0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
0:00:04 > 0:00:06with £200 each, a classic car
0:00:06 > 0:00:09and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Going, going...gone.
0:00:11 > 0:00:12Yes!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14I'm lovin' that bird.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:17but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Yes!
0:00:18 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:21 > 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.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah...
0:00:37 > 0:00:39The sun has come out in Gloucestershire
0:00:39 > 0:00:42for antiques experts Charlie Ross and Thomas Plant.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Spirits are riding high
0:00:43 > 0:00:47for the start of the third leg of their road trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49- Cows are going nuts. - Look at them! They are...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51THEY MOO
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Cuddly Thomas has over 20 years' auctioneering experience
0:00:57 > 0:00:58tucked under his belt
0:00:58 > 0:01:00and he's not afraid to use it.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02For goodness' sake, for 32,
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- you're not going to ask for discount?- I am.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06I am! Come on!
0:01:07 > 0:01:11Rumbustious Charlie is even more of a veteran in the trade
0:01:11 > 0:01:14and is blessed with dazzling powers of persuasion.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16I'm going to ask you a straightforward question here.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- You can say yes or no.- No.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Ha...on we go.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Our valiant experts began the week with £200 each,
0:01:24 > 0:01:28but two auctions later, a rather large gap is appearing.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29On the net now at 30...
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Do you know, it's not pain, Thomas.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33It's agony.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Charlie suffered a few losses
0:01:37 > 0:01:40and kicks off this leg back near square one
0:01:40 > 0:01:42with £195.36.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Not happy.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Thomas, on the other hand, has made some astute purchases,
0:01:49 > 0:01:51more than doubling his money,
0:01:51 > 0:01:55giving him a magnificent £416.88 to play with.
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Happy.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Our chaps are nipping about
0:02:00 > 0:02:04in their natty little 1971 Triumph Spitfire
0:02:04 > 0:02:06and isn't this just the weather for it?
0:02:08 > 0:02:10This week's Road Trip is whisking us over 400 miles
0:02:10 > 0:02:12from Watchet in Somerset
0:02:12 > 0:02:15right up to Shropshire via North Wales
0:02:15 > 0:02:16before looping back down
0:02:16 > 0:02:20to finish at an auction finale in Bedford, Bedfordshire.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Today, we're kicking off in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26then heading for delightful Worcestershire,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28before motoring north for an auction showdown
0:02:28 > 0:02:30in Wrexham, North Wales.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Sitting near the River Severn is the town of Tewkesbury -
0:02:35 > 0:02:38a little piece of the Middle Ages preserved in time -
0:02:38 > 0:02:41although some parts are better preserved than others.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44HE LAUGHS
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Alongside its charming 12th-century abbey
0:02:47 > 0:02:51is one of the best black-and-white timbered medieval high streets in Britain,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55home to two antique shops on opposite sides of the road.
0:02:55 > 0:02:56Perfect!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- What a splendid establishment. - Oh, look at that!
0:02:59 > 0:03:00BOTH: Oh!
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- Good luck, old bean. - Good luck to you.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I'm off. Bye-bye. Find yourself a shop.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07Be careful with your £400.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Sh!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Look at him go!
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Charlie's shop du jour is Coach House Antiques -
0:03:15 > 0:03:18an eclectic mix of traditional furniture,
0:03:18 > 0:03:19shabby chic and retro.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Talking of retro...
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- IMITATES TOMMY COOPER:- I'm looking for some bargains!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Ha-ha-ha!
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Oh, lordy.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33And after a good old sniff about...
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I'm inexorably drawn back to this cabinet.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Which is owned by dealer John, who, luckily, is here today.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42These are fabulous pot lids.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44The Duke of Wellington's funeral.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Framed, ready to go.- Yeah.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- How much is that one?- 195.- Yeah.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51But it is quite a rare one.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54That's a rare lid. That's such a wonderful thing, isn't it?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Yeah.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Blow your money on one thing, Roscoe...
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Uh-oh...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02In the mid-19th century,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05new printing technology allowed multicoloured transfers
0:04:05 > 0:04:08to be printed on pot lids and other everyday wares.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Pot lids like these are now highly sought after
0:04:10 > 0:04:13for their technical excellence, variety,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16and their value as social and historical records.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18This one depicts the funeral of the Duke of Wellington
0:04:18 > 0:04:22and has a ticket price of £195.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Wonderful. I can remember Winston Churchill's funeral,
0:04:25 > 0:04:28um...as if it was yesterday - 1965.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31And that was a fabulous occasion.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36- How much is that?- To you? - To me. Well, 600 to me!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:04:38 > 0:04:42- I'll give that to you for £100. - Would you really?- I will.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43That is a good buy.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47I'm going to ask one question from a psychological point of view,
0:04:47 > 0:04:49not really a financial one.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Could it be £95?
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Only in so much that it's psychologically better than 100.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56- Yes.- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59That's just under half your entire budget, Charlie!
0:04:59 > 0:05:01You are a brave man.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03A wonderful man, sir. Thank you.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04WOMAN CLAPS
0:05:04 > 0:05:05A round of applause!
0:05:05 > 0:05:07A round of applause.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Charlie's not finished yet.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12There's something else tempting in John's cabinet -
0:05:12 > 0:05:16a very old-looking bottle, possibly Roman.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Extraordinary condition, isn't it?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20"Riga Balsam."
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- That's quite a rare thing, isn't it? - Yeah.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26I don't know that it's Roman. So I'd be taking...
0:05:26 > 0:05:27They are very hard to...
0:05:27 > 0:05:29I'd be taking a complete gamble.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32It's in extraordinary condition if it is Roman, isn't it?
0:05:32 > 0:05:33It is, yeah.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37The ticket price on the bottle is £35.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Can John do another deal?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- It can be yours for £20. - Could it really?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- There's no downside, is there, at 20 quid?- That's right.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Oh, what the heck. I like this.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50No downside at all.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52So, Charlie's raid on John's cabinet
0:05:52 > 0:05:55has resulted in a Victorian pot lid and possibly Roman bottle
0:05:55 > 0:05:57both for £115.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02I am a compulsive shopper.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Thank you very much indeed, sir. Well done.
0:06:05 > 0:06:09Now, let's see if Thomas is as flash with his cash in Attica.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Hello, I'm Thomas, Thomas Plant.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15- What's your name?- Mark Turner.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Mark, nice to meet you.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Get browsing, Thomas.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23There's something about shells and purses with me, isn't there?
0:06:23 > 0:06:25I should have been a girl.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28No comment.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Ooh, I think something's caught his eye,
0:06:30 > 0:06:31with a ticket price of £20.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Solid pair of field glasses.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40But what's interesting about them
0:06:40 > 0:06:45is they've got the broad arrow mark for military issue.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50"11089" - that's interesting.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52So these are probably First World War.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55So those, you've got 20 on.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57What can be the best on the binoculars, please?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- 15.- 15...OK, cool.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Could I offer you 12?
0:07:01 > 0:07:02MARK SIGHS
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- Make it 14.- Make it 14.- Yeah. - And it's a deal.- Yeah.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08All right, OK. I'll have those.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11First World War binoculars at 14 can't be bad.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13I'll have those, thank you very much.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Not bad at all - in fact, quite an eye opener.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Ha!
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Is it me, or does our Thomas remind you of a teddy bear?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Now, here's something Winnie the Pooh
0:07:25 > 0:07:26would definitely like.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30I do love that.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33It's for drizzling honey.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Honey pourer-drizzler.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38The honey goes in there and you drizzle it out.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41You can see, it's almost like a honeycomb
0:07:41 > 0:07:43but the construction of that is just beautiful.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47That has been made on a wheel.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I think it's incredibly stylish, actually...
0:07:49 > 0:07:51It is so stylish.
0:07:51 > 0:07:52What can that be?
0:07:54 > 0:07:56I wouldn't want to go lower than 12.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00It's something quite quirky, quite unusual,
0:08:00 > 0:08:02it's got a real charm about it.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It has got a charm. It has got a charm.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06West Country, Bristolian charm.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08All right, all right...
0:08:08 > 0:08:11You're pressing my buttons. You know you are, Mark.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14So, what's the best on that?
0:08:14 > 0:08:1612 on that. I couldn't go any lower.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20- So that makes those two 26... - 14 and 12, 26.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Can we do the two for 25?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- Um...yes.- Keeps it...
0:08:24 > 0:08:26No, that's fine, I'm happy with that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Well done, Thomas! Two items in the old bag.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34With his shopping for the morning completed,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Charlie's heading 14 miles northwest to Malvern.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42For a man not only passionate about vintage cars
0:08:42 > 0:08:45but who also auctions them off for a living,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47our Charlie is in for a treat.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Malvern is the home
0:08:54 > 0:08:59of one of Britain's best-known classic sports cars - the Morgan.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Morgan roadsters and three-wheelers epitomise timeless glamour.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Outwardly, they've changed little
0:09:08 > 0:09:11since they were first made over 100 years ago.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Charlie's going to be shown around - lucky dog -
0:09:16 > 0:09:18by the managing director, Steve.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Ah-ha! Do I see the managing director?
0:09:20 > 0:09:21Charlie Ross.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Good to meet you. Steve Morris. - Steve, hello.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Morgans have been made here in Malvern
0:09:28 > 0:09:30since the early days of the motor car.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Back in 1909,
0:09:32 > 0:09:3625-year-old Harry Morgan invented his first three-wheeler,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38a car so light and affordable,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40it was to bring motoring to the masses.
0:09:41 > 0:09:42I can't help looking at this
0:09:42 > 0:09:45and thinking, "Why three wheels? Why not four?"
0:09:45 > 0:09:48It was cheaper to run, cheaper to manufacture.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Even back in the early 1900s,
0:09:50 > 0:09:53I think tax played a part in the affordable part of motoring.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Yeah...gosh. And it's got no steering wheel.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00No, it's a tiller-style steering, so you're steering off a handle.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Is that steering the back wheels or the front wheels?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- Front-wheel steering, so... - Yeah. Gosh.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09They may not seem fast by modern standards,
0:10:09 > 0:10:13but early Morgan three-wheelers were demons on the racing track,
0:10:13 > 0:10:14winning a string of trophies.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Ah! Brooklands!
0:10:16 > 0:10:19This is HFS and Ruth Morgan
0:10:19 > 0:10:21in an early trial at Brooklands, on the race track,
0:10:21 > 0:10:24so possibly testing, it could have been speed trials,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- it could have been general... - Speed trials? No crash hats!
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- No, no...- They wore woollen bonnets!
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Do you know - long before my time -
0:10:31 > 0:10:35but my father raced at Brooklands in a home-made car?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I bet it wasn't as quick as a Morgan.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40And knowing my father, it used to break down.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45By the '30s, Morgans evolved to meet demand for family cars,
0:10:45 > 0:10:47developing their first four-wheelers.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50They've changed little on the outside ever since.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54That, I think, is as attractive as any car you've ever made, really.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Early '60s car, that. It's what we call a drophead coupe.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02- The actual car was Charles Morgan's mother's car.- Really?
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Yes - it's got quite a lot of history, with the car.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07So why did they ditch the three wheels in the end
0:11:07 > 0:11:09and go for four wheels?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11I think there was a requirement - the world had moved on.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I think there was a requirement for family transport,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18for more travel, more distance, more comfort.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- Presumably, you can put more power into four wheels, can't you?- Yeah.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25If you put a V8 engine into that three-wheeler...
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- You could have a problem. - You'd be dead within the week.
0:11:28 > 0:11:29THEY LAUGH
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Morgan's success has been to stick at what they're good at -
0:11:34 > 0:11:38making the quintessential British sports car,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41some of which even hark back to those early days.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44And what am I looking at, straightaway?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46A car from 1910?
0:11:46 > 0:11:47No, it's very modern,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49the very latest Morgan three-wheeler.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52- You're making three-wheeled cars today?- We certainly are.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53We make 12 a week, every week.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56To me, as a layman, it looks virtually the same.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Yeah. I mean, it was styled with the original three-wheeler in mind,
0:12:00 > 0:12:03but obviously with a modern twist to everything.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05What sort of performance would a three-wheeler like this have?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- It's phenomenal.- Really? Quick?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Yeah, you'll do 120mph, it's...
0:12:10 > 0:12:12CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Quoted 0-60 in, you know, late five seconds.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18- Really?- Yeah, six seconds. - Like flying a Spitfire!
0:12:18 > 0:12:21They're very quick - and, of course, you're so low,
0:12:21 > 0:12:22you're so open to the elements,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25but you certainly get out of it with a smile on your face.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Each one is hand crafted and made to order.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35But if you're after one, there's a year-long waiting list
0:12:35 > 0:12:40and be prepared to fork out up to £135,000 for the pleasure.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44It's more than most of us can afford,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47but for lucky Charlie, dreams do come true.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52I've got one last wish here, Steve, you've been so good to me -
0:12:52 > 0:12:53can I drive one of your cars?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- You certainly can - I've got one outside you can drive now.- Come on!
0:13:01 > 0:13:03A proper driving experience.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:13:08 > 0:13:11You can actually drive a car like this without smiling.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I don't want to buy antiques any more -
0:13:15 > 0:13:16to hell with antiques!
0:13:16 > 0:13:19I just want to spend the rest of my life driving this car.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Sorry, Charlie.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26You've got to get back to the Spitfire, I'm afraid,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29although I wouldn't turn my nose up even at that.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31While Charlie's having a spin,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Thomas has travelled to the small town of Upton-Upon-Severn
0:13:33 > 0:13:35for a spot more shopping.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Now, what does this rather fetching establishment have in store?
0:13:40 > 0:13:41- Hello.- Hello, how are you?
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- I'm Thomas.- Hi, Thomas. I'm Lee. - Lee, nice to meet you.- You too.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Everything in Croome Antiques has been chosen by owner Lee
0:13:49 > 0:13:52and there's all kind of quirky things lurking about.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55Oh - there's a teddy, Thomas.
0:13:55 > 0:13:56And is it real?
0:13:56 > 0:13:59- What the dog called?- Jerry.- Jerry.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Hello. Are you going to come and say hello?
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Hello...
0:14:03 > 0:14:05He's the complaints department.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09- Has never bitten anybody yet. - Oh, OK. OK. That's a warning.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11After him, Jerry!
0:14:13 > 0:14:16And now, anyone for the races?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18There's more to this horse and rider than meets the eye.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22This is a spelter table light.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25So what you do, there's meant to be a little...
0:14:25 > 0:14:28This is the post where the horse is tethered to the jockey
0:14:28 > 0:14:30and there's meant to be a little striker in there
0:14:30 > 0:14:34and it's filled with, uh...paraffin.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37And you can take it out and you can strike it on there
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and you can hand the lighter round to your colleagues after supper
0:14:40 > 0:14:43to light one's cigars or cigarettes with.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45So it's a Deco table light.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47I quite like that.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50It's missing its striker and there's some damage to the base,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53so the ticket price on this table lighter is £98.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54One to think about.
0:14:56 > 0:15:03What a fabulous, fabulous spirit kettle on a stand.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Look at that!
0:15:05 > 0:15:10Straight out of the Art Nouveau period, by WMF.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Wow!
0:15:11 > 0:15:13What a thing.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Oh, look at that cane handle.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19What a thing of beauty.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Ho! Ho!
0:15:23 > 0:15:25What a fabulous thing.
0:15:25 > 0:15:26I think he likes it.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Oh, and it's the early mark, as well.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Oh...!
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Right, so this is a really early mark for WMF.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36It's the ostrich in the diamond, there.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37Badly bashed.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40From its early days in the late 19th century
0:15:40 > 0:15:42through to the First World War,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45German manufacturing company WMF
0:15:45 > 0:15:49became one of the most prolific producers of elegant designs
0:15:49 > 0:15:51formed in metal and glass.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53This piece is stamped with the rare ostrich mark,
0:15:53 > 0:15:58which was replaced in 1907 by a simple WMF.
0:15:58 > 0:16:04What a thing of absolute...beauty.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08What a thing. But it has seen slightly better days.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10I like that. I'm going to ask about that,
0:16:10 > 0:16:12see what can be done.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15That's two items to consider. Could this be a third?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17That's lovely, isn't it?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20It's Art Nouveau. It's in pewter.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24You've got the two flower heads. You've got the sinuous stem.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26It would have been a drinks...
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It would have been a tray for drinks.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31But it is very attractive and that pewter look is good-looking.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And it's so cheap - £18.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39I think that's quite a good thing. I think that could make money.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43So, there's the pewter plate, the WMF kettle
0:16:43 > 0:16:45and the jockey table lighter.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- What can you do?- OK, well, the horse, um...we've got 98 on,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51so we'll do that for 80.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52- OK.- OK?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54The WMF, um...
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I haven't got a lot of manoeuvrability with that,
0:16:58 > 0:16:59I'll be honest with you.
0:16:59 > 0:17:00We've got 110 on it.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- Mm, you like it, though, don't you? - I do, I love it. Yeah.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07I could hear the noise and the commotion when you...
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Yeah, it's very nice, it's a nice thing.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- So, £100.- Oh...!
0:17:11 > 0:17:12LEE LAUGHS
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Yeah.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- And the Art Nouveau tray is 18. - Yeah.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20We'll do that for 15, of course.
0:17:20 > 0:17:22Um...
0:17:22 > 0:17:28Cos that's damaged, I was thinking that should be...a bit less. 60.
0:17:28 > 0:17:2960?!
0:17:29 > 0:17:35I was hoping for 70 for the kettle and stand.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- For the tray, I get it. - Yes.- That's fine.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41How do those figures grab you?
0:17:41 > 0:17:4460, 70, get the tray.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47OK - tray at 15, that one...uh...
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- I'll accept 60 on that.- OK.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I'll go to 90 on that, but no less.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54And I think that's a very good buy at 90.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59Make it...150 for the lot, and you've got a deal.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03THOMAS LAUGHS
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- 155.- Oh...!
0:18:07 > 0:18:08LEE LAUGHS
0:18:08 > 0:18:09And that's a good price.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11(Oh, 155...)
0:18:11 > 0:18:14So that's one, two, three...
0:18:15 > 0:18:16OK...
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- We're splitting hairs, really, aren't we?- We are.- Come on.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Thank you very much. - Thank you, Thomas. Appreciate it.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Lee's done you proud there, Thomas.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28This is the most I've spent in a shop for ages!
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Yeah - well done, you!
0:18:29 > 0:18:33After that flurry of purchases, there's only one thing to be done.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Both experts deserve a little lie down.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Sleep tight, chaps.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45It's day two and Charlie's fretting over yesterday's purchases.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- It's all going horribly wrong. - Does it matter, though?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54We're here, in the open-top car...
0:18:54 > 0:18:57This is the most beautiful county.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59That's the spirit - peckers up!
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Charlie spent £115 on two items -
0:19:04 > 0:19:07the pot lid depicting the Duke of Wellington's funeral
0:19:07 > 0:19:09and the Roman unguentaria bottle,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12leaving him with £80.36 to play with.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16I am a compulsive shopper.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Thomas, meanwhile, has splashed out £180 on five items -
0:19:21 > 0:19:24a honey drizzler, a pair of WWI binoculars,
0:19:24 > 0:19:30a pewter plate, a WMF spirit kettle and table lighter - lordy -
0:19:30 > 0:19:34and that still leaves him with £236.88 to spend.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Flash Harry.
0:19:36 > 0:19:37I better give you some money.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Now, this should be interesting.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Our sparring partners have returned to Malvern
0:19:41 > 0:19:44and their shops are right next door to one another.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45Ha-ha!
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- Roscoe.- Do your worst, Planters.
0:19:47 > 0:19:48Oh!
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Come on, Roscoe! Bounce out!
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- You're remarkably lithe, aren't you? - I'm fit, aren't I?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Fit for shopping, I hope.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Thomas has bagged Foley House Antiques Centre.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- Hello, Thomas. I'm Bridget. - Bridget. Very nice to meet you.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- Well, I'll have a good look around, if that's all right?- Please do.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Thank you very much.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Yesterday, Thomas went on a shopping frenzy,
0:20:09 > 0:20:12snapping up five items in two shops.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Let's see if he's still on a roll.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Have a good scoot...
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Uh-oh - has he run out of steam?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25God, there's stuff everywhere, isn't there?
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Bridget, there's stuff everywhere.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Yes, Thomas - it's a shop, don't you know?
0:20:29 > 0:20:32Frustrating...
0:20:32 > 0:20:34I haven't even looked in these cabinets here.
0:20:34 > 0:20:35It's extraordinary.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Um...
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Oh, Bridget, I feel your pain.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41It's a no. It's a no.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45God, I'm being a pain.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I give up. Quick, let's go and look next door.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Charlie's making himself at home in Promenade Antiques,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56watched by friendly owner Mark.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59- Anyway, may I have a look round? - You're more than welcome.
0:20:59 > 0:21:00See what I can find.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03As long as you do more than just look, Charlie.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09That is an enormous dinner service.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12That's a real gamble lot, something like that, isn't it?
0:21:12 > 0:21:14If you went to buy that, it would cost you...
0:21:15 > 0:21:17..£3,000?
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Each plate's £30-£40. - And there's 12 of those.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22£50. There's 12 - 5, 12, 60...
0:21:22 > 0:21:25I bet there's £3,000 worth of stuff there.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26This has hardly been used -
0:21:26 > 0:21:28a lot of these were bought as wedding presents,
0:21:28 > 0:21:30put away, never used.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32That's a lot of dinner service.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Not sure I've got quite enough money for that.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Yeah, the dinner service has £170 on the ticket.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41Best aim for something more suited to your budget,
0:21:41 > 0:21:43like this.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- I like your toffee hammer. - Memories of childhood.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Memories of childhood - isn't that wonderful?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Look at that - toffee hammer.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53But you have a slab of toffee,
0:21:53 > 0:21:59and the retailer would smash up the toffee and sell it in chunks.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02That's a wonderful thing, and it says "for toffee".
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Isn't that delightful? What a wonderful memory.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10That's well worth considering, that is.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I might as well ask a question - um...
0:22:14 > 0:22:16That's not something I would normally buy,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19that dinner service, as you know - there's so much of it.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23And it would be a complete gamble at auction, but...um...
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I've got just under 100 quid, it's not going to buy that, is it?
0:22:26 > 0:22:28How much, just under?
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Started with £195 and I've got 80 quid left,
0:22:31 > 0:22:33so I don't know whether...
0:22:33 > 0:22:35That's probably not going to do the trick, is it?
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- I did have some breakfast cups that went with it.- Yes.
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- And I sold those yesterday to a lady.- Did you?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44To match her own service, presumably?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- And she gave me a good price for them.- Yeah.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50So...as that happened, in that case,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I could go that for the money that you're offering.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Could you?
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I think that's a phenomenal offer, I have to say.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Heart over head, isn't it?
0:22:57 > 0:23:01The thing I like best of all is your toffee...
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Yeah. It's good fun.
0:23:03 > 0:23:04That's a great thing.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07So Charlie's hoping to snaffle up the toffee hammer
0:23:07 > 0:23:10AND the dinner service for his remaining cash.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16If I gave you £80.36 - and that is my total wipe-out -
0:23:16 > 0:23:19could I have that and the toffee hammer?
0:23:19 > 0:23:21Seeing as you like the toffee hammer, I'll do that.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Are you sure? That's really kind of you.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27And just like that, Charlie's spent out.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Now, how's Thomas getting on?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I've been perusing. I've been perusing.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37And because I have an Art Nouveau pewter plate,
0:23:37 > 0:23:42- it would fit quite nicely with this mirror.- Oh, right.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Because that's Arts and Crafts as well.- Yes, yes.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Um...well, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts.
0:23:46 > 0:23:47For goodness' sake, for 32,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- you're not going to ask for discount?- I am.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51- I am! Come on!- Oh...!
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Come on. See, they would fit well together.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58A plate and a mirror.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Ah, so Thomas wants to put the mirror in the same lot
0:24:01 > 0:24:04as the pewter plate he bought yesterday - cunning.
0:24:04 > 0:24:08- It's quite cheap.- I know it's cheap. So you don't need discount, do you?
0:24:08 > 0:24:13- £20 would be buying it. - 25 would be buying it.
0:24:13 > 0:24:1420 and you've got a deal.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- Go on, then. Go on.- Superb.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20You're very sweet. Thank you very much.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Phew! He's bought something at last,
0:24:23 > 0:24:24putting us all out of our misery.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27- Super. Thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31- Our first sale of the day, as well. - Is it?- Of course.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Shame it took all morning.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34Eh? Ha!
0:24:34 > 0:24:36The chaps are leaving Malvern behind
0:24:36 > 0:24:38and are heading nine-and-a-half miles north
0:24:38 > 0:24:40to the city of Worcester.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Worcester is most famous for its well-known sauce -
0:24:45 > 0:24:47uh, I mean cathedral,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50the earliest parts of which date back to the 11th century.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- Look at the cathedral. - Oh, yes, look at that.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59It's also the place most associated with one of our national treasures -
0:24:59 > 0:25:02the composer, Sir Edward Elgar.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Glorious.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08But it's not the music Thomas is here to explore.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11He has an appointment with something altogether more grisly.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13He's heading to the George Marshall Medical Museum
0:25:13 > 0:25:17to meet curator Frank Crompton, who's going to show him around.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21- So, you've got some interesting things to show me.- Absolutely.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23- Ah, well, lead on then, Frank. - Right.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27Most of the artefacts in this museum
0:25:27 > 0:25:29were collected by one man, George Marshall.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32He was a consultant surgeon at the Worcester Infirmary
0:25:32 > 0:25:36from the 1940s to the 1960s and an enthusiastic collector
0:25:36 > 0:25:39of old medical and surgical equipment.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43Over the course of 50 years, he amassed several thousand objects,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46each telling its own story of the history of medicine -
0:25:46 > 0:25:49and some of them are rather macabre.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52So, Frank, what are these here?
0:25:52 > 0:25:54These are death masks of prisoners
0:25:54 > 0:25:56who were hanged at the jail in Worcester.
0:25:56 > 0:26:02As soon as the criminal was taken off the rope, so to speak,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05- they did a plaster cast of his face. - Yes.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09They weren't buried until they'd actually been used for dissection.
0:26:09 > 0:26:10In the 19th century,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13death masks of criminals were taken
0:26:13 > 0:26:15because it was believed they could be used
0:26:15 > 0:26:17to predict criminal behaviour.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19I was going to say, what's wrong with this poor fellow?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20He's a microcephalic,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23which means he's been born without the upper part of his brain
0:26:23 > 0:26:26and so he would have had the intellect of a four-year-old
0:26:26 > 0:26:28if he was lucky.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30He was working, as far as we know, as a farm hand
0:26:30 > 0:26:35and he was brought before the court for setting fire to a hayrick.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Now, normally, a person in that circumstance
0:26:38 > 0:26:41would have been commuted to transportation to Australia
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- or somewhere else.- Yeah.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44He was hanged.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Whilst studying the workings of the mind was still in its infancy,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53so too was 19th-century surgery.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56I'll show you the operating chair here.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00This was made between 1840 and 1850
0:27:00 > 0:27:04and, basically, if you wanted to do an operation without anaesthetics,
0:27:04 > 0:27:06they were actually strapped to this chair.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10And so these little holes here would take straps...
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Leather straps or webbing straps, we're not sure.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14..to strap the poor person down.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18There were various techniques which were used to try and dull the pain -
0:27:18 > 0:27:22sometimes alcohol was used, the person consumed some alcohol,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25which would desensitise them.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28But normally, they were simply strapped in there
0:27:28 > 0:27:31and there would be some fairly hefty people around
0:27:31 > 0:27:33to make sure they didn't squirm about too much.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Doesn't bear thinking about, does it?
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Ugh!
0:27:36 > 0:27:39The instruments used by surgeons were no less brutal.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- It's actually a surgeon's kit. - Right.
0:27:41 > 0:27:46It was in use in the Crimean War and we've got a number of items in here.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49You've got the saw for going through bones.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50The saw for going through bone, yes.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54- Is this...is this a catheter, here? - That's a catheter there.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Oh, my God, that fills me with utter horror.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01Before that, you would actually use one of these flesh knives.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04You actually cut through the flesh, you got down to the bone
0:28:04 > 0:28:06before you took the saw out.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09The saw would work much more efficiently.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12- That was the last thing, the saw. - Yeah, the saw was the last thing.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Somewhat horrific.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17- How far we are removed from it. - Absolutely. Thank God.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Amputations in the early 19th century
0:28:21 > 0:28:24were carried out without any anaesthetic,
0:28:24 > 0:28:25but in 1847,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28chloroform was introduced for the first time.
0:28:28 > 0:28:34This is showing an example of how an operation, an amputation,
0:28:34 > 0:28:38- would have gone on in 1860, 1870. - Yeah.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Looking at his apron, just imagining,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44- it doesn't look like the most hygienic place in the world.- No.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47It wouldn't have been the most hygienic place in the world.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49When we become aware that there is such a thing as a germ,
0:28:49 > 0:28:51which is going to cause things,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54they began to try and do something about that
0:28:54 > 0:28:58by bringing in the use of an antiseptic spray.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00- So was it a sawdust floor? - Yeah, it would have been.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03- Like a butcher's, so to speak. - It would have been.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07You simply sweep up the mess that's caused by the operation.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12Frank, I have to say that I'm very pleased I live now.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14When people say to you, "Do you know what?
0:29:14 > 0:29:16"I'd love to live in the 19th century,
0:29:16 > 0:29:18"it would have been - or the 18th century"...
0:29:18 > 0:29:22I wouldn't even want to have been born in the 1950s, for God's sake.
0:29:22 > 0:29:23I was born in the 1940s.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26- Yes - I wouldn't even want that! - Primitive.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30I'm going to go away feeling, um...a little bit nauseous,
0:29:30 > 0:29:33but I think I'll survive.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36But, also, I've had my knowledge increased.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37- Yeah.- It's been a pleasure.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41What a fascinating - albeit rather gruesome -
0:29:41 > 0:29:42visit for Thomas.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Now it's time to meet up with old Roscoe,
0:29:44 > 0:29:46because it's the moment of truth,
0:29:46 > 0:29:48when our experts reveal all to each other
0:29:48 > 0:29:52and where better than in the shade of the great Worcester Cathedral?
0:29:53 > 0:29:56It's too wet for me to reveal my fine goods.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- Is it?- Yes.- Will it get damaged?
0:29:58 > 0:30:00- They're all papier-mache. - Oh, are they?
0:30:00 > 0:30:01CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Come on - whip it off, Charlie!
0:30:03 > 0:30:05# Dah-dah-dah... #
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Roscoe! Is that it?
0:30:07 > 0:30:08What do you mean, "is that it?"
0:30:08 > 0:30:10There's quite a lot of it.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12That's a Royal Doulton dinner service.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- What have you done, buying that? - Well...- How much was it?
0:30:16 > 0:30:22- 101 pieces, £80.- £80 - right, OK... - Total gamble.- Hm.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24I'm not sure Thomas likes it, so what's next?
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- What have you done, buying a pot lid? - I like pot lids.- Do you?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30I still love pot lids, I do,
0:30:30 > 0:30:33and I bought Old Wellington's funeral.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- Right. - I'm a great fan of Wellington.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- And it's got a pretty border. - Well, it's in very good condition,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41it's almost as good a condition as you can get.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45- I don't like this frame, but... - How much was that?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47- £95.- GASPING: £95...!
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- And what is...?- I want you to take a look at that, please.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51I wanted you to tell me how old it is?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- This is Roman.- It is Roman.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57This is a Roman flask, definitely Roman.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- How much was that?- 20 quid. - Really?- Yeah.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- God, that's rather wonderful, isn't it?- It's a super thing.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- Love your toffee mallet.- Do you? - I love your toffee mallet.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- It was 36p. - Oh, that's so sweet.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10That could be, proportionally, on this trip,
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- the biggest profit.- It could.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Thank goodness he likes something.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16Now, time for Charlie to be the judge.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Hm...
0:31:19 > 0:31:20Wait for it...
0:31:20 > 0:31:23£400. Didn't quite make £400.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- Are they military? - Yes. Yes, they are.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28- Probably First World War.- Yeah, yeah.
0:31:28 > 0:31:29Those are of a price
0:31:29 > 0:31:33and they probably cost between 15 and 20 quid.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- £14.- Good valuation.- £14.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38That's...rather charming.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42I like that style and I think the spout is to die for.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- Isn't it lovely?- Who made it?- WMF.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- That's WMF?- It's very early.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51That surprises me. That's a pleasant surprise.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54It's got the early ostrich mark on the base.
0:31:54 > 0:31:55And you got a table lighter there?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57A slightly damaged table lighter.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59- Have you got the lighter bit?- No.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00It's quite nicely modelled, isn't it?
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- Beautiful thing, isn't it? - Quite nicely modelled.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- You've missed out the best thing. - I haven't come to it yet.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- Wonderful cocktail...- No, no, no!
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- Is it not for cocktails? - Not for cocktails.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13- What are you dispensing with that? - Honey.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17- Honey?- Honey dispenser. It's a honey drizzler.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- Look at the shape of the cone. - Oh, I can feel it.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22- It's had honey in it. - It's lovely.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24It's not that old, probably 1970s, 1960s.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26- That cost...?- 11.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Well, that doesn't really matter.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30It doesn't really matter. Inconsequential.
0:32:30 > 0:32:35Well, the whole thing will hinge on this...ghastly dinner service.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37- It's not ghastly. - Oh, I don't like it.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41- Right, Roscoe.- Good, good. - Let's get out of the rain.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Keep hold of that brolly and take me away somewhere.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46So, they were a bit cagey there, weren't they?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Let's hear what they really think.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51The WMF - I thought it might have been Benson or someone like that,
0:32:51 > 0:32:55not WMF, but it's very stylish.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58But who buys them nowadays? That's the point.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Oh, God, you know...it is awkward, really, isn't it?
0:33:02 > 0:33:06Cos I don't really like two of the items he's bought -
0:33:06 > 0:33:10the pot lid and the dinner service.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Oh, Roscoe, please make some money, please -
0:33:12 > 0:33:14I feel sorry for you.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16It all comes down to the Doulton.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19If the Doulton makes £200-£250, I'll catch up a bit.
0:33:19 > 0:33:23If it doesn't...we'll have to go on to the next one.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Crumbs! Is that dinner service a gamble too far?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28Will there be tears at teatime?
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Let's get to the auction and find out.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Thomas and Charlie's third leg began in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire,
0:33:35 > 0:33:38continues northwards into the lovely county of Worcestershire,
0:33:38 > 0:33:42and now, they're finishing up at an auction in Wrexham, North Wales.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- Blimey!- God, I never realised Wrexham was so busy.
0:33:47 > 0:33:51- It's because you're here, Thomas. - No, it's because YOU'RE here, Roscoe.
0:33:51 > 0:33:52After you...
0:33:54 > 0:33:57All our chaps' items will be going under the hammer here
0:33:57 > 0:33:59at Wingetts Auction House,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01an establishment which has been selling off goods
0:34:01 > 0:34:03for almost 50 years.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08In charge of today's proceedings is auctioneer Richard Hughes.
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Well, I like the table lighter.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13Little bit of damage on the base, which is going to affect the price.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16I was thinking, perfect, £100-£150.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19As is...probably more like £40-£60.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Prattware pot lid, in good condition.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I can't see any major damage or faults with it,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28so...I'd be hoping for in excess of £100.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Well, that would be nice.
0:34:31 > 0:34:35So, Charlie started this leg with £195.36
0:34:35 > 0:34:39and spent the whole lot on four auction lots.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Are you sure? That's really kind of you.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Thomas began with a whopping £416.88
0:34:48 > 0:34:51and spent less than half - £200, to be precise -
0:34:51 > 0:34:52on five auction lots.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54- Thank you very much. - Thank you, Thomas.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58As ever, it's anyone's game.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00I think I'm in for a bad day.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02You're in for a stormer.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05First up is Thomas's honey drizzler.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08£10 to start, then - got to be that, surely.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11£5, only bid - standing with you, sir, now.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13That's the main - but eight in front, if you want it?
0:35:13 > 0:35:16At £5, I'm only bid, standing - eight bid. Ten.
0:35:16 > 0:35:18Nearly into a profit.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Lady's bid in front. Only bid now.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Is there ten in the room? You're out?
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Your bid, madam.
0:35:24 > 0:35:25Oh.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28But the great thing about only spending £11 -
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- you haven't lost a lot.- No.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33True, although it will be more than £1
0:35:33 > 0:35:36once the auction house takes its well-earned commission.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Apiarists should stay at home and look after their bees.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43It's the first of Charlie's big purchases up next -
0:35:43 > 0:35:46his pot lid, bought for £95.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Give me £100 for it.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Got to be that, surely.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52£50 to start, then.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- All gone quiet...- Oh...
0:35:55 > 0:35:59I'm only bid by the doorway there, £20. Now 25...
0:35:59 > 0:36:02You'll be fine, it's OK.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04£25, the bid, standing at the back of the room.
0:36:04 > 0:36:0730 in front, sir. Five, sir. 40.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- And five. 50...- Halfway...
0:36:11 > 0:36:1460. And five, sir. 70.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- £65.- Go on...- More!
0:36:17 > 0:36:1965 bid standing.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21Goes with you, sir.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Thank you.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27- Oh-ho-ho... - Oh, shut up, Roscoe.
0:36:27 > 0:36:28THOMAS LAUGHS
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Ouch! Charlie really needed to make a profit there.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Got any tissues, Thomas?
0:36:33 > 0:36:34I'm crying.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38There's always the dinner service.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40But now it's time for Thomas's binoculars.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43£5 to start, then. Five, I'm bid eight. Ten, sir.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45There's a man next to me, bidding.
0:36:45 > 0:36:4815. 18. 20.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50And two. 25.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- 28.- Oh...
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- 30.- Ooh!
0:36:54 > 0:36:5630 - fresh bidder, two.
0:36:56 > 0:37:00£30, your bid, sir, in the room, in the centre at 30 bid.
0:37:00 > 0:37:0232, lady's bid. 35, sir.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04If you like?
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Sold in front.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09- Thomas...- 35.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11First handshake of the day.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14Well done, Thomas. A solid gain.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16There's a difference between you and me, isn't there?
0:37:16 > 0:37:18What do you mean?
0:37:18 > 0:37:19One of us makes a profit.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Now, don't give up yet, Charlie.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25It's your toffee mallet, bought for 36p.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28£5 - £5, I've got. Bid eight.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Bid ten, sir? 12. 15. 18...
0:37:31 > 0:37:32Roscoe!
0:37:32 > 0:37:3320...
0:37:33 > 0:37:35£18, now, I'm only bid with you, madam.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Should have bought five of these.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Sold at 18.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Well done, sir. 36p to £18.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Yep, that's the way to do it, boy.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51A well-needed sweetener for Charlie.
0:37:51 > 0:37:5350 times what it cost.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Now, what about Thomas's pairing of the pewter dish and the mirror?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02£20, then - mirror and the dish for £20.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Got to be that, surely.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05£20, I've got - thank you, madam.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06We're away now...
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Thomas, we're away.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11And five. 40. And five.
0:38:11 > 0:38:1450. And five.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1660. And five.
0:38:16 > 0:38:1770...
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Good night, Road Trip.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- Shut up, Roscoe!- And seated...
0:38:22 > 0:38:26I'm not very good at this, Roscoe. I'm not good at this.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29False modesty is most unbecoming, Thomas.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31But well done all the same.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33- Do you know, Thomas?- What?
0:38:33 > 0:38:34I couldn't be thrashed by a nicer person.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Shut up, please. You're not being thrashed.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41It's Thomas up again now, this time with his early WMF spirit kettle.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42£50.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46£20, I've got five bid. 30. Five, sir.
0:38:46 > 0:38:4740. And five.
0:38:47 > 0:38:4850. Five.
0:38:48 > 0:38:5060. Five.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Five bid, 60.
0:38:51 > 0:38:5370. 80.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55I'll take 75, if you want, then.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58At £70, the bid's on the left. £75, madam. 80.
0:38:58 > 0:38:59And five.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02£80, standing.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04All done and finished...
0:39:04 > 0:39:07- Ooh...- Well done. Washed your face.
0:39:07 > 0:39:08- Mm.- Just a tad...
0:39:08 > 0:39:14Certainly not what Thomas expected. That's a loss after commission.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Oh, God, that was quite...
0:39:15 > 0:39:17- You're quite pleased, actually, aren't you?- I am.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19I am really pleased.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Glad YOU are.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26Now it's Charlie's big gamble. He needs to make up a lot of ground
0:39:26 > 0:39:30and it all comes down to his enormous dinner service.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33£20 - all right, I'm bid, standing on my right with you, sir.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Maiden bid at 20. Now five bid. 30, if you like, sir.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- At £25... - Oh, dear. It's not looking good.
0:39:39 > 0:39:4235 bid. 40. And five, sir.
0:39:42 > 0:39:4550. 50 at the back. And five.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46It's quite a big chunk -
0:39:46 > 0:39:47bit of lifting there.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50You'd think if someone wants it for...oh.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53At 60 bid, seated with you, sir.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54We need a little bit more.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56You need a LOT more!
0:39:56 > 0:39:58CHARLIE SIGHS
0:39:58 > 0:40:01I have to say, that's a lot for the money, isn't it?
0:40:01 > 0:40:06It certainly is - someone got themselves a bargain.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Stop laughing! I've started with a modest loss.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Now, will Thomas's table lighter make it out of the starter's block?
0:40:13 > 0:40:16£20, I've got, then - thank you, madam, at the back.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17Five bid. 30.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Five, sir. 40. Five.
0:40:19 > 0:40:2245. 50. Five.
0:40:22 > 0:40:2355, sir.
0:40:23 > 0:40:2460.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Five. 70.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Five. 80.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32- Five... - This is a masterclass in dealing.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34I'm bid 85. 90.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36- Ooh!- Get in there!
0:40:36 > 0:40:37100.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39110. 110, sir?
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Jumping over there. Go on, 105!
0:40:42 > 0:40:44105. Ten...
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Break the seal.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47120. And five.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51130. And five.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54140. And five.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Selling and going at 140...
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Oh!
0:41:02 > 0:41:04Roscoe, Roscoe!
0:41:04 > 0:41:06A stonking profit for Thomas
0:41:06 > 0:41:09as his table lighter streaks across the finishing line.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Have you ever seen me sulk? - No, and you don't sulk.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14- You're about to see me sulk. - You don't sulk. You don't sulk.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19I'm going to sulk now. I'm not speaking again today.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20Don't be moody.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Now, Charlie, it's the last lot of the day
0:41:23 > 0:41:24and it's your Roman bottle.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Nice antiquity there.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27Give me £50 for it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- 2,000 years old.- Yeah.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33- £20 to start...- Nearly as old as me.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35In the corner, now, and I'll take five.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Maiden bid. 25 bid. 30.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Five, sir. 40.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43And five. 50.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44And five, sir.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- 60...- Do you think it's going to make a million?
0:41:47 > 0:41:51- £65...- This is at £65,000.
0:41:51 > 0:41:5260, back in. Five.
0:41:52 > 0:41:5370.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Oh, brilliant.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Go on!
0:41:57 > 0:41:58Sold at 65.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03That's a very good return on my money.
0:42:03 > 0:42:04Well done, Roscoe.
0:42:04 > 0:42:10Hurrah! At last, an extremely respectable profit for Roscoe.
0:42:10 > 0:42:11This is the nadir of my existence.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15You're going to turn a corner and you're going to nail me -
0:42:15 > 0:42:17nail me, from now on in.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Well, that remains to be seen.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21So, Charlie started off this leg on the back foot
0:42:21 > 0:42:23with £195.36
0:42:23 > 0:42:29and has - oh, dear - made a loss of £24.80 after auction costs.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34That leaves him with a depleted £170.56 to carry forward.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Don't cry, Charlie, please. It's humiliating.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40Thomas's winning streak, though, continues unabated.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42He began this leg with £416.88
0:42:42 > 0:42:46and has made a profit of £68.96.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49That means his total soars again.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54He had £485.84 to spend next time.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Well done.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Gosh...do you know, I've never been in a car with such a rich person.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Right - there's only one way I'm going to win this competition.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Scaring you.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Goodbye, Wrexham. Hope I never see you again!
0:43:07 > 0:43:09It wasn't that bad!
0:43:10 > 0:43:15Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Charlie has hair issues.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Do I need a nit comb?!
0:43:17 > 0:43:20And Thomas is...well, just hair-raising.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24WARPED: Roscoe, this is Planter, your merciless Mysteron!