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 > 0:00:10..a classic car, and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- I like a rummage.- I can't resist.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Why do I always do this to myself?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21- There'll be worthy winners... - Give us a kiss.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- ..and valiant losers. - Come on. Stick 'em up.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- So, will it be the high road to glory...- Onwards and upwards.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- ..or the slow road to disaster? - Take me home!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Welcome to the West Country
0:00:41 > 0:00:44in the company of James Braxton and Raj Bisram.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Cider!- You can't beat it.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51I was astounded to find out how many different types of apples
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- there are in Somerset alone.- Oh.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- Is it 100?- More.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Over 400 different types.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- Really?- That's amazing, isn't it?
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Astonishing apple facts notwithstanding,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07our two experts really do know their stuff.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Here's another weird thing about Somerset.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Of course, it's famous for Cheddar Gorge.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16All very interesting. Anyway, Raj is an auctioneer from Kent.
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Also a keen sportsman,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20when he's not admiring antiques, that is.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- It's a fascinating business.- It is, isn't it?- The more that you learn,
0:01:25 > 0:01:27the more that you know that you don't know,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- if you know what I mean.- Exactly. Exactly.- I think James does.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32He's an auctioneer, too, from Sussex,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34plus a vintage car fan.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37So, what do they make of their motor?
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- Have you ever heard of a Caravelle before?- Never. I had never.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44- I thought it was going to be a camper thing.- So did I. Exactly!
0:01:44 > 0:01:46I thought they were saving the budget.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48As if!
0:01:48 > 0:01:50It's rather interesting.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53It looks slightly amphibious from the outside.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Could come in handy later on, then,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58because their first auction is on the Isle of Wight.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01I try and buy things that I think will fit in
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- with where the auction is.- Yeah.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08- I guess our market's quite limited on the Isle of Wight.- Yeah, it is.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10It's an island, isn't it?
0:02:10 > 0:02:14I'm fairly sure it's completely surrounded by water, James.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17After kicking off in Somerset, at Bath,
0:02:17 > 0:02:22our experts, with £200 apiece, will rove across a fair chunk
0:02:22 > 0:02:25of Southern England before zipping up to the Midlands
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and then coming back home to Somerset at Binegar.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Later, their windscreen faces south as they cross the Solent
0:02:32 > 0:02:35for an auction at Brading on the Isle of Wight.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39But today's first knockings begin way out west in Bath.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Spa towns were rather like going to the Cote d'Azur, weren't they?
0:02:43 > 0:02:44Take the waters, as they said.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Take the waters, marry your daughters.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- HE LAUGHS - You're a poet!
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Bath - the city of honey-coloured stone,
0:02:54 > 0:02:58with more than a few antique shops and one splendid Gothic abbey.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04In the shadow of which, Raj is on the lookout for his first shop.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09- Hi there.- Hello.- Hi, I'm Raj. - Welcome to Bath Antiques.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- Thank you so much. - We've got three floors.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13It's a bit dangerous, so watch the stairs.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15- I'll be careful. And your name is...?- Annette.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- And you're in charge, are you? - I am in charge.- Brilliant.
0:03:18 > 0:03:19Now, as you might expect,
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Annette's shop has Bath's tourists firmly in mind,
0:03:23 > 0:03:25with plenty of collectables in stock.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Interesting geography, too.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Almost everything is sort of in the shop window.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32I've seen something that I know a little bit about, OK?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35This is really delicate, delicate porcelain.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40It's called Belleek and it's from County Fermanagh in Ireland.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43The early pieces are what you're looking for,
0:03:43 > 0:03:44and those have got the black mark.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47This calls for our woman in charge.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50It's a bit tricky because the building's falling down,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53as you can see, so we've got this scaffold in here.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58It's a 300-year-old building, and it's got deathwatch beetle.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00A real fixer-upper, then.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- That's not going to come out there. - It's not going to come out.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Do be careful, Annette.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- So, this is...- I tell you what you could do -
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- could you turn that vase so I could see the base of it?- Yeah.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14It's got the black mark, which is the early mark for Belleek.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17It's great, but I can't buy it
0:04:17 > 0:04:19because we can't get it out of the cabinet!
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Well, that's a first.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Now what's he up to?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I'm not actually leaving the shop yet.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26What I'm trying to do is there's some things out here
0:04:26 > 0:04:29which I can't see properly from in the shop,
0:04:29 > 0:04:31so I'm going to come outside and have a look.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33There are some lovely things in here.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35There's a nice pair of silver candlesticks,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37which I think I need to look at,
0:04:37 > 0:04:41and there's a nice piece of Tiffany silver, as well, I think.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Some nice silver pocket watches in here, as well.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Nice.- So, I'm going to go back in
0:04:45 > 0:04:48and ask her if she can get some things out of the cabinet.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52No easy task, that, but it seems Annette's persistence has paid off.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55There we go. Always a problem with Belleek,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57especially because it's such a fine porcelain,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00and this lovely glaze, is that it gets chipped and damaged a lot,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03and the collectors obviously like it perfect.
0:05:03 > 0:05:08It's gone down in price a bit, OK? But it's still quite collectable.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Hefty £300 price tag, though.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14The tops that I would pay for this - the very, very tops -
0:05:14 > 0:05:16and I even wouldn't want to pay that, is £50 for it.
0:05:16 > 0:05:17- £50?- Yeah.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19But we'll talk about that because
0:05:19 > 0:05:21I've seen some other things, actually.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- There's another cabinet down here. - Right.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25He just saw those just now.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- They're Mappin & Webb. - These are quite nice, OK?- Yeah.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- They're not exactly in the most perfect condition, though.- No.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33They've got dents.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- And at auction, these would be estimated £50-£80.- Yeah.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41Those are even steeper. Anything more reasonable, Annette?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Is it a Celtic scarf thing or...?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45It looks like a Caltech brooch of some sort.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- The good news is there's no price on this.- Yeah.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51It's not hugely old. It's probably...
0:05:51 > 0:05:54It just says silver on it, so it has no...
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- It's got no...? - That's all it says. No, no.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Well, what would you offer me for it?
0:05:58 > 0:06:03I would probably pay, for that, somewhere between £12 and £15.
0:06:03 > 0:06:0515. Yeah?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- 12.- 15.- 13.
0:06:10 > 0:06:1214, and it's yours.
0:06:12 > 0:06:1314? We have a deal.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- There you go.- Brilliant.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19One collection not in the window is the wall of caricatures.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23- What about the Spy prints, Raj? - They're not normally my thing.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26They're quite common, these. You do see quite a lot of them.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28There are some that are quite collectable, that are quite rare.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I've got quite a few. I'd do a deal on the job lot.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Quite! These celebrity likenesses used to appear in the pages
0:06:35 > 0:06:38of the Victorian Vanity Fair magazine.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42They're often called Spy cartoons after the pseudonym of Leslie Ward,
0:06:42 > 0:06:44their most famous artist.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Seven of them. How many could you do them for?
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- You make me an offer. - No, I'm not that interested.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51You're going to have to sell them to me on this one.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Well, tell me what they get in auction.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58On a bad day, you could probably buy this whole lot for 50 quid.
0:06:58 > 0:07:03- What about £45?- For the seven?- Yeah. You could do quite well on them.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05You've got me interested.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06We can tell that.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I am tempted, but I'm going to make you an offer of £30.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- 35, and they're yours, Raj. - I can't say no.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- I'm going to have to shake your hand at £35.- 35.- You've got a deal.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21So, £35, plus 14 for the brooch, comes to a grand total of 49.
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Thank you very much indeed.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- It's been a real pleasure. - It's been charming. Thank you.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- I'm just going to pick up my stuff and I'll be on my way.- OK.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Thanks again.- Exit Raj with a grin on his face.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Such a happy chappie.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36James, meanwhile, is also in Bath,
0:07:36 > 0:07:40taking a much more cultured view of the Georgian city
0:07:40 > 0:07:43because Jane Austen, the author of Emma,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Pride And Prejudice and Sense And Sensibility,
0:07:46 > 0:07:49lived here for a few influential years,
0:07:49 > 0:07:52observing the customs and manners of the English upper-classes
0:07:52 > 0:07:54who flocked to the spa.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Lovely to welcome you to Bath and to Sydney Gardens,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00which a certain Jane Austen was very fond of.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03This little park was opened in the late 18th century
0:08:03 > 0:08:08just before Ms Austen came to live at nearby Sydney Place.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11A local historian, Kirsten Elliott,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13can plot her course through the city.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Is this the street that she lived on?- Yes.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20They came to live here in 1801, on this street.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23These are built not all that long before they came,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25so they would have looked sparkling new.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- This lovely Bath stone, was it? - And it would have been very white.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- Right.- In fact, Jane Austen sometimes complains about the glare.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Was Bath society joyous or was it very stifling?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- You have to know people.- Yeah.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- You have to have the right connections.- Yeah.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42There were very sort of strict rules as to where you could sit.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- According to your status. - Exactly. Exactly.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48So, this was all meat and drink for her.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- She absorbed all this and then wrote about it and used it.- Yes.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I mean, sometimes, people say, "Oh, her books are so snobbish,"
0:08:54 > 0:08:57but she's actually poking fun at snobbery.
0:08:57 > 0:08:58She's not a romantic novelist.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03She is a satirist and she really sinks her teeth into snobbery.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06You know, you think of the really unpleasant characters
0:09:06 > 0:09:07in her books, and they're snobs.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10That's what she really, I think, hated.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Her witty novels certainly succeeded in skewering
0:09:13 > 0:09:16several of the fashionable folk she encountered.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Two books - Northanger Abbey and Persuasion -
0:09:19 > 0:09:22even featured the city as a backdrop.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25- We're walking down now to 13 Queen Square.- Yeah.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Although there's a suggestion that she came in 1797,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32we know that she came here in 1799 for a month
0:09:32 > 0:09:34with her brother Edward and his wife,
0:09:34 > 0:09:36and stayed at 13 Queen Square.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Would she have done any writing here?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40No, I don't think she did.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Whether she made notes, whether it was just in her memory,
0:09:44 > 0:09:45she was certainly observing.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50In the satirical Northanger Abbey, young Catherine is dazzled by Bath,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53such as Jane would have been at first,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55although she soon came to understand
0:09:55 > 0:09:58that there was a darker aspect of the Georgian city.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Behind all this glamour, there was quite a lot of poverty.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04But when Jane and her mother are house-hunting,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07they talk about going to Westgate Buildings,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11and Avon Street nearby was dragging that area down.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16And Avon Street was notorious for poverty,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18overcrowding and prostitution.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21I mean, one of the biggest industries in Bath
0:10:21 > 0:10:25amongst the poor was prostitution, and Jane knows that.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Although in Persuasion, a reference to the city's seedier side
0:10:29 > 0:10:33is so subtle that it could barely be detected,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Austen did give her heroine, Anne Elliot,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38some decidedly unambiguous views.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40"There had been three alternatives -
0:10:40 > 0:10:43"London, Bath, or another house in the country.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46"All Anne's wishes had been for the latter.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50"She disliked Bath, and did not think it agreed with her,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52"and Bath was to be her home."
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Oh, dear.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57The Austen family left the city in 1805
0:10:57 > 0:11:00and it was in Hampshire where she completed and published
0:11:00 > 0:11:01most of her novels.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04But she will continue to be celebrated in the place
0:11:04 > 0:11:06that so influenced her work.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10To me, she is the first modern novelist
0:11:10 > 0:11:13because she writes in a modern way.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Before that, it's very stylised. It's of its time.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Things like Tom Jones, Henry Fielding, the author,
0:11:18 > 0:11:21speaks to you directly, but Jane Austen never does that.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25I think it's the way she writes conversation.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27She writes in such a natural way, and I don't think anybody
0:11:27 > 0:11:29had written in such a natural way before.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32It's quite a sort of modern feel altogether.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35But while James has been reading books in Bath...
0:11:36 > 0:11:40..Raj has headed south towards the town of Frome,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43which can also boast a fair few listed buildings.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Listed people, too, like Jenson Button,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48the Formula One world champion,
0:11:48 > 0:11:53who has a Frome bridge named after him, as you would.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57- Hello.- Hello! How are you? - I'm good. And who are you?
0:11:57 > 0:11:59My name is Sophie Alexandra Grace Levine,
0:11:59 > 0:12:01but I suppose you can call me Sophie.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02What a lovely name.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05- Well, you can call me Raj. - Thank you very much.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06And you can call me Tim.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- Can I have a look around? - Oh, go on, then.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- If you have to.- Thank you.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I say! Ice broken and ready to rummage, eh?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19This caught my eye. As soon as I came in, I got very excited.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23It's a really early blue and white Worcester pattern,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27and from a distance, it looked like it was magical.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31But it's a reproduction one. What a shame.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34It's got £10 on the ticket.
0:12:34 > 0:12:40If this was an 18th-century one, this would be worth £1,500.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Continue browsing.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48His friendly rival, meanwhile, is getting to grips with the Caravelle.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53It's all show. It's all fur coat and no knickers, chief.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54I beg your pardon!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Thanks for that, James. Very Top Gear.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58He's off to the outskirts of Bristol,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00and his first shop of the trip.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05- I've seen this young man before. - You have.- Hello, Jay.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- All right, James? How are you? - Very well. Very well.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Now, what's fresh in?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- What's fresh in?- Fresh meat, please, Jay.- Fresh meat?
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Well, just got to have a look around, haven't you?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15- There's plenty of it here. - No, wrong answer.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18You know your shop better than I do. What have you just got in?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Good thinking, James.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Where are the goodies?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25There's an awful lot in here, after all. Ooh, look.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- Did you like the hippo?- Well...
0:13:27 > 0:13:31You know, wicker. Alan Whicker was so right.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36You know, wicker is the way forward, isn't it? What an amazing thing.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39Bearing a tray. Slight list, isn't it?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42And where did you get this from?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45That was actually clearance. It's a nice thing. Unusual, really.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Could be a rhino, chief, couldn't it?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Yeah, I suppose it might well be.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52If it had been an elephant, I would have been all over it.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Yeah. Now, that's just being picky.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Wicker pachyderms are rather rare things, after all.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00- What do you think that is?- That's...
0:14:00 > 0:14:05That's slicing something. I think it's for oranges, marmalade.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Maybe it's a marmalade slicer, do you think?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11You know, Britain did a lot of marmalade, didn't it?
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- Quite fun, isn't it?- Yeah. - Hours. Many hours of fun.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Simple pleasures, eh, James?
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Now, how's our Raj faring in Frome?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Look at these two.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Great big slabs of concrete on them.
0:14:28 > 0:14:33They are Victorian pub tables, but they have been adapted.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35They would have originally had wooden tops,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38and at £90, that's not a bad retail price,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41but as a trade, I'd want to be paying £30-£40 for those.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Furniture? Are you sure, Raj?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47There's certainly a fair bit about.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49This is a nice set of Edwardian chairs.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51I mean, a few years ago, these would have fetched,
0:14:51 > 0:14:56at auction, somewhere between £400-£600 plus.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Now, on the ticket, there's £150.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Let's see what she can do. Sophie!
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Gird your loins, girl.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06This set of chairs - what could be the best on them?
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- Um...- Or shall I make you an offer?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Let's see what you come up with first, shall we?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16What if I said £75?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Yeah, no, I can do that. I can do that.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23- Are you happy with that?- Yeah, sure. - We'll shake hands on it?- Oh!
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- I wish I'd come in at less now. - SHE LAUGHS
0:15:26 > 0:15:28That was brisk.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I'm very happy with those.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Meanwhile, back in Brizzle,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35James has tired of making imaginary marmalade.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37Is that one of those James Bond cars?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It's a DB5. Look at that.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- That's classic, that. - Classic, isn't it?
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- Have you got the box? - Unfortunately not.- Oh, dear.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46It's no good to me, then.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Right, what else have you got, Jay, behind there?
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Have you got any sort of racing pencils?
0:15:51 > 0:15:53These are just the cheap pens, are they?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55They're just the cheap pens, yeah.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00- Ace lightning. Look at that! Are you a pen man?- No.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02So, there is an opportunity here, do you think?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- You can have a job lot there. - I'm just looking for the Montblanc.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- Bit of weight.- That one there, I think that's a screwdriver.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11Lordy! What about taking another look at the rhino, then?
0:16:11 > 0:16:15My theory is we're going to auction at the Isle of Wight.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17It's an island people, isn't it?
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Lots of old colonials, lots of old expats there
0:16:21 > 0:16:23retire back to the Isle of Wight,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25and they'll have been to Africa, wouldn't they?
0:16:25 > 0:16:26Really, James?
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Anatomically, you know, it's beyond reproach, isn't it?
0:16:30 > 0:16:31He's not wrong.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Weaving - imagine doing that.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Probably was a machine-made one, wasn't it?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Machine-made? Do you? - I wouldn't say it's handmade.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41I think handmade.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43If that's handmade, the price is going up, isn't it?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Better get on with it, James.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- Tenner.- No.- Come on, Jay. Come on.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- 20 quid.- No! No, no, no.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- Don't box yourself in, mate. - HE LAUGHS
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- "Don't box itself in!" - Don't box yourself in.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57£12. £12, Jay. Come on.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I'll split the difference between 10 and 20.
0:16:59 > 0:17:0115 quid, that's it. Who wants to deal with change?
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- 15 quid.- 15 quid.- Go on.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05- I want to see you happy. - Yeah.- That's...
0:17:05 > 0:17:08How many pints of glider can we get for 15 quid, eh?
0:17:08 > 0:17:12Glider is a Bristolian name for cider, by the way. Innit?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- Lovely doing business with you. - You, too, James.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Very good.- Good luck.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Go in peace and serve the Lord.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21And on that note...
0:17:22 > 0:17:25..can Raj squeeze in yet one more buy?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29I've just spotted this. It's a big year for me.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I've had a lot of champagne this year.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36An ice bucket with a bottle of Buck's Fizz.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Let's see what Sophie can do.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Champagne Charlie Heidsieck was the Frenchman
0:17:42 > 0:17:45who made bubbly popular in 19th-century America.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50He's been portrayed by Monsieur Hugh Grant in a biopic.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Are you aiming to get this Buck's Fizz, as well?- Yes.- Oh!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Yeah.- You're hurting me now. - It goes together, doesn't it?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Ticket price - £10.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- I'll make you an offer. - Oh, OK.- All right?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- £5?- Yeah, go on.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09- Yeah?- Yeah.- Brilliant. We have a deal.- Brilliant.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Let's go and cash up, shall we?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- Cool. - HE CHUCKLES
0:18:13 > 0:18:18£5 for those and 75 for the chairs. Quite a day, Raj.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Did we mention he's a former downhill racer?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- I bobsleighed, as well.- Wow.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27That was absolutely fantastic, but it's nowhere near as frightening
0:18:27 > 0:18:29as being in a car with Charles Hanson.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32THEY LAUGH
0:18:32 > 0:18:34On that note, nighty-night.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Wake up, Wiltshire -
0:18:38 > 0:18:41the next-door county as famous for its chalk
0:18:41 > 0:18:44as the neighbours are for their cheese.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- Wow. Look at that. Beautiful. - Oh, it's like a dream.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50Little Chalfield.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53I love it when they show a keen appreciation
0:18:53 > 0:18:55of the locality, don't you?
0:18:55 > 0:19:00Apparently, the shape of Stonehenge and the area that it covers
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- is replicated in Bath in the Circus.- Really?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Yeah, I've heard that.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Yesterday, Raj bagged a brooch, a bucket,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12some chairs and a collection of caricatures...
0:19:12 > 0:19:15I'm going to shake your hand at £35. I'm going to buy them, yeah.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18..leaving him over £70 in his wallet for today's shopping,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21while James's only trophy was a wicky, wacky rhino...
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Anatomically, it's beyond reproach, isn't it?
0:19:24 > 0:19:28..meaning he still has £185 for today's shopping.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32What are your favourite items, if money was no object?
0:19:32 > 0:19:36I really like late Victorian, Edwardian luxury goods.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41I love brass trays. I like Islamic tables.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Yes, yes.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Later, they'll be off to the auction at Brading on the Isle of Wight,
0:19:46 > 0:19:50but our next stop is very much still on the mainland, in Devizes...
0:19:52 > 0:19:56..a famous point on the Kennet and Avon Canal.
0:19:56 > 0:20:02Lots of locks round here to help a rise of 237ft.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Plus, there's the market square,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06looked over by the Goddess of Grain.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- Here we are.- Devizes.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Keen, aren't we? They're only just opening up here.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13A shared shop this morning.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Good luck.- Thank you.- After you.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17So polite.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- Two lovely antique dealers. Hello. James.- John.- John.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- Hello again, John. Nice to see you.- Vicky?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26- Hello, Victoria.- Hello, Raj.
0:20:26 > 0:20:27Delightful old place, this.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Plenty of room to spread out, which is just as well.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- I'm going to have a wander round. - You'll have a wander round.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- I'm going to have a wander round cos I love this shop.- OK.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- Well, I've already... - You've seen something already?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- I've already seen something. - Oh, have you?- You'd better go.- Oh!
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- Leave it to the professional. - Oh!- Go on. On your bike.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I think the mind games may have already started.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Mind your head.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52There's a lovely set here of fruit knives and forks.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54These are a really, really nice set.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56They've got mother-of-pearl handles
0:20:56 > 0:20:58and the actual blades are etched, as well.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01I mean, these would have cost a huge amount of money
0:21:01 > 0:21:04when they were first made. They are real quality items.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06The reason I'm not going to buy these
0:21:06 > 0:21:08is because the market just isn't there.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Fair enough. What about James?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Not more critters!
0:21:12 > 0:21:17So, this is a sort of Chinese Qilin animal figure, isn't it?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Quite like that. It's made out of wood.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22You know, the thing is, with all this stuff,
0:21:22 > 0:21:25there's a lot of reproduction has come over over the years,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28but it looks as though it's been on a floor for some time.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32It's got some dust. Spiders have settled in.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Sometimes, dirt and damage can be your friend.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40It can be an indicator to an item's age.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43You never know, this could be my lucky second purchase.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45First rhinos, now mythical creatures.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Ah, what's Raj found?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50These are really quite decorative items,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53and what they're for is they're cigar moulds.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56So, they would have rolled the cigars, put them in here,
0:21:56 > 0:22:00and then they would have clamped these two together,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03like that, and held them like that.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05And they're quite, you know...
0:22:05 > 0:22:07They're quite decorative items.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11I don't know what you'd quite use them for now, but nice piece.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Meanwhile, James has dumped his Chinese dragon and stepped outside.
0:22:15 > 0:22:20So, what have we got here? Look, this, to me, looks nice and shiny.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24- I like shiny.- Yes. - So, we've got gilded brass work.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Despite looking like a cage the magician would keep his doves in,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31I think it might charitably be described as a magazine rack.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- Three legs. You can't beat three legs, can you?- No, exactly.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Even on rocky ground, it's nice and firm there.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Now, John, why have you put 15 quid on there? You hate it, do you?
0:22:41 > 0:22:43- I'm not keen on it. - You're not keen on it?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- It's a sale or return piece for an old lady across the road.- Is it?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48So, we're going to have to stick at the £15.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- John, I'd like to give you 15. Thank you.- All right. Brilliant.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54As soon as you mentioned the old lady, bartering went away.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- It works every time. - HE LAUGHS
0:22:56 > 0:22:58£15 again, eh?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Oh, he's a big spender, but that's cheap.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- Do I have to pay the mademoiselle?- Yeah.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05- She looks after the money. - She looks after the money.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07But as well as this establishment,
0:23:07 > 0:23:09John and Vicky also have a pub around the corner,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11so, while Raj continues to browse,
0:23:11 > 0:23:16James is off to experience the unique mix of antiques and ale.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20They call it The Black Swan outside,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23but it could be easily labelled Heaven.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25He sounds happy enough.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Back at shop one, John has something nautical to recommend.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Well, it's called a dead man.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- It's some sort of drag anchor, I suppose.- Yeah.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38I haven't actually seen one before, but I can see exactly how it works.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40You throw it in and it would slow you down
0:23:40 > 0:23:42as you drag through the water.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44That would surely sell on the Isle of Wight.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45- Should do.- It should do.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47It's very nautical. I mean, it's different.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- What have you got on it?- £40.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- What could you do it for? - I'll take £30 on it.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- Still too much.- Still too much.
0:23:54 > 0:23:5620? 20 and we've got a deal.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- 25, we've got a deal. - 20. Come on.- 25.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01We're going to be here for hours if we carry on like this.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- Why don't we split it - £22.50? - We've already split it.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05No, we haven't. £22.50. Come on.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Don't usually deal in 50p's. OK. All right.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- We have a deal.- All right. - Fantastic.- Done.- Great. Thank you.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Bracing stuff.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- There we go. - That's wonderful.- £22.50.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21That's Raj done, but while he stows his anchor and departs,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24James has a not altogether dissimilar idea.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Have you got anything marine? Anything with a ship on it?
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- Yeah, I've got some knots. - Knots?- Yeah.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Oh, that's slightly better than most, isn't it?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- It'd be great on a pub wall in the Isle of Wight.- It would be.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Isn't that fun? How much have you got on that, John?
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Well, I did have £90 on it.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Do you think that could be coals to Newcastle, those knots?
0:24:45 > 0:24:46It's always the risk.
0:24:46 > 0:24:52- Hey, look at your wheel! - That would have to be 75.- 75.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Aye, aye, shipmates. Has that got age, do you think?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00No, it's not huge age. It's got quality, though. You can't go wrong.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- HE LAUGHS - John,
0:25:02 > 0:25:05you may have watched the programme. We frequently go wrong.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07MIMICS A PIRATE: 'Arrgh!
0:25:07 > 0:25:10'I don't have my spyglass, but it looks a bit repro, captain.'
0:25:10 > 0:25:1350 quid, and I'll take it off your hands. Come on. Put it there.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- 60 or we don't deal.- 50 quid. John...- 60. I tell you why.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18- 50 quid.- No, I've got to get a little profit on it.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20- Give me a chance. - I am giving you a chance.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Throw the dog a bone, as they say. - 58, and that's a deal.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- Are you sure?- Yeah. 58.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28- Come on. OK.- Done.- Done.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Well, who'd have thought it?
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- I'm happy with 58.- There you are. I'm sure you'll do well with that.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Two very salty buys in landlocked Devizes.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Now, whither Raj and the shiny Caravelle?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45He's heading west towards the town of Trowbridge
0:25:45 > 0:25:47to find out about the Victorian inventor
0:25:47 > 0:25:50of a revolutionary writing system.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Hello, Raj.- Hi.- My name's Claire. Welcome to Trowbridge Museum.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Thank you so much. I'm really looking forward to this.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01- Let me show you round.- After you.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Once dubbed the Manchester of the West,
0:26:04 > 0:26:07the town has a long history of woollen cloth production,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10and it was here, during the early 19th century,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13that a certain Trowbridge lad called Isaac Pitman
0:26:13 > 0:26:16began his working life aged 12.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19He was a clerk, so he'd be writing up records.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21His father, actually, was the manager
0:26:21 > 0:26:24at James Edgell's Courts Mill, and that's how he got the job.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26But his dad was very canny.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29He thought learning was an important tool
0:26:29 > 0:26:32and it was a way for Isaac to progress and develop.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34So, he started work at six o'clock in the morning,
0:26:34 > 0:26:36but he was up at four
0:26:36 > 0:26:38doing two hours of study before he went to work.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Then, when he came back from work, finishing at six,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44he was doing another two hours of study, so learning...
0:26:44 > 0:26:46His thirst for learning and his thirst for knowledge
0:26:46 > 0:26:48was unquenchable, really.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Pitman left the mill to train as a teacher,
0:26:50 > 0:26:54and within a few short years, he was in charge of his old school.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57His motto was "time saved is life gained",
0:26:57 > 0:27:01and he was soon teaching his pupils shorthand.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Well, it's a fantastic bust, Claire. - It is amazing.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07He's got an incredible profile. Almost Roman.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09And, of course, you know, shorthand started off...
0:27:09 > 0:27:11The Romans had their own version of shorthand,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14and the Greeks had a version of shorthand, as well.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17But what Isaac Pitman did was perfect and improve
0:27:17 > 0:27:19on what was already out there.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21He actually wanted to promote it in schools,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24so he put together a guide, went to a publisher,
0:27:24 > 0:27:25and the publisher said, "Well, actually,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28"I think you could get more mileage out of this
0:27:28 > 0:27:30"if you actually developed your own version of shorthand."
0:27:30 > 0:27:32So, that's what Isaac Pitman did.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35It was called Stenographic Sound Hand.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Published in 1837, Pitman's phonetic system,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42which was the first to use the thickness of stroke,
0:27:42 > 0:27:44quickly became a huge success.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47It sounds so complicated to me.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Well, I've never perfected it, I have to be honest.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I've never learned how to do it, but a lot of people have,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55and it was an amazing tool.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57It gave people lots of freedom, lots of opportunities,
0:27:57 > 0:27:59particularly women, to earn really good money.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Pitman's shorthand spread worldwide
0:28:02 > 0:28:05and came to dominate the Victorian age,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09partly thanks to its inventor's canny ability to promote it.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Pitman was very skilled at how to publicise his system.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17He developed a reporter's guide. He advertised.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20He saw the potential of marketing way before anyone else.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23It was taught at Pitman colleges and schools.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Every school was teaching Pitman's shorthand.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27It was on the curriculum.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30And 100,000 people a year were learning shorthand
0:28:30 > 0:28:31in the 19th century.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34So, what are the chances of an expert teaching Raj
0:28:34 > 0:28:35the rudiments of the language
0:28:35 > 0:28:38that turned a former Trowbridge clerk
0:28:38 > 0:28:41into a wealthy knight of the realm?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43- Anne, lovely to meet you. - And you, Raj.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46I'd love to learn some shorthand. Where do I start?
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Well, let's begin with a well-known phrase.
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Good luck, Anne.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54- You start on the line there with a dot for "the".- A dot.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Above the line, you do a curve like an N.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00And then a straight stroke from there...
0:29:00 > 0:29:02- Yeah.- ..is "antique".
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- That is the word "antique". - That is "antique"?
0:29:05 > 0:29:08"Road" is an upward stroke off the line,
0:29:08 > 0:29:11and then a heavy stroke downwards - a straight down stroke.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- And "trip"?- And "trip" -
0:29:13 > 0:29:17a straight stroke through the line with a little hook on it.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- This way here?- No.- No? - SHE SNIGGERS
0:29:20 > 0:29:21Patience, Anne.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23And then the dot goes...
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- There's a dot, as well? - A little dot.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29- Not a big dot like that.- Is that a big one?- That's too big, yeah.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31- That makes an E.- Oh, my goodness. - So, that would be "trep".
0:29:31 > 0:29:34Maybe stick to the day job, eh?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38James is,
0:29:38 > 0:29:40and he takes our trip down east
0:29:40 > 0:29:43towards the Berkshire town of Hungerford,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46and with over £100 still in his pocket.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Time's tight, however, and this is a big centre.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57I've come to the furthest reaches of this antiques arcade.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01This is less likely to get the most traffic.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04They'll have to lure people with cheaper prices.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09Might work. Or you could always take some friendly advice from Rita.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11- Everything's up for grabs, is it?- Everything.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13How am I going to find a treasure here?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- Don't forget the floor. - Everything's covered, isn't it?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19I don't think I'm going to find any rare jewels here,
0:30:19 > 0:30:21but there's some fun things.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Look at that.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23That's great, isn't it?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25What a lovely old box.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28This is the Arsenal Gate, Woolwich.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30But not what he's looking for, apparently.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33What else can Rita recommend?
0:30:33 > 0:30:35It's rather nice, isn't it?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37It would be lovely if it had Lalique's name on it, wouldn't it?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- SHE CHUCKLES - Wouldn't it?
0:30:40 > 0:30:44So, it's just a moulded glass dish. Not too much chipping.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46This is quite a nice image, isn't it?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49If you were a golfing person, that would be a rather fun thing.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- He's got a good swing. - Very good.- Or has he?
0:30:52 > 0:30:53Look, he's bending the elbow.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57I think, nowadays, you have to keep it straight. I don't know.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- What's he got? He's got something on it.- £11.50.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- What do you think it could be? - He is the £5.50 man.
0:31:05 > 0:31:06He is the £5.50 man.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Why do you call him £5.50?
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- Because that's how he started off - at £5.50.- £5.50.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16- Everything in this cupboard was £5.50.- So, the ravages of inflation.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Could we turn the clock back, just before...?
0:31:18 > 0:31:22- You know, five years ago? Do you think £5.50?- Definitely.
0:31:22 > 0:31:23- Do you think so?- I know so.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- I'll take that, Rita.- Yes? - Like that. Like that.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30He sounds like a nice chap. What else has he got?
0:31:30 > 0:31:34This was the thing I sort of wanted to have a quick look at, as well.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- What is it?- It's a paperweight,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40but it's nicely pegged and it's silver,
0:31:40 > 0:31:42but it looks quite well made.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47And it's TDLR.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50TDLR is Thomas de la Rue and company,
0:31:50 > 0:31:53and De La Rue were very famous for printing banknotes.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- SHE GASPS - Oh, wow!
0:31:55 > 0:32:00The ticket price is an ever-so-slightly pricier £15.50.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- Do you think he might do £5.50? - I'm sure he will.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Rita, put it there. Thank you very much indeed.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10James has held firmly onto the purse strings, with help.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12So much for so little. Thank you very much indeed.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16- You're very welcome.- Thank you. - And good luck.- Thank you.- Bye-bye.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19But with our shopping now complete, we'll take a peek.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23James parted with £99 for a wicker rhino,
0:32:23 > 0:32:27a magazine rack, a ship's wheel,
0:32:27 > 0:32:30a glass dish and a paperweight,
0:32:30 > 0:32:35while Raj spent £151.50 on a Celtic brooch,
0:32:35 > 0:32:40several prints, some dining chairs,
0:32:40 > 0:32:44a champagne bucket and a canvas anchor, as you do.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47So, let's canvass some opinions.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49He told me he was going to buy on price,
0:32:49 > 0:32:51and, boy, has he bought on price.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Six chairs for £75.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57He's got the Spy prints - no money.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59The magazine rack-cum-occasional table -
0:32:59 > 0:33:01£15.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04They gave it to him. Well done, James.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Would I swap with Raj?
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Well, definitely, I'd swap that the ship's wheel.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10What was I thinking of?
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Whether that wheel has ever seen a ship is very unlikely.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Well, it has now, at least...
0:33:16 > 0:33:18HORN BLARES
0:33:18 > 0:33:21..because, after setting off from Bath in Somerset,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23our shipmates will shortly be arriving
0:33:23 > 0:33:27at their first auction in Brading on the Isle of Wight.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32It's actually the second smallest county in Britain after Rutland.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36- Really?- Yeah.- Golly, you're a mine of information.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Yeah, good work, Raj.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Now it's lunchtime and James especially never misses.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44Raj seems a bit distracted, though.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- What it needs is a bit of mustard there.- Really?
0:33:47 > 0:33:50- I think there's some mustard behind you.- Oh, fabulous.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51What's he up to?
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Well, it is an old one. I wasn't sure.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59I could see it when I was sitting down,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01but this is an old petrol can,
0:34:01 > 0:34:04and motor memorabilia is really, really collectable.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07I'm not sure the decorations are actually for sale here.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11I mean, it's not worth a fortune, but if I can get it for...
0:34:12 > 0:34:15..five to ten quid, it's going to make a profit.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Where's he gone? Oh, well.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- What's your offer?- A fiver.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- Take it.- You'll take it? - Yeah.- Let's shake hands.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24Thank you very much, Liam.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Too late for this auction, I'm afraid. Best pop it in the boot.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- Where did you disappear to? - Sorry about that, James.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34I think you'll find out in due course, James.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37OK, fed and watered and shopped,
0:34:37 > 0:34:42I wonder what auctioneer Rex Gully thinks will do all WIGHT!
0:34:43 > 0:34:47The canvas anchor, or sea drogue, I think you call it,
0:34:47 > 0:34:50was designed to slow ships down
0:34:50 > 0:34:52rather than just anchor them to the spot.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Will get a bit of interest.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57The wicker rhino - a very quirky item.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59We valued it at 40 to 60.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03It will appeal to the interior design people on the island here.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05And those green eyes really get you.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09The set of Edwardian dining chairs,
0:35:09 > 0:35:13we have valued these chairs at £200-£300.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15That really would be quite something, fellas.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19- Ah! This bodes well.- Yes.- Very well.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23We're starting off with Raj's bargain cartoons.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Somebody start me at £40, please.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28£40. I've got 40. And 45 now.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I've got 40 here. 45 anywhere?
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- I think that's enough, sir. - Is that all done?- No, surely not.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- I've got 40 in the room. Looking at the internet for 45.- Surely not.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38Are you all done?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40- You are? - GAVEL BANGS
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Oh, dear, oh, dear. £40!
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Perhaps current celebrities would have done a bit better. Never mind!
0:35:48 > 0:35:50There's another one of his snips up next.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- I've been told that people on the Isle of Wight...- You're pushing me.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54..have champagne tastes.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- HE LAUGHS - Who told you that?
0:35:58 > 0:36:03Buck's Fizz. Or should that be bucket and fizz?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- This is what we all need. - Yes! Don't forget the bottle.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- He's got a full bottle in there. - Show them the bottle.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Yeah, it's got a full bottle in there.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11Hold it up, but don't show the label.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- 10 quid somewhere, please?- Come on.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Yes, I've got 10. I've got 15. And 20. It's good stuff. 20?
0:36:17 > 0:36:22- Go on!- That's a yes. 20. 25. 20, I've got.
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- I've got £20. 25 anywhere? £20.- I think that's enough, sir.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- About to sell to you, sir. - GAVEL BANGS
0:36:29 > 0:36:33That's OK. I'm pleased with that, yeah.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36So, we now know they're fond of bubbly here.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38But how will those nautical buys go down?
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Ship's wheel. - I've got the ship's wheel.- Yeah.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Let's hope it steers in the right direction.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44And you got the slowing down canvas anchor.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Yeah, let's hope it doesn't slow down too much.- OK.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49James goes first - his pricey ship's wheel.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52Reproduction, hardwood, eight-spoke ship's wheel.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53He said reproduction. Oh!
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- £20 somewhere? - Yeah, you're away.- Decorative.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58£20 on the phone. 25.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03- Bid against the phone.- Do I hear 25? It's going at 20 to the telephone.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- To a telephone bidder at 20. - And the internet?
0:37:05 > 0:37:07- GAVEL BANGS - £20.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Sunk with all hands!
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Something else from the chandlery.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Do you know, funny enough, Raj, I've walked into a room
0:37:15 > 0:37:19and I've often thought, "What this room needs is a canvas anchor."
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- You see?- You know? - I knew you'd get there in the end.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- To go with the wheel, we have a vintage...- Oh, no.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28- I don't want to go near the wheel! - Start me at £20. Yes! There we are.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Don't sound surprised, Mr Auctioneer.
0:37:31 > 0:37:3320, I've got. 25 anywhere?
0:37:33 > 0:37:35£20, I've got. Do I hear 25?
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- I'd put it down. - Are you all done at 20?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- GAVEL BANGS - At 20, it's sold. Thank you, madam.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44It looks very deflated all of a sudden.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46It's like taking coals to Newcastle. It doesn't work, does it?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48I'm not going to listen to you in future.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50No, I would not listen to me at all.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54This should cheer you up, James - that nice, cheap paperweight.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Do you know what? I think I paid too much for this item.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Don't you start, OK? £5.50?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Yeah, I should have stopped at the five, shouldn't I?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Richard Dickson's now in charge.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Someone start at 20?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- Straight in.- £20, I have there. Five somewhere?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15£20, maiden bid. 25.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17And 30. And five.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19At 30. Are you going to let it go at 30?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Against you there. At £30 on my right.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Make no mistake, I'm selling it.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28- At £30, all done? - GAVEL BANGS
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Not bad at all. Not bad at all.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33No. Almost six times what he paid for it.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I used to have this reputation, James,
0:38:35 > 0:38:38of buying everything at a fiver, but now you've taken over that role.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Cue Raj's canny Celtic brooch. Not expensive.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44Someone start me at 20, please.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46- Come on.- 20, will you bid me for it?
0:38:46 > 0:38:4915, I'll take, if it helps.
0:38:49 > 0:38:5115, I have. 20, do I hear now?
0:38:51 > 0:38:5420, can I say for you? 20, I have there. And five.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- It's a small profit.- Five anywhere? 25, I have. And 30, do you say?
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- 30, do you bid?- Go on. Go on. - At 25, it's on the slope.
0:39:01 > 0:39:0325 on the slope and selling.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- Are you all done? - GAVEL BANGS
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Well done.- A little profit. - That's all right.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- That's all right. - That's a little profit.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13A few more of those and you'll be in clover.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15- It's the right way.- Yeah. - Could have been a little loss.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Could have been a big loss, to be honest, James.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Well, you can't get a big loss on £14, can you?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25And how about £5.50, James? Your golfer.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- This is a golfing island.- Is it?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- Lots of golfers here, as if you didn't know.- Oh!
0:39:29 > 0:39:32So, this is going to go quite well, isn't it?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Under the hammer of Rebecca Ball.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36And let's see about £20 to start it, please.
0:39:36 > 0:39:3820, I have. Thank you.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I'm looking for 25 now. At £20.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43It's beside me at 20, and do I hear 25?
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- Go on.- At £20, then. - That's a good profit.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47Any advance? We all done?
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- At £20. - GAVEL BANGS
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- In the rough. In the rough, Raj. - Well, I wouldn't say that.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56I wouldn't say "in the rough", OK? The light rough, maybe.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58HE SCOFFS On the green, I'd say.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00You quadrupled your money. What more do you want?
0:40:00 > 0:40:04For this to be on trend on the Isle of Wight?
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Well, useful, anyway.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07I can see it now in somebody's bungalow
0:40:07 > 0:40:10by the side of the TV with all the magazines on it.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- Isle Of Wight Living.- Absolutely. - Island Living.- Yeah, you've got it.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Let's say about £30 for it, shall we, please?
0:40:16 > 0:40:20£30. 30, I've got. £30. It's on the left at 30.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22I'm looking for 35 now.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24At £30, then, are you all done? We're in the room.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- At 30, I'm selling. - GAVEL BANGS
0:40:27 > 0:40:29More great profits.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Those maritime flops are a distant memory.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35So, I turned £15, doubled my money, hence 30.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38And even though it was a fairly modern piece,
0:40:38 > 0:40:40- it still did well. - It was not modern!
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Now, if Raj's chairs even get close to the estimate,
0:40:44 > 0:40:47the words "sitting" and "pretty" might well team up.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50- I've got spare hankies. I've got tissues.- Have you?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52I've even got an ambulance
0:40:52 > 0:40:54- waiting outside ready. - HE CHUCKLES
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Let's start about 150, please.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58100 is mean, but I will take it.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02I've got 100. Looking for 110 now. 120. 130.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05140. 150. 160.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07At 150, it's the gentleman's bid.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Do I hear 160 now?
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- At £150 now. We are in the room at 150.- Come on.- Put it down.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13- Do I hear 160?- Put it down, madam.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- £150, are you all done? - That's plenty. Plenty.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18- GAVEL BANGS - Well done.- Well, that's OK.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- THEY CHUCKLE - Still could have done a bit better.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Hey, don't be too greedy, Raj.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Ooh, last lot.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Well, everybody loves a rhino. - You think so?- Yeah.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31It's lovely. I like the marble eyes. I thought that was a nice touch.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- Why rest your tray anywhere else? - It's definitely missing a horn.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39Let's say £25 for him, please, shall we?
0:41:39 > 0:41:4125, I have. 30, you in? 35.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46- And 40. At 35, it's on the slope. Do I hear 40 now?- Go on.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48At £35, gentleman's bid. 40, I have.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- 45. And 50. 55. And 60.- Wow!
0:41:51 > 0:41:54At £55, then. We're in the room at 55.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- Are you all done now at £55? - GAVEL BANGS
0:41:58 > 0:42:00- See?- You were absolutely right, James.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03If it's ugly enough, somebody will buy it.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05That might well be their motto.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- Cup of tea?- After you.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12James began with £200, and after paying auction costs,
0:42:12 > 0:42:15he made a profit of £28.10,
0:42:15 > 0:42:18leaving him with £228.10...
0:42:19 > 0:42:22..while Raj, who also started out with 200,
0:42:22 > 0:42:27made a slightly bigger profit, after costs, of £57.60.
0:42:27 > 0:42:33So, he's the early leader with £257.60.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- Raj, for goodness' sake, stop smiling.- I can't help it.
0:42:36 > 0:42:37- I'm always smiling.- Stop smiling.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- We've got some money, the sun is shining.- Yeah.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- We haven't seen the island yet. - No, I think we've got to see it.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- So, let's see what it's got to offer.- Yeah.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Well, happy trails, eh?
0:42:47 > 0:42:49We haven't been here for a long time,
0:42:49 > 0:42:50and it is a lovely spot.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Maybe just steer clear of nauticalia.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57You see, I come from a sort of maritime family,
0:42:57 > 0:43:01- so saltwater brine is in my veins.- Is it?
0:43:01 > 0:43:02Well, maybe not.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Next on Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- James!- I've got to get ahead, mate. - That's not cricket.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09..Raj has a Ted talk...
0:43:09 > 0:43:11You're not going to say no to me, are you, though, Val?
0:43:11 > 0:43:13..and James sees the rocket man.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17Has anybody told you you look quite similar to Elton John?