0:48:02 > 0:48:04The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each,
0:48:04 > 0:48:06and one big challenge.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09- I'm here to declare war.- Why?
0:48:09 > 0:48:13Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:48:13 > 0:48:16- It really is very good! - The aim is to trade up
0:48:16 > 0:48:19and hope each antique turns a profit.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21But it's not as easy as you might think
0:48:21 > 0:48:24- and things don't always go to plan. - Push!
0:48:24 > 0:48:28Will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt?
0:48:28 > 0:48:31- Do you think I'd believe that? - This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:48:37 > 0:48:41We're in the Republic of Ireland with the two Davids,
0:48:41 > 0:48:43David Harper and David Barby.
0:48:47 > 0:48:53Together, they're touring the Emerald Isle in a Triumph TR3.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55Oh, David!
0:48:55 > 0:48:59- You're getting all fired up here! - I'm doing 50 miles an hour. - Come on, baby!
0:49:00 > 0:49:05David Harper is a dealer with an infinite knowledge of antiques.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07What on earth is that?
0:49:07 > 0:49:10While co-driver David Barby is an auctioneer,
0:49:10 > 0:49:13well-known for his tact and charm!
0:49:13 > 0:49:15- Is that collectable in England? - HE GASPS
0:49:15 > 0:49:17It is here.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20There's no doubt who's had the best start on this trip.
0:49:20 > 0:49:25Yesterday's auction in Northern Ireland was a great success for David Barby...
0:49:25 > 0:49:29- I'm getting anxious about these. - All finished at 240.
0:49:29 > 0:49:30Someone's got taste.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33..but a calamity for David Harper.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36- No, don't.- Yes.- Come on!
0:49:38 > 0:49:40They began with £200 each,
0:49:40 > 0:49:46but David B goes into today with a whopping £417.10.
0:49:46 > 0:49:50The other David has made just £6.80
0:49:50 > 0:49:53to add to his starting cash.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57Both of these piles have been converted into euros today
0:49:57 > 0:50:02as the road trip heads south of the border and into new territory.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05This week we're travelling from Northern Ireland,
0:50:05 > 0:50:08heading south towards the county of Meath,
0:50:08 > 0:50:10then across to the north coast of Wales
0:50:10 > 0:50:16and once again heading south, ending our road trip in Llanelli.
0:50:16 > 0:50:22Today's show starts out in Athlone and heads for an auction at Kells.
0:50:23 > 0:50:28# Half a mile from the county fair And the rain came pouring down...
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Slap-bang in the geographical centre of Ireland,
0:50:31 > 0:50:37Athlone is famous for its castle and its very strategic bridge over the River Shannon.
0:50:37 > 0:50:42Reasons why, over 300 years ago, the city was besieged twice.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44# We just stood there getting wet #
0:50:44 > 0:50:50Ireland is apparently also noted for its precipitation. That's rain.
0:50:51 > 0:50:57- I am wet.- I think you should put the soft top up. - Do you think so?- Yes.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00Let's not suffer too much, for goodness sake. That's it.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02There you go! That's nice!
0:51:02 > 0:51:07When you've got the facilities, you can use a vintage car all year round!
0:51:08 > 0:51:14Mm. I'm not sure the Garda would necessarily agree with you, David.
0:51:15 > 0:51:21This warm and dry shop, though, is packed with top-quality stuff at prices that match.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Brianna and Thomas are keen to help.
0:51:24 > 0:51:27- Who gives the best discounts? - I most certainly do.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30- Really? - THEY LAUGH
0:51:30 > 0:51:32OK, I'll have the good-looking one!
0:51:32 > 0:51:37Ahh, the David Harper charm, tried before but with mixed results.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39Do you want to come for a ride in my car?
0:51:39 > 0:51:42I'm sure I've heard that line, too.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45I wonder what she'll think when she discovers that after yesterday,
0:51:45 > 0:51:48he doesn't have much else to offer.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51That is a crackling Majolica thing. Is it Majolica?
0:51:51 > 0:51:53It's going to be out of my price range, isn't it?
0:51:53 > 0:51:57- Bear in mind I've only got 200-and-something euros.- OK! Right!
0:51:57 > 0:52:02- She's not very impressed with me now, is she?- We're not fussy here!
0:52:02 > 0:52:04I'd love to pay 150 for it.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08- I'll see if I would like to give it to you for 150.- I bet you won't.
0:52:08 > 0:52:13Ooh. No. I think I might be disowned if I did!
0:52:13 > 0:52:17Even David Barby, who has twice as much cash as his namesake,
0:52:17 > 0:52:21couldn't afford 750 euros!
0:52:21 > 0:52:24There's an interesting piece of some bog oak.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28- I mean, it's very difficult to put an age on it.- Ohh!
0:52:28 > 0:52:33Now, there can be few things more typically Irish than bog oak,
0:52:33 > 0:52:38but the price of 295 euros makes David all shy.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40It's timber that's been in a peat bog
0:52:40 > 0:52:43- probably for thousands of years. - Absolutely.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47And it's soaked in all the sort of peat preservatives,
0:52:47 > 0:52:51so it becomes quite hard and it can be carved,
0:52:51 > 0:52:54and this is a piece of bog oak.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56What would be your discretion on that?
0:52:56 > 0:53:00- I'm sure we could do 10 or 15 percent.- Is that all?
0:53:00 > 0:53:05Well, we could start at 10 or 15 and see what's the level of your interest,
0:53:05 > 0:53:09- and it might be matched by the level of our discretion. - I think that is quite...
0:53:09 > 0:53:13- It rolls off your tongue! - It's called blarney!
0:53:13 > 0:53:15I know! It's called blarney! My goodness me!
0:53:17 > 0:53:22What's this? A carved, signed wooden tray.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24I've never seen anything like that before.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26It doesn't look terribly practical.
0:53:26 > 0:53:32- It hasn't got a huge amount of age, I don't think. A real quirky little number.- It is.
0:53:32 > 0:53:37- Would you have that in your house. - I don't think I would!
0:53:37 > 0:53:42Refreshingly honest. Now, what's David B up to?
0:53:42 > 0:53:45A Victorian... What's a pod saw?
0:53:45 > 0:53:49No! Pad saw!
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Well, it's all the way through here.
0:53:52 > 0:53:58That's a retractable blade that was the forerunner of the Stanley knife, perhaps.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00I'd like to know what it is before I buy it.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03Finding out what it is after you've bought it is more fun.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07There's that blarney again. But David is a bit of a stickler.
0:54:07 > 0:54:11Brian, we have a query here from a customer.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15Perhaps the shop owner can shave a few of the 48 euros off the price.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19Oh, right. So there's a hole in the actual handle,
0:54:19 > 0:54:21so you pass the blade all the way through?
0:54:21 > 0:54:25So you could adjust it accordingly.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Can you do it at 20?
0:54:28 > 0:54:32I'm not tough at all. OK, that's very kind.
0:54:32 > 0:54:36I'll put you back to Thomas to confirm the price in case he doesn't believe me.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39Hello, Brian. Is that really you that's there
0:54:39 > 0:54:42and we're not just talking to a recording?
0:54:42 > 0:54:46Oh, you drive such a hard bargain. I can't believe he took so much off!
0:54:46 > 0:54:49- He said 20.- He said 20 on that.
0:54:49 > 0:54:54So while David B reflects on his first purchase, David H, with plenty to prove,
0:54:54 > 0:54:59has finally found something which, at 40 euros, is in his bracket.
0:54:59 > 0:55:04- That's an unusual thing. I think it's alabaster.- Yes.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07Three naked ladies climbing up a...
0:55:07 > 0:55:10- Is it some sort of...- A cliff or...?
0:55:10 > 0:55:13What is it? Has it got a religious significance?
0:55:13 > 0:55:16- It's a very unusual thing.- It is. - I like that.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20I'd love to know what's going on. Whoever carved it carved it for a reason,
0:55:20 > 0:55:22he didn't think of this scene and think,
0:55:22 > 0:55:26"I'm just going to carve three women climbing up a mountain."
0:55:26 > 0:55:29Actually, David, it's inspired by a detail
0:55:29 > 0:55:33from Rodin's huge unfinished masterpiece the Gates of Hell.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36The original measured six metres by four
0:55:36 > 0:55:38and features 186 figures.
0:55:38 > 0:55:43That, though, is in the Musee Rodin and is definitely not for sale.
0:55:43 > 0:55:47I'd take a chance on that at 20 euros.
0:55:47 > 0:55:4920 euros...
0:55:49 > 0:55:54- OK, let's make a deal.- Are you sure? - Yes.- Marvellous! Marvellous!
0:55:54 > 0:55:57While David Barby dodges the Athlone showers...
0:55:57 > 0:56:01Hold on, it's raining. Just thinking of my perm!
0:56:02 > 0:56:05..his friend, that's the one in the cap,
0:56:05 > 0:56:07has grabbed the keys to the Triumph,
0:56:07 > 0:56:10travelling from Athlone to Barley Harbour.
0:56:11 > 0:56:14David's making his way through the lowlands
0:56:14 > 0:56:18to visit the studio of bog oak artist Michael Casey.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22Hello there. David Harper. Nice to meet you. Can I come in?
0:56:22 > 0:56:25Oh, my gosh! This is amazing.
0:56:31 > 0:56:35Tell me about bog oak. How do we get to that?
0:56:35 > 0:56:38When we lift it out, it's covered with clay and peat.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41And it's been buried under the earth for six or 7,000 years.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44The forests were growing at that time.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47They fell, and the bogs have grown on them 30 feet.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50When the wood first comes out of the ground,
0:56:50 > 0:56:54it's very soggy and needs to be seasoned for a few more years
0:56:54 > 0:56:57before Michael can begin his work.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00Oh, my goodness me! Michael, what is that?
0:57:00 > 0:57:05- This is absolutely as it comes out of the ground?- More or less, yes.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09How long has this been weathering for?
0:57:09 > 0:57:13Some of the pieces are here 10 or 15 years.
0:57:13 > 0:57:18So you might get an inspiration that you want to make a sculpture based on a subject
0:57:18 > 0:57:22- and then you would root through looking for something to grab you. - Yes.
0:57:22 > 0:57:26You can almost see the human head and the shoulder.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28OK. I can see that.
0:57:28 > 0:57:31And then other pieces are sitting for years and years
0:57:31 > 0:57:34and you might come out with a drink at night or something
0:57:34 > 0:57:39- and sit down with it...- Yes. - ..and then it suggests itself.
0:57:39 > 0:57:45I help it along, you know, the suggestion, just maybe the head and the arms.
0:57:45 > 0:57:49When you say you help it along, it's got your direct input, hasn't it?
0:57:49 > 0:57:52Things struggled in the bog off of nature
0:57:52 > 0:57:57and the handy human hand adds a little to it.
0:57:58 > 0:58:01Eventually, the supply of oak
0:58:01 > 0:58:04and the rarer yew and pine will run out,
0:58:04 > 0:58:06but not any day soon,
0:58:06 > 0:58:11because several thousand years ago Ireland was one huge forest.
0:58:11 > 0:58:15A monkey could swing from tree to tree.
0:58:15 > 0:58:20- This is the River Shannon out here. Now, you only had to swim the Shannon...- You're kidding?
0:58:20 > 0:58:24- ..and you could go the whole way to Galway. - Without touching the ground?- Yes.
0:58:26 > 0:58:32David is fortunate enough to have a lesson in sculpture from the master himself.
0:58:33 > 0:58:38So, you're not afraid of the wood at all? I mean, that is serious stuff.
0:58:38 > 0:58:40That'll take the skin off.
0:58:42 > 0:58:44- Don't go backwards. - Don't go backwards?
0:58:44 > 0:58:48- Forwards.- Always forwards? - Yes.- Tell me why.
0:58:48 > 0:58:52- Why would you always go forwards? - The teeth are facing that way.
0:58:52 > 0:58:54Yes!
0:58:55 > 0:58:57I see. I'm getting with it now, Michael.
0:58:57 > 0:59:00I think it might take me some time to become like you.
0:59:00 > 0:59:04I suppose if you were to make what you might think of as a mistake,
0:59:04 > 0:59:07- you'd just work around that?- Yes.
0:59:07 > 0:59:09- There's no mistakes in this. - No mistakes.- No.
0:59:09 > 0:59:13It's nature telling you exactly what she wants to be.
0:59:13 > 0:59:16Whilst David Harper goes with the grain,
0:59:16 > 0:59:20David Barby has carried on shopping...
0:59:21 > 0:59:25..making his way from Athlone to Mullingar.
0:59:25 > 0:59:28The biggest city in the Irish Midlands,
0:59:28 > 0:59:33Mullingar was once a great cattle-trading centre and is still famous for its pewter.
0:59:33 > 0:59:36James Joyce was very fond of the place, too,
0:59:36 > 0:59:42and it gets several mentions in Finnegans Wake and Ulysses.
0:59:42 > 0:59:44Speaking of heroes...
0:59:44 > 0:59:48- Hello, I'm David Barby. - Dermot Holmes. Pleased to meet you.
0:59:48 > 0:59:52- And you own this store? - Yes. Delighted it could bring you to Mullingar.
0:59:53 > 0:59:58If David was a bit taken aback by the prices in Athlone this morning,
0:59:58 > 1:00:01by Mullingar, he's getting seriously worried.
1:00:01 > 1:00:04That's well over what I have to spend.
1:00:04 > 1:00:06Well over.
1:00:06 > 1:00:08How much is that? Oh, it's coming round. Ohh!
1:00:08 > 1:00:12- Er, 495. - HE GASPS
1:00:12 > 1:00:16Yes. You pay for the frame.
1:00:16 > 1:00:19- It's in its original glass. - HE GASPS
1:00:19 > 1:00:24You're in Ireland now. You're not in the UK where there's plenty of volume!
1:00:26 > 1:00:30I'm looking at the sort of prices they're asking in Southern Ireland
1:00:30 > 1:00:34and I'm thinking, "Ohh! How much would that go for back home?"
1:00:34 > 1:00:40I realised the market back home has a long way to go before it gets to these prices.
1:00:40 > 1:00:43Luckily, shop-owner Dermot has plenty of suggestions
1:00:43 > 1:00:46for what might sell well at the Kells auction.
1:00:46 > 1:00:50Like an early Rudyard Kipling collection, various dishes
1:00:50 > 1:00:53and even some novelty tableware.
1:00:53 > 1:00:56- Is that collectable in England? - HE GASPS
1:00:56 > 1:01:00- It is here.- Ohh! - Isn't it extraordinary?
1:01:00 > 1:01:03- It's just a cabbage.- Ohh!
1:01:03 > 1:01:06- Do you like it?- I don't. - I think it's hideous.
1:01:06 > 1:01:12- People are mad about them. They collect them.- 35 euro! By God!
1:01:12 > 1:01:15Oh, well. Each to his own.
1:01:15 > 1:01:18David, for example, really likes this barrel.
1:01:18 > 1:01:21- I used to collect Doulton.- Ah, right.
1:01:21 > 1:01:24- This is a little Doulton piece.- Yes.
1:01:24 > 1:01:29- Salt glaze.- It would've originally had corks in it.
1:01:29 > 1:01:32- Yes. Those are gone. You'd have a spigot there.- Yes.
1:01:32 > 1:01:36But the very fact it is Doulton indicates that it's quality.
1:01:36 > 1:01:40And I love the barrel shape! I think that's quite good.
1:01:40 > 1:01:44I see you've got 35 on there. What's the best you can do?
1:01:44 > 1:01:48That's the best I can do. We had 45.
1:01:48 > 1:01:5030?
1:01:51 > 1:01:5625, then. That's the best. Because it's a piece of Doulton.
1:01:56 > 1:02:00Ha! But it hasn't got its spigot. And it hasn't got its cork.
1:02:00 > 1:02:05- And it hasn't got its proper stand. - No, it hasn't got its proper stand.
1:02:06 > 1:02:08You make me an offer.
1:02:08 > 1:02:11- I'll say 15.- I'll say 20.
1:02:11 > 1:02:14- 18.- Right, you're done.
1:02:14 > 1:02:18- What have I done?- What have you done? - Yes.
1:02:18 > 1:02:20Too late to change your mind now, David.
1:02:20 > 1:02:23What else is there to wax lyrical about?
1:02:23 > 1:02:25These are Georgian brass candlesticks.
1:02:25 > 1:02:28They're out of fashion to a certain extent in England
1:02:28 > 1:02:30because people don't like polishing brass.
1:02:30 > 1:02:37I remember seeing two of these up at that auction in the north, I think they went for about £12.
1:02:37 > 1:02:40So those have got to be round about 10 euro.
1:02:40 > 1:02:44I'm saying 12 euro. I'm matching 12 pounds with 12 euro.
1:02:44 > 1:02:48- I can't do it.- You can't do it? - No. I know how much the other ones went for.
1:02:48 > 1:02:52At the moment, the euro is at parity with the pound!
1:02:52 > 1:02:55Near enough. When you go to buy, it's different.
1:02:55 > 1:02:58We'll introduce you to these two
1:02:58 > 1:03:01and let you make a decision.
1:03:01 > 1:03:05- Do we throw the cat among the pigeons?- You have.
1:03:05 > 1:03:07- Slightly smaller. - I like those, as well.
1:03:07 > 1:03:11Right, so, if I bought those, that would be 20 euro for four?
1:03:11 > 1:03:15- For the four?- Yes.- OK.
1:03:15 > 1:03:18- Deal done?- Yes.
1:03:18 > 1:03:21A modest haul from Mullingar,
1:03:21 > 1:03:26but maybe David Barby, as the leader, doesn't have to try too hard.
1:03:29 > 1:03:33Day two, and the Davids still seem to be thoroughly enjoying
1:03:33 > 1:03:35their Gaelic gallivant.
1:03:35 > 1:03:40- You're very suave, aren't you? - No, no.- You are.
1:03:40 > 1:03:44- Don't you have a shell suit at home? - Oh, I've got one of those, yes.
1:03:44 > 1:03:48- I undo the zip halfway down.- Do you? - To show my hairy chest!
1:03:48 > 1:03:50THEY LAUGH
1:03:50 > 1:03:55Yesterday, the hirsute David Barby bought three items
1:03:55 > 1:03:57at a cost of just 58 euros.
1:03:57 > 1:04:03So he still has 394 euros and 30 cents to spend today.
1:04:03 > 1:04:06David Harper spent 20 euros on this...
1:04:06 > 1:04:10I'd love to know what's going on, because there's a significance here.
1:04:10 > 1:04:13..unaware that it's after Rodin's pose.
1:04:13 > 1:04:14Mwah. Thank you.
1:04:14 > 1:04:19And so he has 204 euros and 25 cents.
1:04:19 > 1:04:22- Time to spend, surely? - I need three or four items.
1:04:22 > 1:04:25I would like to spend it all,
1:04:25 > 1:04:27but so far, I've spent a tiny amount.
1:04:27 > 1:04:32I'm not going to blow the money on things just for the sake of spending.
1:04:32 > 1:04:33No, quite!
1:04:33 > 1:04:37Their triumphal trail will conclude today at an auction in Kells,
1:04:37 > 1:04:40but first stop for hot-to-shop Harper
1:04:40 > 1:04:42is the little town of Knockdrin.
1:04:45 > 1:04:50No mention yet of the prices, but where he finds this sort of eclectic mix,
1:04:50 > 1:04:54it behoves him to find a bargain, big or small.
1:04:54 > 1:04:58What is that? It's a miniature drum. A metal miniature drum.
1:04:58 > 1:05:01Hand-painted. The Gordon Highlanders.
1:05:01 > 1:05:03Anything to do with militaria,
1:05:03 > 1:05:07there are collectors out there worldwide for things like this.
1:05:07 > 1:05:10Hand-painted. Quality.
1:05:10 > 1:05:14Let me find Mary and see what she can do on this one.
1:05:14 > 1:05:17- Mary?- Yes, David?
1:05:17 > 1:05:20- Can I just talk to you about this? - Yes. The drum.
1:05:20 > 1:05:23What's it used for? Do you think it's been a box?
1:05:23 > 1:05:26- Or is it just a novelty thing? - I think it's a novelty thing.
1:05:26 > 1:05:30- What sort of money is it to me? - 10 euros to you.
1:05:30 > 1:05:33- 10?- 20 euro?
1:05:33 > 1:05:36You don't say ten and then 20. I'm not likely to give you 20!
1:05:36 > 1:05:39- 10 euros! Right.- 10 euros.
1:05:39 > 1:05:43- It's a little buy. A good start. I'll have it. Thank you.- Thank you.
1:05:51 > 1:05:55These things are not quite what they used to be, but there's a pair,
1:05:55 > 1:06:00one there and one in there. Typical green glass. Victorian.
1:06:00 > 1:06:04They're good. All hand-painted. Nice bubbles in the glass.
1:06:04 > 1:06:07Let me see what she can do on this one.
1:06:07 > 1:06:09On the vases, 15 euros.
1:06:09 > 1:06:1315 euros for a pair of 120 year old
1:06:13 > 1:06:16or 130-year-old glass vases,
1:06:16 > 1:06:18absolutely a stonking bargain!
1:06:18 > 1:06:21- 15 euros?- 15 euros.
1:06:21 > 1:06:26Goodness me! Cheap enough, isn't it? I mean, it's just crazy.
1:06:26 > 1:06:29Why tell her that? I think he thinks they're cheap.
1:06:29 > 1:06:33- Do you want 10 euros for them? - No. Not cheap enough, apparently.
1:06:33 > 1:06:36Yes. I'll take 10 euros.
1:06:36 > 1:06:42It's absolutely pathetic! I am ridiculous. Thank you. That's another one.
1:06:42 > 1:06:44That's all very well, but come on, David,
1:06:44 > 1:06:49you need to think bigger than that if you're going to catch up with the great David Barby.
1:06:49 > 1:06:53- Mary, what on earth is that? - It's a wool winder.
1:06:53 > 1:06:57- What do you do with a wool winder? - Wind wool from the spinning wheel.
1:06:57 > 1:06:59You might've guessed that, David.
1:06:59 > 1:07:02I thought it was a light fitting at first.
1:07:02 > 1:07:07- What would you do with it? Could you make it into something? - I honestly don't know.
1:07:07 > 1:07:11It works just beautifully. Look at that.
1:07:11 > 1:07:15Small wooden items, hand-made, there's a market for it, isn't there?
1:07:15 > 1:07:20- I've no idea how to value that. What's that worth? - Make me an offer on it.
1:07:20 > 1:07:2115 euros?
1:07:21 > 1:07:23Go 20.
1:07:24 > 1:07:29- Go 15.- Go 20.- Go 15.- Go 20.
1:07:29 > 1:07:33- I'll have it for 20. Do I get another kiss?- You do.- Marvellous.
1:07:33 > 1:07:36Oh, not again. He'll wear his lips out!
1:07:37 > 1:07:42While his rival accrues an increasingly strange collection,
1:07:42 > 1:07:45David Barby is heading back to Mullingar
1:07:45 > 1:07:47to visit Belvedere House...
1:07:47 > 1:07:49Pretty.
1:07:49 > 1:07:55..and investigate some dark doings in the country over 250 years ago.
1:07:56 > 1:08:00We really are in the depths of the Irish countryside.
1:08:00 > 1:08:04This is wonderful, this overgrowth and the trees.
1:08:04 > 1:08:08It makes you think of Arthur Rackham. You expect to see little pixies jump out.
1:08:08 > 1:08:10Or should I say little leprechauns!
1:08:14 > 1:08:19This 18th-century gem-in-the-woods is now owned by the local council
1:08:19 > 1:08:22and open to the public all year round.
1:08:23 > 1:08:25David is here to meet the curator
1:08:25 > 1:08:28and learn more about Belvedere's history.
1:08:28 > 1:08:31- Welcome to Belvedere.- And you are?
1:08:31 > 1:08:34- Bartle D'Arcy. - That's very 18th century, isn't it?
1:08:34 > 1:08:36- It is. Joycean character! - Lovely name!
1:08:39 > 1:08:41The house itself is lovingly preserved
1:08:41 > 1:08:45with many of its original mid-18th century features.
1:08:45 > 1:08:49Diocletian windows, and all intact.
1:08:49 > 1:08:51But most people flock here for just one thing...
1:08:51 > 1:08:56Oh, my! Just look at that ceiling! Just look at that ceiling!
1:08:56 > 1:08:59The fabulous Rococo ceilings.
1:08:59 > 1:09:03You're looking at around 1760 for getting these ceilings done.
1:09:03 > 1:09:06The artist would lie on the flat of his back on the scaffold
1:09:06 > 1:09:08and would mould them as they were on the ceilings.
1:09:08 > 1:09:11The only thing made on the ground would be the grapes.
1:09:11 > 1:09:15Very light style, isn't it? What I like about it is, it's not heavy.
1:09:15 > 1:09:18It's absolutely fantastic.
1:09:19 > 1:09:24But behind the beautiful Georgian architecture...
1:09:24 > 1:09:25This is the drawing room.
1:09:25 > 1:09:28..is the gothic tale of Belvedere's builder.
1:09:28 > 1:09:32This is Robert Rochfort, the Wicked Earl, who built Belvedere House in 1740.
1:09:32 > 1:09:36- Did you say wicked earl? - The Wicked Earl.
1:09:36 > 1:09:37What do you mean?
1:09:37 > 1:09:43He earned the title for locking up his wife, Mary Molesworth, on a spurious charge of infidelity
1:09:43 > 1:09:46and he locked her up for 31 years.
1:09:46 > 1:09:49Before revealing more of the story,
1:09:49 > 1:09:53Bartle needs to show David the view from the master's bedroom.
1:09:53 > 1:09:57I'm just going to show you something out the window here.
1:09:59 > 1:10:02- What am I looking at? - You're looking at the Jealous Wall.
1:10:02 > 1:10:05This is the largest folly in Ireland
1:10:05 > 1:10:09and it's a reminder of the relationship where he fell out with his brother,
1:10:09 > 1:10:12who had built a much larger house on the far side of that wall.
1:10:12 > 1:10:17Why was he so jealous of his brother that he had to build a huge wall?
1:10:17 > 1:10:21The jealousy worked on both sides, because George, the brother, was jealous of Robert
1:10:21 > 1:10:26- because he had married Mary, who George had his eye on her.- Right.
1:10:26 > 1:10:32- What happened to Mary Molesworth? - Mary was accused of having an affair with a younger brother of Robert's
1:10:32 > 1:10:35by letters written by George across the way.
1:10:35 > 1:10:37Robert ended up believing the allegation
1:10:37 > 1:10:41and the poor lady was locked up for 31 years
1:10:41 > 1:10:43at Gaulstown, the family estate.
1:10:43 > 1:10:47That is beautiful. Terrible story, but quite beautiful.
1:10:47 > 1:10:51When poor Mary was freed, she was quite mad,
1:10:51 > 1:10:55spending her time talking to paintings.
1:10:55 > 1:10:58Sounds like most of the people I know, actually.
1:10:58 > 1:11:00There's the Jealous Wall.
1:11:00 > 1:11:03I can hear the rooks nesting. That's good!
1:11:04 > 1:11:07David is on his way to join David Harper,
1:11:07 > 1:11:10who has gone ahead to their final shop at Portlaoise.
1:11:15 > 1:11:18No, this isn't another Irish country house,
1:11:18 > 1:11:22but an out-of-town industrial unit with a modest exterior
1:11:22 > 1:11:24that's been fully furnished inside.
1:11:24 > 1:11:26What a place!
1:11:26 > 1:11:31It seems to work for antiques and reproductions.
1:11:31 > 1:11:35I genuinely have not seen anything like this in the antiques business.
1:11:35 > 1:11:39Because that dining table, as fantastic as it looks now,
1:11:39 > 1:11:42put it in a dusty antique shop and it wouldn't look much at all.
1:11:42 > 1:11:44It's difficult to get your head around.
1:11:44 > 1:11:47It's very good. He's very, very good.
1:11:48 > 1:11:52David didn't start this leg with much cash,
1:11:52 > 1:11:56but most of what he did have is still in his pocket.
1:11:56 > 1:11:58That seems surprisingly cheap,
1:11:58 > 1:12:01a little desk set made out of papier mache.
1:12:01 > 1:12:05If I'd seen this yesterday, I think I would've put it into the kitty.
1:12:05 > 1:12:11But it's not going to fly. I really need a flier to catch up with David Barby.
1:12:12 > 1:12:15While he continues his desperate search,
1:12:15 > 1:12:18who should arrive but David Barby...
1:12:18 > 1:12:21- Hello.- Hello. - What a fabulous place!- Thanks.
1:12:21 > 1:12:26..equally keen to get the bargain which will trump his rival.
1:12:26 > 1:12:31- I can see immediately that hat box. - Certainly.- Can I have a quick look? - Absolutely.
1:12:33 > 1:12:38- Have you polished this up?- We have. Just a little bit of cream.- OK.
1:12:38 > 1:12:40"Dublin Retail", which is good.
1:12:40 > 1:12:43"Charles McDonald. Saddler."
1:12:43 > 1:12:48This is nice. People use these to decorate a bedroom.
1:12:48 > 1:12:51They use them as waste paper, jardinieres,
1:12:51 > 1:12:53er, a multitude of uses.
1:12:53 > 1:12:57- What sort of price range are we looking at?- 60.
1:12:57 > 1:13:01Could you take less than 60? Is that the best you can do?
1:13:01 > 1:13:03No, probably not.
1:13:03 > 1:13:07I can do it for 50, if you really pressure me.
1:13:07 > 1:13:11Can I pressure you even more to 40?
1:13:12 > 1:13:15- Meet you in the middle. - IN UNISON: 45. 42.
1:13:15 > 1:13:17THEY LAUGH
1:13:19 > 1:13:21- 45 any good?- 42.
1:13:21 > 1:13:23- 42.- Thank you very much.
1:13:24 > 1:13:26Well, that was fast work.
1:13:26 > 1:13:30Five minutes after entering the shop, he's the owner of a hat box.
1:13:30 > 1:13:33That's lovely. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
1:13:34 > 1:13:40I like that. This is a late 19th-century oil lamp.
1:13:40 > 1:13:45It's such a nice piece. It's in onyx and gilt metal.
1:13:45 > 1:13:47This would've been in an important house.
1:13:47 > 1:13:51This is not a cottage piece. These would've gone out of fashion
1:13:51 > 1:13:54certainly by 1920
1:13:54 > 1:13:58when they would've installed electric lights in the average home.
1:13:58 > 1:14:00But that is such a lovely example.
1:14:00 > 1:14:06- This little lamp, missing so much of its originality. - It is, unfortunately.
1:14:06 > 1:14:11- Yes.- So we haven't got the shade and we haven't got the chimney. - That's right.
1:14:11 > 1:14:16- What sort of price are we looking at?- It's probably pretty much intact after that.
1:14:16 > 1:14:19- You can get the globes. Is there a price on it?- Not that I can see.
1:14:19 > 1:14:24I suppose since you've bought the top hat...box,
1:14:24 > 1:14:26we could...
1:14:26 > 1:14:29..do it for 75 euros.
1:14:31 > 1:14:34Is that the very best?
1:14:34 > 1:14:36Close to it.
1:14:36 > 1:14:39Is that the very, very best you can do - 75?
1:14:39 > 1:14:41HE SIGHS
1:14:43 > 1:14:46- 60 OK for you?- 50's better.
1:14:48 > 1:14:51- Give me a little small bit. - A little.
1:14:51 > 1:14:5358.
1:14:54 > 1:14:57Let's split the difference at 52.
1:14:57 > 1:15:01- BELL RINGS IN BACKGROUND OK.- 52.- 52.
1:15:01 > 1:15:04- TIM WHISTLES - That was tense.
1:15:04 > 1:15:06Now, with David B satisfied,
1:15:06 > 1:15:10David H has finally uncovered something to spend big on.
1:15:10 > 1:15:15A good marble carving can command several hundreds of pounds, even when new,
1:15:15 > 1:15:18and several thousands from a known artist.
1:15:18 > 1:15:22That is a flier, but all subject to price.
1:15:22 > 1:15:25It's not an antique, maybe only 20 years old,
1:15:25 > 1:15:28but it may sell well.
1:15:28 > 1:15:30- She's not too badly priced. - What sort of money?
1:15:30 > 1:15:34- 180.- 180.- Euros.
1:15:34 > 1:15:37Now, she's not dear, but could she be a bit better?
1:15:37 > 1:15:42- How much better? - She couldn't be 60 euros less?
1:15:42 > 1:15:47Less. Not 60 euros to buy. Sorry! You almost collapsed!
1:15:47 > 1:15:49Can she be 120?
1:15:49 > 1:15:54- She could be 120 cash.- Done deal. - Yep.- Good man. Thanks, David.
1:15:54 > 1:15:58At last, those two have done with shopping.
1:15:58 > 1:16:00Time to show off.
1:16:00 > 1:16:02David, how did you get on today?
1:16:02 > 1:16:04- Very, very well.- Did you?
1:16:04 > 1:16:07- Be very, very afraid.- Well, no, I shall be very pleased for you.
1:16:07 > 1:16:11Liar. First, the cut-price pad saw...
1:16:11 > 1:16:13- Very interesting.- I think it is.
1:16:13 > 1:16:16I love it because it is a functional item.
1:16:16 > 1:16:18It's very tactile. It could be used.
1:16:18 > 1:16:23Mm. And very good quality, too. I think that's worth...
1:16:23 > 1:16:25..20 quid.
1:16:26 > 1:16:30- I paid 20 euro for it. - I wasn't far away, then, was I?
1:16:30 > 1:16:32No. I think that's so little!
1:16:32 > 1:16:37Well, it's a bit more than you paid, so be pleased!
1:16:37 > 1:16:39Now, now, calm down.
1:16:39 > 1:16:43Clap your eyes...on that.
1:16:43 > 1:16:48Oh, that is lovely. That is very, very nice.
1:16:48 > 1:16:53I think the yellow has been painted on afterwards.
1:16:53 > 1:16:57I think that's a bit of restoration where the enamel's chipped off.
1:16:57 > 1:17:01- You can see where it's gone over some of the decoration underneath.- Yes.
1:17:01 > 1:17:05Next, the barrel, without spigot or stand.
1:17:05 > 1:17:08- It's Doulton, obviously, isn't it? - Yep.
1:17:08 > 1:17:11- Why "obviously"?- It screams Doulton. - You saw the label.
1:17:11 > 1:17:13It hasn't got a label.
1:17:13 > 1:17:16Do you not think I could spot a piece of Doulton?
1:17:16 > 1:17:20- How many times have I handled Doulton?- Shirty!
1:17:20 > 1:17:23- I didn't recognise that immediately. - Why not?
1:17:23 > 1:17:26- It didn't come over as Doulton. - It's stone glaze...
1:17:26 > 1:17:29- Guess what I paid for it. - I would want to pay,
1:17:29 > 1:17:32erm, £15 for that item.
1:17:32 > 1:17:34Blast.
1:17:34 > 1:17:37- Well, you're bang on. I paid 18. - Euros?- Yes.
1:17:37 > 1:17:39The sculpture...
1:17:39 > 1:17:43- But after who? - These relate to a certain thing.
1:17:43 > 1:17:45- I know, but I don't know what that is.- Ahh.
1:17:45 > 1:17:49- Do you know?- Yes.- What?- Childish. - I'm not going to tell you.
1:17:49 > 1:17:51You are priceless!
1:17:51 > 1:17:55OK, I'm going to test you now. How much did I pay for that?
1:17:55 > 1:17:56- 40 euro?- 20.
1:17:56 > 1:17:59- That's very good going. - I think there's profit in that.
1:17:59 > 1:18:03Barby's brass bargain next. Or is it?
1:18:03 > 1:18:07- Do you want me to take a guess? - You're going to shock and upset me.
1:18:07 > 1:18:10- Do I really want to listen? - Do you want to listen?
1:18:10 > 1:18:13- Do you want my valuation? - As long as you're nice about it.
1:18:13 > 1:18:15I think at auction, £10-20.
1:18:15 > 1:18:19- That would be my instinct. - For the pair?- For the four.
1:18:19 > 1:18:23- That would be my instinct!- Ooh! I hope they're going to make more.
1:18:23 > 1:18:26A little test for David Barby...
1:18:26 > 1:18:29Now, please marvel.
1:18:29 > 1:18:32Yes! That is superb.
1:18:32 > 1:18:36- Do you know what it is? - It's for fixed onto a wall.- Yes.
1:18:36 > 1:18:40- And it's for winding wool. - Very clever. I'm impressed.
1:18:40 > 1:18:44I didn't know what it was. I had no idea at all.
1:18:44 > 1:18:47- That's a very good hat box. - Isn't it nice?
1:18:47 > 1:18:51This would've been worn by a dandy! Somebody in fashion of the period.
1:18:51 > 1:18:55- You would've worn one of these, wouldn't you? A very large one.- Yes.
1:18:55 > 1:19:00- I'd like to see it do round about 80. 80 euro.- It has a chance.
1:19:00 > 1:19:04The curiously cheap vases that David was so keen on...
1:19:04 > 1:19:07- You love 'em, don't you?!- No. HE MOCK GASPS
1:19:07 > 1:19:13You don't love them? Hand-blown, Victorian, hand-painted...
1:19:13 > 1:19:17- And cracked. - Yes, I didn't notice that.
1:19:17 > 1:19:19- A great crack.- Stop it. Don't.
1:19:19 > 1:19:22- All the way round. Terrible crack. - Stop it!
1:19:22 > 1:19:25You're enjoying this, David Barby. Sadist.
1:19:25 > 1:19:27- It's going all the way round.- I know!
1:19:27 > 1:19:30- I know. - HE SIGHS
1:19:30 > 1:19:33- What did you pay, 15 euro? - 10 euros.
1:19:33 > 1:19:36Well, even though one is absolutely shattered,
1:19:36 > 1:19:38they're nice! They're nice!
1:19:39 > 1:19:42- HE GROANS - Careful, David.
1:19:42 > 1:19:45You could do yourself a damage.
1:19:45 > 1:19:48- What do you think?- I like it a lot.
1:19:48 > 1:19:51It would look fantastic electrified
1:19:51 > 1:19:55and it would look even better with a flute, a shade and lit with oil,
1:19:55 > 1:19:58because that would just sparkle.
1:19:58 > 1:20:00I paid 52 euro.
1:20:00 > 1:20:04I think, in a reasonable sale, that would make 1-150. Pounds.
1:20:04 > 1:20:08Finally a flier, he hopes.
1:20:08 > 1:20:10Very, very nice indeed.
1:20:10 > 1:20:14- Isn't she well carved? - Stop stroking the back! Yes, she's beautifully carved.
1:20:14 > 1:20:19- How much did you pay for that? - I think you're going to be blown away here. In a bad way.
1:20:19 > 1:20:22Let's have a guess. 100 euro?
1:20:22 > 1:20:25- Bit more. 120. - I think that's wonderful.
1:20:25 > 1:20:30- That is my star item. - I think you've got several, actually.
1:20:30 > 1:20:33The best piece I've bought in a very, very long time.
1:20:33 > 1:20:37Modest, too. Now, let's find out what they really think.
1:20:37 > 1:20:40I am recovering from shock!
1:20:40 > 1:20:44I thought I'd done well, but I think David has done brilliantly.
1:20:44 > 1:20:49The Corinthian column lamp is absolutely gorgeous. That's a real antique.
1:20:49 > 1:20:53What else did he buy? Nothing really memorable, as far as I'm concerned.
1:20:53 > 1:20:57The piece I find fascinating is the little piece of alabaster,
1:20:57 > 1:21:01from Auguste Rodin's Gates of Hell.
1:21:01 > 1:21:05I don't think it's well carved, but he paid so little, it's bound to make a profit.
1:21:05 > 1:21:08I think he's the winner. He's the winner on this round
1:21:08 > 1:21:10and I think he'll overtake me.
1:21:10 > 1:21:15Turn out the lights! I'm going to sleep.
1:21:15 > 1:21:18After starting out in the rain at Athlone,
1:21:18 > 1:21:22this leg of our road trip will be decided at an auction
1:21:22 > 1:21:24in the historic town of Kells.
1:21:26 > 1:21:31- It'll be interesting to see if that little Rodin-type alabaster piece - - What?
1:21:31 > 1:21:35- What did you call it? You know what that's after, don't you?- Yes!
1:21:35 > 1:21:40Who is it, Barby? I want the information so I can pass it on to the auctioneer.
1:21:40 > 1:21:43- You little horror!- Yes!
1:21:43 > 1:21:46Kells has several early-Christian associations,
1:21:46 > 1:21:48like the abbey founded by St Columba,
1:21:48 > 1:21:52where the famous manuscript of the New Testament,
1:21:52 > 1:21:55known as the Book of Kells, was once kept.
1:21:55 > 1:21:59The Gaelic translation of the town's name means "Great Chief Abode",
1:21:59 > 1:22:02which makes sense when you consider that Jim Connell,
1:22:02 > 1:22:05the writer of The Red Flag, was born here.
1:22:05 > 1:22:08There you go, Mr Barbers. Time to have a good look around.
1:22:11 > 1:22:15So while the Kells folk take a closer look at the lots,
1:22:15 > 1:22:20let's hear what the auctioneer, Oliver Usher, makes of what the Davids have entered.
1:22:20 > 1:22:24The modern sculpture should appeal to the gentlemen in the audience.
1:22:24 > 1:22:27I would hope it would make a few hundred, maybe 200,
1:22:27 > 1:22:31but I don't know if the interest is going to be here this evening.
1:22:31 > 1:22:36The candlesticks... Last month, I had a big box which sold for about 30-40 euro.
1:22:36 > 1:22:39They wouldn't be my favourite piece.
1:22:40 > 1:22:43David Barby has spent 152 euros on five lots,
1:22:43 > 1:22:48including a top hat box and a Doulton drinks barrel.
1:22:48 > 1:22:49- What have you done?- Yes.
1:22:50 > 1:22:55David Harper has spent 180 euros also on five lots,
1:22:55 > 1:22:59including several carved naked ladies.
1:22:59 > 1:23:00Good man.
1:23:00 > 1:23:02OK, eyes down, everyone.
1:23:02 > 1:23:05Here we go. You're on. You're on. You're on.
1:23:05 > 1:23:07First, the Victorian pad saw.
1:23:07 > 1:23:11- Look at the way it's made, ladies and gentlemen.- It's a bit of wood.
1:23:11 > 1:23:13- 20 bid straight off.- That's good.
1:23:13 > 1:23:1630 bid. 30 bid now.
1:23:16 > 1:23:19- 40 over here. - 40? I can't believe it!
1:23:19 > 1:23:2440 bid. 45 there. 45. 50 back here.
1:23:24 > 1:23:28- 50 bid now. 55 out here. - They know what they're buying.
1:23:28 > 1:23:3155. 60 over there. 60 bid now.
1:23:31 > 1:23:3470 bid now. At 70...
1:23:34 > 1:23:36All out now at 70.
1:23:36 > 1:23:4080. Just in time. 80 bid now. 80 bid over here.
1:23:40 > 1:23:42- Stop it!- 90.- No!- 90 bid.
1:23:42 > 1:23:4495. 100.
1:23:44 > 1:23:50- Yes!- At 100. 110.- Ah, for... - 110. 120 now.
1:23:50 > 1:23:53120 on this side. All out? All done.
1:23:53 > 1:23:57- That was really good. - That was fantastic.
1:23:57 > 1:24:01Phew! Pad-saw fever! Who saw that coming?
1:24:02 > 1:24:05Now, what do they make of David Harper's mini Rodin?
1:24:05 > 1:24:0830 bid. 40 bid. 40 bid.
1:24:08 > 1:24:11- 40 in front. 50 back there. 50 bid now. 60.- Come on!
1:24:11 > 1:24:14- 70 down here.- Yes!- 70 now.
1:24:14 > 1:24:16- Don't get overexcited.- Don't touch.
1:24:16 > 1:24:1890 up here. 90 bid.
1:24:18 > 1:24:22- At 90... 100.- Ohh!
1:24:22 > 1:24:26110. At 110 now. Selling at... 120.
1:24:26 > 1:24:29- Yes!- 120. 130.
1:24:29 > 1:24:32- 130. 140.- Yes!
1:24:32 > 1:24:36- 150 here. At 150. - Get a load of that!- 160.- Yes!
1:24:36 > 1:24:40All out now at 160. All out? All done.
1:24:40 > 1:24:44160. Dear, oh, dear!
1:24:45 > 1:24:47This is shaping up nicely.
1:24:47 > 1:24:50- Is that a cracking result? Give me that pen!- No.
1:24:50 > 1:24:52Give me the pen!
1:24:54 > 1:24:57- Now for all that brass. - 50 for the pair.
1:24:57 > 1:25:0050 down here. 50 bid.
1:25:00 > 1:25:0150 bid. 60 bid.
1:25:01 > 1:25:0460 bid. 60 bid. 70 bid. 70 bid
1:25:04 > 1:25:06I'm in shock. I'm in shock. I'm in shock.
1:25:06 > 1:25:1180 bid. 80 straight down. 80 bid now. 80 bid.
1:25:11 > 1:25:13Selling at 80. All out?
1:25:13 > 1:25:15All done.
1:25:16 > 1:25:19That was way beyond the auctioneer's estimate.
1:25:19 > 1:25:22I sell those for £25 a pair.
1:25:22 > 1:25:26- Now you've got to up your price. - I'm going to double the price!
1:25:27 > 1:25:30Could the drum beat the stakes?
1:25:30 > 1:25:3240 bid. 50 bid. 60 bid.
1:25:32 > 1:25:3470 bid.
1:25:34 > 1:25:3870 bid at the end. 70 bid now. All finished... 80. New blood.
1:25:38 > 1:25:41- 80 now. 80 on the right. - Come on, baby!
1:25:41 > 1:25:45- At 80. 90 on the other side. - Yes, baby!- 90 bid now.
1:25:45 > 1:25:48At 90, all out now at 90.
1:25:48 > 1:25:50- That's very good.- Marvellous.
1:25:50 > 1:25:54Everything is making a profit, especially Harper's lots.
1:25:54 > 1:25:59- That's fantastic, isn't it? - It's very good.- We're on a roll!
1:26:00 > 1:26:02Roll out Barby's barrel!
1:26:02 > 1:26:0540 bid. 40 bid. 50 back there.
1:26:05 > 1:26:0750 bid now. 60 we have.
1:26:07 > 1:26:0960 bid now. 60 bid.
1:26:09 > 1:26:12A unique piece. At 60. All out.
1:26:12 > 1:26:16- All done.- Well done. That's amazing!
1:26:16 > 1:26:20Will anything fail to make a profit here, I wonder?
1:26:20 > 1:26:24- This is a fantastic auction. - It's our best so far.
1:26:24 > 1:26:27Next, the wall-mounted wool-winder.
1:26:27 > 1:26:31I'm bid 50 with me. 60. 70. 70.
1:26:31 > 1:26:35- 70 bid.- That's enough.- No, it isn't. - 80 bid. 90 bid.
1:26:35 > 1:26:4090 bid. 100 all the way. 100 we have. 110.
1:26:40 > 1:26:45- 110. At 110. Are you coming in? 120 over here.- Ohh!
1:26:45 > 1:26:50- 120. 120 back this side. 130 we have.- Yes!- 130.
1:26:50 > 1:26:53- 130. 140. 140 now.- Yes, baby!
1:26:53 > 1:26:56140 back this way. At 140...
1:26:56 > 1:26:58All out? All done.
1:26:58 > 1:27:02- Well done.- Well, congratulations. - Thank you!
1:27:02 > 1:27:07120 euros profit! I think he's catching up.
1:27:07 > 1:27:12- We should do this for a living. Don't you think? - I couldn't stand the strain!
1:27:13 > 1:27:16A very sumptuous box.
1:27:16 > 1:27:19100 bid straight away. 100 bid.
1:27:19 > 1:27:22110. 120. 130. 140.
1:27:22 > 1:27:25140 we have. 150 out here.
1:27:25 > 1:27:27160 with me.
1:27:27 > 1:27:31160. 170 over there. 170. 180 now.
1:27:31 > 1:27:33190 over here.
1:27:33 > 1:27:36- I knew it was a good one. - 190 on the right-hand side.
1:27:36 > 1:27:38All out? All done.
1:27:38 > 1:27:42- Cheap, wasn't it? - So cheap! David, well done.
1:27:42 > 1:27:45David B's still ahead!
1:27:45 > 1:27:48Surely David H's vases can't hurt him.
1:27:48 > 1:27:5150. 40. 30. 20.
1:27:51 > 1:27:52Even 10 to start?
1:27:52 > 1:27:5610 bid. 15 bid. 15 bid. 20 bid. At 20, seated here.
1:27:56 > 1:27:59Selling at 20 now. 25. 30 bid.
1:27:59 > 1:28:03- 30 bid now.- What have I done?!
1:28:03 > 1:28:0730 bid over here. Selling at 30 now.
1:28:07 > 1:28:10- At 30 only. 35.- Yes!- 35. 40.
1:28:10 > 1:28:1640 bid now. Shaking his head firmly there! 40 bid at this end!
1:28:16 > 1:28:18All out? All done.
1:28:18 > 1:28:22- 40! Get in there! - That was good going.
1:28:22 > 1:28:24Four times what he paid!
1:28:25 > 1:28:28Now, a Barby favourite.
1:28:28 > 1:28:31150 for it. 120. 100 to get it going?
1:28:31 > 1:28:34- Come on!- WOMAN: 50! - Oh! She's hard, this woman!
1:28:34 > 1:28:3750 bid 50 bid. 60 bid.
1:28:37 > 1:28:4270 bid now. 70 bid. 80 down here. 90 on the left.
1:28:42 > 1:28:47Selling at 90. 100. 110. 120. 120 now. Telephone bid.
1:28:47 > 1:28:50- 120.- Yes!- No.- 120 now.
1:28:50 > 1:28:52- All finished.- I can't believe this! - All done.
1:28:52 > 1:28:56I'll take the telephone bid.
1:28:56 > 1:29:00- At least it started at 20. - Thanks for that(!)
1:29:01 > 1:29:05Cor! Strike a light! Even with quite a bit missing...
1:29:05 > 1:29:08You've got to be happy with that.
1:29:08 > 1:29:09Yes!
1:29:09 > 1:29:11It's neck and neck.
1:29:11 > 1:29:17But David Harper's biggest spend may well decide who's victorious.
1:29:17 > 1:29:19300? 200? Get at 100.
1:29:19 > 1:29:22- Start me at 100.- 20.- 20?!- 100. - Thank you!
1:29:22 > 1:29:25100 I'm bid. 100 offered.
1:29:25 > 1:29:29- I sell at 120!- No, you don't! There's bidding over there!
1:29:29 > 1:29:35- 140. 160.- Get it going!
1:29:35 > 1:29:39180. 180 there. 200. 220. 220.
1:29:39 > 1:29:44- At 220.- Bang!- 240.- Yes!- 240!
1:29:44 > 1:29:47250. 260. 260 here.
1:29:47 > 1:29:50- One more!- 270. 270.
1:29:50 > 1:29:55- 270. 280.- Whoa!- 280. 280 now.
1:29:55 > 1:29:59- Don't sell it at...- 290.- Yes! - Make it to three.
1:29:59 > 1:30:02- 300! - LAUGHTER
1:30:02 > 1:30:05300 in front.
1:30:05 > 1:30:09- At 300. Thanks very much, lads. - Well done!
1:30:09 > 1:30:11Well done!
1:30:13 > 1:30:15She's a beauty!
1:30:15 > 1:30:20She certainly is. And she's made him 180 euros profit!
1:30:20 > 1:30:25- David.- Well done. - Thank you very much.- Well done. - Thank you. Beautiful.
1:30:25 > 1:30:29A great day in Kells, especially for David Harper
1:30:29 > 1:30:33who's gained on his rival, winning the battle if not the war.
1:30:33 > 1:30:37He began today with 224 euros and 25 cents
1:30:37 > 1:30:42and made 418 euros and 60 cents, after auction costs.
1:30:42 > 1:30:45So after conversion back to sterling,
1:30:45 > 1:30:49he has £592.82 to spend tomorrow.
1:30:49 > 1:30:54David Barby started this round with 452 euros and 30 cents
1:30:54 > 1:30:59and made 315 euros and 40 cents, after auction costs.
1:30:59 > 1:31:02So in sterling, he still leads,
1:31:02 > 1:31:07with £707.95 to spend tomorrow.
1:31:07 > 1:31:12There they go, no doubt for a well-earned pint of the dark stuff
1:31:12 > 1:31:16before play resumes with round three in yet another country,
1:31:16 > 1:31:18this time Wales.
1:31:18 > 1:31:20Whooo!
1:31:20 > 1:31:24Join us tomorrow when David Barby gets a shock...
1:31:24 > 1:31:25What have I done?
1:31:25 > 1:31:30- ..David Harper's found a national treasure... - Is Cliff's jacket for sale?
1:31:30 > 1:31:33..and the boys are try a new tactic. Star signs.
1:31:33 > 1:31:37My horoscope today said I should be fearless and brave!
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