0:47:50 > 0:47:57.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03The nation's favourite antique experts,
0:48:03 > 0:48:06£200 each and one big challenge.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Well, duck, do I buy you or don't I?
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Who can make the most money
0:48:10 > 0:48:13buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:48:13 > 0:48:16The aim is trade up and hope that each antique turns a profit,
0:48:16 > 0:48:19but it is not as easy as it looks
0:48:19 > 0:48:20and dreams of glory can end in tatters.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23I'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.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36Yeah.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40It's the fourth day of our road trip and our duelling duo,
0:48:40 > 0:48:44David Barby and Charles Hanson, are on the home straight
0:48:44 > 0:48:49in their classic 1959 Hillman Minx. And Charles is feeling rather smug.
0:48:50 > 0:48:54At the moment Hanson is challenging for the title, David,
0:48:54 > 0:48:55what's going on?
0:48:55 > 0:49:01I feel very much like something from the past, not really with it.
0:49:01 > 0:49:05- You're the dinosaur and I'm the... - New breed, yes.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07- Are we in second gear or third? - Second gear.- Don't panic.
0:49:07 > 0:49:10Throughout this week David,
0:49:10 > 0:49:13an antiques valuer and lover of the quirky,
0:49:13 > 0:49:16has developed some unique ways of sealing a deal...
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Yeah. Two buys.
0:49:19 > 0:49:24..but has also been laid low by a series of auction disasters.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27Going at five.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30I'll tell you what, it's been like a rollercoaster, a big dipper.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33Charles, on the other hand,
0:49:33 > 0:49:38is an auctioneer with a love of English porcelain and tight places.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41- John, I'm stuck.- Are you stuck?- John.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43He's always in a rush.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48I've now realised, for the first time, there are four gears,
0:49:48 > 0:49:49not just two.
0:49:49 > 0:49:52Each of our experts began this week
0:49:52 > 0:49:55with a whopping £200 in their pocket,
0:49:55 > 0:49:59but after the third leg of this Antiques Road Trip,
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Charles is winning by a nose.
0:50:04 > 0:50:05So far he has made £269.46
0:50:07 > 0:50:12and has a commanding lead of nearly 14 whole pounds over his rival.
0:50:13 > 0:50:14Cheer up.
0:50:14 > 0:50:19You've made a profit, I'm making losses, so don't grumble at that.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21Yes, you tell him, David.
0:50:21 > 0:50:23He's used to being in the front
0:50:23 > 0:50:28and now has to make do with a more modest £255.48 to spend.
0:50:31 > 0:50:32David, what are you looking for?
0:50:32 > 0:50:36I'll tell you what, Charles, I wish I could find something startling...
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Like the landscape?
0:50:38 > 0:50:41..really startling.
0:50:41 > 0:50:42But all is not lost.
0:50:43 > 0:50:48This road trip is taking our experts from Lichfield down to Frome,
0:50:48 > 0:50:52up to the Wirral peninsula and finally to Nottingham.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58Today, though, they're getting into gear in Chester, in Cheshire,
0:50:58 > 0:51:02before veering east to North Rode, near Congleton, for the auction.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08The history of Chester dates back to Roman times
0:51:08 > 0:51:12but you don't have to do an archaeological dig to find it.
0:51:12 > 0:51:16Its city wall is one of the best preserved in the British Isles
0:51:16 > 0:51:20and its stunning black-and-white 19th-century buildings,
0:51:20 > 0:51:23modelled on the Jacobean style, are all too plain to see.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31David, David, look at the heritage around you,
0:51:31 > 0:51:33feel the fertile lands of this great city.
0:51:33 > 0:51:37Charles, you should write a travel guide, really.
0:51:37 > 0:51:41Oh, I don't know, his sense of direction is appalling.
0:51:41 > 0:51:46Still, when it comes to finding an antique shop he has a sort of...
0:51:46 > 0:51:48knack.
0:51:50 > 0:51:55Antiques, hopefully antiques in here. There we are. I'm in.
0:51:56 > 0:52:00And it doesn't take long before Hawkeye Hanson finds his prey,
0:52:00 > 0:52:02which is unusual for him.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05This is an interesting little work of art, I quite like this,
0:52:05 > 0:52:07perhaps, Kelvin, it's a snuff box
0:52:07 > 0:52:12but the interior is fully mirrored which makes me think, obviously,
0:52:12 > 0:52:15it was more a box to cover up your pores,
0:52:15 > 0:52:18to cover up your smallpox or boils.
0:52:18 > 0:52:22Very glitzy, very glamorous, you can imagine a WAG today in Wilmslow
0:52:22 > 0:52:26buying this and taking it off and showing Wayne Rooney, maybe.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29- Do you agree, Kelvin?- I do agree, entirely.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32But it's Georgian, Charles, not diamante.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34Now, anything else?
0:52:34 > 0:52:38- I quite like this over here, Kelvin, as well.- It's a money box.
0:52:38 > 0:52:45What I like about it is it's a late Victorian seamed brass-cast money bank
0:52:45 > 0:52:48for a young person in the Victorian era.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51You have to unscrew the nut to take out your money.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54I think it's charming.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56I want to believe it, I want to believe, Kelvin, it's Victorian
0:52:56 > 0:53:02and it's pucker but so many of these, over the years,
0:53:02 > 0:53:07have been reproduced. I'm always so wary, Kelvin.
0:53:07 > 0:53:11I agree, Charles, but I think that one is right.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14It's got all the right age and polishing on it.
0:53:14 > 0:53:16Have you got a little utensil?
0:53:16 > 0:53:21There's all this old dirt in these mullioned windows, look at this.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25You've got all this powdered polish and dirt coming out.
0:53:25 > 0:53:30My penknife is now quite dirty, or Kelvin's is.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33But I don't doubt that, Kelvin, I think it's all genuine.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36Amazing what a bit of dirt can tell you.
0:53:36 > 0:53:40So whilst Charles cogitates over his boxes, little and large,
0:53:40 > 0:53:43David is down the road in the glamorous Bank Gallery Antiques
0:53:43 > 0:53:46with Rachel, poor girl.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49What's this strange little thing here?
0:53:49 > 0:53:53It's a dressing table brush, it could be a gent's shaving brush.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Oh, no.
0:53:55 > 0:54:00I think what this is for is for brushing off powder,
0:54:00 > 0:54:03after ladies had put powder onto their faces,
0:54:03 > 0:54:07because it's a gentle brush, they would just brush it off.
0:54:07 > 0:54:11The thistle motif here was quite popular on hat pins.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14- How much is it?- £43.- Ohh.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16What's the very best you could do on that?
0:54:16 > 0:54:19On that one, really because of the price of silver...
0:54:19 > 0:54:21Oh, feel the weight, there's no silver there.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24We could let that go for 32, and that's a good price.
0:54:25 > 0:54:30Let's split the difference at 30. Stone's a bit chipped.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32- I'll let it go for 30.- We have a purchase.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34- There you go.- Thank you very much.
0:54:34 > 0:54:38Your hands are cold. You should have a warm heart.
0:54:38 > 0:54:43Oh, David, she has knocked £13 off the ticket price, you know.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Some people are never happy.
0:54:48 > 0:54:49Right, what's Charles up to?
0:54:49 > 0:54:53More to the point, has he bought anything yet? I suspect not.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56Oh, they're interesting.
0:54:56 > 0:55:00- Kelvin, where did the these come from?- I think they are German.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03When I bought them, originally, I thought they were transfer printed.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05- Right.- But when you look at them very closely,
0:55:05 > 0:55:07they are actually handpainted.
0:55:07 > 0:55:09Yes. They are delightful vignettes of
0:55:09 > 0:55:15these courting couples, in a 1730s style but reproduced in the 1870s.
0:55:15 > 0:55:19I think they're charming, they're decorative, but what would you do with them?
0:55:19 > 0:55:21- You could put them in a four on the wall.- Yes.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23Or you could do them individually.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26I mean, they're plaques rather than tiles, aren't they?
0:55:26 > 0:55:30I've called them a tile but I think they are actually plaques.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33I like the word tile, Kelvin, it makes them sound cheaper
0:55:33 > 0:55:35and possibly more in my price range.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38- Bathroom tiles, aren't they, really? - Plaques, Charles.
0:55:38 > 0:55:42Sorry, Kelvin, plaques. Or in the south they call them pla-agues.
0:55:44 > 0:55:48Enough of your plaques and your pla-aques, young man.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54You've eyed up the £40 patch box, the £88 money box
0:55:54 > 0:55:57and those tiles marked at £100.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00So what about a deal, Kelvin?
0:56:00 > 0:56:04That's £50, Charles, that's £25, Charles.
0:56:04 > 0:56:08- £75, yeah.- If you buy those. - Yes, yes.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10Those can be £30.
0:56:10 > 0:56:14- Between friends.- The lot. They are £20 each.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16Goodness me. HE GULPS
0:56:16 > 0:56:20- Which makes a grand sum of £105, is that right?- Yeah.
0:56:20 > 0:56:23I feel we've got the chemistry, I feel we're like brothers.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26Well, we are fairly close now, aren't we?
0:56:28 > 0:56:32I'll buy the whole lot for 95 and it's done.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34Sorry, Charles, can't do. No.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37- I'll sell you that for £45, Charles. - Yeah.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39If you buy that for the £20.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42So that's total then.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44Which would mean 45 plus...
0:56:44 > 0:56:48- 20.- ..which is 65...
0:56:48 > 0:56:50Yeah, and 30
0:56:50 > 0:56:51..which makes 95.
0:56:51 > 0:56:55Hang on, £95? But didn't Kelvin say...
0:56:55 > 0:56:58Oh, well, never mind. He's not noticed.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01I'm going, I'm happy.
0:57:01 > 0:57:02Shake hands, quick.
0:57:02 > 0:57:05- £95?- Yes.- We are done.
0:57:05 > 0:57:09Unheard of for me, I've bought three items in my first shop,
0:57:09 > 0:57:12what's going on? I'm hopefully having an explosion of self belief.
0:57:12 > 0:57:14And about time, too.
0:57:17 > 0:57:21Now, whilst Charles comes to terms with his significant achievement,
0:57:21 > 0:57:24David is not resting on his laurels.
0:57:24 > 0:57:28He's in a shop with an outdoor theme.
0:57:28 > 0:57:29That's quite interesting.
0:57:29 > 0:57:33These are edging for a garden path.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36So you would create your garden path
0:57:36 > 0:57:38and you would create it with cinder.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40Then, you have your garden on that side
0:57:40 > 0:57:42and this would be the division
0:57:42 > 0:57:45between the cinder path and the garden.
0:57:45 > 0:57:48These date probably from the middle of the Victorian period.
0:57:48 > 0:57:51And for those of you wondering,
0:57:51 > 0:57:56there's about a 15-foot run of edging tiles in that box
0:57:56 > 0:57:59and they're £95 all in.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03Miss Marple would have loved this. It's for spraying roses.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06If they've got bugs.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10You have two side sections here. So you've got a single jet there
0:58:10 > 0:58:14and the other side you can change it round to a multijet
0:58:14 > 0:58:17which you can unscrew and then put on the top there.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19Careful.
0:58:19 > 0:58:23That really is a fascinating object.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26At £24 it's worth a squeeze.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30Simon, I rather like the garden edging tiles
0:58:30 > 0:58:33but they are little bit off-putting on the price.
0:58:33 > 0:58:36- Right.- And I like the garden syringe.
0:58:36 > 0:58:40If I went for the tiles on their own, how much would they be?
0:58:40 > 0:58:45I'll do the tiles for 65 and the sprayer for 18.
0:58:45 > 0:58:48I reckon they are worth £45, those tiles.
0:58:48 > 0:58:50You are being very hard on me today.
0:58:50 > 0:58:53Oh, aah, oh.
0:58:53 > 0:58:56We know that expression.
0:58:56 > 0:58:59If I went for the edging tiles, at 45, and the sprayer at 18.
0:59:01 > 0:59:04Go on then, you drive a hard bargain.
0:59:04 > 0:59:08Oh, thank you very much indeed. That's very kind of you.
0:59:08 > 0:59:11Right, I've got two quirky objects now.
0:59:11 > 0:59:13Quirky? I'll say that, David.
0:59:15 > 0:59:18Exhausted by his sudden flush of confidence earlier,
0:59:18 > 0:59:20Charles is taking a rest from shopping.
0:59:20 > 0:59:22He's left Chester behind for a lie down.
0:59:22 > 0:59:24No, he hasn't, he's actually motoring,
0:59:24 > 0:59:28as only Charles can, 15 miles north to the Wirral peninsula
0:59:28 > 0:59:31and Port Sunlight, but will he find his way.
0:59:31 > 0:59:33Oh, yes, he has.
0:59:33 > 0:59:37This is a special return visit to this very pretty Victorian village
0:59:37 > 0:59:39for the Antiques Road Trip.
0:59:39 > 0:59:41Built by soap magnate William Hesketh Lever,
0:59:41 > 0:59:43to house his factory workers,
0:59:43 > 0:59:45Port Sunlight was hailed
0:59:45 > 0:59:48as a modern antidote to austere Victorian living,
0:59:48 > 0:59:51so much so it attracted the attention of royalty.
0:59:52 > 0:59:56Previously, expert Mark Stacey looked at how Lever pioneered advertising,
0:59:56 > 1:00:00but this time it's Charles who returns
1:00:00 > 1:00:04to investigate that famous royal connection.
1:00:04 > 1:00:06They don't call him Juan Carlos for nothing.
1:00:06 > 1:00:09It looks so chocolate-boxy, everything is idyllic,
1:00:09 > 1:00:12everything is so well manicured
1:00:12 > 1:00:16from the brickwork to the plantations, it looks idyllic.
1:00:17 > 1:00:21Charles' first port of call is the social club for a history lesson
1:00:21 > 1:00:24from exhibitions officer Stuart Irwin,
1:00:24 > 1:00:25who looks even younger than Charles.
1:00:25 > 1:00:29This site looks impressive, how did it come about?
1:00:29 > 1:00:31Well, originally it was a piece of marshland,
1:00:31 > 1:00:34it was covered by tidal creeks that came from the River Mersey
1:00:34 > 1:00:37- which at high tide would flood the whole piece.- Yes.
1:00:37 > 1:00:39Now, William Hesketh Lever, later the first Lord Leverhulme,
1:00:39 > 1:00:41saw a lot of potential in it.
1:00:41 > 1:00:43He had planning permission to build a factory there
1:00:43 > 1:00:46and he knew he wanted to create a housing estate for his workers.
1:00:46 > 1:00:50- And his factory produced... - Soap.- ..soap.
1:00:50 > 1:00:53..Sunlight soap.
1:00:53 > 1:00:56And it was thanks to this simple domestic product,
1:00:56 > 1:00:59that work could begin here in 1888
1:00:59 > 1:01:02to house many of Lever's 7,000 factory workers.
1:01:06 > 1:01:08You've got no old soap, have you, to show me?
1:01:08 > 1:01:12- We've got a couple of blocks.- Have you really? This is original soap.
1:01:12 > 1:01:15Oh, my goodness me. So what age is this, Stuart?
1:01:15 > 1:01:17I'd estimate this to be from around about the 1930s.
1:01:17 > 1:01:21- Wowee, may I touch it?- You may. - So this is original?
1:01:21 > 1:01:23It still smells.
1:01:23 > 1:01:25Oops, on my nose.
1:01:25 > 1:01:29By the mid-1890s the company was selling 40,000 tons of soap
1:01:29 > 1:01:35and Lever wanted his workers to benefit from this prosperity.
1:01:37 > 1:01:40When you think of these great industrial towns like Manchester,
1:01:40 > 1:01:42Warrington and you think, you know,
1:01:42 > 1:01:46the workhouse and life here must be like paradise to workers?
1:01:46 > 1:01:48The average death rate was a lot lower
1:01:48 > 1:01:50than elsewhere in the country, the birth rate was a lot higher.
1:01:50 > 1:01:53Port Sunlight children were generally healthier, stronger
1:01:53 > 1:01:56than their counterparts across the water in Liverpool.
1:01:58 > 1:02:03In March 1914, the village was given the royal seal of approval.
1:02:03 > 1:02:06King George V and Queen Mary visited the factory
1:02:06 > 1:02:10and out came the bunting, the invitations and the dance cards.
1:02:10 > 1:02:15There were eight dances held in the wake of the king and queen's visit.
1:02:15 > 1:02:17One of them, you will notice there,
1:02:17 > 1:02:19the ladies' waltz which I think was a particular favourite.
1:02:19 > 1:02:23The girls would all line up on one side of the auditorium.
1:02:23 > 1:02:26The male employees would line up on the other side
1:02:26 > 1:02:29and on the signal the girls would rush across and pick their partner.
1:02:35 > 1:02:39In 1930, the Lever factory became Unilever,
1:02:39 > 1:02:42the company that survives today.
1:02:42 > 1:02:45And while many of the houses are now privately owned,
1:02:45 > 1:02:49the community spirit Lever helped build here still endures.
1:02:55 > 1:02:59Meanwhile, back in Chester, David is hunting hard for something
1:02:59 > 1:03:02that'll turn the tables on his young rival
1:03:02 > 1:03:05and he's dropped in on our old friend Kelvin.
1:03:05 > 1:03:09- Hello.- Hello.- David Barby.- Kelvin.
1:03:09 > 1:03:10David has spent the day buying quirky items
1:03:10 > 1:03:15and something tells me it's not going to stop here.
1:03:15 > 1:03:17There you go, David, just have a look in there.
1:03:17 > 1:03:21Oh, that's for needles, what is it, it's pressed paper, isn't it?
1:03:21 > 1:03:24I think the top is pressed paper and then felt underneath, isn't it?
1:03:24 > 1:03:27Gosh, that is so unbelievably delicate.
1:03:27 > 1:03:32This unusual pussy needlecase dates from the late 19th century
1:03:32 > 1:03:36when embroidery was experiencing something of a revival
1:03:36 > 1:03:38thanks to the arts and crafts movement.
1:03:39 > 1:03:43I see, while you're stroking that, you're a lover of cats, David.
1:03:43 > 1:03:47- It won't meow at you now. - Oh, isn't that lovely?
1:03:47 > 1:03:49He doesn't look a happy pussycat.
1:03:49 > 1:03:52- Well, I tell you what will tie up nicely with it.- What's that?
1:03:52 > 1:03:55A little pair of Georgian scissors.
1:03:55 > 1:03:58They are so fine, that when a lady had come to the end of her needlework
1:03:58 > 1:04:01she would just cut the thread like that.
1:04:01 > 1:04:04Oh, what a choice little object.
1:04:07 > 1:04:10And at £18, I feel a sort of sewing job lot coming on.
1:04:12 > 1:04:16- This, David, do you know what it is? - Oh, it's a bodkin, is it?
1:04:16 > 1:04:20- No, well, it's not a bodkin in such as.- Oh.
1:04:20 > 1:04:21What's the little scoop for?
1:04:21 > 1:04:25- I'd hate to think it was for medicine.- It's for wax, ear wax.
1:04:25 > 1:04:28- Ooh.- You take a bit of ear wax to put on your thread
1:04:28 > 1:04:30so that your thread was supple.
1:04:30 > 1:04:31No.
1:04:31 > 1:04:33Yeah, honestly, so you could put it through that gap there
1:04:33 > 1:04:35and bodkin it through.
1:04:35 > 1:04:38- Urggh.- Oh, it works, look.
1:04:41 > 1:04:44Do you know, I think that's a wonderful thing.
1:04:44 > 1:04:47Right, I've got three items there, haven't I?
1:04:47 > 1:04:50So that could all go as one lot. I love the cat.
1:04:50 > 1:04:53- There's £18.50 on the cat but it's £10 to you.- OK.
1:04:53 > 1:04:57£18 on that and it's also £10 for that.
1:04:57 > 1:05:03There's £10 on that, so that's a £5 note.
1:05:03 > 1:05:05So you've spent the vast total of £25.
1:05:05 > 1:05:08That sounds fair to me.
1:05:10 > 1:05:12Look out, it's the Barby stare.
1:05:12 > 1:05:15And Kelvin's got one to match.
1:05:15 > 1:05:18Who's going to crack first, then?
1:05:23 > 1:05:28- You're still thinking?- 'You're still thinking, you're still thinking.'
1:05:28 > 1:05:31Come on, David, part with your £25. Don't be mean.
1:05:32 > 1:05:36- Can we split it at £22? - I can't, honestly.
1:05:36 > 1:05:38He's a hard man, Kelvin.
1:05:38 > 1:05:40We've learnt that today.
1:05:40 > 1:05:44I'm sorry, David, it's £25 for three nice items.
1:05:44 > 1:05:46I'd like to sell you something more expensive
1:05:46 > 1:05:50- but if you're only mean and got £25, I'll have to have your £25.- Right.
1:05:50 > 1:05:56- Thank you.- It's a pleasure. And he's got a packet full of money.
1:05:57 > 1:06:00So with the day done, David's chauffeur awaits.
1:06:04 > 1:06:08- Lean right, lean right.- Look, Charles...- Lean, David.
1:06:08 > 1:06:12Your driving is appalling. Christopher Columbus.
1:06:12 > 1:06:17But onwards they press, today Chester, tomorrow the world.
1:06:17 > 1:06:18Uh-oh.
1:06:18 > 1:06:22I hope those storm clouds aren't a sign of things to come?
1:06:27 > 1:06:29It's day two, and Charles has decided on a detour
1:06:29 > 1:06:32via his home county, Derbyshire, great.
1:06:34 > 1:06:36Oh, look at that, David, look at that view.
1:06:36 > 1:06:39And while the views are to die for, it seems Charles is intent on
1:06:39 > 1:06:43killing off the 50-year-old Hillman Minx,
1:06:43 > 1:06:45or at least its gearbox.
1:06:45 > 1:06:47HE CRASHES THE GEARS
1:06:47 > 1:06:48I can't find the gear.
1:06:48 > 1:06:51I can't work out whether it's in three or four.
1:06:51 > 1:06:55Oh, sugars, I really think you should pull over, Charles.
1:06:55 > 1:06:57I can smell something terrible.
1:06:57 > 1:06:59I thought it was you, actually.
1:06:59 > 1:07:03Charles' driving is so erratic, it's like his personality.
1:07:03 > 1:07:08I'm not technically minded but I know exactly the problem.
1:07:08 > 1:07:10He's been driving without putting the handbrake off.
1:07:10 > 1:07:13Trying to get more power to move along
1:07:13 > 1:07:15but it's restricted because of the handbrake.
1:07:15 > 1:07:17Oh, the silly boy.
1:07:17 > 1:07:22I've got a flat battery, David, seriously it won't start.
1:07:22 > 1:07:24Charles, put it out of gear.
1:07:24 > 1:07:25David, I'm out of gear.
1:07:25 > 1:07:27Right. Hold on, hold on.
1:07:28 > 1:07:31I'm going to push it. Shall I start it?
1:07:31 > 1:07:34No, not yet, crikey.
1:07:34 > 1:07:37- Now.- Go on, David.
1:07:41 > 1:07:45David, how did you do that?
1:07:45 > 1:07:47Fantastic!
1:07:47 > 1:07:49I thought it was completely dead.
1:07:51 > 1:07:56Like Superman, flexed your muscles and got us going again.
1:07:56 > 1:08:00Well, after that muscular performance it's no surprise
1:08:00 > 1:08:02that David is in the fast lane on this leg of the road trip,
1:08:02 > 1:08:06having spent £118 on four auction lots.
1:08:09 > 1:08:11Charles traditionally is a slow starter.
1:08:11 > 1:08:15He surprised us all, however, today by nabbing three auction lots
1:08:15 > 1:08:18and spending £95.
1:08:18 > 1:08:20So with much more to come,
1:08:20 > 1:08:24if Charles would just improve the driving,
1:08:24 > 1:08:29our boys leave Chester and head east to the market town of Macclesfield.
1:08:29 > 1:08:31I used to live there, great place.
1:08:31 > 1:08:35Once known world over for the manufacture of silk.
1:08:35 > 1:08:38Indeed, many of the silk covered buttons and ties
1:08:38 > 1:08:41worn in the late 18th century would have come from here
1:08:41 > 1:08:45but that's the last thing on our experts' minds right now.
1:08:46 > 1:08:49Charles, all I'm going to say to you is this,
1:08:49 > 1:08:52I'm so pleased to be getting out of this car
1:08:52 > 1:08:54because I think your ploy is to exhaust me,
1:08:54 > 1:08:58both mentally and physically exhausted.
1:08:58 > 1:09:03Come on, you're not exhausted, come on, David.
1:09:03 > 1:09:07Oh, well, after that demanding morning with Charles,
1:09:07 > 1:09:11David seeks some peace and quiet with Dawn patrol in her little shop,
1:09:11 > 1:09:14an establishment about the size of a double bedroom.
1:09:14 > 1:09:17- A little bit of silver here?- Yeah.
1:09:17 > 1:09:21- That's fairly late, isn't it?- 1902.
1:09:21 > 1:09:25- Yes.- I tell you what's very nice, this silver jug by Walker & Hall.
1:09:25 > 1:09:27It's the name that sells the jug, isn't it?
1:09:27 > 1:09:30Well, Walker & Hall was a good maker
1:09:30 > 1:09:34and I like also this sort of ogee decoration all the way around,
1:09:34 > 1:09:35which is quite nice,
1:09:35 > 1:09:38and then you've got the triple pad foot at the bottom.
1:09:38 > 1:09:41Walker & Hall were a well respected Sheffield company
1:09:41 > 1:09:47specialising in silver and silver plate from the mid-1800s.
1:09:47 > 1:09:52This pennant-shaped hallmark makes their work easy to spot.
1:09:52 > 1:09:55Ticket price on the sauce boat, a hefty £75.
1:09:58 > 1:10:02I like that and what I'm going to suggest is,
1:10:02 > 1:10:06if I take that, how much will you take for the two?
1:10:06 > 1:10:11Now, with the spoon at £18, that's a combined tot up price of £93.
1:10:11 > 1:10:14Now, Dawn, what do you say?
1:10:14 > 1:10:16£48 for the two?
1:10:16 > 1:10:18How about £50 for the two?
1:10:18 > 1:10:21Ooh. £48.
1:10:21 > 1:10:23Yeah, that's fine.
1:10:23 > 1:10:27There is somebody up there loves me. OK.
1:10:27 > 1:10:30- Thank you very much.- Thank you very much indeed.
1:10:32 > 1:10:35- Oh.- David.- Charles, how nice to see you.
1:10:35 > 1:10:38- What are you doing in there?- Well, I've just bought something.
1:10:38 > 1:10:40I'm in the money, I'm in the money. Best of luck.
1:10:40 > 1:10:42I don't believe you.
1:10:45 > 1:10:46Well, David's happy.
1:10:46 > 1:10:49Could it be because he's abandoning Charles, and Macclesfield,
1:10:49 > 1:10:53and heads three miles south to the village of Gawsworth
1:10:53 > 1:10:57to see one of Cheshire's finest historic houses?
1:11:01 > 1:11:05This grade one Tudor manor house is Gawsworth Hall,
1:11:05 > 1:11:08comfortable home to the Richards family
1:11:08 > 1:11:13but also much sought after back in 1712 when, legend has it,
1:11:13 > 1:11:17Lord Mohun and the Duke of Hamilton fought over the estates
1:11:17 > 1:11:20and both died in what was purported to be
1:11:20 > 1:11:23the most famous duel in English history.
1:11:23 > 1:11:25Today, the feuding is long over
1:11:25 > 1:11:28and Rupert Richards is on hand to show David
1:11:28 > 1:11:31some of the delights of living in a historic house.
1:11:36 > 1:11:40- This is the family room? - Yes, this is the library.
1:11:40 > 1:11:43Many visitors ask us why there's a television in the corner there.
1:11:43 > 1:11:48It's because my father likes watching his sports reports.
1:11:48 > 1:11:50- Does he like watching antiques programmes?- He...
1:11:50 > 1:11:52Don't answer that.
1:11:52 > 1:11:56As well as being crammed with knick-knacks
1:11:56 > 1:12:00and mementoes of family achievements,
1:12:00 > 1:12:03the house oozes centuries of history.
1:12:03 > 1:12:04In the dining room,
1:12:04 > 1:12:08the space is dominated by this enormous oak refectory table.
1:12:11 > 1:12:15Datewise, it's probably what, 1570, 1580, that's the period?
1:12:15 > 1:12:16Around 1580.
1:12:16 > 1:12:20I love tables of this period
1:12:20 > 1:12:24because they echo the Renaissance that was happening in Italy.
1:12:24 > 1:12:26I was always told, rightly or wrongly,
1:12:26 > 1:12:29that those very thick stretchers
1:12:29 > 1:12:32were where gentlemen and ladies used to rest their legs,
1:12:32 > 1:12:36for fear of vermin coming up from the straw.
1:12:36 > 1:12:38That's probably apocryphal or something like that.
1:12:38 > 1:12:42This table is a real treasure.
1:12:42 > 1:12:47Well, we have got another treasure to show you which is just this way.
1:12:49 > 1:12:52The design of the current chapel at Gawsworth Hall
1:12:52 > 1:12:56is the work of Rupert's grandfather.
1:12:56 > 1:12:58Central are these stunning stained glass windows
1:12:58 > 1:13:02by arts and crafts champion William Morris.
1:13:02 > 1:13:05That they survive at all is down to pure luck.
1:13:05 > 1:13:07This is wonderful.
1:13:07 > 1:13:10The glass came from a redundant church and, er...
1:13:10 > 1:13:15My grandfather was very good at acquiring remnants
1:13:15 > 1:13:17from derelict or disused churches.
1:13:17 > 1:13:21He saw that they were about to be taken to the local tip
1:13:21 > 1:13:23and thought he better rescue them.
1:13:23 > 1:13:28I can't believe that, I can't believe that, when was this?
1:13:28 > 1:13:31This would've been in the 1950s.
1:13:31 > 1:13:34There was so much destruction of Victorian buildings
1:13:34 > 1:13:38and churches at that time and, of course, windows were just dismissed,
1:13:38 > 1:13:41they were torn out and kept for the lead only.
1:13:43 > 1:13:44Well, heritage was very passe
1:13:44 > 1:13:48and you were thought to be quite mad to collect anything like this,
1:13:48 > 1:13:51or even live in a large house like Gawsworth.
1:13:51 > 1:13:53Or be a devotee of anything Victorian.
1:13:53 > 1:13:57They are a thing of beauty and, as a child growing up here,
1:13:57 > 1:14:03the stained glass was something that caught your attention.
1:14:03 > 1:14:06Thanks to the enterprising work through the centuries
1:14:06 > 1:14:11and generations of occupants of Gawsworth Hall, the house,
1:14:11 > 1:14:16although open to the public, is a cherished family home as well.
1:14:18 > 1:14:20Back in Macclesfield,
1:14:20 > 1:14:24Charles is also taking a turn in the little shop with Dawn.
1:14:24 > 1:14:26First thing I have seen and what I like in Dawn's shop is this,
1:14:26 > 1:14:31what you think is an apple and the apple you can bite in half
1:14:31 > 1:14:34and there's your apple core on the inside.
1:14:35 > 1:14:39It's Carlton ware from probably circa 1935.
1:14:39 > 1:14:41Unmarked, but we've still got...
1:14:41 > 1:14:44whoops, there's some pepper coming out. Dear me.
1:14:44 > 1:14:47Sorry, they've obviously some pepper in? And salt? Yes, they have.
1:14:47 > 1:14:50- Goodness me. It is salt, isn't it? - They work, yeah.
1:14:50 > 1:14:53They are in good condition and it's what the market likes,
1:14:53 > 1:14:58a novel salt and pepper, which are full of marriage
1:14:58 > 1:15:02and they're happy and clappy because they've always been together as one.
1:15:02 > 1:15:05They sit like so and, you know, Dawn, I quite like that lot.
1:15:05 > 1:15:08Out of interest, Dawn, what's the best price on that lot,
1:15:08 > 1:15:11to a young man who is desperately trying to compete with Mr Barby?
1:15:11 > 1:15:15- How about £15?- And what's your very best price, Dawn?
1:15:15 > 1:15:18That is my very best price.
1:15:18 > 1:15:19OK, Dawn, I'll think about it.
1:15:19 > 1:15:23Well, he may not be desperate but he's in no rush to leave.
1:15:23 > 1:15:26A chance, maybe, for Dawn to show off more of her wares,
1:15:26 > 1:15:29like this old ornamental sailing vessel.
1:15:31 > 1:15:36Ah, look at that. Dawn, it's what we call filigree work, isn't it?
1:15:36 > 1:15:39This sort of tiny, pierced ornamentation
1:15:39 > 1:15:42of this great sailing vessel, with the flag up here
1:15:42 > 1:15:45and all the rigging and the three mast sails.
1:15:45 > 1:15:49- How old is it, '50s, '60s?- I'd guess about the '60s, yes.
1:15:49 > 1:15:52- And what's the best price, Dawn?- 25.
1:15:52 > 1:15:57£25 is not a bad buy but it's not quite an antique, is it, Dawn?
1:15:57 > 1:15:59- No, it's a collectable item. - I'm quite taken by it.
1:15:59 > 1:16:03- I'd like you to buy something. - Great, that's a good sign.
1:16:03 > 1:16:04Could be in luck here.
1:16:04 > 1:16:07I think she means the antiques, Charles.
1:16:07 > 1:16:09There's three sort of pencil implements here
1:16:09 > 1:16:11which appear to be in silver.
1:16:11 > 1:16:13This pencil here, for example, would go in like so
1:16:13 > 1:16:17and then by pushing it up and down you find your pencilling size.
1:16:17 > 1:16:18That's nice, OK.
1:16:18 > 1:16:21Then we've got this interesting little...
1:16:21 > 1:16:24- Whoops, goodness me.- No, Charles.
1:16:24 > 1:16:26It is a small shop.
1:16:26 > 1:16:29- Nice little collection there, aren't they?- It is.
1:16:29 > 1:16:32Well, they were and at £90 they're also not cheap
1:16:32 > 1:16:34but can Charles push his luck with Dawn.
1:16:34 > 1:16:39This stylish pencil and that beautiful little Persian, or Indian,
1:16:39 > 1:16:44or Far Eastern silver sailing ship, that would be one lot, in my opinion.
1:16:44 > 1:16:46That would encourage, hopefully, silver collectors
1:16:46 > 1:16:48and dealers to bid for it.
1:16:48 > 1:16:53My other lot would be my apple salt and pepper novel pots.
1:16:53 > 1:16:58What would they both cost me to buy, if I bought the whole lot?
1:16:58 > 1:17:02- Dawn, for your local lad.- £50.- £50, £50.
1:17:02 > 1:17:03You can do it.
1:17:03 > 1:17:04Dawn, we're so close.
1:17:04 > 1:17:07I know I can be a bit cheeky but you must be realistic with me,
1:17:07 > 1:17:09and tell me to go away or give me a slap,
1:17:09 > 1:17:14but my best offer, Dawn, I would go at 40.
1:17:14 > 1:17:16- Go on, then.- Are you sure?
1:17:16 > 1:17:18- I think you'll do really well.- Think so?
1:17:18 > 1:17:20- Yeah.- Hope so too. Thanks, Dawn, going, going, sold.
1:17:20 > 1:17:25Thanks very, very much. All the best to you, bye.
1:17:25 > 1:17:28Yes, he's too much for any warm-blooded woman to resist.
1:17:30 > 1:17:34Time now for our experts to head for the auction.
1:17:34 > 1:17:35Hello, any antiques for sale?
1:17:35 > 1:17:37They're going, going, gone, David.
1:17:37 > 1:17:41But before that, they must show each other their buys.
1:17:41 > 1:17:43Instead of getting up close and personal they're having a row.
1:17:45 > 1:17:48Like any old married couple.
1:17:48 > 1:17:50David, I honestly don't know why you feel
1:17:50 > 1:17:51you've got to sit in the back of the car, now.
1:17:51 > 1:17:53I think it's ridiculous.
1:17:53 > 1:17:55I feel safer in the back, Charles.
1:17:55 > 1:17:57I can hold onto lots of things,
1:17:57 > 1:17:58particularly when we go round corners.
1:17:58 > 1:18:00OK. Fine.
1:18:00 > 1:18:02Oh, dear. It's a right tiff.
1:18:02 > 1:18:05Right, close your eyes. I want to tell you what you feel.
1:18:05 > 1:18:07What I feel, David...
1:18:07 > 1:18:10It's a ladies' dusting brush. It's 1903.
1:18:10 > 1:18:12I think it's 1940s.
1:18:12 > 1:18:15- Oh, Charles.- No, I do, David.- It's not 19...
1:18:15 > 1:18:17The date doesn't matter. It comes down to price. We're a date.
1:18:17 > 1:18:20- We're what?- A date, together.
1:18:20 > 1:18:24- I'm trying to make poetry between us and have fun.- I'd rather you not.
1:18:24 > 1:18:27He really doesn't want to play, Charles.
1:18:27 > 1:18:31I've bought something, you can criticise it, you can go for it.
1:18:31 > 1:18:34I love it. I'm just looking at the screw, actually.
1:18:34 > 1:18:37- Ooh, I can't undo it.- Just be careful because it all falls apart.
1:18:37 > 1:18:39Oh, no.
1:18:39 > 1:18:41Did he do that deliberately?
1:18:41 > 1:18:43Oh, dear.
1:18:45 > 1:18:47This is an accumulation of items, Charles.
1:18:47 > 1:18:49I don't know what that is.
1:18:49 > 1:18:52- It's for...- Oh, I don't believe that for one minute.
1:18:52 > 1:18:54..removing ear wax.
1:18:54 > 1:18:56It's to wax the cotton thread so it will go through the hole.
1:18:56 > 1:18:58Is that so?
1:18:58 > 1:19:00- Next.- A pair of needlework scissors.
1:19:00 > 1:19:01Those are George III.
1:19:01 > 1:19:04- Very, very nice.- And this is very, very fragile
1:19:04 > 1:19:07so I'll ask you not to take it out of its folder.
1:19:07 > 1:19:09What is it?
1:19:09 > 1:19:12It's a... What did I say? Do not take it out of its folder.
1:19:12 > 1:19:14- That's fine.- Charles.
1:19:14 > 1:19:18The very fact cats were such a feature of Victorian homes,
1:19:18 > 1:19:21so why wouldn't you have one as your needle retainer.
1:19:21 > 1:19:25- I love it. You love porcelain, David. - Yes.
1:19:25 > 1:19:27So, we went to Germany, for you.
1:19:27 > 1:19:30They probably are Dresden, they probably come from the 1880s.
1:19:30 > 1:19:34Well, they are the sort of things I might see in a clock case.
1:19:34 > 1:19:39Exactly, romantic, like you and I, courting our wares together.
1:19:39 > 1:19:42- What is the matter with the boy? - Are they romancing you?- No.
1:19:42 > 1:19:44- Are they turning you on?- No.- Really?
1:19:44 > 1:19:46Yeah. Right.
1:19:46 > 1:19:48Hey, be careful, what is that?
1:19:48 > 1:19:53Early 20th century and it's a brass garden spray.
1:19:53 > 1:19:57I reckon you paid between 35 and 45 for it.
1:19:57 > 1:20:00- You're wrong.- You paid more?
1:20:00 > 1:20:03- You're wrong. £18.- You didn't? That's a real bargain.
1:20:03 > 1:20:05I think that's lovely, I think that's my quirkiest piece.
1:20:05 > 1:20:070K, this lot was my dodgy buy.
1:20:07 > 1:20:09You might not like it.
1:20:09 > 1:20:13As a souvenir, my only concern is that it's in such poor condition.
1:20:13 > 1:20:16This has age. It cost me £20.
1:20:16 > 1:20:18That's a good buy. I think it's interesting.
1:20:18 > 1:20:20OK, David, your turn.
1:20:20 > 1:20:22It's a condiment spoon.
1:20:22 > 1:20:24You paid about £8 for it.
1:20:24 > 1:20:26Silver, £8?
1:20:26 > 1:20:30- How much?- 48.- No, you didn't. £48?
1:20:30 > 1:20:33- It did come with that. - Oh, right, David Barby.
1:20:33 > 1:20:35Oh, that's not fair.
1:20:35 > 1:20:38That is lovely. Sorry, David. OK, are you ready?
1:20:38 > 1:20:42- Silver pencils, three of them.- Yes. - Do you like?- Yes, yes, I do.
1:20:42 > 1:20:47- So, together with the silver pencils, I put this with it. Do you like it? - No.
1:20:47 > 1:20:50- No. OK.- I wouldn't have bothered with that.
1:20:50 > 1:20:54- Don't you think it gives it more pedigree?- Pedigree?
1:20:54 > 1:20:55You mean clout.
1:20:55 > 1:20:57Clout.
1:20:57 > 1:21:02- Right, my final lot is this, Charles.- That's it?- Yes.
1:21:02 > 1:21:04You bought just one earthenware...?
1:21:04 > 1:21:06No, there's 15 foot in the back.
1:21:06 > 1:21:10I can see these in places like Congleton or Macclesfield gardens,
1:21:10 > 1:21:13where people sort of kept their cabbages in certain areas.
1:21:13 > 1:21:16- Flowers on another side.- Absolutely. - I think these are rather nice.
1:21:16 > 1:21:17Are you ready?
1:21:17 > 1:21:19My finale,
1:21:19 > 1:21:23- I don't believe it, hold it, David, it's broken.- What is it?
1:21:23 > 1:21:28It's broken, David. It was a pepper and it was also salt.
1:21:28 > 1:21:32It survived 60 years and then you and I get together and it breaks.
1:21:32 > 1:21:35Well, you might get £10 just for half an apple.
1:21:39 > 1:21:41He'll be lucky to get nibble on that.
1:21:41 > 1:21:45So what do our experts really think of each other's lots,
1:21:45 > 1:21:47as if we can't guess?
1:21:47 > 1:21:51The little bronze money box, it looks brand spanking new
1:21:51 > 1:21:55and I think he's probably not going to get his money back on that.
1:21:55 > 1:21:58It's another varied mix from David. I do think he's overspent.
1:21:58 > 1:22:01That little pump, I think that could be a bit of a dodgy buy.
1:22:01 > 1:22:04Probably I'm a little bit too staid.
1:22:04 > 1:22:07Probably am, really.
1:22:07 > 1:22:09Oh, David, no, come back, don't be hurt.
1:22:09 > 1:22:12- Charles, take me to the auction. - David, are you ready?- Now.
1:22:14 > 1:22:16Christopher Columbus.
1:22:16 > 1:22:19Time now for the big showdown.
1:22:19 > 1:22:22Our boys began this road trip in Chester, in Cheshire,
1:22:22 > 1:22:24and after a number of stop offs,
1:22:24 > 1:22:27are heading North Rode, near Congleton,
1:22:27 > 1:22:30for some nailbiting auction action.
1:22:32 > 1:22:36Their destination, Adam Partridge, Auctioneer and Valuers
1:22:36 > 1:22:43in an unassuming country abode, sell everything from textiles to silver.
1:22:43 > 1:22:46- David, we are here.- Oh, thank goodness for that.
1:22:46 > 1:22:49I'm fairly convinced that today could be your day.
1:22:49 > 1:22:51- Do you honestly think so?- Yes, I do.
1:22:51 > 1:22:53Today you could be the Queen Of Hearts, OK.
1:22:53 > 1:22:55What, are you romancing again?
1:22:58 > 1:23:01So inside, it's a flurry of activity already
1:23:01 > 1:23:06and wielding the gavel today is Adam Partridge himself.
1:23:06 > 1:23:10But before he gets going, a thought about our experts' lots, sir, please.
1:23:10 > 1:23:13Charles seems to have been quite erratic, which isn't a surprise.
1:23:13 > 1:23:15Don't rate those tiles.
1:23:15 > 1:23:18He called them plaques, to make them sound more glamorous, they're tiles.
1:23:18 > 1:23:23They are not good. But if I had put my money on any antiques expert making money
1:23:23 > 1:23:24it would have to be David Barby.
1:23:24 > 1:23:27But will Adam Partridge be right?
1:23:28 > 1:23:32David started this leg on £255.48
1:23:32 > 1:23:36and has spent a healthy £166, on five auction lots,
1:23:36 > 1:23:39with an incredible amount of drama.
1:23:41 > 1:23:45Charles, on the other hand, started slightly ahead on £269.46
1:23:45 > 1:23:49and spent a very cautious £135,
1:23:49 > 1:23:53also on five auction lots, and a lot of chatting up.
1:23:55 > 1:23:58With Charles already a short nose ahead in this competition,
1:23:58 > 1:24:00£14 actually,
1:24:00 > 1:24:02but with one item in tatters,
1:24:02 > 1:24:05can David trump his young rival?
1:24:07 > 1:24:10Hold onto your seats, ladies and gents, here we go.
1:24:10 > 1:24:14First up, Charles's Georgian snuffbox.
1:24:14 > 1:24:17- Give me £20.- Come on, auctioneer. - Shut up, Hanson. £20.
1:24:17 > 1:24:19Yes, shut up.
1:24:19 > 1:24:21£20, snuff patch box. 20 bid, I'll take a fiver now.
1:24:21 > 1:24:22And it's cheap at that.
1:24:22 > 1:24:2325 on the Internet.
1:24:23 > 1:24:26I'll take 30, 30 and five now.
1:24:26 > 1:24:30- Hammer's up now at £30, it's on my left. At £30.- One more.- Thank you.
1:24:30 > 1:24:34Good man, well played. I'm in business, David, I'm away.
1:24:35 > 1:24:38- You do not get anything out of that rack.- Why not?
1:24:38 > 1:24:40Just put it back.
1:24:40 > 1:24:43He's just like a naughty schoolboy, isn't he? Look at him go.
1:24:43 > 1:24:45Right, moving on, David's sewing kit
1:24:45 > 1:24:47with the ear wax scoop,
1:24:47 > 1:24:49that's sure to be a crowd puller.
1:24:51 > 1:24:56- Bid me £40, £30.- No, no. - I can't believe this.
1:24:56 > 1:24:57£20. Bid me £20 on the bodkin.
1:24:58 > 1:25:0220 bid, Internet. At £25. Don't look disgusted yet it's not over.
1:25:02 > 1:25:06Where else can you find a Georgian ear wax scoop for £25?
1:25:06 > 1:25:09- All done at £25?- Yes.
1:25:09 > 1:25:14It's cheap, it just shows what social pedigree you can unearth
1:25:14 > 1:25:17and it's not appreciated.
1:25:17 > 1:25:20Do you know you're the most irritating person
1:25:20 > 1:25:23I absolutely have met?
1:25:23 > 1:25:24Oh, well, that's a bit harsh.
1:25:25 > 1:25:27May be true.
1:25:27 > 1:25:31Now, can Charles cash in his Victorian money box for a profit?
1:25:31 > 1:25:33- Are you nervous? - Yes, I'm very nervous.
1:25:33 > 1:25:37- I can tell because you are talking all the time.- Stop it.
1:25:37 > 1:25:4020 bid, five now. At £20, take a fiver then.
1:25:40 > 1:25:4530, five, 40, 45, 50 and five, 65, you are out online.
1:25:45 > 1:25:47- Keep going.- 65, are you all done?
1:25:49 > 1:25:52- It's a gain.- He just gets so excited.
1:25:53 > 1:25:56You won't get rid of him that way, David.
1:25:57 > 1:26:01Now, what about that garden spray pump thing of yours?
1:26:01 > 1:26:02Working order.
1:26:02 > 1:26:06I've got £10 in one place, take 15,
1:26:06 > 1:26:0720, £20 the garden spray,
1:26:07 > 1:26:0820, any more at 20?
1:26:08 > 1:26:10- 25.- Oh.- Oh, yeah.
1:26:10 > 1:26:12There's a sympathy bid if ever I saw one.
1:26:12 > 1:26:16£25, all done now? £25.
1:26:16 > 1:26:19- Yes.- That's really good. - I feel quite emotional.
1:26:19 > 1:26:23So do we, a £7 profit before costs.
1:26:23 > 1:26:25Who bought it?
1:26:25 > 1:26:28The lady with the blonde hair and the red top. The lady in red.
1:26:28 > 1:26:32- I think I've fallen in love with that lady.- Love, then it must be...
1:26:32 > 1:26:34# Lady in red. #
1:26:36 > 1:26:39Ahh.
1:26:39 > 1:26:42Right, moving on, David's next lot,
1:26:42 > 1:26:46that 15-foot run of Victorian garden tiles
1:26:46 > 1:26:50are also sure to get the ladies swooning.
1:26:50 > 1:26:53- I've got 40 on line, take five. - There's not a murmur in the room.
1:26:53 > 1:26:56On our estimate at £40. 50, £50,
1:26:56 > 1:26:59I think you have an admirer. At £50.
1:26:59 > 1:27:02Here we are, are you all done at £50? Thank you.
1:27:02 > 1:27:05Well, there's one lady who's going to be doing
1:27:05 > 1:27:06an awful lot of gardening.
1:27:09 > 1:27:10It looks to me as if she's winking at us?
1:27:10 > 1:27:12I think she's winking at me, actually.
1:27:12 > 1:27:14I think she appreciates the more mature person,
1:27:14 > 1:27:17in more ways than one.
1:27:18 > 1:27:20So could David's new found fan
1:27:20 > 1:27:23also be persuaded to buy his little brush?
1:27:23 > 1:27:25£20 the dusting brush.
1:27:25 > 1:27:26I can't believe this.
1:27:26 > 1:27:28At £20. At £20 only.
1:27:28 > 1:27:30It's silver.
1:27:30 > 1:27:33- 20, £25.- That's a profit, isn't it? - No.- All done now?
1:27:33 > 1:27:35Selling at 30.
1:27:37 > 1:27:39Well, at least you broke even.
1:27:39 > 1:27:43Now, spare a though for Charles' condiment set.
1:27:43 > 1:27:46It's supposed to be in two pieces, not ten.
1:27:47 > 1:27:49Unfortunately, or should I say fortunately,
1:27:49 > 1:27:51it's been under the hammer already.
1:27:51 > 1:27:54Thank you very much, sympathy, please.
1:27:54 > 1:27:56- Five pounds.- Come on.
1:27:56 > 1:27:59£5, there really is one born every day. Any more, now?
1:27:59 > 1:28:03- You're lucky I gave an insurance value of 15 quid on it.- Cheap.
1:28:04 > 1:28:07So, just to be clear, the hammer price was £5
1:28:07 > 1:28:10but, because the apple was damaged in transit,
1:28:10 > 1:28:15it's the £15 insurance price that stands. Got it?
1:28:15 > 1:28:20Are they plaques? Or tiles?
1:28:20 > 1:28:23Whatever they are, they're up next.
1:28:23 > 1:28:28- I've got £40 with my bidder. - Come on.- 65, 75, 80 bid, with me.
1:28:28 > 1:28:29£80 on my book,
1:28:29 > 1:28:30£90, on my books.
1:28:30 > 1:28:33100 bid. At 100, 120 bid.
1:28:33 > 1:28:34- I told you they would.- Come on.
1:28:34 > 1:28:38130 on the Internet, at 130.
1:28:38 > 1:28:41- 150 on the Internet, 150. Any more at 150?- Taken for...
1:28:41 > 1:28:42I wish you'd take them with you.
1:28:42 > 1:28:46At 150, selling now at 150.
1:28:46 > 1:28:49- Oh, that is marvellous, Charles, congratulations.- Thanks, David.
1:28:49 > 1:28:55Crumbs. A staggering £120 profit before costs.
1:28:56 > 1:28:59So with Charles sailing firmly into the lead,
1:28:59 > 1:29:05can his assorted vessel and pens bring him home another win?
1:29:05 > 1:29:07- They might bomb.- Of course they won't.- They might do.
1:29:07 > 1:29:08They won't, Charles.
1:29:08 > 1:29:1330 bid, five, 40 bid, take five, at 45 at the back,
1:29:13 > 1:29:14is there 50?
1:29:14 > 1:29:1655, at the back of the room, 55.
1:29:16 > 1:29:18- One more for good luck. - All done then at £55?
1:29:18 > 1:29:20- 60, 65.- One more.
1:29:20 > 1:29:22Last chance to bid at £65.
1:29:22 > 1:29:25We are selling online at £65.
1:29:25 > 1:29:27Yes.
1:29:27 > 1:29:31And with Charles's £195 lead, before costs,
1:29:31 > 1:29:36can David's sauce boat and spoon dent the boy wonders armour?
1:29:36 > 1:29:40I'm bid £50, take five, online 60 now, any more now at 65?
1:29:40 > 1:29:43- 70, five, 80, bid £80.- Come on, David, this is great.
1:29:43 > 1:29:48At £80, 80, would you like five anywhere? At 80 for the final time.
1:29:48 > 1:29:51It's good, but not good enough to win.
1:29:53 > 1:29:56Can Barby take defeat like a man?
1:29:56 > 1:30:00You well and truly nailed me today, Charles. You really, really have.
1:30:00 > 1:30:06The only point is, if you gloat in the car, on the way back,
1:30:06 > 1:30:07I shall be furious.
1:30:09 > 1:30:12I can see it welling up in you now.
1:30:15 > 1:30:19It's tough, but someone has to be runner-up.
1:30:19 > 1:30:24David started this fourth leg with £255.48
1:30:24 > 1:30:27and, after auction costs, made a profit of £6.20.
1:30:29 > 1:30:30Great.
1:30:30 > 1:30:36Leaving him with £261.68 going into the final round.
1:30:36 > 1:30:41Charles, meanwhile, started slightly ahead of his rival on £269.46
1:30:41 > 1:30:45and, after costs, made a whopping £131.50 profit,
1:30:45 > 1:30:52leaving him rolling in £400.96 going into the home stretch.
1:30:54 > 1:30:57That is a real result for the young pretender.
1:30:59 > 1:31:03- Wasn't it fantastic?- Oh, dear, dear. I'm going to beat you next time.
1:31:03 > 1:31:05- I'm going to be the comeback kid. - Really?- Yeah.
1:31:05 > 1:31:10- Sitting in the back again, Charles, I hope you don't mind?- Oh, David.
1:31:10 > 1:31:12Right, Charles, first gear, first gear.
1:31:18 > 1:31:22Next time, it's the end of the Road Trip for David and Charles.
1:31:22 > 1:31:24David puts the pressure on.
1:31:24 > 1:31:2640?
1:31:26 > 1:31:28You won't get rid of them?
1:31:28 > 1:31:30Charles puts the kettle on.
1:31:30 > 1:31:33I've never come across such a big copper kettle in my life.
1:31:33 > 1:31:36And they both put their foot on the Road Trip pedal.
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