ANNOUNCER: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts.

Yeah Super cool.

How about that.

ANNOUNCER: Behind the wheel of a classic car.

And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners-- Yes ANNOUNCER: --and valiant losers.

Lost it.

ANNOUNCER: Will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster.

Oh no, something's wrong with the car!

ANNOUNCER: This is the Antiques Road Trip.

[THEME MUSIC] ANNOUNCER: Groovy baby.

We're out on the b-roads once again, with our adventurous experts Natasha Raskin Sharp and Philip Serrell.

We're big fans of a country lane, aren't we chaps?

It always makes me nervous when you go down roads that got green grass growing in the middle of them, like this one has.

Why?

Well because it means you'd better disappear off the end of the Earth.

Oh you're a flat-earther.

And this is it, look at it.

It's all flat.

Any minute now, we could drive off the edge.

ANNOUNCER: No Philip, this is Lincolnshire.

It just looks that way.

At least it's not taxing the Sunbeam Alpine.

You're getting close to retirement age.

A flat landscape would be nice for you, wouldn't it?

That was harsh.

ANNOUNCER: Whippersnappers, eh?

Last time out, sprightly Serrell employed some unorthodox bargaining techniques.

Tails.

Heads.

Damn it, blast it.

ANNOUNCER: While fresh faced Natasha failed to make the right impression at the auction.

Do you know, I find-- Why are people laughing at me?

Do you know the difference between you and I?

What?

Is that you're not embarrassed to haggle.

You have no shame.

I on the other hand, cringe.

I want the ground to swallow me up asking even for a fiver off.

ANNOUNCER: Shameless Phil managed to put his initial 200 pounds to work and netted a tidy profit of 26 pounds and 80 Pence.

While Natasha's fortunes took a little dip, leaving her with 183 pounds and 50 pence to play with today.

We should finish the actual competitive element of our road trip now.

And then we can have five days, just really having a lovely jolly time.

What do you think?

Just because you're ahead.

You're so competitive Phil.

Me?

ANNOUNCER: Yeah, nice try Philip.

They started their trip in the East and haven't strayed too far yet.

But they'll eventually head up to Yorkshire, before ending up on the West Coast at St Annes on Sea.

Today we're making our way towards an auction in Nottingham.

But we begin in the Lincolnshire fens at Long Sutton, one time home of infamous highwayman Dick Turpin.

But the town's a little bit quieter these, at least until these two showed up.

Watch out, parking, deux-points.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: To the door, how about that.

PHILP SERRELL: [INAUDIBLE] Tough job.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: You're out before I've even switched off the engine.

PHILP SERRELL: I'm going to wait for you my dear.

ANNOUNCER: Yeah you'll be cheek by jowl in Long Sutton Antiques this morning.

OK Which way do you want to go?

You go right, I'll go left.

Okey dokey.

ANNOUNCER: It's big all right, plenty of room to get lost in without fear of treading on each other's toes.

Although the sheer amount of stuff in here can boggle the mind.

Stand by for a boggle.

Well and truly boggled I'd say.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: It's the very start of the day.

Philip's here, he's got money.

He's got more knowledge, hands up.

Well, he's got a few years on me.

So I think I'm a bit nervous.

I think Phil's making me nervous.

And I'm freaking out.

ANNOUNCER: Just breathe Natasha.

Take a leaf out of Phil's book.

Hello-- oh!

ANNOUNCER: See?

Calm and collected.

They talk about, can't see the wood for the trees.

There's an awful lot of trees in here.

ANNOUNCER: Oh dear, sounds like he's having a bit of a wobble too.

I wonder what he's like.

Oh blimey.

See, this is in bronze.

And it's a newspaper boy.

And if you want to see an example of a really bad cast bit of bronze, just look there, look.

Can you see that seam?

It's so rough.

His face doesn't look the happiest in the world, does it?

I mean, not like me.

Not like smiley and happy Phil.

But having said all of that, it is solid bronze.

ANNOUNCER: A finely cast bronze figure can do very well at auction.

Sadly, this ain't one of them.

There's a ticket price here of 65 pounds.

And that wants to come at like 30, 35 pounds for me.

ANNOUNCER: Well dealer John's the man to ask.

Here we go.

Your views on this?

Yep Well, he's not the best quality but you know that.

He looks like he needs a good dentist doesn't he?

How old you get it?

Well, I put it in the 1930s.

Would 30 quid be any good?

35 Put it by and we'll have a think about it.

OK ANNOUNCER: Right, now is our other shopper getting on?

Feeling a bit more chilled?

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Here you've got this beautiful Irish pot.

It's studio pottery, green glaze, nothing particularly special about it.

Problem is, I don't want it for the auction room.

I want it from my kitchen.

Amazing, 6 pounds, a beautiful piece of functional pottery.

Sarah would be-- Talking of which, how you, lovely, you all right?

I'm going to put it back down.

PHILP SERRELL: Have you found anything yet?

Apart from a 6 pound pot, no I haven't.

I don't know what's going on, Phil.

Have I lost my mojo?

Did I have it to begin with?

ANNOUNCER: Don't know about your mojo.

It's time to cut your losses I think.

Plenty more fish in the antiques sea, as they say.

Now, back to that bronze.

Shall we do a deal, Phil?

I do like this.

JOHN: Yeah PHILP SERRELL: I don't know that I can do 35.

I can do 30, to give myself a chance at the auction.

Well we said 35.

So I'd like to be near to that.

Are you a gambling man?

Yeah go on.

ANNOUNCER: Oh no, not this again.

PHILP SERRELL: Get a coin out your pocket, don't show me what it is.

Put it down there, and if I win it's 30.

And if you win it's 35.

Fair enough, OK no problem.

Is that all right?

Yeah absolutely.

Put it on the counter so I can't see it.

That's a tail.

Do you know what?

That's twice on the bets, I've lost these now.

That just cost me $35 quid.

Good.

Sorry NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Thank you very much.

JOHN: OK no problem.

ANNOUNCER: You never learn, do you Phil?

One big bit of bronze bought.

I think you better hoof it.

Out on the road, our Tasha's mood is a bit like the weather.

I'm really hoping to buy a few things in the next shot.

Because if I don't, I'll be in trouble.

ANNOUNCER: Chin up old girl.

She's heading West to Spalding for her next retail opportunity.

And with a name like Three Pieces of Eight, there's bound to be treasure in here.

Hello.

Hello.

Hiya.

ANNOUNCER: Hello Dave and Ian.

It looks like there's loads to see.

Shall I just get stuck in?

Please do.

That's the spirit.

No messing about.

Take the bull by the old horns, eh?

I think that's a cow.

That's a horn.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Here we've got a wrought iron boot scraper in the shape of a Scottie dog.

Super deco, the motif of a Scottie dog.

It says on the label, it's estate made.

So having visited a few fancy estates in my time, you do generally have stables on that estate.

And therefore, you have a forge.

You have the blacksmith who's making the shoes for the horses.

It says it's circa 1920s.

That's the style.

It could well be 100 years old.

So it looks the part.

ANNOUNCER: And it's priced at 75 pounds.

What's nice about this is that if you have a farm, if you have a big estate, then you do wear boots.

And they need to be scraped, because you're not going to trod your mud through the carpet.

I like that.

So yeah, all of a sudden I'm a country girl.

No I don't look like a country girl.

ANNOUNCER: More Breton urban Scottish biker chick, I'd say.

Anything else?

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: This block of wood is the plainest thing in the whole entire shop, because it is quite simply a turned piece of oak, by the looks of things.

That represents the skull on top of which a milliner would fashion a hat.

It's a hat block.

But it looks so smart.

And without a stand-- sometimes they have-- and this has these lovely finger holes, which immediately, of course, make one think of a bowling ball.

But I also want to know what size it is.

And I did see that there is a measuring tape here.

And my husband says I have a pea head.

And I want to measure it, because.

I don't think it's that small I then put this around.

Right here we go, oh there we are.

Right apparently my head is 21 inches.

Let's see what this is.

It's 21 inches, my head is made for this hat block.

And I don't know if that's a sign.

But it feels like a sign.

ANNOUNCER: It's priced up at 45 pounds, though.

Maybe there's room to negotiate.

I don't know.

But if the hat fits.

ANNOUNCER: Oh very good.

I think she may have her mojo back.

This looks weird.

A barn find, untouched, very sharp teeth.

ANNOUNCER: Hmm, intriguing.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: This, I know nothing about.

So let me bring this over.

Gentlemen, please explain.

Right.

ANNOUNCER: Over to you chaps.

It's a 1916 military issue trench saw.

They used to carry it in the trenches.

That's the tool I would use to cut the wood.

OK so hold on.

I guess these are the handles.

DAVE: Yeah the blades are sharp.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Yeah they do look like teeth.

DAVE: And there you go, one end.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: One end.

Oh, that's really big.

There you go, two ends.

And that is a saw.

So to me, to you, sort of thing.

Yeah NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Oh, that's very interesting.

Is it British made?

Yep maker's mark is on the end.

And there's a crow's foot mark to prove it's military.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: There is, look at that.

ANNOUNCER: The crow's foot, or broad arrow as it's known, was used to identify an object as property of the crown.

And it's still a criminal offense to use it without authority.

So what did I see on the label, 50 pounds?

DAVE: You did.

ANNOUNCER: Time to cut that down then.

So boot scraper, I'm totally into.

Hat block, I'm totally into.

Saw, I'm totally into.

I think it would be good to ask who owns what?

I own that.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: OK I own the other two.

OK I'm coming to you in a moment then.

OK Dave, me and you, 50 pounds, what's the best price?

25 25, would you do it for 20?

DAVE: Yes OK, OK, OK, 20 pounds is super generous.

Thank you very much.

OK cool.

20 pounds done.

ANNOUNCER: You're up next, Ian.

You know the I'm an auctioneer, so you won't be offended when I tell you my opinion, auction style.

So lower end of the estimate for each of those is 50 pounds.

(GROANS) It's kind of cheeky, isn't it?

It's just-- it is what it is.

I don't know what to say.

For both?

For both, Dave.

That's almost as much as just the block.

I would like a little bit more on the scraper.

So if I did the both for, say, 60.

60 pounds.

Uh, yeah.

Yeah?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Are you sure?

Yeah I'm sure.

You're sure, sure?

- It's fine, honestly.

- Sure, sure?

I'm probably going to hate myself later.

Shake his hand now.

Shake while I'm still there.

ANNOUNCER: She really hates negotiating, you know?

So 80 pounds all in then.

20 for the saw, 25 for the hat block, and 35 for that pooch.

You best make yourself scarce Natasha, before they change their minds.

And with her finally out of the gate, where's Phillip got to?

He's called a halt to his shopping and is headed to the village of Sutterton, where he's taking the afternoon off for a spot of fishing.

Perfect weather for it, pouring with rain.

Oh you must be Hayden.

Hello Phil.

Good to see you.

Thanks This is a fantastic place to go fishing, isn't it?

Well yeah.

It's renowned for big carp and eels.

It's why we came here.

I mean, I've been fishing since I've four or five years old with my dad.

And it's my favorite pastime.

The most interesting thing a man can do with his time, is fishing.

Follow me Hayden, I'll show you how it's done.

Hold on Phil, you need something.

What?

Oh right.

Oh, a hat.

Thanks.

Maybe that'd help.

I think it's the weather for us.

Never mind come on, it's better than nothing.

ANNOUNCER: Hayden's a bit of an expert when it comes to one particular fish, Anguilla Anguilla, the European eel.

And Lake Helen, which he owns, is the ideal place to introduce Philip to the art of catching these mysterious creatures.

HAYDEN: For centuries, nobody knew where they came from and where they went to breed.

But they actually migrate to the Sargasso Sea in the Caribbean.

PHILP SERRELL: This is completely landlocked.

So how do your eels get to the Sargasso Sea?

Well on rainy nights like today, they migrate across the fields in the land at night time, crawl down the dike systems back into the tidal rivers and marshes around here, and back to the Sargasso Sea.

ANNOUNCER: Well I never did.

They're like salmon.

When they breed in the Sargasso Sea, they all die.

PHILP SERRELL: Really?

HAYDEN: And it's the young elvers that migrate back across the Atlantic, back to the original lakes that their parents came from, which is absolutely amazing.

ANNOUNCER: Well let's see if we can catch one of them, then.

HAYDEN: Shall we get your pole ready?

PHILP SERRELL: Yeah, absolutely right.

HAYDEN: Pass me that hook Phil.

And I'll give you a worm.

PHILP SERRELL: So Hayden, all I got to do now is just lob this in.

HAYDEN: Gently.

PHILP SERRELL: So right there?

HAYDEN: A little bit far.

We're fishing right close to the lilies, Phil, where the fish tend to be.

PHILP SERRELL: This is good stuff Hayden.

HAYDEN: That's it, grab a chair and you're fishing.

ANNOUNCER: Traditionally caught in wicker baskets, eels were a staple of the diet around here and a vital part of the local economy for centuries.

They've even been used as a form of currency.

Indeed, the stone used to build Ely Cathedral was paid for in eels.

But it was during the 19th century that their popularity spread.

HAYDEN: They went to working people in the big cities, to feed the burgeoning Victorian populations.

The population exploded in Victorian times.

And they needed cheap food to feed those people.

Jellied eels will last a fortnight.

They don't go off easily.

The gelatin makes them-- Horrible.

--stop going off.

It was the food of the working class in London, you know.

And it was ubiquitous.

On every street corner there'd be the jellied eel man.

And eels-- and yes.

You've got it this time mate.

PHILP SERRELL: Isn't that a nice little fish?

HAYDEN: You've caught a perch, Phil.

Whoa I'm going to stick him back, Phil.

PHILP SERRELL: Yeah HAYDEN: Off he goes.

PHILP SERRELL: OK HAYDEN: Well done mate.

PHILP SERRELL: Now, that was not an eel, was it?

HAYDEN: No but we are on the trail.

Yeah ANNOUNCER: Yeah, eels fell out of favor as a food source when their numbers dwindled dramatically, from the 1970s.

Sadly, they're now on the critically endangered list.

Here at Lake Helen, any catches are always put back.

Not that our own JR Hartley is much of a threat to the local population.

I think these eels are just teasing me.

HAYDEN: That's a better fish, Phil.

PHILP SERRELL: Is it?

Do know what?

I think I'm just naturally gifted at fishing.

HAYDEN: There's your roach, lovely red fins, beautiful roach.

Yeah put him back in, eh.

Will do mate.

Will do.

PHILP SERRELL: We'll put him back in.

ANNOUNCER: I think the only thing you're going to catch now is a cold.

Let's return to the warmth of Hayden's kitchen.

And the closest you'll get to an eel today, sustainably fished of course.

And don't worry, Phil.

It's not jellied.

HAYDEN: Here we go Phil, smoked eels.

A fenland eel, especially for you.

So I'm going to give this a go.

That's really quite nice.

HAYDEN: Is it?

PHILP SERRELL: Yeah, it is.

ANNOUNCER: Try it with a bit of horseradish.

And when you finished your supper, your ride will be waiting outside.

It absolutely hosed down.

So I'm amazed you've got the roof off the car, really.

Well this great British weather, four seasons in one day.

The question is really, was it illegal?

ANNOUNCER: Oh dear, oh dear, good night.

[MUSIC PLAYING] ANNOUNCER: Next morning, our couple of sunbeams are finally leaving Lincolnshire and heading off to pastures new, in their little Sunbeam.

We got Cambridge.

And we've got Suffolk.

And we got all over the place, haven't we.

Nottinghamshire, we're everywhere.

Like a rash.

Speak for yourself.

ANNOUNCER: Yeah, yo can get cream for that.

After a shaky start, Natasha's shopping took a turn for the better.

She grabbed a trench saw, even a hat block, and a doggie boot scraper.

Are you sure?

Yeah I'm sure.

You're sure, sure?

It's fine ANNOUNCER: So she has 103 pounds and 50 Pence for today's purchases.

Philip meanwhile, only managed to bag a bronze paper boy figure.

It looks like he needs a good dentist doesn't he?

ANNOUNCER: Leaving him with just over 190 in his wallet.

Everybody happy?

You bet your life we are.

PHILP SERRELL: You know, when you buy something, you know, the minute you pay for it, you think, I'm not sure about that.

Buyer's remorse.

Yeah, unfortunately on this program there isn't a 30 day cooling off period to take it back.

ANNOUNCER: Yeah caveat emptor, Phil.

Let the purchaser beware.

Later we're heading for an auction in Nottingham.

But for now, Philip is striking out a loan towards the Suffolk village of Risby, where one of these thatched buildings has Phil's name on it.

And here we are.

PHILP SERRELL: Oh this is Serrell heaven.

Look at this!

ANNOUNCER: Yes Risby Barn Antiques has a fair selection of his favorite big lumps to peruse and pick up.

PHILP SERRELL: This is a roofing finial.

This would have sat on the ridge of a roof.

And it's there.

It's got no purpose in life.

It's just merely decorative.

Why would I like that?

And who's going to buy it now?

I mean, if you've got a roof, you're going to want one at one end and one at the other.

There's only one here.

ANNOUNCER: Yeah 85 pounds on the ticket.

PHILP SERRELL: It says here it's a large church finial in two parts.

Well where's the other part?

There might be something else that goes with it, like a church.

ANNOUNCER: I think we draw the line on you buying an actual building, Phil.

[LAUGHS] Let's have a shufti inside, shall we?

He's got 191 pounds and change to play with.

And they're not short of things to buy in here, that's for sure.

Oh I like the look of that.

ANNOUNCER: Look out, he spotted something.

PHILP SERRELL: So that is a cordite shell carrier.

And it's got a coat of arms on it.

And they're kind of leaning on a plaster base.

I absolutely love her.

Also known as Clarkson cases, these spark-proof containers were designed to protect cordite charges from accidentally igniting.

150 pounds on the ticket.

I expect you're wondering why we're going to be looking at a thing for lumping shell cases up and down a battleship.

But you know, what you do today, is you don't sell an item, you sell a look.

And I think I've got a really good look.

It will make a great waste paper bin in the gentleman's office.

It would make a stick stand.

And I think that's a really cool thing.

I worry myself, sometimes.

ANNOUNCER: I don't know there are stranger things than that in here.

PHILP SERRELL: Good Lord above.

Do you know, I thought there was a lady stood there.

ANNOUNCER: Look, she's got friends.

Have you ever seen any crash test dummies for sale?

I think I've probably been in the car with a few.

What sort of idiot would buy a crash test dummy?

I think you might be looking at sort of an idiot, because I think they're really cool.

They're 175 pounds, I wouldn't know whether that's ridiculously expensive or half price.

Oh, there's a hat in there as well.

That's really-- Do you know, I've gone off those now.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no that's never right, that.

ANNOUNCER: I never thought I'd see the day when we found something too weird for Serrell.

Moving on.

I have a huge weakness in life for trunks.

It makes me sound like an elephant.

No comment, please.

ANNOUNCER: As if.

PHILP SERRELL: I just think these are really, really cool.

This is a late 19th century trunk.

It's probably, at some point in time, had linen between these panels here.

And somebody stripped all that off.

It's just a cool thing, that.

Someone's put a lot of time and effort into that.

If you look just there, you can see the remains of the old linen.

I think it's got a fairly sound bottom.

You always want to see a good sound bottom, don't you?

ANNOUNCER: Ask the cake makers.

If you're going to buy a trunk, do not buy one like that one there, which has got a domed top.

Because you've got a domed top trunk, everything falls off it.

But this is flat.

I think that's a really cool thing.

How much is it?

Oh, 145 pounds, I think the way forward for me here is to see if I can have a bit of a group deal.

ANNOUNCER: Well bulk discount, owner Richard's the man to ask.

You'll find him out in the yard.

How old do you think that is?

Is it 1950s, or is it 1830s?

RICHARD: I think it's early one.

I think it says it's got two pieces on it, right?

PHILP SERRELL: Yeah RICHARD: What's happened is someone has fixed mastic in there or something that's actually held it together.

Oh OK.

I tell you what I think I'd like to do.

I definitely want to buy the trunk.

RICHARD: Right PHILP SERRELL: I definitely want to buy that [INAUDIBLE] thing-a-majig job.

And I'd quite like to buy the finial.

And I'd like to bid you for the lot.

ANNOUNCER: Indeed, they've got a combined ticket price of 380 pounds.

Well over Philip's budget.

Time for another suck.

Would you take 150 quid for the three?

That is pushing it.

I know that.

Going to have to be looking at the 200 pounds markish.

PHILP SERRELL: 175, meet halfway?

Yeah, 175.

You're a gentleman.

Absolutely, thank you very much indeed.

OK I'll go with it.

I am so pleased with that.

I'm really, really pleased.

We like to see a smile up on your face.

It doesn't happen very often.

ANNOUNCER: But after that deal, he'll be grinning from ear to ear.

65 pounds each, for the trunk and the shell carrier.

And 45 for the finial, nice job all round.

But while he makes good his escape, Natasha has made her way to Cambridgeshire and Ely, built on an island in the fens.

The city takes its name from the long and slippery fish that Phil was trying to catch yesterday.

Natasha's come to its magnificent medieval cathedral, the stone of which was bought with eels.

But you already know that.

Wow.

[MUSIC PLAYING] ANNOUNCER: Begun in 1083, it's considered to be one of the wonders of the medieval world, thanks to its unique octagonal tower.

It's also home to some stunning windows.

And Natasha's here to meet Jasmine Allen, who curates the cathedral's stained glass collection.

Jasmine I feel very familiar with stained glass.

I feel like I know it.

But actually, I don't really know its origin.

So where did it all begin?

Well we don't actually know when stained glass was first made.

But colored glass, of course, was being used by the Egyptians in beads and vessels.

And we think the Romans were the first to use glass in their windows.

But stained glass as we know it, glass held together with lead, was actually developed in the medieval period, probably around the sixth or seventh century.

So how original is this glass?

JASMINE ALLEN: Well unfortunately the windows here aren't medieval.

They're not part of the original building.

They're beautiful, but they were put there in the late 19th century.

Because of the Reformation and the Civil War, a lot of the medieval glass in the building has now been destroyed and lost.

There are a few fragments in the building from the kind of 14th century.

But actually, what's more special is upstairs in the stained glass museum, we have some really historic precious examples from the 13th century, right up to the present day.

ANNOUNCER: The museum's collection was started in the 1970s, to rescue windows that were in danger of being destroyed.

They now have over 1,000 stained glass panels from all over the British Isles and beyond.

Oh it's so beautiful.

I mean, I've been close to contemporary stained glass.

But this is not brand new is it?

No, what we've got here is some really early 13th century windows.

These are actually two roundels from a window depicting the life of Saint Vincent of Zaragoza.

He was tortured by the Roman emperor Diocletian.

So you can see that his torturers here are prodding him, his naked body, on a bed of hot coals.

And this guy is actually rubbing salt into his wounds.

ANNOUNCER: Church windows like these often functioned as a poor man's Bible, a way of giving religious instruction to their largely illiterate parishioners.

So if I couldn't read words, I could read these windows.

And I could take what the stories were trying to tell me.

JASMINE ALLEN: Yeah.

ANNOUNCER: Although there have been advances over the centuries, the technique of colored glass, held together with lead, has remained more or less the same since medieval times.

And of course, there's one other element that all stained glass needs, light.

It's just so beautiful.

Now this looks slightly more sophisticated, so I'm guessing a bit later.

Yes, this is a 14th century window from England.

Though, I'm an art history student.

So this is the Annunciation.

It's got all the key pieces, the lilies, and the Holy Spirit, and the archangel Gabriel.

JASMINE ALLEN: Here in the 14th century, we've got a variety of colors.

We've got a nice green and an orange.

And we've also got this yellow, this light pale yellow.

You can see it on the hair of the Virgin.

And that's actually a silver compound.

We call it silver stain, which is where the term stained glass actually originates from.

It stains clear glass yellow, when it's fired in the kiln.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Absolutely amazing.

ANNOUNCER: The museum has examples of stained glass through the ages, right up to modern designs.

And behind the scenes in the museum's workshop, they've got a surprise for Natasha that's very contemporary.

OK what's going on here?

That's Pippa.

Hi Pippa.

Tasha, lovely to meet you.

So what exactly are you up to?

When did you do that?

That's our Sunbeam Alpine.

PIPPA: Good NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Antiques Road Trip.

So this is stained-glass, minus the lead.

PIPPA: Yes exactly.

There's a piece of lead here, which gives you an idea what the lead is like.

It is bendy.

So you can bend it around your pieces and then cut it in the right places and solder the joints.

Pippa you're amazing.

I can't get over that.

That's so wonderful.

ANNOUNCER: And here we are, the finished article, immortalized in stained glass eh?

Absolutely smashing.

Philip meanwhile, is out and about on the hunt for another deal.

So keep your eyes out for an antique shop.

ANNOUNCER: Oh look there's one.

He's made it to Landbeach, on the outskirts of Cambridge.

And just through this gate is an emporium that looks like Serrell's personal slice of heaven.

It's called Stantiques.

So it stands to reason-- PHILP SERRELL: You must be Stan.

STAN: I am.

- Stan's the man.

- Yep, yep.

Hi Phil.

Yeah.

PHILP SERRELL: You've got some good things in here, haven't you?

STAN: Yeah have a look around.

Not everything's got a price on it.

But I'm sure we can sort something out.

PHILP SERRELL: If there's no price it's free isn't it?

ANNOUNCER: You wish.

With only 16 pounds and 80 Pence, you're not exactly flush at the moment, Phil.

PHILP SERRELL: Stan.

STAN: Yes Phil.

What are these bricks then?

STAN: Commemorative type bricks, sometimes people collect royal memorabilia.

PHILP SERRELL: You collect bricks?

STAN: Different things tickle different people.

So this is a Charles and Diana royal wedding brick.

How much are your bricks, Stan?

How many is in there, Phil?

Is there a couple in there?

PHILP SERRELL: There's just two, Stan.

STAN: Two, how about five quid for the pair?

PHILP SERRELL: Do you know Stan, we might be up for that.

ANNOUNCER: We've turned into a DIY show, all of a sudden.

I believe we've got some more bricks at the front, Phil, if that's your bag.

PHILP SERRELL: Well I've never had myself down as a brick man, Stan.

But let's go and have a look at them, come on.

STAN: You do look slightly look like a bricklayer, Phil.

Thanks Stan.

Come on Stan.

ANNOUNCER: So while these two head off to the builder's yard, let's see where Natasha's got to.

She's headed into Cambridge proper for her last shop of the day.

Hello.

Good afternoon.

- Good afternoon - Hi I'm Tasha I'm Bill, pleased to meet you.

Nice to meet you Anita.

Lovely to meet you both.

What do you reckon?

Should I just get stuck in?

BILL: Yes you have a look around, and get stuck in.

All right, I'll call on you Bill, if I need you.

ANNOUNCER: There's a fair bit to ponder here in the hive.

But with a little over 100 pounds left in her pocket, what's our busy bee sweet on?

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: So this is an etched glass.

It says William Gombling, gibbeted at somewhere, August 3, 1832.

Ugh, no.

I'm not a huge fan of the macabre, or horror movies, or anything like that.

But gibbeting was a particularly nasty form of hanging public execution, whereby-- if I remember correctly-- the body was left in public as a display as a deterrent.

Oh, it's was labeled as the last gibbeting.

ANNOUNCER: William Gobling, a coal miner, was hung for a murder that he didn't commit.

His body was displayed in his hometown of Jarrow for three weeks, until one night it mysteriously disappeared.

So that's horrible.

But what's interesting is that there is a market for the macabre.

If I were into nasties, would I want a glass to commemorate gibbeting?

I might, you know.

ANNOUNCER: That rather grisly souvenir is priced up at 45 pounds.

Anything else more edifying?

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Here's a little cloisonne teapot.

When you think tea, you think China, you think ritual.

And so it's quite evocative.

I would imagine this is 19th century, the cloisonne style is these little swirls.

All of the borders that you see are really thin wire that are wound onto the body of this teapot, filled in with enamel, placed into a kiln, and fired.

And here they are rock solid color for the ages.

This is, you know, over a century old.

So it's a really pretty thing.

It is just decorative.

It doesn't have a price tag on it.

And that can sometimes be a good thing, sometimes a bad thing.

ANNOUNCER: Well let's have a word with Bill, see if he can sort you out.

I found a couple of wee items.

I think the one in which I'm more interested, naturally, is the rather devilish one.

Would you buy this sort of thing at auction?

It's a bit murky.

Does that appeal to you?

BILL: It appeals to me.

And people buy death masks.

They do.

That's even more grim.

45 pounds on the ticket?

38 would be the best on it.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: This teapot, miniature as it is, does not have a price.

I'm hoping that that's miniature.

It isn't priced, because I just bought it.

I was going to put 15 on it.

But 12 would buy it.

12 pounds for the teapot.

I'm going to go with that, Bill.

Thank you very much.

OK So 38 for the glass is the very best.

It couldn't be 35?

BILL: Seeing as it's you, I'll go to 35.

47 for the two.

47 for the two, go on Bill, shake my hand.

ANNOUNCER: The last two purchases, one sweet, one not so savory.

Thank you very much to you.

ANNOUNCER: Time you buzzed off, I think.

Now back to Landbeach, where Phil seems to have the makings of a rather small barbecue.

What's this one Stan?

STAN: Phil, I might have made your day.

Really?

Does it say Phil Serrell was here?

King George V?

So is that-- that that must be a Dalton one as well.

Yeah it looks like a Dalton blue.

It's definitely another commemorative type brick.

I've never ever met a brick expert before, Stan.

ANNOUNCER: Me neither, who knew there was so much to know.

And there's more.

STAN: This one seems to have sort of a porcelain face.

I've seen them in banks-- PHILP SERRELL: Yeah, I've seen them other places as well.

STAN: --at the turn of the century.

Yes, oh I have.

Yes.

Normally there's a sign at the door that says gentlemen.

How much you want for your bricks Stan?

What about 15 quid, as a job lot, of assorted bricks?

OK mate?

What have I done?

ANNOUNCER: A little over 2 pounds per brick, that's what.

PHILP SERRELL: I'm going to give you a 15 quid.

And I'm going to leave you a little bit of advice.

OK?

There you are, there's 15 quid.

Stan, I think you need help.

ANNOUNCER: He's only selling them.

You're the fool who's buying them.

, Let's call it a day, shall we?

PHILP SERRELL: I think there might be a reversal of fortunes at this auction.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: No it's going to be fine.

Just be thankful that you're not sitting with a fishing rod in the pouring rain.

ANNOUNCER: How true.

Time for some shut eye, methinks.

[MUSIC PLAYING] ANNOUNCER: We've made it to market.

And it looks like the shoppers are out in force.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Morning!

PHILP SERRELL: Morning.

NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: A butcher with a microphone.

[VENDOR CHATTER] PHILP SERRELL: I got any good sausage?

Oh well.

It's a beautiful day for buying beef and for buying antiques.

It's a tough day, come on.

All right, lovely.

Come on me old macker.

PHILP SERRELL: (LAUGHING)Me old macker, eh.

ANNOUNCER: Our two traders started this leg in Lincolnshire and have made their way to the city of Nottingham.

Here to peddle their wares, at Arthur Johnson and Sons, in the room and online.

Philip was just about cleaned out, spending 225 pounds on five auction lots.

I personally, have bought one of these roof tiles before, because I think they're so smart.

Of course, they go right at the peak.

And they create a bit of a statement.

I am a little worried, however, that this one has been in two pieces at one point.

And a strong wind might not do our buyers any favors.

ANNOUNCER: Natasha was a little more frugal, parting with 127 pounds on her five lots.

PHILP SERRELL: I think Natasha is now beginning to steal Philip Serrell country, because if anything has got Philip Serrell written all over it, it's this saw.

How cool is that?

That's a really great agricultural bygone.

I'm beginning to feel a little sore about this.

ANNOUNCER: Hey, he's here all week folks.

Now what tickles the fancy of auctioneer Philip Heuser?

PHILIP HEUSER: Ship's trunk, it's a good one.

It's in really good condition.

It's a nice color.

It's the sort of thing that would fit into any room in the house.

I see that doing well.

I think the most interesting one is ale glass.

The glass on its own is probably only worth a few pounds.

But with the inscription, it makes it a completely different thing.

And I doubt whether you'll find another one.

A set of bricks, yeah, there's only three commemorative bricks.

The others are just really bricks with the manufacturer's name on.

But what do you do with a commemorative brick once you bought it?

ANNOUNCER: Very good question.

Right you two, let's get settled in.

It's about to start.

[AUCTIONEERS CHANT] NATASHA RASKIN SHARP: Look at this.

Are you going to be Maid Marion?

- Uhhh-- - Am I going to be Robin hood?

I just realized what you mean, we're in Nottingham, right?

Am I going to be-- I'm not going to be-- am I going to be Robin Hood or the Sheriff?

ANNOUNCER: Friar Tuck perhaps, (CHUCKLES) First up to bat is Natasha's little cloisonne teapot, probably for sake.

Let's watch, and work this crowd into a frenzy.

PHILIP HEUSER: 10 pounds on the miniature.

Thank you, 10, 10 bid at, 10, 10 pounds.

At 10, 12, 12 bid, 15?

At 12 pounds on my right at 12, 15's online.

At 18's in the room.

At 18, at 18 pounds, bid at 18.

Done at 18.

20, 20 bid.

You're sure?

At 20 pounds in, online, done at 20.

Hooray.

ANNOUNCER: Very good Natasha.

Start how you mean to go on.

I feel so good.

Can we just stop now?

(SARCASTICALLY) I'm not competitive, Phil.

ANNOUNCER: Let's see if you can make the headlines with your hefty bronze paper boy.

What is it, 19, 20, something like that?

I we'll, ugh think he's a wee bit more modern.

How dare you?

PHILIP HEUSER: 10, bid 10, 10 on bid, at 10.

At 10, bid at 10, 12, 15, 18, 20.

Got 25 online.

30?

No at 25 online, at 25.

Make it 30 now.

Done, sold at 25.

AUCTIONEER: Oh dear, not the news he wanted to hear.

So I feel sorry for you there, because-- Yeah you look it.

No-- [LAUGHTER] ANNOUNCER: Now, military fans and arborists take note.

Tasha's trench saw.

20 bid at 20.

At 20 pounds, at 20, with me, 5, 30, 5, 40-- Oh no.

PHILIP HEUSER: 5, 45 on my left now.

45-- Would you stop digging me in the ribs?

PHILIP HEUSER: Gentleman's bid in the room at 45.

It's against you online.

At 45 pounds, done, sold.

It goes up 45.

50, just in time, 5, 55 in the room.

At 55, don't leave it late online, please.

At 55-- - Serrell, what's happening?

PHILIP HEUSER: The Bid's in the room.

The hammer is falling at 55.

Oh hey, well done.

ANNOUNCER: Quite, that's another ripping profit.

This is just-- I don't feel anything.

It doesn't matter really, who wins, does it?

PHILIP HEUSER: I've got bids of 15, 20, and 30-- ANNOUNCER: Time now for that bungalow starter kit.

Just add mortar and a prayer.

I've got 20 bid and 5 on the book.

At 25, at 25 pound bid-- That is bonkers.

A 25 pound bid, at 25.

At 25 pounds.

- Well done, Stan.

PHILIP HEUSER: The bid's on the book at 25.

Make it 30?

There might be hope for the ridge tile yet.

PHILIP HEUSER: At 25.

Phil, you're a man of great wisdom.

ANNOUNCER: It seems brick enthusiasts are more common than you'd think.

I thought I might have dropped a brick.

What does that [INAUDIBLE] Well, I made an error.

Oh right No, not I-- ANNOUNCER: I've no idea what they're talking about.

Next up is Natasha's grizzly glass.

I really fancy this.

I've got a number of commission bids.

I can put it straight in at 40, 40 pound bid.

At 40, at 40 bid, 5, 50, 5, 60, 60 bid-- ANNOUNCER: Fans of the macabre in the room today, eh?

[AUCTIONEERS CHANT] She's nudging me in the ribs all the time.

70 bid, at 70, at 70 pounds.

Still with me, 75, 80.

80 I've got, 5, 90, 90.

Bid at 90.

This is new.

This is new for me.

PHILIP HEUSER: At 90 pounds, at 90.

This feels good.

At 90 pounds.

At 90, 5, 95, 100, 110, 120.

On commission, 130, 140, 140 bid.

Still with me on the book at 140.

Yeah, that's real.

that's real.

PHILIP HEUSER: At 140, and I sell.

Done at 140.

Well, blow me down.

Blow me down.

ANNOUNCER: That was a fantastic result, not for William Gobling, of course, or for Phil.

You do not like this one bit.

It feels really good.

ANNOUNCER: It's a bit of a trouncing so far.

Can your trunk turn the tide?

100 pound bid.

At 100, at 100 pound bid.

At 100, 110, 120, 120 130?

130, 150, I've got to go now, 160?

At 150 on the trunk.

Last call, it goes at 150 pounds.

[TRUMPET SOUNDS] I think you put a really nice glass top on.

ANNOUNCER: Everything's a coffee table to you, Phil.

A bit of a fight back there, though.

That's good.

How do you feel now?

A little bit better?

No, no, no.

Oh for goodness sake, that was brilliant.

ANNOUNCER: Natasha's milliner's block now, perfectly proportioned and exactly her size.

I've got 15 to start the bidding.

At 15, I've got people queuing up on line, 18, 18 bid, 20, 20 bid at 20.

At 20 bid, 5, 25 bid.

On my right at 25.

At 25 pound bid in the room.

On my right at 25.

30 make it?

It goes, sold at 25.

My luck's run out.

ANNOUNCER: Well at least it made you feel better about the size of your own bunce.

You broke even on that.

Hell's teeth, what's the matter with the world?

ANNOUNCER: Sarky.

Now if you've got any cordite lying around, we have just the thing.

Boom, boom.

At 30 bid, at 30.

At 30 pounds, - Come on.

30, I'll take 5.

5's online, 40 is the absentee bid.

At 40, it's against you online and in the room.

The bid's on the book.

Being sold, done, it goes up 40.

Oh it's a weird roller coaster for you today.

Yeah, there's no middle ground, is there?

ANNOUNCER: That's the joy of the auction, Phil.

Alas Alas and alack.

ANNOUNCER: It's the wee doggie boot scraper up next.

Natasha's last lot, and I really fancy that too.

Come on Scotty dog.

Show us your stuff.

Bid 20, 20 bid at 20.

At 20 bid, at 20.

And I'll call it very cheap.

25, at 25, it's against your online at 25 pounds.

Last call, it goes, done, at 25 pounds.

Do you know what?

That was cheap.

ANNOUNCER: I'd go so far as to say it was rough.

Bad luck, Tasha.

I would have bought that.

That is profit.

No, I would have really bought that.

ANNOUNCER: Me too.

Finally, it's Phil's finial.

Go well, with his bricks.

Do you ever get that sort of real knot of regret, just before your luck comes up.

When you think to yourself, do you know what?

I really shouldn't have bought this.

ANNOUNCER: Too late now, mate.

10, 10 pound bid at 10.

12, 12 bid, at 12, a 12 pound bid in the room.

At 12, at 12 pound bid at 12.

Make it 15?

At 12 pounds, at 12 pounds.

On my right, being sold, it goes, done at 12.

The way it's done at 12, I'm done at 12.

ANNOUNCER: Bad luck old bean.

And that just about caps off this auction.

I think it was quite good day, isn't it?

It felt good.

But I'm always surprised by the maths.

Every time I think I've done well, I forget about the bit pesky commission.

Yeah, well-- yeah.

I wish I could forget about it.

Come on let's go and have a look.

Let's go figure it out.

Well done, Phil.

ANNOUNCER: I think you might be pleasantly surprised, Natasha.

Phillip started this leg with 226 pounds and 80 pence.

But after auction costs, he's had a bit of a loss, leaving him with 208 pounds and 44p.

Natasha meanwhile, began with 183 pounds 50.

And even after costs, she's made a very healthy profit.

So with 273 pounds and 80 pence, she pulls into the lead.

It's busy out here, Phil.

Absolutely They must have heard a Sheriff of Nottingham is in town.

I tell you, Maid Marion I'm wincing.

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