VO: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts, with £200 each, a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

That hurts.

My sap is rising.

VO: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Could you do 50 quid on that?

VO: So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?

JAMES: Your steering is a bit lamentable.

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

Yeah!

VO: Today we're out and about with a right pair of mischief makers, auctioneers James Braxton and Charles Hanson.

Stop mucking about, Charles!

Now, James Braxton simply loves all the towns he visits.

JAMES (JB): God bless you, Combe Martin!

VO: And he's very charming with the ladies.

Can I show it to you?

Yes, fine.

VO: This is Charles Hanson.

He's a real risk taker.

And nervy... CHARLES (CH): That's my entire money gone, what have I done?

VO: And buying antiques really makes him very happy.

I feel like dancing in the rain.

VO: James isn't faring too well at auction.

Unfortunately he's had more losses than profits.

All done.

Not my day, is it?

VO: Charles, on the other hand, is proving to be one very smart cookie.

Everything he buys turns into a profit, especially that Liberty stool.

(GAVEL) CH: Yes!

Well done, well done.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

VO: Well, from his original £200, James has only been able to shuffle towards the finishing line - ha!

- and currently has a paltry £248.24 rattling round in his back pocket.

Oh dear!

But third-time winner Charles Hanson - wow, has he sprinted ahead!

From his original £200 he has an impressive £943.01 to spend.

VO: And the car of choice is James's beloved 1952 MG. You're just under 1,000.

I'm trailing with just under 250.

But I feel quite emotionally unstable.

To have so much money, you know, do I bank it?

Do I play it?

Do I gamble?

Do I...?

You know... Well, I think on your roll, I think anything you touch may turn to gold.

VO: James and Charles are traveling 400 miles from Dulverton, West Somerset, via the Isle of Wight, to the county town of Truro in Cornwall.

What a trek!

On today's show, first stop is the Devon town of Crediton, and they'll auction in the Cornish town of Lostwithiel.

Yeah, I've got to bounce back.

Come on Braxton!

Bounce back.

Bounce back Braxton!

Bounce back Braxton!

Bounce back Braxton!

VO: Bounce back Braxton indeed.

It's coming in.

VO: The missionary St Boniface was born in Crediton in the 7th century and the town's parish church is over 1,100 years old.

Let's get going with our road trip.

First to have a go is the excitable Charles Hanson.

Stand by!

That's my first shop.

Fantastic.

Hey, spooky!

It's called James.

I know.

James Antiques.

Well good luck.

I'll say my namesake... Well, not too much luck!

My namesake can't hang around.

Go on, get out.

Get out.

Get out.

CH: I'll see you later.

JB: See you later.

CH: Wish me luck.

JB: Good luck.

CH: I don't need it!

Bye.

JB: Good luck birthday boy.

Bye.

VO: Ooh, steady there James.

Now don't be too cocky, Carlos.

This is traffic and you're an adult.

Now, get your shopping done before you do yourself a mischief.

Good morning sir.

Good morning.

How are you?

Welcome to James Antiques.

CH: You're Mr James, are you?

JIM: I am indeed.

Or are you a James?

JIM: I'm Jim.

Call me Jim.

CH: Good to see you Jim.

Hello Jim, good to see you.

This is a nice stick, Jim, isn't it?

A wonderful hawthorn cane and if you were a gent, as you are Jim, a Devonian gent, back in the year, what, 1909... JIM: Yes.

CH: London hallmark.

One of the nicest sticks I think we've had.

Wonderful stick, of a superior quality, a wonderful handle as well.

I like it, Jim.

That's a good thing, isn't it?

So Jim, what would be the best price on your fine cane?

JIM: We're asking 168 as you probably see.

CH: Yes.

JIM: Um... 150.

Straight 150.

Jim, it's not a bad price.

I think, going back to auction, I'll want it a bit cheaper than that.

What's the best price?

(CHUCKLES) 125.

125, you see.

That's a really good offer and I just feel, at 125, I'm going to say thank you, but I'll leave it.

Thank you very much.

All the best!

VO: Well, I take it that's a no then?

Yeah, you too, bye.

VO: Charles style.

Good.

VO: Right, meanwhile, James has traveled south to the historic city of Exeter.

VO: Exeter's long and fascinating history dates back as far as 250BC and it's home to this breathtaking 12th century cathedral.

And just in case you didn't know, JK Rowling was a student at Exeter University and my parents got married in the cathedral.

Now James hasn't had much luck so far but the sun is shining, he's got the shades on, he's wearing a rather natty outfit which should excite the ladies, if only he can get out of the car.

What a glorious place.

VO: Watch out, Exeter Antiques Centre, James is a man on a mission and it's not long before James finds dealer Mike to talk business.

Anything I should be looking...

In here.

Oh, right, OK.

Thought there might've been scraps in it.

Victorian scraps.

How interesting, yeah.

That is unlike rolling pins I have seen before.

This is one of these sort of Victorian salt pins, isn't it?

Yeah.

That were given full of salt and then sometimes you get them painted, don't you?

How unusual.

Victorian scraps.

Scraps, aren't they?

Yeah.

Very quirky isn't it?

What could this fellow be, Mike?

What have I got on it?

What have you got on it?

95.

Um, 70?

70.

What else have you got there?

I think that's very interesting, Mike.

Here's something unusual.

JB: Oh yeah, what... MIKE: Horseshoe filer.

Oh really?

Is it?

So that's a farrier's tool, isn't it?

God, that's well made.

And so you could take that, so you could sharpen that as well... VO: This file would whittle a horse's hoof, much in the same way a nail file is used in manicures, and the ticket price is £20.

So I could just sort of give it some, couldn't I?

That's rather fun.

Now Mike, could this be really cheap?

Would you do a tenner on that?

I might buy something else from you, Mike, as well.

Go on then.

Oh Mike!

Good man, good man.

That's really nice, I like that.

Can I revisit that rolling pin?

Very quirky.

Do you like rolling pins or do you just buy quirky items?

I just buy quirky items.

Yeah.

VO: Salt pins are handy, aren't they?

They help keep salt nice and dry and this one is decorated with scrap pictures, which is called decalcomania.

Could you do anything really good on this?

Like sort of 30 or 35?

Oh, you're robbing me.

I'd like...

I like old puggy!

45.

45.

It is very unusual.

50 the two, there you are.

50 the two?

Oh, that's very kind of you.

Mike, I'm gonna have it.

Right.

That's really kind of you, thank you very much indeed.

So 50 for the two.

VO: Looks like Braxton is definitely trying to bounce back.

And that's a good start with two items in the old bag.

Charles meanwhile is still empty handed and stuck in Crediton.

He's got an appointment to get to but James and the MG are nowhere in sight.

I'll see you later.

I'll see you later, bye.

He's saying to me he's too busy shopping.

I need to get the number 51 or 50 bus in a layby over there somewhere or I get a pushbike.

I'll tell you!

I'll do something!

Mr Postie.

Is there a bike shop around here at all, anything along those lines?

Yeah, just back there on the right hand side.

Right hand side?

POSTMAN: Yeah.

CH: A bike shop?

POSTMAN: Yep.

CH: Fantastic.

Thanks.

VO: Now what's he up to?!

Fantastic, look - The Bike Shed.

VO: Ah.

Brilliant!

Thanks, Andy.

VO: Alright, Charles... That's great.

So, helmet on.

VO: ..gird up your loins... CH: See you, Andy.

VO: ..off you go.

The energetic Charles is using the magic of pedal power... to travel.

Hm!

OK, well, not quite all the way, we hope, to West Putford, near Holsworthy.

And as if by magic, Charles is heading to the enchanting world of Britain's only gnome reserve!

Ha!

Artist and founder Ann Atkins created the reserve in 1979 and holds the world record for owning over 2,000 gnomes.

Gosh!

Siegfried was the very first gnome who gave Ann the idea for sharing her woodland retreat with the public.

The sun is shining and Ann, you know, I begin...

I begin to believe.

Of course!

I begin to believe in gnomes.

The real world, isn't it, here?

It is, it is the real world.

No blaring music and slot machines, it's just nature and the gnomes and the fairies.

It is - nature and the gnomes.

And I can't wait to get started.

You going to wear a gnome hat?

Er... Come on, you've got to wear a gnome hat.

OK. Cuz you embarrass them otherwise.

Come on.

VO: Uh-oh!

This is the real world, hey?

Will that one fit you alright?

Actually, I'm going to go for an orange one, Ann.

VO: Oh yeah.

CH: The gnomes recognize me.

Yeah.

No, that's splendid.

That looks good, actually.

That looks good.

CH: Thanks, Ann.

ANN: That looks good.

And you wear one as well, do you?

Well, I don't usually, because I've... they know me well enough.

VO: Charles needs no encouragement.

The little people have existed in different cultures throughout the world, for many centuries.

Gnomes originated in Germany in the 19th century, with a company called Heissner producing some of the first figures.

But it's Sir Charles Isham who's credited with starting the tradition of garden gnomes in Britain.

In 1847 he featured a number of terracotta gnomes in a large rockery alongside his home, Lamport Hall, in Northamptonshire.

So where are we going now?

We're going into the wood.

You can... you lead the way, and then you'll get the good view, I think.

Oh, wow!

VO: Wa-a-ah!

Oh, Ann, isn't it wonderful?

It's nice, isn't it?

CH: I feel almost...

I don't know, just... ANN: Like you did when you were three, maybe?

CH: Exactly.

ANN: Yes.

CH: There's something about them.

They look so happy.

ANN: They are happy.

CH: And they make a landscape CH: really come alive, and... ANN: They do.

..you can just imagine magic, can't you?

Yeah!

Yeah!

How would I tell the difference between an elf or a pixie or a gnome?

A gnome is ancient as the hills and young as a child, ANN: all in one go.

CH: Yes.

Right?

Pixies are entirely young.

CH: Are they really?

ANN: Yes.

CH: Never grow old?

ANN: No.

So, Ann, in the winter... Yeah?

..all these gnomes, do they stay out and shiver or will they be brought inside?

They have their yearly bath.

That's alright, isn't it?

CH: Do they complain?

ANN: No.

Once a year, they put up with that.

CH: Warm water?

ANN: Yes.

CH: Well done.

ANN: Yes.

And then those that need it get new clothes.

Ann, tell me, if I was a gnome - which I am now - and...

Yes?

..you were going to sort of keep me the wood... would I be fishing, would I be perhaps just relaxing...?

Oh, let me think.

What would you do with me, Ann?

I think I'd have you on the beach.

CH: Would you really?

Thanks!

ANN: Yeah, I think so.

Would you like to be on the beach?

Ann, yeah, I could happily pop into Putford-on-Sea.

ANN: Yeah.

CH: Yeah, exactly.

VO: Let's leave Charles in quiet contemplation... shall we?

James, meanwhile, is having a splendid day.

He has two items already in the bag.

And he's looking for more, in the town of Torrington, in North Devon.

James arrives in town on a baking hot day, which is a rarity!

JB: Hello.

DEALER: Hello.

James.

How do you do?

Joanna.

Joanna.

Very nice to meet you, Joanna.

It is boiling out there.

Funny fellow, isn't it?

I like the shape.

It's an unusual shape.

Most tea caddies are square, round, and everything, and this is rather fun.

It's hexagonal, so five-sided.

I just want to see what it's like when I give it a good old clean, and see whether it'll shine a bit.

It's...

Yes, I think it will.

I think it will.

How much do you want for this fellow, Joanna?

Erm, I put 22 on that.

Do you give a little discount or not, for the...?

Erm... You don't have to.

But it does all help.

How much?

What could I...?

Erm... 20?

20?

20?

It's a round note, isn't it?

I'll buy it for 20.

Oh, thank you.

Thank you very much indeed.

Thank you.

VO: Well, after all that shopping, James, it's time to turn in.

Another busy day awaits tomorrow.

Night-night.

The boys are up and at 'em.

There's no stopping Charles now, as he races the MG!

VO: So far, James has spent £70 on three lots - the farrier file, the unusual salt pin and the tea caddy - leaving a sum of £178.24 for the day ahead.

And Charles, meanwhile, may be the richest, but he hasn't spent, so far, a single penny.

That gives him a bulging purse of £943.01 to spend.

VO: Our road trippers have traveled to the port town of Bideford, in North Devon.

(HORN HONKS) And Charles leads the way, as they charge to the shops.

Ha!

The boys are in luck this morning.

A bustling antiques fair is in full swing at Bideford's Pannier Market.

Jim, I'll see you later.

OK, see you later.

VO: So with his swag bag empty, young Carlos needs to get a wiggle on.

Now, I'm after... antiques.

Like your little doggie.

He's quite sweet, isn't he?

DEALER: That's a beautiful Airedale, a proper Beswick... Beswick?

DEALER: Yeah.

CH: What's your name?

DEALER: Tony.

CH: Tony.

Tony, mate.

Condition's so important.

What is it?

1970s?

'60s?

It'll be '60s, that.

'60s?

A '60s dog of a great collectability.

That, you're going to sell that to someone has is an Airedale owner or Airedale breeder who will say it's Beswick, so it's the Rolls-Royce, it's the proper quality.

Yeah.

And there's money in it for you.

Yeah.

Very tempting.

What's he worth?

That's on at 37.50.

I would do you that for £20.

I was honestly hoping... to pay a tenner.

No, split it with me, at 15.

Oh dear.

£15.

Well, do you know what?

Sometimes you've got to get your show on the road.

CH: £15.

DEALER: 15.

Yeah.

Take it for £15.

We're happy.

VO: And he's not finished yet - oh no.

He's found another stall with something to tickle his fancy.

DEALER: I don't know who the maker is... CH: Isn't that nice?

This is lead glaze earthenware.

And it's novel, it's 1880s, it's a water jug.

It's going to appeal to perhaps hunting people, with this crop here, on the handle.

And it's what we call majolica.

Erm, I do like it.

It's in good condition, bar the fact we've got a crack here, just on the lid.

The age, and from the lozenge mark on the bottom here, we can date it to around... 1881.

Margaret, what's your best price?

65.

65.

OK. Would you take £50 for it?

55.

55.

Margaret, we're going, going... DEALER: Gone!

CH: ..gone!

Sold!

We've got it!

Margaret, thank you very much.

DEALER: Thank you.

CH: I'm delighted.

A really handsome jug, which is full of Victorian flavor.

Thanks, Margaret.

VO: And Charles has good reason to be pleased as punch.

I'm so excited, because my jug I've just bought is actually made by George Jones, and George Jones was a... well, the most important maker of majolica pottery.

In his lead glaze earthenware forms, he would always use a small, black number on the bottom of his majolicaware.

It's got the black number.

Without the condition issue, it could be a jug worth maybe £800.

In its condition, maybe, just maybe, it might make more than £100.

I'm really excited.

A really big find.

VO: Could this be another Road Trip discovery?

James, meanwhile, has spied something in the window of Bideford Pottery.

Your window has lured me in.

I'm James.

Hello, nice to meet you.

VO: Harry Juniper is a skilled potter and has been in the business for t he last 60 years.

And there's plenty here to tempt James.

I like this.

What's that?

"A frog he would a woo-ing go, whoopsie diddley dandy dee".

VO: Beautifully delivered, James.

HARRY: Some things lend themself very nicely to clay.

JB: Yeah, they do, don't they?

HARRY: Yes, they do.

And I love the naturalistic base here, and I see you've very nicely... you sign everything.

Yes, I do.

Here we are - "Harry Juniper..." What a great name!

"..of Bideford, 2011."

I rather like that.

Could you give me a special price on that, Harry?

HARRY: No.

JB: No?

HARRY: No.

JB: No?

Well, good for you.

It's got 25 on it.

Oh, that's... that's dirt cheap, isn't it?

JB: It is dirt cheap.

HARRY: Yeah.

JB: And I'll pay you 25 for it.

HARRY: Good!

Why not?

VO: Nice one, Harry!

Bideford is turning out to be very fruitful for the boys.

So far, so good!

VO: Charles is nipping across the road to visit Susannah, in Old Bridge Antiques.

DEALER: Have a... Have a rummage through this one as well.

CH: In the auction business, people love to rummage.

They love to dig deep.

They love to unearth treasure.

Would you split all this up, Susannah, for auction, or would you almost sell the whole lot as one job lot?

DEALER: We could put a collection together, in a box.

If I bought an entire box, let's say, for example... DEALER: Right... CH: ..what would the price be?

I think the best price would be £80.

CH: Sue?

DEALER: Yes?

CH: Love the box.

DEALER: Aha.

I love the box.

It's a great box.

I just love... this box as well, which is leather, and it's clad, and it's of a higher quality.

Let's say, for example, I put all this jewelry into there, OK?

DEALER: Yes.

All my treasure... VO: Blimey!

I hope you're going to buy all that now!

..into there... ..like that, OK?

All my treasure, into a really fine box... best price, Sue?

Give me a big pri... erm, biggest and best price.

OK, well £70.

Oh, my goodness me!

OK. And that is a very good deal.

Yeah.

How about this?

If give you not 400... but 4,000... pence... CH: ..for this?

Which is £40.

DEALER: (CHUCKLES) And that's your very best offer?

I feel really mean, but yes, because... OK, then I wish you well and I hope that you make plenty at auction.

And that's fine, Sue, I will leave it, and that's fine.

That's fine, you can have it for 40.

Are you sure?

Absolutely.

Shake my hand.

CH: £40?

Are you sure, Sue?

DEALER: Shake my hand.

Look at me.

Are you happy?

I'm happy, as long as you shake my hand.

Even though I don't like it?

Even though I don't really... like it?

OK, Sue, I'll have it.

DEALER: Alright, well done.

CH: Thanks.

I'll take it away.

DEALER: Well done.

CH: That's £40.

Or, to Sue, 4,000 pence.

Thanks, Sue!

VO: Crikey, Charles!

Your bare-faced cheek has got you another Road Trip bargain.

Look at that!

Meanwhile, James has arrived at the Pannier Market, and, like Charles, Tony's stall has also caught his eye.

That's a great, fun mirror, that, isn't it?

TONY: Beautiful, isn't it?

JB: It's a very stylish... TONY: Stylish, isn't it?

That's typical '20s/'30s.

TONY: It's got a lovely oak back on it.

Erm... JB: It's great fun, isn't it?

TONY: Mm.

That little touch with the bubbles just makes it, doesn't it?

It does.

Yeah.

Now, Tony, can you do a special, special price?

TONY: For £60 is a bargain.

Could you do anything more dramatic on that?

Dramatic?

If I knocked you £20 off that, I think you'd have a superb bargain, at £40.

And I would be very pleased with that, Tony.

TONY: Alright, sir.

JB: Thank you very much indeed.

That's really kind of you.

VO: Ah, ever the gent!

So James has just bought his fifth item, and they're off.

Looks like Charles has had enough of the bike though.

CH: You don't mind, do you?

JB: Okehampton.

CH: You don't mind.

JB: That's a long way, isn't it?

CH: It is a long way.

I'm... JB: You weren't really thinking JB: of cycling, were you?

CH: Well, yes, I would've done if you'd told me I had to.

Don't worry, you're safe.

I'll take you.

Don't talk push bikes.

Let's go.

JB: Oh, let's go.

CH: That's more like it.

VO: He's hitching a lift with gallant "Buck Up" Braxton, and they're traveling 30 miles south, to the West Country town of Okehampton.

Okehampton is located on the northern edge of Dartmoor.

And with three items bagged, Charles is hoping to splash more of his cash.

He's got over £800 left.

And he's on the run.

Hello, madam.

JO: Hello!

CH: How are you?

I'm very well.

Nice to see you.

Thank you for letting me come to your shop... JO: Not at all.

CH: ..and peruse.

I'm Jo.

I believe you're Charles.

I am Charles, yes.

This is fun, isn't it?

I know!

Tell me about these musket balls.

Well, I mean, the area, Great Torrington - which is North Devon, going back towards Bideford - was the last stronghold of the Cavaliers during the civil war.

Yes.

And, I mean, this is something I picked up locally.

CH: And I'm almost certain these musket balls, which are mounted in this oak display case, are certainly mid 17th century.

I would think so.

But it could be quite gory.

You imagine they could've killed somebody.

CH: Exactly.

And I also quite like that scent bottle here.

JO: Yeah?

And this is a cut-glass perfume bottle, Birmingham, 1942.

And if you were a lady in the Second World War, you may have had this, to maybe mesmerize your husband, coming back from the forces, or whatever.

What's the best price on that, Sue?

Oh, goodness me!

Best price, Sue.

JO: Right.

CH: I don't negotiate now.

Did you say "best price, Sue" or "best price, Jo"?

Sorry.

Best price, Jo.

Sorry, Jo.

It's gone up!

VO: Silly boy!

(THEY CHUCKLE) Great!

Erm, I would do that for £60.

OK. That's food for thought.

Right.

Thanks, Sue.

Th-Thanks, Jo.

And this caster?

A lovely, quality... JO: Which it is.

CH: Which it is.

Heavy!

JO: Which it is.

CH: Which it is.

Silver... JO: Which it... CH: ..caster and cover.

This is London, from the year 1937.

Yeah.

And it's Georgian style but yes, 20th century.

It is.

A lighthouse caster form, faceted, good size.

DEALER: We likey-likey.

OK?

CH: Mm-hm.

Yeah, that's... What've I got on that?

Right, 160.

Ee... what would it... be...?

Let's... Let's try and be good to you.

JO: 120.

CH: Yeah.

VO: Oh.

I sense another cheeky Charlie bargain on the cards.

I've seen those two and I do like the musket balls as well, up here.

Would you take 60 for him... Yeah.

..60 for him and 30 for him?

Which makes... £150.

For three items, there you go!

Lovely.

Alright, Charles.

We've got there!

We've sold.

We've sold, we've sold.

So that's wonderful.

VO: Hats off to you, Charles.

Yet another good deal done.

While Charles has been on a buying bonanza, James is traveling half an hour away to the village of Lifton, in Devon.

VO: James is visiting the Fairground Heritage Trust.

It was created to preserve the vibrant history of the funfair.

Housed in a massive barn, the collection is open to the public and illustrates the splendor of a bygone era.

It is testament to the traveling showmen who would construct and operate the large, colorful rides and stalls along the beaches and open spaces up and down the country.

James is meeting with trustee Guy Belshaw to find out more.

Hello.

James, welcome to the Fairground Heritage Centre.

Hello.

Hello, hello.

And it's Guy, isn't it?

Guy, that's right, yeah.

I'm a trustee here.

What an amazing place.

Who operated these funfairs?

They were operated by extended families, two or three generations, and they would operate over a specific geographical area.

JB: Right.

Sort of manors?

GUY: That's it, they would.

So there'd be, you know, families in the West Country, the Midlands, South Wales, and they'd come together for big sort of charter fairs in the autumn.

But generally they traveled as a sort of cohesive family unit, with sort of the riding masters owning the big steam rides and the sort of side tenants with coconut shies and the fat lady show, that sort of thing.

JB: And what sort of time are we talking here?

Is this Queen Victoria's time?

GUY: From earlier than that, really.

JB: Really?

GUY: From Queen Victoria, 1837, there were already roundabouts by then.

But the great heyday of the English steam fair was around the late 1880s till about the outbreak of the Great War, really.

Now Guy, that is a particularly splendid carousel.

This one here was carved by Arthur Anderson of Bristol.

A galloper, not a carousel.

There's leatherwork there, there's real horsehair for the tail, and this particular one, Silver Song, is one of the best examples of Anderson's work.

And obviously the ones on the outside, that the public saw first, were the more elaborately carved ones, and the ones with, you know, with the lesser detail are the ones within, really.

VO: But the biggest thrill is yet to come.

God, these are the living fellows, aren't they?

This is it.

So this is our pride and joy in here, the fairground building.

JB: Oh...

GUY: So the real dodgems here.

Guy, how old is this fella?

Well, James, this is the oldest working fairground ride in the country.

This was built in 1906, by Savages of Kings Lynn, who were very famous agricultural engineers as well as fairground ride builders.

Yeah.

And it really is the centerpiece of our collection here.

Now, is this fellow unique?

It is unique.

It is the only spinning top switchback ride in the world.

There isn't another one like it.

JB: Really?

GUY: It takes a lot of upkeep... JB: I bet it does.

GUY: ..but it certainly works, and how would you like to have a go?

Yeah, I'd love to.

Yeah.

Yeah, why don't you jump in the third car?

JB: Third car?

OK.

GUY: Yeah.

The anticipation!

Am I going to be jettisoned?

I'm ready for speed.

Here we go.

VO: The Rodeo Switchback traveled around the country until the 1940s, thereafter spending most of its time at Clarence Pier Amusement Park in Southsea.

However, in 1974 it was sold to the Six Flags theme park in New Jersey, in America.

A successful consortium, though, rescued this historic ride and returned it to the UK in the mid '80s.

How marvelous!

Sadly, all good things though must come to an end.

That was fun - really good fun.

Oop...

I'm on quite a slope here!

VO: It's time for James to meet up with Charles and have a look at one another's treasures.

Right, James, show us what you've got.

JB: Whoa... CH: Oh, hello!

So it's a real old motley crew.

Yeah.

Five items.

But I think my bargain, which I'm rather pleased with, is this fellow.

Yeah.

Now, have a look at that.

JB: What do you think of it?

CH: Oh hello!

Oh, that's really good.

A tea caddy... With lid.

Oh... no... Keep going.

How much, how much?

It is solid silver as well.

Oh, you've... you've... you've done it.

That is... That is our crossroads.

You've found a real bargain there.

How much?

And I reckon it cost you... it ought to have cost you... Silver tea caddy, Dutch, 1880s.

It ought to have cost you probably between 150 and £200.

But you're going to tell me you bought it for about 50.

JB: 20.

CH: You didn't!

Oh, he's back!

Bingo's back!

Yeah, Bingo's back!

Anyway, and this is the mad bit... Oh, that's awesome!

Victorian... Have you ever seen a scrap... CH: Oh never!

JB: ..a scrapwork salt pin?

Never.

Oh, that's gorgeous.

Again, so Victorian, so wacky... Don't tell me it cost you, like, £30.

Ah... 40.

OK, that's a great thing.

And then this my last purchase... CH: Yeah.

JB: ..in Bideford... ..and I thought Cornwall, seaside home.

Yeah.

How much?

JB: 40.

CH: No!

VO: Right, Charles - your turn.

CH: There you are.

That's my collection.

JB: Hey, a nice collection.

My favorite lot, James, is this.

I'm happy it's George Jones.

It's circa 1881, it's got that hunting, Cornish interest... Yeah.

I would say, with the damage...

It's quite easy to restore this stuff... Yeah.

..you might be pushing the two, maybe more.

You don't...?

Are you being serious?

I think, what, 100, 200?

Well, the nice...

It cost me £55.

Well, that's very good.

I hope so.

I hope so.

But, you know... Tell me, what... what... CH: I've had my luck.

JB: ..what are your balls?

They are reputedly from the civil war.

Oh, sort of musket balls?

Exactly.

I think...

I think you would've paid 25 for those.

Yeah, they cost me £30.

Right.

What about this fella?

James, well, you know what?

I thought...

I'm digging all the time, and... JB: Box.

CH: This lady, lady came in, over the counter.

She said, "Charles, this has just come in."

So, "Oh, yeah!"

So, like Fagin, I looked in... Yeah.

What was it...?

JB: Hey!

CH: Hey?

You know... JB: Oh... CH: Came in over the counter... Don't... Those...

There's people pay fortunes... CH: Look... JB: Oh no!

Look, you know, we'll just go, you know, like Fagin does, you know.

Look at this, James.

We've got some coral here... That's going to make 150 to 200 quid.

Get outta here!

Get outta here!

No... Easy.

But the box is quite nice.

It's a lovely box.

It's a really heavy, functional, Regency box.

I bet you paid... You... 80 to 100.

Yeah, £40.

CH: (LAUGHS) OK. And then, James, I rounded off and I thought, you know... No, I'm not interested.

Is that Beswick?

Is that Beswick?

I panicked this morning.

You were... Is it Beswick?

You know, I was pedaling hard... Is it Beswick?

It's Bes-wick, yes it is, and the... That's nice, isn't it?

I know you like dogs, and you've got two at home, and your wife likes dogs.

So I paid £15.

That's good.

VO: But what do they really think?

His last purchase is his danger purchase for me.

That Regency box, stuffed full of goodies, that in the auction room is just a magnet.

If it's in the cabinet, lots of goodies in it, I predict that will make between 150 and £250.

I'm really impressed with James's items.

I love his silver caddy and I think he's struck gold.

VO: Huh!

It's been an ambitious fourth leg, with the boys battling it out from Crediton, via Exeter, West Putford, Torrington, Bideford, Okehampton, Lifton and finally heading for the Cornish town of Lostwithiel.

Lostwithiel sits at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey, and the name comes from old Cornish, meaning "tail-end of the woodland".

And as our experts arrive in town, it's time to find out who will be crowned champion at today's auction.

Can Charles make it four in a row?

VO: Jefferys Auctions was established in 1865.

Auctioneer Ian Morris kindly lends his thoughts on the chaps' offerings.

Very much like the black case with the jewelry in, and I think that'll do rather well.

I would like to see it make 150, £200.

VO: Wow!

James Braxton started today with £248.24 and spent £135 on five auction lots.

Charles Hanson began with £943.01 and spent £260 on six lots.

VO: Quiet, please!

The auction is about to begin.

There's an atmosphere.

Look.

It is.

I like it... Can you feel the hum?

I can.

VO: First up it's Charles's Victorian leather jewelry box, stuffed full of loot!

Come on, James.

Here we go.

BOTH: Here we go.

Got some interest already, and I got a start on the books at £110.

No way!

At 110.

At 110.

120 now.

120, 130, 140.

JB: I told you.

IAN: 150, 160, 170.

Can't believe it.

180, front row.

190.

200?

200.

210, 220, 230?

IAN: 240.

CH: I can't believe it!

At 240.

250?

No?

Are we all done?

At £240.

Crikey!

Well done.

Put it there!

I can't believe it!

VO: By gosh!

Charles has done it again and he's off to a rip-roaring start!

Gosh!

Just look at James's face!

JB: (SIGHS) VO: Steady there, Charles.

Let's see if James can make his mark with the farrier's file.

Very good there.

Did me own nails this morning.

Lovely!

How much is that?

£20 away.

£10 you say, no more.

JB: Oh.

IAN: £10.

Five I'm bid.

At five, at six, at eight.

At £8.

10.

£10.

12.

At £12.

14, 16, 18, £18, at £18.

20.

22?

22, 24, 26, 28, £30.

32.

32, front row, then.

At 32.

35 or not?

We're done at 32.

Come on!

Give it... That's alright, isn't it?

Give us a... That's trebled your money!

Trebled!

VO: Not bad, James, but you'll need better luck to beat Charles.

And it's James's tea caddy now, and he's got high hopes.

£70 I'm bid.

Bid's on the books.

Oh, brilliant!

At £70.

Take five to get on.

75, £80, 85, £90, 95, £100.

Bid's with me.

IAN: At £100 I'm bid.

JB: 110.

110 or not?

At £100, the bid's with me at the £100.

JB: That's alright.

That's good.

CH: Congratulations.

That is five times what you paid for it.

That's good.

I'm pleased with that.

VO: That's more like it!

Let's hope you're on the up.

It's that 1950s mirror with the little fish next.

£30 away?

£20 away?

Tenner bid.

At 10.

At £10, 12, 14.

JB: Here we go.

IAN: 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 28, £30, 32.

At 32 there.

At 32.

35 or not?

At 32.

35 or not?

All done at 32.

(GAVEL) JB: Only 32.

VO: Oh dear - just when you thought your luck was changing.

But never fear, James, there's still that unusual Victorian salt pin to go.

Quite interesting.

Can I say £30?

£20 away?

£15 all I've got.

£18, £20, 22?

22.

25?

25.

28?

28.

£30?

Is it?

At £28 seated.

At £30.

32?

32.

35?

35.

38?

38.

£40?

38 still seated.

At £38 the bid.

I'll take 40 now.

At 38.

40 or not?

We're done at £38.

Yes.

(CHUCKLES) VO: Oh!

Is that laughter or tears?

Oh, Lordy!

It's just not your day today, James.

We're back to Charles and his majolica jug next.

It's the one he thinks might go for a mint.

Still got three bids on the books.

Oh, hell!

Maybe a little bit more.

I've got to start at £80.

At £80.

£90, £100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190...

Delighted.

We're going to say 200.

200 on the phone.

210, 220...

There's phone bid.

Oh, my God!

220.

230.

240?

240?

240.

250.

260?

VO: Well, well!

260.

270?

270.

280?

VO: I don't believe it!

280.

290?

JB: 280, that's good.

CH: Yeah.

JB: It is good.

IAN: 300.

320?

320.

340?

Keep going.

JB: 340.

IAN: 340.

Oh, I can't believe this!

At 340 on the phone.

At 340.

360.

380?

VO: Gosh!

380.

400?

Oh, I can't believe this!

Keep going!

This is wonderful!

It's wonderful!

420.

440?

Oh, goodness me!

440.

460?

IAN: 460.

CH: Oh!

Magic!

IAN: 480.

500?

CH: This... this is heaven.

500.

520?

IAN: 520.

540?

ASSISTANT: 540?

VO: Telephone bid.

ASSISTANT: No, no - that's a no.

IAN: 520 in the room.

CH: Oh, I'm in heaven!

CH: Thank you very much!

IAN: At 520 in the room.

£520.

CH: Oh... yes!

(GAVEL) CH: Thank you!

Well done, sir!

Wonderful.

Wonderful.

Oh, yeah.

Thank you very much.

Well done, sir.

Wonderful.

JB: Well done.

CH: Thank you, auctioneer.

Drinks are on you!

Yeah!

Oh, absolutely!

And the rest!

Oh, goodness me!

JB: Hans, well done, well done.

CH: Oh, put it there!

Well done.

VO: "Put it there" indeed!

A magnificent lump sum for young Charles.

Can I...?

Here we go.

VO: That Charles is in a kissing mood!

Still, next it's the collection of musket balls.

£30 to start me.

£20 I'm bid.

IAN: At £20.

CH: Come on.

Go.

25, £30, 35, £40, 45, £50.

CH: Keep going.

IAN: 55, £60.

CH: Keep going.

IAN: 65.

CH: Wonderful.

Thank you.

JB: 65.

How much did you...?

£30 that cost me.

£30.

And at 65.

60... Well done, well done.

Congratulations.

Well done.

Congratulations.

JB: Well done.

CH: Well done.

Congratulations.

JB: Well done, well done.

Yeah.

VO: Profits aplenty yet again for young Charles.

Keep up the good work, boy!

Great balls of fire, they were.

Great balls of fire.

Goodness, gracious... You say "great balls of fire".

Goodness, gracious... ..great balls of fire.

Boosh!

VO: Stupid boy!

Anyway, it's Charles again, with the lighthouse sugar caster.

I'd bet 185 grams there.

What say for that, very quickly?

That's £80 away.

CH: Come on!

IAN: £50 I'm bid.

CH: Oh... IAN: At £50.

55, 60, five, 70, five, 80, five.

JB: 90, five.

IAN: £90 in the room.

90, great!

At £90.

Take five.

At £90.

95, thank you.

95, 100, 110.

Well done.

110.

120?

120.

IAN: 130?

At 120.

CH: Brilliant.

You sure?

At 120.

At 120.

CH: One more.

IAN: At £120.

Brilliant!

Doubled my money, double money.

JB: That's good, that's good.

CH: You were right.

VO: Is there no stopping the young pretender?

The bidders of Lostwithiel just can't resist his items.

So how about Charles's scent bottle?

Are we in for another sweet-smelling profit?

IAN: £20 to start me.

CH: Oh no.

IAN: £20 I'm bid.

25.

£30.

JB: Too much.

Too much.

35, £40, 45, 50, five.

£55 down.

At 55.

60, 65, £70.

At £70.

At £70.

Take five.

CH: One more!

JB: Too much.

At £70 right there.

At £70.

Five or not?

We're done.

Going at £70.

Yes!

Profit!

Great!

CH: Put it there!

JB: No.

VO: Come on, James, be a sport.

We all have bad days.

So now, show Charles what you're made of.

It's your last lot of the day - the froggie handbell.

There we are.

Handsome, innit?

JB: It is nice.

(LAUGHTER) £10 away.

£10?

£5?

Five I'm bid.

Rings your bell, does it?

At six, seven?

At seven, at eight, at nine?

At nine, at 10.

At 12?

At 12, I'm out.

At 14, at 16, at 18, at 20.

22.

At 22.

Dropped a clanger there.

At 22.

24 or not?

At 22, then.

Going at 22.

VO: And that little froggie didn't come home with the money, James.

It just croaked.

From froggie to doggie, it's the final lot of the day, with Charles's terrier.

Can I say £30 away?

£20 I'm bid.

At £20.

Yes!

Profit!

One more!

At 25.

£30, 35, £40, 45.

I can go to 48.

Is it 50?

50.

Well done, sir!

Well done!

At £50 the bid.

Five or not?

Done.

Going at £50.

You are unassailable.

It gets better, and better, and better.

Can I drive?

JB: No.

CH: Oh.

VO: Ha!

Yet another profit with the little dog makes Charles the jubilant fourth-time-in-a-row winner at auction.

JB: Come on, let's go.

CH: James, I'm absolutely... JB: I've had enough.

CH: ..blown over.

CH: I've had enough.

JB: I'm blown away.

CH: I'm blown away.

VO: Oh dear, oh dear.

Thank you very much.

Well done.

VO: So James started today's show with £248.24, and, after paying auction costs, made a small profit of £48.68, leaving him with just £296.92 to carry forward.

Oh dear, oh dear.

Charles, meanwhile, started with a massive £943.01 and made a magnificent £613.30 profit today, giving him a staggering £1,556.31 to take forward.

Good Lord!

Well done!

CH: James... JB: Well, there we... ..sometimes you get lucky, OK?

And sometimes it stays with you.

Oh, hold on, there is no "sometimes" - with you it's always.

Anyway, well done.

Thank you, mate!

Thanks!

VO: Next time on the Antiques Road Trip: James and Charles head for a stormy Liskeard in Cornwall.

JB: Oh, lovely!

CH: Oh!

JB: That's a lovely... CH: No!

JB: My God!

VO: James turns to the church.

Now, I heard that you've got a pulpit that you might be interested in selling.

Am I right?

You are right, yes.

VO: And Charles tries a spot of arm-wrestling.

Come on, Andy.

Come on Andy, feel it.

He's too good!

Right, I'm off!

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