0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- With £200 each... - I want something shiny.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10..a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- I like a rummage. - I can't resist.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17- But it's no mean feat.- Sorry!
0:00:17 > 0:00:20- Why do I always do this to myself? - There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22- Give us a kiss. - ..and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- Come on, stick 'em up.- So, will it be the high road to glory?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- Onwards and upwards. - ..or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31- Take me home. - This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Yeah.
0:00:36 > 0:00:40MUSIC: I Get Around by The Beach Boys
0:00:44 > 0:00:48On this road trip, we're getting around the English countryside with
0:00:48 > 0:00:51auctioneers Charles Hanson and Catherine Southon.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Welcome to my garden, welcome to the Garden of England.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Welcome to Kent.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Why, thank you, ma'am.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Catherine is indeed a Kentish lass,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06with over two decades of experience in the antiques business.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Whilst Derbyshire lad Charles, also known as the Young Pretender,
0:01:09 > 0:01:13brings his experience to the game and a rather unique fashion turn, too.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- Do you like my jacket today, by the way?- I do like your jacket.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19My wife calls me the Candyman, because if the Candyman can...
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- # Oh, the Candyman can... # - Ha-ha, oh, sweet!
0:01:23 > 0:01:28Both our experts started this week of road tripping with £200.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32On the first leg, Catherine built that total to £213.76.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Well done, that girl.
0:01:36 > 0:01:43But old Carlos zoomed ahead, already having accumulated £478.88.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45And it's only just starting.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48What can Catherine do to catch up?
0:01:48 > 0:01:53Just imagine you're buying me presents through the week and you want to
0:01:53 > 0:01:55see my eyes light up at your buys.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59What are you talking about, Charles?
0:01:59 > 0:02:04Today, these two are driving a beautiful bottle green MGB GT from 1981,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07which they've called Meg, for obvious reasons.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12You've really, really learned how to drive this, haven't you?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Come on, car, just push forward. - Come on, Meg.- Come on.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Do it for us. Oh, my goodness.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- ENGINE REVS - Ooh!
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Sorry. Sorry, there we go.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Sorry about that, Catherine.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Blimey - careful, Charles, you'll have the gearbox out of it.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Oh, my goodness, my heart just went then.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29I thought we were going to go sliding back down that hill.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31No, I put the car in first by mistake. Don't worry.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Ha-ha! Honestly... On this epic road trip,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Catherine and Charles begin in southern England before making their
0:02:39 > 0:02:42way north, meandering around the West Midlands,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44and then darting through the Peak District.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48They'll finally finish up in Congleton in Cheshire, God's County.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54On this leg, they'll start in the Kent village of Chart Sutton,
0:02:54 > 0:02:58and aim for auction in Bourne End in Buckinghamshire.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Right now, they're just south of Maidstone.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05- Maidstone is the capital of Kent. - Why?
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- I don't know. - Ask a silly question...
0:03:09 > 0:03:13They're sharing their first shop. Fortunately, it's a biggie.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Dealers Jamie and Trevor are on hand to help.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Hello, gents.- Hello.- Hello.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- Catherine.- I'm Trevor. How nice to meet you.- Hello.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Hello, Charles. Trevor.- Good to see you.- Nice to meet you.- Jamie.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Jamie, hello, Jamie.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Time to split up and browse.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Antiques don't buy themselves, you know.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Supposed to be going that way. This is my way.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Can you hear something?- No, I didn't hear anything.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- I think I heard a squeak. - I can hear you.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41You are really hot on my heels, aren't you?
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Jamie, there could be trouble ahead.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49# There may be trouble ahead... #
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I'll say.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- CLATTERING - God, he's so noisy, isn't he?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Charles, keep the noise down, please.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- I'm trying to...- I think there's thunder outside.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03It sounds like thunder!
0:04:04 > 0:04:07The storm clouds have parted on this side of the shop.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10Looks like Catherine's spotted something. Goody.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I quite like this. What's this over here?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- Oh, the clock and the manicure set. - That's an unusual combination.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22This charming Edwardian mantle clock contains some tools
0:04:22 > 0:04:25for keeping your nails neat and tidy. How sweet.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Want to have a look?
0:04:27 > 0:04:30And then you open it up and you've got....
0:04:30 > 0:04:32A set of manicure tools.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34It's priced at £35.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40To make something on this, I need it to be more like 15.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- Can you do that, because it's a bit...?- Mm...
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Could we split the difference and come in at 20?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- OK, let's put that as a possibility. - OK.- Put that to one side,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52because I feel you have a lot more to offer here.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57One item put aside. And what's this?
0:04:58 > 0:05:01That's quite a nice old...
0:05:01 > 0:05:02railway sign. It's very heavy, be careful.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- It is heavy, isn't it? Cast iron. - Yes, cast iron.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10What is it? "Any person who omits to shut and fasten this gate
0:05:10 > 0:05:14"is liable to a penalty." That's a big lump, isn't it?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Yes, it's quite nice.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Anyone for cricket? - HE CHUCKLES
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Hey, careful, Catherine, or you'll be on a sticky wicket, love.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27That hefty railway sign had £48 on the ticket,
0:05:27 > 0:05:30but can Trev help with the heavy lifting?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- I'm happy to let you have that for 15, if it helps.- Are you? Right.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Another item to set aside.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40And there really is no stopping Catherine this morning. Go, girl.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43This is nice.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Yeah, that's unusual, isn't it?- Mm.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Certainly is. Mid-20th century parasol
0:05:49 > 0:05:51embellished with a carved figure?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Lovely.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55- The sticks are all good. - There we are.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Mm. Priced at £35.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01And once again, Catherine's not going to commit until she's finished browsing.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Isn't this terribly bad luck to put that over your head?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Oh, yeah, thanks. God, I don't need any more bad luck!
0:06:08 > 0:06:10I don't need any more.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Charles, do you want an umbrella?
0:06:12 > 0:06:15I don't think he does, you know.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19He's found a promising pile of...something.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22They're good signs, aren't they?
0:06:22 > 0:06:23Wow.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27It's a collection of six enamel advertising signs from the early
0:06:27 > 0:06:29to the mid-20th century.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Ticket price on the lot is a whopping £600.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Dealer Jamie will try to contact the vendor to see if a deal can be struck, while Charles browses on.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42But elsewhere, Catherine has also nabbed Jamie's attention.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Tell me about the bubble gum machine.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48It's very good. It takes 20p pieces.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- You can use it as a money box, if you want to.- Oh, you can use it? - Yeah, you can use it.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Oh, yes.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Would be nicer if it was full of sweeties, though, heh?
0:06:56 > 0:06:59What you think? What you think, boys?
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Talk to me.- I think at the right price you could
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- make a profit on that. - He would say that.
0:07:06 > 0:07:11It dates from the 1980s. Ticket price is £75.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Can we say 25 and I won't go down any more?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- OK.- Can we?- Yeah.- I quite like this.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- I'm going to shake your hand on that.- OK.- I'm going to say yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20- Yes to £25.- OK.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Crikey! Catherine bags the sweetest of discounts.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29And elsewhere Charles has espied something that piques HIS fancy.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Carved African wooden mask.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37And it might... Actually, Catherine, how are you?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Oi, Catherine, are you OK? I'm over here.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44When you've QUITE finished, Charles. Stop mucking about.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46The mask probably dates from 1900,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48and, as ever, Jamie's the man to assist.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Could that be a very good price, Jamie?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- I'm sure it could be. - A very good price.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56I could have a look for you and let you know.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01I know it's priced at 95, but, if it has been here a while,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04would you be prepared to just get rid of it?
0:08:04 > 0:08:05I think so, yes.
0:08:05 > 0:08:11Jamie will check his books, to see what the mask could be.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I've had a look what we paid for it...
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Go on, Jamie, I'm going to read your mind...- Go for it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20- Go on, tell me.- No, you read my mind. What did I say?
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- I think you might say about £30. - I had £30 in mind.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- No!- There we go.- Really?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- It was £30.- And that still gives you a profit?- Yes.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Lovely. That little "face-off" - ha-ha!
0:08:34 > 0:08:36means Charles finally has his first item.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40And now, the owner of all those signs is on the blower.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42What might he do if Charles takes all six?
0:08:42 > 0:08:4430 quid the lot?
0:08:45 > 0:08:48£400?
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- And that's the bottom? - Better than the top.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53And after a final chat with Jamie...
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Take care, bye-bye, bye!
0:08:56 > 0:08:59So, if we both say together, the best price was...?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01380.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02It wasn't?!
0:09:02 > 0:09:04A terrific offer,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07but Charles still wants to keep his options open.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11I feel duty bound, just to get myself around
0:09:11 > 0:09:13the great landscape of Kent,
0:09:13 > 0:09:16just to make sure I don't unearth anything else...
0:09:16 > 0:09:18would you have an agreement to hold them?
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- Yep.- And I will, either way, call you.- Yep.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Jamie, you are a gent.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Charles has those on hold, and the mask in the bag.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30And he's heading off.
0:09:33 > 0:09:38Meanwhile, Catherine herself still has a heap of items set aside.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39The mantle clock-cum-manicure set,
0:09:39 > 0:09:43the railway signage and the mid-20th century parasol,
0:09:43 > 0:09:46which Trevor has had some word on.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48He's prepared to let you have that for £18.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50- 18, OK.- Mm.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I can do the clock for 15 for you, if that helps.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Right. So we've got 15 on the clock.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Yes. And the railway sign...
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- We can do that for 15? - I'll do it for 15.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03So that's...48.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- 48 for the three items. - Yeah.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08I think that seems pretty good.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Deal done, then, at £48 for the parasol, sign and clock,
0:10:11 > 0:10:15and Catherine also has the bubble gum machine she bought earlier as well.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19So, she's got a whopping four items in the bag for a total of £73,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22and she's finished here also.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25HE WHISTLES Nice flowers.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Meanwhile, Charles is navigating the MGB through the B-roads of Kent
0:10:34 > 0:10:37en route to his next stop of the day.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42His destination is the town of Maidstone, and Kent Life Museum,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46where he's meeting volunteer Frances Madison Roberts.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48As you do.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Hello.- Hello!
0:10:50 > 0:10:51I'm hoping you're Frances.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- I am.- Good to see you. Charles Hanson.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55- Hello, Charles.- Isn't it gorgeous?
0:10:55 > 0:10:57It's absolutely lovely. You've got a nice day.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Indeed they have.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04Charles is here to learn about a local industry which really put Kent
0:11:04 > 0:11:06on the map. Hop growing.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09From the 1500s right up to the mid-20th century,
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Kent was famous for its hop gardens, where this valuable plant was grown.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20Goodness me. There's a man on a huge pair of stilts.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Hello, sir, how are you?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22- Hi, Charles.- Hi.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Yeah, I'm very well, thank you, how are you?
0:11:24 > 0:11:27You're almost up in the sky there. So what are you doing up there?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29We're stringing the hop garden.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33We're training the hops up these old strings, hop string, coconut string,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37and we're doing it the old, traditional way with the stilts.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44Our friend Tim - great name - is hopping back in time on his stilts,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47continuing a Kent tradition of hundreds of years.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Frances is keen to show Charles more.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55- We're going into the hop garden. Here are our hops.- Wow.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58We'll walk down an alley of the hop garden.
0:11:58 > 0:11:59Wow.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03The hop plant is cultivated for use in the brewing of beer,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06a staple of the British diet for many centuries.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10The hops add a lot of ale's most toothsome qualities.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Well, the hop gives it clarity.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18It also gives it flavour, it gives it colour,
0:12:18 > 0:12:23it gives it aroma and it helps in the keeping life of the beer,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- so it's very good.- Why was it grown so well in Kent,
0:12:27 > 0:12:28and how did it all begin?
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Yes, well, they've always grown wild in the hedgerows,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35but it was the Flemish people coming over in the 16th century that
0:12:35 > 0:12:39introduced them to us and showed us how we could cultivate them to improve the beer.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Because, prior to that, we just had ale,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44which wasn't a very good quality.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46And so they grew very well here.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49The soil is suitable, the climate is suitable.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53And there's a lot of possible labour force, because that's extremely
0:12:53 > 0:12:56important, because hops are very labour-intensive.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59So all that labour force required, where did they come from?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Well, of course there were local people,
0:13:01 > 0:13:02who were very glad to come along,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04but also there were Londoners,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07people came down in droves.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Whole streets of Londoners came down in the 20th century.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Every September, these families would travel down
0:13:15 > 0:13:19from London to Kent for the annual hop harvest.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21And, they'd need somewhere to stay.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Frances is taking Charles to see an example of a hopper's accommodation,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28dating from around 1900.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32So, hoppers' huts were allocated to each family, and
0:13:32 > 0:13:35if you were a good picker,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38then you would get the same hut year after year.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40So a whole family could stay in a hut?
0:13:40 > 0:13:45We understand that ten people could sleep in one hut.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Gosh. Facilities were basic.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49But for many of the families who worked here,
0:13:49 > 0:13:52the hop harvest was a welcome break from city life.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54The air was much healthier,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58they were away from the smog and pollution of London, and also,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01people lived in very cramped conditions in London,
0:14:01 > 0:14:03so it wasn't that much of a culture shock.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Once the hoppers had picked the harvest,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09the hops had to be dried to preserve them,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13a process that took place here in the oast house.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17The fresh hops were spread on the floor, which was heated by a kiln below.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22As they dried, they would need to be turned to make sure they dried
0:14:22 > 0:14:27evenly, so you can very gently turn...turn the hops.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- May I have a go?- Yes, please have a go.- So they carefully...
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Very carefully, that's right... - Why so carefully?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Well, you don't want to damage the hops, you don't want them to break up.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39As the 20th century progressed,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42new technologies replaced these traditional methods.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47But the modern fashion for small batch beer brewing has revived interest.
0:14:47 > 0:14:53What we have done is have a microbrewery make beer from our hops.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57That's wonderful. I almost feel like saying it's been thirsty work,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01Frances. I've really enjoyed learning about this handicraft of Kentish people.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- Thank you so much for your time today, it's been great.- It's been a pleasure.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Meanwhile, Catherine's travelled on to the Kent town of Tenterden,
0:15:16 > 0:15:21where she's strolling into her next shop and meeting dealers Pam and Terry.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23- Hi there!- Hello.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- Hi. I'm Catherine. Very nice to meet you.- Pam.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Hi there.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Hello.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30- I'm Terry.- Hi, Terry.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36It's very calming over this part of the shop, with all the clocks ticking.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38It's all very peaceful.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Doesn't take her long to spot something, though.
0:15:44 > 0:15:51Quite nice. So we've got a leather Georgian fire bucket.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Copper around the top.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56And I like this sort of studded...
0:15:56 > 0:15:58That's quite nice, isn't it?
0:15:59 > 0:16:021820s, '30s?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04It's in quite nice condition. People like these.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07As well they might. It's a real antique.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09But, at what price?
0:16:11 > 0:16:14How much is on it?
0:16:14 > 0:16:17138...
0:16:18 > 0:16:20138 on your bucket.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22We could do 110
0:16:22 > 0:16:24for you. It is an old Georgian one,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- it's at least 200 years old. - Yeah.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33I do like it. The ones that tend to do very well are the ones with,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37I think, really more the coats of arms on them.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39And ones that have...
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Aren't so worn. Because this is quite worn.
0:16:41 > 0:16:42It feels like it's almost...
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- It still holds water.- Have you tested it?- We have.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47But will this deal hold water?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Would that be your best on that?
0:16:50 > 0:16:52I can do you £100.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- Right.- Catherine's tempted.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01I was so decisive this morning and I just went bang, bang, bang, bang.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03Four items. But then they weren't very much money.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06Now I'm spending most of my budget on one item.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12I just think £100...
0:17:12 > 0:17:14It's a lot of money, isn't it?
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Do 90, then, but that would be the very best.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18You think I should? What d'you think?
0:17:18 > 0:17:22I think rustic, sort of shabby chic, I think it would do well.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- Do you think?- Yeah.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Why not? I'm going to go for it.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- And 90 is your best price? - Yeah.- Yeah? OK.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- We'll shake on it.- Thank you.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35A gamble it is.
0:17:35 > 0:17:40Catherine parts with the lion's share of her kitty for a venerable bucket,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43leaving her with just over £50 left to spend, and that
0:17:43 > 0:17:48daring buy brings us to the end of a jam-packed first day, so,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50night-night, you two.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57The morning sun finds them back in the MG, and raring to go.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01You know, the sun has got his hat on today.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03It's going to be a hip, hip, hip hooray.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04And I can't wait. Yeah.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Gosh, Charles, you do have a way with words.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10So far, Catherine has amassed five lots.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14The parasol, the bubble gum machine, the clock-cum-manicure set,
0:18:14 > 0:18:16the fire bucket and the railway sign.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20She still has £50.76 to spend.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26While Charles has been parsimonious by comparison,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29buying only the African mask.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32He still has £448.88.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34So, he'd better get a wiggle on -
0:18:34 > 0:18:38if he can stop that back-seat driving for five minutes.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Just always watch your brake when we go downhill.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43- Just test your brakes, I would. - I am!
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- Does your horn work as well? On these tight bends, just... - HORN TOOTS
0:18:46 > 0:18:48That's it. Just always test your horn.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- My mum taught me that.- Are you trying to teach me how to drive?
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Don't aggravate Catherine, Charles, for heaven's sake.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57They're nearly in the village of Headcorn.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I'm going to a place called...
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Is it Breakneck? - What?- Breakneck.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Headcorn! God, you are a handful this morning, Charles.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Catherine's dropping him off at his first shop.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12She'll be pleased to have some peace and quiet.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Put your nose right in and then come out, come out.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- Charles, you and I... - Come out, come out!
0:19:18 > 0:19:21You're on the kerb. Keep going, don't stall.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Charles!- You've stalled the car! - Charles!- OK, I'm going to go.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I'm going to go now. I'll see you later.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- You are really getting on my nerves today!- Sorry! I'm sorry.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Well, it's a bit heady in Headcorn, isn't it?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Drive carefully. See you later. Good luck.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Be careful. Bye.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- I'm so glad to be getting rid of you.- Blow me a kiss.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- I'm so glad to be getting rid of you.- Bye.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44You do have a way with the girls, Charles.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Let's hope he can strike up an easier rapport with dealer Shirley.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- Shirley, good to see you. - And you.- It's nice to be here.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Good.- I like your antique shop. I'll go for a wander.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- OK.- Thank you, Mrs...
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Just Shirley?- Just Shirley. - Just Shirley here in Kent.- Not Mrs.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02I like your style. We're friends in Kent. That's great.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- What's this?- I'm always after a waistcoat,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14because I enjoy wearing waistcoats. That's quite nice.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19I mean, I quite like colour and it's got almost a bit of a Picasso, Cubism look.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24But is a Cubist waistcoat really the thing for the sale room, Charles?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I've got to just...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I'm quite a broad guy, for the right reasons.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Modest, too.
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Well, it fits OK...
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I quite like this.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Fits perfectly. Goodness me. Can't really buy it for auction,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- I can't buy it myself. - Suits you, sir!
0:20:40 > 0:20:43When you've finished with the gents' outfitters routine, an item,
0:20:43 > 0:20:46perhaps, that might sell at auction...
0:20:46 > 0:20:48That's quite nice.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Isn't that pretty? Isn't that a beautiful shape?
0:20:50 > 0:20:53It's so... So Art Deco.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57So you. This part dinner service was made by Gray's,
0:20:57 > 0:20:59a Staffordshire pottery maker founded in 1907.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04But this set dates from the early 20th century.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Look at that, the design. That's got the lid...
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Open it up,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12and this sort of set just makes you feel happy.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17That ladle. Because the colours are so vibrant,
0:21:17 > 0:21:22the sun is shining in Kent, and importantly, I like this.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Ticket price is £45. Oh. Shirley...!
0:21:27 > 0:21:31Shirley! You're a lady who's full of joy.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Oh, thank you.- On this sunny Kentish morning and...
0:21:33 > 0:21:37to hopefully a man who's smiling today,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Shirley, and to keep my smile, what could be the best price on that?
0:21:41 > 0:21:42I'll have to phone the dealer for you.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46- Yeah.- Just to make sure. But I'm sure we can do something.- What are you thinking?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48- What are you thinking? - What am I thinking?
0:21:48 > 0:21:52He's got 45... I don't know if he'd go as low as 30.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- That sounds good to me.- Does that all right?- Yeah.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Within a flash, Shirl the Pearl has the answer.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- I've spoken to the dealer. - Full of Art Deco promise. Hit me.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Yes, you can have it for 30. - I'll take it. Thank you.- Great.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07I'll take it. That's one down. Fantastic. I'm delighted, Shirley.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11And that's another tidy little buy for Charles.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Thank you, Shirl.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Thanks a lot, I'm very grateful.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- You're very welcome.- See you, Shirley. Take care. Bye.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Now, Catherine already has five items in her old bag,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28so she's galloped straight back to the town of Maidstone.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Cantered, actually. Where she seems to be horsing around.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Ha! Where did you get that wonderful conveyance, ma'am?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38MUSIC: Galloping Home by Denis King
0:22:38 > 0:22:41So, from classic car
0:22:41 > 0:22:44to my carriage. This is even more classic.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Eat your heart out, Charles Hanson.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Crikey. In quite the correct style, she is heading
0:22:51 > 0:22:56- for the Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages.- Thank you very much!
0:22:56 > 0:22:58That was an amazing experience.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Thank you, thank you.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- You're welcome.- Thank you, Wilbur and Buster.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Well done, boys.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Here she's meeting Maidstone Museum's director Victoria Barlow.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Hi there.- Hi.- Victoria, very nice to meet you.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15This place holds a collection of over 60 carriages.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21It's a time capsule of the world when horsepower was really the thing.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24We owe its existence today to its founder and namesake.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Who's our friend here then?
0:23:28 > 0:23:32OK, so this is the reason that we're here, this is Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37He was born in the 1880s, so very much a late Victorian,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40but he came from a local brewing family, so very wealthy.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43The reason he's important for this museum was that
0:23:43 > 0:23:45after the end of the Second World War
0:23:45 > 0:23:48he began to see that carriages had had their day.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Motorised vehicles were coming in, and he was quite aware of the fact that
0:23:52 > 0:23:56a lot of the carriages that had been so popular and that he remembered so
0:23:56 > 0:24:00fondly from his youth, were sitting in barns, rotting away,
0:24:00 > 0:24:04and were never going to be used again and he wanted to save examples,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07so that we would know what it was like.
0:24:07 > 0:24:12The horse-drawn carriages he saved form the basis for the museum's
0:24:12 > 0:24:16collection. They tell the story of coach and carriage evolution
0:24:16 > 0:24:17down the ages - from the days
0:24:17 > 0:24:20when carriage travel was only for the wealthy,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24to the 19th century, when it opened up to ordinary people.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Well, this is quite an important carriage in the development of them.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31This is a Clarence, also known as a growler,
0:24:31 > 0:24:33because of the noise its wheels made on the floor.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36This was one of the first carriages in the Victorian era,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39when a normal middle-class family could buy a carriage
0:24:39 > 0:24:41and take their family out in it.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47This made carriage travel an option for the middle-class masses.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52And they soon learned that they made perfect cabs for hire,
0:24:52 > 0:24:54because you could get four people and some
0:24:54 > 0:24:57luggage into the carriage,
0:24:57 > 0:25:01so people started then renting them by the hour, and these became the first
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- hackney carriages.- Oh, really?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06So where we get the name hackney carriages from today, for the London cabs?
0:25:06 > 0:25:11The streets of Britain's cities teemed with carriages in their Victorian heyday,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14but it didn't take long until carriage design
0:25:14 > 0:25:18evolved along some more daring lines.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Victoria, this particular coach
0:25:20 > 0:25:25looks structurally very different from what we've seen downstairs.
0:25:25 > 0:25:30What's happened here is we've had a shift from having your driver upfront
0:25:30 > 0:25:32driving you while you sit in comfort at the back.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37This is actually an owner-driver vehicle, so you drive yourself.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41It meant that it became very popular with young men who liked speed.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45So this was, you know, the sort of sports car of its day.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49You would get up, set off, possibly with a friend,
0:25:49 > 0:25:54but essentially it was for the young, the daring, the need for speed.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56MUSIC: William Tell Overture by Rossini
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Boy racers might have been a hazard even in the 19th century,
0:25:59 > 0:26:05but Victoria also wants to show Catherine another carriage that really typified the age.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Giddy up.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09This is lovely and open, this one, isn't it?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11It is. This is a Victoria.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14This was named after the Queen, Queen Victoria,
0:26:14 > 0:26:19who very much popularised carriages as a way of being seen by a crowd.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22So a lot of the carriages we looked at downstairs
0:26:22 > 0:26:25had doors and window blinds that you could pull, so you could ride in privacy.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28This carriage is all designed to show off.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- "Look at me."- Indeed.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32So when you are going out to an event,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34perhaps to the races or to a picnic,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37and you've paid a fortune for your beautiful dress,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39you want people to see it.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43So you could fold the roof back down and the sides are cut away very low.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46And obviously for the Queen, that was important so her subjects could see her.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50As the 20th century dawned,
0:26:50 > 0:26:54motorised transport started to usurp the carriage,
0:26:54 > 0:26:57but these still have an elegance and romance all of their own.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Well, I have to say it's been wonderful.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Now my carriage awaits. And I have to head off.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- Thank you so much, Victoria, thank you.- Take care.- Bye-bye.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11You could get too used to this, Catherine.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Right, we're off again.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Walk on, as they say.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Meanwhile, Charles has motored on to the town of Faversham...
0:27:25 > 0:27:28where he's sauntering off into his next shop.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Andy's in charge here today.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36- Hello there.- Hello!
0:27:36 > 0:27:39- How are you?- I'm fine.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43True to form, Charles doesn't take long to spot a possible.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47I just came past, and in the window, I've seen something already.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- May I show you?- Yeah, please do. - Follow me. Just in the window.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53It's this revolving cabinet here.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Here they are.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- Aren't they wonderful?- They're lovely.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59- Are they yours?- They are, sir.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- They could be yours. - Aren't they gorgeous?
0:28:02 > 0:28:06They are a pair of decorative cut steel shoe buckles,
0:28:06 > 0:28:10which Charles thinks may date from as early as the 18th century,
0:28:10 > 0:28:11and I think he's right.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15So, you'd put them on like that, wouldn't you, in the day?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17That's it, yes.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21So... Maybe a Georgian gent, and don't my shoes look better now?
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- They do, they look beautiful. - They're just stunning.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Oh - stand lively.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28I quite like them.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31- Right.- They're decorative and quite refined...
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Ticket price on these handsome accoutrements is £150.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39But what might be Andy's bottom line?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Well, I would like...
0:28:43 > 0:28:44To be honest, I'd like about 80.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47It's almost half price.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50So you're hopefully telling me that they didn't cost you too much.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53- They didn't, no.- Oh, good. OK.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Andy IS good to you, Charles.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Could you go a bit less, do you think?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01A little bit less, yeah.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04- Which would be?- 70.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08I almost feel like saying you're an odd and I'm an even.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- Right.- Odd and even.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13And I wonder if you could be an even-steven and meet me at £60.
0:29:15 > 0:29:16- Go on, then.- Are you sure?
0:29:16 > 0:29:18- Yeah.- Does that leave you...?
0:29:18 > 0:29:20It still gives me a profit, yeah, absolutely.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22- Say that again to me.- It leaves me a bit of a profit.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24And that's a deal.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26- Done. Sold. Thanks a lot.- Thank you. - Appreciate it.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31That's one more item bagged, but Charles is still on the hunt.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Mm... Do be careful, won't you, Charles?
0:29:37 > 0:29:40You can be accident-prone.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Uh-oh, there he goes again.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Quite like this vase down here.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Hello, vase.
0:29:46 > 0:29:47"Hello, Charles!"
0:29:47 > 0:29:52And that landscape is quite unusual, and the gilding is good.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Charles is gently tapping the vase on his teeth
0:29:55 > 0:29:57to check for the sound of any repairs.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Sounds OK - and you do have to have your own teeth.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03It's a piece of Carlton Ware, probably dating from the 1920s.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05No good with falsies.
0:30:05 > 0:30:11My only concern is, on the actual label, it says "£15 RIP".
0:30:11 > 0:30:14- Andy?- Yes? - Excuse me, come hither.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16- Over here. I'm waiting.- I'm admiring your vase.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- Thank you.- It says "£15 RIP".
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Now, all I can think of, RIP, is "Rest in peace", Charles.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25- Absolutely. Charles. - What does RIP mean?
0:30:25 > 0:30:27It's actually the dealer's initial.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30- Oh, is it?- It's actually RP. Yeah. - Oh, RP. That's OK.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34So that's that mystery solved.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35I like it. Best price?
0:30:35 > 0:30:40- 13?- I was hoping you might say it could be Hanson's den - number...?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42- Ten.- 12...
0:30:42 > 0:30:45I would happily take this vase for a tenner, because I think for £10
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- it's decorative. Put it there. - Yeah, go on.- £10?
0:30:48 > 0:30:53- Sold!- Good man. - Are you happy with that?- Yeah, fine.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56That's yet another deal sealed. Good man.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Now, Catherine's strolled to her next shop, which is...
0:31:04 > 0:31:06oh, very unusual.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10- Hello.- Hi there.- Catherine. Hi. Very nice to meet you.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- I'm David.- Hi, David. Now, this is a bit of an odd one.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17Certainly is. With the bubble gum machine she bought earlier in mind,
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Catherine wants to buy some sweeties to fill it up in order to set it off
0:31:20 > 0:31:22best at the auction.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Sweetie salesman David here is just the man to help.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Just hope she doesn't try and get some money knocked off.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Yeah, they're nice, aren't they?
0:31:29 > 0:31:34But what will this monster bag of sweeties set Catherine back?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36As it's you, how about we call it a fiver?
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Oh, you are wonderful.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- We are...- As long as you don't eat them all yourself.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43No. I'm really tempted though, I have to say.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47And with that irregular last purchase, she's all bought up.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49Thank you, bye-bye!
0:31:50 > 0:31:53But Charles is back in Faversham, and in a quandary.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Remember the set of six metal signs he reserved yesterday?
0:31:57 > 0:32:00The last quote on the signs was £380.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03The problem is, Charles no longer has that much cash.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04Oh, Gawd, we've seen this before.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10But I've still got £348 left.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12So it's now that quandary -
0:32:12 > 0:32:16do I call up the shop I went to yesterday
0:32:16 > 0:32:19and see if I can buy for 348?
0:32:19 > 0:32:23What do you think, sir? What do you think?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27OK. He says phone a friend.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Time to give the dealer, Jamie, a tinkle, I think.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Let's go for it.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Thanks ever so much, I'll buy them. Thanks a lot. Cheers. All the best.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Bye-bye, cheers, bye-bye. Bye.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Well, from having a full kitty,
0:32:42 > 0:32:46I'm now down to nothing. I've bought the signs for £348.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51I'm banking on a whole load of rusty old tin plate signs,
0:32:51 > 0:32:55which could be dangerous. But he who dares wins, as they say.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59Who says? The SAS, and Del Boy!
0:32:59 > 0:33:02And so, that concludes the shopping.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Charles has bagged the African tribal mask, the Carlton Ware vase,
0:33:05 > 0:33:07the part-dinner service and the metal shoe buckles,
0:33:07 > 0:33:09as well as the set of six signs,
0:33:09 > 0:33:12which he plans to sell in three separate lots.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17He spent £478 exactly. That's spunk, isn't it?
0:33:19 > 0:33:23While Catherine has the Georgian fire bucket, the manicure set-cum-clock,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26the vintage railway sign, the bubble gum machine -
0:33:26 > 0:33:29freshly filled with sweeties - and the parasol.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32She spent £168 exactly.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34That shows some more spunk.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36But what on earth do they make of each other's lots?
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Not much, I fancy.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40I love her bubble gum dispenser.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43For £25, it's cheap.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48It might go pop at auction, and it might blow up the room and make a fortune. I hope not.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52Charles loves those little Georgian shoe buckles, and they are lovely,
0:33:52 > 0:33:57especially being in their fitted case, but, do people really want those?
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Do people really buy those? Who knows? Time will tell.
0:34:04 > 0:34:08On this leg, they began their buying in Chart Sutton, Kent,
0:34:08 > 0:34:12and are now heading for some selling in Bourne End in Buckinghamshire.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Bourne End. Bourne End beckons.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- I think it's this way. - It had better be...
0:34:18 > 0:34:22Could it be the END for you in Bourne END?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24I might be born again in the end!
0:34:24 > 0:34:25DEEP VOICE: Now...
0:34:25 > 0:34:30this is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Now, that's a quote. Time to get inside.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35MUSIC DROWNS SPEECH
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Our auctioneer today is Simon Brown.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Before the off, what does he make of our lots?
0:34:42 > 0:34:47The late 1970s, early '80s bubble gum machine, it's quirky.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50The pair of Georgian shoe buckles, very collectable,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52quite sought after and quite rare,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55so I'm looking forward to selling those.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59The sale's about to begin. Starting positions, please.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05First up, it's Catherine's parasol.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- 20 I'm bid.- Well done.
0:35:07 > 0:35:0820 in the room.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10- You built it up. - It's moving. Hold tight.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- Online, he's got.- 25 now.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Really disappointed.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19It's a profit, if not a huge one.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- Don't smile.- I'm not.- Don't smile.
0:35:22 > 0:35:28- Be sad for me.- You made 700 pence.
0:35:28 > 0:35:29Nothing to be sniffed at.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Now, it's Charles's African mask.
0:35:34 > 0:35:3740 I'm bid. Got you. 40. Yours at 40.
0:35:37 > 0:35:4042. 45. 47. 50. 55.
0:35:40 > 0:35:4360. 65?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45That's good. £20 profit.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47I thought you'd make more than that.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Selling at 60. Are we all done?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51On my right, thank you.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52That's a nice winner to start him off.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56Had a nice colour, had a nice glow, like you.
0:35:56 > 0:35:57- Colour?- Nice colour and glow.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Didn't have colour, it was wooden.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02The bubble gum machine filled with sweets is next
0:36:02 > 0:36:04to take a pop at some profit.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Nice stylish little piece there.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- With sweets.- Who'll start me at £30, please, for this lot?
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- 30 I'm bid.- Well done.- Yours at 30.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Have we all done at 30? 32.
0:36:14 > 0:36:1635. 37. 40.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18- 42.- Good.- 45.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- Well done.- Shhh!- 55.
0:36:20 > 0:36:2160. 65. 70?
0:36:21 > 0:36:26- 65 in the room.- Yes!- Selling at 65.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Are you all done at 65,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29we all done?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- Ohh...- That blew a big bubble.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Ooh-hoo! And it's another winner for her.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- It had a style. - Nah-nah, nah-nah-nah!
0:36:37 > 0:36:38I can be childish.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40You certainly can.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Next up is Charles's little Carlton Ware vase.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- Rouge Royale.- Ten to start.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- £10 anybody interested? - Could be in trouble.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Ten for the Carlton Ware vase.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- Oh, I say.- Go on, sell it for a fiver.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Go on, it would be hilarious.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- Fiver?- £5, anybody?
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- That's not me bidding. I'm not bidding.- Thank you very much.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00£5. We are struggling.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02£5 now.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04- Hello!- Are we all done at £5?
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Selling at five. Just behind, now.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- I told you that was horrible. - SHE LAUGHS
0:37:11 > 0:37:14So the rivalry's really ramping up.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19Somebody has bought a wonderful bargain, and I commend them for very good taste.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23One more chance for Catherine now,
0:37:23 > 0:37:28as her mantle clock, concealing a manicure set, meets the room.
0:37:28 > 0:37:3020 I'm bid. Yours at 20,
0:37:30 > 0:37:32- are we all done?- Good. Profit.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- Oh, shush.- 25, 27...
0:37:34 > 0:37:3730. £27 now.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38It's good. Doubling up.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- 30. 32.- Double...- Charles, will you be quiet?
0:37:41 > 0:37:42- You've doubled up.- Selling at 30,
0:37:42 > 0:37:44yours at 30. Are we all done at 30?
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- I've not finished yet. - 30, are we all done now?
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Did you buy it?
0:37:50 > 0:37:52- Did you buy it?- Me? No, I didn't buy it.
0:37:52 > 0:37:53The guy behind you.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Thanks to the chap behind, she's nailed a winner there.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Next, Charles's six metal advertising signs,
0:38:01 > 0:38:06which he's split into three separate lots, each costing him £116.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Here's the first.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12We all done at 75 in the room now?
0:38:12 > 0:38:15And now, the next lot of signs.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Selling at 130 now.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19And the final sign is...
0:38:19 > 0:38:2195 now on the net. Selling at 95.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25- One more.- You don't need any more money. I do.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Are we all done?
0:38:27 > 0:38:33Altogether, those three lots LOST - ha! - £48. Bad luck, Charles.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36I wish you'd have put them all together in one lot
0:38:36 > 0:38:38and then you would have had even more losses.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39And that would have been good for me.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42It's the battle of the signage now
0:38:42 > 0:38:46as Catherine's railway specimen is up.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48£10 I'm bid. Got you at ten.
0:38:48 > 0:38:4912. 14. 16.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- 18. 16. 16 seated. - Doubled up...
0:38:51 > 0:38:53- Selling at 16. All done.- It's good.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- No, it's not.- 16. 18. 20.
0:38:56 > 0:38:5922. 25. 27.
0:38:59 > 0:39:0130. 32. 35?
0:39:01 > 0:39:03- It's amazing.- Ooh.- £32 now.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- I thought we were on a roll, then. - You've flown.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- You all done at 32? On my right. - Internet might have come in on that.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- That's puffed and huffed like a train.- That was my steam train.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Like a loco, and you really moved, baby.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18That did, indeed, puff its way to a nice little profit.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- I'm building up slowly.- You are. - As I say, I'm getting there.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Now, Charles's Art Deco-style dinner service.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- 80, then, to start. - Go on.- Anybody interested?
0:39:28 > 0:39:2960, then, to start. 60.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- Nobody interested?- Oh, no.- 60.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35We're coming down. 50? Anybody interested?
0:39:35 > 0:39:3740.
0:39:37 > 0:39:3830?
0:39:38 > 0:39:40LAUGHTER
0:39:40 > 0:39:42- 30?- Ten!- 20?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44It's a full room. 20.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Someone feels sorry for you.
0:39:45 > 0:39:4720, I've got you at 20.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Don't worry, Charles!
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Don't worry. Don't worry.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52- It's a disaster.- Hammer down!
0:39:52 > 0:39:54- At 20...- Gavel down!
0:39:54 > 0:39:55- Shove it down.- At £20...
0:39:55 > 0:39:57- Help!- At £20 on the back wall...
0:39:57 > 0:40:00- Shut up!- At £20 now... - He doesn't need any help!
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Selling at 20, are we all done?
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Yay! - LAUGHTER
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Did that hurt, Charles?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11- Yes...- Did that really hurt? Good.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16No need to gloat, Catherine, though that was an unlucky loss.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19THEY LAUGH
0:40:19 > 0:40:21The final lot now for Catherine.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Her leather fire bucket might just ignite some interest.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Pretty one...
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- It is pretty.- Pretty?
0:40:28 > 0:40:29£50, please, for this lot.
0:40:29 > 0:40:3150. 40, then, to start.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Good bucket there at 40. 40 I'm bid.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36- Come on!- 40, yours at 40. 42 now...
0:40:36 > 0:40:40Yours at 42. 45 - with me at 45...
0:40:40 > 0:40:42- Oh, I really need... - Are you all done at 45?
0:40:42 > 0:40:45With me at 45. We all done now?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Ooh-hoo! That went up in smoke.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52But importantly, Catherine, you had a passion for it.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54I don't know if I did, actually.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Well, you don't any more.
0:40:57 > 0:41:02Our very last lot now, Charles's Georgian cut steel shoe buckles.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04These are rather pretty...
0:41:04 > 0:41:06- Pretty?- Pretty, dainty.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Who'll start me at £100, please, for this lot?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11100 I'm bid. Got you. 100.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13110. 120. 130...
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- They're worth all of this. - How do you do that?
0:41:16 > 0:41:17150. 160.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21170. 180. 190. 200. 200.
0:41:21 > 0:41:22- Lordy!- 220...
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- Charles!- 240. 260.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28280. 300. 320.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31340. 360. 380. 400.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35They dance away like a man in a fine pair of shoes.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37- I'm absolutely... - They're wonderful.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39At 420. Got you at 420.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Yours at 420...
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Did they have diamonds?!
0:41:43 > 0:41:45They were stunning. They were completely...
0:41:45 > 0:41:46Did they have diamonds on them?
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Diamonds are a girl's best friend, baby. Give us a kiss.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54Ha-ha! And buckles are a boy's, it seems.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57That's a stunning profit for Charles, and with it,
0:41:57 > 0:42:00he absolutely steals the day.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Catherine began this leg with £213.76.
0:42:05 > 0:42:11After auction costs, she made an unfortunate loss of £6.46,
0:42:11 > 0:42:15leaving her now with £207.30.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22While Charles started with £478.88.
0:42:22 > 0:42:27After costs, he made a monster profit of £182.10.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31So, he now has £660.98.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Well done, Charles.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Next sale is mine.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Well, you never know. You're on my away patch now - well, my home patch.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43- Let's go.- Let's go.- Seat belts on.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45And on to the next leg.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47ENGINE REVS
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- Woo-hoo!- Careful! - Sorry, Catherine...
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Now we're off.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53Are we in the right gear?
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Beep, beep!
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- Ooh! - THEY LAUGH
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Cheerio.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03On the next Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Charles and Catherine are getting on swimmingly.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Don't you feel in our week thus far
0:43:07 > 0:43:09- we've grown quite close together? - No.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11As they do their best to catch the bargains.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Ooh! Let's throw them around.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16I caught it almost. I almost caught it...