0:00:03 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:05 > 0:00:07All right, viewers?
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..with ?200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13On fire! Yes!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Sold, going, going, gone!
0:00:15 > 0:00:18The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:2050p!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Are they papier-mache buttocks?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Oh..oh!
0:00:30 > 0:00:31Here we go.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:42It's the final day of our Highland fling, featuring Charlie Ross
0:00:42 > 0:00:44and Margie Cooper.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47With the result still very much up in the air.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Well, where are we going now? Round the bend.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Dealer Margie wasn't always an antiques doyenne, though.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58I remember as a secretary in the old days getting my fingers like this.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Before that, she sold ices at the local theatre.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04Freddy "Parrot-face" Davies.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05That's showbiz!
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Whilst auctioneer Charlie's first ever job was flogging chickens
0:01:08 > 0:01:10down at the market.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Now, Miss Cooper.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14And he's not looked back since.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18I've almost The Last Post.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21In fact, he's a natural performer.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23You've got a loud voice.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25I know. Amateur dramatics!
0:01:25 > 0:01:27# What's your best on this?
0:01:27 > 0:01:28# How much is it?
0:01:28 > 0:01:31# That's too much! #
0:01:31 > 0:01:32SHE LAUGHS
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Charlie began with ?200 and after four trips to auction,
0:01:36 > 0:01:41he's managed to increase that to ?305.84.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Whilst Margie, who also started out with ?200, has made
0:01:45 > 0:01:50over ?100 more with ?429.32.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53So, will she play safe?
0:01:53 > 0:01:57I'll bet you ten quid that you don't buy something for ?100.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I won't do it!
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I'm not playing, I just want to beat you, Roscoe.
0:02:01 > 0:02:06Charlie and Margie set out in their Sunbeam Rapier from Jedburgh
0:02:06 > 0:02:10in the Borders before travelling the high roads and the low roads of
0:02:10 > 0:02:15bonnie Scotland to reach journey's end at Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Today, they begin in Nairnshire, at Auldearn
0:02:18 > 0:02:23and then head back south again for that climactic auction in Hamilton.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28The village was once the site of a battle
0:02:28 > 0:02:35back in 1645 but in more recent Road Trip history, the key date is 2011.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Do you ever remember...you probably don't know anything about it,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40there's an old story...
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Yes, Margie's first shop of the day is the very same one that Charlie
0:02:45 > 0:02:50bought his famous Staffordshire elephant in, for just ?8.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52It later sold at auction for ?2,700.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Still a Road Trip record.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59If you go in there, you will find an elephant.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Go forth and multiply!
0:03:01 > 0:03:05See you. Buy something for eight quid and sell it for three grand!
0:03:08 > 0:03:12I'm not sure what the chances are of lightning striking twice.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15About on a par with pigs flying, probably,
0:03:15 > 0:03:18but she seems to have this very nice place to herself.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Oh, that's a nice thing, isn't it?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Victorian...it's tin,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26which is called Toleware, T-O-L-E, Toleware.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31That's been for logs, a nice bit of decoration, brass bound.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Probably 1870s, 1880s,
0:03:33 > 0:03:36it's been kicking around for about that length of time.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38But it's ?140!
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Not eight, then?
0:03:40 > 0:03:42No, I don't want to be foolhardy...
0:03:42 > 0:03:44but I really like that.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48Good find, Margie. Now, coat off and get your head around it.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50They're interesting, aren't they?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I like these... this is a hat sizer.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Oh, look at that!
0:03:55 > 0:03:58I wouldn't imagine that that was much of a rare find, though.
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Rank is but the guinea's stamp, the man's...the gowd... for a' that.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Oh, dear, it's quite hard to understand.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Really brings it to life, doesn't she(?)
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Anything a bit more prosaic?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Looks like a lady's desk.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Isn't that pretty?
0:04:16 > 0:04:23So, you pull that out to shield you from the sun or the fire
0:04:23 > 0:04:27and then the screen drops into the bottom.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Isn't that interesting?
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Mahogany, probably Edwardian, 1910.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35A lovely little drop handle, ?110.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Yeah, it's looking good here, looking good.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Margie's definitely about to loosen the purse strings,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43but what of her travelling companion?
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Motoring over to the Moray Firth at Nairn.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51This former fishing port has, since Victorian times,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53been a seaside holiday destination,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56famed for its many hours of sunshine.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Nairn was very popular with the great Charlie Chaplin,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02who holidayed here on several occasions.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I wonder how it'll go down with our Charlie?
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Good morning! Good morning, Mr Ross. Oh, how very formal. Call me Charlie.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15And you are? Steve. Steve, lovely to see you.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Instant antiques will quickly make Charlie forget the shop up the road.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Especially with Midland man Steve at his side,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25keen to offer up a good catch.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27What about a silver fish?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I thought it might appeal to a fisherman.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32A bit of jewellery? Looks a bit like a salmon.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Oh, isn't that beautifully modelled?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I'll tell you what, I'd be really taking a gamble.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Margie, my oppo, is a jewellery lady.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Is she?
0:05:40 > 0:05:43So, it would be quite fun to buy a bit of jewellery and she'd say,
0:05:43 > 0:05:44"What have you bought that for!?"
0:05:44 > 0:05:46It's sort of like a tiepin or...
0:05:46 > 0:05:49Oh, isn't that glorious, it's got a little Cabochon in there.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50What is that?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Is it a little sapphire? Yes, I think so.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54It's showing a little bit of blue, isn't it?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56What a pretty thing!
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Look at that! We might be able to put a little parcel together. Yes!
0:05:59 > 0:06:01I love a parcel.
0:06:01 > 0:06:02Parcel, eh?
0:06:02 > 0:06:03I get the impression
0:06:03 > 0:06:06those two will have themselves a deal in an instant.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07You've got a Monet up there!
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Yes. Original, no doubt? Oh, yes, a genuine one, genuine fake.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12A genuine fake!
0:06:12 > 0:06:14HE LAUGHS
0:06:14 > 0:06:16But nearby, there's a much more original,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18if slightly tattier, work of art.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Is that a William Langley?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I think it's William Langley.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Prolific painter of coastal scenes,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26William Langley was very fond of the Highlands too,
0:06:26 > 0:06:31so perhaps that canvas is of somewhere on the Moray Firth.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33There's a bit of a drawback, though.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I think that painting came from someone who was a darts player.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38HE LAUGHS
0:06:38 > 0:06:41And the dart board was next to it
0:06:41 > 0:06:44and unfortunately went through here.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Oh, yes, it's gone straight through.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Oh, dear, yeah. So, this is the price...?20.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53No, before negotiation.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Before negotiations.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56But while he ponders that oil,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59there's something in ink to consider.
0:06:59 > 0:07:05Steve, there's a glass inkwell and it has a very deco,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07angular top to it.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Stylish thing!
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Do you know what I like about inkwells like that?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I like putting ink in them
0:07:15 > 0:07:18and just seeing the colour, the blue colour come through.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Yes.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24That's absolutely beautiful....what date is that? It is Victorian!
0:07:24 > 0:07:26The price, however, is ?240.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30I don't know whether you're able to
0:07:30 > 0:07:34take a derisory offer from an old Englishman.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36If I could buy it for ?100, it would be fab!
0:07:36 > 0:07:40We'll check on it and see what we can do and if we bought it well,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42we may be able to do a very good price for you.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45I'll stay here with my fingers crossed. OK, leave me a minute.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Thank you. Cue anxious wait, while he consults his ledger.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52What's the answer, Steve? It's probably cost a fortune, has it?
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Erm, well, what is your offer, Charlie?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58If you would sell me that inkwell for ?100, I would say you're
0:07:58 > 0:08:02the most generous man that ever came from Leicestershire to Scotland.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I'm very generous. Are you happy with that? Yes, I am, that's good.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08That's a great inkwell!
0:08:08 > 0:08:12First deal to Charlie and I think that more could soon follow.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16Back in Auldearn, Margie, having collared proprietor Roger,
0:08:16 > 0:08:18seems to be leading him up the garden path.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Right, I've seen a couple of things in here.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26First port of call is the practical toleware.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28That's a log bucket, isn't it? Yes, exactly.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Sort of, what, 1880s? Yes, exactly.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33I think even perhaps slightly earlier.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Yeah, I like this sort of stuff. Yeah.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37I'm just wondering...
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Well, it's all a worry, isn't it?
0:08:40 > 0:08:41It's all a worry!
0:08:41 > 0:08:45I think that's fast becoming Margie's catchphrase.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47How about a look at the screen?
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Original embroidery.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I think I could help you slightly on that.
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Probably to 90.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Yeah.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58I just thought it was cute, but it's got to fetch a little... Mm-hmm.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00How about 80?
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Then you've got a little bit more... Yeah, I like it.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07With Roger keen to help, it's time to get back to the coal hod.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I could take it under ?100 to 90.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11There's got to be money in it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Could we do a deal for the two at 150?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17160 to try and help you along your way.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Well, I think... I think I've got to make a profit.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Well, both interesting pieces. They are.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25This is it - interesting, quirky. Yep.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28OK. Thank you so much. Thank YOU very much.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32A good price, but still big bucks.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Maybe she's keeping her word to Charlie.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40Meanwhile, in Nairn, Charlie's as keen on spending as ever,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42with some glass in his sights.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44Is that ever so cheap?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47What have we got on it? Let's have a look. 50-odd quid.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51It's not massively expensive but you can always make me an offer.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53That's going to make 35 quid at auction.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Again, it's a similar sort of thing. So your offer?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00You probably don't want to take 20 quid. How about 25?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03I thought 25, you could do... You can't go wrong with it, can you?
0:10:03 > 0:10:07I mean, there is no doubt... 25 quid. 25.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Running total, ?125.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12And he's still hankering after that little silver salmon
0:10:12 > 0:10:14he threw back earlier.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16If 20 quid would buy me the little fish,
0:10:16 > 0:10:20I would buy it and I would make myself... ?20 is fine with me. Is it?
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Do you ever turn down an offer? You're a most wonderful man!
0:10:23 > 0:10:24Oh, yes, I do turn down offers.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Can I give you 30 quid for the rest of your shop?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Worth a try, I suppose.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33But remember that daub with the dart holes? Is it by a known artist?
0:10:33 > 0:10:36I'm absolutely certain that's William Langley's signature.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40The more I look at it - see the "l"? Yes.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43And the "y" that comes sweeping across. Mhm.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48The thing that's particularly unusual about it is the hole in the middle. Yes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50There might have been a flying saucer over there!
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Well, it's a fiver's worth, really. Go on, have it for a fiver.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I can't say no. I just don't know what will happen with this. No.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03It's my gamble. Yes. Loving that for a fiver.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05This is turning into quite a day.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Four items for Charlie and Margie's not far behind.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14But she's now moved on from Auldearn,
0:11:14 > 0:11:18making her way south and west to the tiny hamlet of Daviot, where the
0:11:18 > 0:11:22main attraction is Torguish House - bed, breakfast and antiques.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Wow!
0:11:27 > 0:11:29This is rather smart, isn't it?
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Royal Enfield Bullet. This is a Phillip Serrell call.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35He would love it here.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40He certainly would but I'm sure there's a little something with Margie appeal, too.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Here, quick! Put the fire out!
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I think this is for racing pigeons.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53A clock. ?25.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Cor, it weighs a tonne.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57There's obviously a big mechanism in there.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Nobody is going to want a pigeon clock, are they?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Who's going to want a pigeon clock?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03Well, there are a lot of pigeon fanciers out there
0:12:03 > 0:12:05for a kick-off, Margie.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06Although these devices,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09which record when a ring from the returning pigeon's leg is inserted,
0:12:09 > 0:12:14are fast becoming replaced by a simpler electronic timer
0:12:14 > 0:12:17but then, this is an antiques shop, I suppose.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Meet the proprietor, Mike.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Hi. My word, there's some stuff here. Yeah, yeah.
0:12:22 > 0:12:23Lifetime's collecting.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27I'm just trying to figure out what's going to make me a small profit.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28Well, I'll try and help you.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32I'm sure Mike and Margie will be on the same wavelength.
0:12:32 > 0:12:38Are you a whatsit man? A what? Are you good at dropping the price? No!
0:12:38 > 0:12:39I'm a Yorkshireman in Scotland.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43You can't get tighter than that, can you? Blimey!
0:12:43 > 0:12:46And Margie's a Lancashire lass, too. Stand by.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50A little bit of carved bone. What is it? I don't know what it is.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54By the shape of it, it looks like a tusk. Yeah. From a wild boar, or...
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Yeah, it could be something like that, couldn't it? Yeah. Yeah. Exactly, yeah.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Price - ?35.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Quite naively carved. It is naive. Yeah. Interesting, though, isn't it?
0:13:04 > 0:13:09Yeah. How much is that? I'll take your ?15. This is getting better.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10Yeah. Mike, it's getting better.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Right, well, look, can I just think about that? Yeah, course you can.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17These two are getting on fine. Time to talk clocks.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22I'd be off my trolley to buy that, wouldn't I? Well, I did.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Fancy thinking of buying something that you don't know anything about and that you don't understand.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30I love buying stuff like that. I love buying stuff like that!
0:13:30 > 0:13:34But the question is, is there a market for pigeon clocks?
0:13:34 > 0:13:38There is, surely, at ?15!
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Last of the big spenders! Quite.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44But they've grabbed the clock for a showdown by the crocodile.
0:13:44 > 0:13:50I like that very much. Yes? Yeah. And that's 15? ?15, yeah. Yeah.
0:13:50 > 0:13:57Same as the clock. Yeah. So, two together? A bit cheeky to... Oh!
0:13:57 > 0:14:00I can add 15 to 15 and I get 30.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03You don't get 28? No. It's ?30.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05OK, Mike. Thank you very much. Cheers.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10He is from Yorkshire, Margie. And now they've both bought four items.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Meanwhile, Charlie is taking a well-earned break
0:14:15 > 0:14:19guiding the trusty Rapier to the outskirts of Inverness
0:14:19 > 0:14:22to see where aviation history was made.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Richard, is it? Yes. Hello, Charlie. How very nice to meet you. Richard Fresson.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30Opened in 2005, the Highland Aviation Museum is tucked away
0:14:30 > 0:14:33within the grounds of Inverness Airport.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37Staffed by volunteers, it boasts assorted aircraft
0:14:37 > 0:14:41and displays of Scotland's famous RAF stations
0:14:41 > 0:14:46and a section dedicated to captain EE Fresson, a real local hero.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Now, your father was hugely significant in this area.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Yes, because he started the Highland Airways
0:14:52 > 0:14:55and they ran from Inverness to Kirkwall and that air route is
0:14:55 > 0:14:58the longest continuous running air route in the world,
0:14:58 > 0:15:02because it ran during World War II, every day. What?
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Where most airlines during the war, they just shut down.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08Well, I should think they did! Kirkwall - where is that?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10In the Orkney Islands.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Ernest Edmund Fresson joined the Royal Flying Corps
0:15:13 > 0:15:17during World War I and in the '20s offered aeroplane
0:15:17 > 0:15:21joyrides before convincing the Inverness authorities to build
0:15:21 > 0:15:25a runway across a golf course so that Highland Airways could
0:15:25 > 0:15:28run scheduled services to the Northern Isles.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30He had the airmail contract
0:15:30 > 0:15:33and, in 1934, he got the postal contract
0:15:33 > 0:15:37and those two contracts in themselves absorbed the overheads,
0:15:37 > 0:15:42as it were, so that the airfares were not too exorbitant.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Did he fly it? Oh, he flew...yes, very much.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46He was managing director and chief pilot.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50Inverness Airport was known as RAF Dalcross during World War II
0:15:50 > 0:15:54and the planes in the museum's slightly eccentric collection
0:15:54 > 0:15:57reflect a lot about what's happened since.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Hello. Hello, Charlie. John, is it? Yes. And this is your baby?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Yes, I'm the secretary of the museum. You are?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06One of the treasures of the museum is the Lightning,
0:16:06 > 0:16:10a supersonic jet fighter from the Cold War era which pilots
0:16:10 > 0:16:14described as like being saddled to a skyrocket.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Now is it true that they were quite a dangerous aircraft?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Fuel leaks? There was a very high loss rate. Was there?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23It was a flying fuel leak. Flying fuel leak!
0:16:23 > 0:16:26And when it landed and it was put in a hangar,
0:16:26 > 0:16:29they always had to put dustbins underneath to catch fuel,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32because if the aircraft cooled down, it contracted
0:16:32 > 0:16:35and it had leaks all over the place. John, may I get in? Yes, certainly.
0:16:35 > 0:16:40It's a bit of a tight fit, so good luck to you. You might lose your dignity getting in here.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44I'm not sure I ever had any dignity. You've got to be a small person to fly one of these.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Very small. They didn't call them jockeys for nothing.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51The Lightning, which could travel at 1,200 mph or a mile every three seconds -
0:16:51 > 0:16:54just imagine how brave you'd have to be to do that - was
0:16:54 > 0:16:58used by the RAF to intercept enemy aircraft.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01And this is the old joystick. That's the joystick.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Different switches on there for trimming the aircraft
0:17:04 > 0:17:08and for firing the cannon or the missiles, so you've got them there.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11Just firing the cannon. Yes. I've got him! Yes.
0:17:13 > 0:17:18Another gem is the front 54 feet of the Nimrod MR2,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22a maritime patrol aircraft designed to operate for long durations
0:17:22 > 0:17:25on the lookout for ships and submarines.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29This is the most complicated thing I've ever seen in my life.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34The Nimrods flew for over 40 years and were only retired in 2011,
0:17:34 > 0:17:38although this one feels a bit like something out of Dr Strangelove.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42These two little buttons here, C and N -
0:17:42 > 0:17:45pilots will tell you that stands for "coffee, no sugar"!
0:17:45 > 0:17:50But in actual fact, it stands for Conventional and Nuclear weapons.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52That's in red. I'm not surprised, really. Yes.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Ready, captain? OK, so let's start the engines. Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!
0:17:56 > 0:18:00And now as we accelerate - broom! Dagga-dagga-dagga-dagga!
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Nah, I can't keep a straight face doing that!
0:18:05 > 0:18:08I know the feeling, John. Well, night-night, then.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16Next morning, Charlie attempts his very own spying mission.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Stone? No.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21Metal? No.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25You'll have to wait and see, won't you? Terracotta?
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Well, there's plenty for them both to keep quiet about after
0:18:29 > 0:18:32what can best be described as an orgy of spending on day one.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Can I give you 30 quid for the rest of your shop?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Charlie splashed out ?150 on four auction lots,
0:18:38 > 0:18:41leaving him with just over ?155 in his poche.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47Whilst Margie spent even more,
0:18:47 > 0:18:50forking out ?190, also on four lots...
0:18:50 > 0:18:52I'd be off my trolley to buy that, wouldn't I?
0:18:52 > 0:18:55..leaving her with almost ?240 to spend today.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Thank you so much. Thank you very much.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Later, they'll be making for the final auction in Hamilton,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05but their next stop is in Aberdeenshire at Inverurie.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10This market town once had a serious postage problem,
0:19:10 > 0:19:15with letters being mistakenly delivered to Inveraray in Argyll.
0:19:15 > 0:19:20They solved it in 1866 by putting an "ie" on the end instead of a "y".
0:19:20 > 0:19:21Got it? Rich pickings!
0:19:23 > 0:19:27Charlie is here for the car-boot sale. Goodbye, my darling!
0:19:27 > 0:19:30Parting is such sweet sorrow.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33Can't wait to get out, frankly!
0:19:33 > 0:19:35On closer inspection, it seems just as well
0:19:35 > 0:19:38that Charlie did plenty of shopping yesterday.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42Cuddly toys. Records.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Bars of soap. Ladies' underwear.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49There's nothing here for me to buy.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Now, now, Charlie.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52There must be something here that will appeal
0:19:52 > 0:19:54to the auction goers of Hamilton.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58Mr and Mrs Dactyl and their son Terry.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02No. Some early Doulton figures, for example - or some glass.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05That's a nice piece of... Vasart. Yes, that is Scottish glass.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07A good Scottish glass.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09A good Scottish glass in a really nice pink.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11How much is your vase? ?100.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Come and go, as they say.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Come and go means if you're really good at haggling,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17you might get it a little bit cheaper.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20If you're not good, then it will be 90.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I'm such a good haggler, I'm rude.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27I'm actually ruder myself, I'll let you have it for 90.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30And if you really, really push me, it'll be 80.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34That dropped quickly. I think Charlie's on to something here.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36I like the way you're coming down at such speed.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40If I go and have a bacon butty, it might be about 30 quid.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Oh, no, it won't be 30 quid. How about 60? Can you make 60?
0:20:44 > 0:20:49No, it will make 45 quid at auction, wouldn't it? 50 quid.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51There he goes again.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Hello, madam. How much is that worth?
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Is it worth ?45? To buy? Yeah.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Then sell on? Yes. No.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03I only paid her five quid to turn up and say that.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Lordy, Phil doesn't stand a chance.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Look me in the eye. Did it cost more than 30 quid?
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Did it cost? No, it didn't.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13What did you pay for it?
0:21:13 > 0:21:15I think I bought it for ?6.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Not sure that was wise either, Phil.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Please take 30 quid from an old man. It would be lovely.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Cos I think I will make a profit on it. 40 quid.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I'm going to say, thank you very much, sir. OK.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29We got within the tenner of each other, that was pretty good.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32It was pretty cool work.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35What about 35? Just ?5 adrift now.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37If I buy it for 30 quid, I think
0:21:37 > 0:21:42it will make ?45, I'm going to make four quid profit on that.
0:21:42 > 0:21:47Go on, then, ?30. Phew. Finally.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51For you...a dirty 30.
0:21:51 > 0:22:00Now, after that tortuous tussle, let's see what Margie's been up to.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Located in a fine old steading - that's Scottish for barn -
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Glass Antiques has plenty of choice.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Ah!
0:22:09 > 0:22:13My word. Hi! Hello. This looks nice.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16But leader Margie is tending towards the cautious.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I've got four pieces, haven't I?
0:22:18 > 0:22:21I needn't actually buy anything else now.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25I'm a bit worried that he might have bought something a bit special.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26He's looking a bit smug.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Now, don't get wound up, Margie, get even.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32That's Charlie Ross. He's gone to a boot sale, I reckon.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I reckon that that's what he's up to at the moment.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38There we go. Bye, Charlie.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Waving his stick. He's so much like him.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Meanwhile back at the car-boot sale,
0:22:46 > 0:22:49real Charlie's got his eye on a nautical item.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53It's a pond yacht. A yacht, in other words, for sailing on a pond.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56Sadly, it's got a broken rudder bow.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Oh, that's a shame.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00That's 30 quid. I'm open to offers.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Watch out, Michael, our Charlie's a hard bargainer today.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06You're open to offers? Yeah. Is that because she's run aground?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09No. She hit an iceberg, I think, hasn't she?
0:23:09 > 0:23:11She's no' the Titanic, but she's got a broken rudder.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Nothing a bit of glue won't put right.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18I don't suppose you'd be tempted by a fiver, would you? No.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20I'll take 15.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I'd go up to ten.
0:23:22 > 0:23:2311.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25It's got to be ten.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28At 11, I think I'll walk down the street.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32At ten, I'll get on me pond. Oh, you're breaking my heart.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Being a Scotsman, a tenner, it's a deal.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37I've broken a Scotsman's heart. That's very kind of you, sir.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Oh, I'm going to call her Marjorie.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45HMS Marjorie, and we'll sail away.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49While Charlie weighs anchor, for his somewhat indecisive opponent,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52the end is in sight - well, two ends actually.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55These are quite nice. Bookends. Very nice.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Nice having that on the bottom.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00They're ?40.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I could do those for 30.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Art Deco, it's very in, isn't it?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08They're not damaged at all, are they? No.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12They'd look good in a Deco house.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14I just thought those were rather nice.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Small, but nice.
0:24:17 > 0:24:2230's the best on that. You couldn't drop them at all? No. You like them.
0:24:22 > 0:24:2825 wouldn't buy them? No, they are literally just in stock as well.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Lynne's firmly holding her ground.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I would like to buy them, but I don't think I can stretch to 30.
0:24:33 > 0:24:39Unfortunately. Can we not part friends and go half between? 28?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Yeah. OK.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45Oh, we've done it. I don't want to be a bully, but I also want to win.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I don't blame you.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51And as a parting gift, a little Charlie.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Hey! That's perfect.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Oh, what a nice thing. That's very kind.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Hey, he's round his car boot and he'll be looking for me
0:25:00 > 0:25:01turning up with the car.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03"Margie, I'm here."
0:25:04 > 0:25:06But titter ye not, Margie,
0:25:06 > 0:25:10because just outside Inverurie, in his spare time
0:25:10 > 0:25:14the only toy quick shopper Charlie resembles is Action Man.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16I'm going to have such fun.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19MUSIC: "Slow Ride" by Foghat
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Brake on the left. I won't need the brake.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Yeah! Ho!
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Oh!
0:25:45 > 0:25:47I've got the hang of this!
0:25:47 > 0:25:50About time.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53But while Charlie's been establishing his very own
0:25:53 > 0:25:57league of obscure sports, Margie's motored south from Huntly
0:25:57 > 0:26:01to the foothills of the Grampians to explore a fairy-tale castle.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Look at that.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Hello. Bill. Hiya, how do you do? Margie Cooper.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Are you going to show me around? Yes, I'll show you around the castle.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Craigievar is one of Scotland's best preserved tower houses,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18a magnificent seven-storey structure that
0:26:18 > 0:26:22was completed in 1626 and has changed very little since.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25They haven't gone that way, have they? Well, they haven't.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27They've just gone that way. Yes.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31It's one of the very few and I think that's why it's so prized
0:26:31 > 0:26:36because they never added bits on to the side, but they went up the way.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39The castle was built by one William Forbes,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42an Aberdonian merchant who, after acquiring
0:26:42 > 0:26:46a fortune in the Baltic, returned to create this confection
0:26:46 > 0:26:49on top of an older medieval tower.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Craigievar then remained in the Forbes family
0:26:52 > 0:26:55until the Scottish National Trust took it over in 1963.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58We've had it 50 years.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01But when we got it, we basically got it as is,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04so nothing was taken up, nothing was put in.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06They just walked out? Yes.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08There's still much in the great hall that
0:27:08 > 0:27:10dates from the early 17th century,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14including this magnificent oak table and the fine plaster work ceilings.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17In the ladies' withdrawing room,
0:27:17 > 0:27:19there's yet another beautiful ceiling
0:27:19 > 0:27:23as well as a trademark piece of furniture, the Craigievar table.
0:27:24 > 0:27:30Baroque, curvaceous gaming table with folding legs.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32The reason we've got this is
0:27:32 > 0:27:37when the laird was sitting out, he may have had a bit of a gut going on.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41So there's a utility to the design.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44The castle was becoming recognised as an architectural gem
0:27:44 > 0:27:46by the early 19th century,
0:27:46 > 0:27:49with prestigious visitors like Sir Walter Scott
0:27:49 > 0:27:53and even Queen Victoria herself beating a path to Craigievar.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55William, the 8th Baronet, with his bonnet
0:27:55 > 0:27:58and badger sporran, certainly helped to put the old place
0:27:58 > 0:28:00on the tourist trail,
0:28:00 > 0:28:04but an earlier laird had already acquired a fair bit of notoriety.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08This is Red Sir John, he's the second baronet.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10He looks a bit...dodgy.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13He will follow you around the room. His eyes are following me.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15Sometimes in the morning when you open the blinds,
0:28:15 > 0:28:18and he's watching you, you know?
0:28:18 > 0:28:21You rush about this room a bit and get back out.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Up on the fourth floor is the Blue Room, which is reckoned to be
0:28:24 > 0:28:27haunted by the fearsome ghost of Red Sir John.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31But anyone looking for an encounter with ghosts would be
0:28:31 > 0:28:34better off visiting the nursery just around the corner.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38One of our guides, someone's tugging away at his sleeve,
0:28:38 > 0:28:39and he turns... Watch your sleeves.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42And he turns and there's no-one there.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47But one of the people on the tour actually seen the sleeve
0:28:47 > 0:28:49getting tugged as well. Oh, my goodness.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52So, one of our new guides, they were in here and he had
0:28:52 > 0:28:56six in the party, took four upstairs, came back, they had lagged behind.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59But when he asked them at the end of the tour, they said, "We heard
0:28:59 > 0:29:03"a noise in the nursery," and they seen a child running across the floor.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05And they were pale and shaken.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12I'm sure the chill at the top of the house probably doesn't help.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Craigievar has never had electric light.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17And what heating there is looks after the building
0:29:17 > 0:29:18instead of humans.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Still, all that climbing must keep you hale and hearty.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25We're actually up here now. That's the Long Gallery there.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29So that just goes right along the length of the building. Fabulous.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Has that been used for films or anything?
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Allegedly, Walt Disney based his motif on Craigievar.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37The Disney castle.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40This one's far better, I've got to say.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Now, let's have a look at what they've bought.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Fantasia or Mickey Mouse?
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Have you had a good time...? Oh, my goodness! An early reveal!
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Oh.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Well, that's gorgeous. Isn't it? I love it.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56That is absolutely wonderful, and rather early.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58That was 80 quid.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02It was 104. I just really like toleware. Yeah, I love that.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05Very nice thing. Distressed, but I can live with that.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07Well, it is an antique, Charlie.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09I don't know what the heck this is.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12What is this? It's a pigeon clock.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14Oh, a pigeon clock!
0:30:14 > 0:30:15How exciting.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17What an earth is a pigeon clock worth?
0:30:17 > 0:30:20Well, that's it. 35 quid. 15.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22?15? Yes. Do you get a free pigeon?
0:30:22 > 0:30:24I just thought it was a bit of fun.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Easy-peasy. Art Deco bookends.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Why is one taller than the other?
0:30:29 > 0:30:32I didn't notice that.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34No, no, don't panic. I can tell you. No, stop!
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Because one's on its side!
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Well done!
0:30:37 > 0:30:39Marvellous. Look.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40That's rather nice. That talks to me.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44We needn't do it now, but we pull the sides out, down it goes.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Only thing about that, I love it, is anybody going to buy it
0:30:48 > 0:30:50because it's useless? Steady on.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52What did you pay for it? ?80.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I think that's borderline.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Time for Charlie's little car boot.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Prepare to be thrilled.
0:30:58 > 0:30:59Oh, my goodness me.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01What have you bought?
0:31:01 > 0:31:04Just go around the front and feast your eyes to begin with.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Is there something else? My final purchase.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10A pond yacht. Do you like it? I can't see it.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Do you like it? Oh, they do really well.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15What's it worth? Oh, gosh. What's it worth?
0:31:15 > 0:31:1960, 70 quid. What did it cost? 30 quid. A tenner.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Plus ?1.50 for the glue to repair it.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24I got rather dumb with this.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26How much was that?
0:31:26 > 0:31:31Oh, what did you pay? He was asking 240 and I bought it for 100 quid.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33You've gone a bit daft with that. I'm old.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Now, look at the signature on that.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38William Langley. do you know William Langley? You obviously do.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40I do, I've sold pictures by William Langley.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43But I bought it purely because we're online at the saleroom
0:31:43 > 0:31:46and someone might look up William Langley
0:31:46 > 0:31:49and pay more than the fiver that I paid for it.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Well done. A fiver? Fiver.
0:31:51 > 0:31:53And I like to think it's going down to the wire,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55but I think you're going to do me.
0:31:55 > 0:32:00Well done. Now, what did they really think?
0:32:00 > 0:32:04Not that thrilled with the rest of it. But his painting, oh, dear.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08It's been a fab trip. We've had huge fun.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11No, he's a great guy and I had a great time.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Oh, dear.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15Aw, what a lovely couple.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18After starting out in the Highlands at Auldearn,
0:32:18 > 0:32:21the final episode of our road trip will conclude at a deciding
0:32:21 > 0:32:24auction in the Lowlands at Hamilton.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Couldn't we just keep going?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Couldn't we just pretend isn't not got to end?
0:32:28 > 0:32:30It's over. I've had such a wonderful...
0:32:30 > 0:32:31What do you mean it's over?!
0:32:31 > 0:32:34It's been a long time since a girl said to me,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37"I'm sorry, Charlie, it's over."
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Welcome to Hamilton, where Harry Lauder used to sing in
0:32:40 > 0:32:43the coal mines and the local football team are the only
0:32:43 > 0:32:47professional British club to have originated from a school side.
0:32:47 > 0:32:48Breathe in.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52There we go. Gladys Cooper, this is your denouement.
0:32:52 > 0:32:56Courtesy of the Smellie family, who established
0:32:56 > 0:32:59the Hamilton Auction Market in 1874.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Don't you get smart with me, young girl.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04You do look a bit like Queen Victoria.
0:33:06 > 0:33:12Charlie began with ?305.84 and he spent ?191.50 on five auction lots.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Whilst Margie started out with ?429.32
0:33:18 > 0:33:22and she's parted with ?218, also on five lots.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Time for auctioneer Andrew Smellie.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29And stand by.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31I wonder what the last William Langley made here?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Three quid.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Charlie's artistic ex-dart board.
0:33:37 > 0:33:4050 for this. 20 then.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Ten to get started. Ten about. Ten. 12.
0:33:44 > 0:33:4814. 16. 18. 20. Two.
0:33:48 > 0:33:5224. 26. 28. 30.
0:33:52 > 0:33:5430. A bit more.
0:33:54 > 0:34:01Five. 40. Five. William Langley. 50. Five. 60.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02Five.
0:34:02 > 0:34:0570. Five. 80.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08Five. 90. Five.
0:34:08 > 0:34:1495. 100. Five. 105. Are we all finished here?
0:34:14 > 0:34:18105. Well done, my friend.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Put it there.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Carry on like that, Charlie, and you could win this.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25You've caught me up already.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29Margie's clock next, and it seems there are pigeon fanciers about.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Five minutes they've been here.
0:34:31 > 0:34:32A pigeon club.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Eh, a pigeon club!
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Nice lot there now. Don't let it go cheap-cheap.
0:34:36 > 0:34:3850 for it.
0:34:38 > 0:34:4030.
0:34:40 > 0:34:4230, I'm bid.
0:34:42 > 0:34:4430 quid straight in.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49Five. 40. Five. 50. 50 quid!
0:34:49 > 0:34:55Are we all finished? Five, on my right. 60. Five.
0:34:55 > 0:35:0070, on my right. Are we all finished? ?70.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03I fancy Margie's back in the lead again...just.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06I'm glad it's the last day, I can't cope any more.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09Not sure this lot will calm your nerves then, Margie.
0:35:09 > 0:35:10100 for this.
0:35:12 > 0:35:1450 for it.
0:35:14 > 0:35:1830 then. 40 bid. Five.
0:35:18 > 0:35:2350. It's an old-fashioned antique, that.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Five. 60. Five. 70.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Look at this. ?70.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31I'll get my money back.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Two. 72, I'll take it. 74.
0:35:34 > 0:35:3876. 78. He's doing his best for you. 80.
0:35:38 > 0:35:4282. 82. ?82.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44Got out of trouble. Yeah.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47A loss after commission, though.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49The toleware, Margie's other big buy.
0:35:49 > 0:35:5150 for this.
0:35:51 > 0:35:5330 to get started.
0:35:54 > 0:35:5630 I'm bid.
0:35:56 > 0:36:0330. Two. 34. 36. He's a worker. I can't look.
0:36:03 > 0:36:0938. I can't look. How much? 38.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12?38. Oh. A big hit.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14So these two now are neck and neck.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17Excuse me, that should have done better.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Of course it should.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Do you want me to ask the auctioneer to put it up again?
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Enter Charlie's car boot craft.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28Pond sailors ahoy. 50 for this.
0:36:28 > 0:36:3230 for a start. ?30 for the yacht.
0:36:32 > 0:36:3820 then. Two. 22 in front. 22. 24.
0:36:38 > 0:36:43Six. 28. 30. Two. 34. 36. 38.
0:36:43 > 0:36:4840. Five. 50. Five. 60. Five. 70.
0:36:48 > 0:36:5370 I'm bid. Oh, you're sneaking ahead.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56?70. All finished? Telephone!
0:36:56 > 0:36:57Five. On the phone.
0:36:57 > 0:37:0375 on the phone. 80. 80 I'm at. ?80 I'm at.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Telephone bid for a pond yacht!
0:37:06 > 0:37:08All finished? ?80.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12Well done, my friend. I'm loving that auctioneer.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16That profit's put Charlie out ahead, but here comes his riskiest buy.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18James Henderson in charge.
0:37:18 > 0:37:23Look at that. ?200. 150. ?100 inkwell.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25100.
0:37:25 > 0:37:3150, then. ?50. 50 for it, well worth that. 50 I'm bid, thank you. At 50.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34Five. At 55.
0:37:34 > 0:37:4060. And five. At 65. 70. At 75. At 80 now.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43At 85. At 90.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46At 90 I'm bid with the lady. At 90, bid five.
0:37:46 > 0:37:53At 95. 100. At 105. At 110. At 120. At 130.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55At 130 I'm bid.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58At five if you like. At 135. At 135.
0:37:58 > 0:38:05At 135. At 135 at five. All done? At ?135.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08You've got out of jail with that.
0:38:08 > 0:38:09Yes, he has.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11It's looking good for Charlie now.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16He could be further ahead with this little silver salmon.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20?40 for this silver brooch. 40. 30 then.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22?20, folks.
0:38:22 > 0:38:26Surely ?20. Ten. Thank you. Ten I'm bid. At 12.
0:38:26 > 0:38:3014. At 14. 16. 18.
0:38:30 > 0:38:37On the rail at 18. Fresh bid at 20. Bid of two. At 22. Five. At 25.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41At eight. At 28. At 30. At 32.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43At 32 I'm bid. At 32.
0:38:43 > 0:38:49Fresh bid. 35. At 38. At 40.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51On my left here at 40.
0:38:51 > 0:38:52It'll go for 40 quid.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Are we all done at ?40?
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Doubled its money.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Now, will they snap up Margie's curious crocodile?
0:39:00 > 0:39:06?30. 30 for it now. 20. He's obviously quite keen.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08It's not going well.
0:39:09 > 0:39:13Ten then. Ten I'm bid. At ten, I'm bid.
0:39:13 > 0:39:1712. 14. 16. And 18.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22At 18. It's a profit, isn't it?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26At 22. You're making a profit on this bit of rubbish.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30At 28. At ?28.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Crawled out of that one.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37A good profit, but it hasn't got her much closer to Charlie.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38We've only had one loss today,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41the toleware was the only thing that's lost money.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45Have you lost anything? No. Is that why you brought it up?
0:39:45 > 0:39:46It wasn't, no.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51Can her bookends hold their own?
0:39:51 > 0:39:54What are they worth, folks? ?50. 50 for them.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56He's started on 50.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59?30. 20 then, the bookends.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Ten then, surely. Oh, no.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07Come on. 14. 16. At 18 now.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09We need more money.
0:40:09 > 0:40:14At 18 for them. 18 bid. 20 now. At 20. On the railings here at 20.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18Two. At 22. At five. He's doing what he's doing well.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21At 28. 30 now.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23At 30. This is more than you paid for them.
0:40:23 > 0:40:24This is a result.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26At 30 bid. They're going to go.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28At ?30.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Oh, dear, Margie, it's now Charlie's to lose.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32If my vases...
0:40:32 > 0:40:36Do well. ..40, 50 quid, something like that, I think I'll have won.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39If they bomb... They're not going to bomb.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Here we go.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44After a great week, the result is riding on these last two
0:40:44 > 0:40:46pieces of glass.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48What shall we say for the two vases? What are they worth?
0:40:48 > 0:40:51?100. He's asked for 100.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54100 for them. And nobody is bidding.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59At 50. ?50 for them. 30 then, surely.
0:40:59 > 0:41:05?30 for the vases now. 30 I'm bid. Five. 40. Here it goes.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07At five. At 45.
0:41:07 > 0:41:1450. At 55. And 60. Five. 70. I think I'm all right.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18At 75. 80. And five. 85. 90.
0:41:18 > 0:41:21At 90 bid. And five. At 95 now.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23At 95 for the vases.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Are we all done now?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28At 95. I think that's done it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32All done. At ?95.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36Yet another profit and Charlie wins on the final whistle.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39I'm mentally and physically drained.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41I'm so pleased for you.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45With those heartfelt words ringing in his ears,
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Charlie the victor takes his bow.
0:41:48 > 0:41:54Margie started out with ?429.32 and after paying auction costs,
0:41:54 > 0:42:01she made a loss of ?14.64, leaving her with a final total of ?414.68.
0:42:03 > 0:42:07While Charlie began with ?305.84 and after paying auction costs,
0:42:07 > 0:42:11he made a profit of ?181.60,
0:42:11 > 0:42:15which means Charlie, with ?487.44,
0:42:15 > 0:42:19is this week's winner. All profits go to Children In Need.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24There have been two highlights for this trip. Yes.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28One has been the scenery. Absolutely. And the other...
0:42:28 > 0:42:30has been you.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Oh, my goodness me.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Oh! Wow! Oh!
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Evening.
0:42:43 > 0:42:44CAR HORN
0:42:49 > 0:42:51All right, viewers.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Steady on.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57CLUTCH SCREECHES Oh, good Lord!
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Oh! Who said romance is dead?
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Next time on Antiques Road Trip, Paul Laidlaw
0:43:10 > 0:43:13and Thomas Plant embark on the trip of a lifetime.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14I'm in love.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Oorah. And they've both got their eyes on a prize.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Don't occupy me, I'm busy. Can't you see I'm working?
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Have that, Laidlaw.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25THEY LAUGH Come on.
0:43:49 > 0:43:52# I put a spell on you
0:43:55 > 0:43:59# Cos you're mine