0:00:02 > 0:00:03Some of the nation's favourite celebrities.
0:00:03 > 0:00:07What if we were to say 150 for the two, then you've got yourself a deal?
0:00:07 > 0:00:08One antiques expert each.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Da-da!
0:00:10 > 0:00:13# Da da da da-da da-da da! #
0:00:13 > 0:00:14And one big challenge.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19Who can seek out and buy the best antiques at the very best prices...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22LAUGHTER
0:00:22 > 0:00:26..and auction for a big profit further down the road?
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- Potential for disaster. - Who will spot the good investments?
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Who will listen to advice?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33What you've just come out with, I cannot believe that!
0:00:33 > 0:00:38And who will be the first to say, "Don't you know who I am?"?
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:48 > 0:00:53Tonight, we welcome aboard two old hands of stage and screen.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55I'll give you a clue.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Firing up the road in this 1975 Jensen Interceptor
0:00:58 > 0:01:01is veteran TV presenter Michael Aspel.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08And, everybody's favourite Aunt Sally, Una Stubbs.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11It's a lovely noise, isn't it, that gurgle? That's the engine.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15- LAUGHTER - I'm having trouble finding somewhere to put my left foot.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18I'll probably put it in your lap in a moment!
0:01:18 > 0:01:19LAUGHTER
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- Do you know this part of the world? - Not at all.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I've never been here at all.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Look, it's so flat. You can see so far into the distance.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30Michael has been on our screens for over 50 years.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34From his early work on Come Dancing to his years hosting Miss World,
0:01:34 > 0:01:37the newsreader-turned-presenter's career has seen him rub shoulders
0:01:37 > 0:01:39with a long list of high-profile names.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Sue Johnston, tonight, this is your life.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Including those unsuspecting celebrities
0:01:46 > 0:01:48surprised by his big red book.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50That's interesting.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Dishwasher-proof, I'm afraid.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55And he should know a thing or two about antiques.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00I like pictures a lot. I quite like to fill a room with portraits.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- Dogs are popular.- Ducks?
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- Dogs.- Dogs. - And ducks, I suppose.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06UNA GIGGLES
0:02:06 > 0:02:11And Michael's competition on the road trip is his old mate Una Stubbs,
0:02:11 > 0:02:16the current landlady to world-famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Sherlock! The mess you've made.
0:02:18 > 0:02:25A former dancer and chorus girl, Una shot to fame in Sir Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27but is maybe best known to most of us
0:02:27 > 0:02:31as the apple of a certain scarecrow's eye.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33These old chums may be taking each other on,
0:02:33 > 0:02:37but they won't doing it alone. Guiding them through this challenge
0:02:37 > 0:02:40are two absolute experts in all things antiquey.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45James Lewis and Thomas Plant, currently getting to grips
0:02:45 > 0:02:50with the trusty 1982 Citroen 2CV, which is back for another trip.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Er, overloaded?
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- It's a bit tight, isn't it? - Tight?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57I'm going to be hugging you for the entire journey.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01- This is where you have to be careful.- I know.- Whoa! That's reverse.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- I know! GEARS GRIND - Oh!
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- That's first!- James? - Thomas.- I can't drive this.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Oh, dear. Thomas Plant started in the antiques business as a porter,
0:03:12 > 0:03:16before quickly working his way up the ranks to auctioneer.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18He believes that to make money in antiques,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21one must have some knowledge. Handy.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23But, also, a lot of luck.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Let's hope, for the sake of our celebrities, that he's brought Lady Luck along for the ride.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- Look, look, it's stuck again. Hello!- Want a push?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Please, would you give us a hand?
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- Gosh, they were fit! - LAUGHTER
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Wa-ha-ha!- Jolly giant!
0:03:41 > 0:03:44James Lewis has a passion for all things quirky
0:03:44 > 0:03:48and a reputation for buying the things that no-one else understands.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52James's two great loves in his life are animals and antiques.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55And he claims that he made his first auction bid
0:03:55 > 0:03:57at the tender age of six.
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Eugh!
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Una Stubbs is just a goddess, isn't she?
0:04:01 > 0:04:05I will be a little, sort of, "Oh, it's Una Stubbs!"
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I'm glad we're being helped by experts, aren't you?
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Well, it's a saving grace, isn't it?
0:04:10 > 0:04:14I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to meeting them.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- Michael seems very sophisticated to me.- Absolutely.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- You could imagine him... - In driving gloves. - Yes, driving gloves!
0:04:21 > 0:04:23THEY LAUGH
0:04:24 > 0:04:28So as our celebrities make their way to meet our esteemed experts,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30any pre-match nerves?
0:04:30 > 0:04:33I'm really quite nervous about haggling.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Haggling, that is the thing that is worrying me most.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- I usually agree.- Yes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Michael and Una have £400 each, two days of shopping and haggling,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45and one auction to prove they can buy low
0:04:45 > 0:04:48and sell high with the best of them.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Before we throw them in at the deep end,
0:04:53 > 0:04:55let's look at the journey ahead.
0:04:55 > 0:05:00This celebrity road trip will take place in the delightfully flat county of Norfolk.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Very, very flat Norfolk.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Starting in Holt,
0:05:03 > 0:05:07we'll weave our way towards our auction showdown in King's Lynn.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15The town of Holt was almost wiped off the map in 1709 by a fire
0:05:15 > 0:05:20that spread so fast through its streets, it was virtually destroyed in just three hours.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25- There we are.- Well done, Thomas. That was not easy.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Time to match our celebrities with our experts.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Here we are.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Hello.- Michael. - James, nice to see you.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- Una.- Una.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38- Tell us, are you looking forward to this? Excited?- Yes.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- We're hoping you are, because you're the stars of the show.- Oh, hardly.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46Michael, don't you know a tremendous amount about antiques?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48This is the terrible mistake that people make.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I just was the mouthpiece of the show
0:05:51 > 0:05:53- and then watched like everybody else. - LAUGHTER
0:05:53 > 0:05:55I've learned very little.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58I don't know anything about anything, so I'll be glad for your help.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00You're with me.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- We.- And, Michael, you're with me in the 2CV. - LAUGHTER
0:06:03 > 0:06:05Don't look disappointed. It's fine.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08See you guys later. Have fun.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Michael, are you confident?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15I'm never confident,
0:06:15 > 0:06:19but, sometimes, it goes down to something like fear and loathing
0:06:19 > 0:06:22and terror and all that stuff. I'm very uneasy indeed.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Fear and loathing in Norfolk?
0:06:24 > 0:06:28Now that's a very different road trip to the one I had in mind.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31- Don't feel like that, because I will look after you.- Thank you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34And I will protect you from all the shopkeepers. Don't worry.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Yes, don't worry, Michael. Thomas will look after you. He knows best.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Personally, I'd like to buy some shoes.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42If we can keep him out of the shoe shops. He's so sharp.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I've got a bit of a shoe fetish. But for men's shoes, to wear my own.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Yes, it's quite a healthy interest!
0:06:47 > 0:06:51No, I don't go trying on my wife's. That's...that's...
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- Not her shoes, anyway! - This is it.- This is it.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Michael and Thomas's first shop of the day is not a shoe shop,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02it's Shirehall Plain Antiques, and they're looked after by Mandy.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05- With shoes on.- Hello.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- Hello, I'm Michael. - Hello, I'm Mandy.- Hiya.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Michael, how do you want to do it?
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Do you want to have a look yourself or shall we do it together?
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- I think that's good idea. - I think doing it together would be rather nice.- Yes.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Then any ignorant remarks can be swallowed up by something you would say.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- So that's good.- I don't know about that. Let's have a look.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Michael have you got a particular style you like?
0:07:27 > 0:07:32You're a very stylish man. Obviously, we can see your very dapper, so you obviously like
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- the finer things in life. - I'm an Art-Deco bloke, really.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38There's also an emotional connection with when I was born.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41That was the time, you know, when it all happened.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- It's my time, as it were. - I'm pleased to know you're an Art-Deco guy.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- Not exclusively. - No, because I love the Deco.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51First the shoes and now the Art Deco.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Could this be the beginning of a beautiful friendship?
0:07:54 > 0:07:58The cinemas I used to go to were all Art Deco.
0:07:58 > 0:07:59How old did you have to be?
0:07:59 > 0:08:03You had to be 16, so I borrowed my father's identity card.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06They said, "According to this, you've just done six years in the Army, hop it!"
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I was only 14.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12While Team Aspel are getting to know each other...
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Una and James pose for a quick photo with the local paparazzi.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21- OK? Pleasure. - I make you look like a giant.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25HE LAUGHS Everybody makes me look like a giant!
0:08:25 > 0:08:27So do I buzz off on my own?
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- You can if you like.- No, no, no. No, no. No, I'd rather be with you.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34In that case, let's look together and see what we like,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- throw a few ideas around...- Good. - ..and see what we can find. - Lovely.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- This is it, this is our first one. - Oh, oh!
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Da-dum!- After you.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Una and James's first shop of the day
0:08:48 > 0:08:50is Richard Scott Antiques
0:08:50 > 0:08:53and Una is straight in there.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55- Gorgeous. - Straight-sided coffee cans.- Yeah?
0:08:55 > 0:08:57So, early 19th century.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- Coffee...?- Coffee can.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02If it's got a straight side, it's a coffee can.
0:09:02 > 0:09:07- Why "can"?- I presume it's like can of baked beans. - Oh, I see.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- Whereas that one, with the curved side, is a coffee cup. - That's lovely.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Very pretty.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15James is keen to give his celebrity apprentice a lesson
0:09:15 > 0:09:17in buying antiques.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19When you're looking to sell at auction,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- you have to not think what you like. - Oh!
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- Because you're never going to own it and you'll never see it again. - Yeah.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- It'll be sold at the auction.- Oh.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- You've got to take, in a way, all of the emotion out of it.- Yes.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Oh. Ooh.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Oh!
0:09:40 > 0:09:44- Glass is popular now, isn't it? - It can be, yeah.- In the light.
0:09:44 > 0:09:49- Very pretty.- Isn't it?- Yeah. 1920s, probably. 1930s.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51At auction it would make £8.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- Yes. 28.- Very unfashionable. SHE LAUGHS
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Aw.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Mmmm.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04(I'm going to make such a fool of myself. But I'd quite like to dare.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06(Just to see if he's right and I'm not.)
0:10:08 > 0:10:12Hm. Go on, Una, we dare you.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Back with the boys and something's caught Thomas's eye.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19This is a beast. The Record Enlarger, it's called.
0:10:19 > 0:10:25British made, so you can date that between the wars.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Or maybe slightly earlier.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Hm.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31This is where the slide went in.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34And they just projected it in large form. That's all it's saying.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36They hid under that black shroud.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40It's got the actual hood still on it, which is amazing.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- Yes.- To have that still there.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Cor, they want a lot of money for it. £195.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46What would they take for that, do you reckon?
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- 150?- (A bit more than that.)
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Well...
0:10:50 > 0:10:52(Yeah, you want £100.)
0:10:52 > 0:10:54- Mandy? Hello.- Yes?
0:10:54 > 0:10:59We like this, but we don't like the top price on it.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02OK. I will have a chat with him and get the very best price for you.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Thank you very much.- I'll do it now.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Your own home cinema.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09It's a big lens there, isn't there?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12It's a whopper. Let's see you in those.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Oh, no, you don't want to see it - all those pores!
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Right, I've had a chat with him. He said the very best on that
0:11:18 > 0:11:20- would be 150.- 150.- Yes.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22HE INHALES SHARPLY
0:11:22 > 0:11:25He wouldn't go bit more, he wouldn't go 120?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28I could do another tenner, that would be it.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- So 140 we're talking about? - 140 is the best.- Really?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Really, seriously best. That's what he says.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- It is exciting, though, isn't it? It's a fun thing.- It's different.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Shall we do it?- Yes.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42- Do you want to do it?- I do.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- You've got a sale. - Thank you very much. Very kind.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Excellent.- Good. Thank you very much. - Thank you.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- Our first item.- Yes.- Exciting. - We're off and running.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56And we're off and running
0:11:56 > 0:11:59to see if Una has moved away from that green decanter.
0:11:59 > 0:12:00I must listen to you.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02No, no. Keep looking, keep looking.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Ooh. (That is lovely.)
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- OK, what have you found? - An old Chinese pot.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Inside, there's all extraordinary markings,
0:12:11 > 0:12:15- like writing.- Oh. I don't know if it's writing or just dirt.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20- Dirt?!- There's something in there, though.- It's a ginger jar?
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Probably a ginger jar, lost its cover.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- Yes.- An interesting thing. Very interesting.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- That's the sort of thing that is really speculative.- Yes, I know.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32And at that level, I think you might have found something.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- Da-dum! - HE LAUGHS
0:12:36 > 0:12:38That's lovely, too.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- A bowl, badly chipped.- Yes.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44It's had a very nasty... How about the one at the back?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Quite bossy, aren't you? - THEY LAUGH
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- More crackage.- More crackage.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Is it not worth getting if it's cracked? If I got it for tuppence?
0:12:53 > 0:12:56If you got it would tuppence, it would. HE WHEEZES WITH LAUGHTER
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- It's an interesting little area, this.- It is.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03What's that? The thing that looks as if it's made out of sand?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Now that is interesting.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Chinese.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11They've been digging up these mass graves in China for years.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16The most famous one is the Terracotta Army, so it's Tang Dynasty,
0:13:16 > 0:13:18it's ninth century.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21And would be used for incense, or...?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Could be used incense, or could have just been buried with spices. - Oh, right.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27- With the body. - Purification.- Yeah.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31Sometimes, they were brightly decorated and very vivid in colours.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35But what happened was, because they were buried low in the ground,
0:13:35 > 0:13:36the water level would rise
0:13:36 > 0:13:40and when the water level dropped, it would take all the colours away.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45This, like your pot there, is very, very interesting.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47- And £85.- Right.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51It will give that one a bit of meat, to put the two together.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- It doesn't need meat, James! - LAUGHTER
0:13:54 > 0:13:58The current price tag on this little Oriental lot would set Una
0:13:58 > 0:14:02and James back a grand total of £133.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03My thought was
0:14:03 > 0:14:07that it will be a very interesting group together.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10- Right. - SHE LAUGHS
0:14:10 > 0:14:12What are you thinking?
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Nothing, I have an absolutely blank Buddhist mind.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17THEY LAUGH
0:14:17 > 0:14:19OK.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Well, that's 24.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26It would be nice to end up with it being at 15, something like that.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Would that...?- Done.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Would that be all right?- Done.- OK. OK, there's that one.
0:14:32 > 0:14:3350p.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- I'll leave you... - 50p, OK.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37I'm doing well! Thank you.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40We're going to have to make it up on this one.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Well, now...
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Gee, tell you what...- It's the charm.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I'm going to go and I'll leave you... HE LAUGHS
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- OK, the third one. - Please don't say 50p again.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Una, would you be happy if we paid £30 that?
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Yes.- My hand is here.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00- Who is going to shake? - Is it all right?- Yes.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- Done.- Thank you.- Super.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- I think that's a really interesting first lot for us.- I hope so.
0:15:06 > 0:15:12Una and James have dipped into their budget and spent £45.50.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16OK. Where next?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Here we are, antiques. - Ah, that would do.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22At the other end of Holt, Aspel and Plant are off
0:15:22 > 0:15:25for a poke about Mews Antique Emporium.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- Ooh, another den.- And this big den is run by the lovely Jo.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Are you looking for anything in particular?
0:15:33 > 0:15:34Whatever catches our eye, I think.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39- That's where we're going to play it. - Well, play on, then, boys.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47What do you kind of get when you come in somewhere like this?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Well, confusion is the main emotion,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53because it is such a mixture of stuff.
0:15:53 > 0:15:58- You have to watch every corner. - I view it as almost an assault
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- on your senses.- Yes.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04Because A, your eyes just take in everything.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- You never know what you might find. - Yes.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- You were in the military?- Yes,
0:16:14 > 0:16:16I did my two years' National Service in the infantry.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- The King's Royal Rifle Corps. Rifleman Aspel.- Rifleman Aspel.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23And I lined, not entirely alone,
0:16:23 > 0:16:28the King's funeral parade in London as a National Serviceman.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30- In 1952?- Yes.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33- Gosh. Quite emotional, really. - It was extraordinary.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35The procession was glorious.
0:16:35 > 0:16:41- OK, Rifleman Aspel, back to today's mission.- I've spotted something.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Look, it's like a little cricket pitch in there. Isn't that wonderful?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46- It's very 1960s, '70s.- Yes.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49It's got its box, that's the important thing, isn't it?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52It's got its box and I don't think it has ever been played with.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55It's Lord's there. The old Pavilion.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Godfrey Evans Games. The great wicket-keeper.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01You said you were in what cricket team?
0:17:01 > 0:17:05We had our own little team called the TV Travellers,
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- because we had no ground of our own, we just get moving.- Did you play?
0:17:08 > 0:17:12- Godfrey Evans. I played a game with him in our charity matches.- Did you?
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- He and Denis Compton, old pals together.- So how good were you?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- I was demon bowler.- Were you?! Fast?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Oh, yes, fast and extremely inaccurate.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25Very dangerous, actually. Hurt a lot of bystanders!
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Rifleman, demon bowler, friend of the stars,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32this is beginning to feel like an episode of This Is Your Life.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Where's that red book, then?
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- Can I help you with anything? - I'm after a deal.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42I know it's only seven, but a single note with be fine.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43- Five.- Five?
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- Would you do for that for us? What do you think Michael?- Perfect for us.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Absolutely perfect. At that price? Ideal.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53So the price is right on the cricket game and it's time to see
0:17:53 > 0:17:59if anything will bowl over the competition as they head for Shirehall Plain Antiques.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01Watch out for the ladder.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- Hello.- Hello. - If we go under there, that's bad luck.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09We need all the luck we can get here! Thank you.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Now, we're running out of time. Shall we wander through the rest?
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Let's just have a quiet wander.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16But while she wanders,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Una's mind is still on something that caught her eye earlier.
0:18:20 > 0:18:24I think that little glass vase would have done well. I think.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28- I'd loved to have proved him wrong on that. But...- Hello.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29- Oh! - LAUGHTER
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Which little glass vase?
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- The little decanter. - The green one?- Yes.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40I'd love to... Oh, I'd have been so thrilled, if I was proved right.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45Ah, well, never mind, Una. There's plenty more pebbles on the antique beach.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47What do you think to that?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50- If you look at the base, the base is incredible.- Beautiful.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51Try and lift.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Oh, my...!
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Oh!
0:18:56 > 0:18:57That is so heavy.
0:18:57 > 0:19:03- It's solid bronze.- Gosh. - It's a Regency period bronze lamp.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07The originals would have been found in one of the excavations,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09maybe at Herculaneum or Pompeii.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13And this is a direct copy of an antique stick,
0:19:13 > 0:19:16something probably made 2,000 years ago.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Excuse me, this can great big bronze lamp, is there much movement in this?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- I shall give him a ring. - A lot of movement?
0:19:23 > 0:19:27James and Una are quite taken by the bronze lamp,
0:19:27 > 0:19:30but with price tag a whopping £295,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33there's some haggling to be done.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35He can do that for you for 195.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41- 195.- And it's not yours? - No, that's right. - You had to get on the line.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45But if you want me phone him back, you can speak to him yourself if you'd like to.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- 0oh!- Do you want to?
0:19:47 > 0:19:48SHE LAUGHS
0:19:48 > 0:19:50That's frightened her, hasn't it?!
0:19:50 > 0:19:54- I could... I could have a go. - Hello John, it's Mandy.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Would you have a quick word with Una Stubbs?
0:19:56 > 0:20:00Hello, John. I'm admiring this beautiful lamp.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02But it's still too high for us.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07Is there a possibility it can go below 150, please?
0:20:10 > 0:20:11I... I...
0:20:11 > 0:20:14OK, just a second. 160.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- Ask for 155, go on.- 155?
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Thank you. OK, bye.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24- Bye. Oh.- 155?- Yes.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Well done. Well done.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28- I was such a creep! - THEY LAUGH
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- Well done.- I think you'll find it there.- Thank you very much.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Whoa, whoa, whoa, left. Not under that ladder.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39So while superstitious Una and James celebrate their second purchase,
0:20:39 > 0:20:43the lads of Team Aspel are leaving no stone unturned.
0:20:43 > 0:20:44That's quite nice.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50- Most of the tortoiseshell panels are here.- Yes.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51And these are bone.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Oh, look at that. It is tortoiseshell inside. It's had a hard life.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- It's missing two corners.- A base.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04- But this could be restored and it would be beautiful.- Mm.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06What do you think? Have a look.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08I just wonder if it is too badly mauled by time.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Well, it has been mauled by time. You're quite right.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13But with the tortoiseshell,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16I mean, it's got to be 70-90, I would have thought.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Now, tortoiseshell and bone may not be to everyone's taste.
0:21:19 > 0:21:25But as this piece was produced in the late 1700s at earliest,
0:21:25 > 0:21:27it's perfectly legal now to buy.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30I'm looking for...
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- a wonderful price. - We'll try and get him on the phone.
0:21:34 > 0:21:38- You think he would like to speak to Michael?- We'll try, shall we?
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Right. What are we saying to him?
0:21:41 > 0:21:44How comfortable are you with this?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- Well, I haven't really done it. I don't...- Ever?- No.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51If I buy a car, they say what it is and I just buy it.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53I've never haggled about anything.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56But I can state a case, I suppose.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00This is quite good. This could be, you know, a revelation.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- Mm.- It's got 55 on it. Start at 30, 35.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- I think it's worth a go.- Yes.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- And again, it's not a big-risk item. - Yeah.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12Time for Michael Aspel's introduction
0:22:12 > 0:22:15into the world of haggling. Come on, Michael. Go for it.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Oh, hello. My name is Michael Aspel.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21We've found it this thing, a trinket box.
0:22:21 > 0:22:2655 is what she's got. It is in an awful state, of course.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Although it's very, basically very pretty.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32And it would need a lot of restoration work.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36So, we thought we might offer £25 for it.
0:22:38 > 0:22:4040? Oh.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Is that your best price?
0:22:43 > 0:22:4535.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47- OK, 35.- That's very good.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Right. Thanks a lot. Bye.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Well, Michael, for someone who doesn't deal,
0:22:53 > 0:22:55who just gets the price and asks...
0:22:55 > 0:22:57- There was nobody there, of course! - No.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59THEY LAUGH
0:22:59 > 0:23:04You went in with the crushing blow of £25!
0:23:04 > 0:23:07- I didn't actually mean to say 25. - It just came out.- Yes.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11Is the killer Michael Aspel? Was it a bit like when you were bowling?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Yes, it was. A kind of madness seized me
0:23:13 > 0:23:17and I just didn't care who got in the way.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20- So if you want to go for it, we will. - 35 quid. We should do it.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22- Yeah?- Let's go.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25While the boys celebrate their third lot for the auction,
0:23:25 > 0:23:29thanks to the negotiations of killer Michael Aspel,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Una and James are back on the road.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35Tell me, how do you feel after your morning's antique shop buying?
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Any regrets?- Of course.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41The little green decanter.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Oh! Stop it.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- Oh...- I knew you loved it. You've got a choice now.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52You can either put it in the auction
0:23:52 > 0:23:56and see if it makes a profit, or you can just keep it.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- I'm going to keep it, James. - Oh, good.
0:23:59 > 0:24:05Aw. James, you big softy. How sweet of you to buy that for Una.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- And out of your own pocket money, too.- Thank you.- It's a pleasure.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- It's dear.- It wasn't that expensive!
0:24:11 > 0:24:16Una and James and her green decanter are heading to the village of Colby,
0:24:16 > 0:24:19home to the Straw Works And Crafts Museum,
0:24:19 > 0:24:23the largest collection of straw-crafted pieces in the UK.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26- Wow.- OK.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32The museum is home to several hundred fascinating pieces
0:24:32 > 0:24:36crafted from straw from all over the world.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39The items on display include sculptures from Africa and Japan,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42straw hats from Switzerland
0:24:42 > 0:24:46and delicate items of clothing woven from strands of straw.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51This photograph from 1951 shows a young Princess Margaret,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55looking gorgeous, wearing a dress embroidered with straw,
0:24:55 > 0:24:59designed by Christian Dior for her 21st birthday.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00Lucky gal.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Heavy doors!
0:25:02 > 0:25:04You're such a gent.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- This could be love.- Ah, hello.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10And the lady responsible for putting this collection together
0:25:10 > 0:25:11is Ella Carstairs.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15- Lovely to see you.- I'm James. Nice to see you. Hi.- My favourite man.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17THEY LAUGH
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- And I'm Una.- And Una. - Nice to meet you.- Thank you, Una.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- All the girls love you, James. - Here we go!
0:25:25 > 0:25:2783-year-old Ella has been running the museum
0:25:27 > 0:25:30single-handedly for over 20 years.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34Her collection is housed in five large sheds
0:25:34 > 0:25:35in the grounds of her cottage.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37In here.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- Wow.- Oh, my goodness. Look at this.- Gosh!
0:25:41 > 0:25:43It surprises everybody.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48You've got an absolute cross-section from paintings to...
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- They're not paintings. That's all done with straw.- No!
0:25:51 > 0:25:54- I've done all of these. - You've done them?- Yes.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57They're all done with dyed straw. All you do is lay your straws
0:25:57 > 0:26:01in a trough. When they've absorbed the dye, you take them out
0:26:01 > 0:26:05and instead of laying them out on the ground, I stood them up.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Which meant that the colour ran down.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10So can you see how natural?
0:26:10 > 0:26:13- Yes.- It looks great, doesn't it?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15That's straw for you.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17As well as Ella's own creations,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21the museum is home to some very unique pieces,
0:26:21 > 0:26:25including these boxes, produced by Napoleonic prisoners of war.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- 200 years old.- English? - French prisoners of war.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32So they have been captured over in France on the battlefield
0:26:32 > 0:26:33of Waterloo.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38They've been brought back to England and they've been put in an open camp.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41And they were treated as part of the village
0:26:41 > 0:26:45and they did this straw work to give themselves pocket money.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- It's as fine as hair.- Yeah.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50You'd think it would be so brittle to work with.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54These are the things that you would expect a lady with great skill
0:26:54 > 0:26:59and delicate hands to be doing, not somebody who spends his career
0:26:59 > 0:27:00firing cannon.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03As well as overseeing the museum,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Ella also runs classes in straw-crafting.
0:27:07 > 0:27:08That's beautiful.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12# Hello, Dolly Well, hello... #
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Let's see how today's pupils get on.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Now, to make a corn dolly, you have five pieces of straw.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Place each bit nice and neatly side-by-side.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26- You want me to help you with it? - Have you tied... Oh, James.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29- That should do it.- Yes.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Lay your corn dolly out into five positions.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36But they're standing up, they're not laying out, are they?
0:27:36 > 0:27:38You haven't got your hand underneath it, lovey.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41You've got it either side of it. You've got it perfect.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Hold it firmly and then swing it round.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48And then the one behind the one you've taken over,
0:27:48 > 0:27:50you take that over the next two.
0:27:50 > 0:27:55- Are you with me, love? - I'm with you.- Are you?- Oh, dear.
0:27:55 > 0:27:59- How are you, James?- Good lad, that's it. That's coming. It's coming.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02Excellent. You're getting the hang of it, James.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05I haven't had any good remarks, James. Have you noticed?
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- I'm going to get a smack, I think! - THEY LAUGH
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- OK, points out of ten?- I should say six, wouldn't you?- That's generous!
0:28:14 > 0:28:17With their corn dollies finished, it's class dismissed.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21And as the sun sets on day one of our road trip,
0:28:21 > 0:28:26I'd say Una and James have got off to a dolly good start.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- HE CHUCKLES - Who writes this stuff?!
0:28:29 > 0:28:33And with Norfolk's antique shops closed for the day, it's time
0:28:33 > 0:28:37also for Team Aspel to turn in and recharge their haggling batteries.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Night-night.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43As a new day dawns in the county of Norfolk,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46the pressure is on for our celebrities to find
0:28:46 > 0:28:50that special something that will bring in the bids at auction.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54- Michael, how's your antique hunt going?- There's so much stuff.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58And in the end, your eyes start to water, your throat dries up
0:28:58 > 0:29:01- and you think, "I've got to find something!"- I know!- You had James.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03- How did you get on with him? - You know, you feel,
0:29:03 > 0:29:06"Oh, gosh, I'm really learning a lot about stuff I had no..."
0:29:06 > 0:29:08But he knows about everything.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Una is amazing fun.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14She knows exactly what she likes and what she doesn't.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19I'm not going to get away with buying anything that she doesn't like.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21How did you get on with Thomas?
0:29:21 > 0:29:22Very well, thanks.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26He gave me the impression that I knew what I was thinking
0:29:26 > 0:29:30- and talking about.- How generous. - Which is of course not the case!
0:29:30 > 0:29:34I have to say, I am with the most modest man ever in the world.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38If I could be as modest as he is, I would feel...
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Yeah, Thomas, you and modest(!) THEY LAUGH
0:29:43 > 0:29:46And I didn't think he'd be a very good dealer and he was amazing.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48- Was he, really?- He was amazing!
0:29:48 > 0:29:51The amazing... Ha! ..Michael Aspel
0:29:51 > 0:29:54and his new number one fan Thomas Plant have spent
0:29:54 > 0:29:57an amazing £180 on three lots for auction.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01The projector,
0:30:01 > 0:30:02the boxed cricket game,
0:30:02 > 0:30:06and not forgetting the result of Michael's first-ever haggle,
0:30:06 > 0:30:08the tortoiseshell trinket box...
0:30:08 > 0:30:11We thought that we might offer £25 for it.
0:30:12 > 0:30:18..leaving the pair with £220 to spend from their original £400 budget.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Mm.
0:30:20 > 0:30:24Someone else enjoying the thrill of the deal is Una Stubbs.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29James and Una have spent £200.50 on two auction lots.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Their Oriental pot collection, including Una's 50p bowl...
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Please don't say 50p again.
0:30:36 > 0:30:42..and the bronze floor-standing lamp that set them back £155,
0:30:42 > 0:30:47leaving Team Stubbs with £199.50 left to spend.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Back on the road,
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Michael and Thomas are heading for the lovely town of Aylsham.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58We've bought very well and you never know what we might find now.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01Yes. Well, I'm ready for it, I have to tell you that.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Well, that's really good news, because I think it's your turn.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- Well, I won't pick it unless I like it.- That's the thing.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Let's hope Red Lion Antiques has a plethora of goodies.
0:31:12 > 0:31:18- Morning.- I'm Will Cotton. I like your Easter Island tissue box.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- Fun, isn't it?- Do you mind if we have a good look?- Please do.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29Here's something unusual, isn't it? The old tortoise.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31That's quite cute, isn't it?
0:31:31 > 0:31:33It's just...dreadful. HE LAUGHS
0:31:33 > 0:31:36But it's wonderful, though, isn't it?
0:31:36 > 0:31:38A Chinese dim sum steamer.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42- That's fairly modern.- Fairly modern, but fairly fun, though.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47I'm sure it would have been used almost sort of like a centrepiece.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48I've not had it before.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Made from hardwood and cane,
0:31:52 > 0:31:55this little fellow would be used to steam a variety of different
0:31:55 > 0:31:59flavoured bite-sized delicacies, more commonly known as dumplings.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02I can see a couple of dumplings from here!
0:32:02 > 0:32:04It's eye-catching, isn't it?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06You see, I never would have picked that up, Michael.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08I never would've picked that up.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11I think we'll take that down and talk to Will about that. Shall we?
0:32:11 > 0:32:15- I think so. I think it's charming. - I think maybe if we find a few other
0:32:15 > 0:32:17little bits and bobs for him to be friends with...
0:32:17 > 0:32:22- Yes, perhaps.- Well, they do say the tortoise always wins.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28James and Una are on their way to the delightful town of Fakenham.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Fakenham's weekly market still takes place in the area
0:32:31 > 0:32:35of the original market of the year 1250.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Here we go.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- Shopping head-on?- Definitely.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44Having blown just over half their £400 budget
0:32:44 > 0:32:48on just two lots for the auction, let's hope Fakenham Antiques Centre
0:32:48 > 0:32:51has some hidden gems for Una and James.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- Hello.- Hello.
0:32:54 > 0:33:00- Hello.- The centre is run by Jake the dog. Oh, yes, and Brenda.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01Hello, Brenda.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04- This is Jake.- Jake. Hello, Jake. Hello!- Aw!- Hello.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08What did you say? Lots of bargains? Hey?
0:33:08 > 0:33:11So, that's how you haggle in doggy language.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Hm.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16While Una focuses her attention on finding some treasures
0:33:16 > 0:33:17for the auction, James is...
0:33:17 > 0:33:19JAMES MIMICS DOG'S WHIMPER
0:33:19 > 0:33:23James is... well, communicating with the dog.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I'm lost without him.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking... James?
0:33:29 > 0:33:31James, we're supposed to be working today.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Oh, plenty of time for that. See you later.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36Going to look...
0:33:39 > 0:33:41How about those? A pair of boots.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44They're a lovely tan leather.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48- They've got the stirrups. - Oh, my goodness.- 40. Can somebody...
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- Is that a double zero? - I would have said 140.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53In fact, I thought they were £14,
0:33:53 > 0:33:55you might've got away with £14 if you hadn't...
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- Oh, James!- I'll ring the dealer.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01Could these boots be walking straight to the auction house?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Well, I guess that depends on the price tag.
0:34:05 > 0:34:08I've just spoken to the dealer and he says £80 on the boots.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Mm... No, it's far too much. OK.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Now then, what have we got through here?
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Pretty, isn't it? The Clipper. It's £58.
0:34:23 > 0:34:24But...
0:34:24 > 0:34:29it's quite a decent example. The condition's not bad.
0:34:29 > 0:34:31It's probably prewar.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34The sails are made from linen sacks,
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- but it's got a look to it.- Mm.
0:34:38 > 0:34:43This 20th-century model is a replica of a 19th-century tea clipper.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46These were the greyhounds of the oceans.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Built in American and British shipyards,
0:34:49 > 0:34:52they were designed to take the trade routes between Europe
0:34:52 > 0:34:55and the East Indies, carrying tea, of course.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59The most famous of the vessels is our very own Cutty Sark.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Oh, all this talk of tea is making me parched!
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Cup of tea and a slice of cake, anyone?
0:35:05 > 0:35:08We need to get it for less than £30, if we're going to stand a chance.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- 58, so it's about half. - That's a big jump down.- It is.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14- But we're by the coast, King's Lynn.- That's true.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17How much could the boat be, please?
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Um, he said 40.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Would 30 be a possibility for this?
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Yeah.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26- 30. Brilliant.- Well, that was fairly straightforward.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30For £30, it looks like Una and James have their fourth lot
0:35:30 > 0:35:32for the auction. Well done.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37Back in Aylsham, the likely lads are still carrying on their quest
0:35:37 > 0:35:41to find some friends for their tortoise dim sum steamer,
0:35:41 > 0:35:42as you do(!)
0:35:42 > 0:35:45What have you got there, another bit of Oriental?
0:35:45 > 0:35:50This spoon is made from cow horn, and it's about 100 years old.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52£15, this is quite a lot of money.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55This looks like we've got a bit of a foodie lot on our hands here.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57I do like Chinese food.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Not so fond of Indian food, but I do like Chinese.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- Is the Indian a bit too spicy for you?- Yes.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Moving on, and Michael's on a roll.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Spring roll.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13- That's quite a nice blue jar there.- Oh, let's have a look.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- It is quite fun, isn't it? It's lovely.- Cookie jar.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Very popular colour, isn't it, too? - It is a popular colour.
0:36:19 > 0:36:23And it's a sherry thing as well. You can see the age on that.
0:36:23 > 0:36:24I had a look under there.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26So I think we need to beef up that foodie lot
0:36:26 > 0:36:29with something a bit more substantial to it.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34- I think that spoon is quite special. - You like that spoon? Well, go for it.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Cos that will be showy thing.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40- You can imagine the porter holding that up.- That's right.- The light...
0:36:40 > 0:36:43"Oh, that's nice, isn't it? Oh, go on, bid for that!"
0:36:43 > 0:36:46And we get a few more bids. It's good, cos it's a showy thing.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52I think we've narrowed down what we want to look at, haven't we, Michael?
0:36:52 > 0:36:56- Yes, we have.- That was marked at 12.50. It's an attractive thing.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59This is 18. And that was 15.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03- 45, 50.- Erm...
0:37:03 > 0:37:07- £40.- I'd like to give you £30 on the dot.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- How about we split the difference? 35.- I'd be really pleased at 30.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14I expect you would, yes!
0:37:14 > 0:37:16The thing is, I'm looking to try and make a profit.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Yes, of course. So am I.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20Well, I know you are.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22I'll tell you what, make it 32.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25£30, go on!
0:37:26 > 0:37:30- Please.- OK, then.- Yeah? Are you going to do it?- Yes, I will do.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- That's very kind.- Nice work. - I think you got yourself a bargain.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36So, with a little lot for £30, the boys have spent
0:37:36 > 0:37:41just over half of their £400 budget on five lots for tomorrow's auction.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47Back on the other side... Anybody there?
0:37:47 > 0:37:51..Una is getting another lesson in antiques from Mr Lewis.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54I collect snuff boxes, you know. They're great. It's a double one.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56This is quite fun, because look.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59If you are a great friend of the person,
0:37:59 > 0:38:02you would open that and there's a nice, big snuff section there.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05Your fingers go all the way in and you take a great wodge.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09But if you didn't like them too much, you would open this.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11And it was a little shallow and they call it a mean pinch.
0:38:11 > 0:38:16- That they would think of that! - And the brass ones were often
0:38:16 > 0:38:18miner's ones, because they didn't spark.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24So if you had a steel snuff box and you struck it with a bit of tool
0:38:24 > 0:38:28or a bit of rock, it would cause a spark and all the gases
0:38:28 > 0:38:32- down in the mines would cause an explosion.- He knows everything!
0:38:32 > 0:38:34That is such an interesting story.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36It's fantastic.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39I was just a very sad child that grew into a very sad adult!
0:38:39 > 0:38:41HE LAUGHS
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- Do you know how much his asking price was?- Let me give him another ring.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- I don't think it would have been that much.- No.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- 25.- Ah, 25. OK.
0:38:54 > 0:38:59- OK, shall we say yes?- Yes. - That's 55 for the two.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01- Yes. - HE LAUGHS
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- Sure?- Not that sure, but...- OK.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07And the dealer said if you're really interested in the boots,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10you could have them for 40.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- Oh...- That's fair.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15That's really kind. Thank you so much.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Una and James have picked up three more lots for auction.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23The unusual George III snuff box, the model tea clipper
0:39:23 > 0:39:27and the bargain boots, all for the tidy sum of £95.
0:39:30 > 0:39:31So, with five lots in total,
0:39:31 > 0:39:34they are calling it a day on their antique buying.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37But Michael and Thomas have one more stop.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41- A lot of sky around here, isn't there?- There's a lot of sky!
0:39:42 > 0:39:48They're heading to the town of North Walsham to visit Ian Clarke,
0:39:48 > 0:39:51a private collector of World War Two militaria.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55Do you think people enjoyed being called up for National Service?
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Well, you were quite pleased to pass the medical
0:39:57 > 0:40:00and be regarded as fit enough to fight for your king.
0:40:00 > 0:40:05But as the day got nearer, we weren't quite so excited about it.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09- People would say, "It'll make a man of you."- Did it?
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Well, I would have been a man anyway!
0:40:11 > 0:40:13TIM CHUCKLES
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Ian's collection, which he keeps at his family home,
0:40:16 > 0:40:18includes a limited-edition replica
0:40:18 > 0:40:21of a recently discovered World War II diary.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- Hello.- Pleased to meet you. - Please come in.- OK.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31This was hidden for years and years and years
0:40:31 > 0:40:35and it only came to light when the member of the regiment passed away
0:40:35 > 0:40:38- and it was given to the regiment. - Wow.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42The diary is one of the most astonishing manuscripts to come out
0:40:42 > 0:40:46of the Second World War. It catalogues the story of the SAS
0:40:46 > 0:40:47during the conflict
0:40:47 > 0:40:53and includes previously unpublished details of top-secret information
0:40:53 > 0:40:54and operational orders.
0:40:54 > 0:40:58SAS War Diary. 1941-1945.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00You don't know who actually wrote it?
0:41:00 > 0:41:05Well, the regiment knows, but nobody's allowed to say who he is.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- Why are you involved?- My teacher at school was Arthur Wood.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10And he was called Chippy.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13And many years later I bumped into him at a meeting of veterans
0:41:13 > 0:41:15and I asked him what he did. He says,
0:41:15 > 0:41:18"I was in the Special Air Service. And I dropped into France,
0:41:18 > 0:41:21- "June 10th."- 1944?- Indeed.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24"And I was there for two months."
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Arthur Wood or "Chippy" served in the SAS during World War Two
0:41:27 > 0:41:31as a member of the secret signals operation Phantom.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35Chippy was known for being one of the best operators in Morse code
0:41:35 > 0:41:36and signals.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40And they were seconded to the SAS for D-Day.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43And this operation was called Houndsworth.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46And this is the actual shot of them getting on the plane
0:41:46 > 0:41:50just before take off. And there's Chippy just there.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- And how did Houndsworth go? - Houndsworth was very successful.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56It was to cut the German lines
0:41:56 > 0:41:59and to stop reinforcements getting through to Normandy.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01They'd gather all the intelligence,
0:42:01 > 0:42:05which regiments were going here and there, relay it back to London.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09And they did lots of attacks. What these guys did was incredible.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Every serving soldier was admired for what he'd done,
0:42:12 > 0:42:16- but these chaps went one step beyond.- They went the extra mile.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18They were in a dangerous position, because in '42,
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Hitler issued an order that any captured
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Special Air Service parachuters or commando would be shot.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29So these guys knew that they were really up against it.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32- Do you remember any of your teachers? - Yes, I do.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35I remember quite a few. Mostly Miss Guppy, Audrey Guppy.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39When I was seven years old I was evacuated during the war
0:42:39 > 0:42:42and she was our favourite teacher. She also had very nice legs,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45I was just the right height to appreciate them.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48And then lo and behold, she travelled the world after the war
0:42:48 > 0:42:51and she now lives five minutes from where I live in Surrey,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54and she's 99, very nearly 100 years old.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Still taller than I am, straight as an arrow.
0:42:57 > 0:43:01And wonderfully funny and good company. And I see her regularly.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03- Do you? - Certain people do stick in the mind.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08Ian and his former maths teacher went on to become good friends.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12When Chippy passed away, he left his collection of personal artefacts
0:43:12 > 0:43:14from his time in the SAS to Ian.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17And did all these men, heroes,
0:43:17 > 0:43:19get the special reward at the end of all this?
0:43:19 > 0:43:23The majority of them got the French Croix de Guerre.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Chippy also got mentioned on Dispatches.
0:43:25 > 0:43:30- Your teacher, Chippy, you remembered him from a boy to an adult.- Correct.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32But he must have been quite special to you.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Yeah. He was.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38Because we've lost him now and, yeah, it was quite sad.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Yeah. Very sad.
0:43:40 > 0:43:44With the records of these amazing exploits now made public,
0:43:44 > 0:43:48the legacy of Chippy and his comrades lives on.
0:43:48 > 0:43:49Ian, thank you very much.
0:43:49 > 0:43:53- Thank you.- That was really interesting.- Nice to have met you.
0:43:53 > 0:43:57The teams are motoring on towards the auction at our final stop
0:43:57 > 0:43:59of the road trip, King's Lynn.
0:44:00 > 0:44:04- When does Sherlock Holmes start again?- In the New Year.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Working with all those guys,
0:44:06 > 0:44:10all those young guys together, must be absolute madness.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12- Do you have fun with them? - Serious fun.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16- Do you?- I'm really the cat that got the cream.
0:44:17 > 0:44:20- Hopefully they haven't bought well. - Hopefully they haven't.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23But I've a terrible feeling they might've bought very well.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27And as our contestants reunite,
0:44:27 > 0:44:31it's time for them to reveal their antiques to the competition.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32Shall I reveal?
0:44:32 > 0:44:35Oh! You've bought lots of things.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37- Oh, my goodness.- Oh...
0:44:37 > 0:44:40So, this is our main purchase.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42JAMES: How much was that? THOMAS: It was £140.
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Ah!
0:44:44 > 0:44:46There's a lot of people out there who...
0:44:46 > 0:44:49- know about these things and love them.- Absolutely.
0:44:49 > 0:44:50I wonder who they are!
0:44:52 > 0:44:54This is a cricket game bearing the name of Godfrey Evans,
0:44:54 > 0:44:58- the great wicket keeper of England fame.- Isn't that lovely?
0:44:58 > 0:45:00- It's quite fun, isn't it? - It's a lot of fun.
0:45:00 > 0:45:01You only paid £30 for it?
0:45:01 > 0:45:04- Five. - Oh!
0:45:04 > 0:45:08Now, I've got to... That!
0:45:08 > 0:45:11- OK, James. No need to snatch. - Oh, my word!
0:45:11 > 0:45:14Yes, it's in a state, but it is eye-catching, isn't it?
0:45:14 > 0:45:16- That's fantastic. - What is it for? A trinket box?
0:45:16 > 0:45:18- It's a beautiful...- Box?
0:45:18 > 0:45:23..late 17th-century, early 18th-century, tortoiseshell,
0:45:23 > 0:45:24bone...
0:45:24 > 0:45:26How much did you pay for that?
0:45:26 > 0:45:29- 30?- Five.
0:45:29 > 0:45:3135?!
0:45:31 > 0:45:33This is the one Michael offered £25 for!
0:45:33 > 0:45:34- No!- Wow!
0:45:34 > 0:45:38That's the best thing I've ever known you to buy on Road Trip, ever.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40- I'm stunned. That is... - You must be proud.
0:45:40 > 0:45:44So, there we are. Come on, let's go over and see what they've bought. Oh!
0:45:44 > 0:45:47- Oh, oh, oh!- Have you got the Cutty Sark there?
0:45:47 > 0:45:49What is the ship?
0:45:49 > 0:45:52Is it something, after you've smoked a number of Rothman's cigarettes
0:45:52 > 0:45:55you get tickets to go and buy the kit and make it up?
0:45:55 > 0:45:56I think it could well be.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59- They are quite difficult to sell. - Are they?
0:45:59 > 0:46:02- Oh!- But I love these, though. These little, naughty fellows.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05And down there, they're down there, as well.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Yeah, those little devils. 295?! Now what did you pay for that?
0:46:08 > 0:46:11- It was £155.- Mm.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13So, OK, 155. And what do we have here?
0:46:13 > 0:46:17- We've got the boots! What size are these?- I think about eight.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20- That's your size, isn't it? - No, it is not!
0:46:20 > 0:46:24I had a pair, and they were really smashing.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27You know how I like my... Oh, they're a bit small for me. That's a shame.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31Una and James's little lot of china has caught Thomas's eye.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34Really early! That's like Ming, isn't it?
0:46:34 > 0:46:35Just after Ming, I think.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38I mean, it's been through the wars, obviously.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40Was that nothing, cos it's so broken?
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Did you pay...?
0:46:42 > 0:46:45I thought you were going to be surprised when I said, "50p"!
0:46:45 > 0:46:49- 50 pence?! Well, that's amazing! 50p?!- Thank you!
0:46:49 > 0:46:52Now that they've showed their wares,
0:46:52 > 0:46:57it's time to find out what the teams really think of each other's booty.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01- That box...- If I'd seen that in a shop, I would have paid £350 for it.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04- No?!- Yeah.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07- Golly!- The boat looks like it's been sort of in a dirty house.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09Maybe I'm being a bit pathetic, but there you are.
0:47:09 > 0:47:14- The film thing, I would be surprised if it made a profit.- Yes.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17But I don't think it'll make as big a loss as our lamp.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20- No... - HE LAUGHS
0:47:20 > 0:47:23Well done, you. I think you deserve a huge pat on the back,
0:47:23 > 0:47:24- and I'll buy you a very big drink now.- Oh!
0:47:24 > 0:47:26- You know...- It's the fun of it.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29- It's the fun of it, and I think we will both do fine.- Yeah.
0:47:31 > 0:47:35So it's here, at Tawn Landles auction house,
0:47:35 > 0:47:39that Michael Aspel, Thomas Plant, Una Stubbs and James Lewis gather,
0:47:39 > 0:47:42each team hoping to make the most profit and, of course,
0:47:42 > 0:47:46be declared the winner of tonight's Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50- Have you missed the 2CV? - This is an emotional moment. Mm-wah!
0:47:50 > 0:47:53You'll get to drive her after.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Looks like an execution chamber.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57It's not an execution chamber, it's fine.
0:47:57 > 0:48:00£27, new bidder at the back, there.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Auctioneer Tim Landles
0:48:02 > 0:48:05has had a chance to look over our teams' purchases.
0:48:05 > 0:48:08The tea clipper is an interesting item. A little bit dusty.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10They are sometimes considered by other halves
0:48:10 > 0:48:11as a bit of a dust trap.
0:48:11 > 0:48:15The dim sum steamer, we're not too sure about that item.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18I'm not totally sure of how old that might be.
0:48:18 > 0:48:19The bronze Ionic candlestand,
0:48:19 > 0:48:21we think that is quite a nice-looking item.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23It's got some good detail on it.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26The top may have had a little bit of repair.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29Today's auction is a furniture auction.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32The items, whilst we're delighted to have them in,
0:48:32 > 0:48:34are more the smaller items that would have perhaps been
0:48:34 > 0:48:36in our sale tomorrow,
0:48:36 > 0:48:38but we're still hoping for a good turnout today,
0:48:38 > 0:48:40and we'll do the best we can.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43And a good turnout, it is. Well done, Tim.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46With you about, I think I've got the good card here.
0:48:46 > 0:48:47All these ladies, you see.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50You'll just have to hold up the items as the porter.
0:48:50 > 0:48:51No!
0:48:51 > 0:48:54And walk around with them up above your head. You'll be fine.
0:48:54 > 0:48:57- Take my shirt off. - Take your shirt off. Yes, absolutely.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03Both teams began this journey with £400 in their pocket,
0:49:03 > 0:49:04and two days later,
0:49:04 > 0:49:08Michael and Thomas have spent £210 on five auction lots.
0:49:08 > 0:49:11- It's the killer, Michael Aspel. - A kind of madness seized me.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13Oh!
0:49:13 > 0:49:17Una and James, meanwhile, have parted with an impressive £295.50,
0:49:17 > 0:49:20also for five auction lots.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22HE CLAPS Well done. Well done.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24- Oh, I was such a creep! - HE LAUGHS
0:49:26 > 0:49:28Quiet, please! It's time for the auction.
0:49:28 > 0:49:33First up, it's Una and James' 19th-century pocket snuff box.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36There it is, £10. Start me off at ten?
0:49:36 > 0:49:39- HE GASPS - What am I bid?
0:49:39 > 0:49:41- At £5, then. Start me off at a fiver.- What?!
0:49:41 > 0:49:44A fiver I'm bid, sir, over there, at £5. Seven, is there?
0:49:44 > 0:49:46At 13. 15.
0:49:46 > 0:49:47HE LAUGHS
0:49:47 > 0:49:49Take 18. 18, new bid.
0:49:49 > 0:49:5020, I'll take it.
0:49:50 > 0:49:5420. 23. 25. 30.
0:49:54 > 0:49:5635, sir?
0:49:56 > 0:49:59It seems no one shares James's enthusiasm for snuff boxes.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Ah-ah-atchoo!
0:50:01 > 0:50:04Last time of asking, at £30. 38.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08The double-compartment snuff box may have made Una and James
0:50:08 > 0:50:13a small profit, but they still have commission to pay on the piece.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17I wish I'd just put it in my pocket and bought it myself.
0:50:17 > 0:50:22Next, it's Team Aspel's Godfrey Evans cricket game,
0:50:22 > 0:50:23still in its original box.
0:50:23 > 0:50:27If that makes more than my snuff box, I'm going to eat this.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29THEY LAUGH
0:50:29 > 0:50:34- Start me off at £10. Seven, I'm bid. At £7.- Ooh, seven - profit already.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37One more sir, at ten? ten? Can I say 12? At 12.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40- Wow.- Take 13. 15?
0:50:40 > 0:50:41At 15.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Down here in the middle at £18. Can I say 20?
0:50:43 > 0:50:45- They know quality!- What it's worth!
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Last time of asking.
0:50:47 > 0:50:48£20, sir.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50No, it's 18, was it? 18?
0:50:50 > 0:50:52- Oh, no, it's all right, he'll pay 20(!)- Sorry.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54Go on!
0:50:54 > 0:50:55THEY LAUGH
0:50:55 > 0:50:59The cricket game has made the lads a £13 profit, minus commission.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03Moving on to the dust collector...
0:51:03 > 0:51:06Sorry, I mean the model tea clipper.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08£30, then? Take 30?
0:51:08 > 0:51:11Ten, then. At ten. I'll take 12.
0:51:11 > 0:51:13- Ooh!- 13? 15. At 18.
0:51:13 > 0:51:1620, can I say?
0:51:16 > 0:51:20New bidder at 20. 23. 25.
0:51:20 > 0:51:2227. One more is 30.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25Oh, go on, it's worth that!
0:51:25 > 0:51:28More tea, clipper? Vicar?
0:51:28 > 0:51:31There it is, then, £27.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33It could be dusted, I have to say.
0:51:33 > 0:51:38Selling the tea clipper at £27 means a loss for Una and James.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40Moving on to Michael and Thomas' second lot,
0:51:40 > 0:51:43and it's the Art-Deco cookie jar.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47- Start me off at a fiver? £5, am I bid?- A fiver?!- Can I say seven?
0:51:47 > 0:51:49- Oh no, come on.- A bidder there at £7.
0:51:49 > 0:51:50Ten, sir?
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Go on, a bit more.
0:51:52 > 0:51:5413? At 13.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Is there 15? Last time of asking.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Well, so far, so good!
0:52:02 > 0:52:04Yes, so far so good, indeed, Michael.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11So on we go, with Una and James's Oriental lot -
0:52:11 > 0:52:15the Tang Dynasty terracotta piece, the Chinese ginger jar
0:52:15 > 0:52:17and Una's 50p blue-and-white bowl.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20And James is giving the crowd a lesson in pottery.
0:52:20 > 0:52:24These are terracotta pieces from another underground burial tomb,
0:52:24 > 0:52:26like the Terracotta Army.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29Chinese, Tang Dynasty.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31700 AD.
0:52:31 > 0:52:341,300 years old.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36She doesn't look very impressed.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38Opening bid there of £30.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40- Come on, come on.- 30, 30, 30. 35, is there?
0:52:40 > 0:52:4240, sir? At £40.
0:52:42 > 0:52:4545. 50.
0:52:45 > 0:52:4755.
0:52:47 > 0:52:4860.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51All done, then. Last time of asking.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53Hold on.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55So, £60...
0:52:58 > 0:53:01Aw! Boo!
0:53:01 > 0:53:03New glasses, auctioneer!
0:53:03 > 0:53:04HE LAUGHS
0:53:04 > 0:53:06- Aw.- Ah, well.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Even with the missed bid,
0:53:08 > 0:53:10they've made a profit of £14.50, minus commission.
0:53:10 > 0:53:15And on, to Michael and Thomas's taste of the Orient -
0:53:15 > 0:53:18the tortoise steamer and the exotic bird-handled serving spoon.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24- Start me off at £10?- Go on! - £5 for them, then?
0:53:24 > 0:53:27Can I say seven? Ten. 13.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30- £15, with you madam at the back at the moment.- Oh, bit more!
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Last time of asking.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Small loss, Michael. Don't worry about it.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37- Did we lose?!- We lost a small fiver.
0:53:37 > 0:53:41Ah well, seems the tortoise doesn't always win.
0:53:41 > 0:53:42Mm.
0:53:42 > 0:53:47Next up, the early 20th-century cavalry officer's riding boots,
0:53:47 > 0:53:50picked up by Una and James for £40.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53- £30, then, I'll take.- Oh, no. - 30, I'm bid, at £30.
0:53:53 > 0:53:5640, can I say? At 40.
0:53:57 > 0:54:01- Come on, guys!- At £40.- Oh! - It should have a one in front of it!
0:54:01 > 0:54:05Last time of asking, new bidder. £45, to you, sir.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Got a bit of wear in them yet, I would say.
0:54:07 > 0:54:12- £50. Well, somebody has one heck of a bargain.- I agree.
0:54:12 > 0:54:16Well, I remember someone getting "one heck of a bargain" on the boots
0:54:16 > 0:54:18in the first place, James.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23Let's see how Michael and Thomas's home cinema gets on.
0:54:23 > 0:54:27- Start me off at £50. £30 then. 30, I'm bid, at £30.- Oh dear.
0:54:27 > 0:54:2940. 45.
0:54:29 > 0:54:3150. 55.
0:54:31 > 0:54:3360. 65.
0:54:33 > 0:54:3670. 75.
0:54:36 > 0:54:41- £95.- Go on, make 100. - 95. Go on!- Go on!
0:54:41 > 0:54:44At £95. All done, are we?
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Bit more. SHE SIGHS
0:54:46 > 0:54:50- No, it'll be fine. - He finally cracked.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52They've got a tough crowd in today,
0:54:52 > 0:54:56with an upsetting loss of £45 on the projector.
0:54:56 > 0:54:59I think both of our expensive lots are going to bomb,
0:54:59 > 0:55:04but it's all about their box.
0:55:04 > 0:55:05- Yes.- If the right people are here for it.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07- I think that could do really well. - Yes.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12And the next item is Una and James's big spend -
0:55:12 > 0:55:14the bronze floor-standing lamp.
0:55:14 > 0:55:19£100 for it? At 110, at 110. At 120.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21130. 140.
0:55:21 > 0:55:24150. 160.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27170. The bidding here at 170.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30- Go on, go for another one! Go on! - At £170.
0:55:30 > 0:55:32175.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35- Whoa!- Last time of asking, at 175...
0:55:37 > 0:55:39I'm pleased that we got out of that.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41Yes, me too, James.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46The final piece is the result of Michael's impressive
0:55:46 > 0:55:49haggling technique - the tortoiseshell-veneer trinket box.
0:55:49 > 0:55:52Could this be Michael and Thomas's trump card?
0:55:52 > 0:55:54£50, start me off at 50?
0:55:54 > 0:55:57- Guys!- 50, can I say? Tortoiseshell casket.- Aw.- It's worth 500!
0:55:57 > 0:55:59£20, start me at 20.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01Let's hope the bidders are as excited as James,
0:56:01 > 0:56:02and he doesn't own it!
0:56:02 > 0:56:0525, can I say? At £25, I'm bid.
0:56:05 > 0:56:0830, at £30.
0:56:08 > 0:56:12At 35. 40. 45.
0:56:12 > 0:56:14- No!- It's at 45. With you at 45.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18Can I say 50? 55.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21- 65. 75.- Getting better.
0:56:21 > 0:56:2485. 95.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27- Go on, go on!- New bidder. 100. 110.
0:56:27 > 0:56:31120. 125, right at the back there.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34- Keep going, it's worth it! - Finish at 125.
0:56:34 > 0:56:35I promise you, it's worth it!
0:56:35 > 0:56:40- Back in here at 130. £130. - It's his, it's not even mine!
0:56:40 > 0:56:41Back in at 150.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43155.
0:56:43 > 0:56:44165.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47Down here at £165.
0:56:47 > 0:56:50- Last time... 38.- Yeah!
0:56:50 > 0:56:52Thomas, well done. Give us your hand.
0:56:52 > 0:56:56- Well done. Well done, Michael. - Thank you.- Brilliant.
0:56:56 > 0:56:59- Well negotiated.- Fantastic. - Oh, brilliant!- Good.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04So with the trinket box making a profit of £130,
0:57:04 > 0:57:07it's a victory for Michael and Thomas.
0:57:07 > 0:57:11Well done, Michael. How do you feel? Excited?
0:57:11 > 0:57:14Yes, I feel somehow my living's not been in vain.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16Oh, stop it, Michael!
0:57:18 > 0:57:22So, both teams started their road trip with a £400 budget.
0:57:22 > 0:57:27After paying auction costs, Una and James have lost £15.06,
0:57:27 > 0:57:34giving them £384.94 at the finishing line.
0:57:34 > 0:57:39Michael and Thomas, though, made a small but tidy profit of £40.92
0:57:39 > 0:57:41after auction costs,
0:57:41 > 0:57:46giving them a grand, and winning, total of £440.92.
0:57:46 > 0:57:50Well, I never did. Well done.
0:57:50 > 0:57:51All the money our celebrities
0:57:51 > 0:57:55and experts make will go to Children In Need.
0:57:55 > 0:58:01- I enjoyed that.- Did you enjoy that, Una?- In a nervous sort of way, yeah.
0:58:01 > 0:58:04- Guys, I have to say, congratulations.- Absolutely.
0:58:04 > 0:58:08Absolutely fantastic result. Great find, great bargaining.
0:58:08 > 0:58:09So close! So close!
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Come on!
0:58:11 > 0:58:14So, thank you, everyone. Especially today's winners,
0:58:14 > 0:58:17Michael Aspel and Thomas Plant.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22- Were you pleased with your results? - Oh, yes. It is fun.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26It was enjoyable, it really was. And seeing you again, that's nice.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28Ah, yes. That's what it's all about, really.
0:58:29 > 0:58:31Farewell!
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