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00:01It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
00:04I just love it.
00:05Behind the wheel of a classic car.
00:07It's fast.
00:08It's a race.
00:09And a goal to scar Britain for antiques.
00:12This could be tricky.
00:13£38.
00:14The aim?
00:14To make the biggest profit at auction.
00:16But it's no mean feat.
00:18High five.
00:19There'll be worthy winners.
00:20Mind-blowing.
00:21And valiant losers.
00:22Could have been worse.
00:24Will it be the high road to glory?
00:25Or the slow road to disaster?
00:28Oh no.
00:29This is the antiques road trip.
00:33Not off.
00:36Ah, there's nothing like a sunny day out in the country.
00:40And this is nothing like a sunny day out in the country.
00:46In the diving seat this time is auctioneer, valuer and Shropshire lass,
00:52Christina Trevanian.
00:53And she has a brand-new travelling companion
00:56out to make a splash on his first road trip.
00:59Timothy Medner.
01:00That's me.
01:01Welcome to road trip.
01:03Coin dealer and freelance auctioneer Tim, great name,
01:06has been an antiques enthusiast since he was knee-high to a grasshopper.
01:10Hope the weather doesn't dampen his enthusiasm.
01:13Well, we've got a beautiful classic car.
01:15We have got a beautiful classic car.
01:17Indeed you do.
01:18A lovely 1979 MG Midget, which is older than the pair of you.
01:24What's your area of expertise?
01:26Are you a general valuer or do you have any specific areas that you love?
01:30General valuer, but I absolutely love coins.
01:33Coins are my main interest.
01:35Anticoins, old coins.
01:37Okay.
01:38So that, I mean, that kind of blows away a huge stereotype in my head
01:42that coins are the sort of dominions of older gentlemen wearing a lot of tweed.
01:47Well, I am wearing tweed.
01:49Oh, phew.
01:51And also I'm playing this to win as well.
01:53So, yeah, I'm playing the game.
01:56Really?
01:57Are you very competitive?
01:59I am quite competitive.
02:00Oh, no.
02:00I don't think I've ever lost a game of Monopoly in my life.
02:02Oh, no!
02:04Well, you don't even need to pass GO to get £200 in this game.
02:09That's what each of our experts already have in their pockets
02:12as they embark on a tour of the lovely south-west,
02:15taking in the sea air of the Hampshire and Devon coast
02:18before wending their way back to a final auction in Wales.
02:22This time they're travelling the south coast before auction in Somerset,
02:25but the first port call today is Emsworth,
02:28a coastal town once famous for its oyster fishing.
02:33Just oyster catchers and the odd swan braving the elements.
02:37Today, though...
02:40..and a rather damp dog.
02:43Oh, sweet.
02:44Right, I'm off shopping.
02:45Oh.
02:46Be gentle with her, please.
02:48And I also have left my hot water bottle in the car for you.
02:51I'll keep it warm.
02:52All right, enjoy.
02:52Have fun.
02:53Cheers.
02:53See you later.
02:54Bye.
02:55Steering wheels on the other side, Tim.
02:58I suppose he has been in a car before.
03:01Oh, yeah.
03:02Wrong side.
03:03Maybe...
03:03Maybe...
03:04Maybe he doesn't drive that much, or...
03:07Just didn't notice.
03:09Had a boy!
03:10He's new.
03:12Christina is making her way up the street to her first shop of the day.
03:19A family business run by the Charles Crafts for 40 years.
03:23Today, manned by Martin, Charles Craft.
03:27It's the most wonderful ticking.
03:29You've got lots of clocks, haven't you?
03:30Yeah, it's a passion of mine, is the clocks.
03:33Yes, it is very relaxing.
03:34It's really nice.
03:35Yeah.
03:35I think if I were in here for any length of time,
03:37I would...
03:38I'd fall asleep.
03:40Well, time and tide wait for no woman,
03:43so best keep moving and get looking, girl.
03:49There is something quite magical about a skeleton clock,
03:53because it's not hidden behind all the casing.
03:55You can see it working.
03:56That's right.
03:57And it is fascinating to watch, isn't it?
03:59It is, yes, yes.
04:00You can see every little wheel turn slowly
04:03and what's happening, the escapement moving at the top.
04:05Yeah.
04:06As beautiful as it is,
04:07it entirely justifies its £395 price tag.
04:10I need to find something that is a little bit more modestly priced,
04:12suitable for my very shallow pockets.
04:14Oh, dear.
04:15So I will go and have a wander.
04:16I'm sure you'll find some.
04:17But thank you for talking.
04:17Yeah, that's all right.
04:18No problem.
04:19See you in a sec.
04:20Thank you. Bye.
04:29This looks exciting.
04:33Hello, sir.
04:34Hello.
04:34How are you?
04:35I'm all right.
04:36Are you bringing in a clock?
04:37Yes, I am.
04:38Are you here to see Martin?
04:39I am.
04:40I am the official welcoming committee.
04:42Oh, right.
04:42Fair enough.
04:43OK.
04:43It looks like your clock is getting a bit wet.
04:45It's a great improvement, I must.
04:49Martin, I think you want it.
04:52Well, we'll leave Christina to mind the shop because I'm dying to see how our new man is getting
04:57on.
04:57Now, he found his way into the driver's seat eventually and is heading through the puddles
05:02to his first shop just along the road near Chichester.
05:05Time for Tim to get treasure hunting.
05:07Great name.
05:11Amazing things.
05:17I'll just grab stuff.
05:24Lovely old handwriting.
05:26It's when you find a sheet of original Mozart music, handwritten.
05:33The original Mozart is usually just next to the Fabergé egg.
05:39But there must be something with your name on it.
05:42Now, this has caught my eye.
05:44Now, what we've got here is a lovely piece of Oriental enameled ware.
05:47So, this is Japanese.
05:48Dates to the late 19th century, end of the Meiji period, which ended in around 1911, I believe.
05:54He's new.
05:551912, I think you'll find.
05:57And it's decorated with beautiful flowers and birds.
05:59Another interesting thing about this particular vase is that it appears to be on silver rather
06:05than base metal.
06:06This beautiful little vase has one problem.
06:09And my thumb was covering it until I turned it around.
06:12And it's this little chip here.
06:14But thankfully, it doesn't affect the decoration.
06:16The actual decoration is the most important part.
06:19And I can see on the ticket, there's £50.
06:22Time for a word with dealer John.
06:24Honest John.
06:25I found this vase in your cabinet.
06:27Do you think it's enameled on silver or is it plated?
06:30I believe it's silver.
06:31Yeah.
06:31I wouldn't want to be 100% on it.
06:32Well, it's very pretty anyway, isn't it?
06:34It's lovely.
06:34So, even if it is on base metal, it's still a nice thing.
06:37Now, you've got £50 on the ticket.
06:39Yeah.
06:39What do you think your very best is?
06:41Oof.
06:43Probably drop it down to 30 for you.
06:45Do you know what?
06:45I will actually take that.
06:47Yeah.
06:47But can I leave it with you and I'll come back?
06:48Can indeed.
06:49Yeah, that'll be good.
06:50Wrap it up for you.
06:50Brilliant.
06:50Thanks for the deal.
06:51No problem.
06:51Excellent.
06:52I'll see you later on.
06:53And we'll see you later.
06:55Let's find out whether Christina has clopped up a purchase yet.
06:59So, Martin, my eye was drawn to Bochy McBoatface.
07:04Unfortunately, he's lost his funnel.
07:06I don't know if you've noticed that.
07:07Is that what would have been there?
07:08Is there still a market for things like that?
07:10Oh, yeah.
07:10It's interesting, yeah.
07:11It's nicely made.
07:12Yeah.
07:13I quite like that.
07:14Is this where the magic happens?
07:16Well, this is where I hang out when it's quiet.
07:18Oh, this is where Martin hangs out.
07:21I hear you've got everything you need in here.
07:23Oh, well, sort of.
07:24I've got a microwave and a television.
07:26The telly is where you watch Antiques Road Trip, isn't it?
07:28There's this new stock in here as well.
07:29Yeah, it's bits and pieces that we haven't maybe got room for in the shop.
07:33So, you've got the Prince of Wales feather on that, haven't you?
07:35I think that's probably a military frame.
07:38So, that's not made it out to the shop.
07:40This is fresh.
07:41It's fresh, yes.
07:43That's nice.
07:44What's that?
07:45Oh, that's a little jewellery box, silver.
07:48But, again, that needs work.
07:50I quite like that, though.
07:51Yes, nice.
07:52Because I noticed all your silver in the display is so beautifully cleaned.
07:54Yes.
07:55You take great pride in your stock.
07:56Yes, yes.
07:56I really like the fact that this is a bit grubby.
07:59Yes, yes.
08:00It shows its age and it's got a silver hallmark on it.
08:03So, we've got a William Commons hallmark, very popular silversmith.
08:06London H.
08:07So, you're looking at about...
08:08Well, Commons was normally Edwardian, wasn't he?
08:10Yes, yes.
08:11So, H is probably...
08:12It's going to be about, what, 1900, 1905, something like that.
08:16Would we be able to do a deal on the two, Martin?
08:18Yes, we could do.
08:19What's your thoughts?
08:21We're, say, 100, the pair, so that's 60, 40.
08:2660, 40.
08:28Yeah.
08:29I really like that.
08:29Yeah, 100 quid.
08:30Yeah.
08:31Deal.
08:31Thank you very much.
08:32It's easing me into my road trip.
08:34That's half a budget blown in the first shop.
08:37See you again.
08:38Nice to see you.
08:39Take care.
08:40Bye.
08:41Bye.
08:42Well, maybe this is just that proverbial rainy day for splashing out.
08:47Now, what's happening with he of the pink trousers?
08:53Oh!
08:54It's like snakes and ladders.
08:57Well, he's intrepid, aren't you, man?
09:03This is quite a decorative picture, isn't it?
09:05And I love these naive paintings.
09:07I mean, they've got £150.
09:09It's worth that.
09:10But, unfortunately, probably a little bit out of my budget.
09:12I need to save my pennies for other things, I think.
09:15Yeah.
09:17Sometimes it's best just to let sleeping dogs lie.
09:20Right, John.
09:21I'd better part with some money and pay for my little vase.
09:23I think it's the only thing I'll stick with today.
09:25I think you've done well for yourself.
09:27Thank you very much.
09:27Right, let me give you the money for that.
09:29£30.
09:30Well spent there.
09:32Good work.
09:33Thanks very much.
09:34Take care.
09:34All the best.
09:43Now, with two purchases safely stowed away, Christina has drifted west along the south coast
09:49to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
09:51She has a rendezvous with RAF air-sea rescue expert Tim Deacon and a 1936 boat developed by, amongst others,
10:01T.E. Lawrence.
10:02More famous for his exploits as archaeologist, soldier and diplomat, later immortalised as Lawrence of Arabia.
10:11He was a recognised World War One army hero, wasn't he?
10:15And he came back to the UK in this kind of blaze of glory.
10:18But then he almost became a recluse, didn't he?
10:21He just couldn't cope with the recognition that he'd received.
10:24I mean, he ended up as Aircraftman Shaw.
10:28Because he changed his name.
10:29Yes, yeah.
10:30Because he didn't want to be known as Lawrence of Arabia, as he became.
10:36T.E. Shaw, as he starred himself, worked with the British Power Boat Company on the design of new high
10:42-speed launches for the search and recovery of airmen lost at sea.
10:46This is HSL 102.
10:48It's one of, I think it was 22 that were built.
10:52And as far as I know, there is only this one and one other one left.
10:57Why was Lawrence so desperate to develop this boat?
11:00What was his driving force?
11:01Well, he was based down at Mountbatten in Plymouth and witnessed an air crash.
11:07And the boats that went out to pick up the survivors were just so slow and too small.
11:13A bomber crew would probably have been ten people.
11:16Oh, really? That many?
11:17Yeah.
11:17And if they'd have been injured, they would have had to have been accommodated down below somewhere.
11:22If there was a raid on, they would actually station these boats halfway across the North Sea.
11:27Right.
11:27Mainly in the North Sea, where the air crew were going across from Britain to Germany, so that if an
11:32aircraft crashed, they would at least be roughly in a position where they could rescue them from.
11:36Lawrence's dream was to be able to rescue people quickly and return them to service.
11:42And that's what they did?
11:44Yeah, that's what they did.
11:45Yeah.
11:47HSL 102, the Spitfire of the Seas, was one of the fastest craft on water when she was launched 82
11:54years ago.
11:55And she can still cut quite a dash.
12:00So how fast can these boats actually go?
12:0435.
12:05Woo!
12:05I mean, the power in it is amazing, isn't it?
12:0935, 40 knots, so it's about 40, 45 miles an hour.
12:16In a car, it would be nothing but the sea.
12:18It's fantastic.
12:19Yeah.
12:20It really is.
12:21Wow!
12:25Oh, that's a big wave, that one!
12:31Lawrence died in a motorbike accident in 1937 and didn't live to know the part his boat and her sister
12:38craft played in saving the lives of over 10,000 Second World War airmen.
12:44Good old Lawrence, eh?
12:45Yeah.
12:46Not just sand and camels.
12:47No.
12:48No.
12:48Very clever guy.
12:50And the world owes him a lot, I think.
12:58Well, the sun shines on the righteous and Tim's got the hood down.
13:03I think I've mastered the gearbox possibly better than Christina did.
13:08Don't tell her.
13:09My lips are sealed, old bean.
13:11Now, Tim's hoping for antique victory in Waterlooville.
13:15Let's hope it's not a shambles.
13:18Oh, it is.
13:19Well, with £170 in his pocket, it's time to inspect the wares.
13:35Oh, Lord.
13:36That's it.
13:37Leave no stone unturned.
13:41Well, this is quite nice.
13:42So this is a German wine glass made around the late 19th, early 20th century, might date up to the
13:49sort of mid-Edwardian period, 1905, something like that.
13:52Nicely enameled with an armorial there.
13:54It would have been the sort of thing potentially you would have commissioned if you wanted a set of six
13:59or eight or twelve goblets.
14:01You could have your own crest put on there.
14:03And this one's quite a nice quality.
14:04On the back here, you've got this vine with some grapes as well.
14:07So just quite a nice decorative object.
14:10And actually, a lot of people do collect armorial wear.
14:13It's a nice thing.
14:14Let's see what Valerie thinks on price.
14:16So where is she?
14:17Valerie?
14:18Yes.
14:19Hi, Valerie.
14:19Hi, Tim.
14:20I found this rather nice German wine glass.
14:23Yeah.
14:23What's your price on this, do you think?
14:25£25.
14:26£25.
14:27OK.
14:27Is there any movement on the price at all?
14:29I can do 20 and that is it.
14:3120.
14:31That is the final.
14:32Right.
14:32OK.
14:33Well, that's very kind.
14:34Nice reduction, thank you.
14:36Do you know what?
14:36I think I'll take that for 20 quid.
14:38OK.
14:38Why not?
14:38It's a nice piece of glass and hopefully at auction it'll...
14:41It should do well.
14:42Yeah.
14:42And that's a deal.
14:44Our newest expert has had a good first day in spite of the rain.
14:49Time to pick up Christina and back down the hatches.
14:52What we need is to find a pub with a nice open fire.
14:54Yeah.
14:55And then get something really hearty to eat and just warm us up.
14:59Yeah.
15:00Because we've had fun but it's been cold.
15:02It has been very cold.
15:03Yep.
15:05You'll be remembering those woolly hats and mittens tomorrow.
15:08Nighty night.
15:13It's a lake!
15:16Hee hee!
15:17Yeah.
15:18Our sub aqua antiques experts are braving the elements for another day.
15:22So this is where I'm thinking maybe a coat would have been ideal.
15:25Well, hmm.
15:27With a road trip you have to dress for every eventuality.
15:31And also because we often start in the cold I would recommend at all times thermal everything.
15:37Thermal everything.
15:38Yeah.
15:38Tights.
15:40Socks.
15:40Yes.
15:41Well I don't think I'll be putting tithes on.
15:43Why not?
15:44It's not the weekend yet.
15:47Well, we are getting to know all about our new boy.
15:51Yesterday Tim was enamoured with a Japanese clothes on a vase.
15:54If it was perfect it would be a few hundred maybe more.
15:57And a painted German glass goblet leaving him 150 pounds in his piggy.
16:04While Christina was beguiled by a heart shaped Edwardian silver box.
16:08I really like the fact that this is a bit grubby.
16:11And a Welsh pewter frame which gives her a budget today of 100 pounds.
16:15And what's this?
16:16Tell me about this.
16:17This.
16:18Oh, I wear the odd coin brooch.
16:21Bring the brooch back.
16:22The man brooch.
16:23The man brooch.
16:24I like that.
16:25Man brooch, eh?
16:27Oh, he'll go nicely with his tights.
16:31Well, time is marching on and those antiques aren't going to buy themselves.
16:36This morning Christina is banned for Salisbury Antiques Market where the middle floor surely has something for a rainy day.
16:44Oh, yes.
16:45Plenty to go round in this emporium.
16:49What's the thing with these rotating cabinets?
16:51You have to keep moving with them, don't you?
16:53So, literally crawling around.
16:55What's the price?
16:56What's the price?
16:56Oh, no, I'm too late.
16:59What about something a bit steadier?
17:03Do you know, I just love this stand.
17:06There's some really beautiful pieces.
17:08Unfortunately, a lot of them are really quite damaged, but look at that.
17:13Absolutely stunning piece of satsuma.
17:16Satsuma, Japanese satsuma, is a pottery.
17:19Very typically decorated in these really bright, beautiful enamels.
17:23And what's really nice, you've got a seal mark on the base.
17:26I'd suggest this is Meiji period, 1868 to 1912.
17:30Very much for the Western market.
17:32But look at the work that has gone into that.
17:35All these individual little butterflies.
17:38Beautiful.
17:39That lovely sort of garland in the middle.
17:41I mean, they were made as decorative wares.
17:42They were made as show wares.
17:43They weren't made to be utilitarian.
17:45This is not a soup bowl.
17:46This is just a beautiful thing that you would admire.
17:50Look at that.
17:51It does tend to craze slightly, as you can see on this.
17:54You've got that sort of spider web effect on it.
17:56And as a result, unfortunately, it has got some staining to it.
17:59It's also got a crack on the side.
18:01But I'd forgive it that.
18:02Look at that.
18:03I mean, it's just...
18:03It's just so pretty.
18:06Looks very promising to me.
18:08Now, she's taking owner Pete to one of those revolving cabinets.
18:12Look out, Pete.
18:13Yeah.
18:14There's a beaker.
18:15Just that one there.
18:16I think we can just...
18:17Come on.
18:18Grab that.
18:19Around it comes.
18:20It's like a horse race, isn't it?
18:21Come on.
18:22Oh, well done.
18:24It's like a game at the fair.
18:26But hook a duck.
18:27Yeah.
18:28Hook an antique.
18:31That's cute, isn't it?
18:34Danish cup, £15.
18:36That's rather sweet, isn't it?
18:39JRS, Denmark.
18:40So it's trying to be, obviously, early 19th century,
18:44but I think it might be a bit later than that.
18:45That's quite fun.
18:46There's no marks on it, are there, sadly?
18:48No, no.
18:48But that wonderful depiction of sort of rural village life.
18:52Quite like that.
18:53Yes.
18:54Interesting to me.
18:55It's quite cute.
18:56Right.
18:57It's make your mind up time.
18:59So I saw a bowl over here, which I rather like,
19:01which is that one.
19:02Yeah.
19:03And this one is?
19:0420.
19:0525.
19:0625.
19:07And that one's 15.
19:0815.
19:09Is there any way we can do a bit of a group?
19:11Well, of course.
19:13Yes.
19:13What do you think?
19:15Um, 20 for the two.
19:17Oh, marvellous.
19:18Yeah.
19:19Happy days.
19:20Bye.
19:21Very generous indeed, Pete.
19:23And without further ado, she's off.
19:29How time flies, eh?
19:31Tim is fixing his gaze skywards as he journeys back to the earliest days of flight.
19:38At the Museum of Army Flying near Andover.
19:41Pilot and aviation historian Paul Beaver is standing by to report on flying Scotsman Captain Bertram Dixon.
19:48I think it's really interesting in Britain.
19:51We don't do enough with our heroes.
19:54Um, and we've got our standard heroes, but Bertram Dixon will be known by almost nobody.
20:00But actually, he was so instrumental in getting the military to understand the benefits of flight.
20:07Bertram Dixon from Edinburgh was an artilleryman and the first British serviceman to become a military pilot flying the most
20:15rudimentary of machines.
20:18Paul, standing in front of this model aeroplane, how did we get from this fairly basic early plane to modern
20:26fighter jets and helicopters?
20:28What we've got here is just five years after the Wright brothers' flu is the British Army saying,
20:33well, do you know, we might be able to do something with this newfangled thing called flight.
20:37And if you look at this, I'm not sure we should even really call it an aeroplane.
20:40It's a kite with an engine.
20:42And it's because there were visionaries before the First World War who thought,
20:46do you know, we've got to engage with this technology.
20:49We've got to make it work.
20:51Surely there is an application for us.
20:53But to me, Bertram Dixon is the man who went out there and said,
20:58well, if there is this aeroplane, I'm not an engineer, you know, but I know I'm an army officer,
21:03so I know how to exploit new technology.
21:06Let me exploit this. Let me find a way of doing it.
21:10These first aviators like Dixon were making it all up as they went along.
21:16But we can certainly say that there wasn't so much health and safety in place with Bertram sitting right next
21:23to the fuel tank.
21:24Oh, there's so many things, aren't there, you know, next to the fuel tank.
21:27No straps, no parachute, no helmet, no protective gear.
21:31What he really wanted to do was have his vision taken forward.
21:37And, of course, that just didn't happen.
21:39The Committee for Imperial Defence, the Ministry of Defence today, just said,
21:43no, no, there's absolutely no benefit in aeroplanes, you know,
21:46it's much better to invest in horses and battleships.
21:49Undertale, Dixon demonstrated during military manoeuvres in 1910
21:54the reconnaissance possibilities and strategic advantages of the bird's eye view.
21:59This is the very map he drew while in the air.
22:03Dixon presented the map to Winston Churchill, who was impressed.
22:07This is probably the instrument that created the Royal Flying Corps more than anything else.
22:14Sadly, just a week after making his historic sketch, Dixon was badly injured in a flying accident.
22:21He died three years later, just after the Royal Flying Corps were formed and military aviation really took off.
22:29This is just six years.
22:31We've now got an aeroplane with a properly cowled engine, a proper cockpit, straps, the flying control systems.
22:38And it's an aircraft that any pilot with a little bit of experience could fly today.
22:44War in Europe was looming in 1913, and before he died, Dixon advised a parliamentary committee
22:51on the future significance of military aviation, saying...
22:54In case of a European war between two countries, both sides would be equipped with a large core of aeroplanes.
23:01And this would lead to the inevitable result of war in the air by armed aeroplanes against each other.
23:07This fight for the supremacy of the air in future wars will be of the greatest importance.
23:12How much of a profit was this man, Bertram Dixon?
23:15Before he leaves, there's one last place Paul wants to take Tim.
23:21So, Tim, I wanted you to come and look at this memorial to army aviators who've died in the last
23:26100 years.
23:27Paul, what do you think Dixon would have thought about all of this? Because he really did see this coming,
23:32didn't he?
23:33He was a real prophet. I mean, Dixon absolutely would have seen this.
23:36He would have really appreciated this memorial, I think.
23:40And he also would have loved the fact that on the 1st of April 1918,
23:44the Royal Air Force was created from the Royal Flying Corps and the naval equivalent of the Royal Naval Air
23:49Service.
23:49It created an independent air force to do all the things that he wanted to do.
23:53He also, I think, would have liked the motto of the Royal Air Force,
23:57per ardia ad astra, through adversity to the stars.
24:06Both experts are headed for the same last shop now, but Christina's going to be first.
24:13Probably I should intensely dislike Tim because not only is he just a joy and a pleasure to spend time
24:19with,
24:20his knowledge is phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal, and I'm actually getting quite worried.
24:27The road wends north to the village of Woodborough and Digger and Mojo.
24:34Aha!
24:38Here you go. Here we go.
24:41Very dignified.
24:43Hi.
24:44Ah!
24:45The eponymous digger.
24:47Look at you!
24:48Can I buy him?
24:49Oh, no, you're priceless, aren't you, hey?
24:52Goodness, he's gorgeous. Hello!
24:54How do you do?
24:55You're gorgeous too.
24:56I'm curious. I'm not as gorgeous as him. Very nice to meet you.
25:01There's quite an embarrassment of riches here.
25:05Woof!
25:08Ah, the brightly treasured fellow has caught up.
25:15And he's not hanging about.
25:17What's this? Right.
25:18What have we got here?
25:19We've got Sunderland Lustre, early 19th century.
25:22This one has a really charming little message.
25:25On it, it says,
25:26Ladies all pray make free and tell me how you like your tea.
25:30And I think that's charming, don't you?
25:32There's a little bit of damage on it.
25:34But actually, people like miniature things.
25:37This is a nice little miniature jug.
25:38And it might have a little scope at auction to make a little bit of profit,
25:42depending on the price.
25:43Hold that thought and crack on.
25:48What's made him ferret around in a cardboard box, then?
25:51I love scrapbooks.
25:53Major Wade.
25:55This is a collection of military ephemera relating to Major General D.A.L. Wade,
26:01CB, OBE, MC, who, after being evacuated at Dunkirk,
26:06commanded troops in India and after the war in Malaya.
26:09How interesting.
26:12So, what I'm doing is I'm just going through and seeing if there's any signed memorabilia.
26:18Then we'll put those together, see what we've got, and then assess whether it's worth taking the plunge and sealing
26:27a deal.
26:29Righty, Evan. Carry on with the mission.
26:33The market's still quite strong for historical autographs, depending on who the people are.
26:39So, as long as they're recognised figures historically, then the market should still be quite strong for them.
26:46So, worth having a go.
26:47Time to gather more intelligence.
26:50Clarissa.
26:51Yes, dear.
26:51Could I borrow you for a second?
26:52Yes, of course.
26:53I've gone rummaging through your box down here.
26:54Yes, yes.
26:55I've pulled out these.
26:56I'm quite interested in these.
26:57I quite like the photographs here.
26:58Yeah, yeah.
27:00And these ones in the nice ciphered frames.
27:02Yeah.
27:03How much is the whole lot?
27:04Well, I'd really be looking for a couple hundred quid.
27:07OK.
27:07Can I leave it with you?
27:08Yes, let's leave that.
27:08What I'll do, I'll have a nip round.
27:10You go round.
27:10See if I can find some other things, and we might be able to do a little groupie deal.
27:13Absolutely.
27:13Fantastic.
27:14OK.
27:14Thank you very much.
27:15You're welcome.
27:18Meanwhile, Christina is on to something, too.
27:21They're very cool.
27:22They've got interesting silver tops.
27:25They have lived.
27:26When you say interesting, they did not start life with those.
27:29No, but look, they're interesting.
27:30They are.
27:31I didn't have them.
27:32They're interesting.
27:32That's a great sale.
27:33But they are lovely.
27:36I quite like the fact that they're a bit knocked about.
27:39They are knocked about.
27:40I'm hoping that's reflected in the price.
27:43OK.
27:44I like them in a £20 or £30 like them.
27:47Yeah.
27:47I just see them at auction bombing, but I do quite like them.
27:51OK.
27:51I was liking them in a sort of £40 to £50 sort of way.
27:55Like?
27:55That's my sort of feel about them.
27:57But I could probably be persuaded.
28:00Oh, could you?
28:01I really wouldn't want to go beyond £28.
28:04I think that's a very fair price and I'm very grateful to you.
28:07And I'm not going to touch them, clean them or even breathe on them
28:11because the paint is actually going to fall off.
28:13It is.
28:13It is indeed.
28:14Leave them absolutely as they are and I hope that they will do
28:16something for you on the day.
28:17Very good.
28:18Put it there.
28:18Thank you very much.
28:20And with that, Christina, your work here is done.
28:24Unlike Tim, maybe he needs to take a leaf out of Christina's book.
28:29Have you been upstairs yet?
28:30I have.
28:31Oh.
28:31It's very nice.
28:32OK.
28:32Not much is priced.
28:34Good.
28:34Exactly.
28:35Yes, I'm off.
28:36See you later.
28:36See you later.
28:37While Tim goes to work, Christina is at leisure to meander.
28:42What are you doing in here?
28:44So, we are restoring other people's furniture.
28:47That there.
28:47Ex-Army man Josh took up caning after losing his legs in Afghanistan.
28:53It only requires my hands.
28:54I don't need my feet for it.
28:55It allows me to get in nice and close to the furniture.
28:58Is Christina a natural?
29:01Stop twisting!
29:03Or not.
29:07I don't think I've found myself in your career.
29:09No, I think I'm safe for a little bit longer.
29:11Yeah, I think you might be.
29:13Back to Tim.
29:14Hmm.
29:15What's this?
29:16This is a nice little thing.
29:18Nice grain on here, a nice wood.
29:20And you think, it's a nice box.
29:23But actually, is it?
29:24It's actually metal.
29:26And it's got this wonderful simulated wood paint on here.
29:29It probably dates to the sort of, I'm thinking, 1870s to 1900s,
29:34something like that.
29:35And it's a Victorian cash box or strong box.
29:37And there's no key, but it sounds like there's something in there.
29:42Oh dear.
29:43It is the key.
29:45But he still seems interested though.
29:47Time to do a deal.
29:48Clarissa, I've managed to group a few things together
29:51to see if we can do a little groupie deal.
29:53Yep.
29:53I love the tin.
29:54Yep.
29:54I love this little Sunderland luster jug.
29:56Yep.
29:57And then we've got this really cool archive of military ephemera.
30:00Yeah, which is fantastic.
30:01I'll give you all the money I've got left.
30:03Yeah, OK.
30:03Which is 150 quid.
30:06Erm...
30:06OK, I'm not going to haggle.
30:07That's fine.
30:08Thank you so much.
30:08Let's do it.
30:09No, no, no.
30:09Is this your first one?
30:10It's my first road trip.
30:11So thank you.
30:12That's lovely.
30:13Very pleased.
30:14Yeah.
30:15That's tenner for the box, 20 for the jug and a whopping 120 for the military ephemera.
30:22Tim has gambled all his pennies in a last-minute blowout.
30:27Erm, did you buy any coins?
30:29Please tell me you didn't...
30:30No, I didn't buy coins.
30:31They didn't...
30:31Neither shop had any coins at all.
30:33Oh, thank the Lord.
30:35But you'll find out soon enough what he did buy, after some shut-eye.
30:43The day of reckoning dawns.
30:45The scene is set for the first face-off in lovely Somerset.
30:50Yes, that's Glastonbury Hill, in the distance.
30:53We're headed into the countryside between Wells and Radstock,
30:56where our duo's wares will be sold at Killin's Mendip Auction Rooms.
31:02Morning.
31:03Good morning.
31:04How are you?
31:05Good.
31:05How are you?
31:06Good.
31:06It's not raining.
31:07It's not raining, thank goodness.
31:09I'm looking forward to seeing your things.
31:09Are you going to look yourself?
31:10Yeah, come on then.
31:11After you.
31:11No, after you.
31:12You, sir.
31:14Ah, la politesse anglaise, eh?
31:18Road trip first-timer Tim blazed in and blew his entire £200 on his five lots,
31:24while canny Christina parted with a more modest £148 on her five lots.
31:30Time to take stock of each other's purchases.
31:34This is just the most delightful little Sunderland lustre jug.
31:38I mean, it's so petite, that wonderful motto on the front.
31:40It has had a little bit of damage, but it's 200 years old.
31:42Who hasn't?
31:43I mean, if I were 200 years old, I'm sure I'd have a few wrinkles.
31:46I promise you, after 200 years, you'd be a complete prune, love.
31:50Tim?
31:50Now, Christina's bought a nice little thing here.
31:53Japanese satsuma.
31:54What I like about it is the butterflies around it.
31:56Generally speaking, porcelain or pottery with insects has quite a good market.
32:00And also, it's got the character mark on the bottom, which collectors will like.
32:03Who knows what will fly?
32:05Our auctioneer today, Tom Killen, mate.
32:08Let's ask him.
32:09The archive relating to Major General Wade.
32:11We've already had a little bit of interest in that.
32:13We tend to have buyers seeking militaria.
32:16With ephemera, you can never be too certain, but it's a really good collection.
32:18Yeah, the Royal Welsh frame with the Prince of Wales crest on it.
32:22Hammered finish.
32:23Slightly arts and crafts style.
32:24We've got high hopes for this one, actually.
32:26Practical, fashionable item to have.
32:28Right, after you, madam.
32:29Oh, well, thank you.
32:30Let the contest commence.
32:32Right in front, look.
32:33Oh!
32:34You must feel so conspicuous with that right-by walk, do you?
32:37I know.
32:39And they're off.
32:40First up is Christina's Edwardian silver box.
32:43I thought of you when I bought it.
32:45Oh, that's nice.
32:46It's a purchase with love.
32:47How romantic.
32:4740.
32:4940 straight in.
32:50Internet bidder.
32:51YC 42 now.
32:5245.
32:52Internet, internet, internet.
32:53Come on.
32:54YC 48 now.
32:5648, 50, 55, 60.
32:57Internet bidders.
32:58Yes.
33:00£70 online at £70.
33:02The room now.
33:02Breaking even.
33:04Thanks.
33:05Sorry.
33:06Love you.
33:0770.
33:0970.
33:10Okay, it's fine.
33:11I'll take that.
33:11She's netted to tenner, so shouldn't lose heart.
33:15Now it's my turn in a minute.
33:16Mwah-ha-ha.
33:18Time for Tim's Japanese clothes on Ivaaz now.
33:22£20 then surely.
33:2325 straight away.
33:2555 straight away.
33:2655 pounds.
33:2755.
33:27Oh, bidding has jumped on the internet.
33:29Come on.
33:31No, no, no.
33:31Silence.
33:33Oh dear.
33:3555 pounds.
33:37Look, still a profit.
33:38I'm happy.
33:39Cannot be unhappy with that.
33:40So, £25 profit puts Tim ahead with his first purchase.
33:44Very well done.
33:46That's good.
33:46Hey.
33:47Now, will Christina's Welsh pewter frame put her back in the picture?
33:52£20 to the frame.
33:5320 bid.
33:5420 bid.
33:55£20 to IC2.
33:5722, 22, 25, 25.
33:59We're into profit.
34:00No, we're not.
34:01I'm still losing money on it.
34:02Oh, yeah, yeah.
34:04But loving your maths.
34:0640 now.
34:07Nice thing.
34:0740 bid.
34:0940 pounds.
34:09Hey, that's what I paid for it.
34:10This is good.
34:11Okay, right.
34:11Now we're starting to make a little bit of profit.
34:13I need £50 at least.
34:14At 42.
34:1545 online.
34:16At 45.
34:17Have you got any phone dinner?
34:18Oh, he's lost.
34:19He's been up.
34:20I want to get him back on.
34:21Come on.
34:21Quick, dial.
34:22At 45 pounds online.
34:24Oh, no.
34:25At 45 pounds.
34:25Nice frame and sold on the way down.
34:27Oh, 48.
34:28Just a point.
34:29At 48.
34:3150.
34:31Fresh blood in.
34:3250 pounds and sold on the way down.
34:34Last call.
34:35And sold on the way.
34:3655.
34:37At 55 online.
34:38At 55.
34:39At 55.
34:40Don't be beaten now.
34:4260.
34:42At 60 pounds.
34:44At 60 pounds.
34:45Brilliant.
34:45Have I made any money yet?
34:46You have.
34:47Oh, have I?
34:48Oh, my goodness.
34:50At 60 pounds.
34:51And sold on the way then.
34:52At 60 pounds.
34:54Brilliant.
34:55Fantastic.
34:55Very good auctioneering.
34:57Very good auctioneering.
34:58What a star.
34:59Pure theatre.
35:00I love it.
35:01Christina's ahead.
35:03Have you got your coin?
35:04I have.
35:05I've got my lucky coin on me.
35:06Does it work for me as well?
35:09No.
35:10Just me.
35:10Oh, fine.
35:11You can get your own coin.
35:13That's you, Tolvan.
35:14Let's see if his coin brings luck with his collection of military ephemera.
35:19Next.
35:19The stakes are high.
35:21At 80 pounds.
35:21We can't stop.
35:2285 big.
35:23At 85.
35:24Come on, internet.
35:25Oh, it's worth it.
35:27Just those brains work that by themselves.
35:29At 85.
35:29I thought this would make more.
35:30At 84.
35:3190.
35:32Oh, there we go.
35:3390.
35:33It's going on.
35:3490 pounds.
35:3695.
35:37Come on.
35:38Let's get to the round figure.
35:39At 95.
35:40I don't think it's going to do it.
35:41This is disappointing.
35:43Do you know why I thought this might shoot away?
35:45Sold and away then.
35:46At 95.
35:48This is going to hurt.
35:4890 pounds or not.
35:50Ouch.
35:51Oof.
35:53Well, I salute a brave gamble on your first trip, even if it didn't pay off.
35:58I think if I had seen that, I would have paid that for it as well.
36:02Yeah.
36:03Let's blame the lucky coin.
36:05Useless.
36:06Up now, Christina's Satsuma Bowl.
36:08Perfect for oranges.
36:1150 pounds again.
36:12Come on.
36:1450.
36:1430.
36:15Oh, 20 pounds then surely.
36:17There we go.
36:19They're waiting for it to drop.
36:20We've got a bit.
36:2125.
36:2225.
36:2328 is it.
36:2428.
36:2430.
36:2532.
36:26Seriously, this never happens.
36:2838.
36:2940.
36:3042.
36:3145.
36:32You've done well on this.
36:33Really?
36:34It's completely taking off.
36:36Look at that.
36:37At 65.
36:3870.
36:39At 75.
36:40Come on in.
36:41You're buying drinks.
36:42At 75.
36:4380.
36:43At 80.
36:4485.
36:45Try again.
36:47This doesn't happen.
36:48I want to be happy for you.
36:51Low.
36:5195.
36:52Fresh blood in.
36:53Hit the 100 mark.
36:55You could set the bar for today.
36:56Tidy it up.
36:57100.
36:58Yes.
36:59I could make a lot more than that.
37:01One more may get it.
37:02At 100 pounds.
37:03At 120.
37:05At 110.
37:06At 110.
37:07At 110.
37:08120 is it?
37:09120.
37:09Well done.
37:11At 120.
37:12At 120.
37:15At 120.
37:15At 120.
37:15At 120.
37:15130 is it?
37:16Oh, 125.
37:17Oh, he's split the bit.
37:18Just for you.
37:18125.
37:20At 130.
37:21At 130.
37:21At 130.
37:24At 130.
37:24At 130.
37:26At 130.
37:27Do you know what?
37:28I am quite happy for you.
37:30I'm speechless.
37:31I think that's a really good result.
37:33Let's just say it's a high-flying, completely unexpected result.
37:37And with that, Christina is soaring away.
37:40OK, that's the last time this will happen on this road trip, so don't worry about it.
37:44Time for Tim's strongbox, with the key locked inside.
37:48Is there a locksmith in the house?
37:5020 pounds in the box.
37:51Come on, it's got to be worth 20.
37:5210,000.
37:53Really?
37:54Oh.
37:54Yes.
37:55Yay!
37:57Oh, no.
37:58Come on, somebody else.
37:5812?
37:5912 pounds.
38:0012 pounds, go 15 pounds.
38:01The thing is, you could buy it as sort of entertainment, couldn't you?
38:05Because you'd spend hours just...
38:0718!
38:07Well done.
38:08Come on.
38:0920 a lock.
38:10Let's find a locksmith.
38:1118 pounds.
38:1220 a lock.
38:13It's going to cost you about 50 quid to get it unlocked.
38:1718...
38:185,000.
38:19You cannot be disappointed with that.
38:21You can't be.
38:22I am, actually.
38:23What?
38:23You bought a locked box.
38:25Quite.
38:26Lucky to make 8 pounds there, methinks.
38:29And you made money on it.
38:30You were the boy with the golden touch, I tell you.
38:33The next lock is Christina's pair of candlesticks.
38:3730 pounds then, surely.
38:3930 pounds.
38:4030 pounds, come on.
38:40The tumbleweed going through the cell.
38:4320 bid.
38:4420 bid.
38:44That surprised me.
38:4522, 22, 25.
38:47There are not two bidders wanting this.
38:49Yeah.
38:5030 bid at 30 pounds, two.
38:5132, 35, 38, go 40 now.
38:55You're out of trouble.
38:56I am out of trouble.
38:5740 pounds.
38:58Who?
38:58Who knew I was trendy?
38:59There they are.
39:00Haven't sold in the way then, at 42 pounds.
39:04There we are.
39:05Not bad.
39:06Yep.
39:06She's doing well today on the tired, chipped and distressed front.
39:13You.
39:14You got out of it.
39:15Yeah, just.
39:15It's 55 there.
39:16It's 55 there.
39:17Tim's Sunderland lustre jug is up now.
39:20Who's for tea then?
39:21At 22 pounds.
39:23At 22, 25.
39:24At 25.
39:25At 25.
39:26At 25.
39:27At 28 online.
39:28At 28, go 30.
39:2930 bid.
39:3032.
39:31At 32.
39:32At 32 pounds.
39:33And sold in the way then.
39:34Online buyer.
39:35At 32 pounds.
39:36And sold in the way then.
39:37At 32 pounds.
39:39Still made a profit.
39:40Absolutely.
39:41It did have a little bit of damage.
39:42Yes.
39:43But it was a charming thing.
39:44So it was.
39:45And 12 pounds profit is not to be sniffed at.
39:48When I'm doing this, I think, well, actually, despite the result, would I have bought it
39:53again?
39:54And what would you answer me?
39:55Yeah.
39:56100%.
39:56Next is Christina's last lot.
39:59The Danish cup.
40:00Looks like it needs a clean.
40:02And will it shine?
40:0320 pounds to get on then surely.
40:0520.
40:0522.
40:06We've got bids.
40:0628.
40:0730.
40:0830.
40:0932.
40:10At 35 online.
40:11You were saying I had the golden touch.
40:12Maybe it's you.
40:14At 35.
40:1538.
40:1638 is bid at 38.
40:1740 bid at 42.
40:1942 pounds are up too.
40:21The internet loves it too.
40:22At 48, go 50.
40:2450's bid.
40:2455.
40:2555.
40:26Look at this.
40:2755.
40:2755.
40:2860 and up.
40:2955.
40:3060.
40:3165.
40:3265.
40:3365.
40:33That's wildly exceeded even my very minor expectations for it.
40:36Oh, 75.
40:38You're definitely getting drinks.
40:40This is ridiculous.
40:41It certainly is.
40:43You bought it for a song.
40:4495.
40:45This is great.
40:46You've done well.
40:47100.
40:48110.
40:49110.
40:49110 in the middle of the room and sold and away then.
40:51110.
40:53Well done.
40:54I'm sorry.
40:56I'm sorry.
40:56You don't need to apologise.
40:57There's no need to apologise.
40:58You've done nothing wrong apart from make loads of profit.
41:01Yeah.
41:02Well, that is the name of the game and she's running away with it.
41:06It almost looks like I know what I'm doing.
41:09Watch her, Tim.
41:10She's a wily one.
41:12The German painted goblet is the last chance to fight back.
41:16Add 20 pounds.
41:1722.
41:1725.
41:18Good.
41:18It's climbing.
41:20Add 28.
41:2130 bid.
41:21Oh, it's a battle.
41:22Good.
41:23I like it.
41:23I like it.
41:2535.
41:2638.
41:2638.
41:2638 is bid at 38.
41:2740 bid at 40 pounds.
41:2942 at 42.
41:31Great.
41:31This is good.
41:32Come on.
41:32This is brilliant.
41:33Oh, don't stop.
41:34Don't stop.
41:35Exactly right.
41:35Keep going.
41:3645.
41:3745.
41:3745.
41:38Who wants this goblet?
41:3948.
41:40Another one come in.
41:4148.
41:42Every penny counts.
41:44Every penny counts.
41:46At 48.
41:47I think that's it.
41:48At 48 pounds, they've stopped at 48 pounds.
41:50Sold on the way then.
41:5148.
41:5348.
41:53Very well done, you.
41:54I'm happy with that one.
41:55I bet you are.
41:56Good one.
41:57A day of peaks and troughs for Tim though.
42:00You're always going to lose on something.
42:03Exactly.
42:04But overall, it's been pretty good.
42:05But like a brave lion, you know.
42:07On to the next one.
42:08Exactly.
42:09Miles and miles and miles to go.
42:10We have.
42:11All right.
42:11Yes.
42:12Come on.
42:12Talking of which.
42:14Ladies first this time.
42:19Tim set out on his maiden voyage with 200 pounds and after auction costs, he is sailing
42:25home with a modest profit and now has 203 pounds and 36p in his piggy.
42:32Christina left port with 200 pounds and reeled in some fine profits.
42:37After sale room fees, she is queen of antiques today with 389 pounds and 84 pence for the next trip.
42:46Wow.
42:48Oh, what a day.
42:49What a day.
42:50But my new name for you has got to be Medhurst the Lionheart.
42:53King of the brave.
42:55I'm very impressed.
42:56Very impressed.
42:56Come on.
42:56Let's go.
42:58Next time, the rain finally stops.
43:01Shall we put the hood down?
43:02What about my hair?
43:02I'll turn into Bonnie Tyler.
43:03And while our big haired bird turns nutmaid.
43:06It's just full of the oldy worldy charm.
43:09Our new man digs deep for victory.
43:11It's like we're doing a rattle.
43:13But what's for you, won't go by you.
43:15What?
43:16To 70?
43:16No.
43:17To 80?
43:17To 80.
43:18To 80?
43:19To 80?
43:20To 81.
43:21To 81.
43:23To 81.
43:27To 81.
43:35To 81.
43:41To 81.
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