0:00:02 > 0:00:06The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge!
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Cos I'm here to declare war.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Why?
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:13 > 0:00:14There's nothing in here.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit...
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Disappointing.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23But it's not as easy as you might think and things don't always go to plan.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Push!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29I'm terribly nervous now, James.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:35 > 0:00:39We've been on the road with antiques guru James Braxton
0:00:39 > 0:00:45who's been pitting his wits against young whippersnapper auctioneer Jonathan Pratt.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49And it's been a far-from-close competition.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Devilish James has stormed ahead, leaving poor Jonathan floundering.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Disaster strikes!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59So while Pratt fell flat,
0:00:59 > 0:01:03old Brackers made loads of smackers, which means he did jolly well.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- That's not to say he's a bit conceited, though.- I'm not smiling!
0:01:08 > 0:01:12From his original £200, James now has an impressive...
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Great hat!
0:01:15 > 0:01:19But Jonathan is only scraping through to the final leg
0:01:19 > 0:01:22with less than half of James's budget, a pretty pitiful...
0:01:25 > 0:01:25Bad luck!
0:01:25 > 0:01:29It's been a tough week for Jonathan, but his spirits are still high.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33And that could be because James is letting him drive his pride and joy,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37the 1952 MG, to their first shopping location.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41This trip sees the boys travelling all the way from Altrincham, Greater Manchester,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43to sunny Cornwall.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Today we kick off the fifth leg in Crewkerne,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50then head to the final auction showdown in Lostwithiel.
0:01:50 > 0:01:58The earliest record of Crewkerne in Somerset was in the will of Alfred the Great back in 899.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01And during the 18th and 19th centuries, the main industry was cloth-making,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04including crafting sails for the Royal Navy.
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Noah's Antiques is packed to the gunnels with goodies,
0:02:09 > 0:02:11but will anything entice James?
0:02:11 > 0:02:15What a day out there!
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Morning.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Hello. James.- Michael.- Michael. Good to meet you, Michael.
0:02:19 > 0:02:26Morning. Now, what Michael doesn't realise is that James has a whopping £320.94 to spend,
0:02:26 > 0:02:31so he can really afford to splash out on some expensive top-quality lots.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40I might have a quick look through your bargain area, Michael.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Uh-oh! Bargain area! James is acting like a rag-and-bone man again,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47not someone whose pocket is bulging with cash!
0:02:47 > 0:02:52There were things for more rarefied dining, really.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56This is a rather unusual one, but it's sort of entree-dish shaped,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59elongated octagonal, it's got sort of fruiting vines all the way around it...
0:02:59 > 0:03:03But they're fun, you know. You can use them for anything.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09These ones are all quite early, Edwardian, turn of the century, that sort of thing.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12This one's inscribed, that one's inscribed.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15This one's a very nice chamber stick.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19So it would have had a cylindrical glass thing to protect it from the wind.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Cylindrical glass thing? Is that a technical term, then, James?
0:03:23 > 0:03:27And then we've got the old swing basket, as they're known.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Would have been stamped out on some great machine in Birmingham or Sheffield...
0:03:31 > 0:03:35and then...this is probably the youngest of the lot.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38This is just a clean bit of plate.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42It's quite a big fellow. What are we? It's 10 or 12 inches across.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44It's just been stamped out.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47So you won't be buying that, then, James?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50It's a good little lot, that.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55So you will, then? James is planning to buy and then sell this bundle as a job lot,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58which auction houses often do with cheaper items.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03There's no price on this as a group, but that's not stopping our man from chancing his arm.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Let's see if I can make you a, you know, tempting offer.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10A tenner?
0:04:10 > 0:04:13- Er...- Stop wincing!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15- Put your hand out.- Go on, then. - Thank you.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22Gosh! James's strategy seem to be spending as little as he can,
0:04:22 > 0:04:26so how about the man who has no choice? That's Jonathan, by the way.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29He's arrived at his first shop, Crewkerne Antiques.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Morning.- Good morning. - Nice to come inside in the dry.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- Not the best of days, is it?- No.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40You've got some great things. There's a lot of things I can't afford already,
0:04:40 > 0:04:43- but you've got some good quality things here.- A good mix.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47- Do you have any sort of house-clearance type areas, a bit junkier?- Not really.
0:04:47 > 0:04:53My budget has been depleting of late, so I'm looking for something...
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- The ultimate bargain?- Yes!
0:04:56 > 0:05:01Well, you're not going to find the ultimate bargain if you hang around talking to Eddie!
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Reasonably well painted, actually.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09And it's going to be off the South Coast.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Dated 1911.
0:05:12 > 0:05:19Again, this chap's not in superb condition, but that one's better, by a chap called Flowers.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Flowers? Mmm... Not quite Turner, then!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25I do like those though, actually, I do like those.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Royal coat of arms.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Quite like that.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Yes, nice piece of needlework there, but will it sell well at auction?
0:05:35 > 0:05:40It all depends on whether Jonathan can do a good deal. Now...
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- Do you mind if I ask you a few things about these?- Yeah, go on.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47- That's the first thing that struck me.- That is fabulous.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Nice 19th-century needlework, Royal coat of arms...
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- Would you accept for that... - KNOCKING
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- ..£60?- Probably not.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Probably not?- I've got in mind about 80, I'll be honest. I think it's worth that.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06- I think it's a nice thing.- I'll put that down on the iffy list, OK?
0:06:06 > 0:06:10Flowers. OK, slightly faded paper, bit of foxing, but nice subject.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14He's not an Academy hand, but it's still quite competently painted.
0:06:14 > 0:06:21- £60 for them?- I could probably do that for those.- You could do that? - That would be OK.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- And this music stand. It's not in the greatest of order... - It's a little tired.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28It's a little tired. It's only pine.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33A little tired? Jonathan does seem to like buying bashed and broken items.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38- 30?- Yeah, that's fine. I can do that on that one.- OK.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- But of all the things I want most is this one here. - Cos that's the best one.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Yeah, that's the one I like the most, this one being...
0:06:44 > 0:06:51- I think that's quite a charming thing.- £60 for that one, providing you buy that one for 30.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53£80 the two?
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- A little tear? Yeah, OK.- OK. - All right.- Oh, my word! There we go.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Hang on, Jonathan! What about sailing pictures?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Oh, gosh!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09I know I've already said a price for them...
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Er...
0:07:10 > 0:07:13but I can't afford that, now, can I?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Would you
0:07:21 > 0:07:22take...
0:07:23 > 0:07:25..would you take £40 a pair?
0:07:27 > 0:07:29I'd like to help you out, but no.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32£50?
0:07:32 > 0:07:36Yeah, OK. If I can take all your money, I will.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38You've almost done that, Eddie.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42And just as Jonathan is paying up, he's spotted yet another picture.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46I really quite like this, only because it's... Funnily enough, it's St Paul's.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50The paper's nice and white and actually what's drawn me to it
0:07:50 > 0:07:54is this little image here which is a little vignette, presumably of the artist...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- DOOR CLOSES - James is just arriving.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Limited edition print, and it's quite a charming subject, a nice painting.
0:07:59 > 0:08:05- You're only asking £15 for it. - Today's special price! - Today's special price!
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- Is it cheeky for me to make an offer?- Yeah.- It is, is it?
0:08:11 > 0:08:13- £12.- Yeah, go on. - Hey, you're in a good mood.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Nothing wrong with being a bit cheeky in my book!
0:08:17 > 0:08:20James has arrived, so Jonathan needs to shove off.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Hi, James. How are you doing? - Hello, Jonathan. Very well.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- How are you doing?- Very well, thank you.- You're looking chipper.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- You're smiling. Nice to see a man smiling.- Yeah.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- There's plenty here, James. - Is there? Looks plenty. Fabulous, isn't it?
0:08:32 > 0:08:36- A good hunting ground. I think you'll have fun.- Good, good, good.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39You cleared all the broken stuff out now?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42No, nothing that's broken, James. You'll see!
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Not going to tell him about the bashed-up music stand, then, Jonathan?
0:08:46 > 0:08:52- Looks very good. I'm going to get exploring.- And there's upstairs as well, James.- Thank you.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57- Any basements?- No, I'm afraid not. - No? No basement, no?
0:08:57 > 0:08:58- No.- OK.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02Aha! So just to recap in case you missed it...
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Jonathan started the day way down behind James.
0:09:05 > 0:09:12His solution on his first day in his first shop was to buy four items and spend nearly all his money.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Rather him than me.
0:09:14 > 0:09:21As Jonathan heads off with just £13.36 left in his pocket, James is keen to get spending,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23as he still has over £300,
0:09:23 > 0:09:27and he's giving the place a good once-over, hoping to hunt out a hidden gem.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31See, that's got big ears, hasn't it, that brass fellow.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Nay I have a look at old Big Ears?
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Look at that, big-eared fellow! - It's clean too.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Clean! Somebody's put some work into it, haven't they?
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Lovely sort of wing-nut ears to it, isn't it?
0:09:48 > 0:09:52- Kind of royal.- It is royal! A study of the...
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Might be tempting, mightn't it?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Moving upstairs, will anything else catch James's roving eye?
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Traditionally, Braxton always buys one of these, every time!
0:10:04 > 0:10:07It's probably Syrian.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10They're a generic sort of Middle Eastern coffee table.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15So all those sort of cafes and things like that would have these outside.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20And you would take your mint tea or your dark Turkish coffee out of them.
0:10:20 > 0:10:25Hang on, James! Didn't you have a disaster with ethnic goods this week?
0:10:25 > 0:10:31- I can see how it would really work in the contemporary home, this. - Yeah.- 150? For the two?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Thank you very much indeed.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37All done at £24.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Across the room at £50.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44- Oh, dear, oh, dear. - Never mind.- Never mind.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Lesson learnt?
0:10:46 > 0:10:47No.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50I'm a North African at heart, I think.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Oh! It's sort of Damascus like.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Brass tray and stand. My offer for that is £20.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01He's asking 48.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05- Or 25 for Big Ears!- I couldn't do that one.- Couldn't do that one.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- This I could.- You could? £20.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14Thanks a lot. I can't resist. I can't resist these.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18- Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you very much.- It's very kind of you. Thanks a lot.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Time to get back on the road.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25James and Jonathan are crossing counties and driving 34 miles west to Honiton,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29a town which used to have a ceremony called hot pennies,
0:11:29 > 0:11:33where local gentry would throw hot pennies from windows to local peasants,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36which resulted in burnt hands. Nice!
0:11:36 > 0:11:43Perhaps James will spend a penny or two in the Grove Antiques Centre. Stand by!
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Hello. James.- Lesley.- Hello. Nice to meet you.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Now, this is... Surrounded by lots of lovelies here.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54- Where should the astute buyer be looking for that elusive bargain? - You naughty thing.
0:11:54 > 0:12:00Well, would it be a good idea if you had a look around? Or do I take you around?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02What an excellent idea, Lesley!
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Go on, James, don't be lazy. Get looking. Get working.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11Exactly, James! You've still got nearly £300 burning a hole your pocket.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Time to buy!
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I must admit, I don't think I've seen the like.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20James has spotted a French scent bottle, costing £75.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24It's got a little pillbox in the top there. You take that off...
0:12:24 > 0:12:27and you've got a little stopper there. Very pretty, isn't it?
0:12:27 > 0:12:32I think it's a lovely novelty item. I like the fact that it has a pillbox.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38My only problem is... is the donks in it. 25?
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- 30 and it's yours.- 30, and I want to buy something. Well done.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Thank you, Lesley. You're a very kind lady.
0:12:47 > 0:12:53James did quite well there and still has time to explore the rest of the antiques centre.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55And what should he find, but something which isn't even for sale?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Typical!
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Just been chatting to Lee here
0:13:00 > 0:13:06and looking at all these fabulous clocks, and I just noticed this rather nice Chinese stand.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09This red marble. We used to call these blackwood
0:13:09 > 0:13:14and now we use the name wang wally, a very nice tropical hardwood.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18It's not Lee's, it's his mother's, and he's used it as a shop fitting for seven years,
0:13:18 > 0:13:23and he'll find out whether she wants to sell it or not.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25- No.- No?
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Phew!
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Unless you pay 225.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34- 225?- Yeah.- She said?- Yeah. - Would she settle at 200?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37You're a gambling man.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42What I wouldn't gamble on is how she reacts if I were to tell her...
0:13:42 > 0:13:48But we know, mothers and sons... it's...it's...unconditional love.
0:13:48 > 0:13:53- When it comes to money with my mother...- Oh, right, is it?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I'll tell you what...
0:13:55 > 0:13:59- 200.- OK. Well done. That's great. Good. Thanks a lot.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03I better go and let her know. Where am I going to put my £20,000 clock?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06Jonathan's nearly all spent up,
0:14:06 > 0:14:08so it's time to play instead.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12He's travelling 50 miles to Bovey Tracey to discover the history
0:14:12 > 0:14:16of one of our most treasured childhood games, marbles.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21Has he lost his? No, but he's found the House of Marbles,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25a museum situated on the site of the old Bovey Pottery.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29No-one is quite sure where the game of marbles first began,
0:14:29 > 0:14:37but archaeologists have found games, boards and clay playing pieces in the tombs of Ancient Egypt.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41China and ceramic marbles were introduced around 1800,
0:14:41 > 0:14:45but it wasn't until the middle of the 19th century that German glassblowers invented
0:14:45 > 0:14:49the tools to enable the marbles that we all know and love to be made out of glass.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52And lucky old Jonathan is going to find out how it's done,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55as there's a glassmaking factory onsite.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00Jonathan's going to be shown the ropes by seasoned glassblower Paul.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06- We're going to gather some glass out the furnace and make the inside coloured part of the marble.- OK.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- OK?- Go on, then.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11All of these marbles are handcrafted.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- So there's like a pool of glass down there?- That's right.- Oh, my word!
0:15:14 > 0:15:20Glass is melted in a sweltering 900 degrees centigrade, then shaped and moulded.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22There we go. Look at that.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27Dye is added to create the colours inside the marble, the glass is twisted and shaped...
0:15:27 > 0:15:32Give it a squeeze. At the same time...a twist.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37Then a clear glass bulb is melted around it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41It takes a special pair of pincers to get that perfect marbley shape.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46Finally, it's snipped off and, hey, presto, the perfect marble.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Simple! Well, sort of.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Amazing.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52# Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! #
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Our boys are journeying south
0:15:56 > 0:15:59to the popular tourist destination of Dartmouth.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart,
0:16:03 > 0:16:09the port was used as the sailing point for the crusades of the 12th century,
0:16:09 > 0:16:12and James and Jonathan are on a crusade of their own today
0:16:12 > 0:16:15as they don't have much time or money left to spend.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21James heads straight off to Penny Farthing Antiques to see what treasures he can uncover.
0:16:21 > 0:16:27- Hello.- Hello there.- I'm James. How do you do?- Hi. Keith Williams. - Good to meet you.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- Well, I'll just have a look round. - Do.- Thank you.
0:16:30 > 0:16:37Thank you. With just £60 left in his pocket, James needs to be clever with his cash.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Can I look at your Tudoric jug? - Of course, yeah.- Thanks.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Liberty's, circa 1910.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- It's lovely, isn't it?- Mmm.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- I imagine it's part of a set, isn't it?- Yeah, we think that's hot water.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57- Yeah.- But it's the right style, it's a good look.- It is, isn't it? It's very simple.
0:16:57 > 0:17:05This type of jug was often used to carry and keep water hot until required to refresh the teapot.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08The cane-covered handle protected the user from the heat of the metal.
0:17:08 > 0:17:12The founder of Liberty & Co, Arthur Lasenby Liberty,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16began to import modern pewter from Germany in 1899,
0:17:16 > 0:17:22and the success of this venture encouraged him to commission the Tudoric British-made range.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25- May I look at your chamber stick? - Certainly.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31They've got "made in England" at the bottom... Oh, Torquay down there.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Yeah, I think it's early sort of Torquay ware.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- That's rather nice, that.- Again, good style, isn't it?- Great style.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Majolica glaze.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46With only £60 left, James will have to do some hard bargaining to bag both items, I can tell you!
0:17:46 > 0:17:51- £60 for the two.- I was thinking more sort of 85 for the pair.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56- I've only got 60.- I reckon you should go for this one. Don't miss that, cos that was privately sourced.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58The trade hasn't seen that.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01OK? So that's going to be good for the saleroom.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05The only problem is that handle, isn't it? But, you know, these things can be repaired.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10- Yeah, it's a proper name, isn't it? - Yeah, a proper name.- Yeah. - Nice fellow. Good design.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14- Could you do 35 on that, Nick? - I could do 40.- 40?- Yeah.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18We'll have a deal. There's got to be a profit in that at 40, hasn't there?
0:18:18 > 0:18:21I think there is. Nick, I'll do it.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24- That's very kind. You've probably saved me a lot of agony.- OK.
0:18:25 > 0:18:31It might seem like a good buy now, but will it sell well at the auction?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Further down the road, Jonathan is popping into Commerce,
0:18:34 > 0:18:40hoping to blow his final £13.36 on a star buy. Good luck with that.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon. How are you? All right? - Very good, very good.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- What a charming shop you've got here.- Thank you.
0:18:48 > 0:18:54I'm going to have to be honest. I have £13.36.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58So it doesn't really leave me very much, I think.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Well, hopefully, this could be an interesting turning point, for your, you know...
0:19:03 > 0:19:09So I'm looking at basically anything you think that you could have, that you may offer me
0:19:09 > 0:19:12for less than £13.36.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14With such a small amount of cash left,
0:19:14 > 0:19:20I fear Jonathan is going to be hard pushed to find a profit-making purchase at all!
0:19:20 > 0:19:25I've already bought a pair of maritime watercolours, which I think are quite good, quite nice.
0:19:25 > 0:19:31And I quite like the idea of trying to find something in the same vein,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35almost like, you know, you've got like a lifebelt up there and little things like that.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39A lifebelt? Surely not? I feel a metaphor coming on.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- I'd let that go for a fiver. - Would you?- And you'd be in pocket!
0:19:44 > 0:19:51How much are your paddles? Would you do a couple of paddles for £13.35, and I'd keep a penny back.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Oh, dear!
0:19:52 > 0:19:58- Yes.- You would?- Yes. I'll do obviously that which we discussed and the pair of paddles...
0:19:58 > 0:20:02Not with it. I wasn't suggesting with the ring. Unless you want to throw the ring in as well!
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- It might be my lifesaver! - DRUM ROLL - Oh, no, I knew it was coming!
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Pair of paddles and that, I'll take all your money.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Keep your penny.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- There we go.- Brilliant. Thank you, sir.- Thank you very much. - You're welcome. It was a pleasure.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17JAMES SIGHS
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- Right, then, is this going to be my lifesaver? I jolly well hope so. - DRUM ROLL
0:20:22 > 0:20:23That's number 2!
0:20:23 > 0:20:27Shopping over, let's recap on what the boys have bought.
0:20:27 > 0:20:32Well, James started this leg with an impressive £320.94
0:20:32 > 0:20:35and has gone on to spend exactly £300 on five auction lots.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39A silver-plated job lot of French scent bottle with pill box,
0:20:39 > 0:20:44a pewter jug, a North African coffee table
0:20:44 > 0:20:45and a Chinese rosewood stand.
0:20:45 > 0:20:51Jonathan, meanwhile, began with a rather measly £155.36
0:20:51 > 0:20:55but he managed to spend every penny except one - ha -
0:20:55 > 0:20:57on five auction lots.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01A music stand, an engraving of the Sacre Coeur,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05a pair of maritime watercolours, the royal coat of arms needlework
0:21:05 > 0:21:08and the lifesaver and paddles. Oh, Jonathan!
0:21:08 > 0:21:11I don't think I can bear to hear what James thinks of your haul.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Oh, go on, then!
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Jonathan has bought items according to his budget.
0:21:16 > 0:21:21I think he's put a lot of thought into where we're going,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25so there's a lot of marine interest and that might serve him very well.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29I'm relieved that James has been bold and has spent a lot of money.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32£200 on that table was...
0:21:34 > 0:21:38It is a gamble. It may do it. But I'm pleased, it's a real battle now,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41because there's... we've got a lot between us.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44You certainly have!
0:21:44 > 0:21:46It's been a highly competitive fifth leg of this road trip
0:21:46 > 0:21:48from Crewkerne to Honiton and on to Dartmouth.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52The destination for the final auction showdown is Lostwithiel
0:21:52 > 0:21:54in Cornwall.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Situated on the wooded banks of the Fowey River,
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Lostwithiel boomed 800 years ago, exporting tin,
0:22:01 > 0:22:07becoming the second busiest port on the South Coast of England. Wow!
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Our final auction of the week is at Jefferys Auctions.
0:22:11 > 0:22:16Time to find out who's able to flex the most financial muscle.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21First up, Jonathan's rather bashed music stand.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Part 19th century, on bobbin-turned support there.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26£20? £10 to start me off.
0:22:26 > 0:22:2910 bid. I'll take 12 now. At £10. 12?
0:22:29 > 0:22:3314. 16. At £16. 18. At £18. 20. At £20 bid.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- Keep going, keep going, keep going! - We all done?- No, no, no!
0:22:37 > 0:22:39£20 to 547.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- £20.- It's like Groundhog Day. This is what happened to me last time.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Bought for 20, sold for 20.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48It certainly didn't sing to the buyers!
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Next up, James's silver-plated job lot.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54Some items of silver plate
0:22:54 > 0:22:56including a Mappin & Webb pierced bordered chamber stick
0:22:56 > 0:23:01and Bevan & Webb pint tankard. Lot 115. £20 to buy very quickly?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04Tenner bid. At 10. I'll take 12. 12. 14.
0:23:04 > 0:23:1016. 18. 20? At £18. 20 no? At £18. 20 no. We're done.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12At £18. £18.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- Steady James.- Steady profit there.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21A small profit for James, but a profit nevertheless.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Jonathan's engraving of the Sacre Coeur is up next.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Let's hope a little French charm goes a long way in Cornwall.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33French school, early 20th century, signed limited edition etching,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Parisian street scene. That one there, very quickly. Can I say £20?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38£10? Tenner bid.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41At 10. At 12. At 15. At £15, the bid's with me.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Come on!
0:23:42 > 0:23:48At £18, the bid's at the back. At £18. 20 no. We all done? At £18.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51- Well done. Back in the game!- Result!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Back in the game! Back in the game!
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Un petit profit for Jonathan! Ooh la la!
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Continuing the French theme...
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Novelty French white-metal topped bottle with integral pillbox,
0:24:03 > 0:24:08complete with stopper. Pretty little thing. £50 to buy? £30 to buy?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11£20 I'm bid. At £20. 25. 30. 35.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15£40. 45? At 45 I'm bid. At £40 I'm bid.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17We're done at £40.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18Tenner.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Disappointing as per normal.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22The good folk of Cornwall
0:24:22 > 0:24:26certainly seem to like items from across the Channel.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30So will they be drawn to Jonathan's marine theme?
0:24:30 > 0:24:31A pair of signed watercolours there.
0:24:31 > 0:24:36- Dated 1911.- Here we are. Good luck. Good luck, lovely lot.- £50?
0:24:36 > 0:24:38£30? £20 I have.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40At £20. 25. £30. 35.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42£40? At £35.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- At £35. 40?- Come on!
0:24:44 > 0:24:49At 38. 40 now. At 38 I'm bid. At 38, 40 no, I'm done.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51At 38. 825.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53Oh, Jonathan!
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Don't worry.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00By the look of it, we might sell the table for about £30.
0:25:00 > 0:25:05Don't give up, James! The auctioneer liked your table.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07But first the pewter jug, remember?
0:25:07 > 0:25:11The one the trade hasn't seen and which is sure to make a profit.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16Liberty Tudoric pewter hot water jug. Pattern number 0213.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18£20 away? £10 away?
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Tenner bid. At 10. At £10. I'll take 12. At £10 I'm bid. 12.
0:25:22 > 0:25:2414. 16. 18. 20.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26£20, the bid's right at the back.
0:25:26 > 0:25:2922. 25? 25. 28? 28. £30? £30.
0:25:29 > 0:25:3332? £30 still at the back. 32? At £30, then, going at the back.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36At £30. 228.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- Up and down, James. - Up and down, up and down.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Oh, dearie me! Moving on...
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Jonathan's got a right royal hope with his embroidery.
0:25:45 > 0:25:4719th-century framed needlework panel,
0:25:47 > 0:25:51depicting the Royal coat of arms in a nice rosewood frame there.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Start there very quickly. Can I say £50 away? £30 away.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56£30 I'm bid.
0:25:56 > 0:26:00- He's got someone. - One or two in the book. Keep going.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05At £45? Are we all done? At £45.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11He gives with one hand and he takes with the other, doesn't he?
0:26:13 > 0:26:14That's life!
0:26:15 > 0:26:18How coy!
0:26:18 > 0:26:22We may be in the Duchy of Cornwall but no-one's feeling very patriotic!
0:26:22 > 0:26:25It's James's North African coffee table.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Are the good people of Lostwithiel up for a little ethnic charm?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Brass circular coffee tray...
0:26:31 > 0:26:37- Lovely tray! What a lovely tray! - £20 away?- Feel the weight, sir!- Shh!
0:26:37 > 0:26:39At £10 I'm bid. I'll take 12.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42At £10 I'm bid. 12?
0:26:42 > 0:26:46Are we all done at £10? Going at £10.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- This isn't the 1970s!- What a crime!
0:26:50 > 0:26:52£10!
0:26:52 > 0:26:56Oops! I could have told you, James!
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Now, could Jonathan's life be saved in more ways than one?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Red-and-white lifesaving ring and pair of military painted paddles.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Somebody might need lifesaving. DRUM ROLL
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- Oh, even the auctioneer's at it! - £10 away?
0:27:09 > 0:27:14At 5. £5 I'm bid. I'll take 6. At 5. 6. 7.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- 8. 10. At £10 I'm bid.- Keep going. - 12 now?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Up the river without a paddle!
0:27:20 > 0:27:23At £10 I'm bid. 12 no. Going at £10.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27- Steady work.- Steady work, yeah. - Steady work.- Yeah, sorry, kids.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Yeah, lovely.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Well, there'll be no bird on the table this Sunday!
0:27:35 > 0:27:38The bidders are just not in today.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42The final lot of the day is James's big punt,
0:27:42 > 0:27:46his pricey Chinese rosewood stand, bought for £200.
0:27:46 > 0:27:51Lot 104 there is a late 19th-century Chinese carved rosewood stand.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53There it is, it's in a prime place.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57One, two, three, four bids on this one. I'm going to start at £210.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Oh, no!- At 210. At 210.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03AUCTIONEER LAUGHS
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Far too much! Shall I go down to £50?
0:28:06 > 0:28:08At 210, all the bids with me.
0:28:08 > 0:28:14210. 220 no? We all done at 210? Well, the bid's with me at £210.
0:28:15 > 0:28:16Really? 210?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Oh...!
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- That's very good, James. - The top bid was probably 500!
0:28:24 > 0:28:27His dreams dashed.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30This has not been the final hurrah James was hoping for.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Nervous Jonathan started this leg with...
0:28:36 > 0:28:40..and, unfortunately, made a loss of £47.93,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42so he ends up with...
0:28:45 > 0:28:48In fact, that's nearly half what he started with.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Not great!
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Devilish James, however, kicked off today with...
0:28:55 > 0:28:58He also made a loss, of £47.44,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01but he ends with a grand total of...
0:29:03 > 0:29:07..making him this week's clear winner. Well done, old fruit!
0:29:07 > 0:29:10But what a fun road trip it's been.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14And at least Jonathan's had a jolly good jaunt down the country
0:29:14 > 0:29:17in James' trusty 1952 MG.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18Safe driving, boys.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21It's time for us to join a new adventure. On a journey
0:29:21 > 0:29:25that promises slightly dubious weather, but wonderful scenery
0:29:25 > 0:29:29and fabulous people, the Antiques Road Trip now heads to Northern Ireland.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34Our antique ambassadors, David Barby and David Harper,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38are about to charm a nation and hopefully make a profit.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Look at this. It's one of the most romantic places in the British Isles
0:29:42 > 0:29:44and here am I with David Barby.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47I mean, my life doesn't really get any better, does it?
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- I hope your inclinations are honourable.- Not at all.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57Freelance auctioneer and valuer David Barby is affectionately known as Dolly,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00not out of any resemblance, though, to the toy.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01What are they for? I don't know.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05He has a passion for antiques that began at the tender age of 12.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I've just asked what the bottom price is.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12Not to be outdone, David Harper started collecting when he was just five years old,
0:30:12 > 0:30:14or so he says.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16I am a treasure hunter.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Today, he's living the dream as an antiques dealer, writer
0:30:21 > 0:30:23and thoroughly good egg.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25She's gorgeous and I wouldn't mind taking her home.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28The two Davids are starting this contest with £200 each
0:30:28 > 0:30:32and naturally, they're both hoping to have the luck of the Irish.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35On this trip, week we're travelling from Northern Ireland,
0:30:35 > 0:30:37heading south towards the county of Meath,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40then across to the north coast of Wales
0:30:40 > 0:30:42and once again heading south,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45ending our trip in Llanelli.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Today, we're en route to the village of Moy
0:30:48 > 0:30:52and our journey concludes with auction number one in Omagh.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56As for our experts' mode of transport,
0:30:56 > 0:30:59what could be more glamorous than a Triumph TR3?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01If I was to close my eyes a little bit,
0:31:01 > 0:31:03I'd think I was with some beautiful blonde.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- Indeed?- Not for long but...
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Known to the locals as The Moy,
0:31:10 > 0:31:15back in the 1700s, this village was just a handful of cottages and a pub,
0:31:15 > 0:31:17most of which are still standing
0:31:17 > 0:31:21and have been transformed into an antiques business
0:31:21 > 0:31:24that's been in the same family for three generations.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28What's more, it has room after room of gorgeous collectables,
0:31:28 > 0:31:30so what better place for our boys to make a start?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- David...- Come on! - David, best of luck.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Oh, sorry. Sorry. Best of luck. Of course.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Of course I mean that. BARBY GRUNTS
0:31:38 > 0:31:41- Do you want me to help you out? - Yes, thank you.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Anything to delay you.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49Now, while David Harper gets Dermot to give him the grand tour
0:31:49 > 0:31:51of what used to be the entire village of Moy...
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Look at this. This is my idea of heaven.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59..Lawrence, his father, is looking after our Mr Barby in the main shop.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Can you tell me the price of the Crown Devon?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05- £220.- Oh! Goodness me.- For the two.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07That takes up almost all my money.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11In other words, time for a much cheaper plan B -
0:32:11 > 0:32:12this Georgian window panel.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14This is the one here.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19It's an individual over-door, yes. That's a genuine Georgian one, yes.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23So this would have been... Oops.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- That would have been across the top. - Of course, yeah, yeah.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- Yes.- So we've got quite a lot of damage here.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Yes, it needs some of the wood replaced, yeah.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37You've got layers of paint, there.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40So this is probably what? Regency, George IV?
0:32:40 > 0:32:43Yeah, around George IV, yeah.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- So what's your price on it?- £35.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- £35. Is that your very, very best? - That's it, finito, on that one.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Is it? I rather like that.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56For now, it's a strong maybe
0:32:56 > 0:32:59because today, David Barby is a man with a game plan.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04I'm looking for something that is unique,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07unusual, quirky.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10There's some decent stuff here. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I'm happy if I just sort of play the middle ground.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16I don't really mean that.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20I'd love to win but it depends how the day goes by.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24As for David H, his tactic is to spend lots.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27- So this is an oil burner? - An oil burner, yeah.- Oil burner.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31A good thing, in copper, bit of brass.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35- Nicely patinated.- That's right. - Good thick glass.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- Imagine that illuminated. That, in a garden, would look the business.- Yeah.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43- Early 20th century.- 1910, something like that.- It would be.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44It has to be, yeah.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- What sort of money...? - The trade price on that is 35 quid.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49Can it be 30 quid?
0:33:50 > 0:33:54- 30 quid. Go on. Good luck with it. - Good man. Nice to do a deal quickly.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Man after my own heart. Fantastic.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00I love doing deals, Dermot. Show me some more. Let's continue.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Well, the boys are going great guns today
0:34:04 > 0:34:08and across the courtyard, David B has already found something else,
0:34:08 > 0:34:10though he has just one question.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15- What are they?- They're Scottish but I'm not sure what they were used for.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17- They're both the same?- Mm-hm.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21- Yeah, two pieces.- How much are they?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24We'd do the two of them for £60.
0:34:24 > 0:34:29- They're quite unusual.- They are but I don't know what they're for.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32And even more surprising, nor do I.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34It's a chance that somebody will know at the auction
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- but I think they're Churchill. - Rubbish.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41Probably dating from the early part of the 20th century,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43so I think they're interesting enough.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- What's the best you can do on these, Lawrence?- On these, it's £60.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51- Oh, come on.- For the two of them. - This one's got damage.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- For the two, £50.- I think you can afford to knock some more off
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- because you don't know what they are. - That's where the hidden value is.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Maybe these will make a lot more money.
0:35:01 > 0:35:05- Would you do 40 for the two, please? - OK, 40 for the two. OK.- OK.
0:35:05 > 0:35:06Can I pay for those later?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09There might be something else here. I'm getting excited.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Someone else who's excited is David Harper,
0:35:13 > 0:35:16who might just have found his next purchase.
0:35:16 > 0:35:22So we have here a set of six, certainly 19th century, prints
0:35:22 > 0:35:25but mounted in a really unusual way.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28I love the shape of them and they could work -
0:35:28 > 0:35:32you've got to use your imagination - in a modern room
0:35:32 > 0:35:34with a little bit of regilding on the frame,
0:35:34 > 0:35:36that would look really jazzy.
0:35:36 > 0:35:42But proper things. 19th century. Probably 1860, 1880.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45There's potential but they've got to be cheap.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Bear in mind there's six of them.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51Oh, no, this is a very bad start to this conversation, Dermot.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54The best I'll do for you is 50 quid.
0:35:54 > 0:35:5550 quid.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58Dermot, give us them for 40.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- 45.- Good man. Fantastic.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I love doing business with you. I love it.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07Right, OK, another one in the bag. Show me some more.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11My goodness, at this rate, the boys will be done in time for elevenses.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Actually, I could murder a biccy.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19I've just spotted this, which I think is an interesting composition.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22It's 19th century.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24What I like about it is the feature of the woman
0:36:24 > 0:36:29and then this figure going at an angle across, which is unusual,
0:36:29 > 0:36:33as though somebody else is straining to look out from behind the curtain.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41I rather like that. Oh, and of course, she has a naked breast,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43so it may well have been put in an attic
0:36:43 > 0:36:46rather than upset anybody's sensitive nerves,
0:36:46 > 0:36:48because it has got an exposed breast.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Cleaned up, I think that would be quite good
0:36:51 > 0:36:53but there's damage across here.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56I would hope it would be round about £50.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Lawrence, I just spotted this as I came through the door.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01I know it's got damage on it.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- What's the best price you can do? - £40.- £40.- Mm.
0:37:04 > 0:37:08- That's allowing for its condition and whatever restoration has to be done to it.- OK.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11- Lawrence.- David.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13- Thank you very much indeed.- OK.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Right. Oh, I'm quite pleased.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Perhaps there's something in the air.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22# I've heard people say... #
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Because at this very second, David H...
0:37:24 > 0:37:27# Too much of anything is not good for you, baby... #
0:37:27 > 0:37:28..is also now thinking...
0:37:28 > 0:37:31She's a bit of all right, isn't she?
0:37:31 > 0:37:33..about naked women.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37She's gorgeous. Not only is she lovely to look at because she's a lovely shape
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- but she's very contemporary and you could put her... - That's right.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- ..in a traditional house and jazz it up.- That's right. - Couldn't you?
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- Or a very modern place. - Very modern, yeah.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52This rather saucy painting, that has David so excited,
0:37:52 > 0:37:56is an amateur copy of Daniel O'Neill's work,
0:37:56 > 0:37:58an Irish artist now deceased,
0:37:58 > 0:38:03though while the original did sell for 50,000 euros,
0:38:03 > 0:38:05I think this canvas is worth a bit less.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09Erm, what sort of money is she, then? I wouldn't mind taking her home.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Say something like... - 30 quid? 20 quid?
0:38:12 > 0:38:14- 50 quid, 50 quid.- Really?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- 45.- You couldn't put it on my bill at 20 quid?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- Say 30?- 25 quid.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Let me take her home for 25 quid. - OK.- Good man, good man.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Looks like Mr Barby is happy with his buys too,
0:38:27 > 0:38:31so that's one Georgian overlight, a pair of pottery figures,
0:38:31 > 0:38:36possibly Churchill, possibly not, and one very tasteful nude.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- So what's the total?- 115.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41- I'll give you 110.- Oh, dear.
0:38:41 > 0:38:46- 110.- OK, 110, OK, OK. - Thank you very much.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Jammy old devil.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- I hope you do well.- So do I.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53So do I. Otherwise I'll be back.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Next stop for David Harper is well and truly off the beaten track,
0:38:59 > 0:39:03in a place appropriately called Countryside Antiques.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Well... Oh, I can't believe it.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Full of fantastic stuff.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10They're quite interesting, aren't they?
0:39:10 > 0:39:13I think they're Irish. I'm not 100% sure.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16- Let's see. You could be right. Romany.- They could be Romany.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19If you trace the Romanies back, you actually get to India.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22If you keep going east, that's where they started,
0:39:22 > 0:39:26so they've always got that Indian sort of influence.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27So it could be Romany.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31So you carry two of them. What are you going to carry two of them for?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- Beer.- Beer. One of them each.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- You and I could have a great party. - It would be.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37- Fill them up.- Fill them up.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41- What, I mean... There's a pair of them.- There's a pair of them.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- What kind of...? What sort of...? - 100.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48- 100. Take 50 quid and be...- I can't. I'd be happy to get 60 for them.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50I'm getting no money out of them.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55- Stanley, I'm going to give you £60. - Thank you very much.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Thank you very much. They're fantastically whacky. I love them.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Love them. I've almost blown all my money.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04The boys' next stop is Armagh,
0:40:04 > 0:40:08known to many as the city of saints and scholars.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13And that's a story which begins in the mid 400s
0:40:13 > 0:40:15when Christianity first spread to Ireland
0:40:15 > 0:40:19and St Patrick established his principal church right here,
0:40:19 > 0:40:23thus making this the island's ecclesiastical capital,
0:40:23 > 0:40:27although it's since been destroyed and rebuilt 17 times.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29As for our story,
0:40:29 > 0:40:32that begins a few streets away at the Shambles Market,
0:40:32 > 0:40:36where David Barby is about to have his world rocked.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Hold on. Now, this is the first time ever
0:40:38 > 0:40:42you've stepped onto the holy ground of a car boot. Am I right?
0:40:42 > 0:40:47- I've been to one of these country house car boots.- Yes.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49- So I expect this is something similar.- Very similar.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51You might find some Rembrandts
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- and some really good early George I oak furniture.- Just what I want.
0:40:55 > 0:41:00OK, good luck to you. You go in that direction and I'll go in that direction.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04Whilst David's new to the cut and thrust of the car boot sale,
0:41:04 > 0:41:05he's loving it,
0:41:05 > 0:41:09approaching every nuance as if he's narrating a nature documentary.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14Well, this is the most extraordinary place I've been to.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18It's all at a car boot sale. It's amazing what's being sold.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20And the people are so interesting as well.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22They're all out there to get a bargain.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24I hope I can find one.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Even more surprising, this eclectic market place
0:41:28 > 0:41:31is also having a strange effect on David Harper.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Five pounds. It should be 25 quid, that. It's madness.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38It's so cheap it's probably illegal.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42What?! Oh, right. He almost had me, there.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44And true to form, he's now going on
0:41:44 > 0:41:48to squeeze the pocket money out of an 18-year-old stallholder.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Two cracking bits of Murano.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56Now, what would your price, to me, be for these?
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- 20.- 20 on that and how much for that?- 20.- 20.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03So here we are, here's the great example of Murano,
0:42:03 > 0:42:07made on the island of Murano just off the coast of Italy.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09What about doing a bulk-buy deal here?
0:42:09 > 0:42:13- I'll go for 35.- 35?- 35.
0:42:13 > 0:42:1425?
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Huh! He's shameless.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19- I'll go to 32. - Do 30 and we've done a deal.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21- All right.- Good man, good man.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23OK, fantastic.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27David Barby, meanwhile, is going down the ceramic route.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31After all, this slipper pan is the perfect opportunity
0:42:31 > 0:42:33for some lavatorial humour.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38This piece here is a Grimwade, a Grimwade piece.
0:42:38 > 0:42:43I like Grimwade pottery and I've just asked what the bottom price is.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- CYMBAL CRASHES - Huh! That's one.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- 50p.- 50p? - Pee being the operative word.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- CYMBAL CRASHES - That's two.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Hasn't been used for ages.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54- CYMBAL CRASHES - That's three
0:42:54 > 0:42:56and that's probably enough.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00- For 50 pence. I've got to buy it for 50 pence, haven't I?- Yes.- Yeah.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03I've bought something! Oh! I've bought something.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- Thank you very much. - You're very welcome.- Not at all.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09- I'll give you a pound. - And there's your change.- Thank you.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12- And there's an Irish luck penny. - An Irish luck penny.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16It's traditional when you buy something, you get a bargain,
0:43:16 > 0:43:18you get a luck penny back.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20What have I done?
0:43:20 > 0:43:25With only £10 left in his pocket, David Harper is taking a break
0:43:25 > 0:43:30and is headed to the Armagh public library, founded in 1771
0:43:30 > 0:43:32by the Archbishop Robinson,
0:43:32 > 0:43:34who thought of it as the healing place of the soul
0:43:34 > 0:43:40and filled its shelves with his collection of rare 17th and 18th century books.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43- Welcome. It's a delight to have you here.- Thank you.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46- I'm David.- I'm Carol.- Carol. Thank you very much.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49You should feel very much at home here
0:43:49 > 0:43:53because Archbishop Richard Robinson, who had this lovely library built,
0:43:53 > 0:43:56- was from Yorkshire. - A fellow Yorkshireman.- Yes.
0:43:56 > 0:44:00A wonderful collector. A wealthy man in his own right.
0:44:00 > 0:44:05And he set to and he bought and acquired books, manuscripts,
0:44:05 > 0:44:07prints, gems, coins.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10- It was a very subtle way of saying, "I have money..."- Yes!
0:44:10 > 0:44:12"..and I want to show you that."
0:44:12 > 0:44:16Robinson's ultimate aim was to have a university in Armagh,
0:44:16 > 0:44:20so he started by building a library and each of the books he introduced
0:44:20 > 0:44:23was stamped with his own personal book plate.
0:44:23 > 0:44:29But whilst he died in 1794, his collection continues to grow,
0:44:29 > 0:44:33containing everything from theology to literary classics.
0:44:33 > 0:44:37This is a first edition of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
0:44:37 > 0:44:43It's known as Gulliver's Travels. The title is Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46- That's the original title? - That's the original title.
0:44:46 > 0:44:47I didn't know that.
0:44:47 > 0:44:52And then it's by, you see, this surgeon, Lemuel Gulliver,
0:44:52 > 0:44:56- and we shorten it to Gulliver's Travels...- Of course.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58The first edition, 1726,
0:44:58 > 0:45:04and this is the actual edition in which Swift chose to make changes
0:45:04 > 0:45:07in the margins, ready for a further print run.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10- There actually have been... - This particular one?- Yes.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12That's what's so special for us.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15- There are areas here where we can actually show...- Oh!
0:45:15 > 0:45:19..in some cases, a little change, in others, more...
0:45:19 > 0:45:22- Does that mention Lilliput, there? - Yes.- And he's made a change?
0:45:22 > 0:45:26The fact that Lilliput has been underlined is fascinating.
0:45:26 > 0:45:31If I may show you another one where he was just putting in...
0:45:32 > 0:45:36Binding is what's printed and it should have been bending.
0:45:36 > 0:45:39- Ah!- So he was frustrated to find
0:45:39 > 0:45:41that there were several printing errors like that.
0:45:41 > 0:45:47Swift was so frustrated, in fact, he even fired the publisher.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Wow. Carol, we're having a real feast here, aren't we?
0:45:50 > 0:45:53I'm glad you're saying that. That's great to hear.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55We thought you might like to see this as well.
0:45:55 > 0:46:01It's a 1614 copy of Sir Walter Raleigh's The History Of The World.
0:46:01 > 0:46:06- No!- Raleigh wrote this while imprisoned in the Tower in London.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09He had fallen out of favour with Queen Elizabeth.
0:46:09 > 0:46:14She was very angry to learn that he had married one of her ladies in waiting in secret.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16- Not the done thing.- No, indeed.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18He was imprisoned for quite a number of years
0:46:18 > 0:46:22and it was during that time that he wrote The History Of The World.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25Now, whilst David Harper's in no particular rush,
0:46:25 > 0:46:28David Barby still has more shopping to do.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32His next stop is Cookstown, which was founded around 1620
0:46:32 > 0:46:37when ecclesiastical lawyer Dr Alan Cook leased the land
0:46:37 > 0:46:40from the then Archbishop of Armagh.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43It's also the location of the Saddle Room Antiques
0:46:43 > 0:46:46and the man in that snazzy tie is Christopher.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50- I'm looking for bargains, so I hope you've got some.- I hope so!
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Well, if anyone can sniff one out, it's Barby.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01- An old jelly mould.- A late Victorian white-glazed jelly mould.
0:47:01 > 0:47:05- The ones that are collectable are the salt-glazed ones.- Yes.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07But what I like is this still can be used.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09That's £18.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11What's the best on that one?
0:47:14 > 0:47:17- Eight.- Can you do it for five?- OK.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19I would like that for £5.
0:47:19 > 0:47:23That would go nicely with another ceramic object I've bought.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24OK, yes.
0:47:26 > 0:47:31Mm. Jelly and nobody's business. What an intriguing combination.
0:47:31 > 0:47:32Though he's not done yet.
0:47:32 > 0:47:37His next acquisition might just be this stick stand, circa 1900.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41On the stick stand, I see you've got £78.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43I would do that for 35.
0:47:45 > 0:47:4835. Your very best at 35?
0:47:48 > 0:47:50Erm...
0:47:50 > 0:47:53Could you do it for round about 20?
0:47:54 > 0:47:59- OK.- £20? That man could charm the skin off a snake.
0:47:59 > 0:48:03What I like about it is it's still got its original drip tray.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06The maker's mark is a callipers at the bottom.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09It's an interesting piece of social history.
0:48:09 > 0:48:14Because only people of a certain wealth could afford walking canes, umbrellas or parasols.
0:48:14 > 0:48:18You'd date this probably round about the beginning of the 20th century.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Which is David's way of saying he'll take it.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24For £10, it's very good. Thank you very much.
0:48:26 > 0:48:30- What did you say?- 20. It's 20. - Nice try.- That's great.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33With the shopping done,
0:48:33 > 0:48:36it's time to recap on what the two Davids have bought.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39Our experts began this journey with £200 each.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41David Harper has splashed out
0:48:41 > 0:48:45a total of £190 on five auction lots consisting of
0:48:45 > 0:48:47the brass tankards, the glass dishes,
0:48:47 > 0:48:52an Irish nude canvas, the set of six hunting prints
0:48:52 > 0:48:54and the ship's oil burner.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57As for David Barby, he's kept a little more in reserve,
0:48:57 > 0:49:01spending £135.50 also on five auction lots.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Which are a Georgian overlight,
0:49:03 > 0:49:06a pair of pottery figures, a nude painting,
0:49:06 > 0:49:09a ceramic a jelly mould and douche pan,
0:49:09 > 0:49:12and the 19th century stick stand.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15So, what do our experts think of each others' items?
0:49:15 > 0:49:19I think the worst object of all was the painting of the female nude
0:49:19 > 0:49:21after O'Neill.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23I thought it was absolutely dreadful.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Dreadful.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28Very surprised, in fact horrified,
0:49:28 > 0:49:33that Mr Barby didn't like my painting of a nude lady. I mean, come on!
0:49:33 > 0:49:37Who can say, hand on heart, they don't fancy her? She's fantastic!
0:49:37 > 0:49:40After starting off in Moy,
0:49:40 > 0:49:44David Harper and David Barby end the first leg of their road trip
0:49:44 > 0:49:46in county town of Omagh.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48One of the oldest towns in Ireland,
0:49:48 > 0:49:52Omagh traces its origins back to the year 792,
0:49:52 > 0:49:55when all that existed was a single abbey.
0:49:55 > 0:50:01Since then, there's been rebellion, war, and, oh, yes, it's also been burned to the ground
0:50:01 > 0:50:03in the name of William III.
0:50:03 > 0:50:08But will our experts' purchases fire up interest at Viewback Auctions?
0:50:08 > 0:50:11First up, it's David Harper's brass tankards,
0:50:11 > 0:50:15- finely decorated, with a touch of Gypsy.- Go on, pump them up.
0:50:15 > 0:50:17- At 40. At 40. At £40 at the back. - Come on.
0:50:17 > 0:50:20At 40. At 45 here at the front. At 45.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22- 50 at the back, then. At 50, at 50, at 50.- Come on.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25At £50. Any advance on 50? And I sell.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28Oh, dear. We've stalled already.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31- No, no, no, no, no. - At £50. At £50. At £50.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33- £50 and it's once, £50 and it's twice.- Don't sell them.
0:50:33 > 0:50:39- All finished at £50. Mr X. - Mr X has just nicked them off me.
0:50:39 > 0:50:43Needless to say, Mr X has paid a lot less than our Mr Harper
0:50:43 > 0:50:45and that's a £10 loss before commission.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48- I can't believe it. - I think he knows what they are.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51Next, it's the David Barby ceramic collection.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55Not available in shops.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58It's still a bizarre combination, if you ask me,
0:50:58 > 0:51:00a jelly mould and a douche pan.
0:51:00 > 0:51:04Who's going to give me £50 on the slipper pan and jelly mould?
0:51:04 > 0:51:0640? 30? 20?
0:51:06 > 0:51:08- Start me at 10.- No, don't.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11- Yes.- Fiver? Fiver bid over here. - A fiver?
0:51:11 > 0:51:14At 10, at 15, 15. 20 down here.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17- At 20, at 20.- Someone's got taste. - Any advance on 20?
0:51:17 > 0:51:20- The lady's bid at 20.- I can't believe it. Give me that penny.
0:51:20 > 0:51:25- At 20 and it's twice.- One more go. - All done at £20. Lady's bid at 20.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Well played, Barby, well played.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30Maybe there's something to that Irish luck penny after all.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33Give me that penny. Let me just hold it for a while.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36Actually, David, you may need it.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39There's more than a few doubts over your so-called Murano.
0:51:39 > 0:51:41We've got a heart-shaped Murano glass dish.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45- He's mentioned Murano again. That's strange.- It is.
0:51:45 > 0:51:50- Who'll give me £30?- Czechoslovakian. - At 30, at 30, at 30, at 30, at 30.
0:51:50 > 0:51:54- At 35.- Yes.- At 40. At £40. At £40.- A bit of profit. Come on.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Give me the penny, give me the penny.
0:51:57 > 0:52:01Sir, you realise these may be a little more modern than you think?
0:52:01 > 0:52:04- Are you happy enough? At 40. - That's good, that's good.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07- At £40 it is, once.- Come on. - At £40 it is, twice.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10All finished and done at £40.
0:52:11 > 0:52:16Not bad, considering there's no way on earth they were Murano.
0:52:16 > 0:52:20- Will you not let me hold the penny on my next...?- No.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23That's right, Barby, you hold onto it.
0:52:23 > 0:52:26After all, your George III overlight is next.
0:52:26 > 0:52:30This piece of glass is unique to this part of the world.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33- That is true, that is true. - You never mentioned that.- It's true.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36Who'll start me at £100?
0:52:36 > 0:52:39- Start me at 50. 40?- £1.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42Ladies and gentlemen, 30. 20? £20 bid.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45- At 20, at 20, at 20, at 20. At 30, at 30, at 40.- Oh!
0:52:45 > 0:52:47It's a pity there wasn't a pair.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49We'd be flying into £400, £500.
0:52:49 > 0:52:50He's very good.
0:52:50 > 0:52:54- At £40 once, twice... All finished. - I'm very disappointed.
0:52:54 > 0:52:58- Sold to a gentleman who knows. - You just can't stop making a profit.
0:52:58 > 0:53:02Yes, and that's another £10 in the kitty.
0:53:02 > 0:53:06But now, perhaps it's David Harper's turn to feel the lurve.
0:53:06 > 0:53:11It's his thoroughly modern amateur copy of an Irish nude.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13HE GASPS She's so beautiful.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15Yeah, all right, calm down.
0:53:15 > 0:53:19At £20. At 20, at 20, at 20, at 20. At 30.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22- Yes. Come on. - At 30, at 40, at 40, at 40, at £40.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25- At £40. Any advance on 40? - Come on.- At 40, at 40, at £40.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29- At £40 it is once, at £40 twice... - Come on.
0:53:29 > 0:53:30- All finished. - GAVEL BANGS
0:53:30 > 0:53:34- Well, she made a bit of profit. - Yes, indeed
0:53:34 > 0:53:39but perhaps the people of Omagh like their nudes a little more subtle.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43So let's see if Barby can tempt them with a cheeky flash of breast.
0:53:43 > 0:53:47- Start me at £100. £100. Anywhere? - That is such a bargain.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50£50, then, to start the bidding. 60, there, the gentleman.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53At 70. At 70 to the lady. At 70, at 70 to the lady who knows.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56- Oh, come on.- At 70, at 70. Will I say 80?
0:53:56 > 0:53:59It's that lady's at 90. Are you going to come again, sir?
0:53:59 > 0:54:03At 90. It's the lady's bid. At £90 and I sell.
0:54:03 > 0:54:08- Oh, Christopher Columbus. - At £90 once, £90 twice.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10- Get it sold. - Sold for £90. BA.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Get it done. Well done. Well done.
0:54:13 > 0:54:16- Well and truly thrashed. - I didn't have my penny in my hand.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20Oh, dear! I feel so awful for you.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24Yeah, poor old David. That's only £50 before commission.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Staying in the art world for just a little longer,
0:54:28 > 0:54:31let's see if David Harper can lift his sagging profit margins
0:54:31 > 0:54:33with these hunting prints.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Come on, now, babies. Six of them.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39At £20. At 20, at 20, at 20, at 20, at 20, at 30.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41At £30. Any advance on 30?
0:54:41 > 0:54:45- At £30, at £30, at £30, at 30, at 30, at 30...- Come on.- ..at 30.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47At £30, at £30 it is.
0:54:47 > 0:54:51So, just to summarise, we're at 30.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53At 30, at £30, at 30, at 30, at 40.
0:54:53 > 0:54:56- 40. Come on. I paid 45. Come on. - At 40, at 40.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58- £40 once, £40 twice.- No... - All finished?
0:54:58 > 0:55:02- At 40. Mr E.- Oh! £5 loss.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05And don't forget the commission.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07David Barby's pottery figures now,
0:55:07 > 0:55:11which, I'm afraid, are still proving to be something of a mystery.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14I'm getting rather anxious about these.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16I don't know what they're for, David.
0:55:16 > 0:55:19I just bought them because they were Churchill.
0:55:19 > 0:55:23We've had quite a lot of interest in these articles on the internet,
0:55:23 > 0:55:25so who's going to give me £200?
0:55:25 > 0:55:27- What?- Start me at £100. £100 bid.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30At £100. 120, 140.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34140. 160. 160, 180.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37- Come on, come on.- At £180. At £200.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Oh, my! Whatever they are, I love them.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43- At £220.- No.- At £240.
0:55:43 > 0:55:48- I see a smile. - Not from me.- At £240. That's once.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51At £240. Are you all finished and done? At £240.
0:55:51 > 0:55:58- GAVEL BANGS - And that's why they call David Barby "The Master". Bravo!
0:55:58 > 0:56:01I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to applaud there. Well done.
0:56:01 > 0:56:02Well, there you go.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04Clearly, Barby's in the lead
0:56:04 > 0:56:07but David Harper's hoping his ship's lantern
0:56:07 > 0:56:09will finally get the bidders excited.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13- Come on, boys.- At £30 bid, at £30, at 40, at 40, at 40, at 40.
0:56:13 > 0:56:17- At £40.- I need so much more. - I can't go up to 50 if I can't get no bids.
0:56:17 > 0:56:21- Nobody wants the thing. - He's trying hard.- He's very good.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23At 50, at 50. At 60! A-ha!
0:56:23 > 0:56:25New blood! At 60, at 60, at 70.
0:56:25 > 0:56:30- At £70 behind you, sir. At £70, at £70.- You're doing well.
0:56:30 > 0:56:34- At £70 it is once.- Your day is here. - At £70 it is twice.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38- All finished at £70. Mr E. - I'm delighted with that.
0:56:38 > 0:56:42And so you should be, old boy. That's £40 profit before commission.
0:56:42 > 0:56:47Mind you, it's a drop in the ocean compared to you know who
0:56:47 > 0:56:50and it's time for his final lot, the 19th-century stick stand.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52- Get your penny out.- I have.
0:56:52 > 0:56:57At 30. £30 bid. At 30, at 30, at 30. At 40, at 40, at £40.
0:56:57 > 0:57:01- Who's going to give me 50?- Nobody. - At 40, at 40, at 40.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04- At £40. I can't get more. - Sell it, sell it.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06- At £40 twice.- Sell it, sell it.
0:57:06 > 0:57:12- All finished, all done? At £40. And the code is Mr E.- Gone. £40.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14- Well!- Well done, Barby.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18Drinks on you, I think, although for some reason, the man's frowning.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21- What are you moaning about? - I only made £20 on that.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24- I thought you paid 40 for it.- 20.
0:57:24 > 0:57:25Just to get you worked up.
0:57:28 > 0:57:31David Harper started this leg with £200
0:57:31 > 0:57:35and after commission, made a rather modest profit of £6.80,
0:57:35 > 0:57:41which means he ends the first leg with £206.80.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43David Barby also started with £200
0:57:43 > 0:57:48but after making an exceptional £217.10 at auction,
0:57:48 > 0:57:55he now has £417.10 in the coffers and is very much in first place.
0:57:55 > 0:57:57But, hey, we've only just begun.
0:57:57 > 0:58:01I was well and truly, utterly, hammered, thrashed, killed,
0:58:01 > 0:58:03drowned, whatever you want to call it.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06Come on, Harper, pull yourself together.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08There's still four legs to go.
0:58:08 > 0:58:11Right, hold on. You are going for a spin.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14- Do be careful. - HE LAUGHS MANICALLY
0:58:14 > 0:58:15Aargh!