0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:06I love that!
0:00:06 > 0:00:08..a classic car,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Yippee!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Have I just done a terrible thing?
0:00:14 > 0:00:19The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners
0:00:20 > 0:00:22and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Am I going to flip a coin?
0:00:24 > 0:00:26So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:26 > 0:00:28or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29I can't believe it - we're rubbish!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:38# Let's go trippin'! #
0:00:41 > 0:00:46On this road trip, we're with Catherine Southern, David Harper and their 1983 Mini.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52For most of their journey, they've been heading south,
0:00:52 > 0:00:54a bit like their money.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58We are not going to make hundreds or thousands of pounds.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01- I think you might be right. - It's not going to happen.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Because, whatever they bought...
0:01:03 > 0:01:05That is impossible!
0:01:05 > 0:01:06..big or small...
0:01:06 > 0:01:09profits have been very hard to come by.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11That's it. I am absolutely wiped out.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16This is our final leg, and we're heading for a Somerset showdown.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- This is it - last-chance saloon. - I know. I know.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24- And we're in Bath! - We've got no chance!
0:01:26 > 0:01:28David started out with £200
0:01:28 > 0:01:30and he somehow managed to reduce it
0:01:30 > 0:01:34to an embarrassing £149.24p.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Catherine also began with £200 and she has the lead,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43with a nothing-to-be-proud-of £185.94p.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45But will she spend it all?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Our trip began in Eccleston in Lancashire and headed south
0:01:50 > 0:01:53for about 350 miles, through Wales and the West Country,
0:01:53 > 0:01:55heading for Seaton in Devon.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00We're starting out in the city of Bath,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and then making for a thrilling finale
0:02:03 > 0:02:06at an auction by the sea, in Seaton.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Although the city's been famous for a very long time,
0:02:11 > 0:02:15thanks to its healing waters, it was the Georgians who turned Bath
0:02:15 > 0:02:19into one of the country's most fashionable resorts.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- This is VERY familiar. - Is it?- I've been here before.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26You've got no chance! I know them! They're mine!
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Come on, you.- You are a devil!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Now, then. Now, then. - This is so familiar to me.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- It's like I was here yesterday. - It's like being at home.- It is.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41Catherine's first to schmooze Alex, the owner.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Hello! I was here not so long ago. Very nice to see you again, Alex.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50I like that.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53And that's the sort of thing that would stand out at auction.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55People will be drawn towards it.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59It's wooden.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02My little boy would love that! Isn't that gorgeous?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04How much is on that?
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Oh, 170!
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Probably '40s. Isn't that lovely? It's got a lovely look about it.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Got all its original paintwork.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Nice little vintage toy. You can't go wrong with that.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Although you can, at 170.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I think she'll certainly have a word about that.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Meanwhile, David it seems has decided to give up on fancy stuff
0:03:25 > 0:03:28and buy with the auction in mind. Not a bad idea, Dave.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29See if you can churn it.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33We are going to a country sale and that's a provincial country item.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36And it could be the right thing to go to the right sale.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38This is an oak butter churn, 19th century,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42although the functional design barely changed over the years.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44It could go down a storm in Devon.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47And let's see - if it's 50 quid, it's cheap.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Yes, but the ticket price of £140 would wipe you out.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- Can I make you an offer on it? - You can.- OK.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58- 50 quid, Alex. - You'll get more than that in Devon.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Not the way my journey's going!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02He's a bit desperate!
0:04:02 > 0:04:0465.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I have to be really hard. Under normal circumstances, I'd say yes.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Oh, yeah(?)
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Short of getting down on hands and knees...
0:04:11 > 0:04:12Please take my 50 quid.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Go on, then.
0:04:14 > 0:04:1650? Magnificent. Thank you very much.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- That's very, very, very good of you. - I know it is!
0:04:20 > 0:04:22What a start, eh?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24That certainly was a good churn.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25What's Catherine got there?
0:04:25 > 0:04:27That's a nice little set.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Are they all silver on the top?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32- Yes.- Lovely leather case.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35What's nice is, it's in lovely condition.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Still got the little tag.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I'd say probably '30s.
0:04:38 > 0:04:44- OK. Nice original cap to that. Has that got the same one?- Yes.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46All the hallmarks match perfectly.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48That would have to be very cheap.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Ah. I thought it said "48".
0:04:50 > 0:04:52It was 148.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54We can talk about it a little bit. How about 80?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Still a lot.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58It's as far as I can go down.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00I do really like the train.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02What about if we have the two?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04We can do that at 60.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08And the train at 90, how about that?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10That train's too expensive, at 90.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I'm thinking more 50, to be honest.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- No, can't do it.- Could you do 60, and I'll have the two, 120?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Go on, then.- OK.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Just before I shake your hand, I'm going to think.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25That's blowing quite a lot of my money.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26I'll shake your hand
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- on the train, definitely, at 60. - And the bottles?
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Hold fire on the bottles. I'm definitely going for the train, at 60.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Tut-tut, Catherine, that's really naughty.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Thanks very much. See you!
0:05:39 > 0:05:41So, Catherine gets the train for just £60,
0:05:41 > 0:05:45but that was a very foxy deal, young lady.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Now, this looks like an interesting shop.
0:05:47 > 0:05:52Whoa! This place must once have been a grocer's.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Oh, my gosh!
0:05:54 > 0:05:56I think David prefers it this way, though.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58What a shop!
0:05:58 > 0:06:02There aren't many shops like this left in the country.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Treasure troves.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07That's quite nice. Spinach jade, that.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Really? You're kidding me?!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Jade is amazingly hard, as you can imagine.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17The way to test it is to take a coin or penknife and you go...
0:06:17 > 0:06:18the base of something.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20You just scratch it,
0:06:20 > 0:06:23and if it's soapstone, you will, literally, dig into it.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24- That is hard... - HE TAPS THE BASE
0:06:24 > 0:06:28..So it's either a jade or a jadeite, but would be described
0:06:28 > 0:06:30as a hard stone.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33For the Chinese, jade has the same sort of cache
0:06:33 > 0:06:35as gold or diamonds in the West.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37The Imperial Family
0:06:37 > 0:06:39used it to furnish their graves.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40The price is on the up now,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43thanks to China's great economic might.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46It has a little fracture here.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Is she listening? It would have to be really cheap.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- Caroline, were you listening to that?- I wasn't, I'm sorry.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I thought you were having a private conversation.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Well, I do talk to myself!
0:06:59 > 0:07:03The ticket price is £35, but what can Caroline, the dealer, do?
0:07:03 > 0:07:05I don't think so.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07No, I can't.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- Almost?- Oh, dear.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12If you made it 20...
0:07:12 > 0:07:14- Go on, then. - ..we've got a deal.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19- Woh!- Hallelujah! Hallelujah! We've done some business!
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Smelling salts, please!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Congratulations. Now, let's have a toast.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Ah, just the thing.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27These are quite nice.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30They have an early 19th-century look to them.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32They have the right look.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35I'd say they're late-Edwardian.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37HE PINGS GLASS
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Give them another ping.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40SHE PINGS GLASS
0:07:40 > 0:07:41"The ring of confidence!"
0:07:41 > 0:07:43THEY LAUGH
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- They're all right. Nice bit of old grinding there.- Good wear.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- Good wear on that. - That's always a big sign.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51The ticket price on these is £46.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54What could they be to me?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I think it's time you left, so I'll give you a decent price.
0:07:59 > 0:08:0035, for the pair.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Could they be possibly 20, for the pair?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Tell you what, £30 and that's it.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Caroline, I can't.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- 20.- 26!- Go on, then. You're an angel.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13And now, are you going?
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Don't worry, Caroline, he's almost spent his very-limited funds anyway,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20with just £53.24p left.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Now, what's Catherine up to?
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Motoring from Bath up to Gloucestershire,
0:08:31 > 0:08:34and the village of Berkeley.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38She's here to visit a museum dedicated to Edward Jenner,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41the physician and scientist, who,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44as the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine,
0:08:44 > 0:08:46is said to have saved more lives than any other man.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Hi, very nice to meet you.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Welcome to Dr Jenner's house. - Wonderful.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Edward Jenner was born in Berkeley in 1749
0:08:54 > 0:08:57and later became the local doctor,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01whereupon he set about trying to eradicate smallpox,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05a disease which was then as deadly as cancer today.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Now we've all heard of smallpox,
0:09:09 > 0:09:11but we don't really know very much more about it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:17It starts off with flu-like symptoms and, as the disease progresses,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20you come out in bumps and pustules all over your body.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Not only were they on your skin, but they were
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- also on your internal organs, your retinas and in your ear canals.- Oh!
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Even if you survived smallpox,
0:09:28 > 0:09:31you were either left with horrific scarring on your skin,
0:09:31 > 0:09:33but also deafness and blindness were absolutely rife.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- Would you literally be covered from head to toe?- Absolutely.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42In the 18th-century, the disease was untreatable
0:09:42 > 0:09:45and inoculation with the virus that causes smallpox
0:09:45 > 0:09:47was extremely dangerous.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51So Jenner started experimenting with a much milder cowpox
0:09:51 > 0:09:53as a possible vaccine.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Folklore stipulated that dairy maids didn't catch smallpox
0:09:58 > 0:10:01and they had beautiful skin, so,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04"Fair dairy maids, why do you have such beautiful skin?"
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Jenner did actually ask a young lady that.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09She said, "You should know, you're an apprentice doctor,
0:10:09 > 0:10:11"you should know, I've had cowpox."
0:10:11 > 0:10:16In 1796, Jenner tested his theory by inoculating his gardener's son
0:10:16 > 0:10:21with pus from the cowpox blisters of a local milkmaid.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24The rest became history.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27In 1979, the World Health Organisation announced
0:10:27 > 0:10:31smallpox had been eradicated from the human population.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35No wonder they call Edward Jenner, "the father of immunity".
0:10:39 > 0:10:43And we continue with a miracle of engineering.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45No, it's not the Mini...
0:10:45 > 0:10:49This is a lovely moment, going across Clifton Suspension Bridge.
0:10:52 > 0:10:58Yep, if you haven't already guessed it, our antiques-buying duo are in the city of Bristol.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Brunel's Great Britain, my God!
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Great Britain, that is very exciting. Can't we go and see that?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06- We haven't got time, we have got to go antique buying.- Arr!
0:11:08 > 0:11:12To the south of the city, there are a couple of very unusual shops.
0:11:12 > 0:11:18Side-by-side, owned by a father, Michael, and his daughter, Rachel.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- So, you go see Michael and I'll go and see Rachel.- Good luck.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- Hello.- Hello.- Might you be Michael, by any chance?
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- Catherine.- Hello.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Oh, you're a charmer, I don't even need to charm you.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Oh, Lord!
0:11:33 > 0:11:35The red dress is always charming.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37You and I are going to get on famously.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Steady on, you two, it's more or less daytime.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Hello, Rachel, I'm David.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44- Pleased to meet you, David. - Nice to meet you.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Fresh. Now, what are Michael and Catherine getting up to?
0:11:48 > 0:11:51- They're nice, the weights.- They make nice little doorstops, don't they?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53- Have you got a good strong wrist. Got it?- Yeah.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55SHE LAUGHS
0:11:55 > 0:11:59- Called bell weights, because of the shape of a bell.- Yeah.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Weights like these were once used in all grocers' shops.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04People collect these now.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06They look lovely on a dresser.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09How much are these, then, to me?
0:12:09 > 0:12:10As we are getting on famously!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Those would normally be about £100.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17- Yeah.- I'll do them for £60. That is reasonable.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19While she weighs these up,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22there's plenty more in this shop to grab her attention.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25I do like your green bus.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Uh-oh, typical, you wait ages for a child sit-on transport-type toy
0:12:29 > 0:12:31and then two arrive in two days.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- It all tin plate, isn't it?- The kids used to ride on them, sit on them
0:12:34 > 0:12:36and go along the floor on them. A proper toy to play with.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Yeah, yeah, it's pretty sturdy.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41- You can feel the weight of it. - It's nicely made.- It's pretty strong.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- It's robust, isn't it?- It was made to be used, not to be looked at.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46No, no, no. It would be lovely if there was a name of a maker.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49It's tin plate, that's for sure, and it would be nice to know...
0:12:49 > 0:12:51What does this say on the wheels?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Oh, that's interesting. MUSIC PLAYS
0:12:54 > 0:12:58It's made by Tri-ang, a very good brand in British toys.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02The name comes from the founding Lines family.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05There were three brothers, or three Lines, as in a triangle,
0:13:05 > 0:13:07hence Tri-ang.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10So we're talking '40s here?
0:13:10 > 0:13:14- I'd say between 1939 and 1950.- Mm.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18It may cost a little more now than it did then, though.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- It'll be 65. - SHE GASPS
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- To you...- 20?- Oh, no, no, no, no.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23£30.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28The thing is with this, it's been repainted.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Can we do 25?- Go on, then.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- 25?- Yeah.- Yeah. - And that is a bargain.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- Are you sure you don't want to have a ride on it.- Huh?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Are you sure you don't want to sit on it?
0:13:38 > 0:13:40No, I do NOT want to sit on it! No!
0:13:40 > 0:13:41They are awful, aren't they?
0:13:41 > 0:13:45While she hitches a lift, let's take a peek next door.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I'm not looking for furniture, but I'm always drawn
0:13:47 > 0:13:49to anything with a Chinese feel.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53A little Chinese hardwood - probably rosewood - carved, urn stand.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55It's really pretty and it's quite small
0:13:55 > 0:13:58and I do find that quirky, small items sell very well.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Yeah, could be a little wine table, with an inset piece of pink marble.
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Late 19th, early 20th century.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I mean, I've got 85 on that one,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- because I do rate it as a nice piece.- Yeah.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13I'm open to negotiations to a nice, young-looking men.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Oh, really, is there one in here?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17THEY LAUGH
0:14:17 > 0:14:20You are horrible, you are absolutely horrible.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22They're getting on very well!
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Now, David only has £53.24p left to spend.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30I can do something on that, but it would be the majority
0:14:30 > 0:14:33of what you have, so you wouldn't be left with a lot.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36We might be able to come up with some negotiation.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38OK, that sounds interesting.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Now, what about Catherine?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43She's got the bus and she quite likes the weights.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46I'll tell you what I'll do, if you fancy the two of them,
0:14:46 > 0:14:48I'll do the two for 75.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50And there's more.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- What's the carved little coconut thing?- Ah.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59So it is nicely hand carved,
0:14:59 > 0:15:03with leaves, decoration, lots of foliage, flowers.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07But interestingly,
0:15:07 > 0:15:14there's a little carved scene here, of two figures.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17They look like they've got some sort of spear or something there.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19He could have been the chief.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Coconuts have been carved for centuries,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24but then, just about every part of the coconut palm can be used.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27In the Philippines, they call it "the tree of life".
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Michael's ticket price is £25, but I think
0:15:30 > 0:15:32she may get it for quite a bit less.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35Next door, David still wants that table,
0:15:35 > 0:15:39but Rachel may have a piece of jewellery to complete the deal.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43I would probably put £35 on that one piece, because that's Art Deco
0:15:43 > 0:15:46but obviously, I know you've only got a certain amount of money...
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Stop laughing!
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- Is that definitely all you have? - Yes, I promise you.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- You have nothing else?- Look, I'll even show you. That and that.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56I want you to have all of that money.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- Are you thinking of giving me all of that...- No, no, no.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00All of that and the Chinese table?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- No, I'm thinking one item and the table.- No!
0:16:03 > 0:16:06I thought you were going to say, "I'll give you the Chinese table
0:16:06 > 0:16:09"and that little collection for all that money."
0:16:09 > 0:16:12I just thought that's what you were going to say.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17He's just trying his luck, but will Rachel give in?
0:16:17 > 0:16:19You drive such a hard...
0:16:19 > 0:16:22You're so lovely, it's really hard to say "no" to you.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27I would be very happy to give you £54.24p for the Chinese table
0:16:27 > 0:16:29and that little collection.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Shameless stuff.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39- OK. OK. You've had SUCH a good deal! - You are gorgeous.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Thank you, so much.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45So Rachel's agreed to sell the table for £33.24p - ridiculous! -
0:16:45 > 0:16:48and all that jewellery for just £20.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Take your money, £54.24.
0:16:50 > 0:16:5253...
0:16:52 > 0:16:5424.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56£53.24?
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Oh, Rachel, I feel awful.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00I've just fleeced you for another quid.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04All of that extra and now another pound, to add insult to injury.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08Seems there's a lot of that going on. Now, has Catherine got a deal?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10No. Still looking.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Oh, that's nice, isn't it?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15It's the correct lid, which is very unusual. They're always missing.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16People replace them with corks.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20- It's etched.- Meredith...- And Drew.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Meredith were biscuits.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Meredith and Drew, of Shadwell, East London,
0:17:25 > 0:17:28were founded in 1830 and made ginger nuts, Rob Roy's
0:17:28 > 0:17:32and forget-me-nots, as well as several other varieties.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- That is £45.- That is?- Yeah.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36And you've only got a fiver left.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38No, I haven't got a fiver left, I've got a bit more than that.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- But I'll put it there. - That's a possibility.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43I've got the jars, the bus and the weights.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45That's three items for £95.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48- How does that sound?- I've gone all giddy now.- But I like...
0:17:48 > 0:17:51£100 is a very nice, round number.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- I'll tell you what I'll do for that £100.- £100.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- For the £100 cash, I shall put the coconut in for you.- Oh...
0:17:58 > 0:18:00I should think that would make you a very good deal.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- That sounds very, very kind. - You are very nice.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Thank you very much, I've had a lovely time in here.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Now I'd better pay you some cash, for your goods.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Cor, talk about going for a song.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12- Bye-bye.- Bye-bye.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Bye-bye! Let's stick with Catherine
0:18:14 > 0:18:18as she motors along the coast to the Victorian resort of Clevedon.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Last shop, last few pounds left.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25This is my last chance.
0:18:29 > 0:18:30- Hello!- Hello!
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Might you be Julia? - Yes, that's right.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Hello, Julia, across the pottery and glass.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you, too.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Wow, what a shop!
0:18:44 > 0:18:48Well, there's a couple of pieces that I'm drawn towards.
0:18:50 > 0:18:55Firstly, this. Now, this is very sweet.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57An ashtray, a little pin tray,
0:18:57 > 0:18:591900-1910.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01This is made from copper
0:19:01 > 0:19:05and it's been hammered, to create this little pattern around here,
0:19:05 > 0:19:06almost like bubbles.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10What I would like to see, when I turn this over,
0:19:10 > 0:19:12is "Newlyn" stamped on it,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16but it's not. But I think...
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I would almost put money on it,
0:19:19 > 0:19:21that this is Newlyn.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23In the late 19th century,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26many Cornish fishermen, seeking a more reliable form of employment,
0:19:26 > 0:19:28retrained to work in copper.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32This chimed with the ideas of the Arts and Crafts movement
0:19:32 > 0:19:35and produced many desirable items.
0:19:35 > 0:19:36(It's got £69 on it.)
0:19:36 > 0:19:39(I don't have £69.)
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Would that be anywhere near...?
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Let me have a look.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45(I like that.)
0:19:45 > 0:19:46I would need 40 on that.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48CATHERINE WHIMPERS
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Oh, dear.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51That's a bit of a gap.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53It's pretty, it's very pretty.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56And I think the problem is, when you come into a shop
0:19:56 > 0:19:59and you see something you really like,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02everything else doesn't come up to that level.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Do you know what I mean?
0:20:04 > 0:20:08Well, I think that can probably be £25.94.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12- 94 pence.- Could it?- Yes. - That would be jolly kind.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- You're welcome. - It's been absolutely lovely.- Phew!
0:20:15 > 0:20:19Well done, Julia, for relieving Catherine of those last few pounds.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24OK, let's remind ourselves of what David and Catherine have bought.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30David started out with just £149.24p
0:20:30 > 0:20:33and he spent it all on five auction lots.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- You've had such a good deal! - You are gorgeous!
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Ha-ha!
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Catherine began with £185.94p
0:20:39 > 0:20:42and she's done the same, but on six auction lots.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45# Before the night was through... # Go steady, my love!
0:20:45 > 0:20:50Ohh! Now, what do our delightful duo think of one another's wares?
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Oh, look out.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54I love the tin bus,
0:20:54 > 0:20:59but the coconut is potentially a flier.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02He's done himself proud.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05He has bought...brilliantly.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Let's go!
0:21:07 > 0:21:11After beginning in Bath, today's leg, and indeed the whole trip,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14will finally be settled in Seaton, Devon.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18And the sun is shining as they head along the south Devon coast
0:21:18 > 0:21:20and into the resort town of Seaton.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Beautiful!
0:21:25 > 0:21:29It's a collectors' sale at Lyme Bay Auctions today,
0:21:29 > 0:21:34which should suit the things that Catherine and David have bought.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38Auctioneer, Kevin Frost, is head of proceedings today.
0:21:38 > 0:21:39All right, Seaton?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42The two of them are desperate.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Here we are, come on. Come on, everybody,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46get fired up, get excited.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Lordy, not a chance here!
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Kicking off with Catherine's biscuit jars, look.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54£10, there.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56- Come on.- 12.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57£12.
0:21:57 > 0:21:5814?
0:21:58 > 0:22:0016?
0:22:00 > 0:22:01£16...
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Ouch!
0:22:02 > 0:22:04Crumbs!
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Just a small loss, really.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- For us, that's brilliant. - We're good.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11How about James the Engine?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Could he make Catherine a really useful profit?
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Ten, 12, 14?
0:22:17 > 0:22:1916. 18. 20.
0:22:19 > 0:22:2020.
0:22:20 > 0:22:2222. 25.
0:22:22 > 0:22:2328.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26£25...
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31I think it's love.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35Oh, dear, that's forced Catherine off the rails.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37That was such a lovely thing.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Perhaps buses really can replace trains.
0:22:42 > 0:22:4470? 60?
0:22:44 > 0:22:45£40, anywhere?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Got to be worth £40, surely?
0:22:48 > 0:22:4940?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51It's got to be worth £40.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52On the phone.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Someone's on the phone!
0:22:55 > 0:22:57£40. In the room, at 40.
0:22:57 > 0:22:5945...
0:23:00 > 0:23:0145.
0:23:01 > 0:23:0250.
0:23:02 > 0:23:0355.
0:23:04 > 0:23:0655. 60.
0:23:06 > 0:23:0865.
0:23:08 > 0:23:0970.
0:23:09 > 0:23:1080.
0:23:10 > 0:23:1185.
0:23:11 > 0:23:1390? £85.
0:23:13 > 0:23:1590 anywhere?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16£85...
0:23:16 > 0:23:19It looks like Catherine's back on the road!
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Well done, well done!
0:23:21 > 0:23:23You made some money!
0:23:23 > 0:23:25That's brilliant. Well done.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Now for David's bargain pile of jewellery.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28£30 for it, then.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31All over the place. 30. 32.
0:23:31 > 0:23:3235. 38.
0:23:32 > 0:23:3440.
0:23:34 > 0:23:3545.
0:23:35 > 0:23:3650.
0:23:36 > 0:23:3755. 60.
0:23:37 > 0:23:3865.
0:23:38 > 0:23:3970.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Oh, my word!
0:23:41 > 0:23:43£65...
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Brilliant!
0:23:45 > 0:23:46That was very good.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48A sparkling start.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Finally, we have profit. How long has that taken?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- About 700 miles?- Ohhh!
0:23:54 > 0:23:58Apparently this tray isn't really Newlyn, but it's nice.
0:23:58 > 0:24:0020? Thank you, madam. £20, we have.
0:24:00 > 0:24:0222?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Thank you, madam. 22.
0:24:03 > 0:24:0525.
0:24:05 > 0:24:0628.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Should fetch a lot more. 30.
0:24:07 > 0:24:0932.
0:24:09 > 0:24:1035?
0:24:10 > 0:24:1235, anywhere? 35, anywhere?
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- And we sell it, at £32... - Come on, Catherine!
0:24:15 > 0:24:18It's still a profit... Just.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21- I'm glad people are getting bargains out of my lots.- Are you?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- I'm very happy.- Really?
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Now, what will they make of her weights?
0:24:26 > 0:24:2735.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28In the room now, at £35.
0:24:28 > 0:24:3038, anywhere?
0:24:30 > 0:24:3138, anywhere? 38.
0:24:31 > 0:24:3240.
0:24:32 > 0:24:3445. 50.
0:24:34 > 0:24:3555.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36- Oh!- 60.- Catherine!
0:24:36 > 0:24:4070. £65, in the room. At 65.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42At £65...
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Well done, you!
0:24:44 > 0:24:46They were magnificent.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Yes, the whiff of profit changes everything.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50They were very good objects.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52They must have been much better... Oh, shut up!
0:24:52 > 0:24:55They were good things, Catherine, honestly!
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Now for David's rummers.
0:24:57 > 0:24:5920, on the book. 22, anywhere?
0:24:59 > 0:25:0022.
0:25:00 > 0:25:0225. 28.
0:25:02 > 0:25:0428. 30.
0:25:04 > 0:25:0532.
0:25:05 > 0:25:0735. 38.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11£35, on the book. At £35. 38, anywhere?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13I'll take a pound. 36, anywhere?
0:25:13 > 0:25:1536. At £36...
0:25:17 > 0:25:19- These profits keep flowing. - Profits, all the way.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- You are in this, aren't you? - I'm in it.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26OK, now David's butter churn, for the Devonians.
0:25:26 > 0:25:27£50 bid.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29£50, on commission, at 50.
0:25:29 > 0:25:3155, anywhere?
0:25:31 > 0:25:3355, anywhere? £50. We need 55.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Nobody? And we sell it, then, to the opening bid...
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- of £50...- Catherine, no!
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- Ohhh! - Perhaps they've all gone.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45- And I genuinely thought that would make double its money.- Hmm.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Cheer up! Let's hope China's listening in.
0:25:48 > 0:25:49£40, then.
0:25:49 > 0:25:5020?
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Tenner?
0:25:51 > 0:25:53They all want it, at ten!
0:25:53 > 0:25:5412.
0:25:54 > 0:25:5514.
0:25:55 > 0:25:5616.
0:25:56 > 0:25:5718. 20.
0:25:57 > 0:25:5922. 25.
0:25:59 > 0:26:0128. 30.
0:26:01 > 0:26:0232.
0:26:02 > 0:26:0335.
0:26:03 > 0:26:0538.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06£35.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08At £35...
0:26:09 > 0:26:10It's profit.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Yeah, but it's not what he hoped for, and is it really jade?
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- I thought it would make £200-£300. - Now, people, don't be shy. Ha!
0:26:17 > 0:26:18Tenner?
0:26:18 > 0:26:1910. 12.
0:26:19 > 0:26:2014. 16.
0:26:20 > 0:26:2218. 20.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23£18, I have.
0:26:23 > 0:26:2518. 20, anyone?
0:26:25 > 0:26:2620.
0:26:26 > 0:26:2722.
0:26:27 > 0:26:2925. 28.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Sell at £28...
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Well done.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- Really nice profit. - Would've been nice to do a bit more.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Not bad for a fiver, though, was it?
0:26:39 > 0:26:40I'm finished.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- I hope you go out on a high. - It'd be good.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Catherine has a narrow lead,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47so now, it's all down to David's table.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50I've got bids on the book on this one, starting at £30.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52£30, commission bids.
0:26:52 > 0:26:5430. 35. 40.
0:26:54 > 0:26:5545 and 50.
0:26:55 > 0:26:5755 and 60.
0:26:57 > 0:26:5865.
0:26:58 > 0:26:59In the room, at 65.
0:26:59 > 0:27:0170. 75. 80.
0:27:01 > 0:27:0385 and 90.
0:27:03 > 0:27:0495. 100.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06£95. In the room, at £95.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08100, anywhere?
0:27:08 > 0:27:09100. 110.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11120. I'm getting all excited. 120?
0:27:11 > 0:27:12Not yet!
0:27:12 > 0:27:14130? 140?
0:27:14 > 0:27:15He wants that!
0:27:15 > 0:27:16160?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19£150, I have. At 150. 160, anywhere?
0:27:19 > 0:27:20160, anywhere?
0:27:20 > 0:27:23We'll sell, at £150...
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Whoo!
0:27:24 > 0:27:25SHE LAUGHS
0:27:27 > 0:27:30That was exciting.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- Well done.- Come on, let's go and get a cup of tea.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35You can get your heels off now.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Well done to you both,
0:27:36 > 0:27:39for finally having a very good auction.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Catherine began with £185.94
0:27:42 > 0:27:45and, after paying auction costs, she made a profit of £19.88,
0:27:45 > 0:27:49leaving her with a grand total of £205.82p.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55David started out with £149.24p
0:27:55 > 0:27:58and, after costs, made £126.28p,
0:27:58 > 0:28:02giving him a grand total of £275.52p,
0:28:02 > 0:28:04so making him this week's winner.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09All profits our experts make will go to Children in Need.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Well, it's goodbye to David and Catherine...
0:28:12 > 0:28:17and it's hello to a right couple of Charlies.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22It's a royal showdown as the antique trade's answer to Prince Charles
0:28:22 > 0:28:25does battle with our very own Bonnie Prince Charlie!
0:28:26 > 0:28:30Charlie Ross is a veteran freelance auctioneer
0:28:30 > 0:28:35whose twinkle-eyed charm makes him one of the most formidable Road Trippers ever.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37Shop! I need a lady, please!
0:28:37 > 0:28:42Whilst whipper-snapper Charles Hanson, a Derbyshire auctioneer,
0:28:42 > 0:28:45is determined to show what young blood can do.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I'm off and running. I'm off and running, Charlie!
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Go! Go! Go!
0:28:50 > 0:28:54- You and me.- I can't believe it. - Experience and youth.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Both of them begin this week with a bumper budget of £200.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01They'll be aiming to trade that up on each leg of the Road Trip,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04buying antiques to sell at auction.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Charles and Charlie are paired with a very stylish set of vintage wheels.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12The 1971 Triumph TR6.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Do you know, Charlie, this car is a dream, isn't it?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19It's fantastic, as long as you're not driving it!
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Cheeky!
0:29:23 > 0:29:27Charles and Charlie will travel around 500 miles
0:29:27 > 0:29:29through the glorious heartlands of England,
0:29:29 > 0:29:30from Tarporley in Cheshire
0:29:30 > 0:29:33to Itchen Stoke near Winchester in Hampshire.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39In this leg, they begin in Tarporley,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41heading for their first auction in Manchester.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Luckily, our pair are the best of chums.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48# Consider yourself my mate... #
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Just tell me where we are!
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Fine. You're just outside Tarporley, a terribly pretty village
0:29:54 > 0:29:58that seems to be the ideal place to begin.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02They're heading for their first shop where a bevy of beauties await.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06It's so exciting, Charlie.
0:30:06 > 0:30:07Are you ready?
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Going, going, gone!
0:30:10 > 0:30:12And they're off!
0:30:12 > 0:30:13Girls!
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Hello!
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- I'm Charlie.- Hello.- Charlie, nice to meet you. Jane.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- Jane.- Louise.- Louise.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24- Hi, Louise, Charles. Hi, Jane. Good to see you.- Hello.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- Ladies, can we just browse? - You can browse, yes.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Can we maybe take a personal shopper with us? Are you available to escort us?
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- Whichever you prefer, sir. - Any preferences?
0:30:33 > 0:30:36- How can I possibly have a preference with two such beautiful women! - Absolutely!
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Don't be too long. I'm going to count!
0:30:38 > 0:30:40OK.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Hmm. Does young Charles have a strategy planned out?
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Jane, my Road Trip with Charlie is all about buying things which are quirky.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50I'm not too keen on knobbly nick-nacks.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55Looking around, you only seem to deal in nice high-brow objects which I love.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Hmm. Knobbly nick-nacks notwithstanding,
0:30:58 > 0:31:01is there anything to catch Carlos's eye?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Jane, round the corner, what I did see,
0:31:04 > 0:31:06are these pair of figures.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09It's a pair of plaster lamps in the shape of cherubs.
0:31:09 > 0:31:14Ticket price, a substantial £145.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17- They have a look, don't they, about them?- They do.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19They certainly make a statement.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- Are they yours?- No, they belong to another dealer.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27- I think there's age to them, but I think they've had work done on them. - Yes.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30They're big and they're bold. They're quite frightening
0:31:30 > 0:31:32but they've got a great look.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Jane will phone the dealer, Francesca, who's selling them.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37But what can Charles offer?
0:31:37 > 0:31:39They could, on a bad day, make 30.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41On a good day, they could make £100.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43So 50 is a fair offer.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Jane's spoken to the dealer. Will she accept Charles's cheeky offer?
0:31:48 > 0:31:49OK. Bye.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Have I been too rude?
0:31:52 > 0:31:58She said, essentially, that 50 is more or less what she paid for them.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02To give a profit, would Francesca viably take £60 for them?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I'll tell you what. Go down to the 70.
0:32:05 > 0:32:0765.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Take a chance. Heard that song?
0:32:10 > 0:32:12# Take a chance
0:32:12 > 0:32:13# If you change your mind... #
0:32:13 > 0:32:15# Honey, I'm still free
0:32:15 > 0:32:18# Take a chance on me... #
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- Take a chance together?- 65. Go on. I'll shake on that.
0:32:21 > 0:32:26- Thank you, Jane.- It's done. - That's my Road Trip up and running again, Charlie Ross!
0:32:26 > 0:32:28I'm up and running!
0:32:28 > 0:32:29Charlie, I'm off and running!
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Something caught my eye in here.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Charlie's spotted a rosewood box.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38The price on the ticket is £68.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44It's still got the original interior to it, which is unusual.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49The thing to look for with these boxes is damage.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53If there's mother-of-pearl missing, it's a nightmare.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Jane can do a deal on the box.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57What can Charlie offer?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00About 30 quid. At 30 quid I would certainly buy it.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Jane doesn't look quite convinced.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Can Charlie sweeten the deal?
0:33:05 > 0:33:08What can I get you? Is there a sweetie shop in the village?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11- I'm very partial to chocolate. - Are you? Tell you what.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13I will go to the shop and buy you something.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18So Charlie offers to buy Jane some chocs if she'll let him have the box
0:33:18 > 0:33:20for £30 rather than the £34 she wants.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23See you in a minute.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29He's heading for The Old Fire Station chocolate shop.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Charlie might be in the chocolate shop,
0:33:33 > 0:33:35but his tactics aren't changing.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Are you negotiable on your price at all?
0:33:38 > 0:33:41I'm very tight on buying my Victorian rosewood box.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45I'd say these are fresher and newer than your rosewood box!
0:33:45 > 0:33:50- I suspect we might be able to do something.- Certainly fresher!
0:33:50 > 0:33:53He'll take a box of the hand-made truffles for Jane.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55- Is that all right?- Gosh!
0:33:55 > 0:33:57She won't be able to resist...those.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59How much do I owe you, sir?
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Well, £5.99 normally. To you, £5.50.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Ooh, how splendid!
0:34:05 > 0:34:06Big Cheshire smile.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Hmm. I think there's a flaw in your maths here, Charlie.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12- Very kind of you. Thank you. - Thank you.- All the best.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15But Charlie's about to have a terrible realisation.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20I think I've got this slightly wrong.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I've now paid £5.50 for the chocolates
0:34:23 > 0:34:26and hopefully I'll get the box for 30.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28But it could have been 34.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33Oh, Lordy. I'm not sure maths is your strong suit, old boy!
0:34:34 > 0:34:41- Jane.- Charlie. - Today is your lucky day.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Oh, Charlie, thank you!
0:34:43 > 0:34:45It's yours.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- Thank you very much indeed. - That's so sweet of you.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Chocolates included, the box cost £35.50p,
0:34:53 > 0:34:56so his charm actually costs him money!
0:34:56 > 0:34:58But at least he's got his first buy.
0:34:59 > 0:35:04Now he's heading straight upstairs where he immediately spots a hand mirror.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08- That's quite nice. - Blimey, that's cheap. Sorrento.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11But Charlie seems to have taken a shine to it, too.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Do you want to leave me up here and I'll see you downstairs?
0:35:14 > 0:35:16No, you can go downstairs now. I like a bit of Sorrento.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18I was just browsing that, Charlie.
0:35:18 > 0:35:21I was just about to pick it up.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Yeah, course you were, Charles!
0:35:24 > 0:35:28- I've never heard so much rubbish... - Can I help you?- ..in all my life.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- You have been up here for an hour and you've missed that.- Yes.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33The southern-Italian town of Sorrento
0:35:33 > 0:35:37has a long history of producing items in marquetry.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40This mirror dates from the late 19th century.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43I'm not going to have an argument with you.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45OK. OK, go on, take it downstairs.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47- Go on.- Jolly reasonable.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- Do you really want to buy this, Charles?- No, I don't.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- Go on, get out of here. - # If you change your mind... #
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Exactly. Go on. Get downstairs.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57A little jealous, Charles?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00I went straight up and saw something I liked.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- You didn't.- It's not difficult in this shop.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07It's a pretty little thing, I must admit. I did look at it for my dressing table.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11- Did you?- Yes.- You come up with all the lines, don't you, Jane?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- Yeah, yeah.- All the lines.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Half price. £7.50.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21Can you really not do a fiver on that?
0:36:21 > 0:36:23£6.50.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26How can I turn that down?
0:36:26 > 0:36:29How can I possibly turn you down?
0:36:29 > 0:36:31- That's a good deal. - It is. I'll have it.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- You'll have it.- Yep. Put it with my purchases.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36I'm going back upstairs.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40Because I like this sh... Ooh, God, I just bumped my head!
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- Ouch!- Have you got a first aid kit?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Oh, do be careful, Charlie.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Meanwhile, Charles Hanson is in another part of the antiques centre
0:36:50 > 0:36:51with another dealer, John.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53And Charles is upping the pressure.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00One thing, John, I did see, that I really, really like
0:37:00 > 0:37:03is this wonderful maritime time-piece
0:37:03 > 0:37:08which also includes the barometer dial, also the compass
0:37:08 > 0:37:10- and also the thermometer.- Yes. - On the anchor.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- That really is...- That's a really high quality piece.- Yes, it is.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17John, what age is that?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- 1910, would you say?- Hmm.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Aye, aye, Captain! I quite like this.
0:37:22 > 0:37:251910, it's a real Edwardian novelty.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31On the ticket is a whopping £250, well out of Charles's league.
0:37:31 > 0:37:37He only has £135 left, but can he persuade John to cut him a deal?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41I've got 135. Would you possibly come down to that level?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43- Yes.- Would you really?
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- 135.- Yeah. Um...
0:37:45 > 0:37:46Here we go!
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Would you... I'm not being funny.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51I want to take to auction three items.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Would you possibly give me a bit of change from 135?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Just something, John?
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Maybe a tenner? John, would you make it 125?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01That's a big discount.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03- One for the road.- 125. - Are you sure?- OK.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06125. That leaves me £10.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07Thanks, John.
0:38:07 > 0:38:13Let's hope my maritime time-piece will tick the right way, eh, John?
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Well, let's hope it does.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Meanwhile, Charlie the charmer is still upstairs.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24And yet another item has taken his fancy.
0:38:24 > 0:38:29Arts & Crafts Movement, wall pocket in brass.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33Typical Arts & Crafts decoration here.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37The Arts & Crafts Movement of the late Victorian period
0:38:37 > 0:38:43celebrated design drawn from natural form and traditional craftsmanship.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45This wall pocket is priced at £32.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48I really do think it's a good thing.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Oh, I can't resist having a go at this!
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Shop! I need a lady, please!
0:38:56 > 0:38:58LAUGHTER
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- Louise!- A young, attractive lady. Any one of the two will do!
0:39:02 > 0:39:06How many Abba songs would I have to sing to get the price down on that?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08I've got a much better voice than Charles Hanson!
0:39:08 > 0:39:09Shall we say three?
0:39:09 > 0:39:11# Waterloo... #
0:39:11 > 0:39:13- Ooh!- Ooh, dear! Ooh, crumbs!
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Tut-tut!
0:39:15 > 0:39:19I think... I think we're probably looking at a best price there of 25.
0:39:19 > 0:39:2125?! I thought you were going to say 20.
0:39:21 > 0:39:27- I'd pay £20 for it, I really would. - 20?- Yeah.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- Go on, then, £20. - Happy with that?- Yep.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34Lovely ladies, lovely buys.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Expensive chocolates.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40With only £10 left in his budget,
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Charles Hanson is in no pressing rush to shop this afternoon.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48So he's already in the car, driving the 33 miles
0:39:48 > 0:39:51over the Welsh border to Llangollen, Denbighshire.
0:39:53 > 0:39:58He's going to take a look around the fascinating house, Plas Newydd.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03- Afternoon!- Hello!- How are you? - Good, thank you.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- I'm Charles Hanson.- Hello, Charles. - Nice to meet you.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08He's meeting heritage assistant Gail.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14The house is a museum dedicated to the lives of two extraordinary former inhabitants.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17"The ladies of Llangollen", as they were known,
0:40:17 > 0:40:21living here together in the late 18th and early 19th century.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26They came here in 1780.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28They were here for 49 years.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30- May we go in?- Please do. Come in.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36The pair lived here, sharing a bed and a loving companionship
0:40:36 > 0:40:40which scandalised some members of their Georgian and Regency society,
0:40:40 > 0:40:43but also drew many famous friends to visit them,
0:40:43 > 0:40:48including poets Byron, Shelley and Wordsworth.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52The ladies were high born, but rejected their aristocratic backgrounds
0:40:52 > 0:40:56to live a life dedicated to learning, art and nature.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00This incredible house is their enduring legacy.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03So really, the story of this house, dwelling,
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- it revolves around two ladies.- Yes.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Well done, Charles(!)
0:41:07 > 0:41:10The ladies put their artistic stamp on the house,
0:41:10 > 0:41:14most strikingly in these wooden embellishments.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18Both ladies came from aristocratic Anglo-Irish families.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22They got together. They came here, they left their homes?
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Yes, it was termed as an elopement. They "eloped" from Ireland
0:41:26 > 0:41:28and the two met through their love of literature.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Tell me about them, as ladies.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33As ladies, very courageous, very brave for their times.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37They knew what they wished to achieve out of life.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41What they wished to do with their lives was better themselves,
0:41:41 > 0:41:44educate themselves and beautify their surroundings
0:41:44 > 0:41:45and live closer to nature.
0:41:45 > 0:41:49The couple were also interested in art and design.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52They remodelled this property from a traditional farmhouse
0:41:52 > 0:41:56into this extraordinary Gothic style.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Their vision leaves us a unique home.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02What a wonderful place to elope to.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06I look in this hallway, Gail, and all this oak panelling
0:42:06 > 0:42:10really reflects a romance for the past.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13It's a collage of carvings, a mosaic, really, it's become,
0:42:13 > 0:42:17but of old furniture and ecclesiastical carvings.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19This is the roof of a four-poster bed,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21which is quite incredible.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25We've got coffers, blanket chests and so on,
0:42:25 > 0:42:29that have been cut up and assembled here with the help of a local joiner.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32The ladies had the idea and the eye for the design.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36Gail's taking Charles upstairs into the bedroom.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41The ladies shared this until Eleanor's death in 1829.
0:42:41 > 0:42:42Here we have the ladies' bedroom.
0:42:42 > 0:42:48- Isn't it a gorgeous room?- It is. - Did they ever come out and say, "We're courting?"
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Oh, no.- Were they very private? - Very private about it.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56The way we get an insight into the ladies' lives
0:42:56 > 0:43:00is that Eleanor Butler kept a journal for many years.
0:43:00 > 0:43:06In this, she calls Sarah her sweet, "my beloved", and so on,
0:43:06 > 0:43:11and their terminology certainly shows that they had a great love for one another.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15And that love and companionship is what life is all about.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19And with that happy thought, it's time for Charles to hit the road.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Thank you ever so much for a wonderful visit.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31Meanwhile, Charlie Ross has travelled to Tilston in Cheshire,
0:43:31 > 0:43:33where he's keen to hunt for more buys.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40- Hello.- Hello! Sally, is it?
0:43:40 > 0:43:42- Yes, it is.- Charlie.- Hello, Charlie.
0:43:44 > 0:43:48Sally's got something that might just capture Charlie's heart.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51This little piece is unusual. Did you notice that?
0:43:53 > 0:43:55No!
0:43:56 > 0:43:57You'll have to educate me here.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01Sally wasn't quite sure what the object was,
0:44:01 > 0:44:03until she found a newspaper cutting
0:44:03 > 0:44:05relating to the theft of a similar piece.
0:44:05 > 0:44:11I didn't know what it was for, then I found this little thing
0:44:11 > 0:44:12which says...
0:44:12 > 0:44:15- "Artichoke cup stolen."- Yes.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18- Sally! Really!- Not this one! I didn't! I promise!
0:44:21 > 0:44:24It's an unusual little object, isn't it?
0:44:24 > 0:44:26- A Chinese artichoke cup.- Yes.
0:44:26 > 0:44:31- Would you get a whole artichoke in there?- I think you'd just put the heart.- Just the heart.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34- Just the heart. - What a glorious object!
0:44:34 > 0:44:39- It's like a little Chinese hat, isn't it?- It looks like it, yes.
0:44:39 > 0:44:40Yes, you look charming, darling!
0:44:40 > 0:44:42Suits you!
0:44:42 > 0:44:45What a lovely thing. That's just so gorgeous.
0:44:45 > 0:44:47And it hasn't even got a price on it.
0:44:47 > 0:44:52Well, it's rather special, isn't it? £45 because it's a damaged top.
0:44:52 > 0:44:58- Is that all it is?- Yes.- I could fool Charles Hanson, my opponent, with that.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00My worry was him, how he jumps up and down.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04He'd have broken the whole lot. You're lucky he's not here, to be honest.
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Oh, Sally!
0:45:07 > 0:45:08What was that you were saying, Charlie?
0:45:08 > 0:45:10I did a Hanson!
0:45:10 > 0:45:12It landed on the rug!
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Thank God for that!
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Anyway, it's been damaged before.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18I don't care! My heart!
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Charlie didn't break it, but he is going to buy it.
0:45:23 > 0:45:30I'm not going to ask you what your best is, because it was £45 and I think that's reasonable.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33- We have a deal. - We have a deal.- And I love it.
0:45:33 > 0:45:36- Hanson will like it.- Hanson will be jealous, I reckon!
0:45:36 > 0:45:38He will be jealous! How delightful!
0:45:38 > 0:45:40Delightful indeed.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45Buying fever is upon Charlie today,
0:45:45 > 0:45:47so he's off to Chester.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50The city's historic buildings sing of the past.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53Let's hope he can find something shiny
0:45:53 > 0:45:56to buy in this frankly-named antique shop.
0:45:57 > 0:46:01- Peter?- Yes.- Charlie.- Nice to meet you.- Nice to see you.- OK.
0:46:02 > 0:46:07Over to you. Pull me something out that you think you can sell me that I'll make a profit.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09And Peter, if it makes a profit,
0:46:09 > 0:46:11I will sing your name...
0:46:11 > 0:46:14- from the rooftops.- Listen.
0:46:14 > 0:46:19Peter's got an early 20th century American coffee percolator.
0:46:20 > 0:46:22Complete. Nothing missing on it.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26Dated on the bottom with the patent numbers to 1906.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28Something you can make money on, especially in Manchester.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31Well, but now - how much is it?
0:46:33 > 0:46:35- If you didn't turn a profit on that at £20.- What?!
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- You're not selling me that for 20 quid?- I'll do it for 20.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Huh! That's woken you up, Charlie. What a bargain!
0:46:41 > 0:46:43That's really fantastic.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46What a zinger of a deal!
0:46:46 > 0:46:53Young Charles has met up with Charlie to continue their antiques adventure around Chester.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Look at him. Always running!
0:46:56 > 0:46:59Charles has hared away from Charlie the tortoise
0:46:59 > 0:47:02and off towards KD Antiques.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05He's meeting old chum Kelvin.
0:47:05 > 0:47:08What I'm looking for is something that might just cost me
0:47:08 > 0:47:11- £10 or thereabouts.- OK.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14And what I intend to do today, to be completely blunt with you,
0:47:14 > 0:47:17is I'm going to take your object
0:47:17 > 0:47:18and then try and build on it.
0:47:18 > 0:47:23- And swap it...- With other dealers? - Exactly. With your blessing.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25OK.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27Further to this master plan,
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Charles thinks he's found something he can trade up.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34It's an auctioneer's gavel. Isn't that wonderful?
0:47:34 > 0:47:36- A pocket gavel.- Isn't that neat?
0:47:36 > 0:47:41Ticket price is £14. What can Kelvin let it go for?
0:47:42 > 0:47:44- Five pounds.- Five pounds.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47Going once, going twice, going, gone.
0:47:47 > 0:47:50- That's it, Kelvin.- Well done. - Thanks, Kelvin. That's great.
0:47:50 > 0:47:55The cunning Charles has another buy, and he's off to see if he can trade it up.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59Meanwhile, Charlie is nearby in another shop
0:47:59 > 0:48:02where the delightful young Rachel is helping him.
0:48:02 > 0:48:07That's taken my eye. Gosh, that's fabulous, that bread fork.
0:48:07 > 0:48:12- Yeah, it's lovely. It's an unusual item, really nice...- Glorious!
0:48:13 > 0:48:14The quality of that!
0:48:14 > 0:48:17Yeah, it's beautiful.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19That's a fabulous item.
0:48:20 > 0:48:23It's a Victorian silver-plated bread fork
0:48:23 > 0:48:26used for serving bread or rolls at a formal dinner.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28There's £27 on the ticket.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32There's probably a little bit of trade in that, isn't there?
0:48:32 > 0:48:36- I could probably tweak you a bit. - You could tweak me a bit.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39I could probably do that for you for about £23.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Fantastic quality.
0:48:41 > 0:48:43If I made those, I'd want to put my name on them.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47Terrific. Charlie pays £23 for the bread fork
0:48:47 > 0:48:49and he's got his last lot for auction.
0:48:55 > 0:49:01Charles is about to try his luck in the shop where Charlie Ross bought his percolator.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05His plan is still to swap the gavel he bought earlier,
0:49:05 > 0:49:08along with the lonely fiver still in his pocket,
0:49:08 > 0:49:11for an item that might make more at auction.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Will canny Peter take the bait?
0:49:13 > 0:49:16Peter, the first question is, do you like it?
0:49:16 > 0:49:19- I love that. It's fantastic. - Do you really?
0:49:19 > 0:49:22Peter has some genuine archaeological finds
0:49:22 > 0:49:26that might fit the bill - a number of medieval rings.
0:49:26 > 0:49:30In the main, these are British finds - metal detectorists, archaeologists.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33- This one here was found in the Thames.- Really?
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Fairly recently.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39It's a fertility ring dating from way back in the 1100s.
0:49:39 > 0:49:43That's a medieval bronze ring, almost a love token, in the shape.
0:49:43 > 0:49:47- I think so, yes.- With that heart. - With that heart shape, yes. - What a wonderful ring.
0:49:47 > 0:49:52So that is a beautiful little medieval ring, 12th century.
0:49:52 > 0:49:56Now that, Peter, is priced at £45.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58But would that ring
0:49:58 > 0:50:01be a viable swap for my gavel?
0:50:01 > 0:50:04- With the fiver.- With the fiver. - That you've got in your pocket.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07- I've got five pounds left over. - Five pounds as well.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10- It's a good deal for you.- It's a good deal for me, absolutely.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12Thanks again. Look after the gavel, OK?
0:50:12 > 0:50:13See you, Peter. Bye!
0:50:13 > 0:50:17And with that fertile buy, let's have a quick reminder
0:50:17 > 0:50:20of how the boys have been spending their dosh.
0:50:20 > 0:50:24Charles Hanson has spent the full £200 on just three lots.
0:50:24 > 0:50:29Charlie Ross meanwhile has assembled six lots at a cost of £150.
0:50:29 > 0:50:36So, what do our antiques chums think of one another's shopping sprees?
0:50:36 > 0:50:39Charles's dreadful lamps.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42But his fantastic clock and barometer,
0:50:42 > 0:50:45which I think is shop of the week, frankly.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48If I had the choice now of swapping any of his for mine,
0:50:48 > 0:50:51I would swap...none of them.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55Batten down the hatches! Profit, here we come!
0:50:55 > 0:51:00And it's full steam ahead in the rather chic Triumph.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02On this first leg of their road trip,
0:51:02 > 0:51:06our happy Charlies have travelled from Tarporley, Cheshire,
0:51:06 > 0:51:08to arrive at their auction in Manchester.
0:51:08 > 0:51:14Manchester's a vibrant UK city that needs little introduction.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17What was the industry in Manchester?
0:51:17 > 0:51:21- Oh...- Textiles? - Ohhh!
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Apart from to Charlie, it would seem!
0:51:24 > 0:51:29Venerable auction house Capes Dunn
0:51:29 > 0:51:31has been serving the city for 180 years.
0:51:31 > 0:51:36Today, auctioneer Caroline Lane will be wielding the gavel.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39Battle is about to commence.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43First up is Charlie's Sorrento inlaid mirror.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46How will it reflect on his buying acumen?
0:51:46 > 0:51:48Who will bid me £10 for this lot?
0:51:48 > 0:51:51Surely £10? It's here to sell.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53Thank you. £10 seated here on the front.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56Thank you very much. Here at £10. Any more?
0:51:56 > 0:52:00Surely? Thank you. £15.
0:52:00 > 0:52:0415 there. Any advance with the gentleman on my right at £15.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07- Well done.- Are we all sure at just 15?
0:52:07 > 0:52:10Charlie's off to a solid start.
0:52:12 > 0:52:13Next up, another for Charlie
0:52:13 > 0:52:16as his rosewood box faces the crowd.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19He had to woo the dealer with choccies to get it,
0:52:19 > 0:52:21but will it seduce the sale room?
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Start the bidding with me at £15.
0:52:23 > 0:52:25Looking for 20. 20 at the back of the room.
0:52:25 > 0:52:2725. Thank you. 30.
0:52:27 > 0:52:3035 on my right. If we're all sure at £35.
0:52:33 > 0:52:38Oh, dear. The cost of the chocolates tips the scales.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Bad luck, Romeo!
0:52:40 > 0:52:43Without the chocolates, a profit. With the chocolates, a loss.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Now, the first for Charles Hanson.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49His 12th-century fertility ring.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Will it bear fruit?
0:52:51 > 0:52:53A rare 12th-century fertility ladies' bronze ring.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56- Ooh, I say.- Circa 1180.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00- Bit of fertility. - It's history, Charlie.- Yes.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02I'm going red!
0:53:02 > 0:53:05I think my parents would like me to get one of these!
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Lot 33, with me at £10.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10- Come on.- It's already in at ten. - Thank you. 15. 20.
0:53:10 > 0:53:1325. 30.
0:53:13 > 0:53:1535.
0:53:16 > 0:53:1940. With the lady seated here at £40.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21Any more? 45. Back in, sir. Thank you.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24We're at 45 now. One more?
0:53:24 > 0:53:26One more? No?
0:53:26 > 0:53:28I can't tempt you. 45 with the gentleman seated.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30If we're all sure at £45.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36The sale room gets a giggle, and it's a profit for Charles.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39One for Charlie, now.
0:53:39 > 0:53:43Here's his American percolator. Can it build up a head of steam?
0:53:43 > 0:53:46I will start the bidding with me at £15. With me at just 15.
0:53:46 > 0:53:4920. 25 now. 30. 35.
0:53:49 > 0:53:5140 now. With the gentleman at £40.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54- Brilliant.- Up a bit. - Brilliant.- Are we sure?
0:53:54 > 0:53:57Just £40. If we're all sure at 40.
0:53:57 > 0:53:59- 45 just in time.- Oh, yes!
0:53:59 > 0:54:0145 with the gentleman standing. 50. Thank you.
0:54:01 > 0:54:05At £50, if we're all sure at 50.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08Splendid. I love that auctioneer!
0:54:08 > 0:54:10She's doing you proud, Charlie.
0:54:10 > 0:54:14- Coffee?- Don't.- Coffee? Coffee?
0:54:14 > 0:54:17I think you might have had too much of the stuff, Charlie.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20Now Charles's gamble.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23The, er, decorative cherub lamps.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26Tell me now, you don't actually like them, do you?
0:54:26 > 0:54:28No. No.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31- With me at £20.- Oh, no. - Far too much.
0:54:31 > 0:54:3425. 30. 35 now. In the room at 35.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37- 40 on my right.- What?! - 45 here.- Keep going.
0:54:37 > 0:54:3950. 55.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41- Good grief, sir!- Keep going!
0:54:41 > 0:54:43- How dare you?- One for the road!
0:54:43 > 0:54:4565. 70.
0:54:45 > 0:54:4770 on my right. 75.
0:54:47 > 0:54:51- Oh!- 75 with the gentleman on my left.- Good man, sir.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54£75. Any more? If we're all sure at 75?
0:54:55 > 0:54:57- 80 just in time.- Yes!- Oh!
0:54:57 > 0:55:00- 80 just in time.- One more.
0:55:00 > 0:55:0185. Thank you.
0:55:01 > 0:55:0385 now.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05It's a wack business.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08Any more? 85.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10Good man, sir. Thank you very much.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13Manna from heaven for the young pretender,
0:55:13 > 0:55:14as he steals the lead.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16Well done, old bean!
0:55:16 > 0:55:20And now Charlie's silver-plated bread fork.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22Who'll start me for this lot? £15?
0:55:22 > 0:55:26- Who'll start me 15? Thank you. - Oh, madam!
0:55:26 > 0:55:3120 I have. The gentleman seated. 25. Thank you. 25 I have.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33With the lady seated on my right at 25.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36If you're all sure, I will sell at 25.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39- Well done.- Lovely taste, madam.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42Marvellous taste.
0:55:42 > 0:55:43It just about holds.
0:55:43 > 0:55:47But that's a small loss for Charlie after auction costs.
0:55:47 > 0:55:48Charles is still in the lead.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54Next is Charlie's Arts & Crafts wall pocket.
0:55:54 > 0:55:58I have interest with me and it starts at £30.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02The bid is with me at 30. 35 and I'm out now.
0:56:02 > 0:56:0435 on my right. 40 if you'd like. Thank you, sir.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06No? £40 with the gentleman standing.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09Not bad, but I still think it could do a bit more.
0:56:09 > 0:56:12Any advance? All sure? Nice example.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14All sure at just £40?
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Very respectable.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19And Charlie sneaks ahead of the young buck.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22You know your stuff, Charlie.
0:56:22 > 0:56:26The artichoke cup Charlie nearly broke is next.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28Does a smashing profit await?
0:56:28 > 0:56:30I have interest. It's with me at £50.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32With me at 50. I'm moving into the room.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34- # Do-dee-dee! #- Well done, Charlie.
0:56:34 > 0:56:35Any more?
0:56:35 > 0:56:38- Come on!- Well done. - My bid at just £50.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40- Seems cheap.- It does.
0:56:40 > 0:56:44- I will sell at £50.- Well done, Charlie.- Could we do one more?
0:56:46 > 0:56:48Hmm. The auctioneer clearly had faith in it,
0:56:48 > 0:56:51but it fair choked with the crowd.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53Yo-ho-ho.
0:56:53 > 0:56:55So, everything rests on Charlie's
0:56:55 > 0:56:58much-admired maritime time-piece. Will it take sail?
0:56:58 > 0:57:01- A novel Edwardian gilt-metal... - Wonderful thing. This is it.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03- I have interest.- Ooh.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06I can start the bid with me at £80. With me at £80.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09- That's a good bid.- With me at £80.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11- Phenomenal bid.- Keep going. - The bid is with me at 80.
0:57:11 > 0:57:12Ohhh.
0:57:12 > 0:57:15Any more on this lot? Seems cheap. It's a nice thing.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18- With me at just £80.- Unbelievable.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20We're all sure? I will sell at just 80.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24Oh, dear! Despite those high hopes,
0:57:24 > 0:57:26it fails to float.
0:57:26 > 0:57:28?Hard game, isn't it?
0:57:28 > 0:57:30It's a hard game, bean.
0:57:32 > 0:57:35I've had so much luck on my Road Trip.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37I need some bad luck. And that's bad luck.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Graceful in victory,
0:57:39 > 0:57:41but noble in defeat.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44Was there ever a pair like 'em?
0:57:44 > 0:57:47So the distinguished Charlie Ross takes the day
0:57:47 > 0:57:50with a steady accumulation of profit.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52Charles Hanson started this leg with £200.
0:57:52 > 0:57:57After paying auction costs, he made a stinging loss of £27.80.
0:57:57 > 0:58:01He begins the next leg with £172.20.
0:58:03 > 0:58:07Charlie Ross also started with £200.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10He made a reasonable profit of £26.30p
0:58:10 > 0:58:16and starts next time with £226.30p.
0:58:17 > 0:58:22- I've just been talking to the man that bought your fertility ring. - Yes?
0:58:22 > 0:58:25"I like this," he said, "but it's a bit late for me."
0:58:25 > 0:58:29It's never too late on the Road Trip.
0:58:29 > 0:58:32On to the next leg, boys.