

Gok Wan and Harriet Thorpe
Season 5 Episode 6 | 59m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Fashion guru Gok Wan and actress Harriet Thorpe shop around Sussex.
Fashion guru Gok Wan and beloved actress Harriet Thorpe give experts Christina Trevanion and David Harper a run for their money as they shop around Sussex and head for a nail-biting auction in Southend-On-Sea.
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Gok Wan and Harriet Thorpe
Season 5 Episode 6 | 59m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Fashion guru Gok Wan and beloved actress Harriet Thorpe give experts Christina Trevanion and David Harper a run for their money as they shop around Sussex and head for a nail-biting auction in Southend-On-Sea.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipNARRATOR: The nation's favorite celebrities.
Got some proper bling here.
NARRATOR: Paired up with an expert.
[INAUDIBLE].
NARRATOR: And a classic car.
Their mission, to scour Britain for antiques.
All breakages must be paid for.
Well, this is a good find, is it not?
NARRATOR: The aim?
To make the biggest profit at auction.
But it's no easy ride.
Who will find a hidden gem?
Who will take the biggest risks?
Getting my antiques head on.
NARRATOR: Will anybody follow expert advice?
I think it's horrible.
NARRATOR: There will be worthy winners.
This is better than Christmas!
NARRATOR: And valiant losers.
Time to put your pedal to the metal.
This is "Celebrity Antiques Road Trip."
Yeah.
Today we're in foggy southeast England with a couple of show biz best pals.
It's actress Harriet Thorpe and fashion guru Gok Wan.
Oh my god.
That was quite scary.
Your driving is the scariest thing.
Hey, listen.
You don't have to drive around [INAUDIBLE].. That's what I'm used to, all right?
NARRATOR: Harriet is a much loved actress of both stage and screen, starring in hit shows like "The Brittas Empire" and "Absolutely Fabulous."
I thought we might learn something on the credit crunch.
What?
The credit crunch.
The what?
The credit crunch.
What?
[INAUDIBLE] session.
So apparently antiques.
Yeah.
And you shop for a living.
And I shop for a living.
Yeah, but you've got a clear advantage.
You were alive when most of them were made.
NARRATOR: Cheeky.
Gok's been a professional shopper and fashion expert for over two decades.
He's an award winning TV presenter and national treasure, who became an overnight sensation when "How To Look Good Naked" burst onto our screens in 2006.
I mean, you look gorgeous.
Our cameraman's shaking right now.
Hurrah!
So do you think we're getting somewhere?
Definitely.
I like the way that you coordinated your jacket with the lining of this car.
If we do have a crash, it'll take you 10 weeks to find you.
- I think I'm just-- - You know that?
Just look like a head.
Just a floating head.
It's a floating head.
NARRATOR: Lordy, I'm sure they're perfectly safe in a 1980 Corvette Stingray.
I'm very excited about this.
This will be the first time in our entire friendship that we are competing against one another.
I know.
We're not working together.
I know, darling.
Very odd.
I think we should take the experts on.
That would be great.
I think you and I should surprise them-- Yes!
--and say, actually, you know what-- - We're doing this.
- We're doing this.
- Spin on this.
- It's us two.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Well, Gok certainly knows how to shop, but I'm not sure how today's two experts are going to feel about that.
Auctioneer Christina Trevanion and dealer David Harper are making their way to meet the celebrities in this pretty little 1969 Porsche 911.
In the fog.
I can't believe who we've got today.
Oh, I'm so excited.
Oh, I say.
You've, you've [INAUDIBLE] yourself up for Gok Wan.
Please give him to me.
OK. You need him more than I need him.
Thanks.
NARRATOR: I think you too might be in for a little surprise.
Once paired up, our teams will kick off with 400 pounds in their pockets, starting their journey in Eastbourne.
They'll shop around southeast England before heading to Southend-on-Sea for the auction.
Oh, look, we have a white Corvette.
Ooh.
Oh, I say.
- Very stylish.
- Sounds healthy.
I like it.
Did someone order a Chinese takeaway.
HARRIET: Left, left, left.
- I'm in.
- Left.
- Watch yourself.
- Get back.
- Oh my gosh, come back.
Come back.
We're in.
Oh my gosh.
Good morning.
Are you all right?
No, I'm not.
I need a surgeon.
There we go.
Good morning.
Can you get out?
Hello.
Good to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
Very good.
Oh my gosh, Harriet, hello.
Lovely to meet you.
So good to meet you.
Yeah, this is amazing.
Are you raring to go?
Yeah.
We're very excited.
Are you guys excited?
Very excited.
I can't wait to spend the next couple of days with you.
Christina needs all the fashion advice, and so we have donated her to you, Gok.
- Awkward.
- You've got her.
Awkward.
Yeah, awkward moment.
Bit of a problem there.
- Oh.
Yeah.
Well, Harriet and I were talking as we were driving so casually down the road in that Corvette, and we've decided that we think it would be great fun maybe if you two joined forces and you went up against us two.
Oh, yeah.
What?
- Instead of us splitting up.
- Come on.
Come on.
- It's us against you.
Harriet, I was meant to be with you.
I've been looking forward to this for ages.
Hang on a minute.
That means I have to work with him.
- You have to work with him.
- We've never worked together.
We always work against one other.
Which is why it would be so brilliant, because we genuinely do believe that we will win this.
- Hands down.
- OK. All right.
- Harper's saying no.
We do.
- Trust, trust.
All right.
You might have auction houses.
Best of luck.
You might know everything about vases.
But we-- Christina.
We've got-- Come on, baby.
Get in that car.
Let's show them how to do it.
Are we going to do it?
NARRATOR: Well, we don't normally make exceptions, but this celebrity duo are certainly confident.
Go!
Woohoo!
NARRATOR: Our celebs are heading towards their first shop in Hailsham.
So do these two really have what it takes to take on our experts?
Why are you so confident?
You know me.
I like to shop.
I've shopped for 21 years as a job.
So I'm thinking, do you know what, a pair of shoes, sideboard.
What's the difference, really?
- Sorted.
Exactly Yeah.
And I love to drive a hard bargain, as you know.
You are the best.
Winning team.
Definitely.
NARRATOR: Yeah, they sound like a force to be reckoned with.
And our duo are getting ahead of the game and phoning the auction house to find out what's hot in their sale room.
Can he move that?
Hi, Trevor, it's Auntie Gok and Uncle Harriet.
How are you?
TREVOR (ON PHONE): Hi, Auntie Gok and Uncle Harriet.
We're fine, thank you very much.
- Wonderful.
Thank you so much for taking this call.
So what are people looking for currently then?
I mean, are they-- are we going down the knickknack, bric-a-brac kind of aisle or-- TREVOR (ON PHONE): No, we're not.
GOK: We're not?
- Vintage?
Are we doing vintage?
TREVOR (ON PHONE): No, we're not.
Definitely.
OK. TREVOR (ON PHONE): Quirky sells.
Right.
Yep.
TREVOR (ON PHONE): Masculine now sells.
I'd do all right on both counts then, yeah.
TREVOR (ON PHONE): Small masculine items.
And the Chinese market is faltering a little bit, but it is strong.
But the Japanese market is dead.
Right.
Great, brilliant.
You are adorable.
You are fabulous.
TREVOR (ON PHONE): No problem.
Thank you.
Love you.
Miss you.
TREVOR (ON PHONE): Love you.
Take care.
Bye.
- We miss you.
We love you.
We love you.
TREVOR (ON PHONE): Bye.
Don't let you put the telephone down first.
No, you put the phone.
Doo.
OK. Hi, I'm Gok.
Nice to meet you.
NARRATOR: So, Mick, did you get all that?
Anything on that shopping list fit the bill in here?
We've got a very unusual item here.
They only just come in, so you've picked the right moment.
Yeah.
It's Bakelite, which is very collectible on its own.
Yes, we know Bakelite.
And it's a shaving kit.
[GASP] HARRIET: That's heaven.
MICK: It is absolutely lovely.
GOK: That's beautiful.
HARRIET: And it's the original box?
MICK: Original box.
And does it have its original blades?
Yes.
Probably find one or two whiskers in the bottom.
HARRIET: Oh, steady.
How much is that?
That should be 75 pounds.
When you said should be, I like that.
But-- For us?
As you're on a mission, as it were.
Yeah?
Something quirky.
I can do that for 40.
Sorry?
I can do that for 40?
- 25?
- You said 30?
- No, sorry.
- 25?
- No, 40.
- 25?
30?
30.
Oh, 30.
Do you know how beautiful the color of your eyes are?
Bless you, 30.
Done.
We've done it.
- 30.
Wonderful.
That's great.
NARRATOR: Coo, this pair don't mess about.
First lot bought for 30 pounds.
And Mick's got something else he thinks might fit their wish list.
Oh, hello.
What's-- hello.
Also just come in.
- Snuff box.
- What's-- Snuff box.
Pill box.
OK, so this is Japanese, isn't it?
MICK: Is it?
This is definitely Japanese.
But that looks like a Chinese haircut.
However, that probably would have been blossom if it was Japanese, wouldn't it?
NARRATOR: To confirm the box is Japanese or Chinese, Gok's decided to phone a friend.
[PHONE DIALING] I burped.
Thank you.
I'm just so windy today.
I don't need to know that.
NARRATOR: Phew.
Neither do I. Oh, look, Mick's got two more boxes.
I might be able to tell from those.
Oh, no, that's a lotus.
It's Chinese.
They're carrying a lotus.
We should get them.
GOK: Which is very Chinese.
These are great, aren't they?
HARRIET: They're gorgeous.
But that is Japanese.
No, that's Chinese, that top one.
NARRATOR: Let's hope your Japanese friend has a better idea.
WOMAN (ON PHONE): Hi.
Hi, baby girl.
Listen, I'm with Harriet.
WOMAN (ON PHONE): Hi.
Hey.
We're, we're-- basically, we're on an antiques hunt, right?
WOMAN (ON PHONE): Oh my goodness.
And we've got to try and find some Chinese bits and not Japanese.
Sorry, I know you're Japanese, but apparently the Japanese market's dead.
Yeah.
WOMAN (ON PHONE): I'm putting the phone down.
Stop it.
Stay there, stay there, stay there.
I'm going to show you these boxes.
Can you tell us whether they're Chinese or Japanese?
Are you ready?
WOMAN (ON PHONE): Oh, I don't know.
Oh, gosh.
They look quite Chinese.
I think they're Chinese, because I'll tell you why.
It's because of their jackets, their shoes.
They're wearing the traditional Chinese shoes and they're carrying a lotus, and so, you know-- WOMAN (ON PHONE): Have they got like-- have they got like Mr. T haircuts?
They've got Mr. T haircuts.
It's Chinese, isn't it?
WOMAN (ON PHONE): Chinese.
It's Chinese.
It's not-- I love you so much.
We're going to win.
NARRATOR: You were right, Gok.
So time to talk money.
Ticket price is 144 for the three.
I think they're flying on auction.
- Do you think?
- I really do.
And what's your price, babe?
I couldn't do them less than 80 quid.
Oh, you can.
75.
I will do 75.
Yes, thank you.
That's all right.
You're dancing and I'm working the pan pipes.
That's not even-- OK, can you do 70?
Oh, it is.
Because at 40, 140, that takes us down to 50%, half.
You're going to ruin my reputation.
You're going to get a kiss.
Oh, he's ready.
Mwah.
I will do 70.
70?
Are you going to do 70?
I'll do 70.
Yay!
Thank you very much.
NARRATOR: And a kiss seals the deal.
Well done, everyone.
You're incredible.
Thank you so much.
MICK: Thank you very much.
Harriet, we're going to win.
Yeah.
Yes.
What's not to love about this?
- Exactly, babe.
- Let's go.
Winners.
Can we have chips yet?
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Well, they're getting on rather well on their own, bagging two lots in their first shop.
Should our experts be worried, or is it just a fog to them?
This could really work to our advantage.
Right.
Well, I don't think they really know a huge amount about antiques.
Well, I hope not, because I'll tell you what, if they're good and they beat us, it means that we're rubbish.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And that's not good.
Yeah, could be interesting.
Yes.
NARRATOR: Starting to feel the pressure already, eh?
Perhaps nerves will ease once you get going.
Let's rock and roll, baby.
Christina.
Yeah.
You're looking good.
Oh, are you trying to be dark?
Yeah, I'm just building your confidence.
NARRATOR: What a gentleman.
Although I'd concentrate on the task in hand.
Their first chance to shop is in Eastbourne Antique Center.
Lovely.
It does feel quite weird being in a shop with you.
Does it?
Well, because normally if we have a shared shop, we kind of both split up and do our own thing.
But we've got to work as a team.
We are a-- we are the Dream Team, Christina.
We are a partnership.
Well, I hope so.
I'm relying on you to win.
I'm relying on you.
We're working for one another here.
Yeah, exactly.
NARRATOR: That's the spirit, guys.
Give yourselves the best chance.
This-- look at this.
This is how I feel for you.
Oh, my little angel.
It's a love heart.
Isn't that sweet?
Isn't that sweet?
- So.
- I love these.
I mean, I see there's quite a lot in the sale room.
I mean, look at, 25 pounds.
It's no money.
No.
For a little spinning chair.
The only downside of this, I think, you know, it's a real antique.
It's solid oak.
It's hand-carved.
1890, 1900.
But they made them by the bucketload, didn't they?
I must have handled-- and I'm without exaggeration, 4 million of those chairs.
- 4 million?
- Yes.
You're not exaggerating at all?
I'm not exaggerating.
I don't love it.
I don't.
Even with my heart?
No, I-- I do love it a bit more with the heart, I must say.
I think that's rather nice.
Might be a good gift for somebody, wouldn't it, because of the heart?
NARRATOR: They love it, but can Paul help them out with a good deal?
Now, this doesn't belong to me.
This is one of my storeholders.
- OK. Can you do a deal on their behalf?
I could do-- I can always do within 20%, so that could be 20 pounds.
Right.
It needs to be half that for us to make any money.
That's what I feel.
What do you think, Christina?
Because-- I agree.
Do you think 20 quids too much for that?
Well, in order for us to make a profit, I think David's right.
I mean, really, we would love to secure it for the 10 pounds region if that is at all possible.
Oh, isn't she so lovely.
And if that is at all possible.
- That's a good one.
- You have to be nice.
- I will-- - I am nice.
--have to call the dealer and ask him.
Would you?
NARRATOR: Hold on there, Paul.
It looks like Christina has found something else.
What?
I don't think they're very rare.
But bear in mind-- Is that a collection?
This is a job lot of perfume bottles for 60 pounds.
Do you know-- Are these yours, Paul?
Yes.
Do you know, I had 280 of them.
They're virtually all-- I think they've all got silver on them.
Silver top, silver top, silver top.
It's the rest.
The scrappers.
Could you go make our phone call and we'll just have a quick chat about this?
- I will indeed.
- That would be splendid.
- OK, brilliant.
Thanks, Paul.
Thank you.
NARRATOR: So what are you thinking, eh?
I, I think it's fantastic.
Auctions, dealers, they're always looking for big job lots.
They'll buy them, separate them, some for a 10 pound note each.
They need to be 20 quid for the lot.
NARRATOR: Here comes Paul.
What's the lowest the dealer's willing to go on that chair?
OK, 20 quid and that's it.
That's [INAUDIBLE].
- 20 quid?
That's it.
Yeah, that's-- that one cost him 15 pounds.
Yeah.
- Well, do you think.
It depends on what we can do with these?
Yeah.
As we can't be as flexible on this, can we be flexible on this?
What's on there?
50, 60 quid?
It says 60 pounds.
Job lot of-- 60 quid the lot.
Yeah.
How about 45 for the lot?
Paul, can we buy that job lot for 20 quid?
10.
You're getting worse.
20 quid?
Well, I'll tell you what, because it's you, I'll do it for 25 pounds.
How about that?
OK, 40 pounds for everything.
But we need-- we need 20 stoppers.
We need 20 stoppers.
I've got stoppers.
Whether they'll all fit in there I don't know.
Doesn't matter.
We just need a box of 20.
- Yeah.
- Have we done a deal?
- I've got some stoppers.
Here, go on.
Marvellous.
Awesome.
You're a gentleman.
NARRATOR: Well, they're doing all they can to beat those celebrities.
Speaking of whom, Harriet and Gok have made their way to Muddles Green in Chiddingly, East Sussex.
They've come to Farley Farmhouse, the former family home of photographer Lee Miller, a woman whose life was as extraordinary as her photos.
She went from being a supermodel to being a combat photographer during World War II.
And here to tell them all about this amazing woman is her only child, Anthony Penrose.
So, Anthony, how did it all start for Lee?
It started in New York when Lee was a 19-year-old in 1927, and she stepped in front of a truck.
And she should have been killed in that moment, except a guy grabbed her and pulled her to safety, and actually it was a wonderful stroke of luck, because he was Conde Nast.
He was the owner of "Vogue Magazine."
Before she knew what had happened-- Extraordinary.
--she was on the front cover of "Vogue," and she wasn't yet 20 years old.
Oh my god, that is-- And that brought her into contact with the great photographers of the day like Edward Steichen, and she became a supermodel overnight, coast to coast, right across America.
And then she got bored with it, and she decided to-- she would rather make a picture than be one.
So she went to Paris to look for the most exciting avant garde photographer, Man Ray, and became his apprentice then.
Did, did she become a sort of muse?
Oh, definitely, because she went there to be his apprentice, and almost instantly she became his lover and his muse.
Amazing.
And he taught her photography, and she modeled for some of the greatest pictures of his whole career.
NARRATOR: Lee lived a bohemian life in Paris, mixing with artists like Picasso and Max Ernst, but her relationship with Man Ray was a tempestuous one.
He taught her photography, but then after three years, his possessiveness and his jealousy drove her nuts, and he just wanted to control her.
Yeah.
And she wasn't going to be controlled by anyone.
So she hopped on a liner and went back to New York and started her own studio.
NARRATOR: Lee's highly successful studio closed in 1934 when she married a wealthy Egyptian businessman and moved to Cairo.
But she was yet to meet the love of her life, surrealist artist Roland Penrose.
Tell us, how did your mother meet your father?
Well, she went to this amazing fancy dress party where all the surrealist friends were, and there she met my dad.
He was dressed as a tramp.
And he said that in that moment, he felt he had been, like, struck by lightning, because it was wham, and he was never the same again.
It was love-- it was love at first sight.
It does exist.
It does exist.
It really-- it did it for them.
NARRATOR: Although not yet divorced, Lee and Roland were living together when World War II broke out, and it was then that Lee reinvented herself as a photojournalist.
In 1944, she became a war correspondent accredited to the US Army.
She was a combat photographer.
Yes.
As soon as she got over to Normandy shortly after the Normandy landings, she crossed the line, absolutely forbidden to women, and started photographing the siege of San Malo.
Wow.
That's extraordinary.
And it was the most tremendous battle, and she photographed it for five days while the Germans slugged it out with the US 83rd division.
And then here she is a few days later-- Incredible.
--during the battle.
She's got the presence of mind to go into a deserted ballroom and photograph herself in a mirror.
I mean-- HARRIET: That's extraordinary.
There's something of the fashion model in her that just wouldn't quit.
And there was always this kind of dichotomy.
She knew so well how to be a beautiful woman.
At the same time, she could survive and act perfectly appropriately in a man's world.
And I think this came from when she was very young, because her father encouraged her to play boys games and do kind of all sorts of crazy stuff, and that made her very practical, very self-reliant, and very able to, to survive dangerous situations.
NARRATOR: And survive she did.
During the war, Lee took many stark and hard-hitting photographs.
On the 29th of April, 1945, Lee spent a difficult day photographing the newly liberated Dachau concentration camp.
She then accompanied the American GIs and Time Life photographer David Sherman to Munich, where they discovered Hitler's apartment exactly as he'd left it.
Here was this perfect opportunity.
Hot water, soap, towels, flannel.
And then they realized they had the scoop of the century.
Absolutely.
The thing is that they put this picture here, which is actually a very famous Nazi image.
It's a portrait of Hitler by Heinrich Hoffman.
Became kind of the poster.
And by putting it there on the edge of the bath, that was really like saying, OK, Hitler, you are finished.
We can do what we like in your house.
Yeah.
But the key is actually the boots, because the morning of this day, those boots carried Lee Miller around Dachau concentration camp, and now she's stamping the filth of that place and the heartache and the cruelty into Hitler's nice, clean, pristine bathmat.
She's not sitting there as a guest.
She's a victor.
NARRATOR: After the war, Lee married Roland Penrose.
They moved to this house in East Sussex and went on to give birth to their only child, Anthony.
It wasn't until after Lee's death in 1977 that Anthony actually discovered what kind of woman his mother had been in her younger years, after stumbling across her amazing career she'd hidden away in the attic.
My late wife went upstairs looking for pictures of me as a baby, and she came down actually with the manuscript of the siege of San Malo.
Not images, words.
And I couldn't believe that my mum, who I had known in my lifetime as being somebody who had been so deeply affected by post-traumatic stress disorder that she'd been practically a useless drunk, I couldn't believe that she had written this material.
Then we found the images, and we had-- we could do nothing else but put it all together.
And it's taken many, many years to assemble it into the Lee Miller archive, which is now what it is.
It's the most profound, moving, amazing story.
Well, thank you.
You see, we discovered a collection of photography.
I discovered a mum I hadn't known, and that's something that still feels good to this day.
That's amazing.
NARRATOR: With her hidden work finally revealed, Lee Miller will forever be remembered as the stunning supermodel who went on to document some of the most profound moments of the 20th century.
Back on the road, though, Christina and David are making their way to Lewes.
I think if Gok were here, he'd be telling me that maybe my jeans are a bit short.
Do you think so?
Do you know what?
Actually, for my self-confidence, maybe it's-- maybe it's a good idea that he's not here.
And do you know what?
You've never beaten me on the celebrity road trips.
No, I haven't, have I?
Now's your chance to win.
NARRATOR: Our experts have arrived at Emporium Antique Center.
Would you please get in.
[INAUDIBLE].
NARRATOR: With 360 pounds burning a hole in their pockets, what will they find in here?
Right, Christina.
Yeah?
Let me show you something.
Mm-hmm.
I am in love with Michelle.
Oh.
You, you poor woman.
Don't say poor woman.
The customer's always right.
I'm also-- Yeah, to a certain extent.
I don't think I'd wish that on anyone.
That's pretty cool, isn't it?
- Thank you.
It looks like a majolica, doesn't it?
That is a big chunk of majolica.
A big chunk of majolica.
Full of color, design.
Oh, that's nice.
So you've got the George Jones crescent mark on there.
George Jones and Sons.
Madras [INAUDIBLE].
Nice.
This is late 1890s, circa 1900, but you've got that art nouveau thing going on, haven't you?
And, to be perfectly honest, this has seen better days, much like yourself.
It has.
But you see, but you see-- - It's the size.
What you seem to forget is some things get better with age.
Really?
Others don't.
Are you telling me you're a fine vintage, darling?
Michelle, this is what I've got to put up with.
Oh, I love it-- It's very difficult.
--that you're so [INAUDIBLE].
It's very difficult indeed.
Yeah.
What's the price on it?
23 quid.
CHRISTINA: Really?
Um, Michelle, trade on that to Christina and myself, how much would that be?
The very best would be 15.
To be honest with you, I absolutely love it.
If we don't pay 15 pounds for that, I think we're bonkers.
- OK, all right.
- Shall we have it?
I'm happy with that.
Michelle, put that on our account.
Thank you very much.
- Jolly good.
- You're an angel.
- Great.
Thank you.
Brilliant.
Right, can you find something interesting?
I found all the last things.
No, you just gas on all the time.
NARRATOR: Now, now, you two, you're on the same team, remember?
Ah, the shop has a backyard.
- Those are nice, aren't they?
- I like them.
All those creepy crawlies.
Oh my gosh.
Shall I bring the other one out?
Shall I bring the other one?
All those wood lice.
Well, that's, that's a bit of, oh, age to them, doesn't it?
I love wood lice.
I mean, they just look so prehistoric.
Right, so a pair of those.
- Yeah.
- What are they?
Oh, they're hernia-inducing, aren't they?
- Late 19th century?
- Well, yeah, they've got to be.
Got to be, haven't they?
Victorian cast iron.
Really heavy, really good.
Look how crisp that is as well.
- Yeah, good detail.
- It's really nice.
I mean, reproduction, you just never get anything like that [INAUDIBLE], do you?
Nice gadruned border.
Good decoration.
Egg and dart, actually, my darling.
Well, it's also called gadruned.
No, egg and dart.
Egg and dart gadruning.
Egg and dart.
No, gadruning is very different.
- Oh, is it?
You don't get a dart in gadruning.
Yeah.
You sure you couldn't call that gadruning?
Trust me, I'm a gadruning specialist, darling.
Listen, I'm going to gadrune you.
NARRATOR: Hey, David, listen to her.
It is egg and dart.
Ticket price is 195 pounds for the pair.
Can Michelle ma belle do them a deal?
What's your absolute death on them, darling?
Do you understand that?
120 is.
I think 120 has got to be good, hasn't it?
I think so.
We're at 120 for those, and 15 for the pot.
So if we-- could we say 130 for the two?
130 for the pot and the urns?
OK. All right then.
Would that be all right?
It's the end of the day.
Thank you, Michelle.
I'm sorry about Christina.
It's OK. Don't worry, I won't come back, I promise.
That's OK. Lovely to see you.
NARRATOR: So that deal means that they've spent 15 pounds on the pot and 115 pounds on the cast iron urns, a marvellous end to a busy day of shopping.
So, nighty night, chaps.
The next morning, our celebrities are back on the road and preparing for the shopping day ahead.
With no fog, hopefully.
So what are we going to do then?
Because those two are going to win.
No, they're not.
No, they are not going to win.
We are going to win.
Old Mrs. vase and Mr Potts.
I know.
I know.
I think the only thing we can do is find out what they've bought.
How?
Why don't we steal their car?
Yes.
We'll steal their car.
I'll offer her a makeover.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then you should faint.
Faint?
Yeah, pretend you're ill.
I'll take you outside for fresh air.
I'm an actress.
I can do that.
Absolutely.
You need some fresh air.
Take you outside, we'll get in the car, we'll drive it off, and then we'll go through the boot and find out what they're bought.
Absolutely.
NARRATOR: Hey, will they stoop at nothing to win?
They're doing quite well already, actually, because yesterday they picked up two lots, the Bakelite gentleman's kit and the three oriental trinket boxes, leaving a massive 300 pounds available to spend.
Christina and David are ahead on the shopping front with four lots bought, a selection of glass scent bottles, the wooden spinning chair, the majolica planter pot, and the pair of garden urns.
They have 230 pounds to play with.
Our celebrities and experts are starting today in Bexhill-on-Sea.
Oh, yes.
Morning.
Morning.
That looks so horribly tempting.
How are you?
Where have you been?
This looks-- oh, look at that.
This looks-- Oh.
I didn't move my leg.
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
How are you?
Morning.
Good to see you.
Very good too see you.
- Good to see you too.
- Snog.
- Good to see you.
Hello.
How are-- you're both so colorful.
Hello, gorgeous.
Hello.
Oh, I say.
- Hello.
- Colorful?
Is that good or bad?
- Can I see?
Can I see?
- Oh, really?
- Can I see?
- Really?
The kimono is a triumph.
Let me see.
Turn around.
Let me see, let me see.
It's beautiful.
Oh, it's great.
Honestly, in those jeans, great for the rear.
Great for the front or the rear?
- Rear.
- For the rear.
- For your rear.
- It enhances.
- Oh, right.
- Wonderful.
It's good, it's good.
NARRATOR: Right.
Enough of the fashion critique.
Let's shop.
And less hand-holding.
You're on opposite teams, you too.
With a bit of catching up to do, what can our celebrities find in Eras of Style?
Right, so what are we looking for?
What about those little funnies?
There's something quite nice about that.
I like the colors in it.
They look rather extraordinary.
- I love these.
- What the hell are they?
So these are traditional trunks, turn of the century.
Let's do it.
Property of District [INAUDIBLE] in Vietnam.
Asian.
- Asian?
Let's do it.
- OK, let's go.
Let's do it.
No, no, don't lift it, darling.
Your back.
Look, 195.
No, it's fine.
OK. No, it's the other way.
Oh my god.
Yeah, I said that.
It's wooden.
I thought it was made of hay.
No.
NARRATOR: Hay?
Oh my god.
Do you think we should do both, though?
I think one.
I think who would buy two of these?
They're so extraordinarily big.
All right, let's open it up to make sure it's in good nick.
Oh, hello.
Oh, hello?
What the hell?
Oh, amazing.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
So it's, it's French.
Yeah.
Mon dieu.
[SPEAKING FRENCH].
So that's money.
Yeah.
Shall I give this a go with Andy?
Give it a go.
I'm your backup.
OK, all right.
Andy!
Andy!
Gok's keen eye has struck again with this 19th century travel trunk, complete with an interesting collection of documents.
Can they get it for less than the 195 pound ticket price?
Stand by, Andy.
I think we probably should start around 100 mark.
- Oh.
- We have to.
Come on, please?
Do you know what, 100 is a beautiful number.
That is-- that is like cut in half.
Pretty much.
Pretty much.
- No.
- You can do it.
At 195 it's not.
You can do anything in this world.
Come on, high five.
- No.
I love your hair.
I can't do it.
Have you been growing that for a while?
Because it's beautiful.
- We can do this.
Do you know it's salt and pepper?
Oh, George Clooney.
- Absolutely.
- This is-- George Clooney.
George.
In Venice at the wedding.
No one would ever know.
- 1.
Say 1.
1.
And we're there.
130.
130.
1.
1.
What about 120 and we're done?
Go on then.
Thank you.
Love it.
Thank you.
We'll have it wrapped.
Thank you.
With a bow, if that's all right.
NARRATOR: Well, now, who said compliments don't get you anywhere?
First deal of the day done.
What will they unearth next?
These are a bit more modern.
If I was doing someone's interiors, I would easily put those on the side with a couple of brandy glasses and fill them up.
NARRATOR: Prepare yourself, Andy.
Right, OK, so here we go.
Got two decanters, ticket price 33 each.
So we're going to appeal to your beautiful side and think, you know, what can we do?
Every side.
Every side is beautiful.
What can we do?
Because you are incredible.
Oh, dear.
For the pair.
50 quid.
50 quid for the pair.
35 to 40?
I know that's painful.
40 pound.
And that gives you a chance.
Yes, thank you.
Andy.
Both.
Group hug.
You're the kindest man in the world.
We love you.
Thanks, baby.
Thank you, darling.
I've never sweat so much in me life.
NARRATOR: Our celebrities have been getting some generous deals from Andy, but what of their rivals?
Christina, how do you feel about art deco pieces?
Hmm?
Art deco?
Do you like it?
- Oh, I love a bit of deco.
Good.
Check that out for a desktop art deco piece of kit.
That is a good looking piece, isn't it?
Let's have a look.
So we've got a-- this is some sort of weather-- It's a barometer, isn't it?
Yeah, so we've got a little gauge there.
That's a clever bit of kit there.
And what's that?
Oh, you've got a perpetual calendar.
That's good.
So we've got, yeah, Fahrenheit symbol there.
I think the thing we've got to look for here is is it original or is it a copy?
And I think-- And is it complete?
--we're absolutely sure that is original, isn't it?
That's circa 1930.
Yeah, I like it.
It's in good order.
Nice, angular shape.
I like it.
But how much is it?
Well, I don't know.
Let's find out.
You keep admiring, keep counting, and I'll go find out.
NARRATOR: At the beck and call of both teams, Andy's up again.
I think the best, really, is 40 quid, and that's just to give you a chance.
Andy, look me in the eyes?
Oh, don't.
Andy, I'm warning you.
Do not look in those-- Andy, Andy, don't look in those eyes.
Andy, Andy, look in the eyes.
30 pounds.
I've just been looking in Gok's eyes.
I say she's done it.
She's done it.
And we're a happy, happy girl.
She's done it.
He's looked into the eyes.
That's it.
35.
Andy, look into the eyes.
- 30 pounds.
Look at me.
Go on.
I dare you.
Seriously.
How can you refuse?
You're an angel.
Thank you.
NARRATOR: Andy certainly being kept on his toes today.
Meanwhile, it looks like Gok's got his fashionista hat on again.
Oh my.
They are gorgeous.
Oh, look at that.
I mean, what a hat.
I'm thinking that's probably-- well, that's '30s, I think.
Maybe actually a bit earlier than that.
Maybe late '20s, '30s.
Oh, god, Harriet, you have found-- I think we should do this, and I'll tell you why.
Go on.
It's because it's theater-- Yes.
--for you, and it's obviously fashion.
But this one for me.
Yeah, 100%.
No, she's-- Should we get Andy?
Should we find out?
Andy!
Oh, you got hats.
Andy, what do you think?
Well, they're fabulous, aren't they?
What are the prices of them?
Well, they're 55 each.
OK, let me just model this for you for a moment.
A little lower, [INAUDIBLE]?
For you, Harriet, I'm putty in your hand.
Thank you.
110.
I think we'll take them from 110.
I feel that way.
Yeah.
Thank you very much.
Thank you very much.
You've been incredible.
We love that.
So we should give you some money now.
Now this is a present from me to you.
Harriet, can we have the money, please?
But of course.
Oh.
Both hearts.
I was expecting 50s there, Harriet.
NARRATOR: Oh, saucy.
I think Gok's eye for fashion may have unearthed a real gem with these 1930s pheasant feather hats.
Try saying that quickly.
Wait, wait.
NARRATOR: Hang on.
What are they up to?
Are they actually nicking the expert's car?
That's terrible.
- That was all right, wasn't it?
- Yeah, it was good.
Well done, you.
Brilliant.
Where's the Porsche?
Where's-- yeah, where's our-- NARRATOR: With their car AWOL, Christina and David have hopped into the Corvette and are making their way to Hastings.
Hey, look at this.
We've got a castle.
That's fab, isn't it?
NARRATOR: They've come to Hastings Museum to learn about Lady Annie Brassey, one of the most celebrated Victorian travel writers, who toured the world, collecting both stories and artifacts as she went.
The Brassey family were multimillionaires, and like many upper class people at the time, they were bitten by the travel bug.
Their overseas adventures are captured in Annie's extraordinary collection.
To show them around is education officer Catherine Harvey.
She had the most amazing eye, the most amazing interest.
She was interested in people and how they lived, so there are lots of everyday items, and she collected ethnographic material, fine art, oriental art, textiles.
She even collected animals, plants, and they all traveled with her as she went around collecting on their steam yacht.
NARRATOR: Annie was keen to share her experiences with people who couldn't afford to do the same.
She exhibited her collections, charging the public for entry, and donating all the money to charity.
I think what's unusual about Annie is that you had a young family, and they all went.
They took the children.
--with them.
So they had one, one of their children-- their second daughter Constance died from scarlet fever.
- Oh.
- On one of the tours?
Aged four.
No, before that.
But the boat that they did their big journeys on is called the Sunbeam, and it's named after her.
Her nickname was Sunbeam.
Aw.
And the figurehead is a likeness of Constance on the front of their boat.
Oh my god.
But she had-- CHRISTINA: So she still went with them.
So she did in a way, didn't she?
And so they had one son and three other daughters, and their adventures and their day-to-day activities are all recorded in the books that Annie wrote.
She wrote about her, her journeys, did she?
She did.
It started by her writing letters home to her father, and they were passed around a sort of a, a widening circle of friends and family, I suppose, and were soon published by Longmans.
And so she wrote seven books in all of different, different voyages that they went on.
But the one that really made her name was "The Voyage in the Sunbeam," the one that described that around the world trip in 1876.
It was fantastically popular.
It was a bestseller, and it went into multiple reprints.
It was translated into numerous languages.
And there's a lovely quote in one of her later books about how it felt to be traveling in these really unknown parts of the world and to find that she was known.
People and knew all about her and her family because they'd read her books.
NARRATOR: During a trip to Australia in 1887, Annie died of malarial fever.
She was buried at sea, aged just 47 years old.
Her husband Thomas finished the book Annie had been writing at the time, calling it "The Last Voyage."
Although long gone, Annie left the world a beautiful legacy in her wonderful journals and amazing collections.
And what of our celebrity car thieves?
On the open road towards Sedlescombe.
Gok, can I ask you something?
Anything.
Do you like this car better?
No.
I can't believe we stole this car and we had a much better Corvette.
Can I make a suggestion?
Go on.
We steal the other one right back.
Do you know, I think we have to.
We, we want the roof off.
And do you know what?
None of their stuff's in the car.
Exactly.
We only stole it so we could see what they'd bought, and none of it's in here.
NARRATOR: Tough luck, chaps.
Come on.
NARRATOR: Having been bold shoppers on this trip, our celebrity team have just 30 pounds left to spend.
Will Bridge Garage Antiques and Collectible Center and dealer Paul have something on their wish list?
Well, we're looking for something British and silver if possible.
And something which is beautiful, ornate, decorative.
Eye-catching.
Eye-catching.
Something that's going to give us the wow factor.
- To win.
- Yeah, to win.
To win.
NARRATOR: Not asking for much, then, are you?
Oh.
HARRIET: What's that?
That's a very nice little Vesta box, it's 68 pounds.
- How much have you got?
- We've got 30.
- 30.
- We've got no more.
30?
30.
And a Vesta box, just, just so I know, it was a box that you'd put matches in and you'd light it from underneath?
See the striker on the bottom.
Absolutely.
And it was sailors?
Was it people that had them?
Oh, it was everybody.
They had it on their chain.
Because, of course, everyone smoked back in those days, didn't they?
- And they [INAUDIBLE].
Yeah, do.
Incredible.
Just the idea that that was a gentleman's accessory for me just-- it feels so beautifully historic.
That's amazing.
Do you think that would be good?
It's gorgeous.
Do you know, I think it would be good.
Just so, Paul, when it goes to auction, I'm assuming that that E and there's an S around it is the initials of someone, would that put somebody off buying a product because it was so personal to someone?
I don't think so because it's so old.
Right.
You know, I think that's-- HARRIET: And it's a quality piece.
Oh, absolutely.
It's a very, very nice piece.
- It's beautiful.
- Yeah.
NARRATOR: It's a nice thing, but will the owner do a deal for 30?
So where are we then, Paul?
Well, I can't get hold of the guy concerned, but I have made an executive decision, and I'm going to charge you 30 pounds.
- Yay!
- Yes!
Thank you!
- Thank you so much.
Give me your hands.
Thank you so much, you adorable man.
HARRIET: Thank you.
- Money, money.
We're going to have to pay.
.
Pleasure.
- There we go.
Now, would you like this wrapped or how would you like it?
I'll do it like this, babe.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
See you later.
- Lovely to see you.
- Bye.
Love you.
NARRATOR: And just like that, Harriet and Gok have spent every single penny.
But have our novices bought well?
Time for the experts to get an eyeful.
Who wants to go first?
Harriet Thorpe, show us your wares.
Come on.
I think you should reveal-- Come on.
Reveal, Harriet.
And-- no, no.
Sorry, sorry.
My mistake.
Here.
OK.
Here is our stuff.
Oh.
Whoa.
Look at those.
I love the hats.
I love the hats.
We knew you'd go theatrical.
We knew it.
We had to because they're so beautiful and creative like our good selves.
Yeah, exactly.
And I love the, the-- my gosh, the-- Trunk.
--the carrier.
Yeah.
Whatever it is.
Is it straw?
You have to open it.
We have to open it, because inside-- It's got original paperwork in there.
Oh, wow.
Which is travel, so it's basically dated.
It was obviously done by somebody who-- So what date is that?
19-- --traveled.
19-- it is 1921.
Oh, wow.
This one is.
This is a letter.
So the reason we like this is not only it's a fabulous piece.
It looks great.
It would look great in anyone's home now.
So it's a great aesthetic piece.
Also, it comes with so much more history than wood ever would do, because it's got human thought.
It's got a human story to it.
And I think that it's actually quite desirable.
I think it's fascinating.
You actually have bought with passion, haven't you?
You've bought the things that you really, really love.
And that's part of the enjoyment, I think, with this business.
Have you spent everything?
- Every single penny.
- Every penny.
- 400 pounds?
- Everything.
If you're going to shop, girl, you're going to shop.
Oh my gosh.
What, you've saved yours?
I'm really, really, really, really interested.
Really?
Have you-- - You've spent every pound?
- You have spent everything?
Yeah.
Everything.
NARRATOR: Good for you.
Now for the experts' lot.
Oh, no, beautiful.
Oh, no.
Look at those.
Oh, look at that.
Uh-oh.
Oh, I'm shopping now.
Yeah.
- Oh, I love the urns.
- Oh, I say.
Right.
That's amazing.
Did you nick them from the garden out here?
There's loads of them out there.
Have you nicked them?
Yeah.
Did you see the two patches on the lawn?
That's what we were saying.
I have to say, I love the urns.
They're incredible.
I would use them in any fashion shoot that I was doing.
And I would use them in my own home as well.
I think they're beautiful, and I love the proportion.
I love the size.
Do you like the big pot?
- It's got a chip.
- I love her.
She's got a chip, though.
It's got more than one chip.
It's got several chips.
- Oh, really?
I do like it.
Is it a potty?
No.
Oh.
So, so she's chipped.
I might turn into a potty.
- What is it for?
- She's chipped.
It's a planter.
It's a [INAUDIBLE].
But it's by somebody called George Jones.
- Oh, so it's got a name on it?
- Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
So George Jones is a very, very famous maker of majolica.
Dior.
Definitely Dior.
Yeah, definitely Dior.
Definitely Dior.
Definitely.
Chanel or Dior.
Definitely.
Chanel, Dior.
Weren't these the last hats that Coco Chanel ever made?
Ever.
Ever made or wore.
Oh, the hats that made her have a bobbed haircut.
Yeah.
That's right.
Well, our high hopes were they were going to buy a lot of tat, but they haven't, have they?
No.
Very impressed.
Disappointing.
I feel really proud of that, don't you?
Honestly.
Just a little bit.
- Right.
- No, good job.
Well done.
- Well done.
We'll see you at the auction.
- See you there.
- Good luck.
- Good luck.
Bye.
Good luck.
NARRATOR: So, out of earshot, what did they really think?
You look a bit deep in thought, Mrs.?
I am deep in thought.
I-- do you know, I love the fact they bought everything with absolute passion.
They love every single one of the things that they bought.
But I'm, I'm really worried about those hats.
So are they 50 quid or 500?
You can't value the hats.
They are beautiful.
Even though I like a couple of their bits, do you know, a barometer on your desk?
Who's going to use that?
No one.
20 broken vases.
Travesty.
Do you know, I really, really, really thought that Gok was going to hate our majolica, and he just loved it.
I mean, we are-- so, apparently, we are bang on trend.
Yeah, hello.
Who knew?
You know what else is happening?
Come on.
We're taking back that Corvette.
It's ours.
Come on.
NARRATOR: From starting in Eastbourne, our two teams have shopped around southeast England, and have now motored their way to Southend-on-Sea for the big finale.
Southend, babes.
South-- do you know, I love this place, and I love this place even more now we're back in this car.
Thank god.
And not their rickety thing.
That was hideous.
Why did they want that?
Well, you know, it suits their buys.
Yes.
I think we've got a good fighting chance.
I hope so.
I do like them, but I think that we could probably give them a hand the next time they're out buying some antiques.
Yeah.
Do you think we're going to win?
I hope so.
Well, we have to.
Time will soon tell.
Here they are.
Well, hey.
They look cool.
Hello.
Oh, we got the clothes right, Gok.
We got the clothes right.
We got it.
I'll open the door over this side.
NARRATOR: Our teams are about to go head to head at Chalkwell Auctions, And the man with the gavel is Trevor Cornforth.
My favorite item today is definitely the hats.
They are absolutely superb.
They're some of the best hats I've seen in the last five years.
And if they don't do well, I'd be extremely surprised.
There are two strugglers as far as I'm concerned, and both are down to condition.
That's the box of perfume bottles and the, the planter.
They're both damaged, and in the current market, people simply do not want to buy damaged goods.
They don't want to buy an awful lot at all, but if it's damaged, there's no point.
NARRATOR: That'll worry our experts.
They spent a total of 200 pounds on five auction lots.
Our celebrities' clever buys could stand them in good stead here.
They shopped boldly, spending the full 400 pounds on six lots.
Right, it's the moment of truth.
Our experts' reputation all rides on this auction, which has buyers online and in the room.
So have you been to an auction before?
- No.
- Ever?
Very Exciting.
NARRATOR: First up, it's our experts' biggest spend, the cast iron garden urns.
Start me at 50 pounds on them.
Get them going.
Any interest at 50 pounds on the garden urns?
50 I'm bid here.
It's in the room at 50 pounds.
You got one.
You got one.
You got one.
You got one.
You got one.
We need a long way to go yet.
60 on the net.
77?
No?
[INAUDIBLE] then at 60 on the net at the moment.
- Come on.
- 60.
We're at 60 pounds at the moment.
Surely more than that.
Any interest beyond 60 pounds?
This is a pair you're buying.
At 60 pounds.
Nobody with a garden?
70 with the gentleman.
- Someone's got a garden.
- You've got another one.
It's the same guy.
- 70 pound bid.
Any advance on 70?
I need 80 on the internet.
We're at 70 pounds at the moment.
- No.
- Give him a hand.
Christina.
All done at 70 pounds.
Ouch.
- Uh-oh.
- That's a big hit.
- Oh.
- Is it?
A big hit.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Fear not, there's plenty more to come.
It is.
We should be used to it.
Even though we are your competition, I do feel really sorry for you.
Truthfully?
Really, really.
Truthfully?
Don't you feel bad for them?
Oh, I'm so sad.
Isn't that awful?
- High five.
- Can you feel the sincerity?
Yay.
That's how bad we feel right now.
Oh, sorry.
Ain't no flies on me, baby.
Yeah.
Oh, dear.
NARRATOR: Let's see how the experts' spinning chair fares.
I love this.
I've found-- I've found my new hobby.
- Really?
- I love this.
20 pounds to get it going.
Any interest at 20 pounds?
20 I'm bid.
It's on the net at the moment at 20 pounds.
- Oh, good.
- And 25 anywhere?
- [INAUDIBLE] somebody else now.
- Go on.
I've got 20 pounds at the moment.
Where's 25 on this one?
25 in the room?
Gentleman's bid there at 25 pounds, and I need 30 on it.
At 25 pounds in the room and I need 30 on this one.
Go on.
All done at 25.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Final time at 25.
Go on.
Who hasn't got a spinning chair?
Put your hands up.
No.
Oh, no.
NARRATOR: Hurrah, a profit.
That's more like it.
It's, it's amazing, actually, how-- because all that love that went into finding the pieces, spending the money on them, you want them to do well.
Of course you do.
There's a certain amount of ownership I've got over those products.
And you, the most competitive person [INAUDIBLE].. - How can you say that?
- Really?
I didn't know that.
Are you competitive?
Really?
She's so bad.
So bad.
But it's great.
Love you.
NARRATOR: Right, settle down.
It's time for Harriet and Gok's first lot.
The silver Vesta case.
Let's get the bidding going, shall we, at 20 pounds.
Any interest at 20 pounds on the little silver Vesta?
I've got 20 bid at the back of the room.
Any advance on 20 pounds?
25.
- Oh, they're going.
- Wonderful.
- Loving you.
- Love you.
That color is great on you.
It's going to be the most expensive Vesta case I think I've ever seen.
30 pounds in the room at the moment.
Any advance on 30 pounds?
Come on.
It's a room bid at the moment at 30 pounds.
Are we all done at 30?
Fabulous.
No, come on.
All done at 30, no?
Final time.
Oh.
Thank you very much.
We love you.
Merry Christmas.
Happy Chinese New Year.
NARRATOR: Gok's certainly thankful.
I mean, it's actually harder than getting women naked in a shopping center.
I'm exhausted.
NARRATOR: I say.
Will their glass decanters prove more popular?
Start me at 10 pounds.
Get them going.
I've got 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40.
35 in the middle of the room at the moment.
35?
Oh, [INAUDIBLE] you need a bit more.
You need a bit more.
At 35, all done.
They're my pair.
Come on.
Final time at 35.
I've squeezed as hard as I can.
You've lost a fiver.
- It's not bad.
- Lost a fiver.
Lost a fiver.
But hey, we're still in the game.
Someone has bagged a bargain with that pair of decanters Up next is Christina and David's majolica planter pot.
Can this damaged [INAUDIBLE] pull in a profit?
Start me at 20 pounds on it.
20 pounds to start.
20 pounds I'm bid.
25, 30, 35.
I love the fact that she's so shocked.
I've got 30 bid here.
What did they pay for it?
35, 40.
35 in the room then.
It's on my left at 35 pounds.
Are we done at 35 pounds?
Final time at 35.
A gentleman of excellent taste.
Well, well done.
Good.
Well done.
NARRATOR: Fantastic profit there for our experts.
Harriet, Gok, you're playing catch-up now with your Bakelite gentleman's kit.
20 to start anywhere?
Good piece of Bakelite.
It's all in very good condition.
20 I'm bid in the room.
We're at 20 pounds [INAUDIBLE].
Can you bid, Gok?
No, no, no.
20, 25 here.
Are you 30, sir?
No.
At 25 against you on the front row.
All done at 25.
1671.
- Bad luck.
- Thank you.
Small loss.
Original blades and everything.
Thank you very much.
NARRATOR: The Southend crowd are getting some good deals today.
[INAUDIBLE].
I love it.
It's the best day of my life.
Really?
NARRATOR: Will you still feel the same if Christina and David's selection of scent bottles do well?
Start you at 20 pounds, see where we go to.
20 start.
20 I'm bid here on my right at 20 pounds.
Oh, is he bidding?
At 20 pounds in the room.
Come on.
At 20, 25.
30 in the room.
I've got 30 in the room.
I need 35.
Are we all done at 30 pounds?
Surely not at 30 pounds.
It's in the room at 30.
Oh.
Oh.
All done at 30.
He's sure he's going to get them, isn't he, at 30 pounds.
It's a 10 pound note profit.
That's all right.
NARRATOR: Indeed it is.
That profit pushes our experts further into the lead.
Here come the hats, a very clever buy, and the auctioneer's favorite lot.
Can they help close the gap?
Let's start these at 50 pounds.
50 pounds to start, surely, on the three hats.
I have a bid of-- Love you.
Any advance on 50 pounds?
60.
- Love you.
- 70.
- Thank you.
Congratulations, almost.
She hasn't bought them yet.
Wonderful.
70 pounds to the gentleman.
At 60 pounds with the lady at the moment.
70 pounds for the gentleman with the wonderful smile.
Boy, does she know a bargain.
At 60 pounds at the moment.
Any advance on 60?
- Yay!
- Wonderful!
Thank you, sir.
- 70.
- Thank you.
- You.
Gorgeous man.
80, madam?
80, madam?
80, madam?
Yes.
Yes!
We love you.
You are amazing.
You get a kiss.
Oh, good lord.
Well, it's been nice knowing you.
Amazing.
Kisses for free.
- Oh, dear.
Here we go.
80 pounds for the lady.
GOK: 80, sir?
Harriet will kiss you.
HARRIET: Yeah.
TREVOR: Any advance on 80 pounds?
Don't make that face.
80 pounds.
Are we all finished at 80 pounds?
I hope not.
- Come on.
Because they're worth far more than that.
I can feel your fingers twitching.
Are we all done at 80 pounds?
For the final time, I can't go any longer.
I shall fall off the rostrum.
For 80 pounds.
Oh, well done.
Thank you.
Harriet, give her a kiss.
Thank you very much.
You'll look beautiful.
- This is very fancy.
Oh, they're lovely.
No, they are.
I'm serious.
NARRATOR: That lucky lady got herself a fabulous deal there.
Hopefully Harriet and Gok's 19th century travel trunk will do a bit better.
Start me at 50 pounds and see where we end up.
50 pounds to start.
Any interest at 50 pounds?
I've got a bid of 50 straight away in the room.
60, sir.
70 in the room.
70 in the room.
Yeah.
70 in the room.
Looking for 80 on the net.
This is exceptionally cheap at 70 pounds.
At 7-- back in on the internet.
We squeezed them at 80.
Are you out, sir?
I've got 90 pounds seated in the room now.
Internet, are you out?
We've got 90 pounds bid.
Are we finished?
Yours, sir.
- Yay!
Woo!
Well done, sir.
Woohoo!
NARRATOR: Great to see that loss hasn't dampened Harriet and Gok's spirits.
Time for Christina and David's final lot.
Can they push further into the lead with their art deco barometer?
Start me at 20 pounds on it.
20 bid on the front row.
Gentlemen here at 20 pounds.
At 20, 25, 30.
At 30 pounds in the room.
At 30 pounds in the room.
35 surely?
Are we all done at 30 pounds?
No, 35 against you.
Are you out?
- Oh, go on, that's lovely.
Go on.
One more.
Are you out?
I've got 35 on the internet at the moment.
Are we all finished at 35 pounds on this one?
Well, well done.
You got a fiver on it.
NARRATOR: That will actually result in a small loss after auction costs, I'm afraid.
Following the auction house advice on what to buy, let's hope Harriet and Gok's oriental trinket boxes prove popular.
It's our last chance, darling.
It is.
Start me at 20 pounds for the three of them.
See what happens to them.
20 pounds straight away.
We've still got 20 here.
It's three boxes you're buying for 20 pounds.
25 on the net.
30 in the room.
I've got 30 in the room.
Is it 10 pounds apiece?
Got to get to 100 and then we're there.
I've got 30 pounds at the moment.
Any advance on 30 pounds?
In the room at 30 pounds.
Can I squeeze you any further?
35 at the back of the room.
- Loving you.
Yay.
At 35 at the back of the room.
Looking for 40.
All done at 35.
Are you finished?
They are stunning, let me tell you right now.
TREVOR: Final time.
Stunning.
OK, 35.
All right, 35.
35.
Thank you.
NARRATOR: Well, it's more good news for our experts.
- That's it.
- That's it.
Now we have to go some numbers.
Are you feeling a bit better now?
- I'm shattered.
- Oh my god.
Do we get therapy after this?
I mean, seriously.
Seriously, we need to be talked-- Do you need me to carry you out?
I'm exhausted.
I need two weeks in the Himalayas to get over this day.
Come on, let's go and do some sums.
Come on.
NARRATOR: So who won today's battle?
Our celebrity antique novices or our well-versed experts?
Harriet and Gok started with 400 pounds.
After paying auction costs, sadly they made a loss today of 158 pounds and 10p.
So they end the trip with 241 pounds and 90 pence.
Christina and David also kicked off with 400 pounds and also made a loss, albeit a lot smaller, of 40 pounds and 10p after auction costs, which means they're crowned today's winners, thankfully, and end with 359 pounds and 90 pence.
We all know that I think we've all lost a bit of money.
Yeah.
So it's all down the scale of losses.
OK. Christina Trevanion.
Not starting well, is it?
No.
You and I-- Yes?
--lost about 40 pounds.
- OK. - All right.
- Out - OK, here we go.
Gok and Harriet, you lost about 160.
Oh no!
Get in the car.
We're going.
We're going.
Do you know what?
Nothing to us.
You.
- I can't believe it.
I can't believe it.
Because we've won.
- No, no.
- Don't even-- No.
DAVID: But we won.
Don't even look at them.
You, me-- What's all this about?
You and your vases and your broken perfume bottles.
Thanks for the experience.
Nice seeing you.
Excuse I.
- Yeah.
- Bye.
Don't crash.
Keep in touch.
Do you know what?
Don't care.
Listen, we may have lost, but let me tell you this, babe.
We are taking the car.
Absolutely.
NARRATOR: What a pair of jokers.
Look at that hat.
That is a great hat.
I loved that hat.
Yeah.
NARRATOR: Safe travels.
Oh, can we have the car back, please?
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