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Antiques Road Trip - Season 31 Episode 23 -
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00:00Behind 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 day.
00:14And valiant losers.
00:16I actually can't believe that.
00:17It 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.
00:30Hello, Staffordshire.
00:34Man, oh man, boy.
00:36Yeah.
00:38Charles, stop making me laugh. I need the toilet.
00:41Let's get this show on the road, shall we?
00:43Were you ever a rocker?
00:45I was.
00:46How would you head back back at the end of the day? Can you do one for me now?
00:53And that's how you do it.
00:55Right.
00:56It's the third leg with the daddy from Derbyshire, Charles Hansen.
01:01And Mosher extraordinaire and lover of jewels, Rue Irvin.
01:07I'll put a football in the back.
01:09And what we could do tonight, we'll do some kick-ups or we'll play Wally.
01:12Or can I do a kippy-yappy?
01:13If you're also good at headbanging, you can sort of bounce ball on your head like that.
01:17Sounds painful.
01:18Our best chums are zooming around in the 1971 VW camper van.
01:25Have you really bedded in with Yappie?
01:27Yappie and I have spoken.
01:29There you go.
01:30Happy, yappie, cloppy.
01:32Last time, Rue met some kitties.
01:35Oh, cats!
01:37Hello, darling.
01:39And Charles was a proper Clark Kent.
01:42Got to work hard for the Antilles road trip.
01:45Each day, both experts can spend up to £400
01:49and whoever wins best of five auctions will be the overall champ.
01:54At £160.
01:58High five.
01:58Amazing.
02:00Thanks.
02:01So far, Rue has notched up two auction wins.
02:04As we enter round three, can Charles claim a victory?
02:07Because 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.
02:24Oh, is it?
02:26Fascinating, eh?
02:27This tour began in South Yorkshire, zipped around Lincolnshire,
02:32will 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.
02:42Smarty Pants Hanson.
02:43Say it again to me.
02:45Smarty Pants Hanson.
02:46Right, thank you very much.
02:48Our revved-up road trippers are in Staffordshire,
02:51shopping all the way to Nantwich in Cheshire.
02:54Smarty Pants Hanson has dropped off Rue in the town of Litchfield.
03:00Now we're going in this lovely emporium,
03:03formerly a Victorian school, Litchfield Antique Centre.
03:08Oh, here comes the headmistress.
03:14Let'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.
03:24Ooh!
03:25The tiniest chair in the land.
03:28Rue has £400, remember?
03:30Let's see what she finds.
03:35This is a pair of, what I can see,
03:38Scottish Art Nouveau silver dishes made in London.
03:43That's ticking quite a few boxes,
03:45because most silver is Birmingham or Sheffield.
03:48Quite common.
03:49It's 1904.
03:50Look 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,
04:01because the minute you add a Scottish connection,
04:04well, the whole world opens up.
04:06Nice.
04:07Price, please.
04:08So it's £95 for the pair.
04:12Let's take a look at this one.
04:14This one isn't a stag, sadly,
04:17but 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.
04:25While we leave Rue to Rootall,
04:28Charles is just south of Stafford in the village of Dunstan.
04:32Southern Antiques Centre is a cluster of Georgian farm buildings.
04:39He's back, he look.
04:42So excitable, that boy.
04:44There's a veritable treasure chest of delights in here.
04:48Look at that lot.
04:49Rue, where are you? Come 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.
05:10But 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.
05:25And get on with it.
05:26Yeah, 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.
05:47Yet it's 28 pound.
05:49How can that be?
05:50I'm not saying that a Viking ring is common,
05:52but there's enough of them discovered
05:54that you can get them pretty easily,
05:56a bit like Roman coins.
05:57But this would have been made of bronze.
06:01So in the Viking era,
06:02the men and the women all wore jewellery,
06:04and it was either made of silver or bronze.
06:06But if you were very wealthy,
06:08it would be made of gold.
06:10Not just warriors.
06:11The Vikings were also master craftsmen,
06:14and jewellery would be full of symbolism.
06:17Thor's hammer, for example,
06:19would represent strength.
06:21God, you know, that's something in this.
06:23I'm actually...
06:23My right hand's getting quite tingly.
06:25Honestly, that's given me goosebumps.
06:31That's a definite for Rue.
06:33Now, dare we find Charles?
06:36Hello, 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,
06:46because Rue's won the first two legs of this road trip.
06:50I think this pot could be as old
06:54as the Art Deco.
06:55If you think of those rich colour schemes,
06:59if you think about the luxurious travel overseas,
07:02that's got that feel of maybe Africa.
07:06Look at that all-important foot rim,
07:08look in the light,
07:10look really carefully,
07:12and just see if you can see tiny scratches,
07:15which is a true indication of honest age.
07:19And I think that is period Art Deco,
07:22and at £28, that could be the buy.
07:25Nice thing, Charles.
07:26I like that.
07:28Now.
07:30Yoo-hoo!
07:31Rue!
07:31Oh, a bit of bluejohn.
07:36Very unusual name for a semi-precious mineral
07:40that's highly coveted.
07:41Traditional bluejohn.
07:43It's a very precious stone.
07:45It's usually in the dark, deep blue,
07:48and it's got bands of yellow and white going through it.
07:52Britain's rarest mineral.
07:54Bluejohn was first discovered by the Romans
07:56over 2,000 years ago in Derbyshire.
07:59Now, the style of this, Victorian, 100%.
08:02Now, I can't see any markings to know what material it is.
08:06But the tag is saying 19th century bluejohn brooch,
08:10rolled gold mount, which would be common.
08:14So, at £65, it is a possible...
08:18It's ticking a few boxes.
08:19It needs a little bit of TLC,
08:21but if I was 150 years old,
08:23I need a lot more TLC than that.
08:25Along with the bluejohn brooch,
08:27we also have the Viking ring at 28.
08:30The Scottish Arnouveau silver dishes for 95,
08:33totaling £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,
08:44not 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.
08:52Could they be close to £50?
08:56No, unfortunately.
08:57We can do just £10 off those.
09:00That would be £85.
09:03And the bluejohn brooch at 65?
09:05Could that be close to, say, 40?
09:0945.
09:1045?
09:1045.
09:11OK.
09:11This 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.
09:23That bumper buy breaks down to 28 for the Viking ring,
09:2777 for the Scottish Arnouveau silver dishes,
09:30and the bluejohn brooch for 45.
09:35Rue now has £250 left.
09:40Let'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.
09:58Oh, Gavin here has bought all this lot from a local chapel.
10:02Aren't they lovely?
10:03So, these are all old nuns shoeboxes in pine,
10:10full of pedigree.
10:12How much are the boxes individually or as a collection?
10:16I do the lock footage, then.
10:17Are you being serious?
10:18Yeah.
10:19Nuns shoeboxes.
10:22This is a new direction for Chas.
10:26Three.
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
10:52is that 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.
11:10We also have the Art Deco vase at £28.
11:14Stand 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.
11:25Another one on the left, yeah.
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
11:34a sort of stacking collection
11:36of five shoe-shining boxes
11:38he bought from a chapel this morning in Cheshire.
11:41OK.
11:41He said £40, Hanson.
11:43If I put the two together, that's £68.
11:45Just around £60.
11:46Are you sure?
11:47Yeah.
11:47Keep the boxes as £40
11:49and we'll take £20 on the box.
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.
12:00Come on, have a go.
12:02Staffordshire versus Starbyshire.
12:03Come on, give me some.
12:05Come on, give me some.
12:06Come on.
12:07Come on.
12:08Jazz is super playful today.
12:10I got me.
12:12See 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.
12:27Rue means business today
12:28with her gold-heeled slippers look.
12:32Let'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.
12:46I'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...
13:12Oh, there we go.
13:13The lining fabric has torn, it's covered.
13:16Age-wise, I think it's probably late Victorian,
13:20but condition.
13:22That's what's putting me off.
13:24Let's leave Rue to rummage.
13:27Now, where's Charles?
13:28I 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, Yappie.
13:41How are you feeling?
13:42We can do this.
13:43Blimey, it's tipping it down.
13:46Charles is a bit further north in the town of Burslem.
13:51At John Mark Antiques and Curios.
13:55Stop your larking around, Charles.
13:57Almost.
13:59Get inside.
14:02Get inside quick.
14:03Charles has £340 to play with.
14:07So, straight away,
14:09you'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.
14:21Teak.
14:22Mid-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,
14:39the condition has to be mint.
14:40So the only way now is up
14:42and find out what else it is.
14:44While he switches to full-on mooch,
14:48let's zip back to Rue in Stafford.
14:50Now that, that 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 in the year 200 back in China,
15:11which is why you often see beautiful Chinese scenes on them.
15:14Papier-mâché means mashed paper,
15:18and although France didn't invent it,
15:20they were the first country in 18th-century Europe to produce it.
15:23You see these beautiful papier-mâché trays.
15:26Think of the Regency period, the Victorian era,
15:30often 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 I'm knocking on wood.
15:41But the thing is, it's so tough
15:43that you can actually sit on chairs made of paper.
15:46It's such a wonderful technique.
15:48I would say this is at least 150 years old
15:50and probably one of the nicest pieces I've seen.
15:54But to me, this just screams Victorian Britain.
15:59There's no price tag.
16:00Let's ask Ian.
16:02With no price on it,
16:04could the tray be 40?
16:07Yeah, yeah, we can do 40 for you.
16:09So I would take you up on your kind offer, 40 pound.
16:12Thank you very much.
16:12Thank you so much.
16:1420, 40.
16:15Thank you very much.
16:16There you go, though, thank you.
16:17That's lovely of 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 is passion for collecting.
16:49And here you almost feel you're behind the altar in a very private chapel with so many objects reminding you of the church.
16:59It's amazing.
17:02It really is.
17:03Would you, Adam and Eve, it?
17:04Would you, Adam and Eve, it?
17:05Charles has already scooped up some ecclesiastical booty with the nuns' shoeboxes.
17:11Could he be in the mood for more?
17:13These are nice.
17:14I think often what we see in church items can be objects made by the Guild of Handicraft in Birmingham.
17:23And these are gorgeous.
17:25These would have been almost the doors or the panels to a tabernacle, which we see often on the altar within a church.
17:33And we're used to all things, particularly for the communion, the bread and the offering of the wine.
17:38So that's why the keyhole is there to lock such precious objects away and keep them safe.
17:45And they really capture artistry in the arts and crafts of the church in the early years of the 20th century.
17:53We don't have a price.
17:54Brace yourself, Mark.
17:56What's the absolute death on those, Mark?
17:58£60.
17:59Are you sure?
17:59Absolutely dead.
18:00Fine.
18:00OK.
18:02I'm going to take the doors at £60.
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 and a scholar, Mark.
18:16Charles now has the sum of £280.
18:18Reunited, our pals are back in the van.
18:25Can you hear me OK?
18:26Just about.
18:28Sorry about that.
18:29It's the lights and the horn.
18:32It appears to be like the same button.
18:34Only with you do your lights and your horn work at the same time.
18:39When it comes, nighty night.
18:41It's the plum loaf from last time.
19:02Go on.
19:02Give it a piece now.
19:03Go on.
19:04Cheers.
19:05Roo, you've got a bit of...
19:07Oh, never mind.
19:08Yesterday, Roo was in super warrior mode.
19:12She bought loads.
19:13The large papier-mâché tray.
19:16The pair of silver Scottish Arnougo dishes.
19:20The Victorian blue john brooch.
19:23And the bronze Viking ring.
19:24Honestly, that's given me goosebumps.
19:26Roo now has £210 left.
19:30While Charles was...
19:32Well, Charles.
19:34Buying the Art Deco vase.
19:35The five Victorian nuns shoeboxes.
19:38And the pair of arts and crafts religious panels.
19:42These are gorgeous.
19:43Charles has a saintly £280 left.
19:48Now, listen.
19:49Do you need to spend a penny?
19:51I might do.
19:53What I could do is give you a potty.
19:55Or we could go potty for pots.
19:58Let's not get dizzy.
20:00Let's get potty.
20:01That's very caring of you, Chas.
20:02I'm going to get potty and I'm going to really try and buy the finest piece of Staffordshire
20:09potty or potty I can buy.
20:10OK, well, I will raise you and buy a chamber pot.
20:14I could do all those because, you know, put the back here and at least we've got a mobile
20:18toilet on board.
20:20What a plan.
20:22Yuck.
20:22We have made it to the village of Barleston in Stoke-upon-Trent.
20:28There is a great man, Josiah Wedgwood.
20:31He welcomes us to his history.
20:34With open arms.
20:35Exactly.
20:36Let's swirl back to the 18th century.
20:39We were in the throes of a cultural revolution, the Enlightenment, the Age of Reason.
20:44A peaceful group of thinkers, scientists and artists believed that humanity could be improved
20:51through rational change.
20:53One man who stood tall amongst them was the pottery giant and social justice champion,
21:00Josiah Wedgwood.
21:02He mixed entrepreneurial ingenuity and scientific curiosity to create a pottery dynasty that
21:09has endured for well over two centuries.
21:11Charles is meeting with chief curator of the V&A Wedgwood collection, Kate Turner.
21:18So Josiah Wedgwood was, he was born in 1730 to a family of potters in Staffordshire in
21:24Burslem.
21:24He had this real experimental mind.
21:27The combination of skills enabled him to kind of take the ceramic industry by storm and
21:33kind of transform it.
21:35An order came through from the palace from Queen Charlotte.
21:38She placed future orders and he was then able to rename his creamware as Queen'sware and to
21:44self-style himself as Potter to Her Majesty.
21:47Thus cementing Josiah as an 18th century marketing maverick.
21:52He utilised all sorts of really savvy sales techniques like buy one get one free and free delivery.
21:58He published sales catalogues, illustrated sales catalogues.
22:01It's amazing.
22:02The constant scientific experimentation led to Wedgwood's ultimate design creation,
22:09jasperware.
22:10By 1774, he'd perfected his jasper body and it was then able to be produced in all manner
22:16of shapes, styles and with these lovely white cut reliefs around the outside.
22:21Of course, that, I suppose, put to mind perfectly what was happening with discoveries at Pompeii,
22:27Hercule, it was all so on trend.
22:29This invention propelled Wedgwood's pottery to new heights of popularity.
22:34He was building a global design powerhouse with affordability, beauty and savvy business acumen.
22:40Talking of acumen, let's find Rue.
22:44She's going to use that very clay that Wedgwood perfected.
22:48Take it away, Felicity nut.
22:50You're using jasperware clay and it's the only place in the world where you'll be able to use it.
22:54Oh, that's amazing.
22:56This process is what we call coning.
22:59So, you want your hands nice and flat and your fingertips touching.
23:03Right.
23:04You're going to squeeze the clay in with your palms so you're aiming for that cone shape.
23:08You made that look so easy.
23:10You're good at this, Rue.
23:13Lovely.
23:14All the way up.
23:16So, I'm going to give mine a bit of a neck at the top here.
23:18OK.
23:19Again, it's just nice and gentle.
23:21There we go.
23:23I've got to say, I think you've got the neck, Miss Irvin.
23:27I am so happy with that.
23:29And I just enjoyed every second.
23:31Brilliant.
23:31I feel like I'm connected to Wedgwood forever now.
23:34You've done a brilliant job.
23:36Pretty good for a first attempt, Rue.
23:40Meanwhile, excitement abounds for Charles, with a very special invite behind the scenes.
23:46Desire Wedgwood notched up thousands of experimental trials in his quest for perfection.
23:53Kate has some original samples.
23:55These trials, what age are we talking?
23:58What time frame are these from?
23:59These are probably 1770s, around the time that we're working towards perfecting Jasperware.
24:05Amazing.
24:05You can see different pieces where they're testing for clay bodies, others for glazes.
24:10There's also little letters on some of them.
24:12So, TBO is top of the biscuit oven.
24:14T-TBO is tip top of the biscuit oven.
24:17And we've got all sorts of pencil marks, which we can't say for sure who made those pencil marks.
24:22But it could have been him.
24:23But it could possibly have been him.
24:24Wonderful.
24:25Wedgwood's impact extended beyond the realm of pottery.
24:29He was fully committed to the welfare of mankind and actively campaigned for the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.
24:36So, Desire Wedgwood was a member of the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, the emblem of which was this kneeling figure in chains with his arms uplifted, which reads,
24:49Am I not a man and a brother?
24:51It's quite a traumatic image for us today, but at the time it was really, really key as a kind of image of sympathy to promote the cause for abolition.
25:00Desire Wedgwood was producing the emblem in his Jasper body, then worn by supporters of the cause.
25:06As a sort of early process badge.
25:09These are 18th century, then?
25:10Yeah, 1787.
25:12And they would be distributed for free to abolitionists as well as a sort of contribution to the cause.
25:19This cameo medallion was worn by thousands of supporters and it would become an iconic symbol of the anti-slavery movement.
25:27It's been a joy and, of course, those emblems which mean so much today.
25:31Desire Wedgwood, the 18th century visionary that not only revolutionised the pottery industry, he also had a passionate commitment to social progress.
25:44To quote Mr Wedgwood from 1775, he wanted to astonish the world all at once.
25:52Something he wholeheartedly achieved.
25:59We're back on the road with Yappy.
26:02I'm thinking, come on, if you can turn back time and take Yappy back to the year.
26:08But then we wouldn't have a road trip.
26:09Flower pal.
26:10Peace, man.
26:12Our pair have now arrived in the town of Nantwich.
26:15Can you brie-leave it?
26:18The world's biggest cheese festival is held here.
26:21But nothing can get cheddar than this lovely establishment.
26:26Dagfields, crafts and 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, so if I go right...
26:43I will go this minute, shall I?
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 has seven mighty emporiums.
26:59With over 250 dealers selling goodies,
27:03our happy chappy has £280 to splurge.
27:06I so enjoyed learning about Wedgwoods
27:09that now I'm looking for trinket dishes or jasperware
27:13or even some black basil.
27:16And just in here already...
27:17Mm-hmm.
27:18Wow, there we are.
27:19And this is a finely grained stoneware
27:21perfected by Wedgwood, Josiah, in the year 1768
27:27with a lovely sprigged decoration in this fruiting vine.
27:31This is 1960s rather than being 1760s.
27:33But the problem is, when it comes to modern Wedgwood trinket dishes
27:37and boxes and covers, there's not much wedge in the wood.
27:40So when there's no wedge in the wood, you walk away from Wedgwood.
27:45Eloquently put, eh?
27:47Elsewhere in this megacity, I spy a roo.
27:52She has 210 smackers to play with.
27:56You don't often come across vintage money boxes
28:03and they are so collectible.
28:05OK, you're a wee kid saving up your pennies.
28:08Put your penny into his palm and...
28:10..down the hatch.
28:12This is just so much more fun.
28:15So it motivated children to start saving their pennies.
28:18He's scary.
28:19But I want to see just how real he is
28:23because he looks in great condition.
28:25The paint, apart from a couple of little scuffs, looks quite new.
28:31Now, this is antique cast-iron money box, £38.
28:34But the fact is, Bobo doesn't have much age to him.
28:39Sorry, Bobo, I'm walking away.
28:42Right, let's find Chazza.
28:46Typical.
28:49I like this, Stan.
28:51There's just opportunity of sleepy object.
28:56So, back in the 18th century,
28:58it was fashionable in society to enjoy chocolate.
29:02Chocolate as a hot drink was exotic,
29:05it was expensive and it was refined.
29:08And what I love about this side handle
29:11is it is just like a chocolate pot.
29:13300 years ago, chocolate houses
29:15became as common as coffee shops today,
29:18sweetening with vanilla, milk and sugar
29:21was the ultimate sign of wealth.
29:23This would date to around 1780.
29:26So, first of all, great to find.
29:28Nice handle, just there.
29:30So, of course, when you held the chocolate pot,
29:32you weren't burning your hands.
29:34And that's a good sign it's period.
29:36Acorn finial, also typical of an 18th century pot,
29:39and that's a chocolate pot of high Georgian society of circa 1760.
29:46I love chocolate.
29:47I like this.
29:49It's priced at £34 and is a hot pos for Chaz.
29:54Let's find Rue.
29:55Ooh, there's a name I like.
30:00I like a good name when it comes to silver.
30:02Mappin and Webb.
30:04But look how pretty these are.
30:07But this is a boxed set of Mappin and Webb sterling silver spoons.
30:12And one of the biggest names in silver.
30:14They've had the Royal Warrant since 1897,
30:17so they've been supplying silver to the British monarchs.
30:21Now, that is the ultimate stamp of approval.
30:24But they've actually been going for nearly 250 years,
30:27so they're a very British institution.
30:31So we've all seen the spoons with the apostle handles,
30:34so they've either got a saint on the top here
30:36or, you know, another religious figure,
30:38and they were very collectible,
30:39and they've been huge since the 16th century.
30:42And in the Victorian period,
30:45sets of spoons in fancy silk-lined cases
30:48made ideal christening gifts.
30:51OK, so here, looking at the hallmarks,
30:53you've got the crown,
30:55so that was Sheffield made.
30:57Date letter tells me it's round about 1918,
30:59and you've got the M&W for Mappin and Webb.
31:02What's the price on this?
31:04£75.
31:05OK, I might be tempted,
31:07but I think the price would need to slide
31:09just a little bit further down.
31:11Ryan is our man to chat watch with.
31:14Let's ask.
31:15I'm just going to put a figure out there.
31:16OK.
31:17Could they be £40?
31:18£40's 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, enjoy.
31:30Take care.
31:31Bye-bye.
31:31Take care now.
31:32See you.
31:33That's Rue all done and dusted.
31:34She now has £165 left.
31:39Back inside, though, where's the Derbyshire dandy?
31:42What's caught my eye, actually, is the colour.
31:46Look at timber, look at the colour.
31:48This glows with this almost plum pudding.
31:52And the way you feel the timber, it's very smooth and silky,
31:55and it's just slightly raised as well.
31:57And to me, from the lid, it looks to be 18th century.
32:01What I like are the swing handles.
32:04They are typically Georgian swing swan neck handles.
32:08What's also nice is we've got feather banding,
32:12or style of parquetry banding, on the edge of the box.
32:17I think it's a piece of campaign furniture.
32:21The drawer falls out like that.
32:25That's a long drawer.
32:26What we look for is quality.
32:28And you'll see this timber is oak.
32:32An oak-lined mahogany drawer is always good quality.
32:37If it is a maritime box, it could have been naval or merchant,
32:41you wonder whether it could have been a box for perhaps ship logs or map.
32:46Nice. I like it.
32:49It's priced on the label at £75.
32:54I might say land ahoy.
32:56This is coming into shore with me.
32:58Your jokes are keeling me, Captain Hanson.
33:02Along with the 18th century chocolate pot, at £34,
33:05we have a total of £109.
33:09Yoo-hoo!
33:10Ian, snap to.
33:12Hi there.
33:13How are you? I'll get your name again.
33:15Ian.
33:15Ian, good to see you. How are you?
33:17How am I?
33:17Great to be here, then.
33:18Ian, it's always a joy to come here.
33:20Yeah, very, Captain.
33:21Good.
33:22Two things I quite like.
33:23Good.
33:23Item one.
33:24Round the corner through there,
33:26there's a nice big campaign, I think, a maritime box.
33:29Yes.
33:29And a copper chocolate pot.
33:32We'll give it the best for cash.
33:33£80.
33:34Are you being serious?
33:35Yes.
33:35I'll take it.
33:36Are you being serious?
33:37Yes.
33:37Yeah, I'll take that.
33:38Yeah.
33:38So, I and you, £80.
33:40Yep.
33:40OK.
33:40That breaks down to £30 for the 18th-century chocolate pot
33:44and £50 for the naval mahogany box.
33:48Leaving Charles with £200.
33:52Bye!
33:55What a character.
33:57Indeed.
33:58Charles' items will be sent onwards to the auction.
34:01The shopping is now complete.
34:04Yee-haw!
34:04What's that big puddle there?
34:06Ready?
34:07No!
34:08Respect the yappy!
34:10Yappy, yappy, yappy.
34:11Keep your bodywork free.
34:12Om, om, om!
34:14Oi, oi, oi!
34:16Best get some shutter, I reckon.
34:21With a frenzy of excitement, we're limbering up for auction fun.
34:26Do you know, Charles, I missed a trick.
34:27I should have arranged a piper to come and pipe you in.
34:30Oh, I think.
34:31Well, you could, actually.
34:33I would have loved that.
34:34Our pair, after whizzing around the West Midlands and Cheshire,
34:38have returned north to the county of Midlothian and the town of Rosewell
34:44for the third in a best-of-five auction contest at Thompson Roddick.
34:49For sale in the room, on the phone and on the net.
34:53Commanding from the rostrum is Sibel Thompson.
34:59At £95.
35:00Charles bought five lots for £200.
35:06Thoughts, please, Sibel.
35:09These two ecclesiastical panels are really rather interesting.
35:13They're really well designed.
35:15And I particularly think they have, what I might say, the edge.
35:19There's just something about them.
35:20Roo collected five lots for the sum of £235.
35:26What's your faves, Sibel?
35:28This papier-mâché tray is great.
35:31And it would look absolutely amazing on a sideboard with some nice crystal glasses.
35:36Back to our jolly twosome.
35:38Find your seats, please.
35:39I'm coming round here.
35:41I'm going to sit down here.
35:42OK.
35:43There you get me.
35:44And there's no one to come back from 2-0 down.
35:48I'm probably more nervous than you are right now.
35:50Why?
35:50You're a way ahead of me.
35:52You can relax.
35:54First up, Roo's Viking ring.
35:57It's like a thousand years old.
35:58It starts straight in at £20, £20, £20, £20, £25, £28, £30, £32, £32, £35, £38, £40, £42, £45, £48, £50, £5.
36:14If you're selling it to the lady, the internet's out at £55.
36:19Oh, my goodness me.
36:20What a profit.
36:21That was thoroughly satisfying, Roo.
36:25Great start.
36:26I might call you Roo de Kerr.
36:28Roo de Kerr.
36:29Roo de Kerr.
36:31Your turn, Charles, with the natty Ardeco vase.
36:35Black and white, Derby County.
36:37Who are you?
36:38Who are you?
36:39Watch us fly.
36:4020 bid, 20 bid, 20 bid.
36:41Let's go.
36:42It could be a tiger, you know, the colour.
36:44It could be a tiger.
36:4420 bid, 22, 25.
36:46Telling it on the internet.
36:47In the great auction jungle, come on.
36:4928.
36:50Creeping up.
36:5028 at £28.
36:53The great auction jungle.
36:56Hanson, you make me laugh.
36:58When you can find something which is so vibrant for £20, it's a great hunt.
37:05The pair of Scottish Art Nouveau silver dishes from Roo now.
37:08I think, you know, you're also quite, you're organic, you're free-flowing, you've got colour,
37:14you're like a reincarnated flower.
37:16Oh, thank you.
37:18And you are a Scottish, that's so a proud ember.
37:21What a bit prickly.
37:22And we're going to start straight in at 32, 35, 38, 42, 5, 48, 50, 5, 60, 5, 70, 5.
37:32Oh, we're up at 95.
37:33I need advance on 75, 80, 80, 85 at £85.
37:41Congratulations, partner.
37:43Congratulations.
37:45Thistle, do nicely.
37:47Well done, Roo.
37:48I bought them for Scotland.
37:50Yeah, you did.
37:51I bought them for Scotland.
37:52That's it.
37:53Back to Chas and his collection of nuns shoeboxes.
37:58They literally were covered in cobwebs and dust from the old nunnery.
38:03We've got 30 bits.
38:04Come on!
38:0432, 35, in the corner at 35, 38, 38, 30, 30, you know, at £38.
38:11There'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 for Roo's Victorian Blue John brooch.
38:27Has Blue John had its day?
38:29I don't know.
38:30And we started straight in at 10, 15, 20 pounds.
38:34Come on, Roo.
38:34At 20, 22, 25.
38:36It's moving.
38:37At 28, 30.
38:38This is giving me indigestion.
38:40At 30 pounds, 10, 15.
38:43Oh!
38:43Goodbye.
38:45I think Roo's in pain.
38:47Let's move on quickly.
38:49Ah!
38:49Bad luck.
38:50Oh!
38:52Bad luck.
38:53Bad luck, baby.
38:54Whatever, get over it.
38:56He doesn't care, Roo.
38:58It's one of the auctioneers' faves now.
39:01Chas has arts and crafts panels.
39:05Hold on, I can feel the atmosphere now.
39:07It's just building.
39:08And I can start on the book at 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 think you did incredibly well.
39:25I think they're gorgeous.
39:27Probably one of my favourite buys.
39:28That's very kind.
39:29The auctioneer's other faves now, Roo'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.
39:46Lot of tray for the money.
39:4740 bit.
39:48Beautifully modelled.
39:5042.
39:5145.
39:5248.
39:5250.
39:5355.
39:54Well done, partner.
39:5560.
39:5660.
39:56Hefty.
39:57Anyone?
39:57Any advance on 60.
39:59Oh, the room.
40:00Thank you, Roo.
40:0060 at 60 pounds.
40:03Sold.
40:04Core, Roo's working for her money.
40:06Great result.
40:08What a bargain, Roo.
40:09Chuck it over there.
40:10Don't you do.
40:11Calm down, Chas.
40:14Right, moving swiftly on.
40:16The 18th-century chocolate pot from Hanson now.
40:19It's rustic.
40:21It's original.
40:22And I like it.
40:23I'm at 22.
40:2525.
40:2528.
40:26Come on, flying.
40:2628.
40:27Selling away at 28.
40:2820.
40:28Any advance on 28.
40:30Great value.
40:3128 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.
40:43The rather lovely boxed set of Apostle Spoons now from Roo.
40:47It's definitely a me lot.
40:49Yeah.
40:50A bit of colour.
40:51A bit of colour.
40:5365 bits.
40:54Goodness.
40:5465.
40:54Is anyone else going on for the spoons?
40:56Oh, silver.
40:57Solid silver.
40:58At 65 pounds.
41:0061 pounds sold.
41:01Ha-ha.
41:02Be happy, Roo.
41:03It's a decent profit.
41:04You are the chosen one.
41:06That's a huge profit.
41:0820 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.
41:1830 bits.
41:1930 bits.
41:19Small steps.
41:2030 bits.
41:2030 bits.
41:2132.
41:2232.
41:2235.
41:2335.
41:23We'll just handle it.
41:2430 pounds.
41:2438.
41:2540.
41:2642.
41:2742.
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 pantering.
41:45It's not quite photo finish.
41:47I think you were sort of fourth one 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, OK?
41:57Come on.
41:58Let's go this way.
42:00After all cell room costs, Charles has a figure of 390 pounds and 24 pennies.
42:06While 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.
42:34At Wedgwood itself.
42:36Are you being serious?
42:37It's for me?
42:38Yes.
42:39That's lovely.
42:39Oh, you've dated it.
42:40You've signed it.
42:41I know.
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 pub back?
42:52I'll be my losing.
42:53I'll just walk your way.
42:57Next time on the trip...
42:59I could become your driver.
43:00Why am I becoming your driver?
43:02No!
43:02Charles 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!
43:14Oh, no!
43:15Oh, he's right behind me.
43:16This could be my early.
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