0:00:02 > 0:00:06The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge!
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Cos I'm here to declare war.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Why?
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:13 > 0:00:14There's nothing in here.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit...
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Disappointing.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23But it's not as easy as you might think and things don't always go to plan.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Push!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29I'm terribly nervous now, James.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:35 > 0:00:39All this week we've been on the road with antiques guru James Braxton
0:00:39 > 0:00:45who's been pitting his wits against young whippersnapper auctioneer Jonathon Pratt.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49And it's been a far-from-close competition.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54Devilish James has stormed ahead, leaving poor Jonathon floundering.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Disaster strikes!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59So while Pratt fell flat,
0:00:59 > 0:01:03old Brackers made loads of smackers, which means he did jolly well.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- That's not to say he's a bit conceited, though.- I'm not smiling!
0:01:08 > 0:01:12From his original £200, James now has an impressive...
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Great hat!
0:01:15 > 0:01:19But Jonathon is only scraping through to the final leg
0:01:19 > 0:01:22with less than half of James's budget, a pretty pitiful...
0:01:25 > 0:01:25Bad luck!
0:01:25 > 0:01:29It's been a tough week for Jonathon, but his spirits are still high.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33And that could be because James is letting him drive his pride and joy,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37the 1952 MG, to their first shopping location.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41This week, they're travelling all the way from Altrincham, Greater Manchester,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43to sunny Cornwall.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Today we kick off the fifth leg in Crewkerne,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50then head to the final auction showdown in Lostwithiel.
0:01:50 > 0:01:58The earliest record of Crewkerne in Somerset was in the will of Alfred the Great back in 899.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01And during the 18th and 19th centuries, the main industry was cloth-making,
0:02:01 > 0:02:05including crafting sails for the Royal Navy.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07Our fellows will certainly need a fair wind,
0:02:07 > 0:02:11not so sure about the rain up their tails, to shop until they drop.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16But it's time to zip up and get the final leg of their competition underway.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Good. Anyway, good luck.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Perfect.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Noah's Antiques is packed to the gunnels with goodies,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26but will anything entice James?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28What a day out there!
0:02:29 > 0:02:30Morning.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Hello. James.- Michael.- Michael. Good to meet you, Michael.
0:02:34 > 0:02:41Morning. Now, what Michael doesn't realise is that James has a whopping £320.94 to spend,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45so he can really afford to splash out on some expensive top-quality lots.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54I might have a quick look through your bargain area, Michael.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Uh-oh! Bargain area! James is acting like a rag-and-bone man again,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02not someone whose pocket is bulging with cash!
0:03:02 > 0:03:06There were things for more rarefied dining, really.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10This is a rather unusual one, but it's sort of entree-dish shaped,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14elongated octagonal, it's got sort of fruiting vines all the way around it...
0:03:14 > 0:03:17But they're fun, you know. You can use them for anything.
0:03:17 > 0:03:23These ones are all quite early, Edwardian, turn of the century, that sort of thing.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26This one's inscribed, that one's inscribed.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29This one's a very nice chamber stick.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33So it would have had a cylindrical glass thing to protect it from the wind.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Cylindrical glass thing? Is that a technical term, then, James?
0:03:37 > 0:03:41And then we've got the old swing basket, as they're known.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Would have been stamped out on some great machine in Birmingham or Sheffield...
0:03:45 > 0:03:50and then...this is probably the youngest of the lot.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53This is just a clean bit of plate.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56It's quite a big fellow. What are we? It's 10 or 12 inches across.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58It's just been stamped out.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02So you won't be buying that, then, James?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04It's a good little lot, that.
0:04:04 > 0:04:09So you will, then? James is planning to buy and then sell this bundle as a job lot,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12which auction houses often do with cheaper items.
0:04:12 > 0:04:18There's no price on this as a group, but that's not stopping our man from chancing his arm.
0:04:18 > 0:04:23Let's see if I can make you a, you know, tempting offer.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24A tenner?
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Er...- Stop wincing!
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Put your hand out.- Go on, then. - Thank you.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Gosh! James's strategy seem to be spending as little as he can,
0:04:36 > 0:04:41so how about the man who has no choice? That's Jonathon, by the way.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44He's arrived at his first shop, Crewkerne Antiques.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- Morning.- Good morning. - Nice to come inside in the dry.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- Not the best of days, is it?- No.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55You've got some great things. There's a lot of things I can't afford already,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- but you've got some good quality things here.- A good mix.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- Do you have any sort of house-clearance type areas, a bit junkier?- Not really.
0:05:01 > 0:05:08My budget has been depleting of late, so I'm looking for something...
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- The ultimate bargain?- Yes!
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Well, you're not going to find the ultimate bargain if you hang around talking to Eddie!
0:05:16 > 0:05:20So how are you feeling today, Jonathon?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23I'm quite nervous now.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25Oh!
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Mmm...best head under the stairs, then. It's worked for you before.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Reasonably well painted, actually.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38And it's going to be off the South Coast.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Dated 1911.
0:05:41 > 0:05:48Again, this chap's not in superb condition, but that one's better, by a chap called Flowers.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52Flowers? Mmm... Not quite Turner, then!
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I do like those though, actually, I do like those.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58Royal coat of arms.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Quite like that.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Yes, nice piece of needlework there, but will it sell well at auction?
0:06:04 > 0:06:09It all depends on whether Jonathon can do a good deal. Now...
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Do you mind if I ask you a few things about these?- Yeah, go on.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- That's the first thing that struck me.- That is fabulous.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20Nice 19th-century needlework, Royal coat of arms...
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- Would you accept for that... - KNOCKING
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- ..£60?- Probably not.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Probably not?- I've got in mind about 80, I'll be honest. I think it's worth that.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35- I think it's a nice thing.- I'll put that down on the iffy list, OK?
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Flowers. OK, slightly faded paper, bit of foxing, but nice subject.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43He's not an Academy hand, but it's still quite competently painted.
0:06:43 > 0:06:49- £60 for them?- I could probably do that for those.- You could do that? - That would be OK.
0:06:49 > 0:06:54- And this music stand. It's not in the greatest of order... - It's a little tired.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56It's a little tired. It's only pine.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01A little tired? Jonathon does seem to like buying bashed and broken items.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07- 30?- Yeah, that's fine. I can do that on that one.- OK.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- But of all the things I want most is this one here. - Cos that's the best one.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Yeah, that's the one I like the most, this one being...
0:07:13 > 0:07:20- I think that's quite a charming thing.- £60 for that one, providing you buy that one for 30.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21£80 the two?
0:07:23 > 0:07:28- A little tear? Yeah, OK.- OK. - All right.- Oh, my word! There we go.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Hang on, Jonathon! What about sailing pictures?
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Oh, gosh!
0:07:36 > 0:07:38I know I've already said a price for them...
0:07:38 > 0:07:39Er...
0:07:39 > 0:07:42but I can't afford that, now, can I?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Would you
0:07:50 > 0:07:51take...
0:07:52 > 0:07:54..would you take £40 a pair?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I'd like to help you out, but no.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00£50?
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Yeah, OK. If I can take all your money, I will.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07You've almost done that, Eddie.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11And just as Jonathon is paying up, he's spotted yet another picture.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15I really quite like this, only because it's... Funnily enough, it's St Paul's.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19The paper's nice and white and actually what's drawn me to it
0:08:19 > 0:08:23is this little image here which is a little vignette, presumably of the artist...
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- DOOR CLOSES - James is just arriving.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Limited edition print, and it's quite a charming subject, a nice painting.
0:08:28 > 0:08:34- You're only asking £15 for it. - Today's special price! - Today's special price!
0:08:34 > 0:08:37- Is it cheeky for me to make an offer?- Yeah.- It is, is it?
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- £12.- Yeah, go on. - Hey, you're in a good mood.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Nothing wrong with being a bit cheeky in my book!
0:08:45 > 0:08:49James has arrived, so Jonathon needs to shove off.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Hi, James. How are you doing? - Hello, Jonathon. Very well.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- How are you doing?- Very well, thank you.- You're looking chipper.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- You're smiling. Nice to see a man smiling.- Yeah.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01- There's plenty here, James. - Is there? Looks plenty. Fabulous, isn't it?
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- A good hunting ground. I think you'll have fun.- Good, good, good.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07You cleared all the broken stuff out now?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11No, nothing that's broken, James. You'll see!
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Not going to tell him about the bashed-up music stand, then, Jonathon?
0:09:15 > 0:09:21- Looks very good. I'm going to get exploring.- And there's upstairs as well, James.- Thank you.
0:09:21 > 0:09:26- Any basements?- No, I'm afraid not. - No? No basement, no?
0:09:26 > 0:09:27- No.- OK.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Aha! So just to recap in case you missed it...
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Jonathon started the day way down behind James.
0:09:34 > 0:09:41His solution on his first day in his first shop was to buy four items and spend nearly all his money.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Rather him than me.
0:09:43 > 0:09:49As Jonathon heads off with just £13.36 left in his pocket, James is keen to get spending,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52as he still has over £300,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56and he's giving the place a good once-over, hoping to hunt out a hidden gem.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00See, that's got big ears, hasn't it, that brass fellow.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02Nay I have a look at old Big Ears?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- Look at that, big-eared fellow! - It's clean too.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Clean! Somebody's put some work into it, haven't they?
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Lovely sort of wing-nut ears to it, isn't it?
0:10:16 > 0:10:21- Kind of royal.- It is royal! A study of the...
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Might be tempting, mightn't it?
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Moving upstairs, will anything else catch James's roving eye?
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Traditionally, Braxton always buys one of these, every time!
0:10:33 > 0:10:35It's probably Syrian.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39They're a generic sort of Middle Eastern coffee table.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44So all those sort of cafes and things like that would have these outside.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49And you would take your mint tea or your dark Turkish coffee out of them.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54Hang on, James! Didn't you have a disaster with ethnic goods this week?
0:10:54 > 0:11:00- I can see how it would really work in the contemporary home, this. - Yeah.- 150? For the two?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Thank you very much indeed.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06All done at £24.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Across the room at £50.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- Oh, dear, oh, dear. - Never mind.- Never mind.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Lesson learnt?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16No.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18I'm a North African at heart, I think.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Oh! It's sort of Damascus like.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28Brass tray and stand. My offer for that is £20.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30He's asking 48.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34- Or 25 for Big Ears!- I couldn't do that one.- Couldn't do that one.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- This I could.- You could? £20.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Thanks a lot. I can't resist. I can't resist these.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you very much.- It's very kind of you. Thanks a lot.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Time to get back on the road.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54James and Jonathon are crossing counties and driving 34 miles west to Honiton,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57a town which used to have a ceremony called hot pennies,
0:11:57 > 0:12:02where local gentry would throw hot pennies from windows to local peasants,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05which resulted in burnt hands. Nice!
0:12:05 > 0:12:12Perhaps James will spend a penny or two in the Grove Antiques Centre. Stand by!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- Hello. James.- Lesley.- Hello. Nice to meet you.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Now, this is... Surrounded by lots of lovelies here.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23- Where should the astute buyer be looking for that elusive bargain? - You naughty thing.
0:12:23 > 0:12:29Well, would it be a good idea if you had a look around? Or do I take you around?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31What an excellent idea, Lesley!
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Go on, James, don't be lazy. Get looking. Get working.
0:12:35 > 0:12:40Exactly, James! You've still got nearly £300 burning a hole your pocket.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Time to buy!
0:12:42 > 0:12:45I must admit, I don't think I've seen the like.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49James has spotted a French scent bottle, costing £75.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53It's got a little pillbox in the top there. You take that off...
0:12:53 > 0:12:56and you've got a little stopper there. Very pretty, isn't it?
0:12:56 > 0:13:01I think it's a lovely novelty item. I like the fact that it has a pillbox.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06My only problem is... is the donks in it. 25?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- 30 and it's yours.- 30, and I want to buy something. Well done.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Thank you, Lesley. You're a very kind lady.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21James did quite well there and still has time to explore the rest of the antiques centre.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24And what should he find, but something which isn't even for sale?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Typical!
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Just been chatting to Lee here
0:13:28 > 0:13:34and looking at all these fabulous clocks, and I just noticed this rather nice Chinese stand.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38This red marble. We used to call these blackwood
0:13:38 > 0:13:42and now we use the name wang wally, a very nice tropical hardwood.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47It's not Lee's, it's his mother's, and he's used it as a shop fitting for seven years,
0:13:47 > 0:13:52and he'll find out whether she wants to sell it or not.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- No.- No?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Phew!
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Unless you pay 225.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03- 225?- Yeah.- She said?- Yeah. - Would she settle at 200?
0:14:03 > 0:14:06You're a gambling man.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10What I wouldn't gamble on is how she reacts if I were to tell her...
0:14:10 > 0:14:17But we know, mothers and sons... it's...it's...unconditional love.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22- When it comes to money with my mother...- Oh, right, is it?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24I'll tell you what...
0:14:24 > 0:14:28- 200.- OK. Well done. That's great. Good. Thanks a lot.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32I better go and let her know. Where am I going to put my £20,000 clock?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Jonathon's nearly all spent up,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37so it's time to play instead.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41He's travelling 50 miles to Bovey Tracey to discover the history
0:14:41 > 0:14:45of one of our most treasured childhood games, marbles.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50Has he lost his? No, but he's found the House of Marbles,
0:14:50 > 0:14:54a museum situated on the site of the old Bovey Pottery, but before he gets to play,
0:14:54 > 0:14:58marketing manager Andrea's going to take him on a mini tour.
0:14:58 > 0:15:07This is the old pottery site. I think it's about 1750 around the area that they started making pottery.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Have you still got some chimneys and things?- We do, yes. A lot of it is very derelict.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14The three here are protected and they're outside.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17- There's not much of it left. - No, there isn't today.
0:15:17 > 0:15:23- So where do we start with the very earliest of examples?- The earliest, we do have some examples over there.
0:15:23 > 0:15:30- I'll just show you...- Lovely. - ..Some artefacts here that have come from the site.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34Seeing on the label at the back that Josiah Wedgwood came here,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- obviously links into what was the fashion of that period.- That's it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42- There was some rivalry with Mr Crisp here. - Mr Crisp was the man who ran it?
0:15:42 > 0:15:49That's it, yes. And he was trying to develop...different techniques were being developed at that time,
0:15:49 > 0:15:54and Mr Crisp was really striving to get a successful business, as many people do.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58I believe Wedgwood pipped him to the post and became the famous man.
0:15:58 > 0:16:05- Mr Wedgwood was a very clever man, though.- Yeah.- He did...he was probably the ruin of many a pottery!
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Enough of all that lark! Please, can we see some marbles?
0:16:09 > 0:16:13No-one is quite sure where the game of marbles first began,
0:16:13 > 0:16:21but archaeologists have found games, boards and clay playing pieces in the tombs of Ancient Egypt.
0:16:21 > 0:16:25China and ceramic marbles were introduced around 1800,
0:16:25 > 0:16:29but it wasn't until the middle of the 19th century that German glassblowers invented
0:16:29 > 0:16:33the tools to enable the marbles that we all know and love to be made out of glass.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36And lucky old Jonathon is going to find out how it's done,
0:16:36 > 0:16:40as there's a glassmaking factory onsite.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Jonathon's going to be shown the ropes by seasoned glassblower Paul.
0:16:44 > 0:16:50- We're going to gather some glass out the furnace and make the inside coloured part of the marble.- OK.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- OK?- Go on, then.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55All of these marbles are handcrafted.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- So there's like a pool of glass down there?- That's right.- Oh, my word!
0:16:58 > 0:17:04Glass is melted in a sweltering 900 degrees centigrade, then shaped and moulded.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06There we go. Look at that.
0:17:06 > 0:17:12Dye is added to create the colours inside the marble, the glass is twisted and shaped...
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Give it a squeeze. At the same time...a twist.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Then a clear glass bulb is melted around it.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25It takes a special pair of pincers to get that perfect marbley shape.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30Finally, it's snipped off and, hey, presto, the perfect marble.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Simple! Well, sort of.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Amazing.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38# Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! #
0:17:38 > 0:17:45Well, after all that hard work, I think it's time for both of our dear experts to snuggle down
0:17:45 > 0:17:49and get a good night's sleep before the final shop tomorrow.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Day 2 dawns and our antiques experts are back on the road,
0:17:56 > 0:17:58pumped up and ready for battle.
0:17:58 > 0:18:04Yesterday the boys both spent the majority of their cash. Jonathon blew £142,
0:18:04 > 0:18:08practically all his pennies, on four items all from the same shop.
0:18:08 > 0:18:14That leaves him with a mere £13.36 for his second day of buying.
0:18:14 > 0:18:20James started his day frugally, but then blew a mind-blowing £200 on one Chinese stand.
0:18:20 > 0:18:25So all in all, he's spent £260 in three shops.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Which means today he's got £60.94 to play with.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31I'm heading to the MG.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Today our boys are journeying south
0:18:33 > 0:18:36to the popular tourist destination of Dartmouth.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart,
0:18:40 > 0:18:46the port was used as the sailing point for the crusades of the 12th century,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49and James and Jonathon are on a crusade of their own today
0:18:49 > 0:18:52as they don't have much time or money left to spend.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58James heads straight off to Penny Farthing Antiques to see what treasures he can uncover.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04- Hello.- Hello there.- I'm James. How do you do?- Hi. Keith Williams. - Good to meet you.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Well, I'll just have a look round. - Do.- Thank you.
0:19:07 > 0:19:14Thank you. With just £60 left in his pocket, James needs to be clever with his cash.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Can I look at your Tudoric jug? - Of course, yeah.- Thanks.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Liberty's, circa 1910.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- It's lovely, isn't it?- Mmm.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- I imagine it's part of a set, isn't it?- Yeah, we think that's hot water.
0:19:29 > 0:19:34- Yeah.- But it's the right style, it's a good look.- It is, isn't it? It's very simple.
0:19:34 > 0:19:42This type of jug was often used to carry and keep water hot until required to refresh the teapot.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45The cane-covered handle protected the user from the heat of the metal.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49The founder of Liberty & Co, Arthur Lasenby Liberty,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53began to import modern pewter from Germany in 1899,
0:19:53 > 0:19:59and the success of this venture encouraged him to commission the Tudoric British-made range.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- May I look at your chamber stick? - Certainly.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08They've got "made in England" at the bottom... Oh, Torquay down there.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Yeah, I think it's early sort of Torquay ware.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15- That's rather nice, that.- Again, good style, isn't it?- Great style.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Majolica glaze.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23With only £60 left, James will have to do some hard bargaining to bag both items, I can tell you!
0:20:23 > 0:20:28- £60 for the two.- I was thinking more sort of 85 for the pair.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33- I've only got 60.- I reckon you should go for this one. Don't miss that, cos that was privately sourced.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35The trade hasn't seen that.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38OK? So that's going to be good for the saleroom.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43The only problem is that handle, isn't it? But, you know, these things can be repaired.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47- Yeah, it's a proper name, isn't it? - Yeah, a proper name.- Yeah. - Nice fellow. Good design.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- Could you do 35 on that, Nick? - I could do 40.- 40?- Yeah.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55We'll have a deal. There's got to be a profit in that at 40, hasn't there?
0:20:55 > 0:20:58I think there is. Nick, I'll do it.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- That's very kind. You've probably saved me a lot of agony.- OK.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08It might seem like a good buy now, but will it sell well at the auction?
0:21:08 > 0:21:12Further down the road, Jonathon is popping into Commerce,
0:21:12 > 0:21:17hoping to blow his final £13.36 on a star buy. Good luck with that.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon. How are you? All right? - Very good, very good.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- What a charming shop you've got here.- Thank you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:31I'm going to have to be honest. I have £13.36.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36So it doesn't really leave me very much, I think.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Well, hopefully, this could be an interesting turning point, for your, you know...
0:21:40 > 0:21:46So I'm looking at basically anything you think that you could have, that you may offer me
0:21:46 > 0:21:49for less than £13.36.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51With such a small amount of cash left,
0:21:51 > 0:21:57I fear Jonathon is going to be hard pushed to find a profit-making purchase at all!
0:21:57 > 0:22:02I've already bought a pair of maritime watercolours, which I think are quite good, quite nice.
0:22:02 > 0:22:08And I quite like the idea of trying to find something in the same vein,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12almost like, you know, you've got like a lifebelt up there and little things like that.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16A lifebelt? Surely not? I feel a metaphor coming on.
0:22:16 > 0:22:21- I'd let that go for a fiver. - Would you?- And you'd be in pocket!
0:22:21 > 0:22:28How much are your paddles? Would you do a couple of paddles for £13.35, and I'd keep a penny back.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Oh, dear!
0:22:30 > 0:22:35- Yes.- You would?- Yes. I'll do obviously that which we discussed and the pair of paddles...
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Not with it. I wasn't suggesting with the ring. Unless you want to throw the ring in as well!
0:22:39 > 0:22:43- It might be my lifesaver! - DRUM ROLL - Oh, no, I knew it was coming!
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Pair of paddles and that, I'll take all your money.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Keep your penny.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52- There we go.- Brilliant. Thank you, sir.- Thank you very much. - You're welcome. It was a pleasure.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54JAMES SIGHS
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- Right, then, is this going to be my lifesaver? I jolly well hope so. - DRUM ROLL
0:22:59 > 0:23:00That's number 2!
0:23:00 > 0:23:04So while Jonathon leaves, clutching his lifebelt,
0:23:04 > 0:23:07James has taken himself off to Chudleigh.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11He's here to visit retired council officer Robert Hough,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15a passionate collector of some rather amazing musical devices.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17- Hello, James. Come on in. - Hello, Robert.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Robert's collecting urge started when he was only 12.
0:23:21 > 0:23:27Back then it was butterflies, but it soon graduated into antique mechanical musical machines.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Now he has 35 and they've taken over his entire house.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35- James, welcome to our music room. - God, the house really opens up, doesn't it?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- It's lovely. - The music room was really conceived
0:23:38 > 0:23:42as a space to store our mechanical music collection,
0:23:42 > 0:23:47- but it's evolved into a function space now and we do concerts and all kind of things here.- Oh, lovely.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- So you're the musical hub of Chudleigh?- Something like that.
0:23:51 > 0:23:52LAUGHTER
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- And what do we have here? - It's called the piano melodica.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00And it's got a rather weird and wonderful kind of mechanism.
0:24:00 > 0:24:01You load it up...
0:24:01 > 0:24:04through like this.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- Goodness! - Put the form, the pressure bar...
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- Put the lid back down. - Put the lid down.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13And you crank away.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16MUSIC PLAYS
0:24:18 > 0:24:20That's amazing.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- So well-geared...- Would you like to try?- I'd love to try.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26You get an empathy for the music. Off you go.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- And what does that mean? "Hurry up, James"?- Move to the right.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35Come on, James, give it some welly!
0:24:41 > 0:24:43And then you come back to about there.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48JAMES LAUGHS
0:24:48 > 0:24:52There was always a little bit of hardship to entertainment.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- Well...- The Victorians didn't like anything too easy, did they?- No.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Not sure this winding lark suits you, James. What about a bit of pedal power?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02And what have we next, Robert?
0:25:02 > 0:25:08- This is a very early form of pianola called a piano-player.- Right.
0:25:08 > 0:25:14And we have got 65 wooden fingers that come out of the back of this mechanism,
0:25:14 > 0:25:19- and they match up with the keys on the Bechstein piano.- Really?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22And when you sit down and you pedal, which I'd like you to have a go at in a minute...
0:25:22 > 0:25:27- OK, I'll sit down. - I'll just give you a little crash course on how to play it.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29Start pedalling and don't be frightened of it.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- 1900, but it's still going. All right?- Yeah.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36MUSIC STARTS FEEBLY A little bit more pedal. That's it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Oh, this is pitiful! Stop him, please!
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Feet flat on the pedals and then I'm sort of waggling?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48This was sold to be played by young ladies of a refined nature.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51They'd have to work jolly hard peddling, I think!
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Blimey! I'm feeling some lovely toning coming on here...
0:25:54 > 0:25:57just beneath the thighs.
0:25:57 > 0:26:03- Would you like me to take over? - Yes, I think it needs the hands of a master. Come on, Robert.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07This is a little bit of Beethoven. Here we go.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08MUSIC STARTS FLUENTLY
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Ah, that's how it's supposed to sound!
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- The machine has come alive. - Years of practice!
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Oh, it's very good.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Yes, it is... when it's being properly operated.
0:26:20 > 0:26:26One machine that Robert won't be letting James loose on is his pride and joy, his organ.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31- This is the Aeolian Residence Player Pipe Organ.- Right.
0:26:31 > 0:26:37I actually persuaded my wife to take 8 feet off the room to build an organ chamber,
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- because behind the tapestry there's 1,100 pipes.- Really?
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Robert, fire away!- Would you like to hear it?- I'd love to.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47We've got a little selection from Cavalleria Rusticana.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54- And if you want to have a peek behind the tapestry, you can see the organ pipes.- OK.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56- MUSIC STARTS - So it's behind here, is it?
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Yes, if you go to the right and have a little look.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Oh, I see.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08My word!
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I must say, Robert, you have a very tolerant wife.
0:27:22 > 0:27:28- It is very impressive. How many pipes was it? - There's 1,100 pipes.- 1,100?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31And that is relatively small as Aeolian Pipe Organs go.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36Aeolian had the policy that if you could afford it, they would install an Aeolian Pipe Organ anywhere,
0:27:36 > 0:27:41- under stairs, under bedrooms, in cellars, and goodness knows what. - Yeah.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44And some of the installations were enormous.
0:27:44 > 0:27:50Mrs Vanderbilt in New York had a 70 rank...a 70 rank...
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- we've got 14, so you can imagine the size of it!- God!
0:27:53 > 0:28:00Robert's house isn't open to the public but he holds concerts there and welcomes enthusiasts.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04But for now it's time for enthusiastic James to say goodbye
0:28:04 > 0:28:07and head off to catch up with Jonathon back in Dartmouth
0:28:07 > 0:28:10for a little game of I'll show you mine if you show me yours.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14Oh, look at that! That's very nice, isn't it?
0:28:14 > 0:28:19Mid to early part of the 19th century, formerly a banner of a pole screen,
0:28:19 > 0:28:24- but nice needlework.- Very nice, isn't it? How much did you pay?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26I paid £60.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28£60? That's good. That's very nice.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32- Yeah. Nicely framed. Rosewood frame. Good item, good start. - Thank you very much.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- Over to you.- OK, here we are. My first lot.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38- A little job lot of plate.- OK.
0:28:38 > 0:28:42- Oh, I'm missing something. Here we are. And that fellow.- OK. Er...
0:28:43 > 0:28:47A bit bitty but very good.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49- £10.- Phew!
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- Well, you've got a profit there, haven't you?- I hope so.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53OK.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57- God, Mr Picture!- There we go. - That's nice, isn't it?
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- Though it's hard to see. - A little engraving.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04I'm hoping it's Saint Paul's, but I don't know whether you've got these little turrets...
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- It's Sacre Coeur.- Sacre Coeur? - Yeah, in Paris.- Oh, OK.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10It's been reframed, not very well.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11And I paid...
0:29:12 > 0:29:14..£12.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16£12. Yeah, that's nice, isn't it?
0:29:16 > 0:29:21Mmm, a little unimpressed there, James! So what will Jonathon make of your North African table?
0:29:21 > 0:29:26Here you are. So a nice sort of Damascus-Syrian fellow.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Here's your coffee table.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33- That's a pretty... - That's your scrap of brass.
0:29:33 > 0:29:39- And it sits very happily up there. - There's not an enormous amount of age to the base, particularly.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- No.- It's 20th century.- Yeah.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44It's 1920s or '30s.
0:29:44 > 0:29:51- £30?- 20.- 20 paid?- £20.- Yeah. OK, there's a potential profit there. - Another little profit there.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- I don't think he was blown away there!- Get rid of that, then.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- There we go.- Oh, marines, very nice.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01- Rounding The Buoy.- Rounding The Buoy, yes.- By Mr Flowers.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05- A pair to it. There we go. - That's very nice, isn't it?
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- That chap there.- Nice marine tint.
0:30:07 > 0:30:13Again, shame they're not in contemporary frames, but they're nice bright pictures, aren't they?
0:30:13 > 0:30:17- How much did you pay for them? - For these, I paid £50.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- £50?- Yeah. - You're racking it up, aren't you?
0:30:20 > 0:30:22This is my third item.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26OK...
0:30:28 > 0:30:32- It's got a little pillbox on the top there.- Yeah.- Which unscrews.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34That's rather sweet, isn't it?
0:30:34 > 0:30:38Cracked on the inside of the lip there.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- Nice to have that function. Without that bit there... - It would have been dead.- Boring.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45But that makes the difference, doesn't it? Very good.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47You've paid...
0:30:48 > 0:30:51- ..£30?- Correct.- Well done.
0:30:51 > 0:30:57Ah, now I get it! This is a game of who can underwhelm whom the most.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59There we go.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03It didn't really start off life, I think, looking like this.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- But functional, you could paint it. - Quite fun.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Children learning to play a musical instrument in the front room.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10You paid £20.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11- Yes, £20.- That's good.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14Now for James's star buy!
0:31:14 > 0:31:17- This is where good sense departed me, I'm afraid.- Oh, good.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20OK. Cool.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Nice sharp edges on it. 100 years old, perhaps.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Chinese hardwood. Nice little functional thing.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30- I paid £200 for it. - You didn't, really?
0:31:30 > 0:31:33- That was a bold buy, James.- It's a bold buy, but it's a lovely buy,
0:31:33 > 0:31:39it's a very fashionable item at the moment. It might make 150, it might make 250, it might make 700.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- Yeah.- You know, it's impossible to predict these.- Well done. Very good.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48Now, bearing in mind I had £13.36 left...that's all...
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I bought...
0:31:51 > 0:31:55- A rubber ring. Well done!- I thought these could be my lifesaver. - DRUM ROLL
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Oh, no! Another one!
0:31:58 > 0:32:01- I got some change out of my money. - How much?- There we go.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- I have my penny left. - Well, it's great fun.
0:32:04 > 0:32:10I think...you've correctly targeted your purchases to where we're going.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- I'm hoping.- Here's my last.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21It's Tudoric, Liberty & Co.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25It is...a touch boring.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27Oh, that was a lethal jab!
0:32:27 > 0:32:31- It needs something a bit bright going on.- It needs a bit of flowers going on, a bit of embossing.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36- Handle's not in great shape, but then you didn't have a lot of money left.- No.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38How much money did you have left?
0:32:38 > 0:32:39I paid £40 for that.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44- OK... That could be a good purchase, that.- Mmm.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48- So, good, excellent. I think that's a good mixture of stuff, isn't it? - The die is cast!
0:32:48 > 0:32:52Well, it looked civilised, but these two spared no punches.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I don't think I can bear to hear what they really thought...
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Oh, go on, then!
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Jonathon has bought items according to his budget.
0:33:00 > 0:33:05I think he's put a lot of thought into where we're going,
0:33:05 > 0:33:09so there's a lot of marine interest and that might serve him very well.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13I'm relieved that James has been bold and has spent a lot of money.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15£200 on that table was...
0:33:17 > 0:33:22It is a gamble. It may do it. But I'm pleased, it's a real battle now,
0:33:22 > 0:33:25because there's... we've got a lot between us.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27You certainly have!
0:33:27 > 0:33:30It's been a highly competitive fifth leg of this road trip
0:33:30 > 0:33:32from Crewkerne to Honiton and on to Dartmouth.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35The destination for the final auction showdown is Lostwithiel
0:33:35 > 0:33:37in Cornwall.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41Situated on the wooded banks of the Fowey River,
0:33:41 > 0:33:45Lostwithiel boomed 800 years ago, exporting tin,
0:33:45 > 0:33:50becoming the second busiest port on the South Coast of England. Wow!
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Our final auction of the week is at Jefferys Auctions,
0:33:54 > 0:33:58so does auctioneer Ian Morris think our experts' items shine or lack lustre?
0:33:59 > 0:34:04Obviously the Chinese rosewood four stand...
0:34:04 > 0:34:09is going to do well, but obviously it's a nicer piece, it's a more expensive piece anyway.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13I'd hope we get in the region of £180-220 for that.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16That's the real thing that really stands out.
0:34:16 > 0:34:22Then everything else really is maybe bumbling along in the region of...
0:34:22 > 0:34:23as low as £10 start up to £50 or £60,
0:34:23 > 0:34:28so I'm hoping the guys haven't paid a lot of money for their bits and pieces, really.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34Well, James started this leg with an impressive £320.94,
0:34:34 > 0:34:39and has gone on to spend exactly £300 on five auction lots.
0:34:41 > 0:34:46Jonathon, meanwhile, began with a rather measly £155.36,
0:34:46 > 0:34:49but he managed to spend every penny except one...
0:34:49 > 0:34:52on five auction lots.
0:34:52 > 0:34:57Time to find out who's able to flex the most financial muscle.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02First up, Jonathon's rather bashed music stand.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Part 19th century, on bobbin-turned support there.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07£20? £10 to start me off.
0:35:07 > 0:35:1010 bid. I'll take 12 now. At £10. 12?
0:35:10 > 0:35:1414. 16. At £16. 18. At £18. 20. At £20 bid.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18- Keep going, keep going, keep going! - We all done?- No, no, no!
0:35:18 > 0:35:20£20 to 547.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- £20.- It's like Groundhog Day. This is what happened to me last time.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Bought for 20, sold for 20.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29It certainly didn't sing to the buyers!
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Next up, James's silver-plated job lot.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35Some items of silver plate
0:35:35 > 0:35:38including a Mappin & Webb pierced bordered chamber stick
0:35:38 > 0:35:42and Bevan & Webb pint tankard. Lot 115. £20 to buy very quickly?
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Tenner bid. At 10. I'll take 12. 12. 14.
0:35:45 > 0:35:5116. 18. 20? At £18. 20 no? At £18. 20 no. We're done.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53At £18. £18.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- Steady James.- Steady profit there.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02A small profit for James, but a profit nevertheless.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06Jonathon's engraving of the Sacre Coeur is up next.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10Let's hope a little French charm goes a long way in Cornwall.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14French school, early 20th century, signed limited edition etching,
0:36:14 > 0:36:18Parisian street scene. That one there, very quickly. Can I say £20?
0:36:18 > 0:36:19£10? Tenner bid.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22At 10. At 12. At 15. At £15, the bid's with me.
0:36:22 > 0:36:23Come on!
0:36:23 > 0:36:29At £18, the bid's at the back. At £18. 20 no. We all done? At £18.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- Well done. Back in the game!- Result!
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Back in the game! Back in the game!
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Un petit profit for Jonathon! Ooh la la!
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Continuing the French theme...
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Novelty French white-metal topped bottle with integral pillbox,
0:36:45 > 0:36:49complete with stopper. Pretty little thing. £50 to buy? £30 to buy?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52£20 I'm bid. At £20. 25. 30. 35.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56£40. 45? At 45 I'm bid. At £40 I'm bid.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58We're done at £40.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Tenner.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Disappointing as per normal.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04The good folk of Cornwall
0:37:04 > 0:37:07certainly seem to like items from across the Channel.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11So will they be drawn to Jonathon's marine theme?
0:37:11 > 0:37:12A pair of signed watercolours there.
0:37:12 > 0:37:17- Dated 1911.- Here we are. Good luck. Good luck, lovely lot.- £50?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19£30? £20 I have.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21At £20. 25. £30. 35.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23£40? At £35.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25- At £35. 40?- Come on!
0:37:25 > 0:37:30At 38. 40 now. At 38 I'm bid. At 38, 40 no, I'm done.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32At 38. 825.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Oh, Jonathon!
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Don't worry.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41By the look of it, we might sell the table for about £30.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46Don't give up, James! The auctioneer liked your table.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49But first the pewter jug, remember?
0:37:49 > 0:37:52The one the trade hasn't seen and which is sure to make a profit.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57Liberty Tudoric pewter hot water jug. Pattern number 0213.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59£20 away? £10 away?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Tenner bid. At 10. At £10. I'll take 12. At £10 I'm bid. 12.
0:38:03 > 0:38:0614. 16. 18. 20.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07£20, the bid's right at the back.
0:38:07 > 0:38:1022. 25? 25. 28? 28. £30? £30.
0:38:10 > 0:38:1432? £30 still at the back. 32? At £30, then, going at the back.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17At £30. 228.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Up and down, James. - Up and down, up and down.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Oh, dearie me! Moving on...
0:38:22 > 0:38:26Jonathon's got a right royal hope with his embroidery.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2819th-century framed needlework panel,
0:38:28 > 0:38:32depicting the Royal coat of arms in a nice rosewood frame there.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35Start there very quickly. Can I say £50 away? £30 away.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37£30 I'm bid.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- He's got someone. - One or two in the book. Keep going.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Keep going. Keep going. Keep going.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46At £45? Are we all done? At £45.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52He gives with one hand and he takes with the other, doesn't he?
0:38:54 > 0:38:55That's life!
0:38:56 > 0:38:59How coy!
0:38:59 > 0:39:03We may be in the Duchy of Cornwall but no-one's feeling very patriotic!
0:39:03 > 0:39:06It's James's North African coffee table.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Are the good people of Lostwithiel up for a little ethnic charm?
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Brass circular coffee tray...
0:39:12 > 0:39:18- Lovely tray! What a lovely tray! - £20 away?- Feel the weight, sir!- Shh!
0:39:18 > 0:39:20At £10 I'm bid. I'll take 12.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23At £10 I'm bid. 12?
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Are we all done at £10? Going at £10.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- This isn't the 1970s!- What a crime!
0:39:31 > 0:39:33£10!
0:39:33 > 0:39:37Oops! I could have told you, James!
0:39:37 > 0:39:42Now, could Jonathon's life be saved in more ways than one?
0:39:42 > 0:39:45Red-and-white lifesaving ring and pair of military painted paddles.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Somebody might need lifesaving. DRUM ROLL
0:39:48 > 0:39:51- Oh, even the auctioneer's at it! - £10 away?
0:39:51 > 0:39:55At 5. £5 I'm bid. I'll take 6. At 5. 6. 7.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59- 8. 10. At £10 I'm bid.- Keep going. - 12 now?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Up the river without a paddle!
0:40:01 > 0:40:04At £10 I'm bid. 12 no. Going at £10.
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- Steady work.- Steady work, yeah. - Steady work.- Yeah, sorry, kids.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Yeah, lovely.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16Well, there'll be no bird on the table this Sunday!
0:40:16 > 0:40:19The bidders are just not in today.
0:40:19 > 0:40:23The final lot of the day is James's big punt,
0:40:23 > 0:40:27his pricey Chinese rosewood stand, bought for £200.
0:40:27 > 0:40:32Lot 104 there is a late 19th-century Chinese carved rosewood stand.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34There it is, it's in a prime place.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38One, two, three, four bids on this one. I'm going to start at £210.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41- Oh, no!- At 210. At 210.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44AUCTIONEER LAUGHS
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Far too much! Shall I go down to £50?
0:40:47 > 0:40:49At 210, all the bids with me.
0:40:49 > 0:40:55210. 220 no? We all done at 210? Well, the bid's with me at £210.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57Really? 210?
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Oh...!
0:41:01 > 0:41:05- That's very good, James. - The top bid was probably 500!
0:41:05 > 0:41:08His dreams dashed.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11This has not been the final hurrah James was hoping for.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Nervous Jonathon started this leg with...
0:41:17 > 0:41:21..and, unfortunately, made a loss of £47.93,
0:41:21 > 0:41:23so he ends up with...
0:41:26 > 0:41:29In fact, that's nearly half what he started with.
0:41:29 > 0:41:30Not great!
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Devilish James, however, kicked off today with...
0:41:36 > 0:41:39He also made a loss, of £47.44,
0:41:39 > 0:41:42but he ends with a grand total of...
0:41:44 > 0:41:48..making him this week's clear winner. Well done, old fruit!
0:41:48 > 0:41:51And what a competitive week it's been.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Since leaving Altrincham, near Manchester,
0:41:53 > 0:41:56James and Jonathon have driven over 300 miles south
0:41:56 > 0:42:01to glorious Cornwall. James has needled his rival from the start.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04MUSIC: "Stir It Up" by Bob Marley and the Wailers
0:42:04 > 0:42:07It's nice to see a man scratching around, isn't it?
0:42:08 > 0:42:13You can hear him now, can't you? He's round there, skulking around, putting me off!
0:42:17 > 0:42:19I'm not smiling!
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Lot number 7.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Good, good, good.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25You cleared all the broken stuff out now?
0:42:25 > 0:42:27No, nothing that's broken, James.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Occasionally, he's lost the birdie...
0:42:30 > 0:42:32For a cuckoo clock, do you need a cuckoo?
0:42:32 > 0:42:34While Jonathon has been confused...
0:42:34 > 0:42:38- MUSIC: "Confusion" by Electric Light Orchestra - Oh, dear! God!
0:42:40 > 0:42:42He's dithered...
0:42:46 > 0:42:49OK, £100... Oh, God, I'm so...
0:42:51 > 0:42:58But at least they've had a jolly good jaunt down the country in James's trusty MG.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05Next week we're on the road with David Barby and David Harper,
0:43:05 > 0:43:08as they travel all the way from Northern Ireland to Wales.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11There's plenty of rivalry...
0:43:11 > 0:43:13- No.- Oh!
0:43:13 > 0:43:15And occasionally the gloves come off...
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Oh, dear! I feel so awful for you!
0:43:18 > 0:43:20But which David will win the day?
0:43:20 > 0:43:24- Come on!- Hey, David! David! Best of luck.- Oh, sorry.
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