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00:00Find the wheel of a classic car, oh yes, and a girl to scar Britain for antiques, looking for some bargains, the aim to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat, there'll be worthy winners, yes, it is my lucky day, and valiant losers, I actually can't believe that, it is ridiculous, will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster, this is Antiques Road Trip,
00:26yeah, hello Staffordshire, man oh man boy, yeah, Charles don't make me laugh, I need the toilet, let's get this show on the road shall we, were you ever a rocker, I was, how would you head back back the other day, can you do one for me now, and that's how you do it, right,
00:56it's the third leg, with the daddy from Derbyshire, Charles Hansen, and Mosher extraordinaire, and lover of jewels, Rue Irvin,
01:07I'll put a football in the back, and what we could do, we'll do some kick-ups, or we'll play Wally, or can I do a kippy-uppy, if you're also good headbanging, you can sort of bounce ball on your head like that,
01:17sounds painful, our best chums, are zooming around, in the 1971 VW camper van, have you really bedded in with yappy, yappy and I have spoken,
01:29there you go, happy yappy clappy, last time Rue met some kitties,
01:34Oh, cats, hello darling, and Charles was a proper Clark Kent, got to work hard, for the Antilles road trip,
01:46each day, both experts can spend up to £400, and whoever wins best of five auctions, will be the overall champ,
01:54at £160,
01:57High five, amazing, thank you, thanks,
02:00So far Rue has notched up two auction wins, as we enter round three, can Charles claim a victory?
02:09Because there's this north-south divide, on morning rolls, and barm cakes, and baps, and cobs, and...
02:16I love baps, but I also love cobs,
02:18Well, we grew up saying, have a jam and piece.
02:21Eh?
02:21A jam and piece, is a jam sandwich, a piece to the sandwich.
02:25Oh, is it?
02:26Fascinating, eh?
02:28This tour began in South Yorkshire, zipped around Lincolnshire, will frolic around the West Midlands,
02:34with a big auction showdown in Bristol, otherwise known as Bristol.
02:39Smarties, I love smarties.
02:41You are a smartie.
02:42Smartie Pants Hanson.
02:43Say it again to me.
02:45Smartie Pants Hanson.
02:46Right, thank you very much.
02:48Our revved-up road-trippers are in Staffordshire, shopping all the way to Nantwich in Cheshire.
02:54Smartie Pants Hanson has dropped off Rue in the town of Litchfield.
03:00Now we're going in this lovely emporium, formerly a Victorian school, Litchfield Antique Centre.
03:08Oh, here comes the headmistress.
03:10Let's have a swirl around.
03:15Lovely, isn't it?
03:16With over 60 dealers selling their goodies in here.
03:19Lots and lots to choose from.
03:21Fun.
03:23Interest.
03:24Oh!
03:25The tiniest chair in the land.
03:27This is a pair of Scottish Art Nouveau silver dishes made in London.
03:42That is ticking quite a few boxes, because most silver is Birmingham or Sheffield.
03:48Quite common.
03:49It's 1904.
03:51Look at these beautiful flowing scrolls and swirls.
03:55But they're intertwined with Scottish thistles.
03:58Now this is what gets me the most excited.
04:00Because the minute you add a Scottish connection, well, the whole world opens up.
04:06Nice.
04:07Price, please.
04:08It's £95 for the pair.
04:12Let's take a look at this one.
04:14This one isn't a stag, sadly, but it is a dog that's sort of roaming through the countryside.
04:20So it gives you the sort of Scottish countryside vibe to it.
04:24While we leave Rue to Rootle, Charles is just south of Stafford, in the village of Dunstan.
04:33Southern Antiques Centre is a cluster of Georgian farm buildings.
04:39He's perky, look.
04:41So excitable, that boy.
04:44There's a veritable treasure chest of delights in here.
04:48Look at that lot.
04:49Rue, where are you?
04:50Come on.
04:54It's nice with vehicles now going green.
04:57Isn't that amazing?
04:58You always see new things in a shop.
05:01And this obviously is made from wheat sheaves, I presume.
05:05Look at that.
05:06Even the steering turns.
05:08The wheels don't quite go round.
05:11But what an amazing work of art.
05:13And it's very green.
05:14Bit of a problem getting from A to B, though.
05:18Charles has 400 smackers to spend.
05:22Stop fooling about.
05:24And get on with it.
05:29Yeah, that doesn't suit you.
05:33Let's find a grown-up.
05:34How about Rue in Litchfield?
05:36This piece of Viking jewellery is probably about 1,200 years old, yet it's £28.
05:48How can that be?
05:50I'm not saying that a Viking ring is common, but there's enough of them discovered that you can get them pretty easily, a bit like Roman coins.
05:57But this would have been made of bronze.
05:59So, in the Viking era, the men and the women all wore jewellery.
06:04And it was either made of silver or bronze, but if you were very wealthy, it would be made of gold.
06:09Not just warriors.
06:11The Vikings were also master craftsmen, and jewellery would be full of symbolism.
06:16Thor's hammer, for example, would represent strength.
06:20God, do you know, that's something in this.
06:23I'm actually...
06:23My right hand's getting quite tingly.
06:27Honestly, that's given me goosebumps.
06:31That's a definite for Rue.
06:33Now, dare we find Charles?
06:34Hello, Mr Ervon, how are you getting on?
06:38I'm gonna beat you.
06:41She's digging deep, hopefully, for victory.
06:43OK, bye.
06:45Carlos, you need to start doing that, because Rue's won the first two legs of this road trip.
06:50I think this pot could be as old as the Art Deco.
06:55If you think of those rich colour schemes, if you think about the luxurious travel overseas,
07:02that's got that feel of maybe Africa.
07:06Look at that all-important foot rim, look in the light, look really carefully,
07:12and just see if you can see tiny scratches, which is a true indication of honest age.
07:19And I think that is period Art Deco, and at £28, that could be the buy.
07:25Nice thing, Charles.
07:27I like that.
07:28Now.
07:30Yoo-hoo!
07:31Rue!
07:32Oh, a bit of bluejohn.
07:36Very unusual name for a semi-precious mineral that's highly coveted.
07:41Traditional bluejohn, it's a very precious stone.
07:45It's usually in the dark, deep blue, and it's got bands of yellow and white going through it.
07:52Britain's rarest mineral.
07:54Bluejohn was first discovered by the Romans over 2,000 years ago in Derbyshire.
07:58Now, the style of this, Victorian, 100%.
08:02Now, I can't see any markings to know what material it is, but the tag is saying 19th century bluejohn brooch, rolled gold mount, which would be common.
08:13So, at £65, it is a possible.
08:17It's taking a few boxes.
08:19It needs a little bit of TLC, but if I was 150 years old, I'd need a lot more TLC than that.
08:25Along with the bluejohn brooch, we also have the Viking ring at 28, the Scottish Arnubo silver dishes for £95, totalling £185.
08:37Catherine is the lady to talk dosh with.
08:39Hi, Catherine.
08:40So, we'll start with the easy things.
08:42The Viking ring is £28, not going to quibble about the price.
08:46And then you've also got the pair of silver pin dishes.
08:49OK.
08:50So, the Scottish theme to them.
08:51They're £95.
08:53Could they be close to £50?
08:56No, unfortunately, we can do just £10 off those.
09:00That would be £85.
09:03And the bluejohn brooch at £65?
09:06Could that be close to, say, £40?
09:08£45.
09:10£45?
09:10£45.
09:11OK.
09:12This is where I get the butterflies in my belly.
09:14Please, could I have all three for £150?
09:17Yeah, go on, then.
09:18Thank you so much, Catherine.
09:20That's a done deal.
09:20No problem.
09:21Thank you, Rue.
09:22Thank you so much.
09:22That bumper buy breaks down to £28 for the Viking ring,
09:27£77 for the Scottish Arnubo silver dishes,
09:30and the bluejohn brooch for £45.
09:35Rue now has £250 left.
09:38Let's catch up with Charles.
09:43Oh, my.
09:44What's going on here?
09:45This change has come back from a local round of buying.
09:49His van's wide open.
09:52What's this called?
09:53Towelift.
09:54Towelift is down.
09:55I'm going in.
09:56Hey, this is different.
09:58Gavin, here, has bought all this lot from a local chapel.
10:02Aren't they lovely?
10:02So, these are all old nuns shoeboxes in pine,
10:09full of pedigree.
10:12How much are the boxes individually or as a collection?
10:16I'd do the lock footage, then.
10:17Are you being serious?
10:18Yeah.
10:19Nuns shoeboxes.
10:21This is a new direction for Chas.
10:27Three.
10:32Four.
10:35Five.
10:39Hello, worms.
10:40Put a woodworm there, but they're nice.
10:42They're 40.
10:43How much?
10:4440.
10:45Are you sure?
10:46I think they're great.
10:47And what I love, this one here,
10:49you'll just see where, over the years,
10:52that butterfly handle has sat.
10:55And look at the polish under there.
10:57Lovely.
10:58£40.
10:58I think I'm going to buy them.
11:00Thanks, Gavin.
11:01What's just happened there, then?
11:03I think Charles has just bought five nuns shoeboxes.
11:08They're Victorian.
11:09So, you never know.
11:11We also have the Art Deco vase at £28.
11:13Stand by, Jamie.
11:15Be brave.
11:16One thing I like particularly is in, I think,
11:19your shed shop over there.
11:21OK.
11:21There is a very nice black and white street vase.
11:25Oh, no, the one on the left.
11:26Is it yours?
11:27It is, yeah.
11:28And also, Gavin, who's out there,
11:30but his van was over there.
11:32He's got on his van a sort of stacking collection
11:36of five shoe-shining boxes he bought from a chapel
11:39this morning in Cheshire.
11:41OK.
11:41He said £40, handsome.
11:42If I put the two together, that's £68.
11:45Just around £60.
11:46Are you sure?
11:47Yeah.
11:47Keep the boxes as £40,
11:50and we'll take £20 on the farm.
11:52That's me.
11:52And that gives you a good profit still?
11:53Yeah.
11:54Good man.
11:55So I owe you £60.
11:57Many thanks, Jamie.
11:58Do you do it on my sauce?
12:00No.
12:00Ready?
12:01Come on, have a go.
12:02Stafford versus Derbyshire.
12:03Come on, give me some.
12:05Come on, give me some.
12:06Come on.
12:07Come on.
12:07Jazz is super playful today.
12:10You got me.
12:11See you later.
12:13See you.
12:13See you later.
12:14Yep.
12:15He wants you out of the shop.
12:18Charles now has £340 left.
12:20Easy with those stairs.
12:22Meanwhile, Rue has just made it to Stafford.
12:25Rue means business today with her gold-heeled slippers look.
12:31Let's click-clack our way into Windmill Antiques.
12:36This biz has been trading for over 30 years
12:39and has two floors packed with delights.
12:42Now, Rue has 250 smackers to spend in here.
12:49I'm smelling two things.
12:52Age and damp.
12:53But the sad thing is, this is beautifully made
12:57but it's been kept somewhere quite damp
13:00and it has suffered because of it.
13:02You've got this mould on the outside
13:04which is easy enough to clean off
13:06but inside, there's a lot more of it
13:09to the point where the lining fabric...
13:11Oh, there we go.
13:13The lining fabric has torn, it's covered.
13:16Age-wise, I think it's probably late Victorian
13:19but condition.
13:21That's what's putting me off.
13:24Let's leave Rue to rummage.
13:27Now, where's Charles?
13:29I think when the rain comes down,
13:31the enthusiasm to dig for treasure gets bigger.
13:35I'm literally under a cloudburst.
13:38The rain is unbelievable.
13:40Come on, Yappy.
13:41How are you feeling?
13:42We can do this.
13:43Blimey, it's tipping it down.
13:45Charles is a bit further north in the town of Burslem
13:49at John Mark Antiques and Curios.
13:55Stop your larking around, Charles.
13:58Almost.
13:59Get inside.
14:02Get inside quick.
14:03Charles has £340 to play with.
14:07So, straight away,
14:08you've got the Victoria on a teaware and everything else.
14:12What's caught my eye, though,
14:14is this, not really my style,
14:17but being an auctioneer,
14:19this is making a lot of money at the moment.
14:20Antique, mid-century style.
14:24I quite like this sideboard,
14:26because if they open like that,
14:28that's kind of cool, isn't it?
14:29Only issue is,
14:30we've got some watermarks and scuffing,
14:34so when it comes to mid-century
14:35or really good furniture,
14:37which is no more than 60 years old,
14:39condition has to be mint.
14:40So the only way now is up
14:42and find out what else it is.
14:45While he switches to full-on mooch,
14:48let's zip back to Rue in Stafford.
14:50Now that,
14:57that is a handsome piece of papier-mâché.
15:01I've never seen a piece this big.
15:04But the crazy thing is,
15:06this is made of paper.
15:07So this technique was invented
15:08in the year 200 back in China,
15:11which is why you often see
15:12beautiful Chinese scenes on them.
15:14Papier-mâché means mashed paper,
15:18and although France didn't invent it,
15:20they were the first country
15:21in 18th-century Europe to produce it.
15:24You see these beautiful papier-mâché trays.
15:26Think of the Regency period,
15:28the Victorian era,
15:29often sort of the early to mid-1800s.
15:33And the fact that this is made of paper,
15:35but it could hold things,
15:37is just mind-blowing.
15:38I mean, that could almost be like
15:39I'm knocking on wood.
15:41But the thing is,
15:42it's so tough that you can actually sit
15:44on chairs made of paper.
15:46It's such a wonderful technique.
15:48I would say this is at least 150 years old,
15:51and probably one of the nicest pieces I've seen.
15:54But to me,
15:55this just screams Victorian Britain.
15:58There's no price tag.
16:00Let's ask Ian.
16:02With no price on it,
16:04could the tray be 40?
16:07Yeah, yeah.
16:08We can do 40 for it.
16:09So I would take you up on your kind offer,
16:1140 pound?
16:12Thank you very much.
16:12Thank you so much.
16:1320, 40.
16:15Thank you very much.
16:16There you go,
16:16thank you.
16:17It's been an absolute pleasure.
16:19I'll see you soon.
16:20Nice to meet you.
16:21Bye-bye.
16:21Bye.
16:22Thank you very much, Ian.
16:24Roo now has 210 pounds.
16:27Not exactly the easiest to carry.
16:30Good job, it's light.
16:33Back in Burslem.
16:39It's been right.
16:41It's been left.
16:43Stop showing off.
16:44What I love about the business I'm in
16:47is passion for collecting
16:49and here you almost feel
16:51you're behind the altar
16:53in a very private chapel
16:55with so many objects
16:58reminding you of the church.
16:59It's amazing.
17:02It really is.
17:03Would you Adam and Eve it?
17:06Charles has already scooped up
17:07some ecclesiastical booty
17:09with the nuns' shoeboxes.
17:11Could he be in the mood for more?
17:13These are nice.
17:15I think often what we see
17:17in church items
17:20can be objects made
17:21by the Guild of Handicraft
17:23in Birmingham
17:23and these are gorgeous.
17:25These would have been
17:25almost the doors
17:27or the panels
17:28to a tabernacle
17:29which we see
17:30often on the altar
17:32within a church
17:33and we're used to all things
17:34particularly for the communion
17:35the bread
17:36and the offering of the wine
17:37so that's why the keyhole is there
17:41to lock such precious objects away
17:43and keep them safe
17:45and they really capture artistry
17:47in the arts and crafts
17:49of the church
17:50in the early years
17:51of the 20th century.
17:53We don't have a price
17:54brace yourself Mark.
17:56What's the absolute death on those Mark?
17:5860 pounds.
17:59Are you sure?
17:59Absolutely dead.
18:00Fine.
18:00Okay.
18:02I'm going to take the doors
18:03at 60 pounds.
18:05There's 20, 40 and 60.
18:09All the best to you.
18:10Thank you very much.
18:10Take care.
18:11See you.
18:11Take care.
18:11All the best.
18:12Bye.
18:12Bye-bye.
18:13You are a gentleman
18:14and a scholar Mark.
18:16Charles now has the sum
18:17of 280 pounds.
18:22Reunited,
18:23our pals are back in the van.
18:25Can you hear me okay?
18:26Just about it.
18:28Sorry about that.
18:29It's the lights
18:30and the horn.
18:31It appears to be
18:33like the same button.
18:34Only with you
18:35do your lights
18:36and your horn
18:37work at the same time.
18:39When it comes,
18:40nighty night.
18:50Any reckon
18:51in the club mods?
18:53Just check.
18:54Thank you for reminding me.
18:56Just have a quick look.
18:56It's not got any mould,
18:57has it?
18:58It should last three months.
18:59It's that plum loaf
19:00from last time.
19:02Go on, give it a piece now.
19:03Go on.
19:04Cheers.
19:05Rue, you've got a bit of...
19:07Oh, never mind.
19:10Yesterday,
19:10Rue was in
19:11super warrior mode.
19:12She bought loads.
19:13The large papier-mâché tray,
19:16the pair of silver
19:17Scottish Arnubo dishes,
19:20the Victorian blue
19:21john brooch
19:22and the bronze
19:23Viking ring.
19:24Honestly,
19:25that's given me
19:25goosebumps.
19:26Rue now has
19:27£210 left.
19:30While Charles was...
19:32Well, Charles.
19:34Buying the Art Deco vase,
19:35the five Victorian nuns
19:37shoeboxes
19:38and the pair of arts
19:40and crafts
19:41religious panels.
19:42These are gorgeous.
19:43Charles has
19:44a saintly
19:45£280 left.
19:48Now, listen.
19:49Do you need
19:50to spend a penny?
19:51I might do.
19:53What I could do
19:54is give you a potty
19:55or we could go potty
19:57for pots.
19:58Let's not get dizzy.
20:00Let's get potty.
20:01That's very caring
20:02of you, Chaz.
20:03I'm going to get potty
20:04and I'm going to
20:05really try and buy
20:06the finest piece
20:08of snack
20:09of a pot
20:09you can buy.
20:10OK, well,
20:11I will raise you
20:12and buy a chamber pot.
20:14I could do all those
20:15because, you know,
20:16put the back here
20:17and at least we've got
20:17a mobile toilet on board.
20:20What a plan.
20:22Yuck.
20:23We have made it
20:24to the village
20:25of Barleston
20:26in Stoke-upon-Trent.
20:28There is a great man,
20:30Josiah Wedgwood.
20:31He welcomes us
20:32to his history.
20:34With open arms.
20:35Exactly.
20:36Let's swirl back
20:37to the 18th century.
20:39We were in the throes
20:40of a cultural revolution,
20:42the Enlightenment,
20:43the Age of Reason.
20:44A peaceful group
20:46of thinkers,
20:47scientists and artists
20:48believed that humanity
20:50could be improved
20:51through rational change.
20:54One man who stood tall
20:56amongst them
20:56was the pottery giant
20:58and social justice champion,
21:00Josiah Wedgwood.
21:02He mixed entrepreneurial ingenuity
21:05and scientific curiosity
21:06to create a pottery dynasty
21:08that has endured
21:09for well over two centuries.
21:12Charles is meeting
21:13with chief curator
21:14of the V&A Wedgwood collection,
21:17Kate Turner.
21:18So Josiah Wedgwood was born
21:20in 1730
21:21to a family of potters
21:23in Staffordshire,
21:24in Burslem.
21:24He had this real
21:25experimental mind.
21:27The combination of skills
21:28enabled him
21:29to kind of take
21:31the ceramic industry
21:32by storm
21:33and kind of transform it.
21:35An order came through
21:36from the palace
21:37from Queen Charlotte.
21:38She placed future orders
21:39and he was then able
21:40to rename his creamware
21:42as Queen's Ware
21:43and to self-style himself
21:45as potter to her majesty.
21:47Thus cementing Josiah
21:49as an 18th century
21:50marketing maverick.
21:52Utilised all sorts
21:53of really savvy
21:53sales techniques
21:54like buy one,
21:55get one free
21:56and free delivery.
21:58He published sales catalogues,
22:00illustrated sales catalogues.
22:01It's amazing.
22:02The constant scientific
22:04experimentation
22:05led to Wedgwood's
22:07ultimate design creation,
22:09Jasperware.
22:10By 1774
22:11he'd perfected
22:13his Jasper body
22:14and it was then
22:15able to be produced
22:16in all manner
22:16of shapes,
22:17styles
22:18and with these
22:19lovely white cut
22:20reliefs around the outside.
22:21Of course that,
22:22I suppose,
22:22put to mind perfectly
22:23what was happening
22:24with discoveries
22:25at Pompeii,
22:27Herculean,
22:27it was all so on trend.
22:29This invention
22:30propelled Wedgwood's pottery
22:31to new heights
22:32of popularity.
22:34He was building
22:35a global design powerhouse
22:37with affordability,
22:38beauty
22:38and savvy business acumen.
22:42Talking of acumen,
22:43let's find Rue.
22:44She's going to use
22:44that very clay
22:46that Wedgwood perfected.
22:48Take it away,
22:49Felicity nut.
22:50You're using
22:50Jasperware clay
22:51and it's the only place
22:52in the world
22:53where you'll be able
22:54to use it.
22:54Oh, that's amazing.
22:56This process
22:56is what we call coning.
22:59So,
23:00you want your hands
23:00nice and flat
23:01and your fingertips
23:02touching.
23:03Right.
23:04You're going to squeeze
23:04the clay in with your palms
23:06so you're aiming
23:07for that cone shape.
23:08You made that look
23:09so easy.
23:11You're good
23:12at this, Rue.
23:13Lovely.
23:14All the way up.
23:16So, I'm going
23:16to give mine
23:17a bit of a neck
23:18at the top here.
23:18OK.
23:19Again,
23:20it's just nice
23:20and gentle.
23:22There we go.
23:23I've got to say,
23:24I think you've got
23:25the neck,
23:25Miss Irvin.
23:26I am so happy
23:28with that.
23:29And I just enjoyed
23:30every second.
23:31Brilliant.
23:32I feel like I'm connected
23:33to Wedgwood forever now.
23:34You've done a brilliant job.
23:36Pretty good
23:37for a first attempt,
23:38Rue.
23:40Meanwhile,
23:41excitement abounds
23:42for Charles
23:43with a very special
23:44invite behind the scenes.
23:46Josiah Wedgwood
23:47notched up
23:48thousands
23:48of experimental trials
23:50in his quest
23:51for perfection.
23:53Kate has
23:53some original samples.
23:55These trials,
23:57what age are we talking?
23:58What time frame
23:59are these from?
23:59These are probably
24:001770s,
24:01around the time
24:02that we're working
24:02towards perfecting
24:04Jasperware.
24:05Amazing.
24:05You can see
24:06different pieces
24:06where they're testing
24:07for clay bodies,
24:09others for glazes.
24:10There's also little
24:10letters on some of them,
24:12so TBO is
24:13top of the biscuit oven.
24:14TTBO is
24:15tip top of the biscuit oven.
24:17And we've got
24:18all sorts of pencil marks,
24:19which we can't say
24:20for sure who made
24:20those pencil marks.
24:22But it could have been him.
24:23But it could possibly
24:23have been him.
24:24Wonderful.
24:25Wedgwood's impact
24:26extended beyond
24:27the realm of pottery.
24:29He was fully committed
24:30to the welfare of mankind
24:32and actively campaigned
24:34for the abolition
24:34of slavery
24:35in the British Empire.
24:37So, Desire Wedgwood
24:38was a member
24:38of the Society
24:39for the Abolition
24:41of the Slave Trade,
24:42the emblem of which
24:43was this kneeling figure
24:45in chains
24:47with his arms uplifted,
24:48which reads,
24:49Am I not a man
24:50and a brother?
24:51It's quite a traumatic
24:52image for us today,
24:53but at the time
24:54it was really,
24:55really key
24:55as a kind of image
24:56of sympathy
24:57to promote
24:58the cause for abolition.
25:00Desire Wedgwood
25:01was producing
25:01the emblem
25:02in his Jasper body,
25:04then worn by supporters
25:06of the cause
25:07as a sort of
25:07early process badge.
25:09These are 18th century,
25:10then?
25:10Yeah, 1787.
25:12And they would be
25:13distributed for free
25:14to abolitionists as well
25:15as a sort of
25:16contribution
25:17to the cause.
25:19This cameo medallion
25:20was worn by thousands
25:21of supporters
25:22and it would become
25:23an iconic symbol
25:24of the anti-slavery movement.
25:27It's been a joy
25:28and, of course,
25:29those emblems
25:29which mean so much today.
25:32Desire Wedgwood,
25:34the 18th century visionary
25:35that not only revolutionised
25:37the pottery industry,
25:39he also had
25:40a passionate commitment
25:42to social progress.
25:44To quote Mr. Wedgwood
25:46from 1775,
25:48he wanted to
25:49astonish the world
25:51all at once.
25:53Something he
25:54wholeheartedly achieved.
25:59We're back on the road
26:00with Yappy.
26:02I'm thinking,
26:03come on,
26:04if you can turn back time
26:05and take Yappy
26:07back to the year.
26:08But then we wouldn't
26:08have our road trip.
26:09Flower, pal.
26:10Peace, man.
26:12Our pair have now arrived
26:13in the town of Nantwich.
26:15Can you brie-leave it?
26:18The world's biggest
26:19cheese festival
26:20is held here.
26:21But nothing can get cheddar
26:23than this lovely establishment.
26:26Dagfield's crafts
26:27and antiques.
26:29It's Gouda be great.
26:32I Swiss you all the best.
26:35Who writes this stuff?
26:37We are here.
26:38Wow.
26:39It's huge.
26:40I think I'm a right-handed guy,
26:41so if I go right...
26:43I will go this way then,
26:44shall I?
26:44Bye.
26:44Let's tag along with Chas.
26:47Antiques, here we are.
26:50You could get lost here for days.
26:54This city of antiques
26:56has seven mighty emporiums.
26:59With over 250 dealers
27:01selling goodies,
27:03our happy chappy
27:03has £280 to splurge.
27:06I so enjoyed learning
27:08about Wedgwood
27:09that now I'm looking
27:10for trinket dishes
27:12or jasperware
27:13or even some black basal
27:16and just in here already...
27:17Wow.
27:19There we are.
27:20And this is a finely grained stoneware
27:22perfected by Wedgwood
27:23Josiah
27:24in the year 1768
27:27with a lovely sprigged decoration
27:29in this fruiting vine.
27:30This is 1960s
27:32rather than being 1760s.
27:34But the problem is
27:35when it comes to modern
27:36Wedgwood trinket dishes
27:37and boxes and covers,
27:38there's not much wedge
27:39in the wood.
27:40So when there's no wedge
27:41in the wood,
27:42you walk away
27:43from Wedgwood.
27:45Eloquently put, eh?
27:47Elsewhere in this megacity
27:49I spy a roo.
27:50She has 210 smackers
27:55to play with.
28:00You don't often come across
28:02vintage money boxes
28:03and they are so collectible.
28:05OK, you're a wee kid
28:06saving up your pennies.
28:08Put your penny into his palm
28:09and...
28:10..down the hatch.
28:12This is just so much more fun.
28:15So it motivated children
28:16to start saving their pennies.
28:18He's scary.
28:20But I want to see
28:22just how real he is
28:23because he looks
28:24in great condition.
28:25The paint,
28:26apart from a couple
28:27of little scuffs,
28:28looks quite new.
28:30Now this is
28:31antique cast iron money box.
28:33£38.
28:34But the fact is
28:36Bobo doesn't have
28:38much age to him.
28:39Sorry Bobo,
28:40I'm walking away.
28:41Right.
28:42Let's find Chazza.
28:46Typical.
28:47I like this stand.
28:51There's just opportunity
28:52of sleepy object.
28:56So back in the 18th century
28:57it was fashionable
28:59in society
28:59to enjoy chocolate.
29:02Chocolate as a hot drink
29:03was exotic,
29:05it was expensive
29:06and it was refined.
29:08And what I love
29:09about this side handle
29:11is it is just like
29:12chocolate pot.
29:13300 years ago
29:14chocolate houses
29:15became as common
29:17as coffee shops today.
29:19Sweetening with vanilla,
29:20milk and sugar
29:21was the ultimate
29:22sign of wealth.
29:24It would date
29:24to around 1780.
29:26So first of all,
29:27great to find.
29:28Nice handle,
29:29just there.
29:30So of course
29:31when you held
29:31the chocolate pot
29:32you weren't burning
29:33your hands.
29:34And that's a good sign
29:35it's period.
29:36Acorn finial,
29:37also typical
29:38of an 18th century pot
29:39and that's
29:40a chocolate pot
29:41of high Georgian society
29:43of circa 1760.
29:46I love chocolate.
29:47I like this.
29:49It's priced at 34 pounds
29:50and is a hot pot
29:52for Chas.
29:54Let's find Rue.
29:57Ooh,
29:58there's a name I like.
30:00I like a good name
30:01when it comes to silver.
30:02Mappin and Webb.
30:03But look how pretty
30:05these are.
30:07But this is a boxed set
30:09of Mappin and Webb
30:10sterling silver spoons
30:12and one of the biggest
30:13names in silver.
30:14They've had the Royal Warrant
30:15since 1897
30:17so they've been supplying
30:19silver to the British monarchs.
30:21Now that is the ultimate
30:22stamp of approval
30:24but they've actually been going
30:25for nearly 250 years
30:27so they're a very
30:28British institution.
30:31So we've all seen
30:32the spoons
30:33with the Apostle Handles
30:34so they've either got
30:34a saint on the top here
30:36or, you know,
30:37another religious figure
30:38and they were very collectible
30:39and they've been huge
30:40since the 16th century.
30:42And in the Victorian period
30:44sets of spoons
30:46in fancy silk-lined cases
30:48made ideal christening gifts.
30:51OK.
30:52So here looking at the hallmarks
30:53you've got the crown
30:54so that was Sheffield made.
30:57Date letter tells me
30:58it's round about 1918
30:59and you've got the M&W
31:00for mapping and web.
31:02What's the price on this?
31:04£75.
31:05OK.
31:06I might be tempted
31:07but I think the price
31:08would need to slide
31:09just a little bit
31:10further down.
31:11Ryan is our man
31:12to chat watch with.
31:14Let's ask.
31:15I'm just going to
31:15put a figure out there.
31:16OK.
31:17Could they be £40?
31:19£40 is a bit low.
31:21Original box.
31:22I'd need...
31:23I'd need £45 at least.
31:25£45.
31:25Done.
31:26I'll take them at £45.
31:27Thank you very much.
31:29Yeah.
31:29Enjoy.
31:30Take care.
31:31Bye-bye.
31:31Take care now.
31:32See you.
31:33That's Rue all done and dusted.
31:35She now has £165 left.
31:39Back inside though,
31:40where's the Derbyshire dandy?
31:42What's caught my eye
31:43actually is the colour.
31:46Look at timber,
31:47look at the colour.
31:48This glows with this
31:50almost plum pudding
31:52and the way you feel
31:53the timber,
31:53it's very smooth and silky
31:54and it's just slightly
31:56raised as well
31:57and to me,
31:58from the lid,
31:59it looks to be
32:0018th century.
32:01What I like
32:01are the swing handles.
32:04They are typically
32:05Georgian swing
32:06swan neck handles.
32:08What's also nice
32:09is we've got
32:10feather banding
32:12or style of
32:14parketry banding
32:15on the edge
32:16of the box.
32:17I think
32:18it's a piece
32:19of campaign furniture.
32:21The drawer
32:21falls out like that.
32:25That's a long drawer.
32:26What we look for
32:27is quality
32:28and you'll see
32:29this timber
32:31is oak
32:32and an oak-lined
32:34mahogany drawer
32:34is always
32:36good quality.
32:37If it is
32:37a maritime box,
32:39it could have been
32:39naval
32:40or merchant,
32:41you wonder
32:42whether it could have
32:43been a box
32:44for perhaps
32:44ship logs
32:45or map.
32:47Nice.
32:47I like it.
32:49It's priced
32:50on the label
32:51at 75 pounds.
32:54I might say
32:55land or hoy.
32:56This is coming
32:57into shore with me.
32:58Your jokes
32:59are keeling me,
33:01Captain Hanson.
33:02Along with the
33:0318th century
33:03chocolate pot,
33:04at 34,
33:05we have a total
33:06of 109 pounds.
33:10Yoo-hoo!
33:10Ian,
33:11snap to.
33:12Hi there.
33:13How are you?
33:14I'll get your name again.
33:15It's Ian.
33:16Ian, good to see you.
33:16How are you?
33:17I'm all right.
33:17Great to be here.
33:18Ian, it's always
33:19a joy to come here.
33:20Yeah, very, Captain.
33:21That's good.
33:22Two things I quite like.
33:23Good.
33:23Item one.
33:24Round the corner
33:25through there,
33:26there's a nice
33:27big campaign,
33:28I think,
33:28a maritime box.
33:29Yes.
33:29And a copper
33:30chocolate pot.
33:32We'll give you
33:32the best for cash.
33:3380 pounds.
33:34Are you serious?
33:35Yes.
33:35I'll take it.
33:36Are you serious?
33:37Yes, I'll take that.
33:38So, I and you
33:3980 pounds.
33:40Yep.
33:40OK.
33:41That breaks down
33:41to 30 for the
33:4218th century
33:43chocolate pot
33:44and 50 for
33:45the naval
33:46mahogany box.
33:48Leaving Charles
33:49with 200 pounds.
33:52Bye!
33:55What a character.
33:57Indeed.
33:58Charles' items
33:58will be sent
33:59onwards to the auction.
34:01The shopping
34:02is now complete.
34:03Yee-haw!
34:05Almost like
34:06a big puddle there.
34:06Ready?
34:07No!
34:08Respect the yappies!
34:10Yappie, yappie, yappie!
34:11Keep your bodywork free!
34:12Om, om, om!
34:14Oi, oi, oi!
34:16Best get some
34:17shutter, I reckon.
34:21With a frenzy
34:22of excitement,
34:23we're limbering up
34:24for auction fun.
34:26Do you know,
34:26Charles,
34:26I missed a trick.
34:27I should have
34:28arranged a piper
34:29to come and
34:29pipe you in.
34:30Perfect.
34:30Well, you could have
34:32actually.
34:33I would have loved that.
34:35Our pair,
34:35after whizzing around
34:36the West Midlands
34:37and Cheshire,
34:38have returned north
34:39to the county
34:41of Midlothian
34:42and the town
34:43of Rosewell
34:44for the third
34:44in a best-of-five
34:45auction contest
34:47at Thompson Roddick.
34:49For sale in the room,
34:50on the phone
34:51and on the net.
34:53Commanding
34:53from the rostrum
34:54is Sybel Thompson.
34:56At 95 pounds.
35:03Charles bought
35:04five lots
35:04for 200 pounds.
35:06Thoughts,
35:07please,
35:07Sybel.
35:08These two
35:09ecclesiastical panels
35:11are really
35:12rather interesting.
35:13They're really
35:14well designed
35:14and I particularly
35:16think they have
35:17what I might say
35:18the edge.
35:19There's just
35:19something about them.
35:20Rue collected
35:21five lots
35:22for the sum
35:23of 235 pounds.
35:26What's your faves,
35:27Sybel?
35:28This papier-mâché
35:29tray is great
35:30and it would look
35:31absolutely amazing
35:32on a sideboard
35:33with some nice
35:34crystal glasses.
35:36Back to our
35:37jolly twosome.
35:38Find your seats,
35:39please.
35:40I'm coming round here.
35:41I'm going to sit down here.
35:42OK.
35:43There you go.
35:44And it's now
35:45why I need to come back
35:46from 2-0 down.
35:48I'm probably more nervous
35:49than you are right now.
35:50Why?
35:50You're way ahead of me.
35:52You can relax.
35:54First up,
35:55Rue's Viking ring.
35:57It's like
35:571,000 years old.
35:58Yep.
35:58It starts straight in
36:00at 20 bits.
36:0122, 25, 28, 30,
36:0532, 2, 32,
36:0735, 38, 40,
36:1042, 45, 48,
36:1350, 5.
36:14If selling it
36:15to the lady,
36:15the internet's out
36:16at 55 pounds.
36:19Oh, my goodness me.
36:20What a prophet.
36:22That was
36:22Thor-ruly
36:24satisfying, Rue.
36:25Great start.
36:27I might call you
36:27Rue de coeur.
36:28Rue de coeur.
36:29Rue de coeur.
36:31Your turn, Charles,
36:33with the natty
36:33Ardeco vase.
36:35Black and white,
36:36Derby County.
36:37Who are you?
36:38Who are you?
36:39Watch us fly.
36:4020 bits, 20 bits,
36:4120 bits, 20 bits,
36:4220 bits,
36:42it could be a tiger,
36:43you know, the colour.
36:44It could be a tiger.
36:4420 bits, 22, 25.
36:46Telling it on the internet.
36:48In the great auction jungle.
36:48Come on.
36:4928.
36:5028 at 28 pounds.
36:54The great auction jungle.
36:56Hanson, you make me laugh.
36:58When you can find something
37:00which is so vibrant
37:01for 20 pounds,
37:03it's a great hunt.
37:05The pair of Scottish
37:06Art Nouveau silver dishes
37:07from Rue now.
37:09I think, you know,
37:10you're also quite on the vert.
37:11You're organic,
37:12you're free-flowing,
37:13you've got colour,
37:14you're like a reincarnated flower.
37:16Oh, thank you.
37:18And you are a Scottish,
37:20the so proud ember.
37:21What a bit prickly.
37:22No.
37:22And we're going to start
37:23straight in at
37:2432, 35, 38,
37:2642, 5,
37:2848, 50,
37:2985,
37:3060,
37:315,
37:3175,
37:3275,
37:32I need advance on 75,
37:34Come on, room.
37:3585, 80,
37:3680,
37:3785,
37:3785 at 85 pounds.
37:41Congratulations, partner.
37:43Congratulations.
37:45Thistle do nicely.
37:47Well done, room.
37:48I bought them for Scotland.
37:50Yeah, you did.
37:51I bought them for Scotland.
37:52That's it.
37:53Back to Chas
37:54and his collection
37:55of nuns shoeboxes.
37:58They literally were
37:59covered in cobwebs
38:00and dust
38:01from the old nunnery.
38:03We've got 30 bits.
38:04Come on.
38:0432, 35,
38:06in the corner
38:07at 35,
38:0838.
38:09Go on, one more break either.
38:10At 38 pounds.
38:13There's five lovely boxes.
38:16I know.
38:17It's nun-believable.
38:19New York nuns.
38:21Come on.
38:22That's right.
38:23Time now
38:24for Rue's Victorian
38:25bluejohn brooch.
38:27Has bluejohn
38:28had its day?
38:29I don't know.
38:29No.
38:29And we've started
38:31straight in
38:31at 10, 15,
38:3320 pounds.
38:34Come on, Rue.
38:34At 20, 22, 25.
38:36It's moving.
38:3728, 30.
38:38This is giving me
38:39indigestion.
38:40At 30 pounds.
38:43Come on.
38:43Oh.
38:43Goodbye.
38:45I think Rue's in pain.
38:47Let's move on quickly.
38:49Bad luck.
38:50Oh.
38:52Bad luck.
38:53Bad luck, baby.
38:54Whatever.
38:55Get over it.
38:56He doesn't care, Rue.
38:58It's one of the auctioneers' faves now.
39:01Jazz's arts and crafts panels.
39:05Hold on.
39:06I can feel the atmosphere now.
39:07It's just building.
39:08And I can start on the book
39:09at 65, 75, 85, 90.
39:14It's profits.
39:1590 pounds.
39:16At 90 pounds.
39:18Take that.
39:19And party.
39:20What a heavenly result, Charles.
39:23So that was a result.
39:24I'm very happy.
39:24I think you did incredibly well.
39:25I think they're gorgeous.
39:27Probably one of my favourite boys.
39:28That's very kind.
39:30The auctioneer's other faves now,
39:33Rue's mega-sized papier-mâché tray.
39:36Right, I'm going to show everyone the size.
39:38Like, start me at 60 pounds for the tray.
39:41Look at the size of this.
39:4360.
39:43Very nice.
39:4460.
39:4540 pounds for the tray.
39:46A lot of trays for the money.
39:4740 bit.
39:48Beautifully modelled.
39:5042, 45, 48, 50, 55.
39:54Well done, partner.
39:5560, 60.
39:56Hefty.
39:57Anyone, any advance on 60.
39:59Oh, there's a room.
40:00Thank you, Rue.
40:00At 60, at 60 pounds.
40:03Sold.
40:04Core, Rue's working for her money.
40:06Great result.
40:08What a bargain, Rue.
40:09I took it over there.
40:10No, don't you do.
40:12Calm down, Chas.
40:14Right, moving swiftly on.
40:15The 18th-century chocolate pot from Hanson now.
40:19It's rustic, it's original, and I like it.
40:23I'm at 22, 25, 28.
40:26Come on, flying.
40:2628.
40:27Selling away at 28.
40:2820.
40:28Any bounce on 28 and 28 pounds.
40:32And I'll say, sell a V.
40:34Not quite chocks away, Charles.
40:37Recycle the past and live with it, cherish it.
40:40Absolutely.
40:41Understand it.
40:42The rather lovely boxed set of Apostle Spoons now from Rue.
40:47It's definitely a me lot.
40:49Yeah.
40:50Bit of colour.
40:51Bit of colour.
40:5365 bits.
40:54Goodness.
40:54Is anyone else going on for the spoons?
40:56All silver, solid silver.
40:58At 65 pounds.
41:00We are sold.
41:02Be happy, Rue.
41:03It's a decent profit.
41:04You are the chosen one.
41:06That's a huge profit, 20 pound profit.
41:10It's the final lot.
41:12Charles' naval mahogany box.
41:14I'm really hopeful it might make a small profit.
41:17Land ahoy.
41:1930 bits.
41:19Small steps.
41:2030 bits.
41:2132.
41:2232.
41:2335.
41:23We'll just handle it.
41:24That mahogany.
41:2538.
41:2640.
41:2642.
41:2742.
41:27It's moving.
41:2845.
41:2948.
41:30Lovely to break even.
41:31At 48 pounds.
41:36We've walked the plank with that one, Charles.
41:39Do you know, I think it was fairly even, Stevens.
41:41I think we were neck and neck the whole way.
41:42We were.
41:43It was like the Grand National.
41:43We were just two horses just cantering.
41:45It's not quite photo finish.
41:47I think you were sort of thought on favourite.
41:48I don't know.
41:49And I'm like the outsider.
41:50But I'm closing the gap.
41:52No, I think it's depending on the angle.
41:54We need to go and spick the angle.
41:55A hair's length.
41:56OK.
41:57Come on.
41:58Let's go this way.
41:59After all cell room costs, Charles has a figure of 390 pounds and 24 pennies.
42:08While Rue, also after costs, just nudges Charles with a figure of 406 pounds and 90 pence,
42:17making Rue victorious for auction number three.
42:20All profits go to children in need.
42:24I think they call it Rue.
42:26I think they call it a hat trick.
42:28You're a hat trick heroine.
42:29I've got a little trophy for you for being such an amazing sport.
42:33And I made it for you.
42:34Yeah.
42:35At Wedgwood itself.
42:36Are you being serious?
42:37Is this for me?
42:38Yes.
42:39That's lovely.
42:39Oh, you've dated it.
42:40You've signed it.
42:41That could be the masterpiece of tomorrow.
42:44This could be my money can't buy object.
42:47The future.
42:48Are you being serious?
42:48Yes.
42:49Yes.
42:49I'm weak at the knees now.
42:51But can I have my pop-up?
42:52I'll be my losing.
42:53I'll just walk your way.
42:55Next time on the trip...
42:59I could become your driver.
43:00Why am I becoming your driver?
43:02No!
43:03Charles talks to a teapot.
43:05This could be my sweet sleeper.
43:08Wakey-wakey.
43:10I could be the big one.
43:11And Rue feels the pressure.
43:13Ah!
43:13Oh, no!
43:15Oh, he's right behind me.
43:16Oh, no!
43:16Oh, he's right behind me.
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