0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
0:00:04 > 0:00:05with £200 each,
0:00:05 > 0:00:06a classic car,
0:00:06 > 0:00:09and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11That hurts.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13What d'you think?
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22What have I done?
0:00:22 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory or slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- Put your back into it.- Shut up!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38On this Road Trip two auctioneers battle
0:00:38 > 0:00:41to be crowned King of Scotland.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44James Lewis is an auctioneer from Derbyshire,
0:00:44 > 0:00:47who's proved he has a magic touch when it comes to turning a profit.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49You don't often see something like that.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52While Thomas Plant runs a Berkshire saleroom
0:00:52 > 0:00:56and has proved that his acumen is matched only by his affability.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Can I have a go on something else now?
0:00:59 > 0:01:02These two have been locked in a dynamic duel
0:01:02 > 0:01:04for the last four legs of the Road Trip
0:01:04 > 0:01:08and this final battle will decide which of them emerges victorious.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- Ah!- Whoops.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Both our boys started this Road Trip with a cool £200.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Over the last four legs,
0:01:16 > 0:01:22Thomas has managed to trade up his total to £298.18.
0:01:22 > 0:01:23Well done.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26While James has astonished all and sundry
0:01:26 > 0:01:29by turning his original 200 smackers into
0:01:29 > 0:01:34not £500, not £600, not even £900,
0:01:34 > 0:01:39but a whopping £1143.72.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Crikey!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Our pair are hitting the highways in a true Brit,
0:01:45 > 0:01:48the classic 1953 Morris Minor.
0:01:48 > 0:01:49She's a doughty old girl.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53They've managed to cruise the Morris Minor
0:01:53 > 0:01:56over the hills and glens of Caledonia,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00from the wind-blown west coast, through the stunning highlands
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and then back to the low country and Edinburgh.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07They begin their final leg of their trip
0:02:07 > 0:02:09in Ayrshire's county town, Ayr,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12before touring round beautiful southwest Scotland
0:02:12 > 0:02:14and ending up at their auction
0:02:14 > 0:02:16in Scotland's craggy capital, Edinburgh.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23Ayr is justly celebrated by the poet Robert Burns
0:02:23 > 0:02:26for its honest men and bonnie lasses.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28That sounds very promising
0:02:28 > 0:02:32as Thomas drops James off at his first shop.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34Right. Well done.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40- Have fun.- James is heading into his first shop,
0:02:40 > 0:02:41where dealer John will assist.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Anything special you're after today?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Trying to find something that might make a profit at auction.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50You can come right through to the gallery.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52With over £1,000 burning a hole in his pocket,
0:02:52 > 0:02:56James can afford to think big on this leg.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00But he's also determined to work out his strategy.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02I'm trying to think about what will go with what,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04to build up a more expensive lot.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11This tin-plate toy dates from around 1910
0:03:11 > 0:03:16and is marked up at £35 and there's another toy that takes his fancy.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18How about the bear?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20On the ticket is £65.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24And he...hah...seems to have pilfered your hat, James.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26£40. Do that for you.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Looks better in my hat than I do.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Suits your hat.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34He's big, isn't he?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Yeah. Everybody loves a teddy bear.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42This might fit in with James's strategy
0:03:42 > 0:03:44to build up themed job lots.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48He's spotted another toy car, as well. The ticket says £20.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51What could the Chad Valley car be?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- This little chap here with no key. - This one?- Yeah.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- Erm, do that for 15. - 15. And the other car?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00I'll do that one for 20.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04What deal could John do on all three items?
0:04:04 > 0:04:07The combined original ticket price was £120
0:04:07 > 0:04:13but James has got John down to £75 for the lot, so far.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Would you take 50 the three?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17No. I couldn't do that.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19What could you do?
0:04:19 > 0:04:21I could let them go for 70.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23There's one more childhood-themed item
0:04:23 > 0:04:26that might make it into the job lot yet.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Would you throw that christening gown in with them?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Er...no.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35I wouldn't throw it in, but I'll give you a really good price on it.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Go on, then.- £10.
0:04:41 > 0:04:4375 the lot, then.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44Make it 80.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- Go on, 75.- Make it 80.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Oh, go on, then. Make it 80.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48THEY LAUGH
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I'm not hard enough.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Deal done! That was child's play.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Now he's spotted a military object,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59which has been pressed into use as an umbrella stand.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04It's a charge carrier that would have been used
0:05:04 > 0:05:08to contain a cordite charge for an artillery weapon.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11These were made from the 1700s
0:05:11 > 0:05:15through to the early 20th century, though this is quite a late example.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18It's priced up at £125.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21It's a fun thing. Is there much movement in it?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Well, £65.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- Give you 50 for the stick stand. - Can you go 55?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32- Go on, then. - Just so I've a bit of profit.- Go on.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35A direct hit, and another lot in the bag.
0:05:35 > 0:05:40But, on his way out, he spots yet another item that takes his fancy.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44It's an early 20th century picnic hamper.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46How much is this?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49That? £50 would do for that.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51How flexible are you on price?
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Not much.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54I'd be looking about 25.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I could let you have it for 40, but no less.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02James is wondering if he can sweeten the deal
0:06:02 > 0:06:04by assembling another job lot.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06He's found a small boxwood device
0:06:06 > 0:06:10for finishing self-assembled paper cartridges,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12which would be fired from a shotgun.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15The cartridge would have been inserted into the device
0:06:15 > 0:06:18and the metal handle rolled over to close the end.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Now he's picked up a set of miniature dominoes
0:06:22 > 0:06:25that date from around 1905.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Combined ticket price for all three items is £90.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31What can James haggle John down to?
0:06:31 > 0:06:3465. Call it 60. There you go.
0:06:34 > 0:06:3755 and you've got a deal.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39- No, 60, come on.- No.
0:06:41 > 0:06:4359.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44HE LAUGHS
0:06:44 > 0:06:46You are... Oh, dear!
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Go for the 59.- 55.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Can't do it. I just can't do it. - 57.
0:06:52 > 0:06:5457, Done.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Oh, dear me!
0:06:56 > 0:07:00You have to be the hardest negotiator I have ever come across.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Well, it's been fun. I've enjoyed it. Well done, you.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Wow. With that masterly display of negotiating grit,
0:07:08 > 0:07:12James rounds up an absolutely bumper morning's shopping.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Meanwhile Thomas has driven a couple of miles down the road
0:07:21 > 0:07:24to the neighbouring town of Prestwick.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Prestwick is thought to be the only place in the UK
0:07:27 > 0:07:32that was ever visited by rock'n'roll legend Elvis Presley,
0:07:32 > 0:07:37who made a whirlwind pit-stop here, during his military service in 1960.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Let's hope Thomas's first shop
0:07:39 > 0:07:43is more Hunk O' Love than Heartbreak Hotel.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Hello.- Good morning.- I'm Thomas.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Either way, he's meeting dealer Gary.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Gary. Pleased to meet you. - Gary?- Yeah.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Enough chatting - it's time to find some buys, Thomas.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00My strategy has been
0:08:00 > 0:08:03buy at the low end and then sell, hopefully, better.
0:08:03 > 0:08:08And I think I might carry on with that strategy, cos it's worked.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Spoken like a true traditionalist.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15He's spotted a collection that might bring in a sweet profit.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Lovely tin. Look at that. "Home of Milady's Toffee."
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Love that one. Really nice.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29So decorative, aren't they? They're just lovely.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Never bought tins before.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Am I being really stupid?
0:08:34 > 0:08:35We'll soon find out.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38They date from the early 20th century.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43The combined ticket price for all the tins is around the £80 mark.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48What would you do as a really enticing deal?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Charge you for the two really nice ones,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53which are in good condition,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55and I'll throw the rest in. That's 45 for the lot.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58Now, I, obviously, am selling at auction,
0:08:58 > 0:09:01so if I can give you... 45's a lovely price.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03It's a really fair price.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- But I'd like to give you £30 for the lot.- 30?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- OK. 30.- 30?- Yeah.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Brilliant. Thank you very much.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- Can I give you some spondoolies? - Pleasure.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Before he leaves, he spots one more thing that takes his fancy.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23It's an octagonal Chinese plate, dating from the 18th century.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Ticket price is a bargain £8.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Can he get Gary down any further?
0:09:30 > 0:09:325.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Deal.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Thank you very much.- Pleasure.
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Done and done.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Two lots in the old bag and our Thomas is up and running.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Thomas is heading back to Ayr to meet James and hand over the car.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Aha!- Hello.- How are you?
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Very good. Buy much?
0:09:53 > 0:09:57- Seven things, actually. - Oh, really?- Yeah, three lots.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00I bought two lots. Maybe more things.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- More than seven.- No!
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- I've left it in the same place. - Brilliant.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- Thank you. Have fun.- I will.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11James is happy with his morning's bumper buys,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14so he's taking the motor and heading over to Alloway,
0:10:14 > 0:10:15a suburb of Ayr.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22As a man of culture, he's keen to pay a visit to the local attraction,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25that tells the story of Ayrshire's most celebrated son
0:10:25 > 0:10:30and Scotland's national poet, The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32where he's meeting curator Amy.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- Hi. How you doing?- Hello.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- I'm James. Nice to see you. - Hi, nice to meet you.- And you.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39This is the birthplace of Robert Burns.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42He was born in a room within that cottage.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Shall we go in and have a look? - Sure, follow me.- After you.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Born in 1759 into a modest farming family here in Alloway,
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Burns went on to become both Scotland's bard
0:10:54 > 0:10:56and a writer loved around the world.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58His poems and songs, like Tam o' Shanter
0:10:58 > 0:11:04and Auld Lang Syne and My Love Is Like A Red, Red Rose,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07are still regularly performed and read today.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10This is the kitchen of Burns' cottage
0:11:10 > 0:11:13and this room is significant, not because it was a kitchen,
0:11:13 > 0:11:15but because it was also the bedroom and the place
0:11:15 > 0:11:20where Robert Burns was born. He was actually born in that bed.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21My goodness!
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Robert Burns only lived here until he was about six years old.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- OK.- And then they moved to another farm nearby.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32How did he go from being a boy here to Scotland's greatest writer?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36It is quite amazing that he did achieve so much.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I think a lot of that came from the fact that his father, William,
0:11:39 > 0:11:42very strongly believed in educating his children,
0:11:42 > 0:11:44They weren't rich, by any means, but what little they did have,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47I think they spent wisely, towards the education of their children.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Robert was educated until he was in his teens
0:11:50 > 0:11:53and, at that time, he went to work on the farm.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56He actually worked for other farmers at harvest time.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00During that time, he was inspired by a young lass
0:12:00 > 0:12:01that he worked with in the fields
0:12:01 > 0:12:03and that's when he wrote his first poem,
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Once I Lov'd A Bonnie Lass, to Handsome Nell.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09So the theme of love inspiring someone to write something great
0:12:09 > 0:12:12is a theme that carries throughout much of Robert's life.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Burns continued writing throughout his young life
0:12:15 > 0:12:18and built up an impressive body of work.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Amy's taking James across the road to the modern museum building,
0:12:21 > 0:12:24where she's going to show him some of the vast collection
0:12:24 > 0:12:27of Burns manuscripts that the Centre holds.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32- So.- Blue paper? - It may not look like much,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36lying there, but it is a Kilmarnock edition,
0:12:36 > 0:12:40which is the first published edition of Burns' work.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44There were 610 of them published in 1786
0:12:44 > 0:12:47and today less than 100 survive.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Can I pick it up?- Sure. Go ahead.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54This first edition of Burns' work brought him fame in Scotland
0:12:54 > 0:12:57and set him on the road to immortality.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01One of these Kilmarnock editions recently sold at auction
0:13:01 > 0:13:03for £40,000.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09And we have probably one of the most well-known works here.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Oh! To A Mouse!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- Wee fleeket... - That's an S.- Sleeket.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Let me help you there, James.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21This poem, addressed to a field mouse,
0:13:21 > 0:13:25whose nest Burns has turned up with his plough,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27contains some of his most famous lines.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Words worth remembering on the Road Trip, eh?
0:13:39 > 0:13:43- So this was the book that made him famous?- That's right.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45So why so famous?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48The work struck a chord with people, really.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49He wrote about things everyone saw,
0:13:49 > 0:13:53so it appealed to people locally here, that were farmers,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56and also the gentry of Edinburgh, so it appealed to everyone.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59This universality and theme of brotherhood
0:13:59 > 0:14:03is central to what is, perhaps, Burns' best-known work.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07Next Amy has a very special treat in store for James.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10The next thing we have here is a fragment of Auld Lang Syne.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- No way!- Yes.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16It's written in Burns' own handwriting.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- This is the original script?- Yes.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25So Auld Lang Syne has got to be...
0:14:25 > 0:14:30got to be in the top ten most famous songs in the world.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32Yeah, it's popular the world over.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36In Japan it's played at the end of the working day.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39It's just wonderful how it appeals to people across the world,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41because of the sentiments in it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43You don't often see something like that.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49"We'll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne."
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Oh, how amazing.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55This has been absolutely incredible. Thank you very much.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- It was my pleasure. Thank you for coming.- Wow.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Meanwhile, James's auld acquaintance,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Thomas, is still back in Ayr,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13at the same shop James visited earlier.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Can he work the same magic with dealer John?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20You see, I need something...
0:15:23 > 0:15:26..to beat him with, thrash him with.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Not literally.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Well, let's hope not. But a pretty object has caught Thomas's eye.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40I have a real passion for Scandinavian things
0:15:40 > 0:15:43and here we have a piece of Royal Copenhagen
0:15:43 > 0:15:45and it's simply marvellous.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Just because of the design, the style.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Royal Copenhagen porcelain
0:15:50 > 0:15:54has been a manufacturer of Danish porcelain since 1775.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58This 1950s vase is priced at £40,
0:15:58 > 0:16:02and that's not the only Scandinavian beauty Thomas has spotted. Oh, no.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Oh. Didn't see this. Mm.
0:16:07 > 0:16:11As a bit of a freak, when it comes to these things,
0:16:11 > 0:16:15it says Holmegaard, Per Lutken.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19It's quite an early biomorphic bowl.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Per Lutken was a glassmaker
0:16:22 > 0:16:25at the Danish glass factory Holmegaard.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Many of his designs are considered 20th century classics.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31This dates from around 1955.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Ticket price is £40.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38We could put that with the Copenhagen, the vase,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40and make a lot.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42You know, Danish stuff.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45There could be another job lot here on the way,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48but he's spotted yet another shiny item.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52I quite like that hall mirror. It's quite a nice thing.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55It's good. It's not that old, though.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- Can I lift it down?- Course you can.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02This 1950s mirror might appeal to a fan of retro style.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04It's priced up at £45.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Cool, daddy-O!
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Good bit of styling.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Well, it's for throwing light around the room.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Yeah, looks lovely.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16It's not a bad look, though. I think it's a good, general sale.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Tick tock. Time's running out.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Thomas has found a lot of things he likes
0:17:22 > 0:17:26but has yet to strike a deal on any of them.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28And it looks like he's spotted something else -
0:17:28 > 0:17:30an Art Deco travelling clock.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- There's no price on this.- No.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40Well, I was going to say, like the mirror...
0:17:42 > 0:17:46..like the vase, like the bowl, quite like this,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49could we do all of that for 80 with this thrown in?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52It would need to be 90.
0:17:52 > 0:17:5485?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Yeah, I'll go for 85.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58- Good man.- Good man.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00TIM WHISTLES
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Well haggled, Thomas.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04He gets a £45 reduction on the ticket price
0:18:04 > 0:18:07of the mirror, vase and bowl,
0:18:07 > 0:18:10and the travelling clock thrown in for a fiver.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16James has driven on into Thornhill, and he seems to have acquired
0:18:16 > 0:18:19something interesting in the way of eyewear.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22I feel like Toad of Toad Hall. Bah!
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I'm saying nothing.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28This monument in the pretty country town of Thornhill
0:18:28 > 0:18:31commemorates the 19th century Scottish explorer
0:18:31 > 0:18:35Joseph Thomson, a local boy famed for his African expeditions.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Let's hope James can embrace that spirit of adventure
0:18:39 > 0:18:42as he heads into Rosebank Antiques,
0:18:42 > 0:18:44where he's meeting the lovely Pauline.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- Hello there.- Hello.- Hi, I'm James.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47- I'm Pauline.- Nice to see you.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51He's only just arrived but James has spied something.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- Fun, isn't he?- Yes, he's lovely.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Love the expression.
0:19:01 > 0:19:02Unusual, being a lion.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06It's a Staffordshire pottery figure of a lion sitting with a lamb,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08dating from the 19th century.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Staffordshire figures can be highly collectible
0:19:12 > 0:19:15and rare figures fetch huge sums.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18But any damage can decrease their value considerably.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22On the ticket is £155.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24What could he be?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- 100?- Good.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33It's the hole in the back that's the killer.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35I didn't know whether that was in the mould.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38No, I think it's been dropped at some point.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42He's lovely at the front. Lovely face.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Staffordshire's really gone off the boil,
0:19:44 > 0:19:46but they either want it
0:19:46 > 0:19:49and pay really good money for it,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51or very, very difficult to get any money.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Pop it back then, James.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Now, something else catches his eye.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59It's a 19th century clock movement, which has become separated
0:19:59 > 0:20:01from the clock case it belonged to.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03The ticket price is £40.
0:20:04 > 0:20:05What would be the best on the movement?
0:20:05 > 0:20:0730.
0:20:07 > 0:20:12He's interested, but he can't get his mind off the Staffordshire lion.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Did you buy him well? Is there much movement in there?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17- There's a little bit.- Yeah?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Could I make you a cheeky offer? - You can.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22You can always say no! 50.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27A little bit more.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Will Pauline cut him a deal
0:20:28 > 0:20:31for both the clock movement and the lion?
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Will you take 20 for that and 60 for that?
0:20:34 > 0:20:37- I would, yeah.- Leaves you a profit? - Yeah.- Brilliant.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39- In that case, you've got a deal. - Thank you.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Deal done, but James is going to take one more little item, as well -
0:20:45 > 0:20:48a miniature gaming table, priced at only £4.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50He's still game for a haggle, though.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- Will you take a couple for that one?- Yeah.- Brilliant, thanks.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57The miniature gaming table is a snip at £2.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58He'll add it to the job lot
0:20:58 > 0:21:01of hamper, cartridge tool and dominoes.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03And he's off!
0:21:04 > 0:21:06So both boys are shopped out.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Let's remind ourselves of what they bought.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Thomas began this leg with a modest £298.18
0:21:14 > 0:21:18and spent £120 on five auction lots.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21They comprise a collection of biscuit and toffee tins,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23a porcelain vase,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26paired with a Holmegaard glass bowl
0:21:26 > 0:21:28a 1950s convex mirror,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31a Chinese 18th century octagonal dish
0:21:31 > 0:21:33and an Art Deco travelling time piece.
0:21:35 > 0:21:41James kicked off with an eye-watering £1,143.72
0:21:41 > 0:21:44and spent £274 on five lots.
0:21:44 > 0:21:48They are a 19th century long cased clock movement and dial,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50a military charge carrier,
0:21:50 > 0:21:55a large lot made up of the picnic hamper, a sandwich box with flasks,
0:21:55 > 0:21:57a cartridge maker,
0:21:57 > 0:22:00a gaming table and a set of Edwardian dominoes.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Phew!
0:22:01 > 0:22:05He also bought a Staffordshire model of the lion and lamb,
0:22:05 > 0:22:08and, yes, even a cuddly toy in the form of a teddy bear
0:22:08 > 0:22:11which is grouped with a child's christening gown
0:22:11 > 0:22:13and two toy cars. Lordy!
0:22:14 > 0:22:17So what do they really think of each other's buys, eh?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Thomas, as usual, has bought a really mixed bag.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22The tins are a little bit specialist,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24but the Chinese plate, that's a great one,
0:22:24 > 0:22:27that should show a great profit.
0:22:27 > 0:22:31But there's nothing there that I think will win in the competition.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33It is all about the lion.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37What a good thing. Well done, James.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39The only criticism, I would say -
0:22:39 > 0:22:43the bear, the Lehmann car and the other car.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Those three together appeal to three different people,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48so that could be an Achilles heel.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Thomas and James have wandered the rolling Scottish lowlands
0:22:53 > 0:22:55and are heading for their final auction
0:22:55 > 0:22:58in the majestic capital of Edinburgh.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Edinburgh's picture-postcard streets and volcanic vistas
0:23:03 > 0:23:05reflect its rich and varied history.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07In the 18th century, this city,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10which cradled the Enlightenment thinkers,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12was also known as the Athens of the North.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18Let's hope that some of those smarts have rubbed off on Thomas and James
0:23:18 > 0:23:20as they head for their auction.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Ramsay Cornish Auctions, in the Leith area of the city,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26holds both specialists and general sales.
0:23:26 > 0:23:2750 to start it quickly.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29The final showdown is about to begin
0:23:29 > 0:23:32with auctioneer Martin Cornish presiding.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36First up is Thomas' Chinese blue and white plate.
0:23:36 > 0:23:3830 to start it? 20?
0:23:38 > 0:23:3920 I'm bid.
0:23:39 > 0:23:4125, 30, 35...
0:23:41 > 0:23:4340 here.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45At £40, 45...
0:23:45 > 0:23:4750, 55, 60...
0:23:47 > 0:23:5065, 70, 75, 80...
0:23:50 > 0:23:5385, 90, 95, 100.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54£100.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56On commission at £100.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Last call at 100.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03What an astonishing profit for the outlay of a fiver.
0:24:03 > 0:24:04Good show.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08One for James now, as his job lot of toys
0:24:08 > 0:24:10and christening gown comes under the hammer.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Will it charm the saleroom?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- 50 for the lot to start it quickly. - Oh, God!- Oh, early bath for you.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16£50 I'm bid for the lot.
0:24:16 > 0:24:1855, 60, 65...
0:24:18 > 0:24:1970, 75...
0:24:19 > 0:24:22- At 75 for the lot.- No. No!
0:24:22 > 0:24:2475, 80, 85...
0:24:24 > 0:24:2690.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28Gentleman at the back, at £90.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32At £90, for the lot at 90.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Hardly a disaster
0:24:34 > 0:24:38but might Thomas finally be breaking James' winning streak?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Next it's Thomas' Danish vase and bowl.
0:24:41 > 0:24:4430 to start? 20 to get them going?
0:24:44 > 0:24:4820 I'm bid. At £20, 25, 30...
0:24:48 > 0:24:50Five. Lady's bid at 35.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Bit more. - At 35, at 35.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55What a pity. The room doesn't seem as keen
0:24:55 > 0:24:58on Scandinavian design as Thomas is.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Up now, it's another lot for James -
0:25:01 > 0:25:06His hamper, shotgun cartridge tool, mini gaming table and dominoes.
0:25:06 > 0:25:0850 to start it quickly.
0:25:08 > 0:25:1050 I'm bid.
0:25:10 > 0:25:1455, 60, 65, 70, 75...
0:25:14 > 0:25:1780, 85. 85, new bidder.
0:25:17 > 0:25:1990, 95, 100.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22At £100, 110, 120...
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Well done.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27At 120. Last call at 120, at 120...
0:25:27 > 0:25:29That was touch and go, though, wasn't it?
0:25:29 > 0:25:32But, in the end, a picnic of a lot for James.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35But still not quite enough to catch up with Thomas.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38But it's Thomas's sweet collection
0:25:38 > 0:25:41of 1900s biscuit and confectionery tins up next.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44Will the punters bite?
0:25:44 > 0:25:4630 to start them. 20?
0:25:46 > 0:25:5020 I'm bid for all the tins. At £20 I'm bid. £25, 30...
0:25:50 > 0:25:5435, 40. At £40. Gentleman's bid.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58At £40 for all the tins, at 40, at 40...
0:25:58 > 0:26:00A modest profit, but a win nevertheless,
0:26:00 > 0:26:03and Thomas is still in the lead today.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04Now James's charge carrier.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Can it stage am assault on the saleroom? Boom boom.
0:26:08 > 0:26:1150 to start it. 30.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- 40?!- 40, 45, 50, 55, 60...
0:26:15 > 0:26:1665, 70...
0:26:16 > 0:26:19It's got long legs. It's got loads of legs.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22100, 110, 120.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- 120.- Well done!
0:26:24 > 0:26:27In the room, at 120 and I'm selling, last call.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Super.- Well done.- Super.- Good.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33A shaky start but it recovers to victory
0:26:33 > 0:26:35and that puts James in the lead.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Now it's Thomas' Art Deco travelling timepiece.
0:26:39 > 0:26:4110 to start it. 10 I'm bid.
0:26:41 > 0:26:4210 I'm bid for this.
0:26:42 > 0:26:4612, 14, 16. 16 in front.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49At £16, for the travelling timepiece, at £16.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- Oh, that's cheap.- Still.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- At 16...- Profit.- It's profit.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Once again, a lot bought for £5 does the business for Thomas,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59but it's not enough to retake the lead.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04Another timely lot now, as James' clock movement is up.
0:27:04 > 0:27:0780 to start it. 80 I'm bid.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09£80 I'm bid. At £80, 85, 90...
0:27:09 > 0:27:1295, 100.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14At £100.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Brilliant.- 110...
0:27:16 > 0:27:21110. Nobody else now? Going on at 110, at 110...
0:27:21 > 0:27:23- Brilliant.- Good result.
0:27:23 > 0:27:28Time simply runs away with James as he widens his lead yet again.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33The last two lots in this whole shebang now -
0:27:33 > 0:27:35first, the retro 1950s mirror for Thomas.
0:27:35 > 0:27:3730 to start it. 20.
0:27:37 > 0:27:4020 I'm bid. 25, 30, 35...
0:27:40 > 0:27:4440, 45, 50. 50 on my left.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46At £50. 55.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49At 55 down beside me, at 55.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Last call and I'm selling at 55. - Oh, that's brilliant.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56It's a nice little earner, but it's not the flyer he needs.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Last of all, the Staffordshire lion. Will it roar?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- 200 to start it.- Crikey!
0:28:03 > 0:28:05200 I'm bid.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07210, 220...
0:28:07 > 0:28:09230, 240...
0:28:09 > 0:28:12250, 260, 270...
0:28:12 > 0:28:15280, 290, 300...
0:28:15 > 0:28:19320. I'm selling it at 320. Nobody else...
0:28:19 > 0:28:23340, 360. At 360 now.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27On the phone, last call at 360, and I'm selling it...
0:28:27 > 0:28:29It's a great profit to end on.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Indeed it is. The star lot at the last gasp,
0:28:33 > 0:28:36and James Lewis has done it again.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38Well done, James. Well, it's been a pleasure.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Thomas, you are such a gent.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- It has been a pleasure. - You thoroughly thrashed me.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48Thomas Plant started this leg with £298.18
0:28:48 > 0:28:51After paying auction costs,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54he made a respectable profit of £81.72,
0:28:54 > 0:28:59meaning that he ends this Road Trip with £379.90.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03Well, Thomas, at least you're smiling, boy.
0:29:04 > 0:29:10James Lewis, meanwhile, somehow began with £1,143.72
0:29:10 > 0:29:15and made a startling profit of £382
0:29:15 > 0:29:21in this auction and finishes victorious with £1,525.72
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Wow.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28So, as our affable chaps disappear off in their beloved old Morris...
0:29:28 > 0:29:30- I hate this car!- Don't be nasty.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33..we join a brand-new couple of experts,
0:29:33 > 0:29:36Charlie Ross and Catherine Southon.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39OK, Charlie, let the fun begin.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I've got the girl of my dreams by my side,
0:29:41 > 0:29:43the car of my dreams in front of me.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Life is fantastic, except it's raining.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Charlie is a seasoned Road-Tripper
0:29:50 > 0:29:53with a penchant for furniture. He ran his own auction house
0:29:53 > 0:29:58for over 25 years, so, as such, always knows exactly what he wants.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- I want that.- I told you!
0:30:02 > 0:30:05And while Catherine is a relative newbie to the Road Trip,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08only a fool would underestimate her considerable knowledge
0:30:08 > 0:30:10of maritime art and scientific instruments.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Oh ho! Yes. And her legendary powers of persuasion...
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- Can I give you £20 for it? - No!- Oh, come on!
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Our cosy couple begin their adventure with £200
0:30:23 > 0:30:25and a classic 1966 Austin Healey,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29affectionately known as a Frog-eyed Sprite.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32The problem is the car doesn't have a hood.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- Cuddle up to me!- Cosy up to me! - That's the way!
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Cosy!
0:30:36 > 0:30:40Maybe the weather was better back in 1966.
0:30:40 > 0:30:41HE SHIVERS
0:30:43 > 0:30:45Catherine and Charlie will be travelling over 200 miles
0:30:45 > 0:30:48from the heart of the Wiltshire countryside
0:30:48 > 0:30:50wending their way eastwards along the sunny South Coast
0:30:50 > 0:30:54before finishing up in Rye, East Sussex.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59On this leg we're starting our journey in the village of Corsham,
0:30:59 > 0:31:04straddling Somerset and finishing up with an auction showdown in Devizes.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07Let's hope our devilish duo hit it off.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10I think, by the end of this trip,
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- I could be in love with you. - In love, Charlie?
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- I thought we already WERE in love. - Yeah?- Steady on, you two!
0:31:16 > 0:31:20While Catherine heads into her first shop in Corsham...
0:31:20 > 0:31:21Hello! Hi, Lee, hi.
0:31:21 > 0:31:26..Charlie's off to find his in the village of Kington St Michael.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29That's if he can get out of the car, that is, poor old boy.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31Steady.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Samantha, it's Charlie.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- Lovely to see you.- And it's not long
0:31:36 > 0:31:38before Charlie spots something he's always drawn to.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42Samantha, your lady's quite interesting, what's she made of?
0:31:42 > 0:31:44She's stoneware.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46I can't go wrong here!
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Do you do rooms as well? I could stay!
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Steady! There's plenty here to feast the eye on, though.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Could these light up Charlie's life?
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Quite a sweet little pair of candlesticks there.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- They're Birmingham, aren't they? Have you dated them for me?- Yes.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05Yeah, 1935 and they are in super condition.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07I see you've got them priced at £45,
0:32:07 > 0:32:12which is sort of the top end of where I would see them at auction.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15You tell me what you would like to pay and I will see what I can do.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18If I could buy those for £20
0:32:18 > 0:32:20I would snap them out of your hands.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22- £20 is a little bit low.- Yeah.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25If you were to offer me £25, I could let you have them
0:32:25 > 0:32:30- at what I paid for them... - Are you sure that would...?- Yeah.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Well, I think they're really sweet.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Deal number one! Do you know,
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- that's my first buy on the trip? - Fantastic.
0:32:38 > 0:32:42So, every time I think of this trip, Samantha, I shall think of you.
0:32:42 > 0:32:43Yeah, they all say that!
0:32:43 > 0:32:46You're terribly accommodating though, Samantha,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48and Charlie's off to a good start.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Not quite so much luck for Catherine.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Harley Antiques is stuffed with beautiful things,
0:32:56 > 0:32:58with price tags to match.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Far too expensive for me, I think.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04(I'm a bit worried that everything I'm seeing
0:33:04 > 0:33:07(is slightly out of my price range!)
0:33:07 > 0:33:09(Don't panic Catherine!)
0:33:09 > 0:33:13(I will find something, I will dig deep and I will find it.)
0:33:13 > 0:33:17That's the spirit, girl!
0:33:19 > 0:33:23Charlie and Samantha are having a great time on the other hand.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27I've just seen a biscuit barrel, here,
0:33:27 > 0:33:29which has got a silver-plated top,
0:33:29 > 0:33:33cut-glass body, not pressed glass, which is nice,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35a particularly nice swing handle.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39Forerunners of our modern-day cookie jars, biscuit barrels
0:33:39 > 0:33:42have been popular for over 200 years. This one was made
0:33:42 > 0:33:46by the Sheffield silversmiths William Hutton and Sons
0:33:46 > 0:33:49in the early 20th century, perfect for preventing
0:33:49 > 0:33:52your custard creams from drying out. If you like custard creams.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56The great thing is that Samantha doesn't have a price on this,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59which leads me to believe that this is free with every purchase.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01You tell me what you would like to pay... Oh, no!
0:34:01 > 0:34:04- You'd smack me!- I could...
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Do something really saucy on that?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09£10, and it's yours.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12HE BLOWS A RASPBERRY
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Blimey! You're making an old man's glasses steam up here!
0:34:15 > 0:34:17- Can you really do that for a tenner? - I can.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Samantha! Let me kiss you again!
0:34:20 > 0:34:23This is the most golden day of my life!
0:34:23 > 0:34:25He'll be wearing her hand out!
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Down the road, though, Catherine still has her entire £200 to spend,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31which leaves one problem.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33(That's so nice!)
0:34:33 > 0:34:37It's £395.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41I want to cry, because there are some beautiful things here!
0:34:41 > 0:34:43She is right!
0:34:43 > 0:34:45This intricate piece of shellwork
0:34:45 > 0:34:48is a fine example of what are called sailor's valentines.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51They date from the 19th century and usually come from Barbados
0:34:51 > 0:34:55where they were sold to sailors who brought them home for loved ones.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57But it's too much for you, love!
0:34:58 > 0:35:02I know I'm looking at everything that's nice and expensive!
0:35:05 > 0:35:07No such problems, though, for Charlie boy!
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Oh, I like one of your street signs.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13I'd quite like a little ride up Nunnery Lane!
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Nunnery Lane.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19It's a nice thing to have in your house, really.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21That's fun.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24I forget how much money's on Nunnery Lane.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- I think it's £35, something like that.- I could do that for £25.
0:35:27 > 0:35:32Are you able to satisfy my quirky sense of humour on Nunnery Lane
0:35:32 > 0:35:34- at 20 quid or is that... - It's pushing it a bit.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37I don't want to push you, I don't want to push you, darling.
0:35:37 > 0:35:43- It's a bit too much.- Yeah.- £25. - £25 is the death, as they say.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47- Would £22 make any difference? - I'll do it for £22.- Are you sure?
0:35:47 > 0:35:51- Anything for the cause.- Anything for the cause. The Roscoe cause!
0:35:51 > 0:35:55- Can I give you a proper kiss? Mwah! Mwah!- Thank you.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57That's so kind of you. I've got three things!
0:35:57 > 0:35:59I don't believe this!
0:35:59 > 0:36:01In record time, Charlie's snaffled up a pair of candlesticks,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04a biscuit barrel and a Nunnery Lane sign,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07all for £57. Wow!
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- Thank you very much. - Thank you, take care.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11Cor! She must be exhausted!
0:36:11 > 0:36:14While Charlie can afford to put his feet up,
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Catherine is still struggling to spot a bargain
0:36:16 > 0:36:19within this treasure trove of a shop.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21I can see lots of beautiful things,
0:36:21 > 0:36:25- but they're just out of my price range.- Come on, Catherine! Buck up!
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Not everything in this shop has a three digit price tag on it,
0:36:28 > 0:36:32A juice strainer. The good thing about this
0:36:32 > 0:36:35is the Asprey stamp on the back.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39So, it's a good retailer in London, the top retailer in London.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43It's got £78 on it, so I'm guessing he'll go down to about £55.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Ha! You'll be lucky!
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- £40.- Oh, come on!
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Some people are never happy.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- Could you do any more?- £35.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- And that is...- £30 and I will take it from you.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- Shall we? Shall we?- Yeah.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Thank you very much indeed.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06A lot of kissing on this show.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10It's been a moist day in all senses of the word for Catherine
0:37:10 > 0:37:12but now she has a treat in store.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17She's travelling ten miles south-west
0:37:17 > 0:37:20to Somerset's jewel in the crown, the city of Bath.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27Bath was originally established as a spa town by the Romans,
0:37:27 > 0:37:29thanks to its unique hot springs.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32It evolved into a resort city for wealthy Elizabethans
0:37:32 > 0:37:36and then later, the Georgians, who designed much
0:37:36 > 0:37:39of the iconic architecture we see today.
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Built in that beautiful, honey-coloured stone.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Catherine's come to a place we're all familiar with,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49the Post Office, but she's not here to post a letter, no, no.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54She's come to find out how the postal system we all know today originally came about.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- Catherine Southon. Hello, are you Audrey?- I am indeed.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Audrey, it's lovely to meet you.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Audrey Swindells is going to show Catherine around.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- First of all, who are all these? - Who are these?
0:38:06 > 0:38:11Well, Ralph Allen, this chap, he ran all the mail
0:38:11 > 0:38:15that didn't go to London, previously everything went to London.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19If you sent a letter from here to Bristol, it went to London and back
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- Right...- and you had to pay a mileage.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23So, it's expensive, right.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27Ralph Allen was given contracts to make the transportation of letters
0:38:27 > 0:38:29more efficient across the country
0:38:29 > 0:38:31and the museum is lucky enough to have one.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36This is the original and the only one that exists.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39One of Allen's responsibilities was to open post
0:38:39 > 0:38:43from anyone who posed a danger to the established monarchy.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Postmasters were not only in a position to do this,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50they were actually TOLD to do this,
0:38:50 > 0:38:54to open letters from various people.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Before the invention of stamps, postage was calculated per page.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03So, writers didn't let any paper go to waste.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07You used every scrap of it, as you can see there,
0:39:07 > 0:39:11you'd write horizontally and then diagonally
0:39:11 > 0:39:15and when I transcribed that, which took me a couple of weeks
0:39:15 > 0:39:19I was inclined to wonder whether...
0:39:19 > 0:39:22I know, the recipient, that's exactly what I was thinking!
0:39:22 > 0:39:25The first ever stamp was the Penny Black,
0:39:25 > 0:39:30introduced over 170 years ago and it was sent from here in Bath.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35This one went out on May 2, 1840.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39- So, where is this original stamp now?- In the Far East.- Oh, is it?
0:39:39 > 0:39:44Yes. It sold for £55,000 in 1990
0:39:44 > 0:39:47and it's considered if it came on the market again now
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- it would be worth a million.- Wow!
0:39:49 > 0:39:53A million pounds, eh? The Penny Black
0:39:53 > 0:39:56brought letter-writing to the masses and soon post offices
0:39:56 > 0:39:58were springing up all over the country.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01This is the model of a Victorian post office,
0:40:01 > 0:40:05they just had a similar system everywhere.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09- So, why is the cat there? - Because the cat was on the payroll.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14It was actually listed for the money for feeding it
0:40:14 > 0:40:19because it kept down the mice and the rats,
0:40:19 > 0:40:22- which, of course, could eat the mail.- Chew the post.- Chew the mail.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24What a good kitty!
0:40:24 > 0:40:25CAT MEOWS
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Well, it's time to bid the Postal Museum and beautiful Bath farewell,
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Catherine, and hook back up with your extremely cheerful travelling companion.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- Charlie, are you always this happy? - Yeah.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38- Are you?- Yeah.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I think this is going to be an exhausting trip.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44I knew this budding love affair would never last.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Catherine and Charlie are heading south-west
0:40:46 > 0:40:48towards the village of Wedmore in Somerset.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Now, Wedmore may not look like an island to you and I,
0:40:54 > 0:40:57but this village sits on a small hill
0:40:57 > 0:40:59in the middle of the Somerset Levels
0:40:59 > 0:41:02and back in Saxon times was surrounded by water.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Since then, it's been known as the Isle of Wedmore
0:41:05 > 0:41:07and still is today.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Time to drop your anchor, we've arrived at our next shop.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Lemon Tree Antiques is stuffed to the gunnels with goodies,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16so Charlie wastes no time.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Let's hope he doesn't kiss owner, Les...
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- How are you, Roscoe? - I'm very well indeed!
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- I've heard plenty about you. - Have you? Is it all good?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Um, marginal!
0:41:26 > 0:41:28- Charlie!- Here comes Miss Southon.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31- Good morning, young lady. - I've got my high heels on. Hello.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32What a pleasure to meet you.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- Move out of the way, Charlie, I'm moving in!- I can see! All right!
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Les is now going to give me none of his time whatsoever.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42It's all about Southon.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Bye-bye Charlie, we've made friends.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47I can see you and Les are going to have a cracking time!
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Now, while Charlie has a little browse about...
0:41:55 > 0:41:58..Catherine has already spotted something she likes.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- I like your Georgian pipe box.- Yes,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04- how much do we have written on that? - Quite a lot.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- Too much.- Well, have you ever seen another one?- No.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Then it isn't too much money.- £220.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14That's obviously a misprint, I expect he meant to put £150 on it,
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- don't you think?- Well, I would hope even less than that.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Cos I like you and I want you to beat that old Roscoe chap in there,
0:42:20 > 0:42:22130 quid and it's yours, there you are.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Now, how can I do any better than that?
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- Any chance of tucking it under £100? - Final offer, £120.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30I'm very tempted at £100.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32That's one for Catherine to mull over.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Les's shop is full of exceptional pieces of antique furniture,
0:42:36 > 0:42:41right up Charlie's street, so I'm sure he'll find something classy,
0:42:41 > 0:42:43any minute now...
0:42:43 > 0:42:45That is cool!
0:42:45 > 0:42:48I know cigarettes aren't really in,
0:42:48 > 0:42:52but there's a real Smith's Deco advertising clock.
0:42:54 > 0:42:58This clock actually dates from the 1950s and was made by clockmakers
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Smith when tobacco advertising was still very popular.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04Well, I think it says £150.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08- I'd give you 50 quid for it. - You wouldn't, would you?
0:43:08 > 0:43:10- It's cracked at the top...- I guess you won't be taking it, then.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14If you want to give me £80, you can have it at cost all day long.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16That's a fantastically generous offer.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20If I can't find anything I like more, and I really like that,
0:43:20 > 0:43:22- I'll buy that. - While Charlie has a think,
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Catherine's seen something tasty
0:43:24 > 0:43:27- and it's not Les...- These would have been used years ago,
0:43:27 > 0:43:30by workers in the field. Full of cider.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33- It's a big stoneware...- Yes, indeed.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37- ..bottle inside.- Yeah. There's another one, actually, there is two.
0:43:37 > 0:43:39They're quite nice, actually.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42They're quite nice, I think they're marked 50 or 60 quid.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45- Yeah, 50 quid. - Is that for the two of them, 50 quid?
0:43:45 > 0:43:48No, they're £50 each. If you wanted the two,
0:43:48 > 0:43:53give me 50 quid for one and I'll give you the other one.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56- Can I give you 30 quid for the two? - No, you can't, sweetie pie.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59Seeing as you're such a willing young lady,
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- (£40, but don't tell that Roscoe.) - (No, I won't!)
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Cor! Blatant favouritism!
0:44:05 > 0:44:09But no sale yet, Catherine's having a smashing time...
0:44:09 > 0:44:12Oh, crikey! I'm breaking glass!
0:44:14 > 0:44:16That's a Stanhope.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19A Stanhope is when you've got this little, almost like a lens
0:44:19 > 0:44:22right at the top and you look through it
0:44:22 > 0:44:24and there was lots of different...
0:44:24 > 0:44:26scenes that you could see.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31I say that, I can't actually see anything in there.
0:44:32 > 0:44:36But what I have seen is that this is also a tape measure.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40Stanhopes are novelty collectables and souvenirs
0:44:40 > 0:44:42produced in the mid-19th century.
0:44:42 > 0:44:47This one is partly ivory, but because it was made before 1947,
0:44:47 > 0:44:51it's legal to trade. It has £85 on the ticket
0:44:51 > 0:44:53and Catherine won't want to pay that!
0:44:53 > 0:44:55- Les?- Yep.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59- I picked this up cos I thought it was a Stanhope.- It is.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01It's just got no pictures in it.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04They are there, my love, honestly, I'm sure they are.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07Really? Who does it belong to? Oh, they are! They are!
0:45:07 > 0:45:10You've been having me on all along, you rascal!
0:45:10 > 0:45:13- They are! I can see Crystal Palace. - The price has doubled!
0:45:13 > 0:45:15- No, I can see Crystal Palace. - The prices has doubled!- Darling.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18Yes, sweetie pie. What?
0:45:18 > 0:45:21I like the little tape measure idea in it.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24- 50 quid, there you are. - Oh, no, come on!
0:45:24 > 0:45:26How much do you want to give me?
0:45:26 > 0:45:29- Can I give you £20 for it?- No! - Oh, come on!
0:45:29 > 0:45:32- (30 quid, how about that?) - (30 quid.)- (How about that?)
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Despite Les's best efforts,
0:45:35 > 0:45:37Catherine's still not biting.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40There's plenty to get excited about in here,
0:45:40 > 0:45:44but neither expert has actually bought anything yet!
0:45:44 > 0:45:45Look at this!
0:45:47 > 0:45:50Oh, wonderful! Wonderful!
0:45:50 > 0:45:55Block puzzle from, Oh, I don't know,
0:45:55 > 0:45:571890? Certainly Victorian.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00And I think in the bottom,
0:46:00 > 0:46:04you've got all the different pictures there.
0:46:04 > 0:46:05There are six different pictures.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Great thing for a child to do,
0:46:08 > 0:46:10I would love to buy this.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Now, the puzzle hasn't got a ticket on it,
0:46:13 > 0:46:15so Charlie's hoping for a deal.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17- Lovely Les?- Roscoe, sir.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Come and melt into my arms. This is fantastic! Oh, yes,
0:46:21 > 0:46:22- it's the best puzzle you'll find. - Oh!
0:46:22 > 0:46:25Keeps old men active, doesn't it? I tell you what, I tell you what.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29- Yeah.- 20 quid, you wouldn't be able to resist it.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32- But I'm not saying 20 quid! - THEY LAUGH
0:46:34 > 0:46:35But I will.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- Les! That's fabulous. - How about that?
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Les! You're giving them away now!
0:46:41 > 0:46:43So, the deal is done,
0:46:43 > 0:46:47£20 for the puzzle and 80 smackers for the cigarette clock.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50And Charlie's free to head off.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52That just leaves Catherine to,
0:46:52 > 0:46:55well, find something else she likes the look of.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58I'm just wondering about Mr Punch doorstop.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01£80, now he looks like he's been there a long time.
0:47:01 > 0:47:05- Les, What can he be?- 15 quid.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07- Can he?- Yeah, he can be.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11- There you are. We've cracked it, kid!- Really good.- Put it there!
0:47:11 > 0:47:13You can kiss my hand.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16That'll do, don't get carried away.
0:47:16 > 0:47:20- Right, so I'm having... I think I'm going to have your pipe box.- Yes.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22- I think I'm going to have your Punch. - Yes.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25- Well, we've agreed on the Punch, no going back.- We have.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28- Your baskets.- Yes. I'll tell you what I'll do.
0:47:28 > 0:47:3190 quid. Yeah, for the box,
0:47:31 > 0:47:33- 15.- For the Punch.
0:47:33 > 0:47:3535 and I'll tell you what, I'll throw in the Stanhope
0:47:35 > 0:47:38for you for £25.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41That's lovely. You are completely gorgeous.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43Oh, sweetie pie! I wouldn't go that far!
0:47:43 > 0:47:48Nor would I. After a discount of £320, though, perhaps I might!
0:47:48 > 0:47:51Catherine's gone wild and spent £165
0:47:51 > 0:47:54on four items, concluding her shopping.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56- I've got no money left.- I know,
0:47:56 > 0:47:59- but Charlie's a decent enough chap, isn't he?- He won't give me any!
0:47:59 > 0:48:03Speaking of Charlie, he's hopped over to Bath
0:48:03 > 0:48:07and the Old Bank Centre, hoping to spend his remaining £43.
0:48:09 > 0:48:14- This shop goes on for ever! - It's a gigantic antiques emporium.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17Most things seem to be well into three figures.
0:48:17 > 0:48:18Don't despair, Charlie!
0:48:18 > 0:48:20Hello, what's this?
0:48:20 > 0:48:23It's a miniature barrel, but it's pure Arts and Crafts,
0:48:23 > 0:48:25it's about 1900 in date,
0:48:25 > 0:48:28silver-plated banding is good,
0:48:28 > 0:48:30the tap is a nice shape
0:48:30 > 0:48:34and a great thing for dispensing brandy or sherry.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38No good, is it? It's £80, I can't insult the man too much.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40No, you really can't.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42It's probably not worth asking, but
0:48:42 > 0:48:45there's a barrel on a sort of cross stretcher
0:48:45 > 0:48:50which is 80 quid, and I've got, like, 40 quid left in my coffer
0:48:50 > 0:48:52- and that's probably...- OK. - Are you sure?
0:48:52 > 0:48:54- That's really kind. I shall go and get it.- OK.
0:48:54 > 0:48:59- Brilliant, thank you.- It's been a day of most accommodating dealers.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03- There we go, £40.- OK.- That's really kind of you. Thank you very much.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06Yes, thank you.
0:49:06 > 0:49:08So, all shopping's done and dusted.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11Let's refresh our memories as to what this pair of charmers bought.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Both experts kicked off with £200 apiece.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18Catherine spent £195 on five auction lots -
0:49:18 > 0:49:20an Asprey's juice extractor,
0:49:20 > 0:49:23an ivory and bone Stanhope tape measure,
0:49:23 > 0:49:26a cast iron doorstop in the form of Mr Punch,
0:49:26 > 0:49:29a George III mahogany pipe tray
0:49:29 > 0:49:33and two stoneware cider jars in baskets.
0:49:33 > 0:49:37Charlie spent £197 of his budget on six lots -
0:49:37 > 0:49:40a pair of silver candlesticks, an Edwardian biscuit barrel,
0:49:40 > 0:49:42a street sign of Nunnery Lane,
0:49:42 > 0:49:43an advertising clock,
0:49:43 > 0:49:47a Victorian jigsaw puzzle in original box
0:49:47 > 0:49:51and an Arts and Crafts oak and silver plated spirit barrel.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54So, what do they really think of each other's purchases?
0:49:54 > 0:49:58That puzzle, I saw that puzzle and I looked at that puzzle
0:49:58 > 0:50:01but I didn't even ask the price because I thought it was
0:50:01 > 0:50:03going to be too much and I really regret that now.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07The tape measure is nice, but I would prefer it if it was all ivory.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09It's part bone, part ivory,
0:50:09 > 0:50:11and the bone bit, the quality of carving isn't great,
0:50:11 > 0:50:14but again it was cheap. She's bought well, the girl!
0:50:14 > 0:50:17It is going to be a really interesting contest
0:50:17 > 0:50:20because I've got absolutely no idea who is going to win this one.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23It will be a tight contest... but I shall win!
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Well, we'll have to see about that, won't we?
0:50:27 > 0:50:30So, it's been a splendid first leg,
0:50:30 > 0:50:32kicking off in Corsham, Wiltshire,
0:50:32 > 0:50:34following a delightful loop through Somerset,
0:50:34 > 0:50:39then back into Wiltshire and our auction venue du jour - Devizes.
0:50:39 > 0:50:40Come on!
0:50:40 > 0:50:45- I can't get out!- Do you want some help?- Help an old man!
0:50:45 > 0:50:50This leg's showdown is taking place at Henry Aldridge & Son,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53purveyors of furniture, ceramics and terrifying dolls.
0:50:53 > 0:50:57Hold on to your hats, auctioneer Alan Aldridge is about to begin.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00You deserve profits because you are so lovely.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Pass the sick bag, will you?
0:51:04 > 0:51:08First up is Catherine's doorstop in the form of Mr Punch.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11- £25.- No, he is asking for 25.- Oh.
0:51:14 > 0:51:1810 I've got, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20?
0:51:18 > 0:51:21- At £18, 18...- That's not very good, I need a bit more than that.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24All going, and done.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26Well, it could be worse.
0:51:26 > 0:51:30I suppose so, but that is a loss after the auction house takes
0:51:30 > 0:51:32its well-earned commission.
0:51:32 > 0:51:36Well, you nearly made a profit, lost a few pence I would say.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Charlie's up next with his own little favourite,
0:51:39 > 0:51:42the Nunnery Lane street sign.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45BOTH: # We all live down Nunnery Lane! #
0:51:45 > 0:51:4725 quid?
0:51:47 > 0:51:49- No.- 25? Nice sign?
0:51:49 > 0:51:5110! 10, thank you.
0:51:51 > 0:51:5610, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20? At £18,
0:51:56 > 0:51:59at £18 I've got. £18.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02- Nunnery Lane! - HE SOBS
0:52:02 > 0:52:05Oh, dear, not looking good!
0:52:05 > 0:52:07- Shall we give up now? - Never give up.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10Wise words, Charlie.
0:52:10 > 0:52:14There's always hope, and next up is Catherine's Stanhope.
0:52:14 > 0:52:19- I'll start the bid at £40.- That would be nice, £40. 40, come on.- 30?
0:52:20 > 0:52:2325? 20 I have got. 25 anywhere?
0:52:23 > 0:52:2520 on the lady's bid. Five, quickly?
0:52:25 > 0:52:31- Oh, there is a bid. - 22, 24, 26.- Yes.
0:52:31 > 0:52:3428? At 26 all going...
0:52:34 > 0:52:37A bit of movement there, that was almost exciting!
0:52:39 > 0:52:40Now you're getting desperate.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43Another loss I'm afraid, after commission.
0:52:43 > 0:52:44Yes, you've lost about a fiver
0:52:44 > 0:52:48but, may I say, in my book that would be a triumph.
0:52:48 > 0:52:53And Charlie's up next. It's his 1950s cigarette advertising clock.
0:52:53 > 0:52:57- 80 quid.- Oh! He's asking 80.
0:52:57 > 0:53:02- That's what he's asking because that's what it cost.- £80 anywhere?
0:53:02 > 0:53:03What about 20 quid then?
0:53:03 > 0:53:06£20?
0:53:06 > 0:53:0920 I've got. 20 I've got, 20 I've got.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12At £20, sold.
0:53:12 > 0:53:17£60 down the old drain. A disaster!
0:53:17 > 0:53:21- That's very unfortunate. - You'll have to give it up, Charlie.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24This could be the comeback though.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27It's Charlie again with his Victorian block puzzle.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30£20? £20?
0:53:30 > 0:53:32- I can't believe this.- 15?
0:53:32 > 0:53:3415 I've got.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37£2, 17? 15, 17.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39£15. At £15, am I done?
0:53:39 > 0:53:40BANGS GAVEL
0:53:40 > 0:53:44You have been done, I am afraid, on that one.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50Another loss, and Charlie has to pick up the pieces.
0:53:50 > 0:53:55- I would give you £15 all day long. - I'd have paid 50 quid for it!
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Moving on, it is Catherine's Asprey juice jobby.
0:54:02 > 0:54:0315, to get me away?
0:54:03 > 0:54:05What about £10 on it?
0:54:05 > 0:54:0710 I've got, thank you. 12?
0:54:07 > 0:54:09This is Asprey!
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Oh, here it goes, here it goes!
0:54:12 > 0:54:1616 anywhere else? £14, 14. All done?
0:54:16 > 0:54:20- The thing is, if you don't laugh, you're crying.- If you don't laugh.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23True. That's another loss for Catherine.
0:54:23 > 0:54:27£14, that's kind of insulting.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29More silver next,
0:54:29 > 0:54:32Charlie's miniature candlesticks, bought for £25.
0:54:32 > 0:54:3520 to start me?
0:54:35 > 0:54:3710, to get me away. 10 I've got.
0:54:37 > 0:54:3910, 15.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41£10 on the maiden bid, 15? 15.
0:54:41 > 0:54:4620, 25, 30, 35? What about 32.
0:54:46 > 0:54:5132, that's a profit, Charlie. Your first one.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53- 34.- A profit!
0:54:53 > 0:54:57# I'm in the money. #
0:54:57 > 0:54:59# He's in the money! #
0:54:59 > 0:55:02At last! a profit for Charlie.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05I think I made about three quid there!
0:55:05 > 0:55:08If you counteract that against everything else...
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Yes, yes, yes, it's still a loss of well over £100.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13It's not quite as bad as that, Charlie.
0:55:14 > 0:55:19Now, will anyone be tempted by Catherine's cider jars in baskets?
0:55:19 > 0:55:2315? A tenner? £10.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25- She was going to bid at 15.- Don't...
0:55:25 > 0:55:2810, 12...
0:55:28 > 0:55:29He'll take the bid, hang on.
0:55:29 > 0:55:3316, 18, 20. What about 19?
0:55:33 > 0:55:36- You were on a roll for a moment there.- 20?
0:55:36 > 0:55:38- At £20. - BANGS GAVEL
0:55:38 > 0:55:42Oh, my gosh. It's painfully hard.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46Gosh, it's turning into a tough auction for both experts,
0:55:46 > 0:55:48but there are still three lots to go.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51Surely this one can't go wrong?
0:55:51 > 0:55:54- Charlie's biscuit barrel.- 25.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58Everything starts at 25 and then rapidly drops down.
0:55:58 > 0:55:5920 I've got.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03- He's got 20!- £20, at £20 what about 22? At £20.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05Come on, 22, someone!
0:56:05 > 0:56:06At £20, all going.
0:56:06 > 0:56:08A profit!
0:56:08 > 0:56:09Splendid!
0:56:09 > 0:56:13Charlie's edging his way back into the competition.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18Charlie's last lot now, will someone be tempted by his spirit barrel?
0:56:18 > 0:56:21- 20 to start me?- 38...or 12.- 15.
0:56:21 > 0:56:25- 15, there we are.- 15, 17? At 15, 15, 15.
0:56:25 > 0:56:2915, I told you, didn't I?
0:56:29 > 0:56:3115, done.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34And once again, Charlie, you have been.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38Poor Charlie, a rather limp finish to his lots.
0:56:38 > 0:56:44It's a long wait, 61 years, to have the worst day of your life.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47It's all come down to the last lot of the day
0:56:47 > 0:56:50but that pipe tray could go either way.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53I shall be really, really upset,
0:56:53 > 0:56:56I mean seriously upset, if it doesn't make more than
0:56:56 > 0:56:59- £50 or £60. - It's not going to go for anywhere...
0:56:59 > 0:57:03And, let me start at a modest...
0:57:03 > 0:57:06- No, we don't want modest.- 180.
0:57:06 > 0:57:10- How much?- 180.- 150?
0:57:10 > 0:57:12£100?
0:57:12 > 0:57:14Oh, come on!
0:57:14 > 0:57:18- 60, 70, 80, 90.- You're going!
0:57:18 > 0:57:22100, 110, 120,
0:57:22 > 0:57:27130, 140, 150, 160...
0:57:27 > 0:57:29- There is hope in the world! - 170, 180?
0:57:32 > 0:57:35180 at 180, at 180? He's done it again.
0:57:35 > 0:57:39- Come here.- Oh!
0:57:39 > 0:57:41That is brilliant.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44- Yes! I love you! - The trouble is, it was hers.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47Yes, a splendid result for Catherine.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49The pipe tray has done her good.
0:57:49 > 0:57:53- You're over 200 quid.- About 205.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55- You made a profit! - # I'm in the money! #
0:57:55 > 0:57:57Both our experts started this leg with £200.
0:57:57 > 0:58:01After paying auction costs, Charlie has made a loss,
0:58:01 > 0:58:04poor old chap, of £96.96.
0:58:04 > 0:58:09That leaves him with a rather paltry £103.04 to carry forward.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13The lovely Catherine on the other hand is the winner today.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16She's made a profit of £16.56 so that means
0:58:16 > 0:58:21she takes forward £216.56 to spend next time.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24- Come on, Miss Southon, I'll open the door. - It's not looking great, is it?
0:58:24 > 0:58:27- The heavens are about to open! - There we go!
0:58:27 > 0:58:31- Right.- Come on, Charlie. Onwards and upwards, dear.
0:58:31 > 0:58:35The battle is lost, the war is not over.
0:59:11 > 0:59:12Next time on the Antiques Road Trip,
0:59:12 > 0:59:15Catherine cranks up the charm offensive.
0:59:15 > 0:59:17You have got lovely eyes. Has anyone ever told you that?
0:59:17 > 0:59:21- Thank you, I hope that's not been recorded. - And, Charlie runs into trouble.
0:59:21 > 0:59:23I've got a confession to make.
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