0:00:02 > 0:00:07- It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...- All right, viewers? - ..with £200 each, a classic car,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12I'm on fire! Yes!
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Sold, going, going, gone.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean FEAT.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Oh! 50p!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23It'll be a good profit.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- Oh! Oh! Oooh!- Yesss!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32THIS is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40It's the second leg of the road trip for James Braxton
0:00:40 > 0:00:42and new kid on the block, Helen Hall.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Are you a saver or a spender?
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- I'm a spender, yeah.- Really? - Yeah, yeah.- Join the club.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49It burns a hole in my pocket, always has.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54Ah. Rookie Helen is a rock'n'roll memorabilia expert prepared
0:00:54 > 0:00:57to go out of her comfort zone to bag a bargain.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Oh, sewn together by the mouth. I daren't put that on.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Quite right, too. Whilst seasoned auctioneer James
0:01:03 > 0:01:06knows the secret to Road Trip fulfilment.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11If I could secure that for a fiver, I would be a happy man.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13They're zipping along the Welsh countryside in a very
0:01:13 > 0:01:20- nice 1974 E-Type Jaguar.- Oh, it's running very well, isn't it?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22It's a pleasure to drive. It's gorgeous. I want one.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27- Very silky smooth, isn't it?- It is. I want one. That's it.- Sold.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Newcomer Helen made a loss at her first auction...
0:01:34 > 0:01:35- No.- No.- £12!
0:01:35 > 0:01:37You don't need that.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40..but Road Trip veteran James showed her how it's done.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Now, THAT is a goodie.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48James started the trip with £200 and after the first auction
0:01:48 > 0:01:53saw his war chest grow to £250.98.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Helen started her first road trip with the same amount,
0:01:56 > 0:02:01but has seen her profits wilt to just £178.70,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04meaning she has a bit of catching up to do.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08- How did you enjoy your first auction?- I did, I loved it!
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Yeah, it was fun. Yeah.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Didn't make a profit but, you know, it's not the winning,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- it's the taking part, isn't it, James?- Yeah.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Yes, that, and winning, of course.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24Our two peas in a pod are navigating over 500 miles from Oswestry
0:02:24 > 0:02:27in Shropshire through the Welsh Valleys before heading
0:02:27 > 0:02:28through southern England,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32ending their road trip in the county town of Lewes in east Sussex.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35On this second leg of the trip,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39they begin their travels in Newport in the ceremonial
0:02:39 > 0:02:41county of Gwent, before crossing the English border
0:02:41 > 0:02:45for auction in Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48There may be an advantage by buying in Wales
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- and selling in Glossy-possy. - Well, that would be nice, yeah.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Glossy-possy? What's he going on about?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59The Cathedral city of Newport is the third largest
0:02:59 > 0:03:02city in Wales, after Cardiff and Swansea.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07During the Civil War of 1648, Oliver Cromwell's troops camped
0:03:07 > 0:03:11overnight on the nearby hills before attacking the next day.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13With not too dissimilar determination,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17our duo are ready to do battle for the best bargain. Stand by.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20First shop for James is a place called
0:03:20 > 0:03:23the Strawberry Water Junk Company, an interesting
0:03:23 > 0:03:27name for a place with an equally interesting array of antiques.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31Here we are. Sheffield, Helen's county, top of Derbyshire there.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Could be useful for the trip home.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36After his victory at the last auction,
0:03:36 > 0:03:41James' pockets are bulging with cash and he's eager to spend it.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43I made a profit on every single item,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46but they were tiny profits, there was nothing sensational,
0:03:46 > 0:03:48so I don't really want to be spending £20,
0:03:48 > 0:03:54- I want to be spending £50-£100 and that's where the profits lie.- Quite.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59So, it sounds like he's prepared to spend big on this leg of the trip.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Is this the sort of thing James is after?
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Quite a nice dress set, isn't it?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06When people wore a lot of, sort of, evening dress and things,
0:04:06 > 0:04:07you would have here...
0:04:09 > 0:04:10These were buttons,
0:04:10 > 0:04:14and you would put it through and they were dress studs.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17So, evening dress for dinner jackets and everything.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- That's rather fetching on you, James.- You've got six here.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26Sometimes they came with cufflinks, so for your cuffs,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29but it's just a nice little set of dress studs there.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33They're nice, aren't they? Not the most glamorous of cases.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35It's cloth.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37You know, the better ones would be nice leather,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40but it's got a nice velvet interior with the silk.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Beautiful how they used to make these boxes.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45BUT before you get too carried away,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49there's the small matter of the £49 dealer John wants for them.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53- Could you do it for £25?- I'd do it for £35.- They're rather nice.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- Price, John. It's that nutty thing, isn't it?- I know, terrible.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- Dear, oh, dear. Wouldn't it be lovely if there was no prices?- Oh!
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- Wishful thinking, eh, James? - Could you get near my £25?
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- I'll do £30.- £30? They're rather nice. £30.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13John, thank you, that's very kind of you, thank you.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Not quite the extravagant item he was looking for,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18but it's a start and they are gorgeous.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Whilst James pays the good man,
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Helen has made her way eastward to the town of Chepstow.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- She's beginning her shop at St Mary's Street Collectables.- Hello!
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- Hello, good morning.- Are you Dawn? - Yes, I am.- Good morning. Helen.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37This place is well stocked with all manner of things,
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- but can Helen find something here she likes?- I saw that.
0:05:41 > 0:05:45My eyes are drawn to that, being an entertainment memorabilia specialist.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47My eyes are drawn to that but it's... Yeah, it's a reprint.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49It's not an original.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Of all the antique shops in Chepstow, you walk into this one?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Helen's doing a lot of browsing.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01- Nothing seems to have captured her attention.- Oh, look, a crystal ball.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05What does the future hold? Will I make a profit?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Not unless you buy something, love.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Yeah, you know, I'm thinking I might save my money.
0:06:12 > 0:06:18I went all out on the first shop last time and bought, sort of, four items.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I'm thinking I might save myself.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- Well, hang on, because I had one item in yesterday that might interest you.- Right.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- So, come and have a look. - Go on, then.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Oh, she's a good saleswoman, that Dawn.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36This could be interesting. Does Dawn have something put aside that might
0:06:36 > 0:06:39bring Helen a bit of luck? Then again...
0:06:39 > 0:06:42THEME FROM THE OMEN PLAYS
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- What on earth is this? - There you are.- Aww, isn't she sweet?
0:06:47 > 0:06:51- She's a little bit sad. - She's a little bit scary!
0:06:59 > 0:07:03A doll! What will James say if I come back with a doll?
0:07:03 > 0:07:06- You need to catch him first, Helen. - She's not unpleasant.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Some dolls are very scary, but...
0:07:09 > 0:07:12They are very scary, but she's got quite a sweet face.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- I think she's pretty. - THAT is a matter of opinion.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19The one thing that can't be argued though is that old dolls
0:07:19 > 0:07:23can be highly collectable, even in poor condition.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26This one is a German Heubach model,
0:07:26 > 0:07:29made some time between the First and Second World Wars and since
0:07:29 > 0:07:34it still has all its parts, it could prove attractive to a restorer.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I mean the good thing about her is that she has got all
0:07:38 > 0:07:41the original clothes. I mean they look like they're original to me.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44And you know, this lovely little lace bonnet as well, which is
0:07:44 > 0:07:47in really great condition considering the age.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50So, you know, if someone restored that, it could be a really nice little thing.
0:07:50 > 0:07:55- What are you going to say on it then? - The very, very, very best is £5.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Really?- It's a bargain.- Yeah.
0:07:57 > 0:08:02Oh, lordy, she's not really going to buy it, is she?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Oh, do you know what? I'm going to take a punt on her.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- Yeah, £5, can't go wrong, really. - You can't go wrong.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Yup, Helen's just spent £5 on a somewhat dishevelled doll.
0:08:11 > 0:08:12I guess it has a certain charm,
0:08:12 > 0:08:16and of course it's worth a good deal more than that.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17James, meanwhile,
0:08:17 > 0:08:21is heading to the town of Blaenavon in Torfaen to find out about
0:08:21 > 0:08:25an industry that was once one of the cornerstones of the Welsh economy.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28He's visiting the Big Pit National Coal Museum
0:08:28 > 0:08:33- and meeting former miner, Kerry Thompson.- Hello, James Braxton.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- Hello, Kerry Thompson, curator. - Hello, very nice to be here.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40At the end of the 19th century, Wales was one of the most
0:08:40 > 0:08:43important coal-producing countries in the world.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47In 1913, one in ten Welsh people were employed in the industry,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49with many more dependent upon it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55The Big Pit at Blaenavon had a wider shaft than any other
0:08:55 > 0:08:59pit in the area, allowing much more coal to be extracted.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02And how many people would actually work at this colliery?
0:09:02 > 0:09:05With all the pits and shafts you would have associated with
0:09:05 > 0:09:08the Blaenavon company, there was probably about 2,000 men working.
0:09:08 > 0:09:102,000 men? Goodness! What does this coal do?
0:09:10 > 0:09:12It wasn't just for people's fireplaces.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- We're talking about the age of steam, aren't we?- Yeah.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18And of course coal was found to be the best way of raising steam.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21There was coaling stations right across the world,
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Falklands, Egypt, you know, all sorts of places where Welsh coal
0:09:24 > 0:09:29was stocked for ships to come in so they could go somewhere else.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32So, the big liners for both passengers and cargo...
0:09:32 > 0:09:35And the biggest and the best known of course is Titanic.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37That was run on Welsh steam coal.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39There's a good image of this here to show
0:09:39 > 0:09:41sort of the scale of the industry.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45That's just one dock in Cardiff, and that's the Roath Basin, and each
0:09:45 > 0:09:49one of these of course is a wagon which holds up to about ten tonne.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Really? Ten tonnes of coal?!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52There's thousands of tonnes of coal there just waiting
0:09:52 > 0:09:54and that's just one moment in time.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58More than three billion tonnes of coal have been
0:09:58 > 0:10:00extracted from Welsh coal fields,
0:10:00 > 0:10:07but as the 1877 Tynewydd disaster showed, that came at a human cost.
0:10:07 > 0:10:08Kerry, what are we standing in front of?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Well, this is one of the most famous mining disasters in Wales.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13It wasn't the greatest mining disaster,
0:10:13 > 0:10:16because there was only actually five people killed in it.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18But this became world news, in fact,
0:10:18 > 0:10:21because of the way the accident happened.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25The pit flooded, it trapped people in two places,
0:10:25 > 0:10:29they got the first bunch of five men out quite quickly,
0:10:29 > 0:10:33but the second took nine days to get out, without food,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35without water, in freezing conditions.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Obviously where they were, you know?
0:10:37 > 0:10:40And they were actually trapped in a bubble basically of compressed air.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44So, to dig into them, they had to be very, very careful cos if they'd
0:10:44 > 0:10:45gone straight in, of course,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48it's like shooting a gun in an aeroplane, isn't it?
0:10:48 > 0:10:52- I see, yeah. - Compressed air shoots you out.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Thankfully, most of the miners were rescued safe and well.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00Those rescuers who saved them were honoured with Albert Medals,
0:11:00 > 0:11:0425 in total, usually awarded for saving life at sea, this was
0:11:04 > 0:11:09the first time such a medal had been awarded for saving life on land.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14The mandrel there... Actually it was owned by Isaac Pride, who won a medal,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and this was the mandrel he used to cut through the last
0:11:17 > 0:11:19couple of feet of coal.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22In the 1930s, around a quarter of a million men
0:11:22 > 0:11:24worked in the South Wales mines,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27but after decades of declining demand and a protracted
0:11:27 > 0:11:32strike in the 1980s, nothing could halt the industry's slide.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37And by 2012, there were just over 1,000 workers in the industry
0:11:37 > 0:11:41across the whole of Wales, mainly in open-cast mines.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Whilst the Big Pit may never return to its glory days,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48it's still here as a reminder of how Wales was built.
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Iechyd da!
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Whilst there's still an abundance of coal in Wales,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56time IS running out to find a bargain.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58That's why Helen's still in Chepstow
0:11:58 > 0:12:02and has popped around the corner to Halfway Trading Antiques.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07This place has all manner of things on sale,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- from antiques to modern jewellery. - These are nice.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Oh, you've got some lovely things.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17Oh, a bit of flattery to soften dealer Kelly up for a discount, eh?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Erm, this is a nice little chair with the caned seat.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I mean it's unusual to get that cane intact
0:12:23 > 0:12:24and it does look quite original.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26It's got to be sort of...
0:12:26 > 0:12:30'30s or something like that from the style of it.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33Yep, so it does look like the original seat on it.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- Possibly.- Yeah, it's unusual. I like that. It's sweet.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- How much are you asking for it?- I was looking for somewhere around £75.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46- OK. We'll think about that one.- Hmm, she seems quite interested in that.
0:12:46 > 0:12:51Well, that would be fun for Gloucestershire. A cider...pourer?
0:12:51 > 0:12:56A cider pourer, I guess? Kind of like this. This is quite fun.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00But you know, copper, I don't want to pay too much for it.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04- Essentially, I don't want to pay too much for it.- Surprise, surprise.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Would you take a tenner for it? - Yeah, go on, then, yes.- Would you?
0:13:07 > 0:13:13- Did I start too high? She said that too easily.- Too late now!
0:13:13 > 0:13:14It's yours for just a tenner.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18Her second item is secured, although I don't think she's done yet.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22I still keep thinking about that chair though. I do think it's nice.
0:13:22 > 0:13:23I've got to be careful, though.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I've got to save my pennies a little bit for tomorrow.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30I don't want to spend everything today. So you said £75?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32I couldn't go anywhere near that, really.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I'll do it for you for £40.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37That's nearly half of what I expected for it.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Erm... yeah...
0:13:40 > 0:13:44I'm in two minds about it. Would you do it for £35?
0:13:44 > 0:13:50- Cor! She's driving a hard bargain. That's less than half price.- £35?
0:13:50 > 0:13:57So £35 for the chair, tenner for the cider ladle, £45 altogether.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- Go on, then.- Yeah! All right, I'll do it then.- Well done.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06The cider pourer and the oak chair for just £45.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Right, I'd better carry this chair now. Very carefully.
0:14:10 > 0:14:15Mind how you go then, Helen. As the sun sets, I bid thee nighty-night.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16So, nighty-night.
0:14:20 > 0:14:26- It's day two on our Welsh road trip. - Well, Helen, this is Cardiff.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Cardiff Castle on our left, beautiful.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Yeah, it is fabulous, isn't it?
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Yesterday, James spent a measly £30 on just one item,
0:14:36 > 0:14:41the six gold studs, leaving him £220.98 today.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46- Thank you, that's very kind of you. - Helen's spent a tad more.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50£50 total on the doll, cider pourer and the oak chair,
0:14:50 > 0:14:55- leaving her £128.70. - Thank you, deal.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59It's their final day of shopping in Wales before the auction
0:14:59 > 0:15:03in England, and they've made their way to the Welsh capital of Cardiff.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Well, Cardiff's really on the up, isn't it?
0:15:06 > 0:15:07And more importantly for them,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09they've got a very good rugby team.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13The national squad play at the 74,000 capacity
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Millennium Stadium, which has also played host to Cardiff's very own
0:15:18 > 0:15:21distinguished diva, Shirley Bassey.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26Whilst diamonds ARE forever, time to shop is definitely finite.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Our two both start the day at the pumping station
0:15:28 > 0:15:30and it's not for fuel.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- Lovely.- Brilliant. Well done, well driven.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- That was a nice drive, wasn't it? - Glorious drive, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- I don't want to get out of it actually.- Oh, buck up, you two.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43This place used to be an old Victorian waterworks
0:15:43 > 0:15:47and it's now home to about 50 dealers. Nice.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51With three floors to choose from, the question is,
0:15:51 > 0:15:56which of our cohorts will bag a bargain from dealer Keith first?
0:15:56 > 0:16:01- I literally could spend a fortune in here.- It's one big maze.- There we go.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Nice military cap. Does it suit me?
0:16:06 > 0:16:12- Yet again, what I'm looking for is a bargain.- What about these?- Oh, look.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18They're lovers. There's one hanging off the back there.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Three's a crowd and all that. Oh, sewn together by the mouths.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I daren't put that on. Ew!
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- If you think they're frightening, wait until you see this.- Wow.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35Simba, the film and television lion.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Simba is the world's largest lion
0:16:37 > 0:16:41in the Guinness Book Of Records and was Elizabeth Taylor's bodyguard
0:16:41 > 0:16:42in Cleopatra?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45And he's been stuffed for posterity. Look at him.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- I would not mess with that. - Yeah, wise move, Hels.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54Yesterday, James said he wanted to spend big to maximise his profits.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58I wonder if he's found something to really sink his teeth into.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02I like this table. Now, why do I like this table?
0:17:02 > 0:17:06For all intents and purposes, it's just an occasional table,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08not a particularly interesting shape,
0:17:08 > 0:17:11but the interesting thing, the thing that catches my eye,
0:17:11 > 0:17:16is it's got something extra to it, and that extra are these.
0:17:16 > 0:17:23Now, there is absolutely no reason to have these, because structurally,
0:17:23 > 0:17:26they're all supported by this secondary tier,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28this platform tier below.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32But these are just extenuating the design.
0:17:32 > 0:17:38It is after a chap called Edward William Godwin.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Godwin was an architect designer in the mid-1800s who not only
0:17:43 > 0:17:45designed great public buildings,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48but also the furniture that would've gone in them.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50And although this table isn't one of his,
0:17:50 > 0:17:55the maker has been influenced by Godwin's neo-Japanese work.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59And what's it priced at? £55.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01It doesn't seem expensive,
0:18:01 > 0:18:05£55, for something that is after such a famous designer.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09So if I can get that, if I can get it for £35, I think
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- there might be a good profit. - I think he likes it.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15James has spotted the dealer's phone number on the wall.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Hello, Jackie, it's James Braxton.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21You've got a rectangular two-tier occasional with
0:18:21 > 0:18:24the ring-turned legs. What could you do it for?
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Is there some movement there?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30OK, well thank you very much indeed, £35 it is.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Thank you, bye.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Very good. In fact, funnily enough, I thought I was going to offer £35.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43£55 to £35 and sold.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45He seems happy with it.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Helen, meanwhile, is still browsing upstairs.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50This cranberry glass sugar sifter.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53This type of sort of pinky-red glass is called cranberry glass
0:18:53 > 0:18:54because of the colour.
0:18:54 > 0:18:58These are nice because they're silver hallmarked lids.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Might go down quite nicely at auction.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04Helen did well selling one of these at the last auction.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Is she thinking it's a safe bet then?
0:19:06 > 0:19:12- So that one's nicer because it is hallmarked silver.- Yeah, yeah.- Do you know your hallmarks off by heart?
0:19:12 > 0:19:18- Erm, most.- Do you? Brilliant. You're the man.- Looks like a Birmingham one.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- It's going to be solid silver, that would be.- Yep.
0:19:20 > 0:19:27- So it's got £38 on it.- Yeah. I'm sure we could come to a decision.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31- I'd like to make a really cheeky offer.- Right.
0:19:31 > 0:19:37And say £18 and see what they say. See what they can come back with.
0:19:37 > 0:19:43- Erm... It's a bit tight.- It is a bit tight.- Helen's looking for £20 off.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48She's not shy, is she? Keith has to run it past the dealer who owns it.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52- I wonder if they'll take Helen's offer?- £20 and it's yours.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55OK, all right, OK. I'll think about that.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57I'll put it on hold while I...because I haven't seen
0:19:57 > 0:20:00the rest of the store, but thank you, I appreciate that.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06Hmm. Clearly the extra £2 the dealer wants is crucial to Helen.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09While she considers it, James is still browsing,
0:20:09 > 0:20:13presumably still looking to make that big purchase he's after.
0:20:16 > 0:20:22Feel the weight of this. This is a real slab of earthenware.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Known as an encaustic tile.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Encaustic tiles are ceramic tiles actually inlaid with
0:20:29 > 0:20:31patterns in different coloured clays so that
0:20:31 > 0:20:35when the body of the tile is worn, the design remains.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38The great race of the 19th century was churches,
0:20:38 > 0:20:42so it was the race between the Catholic Church
0:20:42 > 0:20:47and the Anglican Church and people built these fabulous churches
0:20:47 > 0:20:49and people like Pugin,
0:20:49 > 0:20:52the great designer, was very much at the forefront.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57He was building masses of Catholic churches and these were
0:20:57 > 0:21:01used for the pavements, for the thoroughfares of churches.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04But this is a lovely design. A great repeat design.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Something that Pugin would have designed.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Just really nice detail here.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11You turn it over here, clearly marked
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Minton and Co Patent, Stoke-upon-Trent.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Centre of the ceramics industry, a great item.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22- If I could secure that for a fiver, I would be a happy man.- A fiver?!
0:21:22 > 0:21:26What happened to your strategy of spending big then, James?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28But we do want to see you happy.
0:21:28 > 0:21:33- Question is, can Keith make it happen?- Keith, this is the baby.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Right, OK. It's unmarked, hasn't got a price on it.
0:21:36 > 0:21:41I'm rather hoping I can get it for a fiver, but we'll see.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Terracotta tile, yeah, it is, yeah.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48He's interested to know if he can buy it for £5. £5 is fine.
0:21:48 > 0:21:54- Great, thank the man. Fiver for that and also I rang Jackie.- Right, OK.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58- And she agreed £35 for the table so...- OK, thank you very much.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02- £40 in all, that's really kind, thank you.- There's that happy face.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04My goodness, that man likes a bargain.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Now, can Helen find something to put a smile on her face?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Oh, that's pretty.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Love that. Is that heavy? Let's see if I can get it out.
0:22:14 > 0:22:20This is a gorgeous fire screen. But look at the design of it.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24It's gorgeous. It's typical Arts and Crafts style, you know, very much
0:22:24 > 0:22:28hanging onto the Art Nouveau movement a little bit.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30I'm a big fan of Arts and Crafts things.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34It was very much sort of in the British tradition, you know.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39Going back to craftsmanship and quality and working with wood
0:22:39 > 0:22:41and copper and natural materials
0:22:41 > 0:22:46and I really like that sort of Britishness of it as well, you know.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Decent condition, doesn't look
0:22:48 > 0:22:51like it's had any bits welded back on or anything.
0:22:51 > 0:22:52I like that a lot.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56What are they asking for it?
0:22:56 > 0:23:00£78, so, ooh, yeah, I think I'd want to try
0:23:00 > 0:23:02and get it for about £50 if I can.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07You can only ask, but it looks like Keith might already know the answer.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10- My buyer made a phone call... - Right, OK.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15..to Mandy and apparently the price she wouldn't take lower than £60.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20Really? OK, what are we going to do?
0:23:20 > 0:23:23- No lower than £60. She's not budging, is she?- No.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26It's a bit high. It really is a bit high,
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- but if she's not here then we can't have that conversation, can we?- No.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- I think I'm just going to go for it because I like it.- OK.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37And I'll keep my fingers firmly crossed. £60, all right, it's a deal.
0:23:37 > 0:23:38Thank you very much.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41And then the sugar sifter as well, I think I'll go for that too.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46- Right, OK.- So that's £60 plus £20 so I owe you £80.- Right.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- Thank you very much.- Thank you very much.- Brilliant, thank you.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54James is still shopping and has made his way to Avalon Antiques.
0:23:54 > 0:23:58- Hello, how are you?- Very well, I'm James.- Nice to meet you, I'm Gitty.
0:23:58 > 0:24:03Gitty, very nice to meet you too. Gitty, I need to buy two items.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- Right.- Taking them to auction in Gloucestershire, and...
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Hoping to make some money. - Hoping to make some money.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I think she knows the game.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I've watched this programme occasionally on the television.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19- A fan, hey? Isn't that nice? - Not very often.- Oh, maybe not.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22There's no business like show business, eh, James?
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Can I look at your Delft bits? - You can.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28I thought you might want to look at those. There are three of those.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- Three of them. - Well, they're different.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33I mean there's not a pair.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38Delftware is typically blue and white decorated pottery made in
0:24:38 > 0:24:42or around Delft in the Netherlands from the 16th century onwards.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46These look like they're a bit later. Probably 19th century.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Actually they're quite alike, aren't they?
0:24:48 > 0:24:51They are quite alike, aren't they? With this moulded detail.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55You've got the sort of moulded cartouche and then the peonies.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57There's bits of damage on both of them
0:24:57 > 0:25:00but they are that age, I mean they are the age that they are,
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- they're going to have a bit of damage, aren't they?- They are.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- And sometimes with Delft...- It doesn't really matter.- It doesn't.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- It sort of slightly reassures you that it's of a...- Genuine.- Quite.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14It's got some age, hasn't it? It's suffered the rigours of time.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17Something I think we can all relate to, eh, James?
0:25:17 > 0:25:22Rather nice, aren't they? The insets there. I quite like those.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26- Well, that's a possible candidate. - Right, that's a possible candidate. OK.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29One to consider, but James doesn't seem quite ready to commit
0:25:29 > 0:25:32and he doesn't seem too keen on anything else.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35With the shop closing soon, would he find something he likes?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38You can go and have a large gin and tonic shortly.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42- I'll need it after the prices you're charging.- Oh!
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Aw, James, I know you didn't really mean that.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48I'm sure you've got something out at the back, Gitty, go on,
0:25:48 > 0:25:53- let's go and rootle.- You can't rootle in the back.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54- Of course we can.- There's no space!
0:25:54 > 0:25:59- There's always room for rootling. - Yeah, get rootling, as you do.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02I feel like a mole down here.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05I like these portraits.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- Shall we have a quick look at that? - Yes.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I do love a successful rootling,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12but I suppose it all depends on the price.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Built in the 1960s.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18- I quite like this sort of title plaque here.- Yes.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- Trent Maritime Company Limited - London.- It is rather nice, isn't it?
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Isn't it?
0:26:25 > 0:26:30This painting of the cargo ship Duke of Mistra is by George Wiseman.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Wiseman was a pierhead artist who painted many ships in the 1950s
0:26:34 > 0:26:39and '60s, often working from shipyard plans to ensure accuracy.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45A nice watercolour. It's just a really nice, clean item.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49It's all framed, exactly as it would have been done.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Nicely held down, really well protected,
0:26:51 > 0:26:53so that's the way to keep a watercolour.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Don't let your backing get exposed,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- and they've got a great bit of marine ply on it, haven't they?- Yes.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02You know, beautifully over-engineered as you'd
0:27:02 > 0:27:05expect a shipbuilder to do.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- Now, is this £80, £100? Is that the...- No, no, I don't think so.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15- Isn't it?- This is £230, but I'm sure we could do a bit better than that.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19- You'd have to do a lot better than that.- I thought I might.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21You HAVE been watching the show.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25James still has £180.98 left which is clearly burning
0:27:25 > 0:27:28a hole in his pocket, but it looks like he's keen to do
0:27:28 > 0:27:34a deal for the painting and the vases, which are priced at £98 each.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37See, Gitty, I'm still drawn to these.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40I might be making the most terrible mistake here.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- That's all right, I'll let you. - All this damage.
0:27:43 > 0:27:48I would do the two for £140. And I think you'll make on that.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- How near to £80 could you get on that?- I can't do £80, no.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54- I could do £120.- £120.
0:27:54 > 0:28:00Well, if you have that for £120, I will do those for £120. How is that?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- So that's £240 in all?- Yes.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06And I know I haven't got the budget for that,
0:28:06 > 0:28:13- but I could buy something cheaper I suppose.- £180. Go on.- What?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- For the two items?- Yes.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19So that would be £90 for that and £90 for that.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23I think you've been very fair and I'll very definitely do it.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- Thank you very much indeed, Gitty. - Thank you very much.- Fair?!
0:28:26 > 0:28:29That's nearly £200 off and almost all his cash gone.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33Not a bad way of rounding off James' shopping though.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36- And I'm all spent up. - That's good.- Bar 98p.
0:28:39 > 0:28:44Earlier, James was hearing about how coal once drove the Welsh economy.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Helen's now off to hear how the subsequent increase in trade
0:28:47 > 0:28:51helped Cardiff grow from a tiny village into a major city.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55She's visiting Butetown History & Arts Centre.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59- Hi, Neil.- Yes, Neil Sinclair. - Hi, I'm Helen. Lovely to meet you.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Oh, pleased to meet you too, Helen.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04At the start of the 1800s,
0:29:04 > 0:29:08Welsh coal was in demand throughout the UK and the world.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10However, most Welsh ports were small
0:29:10 > 0:29:13and ill equipped for international trade.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18Rich landowner John Crichton-Stuart saw an opportunity.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20And so who was John Crichton-Stuart?
0:29:20 > 0:29:23He was the second Marquess of Bute, he owned the land.
0:29:23 > 0:29:27This was waterlogged marshland or tidal in some way
0:29:27 > 0:29:29so hardly anybody lived here,
0:29:29 > 0:29:33but it was on this land that the Marquess decided to build a large
0:29:33 > 0:29:38dock to export the coal that was coming from the South Wales valleys.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Only a few thousand people lived in Cardiff at the time,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44and they struggled to find local labourers to do the work so decided
0:29:44 > 0:29:48- to bring over 200 men from Ireland to build the port.- So here we are.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- Here are the docks. - Yes, down at the seafront.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58When the West dock opened in 1839, Cardiff's global trade links grew.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01The arriving trade ships brought people
0:30:01 > 0:30:05from all over the world, some of whom settled within the community.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08The ships were going as far away as China.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11And when the ships returned, there would be Chinese crews on board.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13And then they would, you know,
0:30:13 > 0:30:15after they did whatever it was they were doing on the dock,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17they would come into the community,
0:30:17 > 0:30:20but many of those seamen that came from every country you can
0:30:20 > 0:30:25imagine married locally and so this was their home port.
0:30:25 > 0:30:26The rich merchants
0:30:26 > 0:30:30and business owners who depended on the port initially lived
0:30:30 > 0:30:33right beside it, but as the dock expanded,
0:30:33 > 0:30:36so did the levels of dirt and pollution.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39They abandoned their dockside homes for places further away,
0:30:39 > 0:30:43leaving their homes to the new emerging community.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Well, now, Helen, we're down at Windsor Esplanade.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49And fortunately for us, these houses are still intact,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52but this is where the sea captains
0:30:52 > 0:30:56and the bosuns lived back in the sea-going days of Cardiff docks.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02Tiger Bay became a melting pot of people from all over the world.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07It was one of the first truly multi-ethnic cities in the UK.
0:31:07 > 0:31:12Neil's grandfather, James Augustus Headley, was born in Barbados,
0:31:12 > 0:31:15but came to the bay in about 1897.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18The bay became his home and, two generations later,
0:31:18 > 0:31:19is still home to Neil.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25So what was it like to live here in the docks, because you grew up here?
0:31:25 > 0:31:29It was the most wonderful experience now that I look back on my life,
0:31:29 > 0:31:31I wouldn't trade it for anything.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35I lived on a street which had many nationalities.
0:31:36 > 0:31:42Despite our disparate ethnic backgrounds, we were all Welsh.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Since the mid-1800s,
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Tiger Bay has been welcoming people from all over the world.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Today, it's been completely transformed
0:31:53 > 0:31:58and is now known as Cardiff Bay, a centre for leisure and commerce.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00150 years after it was first built,
0:32:00 > 0:32:04it's still finding new ways to bring people to the area.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07- Thank you for having me.- It's a pleasure to meet you too.- All right.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09As the day draws to a close,
0:32:09 > 0:32:12it's back to the history centre to reveal all.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Da-da-dah!
0:32:15 > 0:32:18A bit of colour here, so I thought it was wholly appropriate -
0:32:18 > 0:32:23we're going to a land-locked county to buy a marine scene.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- Excellent, OK, yeah. Very appropriate.- So there we are.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29So, what's the ship?
0:32:29 > 0:32:34The ship is just a shipping ship, it's just a cargo shipping ship.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36I think that means he has no idea.
0:32:36 > 0:32:41But it's a cargo ship and commissioned by the then owners.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45It's got a nice sort of title plaque here telling you all about it.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49- 1960 going past Dover Castle.- Nice.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- And I'm all in! 98p left.- Really?
0:32:52 > 0:32:57- What did you pay for those? - £90 for those two.- £90 for the two.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59They're nice though, aren't they?
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- Helen seems impressed, but what will James think of her lots?- OK, Helen.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Right, OK.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05Da-da-dah!
0:33:05 > 0:33:12- Look at this! She looks quite a nice doll.- Well...- Good eyes.- Yeah.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16- I was coerced into buying her. - Don't you mean possessed?
0:33:16 > 0:33:19But actually, she's all there, her legs
0:33:19 > 0:33:22and head aren't attached to the body, but she's all there,
0:33:22 > 0:33:23the hair is there, the clothes are there,
0:33:23 > 0:33:27and she's a Heubach doll that if she was complete
0:33:27 > 0:33:30- and in nice condition, they can make about £200 or £300.- Really?
0:33:30 > 0:33:34- The good ones. So...- And how much did you buy it for?- A fiver.- Oh!
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- That's a good profit. That's good. - Yeah.- That's very good.
0:33:38 > 0:33:41And seeing as we're going to Gloucestershire,
0:33:41 > 0:33:43this is a cider ladle.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48- OK.- With, you know, "cider" on the front.- Very good. Very good, cider.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Paid a tenner for it which was probably a bit much, but never mind.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Helen, it has been hot, hot in Wales.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Let's hope the weather's not so good as last week
0:33:57 > 0:33:59- so it brings the bidders out. - I know, we need that.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- Anyway, in the meantime, ice cream? - Yep. On you.- With 98p.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Before you go and chill out, tell us what you really think.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10Erm, difficult to know, really who's got the best kit.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14I think he paid quite a lot for his boat picture, you know,
0:34:14 > 0:34:19- it's not that vintage a piece. It's fairly recent.- Uh, the doll.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21I think that could make some money, that.
0:34:21 > 0:34:26Only a £5 note and the eyes look great from where I was standing.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Just how close were you standing?
0:34:29 > 0:34:32After shopping in Wales, it's time to head to England
0:34:32 > 0:34:34for auction glory in the town of
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44The town sits in the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48The question is, will it bring an outstanding profit to our jolly chums?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- This looks very good, good omens. - Great building.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56It's quite hard getting out of that in a skirt, you know!
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- You should try it sometime. - What, skirts or cars?
0:35:01 > 0:35:04The scene for today's auction is the Wotton Auction Rooms.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07The company has been in business since the mid-19th century
0:35:07 > 0:35:11and at this wonderfully restored church for over 30 years.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Auctioneer and all-round good egg Philip Taubenheim
0:35:16 > 0:35:17is in the podium today.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21What does he think about our team's items?
0:35:21 > 0:35:23The dismembered doll has actually been giving the staff
0:35:23 > 0:35:27a bit of a heebie-jeebie moment, but she will string back together.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30There are girls out there that will string dolls back to life
0:35:30 > 0:35:32so I think we've got a chance with that
0:35:32 > 0:35:35but it's in the worst condition you can possibly imagine
0:35:35 > 0:35:37but the head is sound so that's the important thing.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40James' shipping portrait is good.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43I wish it was 1860 rather than 1960 but it's well produced
0:35:43 > 0:35:45so we'll see on that one.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47If I were a betting man, who would I put my money on?
0:35:47 > 0:35:49I think it's going to be a very tight-run race.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52I think there will be just a few pounds between it.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55It's a cop-out, really, but I think it will be a very tight race.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02James began this leg of the Road Trip with £250.98
0:36:02 > 0:36:05and has gone on to spend £250 on five auction lots.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10Yet again, what I'm looking for is a bargain.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16Helen started with £178.70 and has parted with £130,
0:36:16 > 0:36:20- also for five lots.- Thanks for that, it was nice to meet you.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23It's one of the hottest days of the year
0:36:23 > 0:36:26and it's going to get even hotter as the auction begins.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29Hold on to your hats.
0:36:29 > 0:36:33First up is James' encaustic tile.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36What do we say? £10 to start for it. £10 to start. £10. £5 I'm bid.
0:36:36 > 0:36:41Thank you at £5 I'm bid and £5 I'm bid, £10 I'm bid, £15 I'm bid.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46At £15 I'm bid. At £15, at £15, it's sold at £15.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- That's a profit.- Got away with it.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53An opening profit of a tenner straightaway for James.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55It's a profit, James.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57It is a profit. I'm not going to argue with that.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Can Helen do better with her cider ladle?
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- The £10 lot, £10 to start.- Oh, come on, let's start at £10, come on.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09- At £5 I'm bid, at £5 I'm bid at £5. At £10 I'm bid...- Yes! Come on.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11At £10 I'm bid. At £10, at £10, £15 anywhere?
0:37:11 > 0:37:15At £10 bid, cheap enough little lot going through. Are you sure?
0:37:15 > 0:37:21- At £10, this time at £10.- Ah.- £10. - Well...- So, no major loss for Helen.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Can James entice the bidders with his mahogany table?
0:37:27 > 0:37:30£30 I'll start, at £30 I'm bid for the table, at £30 I'm bid,
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- £35 I'm bid. - The bid for the table above £30.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38£35 I'm bid, £40 I'm bid... at £45 you're out now, at £45,
0:37:38 > 0:37:40£50 on the wings I'm bid.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43We're all finished then at £50.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45There you go, another small profit, there you go.
0:37:45 > 0:37:49There's a healthy £15 profit for James.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54- Someone's got a bargain, I reckon. - Someone's got a bargain.- Yeah.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Can Helen make her first profit of the auction with her screen?
0:37:57 > 0:38:01£40? £20? £20 you bid me, thank you, at £20 I'm bid, at £20...
0:38:01 > 0:38:05- Oh, my, £20, OK.- It'll buy you a bottle of wine then.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Oh, it's going up, it's going up.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11£50 I'm bid, £5 I'm bid, on commission here at £55 I'm bid.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15- At £55 I'm bid. At £55, and it's sold then.- Tantalisingly close.
0:38:15 > 0:38:19- Someone's got a very nice thing there.- A great bargain, haven't they?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Just a fiver short, but there's still time to make that back.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28Can James increase his profits with the pottery vases?
0:38:28 > 0:38:29£30 for the two. At £30 I'm bid
0:38:29 > 0:38:32for the two, at £30, my only bid for the two of them there.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34At £30, I'm bid, £35 I'm bid, thank you, madam...
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Come on! Come on, up it goes.
0:38:36 > 0:38:41At £45, at £50, and £5, and £60?
0:38:41 > 0:38:44At £60 I'm bid, your bid, sir, at £60, I'm bid, at £60 I'm bid.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48£5 anywhere now at £60? And at £60 and they've sold.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53- No, oh.- £60. Oh, I'm sorry, James.- Don't worry.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57- It was slightly expected I think, unfortunately.- Oh, dear.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00A bit of a blow for James there but he can still make it
0:39:00 > 0:39:03up if he does well with the rest of the items.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08Revenue is so hard to earn, but it quickly goes, doesn't it?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11The heat is on for Helen's chair next.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13At £10, early bid, thank you.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16At £10 for the chair I'm bid at £10, at £15 I'm bid,
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- £20 I'm bid, £25 I'm bid, £30 I'm bid...- No, bit more, bit more.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22At £35 I'm bid, at £35 I'm bid. Pretty little chair there.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- One more, one more. - At £35 I'm bid, £35 then.
0:39:25 > 0:39:31- Oh.- Oh.- Broken even, and sadly therefore no profit.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33I think you're keeping your powder dry, Helen.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37As people succumb to the heat, new auctioneer Joe Trinder has
0:39:37 > 0:39:40taken over and he looks like he's wilting already.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Helen's cranberry glass goes up next.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46- Right in at £30, do I see £30?... - Yay! Yes!
0:39:46 > 0:39:49..at £30, £35 I have thank you, sir,
0:39:49 > 0:39:52and £40 and £5 for you now? £45 I have and £50, and £5 for you?
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- No, selling on the book at £50... - Come on!- Do I see £5 anywhere now?
0:39:56 > 0:40:00- Selling for £50 to be sure. - Well done.- Yay!
0:40:00 > 0:40:05- You needed that, Helen, well done. - I did.- A nice £30 profit.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08That more than makes up for Helen's losses so far.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14- Wow, that's a great profit. £40. £20 in the bin, eh?- Nice!
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Next to set sail is James' shipping picture.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Do you want to start me at £60? Do I see for the lot, now...
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Come on, £60.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25- £60 for me now, sir? £60 I have.- Telephone bidder.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Do I see £5 anywhere now? Selling for £60, £5 I have, thank you.
0:40:29 > 0:40:34- £70 with you now, sir?- £70.- £70 I have and £5 and £80 for you now?
0:40:34 > 0:40:39£80 I have and £5 for you now? £85 and £90 to come back in now, sir.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43£90 and selling on the phone at £90,
0:40:43 > 0:40:45£90 and selling, anyone to come back in at £5.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- Thank the Lord!- £100 do I have? Selling at £100.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54- Wow, brilliant, well done. - Oh, a result, a result.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00The good ship has found its port, giving James a welcome profit.
0:41:00 > 0:41:04The auctioneer has changed again, this time Nicholas Ewing is on.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10- James' last item is next, the six gold studs.- £20's bid.
0:41:10 > 0:41:16- Someone's on them.- £35, £40? £45? £40's bid. £45 anywhere?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19£40 to go, nice little set, £40,
0:41:19 > 0:41:21£45 anywhere? On my left at £40.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- All done at £40.- Well done.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28- £40, so another tenner in the bin. - £40. Well, there you go.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33After costs, there's a small bit of profit there for James.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I'd say you're slightly in the lead at the moment. And everything to play for.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Everything to play for,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40and it's all riding on that crazy little squished up doll.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45That's right, it is, but will it enchant today's bidders?
0:41:45 > 0:41:49- So, £20 for this doll.- I think he's saying £20.- £10 then.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54- Give me £10 for the doll. Surely. £10, 10 for it?- Seriously.
0:41:54 > 0:42:02£15? £15 anywhere? £10 only. £15? £10 and going, £15 sir, £20 now?
0:42:02 > 0:42:07- £15 to the gentlemen there. £15, all done, seated at £15.- Just there.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- Oh, that was a bargain.- That was a bargain, wasn't it?- A bargain!
0:42:11 > 0:42:15You're not kidding. A tenner profit for Helen on the broken doll.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Well, I think I'm just about even-stevens,
0:42:18 > 0:42:20we'll have to do the sums.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22It seems close. Time to tot it all up.
0:42:23 > 0:42:28James started this leg of the road trip buoyantly with £250.98,
0:42:28 > 0:42:32but after auction costs, he made a loss of £32.70,
0:42:32 > 0:42:36leaving a meagre £218.28.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44Helen, meanwhile, started this leg of the trip with £178.70
0:42:44 > 0:42:49but after auction costs, gallantly made a profit of £5.30,
0:42:49 > 0:42:54thereby winning this second leg of the road trip with £184.
0:42:54 > 0:42:59- So, not too bad for me. - Diabolical for me, I'm afraid.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01I think you definitely took that leg.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06- OK, are you ready?- Better had be!
0:43:06 > 0:43:09Good on, Helen, her first win of the Road Trip.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12Things are looking up, and with three auctions to go,
0:43:12 > 0:43:14this could be close.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Next on the Antiques Road Trip, James works up a sweat.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23- And the heat is on for Helen. - I'm feeling the pressure.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25I'm feeling the pressure.