0:00:02 > 0:00:05- Some of the nation's favourite celebrities...- That's the big view.
0:00:05 > 0:00:10- This is the pig for me. - One antiques expert each... - Celebrities!
0:00:10 > 0:00:15- I think we could have a go at this, don't you?- And one big challenge.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices?
0:00:19 > 0:00:22What are they doing with this?
0:00:22 > 0:00:27- And auction for a big profit further down the road.- I've got £10 bid.
0:00:27 > 0:00:33- Who will spot the good investments? Who will listen to advice?- I tell you, it goes with your eyes.- Does it?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36And who will be the first to say, "Don't you know who I am?"
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Cuckoo!
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Welcome to Hertfordshire, a county of over a million souls
0:00:53 > 0:00:56on the doorstep of London and popular with everyone,
0:00:56 > 0:01:00from the Romans to Queen Elizabeth I, who grew up here.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05The latest distinguished visitors to the county
0:01:05 > 0:01:08are two stars of screen and stage,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Britain's Don Warrington and America's Stefanie Powers.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17The first challenge for Stefanie is her 1975 Morgan
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and the quaint British habit of driving on the left.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Left is that way?- I've never done a hand signal.- I mean right, right.
0:01:24 > 0:01:29- I have no idea.- This, for us, is left.- Right.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Because we're driving on the other side of the car...
0:01:32 > 0:01:35It's completely wrong.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Stefanie Powers found fame young in Hollywood.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Millions adored her in Hart To Hart.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48She's a wildlife conservationist who lives in Kenya,
0:01:48 > 0:01:53loves horses, and endured the jungle on "I'm a Celebrity".
0:01:53 > 0:01:56She's worked with great illusionists,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59but shows no loyalty to another former co-star, Herbie the Beetle.
0:01:59 > 0:02:04I love this car. I am slowly falling in love with this wonderful car.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Don Warrington was born in Trinidad and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13He also found fame young,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16playing Philip Smith in the classic Rising Damp.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19He's appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company
0:02:19 > 0:02:21and National Theatre.
0:02:22 > 0:02:27Recent TV includes Death In Paradise and Casualty,
0:02:27 > 0:02:32and in 2008, he received an MBE for services to drama. Bravo!
0:02:32 > 0:02:36- So what are out celebrities' tastes in antiques? - I am a minimalist.
0:02:36 > 0:02:42I like things with sharp corners and clean lines. I don't like clutter.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47God, I wish I could be a minimalist.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Hmm. A minimalist on an antiques hunt, eh?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53That could be interesting for experts Margie Cooper
0:02:53 > 0:02:56and Charles Hanson in their 1968 Beetle.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59But Charles is preoccupied. Surprise, surprise.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03I'm quite excited because today I'm sitting next to a lady
0:03:03 > 0:03:06with big red lips and lovely red nails.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Charles Hanson is entranced by beautiful women,
0:03:09 > 0:03:13but has strange ideas about attracting them.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22When not distracted...
0:03:22 > 0:03:27he's a Derbyshire-based auctioneer with a passion for history and early English porcelain.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30It's our first time together in a car.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I want to make chemistry with you.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Oh, steady, Charles.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Margie Cooper's not here for your chemistry!
0:03:40 > 0:03:42She's here for her expertise in antiques,
0:03:42 > 0:03:46especially furniture, and early 20th century silver.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Sweet little thing.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Under pressure, this dealer has her own peculiar traits.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57And she knows the lows...
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Yes!
0:03:58 > 0:04:01And the highs of the antiques world.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05Charles has a hankering to pair up with Stefanie. Who wouldn't?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08But wants to believe he's giving the others a choice.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12You know, we'll show off our credentials and they'll decide.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15And hopefully, Stefanie will say, "I want you."
0:04:15 > 0:04:17LAUGHTER
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Regardless of who teams up with who, though,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22each team will have £400 and two days shopping
0:04:22 > 0:04:25to see who can make the most money at auction.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Starting in St Albans,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34we'll be weaving our way through Hertfordshire,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37then heading into London
0:04:37 > 0:04:41before going to auction in Billingshurst, West Sussex, God's country.
0:04:41 > 0:04:46St Albans is a small cathedral city just north of the M25.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50During the Napoleonic Wars, its clocktower was part of
0:04:50 > 0:04:53a communications chain relaying signals from Whitehall
0:04:53 > 0:04:56to the North Sea fleet in Great Yarmouth.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Within five minutes.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Our teams today are communicating face-to-face,
0:05:02 > 0:05:04and with less danger of launching a fleet...
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- Hello there!- Hi!
0:05:08 > 0:05:11..by meeting up at an eclectic emporium near the city centre.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- We're in one piece!- Indeed. - Barely.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20I don't have to go to the gym because my arms have had a great workout.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24- There's no power steering. - (Shake the man's hand.) He could be yours.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I'm not choosing. I refuse.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30- Hello.- Shake his hand. - Don, I'm Margie.
0:05:30 > 0:05:37- Hello, Margie.- The deal's done. - Hello! Trying to make a graceful entrance.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- Good to see you. How are you? Nice to see you.- Oh, OK. - Do you mind?
0:05:40 > 0:05:44- Oh, very forward, Charles. French kiss?- We've got to pair off.
0:05:44 > 0:05:51- Have you any preferences?- We refuse to choose.- Well, I could choose.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54We could do boy, girl, boy, girl.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Result! Charles gets his heart's desire.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02Both teams are starting off at Scally Dog's Emporium,
0:06:02 > 0:06:08run by Scally Dog, assisted by father and son Trev and Tom, the puppies.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13Whilst they nose around, Stefanie and Charles settle some basics,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15like much of their £400 to spend.
0:06:15 > 0:06:20- Oh, I think we should spend it all. But it's on what.- Exactly.
0:06:20 > 0:06:26What is going to get us the most, as we call it, bounce for our buck?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Bounce. I like it.- You like this?
0:06:29 > 0:06:35He likes that. Just outside, Margie is starting to get an idea of Don's tastes.
0:06:35 > 0:06:40- I quite like that.- Yes... Really? - Clearly you don't.- Well, no...
0:06:40 > 0:06:45- God, you try lifting that.- I wasn't going to. But it's... I don't know.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- It's got style. - There's something about it.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Driftwood, maybe.
0:06:50 > 0:06:56- How much do you think that should cost?- Not a clue.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- It'll probably shock me. - You are the expert.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03LAUGHTER I'm not an expert on tatty bits of old wood here.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Oh, so you're calling it tatty now. OK.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Whoops!
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- Meanwhile, Stefanie is feeling nostalgic.- The Wings of the Hawk!
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- This is great. Van Heflin. I knew Van Heflin.- Really? - I did a movie with him.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Yes, there he is.- This is too early for you, isn't it, 1953?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22No, this is way too early for me. Thank you very much.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Well done, Charles!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27As a young child, did you look at that and think
0:07:27 > 0:07:29"I want to be part of that in later life"?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33No, no. No, I wanted to be an archaeologist or a veterinarian.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Really? So you like history. You like digging up history, do you?
0:07:38 > 0:07:45- I like digging around. We can dig around.- We can dig.- Oh, but look!
0:07:45 > 0:07:49- Oh, my God. I'm in this movie. - I can't believe it. - The last magnificent...
0:07:49 > 0:07:55We used to call this Magnificent Seven Will Never Ride Again After This Movie.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58It was the end of that franchise.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01- Oh, what were they doing with this in here?- I can't believe it.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04- Did you put this here? - No, no, I promise you.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09Did you have this in your backlog, or did you just get this for today? I mean, where is this?
0:08:09 > 0:08:12I must admit, today this was hanging up in my house
0:08:12 > 0:08:14and I brought this down this morning.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16My God! That's incredible!
0:08:16 > 0:08:18So, Stefanie, what was your role?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Were you a cowgirl?- No, no.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24As was typical of those Magnificent Seven movies, the Mexicans
0:08:24 > 0:08:30were coming in to kill everybody in some sort of a town and I was in the town
0:08:30 > 0:08:35and Lee Van Cleef comes in with all his band and we became a...
0:08:35 > 0:08:37an item.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40- Tom, how much would this poster be to buy?- For you...
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Look at the lady, look at the lady. Look in her eyes.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46I could do a very good price.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48I could probably sell that framed for about 120.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53The poster is a huge temptation for Stefanie and Charles,
0:08:53 > 0:08:58but they decide to have a look around while mulling it over.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Meanwhile, Margie is also thinking about purchases appropriate for an actor.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06It's Royal Doulton. You know, all the Shakespearian characters.
0:09:06 > 0:09:12They have themes. That's obviously Falstaff. £80. Do you like it?
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Um...
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- We're touching on your world, aren't we?- My world...
0:09:17 > 0:09:19No, it's not me, I don't think.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23I think that's a big fat "No", Margie.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Don's got his own ideas. - What about this? What do we think about this?
0:09:27 > 0:09:28What does the sign say?
0:09:28 > 0:09:31It says "Ethnic quiver and arrows.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32"Very unusual."
0:09:32 > 0:09:35How would this go at an auction, do you think?
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Who is going to be in Sussex wanting this?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Well, it's not practical, I realise that. But...
0:09:41 > 0:09:44The buck has to stop with you because I can't sit there.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48I refuse to sit there when I've told you to buy something and it goes down...
0:09:48 > 0:09:53I'm just trying to imagine if I were at an auction and this came up,
0:09:53 > 0:09:55would I be interested in it?
0:09:55 > 0:09:59SHE SIGHS The thing is, we'll have a whiz round
0:09:59 > 0:10:01and then we'll have a little think.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- So you're saying now?- I'm not saying no. I'm just saying...- No.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09- No, I'm not saying no.- Yes, you are. - I'm just saying maybe.- Maybe? OK.
0:10:09 > 0:10:14Maybe? Someone on this team is going to have to commit.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Stefanie and Charles, on the other hand,
0:10:16 > 0:10:18are in a decisive frame of mind.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20So, tell me, Tom,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22if my iconic lady signed it,
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- it can only add value, right? - Oh, most definitely.- So,
0:10:26 > 0:10:27what can you do for us?
0:10:27 > 0:10:29I did agree a price of 120.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31120. You did agree a price of 120?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Yeah, I like it very, very much.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36Look at the man in his eyes, OK? Give him a twinkle in the eyes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Give him a twinkle.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40The best I can do is take another tenner off and do it for 110.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Fantastic. I'll shake on that.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44- No problem.- £110, Tom.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46- Thank you ever so much. - It's a pleasure.- Thank you.
0:10:47 > 0:10:52So, in return for £110 and a big dollop of film star charisma,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Stefanie and Charles have their first lot.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59But Don and Margie have yet to agree on anything.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02- I just spotted that railway sign, which I quite like.- OK.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05"Any person who omits to shut and fasten this gate
0:11:05 > 0:11:08"is liable to a penalty not exceeding 40 shillings."
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Don't you think that's quite quirky?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13If you say it's quirky, I believe it's quirky.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I would simply read it as a sign.
0:11:15 > 0:11:19- But people sort of put them in their rooms.- Do they?- Yeah.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21So you would recommend that?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25Well, I quite like it. I wouldn't say I recommend it, but I like it.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Well, I need you to say you would recommend it, because...
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Well, it all depends on what the price is.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34All right, let's find out.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37Hmm. Don wants certainty
0:11:37 > 0:11:40but Margie prefers wriggle room.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44The sign's £120, so Margie guides Don on what to offer.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- You want to know what my best offer is?- Your best offer.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50The best advice I've had is 65.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53If you could push to £70,
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I could let it go.
0:11:56 > 0:11:57I'm sorry, I can't.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00- I'm afraid I can't sell it, then. - Oh, no.- Well, fair enough.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04£70 is my best price and that's a big drop. That's £50 off.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I can't move from 65.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I've been told.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I am under orders. I can't move.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15Wow! Don't mess with Don! But hang on.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19How much is the quiver and arrows?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- I can't remember how much it was. - It had 85 on it.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- Yeah?- I'll do you a good deal on the quiver.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- Really, really cheap. - If you buy the sign and the quiver,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I'll sell it to you for...
0:12:32 > 0:12:33115.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36If you say a round 100, I'll go for it.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40This is mean. OK.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- Shake on it.- Ah, that's very kind. - Thank you very much.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- You have quite an intimidating stare.- Do I?
0:12:46 > 0:12:47Yes, you do.
0:12:47 > 0:12:48MARGIE LAUGHS
0:12:48 > 0:12:51- Sorry.- Fully forgiven!
0:12:51 > 0:12:53So we go...
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Hmm. That stare could produce quivering bargains.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00With the sign reduced from £120 to £65
0:13:00 > 0:13:02and the quiver from £85 to £35,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Don and Margie are launched!
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Stefanie and Charles have already hit the road
0:13:09 > 0:13:12at a decidedly brisk pace. Are those white knuckles?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Are you a professional driver?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- You mean, do I race?- Yes.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- Do you race?- I did once. - Yeah, I thought you did.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23What keeps you so young? Is it this?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25- Fear!- You live on the edge?
0:13:25 > 0:13:28From St Albans, it doesn't take them very long
0:13:28 > 0:13:31to cover the nine miles to the next port of call,
0:13:31 > 0:13:33which is Hemel Hempstead.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Hemel Hampstead is a Hertfordshire town
0:13:37 > 0:13:40with fine architecture and a splendid Norman church.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Despite these attributes,
0:13:42 > 0:13:46it's strangely famous for its enormous complicated magic roundabout,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49said to have been voted both the best
0:13:49 > 0:13:52and the second worst roundabout in Britain.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56As Charles and Stefanie arrive, Charles detects a problem.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57Something funny has happened.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59- What's happened? - I'm stuck to my seat.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Whether it's your driving, I don't know, but I literally...
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- Yes?- If I take my seatbelt off...
0:14:04 > 0:14:06He's got very excited.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09I'm stuck to my seat. Honestly.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11STEFANIE LAUGHS
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- Can you tell why?- Why?- I don't know.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17- Well, just...- Do you want to hop out and come and help me on this side?
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- Yes, I will.- Thank you, partner.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Oh, yeah. Pull the other one, Charles.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- There's some tape there. - What's happened?- Oh, there it is!
0:14:23 > 0:14:25- What is it?- The belt loop!
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- Never let it be said... - My legs are like jelly.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- ..that I don't help a fellow in distress.- Thank you very much.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Very distressed, Carlos(!)
0:14:33 > 0:14:38Team Powers is shopping at Cherry antiques, run by Scott Cullen.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39There's a lot to consider.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Enjoy a look around.- Thank you. It looks beautiful.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Looks gorgeous.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Look at that. Isn't that nice?
0:14:47 > 0:14:49- Yes.- Do you like it?- It is,
0:14:49 > 0:14:52it reminds me of all the things that we used to do when I was a child.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55- Really?- We did these samplers...
0:14:55 > 0:14:59The earliest surviving samplers date back to the 1500s.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04What started as a way of recording different stitches
0:15:04 > 0:15:08soon became a more elaborate display of skill and different motifs.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11English girls really stopped, I suppose, performing samplism
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- in a big way by about 1900... - Is that true?
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Yeah. But your American girls were doing them into the 1960s!
0:15:18 > 0:15:25- Well, I'd say '50s! - I love it because it is quite naive.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29You've got this maybe farmer here with his gun, maybe,
0:15:29 > 0:15:35with his dog, and here the lovely turreted building on the left side.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37How early is this, Scott?
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I think it's probably sort of late 19th century.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Is there any information on the back?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Nothing at all, because what we look for, Stefanie,
0:15:45 > 0:15:46what we love to see...
0:15:46 > 0:15:54What's this? It says National Paragon Corporation, 100% linen.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Look, if that's there then it isn't very old, is it?
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- That would help to date it, wouldn't it?- Yeah, look at that.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05- That linen mark on there, I never saw that.- I didn't see that.- Well!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- So it's quite late. - Good thing I came along!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10You don't miss much, do you, Stefanie Powers?
0:16:10 > 0:16:13The ticket price is £60 so Stefanie and Charles decide to continue
0:16:13 > 0:16:18looking around, and Stefanie is soon captivated.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22If you look at the work, I mean, the work is absolutely beautiful,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26there are a couple of chips here and there but it's really, really...
0:16:26 > 0:16:33This organic design, you know, recreating the natural world,
0:16:33 > 0:16:37was, I think, extremely important to the Victorians.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- You're almost bringing a tear to my eye.- Really?- I kid you not.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Because you're talking my sort of language in the sense that it's
0:16:44 > 0:16:49terribly undervalued, people tend to dismiss it as just being fussy,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51dust-gathering...
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Victorian obscenities, and you're giving it a love and life.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58- I admire you. Don't you, Scott? - I think she's after your job!
0:16:58 > 0:17:02I agree! I thought this would be more your taste.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07It's that minimal, modern look.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09And this, when I say minimal,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12represents a style that we call the Arts and Crafts.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17- Is this Arts and Crafts?- Absolutely. The birth of the 20th century,
0:17:17 > 0:17:20and it's all about the gild of handicraft.
0:17:20 > 0:17:25It's showing the studded joints, showing this roundel hammer detail.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29It's a return for art for art's sake. That's quite a nice mirror.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33It's got a lovely patination. It's 1910, thereabouts,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36and it really captures the birth of that last century.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38I think it's in a really good condition.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- That could do quite well. - He does go on, doesn't he?- Do I?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Got it in one, Stefanie.
0:17:44 > 0:17:45You might!
0:17:45 > 0:17:49Meanwhile, Don and Margie have taken a break from shopping.
0:17:51 > 0:17:56They're heading just inside the M25 to a site near London Colney.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01They're about to discover the crucial role Hertfordshire played
0:18:01 > 0:18:04in supporting the RAF during World War II,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07in the company of a former RAF man.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Chocks away.
0:18:09 > 0:18:10- Ah.- Hello.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13And welcome to the De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17- My name's Ralph Steiner, operations director.- Like the hat.
0:18:17 > 0:18:23The De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre celebrates the iconic British
0:18:23 > 0:18:28aeroplane manufacturer with a collection of over 20 historic aircraft.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31It was at Salisbury Hall, next to the centre,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35that the story of its most celebrated plane began.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39So, Ralph, why are we here, what exactly is going on here?
0:18:39 > 0:18:45Well, in about 1939 the directors of De Havilland, in their wisdom,
0:18:45 > 0:18:48moved to the design team of the Mosquito out here
0:18:48 > 0:18:52in the middle of nowhere. Obviously the factory could've got bombed,
0:18:52 > 0:18:57and they designed the Mosquito in Salisbury Hall in 11 months.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00I don't think we could build a motorbike in 11 months today.
0:19:00 > 0:19:06The Mosquito was to become one of the most versatile aircraft of World War II,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09serving amongst other things as a day-and-night fighter,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13a fighter bomber, pathfinder and photo reconnaissance plane.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16The museum is home to the prototype and much more.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18What a marvellous place.
0:19:18 > 0:19:23Now, what we have here is the bomber version of the Mosquito.
0:19:23 > 0:19:27You can see that by the nose cone, which is Perspex,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and at the front you see a different windscreen.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32If we turn round and have a look at the fighter version,
0:19:32 > 0:19:36we've got a flat screen, we have got four 30-30 machine guns.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40And, underneath, you see four other holes,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43and underneath there go four cannons.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48The actual machine guns, for two seconds, shoots out 166 rounds.
0:19:48 > 0:19:53- Gosh!- And the cannons underneath, for two seconds, 88 rounds,
0:19:53 > 0:19:55so it's got a nasty sting to it.
0:19:55 > 0:20:00De Havilland rightly anticipated metal would be in short supply
0:20:00 > 0:20:04during the war and designed the Mosquito to be made mostly of wood.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08So much so, it was dubbed The Wooden Wonder.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11The aircraft wing, all made of timber,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14the fuselage all made of timber.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17The only major metal sections are of course the engines,
0:20:17 > 0:20:19the bearers and the suspension unit.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Here we've got the inner skin, which is the plywood.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Balsa wood filler.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Plywood and, on the outside, we have the linen,
0:20:29 > 0:20:32which covers the actual woodwork to protect it.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35And there you are, you're flying in here,
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- maybe 400 miles-an-hour on the outside.- Gosh.
0:20:38 > 0:20:44- How many were built?- 7,781.- How many did you lose?- We nearly lost half.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48You imagine getting into the aircraft, it's wet, it's dark.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51You've got to fly over the English Channel at 50 feet.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54You've got to find your target. Now the searchlights are on.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57You're being shot at. If you're lucky, you find your target.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01You turn round. Now the fronters are up. The searchlights are up.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03You're still being shot at.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06And if you're really lucky you'll come back to your base,
0:21:06 > 0:21:11if you find your own base, you land, you debrief, you go into the mess.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13And there's six empty places.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17And they were the buddies you drank with the night before, or you played cricket with.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19They're not here any longer.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22And tomorrow night you might be doing another trip.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25You've got to do 30 of those to complete a tour.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Despite the tragedies, the Mosquito had the lowest loss rate
0:21:30 > 0:21:35of any aircraft serving in RAF bomber command during World War II.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39And its dedicated admirers ensure that the De Havilland story
0:21:39 > 0:21:40lives on.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- You're a real enthusiast, aren't you?- Great.- Yeah.
0:21:43 > 0:21:48- British, Hertfordshire, Hatfield! - I'll tell you what I'm going to do.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49I'm going to get your flag.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Yeah! Yeah! Wey!
0:21:51 > 0:21:53That's it, Rule Britannia.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Really enjoyed it. You're amazing.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Thank you very much. Thank you for coming.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Back at Cherry Antiques in Hemel Hempstead, Stefanie and Charles
0:22:08 > 0:22:12are still interested in the sampler and the Arts and Crafts mirror,
0:22:12 > 0:22:15together priced at £105.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18AUCTIONEER SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
0:22:19 > 0:22:23But they ring the auctioneer in Sussex and he suggest toys
0:22:23 > 0:22:26and works of art might fetch good prices.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30I think we get the idea, works of art, toys as well,
0:22:30 > 0:22:31and that's your Friday sell.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Stefanie soon makes a find.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Just looking at something of beautiful craftsmanship
0:22:38 > 0:22:40is this marquetry.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43English, it says. Art Deco. It's lovely, isn't it?
0:22:43 > 0:22:47- It really captures the movement of those birds.- Yeah, it's beautiful.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Off the wall. OK.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Marquetry techniques developed in the Low Countries
0:22:53 > 0:22:57in the early 16th century, and later the craft flowered
0:22:57 > 0:23:03in France, in furnishings for royal palaces, for example at Versailles.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07This humble example is from a Gloucestershire workshop
0:23:07 > 0:23:09and dates from around 1928.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12It has a tremendous range.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14It can be in a house that's traditionally furnished,
0:23:14 > 0:23:17it can be in a house that's even modern.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21I do agree with you because you've got an ebony frame...
0:23:21 > 0:23:25And it has that same sort of craftsman idea. Bedemeier...
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Oh, my goodness, where did that come from?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Bedemeier, that's German!
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- But, you know, your artistic... - Very impressive.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38- Well... But don't you see that? - It's got such a modernist feel.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41You've got bird's eye maple, rosewood, you've got a mahogany,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44you've got different wood-stained timbers,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47you've got a really vast array of exotic timbers
0:23:47 > 0:23:51that really makes this a good Deco exotic work of art.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57So, the picture might be the sort of thing the auctioneer had in mind,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59but at £245, it's a huge gamble.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02There was another suggestion.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06And also the auctioneer said toys, and what's over there?
0:24:06 > 0:24:07And what's your great love?
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Oh, my goodness. Look at these!
0:24:13 > 0:24:17It's called the Derby, and yes, I'm from Derby. Electric Derby.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- I think we had something like this in the States as well.- Really?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23I think we did. Let me have a look.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28- It can't be your decade, surely, it's 1950s.- Well, honey... SHE LAUGHS
0:24:28 > 0:24:31- Look at me! No way. No way!- Tee-hee!
0:24:31 > 0:24:33No way, surely.
0:24:33 > 0:24:39Let's see. Look at how nicely it's been maintained. The box... Oh! Wow.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- That is in great condition. - I love it.- Look at that.
0:24:44 > 0:24:50- I do too, I think this is great. Does it work?- Yeah, I believe so.
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Ah, very cunning reply. In this game, priced at £40,
0:24:54 > 0:24:57battery power shoots ballbearings along a racetrack.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00They push the horses towards the finishing line.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Different weights can be added to the horses to change the odds.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07- It sounds great.- It's really sweet. - Isn't it?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Look, these faces could almost be American, couldn't they?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Hold on. No, it's not you!
0:25:12 > 0:25:15We all sort of looked the same, didn't we, in those days?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Very picturesque, I should say myself.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20There's mum and dad. Dad at home in a tie!
0:25:20 > 0:25:25- But that's how we used to dress, didn't we?- Of course it was.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27We were snap happy in our dressing back then.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29After a long time in the shop,
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Stefanie and Charles need to make some hard choices.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35They postpone a decision on the marquetry picture,
0:25:35 > 0:25:39despite Scott reducing it to £150.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41They want to take the racing game, the sampler
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and the Arts and Crafts mirror.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46The combined ticket price is £145,
0:25:46 > 0:25:52but Scott has indicated he'd take £115. Wow.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Are we going to offer Scott 80 for the three items?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- I couldn't do it, I'm afraid.- OK.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01I'm not surprised. A cheeky offer - it's been rebuffed.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03But Scott is willing to move a little bit.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06- I will come down to 30 on that.- OK.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- So I'll come down 10 in total. - 105.- Yep.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13- Good, let's do it.- Shall we do it? Shake the man's hand.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- Thank you.- Thank you, Scott. - Thanks ever so much.
0:26:16 > 0:26:21So, it's a deal for a mirror reduced from £60 to £45,
0:26:21 > 0:26:26the game from £40 to £30 and the sampler from £45 to £30,
0:26:26 > 0:26:31making a total of £105, plus the poster bought earlier for £110,
0:26:31 > 0:26:35which means Team Powers has had an extraordinarily busy day.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38But before poor old Charles can relax,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- he must endure another white-knuckle ride.- Ready?
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Take your time, OK?
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Hold on tight! Nighty-night.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Day two of the road trip, and Stefanie and Don
0:27:02 > 0:27:05are en route to Redbourn, just outside Hemel Hempstead,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08to meet up with our experts, and they're comparing notes.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Naughty.
0:27:10 > 0:27:12So, how did you get on with your expert?
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Oh, well, Charles, he's adorable.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18But I'm sure his mother will get on at him
0:27:18 > 0:27:21because his shoelaces are always falling apart.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24No, he's a cute guy, he really is a sweet guy.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29My expert and I, we just talked about antiques dealers,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- what they get up to.- Ah.
0:27:31 > 0:27:36- Tricks of the trade.- Oh, did you? Oh, you can share that with me.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40What you don't know, Stefanie,
0:27:40 > 0:27:44is that Don's already mastered a very useful trick of the trade.
0:27:44 > 0:27:50Don's great, he's very laid back, and when he comes to doing the deal,
0:27:50 > 0:27:54he just sort of stares at them and there's a horrible pause.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59Charles confesses he's more than a little smitten.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- It's really strange.- You clicked? - We have clicked.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05I can't believe that she spoke so poetically
0:28:05 > 0:28:08about a Victorian encrusted pottery bowl.
0:28:08 > 0:28:12It's so outdated. I didn't dare say it to her,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15"Look, Grandma, this is Grandma's favourite."
0:28:15 > 0:28:18That would have been our love affair over.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Yeah, you're right there, Charles.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24As well as embarking on the great romance of the century,
0:28:24 > 0:28:29Charles and Stefanie have managed to spend £215 on four lots.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33The film poster, the Arts and Crafts mirror,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35the sampler
0:28:35 > 0:28:37and the horseracing game.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40They haven't decided about the marquetry picture,
0:28:40 > 0:28:44so they have £185 left to play with.
0:28:44 > 0:28:50Don and Margie have used Don's stare to good effect,
0:28:50 > 0:28:54acquiring two lots, the railway sign and the quiver and arrows
0:28:54 > 0:28:56for a total of £100,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- leaving them with £300 in hand for today.- A hundred.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03They're all meeting up at Bushwood Antiques,
0:29:03 > 0:29:08a vast antiques empire with over 8,500 items.
0:29:09 > 0:29:14This place is huge, so you can go that way, we can go this way, any preferences?
0:29:14 > 0:29:16- I thought I might go left.- OK, fine.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20Our two teams are refreshed and keen to snap up bargains,
0:29:20 > 0:29:23using the weapons at their disposal -
0:29:23 > 0:29:28the stare for Team Warrington and film star charisma for Team Powers.
0:29:29 > 0:29:36- Oh, my God, look at this!- Jeepers creepers.- This is Ali Baba's cave!
0:29:37 > 0:29:42Stefanie and Charles dive in at the deep end of 25,000 square feet
0:29:42 > 0:29:44- of very upmarket stock.- Gosh!
0:29:44 > 0:29:48The selection is huge, but the owner, Tony, helps them narrow things down.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50There, look, just put it on.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53It's adorable, it's really something.
0:29:53 > 0:29:56- Oh, that's perfect. - It really suits you as well.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00They must have had very small heads.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Does that...? Does it sort of do it for you?
0:30:02 > 0:30:04Yeah, we're a bit late for the races, but...
0:30:04 > 0:30:05THEY LAUGH
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- What you've got here is a really good late Victorian hat box.- Yeah.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11And look where it's been over the years.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Look, Stefanie, all these old stories of paper, labels...
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- it's been on railway, it's been... - ..on its travels.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19- ..on coaches, been on carriages. - There we are.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21Listen. Listen to me.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Come on! Listen to me!
0:30:24 > 0:30:25This is...
0:30:25 > 0:30:26# One...
0:30:26 > 0:30:28# Thrilling combination
0:30:28 > 0:30:30# Every little step we make. #
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Do-do-loo-do-do-loo-do.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35That's it!
0:30:35 > 0:30:37But look at the interior. It's a leather hatbox.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- Look, it's beautifully... - Oh, look at that!- ..velvet-lined.
0:30:40 > 0:30:44And you would place your hat in there, like so...
0:30:44 > 0:30:47You would say, "Darling, I'm off to Ascot," or wherever
0:30:47 > 0:30:51and you would then just, you know, tighten your belt up.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54- I think, actually, there's some lice in here.- Lice?- Some live lice.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58- Thank you very much. I put it on my head.- I'm joking! It's a joke. Sorry.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- I think it's been fumigated.- Exactly.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04I think it's been fumigated, because there's not a single...
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Hold on, hold on. There we go, it's gone.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- Wait a minute, maybe you've got some in yours...- Yeah, get out of here.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13Hey, wait a minute!
0:31:13 > 0:31:14Yuck! Sharing nits.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19What matters here is the wear and tear to the hat and box,
0:31:19 > 0:31:21so Charles wants a good price,
0:31:21 > 0:31:23even before deploying Stefanie's charms.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25I'm hoping Tony might look at me and say,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28"Actually, it's below our budget," Tony, isn't it?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30I can take £85 for it.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32I know you're big fan of Stefanie Powers, you know,
0:31:32 > 0:31:35and I mean... Look at the lady, Tony. Look at that lady, OK?
0:31:35 > 0:31:38And as Stefanie looks so wonderful in the hat, I'd...
0:31:38 > 0:31:41I'd hate to see her go out without it, so...
0:31:41 > 0:31:43how about...£40?
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- When the lady has it, a man cannot resist a sale.- No, no.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48I'm putty in your hands.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50Would you take £30 for it?
0:31:50 > 0:31:52You've got more front than Selfridges, but I'll...
0:31:52 > 0:31:54On this particular occasion, I'll accept.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56Cometh the hour, cometh the man.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Look at us, OK? That's a deal!
0:31:58 > 0:32:00- Give me a kiss!- Give him a hug!
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- Give him a kiss!- Give us a kiss.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Thank you so much. - You're very welcome.- Thanks, Tony.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Just across the yard, Margie and Don are also overwhelmed by choices.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Brass pan.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16- Oh, look here.- Anything? - Oh, this is gorgeous!
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Victorian writing slope.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21You use it on your lap.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- They were great letter writers, weren't they?- Were they?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- Underneath there, you would put your envelopes and paper...- Yeah.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30- Here, there's more room to put things.- Right.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- Some of them have secret compartments.- Yes.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- This is for your ink...- Yes.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39Pens, ink, whatever you want to put in there.
0:32:39 > 0:32:41- But it should have a pull on it and it's come off...- OK.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43..which is a bit annoying.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Well, it is a bit annoying, but it might help us.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49You think it might help out? You're getting the...the hang of it.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Sales manager Julie
0:32:51 > 0:32:55explains the slope is £145 and late 19th-century.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59She also knows how to reveal the secret compartment.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02Just pull that there, out it pops...
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- So you'd keep your secret... - Yeah, anything.- ..bits.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- Love letters.- Love letters, eh?
0:33:06 > 0:33:08- Yeah, bits and pieces. Maybe a bit of jewellery.- Really?
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Yeah, and it's in good condition.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- I think we could have a go at this, don't you?- Do you think so?
0:33:13 > 0:33:14I don't know. You tell me.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Well, I just think it's a nice thing.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18It just depends how...
0:33:18 > 0:33:21generous our friend Julie is going to be.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Well, let's be really nice to her.
0:33:23 > 0:33:25Let's see how we get on.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27If I were to say...
0:33:28 > 0:33:30I know it's not...
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- 115?- It's a deal.- There we are.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36- You've done it, darling.- OK. Thank you.- Shake the lady's hand.
0:33:36 > 0:33:37Thank you very much.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42The toned-down version of the Warrington Stare
0:33:42 > 0:33:44secures a discount
0:33:44 > 0:33:47and better potential for a profit later at auction.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Outside, Stefanie and Charles have rung the dealer
0:33:50 > 0:33:52and agreed to buy the marquetry picture of herons
0:33:52 > 0:33:54they saw the previous day.
0:33:54 > 0:33:57He's reduced it from £245 to £150,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00but no further. Will it take off?
0:34:00 > 0:34:02I think it's a real gamble.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04But, hey, look, we walk on the wild side, OK?
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Let's not get into a flap about it!
0:34:08 > 0:34:09Margie and Don head off
0:34:09 > 0:34:12on the final leg of their antique shopping.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Unlike Stefanie, Margie's not besotted with her classic car,
0:34:16 > 0:34:18just hot and bothered.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21This car will be the death of me.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24It is the most awful, rattling, old crate
0:34:24 > 0:34:26I have ever driven in my life.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30Without you, I can't get into reverse...
0:34:30 > 0:34:31I've heard that said before.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33LAUGHTER
0:34:34 > 0:34:37From Redbourn, it's 10 miles across country
0:34:37 > 0:34:39to the town of Berkhamsted.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43The town is set in a valley in the Chiltern Hills,
0:34:43 > 0:34:47and dates back to pre-Saxon times.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Berkhamsted School counts novelist Graham Greene
0:34:50 > 0:34:54amongst its most eminent old boys.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Our own eminent team, Margie and Don,
0:34:59 > 0:35:03already have three items, but not much time to buy any more.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Margie's got a radical solution.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07We could actually go and find a cake shop.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- And buy what? - A cake and two coffees...
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- No.- And say...
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- You've had your cake for today. - SHE LAUGHS
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Quite right, Don. Keep focussed.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Are we going to go in, or are we going to look...?
0:35:19 > 0:35:23Perhaps the perfect purchase awaits at Heritage Antiques.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- Hello.- Hello.- How are you?
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- Hi, my name's Don.- Hi, Don. - Hi, and you're the...?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- I'm John.- You're the owner, John? - Yeah.- Oh, brilliant.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- Right, so we've got half an hour to go...- Right, start out the back.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35- Panic has set in.- Start out the back?
0:35:35 > 0:35:38We're looking for something to make a profit at auction.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40- Right, what are we after? - Right, let's have a look...
0:35:40 > 0:35:44This silver cabinet should be right up Margie's street...
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Nothing in there...
0:35:46 > 0:35:48..if she keeps her cool.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Oh, dear! What are we going to do?
0:35:52 > 0:35:54Well, stay calm, for a start.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56John has an idea.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- OK.- There you are, a multi-flowered...
0:35:58 > 0:36:00A multi-flowered zither.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Chords down here and single notes up here.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05Zithers of various forms are found
0:36:05 > 0:36:08all the way from central Europe to East Asia,
0:36:08 > 0:36:13with the earliest known examples dating from pre-Christian times.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Nowadays, the instrument is probably most associated
0:36:16 > 0:36:18with the theme music from the film The Third Man.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22All right. Now, how much would this go for in auction?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- I know you can't...- I don't know,
0:36:24 > 0:36:25cos I have never bought one in auction.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28All I know is I've got £85 on it.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30How much are you prepared to let it go for?
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- You can have it for 65.- Oh!
0:36:33 > 0:36:36I can? If I were somebody else, what would happen?
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Probably 75, I would think.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Really? So you're doing this for me?- Yeah.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- We've got to be tough, Don. - Got to be tough.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- Can you... Can you help me? - We're desperate.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- Do you think it would be good...? - 55?- 55?
0:36:48 > 0:36:52- If we go 50, then you've got a deal. - No, I'm not happy.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- She's not happy.- She's not happy.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55- Oh, go on.- For that, you get, look...
0:36:55 > 0:36:58painted flowers, lacquered top,
0:36:58 > 0:37:00you get all the notes,
0:37:00 > 0:37:03- you can sing Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do...- Yeah, great.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05..and backwards down again.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07If I sing it, will you knock another fiver off?
0:37:09 > 0:37:13- How about 45?- Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, da, da, da...
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- 45.- There you go.- OK, 45.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17And you get a tuning key.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20The tuning key is thrown in for free, which is handy.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22But Margie pushes her luck even further.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Only one other thing. Have you got a duster?
0:37:25 > 0:37:28- No, the dust comes with it. - Oh, crumbs.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31On the way out, Margie spots another possibility.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Oh, look here. These are great, Don.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- Don, these are nice.- It's a sampler.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39I love these, but it's not very colourful.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Plainer than the one Stefanie and Charles bought.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46"Martha Tealby, Harrold School, October..." She did that in 1842.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47- Did she?- Yeah. She did.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49It's called doing their rows.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- They were also learning the alphabet as well as learning how to sew.- OK.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56And then they'd use all different stitches and things.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- And these are very highly rated. - Are they?
0:37:59 > 0:38:00But it needs a bit of c...
0:38:00 > 0:38:02And she's done... It was always a bit religious...
0:38:02 > 0:38:04All right, it's highly rated, so...
0:38:04 > 0:38:07if we were to talk about dropping the price...
0:38:08 > 0:38:11..might we come out of it with a bit of a...
0:38:11 > 0:38:12What do you think?
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Yeah, I'm just a bit worried about the lack of colour in it.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16John, what's the best on that?
0:38:16 > 0:38:18That's got to be 80.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20- Oh, crumbs. Has it?- Yeah.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- It's absolutely got to be?- Yes.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25- There's nothing you can do?- No.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27- Nothing at all?- No.
0:38:27 > 0:38:28It's John...
0:38:28 > 0:38:30versus the stare.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33OK, I'll take a risk and take it down to 75 for you.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- All right, just leave that with me for one second.- All right.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Just let me contemplate that for a second. OK...
0:38:40 > 0:38:43The sampler belongs to another dealer,
0:38:43 > 0:38:46so John's reluctant to agree a bigger discount.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Margie and Don confer in private.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51- I mean, if we buy it at the price... - Yeah.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55..that means we have four items?
0:38:55 > 0:38:56- Five items.- Five items.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- And we've still got money left...- Yeah.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01..so we're likely to make more on five items
0:39:01 > 0:39:03than we are on four, are we not?
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Yeah, unless we go down on all of them.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Well, if we go down, we go down,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- but let's go down in flames. - All right.- OK?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13That's the spirit, Don.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16And your stare has amazing effects.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19- Go on then, 68 - that's what you suggested.- Thank you very much.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22I was just going to go 65.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24Nobody likes a smart arse.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Well, that's brilliant. Thank you very much.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- That's very kind of you.- Thank you.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35Oh, yes! So with the zither reduced from £85 to £45 - wow! -
0:39:35 > 0:39:38and the sampler from £88 to £68,
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Margie and Don's shopping is complete.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Maybe now it's time for cake.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48Stefanie and Charles have also completed their business.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54They've left Hertfordshire behind and are heading into central London.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56And Stefanie has a revelation for Charles.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Our chemistry is growing, isn't it?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00- It is.- Do you...?
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- I'm going to be very sorry when this is all over.- Are you really?
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I feel I have a new...new little brother.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Aww! Little brother?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09- Come on!- Little brother Charles!
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Sorry, Charles. Turns out, it's not THAT kind of chemistry.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Here we are. I think it's that blue door there.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Fortunately, there's a perfect distraction at hand.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Stefanie has previously worked with famous magicians
0:40:24 > 0:40:27and today, she's visiting The Magic Circle.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28The Magic Circle.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Secret society.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33MUSIC: "Magic" by Pilot
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Good afternoon. Welcome to The Magic Circle. Come in.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39The guide is Will Houston,
0:40:39 > 0:40:43award-winning magician and specialist in the history of magic.
0:40:43 > 0:40:44I'm a member, I'm a magician,
0:40:44 > 0:40:46there's a flag flying outside, that's how you know.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49And you have to be a magician to be a member?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51You have to be a magician to be a member,
0:40:51 > 0:40:53and you have to pass an exam to be a member as well.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57The Magic Circle was founded in 1905
0:40:57 > 0:41:00and has around 1,500 members worldwide,
0:41:00 > 0:41:03dedicated to promoting magic.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06Magic itself is found in cultures throughout the world.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08The earliest surviving evidence of it
0:41:08 > 0:41:11dates back to the ancient Egyptians,
0:41:11 > 0:41:14but in the Western world, its heyday came much later.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18# Ho, ho, ho, it's magic
0:41:18 > 0:41:19# You know... #
0:41:19 > 0:41:23The golden age was probably sort of the 1850s through to the 1920s,
0:41:23 > 0:41:24or thereabouts.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Because that was the time, really, when magic started to get rid of
0:41:27 > 0:41:32its association with street performance and the supernatural
0:41:32 > 0:41:35and become more and more accepted as a legitimate form of entertainment
0:41:35 > 0:41:38that people could go to see in the theatre or learn as a hobby
0:41:38 > 0:41:40or have performed in their own homes or drawing rooms.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46One of the most peculiar magicians
0:41:46 > 0:41:49who's represented in the Magic Circle Museum...
0:41:49 > 0:41:50his name was Chung Ling Soo,
0:41:50 > 0:41:54and he used to perform as the original Chinese conjurer.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56He used to perform a routine called the Bullet Catch,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59where he would get a bullet signed by somebody from the audience,
0:41:59 > 0:42:01it would be loaded into a gun
0:42:01 > 0:42:03and the gun would be given to a marksman.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05He'd stand opposite them, holding a china plate,
0:42:05 > 0:42:07and they would fire the bullet.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10He would catch it on the china plate, without the plate breaking,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12and then he would pass the plate back to them,
0:42:12 > 0:42:13so they could look at the bullet
0:42:13 > 0:42:16and check to see it really had their initials on it.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19He did it successfully for years and years and years,
0:42:19 > 0:42:21and then he was performing on stage
0:42:21 > 0:42:24at the Wood Green Empire Theatre in 1918.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26The gun was shot, the plate broke and he collapsed on the stage...
0:42:26 > 0:42:28..and was killed.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30He got taken to hospital and, unfortunately, he died.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33And it turned out that the original Chinese conjurer
0:42:33 > 0:42:37was actually an American magician called William Robinson,
0:42:37 > 0:42:40who had just realised that selling himself as a Chinaman
0:42:40 > 0:42:41would make his act more exotic
0:42:41 > 0:42:44and more appealing to the London audiences.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46Does anyone know what happened?
0:42:46 > 0:42:48No-one knows for sure what happened and what went wrong.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51It's just another one of those mysteries
0:42:51 > 0:42:53that you find in the world of magic.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57A visit to the magic circle wouldn't be complete
0:42:57 > 0:42:59without some magic, would it?
0:42:59 > 0:43:01But Will has some important preliminaries.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04I CAN tell you that before every show,
0:43:04 > 0:43:07- I have to warm up all of my fingers, one by one...- How?
0:43:07 > 0:43:10And I haven't done one, so I'll show you how you warm up the little finger.
0:43:10 > 0:43:11- Yeah, fine.- Just the little one.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14The first thing you have to be able to do is have a little finger
0:43:14 > 0:43:15which is telescopic...
0:43:15 > 0:43:19- Oh!- So it sort of slides in and out of itself.- Oh, my goodness me!
0:43:19 > 0:43:22- The second is, it has to bend.- Oh! Oh!
0:43:22 > 0:43:25This isn't the bad bit. The bad bit is if you start to push...
0:43:25 > 0:43:29- Oh, my goodness me! Oh!- Ah!
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Oh, crikey!
0:43:32 > 0:43:34And you can also...
0:43:34 > 0:43:36- No, no, no, no!- Oh, blimey!
0:43:36 > 0:43:38- What are you doing? - Well, you just need to...
0:43:38 > 0:43:40- SNAPPING NOISE - Oh! Sorry.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Yikes! Don't try that at home.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44..put it back into place, ready to go.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47- Are you...? Are you all right? - I am. I am ready to perform now.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50But before I do, I will get rid of my sleeves
0:43:50 > 0:43:54so you know there's nothing untoward about that.
0:43:54 > 0:43:57So, something using four large, old silver dollars.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00And the idea is that I won't touch the coins,
0:44:00 > 0:44:02- I'll keep my hands above them at all times.- OK.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04If I wave, one coin jumps,
0:44:04 > 0:44:07followed by the second one
0:44:07 > 0:44:09and the third one.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11Then one coin goes back,
0:44:11 > 0:44:12and another,
0:44:12 > 0:44:14and another.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17And covering them all for just a moment,
0:44:17 > 0:44:19they go together,
0:44:19 > 0:44:20until...
0:44:20 > 0:44:21STEFANIE LAUGHS
0:44:21 > 0:44:24- Can I shake your hand?- Absolutely.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27I'm absolutely in awe of you.
0:44:27 > 0:44:28- Thank you very much.- I really am.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30Gosh!
0:44:30 > 0:44:33I wonder if our teams can work the same wonders
0:44:33 > 0:44:35creating profits at auction? Ha!
0:44:35 > 0:44:40Let's see how they rate each other's chances, as they reveal all.
0:44:40 > 0:44:43- We spent all our money. - All your money?- Bar five pounds.
0:44:43 > 0:44:47Bar five pounds, but we bought this wonderful array of items...
0:44:47 > 0:44:50Oh, my goodness! Don might be intrigued by that.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Well, it fitted the head of my lady,
0:44:53 > 0:44:55so we had to buy it, right?
0:44:55 > 0:44:59Well, we did. It so reminded me of Chorus Line.
0:44:59 > 0:45:01I have seen those die.
0:45:01 > 0:45:05- Excuse me?- I have seen those die at auction.- Have you, really?
0:45:05 > 0:45:09- Look at that! Perfect.- It's mint. - It is.- It's absolute mint.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13- Look at that. Isn't that divine?- That is mint. Obviously an unwanted gift.
0:45:13 > 0:45:16- Yes.- Let's move on. Let's move right along.- It's our big risk.
0:45:16 > 0:45:19- Yes.- On the roller coaster, we'll ride high with these.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21Right, just take the top off.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24- I think the top will come off now, we might go bang.- Let's go.
0:45:24 > 0:45:25OK, ready? Three...
0:45:25 > 0:45:27- Oh, lovely.- Isn't that beautiful?
0:45:27 > 0:45:31- Yes, an oriental panel.- But it is high risk. And what's it worth?
0:45:31 > 0:45:35On a good day, I think you'll be fine. It's just tomorrow it could...
0:45:35 > 0:45:37- Not be a good day.- Give it a go, girl. You've got to go.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Yes, you've got to go, girl.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42We have to hope then that there's no way of predicting it.
0:45:42 > 0:45:43Let's see what you have.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46- We're so excited about this. - Are you really?
0:45:46 > 0:45:49- Oh, look at that.- Is that..?
0:45:49 > 0:45:52- Oh, the zither.- The zither. - Early 20th century zither.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54- The zither, I love.- Yes.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56- It's in good condition, is it?- Yes.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59Extremely good condition. It works.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Fascinating, the stitchery, that you have the stitchery as well.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05- Yes, this is the sampler with the date on it.- Oh, "Hope."
0:46:05 > 0:46:08This is what the auction's about, hope tomorrow.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11It's a really good mix. Don, good luck.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Good luck and let's hope we do very well.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16- I'd love to shake your hand. - Hold that for him.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18- I'll hold that and you shake hands. - Good luck, Don.
0:46:18 > 0:46:22- Good luck tomorrow.- Good man. - Good luck tomorrow, OK?
0:46:22 > 0:46:24May the best team win, but may we all make a profit.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26So, it's all good wishes and bonhomie,
0:46:26 > 0:46:29but what did they really think?
0:46:29 > 0:46:31Very strong lots. I think, er...
0:46:31 > 0:46:35her poster because obviously that's connected to her
0:46:35 > 0:46:40- and that great big wooden carving thing.- Really, you like that?
0:46:40 > 0:46:42- I did quite like it. - With the herons?
0:46:42 > 0:46:44I like the herons, yes. Yes, I probably would, you know.
0:46:44 > 0:46:48I think they bought very well. I like their box.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50I think that's a real bargain at £115.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54But hand on heart, would I want any of their other items? No.
0:46:54 > 0:46:59I think we're even-stevens. I wasn't actually wowed by their things.
0:46:59 > 0:47:04- Were you?- No. They made no impression on me whatsoever.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07Am I happy with our items? Yes.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09We will ride high, with five out of six
0:47:09 > 0:47:12and then, my sweet half of America,
0:47:12 > 0:47:16we'll go to your picture and then we might crash.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19- I hope it's a soft landing. - HE LAUGHS
0:47:19 > 0:47:22Auction day sees our celebrities and experts heading south
0:47:22 > 0:47:26to Billingshurst, West Sussex. Ah...
0:47:26 > 0:47:32Bellmans holds monthly sales of up to 2,000 fine art collectors lots.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Morning.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37The teams are unsure how their purchases will do,
0:47:37 > 0:47:40but they're putting on a brave face.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43- Nothing to fear but fear itself! - Apart from the stair.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49- £75, £70...- Auctioneer Will Pasfield
0:47:49 > 0:47:53is the man with the best chance of predicting profits correctly.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56So what does he make of the eclectic lots?
0:47:56 > 0:47:58'The first thing we've got up is the black zither,'
0:47:58 > 0:48:01from Don and Marge. I think that could be a bit of a tricky sale.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04Not many people play the zither any more,
0:48:04 > 0:48:06so I'm going to struggle with that one.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Charles and Stefanie have bought the beaten copper mirror.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10It's a very nice thing.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12It's a nice, small mirror. It can go anywhere in the house.
0:48:12 > 0:48:15I personally would like to see it hanging in my downstairs loo,
0:48:15 > 0:48:17but unfortunately, I'm not allowed to bid on it.
0:48:17 > 0:48:20Charles and Stefanie have bought The Magnificent Seven poster.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22It's also signed by Stefanie herself.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25I'm not too sure how dry the ink is on the signature,
0:48:25 > 0:48:29but posters are always popular, so we'll see what we can do with that.
0:48:29 > 0:48:30As to which team wins today,
0:48:30 > 0:48:32I wouldn't like to call it. It's pretty close.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34They both bought some pretty good lots, to be honest
0:48:34 > 0:48:37and they've both bought some pretty bad lots as well.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40Oh, gosh. Hold on for a bumpy ride then.
0:48:42 > 0:48:43Each of our teams started with £400.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47Stefanie and Charles spent £395 on six lots,
0:48:47 > 0:48:52whilst Don and Margie, pushed for time,
0:48:52 > 0:48:55bought only five lots for a total of £328.
0:48:55 > 0:48:58Let battle commence, eh?
0:48:59 > 0:49:02- Good luck, Don.- Thank you. - And the others. Good luck.
0:49:02 > 0:49:06First up is Don and Margie's pretty zither.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09And who's going to start me off at £10 for the zither? £10.
0:49:09 > 0:49:10£10 bid in the front row...
0:49:10 > 0:49:12Well done. Well done.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15Do I see 15 anywhere? 15 and 20, Jill. 20. 20, I see and five now.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19No, they say. £20 in the front row. Do I see five anywhere?
0:49:19 > 0:49:24Five from anyone else? It's £20, front row. All done at £20?
0:49:26 > 0:49:31Oh dear. The zither's out of tune, leaving Don down.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33I'm not happy, I'm afraid.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36- You're not happy?- No, I'm not. No, no, no, no.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39I'm very depressed about the zither. Really depressed.
0:49:39 > 0:49:44Stefanie and Charles' top hat is next.
0:49:44 > 0:49:48- £20 is bid. Do I see five now? Five anywhere?- Go on. Keep going.
0:49:48 > 0:49:52- That's it, one more.- ..and five and 40. The computer's flashing as well.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55- Yes, there's internet bids!- 40 now, computer, if you want to bid.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58It's gone quiet, I'm afraid. No, it's £35 on my left. 40, new face.
0:49:58 > 0:50:03- And five now? Five anywhere? Five and 50...- One more. Yes!- ..and five.
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- No, at five they go. And 60?- Yes!
0:50:06 > 0:50:09They're waiting in the wings to bid. 60 has it, five? 70, sir?
0:50:09 > 0:50:13- You can have a go now.- Go on, sir! - £70, sir? It's 65, back of the room.
0:50:13 > 0:50:19Do I see 70 anywhere? Gentleman back of the room at £65. All done at 65?
0:50:19 > 0:50:23It's a topping start for Stefanie and Charles's ambitions.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27- Brilliant.- Yay!- Yes! £35 profit.- So we made £35.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Now it's a decidedly unpredictable lot.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33The quiver and arrows that caught Don's eye.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37And who's going to start me off at £20? £20? £20?
0:50:37 > 0:50:38£20? £10? £10?
0:50:38 > 0:50:42Come on, put your hand up, you can buy it for £10.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44£10 is bid on my left. Do I see 15?
0:50:44 > 0:50:48- Well done.- I've got 10, who's got 15? Who chose this?
0:50:48 > 0:50:51The man hiding. I've got £10 bid.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54Do I see 15 anywhere? 15, anyone?
0:50:54 > 0:50:58I'm selling them for £10. To my left, in the room, at £10.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02No bull's-eye there, I'm afraid, Don. It's another loss.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04So, we're 50 quid down.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07- I'm beginning to sulk now. - Don't start leaping about, Hanson.
0:51:07 > 0:51:08Keep the faith.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12Stefanie and Charles's horseracing game is next.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Racing certainty or non-runner?
0:51:14 > 0:51:19- £10 is bid. Do I see 15? 15 and 20? - Come on. Keep going, sir.
0:51:19 > 0:51:23£20. No? It's £15 on the left. 20, I see. Five? Five anywhere?
0:51:23 > 0:51:28- Keep going!- 20 on the back right now...- Keep going.- ..and five. 30.
0:51:28 > 0:51:34Did you move? No? It's £35 left. All done? Selling for £35.
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Bit of a donkey derby, as it turns out,
0:51:36 > 0:51:40with only a modest £5 profit before commission.
0:51:43 > 0:51:44After two losses,
0:51:44 > 0:51:48Don and Margie hope their railway sign might get them back on track!
0:51:48 > 0:51:51I've got bids on here that takes me up to £50.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53Who's got five now? Five anywhere? Five anywhere?
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Oh, no. Come on.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58It's a commissioned bid. I'm looking for a five somewhere.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00- It's on, 55, I see. At 60. And five, sir?- More!
0:52:00 > 0:52:0370, and five? No. Still with me at £70.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Five from anyone else?
0:52:05 > 0:52:08Are we all done at £70?
0:52:08 > 0:52:11Well, with a £5 profit, at least they're out of the sidings.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14Cheering news for despondent Don.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17- Ah, you see!- Very good. Well done, Don. Congratulations.
0:52:17 > 0:52:21- Thank you very much.- First profit. STEFANIE: It's your first profit.
0:52:21 > 0:52:26The auctioneer's favourite is next, the Arts and Crafts mirror.
0:52:26 > 0:52:27And I've got £20 bid on this lot.
0:52:27 > 0:52:30Do I see five? Five, 30, five. 40, five...
0:52:30 > 0:52:32- Keep going, come on!- £45 bid.
0:52:32 > 0:52:35- Do I see five anywhere?- Keep going. - Five anywhere? Five, 50, and five?
0:52:35 > 0:52:37One more...
0:52:39 > 0:52:4255. Who's got 60 anywhere? 60 anywhere?
0:52:42 > 0:52:45It's £55 in the room. 60, new face. And five?
0:52:45 > 0:52:48You're not getting it that easily. 60. It's lovely.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50£65, do you want it?
0:52:50 > 0:52:53- THEY LAUGH - £65. 70?
0:52:53 > 0:52:56He shakes his head at the back. It's £65 on the right. Do I see 70 now?
0:52:56 > 0:52:58- All done at £65?- That's good.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01That's a respectable profit
0:53:01 > 0:53:04and builds on Team Power's handsome lead.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07It's Stefanie and Charles's sampler now.
0:53:07 > 0:53:12It's colourful but not as old as Margie and Don's.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14£10 is bid. Looking for 15 now. 15 anywhere?
0:53:14 > 0:53:18- 15 anywhere?- I love this. Come on.- 15 on the net.
0:53:18 > 0:53:2020. And five on the net.
0:53:20 > 0:53:2225 on the net. And 30 now.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24And five on the net. £30 in the room.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27They're hovering over the bid button. No?
0:53:27 > 0:53:29It's £30 in the room...
0:53:29 > 0:53:32- What did you pay?- £30. - 35, new face.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36And 40. No? Internet, you can come back now. At £40.
0:53:36 > 0:53:37I've got 35 in the room.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Do you want it at 40? Don't let it slip through your mouse.
0:53:40 > 0:53:45- No? It's £35 has it. All done, selling for £35...- Oh, shame.
0:53:45 > 0:53:50Oh, it's a very slender £5 profit, which means a loss after commission.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54Next, it's Margie and Don's writing slope, their most expensive buy.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56And I'm straight in at £35.
0:53:56 > 0:54:00Who's got 40 now? Who's got 40 anywhere?
0:54:00 > 0:54:0240, five, 50, He says no,
0:54:02 > 0:54:05- but the computer's flashing. - Keep going.- £45 with me.
0:54:05 > 0:54:0750 on the net. 55 on the net.
0:54:07 > 0:54:08I've got one more commission at 60.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10It's 65 now on the net if you want to bid.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- Five anywhere else? - Oh, that's absolutely ridiculous.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15One more bid from anyone?
0:54:15 > 0:54:19- It's with me at £60. All done at 60? - That is absolutely...
0:54:19 > 0:54:24It's a beautiful piece, gone for a song and Don's back in the dumps.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26I'm really depressed now.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28That's great(!) That's fantastic(!)
0:54:28 > 0:54:32I have never seen a box of that quality go so cheap.
0:54:32 > 0:54:38Stefanie's signed a film poster in the hope of magnificent profits.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41£30 anywhere? Who's going? £30 is bid. 35.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43- And 40, five...- Oh, there's a fight.
0:54:43 > 0:54:4550...
0:54:45 > 0:54:48And five. 55.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50Keep going.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52- And 60, and five.- Go on, sir.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56- She's here as well.- 70? - She'll give you a kiss, sir.- 75, sir?
0:54:56 > 0:54:59- New face, 75 and 80.- Yes, come on!
0:54:59 > 0:55:01And five, new face again. 90.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04- And five.- She'll give you a kiss and a cuddle.- 100, round it off.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06100 and ten.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08We've broken even, we've broken even.
0:55:08 > 0:55:13- 120.- She'll give you a kiss. - 130. 140...
0:55:13 > 0:55:17- 150.- Whoa!- 160, he says no, it's pushed him off.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19160, sir? Don't be bullied.
0:55:19 > 0:55:23- 160. You don't want it for 160. It's £150 on my right.- Brilliant.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27- One more.- If we're all done, I'm selling for £150.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29- Brilliant, thank you, sir, very much. - Yes, Michael, yes!
0:55:29 > 0:55:33Hollywood history nets a tidy profit.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36But film star kisses aren't in the rules.
0:55:36 > 0:55:40Don and Margie's final lot is the sampler
0:55:40 > 0:55:42and it needs to do incredibly well.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46Ten is bid. Looking for 15 now. 15 anywhere for the sampler?
0:55:46 > 0:55:49- 15 on the net...- Keep going. - And 20. And five on the net now.
0:55:49 > 0:55:53Five on the net. 25. 30, it's jumping. 30. 35 on the net now.
0:55:53 > 0:55:58It's £40 on the net now. 45 on the net now. 50 on the net now.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02£55, it's settled. 60, sir? 60 has it.
0:56:02 > 0:56:0765 now on the net, if you want to bid. 65 on the net. 65. And 70.
0:56:07 > 0:56:08And five on the net now if you want to bid.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12Come on, keep going! It's our last lot!
0:56:12 > 0:56:16- No, sure?- You sure? Are you positive?- £75 on the net.
0:56:16 > 0:56:1880 from anywhere else? It's on the net, £75.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21- At 75.- Missed it.
0:56:22 > 0:56:24Oh, dear.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26No grand finale for Team Warrington.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28That's us, we're finished.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31It's not over though until the last lot, Don
0:56:31 > 0:56:36and it's Stefanie and Charles's big gamble, the marquetry picture.
0:56:36 > 0:56:41- £30 is bid. Do I see five now? - Keep going.- Five and 40.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44- It's got to go, it's got to go. - And five, and 50, and five. And 60.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46- There's a phone bid.- And five. No?
0:56:46 > 0:56:48- Come on.- £60 has it on the right.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50I'm looking for five now. Internet, 65.
0:56:50 > 0:56:55Do you want it on the internet at £65? £60 on the right. 65 and 70
0:56:55 > 0:56:57and five and 80. And five.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59- Keep going. - £80 on the right-hand side.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02- Do I see five anywhere else? - Keep going.- £85. That's it.
0:57:02 > 0:57:08Do I see 90 anywhere? It's with Mike, £85. All done, £85...
0:57:08 > 0:57:09We could be out.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11Ouch! It's all over now,
0:57:11 > 0:57:15with a whopping last-minute loss for Team Powers.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18- What a shame. You took a gamble. - Shall we go and have a cup of tea?
0:57:18 > 0:57:20- Let's go.- Let's go.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25It's been a bumpy ride for both teams,
0:57:25 > 0:57:28but despite the marquetry mishap, Stefanie and Charles
0:57:28 > 0:57:31are the winners, as they lost the least money.
0:57:33 > 0:57:36Our celebrities began with £400 each.
0:57:36 > 0:57:42After losses and commission, Don and Margie are down by £135.30,
0:57:42 > 0:57:48so they end the road trip with just £264.70.
0:57:48 > 0:57:53Stefanie and Charles did rather better, losing £38.30 in total,
0:57:53 > 0:57:57so they end the road trip with £361.70,
0:57:57 > 0:58:00so, sadly, no profits were made today.
0:58:00 > 0:58:03- It's been a slice of heaven. - Yes. Absolutely. Well done.
0:58:03 > 0:58:06- We must do this again.- We will.
0:58:06 > 0:58:10Actually, I think Charles was the one in heaven. At least for a while.
0:58:10 > 0:58:14Right now, for Margie, it's back to hell on four wheels.
0:58:14 > 0:58:19- This awful buggy!- Cheerio.- Bye. Bye! - Take care.- Lovely to see you.
0:58:19 > 0:58:21- Bye, love.- Loved your work.
0:58:21 > 0:58:25Thanks. To-da-loo.
0:58:26 > 0:58:27Goodbye!
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