0:47:50 > 0:47:57.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each
0:48:04 > 0:48:08- and one big challenge! - I'm here to declare war.- Why?
0:48:08 > 0:48:12Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:48:12 > 0:48:15- Gone.- The aim is to trade up,
0:48:15 > 0:48:18- and hope each antique turns a profit.- Well done!
0:48:18 > 0:48:21But it's not as easy as you might think,
0:48:21 > 0:48:23- and things don't always go to plan. - Push!
0:48:23 > 0:48:26So, will they race off with a huge profit,
0:48:26 > 0:48:29- or come to a grinding halt? - I'm going to thrash you.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:48:35 > 0:48:40It's a brand-new week, and we'll be bridging the generation gap
0:48:40 > 0:48:42with a right rum pair of antiques experts,
0:48:42 > 0:48:45Charlie Ross and Charles Hanson.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48# Large amounts don't grow on trees
0:48:48 > 0:48:50# You got to pick a pocket or two #
0:48:50 > 0:48:53If I can be the Artful Dodger, you can be Fagin, OK?
0:48:53 > 0:48:57Ha-ha! Seasoned Charlie Ross is an auctioneer of great experience
0:48:57 > 0:49:00- and stature.- Ooh, I like those.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03And despite his advancing years, he's still got it.
0:49:03 > 0:49:08Ah, 35. Do you have it in your power, madam, to reduce the price
0:49:08 > 0:49:10for an old man?
0:49:11 > 0:49:16Hot on Charlie's heels is a greener, sprightlier auctioneer, the young pretender, Charles Hanson.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20The young pretender - that's what I'm often called by Mr Wonnacott.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22Yeah, amongst other things!
0:49:22 > 0:49:25Charles is a man who loves porcelain and furniture,
0:49:25 > 0:49:28a young man with passions - a man with a dream.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31I finished bottom in series one, and it hurt.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Series two, I became a man.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36More than a man - I came fourth.
0:49:36 > 0:49:38In this series, I want to become iconic.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40Well, it never hurts to be ambitious,
0:49:40 > 0:49:42but first things first, Carlos.
0:49:42 > 0:49:45Our chaps begin their adventure with £200 each,
0:49:45 > 0:49:48the open road in front of them, and a classic 1960s Ford Corsair
0:49:48 > 0:49:51as this week's chariot.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Could you just stick to the middle of the lanes
0:49:53 > 0:49:57- rather than trying to kill me? - I'm testing out the actual wheels.
0:49:58 > 0:50:02Our two Charlies will travel over 300 miles in England,
0:50:02 > 0:50:05south all the way to Rye in East Sussex.
0:50:05 > 0:50:11La destination du jour is Doncaster, but we get off to a fine start
0:50:11 > 0:50:13at the seaside - Bridlington, Yorkshire,
0:50:13 > 0:50:15is the first pin in our map.
0:50:17 > 0:50:21I want a nice firm start. I want a firm start. OK?
0:50:21 > 0:50:23THEY LAUGH
0:50:25 > 0:50:29Bridlington grew from two towns, Bridlington Quay at the water's edge
0:50:29 > 0:50:34and the old town of Burlington before the dissolution of its monastery in 1537.
0:50:34 > 0:50:39The arrival of the railway in 1846 united the neighbouring towns
0:50:39 > 0:50:41to become the Bridlington of today.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46It's amazing! There must be six antique shops
0:50:46 > 0:50:49- within 200 metres.- It's great. We could be here all day.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53In fact, Bridlington's crammed with arts and antiques,
0:50:53 > 0:50:56so let's not waste any time getting our bearings.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Do I get the impression you haven't got a clue where we are?
0:50:59 > 0:51:02Um, Lincolnshire?
0:51:02 > 0:51:04We're in Yorkshire.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07But Yorkshire is down the middle of the country.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10I'm going to buy some antiques, and I'm going to thrash you.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15- I'm just going to leave you. - Have you seen any antiques shops yet?
0:51:16 > 0:51:19I feel a bit lost!
0:51:19 > 0:51:22Well, fortunately Bridlington's many antiques shops
0:51:22 > 0:51:25are fairly easy to find.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27- Good morning! Is this your shop? - It is.
0:51:27 > 0:51:31- May I look in?- Yeah, come in. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38What's this one here?
0:51:38 > 0:51:40- It's made in...- Victory.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43Oh, these are great! Are they complete?
0:51:43 > 0:51:46- Yes. I think it's a game. - Oh, and it's got instructions!
0:51:46 > 0:51:50- 15 points. Goebbels is ten points. - Goebbels, ten points!
0:51:50 > 0:51:54- If you kill them, you get points. - Neville Chamberlain!
0:51:54 > 0:51:58Mr Ross has found Victory already, but it's a vintage card game
0:51:58 > 0:52:01based on World War II, with all the well known characters.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05These must have been produced either during the war
0:52:05 > 0:52:08or immediately afterwards. They've never been used, have they?
0:52:08 > 0:52:10How much are those?
0:52:10 > 0:52:13- Only £6.- Oh, no, no, no! That's the label price!
0:52:13 > 0:52:17Come on! Did you say four?
0:52:17 > 0:52:19- I said five. - Did you? You got a deal!
0:52:19 > 0:52:22Good man!
0:52:22 > 0:52:24That's fab. Thank you very much indeed.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27- Look! I've even got a £5 note, sir. - That's good.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30You know something I didn't do, though? Count them.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33If Hitler's missing, I'm lost.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36Well, Charlie, at least you're not the only one.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40- Excuse me! Are we in Yorkshire here? - Yeah. Definitely in Yorkshire.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42- Thank you very much.- Good luck.
0:52:42 > 0:52:47Fortunately, instinct leads Mr Hanson to his first antique shop of the day.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49- Hello, madam.- Hello.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Nice to see you. Fine shop you've got.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54- Thank you.- A great mix and match. It's quite eccentric.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57What I'm looking for are things which really are quirky,
0:52:57 > 0:53:00a bit different. They might be internet-savvy.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03- Right. OK.- Have you ever seen one of these before?
0:53:04 > 0:53:08Let's have a look at that. It's a gnome, isn't it?
0:53:08 > 0:53:10- It's heavy. - Gosh, it is heavy, isn't it?
0:53:10 > 0:53:12- Isn't it heavy?- Very.
0:53:12 > 0:53:16It's got some age to it, as well. I would have thought around 1900.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19Did you know that "gnome" stands for
0:53:19 > 0:53:22"Guarding Naturally Over Mother Earth"?
0:53:22 > 0:53:26So it's no wonder people shove 'em all over their gardens.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28How much is he? The little gnome.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30He's £50.
0:53:30 > 0:53:35Yeah. If he was £10, I would jump at the chance.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38If you said, "Go on, Charles. Take the gnome away for £10,"
0:53:38 > 0:53:41I would say, "Thank you. He'll make a profit." Food for thought.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44Here you go. THEY LAUGH
0:53:44 > 0:53:46Thanks for the memories.
0:53:46 > 0:53:51Whilst Charles considers a mythical gnome of his own,
0:53:51 > 0:53:54Charlie's gone looking for the real story of Bridlington,
0:53:54 > 0:53:57a town with a rather unique set of owners,
0:53:57 > 0:54:02the Lords Feoffees. Local historian David Mooney has kindly offered
0:54:02 > 0:54:04to enlighten Mr Ross.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07This is the oldest part of the street, and we know that
0:54:07 > 0:54:10because the building behind there, the antiques shop -
0:54:10 > 0:54:12when they dissolved the monastery in 1537,
0:54:12 > 0:54:15they sold a lot of the stone off for building purposes,
0:54:15 > 0:54:17and you can see in the bottoms of the buildings there,
0:54:17 > 0:54:20where the medieval stone is from the monastery.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23- So we can date that house from about 1540.- Gosh!
0:54:23 > 0:54:26- The landowners around here, the... - The Lords Feoffees.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30I was talking to somebody who's just started a shop.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33How do you afford the rent on a property like this?
0:54:33 > 0:54:36They said they were realistic. They wanted a business in there,
0:54:36 > 0:54:39and therefore the rent is very affordable.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41That's right. I'm actually Lord Feoffee,
0:54:41 > 0:54:46and it's a very ancient organisation. Now, when the monastery closed down -
0:54:46 > 0:54:48- So, there IS a Lord Feoffee. - There is.- And you are he.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52You're talking to one. I'm one. There's actually 13 of us.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55- 13 of you, yeah. - And when the monastery closed down,
0:54:55 > 0:54:58there was no work for nobody. The harbour was in disrepair.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01The place was in a mess, and going downhill very quickly.
0:55:01 > 0:55:05So these businessmen got together, and they bought the manor of Bridlington,
0:55:05 > 0:55:08and these businessmen invested in the town.
0:55:08 > 0:55:12This fascinating democratic system has remained unchanged
0:55:12 > 0:55:15for over 300 years, where landowning citizens
0:55:15 > 0:55:19become elected lords of the town for a limited period.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21It's a charity, really,
0:55:21 > 0:55:25and we send students away to university every year.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27We have about 40 students we pay the fees,
0:55:27 > 0:55:30- or pay towards the fees. - How wonderful!
0:55:30 > 0:55:32The Feoffees also maintain
0:55:32 > 0:55:35Bridlington's centuries-old high street,
0:55:35 > 0:55:37with its interesting shapes and sizes.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40That house is 13 foot wide,
0:55:40 > 0:55:42and most of the houses in the street are based on 13.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46And the idea with that was that they started with a market stall,
0:55:46 > 0:55:49and your stall plot was 13 foot wide,
0:55:49 > 0:55:53and over the years, people built on the plot where the stall was,
0:55:53 > 0:55:56and that's why the house is 13 foot wide.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59- There's a lot of pubs still here. - There's a lot of pubs, yeah.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02In the old days we had two banks, a brothel and 26 pubs.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05- Where was the brothel? - Further up the marketplace.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09- You must point that out. - It isn't there now. Sorry.- Oh!
0:56:09 > 0:56:11- CHARLIE LAUGHS - Bad luck, Charlie.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15Fortunately, Bridlington's high street has mostly been a channel of progress.
0:56:15 > 0:56:18The eminent 18-century architect and furniture designer
0:56:18 > 0:56:22William Kent grew up right here before achieving great fame
0:56:22 > 0:56:23down in London.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26I knew William Kent was a Yorkshireman,
0:56:26 > 0:56:30- but I didn't know he was born here. - He was about two when he moved here.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33His father was something of a good joiner and wood carver.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36He couldn't get on in Bridlington, so he went down south
0:56:36 > 0:56:39to London, and made his name with Lord Burlington.
0:56:39 > 0:56:43Yes, Burlington. Tell me, did he design Burlington Arcade?
0:56:43 > 0:56:47Actually, no, he didn't. But, whilst studying in Italy,
0:56:47 > 0:56:50Kent met Richard Boyle, the Third Earl of Burlington,
0:56:50 > 0:56:53for whom he would create his most famous works,
0:56:53 > 0:56:56including Burlington House in Piccadilly,
0:56:56 > 0:56:58which now houses the Royal Academy of Arts.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01The other thing I didn't know about Burlington Arcade
0:57:01 > 0:57:03is the shops are on the ground floor,
0:57:03 > 0:57:07and they had the ladies of the night on the first floor,
0:57:07 > 0:57:10so that what happened was, you went shopping -
0:57:10 > 0:57:13your wife did the shopping, you nipped upstairs for a quick one,
0:57:13 > 0:57:16and when you'd finished, off you went.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18Brothels again, Charlie?
0:57:18 > 0:57:21Actually, this street has some lovely arts and antiques to look at,
0:57:21 > 0:57:24in case you forgot.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27It's encouraging to know, from my point of view,
0:57:27 > 0:57:29there's still several antiques shops here.
0:57:29 > 0:57:32We live in an age where antiques shops are closing
0:57:32 > 0:57:34left, right and centre.
0:57:34 > 0:57:37Well, you'd better hurry up with your shopping, then, Charlie.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40Heroic Hanson, meanwhile, is searching hard for...
0:57:40 > 0:57:43a cup of tea.
0:57:43 > 0:57:46- The antiques upstairs, are they? - They are, yes.- Fine.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49It's quite nice having a tea room downstairs, antiques upstairs.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53Wow! Hello, sir.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55- Hello.- Is it your emporium here?
0:57:55 > 0:57:58- It is.- And do you specialise in certain things, or...
0:57:58 > 0:58:02Yeah, eclectic items, interesting items.
0:58:02 > 0:58:06That sounds what I like. Something quirky, bit eclectic,
0:58:06 > 0:58:08bit different.
0:58:08 > 0:58:10What we've got here are a very nice pair
0:58:10 > 0:58:13of Edwardian silver oval salts, pierced,
0:58:13 > 0:58:16- and in fact they are in the Neoclassical style.- They are.
0:58:16 > 0:58:21It's evocative of the 1780s, when we were discovering Pompeii, Herculaneum.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24Pompeii and Herculaneum, near Naples,
0:58:24 > 0:58:27were near-perfect buried Roman towns,
0:58:27 > 0:58:31rediscovered in 1599 and 1738 respectively,
0:58:31 > 0:58:34stimulating a Europe-wide resurgence in ancient architecture
0:58:34 > 0:58:38and decorative arts, now known as the Neoclassical style.
0:58:38 > 0:58:45And these table salts, made in 1908, hark back to that style.
0:58:45 > 0:58:49My guide price is between 30 and 50.
0:58:49 > 0:58:52Would I be cheeky in saying "Andy can go at 30"?
0:58:52 > 0:58:55£30. It's a deal.
0:58:55 > 0:58:59Would you offer any small discount, or is 30 the best price?
0:58:59 > 0:59:02- Between friends.- I could go to...
0:59:02 > 0:59:06Where are we? 30? I could go to 27.
0:59:06 > 0:59:10If I said 26 and I said 25, would you go 25?
0:59:10 > 0:59:13Go on, then. 25.
0:59:14 > 0:59:17- If I said 24...- No. - ..would you come back?
0:59:17 > 0:59:19Andy, you're a great sport.
0:59:19 > 0:59:21You can keep them yourself and enjoy them.
0:59:21 > 0:59:24Well, I can't do that, Andy,
0:59:24 > 0:59:27you know, because I've got to beat the old bean.
0:59:27 > 0:59:29"Old bean"?!
0:59:29 > 0:59:32What a terrible disrespect for your elders, Mr Hanson!
0:59:32 > 0:59:35Now, what is the old bald eagle up to?
0:59:35 > 0:59:37More shopping!
0:59:37 > 0:59:39Hello! Hiya!
0:59:39 > 0:59:41- How are you? - Fine, thank you. And you?- Good.
0:59:41 > 0:59:45- Very well indeed. I'm Charlie. - Hello. I'm Andrew.
0:59:45 > 0:59:47I've come to spend some money with you, Andrew, I hope.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50I would imagine, and I'm not being rude here,
0:59:50 > 0:59:53that is probably as unsaleable a thing as you've got.
0:59:53 > 0:59:55Absolutely. We've had it a long time now.
0:59:55 > 0:59:58- It's so beautiful.- Fabulously made.
0:59:58 > 1:00:00For 30 quid, it's an absolute bargain.
1:00:00 > 1:00:04Wouldn't be bad for a tenner... would it?
1:00:04 > 1:00:08Art Deco silverware has those modernist, clean lines
1:00:08 > 1:00:12we expect from that exalted pre-World War II period.
1:00:12 > 1:00:16Food for thought, but Charlie's strangely drawn to his first love -
1:00:16 > 1:00:18furniture.
1:00:18 > 1:00:21There's something about that corner cupboard,
1:00:21 > 1:00:23apart from the fact that it's knackered.
1:00:23 > 1:00:26- HE LAUGHS - That's an old English expression.
1:00:26 > 1:00:29It's only 30 quid.
1:00:29 > 1:00:31Ooh, you old tempter!
1:00:31 > 1:00:34Presumably this comes out. The hinges look as if they're missing.
1:00:34 > 1:00:37You get anything in this shop. You don't even get the hinges!
1:00:37 > 1:00:39THEY LAUGH
1:00:39 > 1:00:44Nor, may I say, do you get a back to it!
1:00:44 > 1:00:47Is there anything of this corner cupboard?
1:00:47 > 1:00:52Now, let's offer up the door the right way round,
1:00:52 > 1:00:55and ipso facto...
1:00:55 > 1:00:58we have...
1:00:58 > 1:01:00the Georgian corner cupboard.
1:01:00 > 1:01:03- And now it's 40 quid. - I thought you were going to say,
1:01:03 > 1:01:06"Now it's a tenner cos I've noticed the back's missing!"
1:01:06 > 1:01:11I love furniture. I'll give you a tenner and take it away for fun,
1:01:11 > 1:01:13- but I think...- Yeah.
1:01:13 > 1:01:15- Yeah. - You can have that for a tenner.
1:01:15 > 1:01:19Bother! It's a deal. Thank you very much indeed.
1:01:19 > 1:01:23- Of course, the hinges are extra. - Yes, but I'll leave you with those.
1:01:23 > 1:01:26Looks like someone might be intending
1:01:26 > 1:01:28to take a restoration project to auction. Risky!
1:01:28 > 1:01:31That is known as a gamble lot.
1:01:31 > 1:01:34If there's a furniture restorer in the saleroom,
1:01:34 > 1:01:37it's worth 30 or 40 quid to him,
1:01:37 > 1:01:40because, after all, it is a Georgian piece of furniture.
1:01:40 > 1:01:45But if nobody in the sale wants it, it's Hanson one, Ross nil.
1:01:45 > 1:01:49Well, Hanson's not won the day yet.
1:01:50 > 1:01:53But up the road, he's seeing red
1:01:53 > 1:01:55with a pair of Bohemian glass lustres
1:01:55 > 1:01:58and a ticket price of £70.
1:01:58 > 1:02:00What we have here
1:02:00 > 1:02:04are a pair of flushed red or ruby-tinted lustres,
1:02:04 > 1:02:07of course, which you would set on a dining table,
1:02:07 > 1:02:10or on a sideboard, with the fruiting vine.
1:02:10 > 1:02:13Would date to around 1880, 1890.
1:02:13 > 1:02:15I like them. They're Bohemian,
1:02:15 > 1:02:18and the fashion amongst London collectors,
1:02:18 > 1:02:21the trade in London, they go wild for these.
1:02:21 > 1:02:25Lustres are designed with pendant glass drips and drops
1:02:25 > 1:02:29to create optical effects. A candle is placed inside,
1:02:29 > 1:02:31so that the light glitters from within.
1:02:31 > 1:02:34But these have bits of damage.
1:02:34 > 1:02:37On the strength of their decorative merit,
1:02:37 > 1:02:40and the possibility that they could be 1930s,
1:02:40 > 1:02:43would you accept 20?
1:02:43 > 1:02:47If I gave you a really good chance of, say... Come on, Charlie Ross!
1:02:47 > 1:02:49How about 25?
1:02:49 > 1:02:52I think, Andy, at £25...
1:02:52 > 1:02:54I'll throw the shirt in off my back as well.
1:02:54 > 1:02:58Careful what you offer! Charles will definitely take the biscuit.
1:02:58 > 1:03:01Charlie Ross, meanwhile, will take the teapot.
1:03:01 > 1:03:04In fact, he's got a couple of items in mind.
1:03:04 > 1:03:06You know you said I could have that for a tenner?
1:03:06 > 1:03:10- Can I have those two for 20? - Definitely.
1:03:10 > 1:03:12THEY LAUGH
1:03:12 > 1:03:14Definitely!
1:03:14 > 1:03:16HE LAUGHS
1:03:16 > 1:03:19You're very difficult to read, you are.
1:03:19 > 1:03:2220 quid. I'll have those two. There we go, sir.
1:03:22 > 1:03:25There's that... Thank you very much indeed.
1:03:25 > 1:03:27And this rather splendid oak...
1:03:27 > 1:03:30Well, I'd like to call it a salad bowl.
1:03:30 > 1:03:32I shall sell the two items together
1:03:32 > 1:03:35and hopefully make a thumping profit.
1:03:35 > 1:03:37There's optimism for you!
1:03:37 > 1:03:40Now Andy's got something to sweeten the deal.
1:03:40 > 1:03:43- What have you got for me now? - Two beautiful hinges.
1:03:43 > 1:03:46- £10, please.- Don't charge me for them! That's horrible!
1:03:48 > 1:03:51HE GROANS
1:03:51 > 1:03:53I don't know what to do now.
1:03:53 > 1:03:55- I tell you what, Charlie... - What?- To you, five quid.
1:03:55 > 1:03:59Well, I suppose it would be extremely rude if I, er...
1:03:59 > 1:04:02didn't say yes.
1:04:02 > 1:04:04How much is your gnome, by the way?
1:04:04 > 1:04:06Gnome?
1:04:06 > 1:04:09- Seriously.- To you, £30.
1:04:09 > 1:04:12Ah, it's that little fellow again.
1:04:12 > 1:04:15Could Ross succeed where Hanson failed?
1:04:15 > 1:04:18Other fella offered me £20. I said no.
1:04:18 > 1:04:20Well, frankly, if Hanson offers you 20 quid...
1:04:20 > 1:04:23it's probably only worth a tenner.
1:04:24 > 1:04:2730 quid, 1920s,
1:04:27 > 1:04:30cast-iron doorstop.
1:04:30 > 1:04:32It's good fun. Give you 20 quid for it.
1:04:32 > 1:04:34- 30.- No.
1:04:34 > 1:04:37Look, I've had such a lovely time in this shop,
1:04:37 > 1:04:40I will make a final offer of 25 quid.
1:04:41 > 1:04:44Here we go again. Thank you very much, sir!
1:04:44 > 1:04:46You are such a clean-up merchant!
1:04:46 > 1:04:50And let's hope Charlie's feeling happy now he's bought half the shop.
1:04:50 > 1:04:54You have just witnessed why Ross is so hopeless at dealing.
1:04:54 > 1:04:57He really gets to like someone,
1:04:57 > 1:05:01gets on a roll, and carries on buying and buying
1:05:01 > 1:05:04and buying and buying, and then gets outside the shop
1:05:04 > 1:05:08and thinks, "Why? Why? Why?"
1:05:08 > 1:05:10"Why?"
1:05:10 > 1:05:13Well, I don't know if you don't know, Charlie.
1:05:14 > 1:05:20But now the shops are shutting and lovely Bridlington must provide shelter for our weary experts.
1:05:20 > 1:05:22Nighty-night!
1:05:28 > 1:05:31It's a brand-new day in Bridlington,
1:05:31 > 1:05:34and Charlie Ross wants to sample just one more shop
1:05:34 > 1:05:36before the unstoppable road trip moves us on.
1:05:38 > 1:05:42So far, Charlie's spent £65 on four lots -
1:05:42 > 1:05:45the Victory playing cards, the Georgian cupboard,
1:05:45 > 1:05:47plus hinges,
1:05:47 > 1:05:50the cast-iron gnome, the Art Deco kettle,
1:05:50 > 1:05:53and the salad bowl,
1:05:53 > 1:05:57leaving a comfortable £135 at his disposal.
1:05:57 > 1:06:00Charles, meanwhile, has limped into the first day's shopping,
1:06:00 > 1:06:03spending just £50 on two items -
1:06:03 > 1:06:07the Edwardian silver salts and the dazzling ruby lustres.
1:06:07 > 1:06:12Charles has a tempting £150 left to wow us with.
1:06:14 > 1:06:17Could Mr Ross be smelling victory today?
1:06:17 > 1:06:21A twinkling collection of scent bottles has caught his eye.
1:06:21 > 1:06:25- I just saw these little jars here. - Yes.
1:06:25 > 1:06:28That little one there, that's rather sweet.
1:06:28 > 1:06:32- That looks more like perfume. - I think that's perfume.
1:06:32 > 1:06:35That little one there, hobnail cut. Another screw top.
1:06:35 > 1:06:38Little bit bashed, but when I'm that old,
1:06:38 > 1:06:40I'll be a bit bashed, I expect.
1:06:40 > 1:06:42But I would think, looking at all these,
1:06:42 > 1:06:46they are between 1910 and 1920. They look Edwardian, don't they?
1:06:46 > 1:06:49- Right.- You know what's coming up, don't you?
1:06:49 > 1:06:51I have a feeling, yes.
1:06:51 > 1:06:53THEY LAUGH
1:06:53 > 1:06:55What about a price for the lot?
1:06:55 > 1:07:00I'd be looking for £25, and I'll throw the three glass ones in
1:07:00 > 1:07:02- as well.- £25 the lot?
1:07:02 > 1:07:04- Yes.- Do you know,
1:07:04 > 1:07:07I think that is the best deal I've had in my life.
1:07:07 > 1:07:11- I think that's sensational. Are you really happy with that?- Yes, I am.
1:07:11 > 1:07:15Put it there, Andy! Here it comes. Oh, dear. Have you got change?
1:07:31 > 1:07:35- There we go.- Ooh, real coins! Thank you very much.
1:07:35 > 1:07:38That's really kind. Thank you. I love those!
1:07:38 > 1:07:42Blimey! Do you know, I even missed some more, didn't I?
1:07:42 > 1:07:44- Could I have the other two for a fiver?- Yes.
1:07:44 > 1:07:48When I tell Hanson I bought ten things for 30 quid,
1:07:48 > 1:07:51he'll call me a rogue.
1:07:51 > 1:07:53Amongst other things, no doubt!
1:07:53 > 1:07:56But finally the road trip can get going,
1:07:56 > 1:07:59as our chaps hit the highway. There's no stopping them now!
1:08:00 > 1:08:03- Yeah!- Wheel-spin!
1:08:03 > 1:08:06Real wheel-spin!
1:08:10 > 1:08:12What were you driving in the '50s?
1:08:12 > 1:08:15In the '50s? I was not old enough to drive!
1:08:15 > 1:08:17I don't know how many times I have to tell you,
1:08:17 > 1:08:20I was not old enough to drive.
1:08:20 > 1:08:23I was born... I'm not going to tell you. You can guess.
1:08:23 > 1:08:25But I wasn't driving till...
1:08:25 > 1:08:28ENGINE COUGHS
1:08:28 > 1:08:31Oh, dear! Perhaps this fragile classic
1:08:31 > 1:08:36needs more careful handling. I mean the car, not Charlie!
1:08:36 > 1:08:37There's not a dicky.
1:08:37 > 1:08:40It's not going to go. I'll give you a push.
1:08:40 > 1:08:43No! Leave it. When I get up to a certain speed,
1:08:43 > 1:08:46- I'll say, "Now"... - Do you want your jacket off first?
1:08:46 > 1:08:48- No, I'm quite happy. - Sure?- I'm English.
1:08:48 > 1:08:51OK, well, just watch yourself. Be careful!
1:08:51 > 1:08:53- I'm all right! - Watch yourself, Bean. Come on!
1:08:53 > 1:08:57- I'm hardly moving!- I can't...
1:08:57 > 1:08:59- Come on, Bean.- Ah, yes!
1:08:59 > 1:09:02- Push! Push! - No, don't use the battery!
1:09:02 > 1:09:04- Really? - Take your foot off the clutch!
1:09:04 > 1:09:07Oh, nearly!
1:09:07 > 1:09:10- I'm absolutely knackered. - Do you want to have a go?
1:09:10 > 1:09:13So, Charlie's now leading from the front,
1:09:13 > 1:09:15and Charles is bringing up the, er...rear.
1:09:15 > 1:09:18- Push!- Bean, just be careful.- Push!
1:09:18 > 1:09:22Push! That's good! I like it!
1:09:22 > 1:09:24Love it!
1:09:24 > 1:09:27- Oh... Bean!- I'm not hanging around.
1:09:27 > 1:09:29Hold on! Let me make a call now.
1:09:29 > 1:09:32Not happy. If Bean goes, I'm on my own.
1:09:32 > 1:09:35I'm lost in Lincolnshire. In fact we're in Yorkshire here.
1:09:35 > 1:09:38Bean! I'm going to get Bean.
1:09:39 > 1:09:43Don't worry! It's our first time together!
1:09:44 > 1:09:50Fortunately the local mechanics manage to find our blighted experts,
1:09:50 > 1:09:52- so they can finally get going. - Cheers!
1:09:52 > 1:09:55CHARLES AND CHARLIE CHEER Thank you!
1:10:02 > 1:10:04Further down the road, a full 20 miles south
1:10:04 > 1:10:06from Bridlington to Skirlaugh,
1:10:06 > 1:10:10the very lucky Charles Hanson has a date with the Constable family.
1:10:10 > 1:10:14CHARLIE SINGS "CHARLIE HANSON" TO TUNE OF "HALLELUJAH CHORUS
1:10:18 > 1:10:21SONG: "Hallelujah Chorus" by Handel
1:10:21 > 1:10:26Burton Constable Hall has existed here for over 500 years,
1:10:26 > 1:10:29and is the ancestral home of the Constable family,
1:10:29 > 1:10:32descended from Norman knights,
1:10:32 > 1:10:34but no relation to Constable the painter, sadly.
1:10:34 > 1:10:36Although Catholics themselves,
1:10:36 > 1:10:39the Constable family bought cheap church land
1:10:39 > 1:10:43made available by Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries
1:10:43 > 1:10:47in the 1530s, and displaced an entire village of locals
1:10:47 > 1:10:50to make room for these lovely, finely trimmed gardens.
1:10:50 > 1:10:54The trouble with you aristocracy is, you just don't know when to stop.
1:10:54 > 1:10:56When you got it, you're going to flaunt it.
1:10:56 > 1:11:01I know. I just wish I had it. I've never had it.
1:11:01 > 1:11:04In the 1560s, Sir John Constable tore down
1:11:04 > 1:11:08most of the original manor house to create this Elizabethan mansion,
1:11:08 > 1:11:12very much in the style of big 'Enry's beloved Hampton Court.
1:11:12 > 1:11:16Wow! It's almost like a Hampton Court of the north.
1:11:16 > 1:11:19It's just so spectacular, and before me,
1:11:19 > 1:11:22there are no signs of modern homes, nothing at all.
1:11:22 > 1:11:24We are caught back in the 1550s.
1:11:24 > 1:11:27It's absolutely momentous.
1:11:27 > 1:11:30- Ah, good morning, sir! - Hello! David Connell.
1:11:30 > 1:11:32David Connell is the director here,
1:11:32 > 1:11:36and welcomes Charles into a world of opulence.
1:11:36 > 1:11:38Oh, wow!
1:11:38 > 1:11:42It was a parlour in the Elizabethan house,
1:11:42 > 1:11:45converted to a dining room in the 18th century,
1:11:45 > 1:11:48when this new interior was put in. I think it tells you everything,
1:11:48 > 1:11:51when the theme of the plasterwork is Bacchus.
1:11:51 > 1:11:53- Revelry, wine...- Absolutely, yes.
1:11:53 > 1:11:56..over the top. It's ostentatious.
1:11:56 > 1:11:59It wasn't just the interior design that went over the top.
1:11:59 > 1:12:04Some fairly strange ideas bounced around these walls in the 18th century.
1:12:04 > 1:12:09William Constable fancied himself a worldly man of the Enlightenment,
1:12:09 > 1:12:13with a keen interest in the emerging vogue of scientific discovery.
1:12:13 > 1:12:16The squeamish might wish to avert their eyes now.
1:12:17 > 1:12:22We now go into the cabinet of curiosities of William Constable.
1:12:22 > 1:12:24It's an 18th-century gentleman's museum.
1:12:24 > 1:12:27Anyone who was anyone in 16th-century Europe
1:12:27 > 1:12:30had themselves a Wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities,
1:12:30 > 1:12:33and by the 18th century, many landowning families
1:12:33 > 1:12:36had managed to create a room in their house
1:12:36 > 1:12:38with a small collection of the weird and wunderbar
1:12:38 > 1:12:40from around the world.
1:12:40 > 1:12:44Some is pure science of the 18th-century sort.
1:12:44 > 1:12:48This room is full of electrical machines, a rather fine telescope,
1:12:48 > 1:12:52and then some of the things go off into fantasy.
1:12:52 > 1:12:56William Constable tried breeding experiments,
1:12:56 > 1:12:59cross-breeding chickens and rabbits,
1:12:59 > 1:13:03and there's an account of him trying to do this in his menagerie.
1:13:03 > 1:13:07- Cross-breeding rabbits with chickens? - Yes, although he did say
1:13:07 > 1:13:10- they all looked a bit like chickens. - And it worked?
1:13:10 > 1:13:12No, of course not.
1:13:12 > 1:13:14- You stupid boy, Charles!- Incredible.
1:13:14 > 1:13:17William Constable's collection has been lovingly restored
1:13:17 > 1:13:20since the 1970s, in its original display cabinets,
1:13:20 > 1:13:23and is the most complete original Wunderkammer
1:13:23 > 1:13:25of its type in Britain.
1:13:27 > 1:13:30What got him on this way of experimenting
1:13:30 > 1:13:34and trying things and collecting peculiar things, David?
1:13:34 > 1:13:37Well, he considered himself a man of the Enlightenment,
1:13:37 > 1:13:41and he had the time and the money to be able to do this.
1:13:41 > 1:13:43It was by no means unusual.
1:13:43 > 1:13:46What's unusual is this collection surviving
1:13:46 > 1:13:49- into the 21st century. - Was he a married man?
1:13:49 > 1:13:51Did he have a good life? Was he a good boy?
1:13:51 > 1:13:55He was going to get married in the 1750s,
1:13:55 > 1:13:59but the prospective bride's father called off the marriage
1:13:59 > 1:14:02because he wasn't going to Mass often enough.
1:14:02 > 1:14:03He wasn't a good Catholic.
1:14:03 > 1:14:07Before gaming, internet, television and radio,
1:14:07 > 1:14:11a cabinet of curiosities was the must-have home entertainment system
1:14:11 > 1:14:13for the very wealthy.
1:14:13 > 1:14:16You know, that appears to be some sort of foetus in there.
1:14:16 > 1:14:19- It is.- Do we know what it is?- No.
1:14:19 > 1:14:21- Small mammal. - That's it. Good description.
1:14:21 > 1:14:25They imported exotic pets, for instance.
1:14:25 > 1:14:27A pet monkey you could buy in London,
1:14:27 > 1:14:31and when it died, you thought it was worth keeping its skull
1:14:31 > 1:14:35as part of your collection. So this is entertainment for after dinner.
1:14:35 > 1:14:39- Yeah.- Ladies read, and gentlemen came and played with their toys.
1:14:39 > 1:14:41Going back, 1760s,
1:14:41 > 1:14:45your blokes would be entertained with these skulls and bones.
1:14:45 > 1:14:49Well, I think you blokes have been entertained enough.
1:14:49 > 1:14:52Bye-bye. All the best to you. See you, David. Bye. Bye.
1:14:52 > 1:14:55Time to get this show back on the road.
1:14:55 > 1:14:58Charles and Charlie have a further date with destiny,
1:14:58 > 1:15:01and a final opportunity to bag some killer antiques.
1:15:01 > 1:15:04Skirlaugh is behind us in the dust,
1:15:04 > 1:15:06as we journey nine miles east
1:15:06 > 1:15:08to the bustling market town of Beverley.
1:15:08 > 1:15:12And, for the benefit of slightly dazed Charles Hanson,
1:15:12 > 1:15:15that means we're now in North Humberside,
1:15:15 > 1:15:17cows and all.
1:15:17 > 1:15:21Wonderful Beverley Grammar is the oldest state school in the country,
1:15:21 > 1:15:23founded around 700 AD.
1:15:23 > 1:15:27Its historical alumni include infamous gunpowder plotter
1:15:27 > 1:15:30Thomas Percy, in the 1570s,
1:15:30 > 1:15:33and former England goalkeeper Paul Robinson
1:15:33 > 1:15:35in the 1990s. Not a lot of people know that!
1:15:35 > 1:15:39Still, time is marching on. Let's shop!
1:15:40 > 1:15:44You want objects to talk to you, to say, "Come on, Hanson. Find me."
1:15:44 > 1:15:47I find it very difficult to focus when there are so many things
1:15:47 > 1:15:51in so many cabinets. It all becomes a bit of a blur.
1:15:55 > 1:15:58This cocktail little desk is quite nice, isn't it?
1:15:58 > 1:16:01SONG: "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion
1:16:08 > 1:16:11Look at this. A 1950s boat-shaped bar.
1:16:11 > 1:16:14Isn't that glorious? This wonderful bowed front...
1:16:14 > 1:16:17Don't worry, it's not glass. It's plastic.
1:16:17 > 1:16:20If you were living in London in your really quite cool flat,
1:16:20 > 1:16:23and you're a hip, happening youngster,
1:16:23 > 1:16:26this would be ideal for your home.
1:16:26 > 1:16:30However, we're selling in, um, Doncaster.
1:16:30 > 1:16:33And, do you know what? It could completely destroy me at auction.
1:16:33 > 1:16:37It could wreck me. We're on the coast. I've learned that way now.
1:16:37 > 1:16:40But this has a certain style about it.
1:16:40 > 1:16:42It could make 250. However,
1:16:42 > 1:16:45believe it or not, it could make 20.
1:16:45 > 1:16:49- I'm Charles Hanson. Good to see you. - Good to see you.
1:16:49 > 1:16:52I'm panicking a bit, because I've got about 15 minutes
1:16:52 > 1:16:55- to try and find something glorious... - Right.
1:16:55 > 1:16:58..which will capture an audience at auction in Doncaster.
1:16:58 > 1:17:01Have you heard of Doncaster? It's south.
1:17:01 > 1:17:05Would there be much opportunity of negotiation, do you think?
1:17:05 > 1:17:08- I can do ten percent on it. - No more?- No.
1:17:08 > 1:17:12Oh, Charles! At £85, that's a big gamble.
1:17:12 > 1:17:17Put this silly ship of dreams out of your head, boy, and move on!
1:17:22 > 1:17:25I might just ask Chris how much this caddy is,
1:17:25 > 1:17:30because it has a nice quality. Tea caddy, mahogany, 1830.
1:17:30 > 1:17:33But it's a bit boring, and it's not really me.
1:17:33 > 1:17:36We want to go for something... HE SIGHS
1:17:36 > 1:17:38..like the bar.
1:17:39 > 1:17:44I'm going to set sail. I'm going to hit those high seas.
1:17:44 > 1:17:47I'm going to take on the waves...
1:17:47 > 1:17:49and say, "Charlie Ross,
1:17:49 > 1:17:52it's this or nothing."
1:17:52 > 1:17:55Oh, dear! Really, Charles?
1:17:55 > 1:17:57Really?
1:17:57 > 1:18:00What do you drink, Chris - shaken or stirred?
1:18:00 > 1:18:03- I'm more a pint-of-bitter man. - Are you a shaken man?
1:18:03 > 1:18:05No. I will be. Come on.
1:18:05 > 1:18:09Well, I'm shaken and stirred, for the wrong reasons.
1:18:09 > 1:18:13I might live to regret it. If you don't try these things in life...
1:18:14 > 1:18:17For better or worse, it's too late now.
1:18:17 > 1:18:19You stupid boy!
1:18:19 > 1:18:23Shopping done, it's time to see what Charlie and Charles
1:18:23 > 1:18:26make of each other's purchases.
1:18:27 > 1:18:30- It's like Christmas!- I love it. It's the most exciting part.
1:18:30 > 1:18:35- Oh, my word! Bohemian glass! - He likes Bohemian glass.
1:18:35 > 1:18:38And, oh, they're... Oh. I wish I hadn't put my glasses on.
1:18:38 > 1:18:42- Why say that? - The quality of the gilt decoration
1:18:42 > 1:18:45isn't all that it might be, to be honest.
1:18:45 > 1:18:46No. They cost me £25.
1:18:46 > 1:18:48- What?!- £25, Charlie.
1:18:48 > 1:18:51Going once! Going once! Hanson's away.
1:18:51 > 1:18:53Oh, wow!
1:18:53 > 1:18:57- Yeah, that's nice.- It's knackered, but it could be something,
1:18:57 > 1:18:59- couldn't it?- What did it cost you?
1:18:59 > 1:19:03- Ten quid.- Oh, it didn't! No, it... Did it really?
1:19:03 > 1:19:04It didn't!
1:19:04 > 1:19:08Now, I bought these delightful little salts...
1:19:10 > 1:19:12Why I like them
1:19:12 > 1:19:16is because you've got the swags, you've got the ribbon-tied husks.
1:19:16 > 1:19:20You've also got period matched-up salt spoons.
1:19:20 > 1:19:23- Very nice!- They cost me £25.
1:19:23 > 1:19:25You can't buy things like that...
1:19:25 > 1:19:27That's absolute... That is criminal...
1:19:27 > 1:19:29- Yeah.- ..criminal deception!
1:19:29 > 1:19:32There's more silver in that than £25.
1:19:32 > 1:19:34- You could melt those for more than...- I think so.
1:19:34 > 1:19:37So, you bought these two together as one lot?
1:19:37 > 1:19:40Well, they were bought as one lot eventually.
1:19:40 > 1:19:44I just wonder whether those two have always been together.
1:19:44 > 1:19:47- They have gone together. - I think so.- It fits perfectly.
1:19:47 > 1:19:51It's a marriage, like you and I, made in heaven, OK?
1:19:51 > 1:19:52But...
1:19:52 > 1:19:55It might not be. This, I think, is decorative,
1:19:55 > 1:19:58and the two together, you probably paid about £25.
1:19:58 > 1:19:59- 20 quid!- Good.
1:19:59 > 1:20:03- I bought a game called Victory. - As you do.- It's a card game.
1:20:03 > 1:20:06- Are you trying to say something to me?- Yeah, victory!
1:20:06 > 1:20:11It is a statement. And it's 1940,
1:20:11 > 1:20:14and it's original. It's full, complete,
1:20:14 > 1:20:16with instructions. The asking price was £6
1:20:16 > 1:20:18and I paid £5 for them.
1:20:18 > 1:20:22- Tell me what you think of these. - They're very good.
1:20:22 > 1:20:26- And this is silver also, Charlie? - Yeah, there's lots of silver.
1:20:26 > 1:20:29- Will you sell them as one big lot? - I'll have to, yes.
1:20:29 > 1:20:31- What a good lot!- But for 30 quid...
1:20:31 > 1:20:35- Close your eyes! - OK.- I know you'll recognise this,
1:20:35 > 1:20:38because I bought this in a shop where you had been,
1:20:38 > 1:20:40- and I have a feeling you asked the price.- Oh, no!
1:20:40 > 1:20:43Yes! It's gnome time! Remember it?
1:20:43 > 1:20:47Yes. Oh, and I was offered this, and... £50, he said to me.
1:20:47 > 1:20:50- Did he?- Yeah. How much? - I bought it for 25.
1:20:50 > 1:20:52Oh, no! Come on! HE LAUGHS
1:20:52 > 1:20:54- I did!- No!- Yes!
1:20:54 > 1:20:57MUSIC: "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion
1:20:59 > 1:21:02If my father or mother had had one of those,
1:21:02 > 1:21:05I would have left home at the age of six.
1:21:05 > 1:21:08Sometimes, Charlie, in life, you must speculate.
1:21:08 > 1:21:10- What did it cost?- Have a guess.
1:21:10 > 1:21:14I don't have a clue. I can't believe you paid money... 30 quid.
1:21:14 > 1:21:16- Double it.- 60 quid.
1:21:16 > 1:21:19- Add £25.- 85 quid.- Yes.
1:21:20 > 1:21:22HE CHUCKLES
1:21:22 > 1:21:25We're in it together, aren't we? OK?
1:21:25 > 1:21:27I think the owner of that went...
1:21:27 > 1:21:29and got a little bit of a nibble.
1:21:29 > 1:21:32Do you know, if you make a profit on that,
1:21:32 > 1:21:34I will buy you a drink.
1:21:34 > 1:21:37Wow! And just in case anyone pulled their punches,
1:21:37 > 1:21:39let's hear what our chaps really think.
1:21:39 > 1:21:44There's one thing about Charlie I really, really admire,
1:21:44 > 1:21:46and I mean I admire -
1:21:46 > 1:21:50he has the courage to just go out on a whim
1:21:50 > 1:21:53and make the most ridiculous purchase.
1:21:53 > 1:21:56I'm feeling a bit like the Titanic - doomed.
1:21:56 > 1:21:58The iceberg has just hit me.
1:21:58 > 1:22:00Perilous waters ahead!
1:22:00 > 1:22:04And now it's time to set sail once more in the Corsair.
1:22:04 > 1:22:06It's been a cracking first leg.
1:22:06 > 1:22:08The road trip has brought us from Bridlington
1:22:08 > 1:22:11through handsome Skirlaugh and brilliant Beverley,
1:22:11 > 1:22:15finally arriving in South Yorkshire's proud Doncaster,
1:22:15 > 1:22:17known affectionately as Donny.
1:22:20 > 1:22:23It's also birthplace of actor Brian Blessed
1:22:23 > 1:22:26and crooner Tony Christie.
1:22:27 > 1:22:30Doncaster is also arguably home
1:22:30 > 1:22:33to some of Britain's most beautiful women,
1:22:33 > 1:22:35and rolling up the street today to our auction
1:22:35 > 1:22:37are our gorgeous experts.
1:22:37 > 1:22:41Well, frankly, if your things sell as badly as you drove,
1:22:41 > 1:22:44I won't have any problems at all. Give me the keys!
1:22:44 > 1:22:47I'm not letting you drive again, that's for sure.
1:22:47 > 1:22:50- After you, old chap.- Thanks.
1:22:50 > 1:22:52So polite!
1:22:52 > 1:22:54The Tudor auction rooms have been selling fine wares
1:22:54 > 1:22:58for over 30 years, specialising in porcelain and clocks.
1:22:58 > 1:23:02Today is the general sale - perfect for the mixed bunch of items
1:23:02 > 1:23:04our two boys have gathered together.
1:23:04 > 1:23:08George is today's auctioneer, and would like to be kind
1:23:08 > 1:23:11to Charlie and Charles's hopes and dreams.
1:23:11 > 1:23:14The scent bottles are OK - collectable little items,
1:23:14 > 1:23:17silver, hallmarked,
1:23:17 > 1:23:19and same as the salts. They're pretty good.
1:23:19 > 1:23:22The Edwardian cast-iron gnome, it's a little bit naff,
1:23:22 > 1:23:26is what I can see. We never know. Some collectable person out there
1:23:26 > 1:23:28might be OK with that.
1:23:28 > 1:23:30Um, it's got to be good, clean stuff,
1:23:30 > 1:23:33like the bar, for example.
1:23:33 > 1:23:37Well, at least someone likes the look of the Hanson ship of dreams.
1:23:37 > 1:23:41Charlie Ross started the day with his full allowance of £200,
1:23:41 > 1:23:44and spent a proud £95 on four lots.
1:23:44 > 1:23:47Charles Hanson took his £200 starter pack
1:23:47 > 1:23:49and spent just a little bit more -
1:23:49 > 1:23:53£135 on a mere three lots.
1:23:55 > 1:23:57Buckle up and hang on to your collectables!
1:23:57 > 1:24:00The auction is about to begin.
1:24:01 > 1:24:04My heart is going boom-boom-boom-boom-boom.
1:24:04 > 1:24:08You want some rhythm and you want some action, Charlie.
1:24:08 > 1:24:12First up is Charlie's doer-upper prospect,
1:24:12 > 1:24:16the £10 Georgian corner cabinet, plus £5 worth of hinges.
1:24:16 > 1:24:19Ten to start me on the piece of period oak.
1:24:19 > 1:24:22Five bid, he says. Five bid. Any advance?
1:24:22 > 1:24:24Ten. 15.
1:24:24 > 1:24:2820. Five. 30. Five.
1:24:28 > 1:24:2940.
1:24:29 > 1:24:31Cap's in at 40.
1:24:31 > 1:24:3445 bid. 45.
1:24:34 > 1:24:36He's going halfway. 47.50.
1:24:36 > 1:24:39Any more? Have you all done?
1:24:40 > 1:24:42Well done.
1:24:42 > 1:24:44- At 50. He's back in.- Oh...- Hang on!
1:24:44 > 1:24:46- 55.- 55!
1:24:46 > 1:24:48Any more? All done?
1:24:48 > 1:24:52At £55. The buyer.
1:24:52 > 1:24:55And Ross is off to a flyer with a fine early profit.
1:24:56 > 1:25:00Next we have those Hanson ruby lustres.
1:25:00 > 1:25:02They might be 1920s and worth a small fortune,
1:25:02 > 1:25:04but there again, they may not.
1:25:04 > 1:25:0650. 40. 30.
1:25:06 > 1:25:1020, on the pair of lustres. Ten. Bid.
1:25:10 > 1:25:13£10 bid. Any advance on ten?
1:25:13 > 1:25:16Any more? 15. 20.
1:25:16 > 1:25:1820? Oh!
1:25:18 > 1:25:2025 bid. Lady's in at 25. Any advance on 25?
1:25:20 > 1:25:22- No more!- Go on!
1:25:22 > 1:25:25Any more? All done at £25...
1:25:26 > 1:25:28THEY SIGH That's OK. I've broken even.
1:25:28 > 1:25:31- No. You've got to pay commission. - Oh, yes.
1:25:31 > 1:25:35Yep! Sadly, the auction house must take its hard-earned crust,
1:25:35 > 1:25:38so a break-even is, in fact, a loss.
1:25:38 > 1:25:41Who do you think you're kidding, Mr Hanson?
1:25:41 > 1:25:44The 1940s playing cards.
1:25:44 > 1:25:47Rather nice game, that one. There's Chamberlain,
1:25:47 > 1:25:50all the early greats in there, ladies and gentlemen.
1:25:50 > 1:25:51Can we see 20?
1:25:51 > 1:25:54- Ten to start. - Here we go.- Five anywhere?
1:25:54 > 1:25:56You don't see very many of them about.
1:25:56 > 1:25:59£2 anywhere? Two bid. £2 bid.
1:25:59 > 1:26:01Four bid. Six bid. Eight bid. £8 bid.
1:26:01 > 1:26:03- Profit.- £8 bid.
1:26:03 > 1:26:05Should make more. Never seen one before.
1:26:05 > 1:26:07- Ten bid.- Ten.- That's OK.
1:26:07 > 1:26:0911 bid. He's back in. 11 bid.
1:26:09 > 1:26:11I like it. Come on, George!
1:26:11 > 1:26:14You're all out. You're done at 11.
1:26:14 > 1:26:19Well, let's hope the sweet smell of success continues.
1:26:19 > 1:26:21Charlie's scent bottles are next.
1:26:21 > 1:26:24Now, here we go, ladies and gentlemen.
1:26:24 > 1:26:27Lovely collection of silver-topped scent bottles.
1:26:27 > 1:26:31Can we see £100 to start me? £50 to start me?
1:26:31 > 1:26:33Ten to start me, and I'm ten bid.
1:26:33 > 1:26:36£10 bid. 15. 20.
1:26:36 > 1:26:39Five. 30. Five. 40.
1:26:39 > 1:26:41- Well played.- £40 bid.
1:26:41 > 1:26:44Any advance on 40? Any more? Got to be worth more.
1:26:44 > 1:26:47That's a good price. Call it there.
1:26:47 > 1:26:49- £40 bid. 45 bid. - Oh, get out of here!
1:26:49 > 1:26:52- Cheap. They're cheap!- 45 bid.
1:26:52 > 1:26:56All done at 45!
1:26:56 > 1:26:58Well played. Brilliant.
1:26:58 > 1:27:01And Mr Ross comes up smelling of roses again.
1:27:01 > 1:27:06Hanson needs to start catching up. His Edwardian silver salts
1:27:06 > 1:27:08are the next contenders.
1:27:08 > 1:27:11Can we see 50? 40? 30?
1:27:11 > 1:27:1420? Ten to start me.
1:27:14 > 1:27:17- Go for it!- Ten bid.- Come on!
1:27:17 > 1:27:19£10 bid. 15. 20.
1:27:19 > 1:27:2225 in the shades.
1:27:22 > 1:27:2430 bid. He's back in. In at 30.
1:27:24 > 1:27:28At £30... The buyer, number nine.
1:27:28 > 1:27:31Well, a small profit is still a profit.
1:27:31 > 1:27:35And now a little man steps forward for Charlie Ross.
1:27:35 > 1:27:39Here we go, ladies and gentlemen. Look at this little fellow!
1:27:39 > 1:27:42Can we see 20? Ten to start me. Five anywhere.
1:27:42 > 1:27:44£2. Two bid.
1:27:44 > 1:27:47£2 bid. Four bid. £4 bid. The bid's there at four.
1:27:47 > 1:27:49Keep it down. We like this.
1:27:49 > 1:27:51Any more? Six bid. Eight bid.
1:27:51 > 1:27:53Ten bid.
1:27:53 > 1:27:55Ten bid. 12. He's back in.
1:27:55 > 1:27:58Keep going, George! Keep going!
1:27:58 > 1:28:02Any advance on 12? Have you all done? At £12 only...
1:28:02 > 1:28:05- George!- Going to go.- At £12.
1:28:05 > 1:28:08- It's gone. - HE GROANS AND LAUGHS
1:28:08 > 1:28:11Sadly, the heavy metal gnome carried little weight
1:28:11 > 1:28:13with the buyers of Doncaster.
1:28:13 > 1:28:18- Oh! I feel like a knife in the ribs! - I'm slowly back in the game.
1:28:18 > 1:28:22Mr Ross has one last shot at a big profit today.
1:28:22 > 1:28:24One lump or two?
1:28:24 > 1:28:27Collectable, these. You've got the spirit kettle
1:28:27 > 1:28:29that goes with this one,
1:28:29 > 1:28:33- the rather nice shield-plated... - They look lovely from here.
1:28:33 > 1:28:35Can we see 40? 30? 20?
1:28:35 > 1:28:39Ten to start me. Five anywhere? Five bid.
1:28:39 > 1:28:41Lovely set. Five bid. Ten bid.
1:28:41 > 1:28:4415. 20. 25.
1:28:44 > 1:28:4930. 35. 35, in the seats in the middle of the room.
1:28:49 > 1:28:5135, seated. Any more?
1:28:51 > 1:28:53Going at £35.
1:28:54 > 1:28:58Not bad, but I think Charlie had higher hopes.
1:29:00 > 1:29:02Finally, it's time to raise the bar!
1:29:02 > 1:29:06Or could that be Charles's ship of dreams?
1:29:06 > 1:29:09This is what you've all been waiting for, ladies and gentlemen.
1:29:09 > 1:29:12- It's iconic! - It's the retro bar in the back
1:29:12 > 1:29:15in the shape of a boat. Got the anchors on it.
1:29:15 > 1:29:1750. 40.
1:29:17 > 1:29:20- 30. 20.- Ooh, it's coming down!
1:29:20 > 1:29:24Oh, no! Anybody else getting that sinking feeling?
1:29:24 > 1:29:28Ten bid. £10 bid. Ten bid. Any more? 15.
1:29:28 > 1:29:30- 20.- 20!
1:29:30 > 1:29:34- Five.- Five!- 25 bid. Any more? You won't get one as cheap as that.
1:29:34 > 1:29:37- Go on!- 27.50.
1:29:37 > 1:29:40- 27.50!- 27.50 bid.
1:29:40 > 1:29:43At 27.50.
1:29:43 > 1:29:46Ohhh!
1:29:46 > 1:29:49Sadly, Hanson's dreams of auction glory have sunk,
1:29:49 > 1:29:52but I believe that the road trip goes on.
1:29:52 > 1:29:54That's life, you know?
1:29:54 > 1:29:56- I'm down... - I admire you for your courage.
1:29:56 > 1:30:00- ..but I'm not forgotten. - And also for your extreme stupidity.
1:30:00 > 1:30:02- That's a big loss, isn't it? - But other than that,
1:30:02 > 1:30:05I'm with you all the way, baby.
1:30:05 > 1:30:08So, someone has taken an early lead,
1:30:08 > 1:30:10and someone else is off for an early bath.
1:30:10 > 1:30:14Our chaps started today's show with £200 each.
1:30:14 > 1:30:18After paying auction costs, Charlie made a small profit
1:30:18 > 1:30:20of £34.56.
1:30:20 > 1:30:25Mr Ross has a reasonable £234.56 to carry forward.
1:30:25 > 1:30:29Poor Charles, meanwhile, made a bruising loss
1:30:29 > 1:30:31of £67.35.
1:30:31 > 1:30:37Mr Hanson has just £132.65 to start the next show.
1:30:37 > 1:30:40Of course, it's only day one,
1:30:40 > 1:30:42and there will be much to learn this week
1:30:42 > 1:30:45about antiques buying and about each other.
1:30:45 > 1:30:48Do you wear a gold chain at all or anything like that?
1:30:48 > 1:30:52No, no. Charlie, do I look like a medallion man?
1:30:52 > 1:30:54THEY LAUGH
1:30:54 > 1:30:58- If you can't... Oh, your driving is horrendous!- Sorry!
1:30:58 > 1:31:01Next time on the Antiques Road Trip,
1:31:01 > 1:31:03Charlie and Charles head for Lincolnshire,
1:31:03 > 1:31:06and auction round two in Grantham.
1:31:06 > 1:31:08Charlie tries for some understanding.
1:31:08 > 1:31:11You really have to concentrate, put a lot of work in.
1:31:11 > 1:31:14Charles tries for our sympathy.
1:31:14 > 1:31:18I've had a disaster already. I've lost £80 already,
1:31:18 > 1:31:21and I'm down to barely £100.
1:31:21 > 1:31:24And they both try their luck on the road ahead.
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