0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:06I love that.
0:00:06 > 0:00:07..a classic car
0:00:07 > 0:00:10and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Yipee!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14It's a good job I like you.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:19but it's no mean feat. There'll be worthy winners
0:00:19 > 0:00:21and valiant losers.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Ah, I'm getting wet!
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- How much did you make? - About a couple of quid!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:41On this road trip, two auctioneers vie to be crowded King of the Fens.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47Upbeat Thomas Plant holds court in a busy Berkshire saleroom
0:00:47 > 0:00:49and is never less than cheerily charming.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53- Here I am, on my knees.- I know, lovely.- Can I give you a kiss?- Ooh!
0:00:53 > 0:00:57Ooh! Whilst his arch rival, Philip Serrell,
0:00:57 > 0:01:00runs a northern auction house with a quick wit that's matched
0:01:00 > 0:01:02only by his sunny disposition.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Will you just shut up, Jack?
0:01:04 > 0:01:06You don't sell aspirin, do you?
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Some of the time. Both of our chums started this road trip with £200.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14Now entering the fourth leg, Thomas Plant has managed to swell
0:01:14 > 0:01:18his coffers to a modest £250.28.
0:01:18 > 0:01:25Whilst Philip has amassed an even more parsimonious £220.62.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28So, there's everything to play for
0:01:28 > 0:01:31as they motor towards the next showdown.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36Today, the lads are driving a sky blue beauty, the 1975 Triumph Stag.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Is the car going all right? - The car's lovely, isn't it?
0:01:39 > 0:01:41It's lovely on these open roads.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44This whole road trip takes our boys from Samlesbury
0:01:44 > 0:01:48in Lancashire over to the sea to the Isle of Man, then south
0:01:48 > 0:01:52to nautical Greenwich in London, a journey of almost 700 miles.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58On this leg, they are in the exotic East, beginning in Stickney,
0:01:58 > 0:02:03Lincolnshire, heading for their auction in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Today they're journeying through the Fens, a lovely region of flat,
0:02:07 > 0:02:09fertile farmland.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13They are heading for the village of Stickney.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Or they would be - if they could find it.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Do you know if we're going the right way?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21# I've got a brand-new combine harvester ...#
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- Ah, they've spotted a local.- Hello.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26We're trying to get to...
0:02:28 > 0:02:29- ..Stickney.- Yes.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- Where are we, are we here?- Yes.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Thomas, have you got that...
0:02:34 > 0:02:36You haven't got the right page, have you?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38He has no faith in me!
0:02:40 > 0:02:44- You're going to go up to the A16. - Thank you very much. Take care.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46- Have a good day. Bye-bye.- Thank you.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- He said it was the A14. It's not the A14.- I know where we are.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52I'm losing confidence in you, you led me astray.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- Shut up.- Left here?- Left.- You sure?
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- Stickney, that's where we're going! WEARILY:- Yes.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Eventually, they seem to have found their way.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10They're heading into Clutterbugs Antiques.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13Well, door-to-door service, Thomas, look at that.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- Where Alan will greet them. - How are you?- Nice to see you.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Are we all right to park here? - Wherever you like.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I'll go upstairs and you go downstairs.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28So far, the lads' performance hasn't been uniformly winning.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38On the last leg, Thomas made a paltry profit of £2.74,
0:03:38 > 0:03:42and this less than stellar performance is weighing
0:03:42 > 0:03:44on his mind this morning.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48I've really got to have my head correct and buy good things
0:03:48 > 0:03:51which they're going to want at general sales.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Further to this ambition,
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Thomas has spotted something that might just be a winner.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- Where did you get these from? - Somebody brought them in.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01They're not Masonic, they're buffalos or...
0:04:01 > 0:04:03They are a set of four medals
0:04:03 > 0:04:08issued by the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes,
0:04:08 > 0:04:11a social and philanthropic organisation
0:04:11 > 0:04:15structured in fraternal lodges. Ticket price for all four is £80.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18All different lodges have their own different medals.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20Empire lodge number 100.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24They're all to this one chap, Brother McCarthy.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25For services rendered.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29Now, can he get a handshake from Alan on the price?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33What would you do for the four?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- What are they, £20 each?- £20 each. - 80...
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- Give us 60. Buy the lot, you get one free.- Right, thank you.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44- That's a good deal.- Kind of, but I haven't finished shopping.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Haven't finished shopping.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48He's browsing on.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57And he seems to have all sorts of buffalo on the brain this morning.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- What do you know about that?- Not a lot. What age would you say it was?
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Early 20th. It's got a bit of wear to it.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Maybe late 19th.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10It's quite nice, though, isn't it?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13It's a type of buffalo paperweight cast in bronze.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16On the ticket is £35.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Would you do that and the medals for 50?
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- 60. Come on. Shake your hand on 60. - No, no, no...
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- Yes!- No. 50.- 60. - 50 and we've got a deal.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36- The terms shirt and back spring to mind.- Oh, come on, £50.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- You're a star.- Just to get rid of you.- What do you mean get rid of me?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- You're a star.- Indeed he is!
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Thomas' bullish haggling gets him the deal he wants.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- £50?- And he's off and running. - Thank you very much.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Philip, on the other hand, has decided to abandon this shop
0:05:51 > 0:05:53and strike out on his own.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57It's not like you to go off-piste, old boy.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Where are you going, Philip?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I might go buy a tractor. See you later on. All the best.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03(He always does this.)
0:06:03 > 0:06:06Philip's decided that, since he is in a rural area,
0:06:06 > 0:06:09he'd like to see if any local farmers have items that they might
0:06:09 > 0:06:12sell him. It's an unconventional approach.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19Do bear with us. I've no idea where he is going.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21There's an old farmhouse there that...
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Hello?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Hello. I wonder if you can help me.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Agricultural bygones. Hello, doggy.
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Where's the best place?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41I wondered if you've got any old implements, any old fruit crates,
0:06:41 > 0:06:44wooden ones, anything like that?
0:06:44 > 0:06:48Well, in East Kirkby there's a shop that sells all sorts.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Excuse me, mate, which way is East Kirkby?
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- That way, mate.- Thank you.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Philip's driving to the village of East Kirkby, Lincolnshire.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Ah.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Oh, yeah, let's go and have a look in here.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13And after all that drama, he ends up back in an antique shop. Ha!
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Luckily, dealer Richard here at Craven Collectables is already a fan
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- of the Road Trip.- Watch the programme, first day have a dust.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25And here you are, you turned up while I'm dusting.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I know, Richard. He's most inconsiderate.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30Nice Chinese vase.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I think that Chinese is probably Japanese.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I'm going to have a quick whizz round here.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- The Goldfinger book, is that a first edition?- The who?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Is it a first edition?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I think you'll find it is.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49He has two so-called first editions of James Bond novels
0:07:49 > 0:07:51but printed by the book club.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Goldfinger and You Only Live Twice. They're priced at £25 each.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59The trouble is, they've got no dust covers.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- What I'm thinking is, everybody loves James Bond, don't they?- Yeah.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04And what else did Ian Fleming write?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- He wrote a children's book...- Yeah, I can't think what it was called.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09A voice will come over in a minute that'll tell us.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. Do I have to do everything?!
0:08:13 > 0:08:16I would guess these would be worth an awful lot of money
0:08:16 > 0:08:19if they both had a dust cover and if this was in better condition.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25So they would. First editions of these novels with original dust covers by the first printer
0:08:25 > 0:08:29can sell for anything between 500 and £3,000.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33But sadly, these are Book Society first editions,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and, as such, are worth vastly less.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40Philip is still thinking about taking the books.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44But he's browsing on with the irrepressible Richard.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- How much is the wine rack? - 20 quid to you.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50- But I ain't going no lower on it. - Oh, just behave.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53This enormous wine rack was made by Wilbins,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55a London manufacturer.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I sell them, half that size, for more money than that.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01These are no good, big ones, because you can't get them in the house.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- You cut them in half. - Don't be so silly.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Look at that. And you've even got makers of London.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09What more could you ask for?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- I can feel myself getting kippered by you here.- No, no, no, not at all.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16- Hmm. I think you might've met your match, Phil.- I've sold you two books
0:09:16 > 0:09:19but we ain't agreed on a price yet, how about a lovely milk crate?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Look at that.- Do you ever stop to draw breath?- Manners, Philip.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- What's that box there? - This? Bread trays.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30The old bread trays. And here's a bit of social history.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31This is social history.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34They're wooden bread trays, stamped with the name
0:09:34 > 0:09:37of a local baker, Glenton & Myers.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Philip's thinking that he could combine them into a job lot
0:09:40 > 0:09:42with the wine rack, if he could get a word in.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Bit of woodworm, shows a bit of quality.- How do you work that out?
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Age. Gives you the age.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50I would like to buy these here, those there,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53they can go as one lot, and the two books.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57And I'm going to be mean.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Well, I make it 75 quid.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05See you then, Richard, it's been fantastic. Thank you ever so much.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- I'll try and call in again sometime. - Come on, be sensible,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- make the offer then.- I'll tell you what. You just sit down
0:10:11 > 0:10:14a minute, I'll get the book. Sit down. No, just sit down.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17So, Richard's starting price for all of the items was £75.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- What can Philip bargain him down to? - JAMES BOND THEME PLAYS
0:10:21 > 0:10:25- You ought to be paying me to take them away.- No, no, I'm in business.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I'll give you 30 quid the lot, that's the end of it.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Done.- Ha-ha! What have I done?
0:10:33 > 0:10:38So, Philip has his first two lots and plenty of badinage to boot.
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Thank you, Richard.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Thomas, meanwhile, is happy with his morning shopping so he's headed on
0:10:45 > 0:10:47to Pinchbeck in Lincolnshire.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Thomas is aiming for the Burtey Fen Collection,
0:10:53 > 0:10:55a quirky local attraction
0:10:55 > 0:10:57with plenty of showbiz pizzazz.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00He's meeting local owner Nick Pitts.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Hello, I'm Thomas.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Hi, I'm Nick. Welcome to the Burtey Fen Collection.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06So, what are you going to show me today?
0:11:06 > 0:11:10We've got a concert hall with organs in, different pipe organs.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14This purpose-built hall houses four magnificent pipe organs.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16We've got a very small fairground organ,
0:11:16 > 0:11:19a large classical church organ
0:11:19 > 0:11:21and two cinema organs.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25It's the cinema organs in particular that Thomas is here to see.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Originally designed to accompany silent films,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30these organs were installed from the 1920s onwards.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36It was invented by the Wurlitzer firm. And then, in Britain,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39there were two main firms, Compton's and Christie's.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43By the 1960s, most cinema organs were being removed.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47But this Compton organ was saved, and eventually was installed here,
0:11:47 > 0:11:50where the public are welcomed to regular performances.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55The organ can produce or mimic the sounds of many different
0:11:55 > 0:11:58instruments, and even make sound effects.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- So, for example, you could try the glock or the xylophone. - ORGAN PLAYS
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Or flutes. Or trumpets.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Clarinets. Anything you like.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10TINKLING
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Oh, it's like something out of Hi-de-Hi!, isn't it?
0:12:14 > 0:12:16DRUMMING
0:12:18 > 0:12:19Oh!
0:12:19 > 0:12:21BUZZING
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Ha-ha, that's quite enough of that! Now, Nick's going to let Thomas see
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- into the belly of this marvellous beast.- You're pointing me to it?
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- You'll soon find where you are. - Oh, right. In here?
0:12:33 > 0:12:34Definitely? God.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Are these all the pipes? Look at these big ones here.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43There are real instruments installed inside the machine
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- that Nick can play from his keyboards.- Oh, my!
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I can see the drums, the tambourine. DRUMS PLAY
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Ha, there it is!
0:12:50 > 0:12:53It's wonderful, and the bass drum?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56BASS DRUM RUMBLES
0:12:56 > 0:12:59And very far back, are they the chimes?
0:12:59 > 0:13:01- Yep. They are the chimes. - CHIMES PLAY
0:13:01 > 0:13:04It's brilliant.
0:13:04 > 0:13:05Go on, Nick, play something.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08Nick's going to play the very tune that was
0:13:08 > 0:13:13first publicly performed on the organ in 1934 - Sing As We Go.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16HE PLAYS SONG
0:13:19 > 0:13:22DROWNED OUT: I don't think he can hear me!
0:13:36 > 0:13:42Well, Nick, that was amazing. Thank you very much. A wall of sound
0:13:42 > 0:13:45- and I'm still in awe of your musicality.- You're very welcome.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Thank you.
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Meanwhile, Philip is still on a buying spree and has driven
0:13:51 > 0:13:53to New Bolingbroke.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03He's heading for Junktion Antiques, where he's meeting owner, Jack.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Hello.- Morning.- How are you doing?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- This looks like my sort of place, this does.- That's good then.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- I'm Philip. How are you doing? - Jack.- Good to see you.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Stuffed with motoring memorabilia, old contraptions,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22fairground items and all manner of old gubbins,
0:14:22 > 0:14:26this shop could scarcely be more to Philip's taste.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30E-Type Jaguars. Oh, this is going to be brilliant.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Jack even has some of the agricultural items Philip was so
0:14:34 > 0:14:36unsuccessful in finding this morning.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Threshing machine.- Yeah. - And how much is that?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42That could be, er, £50.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Oh, hold on. Hold on.- My friend.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I'm not sure that will fit in the car!
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Thankfully, Philip has decided against the enormous threshing
0:14:51 > 0:14:54machine, but he's got something else to worry about.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59He loves Jack's stock, but with just over £190 in his wallet,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02he's finding that much of it is outside his budget.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- How much is that?- £300.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- This thing here, how much is that? - £1,500.- Oh, no...
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Jack, how much is that?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15Er, 225.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17But I do guarantee it. It is working(!)
0:15:17 > 0:15:19THEY CHUCKLE
0:15:19 > 0:15:22How much is the iron founders' sign?
0:15:22 > 0:15:23£200.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26PHILIP SIGHS
0:15:26 > 0:15:27You don't sell aspirin, do you?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30I think this is just the best shop ever.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Trouble is, Jack, you're like a rhino - thick-skinned
0:15:33 > 0:15:35and charge a lot.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36It costs a lot.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41Indeed. Much of Jack's stock is unusual or specialist,
0:15:41 > 0:15:43which might be why Philip's finding so much of it
0:15:43 > 0:15:45out of his price range.
0:15:46 > 0:15:51But after a real rummage, he spots something that might help him
0:15:51 > 0:15:55get the jump on Thomas - a wooden vaulting horse. Oh, Lordy.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- How much is that, Jack? - That could be...
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- Come on, Jack, now think hard here. - £90.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- No, think harder.- 100.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Oh, Jack, no, no, no. Now, can we have a deal on that?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Where do you want to be?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Well, I see it at auction as making 50 to 80 quid.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15£70.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20This may seem like another of Phil's eccentric enthusiasms, but the horse
0:16:20 > 0:16:22could in fact be a canny buy.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24And why am I going to buy this?
0:16:24 > 0:16:26They make great coffee tables, don't they?
0:16:26 > 0:16:28You take the top two off and you've got a small ottoman
0:16:28 > 0:16:31at the end of your bed. And then, out of these other sections,
0:16:31 > 0:16:35you put a glass top on them and you've got a really cool coffee table.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- I feel I'm too cheap again. - Oh, God Almighty, Jack,
0:16:38 > 0:16:39will you just shut up, Jack?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- Philip, how rude!- We'll have a talk about that in a minute.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Still, at least he dug up something else that interests him.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- Is that a malt shovel?- Yeah.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Malt is germinated and dried grain,
0:16:51 > 0:16:56used in the production of beer, whisky and foodstuffs.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59This probably dates from the early 20th century.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Can I give you...
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- 60 quid for this and the vaulting horse?- No.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06What can I give you?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- £100.- Oh, behave, Jack!
0:17:11 > 0:17:13I'll shake your hand, Jack, at 80 quid the two.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15- 90 quid and you've got a deal.- 85.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- No, 90.- 85.- 90.- 85.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- 90.- 85.- No, 90.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Because I like you.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24Go on then, Jack. You are a gentleman, thank you.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Jack's one tough cookie when it comes to haggling,
0:17:28 > 0:17:31but Philip's got the malt shovel and the vaulting horse,
0:17:31 > 0:17:33so everyone's a winner.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39And with that, Philip's heading south to meet Thomas.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Night night, chaps.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50But our pair are no stay-a-bits,
0:17:50 > 0:17:55and the new day finds them back in the Stag and charging ahead.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58All I know, really, is that we are a long way from home.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01You are, Thomas. Isn't it exciting?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07So far, Thomas has spent £50 on two lots - the medals
0:18:07 > 0:18:11issued by the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes,
0:18:11 > 0:18:12and the bronze paperweight.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19While his rival Philip has so far spent £120 on four lots -
0:18:19 > 0:18:21the two James Bond books,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23the wine rack and bread trays,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27the malt shovel and the wooden vaulting horse.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29How bizarre.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Spalding. What do you know about Spalding?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Glad you asked. They're driving into the town of Spalding.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Which is an ancient market town known as the Heart of the Fens,
0:18:44 > 0:18:49at the centre of an area famous for its rich soil and agriculture.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Spalding in Lincolnshire. It was...
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Was it once... No, it wasn't, it wasn't.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57No, it wasn't.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02Well done, Thomas. Got there in the end.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04You going to go in here then?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- I'm going to go there, yeah. - Go on, matey, have a wander off.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Philip is striking out on his own again while Thomas is heading
0:19:10 > 0:19:14into his first shop, where he'll meet owner, John.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- Thank you for letting us come here. - You're very welcome.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Can I have a look round? - You can, with pleasure.- How nice.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32There's an item in a cabinet that he might like to try his luck on.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34What's that Bullion Board?
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- A game, I think, Thomas. - Philips Bullion Board.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42"This is a bullion board game, a three-in-one sensational indoor game."
0:19:42 > 0:19:45The aluminium board allows the lucky purchaser to play
0:19:45 > 0:19:49the rather obscure games bullion and poker bullion.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Or good old-fashioned draughts.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58It's quite fun actually, and I like the graphics on it. They are great,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02aren't they, the colours as well? They're very 1960s, aren't they?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- Yes, I would think they are. - How much is this?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I can't see a price on it, Thomas.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10- Oh, there's no price on it. - It could be £10 to you, sir.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12That seems fair enough, doesn't it?
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Thank you very much, I'll have that. - You're welcome.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I noticed you've got a chess set round the corner.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22Continuing with the games theme, John will fetch the wooden chess pieces Thomas has spied.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26- These are the ones you were on about, are they?- I saw those.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Is it complete?
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- I think they're all there, yes. - I better count them.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Yeah, you count.- Do you mind? - No, I don't mind.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37They're all there, 32 pieces.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41It's got a little slide box. Nicely carved.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Made in France.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47The pieces are all present and correct.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50But they're selling without a chess board.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52There's no ticket on them either.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54What should John do?
0:20:54 > 0:20:59- It could be £15.- 15? Could I have both of them for 20?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- I should think you could.- Well, I think that makes a nice addition,
0:21:04 > 0:21:05- doesn't it?- Yes.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Yeah. Thomas is planning to parcel the two games
0:21:09 > 0:21:12he's bought into one lot, but he's still looking for more bargains.
0:21:15 > 0:21:20His magpie eye has alighted on a collection of paste jewellery,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22including a 19th-century French buckle,
0:21:22 > 0:21:25an Art Deco cuff and three other bracelets.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28I quite like this paste.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32Do quite like that. Very pretty.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Paste is inexpensive jewellery,
0:21:35 > 0:21:39sometimes including polished cut glass instead of precious gemstones.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Oh, suits you, Thomas.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Now, what kind of price can John offer?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- 60 quid for the lot.- £60?
0:21:49 > 0:21:53- Really?- Yes, really.- Really?- Yes.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- You'll make a good profit on those, Thomas.- I don't think I will.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57What could you do?
0:21:58 > 0:22:02I'll do you the lot for 50 and that would be it.
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Mmm...
0:22:05 > 0:22:09- 40 and we've got a deal. - No. I can't do that.- 45.
0:22:12 > 0:22:1448 and we'll have a deal.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16Oh, for the love of God.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- £48.- £48.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24So it's 20 and the 48 makes £68. There's 70.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27But John can only find £1.20 in change
0:22:27 > 0:22:31rather than the two pounds Thomas is owed.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- 80 pence more.- That's the best I can do, Thomas.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I think I can survive. Thank you very much.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39- Thank you, Thomas. Nice to see you. - And you.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41So, Thomas has taken the Bullion Board game,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45the chess pieces and the collection of paste jewellery.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49A couple of minutes away, old Phil has gone for a wander around
0:22:49 > 0:22:54Spalding town centre. Once again he's determined to go off-piste.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Oh, crikey.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Eventually, he finds a shop that fires him with enthusiasm.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03I think that looks interesting because it is Elderkin's gunmakers.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08You never know, they might have some old accessories that might be quite useful.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09DOOR BUZZER
0:23:09 > 0:23:13This is a gunsmith with a venerable pedigree. Five generations of
0:23:13 > 0:23:16the same family have run the business,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18dating back nearly 130 years.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Of course, shotguns like the ones sold in this shop require
0:23:23 > 0:23:26a shotgun certificate under UK laws.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29But shop owner William has generously agreed to let Philip
0:23:29 > 0:23:33look around to see if there might be any antique accessories
0:23:33 > 0:23:35he could buy.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Right, we're on a mission now.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Never happier than when contemplating a lathe,
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Philip's in the shotgun workshop.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44What I love about this job is social history.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47You come in here and there's guys who've got a skill
0:23:47 > 0:23:50that probably was quite commonplace 50 years ago.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52But it's a dying art.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Have you got any really old gun cleaning kits?
0:23:56 > 0:24:01Eventually, Philip uncovers a small collection of shotgun accessories.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Here we've got an oil bottle which will fit in your motoring case.
0:24:05 > 0:24:11And you'd have taken it with you and that would've just oiled your gun. That's quite a nice thing.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15This is a little brush and that would have just brushed around
0:24:15 > 0:24:18the trigger guards and possibly on the hammer guard to keep it clean.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22This is for pulling cartridges out of the gun. If your cartridge got
0:24:22 > 0:24:24stuck in your gun, you'd clip that round the outside
0:24:24 > 0:24:26and that would pull the cartridge out.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29And then finally we've got this great thing here
0:24:29 > 0:24:32which is just... You put that in the end of your barrels
0:24:32 > 0:24:36and that's just when you're not using the gun. And that's to stop
0:24:36 > 0:24:37anything from dropping down there.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40What sort of price can Philip agree with William?
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- At auction they'll make 10 or 20 quid, eh?- Something like that.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47So if I give you a fiver or something, would that be fair?
0:24:47 > 0:24:48- That's fine.- Bang on!
0:24:48 > 0:24:51I'm going to a shooting area, so fingers crossed
0:24:51 > 0:24:56that they do OK for me. What a lovely man and what a great shop.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58And with that, he's got his lots for auction.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03The boys are reunited and back in the car.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Where are you going? Where am I taking you?
0:25:05 > 0:25:06No idea.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Stamford.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13They are indeed driving the 20 miles to Stamford, Lincolnshire.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17But it looks like the weather's turned.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Philip, we are driving through a wall of rain.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24Hmmm. That looks pleasant. Shame the car doesn't have a roof!
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Mind you, I don't know why people go abroad in the summer, do you?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31Happily, it's much drier in Stamford.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Largely built from Lincolnshire limestone, Stamford's lovely,
0:25:35 > 0:25:39historic buildings give it a unique atmosphere.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Thomas is off to a shop, but since Philip's bought all his lots
0:25:43 > 0:25:47for auction, he's decided to visit a particularly ancient local landmark.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51- You have a lovely visit. - You have a good shop, mate.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53He's on his way to Browne's Hospital,
0:25:53 > 0:25:57which just slightly predates the local NHS Trust...
0:25:58 > 0:26:01..where he's meeting curator Pam Sharp.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- Hello, I'm Philip. How are you? - I'm very well, thank you.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09This is the most fantastic building. Tell me. This was a hospital?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11No, it was never an infirmary.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Hospital was in the mediaeval sense of the word, meaning hospitality.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19Built in 1475, this was an almshouse,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21a home for the local poor,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24many of whom were workers from nearby estates
0:26:24 > 0:26:28who lost their tied cottages when they became too old or ill to work.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Who was the benefactor who set all this up?
0:26:33 > 0:26:38William and Margaret Browne, who were very rich wool merchants,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42who lived in Stamford, in a house just next door.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45- Would it be possible to look round? - Yes, of course.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48The Brownes created a large endowment of land which brought
0:26:48 > 0:26:53in an income and funded the hospital's work for many centuries.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55This was the common room where the men lived,
0:26:55 > 0:26:58and each man had a cubicle.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01There were five cubicles down this side providing each man
0:27:01 > 0:27:05with a window, and then five cubicles down this side.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08But, if you come up here, you can have a look at a little drawing
0:27:08 > 0:27:11of how it was and a little model.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15There were wooden partitions
0:27:15 > 0:27:17giving each man his privacy
0:27:17 > 0:27:20and here is a little model of how it would have been.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23That is a fabulous building through there. What's that?
0:27:23 > 0:27:29That's the Chancery Chapel, where services were held every day.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Prayer was central to the lives of the men who lived here.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36The men had a duty to perform when they came in here.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40They had to pray for the souls of Margaret and William Browne
0:27:40 > 0:27:42who had, by then, died
0:27:42 > 0:27:47and also for King Henry VII and his queen, Elizabeth.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52And there would be services in the chapel every day.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54This is a glorious building, isn't it?
0:27:54 > 0:27:58MONASTIC CHORAL MUSIC
0:27:58 > 0:28:01So, what happened when it ceased to become an almshouse?
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- It's still an almshouse.- Even now? - Yes, we have 13 residents.- Really?
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- Yes.- But not in here?- No, not now.
0:28:09 > 0:28:14They're in cottages around the cloister, which were built in 1870.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18It was thought that this was not really suitable any longer.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Incredibly, the hospital continues
0:28:21 > 0:28:25in almost exactly its original function today,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27over 500 years later.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Anyone who doesn't own property can apply to come and live here
0:28:29 > 0:28:33at low cost and in a tranquil setting.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36All of the residents are of retirement age
0:28:36 > 0:28:38and there is a waiting list.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40And this community still lives today.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43It's still thriving today. So, why do you think Browne did this?
0:28:43 > 0:28:48Why did he, in 1475, why did he set all this up?
0:28:48 > 0:28:52He was very concerned about people, and their welfare
0:28:52 > 0:28:56and the welfare of people who had worked on his estate, probably.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- And today, there's a waiting list, presumably?- There's a waiting list.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01I've been thinking, what I'd better do, Pam,
0:29:01 > 0:29:04is start behaving myself and actually get my name on that waiting list.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Maybe you should!
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Behaving yourself, Philip? I'll believe that when I see it!
0:29:11 > 0:29:14So, with thanks to Pam, Philip's leaving the hospital
0:29:14 > 0:29:19to continue the good work it has been doing for so many centuries.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23Thomas is nearby and is still looking for his last items.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25Helped by shop owner, Peter.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Hello, Thomas, Peter my name is, nice to meet you.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39- Couple of Meccanos out there. - I like the Meccano.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Thomas is mad about toys and games and he's found yet another
0:29:43 > 0:29:46playful item which might help him build up a profit.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49I'll have a look in there. What's that?
0:29:49 > 0:29:50Brings back memories?
0:29:50 > 0:29:54- Did you have Meccano as a boy? - Meccano, yes, many bricks...
0:29:54 > 0:29:57The box of Meccano is priced up at £48.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59I quite like the look of the Meccano.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- If we could work out what we can do on that.- We could, yes.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I'm going to go looking. Do you mind?
0:30:09 > 0:30:11HONKS SHRILLY
0:30:11 > 0:30:14- Yes. A ship's foghorn. - Is it really?- Yes.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24It's got quite a good look, sort of a Modernist table.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28It's just quite shabby, isn't it?
0:30:28 > 0:30:34It...certainly is! It says £40 on the ticket.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36£40. It's on wheels.
0:30:36 > 0:30:43I don't think, bless it, it's got the greatest of age. Oh, no...
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Bit 1980s, isn't it?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48The table belongs to dealer, Tina.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Hello, is this yours? - Yes it is, yes.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55It's very sort of '70s, '80s, isn't it?
0:30:55 > 0:30:56Here I am on my knees.
0:30:56 > 0:31:02I know, lovely. Quite! I've got a TV star on his knees, begging!
0:31:02 > 0:31:04A TV star?! Where?
0:31:04 > 0:31:08But it seems Tina has already been visited on a previous Road Trip.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11I've already had your mate once, and sorted him out.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Philip? You've had old Philip, have you?
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- Yes, he called me a Rottweiler! - That doesn't sound like Phil.
0:31:17 > 0:31:22Old scores aside, what sort of deal might Tina strike on the table?
0:31:22 > 0:31:27Is it something you want to move on? What can I have it for?
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- What were you... - Well, nothing, really.- Oh, come on!
0:31:30 > 0:31:31THOMAS LAUGHS
0:31:31 > 0:31:36- I was going to swear, but I'm not allowed to.- No.- I'm on my knees.
0:31:36 > 0:31:42- I'm begging.- £20.- I can't say fairer than that. £20. Thank you very much.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- Can I give you a kiss?- Ooh!
0:31:45 > 0:31:49Mwah! Mwah! I think you might have restored Tina's faith
0:31:49 > 0:31:51in the Road Trip, Thomas. Good work.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53And Peter has now spoken to the dealer
0:31:53 > 0:31:56who's selling the Meccano set, And what price might he offer?
0:31:56 > 0:32:01- Give it a whirl, and we could do it for 25.- 25.
0:32:01 > 0:32:08That could go in with my toys, couldn't it? Yes. 25 quid.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11It'll go down, I'll go down to 20.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14I'll go for the Meccano. I like the Meccano. There's a lot here.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17We'll go for that, and we will go for the table, so, 20 for that,
0:32:17 > 0:32:18and 20 for that, ie £40.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22Now, Thomas, too, has all his lots for auction.
0:32:22 > 0:32:23And he's off to meet Philip.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27They've repaired to the stately environs
0:32:27 > 0:32:30of nearby Burleigh House, for the great unveiling.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Thomas will kick off proceedings.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- Go on.- I'm so excited. - Really?- Oh, yes.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- Look at that. Can I pick this up? - Yeah, go ahead.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42I quite like that.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46- Let's get some prices here. How much was that lot?- 40.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49- And how much was that?- 10. - That's for nothing!
0:32:49 > 0:32:51What about these three?
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- These, the tomfoolery, 48, and 80p.- That's 120.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00But Philip's considerably less impressed by the reflective table.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Someone's left that out the cafeteria.
0:33:03 > 0:33:04No, no, look...
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Crikey.- On casters.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- Well, that makes it, doesn't it? - Should I leave it here?
0:33:11 > 0:33:12Mate, I think probably not.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16- What did you pay for that?- 20.- Was it dark?- What do you mean, was it dark?
0:33:16 > 0:33:20- Were you in a dark room?- No, I thought it was quite a cool thing.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22It's a funky occasional table.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24If you say so, Thomas.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Now, will Philip's lots impress his rival?
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- There should be a fanfare of trumpets, really.- OK...
0:33:30 > 0:33:32FANFARE
0:33:32 > 0:33:34How much wine do you...?
0:33:34 > 0:33:36I do like the odd tipple.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40And, an added bonus, there are two bread trays.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43I think the bread trays make the lot.
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- 15 quid. For the lot. You ready for this?- Yep.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48Malt shovel - £15.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53- Can I pick this one up? Very you. - It is, isn't it?
0:33:53 > 0:33:56- It is indeed.- What's this lot here? - That's a fantastic lot.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00I went to the gun shop in Spalding, this lovely man who owned it,
0:34:00 > 0:34:05he came to me with this little job lot of shooting accessories. £5.
0:34:05 > 0:34:11Now, Philip's saved the best or at least the biggest till last.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Here you are, Thomas. Look at that. Isn't that brilliant?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18A vaulting horse. I think that is absolutely first class.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21- How much was that?- £75.- I was going to tell you what I think, as well.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23No, I don't want to know.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25PHILIP SINGS: # Na-na-na-na na...
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- I tell you what, I tell you what we'll do.- What?
0:34:27 > 0:34:29We'll wait till the auction.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Just before we get to that, what do Thomas and Philip have to say
0:34:33 > 0:34:36about their rival's items when their back's turned?
0:34:36 > 0:34:38It's all about the vaulting horse, isn't it?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Is it going to make a profit? Touch and go, touch and go.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44I think that wine rack is his secret weapon.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48That sweet trolley he's bought, why on earth did he buy that?
0:34:48 > 0:34:52The only thing that's missing off it is a Black Forest gateau.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Mmm! That sounds rather delicious. Mmm! Oh!
0:34:55 > 0:34:59On this leg, the boys have driven over 150 miles
0:34:59 > 0:35:01through the eastern English fenlands
0:35:01 > 0:35:04to end up at their auction in Ely, Cambridgeshire.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10The ancient city of Ely towers over the rich,
0:35:10 > 0:35:13flat fenlands that surround it.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18Work began on its magnificent cathedral in the 11th century.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20There's Ely cathedral, straight ahead.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23They're heading for Rowley Fine Art Auctioneers.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- Thomas, here we are.- Here we are.
0:35:26 > 0:35:27- Ely.- Are you excited?
0:35:27 > 0:35:31I'm very excited. I think you're going to thrash me today.
0:35:31 > 0:35:36I think your vaulting horse is going to do £350.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38We shall see.
0:35:38 > 0:35:43Auctioneer Will holds our lads' fate in his hands today.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47But before he takes to the podium, what does he think of their lots?
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Generally, we were reasonably impressed.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53The vaulting horse I think might possibly struggle a little
0:35:53 > 0:35:57bit there. The little bronze buffalo, that's rather sweet.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Malt shovel and the Meccano and so on,
0:36:00 > 0:36:03it's really just who's here on the day.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04All very interesting.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Thomas Plant started this leg with £258.28.
0:36:07 > 0:36:13He spent £158.80 on five lots.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19While Philip Serrell began with £220.62.
0:36:19 > 0:36:25He spent £125 on the nose and also has five lots to show for it.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33The auction's about to commence. May the best buys win!
0:36:33 > 0:36:36First up, it's Thomas's bronze buffalo paperweight.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Will it run wild?
0:36:38 > 0:36:4020, surely, to start me at 20.
0:36:40 > 0:36:4410, I'm bid, at 10 only, 12, 15, 18,
0:36:44 > 0:36:4820, 25, 25 I'm bid. Thank you.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Rounded up now, Mrs M, no? At 28 it is here.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55All done, then, are you sure? At £28 and selling!
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- That's like 180% profit. - No, it's not.
0:36:59 > 0:37:00Oh, yes it is!
0:37:01 > 0:37:03Really, really pleased for you(!)
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Next, Philip's Bond books, sans dust jackets.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Might these prove a licence to print money?
0:37:12 > 0:37:1620, then, start me for the two. At £20. Grace any bookshelf.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17£10, start me then, bid.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22At 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, now,
0:37:22 > 0:37:26at 25, who else is in? 28?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Right, elsewhere, it's 28. Shake it the other way, madam.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32Surely, you can't value them for £2. £28 in the corner.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34He works hard, Will.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38All done, then, are you sure? Last chance, in the corner at 28.
0:37:38 > 0:37:4228 seems to be a recurring theme here, doesn't it?
0:37:42 > 0:37:45I just hope that it doesn't continue throughout the sale.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50Indeed! But that sale is respectable, if not a killer.
0:37:51 > 0:37:52Now, Thomas's medals
0:37:52 > 0:37:56awarded by the Royal Antediluvian Order Of Buffaloes.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58£50, would you start me for those, surely, 50,
0:37:58 > 0:38:02for all the medals, surely. 30, then, start me, give me a wave.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05At £30, will you? Well 20, sir, thank you.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08At £20. £20 is all I'm bid in the room.
0:38:08 > 0:38:13At 20, 2, at 5, 28, 30, 5, 35, shake it the other way.
0:38:13 > 0:38:1735 here, I'll take 8 if it helps. At £35 and selling this time at 35...
0:38:20 > 0:38:21- Oh!- Crushing.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24A disappointing loss there for Thomas.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26That's turned out quite nicely.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Yes(!)
0:38:28 > 0:38:31But let's see if Philip's next lot might be in with a shot.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34It's the collection of shooting accessories.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37£30 for those, well, 20 to get on, if you must.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40£20 for the shooting accessories. A tenner then.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44Have a look at me now, bid, at 10. 12, 15, 18.
0:38:44 > 0:38:49You know what? You've doubled your money! And more.
0:38:49 > 0:38:54At 15, are you all done? Trying me best here, at £15.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57A tidy profit on a well-hunted lot.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Thomas's paste jewellery is next to go under the hammer.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Will cut glass prove to be a boy's best friend?
0:39:05 > 0:39:11I'm bid 30 here, £30 I have. You bidding? At 35, 40, 45, 50.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- Bids are in.- One more might do it, five. At 55, it's in the room.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16Well, only just.
0:39:16 > 0:39:1955, 60, fresh blood. At £60, left-handed now.
0:39:19 > 0:39:215, at 65, 70.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23You know your jewellery, don't you?
0:39:23 > 0:39:29At 75, at 80, 5, at 85, 90.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Before you at 90, can't see you, at 95.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36Round it up now, 100 bid, at 100, left-handed at 100 now.
0:39:36 > 0:39:4010 might do it, at 110. Yes? 110. At 110, I'm bid.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Last chance at 110.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- That's done really well. That's put you in profit.- It's all right.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49I'm really, really, really pleased for...
0:39:49 > 0:39:50THEY LAUGH
0:39:50 > 0:39:53A gem of a profit there to Thomas.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55But can he repeat the trick
0:39:55 > 0:39:58as his job lot of board games and Meccano enter play?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- 15 here with me at 15.- I told you...
0:40:01 > 0:40:07On the Meccano, at £15, are we all done? 18 bid, the voice said 18 now.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11At 18, my bid is out already at 18. Who'll round it up, 20?
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Yes or no, I shan't dwell. At £18...
0:40:15 > 0:40:16That's not so bad then, is it?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18THOMAS SIGHS
0:40:18 > 0:40:19Oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Can Philip's malt shovel do any better?
0:40:24 > 0:40:2620 bid, at 20... Already there.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29At £20 I'm bid, on a maiden bid of 20.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31I shall sell it then on a maiden bid at 20,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34it's going to be, last chance...
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- £20.- It's a fiver profit.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39It manages to dig up a small profit.
0:40:39 > 0:40:44Now the, er, "funky" occasional table?
0:40:44 > 0:40:47£30 for it, surely, for you trendy, young things?
0:40:47 > 0:40:51£20 then, start me for it. £10 surely. Start me, ten, at 5.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Bid, at £5, a bid of £5. Are you all done, ladies and gentlemen?
0:40:55 > 0:40:59It's here to be sold, make no mistake. At £5, you all done? 129.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04That's just sort of wound it back a bit, hasn't it?
0:41:04 > 0:41:07It seems the crowd were no keener on it than Philip.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10I'm not going to start crowing too soon,
0:41:10 > 0:41:13because I could be there with you in a minute.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14You're learning, Phil!
0:41:14 > 0:41:18The enormous wine rack and bread trays are next.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20£10 is all I'm bid, at £12.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Elsewhere? At 12, 15, 18.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25You're in profit, you're in profit!
0:41:25 > 0:41:3022, can't see you, 25. At 25, the hammer is up at 25...
0:41:30 > 0:41:3230! At 30.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33Wow, I think!
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Don't lose it for a bid, 40 bid.
0:41:35 > 0:41:40At 40 bid, £40, at £40...
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Philip earns a lip-smacking profit.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46And now the very last lot - the vaulting horse.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Philip's great leap of faith.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51£100 will it be for the vaulting horse?
0:41:51 > 0:41:55£100 to start me? Well, £50 then, a giggle from the back.
0:41:55 > 0:42:02- At £50, start me for it, will you? At £30, bid me. £30 I'm bid.- Ouch!
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Still got a few legs.
0:42:04 > 0:42:11At £30, are you all done? I shan't dwell. At £30. All done then at £30.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13No, no... Ouch!
0:42:13 > 0:42:18And it lands face down on the gymnasium floor. Schplat!
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- There is a plus side to this.- What?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24The less it sells for, the less commission you have to give out.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27I'm glad you can see the funny side, old boy. Ha-ha!
0:42:27 > 0:42:31Philip began this leg with £220.62
0:42:31 > 0:42:35and thanks to the vaulting horse and auction costs,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38he made a stinging loss of £15.94,
0:42:38 > 0:42:44putting him almost back where he started with £204.68.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Thomas, on the other hand, began today with £250.28.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51After paying costs, he squeaked a less than glorious profit
0:42:51 > 0:42:59of £1.92, finishing this leg with £252.20.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03And making him today's winner!
0:43:03 > 0:43:05That was a great day, wasn't it?
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Great day. Great day for you.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Great day for you, because you could've lost a lot more!
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Well, there's always tomorrow, boys!
0:43:13 > 0:43:17To the Stag, and away to the next bout.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19ENGINE REVS
0:43:19 > 0:43:23Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Thomas is up to mischief.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26It sounds really wrong, what I'm about to say, but I fancy
0:43:26 > 0:43:28buying a bit of flesh today.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Much to Philip's distaste.
0:43:30 > 0:43:34Have you seen that? It's plaster of Paris, it's like a garden gnome!
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