0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each,
0:00:05 > 0:00:10a classic car, and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- Going, going, gone.- Yes.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Hello!
0:00:14 > 0:00:18The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Yes!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23I'm going to try and win.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- The sun shines on the brave, doesn't it?- Exactly.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43It's the third leg of our road trip in the West Country,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46with Tom Scott and Phil Serrell.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50- Do you know what I love about a road trip?- Go on.- The weather.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- This is just right. Lovely, isn't it? - A little bit of soft top.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Shouldn't we have gone down there?
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Part-time Lancia navigator Phil,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01from Worcester, is an auctioneer by day, with a wealth of knowledge.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04That's a fairly grotesque bit, isn't it?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07Dealer Tom, from the county of Rutland,
0:01:07 > 0:01:09may have only just slipped behind the wheel
0:01:09 > 0:01:12but he is already proving to be a smart, speedy
0:01:12 > 0:01:15and extremely determined chap.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Watch out, Phil, he means business.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Done.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20I got quite excited when they said to me,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23"We've got this new chap coming on. He hasn't done it before."
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- I thought, "That will be all right." - This is my first time.- Get out.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29"Your cheque is in the post and I will still love you in the morning."
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I've heard all that!
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Well, Tom started out with £200 and he has managed to increase that
0:01:34 > 0:01:37to £220.24,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40whilst Phil also began with £200
0:01:40 > 0:01:44but has a slim lead with £240.08.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47I'm going to blow the lot on clotted cream and pasties.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49That should even things up.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Our trip begins at the far south-west corner of Britain,
0:01:53 > 0:01:57at St Buryan, before wending its way around several counties,
0:01:57 > 0:02:02but always hugging the coast, to reach Wareham in Dorset.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05On this leg, we're starting out in Cornwall, at Lostwithiel.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07After a brief excursion into Devon,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10ending up back there for the auction as well.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16"Lostwithiel. Ancient stannary town." What's a stannary town?
0:02:16 > 0:02:21Well, any number of things to do with tin mining in Cornwall
0:02:21 > 0:02:22and Devon actually.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Lostwithiel was the administrative centre of a mining area
0:02:25 > 0:02:28where tin coinage was once collected
0:02:28 > 0:02:29for the Crown or the Duchy of Cornwall.
0:02:29 > 0:02:34- This is lovely, isn't it? - It's beautiful.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- There we go. - Let's go. See what we can find.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- We've got some nice bits.- Good, mate. - See you later. Have a good day.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Take care.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- Hello. How are you? - I'm fine, thanks.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Not only will the auction be a general sale,
0:02:49 > 0:02:54so no rock ephemera, please, but it will be just down the street.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Mike, though, might be able to point Phil at something
0:02:56 > 0:02:58he can see a profit in.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I like this mirror.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04- Don't give me a price on it yet, but is that by anybody?- No, it's not.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08It's just a nice design. The shape is right.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11It fits in with that mid-century look.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I would see that making 20 to 40 quid,
0:03:13 > 0:03:15something like that, in an auction.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18I think Mike just realised what Phil will be offering.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- Can I have a look at the back of it?- Yeah. It's quite hefty.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- It looks to me like it's come out of Star Trek.- It does, it does.
0:03:25 > 0:03:26It's got the right look.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28I can just see that in Mr Spock's living quarters.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Logical!
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Could you do that for ten or 15 quid?
0:03:33 > 0:03:37- I'd do it for 15. I couldn't go any lower.- That's all right.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I'm going to buy that off you for 15 quid. I think...
0:03:41 > 0:03:43In the right auction,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47I would hope that that could make 50 or 60 quid.
0:03:47 > 0:03:51General sale around the corner. Don't get carried away.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54I think that's a bit of fun. I quite like that.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56OK, Tom's turn.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- Morning.- Morning. - You must be Judith.- Yes.- Tom.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- Lovely to meet you.- Hello.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07So far this week, Tom has sniffed out something in no time flat.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10He seems to have relaxed a bit this morning, though.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14This is another piece of wood. I love bits of wood.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19It's just a beech rolling pin. I love that, though.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22A couple of terracotta plant pots.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25They are pretty recent, obviously, but they are quite nice.
0:04:25 > 0:04:26It's good as a pair.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29The ticket price on these is £28.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30They are worth a quick go.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Perfect for a general sale.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Good seasonal piece as well.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36He's definitely getting the hang of it.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Something like these eight glasses up here, these are quite fun.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40These eight...
0:04:42 > 0:04:45They are quite fun. Very, very fine.
0:04:46 > 0:04:47They could be quite good.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49The ticket price is £18.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Time to speak to Judith.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56You've got a pair of terracotta garden urns upstairs.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58You've got £28 on them.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59I know what you're going to ask for.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00Interesting.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- How about 20?- Exactly.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- Can we do 20?- We'll say 20.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Perfect. Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11To help the deal, because you've given me that little more off,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- you've got another little set of eight green glasses...- Glasses.
0:05:15 > 0:05:21..up on the shelf. Those are quite fun. Those are on at £18, I think.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24He would go down to 15 but definitely no more.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26- Because they are worth it. - That's fair.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- So we could do the two for 35. - Yeah.- Perfect.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- Right.- Two purchases. Done. Thank you very much.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I'd better get you some money.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39So, with his younger rival off to another good start,
0:05:39 > 0:05:41what's the next move for the silver fox?
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Aye aye...
0:05:46 > 0:05:49- Hello, how are you? - Very well, thank you.- Good, good.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Can I have a grapefruit juice, please?
0:05:51 > 0:05:56With at least ten antique shops to choose from, why come here?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59You've got some interesting bits hanging on the walls or whatever.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Can I tempt you to flog any of those to me?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Well, it depends how much you offer, but, yeah.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- Story of my life, that is.- That's it. - I'll have a look round.- OK.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Here we go.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13That's quite interesting because this would have hung on a bar
0:06:13 > 0:06:15over a fireplace not too dissimilar to that.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18And by adjusting this,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21you have a saucepan or a pan on the bottom or a kettle
0:06:21 > 0:06:23and you could've adjusted this up and down
0:06:23 > 0:06:26so that it was either really low on the fire or higher or.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Oh, right.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Jackie, my budget is little, all right? And I mean really little.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- We are talking a few pounds here, not big time.- Okey-dokey.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37And I think that bit of metal is interesting.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40You've got two of those, haven't you? You might not miss one of those.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- Right, yeah.- Is there anything outside we could have a look at?- Yes.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Now, for a trip up the beer garden path.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48I like that.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Don't suppose you've got another one, have you?- I'm afraid not.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55She's a pub landlady, Phil, not a scrap-metal dealer.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59That has come off something like a railway porter's trolley. Yeah.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- I think it's a bit of fun.- Yeah.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06This is really mean. Can I give you a fiver for the two? A fiver.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07- Is that all?- I am mean.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10I don't know how to show a girl a good time.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12- Go on, then, a fiver will do. - You're an angel.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Thank you so much.- Thank you. I'll get myself a drink with that.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17I'll pay for mine first.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Well, for a price like that, it's hard to go wrong,
0:07:20 > 0:07:22whatever those old lumps make.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Ideally what I'm looking for is someone at the auction room who
0:07:25 > 0:07:29has a saucepan that they want to warm over a fire, and a one-wheel trolley.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Well, good luck, Phil.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Meanwhile, they are back on the road,
0:07:33 > 0:07:36heading east from Lostwithiel towards Liskeard.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Is that my shop there? - Oh, there you go.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- That looks all right. - Yeah, absolutely.- Get in there, mate.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Have fun.- Yeah, have a good time. - See you later.- Bye.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- Hi, how are you?- Fine, thanks. Welcome to Liskeard.- Yeah, cheers.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Good to see you. How are you doing? - Yeah, really good.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Bay Tree Trading doesn't sell trees.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02Not many traditional antiques here either.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Just the job for Phil then.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06I think the term is second-hand.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12It's not often that I'm speechless, but I am.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Hang on. Has Alexis got something?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Nice piece of Doulton plate. Absolutely perfect.
0:08:18 > 0:08:2118th-century Royal Doulton.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26- That's not 18th-century. That's about 1930.- 1930, is it?
0:08:26 > 0:08:30Made in England - anything that's got Made in England, it's 20th century.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33There we are.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Oh, dear. Good luck, Phil.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44But while Phil struggles, Tom motors on,
0:08:44 > 0:08:48heading south-east from Liskeard to St Germans...
0:08:49 > 0:08:52..to visit an ancient and magical home.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54It's beautiful, this, isn't it?
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Little bit bumpy for the old Lancia but...
0:08:58 > 0:09:01It's going to be an impressive view when we get round this corner,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I think.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Port Eliot has been the home of the Eliots of St Germans
0:09:11 > 0:09:13for 500 years and Tom's here to see
0:09:13 > 0:09:17a few of its accumulated treasures, with the lady of the house.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19- Lady St German.- Hello.- Hello.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- A pleasure to meet you. I'm Tom. - Lovely to see you.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27- Thank you so much for having me at this wonderful house.- Come in.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Not forgetting Roo and Lark.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34The nation's oldest continually inhabited dwelling
0:09:34 > 0:09:38and now open to the public every summer, Port Eliot is vast,
0:09:38 > 0:09:43with over 100 rooms and an air of faded grandeur about each one.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47The house might almost have inspired Gormenghast.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49I think one of the things I love about Port Eliot
0:09:49 > 0:09:50and it's known for is its patina.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53It's an extremely old house
0:09:53 > 0:09:56and it really hasn't been redecorated for several generations.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59For example, this wallpaper is 19th-century.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01It's beautiful, isn't it?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03It's green, as you can see,
0:10:03 > 0:10:08and the green dye contained arsenic and people died from this wallpaper.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Of course. But we'll be OK today. - You should be. Yes.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14There is no recorded cases of anyone dying from the wallpaper here.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19During the Middle Ages, Port Eliot really was a flourishing port
0:10:19 > 0:10:21and an Augustinian priory.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24But in the 18th century the Eliots employed landscape painter
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Humphry Repton to build a dam
0:10:26 > 0:10:32and create what is now a Grade I listed park and garden.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Now it's a perfect, perfect classical landscape.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- It's a kind of pastoral ideal, and it does change hourly.- Yes.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41And also, it would have been a bit inconvenient
0:10:41 > 0:10:45- to have to wait for the tide to get home.- It's a bit of a wait.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Yes, it would have been every 12 hours you could have made it home.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Neoclassical architect Sir John Soane,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53who designed the old Bank of England,
0:10:53 > 0:10:55also got to work on the house at that time,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59demolishing much that was medieval to create an enfilade.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Incredible, isn't it?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05The first Baron Eliot, and the man who paid for that refit,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09can be seen in this family portrait by Joshua Reynolds.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- He was a patron of Joshua Reynolds all his life.- Right.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16And Reynolds was so grateful to Edward Eliot that
0:11:16 > 0:11:20when he died he left him his snuffbox, which we have here.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Which is beautiful.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25And when Reynolds academics come here and they sit on the sofa
0:11:25 > 0:11:27to study this picture and the others in the room,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30if you give them this to hold and they open it,
0:11:30 > 0:11:31they almost pass out
0:11:31 > 0:11:33because they can't quite believe what they're looking at.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35We're very lucky to have it here.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38And if you're not keen on Reynolds, there's plenty more,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40like the van Dyck in the morning room,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43as well as several more modern works.
0:11:46 > 0:11:52But the house's undoubted masterpiece is the huge mural
0:11:52 > 0:11:54in Sir John Soane's round room.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- It is all incredible, isn't it? - It's so powerful, the mural.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59You actually can't read a book sitting in here.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- Yeah, it distracts you.- Yes.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03All you can think about when you're in here
0:12:03 > 0:12:05is the mural and what it's saying.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09The Riddle, by the controversial Plymouth-based artist
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Robert Lenkiewicz, was commissioned in 1980
0:12:12 > 0:12:14and took over 20 years to complete.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Hidden amongst the dragons and destruction
0:12:17 > 0:12:20are several references to the family's history.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Every time I come in here I see something different.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27- You suddenly spot something. - I've just spotted a Harley-Davidson.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Absolutely, that's my husband's.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- He rode to Morocco on that in the '60s.- Fabulous.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- And it gives you some sense of the scale of the room.- Absolutely, yes.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38You can lose a seven-foot-long motorcycle
0:12:38 > 0:12:39in the corner of the room!
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Thank you so much for showing me around.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- It's been absolutely brilliant. - Maybe I should show you the way out.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- Do you mind?- It's not that easy, it's not that straightforward.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50Brilliant. Thank you.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Now, what's Phil been up to?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Last time we saw him he was a bit stuck.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05An antique shop would be useful, though.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08You've got to think laterally in this business.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Quite, Phil.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11I suppose after his trip to the pub earlier,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14anything is possible.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Time to get Owen over for a chat.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19These barrels, are they ex-beer barrels or are they just barrels
0:13:19 > 0:13:21that are made for garden centres?
0:13:21 > 0:13:23They're whisky barrels, they are ex-whisky barrels.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26If you've got a sensitive nose you can smell the aroma.
0:13:26 > 0:13:31- Actually, you can smell some booze, can't you?- Yes.- That's fantastic.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32THEY LAUGH
0:13:32 > 0:13:35It's a bit like the pub all over again!
0:13:35 > 0:13:38£20, £19.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42- Can we take the best-looking one of the £19-ers?- I would say...
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- Well, that one looks quite nice. - OK, can we take that out?- Certainly.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Right, and to put in Sir's pot?
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Now, what I want is something that looks really, really big
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- and is really, really cheap.- OK.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55You could have something like a rhododendron.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Shorter, but it will fill out the container better.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I am not sure how Phil's big and cheap approach
0:14:01 > 0:14:04would go down on our Gardeners' Question Time, but it's a plan.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06So that's about the right size.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- Would it be possible to put some stuff in there?- Er, stuff?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Soil I guess is what we're looking for.- Compost, yeah, we can do that.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14And how much could you do that for?
0:14:14 > 0:14:19So we've got the barrel, 19, the rhododendron is 25...
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Could you do it for £20 the two, cos I'm stuffed?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- I, I, I, I think we could, yes. - Thank you.
0:14:24 > 0:14:26Shake hands. Let me get you some money out.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29That's the quickest I've ever seen Phil move.
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Look at that.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Back together again, our experts are heading into Devon
0:14:39 > 0:14:41and to the Port of Plymouth.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46You and I haven't done the same shop yet, have we?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48No, mate, this is another new experience.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50This is going to be tussles and tussles, isn't it?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52They did say you're a very, very fair man.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Let me tell you, they lied.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- This is a brilliant little place, isn't it?- This is really cool.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00This looks quite something.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Hello, John.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03This is the oppo, Tom.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Charming, Phil!
0:15:04 > 0:15:08All right? Pleased to meet you.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Crikey! What to choose?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Ah, Phil's spotted something.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Can I get that down and have a look at it, please? I like that.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23This is a Victorian woolwork piece of militaria,
0:15:23 > 0:15:27relating to the Battle of Ladysmith and other battles.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30The latest one was Ladysmith,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34so we're talking about just before 1900.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Actually it's the Gloucester Regiment.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39The Glorious Glosters were one of the most honoured units
0:15:39 > 0:15:43in the British Army, although since 2005 they've merged
0:15:43 > 0:15:47with some other regiments to become the 1st Battalion, The Rifles.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- What would that come for? - 35.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52- And that's the death on that? - That's the death.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54OK, I'll have that.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58I think Phil's mojo is definitely on the rise.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02- Can I just have a look at that? What is that?- It's a loudspeaker.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09It's called the Sterling Baby, probably a 1910, 1920 early speaker.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I really like that.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14What would that come for?
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- I would do it for 20.- OK.
0:16:16 > 0:16:22If you put a light in there, wouldn't that make a great lamp?
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Yes, it would, actually.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27I suppose that could be described as a lamp bulb moment.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28TING!
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Two buys to Phil.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- I better give you some money. - Yes, that would be good.
0:16:34 > 0:16:35£55 the total.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- Thanks very much. - Thank you very much.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Phil's finally content, it seems.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Time for Tom to get a turn with the proprietor.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46What about Buddhas? You can't go wrong with Buddhas.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Too easy to reach, I think, John!
0:16:48 > 0:16:50Tom's intent on a rummage.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- That's a camel saddle.- You could convert that and stick a...
0:16:53 > 0:16:56You could even turn it into a coffee table, couldn't you?
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Or, if you had a camel...
0:16:57 > 0:17:00That's great, isn't it? I like that.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02What would you do something like that for?
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- Has it got a ticket on it, actually? - It does.- What does it say?
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- Do you want me to be honest or not? - Yeah, tell me.- It is at 75.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10I'll do it for 50. How's that?
0:17:10 > 0:17:1450's probably still a bit steep for me, but I do like it.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17All right, 40. Now that I look at it in the light, I must admit,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19it's not inspiring me either.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22It's been through the wars, hasn't it?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I tell you what, I'd go for it at £30.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- OK, cheers.- Deal. I like that, that's brilliant. Thanks, John.
0:17:32 > 0:17:37Tom has jumped back into the Lancia with more shopping to do.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40He's returning to Cornwall to the town of Callington,
0:17:40 > 0:17:43with plenty of cash in his pocket too.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47I've still got £150 left to get rid of, so, erm...
0:17:47 > 0:17:49I'm sure we'll find something.
0:17:49 > 0:17:50I still need a hairband.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Or maybe a haircut.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58The little town of Callington is famous for its murals.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Pasties too.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04- Afternoon.- Good afternoon.- Tom. Nice to meet you.- Dave Williams.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07Welcome to my humble emporium, Tom.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Despite its moderate size, Goldings has a good mix,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13with a bit of Eastern promise too.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15What is this, Dave?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- DAVE LAUGHS - It's something quite rare.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Pick it up, it's very light.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22Like a great big finial, isn't it?
0:18:22 > 0:18:23DAVE LAUGHS
0:18:23 > 0:18:25It's actually a rice container.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28- I was going to say a rice container, OK.- Made in Burma.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32You'll see them in Burma still in use, by monks,
0:18:32 > 0:18:34to get their daily rice ration.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36But they're very much smaller than those.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39The other useful fact is that the wood contains a particular
0:18:39 > 0:18:43sort of resin which discourages any insects or rodents
0:18:43 > 0:18:46who might have designs on your rice.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- We'll keep that one in mind.- Mm-hmm.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52Dave's also got a storeroom at the back. Might there be a bargain?
0:18:52 > 0:18:56- Nice oval frames there. - Very nice Regency frames there.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57Very nice.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Dig 'em out for you.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02They're prints by Angelica Kauffmann
0:19:02 > 0:19:05that were extremely popular in that period.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Angelica Kauffmann was a Swiss-born artist
0:19:08 > 0:19:10who was one of the only two female founding members
0:19:10 > 0:19:13of the Royal Academy in 1768.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17Where would you see these at? What would you do these for me at?
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Make me a reasonable offer.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22I'm probably looking at about £20 for the pair.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Phwooh.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26Despite Dave's reaction, I think they're making progress.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Let's look at the rice container again.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I've got 85 on it.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35It's a very unusual piece.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37How about 85 for all three?
0:19:38 > 0:19:41If I knew a little bit more about the sale,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43then I'd be a little more...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48..eager. But I'm just...
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- Well, I bought it! - I know you bought it.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51But then again, I buy odd things.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55That's the thing, you've got it in your lovely shop.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58A steering wheel for an elephant.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Obviously(!)
0:20:00 > 0:20:01That's an ankus.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03You have got some brilliant little pieces lying around.
0:20:03 > 0:20:08- Do you know how they use them? - I'm assuming it's kind of...
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Probably not very nicely, by the looks of that.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Hook that behind the elephant's ear. Either left or right.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Just give it a tug to tell it to go left or right.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18I could have done with that with Philip earlier.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20It would take more than that.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24You're at 85, aren't you, with the rice container and the two frames?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Yup.
0:20:26 > 0:20:30- You've got 30 on here. - How about 100 for the four pieces?
0:20:30 > 0:20:35- Well, I was going to say 90. - Ooh. Painful.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- 95.- Shall we meet in the middle?
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- 92.50?- Go on, you've got a deal.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42Brilliant.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46So, £62.50 for the rice pot and elephant goad,
0:20:46 > 0:20:48plus £30 for the Kauffmann prints.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51With the shopping done,
0:20:51 > 0:20:55let's remind ourselves of what they've bought.
0:20:55 > 0:21:00Phil began with £240.08, and he spent just £95
0:21:00 > 0:21:01on five auction lots -
0:21:01 > 0:21:03the regimental woolwork,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06the Stirling baby horn,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08the pan hook and wheel,
0:21:08 > 0:21:10the Star Trek mirror,
0:21:10 > 0:21:11and the barrel and plant.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Tom started out with £220.24,
0:21:18 > 0:21:23and he spent £157.50, also on five auction lots.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25The green glasses,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28the rice container and elephant crop,
0:21:28 > 0:21:30the Angelica Kauffman prints,
0:21:30 > 0:21:32the terracotta urns,
0:21:32 > 0:21:33and the camel saddle.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41So now it's time to hit the road and head for auction.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43After beginning in Lostwithiel,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45the third leg will conclude at an auction
0:21:45 > 0:21:48right back in Lostwithiel.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50I wonder what Lostwithiel means.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Well, since you asked, Phil, it's reckoned to come
0:21:53 > 0:21:56from an old Cornish expression meaning tail end of the woodland.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59There was a battle here too, back in 1644,
0:21:59 > 0:22:04probably not fought with elephant prods and rhododendrons though.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Up and at 'em, Tom-o.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Who's going to win, you or me?
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Come on, let's get in.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Jeffreys have been here in Lostwithiel for almost 150 years,
0:22:13 > 0:22:17so I suppose they must have sold a potted plant before.
0:22:17 > 0:22:18The bad news for Tom, though,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21is that two of his items have been damaged in transit.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24He's lost one green glass
0:22:24 > 0:22:28and the bamboo rice container has become even more misshapen.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Because Tom's items were insured, though,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34the auctioneer's valuation guarantees a minimum payout -
0:22:34 > 0:22:39£25 for the glasses and £50 for the rice device.
0:22:39 > 0:22:45In charge of proceedings is auctioneer Ian Morris.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49Phil's first into battle with his Glorious Glosters' woolwork.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I've got two bids of £20.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Exactly the same, and that's where we'll start with me, at £20.
0:22:54 > 0:23:00£20, £20, 22, 22, 25, 28... £30?
0:23:00 > 0:23:06At £28... 30, 32... 35? 35. 38? 38. £40?
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- 38 in the middle... - That's good. Is that good?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- I'll tell you in a minute. - ..45. 48? £50? £50.
0:23:13 > 0:23:1655, 60? 60. Five?
0:23:16 > 0:23:20At £60 we bid, at £60, all done.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23The buyer, 50, thank you.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26First skirmish to Phil, well done.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28That's record-breaking for me, that is.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Double-figure profit? Get in.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36And speaking of things being broken, Tom's SEVEN green glasses.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39£30 away? £20 away, very nice-looking.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42£20? At ten, I'll take 12...
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Be nice to get him over the 25.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50At £16, 18 now? We all done? Going...and £16.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52£16, to 184.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Just a pound more than he paid, but remember,
0:23:55 > 0:23:58because they were damaged in transit,
0:23:58 > 0:24:00the £25 insurance valuation applies.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04So I would have made a pound, I've actually made ten.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07I'm going to start breaking more of my stuff, I tell you,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09it's the way forward.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10How about Phil's horn?
0:24:10 > 0:24:14- I think that's got real potential. - I hope so, I hope so.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- I've got three bids, and I'm going to start at £40.- Ooh, profit.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19At £40, I'll take five.
0:24:19 > 0:24:2245, £50, 55, £60.
0:24:22 > 0:24:26£60 still with me, at 60. 65.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29£70. Is it five? £70 still with me.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30At £70...
0:24:30 > 0:24:35£70. Five, no? We all done? At £70, to 729.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38After all the angst, Phil's doing very well here.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42- That's good, really good. - Phew.- Well done, mate.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47Now for Tom's elephant steering device and damaged rice container.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Actually, I don't mind the bamboo pot,
0:24:49 > 0:24:52it's the elephant steering wheel I can't quite get my head around.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54There we are, that one's carrying a little bit of damage.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58For those two together, can I say £50 away? £30 away? £20 I'm bid.
0:24:58 > 0:25:04At £20 to get on then. 22, 25, 28, £30,
0:25:04 > 0:25:0832, 35? 35, 38?
0:25:08 > 0:25:12At £35 I'm bid. £35, are we all done?
0:25:12 > 0:25:15At £35, to 721.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Thanks to the guaranteed insurance price of £50,
0:25:18 > 0:25:23based on the auctioneer's valuation, the loss is nowhere near as heavy.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25I think he really wanted the elephant steering wheel
0:25:25 > 0:25:28and he's hoping in the next sale there's going to be
0:25:28 > 0:25:31a set of brakes, wing mirrors and lights to go with it!
0:25:31 > 0:25:35Time for Tom's frames. Prints too, if you like.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40£50 away? £30 away? £30 I'm bid.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- Got bids in the book. - £50, 55, 60. Five?
0:25:43 > 0:25:4865. 65, bid's to the room, at £65...
0:25:48 > 0:25:50- That's a good one. - Good price, isn't it?
0:25:50 > 0:25:55- 65...65.- That's better, Tom.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- I'm pleased with that cos it's... - Don't rub it in, Tom.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01It's a result, no need to labour the point.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Now for Phil's pub acquisitions.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06That's the way forward,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09you start buying lumps of metal, watch him try and bust that.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11It's probably that what rolled into my boxes.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13PHIL LAUGHS
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- Can I say £20 away? £20? I've got £15 on the book.- Get in.
0:26:17 > 0:26:2018, 20, is it two? At £20 I'm bid.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22£20 the bid, two or not?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Are we done?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27I'll sell them at the £20.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Nice little tenner profit.- Lovely. - Pleased with that.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Yes, almost anything would have been good.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36It's your urns next, isn't it? How much is a Greek urn?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Not a lot these days. Not an awful lot.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41Tom's looking for a couple of keen gardeners here.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45Can I say £30 away? £20 I've got on the book.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Know what, I thought he said £200 there.
0:26:48 > 0:26:53£30. 32, 35...38, £40.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56- Bid's on the book.- Is that it?
0:26:56 > 0:27:01At 42 to my left. At 42 over there then, 45, no?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04Done at 42, to 307.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08Not bad. If only he'd stuck some rhododendrons in them.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12- They were very cheap for somebody. - Yeah. Sorry.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Phil's Star Trek mirror.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- DRAMATIC VOICE:- How boldly will the bidders go?
0:27:18 > 0:27:24- The retro-style oval and bevel wall mirror.- Why, why, why, why?
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Lovely wall mirror there, £30 away? £20 away? £10, pretty as a picture.
0:27:29 > 0:27:3112, is it 14?
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Isn't that Alexis from Bay Tree Trading?
0:27:35 > 0:27:4122, 25? At 22, the bid's right in the middle. At £22, 25, no?
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Absolutely flabbergasted.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47That's made me a profit, how the hell is that?
0:27:47 > 0:27:51Not out of this world, but better than some expectations.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53Always knew that'd make a profit, always knew,
0:27:53 > 0:27:55had confidence all the way through.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58It's the one Lostwithiel's been waiting for -
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Phil's plant and pot lot.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Very antique, it's a rhododendron, called the Rocket,
0:28:05 > 0:28:07hopefully it will fly.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- I've got two bids very close together.- Get in there!
0:28:10 > 0:28:13I've got to start at £28.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18- Get in there!- At £28...
0:28:18 > 0:28:21Are we done? £28 the bid, 30, no?
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Both bids on the books, very close together. At £28. To buyer 79.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Should have bought two, shouldn't I?
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Don't push your luck, Phil.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34So, just Tom's camel saddle between Phil and a comfortable victory.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Wish me luck, mate, come on.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38I do wish you luck actually, I do.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Not much, but a little bit.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Can I say £30 away? £20 away?
0:28:42 > 0:28:48At £10, a bid, I'll take 12. 12, 14, 16.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Come on, come on, come on.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52At 16, 18, 20. 22?
0:28:54 > 0:29:00- 22. 25?- I think that's a bit harsh, mate.- At £22, five, no? Going?
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- Shocker.- Going at £22.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07An even bigger loss after auction costs means
0:29:07 > 0:29:09the old hand triumphs again.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- Loser drives? - All right, again. It's always me.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18Tom began with £220.24 and, after paying auction costs,
0:29:18 > 0:29:24he made a profit of £9.78, leaving him with £230.02.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Phil started out with £230.08
0:29:29 > 0:29:32and, after paying auction costs, he made a profit of £69.
0:29:32 > 0:29:38So he has £309.08 to spend next time.
0:29:38 > 0:29:39- Well, there we go.- Well done, Phil.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Perhaps wary of young Tom's capacity to fight back,
0:29:42 > 0:29:46- Phil is not rubbing it in, though. - Tenner up, aren't you?
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- I am a tenner up. - You're not a loser, Tom.- A tenner up.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53- Ooh, look out.- Ay, we're off.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57On the third leg, we're starting out near Dartmoor at Ashburton
0:29:57 > 0:29:59before heading off round Devon
0:29:59 > 0:30:02and arriving at an auction just up the road at Chudleigh.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09The first town to elect a Monster Raving Loony candidate
0:30:09 > 0:30:13to public office, Ashburton sits on the south-east corner of Dartmoor.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Now, one of my favouritest films was The Hound Of The Baskervilles
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- with Peter Cushing. - I like Peter Cushing.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- Was that on Dartmoor?- It was.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24And the Great Grimpen Mire in the Sherlock Holmes story
0:30:24 > 0:30:28was inspired by the nearby Fox Tor Mire.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30It's a nice little place, Ashburton.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32This is really, really pretty along here.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36- I love these hung tile clinkers. - Clinkers.- Clinkers.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Now, what can our detectives track down?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41- You go that way and I'll go this way.- See you later.- Catch you later.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Phil's starting this leg with a generous £309.08.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49This looks just like my sort of of shop, this.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50Love things like this.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54I mean, what the hell are you ever going to do with that?
0:30:54 > 0:30:56This shop promises to be an Aladdin's cave...
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- when he finally gets into it. - Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep...
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Actually, this is the ultimate... Hello?
0:31:02 > 0:31:04HIS VOICE ECHOES That's scary!
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Hello!
0:31:06 > 0:31:11A pair of boat funnels. You can't argue with that.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13£175. You can argue with that.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- Good to see you.- Lovely to see you. - Do you know, I love your funnels.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- They're good. Just need the boat to go with them really, don't we?- Yeah.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24- Careful, Paula. Don't give him ideas.- That's fun.- Yes.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Perfect weather for it as well. - Don't hold your breath!
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- Can I bring that in with me and have a look round?- Course you can.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31- Come and have a look round. - How much is this?
0:31:31 > 0:31:35That is £25 so the best would be about £20.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37"About". I like the "about"!
0:31:37 > 0:31:39"About" is cool with me. I can live with it.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41You can start with "about".
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- Let's put that to one side cos I can live with that - about.- Right.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48Who could blame you, Phil? There's so much more Shambles to enjoy.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51No need to plump for anything yet.
0:31:51 > 0:31:52Ah! He's sweet!
0:31:52 > 0:31:54He's in a good mood.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Meanwhile, Tom's starting this leg with £230.02.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- Tom. Nice to meet you. - Mike. Pleased to meet you, Tom.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I think Tom should enjoy himself at Ashton House.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08Some of that old wood that he's very fond of,
0:32:08 > 0:32:12as well as lamps and even the sort of bed he specialises in.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15What a lovely shop!
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Loads and loads of really, really nice pieces.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21He has to buy for that general sale, though, and he knows it.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24My goal has got to be to beat Serrell.
0:32:24 > 0:32:272-0 down is not a good start.
0:32:27 > 0:32:32That's the spirit. Ah, a hanger. Don't get hung up on it, Tom.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37That's a good curtain pole, isn't it? That's nice, isn't it?
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- A bit of a beast, that one. - It's a big 'un, isn't it?
0:32:40 > 0:32:43I've got two dozen rings that go with it as well.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45They're in very good condition, actually.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48They are nice, aren't they? I like that a lot.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49Might win in the big and awkward stakes
0:32:49 > 0:32:51between me and Philip as well.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Nice.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57How many people will be looking for one of those in Chudleigh, eh?
0:32:57 > 0:33:01Nice oval frame. That's really nice. I like that.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Good bevelled glass.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Nice late... Kind of more turn of the century, but that's nice.
0:33:07 > 0:33:08A few bits of damage, again,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11but these are quite easy to sort out.
0:33:11 > 0:33:12What's the price on this one?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15£115.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18I think on reflection he's serious about this one.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20Time to talk to Mike.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24- The very best I can do that is 85. - 85.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26If I can twist your arm a little more...
0:33:27 > 0:33:32..maybe getting to something around about 55.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Do you need to sit down or lie down?
0:33:35 > 0:33:39- I'll come down to 70 but 55 is too far down.- 55 is too far.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43- No. I can't do 55.- How about 65?
0:33:43 > 0:33:44- Deal?- Deal.- Brilliant.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Thank you very much. Appreciate it.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Tom's off to his usual flying start but what of Phil
0:33:50 > 0:33:52and those pricy funnels?
0:33:52 > 0:33:55What I want is your ship funnels but they're not going to come, are they?
0:33:55 > 0:33:59- Depends how you can persuade me. - Hello.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Seems he's fallen in love with a nice pair of funnels.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05I'd like to buy them for £40 and you're not going to sell them
0:34:05 > 0:34:08- for £40, are you?- No.- What's the very best you could do on those?
0:34:08 > 0:34:12The very best would be £80.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Still quite a lot of money, Phil.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16I think they're lovely.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19He's talking himself into this.
0:34:19 > 0:34:20Here we go.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I would like to give you £50 for the two funnels
0:34:23 > 0:34:27and £10 for that hamper, which is £60 for the two.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29Cheeky!
0:34:29 > 0:34:31- Is that your very last offer? - Absolutely positive.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- £60 for those, there. - Oh, go on, then.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36You're an angel. I love you.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38You've made that quite clear.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Right, the hamper might come in, I suppose.
0:34:40 > 0:34:45Let's just hope Tom doesn't go equally bonkers in Etcetera.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49- Hello.- Hello, there. - Hi, I'm Tom.- Hello, Tom.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51- Nice to meet you.- And you.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Nice big frame.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02See, that would make a brilliant mirror frame.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06That is nice.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08French sort of late 19th century.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Would have been a picture.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14That's got real potential.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16He's quite excited about that one.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Yeah, and at £200 that's worth having a chat with Moira.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22I'd need to do something pretty spectacular
0:35:22 > 0:35:24with the price to help me on that.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Time to adopt a poker face.
0:35:27 > 0:35:32I spotted your carved French gilded frame upstairs.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Do you remember what price was on it?
0:35:34 > 0:35:36It's on at £200.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38I'm kind of looking about half that.
0:35:38 > 0:35:42- Trying to get it to £100, really. - Did my jaw drop open?
0:35:42 > 0:35:43It did a little bit.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44I'm not surprised, love!
0:35:44 > 0:35:46It must be your lucky day, actually,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50because it belongs to a dealer who has recently joined us.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52She's actually on holiday in Bali at the moment
0:35:52 > 0:35:54so I can't get hold of her.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56She needs a little bit extra to spend.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- She has given me some discretion. - OK.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02- I think she would probably let it go at 100.- Would she?- Yeah.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05- That has to be a deal. Thank you very, very much.- You're welcome.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- I love it. I think that's going to be great.- It's a lovely piece.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10That's got some potential, I think.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Half price! Tom's got quite a deal, there.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16That's it. Shopping done. That was an absolute bargain. I'm off, now.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Phil, though, is still on the premises.
0:36:22 > 0:36:27What's he after in that back garden? Not a potted plant again, surely?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Oh, no. A pump trough.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Trust you to find things that aren't even in the shop.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34So what is it? It's stone, isn't it?
0:36:34 > 0:36:37That'll go nicely with those funnels.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38I'll give you £50 for it.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42You give me £70 and it's yours.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45No. I can't do that, honestly I can't.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Fine. If you can lift it and carry it out...
0:36:47 > 0:36:50No way, Jose!
0:36:50 > 0:36:5365 and it's yours. Nobody else is going to have one, are they?
0:36:53 > 0:36:56I tell you what, £55. Can you do that?
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- Yeah, go on.- You're an angel. Thank you very much indeed.- Pleasure.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02I don't know how I'm going to get that away from here.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06First bend ze knees, ze back straight.
0:37:08 > 0:37:09Oh!
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Steady!
0:37:11 > 0:37:12This is heavy.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Now, remember how close they are to Dartmoor?
0:37:25 > 0:37:28It's time for Phil to head deep into the national park,
0:37:28 > 0:37:31making his way from Ashburton to Princetown
0:37:31 > 0:37:33and the Dartmoor Prison Museum.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42This is my first time on Dartmoor
0:37:42 > 0:37:45and I just think it's absolutely stunning.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Look at that - it's glorious! Absolutely glorious!
0:37:48 > 0:37:51A Dartmoor pony! There's my first one, look!
0:37:51 > 0:37:54It's a real, proper, genuine Dartmoor pony!
0:37:54 > 0:37:57I think I might buy one for the next auction.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Do you want to get in my car?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01See you, matey, bye-bye.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06The free-roaming ponies belong in this wilderness
0:38:06 > 0:38:10but the barren terrain can be tough for humans
0:38:10 > 0:38:12so like Alcatraz, Dartmoor's environment
0:38:12 > 0:38:14makes it difficult to escape from.
0:38:14 > 0:38:18Nowadays, it's a working Category C jail
0:38:18 > 0:38:20but Phil's here to learn about the time
0:38:20 > 0:38:23it once held some of Britain's most serious offenders.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- Hi, you must be Jeff.- That's right. - Philip. How are you?
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- Very well, thank you.- Good to see you.- And good to see you. Welcome.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34I feel a bit nervous about being here, in case I get locked up.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36We've got a couple of spare cells!
0:38:40 > 0:38:42The prison was first built over 200 years ago,
0:38:42 > 0:38:44when Britain was at war with France.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48Thousands of French prisoners who had been confined in derelict
0:38:48 > 0:38:53prison hulks near Plymouth were then moved to this isolated spot.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56But the modern history of Dartmoor began in 1850,
0:38:56 > 0:38:59when it was commissioned for convicts.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01Tell me, every museum has got a black museum. Have you got one?
0:39:01 > 0:39:05- Yes.- Can we have a look?- Just round the corner. This way?- After you.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09The museum pulls few punches about how tough life inside can be.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Take this selection of confiscated weapons.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16So, which is the oldest sort of device in here?
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- It's the small weapon right in the middle.- That's a weapon?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22- That's a weapon. - What would that have been used for?
0:39:22 > 0:39:27Before 1932, a little hole that the prison officer used to look through
0:39:27 > 0:39:29wouldn't have had a glass in it.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33The person on the other side would be waiting for him to come
0:39:33 > 0:39:35along and then...
0:39:35 > 0:39:37- Bodge him in the eye. - ..bodge him in the eye.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Prisoners at Dartmoor worked hard, usually outside the confines
0:39:41 > 0:39:44of the jail, breaking rocks,
0:39:44 > 0:39:47clearing fields and building walls and paths.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49That, of course, meant opportunities for escape,
0:39:49 > 0:39:51although the forbidding countryside
0:39:51 > 0:39:53would deter all but the most desperate.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Who's the most notorious escapee?
0:39:56 > 0:40:00The most notorious escapee was probably Frank Mitchell.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02He was one of the Kray gang.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Frank Mitchell, AKA the Mad Axeman,
0:40:05 > 0:40:07escaped from Dartmoor in December 1966,
0:40:07 > 0:40:10almost certainly with help from the Krays gang.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15- We really think he was broken out of here for a publicity stunt.- Really?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18So the Krays could prove they could break somebody out.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- What happened to him then? - 11 days later, they shot him.- Why?
0:40:22 > 0:40:28We don't know. But at the trial, the Krays were found not guilty.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Picking that page there, from August through to December,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34you had one, two, three, four, five, six, seven people try and escape.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- Was that a regular occurrence? - Yes, it was.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41Unless they've got somebody like Mitchell picking them up,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- they weren't going to be out for very long.- That's amazing.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47Those who failed in their escape attempt faced punishment
0:40:47 > 0:40:50and in the basement of the museum is another grisly reminder
0:40:50 > 0:40:53of what Dartmoor Prison life was once like.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57- This is the A-frame.- Yeah. That looks a right instrument of torture.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- It's a very fine example. - That depends on your perspective.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02- You stood here like this, did you? - Yeah.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05And your hands would have been strapped...
0:41:05 > 0:41:07- There.- There and there.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11And your feet would have been strapped to the straps here
0:41:11 > 0:41:15and then they would administer the beating.
0:41:15 > 0:41:16Oh, Lord.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20The flogging was done with this little item.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- That is a cat-o'-nine-tails. - This is a cat-o'-nine-tails.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Did anyone ever have two lots of floggings?
0:41:25 > 0:41:27One would put you off, wouldn't it?
0:41:27 > 0:41:32Frank Mitchell is recorded to have received a flogging twice.
0:41:32 > 0:41:33It's deterrent enough for me.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I'm going to shake you by the hand and thank you very much indeed.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Enjoyed it, but you half frightened me to death.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41- Take care.- Will do.- I'm off!
0:41:41 > 0:41:46Having broken out of Dartmoor, Phil's rejoined Tom
0:41:46 > 0:41:48and they're heading for Okehampton.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53This is the Okement River which runs through the town
0:41:53 > 0:41:55and once drove its wool mills.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Makes quite a contribution to its name, too.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Wish me luck.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05You'll be fine, mate. I'll see you later.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Yeah, drive carefully. Bye.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13- Morning.- Good morning. - How are you, all right?- Very well.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- Is it all right if I have a look round?- Absolutely, help yourself.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17Lovely, thank you.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Now what in this packed shop will catch Phil's eye?
0:42:21 > 0:42:24A sign saying 50% off?!
0:42:24 > 0:42:28I can't resist half price. I do like half price.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30It's good stuff, half price is.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32There's something in here I quite like.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34- The old fire extinguisher? - Yeah.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Ah, that looks familiar.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- My travelling companion, Tom, bought one of these.- Oh, right.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42And he thought it was fantastic.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44But it only made a tiny profit.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47- Nicer one than that, too. - So you've got that at 34?
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Yeah, so 17, but, again, anything in here is open to offers.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54I got this wrong. I'm doing myself, here.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56It's 24 quid, it says on there.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00- Even less.- So it's 12 quid?- Yep.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03He likes it here. More brass, though?
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Those are nice. And this is a...
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Do you know, I always get pestle and mortar mixed up.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Which one's which?
0:43:12 > 0:43:14- One's pestle...- That's the mortar.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16It's quite a nice bit of spun brass.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Can I put that with that?
0:43:18 > 0:43:20- I might be able to have a little bit of a brass lot.- Absolutely.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22That's 24.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25So that's 12 and that's 12, but no reasonable offer refused.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28- Absolutely, not in this room. - The thing is, is it reasonable?
0:43:28 > 0:43:30That's what we've got to think about.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32OK, let's go and have a look, then.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35He seems set on his little brass section.
0:43:35 > 0:43:37I think at auction they're going to make...
0:43:37 > 0:43:41perhaps 15-30 quid, the two, which mean's I've got to try
0:43:41 > 0:43:44and buy them for somewhere between 5-10 quid.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46- That's all I can do.- Goodness me! - It's mean as hell, isn't it?
0:43:46 > 0:43:49But they were in the no reasonable offer refused section.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51They were in the no reasonable offer.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Are we going to get to ten?
0:43:53 > 0:43:57- Whatever you can do for me. I'm not going to...- A fiver each.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01- Can we do that? I'm happy with that. - There we are, my love.
0:44:01 > 0:44:04I wonder what Tom will make of Phil's fire extinguisher.
0:44:05 > 0:44:06- Cheers!- Bye!
0:44:08 > 0:44:11Meanwhile, the man himself is pressing on...
0:44:12 > 0:44:16..making his way east from Okehampton towards Crediton...
0:44:18 > 0:44:22..the birthplace of St Boniface, the Apostle of Germany.
0:44:27 > 0:44:28Morning.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30- Ah, good morning.- I'm Tom.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34- Hello, Tom, nice to meet you. I'm Jim.- Hi, Jim.
0:44:34 > 0:44:38Ah, he's Jim and the shop's called James Antiques. Ha!
0:44:38 > 0:44:41Tom's not got an awful lot of cash left,
0:44:41 > 0:44:43but perhaps one of the smaller items might tempt him.
0:44:43 > 0:44:48It's just a little barrel, isn't it? It would have had your tap on here.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52Very little one, though, isn't it?
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Another little bit of wood.
0:44:55 > 0:44:56Good mallet.
0:44:57 > 0:44:58It's £22.
0:45:01 > 0:45:02I do like that.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06In good working order. French, possibly, too.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13That's all quite nice, isn't it? Nice little stool?
0:45:13 > 0:45:15That's got quite a bit of age to it.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18That's got to be early-mid 19th century, isn't it?
0:45:18 > 0:45:19Very little.
0:45:19 > 0:45:23Might also be French. Perfect for a milk maid.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26Doesn't wobble too much, that's all right.
0:45:26 > 0:45:30I'm drawn to these little bits of wood, aren't I?
0:45:30 > 0:45:31Not many people are, that's the trouble.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34Oh, it's a crying shame, Tom.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36It's £28.
0:45:36 > 0:45:37That's a possibility.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40Time for a little entente cordiale.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43- That's nice. That's got some stories.- Lovely, yes.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45You've got £22 on there.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47Mmm-hmm.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50What sort of friendly deal could you do for me,
0:45:50 > 0:45:52bearing in mind I'm holding a mallet.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54Yes!
0:45:54 > 0:45:56How does 15 sound?
0:45:56 > 0:45:5815 sounds better, but...
0:46:00 > 0:46:03- ..it's not great. I was hoping for a tenner.- Oh-ho-ho!
0:46:03 > 0:46:0712. How about 11?
0:46:07 > 0:46:09- OK, you've got a deal. - Deal on that one.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11- Jolly good. - That's nice, I like that.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13One nailed.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15So what can we do on here? You've got...
0:46:15 > 0:46:1728.
0:46:17 > 0:46:19Try 20 on that?
0:46:20 > 0:46:22How about 25 for...
0:46:23 > 0:46:24..the two?
0:46:24 > 0:46:27I've got 11 here.
0:46:27 > 0:46:2828.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Mallet versus stool, eh?
0:46:30 > 0:46:33- 26.- Like scissors, paper, stone.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35OK, we've got a deal.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38- Brilliant, thanks, Jim.- We won't argue over £1.- That is brilliant.
0:46:38 > 0:46:41So 26.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43That's me done, four lots.
0:46:43 > 0:46:48Let's hope I don't get hammered in the auction.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50However, with more shopping on his mind,
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Phil's commandeered the Lancia.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56Charming(!) Just like a baby.
0:46:56 > 0:47:00He's heading south west to Bovey Tracey.
0:47:00 > 0:47:04This town is also named after its river - the Bovey, in this instance.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10Hi, I'm Philip. How are you?
0:47:10 > 0:47:11- I'm Tina.- Good to see you.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14You couldn't get much more in here, could you?
0:47:14 > 0:47:17Yeah. You can hardly see the wood for the trees.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20This is a nice mahogany mirror
0:47:20 > 0:47:23and it's so far out of taste it isn't true.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Another mirror, eh?
0:47:24 > 0:47:27With a price tag of £95.
0:47:27 > 0:47:30Right, so what we've got here is a 19th century mirror.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34This is made out of mahogany.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36This is cross-banded in satinwood.
0:47:37 > 0:47:41Do you remember Arthur Negus? "Beautiful dovetails.
0:47:41 > 0:47:42"Wonderful dovetails."
0:47:42 > 0:47:44Could you do that for 40?
0:47:45 > 0:47:49- I wanted 48. I'll come down to 45.- OK.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51So, I think...
0:47:53 > 0:47:54..I'm going to buy that off you.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58So one mirror for £45 and Phil's done with a kiss.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Take care now.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03With shopping done, what have they got?
0:48:05 > 0:48:11Tom started out with £230.02, and he spent £191 on four auction lots -
0:48:11 > 0:48:12the mallet,
0:48:12 > 0:48:14the three-legged stool,
0:48:14 > 0:48:16the oval mirror,
0:48:16 > 0:48:17and the picture frame.
0:48:19 > 0:48:26While Phil began with £309.08, and he spent £170 on five auction lots -
0:48:26 > 0:48:28the dressing table mirror,
0:48:28 > 0:48:32the fire extinguisher and brass mortar,
0:48:32 > 0:48:33the picnic hamper,
0:48:33 > 0:48:36the ship's funnels,
0:48:36 > 0:48:37and the pump trough.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Does anything stand out?
0:48:41 > 0:48:43A real good gamble is that frame,
0:48:43 > 0:48:48because the most he could possibly lose on that is £30-40
0:48:48 > 0:48:51and he might make 200 quid, so it's really going to be game on.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53He could catch me up just in one item.
0:48:53 > 0:48:54Thanks, Tom.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58I'm confident that that frame is going to do really, really well.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00Would be great to beat him at this auction.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02He's 2-0 up at the moment, so I need to get one.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08After beginning in Ashburton and almost circumnavigating Dartmoor,
0:49:08 > 0:49:12today's trip will conclude at an auction in nearby Chudleigh.
0:49:12 > 0:49:14- This is it.- An ancient wool town.
0:49:14 > 0:49:18- Perhaps we should have bought some wool.- Should have done.
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Poetry too.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23The great 17th century poet John Dryden
0:49:23 > 0:49:25wrote some of his most famous works hereabouts,
0:49:25 > 0:49:28thanks to having a local lord for a patron.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31- My frame's going to beat your funnels.- Get out of here.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34- It is, clearly. - That is just the innocence of youth.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36My funnels or your mirror?
0:49:36 > 0:49:39- It's going to be my frame, isn't it? - Oh, get out.- It is!
0:49:42 > 0:49:46Auctioneer Michael J Bowman's been holding regular auctions
0:49:46 > 0:49:48at Chudleigh Town Hall for over 25 years now,
0:49:48 > 0:49:53so get ready Chudleigh!
0:49:56 > 0:49:59First up is Phil's dressing table mirror.
0:49:59 > 0:50:03- What do you think?- I think it's going to go for £45.- Don't say that.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05- I think it will.- Think or hope?
0:50:05 > 0:50:06Both, to be fair.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09Start me at £10 for the mirror. 10 bid, thank you.
0:50:09 > 0:50:11At £10. At 10.
0:50:11 > 0:50:1412, 15,
0:50:14 > 0:50:1617, 20,
0:50:16 > 0:50:1822, 25,
0:50:18 > 0:50:2127, 30...
0:50:21 > 0:50:22It's getting there.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25At 30. Lot 64 at £30.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27At 30. 32.
0:50:27 > 0:50:2935.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31At £35. 37.
0:50:31 > 0:50:3340.
0:50:33 > 0:50:34It's going, it's going.
0:50:34 > 0:50:3640. Front of the room.
0:50:36 > 0:50:37All done?
0:50:37 > 0:50:38At £40...
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Oh, dear - a losing start.
0:50:43 > 0:50:45Even more after commission.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47I was bang on.
0:50:47 > 0:50:4840 quid.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50Or did I say 45?
0:50:53 > 0:50:56Mallet under the hammer, anyone?
0:50:56 > 0:50:57How do you know it's French?
0:50:58 > 0:51:02- I just think it is.- Why? Did you go, "Ooh, ma-llette?"
0:51:02 > 0:51:06The old mallet, there. Well patinated. Start me at £10.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Come on, £10, come on, £10.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Item... 10 bid, thank you.
0:51:10 > 0:51:11At £10. At 10.
0:51:11 > 0:51:15At £10. We have one bid at 10. At £10 and I'm selling.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18- If there's no further bids... - Nobody else wants it?
0:51:18 > 0:51:19I wonder why.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21- I can't believe that.- I can.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Not an auspicious start.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26If that was an English mallet...
0:51:28 > 0:51:30Time to worry about Phil's mortar without pestle
0:51:30 > 0:51:34and altogether useless fire extinguisher...now!
0:51:34 > 0:51:38Both useful in their ways. Start me at £10 for the two.
0:51:38 > 0:51:4010, is there?
0:51:40 > 0:51:4310 to start. No bid anywhere? There for sale.
0:51:44 > 0:51:4710, thank you, sir. At £10. Gentleman's bid now at 10.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50- Can I see 12 anywhere?- Trouble, here.- Are you going to struggle?
0:51:50 > 0:51:52- Yeah.- Gentleman's bid seated at 10.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54I'm selling if there's no further bids at £10.
0:51:54 > 0:51:55At £10...
0:51:57 > 0:51:59That felt like a good result...
0:51:59 > 0:52:01in the circumstances.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03I don't like Devon. I'm not coming here again.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05That's the end of it.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10Devon's famous for its milk, so how about Tom's little stool?
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Start me at £10 for the stool.
0:52:13 > 0:52:1510 bid, thank you. At 10.
0:52:15 > 0:52:1612.
0:52:16 > 0:52:1715.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19At £15.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23- Front of the room at 15.- £15?
0:52:23 > 0:52:25- At 15. 17, a gentleman's bid. - Good boy, go on, go on.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29£17, in the centre seated at 17, gentleman's bid. Are you all done?
0:52:29 > 0:52:31At £17...
0:52:33 > 0:52:35A tiny triumph.
0:52:35 > 0:52:36I think I've just made 20p.
0:52:40 > 0:52:42What can Phil's picnic basket do?
0:52:42 > 0:52:44Just a profit would be nice.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47Edwardian hamper, right time of year for this. Start me at £10.
0:52:47 > 0:52:52- Oh, why doesn't he start it a bit higher?- At £10.
0:52:52 > 0:52:53At 10.
0:52:53 > 0:52:54At 10, 12.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57Hell, I made a profit!
0:52:57 > 0:53:00At £12. The hamper at 12, in the doorway. All done, and I'm selling.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02I tell you what, this is tough, isn't it?
0:53:02 > 0:53:03Three down the toilet.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07This is no picnic.
0:53:07 > 0:53:08Is it raining out?
0:53:08 > 0:53:09I wonder why these people are in here,
0:53:09 > 0:53:11cos they're not bidding, are they?
0:53:11 > 0:53:14It must be raining outside. I don't know what they're doing.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18Tom needs all the luck he can get with this mirror.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21I want to savour this moment. What did you pay for the mirror, Tom?
0:53:22 > 0:53:24- COUGHING:- £65.- Sorry, how much?
0:53:24 > 0:53:28- The gilt-framed mirror hanging up on the wall.- Come on, come on.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32The whole lot, they're all turning round. Come on!
0:53:33 > 0:53:34Is there 10 for the mirror?
0:53:37 > 0:53:40- Is there 5 for the mirror? - Are you serious?
0:53:40 > 0:53:43£5 if you like, it's there for sale.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44That's unbelievable.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47- No bid.- No bid?!
0:53:48 > 0:53:51- 5 bid now, at £5. - I would've rather he'd left it.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54- He's just done you a disservice. - Yeah, I could have taken that on.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56At 5.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59- At 5, back of the room, all done? - I'm feeling a bit sick.- At £5.
0:54:01 > 0:54:06That's dreadful! A huge loss that leaves Phil nicely in the lead.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08Not much to boast about, though.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10What you've got to remember is that people watching this
0:54:10 > 0:54:13recognise us as being experts in our own field, right.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15They recognise that we can go out there,
0:54:15 > 0:54:19we can sniff out those little nuggets that other people miss
0:54:19 > 0:54:22and we can pay £65 for them
0:54:22 > 0:54:25and sell them for £5.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27That is a skill that a lot of people don't have.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32Phil's funnel might do just as badly and even things up a bit.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35I'm not sure this lot are ready for funnels.
0:54:35 > 0:54:40Not only useful but attractive. The pair, start me at £20 for the pair.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Big intro.
0:54:42 > 0:54:4520? At £20, thank you, sir. 5, may I say?
0:54:45 > 0:54:4625.
0:54:47 > 0:54:4930.
0:54:49 > 0:54:50Hello.
0:54:50 > 0:54:5140.
0:54:51 > 0:54:5445.
0:54:54 > 0:54:5550. Are we all done?
0:54:56 > 0:54:58At £50...
0:54:58 > 0:55:00Mr Jameson, thank you.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Phew! A relief, but still a loss after commission.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06Before the auction, I was concerned I'd only bought four lots.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08I'm actually now quite pleased.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10- Do you want one of mine?- No!
0:55:10 > 0:55:14But the silver fox has one last chance - his pump trough.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18This is my Usain Bolt, this is. This is my banker.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21If this doesn't run to glory, I'm absolutely up it, mate.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25- Start me at £20 for this...- £20?!
0:55:25 > 0:55:29- 20 bid, thank you. Lady's bid at 20. - At least he got 20.- 5, may I say?
0:55:29 > 0:55:31At 20. 25.
0:55:31 > 0:55:33- 30.- That's good.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36At 30, 35. 40.
0:55:36 > 0:55:37It's getting there.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40At £40, in front of me at 40.
0:55:40 > 0:55:4245, a new bidder.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45At 45. 50.
0:55:45 > 0:55:465.
0:55:46 > 0:55:4760.
0:55:47 > 0:55:485.
0:55:48 > 0:55:4970.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53- 5.- That's better.- At 75. Gentleman's bid now at 75.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55Standing, at 75.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57- At 75.- It just means I've wiped my face for the day.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00It's better than...
0:56:00 > 0:56:01At £75.
0:56:03 > 0:56:04Mr Bainbridge, thank you.
0:56:04 > 0:56:08That profit means Phil's now made a small loss overall.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10I'm going to go let this auctioneer's tyres down.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12I am. I'm going to find out which his car is.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15It'll be the Rolls-Royce outside. I'm going to go let the tyres down.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19Thanks to his mirror, Tom's gone backwards,
0:56:19 > 0:56:22but could the French frame somehow save the day?
0:56:22 > 0:56:25- Are you anxious?- I'm very, very, very, very anxious.
0:56:25 > 0:56:28Let me tell you, I'm actually quite anxious for you.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30The picture frame at 128.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33- This is it. You can hear that buzz. - The whole room's lifted.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36The picture frame at 128.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38A handsome piece. Start me at £30 for this.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41- 30 bid, thank you. - Oh, good(!)
0:56:41 > 0:56:4350, 60
0:56:43 > 0:56:4470, 80,
0:56:44 > 0:56:4690, 100.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48- Oh, yeah.- 110, a new bidder.
0:56:48 > 0:56:49120.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51130, 140,
0:56:51 > 0:56:53150, 160,
0:56:53 > 0:56:56- 170...- My heart, mate.- Well done.
0:56:56 > 0:56:57At 180.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59At 180. 190.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01200.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03210, 220,
0:57:03 > 0:57:05230, 240.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09250, 260,
0:57:09 > 0:57:11270.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13At 270, 280.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15290.
0:57:15 > 0:57:16At 290.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18I tell you, this has got to be one of the best auction houses
0:57:18 > 0:57:21- I've ever been to. - Standing, at 290.
0:57:21 > 0:57:24Lady's bid at 290. All done?
0:57:24 > 0:57:26At £290.
0:57:27 > 0:57:31- £290.- Well done, mate.- Thank you.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34That fantastic result has changed everything,
0:57:34 > 0:57:36putting the new boy on top.
0:57:36 > 0:57:37I've won an auction.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39Does that mean I've won an auction?
0:57:39 > 0:57:41What it does mean is the drinks are on you.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44- Loser drives, though, buddy. - Oh, here we go.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Not only has Tom won today,
0:57:46 > 0:57:49but he's grabbed the overall lead as well.
0:57:49 > 0:57:54Phil started out with £309.08 and after paying auction costs
0:57:54 > 0:57:57he made a loss of £16.66.
0:57:57 > 0:58:01So, he has £292.42 to spend next time.
0:58:02 > 0:58:08While Tom began with £232.02 and after paying auction costs,
0:58:08 > 0:58:11he made a profit of £73.04,
0:58:11 > 0:58:16leaving him with £303.06 and a narrow lead.
0:58:16 > 0:58:19That is a spanking in any sort of language, mate.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21- We've had some good ones in there. - Absolute spanking.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24- And some real shockers. - I'm delighted for you.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28That was brilliant.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30So newbie Tom is fighting back.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32All's to play for.