Episode 5

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...

0:00:04 > 0:00:07- What a job.- ..with £200 each... - Are you with me?

0:00:07 > 0:00:09- ..a classic car...- Buckle up.

0:00:09 > 0:00:11..and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

0:00:11 > 0:00:13- Ooh, sorry.- Ha-ha!

0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.

0:00:17 > 0:00:19But it's no mean feat.

0:00:19 > 0:00:23- There'll be worthy winners... - Yes!- ..and valiant losers.

0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory

0:00:25 > 0:00:27or the slow road to disaster?

0:00:27 > 0:00:29Have a good trip!

0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.

0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!

0:00:38 > 0:00:41This is the last leg of a terrific trek.

0:00:41 > 0:00:42Well, this is it.

0:00:42 > 0:00:45- What a fine morning...- Ah, to finish this trip.- .. to end our road trip.

0:00:45 > 0:00:49And every single one has been hugely enjoyable, James.

0:00:49 > 0:00:51Priceless, almost.

0:00:51 > 0:00:55Yes, this isn't the first Ross versus Braxton bout,

0:00:55 > 0:00:58although their rivalry has never got in their way of good manners.

0:00:58 > 0:01:02- Good morning, sir.- Good morning. - Morning.- Morning.- Morning.

0:01:02 > 0:01:04On this occasion, the open road has led them

0:01:04 > 0:01:06and their Alpha, called Nelly...

0:01:07 > 0:01:09- Ooh! - THEY LAUGH

0:01:09 > 0:01:11..all the way from the Garden of England

0:01:11 > 0:01:12to the wonderful west.

0:01:12 > 0:01:16- Look at Somerset.- Gosh, this is beautiful.- Isn't it lovely?

0:01:16 > 0:01:17Is it time for a cider?

0:01:17 > 0:01:20- Never too early for a cider. - THEY LAUGH

0:01:20 > 0:01:24James from Sussex is an auctioneer and gourmand

0:01:24 > 0:01:27with a fondness for almost anything of substance...

0:01:27 > 0:01:29It's got a lovely weight to it.

0:01:29 > 0:01:31..while Bicester boy Charlie...

0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Very good. Sold! - ..also familiar with a gavel,

0:01:34 > 0:01:36has a slightly more pragmatic approach

0:01:36 > 0:01:38to the art of buying antiques.

0:01:38 > 0:01:40I love it, I love it, I love it.

0:01:40 > 0:01:42I don't love it, but it's cheap.

0:01:42 > 0:01:46And, as they near the wire, it's still much too close to call.

0:01:46 > 0:01:49The last auction house is a good auction house.

0:01:49 > 0:01:50They'll be online, won't they?

0:01:50 > 0:01:54"Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me enormous pleasure

0:01:54 > 0:01:56"to offer the Braxton collection."

0:01:56 > 0:01:58HE CHUCKLES

0:01:58 > 0:02:00After several ups and downs,

0:02:00 > 0:02:05James's stake of £200 has grown to £297.72...

0:02:07 > 0:02:09..while Charlie, who also set out with 200,

0:02:09 > 0:02:11has managed a little bit extra

0:02:11 > 0:02:16and currently boasts £335.62, but this could all change.

0:02:16 > 0:02:19A couple of good purchases, a couple of flops.

0:02:19 > 0:02:24The sum of parts. That's another one of my great guiding principles.

0:02:24 > 0:02:28Quite. It all began back in Kent, at Chart Sutton.

0:02:28 > 0:02:32Then, Charlie and James motored mostly around the South East,

0:02:32 > 0:02:34took a mosey up the middle,

0:02:34 > 0:02:36before sliding south and west.

0:02:36 > 0:02:38They're now enjoying the West Country

0:02:38 > 0:02:41whilst en route to an auction in Dorchester.

0:02:41 > 0:02:44Today, they'll finally reach journey's end

0:02:44 > 0:02:46in the county town of Dorset.

0:02:46 > 0:02:48But we set out in Somerset, at Crewkerne.

0:02:52 > 0:02:55Birthplace of Ralph Reader,

0:02:55 > 0:02:59the theatre producer and Cub Scout who created the Gang Show.

0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Personal delivery service. - Oh, thank you, thank you.

0:03:01 > 0:03:04Time for our gang of two to divide...

0:03:04 > 0:03:06- Got everything you need? - I think I have.

0:03:06 > 0:03:08Do you need help? I can't really help.

0:03:08 > 0:03:10..and for James to find his first shop of the day.

0:03:10 > 0:03:13After all, I don't think he's got his haggling badge yet.

0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Hello.- Hello, James. Tim. - Hello.- Nice to meet you.

0:03:16 > 0:03:18Good to meet you. Good to meet you.

0:03:18 > 0:03:21Plenty in here to get his bob-a-job on.

0:03:21 > 0:03:24But with just one auction to go, the pressure must be telling.

0:03:24 > 0:03:25Or perhaps not.

0:03:25 > 0:03:29Just getting in the swing, scouting about.

0:03:29 > 0:03:30Very interesting walking stick.

0:03:30 > 0:03:33- So, you collapse it up like that. - Mm-hm.

0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Just walk quite normally with that and then...- Yeah?

0:03:36 > 0:03:39- ..if it all gets a bit too much, you just...- Get on it.

0:03:39 > 0:03:42..have a seat and... Ooh! Ah!

0:03:42 > 0:03:46Slightly, erm...embarrassing.

0:03:46 > 0:03:48What DOES he mean?

0:03:48 > 0:03:50Ooh! Steady, James.

0:03:50 > 0:03:54Ah, there we are. Back to normal.

0:03:54 > 0:03:55That brought a tear to his eye.

0:03:55 > 0:03:57Let's catch up with his chum

0:03:57 > 0:04:00en route to the nearby town of Yetminster,

0:04:00 > 0:04:03which is across the county line in West Dorset.

0:04:03 > 0:04:05First profit of the day.

0:04:05 > 0:04:08Not short of confidence, is he? Or colour.

0:04:08 > 0:04:11Aha! Who have we got here?

0:04:11 > 0:04:14- My name's Sara. Hi.- Hello. I'm Charlie.- Hi.- Nice to see you.

0:04:14 > 0:04:16This is fab.

0:04:16 > 0:04:20- Yeah, just like a village fete - full of antiques.- Ah!

0:04:20 > 0:04:23- I've seen furniture. - Ah! So you have.

0:04:23 > 0:04:27George III, mahogany, demilune card table.

0:04:27 > 0:04:28It will either be...

0:04:30 > 0:04:32..a card table or a tea table.

0:04:32 > 0:04:37So, we pull out the gate and on your marks, get set, go.

0:04:37 > 0:04:40It's a card table. Absolutely fabulous.

0:04:40 > 0:04:43But something's wrong at the bottom and we'll have a look.

0:04:44 > 0:04:46HE GROANS

0:04:46 > 0:04:50Look at the colour of that mahogany! It's fabulous.

0:04:50 > 0:04:52Ooh, dear! Be careful, be careful, be careful.

0:04:52 > 0:04:55What's up with the other end, though?

0:04:55 > 0:04:57I personally think it's had

0:04:57 > 0:05:01some sort of square cup brass casters at some stage

0:05:01 > 0:05:03because you can see this ebony stringing

0:05:03 > 0:05:05coming down the corner here.

0:05:05 > 0:05:07Suddenly, it ends before the end.

0:05:07 > 0:05:10If you were putting a cup caster on it, you wouldn't waste money

0:05:10 > 0:05:12by stringing it all the way down to the edge,

0:05:12 > 0:05:14which is more money and more work.

0:05:14 > 0:05:15I would not be surprised

0:05:15 > 0:05:18to see an auctioneer sell that for less than £100.

0:05:18 > 0:05:22Which makes the ticket price of £180 a bit of a concern, Charlie.

0:05:22 > 0:05:25I was rather hoping it was £80,

0:05:25 > 0:05:29and I'd buy it for 50, and it would probably sell for 75.

0:05:29 > 0:05:30We can always try.

0:05:30 > 0:05:32Meanwhile, back in Crewkerne,

0:05:32 > 0:05:35James has scouted out one of his favourite materials.

0:05:35 > 0:05:40- Ooh, bamboo. Bamboo. - HE HUMS

0:05:40 > 0:05:44Look at that! Oh, it's an unusual design.

0:05:44 > 0:05:47Bamboo whatnot.

0:05:47 > 0:05:51- What's not to like about that whatnot, eh?- Well, not a lot.

0:05:51 > 0:05:56These are absolutely fabulous for conservatories and things.

0:05:56 > 0:05:58It's constructed incredibly cheaply.

0:05:58 > 0:06:01You know, it's just done with nails here.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04Little pins are holding this thing together,

0:06:04 > 0:06:06but this has lasted 100 years.

0:06:06 > 0:06:10Bamboo Braxton. There we are, he's back.

0:06:10 > 0:06:14Ticket price of £55, though, James. Anything else take your fancy?

0:06:14 > 0:06:18Now, never underestimate the power of cute. A cute-looking dog.

0:06:18 > 0:06:22Look, its head's on a slant, it's got bead eyes.

0:06:22 > 0:06:24When does it date from?

0:06:24 > 0:06:28Dates from about the '30s or '40s, doesn't it? Woolwork panel.

0:06:28 > 0:06:30Oh, I tell you what it was. These supports here.

0:06:30 > 0:06:32It was a fireguard.

0:06:32 > 0:06:35This might be worth a punt. What's it got on it?

0:06:35 > 0:06:3634 quid.

0:06:36 > 0:06:40Maybe he should paws to consider the two pictures

0:06:40 > 0:06:43he bought earlier in this trip. Both lost money.

0:06:43 > 0:06:46Remember, doggy people are very keen people.

0:06:46 > 0:06:49Oh, well. Let's see what Tim makes of them both.

0:06:49 > 0:06:54Bamboo Braxton's found some bamboo, and also the power of cute.

0:06:54 > 0:06:56I want to buy one of these.

0:06:56 > 0:06:58What could we do on something like that?

0:06:58 > 0:07:01- 20? 25? What could you do on that one, Tim, do you think?- 27?

0:07:01 > 0:07:04And this one - it's done well.

0:07:04 > 0:07:07It's got a bit of damage, but I sometimes wonder,

0:07:07 > 0:07:09am I the only person who buys bamboo?

0:07:09 > 0:07:14- Do you sell other bamboo items? - Erm...we do, yes, yes.

0:07:14 > 0:07:17Not a huge amount, but we do sell it.

0:07:17 > 0:07:20- THEY LAUGH - I think you're hedging, Tim.

0:07:20 > 0:07:23- I think he's right. - Could something be done on that?

0:07:23 > 0:07:24We could squeeze 40 on it.

0:07:24 > 0:07:28So, we've got the power of cute versus the sum of parts, the bamboo.

0:07:28 > 0:07:33- What about 23 on that, Tim? - 23.- Put it there.- OK.

0:07:33 > 0:07:36- I'll take the dog.- All right. - The hound is mine!

0:07:36 > 0:07:38- Woof, woof!- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much indeed.

0:07:38 > 0:07:40That's really kind.

0:07:40 > 0:07:43So, while James takes that picture for walkies...

0:07:43 > 0:07:47# I'll show you how to walk your dog... #

0:07:47 > 0:07:50..let's see where Charlie's nose has lead him.

0:07:50 > 0:07:52What a wonderful tunic.

0:07:52 > 0:07:54Isn't that fabulous? Original buttons.

0:07:54 > 0:07:58It's late, obviously, cos it's got "Elizabeth Rex" on there.

0:07:58 > 0:07:59It's small.

0:07:59 > 0:08:02It's very Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, isn't it?

0:08:02 > 0:08:05I don't know what regiment.

0:08:05 > 0:08:11It's £95, but what would that have cost to make? Ho!

0:08:11 > 0:08:14Hundreds and hundreds. Think how hot they were.

0:08:14 > 0:08:16What's the bonus? It's red.

0:08:16 > 0:08:22When you're shot, nobody can tell, so you gallop on regardless.

0:08:22 > 0:08:25Carry on, sir. So, the tunic and table are under orders.

0:08:25 > 0:08:30- Anything else? - A metamorphic child's chair.

0:08:30 > 0:08:34Edwardian with its original transfer.

0:08:34 > 0:08:35Little Bo Peep.

0:08:35 > 0:08:38Jack and Jill, no doubt. They're going up the hill.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40Tom, Tom, the piper's son,

0:08:40 > 0:08:42except he stole a pig and away he run, and I can't see a pig...

0:08:42 > 0:08:46Oh, yes! There's the pig! # Stole a pig and away he run. #

0:08:46 > 0:08:47He knows them all, you know.

0:08:47 > 0:08:50Amazing that that's still in order after all these years,

0:08:50 > 0:08:54this being the best part of 100 years old, Edwardian.

0:08:54 > 0:08:59It's just possible that Ross could put this into a high chair.

0:08:59 > 0:09:01- Here we go.- Mind your fingers.

0:09:01 > 0:09:04- Look at that.- Impressive.

0:09:04 > 0:09:07And for the potty training, voila!

0:09:07 > 0:09:13That's a great bit of furniture and still useful today.

0:09:13 > 0:09:18All ready for your second childhood. The price is £52.

0:09:18 > 0:09:20Sara!

0:09:20 > 0:09:22I've seen three things I really like.

0:09:22 > 0:09:24There's a Georgian card table,

0:09:24 > 0:09:26which has been the most wonderful piece of furniture,

0:09:26 > 0:09:28and something's happened to the bottom of the feet.

0:09:28 > 0:09:30There's a fab tunic,

0:09:30 > 0:09:34but it's 20th-century and it's very small.

0:09:34 > 0:09:36And I love that chair.

0:09:36 > 0:09:40- There's probably a couple we can make a little adjustment on.- Yeah.

0:09:40 > 0:09:43It's got to be a huge adjustment. It can't be little adjustments.

0:09:43 > 0:09:46- It's got to be enormous. - Give her a chance, Charlie.

0:09:46 > 0:09:48What's been here a long time?

0:09:48 > 0:09:51Um, the table and I believe the tunic has been here

0:09:51 > 0:09:52- for a little while.- Yeah.

0:09:52 > 0:09:54- But I really love the tunic.- Yeah. So, there's no point...

0:09:54 > 0:09:56So, I don't mind it staying.

0:09:56 > 0:10:00I suspect, if I offered you 50 or 60 quid for that table,

0:10:00 > 0:10:03it's probably as much as anybody would offer for it.

0:10:03 > 0:10:05Ticket price - £180, remember.

0:10:05 > 0:10:11I would certainly offer you £100 for the table and the chair.

0:10:11 > 0:10:14- I'll do 100 for the pair.- Thank you very much indeed.- No problem.

0:10:14 > 0:10:15Thank you. That's really sweet of you.

0:10:15 > 0:10:19- So, £40 for the chair and 60 for the table.- Thank you.

0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Keep your fingers crossed. Thank you.- I wish you luck.

0:10:21 > 0:10:24Cross everything. And Charlie's off to pastures new.

0:10:26 > 0:10:28Nelly never lets you down.

0:10:33 > 0:10:37Now, back in Somerset, James is taking a brief break from shopping

0:10:37 > 0:10:39in the historic county town of Taunton,

0:10:39 > 0:10:41where he's come to learn about the British agency

0:10:41 > 0:10:45which supplies the world's mariners with charts of the ocean,

0:10:45 > 0:10:48in the company of its chief archivist.

0:10:48 > 0:10:51- Hello, James Braxton. - Hello, Adrian Webb.

0:10:51 > 0:10:53Welcome to the Hydrographic Office Archive.

0:10:53 > 0:10:55Oh, I've been dying to look at some charts.

0:10:55 > 0:10:56Me, too.

0:10:56 > 0:10:59James is getting a peek at one of the most complete

0:10:59 > 0:11:02maritime collections with charts, surveys and journals

0:11:02 > 0:11:04by some of our greatest explorers.

0:11:04 > 0:11:07We've been in existence since 1795

0:11:07 > 0:11:10when we were established by King George III.

0:11:10 > 0:11:14Our first hydrographer, Alexander Dalrymple,

0:11:14 > 0:11:19he spent five years sorting through all of the charts

0:11:19 > 0:11:22and old surveys and atlases that he could find

0:11:22 > 0:11:24and put together our archive.

0:11:24 > 0:11:30There's thousands of charts and surveys going back to the 1620s.

0:11:30 > 0:11:33Dalrymple's task was to review the difficulties

0:11:33 > 0:11:36and dangers facing His Majesty's fleet

0:11:36 > 0:11:39because the Admiralty had reached the conclusion

0:11:39 > 0:11:42that British ships were more likely to be lost from poor charts

0:11:42 > 0:11:45than from attacks by enemy vessels.

0:11:45 > 0:11:49Here we are. This is the oldest item in our collection.

0:11:49 > 0:11:53- This is the chart from the reign of King James I.- Wow!

0:11:53 > 0:11:57The period when the Pilgrim Fathers were heading off for the New World.

0:11:57 > 0:11:59Was this produced by the Admiralty?

0:11:59 > 0:12:00No, this is from a time

0:12:00 > 0:12:03when charting was very much a private affair,

0:12:03 > 0:12:07and you'll probably notice one or two features on here

0:12:07 > 0:12:11that are similar to items that we put on charts today.

0:12:11 > 0:12:14- We have a compass to point you in the right direction.- Right.

0:12:14 > 0:12:17- And also we have some depths here in the river.- Fathoms.

0:12:17 > 0:12:20And, of course, we have a very nice, detailed scale.

0:12:20 > 0:12:23So, you get some indicators that makes this a chart

0:12:23 > 0:12:25rather than a map.

0:12:25 > 0:12:27Wow.

0:12:27 > 0:12:30The first government-sponsored hydrographic survey of Britain,

0:12:30 > 0:12:36in 1681, was the work of naval officer Captain Greenville Collins -

0:12:36 > 0:12:40a task which involved a royal yacht, a crew of 21 men

0:12:40 > 0:12:42and instruments like a measuring chain,

0:12:42 > 0:12:45compass and lead line.

0:12:45 > 0:12:49So, they're charting safe passage round the British Isles.

0:12:49 > 0:12:51All cargoes, everything, went by sea, didn't it?

0:12:51 > 0:12:54- Oh, certainly the bulk cargoes did. - Yeah.- Yes, indeed.

0:12:54 > 0:12:58And the whole purpose of these particular surveys

0:12:58 > 0:13:02was to make sure that there were less losses.

0:13:02 > 0:13:04And it's testament to Collins' work

0:13:04 > 0:13:07that his atlas actually stayed in print for 100 years.

0:13:07 > 0:13:11Several of the charting innovations that followed over the years

0:13:11 > 0:13:14were associated with British explorers,

0:13:14 > 0:13:18like Captain James Cook, who mapped the waters of the Pacific,

0:13:18 > 0:13:21and the modern UK Hydrographic Office,

0:13:21 > 0:13:25which maintains that tradition using state-of-the-art, multi-beam,

0:13:25 > 0:13:29echo-sounding surveys and satellite images

0:13:29 > 0:13:33to keep mariners safe with men such as Rear Admiral Tim Lowe.

0:13:33 > 0:13:37The mariner has all these fabulous electronic aids now,

0:13:37 > 0:13:39like us in our cars, sat nav and everything.

0:13:39 > 0:13:42But before, it was done with the stars, wasn't it?

0:13:42 > 0:13:46Absolutely, and we still provide a service for the mariner today,

0:13:46 > 0:13:49if he wants to continue to use the old, traditional methods.

0:13:49 > 0:13:52But we're getting into digitisation and the data that's coming in now,

0:13:52 > 0:13:54we're looking at terabytes of data

0:13:54 > 0:13:56as opposed to single data points that used to come in.

0:13:56 > 0:14:01Now, I know that the navy's flagship vessel made a historic journey.

0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Were you involved in that recently? - Very much so.

0:14:04 > 0:14:07HMS Queen Elizabeth had to come down from Rosyth in Scotland

0:14:07 > 0:14:11and those waters were not surveyed to modern standards.

0:14:11 > 0:14:14So, a combination of the Royal Navy surveying teams

0:14:14 > 0:14:16and our own cartographers and geologists here

0:14:16 > 0:14:19helped develop the new charts and products

0:14:19 > 0:14:22to actually get her out of Rosyth and then, more importantly,

0:14:22 > 0:14:24into her new home in Portsmouth Harbour.

0:14:24 > 0:14:27They had to do a massive amount of infrastructure change

0:14:27 > 0:14:29to actually allow her to get into the harbour.

0:14:29 > 0:14:32They had to dredge quite a lot of the water approach channel

0:14:32 > 0:14:34to actually allow her room to manoeuvre.

0:14:34 > 0:14:36Portsmouth Harbour's a large area,

0:14:36 > 0:14:38so there's always going to be things there

0:14:38 > 0:14:41and the seabed can change, so we'll have to keep going back.

0:14:41 > 0:14:42We'll have to keep checking.

0:14:42 > 0:14:48400 years since the first chart, the work goes on.

0:14:48 > 0:14:52Meanwhile, Nelly and the Alpha male driver,

0:14:52 > 0:14:53have moved on.

0:14:53 > 0:14:56Not that the big fella is ever far from their thoughts.

0:14:56 > 0:15:01Simply couldn't have had a jollier companion than James Braxton.

0:15:01 > 0:15:06He's just up for it. I don't think he'd ever say no to anything.

0:15:06 > 0:15:09He's taken our route deeper into Dorset, towards Bridport,

0:15:09 > 0:15:12and the county's fabulous Jurassic coastline.

0:15:12 > 0:15:14That's East Cliff, by the way.

0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Hello!- Oh, hi, Charlie. I'm Frances.- Frances.- Bill.

0:15:18 > 0:15:20- Bill, hello. Nice to see you. - And you.

0:15:20 > 0:15:23- You've got some rather nice things on the pavement.- Yes.

0:15:23 > 0:15:25Sun's shining today. We've got lots out there.

0:15:25 > 0:15:27Well, let's have a butcher's hook.

0:15:27 > 0:15:31Remember, he's still got over £235 left to spend.

0:15:31 > 0:15:32Hang on.

0:15:32 > 0:15:36- Not another one of those, please. - Chinese altar table.

0:15:36 > 0:15:42I would expect that to be hardwood of some sort, like teak.

0:15:42 > 0:15:45It's very light. Looks like it's elm.

0:15:45 > 0:15:47So, is it Chinese?

0:15:47 > 0:15:52I think it is Chinese. £190. How old is it?

0:15:52 > 0:15:55I find Chinese furniture incredibly difficult to date.

0:15:55 > 0:16:00I'm going to own up to ignorance here with this furniture.

0:16:00 > 0:16:06This is either incredibly cheap or, wait for it, incredibly expensive.

0:16:06 > 0:16:09Plus, you've already bought a table today.

0:16:09 > 0:16:11How about something that isn't furniture?

0:16:11 > 0:16:13Silver candlesticks. Birmingham.

0:16:14 > 0:16:1619 what? 1920.

0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Yeah, someone's had a bit of a bash at those, haven't they?- Yes.

0:16:19 > 0:16:23- Split there.- Overenthusiastic Cluedo in the billiard room, perhaps.

0:16:23 > 0:16:25- Still nice.- Of course they are.

0:16:25 > 0:16:28- They're yours, Bill. - Yes, that's it. Exactly.

0:16:28 > 0:16:30Ticket price is £48.

0:16:30 > 0:16:32Have you got any other silver?

0:16:32 > 0:16:33Oh, yes, he has.

0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Is that silver?- Yeah, that's a little silver...

0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Cor, that's posh, isn't it?- Yes.

0:16:38 > 0:16:40It's an old-fashioned cigarette case.

0:16:40 > 0:16:43- But wouldn't it make a lovely card case?- Yeah, that's right.

0:16:43 > 0:16:46- Put your business cards in now. - Business cards in there.

0:16:46 > 0:16:50- Yeah, that's a good idea. - And it's a good case. It's weighty.

0:16:50 > 0:16:52"Dodo from Dennis."

0:16:52 > 0:16:54- Oh, lovely.- Isn't that lovely?

0:16:54 > 0:16:58In the form of a book, priced at £55.

0:16:58 > 0:17:02- Beautiful, engine-turned decoration. - Yeah.- And look at that clasp.

0:17:02 > 0:17:06- You don't think that's gold, do you?- It could be.

0:17:06 > 0:17:09- It's 1933. It's Charleston period, isn't it?- Oh, yeah.

0:17:09 > 0:17:12You could see a lady pulling that out of her bag

0:17:12 > 0:17:15and taking a slender cigarette, putting it in the cigarette holder.

0:17:15 > 0:17:19Bit of Noel Coward, darling. I like that.

0:17:19 > 0:17:20Good gravy, sir?

0:17:20 > 0:17:23It's Birmingham on an L.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25Ooh, you've dated it for me. 1935.

0:17:25 > 0:17:27I think sauce boats are great when you've got a pair.

0:17:27 > 0:17:32- When you have one... - It's cheaper. Ticket price - £42.

0:17:32 > 0:17:35- I'm making a parcel here. - I could do a deal.- Yes.

0:17:35 > 0:17:38I'd want these sort of thrown in, although, frankly,

0:17:38 > 0:17:41they look as if they've been thrown in from quite a distance.

0:17:41 > 0:17:43- HE LAUGHS - Yes, I see what you mean.

0:17:43 > 0:17:47There's something that I could pass the savings on to you kind of thing.

0:17:47 > 0:17:49What could you do for the three items?

0:17:49 > 0:17:52I could do £55 for the three.

0:17:52 > 0:17:55Do you know, the sort of thing I would do now is come back at 50,

0:17:55 > 0:17:57- but it's such a reasonable offer... - Certainly is, Charlie.

0:17:57 > 0:18:00Shake the man's hand and grab that silverware.

0:18:00 > 0:18:02Here we go. Wonderful!

0:18:02 > 0:18:04- Half the silver vault's here.- Ha!

0:18:04 > 0:18:06Time to go and find his chum. Cue drone.

0:18:06 > 0:18:09There you go. Now, what's for tea?

0:18:09 > 0:18:12Something with garlic. I don't mind a snail.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14A dozen escargot.

0:18:14 > 0:18:17After all, L'Escargot won the Grand National once.

0:18:17 > 0:18:18- Really?- Yeah.

0:18:18 > 0:18:20That's quite an achievement for a snail, isn't it?

0:18:20 > 0:18:22For a snail. Remarkable!

0:18:22 > 0:18:26Especially if you backed Red Rum, or had one or two. Nighty-night.

0:18:29 > 0:18:34It's the last shopping day of their trip. Obvious, really.

0:18:34 > 0:18:36It's a rather poignant end to it. We've had lovely weather.

0:18:36 > 0:18:38- We have had lovely weather. - As it comes to an end,

0:18:38 > 0:18:40- the heavens open.- Yeah.

0:18:40 > 0:18:43Yesterday, Charlie's funds ran to some candlesticks...

0:18:43 > 0:18:45There he goes.

0:18:45 > 0:18:47..a gravy boat, a cigarette case,

0:18:47 > 0:18:50a card table, and a metamorphic chair...

0:18:50 > 0:18:52And for the potty training...

0:18:52 > 0:18:55..leaving him with £180 in his wallet,

0:18:55 > 0:18:59whereas James picked up just a picture of a pooch...

0:18:59 > 0:19:01Never underestimate the power of cute.

0:19:01 > 0:19:05..which means he still has over £270 left

0:19:05 > 0:19:08to try to overtake his chum today.

0:19:08 > 0:19:11- Tactics?- I always try, on my last day, to spend out.

0:19:11 > 0:19:13- So, you're looking for a big buy? - Enormous.

0:19:13 > 0:19:17I'm looking for something that's going to cost in excess of £100.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19Ooh! But I don't think anybody became rich

0:19:19 > 0:19:23on a £30 or £40 purchase.

0:19:23 > 0:19:27- An £8 purchase, possibly. - THEY LAUGH

0:19:27 > 0:19:30There goes that elephant again.

0:19:30 > 0:19:34Later, they'll be Dorset-bound for the last auction in Dorchester.

0:19:36 > 0:19:39But they start out in Devon at Newton Abbot,

0:19:39 > 0:19:41where England's most westerly racecourse

0:19:41 > 0:19:43has seen a few thrilling finishes.

0:19:43 > 0:19:46- "Antiques are us." - That's half the battle.

0:19:46 > 0:19:50And, what's more, our two colts are in this one together.

0:19:50 > 0:19:53- Good morning!- Good morning. - You look deep in thought there.

0:19:53 > 0:19:55Busy working, as always.

0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Charlie and James.- Hello. - Hello, James. I'm Andrea.

0:19:58 > 0:20:00And I'm Charles.

0:20:00 > 0:20:05Niceties observed, it's time to go their separate ways.

0:20:05 > 0:20:10These cigarette cards depict the Ashes Series

0:20:10 > 0:20:15played in Australia infamously known as the Bodyline tour.

0:20:15 > 0:20:18England were captained by Douglas Jardine.

0:20:18 > 0:20:20He ruled with a rod of iron

0:20:20 > 0:20:23and he asked Harold Larwood in particular,

0:20:23 > 0:20:28who you see here, to bowl short, very, very fast,

0:20:28 > 0:20:33and the ball was coming up to the rib cage and above for the batsman.

0:20:33 > 0:20:36Not illegal, but not exactly cricket, either.

0:20:36 > 0:20:37We won that one.

0:20:37 > 0:20:41The most famous Australian player was Donald Bradman,

0:20:41 > 0:20:44who was the greatest cricketer the world has ever seen

0:20:44 > 0:20:48with a batting average of 99.94.

0:20:48 > 0:20:53I love those. £48 the pair, but they're in fabulous order.

0:20:53 > 0:20:56Fascinating. I wish I had seen the series.

0:20:56 > 0:21:00Oh, me, too. Now, what's James unearthed?

0:21:00 > 0:21:02Ah, that's interesting.

0:21:02 > 0:21:04So, we've got an early grenade here. World War I relic.

0:21:04 > 0:21:07It's got a good weight to it. Obviously cast iron.

0:21:07 > 0:21:10Invented by William Mills from Sunderland.

0:21:10 > 0:21:14£50. Exactly as it says - a relic of war.

0:21:14 > 0:21:18In no great hurry to part with his £270, is he?

0:21:18 > 0:21:21Charlie said he wants to spend the lot.

0:21:21 > 0:21:24That's rather nice. I wonder if that's silver.

0:21:24 > 0:21:25It is silver!

0:21:25 > 0:21:30It's made in London and it's very Art Deco.

0:21:30 > 0:21:34You'd expect this to be 1920, 1930.

0:21:34 > 0:21:38"Third prize Royal Wimbledon Tournament."

0:21:38 > 0:21:40Now, the Royal Wimbledon Tournament,

0:21:40 > 0:21:43that's not Wimbledon, as in Wimbledon tennis.

0:21:43 > 0:21:46Royal Wimbledon is the Royal Wimbledon Golf Course.

0:21:46 > 0:21:51It's got very nice, pierced handles, a nice, octagonal shape to it.

0:21:51 > 0:21:53I think, with the engraving on it,

0:21:53 > 0:21:57the value of it is probably limited to its weight, really.

0:21:57 > 0:21:59- Brandon, does this belong to you? - Indeed it does.

0:21:59 > 0:22:03I was thinking, it's a pleasing shape. Very Deco.

0:22:03 > 0:22:05Can you imagine how big the prize was for first?

0:22:05 > 0:22:07Time to put it on the scales

0:22:07 > 0:22:09because weight is pretty much everything.

0:22:09 > 0:22:13The scrap price is £149.08.

0:22:13 > 0:22:18Because I like it, I would pay £130. No more.

0:22:18 > 0:22:21- 145.- Is 130 any good to you, sir?

0:22:21 > 0:22:26- I will pay £130 cash. - 45 sounds better.

0:22:26 > 0:22:29I think the record's got stuck. What about upstairs?

0:22:29 > 0:22:31Silver lead.

0:22:31 > 0:22:33Sure to have heft.

0:22:33 > 0:22:38Ooh! That is heavy. It weighs a ton.

0:22:38 > 0:22:39Aye aye.

0:22:39 > 0:22:42- How's it going, Mr Braxton? - Very good. Very good.

0:22:42 > 0:22:45This is the Braxton weight test. Now, put your arms out.

0:22:45 > 0:22:49- It's quite light.- Oh! - HE LAUGHS

0:22:49 > 0:22:51Now, if you don't buy that, I'll eat my hat.

0:22:51 > 0:22:54I think that might be even too heavy for James.

0:22:54 > 0:22:57At least Charlie seems a bit more motivated.

0:22:57 > 0:22:58These are rather lovely.

0:22:58 > 0:23:03A pair of Doulton Lambeth salts together with...

0:23:03 > 0:23:06Well, it's described as a toothpick holder,

0:23:06 > 0:23:07which I'm sure is what it is.

0:23:07 > 0:23:11And they're silver rimmed. Chester, 1891.

0:23:11 > 0:23:13So, they're Victorian.

0:23:13 > 0:23:17Doulton started off by making drains in London

0:23:17 > 0:23:20and then developed their wares. They're quite unusual.

0:23:20 > 0:23:24I think, not so much the salts, but the toothpick holder is unusual.

0:23:24 > 0:23:25They're priced at £65.

0:23:25 > 0:23:28I'd stand a sporting chance, I suppose,

0:23:28 > 0:23:30at sort of 40, something like that.

0:23:30 > 0:23:33Well, I wonder what Charles can manage.

0:23:33 > 0:23:35Do they call that the harvest pattern or the hunting pattern?

0:23:35 > 0:23:37- Hunting pattern, I believe. - Hunting pattern, yeah.

0:23:37 > 0:23:39They're Chester as well.

0:23:39 > 0:23:43Just a little bit more cachet to Chester, isn't there?

0:23:43 > 0:23:45I think that's a sweet object.

0:23:46 > 0:23:49Cracked top to bottom. Had you spotted the crack?

0:23:49 > 0:23:53- I hadn't, no. - HE LAUGHS

0:23:53 > 0:23:55I reckon we're getting somewhere.

0:23:55 > 0:23:58- Would £40 buy those three objects? - As you've pointed out the crack,

0:23:58 > 0:24:01- I would say that £40 would be a fair price.- Would you?

0:24:01 > 0:24:04- That's very kind of you. Thank you.- Thank you.- At last!

0:24:04 > 0:24:07I don't think he's quite forgotten the silver, either.

0:24:07 > 0:24:11- Well, I'm about to leave. I've come to say goodbye.- Oh, farewell.

0:24:11 > 0:24:16But I'm still happy to pay £130. You don't have to say yes.

0:24:16 > 0:24:21- I shall say yes.- Are you sure? Thank you. That's wonderful.

0:24:21 > 0:24:25So, £130, plus 40 for the salts and toothpick holder.

0:24:25 > 0:24:29It's a pleasure doing business with you. Lovely, thank you.

0:24:29 > 0:24:30- Enjoy your day.- I will.

0:24:31 > 0:24:34And with Charlie now safely off the premises,

0:24:34 > 0:24:38can James be persuaded to part with some cash?

0:24:38 > 0:24:40What does it say here? We've got "Chinese tea set".

0:24:40 > 0:24:44Well, I know it's not Chinese. It's made in England.

0:24:44 > 0:24:47We've got four teacups and saucers. Unusual pattern, this.

0:24:47 > 0:24:51It's quite early, but it's a very soft-paste pottery

0:24:51 > 0:24:56and it's made in Staffordshire by a company called Hilditch & Sons.

0:24:56 > 0:25:02Very short-lived. 1822 to 1830. So, classic Regency period.

0:25:02 > 0:25:06- You know, these are 200 years old. - Good spot, James.

0:25:06 > 0:25:10Eight pieces here, £8. So, that's £2 a cup and saucer.

0:25:10 > 0:25:15That's quite cheap. Actually, I think I've found a bargain.

0:25:15 > 0:25:17Time to talk to Andrea.

0:25:17 > 0:25:20So, we've got this tea set here - Hilditch & Son.

0:25:20 > 0:25:24- I couldn't identify them, so you've done very well.- Thank you.

0:25:24 > 0:25:26Is there some reward for that, Andrea?

0:25:26 > 0:25:31- There's eight on them.- Could I slash you in half? Could you do four?

0:25:31 > 0:25:36- We'll do five.- Five?- Yeah.- £5. A round five. There you are.

0:25:36 > 0:25:38- All right?- Thank you very much indeed.- That's OK.

0:25:38 > 0:25:41Not splashing the cash just yet, is he?

0:25:41 > 0:25:43A fiver is yours. I have a fiver there.

0:25:43 > 0:25:46Let's leave Mr Moneybags

0:25:46 > 0:25:49and catch up with his fellow road-tripper

0:25:49 > 0:25:51in the cathedral city of Devon

0:25:51 > 0:25:54to see a portrait of an inspirational figure

0:25:54 > 0:25:59at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, which is a great place.

0:25:59 > 0:26:02- Michele, hello!- Oh, hello, hi. Good to meet you.- Lovely to be here.

0:26:02 > 0:26:03- Shall we go in?- Thank you.

0:26:03 > 0:26:07Assistant curator Michele Green has been studying how this man,

0:26:07 > 0:26:10former slave Ignatius Sancho...

0:26:10 > 0:26:12- There he is.- There he is.

0:26:12 > 0:26:14..came to have his likeness painted

0:26:14 > 0:26:16by one of our greatest portrait painters.

0:26:16 > 0:26:19- It was thought to be painted by Joshua Reynolds.- Yeah.

0:26:19 > 0:26:22In 2006, a lot of research was carried out

0:26:22 > 0:26:26- and we found out that the painter is Allan Ramsay.- Ah.

0:26:26 > 0:26:29Ah. The story of this early black Briton,

0:26:29 > 0:26:31who became a celebrity and a published writer

0:26:31 > 0:26:3675 years before abolition, began in 1729.

0:26:36 > 0:26:39So, we've got a ship coming in from the West Indies

0:26:39 > 0:26:43- with sugar and also Ignatius. - And Ignatius, yes.

0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Unfortunately, his mother died soon after his birth.- Right.

0:26:46 > 0:26:50His father also took his own life, rather than becoming a slave...

0:26:50 > 0:26:52- Really?- ..so, effectively, he was an orphan.- Goodness me.

0:26:52 > 0:26:54Do we know who actually bought him?

0:26:54 > 0:27:00Three sisters in London and he went to the house and worked for them.

0:27:00 > 0:27:02Does history relate how he got on with them?

0:27:02 > 0:27:06Whilst he was with the sisters, he met the 2nd Duke of Montagu,

0:27:06 > 0:27:11who was a friend of the family, and he saw his great intelligence.

0:27:11 > 0:27:15He basically encouraged him to start reading

0:27:15 > 0:27:17and also lent him his books.

0:27:17 > 0:27:21In 1749, he ran away and he went back to the Montagus.

0:27:21 > 0:27:23And they took him in?

0:27:23 > 0:27:27They took him in and he worked as a butler for Mary, Duchess Montagu.

0:27:27 > 0:27:30- Yeah.- And she must have had great affection for him

0:27:30 > 0:27:34because, when she died, she left him money.

0:27:34 > 0:27:37Cor, I bet that was frowned upon by the rest of her family.

0:27:37 > 0:27:40As an emancipated man, Sancho encountered artists

0:27:40 > 0:27:42and writers, composing music

0:27:42 > 0:27:45and making quite an impression on 18th-century society.

0:27:45 > 0:27:48He also used his fame, and his example,

0:27:48 > 0:27:51to argue for the abolition of the slave trade.

0:27:51 > 0:27:54He even wrote poetry. He was cultured and witty.

0:27:54 > 0:27:56We see him painted on his own,

0:27:56 > 0:27:59which reflects his status in society.

0:28:00 > 0:28:03- Gosh, it gets even better the closer you get.- It does.

0:28:03 > 0:28:06- The detail's fantastic.- Yeah.

0:28:06 > 0:28:09- Are there particular hallmarks of Ramsay's work here?- There are.

0:28:09 > 0:28:13First, the eyes are so naturalistic. They stand out.

0:28:13 > 0:28:15It's almost like they follow you.

0:28:15 > 0:28:19- And also, you see these very small, short brushstrokes...- Yeah.

0:28:19 > 0:28:23- ..which is a technique he used from the 1740s.- Yeah.

0:28:23 > 0:28:27- And it really helps to illuminate his face.- And the colouring is...

0:28:27 > 0:28:31- I mean, that silk tunic. - It's very strongly lit.- Yeah.

0:28:31 > 0:28:34And you can see it's so skilfully done.

0:28:34 > 0:28:37But it wasn't just one great 18th-century artist

0:28:37 > 0:28:39because later in his life,

0:28:39 > 0:28:42Ignatius was painted by Thomas Gainsborough as well.

0:28:42 > 0:28:45By that time, it would seem, he had become a London shopkeeper,

0:28:45 > 0:28:48which entitled him to another first.

0:28:48 > 0:28:51In 1780, he voted in the free elections

0:28:51 > 0:28:54- for Charles James Fox.- Yeah.

0:28:54 > 0:28:57This is the first record of a black person

0:28:57 > 0:28:59voting in a British election.

0:28:59 > 0:29:01Must have been an extraordinary man.

0:29:01 > 0:29:05Someone that was born on a slave ship

0:29:05 > 0:29:09and ended up being painted by such famous artists.

0:29:09 > 0:29:12One final achievement - the first person of African descent

0:29:12 > 0:29:16to have his obituary in the British press. Wow.

0:29:20 > 0:29:23Meanwhile, James is a man on a mission.

0:29:23 > 0:29:26The last shop and Charlie and I have rather agreed

0:29:26 > 0:29:31that we want to spend up. I've got over £250 to spend.

0:29:31 > 0:29:34I would like to try and wrestle it away from Charlie.

0:29:34 > 0:29:39He has been in a dominant position now for the last two auctions.

0:29:39 > 0:29:41Crikey!

0:29:41 > 0:29:45It's all down to one final buying opportunity on the Devon coast

0:29:45 > 0:29:48at Torquay, known as the English Riviera.

0:29:50 > 0:29:53- Hello. James.- Hi, I'm Penny. - Good to meet you, Penny.- And you.

0:29:53 > 0:29:56- What should I be looking out for? - Just everything. It's all lovely.

0:29:56 > 0:29:59Watch out for the crocodile, though.

0:29:59 > 0:30:00Sound advice,

0:30:00 > 0:30:03although he's definitely watching out for you, too, James.

0:30:03 > 0:30:06And don't forget to watch the ceiling.

0:30:06 > 0:30:08See what I mean?

0:30:08 > 0:30:11- Whoa! They're a good weight, Penny.- They are.

0:30:12 > 0:30:14Absolutely lethal.

0:30:14 > 0:30:16Yes, do be careful.

0:30:16 > 0:30:19- So, where do they come from?- Oh, someone came and sold them to us.

0:30:19 > 0:30:21So, I think these would have been

0:30:21 > 0:30:23sort of like practice duelling swords.

0:30:23 > 0:30:25Very unpleasant.

0:30:25 > 0:30:27Goodness me!

0:30:27 > 0:30:32Epee and foil, you're like this, but sabre, you look like a teapot.

0:30:32 > 0:30:33THEY LAUGH

0:30:33 > 0:30:35They might make quite a good decorative...

0:30:35 > 0:30:38- What could they be? - They can be £50 to you.

0:30:38 > 0:30:42Swords and crocodiles - it's like Peter Pan in here, isn't it?

0:30:43 > 0:30:46This is a pretty little fellow. What have we got here?

0:30:46 > 0:30:48We've got a black grate, small size.

0:30:48 > 0:30:50So, it would have been in a little bedroom.

0:30:50 > 0:30:53We're going to Dorchester. Quite a historic...

0:30:53 > 0:30:57It's the county town of Dorset. There's lots of old houses there.

0:30:57 > 0:31:01In the '60s and '70s, everybody ripped these things out.

0:31:01 > 0:31:03Now, people want them back in again.

0:31:03 > 0:31:06But it's quite small, quite sweet, quite heavy.

0:31:06 > 0:31:09Date-wise - 1830, 1840.

0:31:09 > 0:31:12- Ticket price - £50. - Let's go and see Penny.

0:31:12 > 0:31:16So, will it be a cut throat or grate deal? Ha!

0:31:16 > 0:31:19- It's a pretty little item, Penny, isn't it?- It's lovely.

0:31:19 > 0:31:21Penny, 30 quid for that.

0:31:21 > 0:31:26- Cash.- That's a bit low.- Is it?- Yeah.

0:31:26 > 0:31:28- Well, it is quite low, isn't it? - SHE CHUCKLES

0:31:28 > 0:31:31- 45.- What about 35?

0:31:31 > 0:31:33- What about 40?- What about 38?

0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Go on, then. - HE LAUGHS

0:31:36 > 0:31:3938. I like that. And I like the sabres.

0:31:39 > 0:31:40Bit rusty, aren't they?

0:31:40 > 0:31:43There's a lot of work I'm going to have to put into those, Penny.

0:31:43 > 0:31:47- And I noticed, up there, you've got some epees.- Mm-hm.

0:31:47 > 0:31:49- Did they come in from the same source?- Yeah.

0:31:49 > 0:31:52What about 30 for the sabres and 30 the epees?

0:31:52 > 0:31:56- No, that's a bit too low. - Bit too low, is it? Oh, dear.

0:31:56 > 0:32:01- £80 the pair.- £80 the pair. That's valuing them at £40 each.

0:32:01 > 0:32:07Can you do 38? 38. 38. We've got a trio of 38s.

0:32:07 > 0:32:12- Yeah, that's OK.- Is that OK? - Go on, then.- Go on, put it there.

0:32:12 > 0:32:13Thank you very much indeed.

0:32:13 > 0:32:17- So, 114 smacks in total... - Merci beaucoup.

0:32:17 > 0:32:19..for the great and dangerous-looking group

0:32:19 > 0:32:21of rusty weaponry.

0:32:21 > 0:32:23- I'm going to leave these swords here...- OK.

0:32:23 > 0:32:26..lest there's a duel between Charlie and I.

0:32:26 > 0:32:30And with his form at the moment, I think I might lose.

0:32:30 > 0:32:32- Thank you.- Bye!- Bye!

0:32:35 > 0:32:37Now, with all the shopping done,

0:32:37 > 0:32:41he's persuaded Charlie to join him on that much-threatened dip

0:32:41 > 0:32:44further along the Riviera in Teignmouth.

0:32:44 > 0:32:47Well, it would be rude not to, wouldn't it?

0:32:47 > 0:32:52Ah, takes me back! Takes me back. Sea bathing.

0:32:52 > 0:32:55- Whatever the temperature... - Oh, James!

0:32:55 > 0:32:58- You look like Charles Atlas. - Must be the yoga.

0:32:58 > 0:33:01Do you know, they're such sports, these two, aren't they?

0:33:01 > 0:33:04The greatest fun. Heading for France!

0:33:04 > 0:33:08When the surf's finally up, it'll be time for some shut-eye.

0:33:09 > 0:33:12Now, a fictionalised version of this lovely town

0:33:12 > 0:33:15features in Thomas Hardy's Mayor Of Casterbridge.

0:33:15 > 0:33:18There's an auction, too, although I'm sure that

0:33:18 > 0:33:23any resemblance to today's events will be purely coincidental.

0:33:23 > 0:33:27- Come on. Energy.- Energy. - Energy.- Keep it up. Keep it up.

0:33:27 > 0:33:29That swim really did work wonders.

0:33:29 > 0:33:32After starting out, putting the "crew" into Crewkerne,

0:33:32 > 0:33:36our pair are about to attend their very last auction of the trip

0:33:36 > 0:33:38at Dorset's county town.

0:33:38 > 0:33:41Welcome to Duke's - with internet bidding.

0:33:42 > 0:33:47James parted with a mere £142 for his five auction lots...

0:33:47 > 0:33:49Come on. Come on.

0:33:50 > 0:33:54..while Charlie, as promised, spent almost all he had,

0:33:54 > 0:33:58£325, also on five lots.

0:33:58 > 0:34:00So, what do we reckon? Cards on the table, eh?

0:34:00 > 0:34:04Now, this could be no other's than Charlie Ross's.

0:34:04 > 0:34:06He loves a bit of Georgian mahogany.

0:34:06 > 0:34:09We've got a nice bit of cross banding going on round there.

0:34:09 > 0:34:11Anyway, another loss to Charlie.

0:34:11 > 0:34:15James, you must be barking mad buying this.

0:34:15 > 0:34:18A West Highland terrier in delicious woolwork.

0:34:18 > 0:34:20It's been so beautifully put together

0:34:20 > 0:34:23in the most ghastly frame.

0:34:23 > 0:34:27Estimate? I don't think it deserves one.

0:34:27 > 0:34:31Well, I wonder what auctioneer Garry Batt thinks will be a hit.

0:34:31 > 0:34:34I like the cups and saucers. I think they're very primitive.

0:34:34 > 0:34:37Having said that, the market for just pretty little cups

0:34:37 > 0:34:40and saucers is quieter than it was.

0:34:40 > 0:34:43I think the metamorphic highchair is possibly more difficult.

0:34:43 > 0:34:45Probably would be illegal to put your child in it.

0:34:45 > 0:34:48People who collect dolls would like it.

0:34:48 > 0:34:52Those pre-First World War swords are very decorative

0:34:52 > 0:34:56and I think they could be certainly the top end of our estimate,

0:34:56 > 0:34:57and maybe even more.

0:34:57 > 0:35:02Cavalry pattern by Wilkinson. Just part of the Braxton collection.

0:35:02 > 0:35:05- Breathe in.- Not to mention Charlie's choices.

0:35:05 > 0:35:07Thank you.

0:35:07 > 0:35:09It's all come down to this.

0:35:09 > 0:35:12You've got a little bit of a fighting bent

0:35:12 > 0:35:13to your purchases, haven't you?

0:35:13 > 0:35:16Yeah, I'm tooled up for this last one.

0:35:16 > 0:35:20First, though, we have his great expectations.

0:35:20 > 0:35:22Well, good luck, sir. Here we go.

0:35:22 > 0:35:25- £30 bid. I'll take five now. - Oh!- I've got 30.

0:35:25 > 0:35:28Five. 40. Any advance on 40?

0:35:28 > 0:35:31Commission bid at £40.

0:35:33 > 0:35:36- Well done.- Slightly got away with it.- Washing the face.

0:35:36 > 0:35:39Yes, but you won't be catching up with Charlie like this.

0:35:39 > 0:35:41- The grate was not great.- No, no.

0:35:41 > 0:35:44Next, we have Charlie's trip back to his childhood.

0:35:44 > 0:35:47- Two words for you, Charlie. - Yeah?- Sticky fingers.

0:35:47 > 0:35:49- HE LAUGHS - Ew!

0:35:49 > 0:35:54Ten bid. 15. 20. Five, sir? £25.

0:35:54 > 0:35:57- Any advance on £25? - Oh, a bit more than this.

0:35:57 > 0:35:59Anywhere? Going, then, now, at £25

0:35:59 > 0:36:02- to you, sir. Thank you. - Put it down. Put it down.

0:36:02 > 0:36:06- Oh!- Not the hot seat he'd hoped for. Ha!

0:36:06 > 0:36:09It is, as I thought, going to go down to the wire.

0:36:09 > 0:36:12This is just so exciting, I can't tell you.

0:36:12 > 0:36:14Now, has James been sold a pup?

0:36:14 > 0:36:17- I like the glass bead eyes.- Do you?

0:36:19 > 0:36:21If you make a profit in this, I'm leaving.

0:36:21 > 0:36:24- Charming little thing...- Charming?! - ..depicting a West Highland terrier.

0:36:24 > 0:36:30I've got £10 to start. I'll take 15. 15. And 20 anyone? At £15.

0:36:30 > 0:36:32This is far too much. 15?

0:36:32 > 0:36:36- Take 20 bid. 20.- Go on. - Five anywhere now?- Don't make it 25.

0:36:36 > 0:36:39- I said I'd leave if it made 25.- £20.

0:36:39 > 0:36:42- You did very well getting £20 out of that.- I've lost on that.

0:36:42 > 0:36:45As long as he goes to a good home, eh?

0:36:45 > 0:36:47Here is the test.

0:36:47 > 0:36:50Would you have hung that woolwork picture in your house?

0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Yes.- You're a liar!

0:36:54 > 0:36:58Whereas Charlie is a good deal prouder of his card table.

0:36:58 > 0:36:59Something I would have in my house.

0:36:59 > 0:37:03I imagine your house is stuffed full of card tables.

0:37:03 > 0:37:04- Oh, it's got card tables... - Can you move?

0:37:04 > 0:37:06..whatnots, chests of drawers.

0:37:06 > 0:37:09My wife is now wedged into the corner of the drawing-room.

0:37:09 > 0:37:12Who will start me off with this at £50?

0:37:12 > 0:37:1450's bid. 60, I'll take.

0:37:14 > 0:37:20- 60 down here. At 60.- Well done. - Oh, come on.- 70 bid. 80 now, then.

0:37:20 > 0:37:22- £80 is bid.- It's for nothing. It's worth £150.

0:37:22 > 0:37:2490, anyone like?

0:37:24 > 0:37:27All done? Everybody out?

0:37:27 > 0:37:30I feel a tear moistening my eye.

0:37:30 > 0:37:32Profit's the name of the game, though, Charlie.

0:37:32 > 0:37:35- I'm out of touch, aren't I? - I hate to break this to you.- Yeah?

0:37:35 > 0:37:37- You may be. - HE LAUGHS

0:37:37 > 0:37:40Well, this lot's hardly trending either, James,

0:37:40 > 0:37:41but they were cheap.

0:37:41 > 0:37:44- £20 to start me. Ten is bid, then. Ten.- Ten?- 15.

0:37:44 > 0:37:4820. Any advance on 20 for the discerning buyer? 25.

0:37:48 > 0:37:52- 30. Thank you, madam. 30.- Madam!- At £30.

0:37:52 > 0:37:54There you are, ma'am, at £30.

0:37:54 > 0:37:57- Are we all done? I sell... - Bring the gavel down!- ..over here.

0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Oh! Congratulations, old mate. - Thank you.- Well done.

0:38:01 > 0:38:04Thankfully, they were somebody's cup of tea.

0:38:04 > 0:38:06You are coming up behind me

0:38:06 > 0:38:09and the faster I ride, you're riding slightly faster.

0:38:09 > 0:38:13Can Charlie's Doulton bits give him a boost?

0:38:13 > 0:38:15- Who'll start me where? - Look.- 20 is bid.

0:38:15 > 0:38:17Five now. At 20.

0:38:17 > 0:38:20- 25.- Hey, look, look. - Any advance on 30? Five.

0:38:20 > 0:38:24Thank you, sir. 35. 40. Five for you, sir.

0:38:24 > 0:38:26Oh, sir! What a shame.

0:38:26 > 0:38:31Going at 40. Any advance then? Now then, all done at £40 with me?

0:38:31 > 0:38:33Good effort, sir.

0:38:34 > 0:38:37James is inching ever closer.

0:38:37 > 0:38:40But, hey, it's the end of the trip. Pressy time.

0:38:40 > 0:38:45- I've got a little something for you. - What?- Rather an important tome.

0:38:45 > 0:38:48- You wily...! - HE LAUGHS

0:38:48 > 0:38:50Yoga!

0:38:50 > 0:38:53- I want you to get into some of those positions.- Oh, I can do that one.

0:38:53 > 0:38:57Well, he's a former fencer. He should. Next, his epees.

0:38:57 > 0:39:03I have overlapping bids at ten. 15 now, then. 20.

0:39:03 > 0:39:05£20. £20.

0:39:05 > 0:39:0825. 30. At £30, then, now.

0:39:08 > 0:39:10- I don't want to make nothing. - Beats the room.

0:39:10 > 0:39:14- Going at £30. I sell for 30. - A small loss?

0:39:16 > 0:39:19He'll be cross about those, but not for long.

0:39:21 > 0:39:25When you have a little libation at your local pub...

0:39:25 > 0:39:26It's a beaker.

0:39:26 > 0:39:29- CHARLIE GASPS - Look at that.

0:39:29 > 0:39:31James, thank you very much indeed.

0:39:31 > 0:39:35As you get fitter, I'll get less and less fit.

0:39:35 > 0:39:38Well, let's see how you're looking after the sell of your big buy,

0:39:38 > 0:39:40the silver fella.

0:39:40 > 0:39:41Start me at where?

0:39:41 > 0:39:46£70 is bid. 80 now, then. 80, thank you, at the back, sir. 80.

0:39:46 > 0:39:5190 anywhere, then? At 80. 90. 100. 110. 120. 130.

0:39:51 > 0:39:54- Well done.- No, that's...- 140.- 140.

0:39:54 > 0:39:57140, if you like, in the door. No?

0:39:57 > 0:40:02At £130, then. Now, near me at 130. All clear?

0:40:04 > 0:40:06Struggling to make an impression there.

0:40:06 > 0:40:09- You're struggling to get a bit of traction on this.- I am.

0:40:09 > 0:40:11Still a few lots to go, though.

0:40:11 > 0:40:14Fiddling around with a few pounds up and a few pounds down.

0:40:14 > 0:40:16Something enormous is going to happen.

0:40:16 > 0:40:21But will it be rusty and pointed? James's sabres.

0:40:21 > 0:40:26I have £60 to start. At 70 now, then. 60. 70. 80.

0:40:26 > 0:40:28Any advance on 80? 80. 90.

0:40:28 > 0:40:33£90 is bid. 90. 100, anyone like? 100 is bid. And ten. 120.

0:40:33 > 0:40:37- Braxton...- 130. £130. - ..I submit.- 130.

0:40:37 > 0:40:43130. 140. 140. All over? Going at 140...

0:40:45 > 0:40:48- I have to say...- Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.- ..I take my hat off to you.

0:40:48 > 0:40:51That huge profit may well have clinched it for James.

0:40:51 > 0:40:55In spite of any knowledge or experience, I've managed to...

0:40:55 > 0:40:57How did I latch onto it?

0:40:57 > 0:41:01Last chance, Charlie - your bargain silver collection.

0:41:01 > 0:41:04Who will start me at £60?

0:41:04 > 0:41:1060 bid. 70. Commission 80. 90. 100. And... No?

0:41:10 > 0:41:13£100 is bid, then. Nothing in the room?

0:41:13 > 0:41:15I sell at £100, therefore.

0:41:15 > 0:41:17100. Thank you.

0:41:17 > 0:41:20- Very nice, but will it be enough? - It's going to be close.

0:41:20 > 0:41:23There's not going to be a lot in it, but I just have a feeling...

0:41:23 > 0:41:26- It's going to be close. - ..that you've nibbled ahead.

0:41:26 > 0:41:27Come on, James.

0:41:27 > 0:41:32Well, best left to our crack team of mathematicians, then.

0:41:32 > 0:41:37Charles started out with £335.62, and after auction costs,

0:41:37 > 0:41:39made a loss of £17.50.

0:41:39 > 0:41:44So, he ends up with £318.12.

0:41:45 > 0:41:51While James, who began with £297.72, made, after costs,

0:41:51 > 0:41:54a profit of £71.20.

0:41:54 > 0:41:59So, his winning total is £368.92.

0:41:59 > 0:42:02All profits go to Children In Need.

0:42:02 > 0:42:05That is absolutely fascinating.

0:42:05 > 0:42:08Do you know, there are one or two positions in that book

0:42:08 > 0:42:09that you could only dream about.

0:42:09 > 0:42:12I think I need to be craned into them.

0:42:12 > 0:42:14- THEY LAUGH - Well, James...- Anyway...

0:42:14 > 0:42:16..congratulations. You've done it again.

0:42:16 > 0:42:18- I know. - I'm going to drown my sorrows.

0:42:18 > 0:42:21Oh, don't drown your sorrows. Come and join me on the mats.

0:42:21 > 0:42:22It's the future.

0:42:22 > 0:42:26Not down on any map. True places never are.

0:42:26 > 0:42:27Have a good trip!

0:42:28 > 0:42:30# Hey, look at us now

0:42:31 > 0:42:33# Hey, look at us now

0:42:35 > 0:42:38# Hey, look at us now, now, now, now, now, now

0:42:38 > 0:42:40# Look at us now... #

0:42:41 > 0:42:43You're safe with the safe.

0:42:43 > 0:42:46Oh, Mother, I want to pay ten for it!

0:42:48 > 0:42:50Ooh, sorry.

0:42:50 > 0:42:52# Look at me now

0:42:53 > 0:42:55# Hey, look at me now... #

0:42:55 > 0:42:58No! No! No!

0:42:58 > 0:43:00Perfect fit. Ooh!

0:43:00 > 0:43:02I think it's the best road trip I've ever had.

0:43:02 > 0:43:04Do you know, I think he's right.

0:43:04 > 0:43:08Next time, it's quite a fling with new friends...

0:43:08 > 0:43:11- I'll give you a tenner for it. - OK, darling, buckle up.

0:43:11 > 0:43:15..and old pals, as Anita and Charles show us how it's done.

0:43:16 > 0:43:19SMASHING

0:43:19 > 0:43:21Come on, Charlie!

0:43:21 > 0:43:22Game on!