0:00:01 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12- Going, going, gone.- Yes!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- I'm loving that bird.- The aim -
0:00:14 > 0:00:18- to make the biggest profit at auction but it's no mean feat.- Yes!
0:00:18 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Don't I look handsome?
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:25 > 0:00:27or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I'm going now.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40They may be zipping along the beautiful roads of Somerset
0:00:40 > 0:00:45but there's a whiff of competition emanating from antiques experts
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Charlie Ross and Thomas Plant.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Are you going to be gentle with me today?
0:00:48 > 0:00:50I'm going to be so gentle with you, Thomas,
0:00:50 > 0:00:52you won't even notice I'm here.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Charlie Ross is no slouch, wielding the gavel.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57He ran his own auction house for 25 years
0:00:57 > 0:01:01and knows the business like the back of his hand.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03One thing I can say is I'm now completely lost.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Thomas Plant is a Road Trip veteran.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11With 20 years in the trade he's a supreme judge of style and taste.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Could look like a pirate now, couldn't I?
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Our experts started the week with £200 each
0:01:17 > 0:01:20but one auction later, it's all change.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Are you all done? 100 falling.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25# I'm in the money. #
0:01:26 > 0:01:31Thomas made a small profit, so starts this leg with £225.08.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Charlie, however, had an exceptionally good sale,
0:01:36 > 0:01:41giving him a healthy £295.20 to spend, spend, spend.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46But our chappies are heading off on the second leg of their voyage
0:01:46 > 0:01:51in their trusty friend, a natty little 1971 Triumph Spitfire.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Don't they look dashing, eh? And snug.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00This week's Road Trip takes us over 400 miles from deepest Somerset
0:02:00 > 0:02:04right up to Shropshire via North Wales, before looping back
0:02:04 > 0:02:08down to finish at an auction and showdown in Bedford, Bedfordshire.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Today, we're starting our journey in Bath, Somerset,
0:02:11 > 0:02:14then heading north via Kingswood in Bristol to the charming
0:02:14 > 0:02:19Cotswolds, and finally onto an auction in Stroud, Gloucestershire.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22And we're firmly on Thomas' patch.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24He's cut his teeth in the antiques trade in Bath
0:02:24 > 0:02:28and members of his family are still in the business here.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31So, today, we're going into Bath, you're going to meet Caroline,
0:02:31 > 0:02:35my aunt. She's lovely. It will be an experience.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Not long before we find out.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42Ah! The beautiful Georgian city of Bath and the jewel in its crown,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45the world-famous Royal Crescent, built in the late 1760s.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- Cobblestones.- There we are, look at that.- Splendid.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Splendid indeed.
0:02:55 > 0:03:00Now, enough sightseeing, chaps. Time to shop.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02I can't wait to meet your aunt.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05If she's anything like you, I'm in trouble.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07I hope she doesn't give you a good deal. Come on.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Auntie Caroline runs her shop in an old grocery store which is
0:03:11 > 0:03:15now home to cats Heidi and Siki and a smorgasbord of antiques,
0:03:15 > 0:03:19and this must be... Caroline the kisser.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Lovely to see you, Caroline.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25- This is my good friend, Charlie. - Caroline, lovely to meet you.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29- Charmer.- Look after him.- I will.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Please, don't give him too much of a good deal.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- Look, I'm running a business here. - I know you are, I know you are.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40- Oh, that means everything must go. - Including you, Thomas. Off you pop.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Now, Charlie may have his work cut out in here.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47The Road Trip has been here before and David Harper discovered
0:03:47 > 0:03:50- Caroline's no pushover. - Could it be £5?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Just put it on my account. - No, it can't be £5.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- And, let's get trading.- No!- £6.- No!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- Seven.- No, no! No! No!
0:03:58 > 0:04:00I'm going to stamp my foot.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Let's see if charming Charlie can do any better.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Are you, by any chance, a Tommy Cooper fan?
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- Ha, ha, ha! Just like that. - Uncanny, that.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Now, what's this Caroline slipping out of the cabinet?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I bet you've never seen one of these.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20It's a bar of soap!
0:04:20 > 0:04:22I hope she's not trying to tell you something here, Charlie.
0:04:22 > 0:04:29I've got there shades of a Union Jack. 1937.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- It's a Coronation bar of soap. - Yes.- And it's never been used.- Yes.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Isn't that extraordinary? What a priceless object.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- That's what I thought.- Yes.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Guaranteed delicate skins.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Marvellous. How much is it?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- I could...- Give it to me?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52- No, I could do it for £12. - Could you?
0:04:52 > 0:04:56Not sure Charlie's in a lather over that one yet. Still, moving on.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Hang on, hold on. Hold...on.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03That's a little bit damaged.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06It's not damaged, it's completely and utterly knackered.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08SHE LAUGHS
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Well, that bit...
0:05:10 > 0:05:14I think to say this is damaged is the understatement of the year.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19This Regency desk stand would have been made in the early 19th century
0:05:19 > 0:05:22when George IV was acting as Prince Regent.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24It would once have held two glass inkwells
0:05:24 > 0:05:29and a space for wafers, but sadly, this one is now showing its age.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30It's clapped out.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32I notice there's no price on this either.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Well, I didn't really want to sell it.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- Oh, didn't you?- Cos it's so nice.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Didn't want to sell it because it's so nice.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Caroline, look me in the eye and say that again.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47I could do it for £40.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I think that is the nicest thing in your shop,
0:05:51 > 0:05:55without a shadow of a doubt. It's absolutely beautiful workmanship.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Caroline, I'm going to ask you a straightforward question here.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- You can say yes or no.- No! - Right, let's move on. No, no, no.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- You've said no.- Go on.- I was going to say would you take £20 for that?
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- No.- No, fine. You've just got to try.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13I think at £20 it might make 25 at auction.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14I'm sure.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18But I can't do it for 20, Charlie, I'm sorry.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Charlie, I knew you were in for trouble here.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25So that's still no deal for either the soap or the desk stand.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26I would never be forgiven by Thomas
0:06:26 > 0:06:30if I walked out of here without buying something, so...
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I wonder how he's getting on down at the other place.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Probably famously.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Yes, how is the incorrigible nephew getting on?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44He's down the road at the Old Bank Antiques Centre, where,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48- of course, he knows the owner Alex. - So nice to see you again.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51- Nice to see you, too.- We go back some way.- Yes, a very long way.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Yes, let's not dwell on that. Get shopping, Thomas.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I don't have much luck with pictures. But isn't that beautiful?
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Anthony Reed is one of Oliver Reed's relations.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08He was also a friend of my mother.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Lordy! Do you know absolutely everyone, Thomas?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17Now, surely there must be something sweet here to tempt our expert?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20That's just fabulous, isn't it? Isn't that wonderful?
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Sadly, we do not have the key for it.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25So what would you do? You'd put your bubblegum in there?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Put your coin in there. - Coin in there.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- And you never see either again. - And it's an original one, isn't it?
0:07:32 > 0:07:37- Yes, a lovely thing.- 1950s. Can that be very cheap?- What's on it?- 55.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- How about 35? - I was more thinking 20!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- But...- Well, I'll ask about that.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Do you mind?- Yes. - That's a great fun thing.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- It's a great fun thing, but as you say, you can't get into it! - Can't get it open!
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Alex needs to check the price with his partner.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Just every schoolboy
0:07:56 > 0:07:59and schoolgirl's absolute dream to be able to come home,
0:07:59 > 0:08:01put their little penny in,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04turn the knob and out comes a load of sweeties.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06It's just fantastic.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- He wasn't all that pleased at £20. - No, I bet he wasn't.- How about 25?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Perfect. That is a deal. I would very much like to buy that.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20Well done, Thomas. First purchase of the day. Now the boy's on a roll.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Look at that. This is a piece of Art Nouveau.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Just going to move it over here because,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30you know, my strength is slightly going.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32So an Art Nouveau copper coal or log bin.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34It will come up beautifully.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Look at these fantastic stylised flower heads here.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43You've got these pretty, pretty hearts on the domed lid,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and it's been planished, which is hammer beaten.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48You could see there's a freedom here.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52There's been a freedom in construction of this. It's lovely.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I think it's safe to say he likes it.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59- It's a good thing.- Ah, you've found our hidden treasure.- Yes.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- It's got 85 on it.- I think we could do that for 70.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07- D'you think they'd take 60?- Probably not, actually.- No.- Probably not.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- Five, 65?- Go on, then, 65.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- Yeah?- Yes.- Is that all right? You won't get in too much trouble?
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Oh, I'm sure I'll get my arm broken.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19- Shake my hand before my arm gets broken.- Don't want that to happen.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20Nice work from the nifty nephew.
0:09:20 > 0:09:26One coal bin and one bubblegum dispensing machine for a smart £90.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30But still no deal for Charlie over at Auntie Caroline's,
0:09:30 > 0:09:35unless she can tempt him with something else. Standby.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39How about this little collection of napkin rings? Knives and forks.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- What absurd things! Aren't they rather jolly?- Mm.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45An intimate dinner party set.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49So, then, you'd have two for an intimate dinner party, wouldn't you?
0:09:49 > 0:09:53Come on! Come on, Caroline! Just you and me and a candle!
0:09:53 > 0:09:55CAROLINE LAUGHS
0:09:55 > 0:09:59- And a desk stand for 20 quid, that would be perfect!- Nay, nay!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Nay, nay and thrice nay!
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- How much are those?- They're £40.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08They're polishing up a treat.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Would you do those for 20 quid?- I... - Give you 20 quid for those.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- Watch my eyes...- 25.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- 25?- Yup.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- Sold.- Good job you caught... Oh!
0:10:23 > 0:10:29- I'm disappointed you don't need the soap.- How much was the soap?- 12.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- What were they? 25?- Mm. - Can you do the two for 35?
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Why do people have to always round things down?
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Isn't it nice rounding...? Don't you like a bit of rounding?
0:10:39 > 0:10:44- Why don't you round things up a little?- Oh.- Like £40.- Don't start making it more expensive.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46Can I chuck that in there, make it 35?
0:10:46 > 0:10:50- All right then.- Thank you.- Crikey.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54A deal at last, but he's determined not to give up on that desk stand.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56You're not going to sell me the stand for 25?
0:10:56 > 0:11:02- I can try one last time. - We could toss for either 25 or 30.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05So, if Charlie wins, he gets the desk stand for £25.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08If Caroline wins it's £30. Stand by your beds now.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Right.- Right.
0:11:11 > 0:11:17- Tails.- You know what they say - tails never fails.- Really?
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- But on this occasion it has.- Oh!
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Ha-ha!- Zounds!- Get me that dish.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Ooh! Lady Luck is on your side today, Charlie.
0:11:28 > 0:11:34So he gets his wicked way with the desk stand, along with a 1937 bar of soap
0:11:34 > 0:11:38and a set of napkin rings from the lovely Caroline, all for £60.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- How's that?- There we are. Yes, OK.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Darling, I bought three things off you
0:11:42 > 0:11:46and I've never seen such three ridiculous things in all my life.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- And I have to say, I'm thrilled with everyone of them.- Oh, good.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52And it's been a real pleasure to meet you.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54And your delightful striped jacket.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Now, nephew Thomas is travelling three miles north of Bath to the
0:11:59 > 0:12:03village of Lansdown to visit an astonishing monument
0:12:03 > 0:12:07- with a rather intriguing history. - Here we are. There's the tower.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- Oh! That's Beckford's Tower. So lovely.- Looking like a beacon.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15He's come to meet curator Amy Frost to find out more.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- Hello.- Hi.- I'm Thomas.- I'm Amy. - Really nice to meet you.- You too.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21- Come on in.- Thank you very much. I hope it's a bit warmer.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28At 120 feet high, Beckford's Tower dominates the landscape.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32A vast neoclassical structure that was built at the whim
0:12:32 > 0:12:35of a man who was once the wealthiest person in Britain.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Back in the late 18th century, William Beckford spent
0:12:40 > 0:12:43a fortune gathering a vast collection of priceless
0:12:43 > 0:12:47works of art and then built this tower as a showcase
0:12:47 > 0:12:49and a place to use as a study retreat.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54So this is a bust of William Beckford.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58He amassed these amazing collections which he would only let people in to
0:12:58 > 0:13:03see if he felt that you were worthy enough of appreciating what he had.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07- So, do you think I'm worthy enough? - I imagine so.- That's good of you to say that.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12William Beckford inherited his fortune at a young age
0:13:12 > 0:13:16from his father, who made his money from the slave trade
0:13:16 > 0:13:19and sugar plantations in Jamaica. Like this one.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23Young William was to have a very privileged upbringing.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25He was taught by the best tutors that money can buy
0:13:25 > 0:13:28so he tells us he was taught architecture
0:13:28 > 0:13:30by Sir William Chambers, although there's no evidence of that.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32He's taught art by Alexander Cozens.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36And the great Beckford story is that he's taught music by Mozart.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39But there are quite a lot of myths about Beckford
0:13:39 > 0:13:41and most of them he makes up himself.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Beckford spent nearly his entire fortune on his collection
0:13:47 > 0:13:50which now has been mostly sold off.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53But luckily for us, he commissioned three paintings to record
0:13:53 > 0:13:55some of his most precious items.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00And they show you some of the things from his collection that were
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- once housed here at the tower. - Wow. He certainly bought well.
0:14:03 > 0:14:09He did and it's a real mix of Oriental porcelain and metalwork...
0:14:09 > 0:14:13- He was a really big, major player. - Yeah, really big collector.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Very important collector. - Just spending his father's money.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19How very nice(!)
0:14:19 > 0:14:24So when Beckford died, his daughter simply kept the best items
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and sold the rest to dealers in Bath.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29On the Road Trip Plant finds a Beckford object!
0:14:29 > 0:14:31How do we know a Beckford object?
0:14:31 > 0:14:37The best way to prove Beckford provenance of an object is to find
0:14:37 > 0:14:42somewhere on it his brand, which is an emblem from his coat of arms.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46And you can see them really clearly on bindings for some of his books.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- So these are his codes. Was he a big book collector?- He was.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52He was one of the greatest book collectors this country ever had.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- He read every single book he ever bought.- Wonderful.
0:14:55 > 0:15:00We can always tell they're Beckford books because he annotates.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04So here's where he's done three or four pages of annotations
0:15:04 > 0:15:08for the book. He's commenting on whether he agrees with the author,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11he's commenting on whether he thinks the writing is particularly good.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Most of the time he's quite scathing.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16This is a book called Alpine Sketches,
0:15:16 > 0:15:19so it's a description of journeys around the Swiss Alps.
0:15:19 > 0:15:24He says it's quite "a la Radcliffe", like Ann Radcliffe the novelist,
0:15:24 > 0:15:27who was a bit overly flowery in her descriptions.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Beckford designed his tower not only as a place to put
0:15:34 > 0:15:38part of his collection, but also he created a place to read at the very top.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Look at that.
0:15:40 > 0:15:46- My! Oh, my. I can see why he came up here every day.- Yeah.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49It's just magical, isn't it?
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- I bet you must love coming up here? - Yes. Bring a book, sit and read.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59And you're just totally away from everything.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00And that's what it was for him.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Amy, this has been fascinating. I've enjoyed coming up the tower.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- That's a pleasure.- And also hoping to find a Beckford treasure.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- That's...- It's the hunt, the treasure hunt...- It is.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- ..is to turn up a Beckford treasure. - It's a bit like a grail hunt.- It is.
0:16:15 > 0:16:20On the quest for his own grail is Sir Roscoe.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24He's travelled 11 miles north-west to Kingswood in Bristol.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28He's come to Odds And Todds to see if he can sniff out a deal.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30On hand to assist is Jay. Watch out.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- Hi, nice to see you. Charlie's the name.- OK.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36What an enormous emporium you have here.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- Any antiques amongst this lot?- There is probably a few here and there.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Right, eyes peeled, Charlie.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46Surely you can find your way through this lot.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Crikey! It's like a maze. This is never-ending.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59One thing I can say is I am now completely lost. I've been there.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03The front's this way. Ah!
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Downstairs.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09I need something old or quirky.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Yes, I can spot one right there.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- God!- Steady.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- Mind the step.- Will do.- Ah-ha! I've just remembered I... Oh!
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Lordy.- This isn't easy. This is not easy.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Ah. There IS a way out. Ooh, God.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Oops-a-daisy! Now, talking of Daisy...
0:17:31 > 0:17:37- Oh, look. Love your farm set. Isn't that fantastic?- Yeah.- Gosh!
0:17:37 > 0:17:41- There's a lot there for the money as well.- A huge amount.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Isn't that lovely. Turkeys. Swans.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47Feeding troughs.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- It's wonderful, isn't it?- Yes.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Gosh. What would that lot make at auction?
0:17:53 > 0:17:59Now, I can see the price is 150 quid. I can't refuse asking.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- Is there an unforgettable price on this lot?- An unforgettable price?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- The death would be £100 for me on that.- It would?- That would be the death.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Would you take £90 cash?
0:18:09 > 0:18:11- Oh, my God, that is hard! - Or is that too hard?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14That is a little bit too hard for me.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- I mean... I do see it £100 all day long.- Do you?
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- I'll split the difference with you. - Would you? Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- I don't want to...- That's all right. - 95, just psychologically a bit of a barrier.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- Gives you a bit more to play with. - Happy with that? - I'm happy with that.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- The farmyard is mine.- No problem. - That's really kind of you. Thank you.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Look at that. Look at that.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34I'm really pleased with that.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Now, Charlie, all you have to do, old love,
0:18:36 > 0:18:37is to reconvene with Thomas...
0:18:40 > 0:18:41..as it's the end of another day
0:18:41 > 0:18:45and time for you both to enjoy a little well earned shut-eye.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47Night-night.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Day two, and our chaps have the forthcoming auction
0:18:53 > 0:18:55at the forefront of their minds.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Now, be nice.
0:18:57 > 0:19:02- Am I a cheapskate? - A man of means.- I'm a spender.
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- Spend now and regret later. - I'm afraid that is often the case.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09So far, Thomas has spent £90 on two items.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14A 1950s aluminium and glass bubblegum dispenser
0:19:14 > 0:19:17and an Art Nouveau copper coal bin, as you do,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20leaving him with £135.08 to chuck about.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23That is a deal. I would very much like to buy that.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Charlie, on the other hand, has spent £155 on four items.
0:19:27 > 0:19:32A Regency desk stand, a set of eight silver-plated napkin rings,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36a 1937 Coronation bar of soap, and a collection of farmyard
0:19:36 > 0:19:38and other animals.
0:19:38 > 0:19:44That leaves him with £140.20 to spend today.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Just like that.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Thomas and Charlie have travelled 52 miles north-east
0:19:49 > 0:19:51to the town of Burford in Oxfordshire.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54I do hope they're looking forward to another good day's shopping.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59- Are you buoyantly optimistic? - The sun is rising.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- Right. I think you're down there. - I'm down there. - I'm up by the roundabout.
0:20:03 > 0:20:04In fact -
0:20:04 > 0:20:08(SCOTTISH ACCENT) # I'll take the high road and you'll take the low road
0:20:08 > 0:20:10# And I'll be in profit before you! #
0:20:10 > 0:20:13No, you won't! You'll struggle up that hill, Roscoe!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- Lordy!- I need a walking stick.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21So, while Charlie marches off to his shop,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Thomas is distinctly ambling to his.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28So, what will Bygones have in store for you?
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- Morning.- Hello.- I'm Thomas. - Hello, Thomas. I'm Bryda.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- Bryda?- Yes.- Where's that from?- Wales.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- From Wales?- Yes.- So you're Welsh.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Clever boy, Thomas(!)
0:20:40 > 0:20:43Focus. Don't get distracted.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I'll put on the dressing down. This is a gentleman's example.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Made for the smaller man, I believe.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Don't I look handsome?
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Oh, God. He really can't help himself, can he?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Aren't you here to look at antiques, Thomas? Like this, for instance.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06So, this is a piece of...
0:21:06 > 0:21:09It's silver plate. It's a model I've seen a lot of.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12It's by a German manufacturer.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15It's called WMF and it's got a very small mark there.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19It's not the oldest thing ever to walk this Earth.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23But it's still quite iconic. And it's only 20 quid.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26That's what I would call a TP backup if I don't find anything else.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28But it still might be worth buying.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31WHISPERS INDISTINCTLY For sure.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Not bad, not bad.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35So, how's Roscoe getting on? Steady on, old boy.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39You'll do yourself a mischief. Look at that. He's so agile.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Heading for the large Antiques Centre, and this is not
0:21:42 > 0:21:44the first time Charlie's been in here, so watch out.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- You must be Giovanni.- I am, yes. - How are you?- Nice to see you.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- I don't think we've met, have we? - No, we haven't.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- How long have you been here? - Ooh, 25 years.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59- I know who was here before you. - Back in the Dark Ages...
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Now, this place is huge!
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- Help him out, Giovanni.- What about the cross-country skis?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Oh, goodness! Made in Norway. Aren't they splendid!
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- Great frame!- Do you want to know the price?- D-don't... Hang on.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14I've got so much more to look at, Giovanni.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17I don't want to just buy the first thing I see.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Chance would be a fine thing!
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- I've seen about four things I like so far.- Oh, God!
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- And I'm going to go upstairs. - That's encouraging.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Now, what about these?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28Aren't they lovely?
0:22:28 > 0:22:33Yes, it says £250 but there's a word after that I don't like - "each".
0:22:33 > 0:22:35You don't like the "each", I understand, yes.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- We can work it out...something. We can do something.- They're gorgeous.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42They're very good decorator's items.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- Very nice, very nice, yes, yes, yes. - But you have to have two, don't you?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48The fact that there's a pair of them either side of a fireplace,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52and if they were of a period, erm,
0:22:52 > 0:22:56they would be hugely valuable but I like those and I think if
0:22:56 > 0:22:59the sale room show them off well, I think they could do well.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03Very nice. You probably do a BOGOF offer here, don't you?
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- Do you know what a BOGOF is? - No.- Buy one, get one free.
0:23:06 > 0:23:11Erm, perhaps, perhaps. If we get to the right money, yes.
0:23:11 > 0:23:12The right money...
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Er, even as a BOGOF,
0:23:14 > 0:23:18that's still £110 more than you've got in your wallet, Charlie.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21But, someone's not letting go of the idea.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26- Well, you know what I want to do but I...- Let's sit down and relax.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31- Yes?- I want to buy your two candelabra.- Two...
0:23:31 > 0:23:36- But I've got £140.20.- That's too little. You can keep the 20p.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Well, I'm very happy to give you everything I have in life but...
0:23:39 > 0:23:45- No, it's all right.- For an old man? - Well, not very old but OK, yes.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47We can do a deal, I think, yes. Yes. Yes. All right?
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- Are you really happy?- Yes, I am. - You've made an old man extremely happy.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54With a reduction of £360, I don't blame you.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- Thank you very much.- That's really, really... I appreciate that, hugely.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02I think they're absolutely delightful.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05Well, let's hope the buyers think so, too, eh?
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Now, with Charlie spent out, bar 20p, let's rejoin Thomas
0:24:09 > 0:24:12and see if he's any closer to spending some cash.
0:24:12 > 0:24:17And, like a mythological dragon, he's been attracted by the flash of gold.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21This little ring here, can I have a quick look at that little ring?
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Little ring?
0:24:22 > 0:24:26The ring and the earrings, actually. That little box, the whole thing.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30So, what I'm looking for is any semblance of a mark
0:24:30 > 0:24:35of any...nature. There's one there.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37And these little emeralds.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41So, what I'm looking for is whether these are a gold
0:24:41 > 0:24:44or whether they're a silver gilt. I'm pretty sure...
0:24:44 > 0:24:48- I'm pretty sure they're gold. - I'm pretty sure that they are gold.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50And these are screwback earrings,
0:24:50 > 0:24:54so you could screw them into the back of your ear, if you see that there.
0:24:54 > 0:24:55It's quite painful, isn't it?
0:24:55 > 0:24:58Best try them on to see, Thomas, eh?
0:24:58 > 0:25:02As you can see, I'm obviously well-versed into putting on earrings.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07There you are. I could be like a pirate now, couldn't I?
0:25:07 > 0:25:09All I need... I've got my hat,
0:25:09 > 0:25:11then grow the dreads like Johnny Depp and I'm a pirate.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Lose three stone...
0:25:14 > 0:25:15..wear make-up.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Quite attractive, really, isn't it?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Mmmm, very pretty, dear.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25So, we have a pair of earrings and a gold ring with emeralds.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29I do like them.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Could you do them for 80?
0:25:32 > 0:25:34Could I ask for 95?
0:25:34 > 0:25:39Erm...can I meet you halfway at 85?
0:25:39 > 0:25:44- 90?- I'd prefer 85 and...well, I...
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I could buy something else. I've seen something else I'd like to buy.
0:25:48 > 0:25:55Ah, the Thomas Plant back-up item, the WMF vase, marked at £20.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Could we do 90 for the lot?
0:25:58 > 0:26:02I had thought of 95.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- 95 for the lot.- 95 for the lot.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08So, that would cost a tenner and these would cost 85.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- So, are you sure you can't do 90?- I'd rather not.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15You'd rather not. Well that's fine. That's fine, I get that.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17I think we'll do that.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Nicely done, Thomas.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Our chaps are leaving Burford in the dust
0:26:21 > 0:26:24and motoring on to the charming Cotswold town
0:26:24 > 0:26:27of Bourton-on-the-Water, in Gloucestershire.
0:26:27 > 0:26:32- Charlie's dropping Thomas off for his next shop.- Right, out you get.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- Looking glass.- Looking glass.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Do you think I'll find something to eat me, that'll make me grow big?
0:26:37 > 0:26:39It can't make you any bigger!
0:26:39 > 0:26:41THEY LAUGH
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- Nasty boy! - Have a lovely time with Alice!
0:26:43 > 0:26:48While Thomas finds his way inside, Charlie has an appointment to keep.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51He's heading north, to the village of Stow-on-the-Wold,
0:26:51 > 0:26:55where there's a museum dedicated to one of his greatest passions -
0:26:55 > 0:26:56cricket.
0:27:00 > 0:27:05- He's come to meet the man who set up the museum, Andy Collier.- A-ha!
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- Nice to meet you.- Andy, is it? - Welcome to Cotswold Cricket Museum.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Thank you very much indeed. Lovely to see you.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15Andy gave up his life as an electrician to devote himself
0:27:15 > 0:27:17to his favourite sport
0:27:17 > 0:27:20and has spent the last 20 years collecting cricket memorabilia,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24some of which tells the story of the game from its earliest beginnings.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Luckily, Charlie appears to have come prepared.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28Let's hope he's not wearing his box.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32- But actually...- Now, I'm going to make myself more appropriate.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34I hope you'll approve.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Ooh, look...member of the MCC. I'm impressed!
0:27:38 > 0:27:41So, competitive cricket really began to get going
0:27:41 > 0:27:44in the 19th century, with one particular player changing
0:27:44 > 0:27:46the uniform for ever due to a terrible accident.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Alfred Mynn was reputed to be the first man to wear pads in cricket.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- When he...- Really?! - He had his leg severely bruised
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- by Samuel Redgate from Nottingham...- Yeah.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57..and nearly had his leg amputated.
0:27:57 > 0:28:03And then after two years convalescence, he started wearing a pad inside his sock.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Early bats and stumps were quite different to those
0:28:07 > 0:28:09we all know today.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Bowling, too, would not be recognisable in today's game.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18Watch out! I think Roscoe's determined to demonstrate.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- How did they first start? - Underarm.- Really?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Underarm, yeah, a little bit like bowls now, really.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27People have got much bigger and therefore taller,
0:28:27 > 0:28:29and therefore the ball must be coming faster.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33If a tall, for example, West Indian is coming along and bowling at you,
0:28:33 > 0:28:38between him letting go of the ball and me hitting the ball,
0:28:38 > 0:28:40how much time have I got?
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Between half a second and three quarters of a second.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46Half a second! It's extraordinary, isn't it?
0:28:46 > 0:28:51Andy's museum pays tribute to the two greatest cricketers of all time.
0:28:51 > 0:28:57He has WG Grace's actual bat and a wall dedicated to Donald Bradman.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01This man, Bradman, who was Australian - how good was he?
0:29:01 > 0:29:03He was the best ever.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06Can you put that into statistics?
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Average of 99.94.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Which means every time he went out to bat,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13the chances are he was going to score 100.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15- Every third innings, he got 100.- That's amazing.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Whereas a good batsman today would average 50 if they're really good.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21You're a good player if you get 45.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25So, he was twice as good as any other player that ever lived!
0:29:25 > 0:29:30Donald Bradman epitomised the enduring cricketing rivalry
0:29:30 > 0:29:32between Australia and England,
0:29:32 > 0:29:36one that continues today with the greatest battle of all, The Ashes.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38That's a replica Ashes.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42That's a replica of the Ashes. It's always surprising to see how tiny it is.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46The Ashes were so named after a satirical obituary
0:29:46 > 0:29:50was printed in The Times after Australia beat England
0:29:50 > 0:29:52for the first time on English soil.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57Inside the original urn are reputedly the ashes of a burnt bale.
0:29:57 > 0:30:03Now, you've got a sign up there, England-Australia 2009.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05That was quite significant, wasn't it?
0:30:05 > 0:30:09That was a significant day, yeah. That was the first time we'd beaten Australia at Lord's...
0:30:09 > 0:30:12- Which is the home of cricket. - Home of cricket. ..Since 1934.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- It's not very good, is it? - Completely dominated us, unfortunately.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- Do you know, I was there? - You were there?- I was there...
0:30:18 > 0:30:20- You lucky boy. I wasn't. - ..cheering like mad.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Well, that's fascinating. I raise my cap to you.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- Thank you very much indeed.- Thank you so much for having me. - Absolute pleasure, Charlie.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28Now, let's catch up with Thomas.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32I hope he's not going to be stumped for what to buy in his last
0:30:32 > 0:30:35shop of the day.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Well, I've got £40...£40!
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Which isn't a great deal.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43But I could buy a little knick-knack.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46What's new? And there's plenty to feast your eyes on in this shop,
0:30:46 > 0:30:50especially if you have magpie eyes like our Thomas.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54So this is a vesta case, so you put your matches in there
0:30:54 > 0:30:56and you strike them on the bottom
0:30:56 > 0:30:58but it's got die in here.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00It's quite a fun thing.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04It's quite unusual that's it got this gaming set in it, isn't it?
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Time to call over shop owner Norman.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11- What can that be? Please, please?- 30.
0:31:11 > 0:31:1330, thank you.
0:31:13 > 0:31:18- Can you do that for 25? - I'll go 28.- OK.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21But that's a bit fun, that, isn't it?
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- That's unusual.- It's a fun thing. It's different.- It is different.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30- Do you know, 25 and you've got a deal.- I'll do it.- Yeah?- Cheers.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31- Thank you very much.- God bless.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Hope you strike it lucky with that one.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- So, Thomas is all shopped out. - It's been a pleasure, thanks.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- I've enjoyed myself.- Great to see you.- .I hope I do well with it.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Time to rejoin Charlie,
0:31:42 > 0:31:45for our experts now have to reveal all to each other.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48They've convened in Upper Slaughter.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Hope they don't butcher each other's items.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54- Are you ready for this?- Yeah, yeah, yeah.- Dun-dun-dun-durrr!
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun, dun-der-rar-rar!
0:31:57 > 0:32:00I'm thinking one thing looks absolutely gorgeous.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- Do you know what it is? - What?- Yes, what?
0:32:02 > 0:32:06- Yeah.- Oh, the vesta.- Shake the dice and they move around.- Yeah.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09And it was £25!
0:32:09 > 0:32:12I think that's delightful. I would die for that object.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Listen, I make the jokes around here, Charlie.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Now, just tell me, you know I know nothing about jewellery.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21- These aren't gold, are they? - They are gold.- Oh, Thomas!
0:32:21 > 0:32:23How did you do that?! Can't be gold!
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Yeah, they're gold and that's 18-carat gold.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28I paid 85 for those. So, that's quite good.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32- Roscoe, no, no! Roscoe!- I give in. - Roscoe, I want you to see this.- Yes.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37- This is my favourite item.- Beaten copper. I call it a coal scuttle.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39Coal scuttle-cum-log bin, coal scuttle, yeah.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41Yeah, a coal scuttle. That's nice.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44You've bought so much better this time around
0:32:44 > 0:32:48than you did last time, Thomas. May I congratulate you!
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Time for Thomas to pass judgment.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53The first thing you will see...
0:32:54 > 0:32:56..is a 20 pence piece.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58- That's what I've got left. - Oh, Roscoe!
0:32:58 > 0:33:00THEY LAUGH
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- I thought, as a farmer's son... Do you like that?- Oh, Roscoe!
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- You like those, don't you? - I love it! I love it!
0:33:07 > 0:33:10There's about 120 pieces there.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Oh, Roscoe, how much did you pay for this lot? Can I guess?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16- Yeah, yeah, a big load of money. - That's worth £80.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18- Yeah, I paid 95.- Oh, brilliant!
0:33:18 > 0:33:22Now, what will Thomas think of Charlie's desk stand?
0:33:22 > 0:33:26It's completely had it but it is a true antique
0:33:26 > 0:33:28and I have a passion for something like that.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32We ended up tossing a coin at HER suggestion.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35- Right, OK.- £25.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Really? That's very cheap.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Validation from Thomas.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Now onto Charlie's biggest buy.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46- The girandoles. - Girandoles, 20th-century.- Yeah.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51Two branch wall lights, pure metal, and I paid £140 for the pair.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52I wish you didn't tell me that.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54No, no. I know. I didn't want you to say,
0:33:54 > 0:33:56"Roscoe, you probably paid 30 quid for these".
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Well, I mean...
0:33:59 > 0:34:01Huh! Dear, he's stuck for words.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06- Your general dealer will probably pay £100 for those.- Yeah. I'm a gambler.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- I like your style. - Anyway, good luck, old bean.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Let's find out what they really thought, eh?
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Thomas Plant!
0:34:14 > 0:34:17Your gold is, frankly, stolen,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20and will make you a huge profit.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23I do not like the girandoles, those lights.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27They could make a lot of money but I don't think they're going to.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29It's really on a knife edge, this one. Really on a knife edge.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33The race is on! Watch this space.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36We're on the edge of our seats, you know (!)
0:34:36 > 0:34:40Thomas and Charlie's second day began in Bath, Somerset,
0:34:40 > 0:34:43travelled north to Kingswood in Bristol,
0:34:43 > 0:34:45then onto the Cotswolds and now we'll conclude at an auction
0:34:45 > 0:34:48showdown in Stroud, in Gloucestershire.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53- Here we are. Well driven, sir. - Marvellous, thank you.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56They boys' battleground for today is Stroud Auction Rooms,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59a large, busy auction house with all manner of antiques
0:34:59 > 0:35:02and collectables, poised to go under the hammer.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06So what does auctioneer James Taylor think of our experts' items?
0:35:06 > 0:35:09I'm a real fan of Art Nouveau and arts and crafts
0:35:09 > 0:35:12so my favourite item is the copper coal scuttle.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14It's very, very fashionable at the moment.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18And there's been a fair bit of interest in it. The wall lights are a really good decorator's lot.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20They're ornate and they're authentic.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24They haven't been played around with too much and that should generate a lot of interest.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Charlie began with £295.20,
0:35:27 > 0:35:30and spent exactly £295 on five auction lots.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35You've made an old man extremely happy.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39Thomas started this leg with £225.08
0:35:39 > 0:35:43and spent a grand total of £210, also on five auction lots.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- Thank you, bye-bye.- Cheers, bye-bye.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Deep breath, chaps. We're off!
0:35:48 > 0:35:50This is going to go well.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55First up is Thomas' bubble gum dispenser, don't you know!
0:35:55 > 0:35:59Straight in at £38, 40. At £38 bid with me, now 40.
0:35:59 > 0:36:0142, still with me. Is there five?
0:36:01 > 0:36:04At £42, the bid's still with me. 45, 48. Is there 50?
0:36:04 > 0:36:07At £48, it's still on the book, now looking for 50.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- Wow!- Fantastic.- It's in there.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13That's phenomenal.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16You said it, Roscoe. A sweet profit for Thomas.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Thomas Plant...
0:36:19 > 0:36:21I'm going now!
0:36:21 > 0:36:25It's Charlie's favourite next, his Regency desk stand.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Straight in at £18, is there 20? £18, the bid's with me. Looking for 20.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31I thought it was going to be 80.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33At £18, 20, takes me straight out on the Internet. Is there two?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35At 22 on the net, is there five?
0:36:35 > 0:36:38At £22 on the Internet, 25 on the net, now is there eight?
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- At £25, the bid's on the Internet. - Doing well, doing well.- It's not.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42I'm not into a profit yet.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Caroline's done me over good.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Don't blame the auntie, Charlie.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52The right buyer just wasn't out there today. Bad luck.
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Thomas' copper coal bin is next. Will his luck continue?
0:36:56 > 0:37:01- At £55, is there 60? At £55, the bid's with me.- You're a genius.
0:37:01 > 0:37:06- There's somebody on the phone! - 70. And five's with me. 80.
0:37:06 > 0:37:0980 takes me out on the telephone now, is there five?
0:37:09 > 0:37:12At £80, the bid's on the phone. Now it's for five. 85's on the net, 90.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14They're on the net! Go on.
0:37:14 > 0:37:1790, at £85 on the Internet now, is there 90?
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- At £85, I'm selling.- I don't like to gloat, but that's a £20 profit.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Well, you are gloating, Thomas, and it's not pretty. Well done, though.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Another excellent profit.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Thomas, if I may say so,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32it is a privilege merely to be in the same room with a man who...
0:37:32 > 0:37:37Now, will Charlie make up some lost ground with his novelty
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- napkin rings?- And what can we say? £20 to get started?- No bid at all.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- £20, surely? £10, then, to get them on the move.- Ten.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45- Ten quid for them.- Roscoe.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48- AUCTIONEER DROWNS OUT SPEECH - Calm down!
0:37:48 > 0:37:5218 now on the net. Is there 20? At £18, I'm selling. To the net now, 18.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Whoops!
0:37:55 > 0:37:57A loss to add to Charlie's woes.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00- I'm not downhearted.- Don't be down in the mouth.- I'm British.
0:38:00 > 0:38:04Thomas' WMF vase is up next.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Bid's straight in with me at £20. Is there two?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09At £20, the bid's with me. Now looking for two.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11At 22 on the net, 25 still with me, is there eight?
0:38:11 > 0:38:14At £25, the bid's 28. 30 is still with me, is there two?
0:38:14 > 0:38:16- At £30, it's still on commission. Now looking for two.- Wow!
0:38:16 > 0:38:2032 on the net takes me out. Is there five? At £32, 35 on the net.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23Now, is there eight? At 35, 38 on the net, now, is there 40?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25At £38 on the Internet, looking for 40.
0:38:25 > 0:38:2740's on the net now, looking for two.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31At £42 on the Internet, looking for five. At £42, I'm selling.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35All online. All online. Probably bought by man in Bangkok.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Yeah, all right! Doesn't matter if it is.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Whoever bought it, they've given Thomas yet another profit.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- You are on fire...- This is not...
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Now it's Charlie's big purchase.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49His gilt metal wall lights. Could they light up his day?
0:38:49 > 0:38:53- Can we say £40 to get me started? £40 for someone?- Uh-oh!
0:38:53 > 0:38:54£30, then, to get them on the move...
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- Oh, no, Roscoe, Roscoe. - They only cost £140.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- Oh, lordy.- 30's bid on the Internet. Thank you. Is there two?
0:39:01 > 0:39:03- A £30 bid on the net now, looking for two.- Oh, Roscoe!
0:39:03 > 0:39:07At £30 on the Internet, now looking for two. At £30, selling away...
0:39:07 > 0:39:09Our Father who art in heaven!
0:39:09 > 0:39:12- Hallowed be thy name...- Oh! - Thy kingdom come...
0:39:12 > 0:39:14Roscoe, I feel your pain.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17- ..Thy will be done.- And so do I!
0:39:17 > 0:39:22A shuddering, earth-crashing loss of £110 for Roscoe.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26Do you know, it's not pain, Thomas. It's agony!
0:39:28 > 0:39:32Both experts fell for the little vesta case, but will the buyers?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34At £55, the bid's with me, now looking for 60.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38At £60 on the Internet, looking for five. 65? 65's bid in the room.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Thank you. Is there 70? At £65, it's in the room. Now looking for 70.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45At 65, 70's on the Internet, 75. £75 bid in the room, now, is there 80?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- At £75, the bid's in the room. Now looking for 80.- Wow, wow.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51At £75, I'm selling to the room now. At 75...
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- That's fantastic.- Brilliant.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59Brilliant indeed. Thomas is most definitely on a roll today.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03£25 to get us all started. £25, surely?
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Do you know, I hate to say it's coming down to Roscoe's bar of soap
0:40:07 > 0:40:08but it is.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11I have £8 to start it off. Is there ten?
0:40:11 > 0:40:14At £8... Ten takes me out of the room now. Is there 12? At £10.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17The bid's in the room now. Looking for 12. 14, sir? 14 in the room.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Is there 16? At £14 in the room, 16 on the net. 18, sir?
0:40:20 > 0:40:23At £18, already jumped on the Internet, now is there 20?
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- Could make 100.- Is there five? At £22. 25 in the room?
0:40:26 > 0:40:3025's bid in the room. Is there eight? At £25. I'm selling.
0:40:30 > 0:40:31In the room, at 25...
0:40:33 > 0:40:38- # Sweet Caroline... - Bam-bam... #
0:40:38 > 0:40:42At last! Who'd have thought it? A shining profit for Charlie.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Talk about coming up smelling of roses! It's not over yet.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50True. But Thomas' next lot would have to crash quite badly to help
0:40:50 > 0:40:53you out, old boy. It's the gold ring and earrings.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Straight in at £200. Is there 220?
0:40:56 > 0:41:00At £200, the bid's with me, now looking for 220. At £200...
0:41:00 > 0:41:01- What did they cost?- 85.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05At £200, on commission now, looking for 220. 230, still with me.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Is there 240?
0:41:07 > 0:41:12- At 230, still on commission. Looking for 240.- Wow.- At £240, I sell.
0:41:12 > 0:41:18- Wow.- £240! Thomas...you've had a cracker of a day.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22He certainly has. Great profit there, Thomas.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24There's a spring in your step, isn't there?
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Not really cos I've hurt my ankle but there is a slight spring.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31It's the last lot of the day, Charlie's farmyard animals.
0:41:31 > 0:41:37They need to make at least £382 for him - ha! -to triumph on this leg.
0:41:37 > 0:41:38Still, you never know.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41- At £95, the bid's with me now... - That's what it cost.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43At 95, 100 on the net, 110 still with me.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Is there 120? At 120... 120, 130. Still with me.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50- Is there 140?- Up to 500! - Bid's with me now. Looking for 140.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51140 on the phone.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53On the phone!
0:41:53 > 0:41:56- 140 takes me out the telephone now. Is there 150?- Ooh!
0:41:56 > 0:41:59- At £140, the bid's on the phone. - I want to bid 150!- At £140,
0:41:59 > 0:42:03I'm selling away to the telephone now at 140...
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Yes!
0:42:05 > 0:42:07So excited for you, Roscoe.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11OK, so, not the stonking profit he needed
0:42:11 > 0:42:14but it is a profit nevertheless, so well done!
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- Well done.- I needed that. I needed that so badly.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Cor! How the tables have turned.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Charlie started this leg with a robust £295.20
0:42:29 > 0:42:33and has made a loss of £99.84 after auction costs.
0:42:33 > 0:42:38That leaves him with a rather depleted total of £195.36
0:42:38 > 0:42:39to carry forward.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Thomas, on the other hand, has had a bumper day.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48He kicked off this leg with £225.08
0:42:48 > 0:42:52and made a handsome profit of £191.80 after costs.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57Meaning he ends up with £416.88 to spend next time.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Wow! Well done, old fruit.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Are you going to drive? - I'm going to drive.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Surely you can afford a chauffeur now!
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- Come on. You drove when you won last time.- Oh, all right.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11- So it's my turn to drive now.- You're a rotter.- I'm not a rotter.- You are.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14I'm not! Brilliant!
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Thomas meets his match.
0:43:18 > 0:43:19Hello.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21He's the complaints department.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24And at last, Charlie gets some recognition.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27A round of applause. A round of applause.