Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

NARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities-- Got some proper bling here NARRATOR: --paired up with an expert-- Point, point.

NARRATOR: --and a classic car.

Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.

All breakages must be paid for.

This is a good find, is it not?

NARRATOR: The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no easy ride.

Who will find a hidden gem?

Who will take the biggest risks?

Putting my antiques head on.

NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I think it's is horrible.

NARRATOR: There will be worthy winners-- This is better than Christmas.

NARRATOR: --and valiant losers.

Time to put your pedal to the metal.

This is "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip."

Yeah!

[MUSIC PLAYING] Today's trip features two great British athletes who also happen to be great friends.

'88, '98 to 2008, that's 20-- That's 20 years.

--7 years.

That's 27 years.

That is kind of scary.

It is.

I mean I've known you nearly as long as I've known my wife.

NARRATOR: Yes, hurdler, Colin Jackson, and triple jumper, Jonathan Edwards, are back in training, for a different sort of gold.

We both like drinking coffee.

I wonder if you can get any antique coffee stuff?

- Yeah, or tea.

- Tea yeah,tea.

That would be kind of a bit trendy as well, I guess.

I'll be honest, mine will be worth more.

You think?

Yeah, of course.

There's no doubt about it.

I don't do cheap.

Are you going to struggle to buy?

No, because I can bargain.

NARRATOR: Welshman, Colin, hurdled his way to world records and multiple medals.

And when he hung up his spikes he became a TV commentator.

Jonathan was equally dominant in triple jumping.

And in 1995 he set a world record that still stands today.

He too is now a presenter.

Not that all that will be much use when the chaps get inside an antique shop.

So you don't have any real prior really-- No, I don't-- --good knowledge.

No, I don't really know what I'm doing.

OK. NARRATOR: So exactly how sporty are the antiques experts they'll be teaming up with?

Are you going to lie about how much you go to the gym because I am.

Yeah, I am going to lie.

I'm going to say I do so much.

I avoid a gym like the plague.

Do you do any exercise at all?

I think that hanging paintings is probably the most exercise I get.

NARRATOR: Auctioneers, Natasha Raskin and Catherine Southon might know their antique stuff, but when it comes to track and field they're more armchair aficionados.

I can't believe we're in this car.

I'm really holding on here.

My mom absolutely loves Colin Jackson.

I remember her cheering him on when I was a kid and he just-- he just seems like such a happy nice guy.

Oh, how can I take that away from you Natasha.

I shall wave my magic wand.

Well I'm secretly very happy-- Oh, good.

--to be with Jonathan Edwards because he's fabulous.

NARRATOR: So with that sorted and 400 pounds for each couple, it's about time the Morgan met up with the Elva Courier.

This feels very Thelma and Louise.

Well, OK. Come on I'll drive us over the edge.

NARRATOR: Would that be Alderley Edge?

Because we're starting out in Cheshire.

Help.

Hello.

You look gorgeous.

Thank you very much.

Am I with you?

- Bit of a squeeze.

- Shall we go together?

Lovely to meet you.

This is a natural-- Look at this, this is a loving-- This is a natural pairing off.

It's been decided.

It's been decided already.

Raskin and Jackson Nice to meet you.

And you and me Catherine?

We're together.

We've got it won already.

We're the A Team.

A stands for aged.

Oh!

Aged.

Antiques.

Ah.

A for antiques.

Anyway, let's get inside because we're getting soaking wet.

I know.

NARRATOR: Shopping sides scientifically selected, What are the tactics?

I'm happy to buy things that are quite on the trend now which means that we'll get a good price and then we'll be able to offload it, sell it quite quickly at a good price.

Oh, you're talking the game.

NARRATOR: Yeah, sounds like a keen viewer.

Something I would buy for myself, something that I like the look of.

And then I will look at you, and you will make a face at me and say that is tat.

Don't buy it because you're going to lose money.

NARRATOR: Yeah, that happens a lot too.

So it's chucks away in Cheshire at Knutsford before sidling east towards Nottinghamshire and then heading south to an auction in Bedford.

Looks quiet now, doesn't it?

You should see it here when they host the slightly alarming Knutsford Penny Farthing race.

I'm sure that a cycling enthusiast like Jonathan would love it.

- Hi.

I'm Jonathan.

Hi, Jonathan, I'm Lizzie.

Pleased to meet you.

Pleased to meet you.

Hi, Lizzie, lovely to meet you, Catherine.

- Hi.

- Nice to meet you.

Wow, there's quite a lot to look at.

Is this everything here or-- No, we have 13 rooms over three floors.

There's a medal.

A medal.

A medal.

Oh, that's mine.

Is that yours?

I did the London marathon.

This year?

Well done.

Have you done the marathon, Jonathan?

No, and I never will.

Really?

I hate running.

NARRATOR: Well you might need to do a bit here.

There's quite a lot of ground to cover.

Come on then.

Sue Stirling, what's that stand for?

No, that's just whose cabinet it is.

Oh, it's her stuff.

NARRATOR: Lordy, what about Colin and Natasha, also in Knutsford.

Hello.

Hi, hi, hi, I'm Colin.

Colin, hi, Colin.

Hi.

Natasha, hi.

Hello, hi, lovely to meet you.

Lovely to meet you as well.

Where would you recommend that we start?

Upstairs or downstairs?

I think you can start either.

Here has got the smaller items, upstairs is furniture and some more pictures.

NARRATOR: Sounds like upstairs is a bit pricier and that is exactly where they've made for.

But, despite what's on offer here, they're already wondering what the others are up to.

So are they going to come back, Catherine and Jonathan, with sort of 300 pounds and change?

Are they going to buy five things for nothing?

Possibly.

Is he shrewd?

He's shrewd.

Oh, no.

Yeah, but don't worry about that.

NARRATOR: Well he's already on the scent of something.

That is pretty.

Scent bottle holder.

I guess it's continental.

It's probably about 1850, 1860.

Is it leather?

Looks leather doesn't it?

JONATHAN EDWARDS: Yeah, it does.

Victorian.

Oh, it's Victorian.

95 pounds.

Original bottles, do you think?

This is the thing.

Are they the original?

They don't fit in very snug.

No.

Yeah, I mean, you took the bottles out, you'd halve the price, I would've thought.

Oh, I love your bargaining skills.

NARRATOR: He's so shrewd.

Over to Colin, what can he sniff out?

Bizarrely enough, I kind of like that.

There's a pair.

20th century East Asian, painted on wood palette.

Let's have a look at the back.

NARRATOR: Good thinking.

Definitely is a panel, hey.

145 pounds.

I wonder if I could get it down to like 100 for the pair whether she'd allow me to buy it?

NARRATOR: Well, she is an art and pictures specialist, Colin.

Elsewhere, while dealer, Lizzie, makes a call about the scent bottles and box.

OK, so leave it with me.

OK. NARRATOR: Jonathan wants more.

Oh, I like these.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: What?

The candelabras.

They're beautiful.

I love the shape of those.

They're really stylish.

I've got a big feeling they're going to be expensive.

And they're heavy.

Oh look, and you can change-- you can change it.

It's got a mechanism.

Oh, they're really stylish.

Oh, that's beautiful.

So they're sort of articulated, aren't they?

Yeah, I really like those.

How much is on them?

265 for the pair.

It's a lot of money, Jonathan.

Is it?

It's got to be below-- way below 200, hasn't it?

Don't you think?

Well, it's what you think that matters.

Having never been in an auction before.

NARRATOR: Better have a good think about those.

Anything else a bit cheaper?

I am so impressed with how much he's looking at because sometimes the celebrities are just going to stand there and sort of dither and think, oh, I don't know what to do.

Looks sad.

He's got a really, really good eye.

Those candlesticks, for example, he's picked up they're so stylish.

NARRATOR: That's good.

But when is someone actually going to buy something?

I love, love a good blazer.

OK, so 1935 to 1936, you've got a early 20th century blazer from the University College of North Wales.

What price is it?

It's 95 pounds.

That could just be worn today and look awesome.

I think that's a great thing.

I'm going to take that to Colin because how could he resist this?

NARRATOR: We'll see.

Seems our other pair are about to take the plunge.

Lizzie's best price on the box and bottles is 50 pounds.

We love these.

We like the way they're really beautifully made, don't we?

Yeah.

However, to be perfectly honest with you, I think if these were in auction, they'd be sort of more 100, 150.

We usually say 10%, the rule of thumb.

Right, So that's 26 pounds off that.

So that would be 240.

But we could round it off to 200 for the pair.

for the two.

NARRATOR: Generous.

You said 50, didn't you, for this?

Is 30 a very cheeky offer?

Well, it's 95 pounds, so-- Yes.

It is cheeky.

That's cheeky.

I could knock another 10 pounds off, 190 for the pair.

NARRATOR: Getting better.

Time for Jonathan to leap in.

So 230?

[MUSIC PLAYING] That's going to fall and break.

SALESWOMAN 1: OK, go for that.

- Are we?

- Are we?

Are we the maddest people on the road trip?

Is it mad?

Yes, we're going to go for it.

Shall we go for it?

Let's go for it.

OK.

Thank you very much.

NARRATOR: That is a bold move.

These are your candle sticks My candle sticks are they?

OK, I will take them.

No, no, I shall take one, half the blame.

Go on then.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, back at Digby Antiques, named after the dog not Graham, the proprietor, Colin's showing his.

They're quite quirky.

NATASHA RASKIN: Oh, right, OK.

They're really decorative, aren't they?

I'm thinking so.

What do you reckon age-wise?

They can't have a huge amount of age, can they?

20th century, it says.

All right, OK. Yeah, well, first of all, what I know about this kind of stuff is they're in the style of what's known as Indian Mughal painting-- Right.

--which is usually on a very nice parchment paper.

And it's usually in this almost exact style of decoration but very small, very small scale.

They are very modern.

When they say 20th century, I think we can look at the back and say-- Could be 1980.

Exactly.

I think they're very vague with the 20th century.

But they are, I think, entirely hand-painted.

Right.

They probably are, I would imagine, although they're Tibetan in their subject matter, they're probably Chinese.

NARRATOR: Right.

Now it's Natasha's turn.

A University College North Wales 'varsity jacket for, not only just going to the college, but for football achievements.

So it's a sporting-- It's a sporting-- --Welsh blazer.

It's super chic.

Which is very rare.

Does that make you feel far from home right now?

It makes me want to be home, yeah.

Oh, my goodness.

But it looks good right, I mean.

Absolutely.

Is that in Welsh?

Yes, it is.

And what does it mean?

I should really know what that means.

But, unfortunately, I don't.

NARRATOR: Knowledge is the best gift.

I looked it up.

Let's go for the panels and the blazer.

So what's the retail price 145 plus 95.

It's 200 and-- 40.

So I want to walk out with both items at 150.

Max, max.

Oh, at the very max.

Oh, I was thinking cheaper.

I'm naughty.

I was thinking 120.

Are you leading the way?

COLIN JACKSON: Yeah.

NATASHA RASKIN: Oh my goodness I'm going to watch a man in action.

NARRATOR: Gird your loins, then.

Hello, hi.

SALESMAN 1: Hi, there.

Tasha found this thing and brought it up to me and I absolutely do adore it.

It's a lovely little fashion piece as well.

Do you want to try it on for us?

I thought you would never ask.

I'm itching, I'm itching to try on the itchy jacket.

What do you guys think?

I don't have a mirror but you're sort of nodding and smiling politely.

COLIN JACKSON: No, I can see, yeah.

NATASHA RASKIN: It looks quite cool.

I think it does look really cool.

Yeah, this may be something we are really seriously interested in purchasing from you.

OK.

But, before you say anything, we also have these two wonderful pictures here.

So I'm hoping that you'll be happy to be relieved of them.

I'm going to make you an offer that I'm hoping that you will take.

OK.

I'm not expecting you to, but I'm hoping that you will.

Let's see if it's a major hurdle.

NARRATOR: Boom, boom.

Let's see, I like that.

I'm hoping that I can get these two items-- since my event was 110, I'd like to start at 110.

Oh, come on, that's a good pitch.

That's a good pitch.

That is a good pitch.

But I want you to get past the finishing line and not-- I'm not quite on it.

OK, well you know what?

My coach always told me to run at least five meters past the line.

I always think about that.

So that takes us to one 115.

NARRATOR: Digby is staying out of it.

I was thinking more of 150.

Oh.

I think that's a good price.

COLIN JACKSON: If we can do 135, 140, I'd be really happy.

I'll do it 135 for both.

- Then we've got a deal.

- Oh.

- That sounds very good.

- It's a deal.

- Thank you very much.

- Thank you very much.

That's very kind of you.

Thank you.

Well done, I don't know about you, but I'm perspiring, and we're not even on the track.

NARRATOR: Yeah, spending money is an excellent way to keep fit.

Meanwhile, taking a brief break from all that tricky bargain hunting are Catherine and her world record holder.

Nobody's beat that?

No, I'm still-- no 20 years this year.

I mean, if it gets broken, it gets broken.

But no, you wouldn't want somebody to break your record.

Oh, that's amazing though.

It would be like me winning the road trip by thousands and thousands and thousands of pounds which is never going to happen.

NARRATOR: Their next stop is just up the road in the fair city of Manchester at a sporting venue that cycling fan and now commentator, Jonathan, is very familiar with.

Home of British cycling.

And welcome.

Bob Howden, president of British cycling.

Nice to see you again.

- Good to see you again.

- You all right?

Welcome indeed.

Please come in.

Old friends indeed.

NARRATOR: The national cycling center and its PC boards, where several world records have already been set-- Look at the speed.

It's incredible.

It's just phenomenal.

NARRATOR: --became Britain's first indoor Olympic cycling track when it was opened in 1994.

So what exactly have we got here?

This is our velodrome.

Next door we have the BMX track as well.

I mean, basically it's where British cycling's world domination has been created.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: How many medals did they get in the last Olympics?

For the last two Olympics we've had eight gold medals.

But, I mean, the other success that we've got is that we've gone from a membership where we had 12,000 members, we've now got 108,000 members.

So it's really very successful, not just in competition but really across the whole leisure spectrum.

People are wanting to ride bikes.

NARRATOR: But the recent achievements of the likes of Boardman, Hoy, O'Berry, Pendleton, and Wiggins can sometimes obscure the fact that the British have always been pretty good at cycling.

Take Beryl Burton, the Yorkshire lass who, during the '60s and '70s was one of the giants of the sport.

Beryl was a fantastic bike rider, true Yorkshire grit which obviously as a Yorkshireman I empathize with.

She was seven times World Champion, both on the track and on the road, but she also amassed almost 100 national titles in her career.

NARRATOR: Bob, a former champion himself, even has Beryl to thank for his involvement in cycling.

Beryl caught me one day riding home from playing football.

And as a 14 year old you-- You started racing her.

--you started racing her.

And when we got into Wakefield and got stopped by the traffic, her encouragement to me was, well if you think you're that good, you should join a cycling club, and the rest is history really.

NARRATOR: An all-rounder of enormous stamina, Beryl once set a time trial world record, which not only exceeded the men's, but remains unbeaten by any other woman to this day.

Beautiful jersey, Bob.

She got more than one though, didn't she?

Yeah, she had seven of those, two for the road and then five for the track.

In addition to that, she had British national titles going across a whole range of disciplines, but in time trialing ranging from 10 miles right up to 12 hours.

So she was phenomenal.

NARRATOR: Although she'd been a somewhat sickly child, Beryl was coached by her husband, Charlie, to become an all-conquering champion whilst also working full-time.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: What was her job?

She worked in rhubarb sheds.

Rhubarb sheds?

Rhubarb sheds.

And work would be hard.

It was 12-hour shifts.

One of the benefits with rhubarb is it's a spring crop so you get the crop out of the way in March and then you've got-- And then you can concentrate on your cycling.

You can concentrate on your cycling.

NARRATOR: Although Beryl's achievements are now often overlooked, back in the '60s she was much more of a household name.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: Daily Express National Sportswoman of the Year.

In the same year she was runner-up in the Sports Personality to Henry Cooper.

So she was very iconic.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: But she never raced in the Olympics, is that right?

Back then, we really only had the world championships for women to showcase.

So had there been the Olympics, who knows-- what she would have achieved.

NARRATOR: Sadly, there were no women's cycling events at the Olympics until 1984, well after Beryl's era.

She passed away in 1996 but her legacy lives on.

So what's this award here?

That's a Freedom of the City of Leeds which really goes to recognize the impact that Beryl's had on cycling in Yorkshire as a whole, but recently brought to light with the coming of the Tour de France to Yorkshire.

I mean, I think what strikes me, Bob, is that she'd have been a superstar today.

I mean, such was her talent.

I mean, we've got Sir Brad, Lady Beryl.

Absolutely.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Meanwhile, back on four wheels, our other sporting celebrity and his slightly sporty expert, came third in the 200 meters, Scottish Schools no less, are making for the Manchester suburb of Levenshulme and what was once the town hall.

Oh, look at the mosaic floor.

Is this not gorgeous?

Oh, we're truly in Victorian England now, aren't we?

NARRATOR: Antiques village, don't you know So a huge choice.

But should they find something they like-- I mean that's a big one.

NARRATOR: There may well be a phone call involved.

Oh, it's a bit more retro in here, isn't it?

It is very retro indeed.

Tell me about these two chairs.

Well they're cool.

They certainly look like Ercol.

Well that one's marked as Ercol on the label.

And what Ercol is, it's an English brand of furniture that still exists, and so popular in the 1950s and '60s because it's really got a sort of Scandinavian look, doesn't it?

It's very design-led, very minimalist, and very, very, very cheap at the time.

But Ercol furniture at auction that's from the original period has become awfully trendy.

So sometimes it's cheap and sometimes it goes for lots of money.

But what's nice about this is it's a rocker.

It's like a child's chair.

It's a sort of lady's chair.

Or is it a chair just to look at?

Not a rocking chair, surely.

You've got to get in a rocking chair.

I have two rocking chairs at home that I never go in.

Really?

That's odd.

You are dealing with me.

If we got this for something like 20 would it be worth it?

He's not going to give it to us for 20 pounds.

Why not?

Because it is marked up at 60.

And?

It's marked at 60.

That doesn't say anything.

Nothing is impossible right.

Nothing is.

A man can walk on the moon.

Exactly.

NARRATOR: One giant leap, hey.

Let's mark it as a possible.

A possible.

OK. NARRATOR: Our Col is definitely enjoying this.

How about this?

How about something like this little-- What is that?

That's like a medal.

It does look like a medal.

That is like a medal.

It's difficult to tell you without holding it, but it cannot be gold.

Although it has the appearance of gold because it's 27 quid, OK.

So we cannot say it's gold.

Now what is fine about this is the fact that it is really nicely enamelled.

So we've got sort of embossed elements, raised, and then the enamel has been poured in around the letters and around the crest.

And so it fills in that void and just creates that beautiful ground.

So we've got these lovely sort of pastelly colors making a raspberry and a lovely duck egg blue.

So actually, visually-- It's quite attractive.

Yeah.

It's really appealing, yeah.

Now what's interesting about it is this is the badge of the Steward for the Royal Masonic Institution.

I think that is an excellent spot genuinely, because that is already quite a good price by the by.

So if we can knock off something, we're on to a winner.

What do you think about knocking down?

Give me a price.

Oh, I'm thinking sort of 15, 18.

I'm thinking 12.

OK, of course you are.

NARRATOR: Well let's take a closer look first.

SALESMAN 1: Oh, there you go.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: Oh, lovely, thank you.

Really nice enamel, that's for me the key is that the enamel is nice.

So if we flip it over, we have a maker G Kenning and Son.

And what we don't have is a hallmark.

What we do have is a few nicks out of the border which means that people have been testing this to see if it is gold.

So it's gilt metal is how we have to describe it.

It just all looks good.

Underneath the glass it looked nice, but in the flesh it's a good.

NARRATOR: Time to see if you can metal Colin.

My event was the 110-meter hurdles and I ran 12 point something seconds for it.

So I'm going to offer 12 pounds for it because I'm that type of guy.

Let me try and chase up the fellow that does own it, and I'll get back to you in two seconds and a [INAUDIBLE] if I can.

- OK. You're mad.

You're so bold, I like it.

NARRATOR: That was quick, Ronnie.

Yeah, I've got good news.

He said yes to the 12 quid.

Perfect, absolutely.

Are you happy with that?

That is the best sales pitch.

I'm dumbstruck.

Ronnie, between the two of you, you're geniuses.

That's amazing.

Well there's 20 quid, if you wouldn't mind terribly grabbing us some change then-- SALESMAN 1: I certainly will do that.

I will stand here with my jaw sort of hitting the floor.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: And that is the end of a long and busy day.

They are so infectious with their company, are they not?

Yeah.

All I've done is laugh.

Absolutely, it's been a ball.

Bring on day two.

Look at this beautiful rape field.

I could go running through there naked.

Naked, there's a thought.

NARRATOR: Night night.

Next morning, the Olympian mind games have already begun.

Have you still got a lot to spend?

We've got a lot to spend.

We haven't got a lot.

Well, you need to come to a [INAUDIBLE],, you know where I'll be.

NARRATOR: With cunning like that, Colin's already a hurdle ahead.

We've got quality though.

Well-- With a K. NARRATOR: Yesterday, Jonathan and Catherine parted with 230 pounds for a pair of candelabra, and a case, and some bottles.

Are we the maddest people on the road trip?

Yes.

NARRATOR: So they still have 170 pounds left to spend today.

While Colin and Natasha picked up a Masonic medal, some painted panels, and a blazer.

I think it does look really cool.

NARRATOR: These costs 147 pounds, leaving them with over 250 for today's purchases.

Colin drives a hard bargain.

No.

Come on, I mean, 100 pounds, I'll offer you five.

One of the things I got 50% off, and that's not bad.

And the other was like 35% off.

That's not bad.

So it's not it's not terrible when I think about it.

That's not too bad.

I mean, I'd have been bitterly disappointed myself only getting 50% off, but that's each and their own, isn't it?

NARRATOR: Well I think they all did awfully well.

And they'll soon be heading for an auction in the county town of Bedfordshire.

But their next stop is in Newark-on-Trent.

[CLAPPING] NATASHA RASKIN: You won't be clapping when you see my parking.

We're just glad that you're here.

Hey, that's not bad.

NARRATOR: Our foursome are here to share a shop in the marketplace where King John of Magna Carta fame, passed away back in 1216.

Hello.

Hello.

Hello, you must be Vicky?

Yes, I'm Vicky, hello.

Hello, I'm Tasha.

- Hello.

- Hello, I'm Jonathan.

Hi,hello.

Is there scope for us to split up?

Is there plenty of space for us?

- Yes.

For Colin and I to go one way, and these guys to go another way.

Yes, there's upstairs and downstairs.

As always I think we should start upstairs.

You know when you start at the, top there's only one way-- ALL: Down!

That's fighting talk.

NARRATOR: Let's hope Vicky and Savas have taken a shine to our lot, because they'll soon be asking some of the several dealers in here for their very, very best.

It's plain to see which of our celebrities is feeling the more confident this morning though.

So I think we don't need to be safe, because I think we could kind of-- We don't need-- why do you say that?

I think some of our purchases is already quite safe.

You reckon?

Wow!

I don't know if I agree with you.

Good.

NARRATOR: Blimey, I wonder if Colin's bluffing has backfired a bit.

He's loosening his purse strings yet further.

I like this big old vase here.

Oh, you do want to splash the cash today.

It's the biggest one.

- I do.

It's the biggest one, it's the most expensive in the cabinet as well.

It does have a price tag of 210 pounds.

COLIN JACKSON: Wow.

On the bottom of Moorcroft you can sort of age it.

If we look at the base, which we can do because this is hand then we-- Oh, we've got trial on there.

Yeah, so it's not actually signed, so this is a trial piece.

OK, so that's quite cool.

What this is is painted by the decorator as a trial to take to the sort of higher echelons of Moorcroft to say we've trialed this design, what do you think?

Vicky, Colin is quite attracted to this piece.

To the Moorcroft, yes, no problem.

Oh, right.

Fantastic.

It looks pretty good to me, doesn't it?

Looks pretty good.

It's got a real sort of touch of Vienna about it or something.

It's so Continental Art Nouveau which is called Jugendstil, the Jugendstil.

Jugendstil.

It's just really good.

But do you like it now it's in your hands?

Really do.

NARRATOR: Now what will inspire Colin's opening gambit this time?

My favorite distance in training to run was about 150 meters, so I'm looking at perhaps 150 pounds.

150 pounds, right.

I mean that's just so good.

I know, the logic to it.

NARRATOR: Time for an anxious wait while Vicky finds out if the dealer concurs.

Meanwhile, Jonathan's going all misty-eyed.

Oh, I remember this.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: Oh, Bagatelle.

Oh, I love this.

Do you have to do it like this?

NARRATOR: Hang on, that's not how you play it.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: The concentration.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: Oh, 50.

Do you have a go?

That's not bad.

No, because I'll get 10.

And here you go, "as supplied to his Majesty the King, His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales and many members of the royal family."

I like this old box.

7 pounds.

Oh, 7 pounds, I mean, is it 7 or 17?

17.

You like this, don't you?

JONATHAN EDWARDS: I like this, yeah.

I think-- CATHERINE SOUTHON: We've got to have it.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: For no money we've got to have it.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: We've got to have it.

It's all about timing.

This is a great toy.

Oh!

[LAUGHS] I'm just the champion.

Yes, you are the champion.

There's just no getting away from it.

I've never, ever been good at anything like that in my life, and now-- - But it's beautiful, isn't it?

I think it's-- Is there a gold medal for bagatelle?

NARRATOR: No, not sure it'll make the Games anytime soon anyway.

But that one looks to be in the bag.

Ayup, Vicky's back.

What's the verdict?

I've had a word, she's looked at the price and she said she could do it for 160.

160?

So that's not quite what you'd-- So how often did you run 160 meters?

Never.

Never?

Oh, well, there's a first time.

I've got my arms folded, you see, which is not a good sign.

Will you meet halfway?

What about 155, how about that?

If I got it for 155, I'll go for 155, 160, no.

All right, 155 then.

How's that?

Deal?

Deal.

- Are you quite happy to do it?

- Yes.

OK, cool.

All right?

155.

155, thank you very much.

NARRATOR: Huge reduction but still a big spend.

At the other end of the scale, can Savas spring a deal?

This is from my childhood.

Oh, not only yours.

Not-- yours too?

Yeah.

And these are all plates, aren't they?

CATHERINE SOUTHON: Yeah.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: They're not actually stickers.

- No.

- There's a lovely thing here.

But you see them all the time, Jonathan.

Do you?

Yeah, yeah, you do, don't you?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, That's true.

You like it?

I like it.

So then we have to have it.

Yes.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: It's all about price.

SALESMAN 2: 10.

Eight.

Well don't look at me.

SALESMAN 2: Let's go 9.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: 9.

Yeah, deal.

Deal.

- Thank you very much.

- Pleasure.

- Thanks very much.

- You've made him very happy.

I'm really pleased with that.

I'm happy he's happy.

NARRATOR: Well we're all happy.

Meanwhile Colin and Natasha have discovered the jewelry section.

Lookout.

That's quite nice actually.

See that brooch there is Victorian.

It is so fashionable.

And I think that is a real joy.

It's an amethyst, it's probably-- I think that's my birthstone.

Really?

Being an Aquarian, I think it is.

- So what month is it?

- February.

I'm quite keen on that.

11 quid!

COLIN JACKSON: 11 quid.

Yeah, it's pretty cool.

I mean-- My birthstone's on it, and I see a price tag of three quid coming.

Oh, my!

NARRATOR: Any particular reason, Colin?

It's the 0.3 of my existing world indoor record, so I'm thinking the world record is 7.30, so I'm thinking forget the 7 because that's way too much.

I want to go for the 3.

NATASHA RASKIN: Do you know what that could potentially be?

Our most antique item yet.

NARRATOR: Aye aye.

It's quite difficult to tell if it's rolled gold or not.

I think it probably is actually brass or something but-- Let me have a look.

You like?

What are you doing?

What is wrong with you?

I just thought it will go with the brooch.

NARRATOR: Very tasteful, I'm sure.

Now what does Vicky make of it all?

I absolutely adore this.

It's Victorian as we know.

And I love this stone.

Problem is, it's got a little bit of a-- well it's quite a big chunk that's taken out of it.

Yeah, OK.

But I do like it so I'm happy to offer 3 quid for that.

If you'll give me a few minutes I'll go and see what I can.

Do it for us.

NARRATOR: While Vicky heads off to find out, the others are a bit stuck.

It'll be really good to find something Olympic-related.

It would be, a medal maybe.

Possibly.

If we get desperate can we sell yours?

NARRATOR: Steady on.

What about Colin's latest cheeky bid?

3 pounds.

3 pounds.

It's your lucky day.

It is very much my lucky day.

That is fantastic.

Oh, my goodness, Vicky.

NARRATOR: So 158 pounds for two items, one risky and one cheap.

But at least with their shopping done these two can now relax.

Let's get out of here this is my first time driving this Morgan.

Is it your first time you're driving?

It's fun.

You'll enjoy this.

NARRATOR: Back inside, Catherine's made a find.

This is lovely.

What is it?

This is really nice.

It's actually a sewing accessory.

You put this on your table, clamp it up here-- And you put your pins in there.

And then you put your little pins in there.

People collect sewing accessories.

But the thing is about this, this is ivory, but we don't need to worry because it's pre-1947.

Date-wise we're looking at about 1860, 1870.

And this is Cantonese.

And look at how well that's carved there on the top.

I think that might be a potential.

NARRATOR: The ticket price, however, is 68 pounds.

While Jonathan has designs on this tie press for a mere 8 pounds.

You wear ties?

Sometimes, yeah.

And they do get crushed especially when you travel.

Yes, so everyone man needs a tie press.

And look, the mechanical theme.

That's a definite possibility.

NARRATOR: It's certainly a lot cheaper.

Hello.

Hello.

We are calling on you again.

Yes, oh, you like the tie press.

Smile sweetly, best price for this?

I mean, it's beautiful.

I really like it.

It's good, it's functional.

It's functional.

1 pound for you, Jonathan.

NARRATOR: Quick work.

OK, well that's done.

That's done.

That's done.

Well let's try and see what we can do this one, [INAUDIBLE] strike, He's in a good mood.

If you could do that for a pound.

Yeah.

No, unfortunately, price-wise for you guys, 28.

My hand is there.

Sorry, well you just did a deal, so I'm just doing a deal.

I'm happy.

Partner.

NARRATOR: Phew!

With Savas' help they've really reined things in.

Now, elsewhere in Nottinghamshire, Natasha is at the wheel.

I'm dressed to drive you today.

I sort of put on a bit of-- I'd say this is the equivalent of a clip-on bow tie.

Well it's very effective, it does the trick, and it's actually improved your driving.

- Do you reckon?

- Yes.

Yeah, I'm sorry I feel like I'm driving Miss Daisy, sort of slow and steady here, slow and steady.

So are you trying to say I'm Daisy?

Yeah.

NARRATOR: They've successfully tootled the short distance to Upton where our watch collector, Colin, is keen to visit this fine mansion.

NATASHA RASKIN: Neoclassical, beautiful.

NARRATOR: Also the home of good timekeeping.

Hello, hi there, you must be Robert?

Hi, how do you do?

Hi, I'm Tasha, nice to meet you.

Tasha,hi.

Colin, pleased to meet you.

Colin, hi, how do you do?

Welcome to Upton Hall, the home of the British Horological Institute.

Thank you for having us.

Do come in.

Thank you.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: The Institute and its unique collection has been based at the Hall since 1972, although its founding dates back to the Industrial Revolution.

The Institute started in the 1850s because most British clock and watch makers perceived the Swiss and American attempts at mass manufacturing were lowering standards.

NARRATOR: So those indignant craftsmen at the Institute set about keeping British standards high and the companies small with some success.

To such an extent that certainly when one big company was halfway through being set up it acquired, I don't know, something like 20,000, 30,000 pounds worth of capital for investment.

The BHI deliberately put their broomstick in the spokes of the bicycle and wrecked the company, rather than allow it to set up mass producing what they saw as inferior goods.

There was that much snobbery?

Yes.

So at the time of its foundation, who would have had access to these fabulous clocks that were being produced?

Well, frankly, it was only for the very wealthy.

Clocks had traditionally been the toys of princes, noblemen, and wealthy merchants.

Ordinary people couldn't possibly afford to have a clock.

They would know the time perhaps from a sundial, perhaps from a church clock.

They might be able to see a clock or hear a clock.

But other than that, the regulation of their lives was is it day, is it night?

NARRATOR: But beside their attempts to suppress the sort of mass manufacturing techniques that would one day enable us all to own a watch or clock, the Institute's dedication to accuracy produced several innovations.

This was the design for the mechanism for the clock in the Palace of Westminster, the great clock which we probably know as Big Ben.

And this was the most accurate public clock in the world.

NARRATOR: The inventor was Edmund Beckett Denison, the Institute's second president also a barrister and an architect.

What was it with this mechanism that made it so accurate?

The difference is, and it's quite fun when you watch it, that the wheels and the pendulum are separated by these two little legs either side.

And that just allows a little bit less interference with the pendulum than on a traditional clock.

It works outstandingly well for a public clock to keep time to better than a second a day.

NARRATOR: Denison's design was soon adopted by other public buildings enabling everyone to keep better time.

You find this mechanism in use in some of the biggest town hall clocks across the country.

So this really was the very first mechanism for the masses?

In a sense, yes.

NARRATOR: But it wasn't until the 20th century that time was truly democratized and this incredible looking machine, the speaking clock, played its historic part.

This is early 1930s in design.

It was first put into use in 1936.

And essentially it was a means of being able to put all the recordings you needed on a series of four glass disks just like modern CDs, and then a series of regulators to broadcast only the relevant clips of, the time is half past three.

NARRATOR: It all came about because the London telephone exchange was becoming overwhelmed by calls from the public asking for time checks to see if their mass-produced watches and clocks were correct.

So a 1920s improvement on Denison's design, called the short, free, pendulum clock, was combined with the all-important human touch.

The London telephone exchange employed thousands of charming young women to work as exchange operators, and it was announced as a competition inside the exchange.

And I believe there were 15,000 applicants.

Wow.

Wow.

Like a modern-day talent contest.

Like a modern-day talent contest.

The lucky winner was Ethel Cain.

And pretty soon millions were dialing 846, spelling out the letters T I M, to hear the girl with the golden voice.

Not accurate now, obviously, but it was then-- very.

Astonishingly, in the first year, they received 20 million telephone calls to the speaking clock.

And technology in those days was good enough?

They could manage all those calls?

Yes, this machine will cope with pretty much anything you throw at it.

The demand, funnily enough, is probably not dissimilar to today.

ETHEL CAIN (ON RECORDING): [INAUDIBLE] 08:34 precisely.

Oh, 08:34 precisely.

Absolutely, and that means one thing.

What does that mean?

It means that we're late to meet Catherine and Jonathan.

Yes, we are, we better go.

NARRATOR: In the meantime-- is that bargain meantime?

Anyway, these two want to win.

I mean Colin always talks a good game, but sometimes he just doesn't back it up.

I think they've spent about $100 pounds in total.

They haven't gone frisky like us.

NARRATOR: While Jonathan and Catherine still have one shop left in Southwell, home of a very fine minster.

Since 1884 it's been a cathedral too.

Although, interestingly, that hasn't turned the town into a city.

Hello, Jonathan.

Hello there, hello Jonathan.

Pleased to meet you.

Hiya.

Hello.

And you are?

Terry.

NARRATOR: So what's it to be?

A canny Catherine-inspired purchase or something Jonathan would plump for?

Well I like clocks.

What do clocks do?

NARRATOR: Well at the risk of stating the blinking obvious-- Good 18th century clocks can do extremely well.

But these are like Vienna wall clocks, and they are not the easiest to sell, I have to be honest with you.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: Are they not?

You can buy these all day long for 50 quid.

Really?

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Timely advice, anything else?

It's a Tonka toy.

No, it's seen better days.

My goodness, it has seen better days.

I think it's fair to say.

But you had one?

Yeah, I had a few.

I had not this very one, but this very model.

Oh, quite nice, but it's not that nice.

And there's no interest there at all.

NARRATOR: Not a fan, him that is.

Now what's Terry about to show them?

What about a little piece of Worcester?

Do you a price on those.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: Does this float your boat?

JONATHAN EDWARDS: I mean, I don't like this stuff at all.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: No.

But I mean if it's you know-- if you're going to tell me I'm going to double our money.

NARRATOR: Well what's the ticket price?

So this is 70 for this one and 75 for this one.

SALESMAN 3: Yeah, but don't worry about the prices.

Oh, OK. Don't worry about the prices.

Don't worry about them?

Free?

Worry a little bit.

Worry a little bit.

NARRATOR: Terry's got them interested.

That's 65, just pluck me a figure out of nowhere, what would that be?

25.

Oh gosh, that's a bit of a jump, isn't it?

JONATHAN EDWARDS: That's a big jump, that's a good jump.

Not as good a jump as your jump.

Well thank you, darling.

NARRATOR: Catherine's on top form today.

We should get about 40 for that sort of thing.

A profit's a profit.

You like it now, don't you?

Oh, I think it's beautiful.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: Should we go and have a little chat?

We need to rethink.

Fine, let's do that then.

Excuse us-- You're excused.

--while we have a little conflab.

NARRATOR: OK, team, time out.

What's the game plan then?

We trade one of our items-- So we do deal with Terry for one of our items and hope he would give us whatever.

Yeah, and sort of maybe swap it for what we've got.

We'd make an early profit.

Make an early profit.

Does that count?

Yeah.

That's like an extra deal.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: OK, she is thinking outside the box.

So it's got to be the tie press which, actually, got a great deal.

What, to swap it?

Do you think he might be interested in swapping it?

We've got to try.

Well I've got it in my bag, I'll go and fetch it.

OK. Let's go and have a word.

NARRATOR: Back in play.

Terry-- Yes.

--we have a proposition for you.

I like propositions.

OK.

So maybe a trade.

What is your offer to me?

It's a tie press.

A tie press of all tie press.

I mean it's a beautiful piece.

It's just the design which drew us because tie prices are-- Tie prices aren't overly-used now, are they?

No.

NARRATOR: Or obsolete.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: So it's quite a pretty piece.

SALESMAN 3: It's an unusual piece.

Yeah, for the man who has everything.

Yes.

We did wonder whether it might be a straight swap?

[CLEARING THROAT] NARRATOR: Sharp intake.

For easy sort of sake.

For easy sake, then we don't have to dirty your hands with money.

No cash either way.

No cash either way.

It's a bit of fun, isn't it?

Yes.

Go on then, why not?

Oh!

NARRATOR: Touchdown!

One Worcester spill jar for effectively 1 pound.

I've never had a tie press before.

You've never had one before?

Never had a tie press, no.

May it bring you so much luck and happiness.

Thank you very much.

I hope so too.

NARRATOR: After that bit of excitement, let's get them back together to see what's been acquired.

All right, you ready?

I'm itching to see this.

Let's do this together, let's do this, you ready?

Right, whose idea was this?

This was my idea.

I had one when I was a child, and I saw it and I just immediately fell in love with it.

I mean, the balls are a bit ropy at the bottom, but it just evoked my childhood so it was an emotional purchase.

9 pounds.

I quite like that.

I don't.

Right, let's-- NARRATOR: Yes, moving on.

The candlesticks, let's have a look at these.

These are more interesting for me because I do like those.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: They were just a huge purchase.

COLIN JACKSON: Were they pricey?

We paid a lot of money, 190.

It hurts me to-- Wow, woofty, OK.

I love them.

I do like that.

I think I'd have got that for about 120 though, but it doesn't matter, good price-- I mean, you wouldn't have, you wouldn't have bought those.

But the cheapest of the cheap is a Worcester vase.

NATASHA RASKIN: Yes, hand-painted Worcester right?

CATHERINE SOUTHON: And how much do you think that's worth Natasha, if you're putting that in auction?

30 to 50 pounds?

We paid-- 1 pound.

Wow!

One of your pounds?

Who made a good deal here then, Colin?

What would you got that for, Mr. Jackson?

50p.

That's pure profit right there.

Look how smug you are.

I'm furious.

Don't worry, don't let it worry you.

It's only one item.

NARRATOR: Time for Colin's little pile.

Right, shall we do this together?

3, 2, 1, OK. What catches your eye first?

The jacket.

The blazer.

Clock the Welsh vibe.

Yes.

University College, North Wales.

I was going to say, University-- Bangor tailor and it's a footballing blazer, it's a varsity blazer.

So we bought this blazer along with our two pictures here.

Yeah, pretty scary.

Here we are, what do you think about these?

Catherine you look repulsed.

NARRATOR: Catherine-- No, you're speechless.

You're allowed to say you don't like them because I said I don't like them.

- I don't like them.

- You're fine.

- I've seen this-- I've seen this look over the last two days, trust me.

[LAUGHING] OK, well moving swiftly on, you've got a nice little pot and we've got a nice big vase, a lovely bit of Moorcroft.

It's so gorgeous and on the bottom it says trial.

So it's a trial piece.

Right.

And I just think it is really heady and delicious.

I like that.

Yeah, it's really gorgeous.

Yeah, that is lovely.

Yeah, so it was our most expensive purchase.

Really?

Really?

We spent quite a lot of money on it.

All I can say is good luck.

It's going to be an interesting-- - We will see you at auction.

- We will.

- We will.

- See you at auction.

Best of luck.

Catherine.

We should shake hands, shouldn't we.

We should, all's fair in love and war.

Thank you very much.

See you at the auction.

Good luck.

NARRATOR: Now let's be even more brutally honest.

I think they quite liked our table and what we had on it.

They were very shocked by that 1 pound-- CATHERINE SOUTHON: Worcester vase.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: That Worcester vase.

CATHERINE SOUTHON: It's got to be the Worcester vase.

1 pound?

It is possibly the deal of the century.

A those paintings I thought were hideous.

It just didn't look like Colin.

So no style there?

Yeah, exactly.

I cannot tell you Colin how many bagatelle boards I've sold for a fiver.

I can't.

COLIN JACKSON: Nostalgia doesn't pay bills.

Gold medal?

Yeah.

Gold medal.

Yeah, gold medal.

Your second gold medal.

My second gold medal.

NARRATOR: After setting off from Knutsford in Cheshire, our celebrities and experts are now heading for Bedford in Bedfordshire for the auction that'll decide both winners and losers.

Are you going to play the blame game?

There's no blame.

I blame your purchase as opposed to our purchase.

There's no blame there.

Me and Natasha are a team, man.

There's no blame anywhere.

So how about you and Catherine?

Well Catherine has always said to me, the candelabra if it does well, it's our candelabra, if it does badly, it is my candelabra.

NARRATOR: Bedford was the hometown of the Chariots of Fire sprinter, Harold Abrahams.

He was born here in 1899 just a couple of years before auctioneers, W.H.

Peacock were established.

They look nervous, hello.

Got your game faces on.

Welcome.

Are you ready for this?

Thank you, of course.

I have to feel I have to say hello to rivals quickly but really don't mean it.

Hello.

Air kisses, air kisses, hello.

Hello,darling, nice to see you.

Exciting, very exciting.

We're going to get the gold medal.

Oh, she said it first.

I was going to say that.

Don't worry about it.

We've got it in the bag.

Are you going to buy this thing because you're not going to earn it today, that's for sure.

NARRATOR: Fighting talk,hey.

So what does auctioneer, Matt Baker, think might pick up the laurels?

The Moorcroft vase, Moorcroft is really popular at the minute and selling well.

The painted panels-- they're decorative but there's not much else I could say about them really.

Candelabra are fantastic, they're probably my favorite lot.

I think they're functional, quite stylish.

The Stewards jewel, probably one of the things I wouldn't have bought.

We've just put 5 to 10 pounds on that one.

NARRATOR: After a bold start Jonathan and Catherine ended up parting with the least with 268 spent on five auction lots.

Colin and Natasha, meanwhile, splashed out 350 pounds on their five lots.

Now, get set!

It's all very exciting.

Are you nervous?

MATT BAKER: --for 210.

Yes.

You've gone a bit introverted.

You've gone awfully shy.

It's really his race face, isn't it?

NARRATOR: First off is Colin's amethyst brooch, their cheapest buy.

As long as we make something, I'm happy.

Because we've got plenty to lose after that.

We sure have.

About 30 pounds.

Yes,that'll be nice.

20 pound to get on, 20 pounds.

Who's 5 then?

5 pound, 5.

I'm bid at 5 on this, brooch at 5 pounds only, take 6, 6 we've got.

And 8, take you at 10, 10, thank you.

12.

OK, that's all right.

14, 16, 18, 20.

Don't get to used to this feeling don't get too used to it.

24,24 bid now, 24.

26, 26, 26 pound looking for an 8.

Bids at 26, sell at 26 pound.

[GAVEL FALLS] Yes, well done.

26, well done.

I was going high five you.

NARRATOR: A fine profit to start with.

Now what?

What is up next?

The Bagatelle.

MATT BAKER: 40, 45, 50.

Why are you laughing?

MATT BAKER: 50, 50 bid, 50 to sell.

It's nostalgic and wonderful.

I think you obviously would just take it and drop it in the bin.

NARRATOR: Despite Colin's cheek it didn't cost much, and Jonathan's very fond of it.

It's his childhood.

It's my childhood.

If they trample on my childhood here, I'm going to storm out in tears.

Where do we see that?

30 pounds for it?

20?

Oh, no.

20 we got, 20 pound, thank you.

20 bid.

20 pound, I take 2.

At 20 pound, take 2, 4, 26, 28, 28 bid's online at 28, 30?

Bid's at 28 pound, Bagatelle board will sell 28 pounds.

[GAVEL FALLS] Yes.

28, well done.

Do you feel smug?

I feel relieved.

NARRATOR: Jonathan's nostalgia paid off.

Bagatelle is back.

Now for Colin's, almost as cheap, Masonic medal.

10 pounds?

5 pounds start me off then.

5 bid, thank you.

5 in the room.

I have 5 bid for this, at 5.

Take 6, 6 behind, standing at 6.

8, 10, 10 pound, bid standing, tenner, 10 bid, I'm looking at 12.

12 online.

It's worth [INAUDIBLE] online.

Washed its face, wiped its face.

MATT BAKER: 14, bid to the back, at 14 now, 14.

You've done well.

14 bid, 14.

[GAVEL FALLS] We'll take it.

NARRATOR: A tiny profit for those two but what can Catherine's little sewing clamp make?

Where do you see this one?

About 40 pounds.

Oh, come on.

Give me 20 to get going?

Thank you, 20 we're bid in the room at 20.

20 bid, looking for 2 next.

Oh, come on internet.

22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 35 40, 45, 50, 55, 55 bid now, 55.

Quite sure then?

55 pound.

[GAVEL FALLS] That's brilliant.

Well done, well done.

- That was-- - Well done.

That's brilliant.

NARRATOR: Yeah, well done.

They're off to a good start.

Time for Colin and Natasha's first big buy, the Moorcroft.

This is the big one, the big item for us.

Once this is done and dusted-- You can relax.

--I'll calm down.

Where do we see this, about 150 to start me?

150?

100 pound to get on.

Surely we've got 100?

Who's 80 to start then?

Thank very much.

At 80 bid we've got.

80, 80 bid.

The Moorcroft vase 85 online, and 90.

90 against you out there.

At 90, 90 bid, 5, 100, 110.

- Well done.

- 120.

That's sounding better.

120, 120 now, 120.

Keep going.

120, the vase at 120.

Keep going, no,no,no.

120 bid, are we all done?

130, 130 online, 140.

Oh, one more, one more.

140, at 140 we're done.

- Come on online.

- 140.

[GAVEL FALLS] Oh, no, so close, so close.

Yeah, but that's really good.

140.

That's good.

It could have been-- It's all right, It's OK. NARRATOR: Yeah, that could have been a lot, lot worse.

We just had our most risky item.

Here comes the world's least risky item.

One pound.

NARRATOR: Quite.

I don't think they'll be too worried about their Worcester making a profit, do you?

Where do you see that?

About 40.

20 to start me, 20 pounds.

Come on, somebody's going to give you 20 pounds.

Thank you, 20 we've got, 20 pound in to room at 20, 20 pounds, vase there at 20, 2 is next at 20, 20 bid, in the room at 22.

No, come on.

22, 24, 24 bid now, at 24 in the room.

- I was looking for 40.

- 24.

Oh, come on, it's a huge profit.

24, it's go, 24 to sell, 24 pounds.

[GAVEL FALLS] A bit disappointing.

Listen to these guys.

Only you two would be disappointed by-- It was worth more than that, wasn't it.

- --plus 23 pounds.

- It was worth more than that.

It wasn't.

NARRATOR: The profits keep rolling in.

191 driftwood central.

NARRATOR: Yes, it's Colin's other slightly worrying purchase from the 20th century.

But they did a dance and I was mesmerized.

140, 140 take 50, pay me 50.

20 to get me started.

Yeah, let's get 20 going.

Answer came in, none?

20 we got, thank you at 20.

20 pounds pounds at 20, 20 bid looking for 2, 20 bid only on these at 20.

20 bid, two panels at 20.

20 bid only on these at 20.

20 pound bid, 20.

He's really trying.

20 pound, quite sure at 20?

[GAVEL FALLS] He's gutted.

Not as half as us.

It's OK there.

NARRATOR: Jonathan can't believe his luck.

That might just have sealed it.

Next, the bottles in the box, a make wait in Jonathan's candelabra deal.

I've got plenty of commission bids.

I'm going to start us off at 40.

40 bid.

He's got commission bids.

At 40, 45 online, 50 with me, 50 bid here, 55, at 60.

I always knew it was going to go well.

No, you didn't.

At 60, 60 pound, 60 bid here at 60, 5, 70, 70 bid, [INAUDIBLE] at 70, 70 pound, bid's here at 70, 70 bid, 5 at the back, beating me, at 75.

70's out, 75.

Into the room at 75 and will sell, 75 pounds.

[GAVEL FALLS] Well done.

Excellent, you star.

Good job.

NARRATOR: Another sweet-smelling profit for those two.

It has gone well so far.

Yeah.

But we've got the big risk candelabra candle sticks at the end.

They're beautiful but we paid 190 pounds for them.

Yeah, but the momentum seems to be with you guys.

Absolutely, it's rolling well.

It's looking strong for you.

I think you may do all right with them.

Mind you, don't take what I think to be gospel.

No we won't actually.

NARRATOR: No, pinch of salt more like.

How will Natasha's blazer fare?

There we are, about 40 pounds for it.

Who's 20 to start me off then?

Thank you.

20 bid now, at 20.

20, 20 bid in the room, 20 pound.

Is 20 our unlucky number?

I don't know, we seem to just-- No, that's too cheap.

20 pound bid, just 20, 20, nobody else in?

Just 20, 20 pounds.

[GAVEL FALLS] We made two profits out of 5.

Colin, we're rubbish.

We're rubbish.

NARRATOR: That may well be true, but it's not over yet.

Listen, my event was hurdles.

You could be in sixth place, the leaders are way in front of you, they collapse by hitting two, three hurdles on the trot, you beautifully drift through with a flawless finish and take the title.

We may have finished-- It's not going to be flawless.

It may not be flawless, but their big item is right at the end.

NARRATOR: Certainly is.

Staggering loss here and it could be tight.

Fingers crossed you guys because I like these.

Got 100 pounds.

100, who's 80 to start then?

Oh no, Jonathan, this is awful.

50 to get me going?

50 bid we've got at 50 pound, candelabra at 50.

50 bid now, 5, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 85, bid's online at 85.

Someone's going to pick them up.

Someone's going to pick them up.

Taking 90, at 85 bid now, at 85.

We need so much more.

85 bid, looking for 90, 90 in the room.

- New bidder.

- 95.

100, 110.

You're in, new bidder's good.

110, bid's at 110.

110 now, 110, quite sure at 110.

110, 110, 110 pounds.

[GAVEL FALLS] Oh, no.

110.

The hammer has gone down at 110.

Oh.

The silence, the silence.

What can you say?

I think we're hurt.

NARRATOR: Well, it's bad, but it might just be enough to get them over the line.

- Go get a drink.

Go think about what we've done.

- Yes.

- Come on then.

NARRATOR: Colin and Natasha started out with 400 pounds.

They made, after paying auction costs, a loss of 124 pounds and 60 pence.

While Jonathan and Catherine also began with 400 pounds but after auction costs they made a much smaller loss of 28 pounds and 56 pence.

So podium please.

Have you done the maths?

I've done the maths.

I think it was close.

NATASHA RASKIN: How close?

Fiver in it.

You reckon there was a fiver in it?

CATHERINE SOUTHON: Yes.

- There's a 100 quid in it.

- No!

- What?

- Yeah.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

100 quid!

Fantastic.

It was all you, expert.

Listen, well done.

We did so well.

We had such good fun.

It was so good.

I know where we're going.

We're going.

Oh, goodbye.

Au revoir.

We enjoyed it, goodbye.

And I'm with the winner so I haven't lost.

Yeah.

It's been great fun, beautiful sunny day-- Beautiful sunny-- Beautiful car.

Absolutely and I've learnt a lot, if I'm totally honest.

- Really?

- Yeah, I have.

JONATHAN EDWARDS: See, I don't think I've learnt anything.

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