0:00:01 > 0:00:04Some of the nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Why have I got such expensive taste?
0:00:07 > 0:00:10..one antiques expert each...
0:00:12 > 0:00:16..and one big challenge - who can seek out and buy
0:00:16 > 0:00:19the 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 > 0:00:28There'll be trouble if you're wrong!
0:00:28 > 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 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Yeah!
0:00:51 > 0:00:54We're in the green and pleasant heart of England for another celebrity battle
0:00:54 > 0:00:58to create colossal profits from antiques.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Venturing out from behind the microphone
0:01:01 > 0:01:03are two giants of the airwaves.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Each clutching £400, Radio 2 stars Janice Long
0:01:07 > 0:01:09and Ken Bruce.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13So, here we are - two days out on the road.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16It's Thelma and Louise all over again, with one slight difference.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- We're not going off a cliff, are we? - That wasn't the difference.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24When he's not doing a poor impression of Thelma,
0:01:24 > 0:01:29or was it Louise, Ken Bruce reaches over eight million listeners a week
0:01:29 > 0:01:34with his morning shows on Radio 2, and he's definitely the PopMaster.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42He shot to fame in 1985 after succeeding Terry Wogan on the Breakfast Show.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44I was surprised. Amazed, even.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46But delighted.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Since then, the Tracks of His Years have included
0:01:50 > 0:01:5325 years commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58We'll all be there straining for the off at eight o'clock on Saturday night.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02And he clearly had a premonition of today's battle.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06It's a fairly intense affair from a fairly formidable woman.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08But he's not planning to let that stop him.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Oh, no.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Much as I love spending the time with you, Janet, I do intend to win this.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18I'm going to absolutely grind your face into the dirt on this.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- I'm going to make a fortune.- Want to bet?- No, actually, I don't.
0:02:23 > 0:02:30I'm not taking sides, but you'd have to concede Ken's mastered the 1980 Corvette Stingray with aplomb.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Anyway, back to formidable women.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Janice is quite capable of introducing herself.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42Hello. My name is Janice Long. I was the first woman to do a daily show on Radio 1.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46I'm now on Radio 2 five nights a week, proving there's life after midnight.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48LAUGHTER
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Not content with winning The Weakest Link,
0:02:51 > 0:02:53and making radio history,
0:02:53 > 0:02:58she was there for Live Aid, and regularly hosted the iconic Top of the Pops.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I think we should have a look at the charts now, and we shall start at number 40.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Actually, these veterans are number one when it comes to broadcasting,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and Ken wants the same from his antiques expert.
0:03:09 > 0:03:15I hope I'm going to get somebody really experienced, who's got the best eye for a bargain.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Somebody who's been around a long time. Perhaps an older person.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Someone just like Christina Trevanion.
0:03:23 > 0:03:29I was born the year that Ken Bruce started work on Radio 2.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Magic!
0:03:33 > 0:03:40Yes, our radio twosome are en-route to rendezvous with antiques experts Christina Trevanion and Paul Laidlaw,
0:03:40 > 0:03:42and Christina's feeling frisky.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45I tell you what, this is living the dream, isn't it?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Isn't it? Driving through the English countryside in a beautiful car.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52With a handsome man.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Where's he? Is there somebody in the boot?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I wondered what that banging was coming through the back.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06There's not much room for a man in the boot of their 1964 MGB Convertible,
0:04:06 > 0:04:10but it's no problem - Christina finds other things handsome.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I think I've fallen in love with a brick.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19She learned to spot peeling things while training at a major London auction house,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23and now heads up the jewellery department of an auctioneer in Shropshire.
0:04:23 > 0:04:28An avid collector of teapots, she also writes and lectures on things with bling.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32SHE LAUGHS
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Burning the rubber is Paul Laidlaw.
0:04:36 > 0:04:41An antiques geek from childhood, he's never stopped being fascinated.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44That's working on many levels for me.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50After a brief flirtation with accountancy, he abandoned totting up in favour of lotting up...
0:04:50 > 0:04:53- My kind of job!- Good man, good man.
0:04:53 > 0:04:58..and realising auction houses were a good place to indulge his passion
0:04:58 > 0:05:01for arms and armour, and all things Georgian.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05As long as it's not the car that's making that smell.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- That burning smell.- Might be me.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Because you're on fire, baby.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Well, I hate to douse the flames,
0:05:15 > 0:05:18you two, but you've a road trip to think about.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Hot pursuit of the perfect purchase begins
0:05:22 > 0:05:25in the Northamptonshire town of Brackley,
0:05:25 > 0:05:29takes a delightfully dotty meander to the Chilterns and Cotswolds,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32and ends, a mere 11 miles from the start,
0:05:32 > 0:05:35at an auction near Banbury in Oxfordshire.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Ta-da!
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Christina and Paul are first to arrive in Brackley,
0:05:42 > 0:05:47a traditional, quiet market town for 364 days of the year.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Hey, but today is Brackley Carnival Day,
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and you'll never guess who's accidentally taking part.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Ken? How did you get us involved in this? A carnival.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06I blame you. You're the navigator. I'm simply the driver.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08I recognise that!
0:06:09 > 0:06:11That's a cool car.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Got expert written all over them. Hello.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- I take it you're lost.- Yes, yes.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- How did you manage to...- We've been very lucky.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23He went, "I want to be in that carnival."
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Showbusiness, you see. I've got to be in it, I've got to be in it.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29We won't hold you up. We'll see you in a second.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Find us a way out.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36A few nifty manoeuvres later, it's time to get properly acquainted.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38Here we are, here we are.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40How are you doing? I'm Paul.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Paul, good to see you.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Janice!
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Good to see you.- You've lost the wheels. Where are they?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I've left them back up there. The pipe band are looking after them for me.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- They can always be trusted.- Is that your own personal band?
0:06:55 > 0:06:59It is. They follow me everywhere, like my private army.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- What happens now?- We're going to buddy up.- Lady's choice.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I'm going to split these mighty Scots up,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08because I think they might be too strong.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11And also, I'm a bit of a PopMaster fan.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Gosh, she is keen on Ken.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- Come with me.- I'm really sorry you're losing today.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Fighting talk.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21With teams decided, everyone's started their quest here in Brackley.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23So, have we got a plan?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Well, no. No, in a word.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29No. I just think I'll look for something nice.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Something nice. Something that you like.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34If I think it's attractive, surely somebody else will think it's attractive,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36and they'll pay lots of money for it.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39- Well, it's a vague plan.- Yeah.- Come on. Let's go.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Could this be the same Ken who was going to grind Janice into the dirt?!
0:07:45 > 0:07:49Without further ado, let's see if Team Bruce can up their game
0:07:49 > 0:07:52amidst the delights of Brackley Antiques Cellar.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54This is huge.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Spread over 30,000 square feet,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00it has over 160 dealers in antiques and collectibles.
0:08:01 > 0:08:07A preliminary scoot around reveals Ken's diverse tastes,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10and he gravitates to his own field of expertise.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Here's a radio. Let's see who's on it.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14SHE LAUGHS
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Oh... Radio 2.
0:08:17 > 0:08:23Ah, but actually, it's on longwave, so it would now be Radio 4.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26So this predates 1978.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- I've got this dated already.- Yeah, you have.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32This is '60s or '70s. There's a Radio Times here as well.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Think you might be in it?- Probably.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Which year was it?
0:08:36 > 0:08:381937. Oh, yes, I am.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42So, collectible but not antique yet, Ken.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Come in. We're open.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- Where are they?- I don't know. Already probably buying stuff.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50Is that them with a shopping trolley?
0:08:50 > 0:08:53Janice and Paul are hot on the heels of Ken and Christina
0:08:53 > 0:08:55IF they can work out a plan.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59- Where shall we start?- What are you likely to be drawn to?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Are you jewellery? Is it going to be something random and -
0:09:03 > 0:09:07Sort of sculptures. It might be a painting.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Um...
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Could be a box.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17- Could be a rug.- Frankly, it could be anything, I think is what we're saying.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Yeah, anything, eh? Go for it, Paul.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24What's your knee-jerk reaction to the bamboo easel?
0:09:24 > 0:09:29Ugly, but at the same time it's got an appeal.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Ugly ugly.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I love bamboo furniture when it's of an age.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- In this instance, that's...- How old is that?
0:09:37 > 0:09:39That's a Victorian piece.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42The manufacturing of mass-market bamboo furniture
0:09:42 > 0:09:45peaked in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49Just about anything that could be made from it was,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52from beds and tables, to jardinieres and whatnots.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54I think that would be quite striking.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56I'm loving this. Keep selling it to me.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Price tag on that.- Could we put that on the list?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- Maybe we can.- How much is it?
0:10:02 > 0:10:07£75. It's £75. It's got legs, but I'd love to be able to buy it for £50.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10OK, that's one that might have potential.
0:10:10 > 0:10:15Janice and Paul might be onto a roll, and Ken definitely is.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Oh, drum roll! I like it.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Keep that noise down, Bruce.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- How did she know?- Well, I think we ought to go for something musical, really, hadn't we?
0:10:28 > 0:10:31- It's not a very good snare, though. - Is it a little bit bitty?- Yeah.
0:10:31 > 0:10:35- It's pretty light... I'm a drummer. - You are a drummer?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- In a band.- So, what do you call yourselves?
0:10:38 > 0:10:43Well, we started off calling ourselves No Direction, but...
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I think Bandwidth is what we call ourselves.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Bandwidth as in...?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50More to do with the waist.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Wonder if they'll get a record deal...
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Speaking of which...
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Excuse me.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Do I sense a bit of self-indulgence here?
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Sorry, sorry.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I was just looking at that - way before my time, this Top of the Pops album.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07But very funny when I was a kid.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11They always had these albums, and generally the woman on the front was in a crochet bikini.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Was it itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny too? Ooh!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16Ah! Better get back to business, eh?
0:11:16 > 0:11:20A wooden plaque here of some age, and I can tell you straightaway
0:11:20 > 0:11:22that you're almost certainly at the 19th Century.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26You're no later than, let's say, 1920s.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29I'm guessing it's not love at first sight.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Why am I looking at that?
0:11:31 > 0:11:35- Well, we've ascertained -- Tell me why. It's horrible.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Look at the quality of the workmanship there.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41I need to get closer.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44It just looks really...tacky from there.
0:11:44 > 0:11:51That's not some 1920s chap doing a little bit of DIY arts and crafts metalwork.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55That's a trained artisan. That's good work.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Now, you put that in any sale, and I'm telling you, that is worth £30 to £50.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- Look at the price tag.- £15.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05If it was about numbers, we'd be looking at this.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07And you know what, it is about numbers,
0:12:07 > 0:12:12and I'm going to take it off the wall unless you say, "I'm disowning you if you do"!
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- You're on your own.- I think I'm disowning you.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19You hate that, don't you?
0:12:19 > 0:12:21You don't have to take it home.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26I'll think about it. Honestly, I'll take your advice, but I just find it particularly ugly.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32Persuading Janice that it could ever make a profit is going to be tough, Paul.
0:12:33 > 0:12:38Christina's letting Ken's preference rather than profit guide their browsing.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42This little curling stone...
0:12:42 > 0:12:46cos I actually was captain of curling at school.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52- I played curling.- Really?- Yeah, for about four years at school in Glasgow.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54I became the Captain of the curling team.
0:12:54 > 0:12:59In Scotland it's still a big sport, cos there's natural ice, of course, in many places.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Usually in the summer.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06The stone is a charming little ink well, but even Ken's not convinced.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14On the other side of the Cellar, Paul and Janice have decided to buy the bamboo easel,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16so it's time for a pep talk on haggling.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19What are you like at turning on the charm?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Are you...
0:13:22 > 0:13:25I'm absolutely useless at haggling, but in this instance I will do it.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28My advice? Cry if need be.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Do what it takes.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Beg.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35You're shameless, Mr Laidlaw.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42The dealer isn't there, so seller-owner Jim Broomfield steps in.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44There are a few missing.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48I would call them pattery.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52That's our route in. Would you mention that?
0:13:52 > 0:13:55I'll give him a ring, and be straight back in two minutes.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57- Thank you.- Really appreciate that.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Paul's hoping to get the easel for £50.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Here's our man. He's got a smile on his face.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06I phoned the dealer, and he's a big fan of yours, Janice.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08- Is he?- He is.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- £45.- Thank you very much.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- Thanks. That's great.- Thanks.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Inspired, Janice decides to buy the brass plaque she hates.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22Is the dealer going to be glad to see the back of that?
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- I would be.- Janice will be.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28Don't slip it in my suitcase.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Jim's call to that dealer reveals another Janice fan.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34At a discount from £15 to £8.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- We'll go with that, definitely. - That's a difficult one.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Brilliant. Absolutely. You did a great job for us. Thank you.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47That's two items, and one very manly hug in the bag.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Meanwhile, Ken's still pursuing his passions.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Ah-ha! Now, look.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57- Bus stop.- Oh, right.- Bus stop. This is perfect for me.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Why?- Because I have buses.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- You have buses?- Yeah.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Buses plural?- God, it's heavy.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Proper London Transport request bus stop.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Right, OK.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16I am a bus man. I bought a bus along with some friends a few years ago, and we now have a total of six.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Ken's a real enthusiast who knows all about authentic liveries,
0:15:20 > 0:15:24period wing mirrors, and the like, and he passed the test
0:15:24 > 0:15:26for a bus driving licence.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31There's a big sort of transport memorabilia thing, and too often these things are reproduction,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33but this looks totally original.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35- It's got the rust on it.- It certainly looks like it's been...
0:15:35 > 0:15:37..liberated.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42I do like this. I know a lot of people who are also interested in this sort of thing.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46OK, that is music to my ears. Brilliant. What's the price on that?
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- £68.- £68...
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Ken and Christina call in owner Debbie Perry.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Price tag says £68,
0:15:54 > 0:15:57which I think is a little bit on the high side for this.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02The best we can do is £50, but I think that is very resalable.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I think you could do very well with that.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07I'd be happy to pay £50 for that, if Debbie would be happy to accept.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- I'd be very happy, yes. That'd be great.- Sounds like a deal.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13Sounds like a deal. Let's shake your hand. Thank you, Debbie.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- I don't have a spare hand.- I'll take the sign.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17Thank you very much.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21So, the Ken Bruce buying spree has started...
0:16:21 > 0:16:23with a stop sign.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28But it's Ken and Christina's cue to head for Wythall in Worcestershire
0:16:28 > 0:16:30to indulge his passion further.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35The journey is Christina's chance to put the question she's been itching to pop.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39It must be quite...odd being a radio personality.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44- Do you get recognised a lot when you're out and about?- No, not too much.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48I get... Sometimes I get some looks, as if to say,
0:16:48 > 0:16:53"Do I know you from somewhere?" which, you know, could have been the pub probably.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57And sometimes when I speak, people suddenly do a double take.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04And they say, "Goodness me. That young man's voice is coming out of an old bloke."
0:17:04 > 0:17:06SHE LAUGHS
0:17:06 > 0:17:12Ken and Christina's road trip is making a request stop that should be Heaven for a bus enthusiast.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Hello. Hi. I'm Christina.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18- Hello, I'm Pete.- Hi, Pete. Nice to meet you.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Welcome to the Transport Museum, Wythall.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23We've got vehicles ranging from the '30s to the '70s up there.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- Gosh, right through. Whole spectrum. - Right through.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- You've got some more inside?- Yes. Would you like to come this way?
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Brilliant.
0:17:30 > 0:17:36The museum's volunteers are dedicated to the restoration of West Midland's public service vehicles,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38including Midland red buses.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43The collection's oldest bus is partway through restoration.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Oh, wow, this looks amazing.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Gosh.- A beauty, isn't it?- This is our 1913 Tilling-Stevens.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53- Petrol-electric.- Petrol-electric?
0:17:53 > 0:17:58So you have a petrol engine driving a generator, driving an electric motor.
0:17:58 > 0:18:03- Right.- So when they talk about the modern motors with petrol-electric drive,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06they'd done it in 1913.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- It's 100 years old.- Exactly 100 years old.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Oh, my goodness. Wow.- Can we go inside?- Yes.
0:18:12 > 0:18:17Ken's buses all date from the 1960s, so this centenarian is unfamiliar.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Oh, it's quite a leap, isn't it?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21A leap of faith.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23And there's lots to learn.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- Come.- Heave-ho.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30The vehicle that you're sitting on, the body that you're sitting against
0:18:30 > 0:18:34is the only original part of the vehicle,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37which actually was used as a greenhouse.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41- And we found it.- There's nothing else. There's only a wheel, and a handbrake.
0:18:41 > 0:18:47Yes, yes. We need to acquire some more things, like the control gear in the front.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Oh, right, that's what I was wondering.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51- You've got the steering wheel.- Yeah, that's good. The wheels move.
0:18:51 > 0:18:56With a top speed of 12 miles an hour, thank goodness bus technology has moved on.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58HE LAUGHS
0:18:58 > 0:19:02And it's all here for Ken to enjoy, but he seems easily diverted.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06There's one thing I notice, Pete - there's all these buses, and then I see this,
0:19:06 > 0:19:09which is demonstrably not a bus.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- Well, it's a fire engine.- I thought that, I thought that.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15It's a 1935 Leyland fire engine,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19but the ladder that you see on it is a Metz ladder.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21That's a German ladder.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25And this was built, obviously, before the war started.
0:19:25 > 0:19:29The ladder was used to rescue people from burning buildings,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32notably during the bombing in Coventry in World War II.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37These days it's simply a fascinating window on the past.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42With early vehicles, your accelerator was in the middle.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45The brass pedals have got A, B, and C.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Accelerator, brake, clutch.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49If you forget, you can have a look.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- But not while you're driving.- Not while you're driving.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56But you are an emergency vehicle, so...
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Stand well back.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Come on, stop playing. We're talking about buses.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Well said, Christina.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I think you'll recognise this one, Ken.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13Ah!
0:20:13 > 0:20:15- A Routemaster.- Yes.
0:20:15 > 0:20:19But your vehicle is an RM. Ours is an RCL.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22RM? RCL? Come on, Christina.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Hang on a second. Whoa, whoa, whoa.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Right, start again. This is a Routemaster bus.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31- It's a Routemaster bus, yes.- But it's a Routemaster coach.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33- Right.- This is a coach.- What does that mean?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37That means it's more comfortable inside, it's got a parcel shelf inside,
0:20:37 > 0:20:39and it had a different diff.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44If you're finding this DIFF-icult,
0:20:44 > 0:20:47it boils down to a vehicle design for longer journeys
0:20:47 > 0:20:49out into the home counties.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52It's a country cousin to Ken's buses.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- We've got...- Green ones?- No, we've got red ones.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Six of these red ones.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Yeah, yeah, and I occasionally get out and drive them myself.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- Brilliant.- Would you like to drive one of ours?
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Oh, now you're talking. Lead on, lead on.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Here's your bus that you're going to drive.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17- Oh, right.- A nice 1950s City Standard.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Hup.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- Well done.- Amazing what they could make a man of my age do.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Ken's all set, but Christina's a rookie at life on the buses.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30If you stand here, you can be like the clippie.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32BELL
0:21:32 > 0:21:34That's stop, but to go is...
0:21:34 > 0:21:35RINGS BELL TWICE.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- OK, are you ready?- I think so.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- OK, start it up.- Go, go, go.
0:21:41 > 0:21:45It's all looking good, apart from two backseat drivers.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51- Where's he going? Oh, he's going the wrong way, but it's all right.- We're supposed to be going right!
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Watch this tree, OK?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55I think he needs to learn which is left and right.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- So, you're turning right.- Right!
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Right. Watch the car.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10Despite the racket from the back, Ken is a smooth operator,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13and that's exactly what's worrying Paul Laidlaw.
0:22:13 > 0:22:20Ken, is he a canny Scot? Is he going to be very, very shrewd in the purchasing?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24He's very benevolent when he goes to the pub.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Janice and Paul have left Brackley behind,
0:22:26 > 0:22:30and are heading for the Oxfordshire village of Hook Norton.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35It's best-known for its brewery, but our dedicated duo
0:22:35 > 0:22:38pass it up in favour of an antiques establishment nearby.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42Out we get.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Janice and Paul have come to navigate through a vast selection of goodies
0:22:46 > 0:22:48with help from James Holiday.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50- That looks like a big barn.- It's a big barn...
0:22:50 > 0:22:52- Full of...- Treasure.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58James Holiday Antiques has three warehouses crammed with furniture,
0:22:58 > 0:23:02pottery, porcelain, and quite a few surprises too.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03PAUL GROANS
0:23:03 > 0:23:07What is it? Marbles!
0:23:07 > 0:23:09More marbles than you can shake a stick at.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Wow. I used to love them.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17There's some old ones in there. Now...
0:23:17 > 0:23:19We've got common or garden cat's eyes
0:23:19 > 0:23:24you and I played with, but look at the wear on some of these.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Ancient marbles.
0:23:26 > 0:23:32If that was inexpensive, that's got to be worth £40, £50, 60 quid at auction, hasn't it?
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Really?
0:23:33 > 0:23:38Have a good root in, Janice, and assess whether Paul's lost his...
0:23:38 > 0:23:40marbles?
0:23:40 > 0:23:44That's good fun, is it not? 19th Century.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Late 19th Century novelty desk ornaments.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Geckos, lizards, skinks, call them what you will.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52One-eyed, that old chap.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57Green glass eyes, brass, and then an agate...
0:23:57 > 0:23:59sphere, bobble, ball,
0:23:59 > 0:24:01but his buddy...
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Ink pot.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07So could be paperweight, or simply an ornament.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- And the well.- And he's got two eyes.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13He's all there.
0:24:13 > 0:24:19Fancy ink wells had their heyday from the late 16th to the late 19th Centuries.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23But the arrival of reliable, refillable fountain pens
0:24:23 > 0:24:27around 1880 was the beginning of the end,
0:24:27 > 0:24:32and the invention of the ballpoint pen made them redundant as all but novelties.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Very pretty. You want to feel them, don't you?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Tactile. They are, aren't they?
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Pricey?
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Uh, they can be 45 quid for the two.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Let me show you something else.- OK.
0:24:47 > 0:24:54This purports to be a bronze spearhead.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Looped. So we have...
0:24:59 > 0:25:01..a leaf-shaped leg,
0:25:01 > 0:25:06a socket for the shaft, and these loops here
0:25:06 > 0:25:08were used to whip it
0:25:08 > 0:25:10to cure it to the shaft.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14That's all very well, but is it Bronze Age, or bogus?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Look at the damage.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20OK?
0:25:20 > 0:25:24That hit something, and was deformed.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29And maybe for that reason, it was lost or discarded.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33I think if you're faking something like this,
0:25:33 > 0:25:38I don't know that you contrive the deformation and the damage.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41But I'll tell you what - if it's not expensive,
0:25:41 > 0:25:44it's a gambler's piece to take to auction.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49- I'm not gambling.- I've got to ask the question, James...
0:25:49 > 0:25:51- What do you want for that?- It can be £40.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53It's too much.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56The bottom line - if we took the three, in the real world...
0:25:56 > 0:25:58..what's the pounds, shillings and pence on it?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01£65 for the three.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I still don't know if it's real.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07There is that.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11I wish I could hand on heart say to you, I understand these things.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13It's definitely period.
0:26:13 > 0:26:19James, IF the spearhead is rejected by my compatriot, as I fear it has been.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- They can be 40 quid for the two, and that's it.- I think that's a deal.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Thank you. Thank you very much.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28An honourable gentleman.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32With a deal on the lizards, and the spearhead on the backburner,
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Janice and Paul hunt for other treasure,
0:26:34 > 0:26:38and ponder the lifestyle of the late-night radio host.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43I'm really lively at half-past two, three in the morning when I get home
0:26:43 > 0:26:46because the adrenalin's still running.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50I've nobody to talk to, and so I have to listen to music,
0:26:50 > 0:26:52go online.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56And come down before I go to bed about half-five in the morning.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00- You're nocturnal, aren't you?- I'm not really. I'm a morning person, if the truth be known.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04You'll still be here come morning at this rate.
0:27:05 > 0:27:11More browsing turns up an ink stand that's attractive, but at £80, the price isn't.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13It's crunch time.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16What do you want to do? We want to buy something else today.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18- Do you want to buy a bucket of marbles?- No.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Do you want to buy a potentially Bronze Age artefact?
0:27:24 > 0:27:26There'll be trouble if you're wrong.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29But...
0:27:29 > 0:27:31We'll go with the bronze artefact thing.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Is that a deal?
0:27:35 > 0:27:39So, the spearhead and lizards are eventually snapped up for £60
0:27:39 > 0:27:41with a caveat...
0:27:41 > 0:27:45If it doesn't work, and you feel yourself sitting on something sharp later, you'll know what it is.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Ouch! Best to call it a day right there, teams.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Night night.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57It's a new day, and as they hit the roads of Oxfordshire
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Ken and Janice are comparing notes on purchases.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04We got something really good. Really, really good.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06A definite winner, I'd say.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Really?
0:28:10 > 0:28:14Meanwhile, Christina's keen to impress Paul with Ken's purchase.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19It is very relevant to what his passions are,
0:28:19 > 0:28:22and his hobby, so I was very pleased about that.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Paul won't be outdone.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Waded in and bought just about everything I needed yesterday.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29- Oh, really?- Four things.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31Oh, wow. The pressure's on for me today.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Well, I hope so!
0:28:35 > 0:28:39So far, Janice and Paul have spent £113 on four items.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44The bamboo easel, the brass lizard desk set,
0:28:44 > 0:28:49the purportedly Bronze Age spear, and last and definitely least in Janice's eyes,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52the Arts and Crafts brass plaque,
0:28:52 > 0:28:55which leaves them with £287 to spend today.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57What fun.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00I won't divulge how much, but I have some money left.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02- Money?- A substantial amount, I think.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06So what you bought yesterday basically was all tat, is that what you're telling me?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Just cheap rubbish. Tuppence.
0:29:10 > 0:29:15Ken's in no position to mock. He and Christina have only made one purchase,
0:29:15 > 0:29:18spending £50 on the bus stop sign.
0:29:18 > 0:29:24They'll have to buck up and get busy if they're going to spend the remaining £350 today.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28But Ken's preoccupied with professional matters.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Shall we put the radio on, see who's on the radio at the moment?
0:29:31 > 0:29:34See if there's anybody good on. Mind you, there can't be anybody good on.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38- We're both in the car, aren't we?- No point.- No, no, leave it off.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42One day with Janice has rubbed off on Paul.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Antiques are the new rock'n'roll, have you heard?
0:29:46 > 0:29:49No, I haven't, and I don't think I'll ever hear that again!
0:29:51 > 0:29:56Our fab four are making their way southeast to the foot of the beautiful Chiltern Hills
0:29:56 > 0:29:58to the village of Tetsworth.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Here they are.
0:30:01 > 0:30:08Our two teams are reuniting here. Janice is raring to go, and a stuck car door can't stop Ken.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10I can't get the door open. Wait a minute...
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- How do we get you out?- I think I'm going to have to...
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- Do a climb.- Dukes of Hazard style.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Come on. Just jump.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27ALL LAUGH
0:30:29 > 0:30:34Barring further hiccups, both teams will be exploring The Swan,
0:30:34 > 0:30:39a former coaching inn that's now home to over 80 traders, spread over 40 rooms
0:30:39 > 0:30:41and dealing in everything from country furniture
0:30:41 > 0:30:43to fine art.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Ken and Christina get off to a slightly shaky start.
0:30:48 > 0:30:53I thought that said £45, and was thinking it was a bargain. It's £450.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57- Need to go and get some new glasses. - I need new glasses.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00Either that or I'm a hopeless optimist.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04An optimist in need of an optometrist.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06And speaking of spectacles...
0:31:06 > 0:31:10Janice, Janice, Janice? This isn't the biggest thing...
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Might need this.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Get my tool out.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Can you see it?
0:31:18 > 0:31:20I can see your future.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22That didn't work.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26- I love magnifying glasses.- You love magnifying glasses?
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Go on then. Love that.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- So, it's all right?- The horn?
0:31:32 > 0:31:34- Yeah.- Lose no sleep.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Not an endangered species, nothing exotic.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39That's a ram. It's a sheep.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42- OK.- I'll lose no sleep over the sheep.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44All right, OK. Well, that's fair enough.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46I love magnifying glasses. Oh!
0:31:48 > 0:31:50See even more wrinkles!
0:31:51 > 0:31:53- 20 quid.- In your hands.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57For £20, a Victorian pocket magnifier.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59Well, I think we should go for it.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04- I think we've found it.- I like it, you draw me to it.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07We reckon we can make money on it.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- A deal.- Done.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Done, done, done.
0:32:11 > 0:32:17Paul's confident of a profit on the magnifier, so he and Janice hand over the ticket price of £20.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21Not far away, a caddy has caught Christina's eye.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24That, I think, is quite fun.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Georgian ones...solid tortoiseshell or Georgian ones are incredibly valuable,
0:32:28 > 0:32:31but this looks quite a lot later.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Dealer Julia has had a chance to study it.
0:32:34 > 0:32:41It's imitation tortoiseshell. It's actually a form of early celluloid that's printed.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44So, it's printed with a tortoiseshell pattern.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46It certainly looks the part, doesn't it, and I like the way...
0:32:46 > 0:32:51The Georgian ones, originally, were tea caddies, so you would have opened them up,
0:32:51 > 0:32:54and you would have had your divisions, but this is much later.
0:32:54 > 0:32:59It was made in the '20s, and I think it was still made probably as a caddy.
0:32:59 > 0:33:03Julia's prepared to reduce the price from £275
0:33:03 > 0:33:07to £160, but Ken and Christina decide to check out some other options
0:33:07 > 0:33:09before deciding what to do.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12That's unusual.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14It's an ocarina, so a whistle.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16You blow through there.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- As you're the musical one.- I'll try it.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22BLOWS
0:33:22 > 0:33:27Oh, wow. So, you put your fingers on the holes, and it adjusts the...
0:33:27 > 0:33:32The ocarina was used very famously in the recording of Wild Thing by The Troggs.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36The instrumental break in the middle is an ocarina.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Hardly ever used in popular music, but it was used on Wild Thing.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I can't play that, I'm afraid.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43# Wild thing... #
0:33:45 > 0:33:48A rootle amongst stock that's just arrived is fruitful.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53There's a set of four blue glass piano castors,
0:33:53 > 0:33:55and they're all in perfect condition as well,
0:33:55 > 0:33:57which is quite nice.
0:33:57 > 0:33:58Quite often you find pairs.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- And musical...- Again there's a musical link.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Brilliant.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06What sort of money are we looking at on those, Julia?
0:34:06 > 0:34:10I think probably 25 quid for the four.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12OK, so those MIGHT be a possibility.
0:34:12 > 0:34:17I like those. I think they're attractive, and that's the sort of thing I would go for.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- Just such a great, vivid colour. - They're a fantastic colour.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24Piano castor cups prevent damage to floors and carpets.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27These glass ones would have been made in a mould,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29and similar ones can be found in a range of colours.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33The castor cups and caddy seem good contenders for the auction
0:34:33 > 0:34:35IF Christina can clinch a deal.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37Go, girl.
0:34:37 > 0:34:43I think you said £160 on the caddy, didn't you, and £25 on the feet.
0:34:43 > 0:34:48Would there be any movement in there at all, if we were say £150 on the caddy,
0:34:48 > 0:34:51and possibly £20, so £170 all in?
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Yeah. I think if you make it £175, that would be...we'd have a deal.
0:34:55 > 0:35:00Ken Bruce. How often do you get Ken Bruce?!
0:35:00 > 0:35:02Thankfully, not very often, she says.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05I could leave him here with you.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11You've been really, really kind. £170 would be brilliant.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14If you can stretch that far, it would be really, really kind.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Yeah, go on.
0:35:16 > 0:35:17Oh!
0:35:17 > 0:35:21What a star. Thank you very, very, very much.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- Thank you.- That's fantastic.
0:35:23 > 0:35:29On the road, Paul and Janice are squabbling over the brass plaque he persuaded her to buy.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Are you going to beat me round the head if it makes a fiver at auction?
0:35:36 > 0:35:40- With a wet kipper.- You said it was going to make a profit!
0:35:40 > 0:35:42You silly man!
0:35:43 > 0:35:45Silly or savvy? The jury's out.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48But with no wet kippers so far,
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Janice and Paul are bidding adieu to Oxfordshire
0:35:52 > 0:35:55in favour of Gloucestershire, and the town of Northleach.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00- Hi, Keith.- Lovely to meet you. - Lovely to meet you too.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04A lovely sunny day you've brought us. Welcome to our Museum of Mechanical Music.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06If you'd like to come this way.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music
0:36:11 > 0:36:15houses an ever-changing selection of self-playing musical instruments.
0:36:16 > 0:36:22For Janice, who's spent her career playing vinyl records and their successors,
0:36:22 > 0:36:25it's an insight into the popular music of past centuries.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29The oldest instrument we've got in the museum
0:36:29 > 0:36:33is this English chamber barrel organ made in 1740 in London.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35It's a lovely piece of furniture.
0:36:35 > 0:36:40The front's all dummy, you see, because this comes out, and you can see the mechanism.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43And the essential thing is the programming device,
0:36:43 > 0:36:47which is this cylinder, and when I turn the handle
0:36:47 > 0:36:49the cylinder goes round, operates the keys,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52and the bellows, and you get the sound, you see.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56MUSIC PLAYS
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Oh, that's great!
0:37:04 > 0:37:06That's fantastic.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11A beauty like this would only have been found in a grand house,
0:37:11 > 0:37:15but the advent of cylinder music boxes made things more affordable.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19This is a very nice box. Beautifully inlaid, you see.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21This was the music centre of the home,
0:37:21 > 0:37:26so they had this wonderful inlay, and it's got bells as well as the music cones, you see.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27Wow!
0:37:27 > 0:37:29It's wound with a lever.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Like that, and here goes.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36MUSIC PLAYS
0:37:37 > 0:37:39That's lovely.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44The little birds - petits oiseaux - hitting the bells.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- How many teeth are on that cylinder? - About 10,000.
0:37:47 > 0:37:48What?!
0:37:48 > 0:37:52Sometimes, when they're damaged, we have to replace them all.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56My word. And they were each individually applied when that was made?
0:37:56 > 0:38:01Yes, they would be. They still are today when we re-pin them.
0:38:01 > 0:38:07Then as now, in the music business, technology was soon driving things forward.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11About 1875, they invented the world's first floppy disc.
0:38:11 > 0:38:17It does exactly the same as the cylinder, but instead of tiny pins 12,000th of an inch in diameter
0:38:17 > 0:38:22you've got these solid projections, and as this goes around
0:38:22 > 0:38:26it turns star wheels, which part the combs on either side.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30So you can see where it's going, can't you? It's heading towards vinyl.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33- Well, it is in a way, because the shape is right.- Yeah.
0:38:33 > 0:38:39This is live music, but a record plays a copy of a sound made a long time ago.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41It's not quite the same thing.
0:38:43 > 0:38:50And one of the advantages of this thing is it plays louder than a cylinder box,
0:38:50 > 0:38:57so you can have a big machine coin-operated in a public house for public performance, you see.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- Wow. So that was like a jukebox. - Like a jukebox.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03I'll show you one of those if you like.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05PLAYS MUSIC
0:39:05 > 0:39:12This is a top-of-the-range machine made in the late 19th Century.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16This one, you can actually choose the tune, you see.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- I don't know if you'd like to choose a tune.- You choose one.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25Oh, my word. Look at this. How good is that?!
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Ave Maria will do me.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Would you like to put the silver thruppenny piece in that slot?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33OK.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38Now, in fact, I can open this, and you can see inside...
0:39:40 > 0:39:42..how it works, you see - it's lifting the disc.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46And it puts the disc on, which then plays, and when it's finished
0:39:46 > 0:39:48it takes it down again.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51PLAYS
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Oh, that's beautiful, isn't it?
0:39:56 > 0:39:59I think they're all having a little moment here.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Let's leave them in peace, shall we?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09I think I'm going to cry.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Ken and Christina are dealing with humdrum matters, though.
0:40:13 > 0:40:18I live not far from here, so I'm on my home territory.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Ah! Good, so you can be our sat nav.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- It doesn't mean to say I'm not going to get lost.- Ken nav.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26I could be your sat nav voice.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28That would be brilliant.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Go straight across the roundabout.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Take the second exit.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Oh no, we're going to take the third exit.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38See, I told you I didn't know what I was doing.
0:40:38 > 0:40:42What you need to be doing, Ken, is recalculating,
0:40:42 > 0:40:46and heading for the Oxfordshire village of Ascott-under-Wychwood.
0:40:46 > 0:40:51The exact destination is a beautiful stone house, typical of the Cotswolds.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55Parts of it date to the 12th Century, and it's the base
0:40:55 > 0:40:59for antiques seller and restorer Robert Gripper.
0:40:59 > 0:41:00Welcome.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02- How are you doing?- I'm very good, and I'm Robert.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Nice to meet you both. Welcome to Manor Farm.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09- Have a rummage round, see what you can find.- And give you a holler if there's anything...- Absolutely.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11- Terrific.- Thank you.
0:41:14 > 0:41:18Ken and Christina's first find is pretty but puzzling.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- Oh, that's rather lovely, Ken.- It's quite nice, isn't it?
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Elizabeth...
0:41:28 > 0:41:30S-T-W-E-S it looks like.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32Stowes?
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Stives.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Stives maybe.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37Stews.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40I would imagine that's probably titled St Ives.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42St Ives. Oh!
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Stives!
0:41:43 > 0:41:45That well-known artist Elizabeth Stives.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47THEY LAUGH
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Now that you mention it...
0:41:50 > 0:41:54Glad we sorted that out. Now, how about some serious shopping, eh?
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Little watches in there.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Yeah, two little watch faces.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01They might well be gold.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05The watches are more likely to be worth their gold weight
0:42:05 > 0:42:07rather than to have much intrinsic value.
0:42:07 > 0:42:12Close scrutiny in daylight tells Christina the essentials.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16Just take the face out, and usually you can find some hallmarks in the back.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Oh, there we go. That's interesting.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23OK, so we've got a nice gold hallmark - 375.
0:42:23 > 0:42:28Which is nine carat gold, which means there's 375 parts gold to every 1,000.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30So nice thing if we can get it.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34Yeah. At the right price. Right, OK.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37- At least we know.- Speculate to accumulate, Ken.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40The watches go on hold while the search continues.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43- This is quite nice, Ken.- What's that?
0:42:43 > 0:42:46This is quite nice. A bit rickety, but...
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- Come and have a look.- Still got the leather...
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- Is that a writing tablet?- Writing slope, yes.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55So it's got a bit of a spring in it there.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- But it's nothing. At least it's still there.- That's reparable.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00- Yeah, so...- Looks rather nice.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Often you find that these bits have gone.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07- That might be worth... If again, the right price.- Again, yes.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10If we can do the deal. Thank you.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14Ken and Christina have £180 left to spend.
0:43:14 > 0:43:19The items aren't priced, so now it's time to see if deals can be done.
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Can you give us some sort of vague prices on things?
0:43:22 > 0:43:23Certainly.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27This walnut writing box... Rather nice slope.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31It's got its original leather with its gilding.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33But then, the other thing about these... I don't know if you know,
0:43:33 > 0:43:36but most of them have secret drawers.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40We call them sovereign drawers, and I think on this one
0:43:40 > 0:43:42we pull this, and these are our sovereign drawers.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Any sovereigns in it?
0:43:45 > 0:43:48Robert's looking for £95 for the writing slope,
0:43:48 > 0:43:50and £50 for the two gold watches.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52But he's flexible on the writing slope.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56Yes, now, I think I could do you a bit on that.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59I could do that one for £60.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02- £60 for that...- Top end again, isn't it?- It is quite.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05- It is.- I could do it for £45.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08- How about £40?- Why not?
0:44:09 > 0:44:11- £40?- You don't need me here at all.
0:44:12 > 0:44:18- Deal.- What about doing that...that little box and that...
0:44:18 > 0:44:2050 quid?
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Um, with the two little... Why not? Yeah.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Shall we do that for 50 quid? Perfect.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28- Brilliant.- And I wish you both the best of luck.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33With the writing slope for £40, and two watches for a tenner,
0:44:33 > 0:44:36how much luck will Ken and Christina need, eh?
0:44:36 > 0:44:40Janice and Paul can be the judges of that as our teams reveal all.
0:44:40 > 0:44:44- Have you enjoyed it?- I've had the best time, apart from, you know,
0:44:44 > 0:44:47looking for objects we think are going to make money.
0:44:47 > 0:44:49I haven't laughed so much for ages.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51In two days, giggling...
0:44:51 > 0:44:54- At him or with him?- With him, with him.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58- Right, I can't wait.- Are we feeling good about the numbers here?
0:44:58 > 0:45:00- Mmmm...- We'll see what you've bought first.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02You do the honours, Janice.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04One, two, three...
0:45:05 > 0:45:07Whoa! Ooh, yes.
0:45:07 > 0:45:09Gosh, interesting things.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11Yes.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14What on earth is that at the front?
0:45:14 > 0:45:16It's a spear shaft, isn't it?
0:45:16 > 0:45:20- Spear shaft?- Spear head. And the shaft goes into it.
0:45:20 > 0:45:25So look, it's actually been used, because... I'm talking as thought I know what I'm talking about!
0:45:25 > 0:45:26Expert.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Sounded good to me, love.
0:45:28 > 0:45:30What did you pay for that?
0:45:30 > 0:45:32- £20.- £20.- Not bad.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34And age, cos that's the most important thing.
0:45:34 > 0:45:39I believe that's period, so that's 3,500 year old, Bronze Age...
0:45:39 > 0:45:43- Three and a half...- Looped socketed spearhead.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45I think we need to get slightly concerned.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49- I'm a bit worried now.- That dragon, he's rather magnificent, isn't he?
0:45:49 > 0:45:53- Do you think so?- Janice disagrees with you.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59- It's a shame you couldn't agree.- I think the word I used was vile.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02OK, OK, come down off the fence.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06But apparently, this work is beautiful.
0:46:06 > 0:46:08But you don't agree?
0:46:08 > 0:46:11And this was quite expensive at eight quid.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Eight? You were done.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16That's quite a good price, I think.
0:46:16 > 0:46:17But it leaves...
0:46:17 > 0:46:20- What's this now?- What do you think it is?- An easel?
0:46:20 > 0:46:22- Yes.- Lovely easel. Bamboo.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26- Yes.- Do you know, I often wondered what happened to all the pan pipes after those albums were made.
0:46:26 > 0:46:28This is it, this is it.
0:46:28 > 0:46:30That's what they do with old recorders.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34How much was that?
0:46:34 > 0:46:36£45.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38That's not much, really, is it?
0:46:38 > 0:46:40You've come in well under budget.
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Gin and tonics afterwards.
0:46:42 > 0:46:44Or a meal.
0:46:44 > 0:46:46Time for Team Bruce to fight back.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48Ooh!
0:46:49 > 0:46:52This potentially could be a bit of a bargain.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55Two 9 carat gold-cased granny watches.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58But you didn't pay gold prices for those, did you?
0:46:58 > 0:47:00I couldn't possibly...
0:47:00 > 0:47:03- Come on!- How much do you think?
0:47:03 > 0:47:05You didn't get those for less than £50, did you?
0:47:05 > 0:47:07Oh, please...
0:47:07 > 0:47:09- You tell them.- £10.- No!
0:47:09 > 0:47:12Were you packing at the time? Did you have a mask on?
0:47:12 > 0:47:15- We bundled it.- We literally found them at the bottom of a box.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17Paul's twitchy now.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20That's a really smart little box.
0:47:20 > 0:47:22- Yeah, I like that very much.- Bit of a smart price.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25- It was a lot cheaper than they were looking for.- It was, yes.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27The label price was £275. We got it for £150.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29Oh, good.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Could be a bit hit and miss.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34That's an extremely attractive, lovely thing.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36It looks the part, doesn't it, and we couldn't resist this.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39No, obviously. Your passion for buses.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42I think there's a market for this sort of thing.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44- Because this is an original stop. - Yeah.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47- London bus stop.- What period will that be, Ken?
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Um, it's late 17th Century, I think.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54It was bit of punt. I think people will go for that.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58- I'm with you. How much of a punt? - Well, that cost us £50.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00I think it's going to be an interesting auction.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04- I wouldn't take many bets on this. - It's going to be close, isn't it?
0:48:04 > 0:48:06I hope it's going to be close.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09- Best of luck.- Good luck, good luck.
0:48:09 > 0:48:11It's all smiles and good sportsmanship in front of the opposition,
0:48:11 > 0:48:14but what did the teams really think?
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Strong purchases across the board.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19The sods.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Well, when they did their reveal, I was, frankly, a bit worried,
0:48:26 > 0:48:29because I thought, "Oh, God, there's some really lovely stuff there."
0:48:29 > 0:48:33We've a problem. Two nine-carat gold case watches for £10.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Ken's sign... Come on.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37That's a cool object.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40The spearhead is very specialist, but they haven't spent a lot on it.
0:48:40 > 0:48:45- It's very, very specialist.- Yes, if the right person's not in the sale room...- Quite, yeah. It's risky.
0:48:45 > 0:48:50The box, that's a potential hole. That could be our saviour, to be honest.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53At the end of the day, we like what we bought.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55- We can be proud of our purchases. - What can go wrong?
0:48:55 > 0:48:57- Quite a lot.- Toast.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00Cheers. Well done, us.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03I'll get my own back on Ken Bruce if he wins.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09- We'll do all right.- Hopefully. Fingers crossed.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11See you at the auction.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15Time now for our pop pickers and lot pickers
0:49:15 > 0:49:18to head to the auction just outside Banbury in Oxfordshire.
0:49:18 > 0:49:22And the PopMaster still thinks he's the antiques master.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25- Do you think you're going to win? - Well, I'd like to think so.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28I'd like to think so, but I'd hate you to have to lose.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30But I'm afraid you're going to have to.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32SHE LAUGHS
0:49:32 > 0:49:35All the same, it's a surprisingly low-key entrance from the celebrities.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37- A subtle entrance.- Yeah!
0:49:39 > 0:49:42- Morning.- No jamboree today, no entourage?
0:49:42 > 0:49:46- No, no, no.- Very subdued.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51JS Auctions holds fortnightly sales
0:49:51 > 0:49:53as well as regular specialist auctions
0:49:53 > 0:49:55of antiques, fine art,
0:49:55 > 0:49:57arms, armour, and militaria.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00Auctioneer Joe Smith is the man on the gavel,
0:50:00 > 0:50:04so what does he make of the teams' eclectic choices?
0:50:04 > 0:50:08The Georgian-style silver-plated tea caddy with tortoiseshell coverings,
0:50:08 > 0:50:11or faux tortoiseshell coverings, is a very interesting piece.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14The London Transport sign - enamel signs are always a good collectible item.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17I think this lot could do very, very well.
0:50:17 > 0:50:22The spearhead, which... A little dubious about the date on it.
0:50:22 > 0:50:27Value-wise, we could be struggling. Could be as little as £20 or £30.
0:50:27 > 0:50:32My favourite lot in this sale is the Victorian lizard and hardstone-mounted desk pieces.
0:50:32 > 0:50:37They're really nice pieces. Somewhere between £50 and £100 should be about the mark for them.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40Each of our teams started with £400.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42Ken and Christina spent £270,
0:50:42 > 0:50:45acquiring five lots, while Janice and Paul
0:50:45 > 0:50:49bought their five for a mere £123.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53As the bidding gets underway, our auction novices are apprehensive.
0:50:53 > 0:50:54Sixty, and five.
0:50:54 > 0:50:55And seventy.
0:50:55 > 0:50:57It's in the room now.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00- How do you feel?- Butterflies. Quite nervous.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Feels like a job interview.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04I've never passed one of those in my life.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08First up is Ken's bus stop sign.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10I've got a start here at £35.
0:51:10 > 0:51:13£40 is it now? £35.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15For the enamel sign, £35, and £40.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17And £5. And £50, and £5.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19It's going to go.
0:51:19 > 0:51:22£70. It's in the room now at £70.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24And £5 anywhere now?
0:51:24 > 0:51:25£70.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27At £70.
0:51:27 > 0:51:32That's a tidy profit, and Christina's hoping three come along all at once.
0:51:33 > 0:51:34Yay!
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Wrong team, Janice.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38One down.
0:51:38 > 0:51:40Next is the brass plaque.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Janice thinks it's vile.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44£10.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47£10. £12 anywhere now?
0:51:47 > 0:51:48£10 only.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50£14 is up. £14.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Come on. It's repousse.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Explain that one day.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57£16.
0:51:57 > 0:51:58£18.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00£20.
0:52:00 > 0:52:01£22.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03At £22 then.
0:52:03 > 0:52:07- Last chance. Selling at £22.- Come on!
0:52:07 > 0:52:11Paul's judgement pays off, so he avoids assault with a wet kipper.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13How long is he on for? Is it longer than a radio show?
0:52:13 > 0:52:15Seems longer.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17He doesn't even need a microphone.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21Mind you, he says the same thing again and again.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23Just like you.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29Now it's the walnut and brass writing slope.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32At £60 to start. £5 anywhere now?
0:52:32 > 0:52:34£60. £5 now.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36Give it a rattle, give it a rattle!
0:52:36 > 0:52:38At £65 anywhere?
0:52:38 > 0:52:41At £60, you're all out in the room.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43At £60. Anybody else want a go?
0:52:43 > 0:52:45£60...
0:52:46 > 0:52:49Another profit keeps Ken and Christina in the lead.
0:52:49 > 0:52:50Great.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52Oh, a big tick.
0:52:55 > 0:52:59They took a risk on the simulated tortoiseshell, silver-plated caddy.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01Now is the moment of truth.
0:53:01 > 0:53:02£30, £30.
0:53:02 > 0:53:04And £5? £35.
0:53:04 > 0:53:05And £40.
0:53:05 > 0:53:07They're bidding.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09And £60.
0:53:09 > 0:53:10And £5.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12At £65. In the back now at £65.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14And £70.
0:53:14 > 0:53:15£75.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18It has got a long way to go.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22Oh, dear. This bidding's about as dynamic as a tortoise.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24Round it up. Come on.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26£100.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28£110.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30She's bidding, she's bidding!
0:53:30 > 0:53:32At £110.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Come on.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37£110. All done now?
0:53:37 > 0:53:39£110.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42That wipes out Ken and Christina's profits,
0:53:42 > 0:53:44but garners sympathy.
0:53:44 > 0:53:48That's made me grumpy. I'm in a bad mood now.
0:53:48 > 0:53:52That's very good of you. Very kind. To be grumpy on my behalf.
0:53:54 > 0:53:59Could Team Long's lizard set be the chance to scamper ahead?
0:53:59 > 0:54:01£35 we can start. At £40 is it now?
0:54:01 > 0:54:03Way more than that, guys.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05£60, £5.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07£70, and £5.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09£80, and £5.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11£90, £100.
0:54:11 > 0:54:12And £10.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14It's in the room at £110 now.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16Coming back on the phone?
0:54:16 > 0:54:18At £110 there now.
0:54:18 > 0:54:19£110.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21£110.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23Are we all sure? Last chance.
0:54:23 > 0:54:24£110.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27The lizards yield a convincing lead for Janice and Paul.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31But with the opposition's bargain gold watches next,
0:54:31 > 0:54:33anything could happen.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35£25, we can start.
0:54:35 > 0:54:36£30 now.
0:54:36 > 0:54:37At £25. £30, £5.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39£40, and £5.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41£50 in the very back, and £55.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43£55.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45At £55. Lady's bid £55.
0:54:46 > 0:54:50A great profit puts Ken and Christina back in contention...
0:54:50 > 0:54:52- Nice lady.- Very nice.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54That's good.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58..while Janice and Paul wait to see
0:54:58 > 0:55:02if the purportedly Bronze Age spearhead was a pointless purchase.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04£45. £50 do I see?
0:55:04 > 0:55:07£55. £60, and £5.
0:55:07 > 0:55:09£70, and £5.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11£80 in the back of the room. At £80.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13£5 is it now?
0:55:13 > 0:55:15At £80. £85 standing.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17£90... No, £85 standing bid now.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Last call, and selling.
0:55:20 > 0:55:23The gamble pays off, and Paul's safe from a skewering.
0:55:24 > 0:55:26Well done.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30Janice and Paul's choices are under scrutiny again
0:55:30 > 0:55:32with the Victorian pocket magnifier.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34£40 would start me.
0:55:34 > 0:55:36£40. £20...
0:55:36 > 0:55:38£10.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41£12 anywhere now? £10. £12 now.
0:55:41 > 0:55:43At £10 only.
0:55:43 > 0:55:44£12 anywhere? £12.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46And £14. And £16.
0:55:46 > 0:55:48And £18. £20.
0:55:48 > 0:55:50Yay!
0:55:52 > 0:55:54£26. £28.
0:55:54 > 0:55:56And selling...
0:55:56 > 0:55:58£28...
0:55:58 > 0:56:01No-one's bowled over, but it's still a useful profit.
0:56:02 > 0:56:04Average maintained.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08Ken and Christina hope the piano castor cups
0:56:08 > 0:56:10will be music to their ears.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12£10 I have. £12 do I see?
0:56:13 > 0:56:15£12.
0:56:15 > 0:56:16£14.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18£16.
0:56:18 > 0:56:19£18.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21Round them up, surely.
0:56:21 > 0:56:22£20 in front.
0:56:22 > 0:56:23At £20, and £2.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25At £22 only.
0:56:25 > 0:56:26Only just.
0:56:26 > 0:56:28Sold. £22 only.
0:56:29 > 0:56:33Oh, dear. Those cups definitely didn't hit the high notes.
0:56:33 > 0:56:35It is a profit, isn't it?
0:56:36 > 0:56:39Until the commission comes out. Don't worry.
0:56:40 > 0:56:43Perhaps arty lots will fare better.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Paul and Janice have their bamboo easel still to sell.
0:56:46 > 0:56:49£30 the bid. £35. £40.
0:56:49 > 0:56:51£5, £50.
0:56:51 > 0:56:52£5. £60.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54At £65. £70.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56£75.
0:56:56 > 0:56:57£80.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59£5. At £85 now.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Gentleman's bid at £85.
0:57:02 > 0:57:03Way!
0:57:03 > 0:57:04Selling...
0:57:04 > 0:57:08Team Long's mastered the fine art of making money.
0:57:10 > 0:57:12Brilliant. Well done.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15Well done. Brilliant.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18Our celebrities began with £400 each.
0:57:18 > 0:57:23Ken and Christina experienced slightly dodgy reception for their choices in the saleroom,
0:57:23 > 0:57:26and after commission lost £10.06.
0:57:26 > 0:57:31Nonetheless, they end the road trip with a respectable chart entry.
0:57:34 > 0:57:40Janice and Paul were on the right wavelength for making a magnificent profit of £137.60.
0:57:40 > 0:57:44So they're today's victors, ending the road trip as Top of the Pops.
0:57:47 > 0:57:50Well done, and any profit made on the road trip
0:57:50 > 0:57:52of course goes to Children in Need.
0:57:52 > 0:57:56- Absolutely loved it.- Good to see you, and see you back at...- See you back at work.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00- Do you think you've learned anything on the journey?- Oh, yes.
0:58:00 > 0:58:02- What not to buy.- Exactly.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04Tortoiseshell caddies.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06He won't buy a caddy again.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08But for Ken, old habits die hard.
0:58:08 > 0:58:11Before I go, I just want to do one thing.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14Can I just say hello to my mum and dad,
0:58:14 > 0:58:17wife and kids, Auntie Bet and Uncle Willy, and everybody else who knows me.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19I've always wanted to do that.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24A pleasure.
0:58:25 > 0:58:27Bye.
0:58:27 > 0:58:29Bye. Safe journey.
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