Episode 28 Antiques Road Trip


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-It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.

-All right, viewers?

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With £200 each, a classic car

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and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

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I'm on fire. Yes!

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Sold. Going, going, gone.

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The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction,

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but it's no mean feat.

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50p!

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There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.

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Be a good profit.

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So, will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster?

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Oh, oh!

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Yes!

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This is the Antiques Road Trip.

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It's the third leg of the road trip for James Braxton

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and newcomer Helen Hall.

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Helen, you're fast approaching me.

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I am. I've closed the gap a little bit in the auction, haven't I?

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Helen isn't shy of getting into precarious situations

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-to find a bargain.

-Wow!

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Whereas road trip veteran James

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is prepared to work up a sweat for a good deal.

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Oh!

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Oh, dear.

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They're travelling in the trusty 1974 E-Type Jaguar.

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The car is feeling very good.

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Helen lost the first auction,

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and although triumphant on the second leg...

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Well done, you needed that, Helen, well done!

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I did.

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..gold hand James still has an overall lead.

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Thank the Lord!

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James started the trip with £200

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and after the two auctions saw his money grow to £218.28.

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Helen started her first road trip with the same amount,

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but has seen her profit shrink to just £184.

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Our compadres are cruising over 500 miles from Oswestry in Shropshire,

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through Wales and southern England,

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before ending their road trip in the county town of Lewes in East Sussex.

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On this third leg, they're starting in the city of Bristol

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before heading to auction in Swindon in Wiltshire.

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It is a very good-looking city, Bristol, isn't it?

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It is very pretty, I like all the follies of the architecture.

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Bristol has been a major trading port for many centuries.

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Renowned engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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designed one of its most famous landmarks,

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the mighty Clifton Suspension Bridge,

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but there's no bridge too far for our duo

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when it comes to finding a bargain.

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Here we are. A day of buying.

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Who is going to buy the better items today?

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Well, I'm feeling the pressure to close that gap even more, James.

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Try and close the gap but I'm going to try and expand it.

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Right, I'm feeling the pressure. Have a good one!

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Cor, they're really competitive today.

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They're actually shopping next door to one another.

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Whilst Helen visits Rachel's Antiques,

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James is off to Michael's Antiques.

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James! Very nice to meet you, Michael. What have you got new in?

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What do you think I might be interested in?

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I don't know what your taste is.

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-Something is winking at me, that green stuff.

-Yes, it's in that clock.

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That green stuff, as James so eloquently puts it,

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is a mineral called malachite.

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It was mined extensively in Russia's Ural mountains.

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I like that.

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I like that clock.

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It hasn't worked since I've had it, but it's right twice a day.

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-That's all you need, isn't it!

-He's a live one, this one, isn't he!

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We got a bit of a cracked dial there, haven't we?

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No, it's not cracked, it's just scratched. I can feel it.

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Do you find you get to an age where you've got to feel things?

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I feel everything! Your fingers never lie, do they?

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I think James is quite keen on that.

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So we got the malachite, the green here,

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and we've got the bell and that should attach the movement somewhere.

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There's the striker, the gong.

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A bit of soldering going on on that arm there.

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It's well over 100 years old.

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If you were over 100 years old, we would be soldering you up a bit.

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-I would be on the repair, wouldn't I?

-You would do.

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I think Michael has the measure of you, James.

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That's a possibility, I like that, Michael.

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The first one to consider, maybe.

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Helen is getting on with the serious business

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of finding a bargain at Rachel's Antiques.

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I changed my tactics for the last leg.

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For the first leg, I went more vintage,

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slightly more 20th century, but then I realised that

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I needed to go more antique, more specialised, a bit more age.

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So I think the technique on the last leg worked well.

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I would like to buy some silver again. Some nice early silver.

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Doesn't look like there's much silver here, dearie,

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but this place is packed to the gunwales with all manner of things

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and Helen is now searching high and low for a bargain. Especially high.

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-Wow!

-Wow! Lordy!

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Perhaps it's best to keep your feet on the floor, Helen.

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I wonder how James is getting on over at Michael's.

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-Come here. That's a Wurzel hat.

-A Wurzel hat, do I have to wear this?

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# Drink up thy zider, George... #

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-That is a proper Wurzel hat.

-I was given that in 1962.

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I don't know, I leave him for five minutes!

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So here, we have an interesting carved wood profile

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and it's a very hard wood. It looks like mahogany here.

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Somebody has written, "in the manner of E Gill."

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Eric Gill was an influential sculptor and designer,

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most active in 1920s and '30s.

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The person who made this has clearly been inspired by him.

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It's got a great look about it.

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It's got that very strong stylish 1910, 1920s look about it,

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with that very strong bob, very strong, aristocratic nose.

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A very good jaw line. It's a great item, but it's a very unusual thing.

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Wooden profile, beautifully done. Unfortunately, it's slightly damaged.

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It's got the old antique juices going, this one. I like it.

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But do you like it enough to buy it, James?

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This is rather fun, this is a mirrored stand,

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so you could put it on the wall, or you could have stood it on a table.

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They made great things for displaying things.

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If you imagine, you put it on something like that

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and then you can display a nice object.

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Slightly out of proportion but you can display fun things.

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People use them, they are a retailer's aid.

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They are rather fun with these lovely little convex bubbles.

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A band of bubbles. Interesting to see what this would do in auction.

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I think he's quite keen on that too.

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Time to talk to Michael about money.

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So, give us your worst.

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150 for the three of them.

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-I know, Michael, you're being very kind.

-I sense there's a "but" coming.

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I think you can be kinder.

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130, could you do it for 130?

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I'll tell you what, 135 and we've got a deal.

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135, I will find that hand.

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-That was too quick.

-Michael, it's been an absolute pleasure.

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-Really lovely.

-Every fiver counts.

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£135 on the mantle clock, a mahogany portrait and the mirrored stand.

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-Michael, what is the secret of your eternal youth?

-Fitness.

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I just go like that. That's one.

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-That stops the knees from seizing.

-OK, so I will limber up for it.

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Do you really want to try this, James?

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Oh!

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At least I got it up! Anyway, thank you, Michael.

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Not only have I been fleeced,

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but I've also been physically damaged by you here!

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I'm exhausted just watching you.

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Whilst he catches his breath,

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Helen has found some nice glassware she seems to like.

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It's a nice piece of opaque glass.

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No mark or anything, but it's very Thirties in style.

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Very much in the slight manner of Lalique

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and all those glass artists, working in Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods.

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Rene Lalique was a French designer

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who created exquisite Art Nouveau glassware

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-in the late 19th and early 20th century.

-I think it's pretty.

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But does it have a pretty nice tag to match?

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Time to chat to dealer, Rachel.

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I rather like this sort of Art Nouveau style green glass dish.

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I like to think it's 1930s.

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I thought it might have been for flowers.

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Yes, a short flower vase or a bonbon dish or something like that.

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I do like it. I'd like to offer you a tenner for it. Where are you at?

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That seems about right because normally I would sell that

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for about 15.

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OK, a tenner, done, thank you very much.

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Whilst James has gone all out on his first shop,

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Helen has been more cautious,

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picking up a nice piece of glass for just £10.

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It is hot here. I must say, the temperature is about 28 degrees.

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I have been on colder foreign holidays.

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I'm going to buy one item here hopefully

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and then I'm going to go for a jolly nice swim in the river Avon.

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That sounds like more exercise, James.

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His next shop is called Odds And Todds and I presume this man is in charge.

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-It's a hottie, isn't it? James. Hello.

-Nice to meet you.

-Very good.

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-What's your name?

-Les.

-Les, good to meet you.

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-Can I leave that jacket there? It's not a bugle.

-I think it's a cornet.

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That looks like a cornet, doesn't it? It's got stops and things.

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Hello! Here we are.

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PLAYS BADLY

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See? I haven't got any puff!

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Helen, meanwhile, is taking time out to discover

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more about one of Bristol's most famous sons, Banksy.

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Banksy is an artist who uses a pseudonym to remain anonymous.

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He's become a global phenomenon and his work is bought by movie

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stars and canny he amateur collectors alike.

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Controversially, walls on which he has painted have been

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taken down to sell for hundreds of thousands of pounds at auction.

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Helen's meeting Tim Coren, curator of the Bristol Museum of

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Art, for a guided tour of Banksy's early work.

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-Hi, are you Tim?

-Yes, hi!

-Helen, nice to meet you.

-Hi, Helen.

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-Nice to meet you.

-So, here we are in Bristol, home of Banksy.

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Well, we think it's the home of Banksy.

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-You can never be sure, can you?

-No!

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-That's part of the allure and mystery, isn't it? The mystique.

-Yeah.

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Banksy's street art is now found all over the world

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and combines humour with graffiti in a distinctive stencilling technique.

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Banksy started working in Bristol in the sort of early to mid '90s

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and he was really part of a huge movement in Bristol that grew

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out of 1980s and early 1990s hip-hop culture,

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which was brought over here from New York.

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And then Banksy comes on the wave of that,

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a little bit after that initial wave, and he just...

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I suppose by his wit and his skill

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and his brilliance in placing the right thing in the right place

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at the right time,

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he just becomes incredibly well known in Bristol and beyond.

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Yeah. So, what's this one been called?

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This is The Grim Reaper and it's here on Harbourside in Bristol.

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Banksy came down here and tagged the Thekla, which is

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this ship over here, and then raced away in a rowing boat, we're told.

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Brilliant. Shall we pop off to the next one?

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Banksy's work often features a satirical message,

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such as this one in Stokes Croft, Bristol's cultural quarter.

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This arrived here in the late '90s and it was a time

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-when everybody was going to free parties.

-Those were the days!

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Exactly. Those were the days!

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There was a lot of dance music, a great scene going on.

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But there was also quite a backlash from authority about that.

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I don't know for sure, but I often look at this piece and wonder

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if there's something in it about the cuddly

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and the friendliness of the party people not putting up with

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the anti-authoritarianism of the forces of law and order.

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# It's a hard knock life... #

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Banksy really has made a connection with the people of Bristol.

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In 2006, when this image appeared,

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the City Council asked residents if they wanted it to stay.

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-The overwhelming response was - yes!

-So what date was this piece executed?

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Execution is a good word. This is called The Hanging Man.

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And 2006, it appeared.

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The story is that Banksy arranged for scaffolding to be erected

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here and worked behind it for a couple of days,

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as people walked past, and then had the scaffolding taken away

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and lo and behold, this piece was left there.

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And it's probably one of the most photographed and famous.

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You get coach loads of people.

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In 2009, the city museum had an exhibition of Banksy's work.

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That's quite tricky to curate when the artist wishes to remain unknown.

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A piece from the exhibition still remains at the museum.

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-One of our most popular exhibits.

-Wow! Is it really?

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Yeah, it's the thing that people come to see.

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We've got this place full of art from all over the world

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and from all sorts of incredible artists

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and Banksy is right up there amongst them,

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as being one of the most popular pieces in the collection.

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And that's nice cos he's a local artist

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-and he should be celebrated in his hometown.

-yeah, he's local.

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And he's also, let's face it, possibly one of the biggest artists alive today as well.

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What I think is great about Banksy is the legacy that he's left,

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certainly in the Art Museum, but also in the art world in general.

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He's shifted perception of graffiti artists and hopefully that's forever.

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That perception has changed for the good and for the future.

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It's great to see. Brilliant. Thank you so much for having me.

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Thank you and take care. All right, bye-bye.

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The next time you have some graffiti removed,

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it might be worth checking because it could be worth thousands.

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Ha! James is still at Odds And Todds and seems rather relaxed.

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I can afford to be choosy. I'm doing quite well.

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I've bought three good items.

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One very speculative item, bit of a banker,

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the little mirrored stand, and the malachite fellow...

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I've done quite well with clocks recently.

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Black slate, wouldn't have bought it,

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but with the malachite panels, I was in there.

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-But, you know, I can afford to be choosy.

-You're always choosy, James!

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No change there, then!

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A three-legged tray, here.

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Look at that.

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That is a huge piece of pottery.

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There isn't a lot interesting, bar the fact that it has three legs.

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-It's a very rare tray.

-It's supposed to have four legs.

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Only having three bobbles.

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But the interesting thing is that is one sheet of pottery

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and that's quite an achievement. Imagine putting that in the kiln.

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A flat piece is quite difficult to fire.

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That's why tiles come in quite small sizes. It's quite a difficult thing.

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This is... What is it? 1920s, '30s maybe?

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Residual value? Zero.

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But technically, quite clever. Les!

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Well, the pussy doesn't look impressed by it.

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There's no maker's name on it,

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but it looks like it could be early 20th century.

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I'll give you a fiver for your three-legged tray.

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I thought that had four legs when I seen it.

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But obviously hasn't.

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You're wonky, mate! You're wonky!

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Wonky donkey!

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You're going to say two, aren't you? I know you!

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-A tenner.

-Tenner! Fiver's me offer, mate!

-Fiver!

-Five pounds.

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-He's a horrid man, isn't he?

-I'm doing you a favour.

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It's not a proper job, is it?

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-Eh?

-It's only got three legs!

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I'll look where the other leg's gone, then.

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Where's that leg gone? Go on, Les.

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You find me the leg and I'll give you a tenner.

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If you can't find it, I'll give you a fiver.

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It's a nice thing, though, isn't it, really?

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Is it?! A three-legged tray?

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-Eight pound.

-Fiver's all I've got, mate.

-Come off it, James!

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You've got £85 left.

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He's happy with it, aren't you? You're happy with it! Well done!

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Come on!

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A three-legged tray, eh?

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James thinks it'll do well and at just £5, he might be right!

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-Les, there's a fiver, mate.

-I'll get rich on that.

-You will.

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Ice creams all round!

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-Someone's not amused.

-Thanks a lot.

-Bye, then. Cheers, then.

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It's been a busy day. Time to turn in. Night-night, you lot.

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And it's day two of the roadtrip.

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So how did you get on yesterday, Helen?

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-I just bought one thing yesterday.

-Right.

-A little cheap thing.

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-A cheapo.

-A cheap thing that I still probably paid too much for!

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Even though it was still cheap but it was really nice.

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-Is it doll two or not?

-No!

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I am avoiding all dolls.

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You're avoiding just about everything it seems

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because yesterday Helen spent a paltry £10 on a green vase

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leaving £174, seemingly not, burning a hole in her pocket.

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James, meanwhile, spent an impressive £140

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on a slate and malachite clock, carved portrait,

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glass stand and porcelain tray, leaving him £78.20p today.

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James is in the driving seat and he's dropping Helen off

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in the historic market town of Corsham in Wiltshire.

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Corsham is one of the most picturesque towns in England.

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It owes much of its early prosperity to the wool trade.

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I don't think the traders will be able to pull the wool over

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Helen's eyes much, who's hopefully in a buying mood today.

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-Thank you, James, have a good day.

-Same to you.

-See you later.

-Bye.

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Helen's first stop of the day is Harley Antiques.

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This shop is set in a Georgian country house.

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Perhaps the ideal setting to pick up something special.

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I had an idea I was going to buy slightly more contemporary

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pieces today but only because I was inspired by Banksy yesterday.

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But this shop's got some beautiful things.

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I could spend a fortune if I had a fortune to spend.

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Helen seems really focused on buying the right thing.

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She's got £174 left, not quite a fortune,

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but enough to buy something enticing.

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These are nice, nice little matchstick holders.

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They're Asprey, silver. So, you know a nice decent quality make.

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Asprey is a British company founded in 1781 that provides

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luxury and bespoke items.

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It's hallmarked 1960.

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I'd want to make a bit of an offer on it.

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Yesterday, Helen said she was looking for some silverware.

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Might this be what she's after?

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-Lee?

-Yes.

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-I'm going to make you a really cheeky offer.

-Fire away.

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Would you consider, because you've got a couple of them,

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-maybe a few more hanging around.

-That's it I'm afraid.

-Is it?

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-That's the end of them.

-There goes my theory.

-Oops!

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Erm, I'm going to make a really cheeky offer and start at £20.

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Not possible I'm afraid. No, you do get the matches with this one.

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A bargain then!

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What would you go to on it? It's £69.

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So, the trade is £60.

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-The death would be 45.

-Right, OK.

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-Would you go 35?

-I will meet you in the middle, 40.

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-It is the absolute death and that's...

-Right, OK.

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-I think I'm going to decline then.

-OK.

-All right, yeah.

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I think I'll leave it then. Thank you.

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You could just buy the matches!

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Yeah, I think I've just got to buy a little bit lower

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because otherwise my profit is just going to go out the window

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and then I'm going to be left with nothing for the rest of the trip.

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I'm trying not to let my emotions rule my purchases.

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£174 is hardly nothing

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but I think Helen's really determined to beat James.

0:21:240:21:27

Don't worry, Helen, there's still another shop to go.

0:21:270:21:31

I'm feeling the pressure. I'm feeling the pressure.

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This shop better be, er, cheap.

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James doesn't seem to be feeling any pressure though

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and has made his way over to Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire.

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In 19098, recently qualified pharmacist,

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Richard Christopher, bought a chemist's shop in Silver Street.

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The shop remained in the family for nearly 80 years

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and throughout that time hardly changed.

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When it closed, locals wanted to keep it

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so the entire contents were transferred to the new museum.

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James is meeting local historian, Ivor Slocombe, to find out more.

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-This is marvellous. Look at this.

-This is the recreated shop front.

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Somewhat smaller than it was in reality

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but it's got all the essential elements and the first thing

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which always greets you are these four big bottles.

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They're called carboys, coloured water, nothing else.

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They should be blue, green, red and yellow

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but they lose their colour very badly apparently.

0:22:340:22:37

They're simply a symbol of a chemist shop like the barber's pole

0:22:370:22:41

-or the three balls for a pawn broker.

-Really? Just that?

0:22:410:22:45

Do the colours represent anything?

0:22:450:22:48

-The four basic elements are fire, air, earth and water.

-Ah!

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-Which is that sort of mystical chemistry in a way.

-Yes.

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Go back to the Middle Ages and alchemy and all the rest of it.

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Everything was painstakingly removed from shop,

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including the original flooring.

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Right, come on in here, James, and you can see our shop

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recreated exactly as it was when it closed in 1986.

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But hadn't changed for 80 years, it seemed to me.

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It is exactly as a Victorian chemist shop would have been.

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It is exactly as it was and every item is exactly as it was

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on the shelf when it closed.

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-We haven't imported things from outside.

-That is fabulous.

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Now, Ivor, I'm a 19th century gentleman, I've come in here,

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I'm feeling a little liverish, a bit below par.

0:23:320:23:35

I've probably had too many glasses of claret last night.

0:23:350:23:38

What would our man prepare for me?

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Well, let's assume you've gone to the doctor because you're ill,

0:23:400:23:44

whatever the cause of it, and he would give you a prescription.

0:23:440:23:48

In those days it looked like a cooking recipe.

0:23:480:23:50

It would have a list of chemicals, abbreviated Latin,

0:23:500:23:55

-using apothecary weights, almost unintelligible.

-Right.

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-And you would bring this to Mr Christopher.

-So, secret code...

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-Absolutely.

-..between doctor and pharmacist.

0:24:020:24:04

Nowadays, most pharmaceutical drugs are ready-made.

0:24:040:24:07

In the Victorian era, chemists would have to physically make

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the pills using raw ingredients.

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The chemist would mix the recipe as prescribed by the doctor with

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a glucose substance into a long putty-like form before cutting.

0:24:170:24:22

You take this machine, you roll it out into a kind of sausage.

0:24:220:24:26

-You then grip each side firmly.

-OK.

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And pull it straight down very firmly. Down over.

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Right. And lift it off.

0:24:370:24:39

Now, you've got something which is almost a pill but not quite round.

0:24:390:24:45

Looks like a bead necklace, doesn't it?

0:24:450:24:48

You take that one and you take that, and you roll it round

0:24:480:24:52

until you get a perfectly round pill. Very, very lightly.

0:24:530:24:59

Very lightly.

0:24:590:25:01

-This was half a day's work to pick up your medicine, wasn't it?

-Absolutely.

0:25:010:25:04

In fact, while I'm preparing these immaculate pills,

0:25:040:25:07

the poor chap could be dead, couldn't he?

0:25:070:25:10

Packaging is a fascinating thing.

0:25:100:25:12

-So, I put my pills in there.

-Put your pills in there.

0:25:120:25:15

Your customer's been sitting on that chair over there.

0:25:150:25:18

-Seeing his preparation.

-Anxiously waiting.

0:25:180:25:21

And then how much would I charge him for this?

0:25:210:25:24

-Probably two and sixpence.

-Two and sixpence.

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-So, two shillings and sixpence.

-Which I would then ring up on the till.

0:25:270:25:31

I go over to the till here, I see reds for the shillings.

0:25:310:25:35

-Two shillings and sixpence.

-Right.

0:25:350:25:39

-Just a moment, you're a little bit near.

-Right.

0:25:390:25:42

-It could catch the unwary?

-Two shillings and sixpence.

0:25:420:25:45

TILL RINGS

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There we are. It was a bit close, wasn't it.

0:25:470:25:50

I could have been in need of an ointment if I'd been a little closer!

0:25:520:25:56

-Thank you, Ivor, it has been really fascinating.

-Thank you very much.

0:25:560:26:01

Speaking of tills, there's not long till the shops close

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so time to pick up, Helen, and head to Devizes in Wiltshire.

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Despite being a small town, Devizes has nearly 500 listed buildings,

0:26:110:26:16

one of the highest concentrations anywhere in England.

0:26:160:26:19

They're both shopping at Crowman Antiques

0:26:210:26:23

and whilst James parks up, Helen's getting a head start.

0:26:230:26:27

-Are you John?

-I am indeed.

-Hiya, I'm Helen. Nice to meet you.

0:26:270:26:29

Helen's only bought one item so far on this leg of the trip.

0:26:290:26:33

She seems to be keeping her powder dry for the right things

0:26:330:26:36

but time is running out.

0:26:360:26:38

-Great car horn.

-HORN SOUNDS

0:26:390:26:42

Yeah, nice. Very nice. That'll look great on the E-Type!

0:26:420:26:45

Very tempting.

0:26:450:26:47

Yes, but not tempting enough to buy, Helen, eh?

0:26:470:26:49

Still feeling the heat, here comes James.

0:26:490:26:51

-Oh, hello.

-Hi, Helen. How are you?

0:26:510:26:54

He's worried you've found a bargain before him.

0:26:540:26:56

Right, I've got things to do, know what I mean?

0:26:560:27:00

-I'll give you some space.

-Thank you. Thank you.

0:27:000:27:03

If you go, the kitchen is the coolest place.

0:27:030:27:05

-I will go to the kitchen.

-Go through there and get some fresh air.

0:27:050:27:08

There are three floors of goodies to choose from here

0:27:080:27:11

so just enough room for the two of them.

0:27:110:27:14

-A World War I commemorative beaker.

-Slightly just after.

0:27:140:27:17

I like it with the "peace" and the dove, you know.

0:27:180:27:21

Truly celebrating the end of World War I. It's quite nice.

0:27:210:27:25

Peace celebration 1919.

0:27:260:27:28

Presented by the Lord Mayor, alderman and citizens

0:27:280:27:32

to the city of Manchester.

0:27:320:27:34

She seems keen but is it worth the £48 ticket price?

0:27:340:27:37

I'd want to offer something like £25 on it.

0:27:370:27:40

-I'll go 28 on it.

-Right, OK. I'll give that some thought

0:27:400:27:43

-and we'll have a look upstairs if that's all right?

-Yeah.

-Brilliant, thank you.

0:27:430:27:47

Do you know, I wonder if Helen's going to buy anything today.

0:27:470:27:50

Fresh from his pharmacy visit, James is in the next door room. Oh, lordy.

0:27:500:27:55

What's he doing? Poor chap.

0:27:550:27:57

Right, so, what have we got?

0:27:570:27:58

These are the unction bottles, so these are skin ointments.

0:27:580:28:02

These are the things you would have rubbed on your skin.

0:28:020:28:05

So, unction, simple. So that's a simple unction.

0:28:050:28:09

So, that would have been in a pharmacy. That's a nice looking bottle as well.

0:28:090:28:13

Quite, James, but maybe you should get down from there before you break something.

0:28:130:28:17

Ow! My knees.

0:28:170:28:19

You could need some unction for that, otherwise known as ointment.

0:28:190:28:22

It seems like he's quite interested in these.

0:28:220:28:25

You know, these two at a tenner apiece, £20,

0:28:250:28:27

I'd be very pleased but he might delight me.

0:28:270:28:30

He might say, "James, I like the cut of your jib, I know you're hot,

0:28:300:28:33

"I know you're sweaty and I'll give you a fiver each for them."

0:28:330:28:37

Always the optimist.

0:28:370:28:38

I wonder if Helen's found anything else she likes?

0:28:380:28:41

That's a nice little writing box.

0:28:410:28:44

You know, ladies would sit at their desk

0:28:440:28:47

and have this sloping lid here for writing letters on.

0:28:470:28:51

And then you keep your pens in here.

0:28:510:28:53

You know, they're nice, often the writing slope isn't intact

0:28:530:28:59

or it's totally broken inside and often these bits are missing.

0:28:590:29:03

So, it's kind of nice, I like it.

0:29:030:29:05

But do you like it enough to buy it?

0:29:050:29:07

-Hiya. How much are you asking for your writing box?

-£40.

0:29:070:29:10

Would you take £25 for it?

0:29:100:29:13

Erm, that's a little bit cheeky.

0:29:130:29:16

Erm, 32.

0:29:160:29:17

-Would you meet me in the middle then and say 30?

-I would do 31.

-31! OK.

0:29:170:29:22

You drive a hard bargain. All right, OK, I will take that for 31.

0:29:220:29:27

Brilliant, OK.

0:29:270:29:29

After being so indecisive earlier, Helen's finally bought something.

0:29:290:29:33

Quickly, get to the till before she changes her mind again!

0:29:330:29:36

And I'm going to take the World War I beaker.

0:29:360:29:38

-How much did we say on that again?

-We said 28 on that.

-Sure?

0:29:380:29:41

-Oh, I think so, yes. Squeezed to the limit.

-All right, OK.

0:29:410:29:45

I'm going to take that as well. Thank you.

0:29:450:29:48

And I think the car horn's fun.

0:29:490:29:52

Erm, what have you got on that?

0:29:520:29:55

Let's have a look what I've got on it. Erm...

0:29:550:29:58

-35. We'll say 28.

-28. OK.

0:29:580:30:02

-I want to say 22.

-22.

0:30:030:30:06

I think 26 will give you a little bit of....

0:30:060:30:09

HORN

0:30:090:30:10

-26.

-25.

-25?

0:30:100:30:13

-All right, we'll do 25.

-I can tell you're a dealer.

0:30:130:30:16

It's like waiting for a bus.

0:30:160:30:19

You hang about all day then three come along at once.

0:30:190:30:22

She's spent £84 on the writing box, china beaker and horn.

0:30:220:30:25

-Thank you so much.

-Thank you.

-Take care now.

0:30:250:30:28

James, meanwhile, has had another look around

0:30:280:30:30

but is still very keen on the ointment bottles.

0:30:300:30:33

John, I've found two items.

0:30:360:30:38

You know I said this morning I'd been round a pharmacy?

0:30:380:30:41

And what sort of price are you looking for on this?

0:30:430:30:45

-The white one's going to have to be £80.

-£80?!

-Yeah, yeah.

0:30:450:30:49

Now, look, John, that bottle there, if I can indentify it,

0:30:490:30:55

-could I have it for a tenner?

-No.

-So, what do you want for that one then?

0:30:550:30:58

-30 quid.

-30 quid.

0:30:580:31:00

John, my final offer, could you do that for 20 please?

0:31:010:31:04

-25, you've got a deal.

-22.

-23?

0:31:040:31:08

-23, come on, it would be unseemly to haggle any further.

-There we are.

0:31:080:31:13

That would be really great. Thank you. Brilliant, very happy with that.

0:31:130:31:16

Fifth and final. Wahey!

0:31:160:31:18

I thought you were never going to agree.

0:31:180:31:20

Helen, meanwhile, isn't so sure she's finished her shopping.

0:31:200:31:23

So, I'm a bit nervous now because I've only got four items.

0:31:230:31:26

I don't want to turn up to the reveal with just four so I think

0:31:260:31:30

I think I'm going to call Lee

0:31:300:31:33

and I really want the silver matchbox cover now.

0:31:330:31:39

-Let's hope Lee hasn't already sold it then.

-OK, here goes.

0:31:390:31:42

Hi, is that Lee?

0:31:430:31:45

Hi, Lee, it's Helen Hall here. How are you?

0:31:450:31:49

I was wondering if I could have

0:31:490:31:52

the Asprey silver matchbox cover from you?

0:31:520:31:56

Can we do that?

0:31:560:31:58

Oh good, you've still got it. Good. Thank goodness.

0:32:000:32:02

So, did we say £40 on it?

0:32:020:32:04

Yeah, all right. OK. Brilliant. Thanks so much.

0:32:060:32:10

All right, speak to you again. Bye-bye.

0:32:100:32:12

Cor, that was lucky, wasn't it?

0:32:120:32:14

Thankfully Lee was able to send it round straightaway.

0:32:140:32:17

So, let's see who bought what.

0:32:170:32:20

-Right, then.

-Ready?

-Moment of truth.

0:32:200:32:22

Dum-dum-dum!

0:32:220:32:24

-Right. OK.

-Here's my array.

0:32:260:32:29

-What is that?

-That is a funny fellow, isn't it?

0:32:300:32:34

It's only got three legs instead of the four. And that worked for me.

0:32:350:32:41

-A fiver.

-Oh, well, that'll do.

0:32:410:32:43

-And that is, I don't know what your Latin's like?

-Bad.

-Aqua, for water.

0:32:430:32:48

-And cara is caraway seed.

-Oh, OK.

0:32:480:32:51

It's an extract of caraway seed and it was for the cure of wind.

0:32:510:32:57

Slightly prophetic. This is my most speculative item.

0:33:010:33:04

-Right, that's sweet.

-And this is a very stylish lady with a bob.

0:33:040:33:09

Great jawline, great nose.

0:33:090:33:11

It's slightly in the manner of Eric Gill who was a great illustrator,

0:33:110:33:17

sculptor, you name it, he was there.

0:33:170:33:20

-How much did you get it for?

-£70.

0:33:200:33:22

Oh, nice. I didn't had the best couple of days of buying, really.

0:33:220:33:26

-It happens to us all.

-I was struggling. I was struggling.

0:33:260:33:29

So, I've got a bizarre assortment of pieces. Here we go.

0:33:290:33:33

Lots of goodies. Da-da-da!

0:33:340:33:37

-Brass car horn.

-Lovely. Makes a great sound does it?

-Yes, here we go.

0:33:380:33:42

HORN SOUNDS

0:33:420:33:44

Lovely, very good.

0:33:440:33:46

Nothing like blowing your own hooter, eh?

0:33:460:33:48

You know, we can have fun with that in the E-Type.

0:33:480:33:51

It looks totally functional. And how much did you pay?

0:33:510:33:53

-I paid for that, £25.

-That's fine, That's lovely.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:33:530:33:57

-Nice item.

-This I love.

0:33:570:33:59

'20s, '30s in style, Lalique-esque.

0:33:590:34:03

But it's just a cheap, pressed, English glass maker but I love it.

0:34:030:34:07

-I like the decoration with the Art Deco style.

-And a flared collar.

0:34:070:34:11

-Yeah. I love it. I want it actually.

-Good luck. Last in?

0:34:110:34:16

Have you got your trunks?

0:34:160:34:18

If you got in this water I don't think anybody would see

0:34:180:34:21

whether you're wearing trunks or not. Anyway, let's go.

0:34:210:34:24

Before you go, chaps, tell us what you really think.

0:34:240:34:27

Helen's bought some nice items.

0:34:270:34:28

I slightly...I do covet that Asprey's matchbox cover.

0:34:280:34:32

It's a lovely item, and at £40,

0:34:320:34:35

if she'd asked me how much she'd spent on it, I would have said £50.

0:34:350:34:40

I think that pottery tray is horrible.

0:34:400:34:42

SHE LAUGHS

0:34:420:34:44

But his Eric Gill thing makes me very nervous.

0:34:440:34:47

That's the kind of thing that, you know,

0:34:470:34:49

if it could possibly be attributed

0:34:490:34:52

or even just sold in the manner of, that's really nice.

0:34:520:34:55

It will be interesting who will win this next leg,

0:34:550:34:59

and let's see how we do.

0:34:590:35:01

Indeed they will,

0:35:010:35:02

as they head 30 miles for today's auction in Swindon in Wiltshire.

0:35:020:35:06

The inspiration for the NHS came from a Swindon scheme,

0:35:070:35:11

established in 1871.

0:35:110:35:14

It offered railway employees cradle-to-grave health care

0:35:140:35:17

free at point of use.

0:35:170:35:19

There's nothing going free at today's auction, though, we hope,

0:35:190:35:23

as our friendly rivals arrive to do battle.

0:35:230:35:25

-Here we are.

-Here we are.

0:35:270:35:29

HONKS HORN

0:35:290:35:30

-A celebratory honk.

-We've arrived, everyone.

0:35:300:35:34

Kidson-Trigg's auction house

0:35:360:35:38

is the location for today's auction showdown.

0:35:380:35:41

Doing the honours at the podium is Pippa Kidson-Trigg.

0:35:410:35:44

What does she think of our items?

0:35:440:35:46

We've got a mixed bag.

0:35:460:35:48

Certainly, you know, we've got an interesting spread.

0:35:480:35:50

One of my favourites is the little posy vase.

0:35:500:35:53

It's functional, colourful, and it's fashionable.

0:35:530:35:56

It will suit the modern market.

0:35:560:35:58

Should fetch £20-£40, but hopefully a bit more.

0:35:580:36:01

The Eric Gill piece - I hope this might be a bit of a sleeper.

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Obviously, Eric Gill's a great name,

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so hopefully we might get to £100 today.

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Am I going to sell everything today? Well, we'll see. Let's hope so.

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James began this third leg of the road trip with £218.28,

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and has gone on to spend £163 on five auction lots.

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Helen started with £184,

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and has parted with £134, also for five lots.

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Thank you so much for having me, and I hope to see you again sometime.

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So, with one auction win each under their belts,

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it's time for the bidding to begin.

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First up out of the trap is James's brown glass bottle.

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Put me in at £5. I'm bid at £5.

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-£10 at the back of the room. At £10. I'll take £15.

-£10. We're at £10.

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At £15 now. At £20. Lady's bid at £20.

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At £20 at the back of the room.

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-Are we all done? Fair warning.

-Come on.

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£20.

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The bidders have bottled out of this one,

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giving James his first loss.

0:37:050:37:06

-Oh, well. There you go.

-A winless area.

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Can Helen get off to a better start with her posy bowl?

0:37:110:37:14

Start me off at £5.

0:37:140:37:17

£5. £5. At £5.

0:37:170:37:19

-£10 at the back of the room. Thank you.

-There we go. We got £10.

0:37:190:37:22

Phew.

0:37:220:37:23

-Go on the internet. Go on.

-At £10. Last call. Hammer's raised.

0:37:230:37:27

-Fair warning.

-Oh, there we go. A tenner.

0:37:270:37:30

Even Stevens, but it's just the beginning.

0:37:300:37:33

Next up is the commemorative China beaker.

0:37:330:37:37

Someone put me in at £5 to start. At £5.

0:37:370:37:40

At £5. I'll take £10. £5. I'll take £10 now. At £10. At £10.

0:37:400:37:44

They came in just before.

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At £15 now. Anyone else in the room?

0:37:450:37:47

-OK, are we all done?

-£15.

-At £15.

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That's a lot better, isn't it?

0:37:490:37:52

Exciting. It's another loss. But the biggest items are yet to come.

0:37:520:37:55

So what did you spend your money on, then, Helen?

0:37:550:37:59

-Will the matchbox holder strike a light with today's bidders?

-£20.

0:37:590:38:03

At £20. I'm bid at £20. I'll take £5.

0:38:030:38:06

-£25. Thank you, at the back of the room.

-Come on.

-At £25.

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-£30. Fresh bidder.

-£30. Well done.

0:38:080:38:12

£40. Thank you.

0:38:120:38:14

At £45. With you. I'm selling at £45. Thank you.

0:38:140:38:18

-Phew.

-Well done.

0:38:180:38:19

-Pulled it back there.

-You certainly did.

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A tidy fiver on top.

0:38:230:38:25

Will James see a big profit on his mirrored stand?

0:38:250:38:29

I'm going to start the bidding off at £50.

0:38:290:38:32

They are quite rare to see.

0:38:320:38:34

£75, still with me. At £75.

0:38:340:38:38

-Still with me.

-How very un-gentlemanly. And rather unseemly.

0:38:380:38:42

Almost a profit.

0:38:420:38:43

I'm selling on the internet at home for £90.

0:38:430:38:48

-What did it go for?

-I think £90 in the end.

0:38:480:38:51

That's lit up James's fortune, all right.

0:38:510:38:54

£75 profit puts him in the lead.

0:38:540:38:57

You see, you can't keep a good man down, Helen. That's the problem.

0:38:570:39:01

-James's three-legged tray is up next.

-There we are.

0:39:010:39:05

Start me off at £5. I'm bid at £5.

0:39:050:39:07

At £5, at £5. At £5, I'll take £10.

0:39:070:39:09

£5 for the tea tray.

0:39:090:39:10

Sorry, we'll just wait for the internet now. At £10. Thank you.

0:39:100:39:14

At £10 I'm bid. Fair warning. Fair warning at home. £10.

0:39:140:39:17

-Hey, I was right not to pay more than a fiver.

-Yeah, you were.

0:39:170:39:20

You definitely wear.

0:39:200:39:22

The tray has served up a fiver profit for James.

0:39:220:39:24

-Lovely tray.

-Mmm.

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And now it's time for James's slate and malachite mantel clock.

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Start the bidding off at £5. I'm bid at £5.

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At £5.

0:39:360:39:38

£5? Oh, dear.

0:39:380:39:41

At £5. I'll take £10.

0:39:410:39:42

Thank you, seated. At £10 I'm bid.

0:39:420:39:45

Last call in the room. Fair warning.

0:39:450:39:47

Fair warning on the internet.

0:39:470:39:49

I wasn't expecting that. There we are.

0:39:490:39:51

-£10. That's an absolute bargain.

-Oh, dear.

0:39:510:39:54

He's clocked up a £40 loss with that.

0:39:540:39:57

I'm now back to zero again on that lot.

0:39:570:40:01

Now, is the writing on the wall for Helen's writing box?

0:40:010:40:03

£5. I'm bid at £5.

0:40:040:40:06

I think it's overpriced at £5, Helen.

0:40:060:40:09

£10. Thank you, Dave. At £10 at the back of the room. At £10.

0:40:090:40:13

I'll take £5. Thank you. At £15. At £15, seated. £20.

0:40:130:40:17

Fresh bid at £25 now. At £25. At £30. £5.

0:40:170:40:22

Do you want to go again?

0:40:220:40:24

At £40. At £5. At £45.

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All done at £45.

0:40:280:40:30

-Yay! A profit!

-£45! That was well done. Well done.

0:40:300:40:34

A nice £14 profit for Helen before commission.

0:40:340:40:37

I think you've slipped into the lead there, chief.

0:40:370:40:40

Will anyone give a hoot for Helen's horn? £5.

0:40:410:40:46

At £5, please. Thank you. At £5.

0:40:460:40:49

At £5. I'll take £10. At £10, thank you. At £20.

0:40:490:40:53

At £20, seated. At £20.

0:40:530:40:55

Fresh bidder at the back of the room at £25. £30.

0:40:550:40:58

£35. £40. £45.

0:40:580:41:01

-£50.

-Yes! Come on, horn!

0:41:010:41:04

-All done at £50.

-Well done, well done.

0:41:040:41:07

Helen maintains her lead over James with a £25 profit.

0:41:070:41:12

-See, you've done very well on the last two.

-I've done well.

0:41:140:41:17

-They needed warming up, Helen.

-Yeah, they did.

0:41:170:41:20

Can James get back in front with his Eric Gill style portrait?

0:41:200:41:24

-Start the bidding off at

-£5. Oh.

0:41:240:41:27

£10 now. £10, £10, £10. £15.

0:41:270:41:30

It will go, it will go.

0:41:300:41:32

At £15. Any advance?

0:41:320:41:34

£20, thank you. At £25. Do you want to go again?

0:41:340:41:38

-At £30.

-She's bid on loads of stuff, that lady.

0:41:380:41:43

Selling in the room at £40.

0:41:430:41:46

-Oh, dear.

-Oh, James. I'm sorry.

0:41:460:41:49

It's all gone wrong horribly for me. Yes, he had high hopes for that.

0:41:490:41:54

But he's just lost £30 on it.

0:41:540:41:56

-HE LAUGHS

-Well, the market always decides, doesn't it?

0:41:560:42:00

-The market decides, yeah.

-So there we are.

-Oh, dear.

0:42:000:42:03

So let's total it up.

0:42:030:42:06

James started this leg of the Road Trip merrily with £218.28,

0:42:060:42:10

but after auction costs,

0:42:100:42:12

he's made a loss of £23.60,

0:42:120:42:14

leaving a gloomy £194.68.

0:42:140:42:18

Helen, meanwhile, started this leg of the trip with £184,

0:42:210:42:25

but after auction costs, scraped a profit of just £1.30,

0:42:250:42:29

thereby winning this third leg of the Road Trip with £185.30.

0:42:290:42:35

-You did well!

-Do you know what? Scores on the doors, £1.30 profit.

0:42:350:42:41

I'm closing the gap, James. You better watch out!

0:42:410:42:45

She certainly has. Helen's won two of the three auctions so far

0:42:450:42:49

on this trip, as the rookie turns master.

0:42:490:42:51

-Just avoid clocks and carved panels.

-And carved panels.

0:42:510:42:56

Right, here we go. And we're off.

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On the next Antiques Road Trip, James loses his confidence.

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I'm going through this sort of buying crisis.

0:43:080:43:10

But Helen's feeling flush.

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Megabucks. Mega!

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