[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities.

I like that.

NARRATOR: Paired up with an expert.

Oh, we've had some fun have we?

NARRATOR: And a classic car.

It feels as if it could go quite fast.

NARRATOR: Their mission?

To scour Britain for antiques.

[HORN BLAST] - Yes.

Fantastic.

I do that in slow mo.

NARRATOR: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction.

[GAVEL] Come on boys.

NARRATOR: But it's no easy ride.

Ta-da.

NARRATOR: Who will find a hidden gem?

Don't sell me.

NARRATOR: Who will take the biggest risks?

Go away darling.

NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I'm trying to spend money here.

NARRATOR: There will be worthy winners.

Yes.

NARRATOR: And valiant losers.

Put your pedal to the metal.

This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

[MUSIC PLAYING] On this road trip, we're really cooking with gas with two stars of the international culinary scene, chefs Aldo Zilli and Ching He Huang.

Oh Ching, what a lovely day isn't it?

It's gorgeous, yeah.

Driving around the countryside with you.

What more do I want in life?

NARRATOR: These two have been chums for an age.

I've known you for 20 years, I think.

Yeah, I know and I think we've never cooked together.

And I've never cooked with you.

NARRATOR: She was [INAUDIBLE].

I can see this competition heating up.

I am a bit competitive and the aim for me.

You competitive?

[LAUGHTER] No.

The aim for me here is to make more money than you really.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: That is the aim of this game.

Aldo hails from central Italy and rose to fame here in the UK with his regular appearances as a TV chef.

[MUSIC PLAYING] ALDO ZILLI: Listen, they paired us up for a reason, all right.

CHING HE HUANG: Yes.

We have a lot in common, Italian, Chinese culture.

We love to eat.

We love to shop.

[LAUGHTER] We love to spend.

Absolutely.

NARRATOR: You come to the right road trip then.

Ching was born in Taiwan and her passion is bringing real Chinese food to Western kitchens with TV series like BBC2's Chinese Food Made Easy.

Today, these two are driving a delicious classic car, the 1972 Datsun 240Z.

This was the original-- one of the original Japanese sports cars.

ALDO ZILLI: Really?

CHING HE HUANG: Yeah.

NARRATOR: Aiding Ching and Aldo on this journey of antique discovery will be two Caledonian auctioneers at the top of their games, Natasha Raskin and Paul Laidlaw.

NATASHA RASKIN: We know these guys can stand the heat in the kitchen Paul, but you reckon they'll be able to stand in the auction room?

PAUL LAIDLAW: Yeah, I think there you go.

That's it.

That will be the taste of the metal.

NARRATOR: These two are piloting a Triumph TR6 dating from 1974.

With 400 pounds to spend, our teams will start today's buying in the Sussex city of Brighton.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Journeying through the mellow meadows of southeastern England, to end up at auction in Chichester.

And on that score, it's time for celebrities to meet experts.

[LAUGHTER] NATASHA RASKIN: Oh, we made it.

ALDO ZILLI: Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.

NATASHA RASKIN: Hello.

CHING HE HUANG: Hello.

NATASHA RASKIN: Hello Ching, I'm Natasha.

PAUL LAIDLAW: How are you?

Nice to meet you.

ALDO ZILLI: I'm so looking forward to this.

[LAUGHTER] Well done for bringing the car.

[KISSES] The car?

Are your Triumph fan?

I love that.

You love it?

I don't like it, I love it.

NARRATOR: They've already decided that Ching will pair with Paul, and Natasha with Aldo.

Good luck Natasha.

Do I need it?

Let's be let's be triumphant.

Good bye.

CHING HE HUANG: All right guys, good luck.

ALDO ZILLI: Bye Ching.

Oh, look at you, just immediately going to the driver's seat.

ALDO ZILLI: I am driving this car.

NATASHA RASKIN: Good luck guys.

Thanks, you too.

ALDO ZILLI: Couldn't she find the first gear?

Yeah, go girl.

ALDO ZILLI: She's found the first gear.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NATASHA RASKIN: Oh my God.

NARRATOR: Time for Paul to confess all.

He's a bit of a fan.

PAUL LAIDLAW: I made one of your dishes yesterday.

- Did you?

- Yes.

For the first time, I ashamed to say for the first time.

Not for the last.

Oh.

I made your take on beef and oyster sauce.

Really?

With a wilted spinach.

NARRATOR: He's made a good impression.

How are the others getting on?

So tell me why you were so thrilled to see this Triumph?

ALDO ZILLI: This car brings back so many memories.

This was, like, my first car in this country that I bought.

For 900 quid.

It was like having, nowadays, a proper Ferrari or Lamborghini.

NATASHA RASKIN: Really?

ALDO ZILLI: The sad thing about this car is that I crashed it four weeks later.

Oh, you did not.

And I lost the car.

NATASHA RASKIN: Oh, that is so.

ALDO ZILLI: Horrendous.

NARRATOR: But this trip will give Aldo another chance to drive the convertible of his youthful dreams.

How lovely.

[MUSIC PLAYING] This pair are heading to the seaside city of Brighton, a delightful destination in which to start this summer's day.

Golly gosh.

And their shop is in Brighton lanes, where they're meeting dealer Olivia.

ALDO ZILLI: Hello.

How very nice to meet you, I'm Aldo.

Lovey to meet you, Olivia.

Natasha, nice to meet you.

NARRATOR: Best start with a plan, right Natasha?

So tell me about your shopping list.

We've got to buy five items, we've got 400 pounds.

Anything you need to come away with or are you open to all suggestion?

Well, I'm open to suggestion.

But rings are a good idea, though, because people like rings don't they?

NATASHA RASKIN: People do like rings, people are a big fan.

ALDO ZILLI: What do you think?

NATASHA RASKIN: I'm a fan of jewelry at auction.

If you can get a quirky bit of jewelry at auction, it always gets the bidders going.

Of course it has to be the right price.

NARRATOR: Quirky and cheap?

Good luck.

There's plenty of quality stock in here.

ALDO ZILLI: What about these kind of watches?

NATASHA RASKIN: OK, so you've immediately gone for quite high value stuff here Aldo, I'm panicking, I'm panicking.

- How much are they?

Well, it depends which one you're looking at.

They're all 300 quid.

NATASHA RASKIN: Yeah, and above.

Which one absolutely jumps out to me straight away?

ALDO ZILLI: That one there.

No, it's not that one.

It's not-- that jumped out to you because it's 1800 pounds.

I tell you which one jumps out.

ALDO ZILLI: I've quite expensive taste, me.

NARRATOR: I'll say.

Time for Natasha to divert this big spender to another area.

NATASHA RASKIN: There's obviously a wee bit cheaper in general this side.

Is there anything, and don't rush, that catches your eye?

Something that you've maybe not seen before?

The style?

ALDO ZILLI: Dad.

[LAUGHTER] NATASHA RASKIN: You don't honestly like that, do you?

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Aldo's alighted on a man's ring.

Mark 925 silver.

That is kitsch.

And it's set with diamante, mamma mia.

Natasha spied some sparklers all of her own.

NATASHA RASKIN: These, Aldo, tell me, would you wear these?

Well, me not, but my wife probably would.

Oh, come on, I can see you rocking them, Halloween, with a wig.

I would only contemplate them if I put them next to your ears and see what they look like.

Can I try them on for you?

NARRATOR: These screw back earrings are more to Natasha's taste.

They're paced but they have got this amazing art deco look.

I'm quite obsessed with them.

NARRATOR: Time to ask Olivia to raid that cabinet.

NATASHA RASKIN: I want to have a look at these screw back earrings at the front.

I'm obsessed with those.

Sorry Aldo.

NARRATOR: They're not particularly old, but Natasha's keen on these mid-twentieth century earrings.

Can you screw it for me?

Can you screw it on?

ALDO ZILLI: I'll do anything once.

Right, here we go.

Oh.

Oh, careful, I still need blood supply to my earlobes.

How is that?

ALDO ZILLI: The condition is good, yeah?

NARRATOR: Ticket price on these is 40 pounds.

25 quid, I'll buy them.

28 and they're yours.

26.

Nope, 28 that's.

27 and 1/2.

I wouldn't bid in your restaurant, would I?

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Good point Olivia.

But Aldo hasn't forgotten about the dad ring.

Ticket price for that beauty is 35 pounds.

Gosh.

NATASHA RASKIN: Now, Olivia, this strikes me as something that you wouldn't normally have in your shop.

It doesn't quite fit in.

No.

So is it something you just want to get rid of?

I could do you a deal on that.

Oh, Aldo.

There you go.

We do like a deal.

You're taking full responsibility for this one, that's all I'm saying.

10 quid?

20.

15.

20.

ALDO ZILLI: 15.

NATASHA RASKIN: 15?

ALDO ZILLI: 15.

So why don't we do it?

Go on, 15.

40 quid for both.

15 on that, only because I want to see the fun at the auction on that.

We've got 15 on this.

If we made that 25, can we do a deal for 40?

That's what, really, that's.

Go on then.

Do 40 on that.

NARRATOR: 40 pounds for both the earrings and the dad ring, which even Olivia's not too keen on though she's selling it.

All my lovely stuff in the shop and he zoomed in on that.

Spectacular goods.

I'm coming to your restaurant and ordering chips.

[LAUGHTER] With cheese on.

Nothing wrong with it, nothing wrong if you like it, I'll give it to you.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Well said, Aldo.

They got a good deal there.

We're done for the evening.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Meanwhile Paul's grilling Ching on what objet she has at home.

I have, you know, some Chinese silk tapestry.

I love Buddhas, I collect a lot of Buddhas.

And vases.

I enjoy a lot of the Chinese stuff because I feel like I've lived in the West a long time and I've lost touch with my heritage a little bit so.

You know, it's like cooking, for me it takes me back to a part of my heritage.

NARRATOR: Sounds like some Asian influence buyers might be on the cards.

Right, game on.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Game on indeed.

[LAUGHTER] They're heading for the town of Arundel in West Sussex.

This ancient market town also boasts one of the longest occupied stately homes in England, Arundel Castle.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Paul and Ching's first shop of the day is Arundel Bridge Antiques.

And this is it.

Wow.

NARRATOR: Where dealer Jane will be on hand to help.

Hello.

Good morning, I'm Ching.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: And with that, they're off and browsing.

Follow your instinct.

OK. [MUSIC PLAYING] Oh, look at this frog.

He's actually cute.

[MUSIC PLAYING] I could spend all day in here.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Well, we don't have all day.

So they better get looking.

And soon enough, Ching spots an item that takes her fancy.

CHING HE HUANG: I really love it though.

NARRATOR: It's a Chinese porcelain bowl, priced up at 55 pounds.

You love it as strong as that?

That jade green is really, it's a really lucky auspicious color.

Well, it's the color of money.

And it's round.

Everything in Chinese culture should be sort of [NON-ENGLISH].

So it should have symmetry.

- I see.

- Should be round.

Balanced.

Balance and unity.

OK.

So.

Wow.

So you're selling it to me now.

NARRATOR: But as Paul knows, its value really rests on any mark on the underside.

If it's got no mark, or a mark aping, an early mark, then people are going to take that.

I think the sophisticates going to go, yeah.

They will take a risk.

Look, it's a late 19th, early 20th century pastiche of an 18th century or earlier example.

NARRATOR: But if it's simply marked made in China, it's certainly a modern reproduction and far less valuable at auction.

Well.

Oh.

Oh no.

Going to get my jacket.

NARRATOR: Rats.

A modern reproduction it is.

CHING HE HUANG: Do you think people would know?

PAUL LAIDLAW: Yes, only the ones that can read.

All right.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: So it's back to the drawing board.

This is much harder than I thought it would be.

NARRATOR: Chin up, Ching.

CHING HE HUANG: What about this?

[MUSIC PLAYING] What is it?

That's quite cool, isn't it?

Is that a traditional well.

This is a French well bucket.

I find it really charming.

PAUL LAIDLAW: I think others with too I'd say it's a good looking thing.

NARRATOR: It's a wrought ion pale for drawing water from a well, hailing from La Belle France.

Shall we try and bargain, get this for, like, 10 pounds?

I think we've got to start trying.

I like the way you think, by the way.

OK. You're smiling and it's all light and breezy, but it seems ruthless.

CHING HE HUANG: I've been known to haggle where the buyer said no and I'm still haggling.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Excellent.

Time to talk money with Jane.

So we found something.

A small bucket.

Yes.

[LAUGHTER] This gentlemen, all his things come from France, he goes to France a lot.

And the best on that is 45.

No room for maneuver?

I can phone him but not much.

OK. Every little helps as they say.

Of course.

I will try.

NARRATOR: While Jane calls the owner of the pale, they'll browse on.

And it doesn't take long for Ching to find something.

Well, I found it Paul.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Hit me with it.

Lucky cat.

Look, he's got a little lotus flower on his head, it means he's enlightened.

And look how many lotus flowers there are.

It's a lucky cat.

PAUL LAIDLAW: There's no age to that.

NARRATOR: It's a late 20th century ceramic cat, again, hailing from China.

It is modern but priced at 28 pounds.

It's a charming thing, it's delightful.

Yeah.

PAUL LAIDLAW: What do you want to pay for him?

I would want to pay 18 pounds for this.

We're going to take a punt on the lucky cat.

NARRATOR: Ching's determined.

And that's now two potential buys in one shop.

Maybe a chance of a better deal.

We'll try and haggle on this, if we get 50 for both.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Why not?

Yeah, let's.

CHING HE HUANG: Yeah?

I like your style.

Let's do this.

Yes.

We've got the cat and it's lucky.

[LAUGHTER] We need some.

NARRATOR: And back to Jane they go.

And Ching's straight into haggle mode.

CHING HE HUANG: I was hoping that this, both the cat and the bucket, would go for 55.

I can do the two for 60.

PAUL LAIDLAW: What do you think?

Do you go for them?

Yeah, let's do it.

I think we're doing it.

We've got the cat.

[LAUGHTER] Nothing can go wrong.

It's lucky.

Famous last words.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: That's the French bucket for 40 pounds and the lucky pussy for 20 pounds.

That's the cat's pajamas.

Thank you so much.

All right, you're welcome.

Enjoy.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: Natasha's keen to find out a bit more about Aldo's food philosophy.

So what made you stand out there?

What's your signature dish?

I think what makes me stand out is I try to keep it simple.

My ingredients do all the talking for my cooking.

And season, you know, I work with seasons.

I love being creative with food.

NARRATOR: They're heading for the environs of the village of Clayton, West Sussex.

[MUSIC PLAYING] In honor of Alto's love of simple traditional ingredients, they're taking a break from shopping to visit a local place that produced exactly that.

A site the locals have for more than a century, lovingly called Jill Windmill.

They're meeting windmill society trustee, Simon Potter.

ALDO ZILLI: Here we come.

NATASHA RASKIN: He we go, isn't this great?

Hi windmill.

Morning [INAUDIBLE],, beautiful place.

NARRATOR: Jill is a rare working 19th century corn windmill, which the society Simon represents has painstakingly restored to full working order.

She's a magnificent example of the mills that were once essential parts of countryside life all over Britain, and seriously profitable businesses.

Nowadays, Jill mills local organic flour, which is definitely of interest to Aldo.

Nice to meet you.

Do you have windmills out in Italy?

Of course we have windmills.

I grew up with these things.

And we make our pasta flour from these.

How good is that?

Flour.

And it's certainly Pasta, pizza.

From a Sussex windmill.

That's all I can think of.

You've lost him now Simon, when you've lost him to pasta and pizza.

Trying to teach you about antiques.

Well, if I give you some flour, will you make some pasta for us?

By the time I've finished with you two today, that you'll be making pasta.

Sounds good.

NARRATOR: At the height of the Victorian period, Jill was a busy working mill, providing this area with essential flour for the bread that fed the local people.

At any one time she was staffed by only two workers.

It would have been run by a miller and a boy.

The boy would start work at age eight, and he would not see his 40th birthday.

The main problem was that the dust, like miners underground, he would get dust in their lungs because he was on the floor where the flour was ending up.

And he would have miller's lung very early in his life and wouldn't last very long.

Miller's lungs?

The inhalation?

NARRATOR: The illness meant millers may have had a short life expectancy, but whilst they were working, mills like these were extremely profitable.

When this was commercial, this mill was bringing in 2 and 1/2 1,000 pounds a year in 1830, which is about 2 and 1/2 billion.

It was a good life but a short life.

NATASHA RASKIN: A good but a short life.

So I always said you should marry a miller, because at 41 you're the richest widow for miles.

ALDO ZILLI: I'm learning more in two minutes here than I've learned 45 years in England.

NARRATOR: But the huge profit mills could make was also increased by some rather underhand practices.

Well there wouldn't be just flour in it those days, the miller would be making money by adding other nasties in it like chalk and ground bones.

He would not?

Oh, absolutely.

I was just going to ask you that, they must have added other things to it.

Yeah there was a lot of things.

The best thing, actually, to add, was called allem, which is now aluminum sulfate.

The reason for adding that, first of all it bulks out the flour.

Secondly, it absorbs water.

So if you're given a quantity of flour, you can get a much larger white product.

NARRATOR: So housewives got good at testing their flour for contaminants.

So the Victorian housewife would actually have to be almost a chemist.

She'd have books that say how do I test my flour to see if there's chalk in it?

And all sorts of-- they'd have things like hydrochloric acid in the kitchen to test the flour.

NARRATOR: Nowadays, Jill occasionally mills small amounts of organic flour made from local grain.

And the idea of that is enough to have Aldo straining to get inside.

I've heard enough.

I need to go and see this.

I need to go and see this place now.

This is awesome.

Look at this, it's like a living antique.

We're walking into an antique here, Aldo.

This is my new house.

You wish.

I love this.

This is amazing.

NARRATOR: The mill works by harnessing wind power in the sails, which, if the wind is strong enough, drives the mechanism to crush dry grain into flour.

NATASHA RASKIN: OK, so this is where it all starts?

Here's a bag of grain.

NATASHA RASKIN: You do realize who's inspecting this grain?

Exactly, yeah.

It has to be good quality.

Yes.

You'll see it's much smaller than the normal grain because it's organic.

I want to heat it now.

NARRATOR: Sadly, this grain is staying in the bag today.

There isn't a strong enough wind to mill, but there might be for the sails to turn if they're lucky.

Would you like to start our windmill?

Yeah, because you need muscles for this don't you?

Pull tight.

Just keep pulling.

NATASHA RASKIN: Right, what do you reckon?

What are the chances?

ALDO ZILLI: I don't think so.

NATASHA RASKIN: I don't think so.

It didn't look like we had wind.

Oh, we have wind.

NATASHA RASKIN: Slowly but surely there it goes.

ALDO ZILLI: My goodness me.

NARRATOR: She's a beautiful sight.

ALDO ZILLI: Well, Jill is going rock and roll here.

NARRATOR: I think it's safe to say Aldo's smitten with Jill the Mill.

ALDO ZILLI: This has been an amazing experience, Simon.

Nice to meet you.

All the best.

You're a top man.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Ching and Paul are heading towards their next shop.

Well, I'm feeling lucky.

Good.

And I think you're going to be my lucky Scottish charm.

[LAUGHTER] PAUL LAIDLAW: I'll take that.

Because you're a Scot and you have bags of charm.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: They're getting on swimmingly.

All the auspices are good then as they drive back to Brighton.

They're heading into North Lane Antiques and Flea Market and meeting dealer Alan.

Bit of an adventure?

It's good isn't it.

Oh How are you?

There's a Buddha.

[LAUGHTER] PAUL LAIDLAW: You didn't even get to reception.

NARRATOR: You are keen, Ching.

CHING HE HUANG: Hello.

Hello.

Sorry, awfully bad mannered.

No problem at all.

How are you?

I'm very well and you?

I'm Ching.

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Have a wee look around?

Please do, yeah.

Thanks very much.

NARRATOR: They already have two lots for auction, but they're determined to add to their haul.

Buying under pressure, I love it.

What we going to go for?

Something that says, buy me, I'm priceless.

NARRATOR: But it's Asian antiques Ching's really keen on.

I did see something along here.

Up here?

Oh, yeah, look at that little Asian sort of ash tray.

It's a [INAUDIBLE] piece.

That's what it is, yeah.

You know, the detail on that is not bad.

PAUL LAIDLAW: I agree with you, it's not bad.

Should we have a look at it?

You know, yes.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Looks nice, Paul.

PAUL LAIDLAW: Alan.

- This cupboard.

- Yeah.

There we are.

It's our weapon.

The sheath Satsuma dish.

What is this?

Satsuma is a Japanese.

Oh, Satsuma butterfly dish.

NARRATOR: Satsuma ware is a type of Japanese earthenware which became very popular in the West in the late Victorian and Edwardian period.

Look, it's not uncommon.

This is going to be late Meiji [INAUDIBLE] inter-war and they're churning these out for Western consumption in all honesty.

Oh.

Not really for indigenous use.

CHING HE HUANG: OK. PAUL LAIDLAW: But it's an uncommon form.

Not unattractively modeled and decorated.

NARRATOR: Ticket price is 15 pounds.

Yeah.

It's frankly no money.

Yeah.

How badly?

Should we take a punt on it?

Wrong can that go?

Could you give us a good price?

Yeah.

If you fancy it.

NARRATOR: I think Ching does, you know, Paul.

And Paul's eye has caught something else.

There are no great lover of Masonic material if it's not early and by early I want it to be the first half of the 19th century and beyond.

But that is a lot of silver for your money.

NARRATOR: This is a Masonic jewel, a silver badge denoting membership of a lodge of Freemasons.

PAUL LAIDLAW: 40 pounds.

CHING HE HUANG: 40 pounds?

PAUL LAIDLAW: Is no money.

Really?

I wouldn't have picked it up.

Nor I.

This is head not heart, make no bones about it.

Yes, this is just the business.

This leaves me cold.

But that's a very fairly priced jewel by any measure.

NARRATOR: Paul thinks that might be a good strategic buy.

As might the Satsuma bowl Ching likes.

Game on then.

Do you want to win this?

Do you want to perhaps beat your buddy Aldo?

Listen, we're mates but we're not buddies.

[LAUGHTER] So.

So you do want to beat him.

Yes.

We need profits.

NARRATOR: And the only way to make those is to buy items.

That's priced up at 15 pounds, the Satsuma dish.

Please can we have it for fiver?

No.

It's not mine to do that with.

10 pounds?

The best I can do, technically, is 13.50 but I'll get away with 12, I know that sounds.

Yeah, no, it's generous that you've gone beyond the 10.

Thank you.

40 pounds on the jewel comes down to.

40, we make it 36.

So, it would be 35.

35 plus 12, 47 pounds.

Great.

I think it's well spent, going to do it?

Yes, going to do it.

Shake this gentleman's hand.

Thank you very much.

- And a pleasure.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

NARRATOR: So they've got the bowl and the Masonic jewel for 47 pounds all in.

Very decisive.

And that concludes today's shopping.

Both teams are back on the road.

I'm never worried about competition because I'm always winning.

Oh, that's no pressure then.

The word losing doesn't exist in my vocabulary.

I say to my children, it's not about taking part, it's about winning.

[LAUGHTER] NATASHA RASKIN: Oh, no.

Chefs, notoriously competitive.

And on it.

Absolutely.

But, you know, this is going to be friendly competition.

[LAUGHTER] At least on the surface.

Yes.

And we'll keep smiling no matter what.

But inside we'll have a game plan, yes?

Terminators.

NARRATOR: With the gauntlet firmly thrown down, it's time they all rest up at the end of this fiercely fought first day.

So, nighty night.

[MUSIC PLAYING] But nothing keeps these competitive chefs off the road for long.

The next morning finds them raring to go.

Are you enjoying this trip so far?

I am.

I love it, it's just so much fun.

Especially with you, because I don't have to spend that much time with you.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: The gloves are coming off and no mistake.

But how are the experts feeling about their celebrities?

So, as suspected, Aldo is indeed a hotheaded Italian.

[LAUGHTER] Who knew?

He's great, a bit of Italian fire was just what I needed.

There's no stress in Ching's kitchens.

Oh really?

Seriously.

She is fun but there's a wisdom there.

NARRATOR: Everyone's itching to start day two's battle proper.

ALDO ZILLI: What a place.

CHING HE HUANG: Back for day two.

PAUL LAIDLAW: What a place to meet.

CHING HE HUANG: Beautiful.

Hello little Scottish lady.

[LAUGHTER] I'm so looking forward to today though.

I'm going to invest.

Yeah?

I'm going to take risks.

Oh.

I feel even better.

CHING HE HUANG: I think we have to shift up a gear.

This we're going to do.

Talking about gears, shall we go?

NARRATOR: Time for them all to get moving.

Ciao.

NARRATOR: But one team seems to be a bit quicker off the mark.

NATASHA RASKIN: OK, let's hear it roar.

Oh.

Watch it go.

Oh.

How good is that?

PAUL LAIDLAW: Come on then.

The key doesn't work.

ALDO ZILLI: Bye Ching.

NATASHA RASKIN: You've got to find out which key it is.

NARRATOR: Come on you two.

[MUSIC PLAYING] So far, Aldo and Natasha have two lots, the dad ring and the art deco ish earrings.

So they still have 360 pounds left to play with today.

[MUSIC PLAYING] While Ching and Paul have four lots, the French pale, the ceramic cat, the Satsuma ware bowl, and the silver Masonic jewel.

They still have 293 pounds in their pockets.

Here we go, day number two.

[LAUGHTER] How are you feeling?

I feel great.

Good.

Yes, I'm excited I learnt so much from you yesterday, it was incredible.

You told me you were going to be a hard line haggler and you were, we got money off.

NARRATOR: Both teams are heading to the same shop this morning.

They're all driving to the town of Dorking in Surrey.

Natasha and Aldo are the first to arrive at Torbert House, but parking is around the back, tradesmen entrance.

I like the way that you organize this celebrity back entrance for me.

VIP entrance I think.

Well, I'm sure we find that everything we need is right in there.

Fantastic, let's go NARRATOR: Dealers Wendy and Charles are in charge today.

Lovely to meet you, my name is Aldo.

Natasha, hi.

Nice to meet you.

Well.

NARRATOR: Now for some browsing.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Goodness me.

I just love a bell.

Because you're in the kitchen, you have a bell, don't you?

When you're [INAUDIBLE].

- Service Service.

Oh, that's really nice.

Service.

NARRATOR: What's Aldo found?

ALDO ZILLI: I like this.

NATASHA RASKIN: Let's see, I really like this.

My mom used to have this and I quite like this kind of idea.

Oh, really?

So where would that be, in the house in Italy?

Yeah.

OK, so the wash stand.

I grew up with this kind of stuff.

NARRATOR: It's a wash stand with jug and basin.

Probably continental in origin and is fairly modern.

ALDO ZILLI: I'm thinking of a girl's point of view, my wife would love this in her bathroom.

NATASHA RASKIN: And I think it may even be missing something because there's a hole here.

Maybe this had some sort of extra pedestal at the top.

Yeah, it looks like it did.

But I have to say, together they do look the part.

NARRATOR: There's no ticket price for the whole kit and caboodle, but they'll take a note and browse on.

[MUSIC PLAYING] And Natasha's starting to feel the pressure.

I can't find a thing.

Typical.

NARRATOR: And the heat's really on because look who's arrived.

We here.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Those two better get browsing.

CHING HE HUANG: Got our jackets off now.

We mean business.

Like we didn't before.

We really mean business.

If we roll our sleeves up then it just gets ugly.

[LAUGHTER] Come on.

Oh.

And I was joking.

NARRATOR: I don't think Ching was, Paul.

The only place I've not been in the whole shop is where Paul and Ching are right now.

They're hogging what looks to be the best area.

Typical Laidlaw.

NARRATOR: It's not like Natasha to be kept from a cabinet of goodies.

NATASHA RASKIN: Guys, could you stop hogging this section?

Look at you, you're in this beautiful cabinet section I can't get into.

75% sale sign, you know, this is where we went first.

Do me a favor and wind things up.

I'm starting to perspire here, OK. Wind it up.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: But Natasha better settle in.

Ching seems quite determined.

Today we'll see a bonanza of buying and she's in no mood to be moved on.

CHING HE HUANG: I'm going to be stubborn.

PAUL LAIDLAW: You're putting your foot down, aren't you?

You're being assertive.

That's right.

Modern candles have self snuffing wicks.

NARRATOR: Hello, Paul spied something.

Will his celebrity like it?

And I see a silver inkwell.

Domed form, sat atop and on it [INAUDIBLE].. 1920, I see marks.

That is beautiful.

34 pounds.

That's really beautiful.

Here.

NARRATOR: Paul's hoping to build a job lot of silver, including the Masonic jewel they bought yesterday.

And on that note, he's seen something else.

PAUL LAIDLAW: That is a pencil and case.

It will be silver.

NARRATOR: That little silver pencil also dates from the 1920s and is designed to be worn on a fob chain.

On the ticket, 31 pounds.

Yes.

I think that's a charming object.

NARRATOR: They've agreed these might be canny buys at a combined ticket price of 65 pounds.

Time to speak to the dealer, Charles.

Let me pitch one optimistic offer.

OK. God loves a trier.

We're pitching at 40 pounds and see what comes back Fine.

Two purchases, we'd love to do some sort of deal.

Let me make the call.

NARRATOR: Charles will make the owner that offer, but in the meanwhile, Ching's resolve to spend boldly is only intensifying.

I want to walk out with something big.

OK. Be still.

[LAUGHTER] One thing, at least?

At least one thing.

Great.

One big and one small.

NARRATOR: Stand by, Charles is back with a verdict on the inkwell and pencil.

40 pounds for cash is fine.

- Fantastic.

- How do you feel about that?

Fantastic.

Thank you so much.

OK. NARRATOR: That's a terrific deal for those two.

But Natasha's fighting back, she's commandeered a cabinet and found something she really likes.

What have we got here?

We've got some 1930s table mats.

Look at these, aren't these cool?

So it comes with its little stand and then we have got these cork mats that have all sorts of different messages on them.

Here's another, what does it say?

I just want to see them all.

Be careful please.

Dinner was made for eating not for talking.

Well, Aldo likes both.

And what about that?

Choose thy company before thy meat.

He wouldn't have these anywhere near his restaurant, but maybe he'd quite like them for the auction.

NARRATOR: Ticket price on the set of cork table mats is 28 pounds, but will Aldo bite?

NATASHA RASKIN: Look how fun they are.

Look at this message Aldo, choose thy company before thy meat.

So much fun.

What do you feel?

ALDO ZILLI: I like them.

NATASHA RASKIN: I quite like them too.

I like the fact that they're not very expensive as well.

They're not expensive.

They are super kitsch, aren't they?

NARRATOR: Kitsch and thrifty.

Sounds like that might be added to their shopping list.

But nearby, there really is no stopping the opposition.

Now you know how we've got a cat.

Are we in denial about the cat?

We do have the cat, you're right.

I think we need a fish to compliment the cat.

I think we could feed the cat, and complement the cat, OK. We'll run with complement the cat.

NARRATOR: It's a Japanese bronze fish, probably a carp, from the Victorian or Edwardian period.

I think it's a lucky ornament to have in any house.

And I think that's how we're going to sell it in the auction.

Oh, it's 95 pounds.

[LAUGHTER] Why is that?

Is that an auspicious number Ching?

Well, actually, nine means longevity, so.

OK. NARRATOR: But what does Paul think?

I am looking for quality, OK, simple as that.

And do you know what?

That's not half bad, is it?

It's beautiful.

I agree with you to be quite honest with you.

So what shall we do?

We ask, in this instance, if Charles can get in touch with the dealer and we won't make an offer.

We'll just say, look, what is the very least that can be accepted on this.

Fantastic, I agree.

NARRATOR: Charles heads off to make the call, giving this pair one last chance to browse.

The very best is 75.

OK. We'll take it.

I think we just took it.

Excellent.

Thank you very much, again.

Thank you again.

NARRATOR: They've hooked the fish with the 20 pound discount, taking their total to five lots.

But with 178 pounds still in her purse, is Ching finished?

Right, feeling good?

Yes.

I feel great.

Yes, but we still need a pair of vases.

Oh.

I'm.

Sorry, for a second I thought you said we needed another lot.

We need another lot, because we need a pair, what's called a pair.

Double happiness.

NARRATOR: Pairs of items and even numbers are considered lucky in Chinese culture, so Ching thinks these vases might also bestow good blessings on their buying.

I'm happy with any happiness.

Double luck, double money.

Double seems greedy happiness to me.

It's not, this is gorgeous.

Can I interest you in a pair of Japanese?

Where did this come from?

Gorgeous vase.

Look, you hold that one.

And I'm going to hold this one.

They are indeed not a country mile off, gorgeous.

The detail on this.

It's pretty and look it's not even brand new on the [INAUDIBLE].

Hey, good student.

NARRATOR: Ching's right, there's no modern mark because they probably date from the late Victorian or Edwardian period.

Ticket price is 165 smackers.

I'm going to ask Charles.

He's done really well for us, third time lucky.

NARRATOR: Oh, Charles.

How can I help?

Hello Charles.

Hi Ching.

- We really need this.

- Do you?

OK.

Yes we do.

NARRATOR: But what will they offer?

108 pounds is offered.

108 is a very lucky number.

I'm afraid we can't do that.

PAUL LAIDLAW: OK, that's fair enough.

So 115 is the very best that we can do.

It's up to you?

115.

OK, could we round it up just by 1 pound.

NARRATOR: Hey?

- Yes, because.

- Round up?

- Needs to be.

Yes.

OK.

So it's 116?

116, just so it's a nice even number.

- Has that ever happened before?

- No.

In the history?

That's a first.

And I'm more than delighted to round it up to 116, perfect.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: A rather irregular haggle gives Ching the even numbered price she wanted.

And that team's mammoth buying session is over.

Phew.

Meanwhile, Aldo and Natasha have cased the joint thoroughly and have decided that they want the wash stand with jug and kitsch cork table mats.

So they're heading to dealer Wendy.

Look out Wendy.

- Oh, gosh.

- Promised you we'd be back.

Yes.

You found something?

NARRATOR: Wash stand belongs to a dealer off site.

135 she quoted for the stand and the jug and bowl.

But there is a little part missing, it's the mirror that sits on the back.

We weren't sure.

The dealer hadn't brought it in on the day.

NARRATOR: That's an unexpected bonus.

Aldo's stepping up to the breach to attempt to deal with owner, Colleen.

OK Colleen, standby.

Colleen, are you ready for a call with Mr. Zilli?

Are you ready girl.

Hi, is that Colleen.

It is.

It's Aldo Zilli here.

Hello.

Hello, how are you?

Very good thank you.

We're very interested in your lovely wash stand.

Do you have any idea of the best price you can do for me.

Well.

Please.

I can go 125.

How about that?

120 and it's all yours, cash.

OK. Oh, Colleen, you're a star.

Thank you so much.

NARRATOR: With a healthy serving of Italian charm, they have the wash stand and jug with mirror included.

But what of those quirky cork placemats?

They had on them 28 pounds.

Which you loved.

I love them.

25.

25?

OK. NARRATOR: Deal done.

They've got both those slots for 145 pounds.

Bellissima.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Now Ching and Paul will have all their items for auction, so they're in for a treat this afternoon.

There are worse ways to spend a day or two, are there not?

Absolutely.

Can't get enough of this fresh air.

NARRATOR: Ching has always been a great animal lover, so Paul is taking her to a famous nearby institution.

[MUSIC PLAYING] They're on their way to Horsham and the headquarters of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, where they're meeting one of the society's top chaps, David Dowels.

Hello David.

Hello, welcome to the RSPCA.

I'm David.

- Hello, I'm Ching.

Hi David.

Hi, I'm David.

Good to see you.

NARRATOR: The RSPCA is the oldest animal welfare charity in the world.

And one of Britain's most beloved organizations.

It's been protecting the nation's animals since 1824.

And Ching and Paul are here to learn a little more about this society's amazing history and about its founder, Richard Martin.

A nobleman and NP of the Georgian period, and perhaps Britain's very first animal welfare campaigner.

He used to walk to the House of Commons past Smithfield, which was and still is one of the biggest meat markets in the whole of the country.

And he used to see people beating their cows and their sheep on the way to the market.

NARRATOR: Martin fought for a change in the law to stop people mistreating their livestock.

At a time when cruelty to animals was commonplace, he was widely mocked by his peers and his Bill was opposed by many prominent parliamentarians of the day.

But he fought bravely on and the law was finally passed in 1822.

But he realized that nothing was happening.

And he realized that the only way you're going to get a law to be enforced was to have people to enforce it.

But he set up the SPCA, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in 1824.

NARRATOR: The newly formed SPCA employed inspectors to patrol Smithfield meat market in London, enforcing the new law.

Their job was to educate, but also if the people couldn't be educated, was to take them to court.

So how successful was this society when it started?

It was a struggle.

They had to go into Smithfield and they were telling people about a new law that they had no idea about.

And to tell them to stop beating their animals or kicking their animals.

So it was really, really difficult.

Of course, he needed to pay people to do the work.

And he employed two people to start off with.

But obviously, all of that money had to be raised.

And in the first five or six years of the society it almost went bankrupt several times.

In fact, Richard Martin went into prison because he couldn't pay the bills.

Indeed Richard Martin ended up dying in France, because he had to escape from his debtors.

So it's a really sad story of how passionate he was about animals, that he would use his own money.

But he had the foresight to create the RSPCA as we now know it.

NARRATOR: As the years passed, the society campaign for more legislation to control the then popular entertainments.

Activities like dog fighting, bear baiting and cockfighting.

Times were tough for the society in the early years, but David's taking Ching and Paul to their archive to tell him about a new phase that came about when a very prominent person took an interest.

For the first 10 years, things were very precarious.

We didn't have much money.

But fortunately we had a new queen on the throne in 1837, who was, obviously, Queen Victoria.

She was a great dog lover, she had her own dogs and she loved dogs and she loved the SPCA.

And she decided, of her own volition, in 1837 to become our patron.

And then in 1840 she was so impressed by our work, she gave us the R, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

And that was a good turning point because it meant that we had the blessing of the monarch, we had recognition, and therefore, we started to get more money.

And that meant that we could do more things and help more animals.

And ever since then, every monarch has been our patron.

So Queen Elizabeth the second, she is our patron.

NARRATOR: And the society still has the letter they received from our current queen after she ascended to the throne in 1952.

CHING HE HUANG: Wow.

Fantastic stuff.

That's fantastic, what a legacy.

NARRATOR: The society still runs around 70 animal shelters and clinics.

There's no shelter here at RSPCA HQ, but staff are welcome to bring their dogs to work and I think Ching's pleased to see them.

So these are all rescue dogs from the RSPCA or other organizations.

Some of them have had very, very dramatic and traumatic lives before they came here.

And obviously that's what we do, we rescue dogs from poor situations, rehabilitate them and then give them good homes.

And these have all got fantastic homes now.

CHING HE HUANG: Amazing.

And as you can see, they're all happy.

CHING HE HUANG: They are happy and healthy.

And very cheerful looking.

Aren't you all?

You all friends?

Are they all friends?

Yes.

That's a yes.

Just go, leave me here.

I'm fine, I'm very happy.

Very, very happy.

Can I steal one of these?

He's coming home with me, you don't know it yet.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Meanwhile Aldo and Natasha are back in the TR6 and they're motoring to their last shop.

They're aiming for the village of God Stowe in Surrey, where they're wasting no time heading straight to God Stowe Emporium, where dealer Clare awaits them.

Hello.

Hello.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon.

Natasha.

Lovely to meet you Claire.

Hi Claire.

NARRATOR: Natasha and Aldo better step to it.

[LAUGHTER] I leave you for one minute and you find a new girl.

I just fancied a dance.

She is-- she's slightly small.

Well, are you drawn to her?

She's not for me, she's not for me.

Oh, she's not for you.

NARRATOR: Some serious browsing is what we need here, Aldo.

ALDO ZILLI: I want to see this chair here.

Look at that chair, have you seen that chair?

Oh, I didn't see that.

Nice little corner chair.

Reeded seat.

I haven't actually seen this before.

So let's have a look.

Oh.

You got it OK?

Is it jiggly?

- No.

- No.

Sturdy.

Lovely corner chair.

I mean, certainly it's from a time when people were smaller, daintier for a lady who.

My son would love something like this.

NARRATOR: This arts and crafts corner chair is woven with a rush seat, and dates from the early 20th century.

It's ticketed at 38 pounds.

Do we want it at half the price?

Definitely.

- I think so.

- Definitely.

NARRATOR: Definitely.

Shall we approach Claire with the corner chair?

Let's approach Claire with the corner chair.

OK, let's do it.

I'm following your lead.

Claire, we're coming to you, my love.

You hit if off.

NARRATOR: Once more, that silver tongued charmer Aldo will negotiate.

Hello.

Finally I've done some shopping.

The price tag is 38 pounds.

OK.

So I'm prepared to pay less than that, so you've got to give me some kind of indication, what would you take?

And I need to make a bit of dosh.

Say, 25.

25?

25, we come down to 25.

I think 22, I'll have it.

22 pounds.

Bravo Claire.

[LAUGHTER] There you go.

I told you, you wouldn't know what's hit you.

Thank you so much.

NARRATOR: Pay for the chair, quick.

He's off.

And I'm left to pay.

NARRATOR: Aldo works his haggling magic again and they've got that last lot for 22 pounds only.

He really is running away with himself.

[MUSIC PLAYING] So everyone's all bought up and it's time to see what they make of each other's lots.

Sure, yeah, let's do it.

ALDO ZILLI: Oh no, that looks good.

NATASHA RASKIN: Oh, look at all this East Asian stuff.

CHING HE HUANG: We spent all our money.

You did not?

Every single penny?

Well, most of it.

Yeah, we did.

I have no idea what we spent, but we haven't got much left.

Well, yeah, you're not going to sell that are you?

A bucket?

CHING HE HUANG: It's like a historical bucket from France, still works.

- OK. PAUL LAIDLAW: From Marie Antoinette's farm.

I was about to say, Jean d'Arc, was she?

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: That's a fib, Paul.

What of the lucky modern ceramic cat?

So cute, it's a lucky cat.

And it's an enlightened cat because it's got a lotus flower on its head.

Oh, so you read into the symbolism?

Yes, into the symbolism, and it's got.

NATASHA RASKIN: We missed the trick.

NARRATOR: They seem to admire the felicitous feline, but what about the job lot of silver comprising Masonic jewel, pencil, and inkwell?

We've also got some amazing silver, a Masonic jewel, a silver inkwell on onyx.

Was that marked for silver?

It is, yes Oh, was it expensive?

PAUL LAIDLAW: No.

What do you mean no?

CHING HE HUANG: We to steal.

NARRATOR: That one seems to have Natasha worried.

Silver.

I saved almost 70 grams.

What more do you want me to tell you?

Diamonds set in at the back, just kidding about the diamonds.

[LAUGHTER] I don't know about you, but I was perspiring there.

We're making them sweat.

Come on, how much for the lot?

CHING HE HUANG: So it was about 70 something.

PAUL LAIDLAW: 72.

CHING HE HUANG: Yes.

Was this in the shop that we were in?

NARRATOR: That team are looking lucky.

What about Aldo and Natasha's haul?

Well, I can see they are gobsmacked, excited.

Don't panic, OK. OK.

So it's father's.

I love the earrings.

NATASHA RASKIN: Gorgeous.

- Yeah.

NATASHA RASKIN: Gorgeous.

She chose that.

OK. [LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: But all eyes are on Aldo's rogue jewelry purchase, the dad ring.

ALDO ZILLI: We need to pick this up because I need to show you what it is.

CHING HE HUANG: Oh, dad.

Looks like.

NATASHA RASKIN: I'm not looking.

I know she hates it.

I'm not looking.

Can you even handle that?

There is nothing I can do about it.

- It's silver.

- I've got it now.

It's silver, OK. Go with that.

It is marked for silver.

NARRATOR: That's not a huge hit, but what of the wash stand Aldo adored, now reunited with its mirror?

What do you make of this.

I love it, actually.

Do you love it?

Yes, it's a wash stand, right?

It's super chic with the stand, the mirror for your ablutions.

It's lovely.

I think it's absolutely gorgeous, actually.

Over 100.

120 pounds.

120 pounds?

That's quite dear.

Hang on, hang on.

Yes.

[LAUGHTER] OK. ALDO ZILLI: We spent very little and we're going to make a lot.

OK. You feeling confident?

You feeling confident?

It's battle showdown.

I always feel confident.

NARRATOR: But how confident are when the opposition's backs are turned, hey?

If that cat makes money at 20 pounds, then it is a seriously lucky cat.

Because that ain't no antique.

The wash stand is a charmer, but it ain't an antique.

And it's in an antique auction.

I have a feeling they're having a laugh about my ring.

They did not look impressed, did they?

They didn't look impressed, no.

The dad ring.

[LAUGHTER] But I think I'll have the last laugh.

I don't know who's going to win this.

Really?

I know who should win it.

[LAUGHTER] We're going to win.

No matter what happens.

It doesn't matter.

We're triumphant in our Triumph.

We are.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: Well, you're not triumphant yet.

On this road trip, our teams have journeyed from Brighton in East Sussex to Chichester in West Sussex.

Where they're now all headed to auction.

We've known each other for 20 years.

Yeah.

And we really got on, haven't we?

Up until the next hour?

Well, I think our friendship.

It will all change.

Yeah, it could all change, basically.

You know.

ALDO ZILLI: You're not going to talk to me again.

CHING HE HUANG: If you're a sore loser.

That's it, we're done.

Are you a good loser?

I don't know.

Because I'm not.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: So there's plenty at stake as they arrive at Henry Adams auctioneers.

NATASHA RASKIN: Oh, here they come.

[LAUGHTER] Oh, man.

I hope they're ready.

There they are.

Hello.

And they're still smiling.

ALDO ZILLI: Don't know why.

CHING HE HUANG: You guys are still smiling.

- Expertly done.

- How are you?

I am good.

How are you, partner?

Good to see you.

How are you?

Another beautiful day.

NARRATOR: Certainly is.

Ching and Paul started with 400 pounds.

They spent 338 pounds on 6 lots.

While Aldo and Natasha also started with 400 pounds, they spent 207 pounds and have five lots in today's sale.

But what does auctioneer Rachel Trembath think of our celebrity's haul?

I think it's an interesting assortment of items, probably the best performing items will be the Masonic lot, which has got the little silver retractable pencil.

Just because you've got the intrinsic silver value.

Also the Japanese pair of vases.

NARRATOR: So, it's all done by the shouting.

Time for the first lot.

First up it's godfather of Aldo and Natasha's lots, the dad ring.

15 pounds anyone?

[INAUDIBLE] 10 pounds, spoken bid.

10 pounds in the ring.

Any further bids?

12?

Oh.

Yes, 15, thank you.

15.

17, 20, 22.

20 pounds then.

20 pounds on my left.

20 pounds, any further bids?

I will be putting the hammer down for 20 pounds.

Yes, what did I tell you?

NARRATOR: It seems Aldo made the [INAUDIBLE] an offer it couldn't refuse.

A profit, who'd have thought that?

[LAUGHTER] Now it's Ching and Paul's ceramic cat.

Will it bring them the good fortune it promised?

10 pounds.

Yes, bid.

10 pounds, 12 pounds sir, 15.

15.

17, 17 then gentleman in the middle, any further bids?

I will be selling them for 17 pounds.

NARRATOR: It's a loss, but not a big one.

You know what?

I feel good about it.

It has a home now.

NARRATOR: Another lot for Ching and Paul, the Japanese Satsuma ware bowl.

20 pounds anyone?

15 then?

15 I've got.

15 I've got.

Do I see 17?

Small profit.

17 on the net.

20.

17 pounds then on the internet.

Do I see 20 anywhere?

Any further bids?

This is your new lucky number.

Selling them for 17.

NARRATOR: The second lot to sell for 17 pounds, but this one's luckier.

Wow, two lots at 17.

One loss, one profit.

NARRATOR: Now, a lot for Aldo and Natasha, the wash stand with mirror and jug that Aldo loved.

30 pounds.

Nice decorative piece, will look nice in the conservatory.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is reminding me of my mom, that's why I bought it.

All those years ago.

And it was in one of her bathrooms.

I don't know him, just-- I don't know him.

30 pounds anyone?

20 pounds, 22, 25.

Oh, it's going.

30.

32.

35.

32 pounds then.

32 pounds in the gallery, do I see 35?

32 pounds.

Selling for 32.

My poor mom will be devastated.

Oh, mamma mia.

NARRATOR: Mamma mia indeed.

That's an unfortunate loss for those two.

I think this lot are unimpressed with that.

NARRATOR: Now it's the pair of Japanese vases that stole Ching's heart.

Our auctioneer appreciated them, but will the crowd?

30 pounds, 32.

35, 37.

40.

37 then in the gallery, any further bids?

We'll be selling them for 37 pounds.

NARRATOR: They didn't find their market today, unlucky.

I'm sorry Paul.

NARRATOR: Now it's Aldo and Natasha's quirky cork table mats from the 1930s.

Will the crowd see their charms?

To start at 10.

10 pounds.

10 pounds.

I see 12.

10 pounds in spoken bid.

Do I see 12?

12.

Thank you.

Yes.

15.

15.

No.

15 pounds then, 15 pounds in the front of the room.

15 pounds anybody want to come in at 17?

Selling them for 15.

NARRATOR: Not quite a corker.

But there are plenty more lots to come.

I'm not sure whether this is a good business to be in.

NARRATOR: Ching and Paul's French bucket is next.

30 pounds anyone?

Really heavy, it'll look great in the garden.

20 then.

20 thank you.

20.

22.

25.

27.

30.

32.

35.

37.

40.

42.

45.

42 pounds.

Anybody want to come in at 45?

We'll be selling then for 42 pounds.

NARRATOR: That's pulled up a little profit for them.

You've made two pounds.

Yes.

Two pounds.

Yay.

NARRATOR: Aldo and Natasha's art deco esque drop earrings are going next.

40 pounds.

Come on, get in.

40.

Nice pair of earrings.

They look good.

30 pounds, nice decorative earrings.

Bidding, has not bidding on these.

Are you mad?

20.

20, thank you.

That's it sir, you'll look beautiful in them.

Thank you very much.

20 pounds, do I see 22 anywhere?

22.

25.

Yes.

27.

30.

27 then.

We nearly made a profit.

27 pounds to the lady, do I see any further bids?

27 pounds then.

NARRATOR: Another small profit sees them edging back on track.

Oh, we made two pounds.

NARRATOR: One for Ching and Paul now, is their auspicious bronze Japanese fish, is up.

20 pounds.

Glug, glug, glug.

15.

15 pounds.

Surely worth that, nice at 15.

Thank you, 15 I've got.

15 I've got.

And I'm looking for 17.

Any further bids?

I will be selling them for 15 pounds.

NARRATOR: That one still swimming, sadly.

See this luck thing?

Did you walk under any ladders on the way to the auction room?

Break a mirror this morning?

I think I did all of the above.

NARRATOR: Another for Ching and Paul now.

Their job lot of silver items, which they got for a song.

Can this save their chances?

30 pounds on the books.

I'm looking for 32.

Thank you, 32.

35 with me sir.

37?

37.

37 to the gentleman on my right.

37 pounds.

Any further bids?

I will be selling them for 37 pounds.

NARRATOR: That lot of silver might be worth more a scrap, bad luck chaps.

37?

That seven is definitely not a lucky number for us today.

NARRATOR: It's the last lot of the day.

Aldo and Natasha's corner chair, could it still have them sitting pretty?

20 pounds of me, do I see 22 anywhere?

22, thank you.

25 with me?

27.

30 with me.

32.

35 with me.

35 pounds on the books.

35 pounds on the books.

Does anybody want to come in at 37?

Any further bids?

Will be selling them for 35 pounds.

What a win.

NARRATOR: The last item was a real little earner for Aldo, who's sure to be gracious in victory.

There's winners and losers, OK. Let's go.

Get him out of here before his head's too big to get out the door.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: So, Paul and Ching started this trip with 400 pounds.

After auction costs are deducted, they made an unlucky loss of 202 pounds and 70 pence, leaving them with 197 pounds 30.

While Aldo and Natasha also started with 400 pounds, and after costs.

They made a loss of 101 pounds 22p, leaving them with 298 pounds and 78p.

And the title of winners.

We'll stick to cooking and we'll leave it today.

We got in that car.

It was such fun.

It was a lot of fun, and I've learnt so much, you guys are just fantastic.

It's been so nice to meet you.

Lovely working with you.

Thank you so much, that was great fun.

Thanks so much.

Well done Aldo, again.

Thank you.

Thank you, yeah.

NARRATOR: They may have had an unlucky day in the sale room, but our intrepid chefs have still learned a lot.

ALDO ZILLI: This really taught me so much.

CHING HE HUANG: We've only just kind of.

Scratched the surface.

Scratched the surface.

And it's incredible, really, what an amazing world.

NARRATOR: [INAUDIBLE].

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