0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:03 > 0:00:05Got some proper bling here.
0:00:05 > 0:00:06..paired up with an expert...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08- Oh, now! - What? What?
0:00:08 > 0:00:09..and a classic car.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- Put your hands up!- Hello, girls!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Their mission? To scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16All breakages must be paid for.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18This is a good find, is it not?
0:00:18 > 0:00:19The aim?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23But it is no easy ride.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Who will take the biggest risks?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29I've got my antiques head on.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Will anybody follow expert advice?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34I think it's horrible!
0:00:34 > 0:00:36There will be worthy winners...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38This is better than Christmas!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40..and valiant losers.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Time to put your pedal to the metal.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43BOTH: Whoo!
0:00:43 > 0:00:46This is Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Yeah!
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Two lovely celebrities have hit the road in this
0:00:52 > 0:00:55classic 1985 Mercedes SL.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Just a minute - ha!
0:00:57 > 0:01:00It's only Nicholas Parsons and Gyles Brandreth!
0:01:00 > 0:01:03This is the Antiques Road Trip, but the good news is,
0:01:03 > 0:01:05we are not the antiques.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Er, well, Gyles, you're very modest. You're much younger than I am.
0:01:09 > 0:01:15They are masters of the articulate argument...and indicating left, by the look of things.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17I am reaching the antique age, I think.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19- Well...- But one keeps going.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23I mean, like good antiques, you keep them polished and they look great.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Oh, yes. Patination.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28At 92 years of age, Nicholas is a national treasure.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32He's been a West End actor, the legendary host of game show
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Sale Of The Century and for nearly 50 years, the chair of the
0:01:36 > 0:01:38radio and occasional TV panel show, Just A Minute.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39APPLAUSE
0:01:39 > 0:01:42The players will try to speak for just a minute on a subject
0:01:42 > 0:01:45that I give them and they must try and do that without hesitation,
0:01:45 > 0:01:47repetition or deviation.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Appearing regularly on the show since 1982
0:01:49 > 0:01:52has been his old friend, Gyles Brandreth.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55- Page by page... Oh, no! - BUZZER GOES
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Oh, yes!
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Gyles is a polymath, a Renaissance Man.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02He's been an author, a journalist, a presenter on The One Show
0:02:02 > 0:02:04and even a politician.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07And who can forget his taste for natty jumpers?
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Mock not the jumpers!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- The Victoria and Albert Museum were in touch recently...- Really?
0:02:11 > 0:02:15..wanting one of my jumpers for their costume collection.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- Wonderful!- Yep.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18I love that sort of story.
0:02:18 > 0:02:23Representing the height of 1980s fashion. A Gyles Brandreth jumper.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Representing the height of Road Trip fashion today
0:02:28 > 0:02:32and driving a 1965 MK2 Jag are our experts.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34This car is low-key for us.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Militaria expert, Paul Laidlaw...
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- I noticed your trousers. Red leather is a good look!- You like them?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42THEY LAUGH
0:02:42 > 0:02:44..and dealer, David Harper.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48I see you've got the khaki circa 1944 World War II pants on.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Now, now, gentleman!
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Let's focus on the trip, shall we?
0:02:52 > 0:02:56Well, I can't believe that we're with two iconic characters today,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- Nicholas Parsons and Gyles Brandreth.- Yeah.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Who're we going to go with though? How're we going to pair off?
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- If you don't mind, I'm a bit of fan boy for Just A Minute.- Really? Well...
0:03:06 > 0:03:10I love it. But could you imagine doing it? Could you do that?
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- Could you do it? - I've hesitated already. I'm out!
0:03:13 > 0:03:14THEY LAUGH
0:03:14 > 0:03:18I think Gyles is brilliant. I love him on The One Show. He's fantastic.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- He's always beaming and smiling... - Yeah.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23..so I think he'd be a laugh a minute, so that'll be good. OK, good deal.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26And hopefully, the first of many to come.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Both our teams start this trip with £400 to spend.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Today, they begin their buying in beautiful Berkhamsted,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35before heading into the busy streets of London
0:03:35 > 0:03:39and then back out to Hertfordshire for our auction in Bushey.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44But first, time to pick up our celebrities.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Oh, here they are. Ooh! Nice car.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Nicholas Parsons driving a Mercedes SL! Coming to see us with Gyles Brandreth! Unbelievable!
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Yes, good morning!
0:03:51 > 0:03:53- I'm wanting the one in the red trousers.- Oh, I say!- Yeah.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- I can't believe Gyles Brandreth has said that to ME!- Lovely to meet you.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- It's exciting. I'm a big, big fan of yours.- Where are we going?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- Somewhere nearby?- Somewhere nearby. Shall we take the German vehicle?
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Very good.- Just to mix it up a little.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- This is the Mercedes, you mean?- So what do we get?- You get the British.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- A Jaguar! Look at that!- Oh! Brilliant.- Shall I drive?
0:04:13 > 0:04:18- I'm happy to... Do you want to toss for it? You drive.- OK, I'll drive.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20All right, OK.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24With teams decided, it's time to get acquainted.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27So, have you been with Just A Minute from the first episode?
0:04:27 > 0:04:33I did the original pilot and I'm still doing it after over 900 performances.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36It's one of those romantic stories of show business.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- But the pilot was a disaster.- Why? - Oh, they didn't want it.
0:04:40 > 0:04:45They had a very clever young producer then, called David Hatch.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48He came to me one day and said, "Unfortunately, the only thing they
0:04:48 > 0:04:51"liked about the pilot was your chairmanship."
0:04:51 > 0:04:54And I said, "But, David, I was awful!"
0:04:54 > 0:04:57He said, "I know, but so was everybody else."
0:04:57 > 0:04:59And the rest, as they say, is history.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04The first "shop-off" of our trip today is Berkhamsted
0:05:04 > 0:05:06in the charming Chilterns.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10A popular town, steeped in history
0:05:10 > 0:05:13and complete with its own medieval high street.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16John Cleese called it home, for a while.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21And today, we're visiting Heritage Antiques. Lovely.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25So is this your first foray into an antique shop in a while
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- or are you a regular frequenter? - Oh, no, I'm not a regular frequenter.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- I'm interested in antiques...- Good.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33..and I have one or two at home, but I don't get the time to browse.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34PAUL LAUGHS
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Here to help them out is the very affable John.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39- Paul.- John. John, good to see you.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42- This of course is Nicholas.- Are you the owner, John?
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- I am, yes.- Right. Gosh, what a collection.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52Are you in this to win it?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Or are you in it to spend money?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Are you just going to follow your heart and...- I'm in it to have fun.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00That's the spirit!
0:06:00 > 0:06:03What about the serious stuff?
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- Are you comfortable haggling? - Oh, God, yes.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09THEY LAUGH
0:06:09 > 0:06:12- Are you ruthless or are you genteel in this...- Oh, God, no!
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Mustn't be ruthless.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16You've got to do it with charm.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19You can be ruthlessly charming.
0:06:19 > 0:06:23"Ruthlessly charming", eh? He sounds like one to watch.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Dark horse.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Now, this may leave you cold... - What, that?- Yes.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29I've got one like that.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Do you have a reproduction or a real one, from the 1920s?
0:06:33 > 0:06:37I've got a real one, I've got a real one, 1920s, and it actually works.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44Genuine 1920s candlestick phones are made from lacquered brass and Vulcanite
0:06:44 > 0:06:49and can often be adapted to work on a modern phone line.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50When they're cleaned up.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54For me, that's the dream.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58When an antique's not just an object or an ornament,
0:06:58 > 0:07:03- you can use it!- Well, how much do they want for this?- Well, this is £65.
0:07:03 > 0:07:0560... Oh, no, no, no.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08I like the way you think! Which is, "That price is rubbish!"
0:07:08 > 0:07:12I know how much I paid for mine.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I was only going to offer them not a penny more than 40.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17You're more generous than me, Nicholas.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21- What are you going to offer them, 30?- £25.- £25? Let's try and get it for £25.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Let's see what we can do, shall we?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Let's see this ruthless Parsons' charm in action!
0:07:26 > 0:07:31- John... Is John about?- John? - Here I am.- This period telephone.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Lovely, isn't it?- £25?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35He is ruthless.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- I can't go down that much.- Well, 20?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40And charming.
0:07:40 > 0:07:45- 35. 35.- No, 30. 30.- 35.
0:07:45 > 0:07:4730 and we will take it.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Seeing as you've given me hours of entertainment...
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Oh, that's a good excuse, isn't it? 30, all done.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55- You don't beat about the bush, Nicholas, do you?- No, no.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57May I say, I love your work, Sir!
0:07:57 > 0:07:58Shake the man's hand!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00There we go.
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Done. Wonderful.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Nicholas and Paul are not done in here yet.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06But let's see how the opposition are getting on.
0:08:06 > 0:08:12This is very exciting, isn't it? And this...is a perfect English day.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14- Aren't we blessed? - We are totally blessed.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16And here I am, I've got the best of all the experts...
0:08:16 > 0:08:19- Don't be putting the pressure on me. - I'm sorry.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- I've got the world authority on everything.- On everything?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24- Everything!- My God.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29We are going to turn our £400 into something that is record-breaking.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Nothing like aiming high, eh?
0:08:31 > 0:08:35Their first shop is Berkhamsted's Home & Colonial.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37We are going to be charmingly ruthless.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Hey, that phrase sounds very familiar.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Let's pump it up!
0:08:41 > 0:08:45And here to help them are Louise and Ali.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Don't look quite so scared, girls.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Now, we've got to be disciplined because we have got, we hope,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52to find an item or two here that we want to buy.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- I have a target in mind and I have a rule.- Yeah, you do, you do.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Because with my wife we go and what we normally do, is start at the top and work down.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03And my wife says to me, "This has been the story of your life, hasn't it, Gyles?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05"Starting at the top and working your way down."
0:09:05 > 0:09:09- Marvellous.- So we can do that here as well.- Welcome to the Antiques Road Trip.- OK, yes.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12You'd better get up those stairs then, hadn't you?
0:09:15 > 0:09:20- I'm after big and colourful. - Love big and colourful.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Because I am with you and you epitomise big and colourful.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- No, seriously!- Do I?
0:09:25 > 0:09:27I'd take that as a compliment, if I were you, David.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- Oooh!- What have you seen?- Well, I've seen that.- Antlers? Yeah.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36- Antlers. We like that, or...- We do. - Do people like that?- They do.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- Old school desk?- No, tricky, tricky.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Here's one celeb who came to shop.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44The search continues.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47It's the story of my life, you know.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Remember, I used to be a Member of Parliament.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- I was actually in the government. - Yeah.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54And now I'm trawling about second-hand shops with you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- In a pair of red trousers.- Yeah. It's come to this.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- What has life come to? - I know.- It's not that bad, they could be those green ones.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02I think this is quite charming.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06It's a watercolour, it's a castle on an island
0:10:06 > 0:10:07with boats in the foreground.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- It's clearly late 19th century. - It looks it.
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- They're trying to sell it here for £25.- We're going to get it for 15.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Nothing like setting yourself a challenge, Gyles.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19We like the look of this. And we'd love to buy something from you.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- Is this yours?- This is not mine. - Oh.- Ha.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24It's lovely, though.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29It is, it's charming, isn't it? And we see that it is £25.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Oh, yes.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33What do you think is the very best that whoever owns this might
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- be able to give us?- 20?- What?- 20?
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- That's a bargain for that, it's beautiful.- 20... 18, did you say?
0:10:40 > 0:10:45- No, 20.- Oh, I like a strong woman. Why don't we blow 20 quid?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- You know, Gyles, I think we should. - Why don't we blow 20 quid on this? - Good idea.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Their bargaining shows potential.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54But they're not exactly splashing the cash, are they?
0:10:56 > 0:10:59How are Paul and Nicholas getting on?
0:10:59 > 0:11:04Now, see, that looks, at first glance, like a half-decent specimen.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06It is a very decent specimen.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10He's spied a Victorian monocular brass microscope in a walnut case.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- Condition looks good, doesn't it? - Absolutely perfect.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18As far as I can see. I'm not an expert on these sort of things.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22- What's the price? Good triple lens...- Oh, 48, no.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27£48. Actually, it doesn't look too bad at all.
0:11:27 > 0:11:28Do you like?
0:11:28 > 0:11:32- I like it enough to make an offer. - What sort of offer?
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Given you are uncannily good at this,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- what would be your offer on this? - 15?
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Oh, I love your work.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41We've kicked in at 15. You're going to come back with...
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- 40.- Oh, now!- What? What?
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Oh, no, John. I know... - Can you help us?
0:11:47 > 0:11:49I know you've got to make a living, but so have we.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53It's quite a reasonable offer actually. I mean, 48 to 40...
0:11:53 > 0:11:5615 is slightly out of my pocket.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- I know...- We said that in jest, didn't we?
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- I'm willing to go to 25.- Make it 35.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- 30 and you've got a deal.- Done. - PAUL LAUGHS
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Very good! Very good.
0:12:09 > 0:12:10Two down!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13This Parsons-Laidlaw combo is now in full flow.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Anything else take your fancy, chaps?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19John... John, what is that fascinating thing there?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22That is a match dispenser.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25- A match dispenser?- Yes.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- Every home should have one. Surely you should have got one of those already?- Absolutely invaluable.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31So how does that work?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33So there's your little...
0:12:33 > 0:12:34You turn it round...
0:12:34 > 0:12:36You just lift that up, do you?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- No, no...- Down to pick up a match and then up...- Up front.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41A voila, match...
0:12:41 > 0:12:44This match dispenser is a good example of treen,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47small household items made of largely turned wood.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- It's an uncommon object, is it not? - Yeah, uncommon.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53What are we asking for that?
0:12:53 > 0:12:5526.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58Well, I defer to your maths here. Where are we starting with this?
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Because we love it, 15.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- 18.- No, no. 16.- 17.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- 16... I hate odd numbers...in this instance.- Make it 18, then.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12I see what you did there. Can't it be 16?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- We've bought the two things. - Yes.- Wonderful.- 16, great.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Absolutely great. I'm loving our work here.
0:13:17 > 0:13:22Nicholas is proving to be a shrewd haggler, parting with £76 in the
0:13:22 > 0:13:27first shop, for the phone, the microscope and the match dispenser.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30And that marks the end of that round.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Gyles and David already have a watercolour,
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- but what else can they pick up? - A little cloisonne.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- I mean, that's good. You know about cloisonne?- Whoa!- Don't drop it.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42- It's been dropped before!- It has been dropped before.- Yeah.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47I mean, look at that. That is a metal vase, inlaid with enamel.
0:13:47 > 0:13:53I mean, the production time that has gone into creating that is ridiculous.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57It's Chinese, it's late 19th century, it's touristware, really.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58- FRENCH ACCENT:- Cloisonne? Is how we...?
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- Cloisonne.- Cloisonne?- Cloisonne. - Cloisonne? We say "cloisonne"? - Cloisonne.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07Why is it called cloisonne? Do you know why? The origin of cloisonne?
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- I have no idea.- No, I have no idea either.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- IN FRENCH ACCENT:- I thought you would, because you are French. - I know!
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Let me enlighten you, mes amis.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17This 19th-century Japanese vase is made with wire,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20separating each part of the enamel design.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24The French word for these partitions is cloison, hence cloisonne.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27The ticket price is £30.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Don't you know.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- IN FRENCH ACCENT:- It is a vase and what would we pay for this, £10?
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Let me do... Because you don't speak French.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37What he's saying there is, it's a vase
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and what would we pay for it, would £10 buy it?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Er, well, I have reduced it, but...
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- 15 would buy it. - HE SUCKS HIS TEETH
0:14:46 > 0:14:50- IN FRENCH ACCENT:- I don't know that we want to pay £15 for this bit of cloisonne.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52We'd love to buy something from you.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55I'd love to buy this from you for ten quid... What's your name again? Nicky?
0:14:55 > 0:15:00- Yes, Nicky.- I'm Gyles. Come on, give me the price.- I'll do it for £10.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- Sorry, what has just happened? - I've bought this for £10.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- What's that in French?- Dix libre. - Dix libre.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09- C'est une bargain. - Certainement!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Gyles's unique bargaining style has worked so far.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18- That's £25 saved in their first shop. Tres bon.- Au revoir.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Paul and Nicholas are travelling 13 miles south to Rickmansworth.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28- This is it.- This is it. - Croxley Antiques.- Croxley Antiques.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32If we can find one more thing here, our work is done for the day,
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- I think.- All right. - Here to help is Dave.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- This is your empire? - It certainly is.
0:15:38 > 0:15:43With time running out, does anything in Dave's empire take their fancy?
0:15:43 > 0:15:47Now, what do we have here? This is sitting on your counter.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Now, we see lots of these.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52Not all of them are solid silver but
0:15:52 > 0:15:57this cantle here bears Assay marks.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- How much?- Assay marks. That's solid silver.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Going to date to 1930, give or take, without looking it up.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07A rather pleasing example. What could that be? No price on that.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12- That will be £70.- £70? - Dave, will you accept 50 for it?
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- I'm sorry, I can't, no. It's got to be 70.- OK.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19- As an item, it's worth well over £70.- You're so right.- Yeah, yeah.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- You're right, you're right. - Can I be advised by you?
0:16:21 > 0:16:27- Shall we go for 70?- Um... Do you know what? It's not a rash gamble.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29You'd be unlucky to lose much on it,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32and if there's any justice in the world, you make a little.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34How about having another go at a deal, then, Nicholas?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37One last go, Dave. Will you accept anything less than 70?
0:16:40 > 0:16:4265.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Before we go, you know I love clocks,
0:16:45 > 0:16:50and this one caught my eye cos it's a very unusual case,
0:16:50 > 0:16:53it's beautiful engraved wood there.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58This mid-Victorian rosewood
0:16:58 > 0:17:03and marquetry clock with enamel dial has a ticket price of £200.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08- I've looked at the back. The movement's excellent.- Mm-hm.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10And Dave's put it out at an excellent price.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- And how much will he take off it? - Um...
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Can I make you an offer on that? And I know it's a hard offer.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21(Back me here).
0:17:21 > 0:17:28- £120 gives me some security.- I can't do it for that. I can't.- 125?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31I would go... Lowest I'd do on it... If you say 140,
0:17:31 > 0:17:35I'll do it 135 for you. That's the bottom line on it - 135.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38- Do you like it? I know you like. - 135? Yes, I like it.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40- We've bought the clock, haven't we?- 135.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42HE LAUGHS
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Congratulations.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- And I'll come and bid at the auction.- No, you will not.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49You'll be sitting next to me with your hands on your lap.
0:17:49 > 0:17:55Nicholas' tenacity has paid off at £65 off the original asking price.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59You could even say that that is the "Sale Of The Century".
0:17:59 > 0:18:02£200 gets him the clock and the purse.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- Cracking bit of shopping from Parsons and Laidlaw there. - Tremendous.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13David and Gyles have motored 35 miles south from genteel
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Hertfordshire to the refined streets of Kensington in London.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21They've come to a place Gyles knows well to take a step back in time.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Here to show them round is Daniel.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- Hello.- Hello.- Hello, welcome to 18 Stafford Terrace.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- David Harper, lovely to meet you. - Lovely to meet you.- Gyles Brandreth.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- Exciting to meet you.- You too.- Wow. - Come in out of the sun.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- Out of the sun and into the 19th century.- Is that where we're going?
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Wow!
0:18:41 > 0:18:4418 Stafford Terrace in Kensington was the home
0:18:44 > 0:18:45and workplace of artist
0:18:45 > 0:18:50and illustrator Edward Linley Sambourne, a man who revolutionised
0:18:50 > 0:18:54the art of cartoons through the new technology of photography.
0:18:54 > 0:19:00His house has remained practically untouched since his death in 1910.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Those biscuits have lasted well. Ha.- It's a time capsule.
0:19:03 > 0:19:09This is why I love it. This is the home of high Victorian England.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14- My gosh.- And the man who owned this house knew everybody,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- and those he didn't know, he drew. - Is that right?- That's right, yup.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22He was a very distinguished cartoonist and illustrator.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- Oh, my gosh! - Isn't this just amazing?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29It's delicious beyond belief, isn't it?
0:19:29 > 0:19:31It's effectively full of treasures, isn't it?
0:19:31 > 0:19:34But Sambourne's roots were somewhat more modest.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39Give us Edward Linley Sambourne in a nutshell. Who was he?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Well, he was the only son of a not altogether successful
0:19:42 > 0:19:44dealer in furs.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46And, as a young man, he was apprentice to
0:19:46 > 0:19:51a Greenwich-based engineering firm, took up draughtsmanship with them.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53And then he had a friend whose father was
0:19:53 > 0:19:55a friend of the editor of Punch.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59So, as a young man, his sketches and cartoons were shown to the
0:19:59 > 0:20:02editor of Punch who thought that there was some merit in them.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Punch was the leading satirical
0:20:03 > 0:20:06and cultural magazine in Britain at the time
0:20:06 > 0:20:11and Sambourne went from occasional freelancer to chief cartoonist -
0:20:11 > 0:20:14a highly regarded job in Victorian society.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19But despite his prestigious job and an inheritance from an aunt
0:20:19 > 0:20:23and a wealthy wife, he still struggled to live within his means.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25There's a wonderful thing in here, in fact,
0:20:25 > 0:20:28in the drawing room where, rather than take down everything
0:20:28 > 0:20:31and paper the entire room in this expensive paper,
0:20:31 > 0:20:34they simply papered round these islands of paintings
0:20:34 > 0:20:39and mirrors so that you only see the expensive paper but it's visible.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- They left the occasional gap. - That is the giveaway.
0:20:42 > 0:20:43So it's an illusion, isn't it?
0:20:43 > 0:20:47So it's really making an illusion or making an impression without
0:20:47 > 0:20:49really the resources to do it.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51In order to keep up with Victorian appearances,
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Sambourne took on other illustration work,
0:20:54 > 0:20:59most famously on Charles Kingsley's children's classic The Water-Babies.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02But as time went on, he became more fascinated with
0:21:02 > 0:21:05photography, as is evident all around the house.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07What did he do in here?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Well, this is really where he produced his cartoons
0:21:09 > 0:21:13and it was where he would come up to work every day.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Sambourne realised he needed to work quicker.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20Photography and some unlikely models would enable him to do that.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26He would press gang family and servants into posing for him,
0:21:26 > 0:21:29dressing up and posing for him in the back yard
0:21:29 > 0:21:32so he could take the photograph and then, effectively, trace it.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34And so he's cut out the idea of having to make preliminary
0:21:34 > 0:21:38studies and so on and can cut straight to the image itself.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42And so that really... I think he had a great theatrical streak.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44He loved posing, himself, in the back yard
0:21:44 > 0:21:46and dressing up as all kinds of things.
0:21:46 > 0:21:50He got his mother to be the Pope and Queen Victoria on the same day!
0:21:50 > 0:21:52So everyone had a turn.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55He was even known to ask famous people for their photographs
0:21:55 > 0:21:57to make drawing them easier.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Some, like Oscar Wilde, were only too happy to oblige.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03What are these rather candid photographs
0:22:03 > 0:22:04as well as these drawings?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08This gives us a very good illustration of Sambourne's process.
0:22:08 > 0:22:12So these blue prints are called cyanotypes. So, as you can see, he
0:22:12 > 0:22:17would pose...very carefully pose the model in exactly the attitude
0:22:17 > 0:22:20that he needed and take the photograph,
0:22:20 > 0:22:24develop the photographs, have lunch and then start work on the cartoons.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27And this is his work easel?
0:22:27 > 0:22:31This is his easel as it was up here in the studio.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33That little easel producing all that artwork.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Ironically, the production line nature of cartoon drawing had
0:22:36 > 0:22:40led Sambourne to find a whole new outlet for his creativity.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44He dressed sets and posed people for the photographs that created
0:22:44 > 0:22:45the cartoons.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Although he was never taken seriously as an artist at the time,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52his pioneering method of making cartoons from images of real
0:22:52 > 0:22:57people is still used today in Hollywood's animated blockbusters.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Daniel, it's been an absolute delight. Thank you very much.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Thank you very much for coming here. - Oh, it's wonderful!
0:23:02 > 0:23:04OK, you can go off with him now. I'm going to settle...
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Are you getting changed? - I'm staying.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08LAUGHTER
0:23:08 > 0:23:10We'll come back next week. We'll come and see you.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13So that's day one done and dusted.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17It's time for a well-earned rest before shopping up a storm tomorrow.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18So nighty-night.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22Welcome to day two of the road trip
0:23:22 > 0:23:25and it's a gorgeous morning in the streets of old London.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- David, what was it like yesterday, shopping with Gyles?- My gosh.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Well, talk about energy. That man's energy level is off the radar.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36I mean, it's amazing. "I want to buy something with colour." Oh, OK.
0:23:36 > 0:23:40"Right, there's something with colour." He'll go and get it.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43A decision-maker, my gosh. He doesn't muck about.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45I've had a brilliant time. What about you?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50- Well, I'd say more sedate, more leisurely.- OK.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- Maybe even measured.- Noted.- Um...
0:23:53 > 0:23:59- Comes out of shell when it comes to negotiating.- Oh?- I kid you not.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03"What can this be?" "£65." "No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07"How about how about I'll give you 25?" It's wonderful.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Ah, sounds like it's all going swimmingly.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Yesterday, Paul and Nicholas splashed the cash
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and spent £276 on five items -
0:24:15 > 0:24:20the phone, the microscope, the match dispenser, the purse and the clock.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24- That means they only have £124 for the day ahead.- I'm pumped up.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27David and Gyles have been somewhat tighter
0:24:27 > 0:24:30and only £30 on two items, the painting and the vase,
0:24:30 > 0:24:35leaving them with a well-stuffed wallet of £370 to spend today.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37How are our celebrities feeling on day two?
0:24:37 > 0:24:40I didn't have a very good night because I thought I've not...
0:24:40 > 0:24:43You know, I want to do well at this cos I'm quite competitive.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45Gyles, I know you very well and I'm very fond of you
0:24:45 > 0:24:48but you're one of the most competitive people I know.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51But you do it with such charm that we all accept it.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54- You're quite competitive yourself. - I am naturally competitive
0:24:54 > 0:24:58but I haven't got that final oomph that you've got.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Ooh, I don't know about that, Nicholas. Anyway, look sharp.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- Here come your experts. - Talk about having an easy life.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- Voices? I think I recognise them. - Blimey.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- Well, I never. This is dreadful. - Good morning. Good to see you.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Good morning, Gyles. - Good morning, Paul. Nice to see you.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- Don't let the pressure get to you. - We need to be pumped up, Gyles.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19We are pumped up. I am pumped up and ready.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- Do you mind if we just get going? - Would you mind?- Good, thank you.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- We're pumped up, you two... - You two, carry on regardless.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28We've got some shopping to do. We've got a lot of catching up to do.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32So, with those two off, Paul and Nicholas can relax.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- I think we bargained quite well, didn't we?- YOU bargained quite well.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I am in awe. I doff my cap to your bargaining approach.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Well, it's so easy.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45Whilst those two reflect on yesterday,
0:25:45 > 0:25:49David and Gyles are starting their day in the London suburb of Clapham.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52- I have to tell you, I've seen Nicholas Parsons.- Right.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55He is over the moon with joy. He's bubbling with excitement.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57- He's not. - He has spent, spent, spent.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58He has bought, bought, bought,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01and here we are trailing. We have spent 30 quid.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05We've got £370 to go. We are going to go big. We're going to go bold.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08- Where are we going? - We're going in there.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12- In there? "Houses cleared". This is the place.- Oh-ho.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Whoever she is, she's bought the stuff for nothing.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18"She" is Helen, late of Troy and now of Eccles Road Antiques.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22- May we come in?- Please do. - Can I bring my young friend?- Yes.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- Good morning, Helen.- He's David, I'm Gyles.- Hello, David. Hello, Gyles.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- It's lovely to see you.- Lovely to meet you.- Thanks. Come in. - This is great.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Oh, this is enchanting. I'm just drawn to this.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- I would say these could be 1950s. - Yeah, I think so.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Even a little earlier. - I think they're earlier probably.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- They could be '20s or '30s. - Oh, lovely!- Yeah, they could be.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43- CLATTERING - Ah!
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Slightly reduced. - Meant to happen, meant to happen.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Every breakage you have to pay for, apparently.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- And that'll be £500, Helen, I assume?- Yes.- Yes.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55No, but actually it fell apart. It's already broken in the shop.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56Flat pack. It's what they did.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00Well, these are the kind of things that children would have played with
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- in the '20s and '30s and '40s. - Exactly.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Where did they come from, Helen? What's the story? What's the provenance?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Well, the provenance is that actually they've come from my house
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- because I collected them over years, when my children were small.- Oh.
0:27:14 > 0:27:18Then, got put away in a bag in the cellar,
0:27:18 > 0:27:22and the cellar flooded last week, and so I fished them out
0:27:22 > 0:27:26and they've been drying out here, hence no prices on them.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29There's no ticket, so how much does Helen want for them?
0:27:29 > 0:27:34I would hope to get £20 for the ones you've sorted.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Bless her heart. Well, I was thinking a fiver.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38He'd probably give you a tenner.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42Could you do it for a tenner, the whole lot? Go on, go for it.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Go on, why not? Since I can't remember...
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- I bought them years ago. - Thank you.- Have we done the deal?
0:27:47 > 0:27:49- I've done the deal. - OK, sorry, that all happened...
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Who do I shake hands with? - You shake hands with me. I've done the deal now.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Who have I bought them...? I'm completely confused.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58- Are you happy?- I'm happy.- You've got some colour.- I did the deal.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03The Brandreth bluster has closed another deal. £10 for the toys.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07You don't happen to have a beautiful tin box?
0:28:07 > 0:28:12A wonderful old 1920s, 1930s box of some kind that you can just throw in
0:28:12 > 0:28:14cos clearly I've paid a bit over the top.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17You could throw in, we could put some tissue paper in it,
0:28:17 > 0:28:20put these in it so it becomes a kind of magic box.
0:28:20 > 0:28:21Give me a moment.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24- We'll go and look at some other things.- I will hunt in my basement.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26What can Helen rustle up?
0:28:26 > 0:28:28What have you got, Helen?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30- How about this for putting them in? - That's rather nice.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- The very generous Helen has come up trumps.- Oh, that's charming,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35can I say, that's charming.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37A complimentary wicker hamper for the boys.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40I'm going to show you something really interesting,
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- and I think you are going to be interested.- Good.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45I'm going to show you this, which is a pretty standard
0:28:45 > 0:28:50ladies' silver pocket watch, circa 1900, 1910.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54- Ooh, Edwardian.- Edwardian.- An Edwardian ladies' pocket watch.- Yes.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56But it seems to have a little wristband?
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- It does, and that's the interesting feature.- Aah.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Because this dates to about, the wristband,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04the First World War-ish,
0:29:04 > 0:29:07because it was around the First World War that the introduction
0:29:07 > 0:29:12- of the wristwatch becomes popular. - How interesting.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16The ticket price on the timepiece is £58.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18What would be the best price you can give us?
0:29:18 > 0:29:21- It'll be cheap, Gyles, I wouldn't worry.- I know that.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24It'll be so phenomenally cheap, it'll be ridiculous. Helen?
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- £30.- I mean, I think 20 would be very good, personally.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32- 20.- That's how I would feel. How do you feel, Helen?
0:29:32 > 0:29:33- About Gyles?- I feel that...
0:29:35 > 0:29:39- Can we split the difference?- Oh, she was going there.- No, she wasn't.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43- I'm on my way. Yeah, £20, go on. - A-ha! Marvellous. Well done.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46Whose hand do I shake? Oh, I shake yours as well. Marvellous.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49£20. That's marvellous. We will let you know how we get on.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54Tick-tock. I think these two both took a bit of a shine to Helen.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58So, in addition to the toys and the complimentary hamper for £10,
0:29:58 > 0:30:02they got the watch for 20. Still not spending big.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Yeah, bye.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07After some hard haggling yesterday,
0:30:07 > 0:30:09Nicholas is taking it easy this morning,
0:30:09 > 0:30:11but Paul is continuing the Road Trip
0:30:11 > 0:30:14to Clerkenwell, East London.
0:30:14 > 0:30:19Here in St John's Close, he'll learn about the dramatic and violent past
0:30:19 > 0:30:23relating to one of our most peaceful and cherished charities,
0:30:23 > 0:30:25the St John's Ambulance.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27And here to show him around is Tom.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32Tom, I'll confess, if you say to me "St John's Ambulance Brigade",
0:30:32 > 0:30:35I'm thinking of guys at football matches and concerts,
0:30:35 > 0:30:38not medieval crypts, so tell me why we're here.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43Well, this is the original medieval home of the Order of St John,
0:30:43 > 0:30:46which is the foundation of St John Ambulance.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49So, that eight-pointed cross that you see
0:30:49 > 0:30:53on a guy at a football match, or a gal,
0:30:53 > 0:30:56is a symbol that goes right back to 11th-century Jerusalem.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58Around the turn of the 11th century,
0:30:58 > 0:31:02many Christians made religious pilgrimages to the holy lands,
0:31:02 > 0:31:05a hazardous and dangerous journey.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09An Italian order of monks opened a hospital in Jerusalem
0:31:09 > 0:31:12to care for the sick and needy pilgrims.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16They took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and the Hospitallers,
0:31:16 > 0:31:19as the knights of the Order of St John were also known,
0:31:19 > 0:31:22took another vow, which was to honour our Lords, the sick,
0:31:22 > 0:31:25and this was the idea of treating their patients as if they were Christ himself.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27So they would be given individual beds,
0:31:27 > 0:31:31they would be given a very good, solid diet,
0:31:31 > 0:31:34and they'd be fed from silver plate.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36And silver has naturally antiseptic qualities.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38And while they didn't know that,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41their rate of success in the hospitals was quite exemplary.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45However, this was all set to change.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48The Catholic Church ordered a religious crusade across the region.
0:31:48 > 0:31:53Given their own papal charter to defend the Holy Lands,
0:31:53 > 0:31:56the Hospitalliers soon swapped bandages for blades,
0:31:56 > 0:32:00and became a formidable fighting order.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04I'm picturing the transition from chaps in robes,
0:32:04 > 0:32:07to men in armour.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11To go from the caring religious order
0:32:11 > 0:32:15to the crusading, fighting man...
0:32:15 > 0:32:19Is that fair? Is that how it evolves or not?
0:32:19 > 0:32:23Well, the thing is, it's a very different time,
0:32:23 > 0:32:26and to us it may seem a bit of a conflict of interests,
0:32:26 > 0:32:29but if you're going back 800 years, it wasn't.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32You weren't just going out to have a fight for fun,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- it was for your faith. You were fighting for the faith.- Yeah.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Over time, the crusaders were pushed back,
0:32:38 > 0:32:42and in 1309 the Order of St John settled in Rhodes.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46This beautiful book, printed in the 16th century,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48details the rules by which they lived.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52It has these wonderful woodcuts in it, which give stories.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54So, here you can see, here are members of the Order.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- There is their eight-pointed cross. - Yeah.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00The eight-pointed cross is thought to have originally represented
0:33:00 > 0:33:02the eight faith-based obligations
0:33:02 > 0:33:04that the knights were duty-bound to live by.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08- And this was printed in 1496. - Astonishing.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13So, incredibly rare to have a printed book of this date
0:33:13 > 0:33:15and there, if you see,
0:33:15 > 0:33:18on the original clasp you've got the eight-pointed cross.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22I'll not look at the cross again and take it so lightly.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24The Order of the Knights of St John
0:33:24 > 0:33:27became increasingly fragmented through time.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31However, here in the UK in 1877, the organisation reformed
0:33:31 > 0:33:36closer to its original Hospitallier role.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39The St John Ambulance Association first was founded
0:33:39 > 0:33:45as an organisation to provide a standardised training in first aid.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49And then ten years after that, the St John Ambulance Brigade was formed
0:33:49 > 0:33:53as a uniformed body to provide first aid at public events.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55One of the first that it provided first aid for
0:33:55 > 0:33:58was the Lord Mayor's Show,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01and then for Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04The thing that always comes back to me is that that eight-pointed cross
0:34:04 > 0:34:08has been a symbol of first-aid care for 900 years,
0:34:08 > 0:34:10so when you see that on the side of an ambulance today,
0:34:10 > 0:34:14that's the same symbol that was used back in 11th-century Jerusalem,
0:34:14 > 0:34:20providing the same thing, meeting the medical need of that community.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Tom, I'm indebted to you. I've thoroughly enjoyed that,
0:34:22 > 0:34:24and I'll not look at that eight-pointed star
0:34:24 > 0:34:27- the same way again.- Good, I'm glad. I've done my job then.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32David and Gyles have now moved along the road in Clapham
0:34:32 > 0:34:34to Northcote Antiques.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36- Let's go for it. Come on! - OK, pump up!- Pump up!
0:34:36 > 0:34:39- Let's go! - And let's buy some antiques!
0:34:39 > 0:34:42- OK.- Our last chance saloon, Gyles. - It is.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44Such cowboys!
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- Ooh, hello.- Hello. Good afternoon. - I'm a Gyles.- Hello. Mark.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50- Mark. Lovely to meet you, Mark. - Hello.- David.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Lovely to meet you, Mark.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55We hope to make our mark with you this afternoon.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Well, you've come to the right place. We have two floors.
0:34:58 > 0:35:00Please, start searching, have a good rummage,
0:35:00 > 0:35:02and give me a shout if you need any help.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05- Our rule is to start at the top. - Always.- I forgot about that.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08- We're going upstairs. Follow me. Follow me.- OK, stick to the rules.
0:35:08 > 0:35:09So energetic.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14While Gyles and David are in a rush to get their final item,
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Nicholas and Paul are back together again
0:35:16 > 0:35:19and also heading for Northcote Antiques.
0:35:19 > 0:35:20There could be trouble ahead.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25Well, there's no pressure, but I'll tell you what,
0:35:25 > 0:35:29I'm still going to be looking like my life depended on it.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Helping them out today is Anne.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33- You've got some lovely things here. - Yes, we have.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37- Is there anything in particular you're looking at?- No, we're just looking for a bargain.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- Excellent. We've got lots of those, I'm sure.- Have you?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- Yeah.- And you don't mind if we beat you down a bit?- Well, you can try.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46That's it, Anne, don't let his charm fool you.
0:35:46 > 0:35:52We're in this to not end up with auction egg on our faces.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- I think...- But if we have fun, what does it matter?- Well...
0:35:55 > 0:36:00- Gyles wants to win, so let him win. - Well, that's fair enough with me.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Speaking of Gyles, at the top of the shop, things have come to a stop.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09OK, a good stopper... You put the stopper in and it will fall out.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13A good stopper fits into the neck and will turn one and a half times,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16or thereabouts, and not fall out. So, once...
0:36:16 > 0:36:18GLASS CRUNCHES
0:36:18 > 0:36:21All breakages must be paid for.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- Twice... - HE GASPS
0:36:24 > 0:36:29- Oh, dear, David! - Does this come out of our £400?
0:36:29 > 0:36:32This is proof, viewers, this is a programme unrehearsed,
0:36:32 > 0:36:34unprepared, we've never been here before.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37- We certainly shan't be coming here again.- We are now currently banned.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41This is why my wife doesn't really like to go shopping with me,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43because I just get, you know...
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Because you have a terrible effect on others.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49- So I will share the blame for that. - OK, that's very sweet of you.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51You did it. I don't know... Why did you do it?
0:36:51 > 0:36:52I was trying to teach you...
0:36:52 > 0:36:56That's very generous of you, Gyles. We will of course reimburse the shop.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Let's hope they're being a bit more careful downstairs.
0:37:00 > 0:37:03Paul, I don't often go into antique shops
0:37:03 > 0:37:07but I've never been one where I've seen so much glassware.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09You've seen all this glass.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11I can tell you, there'll be as much silver in here.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17If we could find an item of small silver, ideally a lady's item,
0:37:17 > 0:37:22that will sit with our silver purse a joy, a dream.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25So, while Team Parsons look for silver downstairs,
0:37:25 > 0:37:28what are Team Brandreth up to upstairs? Having a smashing time?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30This looks rather interesting.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- What on earth is it, apart from the obvious?- It's clearly a loom.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- It's a loom.- But for what reason? It's a tiny loom.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38What kind of carpet are they going to be making? Is this a sampler?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Well, that will look lovely when it's finished, you know.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45Finish this, and you might find it is a magic carpet.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46What do magic carpets do?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48- They fly. - DAVID GASPS
0:37:48 > 0:37:49This could fly away.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51You might need it for a quick getaway
0:37:51 > 0:37:53if David starts breaking anything else.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Shall we find Mark and see what we can do?
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Well, let's have one quick whisk around,
0:37:57 > 0:37:59in case we see something really huge.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Just don't touch anything which has a stopper.
0:38:01 > 0:38:06- OK. OK, no stoppers.- Just keep your hands to yourself.- No stoppers.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Good advice there. Ha!
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Elsewhere in this antiques wilderness, Nicholas and Paul
0:38:11 > 0:38:15are on the hunt for an item to go with their silver purse.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18I've seen a little snuff box here. Have you seen something?
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Show me your little box. This little snuff thing there.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24- They always sell well.- A little vesta case, a little matchbox.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27The antidote to our treen example.
0:38:27 > 0:38:32I have spied another silver vesta case
0:38:32 > 0:38:36that I think works even better with the purse.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38I like the expert. I follow you.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Have a look. Let's have a look. The Art Nouveau one.
0:38:41 > 0:38:45- Oh, my goodness me.- "Oh, my goodness me," is a good reaction.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46I prefer the other one.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50Well, here's another possibility.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53I'll wager you're a gentleman that will appreciate this object.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58We've got hers, the evening bag, how's about...
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- his accessory for the evening?- Oh!
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- A malacca cane. - I've got one of those.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Mine's black, but this one is gorgeous.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- Oh, gosh.- Gorgeous, I like. - It's seen some life as well.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14- Look at the top of it. - It has, yes.- A real malacca cane.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16There are now three possibles
0:39:16 > 0:39:18to mate up with the bag.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22The matchbox Nicholas spotted with a ticket price of £60,
0:39:22 > 0:39:26the Art Nouveau vesta Paul liked, which has a ticket price of £48,
0:39:26 > 0:39:30and the malacca cane, which is ticketed at 65.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Lots to think about. And Team Brandreth?
0:39:32 > 0:39:37Can we show you what we're looking at? It's in a little corner.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38- Of treasure. - CLATTERING
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- Oh, for goodness' sake! - I didn't even touch it, Gyles.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45I know. You just need to WALK by and the whole place begins to collapse.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49LAUGHING: These two are like an old married couple.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52Are you buying the whole shop, Gyles?
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- It's not me, it's this man. - Keep on moving. Keep on moving.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Paul, would you like to join me? I'm trying to get rid of this.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01Every part of the shop we go to, there are breakages.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Gyles, it's like the playground.
0:40:03 > 0:40:07Last person to have touched David owns him. He's yours, I'm afraid.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09TIM LAUGHS Bad luck.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11While David has been smashing up the shop,
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Anne has spoken to the owners of each of the three items
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Nicholas and Paul were interested in, so stand by.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21OK, the vesta case that we have here,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24that one would be £50.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28This cane would be £55,
0:40:28 > 0:40:31and this small vesta case here would be £40.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37Are these final prices or is there perhaps a little more movement
0:40:37 > 0:40:40- in any of them? - We're going to have movement anyway.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I like the way you think, Nicholas.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49- They're final prices. - No, no... We...
0:40:49 > 0:40:52I mean, you're here to do business...
0:40:52 > 0:40:56I want to know, which do you think is going to sell best at auction,
0:40:56 > 0:40:59and then I'll do a little bit of bargaining with Anne.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02For my money, in my opinion,
0:41:02 > 0:41:06the Art Nouveau vesta case in sterling silver.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- And what was the price you offered on that, Anne?- That was 40.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Oh, no, no. 30?- I can't do that.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15If it was mine, I would probably say yes, but it's not.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Would you, I beg you, on behalf of me and my comrade,
0:41:19 > 0:41:22see if there's any way on Earth that it could be £35?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25And if it can be £35, will we buy it?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- Yes, definitely.- What do you think? It's only another fiver.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Yeah, I think that would probably be possible.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Have you made an executive decision or do you want to make a call?
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- I have. No, I've made an executive decision on that.- Right, OK. £35.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38I love you to bits, Anne.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Brilliant. The boys have done the deal,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43securing the Art Nouveau vesta for £35.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45But what about Gyles and David?
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- This is a very interesting, curious piece.- What do you know about it?
0:41:50 > 0:41:55- Yeah, tell us everything you know. - Well, it was bought in France.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59I would think that it's probably French colonies,
0:41:59 > 0:42:01- French Algeria, French Morocco. - Yes, yes.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05It was probably a shop display item,
0:42:05 > 0:42:10a carpet maker showing the excellence of not only his product,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12but how it was made.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17The ticket price is £98 but Mark will take...
0:42:19 > 0:42:22- 70.- Oh, please.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Can we go to the auction with four items?
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- WHISPERING:- He's ruthless.- No!
0:42:26 > 0:42:28- He is ruthless.- I mean, sorry, 70 is ridiculous.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Just for a moment... It's a nice, interesting item.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34We've got to make money at auction. What's your best price? What's your death on this?
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Absolute death on that would be...
0:42:37 > 0:42:39- 40!- 60.
0:42:39 > 0:42:44- Mark, is there no way you could make a corporate decision...?- £55.
0:42:44 > 0:42:4750 or 60 on the spit of a coin, Mark, it would be done.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- No.- Mark, you could...- My job depends on it I'm afraid, gentleman,
0:42:50 > 0:42:52and my job is far more important.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55You see, this is a proper negotiator. Congratulations.
0:42:55 > 0:42:58- There's £60.- Thank you very much.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00Well done, Mark, for standing your ground.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04For £60, Gyles and David have got a magic little carpet,
0:43:04 > 0:43:06or is it a little magic carpet?
0:43:09 > 0:43:12So, with the shopping all done, it's time for these rivals
0:43:12 > 0:43:13to reveal their wares.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Well, this is the big excitement.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Nicholas is looking incredibly confident.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21He's got this superb man in Paul Laidlaw. I wanted him, obviously.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23I've been lumbered with you.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25No, you've been fine in your own way,
0:43:25 > 0:43:27apart from your inability to negotiate.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29- Well, and breakages. - And breakages. You have been fine.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32Paul has been invaluable to me.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35He knows it from an auction point of view.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39I think I have an eye for something which is attractive and interesting.
0:43:39 > 0:43:42- You clearly do. I've met your wife. - THEY LAUGH
0:43:42 > 0:43:44Well, this is the moment. I think you should go first.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48- Aah!- There we go.
0:43:48 > 0:43:52- A lot of wood. - That's right, it is a lot of wood.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55- Yeah, there's a lot of wood there. - Is that it?- Yeah, that's it.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57I recognise one of these items.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00I've been to Nicholas' home. He brought this from his house.
0:44:00 > 0:44:01THEY LAUGH
0:44:01 > 0:44:03Nice-looking clock. Edwardian revival?
0:44:03 > 0:44:07- Georgian revival, Edwardian, I assume?- This caught my eye as I went in and I couldn't resist it.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10- I like clocks.- You're a bit of a clock enthusiast, aren't you?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13- I'm a clock enthusiast, yes.- Yeah.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16Actually, it's a beautiful piece. Again, lovely wood.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20- Rosewood, engraved and so forth. 135 it was.- 135?
0:44:20 > 0:44:21I got him down from 200.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24OK. This is the big spenders' table.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Welcome to our world, OK? Ready?
0:44:30 > 0:44:35- My goodness me.- Quite eclectic, I think you might agree.- Yes.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Gyles, we went traditional here, didn't we?
0:44:37 > 0:44:40- We don't want to yell about that. - DAVID LAUGHS
0:44:40 > 0:44:44For 20 quid. OK. But I think the star lot for us,
0:44:44 > 0:44:47- the most unusual, quirky thing, is the loom.- Absolutely.
0:44:47 > 0:44:50We don't know what on Earth it's worth,
0:44:50 > 0:44:53where it really originated from. We assume North Africa.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55I'm saying it's a magic carpet.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58- And I think we could get quite a lot of money for this.- I think we might.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00We've got more conventional things here.
0:45:00 > 0:45:03Yours are quirky and interesting. It will be a fascinating auction.
0:45:03 > 0:45:07Unusual and quirky. We were inspired by you. I thought about you at all points.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10- Unusual, quirky, don't know the value of it. - This is my friend talking!
0:45:10 > 0:45:13Brilliant. Well, I don't think anyone could say this is not
0:45:13 > 0:45:17- a very interesting collection of real antiques, actually.- Absolutely.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20- Some real antiques.- Real antiques. - So, we'll see you at the auction.
0:45:20 > 0:45:21- At the auction.- Goodbye.
0:45:21 > 0:45:26Now they're out of each other's earshot, what did they really think?
0:45:26 > 0:45:29Nicholas, they've spent no money. Do you like what they've spent it on?
0:45:29 > 0:45:32I think they've been very inventive and very creative.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35I like their items. Traditional, conventional.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36They paid far too much money.
0:45:36 > 0:45:38As they didn't spend very much money,
0:45:38 > 0:45:41they have every opportunity of beating us.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45- I think we may be slightly ahead on value for money.- I think so.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47- We're ahead on quirkiness.- Yeah.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51But if it is a traditional Home Counties audience,
0:45:51 > 0:45:55- the conventionality of what they've got may paid dividends.- Mm.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58So it's anybody's auction.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00After beginning their journey in Berkhamsted,
0:46:00 > 0:46:03our teams travelled through leafy Hertfordshire,
0:46:03 > 0:46:05into the streets of London,
0:46:05 > 0:46:07before heading back out to auction at Bushey.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12I want us to behave at the auction today. I've seen the programme.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14What do you mean, you want us to behave?
0:46:14 > 0:46:16Because there are sometimes people who get hysterical
0:46:16 > 0:46:18and try to encourage the crowd.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21- Oh, I'm sorry. - And I think that puts the crowd off.
0:46:21 > 0:46:25I can't imagine you ever doing anything like that, Gyles,
0:46:25 > 0:46:27certainly not in the beautiful surroundings
0:46:27 > 0:46:29of Bushey Golf and Country Club,
0:46:29 > 0:46:32where the people from Bushey Auctions hold their monthly auction.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35David Porter is the man wielding the gavel today.
0:46:35 > 0:46:38What does he think about our teams' purchases?
0:46:38 > 0:46:43My favourite lot is probably the lunacy of the match holder.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46It's late-Victorian, it's made out of mahogany, it's treen,
0:46:46 > 0:46:49it's turned, and it's a novelty match holder.
0:46:49 > 0:46:53It's just a very strange, fun thing.
0:46:53 > 0:46:55The vase, I have the most trouble with because it's cloisonne,
0:46:55 > 0:46:57it's Chinese.
0:46:57 > 0:46:58This one has a slight dent in it.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02It's a nice piece but once they have a bit of damage...
0:47:02 > 0:47:05I have more worries about that than any of the other lots.
0:47:05 > 0:47:07Here's a rundown of what they bought.
0:47:09 > 0:47:13Nicholas and Paul parted with £311 for five lots.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17Absolutely great.
0:47:17 > 0:47:23David and Gyles also picked up five lots, for only £120.
0:47:23 > 0:47:25- Thank you very much indeed. Lovely.- Thank you.
0:47:25 > 0:47:29The bidders are ready and our phone and internet bidders are poised.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32Let's get this auction started!
0:47:32 > 0:47:35- Here we go. The moment... - Oh, that looks very...
0:47:36 > 0:47:41It's first on the floor today for David and Gyles.
0:47:41 > 0:47:43I've got 20 there. 5 there.
0:47:43 > 0:47:4530 I've got. £30, 35.
0:47:45 > 0:47:49£35 against you. Any more? 40 if you want it.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51I know we're not supposed to...
0:47:51 > 0:47:54I know we're not supposed to do this but this is a most unusual item.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56It's a lovely piece. Who's going to pay £40?
0:47:56 > 0:47:59There is a carpet, a real Turkish carpet halfway on...
0:47:59 > 0:48:01It is a magic carpet.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04Gyles, it's not part of the game to heckle the auctioneer.
0:48:04 > 0:48:05I thought Gyles said he didn't like people
0:48:05 > 0:48:07trying to influence the crowd.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Who's going to pay 40 for that wonderful speech?
0:48:09 > 0:48:12- I would have paid 40.- If that hasn't sold it, nothing will.
0:48:12 > 0:48:16I'm looking for a £40. There's nobody there at 35.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18No?
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Will we go back? Shall we go down? 30.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25- Oh, really?- What? You've devalued it!- I'm sorry.
0:48:25 > 0:48:27I've got 35.
0:48:28 > 0:48:3235. I'm going to sell this. £35.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34- It's your bid. Selling to you. Sold! - GAVEL BANGS
0:48:34 > 0:48:39Despite Gyles' best efforts, the magic carpet just didn't fly.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41That's a tough start for him and David.
0:48:41 > 0:48:45Oh, it is shaming. We paid £60. He paid £60.
0:48:45 > 0:48:46He's useless.
0:48:46 > 0:48:51Next is another of David and Gyles' lots - the Scottish watercolour.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54- What shall we say?- £10? Oh! - Oh, Gyles.
0:48:54 > 0:48:59Shocking, I know. £10, anybody, for an original work of art?
0:48:59 > 0:49:00Thank you, sir.
0:49:00 > 0:49:0215?
0:49:02 > 0:49:0415, go on.
0:49:04 > 0:49:0620. £20.
0:49:06 > 0:49:0825. 30?
0:49:08 > 0:49:1030. Thank you.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13No? You surprise me.
0:49:13 > 0:49:16£30 so far. £30. He's going to buy it at £30.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19Last chance for the rest of you. And to you, on the internet.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22The bid's here. At £30 and selling to you, sir.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24- GAVEL BANGS - Sold.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Thank you, gentlemen. It's a nice piece.
0:49:26 > 0:49:29That's better. The first profit for David and Gyles.
0:49:29 > 0:49:34Now it's the 1920s phone, just like the one in Nicholas' home.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36I'm a poet and I know it.
0:49:36 > 0:49:39I've got to start the bidding at £10.
0:49:39 > 0:49:42- Have you?- 15,
0:49:42 > 0:49:4520, 25,
0:49:45 > 0:49:4730, 35...
0:49:47 > 0:49:49- Oh!- It's getting exciting. - Well done.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51Come on, don't give up now. Are you sure?
0:49:51 > 0:49:55I have £40. It's your bid, sir, at £40.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58It does work. £40.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01At £40 I'm going to sell. £40 the bid.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03GAVEL BANGS Straight in with a profit.
0:50:03 > 0:50:04Well done, chaps.
0:50:04 > 0:50:07- Well done, guys.- Well done.- A very good start.- It's a small step.
0:50:07 > 0:50:12It's another Parsons-Laidlaw item next - the Victorian microscope.
0:50:12 > 0:50:16And I'm going to start the bidding here are £10 for a microscope.
0:50:16 > 0:50:1810. £10?
0:50:18 > 0:50:2015, 20.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22£20 so far, ladies and gentlemen.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Stand up and help.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28- Yes, heckle them, Gyles. - GYLES: Don't be silly.- Thank you.
0:50:28 > 0:50:29Oh, they're going to...
0:50:29 > 0:50:31I think so. One more?
0:50:31 > 0:50:3835. I'm going to sell for £35. Last chance to you all.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41GAVEL BANGS It's a profit. Just.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43- Another wee profit.- It's trickling.
0:50:43 > 0:50:48You're now up £15. We are still down £15 thanks to the...
0:50:48 > 0:50:50The loom man.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54Next, it's the treen match dispenser that our auctioneer
0:50:54 > 0:50:55thought would do well.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Will this give Nicholas and Paul a hat-trick of profits?
0:50:58 > 0:51:02I'm going to start at £10.
0:51:02 > 0:51:0410, 15, 20, 25.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08- 25 so far.- Oh, you're doing... It's good.- £25.
0:51:08 > 0:51:13- Straight into profit!- 35. £35.
0:51:13 > 0:51:15It's a gem. A gem.
0:51:15 > 0:51:20£45. Shall we make 50? It's a nice figure, don't you think?
0:51:20 > 0:51:22Go 50. Yes! £50.
0:51:22 > 0:51:23LOUD LAUGHTER
0:51:23 > 0:51:26He looks disappointed. £50.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28It is yours.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30I'm selling...at 55.
0:51:30 > 0:51:35You're bidding against yourself now? I'll accept it. I'm not fussy.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38£55. Selling to you at £55.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41GAVEL BANGS Three in a row, fellas.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43A great bit of business on the treen.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47- Well done, well done. - Literally game, set and match.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50- No, well done, well done.- You've won the whole thing.- No, I haven't.
0:51:50 > 0:51:54- You've won the whole kit and caboodle.- Not yet, not yet.
0:51:54 > 0:51:58- Can I say...?- Yes, please do.- I know what's going on. You know nothing.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00I say.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02The show's not over yet, you know.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04But David and Gyles really need a profit on these toys
0:52:04 > 0:52:06to stay in the game.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09Let's start the bidding at £10.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12Come on. £10 for a basket full of fun and joy.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15- I think you're going to get £10, Gyles.- Who's going to pay £10.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18Come on. £10, 15.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20I've got 15. You're not going the big 20?
0:52:20 > 0:52:24Anybody prepared to pay £20? I've got 15 here.
0:52:24 > 0:52:26- Have you offended that man?- £15?
0:52:26 > 0:52:28Surely the basket's worth that?
0:52:28 > 0:52:32I'm selling it. Bargain time. £15 then.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34- 20.- Oh!
0:52:34 > 0:52:37- Awww.- I've got you. 20 there.
0:52:37 > 0:52:405, go on. 25. And...?
0:52:40 > 0:52:4325. Still yours, sir. Bid's at £25.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45I'm going to sell this at 25
0:52:45 > 0:52:48unless you want it on the internet. I'm selling then.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50- GAVEL BANGS - Sold!
0:52:50 > 0:52:53That modest profit should help them catch up a tad.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Well done, well done.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58- That could have been worse for us. - Well done.- For us.
0:52:58 > 0:53:01Next up, it's David and Gyles' vase.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04David, the auctioneer, thought this might struggle.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06£10?
0:53:06 > 0:53:09Yes! £10.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12Shocked me. £10. The bid's here at 10.
0:53:12 > 0:53:14£10. It's a maiden bid of 10.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18Now don't go mad. 15 is the next bid. 15.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21- One more.- Go on.- One more.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24Come on. Have pity on an auctioneer.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26£20.
0:53:26 > 0:53:2925, madam? 25?
0:53:29 > 0:53:32- You might regret it.- Go on!- Go on.
0:53:32 > 0:53:3425. £25.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36- 30 on the internet. - That's 200% profit so far.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39- Oh, look, Gyles, you're doing well. - The internet are joining in the fun.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41£30 is the bid. Would you like...?
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Thank you, madam. 35 now.
0:53:43 > 0:53:46It goes to you, on the net. Bid's in the room at £35.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50If it weren't for the loom, we'd be way ahead by now.
0:53:50 > 0:53:54- He's still on about the loom. - £35. I will sell at 35.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57GAVEL BANGS That did rather well after all.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Another profit for David and Gyles and it's nearly neck and neck.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03I just ought to explain to the viewers who may have tuned in late
0:54:03 > 0:54:06cos they've been having tea, that we had a very bad start
0:54:06 > 0:54:08because David bought something paying rather over the odds.
0:54:08 > 0:54:13- A loom.- But on the items that I was able to buy without any guidance,
0:54:13 > 0:54:18- we made 50% profit and 100% profit, and then 200% profit.- Funny that.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20So, I think we're doing quite well, the amateurs.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22The gifted amateurs are doing quite well.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24Experts... Not such a good day.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27Thanks for the update, Gyles.
0:54:27 > 0:54:30Moving on, it's the rose wood clock that Nicholas liked so much.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33I've got £65. Would anybody like to get...?
0:54:33 > 0:54:36Yes, 70. 75,
0:54:36 > 0:54:38£80, 85,
0:54:38 > 0:54:4090, 95.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42£100.
0:54:42 > 0:54:46At £100. There's a bid right at the back of the room with £100.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49Am I going to sell for 100? It is your bid.
0:54:49 > 0:54:51110, I've got a new bidder. 120 now.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54At £120.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56I think it's worthwhile keeping going, don't you?
0:54:56 > 0:54:58Yes, sir? 130 if you want.
0:54:58 > 0:55:01No? At £120, you're holding the bid, sir.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04- No, keep it going, keep it going. - £120. I'm going to sell.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08Last chance on the internet. At £120 to you.
0:55:08 > 0:55:09GAVEL BANGS
0:55:09 > 0:55:12That's the first loss of the day for Paul and Nicholas.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18- Oh, I'm sorry, Nicholas.- I'm sorry.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20You seem to have dropped £15 there.
0:55:22 > 0:55:27Now it's time for David and Gyles' timepiece - the ladies' silver watch.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29We start at £10.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32I see a forest of hands at £10.
0:55:32 > 0:55:34I've got 10 on the internet, funnily enough.
0:55:34 > 0:55:3615 with you, sir.
0:55:36 > 0:55:3720 on the internet.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41- 25? I've got 25. New bidder. - We've made 100% profit.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44I've got 40 suddenly from nowhere. On the internet at £40.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47- 100% profit.- I'm on 45. - This is where you're lucky.
0:55:47 > 0:55:51- £45. I'm going to sell at 45. - Oh, no, no, no.
0:55:51 > 0:55:54- Last chance. £45. - GAVEL BANGS
0:55:54 > 0:55:56Another nice little earner for David and Gyles.
0:55:56 > 0:56:00Nicholas and Paul have one last chance to catch up.
0:56:00 > 0:56:03- Ooh! Could've been better. - That's a bargain.- Good result.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05- It's all right.- Good result. - It's all right.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08Our final lot today is the combined one,
0:56:08 > 0:56:13the Art Nouveau vesta case and the 1930s ladies' mesh purse.
0:56:13 > 0:56:18£10 the bid so far. Solid silver for £10. Two pieces in the lot.
0:56:18 > 0:56:2010 is bid at the back. 15 now.
0:56:20 > 0:56:2320, 25,
0:56:23 > 0:56:24£30.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26I've seen you. 35.
0:56:26 > 0:56:3135 now if you'd like, madam. £35 is here in the fourth row back.
0:56:31 > 0:56:3340 is bid now.
0:56:33 > 0:56:3645. 50.
0:56:36 > 0:56:3855. I've got a new bidder.
0:56:38 > 0:56:3955, 60.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Now, sir? 65 standing.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46- £70.- It's nothing on you yet. - Stop it, Gyles.
0:56:46 > 0:56:50Gyles, stand up and give it a description and devalue it, please.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52For old time's sake? No? Are you sure?
0:56:52 > 0:56:5575. One more? Take pity on me.
0:56:55 > 0:57:00It's hard up here. £80. At £80.
0:57:00 > 0:57:03It is your bid at £80 and selling at £80.
0:57:03 > 0:57:05GAVEL BANGS Uh-oh.
0:57:05 > 0:57:07They had big hopes for that lot,
0:57:07 > 0:57:09but has it sunk any chance of winning?
0:57:09 > 0:57:11- Don't forget that loom. - It was a belter.
0:57:11 > 0:57:14- We may just be ahead. - DAVID:- Very, very close.
0:57:14 > 0:57:17- It was very, very close. - It's good fun.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19Both teams started with £400.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23Paul and Nicholas spent nearly all of it,
0:57:23 > 0:57:25but after paying auction costs,
0:57:25 > 0:57:29sadly made a loss of £40.40,
0:57:29 > 0:57:33leaving them with £359.60.
0:57:36 > 0:57:39David and Gyles played a canny game.
0:57:39 > 0:57:45They spent small and made a small profit after auction costs of £19.40.
0:57:45 > 0:57:49But that was enough to give them a total of £419.40
0:57:49 > 0:57:51and a big victory over the rivals.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53All profits go to Children in Need.
0:57:53 > 0:57:56Gyles, what a team! In the end, what a team.
0:57:56 > 0:57:59- Think, if we hadn't bought that loom...- Just think where we'd be.
0:57:59 > 0:58:03We would be actually on the M1 towards the champagne supper.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05- With about one million quid. - With a lot of money.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08But as it is, a nice fish finger sandwich for you.
0:58:08 > 0:58:11- Will you drive me home now? - I'll drive you home.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14As long as you promise not to talk about the loom on the way.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17Well, without hesitation, repetition or deviation,
0:58:17 > 0:58:21- these two old chums now have to go home.- I'd forgotten about the loom!
0:58:21 > 0:58:24What's your abiding memory of our trip?
0:58:25 > 0:58:29- Your companionship.- I think we've had a wonderful few days.
0:58:29 > 0:58:32It's been good, hasn't it? And the sun is shining.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34See you next time. Tatty-bye.