0:00:02 > 0:00:06The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge!
0:00:06 > 0:00:07If I have to declare war.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Why?
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Gone.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit...
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Well done, buddy!
0:00:19 > 0:00:23But it's not as easy as you might think and things don't always go to plan.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Push!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29I'm going to thrash you.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:39 > 0:00:43All this week we're out on the road with a pair of very cheeky chappies,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47auctioneers Charlie Ross and Charles Hanson.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- I'm in a mood now!- Turn round! - I'm in a mood now!
0:00:52 > 0:00:56The experienced Charlie Ross really has nothing to prove,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59but he still keeps an eye on his reputation.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02I don't want to walk out that door with you thinking, "That man Ross, he's a bounder!"
0:01:03 > 0:01:04Is he?
0:01:04 > 0:01:06As if he would!
0:01:06 > 0:01:10And as both sidekick and competitor, we have Charles Hanson.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13He always knows exactly what he wants.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15The other one I quite liked...
0:01:15 > 0:01:17was the...
0:01:17 > 0:01:20WIND HOWLS
0:01:21 > 0:01:28Well, despite the occasional dither, Charles made a large if slightly unlikely profit on yesterday's show.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33What you've got here is a bottle stand. You've got this fisherman, smiling, smoking his pipe...
0:01:33 > 0:01:35That is the worst thing I have ever seen in my life!
0:01:35 > 0:01:37If you put it like that, of course...
0:01:37 > 0:01:39I paid £6.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Selling at £28.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44How on earth did you do that?
0:01:44 > 0:01:49Charlie Ross also did very well, but not quite well enough.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51What a fascinating bit of kit!
0:01:51 > 0:01:54The tape measure, we could take that down to 30.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56- And selling at £10.- Ouch!
0:01:57 > 0:02:03From his original £200, Charlie now has...
0:02:05 > 0:02:07..weighing down his wallet.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12Aargh! I simply can't lift it up! It's that heavy.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16But the brand-new frontrunner Charles Hanson
0:02:16 > 0:02:19has home-grown his £200 to a wonderful...
0:02:24 > 0:02:26There's only a tenner between them,
0:02:26 > 0:02:31as our boys stride into round 3, and it's full steam ahead
0:02:31 > 0:02:36in their stylish, if slightly unreliable, 1960s Ford Corsair.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39This car, Charlie, is playing up, I'm sure.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41It's going to give us problems.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I'm hearing some funny noises, I must say.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Charlie and Charles are travelling over 300 miles
0:02:47 > 0:02:49down the exotic East of England
0:02:49 > 0:02:52all the way to Rye in East Sussex.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56And on today's show they're leaving Grantham
0:02:56 > 0:02:59and heading for their next auction in Beccles,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03alighting first in Norfolk's most regal King's Lynn.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Now King's Lynn is a historic port,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10dating back to the 12th century.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12In medieval times,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16the Hanseatic merchants of Europe wanted an English base, and chose King's Lynn.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19As well as a rich maritime history,
0:03:19 > 0:03:24the town also has a plethora of antiques emporiums,
0:03:24 > 0:03:27and our boys are ready to spend, spend, spend,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30but their vintage vehicle has just stalled on them.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33There's something wrong.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34There's something wrong.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- ENGINE TURNS OVER - Told you so.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- You want a push?- Yeah! Are you going to push me?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- Come on!- Madam, your name is...? - Denise.- Denise.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47- One, two, three! - Make a name for yourself.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- ENGINE TURNS OVER - You don't need to get...
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Charlie!- Yes?- Charlie...
0:03:52 > 0:03:56either we're going to push it and push-start it or you're going to start it on the battery.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01- Denise, you drive, then!- I've just suggested that Denise starts it. Denise, get in the seat! Come on.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- Oh, this is lovely! - You show us how, Denise.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Three, two, one! Let's go, Charlie! Come on!
0:04:07 > 0:04:09# Denis, Denis
0:04:09 > 0:04:11# I've got a crush on you
0:04:11 > 0:04:14# Denis, Denis
0:04:14 > 0:04:15# La-la-la
0:04:15 > 0:04:18# Denis, Denis
0:04:18 > 0:04:21# I'm so in love with you... # I'm terribly sorry.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25- Yeah?- This car's dead.- Denise!
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- I can't open the door.- Well, this is meant to be for me, then.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31I think we're going to have to give you the car! Can you open that?
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Hang on, Denise. Let me just... Hold on, darling.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37There we go... Denise!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39You've been a sport.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42- Thank you.- You haven't helped at all, but you've been a sport.- Thank you.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- Bye-bye.- Denise, thank you very much. - Have a lovely day. - What will we do, then?
0:04:46 > 0:04:52- I'm going shopping.- Well, let's go together.- No!- Why not?- No, no. - Well...- I don't trust you.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- Oh, go on, then!- There's £10 in it, Charlie!- Come on, old bean!
0:04:55 > 0:05:01Here...don't worry, boys, we'll take care of the car. Just leave it in the middle of the street.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I don't know! What are they like, eh?
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- You don't know where you're going. - You don't know what you're doing!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11You might think they'd have trouble finding their first antique shop,
0:05:11 > 0:05:16but our boys managed to stumble upon several shops under one roof, a miracle!
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Where are you going?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- Toss a coin to see who goes where. - That seems fair.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- Heads or tails?- Heads.- You sure? - Yeah.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Tails. Right, I think...
0:05:31 > 0:05:35- Quick!- Hold on.- Too late! I've made up my mind.- Hold on, hold on...
0:05:35 > 0:05:39If you're not fast, then you're last!
0:05:39 > 0:05:41And Charlie Ross is wasting no time at all!
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Charlie's the name.- You're very welcome. Ian.- And you are Ian?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Ah, and it looks like Ian could have just the thing.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53- I've got the 1946 and 1947 Rupert annuals.- Yeah.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Nice condition. I always look, er...
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- for the front. Nice colours there. - Yes, nice colours.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- The spine is intact. - That's important.- Er...price?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- 3 shillings and 6 pence.- Absolutely!
0:06:06 > 0:06:09The annual is now worth considerably more.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11It has become highly collectable.
0:06:11 > 0:06:17- I see the price here is £105. - Yeah, yeah. And that in itself is a good price.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19You're a salesman, you are!
0:06:19 > 0:06:20I try!
0:06:22 > 0:06:28Elsewhere in the emporium, poor old Charles is struggling to find his first item.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32I've got to be honest, there's pressed moulded glassware, there's decorative china,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36and I use the word decorative to mean it's decorative!
0:06:36 > 0:06:39And, Hanson, you're not buying academic wares here.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It's very ornamental, without being much more than that.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49Meanwhile, Charlie cuts to the chase on the £105 Rupert annual.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- I would like to pay £40 for it. - I would really want a little bit more than that.- Yeah, yeah...
0:06:55 > 0:06:5745?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Cheeky Charlie!
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I'm a little bit doubtful, but I'm going to let you have it for £50.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- I'm going to shake on that. - All right.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09A good deal done. Wow! And how's his competitor getting on?
0:07:09 > 0:07:13I haven't spent my money yet. Charlie Ross is in there dominating proceedings.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I'm quite happy just to sit back, take it easy
0:07:16 > 0:07:23and let him do the negotiations. I'll then go in and find the treasure.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Back inside, Charlie is already eyeing up the treasure.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Old-fashioned but rather lovely.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32That's the silver he's talking about, not himself!
0:07:32 > 0:07:37For his second lot, Charlie is trying to bundle up a job lot of silverware,
0:07:37 > 0:07:42including a tea strainer, grape scissors and a set of nutcrackers. Oh!
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- I think 25's where I'm at, really. - OK.- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49If they make £100, I'll take you for a night out on the tiles.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- Thank you very much. - But don't hold your breath!- Right.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57Smooth Charlie does it again, which is more than can be said for Mr Hanson.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00No purchase yet and looking a bit lost.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04So far, so good. I'm quite happy. I might actually call the auctioneer... Hello!
0:08:04 > 0:08:04Blimey!
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- Look who's back! - Do you want on the back?- Denise!
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- On the back? - Yes, come on, on the back! MUSIC: "Denis" by Blondie
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Where are we going? Antique finds? - Yes!
0:08:18 > 0:08:21# Denis, Denis Oh, with your eyes so blue
0:08:21 > 0:08:25# Denis, Denis I've got a crush on you
0:08:25 > 0:08:30# Denis, Denis I'm so in love with you... #
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I was told Hanson has gone off on a motorbike!
0:08:33 > 0:08:37What is that all about? He doesn't know, though, that I have had a call from the mechanic
0:08:37 > 0:08:40and the car is ready. And I'm going shopping.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- # ..I'm so in love with you... # - And he's not the only one!
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Just down the road there's a special delivery at the Old Curiosity Shop.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- Oh, Denise!- There we are. Look at that.- You're a lifesaver.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58- "Collectable antiques".- Wonderful. - I hope you do well today.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Denise, thank you ever so much. You have saved me from Mr Ross.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06- Thanks for the helmet.- Thank you. - I'm shaken but not stirred. - Shaken but not stirred.
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Antique shop?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Antique shop. She was right.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14TOOT-TOOT!
0:09:14 > 0:09:16I'm alive still. Just about!
0:09:16 > 0:09:21- And your name is...?- My name's Ruth. - Hello, Ruth. I'm Charles.- How do you do?- Charles Hanson from Derbyshire.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23There's some really nice objects here.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25What we have is a pen wipe.
0:09:25 > 0:09:30You would have it on your desk with your inkwell and your quill pen or your fountain pen,
0:09:30 > 0:09:34and after you'd perhaps written a letter or you'd got a slight blockage of ink,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38you would use this wipe to keep your pen in good order.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- What's your absolute best price? - That could be 45.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47- Knowing the market we're going to, Ruth, I think that viably could do quite well.- Right.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52What we've got here are a very, very nice set of six silver pierced buttons,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56which, in their original Morocco case, hopefully are all original
0:09:56 > 0:09:58and in good condition.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- Ruth, they're very much in what we call the Arts and Crafts style, aren't they?- Oh, yes.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04They're priced at 125.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Right.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Er...
0:10:07 > 0:10:10I suppose I could go down to 100 on them.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16- £100...isn't bad, but I'll think about it.- Right, OK.- OK? Thank you, Ruth.- OK, that's fine.
0:10:16 > 0:10:23- Ruth, I do... This is quite garish. - It is, exactly.- It's not everyone's taste. Has it been here long?
0:10:23 > 0:10:28- No, I've only had it recently. - Hanson, you've got to start making some decisions,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31because my time's running out. The first thing I saw was a duck.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36And I love him because they say small is beautiful, and, Mr Ross, watch out!
0:10:36 > 0:10:38I'll say yes to him
0:10:38 > 0:10:43at £45. We have a sale. He's going, going, gone, if that's OK with you.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45One down! Fantastic.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Ruth, the Moroccan light will be my gamble
0:10:50 > 0:10:56- and I'll speculate at £15, I'll say yes to him!- Right, OK.- At £15.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Charles is really driving the deals here.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03But will his luck hold when it comes to these buttons?
0:11:03 > 0:11:08The ticket price is 125. I can do those for 90.
0:11:08 > 0:11:14- Maybe £70.- Oh, I couldn't possibly do that. They would have to be 80 on the buttons, all right?- OK.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20- I'm going, I'm going...they're gone. - Right.- Sold.- Thank you.- To Hanson.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24- Three in a row, one shop, Ruth. Thanks ever so much. Wow! - Jolly good.- It's that easy.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Let's find out where that old Hanson is.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Hello, is that Mr Hanson? - Hello, Charlie!
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- Well, I must say, we're in this together!- How are you?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36And I look round and you've just gone.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- How are you doing?- I just want to let you know, Charlie, that the car is now running,
0:11:40 > 0:11:42and I'm in it and I'm going shopping.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Bye.- Bye-bye.
0:11:44 > 0:11:51I suspect he's done some Hanson buying again! Well, Dick Turpin stealing, more like!
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Am I happy? Yeah!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Am I happy I'll make a profit? Yeah!
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Am I happy Charlie Ross is going to be going down? Yeah!
0:11:59 > 0:12:01So I need to get on and catch up.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09While Charlie heads off to his next port of call,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Charles wants to find out more about the history of King's Lynn.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18# I wish I was a fisherman
0:12:19 > 0:12:21# Tumbling on the sea... #
0:12:21 > 0:12:26Situated on the Wash, one of the largest estuaries in Britain,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28the town has long been a centre for commerce.
0:12:28 > 0:12:35For 1,000 years, over 40 generations of fisherfolk here have made a living from the sea.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40Having secured his first catch of the day, Mr Hanson tracks down Paul Richards,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42curator of True's Yard.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Now, I've come today to True's Yard.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47A fisherfolk museum.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50The fisherfolk lived in yards like this.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54It's all about community and solidarity and a hard life, fishing in the North Sea.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57And I, Paul, I came in like I've just come in, I'd say, "Look, Dad...
0:12:57 > 0:13:01"here's my fish, here's my shrimps, here's my cockles and everything else,"
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- you know, what do I do next? - The women and children would do the sorting.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07And they'd load the barrow up ready for the next morning,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10and take fish and cockles to the market and around the streets, selling it.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13And in this cottage here, we can go inside and have a look,
0:13:13 > 0:13:15but 11 people lived in there in the 1840s.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- 11 people?- 11 people.- In the 1840s? - Yeah, yeah.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22And one lady in there, you'll see her photograph, she had 17 children in that cottage.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- 17 children in there?- Yes!
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- Can we go and find Mother?- You can go and find Mother and there's a nice armchair in there.- Great!
0:13:28 > 0:13:30- Let's go in.- Thanks, Dad.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33This would be my sitting room?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Yes...and also working room.
0:13:35 > 0:13:40If it was bad weather outside, they couldn't work outside. They'd work on this brick floor.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- I'd work on the floor.- Your wife and children would sort out the shrimps
0:13:45 > 0:13:46and the other shellfish.
0:13:46 > 0:13:52This is one room. It's where your family exists when they're together.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55- Mum's got to be somewhere, but I can't see Mum anywhere. - She's putting the kids to bed.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Well, I better go there as well. - Let's go and see the bed.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- You have to hang on. - You do, don't you?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05LAUGHTER
0:14:05 > 0:14:11- So, here we are in the main bedroom. - That's the only bedroom.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16This is mainly for the kids. Three heads there, three heads there, so head to toe.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21- So you'd have three children lying here that way...- Yeah. And three that way.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25The youngest child, babies, couldn't go on into the bed.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28So the babies went into the baby box.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29Look, it's quite nice.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Open it up... Look!
0:14:31 > 0:14:35There's even a dressing gown in there. There's even a nightie in there.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38And it's not even lined. All you've got, literally, is some...
0:14:38 > 0:14:43I can't believe it. You've literally just got some what appears to be some sort of fabric,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47- against a tin lining...- Yeah. - And be careful, baby!- Yeah.
0:14:47 > 0:14:54- Lights out!- And Mum, my wife, would sleep here on the floor on a very thin mattress,
0:14:54 > 0:14:59so she's have the baby to look after on her right, and on her left to keep an eye on the kids.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02You know, Dad, if you and Mum wanted a bit of romance up here,
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- you know, there's no time for that. - No, that comes on Sundays.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11- Sundays?- Sundays, yeah.- I thought Sunday is a religious day of rest. - It is a day of rest
0:15:11 > 0:15:16in the sense there's no fishing. But on Sundays the kids are packed off to Sunday school,
0:15:16 > 0:15:18and Mum and Dad are on their own on Sundays.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- So hanky-panky day?- I think so. - Excellent.- I think so.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26Hanky-panky, indeed! But you can't have a fisherman's yard without fish.
0:15:26 > 0:15:32It's here somewhere. All you have to do is follow your nose, Charles.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- A nice aroma, isn't it? - This is real herring here?- Yes.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40What is so nice is the smell.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43- The aroma is great.- It really takes you back...- Exactly.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- ..To what was happening here... - Yes.- 100 years ago.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Yes, we've rescued an important slice of our local heritage,
0:15:50 > 0:15:55and it's been listed now, Grade 2, like the cottages, by English heritage.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Charles may be all at sea, but Charlie is taking the dry road.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Leaving King's Lynn behind,
0:16:06 > 0:16:11he rejoins the antiques trail and crosses the border from Norfolk into Cambridgeshire.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16His final destination of the day is Wisbech, 16 miles away.
0:16:16 > 0:16:21Like King's Lynn, Wisbech is a market town steeped in history,
0:16:21 > 0:16:23and is regarded as the capital of the Fens.
0:16:23 > 0:16:31With Georgian buildings aplenty, Wisbech has often been used as a film location for period dramas,
0:16:31 > 0:16:38adapted from Charles Dickens. So it's little wonder that Charlie Ross has...great expectations!
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- Good afternoon.- Hello.- Charlie. - Richard.- Hello, Richard. - Nice to meet you.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46If I may, may I have a browse round on my own to begin with?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- You may.- And then hopefully I'll be able to home in on something.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54With a huge selection of glassware, furniture and some lovely jugs,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Granny's Cupboard is full to overflowing.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03This feels as if I've died and gone to heaven here.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06You just can't believe the amount of stuff.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Here is a late Georgian...
0:17:08 > 0:17:14almost Victorian, I suppose, might be William IV,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18mahogany bureau, cross-banded in mahogany.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21And people say these things are unsaleable now.
0:17:21 > 0:17:29Well, everything's got a price at some stage. I mean, that, in a saleroom, 20 years ago,
0:17:29 > 0:17:33would have been...it's not the best, 540, 560, 580.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36And that's the sort of thing that perhaps Richard's had for years,
0:17:36 > 0:17:40and he might really take a ridiculous offer, £100 or something.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45- Richard? I don't suppose you'd like £50 for it, would you?- No.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Not really. - I didn't think you would.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52- It could be yours for 100. - That's really kind.
0:17:52 > 0:17:57Charlie seems convinced that he can turn a profit on the unfashionable bureau,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00but it could well come back to bite him on the bottom.
0:18:00 > 0:18:06- I've spotted a bit of Sorrento, olive wood.- Yeah.- Well, it's, of course, the land of olives, isn't it?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- It is. - I like a nice olive from Italy.
0:18:09 > 0:18:15- And made for tourists.- Definitely. - Definitely made for tourists, wouldn't it be?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- 1910, '20s.- Yes. Could that be £20?
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- No.- No? You're very rapid with your responses, it's very good.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Well, with these sort of offers you'd have to be! LAUGHTER
0:18:25 > 0:18:29- Do you £30 on the mirror. - I'm going to give you £30 for it.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31And he's not finished yet.
0:18:31 > 0:18:37And I bought some things this morning of no great consequence, some bits of silver, silver plate,
0:18:37 > 0:18:41well, mostly silver plate, and I thought I could bump up my job lot.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46That is a sugar basin, silver plate. Don't worry, no hallmark.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- How much for the lot?- 35.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49What? Tenner!
0:18:49 > 0:18:52You'll be lucky. 30.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56- 15.- 20.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Oh, go on! £20!
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Pure heaven!
0:19:00 > 0:19:05Having secured another three lots for auction, Charlie is a very happy bunny,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08as the first day of shopping comes to an end.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Early morning and our experts are up with the lark.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- But you know my old strategy? Try and get it bought early. - Yeah, exactly.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25So far Charlie's spent £225 on four lots.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28The Rupert annual, the job lot of silverware,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31the mahogany bureau and the Sorrento hand mirror,
0:19:31 > 0:19:36leaving just £52.16 for the day ahead.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42Charles, meanwhile, was a little more conservative with his cash,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45spending just £140 on three lots.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46The duck pen wipe,
0:19:46 > 0:19:51the Arts and Crafts silver buttons and a rather garish lampshade.
0:19:51 > 0:19:58That gives him a total of £147.65 for the second day of buying.
0:20:00 > 0:20:06Now they're heading 55 miles east towards the administrative centre of Norfolk,
0:20:06 > 0:20:09and the historic city of Norwich.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13- Isn't it magnificent?- It's fabulous!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- So I'm getting out now.- You get out. - I'll leave you to it.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19- I'm going off to Bury St Edmunds. - I'll see you later. Bye.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20In the 11th century,
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Norwich was the second-largest city in the country after London,
0:20:24 > 0:20:28and regarded as one of the most important places in the kingdom.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32Norwich Castle was founded soon after the Norman Conquest,
0:20:32 > 0:20:34and, according to the Domesday Book,
0:20:34 > 0:20:3998 Saxon homes were demolished to make room for it.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Tapping into such a rich historic location,
0:20:42 > 0:20:45it shouldn't be too difficult to find some local treasures,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48but, then, it is Charles we're talking about here!
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Where are the antiques?
0:20:55 > 0:21:00And it isn't too long before Carlos strikes it lucky.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06"Anything old and interesting". That sound like Charlie Ross to me!
0:21:09 > 0:21:13- I'm Charles Hanson.- Hi, Charles. - Your name is...?- I'm Paul. Paul Moraski.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17The painting over there is quite nice, Paul. Is it an oil painting?
0:21:17 > 0:21:22- It's oil and I think it's dated 1887. - Is it for sale?- It is for sale.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24He's a typical Victorian gent.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Here's his fob chain.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- And your best price is?- £200.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- And with discounts?- £200. - And between friends?- £200.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37Well, I've been told it's £200 and there's no discounts. So I think, Paul, I'm out. Thanks.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39How much was that again?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Oh, wow!
0:21:40 > 0:21:44As a young boy, I always wanted one of these.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46It's actually a coin cabinet.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51If you were a collector and you want somewhere to house your collection of crowns or guineas,
0:21:51 > 0:21:52you would acquire one of these.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- You can have it for £10. - £10. What's £10?
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Firewood would cost you that, wouldn't it?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- I'll take it.- OK.- £10, Paul. Excellent.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Case closed!
0:22:04 > 0:22:06If you were in my shoes now, what would you buy?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09- I'd buy that oil painting for £100. - £100?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- NEEDLE IS LIFTED OFF RECORD - I thought he said £200!
0:22:12 > 0:22:17- Oh, Paul!- As it's a display painting, you can have it for £100. - You're giving me a headache now!
0:22:17 > 0:22:18Did you hear that?
0:22:18 > 0:22:22At that price, the painting is certainly on the money.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24- And that's the absolute best? - That's the very best.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28If I said 80...would you possibly say, "Yes, Charles"?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31OK, Charles, we'll do a deal at 80.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35That portrait has to be one of the best buys ever.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38From £200 down to 80, unless of course they saw him coming.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Yes! We got rid of it at last!
0:22:42 > 0:22:44LAUGHTER
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Ever get the feeling you've just been had?
0:22:46 > 0:22:52While Charles cleans up in Norwich, his partner in crime has gone on ahead,
0:22:52 > 0:22:56southwest to Bury St Edmunds, just over an hour away.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02Ho-ho! This is the life, Hanson!
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Profits, sunshine
0:23:05 > 0:23:09and Bury St Edmunds!
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Lordy!
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Originally known as Beodericsworth,
0:23:14 > 0:23:20it's thought that Bury St Edmunds was the site of a Roman settlement, later claimed by the Saxons.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Nowadays the place is best known for brewing and malting,
0:23:23 > 0:23:29so what better place to start than a small libation in the smallest pub in Britain?
0:23:29 > 0:23:33Looks like I've broken into a private party here.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- It's wonderful. Hello. - Hello. How are you?- Greetings.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- Are you the owner, landlord, whatever?- I'm the manager, yeah. - Nice to meet you. I'm Charlie.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45- I'm Jack.- I've come to learn all about your pub. Is it really the smallest pub in the UK?
0:23:45 > 0:23:51- The smallest pub by drinking area, yeah.- By drinking area? Good lord! How many people can you get in here?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54The record was set in '84 when they got in 102.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- 102?- Yeah, just in this room.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Good grief! Now, what about the history of the pub? Has this been in one ownership for...?
0:24:02 > 0:24:09- No, it became a pub in 1873.- Yeah. - Next door was a pawnbroker's who owned this little side building.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11And they noticed the majority of their trade was alcoholics
0:24:11 > 0:24:14who were pawning their possessions to go and buy booze with...
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- I know the feeling.- They turned their side building into a little pub to catch them on the way out.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21Gosh! How extraordinary!
0:24:21 > 0:24:25Is it just me or is this place a little strange?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28This creature here, what is that?
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- That's not a cat?- It is a cat. It was actually found bricked up here,
0:24:31 > 0:24:35- and it's supposed to be very lucky to brick a cat up.- Really?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Yes, in a chimney. Not very lucky for the cat...
0:24:38 > 0:24:40but it keeps the witches away.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45- There's a three-legged chick in the glass bowl up there on the wall.- Nice.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48A human lower leg hanging from the ceiling.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51There's a little creature at the bottom there. What is that?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53That's a shed tarantula skin.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- A tarantula skin?- I didn't realise this until I was given that.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00They shed their skins a lot like snakes, and that's just the husk of a tarantula.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Well, I might have to give you something to hang up here.- Great.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Yeah, I think a photograph of Charles Hanson probably.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10- Thank you very much indeed. - Pleasure to meet you.- Wonderful.
0:25:10 > 0:25:15It's almost time to call last orders on today's spending spree
0:25:15 > 0:25:19and our two Charlies are reunited with just minutes to spare.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- We haven't got much time, have we? - No. What's the plan?
0:25:22 > 0:25:28Well, my plan is to run over there where you can see Past & Present and spend my money.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33- And let me go to the more idyllic picturesque Hanson type?- Yeah, that's more your sort of place.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Get a move on!
0:25:35 > 0:25:39And for the final time today, let's get shopping!
0:25:41 > 0:25:47It's got to really jump out and say, "Hanson, look at me. Hanson, look at me."
0:25:47 > 0:25:5020 minutes. I don't think I should be looking at furniture.
0:25:50 > 0:25:55With time ticking away, Charles spies a silver cigar cutter.
0:25:56 > 0:25:57Your best price?
0:25:57 > 0:26:0036 we start at...
0:26:00 > 0:26:02I'd be looking for, say, 25.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06I would buy it for 20.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10I'm being cheeky, Richard, and if someone offers you more, I'll put it back.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14- Anybody offering more? - Going, going, gone. - Looks like it's yours for 20, then.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- Are you sure, Richard? - Go on, special offer of the day.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21In the shop next door, Charlie is also banking on some silver.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Tell me what that little object... - I don't know what it is.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27It's not a swizzle-stick. I don't know what it's for. It's not a toothpick, is it?
0:26:27 > 0:26:30It's a silver thingamabob, Charlie!
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- £20?- Yes. - I shall shake on that at £20.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39There's a stool down there. It's marked at £35. Would you take £20 for it?
0:26:39 > 0:26:41I'd take 25 for it.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45£25, and I've done my shopping in no time at all!
0:26:45 > 0:26:52Our boys are all spent up, and it's time for them to discover what the other has bought.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57- Charlie, they say small is beautiful.- Yeah. - So let's start with my small one.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59This is tiny!
0:26:59 > 0:27:04Oh, I love it. It's a pen wipe. At auction it will make between
0:27:04 > 0:27:10- £40 and £60.- And it cost me £45. - Oh, you've hit the nail on the head. Like it?
0:27:10 > 0:27:15- Slim profit, but lovely object. - Thanks.- Well done. Would you like to see something of mine?- Please.
0:27:16 > 0:27:21This has been accumulated over the days from various establishments.
0:27:21 > 0:27:27In each establishment I bought one thing and I put them all together in one sumptuous lot.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32- And the whole lot, I suspect, cost you about £50.- 65.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Oh, lovely!
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Very, very nice. I don't know how marketable they are.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46- No.- But they asked 125, didn't they? - They did. - And you bought them for 45?
0:27:46 > 0:27:48- No, I wish. £80.- Yes.
0:27:48 > 0:27:56- If I saw this in an antiques shop, I would steer clear of it. - Yes. And that's why I bought it!
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Because it's going to show me a profit.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Ah, how interesting!
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- A cigar cutter.- How much?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06I think that's worth £40.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Well, it cost me 20.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13- Little French stool.- I like it. Is that a gout stool? - It might be a gout stool for you!
0:28:13 > 0:28:14I like it.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18You want a good lady of leisure to come and buy this.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23- I do.- And I suspect she might pay about £60 for it.
0:28:23 > 0:28:28- Would she really?- I hope so.- Cost? - How much?- 25.- It didn't.- It did. - It didn't.- It did.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- It didn't.- It did.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37It's a ceiling light, isn't it? Repro. This is hideous.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- For me, Charlie, it's full of Eastern promise.- Mmm...
0:28:40 > 0:28:43For me, it's empty of Eastern promise.
0:28:43 > 0:28:44Ah!
0:28:44 > 0:28:49To me, that's something which sadly is past its sell-by date.
0:28:49 > 0:28:55- It is.- However, I wouldn't be annoyed if you said, "Charles, put a 250 reserve on,
0:28:55 > 0:29:00- "and make it 250-350."- 250's what it cost.- Yeah, it's good.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05- I think...don't forget, going to auction, we've got the 15% to think about.- It didn't cost 250.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Take off 50.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09It didn't? £200?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- Take off 50.- It didn't? £150?
0:29:11 > 0:29:12- Take off 50.- No!
0:29:12 > 0:29:16- No!- Yes! £100.- It didn't?- £100.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17What is it?
0:29:17 > 0:29:22- Oh, it's a little collector's chest. - Yes.- It is.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- Age?- Charlie, I don't think it's very old...- Very old?
0:29:26 > 0:29:31- I would say that this is approximately... - 50 years old?- July last year?
0:29:31 > 0:29:33It's the nicest plywood I've seen for a long time.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35There we go, mate!
0:29:36 > 0:29:38No, no! It'll make £50.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- It cost me £45.- Oh, did it?- Yeah. - Yeah, that's about right.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- Think so?- Yeah. About right. - No, it cost me £10.- Oh...!
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- Right. There we are.- That's a lovely pierced oval hand mirror.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- I love this design. Very aesthetic. - Yeah.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57I just wonder whether...
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- Oh!- ..What I've bought is the real McCoy.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02I think it is.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04I don't think he's a print.
0:30:04 > 0:30:11- It's not a print.- No.- It's what I used to sell as "instant ancestors" to the Americans.- Sure.
0:30:11 > 0:30:15"Gee, hang it on the wall and that's my Uncle Joe!" It never was his Uncle Joe.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Cost you £100?- 80.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Yeah. I don't know... It's not a great thing, is it?
0:30:21 > 0:30:24But if I had to put a price on it, £140.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- Less commission, nice profit of £30 or £40.- It'd help, Charlie.- Yeah.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Having seen each other's purchases, what do our experts really think?
0:30:34 > 0:30:38His star lot by far is going back to his golden age of auctioneering.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42It's that wonderful bureau, mahogany. It's circa 1830,
0:30:42 > 0:30:44and I truly thought it cost him 250.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46To have bought that for £100 was a bargain.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49His painting could be a bit of a sleeper.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52£80. I think it'll make £140.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55But, you know, it could make 200.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58That would spell difficulty for old Rosko!
0:30:58 > 0:31:00There's only one way to find out,
0:31:00 > 0:31:04and that's to get back on the road and head to auction.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09It's been a competitive third round from Grantham, via King's Lynn,
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Wisbech, Norwich and Bury St Edmunds,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16with the final destination of Beccles on the horizon.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Beccles is a medieval town in the heart of the Waveney Valley in Suffolk.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25In the parish church, the union of Reverend Edmund Nelson
0:31:25 > 0:31:29and local lass Catherine Suckling produced one of Britain's finest,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Admiral Horatio Nelson.
0:31:32 > 0:31:38As our experts arrive in town, it's time to find out which of them will be sailing away
0:31:38 > 0:31:42on their own HMS Victory. It's auction day!
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- They're going to do really well for me today.- It's packed.
0:31:46 > 0:31:51- Is the car OK here?- I shall be back in my rightful place at the top.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Is the car OK here?- It's fine. - Are you sure?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Durrants have been conducting auction sales since 1853,
0:31:58 > 0:32:02and Rebecca Mayhew is today's auctioneer.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05She's kindly agreed to give her opinion on some of our featured lots.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10My absolute favourite piece is probably the Rupert Bear annual
0:32:10 > 0:32:14because of its rareness. It's still got lovely bright colours inside,
0:32:14 > 0:32:17and I'm hoping it will appeal to quite a wide audience.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20My least favourite item is Mr Hanson's collector's case.
0:32:20 > 0:32:25It's of modern construction which is going to limit its saleability and attractiveness for the market.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30The mahogany bureau is a good solid piece, but the bureau furniture market is still fairly poor.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34But we'll see. It's an auction. Anything could happen and that's all part of the fun.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39Quite right. Charlie Ross started today with £277.16,
0:32:39 > 0:32:42and spent £270 on five auction lots,
0:32:42 > 0:32:47leaving him with £7.16 in hand.
0:32:47 > 0:32:52Charles Hanson began with £287.65
0:32:52 > 0:32:55and has spent £250 on six lots,
0:32:55 > 0:32:59leaving him with £37.65 in his pocket.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Now, then, are we sitting comfortably? Then, let the auction commence!
0:33:07 > 0:33:10First up, Charles is firmly in the spotlight
0:33:10 > 0:33:13with his garish, glass lampshade. Yuck!
0:33:13 > 0:33:17Interesting piece. Where are you going to start me? 40?
0:33:17 > 0:33:19- Come on!- Shh!
0:33:19 > 0:33:2020. Thank you, I'm bid.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23It's the woman next to you who's bidding for it!
0:33:23 > 0:33:2628. 30. At £30. Now, don't put her off.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28It could be yours, madam!
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Fresh bidder. 35. 38.
0:33:31 > 0:33:37- 40. 42.- Oh, no!- Gentleman's bid now at £42. Any more do I see at 42?
0:33:37 > 0:33:42At 42. He's looking desperate. On my right at 42.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43Great start.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Charles is off to a flying start. Next up, everyone's favourite bear,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50or at least Charlie is hoping that that's the case.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57The 1946 Rupert annual. It's in good condition.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01One of the rarer ones. Got to be £50 to start it, surely? 50?
0:34:01 > 0:34:03You're all quiet. 30.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04Oh, dear. 10 to start it, surely?
0:34:04 > 0:34:06- Come on, Charlie.- 10. 12.
0:34:06 > 0:34:0915. 18.
0:34:09 > 0:34:1120. 22.
0:34:11 > 0:34:1325. 28.
0:34:13 > 0:34:1628. Your turn, sir. 30.
0:34:16 > 0:34:1930. Your turn again, if you like, sir. 35.
0:34:19 > 0:34:2038.
0:34:21 > 0:34:2340. 45.
0:34:24 > 0:34:2650. 55.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Anyone else, then? I will sell at £55.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35It's early days, but Charlie is finding the disappointment
0:34:35 > 0:34:37a little hard to "bear"!
0:34:37 > 0:34:38My big hope!
0:34:38 > 0:34:42My big hope down the drain!
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Next up is the oil painting,
0:34:44 > 0:34:48and Charles is hoping this Victorian gentleman will leave him quids in.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Lovely piece. Where are you going to start me? Got to be 100.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- 100, then, to get it going, surely? - Come on.- All quiet. 50 to start it.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Thank you. I'm bid at £50.
0:34:57 > 0:34:59- 55. 60 if you like.- It's going.
0:34:59 > 0:35:0260 now. 65. 70.
0:35:02 > 0:35:0575. 80. 85.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- 90.- There you go. - At £90, are you sure?
0:35:08 > 0:35:10At £90.
0:35:11 > 0:35:16Not a huge profit, but a profit nonetheless.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21Hopefully there's a larger sum to be made on this next charming item.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Nice little lot, this. It's an upholstered French stool
0:35:24 > 0:35:30on carved cabriole legs. Pretty piece. Start me 40 for it. 40.
0:35:30 > 0:35:3220, then, surely? A nice little stool. Anyone for 20.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35All quiet. 10 to start, surely? Thank you, I'm bid.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39At 12 now. 12. 15. 18.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42£18. Lady's bid in front. 20 now in the second row.
0:35:42 > 0:35:4522, if you like, madam, yes. 22. 25.
0:35:45 > 0:35:50Are you sure? No, 28. Completely fresh bidder. At 28 now. 30.
0:35:50 > 0:35:5232. 35.
0:35:52 > 0:35:57- Lady's bid at 35.- Getting better. Is that the lady behind us bidding?
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- Thank you, sir, you're back. 38. 40 if you like, £40.- The lady behind...
0:36:01 > 0:36:04One more, sir? No. At 40, then. Second row.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Make no mistake. Selling this time at 40.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- Well done, bean!- May I say, madam, you have impeccable taste?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13I won't be able to sell it!
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Smoothie Charlie can put his feet up and relax.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21He's made a tidy profit of £15 on the footstool.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25Charles was against the clock when he bought this silver cigar cutter,
0:36:25 > 0:36:28but at £20 he got it for a snip! Ooh!
0:36:29 > 0:36:33I have three commissions bids and I must start at £40.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35I can take 42.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37At £40 with me. £40.
0:36:37 > 0:36:4042 on the back wall. 45 with me. One more if you like. At 48.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44I'm out. On the back wall at 48. Do I see any more.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Anyone else surely at 48?
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Another success. Not bad for a last-minute purchase.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Well done, Charles.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58This pretty Sorrento mirror could be one of Charlie's better buys.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03I have commission interest and I need to start it at £35.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07I'll take 8 if it helps. At £35 now. At £35.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10At 35. At 38. 40. At £40.
0:37:10 > 0:37:11Come on, Charlie! Keep going.
0:37:11 > 0:37:1542, fresh bidder. 45, still my commission.
0:37:15 > 0:37:16At 45, then.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20A nice little mark-up on the mirror.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22It's not all doom and gloom for Charlie.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24He's still in with a chance.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28This handy little cabinet is perfect for displaying coins.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31But will there be any cash in it for Charles?
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- The drawers. It's a nice, useful piece.- Look at the drawers! Love it.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- As such I have commission interest. - Great.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- And I've got to start to clear the sheets at £40.- Oh, yes.
0:37:41 > 0:37:4445. 50. 55. 60.
0:37:44 > 0:37:4665. 70.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48One more, if you like, sir. 70 commission bid.
0:37:48 > 0:37:5175 in the corner. Completely fresh bidder, sir.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54At 75 now. Do I have any more?
0:37:54 > 0:37:58At 75, I think that's done it. We're selling now at 75.
0:37:58 > 0:38:03Charles streaks ahead with that low-risk purchase.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05A fantastic profit of £65.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09# Hanson is the man
0:38:09 > 0:38:13# He is the kiddy today. #
0:38:15 > 0:38:19I wonder if Charlie can catch up with his beloved bureau.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21He's banking on this lot to make a fat profit.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Well, you see it. It's got to be 200 for it.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27£100 anywhere to get going?
0:38:28 > 0:38:32- Nice piece. For 50, surely?- Come on. - No-one for 50.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36You're all quiet. No-one wants it for 50?
0:38:36 > 0:38:38I'm going to get tears in a minute. No-one wants it even for 20?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- Come on, Charlie.- I'll give you 20.
0:38:41 > 0:38:46You're a good man, Bruce. At 20. £20 I have.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48It's a plea for help. 25. Thank you, sir.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Will you give me 30 now, Bruce? No, he's quiet.
0:38:51 > 0:38:5430 I have close to me. Would you like 35, sir?
0:38:54 > 0:38:5640.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58It's a super piece for 40.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- At £40. At £40. At £40. I will sell it.- Oh, dear!
0:39:02 > 0:39:04At only £40.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Thank you.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10That is a disastrous result for Charlie.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Even Charles feels his pain. - It's worth 150.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16It just shows... Come to auction, you can find bargains
0:39:16 > 0:39:19at Charlie Rosko's expense. Bad luck, mate.
0:39:19 > 0:39:24The next lot are those pretty little silver buttons.
0:39:24 > 0:39:28I've got three bids and I need to start these at £70.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32At 70 with me. I'll take 5 if it helps. 75 on the back wall.
0:39:32 > 0:39:3480 with me. One more if you like.
0:39:34 > 0:39:40- 75 off the wall?- It's in the room now at £85. £90 close to me.
0:39:40 > 0:39:4295. Your turn if you like.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47100, completely fresh bidder. 110?
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Back again with Bruce at 110. No?
0:39:50 > 0:39:54Shake of the head. With Bruce, then, at 110. Any more do I see at 110?
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Another success story for Carlos,
0:39:57 > 0:40:01with an Arts and Crafty profit of £30!
0:40:01 > 0:40:05Charlie's last hope lies with the job lot of silver,
0:40:05 > 0:40:07bought from three different shops.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- I've got commission interest. - If I could pull out now, I would.
0:40:11 > 0:40:1625. I can take 28. At 28. 30. 32, commission's out. Your turn.
0:40:16 > 0:40:1832. 35 here.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22No? At 35, in the cap. New bid. 38. 40.
0:40:22 > 0:40:2442. Fresh bidder.
0:40:25 > 0:40:2645.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29I'm thrilled with this, I'm thrilled.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Any more? 55, fresh bidder. At 55. Your turn. 60.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36I'm nearly getting my money back.
0:40:36 > 0:40:42- 65. Seated bid I have at 65.- 65? I've nearly got my money back.
0:40:42 > 0:40:4470. At £70 now.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Going to sell this time at 70.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51- Well done.- I've never been so excited about breaking even!
0:40:51 > 0:40:54He might be happy to make his cash back,
0:40:54 > 0:40:58but the silver gives Charlie a lacklustre finish to the auction.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01- Charlie?- Yes.- Do you know why I've been losing money?- Why?
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- My jacket.- What about it? - I bet if you put my jacket on,
0:41:05 > 0:41:07you won't make a profit.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11- I think my duck will make a profit. - Put my jacket on and see.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14I bet it doesn't.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16Are you sure?
0:41:16 > 0:41:20It's time to put Charlie's lucky-jacket theory to the test
0:41:20 > 0:41:24with the final lot of the day, Charles' duck pen wipe.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27If I'd been in this jacket from the beginning, I'd have made a profit.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- It's a good jacket, Charlie. - Goes well with the tie.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Shall I get you one?
0:41:31 > 0:41:34I have four bids altogether.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38And I need to start to clear the sheets at £80. I'll take 85.
0:41:38 > 0:41:3985.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- 90. At £90.- Come on. Keep going.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45I have commission still. 95, just in time. 100 still with me.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- At £100, anyone else? Going to sell. - All done.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Fair warning at 100.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55A "quacking" success which means that today's victor is...
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Charles Hanson!
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Do you know what? The jacket is not unlucky, Charlie.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03The jacket is built with pedigree and pride.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05- Well done, old bean.- Thanks, buddy.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09- I have had a thrashing. - Until next time, Charlie.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Thanks for the memories!
0:42:12 > 0:42:15Charlie started today's show with...
0:42:19 > 0:42:21..and, after paying auction costs,
0:42:21 > 0:42:24actually made a loss of £65.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27Charlie has just...
0:42:27 > 0:42:30to carry forward.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Charles, meanwhile, started with...
0:42:35 > 0:42:39..and made a bumper profit of £131.30.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42He has a whopping...
0:42:42 > 0:42:45..to take forward.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Charlie, I think it's been my day throughout today,
0:42:49 > 0:42:53and Suffolk has been so prosperous for me, I think we'll stay around here.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57With your blessing. Let's try Sudbury. Let's try Lavenham.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- Long Melford, sir?- Indeed.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03- Let's stay local.- If you insist, sir. I'll show you out. - Thank you, Charlie.
0:43:03 > 0:43:09Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, the chaps' fancy car plays up again.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12And it all seems like child's play!
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Come on, Charlie, come on! Let's go!
0:43:14 > 0:43:20And after a long search for antiques in Suffolk, their friendship has certainly blossomed.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23Why don't we bring our wives over here for a joint holiday together?
0:43:23 > 0:43:26I think that's a really good idea. Cracking idea.
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