NARRATOR: It's the nation's favorite antiques expert.

Yeah.

Typical.

How about that?

NARRATOR: Behind the wheel of a classic car and a go to Scott Richards for antiques.

The aim to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat, they'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

We lost it.

NARRATOR: Will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster?

This is the Antiques Road Trip.

What fun.

A jolly good morning to you from the home counties.

Today, we're in the company of tried and tested trippers, Raj Bisram and Margie Cooper.

[LAUGHTER] The chariot of choice for their adventure is a classic Citroen 2CV sit idle.

I thought it was a bit of a tin can when I first got in it, but it's growing.

This is a very, very trendy car.

We are trendsetters.

We are trendsetters.

It's growing on me.

NARRATOR: As our twosome cavort around the countryside, there's time to get to better know one another.

I am an associate member of the Magic Circle.

I think magic tricks are so boring.

Now, well, I have never chopped a woman in half, OK?

[CHUCKLES] But I'm thinking of starting soon.

NARRATOR: Oh, play nice, you two.

The last auction was a close call at first mine.

Before Raj showed his magic touch on the final lot, his opticians cabinet.

How much is that?

NARRATOR: Making a huge .

Profit Well, that is amazing.

Wow.

This made please feel when you've got the first 100 profit and then I got cheesed up.

Oh, dear.

NARRATOR: Cheesed off, very mature.

Ma'am Margie has some catching up to do.

At the last auction, she managed to make a net profit of just 6 pounds and 64 Pence.

Raj though, has really fattened his piggy.

His initial 200 pounds is now more than doubled.

Well done, that man.

I don't think I've ever started one so well.

Oh, really?

Pleased you've chosen.

You're choked with me.

I wait for you, Margie.

[CHUCKLES] All I can say is that we are both in profit.

NARRATOR: And that's a great place to be with four auctions to go, there's everything to play for.

Starting in Eastbourne, our duo are taking in the sights of Kent Surrey and Buckinghamshire on this trip that eventually head South and West for a final auction in Exeter.

This time, we're ending up at an auction in Woking, but we start today's antique hunting in Dorking.

The town is famous for a breed of chicken known as the five-toed dorking.

I hope traffic hasn't been too fowl today.

With Margie safely dropped off, Raj has made his way to Talbot House Antique Center.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Set in a beautiful 17th Century townhouse, the center has been selling collectibles and curios for the last 40 years.

And with a whopping 400 pounds to play with, Raj is like a kid in a sweet shop.

There's a lovely collection here of barometers.

This is very self-explanatory, because these are known as banjo barometers.

And for obvious reasons, because they're in the shape of a banjo.

NARRATOR: Looks out a tune to me.

I mean, this one is actually priced up at 650 pounds.

NARRATOR: Now, there's the bum note.

With some beautiful condition, it's got lovely inlay in it, it's got lovely string all down the side.

I mean, this is a very elaborate one, hence the price, but they're a really nice thing to have in the home.

NARRATOR: Nice, but out of your price range, Raj, browse on.

Chinese at the moment is quite in and there's a pair of Chinese napkin rings here.

I mean, you can see they're in beautiful, lovely, lovely condition.

And on the ticket, it says here, Chinese Silver Napkin Ring Shanghai Circa 1900.

I mean, there's quite a lot of money on the ticket on these 64 pounds on each one.

I'm going to have to speak to the owner and see what I can do.

Hello, David.

Hi, there.

David, I've had a look at these.

I really quite like these, but these are quite expensive you've got 64 on the ticket.

I mean, I would ideally, ideally, like to buy the pair of them for somewhere between around the 50 pounds mark.

Is that going to be possible?

It'll do 55.

I'm not going to beat you down more.

I think that's absolutely fair for a deal.

Fantastic.

OK, thank you.

NARRATOR: First deal done, but Raj still has over 350 pounds burning a hole in his back pocket.

Can I give you those to hang on to?

I'm going to keep looking and hopefully, I'm going to find something else, like, I'm on fire.

- OK. - Thanks very much.

- Thank you.

- OK. NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Margie's headed East to one of Surrey's oldest market towns, Reigate, at the foot of the Norristown.

Let's hope Margie's first shop, the old post office antiques.

Horrible day.

NARRATOR: Can deliver.

Here we are.

The old post office.

Whoo!

What a day.

Miserable.

Hello?

I'm Jill.

Welcome.

Thank you very much.

Do you have a look around my little shop for?

It tends a long job.

I think it will be, yes.

NARRATOR: With just over 200 pounds to spend, Margie needs to find something first class amongst this lot.

Round another corner.

NARRATOR: This shop has stock in every nook and cranny.

Oh, this is the kitchen.

NARRATOR: Yep, every nook as I said.

What has she got in here?

NARRATOR: Everything, including the kitchen sink by the looks of it.

It's not much cooking going on in here.

Let's see if the weather in tears.

[CHUCKLES] Oh, my goodness.

This kitchen area used to be very popular actually.

Like, a lot of things it's gone off the boil.

NARRATOR: She's here all week chaps.

The cream maker.

This is in amazing condition.

It must be 60 years old, and probably was quite an expensive item and a luxury item in the 50s.

Knockdown price, 20 portion sizes down to 19 and 11.

Oh, I could do my maths now.

So, 19 shillings would be-- NARRATOR: I think I can hear the cogs working.

Well, it's a pound, isn't it?

With inflation, that would probably be around about 50 pounds.

You're looking at a luxury item here, and it's 10 pounds.

I'm sure you could buy it for a lot cheaper.

I don't think I'm going to.

But oh, that's really nice to see something like that, isn't it?

NARRATOR: We'll leave you to keep searching.

Seven miles away in Dorking has Raj's hunt.

Margie, checkmate.

NARRATOR: More the draftsman mate.

Because I put the Chinese napkin rings, I've seen something else Chinese, there's a little bit unusual.

Look at that, it's a Chinese novelty silver pepper pot.

I mean, obviously, if it would have been one of two, there would have been a salt and pepper pot but it's in the shape of a pagoda.

I mean, it's really quite nice.

So I'm going to put it back and find the owner.

NARRATOR: Common throughout much of Asia, pagodas, a tiered towers, often built as part of a Buddhism temple complex.

So, I believe that this is your cabinet.

It is.

How old is this?

I think early 20th century, sort of, 20 something like that.

I had a feeling it would be a turn of the century, but you've got 90 pounds on the ticket.

What would be the best that you could do on it?

How do you feel about 70?

I was thinking more around the 40 pounds mark.

Ooh.

Hoo.

Ooh.

Hoo.

Maybe somewhere in between?

How about 50 pounds then?

Why not, let's go for it.

I've had a while and it needs to move on.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah.

In that case, so let's shake hands.

OK.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

NARRATOR: He's on a roll.

Another piece of Chinese silver at almost half the ticket price.

If he carries on at this rate, he'll have a whole set of condiments.

Back in Reigate, let's see if Margie's unearth any treasures of her own.

I see it when I walked in.

I did see these lovely brass door handle.

Oh, it feels great.

Beautiful swell of the omniverse.

So different to the previous years of the Victorian happiness.

I put that one down, pick up another one.

We're right in Surrey.

And this is from the town next door, Red Hill.

The market hall.

Which the market hall.

Gosh, it was a push handle to put on the market hall, isn't it?

Oh, there's two pairs of them.

NARRATOR: Lovely items and architectural salvage can do well at auction.

I'd grab it.

My lovely handles.

Oh, no.

You don't like them, do you?

I do.

I do.

Oh, well, that's a disaster.

What are you looking at?

I'm looking at for the 4.75.

18, they're yours.

Yeah, I'm going to go for that.

It's a big spend for me.

It's a big spend, but I like them so much.

They are lovely.

NARRATOR: 80 of her 206 pounds spent on two pairs of door handles.

Great work.

Oh, it's that awful weather.

Bye.

Ooh.

NARRATOR: Over in Dorking, Raj is still in his first job, hunting out a third purchase.

I've just spotted something that's actually local to Kent, and I'm always drawn towards Tunbridge Wells.

NARRATOR: Visitors to the Kent spa town of Tunbridge Wells would once buy these decorative mockartry pieces as souvenirs.

Rare examples date back to the 1600s, but this is definitely much more 19th century.

- So?

- Hi.

Hi.

I've spotted something else.

Oh, lovely.

It's got 32 pounds on the ticket.

What about if I offer 20 pounds for it?

Oh, 20 pounds for a piece of Tunbridge Wells?

Well, how do you feel about 28?

I'll go to 25.

I'll take another pound of 27.

I'm going to let my heart rule my head here.

I'm going to say yes.

Excellent.

Thank you very much indeed.

Let's go.

And five.

Thank you very much.

NARRATOR: Blimey, that's the napkin rings the pagoda, pepper pot and the Tunbridge Wells box for 132 pounds.

Good show.

Booty in the boot or fee motors.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Meanwhile, Margie has made her way to a sawmill in the Norbury Park, Woodlands.

[MUSIC PLAYING] In less than ideal footwear, she's here to meet senior sawyer, Richard Smithers.

Hello?

NARRATOR: If she can get his attention, that is.

Hello!

NARRATOR: Richard!

Hi, Richard.

Hello.

Oh, gosh, that is a lot of hard work.

Yeah, it's got to be done.

What are you making?

Charcoal.

NARRATOR: Charcoal is wood that's been heated to over 500 degrees Celsius in a low oxygen environment like a kiln.

The lack of oxygen means the wood is baked and not burnt.

And instead, the woods impurities and moisture are burnt off leaving lumps of pure carbon and this is charcoal.

The ancient craft dates back 7,000 years and was vital to early blacksmiths due to charcoals ability to burn at far higher temperatures than plain wood.

They used it to melt tin and copper together, which makes bronze, hence, the bronze age.

Yeah.

They use it for doing armor, arrowheads, and forging metal axes and things like that.

It's so important.

Oh, yeah, it's very important.

It's one of the major crafts along with blacksmithing and will rites and things like that.

NARRATOR: The craftsmen who specialized in charcoal making were known as Wood Colliers.

They would live and work in forests across the country in order to be close to their charcoal kilns and a ready supply of wood.

Originally, it had been an Earth burn where they'd put just a stack of wood.

Yeah.

And put sods of Earth and turf all over it.

Yeah.

A little bit.

There's any smoke comes out of the Earth, recover it, recover it.

Oh, you're trapping it.

Yeah, to stop the air getting in.

There'd be somebody all the time to keep an eye on it all the time it was burning.

And they give them a one-legged stool to sit on.

A one-legged stool?

- A one-legged stool.

- Why?

Well, if they fell asleep, they fell off and then they woke up.

So they could keep an eye on the burn all the time.

Oh, for goodness.

Yeah.

Nice wake up call if you just drop it off.

NARRATOR: A strict vigil over the kilns was vital for the early Wood Colliers.

Because any oxygen penetrating the Earth coverings could turn the entire batch of charcoal into ash.

Today, Richard continues the ancient craft with a steel kiln as they don't require constant attention, or a one-legged stool.

Right, I'm going to put this on right underneath the kiln.

Yeah.

Right into the middle.

Yeah.

And the way it goes.

Hopefully.

Yeah, I can hear crackling.

Oh, look, gosh.

That is amazing.

When I do a bonfire, it doesn't work like that.

It's a black owl.

How long would a normal log take to burn?

Up to 24 hours to get a full burn.

NARRATOR: Some blacksmiths still use charcoal today, but its most common use is burning sausages on a summer barbecue.

So this is the end product?

Yes, this is what we're aiming for.

Yes.

This is a green wood that's been burnt in the kiln.

And all the impurities and the moisture have been taken out of it.

It's very, very light.

It doesn't weigh anything.

It's just like soft.

You can break it very easily.

So what are you doing that in coal?

Coal is a fossil fuel and not sustainable, whereas the wood, the copyist Woodland for this will go on forever more a totally sustainable.

The charcoal we use on our barbecues doesn't look as good as this.

And this is lump wood charcoal as it comes, but they also do briquettes which is compressed charcoal.

All we need now Richard is a pile of sausages.

Burgers, bacon, whatever.

Yeah.

I've had a really interesting afternoon.

And thank you very much.

Oops, let me do this.

Thank you so much.

No problem.

I've live a lot.

Good.

Good.

NARRATOR: Has Raj getting on in that little French number.

I'm a very lucky man.

Traveling around the country looking at the thing I love, looking at the most antiques.

And with such a lovely lady as Margie.

NARRATOR: You know so bad yourself Raj.

He's made his way East to the village of Godstone.

Once famed for its stone quarry, the stone from which is reputed to have been used in Windsor Castle and the Tower of London.

Hey, mono cab.

Raj's next shopping destination is the Godstone Emporium with his remaining 273 pounds to spend.

And as it's almost closing time, he needs to get a shifty on.

There's something about this piece that has drawn me to it.

Now, I really don't know who this potter is, that's the truth.

And I know it's got a couple of minor chips on the rim, but it looks very German, Austrian, there's something about it.

NARRATOR: Simon Peter Gerz was indeed German best known for his stoneware beer mugs or steins as they're known.

The potter died in the 1890s, but the company he established continue trading into the 1990s.

The owner of this piece isn't here today.

Time to get on the blower.

JUDY (ON PHONE): Hi, this is Judy speaking.

Hi, Judy.

This is Raj from Antiques Road Trip.

JUDY (ON PHONE): Hello, Raj.

How are you?

I'm very well indeed.

Thank you.

I've just come into this lovely shop and I have spotted this vase.

You've got 25 pounds on the ticket.

What can you do it for?

JUDY (ON PHONE): I think if she gives it for you, I think we can do it for 20 pounds.

20 pounds, that would be ab-- that would be absolutely fine.

I'm more than happy with that.

Thank you.

Bye, bye.

JUDY (ON PHONE): Bye, bye.

That's nice.

NARRATOR: A fiver off.

There could be a future in telemarketing for you, Raj.

Time to settle up.

- 20.

- Thank you very much.

Lovely.

NARRATOR: The Gerz vase concludes today's shopping.

And time to get back on the road, and reunite with Margie to call it a day.

I can't wait to get into bed and go to sleep.

[CHUCKLES] It's quite exhausting, isn't it?

It's exhausting.

I'm looking forward to dinner tonight.

Yeah.

What do you fancy?

Chinese.

NARRATOR: There's a definite theme to the trip, nighty night.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Good morning one and all.

After a good night's sleep, our twosome are back on the road and what great weather.

What a lovely sunny day.

No, the sun is back.

Sunroof down, the wind blowing through my hair, I mean, your hair.

[MUSIC PLAYING] So how was your day yesterday?

I brought some unusual things yesterday.

Well, not unusual, but I brought napkin rings.

They're pretty common, but what's a bit unusual about them is they're Chinese.

Oh.

Well, that's nice.

They'll probably melt well those.

Probably melt well.

[CHUCKLES] NARRATOR: Meow.

Claws are out this morning, funny though.

Raj was quite busy yesterday snapping up the aforementioned napkin rings, the pagoda pepper pot and the Tunbridge Wells box, and a Gerz vase.

I feel I'm happy with that.

NARRATOR: Leaving him with 253 pounds and a handful of pennies to play with.

Thank you very much.

NARRATOR: Whereas Margie, bought those rather lovely nouveau door handles, meaning she has almost exactly half of Raj at 126 pounds plus change for the day ahead.

I paid much to take a punt don't use when you have to pay too much.

Well, the thing is I don't like to knock people down too much.

Oh, do you?

I've got a gallop not just run to catch you.

I've got a gallop unless you make a few howlers.

I've been known for making a few howlers.

Go ahead and make some howlers.

OK. [HOWLING] NARRATOR: Hey, watch yourself Margie, he's sounding feral.

With Raj dropped off and left to his own devices, Margie's wound her way through the Surrey Hills to ash it.

The village is home to her next shopping destination - Attic.

It's quite small but certainly packed with stock.

Come on, Margie.

No time to waste.

Hello, Gary.

- Hello?

- How are you?

Good, thank you.

It looks like a treasure trove.

NARRATOR: There's no old Christmas decorations in this Attic.

Roll your sleeves up, Margie.

It's just chock a block with really nice things.

The downside is that when you get 136 pounds and 64 pence, but I'm going to try.

NARRATOR: That's the spirit, girl.

Oh, a flag.

Flag, I think flags do.

Oh, this is a big one, isn't that?

Massive.

Gary, is this an old flag?

1940s, end of the Second World War.

Yeah.

What do you think?

So they'd have to get that out for Ve Day, wouldn't they?

I think it's good, isn't it?

Lovely condition.

No holes.

I think flags do quite well.

Hey, we've thought about the option.

Yes.

I'm so down to money all the time.

I just spoil things, isn't it?

Always the same.

The very best that can be is 30 pounds.

Oh.

And I think there's a definite profit.

Oh, yeah.

Well, I'm going to have that.

It's such a nice thing.

Yeah, I'm going to have that.

NARRATOR: One down, but still plenty more to rummage through.

I think this is what I hope it this.

This is what we call Nanking Cargo.

This left Canton in 1750 on a ship and we all waved goodbye.

The money went to the bottom of the sea.

And in the 80s, 1980s, the ship was brought back up to the surface.

And I think there was, like, 150,000 pieces of this blue and white China and Christie's sold it out of Holland.

And a lot of people bought it, there were sold with certificates.

That was an interesting story.

And I remember buying two bottles for my daughters and I forgot all about it.

And I haven't heard them mention it.

I wonder what they're doing with it.

Yeah, it disappeared into that cupboard somewhere.

I shall ask them.

NARRATOR: Yeah, amazing story.

But sadly, without a sticker to prove it was sold at Christie's, it's hard to prove it's true Nanking Cargo.

Is that buyable, Gary?

It is.

Now, I've got all excited.

Well, for all the history, that is only 40 pounds.

NARRATOR: Food for thought.

Let's keep looking.

Right, now, there's only one other thing I've spotted.

There's deco candlesticks.

They do another fat art deco ladies.

I'm sure there were one or two.

They're nice being a pair because a lot of them get split up, but incredibly deco.

Oh, gosh, couldn't be more, could they?

No.

Again, very sense to be priced at 60 pounds.

Right.

So we've got the Nanking Cargo, I've got to buy that.

How much can that be after all I've said?

I've got to buy that, haven't I?

Never said 30 pounds.

30, sold.

Now, then, the figures, what was you said?

60 pounds.

Right.

Well, you've been very kind, I'm not going to even ask you.

I think then, again, you know, very good value.

NARRATOR: Girls, she means business today.

Right.

NARRATOR: That's three items for 120 pounds.

120 pounds there.

NARRATOR: A good morning's work by all accounts.

How on Earth is she going to fit that flag in the 2CV?

Meanwhile, Raj has made his way Northwest to the village of Oxshott.

To pay his respects to those who fell during both world wars and to meet Sue from the charity Combat Stress.

Hello, sue.

I'm Raj.

Hello, Raj.

Pleasure to meet you.

Hello, nice to meet you.

Well, this is Oxshott's war memorial.

It commemorates those who gave their lives in the first and the second World Wars.

Well, Sue, this is a very poignant moment for me because I did a small time in the military.

And you know, while I was in there, I lost friends, you know.

And so it brings all these memories back and it's great that we have all of these memorials to the soldiers that died.

It's a shame though, that we don't really have a monument for people who were injured, particularly, those who were mentally injured during the first and second World War.

And of course, there are quite a lot of people like that.

NARRATOR: In the first four months of the Great War, over one million soldiers volunteered to fight and many tragically would never return.

Those that did often suffered from undiagnosed psychological injuries collectively known as shell shock.

RAJ BISRAM: In those days, I mean, shell shock wasn't really even recognized, was it?

No, they hadn't seen people who were paralyzed, who were losing their vision, who are having nightmares, who were sweating, and some people couldn't literally move at times.

NARRATOR: Shell shock was a name coined by the soldiers themselves who believed shells exploding close to you could cause nerve damage.

In actual fact, it was a type of anxiety disorder caused by the traumatic experience of war.

SUE: This was not recognized.

And therefore, it was seen as being cowardice, really, that perhaps people were putting it on in order not to have to go back.

RAJ BISRAM: I mean, I believe that soldiers were even shot.

They were.

They were shot and I think certainly people were threatened to be shot.

So that actually made people even worse.

NARRATOR: Those sufferers who weren't shot for desertion were often sent to asylums or imprisoned for insubordination.

In order to help those struggling with what is now known as post-traumatic stress disorder, a new organization called the Ex-Services Welfare Society was established by an unlikely group.

In 1918, a small group of suffragists got together concerned about what was happening to men who were coming back who had shell shock.

With support and with some royal patronage, we were able to raise enough funds to buy a couple of properties.

We actually managed to bring men together to look after them, to help them to begin their recovery.

And it was actually very difficult for somebody with a psychological problem to get work.

Employers were frightened of taking them.

So we actually started to introduce occupational work and that gave people paid employment, and meant that we could actually get people back into work.

And then from the work here, they could go on, go back home and get another job.

NARRATOR: The therapy through paid work allowed the proud men the chance to keep their dignity and receive treatment all whilst supporting their families.

We now know it is occupational therapy, but at the time, it was a revolutionary idea.

What did you get the soldiers to make?

Well, we started off by making electric blankets.

Oh, really?

Yes, we did.

We saw to extend the grounds, we kept animals, we grew things in the garden.

We gave people the opportunity to something that they maybe would have done before they went off to serve, and actually gave people the confidence they could do things again.

NARRATOR: The combination of craft-based therapy and talking sessions with psychiatrists proved to be very effective.

Before long, the methods were adopted around the country multiplying the number who could receive care.

The society is now called Combat Stress and 100 years later, they still use many of the same principles to help thousands of modern day veterans with post-traumatic stress every year.

Right, let's catch up with Margie.

I've been thinking, I've got two pairs of art nouveau door handles.

I'm wondering whether to split them into pairs.

Because if I do, I'll make one lot, two lots, plus the three in the shop and that's me done.

I might just go into the next shop with my 6 pounds 64 and find something that I think, oh, I might be able to buy that.

I'm a bit hopeful though.

NARRATOR: It could be a quiet afternoon for you then.

The next and final shop for both our experts is the town of Coulsdon.

First to arrive at Cullens of Surrey is Margie.

Look, a little sleeping Buddha.

I supposed to be lucky if you rub his tummy.

He's not got very fat to me, but I'm going to rub it anyhow.

Strike out me luck.

Let's get ahead at the next auction.

Find these Victorian chemists, well, they're nice.

But a 25, the blue ones are nice, aren't they?

Bristol blue.

It's called Bristol blue because the dye, the blue dye came into Bristol.

And that's how you get the name Bristol blue.

They're all 25 pounds.

NARRATOR: I think you might be outpriced on this occasion.

Browse on, Margie.

But look, someone who still has plenty to spend has just arrived.

He's got a whopping 250 pounds and change to play with.

Six pounds-- [CHUCKLES] Guess who.

Guess who.

His money bites.

How much have you got there?

I have no idea.

What I know is every single pocket is full, OK?

Well, I'll leave you to continue your wonderful journey.

See you later.

Bye.

NARRATOR: Time to get searching, Raj.

Spend some of that cash.

Here is a beautiful piece of furniture and so useful.

It's an Edwardian chaise long.

And I mean, it's completely upholstered and it's ready to go.

And just to give you an idea, there's only 250 pounds on the ticket.

I'm not kidding.

A few years ago, you'd been paying 1,250 pounds for one of these.

Talk about value for money.

But again, you know, tastes change and that's why it's 250 pounds now.

NARRATOR: Best avoided I think.

Ooh, looks like Margie is leaving empty handed.

Still waiting.

I'll sit next to this nice, young lady.

And say, why should you talk to me.

I'm waiting for Raj and he's taking ages.

[CHUCKLES] NARRATOR: Yeah, quite, doesn't eat much either.

In this cabinet on the top shelf, the whole shelf is full of optical equipment.

Now, I know I had a bit of luck last time.

I mean, you know, they say lightning doesn't strike twice, but you never know, I might be lucky.

NARRATOR: Sure did.

Made you nearly 300 pounds.

320.

That's enough now.

Low down at 380.

Coffees are on you, I think?

I am definitely going to call Derrick in and Mike an offer for those.

Derrick?

All this optical equipment.

Yes.

OK, it's all one lot, is it?

That's correct, yes.

What about 20 pounds for the lot?

The best, really, we could do would be about 40.

It's probably a bit steep for me.

What about 30?

- 32.

- 32?

- Yeah.

- Thank god.

Thank you.

Lovely.

Thank you very much.

NARRATOR: Nice work.

I hope this opticians kit sells as well as the last one.

- Thank you.

- All the best.

NARRATOR: With buying complete for this day, it's time to head off.

Look at you sitting down on the job again.

I've got a friend.

[CHUCKLES] NARRATOR: Are you all done?

I'm all done.

I'm all done.

Are you all done?

Aren't you driving me off?

Well, let's go.

Let's go.

NARRATOR: Say goodbye to your friend, Margie.

It's in the lap of the gods now, isn't it?

I put the option here.

But don't say it like that, yeah.

Oh, I love the enthusiasm.

NARRATOR: Sounds like someone's in need of some shut eye.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Auction day is upon us.

Welcome to the outskirts of Woking, birthplace of the jam frontman Paul Weller.

Now, that's entertainment.

Soon after starting out in Dorking, our twosome have snaked their way across much of Surrey before winding up here.

Today's auction is being held at Ewbank's.

Ready?

Yeah, I'm really excited.

I've got to catch up.

Yeah, you will I'm sure.

I get these feelings.

NARRATOR: Clairvoyant as well now, aren't we?

[MUSIC PLAYING] On this date, Margie spent 200 pounds.

She split her two pairs of door handles into separate lots so she has a total of five lots including that flag.

It is, of course, Great Britain and flags do sell very well.

I believe that Margie only paid 30 pounds for this, so, will she be waving it as we leave the auction room?

That is the question.

NARRATOR: Not unless she buys it, she won't.

Raj also picked up five lots spending a little less at 184 pounds.

Oh, she's a really sweet little Tunbridge Wells box.

These are absolute works of art.

Yeah, love it.

Tunbridge Wells always sells.

And five, I've got 80.

NARRATOR: The man with the gavel today is Andrew Ewbank.

What does he think of our experts items?

80, 85, I'm out.

The two handled Gerz vase from the Gerz factory.

A bit of interest in that one we've gone quite low with the estimate, but I actually think it should exceed that.

And hopefully, we'll get a good result for them on that one.

The teacup and saucer Chinese items porcelain, there should be a lot of interest in those with our international bidders online.

I expect they could well exceed estimates.

NARRATOR: Today, Andrew will be selling to buyers in the room on the phone and online.

Time to get started.

Grab a seat chaps.

Nice room, isn't it?

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Eyes forward everyone.

First up, Raj's napkin rings.

Do people use a napkin ring?

Do they use napkin rings?

No.

Interest starts with me.

Here it's low, but I've got 5 pounds with me.

I've got 5, do I have 10 anywhere?

10 at the back of the room?

I'm out gentlemen standing to 15 I saw in front.

Hands everywhere 20.

- Oh.

25.

I do.

30 pounds online.

Online.

Still cheap.

At 30 pounds.

At 30 pounds.

Come on.

Last chance in.

He's trying.

He's trying.

He's trying very hard.

Just in time.

Thank you, madam at 35.

Thank you.

Thanks to online, it's 35.

I'm selling at 35 pounds.

NARRATOR: Not the best of starts, someone's got a good bargain though.

20 pounds loss.

Oh, come on.

You've got loads of money.

NARRATOR: Will Margie's flag wave her to victory?

People always-- I've been waved on.

Yeah?

Low at 10 pounds, I have to start it at 10, do I have 15?

Oh, no.

15 out in the room.

Lady seated has it at 15 pounds.

15?

And it's selling at 15 pounds.

Oh, no.

15 and 20 now, and 25. Who's into that?

And 30, thank you, sir.

35.

All done.

I'm selling-- Lady next to me.

At 35 pounds.

NARRATOR: Better than a poke in the eye.

Did you lose on that?

No.

No.

But I made a tiny profit.

NARRATOR: Right, time for Raj to redeem himself.

I like it.

I start at 10 pounds on this one at 10.

15 at the back of the room.

20 on my left.

25 and 30 in a new place.

Oh.

Oh, another lose.

Last chance.

All done and selling at 30 pounds.

NARRATOR: It's not a Chinese silver day it seems.

[CHUCKLES] Margie, that is not a nice laugh.

NARRATOR: The purported Nanking Cargo is next for Margie.

Oh, 65 would be lovely, wouldn't it?

Yeah.

Just to help any-- Any more than that, and, you know, the friendship starts to wane, doesn't it?

Own commission at 40 pounds.

With the absentee bidder at 40, 45 online, 50 though, and 55.

60 pounds on commission.

Well done.

Well done.

Selling at 60 pounds.

NARRATOR: A great result and the friendship is safe for now.

Well done.

Brilliant.

That was a good one.

You see?

- Yeah, yeah.

That was good.

Well done.

NARRATOR: Could this be third time lucky for Raj?

Tunbridge Wells is lovely.

Interests here on commission means I start at 20 pounds.

At 20 pounds on this forbids that online now at 25 pounds.

Last chance on this one.

It's online at 25 and selling at 25, are you all done?

I feel sorry for you.

Selling them online at 25 pounds.

NARRATOR: This could spell trouble for you, Raj.

She's not going well today.

NARRATOR: There's still time, Raj.

Margie's deco candlesticks is next.

On trend.

I hope I haven't paid too much.

Low again 10 pounds I have.

God, it-- She's coming online at 25, online at 25 and 30 in the room.

Here we go.

35 in a new place.

40, 45, 50.

Well done.

55 at the back of the room.

At 55 pounds.

NARRATOR: The first loss for Margie.

That's very cheap for that.

You think so?

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Time to see if Raj can win big yet again with an opticians kit.

I start here at 20 and 25 pounds with the absentee bidder.

Oh, that's good.

No, I need more than that.

25.

Not another loss.

Will sell to the book at 25, and 30, commission bids are out.

It's online now at 30 pounds.

I'm still not in profit.

Last chance, selling hammers falling at 30.

NARRATOR: Very nearly saw a profit there.

That's only 2 pounds.

Oh my goodness.

Another loss.

NARRATOR: The Gerz vase is Raj's last chance to make a profit.

Everything is crossed.

My vase.

Well, they've taken a punt on this, haven't you?

You believe in it.

No.

No.

I've changed my mind about everything.

I've changed my mind about everything I bought.

Starts low but I've got a bid here at 10 pounds on this one.

Lady seated at 15 pounds.

The state?

20 on line.

25, thank you, ladies.

You made a profit.

I know I've made a profit.

At 25 pounds.

NARRATOR: Finally, a profit even if it is a small one.

[CHUCKLES] I shouldn't keep laughing.

No, you should.

They'll come back and bite you.

- They will?

They will.

Well.

NARRATOR: Next is the first pair of Margie's door handles.

I think they're really good, but I'm getting scared.

40 pounds on this list of 40.

Top commission bid, 45.

50, I've got.

Oh, wow.

Commission at 55, I'm out.

And 60 in the ladies-- Oh, Margie.

65 now.

That's fantastic.

Well done.

70 in new place online at Ewbank slot.

Well, they're worthy only.

For 80 pounds just on time.

Oh, it's too very.

85 pounds.

They deserve to go for that money.

90 pounds just in time.

There it goes.

95, 90 now.

There it goes.

95.

I'm so excited for you.

At 100 pounds, 100.

110 pounds still.

Tell Andrew I could have a pair.

Once 100 pounds.

Happy day is-- At 110 pounds.

NARRATOR: Blimey, what a profit.

Yeah.

[CLAPS] Well done, Margie.

Well done.

Well done.

She only paid 154.

[LAUGHTER] NARRATOR: A great result and she has a second pair, stand by.

Well-- So he's-- Hoping they'll make more than enough for us.

Starts at 50 with the absentee bidder at 50 pounds.

Lady standing at 55 pounds, at 60, 65.

Out bidder online at 65 and 70 fighting over it online.

Oh, it's lovely to be full time over.

75, the bids out online at 80 pounds and 85.

Keep going.

Against the bids out online at 90 pounds and 95.

Well done.

Flushed with excitement.

100 now.

Oh.

Oh, here we go.

It's online up 110.

They're back and 120 riding over it online.

At 140 now.

140!

140 pounds and 150.

Wow, I can't believe it.

At 150 pounds.

What a fantastic auction for you, Margie.

It was.

Thank you.

Yeah, well done.

Well done.

Well done.

Well done.

Well done.

Brilliant.

NARRATOR: A great decision to split the door handles, Marg, two whopping great profits to end the day.

Raj, I like them.

I bet you.

Game on.

Let's go.

NARRATOR: Calculators at the ready.

Raj started his leg with just over 400 pounds in his piggy.

But after seven fees, he made a loss today of a little over 65 pounds.

Meaning he has 340 pounds and 42 p for next time.

Margie, though, is today's champion making a few pence over 136 pounds in profit after auction costs.

She now has 342 pounds and 84 pennies to play with next time.

Crikey, there's only two pounds between them.

Wow!

Well, well, well.

I enjoyed that.

I bet you did.

Well done.

The competition has now begun.

NARRATOR: That's one auction each.

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