Antiques Road Trip Season 31 Episode 5

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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.

00:31Cry so ye gumri.

00:32Or, welcome to Wales.

00:35Because our two intrepid experts are now over the border

00:37on the very last leg of their record-breaking jaunt.

00:42This is it.

00:43Fourth nation.

00:43Here we come!

00:45Also known as Antiquary in the UK.

00:48Two cars, four nations.

00:50Yeah.

00:51And a ton of fun.

00:52Oh, yes.

00:53It's never, ever gruelling when Rue Irvin and David Harper

00:56are cooking up the miles.

00:57Well, I'm going to keep it short and I'm going to keep it simple.

01:01Good.

01:02Pith is the word.

01:04So, we will make our recap brief.

01:07David took the lead.

01:08Thanks, Derry, much.

01:10Oh, my goodness me.

01:11Then, today in Ulster, Rue levelled things up.

01:16At £280.

01:17Oh.

01:18Oh, I'm excited.

01:20Moving on to home turf.

01:23She won another, but only after car troubles.

01:25This isn't good, is it?

01:26Their fourth outing in England was the closest contest yet.

01:31It's flying.

01:32But Rue sneaked that one as well.

01:35And so has an unassailable lead as they start out in Wales.

01:39With David playing mainly for pride.

01:423-1 to you, but I'm determined to make it 3-2.

01:46That's the best it could be for me.

01:49Steadfast as ever.

01:51They'll have £200 apiece once again, of course.

01:53And hopefully, just as in every other corner of the UK

01:57they've so far visited,

01:59the profits will flow for our canny couple of dealers.

02:03Abba Ristworth.

02:04Don't you think that's such a beautiful sounding name?

02:06I love it.

02:07So wonderfully wealth.

02:09Indeed.

02:10And it's also the spot where they'll be kicking off today.

02:14A delightful resort and music mecca

02:17which gave us, amongst many others, the hot puppies.

02:22And there go our wet-nosed and irrepressible experts

02:25at coastal antiques.

02:28Oh, lovely.

02:29Oh, hold me back.

02:30This has got you written all over it.

02:31Are you ready?

02:32Go on.

02:34Go on, Rue, go.

02:35Back to the back.

02:36And they're off.

02:38Sharing this one, hopefully nicely,

02:41in a former 18th century coaching inn.

02:45£200 each to spend, remember?

02:49Love this.

02:50A Victorian top hat.

02:56Who doesn't love a Victorian top hat?

02:59Usually you'll find them on their own, without a box.

03:02Not as collectible.

03:04But when you've got the whole package here,

03:06his initials are all over it.

03:09A-M-S.

03:11And if you look again closer,

03:12it's actually got travel tickets on here

03:15from when he was travelling with the hat box.

03:17And inside, this is velvet-lined.

03:20And the hat itself is Christie's of London.

03:24But this was sold in the Welsh stores at Baristweth.

03:28Headgear historians think that the topper

03:30may be descended from the conical capotain,

03:33as was the well-named Welsh hat,

03:36part of this country's national costume.

03:38Silk-lined on the inside,

03:40and the condition a little bit too rich for me in auction.

03:44Not cheap either, I'll wager.

03:48£165.

03:50That's probably bang on retail.

03:53But I think that's a bit too rich.

03:55So I'm going to walk away.

03:57Hats all, folks.

03:58Over to David.

04:00Oh, he's a fine-looking fellow, isn't he?

04:03Let's see how deeply carved he is,

04:05because he is definitely carved by hand.

04:08It's solid oak.

04:10What is he?

04:11Soldier, man-at-arms, 17th century in his style.

04:16And coincidentally,

04:18another one of those sugar-loaf-shaped Puritan-style tip-for-tats.

04:23Very imposing, very dramatic, I would say.

04:27So it's screaming that it was made in the 17th century.

04:31So, Civil War, 1650s, that kind of period.

04:35But the question is, was it actually made during the 17th century,

04:40or was it made in the 19th century?

04:43Let's have a look at its construction.

04:45Look at those pegs.

04:46It's got everything.

04:47But more than that, it's got the man on the front,

04:50and that's the thing.

04:51And I think very desirable, particularly for the interior design market.

04:5735 quid.

04:58It's so not expensive, it's ridiculous.

05:02So I'll leave it there for now.

05:03Continue looking.

05:04But he's a little beauty.

05:07Repro it may be, but still a jolly nice example.

05:10This is unusual, and amongst all the brown, the furniture,

05:18oh, is this huge lump of art glass.

05:22And instantly you look at it and you think,

05:25Whitefriars, huge name in English glassware.

05:28But they stopped making glass in the 1980s,

05:32roughly when I was born.

05:33But they're known for their 1960s, mid-century, cool style.

05:39And the thing is, that's on trend now, isn't it?

05:41Although they'd already been making glass since the late 17th century.

05:45This design was by Geoffrey Baxter.

05:48Not a huge amount of wear, but then it is 1960s as opposed to 1860s.

05:53So it's priced up at £45.

05:57That probably shows that Whitefriars isn't making the big money it used to,

06:01but it's still collected.

06:03I'm going to leave that there, because it's quite a lump of glass.

06:07But keep looking.

06:08I make that one find each.

06:10And all cash spent will eventually end up in Linda's mighty register.

06:15Imagine this in your home.

06:17In the right home, it would look like a million dollars.

06:20So it's got a painted top, castle scene.

06:23This is papier-mâché, fitted to a pine pedestal.

06:27Insert with Mother of Pearl.

06:29It's had a repair here, but that's fine, because this thing dates to William IV, 1830 to 1837.

06:37It's that kind of period.

06:39He was Queen Victoria's uncle, well-known for his 20-year love affair with an actress,

06:44produced ten children.

06:45When this was new, this thing would have been painted jet black and then decorated with this gold gilding.

06:54So it would have looked so exuberant, so expensive.

06:57£70 is bonkers for something so gorgeous.

07:04It's been reserved, although it's not all antiques in here, of course.

07:08Where are you?

07:10Oh, hello, this looks good.

07:12The perfect accessories.

07:14This for me.

07:14You look amazing.

07:15As for you, are you ready?

07:17I'm ready.

07:17I bet you've never worn this colour, have you?

07:22I'm pretty sure he has, actually.

07:2428 waist.

07:25I think maybe they need to go back.

07:28Unless you can add in some elastication.

07:31Now, what do you think of these?

07:32Well, they suit you so well.

07:35David, I think I should use these when I'm antique shopping.

07:37Yes, yes, I think it would improve your antique shopping.

07:40David, not possible.

07:41It's already the best it can be.

07:44He's just jealous.

07:45And who can blame him?

07:47She is our victor in waiting.

07:50Oh, no.

07:52No, please.

07:54Not the biggest collection of goss I have ever seen in my life.

07:59I said goss, not dross.

08:01It's goss.

08:02Novelty little things that were made in their multi-millions.

08:07You could visit Brighton and buy that object,

08:11with the coat of arms of Brighton on it,

08:14or go to Bradford and buy the exact same thing,

08:18but with the different coat of arms stuck on it.

08:22And all made at the Falcon Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent.

08:25He's unusual.

08:27It's a little figure of a boy holding a boot.

08:29I don't think I've ever seen that before.

08:31And it says,

08:31It's got to be a pub, hasn't it?

08:36Wow.

08:36It was a public statue with a fountain first, though.

08:40But, from about the 1950s, 60s onwards,

08:44the whole idea of this stuff sort of fell out of favour.

08:48However, there is a little resurgence

08:51in kind of twee, kitsch kind of pieces.

08:56If there was half a dozen, I wouldn't look twice at them.

09:00But because there is 100 or 200,

09:03it's a dealer's law, but it could be quite exciting.

09:06I'll get a price.

09:08Here we go.

09:08He has quite a list now, of course.

09:11Look at you, Linda, enjoying the sun.

09:13Lovely, isn't it?

09:13Good to see you.

09:14Very good to see you.

09:16So, I've got three things.

09:18The first thing, upstairs,

09:20there's a 17th-century style hall chair in oak.

09:24Oh, yes, yeah.

09:2435 on it.

09:26I can do 30.

09:2730 is fine.

09:27I'll have him.

09:28Good.

09:29The big collection of madness.

09:32I know exactly what you're going to say, the ghost.

09:33This is a really hard bid,

09:35because it's going into auction.

09:3630 quid.

09:38I can't.

09:3950 is the best.

09:40Go on, let's have it, Linda.

09:42Well done, you.

09:42OK.

09:43OK.

09:44Final object.

09:45Very sweet.

09:47William IV, little occasional table.

09:50What could it be?

09:50It's got 70 on it.

09:52Should we cut that in half?

09:5435?

09:55Yeah, is that good for you?

09:56I'll have it.

09:56Great.

09:57Making 115 in total.

10:00Are you going to pack the goss?

10:02Er, no.

10:03No.

10:03OK.

10:04No, I'm not.

10:06I'll go and pack the goss.

10:07See you.

10:0885 left.

10:10Better get wrapping.

10:12Now, what about Rue?

10:13Last seen admiring this piece of white fryer's.

10:16Anything else take your fancy?

10:18Oh, I like these.

10:23Oh, I like these a lot.

10:25The thing is, they're not totally unique.

10:27But the minute you start adding this enamel decoration to the bag, the value goes up.

10:32The desirability goes up.

10:34But these are different to any I've seen.

10:36Now, these are not antique.

10:38These are sort of late 1940s.

10:40Birmingham silver, so delicate.

10:45They're probably little tiny coffee spoons.

10:47And they're only £40 for box silver spoons.

10:50I think that's a really good price.

10:52They're not David's style.

10:54I don't think I'm going to fight them for them.

10:56But I'm going to take them to the desk, see what we can do.

10:59Yes, let's.

11:01Hi there, Linda.

11:02Rue, hello.

11:04So I found a couple of things.

11:05Oh, good.

11:05I found some art glass.

11:07That's £45.

11:08Then these 1940s spoons.

11:11And these are 40.

11:13So ideally, could they be 20 and 20, 40 for the pair?

11:17I could do 20 for the white fries and 25 for these.

11:24That's very fair.

11:25Making £45 for everything, with 155 still in the kitty.

11:31Meanwhile...

11:33Unbelievable.

11:35Have you ever had a feeling of deep regret?

11:38This is what deep regret looks like.

11:42I'm currently on 183.

11:49David, what did you do?

11:50Did I hear a crack?

11:51You did.

11:51That's now 182.

11:53There's a bit of paper.

11:55Do you trust me enough to help you wrap your buy for auction?

11:58Yes.

11:58Rue.

11:58Calm down, everyone.

12:06And after that, a peaceful haven.

12:09A world away from the rigors of treasure-seeking.

12:12Just 10 miles inland from Cardigan Bay is the Reedhole Valley, the densely wooded home of the magic of life butterfly house.

12:21A huge collection of exotic flora and fauna, which is designed to give visitors a close-up awareness of the natural world.

12:30And Rue's heading straight to see the headliners.

12:33Wow, we're in the tropics now, aren't we?

12:36In the company of manager Neil Gale.

12:39Yes, we are.

12:40It's always going to be hot in here, sort of mimicking what you get in the rainforest.

12:45Let's have a look.

12:45Opened in 2002, it houses around 100 species of butterfly, giving visitors a hands-on approach to learning about their habitat and life cycle.

12:57Over here, yes, here's an owl butterfly from Costa Rica.

13:01Oh, my goodness, he's perfectly named, isn't he?

13:04Yes.

13:04That could literally just be an owl staring straight at me.

13:07If you just dip one finger and then you're going to go really slowly.

13:11That's it.

13:12So go really slowly.

13:13You're going to go head first down.

13:15He's beautiful, isn't he?

13:17So that is as large as he can get.

13:19The largest ones are in Indonesia, so there's one that's a foot across.

13:24Inspiration is one of the main aims here.

13:26I'm glad I did that.

13:27I feel quite proud.

13:28You did really well.

13:30Let's see what else I can do.

13:31I'm feeling brave now.

13:32Yes.

13:33Let's have a look.

13:33I want to handle all the butterflies in the world.

13:37Some of the centre's more creepy and crawly residents, however, are a much harder sell.

13:42But by allowing visitors to get up close and personal, they aim to change attitudes towards

13:48the less appealing creatures.

13:50We're going to get you to hold one if that's OK.

13:53Fabulous.

13:53So this is a giant tree millipede.

13:55Love them.

13:55And it's a female.

13:58Biologist Kat Davies.

13:59So you can see she's got about 300 legs.

14:02She seems to like you very much.

14:04I love her.

14:05I know these quite well because looking at the map there, I used to live down here.

14:09Oh, wow.

14:10In Zimbabwe, and we used to call these chongololos, and I'd find them often dead just with the

14:16shells.

14:17Yes.

14:17So this is actually called an exoskeleton.

14:19Right.

14:19It's a really, really interesting compound that keeps them really solid and protects them.

14:23What do they live on?

14:24Usually they live on dead and dying branches and things like that, and then their castings

14:29are really good for the soil, so they're great for the ecosystem too.

14:31Now what's the connection then, Kat, between the butterflies over there in the really hot

14:36part of it, and these creatures?

14:38They're both tropical, but they seem to be not as important as big things like tigers

14:43or lions or elephants, so we're trying to inspire people to really look at the invertebrates,

14:48and I think there's not enough educational research about them.

14:51Of course, moths, despite belonging to the same family as butterflies, are for some reason

14:57not nearly so popular.

14:59I'll show you one of the biggest moths in the world, which is the giant atlas moth.

15:03Would you be comfortable holding her, David?

15:04Would you be very comfortable holding her?

15:06Yeah.

15:06She is beautiful.

15:07Yeah.

15:08They only live for two weeks, and you can see that a bit of her wing's gone, but that's

15:12just because she's about 10 days old.

15:14Oh.

15:14Pop her on here.

15:15Oh, she's absolutely beautiful.

15:18They don't eat, they don't poo in these two weeks that they're alive.

15:21All they do is breed, so the females will sit there, release loads of pheromones, and

15:24the males will come to her.

15:26And what part of the world would she come from?

15:28Southeast Asia.

15:29You can see she's got a very big abdomen to carry all those eggs.

15:32She is a lovely old lady.

15:33Before her brief life as a moth, she was first a caterpillar, and then a pupa.

15:40This is new life.

15:41Five new lives in my hands.

15:43Yeah, they're going to take a week to hatch out, and then they'll come out and live their

15:47lives here.

15:49Butterfly breeding happens either on site, or at sustainable farms in the Philippines and

15:55Costa Rica, so that wild populations are not harmed.

15:58These folks need to fly, don't they?

16:00They do, yeah.

16:01They've never flown before?

16:02Never flown before.

16:03They've just come out of their pupa maybe two, three hours ago.

16:07Okay.

16:08So we're going to let them gradually out.

16:10They're not all going to fly out at once.

16:11It does make you wonder, though.

16:14We attach emotions and feelings to animals, well, I do especially.

16:18Yeah.

16:18But are they aware of their first flight?

16:20Do they feel that sense of joy when they first fly?

16:22I'm sure they do.

16:24When I watch them in the wild, there's one called the tree nymph, which just goes round

16:27and round for two hours.

16:30It's not doing anything.

16:31It must be doing it for fun.

16:32I mean, these have been caterpillars for two months, so now they're the pupae.

16:38So in human terms, they're already 70 years old.

16:41And they come here, and they've just got a little flurry at the end of their lives.

16:45What a way to go.

16:46Yeah.

16:46Spread your wings and fly.

16:47Exactly.

16:48Which is what our fluttering duo must do now, considering their own life cycles.

16:56When you were a kid, were you well behaved or were you a bad little boy?

16:59I think I was quite naughty.

17:01Were you?

17:01Yes.

17:02What about you?

17:03I was a teacher's pet.

17:04Oh, I would have liked you, though.

17:06Holding hands, skipping around the playground.

17:09All right, children, time for bed.

17:12Nighty night.

17:13Next morning, the end of the road looms large.

17:20Last day, Rue.

17:21I know.

17:22Last chance to make history.

17:24Not half.

17:26Of course, they may already have bought such an item.

17:30David having acquired a papier-mâché top table, an oak chair, and this little lot.

17:35The biggest collection of goss I have ever seen in my life.

17:40Leaving £85 for today's purchases, while Rue plumped for a piece of art glass and a set

17:46of spoons.

17:47These are different to any I've seen.

17:49Yeah.

17:49Leaving £155 in her kitty for who knows what still to be unearthed.

17:55We are treasure hunters.

17:57We are scouring the four nations in our search for profit.

18:02And we've done not bad so far.

18:04Done good, I'd say.

18:05It'll be non-stop shopping from here on in, with our very next destination, the village

18:12of Sarnow.

18:14An old bakery antiques where Rue's been safely deposited.

18:20She does like her bakeries, of course.

18:25Almost as much as antique shops.

18:27So, with £155 still in hand, we're cooking.

18:34Ooh, klaxon.

18:35I've never come across these.

18:37Now, this is good because we're coming up to auction time, so let's see what the klaxon

18:40is going to say.

18:41Is it going to be a good auction or a bad auction?

18:44Oh!

18:45Oh, lordy.

18:46Now, I don't know if that's a good sign or a bad sign for auction, but I never want to

18:51hear that sound again.

18:52Maybe try tea leaves next time?

18:57Although proprietors Debbie and Clive don't seem overly disturbed, it's also worth looking

19:03outside.

19:05Now, these look slightly familiar.

19:07Do you remember my gorgeous stone lions I bought?

19:10How handsome and regal and majestic they were?

19:13These are garden, ooh, plant stands.

19:18Incredibly functional.

19:20Anyone could use these now.

19:21These are very saleable.

19:23I don't know how much these could be.

19:25They could be £100.

19:26They could be £50.

19:28But I like them.

19:29But do you know what I really like?

19:32The kittens in a basket.

19:34Oh, not those, surely.

19:37I'm actually going to ask Clive what the price is for the lion plant stands.

19:41They've got a lot more age, so therefore they would do better auction.

19:45But my heart is seeing kittens.

19:47It's on a knife edge.

19:48Time to catch up with her chum now.

19:52Already a wee bit concerned about the Rue-shaped hole about to appear in his life.

19:58It's great being in Brenda here.

19:59She's quite quiet compared to Rue.

20:02But I like Rue's noisiness.

20:04I love the fact that she always wants to talk about something.

20:08She keeps you on your toes.

20:10So I'm going to miss her greatly.

20:12He's en route to his next retail experience.

20:15In Cardigan.

20:16The county town.

20:18And another musical municipality.

20:22The site of the first competitive ice Stedford in 1176.

20:25And much more recently, an annual psychedelic festival.

20:30Man.

20:31Good morning, Mr. Otter.

20:34David is destined for Cardigan curiosities.

20:37Hello, Otto.

20:38Morning, David.

20:39Oh, this looks good.

20:42Right, shall I just dive in?

20:43Please do.

20:44Right.

20:44And he has exactly £85 left to be doing Sid Diving in with.

20:57Well, would you believe it?

21:00Hello, sailor.

21:01Look at that.

21:02A sailor's outfit.

21:04Anybody missing a sailor's outfit?

21:05Oh, hello.

21:07Dee Moat.

21:08Somebody called Dee Moat is missing his sailor's outfit.

21:12You might, of course, have been promoted.

21:15Complete.

21:17Wild.

21:18Something will turn up.

21:20Oh, hello, fellas.

21:22You are good looking, aren't you?

21:23Let's have a look at these two.

21:25Right.

21:26Ha-ha.

21:26Chinese ducks.

21:27Ducks are quite important.

21:29Maybe Mandarin ducks.

21:30But these are Chinese ducks decorated in the Imari pattern.

21:34The Japanese Imari pattern.

21:37Many East Asian cultures are fond of them,

21:40partly because they're believed to mate for life.

21:43They're hand-painted, positively dripping in personality.

21:47£35 for no money.

21:49Plus, in auction with good photographs against a white background,

21:55they would look their business.

21:58I think they've got potential.

22:00That was quack.

22:02Oh, sorry.

22:02Otto, what do you think of those two fellas?

22:06Ah, nice.

22:06Imari ducks.

22:07Now, can you put a smile on my face, Otto?

22:09Can we shave that off a bit?

22:11£30.

22:12You're a gentleman.

22:13No flapping about there, then.

22:15£55 left over.

22:17See you again.

22:18Cheers, David.

22:19Take care.

22:19Bye.

22:19And while David takes his leave from Otto, and Mr Otto, bye,

22:26we will return to Sarnow, where Roo is still busy shopping,

22:31having thus far taken a fancy to various garden ornaments.

22:36Some of them in jest, I hope.

22:39Broaches.

22:41I do like my jewellery, as you know.

22:43And, of course, I have bought broaches before,

22:45but very different, Scottish-themed.

22:48But these are quintessentially Victorian.

22:52So we've got one here, which appears to be gold,

22:58with a little window at the back for the hair to go into.

23:02So this would have been a morning broach.

23:04You actually would have put the hair of your loved one in,

23:07worn this on your lapel, and it would be like they were always with you.

23:10We've got one here that's silver, late Victorian,

23:15silver again, and silver.

23:18So these are all quality Victorian broaches.

23:21Price-wise, there's one here at 30, but you know what?

23:24I'm not thinking of one broach,

23:25because nowadays that's not enough for auction,

23:28and you know I'm a fan of a job lot.

23:30Oh, we do.

23:32I need to speak to Debbie and see if she'll give me a nice price

23:35to get all of them out of the cabinet.

23:38Might take them to the till.

23:40Debbie, hi, how are you?

23:42Fine, thanks.

23:43I love my Victorian broaches.

23:45Rather than try to actually pick between them,

23:48can it be a job lot for £60?

23:50More like £80.

23:53Could we meet in the middle at £70?

23:56Er, OK.

23:57And I've also spotted, outside,

24:00you've got a pair of these painted white lion plant stands.

24:03No price on them.

24:05Could they be £30 for the pair?

24:08Er, maybe £40?

24:10That is very fair of you.

24:12£110 for all that.

24:15Take care.

24:16OK, thank you.

24:17Bye.

24:17With these chaps deemed Sir Puss to requirements,

24:22and her purchases to be sent on.

24:25But while Rue exits with £45 in hand,

24:29we'll find out where David's got to.

24:32In the delightful town of Newcastle, Emlyn,

24:36close to the River Tyvie,

24:38at their last shop of the trip,

24:40the Emlyn Antique Centre.

24:42There he goes.

24:46With £55 to his name.

24:53Oh, look at that.

24:55What a coincidence.

24:58Look at this lady here.

25:00Oh, she looks a little bit grumpy.

25:02But does she or does she not remind you of my chair?

25:06Here is a carving of a lady from a similar period,

25:1017th century.

25:12You can see she's very Puritan-looking

25:14with the lace neck piece.

25:17Yes, Cromwell himself would have approved

25:20of some of your finds, David.

25:21Well, there you go.

25:22This started life on a piece of furniture

25:25not dissimilar to my chair.

25:27This was an end piece

25:29to a settle,

25:31or more likely a church pew,

25:34from the 17th century.

25:35Price, £195.

25:41So, she won't be going to auction.

25:43They could get married.

25:45They're from the same period in style, in time.

25:49They're the perfect couple.

25:51She's lovely.

25:52A bit grumpy,

25:53but she is lovely.

25:55Sorry.

25:56Back to being a wallflower, I'm afraid.

25:58What next?

26:01This is going to take you back in time,

26:03because sound can do this.

26:06This is what you would have heard

26:08circa 1850, 1860,

26:10when your post was delivered.

26:16Well, I'm very glad my postie doesn't do that.

26:21And now,

26:22here's his chum already.

26:23This looks good.

26:30Yeah.

26:31She might have a slightly different opinion,

26:33of course,

26:33if she knew that David

26:34was already lurking somewhere within.

26:37What are you looking at?

26:38Never you mind.

26:40Just 45 left for Rue to buy her next item.

26:43I've got a very good idea right up my street.

26:46Lovely coffer.

26:48Gorgeous candle box one side.

26:51Just enough room for a human being.

26:54That's David for you.

26:56Really into antiques.

26:59Hmm.

27:00I found something

27:01that is potentially 250 years old.

27:05This little beauty

27:07is a patch box.

27:09You are a beautiful woman

27:11in the late 1700s,

27:14but you had smallpox

27:16when you were a child,

27:18or, dare I say it, syphilis.

27:20So your face was covered

27:22with pockmarks

27:23and blemishes.

27:24So there was tiny little things

27:25called patches.

27:27In a variety of shapes

27:29and generally made

27:30from silk or velvet.

27:32You would stick them on

27:33with an adhesive

27:34over your blemishes.

27:36And it became almost like

27:37a sort of flirty language.

27:39And men used it too.

27:42Look in that mirror.

27:43Someone looked in that 250 years ago.

27:46It's fascinating, isn't it?

27:48It's quite rare you find them

27:49with a mirror intact.

27:51It says here,

27:52as found,

27:53£100.

27:54So that is reflecting the damage.

27:57If this was perfect,

27:58it could be double that.

27:59Way outside my budget,

28:01I say ditch the patches

28:03and let your imperfections shine.

28:05In the meantime,

28:06I have to find something to buy.

28:08Hooray!

28:10She's still to stumble

28:12across Count Harper,

28:13of course.

28:16Hello!

28:17David!

28:17I've been here for 45 minutes,

28:22waiting for you.

28:24Did you have a little hole

28:25that you could breathe through?

28:26Please don't try that at home, viewers.

28:29But when they are quite ready...

28:31What do you think?

28:33Proprietor Elisa

28:34will no doubt be consulted.

28:38These are sweet.

28:40These are very cute.

28:41So we have twins,

28:43brother and sister,

28:45and it's everything I love

28:47about glass.

28:48So let's take a look

28:50at exactly what they are.

28:52So age-wise,

28:53these are 1770s,

28:551780s,

28:56diamond facet-cut stem.

28:59Georgian glasses,

29:00so pre-1837,

29:02were made in three sections.

29:04The bowl,

29:05the stem,

29:06and the foot.

29:07And you can see that here.

29:09And if I hold these twins together,

29:12they're not identical.

29:13This one's got a bigger bowl.

29:16Lovely sound.

29:18There's a difference

29:19in the size of the foot.

29:20So these are

29:21handmade,

29:22hand-blown,

29:23250 years old.

29:26No ticket price on those.

29:28But the downside?

29:29Condition.

29:30That's got quite the nibble

29:31on the foot.

29:34This one's got a little nibble

29:35on the rim.

29:38Not ideal.

29:39But it means

29:41maybe they could be

29:42cheap and cheery.

29:44Chin-chin.

29:46Lisa.

29:47Hello.

29:47Oh, hello, Rue.

29:48I found these two

29:49lovely glasses.

29:50There's a few nibbles

29:51on both of them.

29:52And there's no price.

29:53So could I have them

29:54for 10, 12 pounds

29:56because of the condition?

29:5912.

30:0012.

30:00You are very kind.

30:01Leaving 33

30:03unspent.

30:04Wish me luck.

30:06Good luck.

30:09And David's

30:10still a-pondering.

30:11Oh, nutty.

30:13Nutty colour.

30:14Oh, that's a very

30:16nutty colour, isn't it?

30:17I think that is sycamore.

30:20Dish tarp.

30:21That's very Welsh.

30:23Splayed leg

30:24milking stool.

30:25Cricket stool,

30:26you could call it.

30:27There you go.

30:27There's your wickets.

30:28Schoolboy cricket to myself.

30:30But getting back

30:31to the matter in hand...

30:33Turn it the other way round.

30:34Look at the feet.

30:35The base.

30:37Lovely ware.

30:39Chips.

30:40Couple of wormholes.

30:4360 pounds.

30:44He only has 55, remember?

30:46It is delicious.

30:48It's chunky.

30:49It's very country.

30:50And it is

30:52very

30:53inexpensive.

30:54Well,

30:55we'll soon find out

30:56about that.

30:58Oh, Elisa.

30:59Hello.

30:59Good to see you.

31:01Christ,

31:01sorry,

31:01class,

31:01it's new with England.

31:03Well,

31:03thank you very much.

31:04It's a delight to be here.

31:05Now,

31:06can I show you

31:07the finest milking stool

31:08on the planet?

31:10No, Cal.

31:10Come on,

31:11walk this way.

31:12It might have been easier

31:13the other way round.

31:15Feast your eyes.

31:16Isn't it lovely?

31:17I love it.

31:18Mm-hmm.

31:18I have 55 pounds left

31:20of my bounty.

31:23I'm hoping 55's

31:24just going to buy me

31:25the stool.

31:27Yeah,

31:27that's fine.

31:28He's spent the lot

31:30once again.

31:31See you.

31:32Bye.

31:33Bye.

31:34We are officially done.

31:36Do they sound good?

31:37They do.

31:38Ring like a bell.

31:39And what are you going

31:40to milk in your stool,

31:41David?

31:42Profits,

31:42he hopes.

31:44But before all that...

31:46Rue.

31:47Oh,

31:47David,

31:48you're a good man.

31:49I'm absolutely

31:50covered in ice cream here.

31:52Ooh!

31:52Oh,

31:53my goodness.

31:53Get them in.

31:54Go on.

31:54This is the kind

31:58of beach life I like.

32:00That's the best ice cream

32:00I've ever had.

32:02Cheers, Rue.

32:03Auction next.

32:05But first,

32:06shut eye.

32:11We swapped seasides

32:13and are back once again

32:14in Clevedon

32:15on the Severn Estuary,

32:16the scene of our last

32:18thrilling auction.

32:20Same again, please.

32:22After having fun

32:23on the coast of Wales,

32:25the final piece

32:26of their UK jigsaw,

32:28they've made their way

32:28to the West Country

32:29at the Clevedon

32:30Sewer rooms.

32:32Selling on the net,

32:32on the phone

32:33and in the room.

32:35With auctioneer

32:36Mark Burrage,

32:37the man doing

32:38the gaveling.

32:39Selling in the room

32:40at 150.

32:41Day.

32:42There might be some lions

32:43outside here for you.

32:45Well, I might have bought

32:47some lions,

32:47you never know.

32:48Oh!

32:49Yeah, but will they bite?

32:51We'll soon see.

32:52Rue spent £167

32:55on five auction lots.

32:57What does Mark think

32:58will shine?

33:00I like the pair

33:02of George III

33:03fasset-cut cordial glasses.

33:06I think they're nice.

33:07They should do well.

33:08Here's to that.

33:10David spent the whole

33:11£200 also on five lots.

33:14So, Mark?

33:15I do like the Welsh

33:17ash and sycamore

33:18milking stool there.

33:19It's in great condition.

33:20It's useful and therefore

33:22quite a good popular item.

33:25Here they come, Luke,

33:26striding into the room,

33:28nicely concealing

33:29any last-minute nerves.

33:31Back in action.

33:32For the last time.

33:33For the last time.

33:35This has flown this road trip.

33:37Hasn't it?

33:38Do you know why?

33:39Because it's been

33:39just great fun.

33:41It has.

33:42Rue spoons

33:43are first under the hammer.

33:45Would I stir my tea

33:47and coffee with him?

33:48No.

33:48Well, you would

33:49if you had visitors around

33:50and you were kind of

33:51showing off?

33:52I would just wave it around.

33:54And you wouldn't look

33:54abnormal in any way,

33:55would you?

33:56We can start at £55.

33:58Come on.

33:59You're rolling.

34:00£55 bid, £60 now.

34:01But if there's only one person

34:02that wants it?

34:03Back of the room,

34:04£60 and £55,

34:05£55 anywhere else.

34:06Well, you've got

34:07at least two people

34:08wanting them.

34:08We're selling at £60.

34:10Come on, internet.

34:11Fair warning,

34:11gavel's up and selling.

34:12Oh, I'm happy with those.

34:16Very good.

34:16I think they're really sweet.

34:18Off to her now

34:19customary, lively start.

34:21They will make someone

34:22very, very happy.

34:23Yeah.

34:24David's turn.

34:25The Goss Collection.

34:26All 330 bits of it.

34:29If a dealer bought these

34:31for £150,

34:33he'll sell them for £5 each.

34:35Might take him

34:36about 482 years

34:38to sell them all.

34:39I have no commissions.

34:40What?

34:41I'm looking for bids

34:42in the room

34:42or on the net, please.

34:44Where will you start me?

34:45This could go either way.

34:46It could be £10

34:47or £300.

34:48Commissions.

34:50I have internet in

34:51at £30 only.

34:52Give me £5 then.

34:54£35 now.

34:55Come on.

34:55You spend no money on that.

34:56£35 now.

34:57At £30,

34:59£5 bid,

35:00£40,

35:00come back internet.

35:02Do not make me lose money on this.

35:04£40, thank you.

35:06And £5.

35:07I'm feeling it for you.

35:09This is £5.

35:10Everyone in the world

35:12all done will sell

35:13for £40.

35:15Rue!

35:17I'm devastated.

35:19Slightly overdramatic, David.

35:21We took the risk.

35:22And I would do it again.

35:23And I would want you

35:24to do it again.

35:25I know, I bet you would.

35:27Rue's jumbo piece

35:29of white fryer's

35:29is next in line.

35:31How large is it?

35:33As large as your brain.

35:35Humongous.

35:37Humongous.

35:37What can we say?

35:39£30 to start me.

35:40That was not me bidding.

35:43£30, shorty.

35:44I'm very surprised by this.

35:46£20 to start me.

35:47£20, I'm bidding

35:48the roux on the net.

35:50Now two.

35:50Oh, I'm really surprised at this.

35:53£25.

35:54Now it's going for lots of money.

35:55It's a lot of hours

35:56for the money.

35:57£28.

35:58No.

35:59£25 then.

36:00Go on.

36:01It's fabulous, folks.

36:02It's fabulous.

36:03All done selling

36:04at £25.

36:06Now you're disappointed

36:08in that, aren't you?

36:08I'm heartbroken.

36:09It's a profit room.

36:11Move on.

36:12How do you think

36:13I feel?

36:15Oh no,

36:15I didn't mean to laugh.

36:19David's papier-mâché

36:20table now,

36:22as seen.

36:23Just shows how cheap

36:25proper antique virgin is.

36:27It's remarkable.

36:28We'll start me at £50.

36:29£50 surely.

36:31£40 then.

36:32£40.

36:32Make it easy for you.

36:34£40, I'm bid, thank you.

36:35£40 I have in the room.

36:37Well done, it's creeping up.

36:38£50, madam.

36:39£50 now, thank you.

36:40£55, £55.

36:41Come on.

36:42£55.

36:43Fair warning then.

36:44All done with salt

36:45for £50.

36:48Everyone should furnish

36:49their homes with those things.

36:50Oh, 100%.

36:50And look like millionaires.

36:52Or, cheaper still,

36:53take some old newspaper

36:54and make your own.

36:56You couldn't get

36:56any more environmentally friendly

36:58than that table.

36:58No, exactly.

36:59We are saving the world.

37:00We are.

37:01Who's for four

37:02Victorian brooches then?

37:04Roo would very much

37:05like to know.

37:06How many brooches

37:07does one person need?

37:08Look at the surface area

37:09you have here, David.

37:10There's a lot to cover there.

37:11You could get at least

37:1220 on each side.

37:14And I'm bid,

37:14£45 for the four.

37:16It could be 50.

37:18£50.

37:19That chap's keen.

37:2050, I'm bid.

37:21Come on, Roo.

37:22We have five and 60.

37:24Now five.

37:2665.

37:2670 and five.

37:2970 pound then.

37:30Come on, Internet.

37:31We'll set it 70 pounds.

37:34Oh, I was hoping for,

37:36if ever there was a time

37:37you wanted one more.

37:38It was close.

37:39Never mind.

37:40Still quite exciting.

37:42I'm still happy

37:43because I still love them.

37:45David's ducks.

37:46Who fancies a dapple?

37:47Whack.

37:48See, I'm worried about these

37:49because ducks.

37:51Animals.

37:51Everyone loves ducks.

37:53Start me at 20 pound.

37:54The two.

37:5628 to the lady.

37:57And two.

37:58Got 20 pound in the room.

37:59They make you smile.

38:00They do make you smile.

38:02Not Atlantics have to be serious.

38:03You know,

38:04sometimes something can be serious

38:05and it's all about the quality

38:07and craftsmanship.

38:08Sometimes it's just

38:09going to be colourful.

38:09The auctioneer's trying

38:10to sell my ducks

38:11and you're just rabbiting

38:12on about ducks.

38:13This is ducks,

38:14not rabbits.

38:14Bids in the room at 25.

38:16Can we go eight?

38:1728.

38:18Yes, we have 28 pounds

38:19and 30 to the lady.

38:21Come on.

38:22Looking for five.

38:23We'll sell for 30 pound then.

38:26They tried.

38:28Well, you know what?

38:29They've gone to a happy home.

38:31Bless their new nest.

38:33It's all right.

38:34It's OK.

38:35Rue's Georgian glasses are next.

38:37They've got a couple

38:38of wee nibbles and chips

38:39and even with the condition,

38:41they could be triple figures.

38:42I've got 45 pound to start me.

38:44Give me 50 now.

38:4650 there.

38:46Five here.

38:4760.

38:48Against to net.

38:49Come in then.

38:50Gavel's up.

38:51Selling then.

38:5255 pounds.

38:53All done.

38:55I'm happy with those

38:56because that's a spirit buy.

38:57Not to mention

38:58a whacking great profit.

39:00Well done.

39:01Now, that milking store.

39:03Perhaps David's favourite lot.

39:05This should do well.

39:07It's got everything going for it

39:09and it's small enough

39:10to be bought online

39:11and to be posted.

39:13It's just warm and warm.

39:15Yeah.

39:15And I love it for that.

39:16Internet starts me at 65 pounds.

39:18Good, good.

39:19Come on.

39:2070, 70, 70.

39:21That's a good price.

39:23Not really.

39:24I want more than that.

39:25Are we all done?

39:26Selling at 65 pound then.

39:29It's okay.

39:30I can live with it.

39:31But he's not going to beat Rue

39:33with profits like that.

39:35You bought something

39:35that's just warm

39:36and it's handmade

39:37and it's from Wales.

39:39From Wales?

39:40Wales.

39:40Well, sorry,

39:40was that a Welsh accent?

39:42Cheeky.

39:42Now, here comes Rue's inevitable cats,

39:45this time with a horticultural twist.

39:48What's your favourite flower?

39:50I would say a poppy.

39:52Poppy?

39:52Yeah.

39:53Well, I would put my fuchsias on them.

39:55Start the bidding at 50 pounds.

39:58Oh, that's good.

39:59Oh.

40:0055 and 60 and five.

40:02Come on.

40:0265 and 70 and five

40:04and 80 and five.

40:0685 and 90 and five.

40:08I will spend that on a takeaway.

40:10I have 90, I want five.

40:12On what takeaway?

40:13Five.

40:13I have 90 pound then.

40:15Actually, I've been with you

40:16and we've spent more than that on a takeaway.

40:18Selling at 90 pounds then.

40:21And we're really happy.

40:23Good for you.

40:24Never actually in doubt, was it?

40:25I saw the little lion's faces and I thought,

40:28you two, you're coming home with me.

40:29Absolutely.

40:31Finally, David's chair.

40:33All his hopes are resting on this.

40:35Metaphorically, of course.

40:37If it loses, it is history to me.

40:40I would hate to date you, David.

40:42Come in at 40 pound in the room, thank you.

40:44Five, five, five now.

40:45Come on.

40:46You've got 40 pounds standing in the room,

40:47five on the net, 50 in the room,

40:50five now, 55, widow, thank you.

40:5260 in the room and five, five, five.

40:55At 60 pounds, standing in the room,

40:57come on, anyone else, five, 70, five.

41:00Madam, five and 80 and five and 90 and five.

41:03Come on.

41:04100.

41:04That's more like it.

41:06Oh, my goodness.

41:06Come on.

41:07100 pounds then, standing in the room,

41:0810 on the net, 120, 130.

41:11120 pounds in the room.

41:12Come on.

41:13Come back into net.

41:15We'll sell in the room then, fair warning,

41:17at 120 pounds.

41:19I love it.

41:20It is not history to me.

41:22Oh, we survived the David guillotine.

41:24Chopped.

41:26Looks pleased, doesn't he?

41:28No?

41:28All right, then.

41:29He's as grumpy as ever.

41:30I'm wrung dry.

41:32I was going to say exactly the same.

41:33Why are you?

41:33I was going to say I feel wrung out.

41:35We're becoming like one place.

41:36We're in sync.

41:37Shall we go?

41:38Good idea.

41:39We'll crack on with the adding up.

41:42David started out with 200 pounds

41:43and after auction costs

41:45ended up with a small profit

41:46of 14 pounds and 61p.

41:50While Rue took her initial 200

41:53and after auction costs

41:55also made a slightly larger profit

41:57of 43 pounds 60.

41:59So, the overall result

42:01is very much in her favour

42:03and well done.

42:05Any accumulated profit

42:06at the end of the week

42:07will go to children in need.

42:09You are what they call

42:10in the business, Rue,

42:11a winner.

42:12Oh, thank you, David.

42:13That feels amazing.

42:14But listen,

42:14you gave me a run

42:15for my money

42:16the whole time.

42:17No, no.

42:17A well-deserved win.

42:19Thank you, David.

42:20Indeed,

42:21but not entirely plain sailing.

42:23Hello.

42:23Oh, my kids

42:25got the hang off.

42:26Oh, no,

42:28that's a bit rubbish.

42:29You've got this monogamy.

42:30You've got this monogamy.

42:33Memory late.

42:34No, memory...

42:34Are you team Rue

42:36or team David?

42:38Yes.

42:46Next time,

42:47it's a brand new trip.

42:48We have lived up.

42:49With Philip Serrell

42:51and Tamina Gaffar.

42:53Sharp of intellect.

42:54Actually,

42:55there's a problem now.

42:56Often admired.

42:58Oh, for me.

42:59And with just a touch.

43:01That's all you've got.

43:02Of luck on their side.

43:03Oh!

43:04Everyone's a winner.

43:05Oh, hopefully we see you.

43:21Oh, glory corporations.

43:21See you next time.

43:22Show the news.

43:23Oh, forget yeah.

43:23Everyone's a winner.

43:24And, of course,

43:25see you next time.

43:26Bye-bye.

43:27Bye-bye.

43:28Bye-bye.

43:30Bye-bye.

43:31Bye-bye.

43:32I'll see you next time.

43:32Bye-bye.

43:33Bye-bye.

43:34Bye-bye.

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