0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05£200 each, and one big challenge.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Testing!
0:00:07 > 0:00:13Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:13 > 0:00:16The aim is trade up and hope each antique turns profit.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18But it's not as easy as it sounds
0:00:18 > 0:00:20and there can only be one winner.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24So, will it be the highway to success
0:00:24 > 0:00:26or the B road to bankruptcy?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40This week, we're road tripping with auctioneer Charlie Ross
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and porcelain expert Mark Stacey.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Shut up and drive!
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Their chosen transport, a 1965 Mercedes Pagoda Roadster.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Charlie Ross ran his own auction house for 25 years.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59He's a furniture expert who's wooing the dealers
0:00:59 > 0:01:01into slashing their prices.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Would you think it's forward if I gave you a kiss to say thank you?
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Opponent Mark Stacey came third last series.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11A valuer, dealer and auctioneer,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14he's fiercely competitive.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16I'm here to thrash you, Charlie. Come on.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19Each expert started their road trip with £200.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24Mark has thumped Charlie in the profit stakes right from the start.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26I think it was perfectly fair, don't you?
0:01:26 > 0:01:30He's taken his £200 and transformed it
0:01:30 > 0:01:33into a bumper £355.55.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Charlie's put heart and soul into every buy.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41I can't resist it, Frances. Can I shake you by the hand?
0:01:41 > 0:01:43But it's not enough.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47He made a loss of £33.57 on the last leg.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52He begins today's road trip with just £215.34.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55So Charlie's got a fight on his hands.
0:01:57 > 0:01:58Oh, Charlie, bad luck.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Mark and Charlie's road trip started in the West Midlands
0:02:01 > 0:02:04and is now a whistle-stop tour of Wales,
0:02:04 > 0:02:07finishing in Chippenham in Wiltshire.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11At the moment, they're leaving Anglesey,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14headed for an auction showdown in Carmarthen, further south.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17But first off, it's Newcastle Emlyn.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Newcastle Emlyn sits on the River Teifi.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26The town had 35 pubs in 1868.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29Today there are only eight.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35Never mind. There's an antiques centre for the boys to peruse.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Charlie desperately needs to get back in the game.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43I've got to be a bit more careful here. On the other hand, I've got to spend my money
0:02:43 > 0:02:48in order to catch up Mark. But with £215, that's going to be difficult.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Yes, it is. You'd better get looking!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56What do you look for in a teddy bear?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58A good character.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02A long snout. Good length of leg.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03A chunky thigh.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Good limbs.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Neither of those teddies really fit the bill.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Not to be bought.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14From chunky thighs and long snouts to Mark Stacey.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16This is quite fun.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19It's a little sort of custard set, I suppose.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23You'd have very thick custard in there, like a creme brulee
0:03:23 > 0:03:25or creme anglaise.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Actually, it's priced up at only £6.50.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32Known as cream ware, this lead glazed earthenware
0:03:32 > 0:03:36was first perfected by Josiah Wedgwood in the late 18th century.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Queen Charlotte was so taken with it,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43she appointed Wedgwood as the royal supplier of dinnerware
0:03:43 > 0:03:45in 1762.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49This custard set is a little younger.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51It's late 19th century.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56I'm just going to see whether this is actually dirt on here
0:03:56 > 0:03:58or whether it's actually in the firing.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02If it's in the firing, then you've had it, really.
0:04:02 > 0:04:07What I might do is see if the antiques centre has a kitchen,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10and I'll give it a wash and see how it comes up.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13One of the cups has got a little chip on it.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15There's a crack there.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18That one's not coming up very nicely.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22This one is marked. It's marked "Etruria, England".
0:04:22 > 0:04:27Etruria was one of Wedgwood's main factories, which adds value
0:04:27 > 0:04:29to this set if you're careful.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34I think, if we can get this for a fiver or less...
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- CLATTER - Ooh, dear!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38As I was saying, if we can get this for a pound or less!
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Don't do that at home!
0:04:42 > 0:04:47If we can get this for a fiver or less, it would be really rude not to buy it.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50Steve, I've had a little clean-up there,
0:04:50 > 0:04:53in the limited facilities you have.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I've found one I think is not part of it.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00One that has a nasty hairline crack in it, and a couple of chips.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04But overall, I think it's actually quite a nice little thing.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06- It's got 6.50 on it.- A fiver.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Four?- Go on, then.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13Definitely worth all that scrubbing around in the lavvy.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Now, what's Charlie up to?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18I like the silver and steel cigar cutter.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Overlaid silver on the handle. - On the handle.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23And a steel body to it.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Great quality. What do you think that is? Edwardian?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- Yes, Edwardian, just on the cusp, yes.- Yeah.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Edward VII was a famous cigar smoker.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39So it was fashionable for gentlemen of the time to follow suit.
0:05:39 > 0:05:44Cigar cutters dangled from watch chains and were impressively decorated.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47This is perfect for a fat, hand-rolled cigar.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It's priced at £48.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54- Very nice. I don't suppose I can buy it for a tenner?- Not a tenner!
0:05:54 > 0:05:56- Are you sure?- Absolutely!
0:05:56 > 0:06:00- 38 would buy it.- I'm going to think seriously. 25?
0:06:00 > 0:06:0235.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- 28?- 30, come on!
0:06:04 > 0:06:11I was almost tempted to say 29 but he's been so reasonable, I'll give you £30 for it.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Thank you very much.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Mark's going Edwardian, too.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21A cellist's chair. But there's no price on it.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26The type of inlay is very Edwardian. That all dates to about 1910.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28It's getting on for 100-years-old or so.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I'll find out how much it costs.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33There's a chair in here without a price on it.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35The label's come off it.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37- Yes. 65.- Oh, 65, is it?
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- It's a shame, isn't it? It's quite pretty.- Very pretty.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Mark's putting the chair down, but he'd better watch out.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49With Charlie around, he might have it stolen from under his nose!
0:06:50 > 0:06:55I'm always looking for things that have lost their price tags.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00You always live in hope that somebody's forgotten how much it should be priced at.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05This is from the Sheraton revival period.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09Thomas Sheraton was a neo-classical English furniture designer
0:07:09 > 0:07:11in the late 18th century.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13In the Edwardian era,
0:07:13 > 0:07:20furniture-makers revived the classic lines and designs from 100 years previously.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Great inlay.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26It's mahogany base, strung in box wood,
0:07:26 > 0:07:31inlaid with olive wood and with satinwood.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Fantastic quality workmanship.
0:07:34 > 0:07:39Charlie's hooked, so he's sending dealer Keith Bunold to find out more.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- If it could be unbelievably cheap... - I'll find out for you now.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48But will Mark work out Charlie's sitting on his potential profit?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50How's that?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53- I couldn't see the price on it. - There's 65 on it.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Who's looking at that?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- A customer.- Not Charlie Ross?
0:07:57 > 0:08:02- No, no.- I saw my eye on that first. I've asked already and I've reserved it. Haven't I?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04I've actually reserved that chair.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07He's not having it because I saw that first. You all saw me.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I waxed lyrical about that piece.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13If he's interested in it, I'm determined he's not going to have it!
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Lucky for Mark, the chair belongs to Stephen's wife.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19- What do you think she'll do it for? - 45.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22It's tempting to say the deal is done and he can't have it.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27No, I'm being wicked. That's nasty, isn't it?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Shall I be that nasty?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Cheeky Mark is off to tell Charlie he's bought it.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- Too late, Charlie.- You've bought it? - I've already bought that chair.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41- You can't have it, my friend.- Why not?- It's too expensive for you!
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- Oh!- It was £65... £68.- 68?- 68.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47What did you get it down to?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- I got it down to a very respectable...- 25?
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- No, not that, Charlie!- 30? - No, a little bit more.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Mark may have stolen it back,
0:08:56 > 0:08:58but he's still to get a deal on it.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01The thing is, I haven't really bought it yet.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04I don't know. But I just wanted to go and stop him.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09Make him worried, make him concerned that I'm just napping at his tail.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Let's have a word with Stephen. We'll try and get it for 40.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15We can't do a little bit better? 35?
0:09:15 > 0:09:16We can do it for 40.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18£40?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21It's rude not to buy it for £40, really, isn't it?
0:09:21 > 0:09:26It's a really sweet chair. Even if I don't make much on it, it's a nice object for the show.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I'll take that as well. Thank you, Stephen.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Oh, dear! Could this all lead to our first Road Trip tiff?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- Where are you going?- I'm not telling you.- You're in the car?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- You can't leave me here, Charlie! - I can!
0:09:38 > 0:09:41- I'm left high and dry. - And that's where you're staying.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43What a scoundrel!
0:09:44 > 0:09:49Frankly, I'm so far behind, I'm somewhere on the back straight.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51This dealing lark!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54It's not as easy as you'd think!
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Poor old Charlie. He's ventured just outside Newcastle Emlyn
0:09:58 > 0:10:01to another antique shop. But will it change his fortunes?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Hello!- Hello, there.- Hi.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Cameron Bennett is more collector than dealer,
0:10:09 > 0:10:13so he won't be parting with any beloved pieces for a song.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15"Peter Pan Bodices"!
0:10:15 > 0:10:18That really is a statement of the times, isn't it?
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Is that something that's for sale?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22It is for sale.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- How much is that? - I'd like to see 120 on that.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27I'm not surprised. It's a nice thing.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32Back to the drawing board. It's way out of your price range.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36In town, Mark's reaching for his comfort blanket.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Staffordshire figurines.
0:10:38 > 0:10:44- It's the signing of the Magna Carta. - I thought it might be. I was just going to say.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Obviously it's King John signing the Magna Carta.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Two colourful assistants. I love this.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52I love these bright, naive colours.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- There's a crack, look.- A chip in the bottom.- A big chip there.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59No wonder he's looking so cross!
0:10:59 > 0:11:03- And I think he's lost his nib on the pen.- On the pen, yeah.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07And I do like his garters, don't you?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10He's got lovely suntanned legs!
0:11:10 > 0:11:11Steady!
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Created about 1860, this Staffordshire figure
0:11:14 > 0:11:19may be based on a version of Shakespeare's The Life And Death Of King John.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24An actor called Charles Kean played the King, and this could be him.
0:11:24 > 0:11:29This piece is so rare, there's one in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33but even so, another one only sold for £120 at a recent auction.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37That would still give Mark a profit if he slashes down the price
0:11:37 > 0:11:40from its considerable £130 price tag.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46But there's a problem. Stephen is not the owner.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48How negotiable is it? Do you know?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- Make an offer. - For a fellow Welshman!
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- Can we speak to him on the phone? - I can try.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Mark's spotted something else.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Oh, yes. But that one's very damaged.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04One of them. And no price? It's free!
0:12:07 > 0:12:12I'm always looking for a Mark's memento, but I don't think I'll get this for nothing!
0:12:12 > 0:12:17Don't start that lark again, Mark Stacey! Freebie? I don't know. It's just not cricket!
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Again, maybe around about 1860 or so.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24I love the head of this prancing horse. It's so camp!
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- Do you know how much it is, by chance?- A tenner.- £10?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30That's far too much!
0:12:30 > 0:12:33For such a damaged figure!
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Here comes the sob story!
0:12:34 > 0:12:40I always try and get a little memento of each visit I make.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45- The dealers always warm to me, rather than Charlie Ross! - Well, I can understand that.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49They always say, "We must let you have something to be sure you get more profit."
0:12:49 > 0:12:53They normally give me something around about the £10 mark.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57We'll keep that out for now, because I have a feeling, with the right persuasion...
0:12:57 > 0:13:00We might have found the Mark memento!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- CLATTERING Oh, mind that door! - You deserve that!
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Mark knows the King John is priced at 130,
0:13:08 > 0:13:10while the princess is £10.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14He now has to be patient while the dealer phones the owner
0:13:14 > 0:13:17to see if they will negotiate. So it's a waiting game.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Charlie's still shopping, and Cameron has found him a little treasure.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24This I could sell.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31It's an electrotype copy of a French medal issued in 1815.
0:13:31 > 0:13:37An electrotype is a quasi-mechanical process reproducing objects in metal
0:13:37 > 0:13:41so meticulously that they could be mistaken for an original.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47This one depicts Napoleon Bonaparte, his second wife Marie-Louise and their infant son.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49There's a spot of intrigue, too.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54A letter from a museum to a London dealer, written in 1947,
0:13:54 > 0:13:56attempting to find out the medal's value.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00I love the letter! From Hertfordshire County Museum.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04It says it's an electrotype copy, not contemporary with the medal,
0:14:04 > 0:14:08because electrotypes were not made until about 1840.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11I'd better ask the price in case it's a fiver!
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- I would say £30.- Would you?
0:14:13 > 0:14:19- So if I offered you a tenner, you'd probably say, "That would do nicely."- No!
0:14:19 > 0:14:21No. Tough man, this man.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Tell you what, I'll meet you halfway and give you 20 quid for it.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29- I'll take a chance and pray! - Sounds good to me.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I like that, sir, very much indeed.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33All the best. Cheers.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Meanwhile, Mark's Staffordshire dealer has been back in touch
0:14:36 > 0:14:42to confirm the lowest price, so now, negotiations can begin.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- I managed to get hold of Keith.- Yes?
0:14:44 > 0:14:48With the flatback. And...80.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53That's £50 down from £130 for King John.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54But what about the princess?
0:14:54 > 0:14:59I'm thinking, because this is so damaged, and you said a tenner.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01- Yes.- Is that the best price?
0:15:01 > 0:15:05That depends on whether you're still quandering over that one.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- If you're quandering on that one, then I'll throw that one in. - That is tempting!
0:15:09 > 0:15:15Because then that's two for one, as it were. BOGOF!
0:15:15 > 0:15:16That's Bought One, Got One Free!
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Quick. Let's do this now before I change my mind again.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Because then, you just won't get any money out of me.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Goodbye!
0:15:25 > 0:15:28I'll gather up my purchases and depart.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32- A very happy man. Thanks again, Steve. Good to see you.- You, too.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40Hurray! The sun is shining, and the top is finally down on the roadster.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43And it's one last shopping spree before the auction.
0:15:45 > 0:15:51- I'm hoping at some stage you might actually consider buying an antique! - If I saw one, I'd buy one!
0:15:51 > 0:15:56Our cheeky chappies are motoring 25 miles south to Narberth,
0:15:56 > 0:16:01home to one of the largest antiques emporiums in Wales.
0:16:03 > 0:16:04It's a pretty town,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06proud of its medieval heritage.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10It's also home to the famous Narberth sausage, a heady mix
0:16:10 > 0:16:13of pork, tomato, leek and basil.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Definitely not an antique. Which brings us back to Mark and Charlie.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Are we there, Charlie?
0:16:19 > 0:16:22- I think we are. Back Lane. - That's the one we want.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26I can see you buying a load of old artefacts, can't you?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30There's so much to see.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38A little silver rose bowl has attracted Mark, but only just.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40It's this that I was slightly interested in.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43It's quite light-weight, isn't it?
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- A nice clear mark.- Sheffield. - What price have we got on this?
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- 75.- 75.- 75.- 75.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Maybe we can do something.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56OK. One thing you have to look at if you're buying something like this,
0:16:56 > 0:17:00which is normally a trophy of some sort, they're often engraved.
0:17:00 > 0:17:05You can have that removed, but by removing it, you are taking some of the silver away.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09If you actually press, and I've been pressing here,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11and there's a bit of give there,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13that could just be a dent,
0:17:13 > 0:17:19but on the other hand, it could be where there's been an inscription removed.
0:17:19 > 0:17:20That weakens the silver.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, if the price is right.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- 50.- 50. OK.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32I would have wanted it nearer, unfortunately, nearer the £30 mark.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34I'll pop it back and lock up.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39I can't find anything really in my price or anything I want to buy.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41So I'm going to head off.
0:17:41 > 0:17:47Charlie's still in the buying mood, and he's picking up from where Mark left off, with the rose bowl.
0:17:47 > 0:17:53- No engraving on it.- No engraving. And the double crown jubilee mark.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56- Nice crisp marks.- It is, isn't it?
0:17:56 > 0:18:00The double crown jubilee mark is in commemoration of King George V
0:18:00 > 0:18:04and Queen Mary's silver jubilee in 1935.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Charlie is in luck, because Karen Wilson owns this piece.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Is 40 going to tickle you?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Well, it might tickle you, but will it...
0:18:13 > 0:18:15I will do 50 for you.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Karen, we're very nearly there, I think.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22If I begged you to do 45, could that be done?
0:18:23 > 0:18:28- 48.- Ooh, 48!- 48.- You're licking your fingers on 48.
0:18:28 > 0:18:3046?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- 46. My last offer.- 45.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- My last offer.- Oh, you will do 45! You've come below... No!
0:18:36 > 0:18:37I've got that now!
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Hang on, Karen! You're selling, not buying!
0:18:40 > 0:18:42I nearly scuppered you there!
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Tell you what, at 47?- Yes.- Mwah!
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Karen's got something else up her sleeve.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51A Victorian warning sign for a telegraph pole!
0:18:51 > 0:18:56"Persons throwing stones at the telegraphs will be prosecuted."
0:18:56 > 0:19:02- That's before telephones, but in the days when you sent Morse code. - The wires, yes.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06I think it's going to make 40 or £50 at auction. It's a great thing.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11- I'd have to buy it for £30 really, to go anywhere.- 35?
0:19:11 > 0:19:12You're...
0:19:12 > 0:19:16You know how to do a deal, don't you?
0:19:16 > 0:19:17£35.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Oh... Go for it!
0:19:20 > 0:19:25Charlie is settling up for his two items, then he's taking a little detour.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Off to the seaside!
0:19:28 > 0:19:30He's on his way to Laugharne,
0:19:30 > 0:19:3215 miles east of Narberth.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38He's visiting a boathouse, but it's no ordinary boathouse.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42This was once the home of Welsh bard Dylan Thomas.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Dylan Thomas's poetry is loved the world over.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49But he's probably most famous for his play Under Milk Wood,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53which was written while he lived here in the '50s.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Charlie is meeting John Tregenna,
0:19:56 > 0:19:58the curator of the boathouse.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- John?- Hello, Charlie.- Hi!
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- Lovely to see you.- You, too. Welcome to the Dylan Thomas Boathouse.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Dylan Thomas's poetry writing began while at school.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10His father was the headmaster.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15There's a story where Dylan Thomas is leaving school early, playing truant.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19There's a voice from behind, and the voice is the headmaster.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22The headmaster says to Dylan, "Where are you going, boy?"
0:20:22 > 0:20:25And he says, "Home to write poetry."
0:20:25 > 0:20:28And the headmaster, his father, says, "Well, don't get caught!"
0:20:28 > 0:20:34His poetry and radio plays reached the masses on the BBC.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36He also found fame in America,
0:20:36 > 0:20:42and it was there he died in 1953, aged only 39, from alcoholism.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45But most of the last four years of his life
0:20:45 > 0:20:47were spent in Laugharne.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52He wrote some of his best-loved poems here, in "the writing shed".
0:20:52 > 0:20:53Gosh.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Come in.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00If he had a deadline, his wife would lock him in the shed!
0:21:00 > 0:21:02She'd march him up here at two o'clock, lock him in,
0:21:02 > 0:21:07and at seven o'clock come along, unlock the door and let him go to the pub!
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Do you think I could sit down? - Course you can.- I'm a hopeless poet.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13But I could pretend.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18If you can't get inspiration looking out of this window, you can't get inspiration anywhere!
0:21:18 > 0:21:20This is absolutely amazing.
0:21:20 > 0:21:27I am sitting in Dylan Thomas's chair, at his desk,
0:21:27 > 0:21:31looking out of the very same window. Magic!
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I didn't know old Charlie was so poetic!
0:21:37 > 0:21:40But back to the road trip, and it's the end of the shopping.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Let's have a reminder of what the boys have bought.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Mark started this leg with £355.55 and has purchased
0:21:49 > 0:21:52three lots for £124.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57He bought a Creamware custard set, an Edwardian cellist's chair
0:21:57 > 0:21:58and a Staffordshire King John.
0:21:58 > 0:22:03Not forgetting the princess thrown in as a freebie. What a chancer!
0:22:03 > 0:22:06Charlie began this trip with £215.34
0:22:06 > 0:22:10and has amassed four lots, costing £132.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16There's the silver rose bowl, a Victorian telegraph sign,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20the Edwardian cigar cutter and the Napoleonic medal.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23But what do our chaps think of each other's purchases?
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Well done, Mr Stacey, again.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31We know he bought the chair, but I can't believe he got it for £40!
0:22:31 > 0:22:34The cast iron telegraph sign is absolutely charming.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38I've never seen one, nor has Charlie. The dealer hasn't.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Typical of the old rascal to come up with that. 35 quid, though.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44He'll be lucky to get a profit on it.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47If that bombs, "Good night, Sooty"!
0:22:47 > 0:22:52It's much more of an even match. Between you and me, I'm a little bit scared!
0:22:54 > 0:23:00This road trip has seen our dazzling duo whizz round South Wales in a search for antique treasures.
0:23:02 > 0:23:04They began in Newcastle Emlyn,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06then on to Narberth and Laugharne
0:23:06 > 0:23:09and now it's a bee-line east to Carmarthen.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Carmarthen lays claim to being the oldest town in Wales.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18It began life as a Roman fort.
0:23:18 > 0:23:23It's also home to the Arthurian legend that Merlin was born just outside the town.
0:23:24 > 0:23:30The auction will take place at Peter Francis Auctions, in business for over a century.
0:23:30 > 0:23:36- You haven't cut the mustard so far, Mr Ross.- No, I've been left in your wake, as always.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Can you smell profits in there? - Yes, quite a big one!
0:23:39 > 0:23:41For me, I hope!
0:23:42 > 0:23:45It's a general sale, where unusual collectibles do well.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Good news for Mark, where his Staffordshire King John is concerned, you'd think.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55Except it's been damaged on its way to the auction rooms.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58When breakages happen like this,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00the Antiques Road Trip likes to play fair.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05So the auctioneer will value the lot and we'll honour that amount, which in this case is £140.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08I'm naturally very disappointed, really.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12I'm guaranteed £60 profit. Having said that, of course,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I don't know quite how we address it if it makes 200!
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Steady, Mark!
0:24:17 > 0:24:20Still, you never know what might happen in an auction, so let the bidding commence!
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- Now, Charlie, here we go. - Le moment critique!
0:24:24 > 0:24:27For you, Charlie, it is.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30So let's hope your warning sign does the business!
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I've got four phone bids. One from my mother!
0:24:33 > 0:24:35One from Auntie Flo!
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- What's it worth? £30 away on that little sign.- Certainly not.
0:24:39 > 0:24:4120 to get on, then, surely?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43- Ten.- Surely at 20? 20 I'm bid.
0:24:43 > 0:24:4725 I've got with me. 30, the lady's bid, seated now at 30.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49At £30 I'm bid. 35 may I say?
0:24:49 > 0:24:53- Don't be ridiculous!- At 30, the lady's bid. 35 is next door.
0:24:53 > 0:24:5440, madam?
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- 40. At 40. - It's only washing its face.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00- £40. Any more?- Still so cheap.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Selling at £40.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04- Somebody's overpaid!- It's nothing!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07That's a £5 profit. But after commission,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10that will turn another loss for Charlie.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Next up, the Staffordshire figures. The damaged princess Mark got free,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19and the cracked King John
0:25:19 > 0:25:23that suffered an even bigger breakage en route to the auction.
0:25:23 > 0:25:2550 on the two. There they are. Surely?
0:25:25 > 0:25:2920 to go, then? Surely. Ten is all I'm bid. 15, may I say?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31At ten. 15. 20.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33- Here we go.- 25.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Against you, sir. 25, the lady's bid. They sell. 30.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- At 30. 35, may I say?- Can I bid?
0:25:40 > 0:25:44At £30. Any more? All done at £30.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47So, that's made a £50 loss,
0:25:47 > 0:25:51but as we guaranteed the auctioneer's estimate of £140,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Mark will make a £60 profit.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58I was hoping that was actually going to make more than the 140.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- I was still hopeful they might make 160 to 180.- Not without reason.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Perhaps that custard set will put a smile on Mark's face,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12particularly now the auctioneer has confirmed it's definitely Wedgwood.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Now, do hold it up nicely.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Drop it, preferably!
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- What do you say?- £50?- £30 away for the Wedgwood.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- 30.- Don't be ridiculous! Don't be silly!
0:26:23 > 0:26:2515 is here with me. At 15.
0:26:25 > 0:26:2715 with him?!
0:26:27 > 0:26:3015 is all I'm bid. 20, the lady on the back row. At 20,
0:26:30 > 0:26:32the lady on the back row. 25, may I say?
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- At 20, lady in the room. - Bring the hammer down!
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- £20.- Thank you.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39That's about right.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42That's a healthy profit before commission.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Mark's toys can stay firmly in the pram.
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Congratulations.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49£16 profit there, Charlie.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51The condition was too good, really.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Nothing like an old cracked record, is there?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Now for Charlie's cigar cutter.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- At 20 I'm bid. 25, may I say? - That's something.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05At £20 I'm bid. At 20. Two. 25.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- At 25 on the books.- On the book? - 28 at the back of the room. 28.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- We're nearly there.- 30. 30 I've got here with me at 30.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Two do you want? 32. At 32 at the back of the room.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18In the room at 32.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Away at £32. Number ten.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- You were lucky with that. - You think I'm lucky with everything.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28That small profit will turn another loss for Charlie after commission.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31He needs Lady Luck to shine on him.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36- I'm improving.- You've been worse. - If we do this for another six months, I might make a profit!
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Mark pooh-poohed Charlie's silver rose bowl.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Will the bidders do the same?
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Maybe a new auctioneer will bring a change in Charlie's fortunes.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49What shall we say? £90 to start me away for the bowl?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- I shouldn't think so.- 90 it is. 100.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53And ten. 110.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55120.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58120, gentleman's bid in the aisle. Selling away.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00£120.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I'm amazed with that, Charlie.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05I can't believe somebody paid 120 for that. I should have bought it.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09That's a £73 profit before commission.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11No wonder it's sour grapes for Mark.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14Congratulations, Charlie. A profit for a change.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Ooh, you're so catty!
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Next up, Charlie's copy of a Napoleonic medal.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25A 19th-century French electrotype medal,
0:28:25 > 0:28:30depicting Napoleon I, Marie-Louise and the infant King of Rome.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32- Shown behind me.- Honestly!
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Bit of interest again. Conflicting bids.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37I can start it away at £25. £30 with me.
0:28:37 > 0:28:3935, fresh bidder.
0:28:39 > 0:28:4340. 45 clears the book. In the room at 45
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- on my left.- Let's see 50.- 50, fresh bidder. And five. 55.
0:28:47 > 0:28:5060, sir? 55 seated on my left.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54- I'll sell at £55.- What's going on? - Number 872.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56I really don't like this at all!
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Not happy you're getting beaten, I suppose!
0:29:00 > 0:29:04A £35 profit. Charlie's back in the game, much to Mark's dismay!
0:29:04 > 0:29:08This is not on, Charlie.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12- Where's the congratulations? - Sorry, but it's just so uncalled.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13It's unheard of!
0:29:13 > 0:29:18Can Mark claw back his winnings with this Edwardian cellist's chair,
0:29:18 > 0:29:20stolen from Charlie?
0:29:20 > 0:29:24Cellist's chair. Nice music chair. Some musicians here.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Are there?- I've got a few bidders here. Some interest with me.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31Start this at 30. 35, 38 with me.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Getting there.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35£38. 40, straight in. 42 with me.
0:29:35 > 0:29:42- And five. 48. 50 in the room.- Oh, the tension!- £50. Any advance now?
0:29:42 > 0:29:44£50 seated.
0:29:44 > 0:29:48- Ooh!- That's a profit of a couple of quid, I suppose.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Bit less, maybe.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53It's a £10 profit before commission,
0:29:53 > 0:29:56keeping Mark out of the red. Just.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00- It's not a loss.- No, it isn't. I am king of the losses!
0:30:02 > 0:30:07With the stress of the broken Staffordshire figure, it's been a tough auction for Mark.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11He began this leg with £355.55,
0:30:11 > 0:30:16and has made a profit after auction costs of £48.99,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19giving him £404.54 to go on with.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24But it's Charlie who reigns as champion on this leg.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29He started out with a depleted £215.34,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31but after paying the auction costs,
0:30:31 > 0:30:35has amassed a fantastic profit of £71.46,
0:30:35 > 0:30:39giving him £286.80 for the next leg.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Profit! Profit!
0:30:43 > 0:30:45And victory!
0:30:45 > 0:30:47One out of four, Charlie.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50I could come out every time and say victory.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52I've won three times! You've won once.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- You did.- It's not over yet.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Indeed it's not.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59This leg of the journey will take us from the market
0:30:59 > 0:31:03town of Cowbridge, right through to the capital city, Cardiff.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07Final destination, the Chippenham auction rooms for the boys'
0:31:07 > 0:31:09ultimate showdown.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13And remember, Charlie has £286.80 to spend this road trip,
0:31:13 > 0:31:17and Mark has £404.50.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- Profit, that's the name of the game, Charlie.- Absolutely.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Cowbridge is a picturesque little town in the Vale of Glamorgan
0:31:23 > 0:31:26which is built on the site of a Roman settlement,
0:31:26 > 0:31:29dating back to the first century.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33Today, Cowbridge is affectionately known as "The Bond Street of Wales".
0:31:33 > 0:31:38But first, Charlie and Mark want to try their luck at the local car-boot sale.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40- Oh, that's old!- Yeah, take it.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42- You can't get rid of it?- No.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43How much do you want for it? £1?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- £30.- £30!- Go on.- Oh, come on!
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, items such as this
0:31:49 > 0:31:55could suddenly be mass produced, so, throughout the 19th century,
0:31:55 > 0:31:59the Victorian cast-iron fireplace became incredibly popular everywhere.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Lovely shell backplate!
0:32:01 > 0:32:06Today, it's still popular, but is it worth £30?
0:32:06 > 0:32:08That's absolutely extortionate, isn't it, madam?
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Would you take a fiver for it?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- No!- Are you sure?- No.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14I'm really quite interested in it.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Am I the first person to ask?
0:32:16 > 0:32:17No, no. It's gone down in price.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- What did it start at? - It started at £50.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Tell you what, I'll see you an hour later, it'll be a fiver.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Or, failing that...
0:32:24 > 0:32:26- Would you take a tenner?- I can't!
0:32:26 > 0:32:29Come on, Charlie, give her another fiver.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30- £15, yeah.- £15, yes?
0:32:30 > 0:32:31I'll have that!
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Have you got a fiver for me? I'll pick it up later.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38While Charlie's off to an interesting start,
0:32:38 > 0:32:42Mark's forgotten the auction completely and is buying himself a little something.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Oh, some boxer shorts.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47"An amusing Santa Surprise."
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- Well, we all need a Santa Surprise at Christmas, don't we?- Absolutely!
0:32:50 > 0:32:55These fashionable knickers also come with their very own jungle bells.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Oh, the bells can be removed, apparently.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00- How much are they?- 50p.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02There we are. Well, I'll keep them for Christmas.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Moral of the story?
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Thank you very much.
0:33:05 > 0:33:09If Mark Stacey invites you to a Christmas soiree, run.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13And if Charlie's doing the music, run even faster.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16HE PLAYS TUNELESSLY
0:33:16 > 0:33:17Sorry!
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- Lovely!- Works well, doesn't it? - It does!
0:33:20 > 0:33:22But while the pickings are slim in the final minutes
0:33:22 > 0:33:26of the Cowbridge car-boot sale, Mark has managed to spot something with his name on it.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Where did you get them from?
0:33:28 > 0:33:32They're just in the family, been handed down. What would they be made of?
0:33:32 > 0:33:35These are just nickel. They're very light, you see.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39There's not even...um, I don't think there's any silver content.
0:33:39 > 0:33:44Medals often attract strong interest at auction but the big money
0:33:44 > 0:33:48is for military medals which can be linked back to a particular battle.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50These, on the other hand, are simply ceremonial
0:33:50 > 0:33:52and they're worth a lot less.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56- What were you hoping to get for them? - £25?- £25?!- Yeah.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59There's no harm in hoping, is there?
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- Well, what do you reckon, then? - Well, a lot less than that.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04- £20.- No! I said, "a lot less!"
0:34:05 > 0:34:09Looking to do anything for a good price,
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Mark starts as he means to go on.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Bearing in mind, I do have to beat that Englishman...
0:34:14 > 0:34:17- Well, now you're talking. They'll come right down, now.- Yes.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- A fiver for the three?- Tenner.
0:34:20 > 0:34:25- Eight. Cash.- £9.50. - £8.50, you've got a deal.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26I'm not going to argue over 50p.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Three medals for £8.50.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Do you know, Charlie, I sniff a profit, there.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Right, then. Let's see how the boys fare on the high street.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37Mark's first stop is the local antique centre
0:34:37 > 0:34:40and, immediately, something special has caught his eye.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45Well, I've found a lovely pair of pottery vases here.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49I mean, they're Wedgwood type, with this jasper ware.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Jasper Ware was first developed by Josiah Wedgwood in the 1770s,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56taking thousands of trials to perfect.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Today, it's a classic and is still very much in production.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03As for its name, this was inspired by the resemblance to the mineral, jasper,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06an opaque form of quartz.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Now, judging by the imagery on these vases
0:35:08 > 0:35:12and the direct references to Nelson, they commemorate
0:35:12 > 0:35:16the Battle of Trafalgar and could be early 19th century.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20I have a feeling that they're going to be beyond our budget
0:35:20 > 0:35:22but they are charming.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27So let's meet the Welshman's next opponent. They call him...John.
0:35:27 > 0:35:28The lowest.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- Death! As David Harper would say. - Death!
0:35:30 > 0:35:33MOCK CHOKING
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- My cost back, £145. - DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYS
0:35:36 > 0:35:40£145?! Go easy, Mark, he's a pensioner!
0:35:40 > 0:35:43It's a bit cheeky, really, of me, is to say...
0:35:43 > 0:35:47- You can be as cheeky as you like. I will give you three answers.- Yes?
0:35:47 > 0:35:50"No", "Yes" and "Go away!"
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Oh, well, I don't want the latter one!
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Because I have to keep my end up, as it were...
0:35:56 > 0:36:00That is why I have offered them to you at a wholesale, discounted price!
0:36:00 > 0:36:03I know! I hate this! I hate this! I hate this!
0:36:03 > 0:36:08I think, in John, Mark Stacey has finally found his match. This should be good!
0:36:08 > 0:36:13Allow us senior citizens to make a little bit of profit!
0:36:13 > 0:36:14Oh, no!
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Otherwise we can't be here tomorrow when you come again!
0:36:18 > 0:36:20I know! I can't compete with this.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- We'll be starved.- Oh, no!
0:36:22 > 0:36:27Here is an opportunity to double your money.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31No! No, no. Don't listen, don't listen. Don't listen, Mark!
0:36:32 > 0:36:34So, John's standing firm at £145
0:36:34 > 0:36:38and Mark's final act of desperation starts now.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42A fellow Welshman, you're a fellow Welshman, you cannot see me
0:36:42 > 0:36:44lose against an Englishman.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47So, I've got a sum of money in my hand, plus your business card
0:36:47 > 0:36:50and I'll promise that I'll tell all my friends,
0:36:50 > 0:36:54if they're ever coming to this part of the world, they have to go in and say,
0:36:54 > 0:36:58to my new best friend, John, and have a look at your antiques centre.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Oh, gawd. Pass me a bucket.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05- I'm afraid, unless it's £145... - I've lost it.- ..you've lost it.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09As for Charlie, he thinks he's found
0:37:09 > 0:37:11a winning formula - buy silver, beat Stacey.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17It's a good, I should think, 14 inches high, so it's impressive.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19It's got a pretty clear hallmark.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I can see it's Chester. People like collecting Chester.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27It's got some damage, it's got a little bit of denting.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32There's just one fly in the ointment, the price tag,
0:37:32 > 0:37:34which reads 135.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Something Charlie's only too happy to ignore.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39My brain's thinking, "60?"
0:37:41 > 0:37:43May have cost him £100, of course.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45And so, with a never-ending supply of cheek...
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Do you want to sit down?
0:37:48 > 0:37:51..Charlie tries it on with the shop's owners, Sue and John.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Would you take £60 for it?
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Very, very best price today is going to have to be £70.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59That's my very best price.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- Today's special offer is £70? - It is.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- You happy with that in the back, John?- Yes.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09- In which case, I shall shake on it. - Good!- Thank you very much, indeed.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10That's sweet of you.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13While Charlie's obsessed with silver,
0:38:13 > 0:38:17Mark's head over heels in love with those Jasper Ware vases
0:38:17 > 0:38:20and has called the auctioneer in Chippenham for a second opinion.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23He likes them, he thought the same as me, £200 to £300.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26I don't think there's anything I need to worry about, do you?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28So, it's a quickish call to John.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I really would like to buy the vases.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34I'm just so passionate about them, I don't mind what happens.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37And after one more hopeless attempt at negotiation...
0:38:37 > 0:38:40And I can't tweak you down at all on that 145, John?
0:38:40 > 0:38:44Mark agrees, pay what John's been asking for since the beginning,
0:38:44 > 0:38:46145.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Thank you so much, John.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Take care.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54Having gotten the better of one of our experts,
0:38:54 > 0:38:59now let's see if John can make it two. Charlie Ross has just arrived at the antiques centre
0:38:59 > 0:39:04and is about to try a little charm to get a good price on this Victorian sampler.
0:39:04 > 0:39:09"Anne Davis work, age 16 years, 1882." Adam and Eve.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15The oldest surviving English sampler was made by Jane Bostock in 1598
0:39:15 > 0:39:19to celebrate the birth of her cousin, Alice.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Today, samplers are highly collectable
0:39:22 > 0:39:25but the early examples are by far the most valuable.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27How much is said item, sir?
0:39:27 > 0:39:31- It's £80.- Is it?
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- My £30 isn't going to buy it, is it? - No.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- I'm afraid not.- No. I'm not being rude, by the way.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Well, that's a matter of opinion.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I like it, I don't...I don't pretend not to like it.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46I think, at auction, it would probably make £50 or £60.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48So, if I pay £80 for it,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51that old Stacey's going to really knock me into a cocked hat, isn't he?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53I couldn't possibly comment.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00- It's hard, isn't it? Would you take £50 from me, sir?- Nope!
0:40:00 > 0:40:04I will pay £60, if it's any good to you, sir.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- Come up a fiver and I'll do a deal with you.- On £65?
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- Yes, I'll do a deal. - Oh, sir. Put your hand there.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Ah, heart-warming to see both our experts given a good
0:40:15 > 0:40:17working-over by John.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Next stop is the capital city of Cardiff.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Beside the many antique shops the capital has to offer,
0:40:22 > 0:40:25it is also home to Cardiff Castle,
0:40:25 > 0:40:29and that is where Mark is headed next.
0:40:29 > 0:40:34During its 2,000 years of history, the castle has been a Roman garrison,
0:40:34 > 0:40:39a Norman stronghold and the property of Henry VIII.
0:40:39 > 0:40:44Then, in Victorian times, it was transformed into what only can be called a Gothic fairytale
0:40:44 > 0:40:50by its owner, the 3rd Marquess of Bute and his architect, William Burges.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52Mark's getting a guided tour from Matthew, a curator.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54HE GASPS
0:40:54 > 0:40:56It's quite spectacular, isn't it?
0:40:56 > 0:40:59It's amazing. Look at those wonderful colours.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02It's the biggest room we've got in Cardiff Castle
0:41:02 > 0:41:06and it was actually created by knocking seven bedrooms into one,
0:41:06 > 0:41:08just so Lord Bute, who owned the castle,
0:41:08 > 0:41:12could have a, sort of, entertaining space for his visitors.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15I think it's completely over the top.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19- I could live here!- You could? - Yes.- Right, OK, well.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22In that case, Mark, you may want to inspect the rest of the house,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26starting with the winter smoking room.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Oh, yes. I could come and have a cigarette here.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- No, you can't. We have a strict no-smoking policy!- Not any more.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33I'd be thrown in the tower, probably.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36But in a smoking room in the 19th century, actually,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40it wasn't just cigars and it wasn't just cigarettes or pipe tobacco.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43- They smoked opium, as well. - Of course they did, yes.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45And with this being a room with many uses,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48the architect designed the furniture accordingly.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53This is a Burges piece. This is where you kept your wines and spirits and, can you see,
0:41:53 > 0:41:55there are all different things there?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58There are hops, barley, a vine leaf,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01he's sticking out his tongue, he's had too much to drink,
0:42:01 > 0:42:03and a beehive, representing mead.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06And then there was more wine in there.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10It's a big, sliding cellarette that would take 40 bottles of wine.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Then, when you wanted to smoke afterwards,
0:42:13 > 0:42:15you have cigar drawers up here.
0:42:16 > 0:42:20But all of this is nothing compared with the summer smoking room.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Oh, my good lord! That is amazing!
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- I'm speechless, you know. - Well, there's a first then.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Climbing out of the top of the column,
0:42:30 > 0:42:34you've got two almost life-size figures of the North Winds.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37But, again, the quality of it.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Completely over the top, Matthew, isn't it? Everywhere.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42William Burges's friend, Oscar Wilde, said,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45"If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing to excess."
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- I think Burges really took it to heart.- He certainly did.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52Across town, Charlie is a man on a mission.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- Good afternoon. - Though, by the look of things,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Louis is one shop owner who shouldn't be messed with!
0:42:57 > 0:43:00A couple of feet of cold British steel.
0:43:00 > 0:43:01They don't like it up 'em!
0:43:01 > 0:43:03THEY LAUGH
0:43:03 > 0:43:08But, rather than steel, it's silver Charlie's once again pinning his hopes on.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Aren't they sweet? Knife rests.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15If you went out for dinner, in a posh house like Mark Stacey's,
0:43:15 > 0:43:18you'd probably have one of these to rest your knife.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Two or three centuries back, it wasn't uncommon
0:43:21 > 0:43:24for the gentry to enjoy a meal of up to 12 courses
0:43:24 > 0:43:27but only have one knife and fork per person.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31Thus, the knife rest was created to save soiling the table.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35They're silver, silver bases.
0:43:35 > 0:43:38With very nice gadroon decoration around the edge
0:43:38 > 0:43:41and mother-of-pearl rests coming out of them.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44They're very high quality.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47But are they the sort of thing the average person will be going for?
0:43:47 > 0:43:51Probably not. It's something, like me, that just takes your eye.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57- I like those. - And so, Charlie scours the store for something else,
0:43:57 > 0:44:00only to end up with an item even more obscure,
0:44:00 > 0:44:04a set of 12 silver teaspoons with a golfing motif.
0:44:04 > 0:44:09Now, I'm slightly concerned about the fact that these aren't in their original box,
0:44:09 > 0:44:12but there are plenty of people that like golf.
0:44:13 > 0:44:14Quick peep at the hallmark.
0:44:14 > 0:44:19I can see they're made by Walker & Hall, you don't get a better maker than that, do you?
0:44:19 > 0:44:20That's right.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23Walker & Hall were established in the mid-1800s
0:44:23 > 0:44:29and went on to be one of the biggest manufacturers and retailers of silver
0:44:29 > 0:44:33for more than 100 years, with branches as far afield as Cape Town and Australia.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36Would £50 buy those? Cash.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40Unfortunately not. I could probably scrap them for more than that!
0:44:40 > 0:44:41I'd hate you to do that.
0:44:41 > 0:44:47- I'll tell you what I'll do...- Yeah? - ..I'll give you a real good deal, I'll do them for £60.
0:44:47 > 0:44:525 x 12 = 60. I can't honestly say no, can I?
0:44:52 > 0:44:57And so, Mr Ross is going to take these and the knife rests as well.
0:44:57 > 0:45:02- I'm going to spend £90 with you, if I may?- That's good.- In real cash.
0:45:02 > 0:45:07What concerns me is I'm leaving you to go out with some money left!
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Only a smidgen, don't worry.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12- I'll buy Mark a drink on the way home.- Oh, right.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14If you believe that, you'll believe anything.
0:45:14 > 0:45:18Actually, I think Mark may have started drinking already.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20He's being strangely nostalgic.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23I've just spotted this plate, which really takes me back
0:45:23 > 0:45:27to when I was about five-years-old, just over.
0:45:27 > 0:45:31The moon landing of 1969, the Apollo missions.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34I remember, huddled around the television set with my family
0:45:34 > 0:45:36and we were allowed to watch it live, happening.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38It was an amazing time.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Like the vases Mark bought earlier,
0:45:41 > 0:45:44this commemorative plate is also Jasper Ware.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46Still, it sounds like an emotional purchase to me, this.
0:45:46 > 0:45:50Where's that old penny-pincher we all know and love?
0:45:50 > 0:45:55If it's the right price, of course, my profit's going to skyrocket to the moon.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57Ah, there he is.
0:45:57 > 0:45:58Now, he's going to work his magic on Rita,
0:45:58 > 0:46:01who's acting on behalf of the dealer.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04I think it's a really wacky item.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08- I've got to sell it at auction, you see. Try and make a profit.- Right.
0:46:08 > 0:46:12And it's marked up at £10 and there's a slight rim chip.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16It's such a shame, isn't it?
0:46:16 > 0:46:21Which, loosely translated, means Mark only wants to pay a fiver at the very most.
0:46:21 > 0:46:26Now, you've kindly found out what the best price on this is for me, haven't you?
0:46:26 > 0:46:28- Yes.- What is that?- £8.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33- £8?!- Cash.- Cash?!
0:46:33 > 0:46:39Did you hear this? £8 and she wants cash and it's got a chip and no fish.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43- What shall I do?- Buy it. - Oh, you would say that.
0:46:43 > 0:46:47While the dealer's nowhere to be found and Rita can't drop
0:46:47 > 0:46:51the price any further, Mark still can't help himself.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53This could be the difference for me winning the whole week
0:46:53 > 0:46:57or being shot down to Mars.
0:46:57 > 0:47:02And you don't care, you're not giving me any help at all, are you? Thank you very much(!)
0:47:02 > 0:47:06After much drama, Mark finally accepts reality.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09- £8, you said?- Thank you very much. - £2 change, please.
0:47:09 > 0:47:14And after that tragic display, Mark moves on to another shop in a final bid for bargains.
0:47:14 > 0:47:18Come on, you must have got something lurking in your cupboards there
0:47:18 > 0:47:21that you can do me something ultra-special on?
0:47:21 > 0:47:24- Cheap and cheerful? - Well, cheap and profitable, I'd like to call it.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Obviously a wink's as good as a nudge down here in Cardiff,
0:47:27 > 0:47:32because what Louis is pulling out of the cabinet is a silver fruit stand,
0:47:32 > 0:47:35made by the German company WMF.
0:47:35 > 0:47:38What ridiculously over the top price have you got on it now, then?
0:47:38 > 0:47:41I don't think it's ridiculously over the top. £35.
0:47:41 > 0:47:48£35? Now, you start thinking about what a very, very good price you could let me have that for.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Bearing in mind that we're on the same side, you know.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54- We're fighting for the land of our fathers here.- Righty-ho.
0:47:54 > 0:47:59- See how cheeky you can be. - A tenner.- No.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01- That's far too cheeky.- Oh, come on.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04- It can't be THAT too cheeky, surely?- It is.- £12.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07I think it cost me a little bit more than that.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10£15 and I might make a couple of quid profit.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13- £15?- That is cheeky.
0:48:13 > 0:48:17Actually, Louis, brace yourself. Mark's not done yet.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19- Well, I'll tell you what.- What? - I'll do you a deal.
0:48:19 > 0:48:26If I pay you £15 for it, can you supply me with a little Mark memento for my journey?
0:48:26 > 0:48:29- I'll tell you what I'll do with you. - Tell me.- I've got a...
0:48:29 > 0:48:32I'm moving away, now, because I'm worried that spear is going to come out.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34Just to make you feel homesick...
0:48:40 > 0:48:44- Wonderful.- How appropriate, an old miner's lamp.
0:48:44 > 0:48:45Did you know that Mark's from Wales?
0:48:45 > 0:48:49Because my father was a coal miner, you know.
0:48:49 > 0:48:53So I can have that to put into the auction and help me beat Charlie Ross?
0:48:53 > 0:48:58- With my pleasure.- Well, I think I've just dug a good profit up there.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01Louis, you are a star. Thank you so much.
0:49:01 > 0:49:02Crikey, he's done it again!
0:49:02 > 0:49:07And with that, the boys' shopping trip is at an end.
0:49:07 > 0:49:12Mark started this leg of the journey with an impressive £404.54
0:49:12 > 0:49:17and has gone on to spend £176.50 on five auction lots.
0:49:17 > 0:49:22He bought these ceremonial medals, the Jasper Ware vases,
0:49:22 > 0:49:27the commemorative moon landing plate, a silver fruit stand
0:49:27 > 0:49:31and his Mark memento, the old miner's lamp.
0:49:31 > 0:49:35Charlie started this leg with just £286.80
0:49:35 > 0:49:39and has spent £240 of it on five items.
0:49:39 > 0:49:44He bought a Victorian cast iron fireplace, the silver vase,
0:49:44 > 0:49:49a Victorian sampler, a set of three teaspoons and the knife rests.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53But what do our chaps think of each other's purchases?
0:49:53 > 0:49:57Charlie's pulled out a few surprises again, I must admit.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00The problem is, he's quite a traditionalist and he remembers things
0:50:00 > 0:50:03that were really popular in the saleroom ten years ago.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07I feel pretty confident about getting a profit
0:50:07 > 0:50:09and getting fairly close up to Mark
0:50:09 > 0:50:14but I've got to make up over £100, which is not going to be easy.
0:50:14 > 0:50:18He could finish me off in one fell swoop with those vases.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20If the vases make £300, I'm sunk.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23Starting in Bridgnorth in the Midlands,
0:50:23 > 0:50:25then buying and selling their way to Cardiff,
0:50:25 > 0:50:27the boys have now arrived at their final destination,
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Chippenham in Wiltshire.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Here we are, coming into Chippenham now.
0:50:32 > 0:50:34"Historic market town"!
0:50:34 > 0:50:37Charlie Ross and Mark Stacey will do battle one last time
0:50:37 > 0:50:40in the general sale at the Chippenham auction rooms.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42Well, Charlie, this is it.
0:50:44 > 0:50:46The sun is out to greet my profits!
0:50:46 > 0:50:49At the final sale, you think you are going to make some, do you?
0:50:49 > 0:50:52It's a bit like the gunfight at the OK Corral, isn't it?
0:50:52 > 0:50:55You know, I am over 100 bullets up on you.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Ah, but you can only go one way. Downwards!
0:50:58 > 0:51:00- Up! Up!- No, no, no.- Upwards.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03I'll leave you to go in the downward direction, Charlie.
0:51:03 > 0:51:05You've got more experience at it.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09Tensions are running high, a keen crowd has gathered.
0:51:09 > 0:51:13Time to see who's really in the money. Let the auction begin!
0:51:13 > 0:51:15First to go under the hammer is Mark's Wedgwood plate,
0:51:15 > 0:51:18commemorating the Apollo moon landing.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20Ah, here it is.
0:51:21 > 0:51:26Let's hope the residents of Chippenham are keen on space travel.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29And I've got two commission bids and I start at 10. 12. 15 bid.
0:51:29 > 0:51:35At 15. Is there 18? At 18. 20. And 2. At 22. 25 anywhere?
0:51:35 > 0:51:37At 22 standing, against the commission.
0:51:37 > 0:51:3922. Is there 5 anywhere else?
0:51:39 > 0:51:41I was told they had taste in Chippenham!
0:51:41 > 0:51:43Well, they have. They're buying it for £22.
0:51:43 > 0:51:451045, thank you.
0:51:45 > 0:51:49Not a bad result and, of course, Stacey's over the moon.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Oh, cleared a good tenner on that.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55Next up, it's Mark's piece de resistance,
0:51:55 > 0:51:59the Jasper Ware vases, which are already causing a bit of a buzz.
0:51:59 > 0:52:03They're Chetham & Woolley, circa 1795 to 1820,
0:52:03 > 0:52:08so four commission bids and I'm starting here, with me at 100.
0:52:08 > 0:52:1210. 120. 130. 140. With me at 140 bid. Is there 150?
0:52:12 > 0:52:17It's a great start, but the figure Mark's banking on is closer to 300.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20I'll come to the phone now, 150 if you like? 150. 160.
0:52:20 > 0:52:24170. 180. 190 takes me out, sir. 190. I am out.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Any profit? They cost 145?
0:52:27 > 0:52:30200. Super things, these. At 190.
0:52:30 > 0:52:34- At 190, on the telephone, then. - Quite enough for me!
0:52:34 > 0:52:36190, all done?
0:52:36 > 0:52:39Yours, sir, on the telephone. 190.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42Oh, dear. There's nothing worse than watching a grown man cry!
0:52:42 > 0:52:44You're disappointed, aren't you?
0:52:44 > 0:52:47But it does mean Charlie still has a fighting chance.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49And here's his first lot...
0:52:49 > 0:52:52Large-framed and glazed Victorian needlework sampler by Ann Davies.
0:52:52 > 0:52:56..which seems to have attracted some very welcome attention.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58And one, two, three commission bids and we'll start at 45,
0:52:58 > 0:53:01looking for 50. 50. 5.
0:53:01 > 0:53:0360, I'm out, George. At 60.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05This surely isn't it?
0:53:05 > 0:53:11- 65, fresh place. 70. 75. 80. £75, then.- Come on!
0:53:11 > 0:53:14Back of the room, then. It sells, then, at 75.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16670, thank you.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19Oh, dear. Not a great start for Charlie's fight back.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22He needs to do better if he's going to win!
0:53:22 > 0:53:26That did considerably more than I thought it would.
0:53:26 > 0:53:29Let's hope his Victorian fireplace does the trick.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31- Would you hold my hand through this?- No, I wouldn't.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34Commission bid on this and I start with me at 10.
0:53:34 > 0:53:4012. 15 bid. At 15. 18, anywhere? 18. 20. And 2. At 22.
0:53:40 > 0:53:45Come on, 25, 30, 35, 40. Oh, it's so cheap, sir.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49- 25 anywhere else? - Come on, sir.- Oh, Charlie.
0:53:49 > 0:53:50253, thank you.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53Well, I hate to be a merchant of doom,
0:53:53 > 0:53:55but this isn't looking good, is it?
0:53:55 > 0:53:58- I reckon it's about £3 profit! - At £45.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02And as if to rub salt in Charlie's wounds, Mark's freebie is up next.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05One miner's lamp, circa 1860.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09- Don't you dare let this make £25. - A couple of commission bids.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Lot of interest, I have three commission bids
0:54:12 > 0:54:16and I start at 15, 18, 20 and 2 with me.
0:54:16 > 0:54:22At 22. 25 now. At 22. 25. 28. 30. At £30, seated.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25Commission's out at 30. 2 anywhere else, then?
0:54:25 > 0:54:29£30, lady's bid. Selling at £30.
0:54:30 > 0:54:35- The jammy old devil's done it again.- They liked that!- Don't care.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37And with profits on the up,
0:54:37 > 0:54:41Mark also has high hopes for his silver-plated fruit stand.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44I start at 40. 5. 50. 5, anywhere?
0:54:44 > 0:54:48At 50 bid, is there 5? At 50. At £50.
0:54:48 > 0:54:51That's more than a working profit, isn't it? £50.
0:54:51 > 0:54:55- At 50, then, it sells. - That's all right.- All done at 50?
0:54:55 > 0:54:57I think I was lucky with that, Charlie.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59That was a very good price for that.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03Mark's lead is only getting bigger, but this auction isn't over yet.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06Charlie's wisely bought three separate pieces of silver,
0:55:06 > 0:55:08which could be his salvation.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11This is it, Charlie. Looks pretty, they've cleaned it.
0:55:11 > 0:55:18- And I'm bid...- Ooh!- ..50. 5. 60. 5. 70. 75. 80. 5.
0:55:18 > 0:55:2080, here. At 80, is there 5 now?
0:55:20 > 0:55:22At 80. On the commission at 80.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25I'm not very good at this, am I?
0:55:25 > 0:55:2880. £80, then. It goes and sells at 80.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32Oh, my. It's a tragedy.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35- Sorry.- Have you a handkerchief?
0:55:35 > 0:55:38Right, then. Let's say a quick prayer for the teaspoons
0:55:38 > 0:55:41and hope that at least one of these people is a golfing nut.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44Lot 470 is a cased set of 12 silver teaspoons.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46- Right, here we go.- Here we are.
0:55:46 > 0:55:4830. 5. 40, anywhere?
0:55:48 > 0:55:50At 35, looking for 40 now.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52There's 12 of them!
0:55:52 > 0:55:55At the back of the room at 40. 45, there, then.
0:55:55 > 0:56:00Oh, for God's sake, how can you sell 12 silver spoons for £45?!
0:56:00 > 0:56:02- Yours, sir. 45, thank you. - Another loss.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04Yes, I'm afraid it is, Charlie.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07But if you can bear to soldier on,
0:56:07 > 0:56:10your silver and pearl knife rests are up next.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12I've got three commission bids.
0:56:12 > 0:56:17I'm bid here 30, 5, 40, 5, 50 anywhere?
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Ah, this could be it. Charlie Ross's rise from the ashes!
0:56:20 > 0:56:24- Bucking the trend.- £45, then. All done at 45?
0:56:24 > 0:56:27No, hang on. False alarm.
0:56:27 > 0:56:33Nothing I can do now can wrest the victory from you.
0:56:34 > 0:56:39So, even though the auction isn't quite over, Charlie is conceding defeat.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42I've got something for you.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46- What is this, you silly sausage? - A medal. I'm going to pin it to you
0:56:46 > 0:56:49for your superb performance.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52- Well, I shall wear it with pride. - I hope you will.
0:56:52 > 0:56:57Speaking of medals, Mark's final lot looks set
0:56:57 > 0:57:00to make him more money, which is why he looks like he's about to burst.
0:57:00 > 0:57:0425. Is there 28? Is there 28? 28? There is.
0:57:04 > 0:57:08- There's a bid over there.- Is there 30? I saw the bid. Is there 30?
0:57:08 > 0:57:09This is amazing.
0:57:09 > 0:57:1228, I have. 30, I'm looking for. At £28.
0:57:12 > 0:57:16This is the icing on that enormous cake.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19You made a profit on every lot today?
0:57:19 > 0:57:22- Um...have I?- I think so.- I think I probably have, actually.- You have!
0:57:22 > 0:57:25So, Mark Stacey has done it again.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28But how does this affect the final tally?
0:57:28 > 0:57:33Well, Charlie started the leg with £286.80, but after commission,
0:57:33 > 0:57:41actually made a loss of £20.06, leaving him with just £266.74.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44Well, that was a bit high and low, wasn't it, Charlie?
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Well, high for you and low for me!
0:57:47 > 0:57:51Mark, meanwhile, started with £404.54
0:57:51 > 0:57:54and made a profit of £87.11,
0:57:54 > 0:57:59giving him the winning total of £491.65.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02# The winner takes it all
0:58:03 > 0:58:07# The loser's standing small... #
0:58:07 > 0:58:11- I think that's amazing, and do you know what?- What? - I couldn't have done it without you.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14- You've been fabulous. Take me home! - Back to the drawing board!
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