0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
0:00:04 > 0:00:09with £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11That hurts.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I'm going to go for it, Joe.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22- There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers. - Goodness gracious me!
0:00:22 > 0:00:27So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Not nice to gloat. There we are.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:42It's a brand-new day and we're holding up the buses in Sussex
0:00:42 > 0:00:48with a couple of thoroughly sensible, down-to-earth experts - Charlie Ross and Catherine Southon.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- Charlie, what are you wearing on your head?- A fez. - You look completely stupid.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Well, one of them is anyway.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Catherine is both auctioneer and expert in maritime art
0:00:59 > 0:01:05- and well known for her dazzling, persuasive charms.- I like the fact that you're stroking my hand.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Charlie ran his own auctioneering business for 25 years,
0:01:08 > 0:01:12so should know a thing or two about antiques,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15but clearly not enough to get ahead of his competitor so far.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18I'm at a hell of a disadvantage being male here!
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Our esteemed experts began the week with £200 each,
0:01:22 > 0:01:29but two auctions later, the pressure is on because they now have less than they started with!
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Charlie made up a little ground yesterday,
0:01:31 > 0:01:36but still starts this leg with a rather pathetic £135.30.
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Catherine also begins with a loss.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44She now has a thoroughly unimpressive £194.96 to play with.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51So, both experts really have to make some money on this leg or it could be disastrous.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56Thankfully, though, they do have their sprightly little 1966 Austin-Healey
0:01:56 > 0:02:00which, although has no roof, does have room for them
0:02:00 > 0:02:04and Charlie's utterly ridiculous fez.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11This week's road trip takes us eastwards across the south of sunny England,
0:02:11 > 0:02:13starting in Corsham, Wiltshire,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15and culminating in Rye, East Sussex.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Today, we're kicking off in Birdham, West Sussex,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22then gently wending our way along the coast
0:02:22 > 0:02:25to an auction showdown in Lewes, East Sussex.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- Oh, oh!- Antiques, left!
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- Right, left, left! - Whitestone Farm Antiques.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Oh, this looks just my sort of... Oh, yes.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Oh, yes, this fantastic emporium is, you've guessed it, situated on a farm
0:02:42 > 0:02:47and is overflowing with rustic charm. I only hope owner Joe knows what's about to hit him!
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Hello.- Hi. Charlie's the name.
0:02:50 > 0:02:56- Don't worry about me.- I was just going to introduce you, Catherine. - I'm Joe.- This is lovely.- Great, Joe.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- How long have you been here? - 11 years. It's a bit dusty.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- We like it dusty.- Not displayed. - I don't like it displayed.
0:03:03 > 0:03:10While Charlie harnesses Joe for himself, Catherine has spotted something she likes straight away.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12We've got fleur-de-lys.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14A Scottish emblem with the thistle.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I like those.
0:03:16 > 0:03:22Joe, could I ask you a question, please, about these down here? I'd love to know what these are.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Tell me what they are.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28I believe they're more than likely out of a chimney
0:03:28 > 0:03:31and they were the sort of decorative pieces in it.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34How much are they, just out of interest?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38Well, they vary between £45 each and £65.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42What sort of deal could you do on sort of six of them?
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I'll do you a very, very good price.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46For six...180.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Catherine, that's nearly your entire budget, darling!
0:03:50 > 0:03:56I like them because they're different and I've never seen anything like that. I shall think...
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Now, here's something Charlie did very well with in the last auction.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03A Silver Jubilee...bottle of beer!
0:04:03 > 0:04:09I've got a very, very good track record with buying old booze at the moment.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12We've turned 5p into 12 quid already.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Here is 5p.- That'll do fine, sir.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17£12 on the bottle of beer...
0:04:17 > 0:04:20We can do that again. Joe, may I monopolise you for a bit?
0:04:20 > 0:04:23This was the object that excited me no end.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31"Silver Jubilee Ale." I love the top because it's almost pretending to be a bottle of champagne.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35The last one I bought was 5p. I don't know if this is 4p or 6p?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- It's a little bit more.- Is it really?
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- How much is it?- I think I might have paid £12 in an auction for it.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43LAUGHTER
0:04:43 > 0:04:45There's no flies on you!
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- How much is it? I might as well ask. - £4.- £4?
0:04:50 > 0:04:55We have got a torn label here which is very, very important when you're buying rare...
0:04:55 > 0:04:57£3 then. LAUGHTER
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Quick, find the chip in the bottle!
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Will £2 buy it?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Well...
0:05:05 > 0:05:08You are a one, Joe. Thank you.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Catherine, meanwhile, just can't get those bricks out of her mind.
0:05:12 > 0:05:19They're very risky. It's not safe like four silver serviette rings or something like that.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22It's something that could completely die.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25It's nice to take a risk though, isn't it?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28If I bought two of them, what would you do for that?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- They would have to be 60. - Right. You couldn't do 55 on those?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- She's a hard lady.- Oh, I'm not! I'm just merely...
0:05:37 > 0:05:40But I like the fact that you're stroking my hand.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Will she stop at nothing?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45She never strokes MY hand!
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- It's against the rules? - No, no, I like it.- Oh, right.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53I'm at a hell of a disadvantage being male here!
0:05:53 > 0:05:58I think I'll probably go for two because I think three is a big part of my budget.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Miss Southon, may I have a little bit of Joe again?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I saw you stroking his hand.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08I thought, "Will you stop at nothing when you're trying to buy antiques?"
0:06:08 > 0:06:12I just touched his hand and I didn't mean to stroke it like that.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16But he was quite all right about it, so I might carry on.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- You're shameless. - Am I?- You are shameless, but I quite like your style.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Hello, what's this with £45 on the ticket?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26I was wondering how to play this?
0:06:27 > 0:06:29It doesn't make a great sound.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34I would never look at one of those... It's like a zither, isn't it?
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I never know the difference. It calls itself a "mandolin harp".
0:06:37 > 0:06:44What particularly attracted me was all the decoration, the transfer printing, and we've got George V.
0:06:44 > 0:06:49This German-made mandolin harp was designed to commemorate the coronation of George V
0:06:49 > 0:06:51whose family originated from Saxony.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56However, the outbreak of World War One led the King to change his name to Windsor
0:06:56 > 0:07:00in an attempt to distance himself from his origins and the enemy.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- I can do a very good price on that. - What, a tenner?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06A fiver you were going to say?
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Not quite that good, Charlie.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Ssh, no, no. What...?- 45.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15When I looked at that, I thought, "If that's 25 quid, I'll have that,"
0:07:15 > 0:07:19but that's going to be too rude, isn't it?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21- Did it cost you more than that? - It did.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Does 30 quid get you out of trouble?
0:07:25 > 0:07:29I'm hurting you. What's it going to make at auction?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- I really don't know.- I honestly don't know any more than you do.
0:07:32 > 0:07:3435?
0:07:34 > 0:07:38I want to buy it and my heart tells me to buy it.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42My heid, of course, tells me, "You're a plonker, Rossco,"
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- but on the other hand, I'm going to buy it. - Well done, Charlie. Well done.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52I think that's fab. What Miss Southon will think of that, I do not know, but I don't care.
0:07:52 > 0:07:58Two purchases down for Charlie, but Catherine is still wrestling with her chimney bricks.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02If I buy three, I've got to spend £85 and I think that's too much to spend,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05but I think to buy two of them for 55...
0:08:05 > 0:08:07Sensible decision. Go for two.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Still thinking? - Yes, I am still thinking.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14- I would like to buy all of them. - That's two, four, six of them.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Hang on, Catherine. Didn't you say two just a minute ago?
0:08:18 > 0:08:20What would 120 be?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Too low.- Too low?- Hmm.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- 150.- Hmm.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Can we say 130, Joe?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31140.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Right.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35130...
0:08:35 > 0:08:37130...
0:08:38 > 0:08:41130... I'm going to go for it, Joe.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44I think Joe just said 140, didn't he?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46- 130.- Whoa, whoa, whoa!
0:08:46 > 0:08:51- I think I am going to go for them. - Was I on 130 or was I on 140? You've got me confused.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- Where were we? Sorry.- 140. - I thought we said 130.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- Nice try, Catherine.- Go on, 130.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59- OK. Sorry. I honestly couldn't... - Oh, yeah(!)
0:08:59 > 0:09:04- I'm not sure I can stand the indecision any more.- Thank you. I'm not sure I can stand it any more.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08I love them and... We'll see what happens.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I expect poor old Joe's quite worn out by that!
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Now, out of the frying pan, into the fire!
0:09:15 > 0:09:20This may be a shout too much, but could you possibly take a tenner for your fireman's helmet?
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I will drive along in it then.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27Just to see you wearing that driving along, I think you can have that for a tenner.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30You are a gentleman, sir!
0:09:30 > 0:09:35I am going to wear that wherever we go now. I feel very at home with this on.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Then when we get to the auction, it might even make more than a tenner.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43I don't care if it doesn't. It's so comfortable compared with my fez.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Boy!
0:09:46 > 0:09:50So, just to recap, Catherine has bought six chimney bricks for 130
0:09:50 > 0:09:56and Charlie snaffled up a bottle of beer, a mandolin harp and a fireman's helmet for 47.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Gosh!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Our experts are leaving Birdham behind
0:10:03 > 0:10:07and heading four and a half miles north to Chichester.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Chichester is a beautiful and bustling market city.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16It's towered over by its impressive cathedral, the spire of which once fell down during restoration works.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21That's builders for you! Thankfully, Charlie has his helmet on though just in case
0:10:21 > 0:10:24as our pair pull up at the next shop.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- Can I come?- No, you can't come. This is all for old Rossco.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- Lesley?- Charlie?- Charlie, it is indeed. Lovely to meet you.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- Lovely to meet you too. - Thank you for letting me in.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43May I take my old mac off and reveal my rather outrageous jacket?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Oh, please don't! Wow!
0:10:46 > 0:10:50There were a couple of things that really took my eye.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55There is something I'll pull out here because it looks rather interesting.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59I do like things relating to booze and that's a champagne bottle.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02It's got a serrated edge on it. It's a vesta.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05So you put your matches in there
0:11:05 > 0:11:08and strike 'em there.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Oh, that's fab. It's also a cigar-cutter.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Isn't that a rare object?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Put the end of your cheroot in there or small cigar
0:11:17 > 0:11:20and hey, presto, it cuts it.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23So you can cut it and then light it.
0:11:23 > 0:11:28I love the top where it's absolutely as a champagne cork should be.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I've priced it at 50 which I have to get.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Lesley, you're such a temptress. Can we do anything at all on it, squeeze it?
0:11:36 > 0:11:44The only drop I would do would be, just being nice, to 48. And that's it.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- And I bet you don't lose on it. - How much do you bet me? 48 quid?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51The two extra I'm taking off.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Charlie, don't forget you've got to make money.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58I'm going to spend £48 of my hard-earned money
0:11:58 > 0:12:04and I'm going to have your voice ringing in my ears, Lesley,
0:12:04 > 0:12:07"You won't lose money on that, Charlie."
0:12:07 > 0:12:10It's fresh to the market. I think you'll do well.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- 20...- Nicely done, Charlie.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17Now, Catherine is busy mastering the art of gear-changing
0:12:17 > 0:12:22- while heading to another antiques shop on the other side of Chichester.- I can see it!
0:12:22 > 0:12:28With £70 left to spend, let's hope the kind owner can navigate her to something pleasing and profitable.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30- Hello there.- Hello.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33The problem is Catherine is hard to please.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- Hello. And you're...?- Peter Hancock. - Peter. Hello, Peter.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Right, I'm looking for something special.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I've heard that before.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46It's a bit chipped though, Peter.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Isn't that lovely? I love the way it's cut with these flowers here.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55- It's very nice. - Very pretty with all the foliage. I haven't got enough money!
0:12:55 > 0:12:59- That's 20 quid. - I am looking. I'm really...
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- Does it appeal to you?- No. I won't go for that sort of thing.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05No, that's fine. How much do you want for that?
0:13:05 > 0:13:08£200, you see.
0:13:09 > 0:13:15Can I have one last look in that silver cabinet? I think that's probably my best bet.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21I'm looking at your perfume bottles because they seem to be quite reasonably priced.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Catherine's picked up a thing of quality,
0:13:24 > 0:13:28a perfume bottle made by celebrated silversmiths William Comyns & Sons
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- who even made coronets for coronations.- It's very nice.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34What can you do that for?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36I could do that for 40.
0:13:36 > 0:13:3940...
0:13:39 > 0:13:44I like the repousse work, the raised relief work on this.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47I like, in particular, the bird
0:13:47 > 0:13:53and then at the front it's got a place there where the lady would have put her initials.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57Luckily, there's no initials there which is quite nice.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59I'll take it from you if that can be 30.
0:14:01 > 0:14:02OK.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06This one here... I'm so sorry that I'm doing this to you.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10- That one could be 20. - Do you want to do 15 on this?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- Hmm?- Do you want to do 15 on this?
0:14:12 > 0:14:14She's going for it.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16PETER LAUGHS
0:14:17 > 0:14:19I'll do £45 the two.
0:14:19 > 0:14:2145...
0:14:22 > 0:14:26- Let's go for them.- Is that the real deal?- That's the real deal.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30We'll shake on that then. Thank you very much.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32- Payment time?- Yes.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- 20...- 20.- 40...- 40.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- 50...- 50.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42Peter, thank you so much for dealing with me. Wonderful. £5 change. Thank you.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46- Anything for a fiver? - Anything for a fiver...
0:14:46 > 0:14:49While Peter, no doubt, has a well-earned little lie-down
0:14:49 > 0:14:52and junior assistant Paul wraps up the deal.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56That's lovely. A fantastic little perfume bottle.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59And I can have this for a fiver...?
0:15:00 > 0:15:06- I'll wrap it for you.- Fantastic. Yeah, quick. He won't mind, will he? I don't want you to get fired!
0:15:06 > 0:15:08You're a lucky girl, Miss Southon.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Charlie and Catherine are leaving Chichester behind,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15popping into Hampshire and the village of Emsworth.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Emsworth sits at the north end of Chichester harbour.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Back in the 19th century, it was a thriving fishing village,
0:15:22 > 0:15:27famed for its oysters, and was home to no less than 30 pubs and beer houses.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Nowadays, there are merely nine pubs
0:15:30 > 0:15:35and a rather delightful antiques shop run by the equally delightful Hilary. Look out!
0:15:35 > 0:15:41- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon. - Charlie Ross.- Hilary Bolt. - Hilary, nice to meet you.- And you.
0:15:41 > 0:15:47- May I have a look round?- Please do. - There is something I saw in the window which is fantastic.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- It's the Silver Jubilee train.- Yes.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54- Don't bother to get it out.- Are you sure?- No. It's just not in my range.
0:15:54 > 0:15:59- Talking about the Silver Jubilee, we do have a chair from the coronation.- Do you?
0:15:59 > 0:16:04- Is it the stool or the chair?- It's the stool.- Oh, the stool. Yes indeed.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10Because I believe, after the coronation, you could respond to a newspaper advert
0:16:10 > 0:16:15and put your name down for one or more of the chairs or the stools
0:16:15 > 0:16:20after the person who had sat on them had had the option of buying it themselves,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24so earls and countesses went away with their high-backed chairs
0:16:24 > 0:16:31- and choristers could or could not have their stools according to the whim...- Yeah, isn't that fantastic?
0:16:31 > 0:16:35And there we are, look - "coronation". I think they're great.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39They're such a piece of history, aren't they? Is this yours?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- No. But what have they got on it?- 85.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46This stool belongs to one of the dealers who sell their wares here.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49It's a nice thing to buy in view of where they came from.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- Do you want me to make a phone call? - I don't want to be rude.
0:16:52 > 0:16:57We have two types of sellers here. There are the sticklers and the tarts.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02- The sticklers, you know you've got 10%...- And that's it, yeah.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- The tarts are there to make sales. They know what they're prepared to let it go for.- A lovely attitude.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I daren't be around when this call is made.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Oh, hello. It's Hilary here from the antiques shop.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18We've got somebody who's interested in the coronation stool.
0:17:18 > 0:17:25Could you do it, by any chance, for, say, £35?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Hmm... Stickler or tart?
0:17:27 > 0:17:28Hold on.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30Uh...
0:17:31 > 0:17:34They say yes, but only if it's cash.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Oh, it'll be cash. Really?
0:17:36 > 0:17:41- You're an absolute angel.- Thank you. - That's really splendid.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45- Some real crispies for you.- Whoa! - Not a lot. Don't get too excited...
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Well done, Charlie. That's your shopping all finished for today.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Just up the road, Catherine is pulling up to somewhere rather special.
0:17:55 > 0:18:01Behind the facade of this unassuming bungalow lies a treat for the ears and eyes.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06- Hi.- Hello. - Lester Jones collects and restores Victorian, mechanical music boxes.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07Wow!
0:18:07 > 0:18:13This is brilliant. So how did you get interested in musical boxes?
0:18:13 > 0:18:17It started as a family collection, my grandfather and father,
0:18:17 > 0:18:22then the restoration side of it was something that I took on seriously about 25 years ago.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26We've got a lovely selection here as well of cylinder boxes.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Can we have a little listen to see how it sounds? I'd love to hear it.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35CAN-CAN MUSIC
0:18:36 > 0:18:39We know this, don't we?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41SHE SINGS ALONG
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Developed from 18th century musical snuff boxes,
0:18:44 > 0:18:50the very first Victorian, mechanical music boxes feature a metal cylinder covered in pins.
0:18:50 > 0:18:56When rotated, the pins catch the teeth of a comb in a specific sequence,
0:18:56 > 0:19:01thereby creating the lovely sound exactly as the Victorians would have heard it.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- I buy them in an unrestored condition. - And you like to do it yourself.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09The movements and the cases are then all fully restored,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12so they look and play like they did when they were new.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17- What's over here? - That's a musical chair. - These are quite rare, aren't they?
0:19:17 > 0:19:23They're very spindly, so not too many have survived. There's a small cylinder music box under the seat.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26When you sit on it, it allows the governor to run.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31I always think these are hilarious. Here we go. It's not going to work now.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- TUNE PLAYS - There we are.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38I suppose they used to find this quite hilarious, didn't they?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41It was a bit of a novelty and a bit of fun,
0:19:41 > 0:19:44but I'm not sure I feel terribly comfortable on a chair
0:19:44 > 0:19:48where music is being played underneath my bottom.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50I think I'll get up.
0:19:50 > 0:19:58They were truly into novelties. The Victorians put musical boxes into fruit bowls, steins and chairs.
0:19:58 > 0:20:05You name it, you can find a musical version of any household item that they had at the time.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Eventually, the cylinders were replaced by discs
0:20:09 > 0:20:12which enabled tunes to be changed quickly and easily.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15TUNE PLAYS This is a typical instrument
0:20:15 > 0:20:19that would have been in English pubs and cafes just prior to 1900.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24So people would have thought these were quite cool things to have at the time.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Today, we have our jukebox, something where we put the money in and we get our selected music.
0:20:29 > 0:20:34- That's what they were doing in the 1900s.- In 1900, this was cutting-edge technology.
0:20:34 > 0:20:40And now these beautiful machines have become very desirable and valuable.
0:20:40 > 0:20:45I'm looking over here at this beautiful automaton. Can I have a look at this?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47So by automaton, we're meaning...?
0:20:47 > 0:20:55A mechanical, moving figure or a picture, often with a musical movement as well.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59Let's see what it does. I'm intrigued to see.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- TUNE PLAYS - Oh, look at that. Oh, look at that!
0:21:02 > 0:21:05That is absolutely delightful.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08We've got a little train going past.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11We've got this little figure walking around the turret
0:21:11 > 0:21:14and this rocking ship.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Even that just by itself...
0:21:20 > 0:21:23It's so sophisticated. There's so much going on there,
0:21:23 > 0:21:27to go up and down on this simulated sea, plus the clock movement.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29That is very exciting, I think.
0:21:30 > 0:21:36- Thank you very much, Lester. It's been a real privilege and a pleasure.- I'm glad you enjoyed it.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Thank you very much. Fantastic.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Oh, lucky Catherine. But now it's the end of the day -
0:21:41 > 0:21:45time for our experts to get some well-earned shuteye.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Night-night.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50CRACK OF THUNDER
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Day two and...oh, dear!
0:21:55 > 0:21:58With no roof, our experts have resorted to shower caps.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Charlie Ross, remind me what we're doing.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05Because I feel that I have lost the plot slightly.
0:22:06 > 0:22:12I must say, the Lord has blessed us with the most unbelievable weather on this trip.
0:22:12 > 0:22:18But thankfully, our experts have both been blessed with a "glass half-full" take on life.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22# Always look on the bright side of life
0:22:22 > 0:22:25# Do-doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-doo
0:22:26 > 0:22:29# Always look on the bright side of life... #
0:22:29 > 0:22:33- I just got dripped on by that tree! - 'Come on, Brian, cheer up!'
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Our competitive pair are leaving Emsworth behind
0:22:37 > 0:22:40and heading to Arundel in West Sussex.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46So far, Catherine has spent £180 on four items -
0:22:46 > 0:22:51three glass and silver perfume bottles and a set of six chimney bricks,
0:22:51 > 0:22:56leaving her with a whopping - not - £14.96 to play with.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58I'm going to go for it, Joe.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02Charlie, meanwhile, has spent £130 on five items -
0:23:02 > 0:23:08a bottle of beer, a fire helmet, a coronation stool, a vesta-cigar cutter and a mandolin harp.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13That leaves him with £5.30 to splash about. Lovely!
0:23:13 > 0:23:15I'm thrilled.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20So with very little money left, an expensive antiques shop is probably out of the question.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24- An aerodrome?- Car boot sale! - In here?- Yes, turn around.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26CATHERINE SCREAMS
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Ah, just the ticket!
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Come hither.
0:23:30 > 0:23:35This huge car boot sale is held on an airfield and is normally teeming with buyers and sellers,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39but Catherine and Charlie have arrived a little late.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I rather like this.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46I rather expect it's quite a lot of money. It's got a super wheel.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49And it's just suitably distressed.
0:23:49 > 0:23:55- A bit like me!- Get in and I'll wheel you around.- I'm not sure the gentleman will give us permission.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00- You're lighter than I am. You should be in the barrow. - No, I'm not getting my jeans dirty.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- I'm not getting my trousers dirty. - In you get.- No!
0:24:03 > 0:24:05How much would you pay for that barrow?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- About a fiver.- Yeah.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09It's 50 quid.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13No, I would probably pay, realistically, about 15.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18Catherine is on her local patch here, but any insider knowledge doesn't help
0:24:18 > 0:24:21when nearly everyone has gone home. Huh!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24I fear I have missed the boat.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28It seems to me that Miss Southon has finally fallen apart.
0:24:28 > 0:24:29It's very like her.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33It's normally completely full right down to the end here.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Hello! Got anything left?
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Charlie has stumbled across a friendly Dutchman - Harry Oolders.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44I love your hat. Is that for sale?
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- Is that your wife in the car?- Yes. - Hello, my dear!
0:24:47 > 0:24:51- How are you, Charlie?- How very... "Charlie" - you know my name!
0:24:51 > 0:24:56- How very sensible to stay in the dry...- Yeah.- ..while the old man does the business.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59I will come straight to the point.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03I've been shopping yesterday. I bought a few things.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06I am left with £5 in my pocket.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- No more?- No more. I don't have any more.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Oh, look, that must be a Dutch oil painting.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- Wempe.- Wempe, yes.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22Pieter Wempe - he's a very famous artist(!) Oh, yes, he is.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Charlie, what are you doing? That painting is total tat!
0:25:25 > 0:25:28It's a lovely signature.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30- Is that £5?- £5 for you.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33I think for a fiver...
0:25:33 > 0:25:37It's probably worth two quid, but you're such a lovely man,
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I'm going to buy it because I want to buy it. Here we go.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Five of the best, sir.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Charlie's final item, but Catherine can't find anything she wants to buy,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49apart from... Remember this?
0:25:49 > 0:25:54- How much is your wheelbarrow? - I've got 50 on it.- Oh!- £50.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58- But I can move a little bit. - Can you move a lot?
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Something like that would look great in a garden filled with...
0:26:02 > 0:26:07- Absolutely.- Filled with nice, blooming flowers, it would look wonderful in the summer.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I tell you what. £30, you can buy it.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13I would buy it at that, but I promise you, I haven't got that left.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Can I buy it for £14.96?
0:26:16 > 0:26:18I could have a lot of fun with that.
0:26:18 > 0:26:24I'd love to sell it, make a lot of money and shove Charlie in it and wheel off to success.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29- Go on, shake my hand.- Shall I do it? - I've never sold one as cheap. - Have you not?- Never.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Do you think I should do it? - Shake my hand.- Yeah!
0:26:32 > 0:26:35That's a first - a deal done on sheer exuberance!
0:26:35 > 0:26:37You've got to hand it to her.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- This is literally it down to the last drop.- I believe you.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Thank you very much indeed.- £10...
0:26:44 > 0:26:47- 14 pounds and 96 pence. - I will never forget it.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50So that leaves our experts virtually spent up.
0:26:50 > 0:26:56While Catherine squeezes the rain out of her socks, Charlie has somewhere rather lovely to go.
0:26:57 > 0:27:02He's heading to the West Sussex village of West Hoathly to visit a very old and special house.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06It's called The Priest House
0:27:06 > 0:27:11and showing him around is the curator who lives in it now - Anthony Smith.
0:27:11 > 0:27:17- Hello.- Hello.- Charlie Ross. - Anthony. A pleasure to meet you. - Lovely to meet you.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20- Thank you for letting me in today. - Thank you for coming.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24All I know is I'm at The Priest House, named after a priest?
0:27:24 > 0:27:29It never was the house of a priest. Its name comes from its connection with Lewes Priory.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34- This was built to administer the land. It's a church office. - When was it built?- About 1430.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39This beautiful, ancient house nearly collapsed from centuries of neglect
0:27:39 > 0:27:45until it was finally rescued in the early 20th century by a wealthy and very forward-looking man.
0:27:45 > 0:27:50- Who was...?- John Godwin King who lived to the north-west of the village.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- Is this the man? - That's John Godwin King, yes.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57He never put the rents up for anyone who lived in his properties.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- How unusual for a landlord! - Very, yes.
0:27:59 > 0:28:05John Godwin King bought and restored the house, so that he could use it as a museum
0:28:05 > 0:28:09for all the treasures he collected locally and while travelling.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14One of these was his Australian wife who founded a local theatre group.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17This is Charlotte King who ran the local players
0:28:17 > 0:28:20and this is producing their Greek drama in 1913.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24The idea was to get as many people from the village involved as possible.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Charlotte and John Godwin King were both ardent Liberals
0:28:27 > 0:28:32and these views were reflected in the ethos of Charlotte's theatre company.
0:28:32 > 0:28:39- This was performed by village folk? - Partly by villagers, but also they brought their friends from London.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42But they might end up playing the part of the maid and servant
0:28:42 > 0:28:46and the local shepherd or shopkeeper might play the lord or lady.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50It was all very egalitarian and they still do it that way.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55We know that some quite famous people came to see it. George Bernard Shaw was probably the most famous.
0:28:55 > 0:29:00- Really?- I know a man who is now in his 80s who performed when he was a little boy
0:29:00 > 0:29:05and at the end of the performance, he was sat on an old gentleman's knee.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- He said it was a gentleman with a big white beard.- George Bernard Shaw.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13And this gentleman said, "Young man, you were quite awful."
0:29:13 > 0:29:15This was George Bernard Shaw.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21John and Charlotte's daughter Ursula was a Suffragette
0:29:21 > 0:29:25and John himself was a member of the Men's League for Women's Suffrage.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Upstairs is an extraordinary memento of that struggle -
0:29:29 > 0:29:34a large handkerchief embroidered with the signatures and initials of 68 Suffragettes.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Embroidered by women in Holloway Prison in March 1912.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40And they went on hunger strike in there?
0:29:40 > 0:29:45A third of the women on the handkerchief went on hunger strike and a third were forcibly fed.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48It's a mystery how the handkerchief ended up in West Hoathly.
0:29:48 > 0:29:53We don't know why it's in the village, but it turned up at a jumble sale in the 1960s.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57It was going to be burned with all the remnants at the end of the day.
0:29:57 > 0:30:03It was taken off the bonfire pile by the custodian of the museum here at the time and she cleaned it up.
0:30:03 > 0:30:09- There can't be many artefacts more important, relating to that movement.- No, no.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11John Godwin King was ahead of his time,
0:30:11 > 0:30:16recognising the value of restoration and preserving pieces of history
0:30:16 > 0:30:20long before it was fashionable to do so, and thank goodness he did,
0:30:20 > 0:30:25but now, Charlie, you have to leave that beautiful cottage garden behind you,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29for it's time for our experts to reveal all to each other.
0:30:29 > 0:30:34Where better than across the road in beautiful West Hoathly Parish Church where I used to worship?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Oh, oh!
0:30:39 > 0:30:43What do you think about these? You know where I bought them.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48I know exactly where you bought them and they're fantastic and I wanted to buy them.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52No, I wanted to buy one of them as I don't have your amount of money.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I was asked £45 for one of them,
0:30:54 > 0:30:57so one, two, three, four, five, six...24...
0:30:57 > 0:31:00Yes, it's £270.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04- Well, I got them for 130. - I don't believe you.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08I would have only bought one. In itself, it would have been quirky.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12- What would you do with one?- Make a sixth of the loss I would with six.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Are these one lot?- They are, yes.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Right, I'll tell you what those are worth.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21MUTTERS TO HIMSELF
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- About £100 to £120. - No, they're not worth that.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29- With that embossed top? Come on.- Come on.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- I paid £50 for those. - For the three?- Yes.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36I know, it just doesn't seem fair, does it, Charlie?
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Now where is she off to?
0:31:38 > 0:31:42You haven't bought... You didn't have enough money to buy that.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45I saw that at the boot fair. I said, "How much is it?"
0:31:45 > 0:31:49The gentleman said, "It's 60 quid, but you can have it for 50."
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Now, you told me you only had £14.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55And 96 pence, actually.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59And I actually paid him £14.96.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03- He was quite happy to sell it to me. - I'm sure he was over the moon.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08- Oh, dear, here we go.- You're in the money. Profit, profit, gamble.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Do you remember the last auction?
0:32:10 > 0:32:13- Yes.- What did I buy for 5p?
0:32:13 > 0:32:17- Beer. You haven't bought more, Charlie?- Well, it made 12 quid.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- Ta-da! - That's a very boring stool.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Don't gloat too soon, Catherine.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27- It's a coronation stool from Westminster Abbey.- Is it?
0:32:27 > 0:32:33Anybody that was at the coronation had the right to buy their chair or their stool.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35That was owned by a chorister.
0:32:35 > 0:32:41- You burst out laughing because if it wasn't a coronation stool, it is a fiver on a good day.- Yeah.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45But they were asking £85 for it and I bought it for 35 quid.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Sticking on the coronation theme, we go to 1911.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50A zither? Is it a zither?
0:32:50 > 0:32:53It's actually called a mandolin harp.
0:32:53 > 0:32:59- Yes.- But it was the transfer of George V and the decoration
0:32:59 > 0:33:05that did it for me and obviously not for you and that's absolutely fine. This is going particularly well(!)
0:33:05 > 0:33:09- This was about £10, £15? - I paid £35 for that.
0:33:09 > 0:33:15I asked a nice Dutchman, "What will you sell me for £5?" He said, "That painting." That, I bought for £2
0:33:15 > 0:33:19simply because the last one made £12, but my favourite item is that.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22I thought that was a little knob on there.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26- I didn't notice that.- It's a mandolin knob(!)- What is that?
0:33:26 > 0:33:29That is a Veuve Clicquot champagne bottle,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31vesta, striker
0:33:31 > 0:33:34- and...cigar cutter. - That's fantastic.- All in one.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38At last, she likes something. Hallelujah!
0:33:38 > 0:33:42- 48 for it.- I think that's good. - So I've got one out of five!
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- Oh, no, hang on!- You've got more?
0:33:45 > 0:33:50I'm afraid I broke the rules. You took the mickey out of my fez.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52I bought it for a tenner. 135, the lot.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57Some mixed reactions there. Now, what do they really think?
0:33:57 > 0:34:03Wheelbarrow, quoted to Rossco, £60. Catherine buys it for £14 and a few pence.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06She's bought three wonderful silver-top jars,
0:34:06 > 0:34:11one by William Comyns, a great maker, which I think is worth 100 quid on its own,
0:34:11 > 0:34:14then she looks at my items and bursts out laughing.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19The beer, the picture, the helmet - it's just Charlie really, isn't it?
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Silly Charlie.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25But I think there is a tad of seriousness coming in there
0:34:25 > 0:34:29and there's a couple of things there that I'm a little bit jealous of.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32The stool, I think is actually rather good.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37But between you and me, I do hope that the bricks sink.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Ooh! Well, let the battle commence, eh?
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Catherine and Charlie's third leg began in Birdham, West Sussex,
0:34:44 > 0:34:48had a little detour into Hampshire, then continued eastwards.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51It will conclude at an auction in Lewes, East Sussex.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55This is where it's at.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59How was that, Miss Southon? Perfectly driven as always.
0:35:02 > 0:35:08- Allow me.- What a gent! Gorringes made its name by selling the collections of large country houses
0:35:08 > 0:35:13and now has a reputation for auctioning fine antiques and collectables.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18So does auctioneer Philip Taylor think our experts' choices make the grade? Philip?
0:35:18 > 0:35:23Charlie and Catherine have brought some interesting things for us to look at,
0:35:23 > 0:35:28but unfortunately, maybe they didn't realise the day we're offering it is a silver sale.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33I'm not sure we're going to have too many buyers for their wheelbarrow on a silver sale
0:35:33 > 0:35:37or for the chimney bricks. We'll see. Hopefully, we'll do OK.
0:35:37 > 0:35:43The best item is the silver-mounted, cut-glass scent bottle by William Comyns, always a strong seller.
0:35:43 > 0:35:48The most undesirable thing, I think, is the completely undrinkable bottle of beer.
0:35:48 > 0:35:55Oh, dear, a silver sale. Perhaps a crafty call to the auction house in advance might have been a wise idea.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58They'll know for next time, though!
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Charlie started this leg with £135.30
0:36:02 > 0:36:05and spent exactly 135 on six auction lots,
0:36:05 > 0:36:08not one of which is silver.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Oh, it'll be cash.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15Catherine began with £194.96 and spent every penny she had.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19She has split the perfume bottles into two separate lots,
0:36:19 > 0:36:21so has four auction lots in total.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- 14 pounds and 96 pence! - I will never forget it.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27This could be disastrous.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Oh, Charlie, I'm actually panicking!
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Good luck. You'll need it.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36First up is Charlie's coronation stool.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41£30 again to start it? £20 for the coronation stool? 20 I'm bid.
0:36:41 > 0:36:4325. 25. 30 bid. 35.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46£35 only. 40 bid now. At £40.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50I need to sell it at 40. Are you all done? Then at £40 it goes...
0:36:51 > 0:36:56That's a loss after the auction house takes its well-earned commission.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Ah, here we are. This is my lot, everybody.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Yes, it's Catherine's big gamble next - her chimney bricks.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08- Bomb and that's it.- Bomb or not to bomb? That is the question.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Rocket and Rossco is history.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13£20 to get them started? £10, surely?
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- £10?! - The chimney bricks at £10?
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- Oh, no!- I'll give you 10.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22- What a man!- £10 bid. At 10. £10 only. 15 now.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25- Come along now. At 15. - I don't believe it.- 20 in front.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28At 25 now. They're unusual, aren't they, at 25, you must say?
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Are you all done? At £25 they sell then.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36Oh, dear, she's dropped a brick there. Six, actually. Poor girl.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39- Are you all right? - No, I'm absolutely heartbroken.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Will Charlie's helmet set the house on fire?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45£10 bid me on it? Any bids at 10? 5, will someone say?
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Any bids at £5? Thank you, 5 I'm bid. Brave lady at £5.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Thank goodness for the brave lady!
0:37:51 > 0:37:5410 I'm bid now at the back. 15, madam? Make it 12 if you wish?
0:37:54 > 0:37:5712 I'm bid. Thank you. At £12 only.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59- £12 only...- Yes.
0:37:59 > 0:38:04It looks like a profit, but sadly, that's a loss after costs.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07- You got a profit on that? - No, not after commission.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Next up, Catherine's two perfume bottles.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14£30 to get them started? 25 then? 25 I'm bid. The two together now.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- 25 only. - I need a bit more than 25, Charlie.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- £30 bid. £30. 35.- Ssh!- 35. At 40.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Come on. Come on. They're really good.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- 45. 50.- Come on.- At 50.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- At £50 bid.- Come on.- At £50. 55. At 55. 60.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- The two together now at £60.- Please keep going. Please keep going.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- 65. At 65. Still yours at 65. - Come on, keep going.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42- Keep going.- Last time then, lady's bid in front. At £65 they go...
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Look at that! An excellent profit for Catherine. She's edging back.
0:38:46 > 0:38:51- To hell with the bricks! Forget the bricks.- No, Charlie, I can't ever forget the bricks.
0:38:51 > 0:38:56We'll all have to move on now. It's Charlie's oil painting next.
0:38:56 > 0:39:00Anyone seen it? 20? Start me at £20? £10 to get me started, someone?
0:39:00 > 0:39:04- Something would be good. - Yes, something would do. £5.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- The gentleman's seen it. £5 only. - Congratulations, sir.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10You don't need to see it at this price. At £5.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13I'll have to sell it at 5. It goes at £5 only...
0:39:14 > 0:39:19And that's broken even. Charlie is struggling to make profits today.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23- We're not having a good day. - You're having an absolute stormer!
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- Charlie... - You made 40 quid on your bottles.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30- £130 bought...- Forget that.- £25 sold.- Just forget that and move on.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32That's not a good day in my book.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37What you both need is a bit of music to your ears. Will the harp sing?
0:39:37 > 0:39:39What will we say? £20 for the zither?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42£10 for the zither to get it started? 10 I'm bid.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46- Result, frankly!- 15 bid. 20 now. 25. £25 for the zither.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- 30.- This is a world record for a zither.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53In the corner now at 30. You're going to get it, I think, at 30.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57- Finished at £30... - You're a wonderful man.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00It's another loss. Oh, dear.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Chuffed?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Over the moon(!)
0:40:04 > 0:40:07Next, Catherine's rustic wheelbarrow.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12£20 I'm bid. At 20 here. Only at £20. 25, I should think so too. At 25.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16£30 now, sir. At 30. 35, will you?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19At 35, I have. It's on the back wall now at £35.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22- Oh!- At £40. At 40.- On the internet.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24- At £40 on the desk.- Oh!- £45.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27At 45. 50, I have.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- Beside me now at 50.- Thank you. - Sells at £50 on the desk...
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Thank you, everybody.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Excellent profit on the wheelbarrow, considering it's a silver sale!
0:40:37 > 0:40:40You've got to laugh or you cry.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45Next, Charlie's only silver of the auction. Silver Jubilee, that is.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Any bids at £5? Get me started, surely? £2 if you wish?
0:40:48 > 0:40:52- £2 on my right. The bid is at £2. - Somebody's bid £2.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56- Somebody's bid on the internet. Marvellous.- At £2 only...
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Oh, that bottle sank!
0:40:59 > 0:41:02I've got to pay a commission on that, Miss Southon.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04I've got to pay about 35p commission.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09Hopefully, Charlie's champagne plated vesta picks up his profits.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13£20 to get it started? £10 if you wish? Thank you, 10 I'm bid.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17- 15 bid now. Thank you, sir. At £20. - I'm surprised, actually.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- Very cheap, isn't it? - I'm very surprised. That's not on.
0:41:20 > 0:41:2425, thank you, sir. At £25. I haven't seen one of these before.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26£30, I have. Thank you, sir. At £30.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30- 35.- It deserves to do well, this, Charlie.- The bid now is at 35.
0:41:30 > 0:41:35- Not quite what I expected. - I'm letting it go then at £35...
0:41:35 > 0:41:37That really surprises me.
0:41:37 > 0:41:42Champagne Charlie loved it, but sadly, no-one else seemed to.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45I would have bought that, definitely.
0:41:45 > 0:41:50Now it's the last lot of the day - Catherine's embossed perfume bottle.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52She sure needs it to make a profit.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Straight in at £50 to start it.
0:41:55 > 0:41:5755. 60 now. 65.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00£65 bid. At 65... 70 bid.
0:42:00 > 0:42:05Are we all done? Any further bidders then? At £70. It sells at 70...
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Well done, Catherine.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09A great profit for Catherine,
0:42:09 > 0:42:14but has it made a dent in her bruising loss on the bricks?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Let's splash out. I'll buy you a glass of water.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Enjoy your bricks, sir.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22What a roller-coaster this auction has been!
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Charlie started this leg with £135.30
0:42:26 > 0:42:31and has made a loss of £33.32 after auction costs.
0:42:31 > 0:42:36That leaves him with a rather meagre total of £101.98 to carry forward.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Don't look so sad!
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Catherine had a disaster with her bricks,
0:42:41 > 0:42:45but her other profits meant she is still today's winner.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48She began this leg with £194.96
0:42:48 > 0:42:51and made a loss of £22.76,
0:42:51 > 0:42:56bringing her total to £172.20 to spend next time.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Right, Miss Southon, allow me, oh, most prestigious brick-buyer.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06You're not allowed to mention that word!
0:43:06 > 0:43:13- Although I just bumped into the buyer who bought the bricks. - Yeah.- £25?- He did.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16He's just sold them for 50.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:43:18 > 0:43:23- Thank you, Lord! - I cannot believe it. - Onwards and upwards.- Off we go!
0:43:23 > 0:43:29Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Charlie is none too pleased.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32My budget is s-s-severely limited.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35And Catherine ups the ante.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39- I think you need to go down the back.- Why? - Because it's the cheaper area.
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