0:47:50 > 0:47:57.
0:48:02 > 0:48:09- The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.- War!
0:48:09 > 0:48:14Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:48:14 > 0:48:19The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit,
0:48:19 > 0:48:24but it's not as easy as you might think and things don't always go to plan.
0:48:24 > 0:48:29- Will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt? - I'll thrash you!
0:48:29 > 0:48:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:48:37 > 0:48:41This week we're out on the road with a pair of troublemakers -
0:48:41 > 0:48:46actually, auctioneers Charlie Ross and Charles Hanson.
0:48:46 > 0:48:53There was a young vicar of Prings, who professed to despise earthly things, but his secret desire...
0:48:53 > 0:48:57That's quite enough, thank you! Charlie Ross is a leaner senior
0:48:57 > 0:48:59and he has his moments!
0:48:59 > 0:49:04- For 30 quid it's an absolute bargain. - Wouldn't be bad for a tenner.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08- Would it?- Though he does struggle to part with his cash.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11- I wish I had spent more money. - So do I.
0:49:11 > 0:49:17And this is Charles Hanson. He's an auctioneer, antiques expert and an athlete.
0:49:17 > 0:49:23- Charles Hanson. I'm an auctioneer and author and antiques expert. - Well, you could call it that.
0:49:23 > 0:49:30He's called the Young Pretender, keeping his chin up despite a cruel, bruising loss yesterday.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34I'm going to set sail and hit those high seas.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39- 60 quid.- Add £25.- 85?- Yes.
0:49:40 > 0:49:4227.50.
0:49:42 > 0:49:44Aww!
0:49:44 > 0:49:51Charlie Ross, meanwhile, had a fairly good first outing with a few more sober purchases.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54- You can have that for a tenner. - Bother!
0:49:54 > 0:49:57From his original £200,
0:49:57 > 0:50:02Charlie now has £234.56 to flash about.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07Not a lot, but considerably more than Hanson's got.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Sadly, yes.
0:50:09 > 0:50:13Poor Charles's losses mean his £200 has shrunk
0:50:13 > 0:50:19to a worrying £132.65 to fight back with.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22And as the chaps launch into Round 2,
0:50:22 > 0:50:29their vintage 1960s Ford Corsa is still serving them well as this week's wheels.
0:50:29 > 0:50:32# Heigh ho!
0:50:32 > 0:50:34# Heigh ho! #
0:50:35 > 0:50:42Don't join the choir. They will travel over 300 miles down the gorgeous east coast of England,
0:50:42 > 0:50:44all the way to Rye in East Sussex.
0:50:44 > 0:50:50And on today's show they're leaving Doncaster, heading for Grantham.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54First stop is North Lincolnshire's glittering jewel, Scunthorpe.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58- I see old Fagin in you! - You think I'm a mean buyer?
0:50:58 > 0:51:03You pick a pocket or two in your dealings!
0:51:03 > 0:51:09On 21st March, 1890, the first shiny white metal came out of the furnaces
0:51:09 > 0:51:12at Frodingham ironworks
0:51:12 > 0:51:18and Scunthorpe has ever since been a stalwart of British steel production,
0:51:18 > 0:51:24as well as the original setting for Jack Carter's northern revenge in the novel Jack's Return Home,
0:51:24 > 0:51:31famously filmed with Michael Caine as Get Carter, though sadly relocated to Newcastle.
0:51:31 > 0:51:36Today Scunthorpe offers Charlie Ross his first antiques emporium.
0:51:38 > 0:51:44Now...I've found something here that could well be relevant to where we're going to auction.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47We're going to be very near Lincoln
0:51:47 > 0:51:54and here we've got the Arnold and Company, Lincoln, Limited.
0:51:54 > 0:52:00Actually, Charlie, the auction is 25 miles south from Lincoln in Grantham,
0:52:00 > 0:52:06but I'm sure it will have its own lovers of old lemonade bottles. There, there, dear.
0:52:06 > 0:52:13There's something that looks a bit like an industrial tape measure. It looks rather interesting.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16Need to find the boss, I think.
0:52:16 > 0:52:22- Hi, there.- Hello.- Are you the boss? - I am, yeah. Dave.- I'm Charlie, hi. - Nice to meet you.
0:52:22 > 0:52:28- There you go.- Is that a tape measure of some sort?- It is. An old Chesterman's one.- A Chesterman's.
0:52:28 > 0:52:33What a fascinating bit of kit. Would that be used by a surveyor?
0:52:33 > 0:52:40J Chesterman and Co made tape measures and tools from the early 1900s to the 1960s,
0:52:40 > 0:52:43eventually becoming the more famous Stanley Tools.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47The asking price for this early model is £45.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49Look at that.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53Victorian doll's crib.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55And as far as I can see,
0:52:55 > 0:52:58it's absolutely 100%.
0:52:58 > 0:53:04Victorian toys and dolls are highly collectable, but this ain't either
0:53:04 > 0:53:09and at £58 it isn't cheap. I can feel a negotiation coming on.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11What about £30 for the crib?
0:53:11 > 0:53:15If I could tempt you at 40, that's where I'd be with it.
0:53:15 > 0:53:21- What about the tape measure? - It's been with us a bit longer. - Has it?- It's more specialist.- Quite.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25I think we could probably take that down to 30.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29- You can't do the two for 50? - I can't. That's too low.
0:53:29 > 0:53:34- I'll do the pair for 65. - There are two glass Lincoln lemonade bottles.
0:53:34 > 0:53:39One is priced at £4 and one is priced at £3.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43- I'll do the two for a fiver. - 70 quid for the lot.- That's right.
0:53:43 > 0:53:47I'll get my cash out. Thank you for looking after me.
0:53:47 > 0:53:51That's what I call a fine start, Charlie.
0:53:51 > 0:53:56And it looks like you could hold your lead for Day 2.
0:53:56 > 0:54:00Meanwhile, first-time hitchhiker Charles Hanson has gone on ahead.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03Quite far ahead, actually.
0:54:04 > 0:54:0734 miles south from sunny Scunny
0:54:07 > 0:54:12finds our poor second-place expert about to land in Lincoln.
0:54:14 > 0:54:19The wind's blowing an almost Force 14 gale here in Lincolnshire
0:54:19 > 0:54:25and Hanson is, at the moment, heading downhill, almost treading water, but I'm not concerned.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27I'm in my lucky waistcoat.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30come on, Hanson! And off you go!
0:54:31 > 0:54:35That's the spirit. You can't keep a good man down,
0:54:35 > 0:54:40- although I wonder quite where is he going.- This way!
0:54:41 > 0:54:46Of course, there's much to see and be excited about in Lincoln.
0:54:46 > 0:54:50Built from Roman times onwards on a gap in the Lincoln cliff,
0:54:50 > 0:54:53it's known locally as the uphill, downhill town.
0:54:53 > 0:54:58Its centre point is is the stunning Lincoln cathedral,
0:54:58 > 0:55:03first built in 1092 and much of it surviving despite earthquake,
0:55:03 > 0:55:08anarchy, civil war, tourists and, possibly, Charles Hanson.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13Let's hope and pray opposite the church we're open.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Hello, madam.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25- Your name is...?- Suzy. - Hi, I'm Charles.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27Wow. Look at this.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30It's like Aladdin's cave.
0:55:34 > 0:55:38- And what's your name?- Chico. - And how much is he?- Er...
0:55:38 > 0:55:41- Priceless.- Yes!
0:55:41 > 0:55:46There's everything in here. You can barely walk around, there's so much crammed in.
0:55:46 > 0:55:50- Is there anything a bit quirky? - Oh, here you are. for a fisherman.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57- What is it?- A wine thing. - Of course, yeah.
0:55:57 > 0:56:04- That's £10.- I mean, for £10...- That's quirky.- It's not very old, but it's quirky.- I've never seen one.
0:56:04 > 0:56:11What you've got is a bottle stand. A fisherman is smiling, smoking his pipe. Not very old, but collectable.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15Today's market is so governed by quirkiness.
0:56:15 > 0:56:21You know, we've sort of been here before, Charles, and I'm sure
0:56:21 > 0:56:24there are some actual antiques here, no?
0:56:25 > 0:56:27(Am I doing it?)
0:56:27 > 0:56:31OK, it's not an antique. Suzy, what's your best price?
0:56:31 > 0:56:37- Eight.- £8?- Yeah.- I'll probably go for him. I can't make a big loss. I've had a disaster already.
0:56:37 > 0:56:43I've lost £80 already and I'm down to barely £100.
0:56:44 > 0:56:49- Will you take £5 for him?- No. - Meet me halfway - six.- OK.
0:56:49 > 0:56:53£6. Suzy, we're going and I'm going. I'm going.
0:56:53 > 0:56:57- Nice to meet you.- And gone. Thanks, Suzy, ever so much.
0:56:57 > 0:57:04Well, it's done now. Let's hope Charles tries to sell this item with a full bottle of wine included.
0:57:05 > 0:57:11Reputations intact, sort of, it's time for our boys to get on the road again.
0:57:14 > 0:57:2012 miles east to Doddington where they very lucky Charlie Ross has a prior engagement,
0:57:20 > 0:57:23dontcha know?
0:57:23 > 0:57:25Slow down.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28- It's just in here.- OK.
0:57:28 > 0:57:31No, no, not that one! The next one.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33That's it, yes. Superb.
0:57:33 > 0:57:39- Gently! Now very gently down here. This is a stately home.- Sorry. - Do be gentle.- Sorry.
0:57:39 > 0:57:46- Magnificent. - Wonderful Doddington Hall has never been sold since it was built
0:57:46 > 0:57:52in 1595 by Britain's foremost Elizabethan architect, Robert Smythson.
0:57:52 > 0:57:57At this time, architecture was not yet a profession,
0:57:57 > 0:58:03but Smythson was a master stonemason, creating this pile for local lawyer and landowner
0:58:03 > 0:58:06Thomas Taylor and his descendants.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10- How many rooms? - Not as many as you would think.
0:58:10 > 0:58:14My grandmother always said it was a little big house
0:58:14 > 0:58:21- because it looks very imposing... - Yeah.- ..but it's only one room wide. - Relatively manageable.- Relatively.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24Right, come in.
0:58:24 > 0:58:30Current owner Claire Jarvis is a descendant from the original founders of the estate,
0:58:30 > 0:58:34a family of passionate creators, restorers and collectors.
0:58:34 > 0:58:40A bit like our Charlie Ross, really. And the wonderful Great Hall is still used as a family dining room,
0:58:40 > 0:58:44where each generation has left its mark.
0:58:44 > 0:58:50- It strikes me that what's interesting is the different periods of furniture.- Yes.
0:58:50 > 0:58:55- It's just an amazing mix.- I think that's the story of this house.
0:58:55 > 0:58:59It's been never really cleared out and people have just added things.
0:58:59 > 0:59:01These are Cromwellian chairs.
0:59:01 > 0:59:06- What period do you think the table is?- I would say
0:59:06 > 0:59:13- that it was made... the turn of the last century. - It was made about 15 years ago.- 15!
0:59:13 > 0:59:19My father made it for their 25th wedding anniversary from wood from the estate.
0:59:19 > 0:59:26Further into this fascinating home, the family penchant for collecting becomes both frenzied
0:59:26 > 0:59:28and more organised.
0:59:28 > 0:59:33You probably noticed a lot of porcelain in the cabinets.
0:59:33 > 0:59:37It was collected by a predecessor of mine called George Edwin Jarvis.
0:59:37 > 0:59:43And he created this fantastic catalogue of all the things he collected.
0:59:43 > 0:59:47Every single piece that he bought or found or collected,
0:59:47 > 0:59:53- he actually painted and wrote all the information. - Amazing!- So beautifully done.
0:59:53 > 0:59:56What a labour of love. Isn't that magnificent?
0:59:56 > 1:00:03Claire is now the curator of her own family history. Doddington Hall is a living, vibrant museum
1:00:03 > 1:00:10utilising local volunteers to research and catalogue its many wonderful objects.
1:00:10 > 1:00:17This is rather an interesting room. We call it the Forgotten Room because it's full of bits and pieces.
1:00:18 > 1:00:22- What an extraordinary room! - Well, quite.
1:00:22 > 1:00:28This amazing room contains everything that was ever kept by or somehow missed being thrown out
1:00:28 > 1:00:36as the years, decades and centuries passed. As there's no strict criteria to what resides here,
1:00:36 > 1:00:42- the family has merely named it the Forgotten Room.- We had to clear out a lot of rooms
1:00:42 > 1:00:48- and there was just junk in them. - But it's not junk, is it? - It's not.- It really isn't.
1:00:48 > 1:00:54- There's very little we threw away. We have a great collection of irons. This wonderful '50s iron.- Splendid.
1:00:54 > 1:00:59Still with the label. And another. Then some really early irons here.
1:00:59 > 1:01:03- It's really fun for children to see. - It's an education, isn't it?
1:01:03 > 1:01:08- Do you know what that is? - No, but it's for gripping something.
1:01:08 > 1:01:12- Why is that sprung?- It should spring back and snap.- Ah.
1:01:12 > 1:01:17- Oh, I see. - What if we put some jam on there?
1:01:17 > 1:01:19- Bzzz!- Oh, no!
1:01:19 > 1:01:23- Really?- It's a wasp trap. - A wasp trap!
1:01:23 > 1:01:25A wasp gun.
1:01:26 > 1:01:28This is a fun thing, too.
1:01:28 > 1:01:33That's an old hoover! How often do you use that?
1:01:35 > 1:01:40- It gets the dust. - Vacuum cleaner. Wonderful.
1:01:40 > 1:01:44- These are fun. Victorian roller skates.- Victorian roller skates.
1:01:44 > 1:01:49- Have you tried them? - No. I think I'd break my leg.
1:01:49 > 1:01:55I think you would. You'd think it was a new invention, but it's Victorian. Thank you for that.
1:01:55 > 1:02:00- I feel quite exhausted. - Oh, Mr Ross, you poor old love!
1:02:00 > 1:02:05Sadly, your indulgences garner no sympathy here.
1:02:05 > 1:02:10For pure, dynamic, all-action, go get 'em, antiques shopping, I put my money on Team Hanson.
1:02:14 > 1:02:19Doddington Hall is just a memory now as the road trip dances merrily
1:02:19 > 1:02:2315 miles south-east to the lovely village of Navenby.
1:02:26 > 1:02:32- Good morning. How are you? - Very well.- I'm Charles Hanson. - Laura Conway.
1:02:36 > 1:02:40What I do like is this one here. Birmingham, 1907.
1:02:40 > 1:02:44- Martha, David and Morris Davis. It's a sugar sifter.- Yes.
1:02:44 > 1:02:47With your lidded cover
1:02:47 > 1:02:52This would fetch between £60 and £100. What's your retail price?
1:02:52 > 1:02:56- It's quite a lot more than that. - Yeah.- We've got that on at 225.
1:02:56 > 1:03:02- Yeah.- But it has been here for a year and a half. - Don't tell him it's languishing!
1:03:02 > 1:03:09This is a delightful, decorative antique item, rather than a boat-shaped cocktail bar!
1:03:09 > 1:03:13Could we be seeing Charles Hanson about to buy an actual antique?
1:03:13 > 1:03:18- I can let you have it at 100. - Oh, crikey.
1:03:18 > 1:03:23Laura, £100 is a really, really good offer for me to buy it at,
1:03:23 > 1:03:26so I'll think about it.
1:03:29 > 1:03:32That's sweet.
1:03:32 > 1:03:37This tiny oval box reads "A trifle from Bath"
1:03:37 > 1:03:41and what we've got here is something which was a lady's patch box.
1:03:41 > 1:03:45Ladies back in the 1760s, 1780s, had warts on their faces
1:03:45 > 1:03:51or they may have had scars and blisters. It was a very unhygienic time.
1:03:51 > 1:03:55This you would have kept your cream in to cover patches on your face.
1:03:55 > 1:04:01In the Georgian period, the health of England's upper classes was often threatened by smallpox.
1:04:01 > 1:04:05If you survived the disease, it could leave your face pock-marked
1:04:05 > 1:04:10and as a woman you needed the patches to cover up the craters in your skin.
1:04:10 > 1:04:14- The asking price is 145.- 145? - It is, yes.
1:04:14 > 1:04:20- For you, Charles, I think we could do that at £50.- Commercially, am I being savvy? Maybe not,
1:04:20 > 1:04:25but when you handle history that tells a great story...
1:04:25 > 1:04:31Sounds like someone needs a moment of "me time" to weigh up the pros and cons.
1:04:31 > 1:04:35They will want about £100 for the sifter.
1:04:35 > 1:04:38If I can go in at 70 and buy it,
1:04:38 > 1:04:42buy the oval box at 25, that's 95...
1:04:42 > 1:04:47It gives Hands On Hanson still £35 to play with...
1:04:48 > 1:04:52and back in the game. I'm feeling back in the game. I feel good.
1:04:52 > 1:04:56I'm going now to make my offer and see what comes of it.
1:04:56 > 1:05:00Laura, I've arrived at a decision which I hope you're agreeable to.
1:05:00 > 1:05:05- I'd like to offer about £25 for the enamel box...- Wow!
1:05:05 > 1:05:09That's half of what Laura was hoping for on the patch box.
1:05:09 > 1:05:15Let's hope Charles can pay the £70 for the sugar sifter without causing offence.
1:05:15 > 1:05:20I'd like to offer you... 25 plus 70.
1:05:20 > 1:05:22That makes £95.
1:05:22 > 1:05:27And I'm asking your hand... for a sale.
1:05:32 > 1:05:36- Oh, for you, Charles. - Are you sure?- Go on, then. For you.
1:05:36 > 1:05:39£95. Laura, thanks ever so much.
1:05:39 > 1:05:43She fancies him. Well, the Hanson antiques arsenal is improving.
1:05:43 > 1:05:47He has a renewed sense of optimism.
1:05:47 > 1:05:52Charlie Ross, watch out. I'm coming to get you.
1:05:52 > 1:05:58Well, always nice to end the day with a threat! It's been a good hunt so far, though.
1:05:58 > 1:06:04Now Navenby must give our road trippers a bed for the night. Sleep tight.
1:06:06 > 1:06:12Dawn breaks across Lincolnshire and our chaps are straight back at it.
1:06:12 > 1:06:20You know, the word's on the street that a) you're back and b) you were a Dick Turpin yesterday!
1:06:20 > 1:06:25- Ha ha! - I'm going to call you Dick Hanson! You were wearing a mask yesterday!
1:06:25 > 1:06:30So far, Charlie's spent £70 on three lots.
1:06:30 > 1:06:37The surveyor's tape, the Victorian crib and the Lincolnshire pop bottles,
1:06:37 > 1:06:41leaving £164.56 for the day ahead.
1:06:41 > 1:06:46Charles, meanwhile, hit the first day's shopping running, literally,
1:06:46 > 1:06:49spending £101 also on three items.
1:06:50 > 1:06:54The Edwardian sugar sifter, the Georgian box
1:06:54 > 1:07:01and the bottle thingy. Charles has just £31.65 left to carry on with.
1:07:02 > 1:07:08# You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys
1:07:08 > 1:07:12# You've got to pick a pocket or two. #
1:07:12 > 1:07:16So our angelic, sooty-faced street urchins continue on.
1:07:16 > 1:07:22356 miles east from Navenby to the market town of Alford,
1:07:22 > 1:07:26once home to the eminent thinker Thomas Paine,
1:07:26 > 1:07:31the man who first suggested the name United States Of America
1:07:31 > 1:07:37and the idea of the constitution from his famous essays, The Rights of Man and The Age of Reason.
1:07:37 > 1:07:45- Could these lofty ideals inspire that mild-mannered revolutionary Charles Hanson?- Here we go.
1:07:45 > 1:07:50- Good morning, sir. I'm Charles Hanson.- Hi. - Your name is...?- Mel.
1:07:55 > 1:08:00Are there any other objects I can look at at all?
1:08:00 > 1:08:05- The brass bed...is that for sale? - I can do that for 20, 30 quid.
1:08:05 > 1:08:10And we are missing the slats? Here's your headboard.
1:08:11 > 1:08:18- It would have been a nice bed, probably from, oh, about 1900. - Yeah, I would say so.
1:08:18 > 1:08:22Nice. But it's no time for a lie down just yet.
1:08:22 > 1:08:29Now these are fairly crude Japanese earthenware satsuma-esque vases, aren't they?
1:08:29 > 1:08:33From the 1920s, made for export, really quite crude.
1:08:33 > 1:08:37Really quite ugly. But people do collect them.
1:08:37 > 1:08:44I've had a very difficult time. I've got to be a bit more... sombre in my purchases
1:08:44 > 1:08:49rather than going so gang-ho. Could I call this lot 25?
1:08:49 > 1:08:52And give you 6 for the brass bed?
1:08:56 > 1:09:00- Go on.- Sure?- Yeah, go on.
1:09:00 > 1:09:02Gone. Thanks, Mel. Good man.
1:09:02 > 1:09:07Hats off to the Young Pretender. He's got just 65p left in his pocket
1:09:07 > 1:09:11and a whole lot of wares to take to auction.
1:09:13 > 1:09:16Oh, I'll let you go that way.
1:09:17 > 1:09:22I just hope Charles can remember where he parked. Oh, dear.
1:09:22 > 1:09:26# Mamma mia, here I go again
1:09:26 > 1:09:29# My, my, how can I resist you
1:09:29 > 1:09:34- # Blue since the day we parted... # - And here we go again.
1:09:34 > 1:09:38We fondly wave Alford goodbye and continue on,
1:09:38 > 1:09:42journeying 25 miles south-west to Boston.
1:09:43 > 1:09:46As the shopping hours draw to an end,
1:09:46 > 1:09:50Bismark Antiques offers Mr Ross a last stab at victory.
1:09:50 > 1:09:55Sylvia and son Matthew run this fine den of antiquity.
1:10:03 > 1:10:06Pair of silver sauce boats.
1:10:06 > 1:10:11No price. I love things without a price. It always gives you a chance.
1:10:11 > 1:10:15I think they're going to be about 1920. They're in an earlier style.
1:10:15 > 1:10:20They're in an 18th century style, but they have got a good weight to them.
1:10:20 > 1:10:23How much are the pair of sauce boats?
1:10:23 > 1:10:25They can be 180.
1:10:25 > 1:10:27180...
1:10:27 > 1:10:30OK, but...
1:10:30 > 1:10:35The main problem I have is that I've only got 160 quid.
1:10:37 > 1:10:40Ah, yes. Too much.
1:10:40 > 1:10:42Best forget all about them.
1:10:42 > 1:10:46There's no point in me trying to steal them off you. Or is there?
1:10:46 > 1:10:50You wouldn't take 160 quid for those, would you?
1:10:50 > 1:10:52- I would take 160. - Would you?- To help you out.
1:10:52 > 1:10:56I can't think of any reason why I shouldn't buy those,
1:10:56 > 1:10:58other than...
1:10:59 > 1:11:03..it will spend me out completely against that Hanson.
1:11:03 > 1:11:10I wouldn't worry. There's no way you've bought anything as ridiculous and risky as Charles Hanson.
1:11:10 > 1:11:14Have you got anything for £4.56?
1:11:14 > 1:11:17- Cos if you have, I will buy it. - I'll find you this.
1:11:17 > 1:11:23If you can find me something for £4.56, I will spend every penny I have in life.
1:11:23 > 1:11:26But what is it exactly?
1:11:26 > 1:11:32- It would have been for your sugar, then to hang your snips... - You hang your snips over the edge.
1:11:32 > 1:11:34I think that's fantastic.
1:11:35 > 1:11:38- Matthew...- Great.- Congratulations.
1:11:38 > 1:11:43- I now have absolutely... - Penniless.- ..nothing!
1:11:43 > 1:11:45I am penniless.
1:11:45 > 1:11:47This is ridiculous.
1:11:47 > 1:11:51You've spent your entire budget, beating Mr Hanson by a full 65p.
1:11:53 > 1:11:56Thanks a lot. I can't even afford a sandwich!
1:11:56 > 1:12:04Cash or no cash, Charles has decided that lovely Boston can offer him one final treat today.
1:12:10 > 1:12:14Windmills have existed in Britain for an awfully long time.
1:12:14 > 1:12:20And these vertical models became particularly iconic in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
1:12:20 > 1:12:22from the 13th century onwards.
1:12:22 > 1:12:25Maud Foster Mill is a working business once more,
1:12:25 > 1:12:30though its historical fortunes have changed with the winds.
1:12:31 > 1:12:35- James Waterfield.- Good to see you. Charles Hanson.- Pleased to meet you.
1:12:35 > 1:12:39As a young boy, I always wanted to wander into a windmill
1:12:39 > 1:12:44and it's great to be here in Boston and to see it. It's a wonderful building.
1:12:44 > 1:12:47Hmm. 192 this year as well.
1:12:47 > 1:12:51The mill was built for brothers Thomas and Isaac Reckitt,
1:12:51 > 1:12:57paying a princely sum of 1,826 pounds, ten shillings and sixpence.
1:12:58 > 1:13:05From 1819, grain arrived by canal, was winched to the top floor
1:13:05 > 1:13:09and squeezed through millstones, grinding into fine flour.
1:13:09 > 1:13:14After changing owners, Maud Foster Mill closed for business in the 1940s
1:13:14 > 1:13:20and was saved as a landmark by the Reckitt Family Charitable Trust in 1953.
1:13:23 > 1:13:27So, James, when you took this windmill over in 1987,
1:13:27 > 1:13:31what was the passion for you in a windmill?
1:13:31 > 1:13:35I'd started when I was a schoolboy at another mill for a Saturday job,
1:13:35 > 1:13:41then I went off and did it for a museum, then I did it for a family business with a water mill.
1:13:41 > 1:13:44Then I came here in a roundabout sort of a way.
1:13:44 > 1:13:50It was more fun in those days because no-one else was doing organic flour and things like that.
1:13:50 > 1:13:55- We were weird hippies for making that.- I often dreamt about being strapped to a sail.
1:13:55 > 1:14:00- There's probably therapy for that. - Yeah, I think there would be.
1:14:03 > 1:14:07- Shall we go outside? - Yes, yes, feel free.
1:14:07 > 1:14:09It's a bit high, isn't it?
1:14:09 > 1:14:11Gee whizz!
1:14:11 > 1:14:17- What's this big chain for?- We've got the control chains for the sails to stop and start the mill.
1:14:17 > 1:14:20The sails seems to be going quite slowly.
1:14:20 > 1:14:25- Do you want a bit of raw muscle to give you a hand?- Yes, go on then.
1:14:25 > 1:14:30If you pull that down, that will put a bit more cloth on, that will close up the sails more.
1:14:30 > 1:14:36- If I pull it too hard, it won't break?- No, it'd need to be a better man than you to break it.
1:14:36 > 1:14:42- Derbyshire men, strong in the arm! - Strong in the arm, thick in the head.- Thanks(!)- Just steady and hard.
1:14:42 > 1:14:45You don't need to yank it. Just pull it.
1:14:45 > 1:14:49- That's it. You've gone as far as it will go.- Look, can you see?
1:14:49 > 1:14:56- That's full cloth, so it should go a bit better.- I've given a windmill full cloth. I feel so proud.- Yeah.
1:15:01 > 1:15:06- Watch your head.- Sorry.- Gee whizz! Fantastic, isn't it?
1:15:06 > 1:15:12Careful, Hanson. These amazing machines are as dangerous as they are beautiful.
1:15:12 > 1:15:15One of the millers was killed in the 1920s.
1:15:15 > 1:15:22He climbed over the balcony rails to retrieve his cigarettes and got hit on the head as he climbed back up.
1:15:22 > 1:15:26The last miller in the '40s would go round on the sails for a shilling.
1:15:26 > 1:15:29- He wouldn't?- Yeah. I won't, but he would.
1:15:29 > 1:15:34# And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
1:15:34 > 1:15:37# Like the circles that you find
1:15:37 > 1:15:41# In the windmills of your mind... #
1:15:41 > 1:15:47This is wholemeal, just milled today, fresh out of the finest windmill in Lincolnshire.
1:15:50 > 1:15:55We need to stitch it up. Shall I stitch one and show you?
1:15:55 > 1:15:57You can have a go if you want.
1:16:03 > 1:16:08- You wouldn't want to make a suit with that.- And that's hand-stitched, ready for off?
1:16:08 > 1:16:11Yeah, hand-stitched by a machine!
1:16:11 > 1:16:13Hanson, you stupid boy!
1:16:13 > 1:16:17James and his father have restored this marvellous building
1:16:17 > 1:16:20and created a successful business.
1:16:20 > 1:16:24In 1988, Basil Reckitt, great-grandson of Isaac Reckitt,
1:16:24 > 1:16:28proudly performed the re-opening ceremony.
1:16:28 > 1:16:31- Thanks ever so much, James. I really enjoyed it.- Right.
1:16:35 > 1:16:39I'm covered in flour. I'm completely covered in flour.
1:16:39 > 1:16:46Unbelievable! Time to pick yourself up, dust yourself off and show Charlie Ross your wares.
1:16:49 > 1:16:51I'm going to say, Charlie, bring it on!
1:16:51 > 1:16:53Oh, they're nice.
1:16:53 > 1:16:55Aren't they lovely?
1:16:55 > 1:16:57Aren't they quality?
1:16:57 > 1:17:01- Because look what they say on them! - Oh, how nice...- Lincoln!
1:17:01 > 1:17:04I would value them between £10 and £20.
1:17:04 > 1:17:08- Paid a fiver.- Oh, well played. That to me is a good start.
1:17:10 > 1:17:14It's a surveyor's tape, Sheffield-made.
1:17:14 > 1:17:17- Yes.- By Chesterman.
1:17:17 > 1:17:21I'm going to stick my neck out and say you probably paid £45.
1:17:21 > 1:17:24- I paid 30.- That's good, Charlie. - It's a gamble.
1:17:25 > 1:17:30- Be honest.- I'd like to give that Victorian, 1900.- What's it worth?
1:17:30 > 1:17:33- £50 to £80.- Yeah, I paid 46.
1:17:34 > 1:17:36- 50 to 80.- Take the 4 off...
1:17:36 > 1:17:41- And you paid 6?- £6. - £6?!- Yes, Charlie Ross!
1:17:41 > 1:17:44Oh, Dick Turpin you are!
1:17:44 > 1:17:46You ought to wear a mask!
1:17:46 > 1:17:50- What do you think?- I think you've got a serious profit there!
1:17:50 > 1:17:54- We're talking what age, Charlie? 1870, 1890?- Yeah.
1:17:54 > 1:18:00And I'm really hoping, buddy, that you paid more than...50 for it.
1:18:00 > 1:18:03- No, I paid less than 50.- Oh, no.
1:18:03 > 1:18:06- Don't tell me it was less than 25? - 35.- That's good.
1:18:06 > 1:18:09Un, deux, trois, go!
1:18:09 > 1:18:11Oh, I say!
1:18:11 > 1:18:13Yes!
1:18:13 > 1:18:18- You know, Charlie, what a lot! - I must say you've got quantity.
1:18:18 > 1:18:20I would estimate that at 80 to 120.
1:18:20 > 1:18:24- OK, yeah, they cost me 75. - Yeah. You can't go wrong.
1:18:24 > 1:18:27Charlie, take 25 off.
1:18:27 > 1:18:29Oh, you're such a stinker!
1:18:29 > 1:18:32- What did they cost? A fiver?- £25.
1:18:33 > 1:18:36Oh, they're good.
1:18:36 > 1:18:40- On my side, I hope they're not silver, and they are silver.- Yes.
1:18:40 > 1:18:44I can see they're delightfully marked, they're heavy.
1:18:44 > 1:18:46- They are weighty. - Oh, you cheeky guy!
1:18:46 > 1:18:51- I reckon you probably paid £125. - Well, I paid £160 for them.
1:18:51 > 1:18:54- There, voila!- That's gorgeous.
1:18:54 > 1:18:58It's a nice, bayonet-fitted caster.
1:18:58 > 1:19:04- Silver.- If you bought it for 60 or 70, you have got a creamy little profit.- Yeah, £70.
1:19:04 > 1:19:05Yeah.
1:19:05 > 1:19:10It's a sugar bowl for cubed sugar and your sugar tongs hang over the edge.
1:19:10 > 1:19:14- It'll make about £20. - I'd be very happy with that.- Yeah.
1:19:14 > 1:19:16"A trifle from Bath."
1:19:16 > 1:19:19Oh, isn't that sweet?
1:19:19 > 1:19:24- A lady's patch box...- You paid... - £25.- I was going to say 20.
1:19:24 > 1:19:31- When the weather is fine and you know it's a sign, go fishing, maybe in...- That's dreadful.
1:19:31 > 1:19:33Well, now we're in Boston and look at that.
1:19:33 > 1:19:38What we've got, Charlie, is a very, very nice bottle stand,
1:19:38 > 1:19:42beautifully made, beautifully cast with this fisherman with his rod,
1:19:42 > 1:19:46and, of course, he is mounted with nuts.
1:19:46 > 1:19:48OK? He's got lots of nuts.
1:19:48 > 1:19:53That is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life!
1:19:53 > 1:19:57- And he agrees. Charlie, what I would say...- I've lost it.
1:19:57 > 1:20:01I've lost it. I can't believe you bought that.
1:20:01 > 1:20:07- It's fun.- No.- It's frivolous.- No. - You're a man of great dining room stature.- Yes.
1:20:07 > 1:20:12I'm sure you and your wife Sal would be delighted to have this on your cocktail bar. No?
1:20:12 > 1:20:16You didn't honestly pay money for that, did you?
1:20:16 > 1:20:18Well, Charlie, I gambled.
1:20:18 > 1:20:20I paid £6.
1:20:20 > 1:20:22Between friends.
1:20:22 > 1:20:24Fine. I think you'll...
1:20:24 > 1:20:27I don't know what you've done.
1:20:27 > 1:20:31Yes, it's difficult to know what to say, but do try.
1:20:31 > 1:20:36Let's forget about that repulsive bottle holder, but he's done well.
1:20:36 > 1:20:40I think Team Hanson is feeling fine, is feeling merry.
1:20:40 > 1:20:44It's been a long day, but my God, it's been a great one.
1:20:44 > 1:20:47The gap will narrow. He might even overtake me.
1:20:48 > 1:20:50Stranger things have happened.
1:20:50 > 1:20:54It's been a spectacular second leg from Scunthorpe,
1:20:54 > 1:20:59via Lincoln, Doddington, Navenby, Alford and Boston
1:20:59 > 1:21:03with the final destination of Grantham in their sights.
1:21:04 > 1:21:07Grantham is a town of firsts,
1:21:07 > 1:21:10especially for the ladies.
1:21:10 > 1:21:16The world's first female police officers were trained and stationed in Grantham in 1914.
1:21:16 > 1:21:20And on the 13th of October, 1925,
1:21:20 > 1:21:24the first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, was born here,
1:21:24 > 1:21:29although the town's folk sometimes keep quiet about the latter.
1:21:29 > 1:21:34It's auction day as our couple of Charlies arrive in town.
1:21:34 > 1:21:39- Are you coming or not? - Anyone would think you bought something worth selling!
1:21:39 > 1:21:42Welcome to the theatre of dreams.
1:21:44 > 1:21:48George W Golding, one-time Mayor of Grantham,
1:21:48 > 1:21:53opened Golding's Auction House in 1900, becoming Golding Young in 1994.
1:21:53 > 1:21:56Sales here go live online,
1:21:56 > 1:22:02so there's plenty of potential international competition for the assembled hopeful buyers.
1:22:02 > 1:22:07Town crier Colin Young is our auctioneer for the day
1:22:07 > 1:22:11and has kindly cast his eye over our experts' purchases.
1:22:11 > 1:22:17What stands out is the Bilston enamel. That's the best of the bunch, really, Good, true antique item.
1:22:17 > 1:22:24The fisherman's bottle is brand-new, knocked up yesterday in the Far East. There's millions of them out there.
1:22:24 > 1:22:28You're always going to have a market for the lemonade bottles.
1:22:28 > 1:22:32There will be plenty of people that will want them.
1:22:32 > 1:22:37Charles Hanson's got the speculatively good item and the spectacularly bad item.
1:22:37 > 1:22:40No change there then.
1:22:40 > 1:22:45Charlie Ross started today's show with £234.56
1:22:45 > 1:22:49and spent exactly £234.56
1:22:49 > 1:22:51on five auction lots.
1:22:51 > 1:22:54Extraordinary!
1:22:54 > 1:22:58Charles Hanson began with £132.65
1:22:58 > 1:23:01and spent £132 also on five lots.
1:23:01 > 1:23:03Also extraordinary!
1:23:04 > 1:23:08That 65 pence must be burning a hole in his pocket!
1:23:08 > 1:23:12Now eyes front, mouth shut, the auction is about to begin.
1:23:12 > 1:23:17First up, Charlie's local pop duo, the Lincolnshire lemonade bottles.
1:23:17 > 1:23:21Who's going to start me at £30 for 'em? I'll take 20 to go? 10 to go?
1:23:21 > 1:23:24- £10 for them? 10?- Down.- £5, anybody?
1:23:24 > 1:23:27- 5? 5 in the room. - I don't believe it.
1:23:27 > 1:23:296 now surely? 6 now do I see?
1:23:29 > 1:23:336. 8. £8 bid. 10. 10 bid. 12 now? At 10 bid.
1:23:33 > 1:23:3612? Your bid of 10, sir. I'll take 11 because we're desperate.
1:23:36 > 1:23:38At 10. 11 anywhere else?
1:23:38 > 1:23:41It's your bid, sir, selling at £10...
1:23:41 > 1:23:45- Well done.- And a nice double bubble to get us going.
1:23:45 > 1:23:48Even after commission, there's a profit!
1:23:48 > 1:23:51Next we have Charles's Satsuma vase combo.
1:23:51 > 1:23:54High in quantity, but possibly low in quality.
1:23:54 > 1:23:57Who's going to start me at £100 for them? £100? 80?
1:23:57 > 1:24:0050? £50, anybody? £30 to go then, surely?
1:24:00 > 1:24:05- There's a lot of pot for not a lot of money.- Come on!- £20 in the room. 25.
1:24:05 > 1:24:0828 now? 28 bid. At £30.
1:24:08 > 1:24:13I know they're dreadful, but Mr Hanson is a lovely person. 32 now?
1:24:13 > 1:24:1632, thank you, madam. 35 now do I see?
1:24:16 > 1:24:21- 32 in the front then, going at £32... - Thank you very much.
1:24:21 > 1:24:24So despite everyone's attempt to queer the pitch,
1:24:24 > 1:24:27the Satsumas did rather well.
1:24:27 > 1:24:29£7 - not to be sniffed at!
1:24:29 > 1:24:34Now the silver sauce boats offer a dollop of profit for Charlie.
1:24:35 > 1:24:38Straight in, 120. 125. 130.
1:24:38 > 1:24:40And 5. 140. 145.
1:24:40 > 1:24:42150. 155?
1:24:42 > 1:24:46Yes? I've got 155 on the book anyway. 160 if you like? 160. 5.
1:24:46 > 1:24:49170? 170. 175. 180. 5.
1:24:49 > 1:24:52190. 5. 200. 210.
1:24:52 > 1:24:57215 if it helps? We're selling this time, all done and finished at 210...
1:24:58 > 1:25:00A very wise investment, Charlie.
1:25:00 > 1:25:03And now... Well, I don't know.
1:25:03 > 1:25:05Good luck, Carlos.
1:25:05 > 1:25:09- Look at it, it's lovely. - It's awful.- Come on, Mr Young.
1:25:09 > 1:25:11Start me at £20 for it? 20?
1:25:11 > 1:25:13- 10 to go then?- Have a go.
1:25:13 > 1:25:1610? Thank you, £10 bid. 10.
1:25:16 > 1:25:1912 anywhere else now? At 10 bid. 12 bid. 15 do I see?
1:25:19 > 1:25:23Have another one. 15. 18 there. 20 bid. 22 bid.
1:25:23 > 1:25:2725 bid. 28 bid? I have 25 in the front row. 28 now?
1:25:27 > 1:25:32- Was that a bid? You look like you're about to expire, sir.- I am!- 28 bid.
1:25:32 > 1:25:3630 or not now then? Selling at £28...
1:25:36 > 1:25:38Hanson, you are the man!
1:25:38 > 1:25:39Excellent.
1:25:39 > 1:25:43I don't think anyone ever doubted the chance of a profit there(!)
1:25:43 > 1:25:46How on earth did you do that?
1:25:46 > 1:25:50Charlie spent his last £4.56 in the world on this prospect.
1:25:50 > 1:25:53Fingers crossed.
1:25:53 > 1:25:55Who's going to start me at £10? 10. 12 now?
1:25:55 > 1:26:0012 bid. 15 surely? 15. 18. And 20? £20 bid, sir.
1:26:00 > 1:26:0222 bid. Surely 25?
1:26:02 > 1:26:0523? 23. £23 bid.
1:26:05 > 1:26:09Last call then. We're selling in the middle at £23...
1:26:09 > 1:26:13A very good profit from a speculative purchase.
1:26:13 > 1:26:16Now I think I need a little lie-down.
1:26:16 > 1:26:20Who's going to start me for the single bed ends? £80 for them? 80?
1:26:20 > 1:26:23- 50?- Come on.- 50?- Come on.- £30?
1:26:23 > 1:26:26A tenner, anybody? Surely £10?
1:26:26 > 1:26:30A fiver? Thank you, £5 bid at the back. 6 now do I see?
1:26:30 > 1:26:34This one certainly isn't the sleeper. 5 bid. 6 now do I see?
1:26:34 > 1:26:376. Late surge in the bidding! 6 bid. 7.
1:26:37 > 1:26:41- Can we contain our excitement? 8 bid, sir.- 8 bid.- 8 bid.
1:26:41 > 1:26:449 bid. 10. Late surge in the bidding. Fresh bidder.
1:26:44 > 1:26:47At £10 bid. We go this time then at £10...
1:26:47 > 1:26:50- And no-one can say I don't try. - Hear, hear!
1:26:50 > 1:26:54A little disappointing then on the life-sized bed.
1:26:54 > 1:26:58How about this sweet Victorian resting place for a child's toy?
1:26:58 > 1:27:02Very good-looking piece. 30? 20 to go then surely?
1:27:02 > 1:27:05£20 bid. I'll take 5? 22 on the net.
1:27:05 > 1:27:0722. 25. 28 now? 28.
1:27:07 > 1:27:0928 bid. 30. 32. 35.
1:27:09 > 1:27:1338 bid. 40? 38 bid. 40? £40 bid. 42. 45? 45.
1:27:13 > 1:27:1748 now? 48 bid. 50 bid. 5. 60. At 60 bid.
1:27:17 > 1:27:20- 65.- Well done.- 68.
1:27:20 > 1:27:22Bid 70.
1:27:22 > 1:27:2472 now? 72. At 72.
1:27:24 > 1:27:2775? 75. 78 now? 78 bid. At 78 bid.
1:27:27 > 1:27:3180 bid. 2 now. 82. 85. 88 now?
1:27:31 > 1:27:33At £85 we go this time.
1:27:33 > 1:27:35Selling to Australia at £85...
1:27:35 > 1:27:38It's going Down Under, Charlie. Well done.
1:27:38 > 1:27:42- AUSTRALIAN ACCENT: - I don't mind if I do, you know?
1:27:43 > 1:27:46A Staffordshire Bilston enamel box, oval design with green base.
1:27:46 > 1:27:50- We have to start the bidding on this one at £25.- Oh, no.
1:27:50 > 1:27:5325. 30. At 30 bid. 35 bid. 40 bid.
1:27:53 > 1:27:5545. 50. 55. 60. 65.
1:27:55 > 1:27:5770. 5. 80.
1:27:57 > 1:28:005. 90. 5. 100.
1:28:00 > 1:28:02110. 120. 120 bid.
1:28:02 > 1:28:07- 120 with me on the book.- The internet bids are coming in thick and fast.
1:28:07 > 1:28:09No wonder Charles looks pleased!
1:28:09 > 1:28:13- 130.- Yes!- 40.- I'm back!
1:28:13 > 1:28:15150 now. Thank you, 150 with you.
1:28:15 > 1:28:17160 with me.
1:28:17 > 1:28:21It's your last chance. All done and finished then, we'll sell...
1:28:21 > 1:28:25Somebody hovering on the net. Are you going to bid 170?
1:28:25 > 1:28:29- Suspense, but we're sold at 160. - Yes!- Well done.
1:28:29 > 1:28:32Hats well and truly off, Mr Hanson.
1:28:32 > 1:28:35You are certainly back in the game.
1:28:35 > 1:28:38Give me a kiss, give me a kiss. Give me a kiss.
1:28:40 > 1:28:42Only just. Now...
1:28:42 > 1:28:45No more kissing, boys. Not on my road trip!
1:28:45 > 1:28:48Now it's Charlie's last stab at a big profit.
1:28:48 > 1:28:52Is there a surveyor in the house?
1:28:52 > 1:28:56Chesterman of Sheffield, 50-foot surveyor's tape, Bakelite handle.
1:28:56 > 1:29:00Who's going to start me at £30? 20 to go? 10 to go then?
1:29:00 > 1:29:03£10 bid. At 10 bid. 12 then surely?
1:29:03 > 1:29:06At £10 bid. Nobody else got a handle on this one?
1:29:06 > 1:29:09And selling at £10...
1:29:09 > 1:29:11Ouch!
1:29:11 > 1:29:14Bad timing for a loss, Mr Ross.
1:29:15 > 1:29:19It's so important to buy right and play to the crowd at auction.
1:29:19 > 1:29:24Like Hanson's lovely sugar dredger, for example, today's final lot.
1:29:24 > 1:29:28Cracking-looking piece. Start me at 100 for it? 50 to go?
1:29:28 > 1:29:3050 bid. 60. And 70 now? 70.
1:29:30 > 1:29:3280. 90. At 90. 100. 110.
1:29:32 > 1:29:35120. 120 bid. 130 do I see now?
1:29:35 > 1:29:38- 120 bid. Any more now? - Come on!- 125?
1:29:38 > 1:29:41- Come on, one more. - Selling at £120...
1:29:42 > 1:29:46He speculated and he accumulated, and then some!
1:29:46 > 1:29:48Mr Hanson wins the day.
1:29:48 > 1:29:52- How are you feeling?- Much, much worse than I felt earlier.
1:29:52 > 1:29:57- You've nearly caught me up. - Can I say one thing? Thanks for coming today.
1:29:57 > 1:29:59It's been an immense pleasure.
1:29:59 > 1:30:00Not!
1:30:00 > 1:30:07Charlie started today's show in the lead with £234.56
1:30:07 > 1:30:12and after paying auction costs, today made a small profit of £42.60.
1:30:12 > 1:30:19Charlie has a curmudgeonly £277.16 to carry forward.
1:30:20 > 1:30:25Charles, meanwhile, started down with £132.65
1:30:25 > 1:30:28and made a bumper profit of £155.
1:30:28 > 1:30:35Mr Hanson has a whopping £287.65 to start the next show.
1:30:35 > 1:30:37Well done, Carlos.
1:30:37 > 1:30:42Where would you like to go, Mr Hanson, sir? Allow me, sir.
1:30:42 > 1:30:45Allow me to take you. Where would you like to go?
1:30:45 > 1:30:50- Why don't we go for a drive east? - A privilege to be your chauffeur, sir.
1:30:50 > 1:30:52We say farewell to a very fine saleroom.
1:30:52 > 1:30:59You would say that! Next time on The Antiques Road Trip, our pair of Charlies head for Norfolk.
1:30:59 > 1:31:04- Charlie takes a spin on his own. - You have to rely on your nose and where the sun is.
1:31:04 > 1:31:07Charles takes a spin with someone else.
1:31:07 > 1:31:09Go carefully. I'm only young.
1:31:12 > 1:31:15And they both spin the wheel of fortune.
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