0:00:02 > 0:00:06'It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each,
0:00:06 > 0:00:11'a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.'
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- Yippee! - Sometimes a man is in need.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18'The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22'There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.'
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Knick-knacks!
0:00:23 > 0:00:27'So, 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 > 0:00:31'This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:41'On this road trip, two princely Charlies are vying to take the throne.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44'Charlie Ross is a silver-tongued auctioneer whose decades in the biz
0:00:44 > 0:00:48'have sharpened his cunning and gilded his charm.'
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- Oooh! - Sealed with a kiss!
0:00:52 > 0:00:56'His rival, Charles Hanson, may LOOK barely out of shorts,
0:00:56 > 0:01:01'but he's a serious auctioneering nut with a wit that's bang-on.'
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- I'm feeling quite explosive now! - LAUGHS
0:01:05 > 0:01:09'Both our proper Charlies started this week with £200.
0:01:09 > 0:01:14'The venerable Charlie Ross has managed to swell his coffers to...
0:01:16 > 0:01:18'Cheer up, old boy!
0:01:19 > 0:01:22'While the young pretender, Charles Hanson,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25'is nipping at his opponent's heels with riches totalling...
0:01:28 > 0:01:32'They're cruising today in a sleek winnings wagon -
0:01:32 > 0:01:35'a 1971 Triumph TR6.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39'This week, Carlos and Charlie will cover about 500 miles,
0:01:39 > 0:01:43'sailing through the heartlands of England from Tarporley in Cheshire
0:01:43 > 0:01:46'to Itchen Stoke near Winchester in Hampshire.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51'Today, they begin in Bridgnorth, Shropshire,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55'with noses pointed towards their auction in Ledbury, Herefordshire.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02'The town of Bridgnorth stretches attractively along the River Severn.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05'It's here that Carlos is dropping Charlie off
0:02:05 > 0:02:07'at his first shop of the day.'
0:02:07 > 0:02:10- Good luck. - Oh, I can't get out!
0:02:11 > 0:02:15'Come on, old boy! Look at his leg going over!'
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- Choose carefully. - Bye. Drive carefully.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22'He's ever so agile for his age! And he's off to the Bridgnorth Antiques Centre.'
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- I'm Charlie.- Hello, Charlie. I'm Lynn.- Lovely to meet you.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29'Look out Lynn! This morning, he's got a strategy.'
0:02:29 > 0:02:34I'm looking for something quirky, something...different.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36'Go for it, then!'
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Stoneware figure of Little Bo Peep!
0:02:45 > 0:02:48£1,200!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51'Cor! That's a little bit out of your price range, Charlie.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55'But Lynn does have one rather quirky item. Lucky girl.'
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- You can have a look at the vicar's chastity belt.- I beg your pardon!
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- The vicar's got a chastity belt somewhere. - The vicar has a chastity belt?- Yes.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06He owns this little section here, the vicar.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08LAUGHTER
0:03:08 > 0:03:11'Sounds like the beginning of a limerick!'
0:03:11 > 0:03:14"Victorian copy of a mediaeval chastity belt."
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- He's going to demonstrate it. - 'I do hope not!'
0:03:18 > 0:03:22- Does the vicar get in that? - He can. He's skinny.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25'Oh, yeah. Well, the less said about that, the better.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28'Plenty of things in here have caught Charlie's eye,
0:03:28 > 0:03:34'but none of them quite right for the auction, so he's heading off to his next shop.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37'Meanwhile, Carlos has driven 14 miles onwards
0:03:37 > 0:03:40'to Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43'This statue outside Kidderminster's fine Town Hall
0:03:43 > 0:03:48'pays tribute to one of her most celebrated sons, Rowland Hill,
0:03:48 > 0:03:53'postal reformer and inventor of the first postage stamp. Mm.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57'Carlos is ambling off into the spookily named shop Marley's Ghost,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59'where he's meeting Bill, or should it be Bob?'
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- Good morning, sir. - Oh, good morning.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- Your shop is called?- Marley's Ghost. - Why?- I just fancied the name.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11'Fair enough, Bill. Let's hope, for your sake, that Charles
0:04:11 > 0:04:15'isn't going to imitate Ebeneezer Scrouge. Look carefully.'
0:04:15 > 0:04:19What I'm looking for, Bill, is something weird, wonderful,
0:04:19 > 0:04:25exotic, something mysterious, something that is an education.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28'Cor! You don't ask for much, do you, Carlos(?)
0:04:28 > 0:04:31'It looks like Bill's shop might be up for the challenge.'
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- It's just a box here, Bill, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42'Sharp aren't they? It is a box!
0:04:42 > 0:04:46'Oak, leather and canvas for ammunition, probably dating from World War I.'
0:04:46 > 0:04:52- How much is that, Bill?- About eight quid.- Isn't that interesting?
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- I'm feeling quite explosive now! - LAUGHS
0:04:54 > 0:04:58'Oh, no! Puns - they're for me, Charles. Thank you.'
0:04:58 > 0:05:02I love how we've got the canvas still lining...
0:05:02 > 0:05:05What's the very best, Bill, on this?
0:05:05 > 0:05:07About six pound?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12It's quite novel. It's quite fun. £6's your best price?
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Yeah.- I think, Bill...
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- ..I'll take it.- OK. - £6 and that's wonderful! History!
0:05:19 > 0:05:24'History, indeed. Carlos has his first buy and is charging onwards.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29'His old mucker, Charlie, meanwhile,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33'has trucked on to Stourbridge in the West Midlands,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35'where he's heading into Charles Langford Antiques
0:05:35 > 0:05:39'and meeting dealer Steve - at least he's not called Charles, too!'
0:05:39 > 0:05:43- Steve Wilder, nice to see you. - Lovely to see you, too.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44'Pleasantries accomplished,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48'Charlie's going to have a good rummage through Steve's stock.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51'Hope that's not going to be painful. Lordy!'
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I wonder if any of this is for sale.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58'Charlie's snuck into the storeroom, where the crafty old dog
0:05:58 > 0:06:02'spies items that haven't been put on display. Stand by for a truffle!'
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Do you think I'm allowed to be doing this?
0:06:05 > 0:06:07'No. I'm pretty sure not. So, look sharp!'
0:06:07 > 0:06:11- Ah! Ho ho! - 'Steve's rumbled you!'
0:06:11 > 0:06:16- What are you looking at? You're welcome to look at something. - Am I allowed?- Oh, yeah.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20There's a bit of rosewood there.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22'It's a rosewood sewing table!'
0:06:22 > 0:06:26- Might it be for sale? - 140 would buy it.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28- May I look at it? - Of course. We can dig it out.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30I say!
0:06:30 > 0:06:31'Careful!'
0:06:32 > 0:06:35That's about 1830, 1840,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- English rosewood sewing table. - Needs a bit of work.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Pretty little thing!- Isn't it? - I love the top.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46If I waved 100 crisp notes in your direction, could you be tempted?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49If you were to wave 120, you'd have bought it.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55- I'll go 110, if you can possibly do it.- Yeah, 110 will do.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58'An item in the bag and Charlie's browsing on.'
0:06:58 > 0:07:00I feel a spending spree coming on!
0:07:00 > 0:07:02'Jolly good!
0:07:08 > 0:07:10'Back in the shop proper,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13'Charlie's been drawn to a little item in the silver cabinet.'
0:07:14 > 0:07:16- I like the shape of that.- Yeah.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20'It's a silver sugar bowl dating from 1906.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22'Ticket price is £85.'
0:07:23 > 0:07:28It's a nice looking thing. I'd give you 50 quid for it, guv'nor!
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- 50 quid's not a lot for that. - Perhaps you'd like to think about it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Perhaps you'd like to give me £60. - CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:07:35 > 0:07:37And then, you've bought it.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41'Charlie's not sure about the bowl yet, so he's going to browse on.'
0:07:46 > 0:07:48That's a sweet little thing, isn't it?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50'A joy to perceive!
0:07:50 > 0:07:54'A 19th-century oil painting of an English market town. Anonymous.'
0:07:54 > 0:07:59A little man with a top hat. Very primitive.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04'"Primitive", in this sense, means that the artist was probably an amateur or self-taught.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06'Or just no good.'
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Imagine somebody sitting there in the 19th century, painting that.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Probably comes free with every sewing table!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- BOTH LAUGH - Not free.- No!
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- It's nearly free! It's only £40. - A tenner?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22'Steve's already knocked the sugar bowl down to £60.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27'With the painting added to the deal, they would cost together £100.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31'But he's angling for a further reduction. What could Steve do?'
0:08:32 > 0:08:35Maybe if we did 70 on the pair of those.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39- I think that's quite good, actually. - Well, you would!- Mm.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41CHARLIE LAUGHS 65 quid.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- You've talked me into it. - Are you sure?- Yes, I'm sure.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51'So, Charlie's got a bargain deal in this shop, paying £175 total
0:08:51 > 0:08:54'for the sewing table, silver sugar bowl and the painting.'
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Very happy. Three things in one easy go.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05'Carlos has driven on to the town of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07'Feeling terribly relaxed about his buying,
0:09:07 > 0:09:11'he's going to visit Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14'where he's meeting museum director, Simon Carter.'
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Hello, sir. Nice to see you. I'm Charles Hanson.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24'Avoncroft is home to a rich and quirky array of historic structures,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26'which have been taken apart in their original locations
0:09:26 > 0:09:29'and reassembled here for preservation.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33'It's a varied collection, reflecting the built heritage of Britain,
0:09:33 > 0:09:36'and in particular of the West Midlands.'
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Looking around, there's a wonderful array of different periods,
0:09:40 > 0:09:41different styles.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47What's behind this eclectic mix of architecture and buildings?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50The building behind you was the first of nearly 30 buildings
0:09:50 > 0:09:53to be rescued and brought to this site.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57'All the buildings here were in danger of demolition or collapse
0:09:57 > 0:09:59'when they were moved.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01'The collection includes residential buildings,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04'like this 15th-century middle-class home,
0:10:04 > 0:10:08'as well as industrial and agricultural structures.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13'Taking a fragile historic building to bits
0:10:13 > 0:10:17'and reassembling it miles from home is no mean feat,
0:10:17 > 0:10:22'as this 1960s footage of a building now at the museum shows.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27'Charles and Simon are going to look at it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:32'It's a windmill dating from the late 18th or early 19th century.'
0:10:32 > 0:10:37It was moved here cos it was in a dilapidated state in the late 1960s.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42It was when Avoncroft Museum was in its infancy.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Some volunteers went and rescued it one weekend from Tanworth-in-Arden.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50You tell me this was moved over a weekend? That's incredible!
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I think it was, perhaps, five days in total.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57The longest part of the job was dismantling the brick roundhouse.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59'Here, the plucky volunteers
0:10:59 > 0:11:03'are painstakingly taking the windmill apart, bit by bit.'
0:11:03 > 0:11:06It was moved onto lorries and driven back to the museum.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11'Here, it was restored to its former glory and stands as a testament
0:11:11 > 0:11:13'to the ingenuity of the people who saved it,
0:11:13 > 0:11:16'as well as the original builders.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19'Simon's taking Carlos to see another structure,
0:11:19 > 0:11:21'also saved by the museum.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25'It's a blacksmith's forge in which chains were made
0:11:25 > 0:11:29'from the mid 19th century right up to 1969.'
0:11:29 > 0:11:32It's got 14 forges and there'd have been a man, or woman sometimes,
0:11:32 > 0:11:37at each of the forges making chains for hours and hours a day.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42'Blacksmith Alex is demonstrating how chains would have been handmade.'
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Wow! Unbelievable!
0:11:45 > 0:11:47This must be a ferocious heat.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50It's about 1,300 degrees.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54What I can't believe is a building like this
0:11:54 > 0:11:57could be broken down and transported
0:11:57 > 0:12:02and put back together again and look so authentic in a new location.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06'Indeed! And the museum's collection is nothing if not diverse.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11'This site is also home to the national telephone kiosk collection,
0:12:11 > 0:12:15'which includes no less than 32 historic telephone boxes.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19'Charles is going to have a quick peek on his way back to the car.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21'Don't reverse the charges, eh?'
0:12:21 > 0:12:26# You can ring my bell Ring my bell
0:12:29 > 0:12:34# You can ring my bell Ring my bell... #
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- PHONE RINGING - My phone isn't on.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42'Where's that ringing coming from, then, Charles?'
0:12:42 > 0:12:45'Better investigate!'
0:12:45 > 0:12:47MUSIC: Theme to "Dr Who"
0:12:48 > 0:12:53- PHONE RINGING - 'It looks like Charles will be making his own way...'
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Hello?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56'..somewhere.'
0:12:56 > 0:12:58TARDIS FIRES UP
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- They hung up on me. - 'Oh, crikey!
0:13:01 > 0:13:04'Charlie, meanwhile, is still back in Stourbridge,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08'and is strolling off to his next shop, Antiques & More.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13'And Charlie the charmer's up to his usual tricks.'
0:13:13 > 0:13:15- Hello, ladies! - 'Look out, girls!'
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Hello!- Two for the price of one! - Ooh! Thank you!
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- I'm Charlie.- I'm Marion.- Marion.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23- Charlie, hello.- Hello. Ooh!
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Hang on! I feel love coming on!
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- And your name is?- My name's Judith.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37What have we got here?
0:13:37 > 0:13:41A book for Charles Hanson! LAUGHTER
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- That looks like Charles Hanson! - 'Do you know? It does, rather.'
0:13:45 > 0:13:48There's some jolly pretty bits here!
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Oh! That is sweet!
0:13:51 > 0:13:55'Charlie's found a tortoiseshell case for sewing needles.'
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Now, that IS old.- Yeah. - 'Indeed, it is.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01'Dates from the 19th century, meaning it's legal.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05'Dealing in modern tortoiseshell is against the law,
0:14:05 > 0:14:09'but antique items made before 1947 can be legally traded.'
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- Needles would have gone in there? - Packets of needles.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18Those little paper cardboard packets of needles would have gone in there.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It's got a name! That's very nice.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24"W. Lund, 24 Fleet", that'll be Fleet Street.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27'It's the mark of box-maker William Lund,
0:14:27 > 0:14:32'who operated on London's Fleet Street from around 1835.'
0:14:32 > 0:14:35- That's a glorious thing! - It's a nice quality piece.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38I can't quite work out the price. Is that £12.50?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- MARION LAUGHS - No!
0:14:40 > 0:14:44You're not telling me it's 125 quid?
0:14:44 > 0:14:45'It is.'
0:14:45 > 0:14:49There's an old-fashioned expression. What would be your death?
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- I can do...- What can you do?- 75.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Don't recoil from me, my lovely. SHE LAUGHS
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Can you do 60 quid?
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Um... I can do 65.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- I've got 71 quid and I'm supposed to buy two more things.- Two more?
0:15:06 > 0:15:08I don't care about the other one.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11I'll go begging in the street cos I love this so much.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13'Let's hope it doesn't come to that!'
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- 65 quid?- Mm.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20'You are incorrigible, Charlie.'
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- Cos I love you! - 'Here we go again!'
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Sealed with a kiss!
0:15:25 > 0:15:27# Sealed with a kiss #
0:15:27 > 0:15:29'He's got that deal all sewn-up.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32'Look at that! For a bargain £65.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36'With that, our boys have reached the end of another madcap day.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39'So, night night, chaps.'
0:15:43 > 0:15:47- MUSIC: "Saturday Night Fever" - 'The next day, they're up early
0:15:47 > 0:15:51'for their morning work-out - I make all our antique boffins do this.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56'Just let them limber up for that day's buying.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59'God! They're good together, aren't they? Magic!'
0:15:59 > 0:16:01All together now!
0:16:01 > 0:16:05BOTH SING: # Onward Christian soldiers...#
0:16:07 > 0:16:12'So far, Charlie's spent a substantial £240 on four lots -
0:16:12 > 0:16:16'the rosewood sewing table, the silver sugar bowl,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19'the oil painting of a market town
0:16:19 > 0:16:22'and the tortoiseshell needle holder.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26'He has a scant £6 left in his wallet.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32'But Carlos has only spent a paltry £6
0:16:32 > 0:16:35'on the World War I ammunition box.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39'He has £233.50p to spend today
0:16:39 > 0:16:42'and he'd better get cracking!'
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Am I in the mood?- Yes.- Yes, I am.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47'I'm glad to hear that!
0:16:47 > 0:16:50'The boys are coming into the city of Gloucester.'
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- That's Gloucester Cathedral!- Doesn't that make you proud of our country?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57To see ancient monuments standing so proudly.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59'Quite!
0:16:59 > 0:17:04'In fact, the remains of Plantagenet King, Edward II are buried here.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08'Hm! They're heading for Upstairs Downstairs Antiques...'
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Come on! You've got a lot of money to spend!
0:17:11 > 0:17:14'..where they're meeting head honcho, Vic.'
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Greetings!- Greetings!- How are you?
0:17:18 > 0:17:23- Who's the boss?- I'm the boss. - You're the man I need are you?- Yes.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Hello, there. I'm Charles. Good to see you.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29'Carlos and Charlie are going to split up to case the joint.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40'Charles, it would seem, has a definite strategy today.'
0:17:40 > 0:17:45Ask for objects that really are antique. Go for the mediaeval. Go for the Roman rings.
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Go for objects which, in historical terms, talk history,
0:17:49 > 0:17:53rather than just being edgy with a knobbly knick-knack.
0:17:53 > 0:17:54Charlie.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58'Hey, you're cocky for a man who's only spent £6, Carlos,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02'but true to his word, the clever young buck seems to have unearthed
0:18:02 > 0:18:04'something with a bit of age to it.'
0:18:05 > 0:18:08I think it's quite novel. Not sure what it's used for.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12'Charles THINKS it might be an 18th-century piece of Korean pottery.'
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Very crude. Fairly mass-produced, I suspect.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20- Yeah.- For a fairly coarse middle-rate market.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Probably for export from Korea to China
0:18:24 > 0:18:28and probably used as ballast on the bottom of a boat.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31What's your absolute best price on that?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I'll do it for 15 for you.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- A tenner? I'll take it. - Lovely jubbly.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39'Deal done! Now, on the other side of the shop,
0:18:39 > 0:18:44'Charlie appears to be up to something suspicious. Why is he looking so happy?'
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I have a cunning plan.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53'Charlie has spotted a copy of the Auctions (Bidding Agreements) Act, 1927.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56'It's legislation which governs auction houses
0:18:56 > 0:18:59'and a copy of it must be displayed in salerooms.'
0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Was there an auction here once? - There was, yes.
0:19:02 > 0:19:05'But japes are afoot.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12'Charlie has concocted a scheme to trick Carlos into autographing the document,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15'thus, he reasons, raising its value.
0:19:16 > 0:19:22'He's going to ask if the shop staff will pretend they want it as a souvenir.'
0:19:22 > 0:19:26I want you, if you would, before Charles leaves the premises,
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- to say to him, "Charles, would you mind signing this for me?"- Yeah.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34I've only got £6 left. I don't suppose they're worth a lot.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- We can do that.- It's not the biggest deal you've ever done.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40But it'll make an old man very happy.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44'So, Charlie buys the agreement for his very last £6.'
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Five, six.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- OK. It's a deal. - Shall I leave that with you?
0:19:50 > 0:19:55'But will the cunning rouse to get young Carlos's autograph work?'
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- I wonder if you'd be so kind to sign it?- Is that for sale?
0:19:59 > 0:20:01'Ha! Too late, Carlos!'
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- Sorry?- It's not for sale, is it?- No. - What a shame. I could do with one.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08I'll sign it. It'll be a pleasure.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10'Ah! What a gent!
0:20:10 > 0:20:14'But he'll get a surprise when he sees Charlie's items.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17'Still, Charlie seems very pleased.'
0:20:17 > 0:20:20(WHISPERS) I think somebody would pay millions for that!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Well, more than six quid, anyway.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31'Charlie now has all his items for auction,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35'so he's driving the ten miles on to Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38'He's off to visit the Holst Birthplace Museum,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41'hopefully, not looking like that!
0:20:43 > 0:20:45'Ah! Much better!
0:20:45 > 0:20:49'He's meeting charming curator Laura.'
0:20:50 > 0:20:54- Hello.- Hello.- Charlie. - Nice to meet you. Laura.- Laura!
0:20:54 > 0:20:56MUSIC: "Mars, The Bringer Of War"
0:20:56 > 0:21:00'Great British composer Gustav Holst is perhaps best known
0:21:00 > 0:21:05'for this monumental composition, Mars, The Bringer Of War,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08'from his orchestral suite, The Planets.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12'Don't be scared. It's only music.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18'Holst was born in this very house in 1874.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21'Of Latvian and German descent,
0:21:21 > 0:21:24'he came from a long line of musicians and artists.'
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- Was his father a musician?- Yes. He was.- That's where it came from?
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Well, his grandfather and great-grandfather were musicians.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36Yes, Adolph, his father, was a musician as well.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40He played in Cheltenham. He was well known in the concert circuit in Cheltenham.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43He would have got most of his musical education from home?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47Yeah, exactly, from his father, who introduced him to the piano,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- trombone and violin from an early age.- There he is!
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- Yeah, that's Holst himself. - He looks rather melancholy.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59He always looked melancholy in his photographs and portraits.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04- Actually, in reality, he was quite a humorous...- Was he? - ..humorous person.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06That's nice to know.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Always nice to know someone's got a bit of humour.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13'Holst's orchestral suite, The Planets,
0:22:13 > 0:22:16'is one of the most widely performed and imitated works
0:22:16 > 0:22:19'in the 20th-century British classical repertoire.'
0:22:19 > 0:22:23This piano which, we think, he composed The Planets on.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27This is the actual piano on which the Planets suite was composed?
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Yes, we think so. - PLAYS NOTE
0:22:30 > 0:22:32- I'm not supposed to do that! - No, that's fine.
0:22:32 > 0:22:37'Do behave, Charlie. Anyway, the Planets suite...'
0:22:37 > 0:22:41- When was that written? - Well, he began it in 1914.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46He started with Mars, literally just before the war broke out.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- Yeah.- So very apt, Mars, The Bringer Of War.
0:22:49 > 0:22:54But then he continued writing the rest of the suite throughout the First World War.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- It got its premiere in 1918. - Right.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Then, around the early '20s, that's when it was performed regularly,
0:23:05 > 0:23:07and that's when his fame arose.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12'Holst also composed in a variety of musical forms.'
0:23:12 > 0:23:15He wrote opera inspired by Hindu philosophy and religion,
0:23:15 > 0:23:18music for marching bands as well, folk songs,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20obviously a lot of choral work.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22He wrote across the spectrum, really.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27'Laura's going to show Charlie a score written in Holst's own hand.'
0:23:27 > 0:23:28This is I Love My Love,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32one of Holst's arrangements of choral folk songs.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35This is an original manuscript,
0:23:35 > 0:23:39so you can see all Holst's workings out here as well.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- Yes, indeed. And all the instruments. Oboe, clarinet.- Yeah.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- There's the voice.- Yes.- Gosh!
0:23:46 > 0:23:51It was a traditional Cornish folk song which Holst himself arranged.
0:23:51 > 0:23:56'Holst composed till near the end of his life in 1934.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58'Now, with thanks to Laura...'
0:23:58 > 0:24:03- Thank you very much indeed. - You're welcome. - Really interesting.- Bye.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07'..it's time for our own music man to hit the road.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11'Charles Hanson, meanwhile...
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- Are these your little dogs? - Max and Paddy.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16'..after stopping to make some new chums...
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Aren't you lovely?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21'..he's driven on to Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire.
0:24:21 > 0:24:25'Tewkesbury's fine Tudor buildings and winding streets
0:24:25 > 0:24:30'make it the suitably atmospheric place for Charles to finish his shopping.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34'But with only two buys and a tiddly £16 spent,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37'Charles is fast running out of time.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41'He's supposed to be visiting antique shops,
0:24:41 > 0:24:46'but has now, shockingly, decided to pursue an alternative plan.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50'He's spotted an auction house, Church Street Auctions,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54'and wants to see if they have anything he might purchase.'
0:24:55 > 0:24:58I wondered whether you might have any unsolds or re-offers
0:24:58 > 0:25:02that viably, on behalf of your client, you could sell to me?
0:25:02 > 0:25:06'Charles is looking for any items that remained unsold after auction.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11'But if they didn't sell at the previous auction, will they sell at yours, Carlos?'
0:25:11 > 0:25:15- Have a look and if you see anything...- Have you got some things I could look at?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18- I've got a couple that might interest you.- Your name, sir, is?
0:25:18 > 0:25:23- Bo.- I'm Charles Hanson. I'm an auctioneer in Derbyshire. - I know you are.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25'Your reputation precedes you, Charles.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37'He has precious little time left to find the lots he needs,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40'but his chipper confidence remains undimmed.'
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Charlie Ross, watch out!
0:25:42 > 0:25:46I may have hit on a wholesale gold mine!
0:25:46 > 0:25:49'Really, Carlos, get a move on, mate.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56'Oh, a pretty little something's caught his eye.'
0:25:56 > 0:25:59She's quite nice. Here you've got a Victorian lady.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03She really captures the age of, I think, the 1870s, 1880s.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07This head's a fabric head with what appear to be later eyes.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10But she's quite good. What's the best price on her?
0:26:10 > 0:26:1235.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15OK. A mental note.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17'He's putting her aside as a possibility.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20'Don't toy with the girl, Charles!'
0:26:26 > 0:26:30- I'm like a boy in a sweet shop! - 'Oh, lordy!'
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- You like that? - That's quite sweet. What is it?
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Haven't a clue. I was hoping you'd tell me!
0:26:38 > 0:26:41'Let me, then. It's a cup, probably mid-Victorian,
0:26:41 > 0:26:46'made from a lacquered coconut shell with wooden and ivory mounts.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49'Ivory items, like tortoiseshell, are illegal to trade
0:26:49 > 0:26:54'unless they're made before 1947, which this comfortably is.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57'Phew. This, too, goes into the "maybe" pile.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08'And now he's got something else in his sights.'
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Is it World War I, these various buttons?
0:27:11 > 0:27:15'It's a quantity of early 20th-century military and regimental buttons,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18'mounted for display on a leather belt.'
0:27:18 > 0:27:20It's a good military thing.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24There's a lot of people interested in militaria and that, so...
0:27:24 > 0:27:28What could they be, Bo, as a lot on their own like that?
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Uh... I'll do them for 20.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35'Carlos is definitely interested in the coconut cup,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37'doll and military buttons.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41'The combined price Bo's quoting is £75.'
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- What's the very best, Bo?- 50.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- For the whole lot?- Yeah.- Wow!
0:27:45 > 0:27:49I'll take it. Thanks, Bo. I'll take them all for £50. Yeah.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53'Three lots bagged, but now he's wandered off and found...
0:27:53 > 0:27:55'something else!'
0:27:57 > 0:27:59What has caught my eye over here
0:27:59 > 0:28:01are one, two, three, four, five...
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- 'Let's round it up to 17, shall we?' - 17 figures.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10And, Bo, they've caught my eye
0:28:10 > 0:28:13- because they decorate an area, don't they?- Yeah.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16In a real riot of colour.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18'They certainly are a riot.'
0:28:18 > 0:28:22- They're Capodimonte. - They are. They're Capodimonte.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24'The original Capodimonte porcelain
0:28:24 > 0:28:28'came from the Royal factory in Naples, Italy,
0:28:28 > 0:28:32'where it was founded in the 18th century, and closed long ago.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35'These items are not from that historic factory,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38'you'll be pleased to hear - and that figures.'
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- These really are, I suppose, the lower end, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46These are more the collectable end.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50- I don't know, Bo, would it be viable for me to buy the whole lot?- Yeah.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Would it really? £20.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57- The whole lot.- 25?
0:28:57 > 0:29:01I'll tell you what I'll do. You take them all, £23.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05- They're awful, aren't they? - 'Yeah, but at £23...!'
0:29:05 > 0:29:08I'll take them. Thanks, Bo. That's very, very kind.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11What have I done? I've got carried away!
0:29:11 > 0:29:13So what?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16'So what, indeed! And with that triumphant swipe,
0:29:16 > 0:29:19'the young pretender has all his lots for auction,
0:29:19 > 0:29:24'so he's off to meet Charlie for the great unveiling.'
0:29:24 > 0:29:29I can't believe this extraordinary avalanche in front of me!
0:29:29 > 0:29:33Charlie, they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, OK?
0:29:33 > 0:29:35You haven't seen what I bought yet.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38'First, Carlos's motley collection of figures.'
0:29:40 > 0:29:41They're not Capodimonte?
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- Please tell me they're not Capodimonte.- Yes, they are.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49- They are.- I HATE Capodimonte. - Charlie...- But carry on.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52'Well, that was a positive start(!)'
0:29:52 > 0:29:56CHUCKLING: A man with a degree in history, with a lovely saleroom,
0:29:56 > 0:29:59a penchant for the wonderful things.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- I can't believe it. - Some aren't in great condition.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- But they are flamboyant...- No. - They're colourful...- No.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10I think they've got a certain character about them.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14'No? OK. So, what about the World War I ammo box?'
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- Here's my military ammo box.- Yeah.
0:30:17 > 0:30:21- There you are.- Lovely. - Just what it is. Tells a story.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26- No shells.- No.- No frills.- No. - Cost a fiver.- It cost me £6.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30'Huh. Maybe the quirky coconut cup will fare better.'
0:30:30 > 0:30:33I like this. I think it's quite interesting.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38- It's quite an interesting object. - 'Ah! The sweet manna of approval.'
0:30:38 > 0:30:40I like this lady as well.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- I DO like her.- She is definitely Victorian and this dress is period.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- That's lovely.- Isn't it? - Absolutely glorious.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51That's gorgeous. That's fun. That's history.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- I can't go along with these.- No.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56'Now, Charlie's up.'
0:30:56 > 0:31:00Oh, crikey! You bought... Oh, my goodness me, Charlie Ross!
0:31:00 > 0:31:04- Goodness me, you bought well! - LAUGHING: Don't you start!
0:31:04 > 0:31:08Hats off to you. I love your objects.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I love your silver sugar bowl. That's lovely quality.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- That's a really good thing, Charlie. - I bought a bit of furniture.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17You know my love for furniture. Careful with the lid!
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- It's a sewing case. - It's a sewing table. Sewing table.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22That's too good. It's rosewood.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25You know... It's William IV, it's rosewood,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28but it's in poor condition.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Mr Ross, I'm willowing here.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34This is my prize lot and I'd like you to look at it.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41- Oh, no! You didn't?! - CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:31:41 > 0:31:43'Ha ha! Such monkeys!'
0:31:44 > 0:31:48I said to the man, "Will you take £6?" He said, "It's not for sale."
0:31:48 > 0:31:53- I said, "Please, I want to get you..."- Oh, no! - "..to say to Charles Hanson,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- "'Please sign it for me?'"- Oh, no!
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I'd already paid for it when you signed it.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- That means I now have a part share in it, do I?- No.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04- Oh, right! That's wonderful. It cost you how much?- £6.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- I hope the audience aren't put off by my autograph.- No.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11- That's what makes the value. - 'Quite so!'
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Yeah.- Good luck, old bean. - I'm actually lost for words.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18'Yeah. Not for long, though.'
0:32:18 > 0:32:22For the first time, all of Charlie's items are really quite invigorating.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27He bought that ridiculous linen... Auctions Agreements Act
0:32:27 > 0:32:32that I signed and how he got that round me, I'll never know!
0:32:32 > 0:32:34As always, may the best man win.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36He never ceases to amaze me!
0:32:36 > 0:32:40I mean...could you ever bracket a man
0:32:40 > 0:32:44with such wonderful depth of knowledge and love of antiques
0:32:44 > 0:32:48with Capodimonte? I mean it... Dreadful!
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Which items would I rather have?
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Mine, Charles. Mine!
0:32:54 > 0:32:57'Haha. On this leg, Charles and Charlie have travelled
0:32:57 > 0:32:59'from Bridgnorth in Shropshire
0:32:59 > 0:33:02'to end up in auction here in Ledbury, Herefordshire.
0:33:04 > 0:33:09'Ledbury is another town which rejoices in historic architecture.
0:33:11 > 0:33:16'Work began on this, the market house, in 1617.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20'They're heading to HJ Pugh & Co auctioneers
0:33:20 > 0:33:23'and Carlos has certainly dressed for the occasion.'
0:33:23 > 0:33:28- Do you think they'll have ever seen a jacket like yours?- Probably not.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32'Well, I'm sure this will be an education for all concerned.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36'Charlie Ross began this leg with £246 exactly.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40'He spent that whole amount on five lots.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47'While the young pretender Charles started with £239.50p
0:33:47 > 0:33:51'and has spent a thrifty £89 on six lots.
0:33:52 > 0:33:56- 'However, disaster has struck.' - We could be in trouble.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59'Oh, no! One of his lots has gone missing!
0:33:59 > 0:34:03'The military ammo box was lost in transit.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06'If anyone does happen to find it,
0:34:06 > 0:34:08'we'd be awfully glad if they'd get in touch.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13'But fear not, the Road Trip rules provide for such an eventuality.
0:34:13 > 0:34:17'An insurance valuation of the item will be recorded as the sale price.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21'An independent assessment tells us that it's valued at £30.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26'So, before a gavel's even fallen, Charles has scored a £24 profit.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29'Nice - and generous.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34'This evening's auction is about to begin, presided over by auctioneer James Pugh.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38'Just before the off, what does he think of our lads' lots?'
0:34:38 > 0:34:42The rosewood sewing table. Fair amount of damage on that one.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46We've had a fair amount of interest from a number of purchasers today.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Capodimonte, um...
0:34:49 > 0:34:52..not one of the favourite things, shall we say?
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Let's see if we get a bid and go from there.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58The signed Bidding Agreement, I would see around the £10, £20 mark.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01It's an item everyone would want. Who wouldn't want his autograph?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03'Battle is commencing
0:35:03 > 0:35:09'and first up is Charlie's cheekily customised Biddings Agreement slip.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12'Will his rival's scribbling attract the punters?'
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Fiver straight in we go at £5.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18£5. £8. £10. Bid at ten....
0:35:18 > 0:35:21Stop there! That's far too much.
0:35:21 > 0:35:26At £10. Work out what we're doing wrong every time! At £10 here.
0:35:26 > 0:35:3012. £12 I'm bid. 12. Internet's out at £12.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- Internet bid!- Internet bidding! - 15...
0:35:33 > 0:35:34Must be your mother!
0:35:34 > 0:35:3615...
0:35:36 > 0:35:38It's my wife for you!
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- That's the way, sir!- Get it sold.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44I won't tell you he just signed another one for you. At £20...
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Back in the Hanson name!
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Internet's in at £22. Go on. One more.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52At £22 here. Five. 25.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Stop it! Stop it, sir!
0:35:55 > 0:36:00In the room I go now. At £25 and the internet's out.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Selling at £25.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Well done, sir. Well done.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08'It seems the crowd is keen for a little bit of Hanson.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12'Canny and cunning, Charlie. A nice profit for you.'
0:36:12 > 0:36:16I might start signing a few papers and put them to sale, Charlie!
0:36:17 > 0:36:21- And take it all with me.- That's sorted out your retirement.- It has.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26'Next, Charles's collection of military buttons on a leather belt.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30'Might his remaining lot of militaria score a direct hit?'
0:36:30 > 0:36:34Tenner only. At £10 here. 15. £15 here. 15.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38At £15 for that belt. 20 at the back. £20 bid. At 20...
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Come on. Keep going.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Five. 25. 30.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45£30 bid. Five.
0:36:45 > 0:36:4735 on my right.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50At £35 here at 35. Why ever not?
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- Here, sir!- There's a lady! - 40. New bidder at £40.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58I should be looking this way. At £40 here. Five more, surely?
0:36:58 > 0:37:01At £40 here, 40. You're out left, and internet.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Selling, then, at £40.
0:37:03 > 0:37:07That's OK. Happy, Charlie. £30 and off and running.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11'A stormer! What a start for Carlos!
0:37:11 > 0:37:15'Next, Charlie's pretty but primitive oil of a market town.'
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Straight in at a tenner. 15. 20. Five.
0:37:18 > 0:37:2230. Five. 40. Five. 50. Five.
0:37:22 > 0:37:2460. 70. 80.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26- 80 with me. - 'I don't believe it.
0:37:26 > 0:37:3090. 100. At £100. Take a five if you like.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36Five. 105 over here. £105. 105. In the room...
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- Brilliant, Charlie.- Ha ha!
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Sold at 105.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Put it there. Well played. That is a wonderful result, Charlie.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47'And that puts Charlie firmly in the lead.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49'Next, Carlos's little cup.'
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Here we go. £5 here. Five. £10.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55- Oh, dear. - £10 in front, I have.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56At £10 here. At £10.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- I'm disappointed with this. - Absolutely!
0:37:59 > 0:38:0420. £20 I've got. Internet's got it at £20 here. 20.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Five. 25. £25 bid. At 25.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12£25. Internet again. I think they want you to bid once more.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14£30 I'm bid. At £30. Thank you.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18And the other one would be kind. At £30 bid.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22£30 here. At 30. Internet's still got it. The room is out.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26At £30. The hammer's up there. I'm going, then, at £30.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29'Thanks to some good work from James the auctioneer,
0:38:29 > 0:38:32'a tidy little profit for Carlos.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36'Now, the rosewood table. Will Charlie have a profit all sewn-up?
0:38:37 > 0:38:40£100 to go, surely? 100. 100.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Come on. 80, I'm bid. At £80 here. At 80.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45That's brilliant.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50I wonder whose it could be(!) At 90. £90 bid. At 100. £100 bid.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53110. 110. 120. 130.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57130. 140. 150.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58150.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00160. 170.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04170 with me. At £170, I'm bid. At 170.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05I like this man!
0:39:05 > 0:39:09Had its time, and selling, then, at 170.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10Oh!
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- Well done. That was a result. - It was.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20'Everything's looking rosy for Charlie! That solidifies his lead.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25'Now, Carlos is up with his odd little coconut cup.'
0:39:25 > 0:39:28- £20, I've got... - Oh, dear.- Don't worry, Charles.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33£20 here for the coconut. 30. At £30 here. At 30.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36At £30. Phone's out. At £30. Five.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39£35 bid. At 35. Why ever not?
0:39:39 > 0:39:43I think I might be in trouble for this one! At £35 here.
0:39:43 > 0:39:4840 if you like. At £35 bid. At 35. At the back we go.
0:39:48 > 0:39:5040. New bidder. 40.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52£40 bid. Five. 45.
0:39:52 > 0:39:5645, left. At £45 here. 45.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Had its time and selling at 45.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02'In the end, it's a nice little earner.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05'Now for the sweet little silver sugar bowl for Charlie.'
0:40:05 > 0:40:0850, I'm bid. At £50 here. At 50. 60. 70.
0:40:08 > 0:40:1080. £80 bid.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13At £80, then. At 80. 90 with me. At 90.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17At £90. Commission, I've got one, at £90 bid.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20At £90 here...
0:40:20 > 0:40:22That's fantastic!
0:40:22 > 0:40:26At 90. At £90. Disappointed, though, but sold at £90.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29It's all right. We don't mind £90. Cost 50.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- That's a profit of how much?- £40. - That's fantastic!
0:40:32 > 0:40:35'Another toothsome profit for Charlie.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39'Now, Carlos's Victorian doll.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42'Let's hope a pretty little profit awaits here.'
0:40:42 > 0:40:45£100, surely. 100 for the doll? 100?
0:40:45 > 0:40:49Come on! £20 here. At 20. A bit of damage but away you go.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51At 20. 30...
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Come on, hands. Up you go.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57£30. I'm disappointed with this. At £30. I'll take a fiver.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00At £30 here. At 30.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Five anywhere now? Had its time.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Going now at £30.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09'A small win for Carlos. Not enough to take the lead from Charlie.'
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Charlie, I'm nibbling at profits. Nibbling.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15Charlie, but I can't nibble your gigantic buys.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19'Charlie's tortoiseshell needle box is next. Can it pin up a profit?'
0:41:19 > 0:41:23£50 here. £50. 60. 70. 80.
0:41:23 > 0:41:27In the room I go. £80 here. 80. 90.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30100. £100 bid. Ten.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32110. 110. Why ever not?
0:41:32 > 0:41:36£110. You can't buy it off me tomorrow. £110 bid.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38At 110. 20 anywhere now?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Had its time and selling, then, at 110.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43- Well done, Charlie. Great result. - It's a profit.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46'A tiny item scores a big profit for Charlie.'
0:41:46 > 0:41:51- Good night. - Where are you going?- Relaxing.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54'It ain't over till the fat lady sings, Charlie.
0:41:54 > 0:42:00'Carlos's "much loved" collection of Capodimonte figures - not -
0:42:00 > 0:42:02'are still to go under the hammer.'
0:42:02 > 0:42:04- 40 to go? - Come on!
0:42:04 > 0:42:08- £5 here. Five... - They ought to be on a shy.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11- So you throw things at them. - Here at £10.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15For the lot of them! That's not each. At £10. At £10.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20Here in the sale room at £10. 15 anywhere now? Sold, then, at £10.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24I loved all your other lots but, Charles, I have to say,
0:42:24 > 0:42:28- I put my hand on my heart and say, they were awful!- Yeah.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32'And the saleroom seems to be in agreement, but chin up, Carlos.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36'You've done well from this sale - just not quite as well as Charlie.
0:42:38 > 0:42:42'Carlos began this leg with £239.50.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46'He made a tidy profit of £62.70p and now has...
0:42:53 > 0:42:58'Charlie, however, started with a narrow lead and £246 to his name.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01'He made a storming profit of £164 exactly,
0:43:01 > 0:43:04'and trips off now with...'
0:43:06 > 0:43:10- It's dark.- How long were we out filming for?- Heck of a long time.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14- Long enough for you to make a whacking great loss!- Exactly.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16'Er?'
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Except you didn't. You made a profit!
0:43:18 > 0:43:21'Quite. Do pay attention, Charlie.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26'On the next Antiques Road Trip, Charlie's riding high.'
0:43:26 > 0:43:30- Charlie, you can't do that. - What?- Get down!
0:43:30 > 0:43:34'But who'll be smiling when the last gavel falls?'
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