0:00:02 > 0:00:04- It's the nation's favourite antiques experts!- All right, viewers?
0:00:04 > 0:00:07With £200 each, a classic car
0:00:07 > 0:00:10and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11On fire! Yes!
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Sold!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17But it's no mean feat!
0:00:17 > 0:00:1850p!
0:00:18 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23You've had it a while!
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 > 0:00:28Ooh!
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Oh, no!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40On this road trip, we're journeying with two antiques maestros,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43who are eagle of eye and quick to the punch.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45When I got out of bed this morning,
0:00:45 > 0:00:49I felt as if I'd been through a round with Mike Tyson!
0:00:49 > 0:00:54- Why was that? - I went through round one with you!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Anita Manning is a flamboyant Scot
0:00:56 > 0:00:58who owns her own saleroom
0:00:58 > 0:01:01and who's always proud to showcase her unique sense of style.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Here we go.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Too exotic.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07While James Lewis is a Derbyshire auctioneer
0:01:07 > 0:01:09who has an eye for quality
0:01:09 > 0:01:12and is never afraid of making a cheeky offer.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Both our jolly chums began this epic road trip with £200.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Anita stormed ahead on the first leg
0:01:20 > 0:01:23and now has a whopping £321.60
0:01:23 > 0:01:27burning a hole in her sporran. Do girls wear sporrans?
0:01:27 > 0:01:30But James also made consistent profits.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32He boasts a budget of £293.50.
0:01:32 > 0:01:37I don't know what he's moaning about, really. But he will moan!
0:01:37 > 0:01:40Not quite out for the count,
0:01:40 > 0:01:41but you certainly won the round hands down!
0:01:41 > 0:01:44This top-trading twosome
0:01:44 > 0:01:50are driving a sweet little '60s chick - the 1969 Volkswagen Beetle.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54The whole road trip will see them sally forth
0:01:54 > 0:01:56through the glories of southern England,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59from Oxfordshire and the South East,
0:01:59 > 0:02:04then west, and then back to hopeful triumph in our nation's capital.
0:02:04 > 0:02:10In this leg they begin in the leafy London district of Wimbledon,
0:02:10 > 0:02:14heading for auction near the town of Alresford in Hampshire.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19MUSIC: "The Wombling Song" by The Wombles
0:02:19 > 0:02:22We're on Wimbledon Common!
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- Yep.- Is that where the Wombles came from?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27What do you mean, "came" from?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Are Wombles real things, James? - Of course they are!
0:02:29 > 0:02:31They're as real as your haggis!
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Good point.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35# Underground, overground, Wombling free... #
0:02:39 > 0:02:42They've arrived in the centre of lovely Wimbledon,
0:02:42 > 0:02:46where James will begin his search - for antiques, hopefully!
0:02:46 > 0:02:49He's heading into his first shop of the day,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51the haltingly named Just Pause...
0:02:52 > 0:02:56..where, ready to greet him, is proprietor Maria. Hi, Maria!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Hi, I'm James. Nice to see you. - Nice to see you.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03And he's shortly spotted something that appeals.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06How much is the decanter box?
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- Negotiable.- OK.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- There's a lot of damage, isn't there? - Yeah.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14It's a portable mahogany liqueur casket,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17probably dating from around the 1830s,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19containing six glass decanters.
0:03:19 > 0:03:24A smart way of transporting one's grog when one's travelling.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26There's no ticket price on it
0:03:26 > 0:03:30and it sounds like Marie's open to a haggle.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34With an auction estimate of 40 to 60, would you consider 40?
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- How about 45? - That should be worth that.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39- It is!- You're...
0:03:41 > 0:03:44That's a great, great bargain.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48James is tempted, but he's going to think on that and browse further.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52There's a large item in the basement
0:03:52 > 0:03:54that seems to have caught his beady eye.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Gosh.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Cor blimey!
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Cor blimey, guv'nor!
0:03:59 > 0:04:03A big lump of Chinese. Um...
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Got a bit of age to it. You've had it a while, haven't you?
0:04:09 > 0:04:13Well, it's Chinese blue and white, ticket price £85.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16But neither James nor Marie are sure of its age.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17James is optimistic
0:04:17 > 0:04:21in hoping that it might just turn out to be an antique piece,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24dating from the 19th or even 18th century.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28But if it is the latter, it could be seriously valuable.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Still, it's a gamble, isn't it?
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Or is it?
0:04:33 > 0:04:37It's either worth thousands or nothing!
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Well, I hope it's thousands for you!
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Well, the fact that it's been here all these months,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43probably means it's not!
0:04:43 > 0:04:45What would you like to offer?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47You are bubbly, Marie!
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Well, it's been reduced three times. You've had it ages.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53How about a cheeky 30 quid?
0:04:54 > 0:04:55OK.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- Sure?- Done!
0:04:57 > 0:05:01I was thinking you were going to say 50!
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I was, but then I thought we'd do a deal.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07I'll give you - this is a rare thing for me - I'm going to give you 40.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09- Thank you!- 40.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Highly maverick move, I'd say, for the Road Trip.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17He's voluntarily raised his own offer.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Let's hope that bit of good karma sees James right with the vase
0:05:20 > 0:05:22at the auction.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25But this pair are getting on swimmingly
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and James has soon found something else nearby.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Oh, they've both had their ears off.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Do you know, a long time ago,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41I really desperately wanted one of these.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46- Aw!- They're carved out of a block of serpentine. They're from Florence.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49It's a pair of figures of dogs.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Indeed modelled from the dark green mineral serpentine
0:05:52 > 0:05:55and dating from the Victorian period.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Perhaps brought home from some lucky traveller's Grand Tour of Europe.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Marie has got £90 on the pair.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06I like the dogs, but I think they're too much money because of the ears.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- The dogs could be cheaper. - Could they?- Yes.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- 30?- 40?
0:06:14 > 0:06:1635.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- OK.- Deal!- Done!
0:06:19 > 0:06:22But what about the portable liqueur casket he also liked?
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Marie last offered a price of £45 on that.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29And 45 on that. You've got a deal.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- There you go.- Thank you. - Brilliant. Well, that's three.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35Three items indeed. Good start, James.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Meanwhile, Anita has driven on to the London district of Battersea,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41otherwise known as "Battercia"!
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Ha!
0:06:42 > 0:06:46The area's most famous disused power station
0:06:46 > 0:06:48is often likened to an upturned table.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52This well-heeled postcode seems a good place to start her morning.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56She's strolling off into her first shop of the day,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59the sizeable Northcote Antiques Market.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Best get hunting, girl.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13And she's soon spotted a glittering little bauble.
0:07:13 > 0:07:18I always think that silver and crystal is a lovely combination.
0:07:18 > 0:07:25This is a little dish that would possibly belong to a lady.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28This possibly could have been an ashtray.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33It bears silver hallmarks, though, dating it to 1909.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Though the marks have been slightly damaged by over-polishing.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Ticket price is £58.
0:07:39 > 0:07:46This would have belonged to a rather racy type of female, you know!
0:07:46 > 0:07:47Much like yourself, Anita.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Dealer Donald doesn't know what he's in for. Stand by, boy!
0:07:51 > 0:07:54It's had a bit of a knock.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58And also the hallmark has been rubbed.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- You know what's coming, don't you? - I know exactly what's coming!
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- Can I tell you what I'd like to pay for that?- Sure.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I would like to pay £20 for it.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09OK...
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- You haven't fallen down. - I haven't fallen down.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15He hasn't agreed to the offer, either!
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Less than half price is quite a discount.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23I'd be tempted to offer it to you for about 30.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Um, could you come to 25?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29That might give me a wee bit of a chance.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- OK.- Will we do that?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- Only cos we like you! - Oh, thank you so much, Donald!
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Anita's charm does her proud yet again.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41And she's got the racy little number for £25.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44But she's really on fire this morning
0:08:44 > 0:08:46and she's soon found something else.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51I'm quite interested in this item here.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54It's a bronzed censer.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I think that it's Oriental.
0:08:57 > 0:09:02Yes. A censer is a vessel for burning incense.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The ticket price on this one is £35.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Diana will call Peter, the dealer who owns it. Great phone!
0:09:11 > 0:09:13All right. Here she is.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18Hello, Peter. It's Anita from the Antiques Road Trip.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Can you come to, say, 22?
0:09:23 > 0:09:27OK. Let's go for 25, Peter.
0:09:27 > 0:09:28Smashing.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30Peter knocks a tenner off the asking,
0:09:30 > 0:09:35and Anita's got both ashtray and censer for a nice round £50.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Anita's jumped in the Beetle and is having a great day.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46London! I love it!
0:09:46 > 0:09:47Marvellous.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49She's en route to Eccles Road Antiques.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Time for a truffle about.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I quite like these.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01These are what we call firedogs.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05They would sit on either side of the hearth
0:10:05 > 0:10:08and you would lay your poker,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11the shovel and the brush there.
0:10:11 > 0:10:16So that your fire tools would lie across these.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20These are very nice. They're quality, they're ornate,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22they're possibly French.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Ticket price is £75.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27But Anita's hoping that Helen might be able to do a deal.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- Helen?- Yes?
0:10:31 > 0:10:34I was having a wee look at these firedogs.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I think possibly 19th century?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40They are French. Definitely French, the French Empire.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43So, mid-19th century.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45I'd like to buy them. Can I offer a price?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Can I make an offer and you can tell me if I'm...
0:10:48 > 0:10:51- I can tell you to leave the shop? - You can do that if you want!
0:10:51 > 0:10:57I would like to be paying around the 50 mark for these.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Can we do sort of 55?
0:11:01 > 0:11:02- Yeah.- Will you do 55?
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- 55 and I'll shake your hand. - Thank you very much.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09A nice deal done, very amicably.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Helen's recommended that Anita take a look in the basement
0:11:12 > 0:11:15where there's a lot of stock that's been in the shop for some time
0:11:15 > 0:11:18and on which a good deal might be struck.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Helen just said, "Good luck. You may be some time!"
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Maybe she thinks that a giant spider will capture me!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Well, let's hope not!
0:11:28 > 0:11:31But something has captured Anita's heart.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35That's quite a nice wee thing.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38It's from the 1920s
0:11:38 > 0:11:43and it's a child's sliding, folding chair.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Isn't it just so cute
0:11:45 > 0:11:48to see something like that in the miniature?
0:11:48 > 0:11:55Ticket price was £195 before it was confined to the gloom below stairs.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57You know, I thought that wee child's chair
0:11:57 > 0:11:59is just absolutely lovely.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02- It's charming, isn't it? - Have you had that for a long time?
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Yes, since God was a boy, basically!
0:12:06 > 0:12:10If this has been here since God was a boy,
0:12:10 > 0:12:13this chair is costing you money.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Yes, I take your point.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19So you're going to make me an offer, aren't you?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Do. Make me an offer and I'll see...
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Do I need to be sitting?
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Yes! Can I buy it for 40 quid?
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Yes.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Crikey - that's £150 off!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37What a buy, eh?
0:12:37 > 0:12:43And they're on the road again, this time for Molesey in Surrey.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48On the banks of Old Father Thames,
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Molesey is a south-western suburb of central London.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Anita's jumping out of the car at a stunning local landmark,
0:12:56 > 0:12:57Hampton Court Palace.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03That looks absolutely fantastic.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07We'll come back to you in due course, Anita.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11James is driving to Hampton Court Emporium.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17He's soon spotted an unusual little item, though.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19What's this funny little ewer in here?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22A ewer is a type of pitcher, or jug -
0:13:22 > 0:13:26this one modelled from gilt metal in a neo-classical style.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29The ticket price is £95.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Oh!
0:13:33 > 0:13:36French inkwell. Ah, now that's taken you by surprise!
0:13:36 > 0:13:40The top of the jug hinges to reveal this gilt-metal socle.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44And then inside is a clear glass inkwell.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46So it's a bit of a novelty.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48What would you think?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51I'd put 30 to 50 on that at auction.
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- Really.- Hmm.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Hoping it might make a bit more.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58So it would need to be heavily discounted.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Lesley will call the dealer who owns it.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04He's got a price in mind. Could the dealer match it?
0:14:05 > 0:14:10Can we push you down just a wee bit further?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13He has got a price in mind which he's written on his hand.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15What is your very, very...?
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Obviously we don't want you to lose money on it.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Right, James.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23£45. That's...
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Snap!
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Fantastic!- Shake!
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Brilliant.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31So, James's rather unusual haggling method
0:14:31 > 0:14:35lands him a price that both he and the dealer are happy with.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Put her there, then!
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Anita, meanwhile, is over in the rarefied environs
0:14:42 > 0:14:44of Hampton Court Palace...
0:14:48 > 0:14:52..where she's meeting exhibition curator Sebastian Edwards.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- Hi, I'm Anita.- Hello, Anita. Welcome to Hampton Court.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00Oh, what a splendid and wonderful building!
0:15:00 > 0:15:03The palace has been shaped most notably by Cardinal Wolsey
0:15:03 > 0:15:07during the reign of King Henry VIII in the 16th century
0:15:07 > 0:15:09and later under William III
0:15:09 > 0:15:11from 1689 to 1702.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14I really can't wait to get inside.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Today, Anita's here to see a specific exhibition
0:15:20 > 0:15:21that Sebastian curates.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25And it's one with a rather lively premise.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28"The Secrets of the Royal Bedchamber"!
0:15:28 > 0:15:30We have a special exhibition, just for you!
0:15:30 > 0:15:32This sounds very interesting!
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Come and have a look.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36I say!
0:15:36 > 0:15:39The exhibition largely looks at the 17th and 18th centuries,
0:15:39 > 0:15:44a time when monarchs' bedrooms became almost public spaces
0:15:44 > 0:15:48into which the great and good of the kingdom would vie to be invited.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53The bedchamber of the king, or even queen, became the place
0:15:53 > 0:15:57where some of the nation's biggest intrigues were played out.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00And the monarch received members of the court
0:16:00 > 0:16:02actually lying in the royal bunk.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05It was a real privilege to meet the king in his bedroom.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07He was off his guard, he was relaxed, and in theory, informal,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10and that's where everybody at court wanted to be.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Anita's particularly interested in seeing a bed
0:16:13 > 0:16:15that belonged to Mary of Medina,
0:16:15 > 0:16:18the wife of King James II.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22It's the bed in which Mary gave birth in a very public fashion.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23Poor old love!
0:16:23 > 0:16:26There were 70 witnesses around it,
0:16:26 > 0:16:28which included many important men of the kingdom.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- Let's have a look at that. - Come and see.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37James and Mary's son was born in this bed in 1688.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41The nation in this period was Protestant
0:16:41 > 0:16:43but James and Mary were Catholic,
0:16:43 > 0:16:46and the prospect of a Catholic heir to the throne
0:16:46 > 0:16:48caused a political crisis.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Many in Government were keen to deny
0:16:51 > 0:16:54that the royal baby was a legitimate heir,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57so the King planned to crowd the birthing room
0:16:57 > 0:16:59with 70 important witnesses
0:16:59 > 0:17:01immediately after his son was born.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04This includes ministers of state,
0:17:04 > 0:17:07the Archbishop of Canterbury, ambassadors,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11he wants everybody to know that this is an absolutely regular birth
0:17:11 > 0:17:13and that it's his child.
0:17:13 > 0:17:20So, it was very important that this child was seen to be the king's son.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23But unfortunately, it didn't work in this case.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Despite the King's efforts, a lurid rumour spread
0:17:26 > 0:17:30that threw the parentage of the baby into public doubt.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32The bed has a special name, the warming pan bed,
0:17:32 > 0:17:34because there was a great story at the time
0:17:34 > 0:17:39that the baby was not hers, that the baby had died or there was no baby.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42And that a changeling, somebody's else's child, had been bought
0:17:42 > 0:17:44and slipped into the palace in a warming pan,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46which is one of these great metal dishes on a stick
0:17:46 > 0:17:48that you put hot coals in to warm the bed,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51as a suitable container to hide the baby in.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Of course the story wasn't true,
0:17:53 > 0:17:56but the suspicion surrounding the royal birth
0:17:56 > 0:17:57paved the way to a revolution.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00In 1688, the forces of James' son-in-law,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03the Protestant William of Orange, invaded,
0:18:03 > 0:18:07and he became King William III alongside his wife.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11James and Mary, though, fled to France, where they lived in exile.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13And it all started in that bed?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15It all started in this bed.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18So the course of this nation's history changed in this bed.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Indeed it did.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Anita's had a dizzying romp through 17th-century history this morning
0:18:24 > 0:18:27but it's time for her to be on her way.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Do you know, Sebastian, it's enough to make me want a wee lie down!
0:18:32 > 0:18:34But thank you for those stories. Bye-bye!
0:18:40 > 0:18:43But James is still back in East Molesey proper,
0:18:43 > 0:18:45and wandering into Palace Antiques.
0:18:49 > 0:18:50James is looking for a final item.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Perhaps this little brass box for tapers or matches.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57It's about 1850.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Embossed brass. Provincial.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Could even be Dutch, something like that.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06It was just to hang next to the fireplace.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09It's 150 years old and it's seven quid.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12So there'll be a bit of trade on that.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13But...
0:19:15 > 0:19:16..that's the sort of thing that...
0:19:18 > 0:19:20..might make 20 quid at auction.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Ash, can I borrow you for a second?
0:19:24 > 0:19:28I know "last of the big spenders", and all,
0:19:28 > 0:19:30would four quid be all right?!
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Just seven on it.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Yeah... Actually, five pounds, James, would be just right.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39OK. I'll take it. Thanks very much.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44He certainly seems to have overcome his indecisiveness. Look at this!
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Now, Anita's only a short stroll away
0:19:53 > 0:19:55and heading into Bridge Road Antiques.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57She doesn't give up, does she?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01And, quick as you like, she's collared dealer David.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Look out, David.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07So I had a look at this old tennis racket here.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Yes, this is a very old-fashioned racket. Beautiful, eh?
0:20:11 > 0:20:14It is indeed a mid-20th-century tennis racket
0:20:14 > 0:20:19fitted with a square, wooden press to protect it. Ticket price is £10.
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Worth a whack, eh?
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Could we take that off?
0:20:24 > 0:20:28- Could we maybe...test it?- We could. I'm sure we could.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Lordy! I hope this shop is well-insured!
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Thankfully, they can't find a ball, so they're using a faux fur hat.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Naturalement!
0:20:40 > 0:20:42We're just doing a wee bit of bat and ball.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44- I've got a better one.- Bat and hat. - OK.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51- That was good.- That was good. I think that was very good.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54He would say that. Careful with that hat, Anita.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56If you break it, you have to buy it.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Speaking of which, are you planning to make any purchases
0:20:59 > 0:21:01or just have another game with your best friend?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Would you like something else as well with it, perhaps?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07- You know, to sort of...- Is there any other tennis-y things?
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- What about this?- There was a photograph you were interested in.
0:21:12 > 0:21:13That's quite nice, isn't it?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Look at that. The Surbiton championships.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- 1904.- So it's sort of Edwardian.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25It's a set of photographs depicting players at Surbiton tennis club,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27dating from 1909.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Ticket price on that is £20.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Now, what could good old sport David do
0:21:34 > 0:21:36on the prices of the racket and the photos?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40- I'd like to buy that for about a fiver.- Would you?
0:21:40 > 0:21:44- Uh-huh.- Mm-hm.- Cos it's not going to make any money!
0:21:44 > 0:21:47It's not going to make any money in auction,
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- but it's good for a bit of fun. - It's good for a bit of fun, it is.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Deal done, then, at five pounds on the racket.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- Oh, thank you.- Thank you, Anita.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58And the photos?
0:21:58 > 0:22:02How about ten pounds for them? Would that do it for you?
0:22:03 > 0:22:05A fiver would do it.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07All right, then, we'll do that for you, as well.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Will you? The two of them for a tenner?
0:22:09 > 0:22:11All bought, then.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Give us a kiss!
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Shopping over, let's remind ourselves
0:22:16 > 0:22:17what our experts have bought.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22James began the second leg with £293.50,
0:22:22 > 0:22:25and spent £170 on five auction lots.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29The Florentine dogs...
0:22:29 > 0:22:31the bronze spill box...
0:22:31 > 0:22:33the novelty inkwell...
0:22:33 > 0:22:36the liquor casket...
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and a huge Chinese vase.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Anita started with £321.60
0:22:43 > 0:22:47and spent £155 also on five auction lots -
0:22:47 > 0:22:50the silver and crystal ashtray...
0:22:50 > 0:22:52the bronze censer...
0:22:52 > 0:22:54the miniature chair...
0:22:54 > 0:22:56the tennis racket and photographs...
0:22:56 > 0:22:59and the French firedogs.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03On this show, Anita and James
0:23:03 > 0:23:05have toured west London
0:23:05 > 0:23:10before leaving the smoke to head for their auction in nearby Alresford
0:23:10 > 0:23:11in Hampshire.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15The attractive small town of Alresford
0:23:15 > 0:23:18hosts a yearly watercress festival
0:23:18 > 0:23:21to celebrate local production of the peppery leaf.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Let's hope Anita and James can be as fresh and sprightly today
0:23:25 > 0:23:28as they head for Andrew Smith & Son's auctioneers.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30- Oh!- There we go!
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Are you ready, darling?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Yeah, doesn't it look good?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Best get inside, then.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40Today's gavel-basher is Nick Jarrett.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44The sale is about to begin.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50First up is Anita's silver and crystal ashtray, or dish.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53£10. Ten I have. 12 can I say?
0:23:53 > 0:23:5712, 14, 16, 18, £20 and two.
0:23:57 > 0:24:0025. 25, new bidder. 28.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03£30. And two.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05At £30.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08£30 I have. At £30. Have you done?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- Yes! I'm happy.- Well done.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It ekes out a £5 profit.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Not a bad start for her.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18But she will have to pay auction costs on that.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Next is James's pair of Florentine dogs.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Will the buyers be straining at the leash?
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Bid on the book at £30.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- 32. I'm out at £32.- Come on!
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Anyone else here? 35. 38.
0:24:33 > 0:24:3640. Two. 45. 48. £50. He's back in.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38Was cheap, wasn't it? 55.
0:24:38 > 0:24:4260? At £55, then, with the gentleman. All done?
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Selling at 55.
0:24:45 > 0:24:50- Dear me.- I know. Those two missing ears were worth another £45!
0:24:50 > 0:24:54It's a decent profit, but not what he'd hoped for.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55Ruff!
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Now, it's Anita's Oriental censer.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Does she scent a winner?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03£30. Take five on that.
0:25:03 > 0:25:0735. At £35. 40 can I say now?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10All done at 35. Have you done?
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- Last chance.- Ohh...
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Again, not the flyer she wanted.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19But a profit's not to be sniffed at.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23- Still, no losses so far.- No loss.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Now, it's James' bargain little bronze taper holder.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I'm going to start you here at £32.
0:25:30 > 0:25:3235 can I say now?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34At £32. Anybody else in at 32?
0:25:34 > 0:25:38At £32. Have you done?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40What can you say about that?
0:25:40 > 0:25:43It strikes right with someone
0:25:43 > 0:25:45and earns James a very nice mark-up.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51One for Anita, now, as her 1920s child's chair is up.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54£50. 50, surely? 30, then?
0:25:54 > 0:25:5830, I have. 32. 35. 38. 40.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00And two. 45.
0:26:00 > 0:26:0348. 50. And five. 60.
0:26:03 > 0:26:04And five. 70?
0:26:04 > 0:26:0765, gentleman's bid, yes?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10£65. Selling at 65.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14Another very nice profit for Anita. Well done.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Profit in the furniture section? That isn't easy to do. Well done.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Now, it's James's novelty inkwell,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25modelled as an Etruscan jug.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27£30 for it, can I say? £30?
0:26:27 > 0:26:28- 20?- Oh, no!
0:26:30 > 0:26:31You're right!
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Ten?- Oh, no!- Can I have... 12. 15.
0:26:34 > 0:26:3618. 20. They're in, now.
0:26:36 > 0:26:37James!
0:26:37 > 0:26:39- It's running away.- Are you in at 28?
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- £30. £35.- It's still a loss!
0:26:42 > 0:26:4438, new bidder. And 40. Two.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46The lady's bid at 45. All done.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49There you are.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52It climbs up to what he paid for it.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55But that'll mean a loss after auction costs.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Now it's Anita's tennis-themed lot.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Five pounds? Five pounds.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04A pound if you like.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- One pound I have.- Boo!
0:27:07 > 0:27:09- One pound. Two, three. - Thank you, darling!
0:27:09 > 0:27:14Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. £10.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Yes!
0:27:16 > 0:27:19At £10, all done. A tenner.
0:27:19 > 0:27:20Yes!
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Thanks to the charming lady to Anita's right,
0:27:25 > 0:27:27that barely breaks even.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30I think you owe her a glass of something.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Maybe "deuce"? Hah!
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Now, it's James's portable liqueur casket.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Will the punters be tempted to take a swig?
0:27:39 > 0:27:4250 I have, thank you. I'll take a fiver on that.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44At £50, gentleman's bid.
0:27:44 > 0:27:4655 just in front. 60 and five.
0:27:46 > 0:27:4970. Five. 80. Five.
0:27:49 > 0:27:5290. Five. 100. And ten.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54120. 130. 140.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57150? 140. All done?
0:27:57 > 0:27:58At 140.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- Yeah!- Well done, you.- Good result.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- Happy now? - That's a brilliant result.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05A terrific result for James.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06And he's definitely in the lead.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10It's nice to see a wee smile on your face.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Now, can Anita repeat the trick
0:28:12 > 0:28:15with her set of bronze firedogs?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17£42. 45, can I say?
0:28:17 > 0:28:1945, now. Lady's bid. 48?
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- At £45.- That's cheap.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24At £45. Are you sure at 45?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26- Come on!- At £45, then.
0:28:26 > 0:28:27No!
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Oh, you poor thing!
0:28:30 > 0:28:34What a shame. They didn't set the saleroom alight.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38It's the excitement of the auction!
0:28:38 > 0:28:40There, there, Anita.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Lastly, it's James's great hope.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46His Chinese blue and white vase.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49We have got a phone bid, which is good.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52And I can start you here at £400.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54- Yes!- 420, can I say? 420.
0:28:54 > 0:28:55Blimey!
0:28:55 > 0:28:57450. 470.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59500. Thank you. And 20.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01520. 550.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03570. 600?
0:29:03 > 0:29:06570, then. At £570 have you done?
0:29:06 > 0:29:09At 570. All done.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10Wow!
0:29:14 > 0:29:19An enormous profit on the vase that sat unloved on a shelf for months.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21What a spot, James!
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Give him a wee clap!
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Thank you!
0:29:28 > 0:29:33Anita started this leg with £321.60.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35After paying auction costs,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37she made a small loss of £3.30
0:29:37 > 0:29:41and finishes today with £318.30.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47Whilst James began with £293.50.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51After costs, he made a profit of - drum roll, please...
0:29:53 > 0:29:55£520.44,
0:29:55 > 0:30:00giving him £813.94 to carry forwards.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Although it does seem to have rather gone to his head!
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- I'm going in the back, not the front.- OK.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09There you are.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11HE GRUNTS
0:30:14 > 0:30:16- OK, darling?- Come on, then.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20You could always make him walk, Anita.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Ah, well, maybe not -
0:30:22 > 0:30:25because they're off on the third leg of their road trip.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Beginning near Lacock in Wiltshire,
0:30:28 > 0:30:31heading for auction in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36They're supposed to be on their way to a shop.
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Car boot sale.
0:30:37 > 0:30:38Oh, hang on.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Let's go and have a look there.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44That's where the bargains will be had. Look! Let's do it, yes?
0:30:45 > 0:30:49In the usual haphazard fashion they're making an unplanned stop
0:30:49 > 0:30:51at Lacock car boot sale,
0:30:51 > 0:30:54which is about four miles from the centre of Chippenham.
0:30:56 > 0:31:01This bustling car boot runs in the summer months, weather permitting.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02ANITA LAUGHS
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Nice to see you.
0:31:04 > 0:31:09James has a whopping £813.94 to spend.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11There we go.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15A pair of true firedogs.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Ah, firedogs again, eh?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Unlike Anita's fancy bronze ones,
0:31:19 > 0:31:23these firedogs or andirons are more utilitarian,
0:31:23 > 0:31:27and would stand in a hearth to support a large log.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31Stallholder Oliver has priced the pair at £40.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35These are French provincial. They're about 1860/1870.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39True to form, James is going to try a cheeky offer.
0:31:39 > 0:31:40I'll give you 14 quid for them.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Gosh.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I think they might make 20 at the auction, that's why.
0:31:44 > 0:31:4716 and we've dealt. See? We've dealt. Dead easy. There you go.
0:31:49 > 0:31:5116, there you go.
0:31:51 > 0:31:55- Right...- And he's spotted something else at Oliver's stall.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59One of my biggest soft spots is for snuffboxes
0:31:59 > 0:32:04and this little chap is about 1850/1860.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07It's turned wood, and therefore treen.
0:32:08 > 0:32:13It's not worth very much money at all, but it's just quite sweet.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17- Will another cheeky offer fly?- I will give you two quid for that box.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21- It's cracked and it's lost its top. - It's lovely.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- Go on.- No.- Three. - Certainly not.- Three.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Four. I came down tons on that one.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- Four.- Thank you very much.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Careful, sir.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Oliver sticks to his guns but £4 is enough to buy the box, eh.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Anita meanwhile is, as usual, trying on some headgear.
0:32:40 > 0:32:41STAR WARS THEME PLAYS
0:32:46 > 0:32:49I'm not sure that dealer's impressed, Anita.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Lordy.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58James is at least looking at antiques.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03These are interesting. Only two of them, though, which is a real shame.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08An early 19th century fire shovel and a pair of tongs.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11Sadly, now separated from the poker that would have completed the set.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18And he's also found a toasting fork.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Probably dating from a little earlier.
0:33:20 > 0:33:21There's no ticket price on them.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24He's thinking of incorporating all three into a lot with
0:33:24 > 0:33:27the fire dogs he's already bought.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29That makes a more respectable lot for an auction.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31What would buy those?
0:33:31 > 0:33:35- £4.- I'm going to be a mean git and offer you two.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39- Go on, then.- Is that all right? There you go.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41You've got yourself a deal.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- Hello, darling. How did you get on?- Not too bad.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51Anita hasn't found anything here so they're going to get back on track.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52Let's roll.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00They're finally back on the road and aiming for Bath.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05What better place for them to continue their day?
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Here we go.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15James, isn't this absolutely wonderful?
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Beautiful, isn't it?
0:34:17 > 0:34:20James, I've got to go shopping. I've got lots to do.
0:34:20 > 0:34:21Indeed you do, Anita.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24She's strolling off into Old Bank Antiques Centre,
0:34:24 > 0:34:27and she's got £318.30 to spend.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Go, girl.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34And soon, something on the walls put a gleam in her eye.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37My eye was drawn to this mirror.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41By this wonderful horse.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44And horseman, he's quite good looking too.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48What we have in the top is an engraving and underneath a mirror.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52But this image is so splendid and so beautiful and he has the best
0:34:52 > 0:34:54and proudest of steed.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00It probably dates from the early 19th century. Ticket price is £85.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03That's too steep.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05So Alex will have to be consulted.
0:35:05 > 0:35:11- Alex!- Hello.- I was quite taken by this mirror here.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Do you know anything about this print?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Do you know who the character is? To me it looks like...
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Looks a little bit like the Duke of Wellington.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19With that nose.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22So, what could Alex do on the price?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Could you do 40 on that?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- Yes, go on.- We'll go for that.- OK.
0:35:29 > 0:35:30Yeah. OK, that's fine.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- Thank you very much, Alex.- OK. - Thank you.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Marvellous.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36A super, less than half-price deal on the mirror.
0:35:36 > 0:35:41But Anita's got her eye on another celebratory item.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44This is really just a bit of fun.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48This crazy ice bucket and...
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- A bottle.- ..is there any champagne in there?- No.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Thankfully.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56It's a modern plastic ice bucket in the shape of a top hat
0:35:56 > 0:36:00along with a display bottle, sans champagne.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Not exactly antique, is it, Anita? But festive.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07What could it be bought for, £8?
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- Yes,- go on, then. For fun.- Why not?
0:36:12 > 0:36:16Done. She's got her two lots in this shop and she's charging on.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Now, James is less than a mile away
0:36:20 > 0:36:23and about to wander off into his first shop proper.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26Brian and Caroline Craik Ltd.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32- Welcome, David....- Hello there. - ..to my emporium.- Nice to see you.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38James has soon espied something that attracts him.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43That's an interesting bit of furniture.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47It's a Chinese occasional table fashioned from rosewood
0:36:47 > 0:36:51- and dating from around 1900. - This is lovely.
0:36:51 > 0:36:57The quality of this little hook here and the lovely line of the leg...
0:36:57 > 0:37:02is exactly what people are looking for in this Chinese furniture.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06Caroline had a price of £225 in mind for the table but, of course,
0:37:06 > 0:37:09James is keen to negotiate. Stand by.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- Is there much movement there? - Well, 175?
0:37:15 > 0:37:19How about 130, and I'm pretty much there?
0:37:20 > 0:37:22If you say 150, OK, I'll let it go.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24James is tempted.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- You got a deal.- Woo!
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Deal done at £150. It's not like James to splash his cash.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32Let's hope the gavel pays off.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38Now, Anita has travelled about 14 miles onwards
0:37:38 > 0:37:40to the town of Frome in Somerset.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46And she's wasting no time meeting dealer Alan.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50- Hi, Anita. How are you? - I'm good thank you.- Nice to see you.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52What about this wee guy here? Tell me about him.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56I think this wee guy is great fun.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59It's a teddy bear, knitting.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01- Is he working?- Oh, yeah, it works.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03SHE CHUCKLES
0:38:03 > 0:38:05MUSIC: "O Fortuna"
0:38:08 > 0:38:09He's pretty scary.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17He's very...arresting.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Certainly something about him.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20You can say that again.
0:38:20 > 0:38:26Let's see if we've got a little maker's mark here.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28This is a Japanese one.
0:38:28 > 0:38:33It is indeed a Japanese automaton toy bear with light up eyes
0:38:33 > 0:38:35dating from the 1950s.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Ticket price is £65.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44Anita seems keen on it, but will need to seek a substantial discount.
0:38:45 > 0:38:51I think my best price would be 35.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55- Well, it's...- That's a good price. - It's... Uh-huh.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Would £25 buy him?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Can we go anywhere in that sort of region?
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- OK, I'll do it for 25. - We can do it for 25.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05That's absolutely wonderful. Thank you, very much.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09I'm hoping that he will do well and somebody will fall in love with him.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13James, meanwhile is still back in Bath.
0:39:13 > 0:39:17He's heading for the Herschel Museum of Astronomy which tells the story
0:39:17 > 0:39:22of one of 18th-century Bath resident's stellar achievements.
0:39:22 > 0:39:28He's meeting museum volunteer and astrophysicist Rebekah Lusher.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30- Rebekah, hi.- Hi, James. - Nice to see you.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- Welcome to the Herschel Museum. - Thank you.- Let's go inside.- Lovely.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37William Herschel was a German-born musician who moved to Bath
0:39:37 > 0:39:41in 1766 and indeed into this very house.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Herschel was to go on to become the first astronomer
0:39:47 > 0:39:51to discover a planet in our solar system since ancient times.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53But it was his outstanding talent in music
0:39:53 > 0:39:56that first brought him to Bath.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00He was appointed the music director at the newly built
0:40:00 > 0:40:04- Octagon Chapel for the high society of Bath.- OK.
0:40:04 > 0:40:10William soon settled into his new role and his place in Bath society.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13But this intelligent and determined man
0:40:13 > 0:40:16also embarked on a varied programme of self-education.
0:40:16 > 0:40:21William taught himself English and then he taught himself mathematics.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26- OK.- He studied optics and became quite interested in astronomy.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Astronomy was very popular with society.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31It was the fashionable thing to do.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33At a dinner party you get out a telescope
0:40:33 > 0:40:35and have a look for things.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37So he took it up as a hobby originally
0:40:37 > 0:40:39and borrowed some telescopes.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Tried to find some things.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44And decided he was quite disappointed with them
0:40:44 > 0:40:46and thought, "I can do better than this."
0:40:46 > 0:40:48And that's really where he started,
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- because his telescopes are the best in the world.- Really?
0:40:52 > 0:40:56Remarkably, Herschel crafted these sophisticated telescopes
0:40:56 > 0:41:01right here in this very house - and using skills he taught himself.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04He had the talents to do it, and he did. All from scratch.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07He turned this house, basically, into a workshop.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12Every room was full of speculum metals, polishing mirrors, lathes.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- Lovely. And you've still got workshops here?- Yes, we do.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Love to see. Yeah? Come on.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24Oh, golly. Right, so what's all this?
0:41:24 > 0:41:29These are the tools he used to make his mirrors for his own telescopes.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32This is the speculum metal they use for the mirrors.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34An alloy of copper and tin.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36These precisely-shaped mirrors
0:41:36 > 0:41:40were the secret to Herschel's powerful, home-made telescopes.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Using them, he made his most famous discovery.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47They are heading outside to see the spot where it happened.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50This is Herschel's garden where he used to bring his telescopes.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52And we think this is the area of the garden where
0:41:52 > 0:41:54he first discovered a new planet.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58When he first observed the new celestial body,
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Herschel thought it might be a comet.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03However, further observation by Herschel
0:42:03 > 0:42:06and others revealed it to be Uranus.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09The first new planet found in our solar system
0:42:09 > 0:42:12since at least the ancient Greeks.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15It brought him world fame.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20And his telescopes, which suddenly became well-known over the world,
0:42:20 > 0:42:23were ordered by many of the best astronomers.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Herschel went on to make many more contributions to science,
0:42:27 > 0:42:31including the discovery of infrared radiation,
0:42:31 > 0:42:35and was appointed the King's astronomer by George III.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Time now for James to link up with Anita.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44They're driving to the town of Marlborough in Wiltshire.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48First shop of the day is the Marlborough Parade Antiques Centre.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- James, this looks wonderful. - Looks nice, doesn't it?
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Aw, this looks great.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Best get browsing, you two.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02And Anita's the first to spy something.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07She's found a pair of Art Nouveau metal earrings set with seed pearls.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Ticket price is £49.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Of course, Anita wants to negotiate,
0:43:11 > 0:43:14but Gary is being quite strict about the shop's policy
0:43:14 > 0:43:17of discounting no more than 10% for trade.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Do you think the dealer would give us a wee bit more than 10%?
0:43:22 > 0:43:23She won't do much more than that,
0:43:23 > 0:43:25because they're reasonable, aren't they?
0:43:25 > 0:43:29- They're nice. How low would she go?- 42.
0:43:29 > 0:43:30Gary's sticking at that price.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33She's tempted and she's spotted another two
0:43:33 > 0:43:36pieces of jewellery in another cabinet, as well.
0:43:36 > 0:43:37Mind the dog.
0:43:37 > 0:43:42- We've got these big sort of big... - Rare rocks.
0:43:42 > 0:43:47They're like Cairngorms but they're big bits of show.
0:43:48 > 0:43:521950s, they've got that sort of '50s look about them.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55It's two brooches inset with large gemstones
0:43:55 > 0:43:58which look similar to the Cairngorm quartz
0:43:58 > 0:44:01native to Anita's Caledonian homeland.
0:44:03 > 0:44:05Combined ticket price on the two is £19
0:44:05 > 0:44:09and it doesn't sound like Gary's open to negotiation.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12- Don't even try it.- Oh, right.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15You're a mean beastie.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18So can I have them for 19, surely you'd take your 10% off.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21Not on those. Anything under 20.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23- Is that your rule? - Madam, that is our rule.
0:44:25 > 0:44:30OK, darling. We'll see what happens. It's worth taking a chance on.
0:44:30 > 0:44:32But Anita will take the pair for £19,
0:44:32 > 0:44:35as well as the earrings for £42.
0:44:37 > 0:44:39Anita's all bought up and on her way.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43Meanwhile, James has wandered outside
0:44:43 > 0:44:44and has found an item of his own.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50It's a carpenter's trunk.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55These things were popular in the 19th century.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59In fact, right the way through into the 1920s.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02And carpenters would have a trunk like this
0:45:02 > 0:45:05that would be full of their little tools.
0:45:06 > 0:45:11It's fashioned of pine and probably dates from the late 1800s.
0:45:11 > 0:45:16It was marked up at a hefty £150, but since it's been sitting outside,
0:45:16 > 0:45:19dealer Robert seems to be in a generous mood.
0:45:19 > 0:45:24- Give me £50.- 30 quid. - I can't. Honestly can't.- Can't you?
0:45:27 > 0:45:33- I wish I could.- 35?- £40 and we have a deal.- You've got a deal. 40 quid.
0:45:33 > 0:45:38- Well... It's worth a bash at that. - It is!
0:45:38 > 0:45:42Another lot in the bag and James does seem to be in luck today
0:45:42 > 0:45:47as he's shortly enlisted Gary's help in finding another bargain.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49Just found that in the back room.
0:45:49 > 0:45:51At least it's an original.
0:45:51 > 0:45:54- It's a pastel, is it?- Pastel, yeah. - It's a pastel.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57# The tears of a clown
0:45:57 > 0:46:01# When there's no-one around. #
0:46:01 > 0:46:04It is indeed a fairly modern pastel drawing of a clown.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09Gary's willing to kick off the negotiation at £15.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11But James is ever ready to go lower.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14Fiver.
0:46:15 > 0:46:19- Are you trying to rob me? - No.- Trying to rob me, bankrupt me?
0:46:21 > 0:46:2312.50 and that hurt.
0:46:25 > 0:46:28- How about 7.50?- Ooh! - Straight into the soft underbelly.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31You're crippling me.
0:46:31 > 0:46:32Tenner and it's yours.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34- Eight.- Tenner.- Tenner!
0:46:34 > 0:46:37- Thank you very much.- Ten quid.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Terrific. But he's not finished yet.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46He's travelling on to Hungerford in Berkshire.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50He's sauntering into Hungerford Arcade,
0:46:50 > 0:46:54where he's meeting dealer Adrian, who's an old pal.
0:46:54 > 0:46:57- Hello, there.- Hello, James. Good to see you.- Good to see you.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01James is assembling a job lot of small items
0:47:01 > 0:47:03around the little treen snuffbox he bought yesterday.
0:47:03 > 0:47:07So, he'll need to scour this sizeable antiques centre.
0:47:07 > 0:47:11He's soon found a candidate for his job lot - a bijouterie.
0:47:11 > 0:47:15It's a novelty pincushion shaped like a lady's shoe.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17Ticket price is £6.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Would three quid be any good for that?
0:47:20 > 0:47:21I will try.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24Adrian will call the person who owns it.
0:47:24 > 0:47:29- Can you please do £3? Yes. - Brilliant. That's great.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31That's in the bag for £3, then.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33In the meanwhile, he's found something else.
0:47:35 > 0:47:39- Oh, crikey, that's fun.- He should have a matchbox on his back there.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41It's another novelty item.
0:47:41 > 0:47:45A Victorian pewter smoker's stand or matchbox holder.
0:47:45 > 0:47:4625, would you ask her?
0:47:46 > 0:47:47With pleasure.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54James is in luck. The dealer will accept £25 for that.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59And he's now got something else at a price that suits him.
0:47:59 > 0:48:05I just found this cast iron font-like creature
0:48:05 > 0:48:09that would hold matches
0:48:09 > 0:48:13and I thought, "Whoopee! That's not expensive."
0:48:13 > 0:48:16"Small cast iron urn, no lid - £1."
0:48:16 > 0:48:20Even James isn't barefaced enough to haggle on that.
0:48:20 > 0:48:24So he's got the smoker's stand, pincushion and urn for £29,
0:48:24 > 0:48:27and Adrian's going to throw in a few antique coins
0:48:27 > 0:48:31that might slot into the missing recess in the snuffbox
0:48:31 > 0:48:34for one extra pound. That's nice.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36- £30 - spot on. - Yes. And thank you so much.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38- It's been lovely.- Thanks. - Really enjoyed it.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Thank you very much.
0:48:40 > 0:48:41Shopping done,
0:48:41 > 0:48:44let's remind ourselves what our experts have bought.
0:48:46 > 0:48:51Anita started this leg with £318.13, and spent £134 on five auction lots.
0:48:51 > 0:48:55The champers ice bucket and bottle...
0:48:57 > 0:49:00..the 19th century mirror...
0:49:00 > 0:49:02the automaton bear...
0:49:02 > 0:49:03the brooches...
0:49:03 > 0:49:05and the earrings.
0:49:06 > 0:49:13James began with £813.94, and spent £252 on five auction lots.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15The firedogs and tools...
0:49:15 > 0:49:17the carpenter's chest...
0:49:17 > 0:49:20his job lot of small items...
0:49:20 > 0:49:22the portrait of a clown...
0:49:22 > 0:49:25and the Chinese table.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30But it's time now to get back on the road to auction.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32They're driving to Cirencester
0:49:32 > 0:49:34in Gloucestershire.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36The market town of Cirencester
0:49:36 > 0:49:39has origins dating back to the Roman occupation of Britain.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42They're pulling up at the saleroom
0:49:42 > 0:49:45of auctioneers Moore Allen and Innocent.
0:49:46 > 0:49:47Here we are, James.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50Here we go.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54This looks interesting.
0:49:54 > 0:49:56Best dive right in, then.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01Presiding today will be auctioneer Philip Allwood.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04The auction's about to begin.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08First up, it's James's pair of 19th century firedogs,
0:50:08 > 0:50:10accompanied by fire tools.
0:50:10 > 0:50:12They didn't light Anita's fire.
0:50:12 > 0:50:15Will they set the saleroom ablaze?
0:50:15 > 0:50:18I can start you on the book at 30.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20At £30, got it here. Five, if you like, now.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22That's a start.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Five, 50. At 50...five.
0:50:24 > 0:50:2760, five. 70.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30At £70 here. Five anywhere? Five. 80.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32At £80, back with me at £80. Anyone?
0:50:32 > 0:50:35At £80, you all sure?
0:50:35 > 0:50:36At £80, five on the net.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38At £85 here, the book's out.
0:50:38 > 0:50:4085, you all sure...?
0:50:41 > 0:50:45Blimey - that certainly did burn a hot streak.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47- I am thrilled with that.- Well done!
0:50:47 > 0:50:48I bet you are.
0:50:48 > 0:50:52Now it's Anita's mirror, appended to a portrait
0:50:52 > 0:50:55that may be the Duke of Wellington - or may be somebody else entirely.
0:50:55 > 0:50:5820? Ten, to get on, going to be a tenner.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00£10 for the glass?
0:51:00 > 0:51:02A fiver?
0:51:02 > 0:51:05Oh, dear - this isn't going in the right direction.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08- Nobody? A fiver?- Go on!
0:51:08 > 0:51:12- At £5 over here.- James, I'm going to burst into floods of tears!
0:51:12 > 0:51:14At £5, on my right here at £5.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17A fiver. At £5. At £5...
0:51:17 > 0:51:19I'll need another 50 more!
0:51:19 > 0:51:22At £5.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24That's trotted off to a disaster.
0:51:24 > 0:51:25Bad luck, Anita.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30Now another try for James, with his pine carpenter's chest.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33Will it carve out a profit?
0:51:33 > 0:51:34Who'll start me at 100?
0:51:34 > 0:51:35100?
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Good pine chest there. 100?
0:51:37 > 0:51:40- 50, to get on. £50. - He's trying...
0:51:40 > 0:51:44- 30, then.- Oh, what?- £30?
0:51:44 > 0:51:46£30, a bid there at 30. Got to be cheap, at £30.
0:51:46 > 0:51:49Five, anyone? At £30, five. 40. Five.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51At £45 in the room now.
0:51:51 > 0:51:52£45 - 50, if you like?
0:51:52 > 0:51:55At £45, it's selling right in front of me here.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57At £45 - 50. At 55.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59At 55. 60, now.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02At £55 in front of me, now. At 55, it's selling.
0:52:02 > 0:52:0660. Five. At £65, right in front of me in the room here.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08At £65, you're out on the net.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10At £65, you all sure?
0:52:10 > 0:52:14Selling here, then. At 65, you all done...?
0:52:15 > 0:52:18So, it does nail a decent profit in the end.
0:52:18 > 0:52:21- He did his best there.- Not bad. - He did his best.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24Now, will there be cause for celebration
0:52:24 > 0:52:27on Anita's ice bucket and display bottle of champers?
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Ten to get on. £10, a bid there.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31- Yeah, yeah!- £10, I have.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33At £10, 12, going to say now.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36At £10. 12, on the net.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39At 12, the book's out at £12. £15, if you like, now?
0:52:39 > 0:52:41At 12, 15. 18, over there.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43Oh! Go on, go, go on!
0:52:43 > 0:52:46I'm getting all excited here, James!
0:52:46 > 0:52:48£18, a bid here. At £18 - 20, now.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51Fill it up. At £18, it's selling on the net, here.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53You're all out in front of me. At £18...
0:52:53 > 0:52:55- 18, it is.- Aw!
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Corks popped all round, then.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01At least it's back on the right road.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04Next, it's James's job lot of bijouterie -
0:53:04 > 0:53:08will the little items serve up a big profit?
0:53:08 > 0:53:09At £50.
0:53:09 > 0:53:1130, to get on.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13At £20 a bid - at £20, five, now.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16At £20 - five. 30. Five.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19At £35, got to be cheap at 35. 40.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Five. 50. Five.
0:53:22 > 0:53:2560, if you like, madam? At 55...60.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27Five. 70? There's 65, here.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30At £65 - it's on the left.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32They like it, James. They like it.
0:53:32 > 0:53:33You all done?
0:53:34 > 0:53:37A sizable win for James.
0:53:37 > 0:53:41- Ah...- There's a profit, there. That's good.- You're doing all right.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45Time now for Anita's automaton bear.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47Who'll start me, 50? £50?
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Go on, go on...
0:53:49 > 0:53:51£30?
0:53:51 > 0:53:5320, to get on. Got to be £20.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56- Yes, £20, a bid there. - Go on! We've started.
0:53:56 > 0:53:5930. At £30, I have £30. Anyone else?
0:53:59 > 0:54:02At £30, it's in the room, now. At £30. Five, anyone?
0:54:02 > 0:54:03At £30 - it's got to be cheap, at £30.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05Look at him!
0:54:05 > 0:54:08It's only one eye that's on.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10Oh, dear, that's not going to help...Cyclops.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13It's selling in the room, here. You all done at 30?
0:54:13 > 0:54:15Grr!
0:54:15 > 0:54:18The uncooperative bear picks a terrible time to break down,
0:54:18 > 0:54:20but at least it scrapes a profit.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24It wasn't just one eye when we had it!
0:54:26 > 0:54:30Now it's James' modern pastel portrait of a Pierrot.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33Will it be smiles or tears after this lot?
0:54:33 > 0:54:34£20 for the Pierrot, there.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37The bidders have been scared off.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39- A tenner?- No!
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Dear me - £10, it's no laughing matter.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44£10. Nobody? A fiver?
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Oh, what?
0:54:47 > 0:54:51Yes? Really? £5, a bid. At £5, at £5, there.
0:54:51 > 0:54:52- Anybody?- Wow...
0:54:52 > 0:54:54- I can't believe who's bidding. - That is mad.
0:54:54 > 0:54:57At £5, it's selling here for a fiver.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59At £5 - the frame would cost you that.
0:54:59 > 0:55:04- At £5, you all sure?- He's trying... - You all done at a fiver?
0:55:05 > 0:55:07Tears, as it turns out.
0:55:07 > 0:55:11That is just insane.
0:55:11 > 0:55:17One more for Anita, as her pair of Cairngorm-style brooches are up.
0:55:17 > 0:55:18£10.
0:55:18 > 0:55:19A fiver?
0:55:19 > 0:55:21THEY GROAN
0:55:21 > 0:55:22£5, a bid at five. Eight.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25Ten. At 12, do you mean, madam?
0:55:25 > 0:55:28At £10 here. At £10. 12 - thank you, madam.
0:55:28 > 0:55:29At the back at 12. 15, if you like?
0:55:29 > 0:55:3215. 18. At £18 at the back, there.
0:55:32 > 0:55:3420, if you like, now?
0:55:34 > 0:55:36£18, you all sure?
0:55:36 > 0:55:37Go on, go on!
0:55:37 > 0:55:39What a shame.
0:55:39 > 0:55:44Oh...it could have been a LOT worse.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Now it's James's great hope - the Chinese table.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51I can start you on the book at...
0:55:53 > 0:55:56At 180. At 180, we've started. At 180.
0:55:56 > 0:56:00190, now. At £180, I have. 180...190.
0:56:00 > 0:56:01Looking good...
0:56:01 > 0:56:05220. 240. 260. 280.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08At £280 - 300, if you like. 280 I have.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11At £280. £300, on the phone, if you like?
0:56:11 > 0:56:16At £280 here. At £280, you all sure now?
0:56:16 > 0:56:18At 280...
0:56:20 > 0:56:22James's instincts were right.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24That lot was full of Eastern Promise.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Well done. Well done, well done.
0:56:26 > 0:56:30And finally, Anita's up with her Art Nouveau earrings
0:56:30 > 0:56:32set with seed pearls.
0:56:32 > 0:56:35£50, to get on. £50 a bid - thank you, madam. At £50.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38At 50, look cheap at £50. Five, anyone?
0:56:38 > 0:56:42Five on the net. 60. Five. 70. At 75...
0:56:42 > 0:56:4580. Five. 90. At £90...five.
0:56:45 > 0:56:46100...
0:56:46 > 0:56:48It's a flier.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52120. 130. 140 to me madam.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54At 130, 140 on the net.
0:56:54 > 0:56:55150, if you like, on the phone?
0:56:55 > 0:56:57At 140. 150.
0:56:57 > 0:57:00At 150. 160, if you like, on the phone?
0:57:00 > 0:57:03At 150, I have. 150. It's on the net here at 150.
0:57:03 > 0:57:04160.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07At 160, someone else...170, now.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10It's at 160. It's on the phone now, the net's out.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13- At 160. 170, back in.- Back in!
0:57:13 > 0:57:15At 170. 180 if you like, now.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19180. At 190. 200, fill it up, now.
0:57:19 > 0:57:20200.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22- Crikey!- This is running and running.
0:57:22 > 0:57:26240 now. At 220. 240.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29At 240. It's on the phone now at 240. 260, now.
0:57:29 > 0:57:34At £240 - it's on the phone, now, at 240.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37An absolutely smashing profit
0:57:37 > 0:57:38proves Anita really does
0:57:38 > 0:57:40have an eye for style.
0:57:40 > 0:57:43- Yes!- Yes! Well done!
0:57:45 > 0:57:49Anita started this leg with £318.30.
0:57:49 > 0:57:54After paying auction costs, she made a profit of £121.02
0:57:54 > 0:57:58and ends today with £439.32.
0:57:58 > 0:57:59Well done.
0:58:01 > 0:58:05But heavyweight James beat her to the punch once more.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08He began with £813.94
0:58:08 > 0:58:13and after costs, made a profit of £158 today,
0:58:13 > 0:58:18giving him £971.94 to carry onwards.
0:58:19 > 0:58:24- Well, James, that was SO exciting! - He did his best, didn't he?
0:58:24 > 0:58:27- Uh-huh. - Got every last pound out of them.
0:58:27 > 0:58:28Indeed, he did.
0:58:28 > 0:58:31To the Beetle, and away to the next leg.
0:58:31 > 0:58:33- Here we go!- Aye, here we go.