0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
0:00:04 > 0:00:09with £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13- Going, going...gone.- Yes!- I think I've fallen in love with a brick.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18- The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat. - Yes!
0:00:18 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:21 > 0:00:27- I feel antiqued out. - So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- Charlie!- Sorry about that.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:35 > 0:00:40It's the start of a brand-new Road Trip with a brand-new expert.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44# Pretty woman, walking down the street... #
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Christina Trevanion may be a Road Trip rookie,
0:00:46 > 0:00:53but this shrewd Shrewsbury lady is the head of the jewellery department in a long-established auction house.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55That looks a bit painful.
0:00:55 > 0:01:00With plenty of antiques experience, she isn't afraid to use her female charms to get what she wants.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03I'll give you a second kiss.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05She's friendly.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Her competitive companion is Road Trip stalwart Charles Hanson,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12a fully-fledged auctioneer from Derbyshire.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17# Cos every girl's crazy 'bout a sharp-dressed man... #
0:01:17 > 0:01:20With a passion for the traditional, an eye for detail
0:01:20 > 0:01:22and the memory of a goldfish.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27I've bought a really, really... What did I buy? What did I buy? Sorry.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Good grief! With a starting budget of £200 each,
0:01:30 > 0:01:36young Christina and old hand Hanson are hoping to shake things up a bit. This is going to be fun.
0:01:36 > 0:01:42You are a young lady. Maybe you can galvanise the antiques market to go hip.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- Hip?- Go happening.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Oh, lordy!
0:01:47 > 0:01:52In this battle of the sexes, Charles and Christina will go the distance
0:01:52 > 0:01:55in their beautiful, vintage 1969 Morris Minor
0:01:55 > 0:02:00if they survive the delightful spring weather and the gear changes, that is.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03CRUNCHING OF GEARS
0:02:03 > 0:02:05- Charlie!- Sorry about that.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13The route for the week takes our intrepid road trippers from Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire
0:02:13 > 0:02:18over peak and dale to their final destination of Cobridge in Staffordshire,
0:02:18 > 0:02:20covering approximately 600 miles.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24But on this leg, our experts will start in Whaley Bridge
0:02:24 > 0:02:27and end up at auction in Liverpool.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Situated in the High Peak, Whaley Bridge is a small, but vibrant town nestling in the hills
0:02:32 > 0:02:34of the Goyt Valley.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38I feel we might get lucky round here. This is a good place to start.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- Something in your waters? - Yeah, there is.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Hardly surprising seeing as you are on Hanson territory, but will it give him the upper hand?
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- We're here?- You've got one small shop on the left-hand side.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Have you been here before?- No, I've got no idea.- Are you sure?- Positive.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- There's also one big shop over there.- Right.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01This is where you do this and you begin to feel the energy and the desire.
0:03:01 > 0:03:07- They say small is beautiful. Do you want the small shop? - I think I'll go small.- I'll go big.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- I'll start small... - OK, on your marks, get set, go!
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Stop bossing the new girl about and get along to your first shop.
0:03:15 > 0:03:21- This is my first shop.- Yes, we know that, Charles. It's called Finders Keepers... Losers, weepers!
0:03:21 > 0:03:27- Hello, sir.- Good morning.- Is it your shop?- It is.- I'm Charles Hanson. - Hi, Charles. My name's Paul.
0:03:27 > 0:03:32- Thank you for letting me come into your shop.- No problem. - Have you any quirky objects?
0:03:32 > 0:03:37Anything which is maybe slightly peculiar what's just come in?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Apart from yourself, Charles?
0:03:39 > 0:03:43- Follow me. This way. - If you never ask, you don't get.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46What about these two fellas here?
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Not my taste. But what does he say to you?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52He says to me, "Don't buy me, I might burst."
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Oh, yeah. It's a tyre man.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Ha-ha! Carry on, Carlos. Tick-tock.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03- Paul, is that your clock?- Yes. - Is it for sale?- It is for sale. - Made in China?
0:04:03 > 0:04:07- It's made in China in the 1960s, I presume.- Yeah, it's quite stylish.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12You've got this wonderful, chrome outer ring which has had some tarnishing and rust.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16I do like the way the numbers are almost in plastic,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19the Arabic numerals. They've got a real '60s feel.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24And what appears to almost be a Bakelite case, but it is a wooden, ebonised case.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Could our chap have fallen in love with this timeless timepiece?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- I don't like it.- Oh, no. - How much, Paul, is it?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- £45.- Look at me. Paul, look at me.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39- That's cheap.- Eh?- I think that's really cheap.- It's a real gamble.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42It's just so...awful. Not being cruel, Paul, but it is.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47- It's just got that look.- If you hear it chime, you'll buy it.- Really?
0:04:47 > 0:04:49- Yeah.- Would you take £30 for it?
0:04:49 > 0:04:54How about we do this? If I get it to chime, it's 35. If I don't, it's 30.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56So the money's on the bell.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- Has that overwound it?- No, it hasn't. It does that. It's fine.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05- So if it chimes at five o'clock, it's £35?- Yeah.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Going, going... - CLOCK CHIMES
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- Sold, Paul.- Excellent.- £35. Thanks ever so much.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Ding-dong! And with that, it's time to head to his next shop on foot,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20making the most of Britain in springtime.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23The one thing about England is the weather.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Antiquing in a winter's wonderland is just wonderful!
0:05:27 > 0:05:33Oblivious to the blizzard, Christina is getting stuck in at Whaley Bridge Antiques with owner Damien.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Have we got anything new and exciting?
0:05:36 > 0:05:41- Cat badges?- I've just had... I've got cat badges.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45There's a little box of dogs that came out of an old lady's house.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49- Are you wanting something you can make a few quid on?- Hmm...
0:05:49 > 0:05:52They're not old, but there are loads of them.
0:05:52 > 0:05:57This hodge-podge of hounds even includes an egg-cup collie. Hardly pedigree, do you think?
0:05:57 > 0:06:03- These are all resin, really. - They are, but they're very cheap. - Are they?- You're after a profit.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- What are we talking, "cheap"? - The box, 20 quid.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10For a load of dogs?
0:06:10 > 0:06:14- For a load of dogs.- That does sound cheap, but they are resin.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18But I do like that box behind you.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23- # Hallelujah! # - Not convinced by a box of plastic dogs, Christina has a vision.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28- This came from a local church. - So this would have been an alms box.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32The 19th century alms box was used to collect cash for the poor.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37There's a lovely groove on the top where the people have put the money in.
0:06:37 > 0:06:42Yeah, it just looks worn and tactile. It's lovely. I like that.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Yeah.- How much is that?- 90 quid.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- £90? That sounds like a lot of money.- I know.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49That's almost half of her budget.
0:06:49 > 0:06:55- At auction, I see that at maybe £40 to £60.- Right.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- Yeah.- So what can you do me that's quite close to that?
0:06:58 > 0:07:02She's a trier all right, but then so is he.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07Well, it might cost you a kiss, but you can have it for £60.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- Cheeky!- A kiss for £60?
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- Go on, 40.- No, 60.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- I can do it for 60.- £40.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17- That's what it cost me.- Is it?- Yeah.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22Well, surely, I should be paying 40 and then you get £20 for a kiss.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Surely! I'm not selling my kisses cheap.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29A peck on the cheek is all I ask for. My wife will be watching.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33I think your wife needs to watch you a bit closer, Damien.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39- I love it, but I think it's a bit rich. I don't think I'll make any money out of it.- Oh, you're good.
0:07:39 > 0:07:46- I am very in love with that. What can we throw in for £60? - 60 and take the box of resin dogs.
0:07:46 > 0:07:52- They don't... - You'll make something out of those. - Yeah, like a bonfire, eh? Woof!
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- 50.- I can't take 50...
0:07:55 > 0:07:5850 and the dogs. Go on, go on.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Go on. And you're my first one.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03You're my first, first one.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Go on. £50?- £50.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- Sure?- The box and a kiss.
0:08:09 > 0:08:16- If we said £49 on the box and £1 for the dogs...- Absolutely fine. - Is that all right?- Yes.
0:08:16 > 0:08:22- I'll give you a second kiss.- Good luck.- Fresh!- Thank you very much. You're a star. My first one down!
0:08:22 > 0:08:26I wonder if the same technique would work for Charles Hanson?
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- Talk of the devil!- Charlie! - How are you?- How are you getting on?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Big question - how is the young pretender doing?
0:08:32 > 0:08:35All right, but I don't think I should be telling you.
0:08:35 > 0:08:42- Just go for it.- You keep encouraging me to spend all this money. I think this is tactics.- See you later.
0:08:42 > 0:08:48- Good luck.- With Christina up and running, Charles can now try his luck with the dashing Damien.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Pucker up, Carlos!
0:08:50 > 0:08:56- Good morning.- Good morning. - How are you? Charles Hanson. - Damien Wylde.- Good to see you.
0:08:56 > 0:09:02You've got some really good things. You've got some coins, some nice flatware. There's everything here.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07- Where do I start?- Have a look round and shout out if you want anything. We'll see what we can do.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12- Thanks, Chris.- Chris? Who's Chris? - Damien.- Sorry, Damien.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14He never was one for names, old Charles.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- What you've got here is a silkwork.- It's silkwork.
0:09:18 > 0:09:24- It's probably been done in the 1880s. - What a wonderful thing!- What a shame it's in that condition.- Yeah.
0:09:24 > 0:09:30What is so nice, you've got battles going back to the Peninsula, the Waterloo, Inkerman...
0:09:30 > 0:09:34- What a nice thing!- The silkwork is for the Royal Lancastrian Regiment
0:09:34 > 0:09:41and commemorates the battles they've taken part in, but it looks like it's been through the wars itself.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44This, I love. What really puts me off is this condition.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48- How much is it? - I've got 60 on it.- Yeah.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52However, as it's you, how about 25 quid?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- You can't? Crikey me! - Temptress.- Crikey me!
0:09:55 > 0:09:58It's your lucky day, Carlos. Quick, kiss him!
0:09:58 > 0:10:04- They say, amongst Derbyshire people, you can do a deal. That is one good deal.- You'll make money at that.
0:10:04 > 0:10:09It might well make money, Damien, but young Charles has been distracted by a George III chest.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11And he does love his drawers.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15- The chest of drawers... - You like the chest of drawers?- I do.
0:10:15 > 0:10:20Three short and three long drawers on this blade feet.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24- Has it been here a while?- No.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- This is 1790, 1800, lovely colour. - The boards are good on the back.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33Yeah. The scars of a patina which has been there for two centuries.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37These handles aren't original. They don't look the most attractive.
0:10:37 > 0:10:43- It should have little, round, wooden handles.- I like the chest because it's period.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48- I also like the...- The silkwork, the colours.- But I think the silkwork is too ropey in its condition.
0:10:48 > 0:10:53- Yes.- Which leaves me with one big chest.- Yeah.- It's here, Chris.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54Damien!
0:10:54 > 0:10:58If I bought...the chest,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00what's the best price?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Well, you see, I've got 320 on it.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05- For this?- Yeah.
0:11:05 > 0:11:11I'm going to charge you £180 and I'm going to throw the Lancaster colours in. Now shake my hand.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I'd love to buy the chest, Chris.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Damien!
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Sorry, Damien. Damien, I'd love to buy the chest.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22I think the chest is worth 100 to 150.
0:11:22 > 0:11:28I'd like to pay you 20, 40, 60, 80... £100.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Because...- Yes...
0:11:30 > 0:11:32..it gives me a chance.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Another 20 and we've got a deal.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- Which is 20 for the chest and for the picture?- Just for the chest.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43I've got to be firm and I feel, Chris...
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Damien! Crikey!
0:11:45 > 0:11:53Damien, sorry. I feel it's a chest, Damien, which at auction is worth 100 to 150, so I'll leave it.
0:11:53 > 0:11:59- I tell you what we'll do.- Yes? - Take the chest of drawers for 100. Take it for 100.
0:11:59 > 0:12:05- Don't say that to me now. - Yeah, take it.- The roller-coaster of the romance of the Road Trip.
0:12:05 > 0:12:11If you had remembered his name and offered him a kiss, you might have got there a bit quicker, Carlos.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16And if I said for Queen and country, here's an extra £20...
0:12:16 > 0:12:19- Yes.- And I'll take the picture as well.- Yes, you can.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- We've got a deal. So that's £120 all in.- All in.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28- For the picture and the chest. Are you happy?- I'm happy.- Are you sure? Look at me, Damien.- I'm very happy.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- And I hope you'll be happy.- Is that chest OK?- The chest is brilliant.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I think that'll do two easy.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39It's a wonderful Georgian chest and if you can't buy history for history's sake
0:12:39 > 0:12:45- with a passion for what you enjoy, when can you?- It's shabby chic. Enjoy, my friend.- Thanks, Damien.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- There's your 120.- Thank you.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52Blimey, that's half his budget on the chest alone! He's bold, that boy!
0:12:52 > 0:12:58At last, spring has sprung and just down the road, Christina has wasted no time at all in the shop
0:12:58 > 0:13:02where Charles bought his swinging '60s clock from Paul. Stand by.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04I do like the Schweppes box.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10Everybody wants to buy the Schweppes box, but I like to keep them in the shop just to contain things.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- Obviously, they're in keeping. - I like that a lot.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- You want to keep it?- I do. - There's a challenge.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20- Uh-oh!- No price would tempt you? - Maybe. Everything's got a price.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23But if I had to let it go, £25.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28- And the contents? - No, I don't think so.
0:13:28 > 0:13:34- Go on, the contents and the box for £25.- I don't think so. Charles said I had to watch out for you.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- I can see why now.- Cheeky monkey!
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Word travels fast in Whaley Bridge. Go easy on him, girl.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Would you let it go for any less?
0:13:45 > 0:13:50- The bottom price would be 20. - I'm not going to make any money on it at 20 quid.- She's a terrier.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- A fiver? - LAUGHTER
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- Go on.- No!- Please.- No.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Would you take any less?
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Would you buy it at 15?
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Over to you now, isn't it?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09I'd give you ten quid now for it.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16- What about the other fiver? - No. I don't think I've got another fiver.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19£150 at the last count, actually.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23- Go on, a tenner. It's fun. - Not for Paul, it isn't.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25A tenner. Go on.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28He's crumbling. Leave the shirt on his back, girl.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- Go on.- OK, but...
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- But?- Deal.- Yeah?- Is it a deal?
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Is it a deal? There was a "but" there somewhere.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42There is a "but". I'd just like to apologise to all my customers that have tried to buy the crate.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Has it been very popular? - Yeah, absolutely.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- They can come to the auction. - Absolutely.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- It's a deal.- It's a deal. - Thank you, Paul. You're a legend.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Do I get the contents?- No, sorry. - It was worth a try.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Quit while you're ahead, young lady.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59With three lots already under his belt,
0:14:59 > 0:15:05young Charles has made tracks to Manchester for an arresting experience.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09The Greater Manchester Police Museum is housed
0:15:09 > 0:15:14in one of the city's earliest police stations, painstakingly restored
0:15:14 > 0:15:18to reflect the realities of policing at the turn of the 19th century.
0:15:18 > 0:15:24An offshoot of the town council, Greater Manchester Police Force was formed in 1839,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27ten years after the Peelers of London.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32One of the earliest forces, it was met with suspicion and resistance.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Punishments were harsh and often outweighed the crimes.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Charles is meeting curator Duncan Broady to find out more.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44- Nice to meet you.- Charles Hanson. I feel like saying, "It wasn't me."
0:15:44 > 0:15:47It's quite daunting. I can see some handcuffs over there.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51And clearly, it's all in keeping to what was then,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54back in the 1870s, real punishment.
0:15:54 > 0:16:00The tricky part was once you made the arrest, you had to walk through the streets with your prisoner.
0:16:00 > 0:16:06You had no van or car to collect you, so handcuffs were vital to make sure that the person couldn't escape.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09So here I am at the desk back in 1879
0:16:09 > 0:16:13and I could be brought in for some probably quite minor crimes.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Yes, indeed.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19- It could be "drunk and incapable". - Yes.- Or "drunk and disorderly".
0:16:19 > 0:16:24- It wasn't me.- Or there was even one that the Manchester Police had
0:16:24 > 0:16:26which was "drunk and refusing to fight".
0:16:26 > 0:16:29This was somebody in such a state of intoxication
0:16:29 > 0:16:35that they couldn't even summon the strength to fight the officer before they were arrested.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40I'm quite a coward, so maybe that's me in that regard. But I'm no drunk. Can you tell?
0:16:40 > 0:16:46As well as police paraphernalia, the museum also has a vast archive of early criminal records,
0:16:46 > 0:16:51detailing the day-to-day workings of the genuine Victorian station.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56We've got one or two examples of documents from the collection here,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59starting with this large book which is known as a thieves' album.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02It looks fascinating, absolutely fascinating.
0:17:02 > 0:17:08Here, for example, on this page, you've got a man called John Melville
0:17:08 > 0:17:11who, to me, looks a fine man of society.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14And he's 29 years old.
0:17:14 > 0:17:19On the 5th of July, 1904, he's stolen four umbrellas.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24He has received stolen property in Blackpool.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26This goes on throughout the book.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31- So you've got different characters. - Different characters with different offences.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34This lady has been convicted a few times.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38Mary Ann Riley. What's her trade here?
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- Is that "prostitute"? - It is "prostitute".- Crikey me!
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- "Stealing growing celery." - "Stealing growing celery."
0:17:47 > 0:17:51"Sentenced to reformation for five years." Just amazing.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55But whether charged with soliciting or stealing celery,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58there's one place you were sure to end up - in the chokey.
0:17:58 > 0:18:04In these cells, you would spend the night before going to court the next day to the magistrates.
0:18:04 > 0:18:10- So that's why there's only four cells?- Four cells, but as many as 12 people per cell on a busy night.
0:18:10 > 0:18:15- 12 per cell?- Yes.- And I can see my name is up there as well, Duncan.
0:18:15 > 0:18:21- Yes, we have it on the board there. - It wasn't me.- I think you need to go inside, Charles.
0:18:21 > 0:18:28Charles Samuel Hanson, you are hereby charged and will be suitably detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31It's actually quite comfortable.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34It's like almost being on a plastic sun lounger.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42But I think, after a while, you would become slightly uncomfortable.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48And with that, the first day of our trip draws to a close.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53- I do hope someone remembers to free the Road Trip One.- Let me out.- Ah!
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Night-night.
0:18:55 > 0:19:01It's the start of a brand-new day and the chance to leave the wintry weather behind.
0:19:01 > 0:19:06- This is pretty cool. I didn't think we'd go open-top today.- No. - I should have listened to you.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- What a difference a day makes! - Exactly.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14- Bikini weather by next week. - Oh, my God!- No, not you, Charles.
0:19:15 > 0:19:22So far, Christina has spent £60 on three lots - the 19th century alms box, the selection of dog ornaments
0:19:22 > 0:19:26and the wooden bottle crate, leaving her with £140 for the day ahead.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31Charles, meanwhile, has spent £155 also on three lots - the 1960s retro clock,
0:19:31 > 0:19:37the George III chest of drawers and a Victorian military silkwork,
0:19:37 > 0:19:41giving him just £45 to splash on today's shopping.
0:19:42 > 0:19:48Our eager experts are heading to their first destination of the day - Southport.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Founded in 1792, Southport was originally sparsely populated
0:19:52 > 0:19:55and dominated by sand dunes,
0:19:55 > 0:20:01but that all changed at the turn of the 19th century with the onset of the Industrial Revolution
0:20:01 > 0:20:08and the influx of day-trippers who came to enjoy the seaside in the sunshine. No time to paddle today.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11- It's a feast. Just feast your eyes. - It looks fabulous.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Right, so you're here and I'm off to a vintage antiques emporium.
0:20:15 > 0:20:21- Spend hard, OK?- Will do. - Just go for it. Impress me.- OK. - Go for it.- Will do.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27Christina may be the new kid on the block, but hopefully, she'll take Charles' advice with a pinch of salt
0:20:27 > 0:20:30and form her own shopping strategy at the Royal Arcade.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Oh, my goodness!
0:20:32 > 0:20:38- Hello.- Hello.- Hi, I'm Christina. Nice to meet you.- Nice to meet you too. Welcome to Southport.
0:20:38 > 0:20:43- Thank you very much. It's Caroline? - Caroline.- Caroline and Christina. Goodness me!
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- Where do I start?- Help yourself. - Browse away, OK.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51With 60 different dealers under one roof, there's plenty to choose from.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55There's so much.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59You'd be moaning if there wasn't. Come on, Christina. Chop-chop!
0:20:59 > 0:21:03This is really quite unusual with this yellow glazing.
0:21:03 > 0:21:09I've not seen one with that bright colour before and, to a collector, that could be quite interesting.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Christina has spotted a limited edition piece of Prattware,
0:21:13 > 0:21:18issued as a souvenir from the British Empire Exhibition of 1924, courtesy of stall-owner Roy.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22That's quite fun and unusual with the yellow, really unusual.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- It is, yeah.- I quite like that.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30- That little crack in there worries me slightly. - Probably just a firing crack.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Yeah, we've got a crack in there.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37It's been extended there. What's your price on that one?
0:21:37 > 0:21:40The very bottom figure would be 66.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42£66?
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Here she goes. - Could you do it for 60?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- No.- Go on.- I can't.- Go on.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50£60 would be brilliant. I'd be happy at 60.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54- 65 would be... That would be it.- 65?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56It looks like she's met her match.
0:21:56 > 0:21:5865... Go on then.
0:21:58 > 0:22:04- Let's go £65. I'll shake on that with you. £65 and wish me lots of luck.- All the best.- I'll need it.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08And once she starts, there's no stopping her.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13- "Very rare piece, Art Deco at its best." I like that. - It's quite different.- Yeah.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16It's quite fun. I like that.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20The Art Deco cigarette or cheroot holder has a price tag of £36,
0:22:20 > 0:22:27but Christina is hoping she can get the price down to £15 with a phone call to the absentee stall-owner.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32- Will you do 20?- I just don't see it at a profit at 20.
0:22:32 > 0:22:38She doesn't think she'll make the profit. He'll meet you halfway at 18.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40- Halfway?- Halfway?
0:22:40 > 0:22:45- 15, please, would be brilliant. - She's begging now. She's on her knees. 15?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- OK, it's a winner.- Yay! Brilliant.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49All right. Bye, Paul. Bye.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- Fantastic.- There we go. How was that?- Art Deco at its best.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59Well done. Fantastic. You're a lady of negotiation skills. Can I take her with me? She's brilliant.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01No, you cannot. Leave her alone.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Lovely. Thank you very much.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08- Caroline, thank you so much for your help.- It's nice to have you here.- Wish me luck.
0:23:08 > 0:23:13Meanwhile, just down the road, her rival Carlos is in John Nolan Antiques
0:23:13 > 0:23:16where he is really up against it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19John, I might need your help. I've got £45 to spend.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- Time is the essence.- You want me to choose something for you?
0:23:23 > 0:23:29- I love these, but these are too much, aren't they?- There's a pair of those. They're quite early.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31What could they be, price-wise?
0:23:31 > 0:23:35They're lead-glazed earthenware and they're quite nice.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39- Are they drug jars?- They are, yes. They come from a chemist.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42- They're almost like a Whieldon glaze.- They're beautiful.
0:23:42 > 0:23:47Whieldon glaze, after the 18th century potter Thomas Whieldon,
0:23:47 > 0:23:51is a brown earthenware effect, usually achieved with manganese oxide,
0:23:51 > 0:23:56but with a price tag of £90 for the pair, they might not turn out to be best-sellers.
0:23:56 > 0:24:01- I bought them in about 1980 in Liverpool.- Yeah.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05- And I've still got these... - Really?- ..in 2013.
0:24:05 > 0:24:11- So you've had these in your shop... - I've had those in my shop for the best part of...- 33 years? Oh, my!
0:24:11 > 0:24:15That means one thing to me - cash them in, get them sold.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20- I'll tell you what. I'll keep one. - Yes.- It'll be a remembrance of your visit.- Yeah.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24And you have one. £45 and we've done a deal.
0:24:24 > 0:24:30But you know, John, sometimes in life, in love, you don't want to break up. You want to stay together.
0:24:30 > 0:24:35You don't want to get divorced. They've been together here in your shop since 1980.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Wouldn't you want to say goodbye to them both and say,
0:24:38 > 0:24:42"Goodbye, missus, goodbye, mister, let's wave them both off together?"
0:24:42 > 0:24:46- John, look at me. - At £45, they're a good buy.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- For the pair?- Goodbye. They're yours.- Are you being serious? - Yes.- You've bought them.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54Ha! BOGOF, eh? Buy one, get one free.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- You're saying £45... - You've got yourself a deal.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02They've been here since 1980 when I was two years old.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04For £45, let's take them on.
0:25:04 > 0:25:10- OK, you'll be known as the man who sold these.- Who bought something which maybe was a big mistake.
0:25:10 > 0:25:17And with that, Charles has spent every penny of his £200 budget. That's a very bold move indeed.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20With her shopping completed,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Christina has travelled on to Liverpool
0:25:23 > 0:25:26where she is planning to take a break, quite literally.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29In the heart of the city lies Thurston's,
0:25:29 > 0:25:33a family business synonymous with the sport of billiards since 1799.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36As well as making traditional tables,
0:25:36 > 0:25:41the shop houses a world-class collection of billiards and snooker heritage,
0:25:41 > 0:25:47built up by the late owner, Norman Clare. Christina is meeting his son Peter to find out more.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49This looks amazing. Absolutely amazing.
0:25:49 > 0:25:54It's part of our showroom, but it has some of our collection as well.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- I believe you're a bit of a dying breed.- We could be, yes.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01Or rare breed, rather than dying breed. Sorry about that.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Snookered! Time for a potted history.
0:26:04 > 0:26:10In mid-14th century Europe, bilhard was a lawn game similar to croquet.
0:26:10 > 0:26:15By the following century, it had moved indoors and been raised on to a table,
0:26:15 > 0:26:21the green baize representing the grass it had once been played on, but early tables didn't have pockets
0:26:21 > 0:26:26and that wasn't the only thing that was different about the game. Cue Peter.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Until about the late 1890s, there wasn't a specified size for a table,
0:26:31 > 0:26:36so you could have had a table which was 16 foot long by only four foot wide or whatever else.
0:26:36 > 0:26:42- It wasn't until quite late on that it was specified that a table was 12 foot by six foot.- OK.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46For a billiard table which is what we play snooker on.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50- What are these...?- The things that...- They look like golf clubs.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54They do rather. There's an example of one. It's called a mace.
0:26:54 > 0:27:00The early cue is just a small part of the quirky collection thought to be one of the largest in the world.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04When did the mace... Or how did it develop?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- I assume it then became a cue. - It did, yes.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10If you take the mace... We've got one over here.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- If you take that as being a mace... - That's the mace.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19This is quite a good quality one in that it's also got the sighting line down it.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24The idea would be that you would stand something like that and it was a push shot.
0:27:24 > 0:27:30As the game developed, players wanting to attempt more skilful shots
0:27:30 > 0:27:32used the tail end of the mace.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36The French word for "tail" is "la queue", hence the cue got its name.
0:27:36 > 0:27:43Anywhere where there's been a UK influence and they use UK-style cues will still have a flat on the butt.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47So you could push... But is that legal now?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49It wouldn't be now, no.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Balls. Now, what about billiard balls?
0:27:52 > 0:27:58We think that the early balls were made of wood, then they went to ivory.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01In about the 1860s, I think it was,
0:28:01 > 0:28:05so many elephants were being killed for ivory,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09for the ivory trade in general, not just for billiards,
0:28:09 > 0:28:13that there was a prize offered in the States of 10,000 dollars
0:28:13 > 0:28:17for somebody to invent something to replace the ivory billiard balls.
0:28:17 > 0:28:24And one of the first things made in plastic and sold in plastic commercially was billiard balls.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25Brilliant.
0:28:25 > 0:28:30By the mid-19th century, billiards wasn't just a game for the aristocracy.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33It was a game for every man and every woman.
0:28:33 > 0:28:41But now there were many variations - carom, snooker, pool, each putting a different spin on the cue sport.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44But anyone of note would have had a table of their own.
0:28:44 > 0:28:50So, Peter, any really famous people that I would have heard of that have got a Thurston's table?
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Yes. Charles Dickens. And he bought a few accessories off us.
0:28:54 > 0:28:59- They actually kept the cheque. Although it's been slightly damaged, we've got it here.- My goodness!
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- And it's on Coutts Bank.- Of course.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05And it's for nine pounds, four shillings.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10- That was for his table?- I think it was for accessories for his table.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14- And dated 1860-something. - 1860-something or other.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20- It's actually signed by Dickens? - Yeah.- That's amazing. That is a claim to fame!
0:29:20 > 0:29:26Ha! And it can all be found right here in The Old Cue-riosity Shop!
0:29:28 > 0:29:33All shopped out and still in Liverpool, our happy campers have reconvened
0:29:33 > 0:29:37at the rather posh Croxteth Hall as they show and tell.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Let's hope they don't give themselves a showing up as well.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- I'm really nervous.- Don't be. - I am.- Prepare to be utterly...
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- I can't wait.- ..unamazed. Drum roll!
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Oh, I like.
0:29:50 > 0:29:56- I do like. No, I do like. - What have I bought?- No, I like. Thanks for coming.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00- I love your... Are they Border Fine Arts?- No, resin.- They're very nice.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04From the box of dogs to the box of the gods.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09- I needed some divine inspiration. - "For the holy souls." You might make a profit.- I love this.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13- Is it a collection box? - Yes, I think it's an alms box.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- OK, of course.- But I just love the way that it's been worn.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20- You can see where the coins have gone in.- I love that Gothic back.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23It's 1880, 1890... I really rate that.
0:30:23 > 0:30:29I also love and one of my great passions... I say "passion". I knew the late Mr Pratt from Shropshire.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31- Your Prattware pot.- Ta-da!
0:30:31 > 0:30:35- With base and... - Oh, I like it. That's lovely.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- A little bit late, I think. - It doesn't matter.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42I was appealing to memorabilia and Pratt pot lid collectors.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46I think it looks 1860s, but obviously, it's the '20s.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49But a good object. You've bought a really nice mix.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- How much were your dogs? - How much do you think?
0:30:52 > 0:30:57They're a good collection. They look happy. They appear to be in good condition.
0:30:57 > 0:31:03- I reckon the dogs cost you something in the order of £45. - No way.- How much?- A pound.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- A pound?- Yeah.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- £1 for...- A pound per dog? - No, just £1.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12- Where were they from?- I sort of did a little bit of sweet-talking.
0:31:12 > 0:31:19Could that stray purchase make Christina the leader of the pack? It depends on what she's up against.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23- Come on, Charlie.- Are you ready? - Oh, my goodness!
0:31:24 > 0:31:26Oh! Oh, my... Oh!
0:31:26 > 0:31:33- I love this.- Really?- Yeah, mahogany chest of drawers. How much did you pay for that?- Have a guess.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Did you pay 150 quid for it?
0:31:35 > 0:31:39- It's what they call in the trade a oner. £100.- 100 quid?
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- £100.- Where do you buy a chest of drawers today for 100 quid?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46In an antiques shop in Whaley Bridge, obviously.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Next!
0:31:48 > 0:31:54- I love this.- You know, that's retro, we are in Liverpool, it's swinging, it's '60s...
0:31:54 > 0:31:57- It's just got the look. - It's very funky. I like that.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01There is a bit of wear and tear on the chrome.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05- Yeah, but it's funky. It's very Austin Powers.- Exactly.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08- It's very Charlie Hanson! - Thank you very much.- Yeah, baby!
0:32:08 > 0:32:15Well done. I'm very impressed. You've gone traditional, funky and with what's selling in the sale.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Quite the diplomat, Christina.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23But this is the bit where you tell us what you really thought.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28I love how Charlie's antiques are a complete reflection of him.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33He's gone uber-traditional with his mahogany chest of drawers. He got a good deal there.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38And he's gone completely wacky with his clock which is Charlie through and through.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41He has spent a lot of money, so we'll see what happens.
0:32:41 > 0:32:46I stood by my feast and looked at Christina's famine and thought, "Check my kit out."
0:32:46 > 0:32:49I've bought a really good chest.
0:32:49 > 0:32:53I've bought two fine vases and I've bought a really... What did I buy?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55What did I buy? Sorry.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Good Lord! Keep up, Carlos. Tick-tock!
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Oh, yeah, a wonderful retro clock.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04I've bought quality and, Christina, check out my kit!
0:33:04 > 0:33:08It's not all about you. What did you think of the competition?
0:33:08 > 0:33:13The dogs, I know, are a girl's best friend and also a man's best friend.
0:33:13 > 0:33:19They are a nice pack of dogs, but they're not Beswick, they're not Doulton. They're just ornamental.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24Next time, Christina, put a bit more oomph into the whole aspect of buying collectable.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28I think they're so cheap, even I would have said "no".
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Really? With both experts quietly confident,
0:33:31 > 0:33:35we'll find out who's bought best as they head off to auction.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39# Pigeons, widgeons, seagulls, sparrows, all the birds come here to nest... #
0:33:39 > 0:33:44Liverpool may be famed for its Liver Birds, but it's the Liver Dogs that are bothering Charles.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47How much is that doggy in the window?
0:33:47 > 0:33:52- Those dogs are so cheap and I know they're going to woof away. - I don't know about that.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54That's giving me a bit of a worry.
0:33:54 > 0:33:59Our experts go head-to-head at Adam Partridge Auctioneers & Valuers.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04Today's sale is an antiques, collectors' items and specialist maritime auction.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07How exciting! It's very nerve-racking, isn't it?
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Whilst Charles has a tinkle...
0:34:11 > 0:34:14- ..Christina advertises her wares. - Can everyone see it?
0:34:14 > 0:34:20Let's find out if auctioneer Chris Surfleet thinks they've spent their money wisely.
0:34:20 > 0:34:26What I'm most concerned about, being an antique auction house, is probably the little collection of dogs.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29However, having said that, lots of collectors have come,
0:34:29 > 0:34:35not just people looking for period antiques, looking for all sorts of things, and they will find a home.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40Christina started out with £200 and has spent £140 on five lots,
0:34:40 > 0:34:44leaving her with a thrifty little cash reserve of £60.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Charles also started with £200, but he's blown the lot
0:34:48 > 0:34:51on four lots, a risky strategy, but will it pay off?
0:34:51 > 0:34:54It's my nervous energy.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57Over to today's auctioneer, Adam Partridge.
0:34:57 > 0:35:01First up for Charles, it's the George III chest,
0:35:01 > 0:35:06but will it be a drawer for both the saleroom and the online bidders?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09- Handsome-looking chest... - Handsome-looking chest.
0:35:09 > 0:35:13- Give me 60? 50, I have. At £50. 55 now?- Come on.
0:35:13 > 0:35:18- At £50. Where's 5? Online at 55. - Online. It's going to Jamaica!
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- 70? 70 bid.- Keep going. - At 5. 80? 80 bid. At 5 now?
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- 85 online.- Keep going.- Worth more. 90 bid. At £90.- Keep going.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29- At 5 online, 95.- Good. - At 95, it's still cheap.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33- Come on, it's cheap. - At 95. Give me 100?- Come on.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- 100.- Keep going.- 110, sir? 100 only.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40- Go on.- 110's online.- Yes!- Well done. - It needs one more to break even.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- It is cheap. - Is there any more? At £110.
0:35:43 > 0:35:47110. Come on. At £110. Any advance now?
0:35:47 > 0:35:49At £110. Anyone else?
0:35:49 > 0:35:52I'm off and running, going, going, going...
0:35:52 > 0:35:56- Gone! 110.- Well done.- Which means I've lost a fiver. Happy days(!)
0:35:56 > 0:36:00It might be a £10 profit, but that will be wiped out
0:36:00 > 0:36:02once the commission is paid.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06First up for Christina, it's the 19th century pine alms box
0:36:06 > 0:36:09with religious inscription. Let us pray!
0:36:09 > 0:36:13I'm starting at 25. I'll take 30. And 5. And 40.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16And 5. And 50. Lady's bid, 50. 5 behind.
0:36:16 > 0:36:1860 now. 65.
0:36:18 > 0:36:2170. 75. 80.
0:36:21 > 0:36:26- Keep going. Keep going. Go on. - 75. I'll take 80 somewhere?
0:36:26 > 0:36:31Final chance. We're selling at the back of the room at £75 in white...
0:36:31 > 0:36:36You are on the road and you've just blown away the master. Well done.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40A handsome mark-up. Christina proves she's not green about the gills.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45Back to Charles now and his next timely offering.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- £20, the clock. It must be worth that.- It must be worth that.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- It's got the style, it's got the look. It swings.- Very stylish.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- Sir, do you like it? - £20?- No.- Give me 10 then.
0:36:55 > 0:36:59Let's see some bidding. 10. And 15, sir. And 20. Have another one.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03- It's 20 in the cap. At £20. - I'm in trouble.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06It's in the middle at £20. Anyone else? At 20.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10- Are you all done?- It swings. - At £20, the clock at 20. Any more?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- It's fine.- When you hear that bang,
0:37:15 > 0:37:18it's like nailing a nail into a coffin.
0:37:18 > 0:37:24For whom the bell tolls, Carlos. The clock fails to strike a note with the bidders.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26It didn't swing so much as... Swung.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29They say swing high, swing low and that swung low.
0:37:29 > 0:37:33The drinks will be on Christina if she can repeat her success
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- with the pine advertising crate. - £20, the crate?
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- £20?- He's got £20.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- No, he hasn't...- I've got 10 bid. I'll take 15.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44At 15 here. £15, the crate here.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- At £15. Any more? At £15.- Well done.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- At £15...- Come on, Adam. - You've done it.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- Anyone else?- You haven't made a loss yet.- 20 at the back there. 5 now?
0:37:54 > 0:37:5725. And 30? 25 down here in the cap.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- £25. Last chance?- I like it.- At £25 in the cap then...- What a man!
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- I don't believe it!- Schweet!
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Next up for Charles, it's the Victorian military silkwork,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13but will it help win the battle?
0:38:13 > 0:38:16- There we go. - It's started. I've come alive.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- At £20.- Come on, come on, come on.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22- It's surely worth a bit more. 25.- Yes!
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- 30 bid. 5?- One for the road! - £30. Anyone else now?
0:38:26 > 0:38:30- At 30... Thanks for coming. - Quite right. Hey, that's my line!
0:38:30 > 0:38:35Anyone else? It's not expensive at £30. We'll sell at £30 then...
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Brilliant. That's £10 profit. I'm back in business.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43Not a storming victory, but a profit nonetheless.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48Next up for Christina is that rather unusual Pratt pot lid and base.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51I'm bid £30. I'll take 5 now. 30 bid. 5. 40.
0:38:51 > 0:38:5440 with me here. At £40. Any more now?
0:38:54 > 0:38:58- At £40, it's my bid.- Come on! - I'll take 5 in the room.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01- Are you all done then? - No!- He's trying.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04We're selling at £40 for the lid with base...
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Ouch!
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Christina's luck runs out as she makes her first loss
0:39:11 > 0:39:14which means Charles could be in with a shout.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Come on, Carlos, time to play catch-up with your next lot,
0:39:18 > 0:39:21the pair of Whieldon-style pottery jars.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25- Give me £100 for them?- Come on. - £100 for these?- Come on.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- 80?- Come on.- Come on.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31£80? 60? Someone give me £50 to start off? £50?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- 50.- You've got a bid.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- I'm off and running.- And in profit at your first bid.- I'm delighted.
0:39:37 > 0:39:42- £50. Where's 5 now? Online or in the room?- There's got to be another bid.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47- Come on, online. They are cheap. - At 50.- I think they're cheap.- Anyone?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49If they make 50, I'm making a big loss.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53- I have to pay commission. - We're selling at £50...
0:39:53 > 0:39:58Oh, oh... I've been shot, I've been shot. The gavel's down.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02Young Carlos takes another blow in the battle of the sexes
0:40:02 > 0:40:06as once again, the tiny profit will be wiped out by commission.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09Some might think Christina is barking mad
0:40:09 > 0:40:12with this next little lot.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16Always popular. Bid me £10 for this canine collection?
0:40:16 > 0:40:20- £10 online. At £10. I'll take 15? - £10!- 10 is bid, internet.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22At £10. At £10.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26- Come on!- Anyone else for these, surely?- Sell them.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- More, more, more! - We're selling online then at...
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- 15 seated. 15 on the sofa. - 15.- At £15 then.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36£15. Selling at... 20 online.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- Oh, no!- £20. 5 in the room. 25 in the room this time.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43- 25?!- At £25. You're all out. It's this side now.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47- At £25...- It's slightly embarrassing. - That's fantastic.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51I don't believe it. £25. Put it there. Put it there.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59A tail-wagging profit as newbie Christina teaches old dog Hanson some new tricks.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02You are in... What are you in? You're in the money.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- Not hugely yet. - You're in the money.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07One lot to go.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Christina's final lot is the Art Deco cigarette holder,
0:41:12 > 0:41:14but will it leave her with a smoking profit?
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Bid me £10?
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Oh, it's all gone quiet. Come on, come on, come on.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- - Yes, sir. - 10 is bid.- 10 online.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- At £10.- Well done.- Thank God!
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- At £10. Anyone else? - Come on, one more, one more.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33- On a cheroot holder modelled with a crouching cat.- Keep it there.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- Selling online at a tenner... - There goes the cat.- Is that good?
0:41:36 > 0:41:38It might be.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- At £10...- One more, one more.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Well done. Well done, partner. Well done.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48You can't win 'em all, Christina,
0:41:48 > 0:41:52a lesson that you'll learn well here on the Road Trip. Just ask Charles.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56All I know is that you won today and I'm playing catch-up.
0:41:56 > 0:42:00- The first and last time, don't worry.- Hanson is playing catch-up.
0:42:00 > 0:42:04- When the going gets tough... - Go and have a cup of tea.- Yeah.
0:42:04 > 0:42:09Charles Hanson started this leg with £200 and after auction costs,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11he has made a loss of £27.80,
0:42:11 > 0:42:17sending him through to the next round with a less than satisfying £172.20.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24Newcomer Christina Trevanion also started with £200.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28After costs, she has made a profit of £3.50... Wow!
0:42:28 > 0:42:34..taking her total to £203.50 and she claims the first victory of this Road Trip.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39- I can't believe it. You've conquered me today.- Really?- You have.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44- No, £3.50 profit, that's hardly conquering! - Yeah, but even so, it's a start.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49Hanson is now falling back, £170 or thereabouts. You are in the lead.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54- More importantly, I've got the keys.- Which means what? - Thank the Lord I'm driving!
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- On to...- Manchester.
0:42:57 > 0:43:03- You know, if I can't make money in Manchester...- Yeah?- ..when can I? - Yeah, baby.- Yes, baby.
0:43:05 > 0:43:10Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Christina Trevanion makes a shock purchase.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14Oh, God, oh, God! I'm never going to live this down.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17And Charles Hanson prepares to fight back.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Christina, I'm ready for Birkenhead.
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