0:00:02 > 0:00:06The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 and one big challenge.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07I'm going to declare war.
0:00:07 > 0:00:13- Why?- Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Very good.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.- Oh!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20But it's not as easy as you might think
0:00:20 > 0:00:24- and things don't always go to plan. - Push!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt?
0:00:28 > 0:00:31- Do you think I'd believe that? - This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41In a week that promises slightly dubious weather
0:00:41 > 0:00:43but wonderful scenery and fabulous people,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46the Antiques Road Trip comes to you from Northern Ireland.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Lough Neagh, the biggest freshwater lake in the British Isles.
0:00:51 > 0:00:52- Did you know that, David?- I did.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Sorry, I'd forgotten that you know everything.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00It's here our antique ambassadors, David Barby and David Harper,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04are about to charm a nation and hopefully make a profit.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Look at this. It's one of the most romantic places in the British Isles
0:01:08 > 0:01:10and here am I with David Barby.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14I mean, my life doesn't really get any better, does it?
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- I hope your inclinations are honourable.- Not at all.
0:01:18 > 0:01:23Freelance auctioneer and valuer David Barby is affectionately known as Dolly,
0:01:23 > 0:01:26not out of any resemblance, though, to the toy.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28What are they for? I don't know.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31He has a passion for antiques that began at the tender age of 12.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33I've just asked what the bottom price is.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Not to be outdone, David Harper started collecting when he was just five years old,
0:01:38 > 0:01:40or so he says.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I am a treasure hunter.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47Today, he's living the dream as an antiques dealer, writer
0:01:47 > 0:01:49and thoroughly good egg.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52She's gorgeous and I wouldn't mind taking her home.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55The two Davids are starting this contest with £200 each
0:01:55 > 0:02:00and naturally, they're both hoping to have the luck of the Irish.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Are you going to try and beat me on this, Mr Barby,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05or are you going to play the gentleman and just let me win?
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I shall play the gentleman, always.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Do you think I'd believe that?
0:02:12 > 0:02:15This week we're travelling from Northern Ireland,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18heading south towards the county of Meath,
0:02:18 > 0:02:21then across to the north coast of Wales
0:02:21 > 0:02:23and once again heading south,
0:02:23 > 0:02:25ending our trip in Llanelli.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Today, we're en route to the village of Moy
0:02:28 > 0:02:32and our journey concludes with auction number one in Omagh.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36As for our experts' mode of transport,
0:02:36 > 0:02:39what could be more glamorous than a Triumph TR3?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41If I was to close my eyes a little bit,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I'd think I was with some beautiful blonde.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- Indeed?- Not for long but...
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Known to the locals as The Moy,
0:02:50 > 0:02:55back in the 1700s, this village was just a handful of cottages and a pub,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57most of which are still standing
0:02:57 > 0:03:01and have been transformed into an antiques business
0:03:01 > 0:03:04that's been in the same family for three generations.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08What's more, it has room after room of gorgeous collectables,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11so what better place for our boys to make a start?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- David...- Come on! - David, best of luck.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Oh, sorry. Sorry. Best of luck. Of course.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Of course I mean that. BARBY GRUNTS
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- Do you want me to help you out? - Yes, thank you.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Anything to delay you.
0:03:24 > 0:03:29Now, while David Harper gets Dermot to give him the grand tour
0:03:29 > 0:03:32of what used to be the entire village of Moy...
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Look at this. This is my idea of heaven.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39..Lawrence, his father, is looking after our Mr Barby in the main shop.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Can you tell me the price of the Crown Devon?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45- £220.- Oh! Goodness me.- For the two.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47That takes up almost all my money.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51In other words, time for a much cheaper plan B -
0:03:51 > 0:03:53this Georgian window panel.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55This is the one here.
0:03:55 > 0:03:59It's an individual over-door, yes. That's a genuine Georgian one, yes.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03So this would have been... Oops.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- That would have been across the top. - Of course, yeah, yeah.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Yes.- So we've got quite a lot of damage here.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Yes, it needs some of the wood replaced, yeah.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17You've got layers of paint, there.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21So this is probably what? Regency, George IV?
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Yeah, around George IV, yeah.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- So what's your price on it?- £35.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- £35. Is that your very, very best? - That's it, finito, on that one.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Is it? I rather like that.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36For now, it's a strong maybe
0:04:36 > 0:04:39because today, David Barby is a man with a game plan.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I'm looking for something that is unique,
0:04:44 > 0:04:47unusual, quirky.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50There's some decent stuff here. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I'm happy if I just sort of play the middle ground.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56I don't really mean that.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I'd love to win but it depends how the day goes by.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04As for David H, his tactic is to spend lots.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- So this is an oil burner? - An oil burner, yeah.- Oil burner.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11A good thing, in copper, bit of brass.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- Nicely patinated.- That's right. - Good thick glass.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Imagine that illuminated. That, in a garden, would look the business.- Yeah.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- Early 20th century.- 1910, something like that.- It would be.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24It has to be, yeah.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- What sort of money...? - The trade price on that is 35 quid.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Can it be 30 quid?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- 30 quid. Go on. Good luck with it. - Good man. Nice to do a deal quickly.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Man after my own heart. Fantastic.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40I love doing deals, Dermot. Show me some more. Let's continue.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Well, the boys are going great guns today
0:05:45 > 0:05:48and across the courtyard, David B has already found something else,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50though he has just one question.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- What are they?- They're Scottish but I'm not sure what they were used for.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- They're both the same?- Mm-hm.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01- Yeah, two pieces.- How much are they?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04We'd do the two of them for £60.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09- They're quite unusual.- They are but I don't know what they're for.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12And even more surprising, nor do I.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15It's a chance that somebody will know at the auction
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- but I think they're Churchill. - Rubbish.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Probably dating from the early part of the 20th century,
0:06:21 > 0:06:24so I think they're interesting enough.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- What's the best you can do on these, Lawrence?- On these, it's £60.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- Oh, come on.- For the two of them. - This one's got damage.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- For the two, £50.- I think you can afford to knock some more off
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- because you don't know what they are. - That's where the hidden value is.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Maybe these will make a lot more money.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Would you do 40 for the two, please? - OK, 40 for the two. OK.- OK.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Can I pay for those later?
0:06:46 > 0:06:50There might be something else here. I'm getting excited.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53Someone else who's excited is David Harper,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56who might just have found his next purchase.
0:06:56 > 0:07:03So we have here a set of six, certainly 19th century, prints
0:07:03 > 0:07:05but mounted in a really unusual way.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I love the shape of them and they could work -
0:07:08 > 0:07:12you've got to use your imagination - in a modern room
0:07:12 > 0:07:14with a little bit of regilding on the frame,
0:07:14 > 0:07:16that would look really jazzy.
0:07:16 > 0:07:23But proper things. 19th century. Probably 1860, 1880.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26There's potential but they've got to be cheap.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Bear in mind there's six of them.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32Oh, no, this is a very bad start to this conversation, Dermot.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34The best I'll do for you is 50 quid.
0:07:34 > 0:07:3650 quid.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Dermot, give us them for 40.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- 45.- Good man. Fantastic.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I love doing business with you. I love it.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Right, OK, another one in the bag. Show me some more.
0:07:47 > 0:07:52My goodness, at this rate, the boys will be done in time for elevenses.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53Actually, I could murder a biccy.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59I've just spotted this, which I think is an interesting composition.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01It's 19th century.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04What I like about it is the feature of the woman
0:08:04 > 0:08:09and then this figure going at an angle across, which is unusual,
0:08:09 > 0:08:13as though somebody else is straining to look out from behind the curtain.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21I rather like that. Oh, and of course, she has a naked breast,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23so it may well have been put in an attic
0:08:23 > 0:08:26rather than upset anybody's sensitive nerves,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28because it has got an exposed breast.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Cleaned up, I think that would be quite good
0:08:31 > 0:08:33but there's damage across here.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36I would hope it would be round about £50.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Lawrence, I just spotted this as I came through the door.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41I know it's got damage on it.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- What's the best price you can do? - £40.- £40.- Mm.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- That's allowing for its condition and whatever restoration has to be done to it.- OK.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Lawrence.- David.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53- Thank you very much indeed.- OK.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Right. Oh, I'm quite pleased.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Perhaps there's something in the air.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02# I've heard people say... #
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Because at this very second, David H...
0:09:05 > 0:09:07# Too much of anything is not good for you, baby... #
0:09:07 > 0:09:09..is also now thinking...
0:09:09 > 0:09:11She's a bit of all right, isn't she?
0:09:11 > 0:09:13..about naked women.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17She's gorgeous. Not only is she lovely to look at because she's a lovely shape
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- but she's very contemporary and you could put her... - That's right.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- ..in a traditional house and jazz it up.- That's right. - Couldn't you?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- Or a very modern place. - Very modern, yeah.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32This rather saucy painting, that has David so excited,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36is an amateur copy of Daniel O'Neill's work,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38an Irish artist now deceased,
0:09:38 > 0:09:43though while the original did sell for 50,000 euros,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45I think this canvas is worth a bit less.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Erm, what sort of money is she, then? I wouldn't mind taking her home.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Say something like... - 30 quid? 20 quid?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54- 50 quid, 50 quid.- Really?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- 45.- You couldn't put it on my bill at 20 quid?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- Say 30?- 25 quid.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Let me take her home for 25 quid. - OK.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Good man, good man.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Gosh, we're never going to stop. Come on, Dermot.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Let's go.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13As for David B, he's done and dusted,
0:10:13 > 0:10:17so that's one Georgian overlight, a pair of pottery figures,
0:10:17 > 0:10:20possibly Churchill, possibly not, and one very tasteful nude.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- So what's the total?- 115.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- I'll give you 110.- Oh, dear.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- 110.- OK, 110, OK, OK. - Thank you very much.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Jammy old devil.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35- I hope you do well.- So do I.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38So do I. Otherwise I'll be back.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Though for now, David's headed south.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45His next stop is Milford,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49a small mill town that used to belong to the McCrum family,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52who famously produced some of the world's best Irish linen.
0:10:52 > 0:10:57Today, their family home, although protected, lies derelict,
0:10:57 > 0:11:02but their story is still being told, thanks to the Milford House Museum,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05housed in what used to be one of the workers' cottages.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Welcome to Milford House Museum. - Thank you.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15And it was founded by Stephen McManus,
0:11:15 > 0:11:17whose family, back in the 19th century,
0:11:17 > 0:11:20used to be weavers employed by the McCrums.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Where is your interest in this? Where did it all begin?
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Well, it all began when I was 15
0:11:25 > 0:11:29and I set up a charity called the Milford Buildings Preservation Trust
0:11:29 > 0:11:34to protect and preserve Milford House for the benefit of the nation
0:11:34 > 0:11:36and from that, the collection developed.
0:11:36 > 0:11:41The family gave us back the remaining possessions that they had
0:11:41 > 0:11:44and it was from them that the collection started.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46The head of the family was Robert McCrum,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48a man bordering on genius,
0:11:48 > 0:11:52who, of course, pioneered a new type of linen - double damask.
0:11:52 > 0:11:58When we say that Milford linen is superior to any other linen in Ireland or, indeed, in the world,
0:11:58 > 0:11:59we're not joking.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- Why do you say that? - If you look at this napkin here,
0:12:02 > 0:12:06you can see that the design is printed on both sides of the fabric,
0:12:06 > 0:12:08so it looks exactly the same on each side.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Because he invented it and he patented it,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15he had the monopoly on the industry in Ireland
0:12:15 > 0:12:17until he died in 1915.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Robert McCrum's design revolutionised the linen industry
0:12:21 > 0:12:25and soon he had two factories and 1,000 employees,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28who helped make him a very rich man.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31But he wasn't the only member of the family to change the world.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36For a start, his daughter Harriet was a founding member of the Irish suffragette movement.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40This is a copy of a portrait of Harriet McCrum.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43We can't say she was a great beauty - she wasn't.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46She was close friends with Millicent Fawcett,
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- who was a founding member of the suffragette movement in England.- Right.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Both ladies preferred to do the hard work and let someone else take the credit.
0:12:54 > 0:13:00And this magnifying glass here was a wedding present
0:13:00 > 0:13:02from Millicent Fawcett to Harriet McCrum
0:13:02 > 0:13:04and you can see it's inscribed,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08"H McCrum with M Fawcett's love and care."
0:13:08 > 0:13:10That's a lovely little present.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Meanwhile, Harriet's brother William was the black sheep of the family,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18preferring to gamble in Monte Carlo rather than run a linen factory.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20But he too has a claim to fame,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24for in 1890, in the park just outside this museum,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27he invented the penalty kick rule.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29In the 19th century, there were no rules in football.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Games could last an average four days - four days at a time.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38- An average of seven men died playing football a year.- Really?
0:13:38 > 0:13:41But when he invented it, the penalty kick was laughed at.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46But he was a goal keeper and my theory behind it is
0:13:46 > 0:13:48that he was very into acting and amateur dramatics.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Goal keepers don't do much in the game
0:13:50 > 0:13:55- and so for a few seconds, he's the most important person in the game.- Right.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00- And if he wins the game, then he's even more important. - Oh, right.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Today, he's even more famous than his father was.
0:14:03 > 0:14:08- REFEREE'S WHISTLE BLOWS - And naturally, if one visits this world-famous site,
0:14:08 > 0:14:12how can you resist reliving a piece of footballing history?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Barby takes the run-up...
0:14:16 > 0:14:19He kicks... This is...
0:14:19 > 0:14:20GLASS SMASHING
0:14:20 > 0:14:23..a criminal offence. Time to go, I think.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33As for David Harper, he's gone well and truly off the beaten track,
0:14:33 > 0:14:37to a place appropriately called Countryside Antiques.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Well... Oh, I can't believe it.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Full of fantastic stuff.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Absolutely and this unlikely shop is owned by Stanley,
0:14:46 > 0:14:50who used to be a farmer but after a spot of heart trouble
0:14:50 > 0:14:52decided to become an antiques dealer instead.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56And then we got bigger and bigger as we went along.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- This is what happens.- This is what happens.- It's a disease.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01It's worse than the heart disease.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04It causes heart disease, this business.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Come on, then, show me. What have we got? Let's have a look.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Or more to the point, what hasn't Stanley got,
0:15:11 > 0:15:15from Japanese Noritake to Mouseman furniture.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- That's not £100, is it? - Well, it would be a deposit.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22I'm afraid David Harper can't get any of it
0:15:22 > 0:15:25at the rock-bottom prices he's so fond of.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28They're quite interesting, aren't they?
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I think they're Irish. I'm not 100% sure.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Let's see. You could be right. Romany.- They could be Romany.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37If you trace the Romanies back, you actually get to India.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40If you keep going east, that's where they started,
0:15:40 > 0:15:43so they've always got that Indian sort of influence.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45So it could be Romany.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49So you carry two of them. What are you going to carry two of them for?
0:15:49 > 0:15:50- Beer.- Beer. One of them each.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- You and I could have a great party. - It would be.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- Fill them up.- Fill them up.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- What, I mean... There's a pair of them.- There's a pair of them.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- What kind of...? What sort of...? - 100.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- 100. Take 50 quid and be...- I can't. I'd be happy to get 60 for them.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I'm getting no money out of them.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- Stanley, I'm going to give you £60. - Thank you very much.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16Thank you very much. They're fantastically whacky. I love them.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Love them. I've almost blown all my money.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Well, in that case, it's hats off to Stanley
0:16:22 > 0:16:26and time for our esteemed experts to call it a day.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Did you spend all your money? You were going to do that, weren't you?
0:16:29 > 0:16:33I do want to spend all my money. I want to blow every single penny.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39As they sun hides behind several enormous grey clouds,
0:16:39 > 0:16:43the two Davids are none the less excited about the day ahead.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46All I can say is it's lovely countryside.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50I think the only way to see Ireland is by open-top car.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51This is the way to do it.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56So far, David Barby has spent £110 on three auction lots
0:16:56 > 0:17:00and still has £90 up his finely tailored sleeve.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05David Harper, on the other hand, has gone a bit mad,
0:17:05 > 0:17:07parting with £160 for four auction lots.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Mind you, he says he's determined to spend every penny.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Cheeky!
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Is this your policy? You're going to blow it on each occasion?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I might. I'm going to try it this time on our first leg out
0:17:19 > 0:17:22and if it all goes disastrously wrong, I may change tactic.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25The boys' first stop today is Armagh,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28known to many as the city of saints and scholars.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33And that's a story which begins in the mid 400s
0:17:33 > 0:17:36when Christianity first spread to Ireland
0:17:36 > 0:17:40and St Patrick established his principal church right here,
0:17:40 > 0:17:44thus making this the island's ecclesiastical capital,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48although it's since been destroyed and rebuilt 17 times.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49As for our story,
0:17:49 > 0:17:53that begins a few streets away at the Shambles Market,
0:17:53 > 0:17:57where David Barby is about to have his world rocked.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Hold on. Now, this is the first time ever
0:18:00 > 0:18:04you've stepped onto the holy ground of a car boot. Am I right?
0:18:04 > 0:18:08- I've been to one of these country house car boots.- Yes.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- So I expect this is something similar.- Very similar.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13You might find some Rembrandts
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- and some really good early George I oak furniture.- Just what I want.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21OK, good luck to you. You go in that direction and I'll go in that direction.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Whilst David's new to the cut and thrust of the car boot sale,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27he's loving it,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30approaching every nuance as if he's narrating a nature documentary.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Well, this is the most extraordinary place I've been to.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39It's all at a car boot sale. It's amazing what's being sold.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42And the people are so interesting as well.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44They're all out there to get a bargain.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I hope I can find one.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Even more surprising, this eclectic market place
0:18:49 > 0:18:53is also having a strange effect on David Harper.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Five pounds. It should be 25 quid, that. It's madness.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59It's so cheap it's probably illegal.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03What?! Oh, right. He almost had me, there.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06And true to form, he's now going on
0:19:06 > 0:19:09to squeeze the pocket money out of an 18-year-old stallholder.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Two cracking bits of Murano.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Now, what would your price, to me, be for these?
0:19:17 > 0:19:21- 20.- 20 on that and how much for that?- 20.- 20.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24So here we are, here's the great example of Murano,
0:19:24 > 0:19:28made on the island of Murano just off the coast of Italy.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32It's interesting because in Murano, they've been making glass for hundreds of years,
0:19:32 > 0:19:34even a couple of thousand years,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37and many, many moons ago,
0:19:37 > 0:19:42to avoid any glassblowers, glass artisans ever leaving the island,
0:19:42 > 0:19:45the threat was that, "If we train you on this island,
0:19:45 > 0:19:47"you become a master glassblower,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50"you leave this island and take those skills elsewhere,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52"if we catch you, we'll kill you."
0:19:52 > 0:19:55It's a great story and they're still making there today.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58What about doing a bulk-buy deal here?
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- I'll go for 35.- 35?- 35.
0:20:01 > 0:20:0225?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Huh! He's shameless.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08- I'll go to 32. - Do 30 and we've done a deal.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- All right.- Good man, good man.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12OK, fantastic.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16David Barby, meanwhile, is going down the ceramic route.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19After all, this slipper pan is the perfect opportunity
0:20:19 > 0:20:21for some lavatorial humour.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27This piece here is a Grimwade, a Grimwade piece.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31I like Grimwade pottery and I've just asked what the bottom price is.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- CYMBAL CRASHES - Huh! That's one.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37- 50p.- 50p? - Pee being the operative word.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- CYMBAL CRASHES - That's two.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Hasn't been used for ages.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- CYMBAL CRASHES - That's three
0:20:43 > 0:20:44and that's probably enough.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48- For 50 pence. I've got to buy it for 50 pence, haven't I?- Yes.- Yeah.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51I've bought something! Oh! I've bought something.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Thank you very much. - You're very welcome.- Not at all.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- I'll give you a pound. - And there's your change.- Thank you.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01- And there's an Irish luck penny. - An Irish luck penny.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05It's traditional when you buy something, you get a bargain,
0:21:05 > 0:21:06you get a luck penny back.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09What have I done?
0:21:09 > 0:21:13With only £10 left in his pocket, David Harper is calling it a day
0:21:13 > 0:21:18and is headed to the Armagh public library, founded in 1771
0:21:18 > 0:21:20by the Archbishop Robinson,
0:21:20 > 0:21:23who thought of it as the healing place of the soul
0:21:23 > 0:21:28and filled its shelves with his collection of rare 17th and 18th century books.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- Welcome. It's a delight to have you here.- Thank you.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- I'm David.- I'm Carol.- Carol. Thank you very much.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37You should feel very much at home here
0:21:37 > 0:21:41because Archbishop Richard Robinson, who had this lovely library built,
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- was from Yorkshire. - A fellow Yorkshireman.- Yes.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48A wonderful collector. A wealthy man in his own right.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53And he set to and he bought and acquired books, manuscripts,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56prints, gems, coins.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- It was a very subtle way of saying, "I have money..."- Yes!
0:21:59 > 0:22:00"..and I want to show you that."
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Robinson's ultimate aim was to have a university in Armagh,
0:22:04 > 0:22:08so he started by building a library and each of the books he introduced
0:22:08 > 0:22:11was stamped with his own personal book plate.
0:22:11 > 0:22:17But whilst he died in 1794, his collection continues to grow,
0:22:17 > 0:22:22containing everything from theology to literary classics.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26This is a first edition of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31It's known as Gulliver's Travels. The title is Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The World.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- That's the original title? - That's the original title.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I didn't know that.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41And then it's by, you see, this surgeon, Lemuel Gulliver,
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- and we shorten it to Gulliver's Travels...- Of course.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46The first edition, 1726,
0:22:46 > 0:22:52and this is the actual edition in which Swift chose to make changes
0:22:52 > 0:22:56in the margins, ready for a further print run.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- There actually have been... - This particular one?- Yes.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00That's what's so special for us.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- There are areas here where we can actually show...- Oh!
0:23:04 > 0:23:07..in some cases, a little change, in others, more...
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- Does that mention Lilliput, there? - Yes.- And he's made a change?
0:23:11 > 0:23:15The fact that Lilliput has been underlined is fascinating.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19If I may show you another one where he was just putting in...
0:23:20 > 0:23:25Binding is what's printed and it should have been bending.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27- Ah!- So he was frustrated to find
0:23:27 > 0:23:30that there were several printing errors like that.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35Swift was so frustrated, in fact, he even fired the publisher.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Wow. Carol, we're having a real feast here, aren't we?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41I'm glad you're saying that. That's great to hear.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44We thought you might like to see this as well.
0:23:44 > 0:23:50It's a 1614 copy of Sir Walter Raleigh's The History Of The World.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- No!- Raleigh wrote this while imprisoned in the Tower in London.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58He had fallen out of favour with Queen Elizabeth.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02She was very angry to learn that he had married one of her ladies in waiting in secret.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Not the done thing.- No, indeed.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07He was imprisoned for quite a number of years
0:24:07 > 0:24:10and it was during that time that he wrote The History Of The World.
0:24:10 > 0:24:14Now, whilst David Harper's in no particular rush,
0:24:14 > 0:24:16David Barby still has more shopping to do.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21His next stop is Cookstown, which was founded around 1620
0:24:21 > 0:24:26when ecclesiastical lawyer Dr Alan Cook leased the land
0:24:26 > 0:24:29from the then Archbishop of Armagh.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32It's also the location of the Saddle Room Antiques
0:24:32 > 0:24:35and the man in that snazzy tie is Christopher.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- I'm looking for bargains, so I hope you've got some.- I hope so!
0:24:40 > 0:24:43Well, if anyone can sniff one out, it's Barby.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50- An old jelly mould.- A late Victorian white-glazed jelly mould.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- The ones that are collectable are the salt-glazed ones.- Yes.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56But what I like is this still can be used.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58That's £18.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00What's the best on that one?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Eight.- Can you do it for five?- OK.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I would like that for £5.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11That would go nicely with another ceramic object I've bought.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13OK, yes.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19Mm. Jelly and nobody's business. What an intriguing combination.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Though he's not done yet.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26His next acquisition might just be this stick stand, circa 1900.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29On the stick stand, I see you've got £78.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32I would do that for 35.
0:25:34 > 0:25:3735. Your very best at 35?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Erm...
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Could you do it for round about 20?
0:25:42 > 0:25:48- OK.- £20? That man could charm the skin off a snake.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52What I like about it is it's still got its original drip tray.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55The maker's mark is a callipers at the bottom.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57It's an interesting piece of social history.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01The sort of house this would have come from would be a comfortable residence
0:26:01 > 0:26:03where there would have been servants.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05This would have been in the hall
0:26:05 > 0:26:10because only people of a certain wealth could afford walking canes, umbrellas or parasols.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14You'd date this probably round about the beginning of the 20th century.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Which is David's way of saying he'll take it.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20For £10, it's very good. Thank you very much.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26- What did you say?- 20. It's 20. - Nice try.- That's great.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28With the shopping done,
0:26:28 > 0:26:32it's time for David and David to reveal to each other
0:26:32 > 0:26:33what they've bought.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38- Can I start first?- Of course. - Would you mind?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Right, I think you're going to like this.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- Clap your eyes on that. - That is very good.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47I think it's amazing that they can reproduce things like this.
0:26:47 > 0:26:53Oh, stop it. Stop it! You know 100% that is not a reproduction.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56It's a trawler's lamp, for goodness' sake.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01Erm, I look inside and I can't see any age to it.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05It's this sort of thing here, where's there isn't any workmanship.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- Look, it comes out.- It's a pin. You've just pulled my pin out.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- Final verdict? - I think it's reproduction.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Now, David, what do you think of these?
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- What do you think they're for? - Do you know what they're for?- No.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23I was hoping you were going to tell me.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25But I tell you why I bought them.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29First of all they're the Britannia Pottery Company, Glasgow.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- That's good.- Glasgow.- Yeah.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34These figures are caricatures of Churchill
0:27:34 > 0:27:37and people do collect anything to do with Churchill.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39OK, get rid of them. I don't like them.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Hmm! Someone's a little jealous.
0:27:42 > 0:27:49Right, David Barby, we've got a set of six 19th-century prints.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Very, very dirty, obviously.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54What are your thoughts on those?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- I think they're great social history.- Yeah.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00- I do like them. I like anything to do with the countryside.- Yes.
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- Good to have six.- And hunting - hunting is very popular.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Right, get your second item, then.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11What on earth have you been...?
0:28:13 > 0:28:16I don't actually think that I want to touch it.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Oh, it's perfectly clean.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- It smells completely fresh.- Nice.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25- Just explain to me...- What? - ..exactly what it is.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- This is a douche pan. - What does that mean?
0:28:28 > 0:28:32This means that either male or female would sit on it here,
0:28:32 > 0:28:36so that the hand could go in there to then wash the...
0:28:37 > 0:28:39I haven't tried it.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40Thank the Good Lord.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42It's a talking piece.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45It's good to have visitors to come along to ask you what it is
0:28:45 > 0:28:49- and then for you, so eloquently, to explain.- Or possibly demonstrate.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55And if you think that's odd, he's teaming it up with a jelly mould.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58The only reason I bought this is because it's white, to go with this.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02- So that's a fiver's worth?- Yeah. You hit the nail on the head.- Excellent.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Let me get something else.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08- What do you think about these? They're one lot.- Yes.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Good shape. Nice heart shape.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13Czechoslovakian.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Erm... Probably made, oh, about five years ago.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20Based on, let's say, Murano glass.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Well, that's how I described them, as Murano.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- That's not Murano. - OK. Would you say that's Murano?
0:29:26 > 0:29:29I think it comes from the same source.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31I tell you why I don't think it's Murano
0:29:31 > 0:29:33because with this fleck, if it was Murano,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- you'd have a gold element in it.- Ah.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41And it has not got that and that always distinguishes it, in my book,
0:29:41 > 0:29:46- from, let's say, a host of other glass being produced.- OK.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Well, listen, let's just agree that they're Murano-esque, whatever.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55No. They're either Murano or they're not, David,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57and I'm thinking the latter.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- OK. Don't say anything. - You'll have to stand up.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Well, it's a stick stand.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Circa 1900.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Might be described as Victorian but it's more 1900, 1910.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12They used to sell well. Nice drip pan.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Erm, that is worth £20.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19- That's how much I paid for it. - Well done. It's not bad, is it?
0:30:23 > 0:30:29I think these are probably Tibetan. They're possibly used for milk.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Now, the lovely chap I bought them off was convinced
0:30:32 > 0:30:37that they're Irish and made for the travelling community.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- They're superb quality. - Yes. They're very well made.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42- They're flamboyant. - Yes. I rather like those.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48- One overlight.- OK.- I think it's George III.- It could be Georgian.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51So it would have gone above the door of an important house.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53- Borrowed light.- Yeah. - Bring the light in.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Erm, now, these things, architectural antiques, of course,
0:30:56 > 0:31:00were very good news, weren't they, when there was a property boom?
0:31:00 > 0:31:04- Yeah. But people are still doing renovations.- Yes, yes.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07If there was a property boom, you'd get 200 quid for that.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09Needs lots of work but a good thing.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12And now for the adult portion of our antiques.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16OK, Mr Barby, tell me what's going through your mind?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- David?- Yes?- Get on with it.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24Well, it is quite an extraordinary image.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Do you like it? - No. No, I don't like it.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31- I can't believe it. - I find this leg awkward.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34It's not a natural pose.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37I think the breasts are OK.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41Oh, yeah, they're OK, I've got to say. They're all right.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44But it's modern art and I find it difficult to appreciate modern art.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45OK, all right, OK.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49She's a beauty. She's a beauty. Get some taste.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51HE MOUTHS
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Right, David, what do you think of this?
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Mm. I like her.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59I do.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03- I think it's after a Victorian artist called Alma-Tadema.- Yes.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08- He painted sort of Pompeian beauties.- 1860, 1880, 1890.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10But what I like about this
0:32:10 > 0:32:12is that the artist has put a Victorian face
0:32:12 > 0:32:17and this little bit of eroticism was allowed because of the classical subject.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19- You could get away with it.- Yeah. - Absolutely.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22I think that, restored, would be several hundreds.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27- I paid 40.- 40. It's for nothing. It's absolutely for nothing.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30That, I'm afraid, is the killer buy.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34Now, as if I can't guess, what do our experts really think?
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Very surprised, in fact horrified,
0:32:36 > 0:32:41that Mr Barby didn't like my painting of a nude lady.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45I mean, come on, who can say, hand on heart, they don't fancy her?
0:32:45 > 0:32:46She's fantastic.
0:32:46 > 0:32:51I think the worst object of all was the painting of the female nude
0:32:51 > 0:32:53after O'Neill.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55I thought it was absolutely dreadful.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Dreadful.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59After starting off in Moy,
0:32:59 > 0:33:03David Harper and David Barby end the first leg of their road trip
0:33:03 > 0:33:05in county town of Omagh.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08One of the oldest towns in Ireland,
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Omagh traces its origins back to the year 792,
0:33:12 > 0:33:15when all that existed was a single abbey.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20Since then, there's been rebellion, war, and, oh, yes, it's also been burned to the ground
0:33:20 > 0:33:22in the name of William III.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24But right now, it's biggest problem is traffic,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27courtesy of guess who?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31We're going to have to put our foot down. I know you don't like it.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34- Don't you put your foot down! - Hold onto your horses, baby!
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- Let's go. - That's fast enough. Oh, my God!
0:33:39 > 0:33:43Assuming Barby can cope with speeds in excess of 30mph,
0:33:43 > 0:33:47our next stop is Viewback Auctions.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Though before auctioneer Geoffrey Simpson gets things underway,
0:33:51 > 0:33:54how does he rate the chances of our two Davids?
0:33:54 > 0:33:58I wouldn't book any holidays on the strength of what they're selling
0:33:58 > 0:34:02but none the less, I think they'll possibly show a little profit.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05The most interesting article for me
0:34:05 > 0:34:07is the architectural window,
0:34:07 > 0:34:11which is typically Irish Georgian.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13It's a pity that's there's only one
0:34:13 > 0:34:16but it does show that the guys have an eye for something good.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20I'm not so happy with the fox-hunting prints.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23They seem to be a little bit too scruffy.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26They have potential, perhaps, if they were cleaned up a bit and reframed.
0:34:26 > 0:34:32The most exciting lot for me are the pair of Churchillian Britannia Pottery vases
0:34:32 > 0:34:35or jugs or whatever they are called.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39I think they should do well. They should make a good few pounds.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43Our experts began this journey with £200 each
0:34:43 > 0:34:45and over the last two highly competitive days,
0:34:45 > 0:34:51David Harper has splashed out a total of £190 on five auction lots.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55As for David Barby, he's kept a little more in reserve,
0:34:55 > 0:35:00spending £135.50, also for five auction lots.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Mark you, he does have a secret weapon,
0:35:02 > 0:35:05thanks to his new-found love of car boot sales.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- Can I hold the lucky penny?- No.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10- Can I look at it?- No.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- Not even look at it with my eyes?- No.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Well, if you're quite ready, let the auction begin.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21First up, it's David Harper's brass tankards,
0:35:21 > 0:35:25- finely decorated, with a touch of Gypsy.- Go on, pump them up.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- At 40. At 40. At £40 at the back. - Come on.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30At 40. At 45 here at the front. At 45.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- 50 at the back, then. At 50, at 50, at 50.- Come on.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35At £50. Any advance on 50? And I sell.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Oh, dear. We've stalled already.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- No, no, no, no, no. - At £50. At £50. At £50.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- £50 and it's once, £50 and it's twice.- Don't sell them.
0:35:43 > 0:35:49- All finished at £50. Mr X. - Mr X has just nicked them off me.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53Needless to say, Mr X has paid a lot less than our Mr Harper
0:35:53 > 0:35:55and that's a £10 loss before commission.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- I can't believe it. - I think he knows what they are.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Next, it's the David Barby ceramic collection.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Not available in shops.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08It's still a bizarre combination, if you ask me,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10a jelly mould and a douche pan.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Who's going to give me £50 on the slipper pan and jelly mould?
0:36:14 > 0:36:1640? 30? 20?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18- Start me at 10.- No, don't.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- Yes.- Fiver? Fiver bid over here. - A fiver?
0:36:21 > 0:36:24At 10, at 15, 15. 20 down here.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27- At 20, at 20.- Someone's got taste. - Any advance on 20?
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- The lady's bid at 20.- I can't believe it. Give me that penny.
0:36:30 > 0:36:35- At 20 and it's twice.- One more go. - All done at £20. Lady's bid at 20.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Well played, Barby, well played.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Maybe there's something to that Irish luck penny after all.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Give me that penny. Let me just hold it for a while.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Actually, David, you may need it.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49There's more than a few doubts over your so-called Murano.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52We've got a heart-shaped Murano glass dish.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- He's mentioned Murano again. That's strange.- It is.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00- Who'll give me £30?- Czechoslovakian. - At 30, at 30, at 30, at 30, at 30.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04- At 35.- Yes.- At 40. At £40. At £40.- A bit of profit. Come on.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07Give me the penny, give me the penny.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11Sir, you realise these may be a little more modern than you think?
0:37:11 > 0:37:14- Are you happy enough? At 40. - That's good, that's good.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- At £40 it is, once.- Come on. - At £40 it is, twice.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20All finished and done at £40.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26Not bad, considering there's no way on earth they were Murano.
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- Will you not let me hold the penny on my next...?- No.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33That's right, Barby, you hold onto it.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36After all, your George III overlight is next.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40This piece of glass is unique to this part of the world.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- That is true, that is true. - You never mentioned that.- It's true.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Who'll start me at £100?
0:37:46 > 0:37:49- Start me at 50. 40?- £1.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Ladies and gentlemen, 30. 20? £20 bid.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- At 20, at 20, at 20, at 20. At 30, at 30, at 40.- Oh!
0:37:55 > 0:37:57It's a pity there wasn't a pair.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59We'd be flying into £400, £500.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00He's very good.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04- At £40 once, twice... All finished. - I'm very disappointed.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- Sold to a gentleman who knows. - You just can't stop making a profit.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12Yes, and that's another £10 in the kitty.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17But now, perhaps it's David Harper's turn to feel the lurve.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21It's his thoroughly modern amateur copy of an Irish nude.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23HE GASPS She's so beautiful.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Yeah, all right, calm down.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29At £20. At 20, at 20, at 20, at 20. At 30.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32- Yes. Come on. - At 30, at 40, at 40, at 40, at £40.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- At £40. Any advance on 40? - Come on.- At 40, at 40, at £40.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- At £40 it is once, at £40 twice... - Come on.
0:38:39 > 0:38:40- All finished. - GAVEL BANGS
0:38:40 > 0:38:44- Well, she made a bit of profit. - Yes, indeed
0:38:44 > 0:38:49but perhaps the people of Omagh like their nudes a little more subtle.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53So let's see if Barby can tempt them with a cheeky flash of breast.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- Start me at £100. £100. Anywhere? - That is such a bargain.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00£50, then, to start the bidding. 60, there, the gentleman.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03At 70. At 70 to the lady. At 70, at 70 to the lady who knows.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- Oh, come on.- At 70, at 70. Will I say 80?
0:39:06 > 0:39:09It's that lady's at 90. Are you going to come again, sir?
0:39:09 > 0:39:13At 90. It's the lady's bid. At £90 and I sell.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17- Oh, Christopher Columbus. - At £90 once, £90 twice.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Get it sold. - Sold for £90. BA.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Get it done. Well done. Well done.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Well and truly thrashed. - I didn't have my penny in my hand.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Oh, dear! I feel so awful for you.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34Yeah, poor old David. That's only £50 before commission.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38Staying in the art world for just a little longer,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41let's see if David Harper can lift his sagging profit margins
0:39:41 > 0:39:43with these hunting prints.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46Come on, now, babies. Six of them.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50At £20. At 20, at 20, at 20, at 20, at 20, at 30.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51At £30. Any advance on 30?
0:39:51 > 0:39:55- At £30, at £30, at £30, at 30, at 30, at 30...- Come on.- ..at 30.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57At £30, at £30 it is.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01So, just to summarise, we're at 30.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03At 30, at £30, at 30, at 30, at 40.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- 40. Come on. I paid 45. Come on. - At 40, at 40.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- £40 once, £40 twice.- No... - All finished?
0:40:08 > 0:40:12- At 40. Mr E.- Oh! £5 loss.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15And don't forget the commission.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17David Barby's pottery figures now,
0:40:17 > 0:40:21which, I'm afraid, are still proving to be something of a mystery.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24I'm getting rather anxious about these.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26I don't know what they're for, David.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29I just bought them because they were Churchill.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33We've had quite a lot of interest in these articles on the internet,
0:40:33 > 0:40:35so who's going to give me £200?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- What?- Start me at £100. £100 bid.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40At £100. 120, 140.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44140. 160. 160, 180.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- Come on, come on.- At £180. At £200.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Oh, my! Whatever they are, I love them.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- At £220.- No.- At £240.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58- I see a smile. - Not from me.- At £240. That's once.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01At £240. Are you all finished and done? At £240.
0:41:01 > 0:41:08- GAVEL BANGS - And that's why they call David Barby "The Master". Bravo!
0:41:08 > 0:41:11I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to applaud there. Well done.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12Well, there you go.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Clearly, Barby's in the lead
0:41:14 > 0:41:17but David Harper's hoping his ship's lantern
0:41:17 > 0:41:19will finally get the bidders excited.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24- Come on, boys.- At £30 bid, at £30, at 40, at 40, at 40, at 40.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- At £40.- I need so much more. - I can't go up to 50 if I can't get no bids.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31- Nobody wants the thing. - He's trying hard.- He's very good.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33At 50, at 50. At 60! A-ha!
0:41:33 > 0:41:35New blood! At 60, at 60, at 70.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40- At £70 behind you, sir. At £70, at £70.- You're doing well.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44- At £70 it is once.- Your day is here. - At £70 it is twice.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- All finished at £70. Mr E. - I'm delighted with that.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52And so you should be, old boy. That's £40 profit before commission.
0:41:52 > 0:41:57Mind you, it's a drop in the ocean compared to you know who
0:41:57 > 0:42:01and it's time for his final lot, the 19th-century stick stand.
0:42:01 > 0:42:02- Get your penny out.- I have.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07At 30. £30 bid. At 30, at 30, at 30. At 40, at 40, at £40.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- Who's going to give me 50?- Nobody. - At 40, at 40, at 40.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- At £40. I can't get more. - Sell it, sell it.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- At £40 twice.- Sell it, sell it.
0:42:16 > 0:42:21- All finished, all done? At £40. And the code is Mr E.- Gone. £40.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Well!- Well done, Barby.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Drinks on you, I think, although for some reason, the man's frowning.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- What are you moaning about? - I only made £20 on that.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34- I thought you paid 40 for it.- 20.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Just to get you worked up.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41David Harper started this leg with £200
0:42:41 > 0:42:45and after commission, made a rather modest profit of £6.80,
0:42:45 > 0:42:51which means he ends the first leg with £206.80.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53David Barby also started with £200
0:42:53 > 0:42:58but after making an exceptional £217.10 at auction,
0:42:58 > 0:43:05he now has £417.10 in the coffers and is very much in first place.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07But, hey, we've only just begun.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11I was well and truly, utterly, hammered, thrashed, killed,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13drowned, whatever you want to call it.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16Come on, Harper, pull yourself together.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18There's still four days to go.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Right, hold on. You are going for a spin.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24- Do be careful. - HE LAUGHS MANICALLY
0:43:24 > 0:43:25Aargh!!
0:43:25 > 0:43:30Join us tomorrow in the sunny Republic of Ireland...
0:43:30 > 0:43:34where David Harper gets a grip of the currency.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37- I've only got 200 and something euros.- OK, right.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39She's not very impressed with me.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42And David Barby gets a shock.
0:43:42 > 0:43:43HE GASPS
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