0:00:02 > 0:00:05The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.
0:00:05 > 0:00:11- Testing, testing.- Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Do I see 80? 75?
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit,
0:00:17 > 0:00:21but it's not as easy as it sounds, and there can only be one winner.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- Come on, let's go. - So will it be the highway to success
0:00:24 > 0:00:28- or the B road to bankruptcy? - Job done.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31- I'm now broke. - This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:41 > 0:00:46Our two antiques experts this week are Charles Hanson and Jonathan Pratt.
0:00:58 > 0:01:04Charles Hanson began his career at Christie's and is passionate about early English porcelain.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11That's a nice little piece of Crown Devon. Crown Devon, lustre, you think of Wedgwood.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Same sort of period. £12.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15It's such a bargain.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17CRASHING
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Lordy!
0:01:19 > 0:01:20It WAS a bargain.
0:01:20 > 0:01:26Auctioneer and gemologist Jonathan Pratt doesn't mind getting dirty in the pursuit of hidden treasures.
0:01:26 > 0:01:33He likes a laugh and he's also extremely thin.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36There we go. Soot.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41Both experts started this week with £200, and the competition's
0:01:41 > 0:01:46still too close to call after the auction in Omagh on yesterday's show.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- Charles made a profit on every single one of his items...- 130.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54Hanson is in that car, he's cruising into fifth gear.
0:01:54 > 0:02:01..and starts today with a very respectable £259.17.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03- Go on, then.- Jonathan,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07however, came a right cropper when he radically changed tactics.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12I can't just go around and buy everything I think Charlie might buy!
0:02:12 > 0:02:14So, Jonathan starts today
0:02:14 > 0:02:18just behind Charles with £249.07.
0:02:24 > 0:02:29This week's Road Trip is around spectacular Northern Ireland and Northwest England.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32On today's show, Charles and Jonathan are back
0:02:32 > 0:02:36in Blighty, starting at Liverpool and heading for auction in Runcorn.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Today, Liverpool is better known as the birthplace of...
0:02:44 > 0:02:50Yes, you've guessed it, those four lovable mop tops, the Beatles.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54But during the 19th century, it was the second-most important city
0:02:54 > 0:02:56of the British Empire, after London.
0:02:56 > 0:03:0140% of the world's trade passed through its docks.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05So our two chaps have come along to its most famous, Albert Dock.
0:03:05 > 0:03:10A World Heritage Site with the largest single collection
0:03:10 > 0:03:14of Grade 1 listed buildings anywhere in Britain.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21But our boys seem more interested in mucking about than in Liverpool's
0:03:21 > 0:03:23rich heritage.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Enough mucking about, chaps, time to work. Like girls.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38First stop for Charles is aptly named Tunnel Antiques.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42This is like the golden age of the antiques market, 30 years ago.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Things are stacked really high, it's dark,
0:03:46 > 0:03:50you can't quite make out what you're buying, but all the better to find the real bargains.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52It's called the Tunnel. We can see why.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00Across town, Jonathan is wondering where he should start.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Is everything for sale, even like bits of metalware and things like that?
0:04:03 > 0:04:08- Yes. All these items.- If I saw like a really good looking door knocker or something...
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Yes, they're there... - They're there to be sold.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16Circa 1900, mahogany with chequered banding on the edges.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19Could be used for a piano stool.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Although the auctioneer has said
0:04:23 > 0:04:25best not to buy furniture.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Anyway.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32Good thinking, Jonathan, for planning ahead and finding out
0:04:32 > 0:04:36from the auctioneer at Runcorn what sells and what doesn't.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I'm not going to go and buy three things in the first shop this time.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43I'm going to be more savvy.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46A little bit more thinking involved.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Thinking's dangerous. - Certainly is, Batman.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Now, speaking of dangerous thinking,
0:04:51 > 0:04:55back in the Tunnel, something polished catches Charles' eye.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I like this, Paul.
0:04:57 > 0:05:02- Great colour, love the dish-top, Paul, and of course, it's a snap top, isn't it?- Snap top.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04So what you do, snap top table, like that,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06up it goes. Look at that.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12The snap top table is on a latch, allowing it to be tilted up
0:05:12 > 0:05:16after the tea ceremony and the table put away until the following day.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21And it's a snip, or a snap, at £150.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24So we're talking 1775. We're going back to mad King George III.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28It just oozes quality and age, doesn't it?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30I'll take £100. Not even a pound a year.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Paul, I'm very tempted with that table because
0:05:34 > 0:05:38I like it. And my taste, sometimes, has to outweigh commercial gain.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Isn't this a competition, Charles?
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- Paul, you know the Ashanti table? - The Ashanti stool can be £50.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- Is that period?- That's a period one.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- So, Paul, tell me about it. - It's an Ashanti stool.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58From?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Africa.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01Yes. Allow me to enlighten you.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Geography lesson number one.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07The Ashanti are a major ethnic group in Ghana.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11By the 18th century, their kingdom covered most of the country.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15To them, a stool was spiritual as well as practical.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Literally, the seat of the owner's soul.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The sale room we're going to, I don't know if their sale's online. If the sale is online,
0:06:22 > 0:06:25this is going to appeal to your London tribal buyers.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29If it's not online, this stool, which is a real find, could go to auction,
0:06:29 > 0:06:32make a huge loss. Best price?
0:06:32 > 0:06:3450 quid.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41While Charles ponders, Jonathan sets his sights high.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Chimney pots are always quite fun. Architectural, flowers on,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49perhaps a little clean.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Old chimney pots, you can see all the soot in there.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54There we go. Soot.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Thanks to a building boom, an astonishing variety of chimney pots
0:06:58 > 0:07:02were manufactured during the Victorian era.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04It led to a new pastime,
0:07:04 > 0:07:06pot spotting.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Yeah, that's right, like train spotting but with chimneys.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15They're quite pretty and they make good planters. You just plonk them in the flowerbed and grow stuff.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20And they've got flowers on the side so you can put margaritas, ox eye daisies, something like that.
0:07:20 > 0:07:25Ooh-ar, you've gone all horticultural on me, Jonathan.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Across town, Charles spots something else to tempt him.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31That's a good chair, isn't it?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33From 1830.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35- £25, is that right? - It can be 20 quid.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37£20? For a William IV chair.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- It's nothing, is it?- It's nothing. - You say a leg's been...? - A leg's been glued on.
0:07:42 > 0:07:48Goodness gracious me, Paul. See, I think that's a fairly safe bet, but I want to buy something bigger.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- Something chancy and not safe? - Exactly. I want to, Paul,
0:07:51 > 0:07:56either go out in a blaze of glory or go out...in a blaze of glory.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02But Jonathan isn't quite ready to throw caution to the wind.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07I've honed in on this because it sells where I am quite well. It's a small, functional piece of furniture.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11It's got some age. It's about 100 years old, thereabouts.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12Furniture made out of bamboo
0:08:12 > 0:08:15first became fashionable in the 18th century.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18It appeals because it's exotic.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Westerners have long had a passion for all things oriental.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28This could be one of those that some people say, "What a load of junk".
0:08:28 > 0:08:32But the price label on that says £22.
0:08:32 > 0:08:37This, down in my saleroom, would make £50 to £60.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42"Don't buy furniture, don't buy furniture. Don't buy furniture."
0:08:42 > 0:08:47That's right, Jonathan, that's exactly what the auctioneer said.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52But Charles doesn't seem to know that because what he's doing is...
0:08:52 > 0:08:56So if I bought the mahogany table and the stool...
0:08:56 > 0:08:59I'll do you the two for £120.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07OK...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09He's my friend. Paul, you're a mate.
0:09:11 > 0:09:16- I'll think about it. Bye.- Oh, it's not like you to dither, Charles.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19I do like the stool, I like the table. They're two lovely items,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23and they'll stand well in the the saleroom, but in Runcorn, who knows?
0:09:23 > 0:09:27I will give the auctioneer a call next and just get his line of thought
0:09:27 > 0:09:29on what sells well.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Good idea, Charles.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37A few streets away, Jonathan is being decisive.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39I quite like these two chimney pots.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Very decorative, flowers on the side.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46This is going to hurt you, because I'm afraid they have been saved for
0:09:46 > 0:09:49ages and I've got a use for them.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50You wouldn't even take
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- £40 for them?- I'm afraid I would not take £40.- Oh, what a pain.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- So this chap here, this is my next one.- I'm happy to sell that.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Your price on there is £22, and so your very best price...?
0:10:02 > 0:10:0418.
0:10:04 > 0:10:0718... 15.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11I think 18 is quite reasonable, considering I started off at 22.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- I think 15's even more reasonable. - You're bound to say that, aren't you?
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- 15 cos I let you down. - Brilliant, thank you very much.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Before you change your mind. Great, thank you very much.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Well done, Jonathan, the first purchase of the day.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27Now it's time for our two chaps to swap shops, if you know what I mean.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30- Are you all right? - I've just been to an amazing shop.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Unbelievable shop. You will love it.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36It is just stacked high, it is rolling back to the '70s.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- You will go wild.- I think you'll enjoy this place.- I can't wait.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44But it's not quite the antiques shop that Charles was expecting.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53It's actually quite eerie. It's remarkably quiet.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57There's no whispers to come and get me.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03Nothing's jumping out and saying, "Come on, handsome, look at me now." Where are you?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08And Jonathan's having exactly the same problem.
0:11:08 > 0:11:15In a place like this, you'll find they're not that bothered about presentation.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20If you give the person
0:11:20 > 0:11:24who's looking around the shop or the saleroom the feeling that they might
0:11:24 > 0:11:26unearth something, you'll get a lot
0:11:26 > 0:11:29more people wanting to go through and look in the little boxes and things.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32It's that sort of thing, there might be something in it.
0:11:32 > 0:11:38But when a shop's as crammed as this one, you do spend longer
0:11:38 > 0:11:39unearthing those gems.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Sometimes you find things.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I mean, what can you do with a giant figure of Popeye The Sailor Man?
0:11:45 > 0:11:49I was hoping there would be a head attached to it.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57Isn't there anything to tempt you to part with your £234.70, Jonathan?
0:11:57 > 0:12:01- There's a fertility mask up there. - Hmm?- That's a fertility mask.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I don't really need that, I've got four children already.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09Bragging. Across town, Charles is still looking for his first purchase.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14A late Victorian examination couch. Isn't it great?
0:12:14 > 0:12:18120 years old and if you had to be examined, for whatever reason,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24you might be on this. And you dread to think what would have happened.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25Oh, Lord.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Actually, Charles, it's early 19th century.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30But you're right about one thing,
0:12:30 > 0:12:33it wasn't a good time to be sick back then.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38Medicines were often preparations of mercury, arsenic and iron,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42while bleeding and leeches were routinely prescribed.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Not much fun, eh?
0:12:44 > 0:12:49It's period, it's mahogany. For £125,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52it isn't bad really, is it?
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Are you actually thinking of buying something, Charles?
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- What have I got on it?- 125. What's the best price on it?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02I'll take 100.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05The woodwork's in good nick. It's not loose, it's not broken.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07- There are no tears in the material. - Yes, yes.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10So if you're going to try any harder, no, sorry, that's it.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- That the death. - And when a man says the death,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15that's the death, isn't it?
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- It is.- I was hoping for a figure nearer 60, and I'd love to buy it,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24- but I've got to hold out for a bit less.- It has been here for a year.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28If we can settle at 90, you will have squeezed me like very few people ever manage to do.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30£90 is a very good offer.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34I'm likely, tomorrow, to give you a call and inquire, OK?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38So, the Young Pretender still can't make up his mind.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Come on, Hanson, where's your
0:13:41 > 0:13:46hardened edge in buying antiques? Where is your decisiveness?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Yes, Carlos, that's exactly what I was thinking.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57Down the road, Jonathan's not having much luck either.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02I'd like to see some, I don't know, a lot more small stuff.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08You know, you just can't make money out of this sort of thing at auction, so...
0:14:10 > 0:14:14Unable to come to a decision over four potential buys,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Charles takes some time out to visit one of Liverpool's
0:14:17 > 0:14:19more sophisticated venues.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24Whilst Jonathan is hopefully panic buying, hopefully spending freely,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27hopefully buying really, really unwisely, I'm going
0:14:27 > 0:14:29to check out some refined company.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35This is the Philharmonic Dining Rooms,
0:14:35 > 0:14:40or, as it's known locally, the Phil.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43It opened in 1898 opposite Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall
0:14:43 > 0:14:47and quickly became a popular venue for concert-goers.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52John Lennon once complained that
0:14:52 > 0:14:56not being able to drink here was one of the prices of fame.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Today, it's still a restaurant and bar and Charles has managed to sneak in before it opens
0:15:00 > 0:15:01to have a quick look.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06But there's no-one here except Ruth Roberts, the cleaner.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10And she offers to show him around and give him a quick polish up while
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Charles gives her a history lesson.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- The adornment is unbelievable. - It's beautiful.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19To think that these have been, I suppose, hand-touched and polished
0:15:19 > 0:15:24over the last 110 years, and they're all hand embossed with the fish here.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29The design is all so evocative of a return to nature.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33As art nouveau designers adapted motifs from the natural world,
0:15:33 > 0:15:39nature and modernity came to mean almost the same thing.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43- And there's more to see. - And these names on here?
0:15:43 > 0:15:46They're composers names, but I'm not sure. There's Liszt and Brahms
0:15:46 > 0:15:49but I'm not sure what the connection is, to be honest with you.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Brahms and Liszt? Isn't that cockney rhyming slang for...
0:15:55 > 0:15:56having one too many?
0:15:58 > 0:16:03I suppose when the building was built in the late 19th century, you can see the
0:16:03 > 0:16:06grandeur, can't you? No expense spared. Look at the floor here.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08I love this floor.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13Mosaic, I suppose, really encapsulating great Roman taste.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16But the most spectacular thing about the dining rooms
0:16:16 > 0:16:20is not its chandeliers or its sumptuous bar,
0:16:20 > 0:16:26but an altogether more modest little room. In fact, the smallest room in the Phil.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29These are the listed toilets you were talking about.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32I can smell it. The urinals really are something, aren't they?
0:16:32 > 0:16:36These are Grade 1 listed loos.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40You might think that only a stately home could be considered to have
0:16:40 > 0:16:46loos of exceptional architectural and historic interest, but in fact,
0:16:46 > 0:16:53any element in a building can be listed, even these...bogs.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55You look at the marble, it really is...
0:16:55 > 0:16:59quite different. It's of that late Victorian art nouveau grandeur.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03- Look at the cistern!- I know, yeah. - Look at that.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07And you've also got the original... Oops, almost fell in then, crikey!
0:17:07 > 0:17:09It's a bit slippy down here.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11And if I was an Edwardian gent...
0:17:13 > 0:17:15I would want to come in here all the time.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17As interesting as the loos are, Charles,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19it's time for Ruth to get back to work.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22I think she's a bit flushed.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27It's now the end of a rather long and emotional day
0:17:27 > 0:17:31and time for our two young chaps to reflect on their purchases.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Or should I say it lack of them?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47The boys awake to blue skies and can't wait to get started.
0:17:47 > 0:17:53So far, Jonathan has spent a trifling £15 on a bamboo bookcase.
0:17:53 > 0:17:58This could be one of those that some people say, "What a load of junk."
0:17:58 > 0:18:04So he's left with a substantial £234.07 to spend.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Even though a few objects peaked his interest,
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Charles has spent absolutely nothing.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16So he still has the princely sum of £259.17.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Today, Jonathan's leaving Charles behind in Liverpool
0:18:22 > 0:18:26and heading towards the pretty seaside town of Southport.
0:18:30 > 0:18:35Yesterday morning, I was nervous because I was nervous about coming in, Charlie £10 ahead of me.
0:18:35 > 0:18:42Now, I'm... I'm more nervous because I don't like the pressure of actually having
0:18:42 > 0:18:48to commit myself to objects that I don't necessarily want to buy!
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Antiques dealer John Nolan has been in the business for 46 years,
0:18:52 > 0:18:54which makes him half an antique himself.
0:18:54 > 0:18:59- Hello.- Hello there. Are you all right?- Very good. You've got some old stuff in here, apparently.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Yes, in the antique department.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Thank you very much.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- Ah, here we are.- Yeah, yeah. Have a wander round, see what you think.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Almost immediately, Jonathan spots something.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14What I want to look at, what catches my eye, is that there.
0:19:16 > 0:19:23This is 18th century, John Pitt of Leeds.
0:19:23 > 0:19:29It's an etui, or small case, as it's more commonly known.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33This is shagreen, which is believed to be green-stained sharkskin but
0:19:33 > 0:19:36they used various different
0:19:36 > 0:19:41things like catfish and ray, whatever, just to produce it.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43It probably belonged to a draughtsman.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Mm, very nice.
0:19:45 > 0:19:53In here you've got a compass and a little ivory ruler.
0:19:53 > 0:19:54It's a pretty little thing.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56I bet you that's...
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Crikey, I bet he's asking over £300 for that.
0:19:59 > 0:20:05These things are really quite collectible. What would I get for that at auction? I'd probably get...
0:20:05 > 0:20:10Well, £200-£300, I suppose.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11How much is it?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Normally I'd ask like 125 for that.
0:20:13 > 0:20:19- Oh, right, OK.- But I'd probably do a deal with you, around what, say £80?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21£80?!
0:20:21 > 0:20:26And you thought he thought he'd want £300 for it, Jonathan.
0:20:26 > 0:20:2870, you've got a deal?
0:20:28 > 0:20:33- You've got yourself a deal.- There we go.- Let's hope you do well with it.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Thank you very much. I like that, actually.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40- Yeah, it's beautiful.- Cor! No wonder you're smiling, matey.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45Back in Liverpool, Charles's first stop is dealer Trevor Duswell.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Let's hope he does well for Charles.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55Wow! What an antiques centre, there's great balls of light.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57There's a growing plantation down there.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01It has a great Far Eastern theme, which is my area of interest,
0:21:01 > 0:21:07oriental, Japanese, Chinese artefacts, ceramics, glassware...
0:21:07 > 0:21:12Very nice. It's a jug.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16It's made by Maling, who were an important factory.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18After you. Nice jug, like it?
0:21:18 > 0:21:23- Yeah!- Good. It's a nice art deco Maling ware jug.
0:21:23 > 0:21:29It's £32 but look, a nibble here, a chip there, two chips and it's
0:21:29 > 0:21:31going to affect market value.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35So I'm leaving it.
0:21:35 > 0:21:42Jonathan, who's still in Southport, is on the hunt for another bargain.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45They may interest you, these perfume bottles.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47They always do well in auction.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Oh, I didn't see those.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53Coty. So it's Chypre de Coty.
0:21:53 > 0:21:59The French company Coty has been in business for more than 100 years
0:21:59 > 0:22:03and built its success on offering perfume, then considered a luxury
0:22:03 > 0:22:05product, to the mass market.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Because these would be around the '30s.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Yes, I would imagine the '30s.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- Still smells nice. - It does, actually. How much is this?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I could let you have that for £40.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25- I think it's certainly... You can see there was one in the middle. - Yes.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28They most definitely would've had three bottles the same height.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- But then you'd be asking like £150 for something like that.- Yeah.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Time to put those haggling skills
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- into practice, Jonathan. - Unless you'll do
0:22:39 > 0:22:43the etui and the bottles for £100,
0:22:43 > 0:22:46I'll just take the etui.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- OK, we'll do it for £100. Why not? - Yeah, that makes it nice and simple, there you go.- OK.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Great, Jonathan's now bought the draftsman's case and the bottles.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59Charles has yet to buy anything.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03What we've got here is a tiny... I think it's a spoon tray, isn't it? It is a spoon tray.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Part of the tea ceremony when you'd obviously take your expensive,
0:23:06 > 0:23:11exotic, mystical, magical cup of tea or tea ball of tea,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15and of course you'd rest your silver spoon in here once you've obviously
0:23:15 > 0:23:17stirred the magical formula.
0:23:17 > 0:23:23This spoon tray is Chinese and was made around 1700.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27We in England didn't discover making porcelain until about 1745 at Bow
0:23:27 > 0:23:31and at Chelsea in London and this secret had been the secret of the Chinese
0:23:31 > 0:23:36for 1,000 years previous. There we go, that's history, isn't it?
0:23:36 > 0:23:40Manufactured probably only 30 years after the Great Fire of London.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Is that your favourite date, Charles?
0:23:42 > 0:23:46We're talking ten years after the Great Fire of London, for example.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47- Mm-hmm.- To think that this was...
0:23:47 > 0:23:51manufactured 50 or so years before the Great Fire of London.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Manufactured probably only 30 years after the Great Fire of London.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57If this could talk,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59wok it tell us?
0:23:59 > 0:24:04It would tell you, Carlos, to get a move on and start spending.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- What's the best price on him, please? - What price on there? - £25 is the asking price.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Very best for you today, £18.
0:24:12 > 0:24:19£18, it's history, and you know what, I'll buy it. Thanks for the memories.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Well done, you finally made up your mind about something.
0:24:22 > 0:24:28But you still have £241.17 left to spend. Walk tall.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34Jonathan, who still has £134.07 left,
0:24:34 > 0:24:38has abandoned shopping in favour of some sightseeing.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43He's off to Speke Hall in Liverpool and Lisa Downes
0:24:43 > 0:24:44is going to show him round.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Good morning. - Good morning, welcome to Speke Hall.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Thank you very much. What a wonderful place.
0:24:49 > 0:24:56This rare Tudor manor house now belongs to the National Trust.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03It was built by the Norris family in the 16th century, devout Catholics
0:25:03 > 0:25:06who wanted to impress visitors with the grandeur of their home.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09William Norris made his fortune as a soldier
0:25:09 > 0:25:14and built Speke Hall with money accrued from the spoils of war.
0:25:14 > 0:25:21So this is the oak parlour. And you can see the plasterwork ceiling.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- This is the section that has pomegranates and we also have grapes. - Yes.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27It's from approximately 1612.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28It's very impressive, actually.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- I like the way that some of these are hanging down.- I know.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34It makes you want to touch them.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39The genealogical over mantle, dating from around 1567,
0:25:39 > 0:25:43is the only representation there is of the Norris family.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46In the centre is William Norris.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48He seems to be surrounded by
0:25:48 > 0:25:51an enormous amount of what look like children.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Yes. He had 19 children.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- His first wife died... - I'm not surprised!
0:25:56 > 0:25:58..after giving birth to 11 children,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01which I don't blame her, for giving up the ghost.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- No, I suppose.- And then his second wife had a further eight children,
0:26:05 > 0:26:06- so he had 19 children.- Blimey!
0:26:06 > 0:26:09So we like to joke that's why they had to build
0:26:09 > 0:26:11extra sections onto the house.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14It wasn't just extensions they were building.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17The family who lived here remained Catholic
0:26:17 > 0:26:19during the reign of Elizabeth I.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23It was a dangerous time to be a Catholic then.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Elizabeth had inherited a nation divided by religion.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30She protected herself against Catholic radicals,
0:26:30 > 0:26:35who doubted her claim to the throne, by persecuting all Catholics.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39If discovered, priests and those who sheltered
0:26:39 > 0:26:43them were found guilty of treason.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46So they had to hide their Catholicism and the priest
0:26:46 > 0:26:48hole was where the priest would hide.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Luckily, this house was built during that period
0:26:50 > 0:26:54so they incorporated it into the original building of the house, it's not an add-on.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57We've just added this so that people can see.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01The entrance was originally through a wardrobe in the bedroom.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05There's a ladder in here so if you want to go in, you're quite welcome.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06This is the entrance.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09So this would've been a completely solid wall, panelled.
0:27:09 > 0:27:14- And they would have accessed it from this side, not where I've come in here.- Yes.- So you'd go up here?
0:27:14 > 0:27:15- You go up the ladder.- Right.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17And then around the chimney piece.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21On the other side of the chimney piece is a small room.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25This is just one of the many priest holes in Speke Hall.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28It retains so many of its original
0:27:28 > 0:27:31features because the family couldn't afford to modernise it.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34So that's good news for us.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Thank you very much. Absolutely beautiful place.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- I'll show you the way. - Thank you. Stunning place.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Jonathan takes it easy, Charles makes one
0:27:45 > 0:27:47final dash before the shops shut.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51But he still hasn't phoned the auctioneer.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55My time is now quite critical, I am panicking, I'm running...
0:27:55 > 0:27:59I literally have half an hour to find...
0:27:59 > 0:28:01I want three objects and
0:28:01 > 0:28:05I'm going back to where it all began, in the Tunnel.
0:28:08 > 0:28:15Ah, Paul. What I like in your boutique is the mahogany table.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Nice table, isn't it? Sorry.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20That's the table there, Paul, one sec.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23I also like that small chair.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Paul, that's the chair there.
0:28:29 > 0:28:30All right.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- That's a chair. And the other thing I like is the stool, of course.- Right.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46£140.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- 140 quid.- £140.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Nice lots, would you do it all in for 120?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- Sold.- Sold, done, deal. 120. Sold.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00And he's not done yet.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Keep trotting.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04The plan now is coming together.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07I've bought three items for £120.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11I spent £18 on my Chinese spoon tray, 148.
0:29:11 > 0:29:17My last purchase will be the £90 examination table. Hi, Selwyn.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- Oh, hiya.- Here's £90.- Marvellous.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Make sure it's all here.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- OK, marvellous.- And you've saved me. Hopefully...- Hopefully you'll do well with it.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Isn't there something that you've forgotten to do, Charles?
0:29:33 > 0:29:35I'm going to give the auctioneer a call,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39just to find out obviously what's going to sell well in Runcorn.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42So whatever I do, don't bring furniture.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Absolutely not.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Right.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57And the only other thing is don't buy oriental ceramics. Fine.
0:29:57 > 0:30:02So buy anything apart from oriental ceramics or furniture.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07Great. I can't wait. Mr Bain, the auctioneer, said, "Charles, one thing
0:30:07 > 0:30:12"you must stay away from, which don't sell at all well, there's two things,
0:30:12 > 0:30:16"only two things - oriental ceramics
0:30:16 > 0:30:18"and furniture."
0:30:18 > 0:30:20And what have I bought?
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Four items of furniture and an oriental dish.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I could be in trouble.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29I can't believe it.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Oh, I can't bear it, Charles.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37Talk about shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Now the buying's over, it's time for our chaps
0:30:41 > 0:30:43to show off their purchases.
0:30:43 > 0:30:49But have they spent wisely or are they heading for disaster?
0:30:49 > 0:30:51- How many bits have you got?- Five.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56- No way!- Don't... Who's going to need it?- You may as well start, then.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00JP, sometimes you need to think about things, sit back, relax
0:31:00 > 0:31:03and have a cure.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- Look at that. What do you think? - Very nice.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09What we've got is a very nice, I believe,
0:31:09 > 0:31:16early Victorian examination mahogany and leather upholstered table.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20It's a niche market. You know, I've gone beyond now just buying the mundane.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- I'm now going to beat you, OK? - What's it worth?
0:31:23 > 0:31:28If you've spent more than 100 on it you're going to struggle.
0:31:28 > 0:31:33- JP, it cost me £90.- OK. You're the high risk investment, aren't you? - So you like it?
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- No, I think it's dreadful!- Get over there, show me yours.- It's dreadful.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41Wonderful, artistic bamboo bookcase.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45You know what, I really, really don't like it.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51Early 20th century, it cost me 15 quid.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54£15. I reckon there's at least £25 in that straightaway.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56You've been had. Just look at this.
0:31:56 > 0:32:01George III, 1765, 1770.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03You've got a dished top.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06This is very nice. The downside, likely is it's had a repair.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10- Correct.- But I reckon that the legs downward are off a different table.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14- Do you really?- Yeah.- It cost me £60. I think it's a great table.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16All right, your turn.
0:32:16 > 0:32:24- I'm going to take your table, OK, and I'm going to put the wind up your sails here.- Oh, God. That's too good.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Oh, you...
0:32:26 > 0:32:29You're a plonker, that's what you are. You're a plonker, JP.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31It's shagreen, isn't it?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33It's around 1790, 1780.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Yep, 1790, I reckon.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Is it an etui inside? Oh, don't you dare.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40- Draughtsman's tools. - Oh, dear, dear, dear.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42It's too good.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44What did it cost you?
0:32:44 > 0:32:45£70.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Oh, you're joking. You've done it with that.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53Look at that nice chair.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- The auctioneer said, "OK, best to avoid furniture."- This chair is 1830.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02This chair's 180 years old. And OK, you'll pick up the leg being broken.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04You might get 25 quid for it.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06It cost me £20. I'm speculating.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08That's nice, isn't it?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Period, what? 1925?
0:33:11 > 0:33:15I just love those little tops. It's just so Lalique
0:33:15 > 0:33:18with that sort of bramble pattern, residue of a bit of a coloured paste on it.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21I quite like it because these are highly popular.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24I reckon it cost you £25.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- 30.- Good. So, you know, to compound
0:33:27 > 0:33:31your abuse of my furniture, I phoned the auctioneer, I just
0:33:31 > 0:33:35thought I'd get ahead, have a little chat, see what he was telling me.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39Really I should have called him the day before, but I forgot.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41"Charles, stay away from two things."
0:33:41 > 0:33:43He said, "We have no furniture buyers".
0:33:43 > 0:33:47I said, "Well, hopefully my commercial eye will outweigh your furniture buyers".
0:33:47 > 0:33:50He then said, "Charles, stay away from Chinese porcelain.
0:33:50 > 0:33:57"We have no buyers." So just to add on interest
0:33:57 > 0:34:02I bought a very, very nice Chinese porcelain
0:34:02 > 0:34:08spoon bowl. Look at that. That, JP, is Chinese and dates to around
0:34:08 > 0:34:14- anything from 1690 to about 1730. - It does amaze me, I must say.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17It is big money. It can be really big money now.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19- It cost me £18.- 18?- 18.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22OK. I think that's all right, actually.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24I just rate it, JP.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31This is the thing that may redeem all your purchases.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34It could make you money on the end of this one.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37It's got that sort of regional, tribal feel.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39It's an Ashanti table, African.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41It's circa 1900, so we're going back
0:34:41 > 0:34:45to the Boer War days and all of that. What did it cost me?
0:34:45 > 0:34:48It cost you £35.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52You're not far off, plus five pounds makes 40. Cost me £40.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55The race is between these two. These are the two.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Absolutely.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02But how honest have our chaps actually been with one another?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Charlie's purchases, crikey...
0:35:07 > 0:35:11I think with regard to the bamboo cabinet, I wouldn't touch it.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14I'm just hoping up here it won't do very well.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19I think that bench is going to crash and burn, I really do.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22My goodness me. Jonathan Pratt has bought one beauty.
0:35:22 > 0:35:27That's the etui. His blew me away. That's life. You win some, you lose some.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29But has he blown you away?
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Only time will tell.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39It's been a most enjoyable road trip.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Our two chaps started off in bustling Liverpool and stopped off
0:35:43 > 0:35:45in scenic Southport.
0:35:45 > 0:35:46Today Charles and Jonathan are
0:35:46 > 0:35:50rolling in to Runcorn for auction day.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54OK, well done.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56This is where it happens.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58This is where
0:35:58 > 0:36:01the theatre of dreams begin.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Where does he get these lines from?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06Lloyd Cameron And Partners
0:36:06 > 0:36:09are one of Cheshire's leading auction houses.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Auctioneer Michael Bain
0:36:13 > 0:36:18dabbled in antiques before he set up the business just four years ago.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22He firmly believes that quality sells, so how well
0:36:22 > 0:36:25does he think our chaps will fare?
0:36:25 > 0:36:29It's described as a Chinese spoon rest.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32It's not the sort of thing that I can see doing very
0:36:32 > 0:36:36well at our auction. The next item is one of my favourites, actually.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40It's shagreen covered, silver mounted, it's in very good condition.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43This is probably a really good purchase and should do well.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Now we come to Charles' star lot.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50I did look at past auction results for doctors' examination couches.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55They tend to fetch something like £10-20 on a good day.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Oh, dear, Charles. Let's hope he's wrong.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04The auction is about to begin and the tension is palpable.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08First up is Charles' William IV
0:37:08 > 0:37:11mahogany chair, which cost a trifling £20.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Up she goes. That's the one there.
0:37:14 > 0:37:15Start me at 20.
0:37:15 > 0:37:1820 I'm bid, thank you. 22 over there.
0:37:18 > 0:37:2025, 28, 30,
0:37:20 > 0:37:2432, 35, are we all in at 35?
0:37:24 > 0:37:25Selling at 35...
0:37:25 > 0:37:31Not bad, Charles. Not bad at all. Who says furniture doesn't sell?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34I have confidence, as I said.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Next is the bamboo bookcase.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Charles didn't like it, but what will the bidders think?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41£30 to start me.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- Steady. Steady.- Come on.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Start me at 10, then. 10.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47A tenner I've got.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48£12 next.
0:37:48 > 0:37:5112 over there. 15. 18.
0:37:51 > 0:37:5620. £20. Anyone else joining in?
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Selling at 20...
0:38:00 > 0:38:04And that's one up to you, Jonathan.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09A small profit after commission, but a profit nevertheless.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- That's a £1.50 profit for me. - That's OK.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Can Charles prove the auctioneer wrong once again
0:38:16 > 0:38:19with his George III tripod table?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22£50, it's got to be worth £50.
0:38:22 > 0:38:2855, 60, 65, 70 with the lady.
0:38:28 > 0:38:3175 at the back, thank you, sir. 80.
0:38:31 > 0:38:3485, keep it going. 90.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Selling at 90, then.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- Good auctioneer.- Well done, Charlie.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- I'm pleased.- And that's another handsome profit for you, Mr Hanson.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Will this be third time lucky for Charles with his £90 couch?
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Or will he, as Jonathan thinks, crash and burn?
0:38:51 > 0:38:54This is a star lot, I suppose.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Quite right, well said.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Start me at £80. 80 anywhere?
0:38:58 > 0:39:00Start me at 50, then.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- Come on, it's worth 50. - No, it's not.
0:39:03 > 0:39:0430, if you wish.
0:39:04 > 0:39:0730 I've got, 30 I've got.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- Oh, dear. - They're all looking at the floor.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10I'm going to lie down.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12I need a lie down.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16- 30 I've got. Last chance.- Please. - 32.- Thank you.
0:39:16 > 0:39:23- 40, 42, 45, 48. What do you mean, "No"? Let's keep it going.- Come on.
0:39:23 > 0:39:2550 with the lady.
0:39:25 > 0:39:2755, 60,
0:39:27 > 0:39:2960 I've got.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31There, you see, 60. It's yours, madam.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Ouch! Charles, that's completely wiped out your profit on the
0:39:36 > 0:39:39tea table. Quick, take some tablets.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42I don't think I should've bought it.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45After Charles' poor showing, Jonathan's hoping for the sweet
0:39:45 > 0:39:47smell of success
0:39:47 > 0:39:49with his Coty perfume bottles.
0:39:49 > 0:39:5220 I'm bid. Thank you, madam. 20 I've got. We're away.
0:39:52 > 0:39:5522 in the corner. 25. 28.
0:39:55 > 0:39:5930. 32. 35. 38.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00That was a bid, yes.
0:40:00 > 0:40:0340. I'm on a roll. 40 I've got.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Are you sure, at £40, all done?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08- That's £10.- It is £10.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12And that's another small profit for Jonathan.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Next up, Charles' Ashanti stool, which he's counting on.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20And even Jonathan thinks it could do well.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22My stool. What do you think?
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- No chance.- He says no chance.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Interesting thing.
0:40:26 > 0:40:2830? Start me at 20, then.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- Don't all rush at once. - Can't believe this.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Start me at 10, then. 10 I'm bid over here. 12 there.
0:40:33 > 0:40:3515 over there. 18 there.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- He'll carry it to the car for you. - I'll carry it to the car for you.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41£18. Last chance, selling at 18...
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Oh, no.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48- £18.- And that's Charles' second loss of the day.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54But can Charles redeem himself with his rare Chinese spoon rest,
0:40:54 > 0:40:59despite the auctioneer telling him not to buy Chinese porcelain?
0:40:59 > 0:41:00Start me at 30, then.
0:41:00 > 0:41:0130 bid. 30 I have.
0:41:01 > 0:41:0432 there, 35.
0:41:04 > 0:41:0638. 40.
0:41:06 > 0:41:0942 over there. 45. You have competition.
0:41:09 > 0:41:1148. 50.
0:41:11 > 0:41:1450 at the front, then. Are we all done at £50?
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Selling at 50...
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- Thank you very much.- Well played. - And there's nothing wrong
0:41:20 > 0:41:22with that profit.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Now it's Jonathan's etui case.
0:41:24 > 0:41:30He bought it for £70 and thinks it is worth four times that.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32But is that just wishful thinking?
0:41:32 > 0:41:34- Here we go.- Are you nervous?
0:41:34 > 0:41:36I'm very, very nervous.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40110. 120. 130. 140.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44150. 160. 170. 180.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47190. 200. 210. 200...
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- Keep going, keep going, keep going. - Who's not bid yet today?
0:41:51 > 0:41:52Stick your hand up, someone!
0:41:52 > 0:41:56200 over here. 210, new bidder.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59220. 230. 240.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03250. 260. All done at 260?
0:42:04 > 0:42:06- Get in there! - Well played. Brilliant. Well played.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12And that's a staggering profit of £190,
0:42:12 > 0:42:16the biggest of the week so far, propelling Jonathan into the lead.
0:42:16 > 0:42:1830. 32. 35. 38...
0:42:18 > 0:42:24A jubilant Jonathan started today's show with £249.07.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28After paying the auctioneer's commission, he's made a substantial
0:42:28 > 0:42:31profit of £148.61 and takes
0:42:31 > 0:42:36£397.68 forward to tomorrow's show.
0:42:42 > 0:42:47Charles certainly paid for not calling the auctioneer earlier.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51He started today's show with £259.17.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56He made a loss of £19.59 after commission and takes
0:42:56 > 0:43:01£239.58 forward to tomorrow's show.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05But your etui completely ruined my day for the right reasons.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Jonathan has now taken a commanding lead.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12But with two more days to go,
0:43:12 > 0:43:14there's still everything to play for.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Tomorrow, for Jonathan, it's no more Mr Nice Guy.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22I'm going to put it back in unless you say £75.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25While Charles tries out some new moves.
0:43:25 > 0:43:27It's hands around like that.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30I may just, say...
0:43:30 > 0:43:35- And they both find time for a bit of R'n'R.- And that's a goal!
0:43:35 > 0:43:37And that's Hanson one, Pratt nil.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd
0:43:49 > 0:43:53E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk