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Antiques Road Trip - Season 31 Episode 10 -
Tropical Trails and Antique Tale
Tropical Trails and Antique Tale
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00:00Behind 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.
00:14And valiant losers.
00:15Why 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.
00:30Welcome.
00:37This could be interesting.
00:41Fills the man with the golden question.
00:44Which Bond girl would you be in which film?
00:47I think I'd be the next Bond.
00:50Really?
00:50You could be my Bond girl.
00:52Hey, he's more like Oddjob.
00:54Listen, I love you a lot, but I'm not dressing up for you or anybody else.
00:57I think that would leave us a little bit shaken, not stirred.
01:02Oh, my life.
01:04Breathe in.
01:06It's the final leg and last chance saloon for our two auctioneer whizzaroos.
01:12Phil Serral and Tamina Gaffar.
01:14And the beefy 1959 Ford Popular.
01:20I've enjoyed it.
01:21I've enjoyed it.
01:21I've enjoyed it.
01:21I've enjoyed it.
01:22You're really good fun.
01:23My highlight?
01:24You, dear.
01:25Oh, no.
01:27Oh.
01:28You old smoothie.
01:30Last time, Tamina found an ancient superhero.
01:34A Vishnu, protector of the universe.
01:37And was properly frank.
01:39No price on this.
01:41Either priceless or worthless.
01:43While Phil was naughty.
01:46If in doubt, cheat.
01:48And wowed us with his expertise.
01:50That looks like a stick, doesn't it?
01:53But at the auction, despite Tamina having the biggest single profit...
01:57Selling that at £95 and done.
02:01Yay!
02:02It was Phil's consistent small wins that clinched victory.
02:0728.
02:0938.
02:10Oh, it's a little profit, isn't it?
02:11Yeah.
02:12Currently, it's 3-1 to Philip.
02:15I've learned that one man's rubbish is a Phil Serral purchase.
02:20Yeah, I know.
02:21That is very true.
02:24This tour kicked off in Liverpool, romped around Yorkshire and the Midlands,
02:28and then zipped around Oxfordshire, and will conclude in Cornwall.
02:32Wow.
02:34They reckon that Cornwall's good for pirates, don't they?
02:37You know any sea chanting?
02:40No, do you?
02:42There was a young girl from Pexat.
02:44No, I won't go any further than that one.
02:46Yeah, best not.
02:48But our boisterous road-trippers go full-on Cornish, shopping all the way to St Austal.
02:55But first, we're limbering up in the town of Liscard.
03:01It became a boom town in the early 19th century, when copper was discovered in the nearby moors.
03:07While Tamina is off on her own-some elsewhere, this one's just for Phil.
03:14The Emporium is a family-run biz.
03:16Just look at the plethora of plunder.
03:19Oh!
03:20I like that.
03:21Let's see what Phil finds with his 200 smackers.
03:25This is such an interesting shop.
03:29There's just really good things everywhere.
03:34That's interesting, isn't it?
03:35See?
03:37Circular mirror.
03:38If in doubt, look at the label.
03:40Thank you, Philip.
03:41I think that's a really interesting thing.
03:44So this carved fruit around the edge, carved and coloured, would have me think it's somewhere
03:48between about 1905 and 1925, something like that.
03:52And you've got this gilded kind of leaf structure all the way around the edge.
03:57It's almost like a porthole mirror, isn't it, you know?
03:59I think that's really wicked.
04:00It's priced at £45.
04:03It was Venetian artisans in the early 16th century who developed the technique of coating
04:09glass with tin and mercury.
04:12It fast became a big hit with the European royal families.
04:16I think that's really interesting.
04:18And at £45, you know, I think at auction, that's going to do 30 to 50 quid all day long.
04:26So the acid test of this is, would I have that in my own home?
04:28Well, actually, do you know what?
04:29I would.
04:30And the great thing about a mirror in a room is that it gives it so much more light and
04:35so much more depth.
04:37I'm going to buy that.
04:38So decisive, Phil.
04:40While he bathes in seral paradise, let's find Tamina.
04:45Hargal is in the ancient Cornish town of Lost Withiel, where poet laureate John Betjman
04:51is reputed to have said, there is history in every stone.
04:55Well, let's hope there's some of it in Ouzella Court Antique Centre.
04:59Tamina's Place of Prey.
05:02It's properly packed in here.
05:04Absolutely festooned in goodies.
05:07What can Tamina find with her fresh kitty of £200?
05:10We shall see.
05:12They're made out of shells.
05:15They're made out of shells.
05:17They're making out of shells.
05:18That's very cool.
05:24There's something potentially quite interesting in this cupboard.
05:27Indian silver doesn't quite have the same hallmarking tradition as English silver.
05:31But from the imagery in the cartouches, like the lion, the peacock and the tiger and the ornate foliate design throughout, it does seem like a typically Indian piece.
05:44Indian silver, Persian silver and Burmese silver all very sought after at auction.
05:50And this is priced at £160 and justifiably so.
05:54I mean, that's kind of where I would expect it to be.
05:57Don't quite see a profit in it at that price for me.
06:00Fair enough.
06:01What's next then?
06:07This is really beautifully shaped, it feels like it's a hand-formed copper tray, quintessentially arts and crafts.
06:17We are seeing a resurgence in interest in the arts and crafts movement, just like the 19th century when the arts and crafts movement was established as a rejection of industrialisation.
06:28Because even now people are looking for considered objects made with purpose, again, as a rejection of the mass production that we face today.
06:38It's been etched with these acanthus plant motifs all across the tray.
06:44I wonder if it's got any markings.
06:47It's stamped as well.
06:49It says Townshend & Co.
06:52We might be able to discern some sort of age from that as well.
06:58Townshend & Co. was a brass foundry operating from 1890.
07:02They specialised in copper art metalwork, like this tray.
07:06It's a nice sized thing, and they're doing very well at auction at the moment.
07:11It depends on the price.
07:14Well, it's priced here at £89.
07:16There definitely needs to be some reduction in price there for me to feel confident in making a profit.
07:23While Tamina mooches further, back to Liscard.
07:28Just look at the concentration.
07:31Wow.
07:37Do you know, this is a real old-fashioned, old cottage bit of furniture, and it's just my thing, really.
07:44So it's made out of oak.
07:45How do you know it's made out of oak?
07:46Well, if you look here, can you see those light rays there?
07:50I think they're called the medullary rays of oak, or something like that.
07:53Spot on, Phil.
07:54All wood has medullary rays.
07:57Horizontal lines that extend from the centre of the tree.
08:01In oak, they're more pronounced.
08:0318th century.
08:05Possibly a blanket box, possibly a Bible box.
08:08It's very dry.
08:09It needs a good polish.
08:11It needs a bit of love and attention.
08:13I actually really quite like that.
08:15It's got some quite nice carrying handles on the side.
08:19Probably not an original, but, you know, it looks okay.
08:22Turn the clock back 25 years, and that was probably £250.
08:26It's now priced up at £55.
08:31And I'm sure there'll be a bit of negotiation in that.
08:36I think there's a profit in that.
08:39At least I hope there is.
08:42That's the name of the game, Phil.
08:43While he mooches further, back to Lost Witheal.
08:57Now, initially, I thought this was painted,
09:00but these are actually naturally occurring stones,
09:04and what looks like painting on them
09:07is actually sort of imperfections in the stone.
09:11They're called dendritic stone.
09:14They're reminiscent of Chinese painting,
09:16the zhen shui paintings of waterfalls and landscapes,
09:20but these aren't actually painted at all.
09:22They're just purely the forms of the other minerals in the stone
09:27that have created a sort of tree-like landscape element to them.
09:31They're known as painting stones.
09:34They originate from a remote region of China.
09:37Formed through natural weathering processes,
09:40they're polished to reveal stunning landscape patterns.
09:44It's quite a lovely thing.
09:45These do really well at auction, particularly in, like, specialist sales.
09:48But I think anyone, even if they weren't a collector
09:51of Chinese art or artefacts, could see the beauty in these.
09:56Does it have a price tag?
09:58It says £48.
10:00It's a little bit higher than I would like,
10:04though not unreasonable.
10:06Along with the arts and crafts copper tray at 89,
10:10stand by for a deal.
10:13Hi, Judith.
10:15Hello.
10:15I planned two lovely things in your shop.
10:17Let's start with the Chinese dendritic stone at 48.
10:22Could you do 30?
10:23I'll go to 30.
10:25Thank you very much.
10:27And you know what I'm going to ask?
10:28Yes, I do.
10:29The same thing for the tray.
10:30I could do a...
10:32Probably 70.
10:34Thank you very much.
10:37Now, OK, I have 100.
10:41Super job.
10:42Thank you so much, Judith.
10:44I'm very kind.
10:46Tamina now has £100 remaining.
10:48Now for a bit more fill in Liscard.
10:55The only thing I know about this is the price,
10:57and it's £25,
10:58because I've never seen anything quite like that.
11:00It's obviously some form of kitchen area,
11:02and that's going to clamp onto your kitchen table.
11:05And then it's got this writing on the side,
11:08which says,
11:09Enterprise MFC,
11:11which is Manufacturing Company,
11:14Philadelphia,
11:16PA.
11:17And from that,
11:18I can deduce,
11:20this is American.
11:21Oh, you're on fire today, Phil.
11:23The Enterprise Manufacturing Company
11:26was renowned for making kitchen gadgets
11:28like coffee grinders and fruit pitters,
11:31which this looks likely to be.
11:34Wet the raisins.
11:36I don't really quite understand that.
11:40This is for extracting the seeds
11:42from raisins or grapes.
11:44Fruit pitters were seen to be essential
11:46back in the 19th century
11:47because it was believed
11:49that swallowing fruit pips
11:51was the cause of appendicitis.
11:53Let's go and speak to our friendly shopkeeper.
11:55We also have the mirror
11:57and the oak box.
11:59Brace yourself, dealer Rod.
12:02It's such a good shop.
12:04Let's start with the fruit pitter
12:05at 25.
12:07What's the best you can do that for?
12:0820.
12:09Right.
12:10Deal number one.
12:11Lovely, thank you.
12:12And the mirror at 45?
12:13What's your very best on that, please?
12:1530.
12:16That's another deal.
12:17It's like shelling peas.
12:19What's it great?
12:20Hey, can he make it three in a row?
12:2255 for this, remember?
12:24I'm loathe to ask you for a discount
12:26by I'm going to.
12:28Okay.
12:28What could you do that for?
12:29The best would be 40.
12:31So math, 20, 30, 40.
12:32That's 90 quid, isn't it?
12:33It is indeed.
12:34I'm going to show you my hand.
12:35Lovely, thank you very much.
12:36Now all you want is to have some money, isn't it?
12:38Two, four, six, eight.
12:41And there's a teller.
12:42That's lovely.
12:43Right, that's grand.
12:45Thank you very much.
12:45And now I know what a fingamajig looks like.
12:48A trio of Phil Lovelies to start the day.
12:52Phil now has 110 pounds.
12:55The oak box will be sent onwards to auction.
13:00Now, where's our termina?
13:02The town of Wadebridge, I swear,
13:05and the epicentre of the centuries-old martial art
13:10of Cornish wrestling.
13:11Our very own antique grappler is pumped and ready for action.
13:17Amazing.
13:18Can't wait to see what I can discover here.
13:21In this fine establishment,
13:23Wadebridge Antique Centre,
13:25on the go since 2016,
13:28every inch is crammed with carefully curated curios.
13:34Tamina has 100 pounds in her purse.
13:37Nice to see you've got yourself a cuppa, girl.
13:45I thought this might have been Indian
13:48from the nice floral and foliate design on it,
13:52but it's got British hallmarks.
13:54Silver, very nice, sought after,
13:57and probably of a period
13:59when Indian design was quite favoured.
14:02Let's see how much this is.
14:04Now, it's 125 pounds,
14:05so the price of silver has increased quite a lot recently,
14:10and actually sometimes that means
14:12that certain objects don't really have as much value
14:15for how they're made or what they are
14:18or even their historic value.
14:20Sometimes they're more valuable
14:21just in terms of the weight of the silver.
14:23Now, this one is priced according to its weight,
14:26which puts it out of my budget, unfortunately.
14:29Keep hunting, then.
14:30Now, let's find a fill.
14:32I'd love to take this on a drag strip, actually,
14:34and really see how fast it'll go,
14:37because I've got a feeling it'll go very, very, very quickly.
14:40But let's stick to the speed limit for now, shall we?
14:43Our man has also made it to Wadebridge.
14:48To the very same shop as Tomina.
14:52It's more than big enough for two,
14:54so let's see what he finds.
14:57£110 to play with for him.
14:59Do you know what?
15:01If you're as old as I am,
15:02and you've got some early, early LPs,
15:05the Fab Four from Liverpool back in the 60s,
15:08look for their very first LP,
15:11and in the top right-hand corner,
15:1399.9% of them say mono,
15:16and those are worth a few pounds.
15:17But the other 1% say stereo.
15:23And if you've got the stereo version at home,
15:25that's worth thousands of pounds.
15:27Go and have a look.
15:28Will do, eh?
15:29Now, let's keep mooching.
15:33Do you know what?
15:34How good is that?
15:35Do you know whose birthday that is?
15:36March 27th.
15:39Mariah Carey's birthday.
15:43Actually, it's my hind.
15:45But just think, Phil,
15:46you share it with another diva.
15:49While he has a little huff,
15:51let's follow Tamina.
15:55I like this.
15:57It's a nicely formed inkwell,
16:00and it's got this really nice faceted base to it,
16:03which makes it look like a really elegant thing.
16:06The Egyptians were the original inventors of the inkwell,
16:09but the Victorians popularised them
16:12with the rise of the dip pen
16:14and the penny post in 1840.
16:16So next to the anchor hallmark,
16:18we've got a lion and a small bee.
16:20That tells me it's 1901.
16:22It's a considerable age to it.
16:23It's priced at £25.
16:26I think that's quite reasonable.
16:28I think something complete and elegant like this
16:32do really well at auction.
16:34In that case,
16:35let's talk dosh with this friendly dealer.
16:38Hi, Alex.
16:39Hello.
16:40I found this lovely inkwell in your shop.
16:43It's got a ticket price on it.
16:44£25.
16:45How far can you move?
16:47I can do 20.
16:4920.
16:49Yeah, 20 works for me.
16:50To my 10 and 20.
16:52Excellent.
16:53Thank you so much.
16:55Bye-bye.
16:56Wonderful.
16:57Tamina has £80 remaining.
17:00How's the cereal getting on?
17:02Do you know what was copper and brass many, many years ago?
17:04It used to be worth an awful lot of money.
17:06I don't think people like polishing things today.
17:09Right you are, Phil.
17:11Let's get delving then.
17:14That's quite sweet.
17:15Look at that.
17:15That's a little jelly mould.
17:17And these copper jelly moulds,
17:18most of them are 19th century.
17:20And you can get really rare ones in the form of animals.
17:23There's even a Victoria Jubilee jelly mould
17:26that I sold for hundreds and hundreds of pounds.
17:29In Georgian times,
17:30wibbly-wobbly jellies were the height of fashion.
17:33There were even jelly houses
17:35that would be the equivalent of the swanky cocktail bars of today.
17:40It's unpriced.
17:42But, just like magic, there's Alex.
17:45Well, there's no price on that,
17:46so can I make you a really cheeky offer?
17:49£10 or £15 for me?
17:50Yeah, go £15.
17:51There we go.
17:53You got it.
17:53I'd better give you some money then.
17:54Yes, please.
17:55There we are.
17:56Thank you very much indeed.
17:57Yeah, thank you, Alex.
17:59That's made Phil jiggle with joy,
18:02leaving him with £95.
18:04Oh, no, look at that.
18:05Look at the weather.
18:06Oh, what am I going to do?
18:09Oh, no, no, no, no.
18:11Nice hat, Phil.
18:12The shopping is done and dusted for today.
18:16Thankfully, this is just a passing shower.
18:19We're back in the Ford Pop.
18:21We should treat ourselves
18:22when we've finished driving
18:24to a celebrating class of this.
18:26Oh, yes.
18:27Absolutely.
18:29Nighty-night.
18:30We're up with the larks.
18:37Do you know, it's a bit like blind date this, isn't it?
18:40Well, we've been in touch.
18:43It's certainly been a lot of, lot of laughs.
18:46We pull out the cards and one of us said yes,
18:48the other one said no.
18:49Yeah, no, well, I think we were, weren't we?
18:51Yeah.
18:52It's been a wonderful road.
18:53It's been a blast
18:54and I've loved every minute of it.
18:56I will do.
18:57Never fear.
18:58It's not over yet, chums.
19:01Yesterday, Philip was a man on a mission,
19:04buying a gilt wood and painted frame mirror,
19:07a large oak box,
19:09a seed extractor,
19:10and a copper jelly mould, as you do.
19:12That's quite sweet.
19:13Look at that.
19:13Phil now has £95 left.
19:17Tamina was also in spend mode,
19:20collecting an arts and crafts tray,
19:23a Chinese dendritic stone
19:25and an Edwardian inkwell.
19:27Lovely.
19:27I like this.
19:29Leaving Tamina with £80.
19:31Can't see a trip down memory lane with Phil.
19:35I'll let you do not sleep.
19:37I took my driving test on my 17th birthday.
19:40I thought I was pretty slick,
19:41trying to do a racing change.
19:44The driving instructor said,
19:45I don't think we're Stirling Mott, are we?
19:49Yes.
19:50Always one to impress our Phil.
19:53Now for something exceptional.
19:56We've arrived in Bodelva in Cornwall.
20:00Home to a marvel of human ingenuity
20:02and environmental stewardship,
20:04the Eden Project.
20:08This extraordinary complex of biomes
20:10is not only a stunning showcase
20:13for botanical beauty,
20:15but also a powerful call
20:16to reconnect humanity with nature.
20:20Phil and Tamina are meeting
20:22head of horticulture,
20:24Catherine Cutler.
20:25This is like landing on another planet,
20:29isn't it?
20:29So why is this all here?
20:31Well, it was originally built
20:32in order to show people
20:34all of the amazing plants
20:35that we rely on every day.
20:37Things that we eat,
20:38things that we sit on,
20:39things that make our clothes.
20:40What provides us with all of these things
20:42every single day of the year?
20:43Which is your favourite?
20:45If it's raining or cold,
20:46definitely my favourite
20:47is the rainforest biome.
20:49Would you like to come and have a look?
20:50Yes, please, yes, please.
20:50Yes, too.
20:51I'll after you.
20:51Back in the 1990s,
20:53entrepreneur and visionary
20:55Tim Smith
20:56had an idea like no other.
21:00Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's
21:02The Lost World,
21:03he was enthralled by the idea
21:05of a civilisation rich in abundance,
21:08one that instilled gratitude
21:09and respect for Earth's natural bounty.
21:12A barren China Clay pit
21:15was bought and transformed
21:17into giant bubble-like biomes
21:19that housed faraway ecosystems and climates.
21:23The doors opened in 2001.
21:26So, welcome to the rainforest.
21:28This is incredible.
21:31It's amazing, isn't it?
21:32It really is.
21:34This is truly remarkable
21:36and is the world's largest indoor rainforest.
21:40So, this kind of almost hemisphere,
21:42this shape.
21:43Is that an accident or design?
21:44That was very much a design.
21:46So, drawing from nature.
21:48So, if you think of
21:49when you have bubbles in a bubble bath
21:51and the natural form
21:52that the bubbles take,
21:54but it was designed this way
21:55to have no support systems.
21:58So, if you think about it,
21:59there's nothing around us
22:00that makes you realise
22:02that you're inside.
22:04As you're wandering around,
22:05you really feel like you're in
22:06a natural, open, rainforest space.
22:09This iconic design
22:11was born from the pragmatic need
22:13for a construction
22:14that coped with the shifting ground levels.
22:17Cleverly, it also mimicked
22:19nature's honeycomb hexagons.
22:21The importance and the education value of Eden
22:25is sharing about plant life to people.
22:28And we know that animals capture
22:30and grab people's attention.
22:32So, it's really important for us
22:33that the plants take centre stay.
22:35And they do.
22:36The height in here is a vast 50 metres tall.
22:40So big, you could fit the Tower of London in it.
22:43That's the one thing that we can do here
22:45is to grow rainforest trees.
22:47Rainforests cover 6% of the planet
22:50and these ecological powerhouses
22:53are critical for global climate control.
22:56And for people to visit this rainforest
22:58and realise that rainforests,
22:59even though they're that far away,
23:01are still really important
23:02to our day-to-day lives.
23:04With over 2 million plants to care for
23:06and a million visitors each year,
23:08the mission here
23:09is to promote a deep appreciation
23:11for nurturing the beauty of our planet.
23:15Growing Point is the latest venture
23:17and a shining example of the future of food.
23:21This geothermally heated nursery
23:23cultivates fresh plants
23:24for the on-site restaurants.
23:28Oh, this is incredible.
23:29Everything that you've seen in the rainforest biome
23:31would have started by being grown in the nursery.
23:34And then we also grow
23:35a whole range of other crops up here.
23:37Lots and lots of herbs and salads.
23:38So here we've got basil, coriander, parsley,
23:41we're cutting and harvesting regularly
23:43to supply direct to the chefs.
23:45So instead of food
23:47literally coming from miles away...
23:48It just walks down the road.
23:50Transporting food around the country
23:52produces 109 million tonnes of CO2 annually.
23:57That's 26% of our total greenhouse gas emissions.
24:01So are you ready to go
24:02and eat some of our lovely crops
24:04down in the restaurant?
24:05I thought you'd never ask.
24:06Well, let's go.
24:07A brilliant example
24:09of regenerative sustainability.
24:12The nursery has a capacity
24:13to eventually produce
24:14over one million plants per year.
24:17Resident chef Michael Greer
24:19is rustling up a foodie storm
24:21with specially grown herbs from the nursery.
24:24A hungry pair await.
24:26Oh, look at this.
24:27Hi, guys.
24:28What have we got here?
24:29So we've got a Verde pizza here,
24:31which is a cream-based sauce,
24:33and a margarita pizza here,
24:34again with basil and rocket
24:36from the nursery.
24:37That's lunch, sorted then.
24:39The Eden Project
24:39is not just a place
24:41to embrace the beauty of nature,
24:43but is also an urgent call to action
24:45to become the protectors
24:47of our planet's fragile ecosystem.
24:53Now, back in the Ford Pop.
24:55Come on, then.
24:56You better drive us to the shop, Phil.
24:57Last chance to redeem myself.
25:00That's right.
25:03It's the final furlong.
25:05We've travelled south-east
25:06to the town of St. Alstall.
25:08In the 1930s,
25:09this was a scenic hideaway
25:11for Edward, Prince of Wales,
25:13and Mrs. Simpson.
25:14Can't feel the last one.
25:16Stealing a march on me, eh?
25:18Ha-ha.
25:18Come on, you two.
25:19Cougar Antiques
25:21is our final shopping destination.
25:23From vintage to retro,
25:25there's a stash of goodies
25:26crammed into every space.
25:28Let's begin with Tamina.
25:31What can she find
25:32with her 80 smackers?
25:34It's like a doll's cradle.
25:38Well, it's only £30.
25:40But I'm not sure
25:42anyone would pay
25:43even £30 for that
25:45at auction,
25:46unless they're specifically looking
25:48for a very, very small
25:50wicker cradle.
25:51That's a no, then.
25:54What else can we find?
25:56Come here.
25:57That looks pretty.
26:00So this is a Turkish bridal mirror.
26:04This would have formed part
26:05of the bride's dowry,
26:07so the gifts and money
26:09that would be given to her
26:10by the groom or the groom's family.
26:12In Islamic marriages,
26:14it would be traditional
26:15for the bride and groom
26:16not to have seen each other.
26:17And even at the wedding,
26:19on their wedding day,
26:20they wouldn't look directly
26:21at each other.
26:22They would instead use a mirror
26:23to be able to catch glimpses
26:25of who they're going to spend
26:26the rest of their lives with.
26:28I don't think that happens
26:29quite so much as it once did.
26:32But still, the custom
26:33of the bridal mirror
26:35has remained.
26:38Traditionally,
26:39the mirror would then be hung
26:41in the marital home
26:42as a symbol of good luck.
26:44During prayers,
26:45the mirror would face the wall
26:47to reveal the decorative back.
26:50It's marked as silver
26:51on the ticket
26:52and it does have
26:53900 on it,
26:55which is what you would expect
26:57of Turkish silver.
26:59I think it's probably
26:5920th century.
27:01I'd like to think
27:02the early half of it.
27:03These are still being made.
27:05There is a price on here.
27:07It's £90.
27:09I only have £80 to spend.
27:11But maybe
27:14if I can get it down enough,
27:16it might still be something
27:18I can take to auction.
27:19Best to ask dealer Lee
27:21if there's wiggle room
27:22on the price.
27:24Lee, I found
27:25a really lovely mirror
27:27in that room over there.
27:28OK.
27:29It's £90.
27:30What's the best price you can do?
27:31Best price?
27:32That would be £75.
27:33£75.
27:34Yeah, that works.
27:36OK, great.
27:36Lovely.
27:37I'm going to find something else.
27:38OK.
27:38While Tamina looks for a bargain,
27:42where is that fill?
27:44Our chap has £95 in his pocket.
27:47So I can tell you
27:49from 10 yards away
27:50that this is an Orkney chair
27:51and it's very peculiar to Orkney.
27:53This Orkney chair
27:54is made from driftwood
27:55that is washed up on the shore
27:57and this is the local
27:58kind of marrim grass.
28:00But it's very,
28:01I think the word is vernacular.
28:02Vernacular furniture
28:03refers to the area
28:05in which it was made
28:06and I just think
28:08that's lovely.
28:08And do you know what?
28:10I would actually love
28:11to buy this.
28:13With the money
28:13that I've got left,
28:14I think this is
28:15a guaranteed profit.
28:16There's only going to be
28:16one minor problem.
28:18That's the price ticket.
28:19£1,350.
28:23Which actually,
28:24do you know what?
28:24I think that's probably
28:25about what it's worth.
28:27Sadly,
28:28it's just a tickle more
28:29than I've got.
28:31Lovely thing, though.
28:33Yeah, it really is.
28:35Onwards we go.
28:37Now,
28:37how about
28:38a little bit of relaxation?
28:41It's just chill-out time,
28:42isn't it?
28:42Uh-huh.
28:43Really?
28:43Yeah.
28:44Well, blimey.
28:45It's been a long,
28:46old week, hasn't it?
28:46Hasn't it?
28:47Yeah, but I've loved it, though.
28:48Me too.
28:49And it's ending soon.
28:51Yeah, so tell me,
28:52what have you learnt
28:53about me?
28:54Me, me, me, Phil.
28:56I've learnt
28:57that without you,
28:58I can't discern
29:00between
29:00a torture device
29:02and a farming implement.
29:04Often one in the same.
29:05It's been a blast.
29:06I've really enjoyed it.
29:07It's been a jolly,
29:08jolly good fun.
29:08Yeah, really good fun.
29:09What's been your best buy,
29:10do you think?
29:11My favourite thing,
29:13I think,
29:14was the Keswick tray
29:15that you helped me find.
29:17I really like learning about it
29:18and I thought you showed me
29:20something I wouldn't have
29:21otherwise known.
29:22And that's...
29:22Well, that's scary, isn't it?
29:23Come on,
29:24should we go and see
29:25where we are then?
29:26I might need a block
29:27and tackle to get out of here.
29:29Aw, what a sweet
29:30chitch act, eh?
29:32Let's continue with Tamina.
29:36I saw this cabinet
29:37when I came in.
29:38Everything is five pounds
29:39and under.
29:40That's a stroke of luck.
29:41Right, for my budget,
29:43that's all I need.
29:45I've got some
29:46lovely little
29:47decorative items.
29:49Oh, these look fun.
29:52I've got a George V.
29:54Oh, and
29:55a George VI mug.
29:59One's a coronation mug,
30:01one's a silver jubilee mug.
30:03But maybe these
30:04could be the basis
30:06of a King George collection?
30:09It's believed
30:10that the first ever
30:11Royal Commemorative Ceramics
30:13were manufactured
30:14in 1660
30:15for the coronation
30:16of King Charles II.
30:19Well, I don't know
30:20if they come together
30:20for five pounds,
30:22but that would be even better.
30:23Surely someone would pay
30:24five pounds for two mugs.
30:26It's like the price
30:27of a sandwich.
30:28Oh, let's see
30:29what Lee says.
30:30The last thing
30:31I need to buy.
30:32Last leg.
30:34I'm just going to
30:35take a gamble on these.
30:37Indeed, because
30:38they might be
30:39a five for each.
30:40We've also got
30:41the Turkish mirror
30:43from earlier.
30:44Hi, Lee.
30:45Hi, Tamina.
30:46How can I help you?
30:47I've grabbed the mirror.
30:48Yeah.
30:48You very kindly
30:49said 75 pounds
30:50for that.
30:51Now, that doesn't
30:52leave me with much,
30:53but I did find
30:54these mugs.
30:56The two mugs, yeah.
30:57Are they five pounds
30:58each or five pounds
30:59together?
30:59We'll do the pair.
31:00I'll help you out.
31:00Gee, thank you.
31:01So that's five pounds
31:03for these, 75 pounds.
31:05Thank you very much.
31:06That's all.
31:06It's all you've got, girl.
31:08Lovely.
31:09Perfect.
31:09Thank you very much.
31:11There we go.
31:12Tamina is all spent up
31:14for her final buy
31:15of the trip.
31:16Now, there should be
31:17a Phil snuffling
31:18around in here somewhere.
31:20And that kind of
31:21grabs my attention,
31:22because I wonder
31:23if this is a...
31:24See, you've got
31:24like a little
31:25First and Second
31:25World War
31:26collection of goodies
31:27here.
31:28That's a First World
31:30War sweetheart brooch.
31:32You've got the
31:32Prince of Wales
31:32feathers on there,
31:33which would make
31:34you think it's
31:34a Welsh regiment.
31:35Lo and behold,
31:35it says here, look.
31:37Welsh regiment,
31:37World War I.
31:38And when you went
31:39off to the front
31:40in the First World War,
31:41you would give
31:42this to your
31:43sweetheart,
31:44and she would wear
31:44it kind of just
31:45as a reminder
31:46of while you were
31:47away.
31:48The first known
31:49sweetheart brooch
31:49was made in
31:501886,
31:51but they gained
31:52in popularity
31:52during the First
31:53World War,
31:54when they were
31:55proudly worn
31:56to show support
31:57for serving
31:58loved ones.
31:59Also here,
32:00you've got
32:01lovely little
32:02enameled flag.
32:04So you've got
32:05that there.
32:06And then you've
32:07got a 1951,
32:09that's a Festival
32:10of Britain enamel
32:11badge.
32:11And then you've
32:12got a load of
32:13military buttons
32:14here.
32:15I think that's
32:15quite a nice
32:16little package.
32:17The only thing
32:18I'm not sure
32:18about,
32:19so the price
32:19there is £24.
32:20I don't know
32:21whether that's
32:21for the sweetheart
32:22badge,
32:23just these badges,
32:23or for all of it.
32:24I was trying to
32:25guess if there's
32:25only one way
32:26to find out.
32:27Brace
32:27yourself,
32:28Lee.
32:28Here comes
32:29Phil.
32:29You've got
32:30a lovely shot.
32:30Thank you
32:31very much.
32:31Now,
32:32question for you.
32:33So,
32:33in the cabinet
32:34down the back
32:34there,
32:35you've got a
32:35First World War
32:36sweetheart brooch?
32:37Yep.
32:38And there's also
32:39a couple of
32:39badges and some
32:40buttons.
32:41And it says
32:41£24.
32:42But I wasn't
32:43sure if that
32:43was just for
32:43the sweetheart
32:44brooch,
32:44or for the
32:45whole shooting
32:45match.
32:45That is just
32:46the brooch.
32:47Right,
32:47and how much
32:48is the whole
32:48shooting match
32:48then?
32:49I do it
32:49all together
32:49for £30.
32:50See,
32:50I was kind
32:51of open
32:51for £20 there.
32:52Why don't we
32:53split the
32:53difference at
32:53£25?
32:55Thank you
32:55very much.
32:56Thank you
32:56very much.
32:57There's a
32:57£20,
32:57and there's
32:58a £5.
32:59You're welcome.
33:00I'll go and
33:00pick them up
33:00straight away.
33:01Thank you very
33:02much.
33:02You take care.
33:02Bye-bye.
33:03Lee,
33:03you are a
33:04wonderfully
33:05generous man.
33:06Phil now
33:07has £70
33:08left unspent.
33:09What have
33:10you bought
33:10then?
33:11Mugs.
33:12Really?
33:12Oh,
33:13I thought
33:13you meant
33:13us then.
33:14Do you like
33:15these?
33:15How much
33:15do those
33:15cost?
33:16Buttons.
33:16Oh,
33:17no,
33:17they didn't.
33:18See you
33:19both in
33:19panto.
33:21That's
33:21the shopping
33:22finito for
33:23one last
33:23time.
33:24Our chums
33:25are back
33:25in the
33:26big old
33:26Ford pop.
33:28Well,
33:28that's it.
33:29Patched,
33:29match.
33:30It's
33:30patched,
33:30aren't we?
33:31Auction,
33:31here we
33:32come.
33:32What
33:33hope's
33:33in you
33:33got for
33:34the auction?
33:35A
33:35profit?
33:36Yeah.
33:38Best get
33:38some shut-eye
33:39then.
33:43Hooray!
33:44It's the
33:45auction
33:45showdown.
33:46It's
33:473-1
33:47to fill,
33:48but can
33:49Tamina
33:49nab
33:50another
33:50to keep
33:51her
33:51pride?
33:52So,
33:52this is
33:53our very
33:53last
33:53auction,
33:54isn't it?
33:54No,
33:55it's not
33:55sad.
33:55I've loved
33:56the week
33:56with you,
33:56honestly.
33:57It's been
33:57good fun,
33:58good fun,
33:59good fun.
33:59Memorable
34:00buys,
34:00low buys?
34:01Memorable,
34:02maybe not
34:03always for
34:03the right
34:03reasons.
34:05Our
34:05pair,
34:06after nipping
34:06around
34:07Cornwall,
34:07have
34:07returned
34:08to
34:08Glantham
34:09in
34:09Lincolnshire
34:10for the
34:12final of
34:13a best-of-five
34:14auction contest
34:15at
34:16Golding
34:17Young,
34:17selling in
34:18the room,
34:18on the phone
34:19and on the
34:20net.
34:21Once again,
34:22the gavel
34:23wielder
34:23extraordinaire
34:24is the
34:26fine and
34:26ever-youthful
34:27Colin Young.
34:28Selling at
34:29190.
34:31Phil collected
34:32five lots
34:33for the sum
34:34of £130.
34:36Are you
34:37impressed,
34:37Colin?
34:37I like the
34:39oak box.
34:40English oak,
34:4119th century,
34:42really good
34:42thing.
34:43What would you
34:44do with it?
34:44Well,
34:45you'd store
34:45things in it.
34:47Tamina blew
34:47her budget of
34:48£200 on
34:49five lots.
34:51Thoughts,
34:52please,
34:52Colin?
34:53The Edwardian
34:54crystal inkwell
34:55is really nice.
34:56It's got that
34:56silver top on it.
34:57It would sit
34:58well on a desk.
34:59Ticks all the
35:00boxes for an
35:00inkwell.
35:01Here we go
35:03again.
35:05Hop to it,
35:05you two them.
35:07The auction is
35:07about to begin.
35:08I'm at £200,
35:09£220.
35:10First up,
35:11it's Phil's
35:12fruity mirror.
35:13£22 bid.
35:14£30.
35:15£30.
35:16£32.
35:17You can't get
35:18a good mirror
35:18for £30.
35:19And back outside
35:20didn't you?
35:21£20.
35:22£20,
35:23anybody?
35:23£20,
35:23£20 bid.
35:24£20,
35:24£22 bid,
35:25£25 bid,
35:26£28 bid,
35:26£30 now then.
35:27It's a little
35:28bit of a warm-up.
35:29£30.
35:30Two now to a C.
35:30£35 bid,
35:31£32 bid,
35:31£32 bid.
35:32£32 bid.
35:33With no way
35:33yet short.
35:33That is a steal.
35:34£32 bid,
35:35should we double
35:35this?
35:35£35 bid.
35:36On reflection.
35:37Oh no.
35:39£36 at £36 bid.
35:42All £36 on
35:43£36 bid.
35:44£36 bid goes
35:45this time then
35:46at £36.
35:48£36.
35:48G.
35:50Someone took
35:50a shine to it.
35:52A profit
35:52from the get-go.
35:54I'm kind of
35:55disappointed,
35:56but hey-ho,
35:56profit's a profit,
35:57isn't it?
35:58Indeed,
35:59Tamina's next
36:00with the Arts
36:01and Crafts tray.
36:02I paid a lot.
36:03I paid £70.
36:05That's brave,
36:06isn't it?
36:06I know.
36:07£20 bid,
36:07£22,
36:08£25,
36:09£28 in the room.
36:10There we go.
36:11£30.
36:12And two.
36:13Nope.
36:14£30 bid,
36:15£32.
36:16Oh.
36:17£32 bid,
36:18£5 for anybody else.
36:19We've got quite a way
36:19to go in there,
36:20hasn't it?
36:20£32.
36:22And I think
36:22you're unlucky
36:23with that.
36:24What a great bargain.
36:26Early days,
36:27Tamina.
36:28You've got quite a nice
36:29fern engraving to it,
36:31which is really unusual.
36:33Yeah, yeah.
36:33You can tell you're
36:34from London,
36:34I'm from the country
36:35because you said
36:35a canthus
36:36and I said
36:36ferny stuff,
36:37didn't I?
36:37A Philip special next.
36:42That big old oak box.
36:44If you want to see
36:45a yesterday's lot,
36:47stick around
36:48because I've got one for you.
36:49Bid,
36:49£30.
36:50Look at two now there.
36:50£32 bid,
36:51£35.
36:52There we go.
36:53£38,
36:54£40.
36:55£40 bid,
36:56£42 now then.
36:58£45,
36:59£48 now.
37:00£45 bid
37:01and goes then
37:02at £45.
37:04Soil at £45.
37:05That helps,
37:06doesn't it?
37:06Would you credit it?
37:09Another tickle
37:10of a profit for Phil.
37:11Small wins.
37:13It's now Tamina's
37:14fetching Chinese
37:15dendritic stone.
37:17I love the way
37:19they're naturally formed.
37:19Now £20 bid,
37:21£20 bid,
37:21two now we're going to
37:22to a two and a two.
37:22I do have that to two.
37:23I do too.
37:24£25 bid,
37:25£28 now.
37:26They're £25.
37:30I think you got unlucky.
37:32No, I did.
37:33You got unlucky.
37:35Shame.
37:35Keep the faith,
37:36Tamina.
37:38People who like it
37:39might not be here today.
37:40Next,
37:41Phil's unusual
37:42pip extractor.
37:44Who in the world
37:45can manage
37:46without a raisin sealant?
37:49Do you like to
37:49seed your raisin?
37:50Oh, yeah.
37:51Do you?
37:52You don't have the bits
37:52in your teeth, do you?
37:53But somebody's taking
37:54the pith.
37:55That's six bid.
37:56Seven bid.
37:57Seven bid.
37:58Eight bid.
37:59Nine bid.
38:00Nine bid.
38:01Ten, twelve.
38:02Twelve bid.
38:02Oh.
38:03Fifteen bid.
38:04Bid me 18 now then.
38:05Fifteen pounds.
38:06Come on.
38:06This jackpot is in the handle.
38:09Fifteen bid.
38:10Eighteen bid.
38:11Eighteen bid.
38:11Get in there.
38:12Eighteen bid.
38:13No more bids.
38:13Going at 18.
38:15Tried his best.
38:16Oh, wow.
38:17Despite the tiny loss,
38:19we're having a great time.
38:22Well, I know not to buy those again,
38:23don't I?
38:24Next, it's Tamina's Royal Mugs.
38:29A pair of mugs there.
38:30Who's going to start me?
38:31Is he talking about us?
38:32Yeah, I think so.
38:33Ten pounds.
38:34Ten pounds.
38:35I've doubled my money there.
38:38Going this time then.
38:39Maiden bid has it.
38:39We go this time then at ten pounds.
38:42Lovely.
38:43A crowning achievement.
38:45Sort of.
38:47I want a commemorative mug.
38:48You've got one and here I am.
38:50Right, prepare yourself
38:53for the wibbly-wobbly jelly mould
38:55a la Phil.
38:58Jelly's all blancmange.
38:59Jelly's, aren't they?
39:00You like jellies?
39:01I like blancmange.
39:02Thirty pound bid.
39:03Three now then.
39:03Oh, you've got that belt.
39:05Last call then.
39:06Maiden bid has it.
39:06Thirty pounds.
39:07I will sell this time then.
39:08Thirty is short.
39:10Thirty.
39:11Get in.
39:12Yeah, jelly good, eh?
39:14We're on a wall now.
39:16Dip your bread or your jelly
39:17or your blancmange.
39:19All right, Phil.
39:20Battle of the Mirrors, part two.
39:22Tamina's Turkish bridal one.
39:25Traditionally, you'd use,
39:27the first time you'd see
39:28your new spouse
39:29would be using a mirror.
39:30Like a wing mirror.
39:31Yeah.
39:32Like in a car.
39:33Like, oh.
39:35Just when it's too late to back up.
39:36I've changed my mind.
39:38Twenty better bid, two,
39:39two better two, five,
39:40five better, twenty-five,
39:41twenty-eight, twenty-eight,
39:41thirty, thirty-beard,
39:42thirty-two, thirty-two,
39:43thirty-two, thirty-five,
39:43thirty-eight,
39:44now let's see,
39:44thirty-eight,
39:45thirty-eight,
39:45come forty now,
39:46forty better bid,
39:46forty come two.
39:47That's got a bit.
39:48Two now then.
39:48Forty-two, forty-two,
39:49forty-two, forty-five,
39:50forty-five, forty-five.
39:51Done and finished then.
39:52Hammers up then
39:52and I sell at forty-five pounds.
39:54Oh, dear.
39:57That result shattered
39:59her expectations.
40:01Such a shame.
40:02Lot number,
40:03two hundred and seventy-two.
40:04That's disappointing.
40:05What is?
40:06Onwards with Phil's
40:07first World War brooch
40:08and buttons job lot.
40:11I don't get quite a lot of little things.
40:13Oh, yeah, you get a lot of,
40:14a lot of bang for your buck.
40:15Buttons as well.
40:16A buckier bank.
40:17Twenty-pound a bid,
40:17twenty-bid,
40:18two now,
40:18we're going to do a two-bid,
40:19five now,
40:19five now.
40:19Movement.
40:20Lovely.
40:20Twenty-eight bid,
40:21thirty-thirty,
40:21thirty-pound a bid,
40:22thirty come two.
40:22Seems a profit,
40:22aren't we?
40:23Thirty-two bid,
40:23thirty-five bid,
40:24thirty-eight.
40:25We're creeping up.
40:26We've slowed down now.
40:27Any more bids?
40:28Thirty-five is bid.
40:29We go this time
40:30then at thirty-five pounds
40:31selling at thirty-five.
40:32Sold.
40:33Nice.
40:34That's a profit there.
40:34Yeah, absolutely.
40:35Yeah.
40:36The more the merrier.
40:38Well done, Phil.
40:39The difference between you and I
40:41is I make these very mean
40:43kind of profits
40:44and then you come in
40:46with some...
40:46Catastrophic losses.
40:48Yeah,
40:49but actually monumental
40:50profits as well.
40:52Well,
40:52let's hope this is one of them.
40:55It's the final lot,
40:56Tamina's Edwardian Inkwell.
40:58Well,
40:58presumably if it makes a profit,
40:59you'll donate that to my fund,
41:01will you?
41:02I don't think I have much
41:03to donate.
41:05Fifty pounds is bid.
41:06Fifty-five now then.
41:07Fifty-pound bid,
41:08five anybody else then.
41:09Fifty pounds,
41:10I've given everybody
41:10enough time.
41:12There you go.
41:12Fifty pounds.
41:13Not bad.
41:14Ink-credible.
41:16Great result,
41:17Tamina.
41:18I'm so not used
41:20to making a profit there.
41:22Get out of here.
41:23Yep,
41:24calculator time.
41:27Tamina began
41:27with two hundred pounds.
41:28After all costs,
41:30she's made a loss
41:31of eighty-five pounds
41:32and thirty-eight pence.
41:35Phil also started
41:36with two hundred pounds
41:37and after several costs,
41:39he's made a smaller loss
41:40of twelve pounds
41:41and three pennies,
41:43clinching his
41:44fourth auction win,
41:47crowning Phil
41:48as the overall
41:49victor of the week.
41:51Congratulations.
41:53Well,
41:53that was close,
41:54wasn't it?
41:55I think I've just
41:56snuck home,
41:56but what I do know
41:57is that no one,
41:59all those people out there,
42:00you see all those chimneys,
42:01all those houses,
42:01none of them
42:03want their raisins seeded.
42:05Maybe they buy
42:06seedless raisins.
42:07Absolutely.
42:09What a simply
42:10glorious time
42:11we've had.
42:13You see,
42:13we're bonding already,
42:14aren't we?
42:15We had Phil's
42:16favourite joke.
42:17What's that?
42:17What's that?
42:18Short-hand typist.
42:20Short-hand typist.
42:21Tamina found a sleeper.
42:23Selling at two hundred and twenty.
42:24Hey!
42:26Phil found an expensive one.
42:28Go on,
42:28how much is it?
42:29Fourteen thousand.
42:30And a fickle ford pop.
42:32Well,
42:32it'd be awfully all right
42:33if I swore.
42:35But Phil's
42:35big rusty lumps
42:36won the week.
42:37That's an old
42:38cast-iron pig trough.
42:40Who would want
42:41a milchon in the house?
42:42I would.
42:43Well done,
42:43Phil.
42:44Bye,
42:44you dear.
42:45Bye,
42:46bye.
42:47Bye-bye.
42:48Lovely friends.
42:50Next time,
42:51a Highland fling.
42:52Welcome to Scotland.
42:53We'll have a right,
42:55good giggle
42:55with Natasha Raskinsharp
42:57and Tim Methurst.
42:59They'll guide us
42:59to bargains.
43:00You look like a man
43:01who knows as we
43:01around a compass.
43:02And my directions
43:03are awful.
43:04And strut their stuff
43:05in the sale room.
43:07Take Sue to Tango.
43:08Unfortunately,
43:08this time there's only one.
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