0:47:50 > 0:47:57.
0:48:02 > 0:48:08- The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each, one big challenge.- Well, duck, do I buy you?
0:48:08 > 0:48:12Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:48:12 > 0:48:17- What's my wife up to? - The aim is trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21It's not as easy as it looks. Dreams of glory can end in tatters.
0:48:21 > 0:48:22Do I hear £1,500?
0:48:22 > 0:48:26Will it be the fast lane to success or the slow road to bankruptcy?
0:48:26 > 0:48:31- I can't keep this posture up for much longer! - This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:48:35 > 0:48:40This week, we're in Scotland and on the road with two very respectable gentlemen,
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Charlie Ross and James Braxton.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45# Oh, flower of Scotland... '
0:48:45 > 0:48:51Oh, no! Please! With over 20 years' experience in antique auctioneering,
0:48:51 > 0:48:55James Braxton has a soft spot for nice items and shop assistants.
0:48:55 > 0:49:00It's nice to see something I like. It's very nice.
0:49:00 > 0:49:05It's just a nice item. I like this shop. It's got some nice things.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07It's a lovely piece, isn't it?
0:49:07 > 0:49:10Auctioneer Charlie Ross loves a bargain.
0:49:10 > 0:49:14And at times, struggles to part with his cash.
0:49:14 > 0:49:19I was going to be very rude, but I'd better not. I was going to ask you to knock the ten off!
0:49:19 > 0:49:25Yesterday's auction was a momentous occasion. Charlie's £8 Staffordshire elephant packed her trunk
0:49:25 > 0:49:29and trotted off to America for an amazing...
0:49:29 > 0:49:3227 for the last time.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35That's £2,700!
0:49:35 > 0:49:40Crikey! On any normal day, James would have been on cloud nine
0:49:40 > 0:49:45when his £200 increased to £256.06.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48But this wasn't a normal day.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52After his astronomical win, Charlie's £200 rocketed,
0:49:52 > 0:49:58giving him £2,447.96 to flash around.
0:49:58 > 0:50:02I don't know what to do next, really, when I next go shopping.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05Do I blow it all?
0:50:05 > 0:50:08- Or do I miserly tuck it all away? - I'd blow the lot.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11And as the chaps launch into round two,
0:50:11 > 0:50:15their classy 1967 Sunbeam Alpine is soldiering on.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18I've got a lot of money now. This is something I'm not used to.
0:50:18 > 0:50:23As a rival and competitor, I would urge you to go large.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27As a friend, I would say keep that £2,000 aside
0:50:27 > 0:50:31and go mental with your £450.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35Well, he would say that. This week's road trip takes James
0:50:35 > 0:50:40and Charlie along the beautiful east coast of Scotland, before heading west,
0:50:40 > 0:50:43where they finish up in the coastal town of Ayr.
0:50:43 > 0:50:48On today's leg, they're leaving Buckie and heading for auction two in Aberdeen.
0:50:48 > 0:50:51First stop is the fishing village of Cullen.
0:50:52 > 0:50:57Cullen was established in 1189 and has a long history,
0:50:57 > 0:51:04but its main claim to fame is the local speciality that's named after the town, Cullen skink.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07Smoked haddock, potato and onion soup.
0:51:07 > 0:51:10Sounds delightful, if a little fattening.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12- Coffee House.- Excellent.
0:51:12 > 0:51:17- Well, good luck and like a tip or two?- Yes, fire away!
0:51:17 > 0:51:22- I'm in slight need of one. Go on.- Look for an elephant!
0:51:22 > 0:51:26I'm going to buy anything that's an exotic animal or red.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28- Don't let me down.- OK, toodle pip.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32James gets straight to work in his first shop of the day,
0:51:32 > 0:51:35Cullen Collectibles.
0:51:35 > 0:51:39Our strategy is to try and find something for, obviously £8
0:51:39 > 0:51:44and sell it for 2,700, but failing that,
0:51:44 > 0:51:47I think what I'm going to do is, before I commit to anything,
0:51:47 > 0:51:53I want to build a good holistic hole of five items.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57And I will do that by careful browsing.
0:51:57 > 0:51:58Careful browsing.
0:52:01 > 0:52:06While you do your careful browsing, Charlie's wasting no time.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09He's not even in the shop
0:52:09 > 0:52:13and he's spotted a pretty little powder compact priced at £65.
0:52:13 > 0:52:18It is really interesting. Glasgow Exhibition 1938.
0:52:18 > 0:52:22It's not silver, unfortunately.
0:52:22 > 0:52:27You'd expect that enamelling to be on silver, wouldn't you? Well, I would.
0:52:27 > 0:52:31That quality is good enough for it to... And this building?
0:52:31 > 0:52:34That was the centrepiece of the exhibition.
0:52:34 > 0:52:41The exhibition marked 50 years since Glasgow's first international exhibition held at Kelvingrove Park
0:52:41 > 0:52:48in 1888 and was a chance for Glasgow's industries, old and new, to be showcased to the world.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51What would be your best price on that?
0:52:51 > 0:52:54- I'll make it 50 to you cos I like you.- That's very kind of you.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57I really like that. I really like that hugely.
0:52:57 > 0:53:03I'm going to continue on round. I can't imagine I'm going to get out of this shop without spending money.
0:53:03 > 0:53:08You've got enough to buy the contents and the building,
0:53:08 > 0:53:12unlike James, who's hoping to fight back with a £30 pair of cannons. I don't think so.
0:53:12 > 0:53:18They're die-cast. They're die-cast metal. Sort of aluminium alloy.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22They're more look than substance because these are pretty light fellows.
0:53:22 > 0:53:26With a single finger! You'd expect them to be heavy.
0:53:26 > 0:53:30The interesting thing about cannons is they were made of iron
0:53:30 > 0:53:34or bronze and in those early days, the Spanish Armada, Henry VIII,
0:53:34 > 0:53:40Elizabeth I, when you captured a ship, you took their cannons.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44Very often, you'll find British ships with Spanish guns in them.
0:53:44 > 0:53:49It's not something I'm going to buy for 8 and make 2,700 on.
0:53:49 > 0:53:54Yesterday's battle was lost, but today, it's all still to play for.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57Time to negotiate hard with owner Harry.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01If I offered you a compelling £15 for those.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04£15?
0:54:04 > 0:54:09- For that one? And 15 for that one? - OK, I was a bit cheeky there. £20.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- Erm...- Would you do that for 20?
0:54:13 > 0:54:16- What about 25?- 25?
0:54:16 > 0:54:21- I'd like to do it for 20.- Would you? - Yeah. It would really help me here.
0:54:21 > 0:54:26- Could you do it?- As it's a nice day, they're yours.- They're a lovely lot.
0:54:26 > 0:54:30Thank you. That's very kind. I suppose you want some money, don't you?
0:54:30 > 0:54:33Well done, James. That's a great buy.
0:54:33 > 0:54:39But be warned, your cheeky competitor has turned to the eerie world of witchcraft!
0:54:39 > 0:54:43This is a very, very odd thing.
0:54:43 > 0:54:49- What is it?- Well, it's African and I think that it's witch doctor's...
0:54:50 > 0:54:55That's my feeling. But it's very odd. I've never seen anything like it before.
0:54:55 > 0:54:58I haven't seen anything like it. Hoo-woah!
0:54:58 > 0:55:01- That's the sort of thing. - Yes. Very much so.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04Have you tried Googling an object like that?
0:55:04 > 0:55:08You can't Google a picture. That's one of the problems.
0:55:08 > 0:55:13What would be your best price on this? These are not bed fellows.
0:55:13 > 0:55:20But this and your Glasgow 1938 compact.
0:55:20 > 0:55:25Well, the best I can do for you would be 125.
0:55:25 > 0:55:29- And that would be the last... - I've had such a fantastic time...
0:55:29 > 0:55:35Yet again, Ross has bought something about which he knows nothing!
0:55:35 > 0:55:41And when I bought this, I do not want to see you going into your back garden and whittling away
0:55:41 > 0:55:44- and making another one!- No. No.
0:55:44 > 0:55:48Cos if you do, then there'll be an awful lot of this going on!
0:55:50 > 0:55:54Fabulous! I'll have them both! I like to take a gamble.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58Well, you've certainly done that. I just hope it pays off.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02And after Charlie's dabbling in black magic,
0:56:02 > 0:56:05James is searching for the light.
0:56:07 > 0:56:11Travelling 40 miles to the north east corner
0:56:11 > 0:56:16of the Aberdeenshire coast and the fishing town of Fraserburgh.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19The largest shellfish port in Europe,
0:56:19 > 0:56:22Fraserburgh has a busy commercial harbour.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26It's also home to Scotland's first mainland lighthouse
0:56:26 > 0:56:29and the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses,
0:56:29 > 0:56:35which is where the lucky James is spending his afternoon. Showing him round is bright spark Jim.
0:56:35 > 0:56:40This is really where it all started.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43When the lighthouse service was first formed in 1786,
0:56:43 > 0:56:48it was a man called Thomas Smith, a lamp maker in Leith,
0:56:48 > 0:56:54and he was given the task of providing lumination for lighthouses.
0:56:54 > 0:56:59And this is what he came up with. A mirror reflector.
0:56:59 > 0:57:04And the first lighthouse at Kinnaird, these were the type of things that was put on top.
0:57:04 > 0:57:08There were 17 of them, set in an array, each with an oil lamp.
0:57:08 > 0:57:13And that actually produced a light that was visible 12 miles.
0:57:13 > 0:57:18Smith's 17 lamps were positioned on top of this 16th century castle
0:57:18 > 0:57:21until 1824 when his stepson, Robert Stevenson,
0:57:21 > 0:57:24designed his lighthouse to fit inside the castle.
0:57:24 > 0:57:30Time for James to conquer the lighthouse's 72 steps. The big question is, will he make it?
0:57:30 > 0:57:36Maybe on the way up, you'll notice some chains hanging down thing the centre of the tower.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40And one of those chains was this big weight.
0:57:40 > 0:57:43And it's that weight descending the tower that supplies
0:57:43 > 0:57:45the power for the machine upstairs.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48All lighthouses were clockwork driven,
0:57:48 > 0:57:50but unlike the old long case clocks
0:57:50 > 0:57:54which required to be wound every 30 hours or eight days,
0:57:54 > 0:57:56these needed to be wound every 30 minutes.
0:57:56 > 0:58:01Every half hour as the machine goes round, this would ring.
0:58:01 > 0:58:03And then wind it.
0:58:07 > 0:58:12- 93 turns of this handle.- 93? - Bring the weight back up again.
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Give you another half hour's run.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17Failure to wind the handle would bring all the machinery
0:58:17 > 0:58:22to a standstill and at that point, you had a career change!
0:58:23 > 0:58:27Anything that interfered with the character of the light,
0:58:27 > 0:58:32then some ship could mistake this for somewhere else and take a bearing.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34Every lighthouse had its own character.
0:58:34 > 0:58:37Vessels could the flashes, time them,
0:58:37 > 0:58:39look at their chart and know precisely
0:58:39 > 0:58:42which lighthouse they were looking at.
0:58:42 > 0:58:46This is your blank space, here. So you've no light here.
0:58:46 > 0:58:50Your light's travelling round and as it's travelling round,
0:58:50 > 0:58:54you'll start picking up the edge of the beam if you look into the prism.
0:58:54 > 0:58:58This is all your flash, right through the centre of the lens.
0:58:58 > 0:59:03- Yes, now I see it clearly. - Right out this side as well.
0:59:03 > 0:59:05And then you'll get the cut off.
0:59:05 > 0:59:09- So that's a beam two metres in diameter.- Two metres in diameter.
0:59:09 > 0:59:13- Then you're back to blank again. - Huge.- And you wait for the next one.
0:59:13 > 0:59:17If you manage to duck under, and just step straight across.
0:59:17 > 0:59:20Looks tight! Now for the science.
0:59:20 > 0:59:23All this is refraction. They take the light coming from the bulb
0:59:23 > 0:59:27and they bend it round in parallel to that.
0:59:27 > 0:59:28The ones that's above it,
0:59:28 > 0:59:31they bend the light that's going up and bend it down away.
0:59:31 > 0:59:33The bottom ones bend the light up,
0:59:33 > 0:59:36so you've got very little wasted light.
0:59:36 > 0:59:40It's a very odd sensation! Slightly out-of-worldly!
0:59:41 > 0:59:47But very beautiful. Beautifully constructed. All bronze and glass.
0:59:47 > 0:59:50This is superb.
0:59:50 > 0:59:53And all from one tiny bulb. Extraordinary!
0:59:53 > 0:59:58So while James makes his way back to Cullen, it's time to swap shops.
0:59:58 > 1:00:02Charlie's heading to Cullen Collectibles
1:00:02 > 1:00:05and still has over £2,300 to spend.
1:00:05 > 1:00:07So chop-chop!
1:00:09 > 1:00:12A very fine Wedgwood casket.
1:00:16 > 1:00:18No, it's not. It's tin!
1:00:18 > 1:00:21It's a Crawford's biscuit tin
1:00:21 > 1:00:26in the form of a Wedgwood casket.
1:00:26 > 1:00:30Across the sale room, you could get away with that being Wedgwood.
1:00:30 > 1:00:34A wonderful pastel blue. Wedgwood blue.
1:00:34 > 1:00:40It's even got impressed decoration on it.
1:00:40 > 1:00:46With a classical scene on the top, pressed brass feet. Look at that!
1:00:47 > 1:00:51It's a true antique, if you didn't touch it. I rather like that.
1:00:51 > 1:00:54At £5, is it not a bit on the cheap side
1:00:54 > 1:00:56for a man with your heavy wallet?
1:00:56 > 1:01:00I hadn't moved more than about two yards in your lovely shop
1:01:00 > 1:01:02when I saw a fantastic piece of Wedgwood!
1:01:02 > 1:01:07- Yeah(!)- And then I touched it! But it's great. Biscuit tin.
1:01:07 > 1:01:13I don't know if it said £5 or 50p. I couldn't quite tell.
1:01:13 > 1:01:15Cor! That's such a nerve!
1:01:15 > 1:01:18How much would you like to take for that?
1:01:18 > 1:01:22- What about £3?- I think £3... I'm not even going to negotiate.
1:01:22 > 1:01:27I think that's a cracker. It's got enough age to excite me.
1:01:27 > 1:01:30And it's a statement and it's fab.
1:01:30 > 1:01:33At £3, it's mine!
1:01:33 > 1:01:38After that purchase, he's still got, yep, over £2,300.
1:01:39 > 1:01:45Down the road, James has arrived in Abra Antiques, as in "Cadabra".
1:01:45 > 1:01:48It's got a couple of chips.
1:01:48 > 1:01:52But after his usual carefully considered browsing,
1:01:52 > 1:01:54he's going oriental.
1:01:55 > 1:01:57I quite like this, Tom.
1:01:57 > 1:02:03So we've got a paperweight here and I'm just having a quick look at it.
1:02:03 > 1:02:07And it's nice, isn't it? I haven't really come across these before.
1:02:07 > 1:02:10It's a paperweight, rather like we have a paperweight,
1:02:10 > 1:02:14but this is a sort of tablet form. It's nice and thin.
1:02:14 > 1:02:18And just carries a very nice Chinese mythological scene on it.
1:02:18 > 1:02:21It's a dragon and a phoenix.
1:02:21 > 1:02:24In China, the dragon and phoenix are symbols of auspiciousness.
1:02:24 > 1:02:27Any sightings of a dragon and a phoenix were considered
1:02:27 > 1:02:30a lucky sign, said to herald a period of peace and prosperity
1:02:30 > 1:02:33for the country, and maybe James Braxton.
1:02:33 > 1:02:35£48, Tom.
1:02:36 > 1:02:39- The Cullen Chancer, I'll call you! - Oh, dear!
1:02:39 > 1:02:44James, I'm not sure insulting Tom is the best way to start negotiations.
1:02:44 > 1:02:47Could you do that for me for £20?
1:02:47 > 1:02:51Oh, dear. This man's a rogue!
1:02:51 > 1:02:54He's a rogue! I don't want to pay £48 for it.
1:02:54 > 1:02:57That's for sure. I'd rather like to pay you £20 for it.
1:02:57 > 1:03:02- Well, I'd rather you paid me 25. - 25?- I'll meet you at 25.
1:03:05 > 1:03:09Yeah. I'm OK at 25. Thank you very much indeed.
1:03:09 > 1:03:13Good final purchase of the day, James. But no time to dawdle.
1:03:13 > 1:03:16Charlie's waiting with all that cash.
1:03:16 > 1:03:20- Ah!- Roscoe!- Comment te?- Fab!
1:03:20 > 1:03:24- Fancy a swim?- A swim?! - Yeah, come on!
1:03:24 > 1:03:28- Get in, man!- I need a swim. It's been a hard old day!
1:03:28 > 1:03:31So how many items? Did you buy quite a few?
1:03:31 > 1:03:34- I couldn't spend any money though.- Really?
1:03:34 > 1:03:38- Couldn't get in to my two-and-a-half grand!- You want to get that wad out!
1:03:38 > 1:03:42- Get spending! Here we go.- I'd rather have a swim.
1:03:44 > 1:03:48Go for a swim?! A swim in the North Sea?!
1:03:50 > 1:03:53Oh, surely not!
1:03:55 > 1:03:57Oh, no!
1:03:57 > 1:04:00They're serious!
1:04:00 > 1:04:03Is this after the watershed?
1:04:04 > 1:04:07I can't keep this posture up for much longer!
1:04:07 > 1:04:10- I'm breathing in! - My body is normally like this!
1:04:10 > 1:04:13And they're going in! I don't believe it!
1:04:13 > 1:04:17This is not how I thought the day would end!
1:04:17 > 1:04:21Look at them go! Look at that James Braxton!
1:04:26 > 1:04:28Hoo-hoo-hoo!
1:04:28 > 1:04:30Oh, good night, chaps!
1:04:34 > 1:04:37As dawn breaks on a rather miserable day,
1:04:37 > 1:04:40our experts are straight back at it.
1:04:40 > 1:04:45I think somebody's training a hose in here on me. What's happened?
1:04:45 > 1:04:48I've never been so wet in a car with a hood on!
1:04:48 > 1:04:50Well, you have been bathing!
1:04:50 > 1:04:55So far, James has been cautious with his shopping, spending just
1:04:55 > 1:04:58£45 on two items, the pair of model cannon and a Chinese paperweight.
1:04:58 > 1:05:03James has £211.06 for the day ahead.
1:05:04 > 1:05:08Charlie meanwhile has hardly loosened his purse strings.
1:05:08 > 1:05:10He's spent £128 on three lots.
1:05:11 > 1:05:15An African witch doctor's mace, we think, an enamel compact,
1:05:15 > 1:05:17and a biscuit tin.
1:05:17 > 1:05:22Leaving him with a colossal £2,319.96 still to spend.
1:05:22 > 1:05:25I haven't been able to spend lots of money.
1:05:25 > 1:05:28The one thing I won't be doing today is swimming.
1:05:31 > 1:05:35Charlie and James are heading 25 miles south to Dufftown,
1:05:35 > 1:05:39where James will start his day's shopping.
1:05:39 > 1:05:42- This is Dufftown, is it? - I think it must be.
1:05:42 > 1:05:48Located on the banks of the River Fiddich, Dufftown is home to several Scotch whisky distilleries
1:05:48 > 1:05:54and as such, promotes itself as the malt whisky capital of the world.
1:05:54 > 1:05:57Unfortunately, our boys must resist temptation
1:05:57 > 1:06:02and focus on the antiques, as the auction is just around the corner.
1:06:02 > 1:06:06- Thank you.- May all your profits be small ones!- Bye.- Bye.
1:06:06 > 1:06:10Ha-ha! As Charlie heads off on his own little adventure,
1:06:10 > 1:06:12James goes to Collectors Cabin,
1:06:12 > 1:06:16an antique shop that also sells Scottish dress.
1:06:16 > 1:06:21You've got all your various trench art here. And the Spitfire ashtray.
1:06:21 > 1:06:25That's quite nice. I'm surprised that's still there.
1:06:25 > 1:06:29There's masses of shells everywhere. Shell casings here.
1:06:29 > 1:06:31Everybody smoked in those days,
1:06:31 > 1:06:34so there were lots of opportunities
1:06:34 > 1:06:37to make ashtrays and various other things.
1:06:37 > 1:06:41During the First and Second World Wars, these decorative items,
1:06:41 > 1:06:45known as trench art, were made by soldiers, prisoners of war
1:06:45 > 1:06:49and civilians out of brass from shell casings.
1:06:49 > 1:06:53- May I look at you rather nice white onyx fellow?- Please do.
1:06:55 > 1:06:59- What's that? Just painted on? - It's hand painted, yes.
1:06:59 > 1:07:03- This presumably would have been a cigarette box.- I think so.
1:07:03 > 1:07:05I think it's a charming item.
1:07:05 > 1:07:10Onyx is the mineral that often displays different colours in multiple layers.
1:07:10 > 1:07:16This beauty is from the 1920s and has a price tag of £125.
1:07:16 > 1:07:21Onyx generally comes from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.
1:07:21 > 1:07:27When it was first discovered, incredibly precious, you know.
1:07:27 > 1:07:31They're quite vulnerable to damage. It's pretty damaged there.
1:07:31 > 1:07:34The piano hinge is fine.
1:07:35 > 1:07:38Well, time's ticking on, David.
1:07:38 > 1:07:40There's a couple of things I quite like the look of,
1:07:40 > 1:07:43but it's that nutty problem of price.
1:07:43 > 1:07:45Uh-oh! Here we go.
1:07:45 > 1:07:49- This was the item that sort of caught my imagination.- Yes?
1:07:49 > 1:07:54Your rather nice Spitfire, the ashtray. David, I see that at £25.
1:07:54 > 1:07:58Ah, I think I see it at £55!
1:07:59 > 1:08:06- I do like these white onyx things. I see that at £50.- Aha.
1:08:06 > 1:08:09- I see it at quite a bit more than that.- I know you do!
1:08:09 > 1:08:14- Can you help me out here? A package deal.- A package deal?
1:08:14 > 1:08:17What would be your package suggestion?
1:08:17 > 1:08:20Package suggestion would be £75.
1:08:20 > 1:08:23The Spitfire and the onyx come to £180!
1:08:23 > 1:08:29You sound like my plumber! I'll go to 30 on that.
1:08:29 > 1:08:34- Can we make it 80 for the two? - 80 for the two? She's smiling!
1:08:34 > 1:08:40- Go on, put there, David! - Shall we?- Well done. Thank you.- OK. Are we happy with that?- Yeah!
1:08:40 > 1:08:43Nice bit of negotiating, James,
1:08:43 > 1:08:47and you've still got £131.06 to spend, and you resisted kissing her!
1:08:47 > 1:08:50Meanwhile, 13 miles south of Dufftown,
1:08:50 > 1:08:54Charlie Ross has a prior engagement. Looks grand.
1:08:54 > 1:08:58Ballindalloch Castle is one of the most beautiful
1:08:58 > 1:09:00and renowned castles in Scotland.
1:09:00 > 1:09:02Known as the Pearl of the North,
1:09:02 > 1:09:05it's one of the few privately owned castles
1:09:05 > 1:09:09to have been lived in continuously by its original family.
1:09:09 > 1:09:14The Macpherson-Grants have resided here since 1546 and Clare,
1:09:14 > 1:09:17its current incumbent, is showing Charlie around.
1:09:17 > 1:09:22- Please come in. This is the drawing room.- Lovely.
1:09:22 > 1:09:26- What glorious proportions! And this is mid-16th century?- Yes, it is.
1:09:26 > 1:09:31- 1546, it was built in.- And your family have been here since then.
1:09:31 > 1:09:35Yes, they have. And I arrived here when I was five years old.
1:09:35 > 1:09:37It was made quite clear to me
1:09:37 > 1:09:39from that time that this was path of life.
1:09:39 > 1:09:42I was brainwashed by my parents
1:09:42 > 1:09:45that I would come here and look after the castle.
1:09:45 > 1:09:48- You don't regret that, do you? - No, not at all.
1:09:48 > 1:09:51It's been a wonderful challenge and enormous fun.
1:09:51 > 1:09:55- You could never be bored here. - No, but hard work.- Very hard work.
1:09:55 > 1:09:59I'd love to show you my Staffordshire collection.
1:09:59 > 1:10:03Of course, 19th century, and those...
1:10:03 > 1:10:07- The little castle and the... - Little pastille burner.
1:10:07 > 1:10:12- I have a particular love of Staffordshire.- Really? Why?
1:10:12 > 1:10:17Because I did manage to buy an early 19th century Staffordshire elephant,
1:10:17 > 1:10:21but £8 I paid. Very badly damaged.
1:10:21 > 1:10:25Went off to the local auction up the road and sold for £2,700.
1:10:26 > 1:10:31- Heavens!- Bought by somebody in North Carolina.- My word!
1:10:31 > 1:10:36- I'm prepared to offer you £8 for your pastille burner!- No way!
1:10:36 > 1:10:39Charlie, you are such a cheeky sausage!
1:10:39 > 1:10:42Who is this distinguished gentleman?
1:10:42 > 1:10:46I wanted to show you this portrait because he was my great grandfather
1:10:46 > 1:10:49and he and two other great agriculturalists
1:10:49 > 1:10:52started the first pedigree herd of Aberdeen Angus.
1:10:52 > 1:10:56From 1860, Sir George Macpherson-Grant
1:10:56 > 1:11:00spent almost 50 years refining the breed to establish
1:11:00 > 1:11:04the foundation for what is arguably the best beef breed in the world.
1:11:04 > 1:11:07He took an animal from the county of Aberdeen
1:11:07 > 1:11:11and an animal from the county of Angus and bred them together.
1:11:11 > 1:11:15For their ease of breeding, for their milkiness and of course,
1:11:15 > 1:11:20they fattened quicker than any other animal on grass alone.
1:11:20 > 1:11:24- And that is still the case. - It's still the case.
1:11:24 > 1:11:27They graze peacefully in the Cow Haugh at Ballindalloch.
1:11:27 > 1:11:33- There is no greater name than the Aberdeen Angus.- No.
1:11:33 > 1:11:36Every chef in the world knows Aberdeen Angus.
1:11:36 > 1:11:39And it is, we think, the best in the world.
1:11:39 > 1:11:44Aberdeen Angus are hornless, solid black or red cattle,
1:11:44 > 1:11:47and the Ballindalloch estate is home to 100 head.
1:11:47 > 1:11:51There we are. Don't they look absolutely wonderful?
1:11:51 > 1:11:54Look at them. How could you not have wonderful meat
1:11:54 > 1:11:56from an animal that is so happy?
1:11:56 > 1:11:59- Glorious colour!- Aren't they?
1:11:59 > 1:12:01In the summer, they lose their winter coat
1:12:01 > 1:12:05and get this fantastic what we call bloom on them.
1:12:05 > 1:12:11- How long has there been an Aberdeen Angus herd here?- Since 1860.
1:12:11 > 1:12:14And they've gone all over the world.
1:12:14 > 1:12:19From as far as New Zealand, Australia, America, Canada...
1:12:19 > 1:12:25- All over.- Yes.- And whenever you eat your next piece of beef,
1:12:25 > 1:12:27you have to think of Ballindalloch.
1:12:27 > 1:12:31I will! And I shall enjoy it all the more for that!
1:12:31 > 1:12:34Dirty beast! Charlie, you've had a lovely treat,
1:12:34 > 1:12:37but I'm afraid it's back to work.
1:12:42 > 1:12:45The boys wave Dufftown goodbye
1:12:45 > 1:12:50and continue travelling on 55 miles east to Clola.
1:12:50 > 1:12:53No, not Lola! It's Clola!
1:12:55 > 1:12:57Clola is a hamlet in Aberdeenshire.
1:12:57 > 1:13:02The neighbourhood extends to a radius of a little over a mile.
1:13:02 > 1:13:06It may be small, but it's home to its very own antique emporium.
1:13:06 > 1:13:11- Spend, spend, spend. - How many items are you search for?
1:13:11 > 1:13:16- I need lots of items, Brackers! - Sorry?- I've been struggling of late.
1:13:16 > 1:13:19I've still got far too much money left.
1:13:19 > 1:13:23Spread over three floors, with a mixture of antiques and collectibles,
1:13:23 > 1:13:26this is their final chance to spend big.
1:13:26 > 1:13:29James is straight to work with owner Tom
1:13:29 > 1:13:32and has found himself a pestle and mortar.
1:13:32 > 1:13:36- Where did you find this, Tom? - Inherited during a house clearance.
1:13:36 > 1:13:38Oh, right. OK.
1:13:38 > 1:13:41Years ago, these sort of things were very popular,
1:13:41 > 1:13:46along with pewter, and people love pestles and mortars.
1:13:46 > 1:13:50The word mortar derives from Latin mortarium,
1:13:50 > 1:13:52meaning receptacle for pounding.
1:13:52 > 1:13:56And pestle comes from the Latin pistilum, meaning pounder.
1:13:56 > 1:13:59This one's a 45 pounder.
1:13:59 > 1:14:01And then you've got... I quite like this.
1:14:01 > 1:14:04I spied this earlier, as I was walking round.
1:14:04 > 1:14:08- This is a lovely fellow. - Yes, the bushel.- The bushel.
1:14:08 > 1:14:13- This was a measure for... - For grain. Wheat or barley.
1:14:13 > 1:14:17- Was it level, the bushel? - Yes, it would have been.
1:14:17 > 1:14:23- It's an imperial measure of grain, isn't it?- That's right.
1:14:23 > 1:14:27So things were sold by the bushel measure, or counted.
1:14:27 > 1:14:31It was a unit to which you could record price.
1:14:31 > 1:14:34The bushel measure was used from the Middle Ages,
1:14:34 > 1:14:40but rarely in Scotland, Ireland or Wales. So this could be a good purchase.
1:14:40 > 1:14:44Very nice. And...there we are. It's all there.
1:14:44 > 1:14:46Now, I'm quite interested in the two.
1:14:46 > 1:14:50Could you do me a tremendous deal, Tom?
1:14:50 > 1:14:54I could probably offer you a nice deal on it.
1:14:54 > 1:14:59- What could you offer me on that? - 40?- 40. And what about this one?
1:14:59 > 1:15:02Could you go as low as say 45 on this?
1:15:02 > 1:15:07- No, I'm afraid I couldn't go as low as 45.- What could you do on that?
1:15:07 > 1:15:10- How does 60 sound?- 60.
1:15:12 > 1:15:16Could you either do 50 on this or 35 on that?
1:15:16 > 1:15:22Yes, I could do 35, on the pestle and mortar for you. Yes.
1:15:22 > 1:15:24What about 50 on that?
1:15:24 > 1:15:26- Not quite.- Not quite.
1:15:27 > 1:15:31I'm going to go for that one at 35, Tom.
1:15:31 > 1:15:33Well done, James. Nice final buy.
1:15:37 > 1:15:40Downstairs, Charlie still has over £2,300.
1:15:44 > 1:15:46But he's on the case.
1:15:46 > 1:15:50An old bushel measure. Couple of granite troughs.
1:15:50 > 1:15:56Hello! A completely knackered garden urn.
1:15:56 > 1:15:58Reconstituted stoneware.
1:15:58 > 1:16:02I could cement that on to there, couldn't I,
1:16:02 > 1:16:05with my immense do it yourself skills.
1:16:05 > 1:16:07# The minute you walked in the joint
1:16:07 > 1:16:11# I could see you were a man of distinction
1:16:11 > 1:16:13# A real big spender... #
1:16:13 > 1:16:16£10?! Look at that!
1:16:18 > 1:16:22If that isn't worth 30 or 40 quid,
1:16:22 > 1:16:24re-stuck together, I'll eat my hat!
1:16:24 > 1:16:28I'd give 40 quid for that if somebody stuck on.
1:16:28 > 1:16:32But when I was downstairs, I saw a broken urn.
1:16:32 > 1:16:36It says £10 on the label, and I was going to think,
1:16:36 > 1:16:41if it came in that condition, it probably came for nothing, didn't it?
1:16:41 > 1:16:45Would you like to take a five pound note for it?
1:16:45 > 1:16:49- Let's go and have a look at it. - Have a look at it. Shall I lead on?
1:16:49 > 1:16:52I'll show you exactly where I found it. This was the object.
1:16:52 > 1:16:55- This is the object.- Yeah.
1:16:55 > 1:16:59But I stuck the top on the bottom and it looked really nice.
1:16:59 > 1:17:03- Nice when it's put together.- I tried you at a fiver. What's the verdict?
1:17:03 > 1:17:07- I can meet you half way, sir. - Could you? £7.50!
1:17:07 > 1:17:10Fancy getting something to the nearest 50p!
1:17:10 > 1:17:14I think that sounds very reasonable, sir. May we shake on that deal?
1:17:14 > 1:17:17It's not going to be your biggest sale of the day.
1:17:17 > 1:17:19Last of the big spenders, eh, Charlie?
1:17:19 > 1:17:22And with the final purchase made,
1:17:22 > 1:17:25it's time for our chaps to reveal all.
1:17:25 > 1:17:30- I've been absolutely pathetic. I put my hands up.- Really?- Sorry.
1:17:30 > 1:17:33I've been walking around these places with nearly £2,500
1:17:33 > 1:17:35and I've let you down.
1:17:35 > 1:17:38- No. I've let you down. - You haven't spent it?
1:17:38 > 1:17:40I've let you down in such a big way
1:17:40 > 1:17:43that you'll probably want to leave the room.
1:17:43 > 1:17:45- Let's have a look.- First one.
1:17:45 > 1:17:51- Splendid! Does it come with something?- It comes with t'other.
1:17:51 > 1:17:54- A pair?- A pair!
1:17:54 > 1:17:57- Aren't they splendid?- £20.
1:17:57 > 1:18:00- You bought the pair of them for 20 quid?- I did.
1:18:00 > 1:18:02Brackers, you're back in it. You're on fire.
1:18:02 > 1:18:05"At 2,600. At 2,600..." THEY LAUGH
1:18:05 > 1:18:08Come on, Charlie. Time for your biscuit tin.
1:18:08 > 1:18:11That's very nice. Yeah, that's very nice, isn't it?
1:18:11 > 1:18:14I just bought it because people collect biscuit tins
1:18:14 > 1:18:17and I couldn't find a genuine antique and that's the closest I could get.
1:18:17 > 1:18:21- Yeah, I think that's nice. It's got a strong sense of style. - Yeah.- Well done.
1:18:21 > 1:18:24Very kind words, James.
1:18:24 > 1:18:25Now for your World War II trench art.
1:18:27 > 1:18:28Oh.
1:18:28 > 1:18:30MIMICS AEROPLANE ENGINE
1:18:30 > 1:18:32- Battle Of Britain stuff, isn't it?- Yeah.
1:18:32 > 1:18:36It's quite a nice model of a Spitfire.
1:18:36 > 1:18:40I don't know whether I'd prefer it with a propeller or not.
1:18:40 > 1:18:44Probably not. They always look a bit naff when they tack one on the front.
1:18:44 > 1:18:45It's nice. I like that.
1:18:45 > 1:18:48I wonder what he'll think of your £40 compact.
1:18:48 > 1:18:53It's an enamel - and chrome, I'm afraid, no more than that -
1:18:53 > 1:18:56- powder compact. - Oh, that's rather nice, yeah.
1:18:56 > 1:18:59So, I just thought, "Bit of history.
1:18:59 > 1:19:02- "We're in Scotland..."- Yeah. - It's going to be tight, isn't it?
1:19:02 > 1:19:04I think it's going to be tight with that.
1:19:04 > 1:19:07Thank you for your pearls of wisdom. THEY LAUGH
1:19:07 > 1:19:09Let's see your white onyx box, James.
1:19:09 > 1:19:12Ooh, I say. How lovely. It's very nicely painted.
1:19:12 > 1:19:15- It is nicely painted, isn't it? - Oh, it is!
1:19:15 > 1:19:18- God, what a great bit of work.- Yeah.
1:19:18 > 1:19:22I'm not a great lover of onyx, but I like the decoration.
1:19:22 > 1:19:26Brackers, are you troubled by evil spirits?
1:19:26 > 1:19:27Occasionally, occasionally.
1:19:27 > 1:19:30- Are you? Close your eyes.- Closing.
1:19:31 > 1:19:32Open them.
1:19:32 > 1:19:35Da-a-a-h!
1:19:35 > 1:19:37WAILS SPOOKILY
1:19:37 > 1:19:40- Are you feeling better? - Yeah. Hugely better.
1:19:40 > 1:19:43- That's very good, isn't it? - It's a gamble.- Quite nice carving.
1:19:44 > 1:19:46But that is the gamble lot of all gamble lots.
1:19:46 > 1:19:49Yeah, it is quite a gamble, isn't it, that one.
1:19:49 > 1:19:52That looks painful to me. I'm not sure what it is,
1:19:52 > 1:19:55but probably best to leave it to the bidders to decide.
1:19:55 > 1:19:58- OK, here you are. - Now for James' pestle and mortar.
1:19:58 > 1:20:01- Good weight.- Good weight.
1:20:01 > 1:20:04- Do you know which is the pestle and which is the mortar?- I do.
1:20:04 > 1:20:06- The mortar is the cup-shape one. - Correct.
1:20:06 > 1:20:09- The pestle... - Is the bit you grind with.
1:20:09 > 1:20:11- I like it.- Great weight. I like that.
1:20:11 > 1:20:15But will James like your last lot?
1:20:15 > 1:20:18- Very handsome. Very handsome. - Go on, then.
1:20:18 > 1:20:24- Campana-shaped garden urn.- I know. - I think it'll make, uh...
1:20:24 > 1:20:26- 30 to 50 quid.- Yep.
1:20:26 > 1:20:30- Cost £7.50.- That is cheap.
1:20:30 > 1:20:32- It was cheap, wasn't it? - It was cheap.
1:20:32 > 1:20:33You found some silver!
1:20:33 > 1:20:37And last, but not least, is James' Chinese paperweight.
1:20:37 > 1:20:39- I just thought it had a nice... - Charming object.
1:20:39 > 1:20:42And, of course, anything from the mystical East has got a chance.
1:20:42 > 1:20:47- It has got a chance, hasn't it? - Course it has.- How do you rate it?
1:20:47 > 1:20:50- 50 quid.- I think more.
1:20:50 > 1:20:52Yeah, you think that might make 100 quid, do you?
1:20:52 > 1:20:57- I think it might make more. - "1,000, 1,100, 1,200, 1,300..."
1:20:57 > 1:20:59"Tokyo on the line, Tokyo on the line..."
1:20:59 > 1:21:03"Sold at 16,400...."
1:21:03 > 1:21:07- JAMES LAUGHS "Brackers takes the lead." Well done, old bean.- Thank you.
1:21:07 > 1:21:10That was all very polite and courteous, old boy,
1:21:10 > 1:21:12but what do they really think?
1:21:12 > 1:21:17That compact - I didn't have Father Roscoe down as a compact man,
1:21:17 > 1:21:21and at £40, I think that's a guaranteed loss.
1:21:21 > 1:21:25A real chancy item is that Chinese plaque.
1:21:25 > 1:21:28That just could make him a few bob.
1:21:30 > 1:21:35It's been a spectacular second leg from Cullen, via Dufftown and Clola,
1:21:35 > 1:21:39with the final destination of Aberdeen in sight.
1:21:39 > 1:21:41Aberdeen - what a lovely city.
1:21:41 > 1:21:45Scotland's third most populous city, Aberdeen was historically the centre
1:21:45 > 1:21:48for the fishing and shipbuilding industries.
1:21:48 > 1:21:52However, with the discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s,
1:21:52 > 1:21:56the fishing fleet moved up the coast and the oil industry moved in.
1:21:56 > 1:22:01Aberdeen is now famous as being the oil capital of Europe.
1:22:01 > 1:22:05But it's auction day as our two experts cruise into town.
1:22:05 > 1:22:08It looks like a saloon. Are you sure it's not a pub?
1:22:08 > 1:22:12John Milne Auction Room in Aberdeen was founded in 1867
1:22:12 > 1:22:16and is one of the major auction rooms in the northeast of Scotland.
1:22:16 > 1:22:19Colin Edwards is our auctioneer for the day,
1:22:19 > 1:22:24and he's kindly cast an eye over our experts' choices.
1:22:24 > 1:22:28Model cannons. They're decorative pieces,
1:22:28 > 1:22:31I'm sure we've got plenty of big country houses around
1:22:31 > 1:22:34that would be crying out for a couple of cannons at the front door.
1:22:34 > 1:22:36Witch doctor's mace. OK.
1:22:36 > 1:22:40Um, I don't know whether it's a witch doctor's mace or what,
1:22:40 > 1:22:42but there are quite a few collectors of African pieces,
1:22:42 > 1:22:44so, yeah, it might do all right.
1:22:44 > 1:22:46My favourite piece, I think, would be
1:22:46 > 1:22:49the onyx box with the salmon painting on the top.
1:22:49 > 1:22:51I think that's the prettiest piece of the lot.
1:22:51 > 1:22:56James Braxton started today's show with £256.06
1:22:56 > 1:23:00and spent £160 on five auction lots.
1:23:00 > 1:23:05Charlie Ross began with £2,447.96
1:23:05 > 1:23:11and spent a measly £135.50 on four auction lots.
1:23:11 > 1:23:15It's the moment of truth. Who will win and who will lose?
1:23:15 > 1:23:17Let the auction begin.
1:23:19 > 1:23:21First to go under the hammer is Charlie's garden urn.
1:23:21 > 1:23:22Will it be an earner?
1:23:22 > 1:23:25Stoneware garden urn at 30?
1:23:25 > 1:23:2620?
1:23:26 > 1:23:28£10?
1:23:28 > 1:23:30- Oh.- Garden urn at 10?
1:23:30 > 1:23:33- Surely... Ten I'm bid.- Oh, madam.
1:23:34 > 1:23:38- Be still, my fluttering heart. - 15. 18.
1:23:38 > 1:23:41£18. All done at £18?
1:23:41 > 1:23:43- All finished at 18? - BANGS GAVEL
1:23:43 > 1:23:46- 814.- Splendid.
1:23:46 > 1:23:48Splendid. Very good.
1:23:48 > 1:23:51I'm afraid it's not the £40 you thought,
1:23:51 > 1:23:53so are you eating your hat now or later?
1:23:53 > 1:23:57Brackers! I'm into a profit.
1:23:57 > 1:24:00And after the not-so-expensive garden urn,
1:24:00 > 1:24:03it's Charlie's not-so-expensive biscuit tin.
1:24:03 > 1:24:05Ten I'm bid, I'm bid ten.
1:24:05 > 1:24:09To be sold, one bid at £10.
1:24:09 > 1:24:1112.
1:24:11 > 1:24:12£12, beside me at 12.
1:24:12 > 1:24:14All done at £12?
1:24:14 > 1:24:1714. 16.
1:24:19 > 1:24:2118. 20.
1:24:21 > 1:24:26£20. Beside me at £20, all done at £20?
1:24:26 > 1:24:29- Oh, 22, new bid. 24. - LAUGHTER
1:24:29 > 1:24:31£24 on my left at 24.
1:24:31 > 1:24:36All finished at £24? All done this time? 24?
1:24:36 > 1:24:39- BANGS GAVEL - Your bid, sir. 865. Thank you.
1:24:39 > 1:24:42Do you know what's most, most pleasurable about that?
1:24:42 > 1:24:44- What? Tell me. - I bought that in a shop
1:24:44 > 1:24:46- that you had been into immediately before.- Mm.
1:24:46 > 1:24:48That's fighting talk, Charlie.
1:24:48 > 1:24:52But will James' model cannons blow the bidders away?
1:24:52 > 1:24:55- They'd look great in any home, wouldn't they?- Oh, they're nice.
1:24:55 > 1:25:00We have the pair of die-cast model cannons on black metal carriages.
1:25:00 > 1:25:03- Uh...- 40 quid.- Cannons,
1:25:03 > 1:25:05£80? I'm bid 80.
1:25:05 > 1:25:08We've got £80.
1:25:08 > 1:25:10One bid of 80.
1:25:10 > 1:25:14- Going to be sold at that one bid of £80.- Brackers!- Blimey.
1:25:14 > 1:25:18- All done at 80 for the decorative cannons?- All done at £80?
1:25:18 > 1:25:21- BANGS GAVEL - 308.- Brackers.- Well done, thank you.
1:25:21 > 1:25:25That's a fantastic £60 profit, James. Well done.
1:25:25 > 1:25:29Braxton is back.
1:25:29 > 1:25:32- That two and a half grand is being whittled down.- Yeah.
1:25:34 > 1:25:36Let's hope your luck continues.
1:25:36 > 1:25:38The pestle and mortar are about to go under the hammer.
1:25:38 > 1:25:41- £40.- 40.
1:25:41 > 1:25:4320?
1:25:43 > 1:25:47£10? Ten I'm bid, I'm bid £10 for the mortar and pestle.
1:25:47 > 1:25:50- That's too cheap. No.- Too cheap.
1:25:50 > 1:25:5318. 20.
1:25:53 > 1:25:5522.
1:25:55 > 1:25:58£22, lady's bid at 22.
1:25:58 > 1:26:00- 25.- Oh, getting there, getting there.
1:26:00 > 1:26:05£25, lady's bid at £25. All done at £25?
1:26:05 > 1:26:08- BANGS GAVEL - Your bid.
1:26:08 > 1:26:09Oh, dear. Slipped back a bit, there.
1:26:09 > 1:26:14Oh, dear, James. that's a £10 loss. not what you needed.
1:26:15 > 1:26:18Sorely tempted to bid for it.
1:26:18 > 1:26:23Fingers crossed for James' model Spitfire.
1:26:23 > 1:26:25£20.
1:26:25 > 1:26:26CHARLIE MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY
1:26:26 > 1:26:30£10? Ten I'm bid.
1:26:31 > 1:26:3412. 15. 18.
1:26:34 > 1:26:3820. 25. 30.
1:26:38 > 1:26:41£30, far back, at 30.
1:26:41 > 1:26:45- Getting your money back. - All done at £30?
1:26:45 > 1:26:47- BANGS GAVEL - 388.
1:26:47 > 1:26:51- Money back...- Yeah, money back. - ..but not with commission, of course.
1:26:51 > 1:26:55Yup, sorry, James, but the auction house must take its earnings,
1:26:55 > 1:26:57so a break-even is, in fact, a loss.
1:26:59 > 1:27:02They've decided it IS a witch doctor's mace,
1:27:02 > 1:27:05so let's see if it's something the people of Aberdeen are looking for.
1:27:05 > 1:27:08£30 for the wooden mace?
1:27:08 > 1:27:10- What?- 20?- I've got 15 here, Colin.
1:27:10 > 1:27:1215, I'm bid 15.
1:27:12 > 1:27:14Thanks, Steven. One bid at £15.
1:27:16 > 1:27:18One bid at 15, going to be sold at £15.
1:27:18 > 1:27:21Oh, madam, you must need a witch doctor's mace.
1:27:21 > 1:27:23All finished?
1:27:23 > 1:27:25- 18.- Bidder over there, sir!
1:27:25 > 1:27:2720.
1:27:27 > 1:27:29£20, with Steven at 20.
1:27:29 > 1:27:33All done at £20 for the mace, all done at 20?
1:27:33 > 1:27:35- BANGS GAVEL - 825. Thank you.
1:27:35 > 1:27:39- Robbed.- Robbed. Desperately undersold
1:27:39 > 1:27:41Ouch. Sorry, Charlie.
1:27:41 > 1:27:45Witch-doctoring just isn't big in Aberdeen.
1:27:45 > 1:27:48That's really made quite a hole in my two and a half grand.
1:27:49 > 1:27:54Hopefully, James with have more luck with his Chinese paperweight.
1:27:54 > 1:27:56Start me at £60?
1:27:57 > 1:27:5940?
1:28:00 > 1:28:02£30?
1:28:02 > 1:28:0320?
1:28:03 > 1:28:06Oh, dear. This isn't looking good.
1:28:07 > 1:28:10Five? Five I'm bid.
1:28:10 > 1:28:14Six. Eight. £8, in the second row at £8.
1:28:14 > 1:28:16All done at eight?
1:28:16 > 1:28:2010, 12, 15, 18.
1:28:20 > 1:28:24- Now we're going.- £18, seated at £18.
1:28:24 > 1:28:26All done? 20. £20.
1:28:26 > 1:28:29- You'll get 100 yet, Brackers. - It's a good item.
1:28:29 > 1:28:32All done at £20? All done at 20?
1:28:32 > 1:28:36- BANGS GAVEL - There. My gut feelings were wrong, there, weren't they?
1:28:36 > 1:28:39- Brackers, that was terribly bad luck. - It was bad luck.
1:28:39 > 1:28:43I wouldn't be too smug, Charlie. Your final lot's up next.
1:28:43 > 1:28:46It's your chrome compact.
1:28:46 > 1:28:4820? I'm bid 20.
1:28:48 > 1:28:50Here, bid 20, straight in.
1:28:50 > 1:28:54- £30 beside me.- Come on.
1:28:54 > 1:28:58To be sold at £30. All done at 30?
1:28:58 > 1:29:02- 35.- Well done, madam. - 40. £40 on my left.
1:29:02 > 1:29:06At £40. All finished at £40? All done at 40?
1:29:06 > 1:29:09- BANGS GAVEL - Lost opportunity there, I'd say.
1:29:09 > 1:29:11Mm.
1:29:11 > 1:29:14- So what's that bring you up to, then?- I've made a small loss.
1:29:14 > 1:29:16I'm surprised at that.
1:29:18 > 1:29:19Here we go.
1:29:19 > 1:29:23Now it's James' last stab at a big profit.
1:29:23 > 1:29:26All we need are two onyx-loving fishermen
1:29:26 > 1:29:30to battle over his box and he'll be in with a fighting chance.
1:29:30 > 1:29:32Oh. It's quality.
1:29:32 > 1:29:37£60. Bid 60, I'm bid 60.
1:29:37 > 1:29:43Giving me 65. 70. Five. 80.
1:29:43 > 1:29:47- Five. 90. £90, on my right, at £90. - Oh, go on.
1:29:47 > 1:29:51- £95. - CHARLIE SIGHS
1:29:51 > 1:29:54A gentleman's bid at £95. All done at 95?
1:29:54 > 1:29:57- BANGS GAVEL Well done, James.- I know. Thank you.
1:29:57 > 1:30:00Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
1:30:00 > 1:30:02Great profit to end on, James,
1:30:02 > 1:30:06and I think it's fair to say, it's one-all in auction victories.
1:30:06 > 1:30:10Summing it up, you are as good as I am bad.
1:30:12 > 1:30:18So modest. James started today's show with £256.06,
1:30:18 > 1:30:22and after paying auction costs, made a profit of £45.
1:30:22 > 1:30:28He's making slow and steady progress and has £301.06 to carry forward.
1:30:28 > 1:30:34Charlie, meanwhile, started with a ridiculous £2,447.96
1:30:34 > 1:30:38and made a disappointing loss of £51.86.
1:30:38 > 1:30:40Despite his defeat,
1:30:40 > 1:30:46he still has a huge £2,396.10 to start the next leg.
1:30:46 > 1:30:47But will he spend it?
1:30:48 > 1:30:52- Congratulations. - Thank you, thank you. Steady work.
1:30:52 > 1:30:54You've got a little catching up to do, but...
1:30:54 > 1:30:59By your calculations, when might I slip into the lead?
1:30:59 > 1:31:05I think you'll be in the lead in January 2085.
1:31:05 > 1:31:09We need to lure you into some big ticket items, Charlie.
1:31:09 > 1:31:12- Yeah, I think you need to get me spending. All clear?- All clear.
1:31:12 > 1:31:16Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, James speaks his mind...
1:31:16 > 1:31:19Stop sitting on your wallet and get some money out.
1:31:19 > 1:31:22You just want me to come down to your level, don't you?
1:31:22 > 1:31:25You want me to stick my dosh into something and burn it.
1:31:25 > 1:31:28..Charlie gets personal...
1:31:28 > 1:31:30I think that's a cracker. Look at that.
1:31:30 > 1:31:33- The four faces of James- Braxton.
1:31:33 > 1:31:36Ha-ha! ..and they both enjoy the moment.
1:31:36 > 1:31:37Do you dance, James?
1:31:37 > 1:31:39THEY LAUGH
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