0:00:04 > 0:00:08It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with ?200 each,
0:00:08 > 0:00:12a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15Going, going, gone! BOTH: Yes!
0:00:15 > 0:00:16Hello!
0:00:16 > 0:00:20The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Yes!
0:00:21 > 0:00:24There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I'm got to try and win.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:30 > 0:00:32Sun shines on the brave, doesn't it? Exactly.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39# By the sea, by the sea
0:00:39 > 0:00:41# By the beautiful sea
0:00:41 > 0:00:42# You and me, you and me
0:00:42 > 0:00:44# Oh, how happy we'll be. #
0:00:44 > 0:00:47This week, we're way down in the West Country.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51Old hand Phil Serrell at the wheel, plus keen learner Tom Scott.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Are you Tom or Thomas? I'm Tom. Phil. Good to meet you, mate. Yeah.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59You looking forward to this? I didn't mean to touch your knee then, by the way.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02That's all right, don't worry. Later on in the week, perhaps. Yes!
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Really? Hmm...
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Dealer Tom may be a Road Trip rookie, but he should know a
0:01:08 > 0:01:12thing or two about antiques, having grown up in the family business.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16It is, sadly, way out of my price league. You want to put it back then!
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Keen-eyed viewers
0:01:17 > 0:01:21may have seen Tom's potential at his shop in Rutland.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25How old is it? 19...? '20s, '30s. Yeah. Sign him up!
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Phil's been around, it's safe to say, and as an auctioneer,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32he knows quality, but he doesn't always buy it.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Hellfire and damnation!
0:01:34 > 0:01:38On past trips, he's acquired a reputation for buying big old
0:01:38 > 0:01:42lumps, but this week apparently, he might just go straight.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46What I'm going to avoid are bridges, canoes and vaulting horses.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Those are my three definite no-noes. I'm going to play it sensible.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Never!
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Phil and Tom start out with ?200 apiece,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58a 1980s Lancia Beta Spider and a map of Cornwall.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Penzance is this way, Land's End's got to be that way.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Penzance is that way? Yeah. OK. I'll do a quick handbrake.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07TYRES SCREECH Ha-ha!
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Our trip begins at the far south west corner of Britain,
0:02:10 > 0:02:15at St Buryan, before wending its way around several counties,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17to reach Wareham, in Dorset.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Today, we start out at St Buryan and make for an auction in Ladock,
0:02:21 > 0:02:23near Truro.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Phil, here. St Buryan. This is your place.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28We've got to find a shop, haven't we? Let's keep them peeled.
0:02:30 > 0:02:33Hang on. What have we got here? Oh, there it is.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Boathouse Antiques. This looks lovely, mate.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39You're going to have a great old time in here. I'm going to enjoy this.
0:02:39 > 0:02:43Right! I'm out of here. I've got to go to find my shop.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Hope she doesn't break down.
0:02:45 > 0:02:50So, the old hand is the first to hit the ground, strolling, and no prizes
0:02:50 > 0:02:54for guessing exactly what they specialise in at Boathouse Antiques.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57That's a buoy, isn't it? Not a girl(!) That's a fender.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00That basically stops you bashing into the dock or whatever.
0:03:00 > 0:03:01That's correct. Brilliant.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03I've never seen Phil as much of a sailor,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05but he's warming to this all right.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08So what are these? These are dead eyes,
0:03:08 > 0:03:10which are part of a boat rigging.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12There would have been a large rope going through here
0:03:12 > 0:03:17and then another one here and this would go up to the mast. Oh, right.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22And are those collectable? Yes, they do, yeah. And what are they made of?
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Probably lignum, by the look of it. They're lignum vitae. Dogwood.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Dogwood. Do you know how you can tell? No.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30From the bark. Oh! Very good!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32LAUGHTER
0:03:32 > 0:03:36Lignum vitae is a tough, durable and extremely dense wood.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39It's used for bowling bowls and until recently,
0:03:39 > 0:03:40policemen's truncheons.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42I like those.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45You've got ?28 on those.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49To me, they're like 10 or 12, but let me put them by.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Put them by. See what we can do. Put them by.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Utterly useless, those, but that's just my sort of thing.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56While Phil explores his seafaring side,
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Tom's at the wheel of the Lancia, discovering that long hair
0:04:00 > 0:04:03and open-top cars can be a tricky mix.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06I feel like I need to buy a headband in the first shop we get to.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Or have a haircut.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14Tom and his troublesome locks are on their way to St Just,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17the most westerly town in mainland Britain,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20so could this be our most westerly antiques shop?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Logical.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24You must be Vicky. I am, yes. I'm Tom. Nice to meet you.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Nice to meet you. Do you mind if I have a bit of a browse
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and I'll give you a shout in a minute?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Not at all. Help yourself. Brilliant. Thank you.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35No sign of an Alice band in Bygones.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Or any of the big French antique furniture that Tom usually
0:04:38 > 0:04:41specialises in. I'm sure he'll keep his hair on though.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45This is great. A good decorative piece, this one.
0:04:45 > 0:04:49It's an urn, so there should be a tap in here. Hopefully...
0:04:49 > 0:04:52And he's off. Has got a few nibbles on it though, but it has...
0:04:52 > 0:04:55It's got plenty of nibbles. And it's got the tap. Got the tap.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57How much is it?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59?10. ?10.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01What can we say?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Eight quid and it's yours.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Call it a fiver and we've got a deal. Call it 8.
0:05:05 > 0:05:066. 8.
0:05:06 > 0:05:086.50.
0:05:08 > 0:05:127,50, it's yours. 7, deal. 7.50!
0:05:12 > 0:05:16I'll take it for 7.50. I think that's brilliant fun. Phew!
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Is every deal he does going to be as hard-fought as that?
0:05:21 > 0:05:23First buy for the beginner.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27Back in St Buryan, Phil's uncovered yet more seafaring stuff.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30These things here, I think they're interesting.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31What do they make at auction?
0:05:31 > 0:05:36I would expect a copper one like that to make ?50 or ?60.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Ah, a ship's lantern.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41That's a Masthead. Do you know how I know that's Masthead?
0:05:41 > 0:05:45Because it says here, Masthead. Genius, I am. An absolute genius.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Absolute something, certainly.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49So how old is this?
0:05:49 > 0:05:52This one is probably World War II, I would think.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54But the glass looks all right. Yes.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57And that strikes me that if that was polished up, it would
0:05:57 > 0:05:59make quite a nice lamp, wouldn't it?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Yeah, it is a lamp.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06I think I'd like to buy the lamp and I'd like to buy these dead eyes.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I've chucked all my eggs in one marine basket then.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10I feel a salty lot shaping up.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Can I give you ?40 for the two?
0:06:14 > 0:06:19That really is too tight. It's me being mean, isn't it? Yeah.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Um, for you, we could do 50.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25That is a good price. I know. It's a cracking price.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30That was brisk work. A rate of knots, even.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Have you got any polish? I have, actually.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Do you want to have a go? Yeah, I'll have a go.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Now, any sign of young Tom adding to his old pot?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Do you mind if I open up the...? No, have a look.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44That's a very old Moorcroft vase. But not very colourful.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Vicky's right. Moorcroft is famous for its brilliant colour,
0:06:47 > 0:06:52divided by tube lines, in the same way that a cake is iced.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Nice though, isn't it? It's got a lovely shape to it, lovely feel.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58What have we got? ?65.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03What could be your absolute best dealer-to-dealer,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06first time Road Tripper, deal?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09My very best, ?40 and it's yours. That's a bargain.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15I'm thinking more like 30. We can do a deal at 30.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17We can do a deal at 35 and it's yours.
0:07:18 > 0:07:2132 and we're done.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Can you meet me there? Blimey, Vicky, he's a determined customer!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28It's a sweet little piece though. Deal?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I'll bring it over to you. I've seen it.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Not 35? Not 35. I can do 32.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Cash, today? Right now.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Go on, then. You've got a bargain. Done.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I feel like I've been done. Yeah(!)
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Well, they both sound happy enough.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Good start, Tom. Phil's still at it, too.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Seems like he's settling in, in fact.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Nothing seaworthy this time though.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59This is a walnut fire screen
0:07:59 > 0:08:03and this would have sat in front of a fire, strangely enough.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Like the man said - genius!
0:08:05 > 0:08:08What I love about this is the mirror on the front,
0:08:08 > 0:08:11it just gives depth to your room, doesn't it?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It would do, yes. You've got a ticket price on that of 68.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17What's the best you could do that for? 40.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I think I'm going to buy that. I think that's really lovely quality.
0:08:20 > 0:08:25Go on, here we go, ?40. ?40. You're an angel, thank you very much.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27He's not always in such a good mood, Trisha.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31I've got to get out of here because if I don't get out of here... You'll find something else!
0:08:31 > 0:08:35It's going to be a one-stop shop. There we are. Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38I thought Phil might be about to spend the lot in that shop.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45Tom, meanwhile, is back on the road and heading for Ashton,
0:08:45 > 0:08:49where, deep in the Cornish countryside, he's about to see
0:08:49 > 0:08:53an astonishing collection of vintage electric guitars.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Guy. Tom. Pleasure to meet you. And very nice to meet you too.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Thank you. I hear you've got a great collection to show us.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Guy's passion for all things rock began back in 1963 when a friend
0:09:12 > 0:09:17somehow booked up-and-coming group The Beatles to play
0:09:17 > 0:09:19a concert at his school. Guy was smitten.
0:09:19 > 0:09:25And 50 years later, he has over 140 twangers crammed into his home.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29So, why guitars? What's drawn you to the guitars? They ARE rock 'n' roll.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32They define rock 'n' roll, the styles, the shapes.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35The way they've evolved over the years.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38There was a trade embargo between this country and America up
0:09:38 > 0:09:41until the late '50s, so we never saw American guitars then.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45And that's why in 1958 we have the very first commercially built
0:09:45 > 0:09:46British guitars.
0:09:46 > 0:09:51It's fantastic, beautifully made. It's a stunning piece, isn't it?
0:09:51 > 0:09:52It is a stunning piece.
0:09:52 > 0:09:58This is the earliest known surviving guitar built by Jim Burns
0:09:58 > 0:10:01and this dates from '58 and almost certainly
0:10:01 > 0:10:08it was the guitar advertised in Melody Maker on December 10th, 1959.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Guy owns examples of just about every axe fashion,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16from the '50s up to the '90s and beyond.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19But it's not a huge house and so every room is being used.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23It would appear you've brought me up into your bedroom. I have, actually.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26What's going on here? It's where I keep my favourite guitars.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28We've now moved into the '80s.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32We're looking to the Traveling Wilburys guitar here.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35The Traveling Wilburys, as you probably know,
0:10:35 > 0:10:39was a band made up of five very famous musicians who suddenly
0:10:39 > 0:10:42decided they were going to form a band and write a song
0:10:42 > 0:10:45and it was going to be a hit. And that's precisely what happened.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48So, of the five, you've got Bob Dylan...
0:10:48 > 0:10:52Jeff Lynne, George Harrison, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55And they've all signed it, on the back here.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Yes, this is a facsimile signature of the band.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59To be fair, it's a promotional guitar.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02It's not a great player, but it's a great piece of guitar history.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Yeah, of course.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Now, the '80s weren't one of our most tasteful eras
0:11:07 > 0:11:11and so Guy also has a machine gun-shaped guitar,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14inspired by Rambo, and this little treasure.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Well, this is probably the most unusual custom-built
0:11:17 > 0:11:19guitar of all time,
0:11:19 > 0:11:22and this is the Blue Moon guitar that was specially
0:11:22 > 0:11:25made for the band Showaddywaddy
0:11:25 > 0:11:28when they launched their version of the oldie Blue Moon.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32It's obviously been featured a number of times on television,
0:11:32 > 0:11:36but more recently, I managed to meet up with the band
0:11:36 > 0:11:39when they were in Falmouth and that was the first time they'd seen it
0:11:39 > 0:11:41since the very early '80s
0:11:41 > 0:11:44because the guitarist at the time, Russ Field,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47didn't find it a very comfortable guitar to play.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51Because if you can imagine playing a guitar with dangling feet
0:11:51 > 0:11:53just below your waist...
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Yeah, I can see what you're getting at down there.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58So many guitars and so little time.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02Since his rock epiphany back in the '60s, Guy has been in a lot
0:12:02 > 0:12:06of bands, but things didn't quite turn out as you might expect.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10You must be itching to just give us a tune. Can you do that for us?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13I wondered if you were going to say that, because actually
0:12:13 > 0:12:15I don't play guitar.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Crikey! Turns out, he's actually a drummer!
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Hang on, is Tom really playing that thing?
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Actually, miming.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28CYMBAL CRASH
0:12:28 > 0:12:30While Tom's been wigging out,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35Phil's made his way from St Buryan to nearby Penzance.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Probably not for the sunbathing.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Though Penzance is noted, usually, for its mild climate, as well as
0:12:42 > 0:12:46the birthplace of Sir Humphrey Davy, inventor of the miners' safety lamp.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Looks quite pleased with it too, doesn't he?
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Enough promenading. Time to warm up with a bit of bargaining.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Bracing, isn't it? It's a nice day for Cornwall(!)
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Bloody hellfire!
0:13:00 > 0:13:05I'm Phil. How are you? It's a bit fresh today. Are you both shops? Yeah.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07On one side, Jeff has traditional antiques,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11and next door, the more vintage 20th century stuff.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Maybe a little cheaper, Phil hopes.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17I'd like to spend somewhere around, I don't know,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21between 15 and ?30-35, something like that.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Well, right behind you. We've got a pair of bed ends here.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Don't worry about the first look! The good thing about this...
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Those look like they're worth a pound.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33Yeah, but there is something to recommend them.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Yeah, I know what that is
0:13:35 > 0:13:39because I've sold furniture by this lady, Betty Joel. Absolutely.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It was her husband that was designing
0:13:41 > 0:13:43and she thought she could do it better than him.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47I've got to say, looking at these, I think she was probably wrong.
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Well...
0:13:48 > 0:13:52One of England's finest bespoke furniture makers during the
0:13:52 > 0:13:57'20s and '30s, Betty Joel crafted Art Deco-inspired interiors for the rich and famous.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02This is the best way to put it, she's the Clarice Cliff of furniture. Yeah, absolutely.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Yeah, and even Clarice had her off days, I'm sure.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07That label though has to be worth something.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10In horrible things of our time, these are up there.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I'll do you a good deal for it, don't worry.
0:14:12 > 0:14:17Can you throw in paraffin and matches as well? That's very cruel.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20I know. ?25.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22We've agreed that they're worth a pound.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25All we've got to do now is agree what the price of that is worth.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28I'll give you ?20 and I'll take them.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30OK.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33You're a gentleman. Thank you very much indeed.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Well, it's been quite a day.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Looks like it'll turn out nice tomorrow, too.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Nighty-night!
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Next morning finds Tom at the wheel
0:14:45 > 0:14:47and the navigator in need of guidance.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Excuse me, mate. Do you know where the docks are? The docks? Yeah.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56If you go round, mini roundabout, follow it round, basically the end of town.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59All right. Thanks. Round the roundabout. Cheers, mate.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02That was a good local Cornish accent, that. It was good.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Yesterday, Tom bought a filtration urn
0:15:05 > 0:15:11and Moorcroft vase for just ?39.50, thanks to some pretty tough tactics.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Call it 8. 6.
0:15:12 > 0:15:158. 6.50.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Leaving him with over ?160 at his disposal.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23While Phil discovered his sea legs, spending ?110 on some dead eyes
0:15:23 > 0:15:27and a Masthead light that's now looking rather shipshape.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32Plus a fire screen and some bed heads by a famous name.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36Leaving him with ?90 to spend today.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Later, they'll be making for that auction in Ladock,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42but our first stop is the port of Falmouth.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49These days, Falmouth is famous as a holiday destination,
0:15:49 > 0:15:53but the real secret of its success lies beneath the bay.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57Wait, wait. Look, a sign. Maritime Museum.
0:15:57 > 0:16:01Thanks to the deepest natural harbour in western Europe and some
0:16:01 > 0:16:06resourceful sailors, Falmouth was once Britain's most important port.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Will you please just try and leave me something in the shop?
0:16:09 > 0:16:10See you later. Bye.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14So, while Tom gets shopping, Phil's interest in all things nautical
0:16:14 > 0:16:19takes him to the award-winning National Maritime Museum Cornwall.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23You must be Jonathan. I am indeed. Welcome to the Maritime Museum, Phil. This is fantastic.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27Isn't it lovely? Can I have a look? Yeah, come on.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29The museum celebrates naval history
0:16:29 > 0:16:32and especially Falmouth's role in it.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34It was from here that Sir Francis Chichester
0:16:34 > 0:16:38and Dame Ellen MacArthur set sail around the world,
0:16:38 > 0:16:42but what really made Falmouth great was its very handy location.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47During the 18th century, we're at war, on and off, with France
0:16:47 > 0:16:48and with Spain.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51We're also the most westerly port. Right.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53So if you want to get into the wide Atlantic,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56this is the place to leave from, or to arrive to.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59And I suppose also, if you've got a big sailing vessel,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02you couldn't zigzag down the channel. Absolutely.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04That could take you weeks.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08And from here, you can get in easily and you can get out easily.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11From the 17th century until 1851,
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Falmouth was a packet station from whence small fast ships
0:17:15 > 0:17:20carrying mail between Britain and the colonies avoided her enemies.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23When Napoleon attempted a blockade in the early 1800s,
0:17:23 > 0:17:28the packet sailors of Falmouth became national heroes.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31They were running these small fast ships with about six to ten
0:17:31 > 0:17:34guns only. They weren't meant to fight.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35That was only in extremis.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39And they were carrying the post to and from Lisbon, Brazil, the
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Caribbean, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
0:17:41 > 0:17:45and they were getting past the enemy and carrying the mail.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47And here is a packet.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49That's what the mail would go in.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52This ship was sailing all the way to the Caribbean for a packet
0:17:52 > 0:17:55that big, with the post in that.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59It had probably got something else on board, such as bullion or money.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02And there is a packet and there is a letter from it. How rare are those?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05That's the only one we know in existence
0:18:05 > 0:18:08and it was just left on the doorstep of the museum one day.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12So that's the only one in the world that you know of. Yes.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14That really is quite something. Isn't it?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19The museum also includes examples of outstanding individual
0:18:19 > 0:18:23heroism by Falmouth's sailors, like the tiny fibreglass
0:18:23 > 0:18:28boat in which the Robertsons somehow survived, back in 1971.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34The family of six were attempting to sail around the world
0:18:34 > 0:18:37when a killer whale sank their schooner.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Mum Lynn, a former nurse, was the real heroine though,
0:18:41 > 0:18:44devising a means to keep the family hydrated.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Let me show you how they survived.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51That looks like beeswax polish and a bike pump. It does. Two issues -
0:18:51 > 0:18:53one, food, the other, fresh water.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Fresh water, you can't drink seawater cos you go loopy,
0:18:56 > 0:19:01so you put it in through an enema, up your backside.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Ooh! And there it is.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Oh!
0:19:05 > 0:19:10The museum has a place where the most amateur sailor can have fun.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Fans blow wind across the water, you try your hand remotely.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16It's not easy though.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Tighten up as you go into the wind. Wrong way.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24Oh, Lord! Now what's going on? No, I've just crashed.
0:19:24 > 0:19:25Well, not if you're Phil.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28What's really upset me is there's a four-year-old boy up there,
0:19:28 > 0:19:31beating me. He's doing very well. Keep that course!
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Tighten up, excellent!
0:19:36 > 0:19:37BLOWS RASPBERRY
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Argh!
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Crikey! I've got a fair lick on now, haven't I?
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Oh, Lord!
0:19:46 > 0:19:51While Cap'n Phil's been having the wind taken out of his sails,
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Tom's been after some treasure.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Yesterday, he found something in the window
0:19:55 > 0:19:58and it looks like he's going to do it again.
0:19:58 > 0:20:01It's a sort of tactic, I suppose. Morning, Chris. Morning.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05How are you doing? Nice to meet you. And you? Yeah, very good, thank you.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I've opened up my storeroom up through the back,
0:20:08 > 0:20:11so you can wander up. Great. The back room sounds brilliant.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Loads of rubbish up there. All prices negotiable. Lovely.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19That's what we like. If you want me, just come down and get me. I'm cleaning my fish.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Huh! Oh, well. Good luck with that.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Looks like an interesting sort of place though. Packed, too.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Phil will be arriving later. But meanwhile, Tom's first in to bat.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Look at this.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33That's fun. I like that.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37Many uses, but just great for whacking the dust out of your rugs.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Or anything you fancy. Maybe a bit of cricket in the afternoon.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Straight to long on! I like this. This is great. Nice chunk of oak.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Good bit of woodworm in the end. It's well used.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50I'm going to have a word with Chris about this.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Tom certainly doesn't hang about, does he? Chris, I love that.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56That's great. OK.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Does it have a price on it? No price. I'm assuming that's...
0:21:00 > 0:21:01A low price.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03A very, very low price, I'm sure.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05What about a tenner?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Needs to be lower than that, Chris.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10That's what I was going to do to you!
0:21:10 > 0:21:13I was thinking more of a few pounds. It's a little extra, isn't it?
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Quite an old little extra. Yeah.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I think it's for possing. Possing?
0:21:19 > 0:21:22I thought it maybe was for whacking, or a little game of French cricket.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Possibly, yeah, but I think it might be a possing stick. OK.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28It could be maybe Irish for...
0:21:28 > 0:21:32In which case, ten pounds is really cheap, isn't it?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I was thinking more like a fiver. Go on, then.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37Fiver, great.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Deal. OK. Thank you very much.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Well, whatever that stick was used for, Tom's got it cheap.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46He wants more, too. What sort of things are you interested in?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49There's a couple of bits in the window I wanted to ask you about.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I thought so. I saw it as I was walking past.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55There's a little fire extinguisher down there that I did see. OK.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57That's great, isn't it? Nice thing.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01"To operate, turn the handle to the left, work like a pump." Brilliant.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05That's probably about 100 years old. It's a great piece, isn't it?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08That's good fun. It's a good piece to hang on the wall somewhere.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Pretty cheap. How cheap?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Well, it's ?28. That's pretty cheap.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17That's your ticket price. A very low ticket price.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21I was thinking more like...?18.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28OK, that says ?20, then we won't have to change a note, will we? ?20.
0:22:28 > 0:22:3025 for two, we're done. Brilliant.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33You haven't got a bit of beeswax, have you?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Just give this a little bit of a feed. Yeah, OK.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40That was cheeky. Seems to be paying off though.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44That's looking very good, isn't it? That's looking all right.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47I'll give you ?20 for it. I'll take it. LAUGHS
0:22:47 > 0:22:52So, while Tom heads out of town, I think that's the way actually,
0:22:52 > 0:22:55the big man is already hard on his heels.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Ah, seems he's already at browse mode.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00That's a fairly grotesque bit of Bretby, isn't it?
0:23:00 > 0:23:01Very good spot.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Chris is impressed.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06That could be very cheap.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07I don't even like it.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09There's a bit of a pattern forming here.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Is it Phil's latest tactic to buy stuff
0:23:12 > 0:23:15he really can't stand the look of? It is absolutely horrible.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19A loving cup has at least two handles for shared drinking.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23This slightly tatty example from Derbyshire dates from 1905.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25That's the issue with that, isn't it?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I don't know what the price on that is,
0:23:27 > 0:23:30but I think that's got to be a gift with that chip.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34Yes. What's a gift? You don't want to know what I think a gift is.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37I think that's got to be 15 or ?20.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39With a chip in it. OK. I'll do it for ?20.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Really? Mm-hmm.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43He didn't see that coming!
0:23:43 > 0:23:47This is what you've got to bear in mind. This is a typical Bretby pot.
0:23:47 > 0:23:52And the first rule of buying any pot is if it's damaged, leave it alone.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58So what am I going to do? Yeah, here we go.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Let's put it in the pile.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Oh, well. Like those bed heads, it's cheap enough.
0:24:03 > 0:24:08Now, is there anything else hideous that Phil's not at all keen on?
0:24:08 > 0:24:12That might be something. Wine labels. Some of those are silver.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Some are unmarked silver.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Some are silver plate.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19The rum one, here, is silver, but it's continental.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23The sherry one, I think is 18th century, Sheffield plate.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26You can tell it's Sheffield plate cos if you just look through,
0:24:26 > 0:24:28you can see the copper coming through the silver.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32I really like that. Probably not very valuable. It's not silver.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35And these four brandy ones, whether they're plated or silver,
0:24:35 > 0:24:39I don't know. They're not marked, so you can't call them silver.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41But I think they're interesting.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45OK, Chris. What's your price? You said you could do 20 for that.
0:24:45 > 0:24:49I agreed 20 on that cos it's got a chip and I've had it some while.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Could you do those for the same? No. What could you do those for?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56The absolute minimum on those is going to be ?40.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59The pot's at 20, the labels are at 40, that's ?60.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Can I give you ?50 for the two, which is 30 for the labels
0:25:02 > 0:25:05and 20 for the pot? Yeah, I'll accept that. You're a gentleman. Thank you very much.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10That's Phil done for the day, then. ?50. Thank you very much indeed.
0:25:10 > 0:25:16Not Tom though. He's making his way ten miles north to Redruth.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Just the sort of place where Mr Davy's safety lamp would have
0:25:19 > 0:25:23been greatly appreciated, because during the 19th century,
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Redruth became a mining boom town, producing tin,
0:25:26 > 0:25:29lead and copper in huge quantities.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Hiya. Hi. Walter.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35How are you doing? Tom. How are you doing? Nice to meet you.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39Nice to meet you. How's it going? Right on. If I can have a bit of a dig around and I'll give you
0:25:39 > 0:25:43a shout in a minute. Feel free, my friend. Thank you very much.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47No prizes for guessing what sort of thing Tom might pick
0:25:47 > 0:25:49up in Thornley Trading.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53This is definitely a lighting shop. Look at all this. Yep, Tom!
0:25:53 > 0:25:55This is a beauty.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Actually, Tom is a bit of a lighting expert.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01?700, a little bit out of my league at the moment.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Maybe at the end of the week!
0:26:03 > 0:26:06He is confident. But thanks to some hard bargaining,
0:26:06 > 0:26:09he still has over ?130 in his pocket.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13There's a nice ship's lamp in the window down here.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14I like the look of that.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Here we go.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Back to the window.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Seeing as we're at the coast, really,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22should buy something from the coast, shouldn't we?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25Something with a good nautical feel to it. Great minds, eh?
0:26:25 > 0:26:29Wasn't Phil saying much the same thing yesterday?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31A nice original one. A good chunk.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Nice, yeah. Clean up nice.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Don't know the history of that one, tell you the truth.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39OK, so it's... It's local. Yeah.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Probably made from Redruth copper then.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46You'd have a port and you'd have a starboard light on your boat,
0:26:46 > 0:26:50at the front and at the back. So this is the...red?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Don't know. Let's go for port! HE LAUGHS
0:26:53 > 0:26:56I don't think these two are sailors either.
0:26:56 > 0:27:01I love it, but 175 is just way out of my price league.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04What do you reckon we can get onto there? Shall I bid you first?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Bid me.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08I'm looking at ?60.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12Nah, I couldn't let it go. I paid more than ?60 for it myself.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16I'll do it for a one-er.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19I just can't see... It's just not going to get there.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21I'm surprised how generous I am, you know?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24You're being very generous, but I've got to be mean.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28I could do 70. Definitely not going lower than 90.
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Sorry about that.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32We've all got to live. Right on, Walter!
0:27:32 > 0:27:36I know we have. But I've got to try and win.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39You'll win with that! There's a profit in that, no problem!
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Meet me in the middle. ?80.
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Nah.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46?80 cash...
0:27:46 > 0:27:49We could do a deal right now. It's less than half price, man!
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I'll wrap it up.
0:27:51 > 0:27:5485, you've got a deal. 85. 80?
0:27:54 > 0:27:57No, 85. Come on. 85.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Deal. Done.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03Phew! Tom's finally splashed out. Wisely not spent it all though.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Now, let's have a look at what they got.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Come on, then. I want to see what you bought. Do us your worst.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12Go easy on me, Phil. Get out of here! Come on, have a look.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14This is what we got. Ah!
0:28:15 > 0:28:20Nice... It was an "ah" for no particular reason at all, really.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Just ah! Recognition, I'd say.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26I like that a lot. I think that's lovely. And that's what? About 19...
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Somewhere between 1930...?
0:28:28 > 0:28:311930, maybe. I like that.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34I like this. Little paddle. Now this...
0:28:34 > 0:28:38You like my fire extinguisher? Yeah. That's my favourite lot.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40How much was that?
0:28:40 > 0:28:41That was ?20.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44That's for nothing, isn't it? This was 85.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48That could be a trouble piece. Well, I don't know cos you know...
0:28:48 > 0:28:50I like it. But you know your lamps.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54And someone's going to make that into a really good decorative lamp.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58Someone can add a lot of value to this. They can clean it all down.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00A bit like Phil already has with his, then.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Just out of curiosity, you didn't think about buying one with
0:29:03 > 0:29:07a sort of clear glass front to it? I quite like the red light.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10Really? Ha-ha! Swiftly moving on...
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Is it my turn? Yeah, let's have a look. What have you got?
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Well, there's a certain amount of deja vu going on here.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Nice! Yours is bigger than mine, Phil. Well, you know.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21Far be it for me to boast.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24You've been busy cleaning this, by the looks of it.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27It needs converting. And it would just make a great light,
0:29:27 > 0:29:31I feel, once someone had done it. That's lovely. I'm not so sure about what you've got going on down here.
0:29:31 > 0:29:36Well, there's a bit of a marine connection. These are lignum vitae, they're 19th century,
0:29:36 > 0:29:39and they're eyelids out of rigging, basically. OK. Yeah, I see.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41They were ?50, the two. That's all right.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46That's going to be great, surely. Hope so. And what's this?
0:29:46 > 0:29:51Bretby. Bretby. Yeah. A little damage. That's one lot... Yeah.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Two, three, four. Four? Where's fifth?
0:29:54 > 0:29:58I'm not sure that you and the rest of the world are going to be ready for this. OK.
0:30:01 > 0:30:07What is this?! What?! That is just THE most horrific bed head...
0:30:07 > 0:30:11Don't hold back. Say what you feel. It's horrid, isn't it?
0:30:11 > 0:30:12It's really awful. Yeah.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15The only reason I bought it is cos of this, here.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19Betty Joel. Betty Joel, OK. Billy's mother.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24She was a really good arts and crafts designer. What happened to this one?
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Everybody gets it wrong sometimes. ?20.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31Was I robbed? I think we should just cover it up again. OK, yeah.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32Probably a good move.
0:30:32 > 0:30:37After that, I almost hesitate to ask, but what did he really think?
0:30:37 > 0:30:40The ship's lantern and the spirit labels, he's done brilliantly
0:30:40 > 0:30:44with, but he's just really, really let himself down with that bed.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46It's just awful.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Secretly, I think Tom really likes my bed.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53I think he was just double bluffing me. Phil's been brilliant.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56He's kind of dragged me through the process. He's young.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58He's good looking.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00He's knowledgeable.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03You know, we don't want people like that on this programme.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05After beginning in St Buryan,
0:31:05 > 0:31:10today's trip will be decided at an auction in Ladock, near Truro.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14What are you worried about today? Only the five lots I've got in.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16That Bretby mug, yeah?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Probably one of the worst things ever known to mankind.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Run a very close second by my Billy Joel bed ends
0:31:22 > 0:31:25and Edwardian fire screen that nobody wants.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26Oh, Lordy!
0:31:28 > 0:31:32So, while Truronians and others take a very good look,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35let's hear what occasionally outspoken auctioneer
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Philip Buddell thinks of our lots' lots.
0:31:38 > 0:31:43The first item we have to sell today will be the Bretby loving cup.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47Not the sort of piece of Bretby that I would regard as very collectable.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Probably rather ugly, I think, considered by most.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54The brass pyrene fire extinguisher, it's fairly useless.
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Its value is in its scrap metal and nothing else.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00No-one will want this on their wall.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03It'll certainly be useless as far as putting any fire out.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04Oh, dear!
0:32:04 > 0:32:06HE CHUCKLES
0:32:06 > 0:32:12Phil started out with ?200 and he spent ?160 on five auction lots.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13I don't even like it.
0:32:14 > 0:32:19Tom also began with ?200 and he spent ?149.50,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21also on five auction lots.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23I've got to try and win.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29First under the hammer, Phil's least favourite lot,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31the Bretby loving cup,
0:32:31 > 0:32:33with a chip.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38Ideal for all you into a bit of love this weekend. Start me at ?20.
0:32:38 > 0:32:4020, I'm bid. That's a relief.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42At ?20 on the Bretby loving cup. At 20.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46At ?20, I'm bid. At 20. He can drop the hammer, I don't care at all.
0:32:46 > 0:32:4926, 28. 28, I have in front.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50At 28, 30 at the back. At ?30.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52It's getting there.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I'm absolutely...staggered.
0:32:54 > 0:32:5632, I have. 34 at the back.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58At ?34. 36.
0:32:58 > 0:33:0136, bidding in the front here. At ?36. 38.
0:33:01 > 0:33:0238 in the second row.
0:33:02 > 0:33:0540 in front. At ?40, I can breathe again.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08At 40, I'm bid. At ?40. 42, would you say now?
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Against you. Shame to miss it for another ?2.
0:33:12 > 0:33:13I'll lend him a pound!
0:33:13 > 0:33:14At 42. 44.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16At 44. Come again. Surely.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20At ?44, have you all done? If the gavel's up, I sell.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23Bidding in front at ?44.
0:33:23 > 0:33:2544, 133. Thank you.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28So much for Phil's chipped pot advice!
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Bargain. That's all right.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Well done! Thank you.
0:33:32 > 0:33:33Well done, Victor!
0:33:33 > 0:33:38Time for Tom's possibly Irish paddle or bat... Bit of old wood?
0:33:38 > 0:33:40Looking for someone with a canoe.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Where are you going to start me on this one?
0:33:42 > 0:33:45?5, thank you. 5, I'm bid, on the Irish paddle. At ?5.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49At ?5, a fairly useless piece of equipment. What's he saying?
0:33:49 > 0:33:51At 5, I'm bid. At 6, would you say now?
0:33:51 > 0:33:55?5. 6. At 6, I'm bid. At ?6, a brave man here at 6.
0:33:55 > 0:33:587. Come on! At 7, I'm bid. At ?7. ?8.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Racing away, Tom. Yes! Here we go!
0:34:00 > 0:34:02At 9, I have. We're in the big money, almost.
0:34:02 > 0:34:0410 at the back. At 10.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07That's it. Bidding at the back of the room, at 10, I have for the paddle.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10At ?12, I'm bid. At 12, I have. 14.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13At ?12 on the oak panel. Come on! 14.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14At ?14. ?16.
0:34:14 > 0:34:17At ?16. Let's face it, if you take this home with you, it's a
0:34:17 > 0:34:20wonderful talking point round the dinner table.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23At 16, I'm bid. Bidding in front. 18. 18, come on!
0:34:23 > 0:34:25We're going to get there! You're away!
0:34:25 > 0:34:27At ?20. 22.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30At ?22. It should be worth about ?100.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32At 22, on the paddle.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35Could be Irish, could be Cornish, could be Welsh, could be Scottish...
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Could be sold in a minute.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41That's got to be good. Selling at ?22. Bidding in front.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44?22, you lucky man.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Now, that should stir things up.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49You pleased with that? I'll buy some more of those. Yeah.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Brilliant. There's a bloke got one down here, but he wants ?40 for it!
0:34:53 > 0:34:56HE LAUGHS
0:34:56 > 0:34:58OK, the labels. Phil actually liked these.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01There we are. What have you got to say on those labels?
0:35:01 > 0:35:05Start me at ?10. Ouch.
0:35:05 > 0:35:09?10 on the labels. Where's your sense of adventure?
0:35:09 > 0:35:1119th-century Sheffield plate.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13And a silver one there. Thank you. 10, I'm bid.
0:35:13 > 0:35:15At 10. I have ?10.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18On my left at 12.
0:35:18 > 0:35:19At 12, the labels. 14 at the back.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22?16. You've got three or four bidders.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25I'm bid at 20. At 20, bidding to my left,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28at ?20 on the white metal labels. 22 at the back.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30At ?22, ?22. I have ?22.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34And 4. At ?24. 26. At 26, I'm bid.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35Ouch!
0:35:35 > 0:35:36Really?
0:35:36 > 0:35:38These are cheap! That's REALLY cheap.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41At ?26. 8 to advance it.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Selling at ?26. Bidding at the far end of the room.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Selling.
0:35:46 > 0:35:4826, to 139.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Oops! That's a blow.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Is there happiness written all over your face? No!
0:35:54 > 0:35:56No!
0:35:56 > 0:36:00Will this be a nice little urn-er for Tom?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02What will this make, then? This, mate...
0:36:02 > 0:36:05The only thing this'll make is a good plant pot with a weed growing
0:36:05 > 0:36:09out the top of it, I think. Start me at ?20. Come on! Yes!
0:36:09 > 0:36:13Mid-19th century, some age with it. Lot of use left in it,
0:36:13 > 0:36:15if you want to do a bit of filtration this weekend.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Start me at 10, then. 10, I'm bid.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22At ?10. You're getting too good at this! Instant profit straightaway.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26At 12. I'm beginning not to like you, Tom.
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Oh, here we go. Look at this.
0:36:27 > 0:36:29At ?12. 14.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32At 14. 16. At 16, ?16. 18.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35At 18, I'm at 18. At ?18, bidding in the front row.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39I tell you what, I should do this for a living. I thought you did.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41At ?18...I sell.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43All done at 18. 20 or not?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46?18.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Another solid profit puts Tom in the lead.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52That's you racing away, you see? That's all right.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55I'm getting quietly kippered here!
0:36:55 > 0:36:58What you've done is you've lulled me into a false sense of security.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Now, can another of Phil's unloved acquisitions get him
0:37:02 > 0:37:03back in the game?
0:37:03 > 0:37:06If I get out of this without being burnt, it's a result.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10Right, who's going to start me at ?40 on the bed head and foot boards?
0:37:10 > 0:37:13?40, designed by Betty Joel.
0:37:13 > 0:37:1540, I'm bid. 40, I have. At ?40.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18At ?40, I'm bid. At ?40. Start the car, I'm off!
0:37:18 > 0:37:21What is going on here?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24That certificate alone is worth ?50.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Forget about the bed head and foot boards. At ?40, I'm bid.
0:37:28 > 0:37:3145, I'll take. At ?40.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Where is your sense of taste and your knowledge?
0:37:35 > 0:37:38Bidding at the back, 45. 50. At 50, I've got. 55?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41At ?50, against you on the right. Bidding on the left.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46At ?50, if you're all done for 50. Should be worth double.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50At ?50, I sell. ?50. 114.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Oh, Betty's bed to the rescue!
0:37:53 > 0:37:54That's good going.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58What my mother's going to do with those, I don't know!
0:37:58 > 0:38:02Tom's Moorcroft. Again, hardly typical.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Are you going to start me on this one? ?30 on the Moorcroft vase?
0:38:05 > 0:38:0730. 20, then.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10?20 on the Moorcroft. Thank you. 20, I'm bid. At ?20. 22.
0:38:10 > 0:38:1424. 26. 28. Come on.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1632. 34. 36 in front.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19At ?36. 38 at the back.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2238. 40 on my left. You're fine. You're fine.
0:38:22 > 0:38:2540 on the early Moorcroft. 42.
0:38:25 > 0:38:2842, you won't find many earlier than this. 44.
0:38:28 > 0:38:3146. Fresh bidder. At 46. 48 at the back.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35At ?48. 50, I'll take. I'll definitely take 50.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38All done on this 1916-17 piece of Moorcroft.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41At ?48 and I se... 50.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43At 50, I'm bid at 50.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45At ?50, I have. And 5, will you say now?
0:38:45 > 0:38:4855. At 55, I have. You shake your head,
0:38:48 > 0:38:52you will be disappointed not to have taken this home today, sir.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57At ?55, the lady's bid. All done at 55. The gavel's up. Selling.
0:38:57 > 0:38:5955 to 203.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02The new lad is more than holding his own here.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04This is the bloke who says he's a novice,
0:39:04 > 0:39:08hasn't done this before, really anxious about it... Yeah(!)
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Can Phil's fire screen start the fight back?
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Let's get away on the fire screen. At 20. ?20.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Most of you, I know, haven't got fireplaces.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19That's a point I hadn't thought of.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22You can always use it as a decoration in the room, can't you?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25?10, surely. 10. Thank you. 10, I'm bid. At 10. I have ?10.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27The fire screen at 10. I'm bid 12.
0:39:27 > 0:39:2914. At ?14.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32?16. At ?16. ?18.
0:39:32 > 0:39:3520, I'm bid. 20, I have. 22.
0:39:35 > 0:39:3724. ?24, I have. At 24.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40You shake your head. Bidding on my right at 24. Ouch.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Is that it?
0:39:42 > 0:39:43Yeah. Struggled.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46At ?24. Have you all done for 24?
0:39:46 > 0:39:4824, Mrs Richards. Thank you.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Oh, dear. Another big loss.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52Even more after commission.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55It should have gone for 40. Shut up! At least 40. Shut up, please.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Shut up! Shut up!
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Time for the big lantern showdown. Tom's first.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04I've got various bids left on this one.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09I have to start the bidding with me at ?80. Well done! That's good!
0:40:09 > 0:40:10How does that happen?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12That's great.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13Fantastic.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15At ?80. I am surprised.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18?80. 85, I'll take now. At 80.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21At ?80. I have at ?80. At ?80. 85.
0:40:21 > 0:40:2285, 90, we're bid. With me at 90.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Come on, another one and it's washed its face.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28At ?90, I have. 95, will you say now? 90. Are you bidding?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Or stretching?
0:40:30 > 0:40:34At ?90. All done. 5 or not?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Selling at ?90.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38?90.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I thought Tom knew his lights.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42If mine does 90, I'll be pleased with that.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Mine did 90. Yours... You should be up into three figures, easy.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49You know what the difference is, don't you? Clear glass. Polish.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51You polished it. Polish.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Will polishing pay? Don't forget the dead eyes either.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58I have to start the bidding with me at ?70. That's all right.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01With me at 70. 70, I have. At 70.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03At ?70, I have. 80.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05At 80. 90, with me. At 90.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09At ?90, I have for this marvellous Masthead lamp.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11At ?90. I'll take 95.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15Yes, I'm looking at you, sir.
0:41:15 > 0:41:1895. Yes. I knew I could rely upon you for 95.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Unfortunately, I have a bid of ?100 here.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23LAUGHTER
0:41:23 > 0:41:28So, 100, I'm bid. At ?100. I have at 100. At 100, bidding with me at 100.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30I'll take another 5 from you, if you like.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Not on this one. Are you sure?
0:41:32 > 0:41:37Right, at ?100. 100, I have. And 5 anywhere else in the room?
0:41:37 > 0:41:39At ?100. 5 or not?
0:41:39 > 0:41:42?100.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Game on! Phil is most definitely back in this.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47The question is, Tom,
0:41:47 > 0:41:50is your extinguisher going to put your fire out?
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Good question. The auctioneer hates it.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57Where are you going to start me? ?10 on the fire extinguisher. 10?
0:41:57 > 0:42:005, thank you. ?5, I'm bid on the fire extinguisher.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02At ?5, the bid. ?6.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04?7. At 7, I'm bid ?8.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08?8, ?9. 9, I have at 9 on the brass fire extinguisher. 9. 10, in front.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10This is going to struggle. Big time.
0:42:10 > 0:42:1514 on my right. At ?14. 16. The bidding in front.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17?18. Bidding in the middle at 18.
0:42:17 > 0:42:1920 on my right. At 20.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22And 2. 22. In the middle, the bidding at ?22.
0:42:22 > 0:42:26At ?22, all done. I sell at ?22.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29?22 to 239.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33That ?2 profit will be a loss after commission
0:42:33 > 0:42:35and Phil is the winner today.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39Sun shines on the brave, doesn't it? Exactly.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40Well done, mate. Come on.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Tom began with ?200 and, after paying auction costs,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49he made a profit of ?20.24.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Phil also started with ?200 and after paying auction costs,
0:42:53 > 0:42:56he made a profit of ?40.08.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59So Tom's the loser,
0:42:59 > 0:43:02but he's certainly giving the Silver Fox a run for his money.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04It was close.
0:43:04 > 0:43:05Too close!
0:43:10 > 0:43:14Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Phil gets stuck.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16This is panic time.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20And Tom takes off. This is a wheel off a German World War II bomber.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22Brilliant.