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It's the nation's favourite antiques experts | 0:00:02 | 0:00:04 | |
with £200 each, a classic car, | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
and a goal to scour Britain for antiques. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
-Going, going, gone. -Yes! | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
I'm loving that bird. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
Yes! | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
Don't I look handsome? | 0:00:22 | 0:00:23 | |
So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster? | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
-I'm going now. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
This is the Antiques Road Trip. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:32 | |
Yeah. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:35 | |
All this week we've been hitching a ride with a right couple | 0:00:42 | 0:00:46 | |
of charmers, antiques experts Charlie Ross and Thomas plant. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
I've thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed my week. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
Hasn't it been wonderful? | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
Charlie ran his own auction house for over 25 years | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
so really should know a thing or two about antiques by now. | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
I am a past master at buying things about which | 0:01:01 | 0:01:04 | |
I know absolutely nothing. | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
Thomas has clocked up over 20 years as an auctioneer, but despite his considerable knowledge | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
is still yet to win a Road Trip. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
I could really go completely wrong from now on in. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:16 | |
Our chaps began their journey with £200 each, | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
but over the week Thomas has been streaking ahead | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
leaving his sparring partner lagging behind. | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
-Final leg. -And I'm back here with 200 quid. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:29 | |
I think that's marvellous. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:31 | |
Charlie sustained some bruising losses leaving him | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
with just £209.92 to spend today. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
Thomas on the other hand has made steady profits, | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
so he has a luscious £553.44 to play with. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:48 | |
Doesn't it show? | 0:01:48 | 0:01:49 | |
Despite the feverish competition our chaps have been | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
jollying along quite happily in their natty 1971 Triumph Spitfire. | 0:01:54 | 0:02:00 | |
This week, Thomas and Charlie are travelling from Watchet in Somerset | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
to Shropshire, via North Wales before looping | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
back down south for their final auction in Bedford. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
Today our chaps are kicking off in Walsall in the West Midlands | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
and then pop into Staffordshire and Leicestershire | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
before travelling south to the auction showdown in Bedford. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
Traditionally, the town of Walsall | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
has sat at the heart of manufacturing in Britain | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
and is most famed for making saddles, | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
hence the local football club's nickname of the Saddlers. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
Our couple of antique-hunting cowboys have ridden into town | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
hoping to round up some quality antiques. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
-First stop for Thomas is the Curio Shop. -Hello, I'm Thomas. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
Hi, Thomas. I'm Spencer. Pleased to meet you. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
-Thank you for letting us in. -You're welcome. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
-It's lovely and tight in here, isn't it? -It is, it's the way I like it. | 0:02:54 | 0:02:58 | |
I'm going to have a good rummage if that's all right. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
Lordy, there's stuff everywhere. Get rummaging, Thomas. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
Wow. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
Spencer's not lying, he's crammed. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:09 | |
But before long Thomas spots a muffin dish. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
From Winchcombe... | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
..in Somerset. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
There's a terracotta body | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
and then the glaze and this glaze is a Nash glaze | 0:03:25 | 0:03:30 | |
and he's just done a graffiti design around there. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
I like that. I'm going to buy that. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:35 | |
I like the £8.95 price bracket, | 0:03:36 | 0:03:38 | |
but we'll have to wait and see what else we find. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
And he's not stopping there. How about another bit of pottery? | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
See, this is a blank. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
A Staffordshire blank, 19th century. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
Before the age of television, et cetera, | 0:03:52 | 0:03:56 | |
some happy amateur has painted this as a still life. | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
Crying shame that it's got a great big hairline crack running all the way through it. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:06 | |
But what a super thing. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:09 | |
And there is a mere £24 on the ticket. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
Have you forgotten you're rolling in it, Thomas? | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
There speaks a man who's keen to win. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:17 | |
Meanwhile, the opposition is on the road travelling nine miles | 0:04:17 | 0:04:20 | |
north-east to the cathedral city of Lichfield. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
Charlie is hotfooting it to a road trip old haunt, | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
the Lichfield Antiques Centre. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
-There's a reception committee to greet him. -Lovely day! | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
Mainly women. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
-Nice to see you again. -Me too. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:34 | |
-Come on, get a move on, Roscoe. -How are you all? | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
Somewhere... | 0:04:43 | 0:04:44 | |
I've got to find the lot of my dreams. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:47 | |
Could this be just the ticket? | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
There's a Chinese mirror, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
but it's a quite unusual form. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
It's got... | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
a bank of drawers at the bottom. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:02 | |
It's then got a typical, | 0:05:02 | 0:05:04 | |
what looks like a triptych mirror on the top. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
Crudely made, the dovetails, | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
and they are dovetailed just of pine, they are very crude, | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
but it's got this rather nice | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
typically Chinese gilded decoration. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
But it's £185. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
The poor man needs help. Any ideas, Madeleine? | 0:05:25 | 0:05:29 | |
-This one. -Right! | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
George IV solid silver sauce ladle, "Glasgae", | 0:05:34 | 0:05:37 | |
you've got the full hallmark there. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:39 | |
Pretty thing, isn't it? | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
It's got nine pounds on... Oh, no, sorry £90! | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
I thought it was 9,000. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
You thought it was 9,000, good line. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
Good line. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:51 | |
It's a nice thing. Who does it belong to? | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
One of our traders. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:55 | |
-It's quality. -It is quality. | 0:05:55 | 0:05:57 | |
Mark's the owner of this cabinet. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
Perhaps Charlie can do a deal. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
If you buy a package, two or three items, | 0:06:01 | 0:06:03 | |
I'm sure we can do something for you, Charlie. | 0:06:03 | 0:06:06 | |
I'm all for a package. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
Is this your cabinet here? | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
A nice Tiffany buckle there. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
Go on, let's have a look. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:13 | |
It's a nice piece. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:16 | |
It's a great buckle, isn't it? A great buckle. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
American Express Company, | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
Wells Butterfield and Company | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
-and I think Wells was the Wells Fargo. -Wells Fargo. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:28 | |
Yeah, but the great thing about it is it's made by Tiffany, | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
one of the great, great, | 0:06:31 | 0:06:33 | |
Art Nouveau movement makers, | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
most famously known for their glass, | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
their wonderful glass lamps. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:41 | |
I must say they don't quite fit together, really, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:44 | |
a Scottish silver ladle and an American Express buckle, | 0:06:44 | 0:06:47 | |
but it might give me a buying base, mightn't it? | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
We have delivery, Charlie, so... | 0:06:51 | 0:06:54 | |
You know, I've got a wife and three kids. | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
-Have you really? -No. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:58 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
-No wife and no kids? -No. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
-How do you do it? -I don't know. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:03 | |
That's remarkable. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
Now he's got a rapport going, Charlie's decided to chance his arm. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:09 | |
I don't suppose that Chinese cabinet is likely to be ridiculously cheap? | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
I could possibly do a deal on that. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
I mean, it's priced at £185. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:19 | |
I'd have to buy it for 65 quid I think. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
65. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
Um...80? | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
I'd pay £70 cash for it | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
and run and pray. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:31 | |
I'll take £70 to help you. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:32 | |
Oh, to help me. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
It might beat Thomas, you never know. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:36 | |
Look at that, one purchase down and he's all excited. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
Mark! | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
I'd like to buy the two of them for £70. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:44 | |
Charlie, you're... | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
Oh, Lordy. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
No. It's Scottish silver, Charlie. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:51 | |
-It is Scottish silver, absolutely. -Quality. | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
-SCOTTISH ACCENTS: "Glasgae". -Aye. -Aye. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:56 | |
It's the very, very best. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
90 for the two. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
75? | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
Charlie, I can't. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
85 and that's it. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
Make it 80 and I'll give you the other fiver. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:11 | |
-Oh, you can't do that, that's cheating. -Go on, then. -80 quid? | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
Yeah, yeah. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:16 | |
-Look at you, you're smiling all the way to the bank. -I've been done. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
-You haven't been down. -I have. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:20 | |
This was priced at 35 quid until you saw me coming through the door. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:24 | |
Is that right? | 0:08:24 | 0:08:25 | |
-So I owe you 150 quid. -It sounds like it, yes. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 | |
140, 150, how's that? | 0:08:29 | 0:08:31 | |
Thank you, Charlie. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
Back at the Curio Shop, Thomas has just put aside the muffin dish | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
and the painted plaque | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
and now he has something else in his sights. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
There's a corkscrew in this front cabinet, please. | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
Also, there's a corkscrew in there, please. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
Thank you. This one has got a rosewood handle. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
Obviously wine is quite popular. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
Lovely, lovely twist on that. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:00 | |
They are certainly something else to think about | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
and now for another possible corker. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
These are cork pictures from the 1900s made in China. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:09 | |
You've got these pagodas and the Prunus trees. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:14 | |
They've aged. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
The landscape has been carved out of cork | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
which is then layered to create a 3-D effect. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
A bit more rifling and Thomas unearths another cork picture. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
There's some sort of quality to them. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
I think they're rather fun, these cork pictures. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
The ticket price is £18.95 and the quite fashionable these days. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:35 | |
Time to see if Spencer is amenable to a deal. | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
-Spencer. -Yes, yes, Thomas. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
-I've done my homework. This is £95 for the whole lot. -For what? | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
For the corkscrews, for the muffin dish, for the plaque, | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
without the pictures. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
So we've got to add almost another 40 on top of that. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
So that's 135. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:58 | |
That's the ticket price. What are you offering? | 0:09:58 | 0:10:00 | |
-£65. -Oh, dear. -I know, I know, I know. -Oof! -Where can we go? | 0:10:01 | 0:10:07 | |
-I see this whole deal at being £100. -Oh, Spencer! That's what I see. | 0:10:08 | 0:10:12 | |
-You're not going to budge? -Not going to budge. | 0:10:13 | 0:10:16 | |
-In fact, if you don't give me the money, I'll show you the door. -Yikes! | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
Spencer's no pushover. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:21 | |
-£80. -£95. -Halfway at 90? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
-Deal. -You're a star. -Am I? Thanks. -Cheers. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
-£90. There you are. A pleasure. -Thomas, good to meet you. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:35 | |
Good to meet you as well. What have I done? Four items in my first shop! | 0:10:35 | 0:10:40 | |
Hmm. Are they going to make a profit in Bedford? | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
We'll have to wait and see, won't we? | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
With all this shopping extravaganza over, | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
Thomas now has a chance to find out why Walsall | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
is so famous for making saddles. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
Just down the road is a museum dedicated to this heritage | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
-and waiting to show Thomas round is curator Mike Glasson. -Hello. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:02 | |
-I'm Thomas. -Hello and welcome to the Leather Museum. -Leather Museum. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
I believe that Walsall is famous for leather. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
It is unique in the world, really, as the centre of the saddlery trade. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:11 | |
-And you're going to show me round? -Absolutely. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:14 | |
-We're going to start in the tannery. -Lead on, then. -Follow me. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:17 | |
-Why is Walsall famous for leather? -It goes back to the Middle Ages. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:23 | |
Walsall became a centre for making what's called lorinery, | 0:11:23 | 0:11:27 | |
be it stirrups, spurs, metalwork associated with riding and horses. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:32 | |
And then at a later date somebody had the bright idea, | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
"If we are making all the metalwork, | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
"we might as well make the leather work as well." | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
In the 19th century, the Walsall leather industry | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
profited from a society very much centred around horses, | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
with one of its biggest customers being the British Army. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:48 | |
Over here we've got an example of a typical Walsall saddle. | 0:11:48 | 0:11:51 | |
This is a military one | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
but it's representative of the sort of thing that would have been | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
made in Walsall for most of the 19th and 20th centuries. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
The saddlers tended to be men. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
All of the cutting out and assembly was done by men | 0:12:02 | 0:12:05 | |
but the stitching was generally done by women. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
And one of those women volunteers is here today. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:10 | |
Sue's showing Thomas how leather stitching was traditionally done. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:14 | |
Pay attention, Thomas. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
It's double hand stitching, | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
and that means we've got a needle in each hand. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:20 | |
We're coming from the left with our left hand, obviously. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
Then you go through with your right hand, | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
retrieve it with your left hand. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
You've got two loops and you pull. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:32 | |
-Sue, do you think I could have a go? -Certainly, yes. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
Uh-oh! Don't mess it up, Thomas. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:38 | |
Left-hand first. Pull it through. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
Pull it through with your right hand. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:44 | |
Now put the right-hand needle in the same hole, | 0:12:44 | 0:12:46 | |
going to the left. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
Hang on. Have I cast that over this side here, like this? | 0:12:48 | 0:12:52 | |
-I think you've got a bit of a knot coming, there. -Oh, my gosh. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
This is more complicated... I thought, "I'll do this. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
-"I'll be all right." -You're very good. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
Bear in mind if you don't get it as neat as it possibly can be, | 0:13:00 | 0:13:04 | |
they'll give it you back and you have to undo it and do it again. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:07 | |
-Really? I don't want that to happen. -Yes. Best stop there. | 0:13:07 | 0:13:12 | |
As the age of the horse disappeared, | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
the leather industry here had to reinvent itself. | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
The skilled craftsmen and women instead turned to making light | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
leather goods such as travelling bags, hat boxes and wallets. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
In the '60s you get the beginning of mass imports from economies | 0:13:25 | 0:13:29 | |
in the Far East and that's really bad news for Walsall. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
Nevertheless, I think leather retained its cachet | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
so quality in the top end of the market. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
There is still a cachet about English made. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
The made in England brand is very powerful. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
Walsall leather companies now make goods for top end designers, | 0:13:45 | 0:13:49 | |
such as Mulberry and Ralph Lauren. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:51 | |
-We have for Royal warrant holders still in Walsall. -Really? | 0:13:51 | 0:13:54 | |
So it is very much a top end quality trade. | 0:13:54 | 0:13:58 | |
This is a good example. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:00 | |
This is a bag that was made to be presented to the Queen. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
Two were made and we've got one of them. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:05 | |
It's so lovely to hear that a trade in this part of Britain, | 0:14:05 | 0:14:10 | |
from the 19th century, and before, | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
you said, but still very popular. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
And still going today. Thank you very much. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:19 | |
It has been a real pleasure and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
Now, while Thomas has been luxuriating in leather, | 0:14:22 | 0:14:26 | |
Charlie has left Lichfield behind | 0:14:26 | 0:14:28 | |
and is heading back to Walsall with his remaining £59.92. | 0:14:28 | 0:14:32 | |
This is where we dropped Thomas earlier. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
I wonder if he's still in here. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:37 | |
-Hello! -Hi. -Anyone in? -Yes. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
-Hi, I'm Charlie. -I'm Spencer. Pleased to meet you. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:45 | |
-Lovely to see you. Is there any room for you in this shop? -No! | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
The question is how will Charlie fare in Spencer's Aladdin's cave? | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
-It's an experience. -Oh, my goodness me! | 0:14:53 | 0:14:56 | |
-This is where all the stuff goes that you can't sell? -Yes. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:00 | |
-What an honest answer! -THEY LAUGH | 0:15:00 | 0:15:03 | |
Luckily, Spencer has an idea of something that might be visionary. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:07 | |
Good Lord! | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
-From an optician. -Yes. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:13 | |
The box of opticians' lenses is Edwardian. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:16 | |
That is either worth three quid or 200 quid, | 0:15:16 | 0:15:20 | |
depending on who wants something like that. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
You test people with these. Look at that. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
You can't see anything through something like that. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:29 | |
Is it ridiculously cheap? Is it sort of free? | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
-HE LAUGHS -What does that mean? | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
-Yes. No, but is it a 20 quid thing? -It's 50. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:44 | |
-It's not much each, is it? -No. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:51 | |
-30 quid? -HE LAUGHS | 0:15:51 | 0:15:52 | |
Sorry. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
-It's got to be 50. -Did I mention that Spencer's no pushover? | 0:15:54 | 0:15:58 | |
Can you do the lenses for 40 quid, if I don't steal that... | 0:15:59 | 0:16:03 | |
-Could you do it for 45? -I like that. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:07 | |
That is a very good impersonation of Roscoe begging. | 0:16:07 | 0:16:10 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:16:10 | 0:16:12 | |
I'll give you 40 quid cash and run. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:14 | |
You can give me 45 and get out. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:16 | |
-THEY LAUGH -I don't know why I'm laughing. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:20 | |
I'm going to just take a ridiculously silly gamble | 0:16:20 | 0:16:24 | |
-and give you 45 quid for those lenses. -OK. -45. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
-It's going to you, sir. -Thank you. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
So it's time to reunite our two experts. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:34 | |
-Hello, my son. -Hello. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:37 | |
-Had a lovely day? -Lovely day. I've been waiting for hours. | 0:16:37 | 0:16:41 | |
-What have you been doing? -I've been pretending to shop. | 0:16:41 | 0:16:45 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:16:45 | 0:16:47 | |
Of you go for a little lie down now, chaps. Night-night. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:52 | |
Day two and the sun is shining | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
but there is a tinge of sadness in the air. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
It is such sad, sorrow news. It's our last buying day together. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
Do you think if we could finish with a dead heat | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
-they would then give us another week? -I hope so. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
How sweet. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
So far Thomas has spent £90 on two corkscrews, a muffin dish, | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
a pair of Chinese cork pictures and a 19th century painted plaque. | 0:17:15 | 0:17:19 | |
That leaves him with a magnificent £463.44 to spend today. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:26 | |
Charlie, meanwhile, has already splashed out | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
£195 on four items - a silver ladle, a brass belt buckle, | 0:17:30 | 0:17:34 | |
an early 20th-century Chinese table mirror | 0:17:34 | 0:17:37 | |
and an Edwardian optician's box, leaving him with a miserly £14.92. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:43 | |
This could be your first ever Road Trip win. | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
Our chaps have left Walsall behind | 0:17:48 | 0:17:51 | |
and are heading for the beautiful hamlet of Shenton in Leicestershire. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:55 | |
Do you know where we're going now? | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
-We're going to share a shop. -Are we going to share a shop? Oh, no! | 0:17:57 | 0:18:01 | |
Yes. Sadly, the peace of this rural idyll is about to be shattered | 0:18:01 | 0:18:06 | |
as our experts descend | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
on Whitemore's Antiques and Crafts Centre. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
On hand to meet them are dealers Margaret and Dave. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
-Margaret, are you coming with me? -Yes. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:15 | |
Come on, Dave. Take me somewhere. Take me in here. This looks lovely. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:19 | |
And pretty much straightaway, Thomas hears something calling him. | 0:18:23 | 0:18:27 | |
It's an art deco speaker in an oak case with a painted black | 0:18:27 | 0:18:33 | |
front to it of Pan playing pipes. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
It's a speaker, it's nothing else, but it's quite decorative. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:39 | |
(And there are huge collectors for this stuff.) | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
It has £75 on the ticket | 0:18:42 | 0:18:44 | |
so that's one to think about but there's plenty more to see here. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:48 | |
Just get browsing, you two. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
Roscoe's so relaxed, isn't he? | 0:19:03 | 0:19:05 | |
He's got that real relaxedness about him. It's so wonderful to be around. | 0:19:07 | 0:19:11 | |
A-ha! "Keep calm and relax"! | 0:19:11 | 0:19:15 | |
Fat chance. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
-Has something caught his eye at last? -An old drum... | 0:19:23 | 0:19:27 | |
made by the world-famous Henry Potter & Co, London. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:32 | |
£49, which is not a lot of money for a snare drum. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
Beautiful brass workmanship on it. Isn't that fabulous? | 0:19:35 | 0:19:41 | |
Do you think you'd sell a £49 drum for £14.92? | 0:19:41 | 0:19:46 | |
Time to get David. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
It's just beautifully, beautifully made and it's a good maker but... | 0:19:50 | 0:19:55 | |
That is Margaret's. | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
-If you give her a cuddle... -Yeah. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
..you can have the drum for the paltry amount that you've offered us. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
-It's all I've got in the world, Margaret. -You are cheeky! -I'm sorry. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:09 | |
-But you can say no. -As you are on your knees... | 0:20:09 | 0:20:14 | |
-Do you want a cuddle? -If you give me a cuddle. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:16 | |
-Is this my lucky day, Margaret? Melt into my arms! -Wonderful. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:22 | |
Splendid! It has been reskinned but passport to success. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:27 | |
-So you're very happy? -I'm over the moon. -Jolly good. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
I'm so pleased I came along today. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:32 | |
The sun is shining... | 0:20:32 | 0:20:34 | |
# And with musket, fife and drum | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
# Oh no sweet maid I cannot marry you | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
# For I have no coat to put on... # | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
Well, that has cheered him up. How are you feeling, Thomas? | 0:20:41 | 0:20:44 | |
(I'm feeling under pressure | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
(and I don't like that feeling cos Roscoe is quite a quick buyer.) | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
No pressure at all, Thomas. You just take your time, mate. | 0:20:52 | 0:20:55 | |
-Margaret. -Hello again. | 0:20:55 | 0:20:58 | |
-(The speaker.) -The speaker that you're interested in. Yeah. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:04 | |
-75, is it? -Yeah, yeah, yeah. What's the best on that? | 0:21:04 | 0:21:08 | |
I actually had a word with the tenant | 0:21:08 | 0:21:12 | |
and he is willing to let you have it for 55. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
What would he say if I offered 45? | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
-I really will have to have another word. -Do you mind? | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
(I want to buy it for 45 quid) | 0:21:25 | 0:21:28 | |
because they've got the potential of only making 20. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
Thomas, he has actually says he will go with your offer of £45. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:36 | |
-I should have said 35! -I don't think he would have gone that low! | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:21:40 | 0:21:42 | |
I think that's lovely. Let me give you some money. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:45 | |
Well done, Thomas, the deal is done. And without a cuddle, too. | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
-Thank you. -Roscoe. Wake up. What are you doing? | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
-Would have you been doing? -Shut up. -I've been here for hours. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:57 | |
I've had four cups of coffee, spent my money. | 0:21:57 | 0:21:59 | |
That means you're going to be stopping all the way to your visit. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:03 | |
"I want a wee-wee! I want to go to the loo." Come on. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
There's no rest for the wicked. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:08 | |
It is easy for you, when you got no money, to find something. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
-For me it's just more difficult. -Don't be pathetic. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:15 | |
-It is more difficult. -I bet you've got a great pocketful of money. | 0:22:15 | 0:22:19 | |
-I have got a pocketful of money. -Calm down, children. | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
With our Charlie entirely spent up, | 0:22:22 | 0:22:24 | |
what better time to go visit an amazing piece of local history? | 0:22:24 | 0:22:29 | |
Thomas is giving him a lift to Bruntingthorpe Airfield. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
-What do you think is in there? -Look at that! | 0:22:35 | 0:22:38 | |
-You're going to have some fun today, you lucky boy. -I certainly an. | 0:22:38 | 0:22:42 | |
-Look at you! -You go and spend that 550 quid! -Off you go. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:47 | |
-Have a lovely time. -I will. -You lucky old thing! | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
-You might never see me again! -Enjoy yourself! | 0:22:50 | 0:22:54 | |
Charlie is meeting Chris Norris, who has something rather special | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
-tucked away in his shed. -Is this your garden shed? | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
No, not really, but if I can just show you. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:03 | |
Charlie is in for a treat. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:15 | |
He is about to get up close to some of the fastest military jets | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
ever built - not one but two English Electric Lightning jets. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:23 | |
These magnificent machines have been bought by the | 0:23:26 | 0:23:29 | |
Lightning Preservation Group, of which Chris is a member. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:33 | |
They were built to defend British airspace during the Cold War | 0:23:33 | 0:23:37 | |
with the aim of intercepting aircraft from the USSR | 0:23:37 | 0:23:41 | |
as they approached our airspace. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:44 | |
This is the closest I have been to a Lightning | 0:23:44 | 0:23:47 | |
since I had my Airfix model at home when I was probably about ten. | 0:23:47 | 0:23:51 | |
We actually bought this aircraft in 1988 direct from the RAF | 0:23:51 | 0:23:57 | |
for the princely sum of £11,300. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
These Lightenings have been decommissioned now | 0:24:02 | 0:24:04 | |
but still remain a remarkable feat of engineering. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:08 | |
Once these supersonic jets were able to fly over twice the speed | 0:24:08 | 0:24:11 | |
of sound and could climb 50,000 feet per minute | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
to an altitude of over 16 miles, flying faster than Concorde. | 0:24:15 | 0:24:20 | |
The original design was conceived in 1947. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:25 | |
-That's just two years after the end of the war! -Absolutely. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:29 | |
They were flying Spitfires and Hurricanes! | 0:24:29 | 0:24:31 | |
It was a quantum leap from that and then you went to the | 0:24:31 | 0:24:34 | |
Lightning in squadron service in 1960, | 0:24:34 | 0:24:36 | |
when it first entered service. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
And it was an immense plane for the guys to fly. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
This underneath here, that is an enlarged ventral tank, | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
-which increased the range. -What was the range? | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
-They could only stay out for about an hour. -Is that all? | 0:24:48 | 0:24:52 | |
-I suppose at that speed they can go a fair distance. -Absolutely. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
Here is the engines. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:57 | |
One on top of the other, which is quite unique | 0:24:57 | 0:25:01 | |
but can be a problem, if you get the problem with the top engine, | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
you then went from a single fire to a double fire | 0:25:05 | 0:25:10 | |
and there was a lot lost, which ended up in the North Sea. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:13 | |
If you get a fuel leak from that one, it explodes this one. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
-Absolutely. -Thank you very much. It's wonderful from the front. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:19 | |
When you pull back the doors, | 0:25:19 | 0:25:21 | |
the view of it is absolutely breathtaking. | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
-It looks like a wasp coming towards you. -Absolutely. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
Rather a large wasp. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:27 | |
The Lightning was never required to fly in a combat situation | 0:25:27 | 0:25:31 | |
but instead acted as a deterrent to the Russians. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
It has got two Red Top missiles on this one. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:37 | |
-That's those things at the front. -They're air to air. -Air to air. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
I'm Looking at that ladder thinking it needs climbing. | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
-Am I allowed in? -I think that can be arranged, Charlie. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:51 | |
# Take my breath away | 0:25:52 | 0:25:54 | |
Step aside, Tom Cruise. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
# Take my breath away... # | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
-HE CHUCKLES -There are a lot of knobs up here. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
HE CHUCKLES | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
Pretty cramped, isn't it? | 0:26:09 | 0:26:11 | |
How on earth does anybody concentrate on all this lot? | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
-Extraordinary instruments, here. -You are one of the elite now. -Yeah. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:18 | |
I'm so thrilled. What is my mission, sir? | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
I'm absolutely terrified, to be honest, Chris. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
-Tell Thomas there'll only be one for tea. -OK. Nice knowing you! | 0:26:27 | 0:26:32 | |
-Goodbye, sir. -Goodbye. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
As the Cold War was drawing to a close, | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
these extraordinary planes had had their day. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
Lightnings were finally decommissioned in 1988, | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
a year before the falling of the Berlin Wall, | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
paving the way for a new generation of super jets. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:50 | |
I'm a very, very privileged guy to be sitting in one of these. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
I shall savour this moment for a long time. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
And I shall think of the chaps that flew them. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
While Charlie disappears over the horizon, | 0:27:06 | 0:27:08 | |
Thomas has more earthly matters to consider. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
He's travelled six miles east of the village of Kibworth. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:15 | |
He's come to splash the last of his cash at Kibworth Antiques Centre. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:20 | |
-Hello. I'm Thomas. -Hello, I'm Sharon. -Nice to meet you. Is this all yours? | 0:27:24 | 0:27:29 | |
It is. We have about 40 different dealers within the centre. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
With £418.44 burning a hole in your pocket, | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
what's the plan here, Planters? | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
I've already got five lots so here I'm looking to add | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
to one of those lots and the best lot is going to be the corkscrews. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:45 | |
We either buy more corkscrews, buy every single corkscrew I see, | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
to make it into a beefy lot of corkscrews, | 0:27:48 | 0:27:51 | |
or we buy a coaster, buy anything wine related. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:54 | |
So that should be quite fun. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:56 | |
This is a cellarman's corkscrew. | 0:27:56 | 0:27:58 | |
It's just literally your bog-standard for your cellar | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
and there were loads of these produced. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:04 | |
There's definitely a cellerman's one. It's no money. | 0:28:04 | 0:28:08 | |
That is definitely something which we are going to add to the lot. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
We've found this corkscrew. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
There's a corkscrew there. So we will leave that there | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
and see if we can find any more items. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:18 | |
A-ha! He's spotted something. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:24 | |
There are these two studio pottery bits which are quite nice. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:29 | |
Sharon. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:31 | |
Thank you. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:34 | |
And the other. | 0:28:36 | 0:28:38 | |
They are quite fun and colourful, aren't they? | 0:28:38 | 0:28:40 | |
-They're lovely. Really nice. -They're really sweet. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:44 | |
-They were at £20 each, weren't they? -They are, yes. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:48 | |
(Do you think I could have them for 20 for the two?) | 0:28:48 | 0:28:51 | |
-(No.) -No? Why not? | 0:28:51 | 0:28:53 | |
Because I'm not allowed to let you have them for that. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:57 | |
-What could I have them for? -You could have them for 17 each? -Really? Yes. | 0:28:57 | 0:29:01 | |
-Not... -I'm afraid. -Not 30 for the two? | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
Do you want me to call the dealer? See what the very best is? | 0:29:06 | 0:29:09 | |
-Do you mind? That would be really helpful. -For the two? | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
These could go with my muffin dish to make a lot, | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
a lot of studio pottery, contemporary pottery. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:17 | |
-What's the news? -OK. I've spoken to the dealer. | 0:29:18 | 0:29:22 | |
Because you are buying the two, he's happy to do them for 30 for you. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:25 | |
Look at that! Isn't that lovely! What a nice chap. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:28 | |
-I'll have those and the corkscrew. -Yes. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:30 | |
Not a great deal, I know, so could I... | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
What could I do for that? | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
What could I have the whole lot for? What are you going to do? | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
I would say there is really not a lot to do on the six. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:42 | |
But I would say let's do the two for 34. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:46 | |
Thank you very much. 35. There you are. Thank you very much. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:50 | |
-Thank you very much. -Thank you. That concludes my work. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
Just stuff the rest of your cash back in the pocket, old fruit. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:57 | |
So with both chaps shopped out, | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
it's that time again when they have to reveal all to each other. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:03 | |
First on the chopping block is Charlie. | 0:30:03 | 0:30:05 | |
What have you got here? A drum. A signed drum. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
It's a signed drum by Henry Potter of London. | 0:30:08 | 0:30:12 | |
Unfortunately this, of course, not original | 0:30:12 | 0:30:15 | |
-but I like the brass work on it. -How much was that? | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
-That was all I had in the world, Thomas. -Was that with Margaret? | 0:30:18 | 0:30:21 | |
-That was £14.92. -How did you get that off her? | 0:30:21 | 0:30:25 | |
-Because I gave her a cuddle. -Roscoe! | 0:30:25 | 0:30:29 | |
-That is my gamble. -I didn't see that. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:32 | |
Because that could make 20 quid and it might make 150 quid. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:36 | |
Some of these are remarkable. Look at the thickness of some of them. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
-Anyway, how much was that? -45 quid, the lot. -Oh! £100. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:47 | |
Have a look at the back of that. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
-Who made it? -Tiffany! -Yeah. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:53 | |
-"Tiffany Broadway New York". -40 quid. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:57 | |
-I quite like that. -Right. Whip it off, Thomas. | 0:30:57 | 0:31:00 | |
HE MIMICS FANFARE | 0:31:00 | 0:31:02 | |
You've bought some corkscrews. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:04 | |
-One very ordinary one, one slightly better and... -Yeah. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:08 | |
-They are too expensive. They're my bad buy. -What about your plaque? | 0:31:08 | 0:31:12 | |
It's a 19th-century Staffordshire plaque, painted still life. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:15 | |
May I have a look at it? I think it is rather well painted. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
It's beautifully painted. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:19 | |
It's lovely, like a 17th-century Dutch still life. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:23 | |
-This time I went for colour. -How much? -£15. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
That's... That... I think that is a good profit. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:30 | |
I've never been a great lover of these. They're chancy. | 0:31:30 | 0:31:32 | |
I've never been a great lover | 0:31:32 | 0:31:34 | |
but there is something wonderful about them. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
They were 30 quid for the pair. You can't say fairer than that. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
You can't. 165, I think you've spent. | 0:31:40 | 0:31:43 | |
It's something like that but I've got loads of money left. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
You've got about 400 quid and all that lot | 0:31:45 | 0:31:47 | |
and I have got precisely... | 0:31:47 | 0:31:49 | |
..rien and these bits! | 0:31:50 | 0:31:54 | |
Someone has got to lose! How many Road Trips have you ever won? | 0:31:54 | 0:31:58 | |
-None. How many have you won? -One! -THEY BOTH LAUGH | 0:31:58 | 0:32:04 | |
We're going to be all square at the end of this. One each. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:09 | |
-Thomas, it has been a treat, old bean. -Hasn't it? -A treat. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:13 | |
So, what did they really think? | 0:32:13 | 0:32:15 | |
The spectacle things, I mean... | 0:32:15 | 0:32:18 | |
I mean, those were doing really well when he had his saleroom. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:21 | |
HE LAUGHS Poor old Charlie. | 0:32:21 | 0:32:24 | |
Disappointing, Thomas. Disappointing, old boy. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:28 | |
Quite a good plaque with a crack. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:31 | |
I can't stand the belt buckle. I really don't like the belt buckle. | 0:32:31 | 0:32:35 | |
He has done all right but I would rather he had spent £400 or £500. | 0:32:35 | 0:32:39 | |
Thomas and Charlie have had a thoroughly enjoyable final leg, | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
kicking off at Walsall in the West Midlands before passing | 0:32:42 | 0:32:45 | |
through Staffordshire and Leicestershire. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:47 | |
Now they are en route to their final auction in Bedford, Bedfordshire. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:51 | |
Oh, Roscoe. | 0:32:52 | 0:32:55 | |
-Good luck, old bean. -Good luck. | 0:32:55 | 0:32:57 | |
-I'm told there are some very fine corkscrews at this sale. -There are. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:01 | |
Fine and rare. Come on, Roscoe. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:04 | |
Last time I have to get out that car. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
Today's battlefield is W&H Peacock, | 0:33:07 | 0:33:10 | |
a thriving auction house that has been in business since 1901. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:14 | |
Presiding over the proceedings today is auctioneer David Fletcher. | 0:33:14 | 0:33:18 | |
Let's see what he thinks of our experts choices. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:22 | |
The so-called Tiffany buckle, | 0:33:22 | 0:33:24 | |
I'm not terribly happy about this lot really. | 0:33:24 | 0:33:26 | |
In my view that is not by Tiffany. | 0:33:26 | 0:33:28 | |
I hesitate even to call it a reproduction because I don't | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
think anyone ever made them so we have catalogued it as modern. | 0:33:31 | 0:33:35 | |
I hope someone will part with a tenner for it but you never know. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
The Staffordshire painted plaque. An interesting thing this, really. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:41 | |
I think this will do OK. Plenty of people buying this sort of thing. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:45 | |
Not as saleable as it might have been five years ago. | 0:33:45 | 0:33:47 | |
I like to think it might make £100. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:50 | |
Charlie started this leg with £209.92 | 0:33:50 | 0:33:54 | |
and blew every penny on five auction lots. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
Thomas began with the princely sum of £553.44 and spent £169, | 0:33:58 | 0:34:04 | |
also on five auction lots. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:06 | |
It's an uphill struggle for Charlie | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
but he still has a chance to win the day. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:11 | |
Settle down, chaps. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:13 | |
First up is Charlie's buckle, made by world famous designers Tiffany's. | 0:34:14 | 0:34:18 | |
Or is it? | 0:34:18 | 0:34:20 | |
It is sold as a Wells Butterfield & Co style buckle. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
It is marked Tiffany but is not being sold as Tiffany. £10 for it? | 0:34:24 | 0:34:30 | |
-Why don't you actually shoot me? -10, I say. 5, I'm bid. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:34 | |
8. 10. 12. 15. 18. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:36 | |
This is better than I could possibly have hoped. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:39 | |
22. 25. 28. 30. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:41 | |
-35, sir? -See? It is all right! -At £35. All done? | 0:34:43 | 0:34:48 | |
-Hang on! -40. Fresh bid, now. At £40. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
This is a world record price for a buckle. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:54 | |
-I beg your pardon, sir! -HE LAUGHS | 0:34:54 | 0:34:57 | |
On my left at £45. | 0:34:57 | 0:35:00 | |
Tiffany's or not, it still made a profit. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:04 | |
Had he not said that, it could have made £450. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:08 | |
I'm not speaking to him again. | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
Thomas's first lot of the day is next, his three corkscrews. | 0:35:10 | 0:35:14 | |
30, £20. | 0:35:14 | 0:35:17 | |
Bid, thank you, madam. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:18 | |
At £20. At 22, online. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:20 | |
-Online, now you are going. -22, 25, 28. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:24 | |
-At £30. -They are taking off now. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:26 | |
In the room. At 30. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:28 | |
All done, latest bid at £30. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:32 | |
A loss for Thomas, | 0:35:32 | 0:35:33 | |
especially after the auction house takes its well-earned commission. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:37 | |
It's a very small consolation to me but today I'm winning. | 0:35:37 | 0:35:42 | |
Today you are winning. | 0:35:42 | 0:35:44 | |
Will your next lot drum up a profit, Charlie? | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
30. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:48 | |
20. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:51 | |
Oh. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:53 | |
£20 I'm bid, thank heavens. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
£20. Latest bid at 20. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:58 | |
22, 25, we are off now, 28, 30. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:03 | |
-35, all done at 35. -That is enough now. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:06 | |
It is far too much. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:09 | |
Another profit for Roscoe. Things are looking up! | 0:36:09 | 0:36:12 | |
Now it's Thomas's Art Deco speaker. | 0:36:13 | 0:36:16 | |
40, 30, 20... Oh, dear. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:20 | |
-£10, the lady over there, thanks. -This is wrong, this is wrong. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:26 | |
-Thomas, this is not fair. -12 online, thank you. At £12. 15, latest bid. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:31 | |
-Come on, come on. -18 may I say? | 0:36:31 | 0:36:34 | |
It is in the room at 18. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:36 | |
-It's an iconic thing. -It is. | 0:36:36 | 0:36:39 | |
-£20, all done? -Come on. | 0:36:39 | 0:36:43 | |
Another blow for Thomas. | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
Charlie's lead today continues. | 0:36:45 | 0:36:47 | |
I think I bought it and then thought, Oh, dear. You know how you do. | 0:36:47 | 0:36:51 | |
I've done a Roscoe, bought two items now. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:53 | |
It's Charlie's gamble lot up next, | 0:36:55 | 0:36:58 | |
-his optician's box. -£50 anywhere? | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
-Oh, Roscoe. -Most of you are wearing specs so you are probably all right. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
30, I've got it online, thank you. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:07 | |
-£30 online. At 30. -Now five. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:11 | |
At £30. All done and I sell. | 0:37:11 | 0:37:14 | |
The buyers just didn't have the vision for that one. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
Why, when I lose money do you laugh? | 0:37:19 | 0:37:22 | |
When you lose money, I say, it's all wrong. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:25 | |
Because... HE LAUGHS | 0:37:25 | 0:37:28 | |
You're cruel man. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:30 | |
Now, Charlie wasn't keen on them, how will the bidders feel? | 0:37:30 | 0:37:34 | |
Five I'm bid, thank you, at £5. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:36 | |
I think they're overpriced at five. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:37 | |
-I don't think they are. -Six anywhere? | 0:37:37 | 0:37:39 | |
All done at a fiver. Six. Eight. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:43 | |
-It's creeping. -10. -There, double figures. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:47 | |
£10. 12. 15. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:50 | |
18. 20. 22. At £22. | 0:37:50 | 0:37:56 | |
Back of the room, all done. | 0:37:56 | 0:37:58 | |
Clearly not much interest in those. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:01 | |
Another loss, I am afraid, Thomas. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
Let's see if Charlie's silver will ladle up a profit. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
£30 I'm bid. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:10 | |
-It's worth it. -Two, five. With me at 35. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:14 | |
Not you, online. It is here at 35. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:17 | |
40 online. 42 I've got here. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:21 | |
45 I'll take. 45. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
-45, in the room now. -In the room at £45. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:27 | |
At 45... | 0:38:27 | 0:38:29 | |
GAVEL | 0:38:29 | 0:38:30 | |
A small profit but a profit nevertheless. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:34 | |
Superb. A little gentle nibble. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:37 | |
-Thomas's collection of pottery is up next. -£10 is all I'm bid for them. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:44 | |
£10, it's a start. | 0:38:44 | 0:38:45 | |
All done, I shall sell for just a tenner. 12, latest bid. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:50 | |
15. 18, Madam? 18. At £18. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:54 | |
Anyone would think we were going up in thousands. 20. | 0:38:54 | 0:38:56 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:38:56 | 0:38:58 | |
Gentleman's bid at £20. | 0:38:58 | 0:39:00 | |
All done, sir, at 20. | 0:39:00 | 0:39:01 | |
It's really not going well. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:05 | |
That's Thomas's fourth loss of the day. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:08 | |
It's Charlie's big hope now, his Chinese cabinet. | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
-10 anywhere? -Oh, dear. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
10 I'm bid, thank you, madam. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
£10 at the back of the room. 10. 12 anywhere? | 0:39:17 | 0:39:21 | |
At £10. 12 online. | 0:39:21 | 0:39:24 | |
15, 18 may I say? | 0:39:24 | 0:39:27 | |
18 online now. | 0:39:27 | 0:39:29 | |
-At 18, 20, 22, fresh bid. -Fresh bid. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:33 | |
No? At £22, the lady on my left. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:38 | |
Ouch! Poor old Charlie! | 0:39:38 | 0:39:41 | |
Stretcher bearers? | 0:39:41 | 0:39:43 | |
Thomas's victory is insured now but by how much? | 0:39:45 | 0:39:49 | |
It is his last lot, the plaque. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:51 | |
50 to get on? | 0:39:51 | 0:39:53 | |
A sea of blank faces. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:56 | |
50 bid, thank you, madam. At £50. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:59 | |
55. 60. 65. 70. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:05 | |
-Thomas! -Five. -Ride it, Thomas, ride it! | 0:40:05 | 0:40:09 | |
85, Madam? 85. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:11 | |
-90. -Make it a cool 100. -95. | 0:40:11 | 0:40:14 | |
(Go on, Madam.) | 0:40:14 | 0:40:16 | |
-I said it would make £100. £100. -You did, you are a clairvoyant! -£100. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:22 | |
All done? | 0:40:22 | 0:40:24 | |
And true to form, Thomas goes out on a blinder. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
-Well done, old bean. -Well done, Roscoe. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:33 | |
I can only say, it's a bit like my life, really, | 0:40:33 | 0:40:35 | |
I have done my best, and so often my best is not good enough. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:40 | |
-Come on, you've thrashed me. -Oh, Charlie! Don't despair. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:44 | |
Let's see who won the day. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:46 | |
Our Roscoe started the final leg with £209.92, | 0:40:46 | 0:40:50 | |
and made a loss of £64.78 after auction costs. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:54 | |
Leaving him with a miserly £145.14 at the end of the trip. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:59 | |
Thomas, meanwhile, kicked off with £553.44, | 0:41:01 | 0:41:05 | |
and after making a much smaller loss of £11.56, | 0:41:05 | 0:41:08 | |
he is crowned not only today's winner, | 0:41:08 | 0:41:11 | |
but also the champion of this week's Road Trip, his first-ever win. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:16 | |
He's left with a grand total of £541.88. Well done, Thomas! | 0:41:16 | 0:41:22 | |
All profits of course, go to Children in Need. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:24 | |
CHARLIE LAUGHS | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
You've got one under your belt now, Planters. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:30 | |
-I have, I have. -There will be no holding you. | 0:41:30 | 0:41:32 | |
Roscoe, but you did so well to begin with. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:34 | |
But what you've done is you've lost and you've bought, | 0:41:34 | 0:41:37 | |
you've lost and bought, | 0:41:37 | 0:41:38 | |
and then you've made money and then you've lost money. | 0:41:38 | 0:41:40 | |
But that's quite cool. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:41 | |
Don't ever spend ever spend more than 40 quid on anything! | 0:41:41 | 0:41:44 | |
-Come on, that's the rule, isn't it? -Toot-toot! | 0:41:44 | 0:41:47 | |
It's been a marvellous week. | 0:41:47 | 0:41:50 | |
-And what a week it's been. -Well done! | 0:41:51 | 0:41:54 | |
Once upon a time, long, long ago, Charlie won the first leg. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:57 | |
Since then... | 0:41:57 | 0:41:59 | |
# I don't wanna talk | 0:41:59 | 0:42:00 | |
# About the things we've gone through | 0:42:01 | 0:42:04 | |
-I feel your pain. -Thy will be done. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:07 | |
# Though it's hurting me now it's history...# | 0:42:07 | 0:42:12 | |
-You may indeed! -Mwah! | 0:42:14 | 0:42:15 | |
-Do you want a cuddle? -No! | 0:42:17 | 0:42:20 | |
-£60, sir. -Oh! | 0:42:20 | 0:42:22 | |
Don't I look handsome? | 0:42:24 | 0:42:26 | |
Ha-ha-ha-ha! | 0:42:28 | 0:42:30 | |
# The winner takes it all...# | 0:42:30 | 0:42:32 | |
I've never been in a car with such a rich person. | 0:42:32 | 0:42:34 | |
I only came in here for an insole. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:37 | |
# Beside the victory | 0:42:37 | 0:42:40 | |
# That's her destiny | 0:42:40 | 0:42:44 | |
# But you see | 0:42:44 | 0:42:45 | |
# The winner takes it all...# | 0:42:45 | 0:42:47 | |
But despite the yawning gap in their fortunes, | 0:42:47 | 0:42:49 | |
something beautiful has blossomed out on the road. | 0:42:49 | 0:42:53 | |
You have improved me. I have learnt so much from you, Roscoe. | 0:42:53 | 0:42:57 | |
-Your temperament has been such a pleasure. -My mate, Thomas. | 0:42:57 | 0:43:01 | |
And all he taught me. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:04 | |
Bon voyage! | 0:43:04 | 0:43:06 |