antiques experts... Let the Road Trip begin!

VO: ..behind the wheel of a classic car.

IZZIE: Ooh!

DAVID: You hit the roof then!

VO: And a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

Pump yourself up... with antiques.

VO: The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

That's a top job, isn't it?

VO: There'll be worthy winners... AUCTIONEER: £400.

RAJ: Fantastic!

VO: ..and valiant losers.

I'm screaming on the inside.

VO: Will it be the high road to glory...

The gloves are off.

VO: ..or the slow road to disaster?

The gearbox has gone!

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Uh-oh!

VO: Today, we find our experts on the back roads of Wales.

It is beautiful.

I mean, on a day like today, Wales, I mean you can't beat it.

No.

Look at the countryside.

Oh, it's amazing.

I just love it.

VO: The man at the wheel is the Derbyshire doyen, Charles Hanson.

And by his side, Kent's finest, Raj Bisram.

Their motor is the iconic VW campervan.

Have you actually passed your driving test?

Yes.

OK.

I think this 1971 camper is up for it, but it's a test.

It's great, isn't it?

We should... We haven't named it, you know.

I think it's our boogie bus.

A boogie bus?

I think it's our boogie bus.

OK, Boogie Bus.

VO: This pair have rekindled their bromance after several years apart.

What do you think of that?

There's a lot of love there.

That is love.

VO: But after Charles's art-deco advertising sign raked in the winnings last time out... That's £255 profit!

VO: ..it's back to business today.

You made so much money at the first auction that...

Yes.

RAJ: I like a challenge... CHARLES: Yes.

..right?

So I'm really going to have to come from behind.

Raj, I know your credentials, my friend.

Catch me!

I'm going to, don't you worry!

I'm gonna try!

I'm gonna try, Charles.

VO: That's the stuff, Raj.

PMA - positive mental attitude.

And he's going to need it.

After starting out with £200 last time, he's only managed to increase that amount to £228.84.

Whereas Charles, who started with the same sum, is well into the lead, having swollen his piggy to £479.70.

VO: Back in the Boogie Bus... Raj, I want to thank you this morning.

What for?

For lending me this shirt.

(CHUCKLES) CHARLES: Thank you, chief.

RAJ: My pleasure.

CHARLES: No, I really mean that.

RAJ: My pleasure.

RAJ: It suits you, Charles.

CHARLES: Thank you.

VO: These two trendsetters may have set out from Wales, but we do eventually slip across the border into England, where we'll take in a few counties before returning to dragon country and a final showdown in Denbighshire.

This leg concludes with an auction in Newcastle.

But we begin in Bridgend, where Raj will find Bridgend Antiques and Jewellery.

VO: Good old Julian, the dealer, keeps the place spick and span.

Anyone for tea?

This is a Chinese famille rose teapot, and I'm just checking it out to make sure that it's not broken or been repaired or anything.

You can see here that it's got this beautiful decoration.

There's birds, there's butterflies in it, but it's named after famille rose, which is the pinks that it has.

It's all decorated with this pink hue.

It started in the 18th century.

This piece, I believe, is 19th century.

This is something I'm definitely, definitely interested in.

There's £95 on the ticket.

I'm going to put this to one side but I'm going to keep looking.

VO: Sounds like a potential buy to me.

But what about our other tripper?

Charles and the campervan have motored on towards Pontypridd... a bustling market town.

It's the birthplace of Welsh crooner Sir Tom Jones.

# It's not unusual to be loved by anyone... # VO: This is Anagram Antiques, where it's not unusual to find Stephen, the proprietor.

He's curated quite the selection for Charles to dig through.

# It's not unusual to have fun with anyone # But when I see you hanging about... # Here you've got Wedgwood tankard.

It's so... You might say mundane, but actually, it's by one of the leading designers at Wedgwood.

He was a man called Keith Murray and Keith Murray at Wedgwood in circa 1920 created pure simplicity on earthenware.

There's your mark.

He was a proud guy.

He was inscribing his wares because this was all the rage.

The ribbing on that bottom's lovely.

The rim's OK.

The handle's OK. All day long, I'd buy it now for £25.

Then you see the words, AF, and you think, what's that mean?

As found?

All faults?

And sadly, on the base where it's inscribed, look at this.

You've got this unfortunate chip.

In good condition, £100.

Not, it's worth 25%.

The dealer's quite right, £25.

What a shame.

VO: No sale.

Keep looking.

I was hoping, actually, to find a piece of Welsh porcelain.

Here is a piece of Swansea pottery.

It's very much like Mason's Limestone Pottery in Staffordshire, and that's made in Swansea at the Dillwyn pottery works.

And you can tell by its Hydra shape and octagonal form, it's circa 1840.

What a shame.

You'll see how the enameling of the flowers is great, but the actual green enamel handle has clearly suffered some wear and tear.

It's my first find of Welsh pottery, but at £45 it's not doing it for me.

VO: Not much luck so far for Charles.

Now, back in Bridgend, you done already, Raj?

Look at these.

These are art deco, it's really in vogue at the moment.

These are...

These are light fittings, original light fittings.

There's one, two...

There's six of them.

In the right place, or if somebody really wanted these, these could do really, really well.

He's got £24 on each one.

But if I could get these for £40, £50, there's got to be a profit in that.

He's in a good mood.

I'm going to go and see what he can do.

VO: Ah, what's this?

Julian?

Yes, Raj?

What do you want?

I found this old early banknote.

Well, actually, you've got a whole folder of them, but this one in particular, because the auction we're going to is in Newcastle.

I don't know a huge amount about notes, but I do know that they started around 1725.

Is there anything else you can tell me about this?

Well, if you... That is a Newcastle note.

If you're going to Newcastle you gotta take coals to Newcastle, you've got a chance of making a few quid on that one.

VO: A collector of paper currency is called a notaphilist and they'll pay a lot for the right note.

This one is priced at £75.

The original notes, they were like the form of a check, really.

They had the original bank note, every bank had their own note, their own date and signed by their own banker.

And I've got loads of them here going back sort of early 1800s to the famous white fivers of the 1950s.

I've seen a few things that I'm interested in.

Oh, so you want to do a bundle, you want to put a few things together and do a bit of haggling, is it?

Fantastic.

Can I tell you what they are?

Yeah, go on then.

Well, of course you've got 75 on the note, you've got £95 on the teapot and you've got £24 each on the art-deco lights.

I'd like to offer you £130 for the three items.

DEALER: For the three?

RAJ: Yes.

I will do the three... 170 quid.

Still a bit too much for me.

What about if I went to 140?

Well £50 each, 150 and you're in.

That is an absolutely fair deal.

Thank you very much Julian.

You're welcome, sir.

VO: Julian's been very generous.

Raj has paid £50 for each of these lots and makes his exit with £78 left.

Back across in Ponty, where is Charles?

You are actually making Welsh cakes?

That's right, yes.

I've not been that lucky this morning on my antiquing.

I've got a bit of time, if I could perhaps watch you and maybe even learn how to make a cake?

Yeah.

VO: Silly boy.

What are you doing, eh?

VO: Welsh cakes are a Welsh teatime treat, passed down through generations.

OK, so I'm getting my rolling pin, I'm gonna now cut my Welsh cakes.

VO: Very tasty.

Not antiques though.

One for Raj, two for me.

VO: Any for me?

CHARLES: Look at these beautiful, beautiful cakes.

It's lovely.

There we go, look at that.

Cheers!

That... ..is so nice.

Right, I'd better go.

What do we say in the world of antiques?

Going, going, going... BAKER: Gone!

CHARLES: I'd better go, cheers!

VO: And find some antiques maybe?

Meanwhile, Raj has made his way to Cardiff, the Welsh capital city.

He's meeting sporting historian Dr Luke Harris to hear the forgotten story of a Welsh Olympic water polo champion.

Hi.

Hi, Luke is it?

It is.

RAJ: I'm Raj.

LUKE: Nice to meet you.

You too.

I'm looking forward to this.

VO: Welsh born in 1886 to an Irish mother and a Croatian father, Paulo Radmilovic was a working-class lad whose parents ran pubs in Cardiff.

He became a sporting hero.

But today, many have never heard of him.

A new exhibit at St Fagan's National Museum of History is celebrating his legacy.

Who was Paulo Radmilovic?

Paulo Radmilovic is Wales's greatest ever Olympian.

He won four gold medals between 1908 and 1920.

How did he actually find his way into the sport?

As a young man about five or six years old, he went for a couple of swims in the canals around Cardiff and almost drowned.

From this point onwards, his father directed him into the baths that were around Cardiff at this time.

The Victorians had built a lot of indoor baths and Paolo started to swim in those and obviously became quite a good swimmer very quickly.

VO: At the 1908 London Games, Radmilovic became the first ever Welshman to win an Olympic gold medal as part of the British water polo team.

Two days later, he won a second when he competed in the 200 meter swimming relay team as a last-minute replacement.

Were the Welsh people proud and did they know about it?

Oh, most definitely.

If you look at the newspaper reports from the 1908 Olympics all the way up to 1928, his name is mentioned regularly.

Anything that he did, whether it was in water polo or swimming, it's mentioned in the press.

There is enormous pride and he's always mentioned for being a Welshman.

VO: He would go on to win two further water polo golds, in 1912 in Stockholm, and eight years later in Antwerp.

He also competed in the 1924 and 1928 games, retiring at 42.

His haul of four gold medals made him the most decorated British athlete ever until Sir Steve Redgrave broke his record at the 2000 Sydney Games.

RAJ: It's a great story, Luke.

LUKE: It really is, isn't it?

A working class man who worked hard all of his life, an amateur sportsman who never made a penny out of competing and got to the very top.

It's something that should be inspirational to us all.

RAJ: So considering all of Paolo's achievements, why has he received so little recognition?

LUKE: I think we need to consider the coverage.

Today, the Olympics are covered everywhere.

Back then, this just wasn't the case.

There was no radio, very little print.

It was very easily forgotten about.

I think today, with Britain's success, most recent successes in the Olympic Games, we tend to focus on these athletes rather than the ones from 100 years ago.

VO: Paulo Radmilovic also won nine international freestyle titles in a swimming career that lasted an incredible 30 years.

Despite slipping from the annals of sporting history, his legacy remains undiminished, and his achievements are once again getting the recognition they deserve.

And while Raj has been taking a breather, Charles has got back on the road.

It's very rare...

I don't buy a lot in the first shop.

I've got to dig deep now and hopefully I'll get lucky.

It will be a great shop with some really exciting finds.

He's joining Raj in Cardiff, where hopefully his next shop, The Pumping Station Antiques & Interiors, will be the answer to his prayers.

Handbrake on, off we go.

VO: Once a functioning Victorian pumping station, this Grade II listed building is home to 45 independent traders and is set over thousands of square feet.

What an amazing place.

VO: He still has £479 to spend.

There's a teapot.

Take it out and you've got... Look at the wear on that base.

You've got a lovely oval teapot.

The oval was very much the shape of the neoclassical.

So this is made by John Rose of Coalport, and this tea set would date to around 1800, 1805.

I love it because you get a lot for your money.

The only issue is... Look at that knob on the finial of the lid.

That's been... Oh, dear.

Look, it's been cracked and restuck.

But don't forget it's...

It's antique twice over.

It's 200 years old plus, and you could buy this whole set for £85.

Isn't that crazy?

I might buy it.

VO: You need to buy something, Charlie boy!

Hello!

Huge place.

You've got a box, which very much is a box of the time.

And this actually is a Morocco leather box.

Put your hands in there.

Actually, it's a glove box.

Look at that silk lining as well.

That's the original yellow or ocher yellow silk lining glove box.

This will date to around 1910.

Think of the orchids and clematis of Moorcroft.

You almost can see Moorcroft's work on this surface of this box.

And it really captures the dawn of the 20th century and also the fact that people love to buy objects with style.

I would hope that box might make between 30 and £50.

And it's a fairly solid buy if it's less than 30 quid.

VO: We're on a roll!

What's next?

Trying to work out which way to go.

Left, right, forward, back?

I just don't know.

VO: In, out, shake it all about Charles.

Ha!

VO: Under the cake stand you find a pair of early 18th-century pewter plates, and these pewter plates, they've been overpolished.

On the back you'll see the color they ought to be.

On this one particularly you'll just see almost faded out is the word London, and that is what we call a touch mark on pewter.

I think these pewter dishes are probably circa 1700, and I think they could be really cheap.

VO: Time for a deal.

Better track down Sue.

Hello?

Hello?

SUE: Hi.

CHARLES: Hello.

How are you?

I'm fine thank you.

What an amazing space here.

Emporium?

Yes, we can call it an emporium, definitely.

What do you call it?

I would say emporium.

I've found probably three things I quite like.

Over there you've got a Chinese-inspired tea set, John Rose Coalport.

There's a glove box over there, there's no label on.

It's quite art nouveau.

How much could that be?

And then finally, up on the top, top deck, there's a very nice pair of very highly polished, sadly, pewter plates I quite like.

OK. How much could they be?

Let's take the pewter plates.

Mm.

Um, the best I could do is £20 for the pair.

We come down to the glove box.

I can do that for 20.

OK, that's good.

And the tea set, I'm thinking about 60.

You would like 20 for the pew...

They've been really highly polished.

I tell you what, I'll do them for £10.

Really?

I'll take the three items.

I owe you £90.

Thank you, Sue.

VO: He's finally bought something.

Thanks, Sue.

That leaves Charles with £389.

VO: Time to collect his road trip buddy.

I'm looking forward to spending the evening drinking Welsh cider, eating Welsh food and having a really good sleep.

I mean, look at the back of this vehicle.

The hammocks are ready for us.

Sleep tight.

And I think, look, if we find a layby somewhere, let's just rock up there.

VO: I'll believe it when I see it, chaps.

Nighty-night.

Morning all.

It's another day on the road with this pair.

BOTH: # Hi-ho, hi-ho, # It's off to work we go # To buy antiques and dig deep, deep # Hi-ho, hi-ho, hi-ho, hi-ho # Hi-ho!

# RAJ: I like that.

VO: Well, I say.

Someone's had a good night's sleep.

What a morning.

Look at that.

What a beautiful day this is going to be.

Will our fortune come true today?

The golden light of Wales is on the camper.

VO: Good vibes all round, fellas.

How was your day yesterday?

Oh, it was fantastic.

A sort of indifferent day for me.

Did you?

First shop very, very nice.

And actually, I could find nothing that was quite... Really?

No, nothing.

I didn't fall in love.

Wow, that is unusual Charles.

The heart didn't pull me in the right direction.

VO: Indeed, but despite a slow start from Charles yesterday, he did get going in the end, buying a pair of 17th-century pewter plates, an art-nouveau glove box, and an 18th-century tea service.

I owe you £90.

VO: Leaving him with £389.

While Raj hit the ground running at his first shop, picking up a 19th-century Chinese famille rose teapot... ..a rare 1802 Newcastle-upon-Tyne £5 note, and a set of six art-deco wall lights, as you do.

These could do really, really well.

VO: Which means he has just £78 remaining in his wallet.

CHARLES: I made a few Welsh cakes.

RAJ: OK. CHARLES: Yes, it was delicious.

You didn't bring me back one?

Um...

I ate them all.

VO: (CHUCKLES) Their travels today will be mostly around Monmouthshire, starting off in Chepstow... ..where Raj, having deposited his buddy, will find his first shop.

Once a medieval powerhouse, Chepstow's magnificent castle looks down on the town below.

This is Raj's destination, Foxglove Antiques, owned and run by Lesley.

Raj needs to get some bang for his buck in here.

He's only got £78 left.

I'm not a fisherman myself, but I know lots of fishermen and they would love some of these books.

There's a whole collection of them here, and the one I've got in my hand is actually Salmon Fishing.

It's a first edition by John James Hardy, and the Hardy name is renowned all over the world as being one of the greatest names in fishing, fishing reels, fishing books, etc.

It's got a little bit of foxing.

It's priced at £75.

It's a little bit out of my price range, so I'm going to have to put it back and keep looking.

VO: Plenty more fish in the sea.

Moving on.

VO: Have you hooked something here?

Lesley.

Hi.

DEALER: Hello.

RAJ: Hi, hi.

I was looking at your fishing books earlier and I thought, "Oh I can't afford any of those."

But I have found something with the famous name Hardy on.

I found this vintage leather cast wallet, which contains a lot of casts in it.

VO: Fishing lines to you and me.

You've got £25 on the ticket.

What would be your very, very best for me?

£25 is a very good price, I will be perfectly honest.

RAJ: OK. DEALER: I'll do 18 on it.

I think, you know, at £18 with a name like Hardy... VO: Like the book, remember?

I'm going to say yes.

Thank you very much indeed.

I'm going to put it there, but I'm gonna get you some money out.

Thank you.

VO: After reeling in that purchase, Raj is left with £60.

RAJ: Thank you very much.

DEALER: Thank you.

RAJ: Lovely to meet you.

DEALER: Thank you.

Bye-bye.

VO: And while he returns to the motor... we'll head downriver to Portskewett.

The Prince of Wales bridge stretches for over 5,000 meters.

Far below this bustling crossing, a small band of men are keeping an ancient fishing tradition alive.

Lave net fishing, unique to the River Severn, is only possible here because the estuary has the second-highest tidal range in the world.

Charles has come to meet Martin Morgan... CHARLES: Good morning!

VO: ..at Black Rock Fishery... MARTIN: Hello Charles.

VO: ..to learn more.

So Martin, what is lave fishing?

Lave net fishing is an ancient method of fishing for salmon and whitefish, recorded on the Severn estuary in the 1600s.

Wow!

But we would say it predates that.

It probably goes back thousands of years.

How did lave fishing develop?

Basically the lave net, because it was made of what grew around the estuary, it was used by poor men.

You know, people that would be feeding the family.

Just a simple, handmade net made by local people.

The way to really eat and fish... MARTIN: Yeah.

CHARLES: ..and survive.

VO: Generations of Monmouthshire men have risked their lives wading into the treacherous waters of the Severn to set up their lave nets.

But the practice is at risk of dying out.

Martin's fishery, founded by his great grandfather, is the last of its kind in Wales and Martin is one of only eight lave net fishermen left.

It's a big net.

What's it made of?

It's made from three different types of wood that grow around the Severn estuary.

For the arms of the nets, the lave net, we use willow.

The second part of the net is what we call the headboard and that is made from pine.

The next part is what we call the rock staff and that's made from ash.

This, traditionally, was hand knitted, and is now?

Frame is exactly the same as it would have been hundreds if not thousands of years ago.

Wonderful.

The only thing that has changed is the material that we knit the nets from.

VO: The techniques and knowledge to become a lave net fisherman are passed down generation to generation, and it takes many years to gain enough experience to become skilled.

I'm presuming, obviously, through your family and generation, fishing is in the blood.

I've always been a fisherman.

I mean, I grew up and my great-grandparents and my grandparents all lived in the same house and they were all fishermen.

I feel it in my blood, in my veins, you know?

Lave net fishing out on the Severn estuary is a dangerous thing.

MARTIN: It requires... CHARLES: Skill.

..a huge amount of skill and knowledge.

And without that sort of knowledge being passed down it will fade and die and become an even more dangerous exercise out there.

CHARLES: That's right.

VO: The secrets of the River Severn, and knowing where it's safe to fish and where is potentially fatal, are known only to Martin and the last of the lave net fishermen.

I'm feeling very lucky, we're going to catch something today.

VO: In a bid to limit threats to the UK's salmon population, lave net fishermen have been instructed to operate a catch and release system, meaning any salmon caught must be returned.

Without being able to keep their catch, Martin feels the future of Black Rock Fishery, and of lave net fishing itself, is in doubt.

This is the moment I've been waiting for, Martin.

I promised Raj I would try and catch a bite for him in our campervan, so I'm really hoping I don't let him down.

I can't promise you a fish, Charles I'm afraid, but I'll show you how it's done anyway.

Fantastic.

So you open the lave net, lock the ream into the headboard.

And... there you are.

Yeah.

What we're doing here is cowering.

Basically, that - waiting for a fish to swim into the net.

You're looking for a salmon and you're listening as well for a splash of a salmon touching a stone, turning.

CHARLES: You really feel caught in time doing something that hasn't changed for centuries, and to stand here and see that vast water is something quite special.

VO: For centuries, lave net fishing was a way of life, and for the last 100 years Martin's family have carried the torch.

Now its future is uncertain, but for the moment the tradition is still being kept alive, just.

Back inland, Raj is steadily motoring on.

There's absolutely no doubt about it, I am gonna have to take a few risks.

I like taking risks, so it goes with my nature.

I just need to find one, maybe two things that'll really help me catch up.

He's crossing the border into England and making his way to Gloucester.

His next shop, the Gloucester Antiques Centre, is located in the heart of the city, just a stone's throw from the magnificent seventh-century cathedral.

With £60 and shrapnel to spend, Raj could pick up something rather nice in here.

Yeah, but not that.

What I'm looking for is a nice big Newcastle sign.

VO: Hello Charlie boy, better late than never.

He still has the tidy sum of £389 plus change to spend.

The Hardest Working Man In The World.

I can't believe it, it's all about me.

OK, I can hear Raj is clearly out there somewhere.

Better get down, cuz he's coming this way.

Quickly, down.

RAJ: Charles!

CHARLES: Sorry.

What are you doing on the floor?

I was looking... Um, I was looking on the... What are you doing on the floor?

They always say good things are often on base level.

Now, I always get down because that's where some good things can be lurking.

Well, if you want to carry on crawling round... CHARLES: I will do.

RAJ: ..go ahead.

Get down.

Look, I found one more thing on the floor, look.

Get out of here!

Get out of here, Raj.

VO: Come on chaps.

Best get on with it.

What I quite like... has jumped out at me, and it's on this top deck, is what is this orange peel toby jug?

And you'll see the way we spot salt-glazed stoneware is by the orange peel effect the exterior of the glaze has.

I quite like this gent, and I think he could date to around the late 18th or early 19th century.

It's only priced at £42.

I could see this at auction making between 40 and 60.

VO: I'll drink to that.

He-he!

Now, then, what's Raj spotted here?

Looks like a nice bit of 19th century furniture if my eyes don't deceive me.

There's always a buyer for that at auction.

I've been raving on for ages that brown furniture isn't making the money it should, and I don't understand why, cuz I love this a little bit of furniture.

It's a little dressing table with a mirror.

It's mahogany.

It's about 1880, 1890.

And what's so nice about it is the size of it.

It could fit in anywhere, spare room, child's room, wherever.

VO: Mahogany furniture was popular from the Georgian through to the Edwardian periods.

It looks like there could be a discount on the ticket price too.

I mean, he obviously can't sell this, because it was £130.

He's reduced it to 90.

I still want to get a bit more off.

I'm going to put my money where my mouth is.

Lee?

Yes?

Hi Lee.

I found something, OK?

This little bit of furniture.

What would be the very best price today?

Tell you what, I'll go with 45.

I think that'd probably be his very best on that.

I can't argue with that.

At £45 that seems so reasonable.

I'm getting my money out straightaway.

VO: And that's Raj all shopped up with just £15 to spare.

He'll have his purchases sent on to the saleroom.

Meanwhile, Charles is still browsing.

There's a pair of silver sugar bows here, or what you might call sugar tongs.

And these are hallmarked for 1818, so they're really interesting.

What I do like... And we, from the earlier form of sugar tongs or sugar nips, we come across these, which you might call sugar scissors, and these were slightly earlier than the tongs.

Just on the outside band of the ring, where you'd place your fingers in to cut your sugar out of the bowl, we can see the hallmark for about 1775.

They've got a lovely, quality feel and they're heavy.

VO: No ticket price though.

With Lee already en route, time for a deal on those two items.

There's two things I've seen.

One's over there, which is a nice toby jug.

There's also a really lovely pair of silver sugar nips over there.

How much could they be?

£30 for the jug and £50 for the tongs.

That the best price on the nips?

Maybe I can knock another pound off for you.

A pound off the tongs, how about that?

I will say thank you.

Sold.

Brilliant.

My pleasure.

VO: Very generous, Lee.

That's a total of £79 for Charles's final two lots.

Now, where's the van parked?

Reunited with the vee-dub, the boys are calling it a day.

It's a beautiful country.

Hugely.

It really is a beautiful country.

Yeah.

Bit hilly.

But this camper from 1971...

It's gonna make it.

Come on!

VO: And on that note, time for some shuteye.

Now, after all that hard work ferreting out antiques, it's auction day!

CHARLES: So here we are.

RAJ: OK. Park in this driveway here.

Yeah.

VO: Westonbury Mill Gardens and its fantastic follies make the perfect setting for watching it all go down.

What a beautiful place.

Isn't it terrific?

The tranquility, Raj.

So much greenery!

VO: Having started out in South Wales, our pair have arrived in Leominster.

Meanwhile, their purchases have been dispatched north to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Thomas N Miller Auctioneers is where it's all going to happen.

Guy Macklam has the hammer, with bids online, in the room and on the phones.

All done at £25 and got to go.

VO: Charles spent a cautious £169 on five auction lots.

Guy?

The toby jug is a really good early example, and in good condition also.

And they tend not to turn up in that sort of condition very often, so I'm hopeful today this would bring a good price.

VO: Very good.

Raj was a bit bolder with his money, spending £213 on his five lots.

Any winners in there, Guy?

The deco wall lights are always things that, when they turn up at salerooms, they tend to sell really well.

These are in good condition so they should do really good today.

VO: Excellent.

The scene is set for a cracking day at the saleroom.

CHARLES: You ready?

RAJ: I'm ready!

VO: Let's see then.

Starting with Raj's famille rose teapot.

Hold tight.

Here we go.

Lot 100 we sell and I'm bid 50.

55.

55, but 60 is bid.

65... CHARLES: Come on, Raj!

RAJ: Come on.

Don't stop there, online.

Come along, click the button.

65 offered, 70 bid.

We're pushing forward... RAJ: Profit!

Profit.

CHARLES: You were right.

Are you bidding in the room here?

I've got 75... Come on.

This'll be your last call here at 80 bid.

85.

90 bid.

Don't hang around.

Come along, click quickly.

RAJ: Bit more.

GUY: £90 bid.

90, yes!

Come along, internet.

95.

RAJ: Thank you.

GUY: 100 offered.

Oh, yes!

That's amazing.

You've doubled!

RAJ: I've doubled my money.

I've got 100 here.

110.

They're slowly coming forward.

RAJ: Slowly.

GUY: 110... CHARLES: No way!

RAJ: Yes!

CHARLES: Raj Bisram!

RAJ: Ho-ho!

CHARLES: You're flying.

RAJ: No, don't say... 110.

Hammer at 110.

I think we're done.

Whoa!

110!

CHARLES: Bravo.

RAJ: Good start.

VO: Jolly good, eh?

A nice profit to kick things off.

Raj, that's a great result.

Yeah, that's...

I'm... Got to be pleased with that.

VO: Continuing the theme, Charles's tea service is next.

Raj, I like it.

This is my passion for the past.

An oval outline with the tea bowls and saucers.

We thought we could get 70.

Where's 40 to start me?

Oh golly.

GUY: Rock down for £20 to go.

CHARLES: Oh my goodness me!

Any advance?

At only 10 for the lot.

£10?!

No!

£10 only?

Is that all?

12 bid.

14 against you, internet.

Is that all at 14?

But I've got 16 on the net.

£16 only.

What a sha...

GUY: 18 bid.

RAJ: 18.

CHARLES: Come on!

GUY: £18 will buy this.

I'm selling without reserve at 18.

It's all got to go.

Selling at 18 and done.

That was a... a bit of a disappointment.

VO: Whew, hefty loss there.

You have to put that behind you now.

That's right.

Put that behind you and move on.

VO: Auctioneer's tip, the art-deco wall lights are up next.

They cost you less than £10 apiece.

Yeah.

I can't believe that, Raj.

We're away on the internet at 130.

40.

150.

160.

170.

180.

190.

RAJ: Ooh!

CHARLES: Oh Raj.

I can't help it.

I've got 190.

Come along, 10 more elsewhere.

RAJ: Come on!

GUY: £200 bid.

GUY: 220 is bid.

RAJ: 20!

Have some confetti on me.

(THEY CHUCKLE) 220 against you... Unbelievable.

Selling to the net at 220.

240.

260.

RAJ: This is... CHARLES: Confetti time!

260!

CHARLES: I can't beli... Stop!

RAJ: Oh my goodness.

60 all done?

RAJ: £260!

GUY: We are at 260.

280.

300 bid.

We're still going.

Ha!

CHARLES: Oh, Raj.

GUY: Last chance, internet.

Last chance.

At 300 hammer.

The hammer's up.

It's coming down.

At 300, all done.

RAJ: Oh!

CHARLES: All I can say CHARLES: is brilliant my friend.

RAJ: Wow!

VO: The comeback is officially on.

£300.

I can't believe it.

Wow!

Wowee.

VO: Charles needs a response here.

Can his glove box muster a profit?

It is silk lined and I just think it's nice.

Some interest on the net.

I'm bid £30 for this box.

CHARLES: That's great.

RAJ: Straight in.

Any advance on 30?

Take five elsewhere.

This little box.

£30 for the lot, then.

Selling to the net at 30.

Any further interest?

Stopping, then, at 30.

35.

Yes, just in time.

They all count.

I've got 35 now.

RAJ: I've said 40.

It could double.

This is your last call.

Last chance.

At 35.

Well, it's a profit.

VO: Yeah.

A tidy return on investment.

Was that 35 or 30?

RAJ: 35.

CHARLES: That's OK Raj.

CHARLES: I'm happy.

RAJ: Yeah?

VO: Something for the locals now.

Raj's Newcastle £5 note next.

CHARLES: And it cost you how much?

RAJ: £50.

CHARLES: Raj!

Goodness me.

£40 is the start, then.

Any advance at 40?

Hoped for more than 40.

CHARLES: Come on!

GUY: 45 is bid.

45 against you, internet, I'm afraid.

Is there any advance?

There is.

There's £50.

GUY: There we go.

£50 for £5.

RAJ: Oh!

RAJ: Come on.

Oh, dear.

GUY: Any advance at 50?

At £50 we sell.

Ooh, that was... CHARLES: But you broke even.

RAJ: ..disappointment.

VO: It could be worse.

All square with that one.

That was a cheap lot.

It was a cheap lot, Raj.

VO: Charles's sugar nips up for grabs now.

What do you think they should make?

Raj, they were not inexpensive.

They were £49.

40 was the estimate.

10 is the bid.

We're under way.

12 bid.

14.

Any advance at 14?

16.

18.

20.

Five.

25 against you, internet, I'm afraid.

What a shame at only 25.

Period bit of silver here.

I've got £30 bid on the net.

Is that all?

I've got 30.

35.

We're going forward.

CHARLES: We're getting there, Raj.

RAJ: Yep.

There you go.

Come along, internet.

40 needed.

I've got £35 offered.

All done?

Are we sure?

GUY: Any advance?

CHARLES: Come on!

This is your last chance, internet.

Last call.

At 35 and done.

Slightly disappointing, I'd say.

It's tough!

VO: Yeah, not having much luck today are we, Charles?

RAJ: And usually good quality... CHARLES: Yeah.

..always makes the money.

We always say, Raj, don't we, if you can't find the real bargain, CHARLES: buy quality.

RAJ: Quality.

VO: What profit can Raj catch with this, his Hardy's fishing wallet?

I don't think this is gonna make a lot of money.

CHARLES: No.

RAJ: If it makes £10... CHARLES: Yes.

RAJ: ..profit, I'll be happy.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm bid £10.

12 bid.

14.

16.

GUY: At £16 only... CHARLES: Oh!

It's a great fishing town as well.

Come on!

Are we done, internet?

At £16, this will be your last chance.

CHARLES: Hello?

GUY: It's away.

It's going.

Hello!

It's going.

At only 16 and done.

CHARLES: Hello.

A loss.

VO: It is a loss, but not a big one.

I'm disappointed.

Well, you gave the bait, didn't you?

But you pulled in nothing.

You're right.

VO: Let's see if Charles's toby jug will show a profit.

CHARLES: A decorative object, the tricorn hats.

I've handled a lot of these and sold a lot of these in the past.

Have you really?

And they...

I mean, you know, the price RAJ: you paid for it... CHARLES: Yes?

Because people still are RAJ: collecting these.

CHARLES: Yeah.

I'm bid 60.

At £60 offered on the net.

That's good.

Doubled your money!

It's a rarity.

That's good.

They're still going.

£70 on the screen next to me.

RAJ: Wow!

CHARLES: Go on!

Come along, internet.

Click the button.

75.

80 bid.

Well there we go, late surge.

The buyer at 80 stands.

CHARLES: Brilliant.

GUY: £80.

GUY: 85.

90 bid.

CHARLES: Well done.

Little better.

Come along.

Clicking forward.

GUY: Any advance at 90?

RAJ: Nice.

That's a lot better, Raj.

95.

£100.

This hammer is heavy, I'm gonna drop it.

At £100.

Come along, internet.

At £100, all done?

£100.

We sell.

Well done.

Well done, Charles.

CHARLES: Thank you, Raj.

RAJ: Great.

VO: Something to toast!

Well done, Charles.

RAJ: Nice.

CHARLES: That just gives me belief that the heart can rule the mind and not make a loss.

That's a good profit.

Well done, well done.

VO: Raj's final lot now, his mahogany dressing table.

I like the size of this.

I like the condition of it.

20 is bid.

Only 20.

But I've got 25 on the net.

30 bid.

35.

40 bid.

Come along, push on.

45 against you.

At £45, are we sure?

At £45... CHARLES: Come on, keep going!

RAJ: Please.

CHARLES: Come on!

RAJ: Come on.

Selling here to the net.

Last call.

At £45, we're done.

That's OK.

Broke even.

VO: He'll have to be happy with his money back on that one.

Broke even.

I wanted it to make a little profit.

I liked it.

VO: Charles's lowest spend and last lot next, the 18th century pewter plates.

I really rate this one.

It's Holstein, cost me a tenner.

£18 is bid.

It seems a low start.

20 bid.

That is really good.

GUY: 30 bid.

35.

RAJ: Oh my... Good.

That's a little bit better, GUY: warming up here at 35.

RAJ: Wow!

That's good.

35 on this screen to the internet, then.

At 35.

Last call, internet.

This is your last chance.

At £35 we sell.

That is good.

VO: A nice profit to round things off.

I think you're leading me.

RAJ: No!

CHARLES: I think you are.

VO: Well, let's find out.

Charles started this leg with £479.70.

After saleroom fees, Charles has made a modest profit, finishing with £493.56.

But Raj has come roaring back into the game.

He began with £228.84 and, after auction costs, he now has £443.06, putting him well back within touching distance.

I think we've had a fairly good, priceless, auction there.

You've done really well, I haven't done as well.

Well done.

Well, I... Well, no.

Great, great auction.

Hopefully I've caught up a little bit.

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