0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:11- I love that. - ..a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- Yippee!- Have I just done a terrible thing?
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22There will be worthy winners and valiant users.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27- Am I going to flip a coin? - So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I can't believe it. It went rubbish.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:41It's leg three of our trip in a 1980s Mini,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43with Catherine Southon and David Harper
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- and the suspension is killing them. - Here we go.- Oh...!
0:00:46 > 0:00:50We're just so close to the ground.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53David is an antiques expert with a simple creed -
0:00:53 > 0:00:55I think he calls it "blow the lot".
0:00:55 > 0:00:58That's it. I'm absolutely wiped out.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Catherine is an auctioneer whose slightly more cautious tactics
0:01:01 > 0:01:04have been equally unsuccessful thus far.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08- So get more money spent, missus. - No, I will, I will.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12- Well, I haven't got an awful lot to spend, to be honest. - Neither have I!
0:01:12 > 0:01:14We're rubbish, you and I.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- In fact...- He has a point.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21In fact, after ten shops and over 100 miles, things have gone a bit, well, flat.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23BURSTING AND HISSING
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Catherine started with £200 and has made a measly £2.16.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Huh!
0:01:35 > 0:01:37And David's not much better.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42His starting stake of £200 has crept up to just £231.24,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45leaving him a whisker in front.
0:01:45 > 0:01:50- There's lots of colours.- I'm going with the midweek stubble look.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Go and buy yourself an antique cut-throat razor.
0:01:52 > 0:01:57- Oh, nice one! You'd like that, wouldn't you? - Yeah, I'd like to do that.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Our trip begins at Eccleston in Lancashire
0:02:03 > 0:02:07and heads south for about 350 miles through Wales and the West Country
0:02:07 > 0:02:09to Seaton on the south coast of England.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Today's jaunt makes for an auction in Llanelli
0:02:13 > 0:02:16but starts out at Rhayader in mid Wales.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23This is the Elan Valley Reservoir just outside the town.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27We've got our own Victoria Falls in Elan Valley.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30And it's also one of Wales' finest bird sanctuaries.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33Oh, look! A red kite.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36KITE MEWING
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Oh, my Lord! Look at that. - Wow.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46In Rhayader itself, it's the town clock which rather grabs your attention.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Well, it is shopping time.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50- That's what we want. - We want antiques.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Let's see what they can uncover in what was once the local court.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Go! No, that's not fair!
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- You are a sneaky one.- I know I am.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Nowadays, of course, this place is full of antiques.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08But they still have the old lock-ups.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12It's not very nice in here, is it?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15What's more, David's been here before.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- Good to see. How are you? - And you. Yeah, good.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19The shop that is - not prison.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Catherine and Sarah are new cell-mates
0:03:23 > 0:03:27but David and Robin have previous and that may give him an advantage.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31- It's a temple piece, isn't it? - It is a temple piece, yeah.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35- I would say it was India.- Yeah? - Possibly used as an altar.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38It's an interesting thing. It's a hardwood, isn't it?
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Yeah. And it's quite solid. It's heavy.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42- Is it very heavy?- Very heavy.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Deeply carved. Gorgeous columns. Can you see how it's been painted?
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- I mean, that when it was first created... - It would have been very bright.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52It would have been as bright as my pants.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Not quite.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57That comparison probably wasn't blasphemous
0:03:57 > 0:04:00but do be careful, David - we are in a court.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03This is a very, very risky object, let me tell you that.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08Because this is the kind of thing that could just totally bomb in auction.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Sounds like David's trying to get the price down to me.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Only trouble is, it doesn't have one because Robin's only just put it on display.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17And now you're going to lay offerings to me.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19I'm going to lay an offering to you.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Gosh. I think...would 80 quid buy it?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Seriously?- Yeah.- To you.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30- Seriously?- Seriously.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- To you.- Could I have bought it for less money, Robin?- No!
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Because you've done business with me before.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Whoops! Did Catherine see that?
0:04:38 > 0:04:43- Catherine...- I'm just interested to know if you're making an offer on something.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Rob and I...- Don't let him rob you.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- There is a cell...- I'm surprised they let you out, missus.
0:04:48 > 0:04:49Ooh!
0:04:49 > 0:04:52David's quick work seems to be unnerving her.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55It's looking like deja vu all over again.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Do you remember when Catherine accidentally spied another David buy?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Maybe I should have gone for that. - Mm! This could be interesting.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- Gorgeous.- I don't like this at all
0:05:08 > 0:05:11because he's sold something to you very cheaply.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13- Well...- Have you? - I don't know whether it's cheap.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18- It's very, very risky.- You're happy and I don't like it.- I know!
0:05:18 > 0:05:19LAUGHTER
0:05:19 > 0:05:22Now, come on, Catherine. Pip-pip.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- Right. Mr Harper, this is war. - Ooh!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28That's the spirit.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34What about this screen? Oak framed, sort of pressed copper, isn't it?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36But it's not special. I want something special.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39OK, all right. I'm going to wander around.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Well, get a wiggle on because David's already got something else in his sights.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- That is... - That's a nice piece, isn't it?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48VASE RINGS
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Beautiful sound.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53That's a very, very good piece of glass.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Keep the volume down, David.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59In this shop, your rival's never very far away.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01I think he's already buying another item
0:06:01 > 0:06:05and I haven't bought anything yet and then that starts to worry me
0:06:05 > 0:06:07and I get all upset.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Oh, lordy.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13So that's a 19th century goblet or vase.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16- What I love about the engraving is the scene.- Yeah.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18That's what makes it, yeah.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22And these fisherman that I deal with will spend big money
0:06:22 > 0:06:24on anything to do with fishing.
0:06:24 > 0:06:30- What kind of money's that, Robin? - The death on it is 50.- 50?- Yes.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33It couldn't be just a trickle, just a trickle less?
0:06:33 > 0:06:38- Not a trickle.- Seriously?- That is... That is on the knuckle, yeah.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- Is she watching me?- I am. - She IS watching me.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- I could sense your eyes. - Leave me alone, David.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49- I'm getting all stressed. - OK, Robin. Do it very quietly.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Don't say a word but what I'm going to do, just as a celebration,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55right, I'm going to do this.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58VASE RINGS
0:06:58 > 0:07:00And if we can just hide that somewhere.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Two buys and just over 20 minutes later, David's done.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Thank you very much. Thanks again.- Thank you.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I'll see you later, Catherine.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Nice to see you, Robin. All the best. - You're welcome.- OK, bye.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Plus, Catherine, not surprisingly, seems to know exactly what he's bought.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19He's such a cheeky monkey. I don't know how he does it.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24He's going to make a whopping great profit with what you've just sold him.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29He's probably going to make about £150 on that, I should think.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32- Probably a bit more, actually. - Oh, good!
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Ouch! Maybe cut out the jokes.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Oh!
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Now, it's Robin's turn to give Catherine a hand
0:07:39 > 0:07:43and hopefully she can stop worrying about what her rival's already nabbed.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- That, you would make money on. - I don't really like it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- No.- Come on, Robin - keep trying.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52How about a nice Charlotte Rhead plate?
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- This is just boring, isn't it? - Please yourself.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58You'd be better to take something like that little chair.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01But I just can't find anything quite special.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04If it was special, it would be a lot of money.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08- And if it is unusual, it's already gone.- That's helpful.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12I think that's lovely. It's beautifully etched.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14It's lovely and there's an awful lot going on, there.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19- Aye, aye.- It's got the name of Peter Chambers, whoever he was,
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- and as such, it's going to put a lot of people off, isn't it?- It will.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Oh, dear. Nothing's quite right, is it?
0:08:27 > 0:08:31The little copper drinking... They don't rock your boat?
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Turn of the century, I'd have thought.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Copper, sorts of Arts and Craftsy in style.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38I mean, they're simple and you can imagine them all lined up.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40If you had a nice inglenook fireplace,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42you can imagine them all lined up.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- £10 the set. - They're quite nice, actually.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Right. A fiver on those.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Go on, then. Yes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53That is good.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- You're lovely.- There you go. Your first little buy.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58What would you sell them for, normally?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Those? I had them up for about £80.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Blimey, Catherine! He has been kind to you.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10This is all taking a while and we might be a bit longer yet
0:09:10 > 0:09:13because Catherine, encouraged by that last deal,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15is back at the goblet.
0:09:15 > 0:09:20It's really beautifully etched, isn't it? Really high quality.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- But what could you do on this? - Not a lot.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28- £80.- You really couldn't do any less than £80 on it? No?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30No. I paid too much for it.
0:09:32 > 0:09:37- My best offer - 40. - Phew! No! The best ever on it would be 60.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- I'd take a £20 loss on it. - Would you?- Yeah.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Sneaky. - How much did David pay?- 50.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49Could I pay 50 for that and then, only because we've got a competition
0:09:49 > 0:09:52and then we can see who's actually bought the best piece of glass.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Go on, then.- Am I asking the world? - Yes, you are
0:09:56 > 0:09:59but I will do it for you because you're so pretty.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Ah!
0:10:03 > 0:10:06She's finally got a smile on her face.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Bye!
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Oh! Eventually.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14My goodness me, what have you got in there?
0:10:14 > 0:10:18Don't try and be all friendly with me, Mr Harper.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I know what you bought.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21She may have been an awfully long time
0:10:21 > 0:10:24but Catherine spent less than half as much as David.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31And now can the tortoise and the hare power the Mini up through the mountains?
0:10:31 > 0:10:36Heading east from Rhayader towards the little village of Abbeycwmhir...
0:10:38 > 0:10:40where David's come to see a very unusual home.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49This is The Hall, built in 1833
0:10:49 > 0:10:54and then enlarged into a Victorian Gothic Revival mansion a few years later.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58By the 1990s, though, it was in a very sorry state
0:10:58 > 0:11:02and David wants to see how the present owners have restored it.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- Hello!- Welcome, David. Welcome to The Hall at Abbeycwmhir.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Thank you very much. Paul, isn't it? - It is indeed.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10I can see already, that is a feast.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12It certainly is.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Grade II listed and with original features in all 52 rooms.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21The Hall is now open to the public,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25thanks to Paul and his wife's boundless enthusiasm,
0:11:25 > 0:11:27not to mention life savings.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31I'm loving this. Now, this is original, isn't it?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Totally. But we're not slavish to 1869.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39This is a house that's full of interest and quirkiness.
0:11:40 > 0:11:45He's right, you know. This home is most definitely not stately.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47It's too much fun for that.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Take the snooker room, for example.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51Now, I do like this billiard room.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Original features aplenty here,
0:11:53 > 0:11:57like the ceiling with the vents for releasing the gentlemen's cigar smoke
0:11:57 > 0:12:01and it also features a bizarre Arthurian theme
0:12:01 > 0:12:03that was all Paul's idea.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07And round the wall here are the knights of the Round Table
0:12:07 > 0:12:08in old English script.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11There is a historian that claims this is Camelot.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14What? This is getting even wilder and wilder here, Paul.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Because he was a 5th-century Welsh prince,
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- so we created the Arthurian Room. - That's great.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23There are plenty of other weird and wonderful additions, too,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26like the safe from the custard factory where Paul used to work.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31Visitors, we always ask them to describe this when they leave
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- and they can't. - Well, I'm struggling.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36It almost like an adventure playground,
0:12:36 > 0:12:40something that is fantastically eccentric,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43very British and puts a big smile on your face.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50I suppose that having rescued the place Paul, quite rightly, wants to put his stamp on it.
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Goodness knows what the National Trust would make
0:12:52 > 0:12:54of Paul's little collections, though.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58- King Henry and his wives.- Yeah.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And here's some Thunderbirds heads.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- Are they Doulton?- They're Doulton.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- There's not too many of them around. - No, they're pretty rare.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10I can value them for the look around the house.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14Even the library has a cheeky secret or two.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19It is the only Boys' and Girls' Adventure library in Wales
0:13:19 > 0:13:21and they're all in their original bindings.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25This is the way the world should have been but never quite was.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28You see, I think people like you should run the world.
0:13:28 > 0:13:29I think it would be a happier place.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- I'm not sure that David Cameron would agree with you.- I don't know!
0:13:33 > 0:13:36But perhaps the best illustration of Paul's Tracy Island philosophy
0:13:36 > 0:13:38is the garden room.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41And now for something completely different.
0:13:44 > 0:13:49Featuring 136 original signs and goodness knows what else besides.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52This is our childhood.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55When people come here, memories come flooding back.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00It's bonkers, that's what it is. It's absolutely bonkers.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Well, you ought to know.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Do you know what? Thinking of Thunderbirds,
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Catherine and David don't half resemble Lady Penelope and Parker.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16Nighty-night, milady.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22We are right in the thick of it.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Next day, our two just can't get enough of those Welsh mountains.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28- We're on top of the world, David. - On top of the world.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Do you feel on top of the world? I think we pretty much are.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33We keep climbing.
0:14:35 > 0:14:41Yesterday, David really leapt in, spending £130 on a temple piece and an ale goblet...
0:14:42 > 0:14:45leaving £101.24 to spend today.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Whilst Catherine spent a mere £55 on another goblet
0:14:50 > 0:14:56and some copper pots, leaving her with £147.16 to spend today.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58You're so pretty!
0:15:00 > 0:15:05Ugh, I'm getting wet now. My map has other uses.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08- Have you got two maps? - No, get your own.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14They're heading for an auction in Llanelli
0:15:14 > 0:15:17but the next stop is the little village of Penybont.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Catherine's about to visit a unique shop,
0:15:24 > 0:15:28which many regard as a blueprint for modern retail.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30A-ha! Thomas Shop.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Hello, Thomas Shop.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- Hello! I'm Catherine.- I'm Derek. Hello. Welcome to the Thomas Shop.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43Thank you very much indeed.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46I'm oozing with excitement. This is wonderful!
0:15:48 > 0:15:51When Derek came to Penybont 12 years ago,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54he discovered that there had been a successful business here
0:15:54 > 0:15:57as far back as 1730.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02Not just selling groceries because the original owners established a drapery
0:16:02 > 0:16:05and a gentlemen's outfitters, as well as an inn, a cooper's
0:16:05 > 0:16:07and a blacksmith's. Huh!
0:16:08 > 0:16:12The shop was having to provide something for the whole community.
0:16:12 > 0:16:18This was the precursor to the development of a department store.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20See, that is fascinating, isn't it?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23How it then developed into this mass thing that we see today.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Not that you'd get today a grocer's, necessarily, with...
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- It's a bit of an odd combination. - Marks and Spencer's do.
0:16:30 > 0:16:31That's true.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Nowadays, reminders of those departments are squeezed
0:16:38 > 0:16:41into this gloriously eclectic collection.
0:16:41 > 0:16:46The Thomas Shop is packed with goods stretching back over 200 years.
0:16:46 > 0:16:51This is fantastic. I love the packets, I love the tins, the jars, the pots,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- because really, they tell us about social history.- They do.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59I love the adverts. I mean, take this one, for example.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- Colman's tin.- Colman's Mustard, yes.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- I presume it would have been used in a shop...- It would have been a display.- ..once upon a time.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Although right now Penybont doesn't have a village shop,
0:17:11 > 0:17:19the establishment that Mr Thomas bought in 1799 was a thriving concern.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23It then stayed in the family, perfectly preserved,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26until closing in the 1950s.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29When Derek set about restoring things,
0:17:29 > 0:17:31his biggest problem was finding some stock.
0:17:31 > 0:17:37People over the last ten years have come along with all sorts of things
0:17:37 > 0:17:38that you see on the shelves.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41For example, I mean, we've got this collection of shoes.
0:17:41 > 0:17:46A man drove into our car park and said, "I've got three boxes in the back of car..."
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- And he just gave you them? They look Victorian.- They're Victorian shoes.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53I'd never seen a hobnailed boot before.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55No, I've never seen one before, either.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59The nice thing here is that we encourage people to pick them up.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00To touch them - not like a museum.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Also in the collection are objects that might never have been sold here
0:18:06 > 0:18:10but are nevertheless fascinating pieces of social history,
0:18:10 > 0:18:12like the Welsh Not.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17- This brings tears to the eyes of many people who speak Welsh. - Does it? Why's that then?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Because children were forbidden to speak Welsh in school.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22When children were found speaking Welsh,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24they were made to wear the Welsh Not.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- "You will not speak Welsh." - Ah! Really?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- And so they had to wear it. - Round their neck.- Round their neck.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31Oh, gosh. That's terrible, isn't it?
0:18:31 > 0:18:35The hated Not was introduced in 1870s
0:18:35 > 0:18:38and lasted until the 20th century,
0:18:38 > 0:18:42altogether a very different state of affairs from what we have today.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Welsh as a language is growing and it's very exciting.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47So do you speak a bit of Welsh?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I mean - bore da.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- Bore da. Bore da is hello? - Good morning.- Good morning.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Ti'n iawn.- Ti'n iawn. - How are you?
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Ti'n iawn. Fine, thanks. How are you?
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Bore da. Bore da.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Mm. Could be useful when she gets down to some proper shopping again later.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Time to go climbing.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17And travel south from Penybont towards the Beacons and Brecon.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22Now, I'm sure this fine old market town has produced
0:19:22 > 0:19:24many famous sons and daughters
0:19:24 > 0:19:28but the Duke of Wellington, apparently, isn't one of them,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30despite his rather prominent statue.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34Still, perhaps his influence will rub off on our two combatants.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Well, I've decided that it's no good
0:19:39 > 0:19:42just buying these piddly things at £20, £30
0:19:42 > 0:19:45and making £5, £10 profit.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Oh!- Is there? - I'm with you, I'm with you.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Because it's just not going to get us anywhere
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- and we both really need a big push. - We do.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- So today I'm going for it. - Oh, I love that.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01I'm going to risk it all.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Fighting talk, eh?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06And they can safely park the car for a few hours now
0:20:06 > 0:20:09because they're going to battle it out in Brecon.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Ah! The cavalry.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17It's the back of a fire, I'm sure.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Whoa, my gosh!
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Probably the 18th or 19th century.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25That thing would sit in the back of the fire.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28It's cast iron. It's absolutely monstrously heavy.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30And there's another one.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32This is probably more interesting.
0:20:32 > 0:20:38Dated 1635, if that really is in period,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41an early 17th-century fireback,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43it's worth £1,000 of anybody's money.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47That's dated 1635. Do you think that's period or not?
0:20:47 > 0:20:49- I would say so, yes.- Really?
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Tony's standing in for the owner and doing a great job
0:20:52 > 0:20:55but it's time for a closer look.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- It'll be a monstrously heavy thing. - It is very, very heavy.
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Shall I get one side?
0:20:59 > 0:21:01HE GRUNTS
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- Here you are, I've got one side. - Now you can. - There you go. Look at that.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08That is one big, heavy lump of cast iron.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Charles I, royal coat of arms.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13What do you think? What's your instinct?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16It wouldn't come out of Queen Victoria's place, would it?
0:21:16 > 0:21:17No. Might have done.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- That's what I normally tell people. - Do you?
0:21:20 > 0:21:23It comes out of her abode. That's how I manage to sell things.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Ah! I wouldn't be admitting that on telly.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27THEY LAUGH
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Do you know what I think? I think it's mid 20th century.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32- It could be.- 1950s. - It could very well be.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Well, that at least puts them within David's price range.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40- What kind of money are they? - I would say over £100.- Really?
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- You wouldn't get two for one here, then, would you?- That was yesterday.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48- Really?- Oh, yeah, we had a big day here yesterday.- Two for one deals? - Cheaper than Asda yesterday.- Never!
0:21:48 > 0:21:50But that was only yesterday.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Tony, would you mind giving him a ring and just...- Not at all.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Give me a price, give me a price. - Excuse me a minute.- Cheers.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58It might be 20 years old but it doesn't matter -
0:21:58 > 0:22:01for the right money as a decorative object, it doesn't matter.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- I was way over with my quote. - Good man!
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- It's £55.- For the two? For the two? - No, each.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11That's not bad for the two.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Sorry.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Is there any movement on that, do you think?
0:22:17 > 0:22:22I think I could go down to 45.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- Can I officially put that on hold? - No problem.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Don't sell it to the Southon woman, right?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30- She's not allowed to buy that.- OK.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Those are getting cheaper all the time.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I wonder how Catherine's doing?
0:22:35 > 0:22:36- Bore da. - Bore da.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Bore da.- Ah! She's made a good impression there.
0:22:39 > 0:22:44- I'm Lynton. I own the centre. - Right. So you're the man to do the deals with.- Yeah.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Excellent.- If you want any help, just give us a call.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- We'll see if we can do a little deal.- OK.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Soon, Catherine, having taken note of what's Lynton's,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55has found something she quite likes.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58It's very sweet. Do you know what I think it was?
0:22:58 > 0:23:00- I think it might be for microscope slides.- Yes.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03These drawers, I think, once upon a time, were filled
0:23:03 > 0:23:07with glass microscope slides.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Solid mahogany. These little bun feet on the bottom.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14That would probably date it to about 1830, 1840.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17The ticket price is £195, though.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20It'll take more than a little Welsh small talk
0:23:20 > 0:23:21to get that down, girl.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24- Can you do £100 on it?- No.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Right.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27OK.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36I'll give you my bottom line. I can't go less than, what, 120?
0:23:39 > 0:23:42You couldn't do 110?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Go on, then.- For 110.- For 110.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48I'm not going to commit just yet because I'm just going to have a look at the other shops.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I think Lynton expected a handshake then.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Just one thing. If that Mr Harper comes in sniffing around,
0:23:54 > 0:23:58please don't let him have that for any... Don't let him have it, full stop.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- Don't give him any big discounts. - He might offer me 185 for it.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04Yeah but don't take it because we're friends, aren't we?
0:24:04 > 0:24:05We're pals.
0:24:05 > 0:24:10Well, friendship's one thing and antiques are quite another.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Meanwhile, David's got his dealer on the line
0:24:12 > 0:24:14and he's spied something else.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18There's a very simple little Chinese rice bowl,
0:24:18 > 0:24:2019th century thing.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Is it buyable at 20? Yeah.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27OK. And while I've got you on the phone, the big fireback.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Tony said 45.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Could it be just a little bit less or...?
0:24:33 > 0:24:3540 quid. OK, that's fine.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37OK, thank you. Bye.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42- Right. Little Chinese thing, he said I can have it for 20 quid.- OK, yeah.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45- But I'll put that aside for now. - So that's those two reserved
0:24:45 > 0:24:48at £20 for the bowl and £40 for the fireback - wow.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50- Good man. Cheers.- OK.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Because Brecon does have quite a few antique shops,
0:24:57 > 0:24:59it looks like our two intend to play the field.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04You see, I like this. We've got an umbrella stand or a walking stick stand
0:25:04 > 0:25:08and it's a big lump of cast iron.
0:25:08 > 0:25:14I think this would look smashing in a lovely country house.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16It's very sort of rococo, the style of it.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I love the shells, I love the grapes
0:25:18 > 0:25:23- and there's a lot of sort of swirls and patterns in it.- Mm.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25But at £48, there's a bit of a fault.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- What can you do on it?- 40.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Bearing in mind that we'd be taking a bit of a gamble.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35That would but I still think there's quite a lot left in it,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37especially at auction.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- But not at 40.- I'm struggling now a little on it, then.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I think a very, very fair price would be 30.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48I could do 35, then, yes.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51I think £30 is a really fair offer.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53I'm still not biting yet, am I?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56- Go on!- Shall we say 35?
0:25:56 > 0:26:00Let's see what else and then if we can put that with it...
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Good idea, girls. There's plenty inside after all.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Ah, now David's discovered the antiques centre.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- Hello.- Hello. - OK if I just have a wander round? - Of course you can.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15If you want any help, just give me a call.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19So no welcome badinage for him. Just straight to it.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21I wonder how long it will take this time?
0:26:21 > 0:26:25- Just a little carrying box. - Not very.
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Always, I'm drawn to Oriental things and that is Chinese.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34It's possibly 19th century. Let's say it's circa 1900.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38In fact, it's got things in it and they seem to belong.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39That's Chinese.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44That's Chinese. A pair of water buffalos, hand-carved.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45They're worth 40 or 50 quid.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47There's a lot going on there.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Is it priced with its contents? That's the thing.
0:26:50 > 0:26:5290 quid.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Actually, David, that's just for the box.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57I'll have to speak to him about that.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00What would be sensible for the lot - everything?
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Everything's that in it? I'd do it for the 90 quid for everything.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Not bad but remember, David's already reserved those two items up the road.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12- I've got £41 and so many pennies. - Yes.- Right?
0:27:12 > 0:27:16So I'm thinking, how about if we take out the prints,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19take out the brass and the gaming boards...
0:27:21 > 0:27:24and then we put in these two little characters...
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Is that ever going to happen at £41 and something pennies? Never?
0:27:31 > 0:27:36- No.- Never?- The box cost me more than that.- Did it?- Yeah.- OK.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40- Erm...- Give me a profit on the box and you've got a chance.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43I've got to have 50 quid at least on it. That gives me a profit.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48Time for a rethink. If he wants the buffalo, he might need to forget about that Chinese bowl.
0:27:49 > 0:27:57So my offer to you now is £61.24 for the box and these two fellows.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I could do that.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- That's hard. - It's hard, I know, I know.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- And if I had more... If I had one penny more...- Yeah.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- ..I would give you the extra penny. - I know.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16That is literally me completely and utterly washed out.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18Is it?
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- Go on. Go on, then. - Deal?- Yeah, go on.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- Good man. Thank you very much indeed. - OK.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28I think that was £40 for the box and the rest for the couple of buffalo.
0:28:28 > 0:28:32£61.24. There you go.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- Is that a nice one?- What about Catherine and Martha, then?
0:28:36 > 0:28:39I wonder if she's found anything to add to her umbrella stand?
0:28:39 > 0:28:43I like that display cabinet there with the rose going through.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- It's pretty, isn't it? - Yes, it's one of my favourites
0:28:45 > 0:28:49- and it's cheap.- How cheap is it? - 35.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51It's quite nice, isn't it?
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Now, this is 1950s.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58I would have thought it came in as piece of pretty boring brown furniture
0:28:58 > 0:29:02but what's happened is Martha's painted it up
0:29:02 > 0:29:04to look more sort of shabby chic.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09But the problem is you would go along to buy this
0:29:09 > 0:29:12in its brown state at auction, dealers would -
0:29:12 > 0:29:14they'd pick up for 30 quid,
0:29:14 > 0:29:18then transform it, as Martha has done
0:29:18 > 0:29:22and probably sell it on for 70 quid.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26So I think, really, it would be pretty foolish to buy it
0:29:26 > 0:29:29and then send it back to auction.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34Quite possibly but that doesn't seem to have put her off taking a closer look.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37It must be here. No, that's not going to go in there.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38We've got a bit of a problem here.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Another problem, eh? Are you sure, Catherine?
0:29:41 > 0:29:43I've got a key somewhere. SHE CHUCKLES
0:29:43 > 0:29:47There's absolutely no reason why that shouldn't sell.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51Apart from all those we've already heard about, that is.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- What can you do on it?- 28.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58Remember, Martha still wants £35 for the umbrella stand.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- So would you do the two for 50? - Go on, then.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03- Would you?- Yes.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06You're very definite about that. Maybe I should do a bit less.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10- Hang on...- I tell you what I'll do. - Mm-hm.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- I'll give you 45 in cash.- 48.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16I'm going to shake your hand because I just think it's got to work.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- Well done.- Right. Here we are.
0:30:20 > 0:30:25- OK, there's 20, 40...- This probably isn't the moment to point out
0:30:25 > 0:30:28that at this rate she won't be able to afford the mahogany cabinet
0:30:28 > 0:30:29she reserved earlier.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- Thank very much indeed.- Bye-bye. - Bye-bye.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37- Tony!- Ah!- This is turning into a Brian Rix farce.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39That's £40, that is what we said. Thank you very much.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42So, David's now got the fireback he reserved,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45which means he's once more spent the lot.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48But Catherine's big push is a bit bogged down.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear.
0:30:53 > 0:30:58She may have almost £100 but that's £10 short of the price she agreed on the little cabinet.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Aarrgghh!
0:31:00 > 0:31:01Panic!
0:31:01 > 0:31:04And time is running out to find something else.
0:31:04 > 0:31:08That's 105 quid. God, why are things so expensive?
0:31:09 > 0:31:14I've gone from feeling quite confident to getting desperate,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17which is what I do best, actually - desperation.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21I wonder what the Iron Duke would recommend?
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Ah! The antiques centre again.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27- Hello. I'm back.- Hello.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- Hello. - LYNTON CHUCKLES
0:31:30 > 0:31:32- I've got a problem.- Oh...
0:31:32 > 0:31:35What's Welsh for pretty please?
0:31:35 > 0:31:39- This is all I have in the world. - Oh, no...- Oh, don't be like that.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43If it's under 100, don't even bring it out because I told you what it cost me.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45- I can't let it go less than that. - Look.
0:31:45 > 0:31:4820, 40,
0:31:48 > 0:31:5160, 80,
0:31:51 > 0:31:5390,
0:31:53 > 0:31:565, 6, 7, 8, 9...
0:31:58 > 0:32:00and 16p.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02That's all I have in the world.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04- I know.- Sad, isn't it?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- LYNTON SIGHS - Oh, lordy.
0:32:06 > 0:32:12- It's only £4. - Yeah but I'm negative equity, now.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16- It's not even £4. It's £3 and... - I know but that's £2 less than what I paid for it.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Oh, go on.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- HE LAUGHS - Gosh!
0:32:21 > 0:32:22- Yeah, go on.- OK, all right.
0:32:22 > 0:32:28I think I'm going to do... I just need to breathe for a minute to think and reflect.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Now, is that going to make something at auction?
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Don't dither, Catherine. He's doing you a favour.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37- It really should. - It's a beautiful little piece.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39- It really is a beautiful little piece. - Thank goodness for that.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45You know what? I'm going to go for it. I'm going to do the deal.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- Thank you very much indeed. - It's a pleasure.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Ooh, you're lovely. Thank you!
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- What a nice man.- Bye-bye.- Bye-bye.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Have I just done a terrible thing?
0:32:58 > 0:32:59I don't know!
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Let's have a look at what they've got.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Are you ready? Da-dah!
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Oh-ho-ho! Well, hello.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17OK! Well, you've got a cabinet which has been up-cycled.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19- It's been painted.- Yes, it has.
0:33:19 > 0:33:21- Erm...- But don't you just love the rose?
0:33:21 > 0:33:24- Erm...- The mirrored rose going right down?- Do I?
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Do I? Should I? Do I?
0:33:28 > 0:33:30No. He doesn't. They found the key, though.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33That's nice. I don't know whether it's Victorian or not
0:33:33 > 0:33:36but it's certainly got a Victorian look, hasn't it?
0:33:36 > 0:33:391850 to 1870 in its style.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41And stick stands always do well.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43There's always a home for a stick stand.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45I do like the goblet. I do like it.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49I'm not in love with the copper pots.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52You bought them for profit, I can see that.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55- You know they'll make a profit. - I bought everything for a profit.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58But you know when you buy something because you love it.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- You don't really like anything, do you?- I do, I do.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Come on, then. - I think Catherine's right.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Now it's her turn for a spot of faint praise.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Da-da, da-da, da-dahh!
0:34:08 > 0:34:12- You know this one!- You see, we're so different in our tastes.- I know.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16- I can appreciate that. It's quite sort of grand.- Yeah.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19- But it's naive.- Yeah.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22- Personally, I don't like it because it's not my taste...- Yeah.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24..but that doesn't matter because you'll make a profit.
0:34:24 > 0:34:30- What about the fireback? - It's dated 1635 but it's not. - Positively not.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- It's just a modern copy. - It's a fireback.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36- Well, it's 20th century.- It's the sort of thing that's probably going to make you £10, isn't it?
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- Maybe 20.- Well, yes. I have a feeling it might make more.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43She's decided to tell it like it is.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Water buffalos. Very important creatures in Chinese culture.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- It's cheap and nasty. - It's hand-carved, it's Chinese.
0:34:50 > 0:34:51- But it's...- A pair of.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- You don't rate them?- No, do you? - Yes, I do.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Well, if that what she says to his face...
0:34:57 > 0:35:00- What about my box?- Let me see. Er... - Not much, I'm guessing.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03My feeling is it's OK and it's a 40 quid box.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- That's about exactly what I paid for it.- Right.- 40 quid.- OK.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Come on. Let's get down to comparing goblets.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13We've got mine, which is incredibly heavy and...
0:35:13 > 0:35:17GLASS RINGS Oh! Heavenly.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21It's plain, it's simple, it's sophisticated, it's refined.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Do you really think that's very finely done, honestly?
0:35:24 > 0:35:27- GLASS RINGS - Look at the quality of the etching.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30I think the etching is not the finest in the world.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32That is much finer, is it not?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35It's... For me, it's too fussy and Victorian.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- Well, we will see what the Welsh... - Shall give them a little ting?
0:35:38 > 0:35:39RINGING
0:35:39 > 0:35:42- Have it back. I'm going to have my mine.- You can have yours back.
0:35:42 > 0:35:46- I've got the better one here. - But what do they really think?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Mr Harper's temple piece is amazing.
0:35:49 > 0:35:56I am incredibly jealous of it and I think it will make a really good profit for him.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58I'm quite upset about that.
0:35:58 > 0:36:03The 1930s painted cabinet with the rose is truly horrifying.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06It really is and I've seen them sell for £1.
0:36:06 > 0:36:10I thought David was a little bit harsh on my items.
0:36:10 > 0:36:15All of a sudden, we're really getting to one another.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19Looking at Catherine's items, I think mine are just so superior
0:36:19 > 0:36:21it's unbelievable.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26After starting out at Rhayader in mid Wales,
0:36:26 > 0:36:29this leg of our trip concludes with an auction in Llanelli
0:36:29 > 0:36:31in the Welsh Valleys.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- Here we are.- Where? - Welsh Country Auctions.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Did you know that one of Llanelli's local heroes
0:36:36 > 0:36:39was the Concorde test pilot Brian Trubshaw?
0:36:39 > 0:36:42He was always mister cool, calm and collected
0:36:42 > 0:36:44but how are our two feeling right now?
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Come on, you. Let's get this over and done with.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- Are you excited?- No, no, no, no.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Today it's antiques and effects day at Welsh County Auctions.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58So while the Llanelli locals scrutinise the goods,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01let's hear what auctioneer Richard Williams thinks
0:37:01 > 0:37:03about what Catherine and David have acquired.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07I think that the painted display cabinet is totally going to bomb.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11It's one that I was surprised to see, so that's definitely not...
0:37:11 > 0:37:13I'd be surprised if it sells at all.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15The temple piece, it's quite unusual, really.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17I haven't seen one before
0:37:17 > 0:37:21so I couldn't tell you what that will be expected to fetch.
0:37:21 > 0:37:28David started out with £231.24 and as usual, he spent it - all of it - on five auction lots.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30If we can just hide that.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Catherine began with £202.16
0:37:33 > 0:37:36and she's also spent it all on her five lots.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41Llanelli's ready. They've both been bold but will it pay off?
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- OK, you're on now. - Right, here we are.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48First up, Catherine's bargain set of pots.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53Ten only. At 10. £10. At 10. 15. At 15.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55- 20. Do we have another?- 20. - There you go.
0:37:55 > 0:37:5825. 30.
0:37:58 > 0:37:59- Five.- Oh!
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- At 35. Centre of the room, then. At £35.- Any more?
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- GAVEL BANGS Well done, well done. - That was quite good.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10A positive start but no-one's getting carried away.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14- We've still got a long way to go, though, haven't we?- Yes.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Next, the buffalo Catherine so admired.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19So which one's Cheap and which one's Nasty?
0:38:19 > 0:38:2110 I'm bid to start. At 10.
0:38:21 > 0:38:2315. At £15.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- At 15.- Come on.- 20.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- At 20. Any advance on £20?- Come on!
0:38:28 > 0:38:30It's in the centre, then, at £20.
0:38:31 > 0:38:3220.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- David!- Stop smiling!
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Oh, dear. That will be quite a lot more after commission.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Goblet challenge time. Catherine's up first.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- Oh, my stomach's just done a huge flip.- I know how you feel.
0:38:47 > 0:38:5120 I'm bid. At £20. At 20. For the presentation goblet.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55- At 20. 5. At 25.- Come on.- Come on.
0:38:55 > 0:38:5730. At 30.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00- Once, twice...- No... - No!- At £30.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- GAVEL BANGS - Another loss. Someone's got a bargain.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08That was far too cheap. He was gutted to sell that.
0:39:08 > 0:39:14Goblet challenge part two. How will David's fishing version fare?
0:39:14 > 0:39:1620 I'm bid. At 20.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- 30, five, 40.- Come on. - Five.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22- You've won the goblet challenge. - At £50.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23At 50...
0:39:23 > 0:39:28- GAVEL BANGS - Better but still a loss, really.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- We need a bit of oomph. - We need some oomph.- Oh!
0:39:32 > 0:39:34David's slightly battered Chinese box now.
0:39:34 > 0:39:3810 I'm bid. At 10. £10. At 10 for the document box.
0:39:38 > 0:39:3915. At 15.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43£15. 20. At 20. Five.
0:39:43 > 0:39:4630. Just in time. At 30 right in the centre. 35.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- Come on.- Ooh.- At 35.- Come on. - Are you sure?
0:39:48 > 0:39:52GAVEL BANGS Oh! I can't believe it.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- I can't believe it. We're rubbish. - I know.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57He has a point. Only joking!
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Now, Catherine got this for almost half price,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03so surely there's a profit here?
0:40:03 > 0:40:06At 50. Did I hear a voice? 60.
0:40:06 > 0:40:0870. 80.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11And I've got 90. Rostrum bid at 90.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Five. At 95.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14- 100.- Please... 100.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17At £100. And five. 110.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21And I've still got 115 and 120. At 120.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Ooh...- 120.- At 120.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26At 120. No more?
0:40:26 > 0:40:29All that hard work. All that stress, David!
0:40:29 > 0:40:32I know but it shows that it's a very good buy.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Yes, it does. She might be getting the upper hand here, David.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38Now for a slightly more questionable buy.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41The auctioneer certainly had his doubts.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45Any offers for the cabinet? There must somebody that likes it.
0:40:47 > 0:40:48No.
0:40:48 > 0:40:49No?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52£5?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55No offers for the cabinet?
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Well, we'll just have to pass it by.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- There you go.- We'll say no more, shall we?
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Ah, sweetpea, ah! I'm sorry.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Can David make a profit with his royal fireback?
0:41:06 > 0:41:0810 I'm bid. At 10. £10.
0:41:08 > 0:41:1015. At £15.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14At 15. 20. It should make £100, really.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17At 20. Five. At 25.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21At 25. Nothing to think about, really. 30.
0:41:21 > 0:41:2435. At 35.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26At 35 for the cast back.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29GAVEL BANGS Oh, God.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32- Have you made a profit on anything? - I don't think so.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- No, he hasn't, actually. - Well...
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Catherine's last stand. She could win today.
0:41:39 > 0:41:4320 I'm bid. At 20. At £20 for the cast iron stick stand.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Come on. What's the matter with them?
0:41:45 > 0:41:48All done, then, at £20?
0:41:48 > 0:41:52- GAVEL BANGS - That's a blow.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56David's star buy - could this "altar" everything?
0:41:56 > 0:41:5820 I'm bid. At 20.
0:41:58 > 0:42:0020, 30, 40.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03At 40. 50, 60.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- At £60.- Come on.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07All done at £60?
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- GAVEL BANGS - 60.- Well, someone's happy, at least.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13I can't believe it. I can't believe it!
0:42:15 > 0:42:16That's it for a disappointing auction
0:42:16 > 0:42:19and Catherine is the winner today.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- Just awful. Awful, awful. - Let's go. Don't worry. Don't worry.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Awful.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29David started out with £231.24
0:42:29 > 0:42:33and after auction costs, he made a loss of £67.24,
0:42:33 > 0:42:38so he now has just £164.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43Catherine began with £202.16
0:42:43 > 0:42:48and after paying auction costs, she lost £35.06,
0:42:48 > 0:42:52leaving her with a narrow lead and £168.10 to spend tomorrow.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Lovely smile.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- Come on.- Oh, David. - Let's go shopping.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I don't know if I want to shop any more.
0:42:59 > 0:43:03Well, we have to absolutely pull something out of the hat,
0:43:03 > 0:43:05you know that, because we are rubbish.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Come on. Wahey!
0:43:09 > 0:43:10That's it.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14- You...- Come on! Reverse it. - I am reversing!
0:43:14 > 0:43:18- You were clear, you didn't have to stop.- Oh...
0:43:18 > 0:43:22Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Catherine plays the game.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25This is going to make the difference.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28While David plays with his toys.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31DOG BARKS Can I have a look? Too small.
0:43:31 > 0:43:34- Ooh! Zephyr!- OK.
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