0:00:02 > 0:00:05The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.
0:00:05 > 0:00:08Testing, testing.
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:12 > 0:00:17- I don't mean to drive a hard bargain.- The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.
0:00:17 > 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 > 0:00:31- I'm going to be like Rocky. I'm going to come from behind. - This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:36 > 0:00:42Today it's the last hurrah for antiques experts James Braxton and Thomas Plant.
0:00:42 > 0:00:48They're out on the open road and James' vintage 1952 MG has been reaching near...
0:00:48 > 0:00:50average speeds
0:00:50 > 0:00:53as they skip from town to town.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- You're leading, you're streets ahead.- Thomas still struggling.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Why doesn't somebody help me?
0:00:59 > 0:01:02James Braxton is a seasoned auctioneer and surveyor
0:01:02 > 0:01:06with one eye on the antiques market and one on the whims of fashion.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10This is what auctioneers will be wearing in 2011.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14The auctioneer, the legend, the Bristolian, Thomas Plant
0:01:14 > 0:01:17knows a great piece of jewellery when he sees one.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19And he also knows what he likes!
0:01:19 > 0:01:22There I was buying a piece of suffragette,
0:01:22 > 0:01:23now I'm buying a bit of porn!
0:01:23 > 0:01:31Our boys started this week with £200 each and, well, fate has not entirely smiled on either of them.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34James has been following a simple, market-driven formula.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38I'm going for a sort of Country House style the whole time.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40From his original £200,
0:01:40 > 0:01:48James now has a not-to-be-sniffed-at £296.15 to begin his last show.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Just sort of steady jabs, steady jabs.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Thomas, bless him, has tried his very best.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58He's shown great heart, shopping with passion and intelligence.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00And it hasn't worked.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04I buy an antique, you buy tat, I LOSE money on it.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Thomas' £200 has been cruelly shrunken by fate,
0:02:09 > 0:02:15leaving just £163.23 to take him once more unto the breach.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20You've made profit on your items, maybe I should be buying a bit more wisely.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22A line needs to be drawn.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- I think we need to move on.- Yeah, I think so.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Oh, I've lost my hat.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30This week's route has taken our experts
0:02:30 > 0:02:35from Berwick-upon-Tweed, zigzagging across Northumberland and Yorkshire,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38to their final auction in Driffield.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43On today's final Northeast journey, James and Thomas are leaving Baildon.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48First pin in the map is Keighley, West Yorkshire.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Thomas has managed to rescue his hat, but can he rescue his fortunes today?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- Last leg, James.- Last leg, Thomas. - Any plans?
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- Well, I'm going to buy some meaty bits, silver I think.- Really?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- Silver, do you think that's advisable?- Yeah, definitely.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- With your record on silver? - THEY LAUGH
0:03:05 > 0:03:07What's a hall mark?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Anyway, let's go.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Let's find some bargains.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17Sure.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Keighley has played an important historical role
0:03:21 > 0:03:25in Britain's textile production and the wider Industrial Revolution.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29But, the town is more famed for its favourite daughter,
0:03:29 > 0:03:34actress Mollie Sugden, or Mrs Slocombe, of Are You Being Served fame.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39Now, side-stepping the perfumery department and men's tailoring,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42our experts arrive to get antiques shopping.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44James, Thomas, are you free?!
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- This looks good.- Looks very good. - Very smart.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Oh, I see silver and jewellery winking at you there.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Can I take that side? - Course you can.- And we'll swap.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59So our boys divide the territory to get busy. There are treasures to be found,
0:03:59 > 0:04:04only a few shops left and just one last chance for auction victory.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11I have to say, I think this is the best antique shop we've been into.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Look at it, it's just wonderful, it's full of great things.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20It's a case of buying well. I've got to beat James.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22That's the spirit!
0:04:22 > 0:04:27And, whilst James watches his back, something's caught his eye for £125.
0:04:28 > 0:04:33It looks like a tea caddy, doesn't it, but it's very well engineered,
0:04:33 > 0:04:38it's very heavy, and it slightly reminds me of maybe a cheese scoop.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40I think it's a cheese scoop too!
0:04:41 > 0:04:46Specialised dining utensils became essential in the mid 19th century
0:04:46 > 0:04:51when touching food with your naked hands was seriously frowned upon.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55In print, The Habits Of Good Society, from 1859, recommends,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59"Never touch anything edible with your fingers."
0:04:59 > 0:05:04One can only imagine how terribly cumbersome was the Victorian picnic!
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Very good weight. Pretty heavy fellow, that.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Rather nice.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15And now Thomas has found something strict and military for £12.50.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Mississauga Horse Battalion, Canada.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Oh, that's Canadian.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Canadian swagger stick,
0:05:24 > 0:05:26probably from the First World War or something.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Canadian Mounties.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Swagger sticks were originally functional, rather than decorative,
0:05:32 > 0:05:38used to direct military manoeuvres or give physical punishment.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Ouch! But also to keep officers
0:05:40 > 0:05:44from putting their hands in their pockets whilst on parade. Naughty.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47I might walk around with this,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50pointing things out, hitting James.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Very good.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55As you were, Plant!
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Meanwhile, James has been drawn to another piece of silver,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02priced again at £125.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Will someone be pushing the boat out soon?
0:06:05 > 0:06:08Your cigar sleeve. Is that silver?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Very clever things because you can
0:06:10 > 0:06:15just put them in your top pocket and they just protect them, don't they?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- Nice.- Saves getting all the cigar bits in the bottom of your jacket.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Yeah. Has that got a fancy maker?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Mappin & Webb.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Well, if you're going to buy cigars for £10-15 a shot
0:06:27 > 0:06:31- you want to keep them safe, don't you?- Absolutely.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Wonderfully, James looks like he could be buying some antiques soon.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39However, Thomas might be trying to hide his money away.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43I've just seen something. I love this. What do you think it is?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45What does it look like?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46I dunno.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Bzzz, bzzz.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Er, entry-phone system?
0:06:49 > 0:06:52No, come on. Don't be so silly. What is it?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Er, doorbell? Cheap alarm clock?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Bzzz, bzzz. Beehive. Busy bees.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Busy bees.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- WHISPERS:- It's a money box.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Oh, a money box!
0:07:03 > 0:07:08This beehive money box is lovely, but it's also £58!
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I like the shape. You know, if you were a busy bee saving
0:07:11 > 0:07:14you would get your money at the end of the season,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16like if you were a bee keeper.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19And now James is pulling out all the stops.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Lovely corkscrew.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24See, these things were engineered...
0:07:24 > 0:07:27That's been a corkscrew from about 1860, 1880.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29That's done 100 years of service
0:07:29 > 0:07:32and funny enough it's still got it's tip on.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35That's when steel was steel.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36Really nicely made.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39And it's horn here.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41I think that's a wild boar.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Grrr, like that, wild boar, and then it's been beautifully capped.
0:07:44 > 0:07:49Very nice! If you're not a boar. Now, talking of bores, here's Thomas...
0:07:49 > 0:07:51with a travelling item for his road trip.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Look at that lovely leather-coated box
0:07:55 > 0:08:00and this unscrews and you either put scent in there or...something.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03£29.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07See, that's more my budget, really, when thinking about it.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Lansdowne Luggage, London, so that's really quite nicely done, isn't it?
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Lansdowne Row,
0:08:14 > 0:08:18in London's ultra-fashionable, uber-expensive Mayfair,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21is home to some rather exclusive boutiques
0:08:21 > 0:08:23and purveyors of luxury goods.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28Lansdowne Luggage is most likely an eponymous fine leather goods shop
0:08:28 > 0:08:31from this stylish street in the 1930s.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Michael, I've got a little collection of items I've found.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Can I put them on the counter and have a chat?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42With a great luxury bundle already assembled,
0:08:42 > 0:08:47Thomas spots another item winking at him for £58. Tick-tock!
0:08:47 > 0:08:50What's that funny old stick?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- A silver watch key, clock key. - Look at that.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56That's for somebody that has everything.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Thing is, clocks are great
0:08:58 > 0:09:01and people who collect clocks like to have things about them.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04It would be some clock to have a solid-silver key.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06I always see something at the very last minute.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08So what have you got on that?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12It's £50 on it, 40 to you.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Now Thomas has the mother of all antique bundles.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17I've only got 160 quid.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21So I want to spend 100 quid, cos you're the best shop.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- What about my little bottle there? - That's 20, you can have that for 15.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26And then...the busy bees?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29That's 50, you can have that for 40.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- And then the swagger stick... - For a fiver.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34So we've got £100 there.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37I think that is four quality items.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Shake on it? Hundred pounds.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Well done, Thomas, not so much a haggle as an agreement.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Are you sure you haven't spent too much?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I don't want any change left. This is all or nothing.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53This is go hard or go home.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Fine words, sir! Now, James has his three favourite items
0:09:58 > 0:10:02on the counter, with an eye-watering combined asking price of £298.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Now, Michael, could you do the lot at 200?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11You're going to have to give me another tenner.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13210.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15I can do that.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Thank you very much indeed, Michael.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Hmm. Again, that was really an agreement
0:10:20 > 0:10:23rather than a rock-hard haggle.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27I hope our experts haven't gone soft and spendthrift on their final voyage.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31They're good quality items. Hopefully... It's over to the auctioneer now.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35He's got to get out there, market them, and sell them well.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Well, at least our boys seem happy with their bumper buys.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43Why pay less when you can pay more? So let's move on.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48On a literary mission, the Road Trip is taking us four miles southwest
0:10:48 > 0:10:50to the landmark village of Haworth.
0:10:54 > 0:11:00Along the way, Yorkshire's scenery gets more dramatic, more beautiful.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05The kind of windswept heather and wild moors
0:11:05 > 0:11:10that inspired Haworth's three favourite daughters,
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Thomas arrives at the Bronte Parsonage Museum
0:11:17 > 0:11:21to meet collections manager Ann Dinsdale
0:11:21 > 0:11:24and experience this fascinating yet tragic tale.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28This is the dining room where the Brontes did a lot of their writing
0:11:28 > 0:11:32and it's all set out with their own belongings and furniture.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Ill health plagued the family and Patrick Bronte, Haworth's vicar,
0:11:37 > 0:11:40sadly outlived all his talented children.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44He used to call in here at nine o'clock and tell the girls not to stay up too late,
0:11:44 > 0:11:49and that's when they'd put away their sewing or whatever they'd been working on
0:11:49 > 0:11:50and talk about their writing.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52And the mother wasn't here, was she?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55The mother had died within 18 months of their arrival in Howarth.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59But I think that combination of the power of their writing
0:11:59 > 0:12:03and the kind of dramatic landscape of Howarth
0:12:03 > 0:12:07and the sad story of their lives is kind of...quite a potent mix.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12This building was bought by the dedicated Bronte Society in 1928,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15to curate the sisters' artefacts.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20After moving around Northern England, the Brontes lived here from 1820
0:12:20 > 0:12:23and did much of their writing in the family dining room.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26We've got Anne's writing desk on the table
0:12:26 > 0:12:29and we know that every evening, when their family prayers were over,
0:12:29 > 0:12:34they'd actually walk round the table discussing their writing and reading aloud.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- Quite sort of secretive.- Yeah, and we know that after Emily died,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41the year after Wuthering Heights was published,
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Charlotte and Anne continued this nightly ritual of walking round the table.
0:12:45 > 0:12:50And then, when Anne died, Charlotte continued on her own.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Success didn't come easily to the industrious Bronte girls.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57This was the 19th century after all,
0:12:57 > 0:13:01no votes for women and precious few careers either.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05It's true that they didn't publish under their own names, their female names.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07No, they used assumed names,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10they published under the names Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell
0:13:10 > 0:13:14but I think the idea was more that they would disguise their gender.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19They wanted to be judged as writers, not particularly women writers.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Each of them produced a novel
0:13:21 > 0:13:25and they would send them to one publisher after another who rejected them.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Charlotte wrote the famous novel Jane Eyre,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33and Emily the wonderfully romantic Wuthering Heights.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Lesser-known Anne wrote The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41All three girls began their literary careers
0:13:41 > 0:13:44with a collective volume of poetry in 1846.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48It sold two copies, despite some quite good reviews.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49- Only two copies?- Yeah.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54- They were obviously all quite well educated, the father made sure of that.- Yes.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58He encouraged the girls to read whatever they wanted, which was quite unusual.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- That was unusual, wasn't it?- So they were steeped in the works of Byron,
0:14:02 > 0:14:07- for example, which was usually deemed to be very unsuitable. - Absolutely.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Of course, that all fed into their novels.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15The Brontes' genius writing couldn't be ignored forever.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21But only Charlotte lived long enough to enjoy her success, with the immediate popularity of Jane Eyre.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25Ann shows us the museum's earliest testament to this talented family.
0:14:25 > 0:14:30This is actually a poetry manuscript by Charlotte Bronte,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33in the guise of the Marquis of Douro,
0:14:33 > 0:14:35one of her kind of characters.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38You can see the tiny, tiny writing
0:14:38 > 0:14:43and Charlotte's signature down here, June 28th 1830.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45So she'd have been 14,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48and the idea was that these tiny books
0:14:48 > 0:14:50looked as much like printed books as possible.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54How amazing that a 19th-century 14-year-old
0:14:54 > 0:14:58had the talent and confidence to create such an item.
0:14:58 > 0:15:04Recently, the Bronte Society acquired a similar, extremely rare manuscript
0:15:04 > 0:15:09- at a New York auction for around £33,000.- It's quite sweet.
0:15:09 > 0:15:14There's this wonderful naivety and innocence about it,
0:15:14 > 0:15:18of a young girl at 14 making these things to while away the time,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I don't know, take her mind off losing her mother.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26They created a fictional world in which they had the power to bring the dead to life again.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39The Brontes' novels are truly loved and venerated the world over,
0:15:39 > 0:15:43and I think they may have just acquired a brand-new fan.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47I came in, not knowing anything about the family,
0:15:47 > 0:15:51and I've come away with a new-found passion.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- Thank you very much.- It's been a pleasure showing you them.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Thomas has been thoroughly indulged for the last time this week
0:15:58 > 0:16:02and it really is nose to the grindstone for him, from now on.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05But, actually, antiques shopping will have to wait,
0:16:05 > 0:16:09as this first day of the last voyage draws to an end.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11I'm having the time of my life.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I am thoroughly enjoying this.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16So everything to play for on this last one.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Oh, I'm really looking forward to... I've lost my hat again!
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Oh, no, not again. - Yeah, I've lost my hat again.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Better stop and pick it up, then.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Night, night.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32Excitement and a gnawing sense of trepidation greet James and Thomas' final dash of shopping together.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36We don't yet know what the day holds in store but its going to be emotional.
0:16:36 > 0:16:43My trusty motoring hat has been under a 16-wheeler, I'm afraid to say.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Let's hope our boys can keep a better hold on their antiques shopping today.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51So far, James has spent a daring £210 on three items,
0:16:51 > 0:16:56the silver cheese spoon, the silver cigar sleeve
0:16:56 > 0:16:59and the bone corkscrew, with a bit of silver on the end.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04He's got £86.15 left to burn.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Go-Hard Thomas has splashed out £100 on four items.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12The Canadian swagger stick, the cologne case,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15the beehive money box and the handsome clock key.
0:17:15 > 0:17:21He's got £63.23 left to blow and he doesn't want any change.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Game on!
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Good luck.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30Heading west, our boys are splitting up, to get the best of the rest of the Northeast.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Endlessly curious James is heading nine miles from Haworth
0:17:34 > 0:17:37to the big, ballsy city of Bradford.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40Thomas has done well, so he won the last leg.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44I failed miserably, so I'm going for broke.
0:17:44 > 0:17:50James has a keen eye on treasures from the near and far East, so he's giving himself a little treat today.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57This area was built by Bradford's wealthy wool merchants in the 1850s.
0:17:57 > 0:18:03Today this handsome Victorian terrace is home to Bradford's Masjid Doha,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06established in 1980.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Ah, hello.- Hello. James.- Nafees.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Nafees, good to meet you. Now, I hear you have some goodies here.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15We have just through here, in the mosque.
0:18:15 > 0:18:24The Masjid Doha is regularly attended by 700 people from 20 different countries for Friday prayers.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Masjid is the correct Islamic name for mosque,
0:18:27 > 0:18:33as mosque is a French Orientalist term from the 17th century.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34It's a big space, isn't it?
0:18:34 > 0:18:38It is when it's full, particularly on Fridays, the day of congregation.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42I must say it's very plush, isn't it? There's quite a spring here.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46There is, it was well put down. I've sat on here many hours.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51Nafees is a volunteer here and passionate about his own collection of antiques.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55More recently, he's focused on Islamic arts and crafts
0:18:55 > 0:18:58from Arabia, Persia and beyond.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03We've got an inkwell, a tray, which I think is for sweetmeats,
0:19:03 > 0:19:05and a bowl, probably for fruit.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08And were they made for people who were constantly on the move?
0:19:08 > 0:19:12In the medieval period there was a lot of movement of populations.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14I think it's a sweetmeat tray.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Offering of hospitality... - Yes, certainly.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19And is this emblematic,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21this stylised lotus?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23It's loosely, I think, representing the endless knot.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27The endless knot is a real universal symbol,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30appearing across widespread and diverse cultures,
0:19:30 > 0:19:32from Celtic to Persian lands.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37However, it's thought to originate in ancient Tibetan traditions,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40representing the infinite wisdom of the Buddha.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44It's a bowl, and again I would imagine it was for fruit.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47It's a wonderful piece, because not everybody
0:19:47 > 0:19:49would have been able to afford a piece like this.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53These patterns were used in the Byzantine and Sassanian tradition
0:19:53 > 0:19:58so there's a lot of interaction between the cultures and the traditions and the artists.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03It's not unknown for Muslims to make items for Christians
0:20:03 > 0:20:07who were living within the Muslim lands, and vice versa.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Business, isn't it?
0:20:08 > 0:20:11These three curious artefacts are difficult to date,
0:20:11 > 0:20:15but could very well be 12th-century Islamic brassware from Khorasan,
0:20:15 > 0:20:18a prosperous merchant province
0:20:18 > 0:20:23straddling modern-day northeast Iran and western Afghanistan.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24This is the first piece I bought.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27The inkwell was a travelling inkwell.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30You could imagine the ink sloshing around in there
0:20:30 > 0:20:34but I think the idea was they'd put some kind of felt or material inside
0:20:34 > 0:20:37and the ink would be soaked up by that,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- and it's covered in calligraphy, even the underside is.- Very nice.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44It's the harpies, the mythological beasts.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46A woman's head, I think lion's body...
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and the three hunting dogs, Saluki.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52- Right, Salukis, yeah.- Yes, yes.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56Contrary to popular belief, there are many figurative and animal depictions
0:20:56 > 0:20:59in ancient Islamic decorative arts.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02And many motifs, like these harpies and Salukis,
0:21:02 > 0:21:06crossed into arts from other medieval cultures.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Thank you very much indeed...Naseef.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12This is the first mosque I've ever been into. And, well done, Bradford.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13Excellent, nice one.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Tea's getting cold. - Tea's getting cold. Go on.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22And now our fully refreshed James must return to the antiques fray
0:21:22 > 0:21:27and get unearthing his last treasures of the week.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31The journey so far is now consigned to Road Trip history.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35With the taste of final auction in the air,
0:21:35 > 0:21:40an expectant wind blows our experts ten miles due east from Bradford
0:21:40 > 0:21:43to the great Northern city of Leeds.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Today, Leeds is home to the Henry Moore Institute,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51named after Leeds Art School's most celebrated graduate.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Fortunate enough to return from the First World War,
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Henry Moore came to the city on an ex-serviceman's grant in 1919,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03before great success and fame came his way.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05You've got how many items?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08- Three.- I've got four. I'm going to buy one more item.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13I may as well spend it all.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15This is a momentous occasion.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- Last leg. - You never know what we might find.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20It's the final showdown for our boys, today.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24They've got money to burn, antiques to buy and precious little time left.
0:22:24 > 0:22:29So let's keep silly shenanigans to an absolute minimum, please.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I feel like a cyber man.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Oh, dear, sadly this shop looks like it's full of far too much fun and distraction.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44Owner, John, also rents out his stock as props for the film industry.
0:22:44 > 0:22:50In fact, wasn't that candelabra in Gosford Park?
0:22:50 > 0:22:54It's a piece of art deco glass with these opalescent bits in there.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56It's quite nice, it's quite lush, isn't it?
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Most important thing is it's in good condition.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Opalescent glass was developed in England in the mid 19th century,
0:23:03 > 0:23:06but became more popular as an art deco style in the 1930s.
0:23:06 > 0:23:12These bowls are slow cooled to create the milky effect and colouring
0:23:12 > 0:23:15in thicker areas of the glass.
0:23:15 > 0:23:22- 90 quid, and we all know how much money I've got - £62 and something pence!
0:23:22 > 0:23:27No, Thomas. Silly Billy, you've got £63.23.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Now, keep a careful eye on your money, like James does.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Oh, I like that, a nice bit of Indian silver, beautifully embossed
0:23:35 > 0:23:41and then the interior is of a different skin so it's double walled, so a sign of quality.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Smells like silver.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47What's that smell like, then?
0:23:47 > 0:23:51James is once again drawn to Indian, crafted metal goods, as he has been all week.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54He clearly loves their decoration but is also
0:23:54 > 0:23:59shrewd about desirable objects for wealthy buyers in emerging economies.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Clever boy, James, clever boy.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05It's 1860, 1880, I'd say, but lovely quality.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08I'd better get looking.
0:24:11 > 0:24:18This is a bit of 1960s, 70s Italian glass, from Murano, in Venice.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Well spotted, Thomas, how did you know?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25There's a sticker!
0:24:25 > 0:24:27There's a sticker which says it's Murano.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Oh, yeah, you can read, well done!
0:24:29 > 0:24:35This has been made by hand, blown, by a man in Murano.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37It's just lovely, it's gorgeous.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41If you buy that in Murano it's £300.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Murano glass has a fascinating and long, long history.
0:24:46 > 0:24:52In 1291, the Venetian government moved all glass-making furnaces from Venice, to the nearby island
0:24:52 > 0:24:56of Murano, due to their fire hazard in a city made of wood.
0:24:56 > 0:25:02In the 1930s, artist Ercole Barovier took over Murano glass and in 1996
0:25:02 > 0:25:08the Baroviers were recognised as being the oldest glass-making family in the world.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14I'm going to ask about those two items and see what the price is.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16And then I'm going to carry on looking.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18And whilst Thomas plays the long game...
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Boxwood chess set. Staunton, Rolls Royce of chess pieces.
0:25:23 > 0:25:30Howard Staunton was the famous reigning World Chess Champion of 1849, lending his name
0:25:30 > 0:25:37to games manufacturers John Jaques of London, for a new, universally recognized playing set.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43John, how about this, and the bowl, for...
0:25:43 > 0:25:47- Don't look at me like that, you worry me when you look at me like that.- How about the two, 25?
0:25:47 > 0:25:53- No.- Definitely not.- £35 the pair.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Which means you're getting that for nothing and that thrown in with the bowl.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Hmm... Hmm.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10James, where are you going? That's a bit queer.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Could you do 30?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Yes, I'll do 30 on the pair.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Go on, I'm not going to drag it out.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Much obliged to you, James.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20What would make a profit?
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Would it be this?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Or would it be that?
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Why did I buy four items in the first shop?
0:26:28 > 0:26:33Thomas, last chance for purchases, three minutes.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Thank you James, no pressure.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37There's your warning, Thomas.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Final auction is beckoning, so make up your mind fast!
0:26:41 > 0:26:44What's the best on that? I mean really looking for a really good deal.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- 70 quid.- OK.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- And on that one?- 35 quid.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51You wouldn't do that one for 30?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53Yeah, I'll do that one for 30.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Would you do that for 60?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Yeah, OK, 90 quid the pair, yeah.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Oh, dear Thomas, you went mad in Keighley, now you've
0:27:00 > 0:27:04found two bits that you love and you've really not got enough money.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06I've got to go and think about this.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Thomas, where are you going now?
0:27:09 > 0:27:11One minute please.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14This is very peculiar.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- Right.- Go on.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21This is really cheeky.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26- Yes.- And I could understand if you're going to say no immediately.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- The thing is I like them both so much...- Yes.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- ..but I haven't got the £90.- Right.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39I've got £62 and 14 pence.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43No, Thomas! You've got £63 and 23 pence.
0:27:43 > 0:27:49Although I'm not sure the extra £1 and 9 pence would help much here.
0:27:49 > 0:27:55- And that's it, that's me done, end of, that's me cleared out.- £62 and 14... Where's 14 pence come from?
0:27:55 > 0:27:56Well, it's just all I've got left.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01The problem is I want them both, but I can't have them both unless I buy them as one lot.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- So it's got to be £62.14.- That's it.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Give me £62.14 then.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09Really? You're a star.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Congratulations, Thomas. You're getting me confused.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16But for the record you've actually paid £62.14 for both items.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Time's up! Leave the building.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23It certainly is. It's time to go and, for the last time this week, reveal your hand.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28What I've really enjoyed is seeing this part of the world.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33- I must say North Yorkshire... - The car was a little bit dodgy then. - Yeah, it wasn't on top form.
0:28:33 > 0:28:39So in this picturesque setting, our boys have picked, er, a park bench
0:28:39 > 0:28:42for today's Show And Tell.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44I'm sitting here rather uncomfortably because I've put one
0:28:44 > 0:28:48my items... This is part of a lot and I've been trying to hide it.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53A swagger stick to go with this and the swagger stick is from an overseas Canadian...
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Oh, I see, yeah, yeah.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59And I thought, that and that would go quite well together.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03Lansdowne Luggage of London, good bottle within a leather case.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Oh, that's rather nice, isn't it? Tell me how much?- 20 quid.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Yeah, I'm sure somebody will buy it.
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Don't be so rude!
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Laughter, James? Hardly encouraging, is it?
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- You're going to have a jolly good laugh with this.- Go on, go on.
0:29:15 > 0:29:21- There we are. - OK, this is a cigar holder, it's Sheffield, Mappin and Webb, 1912.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24So we're getting some gentlemanly items here, aren't we?
0:29:24 > 0:29:28What did you pay for that? Let me guess, £85.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30Lower, I did pay lower.
0:29:30 > 0:29:3265?
0:29:32 > 0:29:34No, in the middle, 75.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38- Well, shall I show you something that might make you feel a bit better?- OK, fire away.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42- A stupid impulse buy. - What is that Thomas, a key?
0:29:42 > 0:29:48Well, it's a silver clock key, Sheffield, 1929.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50It's a rather interesting fun item.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53That's rather nice. How much did you pay for that?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55- 40.- 40?
0:29:55 > 0:29:57That's why. Yeah!
0:29:57 > 0:30:02James! Calm yourself down and show Thomas your cheese scoop.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04It's my most expensive lot.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12- OK, and it's a... - Well, I sort of picked it up and I thought tea caddy, but then I
0:30:12 > 0:30:14felt the weight of it and thought
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- it's slightly over engineered for a tea caddy, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21No, no, no, we definitely decided this was a cheese scoop!
0:30:21 > 0:30:26- So how much did you pay?- £86. - You've really been spending some money, haven't you?
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- I have.- Right, I like this.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33Now this is a honey pot, but a money box.
0:30:33 > 0:30:39You are busy saving like busy bumble bees and then at the end of your savings you reap the rewards.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43- How much?- £40.- OK.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48That's a very nice tusk that, isn't it? What did you pay for that, £100?
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- £49.- No? That's a really nice thing.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55So this is my fourth item, art deco opalescent bowl.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58That's very nice, how much did you pay for that?
0:30:58 > 0:31:02£31.20.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05I think you've used some quite good buying tactics along your way, haven't you?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- Well, it's only fair. - You're a bit of a smoothie.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Here it is, my last item.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Another Indian bowl. Is it lined in silver? Yes, it is.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15Rather good fun.
0:31:15 > 0:31:16OK how much did you pay for that?
0:31:16 > 0:31:21- £25.- Home and dry.- OK, last item. Now, this looks really splendid.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26Yes, and again I've used my knowledge on the decorative arts
0:31:26 > 0:31:28- to buy a piece of Murano glass. - That is very splendid.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30It does look very Venetian
0:31:30 > 0:31:35and I've got an inkling how much you paid for that. £31.20.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38- Absolutely.- My final throw of the die,
0:31:38 > 0:31:42it's not worthy of the same company as your bowl.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- Staunton boxwood chess set. - I paid £5 for that item.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48I think that's got a good chance of making £10-£12.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Good luck with your items. I think you've bought really well.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53Didn't he? Didn't he do well?
0:31:53 > 0:31:57I think, James, as I knew he would do, would get over confident.
0:31:57 > 0:32:04He's bought the cigar sleeve for £75, the cheese scoop for another
0:32:04 > 0:32:08£86, and that's a lot of money wrapped up in two bits of silver.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12I thought the swagger stick and the little box, bit of a filler.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Am I going to beat him?
0:32:14 > 0:32:16I've got a very good chance.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Is Thomas any threat to the master?
0:32:20 > 0:32:21Actually, yes.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25I think Thomas could be pretty dangerous at this last sale.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27It's been a tumultuous voyage
0:32:27 > 0:32:29for our two excited experts,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31from Keighley, to Haworth and
0:32:31 > 0:32:36switching east through the northern lights of Bradford and Leeds.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Auction day is here and it's the final showdown for James and Thomas
0:32:40 > 0:32:42in Driffield, East Yorkshire.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43I'm hearing good things.
0:32:43 > 0:32:48Wherever I go, they say Driffield auction room is good news.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Good. Well, I'm hoping, I'm hoping.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55The auction rooms at Dee, Atkinson and Harrison have
0:32:55 > 0:32:59been selling property, livestock, fine art and antiques since 1885.
0:32:59 > 0:33:07Auctioneer Pippa Whiteley has a word or two to say about our experts' chances.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11I think Thomas's items are a little bit risky,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13with the exception of the Murano glass bowl.
0:33:13 > 0:33:14I think that will do well.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17So let's hope he makes lots of money on that one.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20I think James has bought better things,
0:33:20 > 0:33:24a bit more saleable, but you never know what'll happen on the day.
0:33:24 > 0:33:29James started this leg of the road trip with £296.15
0:33:29 > 0:33:33and spent an impressive £240 on five auction lots.
0:33:35 > 0:33:40Thomas nearly delivered on his bold promise to spend every penny.
0:33:41 > 0:33:48He took his £163.23, bought five lots for £162.40,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51leaving a missing 83p.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Personally, I'd check the back of the sofa!
0:33:56 > 0:34:01Our experts have suffered two near fatal auctions in a row this week.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- Last and final. - A risky day.- Shall we go?- Yes.
0:34:04 > 0:34:09Go-hard Thomas has pulled out all the stops for one last shot at success.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13So let's sit up straight, eyes front and no talking at the back.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15The auction is about to begin.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19The first whiff of auction drama
0:34:19 > 0:34:22comes from James's silver cheese scoop.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I'm starting the bidding at £65.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Is there 70 anywhere?
0:34:27 > 0:34:30£70 anywhere?
0:34:30 > 0:34:3570. 75, 80, 85, 90? No?
0:34:35 > 0:34:3790 anywhere else?
0:34:37 > 0:34:40No? Are we all done? £85.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43That did well, but not quite well enough.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Next up we have the first item
0:34:45 > 0:34:48from Thomas's amazing, last-minute Leeds deal.
0:34:48 > 0:34:53The Murano glass has its chance to shine now.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55- This is it.- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Don't drop it!
0:34:59 > 0:35:00A fair bit of interest in viewing in this one
0:35:00 > 0:35:04and I have to start the bidding here on my sheet at £85.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Is there 90 in the room anywhere?
0:35:07 > 0:35:10£90 anywhere in the room?
0:35:10 > 0:35:11No? It's too rich for you.
0:35:11 > 0:35:17We're all done, then. Commission bids get that one for £85.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22Fantastic! If ever a beleaguered antiques expert needed a result
0:35:22 > 0:35:24like that, it was Thomas Plant today.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Well done, sir!
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Now, another shrewd investment from James -
0:35:30 > 0:35:33an Indian silver bowl with decorative appeal.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Where do you want to be on this one, £50? 30 anywhere?
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Let's start at 20. 22 anywhere now?
0:35:40 > 0:35:4325, 28?
0:35:43 > 0:35:44No, we all done?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Sorry, James.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50£3 profit minus the commission is...
0:35:50 > 0:35:51not a whole lot!
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- How do you feel?- Yeah, fine.
0:35:56 > 0:36:01No coins to save today, but Thomas's money box will face the bidders next.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I have to start the bidding here
0:36:03 > 0:36:06at £45. Is there 50 anywhere?
0:36:06 > 0:36:0750 I'm bid, £50.
0:36:07 > 0:36:1055 with me, £60 I'm bid.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14- 65 anywhere else?- £60. - All done, all finished.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Another good result and things are looking fairly rosy
0:36:18 > 0:36:20for Thomas right now.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23For me, this is exciting, this is profits.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25This is what you've been feeling like.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28James really needs some strategic play
0:36:28 > 0:36:31and his Staunton chess set pieces are
0:36:31 > 0:36:33looking for a worthy grand master.
0:36:33 > 0:36:3530 anywhere?
0:36:35 > 0:36:39How does 20 sound, then? Any interest at £20?
0:36:39 > 0:36:42I'm going to have to go down to a tenner.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46£10 I'm bid, £10.
0:36:46 > 0:36:4912, 15, 18? 18 I have.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Really good!
0:36:51 > 0:36:54All done? All finished at 18.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Checkmate and a slightly healthier profit for James.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00That's amazing!
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Next on parade are the Canadian swagger stick
0:37:03 > 0:37:07and handsome cologne bottle, selling together.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Two nice items here - £50?
0:37:10 > 0:37:1130 anywhere?
0:37:11 > 0:37:1420 anywhere?
0:37:14 > 0:37:1922, 25, 28, 30, 35, 40.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22All done? All finished, £40.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24He's still doing it.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Watch your back, James!
0:37:26 > 0:37:28What's going on, James?
0:37:28 > 0:37:33If my two bits of silver crash and burn, you could take me.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37The suave cigar sleeve cost James £75
0:37:37 > 0:37:40and is now looking for the right pocket.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44I'm going to start the bidding at £60. Is there 65 anywhere?
0:37:44 > 0:37:4865, 70, 75, 80.
0:37:48 > 0:37:5385? No? 85 anywhere else? All done.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Close, but no...
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Well, you get the idea!
0:37:58 > 0:38:02Now the second item from Thomas's last-minute Leeds deal,
0:38:02 > 0:38:04the opalescent bowl.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06£60?
0:38:06 > 0:38:0940 anywhere? Let's go to 20, then.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Any interest at £20? 20 I'm bid.
0:38:12 > 0:38:1422 anywhere now?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16I have one bid at £20.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Are we all done? All finished... 22!
0:38:20 > 0:38:24- 25.- Go on.- All done?
0:38:24 > 0:38:25All finished.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Not so good there.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Thomas's profit motor is possibly running out of juice.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35James needs to pull out all the stops with his last item.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39The silver horn corkscrew needs a strong tweak.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40Let's start at 20 on this one.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Nice. £20 I'm bid.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45£20, 22 anywhere now?
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- Come on.- £22 anywhere?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- I sold one for 150 quid. - Are we all done? £20.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Oh, that's a shame.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56James's final item gets corked, and no surprise
0:38:56 > 0:38:58he's a bit cheesed off!
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Bad luck, James.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02That's not very fair, is it?
0:39:02 > 0:39:06AUCTIONEER CONTINUES IN BACKGROUND
0:39:07 > 0:39:09So time is of the essence.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12If Thomas can double his money on the silver clock key,
0:39:12 > 0:39:15he could actually beat James this week.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Here goes.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Where do you want to start on this one, £60?
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- 40 anywhere?- Go on.
0:39:23 > 0:39:29- 20?- I told you.- £20? Any interest at £20?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Is the silver not worth £20? Let's start at 15, then.
0:39:32 > 0:39:3715 I'm bid, £15, 18 anywhere else?
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- Can't believe it. Are we all done?- Go on.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43All finished at £15.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Oh dear, oh dear.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49Thomas was doing so well and then it all fell apart again.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52However, someone got a lovely piece of silver for a great price.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54A bit of a yo-yo for Thomas Plant,
0:39:54 > 0:39:58- backwards and forwards.- Yeah.- And for poor old James it's been...
0:39:58 > 0:40:00It's been a gradual descent after...
0:40:00 > 0:40:02After those heady heights.
0:40:04 > 0:40:10James started this leg with a clear lead and £296.15 to his name.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15But, after paying commission, he's made another bruising loss of £52.18.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20James has a final total of £243.97.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27Thomas started down, with just £163.23,
0:40:27 > 0:40:31and made a small profit of £22.95,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34giving him a final total,
0:40:34 > 0:40:39including the missing 83p, of £186.18.
0:40:39 > 0:40:45Sadly, Thomas actually managed to finish with less money than he started with.
0:40:45 > 0:40:50And that's just not enough to knock James off this week's top spot.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Let's see where our chaps lie in the leader board.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59Still comfortably in the top spot is the mighty James Lewis.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00There ain't no touching him!
0:41:00 > 0:41:06In second place, Kate Bliss, followed closely behind in third position by Charles Hanson.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09In fourth place is Mark Stacey and
0:41:09 > 0:41:12in fifth position is Jonathan Pratt.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Charlie Ross is sixth
0:41:14 > 0:41:18and, out of this week's road trippers, James Braxton
0:41:18 > 0:41:20is in seventh place whilst
0:41:20 > 0:41:26Thomas Plant brings up the rear - somebody's got to - in eighth position.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34- So James, that's it.- That's it.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36The final nail in the coffin.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Yes, I think the suit was very apt, in fact.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40I think it was another funeral.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45- Well, disappointment reigned supreme yet again...- I know.
0:41:45 > 0:41:46..on our fifth and final auction.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49Anyway it's been a good trip. Shall we have one last motor?
0:41:49 > 0:41:51Oh, please.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Well, what a week's it's been!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56SONG: "Je Ne Regrette Rien"
0:41:56 > 0:42:00Since leaving Berwick-upon-Tweed, James and Thomas have bravely fought
0:42:00 > 0:42:03their way across the North East of England...
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Oh, I've lost my hat!
0:42:04 > 0:42:07From town to town, shop to shop,
0:42:07 > 0:42:10and auction to auction.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Neither expert has made massive profits, to say the very least,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17and they've found many new and exciting headwear options.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Does it sort of frame my round face?
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Thomas has fallen in love with some delicate jewellery...
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- If you don't buy it, you'll regret it.- You're right.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31James has lost his heart to some big hunks of metal.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33That's a lovely bit of copper.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35There's a lot of copper there.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38That's a mighty fellow, isn't it?
0:42:38 > 0:42:40The weight of a small dog.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44And they've both expressed a new-found admiration for each other.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45I need to walk with giants.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47I'll give you that - handsome!
0:42:51 > 0:42:55Come on. Off we go!
0:42:55 > 0:42:56The final hurrah.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00No...
0:43:00 > 0:43:03The police might let us go. No, of course not.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Couple of WPCs!
0:43:10 > 0:43:14Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, it's a whole new week
0:43:14 > 0:43:18and a brand new pair of experts - David Barby and Philip Serrell.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20David struggles to get up...
0:43:20 > 0:43:22I'm on my knees already!
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Philip struggles for sympathy...
0:43:24 > 0:43:26I'm actually really hurt!
0:43:26 > 0:43:29And they both struggle with each other's company.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Could you get that scarf out of my face? Thank you.
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