0:00:02 > 0:00:04The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08- and one big challenge... - Testing, testing.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Do I see 80? 75?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit -
0:00:17 > 0:00:19but it's not as easy as it sounds,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22- and there can only be one winner. - Come on - let's go!
0:00:22 > 0:00:26So, will it be highway to success or the B-road to bankruptcy?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Job done.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29I'm now broke!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:39 > 0:00:44This week, we kick off with our first duo of antique trippers,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48and they're two young guns who just happen to be the best of friends.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Whoo!
0:00:50 > 0:00:55Charles "Hands On" Hanson is an auctioneer,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58whose great passion is early English porcelain.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00He also has a lot to prove.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04He came bottom in the last series, finishing with a paltry £98.66,
0:01:04 > 0:01:08and he's determined to redeem himself this time.
0:01:08 > 0:01:14£85. Do I see 80? 75? 70? 65? 60?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Jonathan Pratt hails from Sussex
0:01:16 > 0:01:19and runs one of the county's leading auction houses.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23The reason he became an auctioneer is Lovejoy.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Yep, that's right - the 1980s series about a dodgy antiques dealer,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29with an even dodgier mullet.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I'll give you a £200 deposit and pay the rest next week?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- Well, that'd do.- OK, brilliant!
0:01:35 > 0:01:38We start the first leg of the trip with Charles and Jonathan
0:01:38 > 0:01:42zipping through Northern Ireland to the north-west of England.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45The first leg of the competition starts in Greyabbey,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47ending with an auction showdown in Belfast.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51And they're driving this sporty little number,
0:01:51 > 0:01:53an Alfa Romeo Spider Kamm Tail.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57- Is it '71, this vehicle?- '77.- '77?
0:01:57 > 0:01:59A year before I was born.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- And yourself?- I was five.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05So you've got experience.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10Five years more of wearing flares and stupid tank-tops than you!
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Our chaps are in picturesque County Down,
0:02:16 > 0:02:20heading towards their first shopping stop, Greyabbey.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24It's called Greyabbey because of - surprise, surprise -
0:02:24 > 0:02:27this stunning 12th Century Cistercian abbey,
0:02:27 > 0:02:32but it was almost completely destroyed just over a century later
0:02:32 > 0:02:36by Edward, the younger and less famous brother of Robert the Bruce.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39You know - the one who gave the English a drubbing
0:02:39 > 0:02:42at the Battle of Bannockburn.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46I wonder if the village is ready for its next invasion.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47Yee-ha, boy!
0:02:49 > 0:02:50There we go.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Nice dismount, Charlie!
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Good luck, mate.- Yeah, good luck. Don't spend all your money.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- Take your time and look after your money. See you later.- Oh!
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Right, here we go.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Do stop jumping everywhere, Jonathan! You're not Zebedee.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13You must be fit guys, jumping over the fence like that!
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Thank you very much. I've got to remember my back, actually.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22This is quite an impressive place you've got here. A nice selection of stuff.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Not only is Jonathan a Road Trip novice,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29he's also buying for a market he doesn't know.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Well, there's nothing like taking a chap out of his comfort zone, what?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38This is actually the first antiques shop I've been in outside England.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Outside my neck of the woods, really.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Meanwhile, Charles hopes that tapping into Janet Greeves' insider knowledge
0:03:46 > 0:03:49will give him an advantage over his rival.
0:03:49 > 0:03:55We're going to an auction house in Belfast, looking for things which really are going to make some money.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01So something local, which might just have the right ingredients for success.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04And success is what Charles is after,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07given his poor showing in the first series.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09- A few things to point you at - Irish silver.- A-ha.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14- Have you got a certain amount of money you can spend? What is it? - £200.- Oh, dear!
0:04:14 > 0:04:19What makes Irish silver so sought-after is both its rarity
0:04:19 > 0:04:21and quirky design features,
0:04:21 > 0:04:25such as the splendid engraving you see on this fine silver platter
0:04:25 > 0:04:28that Jonathan's admiring next door.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31168 ounces. Dublin 1870.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- That's the biggest salver I've ever actually seen.- That's a big one.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37It's a weighty old thing.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Hibernia, Dublin.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Jonathan's a man who knows his hallmarks.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Jewellery is his particular area of expertise,
0:04:47 > 0:04:52but even the £6,500 price tag hasn't out our young blade off this joker.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57- I'll give you a £200 deposit and pay the rest next week?- That would do!
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Brilliant! I might owe you a lot more money, then.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- We'll not charge you interest.- Good.
0:05:02 > 0:05:07Yes, Jonathan, probably safer to put that one back in the cabinet.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Meanwhile, Charles is fantasising about his perfect purchase.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17What I'm hoping to find is something which really describes history,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19is full of heritage, full of age,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23which, with those ingredients and condition, really will make money at auction.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26That's my game plan - buy a genuine antique.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31Here's a very fine teapot - around 1775, 1780.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34It's evocative of the neo-classical movement.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37OK, we've got a lid which has had some restoration...
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Just by giving it a small...
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Feeling a bit peckish, Charles?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Actually, he reason he's doing this is that porcelain usually has
0:05:45 > 0:05:49a hard, dense, cold feel to the tooth,
0:05:49 > 0:05:54but this teapot has a softness and warmth, which points to Restoration.
0:05:54 > 0:06:00But even so, it's elegant, desirable and, at £78, it isn't bad.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04But the heart is ruling the commercial mind.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I must put it down and walk away.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11But Jonathan isn't quite ready to walk away from his first shop.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Bridge On The Logan by George Kirk, is that?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Er, not quite, Jonathan.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19The Lagan. That's Belfast, so it is.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23The Lagan is Belfast's most important river.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Whilst it looks deceptively rural in this engraving,
0:06:26 > 0:06:30it supported a major shipbuilding industry in the city itself,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33and it's on offer to Jonathan for a mere £20.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35I really do love engravings.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38The amount of work that goes into producing something like this
0:06:38 > 0:06:42is the same as a watercolour and as an oil painting.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Engraving is a technique that's almost 600 years old.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49An image is cut onto a metal plate and ink is applied and wiped off,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53so the ink stays only in the engraved lines.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Press paper onto the plate and you're left with this.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- This would be done around 1900, 1910 again?- Yes.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03We're going to Belfast,
0:07:03 > 0:07:08and this is such a major part of Belfast. I like that. 15?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- 20!- It's 20?- Yeah.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14It's worth that all day long.
0:07:15 > 0:07:1720 quid. Thank you very much, job done.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21I've gone for something which is Belfast -
0:07:21 > 0:07:25identifiable as a Belfast subject - and not a lot of money.
0:07:25 > 0:07:26I think it's perfect, actually!
0:07:26 > 0:07:29£20. Very happy.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Congratulations, Jonathan -
0:07:32 > 0:07:35the first decisive purchase of the week.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Just across the courtyard, Charles is still trying to sniff out his first bargain.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- Nice table, isn't it?- It is lovely. - Very Irish in inspiration.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49This front is so typical of the 1870 period, it really is.
0:07:49 > 0:07:55How it lobed and falls in is so evocative of high Victorian furniture.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59This late 19th Century, Regency style, mahogany side table
0:07:59 > 0:08:03has been made in the manner of the Regency designer Thomas Hope.
0:08:03 > 0:08:04He was a man with a vision,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07determined to reform contemporary taste by imbuing it
0:08:07 > 0:08:09with the spirit of classical purity.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- What's your best price on it, between friends?- About 200.- £200.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18That's the top of Charles's budget.
0:08:18 > 0:08:23We can see we're missing some of the beading, the moulding, on the frieze.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27It's a gamble at £200, isn't it, in a saleroom?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I would probably say to you, "Look, here's £100."
0:08:30 > 0:08:32- Done deal.- Really?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Absolutely.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Am I being a bit too keen?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Yes, Charles, you are!
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Meanwhile, Jonathan's on the hunt for his next lucky purchase.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45I'm not going to buy paintings.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48What's this one?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54That's the toilets! HE CHUCKLES
0:08:54 > 0:08:59Oh, dear. Try spending a penny in an antique shop, Jonathan!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Charles, who's still in shop number two,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04is in a quandary over his table.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09I should really stay away from it but I like it because of this decorative lump.
0:09:09 > 0:09:15Charles's impulsive nature has led to trouble in the past, but will he learn from his mistakes?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Can I just take these bits off and have a quick look at it?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Well played, Charles.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24If you really want to have a closer look, take everything off first.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27You never know what might be hiding underneath.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29We've got some...
0:09:29 > 0:09:33woodworm and losses to the veneer.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- What's absolutely the best price? - Say 75.
0:09:36 > 0:09:41From an opening £200 down to £75. Good work, Charles.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Would you take...
0:09:45 > 0:09:47£40 for it?
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- OK.- Lovely. Thank you very much.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51No problem at all.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Wow! You really turned the tables on him there.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Impressive haggling, Hanson!
0:09:58 > 0:10:01In another of Greyabbey's little antique shops,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Jonathan's distracted by something ticking.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07And the Omega Constellation's in at 100?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Yeah. It's just gold-plated.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13I think it's about 1970.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17The Sea Master is Omega's iconic water-resistant watch range,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21worn by - amongst others - British Royal Navy divers,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24the pioneering marine conservationist Jacques Cousteau
0:10:24 > 0:10:27and, of course, James Bond.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31That's a possibility for the auction you're going to.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34They have a lot of watch collectors.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37Do they? What's the price on that?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- 80.- 80? That's the very best?- Mm-hm.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42It's ticking away nicely.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44You wouldn't do it for 70?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- I can't. Sorry, I really can't. - That's possible. OK, that is possible.
0:10:51 > 0:10:56Next door, Charles makes a surprising discovery.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Derek, is that a watercolour down there, the picture?
0:10:58 > 0:11:02Do I recognise that? I know!
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- May I say...?- Yes.- James Lewis...
0:11:05 > 0:11:09He bought this on the last Antique Road Trip.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- There you go.- Great head of hair.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Yeah, I wish! I feel quite envious.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16When I was younger I had a head of hair like that.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Are you sure, James?
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Would you take 65?
0:11:19 > 0:11:22No, honestly. No, it won't happen.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24We'll call it 70 and have a deal.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28James paid £70 for this picture in the last series.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30How much is it now priced at?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- 280.- Isn't that amazing?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Yes, Charles, the world of antiques is a small one.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Meanwhile, the clock is ticking for Jonathan.
0:11:39 > 0:11:45I will take the Omega, please, at... What did we agree?
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Good question!
0:11:47 > 0:11:50£80, wasn't it?
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- I think I said 85.- You did say 85.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55No, it was definitely £80.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Do it for around 80?
0:11:57 > 0:12:00It's so well priced at that - it really kills me to do more.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02I'll split it with you.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- OK.- 82.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- OK, £82.- Now you're haggling upwards.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10You've not got the hang of this, have you, Jonathan?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- I'll take it. Thank you very much. - You're welcome.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16What I'm going to do is wear it for the next couple of days
0:12:16 > 0:12:19and I bet you Charlie doesn't notice.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- Cos he's all go, isn't he? - He's all go.- And he won't...
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- There we go.- OK. Best of luck.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- Thank you very, very much.- Hope it works out for you.- Fantastic.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33It's Charles, now, who can't drag himself away from Derek's shop.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38- This mug here.- Little Chinese mug.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- How early is that? - About 1810, 1820s?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- Might be a bit earlier.- What's the best price on that, Derek?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- £30 to you.- Would you take...
0:12:49 > 0:12:51£20 for it?
0:12:51 > 0:12:53DEREK CHUCKLES
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- I'd buy them all day long at 25. - Would you?
0:12:55 > 0:12:5825 - split it with you.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Why is porcelain expert Charles
0:13:00 > 0:13:04so reticent to tell us anything about this mug?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I want 60 for it and you're having it for 25.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Derek...
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Thanks ever so much. I'll buy it.
0:13:12 > 0:13:16- Bought. Happy. Thanks, Derek. - No problem.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19What's that cunning look in Charles's eye, then?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21The clock strikes.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23That's my second buy.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28I'm very happy. Derek, could you wrap it for me?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32I'll have a word shortly on what we've got.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33Thanks, Derek. Cheers.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36Charles looks suspiciously pleased with himself.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38I'm quite happy with this.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42Derek sold it to me as being early 19th Century Chinese.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44In fact, what we do have here
0:13:44 > 0:13:48is probably a late Kangxi piece of porcelain, or what they call
0:13:48 > 0:13:54Chinese Yongzheng, which would date this mug to around 1700, 1720.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58So, in fact, it's probably 180 years earlier than Derek thinks.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Charles, I wonder if your expertise has helped you choose a cheeky winner.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09The morning has gone and our two young blades have already bought two items each.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12Now it's time to crack on to the next destination.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- You ready?- Yep, go now. Let's go.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23They're heading south to the ferry, crossing in the picturesque town
0:14:23 > 0:14:28of Portaferry on the banks of Strangford Lough.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29It's just idyllic, isn't it?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32Absolutely. You can smell as smell the sea air now.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37For our young road trippers, not even paying for the ferry crossing
0:14:37 > 0:14:40- is as straightforward as it should be.- £5.80.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42- Come on!- Any discount?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45- £5.80.- Between friends?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- No.- Well, thank you.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49It looks like Charles has met his match.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- £5.80.- This is coming out of my spending money, you know.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- That's the idea.- 60, 80...
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Cheers. Thank you very much.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06And we're off.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Having left Greyabbey
0:15:08 > 0:15:11and taken the ferry over to Strangford,
0:15:11 > 0:15:14they're now heading north to Saintfield,
0:15:14 > 0:15:15their next stop.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Saintfield dates back to the early 18th Century,
0:15:18 > 0:15:22and it was then known for its corn, flour and flax mills.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Today, however, it's better known for its antiques.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Good news for our boys.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29With two shops to choose from,
0:15:29 > 0:15:32our guys decide in time-honoured tradition who goes where.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- OK, ready?- One, two, three...
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- Blunts the scissors.- Your choice. - See you later.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42Thank you very much.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Hiya.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46- How are you?- Very good. How are you?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Not too bad.- This looks very nice.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51It might look nice, but the prices are a bit rich for Jonathan.
0:15:51 > 0:15:5482, I've spent 100 and something.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56So I've got just under £100 left.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Everything... Look at that - that's really sweet.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02It's the sort of thing I know will sell well, but he's asking 248.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Way over the money. Not even worth looking at, to be honest.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09£95.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Ooh, careful, Jonathan.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Where there's no sense, there's no feeling.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Next door, Charles is trying awfully hard not to break anything.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28They're nice, aren't they?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- They are nice.- Very, very stylish.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34They're very pink, they're very pretty. Like you are, madam.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- Thank you.- Very, very pretty, OK.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- How much are they? I'm not trying to sweet-talk you at all.- Right, OK.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Yes, you are, Charles!
0:16:42 > 0:16:47- 85 for the pair. - Do I see 80? 75? 70?
0:16:47 > 0:16:4865? 60?
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Are you selling at 60?
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- Well, I will sell them at 60.- £60.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56I think at auction, they're probably worth between £50 and £80.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58I might have a chance.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00- You just might.- I'll think about it.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- Thanks for your help. - That's fine.- I might come back.- OK.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Hi, Charlie.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- Did you find anything in there?- No.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- There's nice things, but it's all quite expensive. - In here, much the same.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Very, very nice, quite expensive.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Our two young chaps swap shops
0:17:20 > 0:17:22and immediately, Charles is drawn to another vase.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25These are interesting because these,
0:17:25 > 0:17:27to all intents and purposes,
0:17:27 > 0:17:32look to be Worcester first period from around 1775,
0:17:32 > 0:17:37but, in fact, these were made by an imitator or a forger or a faker
0:17:37 > 0:17:42who was Emile Samson, based in Paris in the 1880s,
0:17:42 > 0:17:45and you wouldn't know by looking at them.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48The only way you do know is by the paste, by the body.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- What are they worth? - I would need £180 for those.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54180. You know your stuff. Yeah.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57If they were the real things, £3,000 or £4,000,
0:17:57 > 0:18:01but they're not - they're fakes but for the right reasons.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04That's quite fun. A pigeon clock.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Presumably, a clock for timing your pigeons when you're racing them.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Rubber rings with unique serial numbers are attached
0:18:13 > 0:18:17around the pigeon's leg before it's sent off to race.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19The clock is set and when the bird returns,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23its trainer removes the ring and puts it back in a specific slot
0:18:23 > 0:18:27inside the clock, marking the official time the bird arrived home.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30This pigeon clock, it says £48. What would you do it for?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- I could do it for round about 35. - £35.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36And it's... It's just a novelty.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39It is a novelty, yes. Some people do collect...
0:18:39 > 0:18:41pigeon "mobilia".
0:18:41 > 0:18:46Pigeon "mobilia" - that's a new one on me. Sounds like a car, doesn't it?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I'm in the Pigeon Mobile today.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52This pigeon clock isn't coming home to roost for Jonathan.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54It's now the end of the first day.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57This is our first day, hopefully, of many.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Raring to go?- Raring to go.- Happy?
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- I'm very happy. I've had a good day, a really good day. It's been...- What? - ..a really good experience.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Time for our experts to speed off to bustling Belfast.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13And given that our boys have another strenuous day's shopping ahead of them tomorrow,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16I'm hoping that they'll get some rest.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26It's the start of the second day and our experts are raring to go.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31Today, they're in Northern Ireland's capital, Belfast.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35It's a city which once had the UK's biggest thread and tobacco factories.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39It's also home to the historic Harland and Wolff shipyards,
0:19:39 > 0:19:45which is where the last century's most iconic ship was built, the Titanic.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51So far, Charles has spent a respectable £65 on two items -
0:19:51 > 0:19:55a Regency style mahogany side table
0:19:55 > 0:19:58and a Chinese porcelain blue-and-white mug.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00My second buy.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01I'm very happy.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05So, he's left with a handsome £135 to shop.
0:20:05 > 0:20:11Jonathan, meanwhile, has spent an impressive £102, also on two items.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15An early 20th century engraving of the bridge over the Lagan...
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- 20 quid.- Thank you very much. Job done.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21..and a racy Omega Seamaster gentleman's watch.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24He's left with just £98.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29While Charles swans off to see the sights, Jonathan hits the shops.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35How are you? Nice to meet you.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- Would you like to have a look round? - Thank you. This is a nice big shop.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39Just like yesterday,
0:20:39 > 0:20:44Jonathan's keen to find items of local interest, with the shop owner's help.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50It's a little map of Ulster, which, really... Just from a local aspect.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- There's a couple of options. Obviously, you're your own...- Yeah.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57I don't want to buy a map, though that's very kind of you to show me that.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01I don't know - are you familiar with Killarney work?
0:21:01 > 0:21:05A whole souvenir industry arose around the prime tourist destination
0:21:05 > 0:21:07of Killarney in south-west Ireland.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12A little needle holder and a little cylindrical box,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16but a real touristy thing. It's late 19th, early 20th Century.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19A big collectors' market for such things.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22This might look like ebony, but actually, it's bog oak.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Entire forests lie perfectly preserved
0:21:25 > 0:21:28underneath Ireland's many bogs.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32The lack of oxygen in waterlogged peat
0:21:32 > 0:21:34prevents the natural process of decay,
0:21:34 > 0:21:37giving bog oak strength and durability
0:21:37 > 0:21:40and its characteristic black colour.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43That piece could be £60.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- And £70 for that.- 60 and 70?- Yes.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47- That would be...- Right.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Well, that's got a harp on, as well.
0:21:50 > 0:21:56- Is this the sort of thing that would sell at the local auctioneers'?- I would think they would fly out, yes.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Would you do it for 65?
0:22:00 > 0:22:04What about 68 and we'll have a deal?
0:22:04 > 0:22:06That will leave me £30.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08That will leave an even £30.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- Go on.- OK.- And that's mine.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15- That's good. The luck of the Irish. - Yes, indeed.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19While Jonathan's on a mission to spend, spend, spend,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Charles is seeing the sights of Belfast.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29Belfast City Hall is the city's most iconic building.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35It was planned when Queen Victoria gave Belfast city status in 1888
0:22:35 > 0:22:38and finally opened in 1906.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Today, it's the civic building of the city council.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47If you want to register a birth or death,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50apply for a wedding licence or even get married,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52the City Hall is where you do it.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Wow!
0:22:54 > 0:22:58The grandeur, the opulence. When you look around,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00you see the ornate plasterwork,
0:23:00 > 0:23:05the wonderful marble slabs mounted on every conceivable wall.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07In the centre we can see this wonderful cupola.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12It goes up so many tiers, like a big icing cake.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17What a grand staircase you have. Charles Hanson.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- Cindy. Welcome to Belfast City Hall. - Nice to meet you.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- What do you think of our wonderful building?- I think it's incredible.
0:23:23 > 0:23:28I... Cindy, to me, it's evidently so classic of a great Roman past.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32The rooms are full of precious antiques,
0:23:32 > 0:23:36and one piece in particular catches Charles's eye.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38So this over here, to me,
0:23:38 > 0:23:42looks a very, very nice
0:23:42 > 0:23:46early 20th Century Edwardian cum George V mahogany sideboard,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50but we all know in the business of auctioneering and
0:23:50 > 0:23:54the value of antiques, pedigree, provenance, where it came from,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57who it belonged to is everything.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- It's actually walnut. - Oh, it's walnut? Right, sorry.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03It's a beautiful walnut sideboard specially commissioned
0:24:03 > 0:24:07to go on to the Titanic, to the captain of the Titanic's quarters.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11It wasn't finished in time. The ship had sailed.
0:24:11 > 0:24:16This ought to now be resting on the seabed. Can we value it, Cindy?
0:24:16 > 0:24:21Well, we've had it valued at over £100,000.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Because of that provenance -
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- the pedigree, the romance, the drama.- Very much so.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Don't get too carried away by the sideboard, Charles.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Remember, there's still shopping to be done.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39Meanwhile, Jonathan's remaining £30 is burning in hole in his pocket.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41What are these two little chaps here?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- Those are little spirit measures. - OK.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47They've been given out for music festivals.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50"Londonderry junior piano."
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- They're like trophies?- Yeah.- OK.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57Let's hope these juniors were old enough to drink their shots.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00They're Birmingham hallmarks.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04It's a capital D, which is...
0:25:04 > 0:25:09- 1924. There's an element of the Deco about it with the fins.- Yeah.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12It's almost reminiscent of, er...
0:25:12 > 0:25:15It's like a bomb, you know. You know, the, er...
0:25:15 > 0:25:17the rocket sort of thing.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20And on sale for £50 for the pair.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22They're quite sweet.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Early. Nice design.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26Made of silver.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28Local interest.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31You'll let me have these for...?
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- £30.- £30, that's basically what I've got left.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37OK. I'll take it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Thank you very much. Job done.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42I'm now broke.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Asset rich and cash poor, I think I am.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48It's the first leg of the road trip and already,
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Jonathan's blown all his money.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Is it a brave or a foolhardy move?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Only time will tell.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57This is a really steep learning curve.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00I'm hoping I'm going to come out at the end of it
0:26:00 > 0:26:01with £200, at least, in my pocket.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02I'd be very pleased
0:26:02 > 0:26:05and I'll have learned something for the next auction.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08If I come out with a loss, after I've finished crying,
0:26:08 > 0:26:14I'm going to...pull myself together and rethink my strategy.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25With only two items for auction and £135 still to spend,
0:26:25 > 0:26:27the pressure's on for Charles.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31However, there's just one problem.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Well, I'm in downtown Belfast,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38trying to find an antique shop or two.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- Trying to find an antique shop round here, can you help me at all? - No.- Antiques?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- No.- No? Er...
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Belleek or Dublin silver, I'm trying to find.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- No.- Thank you, sir. Nice seeing you. All the best to you. Take care.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Fortunately, Charles decides to stop harassing passers-by
0:26:55 > 0:26:58and look for the shop himself.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Hello?
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Hello? No.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Oh! "Enquiries, number 88." This way.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- Afternoon to you, sir. - How are you, sir?
0:27:08 > 0:27:09- Very well.- Nice to see you.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12From England, I wish you well.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14But it's his other shop that Charles is interested in.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16We'll go for a wander.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23I think one sold in Salisbury.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25That's pretty, isn't it?
0:27:25 > 0:27:29I like that. It's a nice silver
0:27:29 > 0:27:31bonbon dish.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Birmingham 1920.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35And it's £48.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Can Charles sweet-talk him into a deal?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Would you take £30 for this?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45That will give me a chance.
0:27:45 > 0:27:4835 and I'll do you a deal.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50I'll pay you £30 for it between friends.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53It'll give me a great start.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- OK.- Lawrence, you're a good sport.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01As Charles wheels and deals, Jonathan's spent all his money
0:28:01 > 0:28:05and is in the pub. But it's not just any old pub.
0:28:05 > 0:28:10The 200-year-old Duke of York was blown up in 1972.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15Since then, owner Willie Jack has tried to refurbish the pub
0:28:15 > 0:28:21as it was in the 1950s and recreate a Belfast that no longer exists.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25The mirrors, the murals, the bottles, the stained-glass windows
0:28:25 > 0:28:30all go back to a time when the city was a strong industrial centre -
0:28:30 > 0:28:33and knew how to distil its whiskies.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37We walk through here to an individual collection of Dunville's Distillery,
0:28:37 > 0:28:41the largest whisky-producing distillery in the world at one stage,
0:28:41 > 0:28:47until too much was exported to America and Prohibition came along.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51During Prohibition, low-quality bootlegged liquor
0:28:51 > 0:28:55found its way into bottles labelled "Irish whisky".
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Its reputation never really recovered and the whole whisky industry
0:28:58 > 0:29:01was soon overtaken by the Scots.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03We come into, er,
0:29:03 > 0:29:06perhaps the nicest bit of the Duke of York.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14All these things here are all Belfast companies, long since gone.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17What we have never found out is some of these languages.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19We think it's Moroccan.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Perhaps you can pronounce that.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22I don't know.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25JONATHAN READS THE SIGN
0:29:28 > 0:29:29Maybe Moroccan.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Actually, Willie, it's a lot closer to home.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35It's the native language of Jersey.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39While Jonathan enjoys a pint...
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Very nice.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45..Charles, who still has £105 left to spend,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49is following in his old mate's footsteps, literally.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- Look at that. So this... What we've got here...- The province of Ulster.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58..is a Huntingdon engraving map of Ulster.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Thanks, Charles. Jonathan's already told us that.
0:30:02 > 0:30:071676. We're talking 10 years after the Great Fire of London.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11I like it very much, I really do. It's the sort of thing which could make £150
0:30:11 > 0:30:14or it could make £40. I think if I bought this,
0:30:14 > 0:30:19I'd have to spend...about £50.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22To buy it from you.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25Yes, yes. No, unfortunately, that wouldn't happen.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26£90 would be the price on it.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31I just think it tells a great story about my journey I've had so far, with Mr Pratt.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34It's lovely to roll back time
0:30:34 > 0:30:36and to be adventurous with objects that are so early.
0:30:36 > 0:30:42Could it be that Charles is letting his art rule his head...again?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Put your hand out and clinch the deal.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48You're a good salesman and I'm so, so keen.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52I just... I just KNOW that will sell.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- I really, really know that will sell.- Do you?- I'm so confident.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59I like it because it tells the story of my trip so far,
0:30:59 > 0:31:03so I'll buy it. I've only got £15 left.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06That doesn't matter. There's a long way to go.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- Isn't there, Donald?- Yep, absolutely.- A long way to go.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11So...life's too short.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Let me wrap that and get you a receipt.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Thanks so much.- Keep the books right.- That's a real gamble.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19No point in having second thoughts now, Charles.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24Now the buying's over, it's time for our chaps to show off their purchases.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26But have they spent wisely?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29I've had a great day - a really, really good day.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- How about you?- I've had a full 24 hours without you. It's amazing. I feel fresh again now.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- THEY CHUCKLE - Come on, let's go for it.
0:31:38 > 0:31:39Oh, very nice.
0:31:39 > 0:31:44A little engraving, early 20th Century, signed by the artist down the bottom there.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48- George Kirk, is it? My valuation is between £30 and £50.- Oh, brilliant.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- What did you pay for it?- £20.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54Oh, no! Good, I like it. I like it!
0:31:54 > 0:31:57I've shown you mine, you show me yours.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Look at that. Do you like it?
0:32:00 > 0:32:03Er, yeah, it's all right, actually.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07I think it's quite nice because, in fact, it was sold as being early 19th Century.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09To me, it's earlier.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12I think it's late, late Kangxi, early Yongzheng,
0:32:12 > 0:32:16which would make it around 1720. What's it worth?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- Those nibbles on there.- Age.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23- We all over time get a few bruises. - Yeah, but, you know. £30-£40.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- That's OK. It cost me £25.- OK.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27This is my next one.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- Tension, isn't it?- It is tense.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32- Is it bog oak?- It is bog oak.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Rather than being ebony.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36I would say it's worth between £30 and £40.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- Ooh!- What did you pay for it?
0:32:39 > 0:32:41- 68 quid.- Oh, no!
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Ooh, a bit of silver.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Feel the weight of it.
0:32:46 > 0:32:47HE CHUCKLES
0:32:47 > 0:32:49It's going to blow out of my hand!
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Do you know who it's by?
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- No.- It's by Zimmerman.- Is it?
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Birmingham. About 1915, I think.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00If that came at the counter at the saleroom, I'd say it's worth £40-£60.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03- Yes, yes. £30.- Very good.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Small profits but long-term gain.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Oh, nice. Now these are good. They're explosive, aren't they?
0:33:10 > 0:33:11- Futuristic.- Absolutely.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15- They are for shots, measures, something like that.- OK.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- Nice weight.- Feel the weight of those.- Feel the weight. Oh, my God.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23I would say they're nice. Between £40 and £60 for the pair.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- Paid £30 for them.- Good, excellent.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28My next item...
0:33:28 > 0:33:31I must admit, if I'm going to come a cropper, it's this.
0:33:31 > 0:33:36Because I was swung by the dealer completely.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38Just look at that.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41It's not my area of expertise. I could have blown a bomb here.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45I could have completely wiped my profit out. I'm a bit concerned.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- I actually saw this as well. - Oh, right!
0:33:47 > 0:33:52- I turned it down.- Oh, right! For me, it's a souvenir for you and I
0:33:52 > 0:33:55and I'm hoping for me it will make some money.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59- If it doesn't sell, you can keep it at the end.- What's it worth?
0:33:59 > 0:34:02I know what you'll say. "If it came to my auction room, between £30 and £40."
0:34:02 > 0:34:05I might be a little bit more generous than that,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08but I know what he was asking for. I might say £50 to £70.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12It cost me 90. Have I paid too much?
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Possibly.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16But I think it's worth it.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- My fourth object.- Where is it?
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- No! You bought a watch? - Yeah, I've been wearing it.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Is that the one you wore yesterday? I said, "Nice watch," in the car.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31- You told me it was for your sale room.- I didn't. I said I bought it.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- Omega Seamaster.- Is it gold?
0:34:34 > 0:34:36I bought it as being gold plated.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Oh, yes? It's marked 18K, isn't it? So it is gold.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45- JP, this is your trump card. - Yeah, it could be.- I've gone all quiet now, have you noticed?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47- I paid £82.- Oh, you're joking.
0:34:48 > 0:34:50What's it worth?
0:34:50 > 0:34:54I really think I could get £150 for it now. On a good day.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55That's a very, very good watch.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I'm envious. I think that's your trump card.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00I think you could be the victor.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Don't know. Get to your final piece, then.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06It looks like you've got a piano, Charlie.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- You know, they say big is bold. - Big IS bold.- I'm a bold guy.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13- Look at that.- Now, you might say, "Hanson, what have you done?"
0:35:13 > 0:35:14I might say the same.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16It's a very, very nice shape.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20What I like so much are these wonderful cabriole legs. What's it worth?
0:35:20 > 0:35:23I reckon you'll get 90 quid for it.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Cost me £40.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- Very, very good.- Yes!
0:35:27 > 0:35:31They're shaking hands now, but let's see what they really think.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35I think his biggest loss out of that lot is very likely the map.
0:35:35 > 0:35:41I think the pin box or the small dressing-table jar and cover at £68,
0:35:41 > 0:35:43a lot of money.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45If it had been £48, I wouldn't have bought it.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48£28, I wouldn't have bought it.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50£10, maybe.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52The little tatza.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Yeah, no, I mean, it's... It's pretty boring, really.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00Again, he hasn't paid a lot of money for it, but that's possibly because not many people want to buy it.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05It's been a fabulous road trip.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08Our two chaps started off in scenic Greyabbey,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10stopped off in Saintfield,
0:36:10 > 0:36:13before finally arriving in Belfast.
0:36:13 > 0:36:14And once again,
0:36:14 > 0:36:18our two experts roll back into the city for auction day.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- Best of luck to you. - You might need it, anyway.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26- Don't get too upset about it. - I won't. You going first? - No, ladies first. After you.
0:36:26 > 0:36:32Aww, charming. Belfast Auctions first opened its doors 25 years ago,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35and it sells everything from antiques and collectibles
0:36:35 > 0:36:40to jewellery, furniture and household goods. Perfect, therefore, for our boys' varied collection.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47And before the start, our chaps want to find out from auctioneer David
0:36:47 > 0:36:49what will sell and what won't.
0:36:49 > 0:36:50I bought that Omega wristwatch.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53The back of it's 18-carat gold.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Yeah, it's in reasonably good order as well.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58I think that will do well at auction, there's no doubt.
0:36:58 > 0:37:0218 carat, as you say. Reasonably good order.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05There's always a good interest in wristwatches.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10My biggest concern overall - I spent £90 on a map of Ulster.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12What's it going to make?
0:37:12 > 0:37:16It's one of the ones I would worry about, to be honest.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19That would be truthful. I have seen them before
0:37:19 > 0:37:22and they tend not to get a great deal of money.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27Nobody seems impressed with your map so far, Charles.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Charles started this leg with his full allowance of £200
0:37:31 > 0:37:34and spent a confident £180 on four items.
0:37:35 > 0:37:41With his £200 starter pack, Jonathan blew it all, also on four items.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43A clever or risky strategy?
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Only time will tell.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47The time for talking is over.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51An expectant hush descends.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54The auction's about to begin.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56I've been dreading this moment.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58First up is the Omega Seamaster watch,
0:37:58 > 0:38:00which Jonathan bought for £82.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- Here we go. - JONATHAN SIGHS
0:38:03 > 0:38:05- £60?- Here we go, JP. - Someone bid £60.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Five. 80. 85. 90.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12- Oh, thank you.- 100. 110.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14120. 130.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17£140. 150. Back in again.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18- 160.- Yes!
0:38:18 > 0:38:20With Paul at £160.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Well played, JP, well played.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Beginners' luck pushes Jonathan into the lead
0:38:28 > 0:38:30with a convincing £78 profit.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32But how long can it last?
0:38:32 > 0:38:36Welcome to Road Trip, as they say. That's a cracking start.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Next up is Charles's map of Ulster.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41A gamble at £90.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Hello, sir.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46How are you? There's a nice map for sale next, coming up.
0:38:46 > 0:38:51A map of Ulster. Could be yours for £90, if you're lucky.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Interesting wee lot. £60?
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- 40?- Come on.- £20 start.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57Come on, David, let's push this.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- 25.- Come on, let's go!- £30.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04The site is still now at £30. Cheap lot.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05It's a cheap lot.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08That's one gamble that didn't pay off,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11and an unwelcome loss to kick-start Charles's auction.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Will Jonathan hold onto his lead
0:39:14 > 0:39:18with the lucky bog oak trinket box at £68?
0:39:18 > 0:39:20..to really get my mind focused.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24I've set the ball rolling now. I'm down and you're up.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25Hey, guys.
0:39:25 > 0:39:2614. 16.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Exactly. I'm going to be complacent from now on.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32- Exactly. - Shouldn't you be paying attention?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35I need the added value of pressure now to prove a point.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37For goodness' sake, stop talking.
0:39:37 > 0:39:43- You're a fighter, are you? - I'm a fighter.- At £30.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- When I'm on the ropes and JP's knocking for six...- £30.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48That'll teach you two to chat.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52Lot number 93A, has it been sold? The Irish bog oak box?
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- It has been sold. How much for, please, sir?- 30.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57£30.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Thank you.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02But the not-so-lucky Irish trinket box has just made Jonathan
0:40:02 > 0:40:06a loss of £38 and decimated his lead.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Charles is hoping to redeem himself
0:40:11 > 0:40:14with his silver bonbon dish, a snip at £30.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16I need this to pay dividends. Come on.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21- £50.- Come on.- £50.- Let's keep going.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- 55. 60.- Yes.- 65.
0:40:23 > 0:40:2870. Selling this one for £70.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32- Hanson's back. - Well done, mate. £40 on that baby.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- I'm delighted.- So you should be.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38That's a tidy £40 profit, Mr Hanson.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Jonathan's hoping to reclaim his winning streak
0:40:41 > 0:40:46with these silver shot glasses. £30 for the pair.
0:40:46 > 0:40:47£20?
0:40:47 > 0:40:5220 I'm bid. 25. 30. 35. 40.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54- 45. - I'm getting competitive, Charlie.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57All out for the pair at £47.50.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01And Jonathan's streaking ahead, with another cheeky little profit.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06Next up, Charles's porcelain mug. A bargain at £25.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Even more so because Charles was right
0:41:08 > 0:41:13in dating it to the early 18th, rather than the early 19th century.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18- Come on.- Circa around 1720, a very early peace. £30.
0:41:18 > 0:41:2135. £40. 45.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- £47.50.- I'm happy.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Another profit, but Charles is still struggling
0:41:27 > 0:41:32to claw his way back into the race after such a heavy loss on the map.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35It's time for Jonathan's final lot, the engraving of the Lagan.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38A snip at £20, but will it do well
0:41:38 > 0:41:41or has Jonathan been sold down the river? Ha!
0:41:42 > 0:41:4420 I'm bid. 25. 27.50.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Bid's at the back at 27.50.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Come on, someone.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Any offers for it now? 27.50.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53But it's enough profit for Jonathan to maintain
0:41:53 > 0:41:55a convincing lead over Charles,
0:41:55 > 0:42:00who, with three items, has made a paltry £2.50 profit. Oh, dear.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03I just wonder - Hanson's been on this great voyage.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05A massive loss but he's back.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07He's bigger, he's better.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- The Great Escape, you know. - HE WHISTLES "The Great Escape"
0:42:11 > 0:42:14Charles is banking everything
0:42:14 > 0:42:17on his Regency-style table to stay in the race.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20A steal at £40.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22£40. £50.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- It's cheap, it's cheap at that. - 60, new bidder. 70.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27At the back now at £70.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31All done for it. All finished at £70.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33That's OK. Happy with that.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35- Well done.- It's been a great start.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38After my disaster, I've proved a point -
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- we're back in business.- Well done.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45It's the end of the first auction
0:42:45 > 0:42:47and Jonathan goes straight into the lead.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51He started off with £200 and after paying the auctioneer's commission,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55he's made a tidy profit of £18.29.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02After commission, Charles has gone from £200 down to £194.16,
0:43:02 > 0:43:06his spending money for the next day's shopping.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10But it's early days yet and anything could happen.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13- Well, one-nil to me, I'm afraid. - In the end, it was quite close.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16- It was.- I think that's how it's going to be throughout the journey.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24In the next show, Charles drives a hard bargain.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26You know, I want a nibble of the profit. I want to...
0:43:26 > 0:43:29You've been nibbling since you came through the door.
0:43:29 > 0:43:33And Jonathan's lead comes under threat.
0:43:33 > 0:43:34JONATHAN GROANS
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