0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each,
0:00:05 > 0:00:06a classic car...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08- IN SCOTTISH ACCENT: - We're going roon'!
0:00:08 > 0:00:11..and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I want to spend lots of money!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:15 > 0:00:17but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Oh, no!
0:00:19 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:21- Yes!- We've done it!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25You are kidding me on!
0:00:25 > 0:00:27So will it be the high road to glory,
0:00:27 > 0:00:29or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:29 > 0:00:32- What am I doing?- Got a deal. - This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah...
0:00:35 > 0:00:38On this trip, we've been on an antique adventure,
0:00:38 > 0:00:41from the Highlands to the flatlands
0:00:41 > 0:00:43and it's all to play for on this final leg,
0:00:43 > 0:00:48with experts Christina Trevanion and Charlie Ross.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Will you miss me?
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Will I miss you?!
0:00:51 > 0:00:53I don't intend to miss you, because I'm going to stay with you.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Wild horses will not remove me from you!
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Christina's been attending auctions since she was a child,
0:01:02 > 0:01:03not very long ago,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05and can spot a bargain from miles away.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I spy...
0:01:07 > 0:01:08huge profits.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Veteran Road Tripper and all-round entertainer Charlie
0:01:12 > 0:01:13is on a song this week.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17# Am I a fool without a mind? #
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Our pair kicked off with £200 each.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Over the week, Charlie got a scent for victory...
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- I love it. - ..winning the first two auctions,
0:01:25 > 0:01:28but since then, Christina has come up smelling of roses,
0:01:28 > 0:01:30so it's all to play for.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Oh, my...!
0:01:31 > 0:01:33After a disappointing start,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Christina has managed to get herself into profit
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and has £232.06 to spend.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41But she's got a lot of catching up to do -
0:01:41 > 0:01:44despite losing the last two auctions,
0:01:44 > 0:01:49Charlie still has the much healthier sum of £346.68
0:01:49 > 0:01:50to splash out today.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52You've got your work cut out, honey.
0:01:52 > 0:01:53I've seriously got my work cut out.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56I think you're the sort of girl that could handle that sort of challenge.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I do love a challenge.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Oh, yes, they've been clocking up the miles
0:02:00 > 0:02:03in a 1977 Volkswagen camper van called Geoffrey II.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06I think we ought to buy Geoffrey a present.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08I know! Fluffy dice!
0:02:08 > 0:02:09SHE GASPS
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Fluffy dice!- Fluffy dice? - He's kitsch, isn't he?- Yeah.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Christina and Charlie are travelling over 500 miles
0:02:16 > 0:02:18from Inverness in the Scottish Highlands
0:02:18 > 0:02:21to the coastal town of Boston in Lincolnshire.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Today they're starting the last leg of the trip
0:02:26 > 0:02:28in the Norfolk sea port of King's Lynn
0:02:28 > 0:02:32and heading to the final auction in Boston.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33How do they "tork" in Norfolk?
0:02:33 > 0:02:35They "tork" like "thart" in Norfolk.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- They "tork" like "thart"?- They do.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I say, chaps, I'd work on the accents.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Last time I checked, Norfolk wasn't in the West Country.
0:02:42 > 0:02:47Anyway, King's Lynn was one of England's most important ports
0:02:47 > 0:02:48from as early as the 12th century
0:02:48 > 0:02:52and this maritime past is still very much in evidence today.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Whoa-ho-ho-ho!
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Fantastic!- A grandfather clock!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Can I come too?- Well out of your price range, dear. Goodbye.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Mwah!- Have fun.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02This looks just up your street.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04I think it does.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Even I might not have enough money!
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Charlie's starting off his shopping at Jubilee Antiques,
0:03:09 > 0:03:12which specialises in furniture.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15English Victorian furniture,
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Georgian furniture,
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Georgian three-tier dumbwaiter...
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Urgh!
0:03:21 > 0:03:27Nothing that I can see anywhere near my miserable £340-whatever.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32But if I keep looking, there might be something.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Time to get owner Arthur involved.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37- I need to find something out of your sphere, don't I?- You certainly...
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Nothing I can teach you about Georgian furniture, I can tell that.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43That's rather splendid.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44That's not really you, is it?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- This bit of bamboo? - No, no, not really me.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48What are you doing with a bit of bamboo?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Well, it's not a bad bit, is it?
0:03:50 > 0:03:51It's lovely!
0:03:51 > 0:03:53It might not be Arthur's style,
0:03:53 > 0:03:56but this early 20th century bamboo overmantel
0:03:56 > 0:03:58seems to be in Charlie's taste.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00What a magnificent thing!
0:04:01 > 0:04:02You know what this is?
0:04:02 > 0:04:04It's a love it or hate it.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06At the £200 asking price,
0:04:06 > 0:04:09this would be a huge gamble.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12The bad news is, Arthur, I don't really want to pay £200 for it.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Oh, don't be like that!
0:04:16 > 0:04:18Would you take £100 off an old man for it?
0:04:18 > 0:04:20- No, no, no, no. - What about a young man?
0:04:20 > 0:04:22- Not even an old man.- What about me?
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Not even a young man.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Not even you!
0:04:25 > 0:04:28What?! Not even to our Charlie?!
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Looks like you'll have to keep looking, Rossco.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Arthur, may I borrow you again?
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Right...
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- I've seen something at long range, here.- Oh, right.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Bit of chinoise with the stool, how much is that?
0:04:41 > 0:04:4350 quid.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Oh, it's cheap, Arthur!
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Got him excited!
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Steady on, you'll do yourself a mischief.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I thought I'd ask the question before I clambered over there
0:04:52 > 0:04:54and had a look at it. Chinese Chippendale.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56- It's quite nice.- Isn't it?- Yeah.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58I think, what, erm...
0:05:00 > 0:05:05..what Christina would call "Chinese Chippendale effect".
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Or style, for you, Christina, cos it isn't period.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11You're right, it isn't, I'd say 20th century,
0:05:11 > 0:05:12so it could be a real gamble.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Well, it's cheap enough, innit?
0:05:16 > 0:05:22I must say, Arthur, your starting price was almost...reasonable.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24No, it's not the starting price.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- That's the death of it, that is. - That's the death, is it, 50 quid?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Hmm, you're not dancing now, though, are you?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34I suppose the only thing about that at auction is who would buy it?
0:05:34 > 0:05:38I suppose it could make 20 quid and it could make 70 quid.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40It'd be a complete gamble.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45So while Charlie mulls over a risky overmantel and stool,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49Christina has made her way 28 miles west to Spalding
0:05:49 > 0:05:53to see what John has to offer in Spalding Antiques.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55In an effort to claw back Charlie's lead,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Christina's headed straight for what she knows best -
0:05:57 > 0:05:59jewellery.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Little knick-knacks in here.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06A pearl missing out of that one, but a little diamond, OK.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08He looks a bit of a skew-whiff spider, doesn't he?
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Yeah, it does a bit, yeah.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14- Not climbing the drainpipe. - But it's nine-carat, I think.- It...
0:06:14 > 0:06:15is, yes.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18How much are on your brooches, John?
0:06:18 > 0:06:19They can be...
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- ..40 each.- 40 each?
0:06:24 > 0:06:25Christina, however,
0:06:25 > 0:06:29is eyeing up a better price on this 15-carat golden diamond bar brooch
0:06:29 > 0:06:32and nine-carat gold spider brooch.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35- What's best, best price on that? - If I said...
0:06:38 > 0:06:39..60 for those two...?
0:06:39 > 0:06:42That, really, I'm not particularly interested in.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Yes, it's gold, but unfortunately
0:06:44 > 0:06:46it's got a stone missing, it's a bit damaged.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51That one has got a little old-cut diamond in it and it's nice,
0:06:51 > 0:06:54so your main value obviously is in that one,
0:06:54 > 0:06:59but, really, I would be wanting to pay £30 for the two.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00I would do them at 40.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03- £40?- Yes.- For the two?- For the two.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04And the box.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05- And the box?- And the box.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09You are generosity personified, sir. Thank you very much.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12That's half of John's original asking price. Nice work, girl.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Back in King's Lynn, how's Charlie doing?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Now, going back to your bamboo...
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- Right.- ..I don't suppose you want to go back to your bamboo, but...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26..I think if I'm going to pay £200 for that,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28I would lose money at auction.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31How much did the stool cost? We might do a deal.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Could you do two for the price of one, do you think?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35What, £200 for the two?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37- £200 for the two.- Yep.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39That's the very best, isn't it?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41There's not a penny to be had off that, is there?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43- No. - But if I gave you £200 for the two,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- you would find that acceptable, would you?- Just about.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Put it there. I'm going to give you £200 for those two.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53£200 on two very chancy pieces -
0:07:53 > 0:07:56let's hope your luck's returned, Charlie.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Meanwhile, Christina's made her way across Spalding
0:08:01 > 0:08:05to learn about an ancient and traditional way of life.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07"Museum entrance."
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Hello, pony!
0:08:08 > 0:08:12The Romany people have a rich and varied travelling history
0:08:12 > 0:08:14dating back thousands of years
0:08:14 > 0:08:18and are said to have reached these shores about 1500,
0:08:18 > 0:08:22but one man of Romany descent has laid down his roots here in Spalding
0:08:22 > 0:08:27to document their fascinating past at the Gordon Boswell Romany Museum.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29- Hello!- Hello.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- Is it Gordon?- Nice to meet you. Yes, Gordon.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- Christina, lovely to meet you. - And you.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38Gordon began the museum with his own family's caravans back in 1995.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40He has since built up a large collection
0:08:40 > 0:08:42in memory of his father, Silvester.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48- The proper word for these is "vardo".- "Vardo"?
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Yes. You would call them, as you were saying,
0:08:50 > 0:08:54a caravan, something like that, but the proper word is "vardo".
0:08:54 > 0:08:55Can I have a look in one?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- You can do.- Would you mind?- No.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Oh, wow!
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Oh, my goodness.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03If you're a Romany man,
0:09:03 > 0:09:05did you...
0:09:05 > 0:09:07did you start out in one of these?
0:09:07 > 0:09:12- I was born in a tent at the side of one of these.- No, you weren't!
0:09:12 > 0:09:13- Were you?!- Yes.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16And then I was like that until I was eight,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19and then we progressed on to trailer caravans,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23so this is how I've started my life off.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26That explains to me why you collect these, then.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28This is nostalgia for you.
0:09:28 > 0:09:30People say, "How did they live in here?"
0:09:30 > 0:09:33You've got to compare this
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- to the average working man's house...- At the time.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- ..at the same period. - So what date would this have been?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40This is about 1920,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43so go back to houses of 1920.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44- Tiny little terraces.- Yes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47And four or five children in one bed,
0:09:47 > 0:09:48- a tin bath, one bath a week.- Yeah.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- So you've got to compare them to them days.- Yeah.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56The Romany people was living probably more comfortable,
0:09:56 > 0:09:57more warmth,
0:09:57 > 0:10:01than the average house - people who lived in houses.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05One particular vardo in the collection takes pride of place.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07So whose vardo was this?
0:10:07 > 0:10:12This one, my father actually built this when he was 70...
0:10:12 > 0:10:18- Really?- ..just to prove to his family that he knew how to do it
0:10:18 > 0:10:20and to keep his hand in.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23How many brothers and sisters did you have?
0:10:23 > 0:10:25There's five boys and two girls, seven of us.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- So seven, plus your mother?- Plus my mother was nine.- And your father.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- There was nine.- Nine of you?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32- Yes.- In one of these?- Yes.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Was it a way of life that you enjoyed?
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Was it a way of life that you have fond memories of?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41That fond memories, you'll never forget them.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47Some people in the Romany world who were brought up in wagons
0:10:47 > 0:10:49couldn't wait to get out of them.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51So why do you cherish it so much?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Why do I cherish it?
0:10:53 > 0:10:57Well, if I didn't cherish it, what would happen to all this?
0:10:57 > 0:10:59You wouldn't be coming to a Romany museum, would you?
0:10:59 > 0:11:01It'd be lost, wouldn't it?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05How wonderful Gordon is keeping history alive for future generations
0:11:05 > 0:11:07and a visit to the museum wouldn't be complete
0:11:07 > 0:11:10without Christina hitching a ride.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Giddy-up.
0:11:14 > 0:11:19- It's a wonderful, peaceful way of travelling, isn't it?- Isn't it, yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22You're in a country lane and you've got no worries.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Yeah, absolutely.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's time for our little antique traveller
0:11:26 > 0:11:29to vamoose from the vardo and carry on shopping.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Which is exactly what Charlie's doing.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38He has £196.68 left as he heads for The Old Granary Antique Centre.
0:11:38 > 0:11:39Look out.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43With a number of independent antiques dealers to choose from,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45a familiar face is on hand to help.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50- Hello!- Hello.- It's Ruth, isn't it? - It is, yes.- We've met before.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Pleased to meet you.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54And Charlie wastes no time in pursuit of his third item.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Oh-ho-ho-ho!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Where did this trip start?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03- IN SCOTTISH ACCENT: - North of Inverness.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06And what was I wearing?
0:12:06 > 0:12:08A kilt. Not this kilt.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12I think this kilt must be a...
0:12:13 > 0:12:16..Stewart tartan, probably.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18It's certainly not a Ross tartan.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Stewart tartan, but it's got the jacket as well.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Just hold on a moment.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26RAUNCHY MUSIC
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Oh, lordy. I thought this was a family show.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Uh-oh.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Looks like Charlie's going back to his roots again.
0:12:39 > 0:12:44Look at that - it's not a Ross tartan, but it's not bad.
0:12:44 > 0:12:45Ruth!
0:12:45 > 0:12:47What do you reckon?
0:12:47 > 0:12:48Yes!
0:12:48 > 0:12:52Yes? I started my tour wearing my kilt, my Ross kilt,
0:12:52 > 0:12:55up north of Inverness, you see, so soon as I left Scotland,
0:12:55 > 0:12:57I came out of my kilt,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and ever since I took my kilt off, I've started losing,
0:13:00 > 0:13:02whereas I was winning when I was wearing my kilt,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04so if I go back into a kilt,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- I could start winning again. - Ah, that sounds logical.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10The outfit belongs to Rachel, who isn't in today.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12It's priced at £164,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15so Charlie gives her a bell.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Um, it's got to go to auction.
0:13:17 > 0:13:23I don't see the whole ensemble making more than £60-£70 at auction.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Rachel's sticking at £70,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27but that leaves no profit for Charlie,
0:13:27 > 0:13:29so he's back on the prowl.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33There's nothing as appealing as a kilt here, to be perfectly honest.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Ooh, this is rather fun.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45HE CHUCKLES
0:13:45 > 0:13:47A weathervane, but not just a weather vane -
0:13:47 > 0:13:50a weather vane with Christina on the top.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Look at her go! Look at Christina go.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58Charming. This weather vane also belongs to Rachel.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Could I be really cheeky and say,
0:14:00 > 0:14:02"At 70 quid, would you chuck in the weather vane?"
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Huh! Nothing ventured, nothing gained,
0:14:05 > 0:14:07so Charlie makes another call.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Are you sure you're all right with that?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- You're an angel! - And you're a lucky devil.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17The money is going on the table.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Perhaps Rossco's luck has changed.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Rachel's happy to do a deal on the lot - £65 for the outfit
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- and £5 for the weather vane. - How good is that?
0:14:26 > 0:14:30- Brilliant.- That's a celebration, girls, come on. Mwah! Mwah!
0:14:30 > 0:14:31Come here, darling!
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Mwah! Mwah!
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Oh!
0:14:34 > 0:14:36I'll do a little fling.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41And so a busy day wraps up for our intrepid travellers.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42What's he on?
0:14:42 > 0:14:43Night-night.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Rise and shine!
0:14:46 > 0:14:49It's an early start for our duo, though it seems their mood
0:14:49 > 0:14:51is as overcast as the weather - look at her face.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Charlie, this is our last day.
0:14:53 > 0:14:54Oh, don't!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56I can't bear it!
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Can we make this day last for ever?
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Oh, bless...
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Charlie's been taking big risks so far,
0:15:05 > 0:15:09forking out £270 of his budget on a bamboo overmantel,
0:15:09 > 0:15:11a chinoiserie stool,
0:15:11 > 0:15:13a weather vane and a Scottish national outfit.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18That leaves him with £76.68 still to spend.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Christina, in contrast, is playing safe, buying what she knows best -
0:15:22 > 0:15:24two gold brooches.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26She's got some catching up to do,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29but a healthy £192.06 to do it with.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I've got some serious work to do before we part, though.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34I tell you what, you've got some buying to do today, my girl.
0:15:34 > 0:15:35You have got some buying to do.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39Rossco and Trevanion are making their way 48 miles southwest
0:15:39 > 0:15:41to Oundle in Northamptonshire,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44where Christina has an appointment to browse.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46The market town of Oundle
0:15:46 > 0:15:49was originally a trading place for farmers and craftsmen,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52but Christina's been on the hunt for all things sparkly.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57And Vicky's standing by.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Hello, Vicky.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- This is my last leg.- Right, OK.- This is my last chance to make an impact.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06You've got some really beautiful things.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Is there anything, anything that you might think...
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Well, something did come in
0:16:11 > 0:16:14that I haven't actually had a chance to get out yet,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16- which you can have a look... - Oh, let me see.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Rather a job lot.
0:16:18 > 0:16:19That's what we like. Ooh, OK!
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Little bits of silver and...
0:16:23 > 0:16:24..a few novelty pieces.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26OK, so we've got a little paste...
0:16:27 > 0:16:30..and opaline brooch, that's quite nice.
0:16:30 > 0:16:37OK, we've got a little sovereign case there with nice spring action.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- No hallmarks and feels plated as well.- Yeah.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Then we've got a little... That's silver.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47OK, so silver shell butter dish there.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Oh, very sweet locket.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53And again, that looks plate, doesn't it? But that's rather nice.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- It's sweet.- OK, and then what looks to be...
0:16:56 > 0:17:01That feels... OK, that's stamped "sterling". I like a job lot.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03I do like a job lot. What have you got on that?
0:17:03 > 0:17:0525?
0:17:05 > 0:17:0925. I will happily give you 25 for that.
0:17:09 > 0:17:10Not finished yet,
0:17:10 > 0:17:14eagle-eyed Christina has spotted some beads behind the counter,
0:17:14 > 0:17:15but there could be a problem.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20These haven't been priced up because I'm not sure what they are.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24They might be jade, but one of them is a bit light.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26- Oh, it is, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30Time for our expert to decide - jade or glass?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33I agree with you that they could and they couldn't be.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Oh, yeah? Well, that's cleared that one up, then.
0:17:36 > 0:17:37What's on those?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39They're £40 each.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40- Each?!- Each.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44I like them, but I like them at £40 for the two.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47£40 each is, if they're glass,
0:17:47 > 0:17:49a heck of a risk.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Seeing as you're taking a risk on them, I can do that.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Jade is extremely popular at the moment,
0:17:54 > 0:17:58but finally Christina's taking a risk to get back in the game.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00I like a risk, I like to take a chance,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03and frankly, at this stage of the competition,
0:18:03 > 0:18:08I need to, so at £40 and did we say £20?
0:18:08 > 0:18:11- 25, I believe.- 25.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Yep.- Can we do £60 for the lot? - Yep, we can do that.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15- Yeah?- Yep.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- Happy?- Yep.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- £60, thank you very much. - You're very welcome.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22- Bye-bye.- Bye!
0:18:22 > 0:18:23- LOUDLY:- Bye-ee!
0:18:25 > 0:18:29Charlie, meanwhile, has made his way to Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire
0:18:29 > 0:18:32to visit the former schoolhouse of Oliver Cromwell,
0:18:32 > 0:18:34a man who dominated politics
0:18:34 > 0:18:37at a very unique time in the country's past -
0:18:37 > 0:18:40the time that saw the monarch executed
0:18:40 > 0:18:42and England became a republic.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47To find out more, Charlie's meeting museum curator John Goldsmith.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Hello, John. Nice to meet you.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55An ordinary local lad, Cromwell entered politics aged 29
0:18:55 > 0:18:58and rose through the political ranks in 17th century England
0:18:58 > 0:19:00during the reign of Charles I.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04At this time, the king held absolute power
0:19:04 > 0:19:06over the people and the Parliament.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09But this was about to be challenged
0:19:09 > 0:19:13and Cromwell was about to play a significant role.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Did he form his own opinions of the king in a detrimental way?
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Cromwell didn't certainly start off, I think, being opposed to the king.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24What he would have been in favour of
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- was greater power for Parliament. - Yeah.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30It was that tension between the king and Parliament
0:19:30 > 0:19:33which, of course, led to the outbreak of the Civil War.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36STEEL CLANGS
0:19:36 > 0:19:40The English Civil War pitted Parliamentarians against Royalists
0:19:40 > 0:19:43in bloody conflicts across the country.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46Taking up the fight against the monarchy, Cromwell joined the army,
0:19:46 > 0:19:51and within three years, he'd been promoted to lieutenant general.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Cromwell is a senior figure in the army
0:19:53 > 0:19:57and, of course, he still has his role as an MP,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59so that's Cromwell's great strength -
0:19:59 > 0:20:02he manages to have both a political and military role.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07War raged for nine years and Cromwell became ever more powerful.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Then, in 1649, the Royalists were defeated.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Charles I was captured, put on trial and beheaded.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19His son Charles went into exile in France
0:20:19 > 0:20:22and the country was left without a leader.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25The monarch had gone. What happened next?
0:20:25 > 0:20:31- What Parliament did was to declare itself a Commonwealth.- Yeah.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36It's the only time in this country's history when we've had a Republic.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40For four years, Cromwell is part of a republican parliament.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43But he is also head of the country's armed forces,
0:20:43 > 0:20:47and in a bid for more power, and partly driven by his Puritan beliefs,
0:20:47 > 0:20:52he committed heinous atrocities in Ireland and Scotland.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54And then, in 1653,
0:20:54 > 0:21:00Cromwell becomes very frustrated with Parliament's lack of progress.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Parliament really weren't doing what he wanted them to do, were they?
0:21:03 > 0:21:06They're not doing what he believed they ought to be doing.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Cromwell dismissed Parliament and took complete control.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14The image of him from this time in his black hat is now iconic,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17and the museum holds the very hat believed to have been worn
0:21:17 > 0:21:21by the man himself at the dissolution.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Is there any significance to the size of the rim?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- It might have been an odd statement of wealth...- Ah!
0:21:26 > 0:21:31..because the bigger the hat, the costlier it would have been.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34An imposing figure, Cromwell was now effectively ruling the country
0:21:34 > 0:21:37with much the same powers as the monarch he had fought against.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44Cromwell ends up as Lord Protector, the head of state,
0:21:44 > 0:21:49living in royal palaces, and he continues in this role
0:21:49 > 0:21:52until he dies peacefully in his bed.
0:21:52 > 0:21:57At Cromwell's death, a death mask was taken.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58You can see the imperfections,
0:21:58 > 0:22:04- and you can see clearly above the right eye a big wart.- Yeah.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07And Cromwell is said to have said, "paint me warts and all."
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Oh, "warts and all"? Is that where the expression warts and all comes from?
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- That's where the expression comes from.- Well, well!
0:22:14 > 0:22:18Following Cromwell's death, support for the republic soon wavered.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Within two years, Charles II returned from France to reign
0:22:22 > 0:22:25and settle a score with an old foe.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28It was decided that those who'd been...
0:22:28 > 0:22:32who were held responsible for the death of the King were to be pursued.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34- But, of course, Cromwell was dead. - Yeah.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37To what they did with Cromwell, his body,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39was to dig him up from Westminster
0:22:39 > 0:22:44and then the head was detached from the body with an executioner's axe.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47So he was posthumously executed.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50The head was gibbeted, put on a spike on Westminster Hall
0:22:50 > 0:22:53where it stayed for the next 20 years.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- It's an extraordinary story. - Pleasure.- Absolutely fascinating. - Pleasure.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Thank you very much for coming, Charlie.- If I may, I'll spend a little more time
0:23:01 > 0:23:05- looking round your wonderful museum. - Please do. Thank you.- Thank you.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07So, while Charlie indulges himself further,
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Christina's made her own way to the university town of Cambridge.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15According to research in 2009, residents of Cambridge spend
0:23:15 > 0:23:19more per head on takeaway meals than any other town or city in Britain.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Huh! Let's hope Christina can take away a bargain.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Her next stop is Hope Street Yard Antiques,
0:23:25 > 0:23:28which houses a row of lock-up units and shops
0:23:28 > 0:23:31selling an array of vintage and antique goods,
0:23:31 > 0:23:35though it doesn't look like Christina will find any bling in here.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38In fact, she seems to have changed tack entirely.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41I quite like those, they're quite impressive, aren't they?
0:23:41 > 0:23:47- Let's see if we can find somebody... Somebody. Hello, sir!- Hi.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- Hello, I'm Christina.- I'm Warren.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- Nice to meet you, Warren. How are you? Are you well?- I'm very well, thank you.- Good.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Owner Warren has been trading here since the early 1970s,
0:23:56 > 0:24:00so he should be the man to help turn these planters into winning pieces.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03I quite like your urns, they're just quite impressive.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05There's no serious age to them, is there?
0:24:05 > 0:24:08No, but they're not, sort of, precast concrete.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- Do they come as a pair?- They come as a pair, they're a matching pair.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- I'm assuming that we don't have the...- You don't have to have them.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- Slugs. And spiders.- But there isn't a discount if you DON'T have them.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21CHRISTINA LAUGHS
0:24:21 > 0:24:23- Are you sure?- Positive.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27- What's your absolute death on them? - I suppose that...
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Well, to move them on, I've had good use out of them,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33- they could be £20 a pair. - I'd be happy with that.- Good.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38I'll give you £20 for those. I will shake your hand, and I will give you some cold, hard cash.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43Can the planters make Christina a cold, hard profit? Green fingers crossed.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45And a 20. Perfect.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Meanwhile, Charlie's also making
0:24:49 > 0:24:52the 19-mile journey down to Cambridge with Geoffrey.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Geoffrey, it's rather lonely being just alone with you.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- Geoffrey... - HE TOOTS HORN
0:24:58 > 0:25:01..are you enjoying your day, although Christina's not here?
0:25:01 > 0:25:02SAD TOOT SOUND
0:25:02 > 0:25:06- Oh, no, you're not! No. You like it when Christina's here, don't you? - RAPID TOOTS
0:25:06 > 0:25:09(Oh, lordy.) Charlie's off to meet another old acquaintance -
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Stephen, owner of Cambs Antiques.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Shop! Shop!
0:25:12 > 0:25:17- Hi, Charlie, how are you? - How are you? Nice to see you.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23I've got a couple of silver bits down the front you might be interested in.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28- Hallmarked silver bits? - Yes. Hallmarked. - Lead on. Come on, come on!
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Well, this could be a stroke of good fortune.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33You've got a little bit of a sort of corner of excitement here, haven't you?
0:25:33 > 0:25:38- You've been polishing.- I have been cleaning, yes.- A pair of rouge pots.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Or trinket jars. Rouge pots, aren't they?
0:25:42 > 0:25:46These silver-topped rouge pots are hallmarked Birmingham 1919.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Nice little item.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51That's pretty. Little vesta, look at that.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- Isn't it gorgeous?- Isn't that sweet? - Original little matchboxes.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59- Oh, I know.- And even better, this one's from Chester, dated 1907.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01You're going up in the world, Charlie boy!
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- Look - and a vacant cartouche. - Absolutely.- You could give that to somebody.
0:26:05 > 0:26:09- You could get your initials on there backwards.- You could.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11That's interesting. It's a birthday book.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- I thought that was a Bible.- No.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16You don't have any other small pieces of silver, do you, anywhere?
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Try the front, Charlie, that's normally where the good stuff's kept.
0:26:20 > 0:26:25- Ah, a vesta.- A little vesta. 1904.
0:26:25 > 0:26:31That's sweet. Jolly nice, crisp marks again, Stephen.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Love your scent bottle. Has it got any age?- Oh, yes.- Has it?- Yes.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39What a gorgeous neck. Look at that enamel.
0:26:39 > 0:26:44- The key here is to find that the enamel is perfect.- Perfect, absolutely perfect.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48This scent bottle is made by the prestigious Birmingham silversmith
0:26:48 > 0:26:51Levi and Salaman, dated 1926.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52That's the most gorgeous thing.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- That's one of the most gorgeous things in your shop.- Thank you.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- How much is that?- Apart from me.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Well, you're absolutely priceless, not gorgeous.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Let's go and have a look, Charlie.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05(Nice thing!)
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Cos I think you could make a nice little parcel of silver...
0:27:09 > 0:27:11- That's fabulous.- ..that would have very wide appeal.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13This has got lovely bright cut decoration on it.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17- It has.- Don't know where we're going on pricewise, here.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20Well, we've now got a lovely Art Deco scent bottle,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23a couple of pretty vestas, a pair of rouge pots
0:27:23 > 0:27:26and a charming silver-covered birthday book.
0:27:26 > 0:27:30Have you got one last little bit of nonsense?
0:27:30 > 0:27:34- I could go £76.68 if you had something else.- OK.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Something else?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38You'll have the blood out of the stone next, Charlie.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40But just for luck, Stephen's managed to add
0:27:40 > 0:27:42a horseshoe brooch to the bundle.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46It can be yours for the aforementioned sum,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48cos it says "best wishes".
0:27:48 > 0:27:52CHARLIE LAUGHS
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Wonderful!
0:27:53 > 0:27:57And for more luck, Stephen's forgoing the 68p,
0:27:57 > 0:28:00so Charlie gets the whole lot for £76 exactly.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02Shake the man's hand, Rossco!
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Fingers crossed, old bean.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Well, Charlie's all spent out, but can Christina catch up?
0:28:08 > 0:28:12She's going next door for her last shop of the trip - The Hive.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15Owner, Bill, specialises in ceramic tiles,
0:28:15 > 0:28:17but has a number of silver items, too.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21And there's one piece in particular that has already caught Christina's eye.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24I have got £72.06,
0:28:24 > 0:28:29and I'm prepared to give you every single last one of my pennies.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- I don't think that will buy that, though.- Oh!
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Wait a minute - £72? I think you need to have a recount, Christina.
0:28:38 > 0:28:3960, 70...
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Hang on a minute.
0:28:43 > 0:28:4480.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46I'm not used to having so much money.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48There's more money here than I thought there was going...
0:28:48 > 0:28:50And I've got change.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54OK. So...
0:28:54 > 0:28:56- That's £112.06. - That's more like it.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59I might be able to afford it.
0:28:59 > 0:29:04Let's go and see. Go and see Bill again, see what he says.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- Bill?- Yes?- Got a little bit of a confession to make.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11It's great news - I've got more than I thought I had!
0:29:11 > 0:29:13- Oh, right.- Happy days!- Happy days.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15That'll be the mirror back in play.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20It's Edwardian style, but it's got no age to it. Impressive, though.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23What else do you want to have a look at if you've got slightly more money?
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Well, I quite like the idea of doing a frame and a mirror
0:29:26 > 0:29:29- cos I only want to buy one more lot.- Right.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32So, to make a lot out of...
0:29:32 > 0:29:37- That's nice, isn't it? - This is very elegant.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38Oh, that's beautiful!
0:29:40 > 0:29:44- Again, not terribly old, but it's got the look.- It has, hasn't it?
0:29:44 > 0:29:48I've got left £112.06.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50The 6p is still there.
0:29:50 > 0:29:526p is going to make all the difference, isn't it(?)
0:29:52 > 0:29:58- Erm...- What's your thoughts about the two of those for £112.06?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Yes, go on. Definitely, now.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05CHRISTINA LAUGHS
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Thank you very, very much. I will give you everything that's left.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11I've finished! That's it, I'm done!
0:30:11 > 0:30:14SHE LAUGHS
0:30:14 > 0:30:18Ha ha! Good on you, girl. Shopping's done, but what did they buy?
0:30:19 > 0:30:23Charlie chalked up a weathervane, a Scottish national costume,
0:30:23 > 0:30:27a chinoiserie stool, a bamboo overmantel,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29and a selection of silver items, riskily spending
0:30:29 > 0:30:35all but the small change from the £346.68p he started with,
0:30:35 > 0:30:39while Christina has spent steadily on a pair of brooches,
0:30:39 > 0:30:41what she hopes are jade necklaces,
0:30:41 > 0:30:43a selection of silver and jewellery,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46a mirror and frame, and two garden planters,
0:30:46 > 0:30:47spending, in all, £232.06.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53But what do Charlie and Christina think of each other's buys?
0:30:53 > 0:30:58Charlie's buys this time are very much
0:30:58 > 0:31:02reflective of his character.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06Very wacky. What was he thinking with that overmantel thing?
0:31:06 > 0:31:10She's going to make a profit, quite a good profit, I think.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13And I've bought one or two safe things.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15The kilt? Anybody's guess.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18It's all going to boil down to that enormous,
0:31:18 > 0:31:22wonderful bamboo monstrosity.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26After starting out in King's Lynn and heading through four counties,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30this final leg of our trip concludes at an auction show down in Boston.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Boston is a small port in the flatlands of Lincolnshire.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39The town was used by filmmakers during the Second World War
0:31:39 > 0:31:43to represent the Netherlands when they couldn't get the real thing.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46CHARLIE SOBS
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Are you OK, Charlie?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- SOBBING:- I don't want it to end!
0:31:53 > 0:31:55CHRISTINA LAUGHS
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Pull yourself together, Rossco!
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Having won two auctions each,
0:31:59 > 0:32:03it's all down to the final showdown, with everything to play for at
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Boston Auctions, a family business offering weekly general sales.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10They also auction over the phone and online.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12- Superb!- I'm nervous.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16- Are you?- I'm shaking like a leaf.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19- Right, come on!- Come on, then. - Come on, Miss Trevanion.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- Let's face the music.- Forward to battle. Oh, it's freezing! Come on!
0:32:23 > 0:32:25CHRISTINA SHIVERS
0:32:25 > 0:32:30Putting our pair under the hammer at today's auction is Graham Summerfield.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34The two silver lots, the groups of silver items,
0:32:34 > 0:32:35I think those'll do very well.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40The chair. The chair, the stool, it isn't particularly a good example.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45You might get £10, £15 on a good day.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48I'm hoping I'm wrong, but that's what I think you'll get.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Christina's got a lot of catching up to do,
0:32:50 > 0:32:55nearly £115 behind in the trip, but she'll be happy with that news.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Let the auction begin!
0:32:59 > 0:33:03- I feel like the condemned man. - CHRISTINA LAUGHS
0:33:03 > 0:33:05First up, Charlie's weathervane.
0:33:08 > 0:33:12I've got a cheeky bid of £8, but it's a start. Have I got a ten?
0:33:12 > 0:33:15It's more than you paid for it. £8?! Internet, 12. 12.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18Look, the Internet's going. 15, 18, 20.
0:33:18 > 0:33:2020 on the internet, is there 22?
0:33:20 > 0:33:23£20 on Internet, is there 22?
0:33:23 > 0:33:2522 in the room. Have I got 25?
0:33:25 > 0:33:28- 22 in the room, is there 25?- 25?!
0:33:28 > 0:33:3225 I've got, is there 28? It's a nice example, have I got 28?
0:33:32 > 0:33:37- Try another!- Your last and final... - GAVEL FALLS
0:33:37 > 0:33:39That turned a profit at a breeze!
0:33:39 > 0:33:44- I've made a profit!- Well done!- I've made a profit, I've made a profit!
0:33:44 > 0:33:45CHRISTINA LAUGHS
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Now for Charlie's Scottish national dress ensemble.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52It brought him luck in Scotland, but will it in Boston?
0:33:52 > 0:33:56I will start at £20. Is there a little bit more?
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Have I got 22? 25, is there 28?
0:33:59 > 0:34:0428 I've got, 30 in the room, 32 on a commission. Have I got 35?
0:34:04 > 0:34:0935 on the internet, have I got 38? 38 there is, is there 40?
0:34:09 > 0:34:1340 on the internet. 42? 42. Have I got 45?
0:34:13 > 0:34:16- This... I'm losing money. - No, you're not.
0:34:16 > 0:34:1845 with the lady, have I got 48?
0:34:18 > 0:34:2045 sitting on my left there, is there 48?
0:34:22 > 0:34:2348 anywhere?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26GAVEL FALLS
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Dress it up any way you like, that's a loss.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32- SCOTTISH ACCENT:- It's all gone pear shaped.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34It's fine, it's fine. Think positive.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38It's Christina's first chance to close the gap on Rossco.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41- It's her garden planters. - I've got a cheeky bid of a tenner.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44I've got to start somewhere, I'll start there. Have I got 12?
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- Bells for 50.- 12 on the internet. 15.- Listen to that Internet.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- Oh, look at this!- 18, 22.- 22.
0:34:49 > 0:34:5228, 30. 30, 32.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54£30 on my left, have I got 32?
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- Come on!- 32 I've got at the back. 35. Is there 38?
0:34:57 > 0:35:0238 right behind you. 40 on the internet. 42?
0:35:02 > 0:35:0442 sitting down. Have I got 45?
0:35:04 > 0:35:0645 standing up.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08I've got 48 on the internet.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12- # Good night Rossco, good night. # - £50?!
0:35:12 > 0:35:1555 there is, is there 60? 55 on the internet once.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17- £60 sitting down.- £60!
0:35:17 > 0:35:22Have got 65? 65 I've got. Is there 70?
0:35:22 > 0:35:2565 on the internet, is there £70?
0:35:25 > 0:35:29- Your last and final... 70 I've got. Is there 75.- £70!
0:35:29 > 0:35:32£70 with the gent in the centre there. Is there 75?
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- I don't know why I'm excited, they're yours!- I've actually made some money!
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Final chance, I'm going to let them go at 70.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- GAVEL FALLS - A cracking profit to start with.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43That's taken a large bite out of Charlie's lead already.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45SHE SQUEALS
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- Hang on.- Thank you!
0:35:48 > 0:35:52- CHARLIE SIGHS Thank you!- Boo!
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Worst news for Charlie,
0:35:54 > 0:35:58the auctioneer things his next lot, the chinoiserie stool, will flop.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01I've got a very low bid of £7.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02Have I got eight?
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Eight on the internet. Have I got a tenner?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- Oh, eight!- Ten at the back. Have I got 12?
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- Ten!- Come on, folks.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11We'll be paying you to take it.
0:36:11 > 0:36:1412, I've got. 15, I've got. Is there 18?
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Surely it's worth 18.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Nope, sold for £15, I'm afraid.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24An even bigger loss for Charlie. Oh, dear.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27It's going well this, isn't it?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29This is going crackingly well.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Christina's next up with her silver and jewellery lot.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35She'll be confident that this should go down well here.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Start the bidding at 45, 48.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Have I got £50?
0:36:43 > 0:36:4550 on the phone first.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Have I got 55? £55 anywhere?
0:36:47 > 0:36:4955. I've got 60 in the room.
0:36:49 > 0:36:5160 with the lady. 65 I've got.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53- Is there 70?- I give in.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56- Anybody at 70?- Oh, no.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Your last and final at £70.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00It's going to be sold.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03On a commission bid at 65.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Anybody anywhere?
0:37:06 > 0:37:10That commission bid has put Christina in the lead. How exciting.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12That's really good, isn't it?
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Fab(!) Cracking(!)
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Christina's up again with her most expensive purchase,
0:37:19 > 0:37:21the mirror and frame.
0:37:21 > 0:37:27I can start the bidding straight in at 48. Have I got 50?
0:37:27 > 0:37:2850 bid.
0:37:28 > 0:37:3055, I've got.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Have I got 60?
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Anybody at 60?
0:37:33 > 0:37:35Your last and final at 60.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37I've got stand in. Have I got 65?
0:37:37 > 0:37:3860 in the room first.
0:37:38 > 0:37:42£65 anywhere? Anybody at 65?
0:37:42 > 0:37:4365 I've got.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Is there 70? £70, I've got.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47You're getting there.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Have I got 75?- Milk it.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- The last and final.- Come on.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59Ouch. Christina's first loss of the day, but it's a big one.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03£70. £42 lost, Charlie.
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- Ouch.- Less commission. - Yes, see, that's all my profits.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09More like a £50 off, Christina.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Cheeky.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14But that loss has Charlie back in front and his silver lot
0:38:14 > 0:38:17and scent jar are a bit of quality.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Straight in at 65.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Have I got £70?
0:38:21 > 0:38:23- MAN: 80!- 80 straight in.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24- I'm nearly into a profit.- See.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Five. 90.
0:38:26 > 0:38:2995 right at the back. £100.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30Synchronised porters.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Have I got 110?
0:38:32 > 0:38:34I've got £100 with the lady in the centre.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- Need a bit more.- She's bidding.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Is there 110 anywhere?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40MAN: 110!
0:38:40 > 0:38:41110 on the left.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- Is she bidding again? - 120 with the lady.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Have I got 130?
0:38:45 > 0:38:46130 anywhere?
0:38:46 > 0:38:47Anybody at 130?
0:38:47 > 0:38:50It's not all doom and gloom.
0:38:52 > 0:38:56Well done, Charlie. Quality items will always sell.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- Good boy.- Well done, Charlie.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00- Good boy.- Well done.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03- Well done, lady. - It's not all over yet, madam.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Christina did well in the last auction with her brooches.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08How will these compare?
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Straight in at £50.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12Have I got 55?
0:39:12 > 0:39:1555. 60 I've got on a commission. Have I got 65?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17£65 anywhere?
0:39:17 > 0:39:19Anybody at 65?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21You are bidding on two, folks, not one.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23There's two in the lot.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25You're absolutely right.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27Your last and final at 65.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- 60.- Oh.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Not quite the profit you need to get back in front, I'm afraid.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37It's Christina's last chance to catch Charlie.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40The auctioneer thinks her beads are jade.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42But will the bidders?
0:39:42 > 0:39:44We'll start at 35.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Have I got 38?
0:39:46 > 0:39:4938, I've got. It's your bid. Have I got £40?
0:39:49 > 0:39:51They are genuine jade, folks,
0:39:51 > 0:39:53you should be paying double that for one of them.
0:39:53 > 0:39:54What?!
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Don't you start saying things like that!
0:39:56 > 0:39:59I've got 42. 45?
0:39:59 > 0:40:00Keep going.
0:40:00 > 0:40:0245. Have I got 48? 48. 50?
0:40:02 > 0:40:04She's a bit excitable today.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05£50. Have I got 55?
0:40:05 > 0:40:09£50 standing right at the back by the heater there. Have I got 55?
0:40:09 > 0:40:12Your last and final.
0:40:14 > 0:40:15A small profit I suppose,
0:40:15 > 0:40:19but it's all down to their last lot of the day.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20That was very cheap.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26If Charlie can avoid a heavy loss he'll be the Road Trip victor,
0:40:26 > 0:40:29but his bamboo overmantle is a risky choice.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33I've got a cheeky bid at £70.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35- That's not enough. - Got to start somewhere.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37I'm going to start there. Have I got 75?
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Is there 75?
0:40:39 > 0:40:4175, I've got. Is there 80?
0:40:41 > 0:40:43It's worth a lot more, folks.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Have I got £80? - Internet please go down.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Your last and final at £80.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53It will be sold at 75.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57SHE SCREAMS
0:40:57 > 0:40:58HE GROANS
0:40:59 > 0:41:01- Oh!- Blimey.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04I think you can tell what that stonking great loss means.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06What a turnaround.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Come on, then. You're driving.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10I'm sitting in the back, my lady of leisure moment.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11Oh, go on, then.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Bah humbug.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20So, after that exciting decider Charlie has slid into second place.
0:41:20 > 0:41:26He started this leg with £346.68 and took a risk too many.
0:41:26 > 0:41:31Making a loss of £116.40 after auction costs.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35And so ends the trip with £230.28.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Christina started this final leg with £232.06.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45And made a steady profit of £26.24 after auction costs.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48Making her not only today's winner
0:41:48 > 0:41:51but also the winner of this week's Road Trip.
0:41:51 > 0:41:56She's finished with a grand total of £258.30. Well done, Christina.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59All profits go to Children In Need.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04And now the end is near, but what a trip it's been.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06From Inverness to Boston,
0:42:06 > 0:42:11we've witnessed an entertaining expedition for antique glory.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13# I've loved
0:42:13 > 0:42:15# I've laughed and cried
0:42:15 > 0:42:18# I've had my fill
0:42:19 > 0:42:21# My share of losing... #
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Oh.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27# And now as tears subside
0:42:28 > 0:42:33# I find it all so amusing
0:42:33 > 0:42:34CAR HORN BLARES
0:42:36 > 0:42:40# To think I did all that... #
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Cheers.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45# And may I say
0:42:45 > 0:42:48# Not in a shy way... #
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Oh, dear! Showing a bit of thigh there.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52# Oh, no
0:42:52 > 0:42:54# Oh, no, not me
0:42:54 > 0:43:00# I did it my way. #
0:43:00 > 0:43:01Next week on Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:01 > 0:43:05Margie Cooper, all-round entertainer...
0:43:05 > 0:43:10- Hey.- ..versus Paul Laidlaw, antique inspector.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12My mind will be with me in just a second.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13Oh, thank you.