NARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities.

Oh, I like that.

NARRATOR: Paired up with an expert.

Oh, we've had some fun, haven't we?

NARRATOR: And a classic car.

It feels as if it could go quite fast.

NARRATOR: Their mission-- to scour Britain for antiques.

Fantastic I do that in slow-mo NARRATOR: The aim-- to make the biggest profit at auction.

Come on, boys!

NARRATOR: But it's no easy ride.

Ta-da!

NARRATOR: Who will find a hidden gem?

Don't tell me!

NARRATOR: Who will take the biggest risks?

Go away, Darling!

NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?

I'm trying to spend money here.

NARRATOR: There will be worthy winners.

Yes!

NARRATOR: And valiant losers.

Put your pedal to the metal!

This is the Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

[THEME MUSIC] Yeah!

[BIG BAND MUSIC] Today we'll be gannin' about the Northeast of England with a couple of our finest Paralympians, under starter's orders.

It's not about the competition it's about the taking part.

Of course not.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

I definitely don't want to win.

TANNI: Yeah I can't believe that one.

NARRATOR: Yes, it's Wheelchair Races' Tanni Grey-Thompson, and her young protege, Jade Jones.

Titans of the track, but strictly amateurs in a Jag when it comes to this malarkey.

Do you know what sort of things you want to buy?

I was kind of thinking somewhere, maybe, along the lines of jewelry.

Or, you know, something like that, maybe.

What about you?

I really like glass things.

But I just don't wanna buy junk-- - Yeah - --and pay a lot for it.

JADE: Yeah, yeah, exactly.

NARRATOR: 'Canny-Tanni' won 11 gold medals, and broke 30 records during an astonishing athletics career-- picking up her final Olympic gongs in Athens in 2004.

I have to be quite worried, you didn't say your medals are pretty much antique.

NARRATOR: Tanni was made a dame, and now a baroness, serving in the House of Lords, whilst also training young Jade.

It's a shame we never really got to race against each other.

It's going be a bit weird, like, competing.

I think it would be fun.

NARRATOR: They first met at Jade's school, when she was just 12 years old, and not into sport just one little bit.

At first I was like, oh, I'm not sure if I really want to do this.

But, actually, I remember we went out for a bit of a push, and there was another guy there that was off to the Paralympics.

So I think I saw him, and just saw how fast he was, and it was like, right, OK. Actually it's quite good.

Yeah, it's quite cool.

NARRATOR: Jade became very fast very quickly, competing in her first Olympics in London in 2012, and then Rio.

Her tender age of just 20 making her surely our youngest ever Roadtripper.

Have you seen the tape deck, innit?

Have you ever been in a car with a tape deck?

I don't ever listened to-- Really?

We've probably got some tapes from-- oh, probably the early '80s.

Oh, wow.

Like old music?

OK.

So what's the oldest music you've listened to?

Oh, definitely '90s.

[MUSIC - NIRVANA, "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT"] NARRATOR: Hm, smells like antiques experts, David Harper and Phil Cyril.

Here we are, now entertain us.

There are sports-- and there's a massive sporting connection in the Northeast, isn't it?

- Yeah, there is, yeah.

You've got all the footy-- Yeah.

You've got the rugby.

Yeah.

Because Roy Jackie-- was it Roy Jackie?

Who was, uh?

It was Roy Jackie.

NARRATOR: He was Newcastle Legend, Jackie Milburn, actually.

Never mind.

Perhaps those two in the TVR should just concentrate on doing their thing.

Starting out with an assignation in Hartlepool.

Now the unusual thing about this place is the alacrity with which its residents have accepted their almost certainly unjust reputation as the town that once tried, and executed, a shipwrecked Napoleonic monkey.

Puts you on the map, I suppose.

Tanni, how are you?

I'm good, thank you, how are you?

Hello, lovely to see you.

[KISSES] Hello.

Hello, how are you?

Are you driving, Tanni?

- I am, yeah.

- Oh, I see.

This is my car now.

This is it.

I think somebody is very local to here, aren't you?

Yes.

So we know all the good shops, so we're just going to slope off now, if that's all right with you?

OK.

Anyway, bear with us-- we have to get your equipment out.

That's amazing, actually, isn't it?

Perfect.

Right.

We're in the modern, trendy, young, funky, TVR.

Have a nice time.

You too, see you!

You tour the old grunge era.

[JADE LAUGHS] NARRATOR: Cheeky monkey.

Oh, he's revving his engine.

Bye!

See you.

[MUSIC PLAYING] NARRATOR: After kicking off amongst the Hartlepudlians, our athletes will head out on a whistle stop tour of the Northeast, before pushing South to a Yorkshire auction at Harrogate.

Now I'm not sure they know it yet, but they're in the first shop together, so standby.

- There they are.

- Oh!

For goodness sake.

Which direction are they coming from?

Come on, quickly, let's go.

Jade is really good at shopping and looking at stuff.

You go in, I'll let the tires down.

NARRATOR: Hey, Queensberry rules, please, Phil.

They're racing, they're trying to get in before us.

I can't believe it.

Well yeah, we've got to steal a march somewhere.

We're the old timers in this thing, you know?

- I know.

- Speak for yourself.

The young bucks.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: At least we have a neutral kiwi proprietor to ensure fair play.

Good morning, hello.

How you doing guys, all right?

NARRATOR: Sweet, I'd say, Alan.

With a chuckle a place like yours to explore.

Have you ever been into a shop like this before?

Never.

It's that a hot water bottle?

How did you spot that?

You've got blinking good eyes, haven't you?

Made from Bakelite.

Tanni loves a good hot water bottle-- shakes them, everyone.

Does she really?

Oh, Yeah.

NARRATOR: Oh, Yeah.

It's not all inside, either, as Tanni and Phil have already discovered.

How'd you go on in Seoul with that?

I-- actually my first racing chair was probably not far off that.

What's in there?

NARRATOR: Aye-aye?

Go and have a look.

Yeah, we got some leaded lights.

So I do like this color glass.

- Do you?

- I do.

You like glass, don't you?

I do like glass, yeah.

Shall we take this one out and have a look at it?

NARRATOR: Oh, do that.

So what we've got is a little bit of Edwardian-- late 19th century, possibly-- leaded, like, glass.

And the thing with this one, it's bright.

It's an absolute pig to repair.

Yeah, I do like the colors.

NARRATOR: Come on, Phil, get rummaging.

What about that one, boss?

TANNI: Um-- That's a 'no' then.

No.

Hm, no.

No?

All right, OK.

They said she was easy to work with.

Oh, that's nice.

Oh, I like that.

Isn't that lovely?

There is some damage down on the bottom, there.

I like the colors on it.

If you can get those two for a tenner, you want to make sure the others don't see them, don't you?

You seriously hate them?

Yeah, of course I am.

I've played with David Arthur before, let me tell you.

There we are, right, moving on.

NARRATOR: But they're too busy-- what with David trying to convince Jade to buy a moose head and now buckskin.

That's funky, isn't it?

Is it a proper cowboy outfit?

Look at that.

Yeah, it's interesting.

I'm not sure if it's for me.

Would it suit you?

Let's have a look.

I don't think it's my style.

Oh, I don't know.

I don't-- I don't know.

Is that, like, the tassels?

NARRATOR: Calamity Jade, perhaps.

Now there's a funky chair.

Do you like that?

I do, yeah.

I'm gonna try that one.

The cupboards-- I quite like the cupboards on the side.

Cupboards?

The little cupboard things.

That is amazing, isn't it?

They're great, aren't they?

Shouldn't every chair have cupboard?

Every chair should have good cupboards.

So what you've got here-- you've got zones for bottles.

Right, OK.

So you can have bottles of beer, bottles of wine, whiskey, whatever you like.

This will recline, I'm sure.

Oh, really?

Oh, wow, OK. That's brilliant.

Cigar, port.

Yeah.

And then we have a little magazine racks this side.

What date do you think it comes from, what period?

Oh, gosh, OK. Have a guess.

Now you're asking.

Look at the shape, and the design, of the arms.

Right.

Does that remind you of old cinemas?

Oh, wow, yes!

So go back to the early part of the 1920s.

Maybe-- Really, that far back?

Yeah, absolutely.

It's got that early, sort of, Art Deco feel to it.

The upholstery itself is a bit rotten.

I mean, it's much lighter upholstery.

It would have been in a leather, or maybe what they call a Moquette.

Jade, would you have this in your house?

Do you know what?

I think I would.

It's quite quirky, it's a bit different.

Different is good.

Yeah.

And in this business, different is brilliant.

Brilliant.

It's quite comfortable, actually.

Is it?

NARRATOR: Well let's find out if the price is just as easy.

What do you think of this?

I love it, myself.

Well you're bound to say that, aren't you?

I do-- I love it.

What sort of money is it to the lovely Jade here?

Well we had 75 on it, but I can do it for about 50 quid, if it's any good to you.

Now, Alan here, is used to serious negotiators coming in here.

Is it worth us working very hard on the lovely Alan?

Yeah, I think so.

What would you like to pay for it?

35?

Oh.

Maybe 45 is going to buy it, I think.

What about 40?

OK. We'll do it for 40 for you.

Brilliant.

You are an absolute natural.

You've just done a deal, your first deal, shake his hand.

Excellent, thank you.

Thank you, very much.

NARRATOR: Nice work.

Out back-- they have something a wee bit more industrial in mind.

I'd definitely have that as a toolbox.

I've got enough tools to fill it.

Do you think people will buy it?

Yeah, absolutely.

I'm bang on trend-- up there with the kids.

That's where I am.

Down there with the-- Yeah, down there with the kids.

See, I'm not up there, I'm down there aren't I?

So how'd you even-- how'd you even go that wrong?

NARRATOR: Good grief.

You, sort of, kind of, just strip that.

- What's it made out of?

- It's metal.

Metal, so it's solid.

And then wax it up.

I-- I think I'd take that off it.

Yeah.

I think you've got a really cool kitchen cupboard.

But, you know, if we could buy that for 5 or 10 quid.

NARRATOR: Crikey.

Don't get your hopes up, Alan.

Oh my gosh, what have we found here?

Well they're old steel cabinets Of all the places.

This is great.

Yes.

Tanni, hold on, let me just start there-- Let's just rewind.

Tanni, it's not great.

OK, no, it's rubbish.

It's rubbish, it's poor, it's rusting.

It's 20 quid.

Oh, behave.

NARRATOR: And then, of course, there's the windows.

How much would we want to take these off his hand?

A fiver.

You want him to pay us?

Yes.

NARRATOR: They really do want to win, don't they?

That's really killing me, that.

So what do you think?

Um-- The cabinet and those stained glass windows?

That's what we were, sort of, thinking.

I was thinking 20 quid.

15 quid, you got a deal.

For 15 quid, let's go.

- Thank you.

- Brilliant.

So much.

We're gonna go and have a look inside now.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: Now take a quick breather, Alan, because your other customers could be calling any minute.

I really like the little teapots.

I think have they're-- Here, have a look at one.

They're really cute, aren't they?

I remember, kind of, like, playing with little teapots-- when you're younger you get, like, the pretend set.

Yes.

Yeah, no, they were cute.

So is that what drew you into it?

Yeah, that's what made me think of it.

You get the tiny little cups, and sauces, and things.

Yeah.

Actually it's odd, because this business is very much about that.

It's about memories.

They're made by a company called Goss, and these things were really popular in the early part of the 20th century.

All novelty miniature pieces, and often from different places-- There you go, there's Skegness.

OK. And so, you know, so here we are in Hartlepool-- you would buy them from Hartlepool.

Yes.

And up until, probably, about 10 years ago, they were really collected.

Yeah.

So that whole tray there might have been worth 100 quid, 150 quid.

Wow, really?

15 years ago-- probably not worth much more than 10 quid.

Wow.

For the lot, honestly.

OK.

But-- the thing is, it's going to auction, and it would make a good auction a lot.

Yes.

NARRATOR: Yeah, it might.

Oh, Alan!

Can we go 15 quid for the lot?

Jeez, that's a good deal.

Well let's see how many pieces we've got.

So we've got, one, two, three, four-- I can't even bother to count.

Yeah, there's-- So it's 10 pieces including-- The tray.

- Oh, we get the tray as well-- - That's right.

--probably worth more, actually.

[JADE LAUGHS] NARRATOR: That's a bonus.

I rated, if Alan can do-- (WHISPERS) --for a tenner.

NARRATOR: I think we all heard that whisper.

OK, so you said 15?

Yes.

Would you take 7?

NARRATOR: Shy bairn's getting out.

So they say.

Where did that come from?

We'll make it a tenner, we've got a deal.

That's great.

- Brilliant.

Yeah.

She's unbelievable!

NARRATOR: Well done, bonny lass.

Time to pay the man 50 pounds for the china and the chair.

- Excellent, thank you.

- Brilliant.

Lovely.

NARRATOR: And with Jade and Dave safely off the premises, will Tanni and Phil acquire anything else?

Is it me?

PHIL: You look cool.

NARRATOR: Up with the kids then hey, Phil?

Is that me?

NARRATOR: No.

That might be, though.

PHIL: What have you found?

Northeastern railway.

"Persons are warned not to trespass on the railway.

Any persons so trespassing are liable to a penalty of 40 shillings."

Is that a lot of money?

NARRATOR: Phil's more into groats.

No price label on it, either.

What do you reckon?

Just-- Well railway stuff like that is massively collectable.

Right Massively collectable.

Want to see how much it is?

Shall I go and see if I can find Alan?

Yeah, go on then.

I spent so much of my life on the railway, because I live in the Northeast, but I work in London.

I like the Northeastern railway, but I think that's fantastic.

You could clean that up.

They look really nice.

NARRATOR: Time for the Northeast's premier Antipodean antique vendor.

And how much is that?

It's 150.

Oh my life.

Oh, what were you thinking?

Well I was thinking like 40 or 50 quid.

Oh my God, it's not mine, it's somebody else's.

OK, all right.

Well I can get them on the phone.

Is there a chance, or do you think we'll be wasting our time?

Might be a chance.

Might be a chance.

NARRATOR: It's a big ask, Phil.

Can I offer you 60 quid for it?

[GASPS] 60 pounds?

Oh, you're an absolute star.

Let me just go and tell Tanni, it's her decision at the end of the day, but thank you so much.

Yeah.

Well, Tanni, Peter was the dealer.

I think he's being really, really kind to us.

He wanted 80 quid, he said we can have it for 60 quid.

Oh, good effort!

I think we should buy that, don't you?

Definitely.

OK. NARRATOR: They seem to have got an awful lot for their 75 pounds.

80 quid.

80, fiver change.

Thank you.

Brilliant, thank you, very much.

NARRATOR: A cabinet, two Windows, and of course that sign.

Come on then, Tanni, off we go.

On to the next, on To the next.

NARRATOR: Time to discover the whereabouts of Jade and David.

It's incredible, isn't it, how your life has changed from that one meeting with Tanni?

Yeah it was just probably a couple of hours, and that moment just changed everything.

ALAN: What's the ultimate goal, aim for you?

Whenever anybody else asks that, they always, kind of, say, oh, gold medal at the Paralympics, or Olympics.

And I think, actually for me, I just want to be the best I can be.

And I think the day I stop enjoying it is when I'll know that's, kind of, it.

I think that's a very good answer.

NARRATOR: They've headed south to the rubber tees, and the town of Middlesbrough.

That great industrial center, once named "Ironopolis," which is also Jade's hometown.

Here we are.

Now, being a Middlesbrough girl, have you been here before?

I haven't.

Probably should have done.

NARRATOR: They're here to find out about another local hero.

Hi there.

Welcome to the German Museum.

My name is Sue, I'm the education officer here, and I'm going to show you our Christopher Dresser collection.

NARRATOR: The Victorian designer, Christopher Dresser, wasn't actually born in the town.

But thanks to his role as art superintendent at the local Linthorpe Pottery, he'll forever be associated with boura.

You can go all over the world and find pieces of Dresser in different museums in New York, and Europe.

But this is the biggest collection that you can go and see in the world.

NARRATOR: Dresser designed everything-- from ceramics, to furniture, metalwork, and wallpaper, and was a huge and lasting influence on 20th century design.

Even though, today he's much less well known than his contemporary William Morris.

I have heard of him.

But I think I don't know a great deal about him.

But, like you said, I think it's great to promote, kind of, positive things coming from Middlesbrough.

I think, where I can, I try and help that, too, with sports.

NARRATOR: Despite becoming the first industrialized nation, Britain in the early 19th century was falling behind its European and American competitors in the field of design.

So the government established specialized schools, from which, Dresser was an outstanding early graduate.

What sort of things would you have studied there?

Mostly it would've been flora and fauna, and there were thought that these were good inspirations for designers.

But he became really interested in the subject, and he was even given a doctorate from the University in Vienna.

He could have been a botanist but he chose a more lucrative career path.

He was already being commissioned to do design when he was just a student.

People like Milton, and Colbert Dale, and Wedgwood.

NARRATOR: Unlike Morris, whose inspirations stemmed from Britain's pre-industrial past, Dresser belonged firmly in the modern age-- believing that the combination of design, and manufacture, could create mass produced goods of high quality.

People could design for craftsmen, but Dresser was looking to design for the machine, which was the way forward.

This metal work looks like it was designed in the 1970s.

Exactly.

And we get so many visitors who say, oh, this looks so art nouveau and art deco, and I'm like, this is 1860s.

You can see what a pioneer of design the man was.

Sometimes I think that's why it didn't fit so well in with the Victorian natural design, because it was so forward thinking.

NARRATOR: The Middlesbrough connection came about when dresser suggested that a local factory owner convert his ailing brick works into Linthorpe Art Pottery.

Production began in 1879, with Dress firmly at the designing helm, and Linthorpe became known worldwide after winning a medal at the London International Exhibition in 1885.

Now is this Dresser, then, at his height of his power here, designing for Linthorpe?

Oh, absolutely.

You've got to remember, at the time, the Linthorpe Pottery was so cutting-edge, and no one had ever seen anything like this before.

And it was selling off the shelves.

But it was very innovative as well.

The Linthorpe Pottery was the first pottery in the country where the kilns were run on gas.

And he was experimenting with the glazes that covered the pots.

And he was the first one to experiment with spray paint in pots as well.

And I think he got the idea from going to the barbers and seeing the barber spraying people's hair.

I love the colors, especially this one here, the teal one, I really, really like that color.

So where did he get the influence for these designs?

Well previous to opening the pottery, he went on one of his dreams.

He got the opportunity to go to Japan, and the emperor gave him unlimited access to the whole of the country, which had never been heard of before.

So he travels he was looking at factories, temples.

He was invited to ceremonies.

And he just absorbed it all.

And you can see it in the pieces.

When he came back, he used a lot of his Japanese designs, the glazes, the patterns, and quite a lot of the floral designs he used in the Linthorpe pieces.

And that was revolutionary at the time.

NARRATOR: Dresser then went one step further, by opening a store to sell his designs.

Although short lived, the art furnishes alliance was to be yet another visionary move by the designer who spent his later years working with Liberty of London.

This is the Ca'Dolfin candlestick, and this was designed exclusively for sale at Liberty's of London.

I mean, if that was an absolutely immaculate condition, you would say it was designed yesterday.

Terence Conran, from habitat, accredits Dresser with being one of his biggest influences.

And this piece here is a dress design, it's a letter, or toast rack, and it's still produced today by the Italian designers Alessi.

NARRATOR: And something they're almost certain not to find in the next shop.

[SWING MUSIC] Now, what about Tanni and her commoner?

Which is more terrifying, House of Lords or the starting line in the Olympics?

Um-- I'm going to guess the House of Lords because-- House of Lords.

What you do matters to people.

So sports important, certainly.

You know, winning was massively important to me, but nobody lives or dies, you know?

So we've done Dane, we've done baroness, what's the next one up?

That's it for me, really.

Queen Grey-Thompson?

Unless I marry a Duke, I'm kind of done with the titles, really.

There's nothing else I can do.

- You ever think about that?

Is he happy with that?

Or is he-- NARRATOR: Quite.

These two are working their way West towards Bishop Auckland.

Yet another bonny sporting destination to tick off on our Northeast Tour.

Come on, boss, you go first.

Right, if you could.

NARRATOR: The young Stan Laurel lived here as well.

Hello, how are you?

Hi, how are you?

Nice to meet you.

Hi, I'm Tanni Grey.

[INAUDIBLE] Philip, how are you?

Good to see you, my love.

NARRATOR: Ah, we've definitely been here before.

Tanni likes her glass, so maybe this is the place.

Wow.

If you want to get ahead, get a hat.

Oh no, that's nice.

Oh, that's cool.

It is, isn't it?

Is that copper?

Yeah.

So this is a ship's, like-- Yeah.

I would think it's early part of the 20th century.

A bit of a tip here-- If you're going to an antique shop and you see a really old, faded label-- Yeah --kind of means it's been there for some long time.

OK. That sits in the window in the sun.

Yeah, we haven't had any sun.

NARRATOR: Hats off to you, Phil.

Anything else?

All right, so what do you reckon about this then?

Oh, definitely.

That's me, isn't it?

Now that's what a baroness should look like.

I think I should wear this all the time.

It's got a certain dignity to it, it's-- It's nice, isn't it?

It's lovely.

Be nice if it was real.

Isn't it?

NARRATOR: Who's the expert around here?

Now I'm either going to make myself look really quite clever, or and idiot here, but if you pick that blue vase up there-- Yeah.

That should have Mailings written underneath it.

And Mailings is a porcelain company that worked in Newcastle.

So that's a local pot.

Just tell me if I'm right or wrong.

What does that say?

Ringtons.

NARRATOR: That's the tea supplier, Tanni.

It says "Maling Ware" in the small print.

That's really pretty.

I like that color.

It reminds me of my grandmother.

You know-- Was she blue and white?

She used to have something, sort of, fairly similar where she used to scoop out the tea leaves.

Let's have another look at it.

This is a tea caddie for Ringtons Limited, who were Newcastle on Tyne, and it is Malings Ware.

NARRATOR: But there's no price.

OK. Will it help us win?

It comes a point in time where you've got to like what we buy, and I think you, kind of, like that.

NARRATOR: Always the best way.

I like the miner's lamps.

Oh, those there?

There does seem to be one recurring theme here.

That one there-- 68 pounds.

Yeah.

That one there-- 68 pounds.

That one there-- guess.

68 pounds!

Oh, she's good, isn't she?

On the money this girl.

NARRATOR: Makes choosing your favorite a bit easier.

My knowledge of miner's lamps could be written on the back of a very small postage stamp.

Oh, no But what I want you to do is I want you to hold that there, and look at it.

Yeah.

Now just hold-- look at him.

So it's really smooth, and that's-- This supposedly has been down a mine.

And that looks a bit, sort of, more used.

Yeah.

I mean, I sort of, kind of-- I quite like that one.

And you'll never guess the price.

68 pounds!

Well done, yeah, yeah-- we better find out what they can do before anything.

Yeah, I think so.

NARRATOR: Come in, Yvonne.

How are you, my love, all right?

Yeah, great.

What's the best you can do on the bit of Malings?

That's easy.

That could be 10 pounds.

OK. What's the best you can do on the miner's lamp?

I can do-- 40?

And I'm hardly making anything here.

I could do 45.

Could we have the two for 50 quid?

I knew you were gonna say that.

Because it's Tanni, I want her to get something nice.

So can we have those two for 50?

Yes, you can.

NARRATOR: What a nice lady.

50 pounds, thank you, very much.

Thanks, so much.

Thank you.

- Lovely to meet you both - Thanks.

Good luck.

Thank you, you take care now, cheers.

Bye, bye.

NARRATOR: Quite a team, those two.

I'll tell you what, you're good in that.

Have you ever thought about racing it?

You know, I should give it a go, shouldn't I?

You'd be quite good, I think.

NARRATOR: Now with shopping done for the day, Tanni and Jade got back together.

Have our experts inspired confidence?

What we need to find out is what's the biggest losing team ever, and try and beat that.

So we're not the biggest losing team ever.

That could be our joint goal.

Yeah, OK. NARRATOR: Gulp.

Nighty-night.

[JAZZ MUSIC] Now this is more like open top weather.

What do you think to the car then?

Well she's a little baby, actually.

There is something about the roar of a British sports car, isn't there?

You know what?

It doesn't even have to go very quickly, does it?

Right, which is a good job.

It is.

Because they don't.

TANNI: What was the open top car like?

My hair was a mess, but the car was incredible.

I couldn't see a thing the whole way.

This is so childish, but even after a marathon, your hair looks lovely.

I am so happy that your hair was a mess.

So mean.

[CHUCKLING] NARRATOR: Yesterday, David and Jade purchased just a Goss assortment, and an easy chair.

Shouldn't every chair have cupboards?

Every chair should have cupboards.

NARRATOR: Meaning they still have 350 pounds to spend.

Whilst, Tanni and Phil picked up a tea caddy, a miner's lamp, some leaded lights, a metal cabinet, and a railway sign, as you do.

PHIL: 40 shillings.

What, is that a lot of money?

NARRATOR: Leaving 275 pounds in their wallet for today.

JADE: How did it go for you?

It's just really weird what people buy, what they like, or-- and I didn't see any glass, so I was really looking hard to-- to find some, like, colored, like, paperweights, and things.

I think David wanted us to buy this great big moose's head that you stick on the wall, which was quite-- A real one?

Yeah.

Oh!

It was awful.

NARRATOR: And it would never have squeezed into the TVR.

Evening, ladies.

Come on, you two, are you just chatting?

You know what it's like.

Having a jolly good time.

We've got shopping to do.

NARRATOR: Later, they'll be heading towards Harrogate, for their Yorkshire auction, but the first shop today is in Horsley-- a little village in Northumberland.

Not a lot here, but it does have a corner shop.

What a fantastic place, Grey.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: He's right.

Good thing they've still got a bob or two spend.

So tell me what you like.

Let's get to see your taste.

Well, I like-- I like this.

Ah, OK. Tell me why you like that.

I just like-- the way the light shines with it, is what I like.

I just like the shape of it.

Obviously it's a decanter.

I mean the ticket tells you everything you need to know-- made in about 1960, but by Waterford Crystal.

So it's cut crystals-- really high end quality.

And let me just pass this to you, because it is truly a thing of absolute delight.

Now be careful, you tip it over, because just as you-- Yep.

Now just as you're handling it, of course, stoppers can fall out.

Yes, of course, yeah.

So the big thing with decanters is always check the condition of the stopper.

So, go on, give it a twist, and pull it out.

I mean, it looks like there's been no nibbles, there.

No.

Look along the rim.

It's seen no wild parties, has it?

But a good stopper, generally speaking, if you just plug it in like that and tip it over-- it will fall out.

So you lock it in place, one and half twists generally does it.

OK.

In-- one and half.

Yeah.

So I'm going to now risk it-- put your hand there.

Wow.

So that's a nice, tight fitting stopper.

What's it priced at?

70 quid.

I mean, it's no money.

But in auction, it's going to be 20 or 30 pounds.

You have nice taste.

NARRATOR: But the search goes on.

How about our other athlete and expert combo.

If you were going to pick an event for me, what would you choose?

Tanni, you're laughing.

I don't know what's very funny.

This is a serious question.

Could you please concentrate when I'm talking to you, Tanni?

NARRATOR: Good luck with that, Phil.

The pair are off to the river Tyne and Gateshead, something of a track and field hotbed, thanks to the likes of Mrs. Foster and Cram.

Right, let's have a look.

Hello.

Hi.

Hiya, welcome to McCartney's yard.

Hi, I'm Tanni.

Hello.

Debby.

Phillip-- how are you, Debby, all right?

Yes.

We've got a lot here, haven't we?

We have, yeah.

NARRATOR: Well at least David asked Jade what she liked, and I can't see Danny finding a lot of fine glass in this establishment.

So how old does it have to be?

I'm guessing all this is to new.

Well I'm antique it's almost as old as me.

The thing is, it's got to be 100 years old.

So you could be in a silly situation where something is not an antique today, but it is tomorrow.

NARRATOR: Not something that's ever bothered our Phil too much, mind you.

PHIL: These are cowls off a roof.

Oh cool, yeah.

And they're air vents.

And they're 150 quid.

Is that a bit steep?

PHIL: Yeah.

I mean, I think they're worth 40, 50 pounds.

TANNI: I do like these, kind of, are they love seats, or just-- PHIL: Yeah, garden arbours.

Yeah.

PHIL: I don't think there's much age to them.

125 quid.

OK.

There's one big but-- Phillips screwed.

TANNI: Oh is that?

Yeah.

PHIL: So it's pretty much TANNI: I like the little one.

PHIL: - I prefer that one.

TANNI: That's very pretty.

Let me go and have a look at that one.

OK. PHIL: That's 90 pounds, Tanni.

But if that was 50 pounds?

I like it.

I'd like one in my garden, but is it going to make money?

NARRATOR: Spoken like a serial winner.

That'll look nice with some nice flowers.

Feed trough isn't it?

That's why all this stuff has become collectable.

People are now using them as garden ornaments.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, back in Horsley.

Why the long face?

That Arabian stallion, the Ferrari of the Ancient Chinese world, is about 1,000 years old.

It's absolutely astonishing, and sends Shivers down the back of my spine.

NARRATOR: Yes, but what are you going to actually buy?

Paperweights, they're good aren't they?

Apparently this one was made in Sunderland.

NARRATOR: That's a bit more like it.

This is really nice.

Might be one to show to David.

NARRATOR: He, meanwhile, seems to have had the bright idea of getting Graham to recommend something.

Well this is just coming in, David, which is quite interesting-- it's a horn beaker with a Sterling silver rim and crest.

Well, which is not unusual in itself.

No it's not.

And it's hallmarked 1876.

And it's been engraved across the top of there, Ellen Terry.

She became a top actress in the Victorian period.

OK.

I've never heard of her, I've got to say.

NARRATOR: Yeah, she was really quite famous, David.

What sort of money is that?

The best to you.

You could have that for 180 pounds.

But you know, I think to the right collector, that's an unusual piece.

Well you seem reasonably confident, bear in mind, it's not your money.

NARRATOR: There's no such thing as a fixed price in this business, as Tanni is fast finding out.

It's been really good experience.

I've learnt lots.

I think actually what I've learned is, whatever the price says, it's always negotiable.

NARRATOR: As our expert will now demonstrate.

Now, Debbie, have a seat.

This might take some time.

There's three things that Tanni likes.

I like the arbour, the smaller one.

I like the trough with the bars.

And then there's this one here as well.

Let's start here-- what's the best you could do on that?

60.

Have I ever told you how sad my life is?

It's been tough dragged up through-- Yes you were with me.

Dragged up through the streets of Worcester.

50?

Family of five-- never eat.

No roof on the house.

I was in my shoes.

40?

[MUMBLES] Can't afford a car.

Have you done the car?

I'm wearing out here.

You're doing really well.

Keep going, I'm not looking.

And what else is there?

Outside toilet.

35.

Did she say 30?

35. Who's side are you on?

[INTERPOSING VOICES] 35, and it's yours.

OK. And what about the other one?

The other trough was 125.

Just tell me what the rock bottom you can do on that is.

75.

OK. And what about the arbour?

75?

NARRATOR: Time to apply some peer pressure.

What will Tanni plump for?

What you like is totally irrelevant.

You're going to buy this just on price alone, correct?

Yeah.

I prefer that one, but my head says buy that one.

[SNICKERING] Remember me saying to you at the outset that I wanted you to buy things that you really liked, and forget making a profit?

I'd have that in my house.

I would have that, absolutely.

Yeah.

- Should we buy that, then?

- Yeah.

I'll go and tell her.

Cool.

NARRATOR: You'll get used to him.

That 35 pounds means that Tanni and Phil are just about done.

But Jade's still on the lookout, so what will she make of the celebrity beaker?

We're going to show you something here.

OK. And I want your opinion.

And Graham is going to give you a hard selling job.

What's unique about this one-- it's engraved here, Ellen Terry, and she was a famous Victorian lady in about 1870s.

And she was famous for acting in Shakespeare's plays.

And late in the 19th century, became Dame Ellen Terry, because of her acting All right.

Are you impressed so far?

I do like it.

It's 400 years since Shakespeare died, and it's, sort of, apt at the moment.

How much premium do you think you have to pay in this business to tap into 19th century celebrity?

It'd be a fair amount, wouldn't it?

I kind of feel like it would be.

Well done.

Yeah.

I'm going to guess a couple of hundred more than that.

Oh my goodness, whose side are you on?

It's 180 pounds, Jade.

It's 180?

Yeah.

I think that is a bit of a risk, isn't it?

Do you take risks in life?

Yeah, of course you do.

But it could lose you the show.

Yeah, I think, at the same time, it could probably win it.

NARRATOR: You make a very good point there, Jade.

And don't forget your paperweight either, love.

Oh wow, OK. Gosh.

OK, tell me why you like it.

I love the flowers, I think it's really different.

I've not seen anything like that before.

OK, bit of local interest going here, right?

Yeah, Sunderland.

Sunderland, yeah.

Sunderland's a really well-known area for making glass, and not very many people actually know that, do they?

NARRATOR: Priced at 125 pounds.

To you, it would be 85 pounds.

85.

I think, in auction, you'd probably go at 30 to 50 as an estimate.

Yeah, I think we should take a risk.

NARRATOR: There she goes again.

Do you want to see if we can do a package deal?

A package deal?

OK. We might even get a buy one get one free.

NARRATOR: Not that sort of place there I think.

I've said 180 for this.

You could have the two for 240 pounds.

240-- yeah, I think we should do it.

OK. Do you want to go with them both?

Yeah.

Go on then, risk-monger.

Well done.

Thank you very much, indeed.

NARRATOR: No one can accuse our Jade of being risk averse.

Are they in safe hands?

Yes, they are.

Let's go.

Meanwhile, Tanni and Phil have her apprentice very much in mind.

Here's a loaded question for you-- Do you think she's going to be as good as you?

Yeah.

Is that because of the coach?

Oh, it's all the coaching.

That's what I was thinking.

If she wants it, yeah.

She could be very, very good.

NARRATOR: Not at this game, though, eh?

Those two now have shot up, with enough time for Tanni to indulge her passion for glass in the historic Wearside city of Sunderland.

Ready-- steady-- That is unfair!

NARRATOR: They've come to the National glass center to find out about the place where British glass manufacture began.

Hi, I'm Tanni, how are you?

Hi, I'm Keith, nice to meet you.

Keith-- Philip.

Hi, welcome to the National Glass Center.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: One of the reasons for the city's claim to be the heart of British glass, is the role of a certain 17th century Northumbrian Abbot.

Benedict Biscop was actually a local Anglo-Saxon nobleman.

And he became fired up with the Christian zeal, and decided to create the best monastery in the world, right here in Sunderland.

You can still see part of it now, just across the road here.

And he traveled to Rome extensively.

And each time he went to Rome, he brought back with him great artworks, great books, and actually people-- he brought glass makers from France, and they really started the tradition of making glass, and they taught local people to make glass.

And those craftsmen created the first glass windows.

And we have lots of glass here that actually dates from the 7th century, and was made here, in Sunderland.

And that's the first time anywhere in the UK that glass was being made.

NARRATOR: But despite that head start, it wasn't until the Industrial Revolution that glass really began to take center stage in Sunderland.

The very first factory was founded in the late 17th century, and by 1817, the city boasted seven bottle factories and three glass works-- all smoking.

Was Sunderland particularly good for the glass making industry, because of what's around?

Yeah, I mean, obviously the city is here, right on the River Wear, and that river was not only able to bring in the raw materials that were needed for glass making, but also to export glass across the world.

But, of course, what we also had in this area was an abundance of coal.

And that fired the kilns that were needed for melting glass.

And not only did we have that history going back to the Anglo-Saxon time, but we also had all the raw materials that we needed right here.

NARRATOR: By the mid-19th century, Sunderland was producing several thousand bottles every day, and the city was even partly responsible for housing the Great Exhibition of 1851.

Houghton Wood's factory, here in Sunderland, made large bits of glass plates that were used to make the Crystal Palace for the exhibition.

So, you know, really Sunderland was very much at the heart of an international industry in glass making.

NARRATOR: But the center doesn't just celebrate the city's glass making past.

Time for Tanni to get stuck in!

Thanks for letting me do this.

Now I've decided that you can sit and watch the master craftsman at work.

[MUSIC - BLONDIE, "HEART OF GLASS"] (SINGING) Soon turned out, had a heart of glass.

TANNI: OK. Just put it in the white like that.

Oh, right, OK. Yeah.

And because it's so fine, the white glass just sticks to the hot glass.

You make that look really easy.

Well.

How long you've been doing this for?

I've been doing it since I left school-- for 44 years.

This is the traditional style of glass making.

We don't use any molds.

This has been around since Roman Days.

So this time, you get the end hot, and we pick up some of the yellow chips.

OK, yeah.

And you snip it there.

Now-- --and opposite side.

It cuts easy.

Yeah.

Now it's getting harder all the time.

That's it, stay there.

Oh my God.

You OK?

Yeah.

That's right, you can't feel it.

You cannot feel it.

It's well insulated.

You think you're gonna feel it, but you're not.

Oh.

That's warm.

Yeah that's very warm.

That's it.

You've just got a pile of molten glass in that.

Yeah, exactly.

It's just like getting honey out of a jar.

See that?

That's good.

Yeah you're doing pretty well.

Thank you.

All right then, Tanni, so there we have it.

Get all of this, and then tap the iron.

- Just that?

- Yeah.

How hard?

Now, tap it.

A bit harder.

That's the one.

NARRATOR: Oh, she finally got that glass she was after.

Thank you very much.

Well done.

NARRATOR: A box ticked for Tanni, eh?

But the other two are still on the road, and we know David loves his wheels.

I'm impressed with the chair that you use, it's incredibly light.

Yeah.

But that's not a racing chair, is it?

No, no it's not.

And the race chairs look quite a bit different, actually.

And what sort of speeds can you get to?

It varies a bit, but there's a race that we do through the Tyne tunnel, and the fastest guys get up to about 50 miles per hour.

Which makes it a very exciting spectator sport, I've got to say.

Absolutely.

And that's why I think cycling is so great.

And I think wheelchair racing is actually a lot more like cycling than it's like running.

So the crashes and things do make you really exciting.

NARRATOR: Well, let's safely get ourselves across to Corbridge, quite close to Hadrian's Wall.

And yes, that's the river Tyne, again.

- After you.

- OK. Let's see what we can find.

NARRATOR: It shouldn't be too hard in here, Jade.

So, Jade, this is a center.

So every section you see is owned by a different person.

Oh, OK, right.

I see.

Yes.

There's probably, I'm guessing, 20 dealers in here.

So it's a collective, which is a great idea.

NARRATOR: Always nice if the dealer turns up, though.

What about this one?

Blinking hack, OK, that's good fun, isn't it?

How old is that then?

Well, look at the top, what does it say?

Yeah, 6d.

6d, so that's pre-decimalization.

When was decimalization?

You're the intelligent one here.

No idea.

You know what, OK. Let me try and work it out.

Because I can just remember it.

I know people are going to find this hard to believe.

I still remember it really well.

But I think it was '71.

NARRATOR: Very good, David.

And he was only three.

Aw.

What do you reckon?

No, I like it.

It's cool isn't it?

It's different.

It's got to be 1950s, maybe early '60s.

Don't think I've ever actually used one like that.

Have you never used one?

Oh, it's an experience.

- Who buys them?

- Yeah.

Is the question.

Would you buy it?

Don't know what I do with it.

It looks really cool, but I'm not sure what I'd do with it.

They're very popular in auction.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah.

OK.

It's a bit different, but fun.

You're a proper gambler though aren't you?

Yeah, no, I think it's good.

NARRATOR: What does our shopkeeper, Steve, make of it?

It's a great thing, yeah.

It's really good value, because you don't have to put money in.

You can actually play it without putting any money in.

Does it work?

Yeah.

Oh.

OK. Yeah, but the downside is you don't win anything.

Jade has never ever played a bandit machine, do it.

There you go.

Well done.

Isn't that great though, isn't it?

Don't you think?

Oh, happy days.

It brings back memories.

It does bring back memories.

Now we're trying to get a date on it.

When was decimalization?

Oh, was it '71?

Something like that.

t think it was '71.

They had those little rhymes, didn't they?

Give us a rhyme.

(SINGING) 1 pound equals 100 new pennies 100 new pence to the pound.

You give more, you get change.

You give more, you get change.

Was that a hit in '71?

NARRATOR: Well granddad was, so anything's possible.

Do you own it?

I don't own it, but I do know the person that does.

What's on it?

175 pounds.

NARRATOR: Which is more than they have left.

Might be able to do a little bit.

- You want to find out?

- Yeah.

Would you mind?

OK. OK. Come back to us.

OK. Well, what have we got left?

We got about 110.

110?

I might just pass this over to you.

OK. You know what you've got.

NARRATOR: Good luck, Jade.

Right.

Very good news, no longer is it 175, it's 150 pounds.

It's very bad news.

Why?

One, we don't have one fifty.

Oh.

And, two, we want it to be-- Yeah, we, kind of, wanted it sub-100, ideally.

That's just not going to happen.

140, something like that.

Well, again-- 140 would be pushing it.

That's impossible.

NARRATOR: Another big hit from 1971.

OK. Cards on the table, we have only got 110.

So this could go on all day.

110.

We can have it?

Brilliant.

We've done it.

Perfect.

We've done it.

Thank you, Steve.

Thank you, very much indeed.

Thank you, very much.

OK. That's it.

We've actually literally blown everything.

NARRATOR: Yep, they're definitely the gamblers.

OK. NARRATOR: Now, with our shopping bags fit to burst, it's time to visit the social club to unveil what exactly they bought.

What I want to know is, was this one as competitive as this one?

That's what I want to know.

Actually, Jade has shown her true colors.

She is incredibly competitive.

I wonder where she gets that from?

I wonder.

- Show is yours, Phil.

- You ready?

Let me just-- hang on.

I'm a bit nervous about this, actually.

Oh-- Oh-- Oh!

There is a bit of a theme here.

What kind of theme is that, Phil?

A, kind of, grot bag skip, or what?

Hey!

I don't know-- Wash your mouth out with soapy water.

We know we've got a bit of northern stuff going on here.

We've got a miner's lamp, we've got a bit of Ringtons, I believe.

Malings tea caddy.

Yeah.

An original North Eastern railway sign.

Yeah, I like that.

- 60 quid.

- That's not bad.

That's not-- I thought that was for nothing.

Won't be heavy at all, will it?

No, no.

No, so it's easy to pick up.

And last, we have this, sort of, lightweight, easy to move stuff.

We thought we'd have a go with this cast iron pig trough here.

Nice.

Very nice.

Yeah, I wonder where you put that in your home, but, you know.

The flowers-- flowers.

Have you not got one?

It is unbelievable.

35 quid.

I don't know how to value it.

No.

It's interesting, isn't it?

Jade!

That's polite.

I'm being nice!

Did you know what that was?

No and I thought these bits were just ready to go to the bin.

I'm not going to lie.

I'll tell you what, you better find yourself a new coach.

Show us yours.

- OK. Ready?

Phil, that's going to make you mad.

Oh, I like that.

Oh!

I like that.

And, ta-da!

We know paperweights are ton a penny, because any idiot can make one of those.

The Goss-- is anybody collecting that these days?

Nobody collects Goss.

There is not one person in the world that collects-- apart from Jade.

Apart from me.

Chair's cool.

- Chair's very cool.

- I like the chair.

And I love the one armed bandit, how much was that?

Well, that was our final purchase.

And everything that Jade had in her pocket, we paid for that.

Because we have spent every single pound.

I like the horn beaker.

This one was-- That was 180 pounds.

180 pounds?

Yes.

Yes.

Don't.

Apparently it was somebody who acted Shakespeare's plays, Ellen Terry.

Ellen Terry was a famous 19th century Shakespearean actor, who later became a Dame.

No let me just stop you there.

Go on.

We don't deal in dames, all right?

Unless they're baroness, frankly, I'm not interested.

We shall see you at the auction.

All the best.

- All the best to you.

- Come on.

Come on, you.

NARRATOR: So let's now be candid, shall we?

We've bought some tat, haven't we?

Looks a bit shabby.

A bit?

I was quite pleased, and then-- there stuff looked so nice.

They might get us on the budget.

We've definitely got better stuff.

It's just if we can't sell it.

- (WHISPERING) We do.

We do.

The cup-- bit expensive.

Bit?

Are you confident?

Yeah, I am.

Silver or gold?

Gold.

- Gold medal, or silver?

- Gold.

OK. That's good enough for me.

If they're half blind.

NARRATOR: After setting off from the County Durham town of Hartlepool, they're now on their way to an auction in Yorkshire, at Harrogate.

Traveling in style.

What do you think of the news so far?

I'm trying to-- [WHISPERS UNINTELLIGIBLY] Tanni, you you've changed.

You've change.

I can remember you when you were just one of the people.

But that House of Lords, it's changed you.

So I'm on gate duty, am I?

I think so, yes.

Won't be long, Madam.

Thank you.

He's doing all right, isn't he?

He's not so bad.

He does a lot to impress.

NARRATOR: Don't forget to close it, Phil follow the country code.

Welcome to the delightful spa town of Harrogate-- a great tea and bun destination.

This is Thompson's auctioneers, a sort of antiques arena.

Good morning, Tanni.

Good morning, how are you?

Very well.

[MUTTERING] In we go.

Right, let's go.

NARRATOR: Tanni and Phil spent just 160 pounds on their five lots.

Whilst, Jade and David splashed all of their 400.

Also on five lots I wonder what auctioneer, Lawrence Pete, thinks will prove as tasty as a tasty tea cake.

I think the star lot, I would say, is the railway sign, without a shadow of a doubt.

Railway honor, there's a strong, strong interest in that.

I think that's a winner.

The one armed bandit, I think is a bit of fun really.

It's portable, just about, so it's not a large item, but does it work, is the question.

NARRATOR: So, hold a nudge, we'll soon find out.

Jade, have you been to an auction before?

Never.

Never?

[INTERPOSING VOICES] Brilliant.

Tanni, have you been to an auction?

Not since I was a teenager.

So this is quite exciting.

Phil, have you been to an auction?

I did once-- I didn't like it.

NARRATOR: First up is Tanni's sign-- the auctioneers favorite.

I am really excited.

There it is, look, our best lot's up now.

Costing 60 pounds.

- OK.

There's a profit in this.

Good.

Commission starting with me at 120 pounds.

[INTERPOSING VOICES] It's good value at 120.

Any advance on-- They're away, these two.

Are we all done?

I shall sell at 120.

Hello.

That's it.

Doubled your money.

Well, it's the way we roll, you know, isn't it?

It's the way we roll.

I hope this is not the way you roll.

NARRATOR: Already on the back straight?

There's a long way to go, yet.

OK.

I'm pleased that.

It's good.

It's all right.

Don't look too impressed.

Just play it down.

Yeah, be cool.

Be cool.

We're cool.

NARRATOR: Now for one of Jade's big spends-- will she hit the jackpot?

This isn't normal, by the way, to double your money all the way.

Just, I don't need you to be too disappointed with me, that's all.

- Don't upset me now Yeah, think so.

Interest on the book here at 90 pounds.

Come on!

[AUCTIONEER CHANT] Come on.

AUCTIONEER: 120 In the room at 120 pounds.

At 120-- Go on a bit more.

130, 140, 150, no.

Come on, we need to double our money.

Jade.

I shall sell, standing at 140 pounds.

[GAVEL SLAMS] It's a start.

We made money.

It's all right.

NARRATOR: Yeah, not double your money, but not too bad.

It wasn't three bells, but it was two cherries.

Two cherries.

Two cherries will do, You've got other good stuff as well, though, haven't you?

Yeah.

I think last time was the best.

Excuse me, so have we.

All right, we've got really good stuff.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Like the piggies choice, their alternative garden ornament.

We're kind of hoping that we can have our noses in the trough here, aren't we?

You've already had them in.

Oh no.

It's blinking railway sign.

And I can start here, with me, at 45 pounds.

50 anyway.

Oh no, 45?

55, and 60.

It's still cheap at 60 pounds.

He's going to double his money again.

65, 70, 75, 80, 85-- You look shocked.

I'm shocked, and I'm horrified, At 80 pounds, with the gentleman at 80.

Selling at 80-- [GAVEL SLAMS] Good effort.

Thank you so much.

Well done.

Well done.

I know.

So sorry to hate, I'm really sorry, honestly.

I know.

NARRATOR: Another great result leaves them hogging the lead.

I was really happy for them-- do you know, I really liked it.

But I didn't think it would, kind of, go for that.

Because Jade was saying we had rubbish.

And I think she'd, kind of, convinced me that I had, but-- Oh, no, she's still right.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Jade's turn-- her bargain chair.

I think 20 quid profits.

That would be good.

It would be nice, wouldn't it?

But I don't think we're in the Serrell territory here.

This is my worry.

Commission starts here with me at 30 pounds.

Come on.

38.

38 has it.

It's now 40-- Good.

Go on.

48, 50, 52, 55, When do they go to bigger numbers?

58, Are you sure?

55, there at 55.

New bidder, 60-- Go on, yes.

70, 72, 75, Go on, now.

72 here?

72 pounds, 75, well done.

78?

No.

75-- - This is good.

- Yeah.

I'm happy with that.

Sell, at 75 pounds-- [GAVEL SLAMS] Yes.

See-- annoyingly, that deserved that.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: He's right, a comfortably large profit.

This is so quick, I can barely keep track-- I know.

--of actually, how quick he's going, but how much money we're making, or not making.

It's just-- It's really hard.

NARRATOR: This is the big one, Tanni.

If your rivals don't do well with this beaker, the podium beckons.

In this environment, where everything is going so quickly, I think we're in for a bit of a nosebleed here, I'm afraid.

Or you could do amazingly well, and then you'll change your mind.

Then I will, yeah, then I will backtrack completely.

Victorian polished horn beaker, with a sterling silver hallmark for Ellen Terry, the famous Victorian Shakespearean actress.

Commission starts here with me just at 25 pounds.

30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 65, here at 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120, 130 and 140, 140 takes it.

140 pounds, it's still no money at 140.

At 130 pounds-- Say something, Jade Sale at 140-- [GAVEL SLAMS] Well it could have been much worse.

NARRATOR: Certainly could.

They've got away with that a bit.

Well, we've got a bit of local social history.

What have we got?

A miner's lamp.

Oh, nice.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah?

I like miner's lamps.

Oh, sorry, wonderful, wonderful-- love miner's lamps.

I have a miner's lamp.

Oh, yeah, me too.

He always gets bitter when you lose his money.

NARRATOR: Yeah, come on, David.

Nothing wrong with a nice lamp, though.

Commission starts here with me at 30 pounds, 2 anyway.

32, 35, and 38, 38 with the lady, 40 no, 40 seated here at 40 pounds.

Maybe they're back in fashion, I don't know 40 pounds-- [GAVEL SLAMS] Oh.

Wiped his face.

NARRATOR: Whose expression was that?

Can Jade's Sunderland glass help her catch up a bit?

If you want to buy a really good paperweight, this is the one you want to have.

Now this is a unique Tanni Grey-Thompson.

It's not a Tanni Grey-Thompon.

This is from the baroness range.

28 anyway.

Bid is with me at 25 to a seat.

28 takes it.

Come on, no!

30, 32, 35, 38, no, 35-- Oh it's a nasty one Sell at 35 pounds [GAVEL SLAMS] Oh, no.

Not to worry.

But again, it was a beautiful thing.

I think we'll hang on to ours.

NARRATOR: Good idea.

They don't seem keen.

Great bit of social history for us next.

Malings, Newcastle.

Oh, yeah, - Tea caddy.

- Yeah.

Was it Ringtons?

Ringtons is it?

Ringtons, yeah.

- Really pretty.

- It is nice.

I love the blue.

And quite rare, because they made 48 million of them.

NARRATOR: He is better.

Now, they like a cup of tea around here, and it has Ripon Cathedral on it.

Commission starts here at 18 pounds.

There you go.

Wow.

On commission at 18 pounds.

Are we all done?

20 at the back.

Double bubble, Serrell.

It's a funny world, isn't it?

Funny old world.

Disappointed, really, because we just doubled our money there, didn't we?

Oh.

NARRATOR: Now he's just rubbing it in.

You know what, if I came here, I'd end up spending more money than I made.

An auctioneer's skill is to sell you something that you wanted to buy for more than you wanted to pay for it.

OK So if your limit is 15 quid, he wants to sell you for 20, or 25.

And he can do that in a number of ways.

One of the best tricks I heard, if you want someone to bid again, you just nod at them-- and most people always nod back at you.

So you leave it to the last guy-- one more --and they always nod back.

Yeah, interesting.

I'm not going to nod at all.

No.

NARRATOR: Well I hope, for Jade's sake, someone gives her Goss collection a nod or two.

5, 5 or away.

5 to the hand.

Go on.

Any advance on 5 pounds?

8, 10, 12, 15, 18 no, 15 here-- Go on!

Go on, keep going?

On the front of 15 pounds.

Are we all done?

I shall sell at 15 pounds.

[GAVEL SLAMS] It's all right, Jade.

Keep the spirit!

That's doing well for them, isn't it?

Yeah, for us that's really good.

NARRATOR: It's respectable is what it is.

Jade, don't worry, because it's not all over yet.

They still have got one more item to sell.

What did you pay for this one?

It's not-- listen we're bang on trend here, up there were the kids, aren't we?

- Yes.

We're up there with the kids, cutting edge.

Down there with the kids.

Down there.

Well up and down with the kids, we are.

15 pounds for our steel cupboard, and our bits of glass.

NARRATOR: Yeah they really took a punt on those.

Bid is with me at 20.

Oh, well done.

I'm so pleased for you.

28 with the ladies, no money-- That's a new nickname.

30, 32, 30 with you sir, 32.

Disappointing, Tanni, this really isn't it?

He just doubling his money again, you see?

Keep a straight face.

Keep a straight face.

Not normal, right?

This is not normal.

I know you're regretting being spending time with-- 48 pounds-- [GAVEL SLAMS] Did that just double our money again?

NARRATOR: Tripled, actually.

Come on then, double bubble, let's exit and work these figures out, shall we?

Might be a bit slower here, because we're weighed down with money.

Right?

NARRATOR: Jade and David started out with 400 pounds, and, after auction costs, made a loss of 67 pounds and 90 Pence.

So they finished up with 332 pounds and 10p.

While Tanni and Phil, who also began with 400, made a profit, after costs, of 92 pounds and 56 Pence.

So with 492 pounds and 56p, they are the clear victors!

All profits will go to children in need.

In every event-- there are gold medal winners-- Oh!

And there are those that end up with silver.

OK.

Sometimes bronze.

Now I'll let you work out-- Right.

--who's got gold, and who's got tin.

Jade, we're silver, I'm afraid.

We're silver.

Not bad for rubbish, isn't it?

You ready?

One, two, three-- yes!

NARRATOR: Fun's almost over.

It'll soon be back to the training regime.

It's been a good day, hasn't it?

It's been loads of fun.

Brilliant, well done.

NARRATOR: Now, some of us are old enough to remember the '80s, and have the cassettes to prove it.

[MUSIC - SPANDAU BALLET, "GOLD"] (SINGING) Gold!

Always believe in your soul, you've got the power to know-- you're indestructible.

Always believe in!

You know what, that was absolutely first class.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]