Antiques Road Trip Season 31 Episode 10

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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?

00:51You 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.

00:58I think that would leave us a little bit shaken, not stirred.

01:03Oh, my life.

01:04Breathe in.

01:05It's the final leg and last chance saloon for our two auctioneer whizzaroos.

01:12Phil Searle and Tamina Gaffar.

01:13Phil Searle and Tamina Gaffar.

01:15And the beefy 1959 Ford Popular.

01:19Phil Searle and Tamina Gaffar.

01:20I've enjoyed that trip, period.

01:21I have too.

01:22It's been really good fun.

01:23My highlight?

01:24You did it.

01:25You did it.

01:26Oh.

01:27Oh.

01:28Oh.

01:29You old smoothie.

01:31Last time, Tamina found an ancient superhero.

01:34A Vishnu.

01:35Protector of the universe.

01:37And was properly frank.

01:39No price on this.

01:41Either priceless or worthless.

01:44Well, Phil was naughty.

01:46If in doubt, she'd.

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.

02:01Hey.

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 the Phil Searle.

02:19It's the Phil Searle purchase.

02:21Yeah, I know.

02:22That is very true.

02:24This tour kicked off in Liverpool, romped around Yorkshire and the Midlands,

02:29and then zipped around Oxfordshire, and will conclude in Cornwall.

02:32Wow.

02:34They reckon that Cornwall's good for pirates, don't they?

02:37Do you know any Sea Chanted?

02:40No, do you?

02:42There was a young girl from Peds Act.

02:44No, I won't go any further than that one.

02:46Yeah, best not.

02:49Our 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.

02:59It became a boom town in the early 19th century, when copper was discovered in the nearby Moors.

03:08While Tamina is off on her own some elsewhere, this one's just for Phil.

03:14The Emporium is a family-run biz. Just look at the plethora of plunder.

03:19Oh!

03:20Nice that.

03:22Let's see what Phil finds with his 200 smackers.

03:25This is such an interesting shop.

03:30There's just really good things everywhere.

03:32That's interesting, isn't it?

03:35See?

03:37Circular mirror.

03:38If in doubt, look at the label.

03:40Thank you, Philip.

03:42I 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 between 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.

04:01It's priced at £45.

04:04It was Venetian artisans in the early 16th century who developed the technique of coating glass with tin and mercury.

04:12It fast became a big hit with the European royal families.

04:17I 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.

04:31And the great thing about a mirror in a room is that it gives it so much more light and so much more depth.

04:37I'm going to buy that.

04:39So decisive, Phil.

04:41While he bathes in Cyril paradise, let's find Tamina.

04:44Hargau is in the ancient Cornish town of Lost Withial, where poet laureate John Betjman is reputed to have said,

04:53there is history in every stone.

04:56Well, let's hope there's some of it in Oozella Court Antique Centre, Tamina's place of prey.

05:02It's properly packed in here, absolutely festooned in goodies.

05:06What can Tamina find with her fresh kitty of £200? We shall see.

05:13They're made out of shells.

05:16They're made out of shell ears.

05:19That's very cute.

05:20Well, I've seen something potentially quite interesting in this cupboard.

05:27Indian silver doesn't quite have the same hallmarking tradition as English silver.

05:32But from the imagery in the cartouches, like the lion, the peacock and the tiger, and the ornate foliate design throughout,

05:40it does seem like a typically Indian piece.

05:45Indian 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. What's next then?

06:02This is really beautifully shaped, and it feels like it's a hand-formed copper tray, quintessentially arts and crafts.

06:18We are seeing a resurgence in interest in the arts and crafts movement,

06:23just 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,

06:34again, as a rejection of the mass production that we face today.

06:39It's been etched with these acanthus plant motifs all across the tray.

06:45I wonder if it's got any markings. It's stamped as well.

06:50It says Townshend and Co.

06:53We might be able to discern some sort of age from that as well.

06:56Townshend and Co. was a brass foundry operating from 1890.

07:02They specialised in copper art metalwork, like this tray.

07:07It's a nice-sized thing, and they're doing very well at auction at the moment.

07:12It depends on the price.

07:15Well, it's priced here at £89.

07:17There 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! Wow!

07:31Do you know, this is a real old-fashioned, old cottage bit of furniture.

07:43And 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?

07:47Well, if you look here, can you see those light rays there?

07:49I think they're called the medullary rays of oak or something like that.

07:54Spot on, Phil. All wood has medullary rays.

07:58Horizontal lines that extend from the centre of the tree.

08:01In oak, they're more pronounced.

08:02Eighteenth century, possibly a blanket box, possibly a Bible box.

08:08It's very dry. It needs a good polish.

08:11It needs a bit of love and attention.

08:14I 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.

08:25It's now priced up at £55, and I'm sure there'll be a bit of negotiation in that.

08:36I think there's a profit in that.

08:38At least I hope there is.

08:41That's the name of the game, Phil.

08:44While he mooches further, back to Lost Witheal.

08:55Now, initially, I thought this was painted, but these are actually naturally occurring stones.

09:06And what looks like painting on them is actually sort of imperfections in the stone.

09:12They're called dendritic stone.

09:14They're reminiscent of Chinese painting, the zhen shui paintings of waterfalls and landscapes.

09:19But these aren't actually painted at all.

09:22They're just purely the forms of the other minerals in the stone that have created a sort of tree-like landscape element to them.

09:32They're known as painting stones.

09:35They originate from a remote region of China.

09:38Formed through natural weathering processes, they'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.

09:49But I think anyone, even if they weren't a collector of Chinese art or artefacts, could see the beauty in these.

09:57Does it have a price tag?

09:59It says £48.

10:01It's a little bit higher than I would like, though not unreasonable.

10:06Along with the arts and crafts copper tray at 89, stand by for a deal.

10:12Hi, Judith.

10:14Hello.

10:16I plan two lovely things in your shop.

10:18Let's start with the Chinese dendritic stone at 48.

10:22Could you do 30?

10:24I'll go to 30.

10:25Thank you very much.

10:27And you know what I'm going to ask?

10:29Yes, I do.

10:30The same thing for the tray.

10:31I could do a...

10:33Probably 70.

10:35Thank you very much.

10:36Now, okay, I have 100.

10:41Super job.

10:42Thank you so much, Judith.

10:44I'm very kind.

10:46Tamina now has £100 remaining.

10:50Now for a bit more fill in Liscard.

10:53The only thing I know about this is the price.

10:58And it's £25 because I've never seen anything quite like that.

11:01It's obviously some form of kitchenalia.

11:03And that's going to clamp onto your kitchen table.

11:06And then it's got this writing on the side which says,

11:10Enterprise MFC, which is Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia, PA.

11:16And from that, I can deduce this is American.

11:21Oh, you're on fire today, Phil.

11:24The Enterprise Manufacturing Company was renowned for making kitchen gadgets like coffee grinders and fruit pitters.

11:32Which this looks likely to be.

11:35Wet the raisins.

11:37I don't really quite understand that.

11:40This is for extracting the seeds from raisins or grapes.

11:43Fruit pitters were seen to be essential back in the 19th century.

11:48Because it was believed that swallowing fruit pips was the cause of appendicitis.

11:53Let's go and speak to our friendly shopkeeper.

11:56We also have the mirror.

11:58And the oak box.

11:59Brace yourself, dealer Rod.

12:02It's such a good shop.

12:05Let's start with the fruit pitter at 25.

12:08What's the best you can do that for?

12:0920.

12:10Right, deal number one.

12:11Lovely, thank you.

12:12And the mirror at 45.

12:14What's your very best on that, please?

12:1630.

12:17That's another deal.

12:18It's like shelling peas.

12:20What's it, grape?

12:21Hey, can you make it three in a row?

12:2355 for this, remember?

12:25I'm loathe to ask you for a discount.

12:27Buy and going to.

12:28Okay.

12:29What could you do that for?

12:30The best would be 40.

12:32So, math, 20, 30, 40.

12:33That's 90 quid, isn't it?

12:34It is indeed.

12:35I'm going to show you my hand.

12:36Lovely, thank you very much.

12:37That's some money, isn't it?

12:38Two, four, six, eight.

12:41And there's a tenner.

12:42That's lovely.

12:43Right, that's grown.

12:45Thank you very much.

12:46And now I know what a finger-me-tique looks like.

12:49A trio of Phil Lovelies to start the day.

12:53Phil now has £110.

12:56The oak box will be sent onwards to auction.

13:00Now, where's our Tamina?

13:03The town of Wadebridge, I swear.

13:06And the epicentre of the centuries-old martial art of Cornish wrestling.

13:12Our very own antique grappler is pumped and ready for action.

13:18Amazing.

13:19Can't wait to see what I can discover here.

13:21In this fine establishment, Wadebridge Antique Centre,

13:26on the go since 2016,

13:30every inch is crammed with carefully curated curios.

13:35Tamina has £100 in her purse.

13:37Nice to see you've got yourself a cuppa, girl.

13:40I thought this might have been Indian from the nice floral and foliate design on it,

13:52but it's got British hallmarks.

13:55Silver is very nice, sought after,

13:58and probably of a period when Indian design was quite favoured.

14:02Let's see how much this is.

14:05Now, it's £125.

14:07The price of silver has increased quite a lot recently.

14:11And actually, sometimes that means that certain objects

14:14don't really have as much value for how they're made,

14:18or what they are, or even their historic value.

14:21Sometimes they're more valuable just in terms of the weight of the silver.

14:23Now, this one is priced according to its weight,

14:27which puts it out of my budget, unfortunately.

14:30Keep hunting, then.

14:31Now, let's find a fill.

14:33I'd love to take this on a drag strip, actually,

14:36and really see how fast it will go,

14:38because I've got a feeling it'll go very, very, very quickly.

14:41But let's stick to the speed limit for now, shall we?

14:45Our man has also made it to Wadebridge,

14:48to the very same shop as Tamina.

14:52It's more than big enough for two,

14:55so let's see what he finds.

14:57£110 to play with for him.

15:00Do you know what?

15:02If you're as old as I am, and you've got some early, early LPs,

15:05the Fab Four from Liverpool back in the 60s,

15:09look for their very first LP,

15:12and in the top right-hand corner, 99.9% of them say Mono,

15:16and those are worth a few pounds.

15:18But the other 1% say stereo.

15:22And if you've got the stereo version at home,

15:25that's worth thousands of pounds.

15:26Go and have a look.

15:28Will do, eh?

15:30Now, let's keep mooching.

15:34Do you know what? How good is that?

15:35Do you know whose birthday that is?

15:37March 27th.

15:38Yes.

15:39Mariah Carey's birthday.

15:41Yeah.

15:43Actually, it's my hand.

15:45But just think, Phil, you share it with another diva.

15:49While he has a little huff, let'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.

16:07The Egyptians were the original inventors of the inkwell,

16:10but the Victorians popularised them

16:13with the rise of the dip pen and 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.

16:29I think something complete and elegant like this

16:33would do really well at auction.

16:35In that case, let's talk dosh with this friendly dealer.

16:39Hi, Alex.

16:40Hello.

16:41I found this lovely inkwell in your shop.

16:43It's got a ticket price on it.

16:45£25.

16:47How far can you move?

16:48I can do 20.

16:5020?

16:51Yeah, 20 works for me.

16:5220. Excellent.

16:54Thank you so much.

16:56Bye.

16:57Wonderful.

16:58Tamina has £80 remaining.

17:01How's the cereal getting on?

17:03You know, this top and brass, many, many years ago,

17:05used to be worth an awful lot of money.

17:07I don't think people like polishing things today.

17:10Right you are, Phil.

17:12Let's get delving, though.

17:14That's quite sweet.

17:15Look at that.

17:16That's a little jelly mould.

17:18And these couple of jelly moulds,

17:19most of them are 19th century,

17:20and you can get really rare ones in the form of animals.

17:24There's even a Victoria Jubilee jelly mould

17:26that I sold for hundreds and hundreds of pounds.

17:29In Georgian times,

17:31wibbly-wobbly jellies were the height of fashion.

17:34There were even jelly houses

17:36that would be the equivalent of the swanky cocktail bars of today.

17:41It's unpriced.

17:42But, just like magic, there's Alex.

17:45Well, there's no price on that.

17:47So, can I make you a really cheeky offer?

17:49£10 or £15 for me?

17:50Yep.

17:51Go £15.

17:53There we go.

17:54You got it.

17:56Thank you very much indeed.

17:57Yeah.

17:58Thank you, Alex.

17:59That's made Phil jiggle with joy.

18:02Leaving him with £95.

18:04Oh, no.

18:05Look at that.

18:06Look at the weather.

18:07Oh.

18:08What can I do?

18:11Nice hat, Phil.

18:13The 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, when we've finished driving,

18:24to a celebratory glass of space.

18:26What's great?

18:27Oh, yes.

18:28Absolutely.

18:29It is.

18:30Nighty-night.

18:35We're up with the larks.

18:37Do you know, it's a bit like Blind Davies, isn't it?

18:40But we've been in touch.

18:43It's certainly been a...

18:46We pull out the cards and one of us says,

18:48well said yes, the other one said no.

18:50Yeah, well, I think we all won't, were you?

18:51Yeah.

18:52Yeah.

18:53It's been a wonderful road.

18:54It's been a blast and I've loved every minute of it.

18:56Me too.

18:57Never fear, it's not over yet, chums.

19:02Yesterday, Philip was a man on a mission,

19:04buying a gilt wood and painted frame mirror,

19:07a large oak box, a seed extractor

19:10and a copper jelly mould, as you do.

19:12That's quite sweet.

19:13Look at that.

19:14Phil now has £95 left.

19:16Tamina was also in spend mode,

19:19collecting an arts and crafts tray,

19:22a Chinese dendritic stone and an Edwardian inkwell.

19:26Lovely.

19:27I like this.

19:28Leaving Tamina with £80.

19:31Fancy a trip down memory lane with Phil?

19:34I'll let you into a little secret.

19:37I took my driving test on my 17th birthday.

19:40I thought I was pretty slick, trying to do a racing change.

19:43The driving instructor said,

19:45I don't think we're Stirling Mott, are we?

19:48Yes.

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 and environmental stewardship,

20:04the Eden Project.

20:07This extraordinary complex of biomes is not only a stunning showcase for botanical beauty,

20:14but also a powerful call to reconnect humanity with nature.

20:19Phil and Tamina are meeting Head of Horticulture, Catherine Cutler.

20:25This is like landing on another planet, isn't it?

20:29So why is this all here?

20:31Well, it was originally built in order to show people all of the amazing plants that we rely on every day.

20:37Things that we eat, things that we sit on, things that make our clothes.

20:40What provides us with all of these things every single day of the year?

20:43Which is your favourite?

20:44If it's raining or cold, definitely my favourite is the rainforest biome.

20:48Would you like to come and have a look?

20:50Yes, please.

20:51We'll see.

20:52Back in the 1990s, entrepreneur and visionary Tim Smith had an idea like no other.

21:00Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World,

21:03he was enthralled by the idea of a civilisation rich in abundance,

21:08one that instilled gratitude and respect for Earth's natural bounty.

21:13A barren China-clay pit was bought and transformed into giant bubble-like biomes

21:20that housed far away ecosystems and climates.

21:23The doors opened in 2001.

21:26So welcome to the rainforest.

21:28This is incredible.

21:30It's amazing, isn't it?

21:32It really is.

21:33This is truly remarkable and is the world's largest indoor rainforest.

21:39So this kind of almost hemisphere shape, is that an accent or design?

21:44That was very much a design.

21:46So drawing from nature.

21:48So if you think of when you have bubbles in a bubble bath and the natural form that the bubbles take.

21:54But it was designed this way to have no support systems.

21:58So if you think about it, there's nothing around us that makes you realise that you're inside.

22:03As you're wandering around, you really feel like you're in a natural open rainforest space.

22:09This iconic design was born from the pragmatic need for a construction that coped with the shifting ground levels.

22:17Cleverly, it also mimicked nature's honeycomb hexagons.

22:21The importance and the education value of Eden is sharing about plant life to people.

22:28And we know that animals capture and grab people's attention.

22:32So it's really important for us that the plants take centre stain.

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, is to grow rainforest trees.

22:47Rainforests cover 6% of the planet.

22:51And these ecological powerhouses are critical for global climate control.

22:56And for people to visit this rainforest and realise that rainforests, even though they're that far away,

23:01are still really important to our day-to-day lives.

23:04With over 2 million plants to care for, and a million visitors each year,

23:08the mission here is to promote a deep appreciation for nurturing the beauty of our planet.

23:14Growing Point is the latest venture, and a shining example of the future of food.

23:20This geothermally heated nursery cultivates fresh plants for the on-site restaurants.

23:26Oh, this is incredible.

23:29Everything that you've seen in the rainforest biome would have started by being grown in the nursery.

23:34And then we also grow a 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 to supply direct to the chefs.

23:45So instead of food literally coming from miles away...

23:48Just walks down the road.

23:50Transporting food around the country produces 109 million tonnes of CO2 annually.

23:57That's 26% of our total greenhouse gas emissions.

24:01So are you ready to go and eat some of our lovely crops down in the restaurant?

24:05Yeah. I thought you'd never ask.

24:07Let's go.

24:08A brilliant example of regenerative sustainability.

24:12The nursery has a capacity to eventually produce over 1 million plants per year.

24:17Resident chef Michael Greer is rustling up a foodie storm with 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, which is a cream-based sauce,

24:33and a margarita pizza here, again, with basil and rocket from the nursery.

24:37And that's lunch, sorted them.

24:39The Eden Project is not just a place to embrace the beauty of nature,

24:43but is also an urgent call to action,

24:46to become the protectors of our planet's fragile ecosystem.

24:53Now, back in the Ford Pop.

24:55Come on, then. You better drive us to the shop, Phil.

24:58Last chance to redeem myself.

25:00That's right.

25:02It's the final furlong.

25:05We've travelled south-east to the town of St Alstall.

25:08In the 1930s, this was a scenic hideaway for Edward, Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson.

25:14Don't feel the last one!

25:15Whoa!

25:16Stealing a march on me, eh?

25:18Ha-ha.

25:19Come on, you two.

25:20Cougar Antiques is our final shopping destination.

25:23From vintage to retro, there's a stash of goodies crammed into every space.

25:29Let's begin with Tamina.

25:31What can she find with her 80 smackers?

25:34It's like a doll's cradle.

25:38Well, that's only £30.

25:40But I'm not sure anyone would pay even £30 for that at auction,

25:46unless they're specifically looking for a very, very small wicker cradle.

25:51That's a no, then.

25:54What else can we find?

25:56Come here.

25:59That looks pretty.

26:01So this is a Turkish bridal mirror.

26:04This would have formed part of the bride's dowry,

26:07so the gifts and money that would be given to her by the groom or the groom's family.

26:12In Islamic marriages, it would be traditional for the bride and groom not to have seen each other,

26:18and even at the wedding, on their wedding day,

26:20they wouldn't look directly at each other.

26:22They would instead use a mirror to be able to catch glimpses of who they're going to spend the rest of their lives with.

26:28I don't think that happens quite so much as it once did,

26:32but still the custom of the bridal mirror has remained.

26:38Traditionally, the mirror would then be hung in the marital home as a symbol of good luck.

26:44During prayers, the mirror would face the wall to reveal the decorative back.

26:50It's marked as silver on the ticket, and it does have 900 on it, which is what you would expect of tax silver.

26:59I think it's probably 20th century, I'd like to think the 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.

27:13Maybe, if I can get it down enough, it might still be something I can take to auction.

27:19Best to ask dealer Lee if there's wiggle room on the price.

27:23Me?

27:24Yeah?

27:25I found a really lovely mirror in that room over there.

27:28OK.

27:29It's £90.

27:30What's the best price you can do?

27:31Best price, that would be £75.

27:33£75.

27:34Yeah, that works.

27:35OK, great.

27:36Lovely.

27:37I'm going to find something else.

27:38OK.

27:39While Tamina looks for a bargain, where is that Phil?

27:44Our chap has £95 in his pocket.

27:47So I can tell you from 10 yards away that this is an Orkney chair,

27:51and it's very peculiar to Orkney.

27:53This Orkney chair is made from driftwood that is washed up on the shore.

27:57And this is the local kind of marram grass.

28:00But it's very, I think the word is vernacular.

28:02Vernacular furniture refers to the area in which it was made.

28:07And I just think that's lovely.

28:09And do you know what?

28:10I would actually love to buy this.

28:13With the money that I've got left, I think this is a guaranteed profit.

28:16There's only going to be one minor problem.

28:18That's the price ticket.

28:20£1,350.

28:23Which actually, do you know what?

28:25I think that's probably about what it's worth.

28:27But sadly, it's just a tickle more than I've got.

28:31Lovely thing, though.

28:33Yeah, it really is.

28:35Onwards we go.

28:37Now, how about a little bit of relaxation?

28:41It's just chill-out time, is it?

28:42Mm-hmm.

28:43Really?

28:44Yeah.

28:45Blimey.

28:46It's been a long, old week, hasn't it?

28:47Hasn't it?

28:48Yeah, but I've loved it, though.

28:49Me too.

28:50And it's ending soon.

28:52Yeah.

28:53So tell me, what have you learnt about me?

28:54Me, me, me, Phil?

28:56I've learnt that without you, I can't discern between a torture device and 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 jolly, jolly good fun.

29:08Yeah, really good fun.

29:09What's been your best buy, do you think?

29:11My favourite thing, I think, was the Keswick tray that you helped me find.

29:17I really like learning about it, and I thought you showed me something I wouldn't have otherwise known.

29:22Well, that's scary, isn't it, eh?

29:24Come on, shall we go and see where we are, then?

29:26Come on.

29:27I might need a block and tackle to get out of here.

29:29Aw, what a sweet chitch act, eh?

29:32Let's continue with Tamina.

29:34I saw this cabinet when I came in. Everything is £5 and under.

29:40That's a stroke of luck.

29:42Right, for my budget, that's all I need.

29:45I've got some lovely little decorative items.

29:49These look fun.

29:53I've got a George V, oh, and a George VI mug.

29:59One's a coronation mug, one's a silver Jubilee mug.

30:03But maybe this could be the basis of a King George collection?

30:09It's believed that the first ever royal commemorative ceramics were manufactured in 1660 for the coronation of King Charles II.

30:19Well, I don't know if they come together for £5, but that would be even better.

30:23Surely someone would pay £5 for two mugs.

30:26It's like the price of a sandwich.

30:28Hmm, let's see what Lee says.

30:31The last thing I need to buy, last leg.

30:34I'm just going to take a gamble on these.

30:37Indeed, because they might be a fiver each.

30:41We've also got the Turkish mirror from earlier.

30:44Hi, Lee.

30:45Hi, Tamina.

30:46How can I help you?

30:47I've grabbed the mirror.

30:48Yep.

30:49You very kindly said £75 for that.

30:51Yep.

30:52Now, that doesn't leave me with much, but I did find these mugs.

30:56There are two mugs, yeah.

30:57Are they £5 each or £5 together?

30:59We'll do the pair.

31:00I'll help you out.

31:01Gee, thank you.

31:02So that's £5 for these, £75.

31:05Thank you very much.

31:06That's all.

31:07It's all you've got, Carl.

31:08Lovely.

31:09Perfect.

31:10Thank you very much.

31:12There we go.

31:13Tamina is all spent up for her final buy of the trip.

31:16Now, there should be a Phil snuffling around in here somewhere.

31:20And that kind of grabs my attention, because I wonder if this is a...

31:24See, you've got like a little First and Second World War collection of goodies here.

31:28That's a First World War sweetheart brooch.

31:31You've got the Prince of Wales feathers on there, which would make you think it's a

31:34Welsh regiment.

31:35Lo and behold, it says here, look, Welsh regiment, World War One.

31:38And when you went off to the front in the First World War, you would give this to your sweetheart.

31:43And she would wear it kind of just as a reminder of while you were away.

31:48The first known sweetheart brooch was made in 1886, but they gained in popularity during

31:53the First World War, when they were proudly worn to show support for serving loved ones.

31:59Also here, you've got a lovely little enameled flag.

32:04So you've got that there.

32:06And then you've got a 1951, that's the Festival of Britain enameled badge.

32:11And then you've got a load of military buttons here.

32:15I think that's quite a nice little package.

32:17The only thing I'm not sure about, so the price there is £24.

32:20I don't know whether that's for the sweetheart, Bradge.

32:22Just these badges or for all of it.

32:24And we're trying to guess if there's only one way to find out.

32:26Brace yourself, Lee.

32:28Here comes Phil.

32:29You've got a lovely shot.

32:30Thank you very much.

32:32Now, question for you.

32:33So in the cabinet down the back there, you've got a First World War sweetheart brooch?

32:37Yep.

32:38And there's also a couple of badges and some buttons.

32:41And it says £24.

32:42But I wasn't sure if that was just for the sweetheart brooch or for the whole shooting match.

32:46That is just the brooch.

32:47Right.

32:48And how much is the whole shooting match then?

32:49I do it all together for £30.

32:50See, I was kind of open for £20 there.

32:52Why don't we split the difference at £25?

32:55Thank you very much.

32:56Thank you very much.

32:57There's a £20, look at that.

32:58And there's a £5.

32:59You're welcome.

33:00I'll go and pick them up straight away.

33:01Thank you very much.

33:02Take care, thank you.

33:03Bye bye.

33:04Lee, you are a wonderfully generous man.

33:06Phil now has £70 left unspent.

33:09What have you bought then?

33:11Mugs.

33:12Really?

33:13Oh, I thought you meant us then.

33:14Do you like these?

33:15How much do those cost?

33:16Buttons.

33:17Oh no they didn't.

33:18See you both in panto.

33:20That's the shopping finito for one last time.

33:25Our chums are back in the big old Ford pop.

33:28Well that's it.

33:29Patched match.

33:30It's patched aren't we?

33:31Auction, here we come.

33:33What do you think one hopes in New York for the auction?

33:35A profit?

33:37Yeah.

33:38Best get some shut eye then.

33:44Hooray!

33:45It's the auction showdown.

33:47It's 3-1 to Phil.

33:49Can Tamina nab another to keep her pride?

33:52So this is our very last auction isn't it?

33:54I know.

33:55It's not sad.

33:56I've loved the week with you honestly.

33:57It's been good fun.

33:58Good fun, good fun.

33:59Memorable buys?

34:00Low buys?

34:01Memorable.

34:02Maybe not always for the right reasons.

34:04Our pair, after nipping around Cornwall, have returned to Grantham in Lincolnshire for the final of a best of five auction contest at Golding Young, selling in the room, on the phone and on the net.

34:21Once again, the gavel-wielder extraordinaire is the fine and ever-youthful Colin Young.

34:29Selling at 190.

34:32Phil collected five lots for the sum of £130. Are you impressed, Colin?

34:38I like the oak box.

34:40English oak.

34:4119th century.

34:42Really good thing.

34:43What would you do with it?

34:45Well, you'd store things in it.

34:47Tamina blew her budget of £200 on five lots.

34:51Thoughts, please, Colin?

34:53The Edwardian crystal inkwell is really nice.

34:56It's got that silver top on it.

34:58It would sit well on a desk.

34:59Ticks all the boxes for an inkwell.

35:02Ah, here we go again.

35:05Hop to it, you two them.

35:07The auction is about to begin.

35:09I'm at £200.

35:10£220.

35:11First up, it's Phil's fruity mirror.

35:14£32 bid.

35:15£30.

35:16£32 bid.

35:17£32 bid.

35:18You can't get a good mirror.

35:19£30 bid.

35:20And perhaps I didn't.

35:21Well, yeah.

35:22£20, anybody?

35:23£20 bid.

35:24£22 bid.

35:25£25 bid.

35:26£28 bid.

35:27£30 now, then.

35:28It's a little bit of a warm up.

35:29£30.

35:30£2 now to a C.

35:31£32 bid.

35:32£32 bid.

35:33With no way yet.

35:34That is a steal.

35:35£32 bid.

35:36£35 bid.

35:37On reflection.

35:38Oh, no.

35:40£36 at £36 bid.

35:42All £36 on full bid.

35:43£37 now to a C.

35:44£36 bid.

35:45£36 bid.

35:46Goes this time, then.

35:47£36.

35:48£36, gee wh...

35:50Someone took a shine to it.

35:51shine to it? A profit from the get-go. I'm kind of disappointed, but hey-ho, profit's

35:57a profit, isn't it? Indeed. Tamina's next with the arts and crafts. Trey. I paid a lot.

36:03I paid £70. That's brave, isn't it? I know. 20 bid, 22, 25, 28 in the room. There we go.

36:1130 and 2. Nope. £30 bid, £30, 32. 32 bid, 5 for anybody else. That wasn't quite a way

36:19to go in there, hasn't it? £32. Well, I think you're unlucky with that. What a great bargain.

36:26Early days, Tamina. You've got quite a nice fern engraving to it, which is really unusual.

36:32Yeah, that's a canthus. Yeah, yeah. You can tell you're from London, I'm from the country,

36:35because you said a canthus and I said ferny stuff, didn't I? Yeah. 20 pounds. A Philip special

36:40next. That big old oak box. If you want to see a yesterday's rock, stick around, because

36:48I've got one for you. Bid, 30. Look at 2 now then. 32 bid, 35. There we go. 38, 40.

36:5540 bid, 42 now then. 45, 48 now. 45 bid, and goes then at £45. That helps, doesn't it?

37:07Would you credit it? Another tickle of a profit for Phil. Small wins.

37:12It's now Tamina's fetching Chinese dendritic stone. I love the way they're naturally formed.

37:1920 pound bid, 20 bid, 2 now. We're getting a 2, a 2, a 2, a 2. I do. That's 2. I do, too.

37:2425 bid, 28 now. Oh, no. 25 pounds.

37:30I think you got unlucky. No, I did. You got unlucky.

37:35Shame. Keep the faith, Tamina.

37:38People who like it might not be here today.

37:40Next, Phil's unusual pip extractor.

37:44Who in the world can manage without a raisin sealant?

37:49Do you have to feed your raisin?

37:50Oh, yeah.

37:51Do you?

37:52You don't have the bits in your teeth, do you?

37:53But somebody's taking the pith.

37:55At 6 bid, 7 bid, 7 bid, 8 bid, 9 bid, 9 bid, 10, 12, 12 bid, 15 bid.

38:04Bid me 18 now then.

38:0515 pounds. Come on, his jackpot is in the handle.

38:08Beautiful.

38:08At 15 bid, 18 bid, 18 bid, 18 bid, 18 bid.

38:13No more bids. Going at 18.

38:15Tried his best.

38:16Oh, wow.

38:17Despite the tiny loss, we're having a great time.

38:22Well, I know not to buy those again, don't I?

38:26Next, it's Tamina's Royal Mugs.

38:29Good pair of mugs there. Who's going to star me in?

38:31Is he talking about us?

38:32Yeah, I think so.

38:3310 pounds.

38:34I've doubled my money there.

38:37Going this time then, maiden bid has it.

38:39We go this time then at 10 pounds.

38:42Lovely.

38:43A crowning achievement, sort of.

38:47I want a commemorative mug.

38:48You've got one and here I am.

38:51Right, prepare yourself for the wibbly-wobbly jelly mould à la Phil.

38:57Jelly's all blanc-mange.

38:59Jelly's.

39:00You like jellies? I like blanc-mange.

39:0230 pound bid.

39:03There, you've got those balls.

39:0430.

39:05Last call then, maiden bid has it.

39:0630 pounds.

39:07I will sell this time then.

39:0830, you sure?

39:1030.

39:11Get in.

39:12Yeah, jelly good, eh?

39:14We're on a wall now.

39:16Dip your bread or your jelly or your blanche.

39:18All right, Phil, battle of the mirrors, part two.

39:22Tamina's Turkish bridal one.

39:25Traditionally, you'd use, the first time you'd see your new spouse would be using a mirror.

39:30Like a wing mirror.

39:31Yeah.

39:32Like in a car.

39:33Like, oh.

39:33Just when it's too late to back up.

39:36I've changed my mind.

39:37Yeah.

39:3720 pound a bid, 2, 2 by the 2, 5, 5 by the 25, 28, 28, 30, 30 bid, 32, 32, 32, 35 bid,

39:4438, now let's see, 38 bid, 38 come 40 now, 40 pound a bid, 40 come 2.

39:47That's going well.

39:482 now then, 42, 42, 42, 42, 45, 45, 45, 45.

39:51Don't finish then, hammers up then, and I sell at 45 pounds.

39:54Oh, dear.

39:57That result shattered her expectations.

40:01Such a shame.

40:02Lot number, 272.

40:04I'm disappointed.

40:05What is?

40:06Onwards with Phil's first World War brooch and buttons job lot.

40:11I don't get quite a lot of little things.

40:13Oh, yeah, you get a lot of bang for your buck.

40:15A buck for your bang.

40:16Well, 20 pound a bid, 20 bid, 2 now, we're going to 2, 2 bid, 5 now, 5.

40:19Movement, lovely.

40:2028 bid, 30, 30 pound a bid, 30 come 2, 32 bid, 35 bid, 30 come 2.

40:22We need a profit, aren't we?

40:2332 bid, 35 bid, 38, we're seeing.

40:26We've slowed down now, any more bids?

40:2835 bid, we go this time, then at 35 pounds, selling at 35, sold.

40:33Nice, that's a profit there.

40:34Yeah, absolutely.

40:36The more, the merrier.

40:38Well done, Phil.

40:39The difference between you and I is I make these very mean kind of profits,

40:44and then you come in with some...

40:46Catastrophic losses.

40:48Yeah, but actually monumental profits as well.

40:51Five pounds.

40:52Well, let's hope this is one of them.

40:55It's the final lot, Tamina's Edwardian Inkwell.

40:58Well, presumably if it makes a profit, you'll donate that to my fund, will you?

41:0150 pounds.

41:02I don't think I have much to donate, but...

41:0550 pounds is bid, 55 now then, 50 pound bid, 5 anybody else then, 50 pounds, I've given

41:10everybody enough time.

41:12There you go, 50, not bad.

41:14Ink-credible.

41:16Great result, Tamina.

41:18I'm sorry, I'm so not used to making a profit there.

41:22Get out of here.

41:23Yep, calculator time.

41:25Tamina began with 200 pounds.

41:28After all costs, she's made a loss of 85 pounds and 38 pence.

41:35Phil also started with 200 pounds, and after several costs, he's made a smaller loss of

41:4012 pounds and 3 pennies, clinching his fourth auction win.

41:47Crowning Phil as the overall victor of the week.

41:51Congratulations.

41:53Well, that was close, wasn't it?

41:54Hey, I think I've just snuck home, but what I do know is that no one, all those people

41:59out there, you see all those chimneys, all those houses, none of them want their raisins

42:04seeded.

42:05Maybe they buy seedless raisins.

42:07Absolutely.

42:09What a simply glorious time we've had.

42:13You see, we're bonding already, aren't we?

42:14We had Phil's favourite joke.

42:17What's that?

42:18Short-hand typist.

42:20Short-hand typist.

42:21Tamina found a sleeper.

42:23Selling at 220.

42:24Hey!

42:26Phil found an expensive one.

42:28Go on, how much is it?

42:2914,000.

42:30And a fickle-thawed pop.

42:32But it'd be awfully all right if I swore.

42:35But Phil's big rusty lumps won the week.

42:38That's an old cast-iron pig trough.

42:40Who would want a milchion in the house?

42:42I would.

42:43Well done, Phil.

42:44Bye, Highline.

42:45You did it.

42:45Aw, Phil.

42:47Bye-bye.

42:48You lovely friends.

42:50Next time, a Highland fling.

42:52Welcome to Scotland.

42:53We'll have a right good giggle with Natasha Raskinsharp and Tim Methurst.

42:59They'll guide us to bargains.

43:00You look like a man who knows us we around a compass.

43:02And my directions are awful.

43:04And strut their stuff in the sale room.

43:07Take Sue to Tango.

43:08Unfortunately, this time there was only one.

43:09You look like a man who knows us we around a compass.

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