Giving Rare Finds A New Lease Of Life! 💎 | Salvage Hunters - Season 4 | House to Home

[Music] foreign 's Architectural Salvage base in Conway North Wales the team are busy and turnover is high all right well we'll see you in the morning that looks brilliant doesn't it Ace salvager Drew has had an unexpected breakthrough he's finally managed to get access to the private collection of a pub owner who's been hoarding antiques for over half a century I'm sure someday when we go to a pub it's going to be your turn to drive never gonna happen Is You by the law of averages someday no I know I can I can actually guarantee it they're driving to Staffordshire a 110 mile Journey due east to the edge of the Peak District and the tiny farming Village of Calder I'm going to see a guy called Alan East and uh the guys with him is called Dan and they run a pub called the yew tree now I've heard this guy he's got a fantastic collection of as I've been told stuff and people keep saying you should go and see this guy I think it's one of those places where it's just a strange lifetimes collection but so many people have said go here I've got to go 77 year old Alan East has owned the u3n for over 50 years and now runs it with family member Dan Buckland the pub is filled with Alan's extensive collection of oddities antique furniture and rare music boxes I suppose I suppose it's going back to the war days you didn't throw anything away and it rubs off and laid to life as the Allen's bought stock and different things that he's been interested in We've Ended up with a few bits that we're not that interested in ourselves so maybe have something that Drew might like do you like coming to the Derbyshire it's really pretty isn't it so it's very beautiful down here it's nice to come somewhere completely different to Wales you know it's green and rolling it's rains a lot the u tree in oh yes proper Pub very nice beautiful [Music] hello how are you doing oh hello Alan hello yes sir Drew nice to meet you nice to meet you yeah well we're here off your reputation alone oh to be honest your reputation alone because I believe you've got an amazing collection in here which is fairly obvious as soon as you come through the door First Impressions on going into the u tree are it just makes you happy it's like all the old pubs you've ever been to all the best bits of British pubs all rolled into one they've got this wonderful parlophone Music Makers there's bar games in there it's just like a dying Ember of what used to be every single Pub in Britain I mean it seems like when we were when we were younger you know every other Pub looked like this yeah well they don't they're all these homogenized 16 pound coffee horrible music pubs aren't they really none of the items in the pub are for sale but lifetime collector Alan has a great deal more for Drew to look at upstairs in his home ah oh blimey well that didn't expect that at all this might be of interest to you everything's of interest to me to be honest with you um just in case you're not feeling yourself at some point is that electric shock treatment oh yeah oh please can I please electrocute tea there's no amount of money I will not give you if I can electrocute him well this one doesn't work but if you're going to give money I'll connect him up this is nice that's superb I'm all right to have a sift around I think you can you really yes yeah this is brilliant this is a lifetime's collection isn't it you can see it's just not moved yes stuff you got your torch on your tea found you a new Hatchery that's it it's that Napoleon that's the real deal yeah the uniform's under there yeah you've got the complex and you've got Napoleon complex this mid-19th Century tricorn hat was made by Samuel Brothers a London company known for its fine military tailoring and regalia due to its excellent condition it could fetch up to 300 pounds the uniform's under there look at that so what age do you have that that's a real one it is yeah yeah he's not they're not mock the coat it's so well made there's this repeating patting braid and down the side with this sort of almost like a live a bird figure standing on a fish and really a really good beautiful example all but really dirty got to ask is this for sale um Drew and tea are in Staffordshire in the small village of calden with collector Alan East who runs the yew tree Inn with family member Dan Buckland oh blimey [Laughter] amidst Allen's huge horde of antiques Drew has spotted a ceremonial military uniform that might turn out to be very profitable if Alan will part with it got to ask is this for sale I've never thought about um you know selling it really but I just laid on there for now and there is there is a waistcoat in the dam there is yes there's a waistcoat to go with this which I'll look at I think it's just really really wonderful what I can't get over is the color because you look at something that's this old the condition is quite incredible look look at that work yeah yeah do you want to think about it yeah without a thinking wonderful thing we used it for fancy dress more than anything yeah that was quite a surprised we'd never really looked at it properly before while Alan and Dan decide whether to sell the uniform or not Drew resumes his hunt see Hello brace yourself okay is it a good one right in the back corner oh there's there's that that one ah more electrocutions though the Cavendish Electrical Company x-ray experimental something not to be used on T it says there oh look at that that's a beauty let's find tea a really comfortable seat I did say experimental experimental tea look don't be selfish it's only going to hurt for a second look that's how you ramp it up ow shocking I see it's gonna do those then is that the coil for that's for the electric yeah so where's the CH where you have a battery inside here ah look so all we need is a few batteries yeah really whoops this could be your lucky day getting electrocute it's only a little one looks only tiny batteries there the electric shock therapy box whatever you want to call it indeterminate age not sure um looking at it I'd say it's very early 20th century looking at it strange made by Cavendish electric company in the early 20th century this primitive electroconvulsive therapy machine was used to treat psychiatric illnesses it's made of solid oak and has original brass fittings and could be worth up to 500 pounds it's not on my sort of usual radar for what I'd want to buy but the condition attracts me so I think it's just down to price really what sort of figure do you have in mind Drew what about 225 what would be the coats what's what's the coat then which is that that's salmon right coat the hat and the whole the whole the whole shameel let me see if I can find that disco yeah it's good can't read it X-ray and something London you can't really read it this has just thrown me really because the condition is too good yeah that's too good I guess on that would have been handmade and that's clearly not handmade British oh yeah it is and that's not been replaced either no they're very advanced in those days Yeah well yeah very Advanced to have made that well I think so it's not a period one no it's not but it's costume isn't it the jacket and the waistcoat are not right but the Hat definitely is that's for sure that's an early 19th century one and a good one at that it's it's I mean I will buy strange things but this one's really out there it's all down to price it's it's going to have to be a price that I can flip it if I have to and get out of it right well I think it's got to be somewhere around the three to three fifty okay so if we said uh 475 for the pair would you be able to let that go at that I think I would first start on that I think that that is it that is it because it is what it is yeah what do you reckon deal thank you just done cheers that is without doubt the three weirdest things I've brought together usually I'm going sort of quite single-mindedly and buying things that I know I'm going to retail you know very slim amount of people want these very narrow sort of window I've got to get rid of them but I haven't paid too much for any of it and that's fine I'm happy with that now that business is done it's time for some bar games not so good I'm really trying to struggling to compliment you on that but yeah it's very good day yeah that's it that's it anyway that's very good too can you come on a Monday they did yes they was on the Monday as well yeah basketballs hardly ever played it he was quite good at that Dart I love playing darts that was not too bad if we could find your position on a Thursday if you wanted yeah I can use it I can not too bad that's ladies night that's tonight yeah oh geez yeah yeah Drew and tea were fantastic company for the day I kept us amused so we had a very enjoyable day and we sold a little bit of stuff what about you sir kind of a glass of water I'm gonna drive you always get one you've got a baby [Laughter] fruit-based drink for the lady financially I think we're happy and I'm sure Drew's happy as I certainly enjoyed it anyway today I think I was privileged to go to the best unrestored Pub in Britain fabulous absolutely loved it a fantastic day but one that will be difficult to pull a profit out of I bet we could make a good few hundred quid out of it we find the right buyers but who knows that is the luck of the draw and what the job's all about right thank you fellas day pleasure thank you thank you don't worry I'll make him drive next time so I can have one of you know thank you thanks a lot guys thank you go away that Pub literally that's a time capsule we've had a good day fabulous stuff got the chance of inflicting pain on you sometime in the very near future look I think you're being a bit of a baby to me Frank right but then I won't let you electrocute yeah if if you let me electrocute you you can actually give me yeah right yeah yeah that's gonna happen you just might probably drive off at high speed hahaha back at the showroom in Conway Drew is eager to see how his wife Rebecca and the team react to the bizarre assortment of Articles he's picked up yeah I know it's a bit stinky it wasn't stinky it's not like you to buy clothes this is obviously been made to complement this which is why I bought these two you can see what's coming you're gonna need that oh that's uh this this is dead right right this is original discount then they'll get the money back but that's the money that's the money piece the hat is very very old um we've got to do some research on that the coat and the waistcoat very colorful will do collect that look so I'm not concerned about um it's sort of sticking in the showroom at all this is what do you call it see uh electroconvulsive therapy I think really no things used to electrocute you with no yes in a death chamber no not in a death chamber for medical reasons just to stop you being mad I'm buying things like that it's got that on it gov just in remarkably original condition when you pull this up all the batteries are underneath there there's the top of that gov so you can get that back in it's got the original makers might unrestored mint how much do you pay for it um 200 quid gosh gosh that means nothing should pay for too much I think it might be right I'm hanging everything oh my God I don't understand that thing and it's a demand thing is it I mean who collects instruments that want to electrocute people I have no idea so we'll leave that one to Drew while Drew's staff get to work cataloging and cleaning his newly acquired items in the back rooms Drew hits the road in the pursuit of some potentially rare antiques it's off to Shropshire about a hundred mile Journey Southeast to visit a stately home we're off to see Lucinda Parish at Walker Hall and it's very very nice the owner of the place he is a massive collector he's not going to be here so hopefully him not being here because if he's a collector he's not gonna let anything go no but if we're talking to the wife she might be totally fed up with having all this stuff around it and want to get rid of some sellers everything but there's always that chance as well that there's a little bit of what we're always looking for which is Country House Furniture Walcott Hall is a Georgian Manor with a very rich history Robert Clive popularly known as Clive of India and credited with securing India for the British crown bought the Manor in 1764 and it remained in his family for nearly 200 years the current owners are Robin and Lucinda Parish who have filled it with their immense horde of antiques it's definitely Robin who's the collector I love going with him to look at stuff but he's got the eye Robin will Comey but I'd probably sell anything he's got a real idea of what he wants and what he likes but um I'll probably find something that he might have forgotten about it's lovely you've got sort of three four hundred year old oak trees nice so tick tick obligatory tree-lined driveway tick tick sprawling fields and outbuildings nice thick little lake for fishing with swans with swans standard as standard two Tatty pikeys in a van driving up his driveway tick oh yes now you're talking beautiful very nice very nice oh it's lovely isn't it with Robin Parish away on a business trip it's up to his wife Lucinda to do all the negotiations with Drew today hello hello hi hello yeah hi Drew nice to meet you wow wonderful place you've got here it's incredible yeah Built Well isn't it it's built well very well I believe also that your husband's a bit of a collector obviously we're here to see if we can buy anything from you yeah and I'm just Keen to look at any areas that you possibly want to get rid of some bits and Bobs well I know there's a lot of stuff in my husband's office he'd kill me if we try to get rid of it but we'll have a look anyways [Music] okay here you go shut your eyes [Music] that is fantastic is this just his office nobody else's uh just his office he has a secretary on a Monday and a Friday otherwise it's just him this is wonderful so this is his letter writing desk because he can't find Space on his other desk to write letters fantastic that's fantastic that's not for sale I should imagine I don't think he'd like to sell that I don't think so I I I Adore this room that bit that actually does my head in no that's that's good that's working progress when you're trying to find a torch it does your head in let me tell you I like the fact that he's got you know Regency sofa next to some WD-40 yeah well do you know what I wouldn't I wouldn't want to buy something out of here apart from that lamp which I think is very good there's tons and tons of stuff in there I'd like to buy but I don't want to mess with that you know that's his sort of man cave that's where I'm sure he feels extremely at home and when he finds that little special thing he goes oh yes that'll just you know out the pocket that'll go there I know that feeling and I wouldn't want to disturb it it's wonderful the next Port of Call is an outbuilding where robin keeps more of his ever burgeoning collection oh my goodness I've been in here for a while this is amazing I used to come in here quite a lot so much stuff in here so much stuff when you get it like this I've got it you have to sort of stop and and pick through it very slowly lots of sinks lots of sinks these are good these columns they're nice look at the door with keys you know waste not what not Land Rover engine a grifter T this is at the bike of our childhood isn't it that the rally Chopper look at that French one we've got some decent bits of Chimney piece and all sorts you have got everything in here aren't you you could possibly want if you're rebuilding an old house you've got a lot lots and lots of things I'd like but nothing really I'm going yeah I have to have that lots of things I can buy but that would just be buying for the sake of it I'm trying to find that one special thing a really good quality thing that I can take so I'll just wait I'm just going to wait and see if I can find something it's just a fantastic collection isn't it particularly that I mean that's like some sort no to me if you went to the Tate and saw that hanging out oh exactly you know what I mean saw that hanging up in the roof yeah yeah oh yeah it's about the lack of motion in today's society the wheels are falling off Inside the Mind of a mental person psychopath a little bit quick that's good sweet what I'd say lots of things but nothing for me nothing for you nothing for me but lots of good things with nothing grabbing Drew's attention they head to another outbuilding this is this looks good this is my hell personally it might be your Heaven I don't know oh yeah this is heaven this is great you don't like it in here only because it's so daunting well you're never in just clearing this that's a lot of work I don't know where to start to run out screaming and think no true habit this is perfect it's not long before Drew's experts I spot something interesting um that a chair yeah okay do you know about that one okay that's it it's got your front leg so ah there they're tied on they're tied on restoration job that looks like a nice shape though the back arches gently up and then curves all the way around and the arms come out very very straight and then terminate and just go down and it's got all the original casters as well and they're good quality ones this English Library chair with solid original frame turned mahogany legs and original brass casters dates back to the 1830s after some restoration it could fetch about 550 pounds is that something you consider getting rid of yep it's not an early one see the turned legs um it's a it's 100 quid job so what do you think is that something you'd let go Drew and tea are in the heart of Shropshire at Walcott Hall home to Avid collectors Robin and Lucinda Parish oh yeah this is heaven Drew was spotted at 19th century Library chair at an outbuilding but is it for sale so what do you think is that something he's let go and she found it and I've seen it I know I'm thinking well maybe I should it's just all about the shape that's all the shape's good so you're buying a frame and forecasters really that's that's the value for me because what all we do with it was tidy up what's there put the legs back on and sell it as it is we don't reupholster on the other hand get our upholstered to fix it that's true does that mean the price has gone up for us it's just not for sale foreign okay well look should we have a think about it can I yeah I think it's so close to say yeah let me step through there actually I never thought I'd see people argue over a chair with only two legs on it I can't believe I haven't I said yeah yeah and have it take it yeah while Lucinda has a think about the chair Drew continues to hunt [Music] I'm just going to carry on through here watch there's a hole in the floor or you can see right the way down it's quite a drop oh that's interesting what's that gone a little bit large Meat hanging rack 12. something looks very Rusty he's so perceptive very precise bolted on a kitchen wall or a bathroom wall or in a clothes shop it's got an edge to it you know it's just a bit too sharp and a bit too big that's what I like about it this early 20th century wall mounted French meat rack would have been found in a butchers or used by the cook of a large country house it could be worth around 150 pounds once restored um was that this up for sale I know what the answer is as well though you're looking at it again and thinking oh quite like that it's awful Isn't it it is we kind of know what's good yeah it's not worth a great deal so it's a 75 pound item it's no more than that and that's being quite Brave to be honest with you okay um so that one's up to you as well would it clean up yes easily well an Iowa well you put on a list on the list of maybes so who is the hoarder in your family then well I know that's the problem isn't it there's me blaming Robin for everything and actually perhaps I'm just as bad I know I'm I'm not an angel I was sort of led to believe by Lucinda that uh that uh husband was the hoarder well I think the tables have been turned to be honest because everything unfunctional well I don't really I'm not sure I can't blame her you know she likes this stuff too with another item added to Lucinda's growing list of maybes Drew is Keen to find something she'll actually part with foreign this early 20th century cast iron fishing sign would appeal to fishermen and outdoor enthusiasts after a basic polish it can be sold for 40 pounds [Music] yeah I had loads of them yeah there's a big pile of them yeah that I like happily sell that yeah what's that with it that's it is that it yeah that's it really yeah really really that's it okay I do cool I bought something [Laughter] never been so happy to spend 20 years everybody loves fishing got it for 20 quid it's going to help pay some of the diesel for the day um so ideally now I'd like to buy that and I'd like to buy the chair so I was I offered what 100 for the chair didn't I yes if I went to a 150 and buy it so for that then this 225 245. for the three items really is that all that's all can we go up look at we we could we're not going to but we can't 250 250 yes deal yeah yeah sure I think I think you've just got so much here sometimes I get the sort of guilt Factor when I've brought something in that way but it feels right because you've got so much stuff and I know they will be done literally that'll be done next week yeah and so will that that'll be done this week you know and then they'll be turned off and then they'll be going to be they're going to be but you've got to be in trouble you've got better things in here hey I've had a fantastic day here with Lucinda financially today is borderline whether or not we're going to turn a profit it depends how well that chair turns out you need to think the best thing to do with it strip it back to the frame or just sell it as it is it's still a very pretty chair underneath that [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] so Drew being here today has definitely been yeah it's been a great thing because he's so knowledgeable and I wish Robin had been here to meet him they'd have got on really well and we might have to keep Robin away from his shop [Music] the two-hour drive to Conway and once back at base Drew tries to convince Rebecca and his team that buying the chair was a Sound Decision this little beauty oh it does look terrible it's been splattered by pigeons thank you sir these are the front legs but the shape is superb what do you think well I've seen worse I bought worse frankly I have bought worse it's nice I love the label it needs upholstery front legs yes really but the shape is washer doesn't fall down the shape superb look at that shape look we'll just take it straight to Alex the next day French polisher Alex has the daunting task of restoring the chair the first and most important step is to fix and reattach the legs so the dowels have snapped on the legs which hold them onto the frame so we're going to drill them back out put some new thick dowels in some stronger dowels and then reattach them to begin Alex drills a new hole in the broken leg to fit in a new dowel [Music] Alex also has to remove a screw from a previous repair thank you the problem is when they've been repaired poorly it makes the job 10 times harder so now we're just plain the dowel down to get a really tight fit [Music] once the dowel is in Place Alex makes sure it's just the right length [Music] now that's ready to go back into the chair Drew and T set off again to search for more spoils Drew has a potentially lucrative lead on a very special junk shop [Applause] until you drive 180 miles east to the city of Hull located near the mouth of the Humber River in Yorkshire Hull has a proud seafaring tradition that goes back to the 13th century with an economy originally built around shipping fishing and whaling Hull Remains the principal cargo port for England's East Coast we don't come to Hull very often Drew no but we're up here a good reason today to be honest with you because we're coming up to see a guy called Kevin Marshall who runs Kevin Marshall Antiques and he is a dealer but it's bordering on the sort of junk shop hoarder and they are without doubt the best places to go [Music] a former sailor in the Merchant Navy Kevin Marshall opened his antique store over 30 years ago over two massive floors the store carries everything from a vast array of furniture to collectible curios by Niche I'm a hoarder but Drew's coming here today and I'm a bit apprehensive there's things in there that I've had a long time I love them I've found it hard to pack with in the past but if he shows interest the price is right I will let the thing go the best thing about it being up in Hull we are stuck out in the limb a bit aren't we it is a bit it's not the sort of you don't go through hole to get to most places do you really and that's that's to be honest with you it's good reason to be here as well because I can't remember the last time a dealer said to me I've just been buying in Hull that's true clearly just from the buildings you're seeing around you in the Victorian era into the Edwardian era there was an awful lot of cash here the respect that means good fixtures and fittings and antiques and Architectural pieces lying around all over the place which is ideal perfect hunting ground it's like the chap cool looks promising the perfect area old industrial area [Music] oh yeah Kevin yeah yeah love the signwriting cheers oh brilliant yeah it's rammed isn't it foreign how do we get around the best this way we had this way and uh just wonderful stuff so what are you doing you're doing clearances and stuff no I just got hunting really yeah I get something in my head and then track it try and track it and people bringing stuff to you as well I should imagine yeah all the time yeah there's so much stuff in here to see that's there's just these layers it's sort of having to try and look back at the layers of the stuff behind first impression to this place is you you don't see them anymore this is as rare as hence teeth these places were everywhere I'm always saying the Great British junk shop eccentric Place Architectural Salvage antiques yard this is it the stuff everywhere it's seven to ten foot deep they should like they should Time Capsule it's fantastic I like him yeah I use him a lot you know when I I photograph things yeah I use him there as as a guard to the the scale of it okay this hand-painted French mannequin from the 1920s is made of papier Marche and has articulated arms even in an unrestored state it could sell for up to 300 pounds really good expression how much is zika he's 150. and I can't take a penny less unfortunately [Music] okay it's old yeah we'll have that face is really expressive he's got that little sideways glance that's a bit of fun a bit quirky a bit odd and some would say a bit creepy uh it's also got that cool little hair and the condition's good it's sort of just worn enough to make it look really attractive it's just my type of thing with the first item under his belt it's on with the search hang on a second here what about this huge we've got the top there's the top for it there the bottom Outlet ones I'm always buying these large articulated work lights so these would have been lights that would have been over a lathe or a mill or whatever that industrial Chic that they have really easy for me to sell and my clients love it they just eat it up made by the well-known London Company mac elec in the 1950s these floor standing work rounds are prized for their simple industrial Design After rewiring they may fetch up to 400 pounds each um okay for this one I'd need 120 quid right on that one I'd need 160 for that one would you find a shade for it I'm sure there will be sheds in this one all right one thirty five one thirty five I'm at like 250. oh I can't knock that much and I wouldn't need the shade yeah [Music] I couldn't do them for 250 though what do you want I want you to come to uh [Music] three three yeah wonderful right let's crack on now it's up to the second floor where there is still more salvage-filled rooms oh hang on the French Stockman mannequin it is yeah yeah yeah Stockman Parish London yeah there you go adjustable Ebony Eyes three but it's a lady she's a lady ladies aren't so popular the males are the ones that I really like buying to be honest with you I'll have to leave that yeah it's fine yeah it's not quite enough oops it's broken now as well you bought it I have a job I'm just adjusting it but all right yeah I'm having a bit of a dance with her now good job it was the female yeah brilliant stuffy I love this is my favorite shop of the Year by a country mile it's super see that thing down there that sort of Fairground horse's head is it out do you know what do you know what it is that is a barber's chair a kids barber's chair is it complete yeah absolutely you'd get your little kid on it and so it would uh sit and be good while he's getting his air course [Music] I've got a vague recollection of seeing something similar a long time ago but the condition of that one's amazing black vinyl with the cast alloy and the original painted base in untouched condition and no damage and everything there I mean you can't really ask for more than that acquired from a barber shop in Hull this rare child's chair from the 1950s would be a real prize to the right collector in mint condition it could have a value of up to fifteen hundred pounds how much is it dude I forgot to add that 850 that's no really because I love it and what doesn't matter I want somebody else to love it after I've bought it what a funky thing it's amazing it's just to have it that's yeah can I bid you on it that's one thing I couldn't take a bit on because it's so rare but is it but is it desirable is it desirable yeah I reckon in in us if you in there's that many top salons around now I reckon but how long has that been here 10 years oh more than that really yeah I forgot I love it I love the fact it's been buried down man I forgot all about it do not want to pay for it what I want to pay I don't want you to pay for it 500 quid 550 pounds there you go so they've got a good deal but I couldn't sell it for that um six I can't do honestly some things I don't mind taking medicine on even but that I was just so I reckon I could get well over a grand for that if I really I can't believe that I'd forgot all about it if you want to come in today I still forgot all about it oh come on let's have a date let's have a deal at 700 pounds I can't believe I'm saying that 700 pounds I've got because I I know what you're saying but I can only think what I can get what I can get I understand yeah you know yeah I know and you've got to make money I've got I can I live without it probably not Drew and tea are in the City of Hope to visit the massive antique shop of collector and self-confessed hoarder Kevin Marshall you've got some brilliant stuff here I love this is my favorite shop of the Year Drew has spotted a rare barber's chair for children and is very keen to buy it well can I live without it it's probably not God gone in one last bit so I'm at seven you're at 8 50. seven off come on man thank you yeah wonderful thank you 750 was at the upper end of where I wanted to be but that's okay I've got to put it in front of the people who really want it but I may not ever see another one and with anything like that you've got to buy it and really it's just it's just a really cool thing to have I can't believe I've sold it I just uh found it really hard to let go because I just think it's an absolute work of arts it's so different that's what the job's about is absolutely fine unique yeah unique absolutely thank God you found it absolutely brilliant yeah Marshall that's Karen okay so so far I mean it's like a sort of a dream sort of pick through stuff for me it's just great this is what the job is about I went in each room for five to ten minutes looking because you can't take it all in yes keep it getting heavy and dirty I like these oh yeah jewelry no that was actually from uh Shield shop really yeah ladies shoes yeah that's right yeah I wouldn't think they were strong enough to I suppose they would be yeah I've just not seen so many of these in one place at one time yeah they're a work of arts yeah they're lovely aren't they yeah really really simple made in London during the 1920s these copper retailers show stands are highly desirable due to their simple design and rustic Charm sold as a collection they could fetch up to 900 pounds um foreign what about 450 the lot [Music] 460 and then a lot should I let them go up to you can I live without them you've got to I'm sure you've got two over there I'm sure I can 460. shall we the lot shall we deal thank you very nice wonderful I I've seen one or two but I've never seen that many and they just looks you know a collection of something is worth way more than some of its parts you know and I think they were a very good deal actually I think financially they're going to work out well for me it doesn't seem as many of them there's a lot in here though today I think we've witnessed the last of this type of shop remember I go around every day all day looking for this I haven't seen one of these in 20 years it's a fantastic collection run by somebody who loves it meet and drill for me was very interesting because I feel we have the same sort of passion for the things that we buy and sell I felt it straight away I felt a connection nice one you're gonna get through though yeah just about okay is it me you're worried about getting through there yeah hold the chair oh that's better let's be real in playing some sort of chunkiness I think polish to death yeah it'll end up in Nottingham that's right yeah where needs to be I suppose yeah that's everything is that a lot is that it it's half your shot fabulous absolutely what a day absolutely loved it absolutely loved it great stuff thank you thank you see you soon kindred spirit yes thank you again yeah take care yeah well what do you think of that then that looks great you had a proper rubbish superb I think I I was I was just I'm lost for words it was so good I think the the best thing about today by a very very long way was just meeting Kevin yeah and seeing a business like that still Trading still existing and we're losing these places but that has to be the very last of that type in the country I can't think of one there's loads of junk shops but there's not one that with that sudden quality and the knowledge behind it there just isn't a successful trip completed it's back to Conway hello hello hi how you doing hello hello how you doing you're right yes yes we've uh we've had a trip to Hull and we did very very well loads of stuff including this little chap s chat uh three or four oh wow it's probably from looking at it it's 20s 30s somewhere around there the little boy mannequin cute we've already got three so he's going to have a bit of company and there's more it's a huge macalax lights big on off switch there all right yeah it's got nice markings on the base just needs a small square base making that we can bolt it down to something that's akin to what it is now so a plate slightly raised on little squares yeah that's that's all I want on that and then a full polish hand polish to the paint three of those what do we pay for these 100 quid a piece it's fine we've got more stuff as well this okay you'll like this yeah Chuck it down there chaps how cool but I see it at 1500 with a sympathetic Restoration in London to the right place you know if you've got a young kid it's so cool that's an absolute gem so gav in your Workshop mate the following day the chair Drew bought at Walcott Hall is ready for inspection that chair yes another one for reupholstery have a look at it I just stripped it down the one with no legs oh gosh you don't like it did you well eat my words it's lovely isn't it back that profile look at the leg you can't actually tell he's done the work on it you can't it's fantastic so much better told you trust me I'm really actually impressed I have to um put my hands up and say who's found a little gem a Drew pritchard's Architectural Salvage showroom in North Wales it's another busy day and the team as ever are trying to balance the supply and demand of the business cool [Music] today Drew's had a hot tip about a family business that's been hoarding industrial bits and pieces for decades [Music] so it's a four-hour trip across the country to Lincolnshire the destination is Wayne Fleet nisk Agnes up until the mid-1800s skegness had been little more than a small fishing Village but once the railways were built it flourished and became one of the country's most popular Seaside Resorts right Auntie you are going to enjoy today am I yes because we're going to go and see uh a brewery Bateman's Brewery Brewery we're going to a brewery and you think I'm coming back yeah it's handmade specialty beers it's a classic Old English Brewery still in the same family still on the same location that's got to be worth seeing is there so we're gonna go meet Stuart Bateman and his wife Rachel today okay hi I'm Stuart Bateman I'm Rachel Bateman we're part of the fourth generation of the Bateman Brewing family with my sister Jackie we were established in 1874 and we're one of the few remaining family Brewers who own Community pubs and Brew proper class condition relay right this looks like the place there's a windmill with a big flag on the top of it very quite pretty as well ah good morning how are you drew are you doing this I'm Stuart nice to meet you this is Rachel hi hi hello Rachel wow what a beautiful place it's not what we expected at all right cheers [Music] their first stop is the brewery Museum foreign oh wow so what's this place then well this is actually the old Bakery but it's not been used as a bakery since about 1900. tell us about these bottles because you seem to have hundreds if not thousands of them thousands actually do there's 4 500 bottles wow my father started the collection in 1953 yeah and it's uh it's kept on since then so it's actually a a world record the number of full bottles that we really they're all full yeah I see yeah okay so do people bring these to you people are always bringing me bottles which is fantastic but you can so I just don't know where to put them anymore so we drink some of them I must admit [Music] but there's no time for tasting the product Drew's Keen to explore the hidden corners of the brewery [Music] into the depth of the cellars it's a bit smelly okay so what's this place then this is basically where kind of my mother and father a grandfather my great-grandfather just used to kind of hoard junk these barrels are actually full still of the beer's been in there for two years so that's not for sale oh like that how long do they have to stay in there for um well it's part of our vintage ale so it'll be there for 35 years hopefully really and then we'll crack it open I never thought beer lasted that long it depends how strong it is but the stronger beers do yeah God look at this thing this was this um well I've got a photograph to my grandfather pushing his wife through Wednesday There's an awful lot of them around and they did survive because they were bought by people who were pretty wealthy any idea that when that would have been 1880s onwards somewhere around there I'd say but it says I think Queen Victoria had one I think she had that particular one would make it worth a few have you got that on paper [Music] will say that like QV was here yeah that's it yeah [Music] we've got a whole Brewery yeah some Guinness Guinness always really really popular but that's two bit too new that one and he likes it I don't know this is this is this is true Heaven this this is yeah yeah it's not quite dirty enough for Drew I just um it's always always really really exciting but do people do Railway memorabilia oh yeah yeah yeah I do well done she thank you enamel British Rail signs like these are a common sight in antique shops across Britain produced in the thousands in the 1930s and 40s many have made their way into personal Collections and museums it could be worth up to 150 pounds that might be of interest what would you want for that it's obviously come out one of the pubs um I'm not sure if they're prepared to sell this one actually because it's been in the family for so long right but I mean we wouldn't I suppose we'd listen to offers on it okay it's not going to be a very expensive one it's a 50 pound sign at best is it 50 pounds that's it yeah it wouldn't be anything because it's only a little one yeah so there's another little one yeah um big Big's better and the condition's not great that's good though having that on it that's good but the rest is this is because what we were actually going to do is we've got a pub called the railway okay and we were going to put it in there but I take 75 pounds for it all right but anyway no it's going to be 50. I think we'll maybe end up in your foot you think it would you wouldn't even go to 60 pounds no that's that's my price that really is the price on that one it wouldn't be any more [Music] it's cute it's only single-sided and it's pretty beaten up um it had one thing going for it which was you know the railway Bishop Railways logo across the top there that is the value there is no other value there's plenty of Pope memorabilia to search through but will any of it tempt the Salvage maestro quite old enough yeah not antique yet seen something over here as well how many of these have you got about 20. yeah the old ones they've got the name of the brewery on or the pubs in them Star Brewery Cambridge very trendy so those have been for the old-fashioned yeah they're cool yeah but there's something that comes up all the time yeah that'll always sell yeah you know these wooden beer crates were built in the late 1800s made out of pine they were manufactured locally for the brewery waxed and Polished they could bring in 50 pounds each [Music] a very large part of my customer base is retailers uh particularly shops and restaurants they're always looking for good pieces that you can use them to set dressing one of those are old beer boxes crates so what would you want per one of those Drew and T are at the family run Bateman's Brewery in Wayne Fleet Lincolnshire it's wonderful Drew's made one small purchase now he has his eye on these beer crates but will Stewart be prepared to sell off parts of the brewery Heritage so what do you reckon a piece then and I'll take all of them joking aside I've been reluctant to get rid of all of them okay I'd like to keep two or three okay all right um I mean if you want to make an offer on say a dozen dozen of them what do you think well would a Tanner each buy them um I know you're 15 inches 50 you should buy them and if I can pick through them and take the good ones and I'll take as many as I can you keep I'll find some good ones for you as well okay so long as I can be left with two or three good ones with the names of the the please yes yeah okay then we'll have a deal on that then okay thank you very much yeah we'll take those cool right those are good I like those that was a good deal but Drew isn't finished yet he's just warming up just seen something else I like the look of actually [Music] plastic buckets are very attractive those you are clever we had him loads away hoping you weren't fine though one thing I found by chance there was an old bucket and inside it was a load of little uh letters that would have been on the front of a pub I'm assuming these for sale um yeah I think so yeah if you lay the Letters Out it actually reads I'm very expensive oh really I'm not very expensive just expensive okay these phosphor bronze letters were made in the 1960s to decorate pop exteriors stripped and Polished they could be valued at 50 pounds each these are something we buy thousands of a year whenever we can get them from old sign writers and demolition yards I know what I can get again for them so I know what I can spend have you got any more 6 16. um uh 16 um 50 pounds any idea how old they are these are probably from the 70s yeah that's fine yeah that's fine thank you deal we'll have those don't know what it says Horse and Hound puppies yeah probably is there anywhere else we can see yeah there's a lot we should go and have a look Furniture yeah yeah please okay Stewart takes them across the way to another storage area above the offices when's the last time you come up here um half an hour before you came it doesn't take long before they make a pleasant Discovery rare old scotch whiskey 70 proof that's nice Drown Your sorrows in Bakers that's that's a lovely that's a great piece I'll tell you what I've seen something down there like the look of she was just broken the expensive stuff well lots of wow all right those there's something down on the left here yeah oh yeah there's some more there [Music] raspberry okay we found gold we have this sort of overload shaped ones with the swan decoration in the front I've not seen those before they just had a huge attraction to me these decorative ceramic bark eggs date from the late 19th century and come with their original spigots they would have been mounted on the back bar of a pub to dispense drinks they could fetch up to 300 pounds each is something you did you consider selling um when my mother did at the sample room she did use all of these as decoration this is being really honest with you those I've not seen before right I've had lots of these These are common any antique fair you go so you're going to find those yeah those aren't they're more valuable yeah to be honest with your joke I think however much you offered I would feel so guilty that's actually good enough everything else we've looked at doesn't have sentimental value okay there is sentimental value here and I know my mother would be absolutely bloody living with me which she was most the time anyway this happens a lot I found something I absolutely love I can make a profit on it they're rare they're interesting you don't see a lot of them around they're fresh to the market and you bring them out and there's an emotional attachment if I was being hard-nosed I'd push and say well I'll tell you I'll give you a thousand quid for the lot but it won't do that I did something I rarely do he had emotional attachment and I carried on pushing because I just thought you know I really like them what what could you absolutely go to 1000 quid thousand pounds for the lot I I would just it's part of Bateman's Brewery Heritage it's something that my mother was fond of and it would be wrong of me they don't really belong to me they belong to my mother God bless us I think it's the wrong thing to do to actually sell them all right okay I'll find I'll be grudging I'll walk away with it they're yours and I don't blame you okay all right no problem when it comes down to it I have to respect his wishes so it's a few quid for me but it's a whole family thing for them I think there's such a huge Heritage here at the brewery that maybe it's the right thing for them to stay here I mean I'm just going to sell them you know it's merciless my business I'm just going to sell them maybe they can be here for another hundred years the deal making over Drew and T can finally move on to the brewery's Main Attraction this one here Drew this is actually a 39 year old bottled beer it was my last bottling of barley wine BBB it was the last 10 cases were put aside for my 21st birthday and then forgotten about I didn't know anything about them and the fermentation Foreman came to see me and he said he's still got these bottles this was two years ago and we just thought there'd be out of date and cloudy and we tasted it and we've now replicated it with this vintage ale but it is the most I've only got a few of these left as a special experience it is the most delicious beer I've ever that is 39 years old and you can see it's absolutely clear as a belt oh God it smells like this there's nothing quite like an antique you can actually drink cheers happy birthday [Music] that is very good it's great that is really good actually enjoying yourself yeah yeah well you know Sony polite isn't it really better than looking at smelly old antiques no oh yeah well it comes a very close second okay I just have to look to be left in the van and I see a smelly old antique I'm not a massive Beer Drinker but their stuff it is really really good and uh I could have some tea couldn't so I'll buy him something you can have when he gets home Stuart thank you so much and thank you it's been an absolute pleasure yeah Cheers Cheers cheers to see all right time Gentlemen please foreign [Music] we're going to probably break even that's okay come to a fantastic British Brewery you know independently owned by the family that's a rare thing in itself we've had a great day it's been really interesting Drew until you've been entertaining fantastic company he went for things that I didn't think he would go for and there were other things that I thought he would jump at that he wasn't interested in so I thought there'd be a few more things yeah he would have but he knows his game a lot more than yeah than we do right great thank you guys lovely to meet you all thank you so much bye guys [Music] well there you go what do you think of that that's great so um in the olden days people were paid with beer really it's good that isn't it what do you think well it's good yeah good idea a bit worried about this the way this conversation you know obviously it's not been such a good day so really I can't really pay you for today because you haven't done anything so if I buy a drink nice yup yeah four four four four four four four beers how's that I don't want to dress it up for you no you know take it or leave it [Music] the following day Drew is staying in Lincolnshire and driving 50 miles to their next location at doddington it's near the county town of Lincoln whose Gothic Cathedral dominates the landscape for miles around today T we are off to see James Burch he's at doddington Hall and this is none other than a Elizabethan House of some size actually and in remarkably good condition I'm James Burch and I live here at doddington Hall in Lincolnshire with my wife Claire and my three kids the best thing to be perfectly honest about this house is from the late 1500s into the 1600s it's been owned by a continuous stream of people and they've done one thing they haven't sold anything really they've never had a sale wow so who knows what's in there very nice oh it's beautiful as it is oh yeah come on someplace [Music] doddington Hall was built in 1595 by Robert Smithson one of the country's foremost Elizabethan architects its original owner Thomas Taylor chose the location for its view of Lincoln Cathedral the house has been in James's wife's family for over 400 years hi James hi Drew how you doing welcome to Darlington thank you thanks for having us we really can't help it be impressed by this can you oh thank you it's very very nice well beautifully confused with it but it's still um no it's home yeah yeah so that's a nice place to wake up ready to come inside and have a look can't wait foreign beautiful [Music] eclectic I think there's a word yeah you can't make it up because I mean it just happens doesn't it and this is a good example the chairs are cromwellian 1650 but the table we had made in 2001 what a beautiful job the match is not too bad yeah that's wonderful got some fabulous pieces in here [Music] a wonderful staircase this is great so where do we go next then well I think we should go left in here which is yes um as I said most of the house is 1760s but this is a little bit older so this is probably um Mid 17th century [Music] this is I don't think this room could be any more British if it tried you know what I mean it's just that it just screams classic English Country House even though you've got an Italian Murano Chandelier and sconces but everything else about it oh actually that mirror everyone all the antique textures wonderful yeah wow that's yes I can see why see the Border here yeah this with all this in here that's the unusual Peak and obviously mercury glass as well and this is probably carved and it's got the candle sconces I won't try and buy it no no everything's for sale oh well you know you can throw me a figure you never know what would that be worth well actually um I think Christie's valued at about 50 000 pounds so very nice yes good that's rather sweet isn't it a little Bachelor trust um I think it's got new legs on it but look at the top on that it's beautiful yes everything you've got this wonderful bleach and molded fireplace as well nice yes perfect perfect most of the rare antiques at James's home are not for sale but he does have one room which might interest Drew so Druid here is our junk room this is your junk room and I'm afraid it really is um well that's that's quite a nice junk yeah yeah that'll do me it's got just a great collection of classic really classic English Country House bits lying around in it I tell you one thing I really want to get rid of is The Boar's Head because I mean I'm in trouble with the guide so putting it in the pram they don't like it and I quite like that we put it in there for the Royal birth so that's not mounted either is he no no oh with you but there is another creature that Drew's got his eye on so I do like this chap um well he might be possibly um I I should be honest as he's had a bad repair to his nose you can improve on that yeah I know it's leather yeah it's a leather foot stool yeah let's have it by the siren yeah this one even though the nose is very badly damaged the rest of it is better than any of the ones I've seen in the past I mean it's just it's a sloppy restoration it just needs yeah somebody to sort it out okay well I like him this leather rhinoceros footstool was manufactured in the 1930s with some restoration it could be worth up to 1500 pounds [Music] I like him what would you like for him um you know I have just no idea at all well I would say if he'd have had this intact yeah probably paid between five and six hundred pounds for him right um in the present condition he's just a couple of hundred pounds is about right for him does that float your boat at all Ace architectural salvager Drew Pritchard is a doddington hall in Lincolnshire so I do like this chap he's made a bid on a leather rhinoceros footstool but will James part with it um 250 250. yeah I'm not gonna look at that yeah I like him okay I like him a lot just have to have it I mean it's so damn cute you know the leather is worn just nice the color's great I've not seen one that detailed before they're usually a bit lumpy um so that makes me believe that's an earlier one I I was very surprised by the Rhino I never liked it my wife hated it so it's gone to a good home and I'm a tiny bit better off so I'm I'm thrilled about it right okay um tea and Drew are going this way the next stop on the tour are the outbuildings [Music] uh let's go down here I thought you might be vaguely interested in this um it's I think we think it's old it is actually it's a great big house big Keeper's cupboard exactly yeah and it's just too big for us to be honest yeah it's a big one isn't it very tall how much how much of the bits have we got well I you'll have to just sort of just see the two doors there yeah which I think that's what you're mainly missing the two um drawers and I think you've got five I think you've got most of it because you've got five or six shelves there yeah that's been altered over the time yeah foreign [Music] it's missing a lot but the paint's nice sort of nicely worn isn't it you can see this one on as well or yeah again the fact that you're thinking twice well it's got loads of wrong with it but the paint's nice it's got nice old crinkly paint on it you know flaky paint which is always going to sell but it just needs three 400 quid to spend the night and things like all the hinges are wrong and you know needs it needs a lot can we um can we carry on looking around yeah and leave this as a maybe okay yeah yeah these are our mystery junk sheds what about any interest in those maybe yes they haunt me those lamps I just Wherever I Go okay one thing I've been buying for as long as I can remember are enamel industrial Lights I've seen wherever I turn there is them well they're big ones anyway at least yeah I've got hundreds of them right right these pendants industrial lights were manufactured in the thousands by the British company Thor locks in the 1940s and 50s restored and rewired to Modern standards they could sell for up to 300 pounds each well go on then what do you want for them I just I'm haunted by this I mean I roughly know what people retail them for so I mean I'm you know I would be looking for a you know a third of their retail value probably third the Richer value I can't do um we retail them but they're totally re-engineered the ones we do yeah because you're going to want um You're Gonna Want like 65 quid each hunt um a bit less than that a bit less than that they're just they're just too much because I can I picked these up all day long for 20 25 pounds in this condition yeah no I probably want something between the two yeah I think they're just for me retailing them yeah I'm just not good enough okay not good enough so they're worth a lot more to you yeah okay you're probably right you know so who were you saying picks these up all day long you picked I buy them because he picks them up all day long there's nothing further to be found in the outbuilding but James knows Drew has a passion for cars so he's taking him to see his own particular pride and joy oh yes ring a bell yes it's a 1966 Mark 10. yeah yeah I like them I like this car it's a great big thing but it's a good looking isn't it this rare British made 1966 Jaguar Mark 10 was designed to compete with the Cadillac in the U.S market though it sold poorly at the time its stylish design and Powerful engine have since won it a loyal following among classic car enthusiasts in today's market it could be worth up to 20 000 pounds and I bought it from a friend who spent I've seen the bills um nearly 80 000 pounds restoring it really a misadventure because it's now worth a fraction of that fabulous restoration was breathtaking if it was 9 10 grand I might have had a go at it but you know High Teens not for me I think I'll stick to my old German cars but thank you Jeeves thank you I am oh oh what's up should we go for a spin okay how many gangsters would have had one of these there you do feel a bit gangster you do you do feel a bit extra highlight of the day for me was going for a ride out in the old Jag it was a car that had a seen amount of money spent on it for what it's really valued at now a great noise but a fantastic piece of Kit and a beautiful car in a great color so it's nothing else that was fun financially today it's not been worthwhile I bought one thing but again it's a contact and a foot in the door you just never know something else comes up it could be five years ten years or six months you just don't know it's privileged access it's what we want and I managed to buy something we've covered our costs brilliant there you go well that was by far the most unusual thing we bought today that's uh well well I'm sorry about the ones that got away but um it's been great having you here really enjoyed it showing you around and um thank you bye-bye I learned a lot from both of you and um come back another time thank you wonderful place thanks [Music] so you can tell people today I went out and bought a leather Rhino yes I've done some unusual things work with you but I've never bought a leather I know the thing is I have bought a number of leather rhinos have you yeah yes yeah they were very very popular and they still are today in fact I bought one of them twice I obviously need to get out more if I'm not buying anything but by Far and Away that was the best one I've ever bought apart from the damage which is an issue the Rhino needs rhinoplasty after a three-hour Drive they're back at base [Music] but I sure we've been to the pub okay what do you think oh the fob yeah but usually they come in loads don't they yeah hundreds five that's okay oh yeah um we went to a fantastic Brewery batesense Brewery met the owners who are still the batesons they've had it since 1874. got these as well I thought they're alloy because they're very light and then I scraped one on their bronze so stripping polish ah new member of the family meat Jeff [Laughter] 's got a poorly now so just just been out uh footstool but the best one I've seen by a Country Mart look at his face it's the detailing detail is better but he's great isn't he he's lovely actually Alex the French polisher gets to work on Jeff well Paul Rhino needs a new horn so we're gonna cut off this old packing in here we're going to shape a piece of pine to the shape of the horn [Music] start of our home so now we'll shape this with the sander [Music] okay so now we'll cut it at an angle on the bandsaw it's a fine art cutting it to size so now I need to hollow out the inside we can see if this fits perfect fits nicely just the right scale so what we'll do now we'll glue it in and pop a bit of color on it so it matches [Music] Drew's off for another visit not quite as impressive as doddington Hall but it is closer to home thereafter cradley Hayes near Birmingham heading Southeast to the middle of the country at the height of the Industrial Revolution this town in the heart of the black country was a leader in the manufacture of Iron and Steel the Victorian era here was a extremely wealthy area so every now and again you're able to hit on a little bit of that wealth where somebody bought something that was very very good even if it's just a fitting you know a light fitting or a switch or a handle or something that's the thing which we tend to find in the Midlands but we're off to a guy called Brian in bridale Antiques and he's got a Architectural Salvage antiques Junk Salvage you name it he's got that type of little shop in the center of the town there [Music] my name is Brian Smith I'm an antique dealer I specialize in fireplaces and stained glass and I get to see all the bits of stuff all around me I like it a boy there you go bridale antiques you can pull it right outside looks promising hello I'm Brian good to meet you how you doing nice to meet you nice to meet you cool thanks for having us in here I'll probably proper old Trad shop I'll go to one of these in a while have you got anything you think might be me in I mean I'll look at everything yeah but there might be something that um that could be my type of thing absolutely they're more covered in dirt and duster yeah and heavier for him very quickly Drew spots something [Music] [Music] the old ones difficult to tell the questions yeah yeah it's like false gas Taps on them shame they're not quite decorative yeah that's a shame they're quite nice okay so how far back does this go oh about four to five rooms in the workshop really at the bottom yeah can you show sir I'd love to you again follow me [Music] fittings shout out if you see anything too in spite of all the stock piled up at Brian's Drew is hard-pressed to find something he likes to trip if nothing is found and financially a big loss ah cool Workshop oops [Music] [Music] hard to see in it there's everything's the same color sawdust color yeah I wouldn't mind having a look upstairs you've got some furniture up there yeah yeah stick your boots on the bottle there he's bought worse [Music] upstairs Drew continues his search [Music] found an interesting drill uh lots of interesting nothing for me though marvelous cheers yeah nothing up there I think we'll have a look outside I'm not covered in dirt absolutely free yes determined not to give up it's on with the hunt [Music] oh that's a shame isn't it cross damage I think they're Scottish those aren't they looking at them it happened you know that's Garden antiques they're outside for 150 years you know it's bound to be a bit of a bit of damage unusual tiles on that isn't it [Music] so did you uh get these same Garden as the red ones yeah because they're the same design aren't they a smaller version they're completely original they've got chips and bangs it doesn't really matter on garden stuff too much but what these have got fantastic size you can put them in your house now you could use these as decoration you don't have to plant things in them there's a bit of damage on them but they're not ages yeah the Scottish terracotta urns were made in the late 19th century used as planters they are distinguished by their bulbous design and stiff Leaf decorated borders they could fetch up to two thousand pounds for the pair how much are they I've got one idea 180 each 360. the damage on them 360. could you do could you do 300 quid [Music] Drew and tea are on the outskirts of Birmingham Briardale antiques there's not been much to entice Drew so far yeah I wouldn't mind having a look upstairs you've got some furniture up there lots of interesting nothing for me though but at last amidst the junk he's found a pair of Victorian terracotta urns could you do could you do 300 quid folding away thank you very much yeah no they're great they're really cute aren't they all of a sudden pulled out the bag get them for 300 pounds for the pair a great price we've now made money anything we find on from here is a bonus Fab very pleased there you go it's worth coming they are you know that's the job isn't it yep super and we're out the front again yep is there more to see yeah there's more upstairs oh yes please yeah stuff like that ah stained glass Department so what's this your office so this then is where you keep the good stuff I like that that's a good thing isn't it yep we got the drawers missing yep you have yeah I have is it for sale everything's for sale brilliant we've got this fantastic painted bank of drawers they're a great color and the conditions really good that's nice original old paint on it isn't it I like it tell you what is unusual it's graduated from the bottom drawers at the bottom where usually it's the bigger drawers at the bottom going up yeah replaced a couple of bits on it oh it's got one loose knob on it and two that have been altered that's it it's perfect you know a clean a wax a little bit of messing around we're talking an hour's work and that's ready to go this bank of drawers was made in the mid-19th century constructed out of Pine and with its original paint intact it could be worth around 1 000 pounds so what what what what's what you're really asking straight to trade now so I can be tough on you you're going to make a dollar yeah so you know three and a half you definitely got the draw yes definitely got it back yes it's got a back on it yeah [Music] I don't buy many old drawers no they're getting harder to find aren't they yeah well 300 quid buy it soon we've got to get it well T's got to get out of here I've got to find somebody worth 50. could you put the jumped on with it meet in the middle three two five it's holding away sold and Away thank you I like that saying it's very good and me yeah that's a good one that's a good one a little bit of backwards and forwarding buy it for 325 pound again brilliant now that is there's a lump of profit in that for me once I brought it to Market got it prepped properly photographed show it to the right people that will go very quickly so let's see today has been a very good day actually I've come somewhere I really didn't expect to get that much okay and push okay and I've got things with fantastic profit left in them which will sell well in any environment and we are going to see a profit on the date it was well worth coming [Music] I don't think we've done it right yeah I'd like everybody a lot of me but rightland Brian thank you so much thank you really enjoyed it away don't forget it thank you very much thank you [Music] so what do you think it's great for me you're one of your lovely fella it was okay yeah yeah that's there's something about midlanders there just they're just really friendly aren't they I've not met a grumpy one yet um purchase of the day the bank address really anything I put on and this isn't sexist right with lots and lots of drawers and things ladies love them they love them I don't know just got those urns you know they're good they are just good what's the Grecian about a tenner very little in this current economic plan oh [Music] Drew and T arrive back in Conway to show off their Hall to the team just here thanks hello hi how you doing all right hello it's me completely yeah oh I'm all right well we've got these we went to uh bridale antiques in the Midlands we got very interesting 19th century terracotta Scottish low tarza-ish they are they're lovely aren't they but they're pretty handsome and the color's great colors super isn't it there you go gorgeous yeah there's nothing to do so I think they can actually just go straight into the photographer yeah they're great shape they aren't they yeah if you have one of those very heavy I'll take those there you go straight into it straight straight now uh the other bit we got is really quite good there's a there's a lump of profit left in this one that's for sure original paint what do you think it's great absolutely superb you can't go wrong with Banker drawers people have to hide items in the house of their kitchen their clutter pull up drawers throw it in it's gone so really excited to see that just be thrilled yeah yeah come on guys put your backs into it so you're happy with all that guys thank you very much so right let's go and sell it okay the next day the Rhino is ready for inspection fantastic it's come out particularly well and Alex has done a superb job on that actually you'd never tell that wasn't been there from original you really couldn't tell you should lightly wax the body as well which just looks great I'm sure the next person who buys them actually will love him just as much as we do super looking and now complete there's one last thing that needs to be done photos for the website at a showroom in Conway North Wales architectural salvager Drew Pritchard is preparing to hit the road and hunt for more stock at lunch we have two left but they're the only ones we have now it's a never-ending search to find rare and unusual objects that will keep the team busy and his buyers happy Drew and T are driving 240 miles to Wookie hole a small Village near the cathedral city of wells in Somerset the village of Wookie hole is best known for its legendary caves which were formed by the river ax and have a history of human occupation that goes back about 50 000 years we're on our travels today and I have managed to secure us they meet him with Jerry Cottle at Rocky hole there's a couple yeah Jerry Cottle has incredible circus yeah I mean originally we were circus people we traveled all over the country traveled all over the world went to Hong Kong the Far East Middle East everywhere and then about 10 years ago we decided to settle down in a permanent place and we bought Wookie hole which is a load of Old Mill buildings and ever since we've been here we've done nothing else but built but it's a lovely place to be The Wookie hole entertainment complex features a life-sized dinosaur park a Circus Museum historic Fairground artifacts and loads of circus memorabilia uh you know I do want to move things off and I hope he's got a big van actually and lots of money yeah oh here it is that's not a big hole in the ground where's the cave perfect yes yes yes this is gonna look this looks excellent it would appear they have Pirates it's got Pirates yes ghostly Pirates no less hello how you doing Jerry how you doing good to see you hello there not what I expected no what did you I didn't expect this I thought walking all was like a cave in a field and there'd be a little bit if you go about half a mile up the road but no it's a massive big building yeah wonderful so this is where do we get into the place all right before taking Drew to see any items that might be for sale Jerry is Keen to show them around their first stop the Circus Museum so there's several wagons in here I love the anteater yeah I mean it's very kind of mixed up that's a history of it yeah that's an odd one yeah [Music] that's a water churn Escape which uh you can try if you want if we could get tea in it I would we've got a fruit wagon there with some weird and wonderful things I wasn't sure it was the right thing to put in here yeah almost like that they've got it like that yeah I think these are the really genuine ones these ones yeah that one I don't think is real I'm not sure about that one I think he's made up next stop on the tour the penny arcade oh is this all original stuff all original yeah work I mean we have a job to keep up with them but we do keep up super I love all this stuff it's fantastic you see a lot of these things yeah these always they're not properly they're worth money yeah yeah some of these are more interesting than other that's that's quite a real great looking yeah actually that came from Anna wow I love that I think the popular ones are the penny pushers yeah yeah I always love those yeah um and of course if you're surrounded by games in a penny arcade you have to give one a go thank you we did change it to um what do you call it you know replica things but the people actually like that it's like 1962 we used to put these on the railway track when we were kids each you have a job to get them now I want to buy a low more pennies I tell you but hang on hang on small pennies [Music] that's it that's it yes yes [Applause] always a winner so you wanted to look at some things that I might have for sale ideally yes that's why we're here I've got a lot we've got a store room we can have a story which is a terrible state but we're going to have a look thank you let's put this back in there that's all right on the way to the storage area Drew and T find it hard to resist the whole of mirrors we don't need any lunch do you know oh yeah I like that Johnny long body that's great look the size of my feet [Music] turning up here now sort of the game's changed for me I don't really know what I'm gonna find what I'm hoping for now that I've had a quick brief look around started to look in some of the rooms with Jerry it's Fairground stuff to be honest with you Jerry's been involved with that nearly all his working life from what I can see and his whole family is so there might be some of that yeah take enough work come on nothing nothing can control that get out work we're busy right this is the junk shot we're now going into oh yes that's pretty well lit this first place all right this looks more like my type of place keep going actually brought you there to start with there's a machine on the left here Drew which we should really oh the marionettes we should really do it out it's um like pallum puppets meant to be worth a bit of money now you're talking you're not getting excited are you yeah this is my natural environment there's a horse's head here off a film job I'll show you another one in the one there is it fiberglass one fiberglass yeah you never have any luck with it no okay you haven't seen one of these in a while yeah C5 it is all there I think it probably won't start now but we should have got it out ready for you I think it does need somebody to look at it really it does we need to get out and clean it up the three wives three kings dinosaurs and a motorbike yeah it's heaviest dinosaur if you have a client approaching you for a tall scuba diver yes well [Music] that's a teddy bear stuffing machine there yeah he's got more hair than me yeah yeah yeah yeah he's a big bugger any do you want to buy him no right carry on down here can't miss these really what have we got um see yeah spin it round watch the uh mirror yeah you have to check that they are glass as well aren't they lost us that's glass yeah that's glass you can you can see a lot of them have got their polished alloy oh there it is definitely different yeah these three glass circus mirrors were made by the London Glassworks company T and W eyed in the 1950s their Rarity means they could be worth three thousand four hundred pounds clue ballpark for bought the three a couple of ground for the three can't go a couple of grand no expert salvager Drew Pritchard is in the heart of Somerset at Wookie hole an entertainment complex owned by former circus showman Jerry Cottage now in a storage area full of memorabilia Drew has spotted three rare glass circus mirrors and wants to make a purchase but Jerry's price may be too steep can't go a couple of grand no um if I said um 1400 quid 1500 quid 500 pounds yeah 1500. I love deal okay wonderful made the first purchase and exactly what I wanted we managed to find some original Fairground mirrors so these are from a Hall of Mirrors or a room of mirrors or whatever but these are original so it's curved glass these are hugely popular um they're very hard to get hold of and very desirable where's next um probably my office lots of posters and some puffins I want to show you okay cool let's have a look this is my my office as such but it's got a lot of bits and pieces around all this stuff up here there's seven dwarfs no white the Seven Dwarfs and I've forgotten their names already I've got them in my office sleepy dozy useless the uh our tea shop signs but you weren't very interested in that much sun signs there's um Daily Telegraph a real heavy duty enamel Penny and that's cheap I love it for that tea that'd be normal got your work boots yeah having found nothing of interest in the office it's out to a storage shed where Jerry keeps even more Fairground memorabilia I saw you like your big signs so these are have been hanging there quite a long time I mean that's probably the nicest one the first one this framed 20th century circus sign was once part of Jerry cottle's touring circus preferred by collectors and designers in its unrestored state it could fetch up to 400 pounds don't know would you let it go yeah I'd let it go what do you want for it a couple hundred quid I'll tell you what look I'm not going to argue with over 200 pounds no because there's a profit in there for us thank you very much thank you very much one thing you'd expect to find in the circus would be a circus sign and Jerry's family has always been associated with that and surprise surprise we find one in one of the store sheds around the back they're not a lot of money but they're very salable they're cool you know if you've got a restaurant hanger on the wall you've got a club whatever hang it on the wall and it's a bit of fun and it's an original one with a little bit of history as well today's great I really enjoy today it's a cracking day it bit of a distance from the shop for us but definitely worth the trip it's a very enjoyable day for me I've got out in the office forgot all my responsibilities I just wandered around with Drew and tits and I've really enjoyed it [Music] [Music] good day was had by all yeah right really genuinely nice bloke wasn't he lovely what a gentleman anyway we've got a decent load so let's uh let's get back up to Wales it's a four-hour drive back to Conway and Drew is Keen to show off the unique items he's bought from Jerry cotton [Music] [Music] okay hello had a good day yes uh yes good trip very good trip we went to um went to Wookie hole and the guy Jerry Cottle the very famous circus guy guess what that says circus yes it's from the Cottle daughters they had their own circus so it's a pink circus site pink Beyond pink really wacky Fab actually oh gosh I hate these things look oh you could be slim Cassandra about the wacky wacky mirrors my favorite from Wookie hole actually uh love them absolutely love them are they all the same no they're all three different oh great can we get a skinny one out now yeah I don't think we've got a skinny mirror as the skinny woman what do you think is it good Gavin goes to work on the circus sign by polishing it and removing the excess paint and French polisher Alex as the task of getting the mirrors in Tip-Top shape he begins by using a paint stripper to remove the many coats of finish that were applied over decades it's ready we can just start to color them he has to add several layers of stain to achieve just the right color he then has to let the stain dry before adding the French polish while Alex works on the mirrors Drew and tea are off to hunt down more treasure they're traveling 260 miles south to the county of Dorset to visit a boarding school just outside the town of shaftesbury [Music] it's unusual you're actually you're heading in the direction of a school yeah never a place I wanted to go back to founded in 1945 Saint Mary's shaftesbury is a Catholic School for Girls aged 11 to 18. the original building dates back to 1885 and at various points in its history was a hotel a U.S Army hospital and a convent schools for us are excellent particularly with the law of the burst as we know we end up dealing with isn't it we're dealing with the Bursa today but as an aside two of the girls are going to be dealing with us as well because the money we spend today is going to go to charity my name is Louis Tucson I'm the Bursa here at Saint Mary's School in shaftesbury and this morning I'm joined by Rosie and Roosevelt who are two of our upper six girls this building has a lot of history it has a lot of deep and dark Corners where things have been deposited over the years and maybe Drew can you know dust some dust off there and see what he finds we've had a bit of practice I've had a bit of practice haggling in the markets and Morocco and places so yeah we'd say we're pretty confident how easily do your daughters get money out of you easily there you go you're knackered I know here we go sign it this is a pretty prestigious School issue not too many kids here it's in a lovely area yeah it's very nice that's a big building this all boats well big building means lots of furniture very nice morning morning these are the two girls right well thanks for having us no no do come in welcome this is the sort of main reception hall of the original House 1886 built by Mark Beaufort um let me take you through to the hall please know some interesting areas through here okay um this is all part of the original house but then from here onwards was added in 1911 and it he actually did it for his daughter um for her 21st birthday his daughter Hilda whoa wow yeah but look yeah lucky Hilda so all of our girls clearly expect a similar standard at least at least you want to hold out for that yeah you don't want to tell your girls about it no I'm not telling my daughters about this no that's for sure wow that's quite a 21st present that's not bad pretty extravagant isn't it I'd love to see some more what else can we have we'll go through the school and down to the chapel okay yeah please [Music] so here we are in the chapel wow it's a relatively late edition it was um 63 64. yeah um but done in keeping with the rest of the school very unusual the Fresco on there it is yeah and the bits around the edge were done by one of our parents and the faces in the angels are actually the faces of his daughters it's quite a thing to leave in the schools it's fantastic that's wonderful so where to now then where are we going to what I'll what I'll do now is take you to the undercraft it's actually it's the seller underneath this building okay and that's where all of those things that have sort of been parked over the years are stored schools are somewhere we go almost weekly we get called into schools to have clearances so I'd love to have a look I know the sort of thing we're going to hopefully find anyway Drew went to school weekly very weekly I've got a school weekly the school is really very very beautiful extremely original and in incredible condition so my thoughts on going to where their storage pieces are I'm thinking good things to be honest with you because everything else is spotless okay Drew so this is the what we call the undercroft yeah so all of those things that we don't quite need anymore come to die okay um and potentially find another use in due course yeah so you've got all sorts so it's plan chests tables all sorts croquet Jack silly yeah oh yeah The Jacksons they're always we've got all six so we've got the original wooden balls here as well yeah you need the box and everything yeah you haven't got the box we haven't got the box okay so what's through here right so yeah we go down on the left and that's an excellent Cellar location down there okay [Music] ah it's big it is big it is well there's all sorts of stuff well this solid oak American stand from the 1940s was used to hold a theodolite an instrument used by Engineers to measure angles because of its age in excellent condition it has a value of up to 300 pounds so is this for sale it must be something you could sell this I please say I don't think what would you like what would you like for this one what would be uh how much would you like um um 50. Drew and T are in Dorset at St Mary's shaftesbury with Bursa Louie Tucson and two of the schools not often all sorts of stuff well Drew has found a 1940s American theodolite stand and has asked the students to name that price how much would you like um um 50. that's pretty good is that good that's good that's good that's more or less sort of bang on really I think to be fair with you and we can be fair with you be fair with you we'd pay 70 pounds for it okay I think that would be fair okay is that all right is that fair yeah easy yeah there you go I'm not gonna be that soft on you all day what we do with these is we buy them between 25 and 100 quid each depending on quality and height of them and how complete they are and then we put large theater lights on those so went in with the girls and they said oh 50 Quid and that's a little bit under and it's going to charity so we're happy to pay 70 for it which is a really fair price for just one I like your direction of haggling bro it's really good well I think it's best to be it's easier just to go well actually it's worthless you know it's 20 quid it's neither here nor there really but it's uh I'd rather do it that way have you got any old stools in here you know the old sort of lab stool we haven't you haven't no because they're always something they're all used that one's a bit too new I was hoping to find sort of lots and lots of school stools or lamps or tables or something like that there's none of it there it's all in such good condition they're still using it in the building foreign although there doesn't seem to be much here Drew continues his search to get right to the back really finally something catches his interest his paintings hmm some religious paintings have got a value not sure about this one I think it's too late this original religious oil painting was produced by an amateur artist in 1942. to the right buyer it could be sold for up to 450 pounds I think the best thing about it is the size and the colors still really really strong and vibrant in it and it's got somebody's name and it's signed what do you think that's Whispering is that what you're saying um I think I think it's quite predictive because people look for these sort of specific kind of images of the nativity scenes and yeah so what's it worth um [Music] you can you can guess I guess the last one there's no guess you know I've got to find it it's in between guessing I've got to work out what I can get for it and what I can pay for it and then there's the profit margin in between okay I think it's worth retail 450 pounds so I would kick off that fairly close to where I'm going to end up which is 225. okay so if we said so I'm going to try and end up there it's a 250. that's good yeah that's fine that's fine so 250. yeah deal yeah thank you very much there you go negotiation with the girl so he's quite easy because I've got two daughters so I'm used to negotiating over nearly everything so I can sell that now add a decent profit and quickly and they've got some money for the charity [Music] it's been fascinating actually the things that Drew's interested in are not quite what we expected it's made a few pounds of Charity and now it's off to deliver new life and hopefully give somebody some pleasure so that's great yeah I think we've raised a nice amount of money for our charity we had no idea we need a dance whether we were going to sell anything um so it's been a huge success for me [Music] back to base to Conway to show the team the rather small Hall are you okay yes good we just come back from that call down in shaftesbury oh Ollie oh ideal I got you another one just what we need but this one is a little bit better than the normal all right we found this in the cellar as well so it's uh oil on canvas signed yeah um Cassandra's now spitting going why have you bought this aren't you it's different I think he suddenly thought my daughter's charity so his sort of emotional side I think took over we've given them 20 pound more than they thought that was worth 250. 250 pounds for that overall financially um not a very good day I mean good for the charity um but not for our bank account a new day and Drew and T are back on the road to follow up a fresh lead they're driving 300 miles east across the county to Norfolk to visit a stately home in tasba about 10 miles outside Norwich we're a long way away from home today Drew we are we're off to see a guy called Aleister Wilson rainthorpe Hall um this is a serious Country House rains or Paul is a grade one listed building that dates back to the 16th century the house is notable for the wood carvings medieval paintings and rare stained glass added by owner Frederick Walpole in the 19th century so if you've got a big house it's going to be full of furniture it's a big place so you know who knows without being told that Drew comes around and pokes his head in the attic and sees if there's any junk he wants to buy I rather suspect he's not going to find very much because if there's any junk worth having we've probably brought it downstairs and are using it that is a fabulous house I think the fabulous is an understatement that's wonderful very nice it's cool let's get in hello hello how you doing hi nice to meet you hello um gobsmack gobsmacking I think is that is what we need to say really as we come down the driveway here are you hoping to fill that up are you we're going to fill it right up actually we've got another four following us we're just going to make the place look really untenable yeah all this this house now is now ruined by this awful van parked outside yeah we're trying to discourage that something so um I'd love to look around yeah if you've got some bits and Bobs to get rid of oh maybe wow that's quite an entrance wasn't it yes what a hallway [Music] there appears to be a fantastic collection of stained glass windows you've got in the house yeah I think they were all brought in by the Walpole chap who um do the fireplaces and the paneling and things a lot of them are what we call medley Windows yeah so that's true pieces and fragments from other places these are really quite something actually it's a wonderful wonderful set probably Flemish they don't look like they've been done by English Craftsmen you've got I mean this he's great isn't he look at that little sort of little little Demon's face there that's wonderful that looks like you actually it looks how I feel today so um should we have a bit of a tour of the rest of the place then sure come on [Music] it's up the stairs to see what else this historic house holds [Music] this is a wonderful room is this where you live really in this room actually yes it's Fab there's lots of nice things in here I'd like to buy you can see all sorts of things particularly I love the the large mirrors you've got over there as well we'll fix the wall I know yeah never easy to get rid of those are they [Music] great piece of furniture it's quite sweet yeah that's the sort of thing I'd be interested in buying whatever Susie about them all right okay so as you can tell when you talk to somebody and you go when you say oh that's nice and they go yeah you know that instantly that that's a that's it that yeah is now at the moment I'm not seeing anything I'd want to buy apart from one small painted desk upstairs which isn't for sale oh what a lovely room they've got some wonderful bits and Bobs here okay yeah it's a great collection so it's been going on for years so it's all junk but uh well I mean you know it's it's all or is it that's the that's you know it's a fine line yeah true I'm meant to be here buying things and just enjoying wandering around the house [Music] I found that at the Stables you found that in the states yes really that's the sort of thing most people don't find in their stable so the Stables it is that's where I want to go [Music] aren't they I don't think there's a great deal here well you never know what kind of stairs yeah what's up there well that's where I can find that coat of arms yeah well I'm fabulous stable fabulous view of a stable yeah chaff cutter yep but that was fun getting out of here where's this from I don't know what that is [Music] this English carved Crown was made from Pine in the 1920s polished and mounted it could fetch up to 300 pounds you're the expert on this sort of thing um 100 quid you're joking no really yeah Max that's very very Wi-Fi you've got in too high there yeah good thing you came up with the price first I'll I'll take it I'll take cash in the pocket straight away really so yep I'll take that thank you yeah yeah no super lightly I like that it's actually really well carved and it's a good size it's almost like a life-size Crown would be um terrible condition but great color paid 100 pounds for it which probably seems a lot it isn't really once it's all cleaned up it's an extremely decorative item but we'll polish that original paint that's on there and then we'll make a small very very simple Mount so you can stand this up in your house somewhere and it will sell like that okay so um we'll take this with us shall we yeah and uh and carry on I wouldn't mind a look in the stable we've looked yeah of course yeah there we go now yeah absolutely hahaha got that look at this tea this is a Triumph I've never seen a push bike with the number plate still on really I've not seen that not for me though nope I don't think you'd probably sell it would you I wouldn't no I wouldn't brush it probably I'd have to keep meaning to do it up when I retire I will and right in front of you there's an old ship's chair with wheels on it thank you yeah this teak Sun lounger from the 1950s has a simple elegant design that never seems to go out of style once fully restored it could be sold for up to 750 pounds I mean that's something I'd like to buy I think it's worth in that state about 180 quid yeah in that state yeah I think actually it's not gonna it's not going to help my overdraft foreign ER Drew Pritchard is just outside Norwich at rainthorpe Hall a stately home owned by serious collector Alistair Wilson [Music] the Fantastic mistake was you found that in the state yeah really Drew has spotted An Elegant teak Sun lounger from the 1950s but will he be able to buy it one thing that I'm always looking for is what I call a bit of Old World glamor and that sun lounger that we found in the Stables definitely was that it's an age when you know you'd have a porter would bring you your beautiful tikson lounger you know with a gin and tonic in the other hand that's what it sort of evokes when you look at it terrible condition but it was complete all the original bits that you need are there so um what do you what do you think then I probably I'd increase the offer it's not going to be a huge amount but 250 pounds you know that can but I can buy you a rather nice night out can't it I think I think I'm going to keep it actually yeah I'm sorry fair enough so I completely understand that would be an easy seller and there'd be a good profit left in it as well once properly restored um but hey he's going to keep it and in some ways I can't blame him I think my offer was very good very strong offer for it in that condition um but hey you can't win them all right are you gonna you're right with that yeah yeah okay we're going to get loaded up anyway Alistair okay financially today hasn't paid off you know we've got something interesting though um and I saw another fabulous Old English country house that's what this job is about some days you know I get to go and wander around places like this what can be wrong with that [Music] Alistair thank you so much for your time pleasure pleasure good thank you nice to meet you brother enjoyed it actually um I like showing people around the house because there's some interesting things there but I'm beginning to regret I didn't sell that chair to him actually 250 was a pretty good offer actually it was stupid obviously rejected probably but um having said that I'm quite glad I've still got it what a fabulous pad oh if I had the money and I'd buy an Aston Martin just so I could drive up and down the drive pretending that was James Bond but it's not back to base yet while he's still in the area Drew's hoping to turn around the trip financially so he's taking the opportunity to see a dealer he's heard a great deal about and has always wanted to meet it's only a short 30-mile trip South to the Coastal Village of southwold in Suffolk located just north of the river blithe the town of southwold was a busy fishing port until the end of the 19th century today it's primarily a popular seaside resort [Music] we are off to see a guy called Tony gearing who runs a business called Puritan values Pony deals in the upper end of the Arts and Crafts antiques business [Music] arts and crafts was an international design movement that flourished between the 1860s and 1930s because of its simple elegant designs and Superior craftsmanship it remains extremely collectible and I was really drawn to the Arts and Crafts movement and you know it's maybe a bit of a passion that's turned into an obsession they say but now I really love my work what I'm hoping is he's got overspill or pixie Sports into trade that's really what we're going to have a look at [Music] Tony Drew hi good to meet you man thank you how are you doing nice to meet you Steve welcome to the Dome where is southwold we see why it's called this now yeah so Art Deco building it was uh built in 1926 yeah uh it's the old drill Hall had a big anti-aircraft gun in here to roll out really [Laughter] well she got a bit of stocking then a little bit yeah trying to managed to shoehaul most of it in but you go have a bit for everyone haven't you those designers who did sort of the one-off commissions that's where the big money pieces are and the commercial side of it who are all influenced by these important designers and architects of the period um it's still viable you know you know what I like about it is you can literally wander around an antique fair or junk shop and find the odd puppy you know I found a liberty book stand for eight pound this year Wicked with the Liberty you know with the label of well that's worth like well I'll tell you what there's something I can't take my eyes off that agent for Liberty well I supplied Liberty for well I've been supplying them for 20 23 years so um I've got to ask I don't suppose that's for sale is it no no I knew that was coming before I even asked him too much that's probably the one thing it's not for sale I've known about Tony's Place for years and sort of watched online what he was doing and when I get here my first impression is it's better than I thought it was see that's that's lovely fantastic the quality the variation the history and literally the designer names stacked on top of each other is something to behold I mean look at that fantastic absolutely what I think look see there what amazing design isn't it incredible who's the designer of this one Godwin the man the master The Godfather of the modern movement this 1870s swivel armchair was designed by Edward William Godwin he was a formidable architect as well as a designer and Drew much of his inspiration from Japan so what would something like this cost you today I'll take about about 6 000 for that that's where I'd want to be with that six thousand to know and that's important because of the purity of it it's not often I'm overwhelmed by something but here I am a bit to be honest with you because I'm going oh yeah God look at that I've seen something like that but that's way better that I think is the common denominator here is everything is the best of the breed and that's really where Tony's Niche is so really today is a pleasure to be here and learn I'm like I am the uh I'm the pupil today so this is the workshop this is where it all happens where we try not to do anything yeah except keep it original hello look at that lovely you don't see many of them are that yeah no you don't Dante Gabrielle Rosetti for Morrison K three seater City that's such an interesting piece because this came from from from a range of chairs that Morrison is from that's right the Sussex range exactly Tony is a specialist in the Arts and Crafts movement the aesthetic so what I'm going to try and find today is something that he's brought in with a bit of profit and it may be us come as a part exchanger just something that maybe is more me with everything on the ground floor very rare and pricey it's up to the second floor where Tony keeps his more affordable stock you've got more chairs than me and that does I'd have to be honest it's quite rare but I've not seen anybody else with more chairs that's the first thing people needed in life something to sit on I always say don't know want to make some money bums on seats so we're upstairs in the in this sort of chair warehouse and as well as all this fabulous arts and crafts and not Nouveau Furniture he has up here he's got some modernist design as well which I'm sort of picking up on in the last few years and enjoying and liking and dealing in again as the old Charles and Ryan's these are the ones this is one I was looking at from down there this leather chair from the 1950s was designed by Charles and Ray eens an American husband and wife team whose designs are greatly valued for their originality and simplicity this chair could be sold for up to 900 pounds [Music] what's it worth today what would it cost well it says priced in the shop I've got 795 on it which I think is no money at all anyway but I mean see the day 600 could 600 Quid look at it these everybody knows what you don't really need to say to somebody that's by Eames or doesn't really need a maker's mark on it or whatever and this is a good early one and it's in that condition which I love which is utterly unrestored from the day it was made and it's still usable and the patina and the where it's picked up just add to it they just make it better all right I'll tell you what um I'm going to take that mate thank you very much very nice and it is I've got several of my clients who will appreciate it and that's nice brilliant I can enjoy it and make a little bit of money on it as well chair's a Go-Go have a look see very nice this is sort of Heaven for me really I'm around things that I love I'm learning an awful lot and I'm managing to buy things funky in it it's a bit funky it's a bit sort of Richard rimishment 1950s Cafe chair was made by Liberty's the famous London department store which specializes in luxury goods its simple modern style could make it worth 130 pounds [Music] one of that one 80 quid 80. really yeah really [Laughter] lovely Yes sold nice one mate thanks very much fabulous design he sort of picked up exactly what I like and he's showing me that 80 pounds we'll give it a wax we'll try and get 150 pounds for it just a good small piece of furniture and every now and again I like to give people something very affordable good design at an affordable price an awful lot like the Arts and Crafts movement he's now said let's go and have a look at his warehouses and lock-ups perfect that is where the very buyable stuff I should think will be [Music] put that door right over pull it right open see if you can please so what you know what I'm looking for don't you know if you've got sort of a rough idea what we're on about okay next one [Music] nope next one Welcome to The Love Shack a slightly scared when you said that is is these tub chairs up there too new well he's old car registration signs it seems there's nothing for Drew inside the storage sheds but just before they call it quit something catches Drew's expert's eye because we did the whole lot in about 10 minutes what are they Barrel holders God they've made cracking coffee tables and they just wouldn't they steel cage holders would have been used in the storage and transportation of barrels cleaned and Polished it could be utilized as bases for a variety of coffee tables 20 quid a lump that's a lot 20 quid a lump it's quite low for a coffee table though 20 inches and I'll give those a go nice one get gov polish them up nice glass top Wallop bomb you know where the rest are yeah lovely yeah last purchase of the day with Tony got to be honest a bit of a strange one they're rats putting barrels on you know so they don't roll off so they've got this sort of curved top and bottom look just like a really cool coffee table base so we bought four for 20 quid each brilliant get Gavin to go over them bit of Glass on top bit of marble bit of wood salt I mean just a nice little thing we're gonna be able to punch quickly it's the last thing in the world I thought you know anywhere to buy but oh well you know Wicked some days in the Antiques business are top days very good days today I learned loads saw beautiful things and bought a bit and met Tony properly all in all an excellent day and there'll be a bit of profit left in it for us I'm sure [Music] Tony a pleasure Drew amazing thank you very much all the very best man thank you very much good luck with this amazing thank you very much have fun safe journey thank you Drew and T head back to Conway with a truck full of valuables and once back at vase Drew is Keen to show off the best of the lot this was my favorite purchase of the day this is a Charlton Ray Eames desk chair the an early one look at the shape look at that superb and to top off a great day the carnival mirrors that Drew bought at Wookie hole are ready for inspection yeah these have come out really well that's the Finish they would have had when they were new would have been actually a little bit glossier than that but generally they now look very smart and then this piece has come out really well he's done a good job [Music] at Drew pritchard's architectural salvage company in North Wales the team are flat out and turnover is high oh hello it's Rebecca from Drew Pritchards hello there could I have a quote Drew needs to get back on the road to search out more stock and today he's got an ace location lined up which could really turn up trumps [Music] it's a 250 mile trip to chard in Somerset [Music] it is beautiful down here isn't it yeah it's like Hobbit land isn't it it is it's beautiful like Middle Earth but more important than admiring the scenery is what he might find at his next destination looking for classic English Country House Furniture poster Furniture leather furniture and we're off to Ford Abbey to meet a lady called Alice who's been there her whole life and I think here will be a very very good place to start looking my name is Alice Kennard and this is for Debbie it's been in the family for 140 years and I was born and brought up here Ford Abbey is a converted Monastery that dates back to the 12th century it was bore by Alice's great great aunts in the late 19th century and it's been in the family ever since today Alice and her husband and three young children live here and regularly open their home to the public today right I know we're going to look around the Abbey have a look at a bit of a what I call junk there's all stuff we don't use and we seem to have several rooms of it nothing's generally for sale but you never think about it it sits there hello hello Alice Hi how are you doing how'd you do what a place I think this is amazing I just love the color I've got all this lichen on the front of the building arriving at a house like this today you expect certain things and I think we've got that we're here for a bit of a brief tour and also to obviously have a rummage around so um lead on thank you come on in [Music] oh wow that's quite a room isn't it it's quite terrible that's quite an entrance way no it's wonderful I love the Stag he's good isn't he do you mind if you have a quick wander no you do it's Fab see if you've done all the rooms with period furniture yes or near us as you can yep well this this is an impressive room but I've heard you have it even more impressive room upstairs ah I see yeah it's a good run right and it's it's actually really quite beautiful my words it got some nice bits of Kit in it as well look at that as window seats as well that's lovely this is very much my type of thing yes that was brought in probably in Victorian times wonderful wonderful and I haven't even looked at the ceiling okay so hard to beep I'd love to have a look around some more of the house would you yeah please if you don't mind Drew knows he can't buy any of the original Furniture in the main rooms Ford Abbey is grade 2 listed and the building and contents have to be preserved look at that that's Alice has an idea upper sleeve wonderful Rick right okay so what's this in here then this is an old service room but we use them for Storage storage oh great all these rooms up here are sheer storage so this is uh your junk room good quality well I like it I really like it oh with this one this used to be what one of the secretaries used to work at and then of course modern day computers come along and they're not very convenient this is very warm still attractive but still really attractive the furniture in here is so interesting so important and so good that even what they perceived to being their junk and their unwanted pieces are still way better than the normal what is that Andrew this one hits just a little cabinet you'd have on stand look at that Fab very similar painted decoration to that the desk and cabinet could be a match clearly been done by the same people right um I suppose I've got to ask I mean are they for sale and if they are do you have an idea of sort of price you want not a clue that means that means it's part of our conditional exemption and I have got to keep it in the house yes and I cannot buy that at all I wasn't unsurprised when I found the uh the number on it so that is basically Untouchable but a fabulous piece shame good it's a good shame if you know what I mean it's a little I'd love to buy it what is the matching desk also out of bounds I'm painted rather beautifully I think so we're going to look out for tea we're looking for a small white tea number okay oh there you go there you go yep yep sorry okay next room then please undeterred the search continues [Music] a step through the door of the other room it seemed to be predominantly 19th Century Furniture and I was really sure thought they're not going to want that it doesn't fit in with any of the decorative area or aesthetic of the house at all can we like to move some bits around yeah yeah the number one question is that one for sale yes yes okay fair enough there was a leather and oil cloth covered armchair this was on its original frame terrible condition to the back and the sides but again original this leather Library chair was manufactured in England around 1890. it would have been used in gentlemen's clubs the oil cloth was meant to protect the leather in summer it could fetch up to 550 pounds what would you want for it no clue okay I'll start I'll start from Florida how does 300 pound sound yep so that's the price for that one yeah this one here too can we pull that one out actually got the leg broken off the legs of it broken off yeah which is is there it's there this tub chair would have been found in the library of an affluent Victorian home the casters on the front legs were intended to make it easier for housekeeping it could be worth 200 pounds ah this one's had loads of repairs to it there looks had the repair there and there needs another one there okay that one in that Nick which is rough 100 quid I think that's fairly generous so that one yes yes that's absolutely fine yep that's pretty much great there you go then the nice and heavy tea and you've got to cut those all the way down the house particularly on my own on your own on your own on your own yeah these yeah and there's another piece of furniture that Drew's interested in [Music] God it's absolutely this is woodworm holding hands I was gonna say yeah there's some beautiful wood rooms there's some there's some some of their best work I think yeah you're right yeah I need to have a look underneath this one as well this one looks in much better condition even better it's part of a pair structurally much much better condition and it's got it stretches got it stretches you can marry up what's there full of Woodland holes haven't gone too far and as yet I can't see any stickers keeping up to the building because it's not as early as the other stuff you've got these window seats were made from wood carved to look like exotic bamboo Seoul is a pair they would have adorned the living room of a Victorian home they could sell for 1 200 pounds these got me really excited now these look like early 19th late 18th century faux bamboo window seats but these are I feel slightly later copies so copies in the 19th century but it's got a matched pair to it and they're a very good and unusual shape I really like these I think these are the nicest thing here even though they need a there's not a lot left of them there's not a lot left of them but there's enough left to restore if I gave you a salvager Drew Pritchard is at Ford Abbey in charge Somerset that's quite a room isn't it Drew's made a couple of purchases that's the price for that one yeah and now he's got his eye on a pair of Victorian window seats but will Alice agree to sell them these are a hard one to Value as well 550 for the pair can I think about those can you think yeah think about it what did we offer 550 yeah we've got room for maneuver and it's on to another storage area oh this is a good room isn't it it's quite a nice size for a junk food system this is a good good sized gent room all good stuff this is quite nice hmm you've got great stuff in your junk rooms the best junk rooms I've been in for years no there's nothing to buy in this room so Drew returns to those two window seats he spotted earlier um if I went to what did I offer 550 just to make it slightly easier for both of us if I went to 650 local and then get rid of them sure thank you very much there you go done I didn't think we were going to get them to be honest with you I I think with the with the pair of window seats honestly was the best policy we ended up getting them for 650 that's fine the right place for them really is with me get them done and get them sold and a new life because if those were left up there they've lost forever now they're safe to find out what your furniture is actually like to be honest the things that he's taking I don't ever remember being used in the house not know very much about this kind of part of the world I hope he's been quite Fair I think he probably has I hope we've helped him and he's freed up some of our our rooms right we're done brilliant thank you so much pleasure really enjoyed it thank you it's a brilliant day today wonderful place thank you see you soon financially today good we could turn this one around quickly and easily we've got some nice items we've got a couple of rare items I think they've all been saved they're all going to go through and we are going to make a profit out of it and that is a double whammy on the day we get to see this me Alice and buy pieces with profit if that's what we do good stuff oh really good stuff good good good good good good stock it amazes me you know we go to all these places then all of a sudden never heard of that place unstaggeringly beautiful barely touched interior designers take note that's how to put a room together very nice very nice I mean I wasn't surprised when I started to see all the stickers on everything anyway what we did get was good Drew and T returned to base with their spoils welcome hello how you doing we've got some cracking stuff that was in the junk room no wow it's nice isn't it this um it is what it is we're not going to spend a lot of time or money or effort on it just peel all this off Gavin off all the way around give it a good tidy that's it we're not gonna do anything else to it it's lovely isn't it yeah I've got used to the fact now of seeing these looks like somebody's died in them um and Drew will always say trust me and we do now there's another one as well English low armchair late 19th century in good in the fire condition bonfire conditions to equals it yes are you going to restore that uh a little not much not much but the PS still resistance is this pair of early 19th century window seats faux bamboo I love the two window seats pretty elegant I mean that was the creme de La Creme and these are I mean look at the look at it look at that tinju's face he was just delighted and he wanted to show us all his finds um really really pleasing no sooner is Drew back home then it's time to head out again on a 300 mile drive across the country to East Sussex a long long way from home today Drew we've gone out on a limb today literally we're six and a half hours drive from home state but we are going to somewhere that I really really really really really want to go to they're traveling to the small village of northion which is just a stone's throw from the historic Seaside town of Rye I can't really tell you how much I couldn't hurry down here fast enough really to see the guy we're going to see today fantastic we're going to see Phil Collins this could be the Genesis of a new collection fantastic is it 400 yes no there's no jacket required fantastic but I'm Phil Collins uh within the Troy pedal car museum uh we've actually got 455 individual makes of cars but the collection is standing and they've got about 590 cars it's the largest private collection of pedal cars in the UK in their Heyday in the 1920s and 30s these detailed replicas were a favorite toy for affluent children some even had working headlamps boots and clarksons children again today instantly even more childish than we usually are is that possible and working at the same time Phil Drew how you doing yes yeah blimey look at my little place it's huge that's you must have an awful lot of pedal cars in there to fill this space [Music] yes look at that little Volkswagen oh yes oh geez check this out look at those oh no that was just superb is that this is brilliant I'm really genuinely excited it's brilliant it's just kids car Heaven I knew I was going to come down today to a pedal car museum but I had no comprehension of what I was going to really see any car Enthusiast anywhere in the world should come here I'm instantly a little boy again and it's great it just takes years off you're walking around here well look at this 38 that was another mode but that's a very early one there's no number on it what's that worth today do you think in that condition yeah um to the right collector that would be for three thousand three thousand two this is just stop cut out there what's this is that is that the ra yeah that one there says real classic British motor racing car they still race them today don't they yeah two three four five hundred thousand pounds for a nice one [Music] yeah okay fantastic if I wanted to buy one so far today that one yeah right well it as I'm wandering around I don't know if it's been done intensely or not but it's just getting better oh wow so where's the wind that winding oh is it a pull yeah oh now that's nice German that's that's an antique that's a really nice yeah well you've got a monkey that's a Manti that's a me thing that I like that's it's amazing what would it cost me to take that home [Music] don't be careful now because I will buy it you know even if you come up with a a silly figure it still wouldn't we still wouldn't be able to find out my hands [Music] there's one oh look look there you go that's it that's it that's it there's two things in this in the museum I wouldn't sell one is my other half and the other other one is a 1928 Bugatti 35a oh made by Bugatti no but the engineers before they developed the vision one you're joking yeah but I really want to have a look look at a closer look I really do yeah can we open it you've got paperwork saying that is real yeah oh yeah it's good isn't it look they've got the same bound lease brings this way if you guess you would do it so you're saying now hang on I've got to get my head around this you're saying that the Bugatti Engineers made these it made this before one yeah before they made the original [Music] whatever on it what's it what's how much seriously gone how much if it's a 35 essential for 25 if it's a 45 is 75 dishearten that can't afford it I had a figure of my mind I was going 10 grand [Music] but Phil's refusal to sell hasn't dampened Drew's enjoyment wow I thought I thought you'd finished with us [Music] you must have had the most fun to collecting this lot the thing is these didn't survive did they because what do boys do when they get older toy knock hell out of it I did yeah you know it's like your mission to try and sort of break it almost isn't it now that's cool that you get that fantastic that's amazing yes please I want to get it down and buy it to be perfectly honest with you that's that doesn't fit in with all this anyway that's a fantastic thing wow did you undo this yeah take that out put the wheel on slides in there I mean you've got the two wheels that is absolutely beautiful isn't it a seat in my day-to-day job I'm always looking at form design desirability and something that just floats my boat and I've got to have wow and we came around the corner here and Wallop I saw something that ticked every single box whenever I'm looking for something to sell I know that that feeling that I get when I see something will always translate to my clients and they're going to go yes and feel that excitement and that's what this little thing gives you the second you see it this tricycle was designed in 1949 by an American aircraft engineer Tony Anthony and made using his knowledge of aluminum Manufacturing known as the converter bike it was still in production until recently it could sell for around 550 pounds they are Anthony Anthony Brothers do you think the bars are original to it I would no no this is Chrome yeah it's very difficult for me to explain why I like this so much and in some ways I don't want to explain it I just know that it's right and that's sometimes enough give us a price it's not cheap oh oh wow Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is at the pedal car museum in East Sussex brilliant I'm really genuinely excited it's brilliant just kid car Heaven he's trying to buy a vintage tricycle from Phil but will they be able to agree on a figure seriously you're looking about three and a half that much really wow you're talking thousands aren't you no hundreds oh hundreds oh that's not bad I actually thought he was talking about thousands I was so taken in by the entire place I was not in business mode at all I was just enjoying myself well that's all right yeah we'll have that then what price did we agree three oh I think I think it's going to be a little bit more in that three three and a half have you got another one to replace it not telling you uh I mean yeah how many have you got 10 of them upstairs we may come out in the background 385. sold thank you very much what a super piece of design Andrew's got to cycle that all the way home I don't think no I'm not going to a breaker actually I'm too fat no I love that that's a beautiful piece of design so simple amazing amazing see where do we go now this place just gets better I have literally turned into a nine-year-old boy again only nine [Laughter] didn't take long did it took about that most of the exhibits in the museum are not for sale but Phil has a private workshop and stock room upstairs where he hopes Drew might find more to buy oh yeah now you're talking so you're buying stuff that sort of you know sets the scene that's good isn't it when it goes along his Sparks out the back should be they've got that certain smell aren't they well that's got grizzled over here as well going up to his Workshop means they're not quite Museum ready that might be more as very very good so far I'm having the time of my life I don't get to buy stuff oh my God the General Lee you're kidding me that's unbelievable why do I start ah shut up Ferrari this vintage steel pedal car was manufactured in Italy in the early 1960s it's a replica of the legendary Ferrari 156 Formula One racing car known as the shark nose for its characteristic front end with some restoration it could be worth a thousand pounds is that for sale that's for sale how much is that uh 800 pound oh okay I do like the condition of it I'm not a massive Ferrari fan but I am of the early Enzo period racing cars I really like it because of the condition condition condition condition the front's a bit kicked in isn't it but it's been used 400 quid I went in with a cheeky bed but where I knew I had a margin and that's all it is about I've just got to make that margin and uh but I've also got to love the item and I absolutely love the item what's going to buy it really really really bottom line what's gonna buy it I don't go and hit me with a price you never know six and a half at six and a half I've got to sell it for a grand it's not the item I absolutely love the originality of it and the shape but I just don't think the money's in it I know I know where you're coming from I know you come from let me think about it till we're going downstairs yeah right no problem I can't get closer just have to walk away as long as I'm being honest with him I'm happy with where we were super this collection is superb it really is what about these this little French one you've got a lot of these down there haven't you well yeah yeah because uh we've got two of them either the the what they call the you know the pedal one which is to try so age-wise turn of the century maybe a little bit before yeah a little uh what's uh what's French for horse Chevelle this antique horse tricycle was manufactured in France sometime between 1890 and 1910. with iron wheels and a tail made of real horse hair it was known in French as a philosopher with some restoration it could be worth around 550 pounds I will find something that I think okay it's good retail that's a bill payer and also it still has to have all my tick boxes I'm looking at this this is more you know a good decorative antique something I can sell on again now these are even though it looks like quite a rare thing quite common but this one is very original it's got a bit of life left in it I know what I usually pay for them this has got a couple of problems that yes that's right there and it's generally a bit yeah oh yeah saying that I would say in in French terms that's quite well engineered yeah their Engineers it's not great is it two and a half two and a half yep so good thank you no it's nice it's a nice little original one no happy with that good yeah we'll have that thank you very much with the tour complete Phil has one last surprise for Drew hey girl thank you whoa are you Roper I haven't seen one of these in years 1970. cool car they're almost like jet age weren't they but that's yours too yeah the the bubble cars affect you the money but they're going up to America and they're turning into cocktail cabinets but she's a very early one the kr200 okay I mean I've never sat in one of these well I'll let you get in we'll help you out there you go my boots won't even fit in there oh I'm in yeah yeah this is I I like this actually [Music] how much would you sell this for uh 21 21. I don't like it that much do you want to try the canopy down yes please mate foreign [Laughter] there you go a fantastic day at the Pelham car museum it's brilliant it's way better than I imagined The Collection is so far reaching it's astonishing way way better than I imagined it so I'll have to go and I think probably get loaded up with those uh those two we've got but that would fit in the van as well it worked it does no stop even some things I've got to say no to well it's been very interesting Dave having Zoo down here both of us had a bit of fun a bit of bartering learning things all about money really I'm glad he's got away with a couple of toys anyway I'd have been disappointed if he hadn't brought anything a fantastic day at the pedal car museum I bought the wooden horse tricycle astonishing original condition to the point where I was looking at going God Is This A reproduction because it's so good what what a great day I really enjoyed it superb poisoning yeah yeah go careful you've had a safe journey you took 30 five years off me yeah I absolutely love my day with Phil Collins today it was brilliant not only is he a fabulous drummer but you can also he's got a fantastic pedal car museum and play but you just thought oh I'd love one of those I love one of those I'd love one of those that's the mark of an excellent collection of somebody who's done it from the heart and I was just blown away by it I really was foreign the next day Drew is staying in the Southeast to pay a much overdue visit to a dealer in Margate [Music] there's something about these sort of old British Seaside towns when they're sort of fall into bits it's quite Charming [Music] could do with a good buy today because you know I'm desperate for stock I need to stop for the website I need to stop for the fairs I just need stop we're going to go and see Ron and Benjamin Scott at Scott samargate antiques Ron and Ben Scott are Father and Son antique dealers the shops are adjacent but their tastes couldn't be more different the things that he sells in his store are not the things that I sell and vice versa I prefer the oldest anything pre-1950 looks like me my name is Ben Scott I'm Ron's son I've had my own business with junk Deluxe for seven years now I prefer things that are mid-centuries or 50s to 70s we're exactly the same and completely different if you know what I mean it must be Drew hello mate how you doing yeah great excuse me I hope we can find you some stuff today well it looks like it is all this full yeah oh yeah it's the other road down there so you're joking we're out here three warehouses around the back um you got we've got all day okay start with first Ron start with the old man first the old man and then come to see me with a good stuffer all right okay we'll do that okay yep thank you right let's go upstairs and have a look around and see if we can find up here see if we can sort out a few winners oh yes wow how are you talking great building yeah it's great and it was built in 1930 is a nice work nice Factory it's brilliant isn't it in 1940 somebody invented refrigerators and they went out of business I'm looking for all sorts yeah not really you know you know what it's like I'll know it when I see it yeah Scott's here is famous I've heard about it and people have said when you go in there it's absolutely rammed but it doesn't really explain just how full the place is it is absolutely packed no no you've got enough stock haven't you I've always been wanting to buy it and pilot High they're always mine now where are we going to put it I said don't worry about it there's all this room all that space is empty wasted all that yeah exactly put some more tears up friends of sight so where's all your stuff coming from house clearances yeah lots from house clearances and solicitors from Estates and uh we've been here a while now lots of stuff gets brought in for us which is handy I do I do pretty well with this French stuff it's very popular because of all the fashionistas like it and they paint it purple and do you go over to France for it yeah France Belgium at home go once a month Top's a bit scruffy yeah no I like that yeah I'm a bit scruffy this late 19th century Scottish bobbin table is made from fruit wood which gives it its distinctive patina and color its octagonal top and tripod legs make it an unusual find for Drew with minimal restoration it could be worth 120 pounds 55 quid yeah 45 if you like the best I can do so good man thank you little side tables always sell well it gave me a bit of discount we bought it on the spot nice quick sale as well that'll be on the website in two minutes oh cool look at the size of this place and what we're going to find down here Drew let's hope we can find something hey definitely right well we've got in here a lot of the stuff in here sold I know you're in Wales but you've got any London customers look that's a winner I can't see a date on it anywhere yeah it's quite clean it's clear Ron after 40 odd years of experience knows what I want so straight away you've got London clients do you want an old map of London yes what's the money 50 Quid 40 quid for you 40 quid sold thank you thank you very nice that look all right framed up actually yeah framing there's a quick earner there I can double my money on that or frame it up and triple up on that very very easily nice item great price how long is it how long have you been here Ron oh we moved in here in 1979 we hope to get it straight soon [Laughter] and the years of hoarding are evidence this is the room that my friend calls the chair cemetery and I thought you meant this is where tears come to die no and she said no it's because they're all lined up like gravestones they're all right but they're just they're resting yeah that's it they're like actors yeah you've got everything you've got Victorian Edwardian 70s Urkel new these are good news now aren't they well not particularly those wired Dutch ones but the youngest ones are we come down into the cellar now um there's so much stuff in it there's got to be something else for me just on the percentages there's got to be something so keep going it's good fun oh there you go rob that sort of thing you said the top changed on it but yeah that sort of thing I'm always looking for yeah can you clean that and make a note for it industrial school stool they always you've got to wind them all out though because they do tend to get a bit that one's good European yeah not British probably Dutch more than likely looking at Germany yeah it could even be somebody's deceived but he's German he's German yeah so we'll just shampoo the edge of that a bit stain it or even put an old piece of mahogany on it which you would have had yeah a button seat on it they always sell well particularly if we get the runs on yeah this painted steel machinist stool was built in Europe in the 1950s it could be worth 75 pounds um that one's 45 quid I think would be 40 for you with a with an original top I'd have got about 80 90 quid but yeah if I just keep quiet will you still keep dropping the prices [Music] this I do like actually is just the right color in it is that too beaten up this Bentwood bar stool was manufactured in the early 1900s the foot rest is made of steel it could sell for 65 pounds 15 quid it's cheap in it yeah okay yeah better just play that one yeah I like that I'm not going to bother trying to knock you all right no nothing nothing more down here wrong okay on to the next place please oh we found a couple of bits yeah no it's good Drew Pritchard is in Margate visiting neighboring antique stores run by father and son Ron and Ben Scott tops of it scruffy yeah I know I like that yeah I'm a bit scruffy Drew's bought a few items from Dad but now it's over to son Ben's shop to see if he can carry on buying so this is junk Deluxe oh yes very cool a bit of a contrast to me yeah it couldn't it couldn't be more different to your parents section could it nice and bright love it love it a bit more hand-picked Super like the horsemen lamp I've just bought one of these what have you got on that one this retro Architects lamp was manufactured by the British firm hadril and Horsemen in the 1950s its innovative counterpoise design enabled the lamp to extend smoothly in any direction it could be worth around 200 pounds gonna be 75 quid it can twist me I'm at 80. that's really the bottom line thank you I love that cool marvelous the good news is I've got the matching one so now I've got a pair great price perfect condition don't need to do anything to it place it with the other one a pair always sells better than a single oh yes now you're talking brilliant shop list Ben thank you this one says on the sticker it's a bit wobbly when high but I think most people are I like that how much is that one that's got 45 what's the trade on that one and do 35 on that one 35 sold the shopping trip just gets better and better 30 quid too that one yeah so good thank you I love that oh these are good as well I had a pair of lounges of these yeah they recline really fine all the way back yes yes they're the ones I had before yeah these vintage poolside lounger chairs were manufactured by the general Trading Company in the UK in the 1950s made of wood and with their original white paint they're prized by collectors for their retro design they could sell for 250 pounds so sir they're 90 quid each that's each yeah 160 would be the death on the pair of them so let's say 160 160 for that any work needed as far as I know they're all good to go tickety-boo a little bit wobbly yep sold thank you thank you yes lovely we'll have those what else we got a few more bits and Bob s it's great it's such a good mix of the mid-century and Industrial thank you these are from the Belgian military theater quite clean I prefer them I like the way you've left them as well you don't want to try and make things look like they're brand new no make them so they're clean and usable they don't make People's Clothing dirty when they sit on them they're functional but they still show a bit of the sign of History that's gone into them and yeah these wooden theater seats were salvaged from a Belgian Army Cinema built in the 1950s they could be worth around 200 pounds for a bank of three seats are they in ready to go conditioner is there a trade sale on these three seater ones we've got at the moment are to be made up so they're in pieces so if you take them unmade up they just need bolting together it's not complicated if you want to save us the hassle and save us polishing them cleaning them up we could do you uh 160 for a bank of three I'm gonna say 150 for them do they come with all the nuts and bolts and screws come with everything that needs to put it together I know it's only a couple I just want to test the water with my clients really with them I'll take a couple of 300 quid yeah thank you good man I ended up buying two sets of the red folding Cinema chairs which come out from an army camp and I've never seen that design of Cinema chair before that Ben's got multiples so if I can get somebody into those quickly and get them sold I can phone up and buy 10 more so all in all a very good buy 300 quid for two excellent really good yeah great we've had a good time with Drew a good old wander around a good chat done some business excellent he's a top chat yeah it's good though pleased to meet Drew at last I've heard about him for years but I've passed it never crossed they've done a bit business hopefully it'll be a good contact in the future the Father and Son team I met today was great Ron and Ben like two peas in the pod totally different styles but the same people really good guys great dealers and really nice to be around there's a real variety of things at Blue Book so he's pretty straight easy guy to deal with I told him the price and it was a yes or no that's the way we do business here okay excellent we're going to do well they've done well that's what it's all about I may sell half of what I bought back into the trade it's got a little bit left on for them and that's how it works it's just a train that's how it all happens it's the natural progression through the trade I'll definitely be coming back to stock up in a big way from them once I've sold this lot which won't be long thanks Drew it's been a pleasure mate if you enjoyed today great to meet you great stuff great stuff all right thank you very much see ya foreign [Music] tastic did we go mad today I think you did good trade call today bought a lot of stuff I can trade very very quickly but also I can retail all of that so it's all little bits yeah lots and lots of little bits lots and lots of little purchases little restoration bits but all in all we should quite clearly over the entire amount easily double our money foreign and first off the van the pedal car museum purchases hello hello oh isn't that stunning you like that it's almost I love it I'm really uh surprised that you actually came back with something from a toy pedal car museum look at that now that's a boys bike how cool is that yes I just love it I just think it's superb you're like a kid in a toy shop yeah cool and how did it work Ed well pleased what's great about both of those bikes um are they can go on the website virtually straight away the sort of minimal uh restoration to do to either of them so a nice quick easy turn around next it's the hall from Margate I bought two rows of these and they came out of a Belgium army camp and they were from the cinema and we've got somebody um a hairdresser just looking for chairs yes I bought this off the off the Father which is a 19th century lovely Bob internment octagonal top side table occasional table whatever you want to call it do you get that sorted ASAP and Larry on the website today let's get it sold so that's into your Workshop please you'll like these a lot I love them bought these off Ben um and you've seen these before well if you can remember French pool chairs lounges aren't they just fab the best best item that came off that Lorry were the sun lounges um I absolutely adore them especially if they were by a pool not in the Welsh rain it's wicked really really nice steady I mean they're really beautiful [Music] lovely take care thanks Alex are you salvager drew Pritchard is always looking for new places to pick up state of the art stock for his showroom today he's lined up a visit to a 300 year old mansion owned by an eccentric entrepreneur and collector traveling 230 miles Southeast to Cambridge a city best known for its University which was founded in 1209 and is one of the oldest and most distinguished academic institutions in the world going to ansty Hall to meet John and Johnny father and son who run ansty Hall as a desres b b wedding location and Country House Hotel ansty Hall is a 17th century grade one listed building which currently belongs to John de Bruni Mr de Bruni once owned Swain Abney Brigg the famous Royal warrant holding luxury equestrian in leather goods business which still flourishes today in London's Piccadilly he now runs the hole with his son Johnny we are clearing out our audience stables next door we've got to build some houses there probably should bring someone in to clear them out like a bit of money hopefully I think the ideal day would be all the barns empty and a couple of million pounds really absolutely good morning what are you doing welcome to Anthony Hall good to meet you drew John John the Rooney that's going to make life a lot easier for us that's fine that's fine come on in WoW come on let's go ready there you go beautiful hallway nice so this is now a Country House Hotel yes it's a super BNB really okay we've got 13 bedrooms oh that is 16 degrees Yeah yeah soon to be 20 rooms it's going to be 20 yep yes very nice so which uh so you've got a bar most important well my favorite yeah my favorite place to be yeah so what's what's all this about what's this here that was I had a uh a country clothing business and that's for buying job person gain the link so you hop on there and checks the length of your job because we had a chain of shops uh we had country clothing and we had one amazing shop in London which had been there since 1750 and there was three Royal warrants I was the Queen's witmaker by Royal appointment on stage in my life that's very nice isn't it yes lovely it's all came from One Tree didn't it yes it was a walnut tree in the garden that fell over me they made it I asked the local wood Carvers what it would cost to do today and he said no one knows how to do it there's a few few and far between few and far between just the hours that go into it nobody pay for it now this bar was um a hat Maker's bench in my shop and we made the hat for Steven Spielberg's ready to the Lost Ark that was one of the things we did did you keep one for yourself I got one yeah you did one yeah that would be that's what I do as well yeah okay Fab yeah let's see some more please next John takes them upstairs to the gas batteries well that's pretty impressive isn't it fun isn't it yeah so people must feel quite special on that one good yeah you know everything it's all good looking great mirror pretty wonderful so who's the antique buyer then who's to me but most of its family I have to say well you know I'm here looking for stock yeah good I can I want to buy someone I want to try and sell you some good um so where's where's the sort of have you got a store room we've got a collection of barns where all the bits for the next project is stacked up so that might be our best bet can we have a look absolutely let's go let's go I'd like to but before they head outside something catches Drew's eye so what uh what have we got here these are the um whips I was telling you about made for the great exhibition in 1851. WoW and this was a family business it was it was a business wait that's beautiful and that what's that wrapped in um quite often kangaroo is a good beautiful isn't it easy for making whips out of a little hunting scene running around there and it's got the empire everything you could want that's the Empire on that yep line Recumbent on the top with a child on him there you go looking after the children of the empire sitting on top of the world how the world is draw first prize in Lottery of Life As We British and this week if we have difficult antique dealers coming weeks yeah that's Lovely isn't it again all signed sterling silver yep so what age is this one there's modern this is a new one in 1860s probably so when did you stop making these very legal they're illegal they got to be there was a court case and um and a beautiful city yeah yeah there you go imagine getting on an airplane with that what they do to you yeah yeah you wouldn't be flying for a while good the whips in the cabinets are not for sale so it's on to the storage barns thank you foreign oh now you're talking wow that's spectacular isn't it a couple of bits yeah got lots of shop fittings a lot to look at a lot to look at we're looking in one of the Very Old Timber Frame Barns and as well as being pretty spectacular and ancient it's full of a huge array of period shot fittings which they used in the London store there's some really good pieces in here okay yeah they're all right aren't they okay they're all right no cracks in the glass I can see these are good shop retail display heavy so we're doing an awful lot with the Fashion retail business an awful lot with them and these are perfect for them they can display watches jewelry socks ties shirts you name it you can put anything in there a good looking piece these English retail stands with mahogany frames and parquet bases were made in the 1920s because of their excellent condition they could fetch up to 1 300 pounds so prices what sort of price are we looking at for um the two two of those three cabinets how much were those each roughly cool part I don't know maybe enough um for the pair 500 hall near Cambridge Drew Pritchard is in his element searching for stock in the huge out buildings in the grounds of the estate yeah they're all right aren't they yeah Drew has found a fine set of retail stands from the 1920s but is his bid high enough um for the power 500. I think so that's all right yeah that's fair that's fair because there's no work today I bought the two vertical display cases and they'll sell quickly and we'll double our money that's the first deal fair price got them bought straight away now I can gauge now everything that I see from that one thing now that's a good thing for me ah now there's more things here that I yeah like the look of that's too modern I like this this thing here yeah I think they're two of those it's what sorry I think there are two of those there is okay fabulous big pull handles great color and then they turn around and say we've got two now that does really change things if I can get a hold of a pair it's going to make it a hell of a lot easier to sell incredibly desirable really cool this mahogany haberdash's set of drawers with Ebony and silver handles was made by the English company Drew and Cole in the early 20th century it has a value of 1 400 pounds so you've got two yes that makes the difference if you've got the pair yeah we're looking at more money yes yeah that's what we need to see really to be honest with you and it's after search for its twin over in another storage barn y yeah big barn where do you want to start in here uh kick start at the beginning it's good always good yeah but the mission to find the draws is put on hold as Drew gets distracted more display if it's uh more display ah there's another couple left almost like they match the other ones they do don't they similar condition wise yeah not as good these mahogany retail stands are similar to the first paired report but not in such good condition so they're worth less and need a lot of work once restored they could fetch 1 800 pounds these aren't as good as the other ones they're not not as nicely condition wise a bit battered 250 okay yeah yeah have to be honest they look exactly the same as the pair down there they're in worse condition but at least I've still got four of them right next Drew resumes his hunt for the twin of the haberdash's drawers he saw in the previous bar somewhere [Music] it's like a monkey isn't he monkeys and the table manners are better [Music] but it's not that easy to track down [Music] nope it's not in here okay no luck in finding it drew heads back to the first Barn to decide whether it's worth investing in the one piece have we got a price 600 is a minimum yeah I'll take it all right you're done thank you yeah we'll have that if your chaps are able to sort of get that out that would be great yeah I'm gonna buy it all day at 600 pounds that had color originality cool handles great top what more could you want today I managed to buy a load of things that I really didn't expect I would get I've come to a huge Country House Hotel in estate and ended up buying shop fittings you know it's just whatever happens in this business you learn to just roll with it and take advantage of the situations that you get offered and make the most of it and that's what we've done today before we go I hear there's a rare Talent we have on board as well yeah yodeling I do yeah I do quick burst [Music] we've had a lovely day it's been great fun meeting him and we didn't haggle I was surprised you know he comes up with a family it's very fair that's one thing I always say he's very very fair prices yeah a wonderful experience really yeah [Music] before leaving Cambridgeshire Drew wants to squeeze in another visit to a very different but hopefully equally lucrative location it's only a 40-mile drive to the market town of wisbech which lies along the banks of the river need and is mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. we're off to a place called Patrick reclaim um this is something I'd never heard of before I've got a tip off saying that it was a very very large salvage yard dealing not only old materials they've got new stuff there as well in operation for over 35 years Patrick reclaims in building Merchants carries everything from building materials to Victorian fireplaces and is currently run by Mark Patrick I thought about drill you're expecting me into later materials architectural bits and pieces doors furniture well bits and pieces I've got suppose well I think this is definitely the place morning hello what a joke oh hello nice to meet you nice to meet you hey are you there all good thank you very much this is this looks big how big is the yard um seven acres do we go this way yeah all right I mean mostly stuff here lentils and bits and pieces but I mean as you do modern and old stuff here as well um anything and everything yeah well more or less yeah so these are all tiles there's nothing else serious just tiles and bits and pieces down here lots of bricks we've certainly got a lot of stock yeah there's quite a bit here do you have any old shop fittings such as anything really cabinets bars see those if you had those an old version of that yeah no I haven't nothing to because it is Big isn't it the yard is yeah this yard is huge it's vast we're walking around the outside and there's loads and loads of roofing tiles and bricks and stuff like that and it's interesting but not really my thing oh wow nice talking it's a huge building yeah oh my God there's a store of hay and straw years ago and just stopped timbering whatever in it since so you've always been merchants on this site for something yeah God this place is huge look at that this yard is fantastic uh this is the scale of it it's it's amazing as soon as we get into the buildings this stuff's been here years I'll dive in here for a second for our places bits and pieces in there one thing that I always do is go all the way to the back of every corner and here you're going to have to because they've been on site so long they put something there and forgotten about it that's what we're looking for and I think now so you never know in places like this just how much they've got other one to throw they're probably looking for the stuff that you've forgotten about if that is that way I don't know where they are then yeah I forgot about them to save time Mark begins to point out objects that he thinks Drew might be interested in a cup of tea looking like that now no no no good marble bath over there uh that one there yeah yeah it's too new there's some nice Outdoors down there but it'll be too modern for you though Drew I'll show you why you're here nice but you know too modern too modern that's quite a nice advice around this one here yeah now it's in you again no too plain you have to just keep looking because you've got to look through one layer and then another layer and then another layer the father's still uh yeah he's still bowling there's 82. it's um it's a disease and I'm afraid it is yeah very nice I enjoy it if you buy something from over there do you bring it back yourself if I ever get out of here careful I think it's part of the job you become a hoarder don't you yeah I know this is just a really good collection this is good because you're selling it aren't you so you're not hoarder yeah that's how Drew's justifying it to him justifying it to me yeah that's it despite the huge amount of stock nothing seems to appeal to Drew so don't stand here for you drew let's have a look this is more your sort of tread Salvage Argent at this but yeah can we get down there and have a look at that yeah have a look at last he spots something that's what I'm looking at this Volkswagen generator yeah single port Volkswagen yep famously known for cars Volkswagen also manufactured Standalone industrial generators this one from the late 1960s was probably used to pump water or to Power Industrial lighting still in working order it could fetch up to 650 pounds there's a huge Volkswagen community in Britain huge and one thing I do know that this is incredibly original and I think that must be unusual I've not seen many of these so to find such a good original one I'm very fortunate what's it worth foreign no no not 700. 700. um can I give you a bid and it's nowhere near what you're asking you can try I can try yeah 250 and they're good no good 500 could buy it now three I'm not good 350. no good I can't pay five Because by the time I get it out and clean it up it's gonna owe me 550 and then this just it's worth seven if it's worth seven I'm making 150. just just a bit of History isn't it poor enough four enough top architectural salvager Drew Pritchard is at Patrick reclaims a gigantic salvage yard in wisbech near Cambridge God this place is huge look at that amongst the Mounds of Salvage Drew has spotted a rare Volkswagen industrial generator but will owner Mark Patrick Let It Go four enough for enough well done thank you all right brilliant lovely today was a very good day I really enjoyed it to be honest I really enjoyed just wandering around such a huge salvage yard this is a massive yard full of stuff never knew it existed fantastic I had Drew down today looking around the yard um totally enjoyed it overall we both had a good deal I think he's happy with what he's got I'm happy with what I've got done and um it's all good [Music] so I don't think you've ever bought anything that heavy before strange ones though wasn't it yeah I wasn't expecting to buy a Volkswagen generator engine let's see if it generates some money hey generating money hey there we go it's back to Conway and first off the ban are the items from Ansley Hall yeah so bow fronted parquetry base London maker all original glass all original hinges all original locks these are Fabrics these are absolutely yep those fantastic just knock out actually oh this is look at that not great that is stunning actually that chest of drawers are the handles the size of it the color I mean it's just wow a gem of a find but what will Rebecca make of the industrial generator right we're gonna weigh it in no I'm not gonna weigh it in really I got this for the bargain price 450 quid it is a Volkswagen stationary generator so what are we going to do then we're going to sell it to a Volkswagen Enthusiast you who needs a generator yes and I'm not interested in the slightest um anyway I'll leave him to it Drew regularly drives for miles across the country in pursuit of top quality items but he knows it's equally important to keep his eye on dealers closer to home today he's taking the short trip to leak on the edge of the Peak District a major producer of textiles from the Industrial Revolution until the mid-20th century leak is now an affluent Market town with a large number of antique shops today we're off to leak in Staffordshire to see a guy called Steve Ford who runs a business called Odeon antiques um League it's a sort of a bit of a stomping ground I'll come here every now and again you know at least once a month and have a look good look around but what he's got he's got another Warehouse as well just up the street from his shop which is Ram full stuff my name's Steve Ford and we've been here for approximately 25 years we do quite a lot of painted work a lot of lighting industrial interesting items hopefully drill will find something he likes and we've got a fair range of things and keep my fingers crossed Steve hi Drew how you doing yeah I'll wait right thank you um we're looking for stock just remember what you've got in um we've got a bit whether it's the right stuff or not well you never know I'd like to have a look though yeah because it's just restoration down here uh yeah mainly restoration okay we're out to have a look upstairs yes you've got to show us through yeah [Music] foreign 's upstairs are reserved for trade only and are not open to the public yeah yeah good great stuff it's good you can see everything which is tried to sort of you know chaotic but sort of so you can see things it's about it's 50 times better than an awful lot of the places we go through together it has been worse yeah my warehouse actually was was you couldn't see anything we had a big clear up this is good because you're able to wander around see everything and I can't tell you what a difference that makes it's so nice and you sort of gone okay for that sort of toys there's mannequins there's industrial things there's you know stuff from factories it just makes your life so much quicker when you do this for as a living how big was the bottle of wine [Music] this is really good you usually go places and you can't see anything and this is making it really easy to see everything isn't it organized organized chaos yeah [Music] metal cabinet it's not it's English this yeah I think so so it's all metal yeah the whole thing have you painted it or did it come that's that's good no I I can't remember actually I think you know I've painted it had it stripped and then given it yeah quite a good effect we've done on that actually yeah yeah that work is that unusually deep there's this deep yeah this is a deep one this English painted metal cabinet would have been used in an office the unusual design with the cornice on the top make it attractive and it could fetch up to 950 pounds hmm what what's the the trade on it there's no price on that I might even read it myself 250 250. it's fair price so that's a fair price yeah yeah all right let's have that thank you you know that's great we'll have that there you go t massive and heavy nice thanks it's got a good retail Vibe about that one that's for sure it can be sort of reused and go into a kitchen go into your living room go into a bedroom or a bathroom particularly steel furniture looks good in bathrooms asking price 250 bang on we're gonna buy that we've got minor work and that can hit the floor and be sold quickly Drew will buy all the things that have got lots of things in or on them right that's fine that's that's a nice nice difficult access for you oh that's fine that's an issue well how strange I've just bought one of those as well did you put it on two of those yeah there's two of them they're all old bases they're old bases this bit yeah yeah these 1950s machinists work lamps were made by the well-known London company macalac and of a larger size than usual once rewired they could be worth up to 950 pounds what do these go for then sort of as is can do with about 350 each and 350 each yeah that's too much I know where you're coming from but it's just yeah but um do like them they're both the same height aren't they yeah yeah they're identical I do like the paint on them as well I've got a figure in my head and it is away from yours I think it's a decent bid but it is a bit far away from what you're asking but I think it's the maximum I can go um it's 500. for the pair it's just I think that's that's where that's that was it I was going to say straight away I'd do them for 300 quid each um just can't get that I think mentally it's sort of foreign so unusual just having a pair people like just to say no I know yes no you know it's sort of much easier 550 I'll take them as they are yeah okay yeah I'll go for that thank you so much appreciated I understand that's a fair wedge off there these are Big they're in the original paint they're undamaged and there's a pair and they're on period looking bases they've got all the things and those items that we're looking for valuable items as well put in the right place to sell [Music] I think that's a dentist one yeah it is yeah operating stool these are great cheaper because they've got a the sprung yeah so you can sort of move forward and backwards whatever this English Sterling operating stool was made by The Amalgamated Dental company in the 1930s it's revolving and tilting ability makes it unusual and collectible so could have a value of up to 200 pounds how much would that be I need 100 code for that 100 quid yeah can we go 100 quid and do 80 quid um yeah I love that this is what going to trade warehouse this is all about I'm able to walk into one room and buy three things off one guy very quickly at right money that I can sell that's what it is go down the road and have a look at the shop yep now we're into the shop and hopefully there'll be a bit more because that could be where the really good stuff is we might just be with the stuff that isn't viable who knows but next on the list [Music] good it's very good it takes an awful lot of work doesn't it to get them to this state it certainly does it's a big old shop as well isn't it wow this Fab six mainly focused on lights with sort of painted furniture and a bit of industrial stuff industrial bit of everything a bit of retro and vintage and things like that fantastic um they seem to sort of stick out like a sore thumb really that pair of side tables though yeah um they're actually a customs that we get after occasionally as you do with the shop can we sell them for us oh really they're not actually Amazon not actually yours well that's a that's a shame because I quite like them yes no I quite like them as well they're not the best thing in the world but they've got a look and they're useful the amount of times I'm asked for pairs of tables it's nearly every other day by decorators these matching 1970s side tables are made of tropical wood and have tripod bases and red leather inserts on the top they could be sold for 650 pounds quite like them but they're too tail yeah they are too much money yeah being that their customers can I put in a very very cheeky bit um yeah give it a ring and ask her 300 quid put a pair because I don't think they're that old but I've got something about them I like the color um but if she wants red yeah is that all right yeah it's fine okay all right I'll catch up with you in a minute okay fingers crossed you never know you never know thank you Steve has gone off to talk to the person uh I put a cheeky bit in see what happens uh this happens occasionally he's gonna have to speak to the customer so I'll just hang around and wait I I've got through to her she's she'd take 350 of forum definitely now she's going to give me a ring back in a minute um meter halfway three two five but I'm now pay you now done done deal finished um that's what she's phoning for 350 now or she's just going to check what she's paid for them and then she may not be a bit more off let's get them out and have a look at them make sure that they're absolutely a pair Hi how are you doing hi [Music] uh he wants to meet you halfway three two five Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is in league in Staffordshire ah yeah good great stuff he's had a good look through the stock rooms of Odeon Antiques and he's made an offer on a pair of 1970 side tables owned by one of Steve's customers but will his beard be accepted uh he wants to meet you halfway three two five okay see you later bye-bye that's it don't feel yet happy great let's get him out that'll do really good day today managed to buy four things uh all of them good I've bought two things with quite a bit of profit in them and two that don't need any work whatsoever and I can sell straight away so all in all a very very good day I'll definitely be back at least they're like yeah dish great color I think Drew's an okay out of it I'm happy um where we are up in in Lake it's always a little bit difficult to sell industrial stuff um I know if I was to go down to London I could get better money for it but at the end of the day that's what Drew does um and that's what it's all about you know you make some money I'll make some money and hopefully everybody's happy Steve thanks so much really good stuff they could and good deals glad you please very please we'll be back see you later bye-bye did you enjoy that then I did that was a good one Yes actually not bad at all I think it all chops up there's a few hundred good profit there on the day without a massive amount of work because we'd have the time we've got so much stuff going through the shop but two of those things are gonna what you're laughing at I think what you laughing at you go no it's too much work you've got the easiest job in Britain today you you've got these you've talked about a shop going hmm that's my thing I'll then get me to put it in the van are you telling me that's how it worked I do all the hard work it's mentally it's absolutely yes it's mental I pay the bills trust me it's the hardest job there is and agreeing to disagree the duo head back to base in Conway North Wales thank you heads hello hello how are you doing hello yeah good time Yes actually uh not bad at all the Divine amazing fantastic same length of each section so they're a mint exact pair pretty much untouched we're just going to give them a really good hand polishing clean so they're spotless the the great big green floor light um I mean amazing when they're done and they're on the website they'll just fly out they are so unusual I mean the size is just phenomenal decorative the quality is in place is good and the other place is bad I wish they hadn't done that around there the Top's a fantastic color the shape's good could them with a little bit more curve there but uh uh just a really nice clean on those gov bring the color out that's it we can start selling those straight away not bad though not bad but you can get rid of those gov it's not going to take you very long to go through those is it 20 minutes half an hour about a day a day a day it'll feel like a day Ollie I need you to as well this is heavy foreign [Music] it's not the finest antique in Britain I'll give you that no it's not even an antique let's spin it round through the front of it well it's over a Dale it's a Dale at least if I lift you on it it's not a coal bunker it's not a good no actually it is mind your feet guys okay uh nice old paint I don't know if he said he'd painted it or not it's got a cornice on it which is unusual you need to often see those it's a very Grand covered actually yeah no money to spend a bit of time get up half a day get that ready Max and get it in the shop and I think double the money yeah I like it let's get that one in then great day for Drew um and for us actually because there's not a lot of restoration work to be done there's some nice profit in some of those items um so you know I'm delighted so and I know Drew is [Music] a few days later and Salvage Supreme old Drew Pritchard hits the road to follow an exciting new lead it's a two-hour Drive Southeast to Shropshire to a magnificent estate near the town of Bridge North she would come to Shropshire quite a bit well I come down here a lot an awful lot it's one of my stomping grounds for finding stuff it's got an awful lot of very big country houses have been down here a lot of money a lot of wealth and still retains a lot of that today and we're off to see a lord Gavin Hamilton right and he inherited a huge estate down here seven years ago but what he's asked us to do is have a look at some furniture in a big shed that they've got from some of the houses and this sounds like the better stuff right owned by the Hamilton family for nearly 150 years Appley estate consists of some 8 500 Acres 300 Residential Properties a Station House and a large suspension bridge that crosses the river seven the Great Hall and many of the family's antiques were sold but Lord Hamilton's hopeful that some neglected bits and pieces might appeal to Drew we're looking forward to seeing Drew showing him around this state and also our Furniture Barn where we store the old furniture that we don't have use for anymore can't fit in just to see if there's anything that would interest him for his business [Music] nice nice classical English Country House [Music] hello hey Drew are you doing to happily estate nice to meet you how are you nice to meet you very well good good I brought tea with me excellent hello to me how are you very well thanks nice to meet you lovely place you got here thank you very much gorgeous very much this is uh Harrington Hall where uh I've lived for the past seven years oh wow so where to First thanks I know we're here to look at some furniture um but um we're happy to look around anywhere you like yeah well we're going to have a I'll give you a tour of the estate first yes please um we'll I'll show you all that we've been doing and then we'll have a look at the uh Furniture afterwards wonderful yeah the lead on let's have a look the first stop on the tour a building that was once aptly estate's private railway station so what was this this was the ticket office or the waiting room what was this yeah well I think it was a combined ticket office and and waiting room it makes a really beautiful room now with a high ceiling so people can come and stay here people can come and stay here it's fantastic that is quite something that to have your own railway station I suppose to shame the trains aren't here anymore yeah well it's on the list yeah next it's over to the suspension bridge built especially for the estate in 1905. hey sticks here we go right one two go that was definitely mine see that one in the living one in the league one in the lead that's yours tea is it distance third it was a good very good strong third okay yeah it's beautiful isn't it yeah it's stunning one of the greatest pleasures of my job is meeting really interesting people and getting into places which you'd never get to and then seeing things like that station having its own station because I just want one uh that's great that's very British I like that while the estate is impressive Drew is here to buy so as promised Lord Hamilton takes him to one of his storage sheds this is where I want to be really oh yeah a lot this is all the family furniture some of them nice little mirror [Music] I could have used this portrait All Landscape didn't they portrait the palace portrait I see a painted mirror as soon as I walk through the door it's my on my right hand side down it's got nice old sort of ebonizing proper ebonizing what's left of it and proper old gilding as well extremely worn this English urbanized and guilt mirror with original plates and backboards is from the early 19th century after a basic polish it could be worth up to 600 pounds the ridiculous thing if the frame if the mirror was more distressed it would be a lot more valuable to me all right so I should have left it outside a bit longer then um I think it's worth see a profit 300. 300 300. [Music] 400 400 yes I'm not in an arguing mood today mirrors are something I always want big mirrors are good but not too big and that falls just in about the right middle it's not too big but it'll fit more or less anywhere as well and it's big enough to see most of your body and people like that with his first purchase made Drew resumes his hunt but despite piles of antique furniture nothing is catching his eye that in there a nice little cupboard [Music] it's black and gold because that mirrors painted black and gold so did you have that it's up from one bit of the particular bit of the house um I'm not sure actually I think it's probably something that came out of aptly he's got a black uh painted what would have been a wardrobe or a linen press but that black and gold painting that matches the mirrors on that too so we've now got another piece of furniture that matches that piece of furniture in a similar distressed condition this cupboard is from the late Georgian period and has original black painted finish and Gilt detailing once restored it could fetch up to 800 pounds we're gonna have to put some shelving or something in it you have to be made into a useful piece of furniture okay it's a useless piece of furniture because hangers won't hang that way in it they'd only hang that way so we're going to put some shelves in there if we're able to buy it turn it into more of a food cupboard yeah would you give me a 300 for that um yes there you go we'll have that thank you deal thank you very much financially today as a sort of you know a house call because this is what this is um Financial little payoff we're not that far away from home only a couple of hours and I bought two pieces but there's profit in both and enough to make it worth coming here today okay look it's been a very good day for both of us he's found a couple of uh good items he's um had a good look around the estate and uh hopefully he's had an entertaining day and uh I've enjoyed it as well so we had a fun day today then what we bought though that's all right mirrors not as distressed as you normally right no not at all but the frame's nice you know the cabinet although looking a bit dull the paint's Fab with two valuable pieces on board Drew and T make the track back to base welcome home hello hello how are you doing all right you had a good um yes we've got some bits it's a mirror it's got the original gilding it's lovely yeah isn't it yeah not as distressed as uh Drew tends to like the mirror plate but very very commercial oh big old cupboard that's lovely original paint well done it's got all the right things to be an early 19th century one as well really nice bit of rough oak on the top gives it a nice date original paint original gilding original handles original base no interior so we'll shelve it it's original one yeah very original [Music] the next day French polisher Alex gets to work on making the shells for the Georgian cupboard so we've got this nice old yellow pine that should be perfect for the interior so we just need to cut it to size and then we can fit it foreign [Music] once the planks are cut Gavin strips all the paint off to get to the original pie [Music] or extend strips of wood that will hold the shells in place [Music] just looks nice and aged [Music] so we're just beating up the edges of the repairs to give them an older look about them make them look a bit worn get a bit of a patina on them and then we'll just rough them up a bit more once he's satisfied with the look of the wood strips it's time to stain the shelves [Music] after they're stain to match the color of the cupboard the shells can be fitted the Georgian cabinet is now ready for Drew's inspection so we're all done got a nice shine on it for you very nice lost all the the knobs and the catches perfect a nice new brother Fleet English we've fitted um blue shelves in there are they all Timber yeah nobody would ever know it's come up exactly how I thought in some ways slightly better because Alex has managed to find some old shelves and make them fit so the whole thing's good the Lock's good on it's got a good quality English solid brass lock on it now that all works so it's a good piece of furniture now it's useful it's good looking it's the right color the Finish is just perfect some of the wear is absolutely outstanding and it just sits well it's not too tall either so it's going to fit most places and it's not too deep so it's got everything going for it and there's a profit there all I've got to do now sell it [Music] Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard has just been tipped off about a large country estate that's been refurbished and could have some interesting pieces for sale so he's back on the road to check it out it's a three-hour Drive North to the Lake District the village of askim is set in the Eden Valley a mix of picturesque Villages lush green trails and Wild heatland and we are off to ask him Hall to see they've got a grade one 13th century peel Tower in the middle of a beautiful estate in the middle of the British Countryside are we ever leaving we're not leaving no well hopefully we're not leaving without any stock we're off to meet Charles or Charlie louder as I think he prefers to be known okay [Music] I'm Charles louder and welcome to ask him Hall and is a home that my family lives in the last 200 years we've got some fantastic old antiques in the house and we're having Drew come along and find some little nuggets and I'm open to a bed and I like a good haggle so you know see what happens gum Hall dates back to the 13th century it was built as part of a network of Peel Towers fortified Tower houses that guarded England against Scottish Raiders Charlie's ancestors once owned most of Cumbria today Charlie is working hard to turn the estate into a viable business and his childhood home is now a luxury hotel and bolt hole [Music] much of the old furnishings and fittings were used in the renovations but some were abandoned Essentials extremely wealthy family in the past I mean extremely wealthy one of the wealthiest families in Britain in the 19th century uh we're looking at top end today possibly I think whatever we find will be the best of the best now if we just can get a little bit of that we do well ask him Hall Gardens right try not to take the gate posts she'll do my best it's a bit tight merge on the gate there and we're in oh it's beautiful [Music] Charlie Charlie Drew nice to meet you nice to meet you how you doing how you doing nice to meet you this is Paul sir hello Porter hello welcome to eskim Hall um thank you very much on a good day yes thank you we were worried earlier it's going to be a rainy but it's cleared up nicely so um yeah it's really really beautiful isn't it well I'd love to see the inside right we'll come in yeah thank you when thank you see the Griffins on their chairs here I know these are all the early spots started spotting nice bits of furniture everywhere this is the welcome hallway beautiful yeah very beautiful love the lighting against this no it's it's wonderful this room looks interesting because your whole concept here and the ethos behind the place is is what exactly it's about food um we have all our own animals we have a big polytunnel we have our own vegetable gardens and we've got some really amazing chefs and the idea is that people come here it's like a home from home they can relax and they can kick back because if they're just chilling at home it's not like a hotel it's like being at home or at your friend's house isn't it that's well if your friends have got a place like this yeah then they're doing all right none of my friends got a place like this no no and then you just come in have a drink chill out and then I'm gonna have amazing dinner it's lovely so we're in the are we in the peel tower now this is yeah it's got such a great feel to the building hasn't it it really has but um we're here to buy nothing in the house for me I know that but I'd like to see what you don't want well there's homes for everything but so far there's things we haven't found homes for so this is your lucky day you got a chance to to come and pick up something really that's really unusual that's wonderful let's go and have a look okay go on Porter come on same thing about to tell so this is what this is so these are all the storerooms that we've been using for leftovers do you want to go first yeah well this has to be the tidiest store am I right to poke yeah go for it yeah we've got all these lovely glasses they're nice yeah they're very very very very nice glasses yeah then you've got all these decanter bottles she's that's I like that one this is quite cool isn't she yeah she's a bit naughty yeah for coffee you know nothing better nothing better and we've got loads of these in the um in the restaurant now and we use all this kind of stuff it's a scepter can I lift it out yeah go for it did you not know that was there though wow is that Ivory yes that's pretty Spirit that's right because it's so small isn't it one piece to there and another and then another does that mean you're not allowed to buy it let's go no it's absolutely fine um uh I think it's pre 46 1946 you're okay this Ivory Setzer was made in the UK in the 19th century sectors have been used since ancient Greek civilization as a symbol of power and authority they're often made of metal or carved wood and topped with precious stones this one could be worth six thousand pounds this is remarkable what a thing to find value-wise that's the thing so many of these things are very I mean where do you even start yeah really no idea never seen one before no I couldn't sell it I don't think foreign if I were you yeah I wouldn't tell it no it's part of the history of the house in 100 years time maybe he will come into context to some stage yes a bespoke top of the range Money No Object item and that's what that is you won't find much better this side of a palace amazing right I think we better put that back yeah there you go shall we move on to the next room sure here nice little garden bench yeah those are my mum's old deck chairs I can't believe it was I bought a pair of these last week I haven't had any in 15 years and I bought a pair last week anyways in a junk shop in Margate here they're quite comfy actually they're cool aren't they these retro poolside chairs were made by the general Trading Company in the UK in the 1950s made of wood and treated to resist the elements these elegant but practical chairs would have been perfect for gas to Lounge in by a private pool as a pair they could sell for 450 pounds those chairs I've just got design glamor old world glamor you know imagine the 50s Monaco whizzing up in your convertible Maserati jump out next to the pool somebody brings you gin and tonic you'd be sat in that chair that's what that chair tells you so you think you could let those go [Music] top salvager Drew Pritchard is at askham Hall in Cumbria they're beautiful yeah very beautiful wow he hasn't bought anything yet though he has got his eye on a pair of 1950s pool chairs of course these are cool like these a lot but will Charlie lowther agree to sell they're quite comfy actually they're cool aren't they I've just bought a pair and I paid 160 pounds for the pair right I don't know if are we in the right ballpark [Music] I was never going to use them so yeah if you think that's something that you um well tell you what to be fair with you because you're not sure either if I give you a couple hundred quid for the pair I'm happy fine yeah yeah let's have a deal thanks yeah unbelievable something that I would never thought you would have been interested in yeah just the design is so good our design clientele yeah we'll love these first deal let's be really fair Charlie's happy I'm happy can't wait to see the next room before they go on to another room something catches Drew's eye like those [Music] I think there's somebody in there he wants yeah on the other one out as well yeah so these are from the 50s they're quite cool yeah good look I stumble across a pair of beautiful white glazed table lamps Italian 50s really cool a pair Mint Condition I might try and use these oh really yeah I've got ways away I've got a few more rooms too to do yeah yeah they're quite nice um I'll give you it's a good price actually it's a very good price I'll give you 300 pounds for those that's pretty good because you can easily replace them for that as well you don't look tempted how much will I need to up my offer to buy those um with Charlie I think he's seeing things for the first time as well that I'm seeing them which is incredibly exciting but I think when he sees them he realizes how beautiful they are and he understands why I want them no so one of those and I think they would come in handy in one of our bedrooms I hate it when somebody else likes things come on let's go see another room yeah they're all in this building yeah we've got lots of upset as well so [Music] this is the main Loft oh look at that I think I think they're the original door knockers yeah now the castle a fabulous patternation on those you've got two well let's have a look there's another box underneath oh that's the door knocker yeah but I actually have never seen this one oh that's different these are incredible so just a one in there yeah I think so it's gone oh they're lovely aren't they these rare fossa bronze door knockers were made in the UK in the early 19th century they come from Lao the castle Charlie's ancestors family seat and were removed after it was closed in 1957. they could fetch six thousand pounds [Music] come in you're unlikely to find a better pair anywhere outside of a museum or another stately home so staggering what are you gonna what are your plans for these well I don't know that sounds like you'd be tempted to sell them well I have no idea on the value of them and I think these are really what anybody's just prepared to pay for for me to buy them with a profit in them I would pay you for these two um to 2 000 pounds I did mean each as well you know anyways well I think it's one of those things where I wouldn't be so sure to do a deal on the day on these because I don't know enough about them if it's something I would I would do a bit more research on well what I'd say is I'll leave I'll leave a bit of four thousand pounds on them yep you can think about it whatever you whatever you feel I would probably pay more if pushed and there'd still be a profit left in them if I could bear to part with them sometimes the item is just so good money doesn't matter oh look at the state of you come on after his unsuccessful bid in The Loft Drew's on the hunt for some other items to make his trip up north worthwhile oh that clock is one I got to get restored yeah um okay let's concentrate on these things look at that thing bronze cast brass case for photographs is it also oh all right I wish I hadn't picked that up he says that every time we pick something up this brass display case was made in Europe in the late 19th century with glazed glass sides and a velvet interior it was designed to hold hand-carved portraits known as cameos it could be worth 700 pounds that's an unusual account I have never seen one before right so it's a very good quality Museum cabinet of some sorts it's very heavy what I liked about it was it's just quality and it was different and that panel at the back with the oval pieces in that could be removed and you could put something else in there it's a curio but a really really good quality one as well super quality it's one of those things that you find and where's it come from yeah um 300. what do you think should do a bit of battery can do haggling let's start I'm still going to be at three but let's do it excuse me no go on go on you can let's have a go um about four how about four let's meet in the middle 350. thanks so much yeah that looks great just be careful with that if you break that glass with nothing have I ever oh yeah yeah okay ah perfect I've come to this astonishing house seen in a place I really want to come back to without work um and bought some good things and met Charlie so a good day a really good day we had a really good day today I really enjoyed meeting Drew and he's given me a new insight into some of the things that we've had sitting in store for ages things we didn't really appreciate and obviously it's good to maybe offloaded a few things that we couldn't make use of and he's got used for so it's been a good day around right we're done finished well done oh thank you very much thank you very much enjoy today thank you all right [Music] lovely bloke yeah Charlie wasn't he a gentle agent of the old school very nice so anyway there's money in what we've got so on to the next place now please the following day it's about a 300 mile Journey South to Hertfordshire to make a long overdue visit [Music] we're going to meet a guy I've wanted to meet for years and it's named Stuart imba okay and he is a Mercedes enthusiast racer restorer and also he has got a phenomenal collection of Automobilia he does sets for one of the largest and best if not in fact no the best classic car show in the world Goodwood Goodwood yeah what I'm hoping is he's got some over spill I'm Stuart imber I was born in the 50s and lived not far from a garage and loved motor cars from a real early early age so everything from Petrol pumps to enamel science to cars was always a passion for me and still is this trip is an indulging one for Drew it's more pleasure than business as he knows there will be little for sale but it's a rare opportunity to see Stuart's unique collection of classic cars and vehicles which has never been open to the public okay so we are pretending we're working today is that we are working we are working seriously would I like you to yeah would you go on sure how you doing Drew nice to meet you nice to meet you finally absolutely so pleased to be here yeah good we're good can we get started straight away get out the cold yeah at the cold absolutely no problem at all yeah so here we go [Music] okay oh [Laughter] that's that's this is good Stuart this is thank you this is why I wanted to come here this is brilliant and also terrible at the same time yes yes you and I know I want to buy everything and I can't buy any of it but it's this is amazing how long has it taken you to put this lot together um this is a starting around 30 odd years ago when things were at the price yeah when it was fun yeah yeah so I don't know where to look I don't know where to look well feel free just enjoy it just take it all in thank you aerial I mean there's this that this makes and pieces here yeah there you go look at that tea what's that nardy steering wheel my favorite actually today I'm like a kid in a candy shop I've known about Stuart and Stuart's collection and his cars for years he has got and a business which I don't think is a business this is just fun he's having a board so am I looking at all this stuff he likes the same things I like and he's collected it all and he's kept it and that's hard to do these These are good it's a huge collector's market for these two oh you've got a Porsche tractor as well I actually bought it from that man there who he was in his 80s he sold this from new in 1963 and I've got all the paperwork have you restored that yeah he did it all the mechanics oh I brought it back here and we have painted it [Music] this tractor was made in Germany in the mid-20th century it was designed by the legendary Auto engineer Ferdinand Porsche in the pre-war years when he also created the Volkswagen Beetle it's worth around 35 000 pounds the collection's just super there's pieces in here the collectors like the illuminated Ferrari signs sure is that they would be hot for that yeah it looks original to me yeah yeah they actually don't go out no no some stuff is just that would never leave the same as that that's nice is that original as well yeah yeah amazing now that's great isn't it lovely that's super weighs absolute ton yeah that's probably there's not gonna be much call for that I'd say probably best get rid of that one yeah you're right Shameless felt garage wrong as well you know what I mean there's a few things in here I absolutely love and he's got three or four garage Signs Now these are the earlier things these are just your generic down the road garage two guys in boiler suits fixing your car for you that really excites me this vintage sign came from a garage in Devon and dates from around the 1930s it's made of wood and has its original paint so is an attractive piece for collectors it could sell for 1 500 pounds this is the sort of thing that I buy which translate very well into my business I appreciate that type of thing love that sign thank you would it be rude for me to try and buy it it wouldn't be rude of you because I like you too much but it wouldn't be for sale no God that is good that is good yeah fascinating incredible collection learning loads slightly frustrated can't buy anything but you know that's that's okay maybe I'm not here to buy maybe I'm here to sell him things in the future Architectural Salvage super email Drew Pritchard is having a lot of fun at a unique automobile collection in Hertfordshire this is good love that sign but it wouldn't be for sale no got that is good that is good but is there anything for him to buy this is what a collection I absolutely adore this just the fact you've done it it's wonderful um I'd like to see some more if you've got a workshop out there yeah we can let's go thank you [Music] welcome to the pleasure Dome superb [Music] oh now you're talking so this looks a little bit more this is props this is props this is props that get used a lot that go out quite a bit you know they're all working all running this we bought earlier in the year and we restored it up you know that love that just recently wonderful I mean sort of that's very difficult so I can't I can't buy another one here no sorry not even that that's my favorite so far it's lovely that's my favorite there's some wonderful wonderful pieces here so the hand sign written or the hand cut or the unguilded those I love and there's a big difference between I like it and I love it and those I love the sort of thing that if I bought them there's no way I'd sell them next they go upstairs to look at some items Stuart has in storage so what's all this stuff in here and this is just brown furniture that we use this is just over spilled it's over so but we use it they're good fillers yeah yeah you know when we're doing an office or something like that so yeah all good an angle poisonous that's a mid-range one yeah yeah we use that first I like this one yeah that's a good you use these we offer workbenches that's a nice one that's yeah that's there you go that sort of encompasses a lot of what we do originality right color unusual Factory bracket yeah Japan you know super super again you know sorry to say they're just stuff that we're gonna use I haven't bought anything so far today and I really should be bothered and I'm really not I'm just having a great time he just likes all the things that I really like and he's got tons of it and he's keeping all of it and I can't do anything about it so that's the way it is superb [Music] none of the auto memorabilia for sale the next step is to see Stuart's collection of classic cars here we go if you want to go through look at those [Music] massive murky State fan I always have them I never have anything else I've always got on whatever else I'm driving I love that so it's a universal estate yep super 67. it's just lovely this Mercedes-Benz 230s is the estate version of a popular midsize Saloon built by the German company in the 1960s known as the fin tail for its distinctive aerodynamic Tail Fins it was the first series of Mercedes cars to be crash tested for passenger safety it could fetch thirty thousand pounds it runs and dries beautifully absolutely beautifully and as I said you as well it's a very rare one it's got the rear seat compartment in the back I love just I love it these cars tea this and the cars that led all the way through into the into the 80s even are some of the best built cars I mean technically put together aren't they nuts nuts and bolts these things are As Good As It Gets these were made by hand you can lift the Bonnet of one of these and literally no two cars would be the same the last of the hand-built Mercedes they're just beautiful I love the color as well yeah thank you it's um all the ridge this one you've got to ask I don't know if you know what's the market value today for something like that because these don't come up on the market very often and that's the problem so how do you know I don't know so this car is insured for 30 000 pounds but is it more is it less there will be people out there that will argue the fact you know it's not worth that sort of money if that was for sale now I'll write you a check today for 25 000. I'd be happy to buy it and I'd because every now and again you fall in love with something sure and I think that's just yeah wonderful everything about it yeah look at the styling yeah so one day maybe yeah one day one day maybe keep me in mind I'm sure there's quite a list and you said fifty thousand pounds so thank you thank you very much what can I say I thought nothing sold nothing had a great day thank you it's been great thank you I found a new friend as far as I'm concerned it's not about anorex it's not about anything like that at all we've just had good fun and I think if we had a week together we'd still wouldn't be enough time it's a shame he couldn't buy anything but at the end of the day that's the way it goes but I think you know somewhere along the line as he said he's gonna find stuff to sell to me so there's a real reversal but uh great fun and uh enjoyed every minute of it our pet crew our crew today has made a connection between Stuart and I so now when I'm offered this sort of thing I can offer it straight to him we get on we understand each other and that's good foreign I wanted to go and see those cars for as long as I can the first time I saw them I saw them in the magazine but they're built so well you know if something needs two screws it's got six all right and the thickness and the gauge of the steel the bumpers you can barely lift one the wings are twice the weight of a normal car Wing minimum everything's just and they've reached them well they did race them by the factory race them but to the Stewart's a race one that's really Brave yeah that is really brave for him to race one anyway a cracking day so let's go home and face the music [Music] [Music] hello nice good good good you know we've been to see Stewart Timber yeah Mercedes Oh I thought you looked happy I really thought I'd take we didn't buy anything nothing be honest about how much work we did none you've had just a lovely time I didn't buy anything yeah I didn't sell anything I did no work and it was brilliant you did try and buy one of his cars though I did try and buy one of his cars he's got a 67 Mercedes Universal estate you know the big Merc that I like it's got a really rare estate version that was hand built and I offered him 25 000 quid for it and turned it down you said 50 000 pounds twenty five thousand turn it down just flat like no I really thought I'd say something she was amazing he had one of the best automobile collections I've ever seen it was staggering and his cars were just unbelievable unbelievable wait didn't spend any money didn't spend any money it nearly spent 25 Grand then nothing it was great fun though it was it was brilliant fun it was a nice easy day [Music] hello Drew Bishops [Music] a few days later and Drew's got the sniff of some good things to be found at a 19th century Mill it's a two and a half hour drive to Matlock in Derbyshire traveling through the Peak District so there's no peaks in the Peak District well surely that's breached a contract on the high picks Department really yeah during the Victorian era Matlock was a festival Resort visitors came from across the UK to use the town's thermal Springs which were believed to ease pain and illness today Matlock is still a tourist destination for its 19th century architecture and picturesque setting to a place called Caldwell Mill how Flour Mill which they've turned into a restaurant a working Museum of sorts we know how you love a bit of heavy engineering I do love about heavy engineering I have to say it's right up my alley they've given us a call because obviously their Heritage Trust they need to maintain the place they've got some stuff they might want to get rid of it's worth a look well I'm lungs I've been here about 17 years and I'm the manager at cordwell's Mill cordless Mill is a Victorian flower Mill and it's been on this site since 1874 replacing other melts Drew's coming today so we'll be happy to see him have a look around and hope that he can find something of Interest old industrial Furniture as we always are getting very very thin on the ground and extremely hard to find this looks like it up there on the on the rest of the wall yeah you could actually put your nose to grindstone literally today oh it's very quaint isn't it lovely there we are I like it already right then off we go lands true good to see you yeah this is T all right good to see you yep nice to be here can we have the full tour yes sure can we go through here we're going through this door yeah [Music] ah perhaps this is the Old Mill itself yeah this is the ground floor with all most of the machines in there actually so we'll just go down straight down here and then I'll show you the machines oh wow look at this yeah fantastic very old roller mills this must be the oldest in the world is it really I would think so well this is the beginning of the modern technology action this is the beginning of the roller system which started in about 1880 really it's um incredibly complete so this is where the turbine is under there so this is the control unit so I'm just going to switch it on and then we're going to turn this loose around here turn the lever around for the sluice and then the water comes underneath our feet starts the turbine and then the shaft starts to rotate and there's a there's a big Bell behind there which goes up to a generator can you yeah can you see that yeah so it's going to give us power as well as start to run brilliant that's it bill yeah yeah yeah okay so it's just a case of me watch yourself keeping fit kick back on if you go over there where that Grill is yeah you start to see the water come out eventually it keeps you fit this you know that's it come on let's give it something to come out now you can just see it down over there that's the generator kicking in [Music] so is that is everything running off water power now with green energy now we've got we've got the electricity and we've got [Music] upstairs working and this is working so we'll have to go upstairs enough to show you what's going on please yeah which way do we go this way through here all right what's this these are there interesting things the sifters oh blind me look at that [Music] and some of them have been there for 100 years holding two and a quarter tons off the floor we dropped into there and those are the levels of Civ that's amazing it is fantastic and those are the Outlets from the different levels to go back down again and get re-ground iron come back up with no idea it was this complicated yeah I'll get over those canes rats and Cane's incredible the working Mills building and contents are protected but Lance has some quirky bits and pieces in the office which he thinks might appeal the stuff that you you need to get rid of maybe well yes in a way yeah uh okay okay there's not lots of things but um there's a few of the shorter things that I buy right you've got these stuck in Bureau bookcases here these were made for solicitors offices yeah that's the sort of thing I buy and also these [Music] three sort of Architects chairs like that we're always after those as well this isn't a really early one but still very good looking see where this sort of turns right here very solid the other beautiful construction on them um but it's still got a look you know it's still got enough in it so there you go to um to make it worth our while this English architecture was made in the 1980s from a mid-20th century design a posted in vinyl the backrest and height are adjustable it could be worth around 200 pounds it's in pretty good Nick really it sort of seems a bit odd as a desk chair so I'm wondering is this something that you'd consider selling [Music] Drew is at Caldwell's Mill in Derbyshire he's had a good look around the working 19th century flower Mill no idea it was this complicated yeah now he's down to the serious business of buying and he's interested in this 1980s Architects chair so I'm wondering is this something that you'd consider selling I think we weren't actually because it doesn't really belong in it it's something that's been brought in so it's a sort of thing I think we could do quite honestly okay well to me an earlier one's worth about 200 this one because I'm gonna have to recover and get this off yeah and put some leather on it it's worth 100 quid in this state [Music] well I think we can easily replace it for that sort of money without any trouble at all so I think yes that sounds all right to me nice one okay yeah we'll have a deal on that that's brilliant yeah no we'll have that um is there anywhere else to see um we can go across upstairs into the attic and have a look up there to see if there's okay well a few shows where where we are because I'm lost now yeah nice one that's great Drew continues the search on the upper floors okay so this is uh this is where you can have a look around and I'll let you have a look really she's just sort of spare furniture business has been pushed in and yeah it's exactly the most Nigerian person well let's uh what about this so uh Lance well it's a possibility because I don't think he actually belongs to the mill there you go back of it [Music] go up there and stick it here we buy these and then they have a light restoration we sell them to restaurants and bars a menu yes and put the menus on them yeah it looks good it looks pretty cool this Vintage School Blackboard was manufactured in the UK in the 1950s the frame is made of old with its original casters it could sell for around 400 pounds well this one's a little bit better than the norm it's got that Oak around the side sometimes they don't have that it's missing one of the little spandrels down there yeah but it's still worth sort of 120 to me so I don't know if you're allowed to let this go or what I don't use it like I used to have to use it before when the school kids came and we had you know they sat in here and talked about things so reluctantly even though it sort of fits in with the surroundings I think there will possibly be prepared to sell it are you sure yes I'm sure oh great okay well if you're not using it I'll happily to donate 120 quid to the trust well that would be fine okay then Joe thank you cheers got to get it down now you can short that down as a success I've just seen the Wardrobe or everything I'm gonna go and get it and throw it I'm trying to get Saxon I genuinely I'm going to throw it at you oh it's got it has to come up so it must go down the negotiations with lands are fairly easy because I'm just being really upfront and saying that's what it's worth to me it's a fair bid every time and he's saying yes to it I can't go up on any of these bids I'm just going to go straight and say there you go because all the money is going to keep the mill going and that's got to be a good thing and I'm going to make some money too the last stop on the tour is the Mills Workshop oh right this is our lovely Workshop oh nice so this is not open to the public this then no no unless they make an effort to climb over the engine but we can do lots of things we've even got a lathe an old lathe that's stripped down at the moment as well I can't take my eyes off this to be honest with you so did that come from well it was it was one of our managers who used to make things like that it was an ex-naval man and he made it as a little steam and it used to work I believe really yeah uh but he died about four or five years ago and so it's just been left in here it was this wonderful little homemade really scratch built we'll call it a little steamboats and these were really really popular in the Victorian period pretty much popular today still but this one was so naive so basic the tin sides on it would have been painted had started to rust through and the screws he'd put on he'd sort of ball peened the ends those little like rivets yeah this handmade toy Steamboat is built out of tin and powered by a steam turbine [Music] although not an antique it's appealing and to the right collector it could fetch 120 pounds got a major deals and things like that but what's it worth what's it worth it's a sort of 50 Quid item it's worth a lot more so it's a 50 Quid item because I can't really do anything with it so good luck hasn't it it does yeah we've got a good look yeah so you're happy with that I'm happy because it would be okay thank you all right why not there's one more thing Lance wants to show Drew ah oh this is nice this is the original Mill office this is the lovely nail art fish yes dates back we've even got photos in 1915. of the yard now it's there and there's the office look wow and that's there is where we are here [Music] I love these tall stools these have been for the clerks wouldn't they well actually them they said that the manager used to sit on this chair and he could look both ways to see what his blokes were doing not pinching a sack of flour or something like that you know but these old desks of course which you know yeah all right in slopes oh this is really nice very complete isn't it there as well pitch behind on the safe we've got two of those this is nice for our first aid kit that's lovely yeah dates back a bit isn't it it's great isn't it smells like an old medicine cabinet which it is yeah lovely brilliant office I'm glad you've kept it in this unrestored States really really good my job is nothing if not unusual and I've managed to buy three very different things you know we bought the the swivel chair from an architect's office then we bought a Blackboard from a school and a homemade steam-built boat you know it's a real odd one foreign thing that they all will do but will sell in a matter of days they will be gone within the month all three and that's a nice little tidy profit and today we will be a profit when they're all finished [Music] yeah just pop it on the tail list [Music] it's been a good day tell us quite happy with what we got and he seems to be quite happy with what he got as well so it's been good for both of us Lance thank you so much thank you enjoy it really good I enjoyed it good show tremendous hope you have a good journey yes back up to Wales all right I stopped on a few more places on the way you never know I'm sure you will yeah thank you Lance it's been great thank you great stuff great and uh good luck with the trust okay thank you very much bye oh lovely cheers Lance [Music] I just want to think of that flower yeah lots of it hey we're waiting for that one all day you'll be Milling around I've been Milling around in it yeah yeah but do you know what we're going to be able to do with all this light in the back make a lot of dough hey hey that was nice actually yeah nice place a nice fella yeah lovely blue I like Lance and he didn't he wasn't horrible to you either was it no which is uh usual yeah hello hello how are you I'm all right you okay yeah good good been over in the uh Derbyshire all right we went to a mill um as we had a good look around this fella called Lance showed us round yeah and had a part which was like an educational part for kids we had bits and Bobs mostly listed but then they had this as well chalkboard it's got a nice Oak surround on the board it was a straight recipe they always go down there straight away so that was 120 quid that's fine clean polish cutting your spanble for their gov chops are good this came out the same place this was just put in from it's not a really old one no but it's got a great look to it yeah I like the um yes the machined alloy was cast alloy and then been machined across the top on some sections of it it's that 1950s no it's 1983. is it sure that's good looking 100 quid and one of the guys who was one of the trustees made this he was an engineer and it's a proper steam-powered boat with a propeller nice wasn't it it is overall good salable solid items not a lot of work so yes um a good day out under Larry the photographer has some fun with the Blackboard before it goes to the showroom floor doesn't it like true at all does it [Music] Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is leaving his hard-working team behind to follow up a hot lead yeah but a traditional salvage yard that's been gathering curios in rare pieces for close to four decades so it's off on a five-hour drive to Ferndown in Dorset just eight miles Inland from the coastal Resort of Bournemouth and have you met a guy called Peter Ace reclamation I've been doing Reclamation all my life my father used to do Demolition and over time it's progressed into what we've got here today Ace Reclamation carries a wide range of building materials and architectural antiques from the Victorian and Edwardian areas we saw a lot of money down here particularly in the 19th century let's just see everyone says I'm fairly hard but I think I'm Fair but with Drew if there's a something that he's interested in I'll try and do a trade deal for him strange place to have a salvage yard isn't it yeah down a little tiny Country Lane in a wood they would appear to have plowed to the Little Country Lane as well it's not the best is it I think this is definitely a private road yeah there we go hi Peter how you doing nice to meet you too hi T how are you doing how's it going good good well here we are remind me let's crack on yeah wonderful got him past the Land Rover what brilliantly are you really tucked away down here aren't you yeah well you've always got a sort of search for Treasure ain't you I suppose well yeah yeah true so it's mostly but it's all just building materials out yeah it's down the front of the yard it's mainly building materials and Railway sleepers then we go into like the architectural bits okay so troughs do you need a horse's head like not not right now to be honest the yard's great it's a good old-fashioned British architectural salvage yard that's been here 30 odd years amazing um and it also has to be one of the tidiest I've ever been to incredible everything has got its place so it's mainly reproduction stuff what those those lamps there the pier caps are they plastic uh I think so they might be cast aluminum the um the bases on them yeah what about what about these here yeah are they yeah there's a little bit of damage on the bottom of right the right hand side oh Oh you mean the Trestle the trestles no Drew I thought you meant in the car no no these no not for sale what about those two nope I won't sell them we use them every day yeah for cutting Timber denial and Timber gutted sorry mate they're very useful they've been here as long as me oh yes definitive no then you get some new ones really quick it's a new one for 40K yeah of course you can this is the bit of these yards that I like the graveyard well there you go what are those made out of the alloy I'd say they were yeah we've got a pair I might want to have a pair it looks the other one's similar down there but hasn't got the glass um no we'll leave those okay cool no two yeah shape a pair of lanterns we've seen they're almost exactly right but they're not quite right and there's a couple of things I'm just looking at thinking no need to steer clear of those ones nothing wrong with them but the type of lights that I want and lanterns like that have to be absolutely authentic I've just also spotted this here what sort of money is that this late 19th century chimney inserts was designed by Thomas Jekyll an architect and designer from the aesthetic movement whose Innovative Iron Work pieces are highly collectible it could be worth around 400 pounds [Music] how much is that 250 250. is it a jackal one or I don't know you Atomic I don't know I'm not the expert well 150 bite I'll meet you in the middle 200 quid just don't get them anymore dude like that yeah I'll have that thank you and yes it is a jackal one yes well that's a good good starting point we've bought something it's a fireplace by one of the designers I absolutely love yeah all right yeah lovely and now we're going to have a look around inside and see what's in there haven't been there yet inside he quickly spots another chimney surround blimey beauty isn't it that's a bit special isn't it this chimney piece from the early 20th century with a classical Beauty surrounded by a floral motif was made from freshly blackened cast iron a fine example of the Art Nouveau period it could fetch around 2 200 pounds and you know when something's so good you're looking at it Square in the face and you're thinking that can't be right that can't be right can't be right I'm not going to see one of those too too much where are you going to find another one Drew Rebecca like you buying naked ladies well they wouldn't use symbolism like that but she's too modern a figure for this really yeah good though isn't it yeah it's beautiful I've been around the business long enough that I remember this reproduction stuff starting to come into the country in the early 1980s and it could be that but I'm looking on the back it's got lime render which is right a period because people would use cement now what do you want for it what are you asking I take 1500 quid for it I have asked a lot more for it to the public but I take 1500 from from you [Music] I'm 99 convinced it's right because the amount of wear to the nuts and bolts on the back is consistent with use the degradation and rusting to the metal is consistent with use but I'm still a bit like that we'll see tricky one tricky one yeah not totally convinced by it the elements of it that are right yeah that feel right and there's other bits that aren't for granted by it no really yeah yeah Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is near Bournemouth at a salvage yard with dealer Peter Randall blimey Drew has made an offer on an art nouveau chimney piece but he's concerned about its authenticity and Peter's Holding Out for a fair bid I'm taking a bit of a flyer on us all I know you're being honest with you I know 12 more of a deal 12 15 whatever 12 50. it's right but even if it isn't we bought it at the right money spectacular thing not really my style at all it's just so good anyway let's um let's go let's leave that now yeah with the second Purchase made it's up the stairs where there's even more Architectural Salvage [Music] oh blame you can hear the noise can't you the right the rain yeah You've Got That Sinking Feeling yet Drew hey oh you're gonna regret that hey we're all week this one I've got a better look at that now okay despite the massive amount of stock there's nothing else to tempt Drew I think we're done in here now should we and should we get loaded up yeah go for it yeah well I need some yeah I've got something that can help great and we got tea I wouldn't say help yeah well today's been great um Ace Reclamation has been Ace Pete is a great guy to deal with the yard's really well organized you can go around quite quickly but what I liked about it there was layers they've been here for so long the layers you know there's like five six feet of stuff and you've got to look through that and that's always interesting much appreciated yeah nice to meet you drew and you've got your number and I'll contact you if I get anything interesting you know the sort of thing I want absolutely not really those but no no I've got a good feel thank you nice to meet you mate pleasure see you guys Ace thank you guys see ya cheers all the best yeah it's been an interesting day Drew's a great bloke um learned a little bit along the way and we've had some good fun and uh and a few quid at the same time so generally yeah please yeah hey stay as they say [Music] thank you proper yard I ended up buying two things I don't very very rarely Buy but what quality stock it's a long drive north to Conway but Drew is looking forward to seeing Rebecca's reaction to his latest purchases we've been down south down south very far down south where we've been to a see a guy called Peter at Ace reclamic oh yeah architectural salvage dealer and um we got pretty lucky I think just added to my collection of gicle and jekal-esque it's like Chico light this one but uh it's still right oh well I've got three now so I can sell them to collect and sell them as a collection now fantastic good isn't it yeah that's it coming up look at this okay after just be all right with that see yeah sure yeah sure sure yeah oh what what yeah wow I know it's a good one impressive it's real as well because it took me an hour staring at it and worrying about it but is it real yes it is but I mean look at it that wow that's a fish I loved the grotesque fish it's not really Drew's cup of tea but he says he's 99.9 sure it's genuine I mean nice bit of profit possibly um so he's done right a new day and while Gavin gets to work on polishing the fireplace Drew and tea are back on the road they're traveling about 130 miles Northeast to the Village of ostwick on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales right T we are in the frankly stunning Yorkshire Dales and I've never been to this bit it's beautiful isn't it and we're off to meet a guy called Michael Pearson uh ostrich Hall um they've got a small country Hall hotel in a tiny little village called ostwick we've lived here for 14 years now and been running the place as a BNB for the last seven originally built in 1180 horse recall is notable for its 16th century fireplaces and the unique Central staircase added by cattle dealer William King in the 19th century as with every hotel we have this wonderful thing in hotels but the furniture gets worn out and they throw it in sheds and you come and rescue it and then we come try and find it and that's what we're doing today it's mostly furniture and is stored at the moment right up at the top of the house in the attics we've also got a coach house which we're using at the moment as a store room what you've got around here is big money in the day maybe a hall maybe something really good excellent what I mean yeah I'm looking forward to meeting Drew and hope he can find some things of interest the perfect day would be for him to take the whole lot away very nice that's lovely nice balance to the place very good hi welcome true nice to meet you nice to meet you love the house yes really beautiful isn't it special oh yeah gorgeous a big solid Dales it is dude come in oh that's nice isn't it this is the entrance hall that's Lovely isn't it so I mean this was all this is all original well the house dates back to the late 16th century and it wasn't until the early 19th century that it was made much grander and these big columns were put in and all the big sash windows at the front of the house it's sort of like mini Grandeur well the person who did it was a cattle dealer that's how he made his fortune and he was a local man so I think he was wanting to impress his fellow villagers he finally made it yes and he definitely had yes sadly the sun went bankrupt so uh always happens it then moved out of their family it's lovely the chimney piece as well that's just yes isn't it the fireplace dates from the late 16th century can we have a Wanderer yes let's go through into the the drawing room oh it's lovely there's again another of these late 16th century fireplaces they are far and very very expensive to buy second hand great feeling you've got about the place yeah it's nice very comfortable and comfortable these are unusual aren't they yes these arches um we know they were put in in the 1870s but we don't know whether they've served any function unnecessarily Grand really well the house is pretty unnecessarily crossed but it's great the pillars and I love what you've done with the outside another balance when you've got all that little topiary and then you've got that yes it's great hospital is charming really really beautiful it's got a lovely soft look to it some of the original features in there are very very good the furniture is mostly new that's the odd original piece in there but nothing's caught my eye as yet well we're here to see if you've got anything to sell I believe you've got maybe got some stuff in and out building or in there we do yes in the roof yes hopefully we can tempt you to uh yes please very very low threshold for Temptation right I can resist everything but Temptation okay good but yeah let's um let's have a look around let's go outside [Music] Michael takes Drew to the Coach House where much of the bnb's unused Furniture is stored yes okay so this is what spare furniture and stuff in here it's the two wardrobes yeah and the sofa they're a bit austere these I think the back's been messed with this doesn't look right messed around with that um no no too much work involved in that one with the reupholstery too expenses okay the Wardrobe wardrobes no even though it's an almost pair but no not those not for me um no not quite not quite there I'm afraid not my sort of thing at the moment yes five years time who knows but right now that's okay that's okay no okay right so where's next then up to the up to the house and into the attics [Music] almost like being on stage isn't it oh lovely right up at the top of the house yeah so pause to catch your breath yeah and uh we've got some furniture here shooting some old doors that's around the house when we moved it I wish these type of chairs were worth something they're everywhere I know so no go right now look into the next section great room isn't it super room now the floor's a bit a bit wonky that's okay [Music] foreign for those speakers I can look as though there should be heaters but yeah yeah quad yeah with the bits of Hi-Fi that's that go with it these look incredible don't they these premium speakers were designed by the British company quad Electro Acoustics in the late 1950s their excellent sound and simple elegant design make them highly collectible and give them a value of 400 pounds at least from they were my father's they must have cost a lot in the day yes I can't remember when he bought them it would have been probably in the 70s I really like them just to just their style yes really cool my father got rid of these a few years ago when he decided that he'd have a smaller Hi-Fi set because they're far too big for uh anything yes yes but stylistically they are really good looking a lot of people like the sort of retro amps and retro computer games now and all you know so I don't know whether these would these we've got some legs because they're just great looking great looking would you sell them yes what would you want for them [Music] a couple of hundred [Music] not right that's what I thought because I just don't know whether or not they are totally useless Salvage superimo Drew Pritchard is in Yorkshire a toastwick hall a luxury bed and breakfast Guest House owned by Michael Pearson in the Attic he spared on a pair of stylish British speakers designed in the 1950s but it's less than Michael hoped for will he accept I don't know do you want to meet in the middle 150 what do you say um yes Alex yes thank you there you go two that's nice and easy to load up okay strange old day at Oxford Hall today um beautiful place and ended up buying a retro pair of speakers and stereo system never seen those before incredibly stylish very much of their time and that I like because they just they're sort of stuck in that time I should imagine in the day they were extremely expensive probably one of the best of their type that's always going to be worth something slightly disappointed that Drew didn't take more of our rubbish but really pleased that he has decided to take the speakers the Hi-Fi set and who knows I'd like to think that both of us have come off well but uh I didn't think either of us are too sure about that they are the strangest looking speakers I've ever seen they're super stylish aren't they yes yes they're up their time very much exactly they're very much of their time well thank you very much nice meeting you really enjoyed all the best wonderful Hotel lovely lovely very nice okay thank you safe journey thank you very much [Music] isn't it stunning around here it is beautiful it's like a little time capsule the whole place isn't it very much like the speakers we've just bought like a time capsule like a Time Capture 1976 you get a 1970s grooves out of them if you turn that on you are not allowed to play any music after 1979 on those speakers is that because it affects them it's the law oh it just won't work why when did Wagner is pretty 79 sure he's all right yeah a bit of a love a bit of Wagner not a great day financially so on his way back to base Drew is going to stop off at one of his regular stomping grounds to see if he can turn the trip around it's an 80 Mile Drive Southwest to visit an Antiques and bricabout Shop in Liverpool the largest coastal city in the north of England it's thought that Liverpool once had 40 percent of the World's Trade go through its ports in the 19th century today the city is perhaps best known as the birthplace of The Beatles see some Latino Paul Swain bank and uh been traders in Liverpool and dealers since the 50s with his dad we'll buy anything as long as it's weird and wonderful and strange situated opposite Edge Hill railway station tunnel Furniture was established in 1957. carries everything from antique furniture and Industrial items to curios and church Furnishings I haven't got a clue what he's going to buy but I hope we've got something in there for him as long as they're offering money we'll take it so we're going to buy some Beatles memorabilia today as well I'd likely I was offered um Beatles walk four brand new unused rolls of Beatles wallpaper yesterday really oh I lost him out of thought what no would you want the bad floor looking down on you in your bedroom no definitely not definitely not oh actually where we are now yeah oh yeah there it is it's quite a big building actually yeah part of the old station that's what it was it used to be the stables for the station so I'm looking for stock there's plenty I'll do this sort of thing I want I've not been to this one I've not been here been here a while oh it's bigger than I thought actually isn't it first impressions of the place are good it looks like a really good sort of trade Warehouse really um the lad's over in Liverpool here getting stuff through their hands on a regular basis so what's the good gear you've got in at the moment anything that you think I should be looking at the way the job's gone we wouldn't have what anyone's buying anymore you know I don't actually it's more just I know I know where'd you get those from him out of an airport despite the huge array of items nothing seems to be grabbing Drew's attention nothing much luck nope I usually I usually find something visit with having no arms I got no arms any of them no I'm religious things well one day somebody's going to want them and I quite like him [Music] these guys know what they're they've got and they know what I'm looking for so I'm just waiting to find that one good piece to be perfectly honest with you what what are they made out of I think the sleeve slate pillars must have come off the chimney piece or something maybe these late 19th century carved pillars are made of Welsh slate and are attractive to both interior and garden designers because of their age in excellent condition they may be worth up to 200 pounds we're quite interested 50 Quid the pair well I'd be mad not to buy those to be honest with me yeah okay 50 Quid I love that thank you we came around the corner in the warehouse here and there's a pair of carved what I thought at the time were wooden um columns just a small architectural element look a bit closer and he says to me oh they're slate brilliant they're really well made as well which are most of the stuff in the 19th century in Liverpool was a as good as you'd get anywhere I see you're on the skeleton stuff now yeah I've been around the whole place once and with places like this usually what I do is go around again the other way and then just wander through the guys here are really nice they're happy to let me do that you just never know because there's so much stuff I could miss something that usually but I could [Music] um tell us about that chair that's interesting a really good Maker's Mark and it's adjustable never seen one that just like that before no I'll get it down later if you can yeah can we have a look at it this urbanized Rattan chair with height adjustable base was made by The Firm North England School Furnishings Limited in the late 19th century it's a fine example of these static movements and it could be worth 350 pounds that's interesting Darlington north of England something oh is this this um what's it outfit a church Outfitters from Darlington School Fitters and I've never seen that before never seen that model of chair before these twist now goes up there yeah how strange it's a weird one isn't it I think that's quite interesting actually what we can do Shame about the seat 80s 80 quid 80 quid yeah sold I have that thank you very much what a strange thing the chair again just screamed at me as soon as I'm walking around there's thousands of items in it that never seen that before and that twin pillar arrangement for the support for the seat very unusual then to find it sprung not just adjustable it sprung and steel and it's got a Maker's Mark and it's original it's got everything going for it because it's really uncomfortable yeah that's really it's like sitting on the pan you just put a seat without sitting in it first and I don't know I know I know still that chair will go to somebody with a design orientated mind because it will look extremely good by itself you know if you've got a quite a nice plain room could be completely modern put that in all of a sudden it's interesting you're interesting the room's interesting the chair is interesting it shows it off to its best effect good day to be honest with you very quick in out bought a couple of things kept my contact with the lads up here in Liverpool because it's right on my doorstep and that's the key to what we do nip in yes that'll do out again and keep doing it it's gone well to sports a few pieces you've bought everything that you wouldn't expect them to buy as usual and he's just had a good look around there's a quid to be made but not a not a lot but it's keeping that connection that's the important thing about today oh it's getting cold in it it's certainly a bit chilly out there today well I've been studying Wildlife films you've been studying Wildlife films yeah I now have layers of blubber that seems to be the way forward half man half seal it's a quick 50-mile trip back to the showroom [Music] very nice marble pillar no they're not the Slate Welsh marble artists That's Heavy and I did get one interesting thing really interesting thing we're keeping it warm got loads of them weird chair yes aesthetic movements I love it ebonized oh crew it's gorgeous open Pine a chair it's spectacular actually the design of it is so unusual I love that oh quiet yeah the next morning Gavin begins restoring the Ebony's Rattan chair and scraping away a Century's worth of dirt and debris takes some effort meanwhile Drew and tea are off to look for more stuff so on Drew's favorite places to rummage through are schools and today he's lined up a visit to one of the country's most prestigious colleges it's over a 300 Mile Drive Southeast to the small town of Lansing near Brighton so it's Brighton today well yeah we're very very near Brighton that's for sure um we're off to see Lansing College which I've never been to heard of it but I've never been to it I'm Jeremy Tomlinson I have been working at Lansing for most of my life as a teacher and house master and a registrar for recruitment of pupils but most of that time I've also been involved with looking after the chapel and I'm continuing to do that founded in 1848 Lansing college is an independent co-ed boarding school which places High emphasis on strong academic achievements and Anglican Christianity it's distinguished for having the largest school Chapel in the world the chapel is in fact unfinished it's building process over nearly 150 years has been an expensive and extremely complex one but a certain amount of money is still needed so any amount of money even very small would be very welcome it's got a good feeling about this one apparently pretty spectacular right um and I've got a feeling it's always had a moneyed background that's it they'll go in there wow my word look at that I think imposing would be a good word wow try not to crush them look at that it's a massive statement isn't it that is a huge State this is our chat well it's massive it's stunning look how tall it is it's like a church on top of a church that is something else isn't it hi there hello welcome nice to see you hello how are you okay good coming in foreign [Music] this is amazing who designed this somebody called cut well two Father and Son Richard and Herbert Carpenter who uh mid 19th century Gothic Revival church restorers and Architects and I think it's not that perhaps as widely known as it should no but I've never I'd never heard of it I had no idea it's an astonishing building it's amazing the West Wall including the rose window and the organ case were not done until the 1970s and in fact the porch that should be on the West End is still not done so there's some this is amazing to do this is an incredible building yes it is it's just an incredible building isn't it so um are we looking at anything in here we are looking at some things in the Crypt I mean I hope you'd have a look at the because underneath the East End here there is a superb crypto really oh yes very beautiful yeah with some lovely Windows you can have a look at that and there is also the at the West End of the crypt there is some storage space where there is who knows what which you can have a look into it and see what you may I definitely want to see all right yes [Music] what an astonishing place um the building is nothing short of jaw-dropping the position where it is is just incredible and it sets it off I had no idea this was here what an amazing place because the Chapel's built into a hillside yeah at this end you haven't got a lot of space and then when you get to the end the Crypt opens out into a chapel which was actually used as the school Chapel before the upper building was completed really beautiful isn't it it really wasn't it very beautiful space and then you've got the apps at the East end with some really good Clayton and Bell Windows Clayton Bell one of my favorites wonderful foreign yes it is it's got a real sense of Agony about it I'm incredibly positive about what we can find here today what this place has got and had is an awful lot of money thrown at it when it was first built this is Money No Object stuff what I need to find is something that relates in Period to this build or the school itself that would be really interesting after enjoying the magnificence of the building as promised Jeremy takes Drew to the Crypt where the school stores antiques from its long history yeah there are yes there are quite a few I mean obviously some of these are very dilapidated which is why they're in here yeah but I'm more wet selling Chapel chairs because um because of the possibility that we might use them yeah have you got a torch on your teeth I have had a good look at the chapel chairs um they're mostly odd mostly broken and in not great condition and there's only a few of them there's only 10 maybe um so we're going to leave those they're just not worth it I need runs of chairs sort of 20 plus that's what I'm after these in fact are School benches which have been used in the chapel but they really are from the dining hall which is another Splendid Victorian Gothic building I like the look of that one that yes that that and the one underneath is quite a good okay yeah that that's a really quite Lovely isn't it that's a nice very nice thing and quite attractively and awful or earlier than the building the earlier in this building yes yes I mean I should assume early 19th century but of course you never know where they got their school furniture from this early 19th century bench is made of pine and would have been used by the pupils in the dining hall because of its simple design and attractive patina it could fetch around 400 pounds is there any of these left or is this the only one uh there are one or two others of these around but but I mean a most of them were disposed of at some stage because you can't keep everything I imagine these have been used in The Chapel at some stage and then just stored in here you know so I reckon this is from the 1830s that well the school was founded in 1848 but it is more than likely that these were secondhand pieces of furniture that had probably been been in the school since since it started what would these be something you'd rather dispose of I think it wouldn't be impossible for us to dispose of one of these yeah okay um what would I pay for that um uh 175 pounds for that one no let's say 200 pounds I pay for that one you would because it's just so nice it's perfect isn't it it's really good I mean it's very I mean it sort of tells a story you've got to get the whole idea because problems I mean you've got breaks so the top of the tenons all over here somehow replaced or yeah you don't reckon you could do 250. I'm only saying that because we are thinking about the conservation and completion of the chapel you know you very much I'm in full business mode now yeah well I'm in full conservation but Drew Pritchard is at Lansing College an impressive public school near Brighton [Music] spotted a 19th century dining bench but will Chapel secretary Jeremy Tomlinson be prepared to sell you can't pay more than 200. if I I just think I'm just it's 200 is sort of a very strong bit look let's be in the middle two two five yes the help runed at about 225 I think two two five I'm gonna do a deal at two two five I've just bought a really beautiful little bench and I paid way too much money for it because it's special I'm always buying stuff and every now and again something just jumps out and those little tiny things make it a little bit better than the norm um beautiful Peg construction um fabulous wear and patina um so I'm happy to buy it as a first purchase of something like this what it does is it opens the doors and it sort of does ease things you sort of I'm paying to be here now onto a second storage area the unused tables okay there is in here yeah that's a possibility there's a bit of Library table vernacular Library table Oak that is a monster and hasn't been in store for very long this large oak table from the mid 19th century once sat in the library of the college it's solid construction and original design give it a value of up to 2 500 pounds it's a little low isn't it should there be an extra section below because I think looking up middle stretcher there see see where it's chipped to the left-hand side which lighter it's almost as if they've cut it but it's nice it's very nice if they can get that out I'd love to buy it what sort of price do you have in mind it's where do we need to be to purchase this yeah um it's a little wide but still it's it's a great table all in all 500 . do you know what that's not enough and that sounds nuts but that's not enough I can't be seen to buy this at 500 pounds um [Music] what I'll do is I'm going to pay you 800 pounds for it okay good steal a good price for me to be honest with you is it it is yes it is uh 500 pound I'd rather I'd rather just be straight within and give you the right price for it but yeah if you've got six guys to get it out otherwise we can come back we can come back but it's it's about seven hours in Nevada to get down here but we can come back for it it's not for me to say if we can get it out we'll do it but I suspect coming back for it will be more sensible okay all right well let's shake on that okay yeah yeah yeah well I'm happy with that that's more than I would yeah the only thing wrong with that table is it's massive apart from that there's nothing wrong with it at all it's an absolute gem the uh join stretcher that goes all the way around the base is really lovely a great detail um the wear on it's good we know exactly where it was made for you know it's got everything going for it and I ended up that was going to be the bargain of the day even at 800 pounds it's a bargain and uh I couldn't really just pay the 500 it was just that would just be wrong of me well look I'm really pleased with that I'm going to send some guys in to get it okay we're not going to take that today um we'll take it out and put it there and then come back up that's fine leave it in here obviously until oh yeah and then they'll come for it yes we'll be done about that purchase I don't have to carry it today we'll get some great big blokes in to do that yeah okay wonderful well thank you Sony bought two items today um with someone like this what you want is to be called back again and that's what I hope will happen you know either next year or 10 years time you know it's uh this isn't a Race So I'll be happy to come back and also I've been Summer today which is quite astonishing it's been a very good day and it's good to meet Drew who's a good character and and you know obviously knows a great deal about the business we'll be in touch with the table great thank you bye-bye financially today will work out well once the table's finished and sold when it's sold it'll turn a good profit but it's not going to be something that's going to sell tomorrow it's going to be a little bit of a slow burn that one it's going to take a while to find the right person what a place it's amazing isn't that huge isn't it and you don't know it's here no no idea it was here okay I've driven down this area so many times so many times oh sports today oh cold oh no Chapel gobsmacking you don't even know where to start you just go I think you've run out of superlatives down here you just sort of go I think it's astonishing jaw-dropping and lost for words there you go that's a good description isn't it like a Scooby-Doo yeah Scooby-Doo in the chapel foreign [Music] we went down to Sussex and we know we were going to Lancing College yep and we got that oh primitive primitive school then isn't it lovely it's lovely isn't that gorgeous yeah long yeah really but you hit the nail on the head with primitive which it really it yeah it's well it's not a pure definition but it's not bad um but it's just got something a little bit extra about it hasn't it and the last I love it actually I love that it's naive isn't it yeah very very good do this for a living but what we did by was I've got a photograph that actually I'll pop this inside report this table as well around the sheds and we bought this isn't the actual table but it's another one they had in in the building Oak Library table 1880 designed for Lansing College library and you've bought that not that one I bought one that's been outside for a while so it's that but Tatty and you'll be able to get this Tatty one up to this standard yes no problem great stuff well Alex will yeah yeah but no we'll get that collected now go and organize get it collected now um with the Bursa down there and we're done okay yeah sure so later where's the chair the chair that Drew bought at tunnel antiques is ready for inspection just need to get that done now get it over to Alex get it sent off I like the job though I like the color it's nice I like it lovely job [Music] at Conway North Wales that's right isn't it Architectural Salvage specialist Drew Pritchard is leaving base to investigate a family business in Berkshire that's closing down and could have some unusual items for sale it's a good four-hour drive reading has been a center of trading industry since the 18th century mainly due to its prime location in the Thames River Valley unlike many British towns and cities reading suffered little damage in the second world war leaving its Rich architectural Heritage intact right T we are in the historic town and we're here early of reading and we're here to see Jackson's Corner which is a massive department store I'm a Brian Carter I'm the managing director of Ajax and Sons limited of reading it's a family-owned department store and we've been on this premises here since 1875. [Music] Brian's great-grandfather Edward Jackson founded the store as a gentleman's Outfitter selling clothes and accessories Birds after nearly 140 years of trading the shop is closing down well we're no longer in the shopping center of reading we were but it's moved away we're left on our own as business winds down Brian is selling off the remaining Stock and Shop fittings whatever is left will go to auction to buy an opportunity here is massive and to be perfectly honest I'm going to try and buy every single shot fitting in the building so I know what that means for me what's that heavy shot count is heavy exactly heavy shot counters we've got the big checkbook with us three let's go spending so look at that so I like the sign off the front actually oh there you go Brian good morning Drew how do you do all right nice to meet you nice to meet you thanks for having us here Jackson's Corner it's so pretty welcome thank you um where can we start top or bottom um start at the bottom around here somewhere [Music] I see right so everything's potentially to go is it yes I think so okay first impressions of Jackson's shop is one it's huge number two it's largely untouched from the 1920s to the 50s very very interesting sad but they're going anyway so let's let's try and buy as much as we can right these are all interesting so these would have been used for display of shoes and shirts shirts knitwear okay that's an unusual one isn't it what would be on there I have no idea that's my favorite spectacle no I have no idea there's too many to check every single one this collection of metal display stands dates from the early to mid 20th century cleaned and Polished they could be worth around 400 pounds first thing you see was a great big box full of display stands um have to ascertain what's in there very very quickly so I look and I think well there's 10 there I can see that we're all right out of about 30. would these be going as a Job Lot I always think so I think so okay so what's just a ballpark figure if I took all of that blocks I read half a scrap and half a good oh just a starting point at least 200 for that at least 200 for that lot okay for the lot yeah all of those yeah okay as a first deal yes right I'll have a deal with it all right okay thank you yeah take all of those I think I bought them just for this one there's a couple of other bits I've spotted over here as well Brian there's um this caught my eye when I walked in so what about that one well that's worth a lot of money it's got the wife okay so what would you want for that one well about 700 really yeah now I've had one of these before I sold it for just under 300 pounds it was identical to that one there 700 700 pounds right I think you pulled my pants down on that one I was going to try to it's just no that's too much okay I'm gonna leave that one where it is all right I'm not used to haggling with customers because they don't like the price today no and all right so um what else have we got in here then she's got a lot of these uh shop counters around varying ones um okay when were these put in do you know I guess in the 1940s 1950s okay this glazed bronze shop counter was made locally in Reading in the mid 20th century with its retro design it might appeal to interior designers doing up a clothes shop it could be worth 800 pounds what sort of ballpark figure do you want for these well they vary so much yeah there's some very good ones and there's some really not good ones so they're all over the place aren't they the main thing I want to buy here today A shop Countess I'm just trying to gauge the price because I want to do a bulk buy well let's see let's see let's see there's a lot of them so we can think about it can't we yeah yeah all right so we're through here now yes we're here okay [Music] that's the same as the one the other one the same as the other one just slightly longer I think yeah it's another set of drawers wider yeah so these ones what about the price for those two I'm gonna have to start giving you prices aren't I really yeah I think I think that's probably best um I think that you would end up with about 300 pounds in your hand for every one of them Max after auction fees um so I'm prepared to give you 350 each but I don't I I'd like to think you're not quite right about that I've been doing this a long time and I'm right so we're not we're not really agreeing about this no okay so for that one I pay you another 400 pounds no no [Music] so do you want to carry on going around yeah yeah with no joy on the counters Drew tries his luck on some Haberdashery cabinets these big cabinets in the back here a thousand for the four um top architectural salvager Drew Pritchard it's a Jackson's department store in Reading so far Brian has refused to sell any of his shop councils these big cabinets in the back here and it's not getting any better no I don't think so one thing I never do is give up I will continue to try and buy them and if I can't buy them I'll come to the auction and buy them cheaper but if Drew can't buy at least he can do some shopping I'm trying to buy some of your shop cabinets I like that one what size hat am I then would I be seven seven eight seven and eight I'll try one I've got some over here Elliot that's what I think what's what how much of these hats normally 17.95 but whether closing down sale it is eight pounds 97. I purchased terrific value that's terrific value and it is made in England yes well for that reason I don't have that Legend thank you very much my precious marvelous I'll go on the list yeah that's personal purchase that one that's quite nice 10 pounds good deal I've never worked one of these machines I'll show you what I do okay right last of its kind but you do it see the hole Yeah pop it in the hole there oh that's it yeah [Music] a trained engineer now let's go I'll go and come back let's see changes well really really that's fantastic 897 nine ten and your seat Well fantastic thank you very much sir okay so back to business now [Music] we're just gonna have to keep moving fast here there's a lot of stuff to buy I don't want Brian to go cold on me this this big fella what about him well this is solid oak counter isn't it so I looked up yes so the drawer fronts Pine minutes this Oak Drapers counter was made in the UK and dates from the 1950s equipped with large drawers for storage it was designed to hold rolls of fabric it could sell for 1 500 pounds is it big bit chunky yeah give us a price you never know can only say yes or no what are you thinking about um honestly 500 oh no I don't think so no okay it's much easier if you just tell them the prices you want what do you want for that one though 700 plus V8 now think about it in spite of their disagreements the search continues what's this place this is a stocking ah more of these oh yeah steel wheels on them not in the best of condition our credit union before you say sir no I'm not going to actually I'm not I I'm a fair guy I'm I'm fair with you there's a because I'm trying to find out some of the things I know wrong yeah no these are all right they are what they are slow these clothes rails were manufactured in the UK in the mid 20th century made of painted steel with nickel plated hanging rails each one is worth around 125 pounds can I buy these and I'll buy one two three four there and there's is there any more there on Wheels those two one two three four five six um 200 pound for the lot so you're taking those those four and those two yes four two three hundred pounds 200 pounds 200 pounds all right all right thank you all right thank you I bought a load of very early 50s close rails they're very cool because they're small size and what people have now small Flats they look great in a room whenever I get them they sell straight away another Purchase made but there's still the big one to talk about the shop counters I'm stood in Frontier guns loaded I'm ready to go you want all of them I know I want all of them all of them now okay how about can I buy half no right can I buy four no no no I'm getting nowhere with the shop counters think I'm being fair I don't think I'm being too hard I want to buy all of it I'll buy all of it I'll buy every single counter in the building now no you won't I'm about trying to buy them across the board if he wants to go to auction and he's not going to get the money he thinks he's going to get reality reality is not going to get that right foreign [Music] [Music] one thing I absolutely love buying is any articulated figures even if it's just a hand or a leg or a foot or anything at all okay what what about that there sir well um Jack you won't be interested in that because it's too damaged no I like him anyway uh any articulated figures I like this mannequin was manufactured in the late 1950s it's made of wood cardboard and papier mache even in its dilapidated state it could sell for 450 pounds he's a bit beaten up he'll clean up though he'll clean up might be better today haven't we all um what would you like for him well I promise I don't know why don't I say 225 225 I will give you 225. okay okay so we got bread bread um poor Fred poor old Fred lost his head so the only thing that the only thing we've stuck on is the Big Oak chest isn't it yeah a big long yeah 700 pounds done so all right your heart mother all right kids can't eat tonight cool let's get loaded up today I wanted to buy an awful lot of things but I could only buy a few I really wanted to buy 30 haberdashi cabinets but I couldn't and that's the way it goes well I I think he's done very well I think I'm quite happy Bruce picked out a few things he's interested in not all the things I wanted to sell and I didn't want to sell all the things that he wanted okay we're done yeah exhausted are you looking at me now done yeah well did you like that yes and no we got enough stuff to make it worth our while okay more than worth our while right but the reality is that we should have bought every single one there and I tried I really tried so I'm a little frustrated to buy it after a long tricky day it's back to Conway hello we've got a new friend another member of Staff what do you think fantastic Fred me too no matching matching matching it's it's got missing a hand he's missing a hand Take It Let's Straighten It Out There he's a big fella Gavin gets to work on the display stand and Drew and T head back on the road to follow up on the Holy Grail of pigs a privately owned Country House it's a five-hour drive south to hayward's Heath in West Sussex according to local Legend the town was named after a Highwayman called Jack Hayward it became popular in the Victorian era when the railway came through to the Brighton coast today it's a sleepy commuter town the onward onwards we need to buy more we are in West Sussex which is the more or less the British capital of antiques so we do need to go and buy more more and lots more I'm Andrew John Stevenson Clark and I live with my family here at Bald Hill Garden board hill was a house built in Elizabethan Times by Stephen bald and bought by my great-grandfather Colonel Stevenson Clark in 1892 and he bought it because he wanted to plant a Botanical collection that is now the best set of champion trees in the country uh we're expecting Drew to come along and have a little rummage around either in the house or in the barns outside and just see what we might have had sitting there for for many years hi John hi nice to meet you yes hello okay so should we go in well we might make a start yeah it's a bit too cold to be standing around isn't it thanks foreign [Music] for sure wow that's quite that is quite a chimney piece isn't it yes you've got loads of nice furniture look at that that's quite got that's an early one that was given by Grand Duke Ferdinand to my great great grandfather and how he managed to yes really yes yes the uh lots of nice bits I like the fact that you've got a uh in your house as well as well um I'm assuming now I've got to ask there's nothing in here that's for sale uh there isn't really no the family um started 250 years ago we um and uh because of that we've had houses all around the country but over the years they get sold and then stuff appears here it's not just garden furniture then there's all sorts in there there's all sorts of stuff yes yes I'd really really quite like to go there yeah thank you when I first came here I thought oh I'm going to look at small garden benches and some garden furniture and that's that but no I'm going to look at furniture now from several houses including two large ones in London all of a sudden the game's totally changed and it's really exciting Salvage super email Drew Pritchard is visiting board Hill an Elizabethan Manor a 19th century Garden in West Sussex lots of nice bits I like this for the fact that you've got a character in the house as well as well having looked around the house it's time to head outside to rummage through the barns so which one into this one here yeah shall I open her up [Music] looking cool oh [Music] and this one first yeah so this is just this is from all different houses yeah yeah fishing rods Fishing Tackle Box see if you've got a torch on you I have we've got two rods in there yeah just them any rods in this one oh yes I know a little bit about fishing fishing stuff what I do know is it's massively collectible foreign fly fishing rods here well not necessarily um one other for example is a Nile perch fishing rod ah so you know what you've got in here yeah that's too much Colonel Ralph Clark MP yeah it's great isn't it yeah okay well I'm not going to open every single one no no yeah typical bloke Behavior this I need fishing rods so I need 20. I need this one darling yeah yeah I can't fish without one yeah yeah and you never know when you need a fishing rod yeah this this box it's better than the norm as well isn't it yeah yeah okay no let's go on to the next one then yep okay this is quite interesting this is a um a bed that because the family's been in shipping for 250 years yeah um this is a a captain's bed for a sailing ship and if you look over there you'll see that you've got the um yeah um and then these are the side ones ah so it's got a rope mattress yes yes exactly fascinating yeah shipping was a it was a huge thing in your family yeah the first room I went into in the barns where they have all the furniture stored there was a look like a sort of 17th 18th Century Oak single bed from a boat that would have ropes through it that was interesting but not desirable it's amazing Nick isn't it look at that State of the art yes 1979 yeah okay where do we go through that the other side yeah find your head over here find a hole in the floor there too I like this was this from your kids well this I use that when I was a boy and no I'd be 18 my brother with the other end went upstairs in the bar and immediately saw this fantastic looking child's rocking toy so I don't wanna obviously it would be wrong with me to ask how old you are but how old is this though well about 60 years old this child's twin rocker dates from the 1930s a cross between a rocking chair and a seesaw it would have been ideal for children up to the age of eight could sell for 180 pounds what's up for sale uh it could be it could be yeah it could be um 50 Quid uh no that's not tempting it's it's nearly tempting it's nearly something uh okay yeah okay we'll have that yeah we're putting together a collection of toys now for next Christmas and this just will sit really really well with them so it's absolutely perfect that's lovely yeah what a great little thing so some little kids can have a great time in there I may be here sometime [Laughter] she's a bit harmless yeah it's a hity yeah yeah there you go thank you that that's nice [Music] uh you don't have the other one to that day we did it would be somewhere over there yeah we'll be with it this wrought iron table lamp was made in the UK around 1900. wrought iron has been used for decorative purposes since the Middle Ages and in the late 19th century it was widely used for household items it could be worth around 200 pounds it was a box full of broken table lamps and inside there there's one wrought iron beautifully made condition was great paint was worn off it not been rewired and it had the original toggle switch on the bulb holder at the top but what it did have was a real tall size and I like that but that's of interest that would be something I'd want to buy what would you want for that one for that uh 75. that's fair I'd rather pay 200 to do 50 for a pair yeah so much more desirable but it's quite nice it's got a bit of age to it it's got a good look so that would be that's tops for that one okay yeah we'll improve on something later I hope we can put a package we can put a package together he's not going to be I'll put him back now the odd hole here and there that's yes always a worry that oh hello that's so interesting as well these wooden steps were manufactured in the late 19th century made of polished Birch with mahogany trim they would have been used in a library as a hop-up restored they could sell for about 250 pounds this is a little bit utilitarian but it's still got a people these are very desirable yeah I think conditions probably just again well it gives you an opportunity for restoration we can go with the other 9 000 things to fix and at the top of that Drew you'd feel like a normal person and then he really wouldn't get up here um what's that Worth to me it's a little Library step or kitchen step in that condition 60 pounds in that condition that's exactly the price I thought you were going to do yeah it's about right for that yeah 60. yeah I'm happy so if we said 60 for that so what did we go to on the lamp I went to 760 or 70 was on the lamp so I mean if if you went up to 80 I'd be happy on that yeah fine yeah we'll take those yeah we'll set both of those things so 60 80 nice classic Little Country House bits when you come to a house like this you do try and buy as much as you possibly can because they don't open their doors to you every day um and they'd open their sheds to anybody ever usually so I'm very lucky to get in so to buy three things it's okay yeah I'd love to buy you know 20 or 30 more items but it just wasn't there today but you never know next time it's been a really interesting day I mean having both the guys come along with that I mean they've got a great experience of looking through all sorts of things in all sorts of places um I'm sure he's got some value out of what he's bought and he will have fun restoring them um and he's got to be a bargain that both people like so we do how you doing yeah we're good done yeah finished nice easy one for you it was was it just three things yeah done and they went as dirty as normal I specialize in things out of Bones because in dirt and cobwebs well thank you thank you so much thank you thank you thanks again thank you bye-bye thank you thank you as well thank you see you again get them heaters on that was a nice day out in the coast side anyway wonderful place wonderful Gardens and uh really nice guy Andrew really like oh yeah [Music] the following day Drew and tea are staying on the road and heading north for a two-hour drive to lower Whedon in northamptonshire this small community just outside Northampton once played a big role in British life during the early 19th century it was home to the arms Depot of the British army in the event of a French invasion it's rumored the royal family would have been evacuated here let's see we're on our way to see a guy called Neville Griffiths a long time dealer been around for years in the architectural antiques world what he's doing he's having a very big auction he's retiring right and he's going to clear out all his barns sheds and shops he's given us a call and said look come on down you know just have a quick look before the orchard perfect hello my name is Neville Griffiths I deal in antiques architectural antiques and Salvage everything is for sale um but whether I actually do sell it um it's always a difficult thing if you say the right things and I'm comfortable I'll sell it one thing old dealers do is they tuck the best bits on me all right that little secret horde yeah that's what people have that we all know yeah well me yeah I have got my own secret holder must admit and it's not for sale yet you know what I'm looking forward to well working with an architectural Antiquity let me knows what he's doing hahaha ah Neville hello there Drew how you doing hiya nice to meet you hello what's your name this is Hugh Merlin Hugh Merlin that's a hell of a handle that's great oh um so what is this stuff for us to have a look around here there's a few things in here which may be of interest well maybe of interest but um have a look and see if there's anything for you anything good in here I should be looking at if there's anything you just um okay I collect these oh do you passions yeah that's quite an unusual one actually that is we find them on Welsh Farms to be honest with you Dairy pots they're worth very little anyway but they just looked no they got decoration aren't they that's a bit of Nouveau stuff I was looking at that through the window when we arrived oh that's the conditions not great but it's also it's complete this embossed antique Fire Guard was manufactured in the UK circa 1900 made of copper with wrought iron supports it only requires minor restoration it could fetch around 280 pounds right in the window of the shop he's got a particularly nice very very pretty small Fire Guard what I do like about it was the patina on it was particularly good the copper had gone and that wonderful blue green all over handmade it's English and it's in that sort of crossover between arts and crafts and Art Nouveau what would that cost me then 45 45 quid what do you think is that yes yes there we are thank you there we are nice one there you go first deal dad right so where's where's next then you've got a back room through there as well you can have a look there's stuff in here for sale uh some of it is we've got this thing when I always said it wasn't yeah yeah and I've had antique dealers trying to get that off me when it was up in my store room yeah I was really surprised to see this rusticated stump work whatever you want to call it table it's got a fabulous top this is all individual pieces of wood done Twigs to make that pattern in a small luck token all top this British oak table was made in the 1870s it's an example of arts and crafts a Victorian movement inspired by folklore and traditional craftsmanship stored it could be worth 600 pounds you've got a bit of wood worm in it it's got a lot but I'm not too fussed about that you know well that you can live with that that's what it is it still exists love the top so naive I can get that restored so that's no problem getting that getting that right I want 250 for it so that might kill you 250. 250. any negotiation it depends on what else you buy all right you know because I I might show you something else which I didn't want so much for make myself feel better if that makes any sense 250 salt go on then yeah you know that's a good deal yes well if if we can find two things like that in here I'm very keen to see your barns dealing with Neville dealer to dealer is very straightforward and he's an interesting guy and a typical dealer because he's got lots of good little bits that he knows everything about and he knows why these broken bits are important and they are important it's off to see the other storage areas [Music] well that's big enough to hide a few bits in it there's a few yes one or two where do we start [Music] okay so where are we best going into into here um well have a look around and and wherever you want this is like Architectural Salvage Disneyland all the attractions going to shoot through I'll follow you so although the shed is overflowing with stock Drew isn't seeing anything he wants to buy that's a good mirror handling there yeah that's too good all your stuff's too good for me that bed's curious I sold 50 beds to a dealer in Bristol a little while ago but there we are that's the only one I've ever seen that size it's the right width this unusual wooden bed was made in Austria around the beginning of the 20th century the curved decorative lines mark it as an example of the Art Nouveau Style it could fetch 1 200 pounds uh I'm gonna do something rotten now I'm going to give you a bid on it you give me a bid Salvage specialist Drew Pritchard is in lower Whedon in northamptonshire at Neville Griffith's antiques this is like Architectural Salvage Disneyland [Music] I've done a fancy no in a good way Drew wants this rare Art Nouveau bed but will his offer be enough to tan Neville I'm gonna do something rotten now I'm going to give you a bid on it you give me a bid I don't often do that no but no I'm not gonna be silly no 350. that is silly [Laughter] you will not buy that bed anywhere it's just beds I never have any luck with you know when you buy something that doesn't have to be a bed I could I could divide the wall it could be a screen in the middle just look like a bed in the middle of a room no it wouldn't it would I think it's foreign I think 400 is you're having a good deal if you're good at 400 but you've made me a bit depressed because you've not really noticed much 425 I have noticed low 425 425. I like that Luke thank you I bought something I never really buy and it's an old bed and I think it's a continental bed and it's in really nice condition as well and it's very unusual and the one good thing about it is it's the right width it's a modern width most of the old ones were very narrow cool fancy selling that bed for 424. [Music] yeah I've never done any good with lights oh really no anything that really works out for me to be honest bro it gets broken this opaline pendant lights was made in the UK in the 1920s the reading pattern on the shade makes it an unusual find it could be worth 200 pounds hello that's a nice old one isn't it yeah how much is that though oh yeah no you tell me uh don't have to be silly on it no what I normally pay is 400 400. what I'd normally pay trade for one of these would be a fair price would be 40 quid I knew You're Gonna Knock Meadow off the end I was yes yes I was wrong 400 quid it's a big drop there was yeah um yeah 40 quid yeah that'd be good deal thank you something we buy all the time lights got thousands of them 40 pounds so that's what we pay for them in that condition nice easy purchase we'll sell quickly right tea don't break it how many bits do you want it in when we get back just one please one bit just the one piece I used to say if you can lift that up on your own you can look out of it you can have it where's Gavin yeah Kevin yes we've got a ladder can do that he's just not here there's one last thing nettle wants to show Drew yeah you've got some nice bits in it so this is an arbor it's an arbor it's a fruit fruit Arch Rose Arch came from a big country house Garden what age was the house it was a Regency house this was all I mean this is a rare thing it is so you've got all of it uh I've got all I've got here yes there's more there isn't it yeah I think there's about 17. 17 lengths let's pull these two out well that's that we've got the bottom here while you're doing that I'll go and get some of the space all right yeah yeah is that really what I think it is you know I thought it can't be it could must be some sort of estate fencing or something yeah ooh exciting tea ah okay I say Spears they're not they're plastic yeah it's a cast these wrought iron rose arches date from around 1820. they would have been used to display and support flowers or fruit plants in a country house Garden if the complete Arch is intact it could be worth 4 500 pounds how much for the lot 1500 quid and no deal no knock down that's the best price I'll give you sold I love that thank you very much but you might have to get some of these cars that's all right superb that's what I want to find every day every day I I would bet you the same amount of money you won't find another one but again now yeah which ones you want to do first tea do that look first and then we've got a space suit then let's do it with the deal done Drew has to claim his prize and that means untangling the remaining Arches from the undergrowth when we start pulling it out and Neville's good oh there's 17 of those well I thought there were 17 individual sections that's not the 17 arches so that makes it roughly 120 foot long it's a rare item and a star item you don't often get them foreign yeah as well it's right in the corner right you might have to have you put down don't rub it don't rub it I think when we get back to the office after this week's travels they're gonna probably be confronted with one of the weirdest batches of stuff we've ever bought and you know what I really like that for years so they'll be happy it's a love affair with all this stuff you fall out of love with it because you've had it such a long time but as soon as somebody shows interest you're back in love again so there you have to have a balance but once it's gone it's gone and I'm quite happy to see things go um and it's been a bit of fun [Music] financially today has been good but it won't be good quickly it'll be good in a month um not everything can be turned around fast I way a bit when you we then bought an openline light we're always able to sell those easy sale for that one bit of work but extremely satisfying I'm going to save something really quite beautiful and rare's bought some things which I didn't even know I had but the good thing is he recognized that I have some really good things here to some people this is just a pile of junk but to others like I said it's an architectural Disneyland thanks very much fantastic I'll call in on you and so good to meet you at last time and I want to buy off you thank you I want the same deals yeah and good luck when this auction happens I'll be here good I'll let you know you get the same deal if you cut all the brambles in here thank you [Music] just in time for the rain um hey hey didn't know I would be doing Horticulture when we were collecting stuff Indiana tea but no a good day Neville top bloke yep I like him I like him a lot we've got a full van there's profit in all of them we got but no back to uh back to the office and uh see what they all got to say [Music] welcome home hello where's the boss yeah look who's here hello you had a good one yes good journey a lot very good oh we bought a lot special news is you're getting a log burner that's the first thing T doesn't understand how desirable this is it's unbelievably yes just like Trump art was one of the things that Drew it's got a little bit of that in it I mean look at the top so it's English it's 19th century it is riddled with woodworm the tree table beautifully weathered beautiful coloring quick fiddle with the side bits Etc and uh that's a really lovely item but this though find of the month there's a lot of it whatever it is it's a lot of it you'll need two of these I want me to we stand oh I know it was a gazebo and this was very good we had to get all Indiana Jones big knives and machetes and packing it all out let's go up we go what were you doing [Music] this is English yeah late Regency wrought iron garden arbor completely original 38 sections making a piece of approximately 120 foot long and it all matches and it's not been messed with later Alex the French polisher puts the finishing touches to the arts and crafts table actually looks quite nice wax and before long is ready for Drew to inspect the table has come up basically how I expected it to be um which is when I first saw it I knew it would come up this well the top is just superb that twig work on the top here is really good just the color makes it really that where that's come through that's actually better than I thought but it's because that literally looks like old gold leaf on the frame yep over the moon with that and I should imagine it will be gone within the month in Conway a Drew pritchard's Architectural Salvage showroom Rebecca and the team are sorting out the latest stock whilst Drew and tea are off to visit an exclusive private Library that's known for having rare items from the Georgian era [Music] it's about an 80 mile drive to the city of Manchester once the world's largest producer of cotton Goods during the 19th century Manchester is one of the fastest growing cities in the UK and known for its fine architecture and influential music scene so we seem to be in the city center of Manchester not on the outskirts no usually we're on the fringes or on the demo site but no we're right slap bang Center in the middle of Manchester and we're off to a place called the Portico Library Portugal library was built in 1806 and designed in a Greek Revival Style with funds raised by 400 of the most influential men in Manchester the library is subscription-based and by paying a yearly fee members have access to a remarkable collection of 19th century literature it's run by head librarian Emma mariliano well the ideal day for us um from from what Drew might come up with is certainly that we can sell enough to make us go oh God this will come in handy but also for Drew to look around be so impressed and say I've got to become a member of this place so we find shelves today I'm shooting my library I would love to come away with Library steps it's a big proper libraries like this period libraries we're talking Georgian here to get one of those would be superb right but they're rare so we'll see but it is on the right here that's it aggressive building actually this isn't it anyway the lady called Emma so let's just see so perfect Georgian Library steps not gonna happen but you never know look forward to it foreign [Music] [Laughter] if you'd like to follow me gentlemen the Portugal library is quite a find it's really genuinely beautiful inside it's really masculine it's cool inside here as well it's a sort of place you'd want to hang out oh this is a lovely room it's a gorgeous room this is what we call our reading room and this is this is not original however most of these tables these tables are you've got a real mixture of Ages and styles in here really nice I've got a slight obsession with chairs oh have you just a bit yes he does this everywhere we go Pub it's quite rude people's houses wandering around picking up Furniture no but they're good there's some variation on a cockfighting chair oh right yeah so you'd sit in them a slightly different way not but not these ones particularly but they were the earlier they're designed to be set like that wow yeah but these are just a A variation on that really yeah slightly later variation on it well I should imagine there's something myself I should imagine there's nothing in here for sale no I'm afraid not okay so the stuff that I'm here to look at is somewhere else this is what we call in the gods used to say that's in the gods it's in the roof yeah loose face The Loft the attic okay well let's go and have a look shall we let's go to the gods definitely and here we are within the Gods oh good this is all just remnants of all sorts of everything well we've got our archives here as well there are one or two things perhaps up there yeah but um starting with our ladders all right okay I was hoping to find some Library steps here we don't have Library steps I'm afraid just Library ladders okay yeah however we have a couple of things here there's this item here shut up that's original that's original that's been stuck on later on that one yeah they're original ones yeah sort of aesthetic movement okay what else is it you've got in here there's two screens that we refer to as Georgian screens yeah um I think that they may have been used at one time downstairs as kind of fire screens I don't know if you can actually see if you can get in there yes this one's damaged it's got a bit of damage to this one all right these mahogany and felt screens were built in the early 19th century and were once used as dividers in the library's reading rooms they're high quality and simple design means they could fetch around 800 pounds each now these I do like are they trip off slightly out of fashion but they're always in style yeah you know what I mean yeah they've got that sort of feel to them super quality what do they pay for those a couple hundred pounds each 400 pounds for the pair 50 each um I think they're probably worth more than that in our world where I've got people who will want these the problem is is this material is going to have to come out and to get it out is a real problem because that's so thin you can see they've had a problem there and see how tightly those are put in um well if we go round it off where do you want to be 500 I think is where you want to be isn't it can make it 550. no that's a definite no I definitely don't absolutely definitely no I don't know if there's any is there anything else in here though yeah yeah I do let's just see if we can put a package of things together but I'm going to leave this one at that for now okay okay you said that you were interested in in Wonderland no I'm Gonna Leave the ladder I think they're probably best off here if we go up here yeah actually now that I do like okay the look of and I've got the other piece of it here as well what's up hello yes lovely this English wrought iron and copper stick stand with displayed lion paw base was made in the early 19th century because of its elegant Georgian design it could have a value of 400 pounds once restored it's nice but it's a little broken well it's only it's 99 the sort of thing I like and then just a little bit of broken bits taken taking a little bit off it apart from that it's great really really like that a lot well what do you think um what would you say I mean everything else except for that everything else is is really nice um [Music] how does um 200 pounds grab you for a broken stick stands covered in all paint thank you a salvager Drew Pritchard is a portico library in Manchester oh this is a lovely room he has made a bed on a rare Georgian wrought iron stick stand how does um 200 pounds grab you but will librarian Emma mariliano accept it up a bit like that's here I think well so I've gone up you you wanted 500 for those screens yeah and then if I I'm just gone two for 200 for this if we said the screens and that there's nothing else is there the only other thing that I could possibly show you then that you might be interested in there there's the base okay right should we pass should we pass these bits down I think that would be easy because the base is down there in fact so if I can pass that one down well let's go straight there you go restored in our own workshops yeah lovely reading stand nice she's lovely this Oak Library lectern with a sliding mechanism for angled adjustments was built in England in the 1920s and donated to the library its original design and solid construction give it a value of 300 pounds it's had a nasty repair underneath a bit of ply stuck across it okay so uh so we're at 700 so far plus that what do you want for this let's see if we can have a nice figure for all three then okay this is it's all right not really floating my boat I'll take it if it was the right money but otherwise I'd have to leave it it's a good salable item but it's not well so I would say all in eight done happy is that all yes you wanted a grand didn't you I did yeah I can't give you a grand for it I'll come up a little bit more then 8.50 all right okay yeah 850 there 850 for the three okay the other good thing is I know what to get through for Christmas because he obviously likes a pointy stick everything will do one of those I do look super morning down here at the library I found some fantastic Georgian pieces um I've got good stock there that we can sell easily and I'm going to sell nearly all of it as is so the two screens will go as is the stick stand should go with a small repair that's what's going to happen with those I think I'd probably want to become a member of this place it's a wonderful cool relaxing Airy place to be it's just great and I would suggest everybody should become members of this place wonderful place to be it really is I think that the visit today has gone really quite quite well any extra money that comes in is always hugely appreciated and I think Drew was quite happy with one or two pieces in particular and I am too Emma thank you so much it's been a real pleasure no thank you it's been the pleasure has been all out bye happy yeah lovely day one of those little things that I love about cities they've got that little you know like a little Library like that just doing its thing I think that's brilliant it's Manchester is an amazing City look at it it is beautiful look at look at all this fabulous place like the capital of the North Drew's next stop is only a short driveway to Chorley in the neighboring County of Lancashire once a major producer of textiles during the Industrial Revolution Charlie is now primarily known as a bustling Market town we're here to see a guy called John from bygone times okay and they a load of shot fittings they want to get rid of they sent me some pictures but they sent me pictures of them in situ setup oh from where they came from yes and now they've been broken down and they're in the warehouse my name is John conliff I'm the merchandise buyer for Bagon times which is a 40 000 square foot antiques collector center it's been here for over 25 years I've been here 15 years um buying props and items to sell to the public I've got some large items that hopefully I can I get a good price for from Drew he's all in a lock-up which is not too far away it's large Edwardian display cabinets and various other items but [Music] hello Drew how you doing good job good to meet you all right yes please right okay so this is the uh over spill from um times yeah okay so what sort of retail displays and stuff you've got here yeah shop fittings foreign It's Just Junk you know real rubbish not what you want to see [Music] yeah I think these are a bit too beaten up for me even for me I think they've had this finish is different that piece of trim is different that skirting is different that's been applied around the other side there's too much work evolved in those hey they can be cheap they'd have to be they'd have to be freak right okay I can't move free now is there more across the road yeah yeah it was about six all together six okay let's have a look at the ones over there all right okay [Music] I'm hoping in the place across the road there's some untouched original bits of shock counter even to just get a bit you know anything more stuff from bygone yeah yeah a lot of Fairground bits again just looked and I thought oh no it's all sort of broken reproduction and been altered and messed around with [Music] after an arduous climb Drew finally spot something we're in tell us about these are they the oh yeah yeah three of them are thinking there no doors there's no doors but it's got the drawers for the bottom the bottom third is all draws in a bit of a state actually they're not in a they're not in a bit of a state they're in a terrible state um but I can see the potential there's three most of the drawers are there yeah this looks like a big shop back bar yeah it is yeah these English oak shop display cabinets were manufactured in the 1920s if they were in good condition with all the draws intact they could sell for around 300 pounds each how cheap are they how cheap do you want them to be ridiculously obscenely you're paying me to take them away cheap right give me a starting point what do you want to be 100 quit what for all three yeah you are joking I am joking yeah I'm joking I am joking this one's got the drawers right the Top's collapsed and there's no doors this one's got half the drawers right and one front of a drawer there are bits of these bits listen to the drawers missing all together come on then hit us with the figure says they are take a chance to price 100 each Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is at the lockups of an antique store in Chorley Lancashire Drew has found three large display cabinets withdrawals missing and in poor condition well not in a they're not in a bit of a state they're in a terrible state is the asking price of 100 pounds each too steep will I be able to search out for the drawers yeah yeah okay let's get him out yeah good let's have a deal on that thank you thank you he said 100 quid each fine but you said 100 quid each with all the draws that's really important because to have one draw made it's gonna cost me and also missing handles then I need to get up there again see if the rest of those drawers are in it right okay I know John believes that the missing drawers for all three cabinets are somewhere in the locker so the hunt begins oh so those straws aren't there yeah how many are you missing the whole one whole cabinet's worth they're definitely not in these bits I'm in here now because I can see right into all of these so while we're looking at massive discounts because uh the goods were wrongly described two full ones and one half one two fifty for three yeah that pains you doesn't it it does really you trade's tough that's how it goes and there's two things I like about them one is this three and the other one is the cheap they're perfect for a kitchen imagine having those in your kitchen all in all made a bit of money uh I think he's got a bit of profit in the stuff that he's got um well I made a bit of money as well so not too bad [Music] it's a base [Music] we've just been to Manchester just nipped up the road really um went to a place called the Portico library right in central town this is a gem it doesn't look like it immediately 19th century English stick stand very very handmade wrought iron copper and cast iron Construction see this underneath here I've got to spend hours getting this black paint off to get back to that beautiful feet that Drew says will polish up um it's stunning we don't actually often get them that good [Applause] yeah what do you think how about they they are absolutely lovely not an easy sell but when somebody wants them we've got them and I don't know of many are for sale of this size yeah before the wind blows them over Drew has impressed Rebecca with his purchases from Portugal Library but what will she make of the cabinets from bygone times fires are in the back yeah just bought it on Five Nights every now and again save up for next year I'll make a mistake hands up I admit it um and I think I have done with these ones that bit God they're a bit gone but I've just had a thought when I was pulling this off the back there yeah I've got three of them for 250 quid for three now this is going to cost me money to do so all I'm going to do is cut it there yeah put a slate top on them sell them as Banks of drawers that's a bit clever making something out of nothing anyway let's get Gavin to get these off they're just they're too heavy they're too heavy it's a new day and whilst the team are hard at work Drew and T hit the road again in search of more spoils it's about a 170 Mile Drive Northeast to the Village of Bedale in North Yorkshire a market Town Bedale is home to Saint Gregory's Church which was mentioned in the Doomsday Book of 1086. [Music] today tea we're off to see Dale's side Reclamation her father and son scene Simon and Elliot Evans and that's who we're meeting today they have got a architectural salvage yards mainly building materials but the father was involved in the Antiques trade for years prior to this well we generally Salvage materials from all buildings that have been demolished as far as the things that Drew might be interested in he buys a variety of things and I'd no doubt he wants them you know the lowest possible price so we'll just have to say yeah the reclaim Dale side reclamation [Music] hi how you doing all right thank you Simon Simon how you doing hello thanks for having us um just wanted to have a look around yeah okay can we do it yeah sure right then [Music] oh it's quite big isn't it so you do all sorts of reclamation really anything at all well not essentially we buy the materials direct off of these buildings to be demolished pre-1930s mainly yeah so it's just whatever we come across it isn't long before Drew spots something yeah I I like these were they it's a game uh you you have two together and you have a cane that goes over the top and because they're different sizes you basically jump over I wondered what they were yeah I quite like those these hurdle stands were made in the UK in the 1930s made of wood with a weighted base they were designed for use in school track and field activities each one is worth around 25 pounds so I have got some more actually in over there more of these yeah how many more have you got don't know without looking Lots there must be at least another another 10 or so anyway okay what do you want for them the lot don't know because I don't know how many's there oh I'll tell you what if you when you've counted them up yeah yeah I'll get to we'll get one of the lads to pull them out and so we can see how many there are exactly okay okay yeah all right these can be really good hunting grounds for us because you just never know what you're gonna find [Music] with a good find in hand Drew continues the search have you made this up yeah it's not a bad job actually though is it no eight eight percent once a ton means how much is that as it stands just take it as it is um 450. oh okay no we're believing that blimey okay there's some gym equipment here yes it's something we do a bit of or you can have a go then Drew you're joking you're joking no chance oh that's a shame he's got a big rip in it what's up with it he's got one he's got one foot that's missing one of these rubber feet oh that's a shame it is this leather pobble horse was made in the UK in the 1970s it came from the gymnasium of a private college today it could be used as a design piece in the home or in a shop with some restoration it's worth around 700 pounds thank you I don't know how much is it 250. no right let's prices are high very very high um I'm shocked actually let's start at 100 quid 100 quid bloody hell that seems unbelievably cheap well I'm not gonna play a lot for it I'd pay you 250 for it yeah you had the foot and there's no rips in it and these are in better condition but it's not uh you know it's got a rip there rip there and a big one at the back got a foot missing so it's got issues in it right so that's where I'm at to be honest with you right um it's got some problems I can do stuff with it but it's got some issues 150 150 150 150. yes I love that one okay thank you very much good yeah all right that's all right that's quite nice and heavy as well that's it yeah no right so these pair of cupboards here what um what's the story of those um they they came out of a Victorian building you know it was originally a boys and girls school they were just left there these cupboards were manufactured in the UK in 1910. made from Oak with brass locks and pool Rings they still have their original shelving the pair could sell for around a thousand pounds I'm a Charlie well I was running about 450 for the pay 450. I'll go and have a look at the other side of the other one yeah the best thing about them is there's a then there's a two there's a pair a single one I wouldn't be interested in but there's a pair they've got a lot more going on I can't give you 450 for the pair um because there's a lot of work to do I can't just sell these as they are can I there's no money left you're not leaving any money left in there at all oh I don't know I don't know make a decent profit although of course well eventually yeah but I don't think I mean there's not a lot to do to him really I mean people you know if you were to give them a good work stop and well I've got to get keys made for them yeah have the stops repaired why what's wrong with the tops well they've got um paint all over them um make new kickboards for that one covered in scratches they're a different color as well if you look at them here that one's a different color to that one yeah but that's probably to do with it probably to do with the light and you know I mean they wouldn't have been pushed out by side with it nope my eyes are fine it's definitely that one's darker and that one's lighter so they've got to be color matched so they're nearly there so 450 no I'm to be honest three so that's where I'm at 300 quid I'd usually pick them up at an auction house for about 250. so I think three is seeing you a good profit [Music] we'll have a look at the other those um those four cuttings yeah lots of things all right let's see if we can do a deal on the two okay all right yeah all right you've dug them all out now yeah jumping over things yeah yeah the game the game there's not one to match that one is obviously you buy half a banister before I think they're just a good shape yeah that's all I see them as door stops just a cool looking door stops it's got enough weight in it at the base to hold that back but um yeah I'll just uh decorative items to put on a shelf or something you know yeah you never know three or four tickets if you graduate them down to three or four yeah or clocking two around the back yeah [Laughter] there's 25 in total 25 if my accounting's accurate okay so what do you want for them um [Music] yeah well argue with about that we'll have those all right there you go that's straightforward and easy yeah so there you go I've been very fair with you on though so I thought 300 quid for that pair of cabinets and then I think we're doing three a 350's got to be read really Drew Pritchard is in Bedale North Yorkshire that's a salvage yard run by Father and Son Simon and Elliott Evans he wants to buy a pair of old cupboards but can he get Simon to come down on the price three or 350 has got to be reasonable really it does it does I mean I mean I just I didn't even knock your nuts I mean where are you going to get a pair of cabinets from well every antique fair oh yeah yeah yeah so meet in the middle three two five go on there there you go there you go that's not super all right overall good day um surprisingly good actually and that's just one of those things you know when you come to somewhere you think oh you know you never know gotta call in I always call in and it's always this is the reason why a great little haul a pretty cool stuff very happy [Music] quite a pleasure to meet to Drew and tea and uh more importantly to be able to do a bit of business I wasn't expecting that so yes I enjoyed it well look cheers thanks Elliot cheers yeah nice to meet you Simon yeah thank you yeah all the best days we got there in the end yeah all right [Music] come on then Miss Daisy [Music] hello hello hello so what these are really handy for go on guess what these are legs off a nope Camp Pirates and if you use Pirates likes there was a there's this company and they were making legs for pirates and they went out of business so we've just bought the uh what's left of them I'm not falling for that one these are for the taller ones would I lie to you yes that's a tall red communist pirate that one got a little green Lefty one this is formal Tory Tory Pirates what are they really they are things you put on yes they are um I think they're brilliant door stops another horse ah but these are the sailable ones well these are the ones I can sell metal legs and leather not suede alloy hand grips with hardwood yes okay so they've got a bit it's got a lot more about it and it's just the right you can adjust it now the only problem with it is it's damp you have to dry it out great colored lags against the leather body usually the bodies are suede so this is quite unusual actually but it's so damp I mean it's cold it's like an ice cube so I think we'll keep that in the office and a couple of months and we'll get it on the website gav can you give us a lift for this fella a pair of pear pair of English Oak estate cupboards matching Heights all original furniture on them all shelves to the interior of the original shelving three two five the pair that's fantastic the two estate cabinets love them love them love them love them um you can't get enough items where people uh use storage so perfect the next day while the team gets to work on cleaning and restoring the items from Dale side Reclamation Drew is back on the road again today he's got a hot lead about a country estate that's been owned by the same family for seven generations to get there he's traveling 250 miles Northeast to Northumberland near the county town of morpeth we're off to meet a chap called James cookson who owns Melbourne Park um our family have lived here really since it was built in 1835. the house is really part of the larger estate and we are involved in farming we're involved in forestry and we let properties out but recently we've just opened a cafe and we're starting to get into the market with the general public more so than we really ever have before the house is full of old stuff there are the odd bits for sale but um it really it I swears it depends on Drew on what he's looking for and what he thinks oh look at that view look at that you can see you can see exactly why they built this thing look at that that's just incredible Gordon there we go James what's on a beautiful place fantastic isn't it oh fantastic come on then you come thank you nice expecting floods I think if we felt we're in trouble oh nice that's a hell of an entrance way isn't it yeah I know it's lovely isn't it but it's now great is there is this an original feature though well that's great it's been in the pin in the family since 1835 um Georgian uh yeah Georgian and um it's very original it is it's uh shorts after these days it creates a lot of this probably creates more entertainment stuff no I love it these Georgian houses they just they are my favorite everybody and always bang on about them just a proportion I mean look at that's just well I'm here to you know have a look around really let's have a look at the house yep but um I'm already spotting things it's so rude I don't want to be rude but no no well I love that tea laughing don't you like that I love it um I'm the only person in the family who does yeah that's that's a good thing for me that's a good thing for me it's just look at the wear man it's just lovely yeah what a great chair it's not often that I completely fall for a piece of furniture and I have done out there there's an armchair out there in blue velvet which has got wear on it which you couldn't make up and it's a staggering staggeringly beautiful little piece this late 19th century upholstered armchair with velvet Fabric and ball and claw foot is desirable because of its unique color and wear after restoration it could fetch about 1 300 pounds so I don't know I didn't think anything was in the house was for sale but is that um no I mean no sure the um well it's not not for sale no oh no okay but um unless you offer me an unfeasibly large price I can't refuse oh right I'm gonna overpay for it I want it that much I'm just going to pay way too much money for it because I love it and I know that if I put that on the open market my clients would literally be clamoring to buy that I know they would I think I would pay for that chair 800 pounds I know I know you're actually thinking about it I don't know what I think it's I think it's absolutely lovely it needs this is actually right that yeah yeah is a big problem so you've got to unpick the Upholstery and fix it and then put it back on so but I just think the shape is just lovely and that wear is quite astonishing it really is that's that chair without that wear 350 quid yeah absolutely Max well I I yes I agree I I totally agree with you okay um do you want to leave that one though just go later we park it and discuss it I went in with a very good bid and I will improve on that I've got a figure in my mind if I have to end up there I will it's that good I think from his first reaction on the chair it will be mine I'm fairly sure oh you've got lovely oh yes oh yeah now you're talking [Music] yeah wonderful wonderful this is great isn't it yeah it's in um yeah it needs a bit of TLC yeah Tatty shame all flexible though yep this is um it's rather lovely they were designed because these houses are so drafty that's a very tall one yeah usually only about is that right yeah nice though is that leather original this is leather yeah well I like that a lot but the the sort of stuff like this is what really really gets me going because that I love that it's gorgeous that's not for sale no definitely nothing really okay yeah definitely not okay okay get it [Laughter] oh that's some actually this is um his Philips um I think it's a Mauser wow oh yes now you're talking actually that's the wrong way around fabulous you're gonna be able to get that out of there you go no no it's the right way around and it's got the um battles Sandra River Bethlehem 's neck because it's scene action that's what all collectors of this stuff won let's just look up history and also he must have been a it has it's been decommissioned yeah it's um no I mean that's lovely and it's great unrestored condition as well that's so nice prepared but because any collectors of this stuff clean action as well that wouldn't have been standard issue with it no I don't think so this would have been obviously no no he'll have bought this for himself is that right yeah God that's nice I mean we're so smart nowadays nice lovely very nice very good lovely doesn't having all those dates on there as well that's great great history great history okay lovely next stop the sellers now this is a seller isn't it not just a hole in the ground [Music] oh blimey look at this place blimey look at these my God safe wheel safe yeah yeah there's nothing in them I'm afraid as well the locks don't work um and we did get so we had to drill them and we I think come to your father nearly had the money spent anticipating riches but um beyond your wildest dreams we we kind of had we were in a kind of cloud of depression for weeks afterwards imagine finding three safes and they're all empty yeah you know it's a depressing God they've been here that's going nowhere is it no I mean it allows you no strong help I've got a very strong guy who works for me but none of them but none of the above that's good that's going nowhere just no just a hundred times no too much hassle next is to the outbuildings where James has something he thinks might interest Drew excuse me oof this [Music] blimey that's a big one [Music] it's been here as long as I can remember do I do I need this in my life do I need the hassle of that it's a huge piece the only way to get it out of there is to disassemble the whole thing then it needs full restoration and who's got a house that big anymore to put in not many people the hassle of getting that out because I'll take it apart I'm going to respectfully say thanks but no thanks again well that's that's yeah is that all right yeah actually fine um but what I'd like to do if we can go and see your Cafe good idea yeah fantastic do that yeah we'll do that spot on but it's not just tea and cake on Drew's mind he also wants to discuss the blue velvet chair I'm still very much in love with that blue armchair um even though it's nothing special but it's just got that color is quite wonderful um so that I'd be interested in that right what would be your best what did I did it 800 nine and that's really going over the top for that chair because if it wasn't for that covering that's a 300 creature at best would you give me a thousand Fred No 9 50. oh no oh look 925 because I'm I'm pushing the boat I really am okay if it was worth it it's not that we haven't got the money to spend it just has to be fine I'm going to have a trouble partnering with that one as well uh because it's great looking isn't it yeah just great so what do you think 925 we'll have that very good great let's have a cup of tea and a cake excellent it doesn't get much better thank you very much brilliant I ended up paying way too much probably twice what that would be worth unless it had that covering on it financially today won't work out because I probably won't sell the chair I can as soon as I saw it I thought I love that I want to keep that every now and again I find something which is just just special that ticks all those boxes I'm always going on about and that's it it's not the best thing in the world antiques don't have to be but God it looks good that's enough well look James Street thank you very much fabulous cake a good man thank you thank you very much indeed you know it's been interesting and it's been good meeting the Drew and T they seem charming and obviously very knowledgeable I've learned quite a bit I know it's been a good day so basically now we've gone straight back to your house even bother taking that chair to the to the shop I can't believe I paid that much for it I don't need the bumps feeling absolutely mental mental money I paid for that I'm not gonna partner with that for a while no I'll hang on to that just uh I want to enjoy that a bit myself to be honest with you let's go home and uh try and explain to everybody why I've made them no money today you can do that yeah okay with trepidation they head back to base to show Rebecca the chair I really like it a lot and I paid way too much money for it as well what do you think I love the color that's left that's not the reaction I was after to be honest absolutely beautiful do you like to wear no no that's a shame because it's good in the living room it would appear to be some sort of discussion that's really comfy though you don't like it what did you pay for it 125 pounds sorry um 925 pounds nine no lie nine I know went over the top just fell in love with it had to have it don't do it very often maybe once every couple of years but I did drop the ball I've paid too much for it I know I paid too much for it I went in high to begin with you see because there was a lot there was all sorts of other stuff there as well it was great really really nice I don't think it's I think it's going to come off too but it's not going on okay gutted so I paid too much I'll sell it I will make a profit on it but it'll be a very small profit you're like 50p but 100 quid 100 150 keep going super goes through them don't you like it no you're kidding me you're kidding [Music] Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is heading out on the road again he's making a return visit to one of his favorite locations a family Fairground business it's a four-hour drive to maidenhead in Berkshire [Music] and dates back to the Middle Ages and for centuries it was a stopover for cultures traveling between London and the West country because of its strategic location it's still a successful commercial town today [Music] right T we're down uh we're down south nice to go to a bit of a revisit um to a family that I got to know a few years ago and this is Anna and Joby Carter Carter steam Fair the famous Carter steamer Carter's steamfab was founded by John and Anna Carter in 1977. with the help of their seven children they built Carter's off into one of Britain's best love traveling fairs [Music] I'm Adam Carter this is Carter's yard where we still car to steam fair and I've been doing this since the mid 70s I'm Joby Carter this is my mum and I've been doing it since I left school over the last few decades we've brought up old Fairground rides bought them home restored them and then in the summer we take them out on tour and try to earn a living try being the big word we've had Drew here before we know full well he likes our old interesting rare things so I'm selling my mum is that before I get less interest she's gonna slap me later their father and husband John Carter was a prestigious prodigious even collector of anything to do with the fairground the fun fair circus any of that he was he was in the know and he was buying it and uh that's what we're here today they let me have a little bit out of their collection last time and I'm really hoping this time they're going to let me have a lot more of their antique Fairground stuff because they've got some really rare bits we're going to go on the Dodgers today unlikely unlikely because this is the off season they're not working and that's it Carter's yard hello again hello nice to see you how are you I'm well thanks Joey good to see you again you've not met before have you no no no no he's new for the team-ish I knew for the last 20 years anyway here so we'll be going off to here yeah let's have a look yeah let's go me yeah [Music] oh still love that smell yeah reminds me of being a kid it does it smells like it does yeah it does smell like my dad's yard yeah this is a workshop I also do signwriting courses in here I see this has got to learn how to sign right yeah yeah but all these things on the wall are good for inspiration so if I don't sell them it doesn't matter that's some of your work there isn't it that is my first bit of scene of mine yeah my first bit of sign mine I think you're about 11. yeah I can remember sitting with my dad and he was just you know giving me a few tips Dad wasn't a signwriter but I had such a passion for it and then of course I went on to learn professionally yeah in the Austin cars thing that I quite like it's quite nice actually he's got a good look to it yeah he's got a good look to it this Austin Card Sign was done by Joby in the 1980s though not an antique it might appeal to automobile collectors it could be worth 150 pounds [Music] I have got lots and lots of customers for any motoring memorabilia and when I saw the Austin car sign on there perfect just the right size fantastic patina and wear to the painted surface what would you like for it [Laughter] what's that going to cost me it's going to hit me with an opening opening bid 475 pounds [Laughter] right I'm going to lower your expectations slightly come on 75 pounds yeah get out of it no come on no excuse me it's it's that's just after your 475 pounds no but it's too it's too it's too nice on the wall I enjoy looking at it come on 120 pounds no and honestly I don't it's just 475 but that's no oh we're we're not going to meet on that no two that's too different I'm just not desperate to sell it let's go and have a look at something else all right paint for you I'm getting overcome by paint fumes so we're next down here yeah I've got some stuff around here that might be of interest oh that's cool this is my County County Tractor and that yeah that's that's from the center of the steam yachts cool stuff JB let's go through go through here the next stop is the sheds where Joby and his mother store old Fairground stuff here you go yes [Music] early 21st century you just can't make it up what about the football game this yeah yeah it's all good are they metal figures wooden figures I think they're metal I think that was brought either the late 80s early 90s it was French it's still French yeah it doesn't change nationality let's get these off can I take these off and have a better look at them yeah I see do not use this does this not come out and get used no not table football was invented in 1922 by Avid Tottenham Hotspur supporter Harold Thornton who wanted to replicate the game experience at home restored it could sell for 1 800 pounds everybody loves to play table football if you walk into a pub or somebody's house and they've got one everybody goes straight to them therefore they're very desirable the older looking they are the more desirable they are to me so I mean would you let this go I'm not bothered that it's not that old it's still kind of funky isn't it yes come on then what would you like for that Joby you're my agent I didn't know he'd want this think on no do you listen you laughed at me when I said a price last time give us a give us a price um right go on let's start 400 quid [Music] Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is a Carter's yard a family-run Fairground Depot near maidenhead he's after this vintage football table [Music] but will the Carters be prepared to sell right go on let's start 400 quid it's a real hard one Mom it's actually up to you because yeah was it I would like a little bit more tell me what you want tell me what you want remember pain and now it's got a pattern these seats this is the only thing obviously you've had to put this on I've got to take that off yeah I know but you know it's all work uh 550. yeah come on then sure I'll do that thank you great okay I think that's I'm happy with that too brilliant that's really really heavy and really difficult to get out and there are the legs and I'm not helping I'm not paying till this out we're in a stalemate situation what's your step on here guys I've been here before have you been replacing it I'm always tidying up and finding stuff this is random but I have Queen Victoria in this box like you do [Music] ah it handles your side no hold it like that so Queen Victoria is in the circus of Horrors and he's not impressed yeah no she's not she's not no no I can't I prefer the box to be honestly I prefer the Box foreign [Music] this is the one you haven't seen has anybody been in here what in the last hundred years yeah yeah [Applause] [Music] what about these yeah I would let those go to the right price they're in really lovely they're nice condition aren't they all right brand new they are practically brand new these enamel industrial light shades were made by the Benjamin company in the UK around the 1930s rewired they could be worth 140 pounds each we've managed to find nine white industrial Shades the condition fantastic the color fantastic all good just wish there was ten so um uh let me help let me help you out here go on then 50 Quid each at the start no yes white lights in that condition but the two part the larger ones you know that would have had a separate gallery and a hook yeah I know these just have the bulb hole to go straight into them they just hang off the bulb holder slightly different variant we're just saying 25 pounds each is exactly what I can spend on those but they are good a bit more [Music] if you go in the right trendy shots and they just yeah right yeah yeah so she could eat Yes sold happy thank you thank you yes yes yes lovely Joby has one more thing to show Drew where'd you get these from now these have been buried for years and I kept saying to the boys I know I've got these cars buried in the back of the truck we've been there for years and years I've always kept saying no really no so I made myself very unpopular by getting them to get them out the other day one thing I got offered today was Some Fun Fare cards ride cars for two children to sit in I think they're probably from the either late 30s or early 40s they are rare they're extremely desirable and I've never been offered four in such good condition so complete uh so what's what's the what's the deal with these I'd very much like you to make an offer you must know where they're at and what you can get for them these are difficult where they're not an Austin Carol are they but they're gorgeous they're much rarer um well will people understand that because I've just got to take the motor out and polish it to death and sell it like that I'm just gonna think how much work can I put into it well the only way to sell these things is to make sure that you could get that whole car put it in your living room and you're not going to put something in your living room covered in oil well not many people will anyway um so they have to be mint so you've got a huge amount of restoration you've got to lift the steel body off repaint if necessary or Polish Polish or what's left of the nickel a lot of the Nickels worn off and then come completely clean the undercarriage the chassis the whole thing I like them I do like them and I could probably sell them but the work involved it's a lot of work what did you want for them um I I I'd say 500 quid each that's what I've that's the figure I've got the price on those is fine it's just the work I think I put another 500 worth of work into each one because they have to be good enough to go in somebody's house yeah just I mean it has to be clean enough to go into somebody's house [Music] make a profit but for that might work we need to make more profit than that and just not enough in it [Music] coming to Carter's yard again today was wonderful second time I've been here just as friendly great people to deal with there you go I'll take those I noticed you let me carry it up to that point and I think he's tucked me mum up like a kippo and I'm going to find out where he lived and sort him out done pleasure again to meet you guys really enjoyed it thank you thank you very much and we'll see you we'll see you in another four years could you collect some more stuff we'll do my best thank you thank you see ya cheers [Music] [Music] so what do you think of the Carters you haven't met them before after your first time I've been there it's really good really lovely people very privileged access like you know not everybody gets let into uh funfair yards that's for sure right anyway onward upwards and whaleswood it's whales with a wood it's an album good good with uh you know we've been down to see Joby I want to see Joby and Anna same thing yeah guess what that is cast iron players and we've got the legs and we've got the bolts so it'll take minutes to put it together what do you think I love it isn't it great I love table football I can usually Hammer Drew completely thrash him um so it's just a joy it's just perfect is it heavy no handles unbelievable hopefully it won't sell too quickly right look no spinning it wasn't spinning this is unusual for government it's not been sent off yet yeah me too [Music] before long Drew is back on the road [Music] it's a four-hour drive Northeast to Newcastle upon time [Music] situated on the banks of the river tine Newcastle was a major port during the Industrial Revolution and was home to some of the world's largest shipyards I'll have to be honest I've never really spent any time in Newcastle and it's gorgeous I'm liking it it's amazing um and we're going to see the Fern Avenue Antique Center run by a guy called sepi okay and these are proper dealers who put an antique Center together and they've got about 10 or 12 of them in there um and two or three of them I know and they always have good stuff so it's a bit of an unusual one because basically we're going down the shops hey my name's sebby we're in Fern Avenue Antique Center in Jasmine Newcastle I run this with my business partner we've been here about nearly come approaching two year we like the class ourselves as doing something a little bit different a little bit quirky well I've got traditional stuff in here but we do like something that's slightly away from the norm well the ideal day would be if Drew can just come in and buy the lot and then we'll pack up early and I'll go to the pub Antique Centers have usually got what's called cases display cases and you rent the space in the case right so then but the best thing right about these Antique Centers you're walking into a room that's taken 20 people to get out and they're doing it every day they're out looking for stuff every single day so the stock comes and goes quickly that's good then so they're always worth calling into always there you go Fern Avenue [Music] foreign [Music] I need decent good quality Smalls that would be for like gentlemen's club type stuff I think you know expensive London residence that's the sort of thing it's okay what do you mean quite like those magnifying glasses in there we'll take a look at those one thing I like to do is buy gentleman's accessories and really good quality pieces that were made sort of money no object really and they're very hard to find but have a look at all the cabinets they look quite good don't they those ones there just Coke yourself yeah actually they're all right [Music] these antique binoculars date from around 1900 they're Bound in leather with silver plated eyepieces and could be worth around 100 pounds [Music] they've got good enough look haven't they they've got the look you've got the you've got the leather and your nice shiny bits that yeah to people and it's great great money 44 quid so 40 quid 40 quid yeah I love those thank you all right there's two more pairs in here I like the look of as well yep we'll do your deal on those let's have a look those I particularly like they're really cool looking aren't they because they've certainly got that look on the front there they have a beautifully engineered sort of look to them there you go these French opera glasses were made in the late 19th century opera glasses came into wide use during the Victorian era when they became the must-have fashion accessory for opera and theater goers ones like these are worth around 120 pounds each [Music] very nice what we've got on those 34 pounds so I'm down to 30 quid on them just brilliant value fantastic and these ones we couldn't buy a new set for that actually they're really clean again probably French I'd say so 49 route there probably 45. thank you a salvager Drew Pritchard is in Newcastle upon Tyne at Fern Avenue Antiques he's Keen to buy these opera glasses but will the owner agree to the price 49. uh probably 45. yes yep yeah thank you very much true when I managed to find three binocular sets and these are the largest set would have been for General Lucia and then the two smaller ones are opera glasses and the the middle one the middle sized one is engraved and French maker and just a wonderful compact look to it that flat face on it was really unusual um to put a collection together there they will look beautiful together and also they've got that quality feel an interesting look a great color we need tea lots of well Street in it yeah it is actually it's a dentist cabinet it is yeah we can do a bit on there a lot of you want to sit down we'll got any cavities oh yeah it's ready to go film a cavity it's got bits and pieces on there ooh that's quite gruesome I've got to feel it feeling just oh damn it's quite liking it to the open the drawers what they use that for Sedona Australia we can make something up isn't that there's plenty of this gear about it isn't there but the cabinet's nice yeah there's plenty of that but it's super it's got the original black top this dentist tool cabinets was made in the UK in the 1930s the top is made of black glass known as vitrolite and the graduated drawers have the original nickel pull handles it could be worth around 600 pounds come on then give us a price 280 280 280 as it is that's complete with all the uh all of this two-way situation belongs to this gentleman here ah I like it what can you do what's it 280 straight 280 best to you drew uh it can be 240 including the utensils there's maybe 100 pieces in there because I love that yeah no thank you yeah it's good that's probably something you did your workers don't you hey can I go it's learning that's just somebody love it it's a cool thing it's got a double look hasn't it it's good bathroom great grip that's one piece great for CDs yeah for files invoices CDs I think me and you're a bit out of touch what I'm going to do is take those tools out sell those separately then the cabinet will give it a real good polish and that is the best looking little cabinet to have in your bathroom and that's how we'll sell that so we've got a bit of a double whammy out of that one foreign [Music] [Music] quite like the dummy's head probably 1930s yeah from an old Haberdashery cover thank you I take these off yeah same about the nose apart from that he's not bad actually [Music] this mannequin head dates from the 1930s made from injection molded plastic it would have been used to display hats this one could fetch 200 pounds so what's the best on him what have you got on it 75 what's the best uh 65 quid true 65 yes thank you very much it's good yeah I like the look of that actually look at this again it's condition condition condition isn't it a little motor racing helmet it's got a bit of original dandruff I think I'm not putting that on [Music] 25 quid 25 quid [Music] I haven't cleaned it as you can see do I really want the job of cleaning that out no it needs hoovering yeah so yeah foreign [Music] Center like this and buy the sort of breadth of things I've had so from opera glasses to heads to dentist equipment that's hard to do it's hard to find this stuff so if I can come to one place and buy all of that very very quickly it's somewhere I'm going to come back to of course [Music] financially today will work out well because I've got a lot of things and I'm taking them from the far north the country and I'm taking them as fast as they can be I'm going to take them to people who may want them I'm going to be more interested in them maybe I just don't know who knows it's all a gamble what we do the air good experience I think it was all positive with uh with Drew we simply the center and what we're trying to do here he's bought a few bits he went away happy we went we're happy for that cement thing just give you this head we're done thank you very much for the job thanks very much thank you very much appreciate it thank you very much I'm glad you like this foreign [Music] 's going to stop off at another location he hopes will prove equally fruitful it's just over a hundred miles south to Doncaster the town of Doncaster was originally a Roman fault at the Crossing of the river Dom at the end of the 19th century it was one of the largest coal mining areas in the country and supplied fuel to the then booming steel industry [Music] we're off to see a guy I've known for a few years actually called Craig and he runs Viking reclamation and it's Architectural Salvage reclaim Builder materials fireplaces doorsdorfer and it's just stained glass windows on the heavier end of the scale yeah yeah I'm Craig Lloyd I've been in the business probably 14 years now I was originally working on Oil Business and I used to do this in my time off and then slowly transitioned from being on the oil business to working in this met through quite a number of times over the years he seems to drive a hard bargain but we all do [Music] there you go Viking Reclamation he's got flags and everything you need a flag with your family crest on it what was my family crest Beach a skip some tat in it we're the dogs too too rampant it's too rampant Enzos a big pile of burning chairs [Music] Joe how are you Craig how you doing long time no see no it's been a while hasn't it aren't you well yeah I'm very well mate very well okay how are you nice to meet you good cool right I think we should go in here come on have a look it's got uh anything good in um got a few industrial lights could be interested in cool [Music] it's very tidy in here isn't it blimey yeah well that makes it easier to make money actually doesn't it we're trying to be customer friendly you've got to be haven't you yeah you really have got to be I think the days have gone where you've got to be rooting in the back of somewhere in the back of a a shed and all the rest of it I thought you're going to say the days are gone when you could be rude you can be doing every day to certain people don't see quick stuff away from them yeah it's three and a half Stones that's what you had last night quite like that little try and truck you've got up there is it all there I'll have a look for you I'll check you in a bit and grab that down later on that because I quite like those I've got a fascination with little old tin cars love them they just they just give you a feeling instantly you get one you four again you know we're about to um nursing chair no no I I've never have any luck with them a sort of a half nurse enough probably it's French but it's predominantly I sell a lot of furniture now as well but anything Furniture lighting I'm interested in anything really if it's just got something about it I've got a lot of them like to come in those ones there the biggest um Thorn electrical yeah we also called chicken shed lamps they've come from Big factories aren't they huge factories of a steel factory apparently there's somebody showing a bit of interest in them they're going to be in the next Star Wars Wars movie as a hat with helmets no they're not honestly that's the inquiry I've had you're pulling my foot now sorry I'm not I'm not I'm not moving yet you wait and see eat your words for a week I've got your number [Music] that's quite a cool sign uh retail pretend not to sell signs you wouldn't do yourself not really because I just like them for decoration and they're hard to Value you can't hang it in your shop and then not want to sell it well I know but you just get attacked on you I like I like that I like what it's saying basically retail this sign probably dates back to the 1940s and is made from powdered glass fused onto a metal plate enamel signs were used for advertising up until the mid-20th century with some restoration this one could be worth 300 pounds one thing I used to buy an awful lot of was um enamel science I sort of got bored with them and I can't buy something I'm bored with and then bang I see that one and what's it say retail perfect brilliant you've got your fashion shop that goes on the wall behind the till if you were going to sell it what would it cost you'd have to be at me I know it's a hard thing to say condition is a major factor yeah in it it really really is well I'll have a go at it if you want if you don't give us a price [Music] um I'd rather you give me a price okay let's cut yourself 100 quid because I'd rather keep it there come on 100 quitting foreign [Music] Pritchard is at Viking Reclamation in Doncaster that's quite a cool sign he sped 100 pounds on this sign I tend not to sell signs but is enough to complete Craig to part with it every other thing Connie it's a great word do I mean the word's great I like that perfect for me to sell to tell you what customers why don't we leave that for a minute and if you're buying a few other bits and bobs I'll consider it okay I know it sounds a little bit cheeky but that's fine okay all right yeah yeah okay I'm happy to do that okay [Music] or not yeah they have come in probably about three weeks ago to just as they are they haven't done a thing with them what would have been on top of them I would have thought wood just to take yeah just just pug tables don't know much about them just somebody just fetched them in uh and I thought those were more or less than identical per yeah seeing you again aren't we [Music] [Music] you have to watch your head a little bit up here it's a little bit I'm fine if I get a bit of dust on your cow it doesn't affect me to be honest where are they from I've got that little body come out of um no no no no no com came out to be American Air Force Base really yeah [Music] these stackable chairs were manufactured in the United States in the 1950s made of tubular steel they will be ideal to furnish a retro 1950s Cafe each one is worth around 35 pounds [Music] yeah they've got a decent look at the moment they never know slightly odd style and a vinyl on them not so attractive but they can be cheap well what I'll just just out of curiosity what he's charging for those Democratic literature no I'd get 35. yeah yeah 35 36 depends a chair what about a deal on a lot of them yeah no I'd have to bid you so hard I couldn't go no really I'm not that I couldn't do that smell yeah but it's uh we'll leave your work a bit oh you said to me if I wanted to sell what would it be fine that's okay I buy them in for 10 to 15 pounds a chair like that I know hello I know with negotiations at an impasse Drew moves on [Music] have you got the seats on them yes you have well spotted yeah they're a heroco science laptops yeah these stackable stools came from a school science lab they're retro 1950s design makes them appealing they're worth around 30 pounds each what sort of many are those well judging on your bid on them why not right have a two-way deal have a deal on them and deal on them and if we said 18 quid right across the board so that's cheap on them and that's three pound vulnerable you wanted to pay on them but what I'll say then what about what we're doing with that sign downstairs I'd like to get close to 200. okay can we meet in the middle 150. [Music] and what else are you gonna buy all of that type of that chair that I want at the 18 pound asking price and the red one no we're gonna lead discount those 175 on the sign and I'll I'll split them cheers I'd rather sell them the lot as one rather than being left as you would say your place I'll tell you what I'll get I had a top price for the sign at 180 I'll pay that and yes I'll take some of those I'll take as many of those as I can good man yeah is that okay yeah more than what I wanted there you go until you had me huggling on them when you didn't really want them no that's why you went for them no I just thought if they were obscene leech it was like I don't know the carrot well again I'm thinking that so I can have them there no but I wish I had thought of that true true Craig keeps saying using this technique and you're trying this and doing that I'm not at all I'm not at all he's just laying on the guilt a couple of dealers do this and I've had it done to me countless times in the past it's no Deal's a deal he said for those and for those or for this and for that fine there's a margin there I don't have to buy it all but I'm happy to buy things at the right money and he's making a profit he wouldn't sell them otherwise so we're all we're all happy and there's still one more thing to be discussed the toy truck [Music] all right jobs to that you're right yeah if you can just how long has that been up there oh yes now I come in last week yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah pull the other one's got bells on no we're keeping them out the way so Nobody messes with him yeah oh it's not bad I was missing this Grill this vintage toy truck was manufactured by the British company lines Brothers in the 1930s the triang brand was named after the trio of Brothers who owned and ran the company made of steel with a working steering mechanism it could fetch 150 pounds go on then give us a price it's on my forte though it's mainly just been a decorative piece but that's all it is 300 quid started you can start all right I'll tell you where I am 40 quid oh no okay it's got to stop up there 40 quid well it must leave you and we both had daf prices now so we've got to meet somewhere 120 quid 80 quid I'll flick a coin with that four uh 100 quid or 90 quid 100 or 80. when obviously I've come down from 120. what now that's not my fault shall I select you under 90 or 100 90 or 100 sure yeah heads [Laughter] you can have that luck money oh thank you thank you I think it was the only way to settle the deal really flick a coin that's fine um I lost that's why I don't Gamble so I'm gonna say what I do to gamble but that's just pure gambling pure lost 10 pound down almost guarantee that once it's cleaned and Polished I'm not going to sell it you know it's one it's going to end up as one of those things I can see it come in already I'll try and sell it I'll make an effort sell it but I can't see it happening yeah tea room for a little there is watch the wheels loose on it though that wheel falls off best one you've ever bought yeah that's better than our last van isn't it it is [Music] pretty good day turned out to be the chairs will pay the bills and the sign once it's polished and cleaned up and that will turn a good profit as well yeah it's gone well today um fully as they expected with Drew you know um he's got to make a profit I've got to make a profit enjoyable earlier happy yeah stuff great stuff yeah keep in contact absolutely absolutely leave it too long and the verb I'm passing by I'll nip in and see what you've got I've got plenty to get rid of it's perfectly honest there's plenty but yeah thank you very much [Music] foreign one and it was quite fun to be honest but I've known Craig a few years and uh he's a good egg nice to deal with so more than happy more than happy we're worth the trip right whales don't spare the monkeys with a successful trip to the north completed it's back to base [Music] oh you don't lift anything all right okay oh look who's here look who's here we've got treats that good boy um how you going good we know it's Doncaster see Craig I don't know if you remember him so as you can see we've got this lot these I came off a American Air Force Base and I don't usually buy this quality sort of the lower end no but they're quite good and they were really cheap they're 18 quid a chair and there's a couple of sets and in pretty damn good condition and there's a lot of them 25 I think something like that so uh another one you're not impressed no not for you no I personally can't bear them they sell uh and as Drew says it's bread and butter money um and we need it but they just don't excite me I don't like the color um so I was just sort of ignore those I did get one belter oh God this is the money bit good cool or what very cool very very cool and then that amazing sign came out the retail with a little star above it really rusty love it paid 180 quid for it well that's fine that's fine that's great plenty of profit left in that really good polish over the whole thing because that's a really good retail signal that's a gem I'm worried well pleased with that one so it looks like it's been splattered with bullets no yes you have to buy some rubbish to get something good I know I have done here anyway that's it we'll carry on unloading the van but that's okay from them it's quite good worth calling I like the sign yeah that's that veiled I didn't like the other ones yeah [Music]

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Length: 466min 16sec (27976 seconds)

Published: Sun Dec 04 2022