0:00:01 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:03 > 0:00:05£200 each, and one big challenge.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07Testing!
0:00:07 > 0:00:13Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16The aim is trade up and hope each antique turns profit.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18But it's not as easy as it sounds
0:00:18 > 0:00:20and there can only be one winner.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24So, will it be the highway to success
0:00:24 > 0:00:26or the B road to bankruptcy?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40This week, we're road tripping with auctioneer Charlie Ross
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and porcelain expert Mark Stacey.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Shut up and drive!
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Their chosen transport, a 1965 Mercedes Pagoda Roadster.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Charlie Ross ran his own auction house for 25 years.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05He's a furniture expert who's wooing the dealers
0:01:05 > 0:01:07into slashing their prices.
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Would you think it's forward if I gave you a kiss to say thank you?
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Opponent Mark Stacey came third last series.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17A valuer, dealer and auctioneer,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20he's fiercely competitive.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22I'm here to thrash you, Charlie. Come on.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Each expert started their road trip with £200.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Mark has thumped Charlie in the profit stakes right from the start.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I think it was perfectly fair, don't you?
0:01:32 > 0:01:36He's taken his £200 and transformed it
0:01:36 > 0:01:39into a bumper £355.55.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Charlie's put heart and soul into every buy.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I can't resist it, Francis. Can I shake you by the hand?
0:01:51 > 0:01:52But it's not enough.
0:01:52 > 0:01:58His last auction saw him turn in a loss of £33.57.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59I'm devastated.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05He begins today's show with just £215.34.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08So Charlie's got a fight on his hands.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Oh, Charlie, bad luck.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Mark and Charlie are on the fourth leg of a trip
0:02:18 > 0:02:22which began in the West Midlands and is now a whistle-stop tour of Wales,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25with the finish line in Chippenham in Wiltshire.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30On today's show, they're leaving Anglesey
0:02:30 > 0:02:33for an auction showdown in Carmarthen, further south.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Their first stop-off, Newcastle Emlyn.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42But there's a problem.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46It's raining. The Pagoda roof is up and Charlie has the buying blues.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- Know what I'm going to do today? - What?- I'm going to stay in the car.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Because I would lose less money sitting in the car than shopping!
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Oh, don't be a stick-in-the-mud!
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Newcastle Emlyn sits on the River Teifi.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07Thanks to Oliver Cromwell, the castle was blown to smithereens during the English Civil War.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13The town had 35 pubs in 1868.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Today there are only eight.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Never mind. There's an antiques centre for the boys to peruse.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Already the native Welshman is complaining.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33It's cold and it's raining and it's summer. We could only be in one place. South Wales.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- A hotbed of antiques.- Come on, I've smelt an antiques centre.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Charlie desperately needs to get back in the game.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46I've got to be a bit more careful here. On the other hand, I've got to spend my money
0:03:46 > 0:03:51in order to catch up Mark. But with £215, that's going to be difficult.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Yes, it is. You'd better get looking!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58What do you look for in a teddy bear?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01A good character.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04A long snout. Good length of leg.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06A chunky thigh.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Good limbs.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Neither of those teddies really fit the bill.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Not to be bought.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17From chunky thighs and long snouts to Mark Stacey.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18This is quite fun.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21It's a little sort of custard set, I suppose.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26You'd have very thick custard in there, like a creme brulee
0:04:26 > 0:04:27or creme anglaise.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Actually, it's priced up at only £6.50.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Known as cream ware, this lead glazed earthenware
0:04:35 > 0:04:39was first perfected by Josiah Wedgwood in the late 18th century.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Queen Charlotte was so taken with it,
0:04:42 > 0:04:45she appointed Wedgwood as the royal supplier of dinnerware
0:04:45 > 0:04:47in 1762.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51This custard set is a little younger.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53It's late 19th century.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I'm just going to see whether this is actually dirt on here
0:04:58 > 0:05:01or whether it's actually in the firing.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05If it's in the firing, then you've had it, really.
0:05:05 > 0:05:10What I might do is see if the antiques centre has a kitchen,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12and I'll give it a wash and see how it comes up.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16While Mark channels Molly Maid,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Charlie's being colourful.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Cranberry glass.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Named because of the colour.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Victorian.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30And very collectible. Ladies love cranberry glass.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33With that crimped edge, it's a pretty vase.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38The Victorians were obsessed with all things decorative.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Cranberry glass was a favourite.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44The red came from adding gold chloride to molten glass.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Good pieces can fetch several hundred pounds,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49sometimes more.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Unfortunately, this one ain't rare.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57It's £38. I dare say in the trade it's 35. Might be 30,
0:05:57 > 0:06:00which is coming down to the sort of price it would make at auction.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05So not a profit unless I was to be very rude and offer a fiver!
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Across the shop, Mark's up to his elbows in soapy bubbles!
0:06:10 > 0:06:14One of the cups has got a little chip on it.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15There's a crack there.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19That one's not coming up very nicely.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22This one is marked. It's marked "Etruria, England".
0:06:22 > 0:06:27Etruria was one of Wedgwood's main factories, which adds value
0:06:27 > 0:06:30to this set if you're careful.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34I think, if we can get this for a fiver or less...
0:06:34 > 0:06:36- CLATTER - Ooh, dear!
0:06:36 > 0:06:39As I was saying, if we can get this for a pound or less!
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Don't do that at home!
0:06:42 > 0:06:48If we can get this for a fiver or less, it would be really rude not to buy it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Mark's off to charm dealer Stephen Furness.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Steve, I've had a little clean-up there,
0:06:54 > 0:06:57in the limited facilities you have.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01I've found one I think is not part of it.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04One that has a nasty hairline crack in it, and a couple of chips.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08But overall, I think it's actually quite a nice little thing.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- It's got 6.50 on it.- A fiver.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- Four?- Go on, then.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18Definitely worth all that scrubbing around in the lavvie.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Now, what's Charlie up to?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23I like the silver and steel cigar cutter.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- Overlaid silver on the handle. - On the handle.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28And a steel body to it.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Great quality. What do you think that is? Edwardian?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- Yes, Edwardian, just on the cusp, yes.- Yeah.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Edward VII was a famous cigar smoker.
0:07:42 > 0:07:47So it was fashionable for gentlemen of the time to follow suit.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Cigar cutters dangled from watch chains and were impressively decorated.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54This is perfect for a fat, hand-rolled cigar.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57It's priced at £48.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Very nice. I don't suppose I can buy it for a tenner?- Not a tenner!
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- Are you sure?- Absolutely!
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- 38 would buy it.- I'm going to think seriously. 25?
0:08:07 > 0:08:0935.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11- 28?- 30, come on!
0:08:11 > 0:08:18I was almost tempted to say 29 but he's been so reasonable, I'll give you £30 for it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19Thank you very much.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Mark's going Edwardian, too.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28A cellist's chair. But there's no price on it.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33The type of inlay is very Edwardian. That all dates to about 1910.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36It's getting on for 100 years old or so.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I'll find out how much it costs.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41There's a chair in here without a price on it.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42The label's come off it.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- Yes. 65.- Oh, 65, is it?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- It's a shame, isn't it? It's quite pretty.- Very pretty.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Mark's putting the chair down, but he'd better watch out.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56With Charlie around, he might have it stolen from under his nose!
0:08:57 > 0:09:02I'm always looking for things that have lost their price tags.
0:09:02 > 0:09:08You always live in hope that somebody's forgotten how much it should be priced at.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12This is from the Sheraton revival period.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17Thomas Sheraton was a neo-classical English furniture designer
0:09:17 > 0:09:19in the late 18th century.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21In the Edwardian era,
0:09:21 > 0:09:27furniture-makers revived the classic lines and designs from 100 years previously.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Great inlay.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34It's mahogany base, strung in box wood,
0:09:34 > 0:09:39inlaid with olive wood and with satinwood.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Fantastic quality workmanship.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Charlie's hooked, so he's sending dealer Keith Bunold to find out more.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51- If it could be unbelievably cheap... - I'll find out for you now.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55But will Mark work out Charlie's sitting on his potential profit?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57How's that?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- I couldn't see the price on it. - There's 65 on it.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Who's looking at that?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- A customer.- Not Charlie Ross?
0:10:04 > 0:10:09- No, no.- I saw my eye on that first. I've asked already and I've reserved it. Haven't I?
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I've actually reserved that chair.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15He's not having it because I saw that first. You all saw me.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17I waxed lyrical about that piece.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20If he's interested in it, I'm determined he's not going to have it!
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Lucky for Mark, the chair belongs to Stephen's wife.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- What do you think she'll do it for? - 45.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30It's tempting to say the deal is done and he can't have it.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34No, I'm being wicked. That's nasty, isn't it?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Shall I be that nasty?
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Cheeky Mark is off to tell Charlie he's bought it.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- Too late, Charlie.- You've bought it? - I've already bought that chair.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48- You can't have it, my friend.- Why not?- It's too expensive for you!
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- Oh!- It was £65... £68.- 68?- 68.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54What did you get it down to?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- I got it down to a very respectable...- 25?
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- No, not that, Charlie!- 30? - No, a little bit more.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Mark may have stolen it back,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05but he's still to get a deal on it.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08The thing is, I haven't really bought it yet.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11I don't know. But I just wanted to go and stop him.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Make him worried, make him concerned that I'm just napping at his tail.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Let's have a word with Stephen. We'll try and get it for 40.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22We can't do a little bit better? 35?
0:11:22 > 0:11:24We can do it for 40.
0:11:24 > 0:11:25£40?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28It's rude not to buy it for £40, really, isn't it?
0:11:28 > 0:11:33It's a really sweet chair. Even if I don't make much on it, it's a nice object for the show.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36I'll take that as well. Thank you, Stephen.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Oh, dear! Could this all lead to our first Road Trip tiff?
0:11:40 > 0:11:43- Where are you going?- I'm not telling you.- You're in the car?
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- You can't leave me here, Charlie! - I can!
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- I'm left high and dry. - And that's where you're staying.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50What a scoundrel!
0:11:51 > 0:11:56Frankly, I'm so far behind, I'm somewhere on the back straight.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58This dealing lark!
0:11:58 > 0:12:01It's not as easy as you think!
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Poor old Charlie. He's ventured just outside Newcastle Emlyn
0:12:05 > 0:12:09to another antique shop. But will it change his fortunes?
0:12:10 > 0:12:12- Hello!- Hello, there.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Cameron Bennett is more collector than dealer,
0:12:16 > 0:12:20so he won't be parting with any beloved pieces for a song.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22"Peter Pan Bodices"!
0:12:22 > 0:12:25That really is a statement of the times, isn't it?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Is that something that's for sale?
0:12:27 > 0:12:29It is for sale.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- How much is that? - I'd like to see 120 on that.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I'm not surprised. It's a nice thing.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39Back to the drawing board. It's way out of your price range.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43In town, Mark's reaching for his comfort blanket.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Staffordshire figurines.
0:12:45 > 0:12:51- It's the signing of the Magna Carta. - I thought it might be. I was just going to say.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Obviously it's King John signing the Magna Carta.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Two colourful assistants. I love this.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59I love these bright, naive colours.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Last episode, Mark made a killing on two Staffordshires.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Sold at 90.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- £72 profit.- I'm pleased with that.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Is he about to pull it out of the bag again?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- There's a crack, look.- A chip in the bottom.- A big chip there.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19No wonder he's looking so cross!
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- And I think he's lost his nib on the pen.- On the pen, yeah.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27And I do like his garters, don't you?
0:13:27 > 0:13:30He's got lovely suntanned legs!
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Steady!
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Created about 1860, this Staffordshire figure
0:13:34 > 0:13:39may be based on a version of Shakespeare's The Life and Death of King John.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44An actor called Charles Keen played the king, and this could be him.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49This piece is so rare, there's one in the Victoria and Albert Museum,
0:13:49 > 0:13:53but even so, another one only sold for £120 at a recent auction.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57That would still give Mark a profit if he slashes down the price
0:13:57 > 0:14:00from its considerable £130 price tag.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06But there's a problem. Stephen is not the owner.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08How negotiable is it? Do you know?
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- Make an offer. - For a fellow Welshman!
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Can we speak to him on the phone? - I can try.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Mark's spotted something else.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Oh, yes. But that one's very damaged.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24One of them. And the price? It's free!
0:14:27 > 0:14:32I'm always looking for a Mark memento, but I don't think I'll get this for nothing!
0:14:32 > 0:14:37Don't start that lark again, Mark Stacey! Freebie? I don't know. It's just not cricket!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Again, maybe around about 1860 or so.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44I love the head of this prancing horse. It's so camp!
0:14:44 > 0:14:48- Do you know how much it is, by chance?- A tenner.- £10?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50That's far too much!
0:14:50 > 0:14:53For such a damaged figure!
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Here comes the sob story!
0:14:54 > 0:15:00I always try and get a little memento of each visit I make.
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- The dealers always warm to me, rather than Charlie Ross! - Cos you're Welsh.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09They always say, "We must let you have something to be sure you get more profit."
0:15:09 > 0:15:13They normally give me something around about the £10 mark.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17We'll keep that out for now, because I have a feeling, with the right persuasion...
0:15:17 > 0:15:20We might have found the Mark memento!
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- CLATTERING Oh, mind that door! - You deserve that!
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Mark knows the King John is priced at 130,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30while the princess is £10.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34He now has to be patient while the dealer phones the owner
0:15:34 > 0:15:37to see if they will negotiate. So it's a waiting game.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42Charlie's still shopping, and Cameron has found him a little treasure.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44This I could sell.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51It's an electrotype copy of a French medal issued in 1815.
0:15:51 > 0:15:57An electrotype is a quasi-mechanical process reproducing objects in metal
0:15:57 > 0:16:01so meticulously that they could be mistaken for an original.
0:16:01 > 0:16:07This one depicts Napoleon Bonaparte, his second wife Marie-Louise and their infant son.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09There's a spot of intrigue, too.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14A letter from a museum to a London dealer, written in 1947,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16attempting to find out the medal's value.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20I love the letter! From Hertfordshire County Museum.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24It says it's an electrotype copy, not contemporary with the medal,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28because electrotypes were not made until about 1840.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I'd better ask the price in case it's a fiver!
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- I would say £30.- Would you?
0:16:33 > 0:16:39- So if I offered you a tenner, you'd probably say, "That would do nicely."- No!
0:16:39 > 0:16:41No. Tough man, this man.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45Tell you what, I'll meet you halfway and give you 20 quid for it.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- I'll take a chance and pray! - Sounds good to me.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51I like that, sir, very much indeed.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53All the best. Cheers.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57As Charlie clocks off for the day,
0:16:57 > 0:17:02Mark's hoofing it to the nearby home of one of the earliest boats known to man,
0:17:02 > 0:17:06the coracle. These were created by civilisations across the world
0:17:06 > 0:17:08from as early as 10,000 years ago.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- Martin, hello.- Hello.- How are you? - All right, thanks.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Martin Fowler will give Mark the low-down on these historic watercraft,
0:17:16 > 0:17:19still used today in West Wales.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23The museum is here because this is the only place in Britain
0:17:23 > 0:17:26where coracle fishing still takes place.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31- The animal you had would have decided the size and shape of it. - OK.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34So this is a cow hide covering a willow basket.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Tibet, for instance, uses yak hide.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43- So a basic one-man boat using whatever local ingredients you had. - That's right.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Have a look at this one. This is from Vietnam.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- This is quite large. - Yes, but this particular one
0:17:49 > 0:17:56was last used to take a family of people 500 miles across the South China sea
0:17:56 > 0:17:59from Vietnam to Hong Kong with refugees in.
0:17:59 > 0:18:04- Good Lord!- So it's... - It's quite a sturdy craft, then!
0:18:04 > 0:18:05It is, yes.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10Here's hoping this one is just as sturdy, as Mark's about to get in it!
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- So I'm on the bank of the river. - Put your paddle in the mud.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16- Then I come in like that.- Yes.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Then you turn and sit on the seat.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20I sit on the seat with this in the middle.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24- Make sure your feet are in the corner.- Each corner.- Yes.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- And I'm quite safe in here?- Oh, yes.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29Put your hand over the top and your hand here.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Now turn it like this.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- Oh, right.- You're doing a figure of eight.
0:18:34 > 0:18:39- OK.- And that actually pulls you forwards down the river. - Really?- Yes.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42They're also ideal craft for fishing
0:18:42 > 0:18:47because the paddle hardly disturbs the water, making it easier to net a catch.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50And you can carry your coracle home afterwards.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52- Lift towards me?- Yeah.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54Over your head.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- And then slide it on like that. - Perfect!
0:18:57 > 0:18:59I think that's quite impressive.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Now, how do we get it off?
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Now Mark's up-to-speed with his coracle-handling skills,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10it's time to see a man about a couple of Staffordshire figures.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15The owner has confirmed his lowest price, so negotiations can begin.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- I managed to get hold of Keith.- Yes?
0:19:17 > 0:19:21With the flatback. And...80.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26That's £50 down from £130 for King John.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28But what about the princess?
0:19:28 > 0:19:32I'm thinking, because this is so damaged, and you said a tenner.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34- Yes.- Is that the best price?
0:19:34 > 0:19:38That depends on whether you're still quandering over that one.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- If you're quandering on that one, then I'll throw that one in. - That is tempting!
0:19:42 > 0:19:48Because then that's two for one, as it were. BOGOF!
0:19:48 > 0:19:51That's Bought One, Got One Free!
0:19:51 > 0:19:55Quick. Let's do this now before I change my mind again.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Because then, you just won't get any money out of me.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Goodbye!
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I'll gather up my purchases and depart.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07- A very happy man. Thanks again, Steve. Good to see you.- You, too.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10But who knows what tomorrow will bring?
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Early morning, the sun is shining, and the top is finally down on the Roadster.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21And it's one last shopping spree before the auction.
0:20:22 > 0:20:28- I'm hoping at some stage you might actually consider buying an antique! - If I saw one, I'd buy one!
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Our cheeky chappies are motoring 25 miles south to Narberth,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38home to one of the largest antiques emporiums in Wales.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Despite bagging three lots in one shop,
0:20:43 > 0:20:47Mark suffered indecision over his Staffordshire figures.
0:20:47 > 0:20:52He spent £124, giving him £231.55 to play with.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54Goodbye!
0:20:54 > 0:20:59Charlie, however, has lost his confidence, thanks to depleted profits.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01He's bought just two items at £50,
0:21:01 > 0:21:04leaving him £165.34.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Let's hope Narberth cheers him up. It's a pretty town,
0:21:12 > 0:21:14proud of its medieval heritage.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18It's also home to the famous Narberth sausage, a heady mix
0:21:18 > 0:21:21of pork, tomato, leek and basil.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Definitely not an antique. Which brings us back to Mark and Charlie.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27Are we there, Charlie?
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- I think we are. Back Lane. - That's the one we want.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33I can see you buying a load of old artefacts, can't you?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37I'll be leaving all the antiques to you, as always!
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Because you can't spot any, Charlie!
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- I'm impervious to antiques.- After you. You need to buy more than I do!
0:21:48 > 0:21:50There's so much to see.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Here...
0:21:53 > 0:21:54there...
0:21:54 > 0:21:55and everywhere!
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Charlie's found something.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Just get a bit of a clue.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Maybe not!
0:22:05 > 0:22:10A little silver rose bowl has attracted Mark, but only just.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12It's this that I was slightly interested in.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15It's quite light-weight, isn't it?
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- A nice clear mark.- Sheffield. - What price have we got on this?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- 75.- 75.- 75.- 75.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Maybe we can do something.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28OK. One thing you have to look at if you're buying something like this
0:22:28 > 0:22:32which is normally a trophy of some sort, they're often engraved.
0:22:32 > 0:22:38You can have that removed, but by removing it, you are taking some of the silver away.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41If you actually press, and I've been pressing here,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43and there's a bit of give there,
0:22:43 > 0:22:45that could just be a dent,
0:22:45 > 0:22:51but on the other hand, it could be where there's been an inscription removed.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53That weakens the silver.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Which isn't necessarily a bad thing - if the price is right.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- 50.- 50. OK.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04I would have wanted it nearer, unfortunately, nearer the £30 mark.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06I'll pop it back and lock up.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10And on that note, Mark is calling it a day.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15I can't find anything really in my price or anything I want to buy.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17So I'm going to head off.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24Charlie's still in the buying mood, and he's picking up from where Mark left off, with the rose bowl.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29- No engraving on it.- No engraving. And the double crown Jubilee mark.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- Nice crisp marks.- It is, isn't it?
0:23:32 > 0:23:36The double crown jubilee mark is in commemoration of King George V
0:23:36 > 0:23:40and Queen Mary's silver jubilee in 1935.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Charlie is in luck, because Karen Wilson owns this piece.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Is 40 going to tickle you?
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Well, it might tickle you, but will it...
0:23:49 > 0:23:51I will do 50 for you.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Karen, we're very nearly there, I think.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58If I begged you to do 45, could that be done?
0:23:59 > 0:24:04- 48.- Ooh, 48!- 48.- You're licking your fingers on 48.
0:24:04 > 0:24:0646?
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- 46. My last offer.- 45.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- My last offer.- Oh, you will do 45! You've come below... No!
0:24:12 > 0:24:14I've got that now!
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Hang on, Karen! You're selling, not buying!
0:24:16 > 0:24:18I nearly scuppered you there!
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- Tell you what, at 47?- Yes.- Mwa!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Karen's got something else up her sleeve.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27A Victorian warning sign for a telegraph pole!
0:24:27 > 0:24:32"Persons throwing stones at the telegraphs will be prosecuted."
0:24:32 > 0:24:38- That's before telephones, but in the days when you sent Morse code. - The wires, yes.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42I think it's going to make 40 or £50 at auction. It's a great thing.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47- I'd have to buy it for £30 really, to go anywhere.- 35?
0:24:47 > 0:24:49You're...
0:24:49 > 0:24:52You know how to do a deal, don't you?
0:24:52 > 0:24:53£35.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Oh... Go for it!
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Ross, go for it!
0:24:58 > 0:25:01I'm so thrilled Karen pointed that out.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I have never, ever seen anything like that.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09As Mark's sticking with what he bought yesterday,
0:25:09 > 0:25:13he's now off to prepare for that all-important show and tell.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- Do you want any money? - That would be nice, Charlie!
0:25:18 > 0:25:23Charlie is settling up for his two items, then he's taking a little detour.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Off to the seaside!
0:25:26 > 0:25:29He's on his way to Laugharne,
0:25:29 > 0:25:3115 miles east of Narberth.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36He's visiting a boathouse, but it's no ordinary boathouse.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40This was once the home of Welsh bard Dylan Thomas.
0:25:41 > 0:25:47What a fantastic view! What an inspirational place
0:25:47 > 0:25:51to write poetry. Fabulous!
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Dylan Thomas's poetry is loved the world over.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00But he's probably most famous for his play Under Milk Wood
0:26:00 > 0:26:03which was written while he lived here in the '50s.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Charlie is meeting John Tregenna,
0:26:06 > 0:26:08the curator of the boathouse.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10- John?- Hello, Charlie.- Hi!
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- Lovely to see you.- You, too. Welcome to the Dylan Thomas boathouse.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Dylan Thomas's poetry writing began while at school.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20His father was the headmaster.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25There's a story where Dylan Thomas is leaving school early, playing truant.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29There's a voice from behind, and the voice is the headmaster.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32The headmaster says to Dylan, "Where are you going, boy?"
0:26:32 > 0:26:35And he says, "Home to write poetry."
0:26:35 > 0:26:38And the headmaster, his father, says, "Well, don't get caught!"
0:26:38 > 0:26:44His poetry and radio plays reached the masses on the BBC.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46He also found fame in America,
0:26:46 > 0:26:52and it was there he died in 1953, aged only 39, from alcoholism.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55He just loved pub life. He loved gossip, he loved stories.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59- Yeah.- And, you know, so he was a very heavy drinker.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03He was famous, he was coming off-stage, he was mobbed, people wanted to buy him a drink.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06There's only so much beer a man can take.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08But most of the last four years of his life
0:27:08 > 0:27:11were spent in Laugharne.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15He wrote some of his best-loved poems here, in "the writing shed".
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Gosh.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Come in.
0:27:18 > 0:27:23If he had a deadline, his wife would lock him in the shed!
0:27:23 > 0:27:26She'd march him up here at two o'clock, lock him in,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30and at seven o'clock come along, unlock the door and let him go to the pub!
0:27:32 > 0:27:36He wrote five of his greatest poems at that table.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39One of them specifically is about the hill in the distance.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43- Yes?- Sir John's Hill. And he used to write about the estuary.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- Do you think I could sit down? - Course you can.- I'm a hopeless poet.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48But I could pretend.
0:27:48 > 0:27:54If you can't get inspiration looking out of this window, you can't get inspiration anywhere!
0:27:54 > 0:27:57This is absolutely amazing.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02I am sitting in Dylan Thomas's chair, at his desk,
0:28:02 > 0:28:07looking out of the very same window. Magic!
0:28:07 > 0:28:14"And blithely they squawk To fiery tyburn over the wrestle of elms until
0:28:14 > 0:28:15"The flash the noosed hawk
0:28:16 > 0:28:20"Crashes, and slowly the fishing holy stalking heron
0:28:20 > 0:28:25"In the river Towy below bows his tilted headstone."
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Unfortunately, we can't read poetry all day
0:28:29 > 0:28:34as it's show and tell time at Laugharne Castle.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Fortifications have stood here since the 12th century.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39But now to the latest battle.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43Whose items will win out for our two rivals?
0:28:43 > 0:28:45What kept you?
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Let's start with the Edwardian chair
0:28:47 > 0:28:51surreptitiously whisked from under Charlie's nose.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53- Kick off. What did you pay for it? - 40.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55You didn't get it for 40?
0:28:55 > 0:28:57You are such a dog!
0:28:59 > 0:29:02I'd have given him 50! Ring him up and tell him!
0:29:02 > 0:29:06Tell you what, get the 50 quid out, Charlie. I'll make a quick tenner!
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Now, the silver rose bowl.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15Mark considered it at 50 but Charlie won out at £47.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20- I thought there was a bit of give. - Well, I did test the gauge.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I ran my fingers round it and I thought it hadn't.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- A difference of opinion again. - Absolutely. And you'll be right! - We're divided.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31- Yes, and you make the profit! - She offered it to me for 25!
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Oh, did she? Yes.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35I bought it for 15!
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- You liar!- No, I didn't!
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Next, Mark's creamware custard set.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44I'm not going a bundle on that. I might be disappointing you.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46I'm looking at 40 to £60.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- You're not disappointing me cos I paid four!- £4?!
0:29:50 > 0:29:51£4!
0:29:51 > 0:29:53One, two, three...
0:29:54 > 0:29:58- Oh!- What else have you got to shock me?
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- I think I've bought something that's pre-1900.- No!
0:30:01 > 0:30:03- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- Be still, me beating heart. - It's sacred!
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Be warned, Mark.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12This Victorian telegraph sign at £35 could prove a nice little earner.
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Charlie.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- Have you ever seen one like that? - No, and never wanted to!
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Come on, Mark.- It's great fun. - It's fantastic. Telegraph.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24- It's meant to go on the pole, which is why it's cast...- Right.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26- I love it. - They had a nice old wooden pole.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- "V.R."- Yes. Veronica Rex!
0:30:30 > 0:30:31Well done.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35Seriously. I really do like it. I'm not just saying that.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Oh, stop doing that!
0:30:39 > 0:30:41Roll on Mark's Staffordshire figures.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45King John at £80 and the princess thrown in for free.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48I love the whole thing. I love the colours.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53I love that in Victorian times, this would have been an educative tool as much as anything.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57- I think it's quite rare.- Very nice. I've not seen that one.- I haven't.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01And I love this one also. This is even earlier, I think.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- It is sadly damaged. - But that's why it was free.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09But what will Mr Critical think of Charlie's £30 cigar cutter?
0:31:09 > 0:31:13- Oh, Charlie!- You can actually cut a Havana cigar with that.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15- It's plated.- Yes.
0:31:15 > 0:31:20But it has silver mounts. Those cut-engraved plates on either side are silver.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25- It's a working profit again. I like that expression. A working profit. - Yes.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29- Though I'm used to a working loss. - I know!- May I put this down? - I think so.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33- Actually, no, I'll leave it up! - You rotter!
0:31:33 > 0:31:37And finally, the Napoleonic Star medal. As ever,
0:31:37 > 0:31:39with old Rossy, there's a story.
0:31:39 > 0:31:40This comes with a letter.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44And a caveat at the end. "Dear Mr Quelch,
0:31:44 > 0:31:48"this is an electrotype copy of the medal issues in about 1815.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51"It's French. I have no idea of its value.
0:31:51 > 0:31:56"But B.A.Ceeby of Great Portland Street is the most reliable dealer I know of."
0:31:56 > 0:32:00There's nothing else. I folded it up, put it in my pocket.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03This morning, when I got up, I thought of my bit of paper.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06I noticed some scribble on the back. It reads as follows,
0:32:06 > 0:32:12"This was submitted to Mr Ceeby of 65, Great Portland Street,
0:32:12 > 0:32:15"who stated that it was of no value at all...
0:32:18 > 0:32:21"..as it was only a copy of the original."
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Another cracker!
0:32:25 > 0:32:30But I'm not going to give them the letter with it. Somebody might think it's valuable!
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I actually quite like it.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37It's not bad. But this was my lost moment, as always.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42In fairness, Charlie, the letter would have summed up most of your purchases!
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- But not that one. - Not this one or this one.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50So I think, all in all, we've got a bit of a chase on our hands.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- We've got a competition, this time. - We really have.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55- Well done.- And you.- Good fun!
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Could the tables really be turning?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Let's see what our rivals think.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Well done, Mr Stacey, again.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06We know he bought the chair, but I can't believe he got it for £40!
0:33:06 > 0:33:10The cast iron telegraph sign is absolutely charming.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14I've never seen one, nor has Charlie. The dealer hasn't.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Typical of the old rascal to come up with that. 35 quid, though.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19He'll be lucky to get a profit on it.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23If that bombs, "Good night, Sooty"!
0:33:23 > 0:33:28It's much more of an even match. Between you and me, I'm a little bit scared!
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Round Four of this week-long road trip
0:33:34 > 0:33:39has seen our dazzling duo whizz round South Wales in a search for antique treasures.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43They began in Newcastle Emlyn,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45then on to Narberth and Laugharne
0:33:45 > 0:33:49and now it's a bee-line east to Carmarthen.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54This could be the most critical battle of the week, right here,
0:33:54 > 0:33:56as auction day commences.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Carmarthen lays claim to being the oldest town in Wales.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04It began life as a Roman fort.
0:34:04 > 0:34:10It's also home to the Arthurian legend that Merlin was born just outside the town.
0:34:11 > 0:34:17Today, the magic will happen at Peter Francis' Auctions, in business for over a century.
0:34:17 > 0:34:23- You haven't cut the mustard so far, Mr Ross.- No, I've been left in your wake, as always.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- Can you smell profits in there? - Yes, quite a big one!
0:34:26 > 0:34:27For me, I hope!
0:34:28 > 0:34:32It's a general sale, where unusual collectibles do well.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37Good news for Mark, where his Staffordshire King John is concerned, you'd think.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Except it's been damaged on its way to the auction rooms.
0:34:41 > 0:34:47Auctioneer Nigel Hobson will break the bad news to Mark. I wonder if he'll cry?
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- I've got a problem with one object. - Oh, yes?
0:34:49 > 0:34:51- Which is why it's sitting here.- Yes.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53It's had the top ear broken off.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56- Oh, yes.- We've reinstalled it.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00- Oh, dear.- It wasn't us - honest. It was damaged when it came out.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- That's going to make quite a difference.- A big difference.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06When breakages happen like this,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08the Antiques Road Trip likes to play fair.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12So Nigel will value the lot and we'll honour that amount.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17The King John one would have probably been worth 100 to £120.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22The other one's only worth 15 or £20. We won't get that sort of money now, I don't think.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26So, whatever the two pieces make in the auction,
0:35:26 > 0:35:32we'll stump up enough money to make up the auctioneer's full estimate of £140.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35I'm naturally very disappointed, really.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39I'm guaranteed £60 profit. Having said that, of course,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42I don't know quite how we address it if it makes 200!
0:35:42 > 0:35:43Steady, Mark!
0:35:43 > 0:35:47You never know what might happen in an auction, but that's very optimistic.
0:35:50 > 0:35:56Charlie began this leg battered and bruised by losses from the last auction. Despite this,
0:35:56 > 0:35:59he still spent £132 on four items.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Front runner Mark's played it canny.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07He's only bought three lots, spending £124.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12But it's still all to play for, so let the bidding begin.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15- Now, Charlie, here we go. - Le moment critique!
0:36:15 > 0:36:18For you, Charlie, it is.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21So let's hope your warning sign does the business!
0:36:21 > 0:36:24I've got four phone bids. One from my mother!
0:36:24 > 0:36:26One from Auntie Flo!
0:36:27 > 0:36:31- What's it worth? £30 away on that little sign.- Certainly not.
0:36:31 > 0:36:3220 to get on, then, surely?
0:36:32 > 0:36:34- Ten.- Surely at 20? 20 I'm bid.
0:36:34 > 0:36:3825 I've got with me. 30, the lady's bid, seated now at 30.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41At £30 I'm bid. 35 may I say?
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- Don't be ridiculous!- At 30, the lady's bid. 35 is next door.
0:36:44 > 0:36:4540, madam?
0:36:45 > 0:36:49- 40. At 40. - It's only washing its face.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51- £40. Any more?- Still so cheap.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Selling at £40.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- Somebody's overpaid!- It's nothing!
0:36:56 > 0:37:02That's a £5 profit. But after commission, that will turn another loss for Charlie.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04I've only lost a pound!
0:37:06 > 0:37:10Next up, the Staffordshire figures. The damaged princess Mark got free,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12and the cracked King John
0:37:12 > 0:37:16that suffered an even bigger breakage en route to the auction.
0:37:16 > 0:37:1850 on the two. There they are. Surely?
0:37:18 > 0:37:2220 to go, then? Surely. Ten is all I'm bid. 15, may I say?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25At ten. 15. 20.
0:37:25 > 0:37:26- Here we go.- 25.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Against you, sir. 25, the lady's bid. They sell. 30.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- At 30. 35, may I say?- Can I bid?
0:37:33 > 0:37:37At £30. Any more? All done at £30.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41So, that's made a £50 loss,
0:37:41 > 0:37:45but as we guaranteed the auctioneer's estimate of £140,
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Mark will make a £60 profit.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51I was hoping that was actually going to make more than the 140.
0:37:51 > 0:37:55- I was still hopeful they might make 160 to 180.- Not without reason.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Perhaps that custard set will put a smile on Mark's face,
0:38:01 > 0:38:05particularly now the auctioneer has confirmed it's definitely Wedgwood.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Now, do hold it up nicely.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Drop it, preferably!
0:38:10 > 0:38:13- What do you say?- £50?- £30 away for the Wedgwood.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- 30.- Don't be ridiculous! Don't be silly!
0:38:16 > 0:38:1915 is here with me. At 15.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2015 with him?!
0:38:20 > 0:38:2315 is all I'm bid. 20, the lady on the back row. At 20,
0:38:23 > 0:38:25the lady on the back row. 25, may I say?
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- At 20, lady in the room. - Bring the hammer down!
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- £20.- Thank you.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32That's about right.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36That's a healthy profit before commission.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Mark's toys can stay firmly in the pram.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Congratulations.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42£16 profit there, Charlie.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45The condition was too good, really.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Nothing like an old cracked record, is there?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Now for Charlie's cigar cutter.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- At 20 I'm bid. 25, may I say? - That's something.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59At £20 I'm bid. At 20. Two. 25.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03- At 25 on the books.- On the book? - 28 at the back of the room. 28.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- We're nearly there.- 30. 30 I've got here with me at 30.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09Two do you want? 32. At 32 at the back of the room.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12In the room at 32.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Away at £32. Number ten.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18- You were lucky with that. - You think I'm lucky with everything.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22That small profit will turn another loss for Charlie after commission.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27He needs Lady Luck to shine on him.
0:39:27 > 0:39:32- I'm improving.- You've been worse. - If we do this for another six months, I might make a profit!
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Mark pooh-poohed Charlie's silver rose bowl.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38Will the bidders do the same?
0:39:38 > 0:39:42Charles Hampshire is the next auctioneer to take the podium.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45What shall we say? £90 to start me away for the bowl?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- I shouldn't think so.- 90 it is. 100.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49And ten. 110.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51120.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54120, gentleman's bid in the aisle. Selling away.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56£120.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58I'm amazed with that, Charlie.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02I can't believe somebody paid 120 for that. I should have bought it.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06That's a £73 profit before commission.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09No wonder it's sour grapes for Mark.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Congratulations, Charlie. A profit for a change.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Ooh, you're so catty!
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Charlie's copy of a Napoleonic medal
0:40:18 > 0:40:23takes its turn minus that letter! Naughty boy!
0:40:23 > 0:40:25A 19th-century French electrotype medal,
0:40:25 > 0:40:31depicting Napoleon I, Marie-Louise and the infant King of Rome.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33- Shown behind me.- Honestly!
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Bit of interest again. Conflicting bids.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38I can start it away at £25. £30 with me.
0:40:38 > 0:40:4035, fresh bidder.
0:40:40 > 0:40:4440. 45 clears the book. In the room at 45
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- on my left.- Let's see 50.- 50, fresh bidder. And five. 55.
0:40:47 > 0:40:5160, sir? 55 seated on my left.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- I'll sell at £55.- What's going on? - Number 872.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57I really don't like this at all!
0:40:59 > 0:41:01Not happy you're getting beaten, I suppose!
0:41:01 > 0:41:05A £35 profit. Charlie's back in the game, much to Mark's dismay!
0:41:05 > 0:41:09This is not on, Charlie.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13- Where's the congratulations? - Sorry, but it's just so uncool.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14It's unheard of!
0:41:14 > 0:41:19Can Mark claw back his winnings with this Edwardian cellist's chair,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21stolen from Charlie?
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Cellist's chair. Nice music chair. Some musicians here.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28- Are there?- I've got a few bidders here. Some interest with me.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31Start this at 30. 35, 38 with me.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Getting there.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35£38. 40, straight in. 42 with me.
0:41:35 > 0:41:42- And five. 48. 50 in the room.- More attention.- £50. Any advance now?
0:41:42 > 0:41:45£50 seated.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48- Ooh!- That's a profit of a couple of quid, I suppose.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Bit less, maybe.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54It's a £10 profit before commission,
0:41:54 > 0:41:57keeping Mark out of the red. Just.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- It's not a loss.- No, it isn't. I am king of the losses!
0:42:03 > 0:42:08With the stress of the broken Staffordshire figure, it's been a tough auction for Mark.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12He began this leg with £355.55,
0:42:12 > 0:42:16and has made a profit after commission of £48.99,
0:42:16 > 0:42:20giving him £404.54 to go on with.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25But it's Charlie who reigns as champion today.
0:42:25 > 0:42:30He started out with a depleted £215.34,
0:42:30 > 0:42:32but after paying the auction costs,
0:42:32 > 0:42:36has amassed a fantastic profit of £71.46
0:42:36 > 0:42:40giving him £286.80 for the next leg.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48This is Charlie's first sniff of glory this week
0:42:48 > 0:42:50so it's definitely a chance to rub it in.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Profit! Profit!
0:42:53 > 0:42:54And victory!
0:42:54 > 0:42:56One out of four, Charlie.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59I could come out every time and say victory.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01I've won three times! You've won once.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03- You did.- It's not over yet.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04Allow me, sir!
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Thank you.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09You just strap in. Happy?
0:43:09 > 0:43:12- Happy.- ..as a loser can be!
0:43:12 > 0:43:15You're allowed to win once in your life.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19- After all, I'm not used to it. - You're always a winner to me, Charlie!
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Next, the final day,
0:43:22 > 0:43:26and Charlie attempts to blow that £117 profit gap away.
0:43:29 > 0:43:30Sorry!
0:43:32 > 0:43:35And Mark is blowing the trumpet for Wales
0:43:35 > 0:43:38as this competition hits its nail-biting finale.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41We're fighting for the land of our fathers!
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