Searching For Hidden Treasure And Extreme RARE FINDS 😳 | Salvage Hunters - S5 | House to Home

[Music] in Conway North Wales it's an extra special day as a salvage Hunter Drew Pritchard prepares to launch a new business venture at Liberty's a luxury department store in London and just ratchet strap it to it and then you can get both of those in there then and then the bench across the back I'm over the moon that we've been invited to Liberty because without doubt let's not mess about it is the number one and best retail environment in the world it's a fantastic thing to be associated with this is a major major day for us Drew's been on a buying frenzy the Van and Truck are crammed with items carefully selected for the London Market [Music] Liberty of London is one of the oldest department stores in the capital for almost 140 years it's Tudor style building has been a landmark in the West End and it now attracts more than 4 million Shoppers per year from all over the world Drew has been given a prime space on the fourth floor to sell his stock and from a blank campus he must now create a first-class showroom 21 years ago when I started in the cellar of my parents garage I didn't think I'd end up in libertyland it's quite amazing but now I've got to make it work I've got to get it right and I've got to get it right first time so I was going to say nervous because I've got to get I think it's a 160 items in cleaned polished labeled set out and looking good and we'll have the row of the singer stools there [Music] we'll just have to have a hover around chaps after I have to move everything at least 10 times because you can't afford to make a mistake here I'm still not sure about that leather armchair being there because there's leather leather leather leather leather leather keeps coming over and changing his mind but she knows me but he's the boss for the first time Drew's team won't be selling his stock that role will be left to the Liberty staff there's another one down the far end as well this is the first time that I've really left any of my items for somebody else to sell unless it was in our shop and we've got a considerable investment in this as well this is big bucks but I trust them they're professionals these people are here for a reason because they're very good at their job by end of day they'd made considerable progress but they're still not quite there day's just gone it's just you know eight hours gone nine hours gone hopefully we can stay for another hour or so um and just see if we can knock on the head just a little bit more but we're getting there after a very late night Drew Pritchard at Liberty is ready to open its first visitor has a very Discerning Eye oh my God Drew I think it's come out really well it's like five stars into one more just look it's obviously looks like you've always been here I wanted it to look like it had been a liberty shot forever and evolved yes my first reaction was actually shock it was it was like walking into an Aladdin's cave that was so organized so sort of sparkly and alive that it actually took my breath away and these little rooms yeah gentlemen study yes a nice hallway yeah I'm really happy with it it looks perfect it feels right it feels normal to be here feels right to be here the showroom is completed and Drew's work is done who's got to get back in the van and keep buying buying and buying I mean this room is a fast room to fill and when one major item goes it's going to look empty he's got to get back in the old van only time will tell if the new Venture will be a success [Music] meanwhile it's back to the day job am I driving unfortunately this time Drew's back in the old van with a different mate a colleague from the Antiques trade Rob black they're traveling 180 miles east from Conway to the medieval town of Stamford in Lincolnshire but I didn't realize Stanford was actually this pretty it's beautiful isn't it yeah it's a German place isn't it I didn't realize Stamford is more than a thousand years old and was once one of the largest towns in England today is known for its lovely Stone buildings and its antiques trade has made a new contact and hopes to get his hands on some fresh Salvage that's not available on the open market we're off to meet two bloods called Mick and Roger they run the old corn exchange theater they've called us in because they've got some lighting and seating to get rid of oh okay the original building was built in 1857 as a corn exchange so it's a business center but they always built it as a multi-purpose building with a stage so that local people could put on shows but it got dilapidated Mick Lee and Roger Bradshaw had acted in stage managed at the theater for decades in 1999 they set up a charitable trust to save the building and slowly transformed it into a thriving theater I'm looking forward to meeting Drew you know it's a new pair of eyes yeah that will look at stuff that we've just can't use uh Drew can give us a food Bob for our charity hello hello I'm Roger Roger therefore I'm Meg Mick it's me hello I'm Rob all right Rob all right Roger thank you very much right so where to yeah straight upstairs wonderful we'll go straight up yeah oh that's nice yeah the whole building's restored now yeah including brand new windows in the front interesting yeah that's right oh there you go wallet that's great isn't it we've put the new floor in to give a rake so everybody could call him floor very steep isn't it steeper than it is a little bit but you get people worrying about that but then nobody complains they can't see well there is that yeah this is this is nice I like it a lot so how many people can you seat well 399 officially very important once you get to 400 uh our different rules and regulations you have to have a fire Curt and the wet sprinkler system an interlock fire alarms and a lot more money so basically was kept under the threshold by one seat because one extra seat wouldn't be worth not the expended no no no no no no oh it's nice I'm really glad that it's working for you but you know why we're here don't you yes you've got to look at something now do you have a look at anything you've got yeah okay their first stop is an old Orchestra pit under the stage we've got a few bits that might be of interest in here oh I see there is some music stands under there black ones with a nice crow's feet that's nice [Music] ah I like the look of this one it's a bit battered [Music] quite like these two yeah can we pull them out you're not using these are you no no that's why they're under it music stands dates of the early 1900s and feature a decorative base original lights and black planes stored they could fetch roughly 240 pounds each okay right for sale yes for sale what do you like as much as possible thank you with one price for our charity One Price yeah 120 quid seven five no oh no one um let's get somewhere 70 quidditch 140. um you've gone down from your price yes I've gone up you said 120.50 wasn't it 140 then 140. thank you thank you very much a pair of these and they're big and the best thing for me they've got the original paint surface and I love old black paint because when you polish it it just looks great this is the stage and we've got all the old hemp lines so everything's done with the yeah I shouldn't jump no don't jump on my Edge that's quite a drop for you as well [Laughter] yeah I know do you get this all day constantly it never stops one purchase in the bag and the team move on what's all this is the little Museum little Museum of bits that we've gathered from the history of the building and okay so we've got some seats so these are slightly later ones yeah sort of getting into the Art Nouveau Castle I wish we'd get more of those we destroyed about 300 of them it happens it happens yeah and these are the spotlights we've got more than that of the lights that we've got that we just kept in here we get offered this one yes all the time okay this one every other day okay and this one not so often right though yeah but have you got any of these on stands there would have all been hung okay you know so there's no stands now unfortunately for them I don't need one of them I need 60 that are interesting not one so would you be interested in that larger one no just as a hanging thing it's no good no with no stands okay sorry to say is there anywhere else for us to see well I've got quite a lot of stuff in my uh uh store shed at home which is um theater stuff well there are there is some theater stuff but mainly it's old ironmongery stuff going back quite a few years you might be what door fittings and stuff like that yeah various things yeah handles and lights and lamps and yes it's a lot of stars from an old Diamond as you see yeah there's always an inkling with people you think I wonder what else he's got he's the type of guy so we're gonna have to um mix house now down the road Nick took over an iron monger's shop in the 1970s and ran it for 30 years but couldn't bear to part with some of the old stock you've got snooker table that's great brilliant and this is the stuff yeah from the old iron mongers yeah most of this stuff was left in the storeroom fascinating when it closed I had to put it somewhere I just couldn't bring myself to throw it away it's a weird mixture of things all of them brilliant you know just amazing bits of old lamps and there's bits of printing materials and there's bits of Plumbing materials and hardware and door knockers and God knows what God this is like a little snapshot back in time isn't it absolutely yeah [Laughter] I suggest that's none conductive so it's still getting a electrical pulse cross yeah [Music] it could be something like that I like this I'm literally I've just gone back to as a child and opening Christmas but it was just oh those are wonderful I really want it all for me I just wanted all of it now I want to take it home I love it all the boxes content date to Victorian times but many of the items have never been used it would take hours to sift through them so the total value is anyone's guess I've got to take a stab in the dark and go yeah right it's worth about that let's have a go at that what it's worth to me really is what it's worth that lot those lamps don't want the till don't want the other thing no 350 quid I think I'd want more than that would you a salvager Drew Pritchard is in the historic town of Stamford in Lincolnshire at mclees our buildings where he's discovered some boxes of intriguing Victorian odds and ends but his offer of 350 pounds for the lot has not been well received I got one more than that would you okay let's have another go all the lamps yeah all the boxes 500 quid you're getting nearer I'm getting near an end yeah have a look at the rest then for you over here yeah on the top all this stuff over here as well I'd like oh oh I'm not sure about that aren't you well I'm rather chuff with him okay these two items hung in mix Old Iron Monger shop the first displays how gun cartridges were made the second shows the type of cartridges that were for sale dating back to the early 20th century their combined price is around three thousand pounds foreign it's a rare Beast that one yeah 450. 1250 the pair okay okay are we are we doing deals are you thinking well I'm thinking of these two I think I'm ready for you to tell them I can't pay any more for them is that all right yeah that'll do okay we'll look at the top though look at the top what we're going to do about these chops you don't have to decide now no so let's go and look at the task and look at this we sort of delayed the deal because Mick says well I've got another shed if you want I want to go through everything mix that we got and more bits that's all new as well yeah but there's more than that but I didn't think you'd have time to look at it all oh you're joking oh no that's the that's the pantomime care ha ha ha yeah is it for sale you wouldn't buy that would you just watch us this panto cow's head was handmade with papier-mache in the early 20th century wiring in the back lets the ears jaw and eyes move but the newer white fabric would have to be strict as is she's worth around 350 pounds I've got a figure in mind yeah 150. sold so what it is to me is a little piece of English folk art I've just fallen in love with a cow what about while we're at it the mirror and the cartridge case thing yeah I'm selling it to you for your price you said yeah Mig is just a pleasure to deal with a lovely a lovely bloke and you do not get the chance to buy this collection of stuff every day [Music] Absolutely Fresh to the market that's a good thing and they're all which I love unrestored did you manage to move it okay I've moved it okay [Music] I think it's gone very well have a very fantastic day I think my wife will be the most delighted because she's always thought I'd collected Young and now I can prove it wrong cheers [Music] what a great day that was good that was his the best collection of sheds I've ever seen let alone what was in them but it was all really sort of my type of stuff yeah well that's what I like that it was all sort of blokey really English yeah um yeah anyway right all I got to do now is restore all of it clean all of it photograph all of it list all of it and then sell all of it and deliver all of it yeah and drive home oh yeah there is that one that's a terrifying bit depends when you're driving [Music] safely driven back to Conway Drew has plenty to show Rebecca in the team hello chaps how cool is that that's a cup a present for you this is yeah a proper very early 20th century papiamashe pantomime cow theater you like this YouTube I've got the rest of the body as well so you just gotta pick who's front and back uh I'll go front we went down to a theater in Stamford we got a couple of bits from there and look at that that's a rare thing a very rare thing cartridges yes so you can date those Rob what sort of age are we looking at 1900 1910 so yeah they're quite rare to have all the the component parts I'm bored already [Laughter] in all the cartridge paraphernalia but that's so blokey it you know leaves me cold other yeah a little bit X that is all sorts of stuff in here you've got plumbers forms there's just so many bits that I haven't completely gone through yet the stuff that I mean look that's brand new what it's not a load of time great I was a bit disappointed to start with it's like a man's draw it's full of bits that you never want to throw away but it might come in useful one day Burtons the tailors of taste but we'll have a room you never know there might be a few gems hidden in there Drew is adamant there is it's bits it's bits it's Smalls and they sell well I'm going to put a lot of them into Liberty all polished up and done it's a case full of gun parts yeah look lovely look lovely [Music] it's not long before the boxes turn up drums as Carl the electrician Unearthed some early 20th century brass galleries it's a nice little I haven't actually seen one of these before that's a nice little find even better he's also found the original glass Shades to match yes they'll fit nicely not very pretty but historically one of the earliest ones I've ever seen I really like this I wonder if Drew let me buy it Gavin meanwhile has the starring role in the photo shoot of the planto cow an invisible mate is assigned to the back end up but there's no customers in the shop [Music] foreign [Music] it was so funny [Music] Salvage Hunter Drew Pritchard is ready to hit the road again with his regular sidekick tee but it T's absence something seems to have gone terribly wrong it's just horrible it's like as if you've gone around Enzo's kennel found all the bits of hair that have come off him and stuck him on your face looks horrible right so I'm taking hair advice from you hi actually excuse me look look I'm looking after myself you look like I don't know what you look like you're like like a character from Lord of the Rings we're going on an adventure The Adventure Starts with a 50 mile drive from Conway to the town of Bevington located just 15 minutes Southwest of Liverpool across the river mersey we're on the Dorset we've got a house called we're going to Portland Hall um on the Wirral we are going to see Sherrard lancelin green nice proper name proper name and uh he owns a hall and you would wouldn't you with a Monica like that yes you would definitely Gerard lancelin Greene's family has lived on these grounds for nine centuries today poulton Hall is not just girard's home it also sustains the family's long association with the theater well I run a business called lancelin theater supplies or Lancel in lighting and we do have a smaller Branch here which does manufacturing and it's based in some of the old farm buildings including The Hayloft not quite sure what Drew will like it but we've got various theatrical artifacts and some old stage lighting which might be of interest a whole same family on site for nearly a thousand years surely there's got to be something there's got to be something good there [Music] sure hello Drew nice to meet you how you doing hello hello oh well look thanks for having us here today it's a very interesting house I sort of can't wait to go inside and have a look around that would be all right yeah foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] they've all got the field of battle engraved on them well that's that's Jones wood do you know what this this sort of thing that's selling better now people are sort of bored of normal antiques or anything that's just a bit off the wall but different I love that's great as you walk into the house there's a a strange collection of things at this place potentially has got an awful lot of Promise as this is girard's family home none of the objects in the main house are for sale but there may be some items for Drew in the attic and other outbuildings this is our cold water tank and one of these Maps those Maps yes there's all School room Maps oh no nice let's go to a map of Ireland Palestine are those something you'd want to get rid of or not I would like to release the old one Maps like these were made for School classrooms in the 19th century not many of this age have survived to the present day in good condition they could sell for up to 300 pounds each really fragile aren't they yes you know I don't even think we can unwrap these without doing damage being perfectly honest I know very very little about naps so I could be looking at something really rare but one thing I do know about is condition condition and they're not in good condition they're literally crumbling as we touch them I think the conditions going against these yes it's going to be so difficult for me to frame them up yeah um quite interesting amazing interesting nothing in here for us and nothing in the house is for sale so fingers crossed for the outbuildings [Music] okay so what's this shed lighting this is a store used by the the business for lighting equipment and but up on the top there is our sort of junk store oh there you go that's yours yeah please it didn't it didn't even ask them yes [Music] lie me yeah lighting junkyard [Music] that's a good one do you have any that are on wheels or stands we don't have any stands we don't have any stands okay do fancy these great big ones but they're in terrible condition these fall into two categories ones I can sell them once I can't it's really simple so I went through the whole lot and there's a good couple of hundred up there that you know might be right and every single one has got too many faults there's a reason why they're up there and the reason is they're all broken missing major components missing lenses or so badly smashed that the cases could not be repaired lens is missing from that one that one's got the lens but the body's completely gone it's a different model to that one and it goes on and on I really I really only buy them with the stands whenever possible or if I've got a stand everything can be repaired financially it's not going to work out I think if we'd have found a pair on stands bashed then it would be worth it but without the stands without the hangers without the lenses they're just parts and parts I've got no they're they're just too they're just too battered yes just too battered that's a shape T there's about 200 lumps up here none of them any good doesn't normally stop yeah mostly mostly too modern 200 lamps so far drawing a blank um but it's a big place so you just never know just need that one thing I'm not very far from home if I can find one thing that'll pay for the day we're off [Music] foreign [Music] bench ends in here they're mostly oh yes so these are actually quite nice [Music] do you want to dig them out what lined actually do you want to go around that side yeah um is this something you'd want to get rid of things out of here yes I sell Garden antiques all year round the Sun's shining somewhere but I only like to buy the really good stuff or the rare stuff or the just downright interesting and these fall somewhere between rare and interesting with the addition of a few wooden slats these mid 19th Century cast iron ends could be turned into an elegant double-sided garden bench with seating for two people on each side restored it would fetch around 1 300 pounds um what would you want for them if you want to get rid of them they're all right they've got a couple of minor problems they've got a crack in the log there I don't know I think I paid about 60 pounds for them or something like that so of course you've got it many years ago you've got a very very good price yes some years ago some years ago well I'll happily give you a profit on them so what would you like oh 120. double your money that's still a very good deal for me is it yeah I'm gonna say Yes um yeah 120 look what's fair 150 quid go on yeah a bit of a bargain for me and you've made a few quids yeah the Capstone bench ends was a steal to be honest with you incredibly cheap but um you got it even cheaper than me think 60 quid has to be the buy of the century this is quite a rare and desirable item oh yeah today ended up as a good day I mean we started out badly we just wasn't going anywhere and I'd already having to contend with T's new beard which I don't quite know what on Earth he's thinking of it's been a strange day but we've ended up buying something really good at the end of it and there's a good profit there we're done who thought we weren't going to find anything all right well that's good I thought you weren't going to find anything else anyway thank you okay thank you very much thanks bye [Music] thank you [Music] well got something out today did he at the last minute and it got something right now I need Garden stock at uh at Liberty it's amazing what's lurking in sheds isn't it it is you normally I do like a good shed before heading home Drew has one more stop in Cheshire 25 miles down the road in the village of tarpoli the van is almost empty and Drew has high hopes of filling it with more stock we're off to see a guy called Jeff Pierce he set up a brand new salvage yard [Music] excellent there's not many of those around mostly they're closing they're not opening Jeff and Gina Pierce opened reclaimed World about a year ago they've been filling the three Acre Site ever since salvaging Local Schools offices and churches it all started as a passion I was a collector if you like of old Salvage things for many many years and now it's just built up and builds up so we've turned it into a business I would hope today that Drew can find some Little Gems hidden away it'll probably be something that I don't think is any good yeah he'll love it you know oh here we go it's a new yard and they are definitely the ones to go to because every new dealer when they start saves their best things for the first year and then puts them all straight in for sale so you get the better pieces straight away hello there hi Drew I'm Jeff how you doing thank you nice to meet you I'm Gina Hi how are you I'm fine well we've we've uh heard you've recently ish opened yes so we thought we'd come down have a look great man see what you're doing yeah so it's a bit of everything here we're trying to do here Drew trying to literature room over there Timber's on this section here yeah metal section over here so to keep all the metal together over here obviously there's another showroom I'll leave you to it yeah nice to meet you later um can we have a look in the warehouse sir yeah certainly yeah okay so I'm drawn to there's one thing here that spotted as soon as I walked in the door something that I really quite like I'm just wondering if you can tell me a bit more about them are those two plaques there yeah well okay they belong to have palamines who spends his life restoring grade two listed buildings and I mean really old buildings yeah and he's not Paul unfortunately he's not well at the moment and he's he's happy to have a stroke he's had a stroke these 19th century Timber overdoors feature ornate curves exquisitely carved in the French Rococo style making the player worth about 1200 pounds how much are they for the pair um you know it's got to be sensible I think that I think they've got to be in the region of I thought when you first come and I thought they were special and I thought they were worth a thousand quid that's what I thought but to the trade you've got to make a living Drew and you've probably got the right customer for them I will to you I wouldn't let them go any less than 700 quid the pair take them thank you very much yeah help your pal out and help me out as well as a quid to be made there yeah Jeff told me selling them for a friend who's been ill so immediately it's a little bit of pressure that's okay um shouldn't really pay any more but I ended up paying 700. that's fine so uh where to you next then Jeff can we have a look over there have a look at the uh there's a bit of a metal section there Drew you might like you can just show you this clock here there's a story behind this let me show you [Music] science come off um Vans pills in Liverpool is an art deco building four-sided clock a friend of mine demolition dropped it and I got the four clocks off it that's the inner the outer that I was gonna say it's broken because the ring yeah lit this one is it we've got the outer the broken air but I've got one back at our place that is still intact the shame it's been painted isn't it yeah but you might like the condition it was in before but yes are the other ones untouched in the original yeah okay when the original clock face hung on the four-sided Tower it was considerably larger with the outer ring in place making it more desirable luckily Jeff has one of the complete clock faces around the back this I'm presuming is the outside edge to that one back there exactly yeah they're together on a pallet the chapter ring that's missing from the one on the wall in the other side of the yard is on top but underneath is the thing that really interests me which is the unrestored untouched and complete clock face under the dirt and rust lies a Hidden Gem the 1920s clock face with its provenance is a real designer item and could be hung on the wall as a statement piece restored it's worth around two thousand pounds a shame about the finger on that one's gone but it's repairable it can be it can be fixed give us a give us a figure what sort of word you need to be with it if I said to you if I said to you give me 500 quid for the pair [Music] um the only value in the other one to me is that finger and I'm just buying that for the finger I'm trying to keep it Andrew honestly because I could I could trade around I'll pay you 250 for that one you keep the other one great yeah thanks man great wonderful okay now that is big and heavy too it is very big in heaven and ironic that you bought a big clock when your time keeping is appalling I'm late for everything that's Jeff for a price he's trade he's dealer I can ask him straight out and he says Bosh 250 pound bite his hand right off 250 pound for that Christmas absolute gift love it so um have we got anywhere else to see one more place we have a look in here just on the left here have a look see what you can see in here what's this just more storage more storage you've asked flooring and and light so we I tend to get a lot of lights through from uh from jobs yeah that's a that's from an old church I've got ladder can you get it these for sale yeah yeah I'll sell them right on the top shelf out the way keep them safe are some very ornate 19th century late 19th century pendant lights of the type that I love these are the best example of that type of light you can find it couldn't they couldn't be any better there are four large lights and 11 smaller ones on offer the large ones are especially appealing because of their size original bronze finished Galleries and the iridescent quality of the glass once restored the collection could fetch about four thousand pounds okay crisis what do you want you tell me because you're new who wants you to tell me dealer to dealer now come on I'm not you know you're a big boy no no okay go I would like and I'd like to buy galleries as well I'll take the lot all them I'll take them all dab Drew Pritchard is at a new salvage yard in Cheshire where he's found a valuable set of 1930s lights I'll take the lot all them I'll take them all but is the asking price from owner Jeff Pierce too high 1500 quid damn why because it's too much money how much too much money a lot too much money these are I'm not gonna lie to you you and I both know these are excellent but I can't pay you that say what we'll do 1500 pound is is not gonna happen that's one that's that's where I'm at that's just that's a walking away price which I don't want to walk away from I do want to buy them they're great okay what I'd like to do then if you're prepared to say the whole lot what we see here everything even down there all right yeah give us a price for the whole lot everything okay everything I might have a said to you for the lot um 1200 quid how does that sound those ones over there I've got no galleries and I can see from here one's scrap anyway too chipped I'm happy my valuation is I'm buying these and they're more or less getting thrown in Because by the time I bought the Galleries and rewired them you know you'd like to give me a grandson wouldn't you 've got to be a ground all day long if I just stand here come back are you just going to keep going down no that's it that's the last one I was gonna say I was going to give you 800 quid but but if it includes all of those yeah and that and that and all of those are Grand is fine [Music] these are rare interesting desirable cool oversized and as found it just ticks every single box perfect perfect day one hour from home full van of the best kit Jeff is a very very good guy to know this is going to be a regular stopping point that's for sure oh well it's been a good day for me today I am pleased some of the pieces Drew both are good and it gives me now the money to go and buy more I hope I see Drew again I hope he comes the seasons again I hope I can find some goodies for him finished yep so Lynn Jeff a pleasure thanks I really enjoyed it thank you very much I will I'll be coming back can you come back next year give me years collect some goodies together for you oh well I'll give you a week six months all right so it's nice Take Care thank you [Music] [Applause] cool well we did well it did very well good day very good very good cracking cracking stock that clock face that sealed the deal on the day yeah there's the money there's the money all day long there's the wages my wages for the week I couldn't believe it when he came out 250 quid I was thinking right I'll pay 800 yeah seven eight hundred pound for that 250 pounds of what I'm supposed to do trade yeah that's it hey you know cracking timepiece they crack you need a big strapler with me for your wrist a really big one it'd be like Flavor Flavor massive one around my neck gangster rapper back in Conway everyone's eager to see what drums brought home [Music] should I try that we had a good time yeah great getting to reclaimed world over in Cheshire going down the road hour oh cool down right what do you usually pay for these gov quite a lot quite a lot 250 quid fantastic whoops look at that that's just great size bargain anyway let's get it inside how cool is that we just roll it fast absolute steal and then it gets better it does get better you know I like a lamp yes well won't be the first time you've seen this particular one but these are better oh they're they are better than ours it's almost like an iridescent slight iridescence to the glass incredibly chunky and with no look at that look at the color they're beautiful they flow from the gallery right the way down I absolutely adore them and they just Shout a really good profit actually we've got more stuff have a look at this as well this initially might look like something I'd have bought 15 years ago and when he puts it the right way up we'll be able to tell a French carved fruit wood overdose but look at the details look at these it's wonderful actually yes it's beautifully beautifully done and a pair of yes very differently yeah yeah odd and sometimes is that what you saw injury originally then yeah odd odd and cheap the French over doors are very decorative strange color but the carving is amazing they must have a place somewhere and Drew has one more excellent find for Rebecca the poulton hall bench ends what do you think fantastic and they're a bargain and I've seen them before but they're always broken the arm's always broken off turn it into a good two-seater double-sided I'm gonna give it liquor paint straight into Liberty they're selling out of all the garden benches we put in there very pleased with those the team gets straight to work while an area takes photos of the clock Alex the French polisher sets two on the bench end screws brought back from poulton Hall first he cuts mahogany to size to make two seats the black rests are trickier as they must be precisely angled on both sides oh I should do it at the right angle it's Gavin's job to assemble all the pieces [Music] ready for painting now with a new color the bench is transformed and ready for Drew to inspect super really nice job it's a nice classy classy lovely beautiful [Music] it's time for Rebecca to make a return visit to Liberty she's here to check on the showroom see how sales are going and give Drew an update but the Fire Guard with the with the sold one of the cafe tables with the one-legged Cafe tables we've had quite a few sales to date in fact a large number of sales which is great Drew and I were a bit apprehensive to start with it's unknown and it's unknown to Liberty as well so for both of us it's a learning curve and it's learning curve that so far is working and the knickknacks from mix shed in Stamford look right at home from those boxes that I poo pooed and said oh my God what are you doing we've got the trivets down there we've got Lighting in the cupboards so from mixed shed they're actually in Liberty London I mean Humble Pie or what [Music] thank you a Drew pritchard's Architectural Salvage showroom in Conway North Wales the team is working hard today can we do store portrait Porter and Drew is off to investigate a massive new location that could turn up some great pieces it's a two and a half hour Drive Northeast to the ancient city of York first founded by the Romans in 71 A.D the city is home to yorkminster the largest gothic church of its kind in the UK it's also known for something a little more decadent what's York famous for chocolate I think round trees really yeah so uh why would they make chocolate up here this is where the chocolate mine is really yeah yeah every now and then they strike a hot Main and you can hear him screaming we've gone in gesture but Drew's sweet tooth is not the motivation for this trip we're off to see a guy called Robert Reedman my name is Robert Reedman and we're at my storage facility for scenery and props um which used to be an old chicken farm in fact Robert has been hoarding and building off his personal collection of theatrical props in these chicken sheds for almost a decade [Music] is that it well that's quite a chicken chin it is hello hello Rob nice to meet you how you doing all right nice to meet you well thanks for having us here no problem so all of this stuff all of these sheds full of props they are full of um mixture props Furniture costumes scenery and my personal belongings as well for the past blimey you've got a lot of stuff which ones which one we could have a go at first let's have a look in the um clean one the clean but it seems pretty clean already and come in this shed through here normally the Tidy section we're limey how big are these sheds this is huge yeah the Gold forever look just look yeah so if you want a suit jacket Australia who does need sorting out yes well well elegant he is not I am we've this is we've been 44 short yeah rough sophistication this is rough sophistic double-breasted needed I feel sure so this is costumes this is costumes as small hats and obviously um accessories and any particular piece of furniture that I don't want raining on or leak so so that means you've got Furniture you do want raining on um I have furniture that doesn't matter yeah the end of the world really so but that's an old round trees skip from the round trees Factory yeah I like that that's nice yeah that's it that's cool isn't it yeah we've used that on stage a few times and that came from the actual The Loft in the theater years ago used to store costumes for Roundtree youth you can have a Seussical hat yeah a what Dr Zeus hat right now yes why don't you try it please try that on TV it was a cold cold day I read them all to my kids I absolutely love them oh here we go does that seems no not me you can put it on there you are yeah do you know what that's probably cozy looking yeah yeah I like it too it's a good look for you [Laughter] thank you foreign which is um the work area where normally The Sewing and costumes are made and drapes are made [Music] oops that's uh used to be hanging in my kitchen about 20 years ago it's an American um dryer for small items of clothing and it looks like Liberty of Liberty perfect I've never seen this amount of items so clean so well laid out anyway so very hopeful of finding something here today because there's somebody who knows what something should look like and why we filled it quite like that where do you get this from that would have just come in a box a bit so I have no idea it has no history to me yeah it's just arrived in some um vein would you sell it um yeah absolutely what do you want for it um I have no idea absolutely no idea I'm very bad with kind of true value of things okay because I I I look at them in terms of an object to use on a set so yeah yeah I think very differently for me that design wise that's great but so interesting look it can be a stand-up light where it just locks itself there as well very clever and you can lock it that way as well this pithco desk lamp dates back to the 1950s and has an unusual black lacquer finish with rewiring and cleaning it could fetch around 300 pounds [Music] I've had thousands of desk lamps I've never seen that one it's beautifully engineered it's articulated on three sections but it articulates and locks in position unusual and they've enameled the interior of the lamp nickel plated the outside not seen one super stylish very cool um oh 50 Quid that's fine by me plus sir yeah I really want it usually I'd pay like 25 quid for it 30 quid because it's been riff but it's such a nice original example like that excellent yes crack on that's a great start well pleased with that it's the first thing I bought so you know I'm paying the right money because I've just got a good feeling about the place next Robert takes them to the back of the shed where he stores his endless collection of costumes it's clothes clothes at the moment okay there are my own clothes mixed in I'm never short of something to kind to wear that oh my tea I found your new shorts check them out look you'd never find me I think that's for one leg I'm only here I'm sorry it's difficult to describe what was stood inside Robert's just been chucking stuff in here for years it's from bits of props to umbrellas to Trumpets and playing cards it's a real odd mix step across yeah yeah am I following you yeah yeah [Music] but I keep seeing these how many have you got of these was it just they spread out down this side I came from York in the factory um a clothing Factory yes no a chocolate factory so these were just for the workers to put their stuff on yes and it was the Posh part of it so I presume that slightly posher than the the pork sorry don't trip over anything I walked past this clothes realm I thought oh that's nice and I was just not thinking straight and it took me to walk all the way around it once before I went God that's actually quite good isn't it um had a better look at it's nickel plated that gives it a nice bit of age mahogany top these 1950s cult racks were used in the roundtree's Chocolate Factory in York before it was taken over in the 1980s good with very little restoration they could sell for around a thousand pounds each [Music] those are desirable and they're cool and if they were half size I bought one in my house I mean they're really cool where do you want to be I'd like to buy them all I've got two questions right number one is what you want for it number two is how that on Earth can we get him out well if you'd like to pay for an entrance at that end of the shed easily we can walk it up to the railway line and carrying it down the railway line uh well I certainly because I actually as you've seen it I've got a figure in mind but you've got to tell me what you think um well in order if I went out hunting to buy them yeah then I would have been to five six hundred pounds a salvager Drew Pritchard is rummaging through Robert reedman's collection of theatrical props in York I keep seeing these he's just spotted some antique cult racks but is Robert willing to part with them [Music] the figure I had in my head was honestly wish I'd written that down 600 Quid it's absolutely fine brilliant thank you I'm so glad I saved them they're worth that to me yes they're worth that might not be worth that to most people but to me they are I think they've got a really interesting look to them I can't wait to see them out perfect made the day very very good item that I won't be around long literally days they'll be gone in days there's so much stuff that's the cornfield what's what's this from well it was we wanted um a ground Row for a show called 13 and this was at the restaurant where I was in Of Mice and Men and A friend of mine who works there the contact and instead of three pieces I got 30. do you want to buy a field yes yes I'd like to buy a full Field of Corn absolutely scenery side is just the front bit and then furniture and anything that might remotely be used um will be yeah on the other side that Mill troll is pretty funky isn't it um something you want to get rid of or yeah I I was I was going to use it in Annie but I do have the one next door the round trees one which I could use I'll fancy that one as well a load of them I don't necessarily I don't really need anymore but I just like the wheels on this one it's it I mean believe it's not even though they're flat straight Wheels it turns really easily it's built in a way that the wheels have some um movement in them so I think what they call it is loose [Laughter] this wicker trolley with original cast iron Wheels dates back to the 1860s Cleaning and Repair to the frame it could fetch about 500 pounds [Music] I see okay what do you want for that one um oh I'd be fine with 40 50 grid well okay um yeah that's good yes done I love that are you interested in the other round trees one because I I do need a lot of the show you do well I can find another one but if you if you want to I buy the same for the one next door for 60. I had like more than that 75. we've had a little bit of a bargain we bought one for 50 pounds but it is filthy so that cheap price now will relate to four or five hours of Gavin's time cleaning and polishing it and making it sort of stand up straight and you know look the part because that'll end up in somebody's house um it's a log basket so um that's where they all go cool we got a bit of loading to do haven't we [Music] [Laughter] proper removals men now this is our removable men's dress in the cinema the glasses are a fiber [Music] see you in your real job do you like it well I think it's great and that's a just a touch tight yeah [Laughter] we do bring me sunshine [Music] I certainly have enjoyed it thoroughly and I've sold some items that's great I've made some money um lots of the objects I'd actually forgotten were in the sheds and it's a case of a whole if you're interested in that find a little bit of Bounce that's it that's it you know absolutely lovely choreograph a whole routine you can have your costumes back now thank you Robert definitely owns the most sort of glamorous poultry coops in the world it's uh it's amazing it really is I'm astounded just the level of it it was a pleasure thank you thank you for coming right thank you very much cheers cheers bye have a safe journey home thank you [Music] sit the road shame you couldn't keep your hat do you think it was me it was you you suited it you did I've always said that my bottle of half the time you are a bowler hat type of person oh is that for you surprisingly good I didn't expect that at all well great [Music] safely driven back to Conway Drew has plenty to show Rebecca and the team hello you're right yeah once you've got to see a guy called Robert Reedman we got Mill trolleys at the top top there by T's hand okay so just do a normal job On It Kevin 50 50 Quid it's cheap it's cheap but it's tired it's tired matter yes this one is the best one I've ever had this is a really good one brass yep look at the handles that's a lovely the underside that's really nice that's 100 quid the best of the baskets was the second one and it's got Aaron something on the side round trees um beautifully done lovely leather straps uh I've got my eye on that one actually so these came out of [Music] it these came out of the round trees Factory and then I saw those big changing room racks just fantastic I mean they're sort of I conic looking pieces which is very simple but really appealing to the eye definitely retail without a shadow of a doubt these are um not hanging around not hanging around that's like one of mine that's terrible not a bad day so let's get it all in it's gonna set up we'll photograph that thing now [Music] Drew and T are back on the road this time Drew's on a personal mission to buy something he's been after for many years the 240 Mile Drive Southeast to the Village of Burwell a small rural community just outside of Cambridge Drew's meeting an old acquaintance and he's hoping to drive away with a big purchase yeah we're heading to see a guy I haven't seen in 21 years he'd been avoiding it he uh he's a guy called Paul medhurst and when I was into the Volkswagen scene and like really into the Volkswagen scene totally immersed in it um Paul was a bit of a star of the show he worked for a very well-known Volkswagen uh restoration specialist and then set up on himself [Music] and my name is Paul Paul medhurst I run a company called type 2 detectives we're not detective agents we are actually a Volkswagen specialist type two is the Volkswagen name for the Volkswagen Camper type one being the beetle so these are hard things to locate so we like to think ourselves as a little bit of a detective and we really enjoy what we do we're going on basically I'm not gonna lie to you okay he's got some stuff for sale right but what he also has is a car I've wanted since I was 19 years old and now we hit the real reason for our journey down here he's got my dream Volkswagen the one I've always wanted there we go the place t2d Volkswagen heaven is oh yeah he's mark oh hello how are you good morning how are you pleased to meet you thank you yeah you've come to have a look at this car we've located for you now wanna have a look can't wait I can sort of see it follow me out the corner of my eye voila [Music] cool just like Christmas for you isn't it it is that's the car I wanted though I was 18. today I am fulfilling a very long-held dream and it's uh it's over there and it's a black and shiny one and it's a 56 oval sunroof with a red interior I was actually fairly emotional when I saw the car because it literally is that it's such a long-held dream for me to have one they mean a lot to me in the design which is everything to me in my whole life I've lived for the time is perfect I think it's the best shape they ever made what I'd really like to do now can we go for a ride yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah jump in there you go I've waited 20 years for this it's fantastic enjoy it [Music] so when's the last time you drove the canary called Volkswagen then 14 around 15 years ago [Music] oh dear what was that something doesn't sound quite right real slow put it in seconds for a second could there be yes Banner in the world Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is a type 2 detectives in Burwell Cambridgeshire voila he's got his eye on this 1956 Volkswagen Beetle cool just like Christmas for you isn't it but during the test drive there's a hedge a Cinco back what's happened so basically it's quite a Common Volkswagen trait um there's a spline the drive shaft with a spline drum and it really does look like the spline has been torn out the drums so um I suggest we phone the workshop get them to bring out the parts we need will the breakdown deter Drew from his purchase a cheap aftermarket part not an original Volkswagen part has failed there's a lesson in that so originality is King gonna put an original drum back on there now be good to skull part of the joy of owning an old VW is occasionally they go wrong it's not Paul's fault and I'm really glad this has happened here it's something we're going to be able to fix and this car will be utterly reliable handle beautifully and look incredibly classy when it's finished we've got the right bit and we should be out of trouble now we're good love it love it [Music] cool ah you've got some work to do young man okay so that was a different test drive yeah would you reckon um I want it it's very difficult for me to it's very difficult for me to say I don't want it because it needs bits doing but nothing major um so what sort of money we're looking at um with a motor be a Grand car all day long yeah um I know what the guys put into the motor I've had to fly out to Spain I've had to transport it back from you it's gonna have to be 15 and a half firm really okay sold good thank you very much there you go right yeah it's a big tick now big tick Drew quickly gets on the phone to Rebecca to share the news hello Drew Pritchard [Music] um you've just sent an email through of you standing next to a very black shiny ragtop oval yes that's my latest car to the collection I bought I bought it you've bought it you're not just standing next to somebody's car that you've spotted in a street no understand it he's bought his dream car um I'm really pleased for him because he's been banging on and on and on about this car for years um all I can say is that I hope he's bought some other items that we can sell to pay for this car of his and with that in mind it's time for Drew to get back to his day job and see if there's any Salvage to be had at the workshop [Music] where on earth have you got this slot from we always go and find these Volkswagens in obscure places and um normally hoarders of old Volkswagens are normally hoarders of old furniture and pedal cars and radios and God knows what else really our sofa's unusual yes that is that have you done that yeah we trimmed that you know what's that call is that fat biscuits what we call Fat biscuit biscuit they're like um out of a science faculty I believe in Cambridge University foreign I think I know the maker of these I mean look at the fair amount they're sort of what I would say not really worth anything now but hang on to them because they will be yeah anything like that particularly British British bent ply from the late 50s early 60s it's on a bit of a March again now with the real purists are really into it so the odd piece is that not many people have saved like that will one day be worth something you can be able to go to Mrs Smith and say see I told you yeah yeah probably yeah I like saying that to her no nothing up here for me good I've had all those items I've had tens of thousands of items like that um to be honest it's really difficult to concentrate so I'm just talking about and thinking about the overall the whole time I'm here today it's all about the Beetle for me and I finally got one the one I wanted and it's definitely not for sale at any price but Drew won't be driving his car away just yet there's a long list of alterations to be carried out can't wait to see this so it's gonna be a fun little project month or so yeah thank you really great really look forward to it yes take care thanks Mark thanks man thank you cheers see you very soon yeah take care thank you [Music] best looking car here oh about mine so not that productive a day for the shop no no I've just got to figure out uh how much I'm actually going to tell Rebecca I must have paid for it really because you know did you think we were going buying something else yeah yeah yeah went on the sort of Preamble I was saying oh well he's got he's got you know he's got those little Volkswagens but he does have this room full of chairs you know there might be of interest he did have a roof probably too he did he still got a room but he does have [Music] before long Drew is back on the road in search of more stock this time with his friend and colleague from the Antiques trade Rob black and they're heading out east again driving 300 miles across country from Conway to Suffolk and the market town of bongi which sits on the banks of the river wave day um got to see Matthew and Gabriel Heim Matthew Heim antiques I'm Gabriel and this is my dad Matthew and we have an antique and bits and Bobs warehouse and workshop Matthew started the business 30 years ago and frequently travels throughout Europe and Asia collecting rare items son Gabriel joined his dad about five years ago fun working with them it's entertaining and we get to have a good time yeah and we hardly ever argue hardly ever except when I'm late when he's late and when he does something wrong which is so often not that I do anything with myself but our business is mainly Furniture but we're interested in buying anything that is either peculiar or unsalable we specialize in the unsailable and therefore we're hoping that Drew is going to come along and buy what has hit the two been unsailable so are we here is this it I think so it's fun a pig farm a very big pig farm Yep this is the place [Music] hello oh yeah hello all right Gabriel oh yeah hi Matthew Hello nice to meet you hi Rob hi Rob cool hi oh this is clearly the place it is you found us all right let's have a look around we've got all these barns here yeah okay all right so where do we go through here through here all right let's go can we have a look yeah yeah [Music] brilliant Workshop [Music] foreign yes last week or 10 days ago in France yeah these two a bad one it's all quite like the look of that one so where do we go through to the warehouse oh yes fantastic brilliant why haven't I been here before I'm fine it's great and we tied it up for you oh thanks Dustin you shouldn't have bothered really we didn't and this is the best collection of furniture that's coming along nicely yeah it is yes I'm sure you have yeah [Music] so are you um open to the public or is it just trade well we have public in here and I'm happy to take money from anything anybody yeah same as me foreign aesthetic isn't it like that painted finish on that that's just bizarre you've seen stuff like that in Norway and France and France that's French I'd never say that but uh I really like this place this is good it feels good because they're out of the way to say the least and they've just got quantity and it's untidy and they've been here a long time and he buys what he likes which is a really good thing that means there's all manner of different periods mixed together and styles from Romanian to bedamaya to Chinese to Art Deco it's all sorts of stuff very very good I just feel I haven't seen anything yet but it'll it'll pop out I'm sure [Music] just having a sift around in here right yes I'm always looking for good upholstered furniture and there's a huge difference in just an upholstered chair and a good poster chair but that is a good chair all there and gone over yep put that over that's the original that's incredibly original chair they've redone the seat that they've left all the padding in it you just want to sit in it though don't you yeah it's just great look great model it's a barrel back uh late 19th century um upholstered armchair of sort of diminutive size but good scale very good form sits well legs are good all original casters very very nice what about this thing uh I can't tell that I'm sorry this really yeah it was my mother's chair and my brothers and I uh not decided not set for the moment okay that's a shame that's right up my alley right right okay so if we make a decision about it um I'd be very keen to buy that yeah okay I'll come back I would I would really but it's always difficult though isn't it I've had other ones and sold them since that one is seems to be confused by um sentiment that happens a lot in this business it's uh you are dealing with people's memories in some way of the furniture and the people who use them I tell you I did like the look of when I walked past which was this marble wash stand yeah without a bowling where's that from is that you're Eastern European as well yeah that one's actually from uh Budapest foreign this French marble topped wash stand with bronze legs was made in the 1920s it could be sold as a designer piece and used in a bathroom of a smart hotel for towels and toiletries with cleaning and polishing it's worth around 600 pounds [Music] what are you asking for that 2 30. um okay well a couple hundred quid mate was that two are you on the money it's close Okay well at 2 30 we'll have it okay thank you that's great thank you not going to mess about with that it's just got a good look hasn't it yeah he's given me proper trade price straight away makes life a lot easier we can just crack on through the day so anything more like I can see one there yes there's just one there they're usually a pair aren't they I know but I think the other one has gone the weird I think of this sort of drawing yeah the weird thing is I had a pair of these within the last year oh really exactly the same identical really strange yeah awesome exactly the same right exactly the same I had casters on the other one this one might be cheaper it was it will be I'm sure I think it's missing too many bits yeah well this is what it's missing yeah which I I can do it you know we can put that on but it's just the second marble wash stand we saw um I had a pair which were in mint condition perfect that one is one of a pair and sort of far from uh complete we couldn't uh time wise put any money into that one that's a shame because it's good looking it's very now just right for now I was always told if it's got three faults to walk away cool nobody ever told me that yeah there's something else I've learned [Music] I'm poking around because there's so much stuff here you've got to sort of look look again and then actually look again because there's so much in those sort of layers which I really like and I spotted a button-back chair but what really sort of gets me with it was the angle of the back of that cartoon no it's a big other Lounge knackered looking lounge chair it's sold oh sorry really yeah I'm not having much luck that's one of a pair you've got the other one pair but it's uh looks like just checked up it's sold definitely I just phoned I know who made it when it was made what it's worth what to do with it how desirable it is what a great chair so to hear it sold and there was another one is a massive disappointment okay so this is where the good kit is yeah yes you have the good cut it's pretty much what is that this thing what about that little uh the chair yep sound nice isn't it it's very nice that'd be stud work yeah this unusual ax frame studded chair with original Iron Work would have been made in the 1880s with new Upholstery and minor repair it could fetch around 600 pounds it's just got that something else I don't know what it is but that's got it what are you asking for that 250. 50s and they're still [Music] Drew Pritchard is near bongi in Suffolk visiting an antique shop run by Father and Son Matthew and Gabriel Highland existing what about that little uh young Gabriel has set the price on a leather studded chair but is it too high for Drew 50s they're steep two two five we've gotten in the right direction I want a picture for it you want to meet the middle 210 250 215 sold thank you and then we'll have that that's good we finish at 2 15 that's fine post bought them an extra bag of chips each that's fine um it's mine now and that's the important bit and I've got the skills and the guys to put that back together again in a way that you'll never be able to tell it's been touched a very Charming little piece of furniture this is interesting tell me more about that little model it's a cork it is cork yeah it's supposed to be somewhere in the Thames Valley but I haven't researched it a rare find this model Castle is made entirely of cork and was built in the late 18th century possibly by the owner of the house it sits in a very elegant late 19th century case with minor restoration it could sell for around two thousand pounds that's just for lifting it there's another handle the other side the court model inside is naive but put it together with the case and you've got a museum quality piece it comes off yeah okay but I'll take the stuff off what's it worth it's worth 650. [Music] I'll tell you I like the case a lot but what I'd like to do is to find the house and sell it back to the owner over the house with another zero on the end that's the thing exactly yeah but I'm tempted by that I don't know I got with 500 quid buy it [Music] um I think that 550. let's give you the case as well he's learning just hurry up keep me in the way I wish to be kept yeah okay it's got the handle on the other end yeah it's all no no questions no no problems there's no problems as far as I know other than some of the chimneys are down but they're there okay lying in the valleys so okay thank you oh that's great very nice thing I'm glad you I'll just take it around to them now yeah I'm allergic to work okay yep [Music] today buying wise excellent I managed to buy a very salable very commercial piece in the wash stand let's find you you're just stand there so I'm just yeah managing yeah I can see I bought a chair which is extremely fashionable and cool and it's also got some historical Merit and then the sort of uh the best piece of the day for me was the little cork architectural model in that Splendid case real good dealer item collector item Fair item you know it's a good piece very happy with that yeah it's been really good it's been fun and uh interesting seeing what Drew thinks of the place and yeah I need to put some pieces as well which has been really nice thank you very much thank you thanks dude nice stuff I enjoyed this good gear thank you very much see you again guys yeah see you later [Music] that was a good call what's on it did you enjoy that very much so got a couple of belters in there yeah the uh marble wash stand just a good little tree that I've got sort of the clients for that otherwise wouldn't have brought it on spec that's so Chic I mean it's such a lovely day cheers isn't it a very simple capture on this flashback very nice right well that was a good one so um I think back to the shop actually now with that lot [Music] back at base Drew is eager to show Rebecca and the team what he's turned on this was first purchased from him simple no Bowl oh an old wash stand yes but it's a nice elegant one it is the marble wash stand that that is very special very very classy really pleased Drew spotted that this was the other thing English late 19th early 20th Oak yes it's almost sculpt that late 19th century chair as soon as Drew turned it sidewards and it was stunning you don't sit in it you just wanted to look at it love that but this is the little gem to be honest [Music] this is ah cork Architects or Builders or house model cool it's all calf cork it's beautiful little drop handles of real good quality originally ebonized from news well not just painted see the lip there that's proper urbanizing but it's nice because the top lifts up it's a work of art isn't it obviously if there's any caught missing I'm quite prepared to open some wine can we get some cool yeah I wonder a few days later Drew meets with Craig the upholsterer to discuss the repairs to the leather studded chair what we do with this is put this this leather behind here and bring up what we can of these ones to to cover the bulk of it a lot of this leather on here so I've got tissue thin so it's uh it's going to be difficult to work with anyway and the other option is just replacing the whole thing the other options replace the whole back seat and the outside back don't want to do that I'd rather see it as an old repair yeah I really would I think it would be much more attractive patch it yeah and as usual need it yesterday uh yeah just to change it yeah yeah you're not busy no not at all no no I keep spaces open for you [Music] the team starts on the other Restorations Gavin cleans the Court Castle Hillary takes photos of the wash stand and Craig begins work on the chair here they are patch for repairing this [Music] [Applause] skewer the new leather is tucked under the original leather surgical procedure once we get into doing this [Music] carefully glued into place [Music] it's like a little jigsaw just see what all these pieces join together you can't see where they go so this is little of my leather showing as possible and we've now got that all back together there now so we'll wait for that glue to dry there once the glue is dry we can pull this over cure it on here [Music] before long the chair is ready for Drew to inspect I think it's really excellent actually I think he's done a lovely job the repair there that is superb that is one elegant looking chair I mean look at the side profile of that look at that it's super now it's got another 100 years left in it that'll go within 24 hours excellent a Drew Pritchard Salvage Warehouse in Conway North Wales the team are flat out well is the table just come in that Gavin needs to restore actually renovating Salvage buying and selling photographing and getting on with the day-to-day tasks of their business come on Jay right let's get off Drew's got access to an exceptional house and he hits the road with friend and colleague from the Antiques trade Rob black from Conway they're driving 120 miles east to Wentworth Village near Sheffield in South Yorkshire we are off to Wentworth Woodhouse and we're about to see the largest facade in Europe and it is on a huge scale the original 12th Century House was made of wood hence Woodhouse in the name it was rebuilt in 1725 by politician Thomas Watson Wentworth before being passed to the Earls Fitzwilliam the facade or front of the house is more than 600 feet wide twice the width of Buckingham Palace its recent owner bought the grade one listed building in 1999 and has taken on the gargantuan task of restoring Wentworth Woodhouse to its former glory today it's managed by Tom McWilliams there are 365 rooms in the house and most of them need some renovation the owner's been here 14 years done a lot of work but you've got to imagine that every room in this it's a colossal job which I mean it's taking two years to do one room that's some sort of time scale it's it's not a it's not a five minute makeover Japanese so yeah it's going to be an ongoing thing for a long long time I will end up in the out buildings and in some ways I hope we do because that's where you know all the detritus and broken Furniture yeah exactly it always ends up there because they're not going to cut it to the tip are they hopefully we've got something that will be of interest to him and hopefully we can agree to some prices because I'll be selling it on behalf of the family oh this must be here is it [Music] I suspect this might be our destination that is pretty spectacular [Music] that's not it that's the stable that's the stable block okay whoo oh yeah yeah that would be it then look at that that is stunning we've got to go through every single one of those rooms well it's breathtaking isn't it [Music] hello there drill Tom good to meet you nice to meet you thank you thank you as he said we drove around he goes where's the house yeah it's a big house isn't it isn't it the biggest facade in Europe really yeah I would want to paint it yeah yeah right can we have a bit of a talk might need a bigger van yeah you might do oh lovely yeah we've got a visual assault already there's pillows so who designed this bit you've been a few Architects down in this house um three or four actually it's taking so long to build I love the statue as well how old is this piece this piece uh will be back to the 1700s never seen anything like it it's absolutely enormous I can't quite get my head around it if you're playing house top trumps I have one huh yeah it's that we've got the opportunity to go through more or less the entire building over 300 rooms to find something if I can't find something you know I just pack it in look at that statue there it's a marble or plaster that's Marvel it's over 2000 years old no it's come from Herculaneum near Pompeii you don't get many of those [Music] is spectacular just going to go first then what do you think it's worth yeah I mean it's got to be in a sort of 10 millimeter two and a half Way Beyond really really it's the only one in the world I believe it's worth more than the houses right absolutely jaw-dropping Gail is amazing the quality of the carving is breathtaking have we got a room full of some of these that you don't use no [Music] oh my word how wow oh I'm lost for words that's unbelievable it's just mind-blowing on the ground scale yeah so this would just be the grand hall for entertaining just for entertaining Dancing Yeah the floor actually was here was made with a fault in it and they reckon it was for the children to keep the children amused and if you can see let's see little diamonds in the floor yeah there's one missing I wish you had to say to the kids go and find what's wrong get the kids entertained yeah keep me understand for hours yeah oh there's another one you want to find it no it's almost needs to now to be just saved don't touch it do the repairs necessary and then just leave it well alone it's Perfection okay so where are we going to next let's take you into the long gallery wow oh yeah this is Fab isn't it that's lovely this took two years to do this one I've taken every single window frame out repolish them recorded them got them all working again huge job and we've done all the guilt work on the ceiling re-marvel The Columns wow well credit you nice job my London needs doing does it yeah okay no thank you I have never heard of this place incredible architecture and just oozing with history it's a wonderful wonderful building so nothing in the house is for sale nothing in the house nothing at all it's all in outer buildings garages stable block I think we better crack on yeah yeah I'd love to have a look around there yeah good come on Tom leads them first to the stable block an impressive 18th century building in its own right this is just the Stables just the Stables how many horses do you need over a hundred horses were stabled here for use by Family guests and servants they would have been worked hard in the 18th century more than a hundred servants were employed in the house alone that is the biggest urn I've ever seen it was a fountain in the center so can you remember that working no it's not that old lie me look at that there's some repair though now it does but it's still beautiful as it is yeah yeah where would you find another like that leaving behind the Grandeur of the fountain they had indoors what have you got stored in here then is a storage area storage area downloaded it might be of something of Interest down here project limit technician at least I left it tidy please yeah yeah not for sale all right no it's not enamel no they were enamel yes foreign no idea just a collection of bits isn't it yeah any more to see a few bits in there might be interesting [Music] we spotted a couple of things as soon as we walked in there's a spectacularly good Weather Vein so it's off the building Tom yeah that's off the South Tower which uh it's a cast iron I thought it would be copper valuable thing rare thing desirable thing easy to sell all of those things that's remarkably good isn't it I should imagine I'm going to ask anyway but I should imagine that's staying here isn't it I thought so I thought so probably check that out oh very nice there's one of the most spectacular mounted skull and horns of any animal I've ever seen isn't that very impressive yeah the curve of that goat it says on the back was so good almost coming right around back on itself it's got a listing number on it so that has to stay too yes it does that means it should be kept with the property so I don't think I can touch that anyway let's Carry On Nothing in here I'm afraid yeah okay I'm going this door here oh mind your step goes yeah two doors they're offer like a submarine or another boat I have to say on the list of things we think we find in this big country house it's not that foreign give us a price I don't know I really don't know I like that I love this I love the paint finish on it superb these are seized up they're absolutely solid these steel watertight ships doors date to the early 20th century but their Providence is unknown although it would require too much work to restore them to working doors they could be sold as Quirky display items fetching about 150 pounds each they're sort of good but useless do you know what I mean what would you like for them I haven't got a close enough hey that makes three of us can they be 150 quid for the pair a salvager Drew Pritchard is in South Yorkshire visiting Wentworth Woodhouse Britain's biggest privately owned home wow in the outbuildings he's come across these intriguing ship's doors Drew's offered estate manager Tom McWilliams 150 pounds for the pair because I think that's all I want to pay for them because they're just do I really want them 150 quid I'll take a chance they'll either sell the next day or 11 for years yeah blow me probably paid about five times what they were what can I do with those doors no idea sell a profit quickly I think it's probably the best thing I could do with them dust them down wash them photograph them correctly put a reasonable price on them and they'll be gone you've got your work guitar you've got about 30 years of work here so in this place oh wow look at this oh which is the riding school this was a riding school originally wow it is amazing what are you going to do with this possibly use it for wedding functions we might want to take a look at this that's right I like that pretty scuzzy condition yeah this early 20th century industrial clock is unmarked so was not made by a major manufacturer but its size and Bronze finish make it appealing and with considerable restoration it could sell for about 500 pounds we'll give it to our clock restorer guy yeah and he converts them for me 65 quid he puts a new motor on the back 60 quid it's just it's rough usually pay about 100 off for them but it's just it's rough as hell 65. so these clocks are always desirable but they have to be working and as with most things in life big is better and that's not bad so if we get a quite a big one they tend to sell really well that's where we're going next the garage here now one or two bits that may may not interest you have an old Mini Under Wraps now minis I love them they're just one of the best cars ever made I've had a few of them all of them dogs never had a good one what does it run yeah it did do I've got quite a lot of cars at the moment I've got about 10 cars I think so I don't really buy any more God I haven't had a million in years the last time I bought them in it was 40 quid but then behind the mini there's your old incubation cabinet the old game people used to have for it putting their eggs in it's a matter of yeah have you got the doors I believe we did have so it just takes some digging out I'm sure there's Oak sides cast iron base probably a state made looking at it but that cornice is pretty good everything you were saying just makes you think heavy that is heavy yeah in the mid 19th century this cupboard was filled with eggs getting ready to hatch it needed to be sturdy and well insulated so it was built with Oak paneling over a cast iron vase and steel linings on the shelves and interior with extensive restoration and doors it's worth around 1 000 pounds yeah it's very much up my street isn't it it is yeah if you found the door so definitely be interested yeah I'm sure we've got them somewhere where on Earth we start looking for the doors there must be an ear I suppose [Music] uh hang on Joe I think these are the doors [Music] oh yes can we can pull those out oh that great I've never bought a steel um egg incubator cupboard before it's good it's expensive it's gonna restore beautifully take a flyer 200 pounds 225 sold thank you it's a rare item desirable item it's just going to look super cool I mean it really is going to look one of the coolest coverage you're ever going to be able to buy that it will look superb done it's going to take a lot of work anyway very happy with that can you load up that one we'll go and get the doors um and I think then it's going to load up and we're done today has been spectacular it's been fun it's been incredibly interesting I bought some great items they're not that heavy actually so these are sort of Battleship Gray okay yeah it's been around this amazing house and I found good interesting bits particularly one that I can't wait to see restored working with Drew some of the things he's looked at I wouldn't give them a certain sort Tom thank you so much pleasure appreciate it really and it makes you look at things slightly different I think yeah there's something in that nice job to deal with [Music] so big what was your favorite bit then you on the staircase yeah I've never seen one that good ever you know I mean even in the British museum places like that it's staggering [Music] hello hello hello hello we did our biggest house clearance ever yesterday in the biggest house you could ever clear really 365 rooms the largest facade of any building in Europe but oh not a lot um I've never owned any of these before I don't think I'm going with the look of your face I don't think I'll bother doing it again a complete waste of money in my mind aren't they cool though yes no no mistake I'll turn the profit on them we'll be looking at them for the rest of our lives so something better yes oh good Rob found this one oh well done Robert oh great another clock another clock how many we've got on the go now about nine just polish all the white paint off yeah leave it I'll save the best till last you said which is this it's a steel and Oak incubation cabinet but it's an early one the sides are oak but look at this this is all cast iron cast iron bracket foot that must weigh a ton if it proves too Hefty the back is just bolted on so we'll unbolt the back and put a piece of Timber on I'm looking forward to seeing the finished item Drew can see past that I nearly can great kitchen cupboard super ladder I'm very very pleased with it all in all he's had a really good buy Rebecca might have to eat her words as a couple of days later a very astute customer arrives at the showroom come with me okay I've got something that might be right up your street excellent brilliant because you have got the best fish and chip shop in Royals thank you if I can have free fish and chips for me and my son next time we come in right 150 quid the pair that's what I paid yeah so do everybody yeah I like it and we're trying to do this new shop so it's all reclaimed bits and pieces the floors the tables the chairs just to keep up with that sort of ethos really and those doors will look cracking on the wall I mean they're just something that you don't see every day so you know why not foreign the pair of maritime ship stores sold gone well that was a fluke it's not fluke it is a flu it's not fluke it's what we do you bought it for how much 150 and you sold it for 150 plus two fish and chips Gavin meanwhile has fired at the forklift so he can start work on the incubator cabinets cool a lot of work yeah okay sides just get them back take those back to just a natural finish on there just don't get rid of any of the age leave it all on there the only problem you've got is this one I've only I didn't even see that I have to strip that won't you and then can you get stuck into the top here with heavy duty grinding wheels on there just let me have a look at see what it comes up like [Music] that's nice see that finish there that's the Finish gov so quick sundown light coat of paint and then burnish [Music] it will take a full day to sand and paint the cabinet and the doors to Drew's exact specifications [Music] and while Gavin toils away it's time for Drew to get back on the road with tea [Music] from Conway they're driving 280 miles north to Glasgow Scotland's largest city [Music] sites on the river Clyde which connects it to the Atlantic Glasgow has been a major trade and industrial Hub since the 18th century let's go fabulous City fantastic architecture Industrial Revolution shipbuilding yeah all of that going on nice all good and we are going to Glasgow Architectural Salvage yeah I think it's probably the only uh architectural salvage yard of size left in the town Glasgow Architectural Salvage open down near the docks 11 years ago but Verona van Kingston Salvage has been a lifelong passion [Music] I grew up in London and spent most of my youth mucking around on the River Thames picking up old bicycles and bottles and bits and Bobs and walking around in the mud and I've always had a love for old things really I'm not quite sure what to expect from Drew today he's pretty much a man of his own mind I'm sure he'll see something that takes his fancy and whether he's uh lucky enough to prize it from our grass but I'm not quite sure wow well this is bigger than I expected so you've got all sorts of your mainly salvaging from Glasgow everything's from glass uh Central belt really Glasgow Edinburgh you must have found some wonderful things here yeah of course was it the early or late 19th century here that the real money happened late 19th century what brought that in all the trade came across from America and so on watch this that's great look at that is that it's quite rustic I like that so a terrible state [Music] I love that but it's actually I don't know whether it's too rough for even me I've got a clock face I've just bought one of those I'm afraid I know the sold almost about a year ago that paid half of it and I hate it I just get so excited going to salvage yards no reproduction all original kit sourced locally there's some extraordinary things in here things you'll never see again where did these come from we found them in the basement of a hospital we only assume is part of some sort of fundraising type thing they would have had bizarre they're extraordinary they are yeah extraordinary I've never seen the light and I don't quite understand what they're for or why the three naive heads carved from tree stumps are all Sean smoking they may have been made by World War II soldiers recuperating in the small hospital that Ben later salvaged their striking color and untouched condition give them a combined value of roughly one thousand pounds they've got an incredible presence and feeling about them how they've been made is it's all wrong but they've just got lumps of wood and hacked them out and slap some paint on and there's an absolute charm to them I think they wear a game I think I think I think they're on a stand like that and they've all got Flathead which is really unusual so I think they had something on top that you threw ah okay quite possibly quite possibly to knock it off yeah yeah that makes sense or maybe that I just don't know how much are they I do want to keep those I'm afraid you're kidding no you can't know look look I'm sorry I don't know if you're gonna put it in your shop it's for sale come on let's talk nope I'm Gonna Keep Those just those three absolutely no way no how [Music] Salvage Hunter Drew Pritchard is on a shopping expedition in Scotland Glasgow fabulous City fantastic architecture and at Glasgow Architectural Salvage he has his heart set on this Trio of naively carved heads they're extraordinary I've never seen the like but owner Ben Kingston is disinclined to sell I have three children that'll be one for each of them when they are a little bit older really I do like them yeah I can make your bid on them I just throw it out there and then it's there okay this is the fishing hook is it oh no this is business um I'll give you 500 pounds for them yeah I'll take that okay that's fine okay I don't have a customer for them I don't know what they are I don't know who made them I don't know what age they are but I love them I think they're wonderful it's amazing how Drew always finds the thing that people don't want to sell in their shop that's because he has good taste probably they're so they're so interesting aren't they yeah yeah you don't have I feel slightly guilty now a little wave of guilt doesn't trust me then it won't last yeah he obviously lost those yellow heads as much as I do and therefore well sometimes you have to let these things go where's your sort of backroom storage stuff inaccessible way to keep a good stuff in my house whenever I go to or any dealers I always say you can have a look in the back room or get in the office or in the back of the van because there'll be things they'll have forgotten about so is this your own personal stuff some of this uh some of these [Music] cool it's a bit of a midden almost a mitten it's a Scottish word for a sort of tip really Drew's got much midden in here I've got I've got a lot of midden mittens are where the best stuff is this is a very well organized [Laughter] silent sausage machine sausage it's like a superhero is that a roof vent there it's not it's a light that's a light it's quite a Moorish looking light it's uh from a church in my wife extraordinary yeah it tastes Moorish isn't it a sort of the more I look at it it's Gothic Revival um pure Gothic Revival and I do think it was event I don't think it was a light its whole life it's been adapted I think it's been made up as well something else see this here this welding here and then that's been bolted it's quite possible lots of good welders imagine underneath this it's got a really nice polychrome sort of um esque purples and Golds underneath that how much is it I think we'd like a 300 quid for it no let's leave it okay moments of Doubt must leave it cool original nice but it's very difficult thing to sell and I'm really trying to restrict myself and only buy stuff I can definitely sell have you got any more mittens there's an upstairs bit of midden is that let's do it okay so what's this just Pew storage Pure Storage fireplace storage other bits of storage stuff uh we keep bits of lights over there waiting Restorations I was looking for yeah that sadly cracked the cradles then if it wasn't cracked it wouldn't still be here oh that's it's a shame isn't it it's I haven't got I mean I buy Hall of Fame Parts in any state she's got more of them but I'm not sure if you can get in there very easily I really don't want to slip now there was a replacement toilet we don't need anymore I think this toilet's going to give way and I'll lose all my gentlemen's vegetables is that safe to stand though not really well are all these broken in some way no not necessarily I think the two were the tops that are probably okay right I think the one on the right is just missing its base these 1920s Hall of Fame pendant lights have attractive bronze strap work frames and are a rare find most of it to be broken but even if one complete light can be pieced together from the parts it could be worth about 500 pounds we'll always buy any parts even just bits and they're a good find it's a shame they're all broken what do you want for the package so that broken one that missing one these parts and those bits and I'll take my chances on them because they're mostly broken enough there might be two decent ones amongst them a couple hundred quid cheeky bit but I mean can we do 150 for the set all of it that should be fine yeah I'll take that yeah thanks bud no problem these are good these are great lamps backing up them in detail there's two I can sell okay so there's the money we'll come back first let's get a box before we do anymore the only other thing I spotted was when we arrived climb onto the roof in bad weather and where did it come from which part of the city perfect question Perth I think it's a homemade Thing by the plumber you know but it's scratch built yeah it's at uh how much is that I am going to keep that it's our plumbing section before haven't we we have been here before but this time I'm going to resist resist okay should we play the same throwing a figure out I'll just pretend not to hear you no I'd like to keep the plum aside okay well I feel that wave of guilts coming across me again it doesn't normally stop no nothing will stop me this time okay now I'll I'll leave I'll respect your wishes how's that thank you very much you sure like hundreds of pounds for turning down so sure sure there's more to life than money isn't there they'll be ridiculous ridiculous grow up never great only God I wonder what they were superb a proper salvage yard good stuff good guy fantastic selection and just in the sort of condition I love to see things foreign such a variation well he's a nice chat you measure price coming out of me which I would think you guys get to sell it's a pleasure thank you for sending me those heads that's bigger I know I know it's painful parting yes but you have to live with a bit of pain don't you yeah hey that's what we do I've got to go out this afternoon and buy some radiators so the money will come in handy it'll be gone by six o'clock tonight nice to meet you too all right brilliant place look at it thanks very much cheers bye-bye it's good those heads very good very pleased I'd have driven to Glasgow for those now that's the salvage yard worth going to Drew and tea are staying up in Scotland for the night as they're due to visit to Tartan Mill the following day it's an ideal opportunity to sample the local fair dinner's on the way hopefully I think there's a bit of surprise coming your way T really yeah I'm just shocked that I'm allowed inside ah what's this go on tiger sweeps and Titans oh some of the Roxborough blend whiskey there as well thank you so much interesting [Music] I'll eat it what kind of animal is a haggis they're quite rare I guess usually they migrate in herds and they're about that big they're like a small sausage dog type thing what they do is they migrate across the highlands right when they come South they then they kill them they like Lemmings they're like Lemmings yeah imagine a sausage dog with a Hedgehog's face it smells lovely this is right up my alley though I like this [Music] they're mainly farmed for their fur uh haggis well nourished and rejuvenated the next morning Drew and T Drive 80 miles east to Selkirk in the borders the Royal Borough of Selkirk is famously where William Wallace was declared guardian of Scotland in 1298 after he defended Scotland against the English at the Battle of Sterling Bridge and we're off to DC daglish Tartan Specialists Factory all right but this isn't any old Tartan Factory this is the last real handmade Tartan Factory in Scotland nay of the world I kid you not all right oh and I [Music] BC Douglas Mill opened in 1947 selling handcrafted custom tartans despite an impressive Client List including the Queen the Dalai Lama and Nelson Mandela the demand for custom-made tartans declined it's about to fold until local businessman Nick fiddies took it over three years ago now as we stepped in to rescue it like other companies Scott Webb was their largest customer and we didn't want to see it Dave because of the last of its kind and he saved the business he was going out of business he bought it for a pound took it on took it over the place hasn't been modernized in 50 years which is why we're here because that sounds like a good thing for us 50 year old stuff is fine with me it would be absolutely wonderful if he turned up uh some rare piece which we haven't spotted because um frankly we've been pouring every penny of our savings into turning this Mill around and relaunching it and I could do with a nice gash injection right now oh here we go DC the glitch limited Tartan specialists like Nick hello how you doing welcome to DC Douglas nice to meet you nice to meet you nice to meet you I don't know what to expect really I've never actually been to a town Factory before I have no idea what you're here for either and see if you find anything we're looking for Haberdashery cabinets Machinery stools work stools that type of thing but I'm quite Keen what's that noise going on in the background weaving looms let's see yes please so this is one of the single with looms um these are the Kilt making ones and basically we can weave a single short length of any Target in the world and it's all done by hand hand knotted onto the Loomis hand walked at the other end there even the little the chain that goes down there see that chain yeah that that's like a program for the machine for that particular Target and that chain has to be made by hand for every single weave looks um incredibly complex well this is tying onto the Looms which is again another hand process so every single thread from the new weave is tied onto the thread of the previous one which helps to guide it through the mesh if you're making that look amazingly simple I bet it's not when you produce stuff by hand it's just got that that feel it feels it's hard I compare it to bread it's like um difference between arts and bread and Factory bread it's just it's just nice foreign [Laughter] one thing I absolutely love is old technology there's no computers involved here this is hand making at its purest form the Machinery is really quite beautiful the way it's worn over maybe 100 years I just hope it stays here and continues this is the finished product is it it's the famous quality Kilts you'll find anywhere in the world there's eight yards of fabric goes into that eight yards eight yards so what's this then as well that's the Kate Middleton scarf that she wore on the Thames at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee so she bought this direct from you it was actually a wedding gift I believe literally you can't feel it there's nothing of it beautiful just leave them there okay okay so um obviously we're here to have a look around the sort of junky areas that you've got but why didn't I show you around you can cook around and see people because I don't know what you're looking for well not me really we'll find the most amazing things in these old factories I've just bought two of these the other day yeah yeah you can't get older stuff easily you know so what's this area now this is the main fabric store and also making area so what's up there then is that sort of junky area up there I don't really know what's up there I know what we'll be up there in a minute yeah we come out of the Factory and then there's a sort of assembly room here where everything's packed and wrapped and above it is roof space since uh take care I think it's okay if you're careful and that looks quite promising because what you do with the wrist brace your stand what and then you go don't need that just Chuck it up there oh there's a few bits in here there's definitely something around I can just feel it top Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is in Selkirk Scotland visiting a Taunton Mill and he's in his elements there's no computers involved here this is hand making at its purest form so far Drew's found nothing to buy but he's optimistic about this roof space there's definitely something around I can just feel it these look intriguing old sample books I think oh yeah wow look at that beautiful these are incredible I mean I should imagine that most Tartan makers would give their High teeth for this that's an historical record it's so beautiful finished that's the Rob Roy yeah these I would never even attempt to buy off you those are obviously I don't think we'd want to give those away no you'd have to you'd have to look after you understand why yeah lovely what a history to have I would not buy those even if you said you can have those for a pound each I said no I'll give you a pound to keep them here they really need to stay here there's one thing over here I was going to ask you about just because you might know what it is I have no idea what is it whoa careful I don't know what this is you may have some idea I thought I'd show it to you anyway [Music] what do you reckon portable record player yes but it's not that's something that's a different type of this I don't think so and look on the record itself doesn't stale Mill that's here so it's uniquely produced for here so what would that be then somebody suggested it might be a burglar alarm ready yeah and what would that and that would be playing the um siren or something worship Satan okay so you've no idea either no I've got a clip no idea don't know what it is there's a phone line into it it's a record player but it's also got a trip switch that when you take the top off it stops working would I bite no that's what I do like what's that that basket yeah look at that look at this well you saw one through there uh yeah just be used for holding Yarns and things I think these wicker baskets dates were about 1900 and are beautifully constructed by hand their size large handles and pine Runners on the base make them very useful with a clean they could fetch around 400 pounds each they're very dirty and they've got loads of oil impregnated into the surface but there's two I'm that big and they're handmade uh and I think they're really quite beautiful would you want to get rid of them I don't think we're using them what would you want for them I think it's up to you to see make me a sensible offer um how about 200 pounds for the pair that's fair thank you very much okay because you can buy baskets for 30 40 quid put those I don't know they're just a great feeling and a good history behind them Tartan Mill baskets that adds to it with one sail in the bag Nick leads Drew and tea to a meeting room that may have more items of Interest this I do like the dummy the dummy not him this one well I've seen this tape before but they're usually Parisian this one's New York by J.R Bowman it's a New York maker that I've not seen before it's got all its original casters it's heavily marked so you can tell exactly where it's made it's dated it's got a good color to it won't flip your top off live yeah somebody's [Laughter] unfortunately she's been tattooed badly with pencil and it's gone right through the linen on the top but that's a shame actually that it's written on like it's actually sort of ribboned it for me I can't really sell that now just out of curiosity what would you reckon its value would be uh to me if it was if it was unsullied I'd probably pay you two to three hundred pounds for it in unmasked with condition I thought we'd found a really good item there but just for that addition of that little bit of pencil marks I can't buy I've got unlucky with the ladies again you're a dress-up wouldn't be the first time I've got a dress off and that was the end of it Nick has one last thing to show Drew tucked away in a haberdashery draw with thousands of samples is one Tartan that stands out because of its name and it's the good ultimate Presley of Memphis red white and blue with a nice touch of yellow that's gold dust Elvis is Tartan well I think we're probably mentioned it I would like a massive flag on the roof up stand up there waving it all day long beautiful uh-huh [Laughter] [Music] it's been fun I didn't know what to expect but he spotted a few things I'd never spotted since we've been in this building which I was impressed by I'm sure you'll find a good home for them yeah actually I'm also delighted that I stumped him with one item the record player thing which he didn't do either so I'm pleased to out talk to him on that level thank you so much for showing us around it's been a great pleasure thank you for coming you've taught me too so thank you [Music] that was superb today I really enjoyed it because you've just seen the end of something in the best yeah those looms are amazing weren't they the baskets are super being Scottish as well they're always a little bit more salable because they do tend to be better made but that's not going to pay for how diesel is it no but I think we're in Profit just because of those carved heads and the lamps they saved our skin basically [Music] give us a hand here gov it's been up to Glasgow Architectural Salvage and we didn't hit the motherload what we did get was very good we've got some of these in bits I think we can make on it now that is the bottom what's this one what one to that one is it maybe it might be a bit thick excited there you go there you are you got it that's fantastic oh yeah now you're talking look at that there's three I think complete ones there so there's a really good profit there but it was a gamble he could have quite easily come back and nothing matched and then we've got these good which I love these are a bit special what are they they were found in a army Hospital oh a lovely story yeah yeah aren't they great I thought we're gonna put some wooden mounts on these very very simple wooden mounts and I think they should be valued somewhere around 1500 to 2 000 pounds for the three wow what a signed Drew's done I don't know how many hundreds of miles this week not a huge haul at all um but some lovely pieces thank you six inches that's it while Drew's been on the road Gavin has finished the incubation cabinet from wentworth's Woodhouse and it's utterly transformed it's exceptionally good now it really does look the part this is really good actually French polishing on the side of the color he's darkened it down a bit so it matches the doors put new Timber shelves in it furnished it all but just left enough painted the back so that's just ready to go beautiful condition [Music] it's cool it's cool as hell ocean you know boys bedroom restaurant full of glasses you know it's great Drew Richard's architectural showroom in Conway North Wales the team is restoring the latest Salvage items [Music] he's off to visit a collector who's just turned his passion into a business foreign were you I'm gonna Drive slowly on purpose it's a 120 Mile Drive East to the outskirts of Ashbourne in Derbyshire to the southern edge of the pink District [Music] we are in the middle of nowhere right in Derbyshire I don't actually know particularly where we were we just got a postcode we're off to see uh Bob and Vic Clark we've been to a few uh prop houses and uh this one is well it's different because the collection is so vast his daughter Victoria has decided that they're going to set up a prop hire business called Posh props props is [Music] a farmer who's been Gathering antiques for more than 60 years [Music] started when I was as a child just collecting things sauce Museum in Birmingham when I was a child uh skull when I wasn't allowed to play in the printing shop so I've got my own printing shop now uh that's how it came about collecting things that people always tell me when I was younger I couldn't have Victoria took up her father's love of antiques as a child and eight months ago she decided to make use of Bob's eclectic collection I've decided to start up a business called Posh props and and start hiring out to film and television companies I've seen a road sign for 15 minutes well love is correct this is this is the place this is nice yeah very nice Victoria yes hello what a Fab place it could be much quieter could it nope can you hear anything yeah very peaceful it's very peaceful yeah plenty bird song lovely we're about to shatter the piece yes we are sorry about that come on doggy [Music] this is the show to anything you can carry you can keep oh who's this this then [Music] immediately Drew spots in early 20th century Steamroller how long we had this for about 15 years when's the last time you fired it up oh about six years ago when the wife died that was it really not interested now I take an awful lot of time don't they these things up well you've got to be dedicated just to doing one job and this place has got many dedications I mean that's nice as well yeah Phil Marshall series one I've had that about 40 years that very original yeah don't mess with it run into any soul ties look better than putting new tars that's it original paint original dents that's what I prefer okay start it with a cartridge you bang it and the cartridge fires it's over then you shut the valve at the bottom we could do on them for Drew some mornings yeah so what have we got in here then uh basically this is the average engineering shed this is so these these are my sort of thing yeah just the right height Norton I don't know the casters of them were Buddha Bean they're super good that's my type of thing dirty and heavy big and heavy they're not as heavy as some of them these Norton cast iron bench ends were made in the mid-20th century with the table top added to them they could be converted into a stylish kitchen table and are worth around 900 pounds we go through to a section of the building uh just past the diesel tractor and there's a pair of bench ends right on my right hand side now but I've only just walked into the building I've only been with the guys a few minutes I don't want to instantly start hitting them up and saying do you want to sell that do you want to sell that it's uncomfortable and it's rude and also I'm having too much fun looking at the collection do you slide the the second hand in 1886 it was to come to the firm we bought it up so everything in here is sort of English British heavy engineering that's right this is yes this is all all Heavy engineering from the early 1900s late 1800s I can't ignore this either that that's me Black and Decker that is bench drill yeah how big a hole do you need to drill three kids or two inches easily with that that would kill the van in one go wouldn't it finished it's a great collection really interesting really interesting it's quite astonishing what he's done here really so a lot of people they'll go well it's just a load of old stuff it's not this is our industrial Heritage it's rawest form this is when Britain was the workshop of the world particularly the Midlands um and this is heavy engineering this is not to be messed about with if you want to get into collecting this you need space and an awful lot of time and a lot of know-how it's just come through here it's all about knitting machines and looms oh slimy it all came out of one Factory these who uses these they're just there yeah wow chocolate is these all are you know yeah they're what sock Knitters sock Knitters yeah it was the local submitting Factory shutdown that's my new favorite word for me to be able to do this and come to a collection which this isn't open to the public you can't just wander in here uh it's his personal collection he's done it for his own reasons and they're the best collections single owner single-minded that stool down there do you know I spoke about the stools with this did it come with any other stools this one yeah did that come from this Factory came from the same Factory yes the strange thing is I bought this chair that matches this in bath about 10 days ago have you still got it yes that's double the price you know I think the seat's been changed actually I don't think it's kind of different yeah yeah it has different dolls yeah but still it's Charming isn't it I like the height of it as well this 1950s industrial work stool has a circular hardwood seat and an unusual six Metal Blade base with minor repair it could fetch around 400 pounds yeah that's quite nice would that be for sale uh I wouldn't that wouldn't be bothered if you have it if you're not bothered to do it yeah that you like for it around you have to decide what you're going to bid me for it 60 quid all right that'll be okay thank you thank you very much there you go does that all right yeah that's part of the prop I am leaving yeah I've been on an instruction to sell your things up under the instructions to myself to sell you nothing [Music] just Workshop tables just Workshop ends what money would they be I don't know you have to tell me I generally pay for those about 150 pound a pair a pair okay deal yep thank you thank you very much that's sort of thing I like is it yeah it's where we got into this one yeah okay so what's this this area then most Australian Vehicle area this is okay this is good so you drag it like that they've Frozen those casters aren't they but you can push it under the car you see I've never seen one of those come out of a farm sale a battle or I don't know how many years ago I hate to think cast iron tripod stand would have been used as a mechanics lamp in the early 20th century with the new spotlights added to it it could fetch around 600 pounds what's that worth to you you tell them is it to go it can go there's one ghost yeah I think with the breakers that is an issue even though it's an old one um maybe 40 quid come here 50. yeah okay I spotted this when I walked into the building only by the farm to get that I did I had it written in the contract that couldn't take it away that's an absolute gem that size was normally used in the washer from Brewing local beer what do you think it's worth what do I think it's worth it I've got a clip do you know what I'd pay for it if it was for sale Mission cost I'd pay you today a thousand pound for it how could traffic yeah but it's not for sale to be prop wait it's not a pride and joy it's not such a thing isn't it but you know things aren't some things you don't I've seen a slightly bigger one but it was dished and more flat yes whereas um that's an absolute belter it's beautiful and as soon as you see it you want to walk up to it and touch it you could plant that you could put a water feature in that or you could just pile logs into it fill it full of kids toys whatever you do with that it's a beautiful object foreign [Music] ER Drew Pritchard is in Derbyshire looking through Bob and Victoria Clark's collection of industrial antiques to buy a rare 19th century Copper Pot copper can have color you couldn't make that up it's not for sale but can his bid at 1 500 pounds tempt Bob that's a belter what a thing [Laughter] Bob is an immovable object I'm not going to get this today where's next then um they're just the tools oh lovely look at those look at that that's Lovely isn't it um this is for doing the stage huh that lies what's that what does that do the staves these the planks yeah so you obviously you can't play in something that long so you bring it down you do The Stave you all you roll the wood right and that stays stationary and that's for doing the lips on the barrels I've seen this teeth that see that's a plane most people have to put collections together to show to the public to make money Bob couldn't give a monkeys about making money he's just doing it for himself so you've got these engines these Rolls Royce and dust rolls jet engine yeah uh it's an Avon uh what's that one and it's an Elvis nine cylinder radial engine nine cylinder nine cylinders yes unusual where these tables come out of and they're out of a library at the tables are how many have you got um yeah these Victorian Oak tables came from a library in leicestershire and date back to the turn of the 19th century with restoration to the wood they could fetch around 1 500 pounds each [Music] are they part of the collection yeah that Vick is yeah what would you want for the pair um the conditions not great particularly on that one but they're good tables and I'm always trying to find decent tables it's the trick is just getting your leg underneath so you can people can use them on your table that's all and you can just about do it with these ones you can maybe put a little little lifter underneath one thing I'm always buying bread and butter things really but they're getting harder to find are good family-sized refractory type tables kitchen tables everybody wants one have a few kids they need a big old table in the kitchen I'm tempted to say 800 pound for the pair 400 pound each I reckon I've got 400 quid to spend on each so I'll be 800 questions that's that's the easy bit that's the easy bit it's just getting when they're pulled apart here that there that's the only pain and that one so you have to take the tops off yes and I can't do that so I'm gonna have to pay Alex to do that would you do eight and a quarter eight twenty five yes I will next time next time next time that's the fact that's fair yeah that's fair oh we're going into that um what's the room now loving all these bikes super bite cool now these I do like I like the Valor set used to have to eat breakfast off these three yeah when I was a kid oh our kitchen was full of these Max and international Nortons in your dad's house it was there was some stuff there I really fell out with me she went to Wales one weekend and I got my biking bits on the kitchen table and I I was boiling my chain in her best sauce but when she come home and caught me did you ride any of these uh yes I've ridden them all but I'm not going to ride them again what's something like that worth today it tells me 1200 pounds but I wouldn't have to give no more than a thousand pound for it I know we're talking the wrong way but that's all it's worth it's not what it's worth now that's all I think it's worth anyway but it's a really good original one isn't it yes for your sizes them well do you know I think these lightweight bikes have got a little bit of more charm because this was just your basic Community you went to work on that was it yeah yeah it was just I want to get to work as cheap as I possibly can super that's a very original one because usually they're hammered weren't they oh you know cuts of bits thrashed around so where's next oh we just go down the middle right down the middle one yeah [Music] this is great I can't this I can't tell you what a good time I've been it's just seeing all this stuff so how long has it taken to put this collection together then three weeks three weeks I don't believe you Bob I think you're telling me Porky's did you have a week off in that as well and with the shopping trip completed it's time to load up the van right come on [Music] turn is put a collection together that I've not really seen the like of before the things I bought today I'm actually really pleased with all of it Victoria if you ever want a job yeah seriously I need you know you made that look easy 1878 he did some work I've I've overworked my back that's why I can't do anything I can't can't move anything [Music] strange table out here because we all said a thing all the way around it okay true seems really enthused with everything that we've got and yeah really pleased with what we've sold and got what I feel good money [Music] it's quite bright in different fields you just doesn't go down one line he's got very many lines in his mind he has and he knows where the modern market's at where I don't know that and I don't even try to learn it Bob a pleasure thank you very much thank you cheers if you make a profit we share it with it no that's not gonna happen I'll share it with the bank and all the staff before me and UC any that's yeah well I've been on left of that exactly but no thank you so much and good luck with the business brilliant all right thank you cheers oh oh ow my back you're right yeah I really enjoyed today great wasn't it superb what a top bloke when was the last time we saw so many different items yeah there was just so many different things fascinating and wasn't he great otherwise Victoria as well yes she's got she's got a job on Amazon so yeah limey try and catalog that one well she's got to pin him down long enough to get all that information out of him write it down photograph it measure it and get it on a website you know that one's huge drill yeah vast I mean that's going to be at least four gaps worth of moving that not even one are we units are we using gav as a unit of measurement yeah of strength six calves yeah I like that it's a unit of measurement but gav [Music] in's eager to show Rebecca in the team the latest purchases [Music] hello hello come on come on matching chair yes what's up never seen one before now I've got two bizarre that's them what coincidence I know blade yeah look at these they're nice they're exactly the right height to make a kitchen table out of lovely but we need these off next pair of matching Oak Library tables they're all coming apart though again all the legs are loose but they're Oak they're completely untouched and they're the same size fantastic Fab refractory tables I mean okay the planks are split at the moment but everything can be restored so that's great that's fantastic actually I want them on their website within three days max so get Carl on there onto some of them and Alex onto the rest of it with no time to lose Alex starts restoring the library tables [Applause] he reinforces the loose planks then the tabletop is put back in place thank you so we've got a nice smooth surface now it's nice and dry so we just put a clear wax on now and it just gives it a very sort of subtle sheath it darkens initially and then it'll lighten up feels good it looks good perfect [Music] next when that's dry foreign [Music] excellent job really nice in fact it sold in less than 24 hours and it's now going to be used as Fashion retail um in Australia so it's going to have jumpers and jeans all over it so there you go straight away from a barn in the middle of nowhere to Australia the next day Drew's off again this time with friend and colleague from the Antiques trade Rob black it's a 130 Mile Drive South to Worcestershire we're off to see Steve waralo at Holt Castle a castle nights I give the lumps off each other Castle [Music] Century as a fortress to prevent the Welsh from invading England over the years the structure has been altered many times and in the 13th century was converted into a manor house Steve Warlow bought this date in 1996 and is making good use of his massive property currently we use it as a family home and mixed in with a little bit of business doing weddings and conferencing the benefit of living in an old large property you can pick up the most bizarre things which wouldn't fit into the normal house so you start to slowly acquire all manner of objects the reason we're here anyway it's just a standard house call the guy bought it Steve you bought it and there's nothing in it at all right right nothing so the reason there's no residual Furniture there nothing he's been out and bought all by himself 18 bedroom 18 bedrooms so this could be that's the closest very small van for the job yes yeah it could be a massive Hall of stuff you just don't know dear that's why I love how schools you just don't know what you're going to get there you go look at that check that out that's fantastic ah so it's a bit of a castle isn't it it's a bit more knife yeah that's a really lovely house isn't it I like it this is our man morning hello there Steve yes Drew Drew how you doing pleased to meet you and you what a place yes lovely day as well yeah yeah gorgeous hello I'm Rob hi Rob I'll be good where do we start inside please okay follow me into the castle yeah we'll go through the main tower entrance doors [Applause] and just step there Robert so this is the original entrance to the tower um and if you've been invaded we've got these three holes in the ceiling we've got hot oil poured down on top of the uh people come into the castle so that's not a good day it wouldn't be a good day for them [Music] that's quite a chimney piece isn't it yes yeah we we don't use it too often because this is one of the function rooms for the weddings and um we've got our own private rooms at the far end of the property it's a collection molded I'm trying to Fossil marble and I see all the fossils there so where have you been buying all your kit from then all your furniture yeah well back in 96 when we first came here we're obviously desperate for a few bits and pieces um this is our first UK house so we hadn't got any furniture to bring into it so we just popped to sort of local auction houses and anything which took the fancy so this is a starter home what are you going on to next it surprised me when he said this was their first sort of real home you know most people get a one-bedroom Bungalow or something but an 18 bedroom Castle is pretty impressive okay so lovely cantilever staircase was the was the roof sort of intact when you bought the place yeah I mean the roof's uh very very good but we have a twice yearly uh inspection just to put uh drop slates and things back into place okay so where are we off to next uh I'll show you a couple of the bedrooms this way oh yeah we just left [Music] yes this is the Bromley suite and I believe the bed and the Wardrobe which is a matching set was produced for a wedding day and so it's a wedding bed and the sweetest dutches I'm not sure the origin right next one okay right plenty of rooms [Music] we use this room as a bottle switch for the weddings as well it's taken some work hasn't it to all this we had all this produced actually by a cabinet maker that um we get on well with so all this is comparatively new sort of 97.98 a whole Suite what I'm seeing throughout the house is very good quality but reproduction Furniture reproduction is slightly unkind actually description of what's in here but it's new and I don't do new furniture so yes we're moving up here to the the games room oh that sounds good a footy table have you refinished it no we haven't I'm not sure uh previous owners but that's as we purchased it I quite like it yeah I quite like it I'm just not sure about the Finish this football table with original planes and cast alloy figures would have been made in the 1950s with minor restoration it could sell for around three thousand pounds [Music] did he pay a lot for it yeah I paid three and a half there's nowhere left for me to go on that one Freight yeah that will have to stay where it says I'm not even going to bid him it'd be too rude to offer him 1500 when he's paid that much for it it's not looking good so far everything at Holt Castle is too expensive or too modern so this is the solar room so mostly everything's new in here this trip is going to be a financial write-off if there's nothing to buy okay so nothing in here so let's go on [Music] okay guys oh that's nice isn't it Lovely isn't it yeah I'll show you through to the Rose Garden area which is um okay good boy some incredibly I do like the look of that though you like that yeah where'd you get that from I think we acquired that when we bought property next door um which we sold two or three years ago okay that was one of the autism there's another one there did that come with it it would have done you yeah yeah those are those to go yes yeah yeah yeah if you can pick it up you can uh [Laughter] it's got a light veining to it but not much it's quite nice though isn't it Rob I do like that yeah these urns are currently being used as garden ornaments but their 19th century White marble wine coolers with extensive cleaning they could be worth around 1 500 pounds it's got a very active ancest that's I don't know what would you take for the pair I feel guilty about dehousing the ants without having to happen or say we're open to offers on myself um 250. effect a salvager Drew Pritchard is at Hope Castle in Worcestershire with owner Steve Warren so far the trip has not been a success as the furniture is too modern so mostly everything's new in here that's a shame isn't it but he's just spotted these two urns in the garden 250 is his bad enough to tempt Steve to part with them I think that's about right no one's got a crack in it gives us a workout there's no work to do yeah um we can do a deal on that yeah yeah happy yeah look at that okay thank you yeah we'll have those they're nice and heavy yay yay okay well they're all right and they look quite nice quite like the look of these two yep I should imagine you bought these new did you uh yes yeah I've weathered and colored in there oh there to go yeah happy to sell those they're just a good color no age them at all they're just very stylish yep yep this pair of 1950s green garden benches are made of teak and are replicas based on an original design by Architects sir Edward luchins cleaning and polishing they're worth about 1 500 pounds what would you like for the pair the two this this shape 120 for the pair should I said 240. yeah that's a bit of a steal for us to be honest being honest with you um 250 you think yeah it's it's it's it's cheap but they are they are well it's very kind of happy yeah sure yeah yeah it's a deal for us obviously you know yeah some people see things differently don't they yeah yeah happy days I just think they're they're a great design and they're a good color excellent great there you go two more they're not heavy Rock yeah color is great just the patina that's it it's just the color they look great classy stylish and cool [Music] the knowledge base with uh Drew and Rob have got is just incredible who started picking and sort of looking at items which we really thought we've got little value and then he seemed to be delighted and we're certainly happy with the offers that's certainly Fair um so just just incredible we did manage to find a few things and strangely two of them were in an adjoining property and when that was sold they returned here which are the two marble wine coolers I don't actually think Steve likes them very much either that's why they're outside checked out in the garden I like them I think they're very very beautiful classy stylish different they're a good find and they'll certainly go to a good home that's for sure thank you a pleasure well then good luck with the house thank you good to meet you fantastic place thank you for cleaning some of the junk give us a shout if you finding more of that type of junk oh we'll do all right thank you [Music] a very interesting hint I'd like to spend the night there see what I did Castle night that was very good rob it just came to me you've got a nice blue he he was wasn't he I liked him nice and easy going the strange thing was he really didn't like anything that we picked it I love absolutely love those systems they're just beautiful aren't they yeah once you've got them out yeah they're better than I thought yeah the next day they drive 140 miles Southeast to lewisham in London [Applause] I said it's just good architecture around some of some very big grand houses here there are which would have had a very Grand Victorian things every Georgian house has got a Georgian fireplace that's true we're going to Aladdin's cave to meet a girl called Kathy have you dealt with them before I've not dealt with this lot before I know our brothers are have been in and around the trade for years so they're proper proper old trade family it's a lot it's not it's all of them it's cave which is really a glorified second-hand yard but Architectural Salvage [Applause] the first taste of the business at the age of six with their father my father was what you'd call a Rag and Bone man um totter but my mother would call him a general dealer it's really a family history it's something we've always known and my son is also in the business so it's quite an ongoing thing I think it's just in our blood wow [Laughter] hello how are you doing Drew very well nice to meet you yeah my pleasure hello hello welcome Rob hello Rob I'm Chris hi Chris hi Chris to meet you great that's quite an office well it certainly is blimey is everything for you for sale as well absolutely everything the only thing that's not for sale is up there we call them Marilyn and also the clock which we use oh I see okay that's right we're always late anyways well you're in good company then yeah I'm always late you're always late um it's part of the way everyone I kick off 11. you have a nap about one yeah yeah really yeah probably an age thing I'm only 28. Aladdin's cave you know when people ring you up and say I've got an Aladdin's cave generally when we hear that in the office and you can go all right it's going to be a load of old tuck because it always is but I've come in here great it's rammed it's got only need to buy one thing that's all you know if we find one thing great I like it it's brilliant it's old school old school junk shop house clearance antique shop a bit of salvaged bit of everything love it so I'm looking for really authentic stuff lighting seating Furniture Garden right okay lighting Big Time lanterns I see most of the lamps in here are new you've got a couple of old open lines there um okay yeah team of the old Industrial came in last week missing the tops exactly which which is a problem we can only buy them if they're completely complete okay an original ones I do you know what I've hardly been down this area of London really lovely ever that much oh that's very you rob that's close oh yeah that's you isn't it yeah well I'll see you guys later let them give you a hand up dude I know it's great [Music] that's a wonderful piece that's a game table it's the most magnificent games table it extends out this roulette wheel inside there's everything there's backgammon yeah it's really do you get a lot of the prop Masters in here yes oh God yes yeah I should imagine every um major production there's so many that come here that tend to use this for a few years now yeah that's good but there's one thing with them is they go oh don't tell my friends don't know where it's come from you know they're all like oh my God my friend found out about this and they you know like to keep it secret theirselves and you're thinking don't keep a secret tell everybody I know I will just keep it between us exactly 50 other buyers yeah of course that is a mountain of stuff everything I'm seeing though is your standard House Hotel and Pub clearance stuff but these places do turn up good gear they do it comes in off the street every day but I'd really like to find is a little bit of antique London that would be nice right then where's next um should we go down towards the garden the outside please get to look up all this Andrew what in case something drops on me of course maybe what about this thing yeah it's quite nice we're missing the top floor is it uh which is a shame that's all right we'll just take that take the see the head off that that just lifts off and just take it down so it's a two section isn't it no marks on it this mahogany bookcase was made circa 1900 by the American company which specialized in high-end elastic bookcases so-called because units and shells could be added to make different depths and Heights with major restoration it could fetch around 700 pounds how much is that that could be 160. 100 how much 160. wow Drew Pritchard is at the salvage yard in southeast London where he's found a globe practica storage unit what about this thing this is the asking price of an owner Kathy Kirby too high that can be 160. 100 know which 160. uh yeah it's quite cheap I love that thank you very much yes surprise surprise we're in London McLean London prices I would normally pick that up in the provinces for 60 to 80 quid and paying a 160 quid twice the price for a normal size one I wouldn't do it for a wide one like that I will that'll do watch that Little Rock look yeah just something off then it's an old plate so yeah yeah interesting lovely you've got any more things like that um that's the sort of thing she like that's an old course yeah fittings they tend to go very quickly obviously yeah uh unless they need work on them like that one yeah okay maybe we'll get lucky and find a few more bits yeah I'm sure was there a shop on site when you bought the place now this was actually uh originally it's an old train station okay this as we go down towards the garden it's a platform no yeah when did you last do a stock tape yeah oh God yeah rather you than me I absolutely love this place it's exciting I find it really exciting being out here because you just don't know what you're going to find there's bits of brand new London and there's sort of 200 year old bits of London out here these look good which ones at least underneath here before I go dragging that out it's not a lot of money is it that could be 140 quid oh it's a lot of money not really it's a good value fantastic value this early this early 19th century Georgian wrought iron panel with foliate design would have been used as part of a gate or railing with very little restoration it could fetch around 350 pounds it's a bit I'd buy it I'm a buyer at 100 quid to be honest with you I just don't I it just needs a bit too much work it's got a few bits missing about 120. what about 110 kilometer thank you you can get your boys to get that out though if there's any more yeah that's the sort of thing if you if there was say a larger one of those maybe what's that stuff there that cast iron there yeah staircase rails sections what sort of many are these plane ones here these ones [Music] good Century cast iron balustrades and they could be turned into an elegant console table as is they're worth about 700 pounds oh there's another one there as well there's another two there's two more ends on those so what were you saying they're 200 quid no it was 150. right okay because we've just found the extra pieces yeah yeah and you had your own way before they can be 280 which is for nothing they're probably standing when did I have my own way steady [Laughter] yeah they're cheap for that at the moment the lads are just pulling out all those different panels once we've got them out we can really have a good look at them I've had that panel before but these are a bit bigger which is ideal console height very good very happy I think it's your lucky day we found another four panels okay what do you think Rob so we've actually found another five panel drop to match okay most important bits are these so we can make those two there's one there's another one now these themselves as a piece of railing are interesting and if you want a piece of railing they're quite nice but I'm looking at them as soon as we found those little single return pieces their console tables how much they're 70 pound a panel here we go for 280. okay sorry right okay so uh three all right okay your own way Drew free undergrad and you've absolutely stolen I'd have asked a hell of a lot more money if I'd have had nine panels rather than five honestly you know yourself all right all right yep fantastic yeah they're great thank you you've got to get them on the van though no problem that's not a problem for us yeah that's not a problem okay right yeah we'll have all those been quite an experience you found some nice metal work that you like you like so you really did get a good bargain I hope do business again with them [Music] I could have done with buying a little bit more stuff and the prices were compared to what I usually pay a lot more but it's in front of me it's right I know what I can do with it we're going to turn money on it I've got to buy it happy right we're done we're all done thank you very much enjoyed that thank you thanks you got my number [Music] another great day that was awesome wasn't it it wasn't a cheap day 850 quid yeah it's never going to be cheap and underneath it now that's how it goes isn't it no foreign a little snapshot of real old London back at base I'm over the moon absolutely fantastic Drew's delighted to find out that one of his prized purchases was finally found the fire spotted this chair at Kevin Marshall antiques in Hull see that thing down there that sort of Fairground horse's head is do you know what do you know what it is that it's that is a barber's chair from the 50s a kids barber's chair is it complete yeah absolutely you'd get your little kid on it and so so it would uh sit and be good while he's getting his air course yeah 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 oh it's a monster his surprise the chair sat in the showroom the barber chair should have sold instantly it took over six months to sell even after it was restored by Gavin to perfection [Music] IST Museum in Staffordshire John Walton notices the infants barbish chair is unique you don't find them so it will fit in here just like a glove it will be home from home [Music] where are you going to see another one of those Museum the chair arrived yesterday and I cannot wait to unwrap it fantastic absolutely fantastic one of the best buys for a long long time I mean look at the details on it it's so live better than what I thought it was going to be it's ended up in a museum with somebody who absolutely loves it and they're extremely happy so some things you think are going to walk out the door the same day can take a while you just don't know in this business Architectural Salvage expert during Pritchard is heading out on his next Expedition it's a 90 Mile Drive Northeast to the market town of Chorley in Lancashire Drew's making a return visit to one of his favorite contacts Who's a passionate collector we're off to go and see Eddie Whiteside you remember Eddie oh yeah of the incredible monsters amazing house yeah wow look at that there's so much stuff here wonderful CT this is like Christmas for me this time Eddie's teamed up with Colin Stafford a haulage contractor with a farm that has loads of storage space you got it Buckley College got some storage but it's getting less by the minute yeah I used to have some storage yeah yeah my place is a bit full now but uh just interesting things and if we can save it and pass a bit on all well and good deal a bit swap a bit it's just interesting a good hobby you can always do a deal if he wants to try hard that is let's see so having been to Eddie's before we know exactly not to expect anything it should be all everything there literally could be anything here today I have no idea it's going to be a random day to say the least and we'll probably buy today in ostrich yeah a tank an Indian motorcycle person yeah yeah and a load of fencing an alpha tree you just don't know what you're going to get with him that's half the joy [Music] cool this is the place yeah you can tell that Mill trolleys God knows how much steel massive troughs Yeah Eddie was here Eddie Drew how you doing somebody said you died yeah yeah thank you see you've got stuff here as well is it a combination of the pair of you yeah it is that was a bad idea wasn't it getting involved with him if you're on a rocky road here have you been to his house I have yes on numerous yes yeah anyway I'm Keen to have a look around can we crack on have you rocks on Monday I bought big words to the bottom there yes cool so what we've got in here Eddie knows what he's looking for he's into everything he gets where dust gets this guy and he buys good stuff and he doesn't touch it so this is an exciting place to be like that really what sort of money is that one you've got a door in it oh it's a lift up it's a lifter first thing I see when I walk in is a bronze topped Oak Museum cabinet bronze feet on it um I've just bought one yesterday but not quite matches but it's clearly exactly the same day by exactly the same maker but the one I've got is going to select top so that I want to buy this 1920s display cabinet was Surplus stock at a Heritage Museum in the nearby town of Wigan the museum was once a library which George Orwell frequented as he researched his book The Road to Wicked Pier the cabinet is in excellent condition and is worth about 900 pounds what sort of money is that one then I'll have a think on that one that must be a big figure if you've got to think about it I've gone off it now as soon as I started dealing with Eddie again I remembered how Eddie deals and you could just throttle him but it's good and it's clever how he does it oh throws a price throws a price like what you think well there was a lot of money that and he sort of just sets you off balance so what I do know he hates me doing is walking away from things that really bothers him he tries not to show it but it does it did last time um so we'll just walk go all right fine come back to it so I've got him on the back foot now you still need your lattice yeah bronze an enamel oh lovely I've never seen blue ones before a bit unusual yeah yeah yeah they're good these 1950s enamel letters are a striking color and are easy to sell as popular decorative items for homes and shops with a clean and polish they could fetch about 40 pounds each how much are these a letter and how many have you got a lot yeah well a bag full a bag and buy Lettuce by the way there's about two and a half hundred quids within there okay all right not doing here what 200 quids worth no something wrong with your hearing 250. I don't let go yet all right thank you deal buy those all day long and you've got to sell five six it's paid for the lot okay yeah there we go are these pig pens are they you were yeah yeah they are now yes he's not on pair today not now hello those might be of interest there yeah I'll talk about that then have you spotted lights surprise surprise there's a shock bill pay us that's cool isn't it isn't it we got any more of it the only thing that's missing off is the glass and the light fixtures at the back just comes off there it's all it's missing this military Spotlight dates to the 1920s and features a rare design angled mirrors are placed around a concave lens at the center with bronze strapwork holding it all together with some restoration it's worth about 1200 pounds let's not be silly I'll let you have it for three I'm just 600 Quid into that before I even turn the property what that's gonna look Eddie look that's gonna cost a lot of money to sort that out isn't it no yes it looks like it's been at the bottom of the sea even better no it's not like marinized nothing's missing on it it's in amazing condition looks awful which is good it's a bargaining tool but unfortunately Eddie knows that it's not going to be that hard to put that back together again it really isn't that's half a day 150 quid no you're still making a profit no you know any a salvager Drew Pritchard is in Lancashire trying to buy this military Searchlight I'll let you have it for three but Drew is less than keen on owner Eddie whiteside's asking price [Music] 150 quid you're still making a profit you know any have a look at some more things if you can't give us 300 good for it don't have it no but I am going to have it but I'm not gonna give you 300 quid for it it's worth it all day long um but I'm not gonna claim that that's all just not gonna do I'm not paying him 300 pounds for it it's uh it's just uh I don't know not gonna happen it's in a terrible State it's not a terrible State it's all it's not a cracked glass there's not there's nothing broken on it apart from it the one piece of glass for the front nothing left to break on it broken on it for you before with Eddie I've got to keep things flowing that's the way to do it with him and I enjoy it and he does too um and it's a laugh one bid 250 pound come on come on don't pick about 275 no no right we'll carry on carry on 250 quid no 275 thank you oh am I winning you are I'm not talking about it anymore right you've upset me now boohoo didn't do a deal on it do that thing again walk away that is going to nickle him and I guarantee you he'll come back to me in a bit unable to strike a deal Drew presses on in Hope of a more straightforward negotiation we've got what's this a three draw set there I don't even know if all the drawers are there it's it was supposed to come from a chemist shop in the late Victorian era the local chemist would have stored medicines and health remedies in these drawers the original frame is missing but a new one could be built creating a cabinet worth about 500 pounds ballpark you give me one I like your style what was it General draw about 11 of them I think roughly which count them up count them up just however many there is it's the 50 I'll take 50. would you reckon 150 pound for the pile now if you do just have those 11 drawers roughly I can't count all of them I can't count I can't count exactly what's down there and a bit of framing and I'll take my chances well I'll do that vote for your 150 yeah if if you buy the light or what we said two seven five cats helping us North and isn't it 275 for that and 150 pound for that collection of Parts yeah we'll get in the end yeah cool I've been stopped again all I'm going to say is we've both won yeah we both weren't on that dude there's nothing wrong we're not happy with that part of the fun coming here's uh is just having the bit of the verbal sparring match that we have between the two of us all in good fun because I don't want to mess with him too much he's an old fellow but I wouldn't want to mess with him uh but it's just it's just a laugh it's a bit of old school messing about dealing with both know we could do just no but that's no fun Victorious Drew is ready to go back into battle to seal a deal on the first item of the day the museum cabinet you got the keys I'll just lift them up yeah well then just price two two one seven five will you behave you know that I could have said 250 give me 200 quid brilliant I've got the matching one in the back of the van yeah I haven't bought it yesterday all right because he bought it for 300 quid yes nobody 450 quid and Daddy has one more treat in store for Drew oh yes now you're talking does he light your fire it does that Green Goddess yes I've never driven one that's exactly what it is you're not gonna drive one no please oh God let me drive it Vehicles anything particularly four-wheel drive vehicles I really like um that's a four-wheel drive Green Goddess from the second half of the 50s never driven one never owned one he's got a really good one so um and he's got a farm so I'm definitely going to try and get going it if you don't follow up yeah I've not driven many sort of trucks that just like driving a really big series one Land Rover that's all it was it's great I love it great fun the trucker steering was Big Pick and mix gears no brakes you know no power steering all over the place I am the trucker here's another trucker mate like me brilliant fun you can't think about anything else it's totally relaxing I can completely see why people do it fantastic quite Fancy on there just driven a fire engine it was worth getting out of bed for that alone we better go and load up thank you very much thank you very much oh problem enjoyed that no end is the handbrake on where's I'm right now look at that one brilliant today I knew it was going to be good Eddie is a salvager that's what he does and he's good at it and he finds good things and he gets them for the right money so you're able to buy them with a profit in it how would we get on and we have a laugh and there's always something new a great day really good I can't believe how much I've paid for that you know that I can ask no I know I feel that's embarrassed I feel embarrassed taking the money off here no it's been two years since I saw Drew of course he's aged a lot you know you can see that Footwear tell them that I won't mention that we'll keep that quiet just to herself our Donuts it but it's always nice to see even it's nice to move things along yes yes let somebody else appreciate it yeah then we can get some more stuff and then we can fill a space obviously and invite him back yeah perhaps yes Dudley thank you very much I certainly always a pleasure of course always Collins thank you good to meet you yeah thank you it was great thank you very much [Music] see told you it's gonna be right come to Eddie's you'll get something you've always got stuff yes always got gear good day yeah excellent enjoyed it [Applause] Drew has a vanload of excellent buys to reveal to Rebecca and the team it's called come on starting with the museum cabinet straightforward uh clean polish straight on the shop floor do you want to whiz is down Drew that should be an hour tops that's a good size it says strange thing is I bought the matching on the day before same place we've got that from Eddie bought these it's a haberdashery draw counter set knackered but we've got 13 14 draws and what's left of a frame Alex again Drew's bought a cupboard that can't be classed as a cupboard sometimes we call them firewood or kindling but Alex can work Magic on this the drawers are perfect a little inset bit lovely so that actually is Wing its way to Alex now great this one Carla see that right see where the gimbal is on the bottom there make something up for there make a plate up lock this off low yes it's going to be a low floor standing Spotlight everything needs work everything there's not a lot to go on the website but everybody's working madly now as I speak [Music] well dubbing starts cleaning the glass cabinet clean the pool s Carl the electrician sets two on the hard one military light and he soon makes a promising discovery you put oily rag cloth over the top of every single fitting protect it from corrosion at least 50. once all the greasy preservative has been removed Carl is thrilled with the condition of the light once you've cleaned all the preservative off everything still works perfectly well is it did when it was built Alex the French polisher caught some spare Timber to make an outer frame for the Apothecary drawers so we've used all the original Timber from the original carcass to build the middle of the frame and we've got our new sides on the new top a nice molding here and then we've made a plinth to go around which will come around the outside and return round once that's all fixed in check the drawers fit and it's ready for polishing the edges are stained to match the drawers which are a perfect fit the last step is to attach the Blends and with a final bit of color it's ready for Rebecca's inspection that's unbelievable because when Drew took that off the van well the drawers you wondered what he was doing I just went up there we go again wonderful the vision thank you so much you're welcome right the light is looking good too cleaned rewired and fitted with a stand once a new glass plate has been added it's ready to be photographed amazing with everything tipped off in the shop Drew is back on the road on a perfect sunny day this time with friend and colleague from the Antiques trade Rob black they're traveling 85 miles east from Conway to gaulsworth a tiny village in Cheshire so where are we off to today Drew we are off to a place called gorsworth Hall in the Cheshire Countryside a particularly beautiful area of Cheshire as well Cheshire is a very wealthy area and we're going to a wealthy area of a wealthy area it's a nice place to be goals with whole is a grade one listed Tudor manor house it was built in 1480 and replaced an earlier Norman house it has an inner Garden of 30 Acres surrounded by 600 acres of Parkland and was purchased in the 1960s by Rupert Richard's grandfather if you look round the house you will see all sorts of interesting pieces which my grandfather brought to gosworth and collected both before and after the war so I mean if crew sees anything that he's particularly interested in he can ask I mean and then I can refer it to my father they've called us in because they have got an awful lot of architectural elements and overspill from the renovations of the house the grandfather was really into finding and collecting Architectural Salvage just after the second World War uh the golden the Golden Age so so anywhere between that time and the 60s is when all the really good stuff turned up yeah and um there's an awful lot of it here [Music] wow Rupert's father owns the house and we'll have final say on any deals Drew makes today hello morning Drew how do you do nice to meet you I've got Rob here with us today good morning hello good morning beautiful place well it looks rather nice on a sunny day certainly it definitely does I tell you I couldn't help but notice all the little architectural elements and bits you've got lying around everywhere as well fascinating well these are really my grandfather's work when he arrived um you know he brought all sorts of things to goes with so the ornamental gate um the lights down the drive so a lot of what you see he brought here um in the early 1960s well I'd love to see inside yeah do come in okay [Music] thank you okay oh wow lots of things everywhere these fabulous they are lovely I don't know anything about sauce but they're clearly of real quality can we get a little bit of a talk you can see a few of the rooms this is the library which is a room that we do use on a regular basis and um oh it's lovely well it's that's that's really lovely houses like this can feel very uncomfortable and cold and this one's lovely it's homely it clearly is a house they're living in it's got a great collection of furniture and artifacts it's got a good feeling whoever was buying your furniture was buying just great items the house is first and foremost a family home so there's nothing for sale in the main section they head off to the mecca of all country houses the storage rooms stuff up here to go is there if you see anything that's shout out dude what are those shelves those two yeah okay it's like to get in there and have a look at them pasta this is fascinating yeah I mean it's just for a table mat isn't it for putting a great big jug into yeah I've had a similar one with two areas that I I bought as a nut dish but I mean it could be anything could be anything but the damage which doesn't bother me the sort of person that's going to buy that will be wouldn't they yeah it's very particular I mean it's very much of its period isn't it sort of um Lake deco sort of like it for myself though because I don't mind the damage yeah damage doesn't bother me at all it'd be great with me but it's a great color look at the color of that glass it's super yeah all right well lots of personally maybe yes right for me yeah no like this is this is wonderful frankly then it makes life very easy for me easy because if I if I start asking my father all sorts of awkward questions yeah as I said I get a clip around the ear I don't think you'll mind getting rid of that by the look of it with no sale it's time to try other avenues Rupert takes through to the summer house [Music] okay so you're interested in possibly getting rid of the busts well it well a price would be interesting yes yeah all right okay so it would be the bust and the blocks you'd need those wouldn't you particularly for this one because it doesn't have a sockle do you want to do you know who this is any any idea who this is I don't know no not me they're oversized which I like I like I like I like a big bust I mean they are sort of part of the furniture yeah they're nice to handle move this out a little bit yeah it just slides out thank you Okie Cokey this chap is my favorite although not doesn't have a great deal of age to it God that's a pimple isn't it yeah you could hang your hat on that that is my particular favorite that's born a person resembling industrial lighting industrial lighting it's almost like looks like a bit like Picasso doesn't he with that in the 19th century marble busts like this one typically depicted prominent local figures the smaller bronze burst is 20th century and portrays a Roman Emperor the artists are unknown but both boss are of high quality and combined with the large marble stand are worth about four thousand pounds obviously a Roman Emperor of some sort yeah don't know which one no um pimples laughs right prices uh that one with the block 800. this fella 250. Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is in Cheshire visiting a beautiful Tudor Manor House owned by Rupert Richards family whoever was buying your furniture was buying just great items Drew has offered 1050 pounds for these two busts but Rupert will have to run the prize past his father before closing the deal should we find out well I think what we'll go and have a look at the other stuff yeah area and then I can find out yep cool after a few minutes walk through the extensive grounds they arrive at their next destination a dark and Dusty underground storage space right I'll go first actually and then just just mind how you go right some of your Tonka toys yeah so there's just all sorts of things in here then really yes they're just sort of all dumpling ground yes so what these here they're interesting they are bracket supports from underneath the staircase but I really look at those these corbels or brackets are made of oak and date back to the 19th century a pair of corbels could be used as legs to support a tabletop with extensive work the finished table could be worth about one thousand pounds have to wait for the right top to come along the right Timber or the right marble needs a colored marble on that I think white would just wash it out it's asking I mean even if it's just a pair Drew yeah even yeah just a matching pair would would do right um but this is one two three four five six seven eight that's ten right okay all right right let's go and ask them I think that's probably worth it as an architectural element they're not that inspiring they're good and they're different they've got a very very fluid feel to the design but a pair of console tables perfect ideal we can make some simple mounts for the back to adjoin the two put a slight and very thin top on that and then just have a nice piece of marble or stone on the top of it and you've got a really good pair a really good pair with not a lot of effort in there actually okay so what's the um what's the deal then what you need to do well I need to have a word for my father who obviously you know it's his decision to um you know sell things so um if I go and have a word with them and then um okay I can give you a better idea okay great we'll see you shortly around here come on nice look that's lovely nice dinky let me drive it not chance I wouldn't let you drive it actually it was mine I wouldn't let me drive it over so it's a plus four four cylinder quite an early one this see if we can have it he won't mind if ever sitting there we go how is it open through there okay Carriage door I've never owned a Morgan never wanted to run a Morgan to be honest but um this looks great doesn't it know when to paint the wire wheels yeah just looks really good at the moment we're just hanging around while Rupert goes and speaks to his father um who the items we've been discussing today are his so we're gonna have to defer to him see what he says whether or not he's going to let any of them go so fingers crossed really particularly on the uh on the busts we should drive to the pub at speed at high speed high speed it's got a stopwatch this doesn't look good ah well you look very comfortable in there it's a cracking little car I love this so um so I think you're bearing bad news by the looks of it well things that goes with take time um so at the moment you you showed interest in in this item that was in the Attic So I brought that with me right if you said you didn't want to go home empty-handed that doesn't sound good well we as a what what did you make of that got this yes it is what it is really it's just a bit of a toy for the house I just liked it in the color of the glass I think it's worth 20 quid do you think I'm wrong no that's about right it's just it's just too badly smashed yes yeah so more importantly what about the other bits those bits in the you wanted a pair of those items in there now I mean you mentioned a figure of 250. that's an absolute maximum so you you cannot you can go to 275 no I tend to not mess about with them I have to be you have to say well I'll meet you in the middle 260. what would you be looking at as to purchase them all you know I don't think I'd want them all right I don't think I'd want them all I just want to make one piece of furniture out of one pair possibly another pet possibly two a pair of console tables at them that would be it right would you be prepared to um purchase two pairs today so you're looking at 540. 500 quid why don't we say 550 and you can have this but that's you've offered 20 for that so that's giving you a 10 pound discount 10 pound discount yes oh come on that's really mean so 550 the other thing is think is the Good Will that you're generating for future purchases no they'll just be well that lad that Muppet from Wales pays too much get him round that's what they're going to say uh oh right okay come on let's have a deal thank you right yeah that's lovely what about the busts well the bus I think from what you offered they're not that that's not it's not a great deal of money no for them but they are yes you know if it was Nero or something yeah I think I was fair on the price if it had been somebody like you know Napoleon or somebody we knew or a slightly cooler looking guy um would have paid probably 12 to 1500 for that one what a good looking thing yeah I've gone away empty-handed come on let's go biggest disappointment on the day was the bus that we couldn't buy those but and goes with Hall is an exceptional house um it's been lived in and it's been owned by a collector and a guy who's enjoyed collecting and those things mixed up have made a really interesting day and a great house [Music] it's actually been far better than I thought it would have been I liked Drew he's he's very knowledgeable and it's been a pleasure to to meet him [Music] thank you very much good well thanks for your time today thank you yeah we had a ball yeah it was fun what a bless what a place see you yep oh yeah yeah [Music] there you go amazing house I mean the buying wasn't we didn't do particularly well but uh at all yes I know I know before heading home Drew has one more stop to make in the hope of filling the van from goldsworth it's a three and a half hour Drive Southeast to the outskirts of Rochester in Kent we're off to see a guy called David Channing and he has just started like five six months ago something like that a uh Kent reclamation [Music] because it tends to be original pieces a lot of fireplaces the radiators mixed with anything decorative from the Victorian period right up to the 1980s so I do house clearances I go to auctions and we've got a demolition firm as well which I get quite a lot of items off always worth a look when somebody's just starting up they've always got some good gear they've been putting away you know what I mean that's always the way it is so yeah let's go and have a nosy there we go ah Kent Reclamation on your left here hello Dave nice to meet you hi Jimmy how you doing when he eventually gets out the van this is Rob oh morning all right Rob how's it going mate all right goodbye good setting it's lovely that's great cool I really like the industrial that's that's good that's why I wanted I wanted to mix the the nice pristine bits with that industrial fill I was talking about these yesterday space is that a jackal jeky very nice I just love the design I think it's genius but I like the ones you know with no tiles yeah yeah those are really good he you read in your kitchen did yourself Dave's shop Reclamation I really like it it's a great modern mix of stuff it's a good mix it's got traditional Cast iron fireplaces Garden radiators bits of slab but also he's buying what he likes and they're always the best dealers that ones I want to go to all the time because they're buying with the singular eye cool so you've got gym benches I I buy all sorts of things anything that takes my fancy well that's that's why I bought them and he's doing school school clearance yeah the benches that was packed up in some boxes and there's Dad the wooden ones on top yeah and I thought I've got about 30 wooden ones yeah bought them all took them back to the water ones off and had a the rubber ones but I think to someone I think they're going to make a nice feature they've got something about them they do like them hey great lamp stacked up I just like them as they as a object um but it's about 20 more oh yeah oh my God oh my word look at all those you have to point everything out it's getting on now I think my eyesight's definitely been off this week old additional mates that's how I've got there's about I said it's about 25 maybe 30 of those ones then there's six of the wooden ones okay the school discus is date back to the 1920s the six hardwood discusses with steel for added weights are especially appealing decorative items worth about 40 pounds each how much are these uh let's put a little ones I've won a tenor each one two cool sold thanks very much love those people collect and love old sporting equipment they absolutely love it and they were the right money they were 10 quid which is very very good value I'm happy to buy those all day long like that it's a cool um I like it I like I like all your stuff actually they're nice but the church lights I was going to open him up yeah come on feel free it'll work yeah these 1920s brass downlights were originally attached to a church in Altus board they're in working order and are highly salable for use in a house shop or restaurant the pair would sell for about 700 pounds these are good these are really really nice looking things very much the type of thing I like to buy and sell my clients like this sort of stuff good fashion items how much are they there I've got them up for a thousand pounds a thousand pounds top salvager Drew Pritchard is at a new Reclamation business in Kent I really like the industrial setting and he's hoping to close a deal with owner David Channing on this elegant pair of church lights how much are they there I've got about for a thousand pounds a thousand pounds I'd say I bought them off another data and I paid quite a lot of money from such a running things I fell in love with yeah I'm going to be staying there though I'm afraid I don't think I could get enough because I fell in love I see why he likes them that much I like him that much but I just sometimes you just got to walk away it's all about the profit remember it is a business the main floor fully investigated Drew heads upstairs in search of his next purchase so stuff's coming from anywhere and everywhere yeah absolutely disappeared there's no set pattern to anything that's nice it doesn't make any sense any of it I just can't see anything thrown away no everything's worth something just for someone to someone someone's finding that special someone yeah where do you get this from that comes from an old article in North London over greenford stuck in a little cupboard all sorry for yourself not used for years cool I like that small printing press is a fine example of early 20th century technology despite the paint splatters it's an excellent original condition and with the wheel raised to the top it could be used to hold books or small decorative items with a quick clean it's worth around 400 pounds so we've got 75 quid on it what can you do anything too hard 60. yeah perfect thank you cool doesn't it yeah very nice and Light good decorative piece the type of thing I like to buy old technology original surface and finish lovely look at that oh I like that cool that is really cool never see one of those little Jam is made of tin with original nickel fittings and chrome handles it dates to the 1940s the worn paint suggesting it was well loved by many children restored it could be worth around 300 pounds but I don't see the money on it how much is it 295 yeah it's there it's cool you can make me enough different I think these are definitely wrong I'd have those off straight away yeah I just sort of like love art shape it's a really weird thing being honest with you right I like it a lot but the price is what I think that is worth full retail restored I do I do what can you do I'll be looking around a bit I think about 120. because we look for each other and we're like basically quit so um you happy with that I'll tell you what I'm like I really like and I'd like to see it go to a nice I think I will I will restore that and put it on my website and it'll be 295. yeah that's honest with you it will be but it needs the office will send me a nice picture of it it will be you'll see it on the website next week go for a while sure yeah happy yeah perfect I'll do one with you sitting in it no cheers that's a nice thing isn't it you know there's it's got issues it's got issues it's like you Rob it's a bit patchy quite old out of fashion smelly not very clean today's been really enjoyable I really like Dave and his stuff is good and different different yes that's what I want that's what I always want to find very very pleased with being here today [Music] it was a brilliant morning me and Joe and Rob has been an amazing experience he had nothing but positive things to say about the yard and they bought some lovely bits which I hope he'd be able to make a good profit on as well lovely that was great yeah I liked him yeah nice chap good beard yeah a lot of hair good hair though were you envious I was actually I remember having hair like that yeah so do you know where we're heading for now home James foreign I am a bit weary today to be honest with you lots of nice restoration work gentle we've been down to Kent and we went to uh cat Reclamation who's owned by a lot called Dave Channing yeah these look at these discus discus let's do this at school discuss discuss what we're going to do full Resto please lovely and clean and then there's this ah child toy trunk yeah but that's tip it's nice isn't it and it has to go out at was it 295 295 295 is what I've said I'd sell it for and that's what we will sell it for um but it needs half a day messing with it just to get it just right but that'll come up beautifully leave all the paint and polish all the Chrome and the alloy here Chrome alloy yeah um I like that this this was my favorite find it's an art school printing press yep I just see it wound right up a lot of books in it why did you pay for that 60 quid Gavin set straight to work on the truck first it needs a good clean then metal polish is applied to bring out the shine in the fixtures the bolts are tightened and the poor old penguin is sent to the rubbish bin but it's not original to the trunk in the end the trunk is restored just enough to retain its agent charm next a quick scrub of the printing press a delivery can get to work photographing both items for the website [Music] and there's another item ready for Drew to inspect the military light from Eddie Whiteside that is a fantastic job from the boys there oh yeah they've got that just right they've conserved the interior completely clean everything works correctly and it looks like it's never been touched and it's re-wide spot on meanwhile the newly polished discuses have already attracted a customer [Music] they look so nice there's a nice pattern there on there on the wood and they'll look nice in our restaurant in menai Bridge put them on display somewhere tell everybody where we got them from um and hopefully you know they look nice okay so you're going to take them yeah definitely yeah fantastic okay the new owner paid 230 pounds for all six discuses leaving a profit of roughly 90 pounds I won't throw them no don't scratched them yeah and I'm not a very good shot cheers David bye-bye so the stone Branch was sold yeah okay okay hello Drew Pritchards actual Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is leaving his hard-working team behind in Conway to follow up on a connection he's just made with an exceptional Country House in Scotland it's a five-hour drive Northeast to just over the English border to duns in berrickshire you see you're in for a treat are we we are going to manderston to meet Lord Palmer okay as in Huntley and Palmer biscuits I know I'm keen on a biscuit yep you look like it [Music] my name is Adrian Palmer and I'm the fourth Lord Palmer of reading and we are on the Terrace of one of the most beautiful houses in in the United Kingdom it's often referred to as the spawn song of the great classical house it's called Madison and we've got 109 rooms at least 100 too many and 56 Acres of Immaculate Gardens mundiston House was built by Lord Palmer's great great uncle and is worth roughly 250 million pounds today it was designed in 1903 by Leading Scottish architect John Kim Ross Lord Palmer inherited mundiston in 1978 and he opened the estate to the public for the first time a year later I think one of the things that our visitors do appreciate is the fact it's still very much a family home and lived in and we try not to make it too like um a museum but an awful lot of the things in the house are reproductions from an earlier age albeit but of course they're now reproductions 100 years old that's beautiful hello Lord Palmer hi very nice to meet you drew Hello nice to meet you hello I'm T hello well thanks for having us here I can't say it's not impressive very beautiful it is rather unique wow ah oh my word look at this oh [Applause] wow that's really beautiful it feels nice doesn't it it's got a good feeling about it doesn't feel austere or cold now it's pretty Grim intro I can tell you do you Retreat to one room well yeah it's totally live in what we call the smoking room yeah no it's really beautiful so what I mean I've got a rough guess but what um period was this built in what year was this section built in uh this was built in 1993 to 1905. and when the architect John Kinross asked my uncle how much he could spend my yeah fellow it simply doesn't matter and architect's dream come true that's yeah wow look at this my word when they came to design the ballroom Kinross said to my great great uncle what what sort of Decor should we have in um the ballroom he said okay we'll have my racing colors and if you look up over the door you will see his racing colors Primrose and white and they're awfully awfully fortunate it wasn't his brother's racy colors which was sort of chocolate brown it would look horrible yeah that wouldn't look very good but what is really incredible is the curtains they were woven in Paris with Gold and Silver Thread and they looked as if they were done literally yesterday wonderful what a room [Music] oh it's gross beautiful and I I love this room particularly um The View and at this time of time of the year that's that's beautiful through there look at the colors amazing absolutely staggering manderson just blows you away it's hard to get across just how good everything is we're not talking about things that well that's quite a nice example you're wandering around going that's the best one you can buy that isn't a finer one than that that's as good as it gets it just goes on and on and on and then here you will see um my word that's all the staircase it's the only one I've never seen one well you won't ever this is the only one in the world that's remarkable it is it is very very lovely every now and again you see something it just knocks you off your feet and that is really what a piece of work the only two things really um I didn't like about it in the house to the public is one is having to take the stair carpet up in the summer and secondly is um the greasy hand Mark yes if it's a hot day yeah on the actual Brass Rail wow so good but look at the big Rose out there look beautiful today it's got a lot of Firsts in it and I think the biggest first is I've seen a silver staircase and I'm not just talking about a staircase that's been painted silver we're not talking about one that's been nickel plated to look like silver we're looking at a in some areas solid silver staircase with a bronze handrail it's the only one in the world it's the only one in the world so I believe there's some areas upstairs for us to have a look at yes yeah we could have a wander up this is the attics yeah if you can be kind of not touched silver stars this is the original carpet it's amazing how well it's lasted it really is it's lovely just it's just a big family home okay let's go up into the Attic uh where all the maids slept Etc yeah and you see all these bells here and one of my grandmother's greatest tricks was to do this foreign [Music] we're now in the roof of the building we're in the servants quarters I'm pretty Grand servants quarters if I have to say so thank you this was the ladies made run and then um her actual sleeping quarters uh were here I see God it's so untouched isn't it yeah incredible and you know quite a grand far please it is I have never seen servants quarters with marble slipped carved abdomask fireplaces with ornate wallpaper it's unbelievable that's the original paint incredible absolutely incredible how in touch this place is well you know the hierarchy of the book The Ladies made in cook they were very very important people okay so what's what's next they're all these rooms full of bits [Music] I always say next generation are going to have hell of a good good time here finding yeah you can have a hell of a one hell of a good um sale couldn't you move here where's this from I've seen something similar downstairs in there that that has been here all my life um I didn't really know it's been brought up here because the Fabric's gone on it would this be something you'd consider selling yeah I think so really okay what sort of figure do you think you want for it any ideas oh I didn't know no I'd have to uncover it a bit more to be honest with you to give you a proper value is that okay yeah remarkable thing this is what I think it is hmm this front window seat is made of painted mahogany and has a watered silk embroidered cover it was made in the early 20th century once it's been reupholstered and repaired it could fetch around 1 200 pounds [Music] good looking piece in terrible condition and it's had some Naf repairs underneath so the whole structure is not so great but it's a good size it's original it's a country house fresh and I can sell it 18th century would have been worth four thousand we did 19th century 1200 um 20th century 400. that's uh it is what it is so I can't sell it as anything other than that so that would be where I'm at really I think you know 400 pounds is probably you know what it's worth to me just to turn as a profit what do you think [Music] a salvager Drew Pritchard is at manderston house in berrickshire 's just made an offer of 400 pounds on this early 20th century window seat but will it be enough to tempt Lord Palmer what do you think do you want to think about it uh yes please yeah okay well let's think about it and let's let's carry on Drew when I move on but I'm going to miss most of all really is the garden particularly at this time of year it does look really rather special um and that bank of rhododendron's in a couple of weeks time will be just completely a carpet of move and of course it reflects into the league wow this is so beautiful we basically got three Gardens we've got our Woodland Garden which is through the trees there then we got the Terrace and then we got the formal partels gorgeous yeah you're gonna yeah I'd miss this as well wonderful next Lord Palmer takes them down to the basement to an old storage area [Music] amazing this fridge I think was made in 1930 and it still actually works whereas if we think of a modern fridge today I mean they didn't last 10 minutes they don't my parents have got a motor driven one there in in the basement of the house and it works really it works beautifully silk I got some really nice mint and tiles in that one as well that chimney piece so and those they're remarkable those radiators aren't they never I've had thousands of ridges I've never seen anything like those so these are out of the house obviously so wow yes I do I wow they're incredible before my time these are amazing these handmade nickel plated radiators were custom built for manaston house in the early 20th century they're worth around 600 pounds each I mean these are radiators that's all they do they're just designed to give out heat and they are things of utter Beauty and the quality is just mind-blowing what are you going to do with them I don't know just never seen the like incredible well if you ever want to sell those give me a call I didn't make an offer on them because I was literally just doing that I was like oh my God look at those they're lovely well Drew um what do you think of everything you've seen yeah it is one of the most lovely houses in Great Britain it is it very much is um there's lots and lots of things I'd like to buy but they're obviously in the part of the house but nothing much just for sale so I think it's down to those few items so we've got the window seat up in the roof uh which we went what did we go on that I can't remember I think it was 450 450. if we could make that 500 then that would be a definite yes okay we'll take that see I'll give that a big tick um and then we had the um there's some those radiators down there we didn't even discuss price on those and they will polish up they will polish yeah yeah it's beautiful yeah no they are lovely and I've spoken to our plumber today and he said no we will never use we'll never use it again okay so they very much would be for sale right so I think what would I pay for each of those how does 600 pounds for the three grab you could we do a tiny bit more um yeah I really like them so how does 700 for the three right okay well I think um I really like them I think they're a bit different they're unusual yeah anyway they make a lovely um flower vase or whatever or all sorts of things I'll I'll think we'll sell them as radiators actually no I'll go and watch you do it yeah that's normal it'll be fun with the radius we'll go we'll go and crack on foreign Lord Palmer and the house was wonderful actually privileged or what I get to wander around here and buy things [Music] bought three radiators today they're really beautiful Exquisite actually the pattern and the design of them they're only very small they're diminutive in size if you're doing a really Swanky bathroom in your London apartment you're gonna want one of those aren't you and I think you will pay handsomely for it grew was yeah I think we had quite a good Brad pool uh yeah now I um yeah on balance I thoroughly enjoyed it I am I have to admit fairly exhausted you've done right we're done thank you so much very very nice to have met you I hope you enjoyed it how could I not look at it it's beautiful but thanks very very nice cheers bye [Music] very heavy those radios look heavy oh yeah glad I didn't lift those yeah yeah it looks glad yeah he was a great guy he was he was a proper proper proper proper proper full-on Lord yeah any letters in his house yeah towards the end of the day Lord Palmer are you sort of really warmed up to us didn't he I think he did yeah if he didn't know what to expect first and he thought of course that's all right they're not that bad you know they're not as bad as everybody says they're probably counting the family silver now [Music] the next day Drew and T continued their stay in Scotland as there's another location nearby that Drew is Keen to visit it's a short 50-mile drive to Edinburgh so Edinburgh Edinburgh and it is Edinburgh has been the capital of Scotland since the 15th century two of the most famous landmarks are Edinburgh Castle which sits proudly above the city and the Victorian Gothic Monument on Princess Street built in honor of author Sir Sir Walter Scott today we're obviously a guy called Marcus Pickering who runs a thing called Summer Hall which is an old Veterinary College that's been turned into an Arts Center and Brewery and also a gin Distillery there I'll go for the Gin you can have the beer both if you drive back my name is Marcus Pickering I am the managing director of Summer Hall one of the largest Arts venues in Europe the building used to be owned by Edinburgh University it was the royal dick vet veterinary school a lot of the rooms like the room we're in now have been left just as they were when the university left I think what we would like to see from Drew today is we would like to see him find something that we thought had no value we thought it was useless and for him to turn into something quite special well there's the the lovely front entrance summer Hall huge that's a Whopper but uh tradesman's entrance for us too I'm afraid so around the back as of cheap seats ah Marcus yes it's me well look thanks for having us you're welcome well you know what we're here for we're here to look through what was left of maybe I think the old veterinary school that's right that's really what sort of piqued my interest and wanted me to come here yeah but also that you make gin we do make wishes right follow me let's see first stop is an old Anatomy lecture theater used to teach dissection techniques right so oh wow look at this the lectures used to carry out from here and you you hung a horse up on this and the horse will be lifted into the uh into the air and then swung into the middle of the room and all the students would stand up there and watch as they dissected the horse Army gruesome it's quite gruesome but it has to be done yeah it was all to help animals rather than uh anything else exactly [Music] we store a lot of old junk junk lying around the place lighting and bits of tires and stuff yeah full of rubbish full of junk but the light fittings are they're modern unfortunately but not old ones but the type that I like are just a bit too new yeah they're the right makes just age-wise a bit they're pretty good light station yeah you want to use them yourself well we were thinking of reusing them on the stairwell up to um some offices around there yeah these are all these are these are new these are these are less than 20 years old all right are they yeah they're way less these are these are this is good stuff okay so we'll use them again then yeah it's fine you can use that again for sure but there's nothing in there old it's all new all reproduction stuff even the lighting which is good quality but new no use to me come on let's go next one next one so is this more older pieces you have here um yeah I mean if you want old we've got bones I'd like to see those okay because there was would they be horse bones they're every animal Under the Sun oh any skulls yes I think so all right here we are the uh the bone store oh yes now you're talking shoulder bone yeah it could be collarbone of some sort yeah what's that one there that is um uh it's hips I think super full isn't it cool look at that that's a fox little dog fox old bones vertebra skulls particularly teeth jaw bones can look incredibly sculptural that would still look cool on a wall no that I like it that one was something that I'd quite like the look of actually just mounting that yeah and it looks a little bit gruesome a little bit like a mask but it's not 100 and what I'm looking for today it's got to be 100 [Music] thank you good professors sounds like a bang why were these in here [Music] these are of Interest they're quite smart aren't they yeah they're all right aren't they got SV I SBI these white and black enameled letters date back to the 1930s they would have been lit up and used to advertise a shop or product and could fetch around 100 pounds to me they're worth 30 quid for the loss but there would have been a lot more if they'd had a lot more or they spelled a word okay uh don't think about it with noise come back yeah yeah okay let's do that ah okay so this is known as the histology lab histology right okay what is histology no idea no not me that makes technology I should imagine that makes three of us yeah I do I'm just not saying just keeping that to yourself foreign [Music] they're nice what these have got is just a nice sculptural shape to the seat which fits your backside quite well these Oak work stools date back to the 1930s and would have been used by students every day in the labs now they could be used in bars and restaurants and would fetch around 80 pounds each [Music] very funky nice splayed tapering leg I want them all what every single one I've got buyers for these coming at me is would this be something you'd be interested in getting rid of these strangely the owner of Summer Hall um counts them on a daily basis on a daily basis yeah almost daily basis he loves these and we do have about 40 of them [Music] top salvager Drew Pritchard is in Edinburgh but a former Veterinary College okay so this is known as the histology lab histology he wants to buy a job lot of laboratory work stools these are right up my street but there's a hedge the owner of Summer Hall he loves these but I can speak to him well see if he wants to what would they be what would you think that would be worth um I'll take all of them at 25 pounds each right okay if he was prepared to sell me four six ten or 40 I'd buy as many as I could right okay I will speak to you never know okay worth a shout gotta ask see what happens yes no black white that's it I want them fingers crossed this is some old distillery where we make the Gin oh this is great looking did you build this yeah we did we built it from scratch All That Smell yeah nice smell it gorgeous I pumped the fumes into the room before you came are you able to work in here and you know we drink a lot of tea drinking tea is a supplement my new favorite room which is the Gin Distillery which smells absolutely Heavenly the gas has come down there it goes through that which if you look inside of it oh does that cool that's full of water yeah that's condenser so it's full of water and it comes out to the little paraple there in fact that's yeah remnants of remnants of gin in there has been washed down but um there's a hint of gin in it so this is where you'd lie that out yeah rounds to various people anybody builds a gender story somebody I want to know let's carry on let's see some more it's a big old site [Music] up to you cute a pub great your own Pub our own Pub brilliant I should imagine it's got a full gin tap in here there is gin on tap as well as other products of course available yeah hey it looks great very cool look to it really like it love the bones on the wall I've seen this too that's super and all those skulls I was looking for yeah it was a good one they're on the wall yeah great those people that's all full what should we go through here like the fire stools you've got there as well uh it's good room in here what's this one we call it the green room for a want for a better name cool huh I really like that yes that's just two of them is that and I don't know where the other one or there might even be three of them where did you get those from got it from a friend of mine there their Barbers shop that's correct yeah Barbershop um African barber shop that's it I think they're great pictures like this were originally used in Africa to display the latest hairstyles this one dates back to the 1950s and could be boards is a quirky item by a modern barber shop or simply as a design piece in a home it's worth around 500 pounds seen them before never owned any always admired them and liked them for their real naive quality that they've got they are for sale I can really can you find the other one yeah yeah I don't know where the other one is roughly where it is in this building must be somewhere must be somewhere I'd love to see the other okay what would you want for them uh I can find out what we want for those I can find that in in minutes let's do that okay I'd love to know all right so then hopefully we can have a try for your gym yeah yeah problem at all today's a good day today's a good day two massive Gins please [Music] it's very nice hi hi how you doing good what'd you think excellent smooth good nice good tasty good so early just off the phone to find out where the other two Barbers shop pictures are yeah so there's three all together okay and they're available what would you like 150 each that's going to be too much tell you what I can do I'll do the three if they're the same size as that one yeah do 350 end of great thank you very much also there was the letters yeah oh really they can go yeah cool uh stools still probably not really no and none at all I just think that if you break up the set it it's it's just not as uh as good for us okay fair enough well you know my bid stands if it ever comes up again great okay yeah Cheers Cheers thanks very much cheers tonic water you can have a tonic water party [Music] foreign [Music] hairdresser in Africa okay okay summer Hall today is not what I expected I've walked away with some shop letters and some African hairstyle paintings you know you just can't make it up that's what I love about this job it's been very good yeah he's found a lot of bits and Bobs around the place that we didn't think anyone would have any interest in so all good it was very very good but no thanks so much you're welcome thank you very much cheers nice to meet you cheers bye-bye that'll do cool well there you go I'm happy with that brilliant and you had some Gin I'll tell you what that gin was nice was it oh yes entire actually purchased a bottle that's in the back of the van oh nice am I having a little no that's for me [Music] the next day back home from Scotland first off the van at the mundiston purchases Carl I need a trolley mate okay coming have a heavy duty one what do you think of that no I'll give you that car you've never been up to see Lord Palmer of the biscuit of biscuit Fame we like we like Lord Palmer very much why he's a proper gent he is look at these everything in the house was money no object and these were made for the house you can tell can't you I just think they're a bit exceptional to be honest with you look at that that's done pressure relief valve missing from there yes get one of those uh pressure test them for us yeah full polish full polish them look at this look at that oh my goodness look at that gorgeous right this is from the house as well [Music] well that's very elegant isn't it yeah I thought you're talking about tea he is very elegant um it is uh Window Seat yep watered silk uh gold embroidery uh the frame's a little bit iffy a little bit doesn't need much but it does need tightening up and it'll go fairly quickly it's cutie yeah it's cutie It Go very quickly if I sit on it right let's get rid of this one straight away Carl gets to work on the radiators he uses an industrial sander with fine wire wool to polish them oh they're going to be nice and the window seat is quickly sent over to Craig the upholsterer for repair start by taking these tacks out now [Music] takes off the old Silk cover you to remove this and Staples the new material onto the window seat the material has been tightened and secured it's ready for the final step we're at the stage now where we're going to get the braid got it all fully upholstered and we're going to fit a scroll braid braid now we're gluing on we'll run around all the edges where the fabric meets the wood and cover all the Staples [Music] completed it's off to a Larry to photograph for the website foreign [Music] Drew's off again this time with his friend and colleague from the Antiques trade Rob black [Music] three-hour Drive Northeast to Yorkshire near the ancient Market town of Pickering so where are we off to today dude we're going to a trade call that I've not been to before a guy called Luke Arnold or Luke J Arnold he's um uh youngish guy dealers based on an industrial estate it's got a little unit down there okay and sounds promising I'm hoping for something a bit different well I'm Luke Arnold and I'm an antique dealer dealing unusual weird and wonderful wacky sort of bits and pieces be nice for Drew to come and see see what I've got I would hope there's a good mix there'll be something here for the Drew today place that's the one yeah yep just signed that Luke J Arnold cool [Music] hello now then nice to meet you how are you good night good to meet you all right okay good to meet you John brilliant thanks for having us no it's all right much appreciated God tidy yes very exciting it wasn't like this a week ago it's the tiniest antique shop in Britain yeah nice and tidy are we all right to have a look yeah just have a Wonder that's gonna give us the tour yeah um so so what got you into doing this then I've been doing it since I was a kid really so yeah yeah yeah I like the weird and wonderful and the wacky I basically I like I think I like everything you've got that's a good start yeah brilliant I like oh look at that it's a big sort of coffee bean bed God wonderful stuff God I I had them where'd you get that from did you buy that off me I did I bought it at the auction it came down and then together I'm just thinking hey I've seen that I wondered if you'd recognize it you probably had it 20 years now I'm gonna be 20 years as well thank god you bought it no not at all no it's an incredibly good and astute purchase on your part I I really like to be surprised in the business and to meet Luke who I don't know how old he is but assuming he's a lot younger than me um unease one thing which I really like which is Brave and he's having a go and he buys what he likes and whenever you meet a dealer like that you find good things remember these are these um ceramic with tin lids so um a pair of larger ones yeah and then a set of far smaller ones ceramic ones very nice tobacco jars laughs this Santa Claus don't wear tobacco jars with original hand-painted decor and Tin Lids came from a factory in London in the Victorian era with very little restoration they could fetch one thousand pounds and I've always been lucky with them and I like them I like buying them um and I haven't seen that many stoneware ones together for an awful long time so we're gonna have a go at those how much are they um 250 for the big pair and really 300 quid for the set of four they've actually stamped up underneath the London maker so I mean that's why so we're looking at 450 for the lot so we're looking at the 550 for the love brilliant thank you very much did I just get my math right on this no you didn't get your math right at dull didn't I no 250 250 yeah and 300 550 550 and I paid 40. you pay 5.50 that's all right I ended up getting them all for 450 pounds for the lot um I should have tried a bit harder I think but uh he's a good guy and uh everybody's got to turn a profit I want him to make a living out of it so I can come back and buy from again well there's just good bits everywhere look there's sort of like see that sort of rusticated mirror there that's that's interesting that's right it's got a new plate in it which one are we looking at there's oval the oval one on the back um I don't know really a bit too short a bit sharp isn't it foreign this large English oval Gilt wood mirror with unusual rustic design was made in the 1820s with minor restoration it could fetch around three thousand pounds what are you looking at for that one two grand [Music] it's cracking over isn't it yeah I know you're going to make some money thousand pounds I know there you go [Music] it's got mileage in it it has absolute death would be 17.50 not really [Music] Salvage Hunter Drew Pritchard is at Luke Arnold's trade Warehouse in Yorkshire he's just paid 1 000 pounds on this early 19th century oval mirror but Luke is Holding Out for a higher offer if I paid 1500 pounds for it honestly I would have to get 17.50 really really I really really have to get 17.50 to see a profit I mean I'm asking three two retail [Music] what do you think on that mirror I might just am I just falling in love with it and going wrong I can see exactly why I like it I really like it just don't think I can pay 1700 quid for it no 10 250 or am I just being stupid I'm like I'm looking at something that's just really good and I should buy it it's all good decision yeah I'll take it in the end I just thought what am I doing messing about don't be so stupid just buy it that's what it's about it's a cracking item stylish and original and that's all good Okay so we've got it upstairs not really there's a bit of a back room it's like your office that's my office so that's where the good stuff is yeah this is one thing immediately strikes me as soon as I walk in it's lighting and lighting is something we love to buy and there's a cracking Georgian Lantern of large size we've got all of it yeah I think so I think so don't have a look yeah well hang on how much is it before we go go mad 150. let's have a look shame it's not all that yeah this Georgian hanging lantern with copper body and Lead detailing would originally have been used as part of a Street Lamp back in the 18th century cleaning and polishing it could fetch around 800 pounds I'm the best come on I want this I want to break profit but not a massive one 120 120 sold very much no you're welcome thank you send me a job there okay there's a lot of work left in that it'd be nice when it's done yeah I've come up well so we just strip all the paint off it gently and that's ready that's ready to go cracking item North Yorkshire here we're actually in a pretty I would say wealthy area so Luke's buying in a wealthy area as well that's good that means they bought quality in the first place and the items I bought from Luke all are that I buy an awful lot of lighting and I like to buy it unrestored I want to do the work to it so it gets just right the lantern I bought from Luke will need a fair bit of work actually because there's nowhere to hang it either so we've got to make that attachment to it but good original and rare to find with the glass it's a nice back as well it says untouched [Music] yeah it was really good this morning with Drew um managed to sell a few bits and it's great to let Drew in and see what he thought to my place and my stock but yeah real nice guy to deal with I hope to do some business with him again look look a pleasure thank you very much really good good to see you very much great to see you thanks very much good luck cheers thank you [Music] best purchase of the day that mirror nice thing isn't it yeah just got a really cool look to it cool I'm pleased with that can't wait to get it back to the shop and get it photographed [Music] I went to see a young lad called uh Luke Arnold um dealer literally just opened his Warehouse um and we got some good things we did Lantern top of a lantern nope all of a lantern oh wow you know they all we're always getting offered them yes and they've always missing got them the whole thing but there you look wow the lantern spectacular I just thought he had the crown I had no idea he had the original uh Bowl underneath that is really rare um if that was damaged to have that glass blown it's it's prohibitive you couldn't have um restored it that way yeah it wasn't the cheapest mirror in the world but if something's a bit different you've got to pay out for it it was 1750 pounds I think it's worth two eight to three two okay yeah it's really different it is the mirror I mean spec tacular I loved it I absolutely loved it put it straight against the black wall in the photography room I'm Keen to see what it looks like okay yeah look at that doesn't that look good how big is Sammy good fantastic all right cool definitely cup of tea music [Music] this is sold isn't it Salvage expert Drew Pritchard travels far and wide to keep his Warehouse in North Wales full of fresh and interesting stock the polished radiators can go in there as well now got loads more room in here now this time he and T are heading into new territory on a week's trip to the Isle of Man is taking a risk but it's a long journey for an uncertain payoff it's just over an hour's Drive East to the Liverpool ferry port followed by a two-hour 45-minute ride on the Irish sea to the Island's capital Douglas what we are home here I have no idea but I mean we can already see some really old housing stocks there so you never know and it's supporting two salvage yards on that island there's got to be some I've never been here but then again I've never known anybody else to ever be here so I'm just off the island by an Antiques I've never heard it so who knows the Isle of Man Has 86 000 residents living in small towns and Villages that dot the countryside the island is 33 miles long and 13 miles wide it's a crown dependency with its own government's thriving tourism industry and Rich cultural history the Celts were among its first inhabitants and its name is said to come from the Celtic Sea God Manon protected the island from Invaders by shrouding it in mist today it's famous for a particular event [Music] the GT is one of the most prestigious motorbike races in the world and a huge draw for the island attracting more than 30 000 tourists each year the top Riders cover 226 miles that's six hair-raising laps around the island on public roads Drew will be traveling some of the course in his search for Treasures Suns come out I know it's nice snow weekend after the TT still loads of bikers around yeah are you gonna make me do some work you haven't started yet to be perfectly honest with you just getting warmed up Drew's first Port of Call is just 10 minutes south of Douglas in Samson [Music] a Scenic area set in low Hills that slope towards the coast we're off to museum which which can prove problematic yeah then you don't want to part with the good stuff today but it's okay it's a motorbike Museum so it's going to be fun we're just going to play with motorbikes yeah Murray's motorcycle museum is right on the TT course its owner Peter Murray has lived on the island for over 60 years and is a lifelong motorcycle collector he took over the Museum from his dad who started the business in the 1950s it's the way I dream of a motorcycle museum to be a bit of everything and it's not polish you don't smell policy you smell oil it looks like a motorcycle shop rather than a museum so I've got bits of furniture and stuff like that that I think he might be interested in we'll have a go at that and see what it we can do a deal there we go Murray's motorbike Museum oh look at that a little 50cc kids bike little Crosser I always wanted one of them let me have a go hello hello how you doing Drew how are you fine thank you are you all right fantastic I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to this to be honest with you good man is this here to to play on this is to play on and the children and even adults have the photographs taken them really yeah I like that big fella like that can have a sit up really foreign I want to get inside and see the museum it's not messing about come on in let's have a look oh yes now you're talking oh brings back a lot of memories seeing these bikes oh Grieves no way I haven't seen one of these since I was a kid I burnt my leg on there I've still got a mark on the inside from there and the Scott there yeah God look at the wear on that oh that's one of the old ones Murray's motorcycle museum is fantastic it's got barn finds through to race bikes from the 90s all the way back to probably 1900 some of the stuff in here now that that takes me back the inter yeah yeah we had a few of these in the house when I was a child I was brought up around my father's collection of motorbikes which was vast that's I remember sitting having my breakfast and there was one of those without the forks and the wheels on it sitting in front of me on the kitchen table while my dad was Coach Line in the tank all of these bikes have got memories for me the smell the feel and just the whole jumble of it all I adore so how many bikes have you got total in the collection I never count honestly it's probably best you don't do you what's your favorite if I was like sold up and the one I want I would keep would be the uh outfit really and I'll tell you why uh dad and I bought that one a brand new 21 Triumph for a hundred pounds the only thing that's not a Ridgeland most is tires tube air oil and petrol everything else is 100 the seat is look at there's nowhere or anything on it is there this thing was never used this was a brand new 1920s bike when they found it please so what would it cost today it's I know it's Priceless to you and you know but what do you reckon it's worth 70. fantastic and this is the one well after that story oh well yeah yeah it's quite a collection quite a collection what's that that that's something in here that I buy these chairs that chair is tts3 is it they come out of the Old Town Keepers box but they've got the Maker's Mark here yeah and they're made by High Wycombe there see this is what I will term a draftsman's chair and I have at the moment four or five of these chairs in stock I love them but that was in a timekeeper's booth Virgo it's not for sale no sir all right it's a bit of History okay unfortunately you'll come across that word no that's all right that's all right as long as we have women that's okay that's okay buying from your Museum of any type particularly a private museum is difficult and if I don't walk away with anything I don't I'm having a great time anyway but we'll just see how what happens so where's next you've gone upstairs let's go upstairs [Music] come on in there and let's see what we've got in here some of these pictures are brilliant aren't they ah I can see bits already plenty of old Leathers I do love a good leather jacket if there's an early one oh what's that oh look at that that's beautiful lovely piece of automobile clothing very nice this leather driving coat is from the early 20th century when British bicycle manufacturers first started making motorbikes and the new sport of motorcycle racing emerged despite its age it's in excellent condition and could fetch about 400 pounds cars and motorbikes that could be a lot of they are yeah perfect it's lovely I've not seen this type before it looks quite early and it's got a really nice sort of double button breast Arrangement right all the way down the front very very subtle pale brown leather long and a nice Nick you interested possibly what sort of money you'll have to guide me on this one make me do I want that it's a nice early one yeah I do actually I think it's really beautiful 60 quid it's yours thank you for being a gentleman because I wouldn't have a clue I'm really pleased with that really good man as long as you're happy I'm happy with that Peter marvelous yeah get all sorts in here then I forgot that's of interest is it broken no it's all right is it because the glass breaks on these and then they're worth nothing no that's not bad mirror back yes yeah it's quite a basic one still always ask for them good man rough glasses there broken mirror uh in that condition um that condition that condition that condition condition condition condition condition condition 75 pound s we're doing well here yeah that's fine I'm being I'm being fair I'm being fair we're having a good day the sun shining and everybody's happy all right where's next we've got another one to look at yeah let's have a look in there that was that was good we've done well so far come on in boys oh dear oh now you're talking so you don't really get in here very often this isn't open to the public obviously no no no museums are brilliant because you chaps are always swirling stuff away squirrels you can't help it can yeah you know what this is tea um something to do is compact so something to do with shipping or Caravans in the early 1900s wash stands like this were common in passenger ships cabins this one made of tropical hardwood with bronze fittings still has its original mirror sink sulk trays and Tin Wastewater canister restored it's worth about 1200 pounds well it's for sale if you if you're interested I think it's down to price go on there I think it's down to price that's all it is because I'm not mad Keen to Own It Go on then [Music] Architectural Salvage expert Pritchard is on a shopping trip to the Isle of Man off the northwest coast of England in the Irish sea both Drew and tea have been reveling in its Rich motorcycle history what could possibly go wrong they're having a ball at Murray's Motorcycle Museum briefs no way I haven't seen one of these since I was a kid Burton an upstairs storage room Drew and owner Peter Murray have yet to agree to a price for this antique wash stand from a ship go on then all I see is work um breathe heavy laughs um it's a low bid go on 150 quid 60 160. yeah sure good man happy I'm happy for that to be attractive to me it had to be the right price it is because there's work to do it needs a full French polish all over the mirror's got to come off and be re-glued and just it's and the bottoms come off it um apart from that that's that's ready to go and there's profit in that super stuff [Music] that's a nice piece that this 1930s military Spotlight is in excellent condition with original phosphor bronze frame copper fittings lens and reflector plate with a quick polish it could sell for about 600 pounds and it's complete and undamaged these were things that you'd use every day all day so there's always like the wing nuts are broken or the lens is broken or it's scratched or it's been over painted time and time again this one hasn't this one's had a really easy life and it's in beautiful condition um I'll play the violin what are you thinking about it what do you think three you'll make money on three I was I was looking at a pain 250 but you've been fair with everything else good man the 300 pound will have that there's still a profit in it because there's very little work to do to it um but it's been fair so let's give him one back it's always good to buy the best of something that's pretty damn good [Music] the more old bikes down here as well [Music] hang on hang on [Music] oh that's lovely this cast iron sailor was a royal Navy donation box it's a rare find dating to the late 19th century it needs extensive restoration but once repaired it could be worth around 1 000 pounds [Music] and it's just got it all it's got history originality original paint I've never seen one I've only read about them oh no I know they're rare it's just got it it couldn't be more me I've got to ask what do you want for him you met me off around that one I'm guessing go on 450. I'm guessing I've not owned one ever I've never owned one I've never been offered one I've only read about them six I mean you ain't gonna pick them up every day are you and you learn on that you know what I don't know they are sick I just every now and again you just I don't know what I don't want to think about it I just want to buy it you're happy I'm very happy thank you very very absolutely made my day that's absolutely mate the other stuff is making wages this has made my day no you are that's just super I walked past that when we were gonna I flicked it I thought let's cast why is Drew not seen that and then I thought well you must have seen it I didn't say anything I was stood here and I was looking and I only went back over because I thought oh that's a lambretta wheel it's the only reason it went back over what and then and then I just saw his face sticking out I thought you must have seen him I'm not going to say anything next time that'll teach me be careful this little shop little chap yeah the feeling of finding something like that it makes the job worth doing I might buy 30 or 40 things before I get that special oomph that feeling that Rush that you get when you find something that good I'm so lucky to do what I do for the very reason of finding that piece give it a good area going up foreign [Music] [Music] sunshine in old bikes and a bit of antiques oh I've been totally enjoyed it we've had great crack and uh done a bit of business nice day and everybody's happy we need to pop that little motorbike in [Laughter] nice to meet you thank you very much but you still want to shave good luck Jeffy well not brilliant it was and I got to write a little more about it loved it there's nothing about today I didn't like all the pieces have got money in them I'm hoping the little cast iron fella has as well [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] after a good night's rest at a hotel on the prom in Douglas it's only a few minutes drive to a salvage yard on the edge of town today we're off to uh manx Architectural Salvage uh meets a couple of business partners two blokes and they are going to show us around their yard they've just moved into very recently I'm Lee Mayes and I'm Richard mellowish and we're at manx architectural Savage in peel Road in Douglas we do a good selection of fireplaces and old cast iron radiators you've got a bit of furniture anything that interests us and may interest the public as well I'll be interested to see this it's a salvage yard and Ireland I didn't think was big enough to support a salvage yard what is it 30 miles by 15 miles it's not big is it hopefully Rich Pickens the best thing about this is the quality of the stock from the 19th century the housing stock is high so that means they're going to filled all of these houses with good quality pieces in the day and it being an island it won't gone far perfect yeah that's the place lovely job [Music] I'm looking for old top of the line that's what I'm after hello hello hello Lee Richard yeah Richard Lee Lee Drew nice to meet you hi nice to see you so this is uh Max Architectural Salvage yeah okay so how long have you been here here since January the 10th but on the island in another yard since four or five years ago does everything have to get brought in or are you salvaging from the island no it's all from the island or most of it is occasionally we have to go across and get stuff yeah but 9 to 5 is off the island on the island a lot of it Victorian as well uh yeah there was a big building boom in 1880s this is all the housing stock that we're in the middle yeah that all looks the same all built at the same time all had the same sort of stuff in all been stripped out in the 60s and chucked away and people are now pulling back yeah well you've got a big mix of everything really for rarer dosses all the way through to Horns actually which I uh I quite like the look of those over there I buy a lot of these it's a shame they've drilled the The Shield at the back yeah so I mean is it cheaper out here to buy out here or not and you'll find out I've still got skin on it ew it's quite good though yeah it's got sort of devilish looking yeah I tell you who really like it back in the yard [Laughter] mounted skulls were popular decorative items in Victorian country homes this goat side circa 1900 is mounted on an oak shield and is in excellent condition on the mainland it could fetch about 180 pounds [Music] so it's this one's 50 Quid so that's very good value to be honest with you guys yep yep there you go do you have a trade price or not come on I don't know 40 quid yeah yeah see that's that's um that's a good buy because that shape on the side there is quite good isn't it first deal was good because I've started to know a few things of price they've only just moved in so not everything's priced the price to 50 pound that's a great price for those you know I can't buy them for that on the mainland so immediately I'm finding things that are cheaper to buy out here that's what I was hoping for the other thing I saw immediately was the urn there that one I also spot what I think is an original Andrew handy side of Derby just need to ascertain whether or not it's a real one or not certainly looks it in the Victorian era Andrew handiciding company made everything from small garden ornaments to public post boxes and bridges this urn dates to the late 19th century and with such quality casting could fetch about 500 pounds okay what sort of money you see uh I'll for you I'll do it for 120. salvager Drew Pritchard is on the sunny Isle of Man where he's made a successful visit to a motorbike Museum the other stuff is making wages this has made my day at a salvage yard in the capital Douglas he's made a quick deal on this mounted gold skull it's quite good though and now he's hoping to buy this 19th century urn worth about 500 pounds 120. 120. so they don't have that okay thanks so much for them yeah it's not a big one at all you know I've had them sort of this size they're the ones I really like and there's no pedestal but there's no cracks there's no welding and it's complete and original quite fine what's a good start isn't it I've only got that far yeah excellent so what you've got to go upstairs and downstairs here yeah upstairs is a bit of lighting lights and we'll do that later some some etched glass up there it's quite nice okay two fantastic deals quickly sealed Drew is eager for more where did this come from it just happened to be in a shipment of yorkstone there was no way we're going to lay it so now it's nice decided to use it as a tabletop fireplace tablet that's actually come from my house good color what about this one here yes yeah that that's nice too so we've got mint and tiles in them yeah that's come out of a house in um all about I've bought and sold thousands of fireplaces over the years this is Thomas Jekyll one of my absolute favorites his designs and the aesthetic movement taste and manner are something that really strike a chord with me and they're just so beautiful and what this has the bonus of having is two things it's called a guillotine grade it still has that in there intact and it also has all its original Minton tiles Thomas Jekyll was a renowned Ironworks designer of the Victorian era this surround features ceramic tiles designed by British Artist John Moyer Smith and made by mintons another notable name it's in superb condition and could sell for about two thousand pounds I like that how much is that well Minton tiles three six twelve Minton Towers what are they 20 quid each 240. 240. okay a couple hundred quid bite in the middle 220. yeah okay cool great happy with that [Music] I'd like to have a look at the lighting up there yeah please do well how do we get up there this way foreign [Music] strange to find so many in one place you don't usually see that many of them these plafonier light fittings date to the 1920s and with a bulb in the center cast a lovely glow through the translucent Alabaster they're worth about 300 pounds each lighting is a very big part of my business they've got a lot of stuff up here and judging by what I've just seen I want to have a quick look around everything before we start doing deals because I'm going to bundle a big pile of stuff together these are open lines yeah I'm not saying we've spent hours and hours and hours doing these up that sounds expensive it well I'm coming to that yeah okay well we've we had them up for a huge amount of 395 originally I can't get near it most I can pay is 175 each so no I'm happy to walk away I'd rather leave you to get your profit I'll probably leave that it's a shame yeah okay not old original 1960 glass ones yeah vitrolite yeah that's cool it's back to these Alabaster then really I'm excited about the alabastas because I'm always looking for them they don't turn up often enough for me to buy those what I'd like to take is that one with that that one and those two there so what I'm looking at is a collection of four the funnier light fittings excellent because these never really went out of fashion but now I think that's very very chic chandelier hook fittings with chain 55 quid 75 so what's the total so 220. I think so okay yeah yeah he says yes steal he did that deal without you then I know is that right because wages no it's fine fine just making sure there's no cracks in there those are worth hundreds of pounds not 55 pounds um in the right place they will achieve extremely good money because they tick all the boxes condition being number one I'll come back leave them now we'll come back and get them in a sec the lights we've had for a year or so no they're fashionable the fashion hasn't quite got to the Isle of Man so yes they've been sitting there waiting for him it was great that we've sold that some items it gives people on the island a bit more of an Insight of what these things are actually worth and and a little bit of the history about them and Drew seems to know quite a lot [Music] near something being lifted then yeah yeah I don't know how you manage that I bought some things with loads of meat on the phone if I can find the same quality the same sort of money that's retail prices in there um we're gonna have a great week might end up hiring another van thank you have a good time on the island we'll do we'll do yeah thank you thank you take care see you later safe journey back [Music] I really like the Isle of Man yeah it's great it's very very good value it would appear you're getting the pick of things that people haven't looked up with and they're making a profit on that because I'm paying them nearly ticket price if they can turn a profit on that I will I will buy that off them all day long [Music] Drew and G have one more stop to make on the northwest side of the island near the village of Kirk Michael nestled in the hills and surrounded by farmland so another sunny day on the Isle of Man yep and we're off to meet a guy called Spud Murphy he's a Furniture restorer he's an antique dealer and they do bespoke joinery work as well for furniture and he works from home so he's got a little Farmstead thing that he works on Alan Spud Murphy came to the island from Northern Ireland 30 years ago his father-in-law worked in furniture restoration and Spud soon joined the family business our core businesses restored Country Furniture Pine Furniture Oak any of that kind of thing but we make a lot of furniture from reclaim Timber and we recycle things find things and try and make them into something different so we still haven't found anything specific to the island really we no um I hold out a bit of Hope for today though but I'm not sure it could just be a little strip plane furniture it's quite traditional taste on there and there's a limited number of people who are interested and the more unusual unrestored things there may well be stuff here that Drew a lake then there's a question of how much he wants to pay for it as well which will be an interesting moment Pinewood Furniture I just love this one do I spot hello hello three nice to meet you how are you how are you hi I'm t t what a brilliant setup I think this is great here we have our showrooms in here yeah and all our Chads for stories of Fuller unrestored stuff I need something like this it's a deal Drew's having showroom Envia I have got you oh it's a perfect perfect setup so where are we off to first I'd like to see sort of unrestored first if possible there's understood stuff in there and uh these sheds over here are full of unresorted stuff as well best start over here yeah possibly over there let's have a look so this is our Workshop area loads of mostly Smalls chairs and stuff upstairs health and safety counts are staircase but oh don't worry we're not that first this I like well that's interesting with the bank symbol you've got another one of those there I've got another one I was looking for that yeah that's just two there yeah 1870s something like that yeah yeah there was there's loads of them you see that they pop up on the island from time to time oh okay they're around the place interesting Cricket tables yeah I like have you got any with them old paintings nothing complete no no we're painted with Cricket tables three legs do you know why they've got three legs so they don't wall yeah so they've got because they're made for uneven flaws These are nice tell us a bit more about these they kill one of our very early house clearances Farm clearances in the north of the island and they came from an Old Farm and uh there's a couple of these one in the museum the banks Museum I've never seen this before no it's very uh localized I just fall in love with a pair of chairs I am just besotted with these things I think they're wonderful it's got all the things that I like wrapped in one piece this style of open armchair with its distinctive egg shaped back is unique to the island these two date to about 1850 and still have the original painted finish they're a rare find worth about 600 pounds each they've got that sort of folk art feel to them as well they're very me it's how much are those going to be Spud Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard has found a little piece of heaven at this Furniture Studio on a Farmstead on the Isle of Man perfect setup and he's just discovered the perfect pair of chairs made on the island in the 19th century but he has no idea what Spud Murphy's selling price will be how much are those going to be Spud [Music] you know how much work is to do this that's a loss not to the issue for me it's um they're not quite a pair they're obviously just been knocked up aren't they yeah yeah they're a journeyman Joiner stuff yeah um a slightly different color yeah I couldn't really let those goal Blessing about 150 a piece because they're just special and the local chairs you know for me that's that's the appeal because God I I I absolutely adore them salt oh thank you they're totally untouched they're just exciting they're interesting they're different they are incredibly appealing to look at and they'll restore well just blown away by them I think they're absolutely wonderful they're one of the nicest things I've found for ages well that's an incredibly good start because you know I can put them in the van and go home now right let's carry on downstairs what a brilliant brilliant find just love those all right so where's next we'll go across the all the unrestored stuffs across the way here that this shared directly in front of us is just odds and sods and bits that we use for Restoration in here so knickknacks you never know but there may be something that you see that I've forgotten about that there is that that is old so when we had a show we had we just go we used to have a shop and that was in the shop for years we sold glassware out of it old glass yeah yeah the glass hasn't been changed obviously it has been stripped but for me sort of stripped Pine was a fashion and we used to do it you know we used to sell this stuff but now I I I just can't get near it anymore I I don't enjoy having it around me no no it's just the the paint yeah it's when they've been stripped as soon as I as soon as I whack something up it doesn't fit in with myself yeah you know [Music] I'm liking what you're buying though I'm liking what you're buying a lot I've come here and I've found a guy who's just buying with his eye and his heart and the head's in there as well but I mean he's buying what he likes she got a big shop counter or something yeah well this is an old shop unit from Douglas as part of so it did have a base I was going to say have you got the rest of it I haven't got the rest of it no that's all I've got are these the shelves for it those are two of the shelves out of it yeah this mahogany shop fitting would have hung on a wall above a shop counter it dates to the mid-19th century and is missing the original mirrored back and some of the side shelves but with considerable restoration it's worth about one thousand pounds I like the depth of it yeah it hasn't got the bottom section which would be the drawers but still for retailing it's great how much is that uh it's it's not the best thing in the world but it'll make a nice thing 200 pounds I'm gonna go for it's a bit a lot of my stuff is potential more than anything that's got potential now Shake hasn't got the base for it isn't it uh somebody bought somebody wanted the base didn't want the top is that your best on that one hey I could do 175 but not really because it just has potential potential all right well I'll pay that for potential right thank you thank you I'm buying a project there it's a sort of Kit of bits missing half the bits so we've just got to put that back and then it will sell now you own it shall I fish that bit out yeah next shed please Bud yeah we're moving under there for a storage funny stuff oh here we go crisis going up a lack of interesting spot keeps telling me Oh we can't sell sort of edgy stuff here it's got to be you know pretty sanitized which is not what we do um so I don't hold out a great deal of Hope really for sure oh this is lovely spots who puts this together this is nice Marie she does the artistic side of things she makes a nice nice nice shop remind me Charlie yeah yeah yeah oh well there you go this Blood found this huge early 1920s Art Nouveau mirror frame in an old Cinema in Douglas it would make an impressive statement piece even without the mirror and could sell for about two thousand pounds every now and again something just knocks you off your feet and you think well I've got to buy that I cannot leave here without buying that it is special it is different it is outstanding it is bigger better odder stranger and more original than any other one I've seen when I walked around I knew you were coming and said what's he gonna see what's he gonna see and that was top on my list very interesting God imagine if that had an old mirror in it old old decayed mirror you'd be talking three four thousand cups for me to pay for it you just need somebody with the cojones to to take it on yeah or that's really stupid it was just too much of a restaurant to buy a mirror for me to buy remember putting that's not what I'm going to pay 600 pounds and I'm gonna be stuck for another three years yeah you're way better off just selling as it is can't see a price on it but I need to get 500 for it just just because it's so beautiful but Jan you're a thousand pounds before you start yep and then you're moving on from there and then you've got to sell a vast mirror and it's also missing its bottom yeah I can put cheeky bid 350. no um I'd I'd go to four four is the best I wouldn't go below that because it's just it looks great there um and it's a great salt thank you thanks bud definitely A Hard Sell but all I need is somebody with some imagination to take that on I think my client base will oh yeah I tell you what Spud just two of the best things I've bought in ages oh well that's nice to hear T hello hurry up [Music] very happy isn't it it is [Music] ah I brought you a chair so you can sit down properly look at the paint it's a pair of chairs I bought today really made the trip over here and it's the best thing I bought that's it and his taste is interest because he won't touch stuff that's got much done to it at all here it's very hard for us to sell a lot of that well it's been a pleasure thank you so much I really enjoyed it best find on the island yes well that's nice to know it's been a great trip and those chairs have made it even better cheers yeah it's been a really really good experience really enjoyable enjoy that oh that has crowned this little trip over here just exciting interesting pieces three excellent buys yeah with money in them so we've done well on the island then Isle of man's been good surprised what I wanted to happen happened so I'm very very pleased before they say goodbye to the island there's some unfinished business to complete [Music] oh fantastic thank you not quite TT speed but still a fitting end to a fabulous week on the Isle of Man [Music] [Music] hello come on so have you had a good week superb these are very very old the mid 19th century and their chairs that are only made in this style on the Isle of Man aren't they fabulous that's so unusual so unusual they need some work but nothing too drastic they need conservation more than anything shop counter or back bar oh I see would have had mirrors in here yeah which I want you to replace so I've strip all this old paint off French polish it OverWatch there yeah but the repairs on we've got all the pieces that have come off haven't we love that I love selling into sort of retail and pubs and that's definitely got Pub written on it 175 quid superb thank you very much yeah well done thank you this oh look at that that's great isn't that fantastic that's lovely yeah I think it's a donation box sailor box they did small ones right through to full-size ones I've never seen one before penny in your pocket because then we've got the fiesta resistance as they say we'll see wow this is so exciting wait to see this boys foreign yes all original tiles not a crack nothing missing bang on 220 quid fantastic you've done so well good isn't it we haven't spent a lot of money I like that a few days later back in Conway the team are hard at work getting all the Isle of Man antiques ready for sale [Music] the shop counter is the biggest job Gavin starts with a power wash then the whole thing needs a Fresh coat of Polish and major undertaking for an item of this size dust it at the bottom for an inch at the top later it's fitted with a new mirrored back [Music] that looks better meanwhile one of Drew's purchases has quickly found a new home at the tattoo parlor in Rochdale Mike Taylor is partial to mounted skulls and took a fancy to the Isle of Man Gold's head I've been looking for something like this for a long time for the studio while and I've not seen anything like this and then I spotted it on Drew's website and it just ticked all the boxes so I had to have it it definitely had my name on it it's not to everyone's cup of tea but I love it as for the shop counter it's been fitted with two new custom-built shelves and also brackets to hold them in place it's a very precise business news imagine that all lined up with with uh beautiful glasses fabulous thing the Isle of Man trip it's been expensive with hotels the ferry costs diesel but financially because the price points were lower over there than they are on the mainland here there's some really really good profit there North Wales Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is checking out the showroom before heading out on the road for a week very nice done finished these club together three very different locations which are all based further sets [Applause] as leg of the journey is a three and a half hour drive to Huntington in Cambridgeshire we're off to Kim Bolton's school could be a good one very large early Georgian period house been turned into a school for hundreds of years but any school like this anything that's prestigious they do tend to buy good things we'll have to see okay thank you my name's Edward Valletta I'm the University of Kim Bolton School the school started off rather modestly back in the 1600s and the school yeah grew our original buildings and we then moved into the castle in 1950. gimbalton Castle dates back to the Middle Ages and was rebuilt as a Tudor Manor House in the 16th century it's best known as the final home of King Henry VII's first queen Catherine of Aragon Queen Catherine of arrogant was imprisoned in kimbolton Castle completely against her will and she described in her in her letters that it was a cold and damp and miserable place and she in fact died in the castle in I think 1536. there you go Kim Bolton reduce your speed oh very nice isn't there a famous picker he was the chemistry teacher in the school and used to Tinker with fireworks and literally it all took off for him beautiful [Music] here's our boy hello Edward velasa Hello nice to meet you hello it's like a tacular setting thank you very much thank you thank you for coming no no problem I can't wait to see the inside it glows doesn't it the building it is and at night it looks fantastic in the sunset really oh wow look at that chimney piece wow isn't that fantastic that's a big one Edward Montague Earl of Manchester the Montague's turned into the Manchester's um my history uh takes me so they were Earls and then they became the Dukes well that's a wonderful piece there so when was this sort of neoclassical renovation done to it this was the early 1700s Thomas fambra did the bulk of it okay the building is obviously incredibly impressive and uh quite a place to come to school I think kids being in this environment is just good for them wandering around in it it can't not be now this is the bit that we're really famous for oh there's a feather Green in staircase daggering isn't that just super what does this date to now this is this is depicting um Caesar's triumphant entry into Rome I love it I absolutely love it one of the statement pieces inside the building is the staircase with the large mural stroke Fresco that Pellegrini painted it is pretty breathtaking you're not going to see that very often all in all that's that's worth coming today just to see that to be honest and of course from here you can see the the courtyard with with the the lead down pipes which pevsner described as being the finest in England they are amazing I've never seen I've never seen anything like those look at the sort of acanthus going up supporting the hopper so good and that's not a unicorn as a coat of arms above the the door it's uh it did have two horns but I think a pupil in the 50s took us some kid from the 50s has got somewhere in the world somewhere in the world it's got carved Stone antler yeah so this is the staff common room ah some lovely paintings depicting the Four Seasons and the Manchester crest but this is what I want to show you the table is this table it's a difficult seller is it well yes no it's quality very good quality the repair work it's had just so much damage but it is remarkable I mean the quality of it's pretty damn good but you can see to see the thickness and the depth of the veneer on here yes that denotes Coty unfortunately the casters don't it's got sort of its fur coat no knickers [Laughter] this large English dining table with Walnut veneer top and solid Walnut legs was made in the late 19th century with major restoration it could fetch around 8 000 pounds so what kind of figure do you have in mind for it well it would have to be quite a lot of sort of um with the leaves and with the sideboard it would have to be 10 and up have you got anything have you got a valuation on it no somebody's told me some time ago that probably it would be worth that sort of that sort of that sort of money some time ago yeah a decade ago uh probably was about a decade ago yeah I think if the common room lost it yeah for any less than that they would be a little bit miffed that it went for it's not worth that much to me anymore right it needs about four thousand pounds spending on it to bring it back to perfect condition and I think it's worth about seven and a half thousand well in a way that's a relief it's um it's it's a the quality is just superb but I would really suggest if you possibly can get it out of the light right as much as you can I always have to ignore previous valuations and go on current market conditions on your gut feeling current market conditions for that one I couldn't achieve ten thousand pounds um and I'd have to look at the restoration price would be steep to get that done properly so unfortunately we will be walking away from it next Edward takes them across the campus to the science departments we're going to The Donaldson Laboratories um I'm going to chemistry lab to look at some stools okay this is C4 and we're gonna look at some storms okay so this is what we're what we expect really a mix of these this is the type I'm after really that's like the older one yes whereas the post these new ones there's one there there's one there is that old enough not quite not quite see this has got a nice shaped sort of Plum seat yeah good color and we've got chewing gum no chewing gum no they're all right first ones it's that one really is the one of them these are okay can't really sell those the older ones with my ideal is that one yes with the handhold yes to sell the best really there's just Maple and Beach see the wear that's Lovely isn't it lovely in the kitchen Isn't it nice yeah no it is but there's just the one is there another lab with more of them in uh no no this type of stool there's only one in the room it's just better quality better looking better proportion and color than all of the other ones Unfortunately today there's just a one so there's no point in taking one um we'll just leave it here let's see if we can find sort of something with a bit more meat on the bone I think well what about that okay I'm hoping this has got yes draws in because this is probably from the turn of the century from just not a little bit earlier they're usually for eggs but eggs yeah they're not allowed to be anymore this is of interest but you'd have to remove all this stuff this late 19th century urbanized fossil display cabinet is made of oak and has eight graduated drawers some restoration it could fetch around 800 pounds [Music] it's not a bad neck that will clean up really well one two three four eight graduated drawers [Music] what would you like for it no you you okay you give me um 175 pounds Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is at Kim Bolton School in Cambridgeshire isn't that just super he's just made an offer of 175 pounds on this 19th century display cabinet that'll clean up really well but Bursa Edward Valletta is Holding Out for a better offer now I thought a bit more than that okay about about 250. 50 was going to be where I ended up so yeah let's cut to the chase that's fine I'll vote for that thank you okay um just got to find somewhere home for all the bits and all the gubbins in it now really an old fossil spotter case of old fossil cool well that's that's not that's that's good I'm pleased with that good well I'm glad you got something no that's Fab should we um Carry On and then we'll come back and we'll empty that we'll need to just get some trays to put all the bits of jobs okay Shame about the stools okay right this is the Green Room ah now watch that that's very nice red oh that's nice little Chinese Bridge um this is what I thought you might be interested [Music] a little bit less apparently as well if they're really sort of up to the I love the arm they're a difficult one because they're not quite ready for the market yet they're sort of still regarded as a bit sort of cheap seats really even though they've got leather on them I really like them they're cool they're stylish yeah but they're not quite good enough they're not and they say they're not quite in they're not quite in this bit's great and then it all it all goes wrong here for me maybe I'm wrong but hey you know that's uh I think they're these are a chair that was designed to look like a much more expensive one in the day so if somebody wanted a really pricey one of those they couldn't quite afford it they'd buy that type and now that type is desirable as well but it doesn't quite hit the quality Market that I need they're a real near Miss really like those we've got anything else in here what's this thing over here I'm not sure actually let's have a look oh my word or if you found sir it's uh chastity belt it's probably good God right they were they were copied by the victorians and that's a copy right um you could try that aren't you I wouldn't get a leg in there no it's forgive me the heart that yes that is surely so wrong yes that that the hearts that's not what that's thinking about no but that tells me that it's not the Victorian surely the victorians wouldn't have had that sense of humor uh yeah yeah they were a bit odd things like that this is a much much later one the early chastity belts are very collectible and there's not loads of them but I think they were more popular in France I should give you some back holes yeah no you don't it doesn't hold any interest for me whatsoever it's uh it's quite horrible actually but I should imagine it's a good fun thing to have when they're doing plays and whatever so we've been everywhere now have we we have okay that's it well I think we've just got a little cabinet then we need to get all the ammonites and the Bits And The Bobs out of there so we need some trays trying we'll have to try and keep them in there yeah on the west side I think there's eight eight drawers so we need eight eight trays hopefully we might we will find some lab trays which will cool let's go let's go and do that then we'll get out of your hair fantastic group thank you very much indeed I've not filled the van today but what I did manage to buy was a turn of the century urbanized collector's cabinet we'll do some restoration work to it and then sell quickly it's ideal for somebody's small flat or apartment you know or even a retail setting it's a good piece fresh to the market and right up our street looks looks rougher out here doesn't it yeah well I'm glad you didn't notice the split dance yeah it's been a really good day and we'd be delighted to have him here again whether he would find something of interest uh I don't know thank you very much fantastic pleasure thank you very much thanks dude no problem at all come again and hopefully we can find something please yes that's good quality when you find a room full of stools all right thank you so much thank you very much oh foreign how was that experience for you then to be honest today was all about the the school for me it was just beautiful be happy with your shingle purchase though it was a shame there wasn't more there I really did think we were going to clear up but unfortunately one piece anyway quick restoration it'll be turn it around in two hours and I'll be back on the floor for sale fantastic let's have the track yeah no we can't go home with one we have to go home with a Battlefield so somewhere else [Music] the next day they drive one hour further south to the outskirts of Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire to the 19th century Mill Town of apsley which is at the foot of the Chilton Hills [Music] we're off to see the Ashley Paper Company it's a paper mill and apparently we're in paper Valley really my name is Paul Butcher and we're at Frogmore paper mill in absolutely Hamilton founded in 1700. Frogmore is one of the oldest paper mills in the UK [Music] it's also home to the world's oldest paper Machines to revolutionize the way paper is produced today the meal is now being conserved by the apsley paper trail charity still a working paper mill producing around 100 tons of specialist grade paper every year we make a paper from elephant gun at Banana skins Levi's jeans you name it we can make paper of it it's our Heritage Trust And basically they they're looking to raise money for their restoration of the buildings and keeping the place going there you go cool lovely there we go [Music] foreign absolutely do remember we were here first okay okay they're just copying you they're trying to I really have very little idea about what we're going to see today I know it's a paper mill but don't any more than that so I mean really down to you guys can can we have a look around absolutely yeah well come this way love to you thank you yeah okay so you got a shop then we do we sell all the papers that we make and papers that other people make okay and we've got lots of stuff here and this is what we make on site guess what that's made of really so not spot two final points on it that's poo yes it's probably straw straw yes what we like about elephants is that what goes in at the front and what comes out of the back is very similar we have a van that you put rubbish in then expensive stock comes out okay we've been in two minutes and we're already at that level and you're selling elephant yeah yeah well we sell a lot more I mean we make paper out of all sorts of things you know discipline this is made out of stuff it's about one that is made out of Jeans denim denim denim paper what else you make it out of that's as you can see um flower petals but also in that is seeds as well so this is a new take on recycling because when you've uh had your greetings card yeah printed on this when you throw it away you don't actually even put it into the recycling you take it out into the garden and plant it and you will grow Meadows really flowers yeah that's really good it is clever I don't know who invented it but we've been making it for quite a while that's really yeah that's good I like that but shall we go through the museum please really interesting this way please I'm I'm surprised this is our Museum okay so this is more history of the place open to public children that type of thing this is where we're trying to educate people on how paper is made what the history it is and we have several artifacts showing various aspects of production or printing or whatever that very handsome bust this is Mr John Dickinson who is really the father of the paper industry who invested really in the uh the paper machine to make paper on a continuous web and that was just such a step change from four days to 20 minutes do you have one of those machines here we have the oldest one in the world here trivia 57 steam engine I do want to see which you might be interested have we thought about that right this is a production this is where we still make paper what's this then in paper this is how paper was made up until the machine was invented right so any man can make 50 sheets in an hour that will make 50 sheets in 15 minutes we have a roll cutter and our 1903 paper machine so if this is the end result correct that's the roll of paper that comes out and it starts over there with 95 water and five percent hot fiber Frogmore paper mill is not what I expected it is different it's a community-based um charity in part uh it's also a working Paper Mill and uh I've never been to a paper milk before so it's nice to see how it's made limey that's huge well we call it the big machine but in fact it's not that big how old is this thing this is uh was first built in 1895. um uh it was installed up in Scotland kin Leith and it worked from 1907 to 2009. so what are you doing you need a steam Enthusiast or several from here several rich ones yeah yeah they loved this is the ultimate steam-powered thing yes it is pretty much isn't it yeah wow and it still works and it's still a working machine this is great that's super impressive okay so which way now through here we'll go there first all right foreign with the tool completed it's time to get down to the main business of the day and find something to buy take a right here okay so what's this then just Warehouse or pulping or what's that we call it the Baylor room um that's the Baylor machine so it's part of our waste handling here yeah I see I'm going to um skip off back to the um the visitor bit I'll move you too all right we'll catch you later on the negotiation see you later thank you cheers engines Motors these things well they're quite big ones aren't they that one had a bit of work done to it I think but yeah we don't use them anymore so if they're interested no I think they're probably more use in your Museum really it's the sort of thing again it's up there with weighing machines that we get offered every day okay these were these are a big size they're unusually large um but unfortunately I I just can't sell things like that we go into another huge Warehouse on the side which I sort of lost my bearings don't know where it is now um and they've got a pair of sack trucks and these would have been used on Railway stations and factories everywhere they're larger than normal but they're a really common item something they get offered all the time they're just not exciting it's a massive letters there Drew yeah the John Dickinson ladders that is uh they should spell John Dickinson minus the J and minus to D so what are you doing with those well the jaina D are missing because we gave those to the pub down the road um the paper mill Pub um the rest is complete we eventually might want to put them back on the building but that's all things who knows but it is this is part of the unfortunately for you this is part of the Heritage so we can't solve those all right fair enough they're a nice font as well yeah yeah Times New Roman is it us I think so yeah yeah okay where's next this way please foreign [Music] oh no that's not that we just need about 80 of them although the paper mill is packed with history and artifacts Drew's found nothing so far is this going to be another long trip for little return right this is our boardroom okay and there's a few items that you might want to have a look at yeah some nice little cabinets on pedestals [Music] there's no no doors in any of them they're of Interest that's of Interest the world I don't know why I'd have it here um well you have it here because as you see from the museum it's quite a different style of display that we have it's a good retaily thing varies people might have an attachment to this oh really which you may um you know might get into trouble it's one of those things where I just don't know I'm not too fussed about leaving that no but those I like these display cases are made of mahogany and were manufactured in Britain around the turn of the 20th century with cleaning and polishing they could fetch around 1800 pounds happy to let these go the right price yeah that was fine could I give you a bid on them of 500 for the pen go now Salvage Hunter Drew Pritchard is a Frogmore paper mill in Hertfordshire he's just paid 500 pounds on this pair of mahogany display cases happy to let these go yeah that was fine but is it enough for manager Paul bochay to part with them same height it's good yes 50 Quid yeah no problem yeah yeah oh that's a good course keeps us happy 550. I'm gonna make some money on these and there's not much money to spend really just to polish and some silly little repairs to do in here where they've cut the Interiors apart and any other problems we find with them well they're my problem I think that's fine thank you very much no thank you it's going to be difficult to get out they're going to be fun yeah exactly I've carried that one you just strap the other one to my back yeah yeah no they're good interesting the best thing about these cabinets is I've got a buyer or good potential buyer and we're doing 50 shop Interiors for them and they want unusual Cabinetry um try saying that it's and these are rice up their street because they sell fashion they can look brilliant you know with like an old head in there with some hats on or some gloves laid out really cool no they're super okay well look uh we'll go and get the van out is there anything else no I think that's it that's it you clean me out that's great I'm really pleased now these are super they're different I've never seen these before thank you very much no let's go and get the van then thank you thank you forgetting something yeah I'll come back for them now yeah all right frog Ball's been uh surprising actually um it's not what I expected as usual I went looking for one thing we found something completely different today I managed to buy two Museum cabinets they're good quality and they'll sell well it would have been nice to buy some you know big pile of printing blocks or some large industrial Cabinetry or something like that it just wasn't here that's all been gone years ago very much they've got the Ross to do some work it doesn't happen very often no rare is a lot of stuff on them they're really nice blokes I really enjoyed taking them around he bought two bits of me and I'm really pleased with what he managed to give me for them good stuff all right happy I think we're done yeah thank you so much it's been a pleasure thank you fantastic to see you with Adventure yeah amazing yeah good luck we'll give it a go thank you very much cheers foreign that was a unexpected purchase it was worth the trip though surprising paper mill well that's not what I expected I thought we'd Come Away with industrial Furniture yeah what I was hoping for unfortunately not interesting place though yeah foreign [Music] the next day is Drew and C's final visit down south the last Port of Call is only a short 45 minute drive from the paper mill to the ancient town of Winslow near Aylesbury in bockhamshire [Music] we're going to Winslow Hall to meet Maori Gilmore what's happened is they've downsized and when you see the house you're going to find that odd okay from a serious pad down in the west country right it's all been piled in one house they've moved in they've not unpacked most of the boxes and basically they want to get rid of furniture they've got too much Furniture Winslow Hall was originally built in 1700 by one of England's greatest architects Sir Christopher ran the Gilmore family purchased this estate in 2010. and two years later they converted Winslow Hall and its Gardens into a venue for annual operatic festivals my husband has a great love of Opera his sister worked for the Royal Opera House and he grew up with this love of Opera the first year we did Marriage of Figaro which was fabulous last year we did Carmen and this year we're doing Lucia de la mama this is Winslow there you go someplace I thought he'd be out of town I've ever been in the country that's got to be the place isn't it oh that's amazing how are you talking we'll take it easy today to have a rest all right do you want the Hat no you're sure yeah draw some water hello hi hi Marty Drew how you doing nice to meet you hi I'm Steve how are you doing hello hello hi how you doing nice to meet you hello how are you doing great great well love the house great it's gorgeous this is my particular favorite period of house building in the UK I just think it was just they just got it absolutely right yeah so I believe you've got a bit of stuff you'd like us to look at yeah I'd love to have a look around the house as well go through here that's lovely some great great stuff in here this is beautiful isn't it almost later what's interesting is Christopher's family Australian Temple Bar really wow it was getting uh dilapidated on some land of my father and so he offered it back to the city of London and um and they took it back and it's now back in paternoster square I remember yeah a few years ago yes and it's by Christopher Wren which would look perfect at the end of our garden yeah not everybody has bits of Christopher anything I'm such a lying around today cheaper okay love to see some more I see hairy poor feet so you like empire style I do I love it and Christopher likes classic Regency exactly I think at this stage I might go back to my office I've got a producing an opera in September so yeah right yeah we'll leave you to it thank you thank you oh it's just beautiful though I love it right into the paneled room here wow literally a bit breathtaking isn't it it's wonderful wonderful room where did you get these from they're nice well funnily enough I got these in Paris yeah but I'm a bit sad my daughter is this time no her little buckles from her shoes when she was two God I love them they are pretty amazing aren't they gorgeous can I have a sit down go for it typically French uncomfortable really uncomfortable they're English aren't they there's a little a gold thing inside really a medallion can I tip them up yeah have a look I immediately thought they were they were French well I bought them in Paris because they look French or they look sort of Scandinavian yeah no it's underneath there look all right okay seeing that can you see it somewhere in there this pair of late 20th century Walnut and leather open armchairs were made by British Covenant maker senior and Carmichael they have built-in adjustable reading lamps and chrome drink coasters with minor repair they could sell for around three thousand pounds I don't know if these were something you think you're parting with I'd be interested I think they've just got a great look I think they're really cool yeah but they don't necessarily go in this room anymore so um could be something do you want to think about a price ah yeah you're the boy all right okay we'll carry on around yes we'll come back to these okay really like them yeah I'm surprised they're English but still who knows who knew who knew okay so just carry on through I wanted to show you this shell mirror it's um we could pull it out it's got um amethyst around it yeah oh wow there's one bit missing that yeah it's coming up let's come off yeah I've got some of the bits and it's got a big abalone shell on the top of it it's lovely it's got some real good pieces on it actually he's gone to town on this hasn't he yeah lots of bits come off actually the whole tops come off now yeah well it's been here see there look to get it restored that's come off it's been wrapped out yeah it's interesting maybe you want to watch for the future yeah you know yeah yeah wow don't know anything about it but it's cool the only problem with that is I take it home my wife would go well I'm keeping that yeah okay so where's next hello jockey okay so what's this place um this is the Coach House okay um this was from my mother-in-law's house it's really pretty isn't it later a little pasta okay and that was there yeah but it's in a bit of a very shape it's got a lead roof it's still nicely some lead planters they look like they've been run over by the lawnmower they usually have these and have collapsed under their own weights which is quite normal there may be do you know where these ones came from they just came from mother-in-law's house they're a bit battered but they're still good looking aren't they they quite like those my husband grew up at the fairy house which was next sort of Scion Park well that that's the connection with the lead right yeah I don't think these have got a great deal of age to them because of the color it's almost impossible to age the color of lead convincingly these small lead Planters were made in England and are replicas based on a design by 18th century English sculptor John cheer with cleaning and polishing they could fetch around 600 pounds for the player but there's still a nice little pair of lead Tarsus and they're worth to me a couple hundred quid no more than that in that condition worth about 350 to 450 in really nice condition that's a bit they're a bit battered still Charming but they are what they are and let's go on the list could do yeah yeah okay well let's let's carry on in here shall we can stay there this is all the hats these all yours yeah wow that's so 80s isn't it yeah that was 80s yeah um and I I've got two of those they're cute where did you pick these up then um they came they're in the house I bought in Pimlico 30 years ago they were just left in it really interesting this elegant painted faux bamboo chair was made in the early 19th century if it's one of a pair the two together could be worth around one thousand pounds do you have the other one yeah I do yeah definitely yeah yeah definitely so yeah what would you like for them [Laughter] as much as possible for the pair 500 quid doesn't quite buy me a new dress nearly to get your good knife get your Good Hat yeah yeah that that's unless I've gone straight in that maximum bid okay well because I like them okay have a think about it go on the list and then the pair of chairs the sort of the English ones up there what could I I don't think they're very old you see 800. each no okay I do I don't think so top Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is at Winslow Hall in buckinghamshire a bit of breathtaking isn't it it's a wonderful wonderful room he's just debating whether to buy a pair of 1820s full bamboo chairs but it's the late 20th century armchairs seen earlier that he's really Keen to buy give me a second you'd like what would you be happy with um just say I mean yeah yeah um would um was 1400 by them 1500 so thank you 1500 quid there could be thousands of them out there I've never seen any I think they're really stylish they're clearly well made they've got nice marks on them they're cool if nothing else I priced them in the end I thought yeah how much would I buy them for myself for yeah good design shouts so and they're great design okay yeah there you go and they're not even heavy so you're interested in these yeah now that mardi's got one sale under her belt she's Keen to pursue Drew's interest in the pair of bamboo chairs yeah they're not quite a pair yeah these are slightly larger this is just just still cute doesn't matter I'd sell them as a pair near pet ER what do you think you don't have to you're the boss well well I can play 500 questions I can't pay anymore and I'd like to buy it but on the other side you don't have to sell it to me of course but bear in mind I gave you such a good price on those other ones yeah what about 600 for the pair because I'm a bit sad about the other ones are you yeah I mean I do want to sell them but okay yeah that's a good will I'll do that for you yeah lovely that's nice you're happy happy girl I'm happy happy girl that's nice boy it feels good now everyone's happy all right let's get them in the van thank you we'll come back where are the other chairs are they on the first second floor yeah first floor we'll go back and get them we'll come back and get those okay thank you [Music] Winslow Hall has been better than I expected and the collection of stuff I've managed to buy is really eclectic and really strange and uh very me that was great fun I learned a lot I always had all that knowledge it'd be wonderful to know all those things and I like the way he appreciates everything it just feels like I should do this all the time it's great I feel like davross breakfast I very much like to go to the shop and see all these things he's got because it's quite my taste I think not yet I'll do it now we're just putting them in the van well just get them out really to see what we can do okay happy we've got everything loaded I've put those on did we finalize a deal on them we're nearly there okay yeah what is it it was 200 pounds for those ones for the pair of yeah very damaged turns but I think they're quite pretty they're very pretty look very nice inside with flowers that's what I think that's what I was going to put them on a little console table in the shop and sell them from there I think that would be the easiest thing sounds like two oh really um oh can we meet in the middle two two five two thirty deal there you go thank you and the other things it's great it's just such a strange mix of things I love it thank you very much thank you so much thank you cheers thank you bye-bye fabulous and we've brought well Sunshine again always I'm like a little Ray of sons you're not like a cloud what do you think of that loss uh those chairs are very special aren't they are they yeah exceptional to be honest I couldn't believe it when they said oh we were going to sell them I didn't think she was like why why would you ever sell this no it's just cool like just Google ridiculously cool overall very successful day I'm very pleased but yeah I have to say also today that's my dream house it was a big city that's it everything I couldn't see anything I didn't like about it other than the fact it's not mine so we uh don't fight the m6 on the way home though gotcha in this heat and still at least we're coming back with stuff yeah [Music] I think can't we the team gathers together to see Drew's purchases from the week unfortunately there's no work for you here no there is there's always work for Carl we went to Winslow hall yesterday a spectacular private house okay so a small pair of sort of lead cash-led Taza lion Mass decoration oh they're lovely cute decorative yeah they were lovely then we got these yes these are a pair of faux bamboo painted Regency side chairs in remarkably original condition nothing to do quick dust straighten the shop go right to the end yes let me get around these are remarkably good look at the design sideways on look at that absolutely gov clear going over get these on I want these online today okay they're just dead right just so right yeah we went to Frogmore Paper Mill and there's a pair of these got a buyer for them already yes I know somebody straight away straight away so let's get these off straight to quickly put them together photograph them straight away whiz them over to our guy and they'll be sold these are perfect these could actually go in a person's house with perhaps a lovely bust inside or just some memorabilia last item off the van is the cabinet from Kim Bolton School turn of the century urbanized collector's cabinet I think yeah pull the doors off go and then nice simple bead down the front there hand polished to these because these are all working really well just get it really really clean Gavin sets to work on the cabinet this is going to be quite straightforward for two hours three hours working he starts by removing the doors then he fills in the Gap with a new wooden tread and gives the cabinet a Fresh coat of paint soon is ready for Drew to inspect just finished it so it didn't look like that that's going to be going down to Liberty and I should imagine they will sell it the first weekend that hits the floor the next day special delivery the 1956 Volkswagen Beetle that Drew bought a type 2 detectives a few weeks ago has finally arrived [Music] the modifications have been carried out ready for its proud owner Paul made it you have done oh yes yes on the back brakes here yep all sorted a little bit lower at the front striving beautifully just perfection though isn't it over to you it's mine hmm can't believe it so he's taken 25 years let's hope uh let's hope Rebecca likes it I think she will I think I'm gonna end up losing it I think she's going to end up driving the thing yeah is this it what do you think it's so close I've been going about for the last 20 years what you've banged and bang on about yeah they do you're the fault I am sorry wow I've really really fallen for this car um I never do usually with juice cars but this I can see myself driving it I can't wait [Music] [Music] [Music] thank you oh that's nice [Applause] [Music] exactly what I wanted they've built my dream car it's fantastic in Conway North Wales it's a busy day at Architectural Salvage expert Drew pritchard's Warehouse just give it a general wipe and then we can photograph it no more bits on the counters take the fisherman off while Gavin and Carl sort out the display cabinets Drew hits the road with t they're traveling three hours North from Conway to the Village of ravenclass in the Lake District in Cumbria brought me to the Lakes this week hopefully not to drown me we are going to meet a guy called Peter Frost Pennington and he is one of the owners of moncaster Castle Lancaster Castle is believed to stand on Roman remains but the current Castle on an estate of 1800 Acres was built for the Pennington family in the 13th century and they've lived here ever since Peter Frost Pennington took up residence when his wife inherited the property 18 years ago my mother-in-law used to say there's no space here when you've got 80 odd rooms that's a bit strange thing to say but you build up junk and we have some large items which we might like to send Drew's way other than that I'm sure he'll find some small interesting things easier to tuck in his pocket and take away with him that's just showing off isn't it it is look at the view foreign just marveling at that when we came around the corner well the view is quite stunning we're very lucky to live here and Ruskin described it as Gateway To Paradise which means you're not in heaven yet but you're almost there anyway like to come in beautiful and uh I'm sure we'll find something to interest you in here sir three steps to Heaven three steps so welcome to cast itself come into the medieval Great Hall so this is actually the the biggest room in the the castle and one of the oldest dates we think from around 1300 the whole Community would eat in here and of course there don't be one chair in those days and that would be the Lord the cast be sitting on it and there'd be boards and Trestle tables so he was the chairman of the board which is where we get the expression today he put in an offer for that chair upside down check the link wonderful what understanding place just literally I'm Blown Away you've got medieval Furniture you've got Jack of being you've got Georgian Victorian Modern Art uh it's just like a sort of whole sort of Riot on the senses you don't know what's gonna come in the Next Room it's incredible just turn some lights on over here it's another there's some phenomenal Furniture in there some seats made for you there's some I can't believe you can the public are able to get so close to all well we do we've just taken the ropes down so it's easy for you to wander around have ropes up but they there's a guide in this room and there's some yeah there's some lovely stuff in here uh well yeah we have a lovely nice collection of of chairs of various forms I don't know is that that's really that's a nice one an early Victorian is it or slightly earlier than that on Georgian is unfortunately Drew all the stuff in the public rooms we we have on public display and it's not for sale I'm afraid it's like being sort of bashed over the head with Antiquity you've gone wow look at that and look at this and look at that and it's sort of some of it's so old that I haven't experienced Furniture of this age and this mass that is so accessible from what I'm seeing now if there's a junk room I I can't wait to get there but also I'm enjoying just wandering around the building it's uh it's an astonishing building okay so I come up this way and then must come up here and introduce you to one of the main personalities of the place because we have this quite extraordinary right portrait of Thomas Skelton the school of Manchester and he looks right through you if you're brave enough to look him in the eye 's eyes literally follow you around the room it looks slightly mad actually well he he's meant to murder the Carpenter and you know some many people think his spirit's still here playing tricks on us and he's running to ghosts but you know the expression all over the English-speaking world stopped playing the Tom fool or stop this tomfoolery comes from this gentleman Thomas Skelton the fool of Manchester there are many other famous fools King Henry VIII had a famous fool called will Ritson but we don't call it will Foolery it's tomfoolery and it's known the world over and we think it's from this chap who's reminding us we're all human and bringing us down to size when we get too big for a boots I think we're too important we have tea for Marie tiefoolery well there you are so you make sure yeah his head doesn't get too big he is my Black Adder to the stupid Prince well exactly it's good that ying and that Yang you know so uh well I find him wandering the more having to stabbed his eyes out well it's true you know let's go we'll end that come conversation and move on but uh some Lovely Rooms around the side but I think we better get you to the attics like most places in Lancaster this room has to have a variety of uses so this we've converted you'll be pleased to enter what we call the Fool's Paradise it's a bar yes my favorite place and this is only used when we have big festivals on and people are outside and they can come in we've got a few uh strange things well you could could do with getting rid of that if you wanted probably you could throw it in my direction uh we'll need to talk to the Missus about that but I think that's that could could get out the way quite happily this sofa dates to the turn of the 20th century its classic English country house design has appeal and although three cushions have been recovered the original floral fabric is still underneath unrestored it's worth about 1200 pounds do you have any idea what you'd want for us I don't um I think I'd better as as as I'm just the the man who does a lot of stuff yeah I think you need to defer to my boss well let's let's talk to the let's talk to the boss she's the one who holds the purse strings lets her stuff so the building is so massive it could take ages to locate the lady of the castle fortunately Peter has a solution hello scary monsters are you receiving can you if you are can you please report to Fool's Paradise please uh we might have a deal we want to make uh she she often doesn't talk to me she'll tell me I'm not listening my wife a scary monster she won't talk to me while they wait for scary monster whose real name is Iona Frost Pennington Drew keeps looking for potential purchases you've got some Museum cabinets I've got Australia at the moment I've got three of these in stock already have you these two mahogany Museum cabinets are also early 20th century because of their large size and excellent condition they could sell for about 1 500 pounds each they've been stucked up in here for but all sorts of weird and wonderful things like have you do you want a I think a warped top tough yeah I want that old task the radiator of your of your car and you're not allowed to put these things on car radiator anymore but uh that's that's off the radio car that is going on my Land Rover that's super I think it's illegal now in case you kill anyone not in North Wales it's compulsory compulsory yeah I'm a car enthusiastic I just love it it's something that you know any current user is going to want that's such a cool item the warthog Tusk radiator cap is a rare antique dating to the 1920s when hunting was a popular Pastime among English colonialists in Africa today is worth about 700 pounds I don't want to put this down this is I've completely lost it now resisting saying I've got the horn jokes as well I'm taking it off luckily I think it caused the funny bulge if you put in your pocket what a thing amazing it's what this job's about really I mean what you know where on Earth really would you find one of those there's something in there I really like as well and what's that I can't I couldn't possibly tell you I'll pull it out there's something I really really really really like here and just that little lamp yes yes this Victorian pillared lamp base would originally have held an oil lamp on top and can easily be converted to Electric rewired is worth about 450 pounds foreign they look really good when they're converted very Charming again quintessentially British Country House interior pieces that I do have a market for and I actually have a client for that lamp and I know he's got one that matches it hello how'd you do Drew hi hi I believe I've got to talk to you you're the boss yep right yes I am um the Castle's wonderful I believe there's some bits you might want to get rid of here I'll just say what I'm interested in you say yay nay on how much right okay this like that right this I love I want to put this on my land rover that that was my grandfather's a great grandmother in Kenya really what car was it on do you know Rolls Royce [Laughter] that would be of interest if available I think that's pretty expensive yeah [Laughter] be expensive in my shop hopefully it's cheapest that's that's that's uh just a wonderful thing and that so do you have any clue on prices where you'd want to be how much would you give us for that because of the rips on the arms which is a shame 400. six nope in the Lake District in Cumbria Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is visiting 13th century moncaster Castle it's wonderful in the Fool's Paradise Bar he's found several antiques he wants to buy including two Museum cabinets a lamp a rare car accessory and a sofa but he must convince Iona Frost Pennington to part with them um 400. six nope [Laughter] five five um it's very special material [Laughter] [Music] I wish it was even more oh yeah everything in my parents house in the 70s looked like that yeah so what horn would this be Peter I think it's a warthog water tusk if you're prepared to get rid of that if I'd pay the same for the so I'd pay 400 for that as well yeah the only thing about that we I think we have some photographs with on the car yeah so it makes it a bit more important to us yeah okay fair enough well that really should stay here then it should be on the front sorry about that this then look can we meet in the middle 500 quid yeah and that's that's too much really but I'll buy it the museum places if you could give me a price what you'd want for them 350 each um can we get them out of here though we can get them we got some well we've got two sons who can help manhandle them but perfect um those two if all the glass is okay and all of them yeah it is there's also that lamp base I was interested in hope along grass laughing that one um 250 for that one 275 yep um these at 350 each I'll take them I have a lot of these at the moment they were selling well now they're not so I'm reticent to spend a lot of money on one but what I'm thinking is the more I get maybe somebody can do more of a project and eventually when they do sell they should hopefully go as a big bunch the bar has been a huge success but there's still one more room to inspect oh now you're talking oh what oh with or without the hat I don't think the Hat's not for sale is that a relative I don't quite know we found it in the cupboard somewhere this plaster of Paris death mask was made in the early 19th century of a person unknown possibly one of iona's relatives used for centuries as a way of honoring the dead gas masks rather ghoulish attractions faded in the late 19th century this mask could sell for about 800 pounds is he for sale I don't think he's a relation but he might be what do you think so I recognize him yeah um 350 pounds for him really really I'm fascinated with them Death Masks hold a real interest for me but some things that make you feel uncomfortable I like I just think it looks as a beautiful object just set in a simple case or with a collection of desk masks right can I um think about that for sure that no that's fine and do you think there's a do you think he looks quite like you I think if you close your eyes yeah there's a lucky in the mirror is it definitely knows you know at the moment with the dust mask I don't know whether I'm going to be able to buy it if I can I definitely will if it's original to the house it must stay here and if not I want it while Iona goes to do a little research on the mask the others head outdoors to the sheds the sort of a few interesting kitchen implements and little bits of paneling there's I don't think there's anything really great interest no there isn't true no it's just bits there's got handy bits of handling I mean there's nice sort of little things like wicker but you know what can you do with that these days it's a nice decorative piece but but would have well there's other things if you can go have a look around some more there's um a few chairs and things in here and rather dirty and dusty I'm afraid but to but I think this is the mainly chairs that had their day been I will put them in the actors there's nothing of real you know quality no no nothing in here yeah nothing in here as the owl buildings have nothing to offer everyone recombined in the castle Billiards room to hear I own his verdict on the death mask have you found out is he a member of the family or was it was he no he wasn't a member of the family nobody seems to know anything about him so I guess he can go depending on the price well what did you say I said 350. I thought he said 450. I didn't so 450 no um you can't go to four hundred quits fine that's fine so I think we're done are we right if that'll do you that'll do I'm happy you happy yeah with the deals done it's back to the bar to move the heavy cabinets but there's a snag s we can't get the museum cabinets out of the door now they must have gone into that room so they've gone through that door okay too what about an inch and a half it's uh how do you measure it have a look that's the only way would be the door frame wasn't there they'd go out well Drew obviously Tom fool is playing his tricks in us again he's he's laughing his head off now because we did the deal we thought we were sorted and he's come up to uh bring us back down to earth he's probably yeah he's probably swollen the cabinet I would think about attention by an inch and a half so we're just gonna have to leave them where they are it's a shame but that's the way it is maybe it is Tom full paying a trick on us okay [Music] that's it prepared a box which is probably where he already is today great day good items some new stock what we do bought new stock bought fresh stock and a great place I didn't even know this place existed it's spectacular done yeah well then thank you so much sir thank you very much my journey watch your speed bumps oh look at that designed for Transit loons this uh 13th century Castle is it the oldie Transit that a Luton cart yeah it's designed to carry eel the eight by four Drew had told to Conway for a quick unload starting with the sofa a really good sofa it's not at all okay and I know that but I just liked it just classic English country house isn't it our house we haven't got any room for it what did I say uh that it would end up in your house as soon as Rebecca saw it pretty much Lovely isn't it it's got a great country house feel to it yeah but I love that little two-seater sofa loved it it just shouted come home to me good little find that one Carl's passport photos oh I don't like you anymore no separated at Birth no markings on it nothing to talk what we're gonna call it what's calling it ignore them [Music] you day in Conway North Wales as Architectural Salvage expert Drew Pritchard sets off on his next Expedition this time he's traveling two and a half hours East to Matlock the county town of Derbyshire in the 19th century Matlock was a well-known Spa town and although the spa has since closed it remains a popular tourist destination foreign well yeah um it's a bit of an odd one it's somewhere I've never been before we're going to a Carriage Museum best thing about today museums tend to have the best pieces so we'll have a look the working Carriage Museum is almost 70 years old and the largest of its kind in England it was opened by Caroline Dale Leach's father and she's made it her life's work what born and bred here my father was always into horses I can remember her in my very very first Pony when I was 10 that's all I've ever wanted to do I've talked Carriage driving and horse riding all my life oh there we go working Carriage Museum it's bigger than I thought good morning Drew how you doing good morning thanks very much for having us here thank you thank you for being the sunshine it follows us wherever we go we keep it in the van in these boxes yeah um you know why we're here yeah should we have a look should we have a look around oh lovely before we came to so um this looks fairly sizable Museum so where did you get all this collection from where did it sort of how did how did it happen uh just always collected okay so what else we got through here then it's good I really like it oh that's beautiful isn't it the basketball family Baskervilles yeah Wales we've been there we've been to the house I bought a mirror out of their living room yeah we're having a look at all the frankly beautiful carriages they've got in here and just transported me into another whole era and the standard of the stuff they've got here is amazing I love the colors and this is all sort of enamel paints as well which makes its enamel and nickel and it's just so much nicer the carriages aren't for sale but there is one antique a display cabinet that Caroline is Keen to part with um do you have the key for it yes you do yeah what do you want for it as much as possible of course and I want to give you as little as I can get away with so we'll have to find it somewhere in the middle um give us a clue don't you you tell me this museum display cabinet with Oak base and phosphor Bronze Top dates to the 1930s with considerable restoration it could sell for about 1 000 pounds [Music] if it was in perfect Nick yeah we'd give you five to eight hundred pounds for it in perfect condition it's nearly perfect condition I have the key it does a lot so we'll say five no because this every all of the joints underneath I'll hold it while you do it that one's not going to work but all the joints see that see how bad that is um my best price for it will be 350. a little bit more 370. and I'm boom picker I'll meet you halfway 360 and I'm done all right yeah I'm happy yep yep deal thank you it'll repair okay it's gonna spend some money on it but a little repair well and it should sell quickly because it's a good size desirable it's lockable it's you know it's it's a good retail piece with one deal under their belt they move on to the tack room I call this the house I'm a stable oh that's wow okay so that's gorgeous that's not what I expected I expect to sort of straw everywhere and feed buckets and I haven't Salt Lick and this that and the other line around very smart it's got all the horses tack it's got bridles and bits and rains and all that type of thing in there and it's actually very beautiful this small folding Apothecary case is Victorian and still contains the original glass bottles some restoration it could fetch about 600 pounds the poison compartments in the back so until you pull that out oh that's one of the original bottles done oh dear how did I how did that happen oh okay oh dear I hate raising the original things is that one of the square ones as well yeah I can't remember the last time I broke something original I really can't I absolutely detest it um mistakes happen that was a mistake and I'm going to pay for it is it something you're wanting to part with well I will you will yeah okay what um obviously you're in a position now of power over me because I've broken it in control what would you want for it you make me an offer I have seen them go in other sales anything from a thousand to three thousand and then when they're absolutely perfect you know I've seen girls I think I'm going to be buying you a new bottle um yeah I can't go anywhere near that I value it finished at somewhere around six to seven hundred and fifty pounds that's finished as well yeah so I think we're very very far apart we are I was hoping for nearer a thousand so we'll leave that at the end anyway let's leave that to there I'm gonna give you some money for that I don't know how it happened but we'll give you something for it Caroline has a set view of what what she's prepared to take for it and what she values it that's mine I don't concur as I say I don't agree I can't pay that much if it was worth a thousand quid or two thousand quid I'd pay way more but it isn't um Pony Bluff what do you call Pony what a bluff a bluff and you heard a nursery rhyme you know Blind Man's Bluff yeah because they Bluff their way along the pits and so if you put a mask you know a scarf around with children and whistle them around they have to feel their way so it's called bluffing ah okay how many times do we say you've blocked your way through that all the time well there you go a lot yeah that's where the same came from this pit Pony mask or Bluff would have been worn by ponies in the coal pit to protect their heads it's made from heavy gauge leather and hand stitched made in Derbyshire in the early 1800s it remains in perfect original condition and is worth about 200 pounds thank you so we've got another one of these yeah why not here on the top let's bring that one down or lined actually are these something you'd part with yes yeah they're a little bit dark you know they've got a slight Edge to them that's a bit Moody and I really like that and I think they're also incredibly original totally unrestored as found and there's two okay give us a clue for the pair which I think they're lovely I sell them as a pair as well I wouldn't sell them singly no 50 oh yeah oh yeah well tell you what as I broke that I'm with too far apart on that I'll give you 150 for the pair 150 of those yeah okay yeah there you go is that fair 150 for those two 1552 okay so I'm giving you 50 Quid because I feel terrible today ended quite well actually um as usual totally unexpected purchases nice area great people got some good bits and it's only a couple of hours away from where we live I'm going to there's no point of me hanging around I can't do any of the work all right don't let him have a go on the whip I'll be back in a bit hurry up T right are we ready yeah let's go let's go [Music] it's very relaxing actually long as you've got this speed I do but when I mean true even nice if you appreciates all my objects and he had a great feeling for them which I think was very nice [Music] all right how is that it was very good actually you put a Volkswagen badge on it would you get one yeah four-wheel drive fan on the back it's great well look thank you very much thank you very much indeed I enjoyed it I really really enjoyed the museum I did actually I really did thank you thank you right let's go finish off loading it [Music] oh can you hear me all right yeah I'm feeling the little horse throttle so is that you're you're gonna treat me like a horse yes yeah yeah as soon as we get back I'm gonna put you in the field and give you a bale of straw promotions you didn't think you'd get there did you think yeah I did people laughed when they said hey my life's Ambitions or as we run round and round and round would have it Drew's net score takes him all the way back to Cumbria it's a 140 mile drive to overston a market town so old it's written in the Doomsday Book of 1086. we're off too you'll love this well then actually you might not love it the Lakeland motor museum oh excellent yeah and they want to get rid of some stuff in their story brilliant Lakeland motor museum was started by a private collector in 1978 and Now features over 30 000 display items it's run by Bill bewley and Chris Lowe we have an interest in vintage cars and motorcycles and we wanted to maintain the collection for future Generations and there's nothing for Drew to buy here in the modern museum today but we have another storage area with well nice old cabinets I think there's a fried chocolate one some other shop sales stuff some of the bits and pieces are going to find of Interest there we go just like them hello there Chris hello good morning nice to meet you I'm Bill welcome to the Lakeland Mall Community party okay just this way I'd love to get inside I think we're gonna love a lot of things today there's a lot of things I like I hope so yeah so we start with our earliest vehicle 1899 Gaia day tricycle big signal cylinder 800 CC thing and they were the world's largest car manufacturer and especially engine manufacturer in the first part of the Year oh God look at all this yeah oh look at that that's a fell on the morning right this is the only one here with a clutch apart from this Douglas all these others are belt drive clutchless yeah oh it's really good isn't it it's really good today I'm doing my job somewhere I've come for free it's just wonderful this is full on this is good it goes from the earliest days of Motoring literally from a guy at a carton strapped an engine to it and a little push bike all the way through and that what they've done is they're they've not gone for Mega high-end cars they've gone for the cars that everybody recognizes two CVS Triumph Heralds minis Ford pops it's the stuff you grew up with the common stuff which is now becoming rare these this is something we've had in our family for years uh we've got a 52 TD but various this is the TF obviously but the TDS and the TFS went through our hands I even remember as a child I think we got scrapped one you know they were there was uh but my father still got it and my brother uses it on a every every summer and here's another this is one of my favorite looking cars this one did the Monte Carlo in period yeah it's one of the few 140s with a much racing pedigree it's such a great just that shaping it that curve at the back of the roof line and XK is again huge part of my childhood can't remember how many xk's went through the house and used to get taken to school in one you know but they were when there were no money they were for nothing and they weren't expensive then in the 70s they were they were cheap cars now you look at them you think that's an utter work of art Sir William Lyons the guy who designed the car was a genius and he went right through from the ss00 so he seized these ease he did everything the guy who designed the E-Type designed that car that's how good it is so this is the late 60s early 70s room so I had one of them that's the Mexico and it's got the rare proper RS allies this was like the car to have the mechs as we nicknamed it that was a rare car when I was a boy we all wanted one when I was 17 in glencom where you either had you either wanted a mini three liter Capri or a micron Max I have to say all of these cars here if I had to take one home being really honest it would be that you know it's the feeling that that car gave me I saw it I just went I want that car a salvager Drew Pritchard is loving every minute of his visit to Lakeland motor museum in Cumbria oh God look at all this yeah and there's nothing he loves More Than This 1972 Mark 1 Ford Escort Max yeah real one yeah for sale no it's actually kindly loans was by a local chap so look this this get out the way [Laughter] no it's just God I love this Castle go on I'm going to tease you away from it you can't buy it fizzy no have you got a fizzy yeah it's higher than at the back of it oh what really God that's got to be for sale no I'm loan to us again there was another uh Blast from the Past from TNI um if you were in school and you had a fizzy you were the man and everybody used to say oh it's really fast mine does a hundred or mine does 95 that pill with the Sixers on it they didn't they did about 45 mile an hour that though that's they're gonna be one of them in my garage by the end of the year I'm having one of those now as Drew's had enough frustration for one day they head to an area at the back where there is one item for sale you're always wanting to buy something I've always wanted to buy I actually have two of those the uh Little James off cycle oh really there's no uh no racer but no 99cc is that one so or is it another one well we've got two identical ones so they're both very simple sort of conditions the other one in exactly the same row exactly the same I'd like to see the other one as well usually you're going to Museum and you just know right you can't have anything in here because it's in a museum it's in there for a very good reason it's rare or desirable or the best of um and it's they said well we've got one of these bikes for sale because we've got another Auto cycle we've got two James would you would you want one of them yeah why not if it's good enough to be in a museum it's certainly good enough for me to sell Drew can only buy one bike but Bill and Chris pull out both so we can choose between them Auto Cycles have small motors that kick in when a rider starts pedaling these two dates are 1939 and were made by James cycle company of Birmingham they're worth about twelve hundred pounds each it's really there's sort of pluses and minuses for both of them isn't there so you found your bike now have you yeah we'll have to do it oh no competition which one's the oldest both the same year 39. what I'm looking at is the I think this is the more original bike okay but for my clients they're going to want the one that's the shiniest yeah for this type of thing because this will go into fashion display I think yeah but that's a well I can swap them I don't think it's gonna it hasn't got hasn't got it no I've got a peak you'll swap the horns over yeah all right okay 600 Quid put another 50 Quid on and it's yours let's drop the horn over and we'll swap the horn so okay that's great that's great it's a nice piece to have around the shop it's an interesting piece for my clients to look at and think well actually I could put that in the shop window I think that's more what it's going to end up as because it's a good looking thing the Museum Store room holds the promise of more excellent fines yes our Storm's just up here uh all sorts of bits and pieces tucked away this is not under this is not public display no no they'll probably never go through this way so yeah it's just through this door here oh yes on this spot this lot you can get rid of um the motoring related things we'll have to think about but the non-motoring stuff and some cabinets up here these are shop Fitters cabinets ah now yes always desirable those ones and you've got these as well yeah these uh so that one unfortunately the glass is gone but there's a very similar one there it's that got rice chocolate on it as well yeah the glass I can fix because it's worth it to have that display on it there um I can't get them down Chris you'd have to be able to get them down for me but I'm interested in that one yep and those two yeah there's two more down there okay well there's definitely one there might be two it's way better than I thought it's an awful lot of haberdashery counters tabletop display counters counter displays fries marked pieces um it's all good stuff it's all in condition where it's a bit battered and there's work to do which is a shame but it exists it's here there's multiples and if I can buy the lot I will do because that type of little display case we've always done well with them I've got a lot of them in at the moment so a lot to many can be good good for sales the best of the many cabinets that Drew's picked out are the ones made for JS fry and Sons once Britain's largest chocolate producer all of them are early 20th century but they're in varying degrees of disrepair the entire collection is worth roughly 2 800 pounds are you happy with any any prices wise on this could John meter fire prices at you 100 pound for that one that one um those brass fittings are original to it together well shall we say 150 on that actually come we've come back to 300 again yeah let's go to um let's go to 150 on these two for the pair that's very good of you I know I know um 150 okay and we should we do 100 on that one right and we'll do 100 on that one right okay this is really simple then 850. um 850 for the lot right um uh yeah okay yeah that's fair okay it's fine today I've spent a little and got a lot I've got a bike I can sell straight away um and then everything else needs restoration a bit of a pain but that's the way it is my job is to go and buy things and spend money to sell them to make money but the only problem is now I have to go buy a micron 4 desktop and that's going to really cost me with the van loaded Bill and Chris have one more treat for Drew a ride in this classic 1925 Humber automobile have you been in one of these before I have a long time ago been converted to a pickup all right yeah on this side [Applause] okay did you see there's no door on this side no you've got a spare ready oh there you go now we've got to do is hope we can get a starter so we sold it oh that's great that's very good sleep the clutch in there but I got to see our uh that's not too bad she's amazing the ride out in the Humber was uh it was nice it's not the sort of thing I'd buy but it was beautifully put together and once you got it into the Top Gear it was smooth and quiet and you can feel a good pull on the engine that's really comfortable as well I learned to drive the first time I drove something I was 11 and it was in something just like that and uh maybe that started the addiction okay could you you gentlemen in the front bake with the ports please sorry we're lacking port in the back T was fine in the back at one point he asked me for some ports very comfortable he could stay there all day he's fed in crisps and alcohol he'd be fine thank you very much for a really really good day oh great to meet you thank you thank you so much real pleasure thank you okay great thanks again we'll see you again see you later bye-bye [Music] you like playing with cars and bikes as normal I had a great time [Music] I got you something what did you buy me it's something you need is it the extra bit for my trousers improve your driving by George Isles Chief examiner of The Institute of advanced motorists okay you need this okay seriously there's that one right yes another essential how to pass your driving test there you go should I will improve invaluable to the learner driver be a great Money Saver to the owner driver enabling him to do so many repairs himself there you go do you know how quid was worth spending I'm not gonna have a single garage bill after you've read that how simply I can improve my route driving yeah not by reading whilst driving would you like gear changing go on then gear changes there's a gearbox can be described briefly one to maintain revolutions two to provide neutral positions and three by the means of reversing the vehicle two and three are obvious two or three are so obvious as to require no further explanation chapter seven bends and Corners bends and Corners the experts sum up their Corning techniques with they're saying in slow out fast in fast out feet first because normally we go to motoring museums and don't buy anything just playing with bikes or cars all day Yeah we actually did some work [Music] hello hello hello how you doing I'm all right are we smiling close your eyes open your eyes for a bike we've been to a motor museum I have no choice it was brilliant it was so good you've bought that yeah cool it's for sale I'm not keeping it it's for sale selling it set your pants on no no no seriously that's for sale I'm not that interested I think it's stylistically interesting as a shop thing look great on a website just get it done but what they had in the the stores was loads of these ah perfect 150 quid at the moment that's all I'm being asked for display cases display cases so I was absolutely thrilled [Music] Carl's job is to get the auto cycle up and running but he's never worked on one before so you don't put the oil in there where does the oil actually go in [Music] that could well be it but how on Earth do you put the oil in now because that tube's not going to fit in there is it do you put the oil meanwhile the rest of the team gets started on the cabinets the whole case of it wobbly so all we're going to do to save actually pulling it apart risk breaking the glass we've countersunk some holes through with a drill and we'll pop some screws in and that'll pull it together then and by the end of the day Carl is hoping the bike is good to go one shot Push It Forward Push It Forward up there you ready he's off the center [Music] what do you think kids [Music] [Laughter] in Conway North Wales top Salvage expert Drew Pritchard is heading out on the road in search of new stock first on the agenda is a visit to a medieval Welsh Castle the 200-mile Drive South to the vale of Glamorgan and the seaside town of Barry just outside Cardiff [Music] right T and we're off to see fonmon Castle it's a ancient castleated building that was sort of aggrandized I think mainly in the early Georgian period sort of turned from a castle to a residence we are going to meet sir Brooke boothby okay and his daughter aliki well I'm bertrophy I'm now retired having handed over the Castle to my daughter sir and I'm recently taking up the reins here at Vermont Castle was first directed in the 12th century most of the present day Castle was rebuilt and converted into a Georgian mansion 1700s but a fortified Tower erected in the 13th century Still Remains today in its 800-year existence the castle has only been owned by two families into this house they just up and somebody goes what's that and then we all have to have a concert of family country hunt to work out what it was day could be good exciting fantastic private castle and grounds by appointment only no Hawkers remember it's really chunky that's in your face isn't that one I like it support yard suitably cluttered hello hello there welcome hi Drew nice to meet you thank you hi I'm Chase fabulous place thank you very much very nice well we've got a beautiful day for it it's lovely how's it starts yeah okay let's go have a look I'll do [Music] oh it's lovely so these all the ancestors yes they are this uh Philip Jones who originally bought the castle and then Robert Jones who actually was the one the one turned it into a sort of Georgian gentleman's residence rather than a gloomial fortress so bye sir Joshua around yeah it is yes sir Joshua Reynolds was a leading Portrait Painter in the 18th century and is one of the founders and first president of the Royal Academy he completed over 3 000 works of art in his lifetime we've got Reynolds is here that are good like that one yes we've got reynolds's which are not quite so good we've got reynolds's Richard copies and we've got one which we think may be a fake altogether so we're not all interesting yeah but everybody I bet everybody goes can I see the fake yeah that's what they usually do though well it looks great I'd love to see some more of it absolutely where to next why don't we go and take a look at the library as it would be interesting to see and maybe the old kitchen yes please follow us see we use as a dining room now um look at this yes this is all the specials it's a single slab of elm dating from uh around 1660 it was all put together when the room was built that's amazing and we believe that the feet are actually Oak this is fantastic [Laughter] he's open yeah what a thing an incredible one single slab of Timber put there for that just for that purpose and then with those incredible tripod bases you're not going to see those you might wander around the country for a couple of years before you see one of those what more please love to see some more all right some more some more around the building oh please I thought you said more police definitely not no no Realm [Music] oh wow what a wonderful room but this plaster Works phenomenal I tell you what I really like in the password see this sort of very uh the foliage there yeah that looks so natural yeah when they were doing that they even used to put pieces of branch in there and they'd put natural pieces inside them yeah I didn't know that when we went into the library that was two rooms that have been knocked through into one to create a very airy and light room because remember no electric lights in this period would have been candles uh and the fire that would have been it and then the natural light coming through the windows what a wonderful thing down here in Barrie and South Wales [Music] next they head to the attic where a leaky hopes some of the items cast aside in the long history of the castle might be hiding oh look at this but you can see I mean there's you know there's cast work and paneling up here so evidence thank you wow look at this tea yeah there's a pile of all sorts of of stuff of stuff I don't know if any of it's of Interest God this is amazing it's a proper old castle Yeah incredible um there's two panels I have no idea what they are and where those there yes and there's one behind you and nobody seems to really know their provinos so you probably don't watch anything in the building no nothing at all no which is why they're stuffed up here these are really nice these are carved and gilded and painted Gothic as in pure Gothic pelastas in Oak English nice dating from these looking like they are 18th century gosh there's nothing Gothic in the house that's what so what so whether they were an acquisition that Robert Jones made and abandoned who knows they look ecclesiastical but also in this period they could have did you did he have a church we had a chapel The Gents toilet was a chapel that's interesting that'll be where they came from they're really beautiful as well that wouldn't take much for these right it was a chapel it's been just flat on a wall look at that fantastic this look at the intricacy of the carving yeah this is the real deal and very very nicely done as well God they're beautiful they're complete and they're untouched I want to buy them I don't think you should sell them to me all right no well I think what you've just told me means I probably shouldn't and I wouldn't I wouldn't if if you think these are original to the house well that's know that the the rather un poetically The Gents toilet was the uh was the chapel so I can only presume that they came from there they go to just out their theory that the gothic panels belong to the old chapel right now the exciting bit fingers crossed this fits got it upside down be very careful it's trying to come apart we're in the loo of the Tower yeah or an entire toilet here but I think that's pretty good oh are you beauty look at that look at that so it's just missing a tiny piece from there and if we could find marks in the wall they're probably behind that secondary gazing you've got another piece there too yeah now we'll see if there's any more of it missing because I think off one of them there's a section missing off the side as well but there would have been a frame you know what they're absolutely dead on aren't they aren't they yeah yeah that's super this old bits of panel have turned out to be something really remarkable and it I think that's what interests me so much about the Antiques world is I was able to go in and recognize them having returned the panels to their rightful home but without a purchase it's off to see if the Stables might elicit something for Drew to buy so there's various bits of furniture here full of unloved Furniture in a place that's okay when the recycling bins don't know if there's anything in here let's just do them room by room yeah you've got a null sofa oh okay I like those unfortunately being out here is not going to have done it the world are good oh yes that sort of sofa yeah I don't like it I think people like them all over them don't they I like them I really do like them see if you've got yeah they've got decent cushions with it as well aliki and I go and have a look through some of the other outbuildings and these are full of furniture that is way past it sell by date and now damp and none of it was really any good when it went in there anyway that's the reason it's in there um nothing that I can do anything with conditions not great nothing I really want oh no it doesn't matter my day was made by finding those panels oh well my day was made by you finding this bag I like this where did this come from I had no idea do you know I've been there for a long not it's not it hasn't got a great deal of age to it but it's probably a hundred years old Max Little Oak Spanish quite like it this oak table with hand carved detailing was made in England in the early 20th century with major restoration it could fetch around 700 pounds that's a really difficult one needs about 300 quid spending on it to get it right uh and it's worth then it's worth 250. it's worth about six marks off so it's a it's a tricky one really seeing where there's a margin in it um it's a hundred and it's 100 quid table foreign Hunter Drew Pritchard is at falman Castle in Glamorgan oh it's lovely he's just offered 100 pounds on this 20th Century Oak Table but is it enough to tempt a leaky to part with it [Music] I was going to say it was 150 but I can't even go that far on it I mean in all honesty 400 quid I think I'll probably keep it yeah yeah sorry I just think around a credit I'd rather keep it yeah it is what it is so far today we haven't found anything uh thought it was going to fairly easily lots of big house been here forever loads about buildings thought it's gonna you know game on this is the last bit the only things I thought you might be interested were no this is a personal matter of taste I quite like these I think they call it sweet yes but I have not got the energy to turn anything with them right so you might have the energy to do something with them I think they're quite sweet too oh good I do okay do you want to get them out and have a close look where did these come from though I've been here forever no no they appeared from somewhere they're French yes I think they came from my grandmother they're in a bit of a state aren't they they are okay that's why I thought they were more dear than me because I you know how to sort them out put them back together again this French painted iron patio set features four open armchairs a large dining table and small side table it dates back to the early 20th century with major restoration it could fetch around 900 pounds these are quite cute they're a bit girly for me yeah but for a small London type Garden yeah I could just sell these I've got a shop in top floor of Liberty and these would go all right okay these would go well there the color is good and they're commercial that's what they are they're very salable so I'm thinking right we've got four chairs side table outdoor dining table rock and roll we can sell these all day long easy what would you want for them whose are they Rossi well they are actually my mother's okay um um uh two two five percent do you want to have a word see yes I will need to call mom if that's all right right good news the mother she said yes great but I knew there was a butt coming yeah the mother being Greek yeah like a little more than 225. what would you like 250. yes we'll have a deal thank you thank you yes very good okay that's easy all right pretty good we bought one thing that will pay for the diesel for the hotel for our time a bit of profit that's it but again good connection they'll tell their friends I'll get called into another house eventually you know I'm not going to stop doing this it's a it's a walk not a race thank you I'm for one absolutely delighted about the discovery Drew made of the shutters as we've now worked out them to be that's for us a major find it's part of the collection that we've obviously mislaid and overlooked over the years well thank you so much and have a safe journey to the next place thank you so much appreciation her off too as well but she's got my granddaughter I don't know Richard is I've got three girls in my life thank you [Music] oh and looking day super day most panels are something special though weren't there yeah I mean they were they were a strange one right they really were a strange one but they belong there though but yeah it doesn't matter value doesn't matter when it's that that's important to the history of that place I lend them saying it's just all literally click click click and just fell into place didn't it so yeah it is what it is and I have to go well actually that's really genuinely interesting and I do believe in the whole antique Karma thing I do think it works works for me well we're gonna head home or we're gonna I think basically we'll head south beside the country and uh we've got a couple of bits to see down there we'll do that [Music] the next morning Drew and T had 85 miles Southeast to Bruton in Somerset Bruton is situated on the river brew and is home to the 12th century church of Saint Mary It's a Long Way South today yep we're down in the beautiful County of Somerset and we're off to Brewton School for Girls and and uh it's just coming to the end of term now and having a bit of a clear out so we'll see Bruton School for Girls is a day in boarding school first established in 1900. it's sat in 40 acres of grounds with 17 buildings and has 300 pupils in attendance I'm Alan Wells and I'm the estate spursor here at British School for Girls and it's my job to make sure the facilities are in place for the teacher to do their job we have many items here which are redundant and have no longer got a use in the school and this is not a good opportunity for someone like Drew to come and have a look see what we've got see if there's anything he can do with the items that we've got and upcycle them or sell them on foreign yeah well let's go this way shall we yes please God it's going to be hot isn't it yeah first stop is the School's art Department as you can see on the walls very big on Art yeah they're good aren't they yeah not bad the students work obviously when you think some of it's only 13 year olds doing this very good it's wonderful great room one of our classrooms but I brought you in here because I thought you might be interested in some of our old wooden stools and chairs yes most definitely this type these I'm always after how many have you got all right how many can you take as many as you've got I'll buy these solid Maple laboratory stools were made in England in the 1960s and come in a variety of heights and shapes they're very handy in restaurants and bars and if they're bought in bulk they will be much more salable each one is worth around 70 pounds old school lobsters they're hugely popular they sell quickly there's never generally a massive amount of restoration work to them and we've usually got customers waiting for batches price wise we need to talk really these this type here yep least attractive yeah tricky to sell yeah they are they are 15 Crystal right through to this type here 25 quid is tall and the other stuff other stuff is Middle Ground right is what we put which is where I thought you would come in at and it's going to be where I stick at as well because these are not items that we're not going to offered again we will get offered another couple of batches this year [Music] and we keep things easy yeah I'd say 18 quid of stall across the board yes that's a deal let's do that a lot no thanks are you happy with that I'm happy with that that's going to work really well for both of us he's going to clear the lot I'll do better on some than others but across the board we'll both do well and in the next Corridor something else catches Drew's eye these I like you like these yeah well they are for sale if you're interested the art Master is prepared to release some of them I know he wants to keep about five okay foreign obviously I'm going to try and find being honest with you the most original ones which are kind of sure this one's these ones down here yeah these are Fab these are really good little things they are enigmatic they're interesting you look at them and you think oh yeah I just want to paint or I just want to leave my painting I've got against that it's different to an easel it's more artistic than hanging something on a wall they look cool and they're in lovely condition untouched a few paint splatters on them apart from that absolutely fun these Oak Trestle easels were made in England Circa 1900. [Music] restoration they could fetch around 250 pounds each what sort of Market would you have for these um these would go to somebody fashion retail I think right probably be best for these yeah well I'm looking at them and thinking right great instead of an artwork a mirror right yes yeah um yeah something like that but also they're just nice little objects aren't they oh they are yeah I will take some of them yeah with with paint on them happily so just say those five there if you want five yep so what we're looking at price wise how uh I was going to say 45 quid each well I was going to say 50. that's fine 50 that's 50 Quid there you go that's right I was going to say yeah I was thinking of 45 but I'll give you 50. so we're on the button I'd already written down 50 pounds on my piece of paper and uh yeah spot on the money Alan is very good on his prices he's sort of on the nail every time he knows what everything's worth I know I can pay fine grown-up proper guy who's doing his job very professionally yeah down here Drew is um are under stage um you have to mind your head it's quite low in here luckily the lights are working today um I've got her right under the stage we are right this is actually the floor of the main hall above us ah so these lamps yeah yes these are sort of standard with us like okay lamps we do get off them because obviously you've upgraded yes so these come out and they usually come out in sort of 10 20 30 and 40 was the most ever bought that's right because they just changed a whole lot over they're actually quite attractive though on the uh yeah which model is they're the Strand which one t 23s yeah 23s we went underneath the stage area and then there was some theater lights and that is something that we're offered constantly you used to really like buying them wish I could buy those ones they're a great example but I'd just be putting them in a pool with thousands of others for sale in the country now and unfortunately I would not be able to sell them so great item perfect condition probably get them for the right price can't sell them these unfortunately are going to be a no today okay that's fine thank you maybe four or five years ago when we were buying them and nobody else was really doing it on mass but now they're just everyone everyone's copying you well no no no nothing's new when I was doing it it wasn't new right you know so it's uh it's um it's a shame because they're in really good condition well should we go find somewhere else yeah please yeah um next Alan takes them across the school campus to see if there's more Salvage in the garages number three we've got a couple of items that might be of interest to you drew a novel hinged you're not talking about this are you all right is that interesting yeah yeah even in the state it's in it's in a bad way yeah it's in a bad way it's had a hard life we acquired a boarding house around about 1940s and it was on top of the boarding house right on the Gable end and when they converted to the boarding accommodation it was thought it was a bit dangerous so it was taken down and it was thrown in the bushes behind the garage interesting this late 19th century Weathervane is made of cast and wrought iron it features a full-bodied rooster complete with ball and directional Arrow it could fetch around 1 200 pounds the conditions not great that will really affect it head missing's a major pain gone then right you've been very good at your prices so far what do you want for this one it's got to be worth top end which is a thousand pounds definitely not definitely not no [Music] Salvage superimo Drew Pritchard is at Brewton School in Somerset oh hello look at that he's Keen to buy a 19th century Weathervane but Bursa Alan Wells has started the bid at one thousand pounds I think it's worth repaired yeah 1200 quid yeah Max yep Max this condition I'm going to bid you really quite hard on this okay I'm going to give you 500 quid for it and no more I know I know you think it's worth a lot more but because of the manufacturing method it's just cast yep uh it's not as exciting it's also had some period of repairs over here with lead solder joints so that means structurally it's got some issues that's broken yep on the head so it's got all those things which The Collector is going to look at and go I'll wait and get a better one yeah that's that's being honest with you would you go to six meet your halfway 550 and that would be it probably okay thank you very much oh have a good home the Cockrell is an unusual item fresh to the market that we could get lucky on or we might not it's one of those but it's different that will go its own way we'll see what happens with that that's going to be an unknown ah cool they are the right size oh you're happy with them Andrew yeah they can see there's a few different sizes but that's great yeah 17 years it was definitely worth coming down here today I've got bulk what you want from the school a big stack of things that will sell well and doing deals with Alan was perfect because I think he had a very good idea of what things were worth beforehand and done his homework and knew what I was going to spend on everything so it became are fairly straightforward business oh we've done it thank you so much thanks for the business no anytime great thank you bye super perfect exactly what I wanted from a school clearance the best things there I think to be honest was those superb little artist diesel stunts well Rebecca will be happy to do a good full van that is that is not bad at all actually yeah it's not bad at all hello hello how are you doing where have you been we've been down the West country yeah Somerset summer are sat and it's very very nice absolutely fantastic and we went to the Brewton School for Girls School for Girls and we did very well thank you very much our first exhibit for the day painting easels oh yes how nice are these these Oak early 20th century 1910 somewhere around there beautiful construction do you put your painting on there put your pot in there off you go how nice 50 Quid a pop how nice and then we got 73 School stools these are sort of yeah and better brilliant we've done that have we no right size we haven't got any left no you sold them all yeah brilliant I can tell these sort of lab stools day in day out and actually a majority of them had lovely shaped seats which is quite unusual last item off the van is the 19th century weathervane do you really I really do surprised that means I've got to put it up yeah love it before long Drew is back on the road but for a change it's a short journey and only a 20-minute drive from Conway to Gwinnett near the industrial town a blind alfestinion which was built in 1750 to house the workers from the local slate mine it's kind of a man-made landscape isn't it really that's what I like about blindness a lot of people do it down and say oh it's horrible it's ugly it's not not as the product of a of man we've created it look at it everywhere you look is slate I mean is that a mountain or is that slate my name is Michael Buick and I'm the director of JW Graves and Sons limited the company that's been working here since 1836. leftward slake cabins has been an active slate mine since Victorian times and at its peak It produced almost 24 000 tons of slate per year when the demand for slate declined the owners opened the mine as a tourist attraction in the 1970s today visitors can tour the underground mine go mountain biking and even take zip lining tours through the Quarry but not every tourist venture has been successful one of the general managers who was here came up with the idea of why don't we use these little buildings that we've got here and create a sort of Victorian Village for people to experience and I think it might be fair to say that he was a bit of a collector so he started this process and then went off and did something else and so what we ended up with was some Victoria Village and an awful lot of stuff in some rooms I've got a call from a guy called Michael he's a friend of a friend right and they came to see me at the shop and said um we've got the shop interior we want to get rid of it just sounded great shop interior on the doorstep I don't know what it is chop interior so here we go there's signs for zip world second set tablets yeah boy hello morning gentlemen how you doing hello there hi guys you've got the full compliments today fantastic Enzo hello Enzo oh there you go to you to decide which smells the worst it's just got the worst manners so far he's behaving really well yeah I promise I won't pee on the building he will um what we're going to do is I'm just going to take you for a quick look at the mine because you know we've got a sort of slate mine here yeah yeah um have a look at that and then and then get stuck in I guess yes please I've never I've lived here for 40 odd years and you've never been never been down the line I know it's crazy that's really naughty hello so we're now about to travel on the CPS passenger Railway in Britain which is going to take us over 100 feet down into the mine where we can see how the Victorian slate mine has worked underground here we go oh cozy this is compact certainly is there you go you can fit in there nice and snug [Music] about 150 feet and then there's another level below that and then below that there are five levels all of which is emerged going down in the mine I couldn't say no to Michael I forgot to tell him was I really don't like going down in things like that yeah cold and damp that was some commute that wasn't it once I got down there I got to the bottom and I all I kept doing was looking up to see the light behind me all the time and just before I went into the mine I had to walk back and look back up at the lights and sort of make myself all right about it was really odd so welcome to the mine gentlers where you are here would have been being dug out in the 1850s and 60s by men working with hand tools and gunpowder this you'll see here is the angle of the Slate bed through the mine so throughout the mine you'll see the scene of slade same angle going at that angle exactly so beneath us here there's one more level for the visitors men with shovels look at that here we are so here's one of the chambers dug out by hand in the 19th century oh my God the noise you're hearing is the noise that you would have heard if you were here of all the trundling of the wheels and the sound of the Hammers and that sort of thing we've got that running as a backdrop so they did this all by hand all of this is dug by hand I think it does bring the reality home but he was telling his entire families would spend 20 or 30 years working in one Cavern Grim Turf and I'm glad I don't have to do it I've been down here what 10 minutes yeah quite Keen to get out of it safely back above ground it's time to get down to business if you follow me up here we're gonna go and look in one of the stores that we've got this one's over the old miners arms Pub all right I think you're going to get quite excited oh where did this lot come from one of my predecessors had the idea of creating a sort of Victorian Village here which um they sort of half started and we put a few bits on display but to be honest um this stuff is all Surplus to what we need so this is an entire chemist shop this is an entire chemistry this is great I'm very pleased excellent and you want rid of it yeah no well because you see our our plan is to keep hold of all of the Slate related stuff so anything that's to do with the history of slate mining or quarrying that we want to hold on to but you know when we're not a history of chemist shops there's some great pieces in here we've got a shop counter there two verticals this which is the till which I absolutely love oh that was a till yeah look oh wow isn't that amazing yeah well if not if not the till it's the very exciting stuff this I've only actually been in here once before that's just this is epic stuff here [Laughter] so it's not worth me spending five or six hours going through every single box here yeah because everything is interesting acid oh put that back there are hundreds of items secreted in this pile of shop fittings some good they're worth money these okay art and some not um it will be a tall order to price the content because there's a lot of junk and then there's Little Gems will Drew take a chance and buy the lot this is this is a super fine it would be a crime to break this up a salvager Drew Pritchard is at Lakewood slate Cavern in Gwinnett I think you're going to get quite excited oh he's just discovered a massive collection of Victorian chemist shop fittings this is great I'm very pleased excellent and it keeps getting better there's more through more through here actually I think there's a few more bits in in here watch watch your feet there's a bit of glass this is some old bits of sort of wood and this that it's a cute thing isn't it yeah it's just people love this pieces they would these would have just sat on the counters right super even the door oh really yep and then you've got all the more back bar here yeah this is this is more of the back part of the back fittings and then you've even got the sign jay Lloyd Jones Taylor Jones excellent assistant complete chemist shop fantastic well you've got a client called Jay Lloyd Jones that'll be very no but I've got somebody who'll want all this you could put this into a museum you really could and the best thing is we've got bottles with Jay Lloyd Jones on it now we've got the sign with Jay Lloyd Jones and we've even got the front door that says chemists it's incredibly complete next Michael takes them to the warehouse where there's even more stored this is also an original 19th century splitting Mill um where the men would have worked splitting the slates [Music] as you can see this is this is a big old mill building are you still using this yes this this area is used to make slates flooring slabs for it's a big bar very good big city area yeah okay another glass design um that's a rather intriguing thing for NASA Williams Bookseller Williams Ellis shop in London I think it was um the family is still involved in in the Quarry and I think I think this came from a member of the Williams Ellis family and they don't want it no I mean I I did to be honest I did I did check it with them because I I wondered but you know so it seems like it's quite a special thing in a way it is it's a super thing it's an original sign right to be to be designed as a book this has got a lot of age to it there is a wonderful Timber English folk art Bookseller site it's got a extremely simple steel work gallery to the top it's all part of the collection so that that can go if you're if please yeah no I'd like that can we Tip It Forward I want to see if this actually if it shows anything underneath it because you'd walked underneath it that's good that makes it for me it is nice isn't it because you can really see the milkshake there's some later paintwork on that is an original sign right with later painting still okay very interesting we've got another couple of bars this one has been this has been made up see it's an old chapel Pew panel there and then an old top and then they put some skirting in it that's quite decent though mm-hmm so that one you think is possibly a real one does it work that's a real one that's made up but it's made up well enough that it can be sold coming up to the sort of top Warehouse where the old splitting shed and they've got more of the same but the bigger pieces that wouldn't fit in that shed it's an almost impossible task to Value the chemist shop as a bulk buy but amongst the bricabrack items of note include several mahogany display cabinets four shop counters a number of shelving units a shop till and the original shop door Drew has to take all this into account when making a bid so uh we need to start talking money [Applause] um I think I'm about the for absolutely everything so this that that the bits of carcasses which are no use that these two bars the back bar thing here all of the pieces down there everything the whole lot three thousand quid okay um I think that was a decent start but I mean I know what I'm trying to do with the money and you know I was hoping for you know I was hoping for near a fall because that would actually get me sorted with what I need to do I can't come out much no not much no purely because I have to send two might get two more guys here I have another couple of hours to get everything out it's going to take two trips there's 400 quid okay um and then it's a little bit of an unknown quantity right just a bit because um I can't see everything out and there's an awful lot of rot in some of it right I'll go to 3250 and we'll buy it all and we'll take the lot okay yeah if you're taking it all fantastic wonderful thank you thanks a lot right who's taking it all well you know obviously there's a cafe on site so it's going to be you and Gavin do everybody else and the Cavalry is called upon in the lone shape of Gavin to help pack up the enormous Hall today fabulous I am 20 minutes from home I'm in a beautiful stunning industrial area of North Wales and we have found something extraordinary right on the doorstep couldn't be much better it's been fascinating I have to say I mean it's been really nice to actually find out what some of the things were and I'm really pleased that we've managed to clear out a couple of rooms so we can get on with the things we need to get on with [Music] right that's the other van going should I go cool well we've filled two Vans sought off that one's not completely full that was absolutely rammed fantastic so we've got plenty of stuff um good to meet you too we shall see you again [Music] I didn't realize the site was so vast it's massive isn't it absolutely huge amazing what they've done with it are you happy with your small purchases of the day I I am that is a great hall it's been a long time since we went right we'll have everything two van roads later they're back in Conway there's a lot in there who's driving too hello hello oh that looks precious so it's not empty you like this one of the best yeah oh my on this one I thought you were joking a complete Victorian chemist shop from a mine from The High Street in blaina all of it everything right down to the till tablets the tills unopened bottles of lucozade and Lou roll you name it we've got it so there's some gems actually this is my particular favorite pieces is this little thing here isn't that fabulous it's still got all of the receipts and the stamps and everything in it yeah right okay okay oh yeah I'm gonna go okay step step onto the tail lifter oh my fingers yeah we're good yeah okay and you're done and down excellent I like that let's look closed unbelievable it's just like time capsule got a little Museum here yeah do we sell it as a complete unit or do we break it up it's worth a hell of a lot more money it's broken up that's a complete unit oh do you think yep it's a big onload for the team but Drew has some good news and I mentioned it to a very well-known Chef that we do a lot with and uh he's interested in the entire thing the whole thing so we're just going to put it roughly together and and then fire him off a couple of photographs see if there's any interest go back to this one's level without one of it so you can sort of I'll do it right now see if those units will go together somehow on the top there 'd have been an infield piece between them so that's the end yeah is that every single bit no there's more bits everywhere I love the counters actually there's another door just give it a general wipe and then we can photograph it this is good because I couldn't see it when it was in situ it's just there was nothing there so to see what we've got it's not bad at all and it adds up to quite a lot so I'll whiz these photographs off to our guy see if he wants it if he does we'll do a deal and ideally sell this room as it is and just spin it get rid of it on to the next one shot the way for a second guys I just want to just get a quick photograph of the whole thing [Music] foreign [Music]

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Length: 465min 57sec (27957 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 16 2022