0:47:50 > 0:47:57.
0:48:02 > 0:48:08- The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one challenge.- Do I buy you?
0:48:08 > 0:48:12Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques?
0:48:12 > 0:48:16The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.
0:48:16 > 0:48:23- But it's not as easy as it looks and dreams of glory can end in tatters.- I'm a loser.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Will it be the fast lane to success or the slow road to bankruptcy?
0:48:26 > 0:48:29Oh! There's a mouse!
0:48:29 > 0:48:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Yeah!
0:48:35 > 0:48:42Travelling through the back roads of Worcestershire in their classic 1959 Hillman Minx
0:48:42 > 0:48:48are David Barby and Charles Hanson on their very first road trip together.
0:48:48 > 0:48:54We are like Man Utd and Arsenal competing for the trophy in series four.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57- You are the Wayne Rooney of the road trip.- Oh, dear.
0:48:57 > 0:49:02So far they're getting on like a house on fire.
0:49:02 > 0:49:07David is an antiques valuer who buys with his heart, not his head.
0:49:07 > 0:49:12It's got that little bit of art reference that I enjoy.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15But he's planning a change of strategy.
0:49:15 > 0:49:21I'll change my tactics slightly and possibly look at a more commercial element.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25- I'm not certain of the auction room we're going to.- Mm.
0:49:25 > 0:49:32Charles, on the other hand, is an auctioneer from Derbyshire who throws himself into his buys.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35The foot goes in like that. Is the helmet inclusive?
0:49:35 > 0:49:39He's a bit of a girlie when it comes to small rodents. You watch.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43Oh! There's a mouse! There's a mouse! Sorry.
0:49:43 > 0:49:50These two started the week with £200 each, but after the first leg it's a different story altogether.
0:49:51 > 0:49:55After buying cheap, risky pieces, Charles stumbled at the auction
0:49:55 > 0:50:00leaving him just £243.80 to play with.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02Squeak.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05- A loss of ten.- I can't believe it.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07Meanwhile, David's love of quality
0:50:07 > 0:50:14left him rolling in £298.20 of lolly.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17- What a price!- It was touch and go.
0:50:18 > 0:50:24This week's road trip is a huge 300-mile sprint from Lichfield south to Frome,
0:50:24 > 0:50:30back up north to the Wirral peninsula and ending in Nottingham for the final showdown. Gosh!
0:50:30 > 0:50:34Today's show gets motoring in Malvern and, if all goes well,
0:50:34 > 0:50:39should end with the auction down in Pewsey.
0:50:39 > 0:50:43- MUSIC: "Pomp and Circumstance" - Ah. Elgar.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47A bit of Pomp and Circumstance seems only fitting for Malvern
0:50:47 > 0:50:51as the famed British composer lived much of his life here.
0:50:51 > 0:50:58The town's also famous for its spring water, believed to have rejuvenating powers. Lucky David!
0:50:58 > 0:51:04- We're here, David! - What an adventure!- I'm so excited
0:51:04 > 0:51:11because I feel Malvern, with its spa feel and its ambience of polite society, is my sort of place.
0:51:11 > 0:51:17And you need to be rejuvenated. We'll go and get some water. It's kill or cure.
0:51:17 > 0:51:23- OK.- There's the water. - The Malvern water! This is it?- Yes.
0:51:23 > 0:51:27- Tell me about it.- This is the whole basis of the fortune of Malvern.
0:51:27 > 0:51:32It was rather like a watering place like Bath or Tunbridge Wells or Cheltenham
0:51:32 > 0:51:39- and people came here to take the waters.- So the purity...? - You actually drink it!- OK.
0:51:39 > 0:51:45So by drinking it, it might just give me the strength to go out there and find these star lots?
0:51:45 > 0:51:50- I hope not.- I hope so! I'll drink some more now!
0:51:50 > 0:51:54So while Charles bounces off to the shops, newly invigorated...
0:51:54 > 0:51:58Having had that water, I'm feeling quite lucky.
0:52:00 > 0:52:07..David is in the car park thinking strategy and sensibly phones the auction house about the sale.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10But there's a problem.
0:52:10 > 0:52:18They start the viewing at half past eight so we just have an hour and a half for our goods to be seen.
0:52:18 > 0:52:25My immediate inclination is not to go for expensive items, but I don't want to buy rubbish.
0:52:25 > 0:52:31Oh, dear. So with hardly any viewing time, our experts will have to pull something special out of the bag.
0:52:33 > 0:52:38And Charles is already busy at work in Promenade Antiques.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42They call me Hawkeye Hanson, but thus far nothing.
0:52:42 > 0:52:46Hawkeye Hanson, hey? That's a new one on me.
0:52:46 > 0:52:53He used to be the Young Pretender. But his radar's locked onto something and Leslie's there.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56A sweet table, but a bit tired.
0:52:56 > 0:53:02- It does have this.- Nice little birdcage action. And there we go. And you can see
0:53:02 > 0:53:06- it has got some filler here. - Some repair.- Repairs as well.
0:53:06 > 0:53:11So a very nice little snap-top tea or occasional table,
0:53:11 > 0:53:13in oak,
0:53:13 > 0:53:17that will date to around 1780.
0:53:17 > 0:53:21- 1780?- Yeah, 1790. - I had no idea it was that old.
0:53:21 > 0:53:28Next time you have a buyer, tell them this was made, give or take, around the French Revolution.
0:53:28 > 0:53:33More like it's been in the revolution, judging from the state.
0:53:33 > 0:53:39- I would probably, Leslie, say to you £30.- No, that's not enough. - Going, going...- Not enough.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43- And the best price would be...? - 45 at the most.
0:53:43 > 0:53:47- Would you take £40 for it, madam? - I will.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49I'm glad that you like it so much.
0:53:49 > 0:53:54- That's really kind. - That's a bargain.- Thank you. I'll take it away now.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57Thank you for the memories.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01- Thank you. Bye bye.- Bye bye.
0:54:01 > 0:54:05Meanwhile, David is down the road in Foley House Antiques.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09The lovely Sid has the job of showing him round. Poor thing.
0:54:12 > 0:54:13Oh!
0:54:13 > 0:54:18- Steady! You'll have the whole lot down.- It's all right.
0:54:22 > 0:54:27I like the Wedgwood mug. The 1969 mug.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29There you go.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35This is probably the best commemorative ware you ever buy.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39It's Wedgwood. They're not producing this sort of ware.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43It's all detailed on the bottom. Investiture of the Prince of Wales.
0:54:43 > 0:54:47Most commemorative ware is made to mark a Royal event,
0:54:47 > 0:54:51but sometimes it'll honour a noteworthy national occasion,
0:54:51 > 0:54:57like the visit of a Pope. Unfortunately, Royal memorabilia is hard to shift,
0:54:57 > 0:55:03so David will be looking for a substantial reduction on that £35 ticket price. Stand by.
0:55:03 > 0:55:08- Is that yours?- It's not mine. I could do it for 30. - Is that the lowest?
0:55:08 > 0:55:14- £28 is the lowest. - Is that the very best you can do? - It's the very best, I'm afraid.
0:55:14 > 0:55:19- The very best. Well, £28. - Included with the box.
0:55:19 > 0:55:25- Oh! Is that extra? - It comes supplied.- Thank you! That's lovely of you.
0:55:25 > 0:55:30Elsewhere in the shop, Charles has some startling news.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33I've found a bargain. I can't believe it!
0:55:33 > 0:55:37- I've found a bargain. - OK, Mr Hawkeye. What have you found?
0:55:37 > 0:55:40I love it.
0:55:40 > 0:55:46The whole voyage of my trip is about handling history.
0:55:46 > 0:55:52And here you have got a true teapot which dates to around 1770.
0:55:52 > 0:55:56Look at the handle. It's been broken and re-stuck.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58The spout has long since gone.
0:55:58 > 0:56:04But that silver spout would date to around 1800, 1810.
0:56:04 > 0:56:09And this Chinese Chien-Lung Ching Dynasty teapot
0:56:09 > 0:56:16with a Georgian silver spout is described as "an old Chinese teapot, very damaged".
0:56:16 > 0:56:20It doesn't do this baby justice, does it?
0:56:20 > 0:56:21No!
0:56:21 > 0:56:24You're quite right.
0:56:24 > 0:56:28- I found this in a cabinet.- OK. - It's priced at £8.50.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30A very nice old Chinese teapot.
0:56:30 > 0:56:36It's damaged, it's a bit tired, but it tells a story. Best price?
0:56:36 > 0:56:37Em...
0:56:37 > 0:56:39I could do it for £6.
0:56:39 > 0:56:44I like it a lot. It's just the condition, it's slightly tired.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46Take £4 for it?
0:56:46 > 0:56:52- £5.50?- Meet me at £5. - Yeah, go on.- Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:56:52 > 0:56:57- Great. £5. That's great. - Would you like it wrapped? - Wonderful. Thank you very much.
0:56:57 > 0:57:02It was a good deal at £8.50, but an even better one at £5.
0:57:02 > 0:57:07Someone's very happy. And a little skip, too. How sweet.
0:57:07 > 0:57:15David has abandoned Malvern and hit the road for Tewkesbury, leaving Charles on his tod.
0:57:16 > 0:57:20What's striking about this Gloucestershire town
0:57:20 > 0:57:27is its black and white Tudor buildings and its famed Norman abbey, saved from dissolution
0:57:27 > 0:57:33in the 16th century when the townspeople bought it for £453.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35A bargain in anybody's money.
0:57:37 > 0:57:41David's first port of call, Annie's shop.
0:57:41 > 0:57:48Measuring just 18 feet by 9 feet, it's a squeeze, but everything's within stretching distance.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54It's quite small, that one.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59It's not me, is it?
0:57:59 > 0:58:05I'll now look at myself... Oh, no! I look like something out of Laurel and Hardy!
0:58:05 > 0:58:10- He's nodding in approval! - Do you know, he really does?
0:58:10 > 0:58:15Oh, and another. I'm not so sure. I prefer the bowler hat,
0:58:15 > 0:58:20but these are hardly the eye-catching antiques you want.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22Ah, but maybe that is!
0:58:22 > 0:58:28What I like about it is it's 1960s. It has that sort of molten feel about it.
0:58:28 > 0:58:35This is cased glass - you have a clear crystal glass and inside it that ruby glass.
0:58:35 > 0:58:41And when the light's on it, it's very good indeed. People do collect this coloured glass.
0:58:41 > 0:58:45This, he thinks, is a piece of 1950s Murano glass,
0:58:45 > 0:58:51named after the Venetian island of Murano. The ruby interior with clear casing is typical
0:58:51 > 0:58:54of the island's glass factory and others.
0:58:54 > 0:58:57What's the best you can do on this?
0:58:57 > 0:59:00Um...what's on there now?
0:59:01 > 0:59:03An horrendous £16.
0:59:04 > 0:59:10Um that's not mine, so I can only really take off 10%.
0:59:10 > 0:59:15My hands are tied. She'd probably go to 14. That would be the best.
0:59:16 > 0:59:21- Wouldn't go to 12, would they? - All right, 12, yes. I'll risk it.
0:59:22 > 0:59:26Annie, you have a sale.
0:59:27 > 0:59:34- Wish me luck.- I will. Who are you up against?- Charles Hanson. - All right, OK. Oh, no contest.
0:59:34 > 0:59:36Well, we'll see.
0:59:36 > 0:59:42Charles is taking a break from shopping to indulge his ferocious passion for history.
0:59:42 > 0:59:46Oh, don't be misled by the house. There's a museum behind it.
0:59:46 > 0:59:51- Steve!- Charles!- Charles Hanson. May I come in?- Come on in.
0:59:51 > 0:59:55Behind this ordinary-looking bungalow is an 80-foot shed,
0:59:55 > 0:59:59and it houses Steve Wheeler's very unusual collection.
0:59:59 > 1:00:06- Unbelievable, Steve. - A lot of bottles from virtually everywhere, I suppose.
1:00:06 > 1:00:09- They are, in fact, milk bottles. - # Milk!
1:00:09 > 1:00:14- # Milk! # - About 17,500 of them.
1:00:14 > 1:00:17That's some 14 tonnes of glass.
1:00:17 > 1:00:24The different sizes, shapes and advertising each tells a story of bygone days.
1:00:24 > 1:00:29Can I ask one really important question? It's fundamental: why?
1:00:29 > 1:00:31Because people throw them away.
1:00:31 > 1:00:37There's social history in a milk bottle. It goes back and forwards from a milkman to a dairyman.
1:00:37 > 1:00:41And then people just throw them out.
1:00:41 > 1:00:43So how did it all begin, really?
1:00:43 > 1:00:49Finding milk bottles on walks. If a bottle was found, I put it in the rucksack and took it home
1:00:49 > 1:00:52to find out where it had come from.
1:00:52 > 1:00:58That was 30 years ago. Since then he's got them from the strangest of places.
1:00:58 > 1:01:04- How do you find these bottles? - I'd say, "Who delivered your milk?" You'd say, "It was such and such."
1:01:04 > 1:01:08I would then track down any family, was the dairy still going.
1:01:08 > 1:01:11I would talk to electricians.
1:01:11 > 1:01:16When they rewire a house, they find old milk bottles under the floor.
1:01:16 > 1:01:22Ladies will find me an old milk bottle underneath the sink, used as a pint measure.
1:01:22 > 1:01:28And I suppose size-wise we've got pints, half-pints, two pints.
1:01:28 > 1:01:33Pint and a half, quarter pints, a third of a pint for a school. Even gallons.
1:01:36 > 1:01:41One of the stars of Steve's collection is this brown bottle.
1:01:41 > 1:01:47It was the first ever British milk bottle, produced in the 1880s by Express Dairies,
1:01:47 > 1:01:52and designed to ultimately replace the less hygienic milk churns.
1:01:52 > 1:01:57Is this what most homes had their milk in, back in the 1880s?
1:01:57 > 1:02:00- Yes, they would have had bottles like that.- Right.
1:02:00 > 1:02:03And aqua green glass.
1:02:03 > 1:02:07- A special patent bottle, Kilner's. - Right.
1:02:07 > 1:02:13The reason behind the colouring here was because the milk wasn't treated. It came straight from the cow.
1:02:13 > 1:02:19They thought if it was on the doorstep in sunlight, it would last longer if the glass was tinted.
1:02:19 > 1:02:21- Absolute rubbish.- Yes, of course.
1:02:21 > 1:02:28For Steve, every bottle tells a story and this one from Jim'll Fix It is no exception.
1:02:29 > 1:02:35Alison Milson wanted her name on a milk bottle. Jim fixed it for her.
1:02:35 > 1:02:42- Because Jim could fix anything. - The saddest thing is her name is Wilson.- No!
1:02:42 > 1:02:47- They got her name wrong! - So Jim fixed it, so near and yet so far.
1:02:47 > 1:02:53- So far. - And unbeknown to Charles, Steve is going to fix it for him, too.
1:02:53 > 1:02:59- And a bottle for you. I have a spare one. - Are you serious?- Absolutely.
1:02:59 > 1:03:04You're giving me a milk bottle that is named after me - Hanson and Sons.
1:03:04 > 1:03:10Model Dairy, Edge Lane. Steve, I'm absolutely blown away.
1:03:12 > 1:03:14# I'm delivering the morning milk! #
1:03:15 > 1:03:20Back in Malvern, the day is drawing to a close
1:03:20 > 1:03:23and David has one last visit to make -
1:03:23 > 1:03:26Abbey Antiques and proprietor Tony.
1:03:28 > 1:03:32With the auction day looming fast and no time to show off their items,
1:03:32 > 1:03:37David wants to snap up something eye-catching.
1:03:37 > 1:03:42It looks like he's found a lump of marble and a crystal ball.
1:03:44 > 1:03:50It's either a carpet bowl - it goes along the carpet in one of those long halls.
1:03:50 > 1:03:52If the weather was inclement,
1:03:52 > 1:03:59you'd have a game of bowls and you'd use these as indoor bowls.
1:03:59 > 1:04:02Oh, nice bit of arm action. Masterful.
1:04:02 > 1:04:09Carpet bowls are a version of the indoor game, but what makes it distinct from other types
1:04:09 > 1:04:13is the 30-foot-long bowling mat.
1:04:13 > 1:04:17Date-wise, probably 19th century, early part of this century.
1:04:17 > 1:04:20That is a stonemason's art.
1:04:20 > 1:04:23A combination of various marbles.
1:04:23 > 1:04:26And it's such a satisfying piece.
1:04:26 > 1:04:33One of these tactile things you'd turn in your hands, solve any problems, any stress,
1:04:33 > 1:04:40- like the stress I suffer being with Mr Hanson.- Bless him. Look at him laugh through the pain.
1:04:40 > 1:04:47At £10, that layered marble bowl seems a bargain and it turns out the clear crystal jobby
1:04:47 > 1:04:53is also a carpet bowl. But David is still hunting for that attention-grabbing buy.
1:04:53 > 1:04:58- I just want to put it over my face. - Yes. Oh, good.
1:04:58 > 1:05:01Don't say it's going to be an improvement!
1:05:01 > 1:05:07I want to see where the eyes are placed. If I can see through it, then it's a genuine mask,
1:05:07 > 1:05:10not one made as a tourist souvenir.
1:05:11 > 1:05:14And that is brilliant.
1:05:14 > 1:05:18Some would say an improvement. I can't tell.
1:05:18 > 1:05:23- I can see everything that's going on. What does it look like? - Fantastic.
1:05:23 > 1:05:30If you turn it inside out, here you can see where it's been in contact with greasy sweat.
1:05:30 > 1:05:36- And also down here as well where people have breathed on it. - Yeuch.
1:05:36 > 1:05:40A mask like this is traditionally used in ritual dances
1:05:40 > 1:05:46and usually has a spiritual or religious meaning. It's a form of African art which has inspired
1:05:46 > 1:05:53art movements like Cubism and Expressionism. The sort of thing David loves - nice and grubby.
1:05:53 > 1:05:58- What's the price on this?- £90. - Oh! I can't afford it.
1:05:59 > 1:06:03- Would you do it at 50, please? - No, certainly not.
1:06:03 > 1:06:06- 60, then.- 57.
1:06:06 > 1:06:11- It'll just give me a chance. - All right.- At 57.
1:06:11 > 1:06:14Thank you very much. I'd love to purchase that.
1:06:14 > 1:06:20When that's held up at the auction, people will say that's worth having a go at.
1:06:20 > 1:06:28Can I disappear for a few moments? I want to retrieve two items I saw outside. Hold on.
1:06:30 > 1:06:33- Now...- Ah.- I like these.
1:06:33 > 1:06:35That's £10 for the two.
1:06:35 > 1:06:42No, no, it's £10 for the one and this one you can have for free.
1:06:42 > 1:06:48I'll tell you a story about this. We live next door and this was in our window.
1:06:48 > 1:06:54And somebody knocked on the door and said, "Your shop is on fire."
1:06:54 > 1:07:00We came in here and the sun was shining through this and it burnt a big hole in an expensive table.
1:07:00 > 1:07:06- So it would be good to get rid of it in case it burns the house down! - You want to pass on your bad luck.
1:07:06 > 1:07:09No, not really, no.
1:07:09 > 1:07:10Right.
1:07:10 > 1:07:17Forget about that one. You've given me that already. I've got that in my hand.
1:07:17 > 1:07:21There's something wrong with this negotiation here.
1:07:21 > 1:07:25- What's the very best you can do? - I'll do it for eight.
1:07:25 > 1:07:27For £8. The two for £8.
1:07:27 > 1:07:32- Don't drop it! It's a deal. - Thank you very much indeed.
1:07:32 > 1:07:37With the day done, David has bagged four items already.
1:07:37 > 1:07:43Charles has only two. Let's hope tomorrow he'll up his game. Toodle-oo!
1:07:46 > 1:07:53It's Day Two and while David is at the wheel, Charles really wishes HE was.
1:07:53 > 1:08:00- Don't forget - mirrors, signal, manoeuvre. - You have such an irritating quality.
1:08:00 > 1:08:05- An irritating quality.- Stop here. - Charles!- Stop here!- Charles!
1:08:05 > 1:08:07Are you doing this to annoy me?
1:08:07 > 1:08:14They're in Tewkesbury, where David did the rounds yesterday and Charles has to pick up the pace.
1:08:16 > 1:08:24So far, Charles has barely spent a penny - £40 on a tea table and £5 on a Chinese teapot,
1:08:24 > 1:08:28tea being the theme of the day. One lump or two, then, lads?
1:08:28 > 1:08:34David, however, spent £105 and came away with four items, including that scary African mask
1:08:34 > 1:08:37and those carpet bowls.
1:08:38 > 1:08:44So with the pressure on to buy something with a bit of va-va-voom to sell at a challenging auction,
1:08:44 > 1:08:47our boys had better get cracking.
1:08:47 > 1:08:50- Particularly you, Charles. - See you.
1:08:50 > 1:08:53Shirt's coming out.
1:08:53 > 1:08:58- Come on.- Silly boy. He's making a bee line for Attica Antiques.
1:08:58 > 1:09:01Hello, how are you? Is it your shop?
1:09:01 > 1:09:05- No, it's a dog, you fool. Mark's the owner.- These are sweet.
1:09:05 > 1:09:10They are a pair of late-Edwardian ladies pincushion boots.
1:09:10 > 1:09:13If they were silver, they would fetch £1,000.
1:09:13 > 1:09:18- It's very hard sometimes, knowing what to go for.- For you, yes.
1:09:18 > 1:09:21I always buy too much.
1:09:21 > 1:09:26This picture on the wall. What do you think of it?
1:09:26 > 1:09:30I think that is a genuine Louis Wain. Condition lets it down.
1:09:30 > 1:09:35- If you want to have a look... - Yeah. What we've got here
1:09:35 > 1:09:38is a spurious,
1:09:38 > 1:09:41quite speculative watercolour.
1:09:43 > 1:09:46which purports to be by Louis Wain.
1:09:46 > 1:09:52Louis Wain was a Victorian painter best known for his human-like cat drawings,
1:09:52 > 1:09:59sometimes portrayed smoking or fishing. He was declared insane at the end of his life
1:09:59 > 1:10:05- when he thought he had actually become a cat. His work is popular and often forged.- I don't know.
1:10:09 > 1:10:15It takes a specialist to say if a picture is the real thing.
1:10:15 > 1:10:20A genuine Louis Wain could change hands for more than £1,000.
1:10:20 > 1:10:25The ticket price on this piece is 70. Miaow!
1:10:25 > 1:10:29It's a difficult one. The one issue with it, Mark,
1:10:29 > 1:10:33- is its condition.- Yeah. - We can see here
1:10:33 > 1:10:40we have perhaps had some water damage or some smudging of the actual sketch.
1:10:40 > 1:10:45- But it is a charming picture. - Let me show you the back as well.
1:10:45 > 1:10:51- Yeah.- That's where he's almost put coffee over it or something to stain it.
1:10:51 > 1:10:57- And it has been authenticated? - It's been attributed to him by valuers.
1:10:57 > 1:11:02It's a difficult one to call. When you're not sure, don't buy
1:11:02 > 1:11:08because you learn through your mistakes, but it's a picture which has a good look about it.
1:11:08 > 1:11:12- What's the best price, Mark, on it? - Well, I'd say 70.
1:11:12 > 1:11:19- I would probably want to offer... maybe half that. 30?- Go on, then. - Thanks, Mark.- I'm vaguely happy.
1:11:19 > 1:11:21£30.
1:11:21 > 1:11:26Charles is still not sure, but at £30 it's worth a scratch.
1:11:27 > 1:11:34- Mark, if it can go back in the frame, that would be great. - I'll have the other one.- Thanks.
1:11:37 > 1:11:42David, meanwhile, has happily escaped Charles
1:11:42 > 1:11:47and he's off to Tewkesbury Museum to unearth some little-known history about one local man
1:11:47 > 1:11:50with the help of Sue Edlin.
1:11:50 > 1:11:57- Would you like to come this way? - It's Sir Raymond Priestley? - That's right.- Oh, is that him?
1:11:57 > 1:12:02- This is Sir Raymond Priestley. - To a lot of people he is an unsung hero.
1:12:02 > 1:12:09- Many people in Tewkesbury don't even know the story. - And what a fascinating story it is.
1:12:09 > 1:12:16Born here in 1886, explorer Raymond Priestley first made his name as a geologist
1:12:16 > 1:12:22on Shackleton's early less notorious Nimrod expedition to Antarctica.
1:12:22 > 1:12:28This is one of the things that Raymond took with him to Antarctica.
1:12:28 > 1:12:34Probably the early 20th century equivalent of a laptop computer.
1:12:34 > 1:12:38- Oh, yes.- It's a very compact typewriter.- And what is this here?
1:12:38 > 1:12:42I think he must have kept his treasures in this one.
1:12:42 > 1:12:47I liked it because it had RE Priestley, Geologist, 1907,
1:12:47 > 1:12:50and British Antarctic Expedition.
1:12:50 > 1:12:56After narrowly surviving blizzard conditions, Priestley returned to Antarctica a year later
1:12:56 > 1:13:00as part of the scientific crew on Scott's Terra Nova expedition,
1:13:00 > 1:13:05working with First Officer Victor Campbell.
1:13:05 > 1:13:11They lived for the first year in a hut, which they had to construct themselves when they arrived.
1:13:11 > 1:13:15The winds were so fierce, they lashed it down with cables.
1:13:15 > 1:13:19While Scott made his assault on the South Pole,
1:13:19 > 1:13:23Priestley and his party moved their scientific work to the coast,
1:13:23 > 1:13:31but with just eight weeks of rations and extreme weather conditions, the mission proved nearly fatal.
1:13:31 > 1:13:35They had a lot of trouble with their tents. They got blown away.
1:13:35 > 1:13:39Eventually, they dug themselves a cave in the snow,
1:13:39 > 1:13:42rather like an igloo.
1:13:42 > 1:13:46- And they lived in the cave for seven months.- Seven months?!
1:13:46 > 1:13:52- They were like sardines in a tin is the best description. - What about their food supplies?
1:13:52 > 1:14:00Raymond Priestley was in charge of rations. Instead of the usual five biscuits a day, they had one.
1:14:00 > 1:14:04They used to celebrate birthdays or special occasions
1:14:04 > 1:14:08with maybe 12 raisins and a few squares of chocolate.
1:14:08 > 1:14:10What a celebration(!)
1:14:10 > 1:14:18And this is his ice axe, which was used for his geologist's duties, looking at rock formations,
1:14:18 > 1:14:25but also used in breaking up penguin and seal when they were isolated in the cave.
1:14:25 > 1:14:31They killed one particular seal who had just caught some fish and hadn't quite digested them,
1:14:31 > 1:14:35so it was a very welcome change that they fished out of this seal.
1:14:35 > 1:14:41After seven months and the Antarctic winter behind them,
1:14:41 > 1:14:45Priestley's party made the gruelling trek to Scott's base camp
1:14:45 > 1:14:49only to learn the famous explorer and his polar party had perished.
1:14:49 > 1:14:56Being the sort of people they were, they played down their heroic adventure
1:14:56 > 1:14:59as the nation was mourning Scott.
1:14:59 > 1:15:04Priestley did return to Antarctica again in the 1950s,
1:15:04 > 1:15:09but it was his early adventures with Shackleton and Scott
1:15:09 > 1:15:14that this son of Tewkesbury will best be remembered for.
1:15:14 > 1:15:20Our other hero, Charles, is getting through the day with his usual calmness.
1:15:20 > 1:15:26Still looking for something else to whet his appetite, which so far has been as dry as a whistle.
1:15:26 > 1:15:30Let's pray Annie's tiny shop can spring a surprise.
1:15:31 > 1:15:38What we've got here is a very nice little Doulton jardiniere, plant pot.
1:15:38 > 1:15:44Marked Doulton, Lambeth. What I like is this delightful detail of gilding,
1:15:44 > 1:15:48and opaque turquoise and white jewelling.
1:15:48 > 1:15:54Again we have got two chips here which will affect value greatly,
1:15:54 > 1:16:00but it's only £12 and quite rightly when it is so cheap, it's being used for its function still.
1:16:00 > 1:16:03And there's a plant.
1:16:03 > 1:16:08Annie, what's in here? This is where you often find some real gems.
1:16:08 > 1:16:12We've got a lovely little ivory ring rattle.
1:16:12 > 1:16:16Also a very nice silver vesta case, which is hallmarked,
1:16:16 > 1:16:22hallmarked for Birmingham with a date code - it's George V.
1:16:22 > 1:16:26This is around the First World War, it's heavy, it's silver.
1:16:26 > 1:16:29Silver's at a fairly strong level.
1:16:29 > 1:16:37There are collectors of vesta cases and if you were a gent going to light a fag or cigarette,
1:16:37 > 1:16:44you'd take your match out here, then you'd close that, strike it on there and then...off you go.
1:16:44 > 1:16:51- All right, isn't it?- It is. I like it.- Silver vesta cases are collectable and at £38
1:16:51 > 1:16:55is there a double deal to be done with the jardiniere?
1:16:55 > 1:17:02- What's the best price on the jardiniere? Priced at 12. - I could do five on that.- £5.
1:17:02 > 1:17:08- And on your decorative silver vesta case?- 30. 30 is the best.
1:17:08 > 1:17:12- I do like it.- 35 for the two.
1:17:12 > 1:17:19I would need to really pay about 20 for the vesta case and about five for the jardiniere.
1:17:19 > 1:17:24I'll agree to 25. I don't like customers to escape.
1:17:25 > 1:17:30£25. So I'm all set. See you, Annie! Bye-bye!
1:17:30 > 1:17:35David, however, is taking the day in his stride like the master he is.
1:17:35 > 1:17:43Our veteran antiques bloodhound is at Attica Antiques and has found those very same shoe pincushions.
1:17:45 > 1:17:49- They're collectable, aren't they? - They are attractive.
1:17:49 > 1:17:54But there's so many reproductions, but these are quite genuine.
1:17:54 > 1:17:59And those laces have been made for these shoes.
1:17:59 > 1:18:05These little beauties date from around 1915, judging from the style of the shoe,
1:18:05 > 1:18:11so fairly modern when you think pincushions first emerged in the 15th century.
1:18:11 > 1:18:16- They've got £24 on those.- Mm-hm. - What's your very, very best?
1:18:16 > 1:18:1816.
1:18:22 > 1:18:24I think that's a good price.
1:18:24 > 1:18:29- You wouldn't do them for 12, would you?- No. 14.
1:18:29 > 1:18:34- £14.- 14. - Thank you very much indeed.
1:18:34 > 1:18:38There we are, Mark. That's 10 and that's 5. Thank you very much.
1:18:38 > 1:18:45So with the buying all wrapped up in Tewkesbury, it's time now for David and Charles
1:18:45 > 1:18:48to show their hand.
1:18:48 > 1:18:53- My first buy is Wedgwood.- OK. - The reason I bought this Wedgwood
1:18:53 > 1:19:01- is because the factory has changed...- Yes.- ..and I adore anything about the Royal Family.
1:19:01 > 1:19:02Yes.
1:19:02 > 1:19:07- But does commemorative ware sell? - No! Not, David, not really
1:19:07 > 1:19:11if it's by a lesser name. But the quality, being by Wedgwood,
1:19:11 > 1:19:16it's got that wonderful modern feel and that's iconic. So I like it.
1:19:16 > 1:19:24- This is my true Road Trip find. - I think it's a lovely little piece. It is 18th century.- 18th century.
1:19:24 > 1:19:32- It's Chinese.- It's Chinese. - Hard paste. And it was treasured so much that somebody actually
1:19:32 > 1:19:36put that silver spout on it. That's a lovely collector's piece.
1:19:36 > 1:19:43- I bought a lump, Charles. - That's OK! You're buying for the right marketplace.
1:19:43 > 1:19:47I'm hoping you paid around 25 for it.
1:19:47 > 1:19:50- How much?- I paid £12 for it. - You didn't? £12.
1:19:50 > 1:19:57They say small is beautiful. Silver's riding high, so I bought that.
1:19:57 > 1:20:01- That is nice. How much did you pay? - 20.- That's brilliant.
1:20:01 > 1:20:09- Buy small, low price. Guarantee a profit. You've done well. - Thank you very much.
1:20:09 > 1:20:14- Turn your head.- OK. I'll close my eyes.- Now turn round.
1:20:14 > 1:20:17- Why is your voice so deep?- Waaah!
1:20:20 > 1:20:25- That's quite interesting.- What do you mean?- It's a very odd item.
1:20:25 > 1:20:28- For me.- I have no idea about that.
1:20:28 > 1:20:35Goodness me. It's highly speculative. I can't wait for the auction. I'm excited.
1:20:35 > 1:20:38I feel there could be fireworks.
1:20:38 > 1:20:43Now is Charles's Louis Wain picture a fake or not? David might know.
1:20:43 > 1:20:46- It's a wrong one. - Yeah, I think it is.
1:20:46 > 1:20:52- This paper's been aged. - Do you think it has? - That's the true colour.
1:20:52 > 1:20:56- This is all paintwork to age it. - Yeah.
1:20:56 > 1:20:59Look. Hold it up to the light.
1:20:59 > 1:21:02It's as recent as yesterday.
1:21:02 > 1:21:05- The signature is wrong.- Correct. - It's too controlled.
1:21:06 > 1:21:08Is that it?
1:21:08 > 1:21:11I have two. Look, there we are.
1:21:11 > 1:21:15- Whoops!- I like it. David, you know...
1:21:17 > 1:21:22- I'm lost for words.- Don't you like them? I think they're wonderful.
1:21:22 > 1:21:25Are they paperweights or whatever?
1:21:25 > 1:21:28They're in good condition, no cracks.
1:21:28 > 1:21:33They're spotless. ..It's aesthetic. Let's be completely realistic.
1:21:33 > 1:21:38- There's one chip.- Two chips. - Also a chip there.- And a crack.
1:21:38 > 1:21:42Is there a crack? Oh, dear me, I missed a crack.
1:21:42 > 1:21:49- That kills my vase. - It's a jardiniere. Damaged. A tenner.- Thanks, David(!)
1:21:49 > 1:21:54- Oh, no!- What?- I don't believe it! I almost bought them!
1:21:54 > 1:22:00- I think they're great fun. They'll walk away without any problem. - I hope so. They look comfortable.
1:22:00 > 1:22:03They are.
1:22:03 > 1:22:08- Now, David, lift your arms... - Not a suit of armour again.
1:22:08 > 1:22:12OK, like a magician I'll say... here it is!
1:22:12 > 1:22:14Ah, ha ha! Oh, how lovely.
1:22:14 > 1:22:19- It's been heavily restored?- I know. - It's had new brackets underneath.
1:22:19 > 1:22:24The actual column has been cleaned down. And I bet you paid 25 quid.
1:22:24 > 1:22:29- No, I paid more.- How much?- £40. - That's not bad.
1:22:29 > 1:22:34So, niceties apart, what do they really think about each other's lots?
1:22:34 > 1:22:40I thought his picture after Louis Wain was dreadful. Absolutely dreadful.
1:22:40 > 1:22:43It's blatantly a forgery, a fake, a faux.
1:22:43 > 1:22:48His only real problem might be with that little African mask head,
1:22:48 > 1:22:51which could just falter at £57.
1:22:51 > 1:22:57David's big success will be the delightful Murano vase. It will also do well.
1:22:59 > 1:23:06It's the day of reckoning. After kicking off in Malvern, this leg comes to an end in Pewsey,
1:23:06 > 1:23:09a pretty Wiltshire town
1:23:09 > 1:23:14which sits on a stretch of the 87-mile Kennet and Avon Canal.
1:23:16 > 1:23:22The Jubilee Auction Rooms are today's battleground and tension is building.
1:23:22 > 1:23:25Our boys have been shopping right up to the wire.
1:23:25 > 1:23:30And, what's more, the Hillman Minx is on a go slow.
1:23:30 > 1:23:37- David, it's so slow, this car! - I don't think jumping up and down is going to aid it, Charles.
1:23:37 > 1:23:41- Shall I leave it here? - Leave it there, yeah.
1:23:41 > 1:23:48I'd dump it. So with the clock ticking, let's see what auctioneer David Harrison thinks of their buys.
1:23:48 > 1:23:53I think the nicest thing today is the 18th-century Chinese teapot.
1:23:53 > 1:24:00Someone's loved that for 200, 250 years. That's just a wonderful piece of social history.
1:24:00 > 1:24:04The George III circular tea table. We see them all the time.
1:24:04 > 1:24:10It's just a run of the mill item and possibly will make £40-£60.
1:24:10 > 1:24:17David, joking apart, started this leg with £298.20 and has spent
1:24:17 > 1:24:21a glorious £119 on five auction lots.
1:24:21 > 1:24:27Rival Charles, however, started with £243.80
1:24:27 > 1:24:30and has spent £100 exactly.
1:24:30 > 1:24:33So time to see if they can swing a profit.
1:24:33 > 1:24:38- Shall we hold hands for good luck? - Just not too long, please.
1:24:38 > 1:24:41Steady, lads.
1:24:42 > 1:24:45So it's David's ruby glass vase to start.
1:24:45 > 1:24:52- Lot 162.- Come on, David. - It's the 1950s Murano clear and ruby glass vase.
1:24:52 > 1:24:54£30 for this. 30? 20?
1:24:54 > 1:24:5710, then?
1:24:57 > 1:25:0210, thank you. At £10, at £10. Take 12 now.
1:25:02 > 1:25:05At £12, seated. At £12. 14.
1:25:05 > 1:25:12- That's a good price. - At £14, then. Lady's bid down here. All done at £14.
1:25:12 > 1:25:16Well, it's a profit, but David's not happy.
1:25:16 > 1:25:20- It's unbelievably disappointing. - I think we're in for a bloodbath,
1:25:20 > 1:25:25but if we go down together, we go down together fighting, OK?
1:25:25 > 1:25:31Oh, crumbs. Let's hope David's Wedgwood mug can put a smile back on his face.
1:25:31 > 1:25:34- £20 for this.- Come on. - 10 away.- Come on.
1:25:34 > 1:25:38- 10 somewhere, surely. - A couple of pounds?- 10 I've got.
1:25:38 > 1:25:43- At £10 for the Queen's ware. - Absolutely devastating.
1:25:43 > 1:25:47At £12, then, in the doorway at 12.
1:25:47 > 1:25:50Oh, dear. That's giving it away.
1:25:51 > 1:25:55Now for that controversial Louis Wain picture.
1:25:55 > 1:25:59Very, very, very attractive little picture in the style of Louis Wain.
1:25:59 > 1:26:04It might make £5. If it does, c'est la vie, David. We're in it together.
1:26:04 > 1:26:09- I've got commission bids and open the bidding at £20.- £20! Come on!
1:26:09 > 1:26:12At £20. Take 2. 22. 22.
1:26:12 > 1:26:18- 24, commission.- Come on. Keep going. - I can't believe it! - 26, sir. Outside at 26.
1:26:18 > 1:26:2028, commission. At £28.
1:26:20 > 1:26:25A commission big against you all at £28.
1:26:25 > 1:26:28That's a shame, but thanks for coming.
1:26:28 > 1:26:32If only you'd gone with your gut feeling, Charles.
1:26:32 > 1:26:38I'm getting rather excited now. This is my major piece coming up. It's the Mali mask.
1:26:38 > 1:26:4220 I'm bid. 22 now. 22.
1:26:42 > 1:26:45- 24, sir. At 24.- Come on.
1:26:45 > 1:26:50At £24. The bid's on my left at £24. All done.
1:26:50 > 1:26:56Oh, no! A £33 loss and David's feeling the pain!
1:26:56 > 1:27:00I'm just collapsing, really. It was as I predicted.
1:27:01 > 1:27:05- So can Charles get lucky with the vesta case?- 20 I've got.
1:27:05 > 1:27:10- Oh, come on! It's worth that. - 25. 28. 30.
1:27:10 > 1:27:13Take 2, sir. 32. 32.
1:27:13 > 1:27:15At £32, then. Seated at 32.
1:27:16 > 1:27:21Well done, Charles. You made a profit of £12. That's excellent.
1:27:21 > 1:27:24Charles is all smiles.
1:27:24 > 1:27:28Now David's got to hit the jack with his carpet bowls.
1:27:28 > 1:27:33- 10 I've got, commission bid. At £10. - That's profit.- A profit!
1:27:33 > 1:27:3616. At 16. £18, commission.
1:27:36 > 1:27:39- At £18...- One more!- Well done.
1:27:39 > 1:27:42All done at £18.
1:27:42 > 1:27:44- You made £10.- £10 profit.
1:27:44 > 1:27:48Yeah, but David's still slipping behind.
1:27:48 > 1:27:52Can he stitch a comeback with these pincushions?
1:27:52 > 1:27:57I almost bought these. Please don't make too much.
1:27:57 > 1:28:00£30? 10?! Does anyone like them?
1:28:00 > 1:28:03At £10 I'm bid. 12, sir, thank you.
1:28:03 > 1:28:06Come on! One more bid!
1:28:07 > 1:28:10- 14. At 14. 16. - I can't believe this!
1:28:10 > 1:28:15At £16. And finished. 16.
1:28:15 > 1:28:19Ha! A small profit, but will it be enough to take the lead?
1:28:19 > 1:28:26The way the auction's going, with things falling so far short, this teapot could make £10.
1:28:26 > 1:28:29Will I be upset? Yes, I will be.
1:28:29 > 1:28:32I hope there won't be tears.
1:28:32 > 1:28:37£20? 10, then. Thank you, sir. 10 I'm bid. £10 only.
1:28:37 > 1:28:41At £10. At 10. 12. 14.
1:28:41 > 1:28:44Come on! This is crazy.
1:28:44 > 1:28:47At £14. At 14. 16. 18.
1:28:47 > 1:28:52At £18. At £18 and I'm going to sell it at £18.
1:28:52 > 1:28:56You made a profit. I'm making losses. So don't grumble.
1:28:56 > 1:29:00You tell him, David.
1:29:00 > 1:29:05Now for Charles's jardiniere with the hairline crack and minus the plant.
1:29:05 > 1:29:10It could be yours. Doulton, Lambeth. There it is. Have a go.
1:29:10 > 1:29:15- It could be yours!- I'm up here, you're down there. For a reason.
1:29:15 > 1:29:18- My apologies, sir.- Thank you. 10 I've got. £10 bid.
1:29:18 > 1:29:22At £10. 12, thank you. That worked.
1:29:22 > 1:29:2514 with me. At 14. 16 in the room.
1:29:25 > 1:29:28At £16, then. I'll sell for 16.
1:29:28 > 1:29:31Charles is scenting blood.
1:29:31 > 1:29:34I am now £34 profit.
1:29:34 > 1:29:38- And still got your table to come. - And here it is.
1:29:38 > 1:29:44The apparently 226-year-old tripod table. Is victory at hand for Charles?
1:29:44 > 1:29:49If this table can at least break even, we're almost neck and neck.
1:29:49 > 1:29:52- 40.- You're in.- 45.
1:29:52 > 1:29:55- That's good.- One more.- At 50.
1:29:55 > 1:29:57At £50. Bid's on my left.
1:29:57 > 1:30:00Good!
1:30:00 > 1:30:04And today's winner is... Charles!
1:30:04 > 1:30:10- I think we deserve a cup of tea. - Yes, we do. Come on, David. Well done. I'm delighted.
1:30:10 > 1:30:15David started this second leg with £298.20
1:30:15 > 1:30:20and after auction costs made a loss of £50.12,
1:30:20 > 1:30:23leaving him with £248.08.
1:30:26 > 1:30:33Charles began with £243.80 and made £18.08 after costs,
1:30:33 > 1:30:40putting him in the lead with £261.88 going into Round Three. He still looks a bit moody, though.
1:30:42 > 1:30:49- Congratulations.- Can you believe it? - I shall chauffeur you... - I'm now ahead of David Barby!
1:30:49 > 1:30:55- I've been in your position many a time.- How does it feel?- What? - Losing to me.- I want to cry.
1:30:55 > 1:30:58Ha ha!
1:30:58 > 1:31:03Next time we're off to Herefordshire, where Charles gets his geography all mixed up.
1:31:03 > 1:31:08- Isn't Hay-on-Wye also in Wales? - Ross-on-Wye isn't in Wales.
1:31:08 > 1:31:14- David gets nostalgic...- My father bought me a Hornby train set.
1:31:15 > 1:31:18And Charles is all butterfingers.
1:31:18 > 1:31:21- Sorry! Sorry, Ian.- It's all right.
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