0:00:02 > 0:00:05The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Testing, testing.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:12 > 0:00:13I don't mean to drive a hard bargain.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.
0:00:16 > 0:00:20But it's not as easy as it sounds, and there can only be one winner.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22Punching the air!
0:00:22 > 0:00:26So, will it be the highway to success or the B-road to bankruptcy?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28I'm going to be like Rocky, come from behind.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39We're racing through the week and still on the road with antiques
0:00:39 > 0:00:43- experts James Braxton and Thomas Plant.- This is motoring.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47You're amongst the elements. And what about the Indian head massage?
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Well, that is lovely.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- Massages the follicles. - Promotes growth, which we need.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Auctioneer, James Braxton, has a serious eye for great
0:00:55 > 0:01:01furniture and design as well as a keen eye on his reputation...
0:01:01 > 0:01:04My success has brought responsibilities.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Thomas Plant knows an awful lot about jewellery,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10and he's a great negotiator, but gets the occasional telling off.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12£12.50?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14No, 15. I said no arguing!
0:01:15 > 0:01:19James and Thomas each began the week with their £200 starter packs,
0:01:19 > 0:01:22and both lost money with great style on yesterday's show.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- So, highlights... There's no highlights!- One profit.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- One profit?- One profit of £2.
0:01:28 > 0:01:34Yesterday's slump notwithstanding, James is making a pretty good start to the week.
0:01:34 > 0:01:42From his original £200 he now has a thoroughly healthy £374.96.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47I'm not going to move up the table by making 30 quid at the next auction.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- I've got to make 200 quid.- It's been rotten luck for Thomas so far.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55He buys really nice items and they keep selling for next to nothing.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57But at least he's not bitter!
0:01:57 > 0:02:01- So how do you feel about the last auction?- Disappointing.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04I really did really badly by buying antiques.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06That's where I went wrong!
0:02:06 > 0:02:14From his £200, Thomas has slipped backwards to a mildly worrying £184.50.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18There's no point in changing strategy because I've tried that and it went wrong.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20So, I'm just going to carry on as I see fit.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24This week's Road Trip takes in the treasures of North East England,
0:02:24 > 0:02:27from Berwick Upon Tweed to Driffield.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30And on today's show, James and Thomas are leaving Bedale,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34North Yorkshire, heading for an auction in Baildon, West Yorkshire.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35First stop, Whitby.
0:02:37 > 0:02:45I made quite a big loss, but hey, you know, I'm just going to play it cool, relax, how much worse can it get?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Well, considerably worse.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53Sucking the life blood from a new town, our experts have found their
0:02:53 > 0:02:59way to gorgeous, atmospheric Whitby, once home to novelist Bram Stoker in the early 19th century,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03and birthplace to his fictional Count Dracula.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12The real Dracula was born in Transylvania, obviously.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16- Whitby, Thomas.- Yes, I love being by the coast...- It's glorious, isn't it?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18It just sort of fills you with optimism, hope.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23A new future, a new world.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Yes, and interestingly my forbears came from Scarborough, so further down the coast.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- They were captains, sea captains. - So we're doing a Braxton magical mystery tour, are we?
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Very interesting! So, are you going to spend some money?
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Yeah, I really want to spend some money. Let's get on it. Come on.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Time to get going. Time to get spending.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Time to hit the antiques shops...
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Hello, I'm James.- Hello, I'm Frank.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- Nice to meet you. Mind if I look around?- No, have a look.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Clearly no need to ask, James.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Well done for getting stuck in straight away.
0:03:59 > 0:04:07Stag's horn handle, plated pewter, with a very sort of Art Deco ribbed top, very unusual.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Bit bashed - it's had some use...
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Frank, I like the look of those lions.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19These blue meanies are guardian lions.
0:04:19 > 0:04:26Large, imposing versions carved of stone were put outside imperial palaces, around the time of the
0:04:26 > 0:04:31ancient Han Dynasty, to ward off invaders, evil spirits
0:04:31 > 0:04:35and flying ninja assassins. OK, I made up the last one!
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Well, I just think they're very stylish, very sculptural, aren't they? I love the blue.
0:04:39 > 0:04:45So, they must have just had some bashes, mighty bash there and a mighty bash there.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I suppose they're a pair though, aren't they?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50They must be, mustn't they?
0:04:50 > 0:04:56Generally, lions like this come in pairs, the male holding a ball and the female with a cub.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Would you take 50 for them, Frank?
0:04:59 > 0:05:04I never thought I'd sell them, I was thinking about 120.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09- Oh, you're a tough man.- You need to be tough when James is in town!
0:05:09 > 0:05:12What about 60 then, Frank, with the damage and all?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- What about 70?- 70...
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Will you meet me halfway, 65, Frank?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- OK.- 65, go on.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Well, done, thank you.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29Strange choice, James. These Lions are a bit damaged and, well, on the peculiar side.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33But, then no-one's perfect... Thomas Plant, for example!
0:05:33 > 0:05:39I'm going to be quite relaxed about it and I'm going to try and let the items find me, not me find the items.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41So I'll go and have a good look.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Really, Thomas? It sounds like you're creating a
0:05:44 > 0:05:49recipe for disaster before you've even looked at any antiques!
0:05:49 > 0:05:53That said, you're nearly £200 behind James.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57So if your system works for you, then carry on.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59This is a pencil case.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03Look at that, you put your pens in there and then
0:06:03 > 0:06:07you can put other pens and pencils in there, in the base, as well.
0:06:08 > 0:06:14And the whole thing folds in on itself like this, and there is meant to be a little brass handle,
0:06:14 > 0:06:16but that's no longer with us.
0:06:16 > 0:06:22Clearly. Thomas seems to have pens on the brain and I'm not surprised.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25His small clutch from Alston, two auctions ago, is the
0:06:25 > 0:06:29only lot to have actually turned him in a decent profit so far.
0:06:29 > 0:06:36It's quite sweet though, but it's not all there, so I think I might pass on that.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Not the only thing that's not all there!
0:06:38 > 0:06:43Meanwhile, James is keeping a very close eye on any future investments...
0:06:43 > 0:06:48I tell you what I've been doing very well with, I've been doing very well with copper.
0:06:48 > 0:06:53Unbelievably, James is looking at yet another big metal pot.
0:06:53 > 0:06:58Like a gentleman rag and bone man, James has gone not-quite 'any old iron?'
0:06:58 > 0:07:02but certainly 'any great big lumps of old copper
0:07:02 > 0:07:04'he can get his hands on.'
0:07:04 > 0:07:10And I don't think it's just the scrap value he has in mind, even though copper prices are sky high.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15James just loves the decorative, country house appeal of metalwork.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19You should always look for this, want a nice flat bottom.
0:07:19 > 0:07:26This more rounded bottom, as desirable in a lady, but not necessarily in a pan.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Speak for yourself, James!
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Or maybe just keep your comments for a more appropriate hour.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36- How much is on there?- £30.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39You can have it cheaper than that, if you want it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41No, I'm going to resist you there, Frank.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Give us 25 for it.
0:07:44 > 0:07:4825? I'm not sure I want to even buy it, that's the problem!
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Oh, James! You're playing really hard to get, here.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58Come on, Mr B, you know you really want it. It's brass!
0:07:58 > 0:08:03It's a really good one, the weight, and the handle's lovely, you see.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05It's just been eroded by wear.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I don't know, I can see you're keen to sell this, Frank.
0:08:08 > 0:08:1015 and you've got a deal.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12- 15?- OK. 15 then.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15See, there we are. I came in here a poor man and...
0:08:15 > 0:08:18How much are you giving me for this?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- 15.- You've just given me 25.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Oh, dear, give me £10 back then. Blimey, I'm losing my head as well.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- You've taken my brain.- Oh, James!
0:08:26 > 0:08:32Buying antiques you're not really sure you want, and you give Frank an extra tenner.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Come on, wakey, wakey, sunshine!
0:08:36 > 0:08:41Why I bought the preserve pan only, I think only Frank knows, you know.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I think there's a touch of Open All Hours about this shop,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48and I've bought the most appalling, appalling preserve pan.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51But made of bell metal - who knows.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54There's still time for James to get back on his game.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Let's hope Thomas is shopping with more caution.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- Hello, I'm Thomas.- Hi, Phil Smith. - Hi Phil, nice to meet you.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- Anything that you've bought for a song which you're willing to let go? - I don't know.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Depends what you fancy.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12This is quite good fun, isn't it? With the clown and the dogs.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15With the dogs, circa 1900.
0:09:15 > 0:09:16With a lot of advertising, particularly, condition's always
0:09:16 > 0:09:19crucial to collectors and the condition is exceptional on those.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22I love the Dalmatian. He's great, isn't he?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Derby dog biscuits.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26So do you reckon this came from the factory where the dog biscuits were made?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Yes, I think so, yes.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32The factory had a famous owner actually, it was Edwin Mosley?
0:09:32 > 0:09:37Oh, really, the blackshirt, Oswald Mosley, was it?
0:09:37 > 0:09:38Yes, he was the son as far as I know.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42How interesting! So it seems that the Greensmith's
0:09:42 > 0:09:49factory was owned by the father of Oswald Mosley, the British fascist leader from the 1920s and '30s.
0:09:49 > 0:09:55Although I'm sure these biscuits were intended for pooches of all political persuasions!
0:09:55 > 0:10:00You've got £68 on there, this is not a reproduction.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Well, I put that on because a lot of people look at it and
0:10:02 > 0:10:05think that it is a reproduction, because the condition's so good.
0:10:05 > 0:10:10- What's the very best on that. - I can do 55 on that.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12No more? £30?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- I can't do it, I'm sorry. - No, you couldn't go any lower?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18OK, if you make me an offer I'll consider it, make it a bit better than the last one.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Do you think I was quite harsh?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22- I think maybe you were.- 40?
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Go on then.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30- 40? You'll do it for me? - I'll do it at 40 quid.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It looks lovely.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36I'm really pleased that I've bought it.
0:10:36 > 0:10:43It's £40, yes, it's a risk but I think at this stage I've got to play that game.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47There's a lot of dog lovers out there so hopefully they'll go for this.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52Fingers crossed, Thomas, and well done for letting an interesting prospect find you.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00James is still feeling panned from his preserve pan blunder,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02so has gone searching for inspiration.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Whitby is a beautiful but mysterious town.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Not just the birthplace of Count Dracula, but also home to some
0:11:11 > 0:11:14strange devices which once changed the world.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- Hello, Tony. - How do you do?- Hello. James.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Nice to meet you. - Now take me to your lab.
0:11:26 > 0:11:34Tony is the passionate creator of Whitby's fantastic Museum of Victorian Science.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Whilst working in aeronautical engineering,
0:11:37 > 0:11:43Tony began renovating these peculiar electronic instruments purely for the love of it.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48Today, he has a fine collection in a cosy, packed museum.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Tony, what an amazing room.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55Well, it's taken 30-odd years of collecting to put it together.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58How can you ease me into this fabulous display of items?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00What do you want to show me first?
0:12:00 > 0:12:06This is the Wimshurst machine, amazing that two plastic wheels or glass in the days when it was
0:12:06 > 0:12:10invented in 1877, they go in opposite directions
0:12:10 > 0:12:15and they produce endless volts and you just turn on....
0:12:15 > 0:12:17I can see you're being very...
0:12:17 > 0:12:18oh, goodness me!
0:12:18 > 0:12:21That's why you're being careful.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26I'm not touching any part of it with my hand because...
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- That's quite a thump, isn't it? - Shocking.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33James Wimshurst made important refinements to these electrostatic
0:12:33 > 0:12:38generators in the 1850s and so they have since taken his name.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42These Victorian, demonstration instruments are certainly not mere
0:12:42 > 0:12:47curiosities, but led to innovations and inventions in use today.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50They're also desirable to specialist collectors.
0:12:50 > 0:12:5519th century Wimshurst machines can make thousands of pounds at auction.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58So how many volts would be charging through that?
0:12:58 > 0:13:04Well, at it's maximum, getting on for 100,000 volts.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08So our domestic supply is what 240 volts?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Er, yes, but this is a different thing, it's static, it's lightning.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Nature's electricity and um...
0:13:14 > 0:13:16it hurts, but it won't kill you.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Careful, James.
0:13:18 > 0:13:23A shock here could make your hair stand on end. Both of them!
0:13:23 > 0:13:31Actually, Tony does very well to display his works and keep safe in this fairly compact space.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- Working in cramped... - I have no space.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Shall I hold something? - Well, I'll put those on there.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41- Do you want me to? - Is there room on there? - You've got space for one.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- That needs to go away safely. - Oh, dear.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Shall we do the cathode rays then?
0:13:49 > 0:13:54A chap called Sir William Crookes was investigating cathode rays. That is high voltage in a tube.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58They didn't know what it was, so he had his glass blower make a thing like this up.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Switches on the cathode rays and there's a cathode ray shooting across the screen.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07He applies a magnet to see if it would have an effect and it pulls it down.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11But interestingly if you turn the magnet round, will it push it away?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- There it does. - A cathode ray tube contains a
0:14:14 > 0:14:17vacuum, creating simple line images
0:14:17 > 0:14:22when an electron beam hits a phosphorescent surface. Got it?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Following on with that, his famous Maltese cross.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30I've got three lights here, the top brass one and
0:14:30 > 0:14:33the left and the right, so that's it.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37So we'll set these up to see if these cathode rays could penetrate metal.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42- There, you see the cross, it's not penetrating the metal.- I see.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47These tubes are the founding blocks of what would become the television set.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50In 1897, the German physicist, Karl Braun,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53developed his Oscilloscope,
0:14:53 > 0:14:57another tube capable of producing patterns of light
0:14:57 > 0:15:00so that more complex transmitted pictures were possible.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Sadly, these brave men of science
0:15:02 > 0:15:06did not live to see their primary innovations
0:15:06 > 0:15:09develop into the TV sets you're watching now.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13We must always look to the past to see the future.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Exactly. I couldn't have put it better!
0:15:17 > 0:15:23Now James needs to look to the future and think about buying some antiques that he actually wants.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27However, he's too late for any more shopping today.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Anyone feeling peckish? Yum yum.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Very, very good chips and very good fish, I must say.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Mmm. You can't beat a pickled egg.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38I've bought two items today
0:15:38 > 0:15:41and I've spent the most amount of money I've...
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- Really?- Yup, over £50.- So game's on! - Game's on.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Game on, indeed!
0:15:47 > 0:15:53But as the sun sets over this picturesque harbour and beautiful town,
0:15:53 > 0:15:58our experts must push off with their fish suppers to bed.
0:15:58 > 0:15:59Toodle-oo.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Dawn breaks, spilling sunlight everywhere,
0:16:05 > 0:16:11and finds our boys already out on the road, mustard-keen for some more antiques action.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Obviously, you've been doing very well, rich fame.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Yeah, but I have come unstuck.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17Oh, yeah, but still.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21I'm treading in plant territory now.
0:16:21 > 0:16:28So far, James Braxton of East Sussex has spent £80 on two items.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30The two lions and the brass preserve pan.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34James has £294.96 to flash in the pan today.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43I'm doing very well with base metals and I know in this fourth leg I've got to play a larger game.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Thomas Plant, on the other hand, has spent just 40 British pounds
0:16:47 > 0:16:51on one solitary item, the dog biscuit advertising board.
0:16:51 > 0:16:57Thomas has £144.50 to wave in people's faces.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00So, let's get cracking.
0:17:00 > 0:17:06I've done so badly in that last auction that my luck has got to change.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Whitby is now a strange dream, half remembered,
0:17:11 > 0:17:15as our experts head 21 miles south-west
0:17:15 > 0:17:17to lovely, lovely Pickering.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20However, for a much-needed break from each other,
0:17:20 > 0:17:25James takes his time in his vintage car, whilst Thomas has decided to take the train.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Last one to Pickering's a big sissy!
0:17:28 > 0:17:32I'm really excited, because a steam train's going to come by any second
0:17:32 > 0:17:36and it goes straight to Pickering and there's some antiques shops there.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40I'm looking forward to my train journey.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is one of the oldest in Britain,
0:17:44 > 0:17:50engineered in 1836 by railway superstar, George Stephenson,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53originally as a horse-drawn line.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Steam power was introduced by the other great man of British railways,
0:17:56 > 0:18:01George Hudson, when he acquired the line in 1845.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03Thank you, steam.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08This will be a real treat for me, I think. A real treat on this train.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13As Tank-Engine Thomas chuffs his way south-east, under steam power,
0:18:13 > 0:18:20James' sometimes reliable motor has amazingly won the race.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Gosh. Brownie points to James Braxton.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Now, can he use his advantage to get the drop on the Pickering shops?
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Here we go.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31Time is off the essence today, so James' antiques hunt needs to ignite.
0:18:31 > 0:18:37It's a little ashtray. Classic design and this looks Art Deco but it's '50s.
0:18:37 > 0:18:391955.
0:18:39 > 0:18:47This propeller ash tray was made in Birmingham in 1955, although it has a classic 1930s, Art Deco look.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52World War Two really interrupted everything, not just trade and manufacturing,
0:18:52 > 0:18:55but the progress of modern design.
0:18:55 > 0:19:01So many items from the 1950s looked no different from the pre-war era.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04First of all of, Britain has a very Art Deco look,
0:19:04 > 0:19:08so it was really only '50s that everything started going again.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12They took off where they left off.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Still smouldering, James moves on to a handsome
0:19:15 > 0:19:19silver match box, a possible companion piece to the ash tray.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Music trades convention.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Buxton, 1913.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28There's the striker. Rather fun - it's a spring loaded top,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31which is unusual. I suppose sprung so the matches didn't fall out.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34This is very much like a cigar match.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39You'd have to hunt high and low to find one and when you've found one, they'd be safety matches.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44If that was £30, I might have a go at it, but it's 110!
0:19:44 > 0:19:48The Deco smoking items have failed to catch on with James,
0:19:48 > 0:19:53but he's still got much to say about his shopping so far.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56He just loves to blow his own hooter.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Meanwhile, old slow coach, Thomas, has finally arrived in town.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Oh, that was great, great fun.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Thomas Plant feels pretty chuffed with himself today.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Oh! And now he's here, Thomas won't waste any time hitting the shops.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- Oh, for crying out loud, this is a Museum!- Hello.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Good morning, Thomas. I'm Gordon Clitheroe, curator of Beck Isle.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Pickering's Beck Isle Museum is the brain child
0:20:22 > 0:20:27of passionate local enthusiasts like Gordon.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31This lovingly curated collection began in 1967 with a simple,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35noble mission statement - to preserve, record
0:20:35 > 0:20:41and provide access to the heritage, history and cultural life of the Pickering and District area.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45We're going into the Blacksmith shop and you'll see John the blacksmith hard at work.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48You'll see he's making some hooks for a harness.
0:20:48 > 0:20:52It's mesmerising, really, watching the metal being bent and forged.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55It's quite exhausting seeing somebody work so hard.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- It's a craft.- Pickering once had a very busy local printing firm
0:20:59 > 0:21:04or two, producing local papers, posters and advertisements.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10Beck Isle Museum acquired this fabulous old press when the company closed in 1970.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- This is Mike and Derek. - Hello, I won't shake your hand
0:21:13 > 0:21:16because it looks like it could be quite inky. Is that right?
0:21:16 > 0:21:21Mike and Derek are local enthusiasts who volunteer their time to keep
0:21:21 > 0:21:25the press going, providing posters for local schools and events.
0:21:25 > 0:21:32Both had worked in newspapers and printing, so are seasoned masters of ink and font.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36There are a 155,000 different type faces.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Every type's for a specific purpose originally.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42You see the Victorian Christmas Fayre poster?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45- Yeah.- Well, to me that's the wrong type for Victorian.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51That's the type that you would use for, "Wanted - Billy the Kid." It's the wrong type.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57The Columbian Press was invented in the United States, hence the enormous eagle,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01by George E. Clymer, in the early 19th century.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04His innovation was the ease and speed of printing
0:22:04 > 0:22:09an entire newspaper page or poster in one single press.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13It was designed to be worked by 12 to 14-year-old children.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I'd rather be on here than down the pits.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16I would, or up a chimney.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- I wouldn't fit up a chimney, actually.- Nor would I!
0:22:19 > 0:22:23We'll give you a quick print if you would like and see what it looks like.
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Look at that.
0:22:24 > 0:22:31BBC Antiques Road Trip. That's brilliant, isn't it? Chaps, can I take that away with me?
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Of course you can. You're welcome.
0:22:33 > 0:22:38How very kind. Although I think a Wanted poster would be more apt for you, Thomas!
0:22:39 > 0:22:42And now you're wanted back on the shopping trip.
0:22:42 > 0:22:48Why not join James for a final gunfight at the OK Antiques Centre?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Where's that Thomas?
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Thomas, come on! I'm itching to get in here. I've drawn a blank.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Really? So we're going to fight over what's in here.
0:22:58 > 0:23:04We definitely are. We'll have to do separate courses and arm wrestle for the end.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Go on, you go in. Age before beauty.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Time is of the essence now, chaps.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11And you must do whatever it takes to win.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Hello? I need help.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I need to beat Braxton. Can you give me some tips?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20It's Mark Stacey, he beat him last year!
0:23:20 > 0:23:23And he's not doing too badly with you this year, Thomas.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Get shopping!
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Look at you!
0:23:28 > 0:23:32This is what auctioneers will be wearing in 2011.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36- I think I look...- Irresistible. - Irresistible.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- It is lovely. - Does it sort of frame my round face?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Do you know, politeness precludes me from saying that.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46However, I am perfectly happy to tell you, "Yes, Thomas,
0:23:46 > 0:23:50"it does! Positively oriental." Now, time is pushing on.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54James and Thomas, you both need to find some items for auction.
0:23:54 > 0:23:59I've seen something already and there's a significance about what I have seen.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03It's this necklace. It's costume jewellery and if I buy it,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07I will tell you why I've bought it, but I won't let on right now.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11How exciting, Thomas. I'm all ears!
0:24:11 > 0:24:151930's silver Hungarian, £65.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19What could you do that for me for?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21For this dealer, I can do that for 58.
0:24:21 > 0:24:2658. OK, so they go down as 58. Is there anything more they would do?
0:24:26 > 0:24:28A phone call or...?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Well, I'll push it a little bit more to 55.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34We don't really phone the dealers.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37You wouldn't go as low as 50?
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Shall I try her?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41- Do you mind? - No problem at all.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44OK. There's three colours in there, aren't there?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47You've got the green, the mauve,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50and the white of the mother of pearl. Those colours are the colours
0:24:50 > 0:24:53of the Suffragettes. It's a Suffragette pendant.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56What started as a covert mission,
0:24:56 > 0:25:01finished with the desired effect, ie votes for women.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04The original members of the Women's Social and Political Union
0:25:04 > 0:25:07chose these colours as a kind of secret code
0:25:07 > 0:25:12to signal like-minded campaigners that they were part of the cause.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18You'd wear that as a mark as a woman, to say, I am a supporter of the Suffragettes.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Almost like wearing a badge. But you didn't want everybody to know.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24It wasn't the right thing to tell people that you were a Suffragette.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28The term Suffragette was coined by The Daily Mail newspaper,
0:25:28 > 0:25:33originally in a derogatory sense, describing militant women.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37As is often the way, progressive campaigners reclaimed the word and
0:25:37 > 0:25:40the movement gathered momentum and popularity
0:25:40 > 0:25:42through to the early 1900s.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Now, what's it worth? Well, it's worth 80 to 120 quid
0:25:48 > 0:25:51to any Suffragette collector, definitely.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53So, we'll put it over there.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58Whilst Thomas awaits a vote on his offer, James has spotted something
0:25:58 > 0:26:02- rather familiar for £58, something shiny.- Isn't that lovely?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05So, this is all solid copper.
0:26:05 > 0:26:11Sorry, James, just to be absolutely crystal clear, exactly what metal is that tray forged from?
0:26:12 > 0:26:16It's solid copper. There's a lot of copper there.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Ah, yes, copper.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Copper?
0:26:19 > 0:26:23I'm sure I've heard copper mentioned somewhere before.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25That's a great item. I like that. It has integrity.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29It's Indian, all done with little nails, hammered out,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32and a sort of lotus leaf edge here.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Benares brass tray.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Actually, James, it's copper.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Benares is a pilgrimage site in India,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42believed to be the home of Hindu god, Shiva.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45It's also famed for its metal wares.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49So perhaps a future holiday destination for our James!
0:26:49 > 0:26:55Benares has centuries' old trade guilds and a recently established school
0:26:55 > 0:26:59to nurture and pass on the fine artisan skills
0:26:59 > 0:27:03involved in creating these metal items.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06They're great occasional tables, coffee tables.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13The weight of a small dog, that is.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Tina, can you work a bit of magic for me?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19HE LAUGHS
0:27:19 > 0:27:20I'll try!
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Found in a corner.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26I've always had a passion for Indian stuff. This Benares brass tray...
0:27:26 > 0:27:30What is that? Mr B. Can you offer him £30 for it?
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Try your best, Tina, you're looking nervous. Anxious.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- I can do it at 40.- 40?
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Fabulous, isn't it? It's a fabulous piece of copper.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- What about 35?- No. Straight 40.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46No middle ground at all? Tina, thank you very much, indeed. Thank you.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Well, I think you've got just about enough metalwork now, James.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54If your lots don't sell, at least you could melt it all down
0:27:54 > 0:27:58and maybe rewire Tony's Victorian Science Museum!
0:27:58 > 0:28:03Meanwhile, Thomas has moved on from the Suffragette movement to...
0:28:03 > 0:28:06scantily clad women. Lovely.
0:28:06 > 0:28:11This is the way the Victorians could view ladies. It's quite interesting.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15You couldn't just look at them naked full stop. I mean, that wasn't allowed, really.
0:28:15 > 0:28:21So what they did, they put them in these sort of pseudo classical scenes.
0:28:21 > 0:28:26She's a very shapely, pretty girl and, you know, slightly falling off,
0:28:26 > 0:28:28so your Victorian could look at that
0:28:28 > 0:28:33in the knowledge that it was OK. It's a classical scene, it's historic.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37OK, so that's how the Victorians looked at women.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41What about 21st century antiques experts?
0:28:42 > 0:28:48Here is a little figure of a lady in stockings, a bit saucy.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52There I was buying a piece of Suffragette, now I'm buying a bit of porn!
0:28:52 > 0:28:58As the buttoned-up Victorian era passed into the Edwardian and roaring '20s,
0:28:58 > 0:29:02a market developed for naughty novelties and ceramics of women
0:29:02 > 0:29:06in revealing outfits, like this saucy little number.
0:29:06 > 0:29:11Erotic figurines are rare and highly collectable and expensive,
0:29:11 > 0:29:14but this one, however, is not erotic. Just sexy.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18So on here, she's got £25.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22What would they do that for?
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Usually it's 10% but I'll do it for 20.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28Do you reckon she'd go a bit lower?
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Well, I've been generous.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Yeah, but I've got to beat James.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38I've gotta beat James!
0:29:38 > 0:29:45Well, it seems that women's rights can go out of the window when Thomas sees a good investment.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49It's all about the bottom line for Thomas!
0:29:49 > 0:29:52Really? Brilliant, thank you very much.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55I think he'll jump at that. OK.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- £12.- Get in there!
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Get in there, indeed!
0:30:01 > 0:30:06And lucky Thomas also got his Suffragette necklace for £50.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11It seems all the dealers of Pickering want to help him beat James!
0:30:11 > 0:30:13I knew it would find me. I knew they would find me.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20Well, Thomas certainly feels that his tactics have paid off, but we won't know till auction.
0:30:20 > 0:30:25Now, James, Thomas, come with me, it's Show and Tell time.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27On the tee is Mr Braxton.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Da-da-da da!
0:30:29 > 0:30:33OK, we've got a dog, a fu or a temple dog, Chinese.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Unfortunately they're not Chinese.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39I was going to say they're not Chinese. They're continental, aren't they?
0:30:39 > 0:30:41I think so, but they're a lovely colour.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- So crucial, crucial, payment, how much?- 65.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- I don't think that's too bad. - I don't know. It's in the lap of the gods, that one.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52So this is my first purchase.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56I thought this was a rather fun thing.
0:30:56 > 0:31:02- It's for Greensmiths Derby Dog biscuits and I like the sort of dogs leaping through.- Little pug, is it?
0:31:02 > 0:31:03- Little puggy wug.- How much?
0:31:03 > 0:31:07£40, what do you think?
0:31:07 > 0:31:09- Yeah.- Well, what's wrong with it?
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Why are you laughing?
0:31:11 > 0:31:14I think it's all right - £40, nice bit of printed cardboard.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16That should stay.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Very supportive, James.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Now, have you got anything for Thomas to laugh at?
0:31:22 > 0:31:25I'm rather embarrassed about this, I really am.
0:31:25 > 0:31:3240/30, I though it had a bit of age but when I bought it, I regretted it immediately.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34So how much did you pay for it?
0:31:34 > 0:31:3715. I don't think there's anything really wrong with paying £15 for a preserve pan.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40If you're a jam maker, it's what you want.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43It's a piece of jewellery.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48And you paid...
0:31:48 > 0:31:50£30 for that.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52I paid a bit more for it actually. I paid 50.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54You paid £50 for that.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Yeah, but there's a reason I paid £50 for that.
0:31:56 > 0:32:01- Can you think about that reason? - It isn't marcasite, it's diamond?
0:32:01 > 0:32:04No, not diamonds, no, no, no. It's the colours.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- Now do these colours mean anything to you?- No.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Those are the colours of the Suffragettes.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Suffragettes, is it?- Yeah.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13Very good.
0:32:13 > 0:32:18I always like something that you find and you find a whole new market for.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- You're adding your knowledge and value to that.- Trying to.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24You're making me worried now, Thomas.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28What are you doing? Oh, oh, what a surprise!
0:32:28 > 0:32:29James has bought some copper!
0:32:29 > 0:32:32I know! Unbelievable, isn't it?
0:32:32 > 0:32:36In fact really I'm not an auctioneer, I'm a scrap metal dealer.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38There we are,
0:32:38 > 0:32:42look at that, that is a Benares tray.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46I quite like Benares trays. I think one should have one in every house.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51I imagine on there you should have hummus, few stuffed vine leaves.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Yeah, nice mint tea glasses there.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57Yeah, quite like that. £40 there definitely. What did you pay for it? 30?
0:32:57 > 0:33:01- 40.- You paid scrap.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05- Show me your last thing.- OK, I've gone from one extreme to the other.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07From the Suffragettes.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10To a sort of dancing girl.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Well, it's a little naked lady.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15So there she is in her stockings.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Who can resist a woman in stockings?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21How much did you pay for that? Fiver?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24No, a bit more than that, it was 12.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29You know people like them and in a funny sort of way, sex sells.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34Well, quite possibly, but we're not going to that sort of auction!
0:33:34 > 0:33:38The preserve pan, I mean I think that's just a joke, to be honest with you.
0:33:38 > 0:33:43Oh, surprise, he's bought some copper. Well, you know change the record.
0:33:43 > 0:33:48Lovely Benares copper tray, very fashionable, I like it.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50I think I'll do well with it at £40.
0:33:50 > 0:33:57And then his dogs. Buying damaged ceramics - it's professional suicide, damaged.
0:33:57 > 0:34:03My other items look a bit weak and fragile and I think, Thomas, the balance of power has shifted.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Don't give up hope just yet, James.
0:34:06 > 0:34:10Auctions can do strange and surprising things.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Time will tell whether power is truly shifting.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18Auction day is finally upon us and it's been an amazing journey from wonderful Whitby,
0:34:18 > 0:34:22to pretty Pickering, ending up in Baildon for an auction showdown.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27The town awaits the arrival of our boys.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34So talk me through this Thomas, the cardboard advertising...
0:34:34 > 0:34:40Don't mock the cardboard. The proof will be in the eating of the pudding, won't it?
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Baildon's Halfway Auctions has an unusual setting,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47not quite inside a pub, but attached to the side of one.
0:34:47 > 0:34:54Auctioneer Andrew McLaughlin has possibly shunned a good game of darts
0:34:54 > 0:34:57to tell us about James and Thomas's swag bag of treats.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02Rather nice little piece, the bathing belle, German piece,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04perhaps anything from £10 to £30.
0:35:04 > 0:35:10The copper tray's very nice, very heavy but the base is damaged and repaired, repaired not very well.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13The Suffragette pendant.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Gold ones you would expect to sell in excess of £200.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20With this, we're hoping we'll generate some interest between £40 and £60.
0:35:20 > 0:35:25The dog biscuit sign, that could go from anything from £20 to £200.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27It depends who's there on the night.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Left, left, left. Well done, Thomas.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31Very good, very good.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Right brace yourself - let's get in there.
0:35:34 > 0:35:43James started this leg of the road trip with £374.96 and spent £120 on three items.
0:35:45 > 0:35:51Thomas took his £184.50 and spent £102, also on three items.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58With their hopeful investments up for sale, our boys need a bit of luck
0:35:58 > 0:36:04and something a whole lot more successful than the Auction Horror of Bedale on yesterday's show.
0:36:04 > 0:36:10Oh, my winning luck has disappeared.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14So, finish your drinks, phones off, sit back and away we go.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21First up are James' Chinese lions from Whitby.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Roaaargh!
0:36:25 > 0:36:28I don't want to look.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Be a man. How much did you pay for them?
0:36:31 > 0:36:34A lot of money, Thomas. £65.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- Both whacked as well. - Both whacked as well.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Well, let's hope the auctioneer doesn't draw attention to it!
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- Slight damage to both pieces.- Ooh!
0:36:42 > 0:36:50So where do we start? £50, there they are 40 anywhere, 30 will do, 20 anywhere?
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Come on, surely, start me at £10.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55No interest?
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- £5.- Don't sell it for that.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01£5 we say, six, eight, ten,
0:37:01 > 0:37:0612, 14? This is for nothing for the pair at £14.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Nothing, go on, keep going.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15The lions have clearly not fulfilled their promise
0:37:15 > 0:37:17and that's a poor start for James.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Time for something saucy.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Thomas' figurine is next to reveal all.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26I think I've bought a wrong 'un,
0:37:26 > 0:37:30I really do. I was under pressure. I didn't look at it properly.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32I think you could be the winner on this one,
0:37:32 > 0:37:34I think you're looking good.
0:37:34 > 0:37:41100 is the art deco German porcelain bathing belle, a nude wearing black stockings.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Yeah, we all love black stockings.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45Speak for yourself.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48There's nothing wrong with a nice twin-set and pearls.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52£10, are we, at ten get me started, six I'm bid, seven I'm bid,
0:37:52 > 0:37:57eight I'm bid, nine now,
0:37:57 > 0:37:5910 I'm bid, 11 we're there.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02They seem to like you, Thomas.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04At 12, I'm selling at 12.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Come on, one more, one more.
0:38:06 > 0:38:10Slightly better, but that's a loss after commission.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Still, someone got a cheeky bargain here today!
0:38:14 > 0:38:19Now. James Braxton, man of "metal", has done it again and brought another big lump to auction.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24Can he continue his rag and bone run?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26£20 anywhere?
0:38:26 > 0:38:3315, start me a tenner, £10 then, £5 I'm bid, six, seven, eight.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35Oh, they're obviously jam makers.
0:38:35 > 0:38:3912 I'm bid, selling to you, sir at £12.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43James' auction machinery is rusting up.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46£12. Thomas, I'm going to hand over the baton to you.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Thank you. Do I get the pen?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Is that the baton, the pen?
0:38:50 > 0:38:54I can feel another crisis point coming on. Can you?
0:38:54 > 0:38:59What our boys need to get back on track is a man's best friend.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01And here he is.
0:39:01 > 0:39:07Vintage advertising boards are often highly sought after, so paws crossed!
0:39:07 > 0:39:11I'm yet to be convinced. It looks very handsome, I give you that.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Handsome.- £50 to get me going?
0:39:13 > 0:39:1750 start me surely at 50? 40? 30?
0:39:17 > 0:39:2010 I'm bid to start, do we have 12 anywhere?
0:39:20 > 0:39:2512, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28,
0:39:25 > 0:39:3330, at 32, 35, 38, 40, at £40.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Well, that could have gone worse,
0:39:36 > 0:39:39but it's still not anything you could call a real profit.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Copper again, everyone!
0:39:43 > 0:39:45With a bit of damage.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49Well, if this makes under £40, I'm weeping.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52I'm hoping there might be a metal Mickey in the audience.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Lovely piece - where are we going to start?
0:39:54 > 0:39:56I have a commission bid - is it worth £50 to anybody?
0:39:56 > 0:39:5940 anywhere, 30?
0:39:59 > 0:40:0120 then to start.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04It's like tumbleweed.
0:40:04 > 0:40:0810 I'm bid, 12 on commission, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13At £24 all finished, on commission.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17My word, another wounding blow for James.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20The bidders of Baildon are certainly getting some good deals!
0:40:20 > 0:40:24So all that work is going to disappear.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26It's not going well for our chaps.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30Maybe Thomas' so-called Suffragette pendant will save the day.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36It's got design, style, history,
0:40:36 > 0:40:39and it did cost Thomas £50!
0:40:39 > 0:40:43The drama, drama's killing me.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46I can start with my commission bid here of £30.
0:40:46 > 0:40:54Do I have 32 anywhere? 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 46, 46.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57- I'm bid 48.- A few more.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00£46 are we finished at £46?
0:41:00 > 0:41:03This is a cheap lot at £46.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06So, Thomas is suffering now.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08On the other hand,
0:41:08 > 0:41:12someone, somewhere, some time will wear it with pride.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Thomas, you deserved more for that.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17A disappointing auction for our experts.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20And this special, beautiful moment is appropriately finished off
0:41:20 > 0:41:24damply, with a dose of British rainfall.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33James started today's ordeal with £374.96,
0:41:33 > 0:41:38and after paying commission, made a wounding loss of £78.81.
0:41:38 > 0:41:45But still has a fairly healthy £296.15 to help wipe away the tears.
0:41:49 > 0:41:58Thomas started this fiasco with £184.50 and made yet another loss of £21.27.
0:41:58 > 0:42:07He's still sliding down the snake of chance, with only £163.23 to maybe help him back up the ladder.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Pretty disappointing, really.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15It was a disappointing auction for me, I'm afraid, you know.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Along the road trip occasionally you get hurdles,
0:42:18 > 0:42:24but on this particular hurdle, not only did I trip over it, but I fell flat on my face.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27So good thing James, the car's working so we've got
0:42:27 > 0:42:31to think about a positive note, the old vehicle is doing well.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35The vehicle's doing very well but on a slightly negative note, you'll notice that it's raining.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38I would not like to moan!
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Well, never let bad weather or auction disaster dampen your spirits.
0:42:45 > 0:42:51Our experts must be getting used to some disappointment by now, especially Thomas!
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, James and Thomas head for their
0:42:57 > 0:43:01dramatic, final auction in Driffield, North Humberside.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04Thomas lays his cards on the table.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07I don't want any change left. This is all or nothing.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10This is go hard or go home!
0:43:10 > 0:43:12James lays down the law.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Time's up, leave the building!
0:43:14 > 0:43:18And they both need a bit of a lie down!
0:43:18 > 0:43:19That's not very fair, is it?
0:43:19 > 0:43:2220 anywhere? £20.
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