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 > 0:00:14Well, actually 80. 75.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim is 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 > 0:00:22Come on, let's go!
0:00:22 > 0:00:26So will it be the highway to success or the B road to bankruptcy?
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Job done. I'm now broke.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Our two antiques experts this week are Charles Hanson
0:00:41 > 0:00:44and Jonathan Pratt, acting captain. Aargh!
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Auctioneer Jonathan Pratt's first passion is for furniture.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I'm in furniture mode now.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53I'm happy!
0:00:53 > 0:00:57But since doing the Road Trip, he's discovered a brand-new talent.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Don't give up the day job just yet, Jonathan, eh?
0:01:08 > 0:01:13Charles Hanson has loved antiques ever since he was a boy, a couple of years ago,
0:01:13 > 0:01:16when his parents would take him round grand old country houses.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20Oh, and did I mention, he's from Derbyshire.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22The reason I like it, I'm a Derbyshire man.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26A proud Derbyshire man. I'm a Derbyshire man. Strong in the arm, bit thick in the head.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Both experts started this week with £200.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35Like that.
0:01:35 > 0:01:41Charles did surprisingly well yesterday. His carved oak candle box made a staggering £50 profit.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42All done?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44It could be yours.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46That's very good. I'm very happy. Thank you.
0:01:47 > 0:01:53He starts today with a respectable £278.32.
0:01:53 > 0:02:00Jonathan's fortunes, however, were mixed as some of his items failed to do as well as he'd hoped.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Any advance on £70? On the net at 70.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- £70.- He lost a tenner.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13Despite that, he still has a commanding lead with £379.23 to spend.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17That's over £100 more than his rival.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20As the competition between them intensifies,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22this is Charles' very last chance to catch up.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29This week's Road Trip started in Greyabbey, in Northern Ireland.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Ended up in Cockermouth, in the North West.
0:02:32 > 0:02:38On today's show, our chaps continue their tour around the picturesque North West,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42starting in Blackpool and heading for auction in Cockermouth.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50Ah, Blackpool. It's the UK's all-time favourite seaside resort.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53# We're all going on a summer holiday
0:02:53 > 0:02:57# No more worries for me or you
0:02:57 > 0:02:59# For a week or two. #
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Ever since the mid-19th century, tourists have been flocking here en masse.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Mill owners would close their factories for a week every year and Blackpool
0:03:09 > 0:03:11is where their employees would escape to.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12You want a good time?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16You want penny slots, illuminations? Look at them, JP.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19You've got these gorgeous mermaids here in bikini tops.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21What more do you want?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Er, some sunshine perhaps?
0:03:23 > 0:03:26# To make our dreams come true-ooh-ooh
0:03:26 > 0:03:29# For me and you. #
0:03:29 > 0:03:31No, just try it. It's lovely. Go on.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Go on, try a bit.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36See you later.
0:03:36 > 0:03:43As Jonathan finishes his candyfloss, Charles heads off to Lytham St Annes.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45The Laughing Donkey Family Bar.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Where else would you find that?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51I've lost my candyfloss.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I've lost my candyfloss.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Hell fire.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03First stop, Diana Peters Antiques.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09Our chap's expert eye soon spots the work of a master ceramicist.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Here we've got a most magnificent biscuit barrel.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18And if you want the best of a biscuit barrel to take your biscuits from,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21acquire this Moorcroft Florian Ware biscuit barrel.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Sure takes the biscuit.
0:04:23 > 0:04:30William Moorcroft was renowned for the quality and artistry of his ceramic designs.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Florian Ware was one of his first ranges.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37The design of it with these wonderful tube-lined scrolls, which are sinuous
0:04:37 > 0:04:42and free-flowing, is the epitome of Art Nouveau,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46which was developed in the late 1890s. And I love it.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50If it's in good condition, it's well worth the price. Over £1,000.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55Well, that's all very well, Charles, but it's out of your budget.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59How about something more modest, eh?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Isn't she lovely?- Steady!
0:05:02 > 0:05:03# Isn't she lovely?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08# Isn't she wonderful? #
0:05:09 > 0:05:14Here we've got a most magnificent nude.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Austrian bronze. She's in full length.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Certainly dressed to impress
0:05:19 > 0:05:20by not wearing a lot.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25But in fact it's all to do with the great, fast-living,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28free spirit Jazz Age.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30She's also musical.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33PLAYS GENTLE TUNE
0:05:33 > 0:05:37So if you were a dancer in the 1920s...
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Isn't she nice?
0:05:38 > 0:05:42And £800 is the best price.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Well, it's beyond me really.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I shouldn't even be... You see, I'm wasting time.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I'm wasting my time here.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51You know, I like antiques. I'm wasting my time and your time.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Come on, Hanson! There is no time for this.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Quite right, Carlos.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Now, Jonathan takes time out from shopping to visit one of Blackpool's
0:06:02 > 0:06:06most stunning architectural and cultural achievements,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08the Grand Theatre.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Hi. I've come out of the rain.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- Hello.- Jonathan Pratt. Hi. Nice to meet you.- Hi. I'm David Fletcher.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18- Welcome to the Grand. Would you like to come through?- Brilliant. Yes.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23Tour guide David Fletcher has been working here for 28 years.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Blackpool has always been Britain's biggest show town after London's West End
0:06:27 > 0:06:34and the Grand was built to satisfy the late 19th-century demand for live entertainment, for spectacular,
0:06:34 > 0:06:38extravagant performances, which would wow any audience.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Many of the best-known names in British theatre...
0:06:42 > 0:06:48Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, John Gielgud, Prunella Scales... have all played here.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Oh, my word.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55We're now in the auditorium.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58If you want to just come here where we can see everything from.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01The theatre was actually built by Frank Matcham.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04It opened on the 23rd July, 1894.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Frank Matcham was Britain's most prolific theatre architect.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13He designed over 150 theatres,
0:07:13 > 0:07:16including London's Palladium and Coliseum.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21The Grand is one of his most impressive.
0:07:21 > 0:07:28He actually sat in that box there on the opening night, which is 116 years ago on the 23rd July.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Oh, my word. Well presumably then this is a cast-iron structure?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35It is. Notice there are no pillars supporting the balconies.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38This is Victorian engineering on, I'd say, a grand scale,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41but on a small scale, but producing something extremely grand.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45This was a very large theatre at the time it was built.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49And no trip to the theatre is complete without a visit
0:07:49 > 0:07:52to the uppermost tier, also called the gods.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57Do you know why it's called the gods? As with most things in theatre, it originates in Ancient Greece.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- Yes.- When they had a play in Ancient Greece,
0:08:00 > 0:08:05they would have representations of the mortals and the gods, because that's how their lives were ruled.
0:08:05 > 0:08:10The persons playing the part of the gods would be suspended above everybody else.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15They had a wooden tower, a long pole and a rope and, literally, they would be hanging on the end of this rope.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Not by the neck, but by their waist.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22- If you were up at the back of the amphitheatre, the highest point, you were up with the gods.- OK.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26And that became corrupted over the years as "up in the gods".
0:08:26 > 0:08:31It's also the best place to admire the ornate baroque plasterwork.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35And yet another example of Victorian ingenuity.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- The latticework around the chandeliers is part of the ventilation system.- OK, so...
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Pressure pumped in down below. Body heat made it rise.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45It used to go up, settle out at the top there.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47The Victorians worked out everything.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50You don't need all these electrical...
0:08:50 > 0:08:54When we had it restored, they sucked two tonnes of dust out from up there.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Cor! Just under 40 years ago, the efforts of the local community
0:08:58 > 0:09:01saved the theatre from the brink of demolition.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04And that's good news for us.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Their visit to Blackpool now over,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12both our chaps head north to Morecambe.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15# Bring me sunshine
0:09:15 > 0:09:18# In your smile... #
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Like its neighbour, Morecambe is also a thriving seaside resort.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27Its most famous son is Eric, of Morecambe and Wise fame,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30who took his stage name from his hometown.
0:09:30 > 0:09:37# Bring me fun, bring me sunshine Bring me love! #
0:09:37 > 0:09:42Our boys are visiting Morecambe Antiques Centre and luckily it's big enough for both of them.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46But will it bring any sunshine in their lives?
0:09:46 > 0:09:47All the best.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Good luck, Charlie. Happy shopping.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Watch your patch, OK? Cos I'll be on it.- Yeah, right!
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- Very shortly.- Ah, I'll go this way.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58This is my area, OK? This is my area.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01JP, come nowhere near.
0:10:10 > 0:10:17If you want a monumental, masculine specimen
0:10:17 > 0:10:18to grace your heavy,
0:10:18 > 0:10:2219th-century, late Victorian mantelpiece buy this.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Look at it.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27It's architectural. The Arabic numerals.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Carrying handles, too, because the weight of this clock...
0:10:30 > 0:10:32SNAPPING
0:10:36 > 0:10:38The handle's come off.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42It's so heavy the handle's come off.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47So now I ought to really own up, right?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I'd better own up to it. Great(!)
0:10:52 > 0:10:54There goes my great afternoon so far.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Charles, you've broken it!
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Let's see what Jonathan's up to, quick!
0:11:01 > 0:11:02That is, presumably, reproduction.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06You've got a nice shape which looks very, very Art Nouveau.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09It's basically an Art Nouveau case that's been repainted.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It's not asking for a lot of money, £29.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14But in good order with the original inlay, you know,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17it would be sort of £40 at auction or something.
0:11:17 > 0:11:23Luckily for Charles, the sympathetic shop owner has let him off about the clock
0:11:23 > 0:11:26and he's trying desperately not to break anything else.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30This I like very much. It's a very nice, twin-handled bonbon dish.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32It's silver-plated, beautifully pierced.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36It's WMF, German Art Nouveau.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41WMF stands for Wurttemberg's Metal Goods Factory.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Based in southern Germany, they were the world's largest producer
0:11:45 > 0:11:50and exporter of metalware and this is a snip at just £10.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Surely it's worth between 20 and 30 on a good day.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55So we'll wait and see with that.
0:11:56 > 0:12:02As Charles deliberates, Jonathan spots something for the suave man about town.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04That's rather sweet.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08It's a coromandel dressing box.
0:12:08 > 0:12:14Coromandel is a valuable hardwood from India, Sri Lanka and South-East Asia.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18They're sort of multi-functional pieces of furniture for carrying around
0:12:18 > 0:12:22when you're going off with your staff somewhere.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- It's just this chap here.- Right.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31I'll just have a quick peek in one of these. There you go.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33All silver covers. It's Victorian.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35A lovely fitted case.
0:12:35 > 0:12:41With £379.23 left to spend, can Jonathan afford it?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- Oh, yeah.- Right.- Right.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- I've had a word with the vendor. She had £500 on it.- She "had"?
0:12:47 > 0:12:52- She has. That's what she's got and that's what she wants for it.- £500?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Blimey. I haven't got that sort of money.
0:12:55 > 0:13:02But with £100 less to spend, Charles is being rather more modest with the items that he's looking at.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04What we have here
0:13:04 > 0:13:07is a very nice Anglo-Indian,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09colonial chair.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11It's magnificent. Think of the carving of this.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Probably done at the time of the Raj, the 1880s, 1890s.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19It could be mine for £60.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22And the bonbon dish?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Jo...
0:13:26 > 0:13:27I'll buy them both.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31If I said 50 for the chair and seven for the bonbon basket?
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I can't. No, no.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38Well, I'll pay £60, cos I think it has mileage.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40So 60 for the chair,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- seven for the bonbon dish? - Yeah, done.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- Thank you very much. - I'm very happy, Jo.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- That's good.- Thanks ever so much. Really, really good.- Thanks.
0:13:48 > 0:13:54This could be Hanson's crowning glory. This could be my success.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Seat comes off. Didn't realise that.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58It doesn't matter.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Look at these legs. They're elephants.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Again, a bit loose, but it doesn't matter.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07I'm missing an ear here as well.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Doesn't matter. I'm missing one here as well. Doesn't matter.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12It's a really, really good chair.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Er, shouldn't you look before you buy?
0:14:17 > 0:14:21From India to a country that's rather closer to home.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26That buckle there. Quite a nice, straightforward shape. Probably quite wearable.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29The question I'm asking myself, "Is it silver?"
0:14:29 > 0:14:33The reason I ask it is the decoration is this sort of black, chequer pattern.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38It's called "niello". It's a pattern which they use. Kind of a Russian influence.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Niello" comes from the Latin for "blackened".
0:14:41 > 0:14:44It's a technique in which a mix of materials,
0:14:44 > 0:14:48like copper, lead and sulphur, are fused, usually on to a silver base.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51This buckle costs a very reasonable £18.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58SIGHS
0:14:58 > 0:15:00£12 or £13?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- Leave it with me. - OK.- I'll see what I can do.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Cheers. Thanks very much.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Last of the big spenders, eh?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10You said it, Jonathan.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Right. Had a word. Yes, he's happy with £13.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16£13. OK. Well, I'll take that then. Thanks very much.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21But Charles, who's not satisfied with just two purchases,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25is on a mission to spend, spend, spend!
0:15:25 > 0:15:28I've just been told that, literally, over here in number 27
0:15:28 > 0:15:33is a guy called John who lives here and has a house full of antiques.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43- Hello. Is it John?- It is.
0:15:43 > 0:15:48- John, good to see you. May I come in? It's Charles.- Yeah. Come through. - Good to see you. Fine.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Wow-ee, John, I can't believe it. Your house is awash with antiques.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55And, yes, this is literally John's house.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Absolutely everything is for sale, so he tries
0:15:58 > 0:16:02not to get too attached to his furniture, because he never knows
0:16:02 > 0:16:04when someone's going to come around and buy it.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07I love the lady over here as well.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- That one is a lot more. - I love your lady.- A lot more money.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- She is just absolutely adorable. - She's fabulous.- She is a statement.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16To wake up to her and come downstairs and see her.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Yes, I have embraced her a few times.- I can imagine.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21She's a great-looking lady.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Gosh! And she could be yours for 650!
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Pounds, that is.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29From one old bird though to another.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33She is obviously the epitome of a fine Art Deco lady. She really is beautiful.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Has a lovely figure, doesn't she?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Yes.- Hour-glass figure, I think is what you call it.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42You seem to have a bit of an eye for the ladies today, Charles.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45# You're once
0:16:45 > 0:16:47# Twice
0:16:47 > 0:16:52# Three times a lady... #
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I would let you have that for £50 as a gift.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Do you think, John, she's completely period?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Just the actual patination
0:17:00 > 0:17:03and gilding on her extremities
0:17:03 > 0:17:06is all ever so clean and all so uniform.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10What I'm doing now is, I'm just putting my tooth, resting my tooth...
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Middle tooth... I'm not sure which one yet.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14But just by doing this
0:17:14 > 0:17:17I can now tell that it's very soft to touch. It's not cold.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19It's not chunky. It's not clinky.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22That's plastic. So again, that could be Bakelite.
0:17:22 > 0:17:29Bakelite was an early plastic used extensively throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33But even if the base is original, the figure might be later.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I'd like to buy it still because it's decorative.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37I do like the female form.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38I think she's stylish.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I think she's evocative and you might even say,
0:17:41 > 0:17:45"Charles, well, let's go into together at £25."
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- But you tell me.- No. I'll do you £30.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53And, John, do you know what?
0:17:53 > 0:17:55He's going to change his mind!
0:17:55 > 0:17:59It might be the biggest mistake I've made so far, but I think she's stylish enough...
0:17:59 > 0:18:05I think she's attractive enough, and I think her decorative appeal might outweigh any concerns over age.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07John, I'll buy it for 30.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11You're a great sport and I think that has some mileage.
0:18:11 > 0:18:17# I love you... #
0:18:17 > 0:18:23For our two chaps, there's just one more day shopping before the final auction.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Let's hope they sleep well, eh?
0:18:31 > 0:18:32It's another fine day
0:18:32 > 0:18:36and both Charles and Jonathan are in high spirits.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Today, I am happy. I am confident.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43We're on to apparently one of the biggest antique centres
0:18:43 > 0:18:44in the North.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51So far, Jonathan has spent a trifling £13 on the niello silver buckle.
0:18:51 > 0:18:58So he's left with the commanding sum of £366.23 to shop with.
0:18:59 > 0:19:04Charles however has been rather more profligate. Surprise, surprise.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08And has spent the grand total of £97 on three items... A bonbon dish,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10a carved Anglo-India chair...
0:19:10 > 0:19:12This could be Hanson's crowning glory.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Plus a bronzed Art Deco figure.
0:19:14 > 0:19:20He's left with a respectable £181.32.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Perfect.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Today, our boys are leaving Morecambe
0:19:24 > 0:19:27and heading inland to Lancaster.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30They've just found out that the auction they're buying for
0:19:30 > 0:19:34is a general household sale. Great.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37And Jonathan spots something that might be just the ticket.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40This looks like a piece of G-plan or Ercol or something.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43"Ercol light elm coffee table, £75."
0:19:43 > 0:19:47But the thing is, that's a kind of retro, vintage style,
0:19:47 > 0:19:49which I think is possibly fashionable.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Ercol became a household name in post-war Britain.
0:19:52 > 0:20:00It moved away from the heavy, ornate, pre-war styles towards a new, clean-lined, simple elegance.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03This is sort of what you call speculative. This could come and bite me.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Time to negotiate with dealer Alan Blackburn.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Out of my comfort zone with something like Ercol, but...
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- Yeah, it is. - It's clean and it's modern and...
0:20:13 > 0:20:14It's what people want.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Look, it's got £75 on it.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Yeah. We could do better than that.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Would you do as good as...?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Crikey, I mean, £40?
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- I think you're pushing it, but 50 I think we could do.- 45?
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Go on. Let's do 45.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34OK. Go on. Let's go for it.
0:20:36 > 0:20:42As it's the final day before the auction, Charles isn't wasting time either.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47What I like here is a nice pair of weighing scales.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Although the scales are based on a Victorian design,
0:20:50 > 0:20:54they're actually brand Harry Spankers, which means they're new.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00These are gilt metal on the cast-iron stands.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01They were £22. They're now £16.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04And I spoke to Alan...
0:21:05 > 0:21:08..and he informed me I could have them for £5.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14It's not my taste, not my style, but I feel I'm buying for the auction we're going to.
0:21:14 > 0:21:21Jonathan, however, is diverted by something rather less practical, rather more arty.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23That to me is probably Chinese-made.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26That's, at auction, a £30 violin, OK?
0:21:27 > 0:21:29But...
0:21:29 > 0:21:36bows are quite collectable and this one is stamped.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Although the violin is modern, the early 20th-century bow
0:21:41 > 0:21:47is made by W Seifert, one of Germany's most respected bow makers.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51What people don't realise is that there's a lot of work that goes into making a bow,
0:21:51 > 0:21:56because they have to take a bent piece of wood and make it straight so that they get the tension on it.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- The case says 85.- Yeah.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00The violin says 65.
0:22:00 > 0:22:06Right. Well, I think we can do a bit better than that. I would think £45.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- Can you do 40?- Yeah, OK.- Good.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11OK. Well, done. Thank you very much.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17And that's £40 for the case, the bow and the violin!
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Job done. We'll see about that one.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Our boys aren't giving Alan an easy time of it today. Oh, no.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- This is the table and chairs here we discussed...- I remember it.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Albeit briefly earlier. If I come round here.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34Now I said to you, I'm going to a very...
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Have a seat, Alan.- Yeah, why not?
0:22:36 > 0:22:39I'm going to a household general sale.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41This might be my last buy following the scales.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49Although the table is 17th century in style, it's a modern 20th-century copy.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52Compared to yesterday, I've done a U-turn.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I've gone from buying antiques to getting a bit desperate
0:22:55 > 0:22:58and saying, "Alan, I'll offer you £60 for the whole lot."
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Charles, go and make a profit.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Really?- Really.- Alan, thanks ever so much. I'll take it then.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09You certainly seem to have your business head on today, Charles.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Unlike Jonathan.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Basically, this is quite a pretty little thing, I suppose.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16It's a cast-iron and enamel stick stand.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22Made in France in the 1920s, it epitomises Art Deco style
0:23:22 > 0:23:24and it could be yours for £120.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Ooh la la!
0:23:27 > 0:23:29See, it's all umbrellas at the bottom?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Or, if it's French, parapluies. I like that.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33It's kinda stylish, isn't it?
0:23:33 > 0:23:38The last auction I did, I bought things that I really liked
0:23:38 > 0:23:42and I ended up having my fingers burnt a little bit.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Yes, Jonathan, you did.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I think it's beautiful!
0:23:47 > 0:23:50I paid £130.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- 120.- No, no, no!
0:23:55 > 0:23:59If you could tell me your best price. I like it, but I'm prepared to walk away.
0:23:59 > 0:24:0275.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Oh, I'm going to...
0:24:04 > 0:24:06£75.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09OK, thank you very much. All right. Oh, dear.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12Charles has finished
0:24:12 > 0:24:17his shopping and is heading north towards Kendal and Levens Hall.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20It's one of the areas loveliest stately homes
0:24:20 > 0:24:24and it's also known for its topiary.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26What a pad.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32Apparently, the finest Elizabethan home in Cumbria in existence.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Susie Bagot, wife of the current owner, Hal Bagot, is going to show him round.
0:24:40 > 0:24:47Although the house is open to the public five days a week, it's still very much a family home.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54The house was built by wealthy landowner James Bellingham
0:24:54 > 0:24:56in the late 16th century.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00This was his gent's residence that he was going to pour his all into.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02It really is so ostentatious, isn't it?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04This was a man who thought he was going somewhere.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07It really is showing his wealth.
0:25:07 > 0:25:13James Bellingham employed local craftsman to make the elaborate Italianate plasterwork
0:25:13 > 0:25:17and carve the intricate oak panelling, in which he also features.
0:25:19 > 0:25:24- But he must have had quite an ego, mustn't he, to have included himself in the carving?- And that's...
0:25:24 > 0:25:30And that is James Bellingham, with his little Elizabethan ruff and his short sort of, you know...
0:25:30 > 0:25:32He looks quite spindly, doesn't he?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34No need to be personal!
0:25:34 > 0:25:37By the late 17th century, the house had passed to his great-grandson,
0:25:37 > 0:25:42Alan Bellingham, who was a notorious gambler.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46He squandered his wealth and ending up losing Levens Hall
0:25:46 > 0:25:48to his kinsman Colonel James Grahme
0:25:48 > 0:25:51in a game of cards,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53one gamble that didn't pay off.
0:25:53 > 0:25:57Colonel Grahme added extra wings to the Elizabethan house
0:25:57 > 0:26:00and filled it with fine furniture and works of art.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03James Grahme refers to his "golden parlour" in his correspondence.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- Oh, my goodness me. - It's Spanish Cordoba leather.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Each square is said to be the skin of one goat.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Cor, must be a whole herd!
0:26:12 > 0:26:15What an expensive form of wall hanging
0:26:15 > 0:26:18and Cordoba, in Spain, was one of the main centres of production.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Skins were covered with silver leaf, which was then varnished
0:26:22 > 0:26:26with a transparent yellow lacquer making the silver look like gold.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29It's the finest collection of leather in Europe.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31It would have been really vibrant, very alive
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- and when the candlelight was flickering...- Stunning.- It was...
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Stunning now. We always have candles when we eat in here.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42What secrets have been discussed within these four walls?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44- Just think of it.- That's what I love.- Smoke rising,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- candles flickering.- Exactly. - Secrets being whispered.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50That's what I thrive on. Hands-on history, it's great to see.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58While Charles sees the sights, Jonathan hits the shops in Kendal.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59Hi, there.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05At Sleddall Hall Antiques Centre something exotic catches his eye.
0:27:05 > 0:27:12These are Japanese, probably early 20th-century, Cloisonne vases.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Cloisonne is a process of, basically, you have a copper base,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18hence the copper red showing through.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23And then they overlay wires and then fill all those in
0:27:23 > 0:27:26with molten glass, basically, coloured glass
0:27:26 > 0:27:28to make this pattern. Then they polish it.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31But the thing is, cos it's glass, as soon as it breaks, it's gone.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Condition is absolutely so important for these.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Next up, Jonathan spots something that's in good condition,
0:27:39 > 0:27:40an engraving.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Going to be 1890s or something.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47It's probably just when the motor car was on its way in.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Special price to you, £40.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Oh, OK.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52How does that sound?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Special price, eh?
0:27:56 > 0:28:00The signed engraving is of Cross Street, Old Chapel, Manchester,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02a mere 100 miles from the auction in Cockermouth.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Handy.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Oh! Not really £40.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10So where would you like to be on that?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12I think I'll try £30.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14- Go on then.- Let's do that.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15£30. That will be fine. OK.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19And that's it. The final day's shopping
0:28:19 > 0:28:23before the auction that will decide this week's winner.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26But before that, our chaps reveal what they bought.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33You know, Charlie, that I... I'm a fan of furniture, like yourself.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34Quite right.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- Wow!- Yes!
0:28:37 > 0:28:40This is 1970s. It's the sort of
0:28:40 > 0:28:42nice coffee table for the front room
0:28:42 > 0:28:45and it's made by that magic company Ercol.
0:28:45 > 0:28:50JP, I think it's evocative of our decade, our decade when we were both born.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54- Yes, '72.- Has it got much stature at the moment? No.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- I paid £45.- You didn't?- I did.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59OK. Well, JP, style.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03Huh! Next up, another piece of furniture.
0:29:03 > 0:29:04Look at that.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Nice and clean, isn't it?
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Beech wood...
0:29:08 > 0:29:12JP, there's more to it! I have bought a very, very heavy,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15planked-top, oak, trestle dining table...
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- Let me see that.- In a Puritan-style.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21It's too big to show Jonathan, who has to make do with a photo.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25The six chairs and a table cost me £60.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Yeah, you might have something there. Look at that.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- Well, that's quite nice, isn't it?- OK.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Cast-iron and a lavender enamel
0:29:35 > 0:29:38umbrella stand. Art Deco.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39Bought in France.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I absolutely adore this.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46Do you know what, it's really iconic. It's striking. It's lightning.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49And this to me is the epitome of great Art Deco design.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51What did it cost you?
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- £75.- That's good.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56There you go.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00Basically, what I have here is a very, very nice, cast-iron set of scales, OK?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- It might not be very old at all.- No.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- It might be 30 years old, if that. - Yeah.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- I would say £20-£30.- Is that all?
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Yeah. I know you've probably paid a fiver for it so, yeah.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- £5.- Did you really pay a fiver for it? You monkey!- £5!
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- Here we go, Charlie.- Oh, golly!
0:30:17 > 0:30:19The finest...
0:30:19 > 0:30:21- It's Chinese, isn't it? - It's a Chinese violin.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Oh, the bow's good, isn't it?
0:30:24 > 0:30:25Yeah, well played.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30I think the bow's worth £100.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33At least. But what's it cost you?
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- 40 quid.- Yeah, that's good.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39My only concern is, in a general, parochial sale, will it get missed?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- Oh, that's nice, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45It's catalogued as being German WMF.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49- Yes.- It's stylish, although not Art Nouveau. It's near classic.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52It's got a blue glass liner, which might be a replacement.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56But I think it's a nice twin-handled bonbon dish. It cost me seven.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Yeah, OK.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01That's nice, isn't it?
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Little engraving.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05Signed by the artist.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09Cross Street, Old Chapel, Manchester by Fred W Goolden.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12I like it, JP. Now, I steer away from pictures.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16Why? Because I think pictures, unless they're by a particularly well-known artist,
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- in a general sale, you know, I know, can flop.- I paid £30.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Fine. I think, £30. I think there's £20 in that, certainly.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25Right now.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28I think the base is period.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31What worries me, JP, is this figurine.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35She's so glitzy and tidy. I think she's not period in being 1940s.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38I haven't paid a great deal for her, but I think I may have bought a dud.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41What would this cost in a retail outlet?
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Oh, crikey.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47What, on Blackpool seafront?
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- £15.- Yeah.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- I paid 30.- Mmm.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54Next up, Jonathan's buckle.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59That's nice, isn't it?
0:31:59 > 0:32:03- Age-wise, what are we talking, JP? 1915, '20?- Yeah.
0:32:03 > 0:32:05It is silver.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08I imagine it was quite cheap.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- 13.- Good.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15You can see the colour, the patination.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17There are some minor issues.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Do you know what, it might only make £20 in the sale, but I love it.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23I think it's very nice.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25It's very decorative.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28I think you'll get probably £40 to £60.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- You've paid?- 60.
0:32:30 > 0:32:36They're being very polite now, but how do they really feel about each other's purchases?
0:32:36 > 0:32:40Six chairs and an oak table. £60 is a pittance, it's worth more than that at auction.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43The bow in the right sale would make money.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46In Cockermouth that bow's going to come a cropper.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48OK, they're modern, repro.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51For a fiver though, it's got to make money.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Who's going to win this auction?
0:32:54 > 0:32:55Me!
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Are these brave or foolish words, Charles?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01We'll soon find out.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06- Are you trying to tell me you reckon you could possibly win with today's show?- JP...
0:33:06 > 0:33:09- No, no, no. That is entertaining. - JP, you never know.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Our chaps started off in Northern Ireland
0:33:16 > 0:33:19and they've been wheeling and dealing all the way to Kendal.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Today, they reach Cockermouth, their final destination,
0:33:23 > 0:33:27and the auction that will sort the men out from the boys.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31The sun is burning brightly, the hills and pasture land are alive
0:33:31 > 0:33:34to welcome you and I to our final auction
0:33:34 > 0:33:37and, do you know what, I'm getting quite emotional about this.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42Mitchells Fine Art Auctioneers was established in 1873
0:33:42 > 0:33:45and it's very much a rural concern.
0:33:45 > 0:33:50They even sell livestock, although not in these rooms.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55But what does auctioneer James Moore think about our chaps' purchases?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Ercol table, coming back into fashion.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00It's a good, clean item. Nice colour to it.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02I think that'll do well.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06The bronze Deco figure, my least favourite item today.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09I would have thought that it was most probably a reproduction.
0:34:09 > 0:34:10The umbrella stand...
0:34:10 > 0:34:12it's quite garish.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17I feel that it might be a little bit too much for the sale today.
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Dining table and chairs,
0:34:18 > 0:34:24I think that's the best item that they've brought today. It's modern, but that doesn't matter.
0:34:25 > 0:34:30Jonathan started this leg of the trip with £379.23
0:34:30 > 0:34:35and spent a grand total of £203 on five items.
0:34:35 > 0:34:42Charles, however, started with £278.32, rather less than Jonathan.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46He spent a confident £162, also on five items.
0:34:49 > 0:34:55With the competition still too close to call, both our chaps are feeling the tension.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58How are you feeling?
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Charlie, I am absolutely...
0:35:01 > 0:35:03bricking it.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05That I think means he's scared.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08First up, Charles's bonbon dish, which cost him just £7.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10£15 bid...
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Come on, let's go. Come on.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13£15 bid.
0:35:13 > 0:35:1618. 20. 22. 24. 26.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21- Come on!- 30, 32, 34.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- 34?- Hanson's off.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28And that's a sweet little profit for you, Charles.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Tighten your belt, Jonathan, it's time for your silver buckle.
0:35:34 > 0:35:3812, 14, 16, 18.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- Well played.- £20.
0:35:41 > 0:35:42- 20, 20, £20.- Any more?
0:35:42 > 0:35:43- 22, 24.- Well played.
0:35:43 > 0:35:4726. £26. Are you all out for 26?
0:35:47 > 0:35:48That's a good price, JP.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52And Jonathan's doubled his money.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Next up, Charles's £5 scales,
0:35:55 > 0:35:58but will they tip the balance in his favour? Oh!
0:35:58 > 0:36:02£5, 8, 10, 12...
0:36:02 > 0:36:0414, 16, 18.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- One more. Come on, let's go.- 22.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Are you all out at 22?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14So far, each item has made a profit.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21Will it be fourth time lucky for Jonathan's umbrella stand?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- £50 bid.- Good.- 55, 60, 65.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- Well, played.- 70.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- Don't stop there!- £70. - It's been raining. It's perfect.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33On commission then at £70.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38No!
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Bad luck, Jonathan, old chap.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Oh, dear, don't cry.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46Next up, Charles' £30 bronzed, Deco figure.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50The auctioneer doesn't like it, but will the bidders?
0:36:50 > 0:36:52£20 bid.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- Come on.- 22, 24...
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- Come on!- 26, 28.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59- 30.- Come on!
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- 34.- There you go. It's profit now, Charlie.
0:37:01 > 0:37:0336, 38, 40.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05£40. 42, 44, 46,
0:37:05 > 0:37:0948, 50, 56.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- This is getting interesting, JP! - Bid at 56.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16Charles HAS had success with the ladies today. Well done.
0:37:16 > 0:37:21But with five items to go, there's still everything to play for.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Can Jonathan redeem himself with his violin and bow
0:37:25 > 0:37:29or will he continue to play second fiddle? Huh!
0:37:29 > 0:37:31£20 bid. Bid there at 20.
0:37:31 > 0:37:3625, 30, 35, 40,
0:37:36 > 0:37:4042, 44, 46,
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- 48...- He's being tight-lipped now. He's thinking about it.- 50, 52.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47- It's worth more.- 56, 58, 60.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Come on, come on!
0:37:50 > 0:37:5262, 64. £64.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- Bid at 64.- That's a good profit.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57OK. It's a good buy for £64 though.
0:37:57 > 0:38:04So Jonathan's still in the race, although Charles is edging ahead.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Now it's Charles' carved chair.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10He fell in love with it, but Jonathan was less convinced.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- This could kill me, but I don't mind. - £50 for it?- No!
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- £20 bid then.- Wrong object.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18- £20 bid.- Come on.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20- For the chair at 20. - Please one more.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24- Crazy.- 32, 34, 36, 38,
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- 40, 42.- There you go. It's getting there.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28Come on, it's a wonderful chair.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- £44 then. At 44. 44.- Crazy.
0:38:30 > 0:38:3346, 48, 50,
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- 52...- It's still going, Charlie.- 54.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38- It's creeping up.- 56.- There you go.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- 56. Are you all out?- It just shows.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45Blast! That's Charles' first loss.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47It's a general household sale, I've come a cropper.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Item number eight is Jonathan's engraving.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55He paid £30 for it and is hoping it will attract local interest.
0:38:55 > 0:38:56Quite why I don't know.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01£10 bid for the engraving. 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22...
0:39:01 > 0:39:02Nice subject.
0:39:02 > 0:39:0424, 26, 28,
0:39:04 > 0:39:0630, 32.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- That's all right.- £32 then. At 32.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Yeah, there we go.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- That's about right.- £32. At 32. £32.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Yup, it's a profit, Jonathan, but only miniscule.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21And now comes the battle of the tables.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26The first one to go under the hammer is Jonathan's Ercol coffee table.
0:39:26 > 0:39:2930, 32. 32, 34...
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- That's a really good price.- It's not!
0:39:31 > 0:39:3440, 42, 44,
0:39:34 > 0:39:3546...
0:39:35 > 0:39:36- Yes!- 48...- Yes!
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- 50.- This style, I can't believe that.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- 52?- That's a massive, massive price. Get away.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46And it's another small profit for Jonathan.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Now it's time for Charles' oak table and six chairs.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54They're not antiques, but they sure are practical.
0:39:54 > 0:39:59So you need to clear probably 180 on it to win the show.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03It is so, so exciting because it is so close. Everything's on this.
0:40:03 > 0:40:08At £150 on commission. Bid at 165.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12- 70.- Come on! Come on.- 75, 80.- 80.
0:40:12 > 0:40:18- 85, 90, 95, 200.- £200!
0:40:18 > 0:40:20- Don't believe it.- 205, 210.
0:40:20 > 0:40:2615, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29It's not looking good for Jonathan.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- 45.- Oh, you son of a gun.
0:40:33 > 0:40:4060, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85,
0:40:40 > 0:40:4290, 95, 300.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46- £300!- Rounding it up. 305.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49It was the last lot of our entire series. My heart is going...
0:40:49 > 0:40:51I feel it.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55I can't believe it. I can't believe it, seriously.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Whooo! Charles has made a staggering £245 profit.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Easily the biggest of the week.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Oh, you're a so and so.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06You really, really are. I hate you, Charlie.
0:41:06 > 0:41:13Ah! Jonathan started this leg with £379.23, which was marvellous.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17After the auctioneer's commission today though, he made a loss of £2
0:41:17 > 0:41:22and finishes today with £377.23, and that's tough.
0:41:24 > 0:41:25God...
0:41:26 > 0:41:31Charles started the leg with £278.32.
0:41:31 > 0:41:37He made a whopping profit of £227.63 after commission
0:41:37 > 0:41:42and comes out on top with £505.95.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44JP, thanks for the memories!
0:41:47 > 0:41:49I really could cry!
0:41:49 > 0:41:53It's been a week our two chaps won't forget...
0:41:54 > 0:41:58..as they dashed across the country, making friends...
0:41:58 > 0:42:02- Between friends. Between friends. Between friends.- Between friends?
0:42:02 > 0:42:04..and having fun along the way.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06# I'm so excited!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08# And I just can't hide it
0:42:11 > 0:42:14# I'm about to lost control and I think I like it... #
0:42:14 > 0:42:17They both tried to break more antiques than they bought.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20SNAPPING
0:42:21 > 0:42:24SMASHING
0:42:27 > 0:42:31But through the highs and lows of five auctions...
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Get in there!
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Oh, no!
0:42:35 > 0:42:39It all came down to a simple oak table and six chairs.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42# I'm so excited... #
0:42:42 > 0:42:44As the week draws to a close, Charles,
0:42:44 > 0:42:49who came last in the first series has snatched the number one slot.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Road Trip rookie Jonathan is in second position...
0:42:53 > 0:42:56for the time being, at least.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00The feeling is just complete, utter contentment.
0:43:00 > 0:43:07Don't gloat. But remember, there are still another five weeks to go.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Next week, it's the turn of the flamboyant Charlie Ross.
0:43:11 > 0:43:12Oh!
0:43:12 > 0:43:17And the man who will try and get something for nothing, Mark Stacey.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19No price? It's free.
0:43:19 > 0:43:23They will be travelling through the Midlands and Wales,
0:43:23 > 0:43:27hoping to turn antiques into profits, but things don't always go to plan.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Oh, you've thrown it into reverse!
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