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It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:06 | |
a classic car, and a goal to scour Britain for antiques. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
Going, going, gone. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:11 | |
-Yes! -It's a bit like fishing. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:14 | |
The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:18 | |
There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers. | 0:00:18 | 0:00:22 | |
What have I done? | 0:00:22 | 0:00:23 | |
So, will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster? | 0:00:23 | 0:00:27 | |
I'd better look out! | 0:00:27 | 0:00:29 | |
This is the Antiques Road Trip! | 0:00:30 | 0:00:32 | |
Yeah! | 0:00:34 | 0:00:36 | |
On this road trip, two esteemed auctioneers | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
vie for the gaudy hearts of Essex. | 0:00:39 | 0:00:41 | |
Anita Manning is a canny Scotswoman with a keen eye for tiny treasures. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:48 | |
I'm awful tempted with Napoleon. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:00:50 | 0:00:51 | |
I think a lot of women were. | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
Hey! While James Braxton might seem the apogee of southern affability, | 0:00:53 | 0:00:58 | |
don't let that fool you. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
For all my smiles, David, | 0:01:00 | 0:01:02 | |
I'm still a hard man underneath it all. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:04 | |
Ha, ha! After a fabulous success on the last leg with a very profitable | 0:01:04 | 0:01:08 | |
silver stamp box... | 0:01:08 | 0:01:09 | |
Yes! Oh, James, that was great! | 0:01:09 | 0:01:13 | |
..James is riding high, but anything can happen in this game. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
Both our pair started this road trip with £200 | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
and fortune has flourished! | 0:01:23 | 0:01:24 | |
Anita has seen her coppers swell to a respectable... | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
£324.14. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
But James puts all else in the shade having accumulated | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
an absolutely ripping... | 0:01:36 | 0:01:37 | |
£465.40. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
Anybody want to know that? | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
£465 and 40p! | 0:01:43 | 0:01:47 | |
That's just what I said. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
You, you've got loads of money. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
You're in Essex with loads of money... | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
-Wads of money. -Wads of cash. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
Oh, do pipe down. It's so vulgar. | 0:01:57 | 0:01:59 | |
Today, our duo of duelling wheeler-dealers are driving | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
a devastating little French number, | 0:02:04 | 0:02:05 | |
the 1986 Citroen 2CV6 Special. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
Ooh, la la! | 0:02:09 | 0:02:10 | |
This whole epic road trip sees them journey from | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
Stamford in Lincolnshire through the byways of | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
eastern England into the borough of Greenwich | 0:02:19 | 0:02:22 | |
in our nation's fine capital. | 0:02:22 | 0:02:24 | |
Today, they begin in Saffron Walden in Essex, their beady eyes | 0:02:26 | 0:02:31 | |
set on their auction in Stansted Mountfitchet | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
in that same celebrated county. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
-What a glorious day, isn't it? -Oh, it's lovely! | 0:02:38 | 0:02:40 | |
We're in Essex and we must top up our tans, mustn't we? | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:02:43 | 0:02:44 | |
Look, this isn't that sort of show, James. | 0:02:44 | 0:02:47 | |
The poetically named town of Saffron Walden boasts | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
attractive historic buildings and a busy market. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:54 | |
A delightful place for James and Anita to begin their day. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
-Here we are, James. -Well done. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:02 | |
This looks so exciting! | 0:03:02 | 0:03:05 | |
Do calm down. They're splitting up now | 0:03:05 | 0:03:08 | |
to begin the day's shop. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:10 | |
-Lovely. -Yeah. -Lovely and sunny. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
A beautiful market town and where are you going, Anita? | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
-I'm going that way and you're going that way. -Off we go. Good luck. -Bye! | 0:03:14 | 0:03:19 | |
Anita is strolling off through the town's sunny Market Square. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
Good morning. | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
And she's off shopping at Arts Decoratifs where she's meeting | 0:03:26 | 0:03:30 | |
dealers Ann and Brenda. | 0:03:30 | 0:03:32 | |
Stand by. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
-Hello, ladies! How are you? -How are you? | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
Nice to meet you. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:39 | |
-Lovely to meet you. -Thank you. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:41 | |
There are all manner of baubles inside, | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
but Anita's already spied something in the window display. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:48 | |
The mah jong set looks interesting. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
-It is and that's quite new in, actually. -Is it? -Yeah. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
-Would it be possible to see the mah jong set out? -Yeah, sure. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
-It is quite fun. It's a game, we're playing a game. -Indeed we are. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:03 | |
Mah jong is a game which originates from China | 0:04:04 | 0:04:07 | |
and is fabled to have been created by the philosopher Confucius, | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
he say, more than two millennia ago. On the other hand, | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
it may have emerged in its modern form as late as the 19th century. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
Gameplay is similar in some ways to the card game rummy. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:22 | |
I like the look of it with all these different chequers | 0:04:22 | 0:04:25 | |
and the symbols on it. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
"Directions of playing Chinese Game of Four Winds." | 0:04:27 | 0:04:31 | |
-Do you know anything about the game? -There's up to four players. -Uh-huh. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:35 | |
-Three or four players. -And is it complete? -Yeah. -It's all here. -Right. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:41 | |
-It's a bit like a card game... -I'm not a card player. I can play snap. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:47 | |
Yeah, me too! | 0:04:47 | 0:04:48 | |
Snap! | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
My imagination has been captured by this. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
The leather case isn't nice and I like... | 0:04:53 | 0:04:56 | |
-Is it a leather case? -Yeah. -It is. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
-But that's not in the best of condition. -No. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
-It's probably from about the 1940s, would you say? -Yes. -Uh-huh. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:05 | |
Taking all these things into consideration, | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
I'd be estimating it round about £20. | 0:05:07 | 0:05:09 | |
-Hmm. -Is it possible to buy it anywhere near that figure, ladies? | 0:05:09 | 0:05:14 | |
We've got 48 on that at the moment. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
We don't usually do that sort of discount, | 0:05:17 | 0:05:19 | |
but, I think, as it's you... | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
-Aw! Thank you very much. -Go on, we'll do 20. -20, that's great. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
Lovely. Thank you both, ladies, thank you. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
With a bold bit of bargaining, Anita wins that round | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
and the mah jong set is hers. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
Now, James isn't far away in his first shop of the morning, | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
-Antique Attic, where he'll be helped by dealer Sam. -Nice to see you. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
-Hello, James. -Sam, nice to meet you. -Hello, Sam, very nice to meet you. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
Sam will show James around the substantial antiques centre | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
which houses items belonging to many dealers. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
Very eclectic mix here. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
-Yeah. -All sorts, really. Unusual. -Yeah. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
First impressions is there's some nice pictures. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:10 | |
Um, and I think there's a lot of lovely silver here that | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
probably can be bought reasonably. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
Don't pull that face at me! | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
He hasn't spotted any silver, | 0:06:21 | 0:06:22 | |
but he has seen something he hopes might post a profit. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
# Wait! Oh, yes Wait a minute, Mr Postman... # | 0:06:27 | 0:06:32 | |
There might be interest in those. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
They're books of old British stamps, unused. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
There's no ticket price on them. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:38 | |
-Oh, look. -Oh, I see. -You can still use them. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
3p...that'd get you down the road, wouldn't it?! | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
Yeah, 4d. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
The stamps date from the late '60s and early '70s from both just | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
before and after the decimalisation of UK currency in 1971. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:56 | |
-These have sort of slight integrity, they have a sort of... -Yeah. | 0:06:56 | 0:07:00 | |
-Do you think she might do them for a fiver? -Yeah, I'm sure she would. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:03 | |
Great, thank you. | 0:07:03 | 0:07:05 | |
-First purchase here! -Lovely. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
That deal has stuck, but, shortly, he's alighted on something else. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:12 | |
You see, this is quite nice, 1960s, '70s. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
It's got a very good look to it, um... | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
It's got bright colours, it's a nice boating scene. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:22 | |
It's rather a nice package and it's not a lot of money, this. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
That's £55. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
It's an oil painting by artist Peter Wallborn depicting | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
Stalham Boatyard in Norfolk. Ticket price is £55. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
It's owned by Julie, a dealer who isn't here today. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
-Sam will call her to see what deal can be struck. -Hello, Julie. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:43 | |
It was a picture of the boatyard. Would you accept 35 for it? | 0:07:46 | 0:07:52 | |
How much is on it? | 0:07:52 | 0:07:53 | |
Oh, you've got 55. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
No, I can't do 35. I'll go 40. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
OK, you'll go to 40. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:59 | |
So...55, 40... | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
-OK, yeah, I'll take it. -OK, all right. -Thanks a lot. Bye. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:06 | |
-That's really kind. -Thank you. -Thank you. -Lovely. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
So, James has the oil painting and the vintage stamps for £45 in total | 0:08:10 | 0:08:16 | |
and he's sailing off. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:17 | |
Anita's back in her first shop where some of | 0:08:20 | 0:08:24 | |
Ann and Brenda's pretty trinkets have caught her eye. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
I quite like these agate brooches. It's very Scottish. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
It's two brooches fashioned from the gemstone agate | 0:08:31 | 0:08:35 | |
and they're in a style particular to bonnie Scotland | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
and I think they're making Anita homesick! | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
Can I take these outside to have | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
-a look at them in the light? -Of course, yeah, yeah, do, do. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:45 | |
Now, I love agates. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:51 | |
Agates came from the burns and the seashores of Scotland. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:56 | |
They were collected by amateurs, really, sent down to | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
Edinburgh and then polished and made into these lovely brooches. | 0:09:01 | 0:09:05 | |
Queen Victoria loved agates and it became very | 0:09:05 | 0:09:10 | |
fashionable in Victorian times to wear this type of item. | 0:09:10 | 0:09:14 | |
Now, these are a wee bit later than that, | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
but they're still lovely agates. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
Anita's thinking of assembling a job lot of the brooches. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
They're priced up at £7.50 each. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
Would it be possible...? It's 15 for the two. Could I buy them for 10? | 0:09:26 | 0:09:30 | |
-I should think so, yes. -Is 10 all right? | 0:09:30 | 0:09:32 | |
-Yeah, that will be fine. -Thank you very much! That's great! | 0:09:32 | 0:09:36 | |
-I'm trying to buy cannily. I'm trying not to get carried away. -Oh. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:40 | |
But soon our canny Scottish lass has spotted another | 0:09:40 | 0:09:43 | |
couple of brooches hailing from her homeland. | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
-I thought I could have a wee theme going there. -Yes. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
Um, these remind me of the wonderful, brooches of Alexander Ritchie... | 0:09:50 | 0:09:56 | |
-Uh-huh. -..who worked on the island of Iona. | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
Renowned silversmith and designer Alexander Ritchie | 0:09:59 | 0:10:02 | |
worked from the turn of the 20th century until around World War II. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
His Arts and Crafts designs were deeply influenced by | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
ancient Celtic and Nordic carvings. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
These are not by him. They're not signed by him. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
Um...but, they're...they have the same sort of feel about them. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:20 | |
Do you know, she's thinking of adding these to her job lot. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
On these, what's the very best, eh...? | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
If I could get the two for 15, | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
it's in that region that I would be looking for. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:33 | |
-OK, OK. -If you want to have a wee think about that. -Yes, OK. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:37 | |
-I think that would be fine. -Uh-huh, that's absolutely great. | 0:10:38 | 0:10:43 | |
And with that, Anita's got a very patriotic lot. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:46 | |
Hoots, ma lassie! | 0:10:46 | 0:10:48 | |
Which I'm sure they will adore... | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
..in Stansted! | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
Ha, ha! Well, let's hope so. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:55 | |
So, Anita's now got the mah jong set | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
and the four brooches for a total of £45. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
OK, thank you very much. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:03 | |
-Maybe see you again. Bye-bye. -Bye-bye. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
Now, James has driven 13 miles onwards to | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
the village of Little Easton. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
Lovely day to be out and about, isn't it? | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
Absolutely delightful, James. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
Satisfied with his morning's haul, | 0:11:21 | 0:11:23 | |
he's on his way to assignation in an empty field. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:26 | |
Hmm... | 0:11:26 | 0:11:27 | |
James is meeting Warwick Newbury, | 0:11:29 | 0:11:31 | |
the vice chairman of Little Easton Parochial Church Council. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:35 | |
He's going to fill James in on the fascinating role this | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
little village played during the dark days of World War II. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
I say, nice car, Warwick. It quite puts the 2CV to shame. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:46 | |
Is this Top Gear? | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
-Hello, James. -Hello, I'm Warwick. -Isn't that beautiful?! Can we swap? | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
Certainly not! | 0:11:52 | 0:11:53 | |
-Why are we meeting here, Warwick? -Well, it's quite extraordinary, | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
but this rural area that you see today was once a thriving airfield | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
during the last war, with the Americans coming in, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:04 | |
in September '43, transforming this area. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
Indeed. This field once contained the airbase of the United States | 0:12:08 | 0:12:13 | |
Air Force's 386th bombardment group, the unit which flew | 0:12:13 | 0:12:17 | |
dangerous bombing missions over Europe during World War II. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
When the Americans first arrived in 1943, | 0:12:22 | 0:12:25 | |
this land was a heavily wooded deer park, hardly a suitable airstrip, | 0:12:25 | 0:12:30 | |
so the first thing they had to do was to clear the land of trees. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:34 | |
And would you believe, there were 10,000 oaks on this site? | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
-I wouldn't, no. -JAMES LAUGHS | 0:12:37 | 0:12:39 | |
How did they get rid of them? | 0:12:39 | 0:12:41 | |
Well, actually, they literally blew them up. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:43 | |
I mean, I suppose in wartime you do anything and you do it quickly and | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
they were all blown up and tons of concrete were laid, | 0:12:46 | 0:12:49 | |
so it was a very busy runway, | 0:12:49 | 0:12:51 | |
but a big success and played a very important part of the war effort. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
That's fabulous, but I'm sure there's more to the story, Warwick, isn't there? | 0:12:55 | 0:12:59 | |
-There's a lot more to the story. -Lead on, lead on. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
Shall we? OK. Follow me. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:03 | |
Warwick's taking James on to Little Easton Parish Church where | 0:13:06 | 0:13:11 | |
tribute is paid to the American soldiers who | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
served at the airbase during the war. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:15 | |
Warwick, how many airmen were here? | 0:13:17 | 0:13:21 | |
Well, there was just under 3,000 - 2,888 I'm told, at one point. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:26 | |
And did they all live on the airfield? | 0:13:26 | 0:13:27 | |
-Yes, there was a big base up there. -Big base. | 0:13:27 | 0:13:29 | |
But they came to the church occasionally. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
They also had services up on the airfield, | 0:13:31 | 0:13:33 | |
but they came to the church for special services. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:37 | |
And what are the uniforms we have here? | 0:13:37 | 0:13:39 | |
Well, thanks to the Dunmow Museum who've kindly lent us | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
these for the day, we have the pilot's uniform | 0:13:42 | 0:13:47 | |
and then his flying kit in the middle and that was | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
the ground crew engineer's support and, of course, | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
-there were a lot of those. -But handsome fellows. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
Well, you can imagine a little country village | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
of probably 300 or 400 people, | 0:13:56 | 0:13:58 | |
no more, suddenly being invaded by, well, 2,800-odd Americans. | 0:13:58 | 0:14:02 | |
The airmen based here were bringing much needed American troops | 0:14:05 | 0:14:08 | |
and resources to the Allied war effort in Europe | 0:14:08 | 0:14:11 | |
and the village certainly made them at home. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:13 | |
We needed the Americans to help us in our great war effort | 0:14:14 | 0:14:18 | |
and, you know, they were welcomed and integrated. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:21 | |
-There were clearly dances and social occasions. -Yeah, fabulous. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:26 | |
You can imagine they were partying as much as they could. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
They were well paid and they had much better provisions, obviously, | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
than were available in the UK at the time | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
and they were indeed very welcome. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:38 | |
But the social life the young airmen enjoyed here was only | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
a welcome distraction from the seriousness | 0:14:41 | 0:14:43 | |
and danger of their missions over occupied Europe. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
So, these were all young men away from home and, you know, | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
going off on these trips. What was their success rate? | 0:14:51 | 0:14:54 | |
-Were there enormous casualties? -I'm afraid there were. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
I think they flew something like 263 missions, um, | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
and just under 200 were killed, so that's a lot of casualties. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
Really? | 0:15:04 | 0:15:05 | |
The tragic sacrifice of the servicemen who died | 0:15:05 | 0:15:08 | |
is commemorated in a memorial here at the church. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:12 | |
So, James, this is the board | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
with the names of the nearly 200 airmen who died. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:19 | |
In the 1990s, the then-vicar, the Reverend Jack Philby | 0:15:19 | 0:15:23 | |
led an initiative to create an appropriate modern tribute to | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
the fallen US servicemen to ensure their legacy is not forgotten. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:32 | |
These beautiful stained glass windows are the result. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
They were designed by an American artist called Phillips. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:43 | |
There's an American and a UK shaking hands at the bottom, | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
-the two different flags. -It is. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
It's a very nice space and very nice that it was carved | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
out as a memorial some, you know, 40 years later, isn't it? | 0:15:52 | 0:15:57 | |
Yes, in fact, we still get a lot of visitors who, if you | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
look in our visitors' book, a lot of visitors from the States who clearly | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
come over to see where their father possibly flew their last mission. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:06 | |
Warwick, I wouldn't have known it was here in this | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
very beautiful part of Essex. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
We've carved out this little bit of America here. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:13 | |
It's absolutely fascinating and... | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
It's lovely to be able to share it to you, James. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
..you know, really lovely. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
Having paid his respects, James is moving onwards. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
Anita, meanwhile, | 0:16:29 | 0:16:30 | |
has travelled on to Sawbridgeworth where she's aiming for | 0:16:30 | 0:16:34 | |
Cromwell's Antique Centre and meeting | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
charming young dealer Elspeth. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:38 | |
-Hello, I'm Anita. -Hello, I'm Elspeth, nice to meet you. -Lovely to be here. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
This looks absolutely wonderful. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
Time for a rummage. | 0:16:46 | 0:16:47 | |
There's lots of lovely things here, but what I want to do is to | 0:16:53 | 0:16:57 | |
dig into the corners and see if there are any surprises. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:02 | |
Go dig away, then. | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
An old petrol can. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
Is she a good-looking bird? | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
She's a bit bony if you ask me! | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
My, Anita, you're taking your time this afternoon. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:19 | |
You must have looked at every atom in this shop. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:21 | |
I'm sorry about this. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:23 | |
You're forgiven, love. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:24 | |
-A dentist kit? -Yeah. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
Well, this is a bit like pulling teeth. Ah! | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
Finally, she seems to have settled on something. | 0:17:29 | 0:17:31 | |
What I'm looking at, at the moment, is a Portmeirion part coffee set. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:37 | |
Portmeirion's marvellous, it's from the 1960s. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
This sort of stuff is so fashionable just now, I just love it to pieces. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:45 | |
Portmeirion Pottery Manufacturer was founded in 1960 | 0:17:45 | 0:17:49 | |
by the iconic designer Susan Williams-Ellis. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
There's £30 on the ticket. What sort of a deal can Anita strike? | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
If that could be bought for 20 that would be great, | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
-if you could maybe do that. -Yeah, that's fine. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
Elspeth will call the dealer who owns it. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:05 | |
In the main, if these are going to get any money at all, | 0:18:05 | 0:18:09 | |
they have to be complete. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:10 | |
We're missing two cups and saucers and we're missing a cream, | 0:18:10 | 0:18:15 | |
but we've still got a lot of stuff there for £30 | 0:18:15 | 0:18:20 | |
and if I can get that, say, round about 20, I think it might not be a bad buy. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
Ah! Elspeth's back. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:27 | |
How are we getting on? | 0:18:27 | 0:18:28 | |
Success, he's very happy to take 20 for that. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:31 | |
£20, OK, that's absolutely fine. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:34 | |
So, Anita's last buy of the day in the bag | 0:18:34 | 0:18:36 | |
and she's off for a cuppa to celebrate. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
And, with that, Anita and James are back in the car | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
and headed for a well-deserved kip. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:48 | |
Nighty-night, chaps. | 0:18:48 | 0:18:49 | |
But, a balmy morning finds them back in the old 2CV | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
and enjoying the southern sunshine. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:59 | |
-Again, a lovely, glorious day, isn't it? -Yes. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:01 | |
Is it always like this down here, James? | 0:19:01 | 0:19:03 | |
-Yes. -Wonderful. Wonderful. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
That's a bit of an exaggeration, James. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
But the sun shines on the blessed country of Scotland, doesn't it? | 0:19:09 | 0:19:13 | |
Of course, it's always a Mediterranean climate in Glasgow! | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
And that's a downright fib, Anita! | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
Thus far, Anita's spent £65 exactly on three lots...the mah jong set, | 0:19:23 | 0:19:27 | |
the job lot of Scottish brooches, | 0:19:27 | 0:19:29 | |
and the incomplete Portmeirion coffee service. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:32 | |
While "Loads-of-Money" James has only spent £45 on two lots... | 0:19:34 | 0:19:39 | |
the vintage stamps, | 0:19:39 | 0:19:40 | |
and the oil painting. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:42 | |
Well, at least Anita seems to be enjoying herself this morning. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
-This is it. We're on an adventure. -Yeah... | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
-in our trusty 2CV... -Our little chevaux. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:54 | |
Absolument. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:56 | |
Next, they're coming into Clare in Suffolk. | 0:19:56 | 0:20:00 | |
The Augustinian priory at Clare was founded in the year 1248, | 0:20:01 | 0:20:06 | |
but was later suppressed during the dissolution of the monasteries | 0:20:06 | 0:20:09 | |
in 1538. | 0:20:09 | 0:20:11 | |
After a 400-year absence, the same Augustinian order repurchased | 0:20:11 | 0:20:16 | |
the land in 1953 and still operates it today. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
How extraordinary. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
Glorious. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
-OK. -Very good. Well driven. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:26 | |
-ANITA LAUGHS -We're here. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:27 | |
We're here in Clare. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
The disembarkation of the guard. Oof! | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
What a struggle. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:34 | |
With their usual fleet-footed grace, they're splitting up to go shopping. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:39 | |
-Good luck. -Good luck, James. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:41 | |
Anita's aiming for Market Hill Antiques | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
where dealer Robin's ready to greet her. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:50 | |
-Hi! I'm Anita, how are you? -I'm Robin. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:54 | |
-Pleased to meet you. -Lovely to meet you, lovely to meet you. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:56 | |
You know, Robin, when I walked in here, I thought, | 0:20:56 | 0:21:00 | |
"Here's a man after my own heart!" | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
Indeed! | 0:21:02 | 0:21:03 | |
Robin stocks a lot of the quality 20th century glass | 0:21:03 | 0:21:07 | |
and porcelain that really floats Anita's boat. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:10 | |
Let me have a look around because my eyes are | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
greedy for all these beautiful things. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
This is a...it's a sort of futuristic cat painted by Louis Wain, | 0:21:20 | 0:21:26 | |
but you can always tell Louis Wain's stuff in the expressions on | 0:21:26 | 0:21:31 | |
his cats' faces. | 0:21:31 | 0:21:32 | |
They always look totally mad. What sort of price is that? | 0:21:32 | 0:21:36 | |
-The ticket price is 3,000. -Oh, right. -Um... | 0:21:36 | 0:21:40 | |
-We wouldn't let it go for less than 2,500, though. -Yeah. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:43 | |
-I think it's a bit dear for me. -Yeah, by just a whisker. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:46 | |
Don't drop it now! | 0:21:46 | 0:21:48 | |
These are pretty here, | 0:21:48 | 0:21:49 | |
bohemian glass...from about the 1920s, would you say? | 0:21:49 | 0:21:54 | |
I'd personally put those circa 1900. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:55 | |
That's where I'd put them. Round about, yeah. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:58 | |
They have an Art Nouveau look about them and that style that I like. | 0:21:58 | 0:22:03 | |
The botanically inspired Art Nouveau style | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
flourished around the turn of the 20th century. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
This pair of hand-decorated vases are priced up at £75. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
Can they be bought for around about 20 quid? | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
I'd like to see more than that, but I think they probably can be, yeah. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:21 | |
She likes them, | 0:22:21 | 0:22:22 | |
so she's putting them to one side and fishing for another item. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
I want to buy two items in this shop. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
Better find something else then. Ha! | 0:22:30 | 0:22:32 | |
And what about this? | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
I think that might be slightly out of your price range. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
Yeah, I know, I know. That sort of thing. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
BALL BEARING CLICKS | 0:22:39 | 0:22:40 | |
Hard luck! Never mind! | 0:22:40 | 0:22:42 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:22:42 | 0:22:43 | |
Hey! Enough of this messing about. We need some strong leadership! | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
Ah-ha! | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
I, in Scotland, have | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
so many collectors of anything that has anything to do with Napoleon. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:55 | |
-We have him here. That's why he's in here. -Is that why he's here, yes? | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
We might get one walking through the door. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
It's a cast brass figure of French emperor Napoleon. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
The ticket price is a regal £155, but, as Anita and Robin | 0:23:04 | 0:23:10 | |
are getting on so well, what could he do for trade? | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
-I could do that for about 75. -Mm-hm. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
It's kind of tempting at that, isn't it? It's well-made... | 0:23:19 | 0:23:22 | |
It's not a modern piece. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
I'm awful tempted with Napoleon. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:26 | |
I think a lot of women were. It's quite a nice thing. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
And it's a quality thing. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
SHE SPEAKS FRENCH | 0:23:35 | 0:23:37 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
Could you do me a deal on... | 0:23:40 | 0:23:43 | |
..those two? Could you do those two for 70? | 0:23:46 | 0:23:48 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
-Yeah, I'll do that for you. -Ah! | 0:23:56 | 0:23:57 | |
OK, thank you very, very, very much. That's great. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
Sacrebleu! | 0:24:01 | 0:24:02 | |
Anita gets the glass and brass for an incredible £160 off | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
and she's striding away with a very imperial air. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:11 | |
James is nearby and strolling off into his first shop of the day, | 0:24:16 | 0:24:20 | |
-F D Salter Antiques, where he's meeting owner David. -Hello? James. | 0:24:20 | 0:24:25 | |
-Hello. David. -Hello, very nice to meet you. Come on. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
Give me a guided tour. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
James is chomping at the bit for bargains this morning. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
-So, cheap, fresh stuff, that's what I want, David. -Yep. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
-Fresh to market. That's a nice bit of enamel there. -It is, yes. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
There's something here, I know it. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:45 | |
But something by the window's got him seeing red. | 0:24:47 | 0:24:50 | |
I quite like these cranberry glasses. Very pretty. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:54 | |
They always look nice. It's got a couple of nibbles out of here. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:59 | |
Lovely polished bases. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:00 | |
Distinctively hued cranberry glass pieces like these reached the | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
height of their popularity during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
These date from around 1900. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
Ticket price is £35. | 0:25:14 | 0:25:17 | |
They just look so attractive, don't they? | 0:25:17 | 0:25:19 | |
Could I squeeze you a bit, David? Could you do them for 20? | 0:25:19 | 0:25:22 | |
-Yes, go on, yes. -20? I'll take those. -Right, lovely. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:27 | |
So, deal done very decisively, but he's still on the hunt. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:31 | |
I'm quite tempted by this. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
It's a chamber stick, but a very utilitarian fellow, isn't it? | 0:25:33 | 0:25:37 | |
-It is, isn't it? Yes. -So, you could have gone up to bed with that. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:41 | |
It's a brass chamber stick for bearing your candle to | 0:25:41 | 0:25:44 | |
the bed chamber made in the rustic turn of the century | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
Arts and Crafts style. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:49 | |
There are lovely cottages in this county, | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
-aren't there? -There are, yes. | 0:25:51 | 0:25:53 | |
This would really work well with a lovely timbered, | 0:25:53 | 0:25:55 | |
-jettied cottage, wouldn't it? -It would do, yes. It would look lovely. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:58 | |
He may have a heart of pastoral loveliness, | 0:25:58 | 0:26:00 | |
but James still has the bargaining instinct of a city slicker. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:05 | |
For all my smiles, David, I'm still a hard man underneath it all. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
-Could you help me out? Could you do it for 18? -I can't, I'm afraid. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:13 | |
-20 is really the rock bottom on that one. -OK, 20's the rock bottom. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
Not even 19? | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
-Sorry. -Oh, he's as hard as me, that David, isn't he? | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
20. I'm still going to take the gamble though. | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
-Thank you very much indeed. -Thank you. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:27 | |
-Right, I think I owe you some money, don't I? -You do, yes. -Thank you. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:31 | |
Do pay the man then, James. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:33 | |
He takes the cranberry glasses and the candlestick for a total of £40. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:38 | |
-Bye. -Right, goodbye. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:40 | |
Anita, meanwhile has travelled on to Finchingfield in Essex. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
She's got all her lots for auction. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
She's going to spend the afternoon at local pile Spains Hall | 0:26:53 | 0:26:58 | |
where she's keen to hear a story about a bit of a rum do | 0:26:58 | 0:27:01 | |
in the house's ancient past. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:03 | |
She's meeting the owner Sir Timothy Ruggles-Brise. That's quite a name! | 0:27:03 | 0:27:08 | |
-Hello, I'm Anita. -Hi, lovely to see you. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
-Welcome to Spains Hall. -Yeah. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
What a wonderful, wonderful room. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:18 | |
Timothy is the current descendant of a line of Ruggles-Brises who | 0:27:20 | 0:27:25 | |
have owned and lived in Spains Hall since the 1760s. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:30 | |
Even more remarkably, | 0:27:35 | 0:27:36 | |
his is only the third family to have owned the estate in a history | 0:27:36 | 0:27:40 | |
that stretches back to the Norman conquests of the 11th century. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
Today, it's a strange story about the second family to own it, | 0:27:44 | 0:27:48 | |
the Kemps, which Anita's here to learn about. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
It all takes place in Shakespeare's time | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
and it's a tale almost worthy of the bard himself. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:56 | |
Now, William Kemp, who lived here in the early 17th century | 0:27:58 | 0:28:03 | |
accused his wife of being unfaithful. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:07 | |
He discovered that she had not been unfaithful and consequently | 0:28:08 | 0:28:12 | |
was so ashamed that he took a vow of silence. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:15 | |
The local mystic known as the Raven warned William Kemp | 0:28:15 | 0:28:19 | |
that his vow of silence would bring nothing but disaster and misery, | 0:28:19 | 0:28:23 | |
but still he persisted with it. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
I think I know where this story is going. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:28 | |
First of all, William Kemp decided to mark | 0:28:28 | 0:28:31 | |
the passing of each of the seven years by digging a pond which | 0:28:31 | 0:28:35 | |
can still be seen and, during that period, unfortunately, | 0:28:35 | 0:28:39 | |
his wife died and then, on another occasion, he and his groom | 0:28:39 | 0:28:43 | |
were visiting a neighbouring village and it was a very stormy night. | 0:28:43 | 0:28:46 | |
They took shelter in a local hostelry and William Kemp | 0:28:46 | 0:28:51 | |
overheard a band of ruffians plotting to rob Spains Hall. | 0:28:51 | 0:28:55 | |
Away from home and still unwilling to break his vow by talking, | 0:28:57 | 0:29:02 | |
Kemp instead wrote a note for his servant to take back to | 0:29:02 | 0:29:05 | |
warn his staff of the impending robbery. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:08 | |
Um, the trouble was, that by the time the groom has swum the river | 0:29:08 | 0:29:13 | |
and reached Spains Hall, the note was illegible | 0:29:13 | 0:29:16 | |
and the staff thought, "The squire must be in dire trouble. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:19 | |
"We'll all go off and try and rescue him from | 0:29:19 | 0:29:24 | |
"whatever the predicament was." | 0:29:24 | 0:29:26 | |
They left a young ten-year-old boy, which was | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
a relation of the Kemp family, here in the house. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:32 | |
Whilst they were away, the robbers came, | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
they broke in, they robbed the house, they took everything of | 0:29:34 | 0:29:39 | |
value in the house with them, they murdered the ten-year-old boy... | 0:29:39 | 0:29:43 | |
This is a catalogue of disasters indeed! | 0:29:43 | 0:29:46 | |
He shouldn't have taken that vow of silence. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
I'll say! The murderous brigands who stole all the loot from Spains Hall | 0:29:49 | 0:29:54 | |
on that rainy night, soon encountered trouble of their own. | 0:29:54 | 0:29:57 | |
They murdered the young lad | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
and took their spoil down towards the village, | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
but it was so heavy, the ground was absolutely sodden, | 0:30:02 | 0:30:05 | |
so they off-loaded all the heavy stuff including the porcelain, | 0:30:05 | 0:30:08 | |
the plates, into the lake, | 0:30:08 | 0:30:11 | |
never to be seen again...well, not quite never to be seen again. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:15 | |
When my great-great grandfather dredged the lake in 1904... | 0:30:15 | 0:30:20 | |
the plates were all found in perfect condition, | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
they'd been in the lake, in the silt for hundreds of years | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
and these plates have now returned to their rightful home. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:31 | |
Incredible! | 0:30:31 | 0:30:33 | |
Timothy's taking Anita upstairs to get a better view | 0:30:33 | 0:30:36 | |
of the plate-laden lake as it is today. | 0:30:36 | 0:30:39 | |
And is that the actual lake that these wonderful plates were found in? | 0:30:39 | 0:30:43 | |
-Yes, yes. -That must have been a very exciting moment. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:47 | |
-Well, it was 1904, a bit before my time. -Yes! | 0:30:47 | 0:30:51 | |
I may not look it, but it was! | 0:30:51 | 0:30:52 | |
My late uncle, Sir John, he was born in 1908. | 0:30:54 | 0:30:57 | |
So, he just missed it. | 0:30:57 | 0:30:58 | |
-He just missed it as well, but it must have been very exciting. -Yeah. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
And, so, this remarkable ancient story has | 0:31:03 | 0:31:05 | |
a conclusion in the 20th century. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:07 | |
But it's time for Anita to be heading onward. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
It's been fascinating. I have absolutely loved this house. | 0:31:12 | 0:31:16 | |
With the auction fast approaching, she's got enough on her... | 0:31:16 | 0:31:20 | |
ha, ha...plate! | 0:31:20 | 0:31:21 | |
James, on the other hand, has motored on to Sudbury in Suffolk. | 0:31:25 | 0:31:30 | |
Sudbury was once famous for its artistic residents, the legendary | 0:31:30 | 0:31:34 | |
18th century painter Thomas Gainsborough hailed from the town. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
Let's hope some of that aesthetic dash | 0:31:37 | 0:31:39 | |
rubs off on James as he heads for | 0:31:39 | 0:31:42 | |
his last shop of the day at Mary's Antiques, | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
presided over by the proprietor who is, oddly enough, called Mary. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
-Hello, James. -Hello. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:52 | |
-I'm Mary. -Hello. Nice to meet you, Mary. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:55 | |
-Cor, how long have you been here? -33 years. -33 years! | 0:31:55 | 0:31:59 | |
-Yeah. -Oh, it looks wonderful. A lovely old building. | 0:31:59 | 0:32:03 | |
-Yes, it's quite a nice old place. -Well, I'll have a squizz round. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
-Yeah, you have a look round, by all means. -Thank you. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:09 | |
This is a sort of coal bin. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:18 | |
Quite a nice piece of brass, isn't it? | 0:32:20 | 0:32:22 | |
-Yeah. This is... I don't know... -CLATTER | 0:32:24 | 0:32:26 | |
-Oh, mind your head! -Getting attacked! | 0:32:26 | 0:32:29 | |
By a lampshade. Terrifying! | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
Just a lidded fellow. | 0:32:32 | 0:32:33 | |
I don't think it's terribly old, but it's not a bad weight. | 0:32:33 | 0:32:37 | |
It sort of feels as though it should be Edwardian. | 0:32:37 | 0:32:39 | |
-That's quite nice, that one. -So, 1900, 1910. | 0:32:39 | 0:32:42 | |
How much on this, Mary? | 0:32:42 | 0:32:44 | |
-20, you can have it. -20. It is nice. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:46 | |
Yeah, it is nice. | 0:32:46 | 0:32:48 | |
-And you want £20 for that? -Yeah. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:50 | |
-And I'll give you £20 for that. -Thank you very much. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
That's very kind of you. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
And a very civilised deal to end on, James. | 0:32:56 | 0:33:00 | |
And now they've both got all their lots for auction. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
So, they're now going to meet up in Sudbury and it's time for | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
our excellent experts to reveal their purchases to each other. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:13 | |
I'm dying to show you what I've bought. Can I go first? | 0:33:13 | 0:33:16 | |
-Yes, go on. Go first. -OK. I'll have to do this quite gingerly. | 0:33:16 | 0:33:21 | |
-Hey! Something from the homeland. -Oh, yes, some Scottish brooches. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:25 | |
Two little agate ones, polished agate, and two little Iona ones. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:30 | |
And I had to buy this monsieur | 0:33:30 | 0:33:34 | |
because we are in a little... "Deux CV". | 0:33:34 | 0:33:38 | |
-Oh, yes! -It's Napoleon. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
-And do you know something, James? -The little man himself. | 0:33:40 | 0:33:42 | |
He reminds me of you. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:44 | |
Heh, heh! I'm not sure I see the resemblance. | 0:33:44 | 0:33:47 | |
-Who's this made by? Is this Portmeirion? -Portmeirion. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:50 | |
-20 quid on that. -Cor! | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
-20 quid on these. -Cheap! | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
And 20 quid on this. | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
I'm sensing a theme here. Now, what about James' haul? | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
Very nice, James. | 0:34:02 | 0:34:03 | |
-Nice Arts and Crafts candleholder. -Guess the price. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:08 | |
-£20? -Well done. | 0:34:08 | 0:34:09 | |
What about this guy here? | 0:34:11 | 0:34:13 | |
-Uh, yeah, £20. -£20. OK. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:16 | |
Bits of cranberry glass? | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
-£20. And then my mad little buy...I just bought some old... -Stamps! | 0:34:18 | 0:34:24 | |
Not a hit, I fancy. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:27 | |
-I bought them for £5. -OK. -Let's go! | 0:34:27 | 0:34:30 | |
Let's! | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
They're the best of friends when they're face to face, | 0:34:33 | 0:34:35 | |
but what do they have to say behind closed doors, one wonders? | 0:34:35 | 0:34:38 | |
It's a bit spooky. We both seem to buy units in £20 sums. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:44 | |
The mah jong set, rather nice in its leather case, | 0:34:44 | 0:34:47 | |
and her lovely statue of Napoleon. I think that's a nice item. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:51 | |
I could do well, or I could just lick my chops. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:55 | |
Well, right. | 0:34:55 | 0:34:57 | |
I was hoping that, because James had a lot of money, | 0:34:57 | 0:35:00 | |
that he'd be tempted to spend loads of dosh, | 0:35:00 | 0:35:04 | |
but he hasn't done that, he's been very, very canny. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:08 | |
Now, the coal box, these things aren't as popular as they were, | 0:35:08 | 0:35:12 | |
but that one's rather nice, and those daft stamps, | 0:35:12 | 0:35:15 | |
a moment of madness, James! | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
Or genius. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:20 | |
We shall see, as they head to | 0:35:20 | 0:35:21 | |
the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in Essex. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:24 | |
Ancient Stansted Mountfitchet is a pretty little parish | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
and an ideal place for them to auction their wares. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:32 | |
-Here we are, James. Do you think we're fine here? -Isn't this lovely? | 0:35:33 | 0:35:37 | |
Oh! Here we are. | 0:35:38 | 0:35:40 | |
The morning struggle out of the vehicle. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:43 | |
-Feeling confident, darling? -I'm feeling semi-confident. -Uh-huh. | 0:35:44 | 0:35:49 | |
And so to battle! | 0:35:49 | 0:35:52 | |
Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers was established back in 1782. | 0:35:52 | 0:35:58 | |
Today, it's a general sale | 0:35:58 | 0:35:59 | |
and auctioneer Frank Barnett will be presiding over proceedings. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:03 | |
But, before the off, what does he make of James' and Anita's buys? | 0:36:05 | 0:36:10 | |
There's old favourites such as Portmeirion ware, | 0:36:10 | 0:36:12 | |
although quite stylish and retro, which is very popular at present, | 0:36:12 | 0:36:15 | |
it's the sort of thing that doesn't particularly set the world alight. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:19 | |
We have six cranberry glass beakers which, 20 years ago, | 0:36:19 | 0:36:21 | |
would have flown out the room and found many bidders. It won't make | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
what they made 20 years ago, but there'll still be somebody out there | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
who would like those. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:28 | |
Hmm. A cautious estimation. | 0:36:28 | 0:36:30 | |
Anita started this leg with £324.14. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:35 | |
She spent £135 on five lots. | 0:36:35 | 0:36:38 | |
While James began with £465.40. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
He played it very safe, | 0:36:44 | 0:36:46 | |
spending on £105 and also has five lots in today's sale. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:50 | |
And now the sale's about to begin. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:54 | |
This is us, James! | 0:36:54 | 0:36:57 | |
First up, Anita's job lot of Caledonian brooches. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
Can they pin her a decent price? | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
30. £30 is bid. I'll take 5... | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
-35 bid. 40. -45. 50. | 0:37:05 | 0:37:09 | |
5, 60, 5... | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
-Yes! -£65, bid at £65. 70, anyone else? Selling at £65. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:17 | |
It's a patriotic winner for our lively lassie. | 0:37:18 | 0:37:22 | |
-That's fabulous. -It's a good start, isn't it? | 0:37:22 | 0:37:24 | |
It's a great start. | 0:37:24 | 0:37:26 | |
Now James' stamp books from the '60s and '70s. | 0:37:26 | 0:37:29 | |
Please, Mr Postman, a profit for him! | 0:37:29 | 0:37:33 | |
10. £10 for them. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
Anybody want the stamps for £10? | 0:37:36 | 0:37:39 | |
-Come on, now, at 10... -Oh, dear, this doesn't bode well! | 0:37:39 | 0:37:42 | |
That's £5. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:43 | |
Anybody want them at £5? | 0:37:45 | 0:37:47 | |
No? Pass. | 0:37:47 | 0:37:48 | |
More like return to sender! Ha! | 0:37:48 | 0:37:50 | |
No-one bids in this saleroom, | 0:37:50 | 0:37:52 | |
so he'll have to carry them on to the next leg. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
Well, now I know why I've never seen books of stamps for an auction... | 0:37:55 | 0:38:00 | |
cos nobody buys them! | 0:38:00 | 0:38:02 | |
Ha, ha! | 0:38:03 | 0:38:04 | |
How unfortunate, | 0:38:04 | 0:38:06 | |
but Anita has another try now with her pretty Art Nouveau glass vases. | 0:38:06 | 0:38:10 | |
Who'll start? £20 for them. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
-£30. -30, 5, 40... | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
5, 50, 5... | 0:38:16 | 0:38:19 | |
-£55... -£55! | 0:38:19 | 0:38:22 | |
Selling at £55. All finished at 55? | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
A smashing profit again. | 0:38:25 | 0:38:28 | |
My friend is on fire! | 0:38:28 | 0:38:29 | |
-You are on fire! -I didn't expect them to go that far. -That is great! | 0:38:29 | 0:38:34 | |
Next, it's James' Arts and Crafts chamber candlestick. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:38 | |
Will it attract the punters' brass? | 0:38:38 | 0:38:40 | |
£10? £10 is bid. I'll take 15. | 0:38:40 | 0:38:43 | |
-Oh, well done. -20. We've got 25. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:46 | |
The lady's bid at £25. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:48 | |
This is exciting! | 0:38:48 | 0:38:49 | |
Selling at £25. All done at 25. | 0:38:49 | 0:38:53 | |
A modest profit there, but he won't see much return on that after | 0:38:53 | 0:38:56 | |
auction costs have been deducted. | 0:38:56 | 0:38:58 | |
I'm thankful for anything! | 0:38:59 | 0:39:01 | |
All the way from China, it's Anita's mah jong set. | 0:39:02 | 0:39:05 | |
-£20 is bid. I see 5 now. -25. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:08 | |
30, 5, 40, 5... | 0:39:08 | 0:39:11 | |
-50, sir? 50. -Yes! | 0:39:11 | 0:39:13 | |
£50 is bid. Selling at £50. All done. | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
And the game certainly seems to be in Anita's favour today. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:21 | |
-Well done, you! -Yes! Yes! -Another...oh! -Oh! | 0:39:21 | 0:39:25 | |
Unassailable! | 0:39:25 | 0:39:27 | |
On a roll! | 0:39:28 | 0:39:30 | |
Another one for the ascendant Anita now, | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
as her incomplete Portmeirion coffee set is up. | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
£10 then. £10 is bid. I'll take 15 now. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:39 | |
I've £10 bid. I'll take 15. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:41 | |
Selling it at £10 before she changes her mind at 10... | 0:39:41 | 0:39:45 | |
Well, it doesn't look as if it was the crowd's cup of, huh, coffee, eh? | 0:39:45 | 0:39:50 | |
I tell you, James, I deserved that one. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:52 | |
-Did you...? Slightly, you felt that, didn't you? -Yeah. | 0:39:52 | 0:39:54 | |
James was rather taken with this set of cranberry glasses, | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
but was it a rose-tinted buy? | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
£10 is bid. Do I see 15? I've 15. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:03 | |
15. We're away. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:04 | |
Do I see 20 anywhere? 20? | 0:40:04 | 0:40:07 | |
25? 25. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
The lady's bid at £25. £30 anywhere? This is for a set of six. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:13 | |
Selling then at £25. | 0:40:13 | 0:40:15 | |
Again, a modest profit. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:17 | |
-God, really... -That was... -..it's down to the coal bin | 0:40:19 | 0:40:21 | |
and the picture, because I have limped around, really, | 0:40:21 | 0:40:24 | |
I've done nothing. | 0:40:24 | 0:40:26 | |
James' fate indeed hangs on his last two lots | 0:40:26 | 0:40:29 | |
and it's his Edwardian coal bin next. | 0:40:29 | 0:40:32 | |
£20. £20 is bid. Do I see 5 anywhere? 25. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:36 | |
30, sir? 30. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:38 | |
£30 is bid then. It goes. All finished here at £30. At 30... | 0:40:38 | 0:40:42 | |
Well, it doesn't set the room alight, | 0:40:43 | 0:40:45 | |
but it's a welcome profit nevertheless. | 0:40:45 | 0:40:48 | |
-Dear, oh, dear... -Well, a wee bit of profit, James... -A wee bit, wee... | 0:40:48 | 0:40:52 | |
-But nothing running away. -It's all down to my picture. | 0:40:52 | 0:40:56 | |
But, before that, it's Anita's last lot, | 0:40:57 | 0:41:00 | |
her brass figure of Napoleon. | 0:41:00 | 0:41:02 | |
Will it conquer all? | 0:41:02 | 0:41:03 | |
-Bonne chance. -Bonne chance. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:06 | |
£20 I'm bid. Do I see 5 in the room now? It's a figure of Napoleon. 25. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:09 | |
30. 5. Will you go 38? 40 is bid. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:13 | |
-40's bid. -Do I see 5 anywhere else now? | 0:41:13 | 0:41:16 | |
And 40 all done? | 0:41:16 | 0:41:17 | |
It's her very own personal Waterloo. | 0:41:18 | 0:41:22 | |
I'll tell you, James, it could have been a lot worse. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:24 | |
-Yeah. Were you relieved with that? -Yeah. 40 quid. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
You're a brave soldier, Anita. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:29 | |
The very last lot of the sale now, | 0:41:29 | 0:41:31 | |
James' attractive oil of a Norfolk boatyard. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
20 then? £20 is bid. At £20 I'm bid, do I see 5 anywhere now? | 0:41:35 | 0:41:39 | |
At £20 is bid. 5 anywhere else now? | 0:41:39 | 0:41:42 | |
Are we all finished then at the maiden bid of 20? All done? | 0:41:42 | 0:41:45 | |
5 anybody? No. | 0:41:45 | 0:41:48 | |
And, with that, he's sunk. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:50 | |
-It's a bit of a disaster, that. -I think that was bad luck. -Yeah. | 0:41:50 | 0:41:53 | |
Bad luck on that one. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
-It's a combination of errors, I think, that one. -Yeah. -Let's go. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:58 | |
So, a disappointing sale for James means Anita wins this leg | 0:41:59 | 0:42:04 | |
and is nipping at his heels. | 0:42:04 | 0:42:06 | |
James started this leg with £465.40. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
After paying auction costs, he made a loss of | 0:42:11 | 0:42:13 | |
£23 and now has £442.40 to carry forward. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:18 | |
While Anita began with £324.14, | 0:42:21 | 0:42:25 | |
after auction costs are deducted, | 0:42:25 | 0:42:28 | |
she made a profit of £45.40 | 0:42:28 | 0:42:31 | |
and now has £369.54. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:34 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:42:38 | 0:42:39 | |
No words, please. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:41 | |
-Well, James, you won't mind if I have a wee gloat? -Course I won't. | 0:42:41 | 0:42:45 | |
-Well, we both played it safe. -Yeah. -And safe wasn't good for you, James. | 0:42:45 | 0:42:51 | |
-I think I'm looking forward to seeing you as a wild man! -I'll have to be! | 0:42:51 | 0:42:56 | |
Safe did not work for me today. | 0:42:56 | 0:43:00 | |
Unleash the beast! | 0:43:00 | 0:43:02 | |
Well, we'll look forward to that. To the next leg and away. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:05 | |
On the next Antiques Road Trip, | 0:43:07 | 0:43:10 | |
Anita's playing lead. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:11 | |
Rock'n'roll, man! | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
And even James is getting on down. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:17 | |
Anyway, I'd better get down and get dirty. | 0:43:17 | 0:43:19 |