0:00:02 > 0:00:06It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08- I love that. - ..a classic car,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Yippie!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14I can see better with those.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23- LAUGHTER - They'll probably have a row!
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30Thanks! He's just about killed that, hasn't he?
0:00:30 > 0:00:33This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:35 > 0:00:39It's a brand-new week and a brand-new road trip,
0:00:39 > 0:00:42and this time, we've got double trouble, with two Jameses.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46You have been a past winner of this road trip.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I think I'm going to raise my game
0:00:48 > 0:00:51if I'm going to give you anything remotely like a challenge.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55James Braxton has 20 years' experience in antique auctioneering,
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and alongside being dandy and dapper,
0:00:58 > 0:01:00he's not afraid of a cheeky offer.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- I thought I was being fair! - LAUGHTER
0:01:02 > 0:01:05On guard!
0:01:05 > 0:01:07His competitive companion, James Lewis,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10is a seasoned auctioneer, with his own business in Derbyshire. He loves
0:01:10 > 0:01:15a bargain, and would risk life and limb to get the best buy.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Ouch! I've just stabbed myself.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20It's day one for James and James,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24as they set off in their sunshine yellow 1983 VW beetle,
0:01:24 > 0:01:29and it's about the only sunshine they're experiencing right now.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34- It's trying to widdle on us, but not very successfully.- I have my hat.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Well done, well done. - In case of danger.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42In case of deluge. I'm not feeling anything on my head.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44That's the funny thing about these convertible cars,
0:01:44 > 0:01:48it's a bit like the jet stream, isn't it?
0:01:48 > 0:01:50We've got our own little jet stream,
0:01:50 > 0:01:53and it carries everything over, so we'll be uninterrupted.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55The route for the week ahead
0:01:55 > 0:01:57takes our intrepid road trippers
0:01:57 > 0:01:59from Ampthill, in Bedfordshire,
0:01:59 > 0:02:01across the Channel to Jersey
0:02:01 > 0:02:03and back again to the final
0:02:03 > 0:02:05destination of Leamington Spa,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08covering almost 1,000 miles. Gosh!
0:02:08 > 0:02:10But today's trip begins in Ampthill,
0:02:10 > 0:02:11and ends up at auction
0:02:11 > 0:02:12in Market Harborough.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18Ampthill is a name of Anglo-Saxon origin, the first settlement
0:02:18 > 0:02:24here was called Aemethyll, which literally means ant-infested hell.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It doesn't look that bad, does it?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- That was good.- Made it.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- How do I get out of this? - Stretch my legs! Oh!
0:02:38 > 0:02:41I'm not built for these classic cars, you know!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Maybe they weren't built for you, James!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46So, two shops. Which one do you fancy?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49I'll take the one within striking distance, I think.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- OK.- Where's yours? - It'll be around somewhere.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- The walk will do you good, James. - What are you saying?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Go on, get on with you! - I've noticed you've put on
0:02:57 > 0:02:59a few pounds over the years. LAUGHTER
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Get running!
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Yes, run along, boys. You haven't got all day.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06James Lewis is off to his first shop,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Lawson and Lee's, to meet owner Claire.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Hello.- I'm James. Nice to see you.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Claire has a bit of a penchant for '50s and '60s retro.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20It might be in vogue, but it's not exactly what James is looking for.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Until he spots something that looks a little bit familiar.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26An Edwardian bridge box.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I bought one of these last year on Road Trip.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- And do you know how I know that? - Is this the one?
0:03:32 > 0:03:34- It's the same one. - It isn't the same one?!
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- It is the one.- It isn't! - It is, you know!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41At 120. All done at 120...
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- Thank you. - I thought she looked familiar.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48What would be your best on it this time?
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Oh, gosh, I don't know. I'm not sure.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Surely he's not thinking of buying it again?!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Have a think. Just have a think. - I'll have a think, then.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- That would be a Road Trip first. - First, exactly!
0:04:02 > 0:04:03And where's the fun in that, hey?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Find something new, James. Come on!
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Meanwhile, just around the corner,
0:04:09 > 0:04:15James Braxton is forging ahead at the Ampthill Antiques Emporium.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18He's got his beady eye on a copper hearth surround
0:04:18 > 0:04:19in the Arts and Crafts style.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24The chancers are asking £45 for it! Dear, oh, dear, oh, dear!
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Cheeky devil! But that's not going to stop him
0:04:26 > 0:04:28doing a deal on it, oh, no.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Libby, is there some discount on that?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Do you really like that, then? - I do like it.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Well, the best would be £40.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- £40?- Yes, that's just over the 10%.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45£40, OK... Well, you've definitely got a deal with that, Libby.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Thank you very much. - Yes, I'll have that.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Would you clean all that up?
0:04:50 > 0:04:51I was hoping you might!
0:04:51 > 0:04:53No, you've got to be joking!
0:04:53 > 0:04:54LAUGHTER
0:04:54 > 0:04:56Back in the other shop,
0:04:56 > 0:04:59James Lewis has spotted a walnut music box, inlaid with
0:04:59 > 0:05:03geometrical micromosaic panels, if you want to get technical about it.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04GENTLE MUSIC
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Listen to that.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11Probably Swiss, 1940, the Swiss musical box.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15But it's that little inlay that the whole box is covered in
0:05:15 > 0:05:18that makes it desirable.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19For some strange reason,
0:05:19 > 0:05:24he wants to pair the £55 box with some wooden napkin rings at £20.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28For me to stand a chance, I need to pay about £15 for them.
0:05:28 > 0:05:33Erm... Yes, OK. That's fine.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Blimey, an odd combination, but that was easy.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Well, that was easy!
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I just said that! Beginner's luck?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43No. Elsewhere, James Braxton has got his eye on
0:05:43 > 0:05:46a gold-plated wax seal, keenly priced at £44.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48But will it make an impression?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52So we've got a sort of citrine here,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56beautifully intaglio engraved with a crest.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59How much could that be, Libby?
0:05:59 > 0:06:0038.
0:06:00 > 0:06:0238. Well, that's better than normal, isn't it?
0:06:02 > 0:06:04That's a good price.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Do you think they might be pushed to 35?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09I'd have to do a phone call.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Would you? - Yes. That might take me a moment.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Could you do a phone call? I wouldn't mind a...
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Well, if you're phoning, why don't you say 30, then?
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Well, a wasted opportunity, isn't it?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I'll see what I can do.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Now who's the chancer, James?
0:06:24 > 0:06:28This seal would have been used to validate a document.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Handsome, and it dates back to about 1830.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- How did we do? - He's accepted your offer of 32.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- Why, he's a very kind man. - That was very good.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38He is a very kind man. I'll have that.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40OK, that's lovely. Thank you very much.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43I thought the offer was £30 on the seal. Ah, well.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45What's £2 between friends?
0:06:45 > 0:06:51So that's £32 for the gold seal and £40 for the copper hearth surround.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55£72. Not bad. A good day's shop.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- That's right.- I'll take that away.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58- One receipt.- OK.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Thank you very much indeed. Bye.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Meanwhile, the other James has spotted an odd looking brooch.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10It's a bit of 19th-century jewellery, but the unusual thing is,
0:07:10 > 0:07:12it's made totally out of hair.
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Human hair? Yuck!
0:07:13 > 0:07:16The only thing rarer than this is the collectors for them.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- They're even rarer! - LAUGHTER
0:07:18 > 0:07:22You're either going to rate this really highly, or not at all.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24LAUGHTER
0:07:24 > 0:07:28He'll need to trim something off the £100 pricetag.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- 20.- 25.
0:07:32 > 0:07:33A snip on the hair brooch,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36but it looks like he's going for a joblot again.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41That is a mid-19th-century brooch,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44probably made from pinchbeck,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48and pinchbeck was invented by a Dr Pinchbeck,
0:07:48 > 0:07:51who tried to make a metal to look like gold.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55And he did it. And that was the result. How much could that be?
0:07:56 > 0:07:5840.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02I like that, and I like that. I think they work quite well together.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04If I gave 45 for the two...
0:08:04 > 0:08:06It's a cheeky offer!
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Erm... OK.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Ouch! I've just stabbed myself with it, with excitement!
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- Put it in a box quickly! - Blood! Blood!
0:08:15 > 0:08:19Oh, for goodness' sake, James! Stop being such a drama queen.
0:08:20 > 0:08:26Dear me. OK, how much do I owe you? The marquetry - 15.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29And the two brooches for 45, so £60, yes?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- Yes, 60.- I'm going to leave that.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35It would have been fun to buy it back.
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Get on with it, you silly boy!
0:08:36 > 0:08:42There we are. Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- And let's see how we go!- Yes.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Haven't you forgotten something, James?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Hat!
0:08:50 > 0:08:54Thank you. I know I'm going to lose this by the end of this trip!
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Bye! Thank you.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Whilst James Lewis has been giving blood,
0:08:59 > 0:09:01James Braxton has been making
0:09:01 > 0:09:02a pilgrimage to Olney,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04in Buckinghamshire,
0:09:04 > 0:09:05with a certain tune in mind.
0:09:05 > 0:09:11# Amazing grace
0:09:11 > 0:09:18# How sweet the sound
0:09:18 > 0:09:24# That saved a wretch
0:09:24 > 0:09:27# Like me... #
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Amazing Grace is one of the best-known hymns of the last
0:09:30 > 0:09:36250 years, but its origins are rooted right year in Olney.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43James has come along to meet Elizabeth Knight
0:09:43 > 0:09:47at the Cowper & Newton Museum to find out the history of the hymn.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- What rain!- Again! - Hello, James.- Elizabeth.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Hello, very nice to meet you. Well, this will be fascinating.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02I'm looking forward to hearing
0:10:02 > 0:10:04more about this amazing song that I've sung.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07- This hymn!- Oh, yes. That's only part of the story, though.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10Amazing Grace was written by Reverend John Newton
0:10:10 > 0:10:14and William Cowper, who was England's most respected poet
0:10:14 > 0:10:16at the end of the 18th Century.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19This is my favourite portrait of him.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22It was painted when he lived at Weston Underwood in 1792,
0:10:22 > 0:10:27by Abbott, and it is said when his servant first saw it,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- he bowed to it. Because it's such a good likeness, apparently.- Really?
0:10:31 > 0:10:35Throughout his life, Cowper was plagued by depression.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Curiously, though, his melancholia was eased by three pet hares.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43They were given to the poet as young leverets,
0:10:43 > 0:10:47to distract him as he was coming out of one of his periodic depressions.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Because of his depression,
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Cowper had moved to Olney in 1767 to be under
0:10:53 > 0:10:55the ministry of Reverend John Newton,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58but Newton's career path to the Church
0:10:58 > 0:11:00hadn't been a conventional one.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I'm seeing lots of things pertinent to slavery,
0:11:03 > 0:11:07so what's the association between Newton and slavery?
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Because he was a slave captain at one time.
0:11:09 > 0:11:16I see. From slave ship captain to vicar, to curate here,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18was there a Damascus moment? What happened?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Yes, there was. Let me show you.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24The slavery business was known as the triangular trade.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26That could take three years.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- Really?- Yes.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32And it was on one of these return voyages in the Atlantic, where there
0:11:32 > 0:11:37was a tremendous storm, and they thought they were going to drown.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41And though Newton had an early Christian upbringing from his mother,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45obviously, in his seafaring days, he'd forgotten all about that,
0:11:45 > 0:11:49and he actually called on the Lord's voice for the first time
0:11:49 > 0:11:53in many years, and the storm didn't immediately abate, but
0:11:53 > 0:11:56it gradually lessened and they were able to limp home to Ireland,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58and he dates his conversion from that day.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Having seen the error of his ways,
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Newton eventually became Curate of Olney.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07With the help of Cowper,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09the Olney Hymns were written with
0:12:09 > 0:12:11the under-educated parishioners in mind.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18In the case in the corner, we have the first edition of
0:12:18 > 0:12:21the Olney Hymns, published in 1779,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25and its most famous hymn Amazing Grace.
0:12:25 > 0:12:30# Amazing grace
0:12:30 > 0:12:36# How sweet the sound... #
0:12:36 > 0:12:42And this was making the, sort of, Bible more accessible to
0:12:42 > 0:12:45the people who he was serving, presumably?
0:12:45 > 0:12:50Yes, he could teach them the Bible through these hymns.
0:12:50 > 0:12:56# ..Was blind, but now can see... #
0:12:56 > 0:13:01Amazing Grace was just one of the 348 hymns that Newton
0:13:01 > 0:13:03and Cowper wrote together.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Since recorded over 7,000 times,
0:13:06 > 0:13:09it has come to mean many things to many people,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13and it all began right here in this quiet corner of Buckinghamshire.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27Meanwhile, James Lewis has also made his way to Olney for his last
0:13:27 > 0:13:29shop of the day the Antiques Centre,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31and he's looking for something special.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36That's what we like.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Something that will get people talking.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41A £2 coin for £3.50.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44No, something that will cause a stink, maybe.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Well, what do you reckon to that?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I'm not sure, James.
0:13:52 > 0:13:53Any ideas?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54No, help me out.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Smell it.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57SNIFFING
0:13:57 > 0:13:59What does that smell of?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Kind of musty. Fishy. Chocolatey.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04That is turtle poo.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07You've got to be joking?!
0:14:07 > 0:14:12Fossilised, millions of years old. It could be yours for £22.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16A bargain! I'll take two, please. Ta. Do they come in pairs?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19You don't often see real poo for sale.
0:14:19 > 0:14:20I can't think why, James(!)
0:14:20 > 0:14:24Now, go and wash your hands and carry on shopping. Really!
0:14:36 > 0:14:38What have you got there, James?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40It's a box from the 19th Century.
0:14:40 > 0:14:46It's got marquetry around the edges, and the corners are missing.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48But there are various ways of sorting that.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52It looks like the casket is ebony, with ivory inlay.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Now, items containing ivory made after 1947 are illegal to sell,
0:14:56 > 0:15:00but as this piece dates from around 1880, it can still be traded, but
0:15:00 > 0:15:03will owners Sheila and Nick let it go for less than
0:15:03 > 0:15:05the pricetag of £25?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07£15, offer.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12That's it. Last chance. Last throw of the dice.
0:15:12 > 0:15:13That sounds fine.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Brilliant, thank you.
0:15:15 > 0:15:21- After all that... £15. - It's just unbelievable!
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- There we are. Thank you very much. Thank you.- OK.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29And just as he's about to leave, James spies one final buy.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32I didn't see those when I walked in. They're quite sweet.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Little pair of lorgnettes.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39You can imagine an Edwardian lady taking those out, can't you?
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- Very much so.- They actually work.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I can see better with those! £22.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48As we are on a roll, how about 15 again?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Yes, I'm sure she'll do that.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- Yeah? It's not a big discount, is it?- It's not a big discount.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56I can't believe that! A flourish at the end!
0:15:56 > 0:15:58A little flourish at the end?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00He's not going back for that turtle poo, is he?
0:16:00 > 0:16:04So, I owe you 15 again. There we go. Thank you.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08And with that, day one's shopping is dung... Ha-ha!
0:16:08 > 0:16:10I mean, done!
0:16:10 > 0:16:14With four lots in the bag, it's been a good day for James Lewis.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Night-night, chaps!
0:16:17 > 0:16:19# Morning has broken! #
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Our experts are up with the lark, and other such cliches,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25and they're heading off to carry on more shopping.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Let's cut to the chase. How many items have you bought?
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Items one, two, three, four... LAUGHTER
0:16:30 > 0:16:36- I think six.- I want to buy three lots, at least three or four lots.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- All with a good profit. I'm going to take you on, James!- Ha!
0:16:42 > 0:16:45So far, James Lewis has spent £90 on four lots.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47The Victorian lorgnette,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49the Indian sadeli box,
0:16:49 > 0:16:53a pair of brooches, and the music box and napkin rings,
0:16:53 > 0:16:57leaving him with £110 for the day ahead.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59James Braxton, meanwhile,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01has spent £72 on two lots
0:17:01 > 0:17:03the citrine and gold-plated seal,
0:17:03 > 0:17:06and the copper hearth surround,
0:17:06 > 0:17:10giving him £128 to splash.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12But before James embarks on
0:17:12 > 0:17:14more shopping, James Braxton is
0:17:14 > 0:17:16dropping James Lewis off at
0:17:16 > 0:17:18a car-boot sale in Northampton.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I love car-boots. I used to go,
0:17:20 > 0:17:23but now, of course, they say, "Oh, it's him off the telly!
0:17:23 > 0:17:26"I'm not selling anything to him!"
0:17:26 > 0:17:27LAUGHTER
0:17:27 > 0:17:28And can you blame them?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31The thing about car-boot sales is that one man's trash is
0:17:31 > 0:17:34another man's treasure, so good luck, James.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37How much is the pestle and mortar?
0:17:37 > 0:17:40- That can be £15.- It's quite early.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Its 18th Century. 1780.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47It could actually be early 19th, 1820. But in that period,
0:17:47 > 0:17:50if you were ill and had an ailment,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53you visited your pharmacist, your pharmacist would have used this
0:17:53 > 0:17:57pestle and mortar to make your powders, to make your medicines.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02And when qualifying, every pharmacist was given one of these
0:18:02 > 0:18:06as a classic graduation present. And because they're made out of bronze,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08they've lasted in quite large numbers.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11But 15 quid is not expensive.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13- I like that.- Yes?
0:18:13 > 0:18:20What about if I throw an old book in? And we'll call it £25.
0:18:20 > 0:18:26The Badminton Library. Fishing, Pike and Coarse Fish.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Sounds like a bit of a catch to me!
0:18:28 > 0:18:30That could almost go with that.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Really?!
0:18:32 > 0:18:34I'll give you a tenner for that.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37I'm going to have to hold out for 15.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Because of what it is, and because I think it's got some age.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44In that case, I'll give you 15 quid the two. Throw your £2 quid book in.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45OK, yeah.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47- Yeah?- Yeah.- You've got a deal.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Hook, line, and sinker.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53But James's buys are turning into a bit of pick and mix.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54- Thank you.- Goodbye, thank you.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Whatever next, a mediaeval bronze bell to complete the lot, eh?
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I ploughed that up in the Parish of Yelvertoft a few years ago...
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- Oh, yeah?- You ploughed it up?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Yes. It's goat or a sheep, is it? - Yeah.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Looks like a bell to me!
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Car-boot sale...
0:19:09 > 0:19:14A load of brand new bits and bobs, made of mediaeval bronze.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16How much is that?
0:19:16 > 0:19:18- 50p.- Sold.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Me and my big mouth, eh? Ding-dong!
0:19:21 > 0:19:26- Thank you very much. Have a good day.- And you, thank you.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Back on the road, James Braxton
0:19:30 > 0:19:31has driven on to Finedon,
0:19:31 > 0:19:35in Northamptonshire, for his next stop.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38Finedon is a small town in the district of Wellingborough.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Since 2011, their parish priest has been Reverend Richard Coles,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46formerly of '80s pop group The Communards.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53But there will be no dancing in the aisles for James.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56He's off to Affleck Bridge Antiques.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- Hello.- Good morning.- Hello. James.
0:19:59 > 0:20:00Hello, James. I'm Edward.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05Hello. Very nice to meet you, Edward. What a glorious day, isn't it?
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Now, Edward, I quite like the personal shopping approach.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Can you tell me, have you got some sort of market-fresh,
0:20:12 > 0:20:14nice new items that have recently come in?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16There's quite a few.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18We could step through to the back room.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Oh, lovely.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23It's a sort of artsy-craftsy piece, I think.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I don't know the make, but it should be labelled.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- Nice chamber stick. - Nice chamber stick, isn't it?
0:20:32 > 0:20:37It's sort of perpetual movement, almost, isn't it? It's rather fun.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41One for the backburner, eh, James?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59What's this? Umbrella Covers North.
0:21:00 > 0:21:07What attracts me about this item is, you've got a very novelty...
0:21:07 > 0:21:13sort of stylised, looks like a kookaburra, forming a handle.
0:21:13 > 0:21:20It's a lady's umbrella, that all works... Parasol.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22It's just got a little bit of loss there.
0:21:22 > 0:21:28But if you look at the detail of this, this is a luxury good,
0:21:28 > 0:21:32a luxury accessory, and it's £28!
0:21:32 > 0:21:38So with the umbrella at £28, what about that chamber stick at £24?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Could you do 40 for the two, Edward?
0:21:41 > 0:21:45- That's pushing us. - I thought I was being fair!
0:21:45 > 0:21:48LAUGHTER
0:21:48 > 0:21:51Well, to give you a chance at the auction, we could do that.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54OK, that's very kind. Thank you very much indeed, thank you.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56That's really kind. That's 40.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Thank you very much, James. I'm glad you found something.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- Good luck.- I'm really pleased with those. Thank you very much indeed.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05- You're welcome.- Bye.- Bye-bye. - Bye-bye! Bye-bye!
0:22:05 > 0:22:09So two more items for the swag bag, and without a moment's delay,
0:22:09 > 0:22:12James is on to his next location, Brackley,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14and the final shop of the day.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Historically, a market town based on the wool and lace trade,
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Brackley was built on intersecting routes between London,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Birmingham and the Midlands called a crossroads.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- HE HUMS - And just one look at this place,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34it really is an Aladdin's cave.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Hello, James.- Hello, Jim Broomfield, pleased to meet you.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Hello. Jim, what's your part in this?
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- I own it. I do, yes. - What an amazing place.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48I'm going to need a guide, are you going to guide me around?
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- I'll show you around. - Lead on, lead on.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52If you'll come this way.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56The cellar has 160 dealers and covers 3,000 square feet
0:22:56 > 0:22:58and it's all looking shipshape and Bristol fashion.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Ow, goodness.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06It's well made. That really nipped me.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Careful, James, we've already had one brooch injury.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11It's a very nice design, that,
0:23:11 > 0:23:15but quite sort of weird for a lady to wear
0:23:15 > 0:23:17a big brooch like that.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Well, he's not weighing anchor yet,
0:23:19 > 0:23:22although he is sailing towards more silverware.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- What is it?- I think it's German.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Emil Langer. Hamburg.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30And it's a teapot.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33It's that terribly tough silver plate.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35It's very well fitting.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38It's got a certain robust charm about it, isn't it?
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Vorsprung durch teapot, some might say!
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Not me, though.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46How much do you want for that one, then?
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- Five pounds?- Five pounds.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55- Well, let's see, let's see if we can...- Get something to go with it.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Let's see if we can get something else to go with it, shall we?
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Mmm. It seems James still isn't ready to commit, or is he?
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Um, yeah. I think I'm going to take the teapot,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08but I'll only pay him a pound for it.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Five pounds is a bit much.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Ah, he's playing hard to get, the old devil!
0:24:14 > 0:24:17So what's he going to team it up with, then?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I think I'll go in this side.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23I've always loved these nests of beakers.
0:24:23 > 0:24:271945. These are German as well.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30It's a lovely Second World War font, isn't it?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- Yes, it is.- Very German.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Do you think you could do a decent price on those?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Yes, I would think so. What have we got on at the minute?
0:24:38 > 0:24:39- It's got £25.- Yeah.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43I could certainly give him a ring and find the best he'll do on it.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45After a quick phone call to the owner,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47James secures the beakers for £15
0:24:47 > 0:24:50but something else is weighing on his mind...
0:24:51 > 0:24:53I like the anchor as well.
0:24:53 > 0:24:54So Jim's partner, Deborah,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58gets on the phone to the owner of the £28 anchor brooch.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59- Go, Debs!- Hold on.
0:24:59 > 0:25:03- £15.- £15, £15, definitely, I'll take it.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05That's very kind of her.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- Thank you.- Thanks, Shirley, bye. - Thank you, bye.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11That teapot, do you think it would make a happy bedfellow
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- with the beakers? - I think it would, being German.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- Being German.- And well-made.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20What have I got on me? What have I got on me? Here you are.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24That's a bit insulting!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28There you are.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- Would a big two buy it? - The teapot?- Yeah.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36- Two pounds?!- Oh, would it?
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- How about double or quits, then, James?- Definitely, definitely.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Double or quits. Double or quits. Are you going to spin?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- I'll spin, you call.- OK.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Heads, because it's the Queen's time.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Tails!
0:25:52 > 0:25:54HE LAUGHS
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Jolly lucky I had the other one.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57THEY LAUGH
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- Thank you, James.- Thank you very much indeed, Jim. Thank you.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05So, after gambling and losing, the teapot has cost James dear.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Four pounds, instead of two. On top of that,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12he's bought the beakers and the anchor brooch for £15 each.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Having finished his shopping earlier,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21the other James has driven to Kettering
0:26:21 > 0:26:23to visit England's answer
0:26:23 > 0:26:25to the Palace of Versailles.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Boughton House has been home to the Montagus since 1528
0:26:34 > 0:26:36and you'd be forgiven for thinking
0:26:36 > 0:26:37it's a little bit of France
0:26:37 > 0:26:39right here in England.
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Its design and contents have been heavily influenced
0:26:41 > 0:26:45by the tastes of the famous French Sun King, Louis XIV.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49James is here to meet Charles Lister, to find out more.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- Charles.- James, welcome to Boughton House.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- The English Versailles. - Thank you very much. What a place!
0:26:56 > 0:26:58I was not expecting to find a French palace
0:26:58 > 0:27:01in the middle of Northamptonshire! What's it doing here?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Well, it's very much the creation of Ralph Montagu,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06English Ambassador to Louis XIV,
0:27:06 > 0:27:10who transformed his Tudor house here into a very French-style building.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13If you'd like to come through, I can tell you all about him and his life.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18Gosh!
0:27:18 > 0:27:20This is the Great Hall, the centrepiece of the house,
0:27:20 > 0:27:22where all the entertaining would take place.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25William III would have been invited by Ralph Montagu,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28the first Duke of Montagu, who's portrayed just over here.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- This is Ralph, himself. - So, he built this house?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34He turned a small Tudor mansion
0:27:34 > 0:27:36into a grand vision of what he'd seen
0:27:36 > 0:27:39as Ambassador to Louis XIV over in France.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44What inspired him to do this, from an original Tudor style?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47It was very much, he's advancing in society.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49He starts as the second son of Lord Montagu
0:27:49 > 0:27:52and he increasingly becomes more important, more prominent,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54so he wants to have a house that reflects that,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56and partly the way you do that, you invite the King here,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59he enjoys it, hopefully, he'll give you a Dukedom.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03So, it's a bit of one-upmanship and a bit of social climbing, as well!
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Some things never change, do they?
0:28:06 > 0:28:07It seems not.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Montagu drew on his time in France
0:28:10 > 0:28:13to recreate his own version of Versailles here
0:28:13 > 0:28:16and the opulent court of Louis XIV.
0:28:16 > 0:28:21- The true Sun King.- Oh, my goodness!
0:28:21 > 0:28:23Andre-Charles Boulle at his best.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Boulle was cabinetmaker to Louis XIV, wasn't he?
0:28:26 > 0:28:27That's right, yes, indeed.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Has Ralph gone over and seen...?
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Not only has he seen, but he's obtained pieces,
0:28:34 > 0:28:37perhaps even presented pieces by Louis XIV.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41It was not so much of a problem then to be given ambassadorial gifts.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44- Ah, OK.- So, I think this particular piece, perhaps not,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47but many of the sort of fine French furniture in the house
0:28:47 > 0:28:51may have either been bought or been given to him as Ambassador.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Oh, look at that!
0:28:54 > 0:28:59Oh, my goodness! What a lovely piece of furniture.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03And to still see it in private ownership is lovely.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Absolutely priceless.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Boughton House is now owned by the Duke of Buccleuch,
0:29:09 > 0:29:12but with such opulence and grandeur,
0:29:12 > 0:29:14this place really was fit for a king.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18My goodness! That is incredible!
0:29:18 > 0:29:21The colours! Not the original upholstery, surely?
0:29:21 > 0:29:26Yes, indeed. This was purchased by Ralph Montagu in 1660 from France.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29It formed the centrepiece of his state apartment,
0:29:29 > 0:29:32created to show King William III by this point.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36He was going to come here, enjoy the state apartment he created for him.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38I suppose he purchased them with the intention
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- of making the state apartment for Charles II?- That's right.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- Eventually, William took over by the time he'd finished.- Exactly.- Gosh.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- There's some money spent in here, isn't there?- Vast sums of money.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Furnishing the bed itself, the furniture here,
0:29:51 > 0:29:55even the parquet floor here cost £5,000
0:29:55 > 0:29:57in the 1680s to actually complete it,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- which was a vast sum of money. - Goodness me!
0:30:00 > 0:30:04That's approximately £631,000 in today's money.
0:30:04 > 0:30:08And all really for the King to come and be here for one day, really.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Incredible!
0:30:10 > 0:30:13It might have been an expensive case of social climbing,
0:30:13 > 0:30:18but almost 400 years later, Boughton House is one of the jewels
0:30:18 > 0:30:22in Britain's crown, essentially English-French in flavour.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29In the old servants' hall at Boughton House,
0:30:29 > 0:30:33it's time for our experts to get the first glance at each other's buys.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Look at this!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Now, pince-nez.
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- Or lorgnettes, maybe, even. - Lorgnettes, yeah.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- They look very smart.- Have a look.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48- There we go. Because you know they often don't spring, do they?- Yeah.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- They've got everything, these.- Yeah.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Aren't they fabulous? So much clearer.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Now, what are you majoring in, then?
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Yes, it is hard to tell!
0:30:58 > 0:31:02- The bell, early bronze bell, mediaeval one.- Right.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- The fishing book. All from the car-boot sale.- Really?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08From the car booty. Badminton Library.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12The box and the napkin rings from my first shop,
0:31:12 > 0:31:16along with the plaited hair brooch,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- and the Etruscan eye.- Right.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- They were from the first shop.- Yeah.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23The second shop was the box,
0:31:23 > 0:31:25that took me ages to find,
0:31:25 > 0:31:27- and the lorgnettes.- Lovely, lovely.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29- I like the lorgnettes.- Fifteen quid.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32That's all right. You'll do well.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Not bad. But with so much bundling up of items,
0:31:35 > 0:31:39I'd say James Lewis is hedging his bets just a little bit too much.
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- Here we go, this is my first purchase.- OK.
0:31:42 > 0:31:46My hearth surround, sort of arts and craftsy, coppery fellow.
0:31:46 > 0:31:51Then in the same place, I bought this little fellow
0:31:51 > 0:31:55as a sort of seal. A very nice, sort of, citrine
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- intaglio-engraved fellow. - That's lovely.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- 1820, 1830, isn't it?- Yeah. Circa 1830.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06"Without the Lord, everything is in vain," it says.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10- That's the little motto, there. - And the anchor. Is it silver?
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Yeah, unmarked, though. It reminds me of Exeter.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19- The old Irish were quite lawless. - Yes, they were.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Exeter silver's generally marked,
0:32:22 > 0:32:25but it could have come from somewhere like Cork.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27It would be nice if it was Cork.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32- Cork silver.- Then I bought this nice kookaburra. Isn't that amazing?
0:32:32 > 0:32:37- Oh, it's brilliant!- A luxury good.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40I don't know what it is, 1930s, something like that.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46- Yeah.- A lady's umbrella.- I like that.- £20! Look at the quality.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48We've all bought a clutch of items that have merit.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Yes, I think so.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Best of buddies now, but how long will it last?
0:32:53 > 0:32:57What do they really think of each other's items?
0:32:57 > 0:33:01James, the great winner of this programme on many series before,
0:33:01 > 0:33:06and then he took away his cover and...slightly aghast, really.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Gold lorgnettes, lovely.
0:33:08 > 0:33:15£15, an absolute gift, but I question a man who buys Sorrento ware.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Sorrento-ware napkins and a music box.
0:33:18 > 0:33:21However cheap, would you really want to buy them?
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Get off the fence, then, James(!)
0:33:23 > 0:33:28My items look quite good, beside his.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33James is a guy with such a good eye and real quality, normally.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37The little fob seal is lovely,
0:33:37 > 0:33:40but the rest left me cold, really.
0:33:40 > 0:33:45I couldn't see any great profits in there at all.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48They are just so unfashionable, fenders.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51I don't know. I predict a loss there, I think.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54I think I've got a better lot of stuff than he has.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57But then he probably thinks exactly the same!
0:33:59 > 0:34:03It sounds like the gloves are well and truly off! With both our experts
0:34:03 > 0:34:07feeling confident, there's only one way to find out who's bought best.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09From Kettering, our boys are back
0:34:09 > 0:34:10on the road, as they head to
0:34:10 > 0:34:11auction in Market Harborough.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Here we are.
0:34:15 > 0:34:22This is my least favourite part of the trip - coming to the auction.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26With no power. All in the hands of the auctioneer.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31- I have a phrase - sit and die. - Let's sit and die together.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Ooh!
0:34:37 > 0:34:40Today, our experts are going head-to-head at Gildings,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43which has established itself as an auction house of distinction
0:34:43 > 0:34:45over the last 30 years.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Have our boys spent their money wisely?
0:34:48 > 0:34:53James Lewis started out with £200 and spent £105.50 on five lots,
0:34:53 > 0:34:55leaving him with £94.50.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01James Braxton also started with £200 and bought six lots,
0:35:01 > 0:35:06spending £146, leaving him with £54 in hand.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12Here we go.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16First up for James Braxton, it's the Arts and Crafts copper hearth
0:35:16 > 0:35:18surround, and it's over to auctioneer Mark Gilding.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Nice, this one.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- £50, do I see?- It's going for 50.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- Ten.- £10 only. I'm bid at ten.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29At £10, I'm bid at £10.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30£12, do I see?
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- Come on.- I'll even polish it for you.
0:35:33 > 0:35:34At £12, I'm bid.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- At 15, 18...- We're getting there.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39At £18. You're not bidding at 18.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41The bid's 18.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43£18 and selling away. At 18.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47Ouch! Well, that failed to set the auction room ablaze.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50You were dead right. Obviously the wrong size.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53First up for James Lewis, the pair of brooches -
0:35:53 > 0:35:56the creepy hair one and the evil-eye one.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- Is it undamaged?- Yes, it's perfect.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03- It's six loops of different hair. - What will we say for these?
0:36:03 > 0:36:06The two of them, £100, do I see?
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Don't all bid at once(!)
0:36:09 > 0:36:10OK, then, £20, I'm bid.
0:36:10 > 0:36:16£20, I'm bid. Have it your way. 5, 30. 35.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21£35, 40. 40, I'm bid.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25- No way!- It's creeping.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- 45, I'm bid. At 45.- Still a loss.
0:36:27 > 0:36:3248, 50. £50, I'm bid. At £50.
0:36:32 > 0:36:375, at £55. 60, do I see? It's 55.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39You're all quiet in the room.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41£55 and I'm instructed to sell.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44At £55.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46A pin-prick of a profit for James Lewis.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49It's washed its face.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51A little profit there.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54That's my expression. Next up for James Lewis,
0:36:54 > 0:36:56it's that dainty gold lorgnette.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Good luck.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03- We'll see.- At 22, 25, 28. 28,
0:37:03 > 0:37:04I'm bid now at 28.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06At £28, I'm bid now.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09At 32, 35. At 35.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13All my bids are out.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17- 38, do I see it?- No way! - Are you bidding, internet?
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Just flashing, then, at £35...
0:37:19 > 0:37:22A man of vision, is our James Lewis.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25But he didn't see that one coming, did he?
0:37:25 > 0:37:28They could have had a one in front of them, couldn't they?
0:37:28 > 0:37:29That is disastrous.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33Now it's James Braxton's gold-plated seal.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Will it make an impression on the bidders?
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Do you think people still collect those seals?
0:37:38 > 0:37:42- That was lovely. It was beautifully...- It was.
0:37:42 > 0:37:47£20, 5, 30, 5, 40.
0:37:47 > 0:37:4945. Into profit.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53That's £45 bid. 45 and selling away.
0:37:53 > 0:37:58His first profit. Good. And it's not that bad.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01A nice little profit, there. I'm all right.
0:38:01 > 0:38:06Now it's James Lewis' 19th-century Indian sadeli casket.
0:38:06 > 0:38:11Bidding starts at 25, 35, £40. I'm bid at 40.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16At £40, 45, 50, 55, seated. At 55.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17At £55 I'm bid. Do I see 60?
0:38:17 > 0:38:20It should be worth more than this,
0:38:20 > 0:38:21but £55, I'm bid.
0:38:21 > 0:38:27All out in the room and the net is out. 55 seated, 60. New bidder, 65.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- You were right.- At 70...
0:38:30 > 0:38:33And I'm selling at £70.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35That's not bad.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I'm pleased with that.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Yes, it's turned out to be a right little treasure chest
0:38:40 > 0:38:43and puts James Lewis into an early lead.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44Come on, Brackers!
0:38:44 > 0:38:48You've got some catching up to do with the 1930s lady's umbrella.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51£10, I'm bid only.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54I thought this would make a lot more. 12, 15, 18, 20.
0:38:54 > 0:38:5722. 22 bid now. In the room at 22.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00At £22, the net's out as well.
0:39:00 > 0:39:06- Oh, go on!- 22... A new bidder here.
0:39:06 > 0:39:0930. 30 I'm bid. At £30.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12At 30, and selling at £30.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14A luxury item at 30.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Oh, dear.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18At least he's covered himself.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Next up for James Braxton is the
0:39:21 > 0:39:23- pottery chamber stick.- There we are.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27£10, I'm bid. The Linthorpe style.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30£10, I'm bid. At £10, I'm bid.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32£12, do I see? It's £10 only.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36£12, I'm bid now.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38£12 bidder in the room.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- Bit of a charity bid, there.- Yes.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43At £12, and selling away.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47The chamber stick fails to light up the room.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50Another loss for James Braxton. Next!
0:39:50 > 0:39:53This is my box that you really hate.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Slightly strange bedfellows now.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58The walnut music box and the wooden napkin rings.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Lovely quality marquetry here.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Lovely quality marquetry, James.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- Actually, only, £5 I'm bid.- God!
0:40:06 > 0:40:08That's about right.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10£12, 15, 18, 20, 22,
0:40:10 > 0:40:12out this side, it's 22. Are you
0:40:12 > 0:40:15bidding at 22? 22 on my left.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17At 22. 5 to bid. I'm selling quick,
0:40:17 > 0:40:19- then, at 22, and away.- Oh...
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Oh, bottom!
0:40:22 > 0:40:24That's about the right price for that.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29The odd collection clearly appealed to someone and gave James Lewis
0:40:29 > 0:40:33another creeping profit, but can James Braxton accelerate with
0:40:33 > 0:40:35his set of German beakers and a teapot?
0:40:35 > 0:40:37I like these beakers.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39The beakers are nice.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41You could take them on a picnic.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45£50, are we? £10, I'm bid.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48I'm bid 12, 15, 18, 20, 22...
0:40:50 > 0:40:52You're out now. It's down here,
0:40:52 > 0:40:58at £22. 5, I'll take. At 22...
0:40:58 > 0:41:01A good pairing, but not the match of the day.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03My last chance
0:41:03 > 0:41:06at profit is the anchor. It's got to make...
0:41:06 > 0:41:10It's got a big responsibility. It's got to make about 60 quid.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14No pressure, then(!) It's the anchor brooch.
0:41:14 > 0:41:15It should be £40-50, shouldn't it?
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Yeah, it should.
0:41:17 > 0:41:23Bidding starts at £15. 18, 20, 22,
0:41:23 > 0:41:2425, 28 and I'm out.
0:41:24 > 0:41:2728, it's in the room, and selling at £28.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- 30.- Go on. Go on.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- Go on.- 32, 35. This side.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36You're out on my left. At 35.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39- Well done.- Well done.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Anchors away, with a tidy profit.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44The final lot for James Lewis
0:41:44 > 0:41:46is the pestle and mortar,
0:41:46 > 0:41:47the medieval bronze bell,
0:41:47 > 0:41:49and the book on fishing.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51He does love a good pick 'n' mix.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Bidding starts at 10, 12, 15, £18.
0:41:54 > 0:42:00- Oh!- 18, I'm bid. 20, 22, 25, 28, 30.
0:42:00 > 0:42:0230, I'm bid in the room.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04All my bids are lost at £30.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06£30 in the room. At 30.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Oh, that's all right.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13- There we go.- An odd lot, though, puts in one last profit.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Is it enough to land the first victory?
0:42:17 > 0:42:21James Braxton started the show with £200, and after auction costs,
0:42:21 > 0:42:24he's made a loss of £13.16, sending him
0:42:24 > 0:42:28through to the next round with £186.84.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Don't look so serious.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36James Lewis also started with £200 after costs.
0:42:36 > 0:42:41He's made a profit of £68.34, taking his total to £268.34
0:42:41 > 0:42:45and claiming the first victory of this road trip.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48He's looking serious too. Tight-lipped.
0:42:48 > 0:42:54- Well...- Winner decides? Do you want me to drive?- Go on, you drive.
0:42:54 > 0:43:00- I should sit in the back. - You should do. Only £60-odd.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05You don't get the full chauffeuring service.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06It's better than a loss, James.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08- It certainly is.- Oh, dear.
0:43:09 > 0:43:15- It was hard today.- It was. - I think we struggled.- Certainly did.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19But a good start to the trip, and there's everything left to play for.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Next time, on the Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:21 > 0:43:23James Braxton is read like a book.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27You've held it more than two seconds so that means you're interested.
0:43:27 > 0:43:28You crafty dealers!
0:43:28 > 0:43:32- Come on, give me the horn.- And James Lewis is just red in the face.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35HE BLOWS HORN TUNELESSLY
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