0:00:03 > 0:00:07- It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.- All right, viewers? - With £200 each, a classic car,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10and a goal, to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12I'm on fire. Yes!
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Sold. Going, going, gone.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22- 50p!- There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- You've had it a while, haven't you? - Will it be the high road to glory,
0:00:25 > 0:00:27or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30- Ooh! Ooh-hoo!- Oh, no.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:37On this Antiques Road Trip,
0:00:37 > 0:00:40two esteemed auctioneers are battling for fortune.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Anita Manning is a gabby Glasgow gal
0:00:43 > 0:00:46with an eye for quality and nerves of steel.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Whilst James Lewis is a doughty Derbyshire dandy,
0:00:49 > 0:00:51always keen to take a goggle at a potential bargain.
0:00:51 > 0:00:56Both our game gavel-meisters started this road trip with £200.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59So far, Anita has managed to leverage her lolly
0:00:59 > 0:01:03up to a respectable £439.32.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04But James is in the lead.
0:01:04 > 0:01:07His wallet positively overfloweth.
0:01:07 > 0:01:13He begins this leg with a whopping £971.94.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Well, I never did.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18On this whole road trip, they began in Oxfordshire
0:01:18 > 0:01:21and will tour the sunny southern counties of England,
0:01:21 > 0:01:25before ending up in grand old smoky herself, London.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29On today's leg, they're dawdling through delicious Devon,
0:01:29 > 0:01:30beginning in the city of Exeter
0:01:30 > 0:01:34and aiming for auction in the small town of Chudleigh.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Devonshire's handsome county town
0:01:37 > 0:01:39seems a lively place to start their day,
0:01:39 > 0:01:41but it looks like James has nodded off.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Tut, tut.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Wakey-wakey, James. Wakey-wakey.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- Ah... - ANITA LAUGHS
0:01:48 > 0:01:52- It's too nice for antique shopping. - No, no. Mind on your work, on you go.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53Quite right, Anita.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Have fun.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Anita's on her way to her first shop of the day, Otto Retro,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03where resides the very dapper dealer, Lewis.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04- Hello.- Hi.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08- I'm Anita.- Nice to meet you. - And I love your shop.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11This shop specialises in 20th-century retro pieces,
0:02:11 > 0:02:17quirky items which appeal to Anita's wild side. Stand by.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23And she soon found something which packs a stylish punch.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27This, despite the fact that it looks a wee bit scruffy,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30is a very romantic item.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34It's a suitcase, probably from the early 20th century,
0:02:34 > 0:02:381910, 1920 and it's made of leather.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43But what I like about this one is we've still our original...
0:02:43 > 0:02:45labels on them. Look at this.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49We've got one for the Royal Hotel in Windermere,
0:02:49 > 0:02:51we've got a French one here.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Bruges...
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Ticket price is £60. Lewis will be summoned.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59I was just looking at this suitcase
0:02:59 > 0:03:04and I fell in love with these wonderful stickers, original ones.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09- And below it is another suitcase.- This one again, probably very, very early 20th century,
0:03:09 > 0:03:14sort of '20s, '30s. Made in China. When China was of quality.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19Ticket price on that is also £60, so, £120 for the two.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22I love these little Chinese tigers.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- I love these. - It's beautiful, beautiful detailing.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30- When you go on your holidays, do you take one of them?- I do.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31You're a man of style.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34She's buttering you up, Lewis. Guess what's coming.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38I'd like to buy the two of them for about 45 quid.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Crikey, Anita. That would be a discount.
0:03:42 > 0:03:43Am I way out there?
0:03:43 > 0:03:47- Am I a wee bit out? - Quite a bit, really. Yeah.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Would 55 buy them?
0:03:50 > 0:03:52I really, really couldn't do 55.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I... I think probably the lowest I could really do...
0:03:57 > 0:03:59..on two suitcases like that would probably be 80.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Would 70 buy them?- Erm...
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- 75 would.- It's a deal, Lewis.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- That's lovely.- Thank you.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I love them to bits.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11A good deal at £75 for the two.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14This is quite fun.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17This is a medical poster, which is
0:04:17 > 0:04:24showing the injuries that you can get on ankles and knees.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26It's in French, so I don't know what it says.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Medical items are very popular - people like them.
0:04:29 > 0:04:35Look at these ligaments and tendons - they're scary.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37I think I'll have a go at that.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Ticket price is £25.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42But, of course, Anita is going to ask Lewis for a discount.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- Poor Lewis.- Could I buy it for ten?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47We would do 12 on it.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- You could do 12?- Yeah.- Right. That's a deal. Thank you very much.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54So, she's packed her bags and she's off.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Now James is elsewhere in Exeter
0:04:57 > 0:05:00and is wandering into McBains Antiques complex,
0:05:00 > 0:05:04where he's meeting dealer Aaron.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- Good morning.- Hello there. Nice to see you.- You, too. How you doing?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Best get browsing, James.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Look out. That's Tilly the Shih Tzu,
0:05:17 > 0:05:21and James has also to meet another member of the family.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22My dad, Gordon.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- Gordon, boss man.- Gordy. Lordy.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Soon enough, James has spotted someone else he's quite taken with,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31though she does seem a little worse for wear.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34It's a 20th-century shop mannequin, who's taken
0:05:34 > 0:05:38a bit of a knock on her bonce. Ticket price is £80.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40I don't think it's her head that needs covering, James.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43He's going to make a cheeky offer. Stand by.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Well, she could be something really silly...
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Yeah.- ..like 20 quid or something.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- She can be 40. There you are.- 40.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54The damage is still a problem,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57but he's having a brainwave.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58A wig would do her.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01If you can find me a wig, you can have 35.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05I do have a big bouffant wig kicking around, I think.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09HE LAUGHS Hang on.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11I think I've got one of these somewhere.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16You've been to...those 1970s dudes, haven't you?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Hmm. Suits you.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Here we go. I'll give you 35 quid for that.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23ALL LAUGH
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- We can do it for 35.- You sure?
0:06:25 > 0:06:27The wig for free.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- You've got a deal. - Thank you very much.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33He's got the mannequin and wig together for £35,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37and he's soon reflecting on another item elsewhere in the shop.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41It's a big two-handle tray.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44About 1900 in date.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47It's made of copper electroplated with silver.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49The fact that the copper's coming through,
0:06:49 > 0:06:53some people absolutely hate it, but other people actually like it.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55It's known as bleeding.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57It's where the copper comes through the Sheffield plate or
0:06:57 > 0:06:59the silver plating.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04- I can do that for £45, James. - Hello, puss. What do you think?
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Eh?
0:07:05 > 0:07:07She's your lucky sign, James.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08Could be.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11That's Jess, the shop's pussy.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12What do you think, Jess?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Should I buy it?- Jess says yes.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- I'll give you £30 for it. - Go on, then.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22You've got a deal. £30.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27On Jess' sage advice, James takes the tray and he's on his way...
0:07:28 > 0:07:30..to the city's historic quayside
0:07:30 > 0:07:34and into Exeter Vintage Warehouse.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35All right, mate?
0:07:37 > 0:07:40I don't think everyone's as keen on that hat as you are, James.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41He's meeting dealer Simon.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- Hello there.- Hi. How are you doing?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Nice to meet you. - I'm James.- Hi, James.
0:07:45 > 0:07:46It's quite a big place.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48It is all yours? Is it...?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51There's 3,500 square feet here, James,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53and it's pretty much all down to me.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Blimey, Simon. You've got some ground to cover then, James.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Best get on the prowl, mate.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I love this sort of piled-up stuff.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Fingers crossed there might be something here.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08And in a flash, he's found a group of items that take his fancy.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09How about your cases?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13More luggage? After Anita's buys this morning, eh? Golly.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17They're quite sought after, but I can do you a deal.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Shall we get them down and have a look?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22It's a collection of four pieces of vintage luggage,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25two gentleman's suitcases, a lady's suitcase
0:08:25 > 0:08:28and a bag in a style known as a Gladstone.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32They all date from between the mid-19th century and to around 1920.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34What can Simon do on the price?
0:08:34 > 0:08:38You can see they've been there a while from the dust.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Blimey.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42How about all four?
0:08:42 > 0:08:44100 quid. 80 if it helps you.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- 60?- I can't.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49On a bad day, they could make 50 quid.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51So, how about 65?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Erm...
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- 75.- That is a fair price.- It is. - Right. Let me think.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Now, though that's a great deal from Simon,
0:09:00 > 0:09:03he's still not sure he can turn a profit on them as auction,
0:09:03 > 0:09:04so he's browsing on.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08HE LAUGHS
0:09:08 > 0:09:10Perfect for a classic car.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13And after a thorough scout about, he's heading outside,
0:09:13 > 0:09:18where Simon is relaxing with his partner's children Oliver and Tegan.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23That's quite fun.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Is that Egyptian, do you think?
0:09:24 > 0:09:27- I'm not sure.- Your tea table.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Honestly, James!
0:09:29 > 0:09:33Let these nice people have their tea break in peace.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35The table at which they're eating is brass topped
0:09:35 > 0:09:38and decorated in the Egyptian style.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41We could do that for 30 quid.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- It should be 30 quid, shouldn't it? - It's worth that all day long.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48James is also still keen on the collection of luggage.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50He's going to make a final offer.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54So...60 for the luggage and 20 for the table. How about that?
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- Is that all right?- It's a deal. - You've got a deal. Brilliant.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Thank you. Well...- I guess we have to clear it now. Do we?- I'm afraid so.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03But nothing can keep bargain hounds
0:10:03 > 0:10:06of this calibre off the road for long.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09They're driving along the Devon coast.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12James, I love this south coast and I really, really,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15really love the seaside.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19The seaside brings out the wild child in me.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Crikey Moses. They're heading towards the Torquay area.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25The capital of the so-called English Riviera,
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Torquay is one of Britain's best-loved seaside resorts
0:10:29 > 0:10:32and Anita's dropping James off here.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35We'll come back to you shortly, James.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Anita is motoring onwards to Ashburton,
0:10:38 > 0:10:40another pretty little Devonian town.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Anita's aiming for Etcetera Antiques,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48where dealer Rob is ready to greet her.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50- Nice to meet you. - It's lovely to be here.
0:10:54 > 0:10:59Soon enough, Anita's alighted on an unusual little something.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01- That comes off.- Careful now.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06I think it's a ruler. Not to measure, but to actually rule lines.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10Sometimes they're made of ebony and I think it's one of those, personally.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11I quite like it.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Ticket price is £15.
0:11:13 > 0:11:18What I'd like to pay for that is very, very, very little.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21We're somewhere close because I want to get very, very, very much,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- so we're not that far away, are we? - Not that far away.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Good, good, good. Can that be bought for a fiver?
0:11:27 > 0:11:30No. BOTH LAUGH
0:11:30 > 0:11:33We can get somewhere near if you buy something else, maybe.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35OK. Well... I actually don't think
0:11:35 > 0:11:37that I'd have a great deal of difficulty
0:11:37 > 0:11:40with that because I've spotted something else that I like.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Lead on, Anita.
0:11:42 > 0:11:47The other thing that drew my attention was this female bust here.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I quite like the image.
0:11:49 > 0:11:54She's a... maybe from the early part of the 20th century.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58This bohemian babe is priced up at £30.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Is she bronze? Can I have a wee look?
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Unfortunately, she's not bronze.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05She's actually a plaster.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Oh, yeah.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09It's not bronze price, so that's an advantage, isn't it?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Music to Anita's ears, then.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14I would not be wanting to pay a lot of money for that either.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16I guess we're coming to the haggling bit again.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20- Is this...? Are we coming to the haggling bit?- It felt like it to me.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21I like you, Rob.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25Could that be bought for a tenner? And that bought for £5?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Erm, I don't think I can go down that low.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Being incredibly generous -
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I'm not known for my generosity, to be honest with you...
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- I don't believe that.- ..we're going to go for £20 for both bits.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Do you think I'll make a profit? - Erm...
0:12:39 > 0:12:41I don't want to lose anything.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43- No.- But I don't want to upset you either.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46I want you to be happy when I walk out the door.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- I'll be very happy when you walk out the door.- Touche, Rob.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Well, let's just go for a deal.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54I'm happy with that. I like both of these items.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Excellent. Rob stands firm at £20 for them
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and Anita's got another two items bagged.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04James is back in Torquay, where he's going to spend the morning
0:13:04 > 0:13:07exploring the subterranean wonder
0:13:07 > 0:13:10of a world-class archaeological site.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Hello, there.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15Hi, I'm Nick. I'm the owner of Kents Cavern and we're here to show
0:13:15 > 0:13:18you around the caves and find some exciting stuff in there.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21This is a large cave complex with a truly ancient history.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- Right. Watch your head here. Just...- Oh, wow.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30The stalactites and stalagmites of these limestone caves
0:13:30 > 0:13:32are a time capsule of ancient life,
0:13:32 > 0:13:36which were formed over hundreds of thousands of millennia.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Human beings have occupied the warm sheltered caves for many
0:13:43 > 0:13:44thousands of years.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48The caves were first systematically excavated in the 19th century
0:13:48 > 0:13:51and yielded up countless archaeological finds,
0:13:51 > 0:13:54which shed light on the early history of man
0:13:54 > 0:13:58and continue to astound scientists to this day.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02The earliest sort of modern finds in the caves are actually Roman coins,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05so the Victorians, when they were excavating the caves,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07found these coins. So, we know that they...
0:14:07 > 0:14:10The Romans were here. So, that was about 2,000 years ago.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12And then, coming right through history,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14there's evidence of people using the caves.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19But it wasn't till the 1820s when a Roman Catholic priest,
0:14:19 > 0:14:21a chap called Father John MacEnery,
0:14:21 > 0:14:25started to discover something very, very strange about the cave.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27And he was finding bones of extinct animals,
0:14:27 > 0:14:32mammoths and woolly rhinos and sabre-toothed tigers,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36lying side-by-side next to stones that had been shaped by some
0:14:36 > 0:14:37kind of intelligent being.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39This intelligent being was, of course, a human.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43At the time, it was popularly supposed that human history
0:14:43 > 0:14:46stretched back only a few thousand years,
0:14:46 > 0:14:49but MacEnery's discovery showed that people had
0:14:49 > 0:14:52been around for very much longer than that.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56His finds led to the cave being carefully excavated in the 19th
0:14:56 > 0:14:57and 20th centuries.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Today, the cavern is recognised as one of the most important
0:15:00 > 0:15:05archaeological and paleontological sites in Britain.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Don't try saying that too quickly.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11Nick's taking James to see a copy of a find that has only recently
0:15:11 > 0:15:14revolutionised our understanding of early man.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18- This was discovered in Kents Cavern.- In the 19th century?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21In the 1920s. This is... Well, it's a copy.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25..of the oldest piece of human bone found anywhere in Britain,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28and it's a piece of human jaw bone.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31In the last few years, new scientific analysis
0:15:31 > 0:15:36of the specimen has suggested that the jaw bone is more than 40,000 years old.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40While Nick has a copy, the real thing is nearby in Torquay Museum.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43It's about 42,000 years old.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Just to put that into perspective.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48If we think of Stonehenge, for example.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Stonehenge is about 5,000 years old.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54This discovery suggests that modern humans were living in Britain
0:15:54 > 0:15:57much earlier than was previously though.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00It's the oldest human bone in the whole of north-western Europe,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- comes from Torquay, which is pretty extraordinary, really. - Incredible.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Almost 200 years after MacEnery's finds,
0:16:07 > 0:16:10the cavern is still offering up the secrets of our ancient
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Stone Age past.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Thank you very much. One last request. Show me the way out...
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- because I'm totally lost.- It's over here, James.- Thanks very much.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Now don't get lost, James.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22People tend to get stuck down here for quite a long while.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Meanwhile, Anita's driven on to the town of Bovey Tracey
0:16:28 > 0:16:31to shop at Courtenay House Antiques.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Hello, Anita. - Hello.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39- How lovely to meet you. - And you as well.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42This shop incorporates a little tea room.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Hello, girls.- Are you having a lovely time, ladies?
0:16:45 > 0:16:46ALL: Yes.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Anita has a plan this afternoon.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52She's decided that she'd like to find some jewels.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55I'm continually drawn to jewellery cabinets
0:16:55 > 0:16:58because I love jewellery and I like buying it.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01And I like to see a selection like that.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Tina! I've been looking in your jewellery cabinet here.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09I wondered if you had anything behind the counter,
0:17:09 > 0:17:10anything that's fresh in.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15- I have a hidden little box I might be able to show you.- Yes!
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Now this is what I call very exciting.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20I'll get my wee glass out.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Anita's selecting a little group of rings -
0:17:22 > 0:17:26two nine-carat gold pieces, a gold and platinum ring
0:17:26 > 0:17:28and a 22-carat wedding band.
0:17:28 > 0:17:33All of these items bear some damage or a little tired in style.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38She's aiming to build up a lot that might appeal to a scrap gold dealer or a rag and bone man.
0:17:39 > 0:17:45And you're dealing with gold, which you know has to be recycled,
0:17:45 > 0:17:49and I sometimes think that that is a wonderful aspect
0:17:49 > 0:17:50of our business...
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Yes.- ..in that we are the original recyclers.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I'd like to make an offer on that little group.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I'd like to be paying £25 on that wee lot.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- You're happy at that?- Yeah.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- That's great. - That's what I had in my mind.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Is that what you had in your mind?- Yes.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11What a team we would make.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Indeed. Anita's happy with the lot of gold rings
0:18:15 > 0:18:17she thinks might sell for scrap,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21but she's spotted a broach fashioned of a non-precious yellow
0:18:21 > 0:18:24metal that she'd also like to throw into the lot.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28This is not for scrap. I think it's cos she just likes it, to be honest.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- See this wee thing here?- Yes.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- If we put that in with it.- 30. - You're a very decisive woman.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37You are, Tina.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Let's go for £30 AND let's shake on that again.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Thank you very much.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45And with that, Anita has all her buys for auction.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Now James is back in the Beetle and he's got some company.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54I'm not quite sure how to break the news
0:18:54 > 0:18:58to Anita that she's been replaced.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03He's hatching a plan to return to Exeter, if he can figure out how to get there.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Erm, excuse me. Hi.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07You couldn't tell me the right way to Exeter, could you?
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- Go up to the top of the junction. - I do apologise.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- That's quite all right. - She's showing a bit too much.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17So, why exactly are you going back to Exeter, James?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19The hotel that Anita and I stayed in last night
0:19:19 > 0:19:23is littered with odd antiques here and there,
0:19:23 > 0:19:24so I had a word with the owner
0:19:24 > 0:19:29and she seems rather keen to sell the odd one.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31And so back to Exeter.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35And to the Gipsy Hill Hotel.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39The owner's name is Grace, but she's a little camera shy.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43- So, James is meeting the duty manager.- Hi, I'm James. - Hi, I'm Thierry.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46James is hoping that he might find a forgotten treasure amongst
0:19:46 > 0:19:49the hotel's knick-knacks and objects.
0:19:49 > 0:19:54James is keen on a pair of 19th century Chinese vases he spotted.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57At the moment, these are really doing OK,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59so these are quite fashionable.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02They're Chinese and they're known as famille rose.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07Of course, being French, you'll know - family of pink. Erm...
0:20:07 > 0:20:13And we've got warriors and we've got these figures of the Oriental court.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15It's got a chunk out of that one.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18- On the top there.- Yeah.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22But it's a small... In overall terms, it could be worse.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Oddly enough, there's no ticket price because this is a hotel,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- but what will James offer? - One perfect, one damaged.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31£100.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- What do you think? - I'll go and find out for you.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Have a word. Thank you.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Thierry will got and ask the owner if £100 would buy them,
0:20:40 > 0:20:45but James is having an uncharacteristic change of heart.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47I've come in at 100 because I want to be fair.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Do you know, I think even if he says yes to 100, I think I'm going
0:20:50 > 0:20:52to give him a bit more.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54150 probably. What do you think?
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- She said it's not enough, £100. She said 150.- Oh, did she?
0:20:58 > 0:21:01OK. I'm going to give you 180.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Gosh. He must be feeling guilty.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07That's because it's not a shop, so I'm taking a bit more of a risk.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10But I'm hoping that they'll do well.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12But I want you to feel that it's been fair as well.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17Thank you. That's great. Thank you very much.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21On this leg, Anita began with 439.32.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24She spent £137 on her five lots.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27A vintage medical chart,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29vintage suitcases,
0:21:29 > 0:21:31a plaster bust of a lady,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33a Victorian cylinder ruler
0:21:33 > 0:21:35and a collection of jewellery.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40While James began with a budget of £971.94.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44He spent a total of £325 also for five lots.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47A pair of famille rose vases,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50a selection of 19th century luggage,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52an Edwardian rococo tray,
0:21:52 > 0:21:56a female shop mannequin with a big wig,
0:21:56 > 0:21:57and an Egyptian table.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01And, after that, what do they think of their rival's lots?
0:22:01 > 0:22:05His vases. He's playing that old Oriental card again,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07and he's found them in the hotel.
0:22:07 > 0:22:12My goodness. No place is safe with James Lewis about.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Anita's things, well, what has she got?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18We've got a little ruler, the Art Nouveau bust.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19She's not going to lose anything.
0:22:19 > 0:22:24And that gold, my goodness. Guaranteed profit.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27On this delightful Devon road trip,
0:22:27 > 0:22:28James and Anita began in Exeter
0:22:28 > 0:22:30and are now motoring towards
0:22:30 > 0:22:32auction in the town of Chudleigh.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34And indeed to Chudleigh's town hall,
0:22:34 > 0:22:37wherein today's auction will take place.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Oh, I can smell bacon!
0:22:39 > 0:22:42And presiding over this morning's sale is the auctioneer
0:22:42 > 0:22:43Michael Bowman.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46The sale is about to begin. Oh! The tension.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50First up, it's Anita's French medical chart.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Start me at £10 for the chart.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Ten is there? Five if you like.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59This medical chart. Five bid, thank you. £5.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01At five. At £5.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04We'll have one bid at £5. At five.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I'm selling at £5.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- That wasn't a good start, James. - HE LAUGHS
0:23:13 > 0:23:15Not very healthy.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Next it's another lot for Anita,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19as her two leather suitcases meet the crowd.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22£10 for the two.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24- £10.- £10.
0:23:24 > 0:23:2512.
0:23:26 > 0:23:2815. 17.
0:23:28 > 0:23:3020. At £20.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34- Gentleman's bidding in the centre at 20. At £20.- No!
0:23:34 > 0:23:37At 20. In the centre at 20. All done?
0:23:37 > 0:23:38At £20.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Slaughtered, James.
0:23:40 > 0:23:4220 quid!
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Oh, dear.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47They're sent packing at a stinging loss.
0:23:47 > 0:23:51See if they like yours better, I'm going to burst into floods of tears.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55So, with hopes that Anita's mascara is waterproof,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58it's James' own lot of luggage now.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Start me at £10 for the lot.
0:24:00 > 0:24:0310 bid, thank you. 12.
0:24:03 > 0:24:0515. 17.
0:24:05 > 0:24:0720. 22.
0:24:07 > 0:24:0825. 27.
0:24:08 > 0:24:1030. 32
0:24:10 > 0:24:1235. 37.
0:24:12 > 0:24:1440. 42.
0:24:14 > 0:24:1545.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17At £45 in the centre seated.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18- Well...- At £45.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Gentleman's bid at 45.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23All done? At £45.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Still pretty depressing, isn't it? SHE LAUGHS
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Cheer up, James.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Now it's Anita's plaster bust of a bohemian lady.
0:24:34 > 0:24:3610 bid, thank you. £10.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37At 10.
0:24:37 > 0:24:3812. 15.
0:24:38 > 0:24:4117. 20. At £20.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Up on the stairs at 20. At £20.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47At 20. Up on the stairs at 20. Are we all done?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50I'm selling at £20.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Well, that is a tiny, tiny blood transfusion after the blood bath.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59A profit. Let's hope this is the lot that changes their fortunes.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Now, will James' silver plated tray shine?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Start me at £10 for the tray.
0:25:06 > 0:25:0710 bid. 12.
0:25:07 > 0:25:0915. 17.
0:25:09 > 0:25:1120. At £20.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Back of the room standing at 20.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16- What?- £20.- No way! - It's not good.
0:25:16 > 0:25:1825. 27.
0:25:18 > 0:25:2030. 32.
0:25:21 > 0:25:2335. At £35.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Back of the room now at 35.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Gentleman's bid standing at 35.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30All done? At £35.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32It does scrape a small profit,
0:25:32 > 0:25:34but he'll have to pay auction costs on that.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Now, will this lot make James feel a bit of a dummy?
0:25:40 > 0:25:41It's the bewigged mannequin.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44At 10.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Is there 12 anywhere? At £10 for this mannequin.
0:25:46 > 0:25:4812. 15.
0:25:48 > 0:25:5017. 20. At £20.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52- Go on.- On the stairs there, 20.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54At £20.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57At 20. Up on the stairs at 20. We're all done?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59At £20.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Oh!
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Surprise, surprise - no-one else likes it as much as James does.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09Anita's cylindrical ruler is next.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Will it draw a straight line to a profit?
0:26:13 > 0:26:1510 bid, thank you. At £10.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16At 10. 12.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19You're in profit. £12.
0:26:19 > 0:26:2115. At £15.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24- Trebled your money.- 15. Back of the room now at 15.
0:26:24 > 0:26:2615. On my left at 15. Gentleman's bid at 15.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Are we all done? I'm selling at £15.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32That does rule in her favour.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37Now it's James' Egyptian-style brass top table.
0:26:37 > 0:26:3820 bid, thank you. At £20.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40And five, may I say? At £20.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Are we all done then at £20?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46At £20. I'm selling if there's no further bids at 20.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48- All done?- No way.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50At £20.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53LAUGHTER
0:26:53 > 0:26:55No need to throw your toys out of the pram, James.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59It was a ghastly thing. Although that is a loss after costs.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- Bad boy. - HE LAUGHS
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Now it's Anita's job lot of gold rings,
0:27:07 > 0:27:08along with a yellow metal broach.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11James fancied it. Will the punters?
0:27:11 > 0:27:1420, is there? 20 bid, thank you.
0:27:14 > 0:27:1725. 35. 40.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Five. 50.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23Five. 60.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- 65.- It's climbing.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29100. 105.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33110. 115.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35And climbing.
0:27:35 > 0:27:36140.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39And 140. Are we all sound at 140?
0:27:39 > 0:27:42At £140.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46A very nice profit pulls Anita back from the brink.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47NARRATOR WHISTLES
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- Wow.- £140.- Well done.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Now it's James' moneybags purchase,
0:27:53 > 0:27:57two Chinese vases privately bought from a hotelier.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00At £50. 60.
0:28:00 > 0:28:0270. 80.
0:28:02 > 0:28:0490. 100.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- 110.- It's getting there, James.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11130. 140. 150.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13160. At 160.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- On the landing at 160.- No.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18No, no, no.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19Don't panic, James.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21- Don't panic.- I'm not panicking.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23180. 190.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25200. 210.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- Telephone's still in.- 220.
0:28:28 > 0:28:29It's got legs, this one.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31320.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32340.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34360.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36SHE WHISPERS
0:28:36 > 0:28:37380. 400.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- (400.)- Well, that's what I thought they should make.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41It's gathering momentum.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43420. 480.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45500.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47That's good now.
0:28:47 > 0:28:48520.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51540.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53At 560.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55At 560 and I'm selling.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58At £560.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00(Yes!)
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Jeez!
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Look out! He's more than trebled his money on that one.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09It's been a very odd day.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Certainly has been an odd day.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Anita started this leg with £439.32.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19After paying auction costs, she holds a small profit of £27 exactly,
0:29:19 > 0:29:26giving her £466.32 to carry onwards and upwards.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32Whilst James began with £917.94.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37He made a smashing profit of £232.60, giving him
0:29:37 > 0:29:42a whopping £1,204.54 cash in hand.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47Oh, James, that was a bit of a rollercoaster ride.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Wasn't it just?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51That's all it needs - one star lot.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- Come on.- Thank you.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58So let's hope there will be some more star lots to come. Drive on!
0:29:58 > 0:30:03On this final leg, our twosome are driving a Swinging Sixties sweetheart -
0:30:03 > 0:30:05the 1969 Volkswagen Beetle.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09We've seen some wonderful counties in England.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12We've been to Herefordshire. No, Hertfordshire.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15Hertfordshire, Herefordshire and Hampshire,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17where hurricanes hardly ever happen.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Huh!
0:30:18 > 0:30:21They started this whole road trip actually in Oxfordshire,
0:30:21 > 0:30:24and have toured the stately southern counties of England,
0:30:24 > 0:30:26heading for auction in London.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27On this last leg of their journey,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29they'll begin in Dorchester,
0:30:29 > 0:30:32with all eyes on their final auction in our nation's capital.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37It's a fine day in Dorset as they drive towards Dorchester,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40where they're both beginning this leg's shopping.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44Oh, they've driven straight into the middle of a classic motorcycle meet.
0:30:44 > 0:30:50- Trust you two! - Wow! An old Norton. Wow!
0:30:50 > 0:30:52- This is very much your era, isn't it? - Yeah!
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- '30s and all that. - Watch it, watch it!
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Golly!
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- Anyway, less about the old bikes, more about antiques.- OK.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Indeed.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05They're splitting up to wander to their first shops.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07James is strolling off into De Danann Antiques,
0:31:07 > 0:31:10where he's meeting dealer John.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Golly! You've got a big place. - No need to be personal.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16It's a sizeable antiques centre, so he'll need to use his head
0:31:16 > 0:31:20if he's going to root out a bargain.
0:31:20 > 0:31:21Hello!
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Hello! He's shortly spotted another couple of animal-themed items.
0:31:27 > 0:31:28Crufts dog show.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Oh, really?
0:31:30 > 0:31:34A pair of EPBM - electro-plated base metal - cups.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Commemorating the Crufts dog show.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39When did Crufts start?
0:31:39 > 0:31:411891, as it happens.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44These possibly date from the early years of the event.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Ticket price is £45 for the pair.
0:31:46 > 0:31:50This is very much in what we call the Rococo style.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Very Victorian.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56Embossed with flowers and these giant C-scrolls.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58It says they're a pair, but they're not,
0:31:58 > 0:31:59because if you hold them together,
0:31:59 > 0:32:03one is about half an inch longer than the other,
0:32:03 > 0:32:05and also, different makers,
0:32:05 > 0:32:07so I reckon they'd have been different years.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09He's noting them and browsing on.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Soon he spies something else which really speaks of its own history.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15That's quite interesting.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Lt W Batty of the Royal Signals.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23So we've got an engineer's tool cabinet
0:32:23 > 0:32:28with precision instruments and chisels.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I don't see any precision instruments,
0:32:30 > 0:32:33but the Royal Corps of Signals is a branch of the armed forces
0:32:33 > 0:32:36dedicated to telecommunications.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38This toolkit dates from the early 20th century.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Well, maybe. Ticket price, £60.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44John, I've got a couple of things I'm looking at up here.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47I thought they're quite interesting.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- Yeah, Crufts.- I thought they might be early Crufts trophies,
0:32:50 > 0:32:51but they're not a pair, though.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55- Good lord! One for one year and one for another?- Yes, that's what I think.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Er...25.
0:32:57 > 0:32:5925. OK.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02And what about the signalman's toolkit?
0:33:02 > 0:33:04That could be 40.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06(40...)
0:33:07 > 0:33:0965.
0:33:09 > 0:33:1060 for the two.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- 50 the two?- 55?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16There you go. 55. Thank you.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Excellent! A great deal done with military efficiency.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Now, Anita's nearby at Dorchester Curiosity Centre,
0:33:23 > 0:33:26where she's meeting dealer Martin.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I love this type of place.
0:33:28 > 0:33:35It's a big warehouse and there is thousands and thousands of items
0:33:35 > 0:33:39of every type and every fashion.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41And she's soon spotted something outside
0:33:41 > 0:33:44that she'd like to take for a ride.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47What's this wee soul doing out here all alone?
0:33:47 > 0:33:50He's a black beauty.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51Certainly is.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54It's a metal spring-mounted rocking horse.
0:33:54 > 0:33:55Ticket price is £65.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59He's a tin toy. He's from the 1940s,
0:33:59 > 0:34:03so he has a bit of age. He's a vintage item.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07He's resting on these springs,
0:34:07 > 0:34:11and it's a fairly tough and substantial toy.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Of course, she's going to test that theory. Stand by.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16He would probably take my weight.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Careful!
0:34:19 > 0:34:20TIM TITTERS
0:34:20 > 0:34:23My legs are too long!
0:34:23 > 0:34:26But he's a good strong creature.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28I think I'll have a go at him.
0:34:28 > 0:34:29Hmm. Better get Martin.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32What I'd be looking to buy him for
0:34:32 > 0:34:34is round about £25.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36HE INHALES SHARPLY Right.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38I'd like to look at 30.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40- At 30?- Yeah.- Uh-huh.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Could you come a wee bit sort of...
0:34:43 > 0:34:45halfway between the two?
0:34:45 > 0:34:49- Let's go £28, then. How's that?- £28? That sounds absolutely wonderful.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50Thank you very much.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52One item safely stabled,
0:34:52 > 0:34:56and she's soon toying with the idea of another playful buy.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00We've got a whole army there. I'm not sure
0:35:00 > 0:35:02which army!
0:35:02 > 0:35:05I think it's second childhood, you know.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08100 lead toy soldiers,
0:35:08 > 0:35:10not all originating from the same set.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Ticket price on the whole assortment is £108.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15Is she going gaga?
0:35:15 > 0:35:17The dealer who owns them is called Gary.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21What I do like about this is that you've got quite a quantity.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23You can have a good wee...war there.
0:35:23 > 0:35:24A good battle, yeah!
0:35:24 > 0:35:27And if all else fails,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30you've got these four Scotsmen with kilts on,
0:35:30 > 0:35:32who will come down and win the battle.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35And all this chat about brave Scots warriors
0:35:35 > 0:35:39has whetted Anita's appetite for a serious haggle. Look out, Gary!
0:35:39 > 0:35:43Can they be bought for in the region of,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46say, £30, £35?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49I think the best I could do really is 55.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51- 55 on that?- Yes.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Could you take another tenner off of it?
0:35:53 > 0:35:55I'll met you halfway. 50.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Shall we go for it?
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- If you're happy.- Let's go with that. Thank you very much, Gary.
0:36:00 > 0:36:01- You're very welcome.- That's smashing.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04So, she's got the rocking horse and the lead soldiers
0:36:04 > 0:36:05for a total of £78.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09And now she's trotting off to find a sandpit to play in, perhaps.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Now, James is still in his first shop.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18That's ominous.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20That's quite interesting.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22It's a shot flask for...
0:36:22 > 0:36:25or powder flask
0:36:25 > 0:36:28for an 18th-century musket. Made from one whole cow horn.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Mmm. It's designed to hold shot or gunpowder.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Ticket price is £18
0:36:35 > 0:36:38and James is impressed with its quality.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Just look at the way that's been heated
0:36:40 > 0:36:43and flattened. Very subtly done.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47Into these panels and then spiralled.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48£18.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Well...it's not expensive at that.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54I'll just see what he can do on it.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Go for it.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- Hi.- Hi.- What could you do on that for me?
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- 9.- 9?- Yeah.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Deal. Thank you very much.
0:37:05 > 0:37:06That's grand.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10Golly, that deal was over like a shot. Swift work, chaps.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13And his magpie eye is soon caught by something shiny
0:37:13 > 0:37:15elsewhere in the shop.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18I'm thinking about useful things for the dining table.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21And there we've got a pair of
0:37:21 > 0:37:26Victorian Sheffield plate bottle coasters.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Sheffield plate is clever stuff.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31It looks just like the real solid silver,
0:37:31 > 0:37:34except it's silver on top of a layer of copper.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37Popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41Two pairs of the coasters, priced up at £30 each,
0:37:41 > 0:37:42so £60 the lot.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48But it's the damage, and the damage is key.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51We've got a boss missing off that one in the centre
0:37:51 > 0:37:53and we've got woodworm in the base there.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55HE INHALES
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Best see what John could do, then.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00John, what could they be?
0:38:00 > 0:38:0240 the lot.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03How about 35, then?
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- 35, yeah?- Is 35 all right?- Yeah. That's fine.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08You've got a deal. Thank you very much.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Thank you.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11Smashing.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13After a bumper browse in this shop,
0:38:13 > 0:38:15James has secured a whopping four items.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Thank you, John!
0:38:20 > 0:38:22Now, Anita's also still in Dorchester.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Continuing the playful theme she started this morning shopping with,
0:38:25 > 0:38:29she's now wandered on to the town's teddy bear museum.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30Fancy a hug?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36She's meeting the proprietor, Jackie Ridley.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Hello! It's lovely to be here.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- My name's Anita.- I'm Jackie.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- And I'm a teddy bear girl. - I'm so glad!
0:38:43 > 0:38:45You've come to the right place.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47This enchanting museum grew out of
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Jackie's own enormous and quirky collection of teddy bears.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Collecting bears is a personal passion
0:38:52 > 0:38:54that she's had since childhood.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Do you still have your first bear? - I do.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59- And he's here today.- Is he? Oh!
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- Can I have a wee cuddle?- Oh, yes.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Aw! He's very sweet.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Teddy bears are named after
0:39:06 > 0:39:09US President Theodore - or Teddy - Roosevelt.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13The story goes that Roosevelt spared the life of a bear
0:39:13 > 0:39:15when on a hunting trip,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18and this inspired a couple who owned as Brooklyn candy store
0:39:18 > 0:39:21to create a toy in tribute.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23The wife, Rose, Rose Michtom,
0:39:23 > 0:39:28would actually make a little tiny Teddy's bear.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32So she makes a Teddy's bear and pops it in her husband's shop window.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- And that's how they started? - That's how it all started.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39Though the teddy is as American as apple pie in its origins,
0:39:39 > 0:39:42it was a German company, Steiff,
0:39:42 > 0:39:44that really popularised it
0:39:44 > 0:39:47and remains the key name in collectable bears to this day.
0:39:47 > 0:39:52Well, Margarete Steiff had the capacity
0:39:52 > 0:39:54to key into this Teddy's bear.
0:39:54 > 0:39:58She had a huge factory and she was able to suddenly
0:39:58 > 0:40:00manufacture them in quantity,
0:40:00 > 0:40:05and by 1903, the Germans had virtually taken over
0:40:05 > 0:40:10the market for this new phenomenon which everyone wanted,
0:40:10 > 0:40:11which was a teddy bear.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14The Steiff company has remained synonymous
0:40:14 > 0:40:17with valuable and collectable bears.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Jackie's taking Anita to see a copy
0:40:19 > 0:40:22of the most valuable teddy in the world -
0:40:22 > 0:40:28a Steiff bear that sold at auction for an astonishing £110,000.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32What are we looking for in an early Steiff bear?
0:40:32 > 0:40:36- What are the characteristics? - Look at the length of the arms.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Look at this lovely hump.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Look at the way the stitching is done,
0:40:42 > 0:40:45the way the nose is made, and the eyes.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47The eyes are glass eyes.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49They're not plastic eyes.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51I don't think it's only that,
0:40:51 > 0:40:56but it's the fact that this is just a gorgeous...thing.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Well, I think this will send us all
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- searching in the attics for our old teddy bear.- Absolutely.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06But it would have to be a very, very special teddy.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08It would.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10It's nearly time for Anita to hit the road,
0:41:10 > 0:41:11but first, she's going to have
0:41:11 > 0:41:14a last look around Jackie's collection.
0:41:14 > 0:41:19# If you go down in the woods today You'd better go in disguise... #
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Look out, Anita! Some of the locals are taking an interest in you.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24They'll want an autograph.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28# Today's the day the teddy bears have their picnic. #
0:41:28 > 0:41:34Back in the car and back on the road, our experts are as competitive as ever.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36What I want to do today, James, is to find something
0:41:36 > 0:41:39that's going to make me £3,000!
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Don't we all, Anita.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Let's hope your luck's in, girl.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46They're driving to the city of Portsmouth in Hampshire.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Portsmouth has, for centuries,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51been one of Britain's most vital naval ports.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55Its history is commemorated by the city's modern Spinnaker Tower.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59They're pulling up beside a naval hero.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01- There we go!- Well done, James.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Who is that?
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- It's Nelson, of course.- Oh, yeah!
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Good-looking guy from the back.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Hey, Anita, stop ogling a statue!
0:42:11 > 0:42:14She's going to drive onwards, though.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17But James is going to his first shop.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20He's marching off towards the Antiques Storehouse,
0:42:20 > 0:42:24which is located right in the heart of Portsmouth's historic docks.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28James has been here before, so already knows dealer Andrew.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- Hi, Andrew. How are you?- Hi, James. Good to see you.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41I've got to find something that's got a chance of making a profit.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Yep, that's the general idea.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47But he's just found something with real historic interest.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50One thing that almost everybody finds
0:42:50 > 0:42:52when they're doing a house clearance,
0:42:52 > 0:42:54stuck at the back of the bureau,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57is Granny's death certificate, or Grandad's death certificate.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59But...
0:43:00 > 0:43:02..this one is slightly different.
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09I mean, that...
0:43:09 > 0:43:12is an incredible thing to see.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14There would be more than one.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18You would have to prove to the tax office, to the Inland Revenue,
0:43:18 > 0:43:20but also, you would have copies made
0:43:20 > 0:43:22for the family as well, for the family records.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25Yeah, there could be lots of copies knocking about.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28It's priced at £1,100. Huh!
0:43:28 > 0:43:32So James isn't sure he could make a profit on it.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34But he's visited this shop on a previous road trip,
0:43:34 > 0:43:38and he's remembered some stock of Andrew's he'd like to revisit.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41One of the things you pointed out very kindly
0:43:41 > 0:43:46were two very thick boxes, blue boxes of William Wyllie sketches.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48- I haven't moved them since! - Haven't you?!
0:43:48 > 0:43:52Andrew has two boxes crammed full of works
0:43:52 > 0:43:56that came from the studio of popular artist William Lionel Wyllie,
0:43:56 > 0:43:59who painted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02- There you go.- Ah, brilliant! Where shall we go with these?
0:44:02 > 0:44:06James did rather well from the last Wyllie sketch he bought here.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Can he repeat the trick?
0:44:08 > 0:44:11William Wyllie was really known for his etchings
0:44:11 > 0:44:14of yachts and ships,
0:44:14 > 0:44:15and there's the man himself.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17There he is. That's William Wyllie,
0:44:17 > 0:44:19painting a large-scale oil.
0:44:19 > 0:44:23James has found one unusual sketch that he really likes.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25I think that's quite smart.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28And there's a bird sitting on a cat's head,
0:44:28 > 0:44:31sharing a bowl of milk with mice.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34"United Happy Family" he's called it.
0:44:34 > 0:44:37That's bonkers!
0:44:37 > 0:44:39Love it.
0:44:39 > 0:44:41He's going to speak to Andrew about that one.
0:44:41 > 0:44:44- Could that be 10?- Yeah, that's fine.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46And he's also selected another piece.
0:44:46 > 0:44:51There's a yacht, which I thought would be more his sort of thing,
0:44:51 > 0:44:53so, I mean, what would you want for that?
0:44:53 > 0:44:56That's going to be getting...certainly £50 for that.
0:44:56 > 0:44:5750. OK.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00- Take 50 the two?- I'll do them for 60.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02That was 50 and that was 10 anyway!
0:45:02 > 0:45:05Was it? I thought I said 20. OK, 50's fine.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08- You've got a deal.- That is really nice, actually.
0:45:08 > 0:45:13It is. James gets his wily way with his Wyllie pictures for £50.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15And he's sailing onwards. Hopefully upwards.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21Now, Anita's driven on to the town of Fareham, Hampshire,
0:45:21 > 0:45:23where she's visiting Antiques of Fareham.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28- Hello.- Hello! I'm Anita Manning.
0:45:28 > 0:45:29Hi. I'm Nick.
0:45:29 > 0:45:34- I'm looking to buy some antiques. Am I in the right place?- Yes, you are.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36Tell you what, if you just stand over there,
0:45:36 > 0:45:39I'll open up the door and reveal all to you.
0:45:39 > 0:45:40Sounds interesting.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42It does!
0:45:46 > 0:45:49- Hello, again!- Hello!
0:45:49 > 0:45:52Nick and his wife used to have a shop in town,
0:45:52 > 0:45:55but now mainly deal online and at antique fairs,
0:45:55 > 0:45:58so they've generously allowed Anita into their garage,
0:45:58 > 0:46:01where they keep their stock.
0:46:01 > 0:46:03Best behaviour, now, Anita.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09And she's soon unearthed something that she likes the look of.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12I rather like this little purse.
0:46:12 > 0:46:16Late 19th, early 20th century.
0:46:16 > 0:46:21If you open it up, it's in absolutely perfect condition.
0:46:21 > 0:46:26But it has a faintly Art Deco look about it.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30As if it was blowing a kiss to the Art Deco period.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33Hmm. You do have a way with words, Anita.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35Ticket price is £35.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39The purse is made of ivory,
0:46:39 > 0:46:43but of course it's illegal to trade in ivory items made after 1947.
0:46:44 > 0:46:48But this little purse here was made well before that time.
0:46:48 > 0:46:51And there's something else from a similar period
0:46:51 > 0:46:52that's also caught her fancy.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55I like this. I find it very appealing.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58It's a little evening purse.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02Now, the body of the purse is made of the finest kid leather.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05This is probably the type of purse
0:47:05 > 0:47:10that a fine stylish lady would have carried on a night out
0:47:10 > 0:47:13at the turn of the century in Shanghai.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16Ooh! Ticket price on the leather purse is £18.
0:47:16 > 0:47:21She's going to ask Nick about both her Art Deco-influenced items.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24What will Anita offer on the ivory purse?
0:47:24 > 0:47:29I would be thinking of that probably in the region of...
0:47:29 > 0:47:31£12 to £15.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33And what about the leather one?
0:47:33 > 0:47:39I'd be maybe in the region of £8, round about that.
0:47:39 > 0:47:44Hmm. I think we might be able to do something. I don't know if I can do it quite as low as that.
0:47:44 > 0:47:49What I'd be looking at would be about 25, 27 for the pair.
0:47:49 > 0:47:53- Is there any possibility of coming near 20 on it?- Um...
0:47:53 > 0:47:57I think just to make a little bit in it for me,
0:47:57 > 0:47:59if I said 22?
0:47:59 > 0:48:02That's absolutely fine with me. I'm happy with that.
0:48:02 > 0:48:07Anita's got her stylish buys and she's off.
0:48:07 > 0:48:13Ten miles down the road to Southsea, where she's heading into Parmiters Antiques
0:48:13 > 0:48:15to meet sharply dressed dealer Ian.
0:48:15 > 0:48:19- Hello.- Hello. I'm Anita.- Hello, Anita. Welcome to Southsea.
0:48:19 > 0:48:20Oh, nice jacket, sir!
0:48:20 > 0:48:22Ian's shop is stuffed to the gunwales
0:48:22 > 0:48:25with eye-catching and eccentric items,
0:48:25 > 0:48:29which plays right into Anita's wheelhouse.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Time for a browse, Anita.
0:48:36 > 0:48:38Shortly she's fallen for something
0:48:38 > 0:48:40redolent of the great British seaside.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Isn't he adorable?
0:48:42 > 0:48:43Not another one!
0:48:43 > 0:48:46This is Puck the magic dragon.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48Ah, Puff's brother, is he?
0:48:48 > 0:48:53I think that this is a fairground animal.
0:48:53 > 0:48:58I think this is off one of the rides of maybe the 1940s
0:48:58 > 0:48:59or 1950s.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03And it appeals to me because it is so colourful.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05I wonder how much it is?
0:49:05 > 0:49:06Best ask Ian.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09I've fallen in love with Puck the magic dragon.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12I suppose you want to know how much it is?
0:49:12 > 0:49:13She sure does.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16I'm asking 150, but I'm open to an offer.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18- We can do a wee bit of bargaining. - Yeah.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22- Without falling out.- I won't fall out with you, Anita.
0:49:22 > 0:49:23- Cos you're nice.- That's good!
0:49:23 > 0:49:26Say I come in at...
0:49:26 > 0:49:27£80?
0:49:27 > 0:49:30- How does that sound?- 120.
0:49:32 > 0:49:33100.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36- Go on, then. - Thank you very much!
0:49:36 > 0:49:39Cor, she's splashing her cash today.
0:49:39 > 0:49:40But she'll have to be bold
0:49:40 > 0:49:43if she's going to stand any chance against James. Hello!
0:49:43 > 0:49:45Not my type.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50No, but there's someone outside who does take her fancy.
0:49:53 > 0:49:55This is one of the things that I noticed
0:49:55 > 0:49:56when I came in at the beginning.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58A footballer.
0:49:58 > 0:50:03It's a piece of a fairground attraction. Ticket price is £120.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07I'm going to have a go at that. I think that's great.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09And he's got fabulous thighs.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11Yeah, footballer's!
0:50:11 > 0:50:13- I want to ask you about something else.- OK.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16What can you give him to me for?
0:50:16 > 0:50:19Well, again...what am I asking? 120.
0:50:19 > 0:50:22120. Could I come in at 60?
0:50:22 > 0:50:23Um...go on, give me 60 for him.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Oh, 60 quid - that's wonderful!
0:50:26 > 0:50:28Absolutely wonderful.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30- He can be my new boyfriend.- Yeah!
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Yes! You've scored, Anita.
0:50:32 > 0:50:37She's got both her final items, and now everyone's all bought up.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40Anita started this leg with £466.32.
0:50:40 > 0:50:44She spent £260 on her five lots.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47An Art Deco ivory evening bag,
0:50:47 > 0:50:50a collection of toy soldiers,
0:50:50 > 0:50:53a playground Puck the Magic Dragon,
0:50:53 > 0:50:55a spring rocking horse,
0:50:55 > 0:50:57and a fairground footballer. As you do.
0:50:57 > 0:51:02While James began with £1,204.54.
0:51:02 > 0:51:05He spent £149 and also has five lots.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07A horn flask,
0:51:07 > 0:51:12bottle coasters, a precision engineer's toolcase,
0:51:12 > 0:51:14a pair of Victorian Crufts vases,
0:51:14 > 0:51:18and two pieces of original artwork by William Lionel Wyllie.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21So, what do they think of each other's items?
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Wyllie is just absolutely marvellous
0:51:24 > 0:51:29on that type of marine drawing or watercolour or etching.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31So, I think he'll do well on that.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34I think Anita's suffering from too much sun.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36What a mad lot!
0:51:36 > 0:51:39The little dragon - £100?
0:51:39 > 0:51:42HE SIGHS No.
0:51:42 > 0:51:43Don't mince your words, eh?
0:51:43 > 0:51:45On this final leg of the road trip,
0:51:45 > 0:51:49Anita and James began in Dorchester, Dorset,
0:51:49 > 0:51:52and they're now aiming for auction in grand old London town.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55Today's auction is in Wandsworth,
0:51:55 > 0:51:57on the banks of old Father Thames,
0:51:57 > 0:52:01and not too far from the iconic edifice of Battersea Power Station,
0:52:01 > 0:52:05They're driving to Criterion Auctions.
0:52:05 > 0:52:07Hang on! Something's different.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10Have you changed your hair, Anita?
0:52:13 > 0:52:15Oh, no! Silly me.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17Unfortunately, James has been taken ill
0:52:17 > 0:52:19and won't be able to attend this auction.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22But fortunately, I've got a stand-in!
0:52:22 > 0:52:26He's a cracking guy! He looks a bit like James as well.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28He does a bit, actually.
0:52:28 > 0:52:31Our new friend is a bull mastiff by the name of Nelson.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35But today, he'll be playing the part of James Lewis.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37They're arriving at the auction house. Look at that.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39Here we are, darling. Here we are.
0:52:41 > 0:52:44There we are. Hold on a sec. Hold on a sec.
0:52:44 > 0:52:45Wait a minute!
0:52:47 > 0:52:49He's keener than you are today, Anita!
0:52:49 > 0:52:52The saleroom's looking a little sparse today,
0:52:52 > 0:52:55but will be accepting bids over the telephone and online.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Today's auctioneer is Daniel Webster.
0:52:57 > 0:53:00First up is James's 18th-century shot flask.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Will it go off with a bang?
0:53:02 > 0:53:05At £30. The money's with me at 30.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Surely worth more. At 30, and 5 now.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10At £35, are we all sure, then?
0:53:10 > 0:53:12At 35...
0:53:12 > 0:53:14- BANGS GAVEL - Yes!
0:53:14 > 0:53:17A tidy profit for James.
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Who's a clever boy, then?
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Well done, darling! Well done.
0:53:22 > 0:53:23Next, Anita's job lot
0:53:23 > 0:53:26of ivory purse and early 20th-century leather bag.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28At £30, are we sure?
0:53:28 > 0:53:31- 35.- 35, darling!
0:53:31 > 0:53:34- 40.- You're not interested in this one.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37Of course he's not. It's more of a lady's lot, to be fair.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39- £40, are we all sure?- For 40...
0:53:39 > 0:53:41BANGS GAVEL
0:53:41 > 0:53:45Anita's eye for vintage style sees her clear to a profit.
0:53:45 > 0:53:49Now it's James's set of four Sheffield plated bottle coasters.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51We have 40 and 5.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53At 45, money's here.
0:53:53 > 0:53:57At 45...are we done and sure at 45?
0:53:57 > 0:54:00- BANGS GAVEL - Well, that was short and sweet.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Indeed it was.
0:54:02 > 0:54:04Another £10 profit to James,
0:54:04 > 0:54:07whose attention seems to be wandering.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09James! James.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Hey, are you listening? You made a profit.
0:54:12 > 0:54:15Now it's Anita's job lot of toy soldiers.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17Will they prove victorious?
0:54:17 > 0:54:20At £30, someone, surely? 30 is bid.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22And 5.
0:54:22 > 0:54:2340.
0:54:23 > 0:54:24Come on, come on!
0:54:24 > 0:54:26And 5. 50.
0:54:26 > 0:54:2850!
0:54:28 > 0:54:305. 60.
0:54:30 > 0:54:325. 70.
0:54:32 > 0:54:3475, back in.
0:54:34 > 0:54:3580.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37£80!
0:54:37 > 0:54:39At 85.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Are you listening?
0:54:41 > 0:54:42Going for 85...
0:54:42 > 0:54:44- BANGS GAVEL - Did you hear that?
0:54:44 > 0:54:47I think he's jealous of your profit, Anita.
0:54:47 > 0:54:51Now it's James's Royal Signal engineer's toolbox.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54We have 35. 40 now.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58At £40, the money's with me. And 5. We're in the room.
0:54:58 > 0:55:02At £45 in the room. A neat thing at 45. Are we done?
0:55:02 > 0:55:04At 45...I'll sell, then, at 45.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06BANGS GAVEL
0:55:06 > 0:55:10That manages to carve out a little profit for James.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13See, you're getting all excited when it's your lots,
0:55:13 > 0:55:14and when it's my lots,
0:55:14 > 0:55:17you're lying down there and you don't give a damn!
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Next it's Anita's 1970s footballer.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22With the thighs.
0:55:22 > 0:55:2550, if you like, surely. 50 is bid.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27- 50 bid!- 55, 60.
0:55:27 > 0:55:2960 now.
0:55:29 > 0:55:30At £60 we're away.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33£60 and we're not away!
0:55:33 > 0:55:37- Fair warning at 60... - BANGS GAVEL
0:55:37 > 0:55:39It makes what she paid for it.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41But that's a loss after auction costs are deducted,
0:55:41 > 0:55:43so a bit of an own goal.
0:55:43 > 0:55:47Let's hope Anita's next playful lot does better -
0:55:47 > 0:55:49the tin plate rocking horse.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51Waiting for the horse, surely?
0:55:51 > 0:55:54Rock away for £20.
0:55:54 > 0:55:5620 is bid.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58At £20, no money. Are we done?
0:55:58 > 0:56:00£20!
0:56:00 > 0:56:02- Selling at 20. - BANGS GAVEL
0:56:02 > 0:56:04It refuses at the first fence.
0:56:04 > 0:56:05What a pity.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08The bidders in this room today
0:56:08 > 0:56:11are not in a playful mood.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13Now it's James's vases,
0:56:13 > 0:56:17commemorating an early Crufts championship.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20£50 for them? At 50. 30, if you like.
0:56:20 > 0:56:21At £30...
0:56:21 > 0:56:23NOW you're interested!
0:56:23 > 0:56:25Crufts!
0:56:25 > 0:56:26At £20 now.
0:56:26 > 0:56:2825, internet.
0:56:28 > 0:56:3130, we're in the room. £35, internet's money, then.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34- £35. - BANGS GAVEL
0:56:34 > 0:56:37£35. That was a profit. That was a profit, darling.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39That was a profit.
0:56:39 > 0:56:41Well done. Do you want a biscuit?
0:56:41 > 0:56:42You never offer me a biscuit.
0:56:42 > 0:56:46Now, all Anita's hopes rest on her dragon.
0:56:46 > 0:56:50It was her bold buy, in an attempt to chase James.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52But will it pay off?
0:56:52 > 0:56:54And £40?
0:56:54 > 0:56:5520.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58Oh, 20! Oh, no!
0:56:58 > 0:57:01- 10 is bid.- 10!
0:57:01 > 0:57:0210!
0:57:02 > 0:57:04At £10 now.
0:57:04 > 0:57:06At £10, then.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09BANGS GAVEL
0:57:09 > 0:57:1110 quid!
0:57:11 > 0:57:13Well, that went up in flames, didn't it?
0:57:13 > 0:57:16That was tough to take. Tough to take.
0:57:16 > 0:57:20Certainly on your own. Now, James's last lot of the day -
0:57:20 > 0:57:22his two William Wyllie pictures.
0:57:22 > 0:57:23100 is bid.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26He's doubled the money already.
0:57:26 > 0:57:2830. 40.
0:57:28 > 0:57:29140.
0:57:29 > 0:57:3150.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33£150.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36150, are we all done?
0:57:36 > 0:57:39150. We'll sell, then, at 150.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42- BANGS GAVEL - The hammer's down. £150.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44£150, darling!
0:57:44 > 0:57:48They sail away. Well done, James!
0:57:48 > 0:57:51So a terrible pity that the real James had to miss his last auction,
0:57:51 > 0:57:54but he ends this road trip triumphant
0:57:54 > 0:57:57and swimming in lashings of lolly nevertheless.
0:57:57 > 0:58:01Anita began this final leg with £466.32
0:58:01 > 0:58:04and after auction costs, she made an unfortunate loss
0:58:04 > 0:58:06of £83.70,
0:58:06 > 0:58:09leaving her with a total of £382.62.
0:58:09 > 0:58:13Just lay off the dragons in future, Anita.
0:58:13 > 0:58:15But James has beaten all comers.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18He began this leg with £1,204.54.
0:58:18 > 0:58:23He made a smart profit of £105.20
0:58:23 > 0:58:29and ends the road trip high on the hog with £1,309.74.
0:58:29 > 0:58:32All proceeds go to Children In Need.
0:58:33 > 0:58:39It's been another wonderful Road Trip. Toodle-oo, you two.