VOICEOVER (VO): The nation's favorite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.

Cuz I'm here to declare war.

Why?

VO: Who can make the most money, buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?

It's very good!

VO: The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.

Oh!

(GAVEL) VO: But it's not as easy as you might think, and things don't always go to plan.

CHARLIE: (SHOUTS) Push!

VO: So will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt?

Do you think I'd believe that?

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Yeah.

VO: Today concludes the epic tour of David Harper DAVID HARPER (DH): Come on baby!

VO: and David Barby.

VO: Affable but ambitious... DAVID BARBY (DB): It's my last chance to win.

DH: You want to get rid of me, David, don't you?

I'm hurt.

DB: Oh, not at all.

I shall suffer withdrawal symptoms.

DH: (LAUGHS) VO: Don't believe a word of it!

VO: Each man is desperate to win, and competition this week has been fierce.

I think it's amazing that they can reproduce things like this.

Oh, stop it, stop it!

VO: David B was in the lead but yesterday David H sneaked ahead, by a mere £13.

DB: You're smiling, David.

DH: I'm trying not to.

DB: I wish you wouldn't.

VO: So, expect some very tough negotiating, as, like a penalty shoot-out, today's events decide all.

DH: One of us, David... DB: Yes.

DH: by the end of the day... DB: Yes.

DH: ..will be a winner.

DB: Yes!

DH: And one of us... DB: ..is gonna be fired.

BOTH: (LAUGH) VO: They began with £200 each and David B starts today with £655.59 to spend.

VO: While the other David has just a little bit more, with £668.64.

VO: This week we're traveling in a Triumph TR3 through Ireland, north and south, and then across Wales.

VO: The winner will be crowned at an auction in Llanelli, but we start out in England, at Hereford.

(ENGINE RUMBLES) VO: Famous for cattle and cider, Hereford is also the birthplace of several actors including Beryl Reed, the great David Garrick and allegedly Nell Gwynne.

VO: Composer Edward Elgar was a resident, and wrote several of his most famous works here.

DH: Oh, wow, this is a very well dressed Edwardian gentleman, is it not?

DB: This is Elgar.

DH: It is Elgar is it?

DB: Yeah.

DH: Oh.

DB: He's got a little notepad in his hand here, and they're the musical scores.

He's getting inspiration from this wonderful building here.

DH: Well, as you would, as you would.

Yes.

Right, which way do we go, over there?

OK, come on, let's go shopping.

DH: Oh ho, ho, ho, ho!

DH: I love antiques centers.

DH: There's always lots of stock, that's what I like.

VO: But, as with most antique centers, the choice can be a little overwhelming.

It's one of these occasions where there's just too much to look at.

DB: You get bedazzled.

VO: In amongst all these goods, David Harper has spotted something small and brown.

VO: Rubber gloves?

DH: I've never handled anything quite like this.

Described as a treen carved Brazil nut shell, which is exactly what it is.

Treen meaning any small piece of hand-carved wood, and for twenty-eight quid you can have that on your side table.

But, Richard... Yep?

What do you think...of that?

Have you seen anything quite like it before?

Eh, no...I haven't seen anything quite like it.

It is quite interesting, isn't it?

It is, isn't it.

So, the Brazil nuts are actually on the inside?

Yes, this is like the husk...

This is?

That's how it grows, I believe.

DH: What could that be for me?

Em...We could do that for £20 for you.

DH: Twenty.

RICHARD: Yep.

Twenty quid.

(NUTS RATTLE) I think I'm going to have to have it, don't you?

RICHARD: Yeah, good.

DH: Good man.

DH: Thank you very much.

VO: Elsewhere, David Barby is less decisive.

He knows what he likes, but will it sell at auction?

DB: Richard, I've noticed as I've been wandering round the little Welsh cupboard set.

What's the...demand for it?

Not high?

Not high, I would say.

DB: Oh!

DB: I've been through every single teapot here and each one has a slight fault.

RICHARD: Little bit of restoration, yes.

VO: Look sharp here comes a fellow tripper.

DH: Ooh!

VO: Oh!

(LAUGHS) VO: They just can't bear to be apart.

We've been together on many occasions.

DH: No we haven't.

Yes we have.

DH: We're on our honeymoon.

You've made every moment worthwhile.

We'll be getting divorced... DB: ..A big sacrifice I've made.

DH: (LAUGHS) DB: Have you finished downstairs now David?

DH: All done.

Bought the lot David, so there's nothing for you.

DB: Yeah.

VO: Well, hardly.

But at £185 this Standish inkstand is a bit pricey.

DB: I think...it's not flavor of the month, but it's unusual and quirky enough, because it's a tall one.

RICHARD: Yeah.

Yeah.

DB: It'll be of interest.

Yeah.

DB: But they've gone off the boil.

RICHARD: Yeah, yeah.

So, it's got to...it's got to be at a very reasonable figure.

RICHARD: OK.

I'll try.

(LAUGHS) VO: Go on Richard you tell him all that.

Oh, hello.

This is quite nice.

It's late Victorian.

It's the sort of thing that a gentleman would have on his desk and the pens would rest either side and that would be for red ink and the other one would be for blue ink and it could be taken from one room to another, and then you'd put nibs in there, maybe sealing wax in that one and then you'd have envelopes.

DB: At auction that would probably sell for something in the region of about £80-90, so it's got to be at a fairly reasonable price.

OK.

Thank you.

125.

I think I'm going to bomb on it.

VO: Step aside Richard, let's see the master at work.

DB: I'm concerned if I buy it at the figure that you mentioned, I don't stand a chance at auction.

Well, I was hoping around about 80.

DB: That is very, very encouraging.

Will you split the difference at 90, sir?

Actually, I'm on my knees.

Yes.

OK.

They're going to film me going on my knees now, so I'm on my knees, and it'll be filmed.

£90, OK, you've got a deal.

Thank you very much.

Bye bye.

DB: (SIGHS) VO: And that is how the master does it.

VO: So, while David and inkstand depart to see more of historic Hereford... DH: Can I have a look at that little lacquered box there?

VO: Other David tries his skills.

SANDRA: Em...Well... DH: It's a tea caddy.

SANDRA: Yes.

DH: Um... which is quite nice.

DH: How old do you think this one is?

Eighteen... eighty?

Yeah, it's got to be, hasn't it?

DH: It's got that pagoda top, which is very Chinese, isn't it?

DH: Inlaid with mother of pearl, which is gorgeous.

DH: But, let's have a look at the caddy boxes.

DH: Let's have a look at that.

That should slide, shouldn't it?

SANDRA: I don't know, can you smell anything?

Smells beautiful.

Smell that.

No, I still can't smell anything.

DH: Oh, for goodness sake!

SANDRA: No.

DH: Really?

No, I can't, really.

Can you smell my aftershave?

Slightly.

VO: Poo!

I poured loads on.

I'm covered in aftershave.

VO: That's enough of that, thank you.

DH: What's that gonna sell for?

Is it thirty quid?

No, I doubt it very much.

DH: No?

SANDRA: I doubt it very much.

Is it twenty, then?

SANDRA: No.

DH: Oh!

No.

No.

Ah... it's got to be, I don't know... 85.

Oh, phh, really, really?

Mmmm.

DH: Could it be 40?

50?

We've got a deal.

I'll make it 45.

And I'll buy you a cup of tea.

Oh, you're a hard man.

I'll buy you a lovely cup of tea.

I'll make it myself.

I'll mix it and blend it and everything.

OK, then, we'll do a deal.

Marvelous.

You're an absolute dreamboat.

Alright.

Mwah.

Thank you very much, that's a beautiful, beautiful... SANDRA: It is a beautiful piece.

VO: Not sure you'll ever get that cuppa, Sandra, but while David H has been getting keen on that caddy, giving it a sniff, poor old David B has had a drama.

He's been involved in an accident.

Woah, oh God, you should've seen the other guy!

It's nothing like that.

I tripped, I tripped.

I fell over a step no bigger than that, and wham, straight into one of those garden benches and it split my eye just down there, my eyelid just down there.

Marvelous staff, marvelous staff.

They've patched up...

I think they've made it look rather attractive, rather like a sort of mosaic, a tesserae.

It looks rather nice, doesn't it?

VO: Well, I don't know about that.

At least there may be a sympathy discount.

VO: Luckily, his sparring partner is on hand to give him a slightly bumpy ride to his next destination.

And a bit of sympathy.

DB: Watch your speed, David.

DH: Thank you, David.

BOTH: (LAUGH) VO: Traveling from Hereford to Merthyr Tydfil.

VO: The town today is a very different place from when it was the first industrial town of Wales.

VO: Then its coal, iron ore, limestone and water, meant Merthyr made much of the iron and steel that fueled industrial Britain.

VO: David is here to visit Cyfarthfa Castle, the former home of an iron magnate and now the museum of Merthyr.

Hello, Scott, David Barby.

Hi.

What a superb place.

You're curator here?

That's right.

Been here for 11 years now.

Welcome to Cyfarthfa Castle.

Thank you very much indeed.

Is the museum devoted to one particular family, which is the Crawshay family?

SCOTT: That's right, indeed.

The first member of the family, Richard Crawshay, saw the potential of the Cyfarthfa ironworks and built it up to be the biggest ironworks in the world.

SCOTT: And at the time of his death in 1810, he was worth one and a half million pound, which in today's money is between three and four billion pound... Goodness me!

Oh yes.

Which puts him in the same league as Bill Gates.

VO: When Richard died, his grandson William took over the works and used some of that enormous wealth to build the family's mock castle in the 1820s.

His son Robert Thompson Crawshay decided that iron and steel just weren't enough.

He needed a hobby.

SCOTT: He established this brass band amongst the workers.

He bought them all their instruments, you can see here, which were the very finest of their type, and he also cheated by buying in professional musicians from the north of England and giving them nominal jobs in the ironworks, just so they could be part of his works band.

DB: Was there great competition at that time?

SCOTT: Oh, there was and the resentment amongst the genuine worker bands in the area was such that they'd go to huge lengths to sabotage Cyfarthfa at performance.

DB: (LAUGHS) VO: But it wasn't just music that upset the workers.

Theirs was an unhappy lot and they soon began to organize and fight for their rights - and this little box is a symbol of their struggle.

SCOTT: Merthyr Tidfyl developed an extremely active labor movement and in 1870 the grocer named William Gould decided that there should be a device to ensure that elections were conducted freely and fairly.

Hence, he had this ballot box developed.

It's quite a simple concept really.

Each candidate had their own separate box and each voter was given one token and then the idea was you took your token, placed it in the top and it would count the vote on the front, and there was no danger of interference.

DB: So, it is registering 119.

SCOTT: Yep, that's right.

119 votes.

DB: So that means the tokens are still inside?

SCOTT: Well, it does rattle when we move it about so we guess there's probably a few tokens in there.

You haven't looked inside, have you?

No.

Em...a bit too dangerous to open up.

VO: Meanwhile chauffeur David Harper has headed off through the Brecon Beacons, making his way from Merthyr to Trecastle.

(FAN BELT SQUEALS) VO: Not sure about that fan belt, David.

The shop includes the mysterious 'Kingdom of Rust' and there's plenty here that you won't find in the usual antiques outlet.

DH: Hello, I'm David.

I'm Margaret.

Hello, Margaret, lovely to meet you.

Nice to meet you as well.

This looks rather nice in here.

Well, I hope there'll be something that you'll be interested in.

VO: Well, I'm sure there will be, Margaret, given time.

A nice set of hubcaps for example, to hang on the wall.

VO: Or some other bits of motoring paraphernalia.

Now is that a book or a tin I see before me?

Now, there's a bargain for you.

That is a very cheap thing.

£5.

Probably in an auction we'll make, I don't know, 10, 20, 30, £40, depending on who's there, but it probably won't be enough to beat Barby, so today I just have to leave that alone.

VO: Tucked away behind the wardrobe, though, opportunity lurks.

DH: These... you grab that one... MARGARET: ..Mmhmm... DH: Let me grab that one, so I would imagine, then, that these things... DH: They're obviously copper plates, for printing, aren't they?

MARGARET: They are, yes.

DH: How many have you got?

About 15 of them, so Margaret, I think these are probably, em...from a... metal manufacturer, who's created a catalogue circa 1880.

DH: What have we got there?

Some kind of range, but look at the plate, so beautifully done.

I've just seen something really quite important there.

Right.

DH: Now, I don't know whether it's going to make a huge difference to the price, but can you read backwards?

I've got a job reading forwards, let alone backwards.

DH: Look at that there.

If you were to print that... Coalbrookdale.

MARGARET: Wonderful.

DH: One of the best manufacturers of mainly cast iron wares.

MARGARET: Absolutely.

Hold that, Margaret, hang on.

VO: Yep, you grip fast, Margaret.

What else have we got here?

DH: It's a footman isn't it?

MARGARET: It is.

DH: So, that's the kind of thing in 1880 you would put in front of the fire and you would put your slippers on.

Can you imagine that?

How much are they?

MARGARET: They're cheap.

DH: Are they?

MARGARET: They are, very very cheap for what they are.

How much each could they be?

Well, they should be about £8 each, shouldn't they?

No they shouldn't!

Yes they should!

Absolutely!

Look at the quality.

I mean, where are you going to get those... Ah, hello!

It says £4 each.

That's... You asked how much "should" they be.

Oh, right, OK!

Hey, she's good.

She's very good.

They are unique.

Do them for £2 each and I'll have every single one you can throw at me.

VO: Don't tempt her!

DH: Every one, I'll have.

No, no.

I mean, that's... Oh...

It'll break my heart.

(CRASH) VO: Whoops!

DH: Margaret, I think... MARGARET: (GASPS) Was that you that dropped that one or was it me?

It's definitely you, so they're definitely worth £3 each now!

VO: Gosh, she's good, isn't she?

I'll give you £2 each, all done.

Margaret, take my money.

I can't!

(WHISPERS) Take my money.

I can't.

I can't.

No!

I'll meet you half way.

VO: Stick to your guns, Margaret.

VO: Don't do it, Margaret.

This is really painful, you know that.

It's really grieving me to have to do this.

DH: It's great fun, you know it is.

I know, I know.

Well... (SIGHS) DH: It's what we get out of bed on a morning for.

Come on!

It doesn't make any difference whether it's £2.50 or 250,000 quid, it's the same feeling.

We love it!

VO: Nooo!

Marvelous, marvelous.

VO: As the proud owner of some old blocks departs, his colleague has also moved on.

VO: Making his way from Merthyr to Brecon.

VO: A traditional mid-Wales market town which also has a not-so-traditional jazz festival - and some antique shops.

DB: Hello?

MARTHA: Hello?

Hello.

MARTHA: Hello.

(GIGGLES) Don't let my appearance shock you.

I'm David Barby.

Hi, I'm Martha.

Hello, Martha.

Do you know what I'm here for?

Yes, I do.

To get bargains!

You're going to have to have a look around, if your eye allows you, that is.

DB: I noticed as I came, in the window you've got a little sort of, em...pink heart, resting on some tiles.

What are the tiles?

MARTHA: Right, I can get them out of the window if you want to have a look at them.

Yes.

How much are they?

MARTHA: They're £6 each.

Aw!

MARTHA: Oh no!

DB: I've come over all faint.

MARTHA: (LAUGHS) Could I have a look at them, please?

Yeah, of course you can.

DB: Thank you very much.

DB: Where did these come from?

MARTHA: Are they off an old wash-stand or maybe a fire surround?

DB: Yes.

And how much are they?

MARTHA: £6 each.

DB: Ooh, come on.

What's the very best you can do, the very very best?

Make me an offer.

£2 each.

Oh!

MARTHA: How many are you going to take?

The lot.

The lot?

OK, £4 each.

DB: Two pounds, two pounds.

MARTHA: (LAUGHS) Come on, £4 each.

That's 24, down from 36.

DB: Let's split the difference, £3 each?

MARTHA: No.

DB: Please?

Twenty the lot.

Eighteen.

Oh no!

Eighteen.

I'm going to buy something else.

Are you?

DB: Yes!

Well, if you buy something else then I may consider it then.

OK, right.

Now where's your penny section?

MARTHA: (LAUGHS) Me bargain section?

DB: Why I like these is because when Janet and I got married we had a collection of Victorian tiles, and these are tube- lined art nouveau tiles.

There's no...

There's no make on the back of them at all, which is a bit disappointing, and I would like to have seen a manufacturer's mark, but all this is tube-lined, here, rather like Moorcroft, then infilled with color glazes.

And those are quite nice.

I like those.

VO: But if David is going to have Martha's tiles, he's got to get something else in his basket.

DB: (CALLS) Martha, how much is this old snout head up here?

VO: You're a one to talk.

Three nine five.

DB: That's an unusual sum.

DB: Three pounds ninety-five.

MARTHA: (LAUGHS) DB: Right, thank you, it's a no-go.

DB: There was a designer for Midwinter Pottery called Jessie Tait, and she moved over to Meakin and this is one of her designs from the 1950s.

I think that's quite good.

It's £22, that's quite a lot.

The, em... Meakin... coffee set?

Mmm.

DB: 22 on that.

What did we agree on the tiles, 20?

DB: No, 18.

18.

What about 35 on the lot?

Is that the very best you can do?

MARTHA: Yes, it is.

I think that's a good little bundle.

Don't you?

Alright, £30 and that's it.

I can't do any more.

Go on, then.

£30.

30.

DB: Martha, the coffee pot's chipped.

MARTHA: Oh no!

DB: Yeah.

MARTHA: Oh, that's why it was priced cheap.

Look, there, do you see it there?

Yeah, I can see it.

1960s, £22.

Oh no... DB: It's chipped.

It's...

I know, but you've knocked me so far down anyway and it's priced accordingly.

...chipped.

It's chipped.

Well, I said 28 originally, you said no, 30.

OK.

So, do you want it for the 28 then?

DB: Yes please.

MARTHA: (SIGHS) Right.

VO: So he's got that coffee set for a tenner... (LAUGHS) There we are.

Thank you very much.

VO: Now do go and rest that eye David, the one that will shut.

VO: Day two and our two travelers are approaching the end of their Odyssey.

One of them a little battered and bruised.

DH: How's the big shiner, David?

DB: Well, I tried to co-ordinate my jacket with it!

VO: That's the joy of green.

Yesterday the Davids each bought three items.

With David Harper spending £102.50 on a carved nut, a tea caddy and fifteen engraving plates.

Oooh!

It'll break my heart.

VO: While David Barby punched above his weight, with £118 on a 1950s coffee set, some art nouveau tiles and an ink stand.

I'm on my knees.

VO: They are heading for that auction in Llanelli.

Beginning in Brecon... VO: ..where David Harper makes his way to the barracks to see the South Wales Borderers Museum.

DH: Bill?

BILL: David.

David Harper, nice to meet you.

VO: The regiment, which has been based in the town for over 120 years, has a fascinating history, but it will be forever associated with just one word - Zulu.

This is the Anglo-Zulu war.

My goodness me, Bill, there's some color in here, isn't there?

It certainly is.

VO: The British invasion of Zulu land in 1879 would be forgotten today, were it not for the battle of Rorke's Drift, where a tiny number of South Wales Borderers defended a mission station against massive Zulu forces.

DH: There's bravery all around here.

I mean... thousands and thousands of Zulus fighting with the assegais, and the Knobkierries and the shields, one or two rifles.

Yes.

But that's it.

BILL: Yes.

The British underestimated the bravery of the Zulu.

BILL: They were the elite of the Zulu army, white shields.

They jogged 15 miles to Rorke's Drift, they swam the Buffalo River, which is in flood, then they fought for eight hours.

That's the mark of a Zulu.

VO: A much larger British force was defeated in the battle before Rorke's Drift, but as anyone who has ever seen the movie starring Michael Caine and Stanley Baker, will know, it was the way the Welsh regiment bravely martialed their resources that saved them.

BILL: Now, what I've got here...

This is the mark two Martini-Henry.

This is a real one from the period of the Zulu War.

OK. BILL: And I've fixed a 22 inch bayonet on it.

DH: Nice.

BILL: The weight is about eight and a half pounds.

Yep.

The thing you notice first of all is the long reach of the bayonet.

DH: It is a long reach, well... yes, absolutely.

BILL: Absolutely, yes.

DH: Keep 'em at bay.

It's a single shot weapon.

And it's cocked by pulling this handle down...

I know it.

A single round goes into the breach.

Lock it.

And you then pull the trigger and it fires.

There is no safety catch.

(GUN CLICKS) VO: After eight hours of battle the Zulu forces withdrew, honoring the Borderers in song.

A record number of Victoria Crosses were awarded with seven going to the 24th.

And although those on show here are copies, David Harper is about to have a treat.

DH: Oh, you are kidding, surely.

BILL: These are two of the actual Victoria crosses.

DH: Oh, no.

No, please.

BILL: If I could ask you just to hold... That's Henry Hook's Victoria Cross.

DH: Oh, you're joking... BILL: Which is the man on the right there.

DH: Famous... Made famous in the film.

BILL: Yes, indeed, by James Booth, who played him in the film.

BILL: And this is Bromhead's Victoria Cross, which is the Michael Caine character of the film.

DH: You are joking.

BILL: You are probably looking at over a million pounds' worth there in terms of value.

DH: Oh, my goodness me.

I'll tell you what, I've never quite handled anything quite as emotional...

Indeed.

..and as powerful as two Victoria crosses.

DH: Ooh!

My goodness me.

An amazing, amazing feeling... ..to hold those two.

VO: Now what about our own brave little soldier?

Forcing on, blindly.

DB: Hello.

TIM: Hello there.

Hello, David Barby.

TIM: Tim Nelson.

Hello Tim.

VO: David Barby has decided that as he's in Wales and has spent more time there than anyone else this week, in accident and emergency, he's going to buy something Welsh.

TIM: There's a little salt box there.

DB: That's quite nice, how much is that?

Well... it's marked up at £120.

DB: Ooh!

But I mean I could... TIM: I could do that for £90.

DB: That's what I like to hear.

Where was that made?

Was that made central Wales?

TIM: Probably Carmarthenshire.

DB: That would mount on the wall, preferably close to the fire.

And the salt would go in there and if you have a cauldron, or you have a cooking range close to the fire, you'd take the salt out of there, put it in your sort of cooking, eh, to flavor it, eh and it would keep dry.

The other thing I like, this little concession all the way along here.

We call that chip carving.

I like that, I like that immensely.

TIM: Yeah.

DB: We're selling at eh... Where are you going?

DB: Clanelly.

Llanelli.

DB: Is it?

It's on the coast.

TIM: Yeah.

DB: Is it Llanelli?

TIM: Llanelli, yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's a possibility.

Right-o.

DB: That's a possibility.

And what is that here?

Is that a chopping block?

TIM: I think it's a chopping block, yeah.

DB: That's not particularly old, is it?

TIM: Em...

I think it probably is, yes.

You know, it's got a nice iron bar, band around it.

TIM: I mean, I could do that for you for £90, that one.

It's a chopping block of some description, whether it's for killing chickens or... Can I just have a look underneath it?

Yeah, of course.

The legs look to be made of ash.

DB: The whole thing could be made of ash, couldn't it?

Yes.

Is that the very best you could do on that one?

What happens if I took two pieces?

I couldn't do a great deal, but, em...

I'd...

I'd do 160 for the two.

DB: Right.

What else have you got that is quirky?

DB: Let's have a look.

Have a look.

DB: I'm looking for that wow factor.

TIM: Yeah.

DB: I like the stool, actually.

TIM: Yeah, the stool's nice.

DB: What's the price on that?

TIM: That's 55.

DB: Why 55?

TIM: Why not?

(CHUCKLES) It just came into my head at the time.

DB: (LAUGHS) I think that's quite high, actually.

TIM: Do you?

DB: Yeah, for it.

That's another possibility.

TIM: Yeah?

DB: Och!

VO: Once more around the block.

It's such a weighty piece.

That means, if somebody sat at it, it's not going to move and I love this sort of worn air.

You can see the chop marks all the way across the top where it's actually been used.

Right.

Tim?

Can you believe that I've made up my mind?

Yes?

I'm going for the salt box... ..Yeah?

And I'm going for the... ..chopping block.

Right-o.

And that was at £160?

Yes.

For the two, yes.

Yeah.

I'm going to say something to you... Yep?

Could you just knock it down to £150?

Please?

OK. 150?

Yep.

Thank you very much.

Hope I've made the right choice.

VO: So, whilst one David staggers off, the other one nips in.

VO: Now it's David Harper's turn to see what he can unearth.

VO: Something stunning, or sloppy seconds?

We'll see.

That carving.

The Black Forest thing on the wall.

Yeah, that's sold.

Is it?

VO: Then guess what?

The shopkeeper says he has something David just might be interested in.

Ah, now then.

That's aesthetic movement, isn't it?

Yep, yep.

Wow, let me have a look at that material.

TIM: Could be a bit of mileage in that, I don't know.

DH: That's original material that, isn't it?

TIM: Yes, yes.

DH: That's a lovely thing.

So, that is Japanese-inspired, 1880?

TIM: Yes, probably.

No marks on it?

TIM: No, I don't think so.

DH: Oh, there is something there, actually.

TIM: Is there?

DH: Mmm.

That's good.

What kind of money, Tim?

It's £50.

Is it?

Yep.

DH: It couldn't be 30, Tim?

No, no, 50 is the absolute... DH: Is that the death?

Yeah, it is the absolute death on it, yeah.

DH: Did Barby look at this?

He did look at it, yes.

DH: Did he really?

TIM: Yes.

DH: What did he say about it?

Well, he liked it very much.

VO: Not enough to buy it, though.

Just treat me a bit, Tim, give me a chance?

TIM: Alright, 45, that's it.

40, I'll have it.

No.

No, I can't.

45 is a deal.

I can't go much lower.

At this stage of the game every fiver counts, I promise you.

Every fiver.

TIM: Go on, then.

40 quid.

DH: Good man, top man.

Thank you very much indeed.

VO: Barby didn't spot these bottles, though.

Are these Welsh?

Probably not, no.

They just, you know obviously... they're fruitwood or... What's that there?

Smells like an ointment Barby should put on his eye.

TIM: It's, em...TCP.

It does smell like that, doesn't it?

Does that say chloroform?

TIM: Yeah, yeah, you could've used that on him as well, but there's nothing in it.

DH: Could sedate him, couldn't we?

I daren't smell that too much, I might faint.

That's amazing.

Where do these come from?

TIM: They came out of a house.

The chap's father was a GP, a country GP.

How lovely.

What sort of money are these for the set?

Are they cheap?

Well, depends what you call cheap, really.

Dunno, I call cheap like very cheap.

What do you call cheap?

Well, I would want for the... how many is there?

Six of them Yeah.

I would want £45.

45?

Yeah, for the six.

DH: How about a fiver each?

That's 30.

Oooh!

I'll split the difference, but that would be the death on them.

£35.

DH: 35.

TIM: Yeah.

I'm gonna have to have 'em.

TIM: Right-o.

Thank you very much indeed.

Marvelous.

I absolutely love 'em.

Marvelous.

VO: So, just what bacon have they brought home from Brecon?

The first object I bought, was where we...at the same shop, do you remember?

Mmm.

Ok. DH: So, late Victorian, Edwardian, maybe.

DB: I think it's about 1880.

DH: OK. Now, I don't know whether I should guess at how much you paid for it, because sometimes I do offend you, don't I?

I'm not gonna guess, you tell me.

I paid £90 for that.

Oh, well, I think it's quite good.

I was going to say 100 quid and I thought you would get angry!

DB: Oh, that's nice.

VO: David H's little treen item.

It's one of these carved nuts, isn't it, from Africa?

DH: I don't... Well, it's a Brazil nut, where do Brazil nuts come from?

Brazil!

It's got a sound to it, it's tactile.

DB: Do you think it might be a musical instrument, then?

It could be.

You do it so well.

DB: Yes.

DH: It's got to be.

It's got rhythm.

You've got rhythm!

DB: Yeah!

Yeah, I like that.

It's a lovely, lovely - How much did you pay for that, £10?

No, 20.

I was pleased to pay 20.

VO: David Barby's favorites.

DH: Mmm, this is your period, I think, isn't it?

Again we're looking at the aesthetic movement?

No, art nouveau.

Well, period, 1890.

No, no, no, these are art nouveau.

Well, that's 1890.

DB: You're looking at sort of 1900-1905.

They are of that period, you think, in style.

I'm not so sure...

I think.

I know!

OK. That's fine.

Well, I'm happy for that.

How much were they?

Well, how much would you pay for one?

Gosh.

Well I know I can buy an Edwardian wash-stand with the tiles for 30 quid.

So a couple of pounds a piece.

I paid £3 each for the tiles.

OK. Alright.

VO: The fragrant tea caddy.

Oh, that is nice.

DH: It's a sweet little tea caddy.

Oh, I like to see the individual boxes.

Yeah.

DH: Have a smell of that, David.

Can you smell it, it's quite sweet?

Yes, Lapsang?

Ooh.

It could well be.

Oh yes, how much did you pay for that, about £40?

DH: Bang on, £45.

Yep.

Well, it's very nice.

I can see a profit in that David.

I like that immensely.

DH: Yes, good.

DB: I like that.

VO: For those who prefer coffee... Is it Midwinter?

Ah, very very clever.

Very close?

Yes.

Meakin.

Ah, but you've got the same artist.

Jessie Tait.

OK. OK. DB: She worked for Midwinter.

DH: Retro-chic vintage look is now in the right markets.

But nobody uses coffee pots now.

But wouldn't coffee taste so much nicer if you did?

No.

VO: The blocks that broke Margaret's heart, and nearly her foot.

DB: These are fascinating.

Absolutely fascinating.

DH: Anyway, how much did I pay if I've got 15 of them?

You got 15.

I would think you paid probably £2-3 per... Yeah.

Absolutely.

So frustrating, right in the middle.

£2.50 each.

VO: What will David H make of this?

That's quite sweet, isn't it?

DH: Is it a salt box?

DB: Yes.

DH: Eh...Welsh?

DB: Yes.

That's the thing isn't it, it's a Welsh piece?

It's a Welsh... it's an indigenous Welsh piece.

DH: I like it.

DB: What I like about it is this chip carving all the way round.

Like it, very much, yeah.

And that is unusual to find, except on Welsh furniture.

It's not a cheap item.

Go on, tell me.

I paid under £100 for it.

That's good.

I paid 75.

That's very good.

I think it's a very lovely thing.

That's your nicest item.

VO: Careful, David, it's an antique, you know.

DB: Ah!

Oh, that's nice.

Isn't that lovely?

Have a smell of that.

Put that on your eye, I think it might improve it.

DH: This is the best.

The nicest color, the nicest bottle shape.

Yes, that is lovely.

It is.

Absolutely gorgeous.

And on the interior, look at that.

Oh, that's... That's what you expect to find in all the others.

DH: It's just...

I love it.

I truly love it.

DH: Can I look?

DB: Yep.

VO: OK David, feast your eyes.

Ooooh!

I say!

I thought this was you.

DB: Feel the weight.

Wow!

It's a baby, that, isn't it.

DB: It's ash.

This would've had a padded leather section which should be retained by a band here.

And there is evidence of nails there, yeah.

And it would've been used for tin or for pewter.

VO: Now, what will David make of the stool that he turned down?

DB: Lovely.

DH: (LAUGHS) I saw that original material, from 18...70-80, and I thought 'David Barby, aesthetic movement'.

It's so you.

I can't believe that you didn't buy it.

David, I think you've got your killer diller.

It could be the killer diller.

How much did I pay for it?

I think you paid 50.

No, I paid 40.

He wanted 50, he was sticking on 50 and I got it for 40.

That is an absolutely delicious thing and I love it.

The highlight really was the stool.

DB: It was the one that I rejected, and I'm just wondering whether I've made the right choice.

DH: He fancies that in a big way, and, I've gotta say that thing really could fly.

It is absolutely just right.

I love it to death.

I wish I'd have bought it now.

Oh!

What have I done?

VO: After starting out in England at Hereford, the final leg of our road trip will be decided in Wales at Llanelli.

DB: I hope you fare well, David.

DH: Well, how're you feeling?

DB: Apprehensive.

DH: Happy?

I'm always happy with you.

DH: I'm always happy with you and that's why I'm feeling slightly sad... DB: Why?

Sad that our journey is coming to an end, David.

This is it.

DB: Yeah, I feel that.

The finale.

DB: Yes, the end.

DH: I'm gonna miss you.

DB: I shall miss you as well.

DB: I'll miss breakfast with you and that sort of thing.

DH: Yeah, it's marvelous.

DB: Evening meal.

DH: Marvelous.

DB: Yes.

VO: David Harper has spent £177.50 on five lots.

DH: (WHISPERS) Take my money.

MARGARET: I can't!

VO: While David Barby, also with five lots, has spent £268.

You're a hard woman.

You're a pretty hard man.

VO: Oh!

VO: So, while the Llanelli crowds gather, let's find out what auctioneer, Andrew Williams thinks.

ANDREW: The salt box should do well, and also the work block cuz it's a really nice color and it's an unusual piece; so I think those'll... those'll be the two best items.

The least favorite I suppose it would be the engraving plates, I think.

David Barby's items will stand the best chance of reaching the highest prices on the day because they are just slightly more unusual.

VO: Now - Come on Davids.

Just £13 between them.

I feel more nervous today, actually, than in any of our previous auctions, because this is it.

There's no ...Here we go, you're on.

VO: What will they think of David Barby's proper Welsh antique?

ANDREW: At 50, for the salt box.

At 50?

£50, five...

It should be a bit more than that.

ANDREW: 60, at 60, and five, 70?

Oh!

At £70, and five one of you now?

All done then at £70?

(GAVEL) 70.

VO: An even bigger loss after commission.

It's not the end of the world.

VO: Now the David Harper medicine collection.

ANDREW: £20, at 20, five, at 25, 30?

Five?

At 40.

At 45?

ANDREW: Back of the room, at 45.

50 one of you now?

At £45.

Come on, get in.

(GAVEL) 45.

VO: The hard bargaining pays off.

£10 minus commission, so that's a tiny profit.

VO: Vintage coffee set, anyone?

At 10?

Pretty coffee set.

At 10?

£10, 15?

At 15.

ANDREW: 20 is it?

Wanna bid?

20.

At £20 for the coffee set.

At 20.

ANDREW: Going to sell it then, at £20 for the set.

(GAVEL) 20.

VO: Twice what David B paid.

DB: Oh, I'm quite pleased about that.

Good.

VO: David Harper's treen now.

Nutty or nice?

ANDREW: 10 I'm bid, at 10, back of the room, at 10?

Unusual piece.

15?

ANDREW: 20?

DH: Oh.

ANDREW: Five, at 25.

Is it 30 one of you now?

At £25... (GAVEL) DH: Come on.

DB: You've made a profit!

A tiny profit.

VO: Tinier still after commission.

VO: David Barby's tube-lined tiles.

ANDREW: 10 I'm bid, 15?

20?

Five?

30?

Five?

Is that a bid?

ANDREW: 40.

Five?

ANDREW: 50.

DH: (GASPS) ANDREW: And five.

60.

Five?

70?

Five.

80?

ANDREW: At £80.

DH: My God.

Lady's bid, back of the room then, at 80 for the tiles... (GAVEL) 210.

VO: Those tiles have put David Barby back into the lead.

Well done.

Well done!

Ah, well done.

What did you pay for those?

Ah... 18.

Good margin.

VO: Now, who can smell the Lapsang Souchon?

30 I'm bid, at 30.

£30.

ANDREW: At 30.

Five.

40.

And five At £45 for the tea caddy.

No more?

(GAVEL) 45.

VO: A loss after commission.

DB: That was a first class thing, what did you pay for it?

Was it 40?

VO: 45, actually, David.

VO: David B's half price inkstand.

I'm bid 50 and 60 to start, rostrum bids, at 60.

ANDREW: £60.

70, at 70.

80, rostrum bid here with us, 90, 100, at £100.

ANDREW: At 100.

And 10 is it one of you now?

At £100 and 10, at 110.

At 120.

At 120.

At £120... (GAVEL) VO: His biggest spend too.

That lead looks firm.

120.

Did he say that?

That was good.

VO: Will these make an impression?

ANDREW: 10 I'm bid, back of the room, at 10.

15, At £15.

At 15.

20?

Center of the room, at 20.

£20 for the copper plates.

Come on!

Don't you dare.

(GAVEL) 20.

VO: It's slipping away for David Harper.

Horrifying!

VO: Bids on the old block, or just chips?

ANDREW: 40 I'm bid, at £40, at 40, 50, at £50.

60?

70?

80?

At 80.

Unusual piece, at £80.

DB: Rare.

ANDREW: At 80.

ANDREW: Gonna sell it then, 90.

At 90.

100?

ANDREW: Last call at £100 for the block... (GAVEL) 100.

DH: (APPLAUDS) Oh, sorry!

VO: Another solid profit for David Barby.

David, give me your hand.

Oh, that's good.

VO: This stool has got to sell for more than £80 if David Harper is going to grab the lead back.

20 I'm bid, back of the room At 20.

£20.

At 20.

ANDREW: For the stool, at £20.

And five is it one of you now?

At £20.

Last call then.

No.

Go on.

25.

At 25.

At 25.

ANDREW: Is it £30 quickly?

DH: Go on!

ANDREW: All done at £25..?

(GAVEL) 25.

VO: That's it.

I think David B has it.

VO: Well played, David Barby.

The victor this week.

VO: How sweet!

VO: David Harper started this round with £668.64 and made a loss of £46.30 after auction costs, leaving him with £622.34.

VO: While David Barby began with £655.59 and made a profit £51.80 after auction costs, and so he's finished with a grand total of £707.39.

Somebody had to win and it's a nice change for it to be me isn't it, not you?

I'm not bothered, honestly, it's been the most wonderful, magical journey, it really, really has.

It has for me, and to celebrate DB: I've got something fizzy.

DH: Wahey!

VO: Disgusting!

And so concludes the tale of two Davids.

VO: Only one winner?

No, of course not!

VO: They're both champs.

Come on baby!

Yahoo!

Oh!

DH: Is that for sale?

SARAH: Nope.

Another satisfied customer!

David, you are thee champion and you're my hero, so... Oh, sounds like a cue...sounds like a cue for a song.

DH: (LAUGHS) DH: Hey, the wind is in your hair, I've gotta say, look at that.

DH: Ooh, David, you're getting all fired up here!

DB: I'm doing 15 miles an hour.

DH: Come on baby!

DH: One last time, eh?

DB: Yes!

Oh, I want to hear that throbbing engine for the last time.

(FAN BELT SQUEALS) DH: Hold on, Barby!

DB: Yeah!

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