75.- Yes! Thank you!
0:52:16 > 0:52:19That is amazing. Dare I say it, I'm buzzing like a bee.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Buzzing like a dragonfly doesn't have the same ring, does it?
0:52:22 > 0:52:24Cracking profit either way.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26It's a dragonfly. Sorry about that, but well done.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28I like your style.
0:52:29 > 0:52:33Right, Charles. What will the bidders make of
0:52:33 > 0:52:34your 18th-century white metal box?
0:52:34 > 0:52:36£30. At 30.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38- Come on.- 35.
0:52:38 > 0:52:39- It is a good thing.- £35, bid of 35.
0:52:39 > 0:52:4140 is online.
0:52:41 > 0:52:4345 is in the room.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45- Go on! Sorry.- £45. At 45. At 45.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47- It was a hiccup. It was a hiccup. - At 45.
0:52:47 > 0:52:50- You can tell who it belongs to, can't you?- Sorry!
0:52:50 > 0:52:54- £50 bid. 50. 55.- Thank you!- 55 bid.
0:52:54 > 0:52:58- At 55. And I sell in the room, we are done at 55.- Very good!
0:52:58 > 0:53:0055.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Charles causing a stir and bagging a profit.
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Well done.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06- To be honest I thought that would do even better.- I'm very pleased.
0:53:06 > 0:53:09Next up is Catherine's biggest spend,
0:53:09 > 0:53:11the 1920s teether and rattle.
0:53:11 > 0:53:1330, £30 bid.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16- 35. 35 is in the room.- That's good.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18At 35. Got you, madam. 40. 40 bid. 45.
0:53:18 > 0:53:1950's in Ireland.
0:53:19 > 0:53:23- Go on, Ireland.- 55 in the room. - 60 in Ireland.
0:53:23 > 0:53:2665 bid. 70. 75 bid.
0:53:26 > 0:53:2880. £80 bid.
0:53:28 > 0:53:29One more?
0:53:29 > 0:53:30- No? Are you sure?- Come on.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Come on! It's a good thing.
0:53:32 > 0:53:33Are you sure? Done at £80.
0:53:33 > 0:53:37Plenty of interest but sadly that's the first loss for Catherine.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39It made a bit of a loss.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41- What's £20?- It could have been a lot worse.
0:53:41 > 0:53:43What's £20 between friends?
0:53:43 > 0:53:45That leaves the door open for Charles.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48It's time for his combined lot of the ribbed vases
0:53:48 > 0:53:50and 18th-century ceramics and plate.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52At £10. 12. 12 bid.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56- 15. 18. 20. 25.- Come on.
0:53:56 > 0:53:5725 bid on my left.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59- I'm in trouble.- At £25 bid, at 25.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01- Stop!- At £25.
0:54:01 > 0:54:02- Stop bidding.- Last call.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04It goes, done at 25.
0:54:06 > 0:54:07Well done, Charles.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11What's £20 between friends, eh?
0:54:11 > 0:54:14Don't even bother with that one. Let's just move on.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17Yeah, probably best.
0:54:17 > 0:54:19Here comes Catherine's Edwardian scent bottle brooch.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21Bid 20, 20 I've got.
0:54:21 > 0:54:235, 25, bid.
0:54:23 > 0:54:2530 bid, 5, 35 bid, 40.
0:54:25 > 0:54:265, 45, bid, 50.
0:54:26 > 0:54:2850 bid, at five. 55, 60.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31- Keep going.- 60 bid. On my right at 60. At £60.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33It's against you online at 60, at £60.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Done at 60.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39Another great profit for Catherine keeps her in the lead.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Puff your chest out, girl. Be proud.
0:54:41 > 0:54:42I'm not going to do that.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45Why? I will.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Steady, Charles.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Now, the football rattle, will it make a noise in the saleroom?
0:54:50 > 0:54:52£30 bid, at 30.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54- Here we go.- At £30, at 30.
0:54:54 > 0:54:55At 30 bid, at 30.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57- Come on.- £30, bit of history here.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59- It is history.- At 30 and I sell.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01It goes, done at 30.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03- Did you use one?- Yeah.
0:55:03 > 0:55:07Yeah, the rattle gets a new home and Charles has another profit.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11This man used one of those rattles back in the 1920s.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13- Really?- 1920s?
0:55:13 > 0:55:15I was born in '31.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17All right, sorry. 1950s.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20- You've just totally insulted him. - Sorry about that, 1950s.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23Lordy! Catherine's chance to stretch her lead now
0:55:23 > 0:55:25with her Victorian child's chair, with worm.
0:55:25 > 0:55:2815 only bid to start, at 15.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30- That's all right.- £15 bid, 18.
0:55:30 > 0:55:3118 bid, 20.
0:55:31 > 0:55:345, 30, at £30.
0:55:34 > 0:55:35I'll take five now. At £30.
0:55:35 > 0:55:40Against you in the room and online and I sell at 30.
0:55:40 > 0:55:42£30.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44Yes, another profit for Catherine.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46Well done, girl.
0:55:46 > 0:55:47I'm really pleased.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49You should be pleased. Pleased as punch.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Yep, that's the way to do it.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55Now, time for Charles' oak carriage box.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I've got 20 bid, 20.
0:55:57 > 0:55:58- Oh, no.- And five, 25 bid.
0:55:58 > 0:56:0030, online at 30.
0:56:00 > 0:56:02£30 bid, at 30.
0:56:02 > 0:56:03- Come on.- It's a nice size as well.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05At 30. Online.
0:56:05 > 0:56:07All out in the room at £30.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09- I sell...- It's going to break even. - It goes at 30.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13A new home for the box, but no profit for Charles.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15Broke even, lost money, doesn't matter.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17- Move on.- Baby.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20That's the spirit.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23Catherine's final lot is the silver purse and Art Deco cigarette case.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26I can start it straight in at 50.
0:56:26 > 0:56:27- £50?!- At 55, 60.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29Yes! Yes!
0:56:29 > 0:56:3165, 70, 5.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33- Yes!- 80.
0:56:33 > 0:56:34- Yes!- 5.
0:56:34 > 0:56:3690, 90 bid seated.
0:56:36 > 0:56:39- Stop.- At £90, at 90 for the two items together.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41- Go!- Stop!- At £90, 95 online. - It's that sign.
0:56:41 > 0:56:42- I don't believe it.- 100 in the room.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44It's against you online. Make no mistake.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46At £100 on my left and it goes.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48Done at £100.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52Wowee, you have come to Nottinghamshire...
0:56:52 > 0:56:55- Nottingham, I love Nottingham. - ..to my manor of the East Midlands
0:56:55 > 0:56:58- and you're flying high.- I love Nottingham!- That's amazing.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01An incredible profit for Catherine.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03I'm doing so well. I want to go before it all collapses.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05And I want to end it on a high.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07- You're making me nervous now. - Is that your tummy rumbling?
0:57:07 > 0:57:10- I'll buy you a sandwich on the way out.- What's left of yours?
0:57:10 > 0:57:11If you can stay for my last lot,
0:57:11 > 0:57:13- I'll buy you a sandwich. - Will you?- Yes.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15There's a lot riding on our final lot of the day.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18Charles' nine carat gold brooch.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20At 60 bid, 5, 70, 5, 80,
0:57:20 > 0:57:2385, 90.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26- Broken even.- 95. 100.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28- In the room at 100. - It's got to do a lot more.- Go on.
0:57:28 > 0:57:32110. 120? 120, 120.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34130, on the internet.
0:57:34 > 0:57:36- Go on!- 140.
0:57:36 > 0:57:37- Go on.- At £140, then.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40Being sold. It goes online at 140.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44- That's OK. I'm happy.- Delirious!
0:57:44 > 0:57:48A good profit for a good item, but was it enough?
0:57:49 > 0:57:53Charles started out with £695.64
0:57:53 > 0:57:56and made a profit today of £39.36
0:57:56 > 0:57:58after paying auction costs.
0:57:58 > 0:58:04This takes his total to an even and rather grand £735.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06Wow!
0:58:06 > 0:58:09Catherine began with just under £318.
0:58:09 > 0:58:14After costs, she made a cracking £113.80 profit,
0:58:14 > 0:58:19giving her now a total of £431.60,
0:58:19 > 0:58:21meaning she wins the day
0:58:21 > 0:58:23but trails Charles by just over £300
0:58:23 > 0:58:27going into the final leg. What a competition.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29# Yay, I've got my sandwich! #
0:58:29 > 0:58:33And well done. You are slowly catching me up.
0:58:35 > 0:58:36Cheerio.