0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06What about that?
0:00:06 > 0:00:09..with £200 each, a classic car
0:00:09 > 0:00:11and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Can I buy everything here?
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Feeling a little SAW.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20This is going to be an epic battle.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- The honeymoon is over.- I'm sorry.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40On this road trip, we're on the very last leg of our journey
0:00:40 > 0:00:44with auctioneers and awfully good pals Paul Laidlaw and Anita Manning.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- Oh, Paul, it's been such a great time with you.- It's been a giggle.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Anita's a glorious Glasgow girl with an eye for finery
0:00:51 > 0:00:54and a talent for turning a profit.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57I've just laughed all the way to the bank.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Ever the professionals, you and I.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03While Paul's a gimlet-eyed Carlisle chappy,
0:01:03 > 0:01:09whose vast knowledge and passion for militaria marks him as one of the trip's toughest contenders.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12We can't be too unhappy with the items that we bought,
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- we fell in love with all these things.- Yeah.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17We made a couple of bob on them.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21So far in this trip, they've each won two legs...
0:01:21 > 0:01:24- Are you happy?- I am happy.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29..meaning that this final auction could be anyone's.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31They both started with £200.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36Paul's now traded up to a healthy budget of £344.99
0:01:36 > 0:01:42while Anita's still a hair ahead of him holding £389.20 cash -
0:01:42 > 0:01:47that's less than £50 in it and everything to play for.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51I think we've acquitted ourselves well enough, have we not?
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Today, they're driving a delightful little
0:01:53 > 0:01:551957 Morris Minor 1000 Traveller.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58The car was manufactured before seat belts were mandatory
0:01:58 > 0:01:59so it's legal to drive without.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05We've got one more batch of shops to do.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Indeed you have. On this grand road trip, they've clocked up
0:02:10 > 0:02:13more than 1,000 miles from Ford in Northumberland
0:02:13 > 0:02:15criss-crossing England's ancient shires
0:02:15 > 0:02:18to end in Stamford in Lincolnshire.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21On this final leg, they'll begin in Norwich -
0:02:21 > 0:02:24indeed, aiming for auction at Stamford.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27And look, the sun's coming out, Paul.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28How lovely.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31They're just arriving in Norwich, a city with a proud
0:02:31 > 0:02:36and ancient history - as their first stop of the morning attests.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39St Andrew's and Blackfriar's Hall is thought to be
0:02:39 > 0:02:42the most complete surviving medieval friary complex in England.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Nowadays, it's an event venue
0:02:44 > 0:02:48and today host to Norwich Antiques Market.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Paul, this looks fabulous. - What a venue, eh?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- We're going to have fun.- You reckon?
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- But who's going to have the most fun?- I'll race you.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58I can't wait to find out.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00This is a busy, regular antiques fair
0:03:00 > 0:03:03which attracts more than 100 dealers.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Paul, this is a busy old place. - It's mobbed.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Yeah, we're going to have to fight for bargains.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- You go that way, I'll go this way. - Good luck!
0:03:11 > 0:03:12And they're off.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Paul is really in his element this morning.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Welcome to my geek world.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29I'm glad you're enjoying yourself.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Looks like he's found something.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38May I see the watch chain, please?
0:03:38 > 0:03:43Ah, look at that. That is massive and it looks really substantial.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46It looks like you could kill somebody with it in all honesty.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49But you won't, will you?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53It's a Victorian silver chain for a fob watch.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55He's also found another Victorian gentleman's item -
0:03:55 > 0:03:59an ornate, white metal buckle for a shoe or belt.
0:04:03 > 0:04:08So, watch chain and buckle - can I squeeze you any more?
0:04:08 > 0:04:09It's more than I want to pay.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12You're going to try and squeeze a bit, Paul.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15- £48, how's that?- Oh, small steps, small steps.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- I want to shake your hand...- Yeah?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20..but it wants to be 40 quid, I'm afraid.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25Make it 45 and that's it.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27- You're a good man.- Cheers. - Deal's done, thank you.- Bye-bye.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29I'll give you some money.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Have we got money?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Yes, you have. There it is.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35Meanwhile, true to form,
0:04:35 > 0:04:39Anita's glad-handing her way through the crowds.
0:04:39 > 0:04:44- Nice to see you.- How lovely to meet you.- Everything looks so lovely.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Ah, thank you very much, thank you.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50If you've quite finished greeting your public, Anita.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Oh, what's she spotted?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53This is a lovely thing, is this silver?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55I think it's Italian, continental.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- Is that expensive? - It's 120.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- Uh-huh. Not dear, is it? - Not really, it's not, no.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07What's the very best that dealer John could do?
0:05:07 > 0:05:11- It's not 95...- 105.- 105.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- Could you do 100 on it? For an immediate sale.- Yes.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Right, OK, that's lovely. Thank you very much.- OK, that's great.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Well, she's spent big on her first lot -
0:05:24 > 0:05:27bravely done when one buy can make or break this game -
0:05:27 > 0:05:30and she's rummaging on through this fair's many stalls.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Meanwhile, Paul's like a proverbial child in the sweetshop in here
0:05:34 > 0:05:37and he's soon spied something else he likes.
0:05:37 > 0:05:42In this tiny little strip-sealed bag is a compass.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- You see that?- Only just.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48North, clearly - that-a-way.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Home.
0:05:49 > 0:05:55The tiny compass is a World War II item, probably issued to RAF airmen.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59This is escape and evasion equipment.
0:05:59 > 0:06:04If we end up bailing out, shot down over enemy territory, captured -
0:06:04 > 0:06:07we've got something that we could maybe conceal,
0:06:07 > 0:06:13we've got a little tool that might just get us back to Blighty safely.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Good story, yeah? I love this stuff.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18It really taps into Paul's love of militaria.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Ticket price is £20 -
0:06:20 > 0:06:23best have a word with the friendly dealer, I reckon.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- How are you doing? - Very well, thank you, sir.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Can you work wonders on that or not?
0:06:28 > 0:06:3016?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I'm going to offer you a tenner expecting you not to take it
0:06:33 > 0:06:35but hoping that 16 is not going to be where we end up.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Give me 12 quid, real 12 quid.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40- 14 and we've got a deal. - OK, good man.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Another deal struck at £14.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47Now he's got the scent of wartime items in his nostrils.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Here we have an ashtray. Now, I'm not generally drawn to ashtrays.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54However, very - I'm familiar with this piece -
0:06:54 > 0:06:56very nicely decorated here.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59It's another Second World War piece,
0:06:59 > 0:07:02commemorating the units of the Allied Tactical Air Force.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05And it's a commemorative piece,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08bearing the insignia of the various units.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11There's an RAF roundel in there, for example, American Air Force
0:07:11 > 0:07:14insignia - the units that made up the Tactical Air Force.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18If you own an RAF escape compass
0:07:18 > 0:07:20and you're trying to sex it up with something else
0:07:20 > 0:07:22to stick into auction, then it might be of interest to you as well.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Indeed it might.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Paul's keen to add it to his compass to build a job lot,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30so dealer Owen can expect a visit.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- Hello there, how're you doing? This is yours, is it?- It is.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Yeah.- All right.- But I'm hoping to God
0:07:35 > 0:07:37you can do something on that price.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I'll do a very special price of a tenner.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45Oh, good, you're a good man. And at a tenner, you've got a deal.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- Thank you very much.- Easy-peasy.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Another item bagged and he's also remembered another aviation-related
0:07:51 > 0:07:55trinket he saw earlier that he might add to the lot. Back to the
0:07:55 > 0:07:59same dealer from which he bought the chain and buckle he goes.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04- I'm back.- Back again. - You're an antiques magnet for me.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- You had sweetheart brooches, an RAF one.- Yep.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09- There you go.- There we go.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12It's a little sweetheart brooch that would have been worn for luck
0:08:12 > 0:08:17by the lady friend of an RAF pilot during the Second World War.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Not expensive, I would hope? - Nope, five pound.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22I'll take it, good man.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25He takes the sweetheart brooch for £5, giving him three items
0:08:25 > 0:08:29in a job lot of World War II-related Air Force objects -
0:08:29 > 0:08:33as well as his watch chain and buckle in a separate lot.
0:08:33 > 0:08:39He's spent £74 so far - wow.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Now, what's Anita been up to?
0:08:42 > 0:08:46Hello, tell me a bit about these, these are fabulous.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50She's happened upon some necklaces dating from the 1920s.
0:08:50 > 0:08:55But what I like about it is the age and the style.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58We don't have precious jewels but what we have is a bit of style
0:08:58 > 0:09:01and I was wondering if I maybe got a wee group together...
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- Yeah, no worries.- ..you could give me a deal on that?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Yeah, yeah, no worries.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09She's assembled a group of three of the costume jewellery necklaces
0:09:09 > 0:09:11but what will she offer dealer Mark?
0:09:11 > 0:09:14In auction I'd be putting them in at...
0:09:14 > 0:09:19that group at 15-20, 15-25.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- Yeah.- That's what I would be putting them in at.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Could I be buying these in that region?
0:09:25 > 0:09:28- 16 the lot.- 16 the lot?
0:09:28 > 0:09:30- That's good, thank you very much.- OK, cool.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32That's fine, that's OK. Good luck.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Spiffing - a generous deal from Mark means she's bagged
0:09:35 > 0:09:40the jazz-age baubles as well and spent £116 so far.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Now, after his epic buying spree this morning Paul's hopped
0:09:45 > 0:09:49back in the car and is motoring towards the environs of
0:09:49 > 0:09:52the Norfolk village of Forncett St Peter.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55He's heading for the Norfolk Tank Museum,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57an independent museum that showcases the incredible collection
0:09:57 > 0:10:02amassed by a man who might be even more heavily into military history
0:10:02 > 0:10:06than Paul - crikey. Now that takes some doing.
0:10:06 > 0:10:11Who on Earth has a collection of tanks, I ask you?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Why, owner Stephen MacHaye does, Paul.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Is it Stephen?- Yes, it is. - Good to see you.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Tanks were first widely used on the battlefield in World War I
0:10:21 > 0:10:23and armoured fighting vehicles like these -
0:10:23 > 0:10:27designed for the harsh rigours of frontline combat -
0:10:27 > 0:10:29were instrumental in changing the nature of warfare
0:10:29 > 0:10:32throughout the 20th century.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Stephen's extraordinary personal collection of tanks,
0:10:34 > 0:10:37armoured vehicles and heavy artillery is on display here,
0:10:37 > 0:10:42at his home - a farm that's been in his family since the 1950s.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Wow. How many do you have?
0:10:44 > 0:10:48There's about 20 on site now, going from full, main battle tank
0:10:48 > 0:10:50down to small armoured cars.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Wow.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55Stephen's built up his collection by restoring retired tanks
0:10:55 > 0:10:57to working order by himself.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00You're an engineer, clearly - cos you say you restore these.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02No, I'm all self-taught.
0:11:02 > 0:11:09Yep, just a love of history, love of engineering and just tinkering.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Wow. Well I always say about antiques and the things that I love
0:11:13 > 0:11:16- that they transport you... - Yes, absolutely.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18..but your toys actually do transport!
0:11:18 > 0:11:20They certainly do.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23And then what do you do with them, drive round the garden or what?
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Have done in the past, took 'em to shopping, Tesco's.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28PAUL LAUGHS Parking might be easy -
0:11:28 > 0:11:31well, difficult or easy depending how brutal you're prepared to be.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34Easy.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38Stephen's private collection opened as a museum for the general public
0:11:38 > 0:11:42a few years ago but Stephen's love of tanks and heavy artillery
0:11:42 > 0:11:44was originally sparked by hearing tales
0:11:44 > 0:11:48of his grandfather's wartime service - not in the Second World War, but the First.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Then when the tanks appeared on the battlefield,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55he must have had a love of engineering like myself,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58he saw these massive beasts coming across the battlefield
0:11:58 > 0:12:00and thought, "That's where I want to go."
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Ended up driving the First World War tanks.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06This love of tanks has certainly passed down the generations.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10- What's the first one you bought? - First tank was this one.- This is it?
0:12:10 > 0:12:11Yes, it is, yes.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16Yeah, bought this 20-odd years ago, not in this condition.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Spent 18 months, lovingly restored it,
0:12:19 > 0:12:21now the pride of a prized collection.
0:12:21 > 0:12:26It's a Saladin Armoured Scout Car which was owned by the British Army.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28The Saladin was widely used around the globe
0:12:28 > 0:12:33and manufactured from 1958 until the late 1970s.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36This is one of the very earliest produced.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40- British Army, 1959 this particular vehicle was built.- Right.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Served up until the early '80s.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47It saw service in many of the British Army's areas of operation.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49- She's been to Aden, she's been to Cyprus...- Yeah.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52..done the Middle East tour, she's done Northern Ireland...
0:12:52 > 0:12:53- Fantastic vehicle.- Yeah.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58They're just fascinating, there's nothing out there built like them.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02Stephen's collection also extends to heavy artillery.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Oh, absolutely, yeah. German artillery pieces, Second World War.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- You're kidding - seriously? - Yeah, yeah.- Show me some artillery.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Paul's luck really is in today.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16Stephen - what, aside from the obvious, is that?
0:13:16 > 0:13:20It's a German FH 15 150mm Howitzer.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22The Howitzer's an artillery piece
0:13:22 > 0:13:27- designed for lobbing shells at the enemy.- OK. And a towable piece,
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- a manoeuvrable piece from battlefield to battlefield.- Yes, yeah.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34This example dates from the period just before the Second World War.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37They were actually produced around about 1934,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39- when Hitler first come to power.- Right.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41And he was trying to disguise what he was producing
0:13:41 > 0:13:45by making them look like First World War artillery pieces.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Agreements forged at the end of the First World War
0:13:48 > 0:13:51prohibited Germany from rebuilding its national arms
0:13:51 > 0:13:55so the Fuhrer had these new guns designed this way
0:13:55 > 0:13:58so that they could be disguised as existing weaponry.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00They were pressed into service when war broke out.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03These particular guns were actually on the Eastern Front,
0:14:03 > 0:14:05fighting against Russia, captured by the Russians
0:14:05 > 0:14:08and then used against the Germans for the rest of the war.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10My word, so where did this turn up?
0:14:10 > 0:14:13It came over from Russia in the mid-'80s.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- Oh, so it stayed in Russia...- Yep.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18- ..till someone brought it back?- Yep.
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Astonishing.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21It's a real piece of military history
0:14:21 > 0:14:24but Stephen's got one last surprise for Paul
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and I think he's going to be delighted.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29There's somebody in there.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32I know, this is Richard. He's going to give us a ride around in the vehicle.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35They're going for a spin in the Saladin.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Wa-hey. Whoa - it's a big drop in there.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39- RICHARD:- It is. Are you OK to climb in?
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Yeah, I'll give it a go.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Right then. Richard.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53- It does feel a bit good, doesn't it?- Oh, yeah.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55- It's just got to be done. - I think it has.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59I've never seen him so delighted.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01How big a telescope have you got?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- It's Manning I'm looking for. - Sorry?
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Somewhere in the region of Norwich, I'm looking for Anita Manning.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11- Yes.- We're - how powerful's the gun sight on this?
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Onwards!
0:15:12 > 0:15:16I can see you're going to be in there for a while.
0:15:16 > 0:15:17We'll leave you to it.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Meanwhile, Anita's still back in Norwich and well out of range -
0:15:22 > 0:15:24thankfully.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26She's heading for Treasure Chest Antiques
0:15:26 > 0:15:29where dealer Pasquale is ready to greet her.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- Hello.- Hello, I'm Anita.- How are you? Pleased to meet you, Anita.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- Oh, it's absolutely...- Welcome to the Treasure Chest.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Anita's up to her old tricks.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42I've already bought some jewellery
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and I shouldn't really be poring over the jewellery cabinets
0:15:45 > 0:15:46but I can't help it.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50I've still got quite a lot of money to spend but I'm going to
0:15:50 > 0:15:56have a good look, take my time and just go with the flow.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Groovy, Anita.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03SHE ROARS
0:16:05 > 0:16:07It never takes her long.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Pasquale?- Yes.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12- What can I do, Anita?- I love this little cabinet.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Oh, you like this one, do you, yes?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- Well I love the things in it.- Oh.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16- Yeah.- I'll get the key for you.
0:16:16 > 0:16:17I know this is a bit obvious
0:16:17 > 0:16:20but guess the thing that I like in there.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25- How did you know?- That one?- Yeah, that's such a sweet wee thing.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27I know your taste.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28It's a child's sporran,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31a traditional part of Scottish Highland dress.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34It's probably made of cowhide and has a ticket price of £55.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38It's the thing that he would wear on his kilt to keep his, er,
0:16:38 > 0:16:39thruppence and sixpence in.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- Sixpences, yes?- Yeah, and it's a nice wee thing.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45- Quite nice condition, too.- I think that's quite sweet.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48I don't think it's a Victorian one.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- Right.- I think that it's later. - Later, yes.- Yeah, a wee bit later.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55But it's still quite nice.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Dealer Sally owns it and will be summonsed.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Sally?
0:17:00 > 0:17:01Oh, hi, Sally.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06Selling it in auction and looking to buy it for round about...
0:17:07 > 0:17:10£20-25. Are we -
0:17:10 > 0:17:13is it possible to, to be...
0:17:14 > 0:17:17- Yeah, I think we could do that. - We could do that?
0:17:17 > 0:17:19We can have a deal on that. 25?
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- Ah, let's go for it, let's go for it.- Yeah.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- Thank you very much, that's smashing.- Thank you.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I reckon you're on a winner there.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29A better-than-half-price deal, thanks to Sally -
0:17:29 > 0:17:33but Anita's magpie eyes soon alight on another trinket
0:17:33 > 0:17:36with just a little bit of Caledonian flavour,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38this one belonging to dealer Jules.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- Excuse me. Oh, hi. - Hello, I'm Anita.- Hi, Anita.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46The thing that took my eye was this little brooch here
0:17:46 > 0:17:52and it's a wee golfing bag and of course I come from Scotland
0:17:52 > 0:17:55and Scotland is the home of golf.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58Ticket price on the golfing-themed brooch is £65.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02- I'm not sure of the age of it, Jules, but I do like it.- OK.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- I'd like to have a go at it...- Mm-hmm.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09..but I don't want to take a chance on it at a very big price.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Is there a rock-bottom price that you could...
0:18:15 > 0:18:16I tell you what.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Being as it's you, I will let you have it for what I paid for it -
0:18:20 > 0:18:21how's that?
0:18:21 > 0:18:23It depends on what you paid for it!
0:18:23 > 0:18:25- SCOTTISH ACCENT: 30. - Oh, 30.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28£30, yes.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Have you been practising that?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33You've gone a bit Scottish, Jules. It's catching.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35OK, let's go at it for £30, thank you very much.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38That's lovely, it's a pleasure. Thank you.
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Deal done and she's bagged another two items for a total of £55.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44And with that they've reached the end
0:18:44 > 0:18:48of an incredibly industrious first day so, nighty-night.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53The morning greets them, as is traditional,
0:18:53 > 0:18:57back in the car and bounding onwards towards more bargains.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00The skies are a wee bit grey but there is -
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- we're happy, we've got a couple of quid to spend.- Yeah.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08So far Paul's bought the silver fob watch chain
0:19:08 > 0:19:10and Victorian white metal buckle
0:19:10 > 0:19:12and the job lot of Air Force items.
0:19:12 > 0:19:18He's spent £74, leaving him £270.99 for the day ahead.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23While Anita's picked up the continental silver bowl,
0:19:23 > 0:19:25the three 1920s necklaces,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28the brooch on a golfing theme
0:19:28 > 0:19:30and the child's sporran.
0:19:30 > 0:19:37She's spent £171, leaving her £218.20 in her purse this morning.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39Hey, this is it. This is our last shopping day.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- This is our last shopping day.- Oof.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43It is indeed.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45They're still in Norwich this morning
0:19:45 > 0:19:47and Anita's dropping Paul off.
0:19:47 > 0:19:52- Well.- Good luck, darling. - Enjoy yourself.- Yeah.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57And... I don't know when I'll see you! Look after yourself.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00He's heading off into Looses Emporium
0:20:00 > 0:20:04where he's promised a jolly good morning's browse.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Afore long, he's come across a very sizeable item
0:20:17 > 0:20:19he'd like to discuss with dealer, Vince.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Just utterly charming if you've got the right room to pack that in.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- Fantastic.- It is rather amazing, isn't it?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31It's a travelling trunk, bound in cowskin with brass studs
0:20:31 > 0:20:35and containing two oak stands that it would sit on.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37- Oh, I see.- Sits on them.- Yeah, yeah.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42- Just raised off the ground. - Not unattractive, really.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Ticket price is £120.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47But it's a long way off for me.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Well, it depends how long is a long, long way.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51I'll tell you what, if you want it here and now,
0:20:51 > 0:20:5380 quid.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55It' a good price. You must be tempted, Paul.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Age wise, I would date this
0:20:58 > 0:21:01to the first half of the 19th century.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04That's 150-200 years old.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Ta-dah! Quite good, yeah.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Sounds like you're talking yourself round.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- I'm back.- You're back?
0:21:11 > 0:21:14- The...travelling trunk.- Yes.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17- Got a deal?- £80. Really happy with that.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Thank you.- He strikes that deal at £80.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24A bold buy when he and Anita are vying so closely for victory.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Let's hope it pays off.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Now, Paul's trunk may have some venerable age to it,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33but today Anita is going to see some objects
0:21:33 > 0:21:35which are a little older than that.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38She's heading for Norwich Castle Museum where she is going to explore
0:21:38 > 0:21:43their extraordinary collection of ancient Egyptian treasures,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45some more than 4,000 years old
0:21:45 > 0:21:47and still yielding their secrets today.
0:21:49 > 0:21:53She's meeting curator of the Egyptian gallery, Faye Kalloniatis.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- Hi, I'm Anita.- Hello, lovely to meet you.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I'm so excited to be at Norwich Castle.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02Well, I'm excited to have you here, so welcome to the castle.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Norwich might not be the place you would expect to find
0:22:05 > 0:22:09the treasures of the Nile, but the museum here at Norwich Castle
0:22:09 > 0:22:13holds an enviable collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts
0:22:13 > 0:22:17from funerary objects to the remains of the Egyptians themselves.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20The backbone of the collection is here thanks to the efforts
0:22:20 > 0:22:23of Victorian travellers who amassed Egyptian objects
0:22:23 > 0:22:25and later donated them to the museum.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29They show how 19th-century Britain was gripped by a fascination
0:22:29 > 0:22:30with ancient Egypt,
0:22:30 > 0:22:34even going so far as to stage public unwrappings of mummies.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38This phenomenon became known as Egyptomania.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41And "mania" is a really good word to describe it
0:22:41 > 0:22:45because people just love the thought of Egypt.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48It was something that was exotic, it was unknown,
0:22:48 > 0:22:50and one of the outcomes of that
0:22:50 > 0:22:53was that there were people who travelled to Egypt.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54If you travelled in Egypt,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57generally that meant you had a deep pocket,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00which meant that you would buy artefacts.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04They brought artefacts and then just brought them back here to Britain.
0:23:04 > 0:23:09So there would be little collections built-up throughout the country?
0:23:09 > 0:23:13One of these wealthy collectors was Jeremiah Colman,
0:23:13 > 0:23:17head of the prominent Norfolk family that owned Colman's Mustard.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Fay's taking Anita to learn a bit more about Colman
0:23:20 > 0:23:23and the extraordinary objects he gifted to the museum.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27Jeremiah Colman travel to Egypt because his son Alan
0:23:27 > 0:23:31had consumption and had been advised to go there for the arid climate.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Jeremiah, together with his daughters, went to Egypt
0:23:34 > 0:23:38in order to be with their son and eventually they got to Luxor
0:23:38 > 0:23:42and it was at that time that all the objects which Jeremiah bought
0:23:42 > 0:23:44were bought, there in Luxor.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Sadly, Alan died of consumption in Egypt,
0:23:47 > 0:23:49but while in the country,
0:23:49 > 0:23:52his father Jeremiah amassed a large number of ancient artefacts.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56The whole collection, their Egypt collection,
0:23:56 > 0:24:00was bought within a very short period of time.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03Absolutely. There were over 250 objects
0:24:03 > 0:24:05and they bought them within a week.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09He did have the whole collection catalogued and you can see it here.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12He had this specially bound leather book
0:24:12 > 0:24:16and it's a catalogue of all of the objects that he bought in Egypt.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19And you can see here, it says "Curios from Egypt."
0:24:19 > 0:24:22So here, all the objects have been numbered
0:24:22 > 0:24:27and the very first object is the ancient Egyptian granary
0:24:27 > 0:24:30and in fact we have this ancient Egyptian granary
0:24:30 > 0:24:32and here it is here.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It's what's called a model granary,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37but what it meant by that is that it was made specifically
0:24:37 > 0:24:39to be buried with the dead.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Extraordinarily, the model granary is around 4,000 years old.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45According to Egyptian religious law,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48burying it with the dead would allow the deceased
0:24:48 > 0:24:51plentiful access to grain in the afterlife.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54It meant that you had a grain...you had a store of grain
0:24:54 > 0:24:56and grain of course was for bread,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59but even more importantly for beer.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02And I see that there's some wonderful painting,
0:25:02 > 0:25:03original painting.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06So here is the tomb owner relaxing.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08That's him in his afterlife.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- This is a wonderful piece.- It is.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12And in fact it's a very rare piece
0:25:12 > 0:25:16because normally these models were made out of wood.
0:25:16 > 0:25:21Colman's collection includes something even more extraordinary.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25This one is about 3,500 years old.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26Tell me about this thing.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Well, the other thing that Jeremiah collected
0:25:30 > 0:25:35was a shoe box with, er,
0:25:35 > 0:25:37crumpled linen inside it.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41And it wasn't until a few years ago that we had this conserved
0:25:41 > 0:25:44and in conserving it, it's opened up to this.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48And it's turned out to be a rare Egyptian shroud.
0:25:49 > 0:25:55It is only one of about 30 known worldwide,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57so it is a very rare piece indeed.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59And we have all these hieroglyphs here.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02I can see a wee scarab beetle there.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04They were just verses or spells
0:26:04 > 0:26:06which came from the Book Of The Dead.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11The Book Of The Dead was a series of prayers, incantations,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15instructions and so on in order to help the deceased.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20It was really kind of a passport, if you like, to the afterlife.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22This truly is a priceless item.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25It is interesting that these things should be housed
0:26:25 > 0:26:28in this museum in Norfolk.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33We're very lucky that 19th-century travellers made these travels
0:26:33 > 0:26:36and bought these objects and then finally, also,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38donated them to museums.
0:26:38 > 0:26:39Indeed we are.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Faye, it has been an absolutely fascinating journey back to
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Egypt with you.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48- Thank you very, very much. - It's been a pleasure. Thank you.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Now, Paul's still on the hunt for bargains in Norwich Lanes.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57He's heading into St Gregory's Antiques And Collectables,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00a large antique centre attractively housed
0:27:00 > 0:27:03within a 14th century former church.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Paul's nose for military items is twitching once again.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Well, you can imagine
0:27:18 > 0:27:21how many sets of spurs there are in the world.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25These are 1918-dated
0:27:25 > 0:27:29and British cavalry issue.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32That's evocative, is it not?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33It is indeed.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35A set of British Army cavalry spurs
0:27:35 > 0:27:39dating from the First World War. And Paul's quite taken with them.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41On the ticket is £28.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Dealer Graham is on hand today
0:27:43 > 0:27:47and will call the person who owns spurs for their best price.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48Giddy-up!
0:27:48 > 0:27:52- 20 is going to be the best. - 20 is it? 20 it is then.- Magic.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Thank you very much.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56Another deal clinched. And he's wandering on.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Meanwhile, Anita's in the car and heading to the town of Wymondham.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Wymondham is a historic Norfolk market town of note
0:28:06 > 0:28:10as its handsome 17th-century market cross shows.
0:28:11 > 0:28:15Anita's strolling off into the aptly named Market Cross Antiques,
0:28:15 > 0:28:17where dealer David's ready to greet her.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20- I'm Anita.- David.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22- Oh, what a lovely shop! - Thank you.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25It's like walking into another world.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28Better scour this new world for bargains then, Anita.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Ah, she's onto something already.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Quite an interesting wee lot that I've found tucked under
0:28:37 > 0:28:41this piece of furniture.
0:28:41 > 0:28:44It's a quantity of music rolls.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Now these would have been used for a piano.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53The late 19th and early 20th century,
0:28:53 > 0:28:57you didn't have television, you didn't have a radio
0:28:57 > 0:29:00and people got together in their sitting rooms
0:29:00 > 0:29:02with their old joanna.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06The rolls would play in a Pianola or self-playing piano.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08There's no ticket price on them.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10But they would put on these rolls,
0:29:12 > 0:29:16wind it up and the piano would play a tune by itself.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18I think that's a wee find.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21That is one potential buy.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22And elsewhere...
0:29:22 > 0:29:26I quite like this wee cabinet. It's a sweet little thing.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29It's made of pine, so it's not a fine piece of furniture,
0:29:29 > 0:29:35but what I like about it is, as well as a simplicity of the design,
0:29:35 > 0:29:39it's decorated with these straps of copper
0:29:39 > 0:29:42which are in the Art Nouveau style.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Always a fan of anything in the sinuous Art Nouveau style,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Anita's keen on that and the Pianola rolls.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Time to buttonhole dealer David.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54David, it's so hard to make a choice in here.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56It's hard to make a choice.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58I've seen a couple of things that I like.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01What could David do on the Pianola rolls?
0:30:01 > 0:30:04How does £15 sound for the whole lot?
0:30:04 > 0:30:07For the whole lot? I'm happy with that, that's great.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09What's the best you can do on the cabinet?
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Absolute best? Well, if we said 18.
0:30:11 > 0:30:14Can you go to 15 on that?
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- 15?- Yeah, go on.- All right!
0:30:18 > 0:30:20That's a deal on both of them. Thank you very much, David.
0:30:20 > 0:30:21You're welcome.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24£30 total for the lot. Smashing!
0:30:25 > 0:30:28Now, Paul has moved on to the town of Watton
0:30:28 > 0:30:31where he's heading for one last shop.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34RetroRecyclers and dealer Barney.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- You look like a welcoming party. - Hello, Paul.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- How you doing. Is it Barney? - Barney, yes.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- Good to see you. Is there treasure in here for me?- Lots of it.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45There certainly is in this vast antique centre.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Paul's combing over the stock in his usual thorough fashion.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52And his diligence looks to pay off.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54OK, good!
0:30:55 > 0:30:58Not trying overly hard to sell this.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02I've always been interested in antique and vintage technology
0:31:02 > 0:31:04and domestic bygones.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06What you reckon that is?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08That is the forerunner...
0:31:10 > 0:31:13..of your electric vacuum cleaner.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16This is, um, just a whopping great syringe,
0:31:16 > 0:31:18to be honest with you.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21This is Reeves Pneumatic Broom.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23The Reeves Vacuum Cleaner Co made it.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26They were based Victoria street, London.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29And the patent was granted for this technology
0:31:29 > 0:31:33July 29, 1913. 1913!
0:31:33 > 0:31:37Although a patent was issued for the first electric vacuum cleaner
0:31:37 > 0:31:40in the USA in 1908,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43these costly machines didn't pass into common usage here
0:31:43 > 0:31:44until later decades.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47Ticket price on the pneumatic broom is £25.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51This price is really, really reasonable.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54But I do consider it only a starting point because,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57frankly, it was buried next to the skirting board, underneath a shelf!
0:31:57 > 0:31:59I think we go in and make an offer.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02It will be the only one in the sale room.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Of that, we can be sure.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Oh, you've found something then, have you?
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Would you believe it?
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- But what could Barney do on the price?- What about 18?
0:32:11 > 0:32:14It's going in the right direction. What about a tenner?
0:32:14 > 0:32:16How about 15?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18- Do it 12?- OK, I'll do it for 12.
0:32:18 > 0:32:2112 it is. You're a good man, Barney.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24A staccato haggle and Paul's cleaned up on his last lot.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26Ha-ha.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28And so, they're all brought up.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Paul bought the fob watch chain and white metal buckle,
0:32:31 > 0:32:34the job lot of Air Force items,
0:32:34 > 0:32:36the cowskin trunk,
0:32:36 > 0:32:39the cavalry spurs and the pneumatic broom.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43He spent £186 exactly.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Anita picked up the Continental Silver bowl,
0:32:45 > 0:32:47the three 1920s necklaces,
0:32:47 > 0:32:50which she's putting in a job lot with the golfing brooch,
0:32:50 > 0:32:52then the child's sporran,
0:32:52 > 0:32:54the Pianola rolls
0:32:54 > 0:32:56and the Art Nouveau cabinet.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58She spent £201 on the nose.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02Now that they're all spent up,
0:33:02 > 0:33:04what do they make of each other's buys?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Oh, this is it.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09I'm up against Anita's final offering.
0:33:09 > 0:33:10Sporran's a sweetie,
0:33:10 > 0:33:13um, not a lot of money, only £25 paid.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15There's a little cabinet
0:33:15 > 0:33:17and the Pianola rolls.
0:33:17 > 0:33:21Well, frankly, at the money, how can she go wrong?
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Seriously, I needn't comment on the object,
0:33:23 > 0:33:25because she paid nothing for them!
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Hats off, good purchases.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29So, I think she's in safe territory,
0:33:29 > 0:33:31she's going to be difficult to beat.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32And Anita?
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Paul has been very canny
0:33:34 > 0:33:38in buying that little Royal Air Force group.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39I like the ceramic,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I like the colour in it
0:33:41 > 0:33:43and, of course, I love sweetheart brooches.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46I love that big calfskin trunk, isn't that gorgeous?
0:33:46 > 0:33:49It's blond and it's beautiful.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51I can see that doing over £100.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Dash it! Let the battle commence!
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Indeed.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59On this last leg of their road trip, they began in Norwich
0:33:59 > 0:34:02and are now nearly at auction in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
0:34:02 > 0:34:07Its storeyed streets make an ideal place for their final showdown,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10taking place at Batemans Auctions.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12This is it. The last...
0:34:12 > 0:34:18- The last auction.- That is the finishing post.- Oh! Not quite yet.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Auctioneer David Michael Palmer rules the rostrum today.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25But before the off, what does he make of our pair's lots?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27The lot with the ashtray and I absolutely love the ashtray,
0:34:27 > 0:34:30nice and bright, very much of the period.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31The child's sporran is fun.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34I mean it looks like a load of gerbils that have been killed
0:34:34 > 0:34:35and put on a chain.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39No gerbils have been harmed in the making of that sporran.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Let the auction commence!
0:34:43 > 0:34:47First up, Anita's embossed bowl of Continental Silver.
0:34:47 > 0:34:48Goes on at £20.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51The main bid at 20. 22, at 22, 25, 28.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55At 28, 30, 32. That side at 32, 35, 38, at 38, 40.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00At 40, goes then at 40 and I sell then at £40.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- The bid is here at... 45.- Yes!
0:35:02 > 0:35:05At 50, 55 on the net, 60 in the room,
0:35:05 > 0:35:0765, 70, 75 on the net.
0:35:09 > 0:35:1280, back in the room at 80 now, in the room at 80.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Goes at 80, no-one else at 80...
0:35:15 > 0:35:18I think I got away lightly.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20Some good work from our auctioneer
0:35:20 > 0:35:23means it doesn't lose too badly.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25But Paul's definitely catching up.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28- Oh, I don't know if I can take this. - This could be...
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Now it's Paul's silver fob watch chain
0:35:31 > 0:35:33along with the Victorian white metal buckle.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36£20 then? Come in at 20.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38OK, a tenner?
0:35:38 > 0:35:4110, 10, 12, 15, 18,
0:35:41 > 0:35:4420, 22, 25, 28,
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- 30? 30, 32, 35, 38... - Just keep moving...
0:35:47 > 0:35:4938 here, doorway at 38.
0:35:49 > 0:35:54I sell with you at £38, no-one else at 38?
0:35:54 > 0:35:58That last-minute rally means the loss isn't too stinging.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- Bad luck there, darling. - C'est la vie.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04It's Anita's job lot of 20s necklaces
0:36:04 > 0:36:06and golf-themed brooch next.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08£10 for the beads and the brooches,
0:36:08 > 0:36:105 I'm bid, down here at 5,
0:36:10 > 0:36:14with the lady at 5, I'll take 6 as the next bid.
0:36:14 > 0:36:15Nope? Are you bidding 6?
0:36:15 > 0:36:176 on there, 7, 8, 9,
0:36:17 > 0:36:1910, 12, on the stairs at 12,
0:36:19 > 0:36:20stick with it, madam.
0:36:20 > 0:36:2315, go 15! At 12, with the gentleman at 12,
0:36:23 > 0:36:26each of these items was hand selected.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28By me!
0:36:28 > 0:36:31At 15, I sell standing at £15. You're both on here.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36Standing then at 15, new money at £15.
0:36:36 > 0:36:40- 182.- He...he...- He tried it. - He flogged it.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Our auctioneer is putting the hours in indeed.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Hard luck, Anita.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Anita Manning, where's this going?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Selling on the net at £6.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Don't speak too soon.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54This game could still be anyone's.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Can Paul's job lot of Air Force items see him flying high?
0:36:58 > 0:37:0020 quid?
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Anyone 20? 10 then?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04£10 for this little lot.
0:37:04 > 0:37:0710 I'm bid here. 10, 12, at 12 now, goes at 12.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10- 15, 18, against it at 18... - That's it.
0:37:10 > 0:37:1220, the net at 20.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15At 22, underbidder, have another go, 25,
0:37:15 > 0:37:16is that it, all done?
0:37:16 > 0:37:20At 25 I sell the net, then, at 25.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Sadly, it's not a flyer.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26But there's still everything to play for.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Today's auctioneer liked Anita's little child's sporran.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Will the crowd?
0:37:30 > 0:37:32The sporran, 20 quid. Anyone 20?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34- Yes, go on!- It's got to be worth 20.
0:37:34 > 0:37:3722, 25, it's with the net at 25.
0:37:37 > 0:37:38Anyone else in the room?
0:37:38 > 0:37:41It's your sort of thing, sir! It really is your sort of thing.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44At 25, I'm selling here on the net at 25. No-one else?
0:37:44 > 0:37:48Done and finished then at 25.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Ah, well.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52That's the best result of the day so far, isn't it?
0:37:53 > 0:37:55We're keeping in to break even.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57It breaks even indeed.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Now it is Paul's sizeable cowskin trunk.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Will a big item mean a big profit?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Come in at 50 quid. 50 I'm bid,
0:38:04 > 0:38:08- 50, 55, 60, 65...- It's running. - 70, 75, 80...- It should.
0:38:08 > 0:38:1085, at 85 now, down then at 85,
0:38:10 > 0:38:1290, 95, 100 I've got.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- Hey, Paul, you're going...- 110...
0:38:15 > 0:38:17At £110 now.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Is that it? I sell at 110.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22At £110, no-one else?
0:38:22 > 0:38:27All done at 110. Net, nothing on you.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30Excellent. A nice profit for Paul.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- How the hell did I get a profit? - Well done.- Take it.- Well done.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36That was a good spend.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Anita's cabinet in the Art Nouveau style is up next.
0:38:39 > 0:38:4110 I'm bid, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20,
0:38:41 > 0:38:43down here at £20, seated at 20,
0:38:43 > 0:38:46in the middle of the seats at 20, 22, 25,
0:38:46 > 0:38:47in the room at 25 now.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50At 25, 28, 30 off you. Oh, come on!
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- 30, the lady at 30,- Yes. His wife said yes.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Sold the lady at 30. Take 2 again, 32, 35.
0:38:56 > 0:38:5835, 35, the lady at 35.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01With the lady at 35, 38, 40, madam.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Yes.
0:39:03 > 0:39:0640, at 40, back at 40, take the 5? No, you are out.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10- At 40, do you want to bid against her, sir? - LAUGHTER
0:39:10 > 0:39:12At 40, sell then at £40.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15- Yes!- Well done.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Another healthy profit and this race is nearly neck and neck.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Now we're back on the boil, Anita Manning.
0:39:22 > 0:39:28So can Paul's spurs...spur him to further success?
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Anyone 10? 10 here. 10?
0:39:31 > 0:39:33Is that it? At 10? Take 2?
0:39:33 > 0:39:3612, 15, here at 15.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37This side at £15.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40All done at £15.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Goes at £15.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47Oh! He's done really well there, no luck.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49That's sore.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53An unfortunate loss, but again a small one.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Now it's Anita's last lot.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Any self-playing piano enthusiasts out there?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Pound apiece. 17 quid, come in at £17?
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Anyone 17? Tenner then?
0:40:03 > 0:40:05£10? Has anyone got a Pianola at home?
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Could you put your hand up, please, and identify yourself?
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- And we'll take your bid. - That old trick.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Fiver then?
0:40:12 > 0:40:165 on the net, the net at 5. And I sell at £5.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Is that it at a fiver? 6 net. Who's at 6?
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Sell then at 6.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Done then at 6, all done at 6.
0:40:23 > 0:40:27- 7, at 7 now.- £7!
0:40:27 > 0:40:30At 8. I'm selling at 8 then.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Done at £8, no-one else?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35All done at 8, goes at 8.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Oh, Anita Manning!
0:40:37 > 0:40:39This is going to be pretty close.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43We've sold 50 lots in five auctions.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47There's nothing in it and it is hanging on Reeves Pneumatic Broom!
0:40:50 > 0:40:53This is indeed the situation in which we find ourselves, Paul.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56The bid's at 5, 5, 6,
0:40:56 > 0:40:57is that it at 6?
0:40:57 > 0:40:59All done at 6?
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- Oh!- 7, the net at 7, 8, at 8 now,
0:41:02 > 0:41:049, 10...
0:41:04 > 0:41:06we're in at 10. At £10.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Cheap! It's cheap!
0:41:08 > 0:41:11At 10... It is cheap, I agree, it's cheap.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14This would make an ideal Christmas present for somebody.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- There could be...- If they want a divorce.- ..power cuts!
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Sell at a tenner. Finished and done at £10. No-one else?
0:41:20 > 0:41:22All done at ten. Is that it?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Done and finished then at £10.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Hysteria all-round in the sale room,
0:41:30 > 0:41:32but it's a photo finish to see who's won.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34I think that's it.
0:41:34 > 0:41:35£2 in it.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38Anita Manning, this has been some trip.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41I don't believe this.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44I don't believe it.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Paul started this leg with £344.99.
0:41:48 > 0:41:49After auction costs,
0:41:49 > 0:41:51he made a loss of £23.64
0:41:51 > 0:41:55so ends this trip with £321.35.
0:41:57 > 0:42:02While Anita began with £389.20.
0:42:02 > 0:42:06After costs, she made a loss of £63.24.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09So although she loses this battle, she still wins the war,
0:42:09 > 0:42:11ending with £325.96
0:42:12 > 0:42:16and besting Paul by a mere £4.61.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Wow! All profits go to Children In Need.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22That was the most exciting end.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24It was fabulous.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27What a wonderful end to the most sweet trip.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Thanks of the companionship and the journey.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32MUSIC: It's Got To Be Perfect by Fairground Attraction
0:42:32 > 0:42:34What a lovely pair you do make.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35# To play silly games. #
0:42:35 > 0:42:38This really has been a near-perfect partnership,
0:42:38 > 0:42:41full of the fun, frolics and fancy goods the road trip can offer.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44# I won't do that again.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49# It's got to be
0:42:49 > 0:42:53- # Perfect. # - They've compared notes... - Does my bum look big in this hat?
0:42:53 > 0:42:56# It's got to be
0:42:56 > 0:42:58- # Worth it... # - ..shared jokes.
0:42:58 > 0:43:01LOUDSPEAKER SQUEAKS Jimi Hendrix has entered the building.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03# Too many people take second best... #
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Yeah, perfect working order.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08And really had a grand old time on the road.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10# Yeah
0:43:10 > 0:43:13# Perfect. #
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Goodbye, you two.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Don't forget to write.