0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:07I love that!
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..a classic car, and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Yippee!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Sometimes a man is in need.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17But it's no mean feat -
0:00:17 > 0:00:22there'll be worthy winners and valiant losers!
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Knobbly nick-nacks!
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29It landed on the rug!
0:00:29 > 0:00:34This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Jostling for pole position on their second leg of this week's road trip
0:00:40 > 0:00:45are intrepid master antiquarians, Charles Hanson and Charlie Ross.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Worldly-wise Charlie Ross is a record-breaking auctioneer,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52with over 25 years' experience.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55He knows what he wants when he sees it.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57I want that! I want that! I want that!
0:00:57 > 0:01:00While the hungry young pretender Charles Hanson
0:01:00 > 0:01:04is an auctioneer and valuer that will do almost anything to seal a deal.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07The car! The car needs washing. I'll wash the car, anything else?
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Both Charles and Charlie started the week with £200
0:01:10 > 0:01:12and after the first leg,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Charlie has £226.30 to splash on more goodies.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Charles, however, is sliding backwards,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25and starts this leg on only £172.20.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29So he'll be hoping for success today to get him back in the game.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34Charles and Charlie are cruising in a 1971 Triumph TR6.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37But it hasn't always been plain sailing.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42I can't get it into gear.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Let's hope it's more reliable on this leg of the trip, eh?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49This week Charles and Charlie are travelling around 500 miles
0:01:49 > 0:01:52through the glorious heartlands of England -
0:01:52 > 0:01:53from Tarporley in Cheshire
0:01:53 > 0:01:56to Itchen Stoke near Winchester in Hampshire.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00On this leg of the trip they begin in Chesterfield
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and end up 50 miles away at an auction in Grantham.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06- This is your county!- Absolutely!
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- Derbyshire is a great cricketing county.- Yeah!
0:02:09 > 0:02:15We're also heading to a wonderful, wonderful town with a wonky spire.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18The wonky spire is an iconic landmark in the town of Chesterfield.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23Which is the chaps' first stop.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27It's also home to one of the largest outdoor markets in Britain.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Time for Charlie's bargain-buying blitz to begin.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33And Charles wants him to look for real antiques today,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37and steer away from his usual knobbly nick-nacks.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- Stop it! Give me my hat! - Go on inside!
0:02:39 > 0:02:40Give me my hat! Give me my hat!
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Dear, oh, dear! What on earth is Charlie wearing?!
0:02:43 > 0:02:47- See you later! Be big and be bold. - Natty(!)- I'll be big and bold.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Marlene and I - We're going to hit it off.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Best foot forward!
0:02:50 > 0:02:53CHARLIE HUMS TO HIMSELF
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- You must be Marlene. - I am that. And you must be Charlie.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- I am indeed.- Pleased to meet you. - Lovely to meet you.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- You can have a browse, do what you want.- I'll have a good look.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10Typical pressed brass roundels.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Nice cut glass inkwells.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Charlie's spotted a miniature portrait in a fake ivory frame,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18with a ticket price of £38.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22I am just looking at a little thing here which is of no great age -
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- although it might be Edwardian. - Yeah.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27It's probably as late as 1950s.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31But, so what, because it's a charming object,
0:03:31 > 0:03:35and I think we can safely say this is ivorine, or something.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Yes, I'd have thought so.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42And it's almost based on the Girl with the Pearl Earring.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43That's a famous picture, isn't it?
0:03:43 > 0:03:46If I bought that, Charles would get frightfully cross with me
0:03:46 > 0:03:49for buying something that isn't antique,
0:03:49 > 0:03:52but, you know - who's winning the competition, Charles?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Yes, indeed. Good point, Charlie. Well made.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58But what kind of deal can Marlene come up with?
0:03:58 > 0:04:00How hard can you try on that?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- 25.- Can you...?!
0:04:03 > 0:04:08That's trying quite hard, isn't it? £25 - well within my budget.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10So I'm going to have that, if I may.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Right. I'm going into the deep depths!
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Mind the step there, old boy.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Rummage, rummage...!
0:04:21 > 0:04:25There's loads for me to look at! Absolutely loads.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Oh, what have you got here?!
0:04:27 > 0:04:28- Hey!- I know.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30What do I like?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Knobbly nick-nack alert!
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Charlie is fanatical about cricket
0:04:34 > 0:04:37and he's just spotted a Victorian cricket print.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Without a ticket price.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42What do I love in life? Cricket!
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Well, that explains the outfit.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46"Winge-worth cricket club team..."
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- Winger-worth.- Oh, I beg your pardon. Oh, what a fab thing!
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I LOVE the image of it all!
0:04:54 > 0:04:58- Is it ever-so cheap?- I can't price everything...- This is priceless!
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- You can imagine! You tell me how cheap.- A fiver.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I'll pay a fiver for it.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07If you want that for a fiver, you can have it for a fiver.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Are you sure? It's not everybody's cup of tea, is it, frankly?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13But...it's wonderful!
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I want that! I want that! I want that!
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- Well, you have it, Charles. - I want that. Fab.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22And what Charlie wants, Charlie gets.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23You know what Charles said to me?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26He said when you go out shopping this time, he said,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I don't want you buying any knobbly nick-nacks!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32And there's a knobbly nick-nack!
0:05:32 > 0:05:34He just can't help himself can he?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Among the many items in Marlene's shop,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40is this Edwardian nursing chair with marquetry inlay.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42That's caught Charlie's attention.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46That would have been, originally, part of a nine-piece salon suite,
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- I think, don't you?- Yes.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- Look at all that workmanship.- Yeah.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52The ticket price on the chair is £30,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54and Marlene is offering it for £15,
0:05:54 > 0:05:58but cheeky Charlie is still trying to haggle her down to ten!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Where would you get a chair with all that inlay on for £10?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- Here, I would've thought! - Not for £10!
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- £12?- No!
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- £15..?- Don't. I'm always happy to do a deal, but...
0:06:09 > 0:06:15No, £15. I'm not mincing around any more - 15 quid.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Deal done at £15 for the chair.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22- I've got three bits, there'll all make a profit.- Have a nice day!
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Thank you so much for looking after me.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Hold on, Charlie. You've forgotten something!
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Charlie! Your hat!
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Oh, my hat!
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- That's worth more than the things I've bought!- To you, it is!
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Thank you very much.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40One shop down, and he's bought three items already.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Which only cost him £45.
0:06:42 > 0:06:47So, he's still got £181.30 to spend on the rest of the trip.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Meanwhile, it's Charles's turn to get shopping,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54and his first shop is Bolsover Antique Centre
0:06:54 > 0:06:56where he's meeting Carol.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00- I'm Charles.- Pleased to meet you. My name's Carol. - Hi, Carol. Great centre!
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I'm after something that's quite quirky, auction-friendly...
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- Anything you can point me in the right direction of.- Yep.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- We'll have a look around, shall we? - Thank you, Carol.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14OK, time to unearth some real gems and get back in the game, Charles.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Sometimes, with all these cabinets it's like a needle in a haystack.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21But it will yell at me. It might prick me, and that's a good sign -
0:07:21 > 0:07:25you've found the needle, you've found the treasure.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29Charles' dreams of finding treasure may have just come true.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32But is it the real McCoy?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Peculiar coin...
0:07:35 > 0:07:39"Walking stick penny, dated 1912."
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- And stamped "RMS Titanic". Carol? - Yes.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45This little walking stick penny here...
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Do you know who the owner is, at all?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Just ask him was it stamped recently
0:07:49 > 0:07:52or has it got some possible pedigree?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- Yes. I'll check on that. - Thanks, Carol.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57The Titanic coin, has a ticket price of only £8.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00But if it's genuine, it could be worth a lot more.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05If that penny had been on board Titanic,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07it's worth £1,000.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08And the interesting thing is,
0:08:08 > 0:08:13it's sitting in a cabinet that's full of real history.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15So, who knows?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Carol has rung the dealer who believes the coin to be genuine,
0:08:18 > 0:08:20but Charles just isn't sure.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- I'll give it some thought.- OK, that's fine.- Thanks ever so much.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Thanks, Carol. Thanks.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Maybe I ought to go for a really rare carving,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32or something that I have a passion for.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36And with that in mind, young Charles has spotted not one,
0:08:36 > 0:08:39but two rare Far Eastern carvings.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- I mean, this here has the old label that's come from a museum.- Yeah.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45An antiquities department.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49The ticket price on this Indian goddess figure is a big 150.
0:08:49 > 0:08:55I'm really tempted to go all Oriental, and speculate a bit.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Because life's too short.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01This Chinese seated immortal figure is also £150.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04And as both the carvings and the Titanic penny
0:09:04 > 0:09:06are owned by the same dealer,
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Charles wants to speak to him direct,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10to see if he can strike a deal.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Hi, Ray.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Ray, if I bought all three items, being a Derbyshire man,
0:09:15 > 0:09:20you'd want to meet me somewhere between £150 and £120, would you?
0:09:20 > 0:09:24No. He's a good man, he says 150 is his absolute best.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25£140?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Ray, call it £140 and you've got a deal.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33If you don't speculate with the exotic
0:09:33 > 0:09:35and if you don't go Eastern, you never know.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Are you sure, Ray? Go for it, he says.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Derbyshire man says go for it, I'll go for it.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Thanks, Ray. Going, going, gone. Sold. Thanks, Ray.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47I'll take them all. These objects have a chance.
0:09:47 > 0:09:52They're either worth £25-£30 each or they're worth £500 each.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55And what are we riding on the Road Trip? A roller-coaster!
0:09:55 > 0:09:58And life's too short. Done.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00So, with that bumper deal done,
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Charles has spent a huge £140 of his £172.20
0:10:04 > 0:10:09on two tatty-looking Far Eastern carvings and the dubious penny.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Let's hope the gamble pays off, eh?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16With little left of his budget,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Charles decides to take break from shopping
0:10:19 > 0:10:21and hop in the car to Old Whittington,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23three miles north of Chesterfield.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28He's visiting an old pub where one of the most significant events
0:10:28 > 0:10:32in the history of the English Crown was plotted.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34The pub is now a museum called the Revolution House,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38and Charles's guide is curator Anne-Marie.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42- Hi. I'm Charles Hanson. - Hello, Charles, Anne-Marie.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- And this is Revolution House. - It is indeed.- Fantastic.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- May I come in.- Certainly. - Thank you.- After you.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49Wow!
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Tell me why it's called Revolution House.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Well, it's named after the revolution of 1688,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01which some people call the Glorious Revolution.
0:11:01 > 0:11:05And that's the revolution that deposed James II
0:11:05 > 0:11:07and replaced him with William and Mary.
0:11:09 > 0:11:10It was three centuries ago,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13at this former ale house called the Cock and Pynot,
0:11:13 > 0:11:15that three local noblemen -
0:11:15 > 0:11:18including the Earl of Devonshire and the Earl of Danby -
0:11:18 > 0:11:23began plotting events which led to the overthrow of King James II.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26When James II came on the throne in 1685,
0:11:26 > 0:11:30why only three years later was he out of favour?
0:11:30 > 0:11:34He wanted to impose laws without Parliament's consent.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36That and the fact that he was a Catholic,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39which they also didn't like very much.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41The treasonous noblemen were supposed to meet
0:11:41 > 0:11:45on nearby Whittington Moor, where nobody could overhear them,
0:11:45 > 0:11:49but rain forced them to seek shelter in the pub.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54So maybe if I'd been in that pub, in the 1680s,
0:11:54 > 0:11:57I may have heard some whispers coming from over there.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59You might well have done.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03- Because over there was the room called the...- Plotting Parlour.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05And it's now demolished, sadly.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08I thought you might like to see a picture
0:12:08 > 0:12:09of what it looked like in 1788 -
0:12:09 > 0:12:12one of the first illustrations that we have.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14So, back in 1688,
0:12:14 > 0:12:17the building might have looked a lot different,
0:12:17 > 0:12:22but would have still comprised rooms like kitchen, stables, groom house
0:12:22 > 0:12:24and, of course, the plotting parlour.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Behind you is an important chair.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30It's a replica of an important chair.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32It's called the Plotting Chair,
0:12:32 > 0:12:37and it's recorded from at least 1788,
0:12:37 > 0:12:42that this was the chair in which one of the conspirators actually sat.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- May I take a seat? - Certainly. Which is great.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49But if it was the original chair, we wouldn't be able to let you sit in it.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52- Would you not?- No.- Why not? - Well, it would be far too precious.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55Oh. And I'm not? Fine.
0:12:55 > 0:13:00The real Plotting Chair is preserved by the National Trust at nearby Hardwick Hall.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03All this talk of plotting has got Charlie thinking.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I'm plotting to beat my friend Charlie Ross
0:13:07 > 0:13:10on the Antiques Road Trip. How do I do it? Any suggestions?
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Well, if you can get hold of any of this...
0:13:13 > 0:13:16This is a puzzle jug.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18- Yes. - It's known as Brampton ware.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22This style of pottery was made mostly in the mid-Victorian period -
0:13:22 > 0:13:231830s, 1860s -
0:13:23 > 0:13:27but what you do with it is fill it with beer,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30and then try and get people to drink out of it without spilling it.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Yeah, I like it. And what do you want for it?
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- Oh, no, I'm afraid I'm not selling it!- Oh, really?!
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Oh, well, that's it. That's done, then.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41The Glorious Revolution of 1688 is considered to be
0:13:41 > 0:13:45one of the most important events in the evolution of the powers
0:13:45 > 0:13:47of Parliament and the crown.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51And the Revolution House takes its place proudly in that history.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56With the tour of this legendary pub almost at an end, Charles has
0:13:56 > 0:14:00convinced Anne-Marie to give him one for the road, from the puzzle jug.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Alcohol-free, obviously.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04SHE LAUGHS
0:14:04 > 0:14:09No, it hasn't. Oh, my goodness me! It hasn't... It hasn't worked.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Look at me. I'd better change my shirt now.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Thank you, Anne-Marie. Thanks. - Silly boy.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18And with that, he is back on the road again.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Meanwhile, Charlie Ross travelled to the old spa town of Matlock,
0:14:22 > 0:14:24where his search for knobbly knick-knacks
0:14:24 > 0:14:27continues in Matlock Antiques.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- Hello, how are you doing? - Hello, my dear. Are you the boss?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Yeah, well, stand-in boss today. - Lots of bosses. Are you all bosses?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- Boss, boss and boss, yeah. - I'm Charlie, and you are?- Lynne.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40- Lynne.- And Judy.- And I'm Judy. - Judy.- And Margaret.- LJM!
0:14:40 > 0:14:42If you stay in that order, I'll remember.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Oh, lordy, Charlie, stop chatting up the ladies
0:14:44 > 0:14:47and get down to the business of buying!
0:14:48 > 0:14:51That really is unusually large, isn't it?
0:14:55 > 0:15:00There's an amber cigarette holder down here with cheroot holder,
0:15:00 > 0:15:05which appears to have a gold rim round it.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Ticket price on the cheroot holder is £8.50, but I think Charlie
0:15:10 > 0:15:13is more interested in the scrap value of the gold.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Wrapped it up for you.
0:15:14 > 0:15:1718-carat gold.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23What's the scrap price of 18-carat gold today? £20 a gram?
0:15:23 > 0:15:24Something like that?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27You're not far off the mark there, Charlie.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- In its original box as well?- Yeah.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36- Probably be a fiver, couldn't it? - Probably could.- Probably could.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Could you put that on one side, my dear?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43That'll be another knobbly knick-knack, Charles, I'm afraid.
0:15:43 > 0:15:47It's time, old boy, to start buying some real antiques.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Who had one when he was a child? Charlie Ross.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Who used to smash them into each other
0:15:53 > 0:15:56and render them completely valueless? Charlie Ross.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00He's been all over the shop and still hasn't splashed any cash.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04But, hold on, maybe Steve, who's a dealer here, can help.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07You've got proper antiques inhere, haven't you?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Yeah, that might interest you, that one at the bottom.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Creamware jug.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Isn't that so primitive and delightful?
0:16:14 > 0:16:18That ribbon, paintwork round the top, it's so crude, isn't it?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I mean, it's a real naive charm.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24"When this you see Remember me And keep me in your mind
0:16:24 > 0:16:28"Let all the world say what they will Speak of me as you find."
0:16:28 > 0:16:29I think that's glorious.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33There's no ticket price attached to the 18th-century creamware jug,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37and it's seen better days, so it shouldn't be too pricey.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Is that delightfully cheap in its horribly bashed state, or is it...?
0:16:41 > 0:16:4220 quid, sir.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Do you know, I think at last today, I am going to have that, if I may.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50At last today, I'm going to buy something that Charles Hanson,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52my oppo, will REALLY like.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55And if he doesn't like that, I'm going to pick it up and smack it over his head.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57That's not exactly cricket, old bean.
0:16:57 > 0:17:01Finally, Charles has found something he is really happy with.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05He's off downstairs to retrieve the item Lynne has put aside for him.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- Did you put a cheroot holder aside for me?- I did, yes.- Thank you.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I really would like that.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Well, the gold. You can have the other bit(!)
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- HE LAUGHS - Right, thank you!- Right.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- I have only got a tenner. Would you give me a fiver?- Fiver?
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- Yeah, £5 is fine. - That seems a very reasonable deal.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- Been lovely to meet you, ladies. - Lovely to meet you, yes. Come and see us again.- Bye-bye.
0:17:25 > 0:17:30It's the end of Charlie's Matlock bargain-buying bonanza. Oh, lordy!
0:17:31 > 0:17:35So, with a good night's buying in the bag for both boys,
0:17:35 > 0:17:37it's time for bed. Night-night.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45It's a brand-new day on this road trip,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48and Charles and Charlie are in high spirits.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49BOTH: # Wobbly, wobbly knick-knacks
0:17:49 > 0:17:51# Wobbly, wobbly knick-knacks
0:17:51 > 0:17:53# Wobbly, wobbly knick-knacks... #
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Thrifty buyer Charlie has bought five items so far -
0:17:56 > 0:18:00the fake ivory portrait frame, a cricket print,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02an Edwardian nursing chair,
0:18:02 > 0:18:06an amber-and-gold cheroot holder, and a creamware jug.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08This lot only cost him £70,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12so he can afford to splash out £156.30 today.
0:18:12 > 0:18:18In contrast, Charles started this leg of the journey with £172.20.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23Yesterday, he splurged £140 on two Far Eastern carvings
0:18:23 > 0:18:26and a bronze penny, stamped "RMS Titanic".
0:18:26 > 0:18:30So, he only has £32.20 to spend today.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34I am not in it now to make attempts at margins.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40I am in it as a high-risk contender to make a fortune or lose it all.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44"I'll either make a million, or I am going to lose it all!"
0:18:44 > 0:18:46The chaps are heading from Derbyshire
0:18:46 > 0:18:48and across the border into Nottinghamshire.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52They're on their way to the bustling old market town of Mansfield.
0:18:53 > 0:18:59Robin Hood's legendary Sherwood Forest lies just to the east.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03- So, this is my stop, Charlie. - It is.- This is where we depart.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04- Good luck, keep in touch.- Good luck.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Got any money left?- Yes, lots. - Do you want a loan?- No loan!
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Charlie's first stop is a little shop owned by Jonathan Selby.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- I'm Charles Hanson.- Jonathan Selby. - Good to meet you, Jonathan.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- May I wander round your shop and browse?- Absolutely no problem.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20That's quite stylish.
0:19:24 > 0:19:28This is interesting. What are these two cupboards down here all about?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31Charles has spotted the set of watch restorer's cabinets,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34in pine and mahogany, that came from a house clearance.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Open the drawers up, you'll see we've got old...
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Pocket watch. Parts of pocket watch.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Pocket watch escapements, pocket watch movements.
0:19:43 > 0:19:44We've got drawers full of...
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Goodness me, look at that!
0:19:46 > 0:19:47Old straps in here.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Look. Any old strap.
0:19:49 > 0:19:55You've got a really good mix of all sorts of clock parts
0:19:55 > 0:19:57in the two cabinets.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01There's a ticket price of £40 on each cabinet but, oh, dear,
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Charles has only got £32.20 left in his back pocket.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07What's the best price on the two together, mate?
0:20:07 > 0:20:08JONATHAN SIGHS
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- 70.- Really?
0:20:10 > 0:20:14They could be quite good for auction, because they tell a story.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- What's the absolutely best price? - To you, 65.- Oh, no!
0:20:18 > 0:20:21I'm afraid they're well out of your price range, Carlos.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Time to walk away, mate.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24That's the very best?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27He's not giving up, is he?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30- £60.- Oh, don't say that! I've got to walk away.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32£30 each.
0:20:32 > 0:20:36- I could buy one, but it would be nice to keep the two together.- OK.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Because they come from one home and, you know, we don't want break-ups.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Mrs Chest and Mr Chest, they want to stay together.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47But my entire money is £32.20.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Would you do me a deal?
0:20:49 > 0:20:53- For one?- For two.- For two. No, I can't do two.- Aww!
0:20:53 > 0:20:56He's like a dog with a bone with those watch cabinets.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59He's not going to leave it alone, is he?
0:20:59 > 0:21:02There's nothing I can do, is there? I couldn't do a job for you?
0:21:02 > 0:21:05- No, I think I've got everything covered.- Oh, come on!
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Oh, come on, Jonathan. Just look at his little face!
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Not wishing to give up yet,
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Charles has even asked the rest of Jonathan's family for suggestions.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17The car, the car needs washing! I'll wash the car. Anything else?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Got a falconry aviary, you can clean it.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22You can clean the falconry aviary out!
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Clean the aviary out? Are you serious? Where do you keep a falcon?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Jonathan's son keeps a falcon in the back garden.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Oh, Charles, what are you letting yourself into - guano?
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Put it there. That's a job done. I've got to worry about this falcon.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38There's no going back now, Charles.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Let's hope the bird's not in a bad mood, hey?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Ah, this is the man himself. This is the falcon.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Wow. He looks like a gladiator.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- What's his name?- Maximus.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- He is a gladiator.- Yeah. - And the cages...
0:21:51 > 0:21:53JONATHAN LAUGHS
0:21:53 > 0:21:55- Oh, man!- Yuck!
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Oh, there's flies in here as well.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I told you - guano.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Smells as well.- Oh, dear.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- Oh, dear! OK.- Charles...
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- And this is just one night's mess? - That's just one night's mess.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- It really smells, doesn't it?- Nasty!
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- A deal's a deal, isn't it? - It is indeed.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20You know, you can't start backing out and being soft.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23No, you're doing a really good job there.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- HE COUGHS - Oh, lordy!
0:22:25 > 0:22:30When you've...made a deal...
0:22:30 > 0:22:32you stick to it. Thanks, Jonathan.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I really hope now that my lot makes a small profit.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Now go and wash your hands, Charles.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38He's certainly game, isn't he, our boy?
0:22:38 > 0:22:40So, with the deal done, he's walked away with two
0:22:40 > 0:22:45watch restorer's cabinets for £32.20 and a clean birdcage.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Well done, Charles.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51And now you're broke, why don't you have the rest of the day off, mate?
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Meanwhile, Charlie, or is that Billy Bunter,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00has travelled southeast to Southwell,
0:23:00 > 0:23:04a beautiful conservation town where Lord Byron once lived.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12And with £156.30 still burning a hole in his pocket,
0:23:12 > 0:23:14he is heading for a part of town called the Bull Yard,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17to meet up with shopkeeper Julia.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18KNOCK ON DOOR
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- Knock, knock. Hello.- Hello. - I'm Charlie.- Hello, nice to meet you.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Nice to see you. Thank you for letting me into your lovely shop.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28- What a lovely town!- It's fantastic, yeah.- May I have a look around?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Yes, of course. Feel free.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34They played cricket with top hats!
0:23:34 > 0:23:38Leave it alone, Charlie. You've already got one cricket lot.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41He's rather...
0:23:41 > 0:23:44I was going to say he's jolly. He is anything but jolly, isn't he?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47A Spanish peasant from Valencia.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Now, that's a name on there, isn't there?
0:23:50 > 0:23:56- I mean, this is what, 1880? 1860, 1880 date?- I think so, yes.- Yeah.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59A watercolour, on paper. But it's got a good image.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I just wish he was smiling about more.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06The 19th-century framed watercolour, by an artist called Luke Price,
0:24:06 > 0:24:10has sparked Charlie's interest, but it has no ticket price attached.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13I notice that he is priceless.
0:24:13 > 0:24:18I was thinking something in the region of 65.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22- Quite a teaser that one, quite a teaser that one!- I'm open to offers.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Quite a teaser.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Canny Charlie is mulling that one over,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29while he sees what else is on offer.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31That's rather splendid.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Oh, that's wonderful!
0:24:33 > 0:24:36What a great idea to go by my bed.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Clock and lamp. Or on my desk.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43How brilliant! God, that's a great bit of Deco, isn't it?
0:24:43 > 0:24:47The Art Deco brass-cased desk timepiece and lamp
0:24:47 > 0:24:53have lit Charlie up, but at £245, it's way out of his budget.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55So, what's a man to do, eh?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I don't have that amount of money left on me at the moment,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02but I really like that. Really like that.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06That is not a knobbly knick-knack.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- No, it isn't.- That is anything but a knobbly knick-knack.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Why don't you make me an offer on it?
0:25:11 > 0:25:16- I could tell you what I've got left. Makes it simple, doesn't it?- Yeah.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20- Shall I tempt you with a price? - Try me.- I'll try you, then.- Try me.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23- Hang on, we're going to sit down. - Brace yourself!- I'll sit down.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28This could be really disappointing, or the bargain of the century.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29Wait for it, old boy.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31What if I halve it - 120?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35HE SIGHS DEEPLY
0:25:35 > 0:25:37- Am I tempting you? - HE STAMPS FEET EXCITEDLY
0:25:37 > 0:25:41I'd rather do a deal and you buy something than you walk out with nothing.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45If I gave you £100 cash, is that too mean?
0:25:45 > 0:25:48The cheeky devil is still trying for a bigger discount!
0:25:48 > 0:25:51120 on that, and I will throw in that picture as well.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- 120, and you'll throw in the picture? - Yes.- Mwah!
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- 120 for that and that?- Yes.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Yeah?- Yippee!- Deal.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03- Oh, you've made an old man very happy.- Good.- I love that.
0:26:03 > 0:26:08What a terrific deal! Two items for less than half the original price.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Time to hand cash over and leave, before she changes her mind. Quick!
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- That is just fab! - You're very welcome.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18- Yum.- Good luck.- Thank you.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21And, Hanson, if you call these knobbly knick-knacks,
0:26:21 > 0:26:26- I'll have your guts for garters. - Steady, no need for threats.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28So, with those final purchases in the bag,
0:26:28 > 0:26:30the old boy is done with shopping.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Time for Charlie to hop back in the Triumph TR6
0:26:39 > 0:26:43and motor east to Newark, to the home of an intriguing collector.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- How are you?- I'm very well, thank you.- How lovely to see you.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48John Mollins, also known as "The Iron Man",
0:26:48 > 0:26:51has made it his life's work to preserve one of Britain's
0:26:51 > 0:26:54most enduring domestic appliances - the iron.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57He has a collection of around 800.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Good grief!
0:26:58 > 0:27:00# Oh, any old iron Any old iron
0:27:00 > 0:27:02# Any, any, any old iron... #
0:27:02 > 0:27:05And 240 of these make up the world's largest collection
0:27:05 > 0:27:08of British gas irons.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12What made you buy your first iron?
0:27:12 > 0:27:15In my house, we had a stone fireplace, and I thought,
0:27:15 > 0:27:20what's missing is a few oil lamps or heating to go by the bed.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23And when I saw an iron, I thought, "That'll look nice on the hearth."
0:27:23 > 0:27:26In the near 40 years that John has been collecting,
0:27:26 > 0:27:31he's gathered examples of all types of irons from throughout history.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34When was the first traditional iron? What I would call an iron?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38And they all seem to be more or less the same shape.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39It was called a sad iron.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44- S-A-D?- Yeah, S-A-D, or flat iron. - Why "sad"?
0:27:44 > 0:27:47Because it looks like a lump of...nothing.
0:27:47 > 0:27:52The sad, or flat iron, was heated on an open fire or stove.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55After that came the charcoal iron...
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- Blimey, that looks like an extraordinary piece of kit.- Yeah.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03..which was heated by filling it with embers from the fire.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06That looks extraordinary. It looks like a dreadnought.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08These look quite interesting contraptions.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- The ones with the holes in the side. - Spirit irons.
0:28:10 > 0:28:15The spirit iron works by burning paraffin or methylated spirits to heat the sole.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18And if ironing with a container full of highly flammable liquid
0:28:18 > 0:28:21wasn't dangerous enough, then how about the gas iron,
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- invented around 1859?- And they all work on the same principle -
0:28:24 > 0:28:29a flexible hose from the mains gas, connected to the iron.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31The gas is lit as it comes in?
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Yeah, it would have been a box of matches job, and a big bang.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- Quite a dangerous thing, isn't it? - Very dangerous.- Must have blown up!
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Yeah, you had to throw a match in and do a runner for two seconds,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42and then, hopefully, it stayed alight.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Throughout history, irons have been used in the home
0:28:46 > 0:28:50and in laundries, where rows and rows of women would spend long days,
0:28:50 > 0:28:53shoulder-to-shoulder, pressing the cloth of the upper classes.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Crikey!
0:28:55 > 0:28:58- That was when laundry was laundry. - Quite a sweatshop, I think.- Yeah!
0:28:58 > 0:29:01And there were different irons for different garments.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05There's one here for top hats.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- Gosh! - That was warmed on a gas mantle.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13You'd get just the exact temperature, and experience
0:29:13 > 0:29:16would tell you that, and you iron away on the top hat.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19- Too hot, and you've got a hole in your hat.- What a lovely thing.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22It must be quite a thrill when you've found something.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25It's lovely when you find the thing you've been looking for
0:29:25 > 0:29:26and you've only seen in a book.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Your mate has got one, another collector's got one.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Your heart misses a beat.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35By the 1930s, housewives not only wanted the iron to function well,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37but also to look pretty.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42And multicoloured gas irons came on the market for those who could afford them.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44- The standard was mottled grey.- Yes.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46- You paid a little bit more for a bit...- For a flash colour.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- For a flash colour.- What's the most you've ever paid for an iron?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Come on, I'm asking you the question!
0:29:51 > 0:29:53£1,000.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- Crikey! Really?- Yes.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59This one. Very rare iron.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01- That's one of the gems.- Well done.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03So, why do you collect irons?
0:30:03 > 0:30:05I just like the way they are manufactured,
0:30:05 > 0:30:07and the beautiful casting.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10I just like to maintain something in history.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Well, it's an amazing collection. Absolutely amazing.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15And presumably, you aren't finished?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- There are still one or two gems out there.- Yeah.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Now, I take it that you are an expert ironer yourself?
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Not very good at all.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26I seem to end with more creases than I started with.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28HE LAUGHS
0:30:28 > 0:30:30I mean, you are interested in the manufacture of them,
0:30:30 > 0:30:32where they come from and how rare they are.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34You're not interested in how well they iron?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- Couldn't care less if they iron or not. - CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:30:37 > 0:30:41On that note, I think I will go home and do some ironing.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44- Thank you very much.- Thank you for coming.- Absolutely wonderful.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Now, with the history of ironing all straightened out,
0:30:47 > 0:30:51it's time for Charlie and Charles to clap eyes on each other's goodies.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53This could be interesting.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56They're meeting at picturesque Newark Castle.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Go!
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- Oh!- Oh!
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- Hello, Charlie. - You're not laughing?- No, I like.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06That's really quite unusual. A little table, studio lamp.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Yeah. Desk lamp, I think, but with clock in working order.
0:31:10 > 0:31:11Yeah, I like that, Charlie.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14But, what I like, with my great passion for history,
0:31:14 > 0:31:18- we go back to, what, 1790? - 1810?- It's a wonderful jug.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- It's a bit worn. Is it creamware? It's creamware, isn't it? - I call it creamware.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- And the calendar is period, or just a reproduction?- I think it's period.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28If you look at the back of it, it goes along with the picture.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29- But it's just nonsense.- Yeah.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- What's over here?- A picture.- Really? That's quite good, isn't it?
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- I quite liked it, but it's got a lot of history.- It has, Charlie.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- A lot of history. I'm afraid that's coming through here. - That's good, I like it.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43So far, Charles is impressed. Now, let's have a look at his lots.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45You can have a look - three, two, one, go!
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Good Lord!
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Watches, HUNDREDS of watches!
0:31:51 > 0:31:54- Have you been to a watch repairer? - He's, I think...- No gold?- No.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56- No silver?- No.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Charlie, I have no idea what this Indian lass is worth,
0:31:59 > 0:32:04but we do know she is period, and she is certainly 100 years old.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- That's history, isn't it, old boy? - It's fantastic.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Tell me about your coin. Somebody has stamped "RMS Titanic" on it.
0:32:11 > 0:32:15To me, it's just a romantic token, and it cost me £5.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17- Did it?- Yeah.- They saw you coming.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20I'm not going to hang around with knobbly knick-knacks.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Sorry?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- Could you say that again? - Good luck. And may the best man win.
0:32:26 > 0:32:27I think he probably will.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30He's a cheeky so-and-so, that Charlie.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Now, with the formalities out of the way,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36what do they really think about each other's lots?
0:32:36 > 0:32:38He's got a wonderful lamp that the more I looked at,
0:32:38 > 0:32:42the more it shined a spark of a profit.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Really, everything he's bought, I am unnerved by.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49I can't believe he bought a bit of Titanic frippery.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52And for Charles to say, "Do you think they gave them to everybody
0:32:52 > 0:32:56"as they were going on board?", yes, Charles, I really think they did. Just in case it sank(!)
0:32:56 > 0:32:59I LOVE the Indian figure.
0:32:59 > 0:33:00Do I know what it's worth?
0:33:00 > 0:33:04I haven't got a clue, and full marks to him for having a go.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07And Charles is all about having a go.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10And now, it's onwards to the auction.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13On the second leg of their road trip,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16these two proper Charlies have travelled from Chesterfield
0:33:16 > 0:33:18in Derbyshire to Grantham in Lincolnshire.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23Grantham, a town with origins from an old stagecoach route from London,
0:33:23 > 0:33:27is most famously known as the birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton,
0:33:27 > 0:33:31and Britain's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34The depth of the Lincolnshire auction house will know
0:33:34 > 0:33:38no boundaries when they uncover, unravel, sell my Indian figure.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- You never know, Charlie.- You do. - You never know.- I do.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Golding Young of Grantham have over a century's worth
0:33:44 > 0:33:47of auctioneering experience, but they move with the times,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50and today's lots will also be bid for online.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Colin Young is today's auctioneer, with his hand firmly on the gavel.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58Now, he's seen the two Charlies' goodies. What does he think?
0:33:58 > 0:34:02They're all good, interesting items, which are likely to attract bids.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04The lamp is a really nice thing.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07The Indian carved figure is quite an interesting item.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10We usually get quite a bit of interest presale in these things,
0:34:10 > 0:34:12questions for condition reports,
0:34:12 > 0:34:16and all that sort of thing, which usually is quite positive.
0:34:16 > 0:34:21Charlie Ross started this leg with £226.30,
0:34:21 > 0:34:24and has spent £190 to make up six lots.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32Meanwhile, Charles Hanson started with a mere £172.20 to spend.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37He used that up and cleaned out a falcon's cage to assemble four lots.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38Yuck!
0:34:38 > 0:34:42The Zen warriors of antiquity are about to do battle.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47First up is Charlie's Victorian cricket print.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49It's one of his classic knobbly knick-knacks,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52but will it bowl the auction crowd over?
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Start me at six. Six, six bid. At six bid, let's get on then.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59- Well done!- At six bid. Eight anywhere else? Surely.- Get it sold!
0:34:59 > 0:35:03- Eight bid, ten bid, 12 bid. - Oh, it's flying!- 15. 18 now. 18 bid?
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- At £15 bid...- Well done, Charlie. - 15 at the back of the room.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11At 15, we're done, we're finished, and we'll sell this time at £15.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- Marvellous!- Well done, Charlie. Well done.- Congratulations.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Well, that knocked them for six. Good start, Charlie.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19And he is up again,
0:35:19 > 0:35:21with the Edwardian nursing chair with marquetry inlay.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23So, if everyone is sitting comfortably,
0:35:23 > 0:35:25let the bidding commence.
0:35:25 > 0:35:2820 to go then, surely. £20, anybody? 20?
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Ten if we must. £10 to go, surely?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32£10, it's only £2.50 a leg.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35Ten, 12, 15, 15, 18, 18, 20, £20 a bid.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- Two bid, five, no? - Ooh, madam!- 22 bid.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Well done, bean.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43At 22, the last call now. 25, 28, now 28 bid.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47- 30, do I see now?- Well done, Charlie.- Last call at £28...
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Another small profit, increasing Charlie's lead.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53You're flying. And I commend you.
0:35:53 > 0:35:58And now it's Charles's turn, with his coin stamped "RMS Titanic".
0:35:58 > 0:36:00Will his treasure sink or swim?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Who's going to start me at £100?
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- Rare thing.- 100, 100?- Rare thing.
0:36:05 > 0:36:06- 50 to go, then. 50.- Come on.
0:36:06 > 0:36:0830, then.
0:36:08 > 0:36:1030. £10 bid, ten. 12 anywhere else now?
0:36:10 > 0:36:13£10 a bid, 12 do I see now? £12 a bid. 12 do I see now?
0:36:13 > 0:36:1712 bid, 15 bid, 15 bid, 18 bid, 20 bid. Two now. 22.
0:36:17 > 0:36:2025 bid. 28, 28, bid 30.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22- 30 bid, 32, 35, 38...- Come on!
0:36:22 > 0:36:25£35 a bid. 38 now, surely? At £35 a bid. 36, 38.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29At 38 and bid. At 38 bid, do I see 40? 40 bid.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- Oh!- 42 now. Any more? No?
0:36:32 > 0:36:37At £40, we're done and finished, and selling this time at £40.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- Great!- I think my road trip has hit an iceberg.- Thank you very much.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Your ship's come in with that tidy profit, Charles.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45You're back in the game.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49Charlie's turn now, with his amber and gold cheroot holder,
0:36:49 > 0:36:51and a portrait framed in fake ivory.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Fake it may be, but can it turn a real profit?
0:36:54 > 0:36:5830 to go then, surely. £30, anyone? 30. Come on. 30 on the net.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01At 30 bid. 32 anywhere else now, surely?
0:37:01 > 0:37:05At 32, 35... 35 in the room. Any more now?
0:37:05 > 0:37:10At 35, last call, done and finished, the lady has bid. Selling at £35.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13A small profit, but a profit nonetheless.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15But Charles is still in the lead.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- Look at me. Look at me.- I have looked at you quite enough today.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25It's Charlie again with the Art Deco lamp and desk timepiece.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Could it be time to make some money?
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Start me at 100 for it. 100, 100? 80 to go then, surely. £80, anybody?
0:37:31 > 0:37:34I'll take 50 if we have to, but that really will be giving it away.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38£50, 50. Come on, humour me. 50, 50 bid. Five anywhere else now?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40£50 a bid. Five, surely?
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Well done.- Now do I see 55? I've got five, 55.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Bid 60. 60, 65.
0:37:46 > 0:37:4770, 70 bid.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- I've got 75.- Well done, Charlie. - 80 in the room.- That's better.
0:37:50 > 0:37:5380, no more here. £80 bid. Five anywhere else now? £80 in the room.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Five is the last call, then. Are we all done?
0:37:55 > 0:37:59Selling this time at the back of the room at £80.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03A stinging blow for Charlie there. He'd hoped for more than that.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07Up next are Charles's watch cabinets that cost him
0:38:07 > 0:38:09an afternoon cleaning a falcon's cage.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Will they fly for him today?
0:38:11 > 0:38:16- Who's going to start me on this lot? £40, 40.- Come on.- £40, anybody? 40.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17£40 bid straight in.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Ooh!- £40 a bid, at £40 bid, anyone else now?
0:38:19 > 0:38:24Is anybody else go into joining? 42. 45, 48. Bid 50. And five?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26- I'll ask you for two, if you like.- One more!
0:38:26 > 0:38:2852? No, £50 bid anywhere else?
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Last call, done and finished, selling down here at £50.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- Well done!- Good man. I'm happy.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36Charles is happy, and so was the falcon.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41Next is Charlie's Valencian peasant watercolour, by Luke Price.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Could the price be right today?
0:38:43 > 0:38:4650 to go then, surely. £50, anyone? 50?
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Let's get everybody excited. Start me at £20. £20 anyone?
0:38:52 > 0:38:53£10?
0:38:54 > 0:38:59£10? I thought you were going to bid on your own item, for a minute!
0:38:59 > 0:39:02At 10... 12 bid. 15, do I see now? At 12 bid.
0:39:02 > 0:39:0415 bid. 15. At 18 bid.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- At 18, it's on the internet. - On the internet?
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- It is.- It's going to the National Gallery!
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Yes. Or the National Asylum.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- LAUGHTER - 18 bid. 20 or up now then.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Selling at £18...
0:39:16 > 0:39:18I can do no more for you, gentlemen.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20The auctioneer did his best there,
0:39:20 > 0:39:23but that's another disappointment for Charlie.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25£18. Look at me.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30How will Charles's gamble on his carvings go?
0:39:30 > 0:39:33First under the hammer is the Chinese lacquered Immortal.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Could its chance of profit live on with this crowd?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39£50, anybody? 50?
0:39:39 > 0:39:4130 to go then, surely. £30, who's first in? 30?
0:39:41 > 0:39:43I don't believe it.
0:39:43 > 0:39:4520 to go then, surely. £20.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47- I'm going down.- Faith!
0:39:47 > 0:39:49At 22 bid. 25, 28.
0:39:49 > 0:39:5128, bid 30.
0:39:51 > 0:39:5432, 35, 38.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56It's worth a gamble. It's worth a gamble.
0:39:56 > 0:39:5942, 45, 48. Bid 50.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0250, do I see? 50. 55?
0:40:02 > 0:40:06At 50, last call in the room, selling at £50.
0:40:06 > 0:40:07Shame.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11Oh, dear, the gamble failed, and that's knocked his profit.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14There's not much between the two now.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17It's the turn of Charlie's oldest antique -
0:40:17 > 0:40:19the 300-year-old creamware jug.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21But will the crowd pour any money into it?
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Who's going to start me at, what, £50 for it? £50, anybody? 50?
0:40:24 > 0:40:28- 50?- It's a real bargain. - 30? 20 to go then, surely.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31£20, we'll give it away at 20. £20, who's going to join in? 20 bid.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33At 20... 25.
0:40:33 > 0:40:3525. 28 now. At 25 bid.
0:40:35 > 0:40:3728 on the internet. 20 and 30 on the net.
0:40:37 > 0:40:3932 in the room. 32 in the room.
0:40:39 > 0:40:4135. 38 now. 38 bid.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Going this time at 38 in the front row.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45- Well done, sir.- Well done, sir.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Not what he had hoped for, but these two are neck-and-neck.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53It all rides on Charles's final lot - his mythological goddess.
0:40:53 > 0:40:58With a small profit, he'll win. But with a big loss, he loses.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Let's start at £100 for it, 100. Bit of an unknown quantity.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- It is, absolutely.- Certainly is.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- Let's gamble.- 100? 80 to go.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10- Rare thing.- Who's going to be first in at 80?
0:41:10 > 0:41:11£80, anybody? 80?
0:41:11 > 0:41:1450 to go then, surely. £50, 50.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18OK, start at £20 for something that's, what, 350 years old?
0:41:18 > 0:41:19- Absolutely.- Thank you.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22£20 a bid. At £20, two do I see now? 22, 25, five bid?
0:41:22 > 0:41:2528, 28, 30, 32, 35, five bid, 38.
0:41:25 > 0:41:2940, at £40 a bid. 45, 45, 48, 48, 50.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31£50 a bid. 50, 55, 60...
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Come on, sir, one more!
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- Look, it's his money, not yours! - One for the road.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39He might buy you a cup of coffee, you never know your luck!
0:41:39 > 0:41:4160 on the net. At 60. 65, no? 60, it's on the net, then.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Two if it's going to help you out.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47Last bid is on the internet, selling at £60.
0:41:47 > 0:41:52- You never know how far that online bidder may have gone.- Probably 62.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Charles's speculation on the mythological goddess
0:41:54 > 0:41:59didn't win out on this occasion, but has it put him off trying?
0:41:59 > 0:42:02After all that that verbiage, you're back where you started.
0:42:02 > 0:42:07Charlie, my plan won't change. I will continue my art of speculation.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- Or just wishy-washy along in the middle.- No.
0:42:10 > 0:42:15- One day, I will get it right, and I will make our fortune.- OUR fortune?
0:42:15 > 0:42:17- Our fortune.- Well done, old bean.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21It was a close thing, and although Charles Hanson has won this battle,
0:42:21 > 0:42:23he's still losing the war.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25He's slowly leaking money,
0:42:25 > 0:42:30while Charlie is keeping his head just above his £200 starting pack.
0:42:30 > 0:42:36Charles Hanson started this leg with £172.20, and after auction costs,
0:42:36 > 0:42:42has lost £8.20, leaving him with £164 for the next leg.
0:42:42 > 0:42:47Charlie Ross, meanwhile, began this leg with £226.30.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51After costs, he's lost £14.52,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55giving him £211.78 going forward.
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Funny old game, isn't it?
0:42:56 > 0:43:00- All that work, and we're back where we started.- I know.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04- But Charlie, you've got to keep speculating.- I will!
0:43:04 > 0:43:09You know, I am determined to either be the victor at over £1,000,
0:43:09 > 0:43:11or take myself back to zero.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15Cometh the man, cometh the hour, cometh to Walsall.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18Walsall... HE TOOTS HORN
0:43:18 > 0:43:20- ..here we come.- Exactly.
0:43:20 > 0:43:21And on to the next leg, boys.
0:43:24 > 0:43:28On the next episode of the Antiques Road Trip, we have a few surprises.
0:43:28 > 0:43:31SQUEALING NOISE Oh! Did you hear that squeal there?
0:43:31 > 0:43:34And the rivalry gets ugly.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Ow, my ankle! That's my ankle!
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