0:00:02 > 0:00:07- The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.- War!
0:00:07 > 0:00:13- Why?- Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit,
0:00:17 > 0:00:24- but it's not as easy as you might think and things don't always go to plan.- Push!
0:00:24 > 0:00:29- Will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt? - I'll thrash you!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40We're out on the road again with a pair of troublemakers.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Auctioneers Charlie Ross and Charles Hanson.
0:00:46 > 0:00:53There was a young vicar of Prings, who professed to despise earthly things, but his secret desire...
0:00:53 > 0:00:57That's quite enough, thank you! Charlie Ross is a leaner senior
0:00:57 > 0:00:59who struggles to part with his cash.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- I wish I had spent more money. - So do I.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05And this is Charles Hanson, the Young Pretender,
0:01:05 > 0:01:11keeping his chin up despite a cruel, bruising loss on the last leg of the trip.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15I'm going to set sail and hit those high seas.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- 60 quid.- Add £25.- 85?- Yes.
0:01:21 > 0:01:2427.50.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Aww!
0:01:26 > 0:01:33Charlie Ross, meanwhile, had a fairly good first outing with a few more sober purchases.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35From his original £200,
0:01:35 > 0:01:40Charlie now has £234.56 to flash about.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Not a lot, but considerably more than Hanson's got.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Sadly, yes.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Poor Charles's losses mean his £200 has shrunk
0:01:51 > 0:01:56to a worrying £132.65 to fight back with.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02As the chaps launch into the next leg,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06their vintage 1960s Ford Corsa is still serving them well.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10# Heigh ho!
0:02:10 > 0:02:12# Heigh ho! #
0:02:13 > 0:02:20Don't join the choir. They will travel over 300 miles down the gorgeous east of England,
0:02:20 > 0:02:22all the way to Rye in East Sussex.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28And on this leg they're leaving Doncaster, heading for Grantham.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32First stop is North Lincolnshire's glittering jewel, Scunthorpe.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- I see old Fagin in you! - You think I'm a mean buyer?
0:02:36 > 0:02:41You pick a pocket or two in your dealings!
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Today Scunthorpe offers Charlie Ross his first antiques emporium.
0:02:47 > 0:02:54Now...I've found something here that could well be relevant to where we're going to auction.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57We're going to be very near Lincoln
0:02:57 > 0:03:03and here we've got the Arnold and Company, Lincoln, Limited.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Actually, Charlie, the auction is 25 miles south from Lincoln in Grantham,
0:03:08 > 0:03:13but I'm sure it will have its own lovers of old lemonade bottles. There, there, dear.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19- Hi, there.- Hello.- Are you the boss? - I am, yeah. Dave.- I'm Charlie, hi. - Nice to meet you.
0:03:19 > 0:03:25- There you go.- Is that a tape measure of some sort?- It is. An old Chesterman's one.- A Chesterman's.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30What a fascinating bit of kit. Would that be used by a surveyor?
0:03:30 > 0:03:34The asking price for this early model is £45.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Look at that.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Victorian doll's crib.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42And as far as I can see,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45it's absolutely 100%.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50Victorian toys and dolls are highly collectable, but this ain't either
0:03:50 > 0:03:55and at £58 it isn't cheap. I can feel a negotiation coming on.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57What about £30 for the crib?
0:03:57 > 0:04:02If I could tempt you at 40, that's where I'd be with it.
0:04:02 > 0:04:08- What about the tape measure? - It's been with us a bit longer. - Has it?- It's more specialist.- Quite.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12I think we could probably take that down to 30.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- You can't do the two for 50? - I can't. That's too low.
0:04:15 > 0:04:21- I'll do the pair for 65. - There are two glass Lincoln lemonade bottles.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26One is priced at £4 and one is priced at £3.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- I'll do the two for a fiver. - 70 quid for the lot.- That's right.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I'll get my cash out. Thank you for looking after me.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37That's what I call a fine start, Charlie.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42And it looks like you could hold your lead for Day 2.
0:04:42 > 0:04:49Meanwhile, first-time hitchhiker Charles Hanson has gone on ahead. Quite far ahead, actually.
0:04:49 > 0:04:5434 miles south from sunny Scunny
0:04:54 > 0:04:59finds our poor second-place expert about to land in Lincoln.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05The wind's blowing an almost Force 14 gale here in Lincolnshire
0:05:05 > 0:05:11and Hanson is, at the moment, heading downhill, almost treading water, but I'm not concerned.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I'm in my lucky waistcoat.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Come on, Hanson! And off you go!
0:05:16 > 0:05:21That's the spirit. You can't keep a good man down,
0:05:21 > 0:05:26- although I wonder quite where is he going.- This way!
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Hello, madam.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- Your name is...?- Suzy. - Hi, I'm Charles.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Wow. Look at this.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42It's like Aladdin's cave.
0:05:46 > 0:05:51There's everything in here. You can barely walk around, there's so much crammed in.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55- Is there anything a bit quirky? - Oh, here you are. For a fisherman.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- What is it?- A wine thing. - Of course, yeah.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07- That's £10.- I mean, for £10... - That's quirky.- It's not very old, but it's a collectable.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Today's market is so governed by quirkiness.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Suzy, what's your best price?
0:06:14 > 0:06:20- Eight.- £8?- Yeah.- I'll probably go for him. I can't make a big loss. I've had a disaster already.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25I've lost £80 already and I'm down to barely £100.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30- Will you take £5 for him?- No. - Meet me halfway - six.- OK.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35£6. Suzy, we're going and I'm going. I'm going.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40- Nice to meet you.- And gone. Thanks, Suzy, ever so much.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45Reputation intact, Charles Hanson is just getting going,
0:06:45 > 0:06:51as the road trip takes him 10 miles south to the lovely village of Navenby.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- Good morning. How are you? - Very well.- I'm Charles Hanson. - Laura Conway.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07What I do like is this one here. Birmingham, 1907.
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Martha, David and Morris Davis. It's a sugar sifter.- Yes.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14With your lidded cover.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19This would fetch between £60 and £100. What's your retail price?
0:07:19 > 0:07:24- It's quite a lot more than that. - Yeah.- We've got that on at 225.
0:07:24 > 0:07:30- Yeah.- But it has been here for a year and a half. - Don't tell him it's languishing!
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- I can let you have it at 100. - Oh, crikey.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39Laura, £100 is a really, really good offer for me to buy it at,
0:07:39 > 0:07:41so I'll think about it.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46That's sweet.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52This tiny oval box reads "A trifle from Bath"
0:07:52 > 0:07:56and what we've got here is something which was a lady's patch box.
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Ladies back in the 1760s, 1780s, had warts on their faces
0:08:01 > 0:08:06or they may have had scars and blisters. It was a very unhygienic time.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10This you would have kept your cream in to cover patches on your face.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- The asking price is 145.- 145? - It is, yes.
0:08:14 > 0:08:20- For you, Charles, I think we could do that at £50.- Commercially, am I being savvy? Maybe not,
0:08:20 > 0:08:24but when you handle history that tells a great story...
0:08:24 > 0:08:31Sounds like someone needs a moment of "me time" to weigh up the pros and cons.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35They will want about £100 for the sifter.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38If I can go in at 70 and buy it,
0:08:38 > 0:08:43buy the oval box at 25, that's 95...
0:08:43 > 0:08:47It gives Hands On Hanson still £35 to play with.
0:08:47 > 0:08:53I'd like to offer you... 25 plus 70.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55That makes £95.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00And I'm asking your hand... for a sale.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- Oh, for you, Charles. - Are you sure?- Go on, then. For you.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11£95. Laura, thanks ever so much.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Charlie Ross, watch out. I'm coming to get you.
0:09:15 > 0:09:22Well, always nice to end the day with a threat! It's been a good hunt so far, though.
0:09:22 > 0:09:28Now Navenby must give our road trippers a bed for the night. Sleep tight.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34Dawn breaks across Lincolnshire and our chaps are straight back at it.
0:09:36 > 0:09:43You know, the word's on the street that a) you're back and b) you were a Dick Turpin yesterday!
0:09:43 > 0:09:49- Ha ha! - I'm going to call you Dick Hanson! You were wearing a mask yesterday!
0:09:49 > 0:09:54So far, Charlie's spent £70 on three lots.
0:09:54 > 0:10:00The surveyor's tape, the Victorian crib and the Lincolnshire pop bottles,
0:10:00 > 0:10:04leaving £164.56 for the day ahead.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09Charles, meanwhile, hit the first day's shopping running, literally,
0:10:09 > 0:10:13spending £101 also on three items.
0:10:13 > 0:10:19# You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys
0:10:19 > 0:10:22# You've got to pick a pocket or two. #
0:10:22 > 0:10:27So our angelic, sooty-faced street urchins continue on.
0:10:27 > 0:10:3236 miles east from Navenby to the market town of Alford.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Here we go.
0:10:36 > 0:10:42- Good morning, sir. I'm Charles Hanson.- Hi. - Your name is...?- Mel.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- The brass bed...is that for sale? - I can do that for 20, 30 quid.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55And we are missing the slats? Here's your headboard.
0:10:55 > 0:11:03- It would have been a nice bed, probably from, oh, about 1900. - Yeah, I would say so.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07Nice. But it's no time for a lie down just yet.
0:11:07 > 0:11:14Now these are fairly crude Japanese earthenware Satsuma-esque vases, aren't they?
0:11:14 > 0:11:18From the 1920s, made for export, really quite crude.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Really quite ugly. But people do collect them.
0:11:22 > 0:11:29I've had a very difficult time. I've got to be a bit more... sombre in my purchases
0:11:29 > 0:11:33rather than going so gung-ho. Could I call this lot 25?
0:11:33 > 0:11:37And give you 6 for the brass bed?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Go on.- Sure?- Yeah, go on.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47Gone. Thanks, Mel. Good man.
0:11:47 > 0:11:53Hats off to the Young Pretender. He's got just 65p left in his pocket
0:11:53 > 0:11:56and a whole lot of wares to take to auction.
0:11:56 > 0:12:01- I just hope Charles can remember where he parked. Oh, dear. - I'll let you go that way.
0:12:05 > 0:12:10# Here I go again My, my, how can I resist you?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13# Blue since the day we started... #
0:12:13 > 0:12:15And here we go again.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19We fondly wave Alford goodbye and continue on,
0:12:19 > 0:12:24journeying 25 miles south-west to Boston.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27As the shopping hours draw to an end,
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Bismark Antiques offers Mr Ross a last stab at victory.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36Sylvia and son Matthew run this fine den of antiquity.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Pair of silver sauce boats.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51No price. I love things without a price. It always gives you a chance.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56I think they're going to be about 1920. They're in an earlier style.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01They're in an 18th-century style, but they have got a good weight to them.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04How much are the pair of sauce boats?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06They can be 180.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10The main problem I have is that I've only got 160 quid.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17There's no point in me trying to steal them off you. Or is there?
0:13:17 > 0:13:21You wouldn't take 160 quid for those, would you?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- I would take 160. - Would you?- To help you out.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28I can't think of any reason why I shouldn't buy those, other than...
0:13:29 > 0:13:33..it will spend me out completely against that Hanson.
0:13:33 > 0:13:41I wouldn't worry. There's no way you've bought anything as ridiculous and risky as Charles Hanson.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Have you got anything for £4.56?
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- Cos if you have, I will buy it. - I'll find you this.
0:13:48 > 0:13:54If you can find me something for £4.56, I will spend every penny I have in life.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56But what is it exactly?
0:13:56 > 0:14:02- It would have been for your sugar, then to hang your snips... - You hang your snips over the edge.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04I think that's fantastic.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08- Matthew...- Great.- Congratulations.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13- I now have absolutely... - Penniless.- ..nothing!
0:14:13 > 0:14:15I am penniless.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18This is ridiculous.
0:14:18 > 0:14:23You've spent your entire budget, beating Mr Hanson by a full 65p.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Thanks a lot. I can't even afford a sandwich!
0:14:27 > 0:14:34Cash or no cash, Charles has decided that lovely Boston can offer him one final treat today.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Windmills have existed in Britain for an awfully long time.
0:14:44 > 0:14:50And these vertical models became particularly iconic in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
0:14:50 > 0:14:53from the 13th century onwards.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Maud Foster Mill is a working business once more,
0:14:56 > 0:15:02though its historical fortunes have changed with the winds.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- James Waterfield.- Good to see you. Charles Hanson.- Pleased to meet you.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09As a young boy, I always wanted to wander into a windmill
0:15:09 > 0:15:15and it's great to be here in Boston and to see it. It's a wonderful building.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Hmm. 192 this year as well.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22The mill was built for brothers Thomas and Isaac Reckitt,
0:15:22 > 0:15:28paying a princely sum of 1,826 pounds, ten shillings and sixpence.
0:15:28 > 0:15:34From 1819, grain arrived by canal, was winched to the top floor
0:15:34 > 0:15:39and squeezed through millstones, grinding into fine flour.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44After changing owners, Maud Foster Mill closed for business in the 1940s
0:15:44 > 0:15:50and was saved as a landmark by the Reckitt Family Charitable Trust in 1953.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- Shall we go outside? - Yes, yes, feel free.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00It's a bit high, isn't it? Gee whizz!
0:16:00 > 0:16:06- What's this big chain for?- We've got the control chains for the sails to stop and start the mill.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09The sails seems to be going quite slowly.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13- Do you want a bit of raw muscle to give you a hand?- Yes, go on then.
0:16:13 > 0:16:19If you pull that down, that will put a bit more cloth on, that will close up the sails more.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24- If I pull it too hard, it won't break?- No, it'd need to be a better man than you to break it.
0:16:24 > 0:16:31- Derbyshire men, strong in the arm! - Strong in the arm, thick in the head.- Thanks(!)- Just steady and hard.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34You don't need to yank it. Just pull it.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- That's it. You've gone as far as it will go.- Look, can you see?
0:16:37 > 0:16:45- That's full cloth, so it should go a bit better.- I've given a windmill full cloth. I feel so proud.- Yeah.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- Watch your head.- Sorry.- Gee whizz! Fantastic, isn't it?
0:16:54 > 0:17:01Careful, Hanson. These amazing machines are as dangerous as they are beautiful.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04One of the millers was killed in the 1920s.
0:17:04 > 0:17:10He climbed over the balcony rails to retrieve his cigarettes and got hit on the head as he climbed back up.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15The last miller in the '40s would go round on the sails for a shilling.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- He wouldn't?- Yeah. I won't, but he would.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23# And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
0:17:23 > 0:17:26# Like the circles that you find
0:17:26 > 0:17:29# In the windmills of your mind... #
0:17:29 > 0:17:36This is wholemeal, just milled today, fresh out of the finest windmill in Lincolnshire.
0:17:38 > 0:17:43We need to stitch it up. Shall I stitch one and show you?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46You can have a go if you want.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56- You wouldn't want to make a suit with that.- And that's hand-stitched, ready for off?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Yeah, hand-stitched by a machine!
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Hanson, you stupid boy!
0:18:02 > 0:18:06James and his father have restored this marvellous building
0:18:06 > 0:18:08and created a successful business.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13In 1988, Basil Reckitt, great-grandson of Isaac Reckitt,
0:18:13 > 0:18:16proudly performed the re-opening ceremony.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21- Thanks ever so much, James. I really enjoyed it.- Right.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28I'm covered in flour. I'm completely covered in flour.
0:18:28 > 0:18:34Unbelievable! Time to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and prepare for auction.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Charlie Ross started today's show with £234.56
0:18:44 > 0:18:48and spent exactly £234.56
0:18:48 > 0:18:51on five auction lots.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56The Lincolnshire lemonade bottles, the Victorian doll's crib,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59the Chesterman's surveyor's tape,
0:18:59 > 0:19:05the silver sauce boats and the plated sugar bowl for £4.56.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Charles Hanson began with £132.65
0:19:11 > 0:19:14and spent £132 also on five lots.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19The lovely enamelled trifle from Bath,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22the gorgeous Edwardian bayonet sugar sifter,
0:19:22 > 0:19:27the, er, plentiful Japanese Satsuma-ware,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30the Victorian brass bed ends and...
0:19:30 > 0:19:32the bottle thing.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38But who's the favourite for this upcoming auction?
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Let's just forget that repulsive bottle holder, but he's done well.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47I think Team Hanson is feeling fine, is feeling merry.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50It's been a long day, but a great one.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53The gap will narrow. He might even overtake me.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Stranger things have happened.
0:19:58 > 0:20:03It's been a spectacular second leg from Scunthorpe via Lincoln,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Navenby, Alford and Boston
0:20:05 > 0:20:10with the final destination of Grantham in their sights.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17It's auction day as our couple of Charlies arrive in town.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24- Are you coming or not? - Anyone would think you've something worth selling!
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Welcome to the Theatre of Dreams.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32George W Golding, one-time Mayor of Grantham,
0:20:32 > 0:20:38opened Golding's auction house in 1900, becoming Golding Young in 1994.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Town crier Colin Young is our auctioneer for the day
0:20:42 > 0:20:47and has kindly cast his eye over our experts' purchases.
0:20:47 > 0:20:53What stands out is obviously the enamel. That's the best of the bunch, a true antique item.
0:20:53 > 0:21:00With the fisherman's bottle, it's just something brand new. There's millions of them out there.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Charles Hanson's got the speculatively good item
0:21:04 > 0:21:06and the spectacularly bad item.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Now eyes front, mouth shut, the auction is about to begin.
0:21:13 > 0:21:19First up, Charlie's local pop duo, the Lincolnshire lemonade bottles.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- Who's going to start me at £10 for them? 10?- Down.- £5, anybody?
0:21:23 > 0:21:27- I don't believe it. - 6 now surely? 6 now do I see?
0:21:27 > 0:21:306. 8. £8 bid. 10. 10 bid. 12 now? At 10 bid.
0:21:30 > 0:21:3412? Your bid of 10, sir. I'll take 11 because we're desperate.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36At 10. 11 anywhere else?
0:21:36 > 0:21:39It's your bid, sir, selling at £10...
0:21:39 > 0:21:43- Well done.- And a nice double bubble to get us going.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Even after commission, it's profit!
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Next we have Charles's Satsuma vase combo.
0:21:48 > 0:21:51High in quantity, if not quality.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54£20 in the room. 25.
0:21:54 > 0:21:5728 now? 28 bid. At £30.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01I know they're dreadful, but Mr Hanson is a lovely person. 32 now?
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- 32 in the front then, going at £32... - Thank you very much.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10So despite everyone's attempt to queer the pitch,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12the Satsumas did rather well.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Now the silver sauce boats offer a dollop of profit for Charlie.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Straight in, 120. 125. 130.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22And 5. 140. 145.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24150. 155?
0:22:24 > 0:22:28Yes? I've got 155 on the book anyway. 160 if you like? 160. 5.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31170? 170. 175. 180. 5.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34190. 5. 200. 210.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38215 if it helps? We're selling this time, all done and finished at 210...
0:22:38 > 0:22:41A very wise investment, Charlie.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45And now... Well, I don't know.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Good luck, Carlos.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- Look at it, it's lovely. - It's awful.- Come on, Mr Young.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Start me at £20 for it? 20?
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- 10 to go then?- Have a go.
0:22:55 > 0:22:5710? Thank you, £10 bid. 10.
0:22:57 > 0:23:0112 anywhere else now? At 10 bid. 12 bid. 15 do I see?
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Have another one. 15. 18 there. 20 bid. 22 bid.
0:23:05 > 0:23:0825 bid. 28 bid? I have 25 in the front row. 28 now?
0:23:08 > 0:23:13- Was that a bid? You look like you're about to expire, sir.- I am!- 28 bid.
0:23:13 > 0:23:1730 or not now then? Selling at £28...
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Hanson, you are the man!
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Excellent.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25I don't think anyone ever doubted the chance of a profit there(!)
0:23:25 > 0:23:27How on earth did you do that?
0:23:27 > 0:23:32Charlie spent his last £4.56 in the world on this prospect.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Fingers crossed.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Who's going to start me at £10? 10. 12 now?
0:23:37 > 0:23:4112 bid. 15 surely? 15. 18. And 20? £20 bid, sir.
0:23:41 > 0:23:4422 bid. Surely 25?
0:23:44 > 0:23:4723? 23. £23 bid.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51Last call then. We're selling in the middle at £23...
0:23:51 > 0:23:55A very good profit from a speculative purchase.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Now I think I need a little lie-down.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Who's going to start me for the single bed ends? £80 for them? 80?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- 50?- Come on.- 50?- Come on.- £30?
0:24:05 > 0:24:07A tenner, anybody? Surely £10?
0:24:07 > 0:24:11A fiver? Thank you, £5 bid at the back. 6 now do I see?
0:24:11 > 0:24:15This one certainly isn't the sleeper. 5 bid. 6 now do I see?
0:24:15 > 0:24:196. Late surge in the bidding! 6 bid. 7.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23- Can we contain our excitement? 8 bid, sir.- 8 bid.- 8 bid.
0:24:23 > 0:24:269 bid. 10. Late surge in the bidding. Fresh bidder.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31- At £10 bid. We go this time then at £10... No-one can say I don't try. - Hear, hear!
0:24:31 > 0:24:34A little disappointing then on the life-sized bed.
0:24:34 > 0:24:39How about this sweet Victorian resting place for a child's toy?
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Very good-looking piece. 30? 20 to go then surely?
0:24:43 > 0:24:46£20 bid. I'll take 5? 22 on the net.
0:24:46 > 0:24:4822. 25. 28 now? 28.
0:24:48 > 0:24:5128 bid. 30. 32. 35.
0:24:51 > 0:24:5538 bid. 40? 38 bid. 40? £40 bid. 42. 45? 45.
0:24:55 > 0:24:5948 now? 48 bid. 50 bid. 5. 60. At 60 bid.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01- 65.- Well done.- 68.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Bid 70.
0:25:03 > 0:25:0672 now? 72. At 72.
0:25:06 > 0:25:0975? 75. 78 now? 78 bid. At 78 bid.
0:25:09 > 0:25:1280 bid. 2 now. 82. 85. 88 now?
0:25:12 > 0:25:17At £85 we go this time. Selling to Australia at £85...
0:25:17 > 0:25:20It's going Down Under, Charlie. Well done.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- AUSTRALIAN ACCENT: - I don't mind if I do, you know?
0:25:23 > 0:25:28A Staffordshire Bilston enamel box, oval design with green base.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- We have to start the bidding on this one at £25.- Oh, no.
0:25:31 > 0:25:3425. 30. At 30 bid. 35 bid. 40 bid.
0:25:34 > 0:25:3745. 50. 55. 60. 65.
0:25:37 > 0:25:3970. 5. 80.
0:25:39 > 0:25:415. 90. 5. 100.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44110. 120. 120 bid.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48- 120 with me on the book.- The internet bids are coming in thick and fast.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51No wonder Charles looks pleased!
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- 130.- Yes!- 40.- I'm back!
0:25:54 > 0:25:57150 now. Thank you, 150 with you.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59160 with me.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03It's your last chance. All done and finished then, we'll sell...
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Somebody hovering on the net. Are you going to bid 170?
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- Suspense, but we're sold at 160. - Yes!- Well done.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Hats well and truly off, Mr Hanson.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16You are certainly back in the game.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Give me a kiss, give me a kiss. Give me a kiss.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Only just. Now...
0:26:23 > 0:26:27No more kissing, boys. Not on my road trip!
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Now it's Charlie's last stab at a big profit.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Is there a surveyor in the house?
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Who's going to start me at £30? 20 to go? 10 to go then?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39£10 bid. At 10 bid. 12 now surely?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42At £10 bid. Nobody else got a handle on this one?
0:26:42 > 0:26:46And selling at £10...
0:26:46 > 0:26:47Ouch!
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Bad timing for a loss, Mr Ross.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55It's so important to buy right and play to the crowd at auction.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00Like Hanson's lovely sugar dredger, for example, today's final lot.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Cracking-looking piece. Start me at 100 for it? 50 to go?
0:27:04 > 0:27:0650 bid. 60. And 70 now? 70.
0:27:06 > 0:27:0980. 90. At 90. 100. 110.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11120. 120 bid. 130 do I see now?
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- 120 bid. Any more now? - Come on!- 125?
0:27:14 > 0:27:18- Come on, one more. - Selling at £120...
0:27:18 > 0:27:22He speculated and he accumulated, and then some!
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Mr Hanson wins the day.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- How are you feeling?- Much, much worse than I felt earlier.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- You've nearly caught me up.- Can I say one thing? Thanks for coming.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- It's been an immense pleasure. - Not!
0:27:36 > 0:27:42Charlie started today's show in the lead with £234.56
0:27:42 > 0:27:48and after paying auction costs, today made a small profit of £42.60.
0:27:48 > 0:27:55Charlie has a curmudgeonly £277.16 to carry forward.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01Charles, meanwhile, started down with £132.65
0:28:01 > 0:28:04and made a bumper profit of £155.
0:28:04 > 0:28:10Mr Hanson has a whopping £287.65 to carry forward.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Well done, Carlos.
0:28:13 > 0:28:19- A privilege to be your chauffeur, sir.- We say farewell to a very fine saleroom.
0:28:19 > 0:28:25You would say that! Later on The Antiques Road Trip, our pair of Charlies head for Norfolk.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30- Charlie takes a spin on his own. - You have to rely on your nose and where the sun is.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Charles takes a spin with someone else.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35Go carefully. I'm only young.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38HORN TOOTS
0:28:39 > 0:28:41A-ha! That's all coming up later,
0:28:41 > 0:28:47but without any more fuss, we're out on the road again with a pair of very cheeky chappies -
0:28:47 > 0:28:50auctioneers Charlie Ross and Charles Hanson.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54- I'm in a mood now.- Turn round! - I'm in a mood now.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00The experienced Charlie Ross really has nothing to prove,
0:29:00 > 0:29:03but he still keeps an eye on his reputation.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08- I don't want you walking out that door and thinking that man Ross is a bounder!- Is he?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10As if he would!
0:29:10 > 0:29:14And as both sidekick and competitor, we have Charles Hanson.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16He always knows exactly what he wants.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20The other one I quite liked was the...
0:29:23 > 0:29:29Well, despite the occasional dither, Charles made a large, if unlikely profit on the last leg.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36So what you've got is a bottle stand with this fisherman smiling, smoking his pipe.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39That is the worst thing I have seen in my life!
0:29:39 > 0:29:41And of course, he is...
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I paid £6.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Selling at £28.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47How on earth did you do that?
0:29:47 > 0:29:53Charlie Ross also did very well, but not quite well enough.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56From his original £200,
0:29:56 > 0:30:03Charlie now has £277.16 weighing down his wallet.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08Ugh! I simply can't lift it up! It's that heavy.
0:30:08 > 0:30:14But brand-new front-runner Charles Hanson has home-grown his £200
0:30:14 > 0:30:18to a wonderful £287.65.
0:30:21 > 0:30:27It's full steam ahead in their stylish, if slightly unreliable 1960s Ford Corsair.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32This car, Charlie, is playing up, I'm sure. It's going to give us problems in due course.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35It's making some funny noises, I must say.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40Charlie and Charles are travelling down the exotic east of England
0:30:40 > 0:30:43from Bridlington all the way to Rye in East Sussex.
0:30:44 > 0:30:50And on this leg, they're leaving Grantham, heading for their next auction in Beccles,
0:30:50 > 0:30:54alighting first in Norfolk's most regal King's Lynn.
0:30:55 > 0:31:01Our boys are ready to spend, spend, spend, but the car is struggling with the final 100 yards.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03There's something wrong.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- You want a push?- Yeah.- Please!
0:31:05 > 0:31:09- Come on!- Madam, your name is...? - Denise.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13- Denise, you drive. - I've just suggested that. Denise, get in the seat.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- Come on.- This is lovely. - You show us how, Denise.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Three, two, one. Let's go, Charlie. Come on.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22# Oh, Denise, Denise
0:31:22 > 0:31:24# I've got a crush on you
0:31:24 > 0:31:26# Denise, Denise
0:31:26 > 0:31:28# Da-da-da-da-da-da
0:31:28 > 0:31:30BOTH: # Denise, Denise
0:31:30 > 0:31:34# I'm so in love with you-ou-ou... #
0:31:34 > 0:31:37- Can I tell you something?- Yeah. - This car's dead.- There we are.
0:31:37 > 0:31:43- Denise, you've been a sport. Have a lovely day. - Charlie, what do we do now then?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- I'm going shopping.- Let's go together.- No, no. I don't trust you.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50- There's £10 in it, Charlie. - Come on, old bean.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Where are we going?
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Toss a coin to see who goes where?
0:32:00 > 0:32:04- That seems fair.- Heads or tails? - Heads.- Sure?- Yeah.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Tails. Right, I think...
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- Quick!- Hold on.- Too late. I've made up my mind.- Hold on.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18If you're not fast, then you're last and Charlie Ross is wasting no time at all.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- Charlie is the name.- Welcome. - And you are Ian?- Yeah.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Ah! And it looks like Ian could have just the thing.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30- I've got the 1946 and 1947 Rupert Annuals.- Yeah, yeah.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35Nice condition. I always look for the front.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39- Nice colours.- Yeah, nice colours. The spine is important, isn't it?
0:32:39 > 0:32:43- The price?- Three shillings and sixpence!- Yeah, absolutely.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46The annual is now worth considerably more.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48It has become highly collectable.
0:32:48 > 0:32:54- I see the price here is £105. - Yeah, yeah. And that in itself is a good price.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Oh, you're a salesman, you are!
0:32:56 > 0:32:58I'd like to pay 40 quid for it.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02- I would really want a little bit more than that.- Yeah, yeah.
0:33:02 > 0:33:0445?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Cheeky Charlie!
0:33:06 > 0:33:11- I'm a bit doubtful, but I'm going to let you have it for £50. - I'm going to shake on that.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16Charlie, the Ross, everyone knows his name.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18And he's on a roll.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Old-fashioned, but rather lovely.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24That's the silver he's talking about
0:33:24 > 0:33:27and Charlie's trying to bundle up a job lot here -
0:33:27 > 0:33:32a tea strainer, grape scissors and a set of nutcrackers. Oh, ouch!
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- I think 25 is where I'm at.- OK. - Are you sure?- Yes.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- If they make £100, I'll take you for a night out on the tiles.- Thank you.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42- But don't hold your breath.- Right.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47Charlie's off to a flyer this morning, but someone is not quite feeling it just yet.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54So far, I'm quite happy. I might call the auctioneer. Hello!
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Blimey, Denise is back on two wheels!
0:33:56 > 0:34:01- You can get on the back. - On the back?- Yes, come on. I'll give you a lift home.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- Where are we going? Antique finds? - Yes, absolutely.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06# I'm in love with you
0:34:08 > 0:34:10# Denis, Denis
0:34:10 > 0:34:13# Oh, with your eyes so blue Denis, Denis
0:34:13 > 0:34:16# I've got a crush on you Denis, Denis
0:34:16 > 0:34:20# I'm so in love with you Oh, oh... #
0:34:20 > 0:34:24I was told Hanson has gone off on a motorbike. What is that all about?
0:34:24 > 0:34:30He doesn't know that I have had a call from the mechanic and the car is ready and I'm going shopping.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32# I'm so in love with you... #
0:34:32 > 0:34:38And he's not the only one. Just down the road, there's a special delivery at the Old Curiosity Shop.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43- Oh, Denise!- There we are, look at that.- You're a life-saver.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- Collectable antiques.- Wonderful. - I hope you do well today.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Denise, thank you so much. You saved me from Mr Ross.
0:34:50 > 0:34:56- Thanks for the helmet.- Thank you. - I'm shaken, but not stirred. - Shaken, but not stirred!
0:34:58 > 0:35:01Antiques shop? Antiques shop. She was right.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04HORN TOOTS
0:35:04 > 0:35:06I'm alive still. Just about.
0:35:06 > 0:35:11- And your name is?- Ruth. - I'm Charles.- How do you do? - Charles Hanson from Derbyshire.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13There are some really nice objects here.
0:35:13 > 0:35:20What we have is a pen wipe and you'd have it on your desk with your ink well and quill pen or fountain pen.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24And after you'd written a letter or you'd got a slight blockage of ink,
0:35:24 > 0:35:27you would use this wipe to keep your pen in good order.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31- What's the absolute best price? - That could be 45.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35What we've got here is a very nice set of six silver pierced buttons
0:35:35 > 0:35:38which, in their original morocco case,
0:35:38 > 0:35:42hopefully are all original and in good condition.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46- Ruth, they're very much in what we call the Arts and Crafts style.- Yes.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48They're priced at 125.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Right, um...
0:35:50 > 0:35:54I suppose I could go down to 100 on them.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Ruth, I do... This is quite garish.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- It is.- It's not to everyone's taste. Has it been here a long time?
0:36:01 > 0:36:06- No, I've only had it recently. - Hanson, you've got to start making some decisions
0:36:06 > 0:36:08because my time is running out.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13The first thing I saw was a duck and I love him because they say small is beautiful. Mr Ross, watch out!
0:36:13 > 0:36:16So I'll say yes to him at £45.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19We have a sale. He's going, going, gone!
0:36:19 > 0:36:23The Moroccan light will be my gamble
0:36:23 > 0:36:25and I'll speculate at £15.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29- I'll say yes to him at £15. - Right, OK.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Charles is really driving the deals here,
0:36:32 > 0:36:36but will his luck hold when it comes to these buttons?
0:36:36 > 0:36:41The ticket's price is 125, but I can do those for 90.
0:36:41 > 0:36:47- Maybe £70?- I couldn't possibly do that. They would have to be 80 on the buttons, all right?- OK.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49I'm going, I'm going...
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- They're gone. Sold.- Thank you. - To Hanson. Three in a row, Ruth.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56Thanks ever so much.
0:36:56 > 0:37:02After a bit of focus and a little savvy, Charles is back in the buying game.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06Am I happy? Yeah. Am I happy I'll make a profit? Yeah.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Am I happy Charlie Ross is going to be going down? Yeah.
0:37:09 > 0:37:15But whilst Charles is content, Charlie is itching for more treasure.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Leaving King's Lynn behind, he rejoins the antiques trail,
0:37:19 > 0:37:23crossing the border from Norfolk into Cambridgeshire.
0:37:23 > 0:37:2616 miles down the road, we arrive in Wisbech.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- Good afternoon.- Oh, hello. - Charlie.- Richard.- Hello, Richard.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40This feels as if I've died and gone to heaven.
0:37:40 > 0:37:46Here is a late Georgian,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49almost Victorian, I suppose, might be William IV,
0:37:49 > 0:37:53mahogany bureau, cross-banded in mahogany.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57And people say these things are unsaleable now.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Well, everything's got a price at some stage.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03I mean, that in a saleroom
0:38:03 > 0:38:0720 years ago would have been 540, 560.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11- Richard! I don't suppose you'd like 50 quid for it, would you?- No.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- Not really.- I didn't think you would.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- It could be yours for 100. - That's really kind.
0:38:18 > 0:38:23Charlie seems convinced that he can turn a profit on the unfashionable bureau,
0:38:23 > 0:38:26but it could well come back to bite him on the bottom.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31- I've spotted a bit of Sorrento there, olive wood.- Yeah.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36- It's the land of olives, isn't it? - It is.- I like a nice olive. Could that be 20 quid?
0:38:36 > 0:38:41- No.- You're very rapid with your responses. It's very good. - With these offers, you have to be.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45CHARLIE LAUGHS I'll do you £30 on the mirror.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47I'm going to give you 30 quid for it.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49And he's not finished yet.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53And I bought some things this morning of no great consequence,
0:38:53 > 0:38:57some bits of silver, silver plate, well, mostly silver plate.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59I thought I could bump up my job lot.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03That is a sugar basin, silver plate, don't worry, no hallmark.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05- How much for the lot?- 35.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08What?! A tenner.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10You'd be lucky. 30.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- 15.- 20.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Oh, go on! 20 quid. Pure heaven!
0:39:17 > 0:39:21Having secured another three lots for auction,
0:39:21 > 0:39:26Charlie is a very happy bunny as the first day of shopping comes to an end.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Early morning and our experts are up with the lark.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37- But you know my old strategy - try and get it bought early. - Yeah, exactly.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40Now they're heading 55 miles east
0:39:40 > 0:39:46towards the administrative centre of Norfolk and the historic city of Norwich.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Isn't it magnificent?
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- Fabulous.- I'm getting out now and I'll see you later, Charlie.- Bye!
0:39:56 > 0:40:01"Anything old and interesting." That sounds like Charlie Ross to me!
0:40:04 > 0:40:07- I'm Charles Hanson.- Hi, Charles. - Your name is?- Paul Murawski.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11The painting over there is quite nice. Is it an oil painting?
0:40:11 > 0:40:16- It's oil and I think it's dated 1887. - Is it for sale?- It is for sale.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20He's a typical Victorian gent. Here's his fob chain.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- And your best price is...?- £200.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- And with discounts?- £200. - And between friends?- £200.
0:40:26 > 0:40:31I've been told it's £200 and there's no discounts. I think, Paul, I'm out. Thanks.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33How much was that again?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Oh, wow!
0:40:35 > 0:40:38As a young boy, I always wanted one of these.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40It's actually a coin cabinet.
0:40:40 > 0:40:46If you want somewhere to house your collection of crowns or guineas, you would acquire one of these.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50- You can have it for £10. - £10... What's £10?
0:40:50 > 0:40:55- Firewood would cost you that, wouldn't it?- I'll take it.- OK. - £10, Paul. Excellent.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Case closed.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01If you were in my shoes now, what would you buy?
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- I'd buy the oil painting for £100. - £100?- Yes.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09- As it's a display painting, you can have it for £100.- You're giving me a headache now. Did you hear that?
0:41:09 > 0:41:14At that price, the painting is certainly on the money.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19- That's the absolute best?- That's the very best.- If I said 80, would you possibly say, "Yes, Charles"?
0:41:19 > 0:41:22OK, Charles, we'll do a deal at 80.
0:41:22 > 0:41:27That portrait has to be one of the best buys ever. From £200 to £80?
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Unless, of course, they saw him coming.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Yes! We got rid of it at last.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Ever get the feeling you've just been had?
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Whilst Charles ponders that decision,
0:41:42 > 0:41:46Charlie has gone on ahead, south-west to Bury St Edmunds.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50Ho-ho!
0:41:50 > 0:41:53This is the life, Hanson.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Profits, sunshine
0:41:56 > 0:42:00and Bury St Edmunds!
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Don't worry, he's perfectly safe behind the wheel,
0:42:04 > 0:42:06but possibly not for long
0:42:06 > 0:42:10as our rough diamond heads for the smallest pub in Britain.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15It looks like I've broken into a private party here.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- This is wonderful. Hello! - Hello.- Greetings.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23- Are you the owner, landlord? - I'm the manager.- Nice to meet you. I'm Charlie.- I'm Jack.
0:42:23 > 0:42:28I've come to learn all about your pub. Is it really the smallest pub in the UK?
0:42:28 > 0:42:32- It is the smallest pub by drinking area, yeah.- By drinking area?- Mm-hm.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37- How many people can you get in here? - The record was set in '84 when they got in 102.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42- 102?- Yeah, just in this room. - Good grief! What about the history of the pub?
0:42:42 > 0:42:47- Has this been in one ownership for...?- No, it became a pub in 1873.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Next door was a pawnbroker's who owned this little side building.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56They noticed most of their trade was alcoholics, pawning their possessions to go and buy booze with.
0:42:56 > 0:43:01- I know the feeling!- They turned their side building into a little pub
0:43:01 > 0:43:03- to catch them on the way out. - How extraordinary!
0:43:03 > 0:43:08Is it just me or is this place a little strange?
0:43:08 > 0:43:12- This creature here, what is that? That's not a cat?- It is a cat.
0:43:12 > 0:43:17- But it was found bricked up here and it's supposed to be very lucky to brick a cat up.- Really?
0:43:17 > 0:43:23Yes, in a chimney. Not very lucky for the cat, but it keeps the witches away.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27- There's a three-legged chick in the glass bowl up on the wall.- Nice(!)
0:43:27 > 0:43:30A human lower leg hanging from the ceiling.
0:43:30 > 0:43:35- There's a little creature at the bottom. What is that? - That's a shed tarantula skin.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39- A tarantula skin?- I didn't realise this until I was given that.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43They shed their skins like snakes. That's the husk of a tarantula.
0:43:43 > 0:43:48- I might have to give you something to hang up.- That would be great. - A photo of Charles Hanson probably.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52- Thank you very much. - A pleasure.- Wonderful.
0:43:52 > 0:43:57It's almost time to call last orders on today's spending spree
0:43:57 > 0:44:01and our two Charlies are reunited with just minutes to spare.
0:44:01 > 0:44:05- We haven't got much time, have we? - No. What's the plan?
0:44:05 > 0:44:10My plan is to run over there where you can see "Past And Present" and spend my money.
0:44:10 > 0:44:17- And let me go to the more idyllic, picturesque Hanson type?- Yeah, it's more your sort of place.- Go on.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20And for the final time today, let's get shopping.
0:44:20 > 0:44:2420 minutes. I don't think I should be looking at furniture.
0:44:24 > 0:44:29With time ticking away, Charles spies a silver cigar-cutter.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31Your best price?
0:44:31 > 0:44:3336, we start at...
0:44:33 > 0:44:36I'd be looking for, say, 25?
0:44:36 > 0:44:39- I would buy it for 20. - Go on. Special offer today.
0:44:39 > 0:44:43- In the shop next door...- What's that little object?- I don't know.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47It's not a swizzle stick. I don't know what it's for. It's not a toothpick, is it?
0:44:47 > 0:44:49It's a silver thingamabob, Charlie.
0:44:49 > 0:44:53- 20 quid?- Yes. - I shall shake on that at 20 quid.
0:44:53 > 0:44:57There's a stool down there. It's marked at 35 quid. Would you take 20 quid for it?
0:44:57 > 0:44:59I'll take 25 for it.
0:44:59 > 0:45:0325 quid and I've done my shopping in no time at all.
0:45:03 > 0:45:09Our boys are all spent up and can delay their moment of auction truth no longer.
0:45:12 > 0:45:16Charlie started this leg with £277.16
0:45:16 > 0:45:20and spent £270 on five auction lots.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24The upholstered French stool,
0:45:24 > 0:45:27the 1946 Rupert Annual,
0:45:27 > 0:45:30the Edwardian hand mirror,
0:45:30 > 0:45:32the big mahogany bureau
0:45:32 > 0:45:35and the big bundle of silver items.
0:45:36 > 0:45:40Charles began with £287.65
0:45:40 > 0:45:43and spent £250 on six lots.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46The Moorish hanging light,
0:45:46 > 0:45:49the Art Nouveau silver buttons,
0:45:49 > 0:45:52the silver duck pen wipe,
0:45:52 > 0:45:54the George V cigar-cutter,
0:45:54 > 0:45:57the oak collector's cabinet
0:45:57 > 0:46:00and the fine oil painting,
0:46:00 > 0:46:03although maybe they just saw him coming.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06But what do our chaps think of each other's wares?
0:46:06 > 0:46:10His star lot by far is going back to his golden age of auctioneering -
0:46:10 > 0:46:16it's that wonderful bureau, mahogany, it's circa 1830 and I truly thought it cost him 250.
0:46:16 > 0:46:19To have bought that for £100 was a bargain.
0:46:19 > 0:46:24His painting could be a bit of a sleeper. 80 quid? I think it'll make £140.
0:46:24 > 0:46:30But, do you know, it could make a couple of hundred and that would spell difficulty for old Rossco.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35Only one way to find out - get back on the road.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40It's been a competitive third leg from Grantham via King's Lynn,
0:46:40 > 0:46:43Wisbech, Norwich and Bury St Edmunds
0:46:43 > 0:46:47with the final destination of Beccles on the horizon.
0:46:48 > 0:46:52It's auction day and our experts can smell victory in the air.
0:46:52 > 0:46:57- They're going to do really well for me today.- It's packed.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01- Is the car OK here?- I shall be back in my rightful place at the top.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04- Is the car OK here? - It's fine, fine.- Sure?
0:47:04 > 0:47:09Durrants have been conducting auction sales since 1853
0:47:09 > 0:47:12and Rebecca Mayhew is today's auctioneer.
0:47:12 > 0:47:16She has agreed to give her opinion on some of our featured lots.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20My absolute favourite piece is probably the Rupert Bear Annual
0:47:20 > 0:47:24because of its rareness and its lovely, bright colours inside.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27I'm hoping it will appeal to quite a wide audience.
0:47:27 > 0:47:31My least favourite item is Mr Hanson's collector's case.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35Its modern construction will limit its saleability and attractiveness to the market.
0:47:35 > 0:47:41The mahogany bureau is a good, solid piece, but the brown furniture market is still fairly poor.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44It's an auction, anything can happen and that's part of the fun.
0:47:44 > 0:47:49Now then, are we sitting comfortably? Then let the auction commence.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53First up, Charles is firmly in the spotlight
0:47:53 > 0:47:55with his garish glass lampshade.
0:47:55 > 0:47:56Yeuch!
0:47:56 > 0:48:00Interesting piece. Where are you going to start me? Start me at 40?
0:48:00 > 0:48:03- Come on.- Nice piece. 20?
0:48:03 > 0:48:06- Thank you, I'm bid.- The woman next to you is bidding for it!
0:48:06 > 0:48:0925. 28. 30. At £30. Now don't put her off.
0:48:09 > 0:48:14- It could be yours, madam. - 32, fresh bidder. 35. 38.
0:48:14 > 0:48:19- 40. 42.- Oh, no! - The gentleman's bid now at £42.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21I'm going to sell on my right at 42...
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Great start.
0:48:23 > 0:48:27Charles is off to a flying start. Next up, everyone's favourite bear,
0:48:27 > 0:48:30or at least Charlie is hoping that that's the case.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33Got to be £50 to start it, surely? 50?
0:48:33 > 0:48:35You're all quiet. 30?
0:48:35 > 0:48:38- Oh, dear. 10 to start it, surely? - Come on, Charlie.
0:48:38 > 0:48:4110. 12. 15. 18.
0:48:41 > 0:48:4420. 22. 25.
0:48:44 > 0:48:4828? 28. Your turn, sir.
0:48:48 > 0:48:5030. 32. 35.
0:48:50 > 0:48:5238. 40.
0:48:52 > 0:48:5545. 50.
0:48:55 > 0:48:5755. Anyone else then?
0:48:57 > 0:49:01I will sell at £55...
0:49:01 > 0:49:05It's early days, but Charlie is finding the disappointment
0:49:05 > 0:49:08a little hard to BEAR.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12My big hope... My big hope down the drain.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Next up is the oil painting
0:49:14 > 0:49:19and Charles is hoping this Victorian gentleman will leave him quids in.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22- Got to be 100 for it. 100 then to get it going, surely?- Come on.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25You're all quiet. Where's 50 to start it? I'm bid £50.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27- 55 now.- It's going.- 60 if you like?
0:49:27 > 0:49:30At 60 now. 65. 70.
0:49:30 > 0:49:3475. 80. 85.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37- 90.- Here you go.- At £90. Are you sure?- Oh, nearly.
0:49:37 > 0:49:39At £90...
0:49:40 > 0:49:43Not a huge profit, but a profit nonetheless.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47Hopefully, there's a larger sum to be made
0:49:47 > 0:49:50on this next charming little item.
0:49:50 > 0:49:53Nice lot, an upholstered French stool on carved cabriole legs.
0:49:53 > 0:49:5710 to start, surely? Thank you, I'm bid. At 12 now. At 12.
0:49:57 > 0:50:0015. 18. £18, lady's bid in front.
0:50:00 > 0:50:0220 now in the second row.
0:50:02 > 0:50:0522 if you like, madam? Yes, 22. 25.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08Are you sure? No, 28, completely fresh bidder.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12At 28 now. 30. 32. 35.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15- Lady's bid at 35...- Getting better.
0:50:15 > 0:50:20- Is that the lady behind us bidding? - At 38. 40 if you like, madam?
0:50:20 > 0:50:24- It's the lady behind us.- One more, sir? No, selling this time at 40...
0:50:24 > 0:50:28- Well done.- May I say, madam, you have impeccable taste!
0:50:28 > 0:50:30I won't be able to sell it.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35Charles was against the clock when he bought this silver cigar-cutter,
0:50:35 > 0:50:38but at £20, he got it for a snip.
0:50:38 > 0:50:39Ooh!
0:50:39 > 0:50:43I have three commission bids and I must start at £40.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47- Oh!- I can take 2.- 40! - At £40. With me at £40.
0:50:47 > 0:50:5142 on the back wall. 45 with me. One more if you like?
0:50:51 > 0:50:54At 48, I'm out. On the back wall at 48. Do I see any more?
0:50:54 > 0:50:56Anyone else, surely, at 48...?
0:50:57 > 0:50:59Another success.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03Not bad for a last-minute purchase. Well done, Charles.
0:51:03 > 0:51:07This pretty Sorrento mirror could be one of Charlie's better buys.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09At 35. At 35. At 38.
0:51:09 > 0:51:1140. At £40.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14- Come on, Charlie. Keep going. - 42, fresh bidder. At 42.
0:51:14 > 0:51:1845. Still my commission at 45 then...
0:51:18 > 0:51:21A nice little mark-up on the mirror.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24It's not all doom and gloom for Charlie.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26He's still in with a chance.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29This handy little cabinet is perfect for displaying coins,
0:51:29 > 0:51:32but will there be any cash in it for Charles?
0:51:32 > 0:51:34- I have commission interest.- Great.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36And I've got to start at £40.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39- Oh, yes!- 45. 50.
0:51:39 > 0:51:425. 60. 5. 70.
0:51:42 > 0:51:47One more if you like, sir? At 70, commission bid. 75 in the corner.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49I think that's done it. We're selling now at 75...
0:51:49 > 0:51:53Charles streaks ahead with that low-risk purchase -
0:51:53 > 0:51:56a fantastic profit of £65.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00# Hanson is the man
0:52:00 > 0:52:04# He is the kiddie today... #
0:52:05 > 0:52:09I wonder if Charlie can catch up with his beloved bureau?
0:52:09 > 0:52:13He's banking on this lot to make a fat profit.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15£100 anywhere to get going?
0:52:16 > 0:52:20- Nice piece. For 50 surely? - Come on.- No-one for 50?
0:52:20 > 0:52:23- You're all quiet. No-one wants it for 50?- Come on.
0:52:23 > 0:52:27I'm going to get tears in a minute. No-one wants it even for 20?
0:52:27 > 0:52:30- Come on, Charlie.- I'll give you 20. - Good man, Bruce.
0:52:30 > 0:52:36At 20. At £20 I have. There's a plea for help. 25. Thank you, sir.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39Would you give me 30 now, Bruce? No, he's quiet.
0:52:39 > 0:52:4230 I have close to me. Would you like 35, sir?
0:52:42 > 0:52:4440. It's a super piece for 40.
0:52:44 > 0:52:49- At £40, at £40, at £40. I will sell it...- Oh, dear.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51..at only £40.
0:52:51 > 0:52:57- Number 10.- Thank you.- That is a disastrous result for Charlie.
0:52:57 > 0:53:02The next lot are those pretty little silver buttons.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05At 70 with me. I'll take 5 if it helps? At 75 on the back wall.
0:53:05 > 0:53:0780 with me. One more if you like?
0:53:07 > 0:53:1085, commission is out. It's in the room now at £85.
0:53:10 > 0:53:1390 with Bruce. At £90 close to me.
0:53:13 > 0:53:1695. Your turn if you like?
0:53:18 > 0:53:20100. Completely fresh bidder, 100. Where's 10?
0:53:20 > 0:53:23Back again with Bruce at 110.
0:53:23 > 0:53:27No, a shake of the head. With Bruce at 110. Any more do I see? At 110...
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Another success story for Carlos
0:53:30 > 0:53:34with an Arts and Crafty profit of £30.
0:53:34 > 0:53:38Charlie's last hope lies with the job lot of silver,
0:53:38 > 0:53:40bought from three different shops.
0:53:40 > 0:53:45- I've got commission interest as well. - If I could pull out now, I would.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49At 25. I can take 8. At 28. 30. 32, commission's out. Your turn.
0:53:49 > 0:53:5332. 35 here. 40.
0:53:53 > 0:53:5642, fresh bidder. 45.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59- I'm thrilled with this(!)- £48. 50.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02Do I see any more? 55, fresh bidder again. At 55. Your turn.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05- 60.- I'm nearly getting my money back.
0:54:05 > 0:54:0865? Seated bid I have at 65.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11- Any more?- 65. I've nearly got my money back.
0:54:11 > 0:54:1470. At £70 now.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16I'm going to sell this time at 70...
0:54:16 > 0:54:20- Well done.- I've never been so excited about breaking even!
0:54:20 > 0:54:23He might be happy to make his cash back,
0:54:23 > 0:54:28but the silver gives Charlie a lacklustre finish to the auction.
0:54:28 > 0:54:32- Charlie, do you know why I've been losing money?- Why?- My jacket.
0:54:32 > 0:54:36- What's up with it? - I bet if you put my jacket on, you won't make a profit.
0:54:36 > 0:54:40- I think my duck will make a profit. - Put my jacket on and see.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43I bet it doesn't.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Are you sure?
0:54:45 > 0:54:49It's time to put Charlie's lucky jacket theory to the test
0:54:49 > 0:54:53with the final lot of the day - Charles's duck pen wipe.
0:54:53 > 0:54:57If I'd been in this jacket, I'd have made a hell of a profit.
0:54:57 > 0:55:01- It's a good jacket.- It goes nicely with the tie.- Shall I get you one?
0:55:01 > 0:55:04I need to start to clear the sheets at £80. I'll take 5.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08- At £80, at £80. At 5. 90. At £90. - Come on, keep going.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Commission still. 95 just in time. 100 still with me.
0:55:11 > 0:55:15At £100. Anyone else? Going to sell, fair warning, at 100...
0:55:16 > 0:55:18A quacking success
0:55:18 > 0:55:23which means that today's victor is Charles Hanson!
0:55:23 > 0:55:29And the jacket is not unlucky, Charlie. The jacket is built with pedigree and pride.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31- Well done, old bean.- Thanks, buddy.
0:55:31 > 0:55:37- Until next...- I have had a thrashing.- Until next time, Charlie. Thanks for the memories.
0:55:40 > 0:55:44Charlie started with £277.16
0:55:44 > 0:55:48and, after paying auction costs,
0:55:48 > 0:55:50actually made a loss of £65.
0:55:50 > 0:55:55Charlie has just £212.16 to carry forward.
0:55:57 > 0:56:01Charles, meanwhile, started with £287.65
0:56:01 > 0:56:05and made a bumper profit of £131.30.
0:56:05 > 0:56:11He has a whopping £418.95 to take forward.
0:56:13 > 0:56:18Charlie, I think it's been my day today. Suffolk has been so prosperous for me.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21I think we'll stay round here with your blessing.
0:56:21 > 0:56:25- Let's try Sudbury. Let's try Lavenham.- Long Melford, sir?- Indeed.
0:56:25 > 0:56:30- Let's stay local.- If you insist, sir. I'll show you out. - Thank you, Charlie.
0:56:30 > 0:56:35Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, the chaps' fancy car plays up again
0:56:35 > 0:56:38and it all seems like child's play.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40Come on, Charlie. Come on, let's go!
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