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 > 0:00:24- ..and valiant losers. - Stick 'em up!
0:00:24 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory...
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Onwards and upwards!
0:00:27 > 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!
0:00:38 > 0:00:43Today we're enjoying the island life on the beautiful Isle of Wight,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47in the company of castaways Raj Bisram and James Braxton!
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Raj, this is such a lovely island, it's so lush, isn't it?
0:00:50 > 0:00:53This green and pleasant land.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Positioned just five miles from the Hampshire coast,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00and blessed with a mild climate, the island was beloved by
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Queen Victoria and also played upon by Jimi Hendrix.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Another bonus for our fellows.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07In the style of Mick Jagger...
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Yep, auctioneer James from Sussex does love his rock.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13He's also a bit of a wicker man!
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Anatomically, it's beyond reproach, isn't it?
0:01:16 > 0:01:20While his rival Raj, a keen competitor from Kent...
0:01:20 > 0:01:22We're moving in for the kill now.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25..is an auctioneer who's particularly fond of the
0:01:25 > 0:01:29classic blues rock stylings of band Free.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31- All right!- Wow!
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Free were here in the late '60s for a couple of the legendary
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Isle of Wight Pop Festivals.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Raj and James only arrived on the island this morning and already
0:01:40 > 0:01:44have had a good first auction to kick off this week's tour.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Not bad at all, not bad at all.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47As well as muscling into the lead,
0:01:47 > 0:01:52Raj has also made a crafty start to his next lot of shopping...
0:01:53 > 0:01:55- Where's he gone? - ..picking up this old petrol can
0:01:55 > 0:01:57over a pre-auction lunch.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Let's shake hands.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04James began with £200, and has thus far increased it to...
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Whilst Raj, who started out with the same sum,
0:02:11 > 0:02:12has a little bit more at...
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Now minus £5 for the fuel can, of course.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22Lovely island, lovely people, lovely livestock!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Oh, and did I mention Cowes Week?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28After kicking off in the West Country at Bath,
0:02:28 > 0:02:33our experts are a-roving in their Renault Caravelle before tootling
0:02:33 > 0:02:37up to the Midlands and then coming back home to Somerset at Binegar.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Fresh from the auction, we'll be starting in the village of
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Wootton Bridge, and then doing all our shopping on the island,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48then heading back to the mainland and an auction at Frome.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Wow!
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Back in the summer of '69, I remember it well,
0:02:55 > 0:02:58the fields around Wootton were the venue for the second
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Isle Of Wight Festival, featuring Bob Dylan and The Band!
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Ah, looks like our chaps have arrived!
0:03:06 > 0:03:10James, I can't get out! Could you let me out? This door's stuck.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12It's always... That's half the battle, isn't it?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Anyway, the early bird catches the worm, as they say.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- James?- Raj, come on.- James?
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- I've got to get ahead, mate. - That's not cricket!- Bye!- James!
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I think he's panicking because they've only got time for
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- this one shop today.- Hello. James. - Hello, my name's Andrew.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Hello, good to meet you, Andrew, and who's this young man?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- My name's Alan.- Alan, very good. Now who's going to be looking after me?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Me.- Come away, Andrew, let's go.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Better late, eh, Raj?- Hello there.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45I would have been here earlier, but, er, James locked me in the car.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- Show me to some bargains. - Walk this way.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Housed in a rustic barn, this is a big old place.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Plenty of quirky collectables on offer.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Now, what's this Andrew's found for James?
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- That's quite a useful thing, an egg separator, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04How have I lived without an egg separator? Do not know.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Moving on...
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- So is this your stand? - Yes, this is me.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10You did well to find a unicorn, didn't you?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Yeah, there's not many left now.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14James is keeping Andrew close.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17And as for Raj and Alan...
0:04:17 > 0:04:20I like buying things that are unusual, a bit quirky...
0:04:21 > 0:04:23..and cheap.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- OK.- OK?- That's very quirky, that trolley. Quite retro.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30It reminds me of a medical trolley.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32It does look quite medical cos it's white.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I mean, retro's in, definitely, retro is in,
0:04:34 > 0:04:38but I've got a funny feeling that the medical look about it
0:04:38 > 0:04:41isn't going to help it sell, so, anything else?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42What about boxes?
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- Do you like wooden boxes? - As long as they're not coffins.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Ah, pokerwork!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51That's quite a nice box.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54It is quite nice, I have to say, it is quite nice.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Has a note inside explaining some of the work on the box.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01This says about the coat of arms, between Spain and Austria...
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Which are on the sides, if you look.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- I have to say, I do like it, it's a little bit different.- Yes.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Yeah, no, it's lovely.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09The ticket price, however, is £150.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Alan, I'm going to think about this. I do like it.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- What might be the best on it? - I could go down to £90.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20I kind of would want to pay £50 for it.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25That's a bit too less for me, I can't let it go for 50, I'm afraid.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Negotiations are ongoing.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29One bald man to another, right,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- I'm sure we can come up with a deal. - I'm sure we can.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34There must be that much testosterone in this room between us.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Yeah, let's not think about that.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Look, James has gone solo. And what has he unearthed here?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44So this is quite a nice item. This, you know, commonly known as...
0:05:44 > 0:05:49- It works well! - ..three tier sort of cake stand.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53You know, it's quite fashionable these days to go out for tea,
0:05:53 > 0:05:55isn't it? And this one is, you know, quite fun.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59It's wrought iron and copper and often they were folding
0:05:59 > 0:06:02so you can fold them and put them by the side because they would
0:06:02 > 0:06:06normally have sort of porcelain plates.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08These are unusual with copper.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Anyway, there you are. I'm not going to buy it.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14So long, the cake tower. Now, what's Raj after?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- I've noticed that box. There's a military box there.- OK.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20A bit of militaria. There's always militaria collectors about.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25It's got £24 on it but it's quite unusual and I was thinking of...
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- ..offering 15.- OK.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- I'd have to ask the dealer if he'd accept 15 on that one.- Would you?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Somebody can make a phone call for you and see if he'll accept.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38- Very kind. Would you do that? - Certainly.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40And while you're going over there,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43just give it a little bit of thought about your pokerware box.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46He is busy. Come on, James. Get stuck in, mate.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Can I look in this one?- Certainly.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Look at these. I've always quite liked these.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56- These funny go-to-beds, aren't they?- Go-to-beds.- Yeah.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00So you keep the match in there, a load of matches in there.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Beautifully made. That's like a capstan isn't it? I suppose.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07Like a ship's capstan. So it's got a nautical feel to it here.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Strike it on the base like that,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13put it in the top and then off you walked upstairs.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15That's rather fun, isn't it? 35 quid.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19It's a bit damaged for me though. Can I look in here?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Can I look at the vase?- Yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25A specimen glass with a silver top.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- That's quite sweet. - I think he likes it.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31Look at that. Just tried it there, just to make sure it was all sound.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Has anybody told you you look quite similar to Elton John, Andrew?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Has anybody told you that? - They have, actually.- Have they?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Yeah, like a pre-furnished Elton John.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44What could that be? Is that, sort of...
0:07:44 > 0:07:48I don't want to be rude but could that be eight quid?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- I could go with ten.- Ten. - Yeah.- What about in the middle?
0:07:51 > 0:07:56- Just under, you know, it's quite nice. Nine.- OK then.- Could you?- Yep.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- Go on. There we are, well done. - Thank you.- Well done, Elton.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- You've done a very good job. - They got the Dwight price!
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Any developments anywhere else? - Have you managed to get hold of him?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Yes, I've spoken to him and he's agreed £15 is a fine price.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- I'm happy with £15. Can we shake on it?- Definitely.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16Fantastic. Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Also, have you given it a little bit of thought about the pokerwork box?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Yes, I have. What did you offer me again?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25I offered you 50, which is what I think it would make at auction.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Could you do £60 on it?
0:08:27 > 0:08:31I tell you what, OK, you've got something else in there...
0:08:31 > 0:08:36- OK.- All right? Which you've only got £10 on it.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38It's a bit quirky. The pulley dog.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41You know, the little pulley dog you got a tenner on?
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- The one on the wheels?- OK, yeah. - How about 60 quid for the two items?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- Done.- We've got a deal.- Definitely.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Fantastic. Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:49 > 0:08:55- So that's £75 for two boxes and a vintage toy pooch.- Fantastic.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58And just £9 for James's vase.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- A full £10.- Thank you very much. - And change.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Oh, very kind of you. Thank you.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- It's been great fun. Thank you. Bye.- Bye.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Time to hit the road.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12And nighty-night.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17It's day two of our trip to the holiday isle and thoughts are
0:09:17 > 0:09:20already turning to their Somerset auction.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24You want to be buying anything connected with cider and cheese.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- Raj, I'm not listening to you. - Quite right!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Last time they bought nauticalia to the Isle of Wight,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33and that proved a flop.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Fine to take an interest though.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39The first-ever hovercraft was made on the island. Ah!
0:09:39 > 0:09:41That's more like it.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45They're motoring towards their first shop of the day
0:09:45 > 0:09:47in the town of Shanklin.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50A Victorian seaside resort with a lovely esplanade
0:09:50 > 0:09:53and some "craaazy" golf.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Shanklin really is quite a spot...
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- Good luck. Don't be too lucky. - Yeah. Thank you.- Au revoir.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02..and still terribly popular with tourists.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06- Today it's Raj's turn to play a visit.- Nice to see you.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- To see you nice.- Nice to see you. - I'm Raj.- John.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- John, nice to meet you. - Hi, I'm Sally.- Hi, Sally.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- I'm going to start off with one question.- Right.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18What is the most unusual thing you think you've got in your shop?
0:10:18 > 0:10:22- I rather like my powder horn.- A very safe place to keep your gunpowder.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27No metal means there's no accidental sparks or destinations.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29It's a marriage peace.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34There is the couple and there we have 1792, William Rudd.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- Now, that is a gorgeous piece.- Wow!
0:10:38 > 0:10:41The ticket price is £2,500.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43- Look at the condition of it. - Absolutely.
0:10:43 > 0:10:44The colour's still in the sails.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I mean, it's in fantastic condition, isn't it?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Oh, yes, all very nice but Raj
0:10:48 > 0:10:51will definitely not be taking it to the Frome auction.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54So what else has John got to tempt him?
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I mean, there's lots of antiques here but what's really nice is
0:10:57 > 0:11:01there's some beautiful Isle of Wight glass.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Now, I don't know a lot about Isle of Wight glass but I do know
0:11:05 > 0:11:09that studio glass is going to be very, very collectable
0:11:09 > 0:11:13in the future and there's some beautiful designs here.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18But, look. Look over here. This is beautiful. Big name.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23I've got to get this out. This is stunning. Royal Doulton.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Which most people wouldn't associate with Royal Doulton, but this is
0:11:26 > 0:11:28what is called a flambe design
0:11:28 > 0:11:31and it's a flambe-patterned bottleneck vase.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Everybody buys those figurines that you see.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Royal Doulton figurines, you see them in every antiques shop
0:11:36 > 0:11:41around the country, and you also see the harvest ware, the brown glaze.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44But this, I believe, is the thing to be buying.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48It's priced extremely reasonably at the moment
0:11:48 > 0:11:51and it's getting rarer and rarer to find.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Maybe so, but £195 puts that beyond him too.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58So if we rule out local interest and cheese...
0:11:58 > 0:12:04- I've noticed that you've got a lot of Meccano here.- Yes.- Expensive?
0:12:04 > 0:12:07It won't be too bad actually. It's a massive collection I bought.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- Give me an idea, John, what you are looking for?- I'd say about 70.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14I'm no Meccano expert, I have to tell you that.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16But I would be, you know...
0:12:16 > 0:12:21My gut feeling tells me I'd be estimating the whole lot at £40-80.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25I would happily give you the bottom end of my estimate, £40.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27£40. Could you go 45?
0:12:29 > 0:12:30What do you think?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32I think with a smile like that
0:12:32 > 0:12:35and such a lovely shop I'm not going to quibble over five pounds.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- We have a deal. Thank you very much indeed.- Appreciate that.- Thank you.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- Quite a lot for your money, Raj. - One other thing.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I bought a box, a military box,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47and I've noticed that you've got some medals down here
0:12:47 > 0:12:50and it would be nice for me to throw some medals in the box.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Is there anything you can do to help?- Three for a tenner?
0:12:53 > 0:12:57How many can you give me for a fiver?
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- I'll give you three for a fiver as you've already spent 45.- Fantastic.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03- Another deal.- Wonderful.- Thank you.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05- So, £50 for John.- That's lovely. Thanks very much indeed.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Thank you very much.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11And with that, Raj is off in search of his next shop.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Now, where has James motored to? He can't have gone far, it's an island!
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Taking our route north towards the interior village of Arreton
0:13:19 > 0:13:24to find out about the fascinating maritime history of the island.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- Hello, James.- Hello, hello. - Welcome to the Shipwreck Centre.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Professional diver Martin Woodward established this museum almost
0:13:33 > 0:13:3540 years ago to exhibit some of the treasures
0:13:35 > 0:13:37he's rescued from the deep.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Gold doubloons, pieces of eight...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- Have you discovered some? - Yes, I have.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I've been very lucky in my career
0:13:47 > 0:13:49that I've recovered pretty much everything.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Film star looks!
0:13:52 > 0:13:56Aristotle described the diving bell, and this contraption,
0:13:56 > 0:14:00the first fully enclosed suit, dates from 1710.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04But it took some British brothers to provide the breakthrough.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08The Dean brothers were the first helmet divers and they
0:14:08 > 0:14:13developed it as a smoke helmet to actually go into farm buildings
0:14:13 > 0:14:14to actually recover people.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- I see. So fire brigades.- Yeah.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Going into barns and saving lives. So, going underwater.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24In 1829, they did the first recovery of commercial cargo
0:14:24 > 0:14:26off the Isle of Wight.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29They recovered these copper ingots, called a plate ingot.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- You know, roughly cast. - Yeah. Just roughly cast.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Bear in mind the ship was only just sunk below the surface
0:14:36 > 0:14:39so he could put a ladder down and climb down there
0:14:39 > 0:14:41and he made these wonderful diagrams.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44That sounds like easy coal, doesn't it?
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Of course, they were very popular with the East India Company
0:14:48 > 0:14:51and whoever else wanted cargo recovered.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Now, copper ingots are all very well
0:14:53 > 0:14:55but they don't really set the pulse racing.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59The brothers pulled that off a few years later.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03This is more valuable to me than a gold doubloon or a piece of eight
0:15:03 > 0:15:06is this was actually recovered by John Dean
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- in 1836 from the Mary Rose... - Really?
0:15:09 > 0:15:13Because some fishermen got their gear caught on this wreck,
0:15:13 > 0:15:16John Dean went over to help them out and he recovered this piece of wood.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21So it predates the Mary Rose actually being recovered in 1981.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26But the sinking of 'Enry VIII's famous battleship in 1545
0:15:26 > 0:15:28was merely one of the better-known wrecks
0:15:28 > 0:15:31that have occurred around the island.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Am I right in saying that this southern isle
0:15:34 > 0:15:36is also known as the Shipwreck Isle?
0:15:36 > 0:15:41It is, it faces a vast expanse of water and we always talk
0:15:41 > 0:15:45about lee shores, which is the shore where the ships got driven
0:15:45 > 0:15:48onto by the prevailing wind, which was south-west.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51If you go in a straight line from the south-west side of the
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Isle of Wight the next thing you get is South America.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57As a result of that, there's probably 1,000 wrecks
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- in that one 14-mile section. - Really?
0:16:00 > 0:16:04- And 2,000 wrecks around the whole Isle of Wight.- Goodness.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- You're in the right place, aren't you?- Yeah.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13Over the years, the Shipwreck Isle has also been the Smuggling Isle
0:16:13 > 0:16:16and even the Pirate Isle, with the centre able to display
0:16:16 > 0:16:20many recovered examples of their stock in trade.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- These are the classic pieces of eight.- Pieces of eight.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24A lot of people think pieces of eight are gold.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26They're not. They're silver.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27But as long as the weight was correct,
0:16:27 > 0:16:29it didn't matter what shape it came out.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32The South American mines, Mexico, Peru, Lima,
0:16:32 > 0:16:35they were churning out millions of these.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37The Spanish mined huge quantities of this
0:16:37 > 0:16:40and shipped it back for international trade.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44And besides all that diving for booty, there's also been an awful
0:16:44 > 0:16:48lot of bravery displayed by the islanders over the years
0:16:48 > 0:16:52as they've attempted to rescue the crews of those wrecked ships.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55We've actually got the oldest surviving RNLI lifeboat,
0:16:55 > 0:17:01- it was our Bembridge lifeboat from 1887 to 1902.- Really?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Fantastic old boat, and they were always there,
0:17:04 > 0:17:06prepared to help their fellow mariners.
0:17:06 > 0:17:11And before lifeboats, how did you help a ship in peril?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Well, these people, the longshoremen in their small fishing boats,
0:17:14 > 0:17:19went off and risked their own lives to help people who were on wrecks,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22and there's endless stories back on the island
0:17:22 > 0:17:24where there was acts of heroism regularly.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27From 1860 onwards, they put a lifeboat there
0:17:27 > 0:17:29to carry on that good work.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31And this was all done with people with oars.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I've rowed those old lifeboats.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I have rowed that one we've got on the front here and every time I pull
0:17:36 > 0:17:38one of those oars I think, "My God,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41- "those guys were tough in those days."- They were tough.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Fortunately, I knew some that rowed that very boat and they told me
0:17:45 > 0:17:50stories about going out, soaking wet for hours, coming back exhausted.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Meanwhile, staying firmly on dry land,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58although with a nice sea view,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Raj has made his way to the far west of the island and Freshwater,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03noted for its cliffs,
0:18:03 > 0:18:09the 1970 performance of this maestro and the fact that the poet laureate
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Alfred Lord Tennyson also lived around here.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Hello there.- Hi.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- You must be Val.- I certainly am. - Hello, I'm Raj.- Nice to meet you.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Lovely to meet you too.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Plenty tucked away in here with something of an eastern flavour,
0:18:22 > 0:18:25as well as items from closer to home.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29These are really lovely. They are quite unique to the Isle of Wight.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31They do these sand pictures and sand sculptures.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34What a lovely present to take back from the Isle of Wight,
0:18:34 > 0:18:38these beautiful sand pictures. I mean, some of them are gorgeous.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Very sustainable too.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45Although there's always the nautical option, of course.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49I mean, this is great. These are a set of signal flags. Oh, man.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52I should consider buying these. These are lovely.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I don't think I've seen a set before.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56I mean, they have no great age to them,
0:18:56 > 0:19:01they're not antique or anything but what a lovely thing to own!
0:19:01 > 0:19:04I don't see him saluting it just yet, though.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Now, James, lest we forget,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09has thus far parted with a mere £9 on the island
0:19:09 > 0:19:12as he heads to the resort of Ventnor.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Famously sunny, although not today, sadly.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Hello.- Hello, James. Welcome to Ventnor.- Hello.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Thank you very much indeed.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Jackie's shop seems to be a mix of traditional antiques,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28local art and the odd curio.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30This looks rather smart. What's this?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32One of these funny mouthpieces or something?
0:19:32 > 0:19:35"Edwardian speaking tube".
0:19:35 > 0:19:39I'm not sure I've ever seen an Edwardian speaking tube.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43As used in ships, offices and even posh cars.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- So you've got a whistle as well. - WHISTLE SOUNDS
0:19:45 > 0:19:49And then you just... Hello!
0:19:49 > 0:19:55- God, it's a beautifully made object, isn't it?- It is, yes. 1910.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Almost snakelike.- Interesting start.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01What can Jackie recommend though?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05- I can see something.- There we are. You see?- Daum of Nancy.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09The Daum studio in the French city of Nancy
0:20:09 > 0:20:12was one of the great names of Art Nouveau glass.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- Beautifully tactile.- It is, yes.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- What could that be? - I can do that for £45.- £45.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Well, I think that is potentially...
0:20:21 > 0:20:25I think I'd be all over that really because it is actually an antique.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26It is, yes.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- Yep, brownie points for that. - Lovely colour.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34- You can imagine that somewhere. Well, that's interesting.- Very.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I think he might be back.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Plus, there's apparently a bit of a bargain department here.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43- This is more your house clearance side.- This is the boys' shed.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46We've got a sort of barometer here with a sliding scale.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Chromium plated.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52It's an aneroid barometer so it works on a spring.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Hey, good news - set fair.
0:20:56 > 0:21:01- How much have you got on it, Jackie?- That can be £15.- £15.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03- That is... I'm definitely going to buy that.- OK.
0:21:03 > 0:21:09So, £15 for that and 45 for the Daum. I think my work is done here.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13With barometer and bowl for a total of £60.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Thank you very much. Thank you. - Thank you. Well, thank you.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20No, thank you. Thank you. James is now up to speed.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24# If you go down to Freshwater today... #
0:21:24 > 0:21:26The two teddies. Could I have a little look at them?
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Of course you can.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31What's happened to this one then? Poor little thing.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34I don't know anything about them, just that they're sort of quite sad.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37They are. I bought one of these,
0:21:37 > 0:21:40about the same period, a little pull toy...
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- He's right. Splendid fellow. - ..and these would go lovely with it.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48- Yes, lovely. No price, though. - Give me an idea.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50How much do you want to pay?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- You shouldn't be asking me something like that.- I know!
0:21:52 > 0:21:55I was thinking about £30.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58- Mm.- Why the long pause, Val?
0:21:59 > 0:22:03I've had them in the shop for ages and I've had, actually,
0:22:03 > 0:22:08a couple of people wanting to buy them off me and I've always said no.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11You're not going to say no to me, are you, Val?
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Would you go to 40?
0:22:13 > 0:22:18- Val, without a question of a doubt I will go to £40.- OK.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22- Let's shake hands on it. Thank you so much.- Picnic, chaps?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- Come on, you babies.- Nighty-night.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27At least they've got a teddy each.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32So, day three of our Isle of Wight mini break.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35But they're not just here for the Ryde. Who writes it?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38James, I think you need to go and do some shopping.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- I'm going to have to drop you off. - Busy, busy, busy, eh?
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Especially Raj, who started with that fuel can and hasn't stopped,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49picking up some Meccano, a pokerwork box,
0:22:49 > 0:22:51a military box and some medals,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53plus a pull-along dog and two teddy bears...
0:22:55 > 0:22:57You're not going to say no to me are you, though, Val?
0:22:57 > 0:23:00..leaving him with just under £90.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04While James has thus far plumped for a Daum bowl,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07a barometer and a glass vase.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10Has anybody told you you look quite similar to Elton John?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Leave his back alone!
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Meanwhile, he still has over 150 left in his wallet.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18I've got to dig deep. A little thought has got to go into this.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20He's feeling the pressure.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Later they'll be rolling onto the ferry and heading off to an auction
0:23:23 > 0:23:27in Somerset at Frome, but our first stop is in the village of Chale.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Well, that's - whoops-a-daisy! - where James is supposed to be headed
0:23:36 > 0:23:39but it looks like this car-boot sale may have caught his eye.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Lordy, watch out, girls!
0:23:41 > 0:23:45A glorious day but everybody's packing up now so I'll have to work
0:23:45 > 0:23:48very quickly around this one and try and find a bargain.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Bless it, it's a Bambi. Look at that.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57It must have kicked off hours ago. Better get a move on, James.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Hello. What's this? What's your log basket?
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- It's a log basket. - It's a log basket.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06It's lovely. It's Dutch in style, isn't it? These boxes?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08So you have them by the fire and these were all the sort of
0:24:08 > 0:24:11tortuous things that you would have in the room.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14These were the things that people had to polish, weren't they?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18So it's made of brass so it's embossed brass with scenes
0:24:18 > 0:24:20after the Dutch masters.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24This is an inn scene here, and they require
0:24:24 > 0:24:28- a lot of polishing and nobody really wants to polish now.- Wet wipes.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- Is that the secret? Wet wipes? - Wet wipes are the future.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33You heard it here first.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36These are all the things packed away, are they? Onward ho!
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I think we could do without the barometer, couldn't we?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Looking at 20 quid, the lot.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- And if I didn't want the contents, how much would the box be?- Tenner.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49- Tenner.- Sometimes it helps to be the last customer.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52- What time did you get here this morning?- Quarter past eight.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Quarter past eight, well done.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- Good day?- Not too bad, thank you.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Even better if you get that for a tenner.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04- How about five?- Cheeky monkey! - I am a cheeky monkey.- How about 12?
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Hold on, hold on. Reverse psychology.
0:25:07 > 0:25:08I'll meet you in the middle. Eight.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- Eight pounds.- Thank you. Thank you very much indeed.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14And take all the clutter out, won't you?!
0:25:14 > 0:25:15He is cheeky.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16ALL LAUGH
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Well, that was well worth an unofficial stopover -
0:25:20 > 0:25:23and, while James sorts out the fine detail...
0:25:26 > 0:25:28..Raj is behind the wheel...
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Here we go, come on - up this hill.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32..manfully coping with the topography.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Come on, baby, let's go.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38I think he's talking to the car, on the way back to Freshwater
0:25:38 > 0:25:41to find out about pioneering photographer
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and island resident Julia Margaret Cameron.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Hi, there. I'm Raj. - Hi, Raj. I'm Rachel.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- Nice to meet you.- Welcome to Julia Margaret Cameron's home.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54- Can I show you around? - You certainly can.- Excellent.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56So, when did she actually live here?
0:25:56 > 0:26:00She first came to Freshwater in about 1860.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03She was visiting her great friend Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the poet,
0:26:03 > 0:26:05who lived just up the road at Farringford.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07She liked it so much she bought a house,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10and she lived here for about the next 15 years.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15In 1863, at the age of 48, Cameron was given her first camera -
0:26:15 > 0:26:19a bit like this one - by her daughter, to "keep her occupied"...
0:26:19 > 0:26:24This is the first gallery we're going to look at.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27..but she took her new hobby very seriously,
0:26:27 > 0:26:28and, within a short time,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31the highly unconventional photographs she created here
0:26:31 > 0:26:33were making waves.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37She has a...a definite... There's a feel about her work.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- You can see it, can't you? It stands out.- Absolutely,
0:26:40 > 0:26:45and she really does establish her own style of photography.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50These really dramatically lit, heavily staged portraits
0:26:50 > 0:26:52are not something that anyone else is doing at this time.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Although nowadays she is acknowledged as hugely influential,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Cameron's pictures were often criticised by contemporaries,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01who insisted that photography
0:27:01 > 0:27:04was for scientific documentation, and not art.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09She's not bothered about the convention of being precise,
0:27:09 > 0:27:11and people were not happy
0:27:11 > 0:27:15about the way in which she was fine with it being out of focus,
0:27:15 > 0:27:19that she was fine with there being sort of drips and fingerprints
0:27:19 > 0:27:22and little bits of wrongness in the photograph.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24So, everything didn't need to be perfect, in her eyes.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- Absolutely not.- She almost wanted it to be like this.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Absolutely, and that's the thing. Perhaps the blurriness
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- is really what makes it a great image.- Yeah.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36However, her portraits were very warmly received
0:27:36 > 0:27:38by the painters of the Pre-Raphaelite movement,
0:27:38 > 0:27:42and she responded by capturing many of their likenesses.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Also, of course, images of her famous neighbour and friend.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49This is not just a portrait of Alfred Tennyson,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51the great poet of the day,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55it's a creative expression of his bohemian-ness,
0:27:55 > 0:27:59as she perceived it to be and she was a huge fan of his.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Cameron shrewdly copyrighted her images,
0:28:02 > 0:28:04and she was keen to see them exhibited.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07There are some more pictures in the next gallery if you'd like to...
0:28:07 > 0:28:09- Oh, I'd love to see them. Yes. - Fantastic.- After you.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13Although her portraits include many significant historical figures,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15like this image of Charles Darwin,
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Cameron's work was about much more than Victorian celebrity.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23She took many, many pictures of different kinds of people.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27This one here, for example, is her maid, Mary Hillier,
0:28:27 > 0:28:31and she's photographed Mary more than any other individual person.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35She also took photographs of local children, local people,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38anybody that she felt was interesting and could serve a role
0:28:38 > 0:28:41in the creative image she was trying to make.
0:28:41 > 0:28:45I think her legacy is really the case that she made
0:28:45 > 0:28:49for photography to be considered an art form.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53She's paved the way for every art photographer who's come since.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57Meanwhile, further along the coast,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00back at the village of Chale - as in kale -
0:29:00 > 0:29:04James has finally turned up at his intended destination.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Not that it's obviously a shop.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09- Hello, Nina.- Hello. - Hello. Who's this?
0:29:09 > 0:29:10This is Buckley.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Buckley, Buckley. Cor, what a big a boy!
0:29:13 > 0:29:15So, why Buckley?
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- He was born on Christmas Day.- Yeah.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21We named him after Jeff Buckley, the Hallelujah tune.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23The Hallelujah tune.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Down, boy! This collie's got a bone to bury.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28After you.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31So, it's just Nina and James to explore within,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34where a good old nose could come in handy.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37That's a light fitting and a half, isn't it?
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Yeah. Bargain vision's what's required.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- I like that.- Well, I got that the other day.- Did you?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44- Yeah.- Ooh, fresh goods. That's what I like to see.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46- Yeah, but it's not for sale. - Why?- Cos it's in the...
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- Everything's for sale. - ..part of the display.- Come on.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50- How much for the carboy? - It's not for sale.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Of course it is.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Relax, I'm sure there's plenty that is.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00- What are the boards here?- Oh, that is a great big long painting,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02and it takes up the whole wall.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- And what is it of?- London Bridge.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- So, it's a big...- But it is magnificent when it's all...
0:30:08 > 0:30:10- Big mural.- Yeah. - How much have you got on that?
0:30:10 > 0:30:14- Is that for sale? - That is for sale, but that's 600.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17It's either can't buy or can't afford.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19LID CLATTERS Ooh, stand lively.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24- What is this funny thing?- It's a little majolica. It's from Italy.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Made in Italy, Pisa, and it's just got a nice
0:30:28 > 0:30:33sort of...sgraffito, that scratch, yeah. Very interesting, isn't it?
0:30:33 > 0:30:35So, how much have you got on this?
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- Best I can do on that is 35.- 35...
0:30:39 > 0:30:41I don't think I'd make a profit on that.
0:30:41 > 0:30:42Which is a shame.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43Fair enough.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Is that sound, that pot?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Erm...yes, it is.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50It's heavy, though. Oh, there we go.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Bread pan. Doulton.
0:30:52 > 0:30:53It's like a dough bin.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56You'd make your dough, and then you take bits off,
0:30:56 > 0:30:59and then you put it in the oven progressively during the week.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01And they would have a sort of a wooden top to it.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02HE TAPS
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Seems to ring all right, doesn't it?
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Cor! Ugh!
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Need to be a weightlifter for that!
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Man up, James, come on.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Sir Henry Doulton made his fortune from the development of London.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20He did all the sort of pipework for the sewers, and things like that.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Improved bread pan, made by Doulton, still in Lambeth in London.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- I was born in Lambeth. - Oh, was you?- Yeah.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28It's the way he walks. Heh, heh!
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- Nina, how about eight quid for that? - Oh, no, I couldn't.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33What can you let it go for?
0:31:33 > 0:31:38- 12?- Definitely not. I'm thinking more on the 25 mark.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41People are still into this kind of decorative.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Sorry, where are the crowds?
0:31:45 > 0:31:47The hordes of people, Nina?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49They're still into it, are they?
0:31:49 > 0:31:5115, my final offer.
0:31:51 > 0:31:5320...and we've done a deal.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57I tell you what, difference, and I'll weight it in your favour, 18.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- Done.- Come on. Put it there. Well done, Nina.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Now she just needs the dough.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05- Right, let's go. - Right. You all right with that?
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Yeah, I'm all right. I'm all muscles.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09That staggering deal...
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- Ooh, blimey, that's a weight, isn't it?- Watch your step, there.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13- Thank you, Nina.- Bye. - Thanks a lot.- Thanks very much.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16..wraps up our shopping, and our time on the island...
0:32:16 > 0:32:18FOGHORN
0:32:18 > 0:32:19I think that's a ship's horn.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21..but at least we have the snaps.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- What you think?- That you! - It's a great photo, isn't it?
0:32:24 > 0:32:26That looks very good. What a handsome fellow.
0:32:26 > 0:32:281870s, here we come.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29Shall we wave goodbye?
0:32:29 > 0:32:31I think we should.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Now, let's take a look at what they've snapped up.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Hah!
0:32:36 > 0:32:39James spent just £95 on a vase,
0:32:39 > 0:32:40a barometer,
0:32:40 > 0:32:41a Daum bowl,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43a log box,
0:32:43 > 0:32:45and that dough bin.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50While Raj parted with £170 for a petrol tin,
0:32:50 > 0:32:52some Meccano,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54a pokerwork box,
0:32:54 > 0:32:56a military box and medals,
0:32:56 > 0:32:58two teddies and a doggy on wheels.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02So, who's best in show, and who's been sold a pup?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05I particularly like his pokerwork box.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07It's got real craft about it,
0:33:07 > 0:33:08it's got great design about it.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12I'm not sure how saleable the brass log box is,
0:33:12 > 0:33:14but, at £8, what a gift.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18The one thing that I would swap for is the Meccano.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20There's a boy within us all,
0:33:20 > 0:33:23and I think Meccano always does well at auction.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25After setting off from Wootton,
0:33:25 > 0:33:29our seadogs will shortly be landlubbers once more
0:33:29 > 0:33:32at the auction in Somerset at Frome.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I don't know about you, James, but I'm getting a little bit wet.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37- Yeah...- It's actually coming in.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41There seem to be gaps in the canvas everywhere.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44There's no such thing as bad weather. It's poor clothing.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45I always like a travel run.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47As long as you look after your knees,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49the rest of your body will be all right.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Come rain or shine, Cooper & Tanner has been auctioneering
0:33:53 > 0:33:55around here for over a century
0:33:55 > 0:33:58so, while our two squeeze into a packed house,
0:33:58 > 0:34:03let's have the sage thoughts of gavel-wielder Dennis Barnard.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08The dough bin, it is Doulton, it's in very, very good condition,
0:34:08 > 0:34:11and it's the sort of thing that a farmhouse kitchen
0:34:11 > 0:34:13would look a lot better with.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17That might be the most expensive item - £50-£60.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Meccano always sells well.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21There's a lot of it, the box is there,
0:34:21 > 0:34:23so I hope that will sell extremely well.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27The log box, I think, it's, like me, rather old and jaded,
0:34:27 > 0:34:31and I would be amazed if it fetches in excess of £15.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Wet wipes, Dennis. Haven't you heard?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Got a room full of people. - Yeah, it's good, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38All clutching a tenner.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43First under the hammer - or, should that be spanner?
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Raj's Meccano set.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Start me at £20, somebody, on the Meccano.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49£20?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51£10 note to start, then. £10 note, we got.
0:34:51 > 0:34:5515. 20. Five?
0:34:55 > 0:34:5720 with you. It's a sharing, £20.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59I would have thought this... Come on, keep going.
0:34:59 > 0:35:0130? 30.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- Five?- 35.- 35.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- That's cheap. Oh, no! - Eight, anywhere?
0:35:05 > 0:35:08£35, then. It's going to be gone...
0:35:08 > 0:35:10- Come on!- ..at £35...
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Argh!
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Painful start, Raj.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17What we don't know is what he paid for it.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Only £150.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Mustn't tell lies, sir, this is a very reputable auction room.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30Well said, Dennis. Still a loss, though. Early days.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33I always find if you make a loss on the first one,
0:35:33 > 0:35:34you know, it sets a trend.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37All, does it? Fantastic. Thank you, James(!)
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Let's now sample James' wares, the little vase.
0:35:41 > 0:35:42It's gone quiet.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45We need silence, complete silence for this item.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49Who's going to start me at £20 on 488? £20.
0:35:49 > 0:35:5120, we've got.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Going straight in at 20. Excellent, yeah.
0:35:53 > 0:35:5625, 25. 30, 30.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58And five? 35 and 40.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00No? 35, on the left. At 35.
0:36:00 > 0:36:01Lovely spreading bottom.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03Caught me already, I knew it.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05£35.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07- You've gone a bit quiet... - No! He's very happy with that.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09- Very happy. Very happy.- Are you?
0:36:09 > 0:36:10He paid 95 for that.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Pay them no attention. Fibbers, both.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- That's a great start for you, isn't it?- That's a great start. £35.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20You've wiped out my lead just like that.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24Time for Raj's joint lot of medals and box.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Who's going to start me at £10? 10?
0:36:27 > 0:36:28Ten - the box is worth it.
0:36:28 > 0:36:3112. 15. 18.
0:36:31 > 0:36:3320 in the middle? 20.
0:36:33 > 0:36:3422, 24.
0:36:34 > 0:36:3726, 28, 30.
0:36:37 > 0:36:3932, 34?
0:36:39 > 0:36:4132, in the middle. 34 anywhere?
0:36:41 > 0:36:4534. 36. 38, sir?
0:36:45 > 0:36:46- Ooh, well done.- Still cheap.
0:36:46 > 0:36:4840, William? 40.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- 42...- You can put it down now, sir.- 44, 46.
0:36:52 > 0:36:5348?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- 46, with the red hat. - Keep going, keep going! Lovely.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58All done at £46.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02- Fantastic!- 46! - Well done, auctioneer.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04LAUGHTER
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Can you say that again, sir?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Nobody's ever said that before in my life.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Surely not, Dennis?
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- Are you an auctioneer? - Yes.- Both?- Yes.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15How long have you been auctioneers?
0:37:15 > 0:37:20- Er, I've been an auctioneer for 25 years.- I've done 65.- Really?
0:37:20 > 0:37:22I started when I was 15.
0:37:22 > 0:37:23- WOMAN:- Liar!
0:37:23 > 0:37:26Now everyone's being economical. Hah!
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Now, that bargain barometer.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Where will it point, James? Storm?
0:37:30 > 0:37:34Start me somebody, on the barometer, at £10.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36£10 note we've got. 15.
0:37:36 > 0:37:3820. Five?
0:37:38 > 0:37:4130. Five?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Two? 32.
0:37:43 > 0:37:4535. 38, sir?
0:37:45 > 0:37:4838? 35, right at the back. Anybody else coming in?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- 35.- All done at 35.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53Well done.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- Lucky it was sold, the bezel... - Why, has she just dropped it?
0:37:55 > 0:37:58- ..the bezel's just come off! - Oh, God!
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Well, it's another fine profit, anyway.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- You can't complain at that. - I can't complain.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04- No, your profit, profit, profit. - You're smiling, now.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- You thought it was going to make more.- Yeah, I did.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Next, it's Raj's slightly pricey pokerwork box.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Remind me, how much did you pay?
0:38:13 > 0:38:14(55.)
0:38:16 > 0:38:17Start me at £20.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- £20? Surely £20?- Come on! - Ten, ten.
0:38:20 > 0:38:21You've got 15.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23You've got 20.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24You've got 25, Dan?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- Keep it going.- That's all right.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2735, sir.
0:38:27 > 0:38:2940. 45.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31- 45!- 45.
0:38:31 > 0:38:3350. Five?
0:38:33 > 0:38:3460?
0:38:34 > 0:38:3655, right at the back at 55.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Oh, a bit more. It's worth more than that.
0:38:38 > 0:38:3960, quickly?
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Can't make it up, sir. I've got the bidding at £55.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44At £55 with you, Dan.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46I think he'll be relieved at that.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Now, all the way from Nancy, James' bowl.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Shall I start at £45?
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Who's got 50?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58£50 for this bowl.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00£50. 50. 52.
0:39:00 > 0:39:0352. 55. 60 on the book.
0:39:03 > 0:39:0665 with you, madam. At 65.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Who's got 70?
0:39:08 > 0:39:1070, now, quickly. It's all gone quiet.
0:39:10 > 0:39:1565. I'm going to sell at 65. Are we all done at 65?
0:39:15 > 0:39:18It's yours, madam, at £65.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21She looks pleased and why not?
0:39:21 > 0:39:23- Clean bill of health for me, so far.- I know, I know.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24Clean bill of health.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26What can Raj's can do?
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Perhaps the can-can. Heh!
0:39:28 > 0:39:30They won't believe this -
0:39:30 > 0:39:32I'm going to start off with a bid on the book at £6.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- BOTH:- Wahey!
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Let's go for it!
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Who's got £8 for the petrol can?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Lovely - eight, eight. Right at the back at £8.
0:39:41 > 0:39:42Eight. Who's got ten?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Ten, now. ten.
0:39:44 > 0:39:4512.
0:39:45 > 0:39:4715. 18.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50That's all right, that was a fiver, wasn't it?
0:39:50 > 0:39:52At £15. Are we all done?
0:39:52 > 0:39:5318.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56- 18!- Keep going! - Keep winkling them out.- Yeah!
0:39:56 > 0:39:58£18. That's yours, £18.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Another fine profit for Raj
0:40:00 > 0:40:04and James has had nothing but, so far.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06- I'm a baker, myself.- I know. - I'm a bread baker.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Focaccia and I... Like that.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Everybody wants it, so I'm going to start at £12.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13Wahey!
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- 15.- Wow.- 18, 20.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- 25.- Well, it's going, it's going.- 30?
0:40:18 > 0:40:2128? 28. 30.
0:40:21 > 0:40:2332. 35.
0:40:23 > 0:40:2638. 40.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Five? 50.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Five?
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- 50 with you, sir. At £50.- What a lot of dough.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33- It is a lot! - RAJ CHORTLES
0:40:33 > 0:40:36£50. All done at £50.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Dennis predicted as much.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Is that any good, chaps?
0:40:40 > 0:40:41- Yes!- Thank you, sir.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- Thank you.- Is that all right? - Very good.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47Now, children, time for Raj's soft toys.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49They don't look like bear lovers to me, this lot.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- Fiver? How much did you pay for the lot?- 45.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55Oh, start all that again!
0:40:55 > 0:40:58And I'm starting at £20.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Good luck.
0:40:59 > 0:41:0222. 24. 26.
0:41:02 > 0:41:0528. 30.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- 32.- 34, keep going.
0:41:07 > 0:41:0834?
0:41:08 > 0:41:10No? 32 with the lady.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12- At £32.- Oh, no.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14- 34.- 34.- 36?
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- 34 with you, Stephen. 34. - It's worth it, keep going!
0:41:17 > 0:41:18- 36 anywhere?- Lovely teddy bears.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21At £34.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22- Another loss.- 34!
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Another loss.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Hah, yes, but think of the happy smiling faces.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Now, James, if you got one weakness, this is it.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Sounds like wishful thinking, Raj.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36My colleague says that brass and copper is coming back.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Oh, no!
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Whether I shall live long enough to see that, I'm not absolutely sure.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Start me at £10.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44£10 for the box, quickly.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46£10? Five, then, if you must.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- Well done.- Five. - Well done, that man.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Eight, eight, eight. And ten? Ten.
0:41:50 > 0:41:5212, now, sir? 12.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54- 15?- You've done it. I can't believe it!
0:41:54 > 0:41:57At £12. At 12, 12. 15.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59- 18 by the door.- 18 by the door!
0:41:59 > 0:42:01It's a last rally!
0:42:01 > 0:42:0518 over there, by the door. I can't see you, I can just see your hand.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- I don't believe it!- 20.- £20.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Oh, my goodness!- By the door!
0:42:10 > 0:42:13- 24 by the door. 26. 28?- 26!- 26!
0:42:13 > 0:42:16It's a late rally. It's like the markets - late rally. 30!
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Go on, sir!
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- By the door £30. At £30.- That's it!
0:42:21 > 0:42:23I'm off. I've had it.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Yep, for this auction, you have.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Looks very much like James' lucky day.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30- Well done today. - Well done.- Fantastic.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Raj began with £257.60,
0:42:34 > 0:42:39and he made a loss after auction costs of £15.84,
0:42:39 > 0:42:42so, his current total is...
0:42:46 > 0:42:50Whilst James started out with £228.10
0:42:50 > 0:42:54and he made a profit after costs of £81.30,
0:42:54 > 0:42:56so, he takes the lead with...
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- What a lovely auctioneer he was. - Oh, fantastic.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03He was a lovely, lovely auctioneer.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04I'm beginning to like Somerset.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Pip-pip, then!
0:43:08 > 0:43:09Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Here's an interesting pamphlet.
0:43:11 > 0:43:12It's The Facts Of Life.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14..and James has a puzzle to solve...
0:43:14 > 0:43:17I hate to think where that goes.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19..but who will hit the top of the class?