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00:00Find the wheel of a classic car, oh yes, and a girl to scar Britain for antiques.
00:05Looking for some bargains?
00:06The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.
00:09But it's no mean feat. There'll be worthy winners.
00:13Yes! It is my lucky thing.
00:14And valiant losers.
00:16I actually can't believe that.
00:16It is ridiculous.
00:17Will it be the high road to glory?
00:19Yo, yo, yo.
00:20Or the slow road to disaster?
00:24This is Antiques Road Trip.
00:29Yeah.
00:30Oh, my goodness me, Ruth.
00:36Good morning, Hanson.
00:37Good morning.
00:37We're in cheeky Cheshire.
00:40Woo!
00:41There we go.
00:42I'm hiccuping forward again.
00:44The waves.
00:45The waves are coming.
00:46I could become your driver.
00:48Why?
00:48I become your driver?
00:49No!
00:50All right, Ru, he's not that bad.
00:52Ready?
00:55Oh, I see what you mean.
00:57Oh, I missed that horn.
00:58That's my sort of anthem today to really get on and get ahead.
01:03Let's do it.
01:04It's the fourth leg with auctioneer, whiz and all-round good guy, Charles Hanson, and dealer and jewellery lover, Mrs. Sparkle, Ru Irvin.
01:13When do you think I was born?
01:16Well, I would say, look at me.
01:18I reckon you were born in the...
01:21Careful, Chaz.
01:22I think you're quite retro, early 80s.
01:251980s.
01:26Well, 80s retro meets 70s.
01:30You're hip.
01:30I'm hip.
01:32Yo, I'm hip, happy now.
01:34Yeah.
01:35Just like the nippy, super cool 1971 Volkswagen camper van, eh?
01:40I mean, it's summertime.
01:42It's happy camping.
01:43Pop your chest out in the big camper van and we'll be okay.
01:46You betcha.
01:47Last time, we were rocking all over the world.
01:51How would you head back back in the deck?
01:53Can you do one for me now?
01:56Wow.
01:56Charles went in the back of a van.
01:58Tail lifter's down.
01:59I'm going in.
02:00And Ru seized the clay.
02:03I am so happy with that.
02:06Each day, both experts can spend up to a maximum of £400.
02:11Whoever wins the best of five auctions will be the overall champ.
02:15At £55.
02:18Oh, my goodness.
02:18What a proper...
02:19So far, Ru has totaled three auction wins.
02:24As we enter the penultimate leg, can Charles claim a victory?
02:28Oh, I was a goth.
02:30Were you a goth?
02:31I used to wear black lipstick.
02:33I used to file my nails into sharp vampire talons.
02:36I used to drink tomato juice in a silver goblet of the day.
02:41Interesting.
02:42The party pass began in South Yorkshire, zipped around Lincolnshire, and the West Midlands
02:48will frolic with north-west England before a big auction showdown in Brazil.
02:55I'm going to take this one step further.
02:57Oh, my God.
02:57I lived behind a forest as a teenager, and I would open the window every night, hoping
03:02a bat would come in.
03:03Are you being serious?
03:04I think she is.
03:07Our road trip revellers are in the counties of Cheshire and Merseyside, with shopping concluding
03:12in the town of Eccleston.
03:14But first stop, Northwich.
03:18Home to fabulous Antiques Emporium Farrow House.
03:22Here we are.
03:22I'm going to beat you to.
03:23Where's the sunshine?
03:24You know, I think you've got almost the sun.
03:26I'm going to follow the sun.
03:28Don't bring me the rain.
03:29And the fragrance of those roses.
03:31Oh, bless you.
03:32Oh, very poetic today, Hanson.
03:35Right, let's get in.
03:37It's super swish in here.
03:38Let's take a look around and tag along with our lovely Rue.
03:44She has 400 smac-a-roonies to play with.
03:50If you hold this up to the light, that gorgeous, decadent, almost blood-red ruby colour.
03:56I think this is a silver and ruby glass vestigase.
04:00Now, usually you see them in silver and clear glass, but I think you would probably put your
04:06matches in here.
04:06Take one out when you want to light a cigarette or a candle and strike on the bottom and voila,
04:13instant fire.
04:14There's no price on this whatsoever.
04:16Looking at the silver, Birmingham silver, not too rare.
04:19Going by the date letter and the style, I'd say it's probably the end of the Edwardian era,
04:24sort of 1910.
04:26If I could get that for £20, £25, it could be a nice little punt.
04:32Phil?
04:33Hello.
04:33Hello.
04:34How can we help you?
04:34That's what I call service, Phil.
04:37This has intrigued me.
04:38That's a very good choice.
04:40A lovely little piece.
04:41But there's no price on it, so can I just throw a price at you?
04:44Okay, yes.
04:45Could this be £25?
04:48Yes, because of the condition, but it is a nice piece.
04:51It is.
04:52And I'm sure he'll accept £25.
04:54In that case, I'm shaking on it.
04:56Thank you very much.
04:57Thank you, Phil.
04:57And please do pass on my thanks to the dealer.
04:59Love for you.
04:59Fast work, Roo?
05:00I think my great love, what got me into antiques all those years ago, is this material here.
05:16And what I love is a history of pottery.
05:19This is Delftware.
05:21English tinglaise earthenware is basically a material that was made to imitate porcelain.
05:29So these plates here are circa 1750, 1760, made at a time when we were just beginning to learn the secrets of making porcelain.
05:37And the way we can tell this is English Delftware is by all the chips around the rim.
05:43The coarse earthenware plates have a chipping, which is a sure sign it's pottery rather than being porcelain.
05:51But these, again, are out of fashion, a bit like me, really.
05:55It's a good time to buy pottery, but I'm not for sale.
05:59Yeah, you're priceless, Charles, despite the crack.
06:02You know, what out-of-fashion guy I am in this world of out-fashioned anti-antiques.
06:10Oh, no.
06:11Well, looking, you know, mid-century, colour, style, you have radiance, your earrings.
06:17You know, I can't match that.
06:18I'm just like an old man.
06:20You're not that old, Charles.
06:21No, listen, don't let this fool you.
06:23I'm inside.
06:24I'm 2,000 years old.
06:25You mean so?
06:26I'm ancient.
06:26Really?
06:27Yes, my soul is far older than you.
06:29Well, you know, leave the antiques to me because there's nothing here.
06:32There's nothing here at all.
06:33Really?
06:33Because, Charles, that's worked for you so far.
06:36I was a bit later.
06:37Oh, cheeky.
06:40Right, let's push on with Rue.
06:43I cannot resist a gramophone, but what I like about this and what drew me to it is this
06:49magnificent brass trumpet, and it almost elevates it from something functional to decorative.
06:56Price, please.
06:57And looking at it here, gramophone in working order, £130, not a bad price if that is in
07:03working order, but what I love about it is here at the front, you've got his master's
07:09voice, and the story behind that is so sweet.
07:13So, his master's voice is a record label created by the gramophone company in 1899.
07:20They bought the rights to a painting by Francis Barod, and the painting was of this lovely
07:25dog called Nipper looking down the face of the brass trumpet, listening to his late master's
07:32voice emanating from it.
07:35I think I'm going to have to have a chat with Phil, and see if that could drop down to maybe
07:39about £70, £75.
07:41Gathering momentum, room?
07:44Now, what about Chas?
07:50Honestly.
07:51What I'm looking for is the sleeper.
07:56This is what you call yixing, and I love Chinese portals.
08:00Yixing in China is a region, and going back to the Neolithic, they were making pottery by
08:05hand, and this style of almost brown monochrome teapots began to be fashioned more and more
08:14in the 16th century.
08:15Tea first arrived in Britain in the 17th century, when it was served as a novelty in London's
08:21coffee houses.
08:23Short spouts, nice handle, but the bullet shape of it suggests to me it could be early, could
08:32be 17th century, and what excites me is the fact these can take off at auction, could make
08:39£1,000, could make £50.
08:42Despite the ticket, it's unpriced.
08:45Turn it upside down.
08:49Looks good.
08:51It's on the base, some nice level of wear on the foot rim.
08:55This could be my sweet sleeper, and one that might say to me, wakey-wakey.
09:02I could be the big one.
09:03Let's go and find out how much you really are.
09:06I can feel a deal coming on.
09:08Brace yourself, Gail!
09:09So, this humble teapot, I like it because it's sleepy.
09:15It could be something or nothing.
09:17But how much could it be?
09:19I think for you, Charles, that could be £40.
09:24I think for £40, I'll take it.
09:27Thank you very much, Gail.
09:29Well, indeed, there is £20 and £40.
09:32Are you a tea drinker?
09:34I am indeed.
09:34Well, you're not now.
09:35It's going.
09:36Take care.
09:37See you.
09:37Enjoy.
09:39Bye.
09:39Thank you so much, Gail.
09:40That £40 deal means Charles now has £360.
09:45Bye-bye.
09:47Hopefully full of Easton Promise.
09:49Fingers crossed, Charles.
09:50Back inside, what's Roo up to?
09:55I'm quite intrigued by this.
09:57I think it's probably crystal.
10:00And what I like about it, it draws you in.
10:02It's got that aquarium effect.
10:05So, at the base, you've got these lovely fish,
10:08almost like sort of koi carp, painted in with this gilt gold.
10:12And then, because of the way the crystal curves
10:15and the way it's made,
10:16it's almost like you're looking into a pool of water
10:18with all the fishes swimming about.
10:21But it's a magnificent piece of relatively modern glass,
10:25I'd say mid-century onwards.
10:27£75, would I be tempted?
10:29It's one of those things that could make £30
10:31or it could make £120.
10:33That could be a profit.
10:35But I'd like to get it for £40, £45.
10:38Get ready, Phil.
10:39Here comes a Roo.
10:40We've already agreed £25 on the ruby glass Vesta case.
10:44We also have the gramophone at £130,
10:47but let's start with the French glass at £75.
10:51This I adore.
10:54It's not something I usually go for.
10:55It's more modern for my kind of glass-making purchases.
10:58You've got £75 on that,
11:00so I'm just going to throw a figure at you.
11:03Go on.
11:04Could that be £40?
11:06£40 is a little bit low.
11:10Could we get to £50?
11:13£50.
11:14The other thing I spotted was a gramophone.
11:17Oh, yes.
11:17It's a His Master's Voice gramophone with a lovely brass trumpet.
11:21Could it be £170 for all three?
11:23For all three, yes, I think we can do that.
11:26Yes.
11:27No, thank you.
11:28Good work.
11:29That breaks down to £25 for the ruby glass Vesta case,
11:34£95 for his Master's Voice gramophone,
11:38and £50 for the French glass.
11:42That bumper-by leaves Roo with £230.
11:45And after all that hard work, time for something different.
11:51Come on, Rui!
11:53Let's have a race, OK?
11:55See if you can catch me now on your marks.
11:57Get set.
11:57I'm done!
11:59I don't know if I can watch this.
12:04Oh, no!
12:05Oh, he's right behind me.
12:07What?
12:07I've been waiting forever.
12:11Rui, why don't we try and go backwards?
12:12You know, because I've gone backwards in my profits
12:14and my losses and my losses and my losses over three times,
12:18so maybe my dare now is to go round backwards.
12:21Ready?
12:21Oh, my goodness, Charles, it's hard enough going forwards.
12:23Hold on, ready?
12:24I'll see you round there, OK?
12:26I don't think that's a good idea.
12:29Right, we should stop this tomfoolery
12:31and get back on the shopping trail with Charles.
12:35I'll see you later, OK?
12:37My dream is to find that one big...
12:45one big fine that becomes worldwide news at auction
12:49and the auctioneer says,
12:51at 900,000, 950.
12:55And I wake up from a dream
12:57and I hear the auctioneer say,
13:00a million pounds!
13:02One million!
13:03One million!
13:05In your dreams, Carlos.
13:07Charles has now made it to the Cheshire town of Frudsham.
13:13There's one excitable Chazza looking to spend some cash.
13:18He's going in here,
13:19Hampton Village and Antiques Emporium.
13:23With a plethora of silver, furniture, glass and ceramics,
13:27antiques are plenty in here.
13:30Charles has 360 pounds to splurge.
13:36This is really quite peculiar.
13:38It's like a sort of, shall we say,
13:39child's violin or a porchetti.
13:43Some might say porchette.
13:45A style or manner of violin which was really developed in the 16th century,
13:51but which took in the early stringed instruments of the Renaissance,
13:56again, of earlier times.
14:00The porchette, French for pocket,
14:02was a pocket fiddle that really took off in the late 17th century
14:06and became quite the Baroque status symbol.
14:08It's basically a style of instrument which was popular particularly in England,
14:13in the Georgian times in the 18th century.
14:17I love this.
14:18Look at that beautiful volute or scroll.
14:20That's got age and it's timber-wise,
14:24it's like an ash or a sycamore.
14:26But what draws my eye is that.
14:30That's hand-cut and beatfully carved.
14:34I quite like that.
14:36Got no idea what this object is worth.
14:41So sometimes in the business you get a hunch
14:43for what might be quite interesting.
14:45It's a word we call speculative
14:47and it can either rise or fall
14:49and hopefully this just might play some sweet music at auction.
14:54It's priced at £45.
14:55Let's leave Charles to his Georgian revelry.
15:00Where is Rue?
15:02She's made it to Birkenhead on the Wirral.
15:06Home to Birkenhead Park.
15:08Designed in 1847,
15:09it inspired Central Park in the Big Apple.
15:13Ah, there she is.
15:14Room 101 is Rue's next shopping rendezvous.
15:17Antiques traditional, cool and quirky abound in here.
15:20Let's get rootling, Rue.
15:23These are the kind of antique shops I love.
15:25Dim lighting, things hidden away in the corners.
15:29Treasures to be found.
15:30Cats to be stroked.
15:33Put that back.
15:34That's not what I'm looking at.
15:36Yeah, focus, Rue.
15:37She has £230.
15:40I love a good squeeze box.
15:42It's almost like the soundtrack to Mines and Charles' road trip.
15:50Sorrow or joy?
15:53No comment.
15:55You can almost close your eyes and be transported to a completely different country,
16:00completely different land and world.
16:01and culture.
16:04That's nice, but I think at auction, not much demand for it.
16:09Back to Chas in Frodsham.
16:11Behold, the lesser-spotted Hanson, fully confident in his own environment.
16:18Let's see what he pounces on.
16:21What's caught my eye, actually, is this.
16:26I love the feel of wood.
16:29I'm looking for something that's just going to take my eye.
16:34What I like about this is the fact it's a fruitwood handle.
16:38It could be apple or pear.
16:40A lovely fruitwood mallet.
16:42But when you turn it upside down, you'll see it's decorated with this parquetry inlay
16:47on this nice concentric border, again, inset with these maple little circles or roundels.
16:55And I'm not a mason, but I do know the mallet represents labour
17:03and that intensiveness to get on in life.
17:07It's just a decorative object, but I like it.
17:11Masonic or not, as well as symbolising the honing of one's intellect,
17:16it was also thought to indicate the master's possession of his lodge.
17:21I suspect this would date to 1890,
17:25but it's certainly, I think, late Victorian Edwardian,
17:29maybe just into the reign of George V.
17:32Number five, I'm alive.
17:34Priced at £55, it's got legs to hammer, hopefully a prophet.
17:41Let's go and find Dave the dealer.
17:44Stand by, Dave.
17:46Starting first with the pochette.
17:48There's no price to live on at all.
17:50How much could that be?
17:51I think we were looking around about £45 on that one.
17:55Play me in.
17:56For you, Charles, it'll do £30.
17:58And that gives you a profit still?
17:59Just a bit.
18:00I'll take it.
18:01And the late Victorian mallet, priced at £55?
18:06How much could it be?
18:08I'll do that for £45.
18:09Many thank yous, Dave.
18:12Take care.
18:13That all tots up to £75,
18:16leaving Charles with £285.
18:18Now, let's see what Miss Irvine is up to.
18:24Now, one thing I've never really bought is a ladies' pocket watch.
18:30And I'll be honest, I love them.
18:32There's something so elegant about ladies' pocket watches.
18:36Look at these.
18:38OK, they're ornate.
18:39They've got beautiful gold gilt decoration on them.
18:43The hands are so delicate.
18:45And often, they're silver.
18:48The pocket watch has been around since the early 16th century.
18:51The fashionable timepiece was de rigueur for gents,
18:55an essential part of a ladies' jewellery display.
18:58Both 93.5% silver.
19:03Continental, probably French.
19:04There's no price.
19:05I would love these as a job lot to take to auction
19:08because they're elegant, they're classy, they're quality.
19:12They've got the silver material.
19:14The glass is intact.
19:15It's not cracked.
19:16The hands aren't missing either.
19:19So they're ticking all the right boxes.
19:22I see what you did there.
19:24Time.
19:25To talk about money with Dave the dealer.
19:28I found these two beauties.
19:29So it's your Continental silver pocket watches.
19:33Could it be £70 for the two?
19:34Yeah, go on, we'll take £70 for them.
19:36You sure?
19:37We're sure.
19:37Thank you so, so much.
19:40£70.
19:41You are very kind, Dave.
19:44That timely buy leaves Roo with a pot of £160.
19:51Our chum-a-roos are back in the camper van.
19:54What I love doing is just daydreaming
19:56and also just seeing maybe in a cloud.
19:58I'm someone that does see faces in things.
20:02I can look at woodgrain and see a face.
20:04That's right.
20:04I love just being a daydream believer.
20:06That you are Nighty-Night.
20:10If you could live in any time or any era
20:26throughout the whole of history, when would it be?
20:29I would love to be around in the mid-17th century,
20:31from the time of Cromwell
20:33to the restoration of King Charles II.
20:36I can see you living in that time.
20:37Me too.
20:38I'd say you'd be in Art Deco late, 1930s.
20:41Well...
20:41Flapping around in a great costume of...
20:45But also ancient Egypt.
20:47Really?
20:47I'd like to see you.
20:47I have a real connection to Egypt, and I don't know why.
20:50I might call you Mummy now.
20:52LAUGHTER
20:52Oh, it's going to be a great day.
20:55I should sphinx, so.
20:58Yesterday, Rue was splashing the cash
21:01on the ruby glass vesta case,
21:02the His Master's Voice gramophone,
21:04the French glass,
21:05and the ladies' pocket watches.
21:07And I'll be honest,
21:08I love them.
21:10Rue now has £160.
21:12Charles, on the other hand,
21:15approached with caution.
21:17He gathered the earthenware teapot,
21:20the early pochette,
21:21and the late Victorian mallet.
21:24It's got legs to hammer.
21:26Leaving Charles with £285.
21:29Charles, what springs to mind
21:30when you think of Liverpool?
21:32I think...
21:33Apart from my fabulous accent.
21:35I think of...
21:37I think of...
21:39You'll never walk alone.
21:40And we walk alone together.
21:43It's Liverpool.
21:44It's...
21:44Come on, you Reds!
21:46Thought you were Derby County all the way.
21:49Rue's made it to the big smoke of Liverpool.
21:52Standing in the shadow of the city's mighty cathedral,
21:55Rue's going to St James's Cemetery.
21:59It's thought to be the resting place
22:01of an extraordinary Georgian miniaturist
22:04that took the fashionable art world by storm
22:07in the early 19th century.
22:09Sarah Biffin was born in 1784
22:12without arms or legs,
22:14a rare condition called phocomelia.
22:17Sarah's story is one of courage,
22:19steely resistance,
22:20and magnificent talent.
22:23Liverpool tourist guide Simone Peter can tell all.
22:26What was life like for her
22:27in the Georgian-Victorian era?
22:30She was quite determined,
22:31so she taught herself to write and to sew.
22:34And then her parents were approached
22:37by a gentleman called Emmanuel Dukes,
22:40who was an artist.
22:41They apprenticed her to him,
22:43and he taught her how to paint,
22:45and then he took her and exhibited her
22:48at travelling shows and fairs around the country.
22:51The Georgian fairground was a world full of enchanting curiosity.
22:56Painting with her mouth and shoulder,
22:59the crowds were mesmerised by Sarah,
23:01the young woman hailed as the eighth wonder.
23:05So she was managing to work,
23:09exhibit her work,
23:10and she was exhibited as well,
23:12so people would come to see her drawing and painting,
23:15and they would pay to have paintings done by her.
23:21At 37 inches tall,
23:23Sarah would sign her portraits,
23:25painted by Miss Biffin,
23:27without hands.
23:29Then, in 1808,
23:30Sarah caught the eye of the 16th Earl of Morton,
23:33George Douglas,
23:34a benign Svengali,
23:36with an impressive contacts book.
23:38And he commissioned a portrait from her
23:42and was incredibly impressed.
23:44So he showed that picture to the king,
23:46King George III,
23:48and then he suggested to Sarah Biffin
23:51that he could sponsor her
23:53and get another teacher for her.
23:55So she was then taught by a royal academian
23:58and became a very celebrated miniature painter.
24:02The fairgrounds would become a distant din,
24:05and her commissioned miniatures were all the rage.
24:09In 1830, George IV bought a miniature for 25 guineas,
24:12the highest sum she would ever earn.
24:16She was moving around,
24:17she was taking on commissions,
24:19setting up studios,
24:20teaching people.
24:21She ended up coming to Liverpool
24:22because she had thought about moving to America.
24:27Financially, it must have been quite difficult for her.
24:29When she was here,
24:30she had befriended a very influential family
24:34called the Rathbone family.
24:35And they started a campaign
24:38for people to contribute public subscription
24:41to give her an annuity for the rest of her life.
24:44I love that.
24:45Yes.
24:46So she didn't, in a way,
24:47given so much to the community
24:49through art and inspiration,
24:51and they wanted to now give back to her.
24:54Sarah Biffin died here in Liverpool
24:56at the age of 66.
24:58A symbol of strength and courage,
25:00Sarah shattered societal expectations,
25:03proving that her artistic might
25:06was not defined by physical appearance or limitation.
25:11Sarah Biffin's unwavering determination
25:13to pursue her passion
25:14is echoed in 21st century disabled artist cooperative,
25:19the Mouth and Foot Painting Artists or MFPA.
25:24Rue is meeting with artist David Cawthorne.
25:28Hi, David.
25:29Lovely to meet you.
25:30And you.
25:31Rue has a special invitation to sit for a portrait.
25:34David, tell me, what inspired you to start painting?
25:37Well, many years ago now,
25:40which is way back in 1981,
25:43I was 18 at the time,
25:45and I broke my neck playing rugby.
25:48And when I was in spinal unit doing rehab,
25:52I couldn't move much at all.
25:55So I started drawing and using my mouth.
25:59Then, after a lot of practice,
26:00I got somewhere where I felt more comfy while I was painting.
26:03The MFPA was set up in 1957
26:08as a platform for artists with disabilities
26:11to showcase their talents and gain financial security.
26:16So what does it mean to you to be an independent artist?
26:19I think it's your self-esteem.
26:21I've been with the association now 30-some years,
26:24so if we're out being with them,
26:26that's the mouth and foot painting artist, I should say,
26:29I don't know where I'd be.
26:31I probably wouldn't be still here.
26:32because it gives you...
26:34You've got to do something.
26:36You've got to get out of bed.
26:36You've got to do things.
26:38What would you say you love most about being an artist?
26:41Just relaxing,
26:42and it takes your mind somewhere
26:45where you don't really need to worry about things.
26:47And I just enjoy doing it,
26:49and I think that's the man.
26:51If you can escape somewhere,
26:52somewhere out that way.
26:54The portrait, I'm happy not to see it until it's finished.
26:57I love the element of surprise.
26:58Good.
26:59But I've learned so much from you.
27:02Very good.
27:04I like to inspire people.
27:07Just like Sarah Biffing,
27:09David and the MFPA serve as sources of inspiration,
27:13a beacon of hope to empower artists to follow their dreams.
27:17Meanwhile, let's find Chas.
27:22Liverpool, I love.
27:24I just can see it now.
27:26The Anfield Stadium saying,
27:28come on, Hanson,
27:29hit that antique ball in the top corner
27:32from 35 yards.
27:34Goal!
27:35And I found the big one.
27:37Let's do it.
27:38Charles is also in the beloved city of Liverpool,
27:41home to Britain's largest clock face.
27:44The Liver building knocks Big Ben off the spot.
27:48The faces are a full two feet larger in diameter.
27:53Tempus, Fugit.
27:54Charles, let's see if he can score a big one in here.
27:5869A.
27:59Doesn't it look marvellous?
28:01There's a definite feel of far-off lands
28:03and the exotic in here.
28:05285 smackers.
28:09Let's see what Charles finds.
28:13What's caught my eye
28:14is the fact
28:16I'm shaking a bit
28:18because
28:19the mark on the base denotes
28:22its mark and period,
28:24meaning its mark and period
28:26made in the reign of Emperor Chen Lung,
28:28but also
28:30the quality of the artistry
28:32with the imperial five-clawed dragon
28:35reflecting the emperor
28:36and the phoenix the empress
28:38and the Wusai five colours.
28:42If this was in good condition
28:44without the chip
28:46and the cracks here
28:48and the hairlines down here,
28:51this bowl,
28:52certainly in an auction,
28:54would make between 30,000 and 50,000 pounds.
28:58In its condition,
29:00I can just see
29:01it's priced at
29:02£4,750.
29:06I haven't got the money.
29:08If only I did
29:09because that, to me,
29:10is what I love to see
29:11because it is so valuable.
29:14Can't afford it.
29:16Back behind glass.
29:18One day.
29:19Maybe.
29:21One word.
29:22Wow.
29:23While Charles continues to mooch,
29:26Rue has made her way north
29:27to the town of Eccleston
29:29in Cheshire.
29:32Can Rue find a showstopper in here?
29:34Bygone times.
29:36A former mill
29:36dating back to the 17th century.
29:39What will she uncover?
29:42It's huge in here.
29:44Five floors.
29:45Over 500 stalls.
29:49Let's get ready
29:50to rumble, Rue.
29:53She has 160 pounds remaining.
29:59Now this, I love.
30:01And the first thing you have to do
30:02when you see a bronze statue
30:04is try and lift it.
30:05What you need to decipher is,
30:07is it an original bronze?
30:08Is it of the period?
30:09Is it even bronze?
30:11Or is it a later recasting?
30:13So this one is signed
30:14by the artist B.
30:17Zach,
30:17which is Bruno Zach.
30:19So he was an artist
30:19at the time of the Art Deco era.
30:21But it's got the sign here
30:23of bronze guarantee
30:24Paris,
30:25JB Reposay.
30:26So this is solid bronze.
30:29And that's not just where
30:31the weight's coming from.
30:32This is red Tennessee marble,
30:34which is why it weighs so much.
30:35And it's priced up
30:37at £245.
30:39Thing is,
30:40that's bang on.
30:41That's what you would expect
30:42to pay,
30:43but I'm taking it to auction.
30:45Too pricey for Rue.
30:47How's Chas in Liverpool?
30:56Quite nice.
30:58Our deco figures
30:59are plenty today.
31:01What I've just picked up here
31:02is just a really nice post.
31:04a lady holding a ball
31:06like that.
31:08And the reason
31:09she's caught my eye
31:10is she's Art Deco
31:11with a really good patination.
31:13And obviously we hope
31:14any Art Deco bronze figure
31:16might be bronze.
31:19But she is bronzed up
31:20with a D on the end,
31:21meaning she is coated
31:23with a bronze cover,
31:24but underneath
31:25it's a base metal
31:26like spelter,
31:28a pewter or zinc.
31:29But I don't mind that
31:30because she's charming.
31:31I think we're coming out
31:32of World War I.
31:33We were alive again.
31:35The interwar years
31:36were the jazz age.
31:38And they were free.
31:40I think lady in costume,
31:41in poise,
31:42reflects that almost
31:44happy times
31:46of the interwar years.
31:49I think she dates
31:50around 1930.
31:51Our Deco is drenched
31:52in theatrical luxury.
31:54Not only is it
31:55an art period
31:57considered to be decorative
31:58and aesthetically driven,
32:01it symbolised hope
32:02for a bright future.
32:03I love the mark.
32:04There we are.
32:05British made.
32:06Made by a company
32:07called Lascaux.
32:08And I quite like her.
32:11Any price, Charles?
32:12There's no label
32:13on her at all,
32:15neither on the cabinet.
32:17I might take you
32:18to the stand over there
32:19in the desk of the dealer
32:20and see how much
32:22you really are.
32:22Come on,
32:23grab my arm.
32:24Off we go.
32:25Well, let's shimmy over
32:27to Trevor
32:28and talk money.
32:29One thing I found
32:30is this.
32:32Yeah.
32:32I love her
32:33because it so captures
32:36the art deco,
32:37the 1930s.
32:38How much is she,
32:39my friend?
32:40Well, the very best
32:41I can do for you
32:42is £75, Charles.
32:44I won't hang around.
32:45I think we'll get
32:46my jazz hands out
32:47and go pay you
32:49£75.
32:50Lovely.
32:51Thank you so much.
32:52There's your cash.
32:53Take care, Trevor.
32:55I'm very kind, Trevor.
32:58That happy pie
32:59leaves Charles
33:00with £210.
33:03What a Rue
33:03in Eccleston.
33:10Hi, Jackie.
33:11Hi, Rue.
33:12Now, it's inevitable
33:13I end up at the jewellery.
33:14Rings and bling.
33:16Jackie, what I'm looking for
33:17ideally would be
33:18Victorian or Edwardian jewellery.
33:20I've got plenty in here
33:22to look at.
33:22This is really unusual.
33:24That's quite a large
33:25piece of gold with a garden.
33:26Do you want to get it out?
33:26Can I have a look at that one?
33:27Yeah, of course you can, yeah.
33:28And I like the price tag
33:29on this.
33:29Nine carat gold,
33:30emerald and diamond,
33:31£89.
33:32Let's have a look.
33:35There you go.
33:36That's the first one
33:36you said you liked.
33:38And the emerald one here.
33:40Yes.
33:40They're both very different,
33:41aren't they?
33:42This one with the emerald
33:43and diamonds.
33:44It looks like London gold
33:46to me.
33:48Nine carat.
33:49And actually,
33:50it would be
33:51diamonds and emerald
33:52because it's the
33:53tiniest little chips.
33:54But as a band,
33:56but as a band,
33:56it's just really pretty.
33:58Age-wise,
33:59I would say
33:59this is probably
34:00more 60s,
34:0170s,
34:02more mid-century.
34:03Very wearable,
34:05though,
34:05isn't it?
34:05It is.
34:06The emerald
34:07was the favoured stone
34:08of Cleopatra,
34:09don't you know?
34:10I like the price tag
34:12of £89.
34:13And again,
34:14you can get away
34:14with buying diamonds
34:15for double figures.
34:17Could that be
34:18sort of 60?
34:1968?
34:20£68 for that
34:22nine carat gold ring
34:22with the diamond
34:23and emeralds.
34:25Go on, then.
34:26I'll do it.
34:26Oh, that's lovely.
34:28Thank you so much.
34:29Nice doing business with you.
34:30You take care.
34:32Many thanks, Jackie.
34:34That's the final buy
34:35of today,
34:36leaving Rue
34:36with £92.
34:40our chummy-wummies
34:43have reunited.
34:44What was your first
34:45musical love,
34:47regardless of age?
34:47Your first obsession?
34:49First time you idolised
34:51someone?
34:51I think it was right,
34:52so friend.
34:53Aye.
34:55Best get some shut-eye.
34:59Now, brace yourselves.
35:01With unbridled excitement,
35:03we are preparing
35:04for the giddy heights
35:05of auction.
35:08Should I catch you up?
35:09Look.
35:10Slow motion.
35:11Can you feel it?
35:12Oh, I can feel it,
35:13and I'm loving your socks.
35:15Well, it's the trend,
35:16you see.
35:17It is the trend.
35:17In Bristol, it's the trend.
35:18You've got short shorts on.
35:19Short socks.
35:20Say again?
35:20Short shorts.
35:21Get out of here.
35:22Get inside.
35:23Turquoise socks.
35:24Quite something, Chas.
35:29Our pair,
35:29after whizzing around
35:30Cheshire and Merseyside,
35:31have ventured
35:32southwards to Bristol
35:33for the fourth
35:34in the best-of-five contest
35:36at East Bristol Auctions,
35:38for sale in the room,
35:39on the phone
35:40and on the net.
35:43The charming man in charge
35:44is Andrew Stowe.
35:47Air warning now.
35:50Roo bought five items
35:52for the sum of £308.
35:54Any faves?
35:55The two French silver ladies
35:58pocket watches
35:58are beautiful,
35:59really fine pieces,
36:01and the fact that
36:02they still work
36:03just makes all of the difference.
36:05Charles bought four items
36:06totalling £190.
36:09Are you impressed, Andrew?
36:11The Art Deco figure
36:12is really on trend
36:14at the moment.
36:15You know,
36:15this has got style,
36:16this has got class,
36:17and it should really appeal
36:19to any of our bidders.
36:20Easy, Chas.
36:22Let's get comfy.
36:24Here we are,
36:24a nice serpete.
36:26Mid-decairum chair
36:28of circa 1860.
36:29Are you feeling confident?
36:31Very.
36:31Are you?
36:32No, of course I'm not.
36:34Your glasses are steaming up.
36:35I know.
36:36Got a cold sweat.
36:37Oh, blimey.
36:39First up,
36:39it's Roo's nine-carat
36:40gold diamond enamel ring.
36:43Fancy.
36:45They're small.
36:46Don't tell the room that.
36:47Get out of here.
36:48£50, I'm bid.
36:49£55, I'm bid now.
36:51That's nothing.
36:52Then are we all done?
36:53At £55.
36:55Going once them.
36:56Ah, come on, someone.
36:58Twice.
36:59Three times them.
37:00It's an eternity ring.
37:01Fair warning.
37:03It's a shame.
37:04Oh.
37:05It doesn't matter.
37:06What a bargain, eh?
37:08Never mind.
37:09Let's keep moving.
37:10Oh, it's a shame.
37:11I loved it.
37:12It was beautiful.
37:14Talking of beauty,
37:15it's Charles' Art Deco figure next.
37:18Pose, it's like that.
37:20That's an easy profit, Charles.
37:22Can you take us for £30, then?
37:24Oh, no.
37:25£30.
37:25£30, I bid on my screen now,
37:27at £30.
37:28£35, I've got.
37:29It's creeping, it's creeping.
37:30Come back, £40, if you'd like.
37:31At £35, then,
37:33with their warning away
37:34and selling them.
37:36Sometimes you don't find the pose.
37:38Oh.
37:39True.
37:40Not exactly putting on the Ritz, Charles.
37:42Shame.
37:44Give me that pose again.
37:44£15, £18 online.
37:46That's...
37:47I don't know what that is.
37:48That's ballet.
37:50Quite.
37:52Can we rev up the bidders
37:53with Rue's
37:53his master's voice gramophone?
37:56With the trumpet,
37:58it almost becomes
37:59a sculptural piece.
38:00Interest.
38:01I'm straight in
38:02at £50.
38:03Oh, God.
38:04Give us a job.
38:04And I'm looking for 55.
38:0655 online.
38:0760, I have.
38:07It's moving.
38:0865.
38:0970 now.
38:10That's 70, then.
38:11Going once.
38:12It's sweet.
38:13Come on, one last minute.
38:14Virkle.
38:16Oh!
38:17It's bargain-loving Bristol today.
38:20Shake, rattle and roll.
38:22That's the nature
38:23of the business, hey?
38:26We take the highs
38:27with the lows.
38:29Onwards with Charles'
38:31Victorian mallet.
38:32If I could,
38:33I'll use a mallet as a gavel.
38:35Lose in there.
38:35I'll say,
38:36look at this.
38:37Mallet's mallet.
38:38You need to up
38:38your gavel game, though.
38:39Exactly.
38:4010 is bid now in the room.
38:41At 10.
38:4212 online,
38:43would you like 15?
38:44Keep going.
38:4515's in the room now
38:46at £15.
38:47Selling in the room.
38:48No!
38:49At £15.
38:50Going once.
38:51Twice.
38:52Third call.
38:54Oh, Charles.
38:54Thanks for coming.
38:56Thank you for coming, madam.
38:57There's always one.
38:59Blimey,
39:00we're taking a proper
39:00pummeling today.
39:02We'd best move on.
39:03Well, that hammered me
39:04for the wrong reasons.
39:06Can Rue's pocket watches
39:07strike a timely profit?
39:10As you say,
39:11just sophistication
39:12in a nutshell.
39:13So I can go straight in here
39:14and I bid £30.
39:15Oh, that's loo.
39:1735,
39:1840,
39:19we're up to 80,
39:2085 now.
39:21That's more like it.
39:22Would you like 90?
39:23Wow.
39:23At 85 then,
39:24are we done?
39:25Fair warning now.
39:27Rue,
39:27you've done it again.
39:29They are lovely.
39:30Time to rejoice.
39:32At last to profit.
39:34You're doing well.
39:35Coloured rain for my face
39:36there for a minute.
39:38Come on, Chas.
39:39You're next
39:39with your early pochette.
39:42This could be the object.
39:43I don't like it
39:44when you say that, Charles.
39:44Which will hopefully
39:45give love
39:47to the entire world.
39:4960 unbid online
39:50at £60.
39:52Are we done?
39:53Anybody else want to play?
39:54It's a good profit.
39:54At £60.
39:56Fair one there.
39:57Going, going.
39:58Yeah.
39:58I'm very happy.
39:59You doubled your money.
40:00Ah,
40:01you've struck the right note,
40:02Charles.
40:03Oh,
40:04I was really hoping
40:04that note taken off.
40:05Salvee.
40:06That's life.
40:08Thanks for the translation.
40:10Rue now
40:10with the ruby glass
40:11and silver Vesta case.
40:13It's so rich
40:14with a striker
40:15on the bottom.
40:1740 we bid
40:17straight away online
40:18at £40.
40:19Amazing.
40:20At £40 a bid
40:21online with you.
40:22Come on.
40:23Who wants that five only?
40:24They think it's all over.
40:25Salve.
40:26Salve away at 40 there.
40:28Well done.
40:28Look at me.
40:29Happy?
40:30Yes.
40:30Good.
40:31We have sparked
40:32yet another profit.
40:34Hot stuff.
40:35A gorgeous object.
40:38Can we pour another
40:39with Charles' red wear teapot?
40:42I need the world
40:44to believe
40:45that my flea market purchase
40:47might become
40:49a bigger mosquito
40:51and bite a few buyers.
40:53I'm straight in here
40:54at £60.
40:55£70 on bid now.
40:57£75.
40:58£80.
40:59I've still got against you.
41:00£85 is now online.
41:01Are we all done?
41:02I'm really happy.
41:03Fair warning then
41:04going once.
41:05Yixing.
41:06Tom China.
41:07With love.
41:08Third call then.
41:08Hello, a brew
41:12to full profit.
41:13Well done, Charles.
41:15Pleased.
41:15Good find, Hanson.
41:17You keep reminding me
41:18why you're so good at this.
41:19Give it up.
41:20Next, it's the final lot.
41:22Rue's French glass.
41:24Depending on how you looked at it,
41:26you were in this aquarium
41:26with a fish
41:27swimming around
41:28between the reeds.
41:30I'm straight in here.
41:31I've got £55,
41:32£65,
41:33£75.
41:34Well done.
41:34£75.
41:35I'm bid now on my books.
41:36Very good.
41:36It's a stunning piece, folks.
41:38£75, £80 online.
41:38£85 is here.
41:40Rue, you're really good in.
41:41£90 now takes it off.
41:42It's like an optical illusion.
41:43Are we done then?
41:45Selling your way now.
41:46Partner, you're amazing.
41:48Hey.
41:49That was amazing.
41:50That was just unbelievable.
41:51That was a bit of a risk.
41:53It's paid off, Rue.
41:54Excellent result.
41:55Three, two, one.
41:57Up we go.
41:57Thank you for the memories.
41:58Were there profits?
41:59I don't know.
42:00I can't remember.
42:01My head's in a spin.
42:04Right, where's that calculator?
42:07After all serum costs,
42:08Charles has a figure
42:09of £369.90.
42:14While Rue, also after costs,
42:16just wins by a whisker
42:17with a figure of £370.80,
42:22making Rue victorious
42:24for auction number four.
42:26There's only one more to go.
42:30It's funny, isn't it?
42:32Nearly done.
42:32You can run circles
42:33around profits like that.
42:35Yeah.
42:35You can run, run round.
42:37I can twist you around as well.
42:39It can be highs and lows.
42:42Emotionally.
42:42How are you feeling?
42:43Are you drained
42:44or are you ready for the next one?
42:45I just love the auction ride.
42:47Yeah.
42:47You know, you hold tight,
42:48you move, you go left,
42:49you walk on,
42:49you think about what's happened,
42:51you live it.
42:52You contemplate it,
42:53but we've got one left.
42:54Last one to go.
42:55Exactly, exactly.
42:55Next time on the trip...
42:57Let's get edgy.
42:58You're going to have to get swag on.
43:00We show off.
43:01Give me a yodel.
43:02Yodel, yodel, yodel, yodel.
43:04Exactly.
43:05Rue clowns about.
43:07I think I can just about get on the ride,
43:09but I can thank my heels for that.
43:11And Charles is a wannabe maestro.
43:13Yodel, yodel, yodel, yodel, yodel, yodel.
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