

James Lewis and David Harper, Day 2
Season 1 Episode 7 | 29m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
James Lewis makes some risky big purchases, while David Harper plays it cautious.
David Harper and James Lewis stumble upon the most remote antiques dealers they can find. After making good profits at their first auction, James makes some risky big purchases, while David plays it cautious. Which strategy will pay off?
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James Lewis and David Harper, Day 2
Season 1 Episode 7 | 29m 13sVideo has Closed Captions
David Harper and James Lewis stumble upon the most remote antiques dealers they can find. After making good profits at their first auction, James makes some risky big purchases, while David plays it cautious. Which strategy will pay off?
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipVOICEOVER (VO): The nation's favorite antiques experts.
One big challenge - who will make the most profit buying and selling antiques as they drive around the jolly old UK?
Oh, you're such a temptress.
How much can you sell it to me for?
Is that your very best you can do?
VO: By the end of their trip, they should've made VO: some big money.
ANITA: Yes!
VO: But it's not as easy as it sounds.
(GAVEL) And only one will be crowned champion at the final auction in London.
This is the Antiques Road Trip.
Our two experts this week are James Lewis and David Harper.
Will it be a marriage made in heaven or a fight to the death?
DAVID (DH): I mean, this, for us, actually is effectively a blind date.
Because we've only met a couple of times, we've never worked together, have we?
JAMES (JL): Never.
VO: James is a Derbyshire auctioneer who bid at his first auction aged six.
He took an early lead in yesterday's show.
Remarkable.
I'm shaking now.
DH: (LAUGHS) No, I'm very impressed.
Well done, James.
VO: David's an antique dealer from County Durham, specializing in furniture.
He's got the ambition to beat James but has he got the nerve?
DH: It's a good sale but I think I might struggle to make a profit.
I don't think I'd make much of a loss but I don't think I'd make much of a profit.
VO: They're on the second leg of their road trip in David's classic soft-top.
They started off at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and are heading all the way over to Market Harborough in Leicestershire.
They've left Belfast, taking the ferry to Stranraer, and in today's program they'll be shopping their way to auction in Kendal in Cumbria.
They're taking the scenic route, seeking out the most remote antique shops to strike some good deals.
Each expert started the week with £200.
James has taken an impressive early lead and now has £384.24.
But his rival, David, is not far behind him.
He's starting today's show with £341.25.
In daft hats and sunglasses, these two clowns have decided to travel incognito.
JL: I thought it was part of a theme.
DH: Well, alright, if I'm honest I just think I look pretty good in it.
I think you look like a pirate.
A pirate?
VO: Yeah.
Just like Johnny Depp, David.
Well, what do you know, they've found a dealer in the middle of nowhere.
Hats off, boys, or you'll scare him.
Doesn't look very shop-like, but...
Interesting.
VO: Dennis Hamilton has given up sheep farming and is trying to eke a crust out of antiques.
His lounge is his showroom.
So these highly competitive experts end up trying to do deals with the same dealer at the same time.
Yikes!
What sort of money have you got on that?
Erm...
I've got 12.50 on that.
What's the ballpark area for you?
DENNIS: I paid £130 for that.
JL: Did you?
Yes.
DENNIS: On that clock, I've got £1,600.
DH: And what would trade be on that?
Trade price on that would be...
It's too much, it's too much, it's too much, it's too much!
VO: These Chinese vases should be affordable.
James gives the dealer a history lesson.
JL: In the 1960s, when Chairman Mao was in China, he stopped all Chinese having things from the Imperial past and if they were caught with early 18th-century or 17th-century, or even 19th-century, works of art, they were thrown in jail.
So what a lot of the Chinese people did was, the very valuable things, they buried in the back garden or exported and sold to exporters.
DENNIS: Right.
But of course now, the biggest growing market in the world is China, and what they haven't got is they haven't got things from their own past.
DH: They want it back.
JL: So they're starting to buy things and it's a growing market, and I think they've got a chance.
VO: The shape of the vases is known as double gourd, and they are reticulated, a Chinese technique which makes it look as if they've got holes in, but they're actually double skinned.
DENNIS: I'd take 100 quid for them.
JL: Would you be able to do them any less than £100?
DENNIS: Make me an offer.
JL: I don't want to insult you.
DENNIS: Go on, make me an offer.
They're worth 40 quid but I'll offer you 55 quid.
55.
I didn't pay a lot for them.
Alright, you've got a deal.
JL: Yeah?
DENNIS: Yeah, you've got a deal.
JL: Deal.
Fab.
DENNIS: You've got a deal.
Yeah.
Shame, because I was about to offer you £105, but then again, you've done the deal now, so not to worry.
VO: Dennis wants David to look at a pretty Victorian writing slope inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
DH: We've got rosewood, haven't we?
DENNIS: Yes.
Then probably lined in mahogany, would you say, James?
JL: Yeah.
DENNIS: Yes.
VO: Portable writing desks like this provided a flat surface for letter writing and storage for quills, inkbottles, and paper.
James thinks there's a lot more to it than meets the eye.
JL: That should pop out.
There you go.
DENNIS: Well, I'll be... JL: Behind there.
DH: Well done.
JL: Most of them have them.
I want five gold sovereigns in the last.
JL: How much is it?
DH: Nothing's...
It's nice, isn't it?
I didn't know that.
I didn't know that.
VO: David's interested, so it's down to the nitty-gritty.
The least I could let that go for would be 140.
You see, Dennis, I've got to s... Well, no, I can't.
I don't think it's going to make any profit in a general sale, do you?
JL: I think it'll make 140-180.
Unless it could be drastically cheaper, Dennis.
I'd go 80 quid.
DENNIS: No, no.
DH: Final chance.
£110 and it's a deal, that's it.
That's my final offer.
I can't, Dennis, I'll go 80 quid cash now.
£100 and that's it.
£100 or it stays where it stands.
I'll do 80 quid, Dennis, it's the best I can do.
DENNIS: No, no.
Can't do it.
DH: Cash in my pocket.
Can't do it.
Can't do it.
Sorry, can't do it for that.
If I was buying it for myself, I would, but 20 quid in this game.
£90, and that's it.
I'm not going any lower on that box.
I tell you what I'll do, I tell you what I'll do, I'll stick my hand out now and meet you halfway.
DH: 85 and we're done.
DENNIS: 85 and it's a deal.
DH: Good man.
DENNIS: It's a deal.
I'm happy with that.
Phew, got there in the end but David's playing it real tough.
Dennis, it's been a pleasure meeting you and to do business.
It's been a pleasure meeting you all.
There you go, that's 20, 40, 50, and five.
JL: There we are.
DENNIS: Thank you very much.
And thank you very much.
VO: They're heading for Castle Douglas, where they've checked that two shops are open for business.
This time, they're hitting a shop each so that they can guard their tactics more closely.
James likes the look of a Georgian bow front corner cupboard but it's missing a lot of its decorative edging or molding.
How about the bits at the top there?
No, they're not in.
JL: No?
DEALER: No.
In lovely condition at the height of the market, these were £500-£600, weren't they?
But think it's going to cost more to put it right than it is worth.
I'm not going to offer you something for it because it's worth more than I'd pay you.
For me it would be worth £30-£40, that's all.
And it's a lovely thing and I hope somebody will buy it and love it.
But... DEALER: That's fine.
JL: You know, I just...
I don't think the profit is there at the auction to make it worthwhile.
VO: James is determined to beat David at the auction in Kendal, so he's wary of making any mistakes.
Hazel, the long-case clock?
VO: Pendulum clocks under 1.5 meters tall are known as granddaughter clocks, over 1.5 meters and it's a grandmother clock, and this beauty, which is over 1.8 meters high, is a grandfather clock.
JL: I love the fact that we've got the subsidiary seconds dial and the date dial, and the twin winding holes there for the eight-day movement.
The painting's in good order, the clock's in good order.
What would be your best for it?
Well, can you tell me what your best is?
I have to get my money back, so... For me, I think that would make £350-£400 at auction, so the most I could give you would be 250.
I don't think I could sell it for £250.
No.
I don't blame you, I really don't.
I would have to get £350 anyway for it.
OK. VO: James sure means business - he's piling the pressure on dealer Hazel Hall.
He's got £329.24 to spend and he needs to get the best possible price.
For it to stand any chance, it's got to be under £350, it's got to be under there... ..so... ..to get it up above the £300 mark, how about the clock and the corner cupboard at £320?
Just because you're such a nice guy.
JL: Yeah?
DEALER: Yes.
JL: Fantastic.
DEALER: Thank you.
Deal, thank you so much.
Well, I'm taking a big gulp, James.
We'll call that 250 for the clock and 70 for the corner cupboard.
Up the road in Castle Douglas, David's still thinking he'll beat James by spending little.
He's badly underestimated the boldness of his rival.
DH: I don't have very much money.
No, I realize that's going to be...
I mean 200 quid isn't gonna buy that, is it?
DEALER: No.
DH: Out of interest.
DEALER: (LAUGHS) No.
DH: No>?
Let's have a look at these vases - what do we know about these?
I suppose they're handkerchief vases, aren't they?
Yes, yes.
DH: In the shape of a handkerchief.
DH: Any damage on them?
DEALER: I don't think so.
Does that one ring alright?
Give it a ring.
(TAPPING) Playing a tune here, Ann.
Maybe we're in the wrong business.
They're more than likely to be Venetian, aren't they?
Italian, probably.
VO: Venice, and particularly the island of Murano, has been a center of glassmaking for 800 years and Italian glassware remains highly desirable.
What'd be the best on those?
Um... well, they're 15... DEALER: What about 10?
DH: What about five?
Oh, I don't think I could go down as low as that.
DH: I'm sure you could if you... DEALER: I don't think so.
If you really tried.
No, I think it would... We would have to stick at 10.
You're not feeling the pain, Ann, at 10, are you?
(LAUGHS) No.
VO: So that's how he's playing it, squeezing the dealer till it hurts.
I really don't want to offer less than 10 because it starts getting ridiculous, Seven, eight, nine.
DEALER: Yeah.
DH: Go on, 10.
DH: I'll have them for 10.
DEALER: OK, that's fine.
DH: OK, I'll hold that one.
DEALER: Pleasure.
DH: Thank you very much.
OK. DEALER: Pleasure.
VO: Hmm, more vases.
David's bought a pair of vases, James has bought a pair of vases.
Copycat shopping, David?
DH: OK, thank you very much.
DEALER: There's your vases.
And I hope they make you a nice big profit.
DH: Do you think they might?
DEALER: (CHUCKLES) Do you think they will?
I hope so.
(TILL RINGS) Oh, that was lovely, what a sound.
Now that was worth £10, wasn't it?
And with the ping of an antique till still ringing in his ears, David slopes off for a drive along the Solway Firth coast road, which takes him past the ruin of Sweetheart Abbey.
It was founded in 1273 by a grieving widow in memory of her husband, whose embalmed heart she carried around in an ivory casket.
When she died, Lady Devorguilla of Galloway was also buried here clutching her husband's heart to her bosom.
Just take a look at that.
There are viewpoints all the way along this road, you can enjoy it in a gorgeous classic soft-top, but when you get out and you look at that, where else on this Earth would you rather be on a good summer's day than anywhere like this in Britain?
VO: It's a new day, and with the promise of more shopping ahead, our intrepid antique hunters are breaking for the Border.
David has spent £95 and still has £246.25.
James has parted with nearly all his money, £375, and he's only got £9.24 left.
On his way to the next antique shop, James is stopping off near Annan for a little play with the dollies in Margaret Lockerbie's incredible collection.
Margaret's passion was ignited with a bridal doll and it, well, blossomed from there.
She now has 3,500 dolls in her collection.
# Hello, Dolly... # I think you need to have a bit of an appreciation for dolls to... Oh, my goodness.
This is insane!
MARGARET: Well, it is, it is, but... who says sanity comes into it, you know?
There isn't...
I do not know a good collector who's sane.
So which is the oldest doll?
The oldest doll is my mother's doll and it's the German one.
Oh, yes.
It was my grandmother's doll as well.
JL: This is the old bisque head.
MARGARET: That's her.
The classic German with the papier mache joints.
Yes, she was made between 1890 and 1910.
Yes, these are the sort of things that we do see in the salerooms.
Let's have a look at the back.
Yeah, Armand Marseille, Germany.
VO: Armand Marseille, a Frenchman, eccentrically produced dolls in Koppelsdorf, southern Germany, from about 1885 to 1930.
And Margaret's piece de resistance?
I commissioned a lady from Silloth to make me the replica of Lady Diana's wedding dress.
JL: Oh, it's Diana's.
So there's a 12-and-a-half foot train and veil here, because she scaled it.
Do you know, I've never seen so many dolls anywhere?
Gosh, absolutely amazing.
Wow!
VO: Back on the road, the boys are still heading in the general direction of their next auction.
They drive through the famous Border town of Gretna Green - anyone for a marriage?
- on their way to Cockermouth in Cumbria.
When they get to Cockermouth... DH: Hello.
WOMAN: Hello.
..they find a pretty Georgian town on the edge of the Lake District, famous as the birthplace of poet William Wordsworth.
OK if I have a quick look around?
By all means, feel free.
Good.
OK, well I tell you what I'm looking for, anything a bit out of the ordinary, quirky.
Quirky?
What about Old Bill?
Second War, came from Canada with chocolates in it for the kids at Christmas time.
DH: Really?
DEALER: Yeah.
DH: Came with chocolates in him?
DEALER: Yeah.
He's quirky, I'm just wondering whether he might be TOO quirky for a general sale.
A general sale, it's like anything - if you get two at it, you've cracked the job.
I know.
OK, let's think about him.
The thing is, I've got a couple of hundred quid to spend.
DEALER: Oh, well... DH: No, no... DEALER: (LAUGHS) DH: Oh no.
That's the worst mistake in the world you can ever make, isn't it?
I've just fallen into the worst trap.
Colin, sorry I mean to say I've got 20 quid to spend.
Aye, typical.
Very flash with your cash, David.
James has got less than a tenner left... ..but he's still browsing with intent.
What about three cranberry tumblers for £9?
Little money bank, £9?
You could have that quite nice art-deco figure for £9.
I don't like her, though.
You're a very difficult customer.
I know!
I'm so sorry.
How much is your big pot?
To you, with your £9... 65.
Ah, I thought it might be.
Can't you find any more money than £9?
JL: £9.33.
DEALER: No.
How about a nice pair of jam spoons?
Oh.
I don't like them.
Oh, they're such a bargain!
Really, you want things which are worth £60, for £9.
DEALER: That's the problem.
JL: That's the idea.
JL: How about that?
DEALER: That's a little...
I think probably late Victorian jade.
Chinese, isn't it?
DEALER: Chinese, I'd think, yes.
JL: Little hardwood stand.
Yeah, you can have that for nine.
Yeah?
I think that's worth £9.
DEALER: Yes, OK?
JL: I think we've got a deal.
Right, good.
JL: Fantastico!
DEALER: Thank you very much.
Meanwhile, dealer Colin Graham is hoping to lighten David's wallet with a jet fighter lighter.
What date do you think it is?
It seems a bit newer.
DEALER: 1954.
Chunky chrome table lighters like this were fashionable when smoking was in, in the '50s and '60s, and are now collectable.
What's the absolute death on that, Colin?
DH: Make it a tenner, Colin.
DEALER: No, I couldn't do that.
I was thinking 25.
Give us 20 quid, call it quits.
Well, it's going to make 20-£40 quid, isn't it?
It's going to make that, easily.
And on a very good day it might make 60, on a very bad day it might not get a bid and sell for a fiver.
Yeah.
That's the gamble you lads are taking, but... Well, we like a bit of... At 20 quid, you've got a chance.
DH: Go on then, 20 quid.
DEALER: Go on.
Good man.
Alright.
VO: James is all spent up and the boys decide to crack their journey south.
When they reach the banks of lovely Lake Ullswater, it's time to reveal exactly what they're taking to auction.
First David's writing box, which he paid £85 for.
I only bought it because you were really raving about it.
Do you know, I wish I hadn't.
I really like it.
I think it's great.
I do, I'm very, very happy with this.
JL: You've seen mine as well.
DH: I remember.
I think they're rare because they're reticulated.
JL: That's the thing that will sell them if anything.
I agree.
I'm hoping that the Chinese buyers will love them.
There we go.
What's your next?
OK, will they be in Kendal?
Well, here we go, it's a pair of... grab that one, I think you might recognize what that is.
Ah!
DH: Honest opinion, go on.
JL: I don't like them.
DH: I don't love them, I've got to say.
They're the wrong color, but the handkerchief vases - they're very arty.
They're probably Murano, Italian probably, but they were dead cheap.
JL: They need to be.
DH: A tenner the pair.
JL: Oh, no.
DH: Oh, come on, they're worth 20 quid each, aren't they?
JL: Should be.
DH: Got to be.
That classy glass should be a winner at the price David paid, surely?
Well, it doesn't take a genius to work these out.
I think I can see what that is.
JL: Here we go.
It's one deal.
DH: Here we go.
JL: This is one buy.
DH: One deal?
DH: George III corner cupboard.
JL: George III corner cupboard, JL: and... DH: Mahogany.
Well, I can see a George III clock.
There we go.
Provincial thing, oak, mahogany.
Let's have a look at the face.
1800 in date, do you think, about that?
Yeah, possibly 1830.
Could be bit later because it's provincial, yeah.
But you know, I thought the corner cupboard was tatty.
That was the first thing I spotted, I thought it was great.
Yeah.
But then I decided not to buy it.
I couldn't get the clock cheap enough so I got them to... How much money did you pay for the pair?
320.
DH: They're very cheap.
JL: I think they're OK at that.
It's really the clock that I wanted but I needed the corner cupboard to swing it.
VO: David thinks he's got a good deal on his boy's toy.
JL: How much was it?
DH: How much do you think?
It's a good one.
Well, they're normally £80-£100, aren't they?
Well, they can be.
I've sold them in auction for as little as 40.
OK. And I've sold them for as much as 125.
So that's the limit, isn't it?
JL: Yes.
DH: Bargain, 20 quid.
Oh, my goodness.
Absolutely fantastic.
Yeah.
Well... Another one?
I thought you were spent up.
I am.
I had £9 left and I didn't want to spend the whole day on the Lakes.
If this is the biggest profit-maker I'm... Well, it's a funny little thing, really.
Oh, it's Chinese.
It's Chinese and it's jade.
Ooh, jade's good.
And it's probably 1920s, but it's one of those useless ornaments.
I liked the enamel and jade butterfly.
DH: It's sweet, bit of a cloisonne look going on there, isn't there?
Well, at £9 it probably was worth a punt.
What do they think now they've seen what the other one's bought?
I'm now a little bit nervous.
I've spent every single penny that I had so if these items bomb, I'm wiped out.
Even though I've hardly spent any money, I've got more hope for my things.
So I'm feeling quite confident, quietly confident.
VO: It's auction day.
A journey touching three countries in the Union - Northern Ireland, Scotland, and now England - takes our two experts to Kendal to sell their antiques.
Kendal is one of the gateways to the Lake District.
It's the home of sensible K Shoes and mint cake, which is a favorite with outdoorsy types because of its high energy content.
Well, for our experts there's nothing like an auction for high energy content.
Despite the great age of the company, 1818 Auctioneers have very modern regular sales with internet bidding and fancy screens displaying the lots.
However, this sale isn't specifically for antiques so the boys are worried that the right buyers won't be here.
Starting this leg of their road trip with £384.24, James has confidently blown all bar 24 so he's playing a high-risk game.
David had £341.25 at the beginning of this leg and has only spent £115, so he's banking more than £200.
First up is David's stylish retro lighter.
20 for this, please.
£20.
£20 start?
£20 start bid, surely?
Thank you, sir, £20 bid in the room there, 20... Bidding.
25.
You're bidding, sir.
AUCTIONEER: 28... 30 now.
DH: Come on.
32... £32.
35 on the internet, I've seen it.
38... 38 in the room, I'm selling against the internet, it's against you, sir, 38 now.
Selling at £38.
It's going, make no mistake.
Good gosh, I just... Well, I'm devastated.
VO: Well, that's taken the wind out of David's sails.
He'd hoped for a lot more.
Next, James's little table decoration.
£50... against the internet, against the room, 50, 40.
£40...
I'm asking £40 anywhere, £30... 30, it's here to be sold, come on, £30... 30.
20?
Surely £20.
Anyone on the internet, anyone in China want to bid £20?
20.
£20 anywhere...
Surely £20, I've got a bid at the back there £20, I will sell at £20, somebody wants a nice decorative item for their bathroom.
£20 now.
AUCTIONEER: Selling at 20.
JL: Come on, wake up.
It's going... Oh, no.
VO: Not great then, James.
They both expected higher profits than this.
The thing is, I can't believe that made 20 quid and my blinkin' aeroplane... DH: didn't make much more.
JL: Aargh.
James's rather battered corner cupboard, that cost him £70, is next.
£50.
Thank you, I have 50, bidding 55... AUCTIONEER: 55.
60.
65.
70.
JL: Yeah!
Come on.
AUCTIONEER: 70 now.
JL: Come on!
JL: One more.
AUCTIONEER: Any advance... AUCTIONEER: 75 fresh bid.
JL: Yes!
75 in the room.
The lady must like it.
AUCTIONEER: 75 in the room now.
JL: She's got taste.
Selling at £75...
He'll give you a kiss in a minute, JL: I don't want to put her off.
AUCTIONEER: 75 in the room now.
VO: Sold to the lady for £75.
David's lovely writing slope is next.
£100... someone here, any interest on the internet?
No.
£100... Start me again at 50 and we'll work upwards.
All over the place, 50... 55, 60... 65.
70... 75.
DH: Come on.
AUCTIONEER: 80... 80 with the gentleman.
Are you bidding at the back?
85.
Bidding... 85 at the back of the room.
AUCTIONEER: Here to be sold.
DH: Come on.
JL: Come on.
DH: Come on.
85 at the back of the room now... AUCTIONEER: selling at £85.
DH: Go on, no.
Ow!
VO: Well, this isn't going according to David's plan.
That was horrible.
VO: A change of auctioneer, and it's James's long-case clock next, which he bought with the corner cupboard.
What are you starting me today for?
I'll start at £300 only... 300 bid.
320... 320, 340, 360... 380, 380.
400 where now, 400... 420, 420... We're at 420.
I'll take 50, 450, thank you... 450.
JL: Come on.
Are we all done this time?
We're going to sell this time at 450.
(GAVEL) AUCTIONEER: Commission buyer.
DH: Commission bid.
JL: Phew.
VO: No complaints there.
James bought well and the profit is good.
Another auctioneer and it's James's Chinese vases.
AUCTIONEER: £70 for them.
JL: Oh, no.
AUCTIONEER: £50.
JL: Oh, come on!
Surely £50?
£30 we go, thank you, £30 bid... AUCTIONEER: £30.
JL: No way.
At 30... £30, 35... £40 with me.
At £40.
No way.
£40.
45, thank you... £50.
£50 still on commission, 55... 60, £60 on commission... At £60, any further interest at £60?
Well, you know, the way things are going, really, in all honesty that could have been an awful lot worse.
VO: Less commission, it's not going to amount to a profit, I'm afraid.
Now it's David's glass vases, which he's selling separately.
We'll start with me at £20 and go on from there.
AUCTIONEER: £20 on commission.
DH: Ooh.
AUCTIONEER: 22, 25... 28.
DH: Yes.
Commission's out, 28... 30, thank you sir, 32.
35?
35 in the room.
That's more like it, that's more like it.
35... Any further interest at £35?
VO: Well, that's a brilliant return on a fiver.
Now the other one.
35 again, sir... 35, £20 then, one of you.
JL: Come on.
AUCTIONEER: Surely £20.
Thank you, sir, £20 bid.
£20.
22, 25... 28.
DH: Yes, yes.
Come on.
AUCTIONEER: 30... AUCTIONEER: £30.
DH: Come on.
£30 on the front row... at £30.
DH: I can't believe what these are doing.
JL: No.
DH: The world is mad, but I'm not bothered.
£32 at the back... £32.
DH: Excellent.
A pair of 1950s mottled glass vases.
They're beautiful - what's wrong with you?
They've just made more than a pair of 19th-century Chinese reticulated porcelain vases.
Get in there, that's what I say.
VO: Another excellent profit.
Good idea to sell them separately.
It's all down to who's buying on the day.
James has made some big money.
A £200 profit on his clock before commission, but David is not a happy bunny.
I feel fed up.
I'm really genuinely...
I'm trying to put a brave face.
I mean the two vases did really well, surprisingly well, and that helped me, but my first two sales, James, were absolutely devastating.
Well, I was thrilled with the clock...
I know.
..and the corner cupboard combined.
I bought them for 320, sold them combined for what... 520.
Amazing.
200 profit, that's great.
VO: James started this leg of the road trip with £384.24.
After paying commission, his profit was £116.64 so his new total is a massive £500.88.
Wow!
That has stretched his lead significantly.
David will have to pull a rabbit out of the hat in tomorrow's show.
He started this leg on £341.25.
After paying auction costs, he made a profit of only £42.22, so he's now got £383.47.
Righty-ho.
Well, off to old Yorkshire, I believe.
Keys for me.
Oh, no, please.
Come on.
That was risky.
Well, risky you driving, mate, that's what's risky.
VO: In tomorrow's episode the road trip takes our experts to Yorkshire, where the shopping is easy.
I love little bits and pieces.
But then, it's one disaster...
If you're right, James, then I've learnt.
VO: ..after another.
DEALER: The news is not good.
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