0:00:02 > 0:00:03The nation's favourite celebrities...
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- Oh, I like that. - ..paired up with an expert...
0:00:06 > 0:00:09- Oh, we've had some fun, haven't we? - ..and a classic car.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10It feels as if it could go quite fast.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Their mission - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14CONCERTINA WHEEZES
0:00:14 > 0:00:16- Yes!- Fantastic. - I'll do that in slow-mo.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22- Come on, boys! - But it's no easy ride.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- Da-da!- Who will find a hidden gem?
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Oh, sell me!
0:00:26 > 0:00:28Who will take the biggest risks?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Go away, darling!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32Will anybody follow expert advice?
0:00:32 > 0:00:34I'm trying to spend money here.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35There will be worthy winners...
0:00:35 > 0:00:38- Yes!- ..and valiant losers.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43Put your pedal to the metal, this is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:46 > 0:00:47Yeah!
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Welcome to a tasty trip
0:00:51 > 0:00:54in the company of a couple of "Greedy Italians",
0:00:54 > 0:00:59top cooks Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- What do you want to eat?- I gather that here the area
0:01:03 > 0:01:07is for asparagus and also mussels.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Beautiful, yes. They sell lovely mussels.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Yes, our dining doyens will be
0:01:11 > 0:01:15roaming the East Anglian countryside in search of antiques.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Plus, of course, their more usual stock-in trade.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- Oh, look, look. Down there, look, look!- Oh, yes.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24Can you imagine a lovely broccoli with spaghetti?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27All the rapeseed - it's so good.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Foraging comes as second nature to those two chums.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Antonio is a highly respected restaurant, writer and TV chef...
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Look at that!
0:01:38 > 0:01:39It looks fantastic.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42..while Gennaro, who was once Carluccio's assistant,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45has gone on to have an equally stellar career...
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Oh, yes, you cooked the spinach. Well done.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51..even mentoring one of our own.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Jamie Oliver!
0:01:54 > 0:01:59But he certainly appreciates a pukka '60s Italian motor when he sees one.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Can you imagine having this car when this car was first coming out?
0:02:03 > 0:02:06You go out on the Riviera, put your arm out,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08and all these beautiful girls.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Do you think you needed this car here to pull girls?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Yeah, for you, yes.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Our celebrities, in the ultra-rare Iso Grifo,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19will be joined by a pair of equally enthusiastic expert.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23I cannot believe we're driving a Lamborghini Miura.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Nor can I!- What is this, '60s, '70s?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- '68.- I can't believe anybody has been mad enough
0:02:30 > 0:02:34to loan it to us for two days! They're crazy!
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Dealer David Harper and auctioneer James Braxton are also very fond of
0:02:38 > 0:02:43their food. So this million-pound Lambo's a tasty antipasto
0:02:43 > 0:02:44to their celebrities.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47And of course, the reason we're in this Italian sports car
0:02:47 > 0:02:48is our two Italian chefs.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Absolutely. We're in a passionate Italian car and we've got
0:02:52 > 0:02:53two passionate Italians!
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Yeah, they're very much the forefathers
0:02:56 > 0:02:57of this revolution in British cuisine.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00The feeling's most definitely mutual,
0:03:00 > 0:03:05with our cooks more than happy to fulfil their part of the bargain.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08We can work through the stomach of those experts.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12We have to cook well. You have to cook well.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14I am the mind and you are the tool.
0:03:16 > 0:03:1735 years!
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Can you imagine...?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Did I mention their somewhat tempestuous relationship?
0:03:22 > 0:03:27More on that later. But first, two Italian classics in a Norfolk field.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29- Lovely design. - THEY LAUGH
0:03:29 > 0:03:31You like it?
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Very good to meet you.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Nice to meet you.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Oh, my, my!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Antonio, eat your heart!
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Not all the Italians are like this!
0:03:42 > 0:03:43He is unique!
0:03:43 > 0:03:47So with Gennaro having so clearly expressed a preference,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49his old friend will be travelling in the Iso.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52How did you and Gennaro meet?
0:03:52 > 0:04:00At the time I was known to be the Mecca for mushroom eaters.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04And one day came Gennaro with a basket of wonderful porcini.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07And I said, "My goodness gracious me.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08"This is for me?" He said yes.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11And next day he came with another basket.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16And we haven't stopped one single minute.
0:04:16 > 0:04:23Many years go by now and we are so close, it's incredible.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Bless him.- Not that the competitive urge will be lacking.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Far from it.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I'd love to win it!
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- Because he'll go... - HE GRUMBLES
0:04:32 > 0:04:35His expression - "Yeah, you always have to show off!"
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Yeah, tempestuous, all right!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39£400 each, and may the best cook win!
0:04:41 > 0:04:43By the way, where are we going?
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Good question. Later, you'll be heading
0:04:45 > 0:04:47to an auction in the Norfolk market town of Diss.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50But your first port of call is in Harleston...
0:04:51 > 0:04:53..where, at the town in 1570,
0:04:53 > 0:04:57there was a thankfully thwarted uprising against strangers.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Fantastic! Perfect parking!
0:05:00 > 0:05:03There must be a name for this yoga position.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07Lotus? I'm sure you'll get used to leaving the Lambo.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- In we go.- Oh, my, my.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12- Hello. James. - How do you do? Charlie.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Charlie.- Gennaro. How are you, Charlie? Are you all right?
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- I'm very well, thank you.- This is marvellous!- Welcome to Cornucopia.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20So where are the bargains, Charlie? Near the back?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I think they're this way.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26Much as the name implies, there's an awful lot in here.
0:05:26 > 0:05:27So eyes down, chaps.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30There's a chef, so he's wearing an apron, but you have a chef's jacket,
0:05:30 > 0:05:33- don't you? What do you call that? - A white.- You call it a white?
0:05:33 > 0:05:35A white, chef's jacket.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Do you know the story, it says "Naked Chef"?
0:05:38 > 0:05:39- Yeah.- Is the reason, it's not
0:05:39 > 0:05:41because he's naked, got no clothes on.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Because a chef, when he removes his jacket,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48and puts his ordinary clothes on, he's no more a chef.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- So Naked Chef.- So he's naked.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52He's missing his finger there, isn't he?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Oh, bless him!- Fascinating stuff.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58But for a shop of this size, a bit of a plan might be in order.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Shall we split up? We'll regather
0:06:00 > 0:06:03and we'll compare bargains, shall we?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04OK, let's have a look. Let's have a look.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Good luck.- I'm going to start from this side here.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10You never know, you might find something underneath here.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Spoken like a true forager.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Those two have the makings of a very good team.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21All over this place like a proverbial rash, eh?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24There's so many bits and pieces here.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Look at this one. This is hand-painted.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Small. It says £1!
0:06:29 > 0:06:32What do you get for £1?
0:06:32 > 0:06:34But do you like it?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35No.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I think pictures may be more Gennaro's cup of tea.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- Oh, I love this one. - HE CHUCKLES
0:06:40 > 0:06:44A monk. Don't forget in the convent they used to make their own wine.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47So he goes round to taste the wine.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Put a bottle everywhere. He's drunk and joyful.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55That's really good. And look at the face behind!
0:06:55 > 0:06:58"What he's doing? He's drinking all the wine!"
0:06:58 > 0:06:59HE HICCUPS
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Downstairs, James has a bit of a curiosity.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05I think it looks like a chamber stick. It's certainly got age.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Typical Regency device.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11This rather nice ring handle here with a nice sconce.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14But it's an exotic shell
0:07:14 > 0:07:19and very much part of the exotic natural world that was coming
0:07:19 > 0:07:22into England from the Navy and all this trade.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26So this lovely shell has been mounted by an English silversmith
0:07:26 > 0:07:29to form a chamber stick. I think this is a real candidate.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31I'm going to show this to Gennaro
0:07:31 > 0:07:34and we'll find out the price together.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36James calling Gennaro.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Just hanging my washing out.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41You can see.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43What a very fine pair of legs you have.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I think I've found something that would interest you.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50All right, let's have a look. I'll just come down.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51Look at this. Look at that.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- Look at that shell.- The feeling of this one is incredible.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56This is wonderful.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00Unusual shape. You know, I've never seen a shape like this.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02But it is a proper one.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I like the fact that it's still got that colouring.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08You know how sometimes shells become so sun-bleached? And we've got
0:08:08 > 0:08:11some hallmarks here. We've got the monarch's head,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13so it's paid some duty here.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18- Have we got a date letter there? - It's 1812.- 1812.- 1812.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- We're going back so long. - And it's Thomas Diller.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23The London silversmith.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Maybe like a little chamber stick or something.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Perhaps you want to put something...
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Wine!
0:08:31 > 0:08:37- It's a precious thing.- I really like it.- I like that.- I love it, as well.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39It's mine, you won't have it back now!
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- This should be interesting!- I could let you have it for a good price.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44How much?!
0:08:44 > 0:08:48It would have to be £60. It's well worth £60.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50£60 would buy a car!
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- Have another feel of it. - You've got weight.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58You see, Charlie's a salesman, he put it straight in your hands.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- I think we've found our good cop. - I need a bargain!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Listen to me, I need a bargain.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07And no prizes for guessing Gennaro's role.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I'd let you have it for 50.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11- And that is a really good price. - I just love it.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15I just love it, you know. It's good, 50 is a good price.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17What about if we split, we go 30?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Look at me! Look at me.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Look at me. You can't say no to me.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- 45. - GENNARO GROWLS
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- 45.- OK, listen.
0:09:30 > 0:09:3240.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- Go on, then. - Shake hands. That's good.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Well, that was emotional!
0:09:40 > 0:09:42How about our other pairing, then?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Isn't it just the most delicious Italian dream?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48It's a delight to drive in a dream, actually.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Do you know what we were doing when we were young?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Sitting on a wall at the street,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57closing the eyes and guessing which kind of engine was passing by.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59They're now in Suffolk,
0:09:59 > 0:10:02motoring towards the North Sea at Southwold...
0:10:03 > 0:10:06..where Antonio, who grew up at the seaside,
0:10:06 > 0:10:08has come to learn about the lifeboats
0:10:08 > 0:10:09patrolling this part of the coast
0:10:09 > 0:10:12and to meet a certain Alfred Corry.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- Ah, good morning. - Hello. David Harper.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- John Cragie.- John, lovely to meet you. This is my friend Antonio.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Hello!- Hello. - You are the boss?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24Not really!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27John is the great-grandson of one of the earliest Southwold lifeboatmen,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31the coxswain of this famous old sailing boat,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33the aforementioned Alfred Corry.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36She is now 123 years old.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- A wooden one?- Yes. - That's fantastic.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42When the Southwold Life-Saving Society
0:10:42 > 0:10:45introduced the first lifeboat on this coast in 1841,
0:10:45 > 0:10:48it was manned by volunteer local mariners.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52There were a lot of fishermen in Southwold.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55The beach was covered with fishing boats.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59So they had plenty of choice to pick out men.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04And my great-grandfather joined the lifeboat crew when he was
0:11:04 > 0:11:0720 years old, in 1848.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11- Adventurous.- He very rapidly rose up the ranks in the lifeboat
0:11:11 > 0:11:13and was very soon made coxswain.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17So your great-grandfather knew this very boat?
0:11:17 > 0:11:20He knew this boat right from the start, yes.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23When the Alfred Corry was built in 1893,
0:11:23 > 0:11:25John Cragie's great-grandfather
0:11:25 > 0:11:27and other crew members were even consulted
0:11:27 > 0:11:30on its design by the RNLI.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33What's the difference between a lifeboat that they liked
0:11:33 > 0:11:35and a lifeboat that they didn't?
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Some of them were self-righting and some of them were not.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- This one?- This one is not.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Why did they like a lifeboat that isn't self-righting?
0:11:44 > 0:11:50If you think of a boat which is self-righting, it goes over...
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- Yeah.- ..and then comes back. - Sounds good to me.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55It comes back very quickly.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Those that aren't left behind are thrown out the other side.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- OK.- And this is what they didn't like, and it had happened.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03These boats,
0:12:03 > 0:12:08which were designed around similar boats that they used every day,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11were broad in the beam, shallow draught,
0:12:11 > 0:12:14and if it was a question of they might capsize,
0:12:14 > 0:12:18they were perfectly capable of keeping them upright themselves.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20John's great-grandfather retired in 1912,
0:12:20 > 0:12:23having won three RNLI gallantry medals.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27But the Alfred Corry served for another seven years
0:12:27 > 0:12:30before being replaced by a motor-powered craft.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Do you know, by any chance, how many lives she saved?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Well, the records show that she was launched 41 times on service
0:12:38 > 0:12:42and in that time she saved 47 lives.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45In actual fact, of course, there could well have been more.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48But that wasn't to be the end of the Alfred Corry, because she was
0:12:48 > 0:12:52converted to a yacht and had several different owners before
0:12:52 > 0:12:56John discovered her in a perilous condition almost 60 years later.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I don't know if you remember the year of 1976.
0:13:00 > 0:13:01It was a very hot, dry summer.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04I remember, it was a wonderful mushroom year.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08A very hot, dry summer.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10All her deck planks had opened up,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14she was filling and emptying every time the tide came in.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16She was in a dreadful state.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20And my wife and I decided we had to do something about it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24First, she was painstakingly restored and sailed by John's family
0:13:24 > 0:13:29before, in the early '90s, almost 100 years since her maiden voyage,
0:13:29 > 0:13:32the Alfred Corry became a lifeboat once more
0:13:32 > 0:13:35as the centrepiece of a free museum,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38housed in what was once the lifeboat shed for nearby Cromer.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40It's an incredible thing that you've done,
0:13:40 > 0:13:45bringing her back to her former glory. You must be incredibly proud.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Well, I'm very proud and very grateful for an awful lot of help.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55The funding has been provided by the museum here,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57which was set up by the trust.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59And now you've donated the boat?
0:13:59 > 0:14:02The boat was donated to the trust, yes.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05- Wonderful.- John, I am very, very thankful
0:14:05 > 0:14:08that you gave a piece of history life.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12- That's really incredible. - It's very nice to be able to do it.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14- Thank you.- Thank you very much, John.
0:14:20 > 0:14:25Back inland, the mood in the Lambo is decidedly up.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- So, you like antiques? - I love antiques!
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Everything to do with old is beautiful.
0:14:30 > 0:14:35But you know what? I really, really like to win!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40These two are currently cruising to their next shop at Beccles...
0:14:43 > 0:14:48..where Admiral Lord Nelson's mum and dad were married back in 1749,
0:14:48 > 0:14:52and very close to our eventual auction destination.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54- Look at this! - Oh, my, my.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00- This is incredible. - Hello.- Hi!
0:15:00 > 0:15:02- Antonio. Simon.- Gennaro Contaldo.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04Whoops!
0:15:04 > 0:15:06Antonio? You said Antonio?
0:15:06 > 0:15:09Non dispiace italiano!
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I think they got away with it.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Nice place Danielle and Simon have here.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Goods from a similar era to the Lamborghini, possibly.
0:15:18 > 0:15:19What's the core date
0:15:19 > 0:15:24if we had to do an average of the contents of this huge emporium?
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Mid to late '60s would be the average.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27- Mid to late '60s? - Yeah. I would say so, yeah.
0:15:27 > 0:15:33- I remember.- I don't. No, I was at school.- I was wild.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Crikey! He's quite wild now.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Hey, let's go to the battle.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40What does James make of his brother-in-arms?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43He's a clever man. He's got a good eye for things.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Gennaro does the talking, I do the listening.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47And he's no mug, either.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52James, this is from Antonio's hometown, Amalfi coast.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Vietri sul Mare.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Do you see this colour?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58This is the Vietri colours.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- Yep.- It resembles the sea.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03The place where really make a terracotta.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Vietri is the place.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07This one reminds me of my childhood.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12I believe this was made more for water than wine or anything else.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Amalfi lemons, always beautiful Amalfi lemons, it's good.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Cut some lemon, put them inside, cold water,
0:16:18 > 0:16:20you have a lovely lemonade,
0:16:20 > 0:16:21- no sugar.- What a surprise.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- What a surprise.- I think we're going to forget about it.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- Why?- It is £45.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Everything in life is negotiable.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33- I like it.- I like it. - That's what they said last time.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Let's have the proprietors in.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38You can imagine Sophia Loren and David Niven...
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Gennaro, can you get me a lemonade?
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Sophia, con grande piacere.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Limone? Senza limone? Con limone.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Right, come on. The nasty question of price.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53It's 45, because one has a little crack in it.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57I think probably 30 is probably what we could do.
0:16:57 > 0:16:5830. All right.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03I think the most I can do, honestly, is 20.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I think you can do it. Come here. There we go.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12You know the price is going up with this.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Come on, come on, come on.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Thank you very much. - This chap's dynamite.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23I wonder how his old boss will fare on his first shopping expedition.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Do you know, in Italy, you're always prepared to negotiate?
0:17:26 > 0:17:31It doesn't matter if they ask ten, you have to ask half of it.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33He shows promise.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Antonio and David are taking the short ride to Halesworth and a date
0:17:39 > 0:17:41with the Blackdog.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- That's wonderful. - Here we go.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- Hello, I am Antonio Carluccio. - Hi, I'm Kate.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Kate?- Yes.- Hello, Kate. - Hello, Kate. David Harper.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- Hi.- Niceties completed, what catches your eye?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57It looks like very interesting, this one here.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Let's see. - Tell me why you like it.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Yes, this is 19...
0:18:03 > 0:18:071940s multi-drawer
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- filing cabinet.- Pricey, though.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14This is very fashionable, mid-20th century kind of industrial pieces.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17It's been stripped of all its colour and then highly polished.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- It was painted before.- It certainly would have been painted.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23And I think because it has been made retail-ready,
0:18:23 > 0:18:26it's ready to go into a house, not for an auction.
0:18:26 > 0:18:32No. You think that if I could get the price down to half of the price?
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Oh, my gosh. Well, I can hear some chuckling from that direction.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36That's probably not a good sign.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Kate is a lovely girl.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42He and Gennaro have similar techniques, I'd say.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43So, I've spotted the box...
0:18:43 > 0:18:45- Yes.- ..and I can see that it's missing its escutcheon.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49- Yes.- Also, it's got creases here in the veneer and...
0:18:49 > 0:18:51It's been untouched.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- Untouched and it's dusty. - That's what it is.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I can tell you that the handle is original, can you see?
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Yeah, yeah, yeah, I can see.- That has worked for generations.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03My goodness. Just like Sherlock Holmes.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- He was a bit of a know-it-all, as well.- What do you think that is?
0:19:06 > 0:19:09What do we English love to do?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- Tea.- Tea.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13It's a tea caddy.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16And somebody would be able to redo this...
0:19:16 > 0:19:18This is the kind of thing that auctions love.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21- Shall we consider this for...? - You need to guess how much it is.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23No, well...
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Probably £40, £50?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- It's £22.- Wow!
0:19:27 > 0:19:29And we still can...
0:19:30 > 0:19:31- ..do something.- We've got ten or £15...
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- Wow!- A little profit in it. - OK.- Real antique.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- Done.- OK.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40- Kate?- Time to test those negotiation skills.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44- We definitely...- I want to tell you that all my many children...
0:19:46 > 0:19:47And you're a very poor man.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49- I'm a very poor man.- I've heard it all before.
0:19:51 > 0:19:52I see a price there.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- The little box.- How much is it?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- 22 on it. - Standard trade is two, really.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- Making it 20.- No, no, no. 15?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04- 18?- No, 15 is better.
0:20:04 > 0:20:0517's better.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06No, 15.
0:20:06 > 0:20:0816 and it's a deal.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09- OK, 16 is a deal.- 16, OK.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12First purchase. Thank you very much indeed.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- Well done.- He's pretty good, too.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16What about back in Beccles?
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Look at this table. This is a lovely sort of
0:20:19 > 0:20:21mad sort of Kashmiri/Damascus...
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- Pick him up here... - Can you pick him up?- Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27You've got the muscles.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Look at that!- Really nice.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31It's all handmade.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33All handmade, all hand...
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- All hands, yes. - And crimped round the edge.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Do you know what?
0:20:37 > 0:20:42I can serve a beautiful suckling pig on top of here, lovely porketta.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Two people bring him out.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Actually, it is quite nice.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- Look at the base of it. - Oh, my gosh. They're closing?
0:20:49 > 0:20:51They close, yeah. They're sort of folding.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54So, in the tradition of those sort of Damascus tables
0:20:54 > 0:20:56and Kashmir tables,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58you can fold them up and take them away.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01And this sort of looks Scandinavian, doesn't it?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04And then you put the tray on and then it makes sense, doesn't it?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06It does. It's steady?
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Yeah! It actually is steady, look.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- It's very, very...- Quite cool, isn't it?- It's quite cool.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16It's sort of potentially free, this item.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Unpriced.- Free? - Free.- Lordy!
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Can you tell us about this amazing tray?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24I can. Yeah.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27It's a fantastic little table, Scandinavian.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32There's a company called Selig that produced a very similar table,
0:21:32 > 0:21:36and I picked it up at the weekend, and they're very good sellers.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38So definitely not free, then.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42Once done up, round about probably 165, 175.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44I find that extremely expensive.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49- Yeah. Nice one. Yeah, I mean, it's negotiable.- It's negotiable.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- Yep.- I think it's James' turn.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55I might buy something between sort of £40, £60...
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I'm not going to be able to get near 40, 60, really.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00I could pretend I never bought it for £75.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05I don't know. It's very difficult, isn't it?
0:22:05 > 0:22:06Now, what are they cooking up?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09I'd love to touch hands around 60, 70.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13If you made it the upper 70, then we can do so.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17- 70.- OK. - Yeah?- I was going to give him less.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Those crazy guys!
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- Everyone's still smiling. - Do you want a job in the restaurant?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Canapes, anybody?- So, a table
0:22:26 > 0:22:29plus a jug and tankards to put on it for £90.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30OUT-OF-TUNE CHORDS
0:22:30 > 0:22:32Is there no end to their talents?
0:22:32 > 0:22:37# O sole mio... #
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Ah, shaddap a you face.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Over to Antonio. - What are they made from?
0:22:43 > 0:22:47I don't know which material is this.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49This is Bakelite.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52- Do you think it is Bakelite?- How old do you think are they?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54They've got some age to them, actually, haven't they?
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- Yeah.- So, you know, Art Deco, 1925 to 1939 is really the period.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- Priced at £55 for the pair. - What about quality?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I am not very happy about the quality because it looks like it's
0:23:05 > 0:23:09- been pressed somewhere.- Yeah. In a mould, and put together.
0:23:09 > 0:23:10- Yes.- So that tells you, then,
0:23:10 > 0:23:12that these things have been mass-produced.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16- However, it's still Deco... - They were presenting an image.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19It's the look, isn't it? The metal itself is spelter.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23- Spelter.- Yeah. It's a poor man's bronze.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25They are pretending to be...
0:23:25 > 0:23:30- It is bronze.- ..bronze on black marble plinths.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I'd want to pay £20 for them, and I think they'll make a bit of profit.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- Yes.- But they need to be 20 quid.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Kate!- He's enjoying this, all right.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43I mean, worth it, probably, ten quid each?
0:23:43 > 0:23:47- I don't know about that.- I couldn't spend more than that.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48No, can't do it.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52- How much can they be?- They're 55. He's only got trade five on them.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54We're not going to do it, are we?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56I was thinking ten, 12 maximum, really.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00- This is the last offer.- What, each? - Each.- 24.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03It's my son. I have to tell you the dealer is my son.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- Oh, really?- So I might be able to twist his arm a bit.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09- Do you want to give him a call? - Please.- OK, yeah, will do.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Sounds promising. Anything else?
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- Those two here.- You like those?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Yeah. I like the colour and I believe to be Chinese or something.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Well spotted, yeah.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22They would need a little bit of care.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Do we like that, Antonio, the fact that they need care?
0:24:25 > 0:24:30Oh, yes. Now you've indoctrinated me for the auction,
0:24:30 > 0:24:33they don't need ready-to-wear things.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36- Exactly.- And it is a pair.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40I think they're more of a matched pair,
0:24:40 > 0:24:41because they are not exactly a pair.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46- Yeah.- I would guess that they are late 19th,
0:24:46 > 0:24:48maybe up to 1930.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49What is the price of this?
0:24:49 > 0:24:52I can do actually quite a good deal on those because they came in with
0:24:52 > 0:24:53a load of other bits. They're 40 each.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Mmm...
0:24:56 > 0:24:58It's a good price.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01That's £80 for the pair. Not a lot of money.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04The last word, and I am very honest...
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Can I just interject a little bit?
0:25:07 > 0:25:10If you make an offer to Kate now and she accepts it, that's it,
0:25:10 > 0:25:14- we've done a deal.- Yeah, that's OK. - OK, I'm going to leave it to you.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18- Because I believe that we can do that.- OK.- £60 for both.
0:25:18 > 0:25:2060, yeah, that's fine.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- That's good.- OK.- Yeah.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24This isn't going to take much time, our shopping trip.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28- No, no, I don't... - No, pretty much off the cuff.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30So, how about the Art Deco for £24?
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Go on, then, Kate, have you spoken to him?
0:25:33 > 0:25:36He's my son and I did twist his arm a bit and he said yes.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- Wonderful!- I think you've got a real bargain.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40You are a partner.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43OK. Were you meant to look at me at that point or not?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- Oh, yes.- All right, slightly late, but not to worry.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Excellent.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Great partnership, this is...
0:25:50 > 0:25:51Get used to it, David.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55£100 for the caddy, the figurines and the stands.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58We couldn't borrow a bit of beeswax, and when I say borrow...?
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- He's a cheeky- BLEEP.- I was going to say, he's pushing his luck now.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03- Thank you. - I think we're all a bit tired.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05It's been a long day's shopping, after all.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08So, time for old friends to reunite.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Right.- It's right, OK.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Thank you. How do you know that?
0:26:13 > 0:26:15- Careful, careful. Well, I saw... - There is nobody there.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18And my hair is all right, yeah?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- You have beautiful hair.- Yeah, OK.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Buona notte.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Next morning, our experts are keen to compare cooks.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32Antonio is an amazing person.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35He's one of these people that has an aura about him.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- He's very wise, isn't he? - Yes, he's very calm.
0:26:37 > 0:26:42That is, until you take him into an antique shop, and he turns into
0:26:42 > 0:26:45a wild monster that you cannot control.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Gennaro is a great negotiator.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Everybody feels as though they've been joyfully touched by him.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57He's right, you know. Those two somehow acquired a brass tray table,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59a majolica jug and tankards
0:26:59 > 0:27:03and a Georgian chamber stick for just £130...
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Look at me. You can't say no to me.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08..leaving 270 to spend today...
0:27:10 > 0:27:13..while Antonio and David plumped for a tea caddy,
0:27:13 > 0:27:15some Chinese stands
0:27:15 > 0:27:18and some Art Deco figurines for an equally reasonable £100...
0:27:18 > 0:27:2018?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22No, 15 is better.
0:27:22 > 0:27:26..meaning they still have 300 left for today's purchases.
0:27:26 > 0:27:28How many...? You bought the lot?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30We bought three things.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Fair enough. We bought three as well.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34- So, very, very successful...- What was it?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- A-ha!- Tell me, don't worry, I won't tell anybody.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Antonio's keeping mum. Quite right.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44As for James, he's just happy to be driving a V12.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46It just wanta to go...
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Just wants to go, let's stop fannying around.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51Really, James!
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Well, don't forget to meet your celebrities.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Have a good day, see you later.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- Bye.- What is Italian for "good luck"?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- Buona fortuna.- Buona fortuna. - You need it. You need it.
0:28:01 > 0:28:07- We don't need it.- The only luck I need is to get in here!
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Later, they'll be off to that Norfolk auction in Diss,
0:28:10 > 0:28:14but our first stop today is in Suffolk, at Thorpeness.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Now, what's the mood in the camp?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19What about if we lose, which I don't believe...?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- No.- He is going to explode.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26He is going to dance the tarantella with his walking stick.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28James Braxton and Gennaro, they're very competitive.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30We can be competitive, as well.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33We can be competitive, but I think we're a bit more laid-back about it.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35- That's a point.- Yeah.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- We are more secure.- Quite.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42Welcome to Thorpeness, the fascinating little holiday village
0:28:42 > 0:28:45with mock Tudor architecture
0:28:45 > 0:28:50and an extremely shallow Peter Pan-inspired boating lake.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Ah, "Emporium".
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- My goodness.- After you. - Oh, look at this here.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59- I quite like it. - Hello. Good morning.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- Good morning. I'm Linda. - Antonio Carluccio. Linda.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03- Linda.- Linda.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- David Harper.- Hello, good morning.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09These two have plenty of cash left, of course, but what to spend it on?
0:29:09 > 0:29:14Not very much my taste so far.
0:29:14 > 0:29:15I'm sure something will turn up.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19- Good morning.- Good morning. - Good morning.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- Are you showing me something?- Yes. - What on earth is that?
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- To pick up your coal. - Pick up your what? Oh, your coal.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Oh, I say. That's a very posh bit of kit, isn't it?
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- Yes.- When I pick up coal, I just use my hands.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Not with those trousers, surely.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36You could use it for all sorts, couldn't you?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38You could pick up your coffee cup and...
0:29:38 > 0:29:41Certainly, grab somebody.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Well, I wonder what will grab them.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46There was something when we walked in...
0:29:46 > 0:29:49- Yes.- Can I show you that? - Yes, please.
0:29:49 > 0:29:54There we have the one piece that I really, really love.
0:29:54 > 0:29:57- I like it as well actually. - Oh, you do?- I like wacky things.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59- This is a wacky one. - This is wacky.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03You'd describe it as a mannequin but it's articulated.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- Yes.- Now, you put a jacket on him and maybe he wants to look
0:30:05 > 0:30:07like he's doing something action-like,
0:30:07 > 0:30:11so he might just be climbing or he might even be...
0:30:11 > 0:30:15- Gennaro, Gennaro...- Running... - Gennaro always does like this.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18What does Gennaro do? OK, let's do Gennaro. OK. Wahey!
0:30:18 > 0:30:20Now, James Braxton.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22"Hey. I love-a Lamborghini."
0:30:22 > 0:30:24No accents please, David.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27What do you think would be a possible customer for that?
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Very, very good question.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33Clothes shop, particularly a vintage clothes shop.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Let's see the price.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- 95.- 95.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Well, how do you put a price on that?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41It's a lover's price, somebody that loves it.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44A lovely price for me would be £40, £50,
0:30:44 > 0:30:47and then what's it going to make in auction? Who knows?
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Time to talk figures.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Tell me a bit of history of that.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Who brought it here?
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- Well, it's actually my piece... - Your piece?- Yes.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57Always nice to hear.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59What sort of price were you thinking?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01I was thinking very reasonably priced.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03What would you call reasonably priced?
0:31:03 > 0:31:06Reasonably priced would be half at least.
0:31:06 > 0:31:07Half at least.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12That would be pushing it quite a lot.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13- £70.- Oh, no!
0:31:14 > 0:31:16We're all Italians now, it seems.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18Not possible.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- Am I doing it well?- Yes.- Thank you.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25I think a value of about 45 would be fantastic.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Goodness me! I think I might have to sit down.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Sit down.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- You know what?- Or fall down!
0:31:31 > 0:31:33We sit both down.
0:31:33 > 0:31:34Just relax, you two, why don't you?
0:31:35 > 0:31:39It's a wonderful way of talking business.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41How long does it actually take to do a deal in Italy?
0:31:41 > 0:31:43Listen, for you,
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- I'll give you an offer you can't refuse.- OK.
0:31:46 > 0:31:4745.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52Well... As you really like it,
0:31:52 > 0:31:54and we have most of your cookery books,
0:31:54 > 0:31:55I'm going to say yes.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Oh, wonderful! Linda, you are fantastic!
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- Bella, bella.- Molto bene.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Now, that just leaves one last thing.
0:32:04 > 0:32:08- Right, body in.- Wow, look at this! - Body in.
0:32:08 > 0:32:09Roomy, those Isos.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13Now you know how to put a body - a real body.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15- Wow! - THEY LAUGH
0:32:15 > 0:32:16OK. Excellent.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Something tells me the Lamborghini isn't quite so practical.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- My hat fits me nice. Look! - It looks very good.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31You'd look very Italian. Quite sinister, in fact.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34In case there is a little bit of sun, so I'll just have to go...
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Gennaro and James are just a few miles further up the coast
0:32:38 > 0:32:40at Minsmere.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- Oh, Minsmere!- Minsmere! - Binos at the ready.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Where Gennaro, a keen ornithologist,
0:32:46 > 0:32:50has come to visit one of Britain's finest bird-watching destinations.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Very quiet, let's be very quiet.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Go on. Get out, James!
0:32:58 > 0:33:00I think I'm a long-legged wader.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01There we are.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Remind me, how does the bittern sound?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06I believe it goes...
0:33:06 > 0:33:08HE MAKES BIRD CALLS
0:33:08 > 0:33:12Do be careful because almost a third of the country's
0:33:12 > 0:33:14rare great bitterns are at Minsmere.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17- The owl... - HOOTING
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Very eerie. Watch out, Gennaro, they're approaching!
0:33:20 > 0:33:24Those two are hoping to get watching
0:33:24 > 0:33:27in the company of the RSPB's Ian Barthorpe.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28Hi!
0:33:28 > 0:33:30- Nice to meet you. How lovely.- Hello.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Welcome to RSPB Minsmere.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35- Fantastic!- So beautiful.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38It certainly is, although there's an irony in the fact
0:33:38 > 0:33:39that this bird sanctuary,
0:33:39 > 0:33:44with over 100 resident and over 200 migratory species,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47owes its existence to World War II.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49So, this is the wartime defences here at Minsmere.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51- Yeah.- All the way along the beach here
0:33:51 > 0:33:53there were various measures put in place
0:33:53 > 0:33:56to stop the potential German invasion.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58First line of defence was a roll of barbed wire
0:33:58 > 0:34:01and some sharp metal spikes, known as dragon's teeth.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03That was to stop troops from landing.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Then behind that, they built this line of concrete blocks
0:34:06 > 0:34:09to stop tanks from potentially being able to come ashore.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11With the fall of France in 1940,
0:34:11 > 0:34:15the British authorities believed that East Anglia was particularly
0:34:15 > 0:34:18vulnerable to invasion and so the beaches were transformed
0:34:18 > 0:34:21with what they called coastal crust.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23The Germans never came, yes?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25- They didn't come. Fortunately. - I did.- You did, yes.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27THEY LAUGH
0:34:27 > 0:34:29At Minsmere, they were taking no chances,
0:34:29 > 0:34:32even creating a second line of defence.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36The local army captain here took the decision to open up this sluice
0:34:36 > 0:34:40and flood the land, creating a low, shallow lake
0:34:40 > 0:34:43that was going to be a further impediment to Germans
0:34:43 > 0:34:46actually landing on this stretch of coast.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- And the great beneficiary of this all has been nature.- Yeah.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54Absolutely. After the war, the sluice is operational again.
0:34:54 > 0:34:55The water level has receded.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58What we were left with was a fantastic wetland,
0:34:58 > 0:35:03a series of shallow, brackish pools, on which, in 1947,
0:35:03 > 0:35:06we found the first avocets nesting in the UK for 100 years.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11The avocet was soon adopted as the symbol of the RSPB
0:35:11 > 0:35:15and Minsmere became one of the charity's most important reserves,
0:35:15 > 0:35:17with a reputation for the conservation
0:35:17 > 0:35:19of several threatened species.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22And how beautiful the avocet is. It's an incredible bird.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Do you know, I've never seen one, I don't think.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26I think we should see some.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Do you want to come with me down to one of the hides
0:35:28 > 0:35:31- and we'll see what we can spot? - Come on. Of course!
0:35:31 > 0:35:32Equipped! Equipped.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39We're lucky enough to have a couple right in front of the hides.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42We can see them really, really well out here.
0:35:42 > 0:35:43Beautiful birds.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46The avocet's just a fantastically elegant bird.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49It's black and mainly white plumage.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53A long, thin bill and incredibly long pale blue-grey legs.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- There it goes.- Could they be a pair?
0:35:55 > 0:35:57They could be a pair.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Most of the pairs at the moment are paired up and are nesting.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02So, you're going to have one bird sitting,
0:36:02 > 0:36:05and the second bird out feeding, and then they'll swap over.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07These two, although they look good friends,
0:36:07 > 0:36:10chances are they're probably not a pair because their mates will be
0:36:10 > 0:36:12- sitting somewhere else.- I see. - So beautiful.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Well, our other pair have certainly got plenty in their nest,
0:36:22 > 0:36:26thanks, in part, to some interesting negotiation techniques.
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- Italian life, it's a little bit sort of playing theatre.- Yes.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34And you have an applause when you look each way.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Last chance to tread the boards on this trip is at Yoxford.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- Hello.- Hello. Good afternoon.
0:36:42 > 0:36:43Good afternoon to you.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Antonio, I recognise you.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- And David?- Yes, good to meet you.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- I'm Nigel.- Nigel, lovely to meet you.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- Welcome to the Yoxford Antiques Centre.- Fantastic.- Fabulous!
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Big too. Enough to accommodate a bit of a bit of a British classic.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58Loving the Riley. It's not actually a car, is it?
0:36:58 > 0:37:00It's not a car any more, David.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02No, it's been preserved as two sofas.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Ah!
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Good thing there's plenty of room.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- Oh, no!- Hey!
0:37:08 > 0:37:10I cannot believe it.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- They're here.- How did that happen? - It's upset me.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Just as long as there isn't anything here they might fall out over.
0:37:17 > 0:37:21This is a primitive sort of food processor.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Like that, for example.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25So, for churning and anything.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28I'll teach you a thing, Gennaro.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Open van, let's get to the dealer before he even gets it on his stall.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35This may be fresh to the market.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Good plan. Keeps them apart, too.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- Tell you what, I like that.- Oh, yes.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Rural Norfolk loves tractor seats.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Look at this!
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- That looks good, doesn't it? - Let's have a look.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Of course, it's heavy.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51Good. That's what we like. I'll leave you with the muscles.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- Oh, gosh! I quite like it. - It's nice, isn't it?
0:37:54 > 0:37:58What it says? RAN...SOM.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Ransoms. Ransoms used to make mowers.
0:38:00 > 0:38:01They obviously made...
0:38:02 > 0:38:06Maybe this is a mower seat, or maybe they made tractors as well.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09I like the fact it's got the bracket.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11They must have had tough old bottoms, mustn't they?
0:38:11 > 0:38:16But I tell you what, Gennaro, that has Diss written all over it.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17Time for a test drive.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Let's have a look, if I can sit on top.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22You sit on top.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Brum-brum-brum-brum-brum!
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Just follow me.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27Yeah, it still works.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Meanwhile, blissfully unaware,
0:38:29 > 0:38:31the others have some silver in mind.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35- This is very nice.- The shape itself is very unlike a teapot.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37And I notice, on the base there,
0:38:37 > 0:38:41something that really sums it up beautifully.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44- Garrard's.- Oh, yes. - The jewellers in London.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46That tells you the quality is good.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- Yeah.- It's very modernist.- Yeah.
0:38:49 > 0:38:56The shape is so incredibly fashionable for 1890/1900.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59But to people who were really bang on-trend.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04Yet, the decoration around the top there is very traditional Victorian.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- So, it's a halfway house. - It's united the two things?
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Yeah. That's the original handle.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- Yeah.- With a nice wicker handle to protect yourself from the heat.
0:39:12 > 0:39:13Just feel this, Antonio.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16- Listen to this! - TING!
0:39:16 > 0:39:19It just fits and works perfectly.
0:39:19 > 0:39:20It's priced at 50 quid.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- It's no money, is it? - Might go with the caddy.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25OK. There's something else I want to show you as well
0:39:25 > 0:39:27we've just walked past. Keeping on a silver theme.
0:39:29 > 0:39:30This is what I want to show you.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Oh, wow! What is this?
0:39:32 > 0:39:36It looks just like a plain box.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39But in this business, you've got to be a bit of an investigator.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40So, we look at the top first of all.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42And you look at the wood.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45That's English oak. Good, quality wood.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48So, now we open the lid.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51The interior now tells us pretty much everything we need to know.
0:39:51 > 0:39:56A chest made specifically to carry silver cutlery is pretty upmarket.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59- You've got these different trays. - Oh, wow!- Yeah.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02All good stuff. And the plaque says,
0:40:02 > 0:40:07Lieutenant Colonel Dewend, West Riding Regiment.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11- Oh, wow!- So it's a military campaign chest.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14So, this guy was going probably to war.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16He was dining rather well.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19- Yeah.- It may well have been bully beef
0:40:19 > 0:40:21but he was eating it with silver cutlery.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24No sign of a price but it's probably not cheap.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Ah, the van driver's pitched up.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28What can I do for you two gents?
0:40:28 > 0:40:31We quite like the look of this. Tell us about it, Jeff.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36It's an original cast iron Ransom's tractor seat or lawn mower seat.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38I know Ransom's well from lawn mowers.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39They're more famous for lawn mowers.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- But they built tractors as well? - They built tractors as well.
0:40:42 > 0:40:43How old would it be?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46I would say it's probably 80-100 years old.
0:40:46 > 0:40:5080-100 years old. It must have been a lot of bumps to sit on.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55I wonder what price Jeff has in mind.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57It came from a job lot...
0:40:57 > 0:40:58£30.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01You tell me where you'd like to be?
0:41:01 > 0:41:03- OK.- Before we start a fight!
0:41:03 > 0:41:04Lordy!
0:41:04 > 0:41:07- Jeff, look at me. - I'm looking at you.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08I'm not liking what I see.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12Can we have it £15, one five?
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Course you can. Come on, you can.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Come on, you can. I'll twist your arm,
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- twist your arm.- Less grand opera, more Big Daddy.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22- £15.- Deal!
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Well done, you two.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27Here's trouble.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31He's always complained.
0:41:31 > 0:41:3435 years of complaints.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37Even when I'm by myself, I try to make a deal, he had to come out.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39"Why don't you shut up?"
0:41:39 > 0:41:40LAUGHTER
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Go inside.
0:41:42 > 0:41:45Now, before Antonio was so rudely interrupted...
0:41:45 > 0:41:47Two objects that we are interested in.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51The plated teapot and the campaign chest.
0:41:51 > 0:41:52- The military chest.- Yes.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55- A very nice piece.- What sort of money is that?
0:41:55 > 0:41:58Probably sneak just under £100.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- How far under?- 95, David, I would think?
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- 80 would be better. - When do we do that?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07At what point?
0:42:08 > 0:42:09Wait for it...
0:42:09 > 0:42:13- It's far too much.- Ay, ay, ay!
0:42:13 > 0:42:15I am poor.
0:42:15 > 0:42:16I will be ruined.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19- Oh, yeah, and my children won't eat. - Yeah.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23- You're a bit slow.- I know.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25I'm not really genuine.
0:42:25 > 0:42:26- We do again.- OK.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Take two. Cue, Nigel.
0:42:28 > 0:42:30- 95.- 95?- No!
0:42:31 > 0:42:34It's far, far too much. 80 would be good.
0:42:34 > 0:42:3680 is... Well...
0:42:36 > 0:42:38OK, hold that thought. Hold that thought.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41Let's see if we can do a double deal here. What about the teapot?
0:42:42 > 0:42:43Well, the teapot is easier, really.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47It's got £50 on the ticket but it's been that a long time.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- What were you thinking?- 20.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50Oh, that's what I was thinking.
0:42:52 > 0:42:5420 plus 80 is 100.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57How about 20 plus 90 and then we've got a deal.
0:42:58 > 0:43:0020 plus 90?
0:43:02 > 0:43:03No!
0:43:05 > 0:43:09It's been working. The whole trip, it's been working.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11- My friend.- Have we done it?- Yes.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16So, 110 for those.
0:43:16 > 0:43:17Now, with the coast clear,
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Gennaro and James have one last purchase in mind.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22- The drinks trolley. - The drinks trolley.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24It's got a great look, hasn't it?
0:43:25 > 0:43:26Got great mobility.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Useful item and its tomorrow's antiques.
0:43:29 > 0:43:30This feels like Formica.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32- Yeah.- But it is Formica.
0:43:32 > 0:43:33Good quality Formica.
0:43:33 > 0:43:34Whatever next?
0:43:34 > 0:43:3665 is the best on that
0:43:36 > 0:43:38but I think it was quite keenly priced to begin with.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Oh, look at that.
0:43:40 > 0:43:43- A little burner.- A little burner.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46- That's quite cool, isn't it? - I didn't know what is this.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48I love all this metal.
0:43:48 > 0:43:52I don't know. It's something and nothing, isn't it?
0:43:52 > 0:43:55Because we don't want to buy something where we've lost the gain
0:43:55 > 0:43:58on our lovely tractor seat.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00Bit of a squeeze in the car, as well.
0:44:00 > 0:44:05It's good but I don't think we can afford it at that price.
0:44:05 > 0:44:06What do you think, James?
0:44:06 > 0:44:08I think it's a lovely piece.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10OK, listen, shall we shake hands?
0:44:10 > 0:44:12- You listened?- OK.
0:44:12 > 0:44:13You want 65, let's make 60.
0:44:13 > 0:44:1765. I can't do any more. Sorry, Gennaro.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19- I can't win them all. - You can't win them all.
0:44:19 > 0:44:20All right.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25So, with that little deal done, it's time to share.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28Nervous moment here.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31- Nervous moments. - Shall we take them out of this?
0:44:31 > 0:44:33Ready? One, two, three.
0:44:33 > 0:44:35- Wow.- Oh!
0:44:36 > 0:44:40- There we are.- This is very interesting, this stuff here,
0:44:40 > 0:44:42because it looks like something...
0:44:42 > 0:44:47This comes from Vietri sul Mare, the town you were born.
0:44:47 > 0:44:48No way!
0:44:48 > 0:44:51I recognised the kind of terracotta.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Look, it's all handmade. Everything.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56And even say, look...
0:44:56 > 0:44:58- BOTH:- Vietri.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00No way, no way.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02How did you find that?
0:45:02 > 0:45:05- Well, we did.- Searched high and low.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08- A little stick, isn't it? Candlestick?- It's a candlestick.
0:45:08 > 0:45:10- Candlestick. - It's silver chamber stick
0:45:10 > 0:45:13- with an exotic shell underneath. - That's quite interesting.
0:45:13 > 0:45:14Novelty little thing.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16I do like the trolley.
0:45:16 > 0:45:17Please, David!
0:45:17 > 0:45:19The trolley.
0:45:19 > 0:45:20- GENNARO:- It's good.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Mid-20th century, maybe a little earlier.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24Cool thing.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26That is what a Lamborghini owner would have
0:45:26 > 0:45:28- in his own house.- Oh, of course.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Well, that's all very convivial.
0:45:31 > 0:45:32Round two.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- Reveal.- OK, you reveal this bit. I shall reveal this bit.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37- Is that OK?- OK.
0:45:37 > 0:45:38- OK.- I like that one.
0:45:40 > 0:45:42- OK, there we have it.- Look at this.
0:45:42 > 0:45:44- Any questions?- Look at this.
0:45:44 > 0:45:47Any questions? Is this a famous fan dance?
0:45:47 > 0:45:49- Wonderful kitsch. - It is kitsch, yeah.
0:45:49 > 0:45:53That's the purpose and this, this is the wonderful thing.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00Accompanied by this special sort of teapot.
0:46:00 > 0:46:02Really like the lady.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04- Yeah.- Really...
0:46:04 > 0:46:06Gennaro, who is this?
0:46:09 > 0:46:11THEY LAUGH
0:46:12 > 0:46:13What fun.
0:46:13 > 0:46:14What do you really think?
0:46:14 > 0:46:17They believe they have something very special.
0:46:19 > 0:46:22That beautiful shell with the silver.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25I just love it. Everybody would love to have it.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29The little table is OK and the Vietri sul Mare from
0:46:29 > 0:46:34- the town where I was born is quite pretty, but the rest...- No?
0:46:34 > 0:46:36- Do you know what?- What? - Antonio is going to cry.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40But not just yet.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43Unless it's over the onion because our cooks are stirring up a treat.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46MUSIC: Mambo Italiano By Rosemary Clooney
0:46:48 > 0:46:51- Shall I put it with those? - Yes, put it in, yes.
0:46:51 > 0:46:52The mind and the arm.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59Now you can put the rest.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02Here, there you are. And a little bit of salt.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07So now is the time to put the mussels in it.
0:47:07 > 0:47:10There you go. Open Sesame.
0:47:11 > 0:47:14Number one, here.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17- Well done. - THEY LAUGH
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Prego, signori.
0:47:20 > 0:47:21Oh, look at...
0:47:21 > 0:47:23- Looks so good.- What a privilege.
0:47:23 > 0:47:26You make the most amazing team.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29To watch you is an absolute privilege, isn't it?
0:47:29 > 0:47:30I love it. Do you know what? I love it.
0:47:30 > 0:47:32David, we're still going to beat you.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37After kicking off in Norfolk at Harleston
0:47:37 > 0:47:39and then tootling into Suffolk,
0:47:39 > 0:47:42we're out accelerating to auction
0:47:42 > 0:47:44back in Norfolk at Diss.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46ENGINE REVVING LOUDLY
0:47:46 > 0:47:48Now leave it, my goodness.
0:47:48 > 0:47:49What do you mean, leave it?
0:47:49 > 0:47:51You know, there's my age.
0:47:51 > 0:47:55- No, no, it's not your age. Listen. - ENGINE ROARS
0:47:55 > 0:47:58It may be that we break down in the middle of the country.
0:47:58 > 0:47:59The car is not break down.
0:47:59 > 0:48:01This car is made for go.
0:48:01 > 0:48:03Wow!
0:48:03 > 0:48:06Yes, this is Diss, capisce?
0:48:06 > 0:48:09- Good morning. - Are you ready for the battle?
0:48:09 > 0:48:11- We are ready.- Ready for the battle. - Let's go and battle.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13I wonder what auctioneer Rob Kinsella
0:48:13 > 0:48:16makes of what our cooks have collected.
0:48:16 > 0:48:17The Majolica pieces...
0:48:17 > 0:48:19Nice part of Italy they're from, I believe.
0:48:19 > 0:48:23They will either fly away or we will struggle with them.
0:48:23 > 0:48:25The mannequin. Quite a novel item
0:48:25 > 0:48:28and I think we may be surprised with that one.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31Brass tray on stand, probably a marriage of pieces.
0:48:31 > 0:48:35The brass on top of the Swedish-style base there.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38I'm sure someone will have it.
0:48:38 > 0:48:39Oh, dear.
0:48:39 > 0:48:42Now, everyone on their best behaviour, please. You'll be lucky.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Have you been to an auction before, Antonio?
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Yes, only once.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48It was auction of my own stuff.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51And nobody bought it.
0:48:52 > 0:48:55We start with Gennaro and James' rusty seat.
0:48:55 > 0:48:56- Oh, we're on.- Yeah, yeah.
0:48:58 > 0:48:59Start me at 70.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01£70 I'm bid.
0:49:01 > 0:49:0240 I'll take then and go, £40.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Move it away. It's got to be 30, then.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07Start me. Ransom's tractor seat.
0:49:07 > 0:49:0930 bid. Thank you. Take two.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11£30 I have now. Is there two, anyone else?
0:49:11 > 0:49:13£30. Surely more anywhere.
0:49:13 > 0:49:1432 at the back. Take five.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16I'm out. £32 bid in the back corner.
0:49:16 > 0:49:1832 now. Five, surely.
0:49:18 > 0:49:19Any advance?
0:49:22 > 0:49:26Doubled their money, if not quite the flying start they were after.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28But we still sold with a profit, so...
0:49:29 > 0:49:32If it's rusty, we're all over it, OK?
0:49:32 > 0:49:35And leave the Art Deco ornaments to Antonio and David, eh?
0:49:35 > 0:49:38Start me straight in. Save my breath, £40 anywhere.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40- You pay, you buy.- Look at them. - £40, anyone?
0:49:40 > 0:49:4230 I'll take to go.
0:49:42 > 0:49:4430, gallery, thank you. 30 bid. Take two.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47£30 I have. 32, 35.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49- Come on.- No.- More.
0:49:49 > 0:49:51What do we do? What do we do?
0:49:51 > 0:49:5235, and new bid.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54I'll take eight. £35.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57Upstairs, they'll sell.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Oh, that's OK, that's all right.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Hey, we're getting an applause.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04The roar of the crowd, eh, David?
0:50:04 > 0:50:06I am very worried about them.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09Well, they're grinning. I've been worried about them for two days.
0:50:09 > 0:50:12That's a confident shrug, Gennaro.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14Must have high hopes for the brass table.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16- Very trendy.- Trendy.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18- Trendy.- Mid-century. - Mid-century modern.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22- Very trendy.- Very trendy. - Very trendy.
0:50:22 > 0:50:24Let's start me on this one on £40.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Nice little brass-topped table there. 40.
0:50:26 > 0:50:2830. 20 to go then, surely.
0:50:28 > 0:50:30- 20 to go!- Little table there for you.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32£20 bid to get off.
0:50:32 > 0:50:3320's on the net. Take two.
0:50:33 > 0:50:34We're £20 online now.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36Give me two, anyone else. Surely.
0:50:36 > 0:50:37Antonio, is it going to be a loss?
0:50:37 > 0:50:39£20. Anyone else?
0:50:39 > 0:50:42It's online. £20, any advance?
0:50:42 > 0:50:43- ANTONIO:- Oh...
0:50:45 > 0:50:48- That is cruel.- That's good. - That is cruel...
0:50:48 > 0:50:51I think sportsmanship's already out of the window.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53The little profit that you had before is all gone.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55- All gone, all gone. - Don't worry, Antonio.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58It has disappeared, miraculously.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02Next we have Antonio and David's joint tea-related lot.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04£40. 30 I'll take.
0:51:04 > 0:51:0630 is bid. In the front.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Take two now. £30 I have now.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Antonio, tell them, do something.
0:51:10 > 0:51:12Higher, higher!
0:51:12 > 0:51:1438, 40,
0:51:14 > 0:51:17- 42's online. - 42 online.- 45.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19£45 the bid in front.
0:51:19 > 0:51:20Fair warning online. £45.
0:51:20 > 0:51:2248 back in.
0:51:22 > 0:51:23- 50.- Yes. Yes.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25£50 still in front.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Take five. Anyone else? It's £50 the front bid.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29We've lost the net.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32In the room at £50 in front. We will sell.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34That's a tiny profit.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37Maybe so, but a few more like that...
0:51:37 > 0:51:41Now, let's change the mood with that nice Italian pottery.
0:51:41 > 0:51:44Vietri sul Mare where you were born, so...
0:51:44 > 0:51:46Will he bid for it?
0:51:46 > 0:51:48Don't worry, I'll say that.
0:51:48 > 0:51:52You should bid. Look, if you do, I'll give you a card.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55The Italian Vietri sul Mare.
0:51:55 > 0:51:59- Mare!- I hope I pronounced that right.
0:51:59 > 0:52:00Lovely set there for £40, surely.
0:52:00 > 0:52:03- Bid me on this. - Yes.- 30 I'll take.
0:52:03 > 0:52:04Take 20 then and move it away.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06- £20.- 30.
0:52:06 > 0:52:0822, 25, 28,
0:52:08 > 0:52:1130, two, 35, 38.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14- That's good.- 40, two,
0:52:14 > 0:52:1545 is bid.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18- 45.- Very good.
0:52:18 > 0:52:19£45, the bid in front.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22- Must be your connection, Antonio. - At £45.- Come on.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24Any more? 45, it is.
0:52:24 > 0:52:25Any advance, then? It's going to go.
0:52:25 > 0:52:26At 45.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30- Yes.- Well done, well done, guys.
0:52:31 > 0:52:33The irony is horrible.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36Yes. Grazie mille, Antonio.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38So, how do you feel now?
0:52:38 > 0:52:40That you are losing it?
0:52:40 > 0:52:41I am losing nothing.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43So far we have profit.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46Yeah, but it's for next.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48- Piccolo! Piccolo, piccolo. - It doesn't matter!
0:52:48 > 0:52:50Piccolo but good!
0:52:50 > 0:52:52You know in Italy we say that
0:52:52 > 0:52:55the very good wine is always in small barrels.
0:52:55 > 0:53:00So, expect another perfectly formed profit for their Chinese stands.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02I've got interest on these.
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Higher, higher.
0:53:04 > 0:53:0560, take five.
0:53:05 > 0:53:0660 is bid. Five anywhere?
0:53:06 > 0:53:09The stands are there. 60 bid.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13Five, 70, five, 80, five, 90 bid.
0:53:13 > 0:53:14- Come on.- Take five. 90 bid.
0:53:14 > 0:53:1695, 100.
0:53:16 > 0:53:17At 100 off to the left.
0:53:17 > 0:53:18Take 110.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- This is working, this is working. - Is there ten now anywhere?
0:53:21 > 0:53:26The pair of stands away at £100...
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Wonderful, thank you.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30- Thank you. - LAUGHTER
0:53:30 > 0:53:34Big bucks, but there was a certain celebrity waving the rules?
0:53:35 > 0:53:38Because he goes with his hands like that, he gets people up.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:53:40 > 0:53:41Why don't you do the same?
0:53:41 > 0:53:43Because I don't need to.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44The man is good.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49They could do with a profit on the chamber stick, though.
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Start me at £50.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53- Beautiful.- £30 then, anyone bid?
0:53:53 > 0:53:57- Chamber stick. 30 bid. Take two. - No, no.- We're off at £30.
0:53:57 > 0:53:5932, 35, 38.
0:53:59 > 0:54:00- Come on, come on.- 40,
0:54:00 > 0:54:0442, 45, 48,
0:54:04 > 0:54:05£48 bid.
0:54:05 > 0:54:07Take 50. £48 I have.
0:54:07 > 0:54:0950 now. Surely more on this at £48 I'm bid.
0:54:09 > 0:54:1350 anywhere? Any advance then at £48?
0:54:14 > 0:54:16They thought they were the winner.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20They could be yet, but time is running out.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22It's not over yet, it's not over yet
0:54:22 > 0:54:25and when it's over, I don't want to know.
0:54:25 > 0:54:28Well, you may not want to watch theIR next lot then, Gennaro.
0:54:28 > 0:54:32I've got interest straight in and we're going to start 30.
0:54:32 > 0:54:34Oh, come on.
0:54:34 > 0:54:3632, 35.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38Are Italian auctions like this?
0:54:38 > 0:54:40People will see you and buy because it's you.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Eight, 50.
0:54:42 > 0:54:43Bid 50. Take five.
0:54:43 > 0:54:44Surely now the mannequin at £50.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Not the big stick!
0:54:46 > 0:54:48Five, 60.
0:54:48 > 0:54:49Any advance at £60?
0:54:49 > 0:54:50Any more?
0:54:52 > 0:54:54Oh, it's a working profit again.
0:54:54 > 0:54:56He looks pretty calm, at least.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58I think the word on the street,
0:54:58 > 0:55:00something really on-trend at the moment is trolleys.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02- Trolleys?- With four wheels?
0:55:02 > 0:55:03Four wheels. Formica.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05It's a magic combination.
0:55:05 > 0:55:08- Cheap stuff.- It is not cheap stuff.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10And now from Diss,
0:55:10 > 0:55:13it could easily have featured on The Sale Of The Century.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16Stylish piece. Start me at 60.
0:55:16 > 0:55:1760 bid, surely.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19Start me on this. 40 I'll take.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21£40 surely for the trolley.
0:55:21 > 0:55:23- £30 to start.- No, make it a tenner.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25- 30 I have.- Oh, someone's in.
0:55:25 > 0:55:2630, we're in. 32 anywhere?
0:55:27 > 0:55:30- Come on.- Oh, that's enough for a hostess trolley.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33- Let me listen. - 35, 38, 40,
0:55:33 > 0:55:35two, 45.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37Fantastico. Fantastic.
0:55:37 > 0:55:3945 now. 48, anywhere?
0:55:39 > 0:55:41£45. In the room at 45.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45Oh, bad luck, guys!
0:55:47 > 0:55:50I think the wheels have just fallen off Gennaro's wagon.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52I've never seen Antonio smile so much.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54THEY LAUGH
0:55:54 > 0:55:56No, because it was your piece de resistance.
0:55:58 > 0:56:03It's not quite over but there's a lot riding on the final lot.
0:56:04 > 0:56:06Antonio, this could be us.
0:56:06 > 0:56:07And he knows it.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10- Are you leaving?- No, no, no, I just want to get this.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13Sit down because you're not allowed!
0:56:13 > 0:56:16- Sit.- It's the late 19th, early 20th century
0:56:16 > 0:56:19oak and pitch pine fitted campaign silver chest.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21It's a wonderful thing.
0:56:21 > 0:56:24- Rubbish.- I'm in at £32.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26- Take five anywhere? - CHEERING
0:56:26 > 0:56:28£32, the bid.
0:56:28 > 0:56:2932 anyone else? 35.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31It's in the room at 35.
0:56:31 > 0:56:3338, 40,
0:56:33 > 0:56:3642, 45,
0:56:36 > 0:56:3748.
0:56:37 > 0:56:40- Come on.- 50.- Yes, come on, come on.
0:56:40 > 0:56:41£50 in the room, then.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43Any more? Surely more on this.
0:56:43 > 0:56:44£50 bid. Five, I'll take.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46I'm trying at £50 bid.
0:56:46 > 0:56:4755 back in.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50- One more, sir.- No, no.
0:56:50 > 0:56:5255, 60. 60 bid.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54Take five. 60 I have. At the back, £60 now.
0:56:54 > 0:56:57Are you five online? I've lost the internet then with £60.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59It will sell at 60.
0:57:00 > 0:57:01Oh!
0:57:03 > 0:57:06Celebrity endorsement doesn't always pay off.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Their only loss leaves it close.
0:57:09 > 0:57:10Let's go and work it out.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13- Oh!- Thank you.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15James and Gennaro started out with £400
0:57:15 > 0:57:17and after paying auction costs,
0:57:17 > 0:57:20they made a loss of £54.20,
0:57:20 > 0:57:24leaving them with £345.80.
0:57:26 > 0:57:30Antonio and David also began with 400, and despite steady profits,
0:57:30 > 0:57:36that one last plus auction costs has left them minus £4.90,
0:57:36 > 0:57:42but they're still today's victors with £395.10.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44- Antonio...- Lovely. - ..we are the winners.- It was...
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Yes, congratulations.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49Congratulations. Commiserations.
0:57:49 > 0:57:50JAMES LAUGHS
0:57:50 > 0:57:52I am so sorry, I am so sorry.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56I won't cook for you any more!
0:57:57 > 0:57:59Gennaro, don't talk any more.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02- Just come on.- It's all going to be good news.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04He's going to be magnanimous in victory.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06No, he won't be, he won't be.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08Gennaro, you have a hell of a journey ahead of you.
0:58:08 > 0:58:10- Arrivederci.- All the best.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13Something tells me our two tenors aren't done yet.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16What is the Italian for Schadenfreude?
0:58:16 > 0:58:20Gennaro, that was the example but I wanted to give you.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22We won it.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25For once, just confirm that
0:58:25 > 0:58:27there is somebody superior to you.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30Superior?! But for people who buy rubbish, it's not our fault.
0:58:30 > 0:58:33We had the quality stuff.
0:58:33 > 0:58:34Arrivederci.