0:00:01 > 0:00:06It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each,
0:00:06 > 0:00:11a 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 > 0:00:16The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18But it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Knobbly nick-nacks.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:25 > 0:00:27or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29It landed on the rug!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:38On this Road Trip, a couple of champagne Charlies
0:00:38 > 0:00:42are vying to pop the cork of auction victory.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Charlie Ross is a silver smoothie
0:00:45 > 0:00:50whose antiques skill is as burnished as his way with the girls.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53I could blow her a kiss down the phone, if that helps.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hope the missus isn't watching!
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Yeah. Whose missus?
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Whilst his young rival, Charles Hanson,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01is a cheeky and chipper auctioneering prodigy,
0:01:01 > 0:01:06but has some ground to catch up if he wants to better the silver fox.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09All I can hear is the echo of Charlie Ross laughing.
0:01:09 > 0:01:10That unnerves me!
0:01:10 > 0:01:15Not the only one! After Charlie the elder cleaned up at their last auction,
0:01:15 > 0:01:18the whole hangs on this final leg of the Road Trip.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20How exciting!
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Both our boys started with £200.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Charlie Ross has now traded up to a terribly healthy £410.00 exactly.
0:01:28 > 0:01:34While Charles Hanson has accumulated a very respectable £302.20.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37They're gliding over the great British highways and byways
0:01:37 > 0:01:40in a curvy 1970s knockout,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43the 1971 Triumph TR6.
0:01:43 > 0:01:44This is absolutely glorious.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- This has got the heritage. - It certainly has.
0:01:47 > 0:01:52On this entire Road Trip, Charles and Charlie have cruised over 500 miles
0:01:52 > 0:01:55through the English green and pleasant land
0:01:55 > 0:01:57from Tarporley in Cheshire
0:01:57 > 0:01:59to Itchen Stoke near Winchester in Hampshire.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01On this final leg of their travels,
0:02:01 > 0:02:06they begin in Hereford, oddly enough located in the county of Herefordshire,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10heading for Hampshire's Itchen Stoke
0:02:10 > 0:02:12for their final reckoning.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16They've made it to Hereford, and Charlie's made friends with a local.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17He's full of bull!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Charlie, you can't do that.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- What?- Get down.- Why?
0:02:22 > 0:02:27- I think it's rude to mount on a huge Hereford bull.- Have you ever ridden a bull?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Is it bronze?- It's bronze.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- Get down, get down.- Ooh, God!
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Come on!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35- Quick!- I think it's made a hole in my trousers!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Once you've finished assaulting the civic art,
0:02:39 > 0:02:42first stop is Hereford Antiques Centre.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- Shall we go in together?- Yep. - Shopping together. I can't wait!
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Charles, when you're in there,
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- don't make too much noise. - Please, likewise.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- Me?- Yeah, you.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Yeah. A clean fight now, boys, please.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Nice shop.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- Shall I go through here?- Anywhere you like.- See you shortly.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Don't call me "Shortly".
0:03:05 > 0:03:06Boom-boom.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Richard. Hello.- Hello.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Hello! Dealer Richard will assist with their search.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Now, Charles, the callow youth,
0:03:20 > 0:03:23is trailing behind his competitor
0:03:23 > 0:03:25as this last leg of their road trip kicks off.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Doe he have a strategy with which to beat his rival?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Come on, suave!
0:03:32 > 0:03:35My tactics are to really go for it.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37This is my last auction.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41It's my last stand against Charlie, and here he comes.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43OK, Charlie? Fine, are you going past me?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- I need the loo.- Going to the loo? Fine.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- It's obviously pre-match nerves, Charlie!- Ha!
0:03:48 > 0:03:50He doesn't seem very nervous, Charles.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55I've got a lot of money. Well, a lot more than Charles has!
0:04:02 > 0:04:06Before long, Charlie's taken a shine to a collection of items in a silver cabinet.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11There's quite a lot of watches in here, of varying sorts.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15These are all damaged. They would need work to make them go.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20But again, wonderful direction of decoration on that.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25There might be a little job lot here which might be quite exciting.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Combined ticket price for all seven silver watches is £160.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I suppose I'd like to buy the whole lot for about 80 quid.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38It's worth a try.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Charlie's going to speak to Richard.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- What's the best you could do? - 90 would be.- 90 would be.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Gosh, I'm being rather pathetic and pernickety here.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50You can't do them for 80, can you?
0:04:50 > 0:04:5185 I'll do.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Put it there. I think that's great. Really thrilled.
0:04:54 > 0:04:55- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59So, Charlie has his job lot of silver watches at a bargain price.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03And now Charles has also found something he likes.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08This I love. Isn't that wonderful?
0:05:08 > 0:05:13It's a mahogany knife box dating from way back in the late 1700s.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Back in its heyday, you would have had some fabric lining
0:05:18 > 0:05:22but over the years, it's just been completely lost.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27The price on the ticket is a hefty £110.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29But Charles is hoping that the damage on the box
0:05:29 > 0:05:32might give him a significant leeway to negotiate.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- I quite like this knife box.- Uh-huh.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37What's the best price on that, Richard?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- This is £30.- Really?- Mm-hm.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- You said 30.- Mm-hm.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45It is tired. It is worn out.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- But it's history.- Yeah.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I would like to offer £20 for it.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- Done with your approval? - Go on, then. Done.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56That's one buy. £20. Thank you, Richard.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Thank you! Charles gets the 18th-century knife box
0:05:59 > 0:06:01and both our boys are storming onwards.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04I'm saying nothing, Charlie.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- What did you buy?- I'm saying nothing.- What did you buy?
0:06:12 > 0:06:17Hmm. They're driving the 15 miles to the environs of Ledbury, Herefordshire,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19a very well-appointed market town, don't you know?
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Charlie's dropping Charles off.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Thank you very much. Drive safely!
0:06:24 > 0:06:27We'll come back to you shortly, Charles.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30See you, Charlie. Bye!
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Right now, Charlie's driving on to his next shop,
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Posterity, which lies just outside of town.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40# La la la. # Hello, doggie!
0:06:40 > 0:06:43No need to talk to Mackintosh like that, Charlie.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45He's the yard foreman.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Owner David is on hand to help.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Posterity specialise in architectural and garden antiques.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57And on site is a giant collection of absolute monsters
0:06:57 > 0:06:59which have caught Charlie's eye.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01I love your olive jars!
0:07:01 > 0:07:04They're absolutely magnificent!
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Where do they come from? - They're Spanish.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Northern Spanish, just south of the Pyrenees, some from up the Pyrenees.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13They're known out there as tinaja,
0:07:13 > 0:07:18and they're all dated between about 1850 and 1920.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20We've got a fine collection at the moment.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24They were used for storing anything. Water, wine, if you were lucky.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27That's the biggest one I've ever seen in my life.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30The big ones might even make a good sort of eco home!
0:07:30 > 0:07:34You could have an upstairs and downstairs in that thing!
0:07:34 > 0:07:38You could put Philip Serrell in one of those. Best place for him, really!
0:07:38 > 0:07:40I'd like to see you try!
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Charlie's quite smitten with them,
0:07:42 > 0:07:44and he's flashing his cash.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Have you got such a thing as a 300-pounder?
0:07:49 > 0:07:50I love them!
0:07:50 > 0:07:55This little chap here I'd be prepared to let you have at £300.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Would you really? - Well, seeing as it's you!
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Huh. This example dates from around 1910.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05It's losing a bit of its exterior.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I think that's absolutely fabulous. Marvellous!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I can't resist it!
0:08:10 > 0:08:11300 quid, sir.
0:08:11 > 0:08:17Good golly! Charlie lays £300 out on a single lot
0:08:17 > 0:08:21and now only has £25 left of his previously generous budget.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24That's a bold move, Charlie.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28And how do you think you're going to get the beast to auction, eh?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Meanwhile, Charles is a couple of miles away
0:08:31 > 0:08:33at Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37He's meeting head guide, Patricia. Look up!
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- Charles Hanson.- I'm Patricia.
0:08:39 > 0:08:44Construction of this magnificent stately home began in 1810
0:08:44 > 0:08:47and was commissioned by John Cox, First Earl Somers,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50whose descendants still live here.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Oh, my goodness me!
0:08:52 > 0:08:56Here we are in the Great Hall.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59It was designed as a baronial hall,
0:08:59 > 0:09:03so in John Somers' day, it was completely empty
0:09:03 > 0:09:06with only these benches around the room.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- It was used for feasting and dancing.- Goodness me!
0:09:10 > 0:09:13The cost of building the castle was so great
0:09:13 > 0:09:17that the interiors inevitably took a lower priority at first.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21But later generations of the family each made their own mark,
0:09:21 > 0:09:27leaving us with a glorious combination of Victorian design across the century.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Patricia is taking Charles on to see a room
0:09:31 > 0:09:33that the second earl commissioned
0:09:33 > 0:09:39Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin to design in 1848.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Pugin was a 19th-century designer and architect
0:09:42 > 0:09:46now chiefly remembered for his interiors at the Palace of Westminster.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Oh, golly!
0:09:48 > 0:09:50When you walk in here, Patricia,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54you just get a feeling of romance and drama.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57I suppose that is what Pugin was about, wasn't he?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Pugin was about that, yes.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Pugin was a great proponent of the 19th-century Gothic revival
0:10:03 > 0:10:07which sought to restore the medieval Gothic styles.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12You've got the castle, and I suppose what Pugin did
0:10:12 > 0:10:14was to romanticise it,
0:10:14 > 0:10:20- was to give it that medieval, almost inspirations.- That's right.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Which, when you walk in here, it is like a medieval fairytale.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27You can't quite believe you're real
0:10:27 > 0:10:30because it's just so whimsical.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33It's just one big Gothic fantasy. Where are we going next?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- We're going Italian, now.- Italian? Ooh, take me there!- This way.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39They're going to visit the Long Library
0:10:39 > 0:10:41which was decorated by the third earl,
0:10:41 > 0:10:45who was something of a lover of the dolce vita.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49The third earl, Charles, loved Italy.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54He visited Italy and we think he bought most of it and brought it home.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59Looking above here as well, we have all these beautiful textiles, or hangings.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- We do. The Tapestries.- Yes.- Yes.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05And they're all Flemish tapestries.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10The tapestries were originally ordered by Catherine de Medici,
0:11:10 > 0:11:14the Italian-born 16th-century Queen of France.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18It was a complete set of 38, and we have about eight of them.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- Yes.- They were bought by the third earl and fitted up here.- Yes.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25To decorate his library.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29And the current owner, a descendant of the first earl,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32has also made contemporary changes to the castle.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35He's taken it from a very poor neglected state
0:11:35 > 0:11:37because that's how he found it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39- Yes.- And he's restored it.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41And now he opens it to the public.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46It seems that these stately environs have inspired Charles.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48It's been a wonderful visit.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I'm pleased to see a real country house that's been lived in.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55And to learn about the antiques that have been collected,
0:11:55 > 0:11:56it really gives me a desire.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00A desire to now move on, to go on,
0:12:00 > 0:12:02and find those antiques to beat my friend, Charlie Ross.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- OK?- I'm glad you've enjoyed it.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- It really has...- It's certainly been my pleasure.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11As Charles plots victory,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Charlie has driven on the eight miles to Malvern in Worcestershire.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21This former spa town originally grew up around a medieval Benedictine monastery,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25the remains of which make up the earliest parts of this,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27the Grade I listed Great Malvern priory.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Charlie's aiming for his next shop, Foley House Antiques.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Careful there, old boy!
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Mind the truss!
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Here, dealers Tracey and Brigitte hold court.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Look out, girls!
0:12:49 > 0:12:51What a lovely ting!
0:12:52 > 0:12:54He's only got £25 left in his wallet,
0:12:54 > 0:12:57but before long, he's spied something.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- Brigitte?- Yes?- Can you help me?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03What is that?
0:13:03 > 0:13:07There, with what looks like a Russian flag and a Union Jack on it.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09I'll get the key.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13It looks absolutely fascinating. It's got Russian writing round it.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16I'd be intrigued to know what it's to do with.
0:13:16 > 0:13:18Glad to oblige!
0:13:18 > 0:13:24It's a plaque commemorating the 1962 joint British/Soviet mountaineering expedition
0:13:24 > 0:13:29to the Pamir Mountains in what is now Tajikistan
0:13:29 > 0:13:31and was then part of the Soviet Union.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34It's a real piece of history, and Charlie's quite smitten by it.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36He's a bit of a climber himself, you know. Socially.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39How much can your Russian plaque be?
0:13:39 > 0:13:41I can't resist your Russian plaque.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Well, I shouldn't say that. Could it be a tenner?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45No!
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- It couldn't, no?- 15?
0:13:47 > 0:13:51I think 15 would be a good price.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Oh, Brigitte! Brigitte!
0:13:54 > 0:13:55You could make quite a lot on it.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Does 12 sound any exciting? No?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- No, it would have to be 15. - Have to be 15.- Have to be.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Girls...
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- A deal.- Sold to the man in the corner!
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Mwa! Thank you!
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Da! All is glasnost in the shop
0:14:11 > 0:14:14and Charlie has his coveted plaque.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19And with that, our boys are back in the car
0:14:19 > 0:14:23and celebrating the end of a super first day's buying.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Nighty-night, chaps!
0:14:27 > 0:14:31But early next morning, they're up with the fresh scent of antiques in their nostrils.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35And with the last auction fast approaching,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38they're comparing their form in the competition so far.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I've only ever lost one series.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- Oh, no!- Yep!- Oh, no!- Yep.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46I've only ever won one series!
0:14:47 > 0:14:50But this game isn't won until the last fall of the gavel.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55So far on this leg, Charlie's certainly done the heavy lifting
0:14:55 > 0:14:57in terms of spend.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00He's splurged £400 exactly on three lots.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04The enormous olive jar, the job lot of silver watches
0:15:04 > 0:15:09and the plaque commemorating a mountaineering expedition.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10He's only got £10 left to spend.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17While Charles has been positively parsimonious by comparison,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20spending only £20 on one lot, the 18th-century knife box.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24He still has £282.20 to spend.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31They're on their way to Lechlade- on-Thames, Gloucestershire.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- There we are.- In Cirencester.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36No, you're not. You're in Lechlade-on-Thames,
0:15:36 > 0:15:41which, as the name suggests, sits on the banks of old Father Thames.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44And this handsome town has put Charlie in the mood
0:15:44 > 0:15:46for quoting some classic English poetry.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50The church clock strikes three
0:15:50 > 0:15:52and is there honey still for tea?
0:15:52 > 0:15:53- That's not quite right.- Really?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55No, it's not.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56- John Betjeman.- OK.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57No, it's Rupert Brooke.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59CLOCK CHIMES
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Cometh the hour, Charlie, cometh the man.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Come on, then!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- I'll race you, OK? - This way, Charlie.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10They're sprinting for Lechlade Antiques Arcade.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And who's winning?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Here we are, Charlie. Our first shop.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19I'll go right. You go straight on.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Charles is heading upstairs. Come on, Charlie.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Get your breath!
0:16:24 > 0:16:26While Rosco says hello...
0:16:26 > 0:16:29- Greetings!- Hello.- How are you? I'm Charlie.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- Hi, Charlie.- And you are?- Tim.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Tim.- I'm Tim. This is Dom.- Dominic.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Tim and Dom.- Yes.- A double act!
0:16:44 > 0:16:46What an amazing building!
0:16:49 > 0:16:50Ooh, I might find a book.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54It's the sort of thing that's likely to be within my grasp.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Not that one!
0:17:01 > 0:17:02Oh, Lordy!
0:17:03 > 0:17:08Music lover Charlie has spotted something that might hit the right note.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11History of Music.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14Look at the wonderful gilding on that volume.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17It's a five-volume history of music
0:17:17 > 0:17:20first published by Cassell & Co
0:17:20 > 0:17:21in the late 19th century.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Ticket price is £22.50.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Is that all?
0:17:25 > 0:17:29That's splendid. Books are so cheap.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Good books.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Something like this doesn't really go out of fashion.
0:17:36 > 0:17:41It becomes no less relevant with age.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Aren't they beautiful?
0:17:44 > 0:17:45Tim?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49- Charlie.- Ah. You are here! - Have you found something?
0:17:49 > 0:17:53The books belong to a dealer, Veen,
0:17:53 > 0:17:55who isn't in the shop today.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Charlie wants to offer his last £10 for them.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03- Is it worth a try? What do you think?- I can ring her.- Could you?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Could you tell her it's Charlie and he's ever such a nice chap.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- I could blow her a kiss down the phone, if that helps? - We'll try that.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Hope the missus isn't watching!
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Tim - great name - will call Veen.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20But with so little to spend, will she tell Charlie to go whistle?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23While Tim, great name, makes the call, Charlie browses on,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26just in case his telephonic charms don't swing the deal.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Ooh. Ordnance Survey maps.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33People like old Ordnance Survey maps. They collect them.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Since their auction is near Winchester,
0:18:37 > 0:18:39he's wondering if he can find a map of local interest.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42And he might be just in luck.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44No.
0:18:45 > 0:18:50"A one-inch map of Great Britain. Winchester"!
0:18:50 > 0:18:52£2.50.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56And how interesting to look at one which was published in 1959.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59A-ha. Tim, great name, is back.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Was Veen seduced by Charlie's offer?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03She will take a tenner.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- But could the £2.50 map be included? - Sounds good to me.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12So Charlie's charm got him the books and the map thrown in for a bargain £10.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14That's cheeky.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Charles, meanwhile, is another part of the shop.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Young Carlos is feeling the pressure this morning.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25We have no time today, OK? Time today is of the essence.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29I'm £100 behind. £100 behind that great man Charlie Ross.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39All I can hear is the echo of Charlie Ross laughing.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43That unnerves me, because he quite clearly is show-boating.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45He quite clearly thinks he's over the line.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48Charlie, you're not there yet.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52But Charles has spotted something which might just save him.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54This is quite nice.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56What we've got here,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59surprisingly out on the side,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01is a pretty tray.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03It's an interesting table tray
0:20:03 > 0:20:05beautifully embossed in the Rococo style.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09It's solid silver and dates from the Edwardian period.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11It's quite good.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13And two more silvery beauties have caught his eye.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17You've got these two very delicious silver dishes.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Just very indistinctly hallmarked just on the edge here of this one
0:20:21 > 0:20:24there is a hallmark for Chester.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27And this one as well is a companion.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30It's a pair. They're quite quirky.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32The tickets aren't marked with prices,
0:20:32 > 0:20:35so Carlos is going to ask dealer Dominic
0:20:35 > 0:20:37what the tray and pair of dishes might cost.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40What can you do them for?
0:20:40 > 0:20:45- I think all three, taken today... - Taken today. Cash. Cash buyer.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47- Cash buyer.- For a man who's on the run today.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51- A man on the run. Heard the song? - Yes, definitely.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54# Band on the run #
0:20:54 > 0:20:57I think it's Band on the Run, Charles.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58Man on the Run.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00# Band on the run #
0:21:00 > 0:21:01It's band!
0:21:01 > 0:21:03But what can Dom do, eh?
0:21:03 > 0:21:05I think £70 would be perfect.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Golly.- There's a good profit in there for you.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11- You won't take 60? - No, I think I'll have to do 70.
0:21:11 > 0:21:1470. It's fairly tempting. We're so near. Very tempting.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16To finish tempting you, 65.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20For Queen and country, your very best price is...
0:21:21 > 0:21:23It has to be 65, I'm afraid.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Hard man, but good man.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- Yeah, I'll take them. Thank you. - Thank you very much.- I'll take them.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Sold. Done.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Marvellous. Thank you, Dom.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38This business is also all about making friends. There's a...
0:21:38 > 0:21:40CLATTERING
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Are you OK, Dom?
0:21:42 > 0:21:45By chance he is. Charles has now found another of Dom's items that he rather likes.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Tell me about that. Give me its pedigree.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Right. It's a little Edwardian candle set.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55It's a piece of toleware,
0:21:55 > 0:21:58or painted varnished tin
0:21:58 > 0:22:00with gilt decoration,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04comprising two candle snuffers and a pair of wick nips.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07That would cut the wick, I think. Is that damaged there, Dom?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09There's a small amount of damage on the handle.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12What a shame.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16It could be replaced. But as a cheap item...
0:22:16 > 0:22:17Dom, what's the best price on that?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20The very best on that, for you, would be £10.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22And for Charles's next trick.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Dom, you gave me £5 back.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Put that £5 in your hand.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'll close my eyes
0:22:29 > 0:22:32and put back in my hand which one you'd rather I take away.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I'm going to be kind today.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Abracadabra!
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Very kind.- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42With that cunning sleight of hand,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45Charles has accumulated another three lots
0:22:45 > 0:22:47and both our lads are hitting the road.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Thanks again. Bye!- The sun's out!
0:22:50 > 0:22:52That's a sign of things to come.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Let's hope so!
0:22:55 > 0:22:58They're driving the 32 miles to Wheatley, Oxfordshire,
0:22:58 > 0:23:01where, since he's now spent every last penny in his pocket,
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Charlie has decided to take the blooming afternoon off...
0:23:07 > 0:23:10..and pay a visit to Waterperry Gardens
0:23:10 > 0:23:13and meet their museum curator, Gordon.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15A-ha. You must be the boss, sir.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18- Mr Ross.- Gordon, is it? - It is indeed.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21This is absolutely remarkable.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Waterperry House is an elegant 17th-century mansion
0:23:25 > 0:23:27which remains a private residence.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30But the lovely historic gardens which surround it
0:23:30 > 0:23:33and were once its estate, are now open to the public
0:23:33 > 0:23:38and house a garden centre and Gordon's museum of rural objects.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43The well-tended gardens here have their modern roots in the 1930s,
0:23:43 > 0:23:51when horticulturalist, Beatrix Havergal established a ladies' agricultural school on the site.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- Beatrix...- Havergal. - What a splendid name!
0:23:54 > 0:23:57As this footage from the mid-20th century shows,
0:23:57 > 0:24:01the delightful young ladies of the school had a jolly time
0:24:01 > 0:24:03learning all about aspects of horticulture.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07It was a horticulture training college for young ladies only.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09And they went away with some sort of diploma?
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- They had the Waterperry diploma. - Which was presumably very highly thought of.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Yes, they were well trained.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Today the gardens cover 80 acres.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20And her legacy lives on, does it?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- Are things very much as they were in her day?- Very much so, yes.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28- The garden is renowned for its herbaceous border.- Yes. Yes.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33Now, Gordon's going to show Charlie some of his favourite items from the museum
0:24:33 > 0:24:38which houses a vast collection of objects relating to horticulture and country life.
0:24:39 > 0:24:45Hundreds and hundreds of objects, a lot of which I think I know something about,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47but there are one or two, as I came through the door,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I saw a wonderful gun,
0:24:50 > 0:24:55- but it didn't look like a normal sort of gun, to me.- It's far from being normal!
0:24:55 > 0:24:59It's a 19th-century gun which has been adapted to be triggered by trip wires,
0:24:59 > 0:25:04designed to shoot poachers on country estates. Painful!
0:25:04 > 0:25:07It's been adapted. It's the mechanism from a musket.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09My goodness me. How fearsome!
0:25:09 > 0:25:15It's been so arranged that this would be hidden, camouflaged, in the bushes.
0:25:15 > 0:25:20- Yes.- This rod has on the end of it, three rings.- Yes.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- So you could have three trip-wires across one path.- Why three?
0:25:24 > 0:25:27You've got more chance of catching them than if you had two.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Good point, Gordon. In the mid-19th century,
0:25:30 > 0:25:32such brutal devices were outlawed
0:25:32 > 0:25:36and, of course, this one has now been rendered safely inoperative.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Gordon's taking Charlie on to see more of the museum's unusual objects.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44These shoes, here. Are they shoes?
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Hmm.- They look like shoes. - Booties.- Booties.
0:25:47 > 0:25:54- What for?- These two chaps, these were for sheep.- Sheep?!
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Sheep's wellies. Little sheep's wellies.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00They were made by Dunlop in 1936.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04They made five sizes. These are size three.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07- And some had zips on.- Zips?!
0:26:07 > 0:26:11You zip your sheep into boots?! Was this for a fashion show?
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- Was it to stop them getting rot of some sort?- Yes, if they'd got foot rot.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18A medicated paste to treat foot rot
0:26:18 > 0:26:21was put into the boots before the sheep were fitted with them.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- What about these? - These are very classy.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- They look beautifully hand-stitched. - They are.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Size four. They're for goats. Regimental goats.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36These spiffy little boots would have been worn by a goat
0:26:36 > 0:26:38that was the mascot to a military regiment.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42What an eclectic mix you have here! What's your favourite object?
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- I'm always asked that, and it does change.- Does it?
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- Yes. I mean that could be... - What's that?
0:26:49 > 0:26:50It's a clockwork crow-scarer.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- A crow-scarer? May I look at it? - Yes.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56It was made in 1850.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01- It is one of my...- Crikey, as old as that?- ..one of my favourites.- 150 years old.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05It's a clockwork device that fires blank cartridges at regular intervals
0:27:05 > 0:27:06to scare away crows.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11And it was firing a pin-fired cartridge.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14A 16-bore cartridge every 15 minutes.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17- I wouldn't mind one of those. If ever you see another one...- Yes.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- Give me a call.- It'll frighten birds, cats, dogs.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Neighbours, the lot.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24- Wives!- Yes.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28What a terrifying insight into your home life, Charlie.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Now, Gordon's got one last thing to show you.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36- Now, this is a part you've got to be introduced to.- Right.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39The orange tree house. It's played a very important part
0:27:39 > 0:27:44- in the establishing of the school of horticulture.- Really?- Yes.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47One orange tree.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49The legend runs
0:27:49 > 0:27:54that doughty Miss Havergal was unsure about her decision to start the horticultural school
0:27:54 > 0:27:58until she caught the inspiring whiff of a freshly picked orange
0:27:58 > 0:28:03and resolved to found Waterperry Gardens as a result.
0:28:03 > 0:28:09Waterperry keeps this orange tree to remember Miss Havergal's good work to this day.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Looks like Charlie fancies one.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Careful, Charlie. Judging by that poacher gun,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16they take a dim view of that sort of thing round here.
0:28:16 > 0:28:17GUNSHOT
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Only joking!
0:28:19 > 0:28:23Charles, meanwhile, has driven on to Chilton, Oxfordshire.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25That looks blowy, Charles!
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Lucky I'm slim!
0:28:31 > 0:28:33And long-legged.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36And terrible at parking!
0:28:36 > 0:28:39This is Country Markets Antiques & Collectables
0:28:39 > 0:28:41and this is dealer, Julie. Hello, Jules.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Hello, madam.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- Hi, there.- How are you?- I'm fine, thank you.- You look a very stylish lady.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- That lovely necklace. - Yes. My favourite.- Beautiful.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Have you been taking lessons at the Charlie Ross Charm School, Charles?
0:29:01 > 0:29:03It's like Charlie and myself.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07But he doesn't want any Mickey Mouse buys today.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10He's seen something with real age.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13I can spy four Roman and medieval rings.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17That you can. And they're priced up at a bargain £10 each.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- That ring is like a gent's signet ring, almost.- I'd say so.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Some sort of fleur-de-lys design.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26But they all have been lived in, haven't they?
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Ticket price for all four is £40
0:29:28 > 0:29:32but Charles is going down on bended knee in the hope of a better deal.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35So, Julie...
0:29:35 > 0:29:36would you...
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- I'd have to think about it.- Yes.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Charles so loves the items in this cabinet,
0:29:43 > 0:29:47that he's asked to call Frank, the dealer who owns them,
0:29:47 > 0:29:51in the hope of acquiring an affordable job lot.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Frank, it turns out, is only 19 years old.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Even younger than Charles!
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Frank, you've got these Roman coins
0:29:59 > 0:30:00which are three pounds each.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Frankly, Frank, they're bronze Roman coins
0:30:03 > 0:30:06mainly from the second to the fourth century AD.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11Ticket price for all the coins and the rings combined is £82.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13There's 14 Roman coins, Frank.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Now, can they strike a deal?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I know you're down with the kids, Charles.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Frank, mate.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25What would be your best price?
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Frankly, Frank's gone to calculate what deal he could do.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32It's so important we see more youngsters like Frank
0:30:32 > 0:30:34have their small cabinets.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38And his passion to tell me about the objects was all there.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41It really is... It makes me warm inside.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Now back to the real world,
0:30:44 > 0:30:46trying to chip Frank down on the price.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Hand on heart, you've got to make some money
0:30:50 > 0:30:54because you're a young man building this hobby into a career.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58But I would probably want to pay about £40.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Exactly. Shall we meet in the middle,
0:31:00 > 0:31:02at £42.50?
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Are you sure?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08Frank, I want to say thanks ever so much.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Keep collecting.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Keep your enthusiasm. It's really infectious. I wish you all the best.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Charles has his last lot
0:31:16 > 0:31:19and it satisfies his love for all things ancient.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23Sometimes in this great Antiques Road Trip, you need to buy with your heart.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26How many times has he said that before?
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Now our duelling duo have all their lots for auction.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34So Charles has caught up with Charlie
0:31:34 > 0:31:38and it's time for them to stage their last dramatic unveiling.
0:31:38 > 0:31:4120 paces and fire. This is the final duel.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Charlie's first up.
0:31:45 > 0:31:52My goodness. There's one lot I love, Charlie. The lot I really admire is your big silver ensemble here.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55It clearly is silver. It looks market fresh
0:31:55 > 0:31:58although we've got damage and loss and wear and tear.
0:31:58 > 0:31:59- Damage, loss, wear and tear! - I love it.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03And what about the olive jar, too big to fit in the room!
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Tell me, what's on that screen?
0:32:06 > 0:32:08- It's an olive jar.- It's not.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12- Early 20th century. About 1910. - Terracotta?- Had to buy it.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16- Terracotta.- Goodness me. That, Charlie...- It's huge.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18That smacks of the opportunist
0:32:18 > 0:32:23in that it could rise dramatically and make a fortune
0:32:23 > 0:32:28to the right garden dweller in Winchester, or it could crash.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31I bought that because it's of historical interest.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33There's a Russian flag and a British flag.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36Was it first to the South Pole or something?
0:32:36 > 0:32:40It commemorates a Russian and British expedition.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43- I like it.- Isn't that extraordinary? - I like it.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Charlie seems bulletproof, so far.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47How will Charles fare?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49There you go.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Oh! I saw that.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- It's got damage, hasn't it. - I bought history.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58No, I'm not complaining. Has it got the original interior?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Charlie, I just love it for the veneer...
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Answer the question, Charles!
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- Has it got the original interior? - No.- No interior at all.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07It's fine. It's a piece of history.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- And two snuffers.- Absolutely. - In the tray.- Absolutely.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13- Are they broken? - I'm not sure, Charlie.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15- May I hold them?- Of course you can.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19You think that's the way they were made?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- You're talking complete nonsense. - Put them down.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- They're broken.- Put them down. I don't think they are.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Tell me about your coins.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30We are talking River Thames finds in the main.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- Medieval, Roman rings. Even the ring of...- You love these.- I do.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37To me, this really is hands-on history.
0:33:37 > 0:33:42There's 14 coins there, ranging from AD2 to AD500.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46- Winchester's the right place for that.- I think so.- Just right. - Digging for history!
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Oh, what a competition we have! Well done, old bean.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52But do the gloves come off behind closed doors?
0:33:52 > 0:33:56He's bought very well. He's speculated hugely with that pot.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00The pot will either race away and be a saviour,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03or it will be his nemesis and he'll lose his money.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08Charles's things? Sheraton knife box. Nice thing, but it's completely and utterly had it.
0:34:08 > 0:34:12His Roman coins? He always buys Roman coins and he does well with them.
0:34:12 > 0:34:18They could make £100. The snuffers are, quite frankly, useless. They're broken.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Watch this space!
0:34:20 > 0:34:23On this leg of their chummy Road Trip,
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Charles and Charlie have travelled from Hereford
0:34:25 > 0:34:28to their auction here in the village of Itchen Stoke,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30near Winchester in Hampshire.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34The pretty little village has a quintessentially English style,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37just the place for our pair of dapper gents
0:34:37 > 0:34:39to face their final showdown.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Where's my pot?
0:34:41 > 0:34:43Charlie's managed to have the pot delivered
0:34:43 > 0:34:45to the auction house in one piece!
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Ooh! Off to the sale room.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Here at Andrew Smith & Son Auctions,
0:34:50 > 0:34:53auctioneer Andrew Smith presides - surprise, surprise!
0:34:53 > 0:34:58But before he raises his gavel, what does he think of their lots?
0:34:58 > 0:35:00The Russian British plaque, I haven't seen one before.
0:35:00 > 0:35:04That's quite interesting. The silver will do well.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08As a pure quirkiness, it has to be the olive oil jar.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11It's big, but it's quite fun.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Charlie Ross started this leg with £410 on the button.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20He's spent every last coin he had on five lots.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Charles Hanson began with £302.20.
0:35:24 > 0:35:30He spent £132.50 and also has five lots in today's sale.
0:35:30 > 0:35:35This last great battle will determine which Charles is king!
0:35:35 > 0:35:38Gentlemen, take your thrones.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43First up is Charlie Ross with his locally relevant map of 1950s Winchester.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45- I'll start the bidding at a fiver. - Yes!
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I won't tell you whose this is!
0:35:52 > 0:35:54At five pounds. Seven.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- No!- Ten. 12.- No!
0:35:57 > 0:35:59At £10 commission bid.
0:35:59 > 0:36:0212. 15. 17.
0:36:02 > 0:36:0620. 22. 25. 27?
0:36:06 > 0:36:11£27. Commission bid there at 27 in the room. Is there 30?
0:36:11 > 0:36:12At £27.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15I've got mud on my face.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17Amazing. Well done, Charlie. Well done.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19A local lot for local people.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22A stormer of a start for Charlie.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Charles now, with his 18th-century knife box.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Might it carve out a decent profit?
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Start me at £40, now. £40? £40?
0:36:31 > 0:36:32- 30, then.- Oh, no.- £30.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- 20, if you like. £20, surely? - Oh, no!
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Got to start somewhere. £10? Ten I have.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Well done. Is there 12?
0:36:39 > 0:36:42At £10 on my left. We will sell. Make no mistake. At £10.
0:36:42 > 0:36:4512. 15. 17?
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- £15 I have. I'm selling.- Oh, dear.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52At £15. Are you sure? You're going to make somebody very unhappy!
0:36:52 > 0:36:54At £15.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Made me very happy!
0:36:56 > 0:36:59So it should. That cuts into Charles's chances!
0:37:00 > 0:37:04- Chin up, old bean.- Long way to go, bean.- Long way to go. Absolutely.
0:37:04 > 0:37:09Now Charlie's plaque commemorating a chilly expedition during the Cold War.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Five pounds, surely? Five pounds at the back. We're away.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Is there a seven? At £5 and selling.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Seven? At £5. Are you sure?
0:37:17 > 0:37:20At five... Seven in the middle here. Ten. 12.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23At £10 and selling, at the back. Is there 12?
0:37:23 > 0:37:27At £10. Are you done? Any more? At £10. Last time.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33- Profit?- No.- I thought it cost you a fiver?- No, it cost me 15.
0:37:33 > 0:37:37Now, might the bonny but broken set of candle accessories
0:37:37 > 0:37:40be enough to let Charles snuff out the competition?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44- £10.- Five.- £10.- Five.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- Five?- Oh, no!- Too much.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47Five I have. Is there seven?
0:37:47 > 0:37:49At £5.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Seven. 10. 12.
0:37:51 > 0:37:5315?
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- At £12 in the middle here. - Too much money.- £12.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58Still a good buy at £12. Any more?
0:37:58 > 0:38:01- Far too much money.- If we're all done, for the last time.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Despite Charlie's scorn,
0:38:04 > 0:38:06they scored Charles a nice little profit.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Now another for Charlie,
0:38:09 > 0:38:12as his lot of five books on music play out.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Start me at £20. £20?
0:38:14 > 0:38:17- £20?- Is this it?- Yes.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20£5? Five we have. Is there seven?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22At five... Seven. Ten.
0:38:22 > 0:38:2412. 15.
0:38:24 > 0:38:2517?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27£15 standing. Is there 17?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29At £15 we are selling.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Are you all done at £15?
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- Profit.- You are on top form.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39Indeed he is. Charlie's still comfortably in the lead.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44Can Charles change his fortunes with his lot of medieval coins and rings?
0:38:44 > 0:38:47- Start me at £50.- Come on, sir. Come on.
0:38:47 > 0:38:48£50? 40?
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- £40?- It's painful.
0:38:50 > 0:38:5230 to get it going. £30.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54£30. 20?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56£20? Surely at £20?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- A tenner to start me.- Oh, no!- £10?
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- Ten we have. 12?- Come on!- 15?
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Keep going!
0:39:04 > 0:39:06I can't imagine whose these are!
0:39:09 > 0:39:1117. 20.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14At £17 seated. 20. 22?
0:39:14 > 0:39:16- Keep going.- £20 standing.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- Oh, no!- At £20. Can we do any more? At £20, then.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- You make your own luck. - Last time at £20.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27Ancient they may be, but profit-making they ain't.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Another for the young pretender now
0:39:29 > 0:39:31as his embossed tray is up.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Might this prove every cloud has a silver lining?
0:39:34 > 0:39:36I'm going to go straight in at £100.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Is there ten in the room? At £100.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Two gentlemen getting very excited in front of me here.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44At £100 we are selling. Is there ten?
0:39:44 > 0:39:46At £100. Any more?
0:39:46 > 0:39:51All done at £100. Commission bid, then. Very last time.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53- Well done.- That's the business.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57We're rolling now to victory.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59Rolling the victory V!
0:39:59 > 0:40:00His fortunes have turned.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Carlos steals the lead.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04If silver's high today,
0:40:04 > 0:40:07might Charlie repeat the trick with his watches?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09£60. Is there a five in the room?
0:40:09 > 0:40:11At £60, commission bid.
0:40:11 > 0:40:1465. Commission bid's out. 65 in the room.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15Is there a 70? At 65...
0:40:15 > 0:40:1970. And five? At £70. Is there a five?
0:40:19 > 0:40:21£70, right at the back.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23At £70. Is there a five?
0:40:23 > 0:40:25All done at £70. We will be selling.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28Get that gavel down quick!
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Last time at £70.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34This really is now game on.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Time ticks on, and Charlie badly needs a profit
0:40:37 > 0:40:39if he's going to re-take the advantage.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Charles's matching pair of silver dishes now.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44Might lightning strike twice?
0:40:44 > 0:40:46£40 commission bid. Is there a two?
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- Come on.- 42. 45. 47. 50.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51And five. 60. And five.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- 70?- Come on! One more!
0:40:54 > 0:40:56One more!
0:40:56 > 0:40:59£65. At £65. Are you all done?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01For the last time.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03And how!
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- Well done, Charles.- Come and catch me! Come and catch me!
0:41:07 > 0:41:09If Charlie is going to catch Charles,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11it all rests on this.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15The very last lot of their entire Road Trip.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18The enormous olive pot.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21He could still do it. Oh, the tension!
0:41:21 > 0:41:23£150. 160.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Commission bid's out. 160 in the room. Is there 170?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29He's desperate!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Desperate!
0:41:31 > 0:41:33180? 180?
0:41:34 > 0:41:37It's against you at 170. 180. Well done. 190.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39200?
0:41:39 > 0:41:42At £190 then in the door, there.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Oh, madam, I'll lend you a tenner!
0:41:45 > 0:41:48You're making some people very happy in the corner here!
0:41:48 > 0:41:50- At £190.- I need more!- 200?
0:41:50 > 0:41:54At £190, then. Are you all done?
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- Last time.- He's holding it, Charlie.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00- Oh, no!- Put it there, sir.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Oh, Charlie, a massive loss on a massive lot.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06It's all gone to pot, eh?
0:42:07 > 0:42:10That was a rollercoaster! But you've done me.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15Charlie Ross began this leg with £410 exactly.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18After auction costs, he made a disastrous loss
0:42:18 > 0:42:20of £154.16,
0:42:20 > 0:42:25meaning he's left with a total of £255.84.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Poor old fruit! Don't cry!
0:42:28 > 0:42:32Charles Hanson, meanwhile, began with £302.20.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35He managed to bag a profit of £41.34
0:42:35 > 0:42:37and ends victorious
0:42:37 > 0:42:41with £343.54.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Well done, boy, that's the spirit!
0:42:45 > 0:42:49Good pals Charles and Charlie have danced through this Road Trip.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52It's been an epic journey.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59What you need is this!
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Shop! I need a lady, please!
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Do behave!
0:43:18 > 0:43:21It's been a very close-run race.
0:43:21 > 0:43:22- Going, going...- Gone!
0:43:24 > 0:43:26But our dear boys were made for this game.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29I've really enjoyed our Road Trip. I really have.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33Au revoir, then. Till next time, chaps!
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