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Antiques Road Trip - Season 31 Episode 24 -
Playing for Pride
Playing for Pride
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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.
00:26Yeah.
00:34Oh, my goodness me, Lou.
00:36Good morning, Hanson.
00:37Good morning.
00:37We're in cheeky Cheshire.
00:40Woo!
00:41There we go.
00:42I'm hiccuping forward, OK?
00:44The waves.
00:45The waves are coming.
00:46I could become your driver.
00:48Why I could become your driver?
00:49No!
00:50All right, Lou, he's not that bad.
00:53Ready?
00:53Oh, 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.
01:06It's the fourth leg with auctioneer, whiz and all-round good guy, Charles Hanson, and dealer
01:10and jewellery lover, Mrs Sparkle, Rue Irvin.
01:15When do you think I was born?
01:16I would say, look at me, I 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.
01:31I'm hip.
01:32You're...
01:32I'm hip, happy now.
01:34Yeah.
01:35Just like the nippy, super cool 1971 Volkswagen camper van, eh?
01:40I mean, it's, you know, it's summertime.
01:42It's happy camping.
01:43Pop your chest out in the big camper van and we'll be okay.
01:47You betcha.
01:48Last time, we were rocking all over the world.
01:51How would you head back in the deck?
01:53Can you do one for me now?
01:54Wow.
01:56Charles went in the back of a van.
01:58Tail lifters down.
01:59I'm going in.
02:00And Rue 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, mate.
02:19What a crock is it.
02:20So far, Rue 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.
02:37I used to drink tomato juice in a silver goblet.
02:41Interesting.
02:43The party pass began in South Yorkshire,
02:46zipped around Lincolnshire,
02:47and the West Midlands will frolic with North West England
02:51before 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,
03:00and I would open the window every night hoping a bat would come in.
03:03Are you being serious?
03:04I think she is.
03:06Our road trip revellers are in the counties of Cheshire and Merseyside,
03:11with shopping concluding in the town of Eccleston.
03:14But first stop, Northwich.
03:18Home to fabulous Antiques Emporium Farrow House.
03:22Here we are.
03:23I'm going to beat you to...
03:23Where's the sunshine?
03:25You know, I think you're almost a 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.
03:40Let's take a look around and tag along with our lovely Rue.
03:44She has 400 smackeroonies to play with.
03:47If you hold this up to the light,
03:52that 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,
04:04but I think you would probably put your matches in here,
04:07take one out when you want to light a cigarette or a candle
04:10and strike on the bottom and voila, instant 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,
04:22I'd say it's probably the end of the Edwardian era, sort 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?
04:35That's what I call service, Phil.
04:37This has intrigued me.
04:38That's a very good choice, a lovely little piece.
04:41But there's no price on it, so can I just throw a price at you?
04:44OK, 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.
04:55Thank you very much.
04:56I'm shaking on it.
04:57Thank you, Phil.
04:57I'm pleased to pass on my thanks to the dealer.
04:59Fast work Rue, let's zip over to Chas.
05:03Like Rue, he has £400.
05:05I think my great love, what got me into antiques all those years ago, is this material here.
05:17And 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.
05:28So these plates here are circa 1750, 1760, made at a time when we were just beginning to learn the secrets of making porcelain.
05:38And 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.
05:56It's a good time to buy pottery, but I'm not for sale.
05:59Yeah, you're priceless, Charles, despite the crack.
06:05You know what out of fashion guy I am in this world of out-fashioned antique.
06:10Oh, no.
06:11Well, it's the key, you know, mid-century colour, style.
06:15You have radians, your earrings.
06:17You know, I can't match that.
06:19I'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 think so?
06:26I'm ancient.
06:26Really?
06:27Yes, my soul is far older than you.
06:29Please don't 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.
06:37Oh, cheeky.
06:40Right, let's push on with Rue.
06:42I cannot resist a gramophone.
06:43I cannot resist a gramophone.
06:45But what I like about this and what drew me to it is this magnificent brass trumpet.
06:52And it almost elevates it from something functional to decorative.
06:56Price, please.
06:58And looking at it here, gramophone in working order, £130.
07:01Not a bad price if that is in working order.
07:04But what I love about it is here at the front, you've got his master's voice.
07:10And the story behind that is so sweet.
07:14So, his master's voice is a record label created by the gramophone company in 1899.
07:19They bought the rights to a painting by Francis Barod.
07:23And the painting was of this lovely dog called Nipper looking down the face of the brass trumpet,
07:30listening to his late master's voice 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 about £70, £75.
07:41Gathering momentum, room.
07:44Now, what about jazz?
07:49Honestly.
07:54What I'm looking for is the sleeper.
07:56This is what you call yixing.
07:58And I love Chinese porcelains.
08:00Yixing in China is a region.
08:02And going back to the Neolithic, they were making pottery by hand.
08:06And this style of almost brown monochrome teapots began to be fashioned more and more in the 16th century.
08:15Tea first arrived in Britain in the 17th century when it was served as a novelty in London's coffee houses.
08:23Short spouts.
08:25Nice handle.
08:27But the bullet shape of it suggests to me it could be early.
08:32It could be 17th century.
08:33And what excites me is the fact these can take off at auction.
08:39Could make £1,000.
08:41Could make £50.
08:43Despite the ticket, it's unpriced.
08:46Turn it upside down.
08:49Looks good.
08:50It's on the base, some nice level of wear on the foot rim.
08:55This could be my sweet sleeper.
08:59And 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.
09:29Indeed.
09:30That is £20 and £40.
09:32Are you a tea drinker?
09:34I am indeed.
09:35Well, you're not now.
09:36It's going.
09:36Take care.
09:37See you.
09:37Enjoy.
09:38Thank you so much, Gail.
09:40That £40 deal means Charles now has £360.
09:45Bye-bye-bye.
09:47Hopefully full of Easton Promise.
09:49Fingers crossed, Charles.
09:52Back inside, what's Rue 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 and the way it's made,
10:16it's almost like you're looking into a pool of water with 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.
10:28Would I be tempted?
10:29It's one of those things that could make £30 or it could make £120.
10:33That could be a profit.
10:35But I'd like to get it for £40, £45.
10:38Get ready, film.
10:39Here comes a Rue.
10:40We've already agreed.
10:42£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.
10:58Now, you've got £75 on that, so 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.
11:11Could 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.
11:31That breaks down to £25 for the Ruby Glass Vesta case,
11:35£95 for His Master's Voice gramophone,
11:38and £50 for the French glass.
11:40That bumper-by leaves Roo with £230.
11:48And after all that hard work, time for something different.
11:51Come on, Roo.
11:53Let's have a race, OK?
11:55See if you can catch me now on your marks.
11:57Get set.
11:57Come on.
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.
12:11Really, 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.
12:22It'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.
12:30We should stop this tomfoolery
12:31and get back on the shopping trail with Charles.
12:35I'll see you later, OK?
12:36My dream is to find that one big, one big fine
12:47that becomes worldwide news at auction
12:49and the auctioneer says,
12:51at 900,000,
12:54950,
12:55and I wake up from a dream
12:57and I hear the auctioneer say,
12:59A million pounds!
13:02One million!
13:03One million!
13:05In your dreams, Carlos.
13:09Charles 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, Hampton Village and Antiques Emporium.
13:21With a plethora of silver, furniture, glass and ceramics,
13:27antiques are plenty in here.
13:30Charles has 360 pounds to splurge.
13:33This is really quite peculiar.
13:38It's like a sort of, shall we say, child's violin or a pochette.
13:43Some might say pochette.
13:45A style or manner of violin
13:48which was really developed in the 16th century
13:51but which took in the early stringed instruments
13:55of the Renaissance,
13:57again, of earlier times.
14:00The pochette, French for pocket,
14:02was a pocket fiddle
14:03that really took off in the late 17th century
14:06and became quite the Baroque status symbol.
14:09It's basically a style of instrument
14:11which 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.
14:21That's got age
14:21and it's timber-wise, it'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
14:42you get a hunch for 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
14:51some sweet music at auction.
14:54It's priced at £45.
14:56Let'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.
15:16Antiques traditional, cool and quirky abound in here.
15:20Let's get rootling, Rue.
15:23These are the kind of antique shops I love.
15:26Dim 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.
15:38She has £230.
15:40I love a good squeeze box.
15:42It's almost like the soundtrack to mine's
15:48and Charles' road trip.
15:50Sorrow or joy?
15:53No comment.
15:55You can almost close your eyes
15:57and be transported to a completely different country,
16:00completely different land and world.
16:03And culture.
16:04That's nice, but I think at auction,
16:07not much demand for it.
16:09Back to Chas in Frodsham.
16:13Behold, the lesser-spotted Hanson.
16:16Fully confident in his own environment.
16:20Let's see what he pounces on.
16:22What's caught my eye, actually, is this.
16:27I love the feel of wood.
16:29I'm looking for something
16:30that's just going to take my eye.
16:34What I like about this
16:35is the fact it's a fruitwood handle.
16:39It could be apple or pear.
16:40A lovely fruitwood mallet.
16:43But when you turn it upside down,
16:44you'll see it's decorated
16:45with this parquetry inlay
16:47on this nice concentric border.
16:49Again, insect with these maple little circles or roundels.
16:55And I'm not a mason,
16:58but 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.
17:12Masonic or not,
17:13as well as symbolising the honing of one's intellect,
17:16it was also thought to indicate the master's possession.
17:19of his lodge.
17:21I suspect this would date to 1890,
17:25but it's certainly, I think,
17:26late Victorian Edwardian,
17:29maybe just into the reign of George V.
17:32Number five.
17:33I'm alive.
17:34Priced at £55.
17:38It's got legs to hammer.
17:40Hopefully a profit.
17:41Let's go and find Dave the dealer.
17:44Stand by, Dave.
17:46Starting first with the pochette.
17:49There's no price to live on at all.
17:50How much could that be?
17:51I think that we were looking at around about £45 on that one.
17:55Play me in.
17:56For you, Charles,
17:57it'll do £30.
17:58And that gives you a profit still?
17:59Just a bit.
18:00I'll take it.
18:02And the late Victorian mallet,
18:04priced at £55.
18:06How much could it be?
18:08I'll do that for £45.
18:10Many thank yous, Dave.
18:12Take care.
18:13That all tops 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
18:26is 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.
18:46And often, they're silver.
18:47The pocket watch has been around
18:49since the early 16th century.
18:51The fashionable timepiece was de rigueur for gents,
18:55an essential part of a lady's jewellery display.
18:58Both 93.5% silver.
19:03Continental, probably French.
19:05There's no price.
19:06I would love these as a job lot to take to auction
19:09because they're elegant, they're classy,
19:11they're quality, they've got the silver material.
19:13The glass is intact, it's not cracked.
19:16But the hands aren't missing either.
19:19So they're ticking all the right boxes.
19:22I see what you did there.
19:24Time.
19:25Ha-ha!
19:25To talk about money with Dave the dealer.
19:28And I find these two beauties.
19:30So it's your Continental silver pocket watches.
19:33Could it be 70 for the two?
19:35Yeah, go on, we'll take 70 for them.
19:36Are you sure?
19:37We sure.
19:37Thank you so, so much.
19:4070 pounds.
19:41Thank you, Sydney.
19:42You are very kind, Dave.
19:44That timely buy leaves Roo with a pot of 160 pounds.
19:51Our chum-a-roos are back in the camper van.
19:53What I love doing is just daydreaming
19:56and also just seeing maybe in a cloud.
19:59I'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.
20:07That you are.
20:09Nighty-night.
20:10If you could live in any time or any era
20:26throughout the whole of history,
20:28when 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.
20:38Me too.
20:38I'd say you'd be in Art Deco late, 1930s.
20:41Well...
20:42Flapping 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
20:49and I don't know why.
20:50I might call you Mummy now.
20:53Oh, it's going to be a great day.
20:55I should sphinx, so...
20:57Yesterday, Roo was splashing the cash
21:01on the ruby glass fester case
21:02for his master's voice gramophone,
21:04the French glass and the ladies' pocket watches.
21:07And I'll be honest, I love them.
21:10Roo now has £160.
21:13Charles, on the other hand, approached 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
21:31when you think of Liverpool?
21:32I think of...
21:34Apart 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.
21:49Roo's made it to the big smoke of Liverpool.
21:52Standing in the shadow of the city's mighty cathedral,
21:55Roo's going to St James's Cemetery.
21:58It'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 without arms or legs,
22:14a rare condition called phocomelia.
22:17Sarah's story is one of courage,
22:19steely resistance and magnificent talent.
22:23Liverpool tourist guide Simone Peter can tell all.
22:26What was life like for her in the Georgian-Victorian era?
22:30She was quite determined,
22:31so she'd 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
22:54of 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, exhibit her work,
23:10and she was exhibited as well,
23:12so people would come to see her drawing and painting,
23:16and 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 without hands.
23:29Then, in 1808,
23:30Sarah caught the eye of the 16th Earl of Morton,
23:34George 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, teaching 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,
24:31she 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,
25:01Sarah shattered societal expectations,
25:03proving that her artistic might
25:06was not defined by physical appearance or limitation.
25:10Sarah 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,
25:22or MFPA.
25:24Rue is meeting with artist David Cawthorn.
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,
25:41which 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,
25:53I couldn't move much at all.
25:55So I started drawing and using my mouth then.
25:59After a lot of practice,
26:01I got somewhere where I felt more comfy
26:03while I was paying.
26:03The MFPA was set up in 1957
26:08as a platform for artists with disabilities
26:11to showcase their talents
26:13and gain financial security.
26:16So what does it mean to you
26:17to 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,
26:28I should say,
26:29I don't know where I'd be.
26:31I probably wouldn't be still here.
26:32Yeah, because 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
26:40about 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,
26:53somewhere out that way.
26:54The portrait,
26:55I'm happy not to see it until it's finished.
26:56I love the element of surprise.
26:58Good.
26:59But I've learned so much from you.
27:02Very good.
27:05I teach by a paper.
27:07Just like Sarah Biffin,
27:09David and the MFPA
27:10serve as sources of inspiration,
27:13a beacon of hope
27:14to empower artists
27:15to follow their dreams.
27:20Meanwhile,
27:21let'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
27:31in the top corner
27:32from 35 yards.
27:34Goal!
27:35And I found the big one.
27:37Let's do it.
27:39Charles is also in the beloved city of Liverpool,
27:41home to Britain's largest clock face.
27:44The Liver building
27:46knocks Big Ben off the spot.
27:48The faces are a full
27:50two feet larger in diameter.
27:53Tempus,
27:53Fugit,
27:54Charles.
27:55Let's see if he can score
27:56a big one in here.
27:5869A.
27:59Doesn't it?
28:00Look, marvellous.
28:01There's a definite feel
28:02of far-off lands
28:03and the exotic in here.
28:08285 smackers.
28:09Let's see what Charles finds.
28:11What's caught my eye
28:14is the fact
28:16I'm shaking a bit
28:18because
28:19the mark on the base
28:21denotes
28:22its mark and period,
28:24meaning
28:25its mark and period
28:26made in the reign
28:27of Emperor Chen Lung
28:28but also
28:30the quality of the artistry
28:32with the imperial
28:34five-clawed dragon
28:35reflecting the emperor
28:36and the phoenix,
28:38the empress
28:38and the Wusai
28:39five colours.
28:42If this was in good condition
28:44without the chip
28:46and the cracks here
28:48and the hairlines
28:50down here,
28:51this bowl
28:52certainly
28:52in an auction
28:53would make
28:54between
28:55£30,000
28:55and £50,000.
28:59In 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
29:12because it is so valuable.
29:14Can't afford it.
29:16Back behind glass
29:17one day
29:18maybe.
29:21One word.
29:22Wow!
29:23While Charles continues
29:24to mooch,
29:26Rue has made her way north
29:28to the town
29:28of Eccleston
29:29in Cheshire.
29:32Can Rue find a showstopper
29:34in here
29:34in here
29:34bygone times
29:35a former mill
29:36dating back
29:37to the 17th century
29:38what 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.
29:52Now this
30:00I love
30:01and the first thing
30:02you have to do
30:02when you see
30:03a bronze statue
30:04is try and lift it.
30:05What you need to decipher
30:06is
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
30:14is signed
30:14by the artist
30:16B. Zach
30:17which is Bruno Zach.
30:18So he was an artist
30:20at the time
30:20of the Art Deco era
30:21but it's got the sign here
30:23of bronze guarantee
30:24Paris
30:25J.B. Reposay.
30:26So this is
30:28solid bronze
30:29and that's not just
30:31where the weight's
30:31coming from
30:32this is red
30:33Tennessee marble
30:34which is why
30:35it 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
30:42expect to pay
30:43but I'm taking it
30:44to option.
30:45Too pricey for Rue?
30:47How's Chas
30:48this in Liverpool?
30:56Quite nice.
30:58Art Deco figures
30:59are plenty today.
31:01I've just picked up
31:02here is just
31:03a really nice
31:04post
31:04a lady
31:05holding a ball
31:06like that
31:07and
31:08the reason
31:09she's caught
31:10my eye
31:10is she's Art Deco
31:11with a really
31:12good patination
31:13and obviously
31:14we hope
31:14any Art Deco
31:15bronze figure
31:16might be
31:17bronze
31:19but she is
31:19bronzed up
31:20with a D
31:20on the end
31:21meaning
31:21she is coated
31:23with a bronze cover
31:24but underneath
31:25it's a base metal
31:26like spelter
31:27or puter
31:28or zinc
31:29but I don't mind that
31:30because she's charming
31:31and I think
31:31we're coming out of
31:32World War I
31:33we were alive again
31:34the interwar years
31:36were the jazz age
31:37and they were free
31:39I think lady
31:40in costume
31:41in poise
31:42reflects
31:43that almost
31:44happy times
31:47of the interwar years
31:48I think she dates
31:50around 1930
31:51Art Deco
31:51is drenched
31:52in theatrical luxury
31:54not only
31:55is it
31:55an art
31:56period
31:57considered
31:57to be decorative
31:58and
31:59aesthetically driven
32:00it 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 Lasko
32:08and I quite like her
32:10any price Charles?
32:13there's no label
32:14on her at all
32:15neither on the cabinet
32:16I 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
32:23off we go
32:25well let's
32:26shimmy over to Trevor
32:28and talk money
32:29one thing I found
32:30is this
32:31yeah
32:32I love her
32:33because
32:34it so captures
32:36the art decade
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
32:43I won't hang around
32:45I think we'll get
32:46my jazz hands out
32:47I'm going to pay you
32:49£75
32:50lovely
32:51thank you so much
32:52there's your cash
32:52take care Trevor
32:54thank you
32:55I'm very kind Trevor
32:56thank you
32:57that happy pie
32:59leaves Charles
33:00with £210
33:01what of Rue
33:04in Eccleston
33:05hi Jackie
33:11hi Rue
33:12now it's inevitable
33:13I end up at the
33:14jewellery
33:14rings and bling
33:15Jackie
33:16what I'm looking for
33:17ideally would be
33:18Victorian or
33:19Edwardian 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
33:25can I have a look at that one?
33:27yeah of course you can
33:27and I like the price tag
33:29on this
33:30nine 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
33:37thank you
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
33:45London gold
33:46to me
33:47nine carat
33:49and actually
33:50it would be
33:51it would be
33:51diamonds and emerald
33:52because it's the
33:53tiniest little chips
33:54but as a band
33:56it's just really pretty
33:57age wise
33:59I would say
33:59this is probably
34:00more
34:0060s 70s
34:02more mid-century
34:03very wearable though
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
34:12and again
34:13you can get away
34:14with buying diamonds
34:15for double figures
34:17could that be
34:18sort of 60?
34:1968?
34:21£68
34:21for that nine carat
34:22gold ring
34:22with the diamond
34:23and emeralds
34:24go on then
34:26I'll do it
34:26oh that's lovely
34:27thank you so much
34:29nice doing business
34:30with you
34:30take care
34:31thank you
34:32many thanks Jackie
34:33that's the final buy
34:35of today
34:35leaving Rue
34:36with £92
34:37our chummy
34:42wummies
34:43have reunited
34:44what was your
34:45first musical love
34:46regardless of age
34:47your first
34:48obsession
34:49first time you
34:50idolised someone
34:51I think it was
34:52right sir
34:52Fred
34:52aye
34:54best get some
34:56shut eye
34:56now brace yourselves
35:01with unbridled excitement
35:03we are preparing
35:04we are preparing for the giddy heights
35:05of auction
35:06try to 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
35:15it's the trend
35:16you see
35:17it is the trend
35:17in Bristol
35:18it's the trend
35:18you've got short shorts
35:19you've got short shorts
35:19short shorts
35:20say again
35:20short shorts
35:21get out of here
35:22get inside
35:23turquoise socks
35:24quite something
35:25Chas
35:26Harper
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
35:36contest
35:36at East Bristol
35:37auctions
35:38for sale
35:39in the room
35:39on the phone
35:40and on the net
35:41the charming man
35:44in charge
35:44is Andrew Stowe
35:46fair warning now
35:49Ru bought five items
35:52for the sum of
35:53£308
35:53any faves?
35:56the two French
35:57silver ladies
35:58pocket watches
35:58are beautiful
35:59really fine pieces
36:01and the fact
36:02that they still work
36:03just makes
36:03all of the difference
36:04Charles bought
36:06four items
36:06totaling
36:07£190
36:08are you impressed
36:10Andrew?
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
36:18appeal to any of our
36:20bidders
36:20easy Chas
36:22let's get comfy
36:24here we are
36:24a nice
36:25mid-declorium chair
36:28of circa 1860
36:29are you feeling confident?
36:31very
36:31are you?
36:32no
36:32of course I'm not
36:33your glasses are
36:34steaming up
36:35I know
36:35I've got a cold sweat
36:36oh blimey
36:38first up
36:39it's Rue's
36:40nine carat gold
36:41diamond enamel ring
36:42fancy
36:43they're small
36:46don't tell the room
36:47get out of here
36:4850 I'm bid
36:4955 I'm bid now
36:51that's nothing
36:52then are we all done
36:53at £55
36:55going once
36:56come on someone
36:58twice
36:58three times them
37:00it's an eternity ring
37:01fair warning
37:02it's a shame
37:04it doesn't matter
37:06what a bargain eh
37:07never 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's
37:16our deco figure next
37:18pose like
37:19it's like that
37:20that's an easy profit
37:22Charles
37:22and you take us
37:23for 30 then
37:24oh no
37:2430 pounds
37:2530 I bid on my screen now
37:27at 30 pounds
37:2835 I've got
37:29keep going
37:29come back 40 if you like
37:31at 35 pounds then
37:33with their warning away
37:34and selling them
37:35sometimes you don't
37:37fly in the pose
37:38true
37:39not exactly
37:40putting on the Ritz
37:42Charles
37:42shame
37:43give me that pose again
37:4518 online
37:46that's
37:47I don't know what that
37:48that's ballet
37:48quite
37:51can we rev up the bidders
37:53with Rue's
37:54his master's
37:55voice gramophone
37:56with the trumpet
37:57it almost becomes
37:59a sculptural piece
38:00interest
38:01I'm straight in
38:02at 50 pounds
38:03give us a jive
38:04and I'm looking for 55
38:0655 online
38:0660 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
38:13one last minute
38:14circle
38:15oh
38:16it's bargain loving
38:19Bristol today
38:20shake
38:21rattle and roll
38:22that's the nature
38:24of the business
38:25hey
38:25we take the highs
38:27with the lows
38:28onwards with Charles'
38:31Victorian mallet
38:32if I could
38:33I'll use a mallet
38:34as a gavel
38:35I'll say
38:36look at this
38:37mallet's mallet
38:38you need to up
38:38your gavel game
38:39now
38:39exactly
38:3910 is bid
38:40now in the room
38:41thank you
38:41at 10
38:4212 on 9
38:43would you like
38:4315
38:44keep going
38:4515's in the room
38:46now at 15 pounds
38:47selling in the room
38:48no
38:48at 15 pounds
38:50going once
38:51twice
38:52third call
38:53thanks for coming
38:55thanks for coming
38:55thank you for coming
38:57madam
38:57there's always one
38:59blimey
39:00we're taking a proper
39:01pummeling today
39:01we best move on
39:03well that hammered me
39:04for the wrong reasons
39:05can Rue's pocket watches
39:07strike a timely profit
39:09time to rejoice
39:31at last to profit
39:33at last to profit
39:33you're doing well
39:35coloured rain from my face
39:36there for a minute
39:37come on Chaz
39:38you're next
39:39with your early pochette
39:41this could be the object
39:43I don't like it
39:44when you say that
39:45which will hopefully
39:45give love
39:47to the entire
39:48world
39:4960 unbid online
39:50at 60 pounds
39:51are we done
39:52anybody else want to play
39:54it's a good profit
39:54at 60 pounds
39:56double your money
39:57going
39:57going
39:58I'm very happy
39:59you've struck the right note
40:02Charles
40:03I was really hoping
40:04that note taken off
40:05that's life
40:07thanks for the translation
40:09Rue now
40:10with the ruby glass
40:11and silver Vesta case
40:12it's so rich
40:14with the striker
40:15on the bottom
40:1640 unbid
40:17straight away online
40:18at 40 pounds
40:19at 40 pounds
40:21online with you
40:22who wants that
40:24five only
40:24big is all over
40:25starting the way
40:26at 40 pounds
40:27well done
40:28look at me
40:29happy
40:29yes
40:30good
40:30we have sparked
40:32yet another profit
40:33hot stuff
40:35a gorgeous object
40:36thank you
40:37can we pour
40:39another with
40:40Charles's red wear
40:41teapot
40:42I need the world
40:44to believe
40:45that my flea market
40:46purchase
40:47might become
40:49a bigger mosquito
40:51and bite a few bites
40:53I'm straight in here
40:54at 65
40:5570 pounds
40:57unbid now
40:5775
40:5880
40:59I've still got
40:59against you
41:0085 is now online
41:01are we all done
41:02I'm really happy
41:03fair warning then
41:04going once
41:05yixing
41:06from China
41:07with love
41:08third call then
41:08hello
41:11hello a brew
41:12to full profit
41:13well done
41:14Charles
41:14good find
41:16Hanson
41:16he keep reminding me
41:18why you're so good at this
41:19get out
41:19next it's the final lot
41:22Rue's French glass
41:24depending on how you looked at it
41:26you were in this aquarium
41:27with a fish
41:27swimming around
41:28between the rees
41:29I'm straight in here
41:31I've got 55
41:3265
41:33well done
41:3475
41:34I'm bid now
41:35on my books
41:36it's a stunning piece
41:37folks
41:3880 online
41:3885 is here
41:40Rue
41:40you're really good in
41:4190 now
41:41takes it off
41:42it's on the street
41:43it's lovely
41:43are we done then
41:45selling your way now
41:46partner
41:46you're amazing
41:47hey
41:48that was amazing
41:50that was just
41:51unbelievable
41:51that was a bit of a risk
41:52it's paid off
41:53through
41:54excellent result
41:553
41:562
41:561
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
42:03right
42:04where's that calculator
42:06after also room costs
42:08Charles has a figure
42:09of 369 pounds
42:12and 90 pence
42:13while Rue
42:15also after costs
42:16just wins by a whisker
42:17with a figure
42:18of 370 pounds
42:20and 80 pennies
42:21making Rue
42:23victorious
42:24for auction number four
42:25there's only one more
42:28to go
42:28it's funny isn't it
42:31nearly done
42:32you know
42:33you can run circles
42:34around profits
42:34like that
42:35you can run one round
42:37and I can twist you
42:38around as well
42:39it can be highs
42:40and lows
42:41and all that
42:41emotion
42:42how are you feeling
42:43are you drained
42:44or are you ready
42:44for the next one
42:45I just love the auction ride
42:46you know
42:47you hold tight
42:48you move
42:48you go left
42:49you walk on
42:49you think about
42:50what's happened
42:51you live it
42:52you contemplate it
42:53but we've got one left
42:54last one to go
42:55exactly
42:55next time on the trip
42:57let's get edgy
42:58you're gonna have to get a swag on
43:00we show off
43:01give me a yodel
43:02yodel
43:02yodel yodel yodel
43:03exactly
43:05Rue clowns about
43:07I think I can just about
43:08get on the ride
43:09but I can thank my heels for that
43:10and Charles is a wannabe maestro
43:13girl
43:15you
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