0:00:02 > 0:00:04Some of the nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Why have I got such expensive taste?
0:00:07 > 0:00:09..one antiques expert each...
0:00:12 > 0:00:16..and one big challenge - who can seek out and buy
0:00:16 > 0:00:18the best antiques at the very best prices...
0:00:19 > 0:00:21Answers on a postcard.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25..and auction for a big profit further down the road?
0:00:25 > 0:00:27I love them. I think they're beautiful.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Who will spot the good investment? Who will listen to advice?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33- Do you like it?- No, I think it's horrible.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37And who will be the first to say, "Don't you know who I am?!"
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Well done, us.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Ready to do battle across Britain today
0:00:55 > 0:01:00in a stylish 1979 Triumph Spitfire are Eve Pollard and Edwina Currie,
0:01:00 > 0:01:04two forthright female high flyers who fought on the frontline for equality.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Chocks away.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11- Are you an antiques buff?- First of all, I AM an antique, so I should...
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Ha ha! Piloting the path ahead at a steady 20 miles an hour
0:01:15 > 0:01:18is pioneering politician Edwina Currie
0:01:18 > 0:01:23whose salmonella in eggs claims caused her cabinet career to crack.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26As famous for the affairs of the heart as affairs of state,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30she's sure to give us some MAJOR eggs-citement.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33OK, Edwina, how keen are you to beat me?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Well, I want to make as much money as possible.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- And that implies -- So, in a word, yes.- I would hope so.
0:01:43 > 0:01:47And in the co-pilot's seat is the first lady of Fleet Street, Lady Lloyd.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Sorry, I forgot to turn my phone off.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Or, as she's known to postmen, Eve Pollard, OBE.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59The former newspaper editor is more than used to breaking up male monopolies.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02The male world of journalism is still pretty male.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05I mean, I think men let a few of us in,
0:02:05 > 0:02:08and then they thought, "Oh, my gosh, they can do this job.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11We don't want their tanks parked on our lawn."
0:02:11 > 0:02:16And on their way to meet them in a tank - I mean, a classic 1960 Morris Minor Convertible -
0:02:16 > 0:02:19are our antiques experts and veteran trippers,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22the preppy Paul Laidlaw, and the dapper David Harper.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Can our no-nonsense dynamic dames
0:02:26 > 0:02:28keep these kings of the road on the straight and narrow?
0:02:28 > 0:02:30GRINDING
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Did you go back for that gear box?
0:02:32 > 0:02:34If you can't find it, grind it.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38David Harper is an antiques expert and writer
0:02:38 > 0:02:41who bought his first antique at the age of ten,
0:02:41 > 0:02:45which is about the same time he started fancying the Conservative Junior Health Minister.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48There was a time, I will admit,
0:02:48 > 0:02:53many years ago, when I'd watch the news, and I wouldn't mind wrestling with Edwina Currie.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54LAUGHS
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- I've said it.- Oh, crikey. Let's hope they're not paired together.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59# You're my sex bomb
0:02:59 > 0:03:02# And baby you can turn me on... #
0:03:02 > 0:03:06His fellow expert auctioneer and Jerry Lewis lookalike Paul Laidlaw
0:03:06 > 0:03:11is more likely to get hot under the collar about hearing our celebs are in a Spitfire
0:03:11 > 0:03:14as he is an expert in militaria.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18He's going to be disappointed when he finds out it's a car, not a plane.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23With £400 each to spend, our gender-balanced teams
0:03:23 > 0:03:28will be travelling from Knutsford up north, meandering through Cheshire, Merseyside and Lancashire,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32before going up a gear and romping 200 miles across England
0:03:32 > 0:03:35to the auction down south in Stansted.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39But first, time to find out who's partnering who.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42Oh, my Lord.
0:03:43 > 0:03:47Steady on, Edwina. David's pulse won't take it.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48- Hello.- Hi.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50You could probably hear us coming a mile away.
0:03:50 > 0:03:54- You two do look very glamorous. Edwina, hello. David.- Hello.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- Paul.- Eve. Very nice to meet you, Paul.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59I'm not sure David can be trusted with Edwina,
0:03:59 > 0:04:01so thankfully he's been paired up with Eve.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Oh, lovely, OK.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07You are my god, and I will listen to you for at least five minutes.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09Oh, dear Lord.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12We've got a five-minute walk, which is the time you've got to listen to me.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Five minutes to our shop.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18As David and Eve head off on foot to see what Knutsford has to offer...
0:04:18 > 0:04:20I was born in the Summer of Love.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23..Edwina and Paul get first dibs on cars.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Being a military man, Paul chooses the Spitfire.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29We're hoping it's not just the car that will be a Triumph.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34It's not that funny, Paul.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36With £400 burning a hole in their pockets,
0:04:36 > 0:04:39David and Eve have hit the heart of Knutsford.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Don't they look nice?
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Knutsford was first mentioned in the Doomsday Book in 1086
0:04:45 > 0:04:47as Canutesford after King Canute
0:04:47 > 0:04:49the Danish king of England.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Knutsford was also the model for Cranford, the Elizabeth Gaskell novel
0:04:53 > 0:04:55dramatised by the BBC,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58so bagging a bargain might be a bit of a drama for Eve and David.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- Hello. How do you do?- How nice to see you.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- David.- I'm David too. That makes life much easier for me.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- And how long have you had this? - We've been here since '95.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Oh, gosh, so a long time?- Yeah.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14At my first sight, there are so many things I want to look at.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- I'll let you lead the way.- OK, I'll have a little look.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20The wonderful thing about having an expert on hand
0:05:20 > 0:05:23is to educate and guide you through potential purchases.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25It's positively Chinese.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27The lesson is let's look at the base.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Niente.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- Exactly. Was that Chinese?- That was actually Italian, very bad.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Oops, but he's still keen to educate Eve some more.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40We have Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Art Deco.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44This is 1910, somewhere around there.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- Arts and Crafts.- It's very beautiful.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50You went straight into them because you've got a designer's eye.
0:05:50 > 0:05:55- You have, you have.- The fiver will be in the post.- Thanks very much. Works every time.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Don't let him charm you, Eve. It's Edwina he really fancies.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03The winning mark for me is that on the underside.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05- Ah.- It says Tudric.
0:06:05 > 0:06:12It's a well-known brand of another, even more important and interesting and well-known brand.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- Which was?- Liberty.- Oh, right.
0:06:14 > 0:06:20- So, £88, then.- OK.- Well, if you could get it for...£50?
0:06:20 > 0:06:25The famous shop Liberty's of London has sold Arts and Crafts forever.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Its Regent Street store even had a recent exhibition on the movement, and its founder William Morris,
0:06:30 > 0:06:35so this teaset should be a winner, but first they've got to hammer out a deal.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Can Eve get it for her target of £50?
0:06:37 > 0:06:42Now, this is the first time I've done this, so I'm going to be really awful,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45and say we wanted to offer you £40 for it.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48£40? Oh, Eve, that was a low blow.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51I'll tell you what I'll do - I'll give Kim a ring, and just... Let's just see.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53- OK.- Just give me a moment.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57That didn't go down nearly as badly as I was expecting.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59That's why I wanted YOU to do it.
0:06:59 > 0:07:04Hello, Kim? Hello, Kim, this is David here from the antique shop in Knutsford.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09Kim's the owner of the teaset, so David is giving her a call to see what price she'll sell it for.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Yes. Bye-bye.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15Well, Kim very obligingly reduced the price to £60.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17And because you're such a charming couple
0:07:17 > 0:07:24I will...help you with this, and I'll go...
0:07:25 > 0:07:27..to £50 for you.
0:07:27 > 0:07:33Bingo. Eve's happy with her first successful haggle, but David reckons he can get it even lower than that.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38But we're going into the murderous, ruthless environment that a saleroom is,
0:07:38 > 0:07:43and we're going against Edwina Currie and Paul Laidlaw.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46- Not Edwina and Paul?- Yes.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Yes, Edwina and Paul.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50We're not normally as awful as this.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53But we need to stick to the £40, David...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56to give us any sort of chance.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I'll have to sit down for a moment.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02So will I.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04So will I.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Take it with the complements of Knutsford Antiques.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Oh, you're so kind. Thank you so much.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12Oh, what a kind man. So with more than 50 per cent off the ticket price
0:08:12 > 0:08:16that's a great start, and David's spotted something else.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18What about these Victorian dumb bells?
0:08:19 > 0:08:21This is man-tique.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Thank you. This is mantique.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Bodybuilding started in the Victorian era,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28and cast iron dumb bells like this
0:08:28 > 0:08:31would have helped the macho man of the day
0:08:31 > 0:08:33fill out their swimsuits.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35These apparently were 1884.
0:08:36 > 0:08:371884...
0:08:37 > 0:08:39- It says here.- Dumb bells...- There's a price here.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43- It would have to be cheap.- They're £58.- Oh!
0:08:43 > 0:08:47David would struggle to lift the skin off a mug of hot cocoa,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49but can he use his brain rather than his brawn
0:08:49 > 0:08:51to get a bargain?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53£45. Absolute best.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55What do you feel? I love them.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59I love them. I think they're beautiful, and I think they are special.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01We've never seen anything like it.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03I mean, do we dare take the risk?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Can we trim it a bit?- £40. - Brilliant.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Well done. Brilliant.
0:09:08 > 0:09:13Thank you very much indeed. You're a very, very sweet man. I'd be here every day.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17That's £40 each for the teaset and the dumb bells. Ding dong!
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Well, I've learned so much already.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Have you?- I have.- Have you been with somebody else?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24SHE LAUGHS
0:09:24 > 0:09:26- Ooh, what a noise. We have lift-off. - Teamwork.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32While Team Pollard has successfully changed into a unisex outfit,
0:09:32 > 0:09:34who is going to be wearing the trousers in Team Currie?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Well, at the moment Edwina is definitely in the driving seat
0:09:37 > 0:09:41as she and Paul drive 30 miles up the road from Knutsford
0:09:41 > 0:09:43to Edwina's birthplace - Liverpool.
0:09:43 > 0:09:48# I'm going down to Liverpool... #
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Tell you what, it looks a lot prettier than when I was a child.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52The trees are grown, and...
0:09:54 > 0:09:56..they're all looking after the houses.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58It's lovely.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03One of Britain's great Victorian cities, Liverpool owed its wealth to transatlantic trade
0:10:03 > 0:10:05in the 18th and 19th Centuries.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Products like cotton and tobacco all helped local businessmen become millionaires,
0:10:10 > 0:10:14but in the 1960s Liverpool had an export of its own
0:10:14 > 0:10:16that created four millionaires -
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Beatlemania.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22As another famous Scouse export, Edwina remembers the '60s
0:10:22 > 0:10:24which means she probably wasn't really there.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27I won a scholarship to Oxford.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30And the day I won my scholarship, I went and sat in the bathroom,
0:10:30 > 0:10:32and cried!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34I've got my ticket to ride.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Anywhere in the world.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- The Beatles had become really famous.- Of course.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45And we wanted to do the same as them.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47We wanted to travel the world.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Proud of our city, proud of being Scousers.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52I've always been proud of being a Scouser.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56It's going to be interesting, going into an antique shop in Liverpool,
0:10:56 > 0:10:58because I've never done that before.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Well, there's a first time for everything, Edwina,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03and with £400 to spend, your first time is going to be
0:11:03 > 0:11:06in Wayne Colquhoun Antiques and Fine Arts
0:11:06 > 0:11:09owned by none other than Wayne Colquhoun.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11He spent ages thinking up that shop name.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Hello.- Wayne.- Hello, Wayne.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Wayne. Good to see you. I'm Paul.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Wayne, yeah, just in case you missed it. His name is Wayne.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27It's not long before an item catches Paul's well-trained eye.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33A little Chatelaine notepad.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Yeah.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Waistband or belt hook...
0:11:37 > 0:11:43The pad itself closed ingeniously. It springs open.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49It's not in a precious medium. I think that's an anodised finish. Maybe silver-plated.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53But what draws me to it, aside from novelty,
0:11:53 > 0:12:00is the Jugendstil - the youth style aesthetic
0:12:00 > 0:12:03which is, for my money, rather smart.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Just highlit with this pink and white enamelling.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09- And it's all complete.- Looks it to me.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I rather like that.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Secessionist and Jugendstil were the Austro-Hungarian and German versions
0:12:16 > 0:12:18of Art Nouveau.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23It was all the rage from the 1890s, when enamel metal items with floral details like these were produced,
0:12:23 > 0:12:27but this one would be worth more than its £65 price tag
0:12:27 > 0:12:29if it was made of silver.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31I think I'd be...
0:12:31 > 0:12:37There's a bit more in the shop on it, but I think...£55 would be a nice price
0:12:37 > 0:12:41which would give you a chance to sell it at auction.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Possible that someone could actually just like that, you know.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Are you worried about the fact that it's not silver?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54In Essex? Not sure.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Edwina's worried that tastes at the Essex auction might be more bling than those in Liverpool,
0:12:58 > 0:13:00but then she spots something familiar.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Are those stays down there?
0:13:03 > 0:13:08That's a corset. For goodness' sake, man, what ARE you doing?!
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Where did you find this? I threw it away years ago.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Probably the same place you left these garters, Edwina.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17These are actually quite interesting, because -
0:13:17 > 0:13:19That's garters!
0:13:19 > 0:13:23These are the old-fashioned garters that the flapper girls would have worn.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26- Oh, my word.- Look at the decoration on that. I think they've lost their elastic.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- How old are these?- I think they're '20s and '30s.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31They sort of go in an era where something like...
0:13:32 > 0:13:35..a cigarette holder would be...
0:13:35 > 0:13:39For my money, that's a pretty seductive little combination.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41It's painting a picture that I shall treasure.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Moving swiftly on, the Roaring Twenties style from The Great Gatsby
0:13:47 > 0:13:51might be worth a punt at the moment, thanks to the recent movie.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55I could see the cigarette holder making £65 on its own.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Oh! Not in any auction I've been in!
0:14:00 > 0:14:04I think in the spirit of a charity event,
0:14:04 > 0:14:09I think I would be prepared to sell them for £35.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13My eyebrows spoke volumes there.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17That's a lot for a lot, and for just £35.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Edwina is still finding her feet in the world of antiques,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24so she's left Paul to do the first deal, but what about the notebook?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I think we said £55, did we?
0:14:27 > 0:14:30I think we said £45, and I'm thinking we could get a bit off.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32I think we need even more than that.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Edwina is showing a bit of interest now, but it's left to Paul to close the deal.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41On the way out the door. Another £35, and we shake hands, and...
0:14:41 > 0:14:44- That's enough for dinner tonight. - I'm going to do that.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46- Yes!- Wayne, pleasure.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Seems our grand dame of the dispatch box might be happier
0:14:49 > 0:14:51at the backbenches when it comes to antiques.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54With both lots secured for £70,
0:14:54 > 0:14:58our pair are more than happy to see what other sights Liverpool can offer.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00# On the road again
0:15:01 > 0:15:03# Just can't wait to get on the road again... #
0:15:03 > 0:15:08Back in Cheshire, David is finding out more about his trading and travelling partner,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11the national institution that is Eve Pollard.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13What drew you to journalism?
0:15:13 > 0:15:17Women's pages were changing, and women's pages were educating women.
0:15:17 > 0:15:22And then, once I was in, I was keen to get to the top
0:15:22 > 0:15:25because I thought that's where the power lies.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27The thing is, I do think women at that time, and maybe still,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29have to work harder than men.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- But is it easier now for a woman... - I don't think so.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35I mean, I think the interesting thing is there are
0:15:35 > 0:15:40very few dull, grey women who just hang on to their jobs.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42And quite a few dull, grey men.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Eve didn't let those dull, grey men get the better of her,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49so all I can say is, good luck, Edwina.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- Do I want to beat Edwina?- Yes, that's the question.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- Oh, definitely.- Do you?- Fond as I am of our competitor,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00I want to beat her fair and square.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02OK, well, I feel the same about Paul.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Great pal of mine, love him to bits, but I want to thrash him.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07- Is that me being too competitive? - No.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11So with the picturesque thought of thrashing Paul in mind,
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Team Pollard are heading eight miles up the road to Hale.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Hale was formerly a farming village until the arrival of the railways
0:16:18 > 0:16:23in the mid-19th Century, and now it's a haven for wealthy Mancunian commuters.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Eve and David are heading to Porcupine Antiques
0:16:25 > 0:16:27owned by Val Martin.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29I've heard she can be a bit prickly. Ha!
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Hello. Nice to see you.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- Nice to see you.- You're...?- Eve.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Val doesn't seem to quite know who the celebrity is.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39- I've seen you somewhere.- Have you really?- On TV, I think.
0:16:39 > 0:16:40Yes, probably.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Val's a fan of Crimewatch, then...
0:16:42 > 0:16:44It could have been Crimewatch, I don't know.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47We've done that gag, David.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50There's a lot of Rococo going on in Val's place.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53The glass drop chandeliers, painted furniture
0:16:53 > 0:16:57and the ornate mirrors are all inspired by the 18th Century style,
0:16:57 > 0:16:59but some of these items are much more modern.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Now, Eve, what do you think about that wall light there?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04- I like that.- Because that's got a little bit of age.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06- That's very nice, isn't it?- Can I...
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Val, do you mind if I have a look?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11That looks very sort of '50s, doesn't it?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13- It's got... Yeah...- Am I wrong?
0:17:13 > 0:17:17No, I think you're right. I think I was hoping it was going to be earlier,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19like '20s, but it isn't - you are absolutely right.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- It's very sexy.- Absolutely.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24She means the light, not you, David.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28- Imagine that lit in the right -- I'd rather have it turned off at my age.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30HE LAUGHS
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- It's glamour.- It feels naughty.- It does.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Naughty but nice.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37The pair of lights are naughty, but nice. But what about Val?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39100 quid.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42That's nice, Val. But will David be naughty?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44- I'm going to hand that back to you, then.- Right.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46But tell me what the absolute death is.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49The absolute death...for you, and I wouldn't do this for anybody else,
0:17:49 > 0:17:51is fifty quid.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54So, they are very 19th Century in their style.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Never seen the 19th Century in their lives.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59They look like they're bronze ormolu. They've never seen bronze ormolu.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03They're tinny. Sorry, are you...
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- I'm not.- I agree, but they're nice.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07They have a glamorous look.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09And there's two of them.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14Only you know, will they do all right at auction?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17(WHISPERS) £25 each... He's got a gift.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Why are we whispering?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Can we go £35?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- I started off at £100.- I know.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28No, you're taking absolute liberties.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Don't swear.- I didn't.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34But he does do it very nicely.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37No, listen, £25 each. That's a snip.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39- They're not expensive.- No, they're not.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43It looks like stalemate, until David produces his trump card.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Do you want us to beat Edwina Currie?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Oh, £42.50.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Ooh, it's getting underhand now.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57I bet they won't tell Edwina about that later.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59With their shopping for the day complete,
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Edwina is taking Paul to discover the secrets of Liverpool's caverns.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04No, not where the Beatles first played,
0:19:04 > 0:19:08but the site of one of her native city's biggest mysteries,
0:19:08 > 0:19:12and one, despite her growing up nearby, Edwina knows nothing about -
0:19:12 > 0:19:14the Williamson Tunnels.
0:19:14 > 0:19:20Taking them underground is Les Coe of the Friends of Williamson Tunnels Project.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Hiya.- My name's Les.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Welcome to Williamson's Tunnels.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27Joseph Williamson was a wealthy local tobacco merchant
0:19:27 > 0:19:31who meticulously built miles of tunnels under Liverpool's suburbs
0:19:31 > 0:19:35between 1800 and 1840, but no-one knows quite why,
0:19:35 > 0:19:38so our intrepid duo are about to find out for themselves
0:19:38 > 0:19:40what lies below.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Goodbye, cruel world.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Holy Moses!
0:19:46 > 0:19:48The most likely theory for building the tunnels
0:19:48 > 0:19:53is that it was to provide work for unemployed soldiers returning from the Napoleonic Wars.
0:19:53 > 0:19:58There are more fanciful theories about the tunnels, like they were used to hide contraband,
0:19:58 > 0:20:02or that Williamson was preparing a shelter for the end of the world.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06BUT there isn't enough evidence to support any of these stories.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10It's like being inside somewhere in ancient Egypt.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12Yes.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Do you know what? I have this nightmare
0:20:15 > 0:20:21that there's going to be a grinding noise, and these walls are going to come closer,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24and I'm going to have to run, and do an Indiana Jones,
0:20:24 > 0:20:25and...
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Oh, my word.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31The tunnels vary in size and shape,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33from four feet by six feet
0:20:33 > 0:20:36to twenty-five high and twenty feet wide.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38But no-one really knows either how many tunnels there are,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41or where they go.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43What do you make of the mentality of the man
0:20:43 > 0:20:48that will take on what must have been some size of workforce,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50and produced this that we don't understand?
0:20:51 > 0:20:55Absolutely astonishing. You can't help but admire Mr Williamson.
0:20:55 > 0:21:01They should pay him tribute, to take on people who were in desperate need
0:21:01 > 0:21:06long before there was assistance to look after them, and put them to work here
0:21:07 > 0:21:09in this astonishing enterprise.
0:21:10 > 0:21:15After Williamson's death in 1840, the tunnels became neglected,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17and were either filled in for safety reasons,
0:21:17 > 0:21:22or were used as a dumping ground by the residents of the rapidly expanding city,
0:21:22 > 0:21:27but 150 years later, amateur enthusiasts began to excavate,
0:21:27 > 0:21:32and found a time capsule of discarded objects, and the mysterious tunnels
0:21:32 > 0:21:35began to reveal some secrets about the city's past.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- I'm dying to see some of the material that you've uncovered.- OK.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41- We can arrange that.- Lead on, MacDuff.
0:21:41 > 0:21:42Thank you.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Edwina and David are off to another tunnel to meet Stephen,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49who's going to show them just some of the hidden treasure,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51and talk codswallop - literally.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Sir Hiram Codd's patent, from whence we get the term codswallop.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57That's right. Yeah, yeah.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Hiram Codd was a soda salesman
0:22:00 > 0:22:03who came up with a unique replacement for corks
0:22:03 > 0:22:06for the newly fashionable soft drinks industry in the 19th Century.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08The olive falls onto a rubber ring.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Gas pressure kept it in, ready for distribution straight off the machine.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14You just press it down to...
0:22:15 > 0:22:17- Get a special little cap...- Use a plunger.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20That's right, and give it a whack. Codswallop.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Mm, that's another story that's hard to prove.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26But there's some other unusual finds down here.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29It's a toy toilet!
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Fantastic!
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Everything from corkscrews to lighting fittings,
0:22:34 > 0:22:36shovels...
0:22:36 > 0:22:38I love the ironwork. Look at the quality.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41This is... When we actually clean this up
0:22:41 > 0:22:45we're going to actually black-lead it because it's such intricate work.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47You know, it's top form.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50All the finds we've got, we want to put them on display,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53and it's our social history of Liverpool.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55It really is.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59I was born and grew up in this city, not a million miles from where we're standing now.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01I never knew any of this was here.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03It's absolutely fabulous.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Although Joseph Williamson's intentions might always remain secret,
0:23:07 > 0:23:11his tunnels have provided some intriguing answers to questions about
0:23:11 > 0:23:15how his fellow Liverpudlians have lived for the past 170 years.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18It's a shame Team Currie can't buy any of the items down there.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20They might have fetched a few quid.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26Well, that is the end of the long first day of antique roadtripping.
0:23:26 > 0:23:28Time for our teams to retire for the night.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30That's all, folks.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Well, not really.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38It's another day, and another dollar to be haggled over by our antique-hunting celebrities.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40What did you buy?
0:23:40 > 0:23:44I don't think I can tell you what, but I can tell you we bought three things.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48So far, Eve and David have splashed out £122.50
0:23:48 > 0:23:50on three items - the teaset,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55the Victorian dumb bells, and the Rococo-style gilt wall lamps.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Do you want us to beat Edwina Currie?
0:23:59 > 0:24:01£42.50.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06That leaves a healthy £277.50 for the day ahead.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11Edwina and Paul meanwhile handed over £70 for two lovely lots -
0:24:11 > 0:24:15the Gatsby lot of cigarette holder, garters, and a stay...
0:24:15 > 0:24:19That is a pretty seductive little combination.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22..and the Art Nouveau Chatelaine notebook holder.
0:24:22 > 0:24:27That leaves them with a stash of £330 to spend today.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31But what did our experts think of their celebrity charges yesterday?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34After spending a day with Eve Pollard,
0:24:34 > 0:24:39I can tell you that she is pretty much
0:24:39 > 0:24:41the model of the perfect woman.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Get off that fence, Harper.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45You're wading in kind of heavy there!
0:24:45 > 0:24:50She's highly intelligent, but doesn't make you feel stupid,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52which is a bit of a worry, seriously.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55She's interested, she's interesting.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58She does interesting things. She is the perfect woman.
0:24:58 > 0:25:03Wow! David has switched his romantic allegiances from Edwina to Eve,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05but is this reciprocal?
0:25:05 > 0:25:10I think David is a genius, and I'm thinking of fitting out a room at home
0:25:10 > 0:25:12he can come and live in.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15My word, this relationship has moved quickly.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18I live near Church Street antiques, Portobello...
0:25:18 > 0:25:23I mean, I can imagine taking him down there would be fabulous.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28Oh, I see - Eve is more interested in shopping than settling down,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30but what about Paul and Edwina?
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Well, Edwina and I...- You're getting married?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Moving in.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Trump that, doughnut.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Mind you, who cares? We're both beautiful, and worth a lot of money.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Get ready to jump.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48You loved that!
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Stop flirting. It's time to swap partners, and hit the road
0:25:53 > 0:25:56as both teams are heading to the same shop - the race is on.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Way!
0:25:58 > 0:26:01So, after spending yesterday in Knutsford,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Liverpool and Hale, our two teams set off
0:26:03 > 0:26:06from the lovely Greater Manchester town of Cheadle
0:26:06 > 0:26:09for the also lovely town of Sale, just seven miles up the road.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13How appropriate that our bargain buyers are heading for a town called Sale.
0:26:13 > 0:26:18However, the town takes its name from Old English meaning "at the sallow tree".
0:26:18 > 0:26:21It can trace its origins back to the 7th Century AD,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24and has survived the Jacobite uprising, the Manchester Blitz,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26and post-war planning,
0:26:26 > 0:26:30but how will it cope with the arrival of Team Pollard and Team Currie?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33First to try and get a sale in Sale
0:26:33 > 0:26:37are Edwina and David, who are meeting Wayne Long of Manchester Antiques.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Wow!
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Wow indeed.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Fantastic stuff here. Look.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45- I'm Edwina, and you are?- Wayne. - Hello, Wayne.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- I'm Paul.- Wayne.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Heavy on furniture. What are you like for smalls?
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Smalls?! Is Paul trying to buy underwear? Again.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Shall we start at the top, work our way down?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Works for me. As good a plan as any.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03There's an old man with a goose.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Rather sweet.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10It is a goose, and yours will be cooked soon unless you find something to put your hands on.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14It's a fine thing. It sits very well on that marquetry side cabinet.
0:27:14 > 0:27:19It would sit well on a desk, it would sit well on the telephone table in the hall.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Does it do anything for you?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25- Would I have it my house?- Would you? - Probably not.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Something's not quite right about that clock, if only I could put my finger on it...
0:27:30 > 0:27:32It hasn't got any hands.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34A clock without hands? What's next?
0:27:34 > 0:27:38A chocolate teapot? An ashtray for a motorbike?
0:27:39 > 0:27:45If that wasn't expensive, I think that's still got legs.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48It might have legs, Paul, but it ain't got no hands.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- Oh, no, they're here!- They'll have the best deal.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Outside, the enemy has landed.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- David Harper.- Wayne.- Eve Pollard.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Hello. Nice to see you, Wayne.
0:27:58 > 0:28:02Wasting no time, Eve and David spot a little bit of what they fancy.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04- That's rather pretty, isn't it? - That's quite a pretty thing.
0:28:04 > 0:28:08- What do you think of that?- Lovely little boite.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11And what was this for? Tea?
0:28:11 > 0:28:14This, I think, is more of a games box.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Ah, yes, of course.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19So, looking at the decoration, I think that's...
0:28:19 > 0:28:22late 19th, early 20th Century, so let's say 1890.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25- But look - it's rather beautiful.- Do you like it?
0:28:25 > 0:28:30I do think it's a beautiful object. Look at the little tigery things in the corner. Look.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Excellent detail.- Do you know what they are? That's a dragon.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37It's a dragon. That's what you always see at Chinese New Year.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I handle and buy objects like this.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Fifty a month, probably, Chinese boxes.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- And what do you think of it?- I think it's absolutely gorgeous.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Do you? I'm so glad you like it too.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51It looks like Eve's eye for an item has got it right again.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55Is it cheapy-cheapy?
0:28:55 > 0:28:58The price is £375, but can be £290.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59Ouch!
0:28:59 > 0:29:01- A million miles away.- A million miles.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03Hundreds of pounds away, sadly.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07Nothing to do with the box. It's to do with going into a saleroom.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11Now, what's Edwina up to? Is she hoping to pick up some tips?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14This is the bottom... This is the beginning of the Chinese market.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16But it's proper antique.
0:29:16 > 0:29:1960 quid. It would be...estimated £80, £120.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22It could make a bit of money. But Wayne is...
0:29:22 > 0:29:26I'll let you just look into Eve's eyes, and consider that.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Wayne stands no chance against the eyes of Eve.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31How about £67.50?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- Nice complicated number.- Is that with the wink, or...?
0:29:35 > 0:29:37That's with the wink.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39And with the saucy wink, the deal is done. Cheeky.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Where did you get those eyelashes from?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Now, that, Edwina, is how you make a deal.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46It's the heart behind the eyes.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49I'm going to take you out with me more often when I'm going buying for ME.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53That's a terrible excuse for taking someone out, David.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55You romantic fool.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Upstairs, Edwina and Paul are putting the world to rights.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00- I like that.- Ooh, good reaction.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02- I like that.- Good reaction.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05We had one, we had a big one, at home.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- The two hemispheres are coming adrift.- Yes.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09What's this?
0:30:09 > 0:30:14- Push it together.- Not bad, and that may be a lead in
0:30:14 > 0:30:17to negotiating a price.
0:30:18 > 0:30:19Right, well...
0:30:19 > 0:30:23But before they decide on the globe, Edwina is talking a load of old balsa.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27It's quite nice, actually, with the palm trees.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29It's still got all its pinnacles.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33They're not even... They're only very slightly wonky.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35- Somebody's looked after that.- They have.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- That's an original top.- It fits a treat.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40When that goes, you're doomed.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42What do you reckon? Let's say...1880s?
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I'm entirely comfortable with that.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Could be as early as 1850.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49But let's say comfortably third quarter of the 19th Century.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- Would anybody want to buy it, that's the question?- If we said £80
0:30:52 > 0:30:54I'd be saying we've got a purchase on our hands.
0:30:55 > 0:31:00Back down below, Eve and David are still looking for an elusive final item.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02- The harp.- Yes.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04- Isn't it beautiful?- It is.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07I think utterly delicious.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09- But...- It's ruined.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Let's see the maker...
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- It's 1860.- I love all this...
0:31:14 > 0:31:19It's a lesson to say to people - if you've got stuff in old, wet, damp sheds
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- take them out, clean them up... - Please, please.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Because this thing, when it was new... Can you see that gold paint there?
0:31:25 > 0:31:27That gilding? It was absolutely vibrant.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32This is gesso on top of wood. It would have been a fortune, this, when it was new.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36And if it was completely mint it would be worth a couple of thousand quid.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40But to restore it, it's going to take a couple of thousand quid and more.
0:31:40 > 0:31:46But I've seen these in that state sell for a few hundred pounds.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48For what reason I've absolutely no idea at all.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53The 19th Century harp is plucking at their heart strings,
0:31:53 > 0:31:55but what does Wayne want for it?
0:31:55 > 0:32:00They're £325. People will just want it for parts.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02- Feet, or...- OK.
0:32:02 > 0:32:06- Nice try. I love it.- I might put you on the job, though.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Oh, hello.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11It's just as if you were both filming a programme about antiques.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Are you ever going to come down so we can go up?
0:32:13 > 0:32:17- In a minute.- In a minute? You've been up there for hours.
0:32:17 > 0:32:20- What have you been doing upstairs? - We've been spreading our germs up there.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22So you can't go up there just yet.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25What germs would they be, Edwina?
0:32:26 > 0:32:31Don't answer that. Team Pollard must wait their turn while Edwina and Paul try to do a deal.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33It's £140.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Ooh, that earns Wayne the silent treatment.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Can they do any better on the clock?
0:32:40 > 0:32:45As a clock, movement might be skew-whiff, but decorative.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Decorative, and not expensive.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50- It shouldn't be.- I don't think it's expensive at all.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52It's £35.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56The globe. The Philips globe.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Yeah. There's damage on that.
0:32:58 > 0:33:03Without the damage it would have been an awful lot more. That's £140.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Mm.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10I think there's work needs to be done on your prices by a bit,
0:33:10 > 0:33:14and I'm not cheeky, I'm not talking double digits, but I'm talking right on the cusp.
0:33:14 > 0:33:20Paul's trying to do a deal on the globe, but Team Currie still can't decide if the temple is a better buy.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23But Wayne's about to make them both a lot more attractive.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27You could have either of the two things for £100.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- And now you have to make the decision.- Right!
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Great move, Wayne. Back at ya, Team Currie.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Is it going to be the globe or the temple for £100?
0:33:37 > 0:33:40And the little decorative clock, you said £35?
0:33:40 > 0:33:42£30.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44So that would be £130 would give us two items.
0:33:44 > 0:33:49Edwina has been quietly learning, though, and comes back with a classic move.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53By including the earlier clock, can she get the price down?
0:33:53 > 0:33:55£120.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59That's £120 in your pocket which is good, isn't it?
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- OK.- We're done.
0:34:01 > 0:34:07Gotcha. Edwina's sealed her first deal - £120 for the clock, and either the globe or the temple.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09But who is doing the choosing?
0:34:09 > 0:34:11I think the lady should pick.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Thanks, Wayne. It takes the pressure off.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19Let's go for the flamboyant. We'll go for the Indian item.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21That's what I would have gone for.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23I bet you say that to all your buyers, Wayne.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26But that's a neat bit of business for Paul and Edwina,
0:34:26 > 0:34:28and they can now high-tail it out of there.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31- Absolutely clear.- I've got a perfect behind.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33HE LAUGHS
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Right, which way am I going when I come out of here, laddies?
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Well, perhaps not.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49With Team Currie out of the way, Team Pollard are going back to the harp.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51Can they pull a few strings, and get a bargain?
0:34:51 > 0:34:57If the harp can come to 50 quid, it's a bizarre, risky thing.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00- I'm putting my life in your hands.- I know, and I'm going to apologise -
0:35:00 > 0:35:02There'll be sobbing if Edwina wins.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- I'll be heard across the nation. - Don't, don't.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08That's why we need... Do you really want us to be beaten by a politician?
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Ooh, they're going for the anti-Currie vote again.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Most undemocratic.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- Look at Wayne. Wayne.- You've got the money.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21Can the harp be... Look into Eve's eyes. I'm going to ask you a question.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Eve's going for the magic stare. Will the eyes have it?
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Look in there. Will you take...
0:35:27 > 0:35:32Will you take £50 for the harp?
0:35:32 > 0:35:37- How's that?- A lot of people would pay not to!
0:35:37 > 0:35:39Are we done? Yes!
0:35:40 > 0:35:43The eyes to the right have won the vote.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Motion carried, and the harp sold for £50.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49We will see whether we were right or mad.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Oh, I think we could be mad.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53I'm saying nothing. I'll sit on the fence.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56Wayne must be a Liberal, then.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59From Sale, Eve and David travel six miles back up the road
0:35:59 > 0:36:02to the other Victorian metropolis of northwest England,
0:36:02 > 0:36:03Manchester,
0:36:03 > 0:36:05a city famous for its tradition of political reform,
0:36:05 > 0:36:10and in the early 20th Century the birthplace of the Suffragette movement.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13A bit of a trailblazer herself,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Eve has brought David to the People's History Museum
0:36:16 > 0:36:20to find out more about the ups and downs of the women who inspired her,
0:36:21 > 0:36:25and how they used marketing and merchandising to get their message heard.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29On hand to show them around is museum registrar Phil Dunn.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32- Phil, David Harper.- Pleased to meet you, David.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36At the start of the 20th Century, women couldn't own property
0:36:36 > 0:36:38unless they were married, had little access to education,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40and few rights in the workplace.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44But most importantly, they didn't have the universal right to vote.
0:36:44 > 0:36:50The movement dubbed the Suffragettes believed in direct action to get women the vote.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55The founder of the campaign was Manchester lass Emmeline Pankhurst.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57As a layman, when was it founded, the Suffragette movement?
0:36:57 > 0:37:01The Suffragette movement was founded in Manchester in 1903.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- '03.- By the household of Mrs Pankhurst,
0:37:05 > 0:37:08and her husband Richard Pankhurst in Nelson Street in south Manchester.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10Her husband was involved as well?
0:37:10 > 0:37:13- He was sympathetic.- It's good to know that men are involved here.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15- I want some credit.- It's very good.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19It wasn't you personally, David, but shortly after forming
0:37:19 > 0:37:23the media-savvy Suffragettes soon picked up on the very modern technique
0:37:23 > 0:37:25of merchandising their message.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28This is the Pankasquith game,
0:37:28 > 0:37:32again showing the commercial nous of the Suffragettes.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36It was produced in 1909. It's obviously pro-Suffragette.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41The term is a hybrid term combining the surname of Emily Pankhurst
0:37:41 > 0:37:45and Asquith, who was the Liberal leader.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50- The Prime Minister.- The Liberal Prime Minister who personally opposed women's suffrage,
0:37:50 > 0:37:54but he kind of washed his hands of it, said, "I'll leave the decision to the House of Commons."
0:37:54 > 0:38:00They had an advantage in the fact that Sylvia Pankhurst was a very gifted artist.
0:38:00 > 0:38:06These progressive designs on this Women's Social and Political Union saucer and cup
0:38:06 > 0:38:09are designs by Sylvia Pankhurst.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13She was influenced in her art and politics by the socialist Walter Crane,
0:38:13 > 0:38:15himself a discipline of William Morris.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18William Morris was a friend of the Pankhursts,
0:38:18 > 0:38:21and also the father of the Arts and Crafts movement
0:38:21 > 0:38:26which produced wonderful items like the Tudric teaset Eve and David bought yesterday.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29It's odd, you know, because in all my time handling objects
0:38:29 > 0:38:32I can honestly say I've never come across anything
0:38:32 > 0:38:35ever related to the Suffragette movement.
0:38:35 > 0:38:39- None of these cups, plates -- But there are very, very famous posters.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43It's no surprise that as a pioneer of women's issues in the media,
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Eve loves the propaganda posters,
0:38:45 > 0:38:50like this one from 1908 designed by Emily Ford.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53This is the one I remember. It's an amazing poster.
0:38:53 > 0:38:57There's a girl looking at the factory door,
0:38:57 > 0:39:01and it says, "Factory Acts. Regulations for women."
0:39:01 > 0:39:03And underneath, the caption says,
0:39:03 > 0:39:06"They have a cheek. I've never been asked."
0:39:06 > 0:39:11One of the things I have to say, how slowly all this moves.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14About 40 years ago I gave birth to Claudia Winkleman,
0:39:14 > 0:39:20and in my contract, nothing about maternity leave, nothing at all.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22That's how much we've come on.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26The poster is underscoring the fact that then, certainly, working class women were largely ignored.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Totally.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Like Eve, the Suffragettes knew the value of a good headline,
0:39:31 > 0:39:34and would often choose prison over fines
0:39:34 > 0:39:36to ensure publicity for the cause.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39This was a certificate of recognition
0:39:39 > 0:39:43or gratitude towards one of the many Suffragettes
0:39:43 > 0:39:45who ended up in prison.
0:39:45 > 0:39:50These certificates would be given in recognition of the sacrifices they made for the cause.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53- These are badges of honour, then, aren't they?- Correct.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Women finally got the equal vote in 1928,
0:39:56 > 0:39:59the same year the former radical Emmeline Pankhurst died,
0:39:59 > 0:40:02but not before she'd become a Tory.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06A female Tory? I wonder how Edwina is getting on.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13Well, she and Paul have travelled five miles through sunny Sale and Hulme to the outskirts of Manchester,
0:40:13 > 0:40:15and Edwina is getting really fired up.
0:40:16 > 0:40:20Am I right to feel quite pleased with...that.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22I think that was a good shop.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26If you are feeling pleased with that shop, that'll make two of us.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30If I were a gambling man, I'd take a punt on turning a little profit.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32It would really be great to win this.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Fighting talk, but they're running out of time,
0:40:36 > 0:40:41so perhaps the shop in-situ might help them end their journey in style.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Classy joint. I like it.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Edwina's getting warmed up in the fireplace aisle.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56We can't afford this!
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Well, um, maybe we can.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02Has Edwina got a secret stash up a chimney, someone?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Oh, it's a belter, isn't it?
0:41:05 > 0:41:07How much would something like that go for?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09£200 or £300.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Their chances of getting a bargain are rapidly going down the pan.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Paul thinks he might have found a bargain at £60,
0:41:22 > 0:41:24and Laura Gaither is on hand to tell him more.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26How are you doing?
0:41:27 > 0:41:30They're a first for me, these candleholders.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- They're amazing!- They're pretty interesting, aren't they?
0:41:33 > 0:41:37These late '60s design gems are German candelabrum,
0:41:37 > 0:41:41and they were designed by Fritz Nagel of the Bayerische Metall Fabrik,
0:41:41 > 0:41:43or BMF Company.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46It's all vorsprung durch technik to me, don't you know?
0:41:46 > 0:41:49It seems like enough money, in all honesty, for...
0:41:49 > 0:41:51for what I've got in front of me.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Have you got much margin to play with?
0:41:53 > 0:41:55What are you thinking?
0:41:57 > 0:42:00I am just going to kick off with...
0:42:01 > 0:42:03a £30 offer.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05With a what?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07- £30.- That is probably going to be a little too low.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09The best I could probably do is £60.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Edwina, help me here.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14£45.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Straight in with a killer. I think that would be it.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19- Say yes, go on.- Yes, OK.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21I want to get to my garden.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Edwina's getting the hang of this now - straight in there to get the price down.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28- But Paul's spotted something else. - Did something else catch your eye?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31- I saw your other set.- I know. There's another set.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33- Did you spot those in the window? - Just as you sealed the deal...
0:42:35 > 0:42:38For my money, they're dead to me now.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40I prefer those.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- I think that that's fine.- Wunderbar. - That's right. OK.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46Thank you. Magic. It is Laura, isn't it?
0:42:46 > 0:42:50It's always important to know the names of the people who are taking your money, Paul.
0:42:50 > 0:42:51- Compadre?- Yes.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54Compadre? Paul's language skills know no beginnings!
0:42:54 > 0:42:58Well, with £45 paid for the £60 candleholders
0:42:58 > 0:43:01it's adios, and auf wiedersehen to you.
0:43:01 > 0:43:04I was slightly disappointed that we didn't spend all our money.
0:43:04 > 0:43:09I feel that we kind of didn't fulfil our full potential.
0:43:09 > 0:43:10Indeed.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13BUT you can't buy it if it's not there.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14Yes, Paul.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17But if an antique falls in a forest, and there's no-one there,
0:43:17 > 0:43:20does it make any noise, and are you about to hear the sound
0:43:20 > 0:43:24of one hand clapping when you show Team Pollard your purchases?
0:43:25 > 0:43:27Shall we put them out of their misery?
0:43:27 > 0:43:29I think we should do that. Right.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32We tried very hard to be a team, we did.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Ooh, look, they bought that.
0:43:34 > 0:43:38- We saw that.- This is a bit like your house, is it, Paul?
0:43:39 > 0:43:41No, Paul's house is a bit bigger than that.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44Well, it's very spottable in Carlisle, I'll give you that.
0:43:45 > 0:43:47Do you like Granny's knickers?
0:43:47 > 0:43:48Who doesn't?
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Did I say that out loud...?
0:43:50 > 0:43:53As I said, I wore those in 1942,
0:43:53 > 0:43:55and General Eisenhower liked them then.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57Do you remember how horrible those garments were?!
0:43:57 > 0:44:02No, I don't, actually, but if you're telling me you used to wear them, I believe you.
0:44:02 > 0:44:03Just about.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06That's rather pretty Art Deco stuff, isn't it?
0:44:06 > 0:44:09It's Art Nouveau, that one. Which is very nice, I must say.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11I do think that's very pretty.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13- Is it hallmarked?- It's not.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Thank the Lord for that.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17We didn't go to an Art Deco shop, did we?
0:44:17 > 0:44:20I like the bit of pink in it. It's very pretty.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22£40.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26It was a tasty bargain.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29£30?
0:44:29 > 0:44:31- Yes.- It's all right.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34I mean, that is £30 to £50, £40 to £60.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36Mind you, you've got to have a very small shopping list.
0:44:37 > 0:44:41- Dare we reveal?- I'm afraid we'll have to.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43- Teamwork.- Teamwork.
0:44:43 > 0:44:45That's it, get your excuses in, David.
0:44:45 > 0:44:49The first bit of the reveal. Do you want the second bit, or do you want to absorb that first?
0:44:49 > 0:44:52What on earth could that be underneath there?
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Is it a wardrobe?
0:44:54 > 0:44:57No, it's a mint-condition harp.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Mint? As in, it's got a hole in the middle.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04What in Heaven's name did you pay for that?
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Give it a twang.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10Angels play this.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14Did someone shotgun it?
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Someone get Paul an inhaler, quick. His asthma's playing up.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Take no notice of these two. They haven't got a clue.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23They can't see a good quality item in good condition.
0:45:23 > 0:45:25They're just jealous, David.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29What would you like to talk about?
0:45:29 > 0:45:33- What's this?- I saw this. I saw this!
0:45:33 > 0:45:35This I adore.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37Look at the serpentine front.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Then you open it.
0:45:39 > 0:45:40Delivers.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42What was that clicking noise?
0:45:42 > 0:45:44That was just my knee.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48That's for probably your cards, or whatever.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51- £67.- Wonderful.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53Wonderful.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56Appealing to the hottest market in the world, arguably.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59It's a great thing.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02How did they manage to knock nearly £200 off the price?
0:46:02 > 0:46:05It's time to reveal the eyes of Eve technique.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07I'm just going to try it on Paul.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09David, how can I help?
0:46:09 > 0:46:11I can't go a bit less than...
0:46:11 > 0:46:13You can just have it.
0:46:13 > 0:46:15I can't believe it, I can't believe it!
0:46:15 > 0:46:17But you weren't offering money, then.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20That doesn't matter. If I want his jacket, I just go like this.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26- That's it.- It's amazing.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28And that face will haunt me in my dreams.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31I'll take a picture of it, and email it to you.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34- Let battle commence.- Lovely.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36Edwina, thank you very much.
0:46:37 > 0:46:39It's been great fun, hasn't it?
0:46:40 > 0:46:44With the niceties over, let's find out what they really think.
0:46:44 > 0:46:48I did like the Maharajah's sort of palace.
0:46:48 > 0:46:56I know you're going to say it's in balsa wood, but it's very interior-decor attractive.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59That is their best item, their best hope for profit.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01It could make a couple of hundred quid.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04Those wall lights, they can be tricky.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08You've got to hack through your plaster to wire them,
0:47:08 > 0:47:10you've got to get an electrician in.
0:47:10 > 0:47:15Arguably, they're pretty naff.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17Do you think their reaction on the harp was real?
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Yes, I'm afraid I do think!
0:47:20 > 0:47:26And listen, Paul, he's not entirely sure that it's wrong.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28- He's just hoping, isn't he?- Of course he is.
0:47:28 > 0:47:33I would like the box, but I don't know that I'd rush to part with any of our purchases.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35Not even the girdle?
0:47:35 > 0:47:39Not even that sexy lot.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41Would you swap all of their purchases for all of ours?
0:47:41 > 0:47:43- Definitely not.- Good.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45With business all done for the day
0:47:45 > 0:47:49oop north it's time to travel a whopping 200 miles
0:47:49 > 0:47:51to Stansted in Essex.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54We have got some good things. Nothing to worry about.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58I suspect, however, in the other car,
0:47:58 > 0:48:00do you reckon there's a wee bit more competition between these two ladies?
0:48:00 > 0:48:02I think so.
0:48:02 > 0:48:06I have a feeling our castle, our Indian temple...
0:48:06 > 0:48:11wood thing, it's going to compete hard with your harp.
0:48:11 > 0:48:16Whoever wins this today will be put on a pedestal, he's going to be a god.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19I think your harp is in a terrible state.
0:48:19 > 0:48:24The auction listing just says it's in need of restoration.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27It's in need of a kiss of life, that harp.
0:48:27 > 0:48:30If I were in charge of the auction, I wouldn't let your harp into the auction room.
0:48:30 > 0:48:34It's full of woodworm. It'll infect everything in the room.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36You and I... La la la la la la!
0:48:36 > 0:48:38It's like another day at work.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Living the dream, brother, living the dream.
0:48:40 > 0:48:44Yeah. I just hope it doesn't turn into some nightmare.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46The ladies are also living the dream.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48But at a somewhat sleepier pace.
0:48:48 > 0:48:52This feels a little bit like the early days of motoring, you know.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56Bobbing along on the turnpike road...
0:48:56 > 0:48:58You've got an excellent memory, Edwina.
0:48:58 > 0:49:01The only thing that tells you it isn't is the long queue of traffic behind!
0:49:02 > 0:49:04Here they are. At last!
0:49:04 > 0:49:07I've never complained about long legs...
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Come on, you two. We've got an auction to do.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12- Eve.- Have you had a nice drive?
0:49:12 > 0:49:14Lovely.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17- Had a nice drive in the country? - Lovely.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21Oh, good grief, stop being such luvvies and just get in.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25In, in, in. Never mind all this kissy-kissy thing.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27We've got some antiques to sell.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30Sworders Auctioneers have been in business since 1782,
0:49:30 > 0:49:35which makes John Black our auctioneer a very youthful-looking 231-year-old.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37He must moisturize.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41Today he's wielding the hammer for the antiques and collectibles sale.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43What are his thoughts on today's lots?
0:49:44 > 0:49:47The Chatelaine enamelled notebook holder and pencil,
0:49:47 > 0:49:51I think we've estimated that at between £50 and £100.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54Games box - this is a lovely box. It's lacquer,
0:49:54 > 0:49:56it's 19th Century, it's Chinese.
0:49:56 > 0:49:58All the hallmarks of a good sale item.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01I would have thought this is going to make £150, £200.
0:50:01 > 0:50:05I think the harp is probably the most interesting item you've got today.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08I mean, it should make between £200 and £300.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11Good ones should make sort of over £1,000.
0:50:11 > 0:50:16In good condition. But this hasn't got the strings, but a really good, interesting lot.
0:50:16 > 0:50:21Oh. So the harp might not quite hit the bum notes we expected, then.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Both teams started the trip with £400.
0:50:25 > 0:50:29Eve and David spent £240 on five auction lots.
0:50:29 > 0:50:31Brilliant.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35Team Currie spent a marginally smaller sum of £235,
0:50:35 > 0:50:37and also bought five lots.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39- It's good, isn't it?- We're done.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42Let's get this auction started.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44We're up first.
0:50:44 > 0:50:45Which one is it?
0:50:45 > 0:50:47- The Tudric.- What did you pay for it?
0:50:47 > 0:50:49- £40.- Good buy.
0:50:49 > 0:50:54First up is the Tudric Arts and Crafts teaset. Anyone for a cuppa?
0:50:54 > 0:50:57We start at £40 to bid.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00If you wish. £30?
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Any bids now at £30?
0:51:02 > 0:51:05£30 I'm bid. £32, £35.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08£38, £40. £45.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10£50. £5.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12£55 in the centre.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15At £55. Selling to the lady in the room.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19A solid start with a profit for Team Pollard,
0:51:19 > 0:51:22but there's no time to put the kettle on.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Next up is Edwina's find -
0:51:25 > 0:51:29the Gatsby lot of the stay, the cigarette holder, and the garters.
0:51:29 > 0:51:30Here we go.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32£20 to bid.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34Any bids now at £20?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Cigarette holder. All very Great Gatsby.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38'20s.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40£20 to bid. £10 if you must.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Any bids now at £10? £12.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45£15 now? £15.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47At £15 only.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49We're crashing and burning!
0:51:49 > 0:51:51£18. £20.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54£22, sir? £22.
0:51:54 > 0:51:56£22. Gentleman's bid.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58Say no more. £22.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02A gentleman's bid?!
0:52:02 > 0:52:05Well, there was nothing great about the Gatsby lot,
0:52:05 > 0:52:07and it's a loss for Team Currie.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09I should have modelled those things.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- If you'd have modelled them, they'd have made a lot more money.- Yeah.
0:52:13 > 0:52:19Onto 1170, we now have the unusual pair of Victorian cast iron exercising dumb bells.
0:52:19 > 0:52:24Eve called them mantique, but is something that heavy bound to sink?
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Any bids at £20? £20 I have now.
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Thank you. At £20.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31Any advance on £20?
0:52:31 > 0:52:32Go on!
0:52:32 > 0:52:34£22. £25.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36£28 in the doorway. £28.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38£30 anywhere else?
0:52:38 > 0:52:40At £28...
0:52:40 > 0:52:43In the doorway. I'm selling to you, sir, at £28.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Oh!
0:52:45 > 0:52:49Too early. We're just...ahead of fashion.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53Oh, dear. A heavy loss for Team Pollard.
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Small but perfectly formed,
0:52:57 > 0:53:00it's the Art Nouveau Chatelaine notebook holder that Paul spotted.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03We can start the bidding straight in at £50.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05£50 I'm bid.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07Any advance on £50?
0:53:07 > 0:53:09I'll take £5 to bid if you wish.
0:53:09 > 0:53:11At £50. £55.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13£60.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15£65?
0:53:15 > 0:53:18No? All done? Then I'll sell.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20Well done, you.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23It might not have been silver, Edwina,
0:53:23 > 0:53:25but it's got you some gold today.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28But all that glitters is not gold
0:53:28 > 0:53:32in the case of these '50s Rococo-style gilt wall lights.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Where shall we start that lot? £30 for them.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37- £20.- What did you pay for this? £42.
0:53:37 > 0:53:39At £20. Lady's bid.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41Any advance on £22? £25.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45£28, madam? £28. £30.
0:53:45 > 0:53:46£32.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48£35. £38.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50£40. £5.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52£50. £5.
0:53:52 > 0:53:53£60.
0:53:53 > 0:53:54£5.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56£65.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58£65...
0:53:58 > 0:54:00That's all right, that's all right.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03It's better than all right. It's a glittering profit.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07It's time for Edwina and Paul's next item.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10The clock with no hands. This should be interesting.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12£50 to start if you wish.
0:54:12 > 0:54:13£30 I'm bid.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15Any advance on £30?
0:54:15 > 0:54:17£32 I'll take if you wish, anywhere.
0:54:17 > 0:54:21£30 only. Sell for £30.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25In no time at all, it's a £10 profit.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29BUT it still leaves them narrowly behind Team Pollard.
0:54:29 > 0:54:32Enter the dragon. It's the Chinese lacquer box
0:54:32 > 0:54:34that Eve's eyes secured the deal on.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37We can start the bidding here at £80.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39Any advance on £80?
0:54:39 > 0:54:41I have on commission.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43Any advance? £90. £100.
0:54:43 > 0:54:44And £10. £120.
0:54:44 > 0:54:45£130. £140.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47£140 in the room.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49Selling, make no mistake.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52That's a good earner.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54- You knew it was.- It's a good earner.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58Jeepers creepers, that's the power of Eve's peepers,
0:54:58 > 0:55:00and the biggest profit so far.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02That pushes her and David into a storming lead.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06It's the German modular candles next.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08£30. £20 I have now.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11£20. £22.
0:55:11 > 0:55:12£25.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14£28. £30.
0:55:14 > 0:55:15£32. £35.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17£38. £40.
0:55:17 > 0:55:18£45.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21Gentleman's bid this time. £50.
0:55:21 > 0:55:22£55.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24£55.
0:55:24 > 0:55:25£60.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28At £60. £65.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30Comes in again. At £65.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34£70. £5.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36£75, and I'll sell.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39- Oh!- Modern design delivered.
0:55:40 > 0:55:44It's delivered Paul and Edwina ein klein profit.
0:55:45 > 0:55:48I'm the only one here, between us and probably the whole room,
0:55:48 > 0:55:50that really rates this harp.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53Apparently not. The angel of the auction does too,
0:55:53 > 0:55:56although I'm not sure she's entirely serious.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58In need of a little bit of restoration.
0:55:59 > 0:56:02Who'd like to start? £100 for this, the harp.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04It's a lovely lot.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07Breaking even would constitute a success for this lot, I reckon.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09£50 I'm bid. Thank you.
0:56:09 > 0:56:11It's not going to make a profit, is it?
0:56:11 > 0:56:13- £55.- It is...
0:56:13 > 0:56:15£65? £65.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17£70. £5.
0:56:18 > 0:56:19£80.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21£5.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23£85, on the pillar now.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25My word.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31Heavens above!
0:56:31 > 0:56:33People really will buy anything.
0:56:33 > 0:56:37And that surprise profit puts Team Pollard into a commanding lead with only one lot left.
0:56:37 > 0:56:42By my reckoning, Edwina and Paul's heavenly little temple needs to sell
0:56:42 > 0:56:44for over £180 for them to win.
0:56:45 > 0:56:46£80 I'm bid. £5.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48£90.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50£95. £100.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52And £10. Your bid, sir, at £110.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54£120.
0:56:55 > 0:56:58£120. Lady's bid this time. £130. Thank you.
0:56:58 > 0:57:00All done? £130.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03I'm selling now, £130.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07Yes!
0:57:07 > 0:57:13Oh, dear - the sweet smell of success has turned out to be the dismal dome of doom.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15Well done, guys.
0:57:15 > 0:57:17- Great auction.- Very, very close, wasn't it?
0:57:17 > 0:57:19It was good fun.
0:57:19 > 0:57:20Thanks, Edwina.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22- Thank you very much.- Well done.
0:57:23 > 0:57:27Both teams started this trip with £400 in their hands.
0:57:27 > 0:57:33After paying auction costs, Edwina and Paul walked away with a modest profit of £24.94,
0:57:33 > 0:57:35giving them a grand total of...
0:57:38 > 0:57:42But today's winners, on a wing and a prayer,
0:57:42 > 0:57:46were Eve and David, who made a heavenly profit of £65.86,
0:57:46 > 0:57:48and a winning total of...
0:57:51 > 0:57:53Well done all round, folks.
0:57:53 > 0:57:55All the profits our teams make will go to Children in Need.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59Now it's time for the farewells.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03Is David going to declare his undying love for Eve,
0:58:03 > 0:58:05and is Paul going to give Edwina a hug?
0:58:06 > 0:58:08It appears not.
0:58:08 > 0:58:11- You've been marvellous. Thank you very much.- It's been a pleasure.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13- I wish you well.- I wish you too.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18Come, come, boys. Stop showing off to the girls.
0:58:18 > 0:58:21Lucky we're women. We don't fight about things like that.
0:58:21 > 0:58:23Not much.
0:58:25 > 0:58:26Bye-bye.
0:58:26 > 0:58:29Our road trip is over, but the battle of the sexes continues.
0:58:29 > 0:58:32Cheerio until next time.
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