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00:00Find the wheel of a classic car.
00:01Here we go.
00:02Woo-hoo-hoo!
00:03And a goal to scar Britain for antiques.
00:06The aim?
00:07To make the biggest profit at auction.
00:09But it's no mean feat.
00:11There'll be worthy winners...
00:12I can't stop smiling!
00:14...and valiant losers.
00:15Right, I retire.
00:16Will it be the high road to glory?
00:17Oh, look at that!
00:20Or the slow road to disaster?
00:22Oh.
00:23Oh, dear.
00:24This is Antiques Road Trip.
00:28Yeah.
00:30Let's go!
00:35Or maybe not.
00:37Smooth, isn't it?
00:40And we're away!
00:43It's the second leg with audacious auctioneers
00:46Philip Sorrell and Hermina Gaffar.
00:49They're in the fancified 1959 Ford Poplar.
00:52A mean machine, if ever I saw one.
00:56My first car was a Ford Pop.
00:59And there's a distinct difference between the two.
01:03Because mine wouldn't start.
01:06This one won't stop.
01:08He's joking!
01:10I hope.
01:10Last time, Tamina was straight-talking.
01:13Never see something quite as hideous as this.
01:16And found an admirer.
01:17And found an admirer.
01:18Oh, for me.
01:20Shouldn't have.
01:21While Phil was super funny.
01:23What's that?
01:24Short-hand typist.
01:26And used his head.
01:28What am I going to do?
01:30With one auction win in the bag.
01:32All done.
01:33Selling at 65.
01:33Oh, do you know what?
01:35I've surprised myself.
01:37It's 1-0 to Phil.
01:39That was a pretty impressive win there, Phil.
01:42Hey, you can have a bit of luck, can't you?
01:44Hey, a bit of luck.
01:44Oh, you don't have luck.
01:47It's what we call the Serral magic.
01:50Best of five auction wins, wins.
01:53I think I might try, like, a sort of Serral-style buying strategy.
01:59Really?
02:00You know, maybe something the shop's made of.
02:03Ha, ha, that's brave.
02:05This tour, kicked off in Liverpool, will race from Yorkshire to the Midlands, pop into Oxfordshire,
02:11before ending in Cornwall.
02:13Now, competition is very much alive with this pair.
02:18I did say that you do like to buy actual rubbish.
02:21Yes, core trash talk, Tamina.
02:25Let me tell you, you're not on your own in thinking that.
02:28Ah, he's a good sport, eh?
02:30Our two chumpsters are in the east riding of Yorkshire, concluding shopping in Ghoul.
02:36But first stop is the seaside town of Bridlington.
02:40Known as the lobster capital of Europe, it lands over 300 tonnes of the crustacean delicacy each year.
02:48Feeling shrimply the best, our pair are ready to get their claws into shopping.
02:55Watch out the Georgian rooms.
02:58I think I'm going to find a winner in here.
03:01Really?
03:01Yeah, well, I'll have to eventually, don't I?
03:04If that's the case, I'm going to follow you.
03:06Come on.
03:07That's the ticket, Tamina.
03:09Now, come with me for a nosy.
03:12With over two floors stuffed with treasures, let the mooch begin.
03:20Let's fill.
03:21Full of pep.
03:23What will tempt him to spend his 200 smackers?
03:26Do you know what?
03:31That's a nice little chair, isn't it?
03:32And it's a Victorian little child's rocking chair.
03:36It is all this original.
03:38Can you see those four holes in the child's seat?
03:40Well, why would they be there?
03:42They're not doing anything.
03:44No, too big for woodworm.
03:45So, my immediate reaction is that that seat has probably been replaced at some point in time.
03:53Let's just have a look at this upside down.
03:57Now, look at that there.
03:59It looks a totally different colour to the timber here.
04:03So, what looked like a sweet little chair, and actually wasn't that dear at £110,
04:08is starting to look a bit expensive.
04:11Because it's wrong, I think that's one for me to walk past.
04:13Yeah, very wise, Philip.
04:16Yoo-hoo! Tamina!
04:19Also with a cool £200 in her purse, what will she buy?
04:26Wow, that is incredible.
04:30It's a, what, life-size motorbike?
04:33Yeah, it looks big enough.
04:34It's made completely out of rattan.
04:37And it even has brakes and brake cables, also made out of rattan.
04:43It's £600.
04:45Close enough.
04:46It's £595.
04:48But, gosh, can you imagine this being in the foyer of a massive contemporary home?
04:55It's incredible.
04:56Yeah, but too pricey for you, girl.
04:58There's more outside to explore.
05:01Now, what's going on here?
05:03Hello.
05:03Phil?
05:04Yeah?
05:05Don't you used to be a PE teacher?
05:07I'll tell you what.
05:08Look and learn.
05:09Are you ready?
05:10Oh, blimey.
05:11Brace yourselves.
05:12Oh!
05:12Agility of a panther!
05:19Athletic prowess at its finest.
05:22Well, that was exciting.
05:24After a quick recovery, let's continue with our Antiques Olympics.
05:28You know, I love the social history of what we do.
05:34And I love things like this.
05:35So, I think we've probably got a hundred-year-old sewing machine here.
05:40But can you see a sewing machine today being made with the care, love and style that this was?
05:48You've got this really lovely kind of, almost like a swan neck arm here.
05:52And, blimey, look, it still works.
05:56A thing of beauty.
05:58It's a Jones hand machine, as supplied to HRH, the Princess of Wales.
06:05And it says on here, look, it's a serpent or cat's back sewing machine.
06:09The Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra, was a keen seamstress and big fan of the Jones model,
06:16so much so that it was the only British sewing machine to carry her name.
06:20And the thing I love about this stuff is that this is a functional, kind of almost industrial, working object.
06:27It just looks a really cool thing.
06:29Any price?
06:31£75. I think that's too much money.
06:33But you never know. There might be a deal in it.
06:35It's even got a Sengamap with it, look.
06:37I'm going to go and have a word with the boss and see what can be done.
06:41Standby dealer, Ian.
06:44Ian, how are you?
06:45I'm all right, Phil, thank you.
06:46I really like that little sewing machine.
06:48I mean, you've got £75 on it, which I can't see anything like that, but what's the very best you could do it for?
06:54Right, I can do it for £20.
06:56Really?
06:57Yeah, because I'd like it to be appreciated by someone.
07:01Well, I appreciate it, and I'm going to tell you what, I'm going to show you.
07:04And does that mat come with it?
07:06It didn't, but it does now.
07:08Oh, what a gentleman.
07:09Well, there you are, then.
07:09Thank you very much.
07:10Thank you very much.
07:11You take care now.
07:12Ian, you are indeed a very generous man.
07:15That incredible deal means Phil now has £180.
07:20You know what they say, a stitch in time saves nine.
07:24Right you are, Phil.
07:26Back inside, where's Tamina?
07:28Now, I am a total cat person.
07:35Now, this is a David Sharp rye pottery cat.
07:39He was known for doing ceramic seated cats with really elongated necks.
07:44He also did this sort of blue and white series.
07:47David Sharp was the first apprentice at the rye pottery in 1947.
07:52He later became renowned for his ceramic animals.
07:54So, all of the blue and white cats that I've seen by David Sharp have always been in the sort of quite demure, crouching, sort of delicate pose.
08:05Whereas this guy is in a very striking and affronting position.
08:11Now, collectors, and there are many of them, who'd be looking for the slightly more unusual pieces, would find this really interesting.
08:20It's priced at £30.
08:21I prefer it lower, just to give me a chance.
08:25But even at that price, I think that this is attractive and unusual enough that it will make a profit.
08:32Now, I've got a good feline about this.
08:36Oh, me too.
08:38A good one for the auction, cat-a-log.
08:41Ian, you have another customer.
08:43Stand by.
08:44Ian, hi.
08:45Hi, Tamina.
08:45I found this gorgeous cat with some attitude.
08:49Yep.
08:49Where could you go with this?
08:50I think we could manage 20.
08:5220 would be perfect.
08:54Perfect.
08:54I like what you did there.
08:55How amusing.
08:57There you go.
08:58That's £20 for you.
09:00Thank you very much.
09:00Thank you so much.
09:01Bye, Ian.
09:02Bye.
09:02What a great pie, eh?
09:04Tamina, you still have lots in the kitty.
09:09£180, to be precise.
09:10I think he is perfect.
09:20Now, I spy a Philip.
09:22It's quite peaceful without Tamina in the car, but I don't think you could possibly call it quiet.
09:28I mean, just listen to this.
09:31Oh, impressive.
09:32Phil has now arrived in the country idyll of Ruston Parva.
09:40Farmer's son, Phil, will love this place.
09:43Once a farm for piggies, it's now the home of antiques goodies.
09:48Phil Edmund Antiques.
09:51Here comes another Phil.
09:54This family-run business has been on the go for over 15 years.
09:58From antiques to salvage, this looks like Serral Central.
10:03With £180 in his back pocket, let the snuffle begin.
10:10Everybody refers to these here as saddle stones.
10:13Well, they're not.
10:14Let me tell you, they're staddle stones or rick stones.
10:17And the point of these is you would build a hay rick up in the field on top of these stones.
10:23And the point then is that rats and the like can't get into the hay or the straw because they can't get over this cap.
10:31Bit out of my budget because I would imagine that these are going to be between £150 and £300 each.
10:36I don't suppose there's much room for negotiation either, eh?
10:41Let's continue the search inside.
10:44The man who owns this shop has got a really good eye.
10:46And he's got some cool things.
10:48I mean, I love both these.
10:51Book presses.
10:51So, book presses, probably 19th century.
10:55Two of them there.
10:55I actually prefer that one.
10:57Why?
10:58Because I think it's probably ready to go.
10:59It doesn't look quite as battered as that one.
11:02You know, if you're into pressed flowers, that type of thing, you can press flowers with a book press.
11:07And I just think that's really cool.
11:10It's unpriced.
11:11As early as the 16th century, the gentle art of flower pressing was practised by samurai warriors to improve patience.
11:20He looks grim.
11:20I think that's got a look.
11:23We fit up in a printer's.
11:24You know, any sort of shop like that.
11:26Or you can actually use it.
11:27So, if the price is right, I'm going to go for that.
11:30While Phil continues his search, let's find Tamina.
11:34Our gal continues the shopping hurrah in the village of Scurla.
11:39In here, at this fine establishment, new to you furnishings, there's a vast sea of plunder to set sail in.
11:51That's Poppy.
11:52Oh, there's a shop cat.
11:54Hi.
11:55Get off me.
11:56Where are all the bargains?
11:58What shall I take to auction?
12:01Tamina is currently minted with £180.
12:04Not bad.
12:08Actually, I think he might have gone into the rough there.
12:11Let's keep mooching, eh?
12:15Oh, what an attractive chest.
12:17I love the form on this chest of drawers.
12:20It echoes the sort of double serpentine curvature of a French or Flemish bomb chest.
12:27A style emerging during the 18th century from the French word bombe, meaning rounded and bulbous.
12:34It's made of rattan, still very resilient and built to last.
12:43Yep, she's definitely drawn to rattan today.
12:45Whilst this isn't quite as old as French or Flemish bomb furniture, there's still all the elements of that attractive symmetry, the bulbous form,
12:55but with slightly different features, such as the rattan, the beading, and these really charming tassel drawer handles.
13:05And all four of them are there, and it's set upon some very lovely feet as well.
13:12I think someone would really enjoy this in their home.
13:14It's priced at £85, but for me, to make a profit, I'd definitely have to get that down quite a bit.
13:20While Tamina rootles, oh, she does love a cat, look, let's swivel back to Ruston Parva, to our other auntie Kerr.
13:31You know what, this kind of brings back memories to me, because my grandad and my old man, they have butcher shops,
13:37and I can kind of remember these signs on the meat and the sausage and all the rest of it in the window.
13:43So I think they're really, they're just fun.
13:46I'm just trying to work out.
13:47So two shillings and sixpence, I think that's 12 and a half p.
13:51Spot on, Phil, also known as half a crown.
13:55This would get you a bumper bag of shopping back in mid-century Britain.
13:59Look at that.
14:00And look, you've got a sign for homemade beef sausages.
14:03Yeah, I'll have two pounds, please.
14:06If you want a pot roast, this is the place for you.
14:09I can see Phil in a stripy apron, you know.
14:13Nice bit of social history, all this, though, isn't it?
14:15And collectors love accoutrements from the old shops of yesteryear.
14:20So I quite like those, don't know how much they are, but I've possibly got these here.
14:25It's a good place, this. I'm going to see if I can find something else.
14:28Righty-ho, he's loving it in here.
14:31Now, over to Skurla.
14:32What a beautiful piece of mid-century design.
14:46I've seen these before.
14:49These are what are called safari chairs.
14:51And they have this sort of sling seat and elongated arms.
14:56And it's just so quintessential mid-century.
15:00This example is by a company called Arcana.
15:04Maurice Burke was a mid-century designer with Arcana, best known for his space-age designs,
15:11which featured on the TV series Star Trek.
15:14Well, it's lovely to sit in as well.
15:17It all depends on how much it is.
15:19I haven't seen a price tag anywhere.
15:24But I'm going to go and find out.
15:25And if it's at the right price, I think we could be sitting on a profit.
15:30Time for a chat with Dina Carroll.
15:34Along with the Arcana chair, she's keen on the Rattan Bombay chest at 85.
15:39Where could you go? What's your best and final on that one?
15:42Would you be happy with 40?
15:44I'd be delighted with 40. That would be great. That gives me a right chance.
15:47And now, there was another piece of furniture.
15:50Ooh, the chair.
15:51The mid-century chair.
15:54Would you be happy with another 40?
15:56Do you know why? That's such a beautiful piece.
15:58It's a bargain. Absolute bargain.
16:00Absolutely a bargain. So, that's £80.
16:03Thank you so much, Carol. Thank you very much.
16:05Thank you again. Bye.
16:07Carol, you are a wonder.
16:10A total of £80, and that duo of buys leaves Tamina with around 100 left.
16:15Who needs a courier?
16:18She is very strong.
16:21Now, how goes it in Ruston Parva?
16:26What on earth is that?
16:28Well, I know what that is.
16:30Because that's a really sweet little walking cane.
16:33Actually, do you know what?
16:34The thing about a good stick or a good walking cane is that it fits the hand.
16:38And that...
16:39It just fits the hand really, really well.
16:42In the 18th century, the walking cane was de rigueur for any discerning gentleman thought to have originated from Louis XIV, possibly wearing high heels.
16:55Now, what's this?
16:56Well, that clearly grabs something. But what's this rest for here?
17:00I would think this is probably 1920s, 30s, something like that, between the walls. And it's clearly for grabbing something.
17:09But I'm not quite sure what.
17:10It was Benjamin Franklin who invented the long arm, a device for reaching books on high shelves.
17:17Of course, it could also be used to pick up litter.
17:20But I'm not quite sure what you'd do with it.
17:24Let's go and chat to dealer Phil.
17:26Phil, we also have the cast-down book presses and the vintage price tags, all unpriced.
17:33Phil, how are you?
17:36Now then, are you all right?
17:37Good to see you, matey.
17:38Right, you've got lots of lovely things. And can I also just say, what a fantastic name you've got, Phil.
17:45Oh, here we go, softening up. Let's start with the book presses.
17:49There's one that's quite ornate, probably earlier than the other one. And then you've got the rectangular one. How much is that, please?
17:5730 quid.
17:58Really? Right, that's a deal done.
17:59What about the selection of price tags?
18:02For the lot?
18:03Yeah, all of them.
18:0430 quid.
18:05That's 60 quid I owe you. And then you've got the walking cane, and then you've got that other, like, a grabber thing. And how much is that?
18:1325 quid the two.
18:14So that's £85 I owe you, isn't it? There's the money. Thank you very much.
18:20Very much.
18:20There's a handshake, and I'm off to pick up some litter.
18:23Excellent haul of goodies there. That's 30 for the book press, 30 for the vintage price tags, and 25 for the walking cane and grabber.
18:32Leaving Phil with £95.
18:36It works, then.
18:39That's it. Shopping is finito for today, and reunited, we're on the road again.
18:46Do you want to go litter picking, or do you want to have something to eat?
18:49I think I'd rather have something to eat.
18:51Blimey, you know how to spoil a lady, Philip.
18:54Nighty night.
18:55Ah, the road trip wheels are on the move once more.
19:03Are you pleased with what you bought?
19:05Yeah, I found a chair that I think is going to really capture some hearts.
19:10Well, you think you're sitting on a fortune, do you?
19:12Oh, I do.
19:13You want the way I did that?
19:14Yeah, yeah, yeah.
19:15Great to see you so cheerful.
19:19Today, we're in full-on bonding mode.
19:22Do you know what?
19:23When I was a kid, you could either have a thrapney bag of boiled sweets, or a sixpunny bag of...
19:29Do you know what a thrapney vids is?
19:30No.
19:30Do you know what a sixpunny bag is?
19:33Old money.
19:35Showing you vintage there, Phil.
19:38Yesterday, he was on a buying frenzy.
19:41Scooping up a sewing machine, a book press, vintage price tags, and a walking cane with grabber.
19:48What on earth is that?
19:50Phil has £95 to play with.
19:53Meanwhile, Tamina collected a rye pottery cat, a rattan chest of drawers, and an arcana chair.
20:02Oh, a beautiful piece of mid-century design.
20:06Meaning, she still has £100 remaining.
20:10Tell me, are you a clubbing girl?
20:12I am.
20:12Are you?
20:13Yeah.
20:13Are you really?
20:14Yeah.
20:15Yeah, it's more like the MAP's club with me.
20:17Hey, I didn't like to say...
20:19At least I want to get ID'd.
20:21It's my ambition, actually, is to be ID'd.
20:24Good luck with that, then.
20:26Now, for something completely different.
20:28We are in the town of Beverley, where our former PE teacher, Phil, is off to the gym.
20:35He's venturing in here, the track, fitness and boxing club.
20:40Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for an electrifying journey into the realm of boxing.
20:47Where the ring becomes a stage and the fighters legends.
20:51Like Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Barbara Buttrick.
20:58Known as the mighty atom of the ring, standing at just under five foot, this fearless local
21:06girl followed her dream way back in the early 1940s and fought her way to the top of the
21:11sport.
21:13The flyweight that packed a punch is now 95 years young.
21:17Unable to be there in person, Barbara and her daughter, Michelle, are chatting to Phil via
21:23a video call.
21:24Barbara, how are you?
21:26I'm doing OK.
21:27Back in the day, what was the reaction to boxing for ladies in the United Kingdom, then?
21:33Well, fellows didn't like it, did they?
21:36No.
21:37In early 20th century Britain, the sport was almost exclusively male.
21:42Women boxers were few and far between, and were seen as nothing more than a fair grand
21:46spectacle.
21:46Barbara joined a travelling boxing troupe and would fight both men and women.
21:54I enjoyed doing it.
21:55I watched the boots and challenged the crowd.
21:57You'd take anybody on.
21:59Yes.
22:00With limited opportunities in Britain, Barbara set sail for America in 1952.
22:07Gosh.
22:08It seemed like there was more opportunity in America.
22:11Why do you think that was?
22:12Well, there were some girls over there that boxed.
22:17Yeah.
22:17So there was more opportunity for opponents and things like that, you know.
22:23Settling in Miami, Barbara trained at the same gym as Muhammad Ali.
22:28Competing in over 1,000 fights, Barbara's hard left jab scored 12 knockouts, and she was
22:36only beaten once in her 12-year career, ultimately becoming the first female world champion in
22:421957.
22:44Incredible.
22:46You must be very proud of what you've achieved.
22:49Yes, I suppose I was, yeah.
22:51As well as inspiring all those lady boxers.
22:54I think you've inspired me as well.
22:56Thank you for talking to me.
22:58You're welcome.
22:59It's good to talk to you.
23:01Just don't hit me.
23:02You'd have no chance, Phil.
23:04Barbara retired in 1961, but remained as a manager and trainer, and founded the Women's
23:09International Boxing Federation in 1993.
23:13Barbara paved the way for women boxers everywhere, and here at the gym, there are a few rising
23:19stars.
23:20Amateur boxer Tallulah Pulling is going to take Tamina through her paces.
23:25Gosh.
23:27I have to admit, I'm a little bit nervous here.
23:30You'll be all right.
23:30You'll be all right.
23:31Don't worry, Tamina.
23:32This will be fun.
23:34This is the basic boxing stance.
23:36We're going to start off with the most important shot ever, the jab, so what it is, is just
23:40full extension with your left arm, yeah.
23:42Yeah, that's really good.
23:43And then bring it right.
23:44But make sure with boxing, you always have a tight guard.
23:47Yeah.
23:48Since the London Olympics in 2010, there's been a reported 50% increase in women taking part
23:53in boxing.
23:54It can be quite intimidating, being in a gym full of boys and stuff like that, so it's
23:59really good that there are more girls coming, so it makes it more comfortable for other
24:04girls outside the gym to come and join.
24:07By 2022, the number of registered female boxers had increased by nearly 80%.
24:12Next door, Phil is meeting with another rising star, amateur boxer, Leanna Smith.
24:20Can I just tell you something before we start?
24:23Yeah.
24:24This is the punch bag.
24:25Yeah.
24:26This is me.
24:27Do not confuse the two.
24:28I won't.
24:29Go on then.
24:30It was nearly 80 years ago that Barbara Buttrick first embarked upon her career.
24:35Without her achievements, the journey would be much harder for boxers like Leanna.
24:41I don't think she realised the impact it's had on people.
24:44It's had a really, really strong impact positively on all the upcoming boxers, especially female
24:49ones like myself.
24:51You know, she's massively, massively inspired young people.
24:54And you're going to be doing that to the next generation, aren't you?
24:56Yeah, yeah.
24:57That's, yeah, that's my hearth, yeah.
24:59All the very best, Leanna.
25:01How is Tamina doing with the old one, two, one, two?
25:07Oh, looks like you've got your own corner man, Tamina.
25:09One, two, one.
25:11Can I shout out the one, two bit?
25:13Because I'd like to do that.
25:14If you want to, yeah.
25:15One, two, one, one.
25:18I'll tell you what, you keep her at this.
25:19I'll keep shouting.
25:20I'm off to this shop, all right?
25:21One, one, two.
25:23Bill's trying to get a head start on you.
25:25Don't worry.
25:26I'll get him back in the auction room.
25:29Ha, ha.
25:30Them's fighting words.
25:32Barbara defied the stereotypes that tried to limit her and paved the way for future generations
25:37of female boxers.
25:40Now determined to get to the shops before Phil, Tamina's still in Beverly, all set to clinch
25:47a knockout goodie in here at Beverly Antiques and Collectors Centre, an arcade of antique joy.
25:55There are over 100 dealers selling their wares in here with two floors to explore, so let's
26:01go mooching.
26:02Go mooching.
26:03Go mooching.
26:04Oh, cool.
26:05Does the job quickly.
26:08That's a little trouser press, you know.
26:11Tamina still has 100 pounds to splurge.
26:14This little guy has caught my eye.
26:19It's a Japanese netsuki.
26:22So, these would have been made as early as the 16th, 17th century in Japan.
26:28Netsuki, meaning attached to the root, emerged as a practical solution for fashion in 17th
26:35century Japan.
26:36Men wore pocketless kimonos, and netsuki allowed them to fasten hanging pouches or inro to carry
26:43their small belongings.
26:44Now they are still in production because they're such a core part of Japanese visual culture.
26:49This one appears to have some age to it, down to its colouring and subject matter.
26:54The newer ones are generally quite rounded forms, a bit more jovial.
26:59The price ticket says £38.
27:01Now in a specialist auction of Japanese artefacts, I think that is a fair price to make a profit.
27:10Whether it will do quite as well in a general auction, I think I'd like to take the risk.
27:17Cheerio to Tamina for now.
27:20Let's find Phil.
27:22Do you know, you drive this, I think it must be similar to flying an old Lancaster bomber.
27:27Only the Lancaster, probably a bit quieter.
27:31Phil has pootled to the east riding town of Ghoul.
27:40I think you're a bit big for them, you know.
27:43We're going in here, Bluebell Vintage and Curios.
27:49Established in 2015, this small family-run business offers a veritable feast for the eyes.
27:57Phil has the princely sum of £95.
28:00Let's get spending.
28:02So this is a really simple lesson in how to describe a chair.
28:08Now, if we look at the legs first, start at the bottom, work your way up.
28:11They're cabriol legs.
28:13Not two this similar to my own, really.
28:15And this is a balloon back.
28:17So you've got a Victorian balloon back cabriol leg chair.
28:22And it's made out of walnut.
28:23But is that for me?
28:24Well, sadly, no.
28:26Because in today's world, these chairs are so out of fashion and out of sync,
28:32that I think if I put that into an auction, it would be a struggle for me.
28:37While he revels in the world of chairs, let's bounce back to Beverley.
28:45I wouldn't have expected to see these here.
28:48These are Turkish bath clogs for sort of public baths, like the hammams.
28:54The women wearing them would be raised above the dirty water in the hammam.
29:00Now, the height of the clogs was linked to social status.
29:06So the higher the clogs, the more wealthy and elite the women wearing them would have been.
29:12Sometimes you can get ones that are almost like stilts.
29:16The Turkish hammam became a cherished ritual during the Ottoman Empire.
29:21It was specifically designed to promote both physical cleanliness and spiritual purification.
29:27I think they're interesting and curious enough that they might capture someone's interest at auction.
29:34They're £38.
29:37That's a retail price.
29:39I don't think that's very much to get such an interesting conversation piece.
29:46Let's hope they can steam ahead with a profit.
29:49Well, there isn't no one person who can make use of these.
29:52You shall go to the ball, Cinders.
29:55Totally lovely.
29:57Ha-ha.
29:58Now, let's shimmy back over to Ghoul.
30:00Ah, these are nice.
30:12So.
30:13This is a really famous First World War character.
30:18This is Old Bill.
30:19And Old Bill was a character created by Bruce Barnes' father.
30:24And he's normally depicted in First World War trenches, making somewhat disparaging marks about the opposition.
30:32But here he is, look, with his mate, and they're in a foxhole or a trench, and Bill is saying to his mate,
30:40Well, if you knows of a better role, go to it.
30:44And it's kind of, I suppose, that satirical humour about the First World War.
30:50And his stuff is reasonably sought after.
30:53Captain Bruce Barnes' father served in the First World War, where he was badly wounded on the Western Front.
31:00Whilst recovering, he created the character Old Bill, which would become one of the best-known cartoons of the era.
31:08On the back, it's got made by the girls of Staffordshire during the winter of 1917, 1918,
31:14when the boys were in the trenches fighting for liberty and civilisation.
31:18Do you know what? Both my grandfathers fought in the First World War.
31:21So I find all this stuff kind of quietly evocative for me.
31:25They don't make huge sums of money, these.
31:26You're looking at, I don't know, 10 or 20 quid with a good following wind.
31:29But I just love the story that it tells.
31:31And a wonderful way to remember our heroes of the past.
31:35It's unpriced.
31:37And here, you've got these two plates.
31:39And they're interesting, because these are Prattware plates.
31:42And Prattware refers to the kind of transfer print on the cover.
31:48And back in the 1980s, Prattware was massively collectible.
31:53Transfer printing in colours on pottery had its zenith in the mid-19th century.
31:58They're from the same service, but they're slightly different if you look closely,
32:01because the border on this one is different to the border on that one.
32:04I mean, none of these are exactly rare.
32:06If I could buy all three, I'd put them as one lot.
32:09Let's ask Julie her best on the unpriced pin dish and plates.
32:14Julie, how are you?
32:15Hi, Phil.
32:16What's the best you could do for the two Prattware plates and the pin dish for, please?
32:20I think we could do 15 and then five.
32:22Well, I tell you what, I'm not even going to argue with you.
32:24I'm just going to shake you by the hand and pay you.
32:27Here we are, my love.
32:28Julie, you've brought joy to the cerral.
32:31Thank you very much. You're welcome. Thank you.
32:33That's Phil shopped up, £80 unspent.
32:37I'm really pleased with these.
32:40Back to Tamina in Beverley.
32:49It's always so nice to find something unexpected amongst more traditional antiques.
32:55This is a little poetry book by Omar Khayyam,
33:00who was an 11th century Persian poet.
33:04And if we open it here, it's inscribed,
33:09with love, December 20th, 1922.
33:13That makes sense because Omar Khayyam was a renowned poet
33:18and mathematician, basically a polymath of every kind.
33:22But it wasn't until the turn of the century
33:25that his works were translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald.
33:29Now, what Omar Khayyam is most famed for are his poetry quatrains,
33:34the four-line poems.
33:36This Islamic scholar's quatrains have been translated
33:41into almost every major language
33:43and are responsible for shaping European ideas about Persian poetry.
33:48So, it's marked at £18.
33:51And for something that is such an important indicator
33:56of that East and West connection,
33:58I don't think that's very expensive at all.
34:00I'm hoping someone likes it as much as I do at auction.
34:03Along with this delightful poetry book,
34:05we also have the netsuki priced at £38
34:08and the Turkish clogs, also for £38.
34:11So, stand by, Bruce.
34:13Hi, Bruce.
34:16Hi, there.
34:17Let's start with the netsuki.
34:19Where can you go on this for me?
34:21Er...
34:2230 any good?
34:2330 would be brilliant.
34:24And the Turkish clogs?
34:2532 any good?
34:26Ooh, 32 would be great, yes.
34:28Finally, this is actually my favourite thing.
34:31I've got this poetry book.
34:34It says £18.
34:35I think that's perfectly reasonable.
34:36Yeah.
34:37So, that's £80 in total.
34:40OK.
34:4180.
34:42OK.
34:43Thank you very much.
34:44Thank you so much, Bruce.
34:45What a wonderful buying bonanza.
34:47Tamina has £20 remaining.
34:52That's it.
34:53The shopping is now at a close
34:55and our antiques buddies are together again.
34:58I think your chair is lovely.
35:01Yeah, it's very nice.
35:02So, you'll be well with that?
35:03I hope so.
35:05Well, I don't, actually.
35:06Well, I mean, I do.
35:08But just not that well.
35:10Blimey.
35:11Best get some shut-eye, eh?
35:15We are simply breathless.
35:18With anticipation.
35:19Time to find out if we can make some big bucks.
35:23I'm kind of...
35:24a little bit worried about this.
35:26Don't be worried, Phil.
35:27Really?
35:28What's the worst that could happen?
35:29Well, I could lose.
35:32Our chappie duo,
35:33after a whizz around the east riding of Yorkshire,
35:36have returned to Rossythe in Fife
35:38for number two in a best-of-five auction contest.
35:43At Three Bridges Auction House.
35:47Today's sale is in the room, on the phone,
35:49and the World Wide Web.
35:51Our no-messing-about-gavel basher is Will Bowler.
35:54Starting at 75.
35:55Phil has bought five lots, for a total of £120.
35:57Anything standing out, Will?
35:58We have the vintage celluloid advertising signs.
35:59Look good on the wee grocers.
36:00Obviously, in the day.
36:01I appeal a lot to people who collect that sort of thing.
36:02Tamina collected six lots, for the sum of £180.
36:03What's your fave, Will?
36:04So, we have the Japanese Netsuki.
36:05Highly carved.
36:06They're very desirable.
36:07Had a lot of condition reports on this as well.
36:08That'll appeal to a lot of the collectors.
36:09Back to our happy pair.
36:10Oh, look, it's busy in here.
36:11Ready to make some money, Phil?
36:12Let the games play.
36:13Let the games play.
36:14Let the games play.
36:15Let the games play.
36:16Let the games play.
36:17Let the games play.
36:18Let the games play.
36:19Let the games play.
36:20It's got some nice little plates, colour plates.
36:21It's got some nice little plates, colour plates.
36:22It's got some nice little plates.
36:23It's got some nice little plates, colour plates.
36:24So, we have the Japanese Netsuki.
36:25So, we have the Japanese Netsuki.
36:26So, we have the Japanese Netsuki.
36:27Highly carved.
36:28Highly carved.
36:29They're very desirable.
36:30Had a lot of condition reports on this as well.
36:31That'll appeal to a lot of the collectors.
36:32Back to our happy pair.
36:33Oh, look, it's busy in here.
36:34Ready to make some money, Phil?
36:35Let the games begin.
36:36Indeed.
36:37First up, we have Tamina's Omar Khayyam poetry book.
36:41It's a pretty thing.
36:43Five bid we have at five.
36:45Five bid we have at five.
36:46Six bid there at six.
36:50Oh, what a pity.
36:55But someone has bagged a bargain.
36:58Can you do?
36:59Roll the dice, flick of the coin.
37:01Yes.
37:02Over to Phil with the weighty cast iron book press.
37:05Who doesn't want a book press?
37:08Yes, that's all I've ever wanted.
37:10Forty bid we have.
37:11There we go.
37:12Profit, isn't it?
37:13I'm looking for 45 to go on.
37:14Aren't we all, my friends?
37:15Selling at 40.
37:17Need some profits.
37:18I'm not happy with that.
37:19Try telling your face.
37:21Good start, Phil.
37:22Just gets better by the minute this, doesn't it?
37:24Yeah.
37:25Tamina now with the Bombay style ratan chest.
37:28It's got a lot going for it.
37:29It's got like different materials.
37:31I feel like you're making excuses for it.
37:33I've got a bid there at 25 at 25.
37:34Everyone is alive at 25.
37:35Really?
37:36Here we go.
37:37Jump to 35 now at 35.
37:38Oh, hello.
37:3945 now at 45.
37:40What on you?
37:4145.
37:4255 now, thank you.
37:43Someone else thinks it's as cute as I did.
37:45We've got 60 here now at 65.
37:46Hey.
37:4765 pounds.
37:48We're all done.
37:49Selling at 65.
37:50Hey.
37:51There we go.
37:52Excellent result.
37:54More of this, please.
37:55It's nice.
37:56It's pretty.
37:57It's got function.
37:58More do you want?
37:59How about a walking cane and litter grabber?
38:02Phil's turned now.
38:04I bought a litter picker-upper.
38:06Right.
38:0720 pounds.
38:0820 bed.
38:10I'm looking for two.
38:11There's obviously not very much litter around here.
38:13It's not even needed.
38:16That was a little bit disappointing.
38:19Hm.
38:20Only a titchy loss, Phil.
38:21Hey-ho.
38:22On to the next.
38:23That's the spirit.
38:25Let's see if Tamina's Turkish clogs lather up some dosh.
38:29I could do some stank platform.
38:31I certainly could.
38:32There, somebody bed.
38:3310 pounds for this.
38:34Someone bed.
38:35Nobody.
38:36They're a size five.
38:37Size five.
38:3810 pounds for it.
38:39Go on, there.
38:40There we go.
38:42We're one and all done and selling.
38:45They're dirt cheap, aren't they?
38:47Yeah.
38:48The crowd didn't go head over heels.
38:50Onwards.
38:51They'll look great.
38:53Phil now with the combo lot of the old Bill Pindish and Prattware plates.
39:00What's interesting sometimes, you pick up a piece of pot or something.
39:04Hmm.
39:05And the back side of it is more interesting than the front side of it.
39:08Not just pots.
39:09No, and the back of...
39:11I'm sorry.
39:13Behave.
39:14See, 15 pounds to start this.
39:1615 pounds for it.
39:1715 pounds.
39:18What?
39:19Anybody interested in it.
39:2015 pounds.
39:21No interest at all at 15.
39:22We'll just pass that lot.
39:23Appalling.
39:24The perils of auction, Phil.
39:27Plenty more to go.
39:29Next, we have Tamina's Netsuki.
39:31It's just a nicely, like, moulded thing.
39:34I've got a bid on this here.
39:35A 40 pounds bid here at four.
39:37Hello, there we go.
39:38Profit, yeah.
39:39Yeah.
39:40We've got 50 now.
39:41Stop it.
39:42Are we all sure?
39:43At 50, they're flashing.
39:44Nope, they're backing at 55 now.
39:45Well done, you.
39:46Hey.
39:47Fair one and all done.
39:48Selling at 55.
39:49Lovely.
39:50Yeah, well done, you.
39:52Japan-tastic.
39:54Profits are bound once more.
39:57Top jump, top jump.
39:58Are you thready for this?
40:00It's the Jones sewing machine and sing-a-mat.
40:03I just thought you got a nice look to it.
40:0630 bid, thank you.
40:07We got there eventually.
40:081 to 50, same profit.
40:10Up again at 40.
40:1140 bid there at 40.
40:12At 40 times.
40:13Gaussure at 40.
40:14And selling.
40:15That's a nice profit, but I think that...
40:18Phil's pinned down a profit.
40:21It was an elegant thing that was nice by.
40:24Not quite so elegant, but jaunty.
40:27Tamina's rye pottery cat next.
40:29And this one's just like...
40:31It's a cool cat.
40:32Yeah.
40:33You can start at £30 bid.
40:35Hello, there we go.
40:36Everybody loves cats, don't they?
40:38Yeah.
40:39At 30 bid there at 30.
40:40At 30, and selling.
40:42Oh, wow, yeah.
40:43A pawsome result, Tamina.
40:46It's good, isn't it?
40:47Yeah, £10 profit.
40:48Very nice.
40:49Yeah.
40:50Now, madam.
40:51How about a nice selection of your finest vintage price tags?
40:54Yeah, there was one that just said seedless.
40:57It just made me laugh.
40:59It just made me laugh.
41:00There are £35 bid.
41:02Oh!
41:0335 bid at 40.
41:0440 bid at 40.
41:0545.
41:06That's profit.
41:07Goodness gracious me.
41:08We're all done at £45, selling at 45.
41:11Well done.
41:12Very lovely.
41:13That's beefed up Phil's profits.
41:15Phew.
41:16It's the final lot.
41:20Tamina's Arcana chair.
41:22Where can you get a chair for £40?
41:24Let alone one.
41:25I should have followed you round, I think.
41:27I can start on the book here at £80 bid here at 80.
41:30I've got 85, but I've got 90.
41:33Still on the book here with me at 90.
41:3595, I've got 100 now.
41:37I've got 110, but I've got 120.
41:39I've got 130, but it's still 140 on the book.
41:41At 140, 150, but...
41:42I've still got 160.
41:43160 bid I have at 160, but I've still got 180.
41:46190, it's still 200 on the book here at 200.
41:48We're all done.
41:49Are you sure?
41:50Are you sure?
41:51220, they're back in.
41:53Well done you.
41:54That's a really good profit.
41:55Selling at 220.
41:56Well done.
41:57Yeah, that's good.
41:58That's good.
41:59Well done you.
42:00That is a super-duper result.
42:02Well done, Tamina.
42:03Time to go, kid, isn't it?
42:05I want to go and look and see if I can find a chair anywhere.
42:09Let's crunch some numbers.
42:11Phil began with £200, and after all the time,
42:13he's got a chair.
42:15Phil began with £200, and after all auction costs,
42:19he's made a loss of £9.60.
42:24Tamina also began with 200 smackers.
42:26After all sale room costs,
42:28she has made an incredible profit of £126.32.
42:34Hurrah!
42:36At one auction win each, it's all to play for,
42:39and any accumulated profits at the end of the week
42:42will go to children in need.
42:45Well, at least we know you're sitting on a fortune, don't we?
42:48God, get out of here.
42:49Yeah, sorry.
42:50Got to go and find me a chair.
42:52Next time with Phil and Tamina,
42:54we're all about the wheels.
42:57We've got Flash.
42:58Look at that.
42:59How tall is that?
43:01Fragile.
43:02I wonder if Phil would like to give it a go with me.
43:06And downright fancy.
43:08I'm thinking it's worth £3 million.
43:11I'd like to pay for £3.
43:12Thank you, Phil.
43:13I'm thinking it's worth £3.
43:14I'd like to pay for £3.
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