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 > 0:00:12I like a rummage.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15- I can't resist.- The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17- But it's no mean feat.- Sorry!
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Why do I always do this to myself?
0:00:19 > 0:00:20There'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.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Would you believe it?
0:00:38 > 0:00:41It's the penultimate leg of our road trip,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43with a pair of auctioneering favourites -
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Charles Hanson and Catherine Southon.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- Do you cycle?- No.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50- Maybe us two on a tandem, a bicycle made for two.- That would be nice.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- Yeah, I think so. - Sounds delightful(!)
0:00:54 > 0:00:57But instead, our pair are whisking around the countryside in their
0:00:57 > 0:01:01gorgeous green MGB GT, which has space for an unlikely passenger.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05What is this armrest thing?
0:01:05 > 0:01:06It's not an armrest...
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Hey, look, careful!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- What is it? - Listen, that is my link to history.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14- It's my metal detector. - DETECTOR BEEPS
0:01:14 > 0:01:16That is the most ridiculous thing ever.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Harsh!
0:01:18 > 0:01:23Our pair of treasure hunters started the week all square, with £200 each.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Catherine now has £317.80 squirreled away.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31But Derby lad Charles has taken a commanding lead,
0:01:31 > 0:01:36gathering an impressive £695.64.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37Say hello to Catherine.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Is she treasure, or not?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41- Is she treasure or not? - DETECTOR BEEPS
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Oh, you're beeping a bit.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45That's a bit intermittent, isn't it?
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Faint praise, eh?
0:01:47 > 0:01:50There's plenty of time, though, for Charles to scour the land,
0:01:50 > 0:01:52as our pair scurry up and down the country.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55This week, they've been meandering their way north,
0:01:55 > 0:01:59blasting around the Midlands and the North West.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01They're headed for Congleton, in Cheshire,
0:02:01 > 0:02:03and will clock up 700 miles.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05Today, they start off in Macclesfield, in Cheshire,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and will amble their way to an auction in Nottingham.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Right, you two, what's this trip really all about?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Time for some shopping, methinks.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18# Do the hokey cokey And you get out the car
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- BOTH: - # That's what it's all about! #
0:02:21 > 0:02:22All together now!
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Oh, very good - if only in tune.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Catherine's hopping out at her first shopping stop -
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Sawmill Architectural Antiques.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Get out of here! See you.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35It's littered with reclaimed and salvaged items.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Plenty to get stuck into.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39- Hello.- Good morning.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- I'm Catherine.- Nice to meet you.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42- Jack.- Good to see you, Jack.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- Well, I'm going to have a look around.- Yeah.- Thanks, Jack.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46No problem at all.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53What's that? It's quite cute.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54A traditional antique as such.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56So this is a foot warmer?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- Yes.- And you put your little tootsies on here, and inside...
0:03:01 > 0:03:03..you've got your...
0:03:03 > 0:03:07This little metal container, and you put hot water...
0:03:07 > 0:03:08- inside there, I guess. - That's right, yes.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11It's interesting. And it's a great bit of history.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Charles would like that, but...
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Who wants one?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Fair point. Best keep looking, eh?
0:03:19 > 0:03:23There is something to be found - my metal detector is going off,
0:03:23 > 0:03:24I can feel it. Beep-beep-beep!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Don't you start.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29While Catherine's been rummaging,
0:03:29 > 0:03:34Charles has pootled the MGB east to the glorious spa town of Buxton -
0:03:34 > 0:03:37home to his first shop, Circus Home and Salvage.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40- Good morning!- Good morning.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- How are you?- Very well, and you?
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Nice to see you. Charles Hanson.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Hi, I'm Leigh.- Good to see you, on this busy day.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47It's lovely. What a gorgeous shop you've got.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Thank you.- Is there much next door, behind the curtain?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- This is it.- This is it? Well, I like it. They say small is beautiful.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Do they? At least you won't get lost.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59It's not full of clutter, there's no silver.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03There's no porcelain, it's just a really interesting shop,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05with a certain wow factor, that's good.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08And this has a wow factor, I love this chest.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Almost like a treasure chest, isn't it?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12You've got these, erm...
0:04:12 > 0:04:14straps, probably in tin.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17She's nice and light, and I love that handle on there,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21and you'll see how over the years that handle has fallen.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Beautifully made.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27And if I open it up, like that - oops - on the inside...
0:04:29 > 0:04:32And what a shame, it's got a split just in the bottom there,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34you can see the daylight through there.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40But it is maybe 1830, maybe second quarter of the 19th century.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42It's priced at 48, Leigh.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- Right.- What could be the best price?
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- Could be £30.- Really? Mm. I'm going to mental-note that...
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- OK.- ..as I continue my circuit.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54I'll wave the flag for Queen and country.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56- Almost goes with my jacket, doesn't it?- Yes, it does.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Here we are in Middle England. Bit of local history.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00There we go.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- This, I quite like. - That's why I hide it away,
0:05:06 > 0:05:08cos generally it gets rattled a lot.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Does it give you a headache? - I'll allow you to give it a go.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Can I?- Do you know how to use it?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14The reason I quite like...
0:05:14 > 0:05:16I'm a football fan, and I support Derby County.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Right.- Are you a Derby fan?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Not at all. Not any sort of football.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Never mind, Charles.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23I think in Nottingham,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26this could go down quite well because if you're a football fan,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29or if you were a fan back in the...
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I suppose, what, 1920s, '30s...?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- '20s, I think, yeah. - 1920s, '30s, rather than chant,
0:05:34 > 0:05:36you may have done this.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38RATTLING
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Isn't that wonderful?
0:05:43 > 0:05:46You can see why I keep it hidden in the corner.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48You want it gone, don't you?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- Oh, sorry.- Maybe.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- It would be good.- What could be the best price on your perhaps 1920s
0:05:54 > 0:05:55football rattle, Leigh?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- £24?- Really? £24.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Mm.- I'll mental-note...
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- OK.- ..and continue.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I hope you're remembering all of this, Charles.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Oh, hang on, there's more.
0:06:08 > 0:06:09- That's interesting.- Mm-hm.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11A mother of pearl penknife.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14What we look for are the more interesting, er...
0:06:14 > 0:06:17multi-purpose tools within.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22I would have thought it was probably made in Birmingham, or Sheffield,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24and would date to around...
0:06:24 > 0:06:25what do we think, just pre-war?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Yeah. I'd say '30s.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29It's got a bit of damage, but all there.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- Yeah.- How much could it be, Leigh?
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- £20.- And that's your very best?
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- 15.- What's that for?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Erm...
0:06:40 > 0:06:43I think you're holding an ear cleaner.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- It's got a little scoop out of there.- Oh, yes!- Tiny thing there.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50- Yeah, I'll put it back in, quick. - Yeah. Probably.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51Nice object.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Best price £15?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56- Oh, Charles... - No, no, I'm just saying.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58That's your best price?
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- £12.- Now that you've identified the ear cleaner.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Yes. Well, thank you very much.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Yeuch! Circuit of tiny shop completed
0:07:05 > 0:07:08and lots of possible - Charles, it's decision time.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I'll buy...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13..the penknife and the box, please.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- Mm-hm.- £42.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Yeah?- Yeah.- That's deal one done.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21OK? Sold. Thank you very much. OK?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24The next thing is the...rattle.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Since you've already bought a couple of things, how about 20 quid?
0:07:27 > 0:07:28- How much?- 20 quid.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29- 20 quid.- Yeah.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34I think it's fun. And I'd love to sort of...
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- £18.- Oh, don't say that!
0:07:36 > 0:07:38And I think to have it in the car
0:07:38 > 0:07:41and just give Catherine a bit of a...you know, a rattle.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43She'll be so annoyed.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Do you think so?- Well, I would be.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49As if the metal detector wasn't enough.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51- Please, take it.- For £18?
0:07:51 > 0:07:52- Yeah.- I'll take it. Thanks a lot.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54That's great.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57So, Charles kicks things off with three items bought,
0:07:57 > 0:07:58and £60 spent.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59Bye!
0:08:03 > 0:08:05How's Catherine getting on?
0:08:05 > 0:08:07I love...your sign.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11It was one of those things that came in one of the factories we stripped.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14You know, they had it laying about in there and...
0:08:14 > 0:08:15So it was just lying about?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- Can I grab it? - Yeah, course you can, yeah.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Cos this is how I feel at the moment,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I feel it's very much GO Team Catherine.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28That's what I... That's what I want to say to Charles. Go Catherine.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30And STOP, to Charles.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32So what's on this, then?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Er, £30.- Right.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Can you do that for 20?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39Go on, then, £20.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Yeah?- Yeah.- I'm having that.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44It's certainly a novel buy, Catherine.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46It's a Road Trip first, certainly.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Love it! Love it, love it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Meanwhile, Charles has made his way back to Leek,
0:08:54 > 0:08:58where just outside the Staffordshire town is the last surviving corn mill
0:08:58 > 0:09:01designed by an almost forgotten pioneer
0:09:01 > 0:09:03of the Industrial Revolution.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Charles has come to discover why James Brindley
0:09:06 > 0:09:08deserves greater recognition.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11David Hallen from the museum is here to tell all.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- David?- Hello.- Charles Hanson.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- Welcome to Brindley's Mill. - It's wonderful to see.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18I can't wait, I'll follow your lead.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22James Brindley started his career building water wheels.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25He designed this mill in 1752.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28It was his experience manipulating the flow of water
0:09:28 > 0:09:31that would eventually lead him to become
0:09:31 > 0:09:34one of the most influential engineers in Britain.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37So David, we've seen outside,
0:09:37 > 0:09:39and now we're seeing what that water wheel is doing.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- Tell me about it.- Yeah, the water wheel powers the main shaft.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47And the main shaft turns, and this is called the great spur wheel.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- The great spur wheel. - The large one.- Right.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52And then the power is taken off by the smaller wheel,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54which is called the stone nut.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- Yes.- And then that drives down into here,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00which turns the top of the two millstones.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Can I have I go?- Of course.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Lovely. So here's my wheat.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05In it goes.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Water mills had been grinding corn for centuries
0:10:12 > 0:10:13but times were changing,
0:10:13 > 0:10:18with cottage industry being replaced by large-scale manufacture.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21New factories devoured raw materials on a scale which led to
0:10:21 > 0:10:25a crisis of supply and presented an issue of distribution.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Brindley's talent was called upon.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32He got involved with draining a mine
0:10:32 > 0:10:38which gave him experience of pumping water out of a mine using machinery
0:10:38 > 0:10:40that would be recognisable in a mill,
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- like power from a water wheel.- Yes.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47That led him on to contact with the Duke of Bridgewater
0:10:47 > 0:10:51who wanted to build a canal to get his coal from Worsely,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53which is just south Lancashire,
0:10:53 > 0:10:54into Manchester.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Brindley's talent as an engineering genius and problem-solver
0:10:57 > 0:11:01led to the construction of the first modern canal.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Emerging industrial cities needed vast quantities of coal of volume
0:11:05 > 0:11:07impossible to supply by cart.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10However a horse was capable of pulling ten times more cargo
0:11:10 > 0:11:12if it was loaded on a barge.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15When the Bridgewater Canal opened in 1761,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18the price of coal halved overnight. Wow!
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Brindley's pioneering use of aqueducts, locks and tunnels
0:11:22 > 0:11:25sparked a frenzy of canal building,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29resulting in 4,500 miles of new inland waterways.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31How marvellous.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34You can imagine the situation in the pottery industry in those days.
0:11:34 > 0:11:41Moving pottery over potholed cart tracks, not good for the ware.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43So Wedgwood realised that this canal system
0:11:43 > 0:11:45would be very, very good for pottery.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49So Brindley is commemorated with almost, I suppose,
0:11:49 > 0:11:51the innovation of the canal system in England?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- Yeah.- Of course, canals had existed since Roman times,
0:11:54 > 0:11:59but there was no canal system in England before Brindley came along.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02In his lifetime, Brindley used the force of water
0:12:02 > 0:12:04not just to power mills
0:12:04 > 0:12:08but to move the materials that would power a revolution in industry.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Brindley was certainly a huge catalyst
0:12:09 > 0:12:13in moving the Industrial Revolution a step closer.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Without his canals, the pottery industry wouldn't have thrived,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19the coal wouldn't have moved as quickly,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22the mills in Manchester wouldn't have been powered as efficiently.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25And this story can be told all over the country.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28He was one of the most influential people of his age.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31People know Telford, they know Wedgwood,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35but frankly I think Brindley should be ranked alongside those people.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- An unsung hero.- Yes. - A pioneer.- A pioneer, exactly.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Elsewhere, Catherine has made her way into the Peak District
0:12:47 > 0:12:50and to the gorgeous village of Hartington.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Her final shop of the day has a fine line
0:12:53 > 0:12:57in large 18th-century oak furniture.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02Ohhh! You can't not touch this beautiful oak.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06But they do have stock that's a little later and smaller.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10How cute is that?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15It's got a bit of woodworm to it, but I think a Victorian...
0:13:16 > 0:13:19little child's deckchair.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23And I think that's an original canvas seat.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25I like that. That's quite cute.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29It's got a bit of woodworm.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31It's got quite a lot of woodworm!
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Aww.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Woodworm and a ticket price of £80.
0:13:36 > 0:13:37One to think about. Anything else?
0:13:38 > 0:13:40A little silver purse.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Let's have a looky-look.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44It's got a nice clear hallmark there.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49It's Birmingham. If you think about ladies' handbags
0:13:49 > 0:13:52or ladies' purses today, they're pretty big.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54You've got a lot of credit cards in your purses,
0:13:54 > 0:13:58a lot of money, usually, in your purses. And the bags are big.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04A lady in the '20s would have taken something like that to a dance.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06She's not going to get an awful lot in there.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08You're certainly not going to get any notes in there.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12But you might get a little coin or two.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Very nice. Standby.
0:14:14 > 0:14:15There's more.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20This cigarette case, this is Art Deco.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22So we've got a...
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Art Deco geometric design.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Then you open it up and again you've got a clear hallmark,
0:14:27 > 0:14:29this time for Chester.
0:14:30 > 0:14:36They don't light my fire, but I might just see if I can get those...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39..for a good price.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43There's no ticket price. Time to chat money with dealer Jan
0:14:43 > 0:14:45about the little chair and the silver.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47To be quite frank with you,
0:14:47 > 0:14:51I'm going to make you an offer because they're quite...
0:14:51 > 0:14:52sort of run of the mill.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Crumbs. Hold the sweet talk, Catherine(!)
0:14:55 > 0:15:00I would suggest for those, £20, and then I'd say for that chair,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03I'd probably say 20 for that as well.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04So 40 for the two.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06- Is that all right? - Fine. That's fine.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10- OK.- OK.- Put it there, then. Thank you very much.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12£40 spent and just like that,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14shopping for the day is done.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Time for a well-earned rest. Nighty night!
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Day is dawning over the Cheshire countryside.
0:15:26 > 0:15:27Hang on. Is that Charles?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34At least he's enjoying himself.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36When you pick an object out of the ground,
0:15:36 > 0:15:37it can't say a word,
0:15:37 > 0:15:41but when you hold something that might be 16th century, you say,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44"Hello, welcome to this time, you're in the modern world.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- "Long time no see." - BEEPING
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Ooh, hello. - BEEPING SPEEDS UP
0:15:50 > 0:15:54And that actually is a really good sound.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Has someone lost a bundle of gold sovereigns or gold guineas?
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Hold tight. What is lurking under there?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And that's it. That is it.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13What is that? It's certainly Victorian.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14It is silver plate.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15It could be bronze.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17It's quite heavy. Do you know, it's almost...
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I think what that might be is a little spill holder.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25And maybe you haven't seen that for a few...150 years, or so.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27And that's history. Hello.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30Hello, history. Your lift's here. SHE HONKS HORN
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I've found real Antiques Road Trip treasure.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- You found something? - Yes.- Are you serious?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39A real treasure. I'm going to give it to you.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42There you are. That's just for you. Have a look at it.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Do you like it?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- It's not a tractor part.- No!
0:16:45 > 0:16:47I'm fairly sure, romantically, it's a spill holder.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- Charles, that's rubbish. - It's not rubbish!
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Let's get moving while they're still friends, eh?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I can't believe that you just thought it was a piece of old metal.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Charles, it is probably a bit of old machinery.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59No, you've got to be romantic.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02The passion for antiques grabbed Charles yesterday
0:17:02 > 0:17:05when he fell in love with three items.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07A 1920s football rattle,
0:17:07 > 0:17:09an Edwardian penknife,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12and an old carriage box.
0:17:12 > 0:17:13Thank you very much.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Leaving him a little over £635 to spend.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Catherine set things off with a stop and go sign,
0:17:21 > 0:17:22a silver purse,
0:17:22 > 0:17:24an Art Deco cigarette case,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26and a Victorian child's chair.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28How cute is that?
0:17:28 > 0:17:33Meaning she still has £257.80 to play with today.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36If you carry on in that tradition, finding rubbish like that,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I'm on a winner today.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40The Nottingham auction is our final destination,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43but the first stop today is Walgherton, in Cheshire,
0:17:43 > 0:17:46and they're sharing a shop, so stand by.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- It's gorgeous, isn't it? - There you are.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51We could almost play hide and seek here.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Dagfields claims to be
0:17:53 > 0:17:55the largest craft and antiques centre in the north-west,
0:17:55 > 0:17:57so plenty to get lost in here.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Antiques that way.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00I'm going to go this way.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02What are you going that way for?
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Look, it's everywhere.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Come on, follow me. Come on.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- Trust me. Trust me. Come on.- I don't trust you.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09That's the problem.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Perhaps it's best you split up, you two.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14It's frightening how big this antiques centre is.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17There must be about eight to ten buildings full of loot.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22So, so, so much to see.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Oh, do stop horsing about.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- Sorry.- Come on, Catherine is galloping ahead.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32There's something here.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37They've called it a large vintage dragonfly brooch.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42It's either really, really horrible, or quite good fun.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46No risk here, then. Sue owns the contents of this cabinet.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Hello, Sue.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- I think that's '50s.- Mm.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I do like the way it's been made.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54The sort of graduated pearls there.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58The lovely almost seed pearls on the wings.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02That really bugs me, the way that that pearl,
0:19:02 > 0:19:05or plastic pearl, is off centre.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08- You've got 38 on it.- Yes.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11What I'd like to offer you is 20.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- No, I couldn't do 20.- No?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15I'd knock ten off ticket price.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- Can we say 25?- Is that all right?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- 26.- 26. Go on, then.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I'm not going to argue over a few pounds.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Top work. Just a few paces from the front door and Catherine has bagged
0:19:26 > 0:19:27her first deal of the day.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Now, Charles is in here somewhere.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Oh, there you go.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Hello, how's it going?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- Good.- Do you know...- Good.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- Really good.- Do you know, this is probably one of the nicest display cabinets
0:19:40 > 0:19:45and just as I came in here, I just saw, in the corner,
0:19:45 > 0:19:46there are some very...
0:19:46 > 0:19:49What are you looking at? What are you looking at? Don't look.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50This is my area.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- I found it.- It's now... You know, time is marching forward.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54Look, look, there's some nice...
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- There we are. That's nice. Tie. - Yeah, I don't... Actually...
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- That's lovely.- I quite like that tie.- Go on. Go and buy a tie.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03You need a new one, dear.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05He's easily distracted.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06What have you spotted, Catherine?
0:20:06 > 0:20:09It is rich pickings, as my Hanson would say.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12Well, dealer Sam is here to help.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Isn't that interesting?
0:20:16 > 0:20:20That is a brooch in the form of a perfume bottle.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23What the lady would do is have that pinned to her dress,
0:20:23 > 0:20:29or pinned to her jacket, and you would undo the top...
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Take the little glass...
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- ..stopper out...- Yes.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Isn't that lovely? Edwardian.
0:20:38 > 0:20:3938.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41I like that.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44There's so many lovely things here.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Ooh, I want to buy everything.
0:20:46 > 0:20:47I love that.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I'm very excited here.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51What is lovely about this,
0:20:51 > 0:20:56- it is actually a baby's rattle and a teether as well.- It's beautiful.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57So...
0:20:57 > 0:21:00But what is lovely is it is in the form of an owl's head
0:21:00 > 0:21:04and owls are quite collectable. This is actually really nicely done.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Great spot, Catherine.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Amongst all this stock, that's two gems.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14The 1920s owl rattle has a ticket price of £150.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16I do like it so I might gamble on it.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Well, I can speak for Debbie.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I think she wouldn't take anything less than 100 for the rattle.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23She would do the perfume bottle for 20.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Do I do it? What do you think?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- Oh, I'd be a devil.- Be a devil?
0:21:29 > 0:21:33- Be a devil.- I like to be a devil. - Do you?- Lovely.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Catherine devilishly scoops up the rattle and teether for £100.
0:21:37 > 0:21:43The scent bottle brooch for 20, and the dragonfly brooch for £26.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46While she makes off with the car, Charles browses on.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Come on, Charles.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Let's dig deep, like you were this morning.
0:21:51 > 0:21:52There's got to be something.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54Minutes ago... I love this.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57On a summer day, you often see summer fruits.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01I love these because they are just gorgeous Crown Ducal,
0:22:01 > 0:22:03probably by Charlotte Rhead.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04And they are so Art Deco.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Look at the little beaded handles here.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09They've got that skyscraper look.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13There's a crack running down the rim here.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14And they've been smashed.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16But on that side they're OK.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Against a wall, you can't even see it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Great pair of pots.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Made by Crown Ducal.
0:22:23 > 0:22:251935.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Could be yours for £6.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Isn't that amazing?
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Incredible.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Ignore the damage and they're gorgeous.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Charles is keen to chat to their vendor.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37They are very damaged.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Quite right. I suppose when they're very damaged,
0:22:39 > 0:22:41obviously they are very cheap, aren't they? At £6.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Can you do much on that for me at all?
0:22:44 > 0:22:49£5. I will pay £5 and they're sold.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Thanks a lot. Great.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52- I'll pay you £5. - Pay the lady there.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54There's 20.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56I'm having 20 now for them.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- I'm sorry.- Cheeky!
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- If I may have £15 back.- Right, OK.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05£5 spent and off he goes.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Thanks ever so much. Have a good day.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Enjoy the sunshine.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- Thank you.- Bye-bye.- Bye.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Meanwhile Catherine is 16 miles away in Stoke on Trent,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18the world's capital of ceramics.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20She's here to learn about one man
0:23:20 > 0:23:22who played a particularly important role
0:23:22 > 0:23:25in making the local potteries so renowned.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31Paul Wood is here to tell Catherine the life of Stoke's Josiah Spode.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34- Hello.- Hello.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- Wow.- Lovely to meet you. Welcome to the Spode Museum trust.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41By the latter half of the 18th century,
0:23:41 > 0:23:45Stoke was already a bustling centre for the pottery trade.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Amongst this hotbed of thriving industry, one man stood out
0:23:49 > 0:23:53for his imaginative approach and for one type of pattern in particular.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58I can't believe the amount of blue and white that you've got here.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00This is a collection we've been putting together
0:24:00 > 0:24:01for many, many years.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Spode's blue earthenware is instantly recognisable.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10It used locally sourced clay which made it cheaper than porcelain.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13In 1796 Spode made a significant development
0:24:13 > 0:24:16that changed the course of the industry.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18This is a piece of bone china.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20So what makes this so special?
0:24:20 > 0:24:25The main thing was the use of 50% bone ash in the recipe.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27But this is the one where he actually got it right,
0:24:27 > 0:24:31he cracked it, he got the right percentage of bone ash,
0:24:31 > 0:24:32with English china clay,
0:24:32 > 0:24:38some feldspar, and it just came out beautifully, white, translucent,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41and really very stable to fire and make.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44And you could put wonderful ranges of decorations on it.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Spode's recipe is still used today
0:24:46 > 0:24:48by pottery manufacturers the world over,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50and it made Spode a household name.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Bone china tended to be used in, shall we say,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55the London townhouses of the rich.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58One cup and saucer would be a month's wages
0:24:58 > 0:25:00for an average workman.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03You're talking about very, very expensive production.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06But the earthenware was used in the big country homes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09Both of these things were continued in parallel production.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12The bone china developed and grew, but so did the blue.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Spode's biggest challenge was meeting the demands of the public
0:25:15 > 0:25:19who had grown used to importing china from China.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23The taste in Europe was of course being met, but very slowly,
0:25:23 > 0:25:27by ships bringing Chinese porcelain from the Far East,
0:25:27 > 0:25:30which was considered very chic, very attractive.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32And there was Spode.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36He developed a way of engraving the pattern so it could be reproduced.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38He'd get hold of a Chinese original,
0:25:38 > 0:25:41makes a fair copy that was an engraving,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and of course that then meant that he could meet the demand that
0:25:44 > 0:25:47couldn't really be met from the Far East quickly enough
0:25:47 > 0:25:48for the local customers.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50So that really upped the game
0:25:50 > 0:25:53and became something that the English preferred
0:25:53 > 0:25:56against imported porcelain from the Far East.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01This early form of mass production was hugely successful
0:26:01 > 0:26:02but still required a lot of skill.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Paul, one of the Museum trustees, is here to demonstrate.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Would you have had originally one person doing that?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Yes. There was always a team.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15There was the printer,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18a transferor, who was the most skilled person,
0:26:18 > 0:26:22and then they had an apprentice who would rub the pattern down,
0:26:22 > 0:26:26and there was a younger, usually girl, who'd cut the paper out first.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28So a team of four.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29And they were often a family.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34The father was often the printer and the wife was the transferor.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Oil-based colour was applied to an engraving
0:26:38 > 0:26:40and then on to transfer paper.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- Shall I be your apprentice, then? - Yes, please.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45The job of cutting out the pattern,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47carried out by the young members of the families,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49now falls to Catherine.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Goodness me, I shall never, ever turn away
0:26:52 > 0:26:56a willow patterned transfer-printed plate again.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59How many of these would they have produced,
0:26:59 > 0:27:00how many plates, for example?
0:27:00 > 0:27:02They would produce several hundred a day.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- Several hundred a day? - Yeah. Oh, yeah.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Well, they were on piece work, and that is what they were paid by,
0:27:09 > 0:27:12so the pressure was on all the time.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Oh, my goodness. I can't believe they made so many of these.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20Josiah died soon after making his pottery into a successful business,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23but his son saw the potential in his father's inventions,
0:27:23 > 0:27:24and in the 19th century,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Spode was one of the largest potteries in Staffordshire,
0:27:27 > 0:27:32boasting 22 bottle ovens and employing around 1,000 locals.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34The pioneering effort of Josiah Spode
0:27:34 > 0:27:38makes his early bone china highly sought-after.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40I'm really, really pleased with that.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44- Brilliant.- A plate produced from a 200-year-old engraving.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- There's your plate. - Thank you very, very much indeed.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50That is... I shall treasure that.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53We'll leave Catherine to admire her handiwork.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Charles meanwhile has toddled down the road to Stafford
0:27:56 > 0:27:59and to familiar territory for his final shop.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01- Hello, Ian.- Hi, again. How are you, Charles?
0:28:01 > 0:28:04- I recognise your face. I've been here a few years ago. - Nice to see you.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- You're still dealing in everything I can see?- Yep.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Yes, Windmill Antiques is certainly full to the gunnels.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13There's plenty of nice smalls here, aren't there?
0:28:13 > 0:28:14I might look at these later.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18But I'm always keen to come to your top cabinet
0:28:18 > 0:28:20and just peer in...
0:28:21 > 0:28:24..to the counter. You've got some good bits here.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25Any star finds recently?
0:28:25 > 0:28:31Well, I've got a nice little diamond and ruby leopard.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32That's nice. The brooch.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Pretty, isn't it? Nine carat gold?
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- Nine carat gold. - What, 1970s, probably 1980s?
0:28:38 > 0:28:39- Yep.- Expensive?
0:28:39 > 0:28:40- Not really.- How much?
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- £100.- Really?
0:28:42 > 0:28:45That really is quite stylish.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49- Good.- I also just, away from the leopard, quite like that box there,
0:28:49 > 0:28:51the rectangular white metal box.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- Is that silver?- No, it isn't, but it's quite an unusual thing.
0:28:54 > 0:28:55Yeah, it is. It's inscribed.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- It is. - It's got a name on which reads
0:28:59 > 0:29:03FW Hepford, or Hefford, of Tunstall.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04It is of local interest.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08And I can't quite work out what, Ian, you'd have used it for.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10If we just pull it apart.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Gaming counters?
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Toothpicks?
0:29:13 > 0:29:15- But how peculiar.- Very strange.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20This box, I'm fairly sure, must be no later than,
0:29:20 > 0:29:23let's say, 1800, 1810.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25What's the best price on that?
0:29:25 > 0:29:27The very best on that...
0:29:27 > 0:29:29- To a humble man.- To a humble man.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31To a humble man from Derbyshire, not Tunstall.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34- It would be £15.- 15?- £15.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36That's not bad.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37Not bad at all.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Certainly not.
0:29:38 > 0:29:43So a nine carat gold brooch and a white metal box to consider.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Anything else, Charles?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47There's such a richness of porcelain.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Just by looking on the shelves,
0:29:49 > 0:29:53I can spot the objects which actually are 18th century.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56That's what I love. That period of the 18th century.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00So on the top shelf, have a guess which one's 18th century.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04Ah-ha! Welcome to Guess The Age with your host, Mr Charles Hanson.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Any ideas? That one there,
0:30:06 > 0:30:11that's a Chinese porcelain coffee cup of circa 1770.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13I love it because it's so noble.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15It's so well painted.
0:30:15 > 0:30:21It was clearly a coffee cup from a once upon a time very important set.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26On this shelf here, there is one item which is 18th century.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- Any ideas?- Anyone?
0:30:28 > 0:30:32It's that one there. And that's a small Chinese Qianlong.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36As is that. Emperor Qianlong ruled China from 1735 to '99
0:30:36 > 0:30:39and that's the same period.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40On the bottom shelf?
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Have a guess. Have a guess.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48That one there. The pewter plate is, again, I'm fairly sure...
0:30:48 > 0:30:53Yeah, the touch marks are good, and that's 18th century, circa 1770.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57On this top here, there's one item that's 18th century.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Any ideas? That one there.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04It's the 18th-century Chinese Qianlong tea bowl on the top deck.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06This has a price. That's £20.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09The others, I can't see any labels on, so maybe
0:31:09 > 0:31:12they could be bought for nothing. Ian...!
0:31:12 > 0:31:14How did you get on at home, then?
0:31:14 > 0:31:17More to the point, what is Charles planning to buy?
0:31:17 > 0:31:22I love history, as you know, and these objects go a way back.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25I'm quite keen to do a deal.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30What would be the best price, all-in, for the leopard brooch...
0:31:31 > 0:31:33..for the inscribed Tunstall box
0:31:33 > 0:31:37and these four bits of very old crockery and old plate?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41£140.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43That's actually not bad.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48Hold on. So the leopard at 90, a tenner for the box,
0:31:48 > 0:31:50and I think for the sake of history, Ian,
0:31:50 > 0:31:54you know, how can one turn away
0:31:54 > 0:31:58four 18th-century joys for £40?
0:31:58 > 0:31:59- Which makes 100...- £140.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Yeah, I'll take that.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Thanks, Ian. I'm really, really grateful.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Top work, old chap.
0:32:05 > 0:32:06A handful of items to finish off with
0:32:06 > 0:32:08and shopping for the day is done.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Charles will combine his 18th-century ceramics and plate
0:32:13 > 0:32:16with the ribbed vases to make a single lot,
0:32:16 > 0:32:19which he adds to the 18th-century white metal box,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21the nine carat gold brooch,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24his 1920s football rattle,
0:32:24 > 0:32:26an oak carriage box
0:32:26 > 0:32:29and the Edwardian penknife with the ear cleaner,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31attached, but cleaned.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34All for a total of £205.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Catherine parted with £1 more,
0:32:36 > 0:32:40spending £206 on a large stop and go sign,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42a silver lady's purse,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44an Art Deco cigarette case,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46a Victorian child's chair,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48a 1950s dragonfly brooch,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51a 1920s teether and rattle,
0:32:51 > 0:32:54and an Edwardian scent bottle brooch.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Cor! Busy shopping for our pair.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58But what do they make of each other's items?
0:32:58 > 0:32:59Will it be stop or go?
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Charles, you make enough noise as it is.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Why did you buy a rattle as well for £18?
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Please don't use that at the auction.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08£18 for that, though, you've got yourself a bargain.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10My favourite item of Catherine's, I think,
0:33:10 > 0:33:13is the one that is the biggest speculator.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17It's the owl-mounted teether in mother of pearl.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19It cost £100.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22It could make 250, it could make 50.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Go, girl.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Go, indeed.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28The fourth auction of this trip is upon us.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Catherine and Charles are making their way
0:33:30 > 0:33:31to the fair city of Nottingham.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Isn't this lovely? Where are we now?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- I know. This is the River Trent. - This is lovely.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39The River Trent. Just that calming influence before the auction,
0:33:39 > 0:33:40just take in the water.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42I could see you and I on a barge.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44That would be fun.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46- Punting or on a barge?- No, no, on a barge.- That would be nice.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51- On the canal. Yes.- Maybe we could do a canal Road Trip one day together.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Could be a bit slow, though.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Yeah, no time for that today.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58You're heading for the auction house at Arthur Johnson and Sons,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01and it's a fairly substantial and, well, complicated complex.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03My goodness, how many auction rooms?
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Our auction room is number two today.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07- Shall I?- Yes, after you.- Right.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11In charge of proceedings today is auctioneer Phil Poyser.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Tell us all about our pair's lots, then, Phil.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Jewellery is probably our best selling line.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20The panther brooch, it is gold.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22I think it's going to be what a lot of people would be looking for.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I expect plenty of competition in the bidding.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28I would have thought £60-£90 on that.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31The brooch and scent bottle, that's a good piece as well.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34It's the sort of novelty piece that people like.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36I think it's going to create a bit of interest.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40I would have thought that could be £30-£50.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41So, here we go.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Live on the internet and a crowd gathering.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Good luck, you two.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- This is nice, isn't it?- It's a very close atmosphere, isn't it?
0:34:48 > 0:34:51- We're close.- You know, we barely speak. Exciting.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55First item to get your pulses racing is Catherine's stop and go sign.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59Well, I've got three commission bids on it, and I can start it at 25.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01- £25 bid.- Oh.- At 25, at 25.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03- Come on, go, go, go.- At 25.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04- 30.- Stop, stop, stop.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06At 35. 40 online.
0:35:06 > 0:35:0745 is with me.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- At £45, myself.- It's doubled up.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13- It's on commission and it's done at £45.- Awww!
0:35:13 > 0:35:14You can't grumble with that.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16- No.- It went a bit.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Catherine starts things off with a nice profit.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21- Go.- Stop.
0:35:21 > 0:35:22- Go.- Stop it.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- Go, Southon. - Stop it. I hope it will stop. Stop.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Seriously, please stop.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Time for Charles's first item of the day, his Edwardian penknife.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33At £10. 12 bid.
0:35:33 > 0:35:3515. 15 bid.
0:35:35 > 0:35:36I've got 15 in the room.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38- Come on, net.- 18, 18 bid.
0:35:38 > 0:35:4020. £20.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41In the room then at £20.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- Right. Hammer down. - One for the road.- On we go.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45At £20.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Charles is up and running and that's one profit apiece.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49I'm happy, I'm happy.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- Are you?- Yeah.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Let's hope the happiness continues
0:35:54 > 0:35:58and see how things go with Catherine's dragonfly brooch.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- £20 I'm bid on this.- Come on! - 25. 30.
0:36:01 > 0:36:0435. 40. 45. 50. 55. 60.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05Yes!
0:36:05 > 0:36:0665. 70.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08- Yes.- Amazing.- £70 bid, with me.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- That's amazing.- At £70. - That's really good.
0:36:10 > 0:36:1375, thank you. At 75, in the room now.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15- Amazing.- It is such a good thing.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- It goes at 75.- Yes! Thank you!
0:36:17 > 0:36:21That is amazing. Dare I say it, I'm buzzing like a bee.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24Buzzing like a dragonfly doesn't have the same ring, does it?
0:36:24 > 0:36:27Cracking profit either way.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29It's a dragonfly. Sorry about that, but well done.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31I like your style.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Right, Charles. What will the bidders make of
0:36:34 > 0:36:37your 18th-century white metal box?
0:36:37 > 0:36:38£20. At 30.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39- Come on.- 35.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- It is a good thing.- £35, bid of 35.
0:36:42 > 0:36:4340 is online.
0:36:43 > 0:36:4545 is in the room.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- Go on! Sorry.- £45. At 45. At 45.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- It was a hiccup. It was a hiccup. - At 45.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- You can tell who it belongs to, can't you?- Sorry!
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- £50 bid. 50. 55.- Thank you!- 55 bid.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00- At 55. And I sell in the room, we are done at 55.- Very good!
0:37:00 > 0:37:0255.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Charles causing a stir and bagging a profit.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06Well done.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- To be honest I thought that would do even better.- I'm very pleased.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Next up is Catherine's biggest spend,
0:37:13 > 0:37:15the 1920s teether and rattle.
0:37:15 > 0:37:1630, £30 bid.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- 35. 35 is in the room.- That's good.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20At 35. Got you, madam. 40. 40 bid. 45.
0:37:20 > 0:37:2150's in Ireland.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- Go on, Ireland.- 55 in the room.
0:37:23 > 0:37:2460 in Ireland.
0:37:24 > 0:37:2565 bid. 70.
0:37:25 > 0:37:2875 bid.
0:37:28 > 0:37:3080. £80 bid.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31One more?
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- No? Are you sure?- Come on.
0:37:33 > 0:37:34Come on! It's a good thing.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Are you sure? Done at £80.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41Plenty of interest but sadly that's the first loss for Catherine.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43It made a bit of a loss.
0:37:43 > 0:37:44- What's £20?- It could have been a lot worse.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47What's £20 between friends?
0:37:47 > 0:37:49That leaves the door open for Charles.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52It's time for his combined lot of the ribbed vases
0:37:52 > 0:37:54and 18th-century ceramics and plate.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55At £10. 12. 12 bid.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59- 15. 18. 20. 25.- Come on.
0:37:59 > 0:38:0025 bid on my left.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- I'm in trouble.- At £25 bid, at 25.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04- Stop!- At £25.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06- Stop bidding.- Last call.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07It goes, done at 25.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Well done, Charles.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15What's £20 between friends, eh?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Don't even bother with that one. Let's just move on.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Yeah, probably best.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Here comes Catherine's Edwardian scent bottle brooch.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Bid 20, 20 I've got.
0:38:25 > 0:38:265, 25, bid.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2730 bid, 5, 35 bid, 40.
0:38:27 > 0:38:305, 45, bid, 50.
0:38:30 > 0:38:3150 bid, at five. 55, 60.
0:38:31 > 0:38:32- Keep going.- 60 bid.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34On my right at 60. At £60.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37It's against you online at 60, at £60.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Done at 60.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Another great profit for Catherine keeps her in the lead.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Puff your chest out, girl. Be proud.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47I'm not going to do that.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Why? I will.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Steady, Charles.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Now, the football rattle, will it make a noise in the saleroom?
0:38:55 > 0:38:56£30 bid, at 30.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- Here we go.- At £30, at 30.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59At 30 bid, at 30.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- Come on.- £30, bit of history here.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03- It is history.- At 30 and I sell.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05It goes, done at 30.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Did you use one?- Yeah.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Yeah, the rattle gets a new home and Charles has another profit.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15This man used one of those rattles back in the 1920s.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17- Really?- 1920s?
0:39:17 > 0:39:19I was born in '31.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20All right, sorry. 1950s.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22You've just totally insulted him.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Sorry about that, sir, 1950s.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Lordy! Catherine's chance to stretch her lead now
0:39:27 > 0:39:30with her Victorian child's chair with worm.
0:39:30 > 0:39:3215 only bid to start, at 15.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- That's all right.- £15 bid, 18.
0:39:34 > 0:39:3518 bid, 20.
0:39:35 > 0:39:385, 30, at £30.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I'll take five now. At £30.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Against you in the room and online and I sell at 30.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46£30.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Yes, another profit for Catherine.
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Well done, girl.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I'm really pleased.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54You should be pleased. Pleased as punch.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Yep, that's the way to do it.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Now, time for Charles' oak carriage box.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01I've got 20 bid, 20.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03- Oh, no.- And five, 25 bid.
0:40:03 > 0:40:0430, online at 30.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05£30 bid, at 30.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- Come on.- It's a nice size as well.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09At 30. Online.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11All out in the room at £30.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13- I sell...- It's going to break even. - It goes at 30.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18A new home for the box, but no profit for Charles.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Broke even, lost money, doesn't matter.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- Move on.- Baby.
0:40:24 > 0:40:25That's the spirit.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Catherine's final lot is the silver purse and Art Deco cigarette case.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33I can start straight in at 50.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35- £50?!- At 55, 60.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Yes! Yes!
0:40:37 > 0:40:3965, 70, 5.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40- Yes!- 80.
0:40:40 > 0:40:41- Yes!- 5.
0:40:41 > 0:40:4390, 90 bid seated.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Stop.- At £90, at 90 for the two items together.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48- Go!- Stop!- At £90, 95 online. - It's that sign.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50- I don't believe it.- 100 in the room.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52It's against you online. Make no mistake.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54At £100 on my left and it goes.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Done at £100.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Wowee, you have come to Nottinghamshire...
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- Nottingham, I love Nottingham. - ..to my manor of the East Midlands
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- and you're flying high.- I love Nottingham!- That's amazing.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08An incredible profit for Catherine.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11I'm doing so well. I want to go before it all collapses.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13And I want to end on a high.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15- You're making me nervous now. - Is that your tummy rumbling?
0:41:15 > 0:41:17- I'll buy you a sandwich later. - What's left of yours?
0:41:17 > 0:41:19If you can stay for my last lot,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- I'll buy you a sandwich. - Will you?- Yes.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24There's a lot riding on our final lot of the day.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Charles' nine carat gold brooch.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31At 60 bid, 5, 70, 5, 80,
0:41:31 > 0:41:3285, 90.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Broken even.- 95. 100.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37- In the room at 100. - It's got to do a lot more.- Go on.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41110. 120? 120, 120.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43130, on the internet.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- Go on!- 140.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46- Go on.- At £140 then.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50Being sold. It goes online at 140.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- That's OK. I'm happy.- Delirious!
0:41:54 > 0:41:57A good profit for a good item, but was it enough?
0:41:58 > 0:42:00I'll buy you a ham and cheese sandwich.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02Can you make a bit more exciting?
0:42:02 > 0:42:05- OK, ham... OK, BLT. - BLT. Come on.- OK.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07That's it, Charles, last of the big spenders, eh?
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Charles started out with £695.64
0:42:12 > 0:42:16and made a profit today of £39.36
0:42:16 > 0:42:18after paying auction costs.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23This takes his total to an even and rather grand £735.
0:42:23 > 0:42:24Wow!
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Catherine began with just under £318.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34After costs, she made a cracking £113.80 profit,
0:42:34 > 0:42:38giving her now a total of £431.60,
0:42:38 > 0:42:40meaning she wins the day
0:42:40 > 0:42:43but trails Charles by just over £300
0:42:43 > 0:42:46going into the final leg. What a competition.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- For my manor!- Thank you.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49I did, I beat you in your patch.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51I know! Come on.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54# Yay, I've got my sandwich! #
0:42:54 > 0:42:58And well done. You are slowly catching me up.
0:43:00 > 0:43:01Cheerio.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04Next time on the Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:04 > 0:43:08our lovey-dovey pair hit the road for the final time.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09I want to be with you.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12- But the pressure is on.- Pulling things out left, right and centre.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14And it's heating up at the final auction.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16I love you, Charles.
0:43:16 > 0:43:17Thank you very much.