Antiques Road Trip Season 31 Episode 6

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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.

00:30Out in the countryside, there's an air of anticipation,

00:35as antiques expert Tamina Gaffar

00:38has something in store for her fellow auctioneer, Philip Zerrill.

00:43I can hear something.

00:44I can hear a rumble.

00:46Is it thunder?

00:47More like greased lightning.

00:49Oh, look at that!

00:51Ha-ha-ha!

00:52That's brilliant!

00:54Will you look at you?

00:56A slightly souped-up 1959 for popular.

01:00Do you know my first car was one of these?

01:02Was it?

01:02Absolutely.

01:03I'm really sorry to do this to you, but...

01:05Can I have a drive?

01:07Go on, then.

01:08As it's you.

01:12Get ready!

01:14We have liftoff!

01:16Go!

01:17Oh, yes.

01:18Snack me fitted behind the wheel.

01:21Let's go tripping!

01:23Ah!

01:24Yeah, pretty noisy in the cockpit of the Ford Pop.

01:29This, they will do 200 miles an hour.

01:32Not with me in it.

01:33Crumbs.

01:35Now, this being their first time together,

01:38let's get the important questions out of the way.

01:40If you had to choose one crisp flavour that you could only...

01:44Five cheese, onion.

01:45Yeah!

01:46Salt and vinegar for me.

01:47You seem to be bonding already, aren't we?

01:49Tamina hails originally from the world of finance.

01:53Now a hot-shot auctioneer,

01:56she has notched up world-record results on the rostrum

01:59and is a revered authority on Indian and Islamic art.

02:03Phil is the OG of the road trip family.

02:07A one-time P.E. and geography teacher,

02:10a gavel-wielder, specialises in Royal Worcester

02:13and has a bonjour for turning things into coffee tables.

02:17This is your second road trip, isn't it?

02:19It is.

02:20Not a newbie anymore.

02:21I've got a horrible feeling.

02:23You will have learnt a lot from that as well.

02:25Armed with a daily budget of £200 each,

02:28whoever wins the most auctions out of five

02:31is the road trip champ.

02:34Where are we off to today, then?

02:35Are you really looking forward to Liverpool?

02:37I am.

02:38I don't get out of London much, actually.

02:41Well, London and Liverpool are very similar, you know.

02:43How so?

02:44They're both thinking in with help.

02:45Ha ha!

02:46Oh, dear.

02:47That's right, Phil.

02:48Our tour kicks off in Liverpool

02:50and will take a thoroughly lovely gallivant around Hull,

02:54zip to the Midlands and slake over to Oxfordshire

02:57before ending up in Cornwall.

02:58Whoa!

03:00And the thing about Liverpool in those kind of 60s,

03:03it was iconic for everything

03:04because you had all the groups.

03:06I want you to tell me to stop when you've heard of one.

03:09OK.

03:09Gerry and the Pacemakers.

03:11No!

03:12All right.

03:13Calm down, Phil.

03:14What about Cilla Black?

03:15Oh, yeah.

03:16I do Cilla Black.

03:17Blind date.

03:18My first cat was called Cilla Black.

03:21Surprise, surprise!

03:24Today, we're going to have a

03:25Laura, Laura laughs

03:27around north-west England.

03:29Skipping around Merseyside,

03:31ending in Milton Green in Cheshire.

03:33But we launch this adventure in the city of Liverpool.

03:38Boasting more number-one pop-hit singles

03:41than any other city in the world,

03:43with a ticket to ride

03:45to lots of dough,

03:47let the shopping commence.

03:49All you need is love, eh?

03:51How good is this, eh?

03:53Oh, that's exciting.

03:55It is, isn't it?

03:56We're venturing in here.

03:58Pilgrim's Progress Antiques.

04:00Right.

04:01I don't want you to dawdle.

04:02I want you to keep up.

04:04Follow me at all times.

04:05Humour him, Tommy.

04:07And I'll show you the ropes.

04:08Just keep up, all right?

04:09Make sure you don't dawdle.

04:10Fair names.

04:11Looks like you're on your own, Phil.

04:13This was once home

04:14to a 19th-century cotton merchant.

04:17Nowadays, it has three floors

04:18stuffed at the gunnels with antiques.

04:20Now, who should we start with?

04:23Ooh.

04:23Ooh, how about Tamina?

04:25She has £200 stuffed in her purse.

04:30Now, this looks like it could be

04:33Indian or possibly Southeast Asian.

04:38It has the quintessential peacock on it,

04:41which is such an icon

04:43of Indian and Southeast Asian art.

04:45This looks like a modern example

04:47of a sort of Anglo-Indian hardwood carving.

04:53You can tell from the lack of patterning

04:55on these visible edges

04:56that this is likely to have been made

04:58for possibly the tourist market.

05:01Now, it's £145,

05:03and it's a lovely thing to have in someone's home,

05:06but I don't think it's quite right

05:08for what I'm looking for.

05:09While Tamina rummages further,

05:12let's find a film.

05:14Quick impersonation for you.

05:15Oh, here we go.

05:17What's that?

05:18Short-hand typist.

05:20I think that's his favourite joke.

05:25Tamina does love a clock chime.

05:27What are you doing?

05:29Hello.

05:30You're trying to win?

05:31I'm trying to win.

05:32Double your money.

05:33Come on.

05:34Let's see how this works.

05:38Well, nothing's happened.

05:40Patience, Philip.

05:41Oh.

05:42Here I look.

05:42You haven't got a neck.

05:45So what have you got?

05:48Oh, nothing.

05:48It means I've won absolutely nothing.

05:50Oh!

05:52Everyone's a winner.

05:53What have we won?

05:54Two P each.

05:55Here's to better results at the auction, eh?

05:58Right, let's chum along with Tamina.

06:01Oh, for me.

06:03You shouldn't have.

06:04Admirers everywhere.

06:09These look fun.

06:12It's quite lovely.

06:14It's nice that they're a pair.

06:16Often with anything glass,

06:18you can imagine that they'd often be broken or chipped,

06:22and these seem relatively intact.

06:24So, um, the shell symbol

06:26is a classically romantic one

06:29used a lot with the Victorians.

06:32I guess there's their image of Aphrodite, goddess of love,

06:36rising out of the water

06:37in a giant shell.

06:40These could add some real romanticism to someone's home.

06:43The shell was popular with the smoochie Victorians,

06:46but also featured heavily in the snazzy Art Deco period.

06:50This looks like an Art Deco-style wall sconce.

06:54And nowadays, I can imagine these being perhaps wall-mounted,

06:58flanking a mantle,

06:59or, um, placed decoratively on a table.

07:03And they're £18.

07:04That's sort of where I would expect them to be at auction,

07:09but I reckon...

07:10..I'm going to take a chance here.

07:14And hopefully I can celebrate.

07:17I see what you did there.

07:19That's dealer Nikki.

07:21Hi, Nikki.

07:22Hiya.

07:22I found this lovely pair of shells.

07:25They're beautiful, aren't they?

07:26I thought so too.

07:28Now, the ticket price said £18 on them.

07:31I think that's fair.

07:32Excellent.

07:33So, I'll have £20 for you.

07:35Let me just find some change.

07:37There you go.

07:38Thank you so much.

07:39Brilliant.

07:40Bye.

07:41Let's hope it's a sure thing.

07:44Tamina now has £182.

07:48Er, Philip?

07:50Do you know what?

07:51That is a very, very cool thing.

07:53Look at that.

07:55That is a 1960s table.

07:58Um, attributed to or by John Piper.

08:01It's called the London Skyline Table,

08:03because, not surprisingly, that's the London Skyline.

08:06And, um, they were made for Terence Conran.

08:09And they're really cool, really stylish.

08:12This is a lovely bit of mid-century stuff.

08:15John Piper was a household name

08:17as an official war artist in World War II.

08:20He was renowned for his focus

08:22on the British landscape and architecture.

08:24There is, however, a problem with this,

08:26and it's got a bit of damage on the corner here

08:29where the full micro is missing.

08:30What do I think that's worth?

08:31I think on a bad day, it's worth £70 or £80.

08:35On a good day, it's worth somewhere between £150 and £200.

08:39How much does it cost, Phil?

08:41There's no price on it.

08:42Let's ask Nicky, then.

08:44Nicky, you have got some stuff in here, haven't you?

08:46Just a bit, yeah.

08:47That coffee table down there, it's the London Skyline.

08:51Yeah, yeah.

08:52Yeah, I couldn't see a prize ticket on it.

08:54It's £75, I think, is what we're asking for that.

08:57OK, what's the best on that?

08:59£65.

09:00It's got a bit of form I could chipped off the one corner,

09:04and I don't know how much that's going to hold it back.

09:06So I could give you £60 if that's any good?

09:08Yeah, I'll go for it.

09:09Thank you very much, indeed.

09:10Right.

09:10What a generous lady, eh?

09:13Phil now has £140 remaining.

09:16Come on, Phil.

09:18Wait a minute.

09:19You don't have anything.

09:20Oh, wait and see.

09:21It's something.

09:22Do you know what?

09:23I'm going to turn it into a coffee table.

09:25I see what you did there, Phil.

09:28Now, back on the road,

09:29the mighty mobile has a special place in Phil's heart.

09:33So my first car is a Ford Op.

09:37Am I riding a bike?

09:39What?

09:39Look in this.

09:41Well, there's a slight difference.

09:43From big beasts to something far more delicate and dainty,

09:48our jolly pals have skedaddled to Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve

09:52in Brombrough on the Wirral,

09:55once an area of study for Nora Fisher Macmillan,

09:59one of Britain's great conchologists

10:01that's an expert on mollusks to you and I.

10:05The early 20th century was a time

10:07when women were often relegated

10:09to the sidelines of scientific inquiry.

10:12Not so would Nora.

10:15A lifelong dedication to the study of shells

10:17contributed greatly to the modern world

10:20battling with climate change.

10:22Phil and Tamina are meeting Lianna Dixon,

10:27great admirer and fellow scientist within the museum where Nora once worked.

10:33That looks a hugely scientific piece of kit there.

10:35This is an example of what Nora Macmillan would have used to survey the pond here at Dibbinsdale.

10:41A sieve and a stick.

10:42Yeah, so she was a very resourceful woman, so she'd use whatever she could find to hand.

10:47That's wicked, isn't it?

10:48From a very early age, Nora was fascinated with shells.

10:52And by six years old, she could identify more than 30 species.

10:58This was not just a hobby.

11:00This was a calling.

11:02Fast forward to 1933.

11:05Age 25, Nora joined the curatorial staff at Liverpool Museum.

11:09She faced a few challenges as a woman studying in this field.

11:15So when she got married in 1937,

11:17she was actually forced to leave her job as a curator at the museum

11:21due to the marriage bar policy.

11:24This wasn't prevalent in all jobs at the time.

11:26It was quite common in local government.

11:29This discriminatory practice was prevalent from the Victorian era

11:33right through to the 1970s.

11:36That's bonkers, isn't it?

11:37Yeah.

11:37And actually, like, it's less than 100 years ago

11:40and it just feels so archaic, doesn't it?

11:43Yeah, I was so surprised when I learned about that.

11:45It didn't fazed Nora.

11:48She managed to keep researching,

11:49eventually returning to Liverpool Museum in the 1950s

11:53when she was sadly widowed.

11:55Now back to our wannabe conchologists

11:58who are searching for mollusks.

12:01So maybe try to get a bit deeper into the mud

12:03because, yeah, they might be hiding down the bottom

12:06on this cold day.

12:09Studying mollusks is vital for conservation.

12:12It can identify species that may be endangered

12:15and detects changes in habitat

12:17due to pollution or global warming.

12:20Bring a bit of the vegetation with you.

12:22That's a lot of the vegetation, isn't it?

12:24We might fill the whole tree.

12:26Trust Philip.

12:27Now, have we found anything?

12:29See, I wouldn't know what on earth I was looking for, would you?

12:32It's called...

12:33I found one.

12:34A European fingernail clam.

12:37It does look a little bit like a fingernail.

12:38Right, you bring the tray and I'll bring the old dooby-dooby.

12:42That's the technical term.

12:46Next stop, the World Museum in Liverpool.

12:49Nora curated the shell collection here for 50 years

12:52and through her meticulous care,

12:55it's one of the most significant in Britain.

12:58And Tamina's getting a peek behind the curtain.

13:01What are we going to have a look at now?

13:04So, we're going to have a look at the conchology store

13:06to have a look at some of the shell specimens

13:08that we've got in the museum.

13:09The conchology collection as a whole

13:11has over 260,000 specimens.

13:15So, this is some of Nora's personal collection of shells

13:19that she curated and put into the museum here.

13:22I think Phil would love to have a look at some of these.

13:25Yeah, I'll take some from Woodsley Pond

13:26and have a look at them in the lab.

13:29Where, with microscope at the ready, there's a curious Phil.

13:33So, we found some specimens from the exact pond

13:36that we were at earlier.

13:37So, these are ones that Nora collected herself.

13:40Oh, they're looking, aren't they?

13:41Yeah, so, these are called Limnea auricularia.

13:45Let's take a closer look.

13:48Isn't that beautiful?

13:49And these are the older snails,

13:51so they've lived a little bit longer.

13:53So, they must have been in, yeah, quite nice living environment.

13:57So, that pond that we went to,

13:58are there any snails that are kind of peculiar to that pond?

14:01I think a lot of them, they're quite common and widespread,

14:04but it's still important to record the common species

14:07so we can see how ponds and habitats are changing over time

14:11and the impacts of climate change.

14:13Nora was a highly regarded voice in the world of conchology.

14:17Throughout her career, she authored over 400 publications,

14:21including a book called British Shells.

14:24Which was the go-to guide for about 30 years

14:27for people wanting to identify shells and study them.

14:30And it's only recently been superseded.

14:33Now, how about looking at Phil's catch from the pond?

14:37Oh, doesn't that look sweet, though, there?

14:38You can see it actually is a clamshell, can't you?

14:40You can see the inspiration in our art world, can't you?

14:44Mm-hmm.

14:45Well, shells were used a lot in early Islamic Sasanian art.

14:49What a lot?

14:50Sasanian, it was 6th to 8th century early Islamic art.

14:54I was around then.

14:55Oh, I was.

14:55Do you think if she'd have been around today,

14:58the scope would have been so much greater for her?

15:00She's a pioneer in her field,

15:03and so she paved the way for us now.

15:06And, yeah, it's inspirational to read about her

15:08and other women in entomology.

15:10Nora Fisher-McMillan died in 2003, aged 95.

15:15She bridged the gap between Victorian male experts

15:19and 20th-century possibilities.

15:22She contributed greatly to the study of biodiversity and conservation

15:27long before they became mainstream,

15:29proving that the pursuit of knowledge knows no gender.

15:36Now, from mollusks to motors, just look at that S-cargo.

15:41Oh, dear.

15:43It crunched very quietly, doesn't it?

15:46Ah!

15:47Oh, lordy.

15:50Nighty-night!

15:52What a beautiful morning.

15:55Tamina's turn driving today.

15:57Oh.

15:58Maybe not.

16:02Would it be all feel all right if I swore?

16:06Fudge.

16:10What are you laughing at?

16:12Is this what the olden days were like?

16:15While they deal with the car,

16:17here's yesterday's refresher.

16:19Tamina was super frugal, scooping up the pair of glass-clam-form lightshades.

16:25It was quite lovely.

16:27So, she is still properly minted, with £182 to splurge.

16:34Phil also bought just one item, the mid-century coffee table.

16:39Do you know what?

16:40That is a very, very cool thing.

16:42So, he has 140 smackers to play with.

16:45And, yippee!

16:47The car's working.

16:49How are you getting on with trying to strike a deal with the shopkeepers?

16:52Is that easy or tough?

16:53Deals are tricky, I have to say.

16:55Because I think they know if I like it, I'm probably going to buy it.

17:00Wait for it.

17:01I feel a Phil top tip coming on.

17:03What you need to develop is that kind of Philip Serrell.

17:07Really?

17:09How much?

17:10How much?

17:11He's so giving.

17:15Are you getting the grips of the car?

17:17I am.

17:18The car's allowing me to drive.

17:21It's got a powerful steering driver.

17:25Whoa.

17:27All right, Phil.

17:30Now, shopping ahoy, we're tagging along with Tamina.

17:34Frodsham next stop.

17:36The town was once home to one-time 007 Daniel Craig.

17:41Come on, Miss Moneypenny.

17:44Let's get spending.

17:45In here, at Hampton Village and Antiques Emporium.

17:50Doesn't it look lovely?

17:52Tamina has 182 smackers to play with, remember?

17:59These are very sweet.

18:01These are Indonesian puppets.

18:04Puppetry is a very core part of Indonesian culture.

18:08These ones are called Wayangolic.

18:11They would have puppet shows at weddings and birthdays,

18:16any major congregational ceremony.

18:19They would often depict stories of good versus evil.

18:23The good puppets, or the good guys,

18:26would always be shown on the right-hand side of the stage,

18:29and the evil would be on the left.

18:32The market for them is really for the more historic pieces,

18:36and these ones seem much newer,

18:39so it wouldn't really be for me at the moment.

18:42I like them.

18:43What else can we find?

18:44This has caught my eye.

18:54This looks like a Chinese snuff bottle.

18:58What's nice about this one is that it has its stopper.

19:01Here you've got a very delicately painted,

19:04what looks to be like a market scene,

19:07and this would have been reverse painted,

19:10so painted from the back using a hooked brush.

19:15For an artist to have painted something like this backwards

19:17and in a mirror image would have taken such skill.

19:20Inside painting was a technological feat

19:24of the imperial workshops of the 19th century.

19:27We often find lots of European snuff bottles.

19:31It was considered such a European activity

19:34that in Indian paintings from the 1800s,

19:37European characters were depicted holding their nose

19:40because they were synonymous with snuff consumption.

19:45Fascinating. Any price?

19:48No, it's £38.

19:50It's sort of around the price point

19:52that I expected to make at auction.

19:54Maybe if I can get a little bit off it,

19:56I think there's a profit to be made here.

19:58Let's leave Tamina to her rootling

20:00and find a wandering serral.

20:03He's just a little north in the Cheshire town of Widness,

20:08thought to be the location where Paul Simon wrote

20:10Homeward Bound in 1965.

20:14Someone who will remember the hit parade

20:17is old hipster Phil.

20:19Vintage barn, get ready.

20:21Here he comes.

20:24There is a sea of goodies aplenty.

20:27Phil has £140 to spend.

20:30I don't think I've got a career in that, really.

20:38Stop larking about and get mooching.

20:40This piece of furniture is absolutely lovely.

20:43It's mahogany.

20:43It's got bracket feet.

20:45If you open it up, it'll have secret drawers

20:47because they all do.

20:48And there you are, look.

20:52Now, the trick is, have a look in here

20:54and find a bag of gold sovereigns.

20:58And all of a sudden, that makes this very, very appealing.

21:01Empty.

21:03What a pity, eh?

21:04I can tell you.

21:05The man who runs this shop, he's been there before me.

21:07But, you know, it's a lovely piece of furniture.

21:12A bureau without damage on it like this

21:15would have been worth £500 to £800.

21:17You put that into auction today, £30.

21:21I'll walk on.

21:23Look out for secret drawers

21:25and you never know what might be hiding.

21:28Now, plenty more to explore.

21:30See, what I love about all this stuff

21:34is the story that it tells.

21:36Not until about 1730, 1740,

21:37we were eating off lumps of wood, lumps of metal.

21:40We didn't have porcelain in this country

21:42until about 1745.

21:44English porcelain actually kind of is blue and white.

21:47Looks like it might be Chinese or Oriental.

21:50And that's where all this design comes from.

21:52So this is, in my opinion, probably 19th century.

21:57In the old days, you'd have called it willow pattern.

21:59You know, everybody's granny had some

22:00willow pattern on the piece of furniture at home.

22:04Quintessentially British,

22:05this iconic pattern was inspired by a Nanking design

22:08imported from China around 1810.

22:12But this stuff is all very, very usable, I think.

22:15So if you wanted six tea cups and saucers and side plates,

22:19you know, what better way to have your afternoon tea

22:21than on something like this?

22:22And I don't know how much it is.

22:24I'm going to think about that much a lot.

22:25While he does that, let's hop back to Frodsham.

22:30This is Punch of Punch and Judy fame.

22:40The story of Punch and Judy, a quite controversial one.

22:43Punch being the villainous figure that he was.

22:47So much so that at one point in 1947,

22:50they tried to ban the puppet show in schools.

22:53But it's been so loved.

22:55It's been going for 350 years in the UK.

22:58A divisive figure, Punch has origins

23:02in a 16th century Italian comedy puppet,

23:05Policienetto.

23:07The much-loved seaside show emerged in the UK in 1662,

23:11proving to be an instant success

23:13with fun-starved audiences.

23:16Punch terrorised his wife, Judy.

23:18He was always depicted in this grotesque way,

23:21but I've never seen something quite as hideous as this.

23:25This is a doorstop.

23:28It's cast iron.

23:29Very heavy, as it should be.

23:30Even though we don't see many Punch and Judy shows anymore,

23:34it's still a story that we're all very familiar with.

23:37Hit me with the price.

23:38Now, the ticket price here says £55.

23:43It's a risk at auction,

23:46but I definitely have to get some money off to make a profit.

23:50Let's see what they can do.

23:52Let's take that ugly fella along to dealer Dave

23:55and grab that Chinese snuff bottle priced at £38 on the way.

24:00Dave, hi.

24:02Hi, sweetie.

24:03Now, I've found two very different things.

24:07Now, the snuff bottle says £38 on it.

24:10Do you reckon you can get it down to a nice round £30?

24:13OK, I'll do it for £30.

24:15Oh, thank you.

24:16And Mr Punch at £55?

24:19I'll do it for £45.

24:20Oh, that would be lovely.

24:21Thank you so much.

24:23£70.

24:25Thanks so much, Dave.

24:26Thank you very much.

24:27Bye-bye.

24:28Tamina now has £107.

24:31As Mr Punch would say,

24:33that's a way to do it.

24:37Back to Widness and the man in the very nice duffel coat.

24:41The first rule of the antique and auction trade at the minute

24:45is whatever you do,

24:46do not buy a corner cupboard.

24:49That's a corner cupboard, isn't it?

24:50But it's a little bit different to the norm,

24:53and the reason why is this.

24:54This is oak, OK?

24:56But look at these lovely panels here.

24:58So this is Pollard Oak, or Burr Oak.

25:01Almost like chewed toffee.

25:02It's lovely.

25:03It's got a real feel to it.

25:05So this is trying to be Georgian with its double drawers and H-inches.

25:12There's a lot of intellect in this antique business, you know.

25:15These are called H-inches because they look like Hs.

25:18I think it's probably a bit later than that.

25:20I'm going to try and buy this, because I like it.

25:24I'd have this in my home, you know.

25:26So whatever you do,

25:27don't buy a corner cupboard.

25:29Unless...

25:31Let's do this one.

25:32Rightio.

25:34Along with the unpriced teacups and saucers,

25:36let's talk dosh with dealer Dean.

25:39Dean, you've got a good shop in there.

25:41Oh, cheers, mate.

25:42Lots and lots of really lovely things.

25:44So what would be your best on the little service,

25:47the blue and white service?

25:4830 quid on there.

25:49Right, what about the corner cupboard?

25:51Do that for 20 for it.

25:53Can I do the two for 40 quid?

25:55Go on.

25:55A cheeky little wink there.

25:57Hey, good man.

25:57Hold on, I've got to pay you quick and run out of the shop.

26:00That's 20 pounds for the teacups and saucers

26:02and 20 for the corner cupboard.

26:04Dean, you're a gent.

26:05Take care, bye.

26:07A nice round 100 still in hand.

26:10The cupboard will be sent on to auction

26:12and whistling Phil will pop back for the rest of his crockery.

26:17Hello, I spy Tammy now.

26:20She's enjoying herself.

26:23Oh, I've got no strategy

26:24other than don't buy anything that I don't like.

26:29That's Phil Serrell's top advice

26:32and I'd be foolish not to take it.

26:35Our girl has arrived in the hamlet of Milton Green in Cheshire.

26:39Situated within 15 acres of farmland,

26:44Applegate's antiques and crafts,

26:47better watch out.

26:48Here comes Tamina.

26:50There's oodles of plunder to get stuck into

26:53and with 107 pounds to splash,

26:56let's see what goodies tempt Tamina.

27:00Hello, chum.

27:01You all right?

27:03Phil, what do you think?

27:05Yeah, easy mistake.

27:06He's just too tall for Phil.

27:08Oh, what's this?

27:13This looks like a Kashmiri papier-mâché lacquer box.

27:19Papier-mâché was used in the 1700s, 1800s in India.

27:23Yeah, and it was back in the 14th century

27:26when Persian artisans first brought this incredible art form to Kashmir.

27:31Kashmiri papier-mâché lacquerware like this

27:35would have been used to make really quite prized decorative items

27:39but also really massive things like tables and chairs.

27:43Traditionally, the patterns are drawn entirely freehand,

27:46which requires a high level of skill.

27:48It's priced at 37 pounds,

27:52which for an object this small may struggle at auction.

27:56It's rare that we see such a nice example in relatively good condition,

28:02although there's a little bit of damage to the lid,

28:06which might mean that I could get a little bit of money off it.

28:10While Tamina rummages further,

28:12looks like we've got company.

28:16Phil has a total of 100 pounds.

28:19So let the mooch begin.

28:21What I love about this job

28:27is that we kind of...

28:29Antiques has become the thing, you know,

28:31and everybody collects antiques

28:33and we waste not, want not.

28:34Spot on, Phil.

28:35Antique furniture is likely to have a carbon footprint

28:3916 times lower than a modern equivalent.

28:43You have to look very hard in these cabinets

28:46because there is always something, always something.

28:49Oh, blimey, look at those.

28:51Now, here's a pair of Royal Worcester painted fruit pin dishes.

28:56There's two reasons why I can't buy them.

28:58The first reason is that's 370 pounds.

29:02And the second reason is they're already sold.

29:05Sometimes you can have a Royal Worcester plate

29:07with a fruit painted centre

29:09and the edge of the plate gets chipped or damaged

29:13and they'll cut the middle out

29:15and mount it in silver like that

29:17and they look like the real McCoy.

29:20I can tell you that these are the real McCoy

29:23because if you look at them closely,

29:24you can see that little circular panel in the middle

29:27is slightly domed.

29:29Now, you wouldn't have that on a fruit centre.

29:30So, they're lovely, I can't afford them.

29:34They're already sold, but somebody's going to really enjoy those.

29:38Splendid.

29:40Let's keep rummaging, eh?

29:41You see, this kind of metalware is very much evocative

29:47of the arts and crafts period.

29:50You've got a copper top base

29:52and then you've got this beaten brass effect to the top.

29:55It says on the label it's a caddy.

29:57From 1662, the tea caddy was a hot trend.

30:01The word evolved from the Malaysian caddy,

30:05which was a measure of one and a quarter pounds of tea.

30:09It's bizarre, isn't it?

30:10I actually think the back of it is more attractive

30:12than the front of it.

30:14It's priced at 28 pounds.

30:16What's it worth?

30:17Probably 15 to 30 quid's worth at auction.

30:20But it's something I can consider.

30:23I'll have a think about that one.

30:24Now, how about a breather outside?

30:29Do you know what?

30:30I reckon you can get in these things.

30:33Uh-oh.

30:37Bad idea.

30:39Do you know, actually, there's a problem now.

30:42Tamina, I've got myself in, but I can't get out.

30:45Not sure I can help you here, Phil.

30:47How much money have you got left?

30:48Over 100 pounds.

30:49Could you go and give it to them, please,

30:50and get me out these damn things?

30:51I'm not sure that's money well spent, Phil.

30:54I will see you later.

30:54No.

30:55Oi!

30:56Don't worry, Phil, you'll get yourself out.

30:58What am I going to do?

30:59Yeah, should have thought of that

31:01before you stuck your head in there.

31:03While Phil sorts himself out,

31:05let's follow Tamina.

31:08Hey, Phil, I found something.

31:11Yes, lovely.

31:12Blimey, it didn't take him long, did it?

31:14I quite like that.

31:16It says it's Keswick School.

31:18So, if you look on the back of it,

31:19it should have KSI on it.

31:20Oh, yes, it does.

31:22Keswick School of Industrial Arts.

31:23So, there was, like, an old school there

31:25that was all about industrial art.

31:27So, and Keswick's stuff

31:28is quite sought after and collectible.

31:30The school was set up in 1884.

31:33It offered free arts and crafts

31:35training for local miners

31:37facing unemployment.

31:39I quite like the fact that it's beaten,

31:40but I suspect it's quite late.

31:42Mm-hmm.

31:43It would have been lovely

31:44to have got something a bit earlier.

31:46Isn't it lovely?

31:47Phil's sharing his knowledge.

31:49How much is it?

31:50On the edge, let's have a look.

31:5118 pounds?

31:52Well, that's no money, is it?

31:54I mean, what's that going to make at auction?

31:56I would have thought

31:56if you have a bad day,

31:58it's 10 or 15 quid,

31:59and I would think if you have a good day,

32:01you might get yourself up to 30 pounds.

32:02That's what I think.

32:03I think this could be

32:05something I might want to try at auction.

32:07What do you think?

32:07I'm just trying to work out

32:09why I'm trying to help you beat me.

32:12That's never right, is it?

32:14Is you nice, Phil?

32:16Yes, he is.

32:18Deal time.

32:19We also have the papier-mâché box at 37.

32:23There's Amanda to talk money to.

32:25Amanda, hi.

32:26Hi.

32:27I found these two things.

32:29Now, this one's 18 pounds.

32:32Mm-hmm.

32:32It's fine.

32:33What's the best you can do on this one?

32:35I can do 30.

32:37Oh, that would be lovely.

32:38That gives me a chance at auction, yeah.

32:41That's a total of 48 pounds.

32:4350.

32:44Thank you very much.

32:46We'll get your two-pound change.

32:47Thank you very much.

32:50See you later, Amanda.

32:51Bye.

32:52Most kind, Amanda.

32:54Tamina's all bought up,

32:55with 59 pounds left.

32:58Uh-oh.

32:59Phil's on his wonders again.

33:01I come from a farming family.

33:02That's an old cast-iron pig trough.

33:05I really like that kind of stuff.

33:07It's an agricultural bygone.

33:09Probably last part of the 19th, early 20th century.

33:14This Mexican hat-style pig feeder

33:17is an excellent example of sustainable living

33:20because it can be repurposed in the garden.

33:23Tell us how, Phil.

33:24What you will do is put it on your decking,

33:27on your patio or whatever,

33:29and use it as a feature with soil in there

33:31and flowering shrubs all the way around.

33:33But I actually quite like it.

33:35I think there's no price on there.

33:38So that's something I'm going to have to go in and ask about.

33:43Might as well do that now, might I?

33:45Why not?

33:46Phil's also going to ask about the tea caddy at 28 pounds.

33:50Look out, you've got another one, Amanda.

33:52Hello, hello, hello.

33:53Hi.

33:54Hello.

33:55Let's begin with the unpriced pig trough.

33:58What's the best you could do that for?

34:00The very best.

34:00That's about 30.

34:01Is that the...

34:02Just tell me what your very best is.

34:04Yes, yeah, that's the best I could do.

34:05OK. What about the best on that, my love?

34:08Erm, 25.

34:10What about if I gave you 50 quid for the two?

34:13Which, by my maths, is 30 and 20.

34:16OK, yeah.

34:17All right, you're an angel.

34:18Thank you very much indeed.

34:20Merci beaucoup, Amanda.

34:23That leaves Phil with 50 snackers.

34:27What about this, is this?

34:28Yeah.

34:28Thanks for your health.

34:29Well, I don't know, I'm very envious of that now.

34:31I wish I'd seen it first.

34:32Oh.

34:33That's it.

34:34The shopping is done and dusted.

34:37Back in the motor.

34:38Ooh.

34:39Looks like something out of a Batman movie, doesn't it?

34:42You know what worries me about this auction?

34:45What?

34:46Well, I'm kind of thinking I might have helped you beat me.

34:50That Kazakh train?

34:51No, no.

34:51I wouldn't be annoyed if I were you, and it did really, really well.

34:56We'll soon find out.

34:58Shut-eye beckons.

35:01Watch out.

35:02Our revved-up road trippers are fizzing with joy for their very first auction.

35:08What do you reckon?

35:10I am cautiously optimistic.

35:12Well, I am wildly peasant, too.

35:15Good luck.

35:17Be gentle.

35:18I will.

35:21After a good old cha-cha-cha around Liverpool and Cheshire, we're in Rossyth in Fife.

35:28For number one of our best-of-five auction contest at Free Bridges Auction House, sending in the room, on the phone, and on the World Wide Web.

35:40Today's gavel basher is Will Bowler.

35:43£300, fair one and all done, selling at £300.

35:47Phil dished out £150 on five auction lots, so what's your fave, Will?

35:52So we've got the hammered brass and copper tea caddy, which is really nice, and what makes it desirable is the fact it's got its inner lining.

36:02Without that, usually they don't tend to go for as much money, so I feel that it's going to do very well.

36:07Tamina also scooped up five lots, spending £141.

36:12Are you impressed, Will?

36:14The Keswick School of Art stainless steel tray, we have the rope effect around the trim.

36:18It'll appeal to a lot of people who have bars, just a centrepiece.

36:22It's a very stylish thing.

36:24Right, find your seats and let's get comfy.

36:28How are you feeling, too?

36:28I'm excited.

36:29For sale, what do you reckon?

36:30A million pounds.

36:32As little as that.

36:34Yeah.

36:34As little as that.

36:37Good to aim high.

36:39Phil is first with a set of willow pattern teacups and saucers.

36:44See, I took the view that if you went to a modern department store, you couldn't buy what I bought for £23.

36:52Is that because nobody wants to?

36:55Ouch.

36:57I've got a bed here at £28 on the book here at...

36:59It'll do. I'll take that.

37:01I've got £30, I've got £35.

37:02Ooh!

37:03Armours up.

37:04Selling at £35.

37:05Well, do you know what?

37:07I've surprised myself.

37:08A profit from the get-go.

37:10Well done, Phil.

37:11To this gracious me.

37:13Your turn, Tamina, with a pair of glass clamshell-formed light shades.

37:17I think they're quite fun things, actually.

37:19I only paid £89.

37:21Have you no conscience at all?

37:24Did you say conscience?

37:26£20 for it.

37:27Surely worth that.

37:28£20, but I have online.

37:29Yeah, I'll...

37:30You into money, kid.

37:31Yes, you too.

37:32Fair one and all done.

37:33Selling at £20.

37:36Let's share the braid.

37:38Another profit.

37:40I've still got a bargain, and I've still got a profit.

37:43Now, ole!

37:44Today, it's Phil's Mexican hat pig feeder.

37:47I want you to imagine a big straw Mexican sombrero, right?

37:53OK.

37:54And then I want you to imagine that it's made out of cast iron and weighs about four tonnes.

37:58And it goes straight in there at £65.

38:01And it goes straight in there at £65 bid.

38:02Ooh!

38:02Do you use it as a planter or whatever you want it to be?

38:05Put the hammer down before they change their minds.

38:07At £65, fair one and all done.

38:09Selling at £65.

38:10Awful lot of pig farmers around here, let me tell you.

38:13Lucky for you.

38:14Ha-ha!

38:15Great result.

38:17I knew it all the time.

38:19You did say, didn't you?

38:20Tamina's turn now with the Mr. Punch doorstop.

38:24So, try and imagine the ugliest character in...

38:30Hey, just leave me at it, all right?

38:32We can start here at £30 bid.

38:34Oh!

38:35£35 at £35.

38:36We've got £40 here at £40.

38:37I'm looking for one more.

38:39£45 at £35.

38:39Well done.

38:40You're done, well done.

38:41Selling at £45.

38:42Thank you, sir.

38:44The Mr. Punch fan club must be on their holes.

38:47This is heavy.

38:48Yeah, absolutely right.

38:50I specialise in heavy.

38:53No comment.

38:55Look, it's Phil's London Skyline coffee table.

38:59I know that they're really collectible,

39:01but it might have...

39:02Unlike myself, it's got a few condition issues.

39:07And I can start here at £50,

39:09but to eat at £50 up.

39:10There you go.

39:11Gosh, I think that's cheap.

39:12Selling at £50.

39:13I mean, do you know, that's just the way the cookie crumbles.

39:18Lovely thing, but don't fret, Phil.

39:20Still plenty to go.

39:22£80.

39:23£80.

39:25Pull yourself together, man.

39:28Onwards with Tamina's Chinese snuff bottle.

39:31They paint it from the inside out.

39:33It looks pretty.

39:35£20.5 in the room.

39:37At £20.5 at £20.5 at £22.5 at £22.5 at £4.5.

39:41I've got £28 now here.

39:42Do you want £30?

39:42£30.5.

39:44Do you want to come back at £35?

39:45They do.

39:46Well done.

39:47You're in business.

39:48At £35.5.

39:49Fair one and all done.

39:50Selling at £35.

39:52Hey.

39:53What's on you?

39:54Not to be sneezed at, another profit for Tamina.

39:58Trust your eye, kid.

39:59Trust your eye.

40:01Sage advice.

40:02Phil next with the brass and copper tea caddy.

40:04It's a flexy look.

40:08What was it meant to be?

40:11Would you please not ask difficult questions?

40:14I've got a red to you at £35 on the book.

40:16I'll take it.

40:17Yeah?

40:17It's red to £40.

40:18I've got £45.

40:19Take that as well.

40:21Armours up.

40:22Selling at £45.

40:23Flexy use.

40:24Get in.

40:26Sip, sip, hooray.

40:28That will brew nicely.

40:29Did you, Brad?

40:30Well done.

40:32Can we serve up another profit with Tamina?

40:34Here's Keswick tray.

40:36Oh, we'll both be winners if it does well.

40:38Eh?

40:39And then it's your fault if it doesn't.

40:41£40, thank you.

40:42Oh!

40:43Well done, Phil.

40:44£40, selling at £40.

40:46Hey!

40:48Good teamwork, I think, there.

40:52Serol's in disbelief.

40:54Well done, Tamina.

40:56On to the corner cupboard for Philip.

40:58It was £20.

41:01There's money to be made there, surely?

41:04Don't call me Shirley.

41:05I've got a bid there, actually, on £30.

41:06I've got £30 here at £30.

41:07Yes, it's price too.

41:08And £5.

41:09I've got £40.

41:10At £40 and £5.

41:11And that takes my commission bid out.

41:12It's £45 here in the room at £40.

41:13That, I have to tell you, is double what I thought it would make.

41:15£45, fair warning.

41:17Selling at £45.

41:18Thank you, sir.

41:19Nice.

41:20Excellent result, Phil.

41:21You're reaping the rewards today.

41:25It's the final world.

41:26Tamina's papier-mâché box.

41:29So, Phil, have you ever made anything out of papier-mâché?

41:34Do you know, all the time, I can't stop.

41:36£30, but a half, thank you.

41:37You're at £35 and £40.

41:38There you are.

41:39£5, I've got £50.

41:40I've got £60.

41:40£60, I've got £60.

41:41£60, I've got £60.

41:42£5, I've got £70 now.

41:43Well done, you.

41:44Good stuff.

41:45And £5, I've got £80 now.

41:47£80 bidder at £80, actually.

41:48That's a top go, isn't it?

41:49Well done, you.

41:49Surprise me at £80 bidder at £80.

41:51Hey!

41:51All done.

41:52Selling at £80.

41:53That's great!

41:55Biggest profit so far.

41:58Well, that's it.

41:59All over.

42:00A top shout, that.

42:02Well done.

42:04What a good day, I thought.

42:06Get out of here.

42:08Let's tot up the figures, eh?

42:10Tamina began with £200, and after all auction costs,

42:14she's made a profit.

42:15For £30.90.

42:19Phil also began with £200.

42:22After costs, he's made a lovely profit of £38.30p.

42:29It's a close one, but today's auction champ is Phil.

42:33But still, four more to go.

42:36The overall profit at the end of the week will go to children in need.

42:40Well, Phil.

42:41Well, who'd have thought that?

42:43Well, I would have.

42:44You've got form for winning.

42:45Is that good or winning?

42:47Winning.

42:47Come on.

42:49Toodle pit.

42:51Next time, with Phil and Tamina, we've got mysteries.

42:55Well, why would they be there?

42:58Meows!

42:58Oh, I've got a good feline about this.

43:02Oh, mayhem.

43:03Oh, boy.

43:05I've got a good feline about this.

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