0:00:02 > 0:00:04The nation's favourite antiques experts,
0:00:04 > 0:00:08- £200 each and one big challenge.- Do I buy you?
0:00:08 > 0:00:12Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques across the UK?
0:00:12 > 0:00:17- The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.- Oh!
0:00:17 > 0:00:22- But it's not as easy as it looks and dreams can end in tatters. - 60.- Get out of here!
0:00:22 > 0:00:29- So will it be the fast lane to success or the slow road to bankruptcy?- I want to go cry!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:42We're on the road again in a cool 1965 Triumph TR4
0:00:42 > 0:00:48with a fine pair of auctioneers - Philip Serrell and Jonathan Pratt.
0:00:48 > 0:00:55Philip Serrell is an old hand at this antiques road tripping. He won't mind me saying that.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59A man who's never afraid to say it like it is.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04- I'd like to give you 10 quid for that. 70 for the two.- How much?!
0:01:04 > 0:01:11Ha ha! But Philip doesn't like to travel alone, so he's brought his best man with him,
0:01:11 > 0:01:14bright young spark Jonathan Pratt.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17You're mad! Absolutely mad.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22But sadly Jonathan has not shined on the auction field.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25In fact, he's lost lots and lots of money.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28And from his original £200,
0:01:28 > 0:01:35Jonathan has a mere £126.72 to stage a fightback with.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40So, in finer fettle, Philip has home-grown his £200
0:01:40 > 0:01:46to a blossoming £366.62 to take out on the road once more.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51Well, JP, how do you reckon it's gone so far?
0:01:51 > 0:01:57- Do you really want me to answer that question honestly?- No. Some things in life don't need asking.
0:01:57 > 0:02:03Our chaps are journeying all the way from Cockermouth to Wilmslow.
0:02:03 > 0:02:09On this leg, they're sadly leaving gorgeous Donny, heading to a crunch auction in Lincoln.
0:02:09 > 0:02:15Pretty, painterly Gainsborough is the first pin in our map.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Gainsborough's been here for a bit, with a market held every Tuesday
0:02:22 > 0:02:26for about 800 years or so, give or take a century.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30- Is this it?- Squeeze in. - That looks fabulous.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32We could have some fun in here.
0:02:32 > 0:02:39- Almost got very excited then. - I did.- But that's been the story of my life for a long while.
0:02:39 > 0:02:45Cheer up. You lucky chaps have safely landed in Gainsborough's wonderful Pilgrim Antiques
0:02:45 > 0:02:49with Michael and...Michael here to help.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54- If there's no price, does it mean it's free?- It does.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57So these would have been produced round about what?
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- 18...80? 1890? - I would think so, yes.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04They're Chinese and on rice paper.
0:03:06 > 0:03:14- That is such a good subject. I know it's macabre.- Macabre they are, but fascinating for it.
0:03:14 > 0:03:20Possibly from the Chinese Boxer Rebellion at the turn of the 20th century.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- £75 the lot. - Are your prices negotiable at all?
0:03:24 > 0:03:30- Within reason.- OK. - Michael, you're about to live to regret those words, old fruit.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35I think that's fantastic. I'm going to take a closer look.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Oh, lord. I've kicked the stand out of the way now.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44- How much is that? The ticket price? - 50 quid.- 50 quid?- Yeah.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46It's a bargain!
0:03:46 > 0:03:49My geography's never been that special,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53but it says Toulouse. I think we'll find that's in France.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Oui. C'est vrai, Philip.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01This handsome instrument dates from the late 19th or early 20th century, but is it a euphonium,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04a tuba or a vase?
0:04:04 > 0:04:10I'm interested in that and the macabre Chinese things.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15- Is it one deal for the two? - No, no. Two separate deals. - How's that going to work?
0:04:15 > 0:04:20- Well, try us.- Really? Right, you ready for this, then?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24- OK, that's the barter table, that is.- Yes.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Would that buy each of them?
0:04:26 > 0:04:33- No.- He's not said no yet. - I certainly will. - Oh, he's just said no.
0:04:33 > 0:04:38- Well, there we are, then. How's that? 30 quid apiece. - Nearly there. Better keep going.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44- Forty quid apiece. That's the best I can do.- That's OK for that.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50- Because it's a special event and we don't see you very often... - You don't want to, either!
0:04:50 > 0:04:53A double-headed triumph for Philip.
0:04:53 > 0:05:00£40 for the torture pictures and another £40 for the big brass... instrument.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06Jonathan must be wondering what he's missed. Time, though, for him to make his own sweet music.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13It's a little engraving from the early part of the 20th century.
0:05:13 > 0:05:19Pencil signed, You can see the plate mark here. Nice and original.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22It's quite a skill to do this. It looks like an east coast harbour. Kind of touristy.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26And it's only £7.50. Nice and cheap.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Certainly an attractive, reasonably priced picture.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33And you need all the inexpensive help you can get today.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I was going past the engraving to get to this little chap.
0:05:39 > 0:05:46It's quite fun. A sort of 1930s watercolour of a cartoon character
0:05:46 > 0:05:50who's... I forget the name of the dog, but it's a character you see.
0:05:50 > 0:05:57It's Bonzo! Dreamt up in the 1920s by British artist George E Studdy.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02He's listening to an old valve radio, singing his little heart out.
0:06:02 > 0:06:09They're only asking a tenner for that. I'm going to try to get them both, I think.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13But en route to the counter, Jonathan spots something dishy.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20It's majolica. Late 19th century.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23But that mark there, which is that little patch,
0:06:23 > 0:06:28I believe is...is, um... What's his name?
0:06:28 > 0:06:34- His name is...- George Jones? - Oh, blimey. I've forgotten it.
0:06:34 > 0:06:40George Jones and Sons were famous Stoke-on-Trent potters from the 1860s to the 1950s.
0:06:40 > 0:06:46And this unusual dish has a ticket price of £75, but possibly something missing.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Out of interest, how much is this?
0:06:49 > 0:06:51It's... Well, it has problems.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54- Yeah.- Yes.- But don't we all?
0:06:54 > 0:07:00- That's true.- So it would have had a rack or something inside it?
0:07:00 > 0:07:05- Handles.- Handles there. So they've gone. What's the best price on it?
0:07:05 > 0:07:09- 65? - Not something you'd do for 40.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12- No.- Am I close?- No.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14LAUGHTER
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Interesting new tactic here - pretending to browse.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- I like it.- 45?
0:07:21 > 0:07:26- You're closer. - Closer to 65, yeah!
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- £55?- Yeah, go on.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Go on, yes.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- I'll say thank you on that one. - Right. You're welcome.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37There's two other things.
0:07:37 > 0:07:43- That little chap there. Could you take a fiver for it? - No problem.- Brilliant.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- No problem. Would you take a fiver for the other one? - How much is on it?
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- Slightly cheeky.- You are.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53- You're asking a tenner.- Seven. - I'm going to take that as well.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01JP, you are a buying machine this morning. Shame you're nearly out of money.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04And now, well, the road ahead beckons.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12I'm pilot, you're navigator. Have you got us lost again?
0:08:12 > 0:08:19Opened in the 1980s, the Astra Antiques Centre became one of the largest in Europe.
0:08:19 > 0:08:26However, its former life was RAF Bomber Command in WWII, home to the massive Lancaster Bombers,
0:08:26 > 0:08:32hence the size. Today with the many, many dealers stationed here,
0:08:32 > 0:08:34heroic Barry is on hand to help.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43So...we've got an artist's little easel. That's fantastic.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47And this would have been an oil paint box. It is old.
0:08:47 > 0:08:54- Just old.- I'm old.- 1900, 1920. - Yeah, and this is... You have little compartments here
0:08:54 > 0:08:59for all your different paints. Winsor and Newton label, which I love.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Winsor and Newton have made artists' materials since 1832,
0:09:03 > 0:09:09even during the Second World War when many paint colours were requisitioned by the RAF
0:09:09 > 0:09:17for map and reconnaissance work. This set is much earlier with a current asking price of just £28.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22I could become Pablo Serrell, couldn't I?
0:09:22 > 0:09:27- What'll you paint? - I can do walls and ceilings.
0:09:30 > 0:09:36- This is a powder compact.- It is. - I could do with some of that.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Well, you could blush when your eye catches the £95 price tag.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47Fortunately, today tortoiseshell trading is regulated by international treaty,
0:09:47 > 0:09:54but it's been used for veneering all sorts of objects for over 400 years.
0:09:54 > 0:09:59- We've got the hallmarks there. Where would that be? 1920s?- '20s.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- We've got a whomping great crack there.- There it is.
0:10:03 > 0:10:10- In my eyes, I'd like to buy the two for 30, 35 quid.- We're not going to get that low I don't think.- No?
0:10:10 > 0:10:15Bold offer, Phil, but maybe try something else, eh?
0:10:15 > 0:10:21- Let me see what happens. There's 30 quid. How does that look? - Well, keep them coming...- What?!
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- ..and we'll get somewhere near! - Let's both have a day out.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27- 45 quid.- Go on. - You're a gentleman.
0:10:27 > 0:10:33Another fine pair of items skilfully secured by Squadron Leader Serrell
0:10:33 > 0:10:37as he heads heroically on to his next mission.
0:10:39 > 0:10:45Philip and Jonathan regroup and set off for the important market town of Grantham.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49# Here we are again Happy as can be... #
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Oi! Oi!
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Indeed! Watch out for falling fruit and bombs overhead.
0:10:57 > 0:11:04Grantham provided schooling for the young Sir Isaac Newton, the bloke with the apple and gravitas,
0:11:04 > 0:11:10and later housed the Bomber Command centre for those rather famous Dambuster raids during WWII.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Thank you, Philip. Nicely driven.
0:11:15 > 0:11:22But the only thing being dropped off today is Jonathan Pratt outside the fine Belvoir Antiques.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24As I say, Philip,
0:11:24 > 0:11:28I'm here... I'm in it to win it.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- Morning!- Morning!
0:11:31 > 0:11:34The lovely, lovely Jessica is just longing to hear JP's sad, sad story.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37I've had a little bit of bad luck
0:11:37 > 0:11:44- and I'm now sitting down with nearly half of what I started, which is not very good.- OK.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49- But it does mean I have to be shrewd.- I'm sure we'll be able to find something.- Good.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- What about a tea set?- A tea service.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58Yes!
0:11:58 > 0:12:04Perhaps Jonathan could turn his attention to the modernist silver-plated five-piece tea set,
0:12:04 > 0:12:11made by Viners of Sheffield with a ticket price of £45. It looks more or less 1930s.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13And shiny.
0:12:13 > 0:12:19I know it's exactly 1930s because that little finial there, that sort of step shape,
0:12:19 > 0:12:26is Art Deco. If you had a strong Art Deco tea service, it would be worth £1,000 in silver plate.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30But this is just a nice little pretty border on the top.
0:12:30 > 0:12:37- How much is the tea service? - Well, as a really special deal I could do it for £25.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41But that's just for you.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Well, that's an offer that's hard to resist. Right, Jonathan?
0:12:45 > 0:12:51- So this is a five-piece? Is there a sugar bowl?- Yes.- I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth!
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Thank you very much! £25.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Is the tray with it?- Yes. - Yay! That's great.
0:12:58 > 0:13:03Well, that's tres, tres bon and so is the next stop for Philip Serrell.
0:13:08 > 0:13:13Veteran collector Richard is waiting to share his unusual enthusiasm -
0:13:13 > 0:13:19over 1,500 dearly owned vintage beer trays
0:13:19 > 0:13:25from the 1870s to the 1970s and sourced over the last 28 years. Sorry, Philip -
0:13:25 > 0:13:28this isn't actually a pub.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31There's a lot of breweriana collectors,
0:13:31 > 0:13:36so they collect jugs and show cards and match strikers and mirrors,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40but I was the first person to specifically collect trays. Lots of people collect beer bottles.
0:13:40 > 0:13:46For them, it's their passion, the greatest thing on God's earth,
0:13:46 > 0:13:52but for me, beer bottles, you can't actually see the colouring and the beauty. With trays,
0:13:52 > 0:13:59- you can see the splendid colours. - When did they start making beer trays?- The earliest beer trays,
0:13:59 > 0:14:06in my opinion, are probably around 1870. So these are all the oldest, the old enamel trays, brass, copper.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11You think now of all the television advertising and newspaper advertising.
0:14:11 > 0:14:18I suppose in the heyday of these trays, this was the only source of advertising your wares.
0:14:18 > 0:14:24Indeed it was. And the same design flair went into designing beer trays as into packaging and sign making.
0:14:24 > 0:14:31Breweries large and small employed design teams, taking inspiration from Art Nouveau
0:14:31 > 0:14:37and propaganda posters to persuade us Brits to drink more beer,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40as if we needed any persuading.
0:14:40 > 0:14:46They're officially called waiter trays. You'd order your beer and they'd take your tray with the beer
0:14:46 > 0:14:51to you as a customer, and you'd take your beer off and there it was.
0:14:51 > 0:14:59- Is that like an ashtray?- No, actually it's the only tray that I have with a little change tray
0:14:59 > 0:15:03actually on the tray. If there's any change, they put it in here.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09These handsome examples of great British design heritage are, sadly, today hard to come by
0:15:09 > 0:15:13so Richard's fine, rare collection has been hard won in time and money.
0:15:13 > 0:15:19If that one came on the market today and it was one I hadn't got, I'd probably pay 500 quid.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24- £500 for a beer tray. - £500. But that's exceptional. - Holy shamola!
0:15:24 > 0:15:30Something like that from Blackford, near Perth in Scotland, about 1920.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35- Very small brewery.- Nearly 100 years old.- Extremely rare.
0:15:35 > 0:15:41- So how many pubs might they have had?- I'd say a handful, at most. - What interests me, then, is
0:15:41 > 0:15:47why would they go to the trouble? These trays must cost more than the beer cost to make.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I think it was just the pride of having some advertising.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53If the big boys do it, you do it.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58Amazingly, there used to be thousands of independent breweries,
0:15:58 > 0:16:04some supplying a mere handful of pubs. Most went out of business in the 1950s and '60s,
0:16:04 > 0:16:09either closed or engulfed by the big, corporate brewers.
0:16:09 > 0:16:15But these promotional trays once played an important role in keeping bespoke beers popular,
0:16:15 > 0:16:21hence the one-upmanship in design and beauty. No wonder passionate collectors can't resist them.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Could you?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26What's the most recent tray you've bought?
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Well, I tell you, that's an amazing question.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34I've been after a local brewery in Grantham for 20-odd years.
0:16:34 > 0:16:41I've written newspaper articles, magazine articles and never come across the tray, but this week
0:16:41 > 0:16:47- I've managed to purchase a tray that I've been looking for. This one here.- This is Mowbray's.
0:16:47 > 0:16:53Yeah. Mowbray's went out in 1952, so this is a pre-war tray,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56about 1938, '39.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05- I've had a fabulous time. Thanks very much.- Cheers.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Time you reunited with your rival.
0:17:09 > 0:17:15- What time do you call this, eh?! - It's WET time, that's what! I'm getting soaked!
0:17:15 > 0:17:17This thing's got its own foot spa.
0:17:17 > 0:17:23Do you know, sometimes it's just nicer to shop together, isn't it?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26You take the low road, I'll take the high road.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31The Notions Antiques Centre plays host to their final frantic search,
0:17:31 > 0:17:36with Sharon on hand to help with antiques and soft furnishings and things.
0:17:38 > 0:17:44- What would you use this for? A very posh picnic. - A bedspread or a nice throw.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46I like this, Sharon.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Crewelwork is a type of chunky, decorative wool embroidery,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53dating back centuries.
0:17:53 > 0:17:59It was extremely popular in the 17th century and revived in the late 1960s.
0:17:59 > 0:18:05- My guess is there's not much age to this. 30, 40 years?- Yeah.- But it's trying to look 19th century.- Yeah.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07It's very decorative.
0:18:07 > 0:18:13- You've got £2.40 on here.- I have not!- Oh, £24. Sorry, my mistake.
0:18:13 > 0:18:20- Very reasonably priced.- It is. I'm going to make you one offer and that's it, my love.
0:18:20 > 0:18:27- Do you want to sit down? - Oh, is it that bad?- No, it's fair. I'd like to give you 15 quid.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32- Go on, then.- You're an angel. I think that's really nice.- Yeah.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34An unusual purchase for Philip.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40He never ceases to surprise us. But whilst Phil bags a blanket,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42could someone be about to throw in the towel?
0:18:42 > 0:18:48Maybe I'm just going to keep it to the four objects I've got. I've got four good objects.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50We'll see about that!
0:18:50 > 0:18:57Philip started today's show with £366.62 and spent £140
0:18:57 > 0:18:58on five auction lots...
0:19:00 > 0:19:04..a set of Chinese torture paintings, an artist's palette,
0:19:04 > 0:19:07a powder box, possibly tortoiseshell,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09a euphonium, which is actually a tuba,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12and a crewelwork embroidered blanket.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Jonathan looked at his meagre £126.72
0:19:17 > 0:19:21and spent a thoroughly heroic £92 on four auction lots,
0:19:21 > 0:19:22an engraving of a fishing port,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24a handle-less strawberry dish,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26an Art Deco tea service
0:19:26 > 0:19:28and a Bonzo the dog watercolour.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Now be honest, Philip, what do you really think of Jonathan's chances?
0:19:32 > 0:19:36I think his silver tea set is probably later than he thinks it is.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41But he's so right because it's surely got to make him a profit.
0:19:41 > 0:19:47If that's the case, I'm moving back to £200, where my reputation is hanging by a thin thread.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51It certainly is, Jonathan. So let's get you to auction,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54without hesitation, repetition or deviation.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59The road trip gets moving once more, leading our chaps away.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02Next stop is big, handsome Lincoln.
0:20:02 > 0:20:09They call Lincoln the uphill, downhill town, built as it is in a gap in the Lincoln Cliff,
0:20:09 > 0:20:16all centred on magnificent Lincoln cathedral, first built in 1092, don't you know?
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Today is, you guessed it, auction day.
0:20:21 > 0:20:26Our would-be winners arrive feeling fresh and frisky. Well, fresh at least.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Well, Philip...
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Well, I wish us both the best, JP.
0:20:35 > 0:20:43Lincoln's Unique Auctions have been selling antiques and all sorts since 2006.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Today's gavel-basher is Terry Woodcock.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49So we can safely say that Jonathan
0:20:49 > 0:20:52really needs his items to fly this day.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Time to sit uncomfortably.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58The auction is about to begin.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02First to face the bidders is Philip's artist's palette.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06Who'll start me at £20? 10, then.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Thank you. 10 I've got there.
0:21:08 > 0:21:1012. 14. At 16.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13And 18. Fresh bid there.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16And 20. And 2.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19No at 22. I can come to you now. 24.
0:21:19 > 0:21:2226. 28. And 30.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27No? Shakes the head. At £30. And I'm selling it at £30.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- That's a good result!- Staggered.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Don't act so surprised. It's a very nice item.
0:21:34 > 0:21:40Now Jonathan's first hopeful. His fishing port engraving awaits the bidders.
0:21:40 > 0:21:45£8. Low figure. I'm looking for 10. 10. And 12. At 12.
0:21:45 > 0:21:50And 14. At £14. 16, fresh bid. At 18. At £18.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- And 20. At £20. - Go on, go on, go on.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Who's shouting at me? It's yours at 20. At 20, it's yours.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03And from high five to low quality.
0:22:03 > 0:22:11Philip's unfortunate powder box is up next. Let's hope nobody notices it's not tortoiseshell.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15It's in the catalogue as tortoiseshell, but it's not.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- Oh, dear.- Celluloid? - And it's cracked. £10 there.
0:22:19 > 0:22:2212. 14. 16.
0:22:22 > 0:22:2518. 20.
0:22:25 > 0:22:2722. No, at 22 I've got there.
0:22:27 > 0:22:3122 it is. Have you all done? 22.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36A rather sad loss for Philip, but let's move swiftly on.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Jonathan's striking strawberry dish is just waiting to bear fruit.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Let's hope no one spots the missing handles.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Lacking the handles. Not really noticeable, though.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Thank you.- There it is.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55And I've got to start it with me at a low start of £20.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- Ouch.- At 20. I'm looking for 22. At £20.
0:22:58 > 0:23:0122. 24. 26.
0:23:01 > 0:23:0328. And 30. And 2.
0:23:03 > 0:23:0732, he shakes his head. At 32. 34, fresh bid.
0:23:07 > 0:23:1136. 38. And 40. And 2.
0:23:11 > 0:23:1644. 46. 46, standing in the doorway.
0:23:16 > 0:23:22- I thought it would make a little more.- So did I!- Me, too, actually.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27- At £46. Sold at 46. - I do think you're unlucky there.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29I do.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Jonathan's just speechless after that.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Next is Philip's euphonium. Or is it?
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Ah, we've got the tuba now! There it is.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45We checked the French manufacturers and they were one of the best.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50- You buy it, then.- It's a tuba.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- Is it?- Not a euphonium. Who'll start me at £30?
0:23:53 > 0:23:57Thank you. £30. I'm looking for 35.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00And 5 at the back. And 40.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02And 5. No?
0:24:02 > 0:24:07- At 45 I've got at the back there. I thought it'd make a lot more. - I hoped it would!
0:24:07 > 0:24:11At £45, going in the back corner. 45 it is.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- At least we know it's a tuba now! - That's the spirit.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19Now let's try Jonathan's Art Deco tea service. Good luck...
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Start me at 20. Thank you. 20.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27At 20. I'm looking for 22. 22, thank you. 24. 26.
0:24:27 > 0:24:3028. And 30. And 2.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- Don't stop.- 34.- Thank you.
0:24:33 > 0:24:3736, fresh bid. At 36. 38.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40And 40.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- Are you sure?- One more. - Go on, one more.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48I'll take it. 41. 42.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53And for your cheek, I'll take 43 now. 43, thank you.
0:24:53 > 0:24:5844. I'll give you the pound if you go 45.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02I've got 44 at the back. Back in at 45. I won't give YOU the pound!
0:25:02 > 0:25:05- He's working the room now.- 46.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09- Will it go above £46? - 47, thank you.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Yes!- 48 I've got, right at the back. And selling at 48.
0:25:13 > 0:25:18- Yours at 48.- Thank you very much.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Whose was it?
0:25:22 > 0:25:27Well done, Jonathan. Now let's get all cosy, eh?
0:25:27 > 0:25:32Nice crewel throw. I'm starting it with me at £25.
0:25:32 > 0:25:37I'm hoping it makes a lot more. At £25 I have. 25. 30.
0:25:37 > 0:25:395. 40.
0:25:39 > 0:25:425. No, it's still 45 with my commission buyer.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47At 45. Have you all done? It's going at 45. All out. 45.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- Very good, Philip. - Very good, indeed.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55Now let's see what Bonzo can do for Jonathan.
0:25:55 > 0:25:5822. 24. 26.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00What do you mean, no?
0:26:00 > 0:26:05- What do you mean, no?- All right, settle down.- 28, fresh bid.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09And 30. At 30. Have you all done at £30? And selling.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13The boy is back.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19He certainly is. And how nice, finally, this week to see Jonathan actually making some profits.
0:26:19 > 0:26:24So as today's final lot is offered,
0:26:24 > 0:26:28who will be victorious and who's for the chop...chop?
0:26:28 > 0:26:32There they are. Very unusual. They could be worth quite a lot.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37Who'll start me at £100? 30 to get on, surely. 30 I have.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42At £30. I'm looking for 5. 35. 40.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46At £40. That's not £10 each. At £40.
0:26:46 > 0:26:5242, thank you. At £42. I think they should be a lot more money than this.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Fresh bid. 44.
0:26:54 > 0:26:566.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00- 48, back in. - Oh, God.- At 48. At 48.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05Have you all finished? At the back at 48. A bargain of the day.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07At £48.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12A paltry profit for Philip, but how is that sitting with Jonathan?
0:27:12 > 0:27:18- I've won an auction! Yes! - And you heard it first here, folks. - I think so.
0:27:18 > 0:27:25After paying auction costs, Philip's stake of £366.62
0:27:25 > 0:27:28made a profit of £15.80.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32And so his wallet has further inflated
0:27:32 > 0:27:39to a big, bouncy, bulging total of £382.42. Keep smiling, Phil.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46Jonathan began with a sow's ear of £126.72,
0:27:46 > 0:27:50but he made a fine silk purse of his day -
0:27:50 > 0:27:53a princely profit of £26.08.
0:27:53 > 0:27:59Jonathan faces the world refreshed with £152.80.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06- Yes!- And, better still, he wins the day.
0:28:06 > 0:28:13- # I'm in the money! # I'm on the up, Phil.- We've done 140 miles, spent 40 hours shopping,
0:28:13 > 0:28:19- and between us we've made about 40 quid. It's a pound an hour. - You ain't seen nothing yet.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Ha ha! And that's fighting talk.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26So far, Philip's the undisputed champion of this road trip,
0:28:26 > 0:28:32which means this is Jonathan Pratt's last chance.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37But just one purchase can change everything.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41I'm still under my budget, but I'm going to come back now.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Oh, here we go again! Here we go again!
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Our chaps have journeyed all the way from Cockermouth in Cumbria
0:28:49 > 0:28:53and their road trip ends with one last auction in Wilmslow,
0:28:53 > 0:28:56but, today's first shop, big, bad Sheffield.
0:28:56 > 0:28:58Like Rome, built on seven hills.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02I suppose we ought to find lots of cutlery in Sheffield.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- We've got two footy teams.- Uh-huh.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08- We've got The Full Monty.- Uh-huh. - What else have we got?
0:29:08 > 0:29:09Antique shops, Philip!
0:29:09 > 0:29:13Antique shops - the first of which is Langtons.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Come on, then, matey. Let's go and have a look.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21And there's plenty to see, for this family business has been going since 1870
0:29:21 > 0:29:25and displays the wares of more than 50 different dealers.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- Wow, this place is massive, isn't it?- I've got my mojo back, Philip.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Well, Jonathan, I'm glad to hear it,
0:29:33 > 0:29:38because the Silver Fox has already spotted something that tickles his fancy.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39I love me cricket.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45This is the days - 1954.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46These are interesting, these -
0:29:46 > 0:29:50they're little facsimile cricket bats
0:29:50 > 0:29:54and if you went to Lord's, Trent Bridge, the Oval, Headingley, or wherever,
0:29:54 > 0:29:56you bought one of these from the shop.
0:29:56 > 0:30:01This is by Gunn & Moore in Nottingham, so there's every chance it's from Trent Bridge.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05And you might have paid ten shillings, as a souvenir.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07There's some fantastic names here.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10There's Len Hutton, Peter May, Bill Edrich.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14I like those. An auctioneer would estimate those at £30 to £50,
0:30:14 > 0:30:17which means I have to buy it for about 20 quid.
0:30:17 > 0:30:22Watch out, Ian. The Fox is one very sly negotiator.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23I'm looking for £50 on the pair.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26I can't get close to that.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29I want to buy them off you, but I can't get close to that.
0:30:29 > 0:30:35- I really can't.- You're offering me...?- Like...20 quid for the two.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39And I can tell just by the way you're scrunching your face there,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- you know it's low.- Oh, it is!
0:30:41 > 0:30:44£40. £40, we have a deal.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48I can't do that. I'll meet you halfway.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52- 30 quid, that's my best shout. Really is my best shout.- £30...
0:30:52 > 0:30:56- £30 the two and I'll shake your hand now.- I'll shake on that. - You're a gentleman.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59So, we're one purchase in.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Like that. Straight bat, left elbow up.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05I think Jonathan might just get ready to make another,
0:31:05 > 0:31:10but can he persuade Pauline to drop her prices?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14I like these little leather hatboxes. There's no hat inside, but...
0:31:14 > 0:31:18you've got a nice little liner, which is all padded.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21These are actually original and nice condition.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25What would be the best price on that, for you?
0:31:25 > 0:31:26What have I got on it?
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- I think you're asking 50-something. - 58.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Um...48?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34It needs a bit of work. Um...
0:31:34 > 0:31:37I was thinking more along the lines of £35.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41All right, 35.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Goodness me, that was easy! Peanut butter legs!
0:31:44 > 0:31:48But it's the kind of item that will propel you into the lead, won't it, Jonathan?
0:31:48 > 0:31:52- I think, I...- Well, is it?
0:31:52 > 0:31:56I think... Yes, I'm going to go for that. I think that's a nice object.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57Mm, decisive(!)
0:31:57 > 0:32:02And just a few feet away, Philip's exploring his musical side.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04So, cover your ears...
0:32:04 > 0:32:07round about...now.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09DISCORDANT MUSIC
0:32:11 > 0:32:15I haven't got a clue what that's worth. Not the first idea.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Not a clue! Can we go and put it down...?
0:32:18 > 0:32:22That's a good idea. Now, it may interest you to know
0:32:22 > 0:32:25that whilst the accordion was invented in Berlin in 1822,
0:32:25 > 0:32:29it actually originates from a Chinese instrument called a sheng,
0:32:29 > 0:32:33which is, in fact, 4,000 years old.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37- Richard, I think that's £50 to £80. What could buy that?- 80 quid?
0:32:37 > 0:32:39You're getting closer to it.
0:32:39 > 0:32:4070.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43I'll give you 50 quid for it.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Split the difference. 60.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49The only reason I'm doing it is I bought a concertina before and it did me proud.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51I'll give you £55 and that's my best shot.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55- That's fine.- You're a gentleman, Richard. What on Earth have I done?!
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Well, you are the king of quirk, Philip.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Why have I...? What have you done, selling me that?
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Mind you, if you think the accordion's an unusual choice,
0:33:03 > 0:33:05look at what Jonathan wants to buy -
0:33:05 > 0:33:10one 1950s mannequin, being sold by young Jill.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- You've ripped her arms off! - I'm sorry, they fell off.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18I wasn't so much manhandling her, I was lifting her up to see what the chair was like.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22That's my excuse anyway. Anyway, then her arms fell off.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- I think there is a price on her... - There is. It was here.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26It was £45.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Seriously, he's not going to buy that, is he?!
0:33:29 > 0:33:32- Um...- 40 quid.
0:33:32 > 0:33:3330?
0:33:35 > 0:33:36I'll be happy with 30.
0:33:36 > 0:33:3832.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Crikey. Er, 32?
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Oh...I'm not going to haggle. Yes, that's fine.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45- 32.- £32, brilliant.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Now, does she have a name?
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Does she have a name? Um, no.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- No, but you can name her. - I was going to.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56I thought we could give her a name. Maybe something French, exotic.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59- I don't know why, but I thought she was a Clarissa.- Then it's Clarissa.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Just one problem here...
0:34:01 > 0:34:03pretty frock not included.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07So, Jonathan needs to buy something for Clarissa to wear.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10The exact thing for you. This little number.
0:34:10 > 0:34:131960s, baby doll, Marks & Spencer's.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15A fiver.
0:34:15 > 0:34:20- My word.- She'll look a smart girl in that.- She'll look great.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23What do you know about frocks, Jonathan?
0:34:23 > 0:34:27Anyway, £37 all in and I just hope he knows what he's doing.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29# Just the two of us... #
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Ooh, Philip's changed(!)
0:34:31 > 0:34:34It's nicer having you sitting next to me than Phil. You're much better-looking.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Yeah, that's cos she's a dummy.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Our next stop is Chesterfield,
0:34:40 > 0:34:45a destination that began life as a Roman fort, circa 70 AD,
0:34:45 > 0:34:48and eventually blossomed into a market town.
0:34:50 > 0:34:55Chesterfield is also renowned for its crooked church spire,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58a 14th-century addition which, according to one folklore,
0:34:58 > 0:35:01is crooked because a local blacksmith mis-shoed the Devil,
0:35:01 > 0:35:04who then leaped over the spire in pain and knocked it out of shape.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Ha! If you believe that, you'll believe anything.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12A few miles down the road, young Pratt still has £80 burning a hole in his pocket
0:35:12 > 0:35:17and is thinking of giving it, at least some of it, to our Marlene, in her shop.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22- What a lovely shop!- I try and pack it with a lot of things that people could be interested in.- Yeah.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25And I like to let them have a look round and a rummage.
0:35:25 > 0:35:29Mm. And, after Jonathan's had a bit of a rummage...
0:35:32 > 0:35:36..he's happy to report he has several candidates for his next purchase.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40I quite like this little chap here. It kind of looks out of place, but...
0:35:40 > 0:35:45Little children's food bowl, your A-B-C around the outside.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49They can eat all their food and get to the bottom and say, "I can see the doggy, Mummy!"
0:35:49 > 0:35:54Oh, yeah? More importantly, it's 1930s and in excellent condition,
0:35:54 > 0:35:58so it joins the maybe list, along with one pen and ink drawing
0:35:58 > 0:36:02of the Northern locomotive, circa 1920.
0:36:02 > 0:36:03Well, maybe.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05P'raps?
0:36:05 > 0:36:07The only doubt is they haven't signed it.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11And, last, but not least, miniature golf, anyone?
0:36:11 > 0:36:12I like this. This is Chad Valley.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Chad Valley is one of the big names for making toys
0:36:16 > 0:36:18in the early part of the 20th century.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21So, you've got nine holes, two putters,
0:36:21 > 0:36:23a driver, as well.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25I like that a lot, actually.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28This and the locomotive and the children's bowl,
0:36:28 > 0:36:31I might just buy the lot today.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Well, someone's living dangerously,
0:36:34 > 0:36:37though what large sums might we be talking about here?
0:36:37 > 0:36:40Um, I think the very best on that would be seven.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- I bought it with other items.- OK. - I think that would be a fair price.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- There's a little way to go in that. - I'm happy with that. £7 is brilliant.
0:36:47 > 0:36:51Thank you very much. The next is the Chad Valley miniature golf set.
0:36:51 > 0:36:57- Tatty little box, but, um...- Crikey, it's amazing it's still in the box.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- I think I'd like to see £10 for that.- That's brilliant. OK.
0:37:00 > 0:37:04Do you know, I can't haggle, cos ten is generous. And seven's good.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- We like to be fair.- Thank you.
0:37:06 > 0:37:12Oh, yes. In that case, there's just one more item in the window.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- This one?- Yes, that chap there. - Right. Nice little item.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- What would you do that for?- I'd like to probably realise ten for that.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I really like it and I think £10 is a fair price.
0:37:22 > 0:37:27So, in all, I'm going to buy three objects and they'll cost me £27.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- Right.- Which is very good, so thank you.- You haven't broke the bank.- No, I haven't!
0:37:31 > 0:37:37Mm. We're en route to Matlock, which was once not one but four small villages,
0:37:37 > 0:37:41where not very much tended to happen.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45But then in 1698, with the discovery of thermal springs,
0:37:45 > 0:37:47suddenly Matlock was a spa town.
0:37:47 > 0:37:53The population boomed and 20 hydros opened their doors, using mere water to treat many an ailment.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Although today, the only therapy Phil Serrell's after is retail,
0:37:57 > 0:38:00so, currently, he's headed down the high street
0:38:00 > 0:38:03and on to Matlock Antiques,
0:38:03 > 0:38:06where he's discovered something even before he goes into the shop.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09You know, you look at something like that...
0:38:12 > 0:38:15..and I can hear you asking, "Who's going to buy that?"
0:38:15 > 0:38:19You'd want to try and buy that for £20 to £25, really.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22I have seen them at £60, £70.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26They're a bit bigger, with much bigger wooden blocks here.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28I'm going to go in, see what else I can find.
0:38:28 > 0:38:32Well, you say that, but we all know what you really want is...
0:38:32 > 0:38:33- The mangle?- Yeah.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36It's just a bit hot price-wise, isn't it?
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- What price is on it?- I'll tell you what I can get for it at auction.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43In a saleroom, that's going to make 30 to 50 quid, cos it's bust,
0:38:43 > 0:38:48which means I have to buy it, after commission, between £20 and £25.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51I'm sure 30 to 35 would be a lot better.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Who for?!
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Us, of course!- Let's have a think on that. Let me see what else...
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- We might be able to block package it.- OK. That's lovely.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Let me see what else I can find.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06I quite like that little trophy there,
0:39:06 > 0:39:07which is not a snooker trophy.
0:39:07 > 0:39:12It's a billiards trophy, cos there's two white balls, one of which has got a spot on.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16By the way, billiards was once a game played outdoors,
0:39:16 > 0:39:21similar to croquet, and the green felt of a billiards table is supposed to represent the lawn.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25I think it's a really cool little trophy.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29In that case, it's back to the negotiation table.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Could you do a deal on that and the mangle?
0:39:32 > 0:39:35Can you do me £25 the two?
0:39:35 > 0:39:39Not really, no. I think if we say 30 for the two,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- that'd be good.- What about if I toss and if it's heads,
0:39:42 > 0:39:45it's £25 and if it's tails, it's £30? How does that sound?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- A coin, yes.- Oh, this is good, then.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52This man's a chancer and, ladies, I'd check that coin, if I were you.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03- If it's a head, it's £30.- It's mine, yes.- And if it's a tail, it's 25.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Get in there!
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- I think that's...- Double-headed...
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- It's double-tailed! - You said double-headed, you can't have it both ways!
0:40:14 > 0:40:16I was fibbing!
0:40:16 > 0:40:17THEY LAUGH
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- The Silver Fox has done it again. - Thank you.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Now, as for Jonathan, he's motoring on.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28His next stop is Stoke-On-Trent,
0:40:28 > 0:40:32considered to be the spiritual home of Britain's pottery industry.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Mark you, that's not why we're here.
0:40:35 > 0:40:40Oh, no. We're here to see Heath House, a grand, Gothic mansion
0:40:40 > 0:40:41with a fascinating past,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44one which tells the story of an ambitious young wife,
0:40:44 > 0:40:47a family divided,
0:40:47 > 0:40:51and the house that used to stand here being completely demolished.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- Good afternoon.- Hi, Jonathan, very nice to see you. Come on in.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Today, the estate is owned by Ben Philips,
0:40:58 > 0:41:02the great-great-great grandson of the people who had it built,
0:41:02 > 0:41:07John Burton Philips and his flamboyant wife, Joanna.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11This is the inner hall and I think my ancestor, Joanna Philips,
0:41:11 > 0:41:16when she built the house, she wanted to create an impression for her guests when they walked through,
0:41:16 > 0:41:18and here it is!
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Now, Joanna was an Essex girl,
0:41:21 > 0:41:26who quite fancied having the biggest and grandest home money could buy,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29so shortly after her pa-in-law passed away,
0:41:29 > 0:41:34she took what was his rather fine Georgian home and demolished it.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38In its place, she built this Victorian showpiece,
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- with more than 60 rooms. - She was very ahead of her time.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46- The old Georgian house was pulled down in 1835.- She didn't like that?
0:41:46 > 0:41:48No, she absolutely didn't.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Having been brought up in a Georgian house herself,
0:41:51 > 0:41:54she was sick to death of it and she just wanted the most modern,
0:41:54 > 0:41:59most fashionable, most avant-garde that she could get hold of.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03The tragedy was that most of the furniture and pictures in the old Georgian house,
0:42:03 > 0:42:05I think she either gave away or sold.
0:42:05 > 0:42:11Though allowing Joanna to raze the family home to the ground proved controversial, to say the least.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13The old man died in 1834.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15He was scarcely cold in his grave
0:42:15 > 0:42:18when Joanna commissioned the other one...
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Her sisters-in-law were so furious at what she'd done
0:42:21 > 0:42:25- that they never came to the new house, never spoke to her.- Really?!
0:42:25 > 0:42:27It caused a real rift in the family, yeah.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32- What a lady!- Yes! She knew what she wanted.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34The house took four years to complete,
0:42:34 > 0:42:39and in the 170 years that have passed since then,
0:42:39 > 0:42:41many of the rooms have barely changed,
0:42:41 > 0:42:46though each generation has added to its interesting history.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49For example, it was a military hospital in World War II,
0:42:49 > 0:42:56it's been visited by Florence Nightingale and there's even a connection to Queen Victoria.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- Can I have a look at some of this? - Yes.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01- So that's Victoria and Albert in the middle there?- Yes.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04There's a photograph of Albert on the back there.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07"To the Countess Blucher,
0:43:07 > 0:43:13"in remembrance of the best and greatest of princes,
0:43:13 > 0:43:18- "from his broken-hearted widow, Victoria. December 1861."- Wow.
0:43:18 > 0:43:23According to Ben, a visit to this grand old girl isn't complete
0:43:23 > 0:43:27without climbing the 80-foot tower that Joanna Philips insisted
0:43:27 > 0:43:30be incorporated into the design of the house,
0:43:30 > 0:43:35an experience which is breathtaking, in all senses of the word.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41I think every house should have one of these. I'd love one at home.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43I don't think the neighbours would approve.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47I should go for a pergola instead.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51Anyway, let's talk about Philip. He's off to his next shop,
0:43:51 > 0:43:55where, again, he's found something he likes right on the doorstep.
0:43:57 > 0:43:58I like that.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00The jammy old devil.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03- Morning.- Morning.- How are you, all right?- Not too bad, you?
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- Philip, good to see you. - Nice to meet you.
0:44:06 > 0:44:07Magpie...
0:44:07 > 0:44:10Don't be fooled by this lovable charm. He's only after a discount.
0:44:10 > 0:44:13- I found this outside.- Yep. - What do you reckon that is?
0:44:13 > 0:44:19- I think it's an old pub sign, made out of aluminium.- Yeah. - And painted up.- Age?
0:44:19 > 0:44:2130, 40 years, maybe? Little bit different.
0:44:21 > 0:44:27- Where's the price ticket on it?- Just there. Round the eye.- Let's look.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29How much?!
0:44:29 > 0:44:33- I like it.- Mm-hm.- But what I want to do is have a look round,
0:44:33 > 0:44:36- and perhaps do a bit of a bulk buy off you.- OK.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39Oh, not that old chestnut!
0:44:39 > 0:44:41Then again, there are some nice pieces in this shop.
0:44:41 > 0:44:46And what makes it different is there's a mix of old and new.
0:44:46 > 0:44:52We've got a lock-up, as well, twice as big as the shop, full of stuff we haven't even been through yet.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55- Really?- Really!
0:44:55 > 0:44:57- Is it that way or that way? - Turn right, sir.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00I've said it before and I'll say it again -
0:45:00 > 0:45:04Philip Serrell, you jammy old devil.
0:45:04 > 0:45:09Just a few miles away, Jonathan's headed for Cromford,
0:45:09 > 0:45:11a town famous for its connection to Richard Arkwright,
0:45:11 > 0:45:16one of the forefathers of the Industrial Revolution.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Remarkably, Arkwright's cotton mill,
0:45:18 > 0:45:23which, in 1771, was the first to be successfully powered by water,
0:45:23 > 0:45:27is still standing and, today, amongst other things,
0:45:27 > 0:45:28it's home to Heritage Antiques.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34I do have a genuine pair of mill worker's clogs.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36what would be your best price, if you're saying £45?
0:45:36 > 0:45:38I will do those for £30.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42I'm going to buy those, if you were to agree to £25.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48I don't mean to make you cry, but this is helping me.
0:45:48 > 0:45:50Yes, I can understand that.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53- OK.- Right, OK. Thank you. I'll show him!
0:45:56 > 0:45:59Back in Matlock, though...
0:45:59 > 0:46:01Where's he taking me?!
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Welcome to the lock-up.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Cor, he loves it, the old codger.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Philip, poking around all this...stuff.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11You ever thought about stocktaking?
0:46:11 > 0:46:13No. I don't think we'd have the time.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16I wouldn't know where to start.
0:46:16 > 0:46:20That's got a few lenses with it. There's no box or anything.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22That's exactly how it's come.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25- Right.- I don't know anything about it whatsoever.
0:46:25 > 0:46:27- You're in good company(!)- Yeah!
0:46:27 > 0:46:29Pur-leeze! Allow me.
0:46:29 > 0:46:33This is what is called a monocular bench microscope,
0:46:33 > 0:46:37and it's designed for studying all manner of natural history specimens.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41At auction...I think...
0:46:41 > 0:46:43I would see that making...
0:46:43 > 0:46:46£20 to £40, £30 to £50 - that sort of region.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50If it's 20 to 40 quid, I've got to try and buy it for 15 quid,
0:46:50 > 0:46:52which is nicking it off you.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55- I think I could get more... - I'm sure you could.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56- ..in scrap for the brass.- Yeah.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59That part's brass. That isn't.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02- Can we take it back to the shop with us?- Sure.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04- Cos I've got that lion, as well.- OK.
0:47:04 > 0:47:09And, maybe, Mr Moneybags, you could also rethink that offer.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11Do you know what, Matt?
0:47:11 > 0:47:15Like a lot of things in life, it looks a lot better in the dark.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18Now, that is really cheeky.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20- Right.- Right, sir.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25I was being mean when I bid 15 quid for that. Too mean.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27I'd love to buy it for 20 quid, really.
0:47:27 > 0:47:33I'm sure you would. And I'd like to sell it for 20, but I think if you could come a little bit more...
0:47:33 > 0:47:36Um...and you did quite like the lion?
0:47:36 > 0:47:39I think if you come a bit more, I'll chuck the lion in.
0:47:39 > 0:47:43OK, I'll tell you what, I'll give you 25 quid for that and the lion.
0:47:43 > 0:47:48- Nah.- That's a little bit more. - I was going to say 40 for that...
0:47:48 > 0:47:52- How much?! - 40, for that and the lion. - No, I couldn't do that. Honestly.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55I don't think there's great age to that and I just think it's fun.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59- This is my best shot, right - me finished after this.- OK.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01I'll give you 30 quid for the two.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04- You wouldn't stretch to 35? - No, that's me finished.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07- I don't mind if you say no. - Well, I like you
0:48:07 > 0:48:09and I want you to win, so £30.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12- Oh, you're a good man! Really?- Yeah.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16And, with that, this shopping trip is at an end.
0:48:16 > 0:48:21Philip started this leg with £382.42
0:48:21 > 0:48:25and has gone on to spend £140 on five auction lots,
0:48:25 > 0:48:29buying two miniature cricket bats, an accordion,
0:48:29 > 0:48:31a pub sign and billiards trophy,
0:48:31 > 0:48:35a cast-iron mangle and a petrological microscope.
0:48:35 > 0:48:39Jonathan, meanwhile, began with just £152.80,
0:48:39 > 0:48:42and has spent £124, also on five auction lots,
0:48:42 > 0:48:45all of which he's hoping - nay, praying! -
0:48:45 > 0:48:49will bring about a reversal of his fortunes -
0:48:49 > 0:48:52a mannequin, Clarissa, a Victorian hat box,
0:48:52 > 0:48:56a locomotive sketch, a child's alphabet bowl
0:48:56 > 0:48:59with a Chad Valley golf set and a pair of old clogs.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02Well, it's quite an eclectic mix,
0:49:02 > 0:49:03but what do our experts really think?
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Go on, put the boot in.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07He's put a lot of money under one object,
0:49:07 > 0:49:09which is the accordion, to be honest.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12The microscope could be his little...the thing to run away,
0:49:12 > 0:49:14so he could have done well with that.
0:49:14 > 0:49:17I think the child's bowl is absolutely lovely,
0:49:17 > 0:49:19and I can see that doing really quite well.
0:49:19 > 0:49:20And as for Clarissa...
0:49:20 > 0:49:24I think he's been spending too much time on his own.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28After starting this road trip in Sheffield,
0:49:28 > 0:49:31the lads end their journey in Wilmslow,
0:49:31 > 0:49:34one of the most affluent areas in Britain.
0:49:34 > 0:49:38And not surprisingly, then, it's home to Premiership footballers,
0:49:38 > 0:49:42WAGs, actors and multi-millionaires,
0:49:42 > 0:49:46which could bode well at today's auction at Maxwell's of Wilmslow.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48JP, this is the beginning of the end, isn't it?
0:49:48 > 0:49:50It is, yeah, absolutely.
0:49:50 > 0:49:55- Or is it the end of the beginning? - It's the end...- OK, fine.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59Yes. And now we've got that sorted, let the auction start.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03First up, it's Philip's rather grand accordion.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05I can start this at, um,
0:50:05 > 0:50:07at £15.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09- Ouch.- That's £15 with me.
0:50:09 > 0:50:10At £15.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13At 20, at 25. At 30.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16At £30, commission's out. At 35.
0:50:16 > 0:50:1740, 45.
0:50:17 > 0:50:1950.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21£50.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23I think it's a sort of result.
0:50:23 > 0:50:2455, we're selling to the 'net.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28Anybody else? £55, it is, then.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31I've come all that way to not break even!
0:50:31 > 0:50:33It could've been a lot, lot worse!
0:50:33 > 0:50:37Indeed it could, though, as Philip so rightly points out,
0:50:37 > 0:50:40after commission, I'm afraid, it's a loss.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44Next, it's Clarissa, the woman who's stolen Jonathan's heart
0:50:44 > 0:50:46and, perhaps, his marbles.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48- I like that.- What?
0:50:48 > 0:50:50"A mannequin, 'Clarissa',
0:50:50 > 0:50:52approximately 5'10", GSOH" -
0:50:52 > 0:50:55good sense of humour!
0:50:55 > 0:50:58WLTM - would like to meet - a young Pratt!
0:50:58 > 0:51:01But what the good people of Wilmslow feel?
0:51:01 > 0:51:04Start me off, £40 for Clarissa there.
0:51:04 > 0:51:05£40. £30.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07Come on.
0:51:07 > 0:51:08Oh, come on, someone!
0:51:08 > 0:51:12- £20?- Oh, dear! Perhaps she'll go home with Jonathan.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14His missus will be pleased(!)
0:51:14 > 0:51:18Start me at £10. £10 bid, we're off now. £10.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20I'll go in twos!
0:51:20 > 0:51:2312, 14.
0:51:23 > 0:51:2416.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28You're together. 18.
0:51:28 > 0:51:3220, 22, 25, 28.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34We've got a bidding war going on.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Yep, maybe there's some hope yet.
0:51:36 > 0:51:3930. 35.
0:51:39 > 0:51:4235, in the orange there, at £35, it's the lady's bid.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45£35 and we're going, all done and selling...
0:51:46 > 0:51:47GAVEL BANGS
0:51:49 > 0:51:52- I redeemed myself a little. - I think you got out of jail, mate.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56I just knew Clarissa would break Jonathan's heart.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Next, something completely batty.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04Well, two of them. And they're Philip's 1950s jobbies.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Let's start at 15, shall we? 15 bid.
0:52:07 > 0:52:0920, 25, 30,
0:52:09 > 0:52:1235. £35.
0:52:12 > 0:52:14Further bids now? At £35.
0:52:14 > 0:52:16All done at £35, then.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19On commission...
0:52:19 > 0:52:22So, it's all going wonderfully well at the moment, isn't it(?)
0:52:22 > 0:52:23This is very unlike you, Philip.
0:52:23 > 0:52:27But looking on the bright side, it is our first profit of the day.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29And the only way, as they say, is up.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32So, let's see what the rather cautious bidders
0:52:32 > 0:52:34make of Jonathan's top-hat box.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38It does look absolutely knackered, though, doesn't it?!
0:52:38 > 0:52:4020 bid, at £20. 30.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45- 35, seated. At £35. - Keep going. Keep going.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47- At £35. Any further bids now? - Come on, come on!
0:52:47 > 0:52:50It's in the room and selling.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52- 40 bid.- Ooh, there we go.
0:52:52 > 0:52:5645. £45. Seated at 45 and selling this time.
0:52:58 > 0:53:00Hooray!
0:53:00 > 0:53:05- I've never seen anyone get so excited.- £5 profit, that.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07You've gone a bit squeaky, JP.
0:53:07 > 0:53:11Actually, it's a £10 profit before commission,
0:53:11 > 0:53:13but who's counting?
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Up next, the Philip Serrell pub collection.
0:53:16 > 0:53:17After all,
0:53:17 > 0:53:22who wouldn't want their own lion masthead and billiards trophy(?)
0:53:22 > 0:53:2530? 25? Come on, start me somewhere.
0:53:25 > 0:53:2920? 20 bid in the front row. Thank you very much. £20.
0:53:29 > 0:53:33At £20. Any further bids now? The billiard trophy and the pub sign.
0:53:33 > 0:53:34Any further bids?
0:53:34 > 0:53:38In the front row, selling then, for £20.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41- It's a profit. - Yeah, well, it's a 100% profit.
0:53:41 > 0:53:46Yes, well done, Philip. That's big money. Especially for you two.
0:53:46 > 0:53:51Perhaps Jonathan's locomotive sketch can finally stir some excitement.
0:53:51 > 0:53:56Start me somewhere, then. 10, if you like. Start me at 10?
0:53:56 > 0:53:5810 bid, with the lady. At £10.
0:53:58 > 0:54:01Further bids now at 10.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04- Any further bids? £10, I have. - Oh, come on!- All done.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07You are racing away now, aren't you?
0:54:07 > 0:54:09JONATHAN SIGHS
0:54:09 > 0:54:13Yep, I won't lie to you. It's not looking good.
0:54:13 > 0:54:18But let's see if Philip's mangle from Matlock can make some moolah.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21Start me off for it. £30. What about this one, then?
0:54:21 > 0:54:23£30 for the mangle?
0:54:23 > 0:54:2920. Start me at 10, then. £10 for a cast-iron mangle.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32- Go for a fiver.- This is going wonderfully well, isn't it(?)
0:54:32 > 0:54:33Sell it for a pound.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36- £5, then.- He's getting lower! - Please.
0:54:36 > 0:54:37We're in trouble now.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39- 5 bid.- Yay!
0:54:39 > 0:54:42There's no interest on the 'net, apparently.
0:54:42 > 0:54:43£5 in the room.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47I think that's a result, really, isn't it?
0:54:47 > 0:54:50You know, I think we're going to have to lock the doors
0:54:50 > 0:54:52and shake the money from the bidders' pockets.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55All right, then. Moving on. This one's for the kids.
0:54:55 > 0:55:00It's Jonathan's alphabet bowl and Chad Valley golf set.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02For the children's items, 12.
0:55:02 > 0:55:0515, 18, 20.
0:55:05 > 0:55:09£20 with me. Somebody over here. We're up to fives now. 25.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12£25. We're in fives. Commission's out.
0:55:12 > 0:55:13Your bid of 25, madam.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Further bids now for the little child's bowl and game.
0:55:16 > 0:55:17Surely worth more.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Any further bids? Up to 25. No interest on the 'net.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22It's to the room, then...
0:55:22 > 0:55:24I think that was cheap.
0:55:26 > 0:55:30- LANCASHIRE ACCENT: - Ah, well, mustn't grumble, eh?
0:55:30 > 0:55:32So, Philip's last hope for this auction,
0:55:32 > 0:55:34his petrological microscope.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36But just quietly, I almost can't bear to look.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38£80.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40No interest at 80? It must be worth that.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Oh! This is a travesty.
0:55:43 > 0:55:4550 bid. At £50.
0:55:45 > 0:55:4955, 60, 65, 70.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Ah, that's a bit more like it.
0:55:51 > 0:55:5575 now. It's cheap at £75.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59Further bids now? At £75.
0:55:59 > 0:56:00I'm sort of OK with that,
0:56:00 > 0:56:02but I wouldn't know that it was cheap or dear.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05It's 50... "I'm OK with a £50 profit."
0:56:05 > 0:56:08Yes, come on, Philip, this is cause for celebration.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11Anyone care for a sweet sherry, vicar?
0:56:11 > 0:56:14Though before we pop the cork, attention, bidders,
0:56:14 > 0:56:18there's one last item to go. Yes, Jonathan's fate in this contest
0:56:18 > 0:56:21ultimately comes down to a pair of old clogs.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24I have a bid of 20. Any further bids now?
0:56:24 > 0:56:27At £20. We're up to 25 on the' net.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29- £30.- Get in there, JP.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31They were so cheap that everybody threw them out,
0:56:31 > 0:56:33so you don't see them any more.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35We're in the room at 30, it's against the 'net.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38- Come on, 'net.- Selling to the room. Any further bids?
0:56:38 > 0:56:41Well, I tickled a fiver out of that one.
0:56:41 > 0:56:47- You did.- I feel like I can... I'm at peace with myself now.
0:56:47 > 0:56:51That's good, because, after commission, it's another loss.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54I tell you what, though, it's time for me to buy you a drink.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56- Let's go and count our "earnings". - Come on, mate.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59Our ill-gotten losses.
0:57:02 > 0:57:06Jonathan started this final leg with £152.80
0:57:06 > 0:57:09and, despite it being his last hurrah,
0:57:09 > 0:57:13he went on to make yet another loss, this time £5.10,
0:57:13 > 0:57:17which mean he ends on just £147.70.
0:57:21 > 0:57:26Philip, meanwhile, hit the ground running, with £382.42,
0:57:26 > 0:57:30and despite a modest profit of £15.80,
0:57:30 > 0:57:35he ends up with a fabulous £398.22, making him grand winner.
0:57:38 > 0:57:41JP, that's the end, there is no more.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44- I know, Philip. - What are we going to do now?
0:57:44 > 0:57:47I don't know. I'll have to go back to my family and my life again.
0:57:47 > 0:57:51You know, it's been an emotional and financial rollercoaster.
0:57:51 > 0:57:55So, where did Jonathan go wrong?
0:57:55 > 0:57:57Let's have a review, shall we?
0:57:57 > 0:58:00- I'm going to beat you by hundreds of pounds.- Ha! Really?
0:58:00 > 0:58:03I'm going to go...
0:58:03 > 0:58:05Shouldn't have done that.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07I buy whatever I see.
0:58:07 > 0:58:08Big mistake.
0:58:08 > 0:58:09Oh, no!
0:58:09 > 0:58:12And then there's...Clarissa!
0:58:12 > 0:58:15You've got beautiful eyes. Yes.
0:58:15 > 0:58:19But most of all, I think he underestimated The Silver Fox.
0:58:19 > 0:58:23Congratulations, Phil. You played a blinder!
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