0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05All right, viewers?
0:00:05 > 0:00:07..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 > 0:00:14Sold! Going, going, gone.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:1950p!
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Oh! Oh!
0:00:29 > 0:00:30Ow!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40It's the final leg of our tussle in a Triumph GT6...
0:00:42 > 0:00:45..with Charles Hanson and Philip Serrell.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Auctioneers and best chums.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51- I'm a bit wet sometimes, aren't I?- No, you're not.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- You're lovely, Charlie. - Thanks, mate.
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Phil's a Worcester man...
0:00:57 > 0:01:00..and some say he has an affinity with dumb creatures.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03You see, that's really nice...
0:01:04 > 0:01:05..but it's a little dear.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07HE LAUGHS
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Our Charles from Derbyshire is equally intuitive.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15They say he can actually talk to antiques.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16How much are you?
0:01:16 > 0:01:17Are you really?
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Where were you made?
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Were you really?
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Charles certainly acquired a fan club last time.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29£240.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32I think I'm just going to pack my car and go, Charlie.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33I'll see you later.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34He bought 30 fans
0:01:34 > 0:01:37and made over £900 profit at the auction.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42They're selling at £480 for the fans.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44F-A-N-S, what does it spell?
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Ah, it's like a recurring nightmare, Charlie.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Phil began with £200 and, after four trips to auction,
0:01:51 > 0:01:56he's managed to increase it to a respectable £357.50.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02But he's overshadowed by rival Charles,
0:02:02 > 0:02:04who's turned his starting £200
0:02:04 > 0:02:09into a mighty £1191.44.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Shall I lend you a fiver?
0:02:12 > 0:02:14- Oh, shut up!- No, shall I?
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Our boys set out from Southport in the north west of England
0:02:21 > 0:02:24and have covered over 800 miles as they weave their way towards
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Cirencester in the county of Gloucestershire.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34Today, they begin in Bucks at Old Wolverton
0:02:34 > 0:02:37and then take a trip round the Midlands before heading
0:02:37 > 0:02:40southwest for the deciding auction at Cirencester.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Now part of Milton Keynes, Old Wolverton dates back to
0:02:48 > 0:02:49medieval times.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Sounds like Wolverhampton!
0:02:51 > 0:02:53That was earlier in the trip, Charles.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56The town's quite a transport hub too.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Once boasting a repair shop for the London to Birmingham railway
0:03:00 > 0:03:04and then there's the Grand Union Canal which also passes through.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- And there is my shop.- Take care.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I'm going to get him! Hold up!
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Steady on, Phil.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20With Charles safely inside,
0:03:20 > 0:03:24it seems that Grandad's Collectibles features vintage, retro
0:03:24 > 0:03:29and reproduction with the occasional antique just waiting to be spotted.
0:03:29 > 0:03:35If that is rococo, it's worth maybe £300 or £400. It's priced at 65.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39I have a feeling it's probably a reproduction.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41And I've a feeling you might be right,
0:03:41 > 0:03:44but there's enough of a mix here to get him excited.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45METAL CLATTERS Sorry about that!
0:03:45 > 0:03:49I suggest you move to another part of the shop, Charles, smartish!
0:03:50 > 0:03:52That's nice. This is good.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Hidden in the corner...
0:03:55 > 0:04:00Oh, that's nice. That's pretty. Look at that. Oops. Up she goes.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Art Nouveau, with these nice bronzed coopered mounts,
0:04:05 > 0:04:07it ought to be a log bin or a coal box.
0:04:07 > 0:04:13Circa 1890, a splendid Arts and Crafts oak-lined copper box
0:04:13 > 0:04:15and it is really nice
0:04:15 > 0:04:18and it's priced at £98. It's lovely.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I'm quite tempted with this, so I'll give it some thought.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24So, while Charles ponders still further...
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Phil's heading west. Quite appropriate, really!
0:04:28 > 0:04:32Making his way from Old Wolverton to Sulgrave,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35and the ancestral home of George Washington.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- Simon, Philip, how are you? - Philip, welcome to Sulgrave Manor.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Yeah, it's lovely. This is a house and a half, isn't it?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42It's a lovely house.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46The manor was built on the site of an old
0:04:46 > 0:04:49priory in the mid-16th century by Lawrence Washington,
0:04:49 > 0:04:51a wealthy farmer and wool trader
0:04:51 > 0:04:55who was the great-great-great- great-great-grandfather
0:04:55 > 0:04:57of the first president of the USA.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00So, this is 1550 and George Washington is when?
0:05:00 > 0:05:06Eh, 1732 he was born, so we're talking 200-odd years before...
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Well, there's all sorts going on here, isn't it?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- I mean, the first thing, we've got our flag...- Yes.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- ..and then we've got the stars and stripes.- Yes.- But you've got...?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- Yes, you've got the... - Three stars and two stripes!
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- Indeed, yes, on the front of the house.- Yeah.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22This is the Washington family coat of arms and it was awarded
0:05:22 > 0:05:25to the family at the Battle of Crecy in 1346.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Is that where the stars and stripes comes from?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- Well...many people say it is.- Yeah.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34When George Washington became president of this new country,
0:05:34 > 0:05:38a lady called Betsy Ross was given the task of designing and making
0:05:38 > 0:05:40a flag for this new country,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42and apparently it was Martha Washington, George's wife,
0:05:42 > 0:05:45had a little word in Betsy's shell-like and said,
0:05:45 > 0:05:46"My husband's first president,
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- you should base the flag on his coat of arms."- Oh, really?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I'm not sure what the Americans will make of the idea
0:05:53 > 0:05:55that their flag is based upon English spurs
0:05:55 > 0:05:59and rivers of French blood, but as the ancestral home of
0:05:59 > 0:06:02the first president, it really is a must-see.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Not only do they have several portraits
0:06:04 > 0:06:08and even items of clothing once belonging to George Washington,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11but, in the great hall, they even have it in writing.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15Our first known Washington,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18a gentleman called William de Hertburn,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21he was Lord of the Manor of Hertburn in northeast England,
0:06:21 > 0:06:23had his manor confiscated from him,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25really, by the Bishop of Durham,
0:06:25 > 0:06:27but the bishop rather kindly gave him another one called
0:06:27 > 0:06:30the Manor of Wessyngton, so he had to move with his family
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- to Wessyngton... - Wessyngton, Washington,
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- Wessyngton, Washington...- That's what it evolved into, exactly, yeah,
0:06:36 > 0:06:38and, if that hadn't happened,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41the president of the United States would now be living in Hertburn DC.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45George's most influential forebear was his great-grandfather,
0:06:45 > 0:06:50John, who emigrated to Virginia in 1657, becoming a tobacco planter
0:06:50 > 0:06:54and subsequently, a captain of the local armed militia.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57George followed in his footsteps and when the War of Independence
0:06:57 > 0:07:02began in 1775, Washington was appointed commander in chief.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Gilbert Stuart painted this...- Yeah.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10This is an original Gilbert Stuart, but it's not THE original.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Washington only sat for Stuart once and from that one sitting, Stuart
0:07:14 > 0:07:18produced a very famous portrait called the Athenaeum portrait.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- Right.- And the story goes that someone was visiting Stuart's studio
0:07:22 > 0:07:25one day, saw the Athenaeum portrait and said to Stuart,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28"I rather like that. Will you do one for me?"
0:07:28 > 0:07:31And Stuart said, "Give me 100 and I'll do it."
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- And, reportedly, Stuart did this about 130 times.- Lord above!
0:07:36 > 0:07:40He effectively made his living out of painting the same portrait
0:07:40 > 0:07:41again and again and again.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43A production line.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46The Athenaeum original remained unfinished,
0:07:46 > 0:07:50but Stuart's famous image of the first president's face was to
0:07:50 > 0:07:54be reproduced about a squillion more times and counting.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- It's on the dollar bill.- Is it?
0:07:56 > 0:07:59And this is supposedly one of the great mistakes of history.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02Back then, when you printed something, it was reversed
0:08:02 > 0:08:06and the printers had to re-reverse it to get it the right way round.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Well, apparently, they forgot to re-reverse
0:08:08 > 0:08:12the portrait of George Washington.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16So, the dollar bill has the same face on it as you see here, but...
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- The other way round. - ..it's the other way around.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- And he's still there now.- And he's still there now to this very day.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Tell me, does your canteen accept these?- Uh, we will from you, Phil.
0:08:26 > 0:08:27Come on, let's go for a cup of tea.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30This has been fantastic. I really enjoyed it...
0:08:30 > 0:08:35Now, talking of hard cash, any news on Charles' first shop?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38How did you get on this morning, Charlie? Did you spend some money?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39It was a really nice shop, it was a new...
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- CHARLIE YAWNS - ..place.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Tired!- Am I boring you? - Sorry, Phil!- Am I boring you?
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Actually, Phil, he didn't part with as much as a penny,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50which should add a little spice to your trip to Brackley.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Just down the road from Silverstone, Brackley, is the home of the
0:08:55 > 0:09:01Mercedes Formula 1 Grand Prix team and some fine Georgian architecture.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03The Antique Cellar is huge.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Plenty of room and enough choice to, hopefully,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08get our two revved up and off the grid.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11These are nice... No, not really!
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Lordy! It's turning into one of those days, but,
0:09:14 > 0:09:18with his comfortable lead, Charles can dilly-dally as much as he likes.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20The pressure is very much on Phil.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24(I am not going to catch him up by spending)
0:09:24 > 0:09:27(30 quid here and 40 quid there.)
0:09:27 > 0:09:29(I've got to spend every last penny I've got.)
0:09:29 > 0:09:30And speaking of Penny...
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- Hi, Penny, you've got the key. Brilliant.- Yeah,
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- what would you like to look at? - Penny, I'm going to look at
0:09:35 > 0:09:37- that man in armour.- Ooh! - I like a knight in shining armour.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- There's nothing like a man in armour.- Exactly.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Well, Phil's around somewhere, you know. Phil's around on the prowl.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47- Now, what age is that?- I can't imagine there's a great age to it.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50A novelty cigar lighter, priced £25.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- That's quite nice, isn't it? - That's rather nice, isn't it?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Yeah, it's just missing something, isn't it? What's it missing?
0:09:56 > 0:09:57A sword.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Yeah. It is quite novel.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- It's quirky, isn't it?- It is quirky.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Is there much room for manoeuvre in that price? What's your best?
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- Not an awful lot, I'm afraid.- Penny, whisper to me. Penny, whisper to me.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- £22.50.- Say it again. - £22.50.- £22.50, yeah.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- The protocol in your big emporium is 10%, isn't it?- Yes, it is, yeah.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19And that's good. You know where you are, there's no hidden sort of...
0:10:19 > 0:10:24£15? No, no. Take 15? No.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Because it's all about 10% in here, so you've got to be fair.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Close, but no cigar, Charles.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- Now, what's Phil got his eye on? - Those are quite fun, aren't they?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38I think they're quite nice, I mean, you know, they're...
0:10:38 > 0:10:41no great age, probably 1920s.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42But they're quite decorative things,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45just made a little bit out of the ordinary by all this lot here.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49This is mahogany, his is probably stained beech or something.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Well, he did buy a rudder on an earlier leg.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53And as I'm so far behind,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Charlie, I do appear to be up the creek without a paddle.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59This might do the job, mightn't they? Look at that.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01We could perhaps have a go at those.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03Nice, but at a £30 ticket price,
0:11:03 > 0:11:06they're hardly the make or break gamble he had in mind.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Time to have a word with Penny.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- You just need a boat now. - Absolutely.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12A boat? Please don't tempt him.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14They're nice!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- Yeah, well, they're a bit of fun, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I think they're probably painted, aren't they?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Rather than actually inlaid.
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Looks like they're painted.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Ah, I think he's after a bit more than 10% by the sound of it.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28(Can we do those for 20 quid?)
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- What's on them?- 30.- OK.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Phew! First buy at the very end of the day.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Now, how's he going to keep those hidden?
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Better get an early night, chaps,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41there's an awful lot of shopping to do tomorrow.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45- Shall we pick some blackberries?- I am not going blackberrying...- Why not?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- ..with you.- Why not?- People will talk. There's cars behind us.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Good grief, eh? Nighty-night.
0:11:55 > 0:12:00- Next day, things are a trifle soggy. - Charlie, why are we up the hedge?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Sorry, I can't see a thing out the window.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Well, I hope they can find their way to the next shop...
0:12:05 > 0:12:09because the £20 that Phil lavished on a pair of paddles was, for
0:12:09 > 0:12:14whatever reason, the sum total of their purchasing efforts yesterday.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17I charge like a wounded rhino in here.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19So, he's got to play a blinder today
0:12:19 > 0:12:22and hope that Charles takes his eye off the ball,
0:12:22 > 0:12:26because, with time running out, Phil's still over £800 behind.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29Later, they'll be making for that
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Cotswolds climax in Cirencester,
0:12:33 > 0:12:34but the next stop is in
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Northamptonshire at Weedon Bec...
0:12:37 > 0:12:40birthplace of Leo G Carroll...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44..Mr Waverley in TV's The Man From UNCLE.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- What are you doing? - I'm trying to help you out.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49With a friend like you, I don't need any help... Argh!
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Charlie! Charlie! Charlie!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Now, pull yourself up! What's up?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56THEY LAUGH Sorry! Sorry, Phil!
0:12:56 > 0:12:58I'm sorry! LAUGHTER CONTINUES
0:12:58 > 0:13:01So much for our agents being undercover.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Right, you go in that way and I'll go this way.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Um, why don't we think about it? Why don't I go that way?
0:13:06 > 0:13:07No, no, because I want to go this way.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09- OK, I'll see you.- Bye-bye, Charlie.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10TIM LAUGHS
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Let's hope for Phil's sake, he's off in the right direction,
0:13:13 > 0:13:17but there's plenty to choose from here at Shires Antique Centre.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Let the games commence, eh?
0:13:20 > 0:13:22- There we go.- That's the one. - Just like that.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25Charles, of course, has still got an awful lot of cash
0:13:25 > 0:13:26burning a hole in his pocket.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Any really, really interesting bits of big silver that might
0:13:30 > 0:13:33cost me £400? I can afford it!
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Blimey, Charles!
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Now, we know you're very fond of those.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- What's the best price?- That can be...
0:13:41 > 0:13:44- ..today, 2,000.- Could it, really?
0:13:44 > 0:13:46- Look at that. You see... - < Charge him more!
0:13:46 > 0:13:48He's got plenty! Add some on!
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Helpful, Phil(!)
0:13:51 > 0:13:53Don't take it off! He's got thousands.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Get out of here!
0:13:55 > 0:13:58If you don't ask the question, you never know. It's a wonderful thing.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02I can't quite afford it. If it could go maybe a bit less, I could do.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05A serious, serious work of art. I love it.
0:14:05 > 0:14:10OK, let's forget the suit of armour. Even Moneybags here can't buy that.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13Now, from top dollar to bargain basement.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17It's a pine, probably late 18th century, pine box.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Quite sweet, you can use it for your shoes or for
0:14:19 > 0:14:22whatever purpose you may find and then you've just got
0:14:22 > 0:14:28some quite attractive Hornby bits and pieces in here, which is quite nice.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30That's one way of describing them.
0:14:30 > 0:14:36The market is pretty buoyant for such tin plate toys from the 1940s, '50s.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Here, you've got a Portland, plus circle, cement mixer
0:14:40 > 0:14:44and this would be probably date again to the early '50s.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Yeah, I just feel... What's the best price on this?
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Erm, we've got 10 on that. We could do that at 5.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Yeah, OK, I'll have that. Thanks very much. That's my first buy.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I'm a rocket today. I've got to get going. So, a fiver...
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- Thanks very much, I'll take it. - No problem.- Lovely.
0:14:57 > 0:14:58Right, I'll keep on going.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01Thanks to John, Charles has finally got started.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05His travelling companion's got his eye on a box too.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08In the late 18th century, 19th century, before you went to bed,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10you got a candle to put in your chamber stick
0:15:10 > 0:15:13and went up the stairs and off you went, and the candles were
0:15:13 > 0:15:17kept in a box at the bottom of the stairs and that's it.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20It's called a candle box and that's just a really sweet thing.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24It's going to make at auction £80 to £120, but...
0:15:24 > 0:15:26(I think the dealer's missed a trick here,)
0:15:26 > 0:15:28(because he said this is Victorian oak.)
0:15:28 > 0:15:30(I actually think that's probably elm.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32(Elm's a little bit more sought-after.)
0:15:32 > 0:15:34'OK, I'm going to ask what the best they can do is,
0:15:34 > 0:15:36'and perhaps see if we can put it by.'
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I wonder what Alison can do on it?
0:15:38 > 0:15:41The ticket price is £149. Wow.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46- That belongs to our restorer. We're selling it for him.- Right.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Um, the best on that is 120 on it, so...
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- OK, can you hang onto that for me? - Yeah, all right.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54I think he'll be back. Charles, meanwhile,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57has tracked down a cabinet with some very nice silver.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03This is a lovely, what you call a George III silver helmet-shaped cream jug.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07This is 1769, nine years after that madman came on the throne,
0:16:07 > 0:16:11- who was...?- 1769... - Which king was that?
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- In France or in England? George the II.- George the III.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- III?- That's OK. Thanks for coming! It was George III and...
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- I'm very much up on my French history!- Yeah, good man, good man.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Not so hot on his British monarchs,
0:16:24 > 0:16:27but Allan does have some good things.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Um, I like that.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- Just because...- It's cheap as well. - This...well.- It is for what it is.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37It's a pretty silver, neoclassical style sifter.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- What is it, Allan? - It's a salter, I would imagine.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43It is a salter, because you'll see here, when it's been cleaned
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- on this cover, the holes have been filled in...- With the cleaner.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47- ..by the cleaner...- That wasn't me.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51No, so, actually, now, if you were to use it, you wouldn't have any salt
0:16:51 > 0:16:55come out, because the cleaning agent has, obviously, filled in the holes.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00The ticket price on the sifter is £65, but the jug's a hefty £260.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04What's the absolute best on that? To give me a life!
0:17:04 > 0:17:07- I need to eat as well. - Of course you do, absolutely.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09(50 quid for that.)
0:17:10 > 0:17:12It's pretty. £30?
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- Make it 35 and we'll do it. - Yeah, go on, I'll do it. Good man.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Thanks, Allan. And now, if I said to you...
0:17:19 > 0:17:21what's the best on that?
0:17:21 > 0:17:2385.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25£80 to you.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Blimey, that's a big discount.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31- It's 18th century. How often can you buy a bit of 18th century silver?- Yeah, exactly.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34- And what other piece of 18th century have you found...?- Take 60, take 60!
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- I'll do 65.- Oh, don't say that!
0:17:36 > 0:17:39I'll tell you what, call it 100 for the two.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- So, that will be 40 and that will be 60.- Yeah.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- I'll take it. Thanks, mate. - There you go, then.- That's two down.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- OK, look, when the going gets tough...- You've got to do it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Well done. I think he's mad about that bargain bit of Georgian.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53This is George III...
0:17:53 > 0:17:59- 1769, isn't it?- Yes, cos it's hallmarked.- Who was king of England?
0:17:59 > 0:18:01- George the II. - No, it was George the III!
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Go on. Let's take you through it. Who was king of England?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07- George III.- Good lad. Put it there. That's a deal.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10And they said HE was a bit eccentric!
0:18:11 > 0:18:15Ah! Phil's got his eye on some of his beloved Worcester.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18That was painted probably about 80 yards from my office,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22and it's called "Painted Fruit" and people who painted fruit...
0:18:22 > 0:18:25The greatest fruit painter there ever was, was a man called
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Richard Sebright, and that plate was painted by Richard Sebright.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32The ticket price is £190.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I just want to check there's no damage to it, and what's interesting
0:18:35 > 0:18:37here...look, this is made in Worcester
0:18:37 > 0:18:39and you can date it by counting up these...
0:18:39 > 0:18:41That star there, I don't know if you can see that star,
0:18:41 > 0:18:45they started putting that on in 1916 and then, each year after,
0:18:45 > 0:18:46they added a dot.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50So, you've got 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920,
0:18:50 > 0:18:541921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56So, is that what the ticket says?
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- 1925.- I should have read that in the first place.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00Not so much fun though.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03And then we want to look for restoration and the problem
0:19:03 > 0:19:06with it is, you can see here, look, there's cut marks there, there...
0:19:07 > 0:19:12..there and there. Now, that was to be 120 to 180 quid.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14How are we fixed on that one?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Um, I can do...
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- £150 on that plate. - It's getting there.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22If I bought the two, do you think you could do me a deal?
0:19:22 > 0:19:24This and the candle box.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Could you really help me out?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28£240 would be the best on the two.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33When you only have £337.50, that is quite a sum,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36albeit for a nice couple of things.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Can I give you £200 for the two?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40I can't, unfortunately.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43Can we split the two down the middle? Can we go 220 for the two?
0:19:43 > 0:19:45And then I'll definitely have them both.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47What am I doing here? What am I doing?
0:19:47 > 0:19:50Gambling, Phil. You'll need to, if you want to catch him.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51I really can't, I'm sorry.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Put them by for me, I'll be back in a minute.- OK.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56Time for Alison to call the dealer.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Now, what's Charles getting excited about?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02First, Worcester and now Derby. I think they're both feeling
0:20:02 > 0:20:04a bit homesick.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06It's a very sweet dog. Isn't that nice?
0:20:06 > 0:20:08What's the best price on that? Could it be like...?
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Could it be like £15, do you think?
0:20:10 > 0:20:13I don't think we could do that far, but I think this dealer would
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- probably go to 25 on that, at the best.- OK.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Why I like this, it's obviously from my home town,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20a nice Royal Crown Derby paperweight,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23has its gold stopper, it's called The Spaniel.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Um, and it's just quite a nice object.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29There are lots of dog lovers out there, it's posy...
0:20:30 > 0:20:31Do you think she'd go 20 for it?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Em...- Is it worth a call?- I think she'd do 20 on that.- You sure?
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- For you.- It's a modern day collectible.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Put it there and say sold for £20. I like it.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44Woof! Woof!
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Yet another buy for Charles,
0:20:46 > 0:20:50but how about Phil's double deal for the candle box and the plate?
0:20:50 > 0:20:52All right, can we do it, my love?
0:20:52 > 0:20:54- Yes... - Oh, you're an angel!- ..deal's done.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57He appreciates that's going to affect the value of it.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's lovely. Thank you very much indeed.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05Phil, having bagged that brace for £220, is off to pastures new.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10But Charles just can't stop buying this morning.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- John, is this your squeeze-box?- Yeah.
0:21:12 > 0:21:18I just...the market at the moment is quite bullish for instruments,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21be it violins, be it concertinas, which this one is and,
0:21:21 > 0:21:25of course, this one's made by quite a good maker in Lachenal, London
0:21:25 > 0:21:29marked, and if you have an auction which is vibrantly online,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32these can do quite well, and, importantly,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35what's really important to collectors, obviously,
0:21:35 > 0:21:39when it comes to restoration, there's no holes in the actual squeeze-box.
0:21:39 > 0:21:43There's a restored, I think, maybe hole on the corner here.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47There's a couple of tears in the hexagonal
0:21:47 > 0:21:52corners of the squeeze-box, but it's just a great thing and I can't
0:21:52 > 0:21:56play them, but, you know, I wish I could do, because it's just folk art.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59What's the best price on this? It's not priced, I don't think, is it?
0:21:59 > 0:22:02We've got 120 on it. We could do that for 90 for you.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04You wouldn't go a bit less, would you, at all?
0:22:04 > 0:22:10- I was going to offer maybe £60 cash for it.- I couldn't do 60 on it.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14We could go to 80, but that would be the death on it.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17But I think we're really close...
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- ..but I'll leave it for the time being.- OK.- I'll leave it.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Fair enough! He's already spent an awful lot, after all.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Time to settle up.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29That's cost me 125.
0:22:29 > 0:22:35I could almost make it up to a round £200...which would mean I'd
0:22:35 > 0:22:38pay you £75 for the squeeze-box.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41The man's nodding over there. That's a done deal then.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Well, if the boss accords!
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- Thank you. Sure?- Absolutely.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Guys, thanks ever so much.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Phew! That was some shop, with those two splashing out
0:22:51 > 0:22:55over £400 between them and now Phil's after more...
0:22:56 > 0:23:00..stepping a little further into the centre of Weedon Bec to visit
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Helios & Co.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- Good morning, how are you? - Not too bad.- Philip.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Hello, I'm Barry. - This looks a shop and a half!
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Yeah, impressive, isn't it?
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Phil probably wishes he had a bit more than just over £100...
0:23:18 > 0:23:22..but, with Barry's help, I'm sure a little something can be rustled up.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I mean, that's quite a nice piece. It's interesting.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30I mean, it's well-made. Probably make a half-decent sort of...
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- you know, wastepaper basket or something.- A very good one.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Or you could describe it as a coopered jardiniere.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- And what would be the best you could do on that?- 70, is that good?
0:23:40 > 0:23:41I quite like that.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I quite like that.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Yeah, this could go down well in Cirencester, Phil.
0:23:49 > 0:23:50Now, what's he got there?
0:23:51 > 0:23:55This is great. I love this. This is a lazy Suzy.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58I'm not quite sure where it gets the nickname from.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02But it's called a lazy Suzy, cos you would
0:24:02 > 0:24:03sit at the dining table...
0:24:05 > 0:24:07..and if you wanted your neighbour to have that...
0:24:10 > 0:24:12..you spun it round to him like that.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17The origins of the lazy Susan are hazy,
0:24:17 > 0:24:21but they were said to be popular with car pioneer Henry Ford.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Some claim it's a German innovation,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27but modern versions are often found at Chinese buffets.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32I like that. It's very simplistic.
0:24:32 > 0:24:38The price is £145, but Barry's come up with a third object to ponder.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Does that not interest you? That's rather fun, you know.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- A nice bit of 19th century... - A little spinning wheel.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Yes, a spinning wheel. I'm not sure what for,
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- cos it's not wool, is it? It's too small.- No.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52So, you'd put your foot on there, wouldn't you?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55And then there should be a piece of twine
0:24:55 > 0:24:57- that goes around there...- Yeah.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58..and then, as you treadle this...
0:24:58 > 0:25:01But how could somebody work it with their foot, unless it was a child?
0:25:01 > 0:25:04I think it's a child's spinning wheel.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06It's a piece of decoration in its own right,
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- so it would sit on a sideboard. - On a sideboard, chest of drawers...
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Yeah, it would dress it. - And it's a very interesting thing.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17Quite, Barry. Now, there's really no messing about with these chaps.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20All three items side by side and let the bargaining commence!
0:25:21 > 0:25:26- I've got £117 and 50p to spend, that's my budget.- Right.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28He took that well, I thought.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31The ticket price on that was 145.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35The ticket price on that is 85 and the ticket price on that is 98.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37You tell me what the best price is on each.
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Well, I mean, that one is going to be £90.- OK.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46- Those, I would do you 100 for the two, if it helps.- 100 for the two?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49For the two, but that is the absolute bottom on them.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- I'm going to just shake you by the hand.- Oh, all right then!
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Yeah, that's wizard. I love those two.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59So, with the spinning wheel and the wooden bucket, Phil's done.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- That's lovely.- Brilliant. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Now, then, let's see what Charles has been up to.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08He's triumphantly tootling in the Triumph
0:26:08 > 0:26:11from Weedon Bec to Coventry in the West Midlands
0:26:11 > 0:26:14to hear the naked truth about one of its famous ancestors.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19- Hi, Abby.- Oh, I thought you were Lady Godiva!- No, no, afraid not,
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- but I can tell you about her.- And I'm Charles Hanson, good to see you.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- Nice to see you. Let's go. - Fantastic.
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Holy Trinity Parish Church in the very heart of Coventry city centre
0:26:28 > 0:26:32has been part of the city's story since the 12th century
0:26:32 > 0:26:37when it once stood beside the priory, established by Leofric,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Earl of Mercia, and his famous wife, Godiva.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44I think, somehow, the spin on Lady Godiva has just become
0:26:44 > 0:26:46- known as this sort of topless lady... - Absolutely.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49..who floats many a male boat.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Well, she was a really committed Christian woman
0:26:52 > 0:26:56and believed that God wanted justice for the meek.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Lady Godiva said she would do what she did to protest against her
0:26:59 > 0:27:02husband's taxes, and the way we know she protested,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05the myth is that she rode naked on the back of a horse
0:27:05 > 0:27:07through the city, um,
0:27:07 > 0:27:10but she asked the people of Coventry to look away out of respect.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12Close their shutters.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Exactly, and, of course, the story goes that this man called Tom
0:27:16 > 0:27:18found a way of looking, um, and got caught.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23And so the legend of the Peeping Tom was born.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26The people of Coventry did get their tax cut and there's even
0:27:26 > 0:27:31a window in Holy Trinity honouring the famous protestor.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35Do you ever recreate the Lady Godiva scene? Is it a tradition once a year?
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- We have a Coventry Lady Godiva. - Do you really?
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- There's a lady who, kind of, is Lady Godiva.- Yes, is she here today?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Not here today, I'm afraid, no.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49The Benedictine Priory was destroyed by Henry VIII,
0:27:49 > 0:27:53but Holy Trinity survived and was restored in the 17th century.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57The Puritans, however, took exception to a significant work of
0:27:57 > 0:28:02medieval art, the Coventry Doom, and whitewashed it over.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Thankfully, this too has now been restored.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08What is so doomful about that?
0:28:08 > 0:28:11It's about the Last Judgment, so when Jesus comes back to earth
0:28:11 > 0:28:15and judges people on the choices they've made in their life.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17- Yes!- Absolutely.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21And so the boat-like things are actually coffins, so their souls
0:28:21 > 0:28:25are coming, rising up from their coffins, and to be judged by Jesus.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30The Victorians rediscovered the painting, but coated it
0:28:30 > 0:28:34in a varnish which became so dark, it was almost hidden again.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40Coventry was to overcome much worse hardships in the subsequent century.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- Has someone spilt a pot of ink down there?- Afraid not, no.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46It's actually marks from the Blitz from incendiaries that
0:28:46 > 0:28:49fell through into the building during the Blitz.
0:28:49 > 0:28:50The whole of the city centre was hit.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Obviously, we're right in the middle of the city centre,
0:28:53 > 0:28:54right next to the cathedral,
0:28:54 > 0:28:58which, sort of, so famously was completely destroyed.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00When the Second World War began,
0:29:00 > 0:29:03car manufacturing Coventry was considered a prime target
0:29:03 > 0:29:05for Luftwaffe bombing
0:29:05 > 0:29:09and there had already been several raids before the terrible night of
0:29:09 > 0:29:1414th of November 1940, when the nearby cathedral was destroyed,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16along with much of the city's ancient centre.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19We have a picture of the morning after that night.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22So, you know, from what would have been a maze of
0:29:22 > 0:29:25little medieval streets and buildings all around the church,
0:29:25 > 0:29:28all that's left is the church.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31But the apparently miraculous survival of Holy Trinity did
0:29:31 > 0:29:34have quite a lot of human help.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37The vicar, the Reverend Graham Clitheroe, he and his team
0:29:37 > 0:29:40kept vigil, basically, night after night, in case of attack.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43On the night itself, they did amazing things like kicking
0:29:43 > 0:29:45incendiaries off the roof so they didn't take hold.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48They were so determined that this building would not be destroyed
0:29:48 > 0:29:50and it wasn't.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55Time now in the grounds of this beautiful and historic church
0:29:55 > 0:29:58for our boys to finally reveal their wares.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Which is your favourite bit, Charlie?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03- I love the box.- Yeah. - That appears to be...what, elm?- Yes.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- Late 18th century. Is it a candle box, Phil?- A candle box, yeah.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Gorgeous, gorgeous box, which, I think, will do really, really well.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11If that came into my saleroom tomorrow,
0:30:11 > 0:30:13I'd say I love your elm candle box.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16I love your patination, Phil, as well. Gorgeous patination!
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- I think somebody's put a lot of polish into that.- They have.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21That's over many, many years. I think, Phil, that would fetch
0:30:21 > 0:30:24probably at auction between 150 and 250. What did it cost you?
0:30:24 > 0:30:27- That cost £100.- Yeah, that's a really, really good buy.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29My second favourite lot is probably...
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- what's the plate down here, Phil? - Worcester, Richard Sebright...
0:30:32 > 0:30:34..just about the best fruit painter there was.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36You are the authority when it comes to Royal Worcester.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- I don't know about that, Charlie. - No, you are!- 1925.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44- That cost me £120.- It's got a puce mark as well. Gorgeous.- Yeah.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46- See, that could make 300 quid. - It could.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49- You've got some big margins here, potentially, Phil.- Oh, I don't know.
0:30:49 > 0:30:50You have.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Yeah, but those could go either way, Charles. Now your turn.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56This is my collection.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- Oh, that squeeze-box looks good, Charlie.- What do you think?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02- Well, these things make money, don't they?- Yeah.- I mean, they do.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06- Um, and is that like 100, 150 quid's worth?- I hope so. It's a Lachenal.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07It's a good name.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10It has got a few condition issues which will effect value,
0:31:10 > 0:31:13but it comes with its box. Uh, it's got a few holes in the squeezer.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Oh, just details, Charlie, details.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17- Exactly.- How much was that? - It was £75.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Yeah, so, £100, well, it gets you your money back, doesn't it?
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- Well, exactly.- Yeah.- Exactly, but, Phil, I've bought some history.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28- You know I love history...- Charlie... - Yeah?- What on earth is that?
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Oh, Phil, after our road trip, I'm going back to Derby, you know?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33I'm going back to where it all began for me, Derby,
0:31:33 > 0:31:36and this is Royal Crown Derby from the year 1997.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38What's really rare is Imari was
0:31:38 > 0:31:41always the design used on paperweights,
0:31:41 > 0:31:43very rarely did they use a posy.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44That's a posy dog
0:31:44 > 0:31:46and the dealer wasn't quite aware of its potential, I don't think.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Hmm...
0:31:50 > 0:31:52But what did they really think?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55I've looked really hard in Charlie's lots and, for the life of me,
0:31:55 > 0:31:57I can't see £1,000 in there this time.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00I don't quite understand that Derby paperweight,
0:32:00 > 0:32:02but, you know, Charlie's a Derby expert and if he says
0:32:02 > 0:32:04that's what it is, that's what it is.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06I really think Phil has saved the best till last.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09I love almost everything he's bought.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13I think his star lot must be his elm candle box circa 1760.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16It could do very, very well, so, who knows?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18He could make a £300 or £400 profit.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Whilst I think I'm going to struggle to catch him up,
0:32:21 > 0:32:23I'm hoping I might just win this leg.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26He'll do very well, but he won't catch me.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29After starting out in Old Wolverton, Bucks,
0:32:29 > 0:32:33the final episode of our road trip will conclude at a deciding
0:32:33 > 0:32:35auction in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40# Antique road trip Antique road trip
0:32:40 > 0:32:43# Make a profit Make a profit... #
0:32:43 > 0:32:46- Were you annoying as a child? - Yes, very annoying.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50As the second largest town in the Roman province of
0:32:50 > 0:32:56Britannia, Cirencester, or Corinium, must have been quite something.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Several hundred years later, it's now much,
0:32:58 > 0:33:02much smaller than Londinium, but, none the less, no worse for that.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07- Do you know what?- Yes?- Do you know how the loser always drives?- Right.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I've been your chauffeur for a week!
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Welcome to Moore Allen & Innocent, who've been doing this
0:33:13 > 0:33:17sort of thing for so long they could have started out in an amphitheatre!
0:33:17 > 0:33:20They didn't though. But what does auctioneer Philip Allwood
0:33:20 > 0:33:22make of our two chaps' lots?
0:33:23 > 0:33:27The Royal Worcester cabinet plate - pretty, well-painted,
0:33:27 > 0:33:28lots of things going for it.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31One downside, a little bit scratched,
0:33:31 > 0:33:35so, 80 to 120, where, in good condition, it could be £200 or £300.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39The concertina by one of the good makers, Louis Lachenal...
0:33:39 > 0:33:43unfortunately, it's got a couple of little holes in the actual bag,
0:33:43 > 0:33:47but still should be around the sort of £100, £150, around there.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Um, we shall see.
0:33:50 > 0:33:55Charles began today's leg with £1,191.44
0:33:55 > 0:34:00and he's spent just £200 on five auction lots.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05- Good man.- Whilst Phil started out with £357.50,
0:34:05 > 0:34:09and he's parted with £340, also on five lots.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12- Yes.- Oh, you're an angel, you're an angel.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Catching Charles is a long shot, but can Phil do it?
0:34:15 > 0:34:17His paddles could get him started.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- £30. 30, I'm bid on that.- Good lad. - At £30...- That's a profit.- £30.
0:34:20 > 0:34:255 here. At £30 a bid. At £30. 5 anywhere? Oh, five! Thank you!
0:34:25 > 0:34:30- Good lad!- 35...in the room now at £40.- Well, I can't believe it.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32That's £12 I've made.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34You've doubled your money, you've doubled your money.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37At £40, you all sure then at 40?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42I'm absolutely...phew!
0:34:42 > 0:34:44That little profit's just a drop in the ocean.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48Next is Charles' George III jug.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Who'll start me? Is that 50 to get on? £50.
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- Oh, no!- 30 to get on then. £30. Got to be 30, hasn't it?
0:34:54 > 0:35:00- 1769. Oh, God!- At £20 a bid here, it's go to be cheap at £20 only.
0:35:00 > 0:35:07- At £20, 5, 30. At 30... - It's cheap!- 40, 5, 50, 5,
0:35:07 > 0:35:13- 60, 5, 70, 5. At 75 here... - Keep going! Come on!
0:35:13 > 0:35:17At £75 in the room now. £75, you all sure?
0:35:18 > 0:35:2075 it is, and that's number...
0:35:20 > 0:35:23It could have been a lot worse. That could have been...£25.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Well, it looked like he was going to sell it for less than scrap.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Frightening, isn't it?
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Or encouraging, Phil. A tiny profit after costs.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34- It's a hard game, Phil. - So you want to swap?- ..number 207.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- Lot number 19...- No, I'm OK.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Phil's jardiniere or wastepaper basket,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43who cares, as long as Cirencester loves it.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45£30.
0:35:45 > 0:35:4720.
0:35:47 > 0:35:50Got to be £20. A tenner then?
0:35:50 > 0:35:57£10, a bid then at 10, at 12, 15, 18, 20, 5, 30, at £30,
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- am I right here at £30? 35 anywhere now...- It's moving.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02£30 is on my right. Selling here then on my right.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05You all done then at 30?
0:36:05 > 0:36:08How much did it make? £30? Oh, jeez.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11It's looking like profits will be few and far between.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Hand on heart, I think it's worth nearly £100.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- Now for Charles' other bit of silver.- 50.- Come on!
0:36:17 > 0:36:18£30 to get on.
0:36:18 > 0:36:23- Stylish little piece. £30. - It's heavy, it's heavy.- 20 then...
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Oh, I don't believe it. - £20, a bid here at 20.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31- £20, 5, 30, 5, 40, 5, 50. At £50... - Come on, one more!
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- That's good, Charlie, that's good. - That's disappointing.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36All done then at 50.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- CHARLES SIGHS - But you're nurdling a good little
0:36:40 > 0:36:41profit, I mean, a little profit...
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I'm pleased, Phil, you know what? Just to come here...
0:36:44 > 0:36:46It's a tough auction house.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Yet another close one, but it's not over yet.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51I'm nibbling along, Phil. I'm nibbling.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53This is the big one.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57If Phil's fruity Worcester does well, he could be back in it.
0:36:57 > 0:37:02- £30 I've been bid here on the net, at £30, 5 anywhere now...- 120.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03At 30, 5, anyone in the house here?
0:37:03 > 0:37:07At £30, 5, £35, 40 if you like now, at 45 it's in the room.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- The cheapest thing I've ever seen. - At £40...5, thank you, madam.
0:37:10 > 0:37:15- At 45, 50 now...- It's moving, now it's moving.- At £50, 5 if you like.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- 5, at 55...- Now it's moving, it's moving, it's moving...
0:37:19 > 0:37:25At £55, 60, at 65, 70 now then. At 65...70 on the net.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- At £70 it's here.- We're moving. - At £70, you all sure?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Selling it on the net then at 70.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34That's just 50 quid down the drain, Charlie!
0:37:35 > 0:37:39Someone's got a really good thing for a really low price.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41How do you feel?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Uh, like I've felt every other day on this road trip!
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Look at me! I love you, mate!
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Time for Charlie's floral pooch to have its day.
0:37:50 > 0:37:52CHARLIE HOWLS
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- It's howling, Charlie. - I know, it's howling for a profit.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58- It's £20...- It's a rare thing.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- £20 here only.- It's cheap, isn't it, Charlie?- It's cheap. Keep going.
0:38:02 > 0:38:06At 30, 5 now, still cheap at £30. 5 anywhere now?
0:38:06 > 0:38:10- At 35, 40 if you like, sir.- Go on! - Go on, sir! It's a rare thing!
0:38:10 > 0:38:15- It's a rare thing! One more for the road!- At £35 it's here...40.- Yes!
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- 5 to me now at £40. - Charlie, I love you.- One more!
0:38:18 > 0:38:22At £40, a bid here, you all sure now at 40?
0:38:22 > 0:38:26- Good lad, brilliant. - Well done, Charlie.- Thank you, sir.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27He's doubled his money.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30I can't complain, at least I haven't made a loss.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- Yeah, absolutely, and I have. - Exactly.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35Thanks, Charlie.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Phil's candle box... will it set the auction alight,
0:38:38 > 0:38:41- or finally snuff out his hopes? - £30?
0:38:42 > 0:38:4520. At £20, a bid there, £20, 5, 30,
0:38:45 > 0:38:48at £30 on my left now, £30, 5 anywhere now?
0:38:48 > 0:38:52- 5, 40 to me, madam, at 35 here... - Come on.- ..at £35 it's on my left,
0:38:52 > 0:38:56at £35 it's sitting on my left then at 35.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02That's for nothing, isn't it? It really is for nothing.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Another big loss and another big bargain for someone.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- Phil, look at me.- Mm-hm...?
0:39:08 > 0:39:09Thank you, madam...
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- It's not quite the finale, is it, we wanted?- No.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Charles' toy box was so cheap it can't fail.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- £5, a bid there, 8, 10, 12... - Come on, internet!
0:39:19 > 0:39:21At £12.50 if you like, now at 12 here,
0:39:21 > 0:39:2515, at 15, 18 if you like, now at 15. 18.
0:39:25 > 0:39:30At 18, 20 if you like now, at 18, 20, at £20, 5 now, at £20,
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- it's selling on the net then... - Going.- Selling here at £20.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- Look over there, Phil. Look over there.- At 25, in the room now...
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Come on.- Come on, my son. - Go on! Keep going, keep going!
0:39:39 > 0:39:41- At 25, 30 if you like now. - Keep going.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45- At £5, they can't see you on the net, at £25...- I'm over here! Sorry!
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- It's too late anyway.- Go on!- At 25.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- Well done. Very good, Phil. Put it there.- Well done, matey.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56It's all going the way of the winner in waiting.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00So, Phil just needs his spinning wheel to make over £1,000.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04Start me, 50, £30, pretty little wheel there, £30...
0:40:05 > 0:40:09- 20... - I don't believe this.- 20. A tenner?
0:40:09 > 0:40:13A £10 a bid here at 10, 12 now if you like. At £10 a bid here...
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- I just think that's funny. - It scares me, yeah.
0:40:15 > 0:40:20- At £10 only, at £10, 12 if you like now, £10...- Thanks for coming here.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22- Yeah, I've really enjoyed this. - Really?
0:40:24 > 0:40:25- GAVEL FALLS - £10...
0:40:25 > 0:40:27THEY LAUGH
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Oh, my Lord! That cannot be worth £10!
0:40:30 > 0:40:31Give me a hug! Give me a hug!
0:40:31 > 0:40:34Charlie, how is that worth a tenner?
0:40:34 > 0:40:37Oh, dear. At times like these, it's best to see the funny side.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39I had a dream just then that that made £10.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40I've had a nightmare!
0:40:43 > 0:40:46What can Charles squeeze out of this one, I wonder?
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- Start me at 100... - Come on!- 100 to get on.
0:40:49 > 0:40:5650 then. At £50 a bid there at 50, 5, 60, 5, 70, 5, 80, 5, 90...
0:40:56 > 0:41:01- Go on.- 100 and 5. 110. At 110...
0:41:01 > 0:41:08- Come on!- 120 now.- Internet, come on!- 130, at 130, you all sure?
0:41:08 > 0:41:09One more...
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- GAVEL FALLS - 130 it is.
0:41:11 > 0:41:12Great! Delighted!
0:41:12 > 0:41:14So you should be, Charles.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16When you had theatre, drama and romance,
0:41:16 > 0:41:18I had tragedy, tragedy and tragedy!
0:41:20 > 0:41:23You had speculation, speculation...
0:41:23 > 0:41:25- Another humiliation! - Another humiliation!
0:41:25 > 0:41:29So, a week that was once very much neck and neck
0:41:29 > 0:41:31has turned into a one-horse race.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Charles wins by a country mile.
0:41:33 > 0:41:38Phil started out with £357.50 and after paying auction costs,
0:41:38 > 0:41:39he made a loss of
0:41:39 > 0:41:46£188.30, leaving him with a final total of £169.20.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Not your best outing.
0:41:48 > 0:41:52While Charles began with £1,191.44,
0:41:52 > 0:41:55and after paying auction costs, he made a profit of
0:41:55 > 0:41:59£62.40, which means Charles,
0:41:59 > 0:42:05with £1,253.84 is this week's runaway winner!
0:42:05 > 0:42:06Well done, boy.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10All profits, of course, go to Children In Need.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Charlie, let me shake you by the hand.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Phil...it's been a wonderful time!
0:42:16 > 0:42:19- I've really enjoyed it. Thanks. - It's a week I will never forget.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20- No, neither will I.- I mean it!
0:42:20 > 0:42:24# I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down this same old strip
0:42:24 > 0:42:27# I gotta finda new place where the kids are hip... #
0:42:27 > 0:42:28Huh!
0:42:28 > 0:42:30Grandad! Grandad!
0:42:30 > 0:42:34# My buddies and me are getting real well known
0:42:34 > 0:42:37# Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone
0:42:37 > 0:42:38# I get around... #
0:42:38 > 0:42:40- Give me a roar!- Growl!
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- # From town to town - Get around round round I get around
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- # I'm a real cool head - Get around round round I get...
0:42:46 > 0:42:48# I'm making real good bread... #
0:42:48 > 0:42:50That's exciting!
0:42:50 > 0:42:55- # I get around, round - Get around round round oooo... #
0:42:55 > 0:42:56THEY LAUGH
0:42:56 > 0:42:59# Wah wa ooo
0:42:59 > 0:43:01# Wah wa ooo... #
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:07 > 0:43:12we're full of national pride as Anita Manning pipes up for Scotland.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13TUNELESS NOTE
0:43:13 > 0:43:16And James Braxton hopes for some right royal bargains.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20- The Queen might be at the sale. - Unlikely, James, unlikely!