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 > 0:00:08A classic car...and a goal -
0:00:08 > 0:00:10to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12I like a rummage.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13I can't resist.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17But it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Why do I always do this to myself?
0:00:19 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Give us a kiss!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- ..and valiant losers. - Stick 'em up!
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory...
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Onwards and upwards.
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Take me home!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Crikey O'Reilly!
0:00:38 > 0:00:42It's the very last outing with our adventuring auctioneers
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Charles Hanson and Catherine Southon.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And after a week of trekking about, we're up north.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- This is Yorkshire land. - You've brought me to Yorkshire!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52You might even call me a Yorkshire lad, actually.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54You're from Nottingham,
0:00:54 > 0:00:56you're from Derby, now you from Yorkshire.
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Where else are you from?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00When you actually sort of maybe annotate the word "northern..."
0:01:03 > 0:01:05You do talk some rubbish, Charles.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06True. Harsh words, though.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11Northern lad and dapper chap Charles has been scouring for treasure
0:01:11 > 0:01:14this week with some top antique-ing.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Oh, thank you very much.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18But his old foe Catherine isn't larking about,
0:01:18 > 0:01:21and she's on a run of form she doesn't want to stop.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Love it! Love it! Love it!
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Seems the mood is friendlier than ever.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30Yes, we are closer as friends, but certainly, on a financial footing,
0:01:30 > 0:01:33you've taken two or three big steps in recent days.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35I have. Does that upset you, Charles?
0:01:35 > 0:01:38No, because I want to be with you.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Oh, Charles, you're so romantic!
0:01:40 > 0:01:42- Thank you very much. - Talk to me, dear!
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Crikey Moses!
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Well, things have been hotting up this week.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50Starting out with £200,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Catherine has a highly respectable £431.60
0:01:53 > 0:01:56tucked away in her back pocket.
0:01:56 > 0:01:57But way out in front,
0:01:57 > 0:02:03Charles has built his original stake to a stonking £735.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Well done, that man. He's learned everything from me.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Modest. With lots to play for,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11our pair are winging around the country in their sporty MGB GT.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13I used to have one of those.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16In some respects, Yorkshire is almost the capital of the North.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Isn't it?- Yeah.- Yes, it is.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23- I feel there'll be lots of tea drinking today and dunking biscuits. - Tea drinking. Absolutely right.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26This week our biscuits dunkers have been ambling their way north,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28blasting around the Midlands,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31and now they're heading towards Congleton in Cheshire
0:02:31 > 0:02:35where the trip concludes, after more than 700 miles.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39They kick off this deciding leg in Elsecar in Yorkshire,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42before darting across to that ultimate Cheshire auction.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44But the big thrill today
0:02:44 > 0:02:47is the chance to start their shopping together.
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Now, no fighting, you two.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51This is all supposed to be lovey-dovey and fun.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- It's quite small.- Doesn't matter. Look, I can see a sign
0:02:54 > 0:02:57and it says, Catherine, "Elsecar Antiques, enter here."
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Is there enough for both of us?
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Yes.- Are you sure?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Looks quite small. - Isn't this lovely?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05- Oh, I see, it goes back. - Look at the enamel signs.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09# Show me the way Show me the way! #
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Charles looks keen, and Catherine looks intense.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17There's plenty of cabinets full of collectables, enough to go around.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Now, who's first to find something?
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Oh, look at these!
0:03:21 > 0:03:26Aren't they the most gorgeous things you have ever, ever seen?
0:03:29 > 0:03:34A pair of hand-stitched gloves for...
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Must be a doll, they can only be for a little doll.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Aren't they gorgeous?
0:03:40 > 0:03:44In the Victorian era, they wanted their children to have their dolls
0:03:44 > 0:03:47and they wanted their little dolls to be wearing the same things
0:03:47 > 0:03:49that the little girls were wearing,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52these beautiful little handmade leather gloves.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55£78 seems a huge amount of money,
0:03:55 > 0:03:59but I might buy these because they're so adorable.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02Ooh, this is lovely, lovely, lovely!
0:04:02 > 0:04:03Hang about - there's more.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Again, this is going to be for a doll.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10And this is ivory and silk.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Isn't that super? For a dolly.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14How funny is that? That's brilliant.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Whilst ivory may not have many FANS...
0:04:19 > 0:04:23this Victorian piece was made long before the 1947 CITES agreement
0:04:23 > 0:04:26making it legal to sell in the UK.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Right, what else?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Now, that looks interesting.
0:04:33 > 0:04:39"Short account of the anatomical arrangement and functions
0:04:39 > 0:04:42"of the various organs of the human body."
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Lovely.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47So you've got the chest organs, the abdominal organs,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50all the muscles, all the ligaments, the bones...
0:04:50 > 0:04:52What's on that?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54£38.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57It's rare if it's complete.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59There's no stopping her this morning.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03One cabinet down and three things to think about.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07What we have got is really good, rare antiques.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11And he's just gone off and he's just buying
0:05:11 > 0:05:17an everyday, run-of-the-mill item, and I'm here with the classy finds.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Let's see, shall we?
0:05:19 > 0:05:26"Four pieces of iron cannon grape shot, circa 1640.
0:05:26 > 0:05:32"Found near the Civil War siege town of Newark in Nottinghamshire in 1972
0:05:32 > 0:05:35"from the period when the forces of Charles I
0:05:35 > 0:05:38"fought those of Oliver Cromwell."
0:05:38 > 0:05:40And these four were found in Newark,
0:05:40 > 0:05:44shot when our country was in turmoil.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Cromwell took the country into a republic
0:05:47 > 0:05:49and Charles I lost his head.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I mean, they're only £65.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59And to me, they're full of history.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00I'm going to buy these.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Well, Carl's in charge today.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05What's the best price, Carl, on this lot?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Er, the best I can do is 55.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- You couldn't do 50?- I'm OK doing 50.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14I just cannot turn away from real history.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I'll take them. Thank you very much.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- £50.- Thank you very much, Charles. - For such real history,
0:06:19 > 0:06:22and these balls might just roll away at the auction.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25A cracking spot, and Charles is off the mark.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Hold on, deja vu, anyone?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Am I seeing things? There's some more.
0:06:33 > 0:06:39These are more and these were also found in a field in Newark in 1972,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42four more pieces of iron cannon grape shot
0:06:42 > 0:06:45from the mid-17th century.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Yes, we've definitely been here before.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Time for Carl again.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51You did take away the four balls, didn't you?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- I did indeed, yeah. - I found four more.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I might double up.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Can I spend £100 and buy eight balls?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00So give you another 50 for these?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- Absolutely.- I'll take them as well. - Thank you.- Thanks, Carl.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04Same deal twice over.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Well done, Charles.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09And Catherine's venturing away from her favourite cabinet.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Have you found something? - I've found so much.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Have you really? - Yeah, so much history.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- Good. It's good. - Have you found anything good?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I'm just... I'm just talking through
0:07:20 > 0:07:24not just decades of history, centuries, baby.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26Don't talk, don't talk, just do it.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- OK, I will.- Yeah? Less talking, more buying.- OK.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Sounds like a plan. Oh, he's off!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Outside.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34Uh-oh!
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Sometimes you see objects in antiques centres
0:07:37 > 0:07:42and you get slightly excited by, not so much potential worth,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46but where it came from, where it began life.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49And what we've got here is almost a piece of sandstone
0:07:49 > 0:07:54that's been carved with these figures, you wonder is it...
0:07:54 > 0:07:58an embellishment off a cathedral, is it English?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Ohh!
0:08:00 > 0:08:01And it's very heavy.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05And look at the carving down here, you've got a seated figure,
0:08:05 > 0:08:11and it's just a very speculative, quite magical piece of old stone.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It's probably 16th or 17th century.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18It could make 50, it could make £1,000.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19That's exciting.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Is it worth a punt?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Yes, but at the right price.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28It could well be a 17th-century cathedral embellishment,
0:08:28 > 0:08:29but then again it might not.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33No ticket price. Time for a chat with Carl. Come on, Carl.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- There's a very interesting object outside.- Right.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37It's that stone statue.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Where did it come from? - It came from an old mill in Batley.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44What could be the best price, just because it's just...
0:08:44 > 0:08:46a sleepy object?
0:08:46 > 0:08:50The absolute best, best, best price for Charles Hanson is £500.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53Oh, God, Carl!
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Blimey!
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Well, you mull that over. What's Catherine up to?
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Eye-eye!
0:08:59 > 0:09:05I spy with my little eye one of these very nice, early, glass...
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I think that is glass, yeah, glass eye.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10And if you think about our eyes and the different types of colours,
0:09:10 > 0:09:12we've not all got blue eyes or brown eyes,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15there's so many different tinges and things, and look at this, here.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20The glass has all been painted, and you've got a sort of almost...
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Would you call that a hazel-y yellow colour?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23I suppose you would.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I have no EYE-dea.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28It could be third-quarter 19th century.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30They've got £30 on that.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I'm tempted by that as well.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Brilliant. I hope Charles isn't having the same amount of luck.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Well, negotiations on that stone carving are still ongoing.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41If I said 380, would that swing it?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43I've got a three in front of it instead of a four.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46I really appreciate that offer. You want it gone, don't you?
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- I would like it gone, yeah. - It's gone.- Thank you very much.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51Crikey, Charles, bold move.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56One shop down, three lots bought, and £480 spent.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- See you, Carl, bye. - Thank you, bye-bye.- See you.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01While our big spender makes off with the car,
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Catherine's back at the cabinets.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Oh, that's cute.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Is this yours, sir?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10- It is.- I like your little piggie cookie cutter.
0:10:10 > 0:10:11- Yeah.- I know it's only a bit of metal,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14but isn't that lovely, to be in the shape of...?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Yeah, I think it's like folk art, it's handmade.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- Yeah.- And it's stood the test of time, so...
0:10:18 > 0:10:19It's a really pretty thing.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23It's lovely. So you press in, you get your bit of biscuit...
0:10:23 > 0:10:27- Yeah, yeah.- Or pastry, and then you push it out with these little holes.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I like that.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31£28.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33But I feel that needs something to go with it,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35rather than being on its own, maybe we could buy
0:10:35 > 0:10:37another couple of biscuit moulds.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- Yeah.- That's a nice one.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- Oh, that's lovely, with a strawberry, there.- Yeah.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Biscuit or butter?
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Butter stamps were used to decorate freshly made butter.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49But this could just as easily be a biscuit stamp.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Worth a shot? Or a pat?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- What price have you got on that? - I have got 48.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Would you accept 40 for the two?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Go on!- Yeah.- Would you?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- Yeah.- You didn't hesitate on that one!
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Is that OK, £40 on that? - Yeah, yeah. Yeah, fine.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- I'm going to shake your hand. Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09And she's up and running.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13But with a stack of other things under consideration,
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Carl's been on the phone to the vendors.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17What's on offer?
0:11:17 > 0:11:21The eye and the book, we can do £45.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23I'm happy with that. We'll go for that,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- I'm happy with the book and the...the eye.- Yeah.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Eye-eye! That leaves the doll's fan and gloves.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33Absolute best, best we can get to on those is 110.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35I do really love those gloves.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37I'm very tempted.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40I'll take it on me own back, I'll do an extra £10 discount,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43so the gloves and the fan, 100.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45I can't say no to that, can I?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- Having a deal?- I'm going to do a deal with you.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Thank you very much.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Hey, it's all happening this morning.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Catherine parts with £185 and bags an armful of items.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Now, how's life on the road?
0:12:00 > 0:12:05There was a man called Hanson, who once took a chance.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10In Yorkshire he did find a piece of Chippendale to dine on,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14and the Chippendale made £1 million.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15You never know.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17If you say so, Carlos.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Our wandering wordsmith is heading for Doncaster.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24The town's rich link to the railway industry is remembered in one of
0:12:24 > 0:12:28the most fascinating and rarely seen collections in the country.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Trustee David Rogerson is meeting Charles
0:12:34 > 0:12:37at the unlikely venue of a local school.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39- Hello.- Hello.- You must be David.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I am. Welcome to Doncaster Grammar School Railway Collection.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- Charles Hanson.- Nice to meet you. - Can't wait to see in here.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Come on in!
0:12:49 > 0:12:53As lines opened and expanded during the mid-19th century,
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Doncaster became a crucial stop
0:12:55 > 0:12:57between London and the industrial North-East.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01- Did it really transform Doncaster? - Oh, absolutely and completely,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04particularly when the plant works came a few years later,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07and they started building carriages and wagons,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11and later on, locomotives in Doncaster right in the centre.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15The whole area of Doncaster was built just for the railwaymen.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19It was a game-changer for local people, but also for the children.
0:13:19 > 0:13:232,500 locomotives were produced in Doncaster,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27including the most famous of all, the Flying Scotsman.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Railway fever engulfed the town.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32The children who attended Doncaster Grammar
0:13:32 > 0:13:34were particularly caught in the excitement.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Hidden on the roof of their school is a secret entrance,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40hidden behind which... Well...
0:13:40 > 0:13:43So, here we are, there's a black door, David.
0:13:43 > 0:13:44Have a look what's inside.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50It's incredible. I cannot believe the quantity
0:13:50 > 0:13:52of everything you can imagine...
0:13:55 > 0:13:58It is just quite overwhelming, isn't it?
0:13:58 > 0:14:06How, within a 1930s school, did this collection begin?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Because the boys were interested in railways,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11they formed a railway society.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- How long ago was that? - 1936, I think.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Over the years, the enthusiastic society members
0:14:17 > 0:14:21saw their collection take over the school's cramped attic space.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26After the Second World War, it really took off as a club.
0:14:26 > 0:14:32And that's the Railway Society members in 1949.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33That's amazing.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37One pupil, a lad named Tony Peart,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40became largely responsible for filling this incredible space.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43He was 16 at the time,
0:14:43 > 0:14:48and he was writing to all the chief mechanical engineers round Britain
0:14:48 > 0:14:51because, then, they were just beginning to scrap things,
0:14:51 > 0:14:54but nobody realised that they had any value,
0:14:54 > 0:14:57so he wrote to the chief mechanical engineers and said,
0:14:57 > 0:14:59"Have you got anything interesting to send me?"
0:14:59 > 0:15:01And they did.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04They certainly did. Around 2,000 items.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07From locomotive nameplates to more unusual railwayana
0:15:07 > 0:15:09are crammed into the school's attic.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12What's this peculiar thing?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14This...was an eyesight tester
0:15:14 > 0:15:19to make sure that the driver could see where he was going, basically!
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- Isn't that wonderful? And that piece of turned wood...- Yes.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24This must, I suppose, date back to late-Victorian times,
0:15:24 > 0:15:26and, of course, I suppose... Yes, you're quite right,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29if you're going to an optician's, via the railway test,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32you'd be looking to make sure you pick up the signals, I suppose.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Absolutely right. That's what it was for.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36And just looking around, I mean...
0:15:36 > 0:15:40I almost dare not touch anything in case the whole lot falls down.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Believed to be the largest private collection of railway memorabilia
0:15:44 > 0:15:47in the country, it's certainly a tight squeeze.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51There's a load more stuff in here.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53There we go. Goodness me!
0:15:53 > 0:15:56It's just... It's not so much the collection,
0:15:56 > 0:15:59it's how somebody can actually put it up!
0:15:59 > 0:16:04In 1936, the distinguished railway engineer Nigel Gresley
0:16:04 > 0:16:07sent the society something that became one of the earliest
0:16:07 > 0:16:10and most cherished items in their fledgling collection.
0:16:10 > 0:16:16He sent the society a picture of his latest locomotive, the Silver Link,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19which is signed Nigel Gresley.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It's so Art Deco, it's all about speed,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25high living and that wonderful loco.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28This man, Sir Nigel Gresley, was pretty important.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Oh, extremely important.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Not only did he build the Flying Scotsman, he also built,
0:16:35 > 0:16:37in this class of locos, Mallard,
0:16:37 > 0:16:39and Mallard, of course,
0:16:39 > 0:16:45has the world speed record for a steam loco, built in Doncaster.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48The engineering excellence of the town was proven
0:16:48 > 0:16:50when the Mallard broke that speed record in 1938,
0:16:50 > 0:16:54but today, the schoolboys' affectionate collection of items
0:16:54 > 0:16:57from the age of steam is a humble celebration
0:16:57 > 0:17:00of Doncaster's lasting contribution to the rail industry.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Although I'm in a car, I'd better get steaming.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- 'Fraid so.- Thanks a lot.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10- I've really enjoyed that. I'll be steaming later.- I'll see you.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13# Take me right back to the track
0:17:13 > 0:17:14# Yes! #
0:17:18 > 0:17:23Elsewhere, Catherine's down the road in the village of Thurnscoe,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26where she's gone for a gander around a great big barn of a place.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- Hi, I'm Catherine. - Hello, Catherine, I'm Christine.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- Hi, Christine. - Welcome to Harrison's Antiques.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Right. I feel I should buy something big.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- Big?- Yes.- Right.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39So, the word for today is "big".
0:17:39 > 0:17:42There's a lot of big furniture down here.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- Yeah.- Big, big, big. OK.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48I probably won't buy any sort of big pieces of furniture
0:17:48 > 0:17:51because it's just not me, to be honest with you.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Big. But not furniture.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Any thoughts?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I'm tempted to have a look at your smalls.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00- Right.- So to speak. - The smalls are all in the cabinets.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Right.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03There's some silver. What are you looking for?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05I'm interested in that, your card case.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08It's not big, but it's a lovely bit of silver.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Tell us more, Catherine.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13It is actually a really nice quality card case,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16and when you open it up inside,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19this little piece is actually a piece of ivory,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22and that's actually a little aide-memoire,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24so you could write down,
0:18:24 > 0:18:29with your pencil, who you'd perhaps seen that evening,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33or perhaps just a little place to make a note.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Like the doll's fan earlier, this ivory is pre-1947,
0:18:36 > 0:18:39meaning it's legal to trade.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42But isn't that lovely there as well? You've got a propelling pencil.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46Sadly it hasn't got a pencil in it, but we can't have everything.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Where would the fun be in that?
0:18:48 > 0:18:51No ticket price. Thoughts, Christine?
0:18:51 > 0:18:57I would say the best price I could do on that would be £35.
0:18:58 > 0:18:5935. Would you take 30?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I'm not going to argue over £5, I'll take 30.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06That's lovely, thank you. I like that.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07Cor, you snapped that one up.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Catherine wraps up shopping for the day
0:19:10 > 0:19:12with a less than giant silver card case.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Time for a bit of shut-eye. Nighty-night, you two.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24It's a new day, and the final shopping expedition of this trip.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27How's the mood this morning in the MGB GT?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30We're quite peaceful now, in our association,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32the South against the North.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37You are quite a well-educated, well-mannered, sophisticated...
0:19:37 > 0:19:40extravagant lady, and you might say I'm the opposite.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41What do you want to borrow?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43No, nothing, but I'm just saying...
0:19:43 > 0:19:45- It's not money, cos I haven't got that.- No.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Well, quite. Our pair flew out of the traps yesterday.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53Catherine picked up a doll's fan and gloves,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55an anatomy book and glass eye,
0:19:55 > 0:19:57a biscuit cutter and stamp,
0:19:57 > 0:20:01and a silver card case, leaving her just over £216 to spend today.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Charles made some big purchases,
0:20:06 > 0:20:10splashing out on two lots of 17th-century cannon grape shot,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13and a 17th-century stone carving,
0:20:13 > 0:20:15leaving him £255 to shop with.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Look at these birds, look! They are little hen pheasants.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Hello!
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Oh, look, Charles! They look a bit like you.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Why?
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- Because they're sort of tall and thin.- Thank you.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- They're youngsters. - Come to Daddy!
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Hardly.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Hoping to ruffle some feathers
0:20:35 > 0:20:38in the antiques emporiums of Lincolnshire,
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Charles is shopping in Grantham this morning,
0:20:40 > 0:20:42and just look at him go!
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Like Zebedee.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Oh, right...
0:20:48 > 0:20:52It's always good to just be on all fours and go for a crawl
0:20:52 > 0:20:54in an antiques centre, keeps you young as well.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57If you say so, Charles. And wear out your knees.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03What a shame.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05On first impressions, he looked...
0:21:05 > 0:21:08like a bronze Japanese fisherman,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11but just by closing your eyes and handling him,
0:21:11 > 0:21:16he's too warm, he's just slightly too moderate in temperature
0:21:16 > 0:21:20to be bronze, so we know he's a base metal,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22and furthermore to that we can just...
0:21:22 > 0:21:25tell by the tap, tell by the weight,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28he is spelter, he is only worth 36
0:21:28 > 0:21:32rather than being bronze and worth more like 360.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Moving on.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41This is what we call an oval basket, and this pierced basket...
0:21:41 > 0:21:46I suppose was more made for decorative purposes only,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48but you'll see...
0:21:48 > 0:21:49It's quite tired.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53You've got a rivet almost lacking here
0:21:53 > 0:21:56in the latticework of the border of this basket.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02That handle has been off, and it's been restored,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05and it's described as a pretty 19th-century basket...
0:22:07 > 0:22:11..with a wonderfully painted bloom of flowers,
0:22:11 > 0:22:13but sadly you've got that chip,
0:22:13 > 0:22:17you've got a restored handle, you've got a piece lacking,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19but it's still here.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Food for thought.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23We'll leave Charles to ponder them.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27I wonder if city girl Catherine's yet got to grips with the MGB GT.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33I'm not used to driving in the countryside,
0:22:33 > 0:22:35I'm used to much bigger, wider roads.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37But it's quite nice and peaceful.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42Meg seems to be squeaking a lot. Meg, what's wrong with you?
0:22:43 > 0:22:45Are you missing Charles?
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Who wouldn't be? Back in Grantham, it's decision time.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Is the broken porcelain basket a goer?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54It's described as 19th century.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57I'm fairly happy it's 18th century,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00and probably came from the Thuringian works in Germany.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Although it's been restored, it's quite a rare item.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07So I think what I might do is go to the counter and ask them
0:23:07 > 0:23:11about the basket, and see if they can do me a deal on the £19.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Well, dealer Sharon is on hand to help.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16Time for the Hanson charm.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18What's the best price on that, please, madam?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Beautiful painting.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24To an old friend from Derby.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- 12.- 12?- Yeah.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29£12 for a nice porcelain basket.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Thank you ever so much.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32That's one more purchase made.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Charles, do be careful.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Zebedee.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46In the meantime, Catherine has meandered to Leicestershire's
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Belvoir Castle, residence to the Rutland family for ages.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55It's also home to the grounds that would inspire the last great project
0:23:55 > 0:23:58for the country's most revered gardener, Capability Brown.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01However, his plans were lost for nearly 200 years,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04and only a chance discovery has led to the Duchess of Rutland
0:24:04 > 0:24:07fulfilling Capability Brown's vision.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- Good morning, your Grace.- Hi, there.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- Catherine.- Emma. Call me Emma.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Lovely to meet you. - Very nice to meet you.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17This looks wonderful. It looks wonderful.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Born Lancelot Brown,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22his tendency to see the capability of each garden
0:24:22 > 0:24:24earned him his nickname.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27He transformed the 18th-century English landscape,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29moving away from formal gardens
0:24:29 > 0:24:32to capture a more natural, English style.
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Why was he so important?
0:24:33 > 0:24:36What he did, which really hadn't been done before,
0:24:36 > 0:24:39is he looked at a landscape in a very different way.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44Completely out of the box from anything we'd ever had before.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Today's notion of a beautiful English landscape
0:24:47 > 0:24:50is largely of Capability Brown's making.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Some 270 gardens and parks are attributed to him,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59including those at Blenheim, Burleigh and Chatsworth.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03It took so long, with all these people digging and no diggers,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06to put these landscapes in place
0:25:06 > 0:25:11that I feel very lucky in that we here have one of his very last.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Brown died with his design for Belvoir unrealised.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20It was then thought that his plans were lost in a fire in 1816,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23so when they were discovered in 2003, the 200-year wait
0:25:23 > 0:25:27for his visionary landscape could finally be brought to an end.
0:25:27 > 0:25:33Well, this was his last great landscape.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38To prevent copying, Brown rarely gave his plans to his clients,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42so this discovery offers a rare insight into Brown's vision.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44I call it the world of Belvoir
0:25:44 > 0:25:48and, actually, what he's doing, he's framing the outside,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52but there's an entire world within the middle,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55so there's the river running down the middle of our valley
0:25:55 > 0:25:59that we've just extended and done the last bit over there.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02If you look from this spot here,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04you'll see the river looks as if
0:26:04 > 0:26:07it's running and disappearing down the valley.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Which is, I think, what he intended.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14To fulfil the designs, the Duchess and her team
0:26:14 > 0:26:15had to dig out huge lakes,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19and plant around 100,000 trees.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22There was one wood, to the top, do you see?
0:26:22 > 0:26:27- Right.- And that is where I put a nine-acre wood in,
0:26:27 > 0:26:31to do the final bit of this landscape.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33So I followed this map.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35It's gold dust to me, too.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Finally, the last Capability Brown design has been laid out.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Where he imagined the entrance to the estate
0:26:43 > 0:26:46offers a spectacular spot to enjoy his landscape.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Oh, gosh, there it is! Oh, this is stunning!
0:26:49 > 0:26:54So, this is how, once upon a time, you should have seen the castle.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- That is the most beautiful view. - Yeah.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00That is such a wonderful entrance.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05And why Mr Brown was so key in his designs
0:27:05 > 0:27:09was because your eye was always being drawn to vistas,
0:27:09 > 0:27:15and you're tempted by the leading of a plantation to go and look,
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- do you see?- Mm.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Brown created views to delight and entice,
0:27:21 > 0:27:25and thanks to this incredible discovery, we can all now enjoy
0:27:25 > 0:27:28another landscape masterpiece by Capability Brown.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Oh, I could stay up here for ever.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33It is absolutely beautiful.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Back on the road, Charles has made his way to Navenby,
0:27:40 > 0:27:44which boasts the aptly named Navenby Antiques.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Hello.- Hello, Charles. - How are you?- Very well.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- Nice to see you.- Amazing.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51It's amazing. We say this country's very small.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53And I've been here before, haven't I?
0:27:53 > 0:27:57You have, you've been three times, now. Always pleased to see you.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59It's nice to be wanted, eh?
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Right, Charles, your last shop of the trip,
0:28:02 > 0:28:05and £243 weighing you down.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13This delightful urn, with these really rich enamelled flowers,
0:28:13 > 0:28:17full of neoclassical influence
0:28:17 > 0:28:21from the time of King George III, Robert Adam,
0:28:21 > 0:28:26and this was made perhaps ten years before the French Revolution.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27A lot of history for £25.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33I'm scatty, I'm just pulling things out left, right and centre.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35While Charles has been browsing,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Catherine's made her way to Melton Mowbray,
0:28:37 > 0:28:41home to pork pies and Melton Antiques & Collectables.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43This is her last chance to shop.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- Hello, there, I'm Catherine. - I'm John, nice to meet you.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48- Hello, John.- This is Margaret. - Hello, Catherine.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Hello, Margaret, you look lovely, wonderful dress.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52So...what have we got here?
0:28:52 > 0:28:53Lots of cabinets.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Your favourite. Lots to scour, and just over £216 to spend.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Duh-duh-duh-dooh... Ooh, that looks nice.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04What's that? Going to have a look.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Little elephant.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Bronze elephant, that's heavy.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13An elephant. With the castle on top.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Elephant and Castle.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19And it's on this sort of quite heavy base and I would say
0:29:19 > 0:29:23that that is maybe a paperweight or something like that.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25That's just really nicely cast.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27What's the price on it?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29£65.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Certainly unusual. Right, John?
0:29:31 > 0:29:35I have found...this.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36- OK.- Do you know anything about it?
0:29:36 > 0:29:40It's from the Law Society in the Elephant and Castle in London.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41And it would have been produced
0:29:41 > 0:29:44to sit on the lawyer or solicitor's desk at some point.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46I think it's charming.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50It's a match holder. She seems keen. Time for John to call the vendor.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51But Catherine's not done yet.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55I've found something else.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59I quite like that.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Now, so what have we got here?
0:30:01 > 0:30:02We got...
0:30:02 > 0:30:04an ashtray.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Like a rocking cradle.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10And that, I think, is rather cute.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Yes, I think it's a cigar rest. It's a bit different.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14£18, silver plate.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17A real novelty ashtray.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19I think that's a bit of fun.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22While you were making the call, there was something else.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25I was sort of strangely interested in this.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28What would you do on that? I don't know if I want it or not.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30We could do that for 10.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31£8 discount, there.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35And the vendor of the elephant is willing to accept £55.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37What to do, then?
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Shall we do a nice round 60 for the two? How's that?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- That will be fine.- Yeah? OK. Fantastic.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45That's £10 for the cigar rest
0:30:45 > 0:30:47and £50 for the bronze elephant.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50So, Catherine's all finished up.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53How about Charles?
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Look at this table. Just look!
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Look at the frieze here.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00You've got this gorgeous shell inlay,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03which is also down here.
0:31:03 > 0:31:04This chamfered leg,
0:31:04 > 0:31:08which actually is cut in on the right angle,
0:31:08 > 0:31:12confirms to me that this D end, although it's been repolished,
0:31:12 > 0:31:15will date to around 1785.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18If you sat round this table in 1785,
0:31:18 > 0:31:22you may have been talking about King George III's mental health.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26You could have been talking about the Seven Years War
0:31:26 > 0:31:29that happened ten years ago, and I just feel I've got to go out
0:31:29 > 0:31:33with a bit of a send-off, in my week.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35It's priced at 595.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37If you don't ask, you never get.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Talk about sticking your neck out.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43It's gorgeous, but brown furniture, as we know, can be a gamble.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44This looks serious.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49There's that lovely D-ended dining table.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51I like it a lot. It's priced at 595.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54What's your absolute best price on it?
0:31:54 > 0:31:56I've had it a while, I acquired it, well...
0:31:56 > 0:31:59I would let you have it for £300.
0:32:01 > 0:32:08I've got left over £243.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11I'll tell you what, Charles, I'll have the 240,
0:32:11 > 0:32:15you can keep the £3, how's that? And my margin's quite well, thank you.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18So you're saying to me I can put that £3 back in my pocket?
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- You can, yes.- And you will take 240, and if you look at me truthfully
0:32:21 > 0:32:25and say there's a margin and there's still money in it for you...?
0:32:25 > 0:32:27There's a very good margin for me, Charles, thank you.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29- I'll take it.- You're a good man.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32And that leaves me £3 left over.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35And all to play for in my grand finale.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37What a way to finish, eh?
0:32:37 > 0:32:41How exciting! Charles takes a chance with his George III dining table,
0:32:41 > 0:32:45which he adds to his 17th-century grapeshot,
0:32:45 > 0:32:48which he keeps separate from another lot of grapeshot.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52A 17th-century stone carving
0:32:52 > 0:32:55and the porcelain basket completes his lot.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59All of which cost him a total of £732.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Catherine's spent £275 on a doll's fan and gloves,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07the anatomy book and glass eye,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10the biscuit cutter and stamp,
0:33:10 > 0:33:11the silver card case,
0:33:11 > 0:33:14the bronze elephant match holder,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16and the silver-plated cigar rest.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19But what do they make of each other's lots?
0:33:19 > 0:33:21Can't believe Catherine bought
0:33:21 > 0:33:25a silver card case aide-memoire for £30.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29If it doesn't treble up and make nearer £100, I'll be very surprised.
0:33:29 > 0:33:30I'm in trouble.
0:33:30 > 0:33:35Charles's carving, he calls it 17th century.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37There's something about it, I'm not sure what,
0:33:37 > 0:33:40but it looks a bit odd to me.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44I admire him for spending that amount of money,
0:33:44 > 0:33:45and only time will tell.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Yes. But time for this road trip is fast running out,
0:33:49 > 0:33:51as our eager pair make their way
0:33:51 > 0:33:52to their final auction
0:33:52 > 0:33:54in Congleton in Cheshire.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57It's been a week to remember.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59- Aww!- A week... Really, Catherine, I would say
0:33:59 > 0:34:02you're a fairly high-class lady, you like fine things,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06and you like quality and that's why I was quite impressed
0:34:06 > 0:34:07that you liked me as well.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11I'm not going to say too much, cos it will go to your head,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14but I shall miss your little fidgety moments.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Blame it on the boogie and all of that.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20I shall miss the shimmies, the dancing, the movements.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- Yeah.- You know, I'll miss it all, Charles.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26There's still plenty of drama to enjoy, though.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Congleton has been home to this firm of auctioneers since the 1930s,
0:34:30 > 0:34:33and today they play host to Charles and Catherine's final auction.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38- Will we conquer? - I don't know, this is the end!
0:34:38 > 0:34:39- The end!- I know! It's nigh!
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Neil Ashley is the man in charge of the gavel.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46What does he make of our pair's offerings?
0:34:46 > 0:34:51The doll's gloves and fan, quite a quirky and cute little lot.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Should get quite a bit of interest on those.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56We put an estimate of £50-£80.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00The George III D-end mahogany dining table.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05As a whole, dining tables are not fashionable any more.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07We think it'll make £200-£300,
0:35:07 > 0:35:11which is a fraction of what it would be worth 15, 20 years ago.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Oh, dear! Well, let's find out
0:35:13 > 0:35:16what the audience in the sale room think of it all.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19There's only one, two, three, four... Maybe 35 people.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23- And that's daunting. - Petrifying, in some ways.- Yeah.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Let's not dwell on it. First up is Catherine's bronze elephant.
0:35:28 > 0:35:2920? £20 bid.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- It's bronze!- £20 bid. Five.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- Hand over there. - 30. 30 bid, 30 bid. Five.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- 40.- £40. Five.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Come on!- 50.- You've broken even. - 50 I'm bid.
0:35:42 > 0:35:43- Take it on the right.- That's good.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- £50, £50...- Come on!- At £50...
0:35:46 > 0:35:49In defence, he sold it. That's OK.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52Not a flying start, but not a loss.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53Nothing to trumpet about.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54I'll take that.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58What's next?
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Glad you asked. It's Charles's porcelain basket.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05- £10 bid. 15. - Come on!- Yes!- 20.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Go on!- £20 bid. Keep going. - Come on!- 20 bid. Five.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- We're in Congleton!- 30. £30. £30.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- Don't leave it now.- That's it! - £30, £30, hammer's up.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15I sell, then, at £30...
0:36:15 > 0:36:18You feel like you're just being hit in the chest.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21He's so hard with that gavel, isn't he?
0:36:21 > 0:36:25The nice profit makes a good start for Mr Hanson.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27There's a lot more to come. How do you feel?
0:36:27 > 0:36:30This is only the beginning, I'm exhausted!
0:36:31 > 0:36:35I'm nervous. Now, how will the doll's gloves and fan fare
0:36:35 > 0:36:37for Catherine? Fingers crossed.
0:36:37 > 0:36:3820? £20 bid.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42£20 bid, £20 bid, £20. Five. 30 on the front row.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44- 35.- Go on!
0:36:44 > 0:36:4540. £40 bid.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- Come on!- £40 bid, £40...
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- Come on!- No, don't leave it.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- Their hands are too big.- With £40 bid, I sell, then, at £40...
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Oh... Charles. I loved them.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59They were a real find, and someone here has got a real bargain.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- The gloves are off, now.- The gloves are off.- That isn't the best start.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- No.- Hey...- It's OK.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Yeah, that's it, look for the positives.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Next up is the first of Charles's grapeshot lots.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14We've got a commission bid of £10 only.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16£10 bid. 15. 20.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- Five.- Come on!- 25. 25, 25, 25...
0:37:19 > 0:37:23The bid's on the right, and I sell and make no mistake, at 25...
0:37:23 > 0:37:25MJ 0325.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Next lot is...
0:37:27 > 0:37:31It was over in a flash and that's a tough one to take for Charles.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34I feel like I've been hit by a ball in my chest.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Bad luck. Let's hope
0:37:36 > 0:37:39Catherine's anatomy book and glass eye isn't as painful.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43- Commission bids, £10, £15. - Wow!- £15, 20.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- Five.- Keep going! - It's selling.- 30. Five.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- Shut up!- 35? You're all out in the room. 35, the bid's with me.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52- £30.- Keep going, keep going. - £30 I'm bid, 35?
0:37:52 > 0:37:5635? All out in the room, you lose, I sell, then, at 35.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58The early optimism seems to be waning.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Another loss for Catherine.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04- Shall we hold hands for the next one?- There we go.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Well, it's worth a try.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09What are the chances it's second time lucky for Charles's grapeshot?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Commission bids with me at £10 only.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- £10!- 15, 20.- Come on!
0:38:15 > 0:38:16It'll go with the last.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17£20 bid. Don't lose it!
0:38:17 > 0:38:1922, I'll put you in. 22.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Good lad.- 22.- 22 bid.
0:38:21 > 0:38:2222 bid.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Still cheap, commission's out. - It is cheap.
0:38:24 > 0:38:2622, make no mistake, at 22...
0:38:26 > 0:38:29It's not a lot of money for a piece of history, is it?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31But another loss for Charles.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- It's gone.- I love you, Charles. - Thank you very much.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36At least you have each other, eh?
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Now, time for Catherine's biscuit cutter and stamp.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42£10 bid. £10 bid. At £10, bid.
0:38:42 > 0:38:4615. 20. Five. 25.
0:38:46 > 0:38:4925, and it's on the right. 25, I'm bid. 25 bid.
0:38:49 > 0:38:5125, our bid, 25 with the bid, 25.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Hammer's up, if you lose, I sell, make no mistake at 25...
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Crumbs! It's not cutting it today.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02We're not doing very well, here, are we? It's the end of the road.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04We've had a wonderful week,
0:39:04 > 0:39:06and this obviously is just how sometimes it ends,
0:39:06 > 0:39:09it can be a bit of a dampener, but...
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Come on!- We've got the big ones to come.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Yes, Charles spent big on his stone carving, but will it pay off?
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- Good luck, my friend. - Thanks for the memories.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21I've got a £100 commission bid. £100.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25£100. 120. 150.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27200. 220.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- Charles!- 250. 280. 300.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- Charles!- £300.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- It is worth all of those, Catherine, and more.- £300. Ten, if you like?
0:39:35 > 0:39:37310. 310. I am going to cash it.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41At 310 I sell, make no mistake, at 310.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- Oh... You did...- It's "ching-ching" for him, but it's...
0:39:46 > 0:39:47..bust for me.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51That big loss for Charles takes a sizeable chunk from his lead.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53- I lost £70. - We can relax, now.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55I was more nervous than you.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Perhaps a chance for Catherine.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Her cigar rest is next.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- £10 bid. 15, if you like?- Come on.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05At £10 bid, at £10 bid, £10 bid.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07At £10 bid. At £10, £10...
0:40:07 > 0:40:09- Oh, come on!- Come on!
0:40:09 > 0:40:11- Sat down, make no mistake... - I'm going to cry like a baby now.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- At £10, bid. - I'M going to cry like a baby!
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- I'm going to cry for the memories. - £10...
0:40:16 > 0:40:19What can you say, eh? At least it's not another loss.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22This is our finale.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24Can I say thank you for a wonderful week?
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- I've enjoyed every lot we've sold. - Just wait till we get to the end.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Now, the gamble of the road trip - a George III table,
0:40:30 > 0:40:34a lovely item Charles bought at a great price, but how will it do?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36£100 bid. £100?
0:40:36 > 0:40:38- 120?- Don't make a man cry!
0:40:38 > 0:40:39It's such a good table! Come on!
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- 140. You're out?- Roar us home!
0:40:42 > 0:40:44- Come on!- Come on!- 140.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48140, I sell, then, make no mistake, I cash at 140.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49He's cashed it.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Ouch! That's one gamble that didn't pay off.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- That is so cheap.- Thank you.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58It doesn't matter. Someone will enjoy it
0:40:58 > 0:41:01and it will live for another 200 years.
0:41:01 > 0:41:02Now's your chance, Catherine.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05A profit is much needed for your silver card case.
0:41:07 > 0:41:0820, 20 bid. 20 bid.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- Five. 25. 30. - Come on, it's worth it.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13- 35. 40.- Come on. It's worth £80.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15- 45.- It's heavy!
0:41:15 > 0:41:17- Go on!- 55.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19- Go on!- 55, on my left. 55.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- 55, 55, 60!- It's a heavy thing.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- Keep going!- Keep going! 65, 65 bid.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25I'll take it on my right. 65.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- Don't lose it now.- That's not bad, Catherine, that's OK.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- Come on!- At 65, I sell...
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- It's a heavy thing.- At 65...
0:41:33 > 0:41:34That's a profit.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37More than doubling her money, Catherine ends on a profit,
0:41:37 > 0:41:39but is it enough to win?
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Time to find out.
0:41:43 > 0:41:48Catherine started this final leg with £431.60.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50After auction costs,
0:41:50 > 0:41:56she made a loss of £90.50 giving her a final total of £341.10.
0:41:58 > 0:42:04Charles spent almost all of his £735, and after costs,
0:42:04 > 0:42:07made a painful loss of just less than £300,
0:42:07 > 0:42:11leaving him with a final total of £435.14,
0:42:11 > 0:42:13so, despite losing the day,
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Charles holds on to take the Road Trip title this time.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Well done. All profits of course go to Children In Need.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22- Ready?- Ready.- Let's go.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Whoo!- Let's go.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- Charles! Not that low! - On your marks, get set...
0:42:28 > 0:42:29- Go!- Go!- Yay!
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Down to London!
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Steady on!
0:42:35 > 0:42:38It's been one hell of a week.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41- You're a bit close for my liking! - Thanks a lot!
0:42:41 > 0:42:43There's been some sweeping successes.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45Yay!
0:42:45 > 0:42:47And some minor mishaps.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48I've...lost my dog, now.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52But in the end, there's been a lot of love.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- I think I need a kiss for that. - Thank you.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Cheerio, chaps. You've been great.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- Keep going!- Just indicate left,
0:42:58 > 0:43:00I'm sure the car is on the left somewhere around here.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02I'm sorry. Sorry!
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Next time...
0:43:04 > 0:43:08it's a brand-new adventure with Christina Trevanion and Mark Stacey.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11I think that's your strategy, Christina, flirt, flirt, flirt.
0:43:11 > 0:43:16OK. My strategy is going to be no flirting, no haggling.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18HE LAUGHS