0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- I don't know what to do! - HORN BEEPS
0:00:06 > 0:00:08..with £200 each, a classic car
0:00:08 > 0:00:11and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13What a little diamond!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15The aim - to make the biggest profit at option,
0:00:15 > 0:00:17but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Back in the game! Charlie!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24CHRISTINA GASPS
0:00:24 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- or the slow road to disaster?- Oh!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Today we embark on a brand-new road trip
0:00:40 > 0:00:43with a fresh pair of intrepid antiquers.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47I haven't actually worked with you before
0:00:47 > 0:00:48and it makes me quite nervous.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51No, I mean, seriously,
0:00:51 > 0:00:55you have forgotten more than I will ever, ever, ever...
0:00:55 > 0:00:56Behave yourself!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59Whereas you are like the neuroscientist of antiques.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Hmm, quite! Ha!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Auctioneer Paul Laidlaw is also a specialist in militaria
0:01:05 > 0:01:08and knows more than a couple of things about antiques.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10He is also quite nimble...
0:01:11 > 0:01:13..and sharp.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16You don't want to get me started about Georgian wine glasses!
0:01:16 > 0:01:18We've opened Pandora's box!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23His rival is auctioneer and valuer Christina Trevanion
0:01:23 > 0:01:28whose charm is matched only by her optimism and determination.
0:01:28 > 0:01:29I could give it a new home.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Would you like to pay me to give it a new home?
0:01:32 > 0:01:34It's not the sort of thing I normally do!
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Today, our lovable duo start their awfully big journey with £200 each
0:01:41 > 0:01:45and a rather fetching 1951 Standard Phase 1 pick-up.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48The pick-up was manufactured before seatbelts were mandatory,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51which is why our experts aren't wearing any.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54On their trip this week, our duo will be traversing the country,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56setting off from Clare in Suffolk
0:01:56 > 0:01:59before careering through Worcestershire and the West Midlands
0:01:59 > 0:02:02and twisting up through Staffordshire,
0:02:02 > 0:02:05before their journey culminates in Northwich in Cheshire
0:02:05 > 0:02:07over 600 miles later.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09I think there is a gear problem.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Oh, no, you haven't broken it already, Paul?
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I don't know about you, but I don't like the smell in here.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19It's really not smelling very healthy, is it?
0:02:19 > 0:02:22No, not a great start, this.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Uh-oh!- Wait a minute, how do we pop the...?
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Oh, I think you've broken it!
0:02:27 > 0:02:28- Here we go.- Oh.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Ohh...
0:02:29 > 0:02:32PAUL LAUGHS
0:02:32 > 0:02:34It's ruptured.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Just as well we're not in the middle of nowhere.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Oh, no, wait a minute... Oh, no!
0:02:38 > 0:02:42- There's a footpath. - Can we head towards civilisation?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43It's been nice knowing you.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47Don't worry, chaps. Someone else will look after the car.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49Having to rely on their own steam for a while,
0:02:49 > 0:02:53their first shop is the wool town of Clare.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Christina is first to get the shopping under way.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02- Hello!- Hi.- Hello, hi, Christina. - Hi, Christina. I'm David.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Pleasantries over, it's time to get down to business.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08See, the temptation is to go... to stick to the usual,
0:03:08 > 0:03:12to stick to what you know, which is silver, jewellery, small things,
0:03:12 > 0:03:13but I feel like I want to go a bit wacky.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Yeah, this should be interesting.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17These look really sweet -
0:03:17 > 0:03:19a pair of silver-plated pickle forks, Scottish.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Little thistles on the top.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Not that wacky, then.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Specialised utensils like the pickle fork
0:03:25 > 0:03:28were commonplace at Victorian dining tables,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31popular at a time when table manners increased
0:03:31 > 0:03:33and handling your food became taboo.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37The owner is looking for £22 for those pickle forks.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40Is there any chance you think he might go for sort of £15 on those?
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Erm, I can find out.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45I don't think he will, but let me phone him for you.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49While Christina waits for David to get hold of the dealer,
0:03:49 > 0:03:53Paul is rummaging round the shelves of Market Hill Antiques.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57I'm just going to buy what tickles my fancy
0:03:57 > 0:04:00in terms of interest and price.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Nice scent bottle there for you, look.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- Which one are we looking at? - The big one.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- That one there?- That, you can have for 30 quid.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14That's a fantastic discount from the original ticket price of 125!
0:04:14 > 0:04:16You know there's profit in that.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19You know how to tempt a man, there's no two ways about it!
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Lovely, late Victorian.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Do you call them grenade perfumes? I do.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Yeah, that's what it is.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31Yeah, we've got a pleasingly worked hinged lid,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34opening to reveal a ground-in stopper.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40No nasty surprises where the neck has been chipped or cracked.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43I'm going to leave that there because...
0:04:43 > 0:04:45I just can't argue with the numbers, to be honest.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47You know I can't argue with the numbers!
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Speaking of which, what price do we have for those pickle forks?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Christina, I've got the dealer on the phone.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57He's not able to do £15, but he is willing to do £17.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- Oh, can I...? Can I? - Of course you can.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- (What's his name?)- Alan.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Hello, Alan. Alan, I was just having a little look
0:05:05 > 0:05:08at these pickle forks here and they are very, very sweet.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Is there any chance you would do 15 on them?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13It just gives me a fighting chance at auction, really, if possible.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Ooh, 15 would be better for me.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Are you sure, Alan?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21That's really kind.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23That sounded like a deal to me,
0:05:23 > 0:05:27so Christina is up and running, picking up the pickle forks for £15.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- OK, I'll keep wandering, see if there's anything else.- Yeah, sure.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34Meanwhile, Paul has clapped an eye on something rather unusual.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38You...crank up this,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40drop a pellet in,
0:05:40 > 0:05:42open it up
0:05:42 > 0:05:43and you have landed
0:05:43 > 0:05:49in trap 1, 2, 9 or B.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- Do you know what that means? - Not in the slightest.
0:05:53 > 0:05:54What is the price on that?
0:05:54 > 0:05:56I've got a 65 ticket.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58You can always make me an offer.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03My problem is, I've got five things to buy over the next two days
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- and I...I hope to buy ONE here.- Yep. - PAUL LAUGHS
0:06:06 > 0:06:11One is looking like it's out the window!
0:06:11 > 0:06:16It seems both our experts are having a very productive morning.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Ow!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Isn't that lovely? I really like that!
0:06:22 > 0:06:26I mean, that is... It's very... It's very Arts and Crafts.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27It's copper.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30That...is fab.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Love it!
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Really love it!
0:06:35 > 0:06:37£60.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Do I love it £60 worth?
0:06:39 > 0:06:40God, I really... I've got to
0:06:40 > 0:06:42carry this down four flights of stairs now, haven't I?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44It's really heavy.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46No such trouble for Paul,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50who is still stalking the floor over at Market Hill Antiques.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54You could save yourself a lot of time and buy all five items here.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Don't encourage him, Robin!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00What price is on the wounded soldiers?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01They can be about £25.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05£25... We've got here, lead soldiers and nurses
0:07:05 > 0:07:08and, in the late 19th century,
0:07:08 > 0:07:11the best ones were made of die-cast lead.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13£25, I am tempted.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18And he's noticed something else right up his street.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21This is very me!
0:07:21 > 0:07:26This is, of course... You know who that is.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31Admiral Lord Nelson, a truly great Briton
0:07:31 > 0:07:35and this is a commemorative made by Doulton & Watts
0:07:35 > 0:07:37in salt-glazed stoneware.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41You'd call it a toby jug, I'd call it a character jug.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44You don't need to be an expert to identify the manufacturer of that.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Lambeth London Stoneware.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Absolutely fanta...
0:07:49 > 0:07:50I mean, I really like this.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54I like the medium, I like the origin and the subject matter...
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Well, don't even get me started!
0:07:57 > 0:08:00You got started all by yourself!
0:08:00 > 0:08:03While Paul considers half the shop,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Christina is hoping David can convince the dealer
0:08:05 > 0:08:09to take her offer of £40.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11£50, Karen? I understand.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13£50? Do I like it £50?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Is it going to make that at auction?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Probably not, but I like it.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18I think I'm happy with that, David.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22That's the copper planter and the pickle forks for Christina,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24for the grand old sum of £65.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Good girl.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31But has her rival managed to sort out his own shopping list conundrum?
0:08:31 > 0:08:34How many items have you clocked up now, Paul?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36One, two, three, four lots.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38I would be off my head to buy four lots here.
0:08:38 > 0:08:43If I'm going to be mad, give me the deal of deals on four lots
0:08:43 > 0:08:47and I take my chances, but it's got to be right.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49125.
0:08:51 > 0:08:52No negotiation.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Three unknown quantities, one is not...
0:08:59 > 0:09:01And one tricky piece!
0:09:01 > 0:09:03You got him!
0:09:03 > 0:09:07That's a bold start for Paul, all for £125.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15Meanwhile, Christina has arrived in the picturesque village
0:09:15 > 0:09:18of Steeple Bumpstead - ha! - in Essex,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20with a little bit of catching up to do.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Just over the border from Suffolk,
0:09:22 > 0:09:25this delightful village is home to Bumpstead Antiques And Interiors.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Don't you love it?!
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Maybe you could borrow their car, Christina?
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Owner Graham Hessel is showing Christina around.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Beautiful! Look at those guys!
0:09:41 > 0:09:44That's rather lovely, isn't it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Nice Shelley mark on the bottom, Wild Flowers pattern, 13668.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51So, what have we got here, Graham? We've got four cups...
0:09:51 > 0:09:53So, originally, there probably would have been
0:09:53 > 0:09:55- a set of six, wouldn't there?- Yes.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57So collectors would want it as a set of six,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00but nonetheless, it's very pretty, isn't it?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03And people do collect Shelley, it is very collectable.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06What have you got on that, on our label?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- We've got 75 for the set. - Oh, yes.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Oof! What... Can you do any...?
0:10:11 > 0:10:12Of course I can.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14I'll knock £25 off.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Right, so it's £50. - £50 for the set...
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- OK.- ..which is about as far as I can go on that.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23That is pretty, I do like that.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27And from coffee service to something completely different.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30OK, so, how much have you got on your record player, Graham?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32You can make me an offer on that.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36I would be looking for something in the region of £35 or £40 for it.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39But the problem is, it doesn't work.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41You can just imagine putting it into the back of your car,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44taking it down to the river on a nice sunny day,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46taking out the records, having a picnic...
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- And then finding it doesn't work! - Yes!
0:10:48 > 0:10:49THEY LAUGH
0:10:49 > 0:10:53As one that isn't working, I would probably be looking at
0:10:53 > 0:10:57maybe £10 or £15, to sell it on at auction.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59What are your thoughts about that?
0:10:59 > 0:11:00- Well, I'm shocked!- Oh!
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- But I'm still standing. - Good, that's the main thing.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05It would need to come up a little bit, I think.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09What about if we did £60 for the two?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- No.- Oh, Graham!
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- Let's do 70.- 70...
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Will you meet me in the middle at 65?
0:11:16 > 0:11:17Fine, OK, we'll do that.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19- £65 for the two?- Indeed.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21For a record player that doesn't work
0:11:21 > 0:11:23and an incomplete coffee service.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- That sounds a bargain to me! - THEY LAUGH
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Thank you...I think!
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Long handshake.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33So, with the Shelley coffee service and the gramophone
0:11:33 > 0:11:34added to Christina's haul,
0:11:34 > 0:11:37both our experts have acquired quite a lot already.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45With the pressure off, Paul can forget about shopping,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47for a while at least.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Without the ailing pick-up, he has made his way north
0:11:50 > 0:11:54and is hotfooting through the hallowed streets of Cambridge.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Amongst the famous university buildings,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Paul is meeting Dr Jane Hughes at the Samuel Pepys Library
0:12:00 > 0:12:02to discover how one celebrated graduate
0:12:02 > 0:12:05helped shape our understanding
0:12:05 > 0:12:08of one of the most extraordinary periods in British history.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Hi, is it Jane?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- It is, hello, Paul. Very nice to meet you!- And you!
0:12:13 > 0:12:16So, this is Pepys's library?
0:12:16 > 0:12:17It certainly is, we are going to go upstairs
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- and have a look at the library itself.- I can't wait.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27Born in London in 1633, Samuel Pepys was the son of a tailor.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Despite his relatively humble beginnings,
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Pepys found himself at Cambridge University,
0:12:32 > 0:12:34where his library now sits
0:12:34 > 0:12:37with pride of place in his former college.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41What marked Pepys out from the 17th-century crowd
0:12:41 > 0:12:44was his desire to record the events around him.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47At the age of 27, Pepys started a diary
0:12:47 > 0:12:51that would record a tumultuous decade in British history.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54This is one of the six volumes of the diary.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58He kept it across ten years, but because paper was expensive,
0:12:58 > 0:13:01you didn't stop the volume at the end of the year, you carried on
0:13:01 > 0:13:04until you had completed the volume, so it covers six volumes.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07And, in fact, although the diary is written in shorthand,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11because there were quite a number of different shorthands,
0:13:11 > 0:13:15it's difficult for people, maybe 100 or 200 years after this,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19to have read it. When this was being deciphered
0:13:19 > 0:13:24by a man called the Reverend John Smith in the 1800s, 1818 he started,
0:13:24 > 0:13:28he didn't know that it was a shorthand.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32However, had he looked in the shelf above where the diary was kept
0:13:32 > 0:13:35here in the library, he would have found the crib,
0:13:35 > 0:13:36so Pepys, in fact,
0:13:36 > 0:13:40had the little booklet from which the shorthand came.
0:13:40 > 0:13:41Pepys' diary is possibly
0:13:41 > 0:13:44one of the most famous in the English language,
0:13:44 > 0:13:47mainly because the rich descriptions detail everyday life
0:13:47 > 0:13:51and some of the more tragic events in a turbulent period in history.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55His writing gave a personal insight throughout the great plague
0:13:55 > 0:14:00as it wiped out a fifth of London's population in just seven months
0:14:00 > 0:14:02and soon he was describing another disaster
0:14:02 > 0:14:06as the Great Fire of London swept across the capital.
0:14:06 > 0:14:11Here, in this particular part of it, he's recording how he was anxious
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- that the fire was in fact getting very close to his own house.- Yes.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20So he went to do whatever he could to try and protect his belongings
0:14:20 > 0:14:24and, first of all, he sent his books and his goods and his furniture off
0:14:24 > 0:14:27to be taken up the river.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29For the remainder of his prized possessions,
0:14:29 > 0:14:33he came up with a rather interesting solution.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37He and a friend dug a large hole, a pit in the garden,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40and put many of their most precious possessions in,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43which involved things you might expect, like important documents
0:14:43 > 0:14:46and he also put his wine into the pit
0:14:46 > 0:14:49and he, very famously, put his cheese in,
0:14:49 > 0:14:51but this wasn't just a small piece of cheddar,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55this was a large piece of Parmesan, an Italian cheese.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59A man after my own heart, books and wine! Wonderful!
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Samuel Pepys' diary didn't just capture large events
0:15:02 > 0:15:06and personal details, it charted his rise through the Royal Navy
0:15:06 > 0:15:08and in his social standing.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Pepys had become an influential member of society,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15even rubbing shoulders with royalty.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17This is known as the Anthony Roll,
0:15:17 > 0:15:21after the person who painted it, who was called Anthony Anthony.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26He produced this wonderful roll,
0:15:26 > 0:15:29with the ships of the line of Henry VIII,
0:15:29 > 0:15:31so it was already 150 years old
0:15:31 > 0:15:34when it was given to Samuel Pepys by Charles II as a gift.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37The ship at the top is a very famous ship.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- It's called the Mary Rose. - Indeed. Yes.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Before it sank, leading the attack on the French fleet in 1545,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47the Mary Rose saw 34 years of service,
0:15:47 > 0:15:49as the flagship to Henry VIII.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- This is the only contemporary image of the Mary Rose.- Is it?
0:15:53 > 0:15:55From when it was actually sailing.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Pepys worked tirelessly
0:15:57 > 0:16:00to add to his collection of books and manuscripts,
0:16:00 > 0:16:02but the titles in his possession
0:16:02 > 0:16:05show that he was more than just a 17th-century aficionado.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09This is the Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- It's one of the great books of the Royal Society.- Yes.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- And it has Samuel Pepys's name on the front.- So it does.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20So, "Imprimatur S Pepys".
0:16:20 > 0:16:23So, Pepys gave permission for it to be published.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27The reason was, he was the president of the Royal Society
0:16:27 > 0:16:31and the president had to give the licence to any book to be produced.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Newton's law of motion formed the foundation
0:16:35 > 0:16:36of classical mechanics
0:16:36 > 0:16:39and with Pepys as the president of the Royal Society,
0:16:39 > 0:16:41he was an integral part
0:16:41 > 0:16:44of this time of social and intellectual change.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48So, somebody like Pepys who didn't come from a good background
0:16:48 > 0:16:53could nevertheless rise up in this new kind of world and, I think,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56he probably enjoyed the prospect of meeting people who, perhaps,
0:16:56 > 0:16:58he, in a previous generation,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- would never have had the opportunity to get to know.- Yeah.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Pepys embodied a period of social change in the same way
0:17:05 > 0:17:08that his diary captured it for generations to come
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and the 3,000 articles that line the handcrafted shelves
0:17:11 > 0:17:16of the Pepys Library remain his enduring legacy.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20It's been a long and eventful first day for our intrepid antiquers,
0:17:20 > 0:17:23but not for their car, and it's time for all to say goodnight.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25Sweet dreams.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Another day, and, miracle of miracles,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35a new lease of life for the classic car.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37With a set of refurbished wheels to carry them,
0:17:37 > 0:17:39our pair are motoring their way
0:17:39 > 0:17:43towards their first auction of the week in Market Harborough.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45But there's plenty of shopping to do before that
0:17:45 > 0:17:47and we're back in Cambridge.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Paul is now trying to relieve himself of his remaining cash
0:17:50 > 0:17:54and Gabor Cossa Antiques seems like the perfect place to start.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57David Theobald is overseeing the petite surroundings.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- Hello there. Is it David?- Yes. Good morning. Nice to meet you.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- And you. I'm Paul.- Hello, Paul.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Oh, my word. If you hear a clatter, call the cavalry.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Have you attributed your little Cotswolds-esque?
0:18:14 > 0:18:17It's anonymous, I'm afraid.
0:18:17 > 0:18:18- Is it expensive?- Ooh, no.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- I love the way you said that, David. - Of course not. What say?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Er... It's £20.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27It just...
0:18:27 > 0:18:31- It actually says...- Oh, my word. - .."To Dad, July 24 '49."
0:18:31 > 0:18:35So, presumably, that's 1949. But was it new? I don't know.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37It's not without charm. I'm not dismissing that.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I think it's priced right. Thank you.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Paul seems keen on the Arts and Crafts-style copper plaque...
0:18:45 > 0:18:48..but there's plenty more to consider.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52- Your caddy spoon, there, who's that?- It's Keswick.- Is it?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I've not seen the long-stemmed one before.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- No, but it's not silver, it's nickel.- Staybrite?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Staybrite is a form of stainless steel
0:18:59 > 0:19:03successfully used by the Keswick School of Art from around the 1930s.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06The school, established in 1884,
0:19:06 > 0:19:10has long been a proponent of the Arts and Crafts movement.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14You've got me with that, David. I love it to bits.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16Erm, and your price is... absolutely fantastic.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20The £10 ticket price has really worked its charm on Paul.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22That's a real sweetie.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26The speculative piece is the copper plaque.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30What's the very best you could do for me?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33The two Arts and Crafty pieces.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Well, I'd like 30 for the two.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39But 25, that would have to be, sort of...
0:19:39 > 0:19:41David...
0:19:41 > 0:19:42you're a joy to do business with.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- I'm not going to be silly. - Thank you.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- That's a great price and I'm going to shake your hand.- I hope so.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50A great price indeed. £25 and another two items bought.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Christina, meanwhile, has journeyed to Risby in Suffolk,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57where she still has some shopping to do.
0:20:00 > 0:20:01Love that.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04That's lovely. Nice, in oak, as well.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Really nice thing. £250.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I really haven't got anywhere near that left, have I?
0:20:10 > 0:20:14No! You only have £70 left to spend, Christina.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Let's see what Paul's up to.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- Oh, thanks a lot.- Thank you very much.- Wonderful. Thank you.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Hmm. Things seem to have slowed from amble to complete stop.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26But Christina is still full steam ahead
0:20:26 > 0:20:29and has found something unusual outside.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32Where would you find another of those? It's beautiful.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Cast iron. It would have been, obviously,
0:20:34 > 0:20:36on the side of a building, here, bolted through,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39and you would have had your sign suspended, from there,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42maybe a pub sign or...
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Personally, I can see an antiques sign swinging from there.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I just think it's rather lovely. How much has he got on it?
0:20:48 > 0:20:50Ooh, it's in the sale.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Time to involve owner Joe Aldridge.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54OK. It's in the sale
0:20:54 > 0:20:57and I'm assuming, before it went in the sale, it was £45.
0:20:58 > 0:21:02- What is it now?- Before, it was £80.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04- Oh.- It's been reduced to 45.- OK.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07As a special treat, I'll do it for 40.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- I was thinking £20, £30.- Oooh. - Come on, Joe.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- Oh-oh! Give me £30. - I'd rather give you 20.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16£20. And you have a deal.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Yeah. OK.- Yay! Thank you, Joe.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21You're a star!
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Thanks to Joe's generosity, that's a reduction of £25 off the sale price.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Let's remind ourselves of what they bought.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Along with the bracket, Christina has a pair of pickle forks,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36a copper planter and stand, a Shelley coffee service,
0:21:36 > 0:21:37and a gramophone.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40She spent £150 on all five items.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Paul picked up the grenade perfume bottle,
0:21:45 > 0:21:46the wooden roulette wheel,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48the lead soldiers,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50the stoneware character jug of Lord Nelson,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53and the caddy spoon and copper plaque.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56He too spent £150.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00So, our pair have come out even on the spending stakes,
0:22:00 > 0:22:02but what do they think of each other's offerings?
0:22:02 > 0:22:07Holy Moley! It's a hell of a lump of wrought iron metalwork.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10I don't know that I understand that purchase, to be honest with you.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Wait a minute, I do.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13It was £20.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14Now I get it.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17I don't see anything, to be perfectly honest,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20in his selection of items that is going to make a huge profit.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22So, it'll be interesting.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24So, it's off to the auction. But, sadly,
0:22:24 > 0:22:28after yet another incident, the pick-up has bitten the dust.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31And they've traded it in for something with a bit more...
0:22:31 > 0:22:33style.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36It's got gears, it's got brakes.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39I am slightly nervous that we've just got into somebody else's car
0:22:39 > 0:22:41and driven it off from the car park.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44No, this rather racy 1999 HMC MkIV
0:22:44 > 0:22:47is definitely yours.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Just don't break it, eh?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53And with their new transport,
0:22:53 > 0:22:56it's off to the first auction of the week in Market Harborough.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Are you looking forward to the auctions?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- I am not cool with these things. - Oh, really?
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I don't get excited, I get nervous.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Well, we'll soon see if Paul's fears are warranted,
0:23:06 > 0:23:10as our duo pull up at the family run firm of Gildings Auctioneers.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15And the man with the gavel today is auctioneer Will Gilding.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17So, let's get started.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21First up, are Paul's led soldiers.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23£20 here, please. At £20.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24Thank you. £20.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26At 22 online. 22?
0:23:26 > 0:23:2822. 25? 25. 28?
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Online bid is at £28, at 28.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Come on. You're into a profit, aren't you?
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- You're into a profit.- More bidders at £30 online. At 30. 32?
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Is there any further bids? You're out online. You're both out.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43That's £7 profit on Paul's first lot.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Let's see if Christina can fare any better with her pickle forks.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50There they are. A nice little pair of pickle forks,
0:23:50 > 0:23:51for the man who has everything.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Let's open the bidding, please. £20, please? 20. £10 bid, thank you.
0:23:55 > 0:24:00- £10.- £10. 12 online, at £12. Internet bidder at 12. 15? At £15.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02At 15, thank you. £15 bid.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- 18 online. At 18.- You're there.- £18.
0:24:05 > 0:24:06Internet bid at 18.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08You're out in the room at £18.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13So, ignoring the auction costs,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15they scrape home with a £3 profit.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Paul has combined his caddy spoon and plaque into a single lot
0:24:20 > 0:24:21and they're up next.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24This is going to be my nemesis. You're going to do well with this.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Thank you, sir. £30 bid. Straight in at 30.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30At two, five, eight, 40.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32Two, five, eight, 50.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37- 300(!) - Standing here at 50. Five, 60.
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Standing at 60.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45That's a fantastic £35 profit, stretching Paul's lead.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Time for Christina's gramophone.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50- £20.- Commission already.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53- 20, two, five, eight, 30.- Yeah.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Two, five. £35 my bid. Absentee at £35.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00At £35. 38 bid. Thank you. At 38.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04The absentees are lost, at 38. It is in the room at £38. All done?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06GAVEL BANGS
0:25:06 > 0:25:08- Sweet.- Happy days!
0:25:08 > 0:25:11So, all that hard bargaining paid off in the end,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14giving Christina a £23 profit.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17The next lot is Paul's perfume bottle.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Anyone's bid at £30. At 30. Thank you. £30 bid.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23It's going to go cheap if he's starting at that. Too cheap.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Maiden bid. Modest, but selling, at £30.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Got it cheap, though. Man alive! Oof!
0:25:30 > 0:25:32A profit is a profit, Paul.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Next up is Christina's wrought-iron bracket.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- £10, then. Let's start low at £10.- No!
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- £10.- Cheap!- Do I see 10? I do. Thank you. £10 bid. At £10.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44£12 is the bid. £12, second row.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- 12, 15. 15. £18.- Somebody will make a lot of money on this.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- Oh!- At £18. Any further bids?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Out online...
0:25:52 > 0:25:55I'd round that up. 18. That's virtually 20.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58We might as well round it up to 30. You actually made profit on that!
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Ah, there's that optimism again, Paul. Or is it cheek?!
0:26:03 > 0:26:06It's time for Paul's stoneware character jug of Nelson.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08£50, to start, then. At £50. At 50, thank you.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13£50 bid. With me online, I'm afraid, at 55. At 55.
0:26:13 > 0:26:1660 in the corner. At 60. 65.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Online at 70.
0:26:17 > 0:26:1980, they bid.
0:26:19 > 0:26:2085. Still going.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- At 85.- Fired by imagination. - 90 bid.- Come on!
0:26:23 > 0:26:24Are we all done? I'll sell.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Paul has almost doubled his money there, with a £40 profit.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Less brackets, more jugs. Less brackets, more jugs.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35A fine lesson for life!
0:26:35 > 0:26:39Now, it's over to Christina's Shelley coffee service.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- £30, I'm bid. £30 here. At £30. - Worth a lot more than that.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44£30. At 32. 35.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47£38 bid now, in the room. I'm out at 38. Any further bids?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49I'll sell, at £38.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Don't worry, Christina. You still have another lot to go.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Here comes the roulette wheel.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59£20, then. At £20. Who will open the bidding at £20?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Thank you. £20 bid. At 20.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02At £20. Is there any further bids?
0:27:02 > 0:27:06- At £20. Maiden bid. At £20. I will sell.- No money.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13- Ouch. - £5 down, but still out in front.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Christina has one last chance to pull it all back.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20And it comes down to the copper planter and stand.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21There are bids coming in here.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- At £40. 40, I'm bid. - I thought he was going to say 400.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27- He said, "For..." hundred and... - 42. 45.
0:27:27 > 0:27:2948. 50.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33£50. You're out in the room, at 50. Here is the bid. With me, at 50.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- At £50. Are we all done? 50. - That is just to break even.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38£50.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Christina breaks even on her planter, although it is a loss,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43after auction costs,
0:27:43 > 0:27:45I'm afraid. Christina set off with £200
0:27:45 > 0:27:50and after paying auction costs, she has lost £17.16,
0:27:50 > 0:27:56leaving her with £182.84 for next time.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Paul also started today with £200. After auction costs,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02he is up by £40.24,
0:28:02 > 0:28:07nudging his budget up to £240.24
0:28:07 > 0:28:09and giving him the lead after the first leg.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12With one auction down,
0:28:12 > 0:28:15our pair are back behind the wheel. Today, they kick off
0:28:15 > 0:28:19in Tetbury, in Gloucestershire, and head north, towards the auction
0:28:19 > 0:28:21in Evesham, in Worcestershire.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Our pair are headed for Top Banana Antiques,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27which has items from over 50 dealers.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Plenty to keep our experts occupied.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Miniature brass coal scuttles, circa 1920. These are really sweet.
0:28:34 > 0:28:40Useless for coal, obviously, but, nonetheless, they are probably,
0:28:40 > 0:28:43sort of, little salts or something like that,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46- in the shape of coal scuttles. - Rather large for salts, Christina.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49What is Paul up to?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52PAUL LAUGHS
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Welcome to my world! Step into my office.
0:28:54 > 0:28:55Oh, yes.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59MILITARY MARCH PLAYS
0:28:59 > 0:29:03This, as you know, is what lights my fire. This floats my boat.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07Honestly, that boy and militaria!
0:29:09 > 0:29:11A bit like Christina and silver.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15A game bird letter opener. WMF.
0:29:15 > 0:29:22Oh, that is interesting. WMF. So, WMF was a German factory,
0:29:22 > 0:29:25who, I think, opened in 1852-53.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29They originally opened as a, sort of, metalware repairing workshop.
0:29:29 > 0:29:34But by 1900, I think they were the largest producer
0:29:34 > 0:29:38of household metalwares. And that is really lovely.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42She is taken by that letter opener.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44The ticket price is £25.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47It is a nice thing. I'm going to need a basket soon, aren't I?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Better still,
0:29:49 > 0:29:50manager Dan.
0:29:51 > 0:29:56I picked up those little scuttles, there,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00- and that little letter knife, there. - Right.- So, what would be your
0:30:00 > 0:30:04very best price on a pair of miniature brass coal scuttles,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Dan The Man? Come on, Dan The Man, I need to win. I'm losing.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08HE CHUCKLES
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- We can do 28 for you on those. - 28 on those and how much
0:30:11 > 0:30:13- on my letter knife? - Eh, we can do 20 for you there.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16- 28 and 20. £48.- Yes.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20I'm not sure these are going to make me a profit. I really need to think
0:30:20 > 0:30:23about profit at the moment. But you could, potentially, do...
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- If I said 15 on that, would you hate me?- I wouldn't hate you,
0:30:27 > 0:30:30but I would not agree with you, either. How about 18?
0:30:30 > 0:30:35- Go on, then.- 16?- You're squeezing me for every penny, aren't you?
0:30:35 > 0:30:36CHRISTINA LAUGHS
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- 17, and we'll...- 17, brilliant.
0:30:38 > 0:30:43- £17. I'm happy. Thank you very much, Dan, you're a star.- Cheers.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48Meanwhile, Paul has dragged himself away from the militaria
0:30:48 > 0:30:51and cornered Julian, for some advice on a corkscrew he has spotted.
0:30:51 > 0:30:56So, this is one of the more ingenious, but most common,
0:30:56 > 0:30:58of the Georgian designs - Thomason's screw.
0:30:58 > 0:31:02It is a double action, so that, with one action,
0:31:02 > 0:31:09you will wind the worm into the cork and, then,
0:31:09 > 0:31:11when it is fully...screwed in,
0:31:11 > 0:31:15keep turning and it will withdraw the cork.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17So, none of this - Eugh! Eugh! Eugh!
0:31:19 > 0:31:22It is nice, but the ticket says £168.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- Um...I'm going to leave a cheeky little bid on it.- Right.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27- OK.- And it is cheeky.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30I'll stick 80 quid into that, but I am going to keep walking
0:31:30 > 0:31:31and not really holding out much hope.
0:31:31 > 0:31:35- Give me a minute and I will see what we can do, yeah?- No hurry.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Glad to see you are taking things easy, Paul.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38In the bowels of the place.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- But Christina is hot on your heels. - What's that?
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Yeah, that is actually fab.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49That is a French silver, probably about 1890,
0:31:49 > 0:31:54- it has got little French marks on the side.- Oh, yeah.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56It is, literally, a snuff box.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58What can you do that for?
0:31:58 > 0:32:03- I actually have 280. So, trade, 240.- Oh.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07However, I would not normally do this, but I will do 100 quid.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- £100?- £100.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14That is pretty much most of all the money I have got left.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17Is there any way you could just nudge under the 100?
0:32:17 > 0:32:20Just cos three figures really scare me. I never, ever spend
0:32:20 > 0:32:21that sort of money. I mean, 90?
0:32:21 > 0:32:26£95...and you are mad if you do not buy it.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- £95.- Yeah. Job done.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30- Marvellous. - I think I love you!- Thank you!
0:32:30 > 0:32:33I'm just completely in love with this thing.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- It is smashing. - £95. I have just spent £95.
0:32:35 > 0:32:37I have just spent... Oh, I have just spent £95.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42Indeed, she has, leaving her with just £70
0:32:42 > 0:32:43and a lot of shopping to do.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Oh! I'm a bit hot. I'm really hot!
0:32:47 > 0:32:50That is what taking risks feels like.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Meanwhile, Paul has spotted a rusty dress sword,
0:32:53 > 0:32:56with a price of £120.
0:32:56 > 0:33:01- Julian, how are you doing?- Hi, Paul. - Sword, hanging in your stairwell
0:33:01 > 0:33:05to the basement. Um...is there traction in that?
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Tell me that has been sitting here for a while.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10This happens to belong to my manager. If you can just give me
0:33:10 > 0:33:14- a couple of seconds...- Hell, yeah. - ..and I'll come back to you.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16Give him a couple of minutes! You can do the business!
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Seriously, I'll leave that with you. Fingers crossed.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22I'd say, the longer he is away, the better,
0:33:22 > 0:33:25because an immediate response is generally, "You're having a laugh!"
0:33:25 > 0:33:27There is a chance Paul knows something about this sword.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29He is just not letting on.
0:33:29 > 0:33:34Dan The Man is saying 80 quid. And you're saying 80 on the other. 160.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- So, 80 on that?- Hmm, but, obviously, I have got a bit of an uphill battle
0:33:38 > 0:33:39with the corkscrew.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43No messing around. One and a half on the two.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47- I think that is a good deal, honestly.- Good man.
0:33:47 > 0:33:52Paul is not messing about. That is £150 for his two items
0:33:52 > 0:33:53in the first shop.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57So, come on, tell us what you know about this sword, then.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01Well, if this... This has got a levy blade.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Very slender dress piece.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06If this was plain, we would be no further forward,
0:34:06 > 0:34:08but, oh, no, it is etched.
0:34:08 > 0:34:14We have a whole host of scrolls and battle honours
0:34:14 > 0:34:17running all the way up that fuller,
0:34:17 > 0:34:21terminating in the royal cipher of King George V.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25It is centred by a cartouche,
0:34:25 > 0:34:30and those are the initials of the officer who wore this sword.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34How many are unique to an identifiable individual?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37I don't know. One in 100? That is a good thing.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Worth the money? That remains to be seen.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40But I think so.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45After a successful first shop for all,
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Christina is weaving her way through
0:34:47 > 0:34:50a quiet Cotswold valley. She is on her way to the site
0:34:50 > 0:34:52of a magnificent mansion. It was the brainchild
0:34:52 > 0:34:57of affluent Victorian gentleman, William Leigh, who was inspired
0:34:57 > 0:35:01by his new-found Catholic faith to build a mansion.
0:35:01 > 0:35:06But a series of misfortunes meant his masterpiece remains incomplete,
0:35:06 > 0:35:07after 140 years.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11- Hello.- Hello, you must be Terry.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- Yes, welcome to Woodchester. - Christina.- Come on in.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Thank you so much. Thank you. Wow, I can't wait.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20After inheriting his father's fortune at the age of 13,
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Leigh was educated at Eton and Oxford,
0:35:23 > 0:35:26but it wasn't until after his conversion
0:35:26 > 0:35:29into the Roman Catholic faith in his early 40s that he moved to
0:35:29 > 0:35:32Gloucestershire to build Woodchester Mansion.
0:35:32 > 0:35:37This wasn't just to be a family home and, as a staunch Catholic,
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Leigh began building work with a monastery and a church.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44This is where the family would have been expected to be
0:35:44 > 0:35:46- several times a day. - And, as a very devout family,
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- this would have been, really, the heart of the house.- Yes. yes.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53Yes, and the religious orders would have been conducted by people coming
0:35:53 > 0:35:57up from the monastery that he'd built at the bottom of the valley.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58To capture the scale of his faith,
0:35:58 > 0:36:04he turned to pre-eminent architect and fellow convert Augustus Pugin,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07who was considered the leader of Gothic Revival,
0:36:07 > 0:36:11a movement which expressed faith through the arts.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Although Pugin resigned the commission,
0:36:13 > 0:36:18work continued in this manner and it is understood the final architect
0:36:18 > 0:36:21based his work largely on Pugin's designs.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27This is a glorious bit of the building.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31Victorian Gothic was about lifting your eyes to heaven
0:36:31 > 0:36:34- and this is what you do in here... - Mmm.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37..and when you look up to heaven, you see these magnificent,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39- beautiful, carved bosses up on the top.- Oh, wow.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42- Gosh, yes. - On the carved top of the pillars.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48Driven by his quest to expand Catholicism in Victorian England,
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Leigh focused on the monastery and church,
0:36:50 > 0:36:54waiting for their completion before starting on the mansion.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57By this time, nearly ten years after he began on the estate,
0:36:57 > 0:37:00signs of financial strain started to show.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04So, this would have been the family's dining room,
0:37:04 > 0:37:08and this is a room in the house where we can really see
0:37:08 > 0:37:12everything to do with how you build and make great, big buildings
0:37:12 > 0:37:14that the Victorians were building,
0:37:14 > 0:37:16but it goes way back to the medieval period.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- Yeah.- It's exactly the same engineering techniques.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Stonemasons were given space to create arches, doorways
0:37:22 > 0:37:25and fireplaces on each of the levels,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27before any of the floors were installed,
0:37:27 > 0:37:29but, in Woodchester Mansion,
0:37:29 > 0:37:33the day when those floors were laid never came,
0:37:33 > 0:37:37leaving a unique view of the work behind the building.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- It's very instructive...- Uh-huh.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42..because you do, you know, you understand how this works,
0:37:42 > 0:37:45you can go in to Canterbury, Gloucester, Westminster Abbey,
0:37:45 > 0:37:48any of the cathedrals, and they're all working in exactly the same way,
0:37:48 > 0:37:54because one of the geniuses that drove Victorian Gothic Revival
0:37:54 > 0:37:59architecture was to ape the glories of the medieval, lofty buildings.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02The time and love lavished on the religious buildings
0:38:02 > 0:38:05took their toll and, ultimately, old age,
0:38:05 > 0:38:09ill-health and a lack of funds hampered the final years of work,
0:38:09 > 0:38:14and the building remained incomplete at William's death in 1873.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17The entire estate passed to his son, Willie.
0:38:17 > 0:38:18Shortly after his dad died,
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Willie Leigh did write to the architects
0:38:20 > 0:38:24and say, "Can you tell me what this is going to cost to complete?"
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- Right.- And I'm afraid the answer he got was,
0:38:27 > 0:38:29"£8,000 to complete it -
0:38:29 > 0:38:32"£6,000 to pull it down and put you up a new one."
0:38:32 > 0:38:35The next two generations of the family struggled with
0:38:35 > 0:38:40financial strain, and the mansion was sold in the early 1920s.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Although he never realised his dream,
0:38:42 > 0:38:46a trust was created in 1989 to preserve the house and ensure
0:38:46 > 0:38:51that it remains a dramatic memorial to William Leigh's faith and vision.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59Meanwhile, with two pieces under his belt already,
0:38:59 > 0:39:06Paul is on his way to Stroud, with £90.24 burning a hole in his pocket.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09The antiques store is housed in a former industrial building,
0:39:09 > 0:39:11packed with two floors of antiques,
0:39:11 > 0:39:14which certainly gives Paul a chance to stretch his legs,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17but has he come up with anything that takes his fancy?
0:39:19 > 0:39:23Victorian gentleman's walking cane.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28No. No, none of that.
0:39:28 > 0:39:29Stop telling me lies, Paul!
0:39:29 > 0:39:32It originated in South Africa.
0:39:32 > 0:39:37This is probably what the Zulu would call "iron wood".
0:39:37 > 0:39:41These staffs were carried,
0:39:41 > 0:39:46almost as a badge of rank, by Zulu chiefs,
0:39:46 > 0:39:50and that's the common form of such a shaft -
0:39:50 > 0:39:53a pommel and then this spiral decoration.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Sometimes the pommel is modelled as a fist.
0:39:55 > 0:39:56A few variations on the theme.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59If you hold it up to the light, you will see,
0:39:59 > 0:40:01primitively but charmingly,
0:40:01 > 0:40:04scratched into the pommel,
0:40:04 > 0:40:10the date "1884" and the initials "IY".
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Ah. Mmm!
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Don't you just love this stuff?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16Price on that - £40.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18History.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20History for four £10 notes.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23Well, that was a find.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Paul seems to be in the swing of it now and, believe it or not,
0:40:26 > 0:40:28he seems to be making a quick dash towards another
0:40:28 > 0:40:31item of a military persuasion.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Check out my friend.
0:40:33 > 0:40:36I like that but I'm deeply frustrated by it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39It's described as a 19th-century original watercolour.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41I can't argue with that
0:40:41 > 0:40:45but it's way more than a 19th-century watercolour,
0:40:45 > 0:40:52because that, I think, is a not-half-bad portrait
0:40:52 > 0:40:54of an officer of the British Army
0:40:54 > 0:40:59of the middle years of the 19th century.
0:40:59 > 0:41:021840? 1850?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04At the moment, all I can tell you is,
0:41:04 > 0:41:06he's almost certainly an infantry officer
0:41:06 > 0:41:10of about 1840, 1850, and that's it.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12My biggest issue is, it's lost its integrity,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15insofar as that's in a new frame.
0:41:15 > 0:41:19Antiqued gilt, yes, but nevertheless new.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24So, my issues - the later frame,
0:41:24 > 0:41:26no further detail about the subject,
0:41:26 > 0:41:28and then a price of £85.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31A few things to talk about, then.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Perhaps time to involve assistant manager Andy.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- On the one hand, we've got this rustic cane.- Yup.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43On the other, we've got the 19th-century portrait.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- How flexible can you guys be on price with these?- 40 at the moment.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49- Yeah.- I could go to 25 with that.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52OK, I like the way you think. This is the biggie.
0:41:52 > 0:41:55Could that be cheap, or does that have to be a lot of money?
0:41:55 > 0:41:57I could do 60 on that.
0:41:57 > 0:41:58That's not going to cut it.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00- OK.- I thought you'd maybe go there.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Can I make you an offer on that?
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- Fire away.- Well, I think it's worth £30-£60 under the hammer.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Is that dead in the water or is there any chance?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12I'll do 40 on the painting.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18Stick in hand, I'm going to try and beat you down some more.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22£20...
0:42:22 > 0:42:24and 35 and I'll buy the two things.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31OK. Yeah, we'll go with that.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33- Good man.- No problem at all. - Two things, out of nowhere.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- That's great and I'm delighted with them.- Yes, good, good.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39Thanks to Andy's generous £70 discount,
0:42:39 > 0:42:44Paul gets the Zulu staff for £20 and the portrait for £35.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Well, it's been a productive day.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50Time for our chaps to get some rest.
0:42:50 > 0:42:51Nighty-night.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59As a new day dawns, our pair are headed north
0:42:59 > 0:43:01to the gorgeous town of Winchcombe.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09Christina is nipping into Winchcombe Antiques Centre,
0:43:09 > 0:43:11where owner Richard is on hand.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15That's quite nice.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20That's very nice. A little brass-and-copper bucket and can.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22I'm a bit worried about this price tag already.
0:43:22 > 0:43:24Ticket price of £69.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Well, at least you would have a pound or two left over.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29Expensive for a bucket, isn't it?
0:43:29 > 0:43:31Has it got a hole in it? It's got a hole in it.
0:43:31 > 0:43:33- Oh, come on. Really?- Yeah.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36- Did you just put that in there? - Look. Look.
0:43:36 > 0:43:37Well, you put coal in there,
0:43:37 > 0:43:40so, you know, no coal is going to get through that hole.
0:43:40 > 0:43:41Dust might.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43What could you do on that? That's quite smart.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45- The very best death on it...- Mmm.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48..is, I should think, £40.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50I like that. I mean, you can see it's obviously hand-beaten,
0:43:50 > 0:43:52- which is quite nice.- Yeah.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53These rivets are lovely.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56- OK, I'll carry my bucket round. Let's keep wandering.- All right.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Show me the rest of your wares, Richard.
0:44:00 > 0:44:02Right, let's have a look in these cabinets.
0:44:02 > 0:44:04I know I said I was going to steer clear...
0:44:04 > 0:44:05Do you mind if I put my bucket down?
0:44:05 > 0:44:08- Yeah, no, feel free. - I'll pop it down just there.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Oh, that's pretty.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15A little vesta case.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17Oh, there's sort of a little Ruskin plaque on it,
0:44:17 > 0:44:18so that would have been...
0:44:18 > 0:44:20Looks like it was silver plate at one point.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Looks like it's just been...
0:44:22 > 0:44:24- Polished it off, yeah. - ..heavily polished.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26Christina has found a matchbox-holder
0:44:26 > 0:44:29with a ticket price of £58.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32These were popular, not to carry around,
0:44:32 > 0:44:37but to conceal ugly matchboxes in a decorative sleeve,
0:44:37 > 0:44:39so it's time to strike a deal.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45So, I would be looking at securing, potentially,
0:44:45 > 0:44:48- both of those...- Uh-huh.
0:44:48 > 0:44:49..for £40.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52- Yeah, I can't do it, basically. - What can you do?
0:44:52 > 0:44:54- What can I do? - What can you do with those two?
0:44:54 > 0:44:57- Well, this one, as I say, I need to speak to the owner about that.- Yeah.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00Yeah, erm...
0:45:00 > 0:45:02- And your bucket with a hole in it? - And the most beautiful bucket...
0:45:02 > 0:45:04With a hole in it.
0:45:04 > 0:45:0630 is the absolute bottom.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08- Well, see what you can get that for.- OK.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11After some discussion with the dealer on the phone,
0:45:11 > 0:45:15Richard's willing to let the matchbox-holder go for £49.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17Let negotiations commence!
0:45:17 > 0:45:20£50 for the two.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22- Did we say that? - No. We didn't say that.
0:45:22 > 0:45:24- What did we say?- No, no, no.
0:45:24 > 0:45:26Me being nice, it's 60 for the two.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31You know that's a good deal.
0:45:31 > 0:45:34That's a £67 discount,
0:45:34 > 0:45:36but would leave Christina with just over £10,
0:45:36 > 0:45:40with one shop still to go, so she's playing hard to get.
0:45:40 > 0:45:4155.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43No, no, no. Come on, 60,
0:45:43 > 0:45:46cos that is 49 and that's... only working at £11.
0:45:46 > 0:45:4758...
0:45:47 > 0:45:49and I'll shake your hand now.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52- Are you that desperate for the £2? - Yes. Yes.
0:45:52 > 0:45:53- Go on, then.- Every penny counts.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55- Thank you very much, Richard. - No problem at all.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57Well done. There you go, £2 for the hole.
0:45:57 > 0:46:02So, a copper bucket and matchbox-holder for £58
0:46:02 > 0:46:04leaves Christina with just over £10.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Paul has meandered north
0:46:11 > 0:46:13to the town of Chipping Campden.
0:46:18 > 0:46:23Stuart House Antiques has been around for 27 years, and the shop,
0:46:23 > 0:46:27including its vast selection of ceramics, is overseen by owner Jim.
0:46:27 > 0:46:30- BELL RINGS - Good afternoon.- Hi, Paul.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33- Jim?- Yeah, Jim. - Good to see you, sir.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35I like your taste in jackets.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Ah, yes, I like yours.
0:46:38 > 0:46:42Sartorial elegance aside, Paul is off to the task of trying
0:46:42 > 0:46:46to uncover something glamorous that he can sell at auction.
0:46:49 > 0:46:51Jim, I know it's a daft question -
0:46:51 > 0:46:52it's sitting in there -
0:46:52 > 0:46:53is it a cheapie, Jim?
0:46:53 > 0:46:55Is it a cheapie?
0:46:55 > 0:46:57- Yes.- How cheap?- A tenner.
0:46:57 > 0:46:59Not cheap enough, Jim. Can it be a fiver?
0:46:59 > 0:47:02- Just a wee throwaway piece.- Yeah.
0:47:02 > 0:47:04Good man. Thank you very much, Jim.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09My word, that was a quick deal. Paul clearly couldn't wait.
0:47:09 > 0:47:11So, what is it that made you so keen, Paul?
0:47:13 > 0:47:16That is no ordinary bracelet strap,
0:47:16 > 0:47:19because it's marked with patent numbers and so on,
0:47:19 > 0:47:22but also the word "army".
0:47:24 > 0:47:27So, it ain't a granny watchstrap after all -
0:47:27 > 0:47:30it's actually a trench watchstrap.
0:47:30 > 0:47:34The First World War was largely responsible for wristwatches
0:47:34 > 0:47:37becoming the timepiece of choice, as it was easier for soldiers to
0:47:37 > 0:47:39check in a hurry than a pocket watch,
0:47:39 > 0:47:43and now he's on to another military-themed item to go with it.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Jim, how are you doing?
0:47:45 > 0:47:48If I may, I'd like to buy the little watchstrap
0:47:48 > 0:47:52and that badge there with the "LG" in the wreath.
0:47:52 > 0:47:53A tenner, the pair?
0:47:53 > 0:47:56- I'll do you a deal on that, aye. - You're a good man, Jim.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59I'll shake your hand. You're a gentleman.
0:47:59 > 0:48:00Swift business.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03The military badge makes purchase number two here,
0:48:03 > 0:48:07and Paul's planning to combine the two together into a single lot,
0:48:07 > 0:48:10all for a total of £10.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12Meanwhile, Christina is making her way
0:48:12 > 0:48:14to the historic town of Brackley
0:48:14 > 0:48:16in Northamptonshire.
0:48:16 > 0:48:19The Brackley Antique Centre has over 30,000 square feet
0:48:19 > 0:48:21of goodies on display.
0:48:21 > 0:48:24Remind me what you have left to spend, Christina?
0:48:24 > 0:48:26Oh, £12.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28Why did I only leave myself £12?
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Too late to worry about that, now.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32Time to look for a little help.
0:48:32 > 0:48:35Thankfully, Penny is on hand, and you know what to say,
0:48:35 > 0:48:38look after your "pennies" and... Ha-ha(!) Never mind.
0:48:38 > 0:48:40- I am looking at some lovely things...- Yeah.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43..and if you're thinking that it's nowhere near my price bracket,
0:48:43 > 0:48:47- and my price bracket is about £10... - PENNY LAUGHS
0:48:47 > 0:48:50..then just, just steer me away.
0:48:50 > 0:48:52- OK. Yeah, we'll do that. - OK? All right? Ready?
0:48:52 > 0:48:54- Ready to steer?- OK. Ready to steer.- OK.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02- £34 on it.- 34.- Is that... Is that steer or is that OK?
0:49:02 > 0:49:04I think that's a steer, I'm afraid.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06The other thing I saw was this little bamboo cabinet, here.
0:49:06 > 0:49:10- Oh, yeah.- Are we thinking that might be a goer?
0:49:10 > 0:49:12- SHE LAUGHS - No, sadly.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15- No?- Sadly another steer, I think, I'm afraid.- Really?- Yeah, afraid so.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19Oh, dear. I'm sensing a theme, here, Christina.
0:49:19 > 0:49:20What about something like...
0:49:20 > 0:49:23I mean, would something like this be all right? Would it?
0:49:23 > 0:49:25- What do you think on that? - What has it got on it?
0:49:25 > 0:49:28- Yeah, let's take these off and... - Have a little look.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31..have a little look.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33I mean, that would be really quite useful for a, sort of,
0:49:33 > 0:49:36a trader or a dealer. That is like a tabletop cabinet, isn't it?
0:49:36 > 0:49:39A tabletop, and that's the way it needs to go, isn't it?
0:49:39 > 0:49:41- Yeah, like that, and then you could stand here.- There we are.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44If you were, for example, like, a jewellery dealer
0:49:44 > 0:49:46- or with some small bits of silver... - Yeah.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48..then you could open it up like that, couldn't you?
0:49:48 > 0:49:51- And hand things to people.- That's right, and hand them the item, yeah.
0:49:51 > 0:49:53Yeah, it's a good, strong thing, isn't it?
0:49:53 > 0:49:55Ticket price says £35.
0:49:55 > 0:49:57Will it be another "steer"?
0:49:57 > 0:50:00I literally have £12 left.
0:50:00 > 0:50:04Do you think she'd be open to, like, that sort of offer?
0:50:04 > 0:50:08- Yes, I know the dealer and I know she'd...- Do you think?
0:50:08 > 0:50:10- Yeah, yeah, I'm sure she would. - Really?
0:50:10 > 0:50:11- Yeah.- Is she going to kill you?
0:50:11 > 0:50:13- Hopefully not. - Penny, I'm very grateful.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15- You're welcome.- £12. It's a deal.
0:50:15 > 0:50:19And, with that, our experts' shopping is complete.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Christina spent £182 on a letter opener,
0:50:25 > 0:50:27silver snuffbox,
0:50:27 > 0:50:28copper bucket,
0:50:28 > 0:50:32matchbox-holder and display cabinet.
0:50:32 > 0:50:36Paul picked up a military lot of a regimental badge and watchstrap,
0:50:36 > 0:50:39dress sword, corkscrew,
0:50:39 > 0:50:4219th-century portrait and a Zulu staff,
0:50:42 > 0:50:44spending a total of £215.
0:50:44 > 0:50:49So, let's see what our antiques aces think of each other's objects.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53In the round, an interesting little group of purchases, there.
0:50:53 > 0:50:57Anything that's scaring the pants off me?
0:50:57 > 0:50:58Nah.
0:50:58 > 0:51:02Yeah, I mean, militaria and wine-related ephemera -
0:51:02 > 0:51:04that is Paul Laidlaw, isn't it?
0:51:04 > 0:51:06I think I've got the stronger hand, here.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Well, we shall see.
0:51:10 > 0:51:11After starting off in
0:51:11 > 0:51:13the Gloucestershire town of Tetbury,
0:51:13 > 0:51:15this leg concludes at auction
0:51:15 > 0:51:17in Evesham in Worcestershire.
0:51:18 > 0:51:20Right, here we go. Second auction.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23- Yeah.- Oh, I've got the nerves again.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26- Have you?- The knee's not going yet, but it will be.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29Today's battleground is Littleton Auctions
0:51:29 > 0:51:32and in charge is auctioneer Martin Homer.
0:51:33 > 0:51:37If you're all quite settled in, let's get this show on the road.
0:51:37 > 0:51:39£20 anywhere? Give me 10, then.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45First up is Christina's letter opener.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47There we are. Nice piece, there. You can see that pictured.
0:51:47 > 0:51:49- Bid me on that one. Where should we go?- Come on.
0:51:49 > 0:51:5220, I'm bid. Thank you, the room has it at 20. I'll take two.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54At £20, are we done? 22, I've got.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57At 22 and five, sir. 25.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00- Yeah, he's back.- At £25. All done, then, at the back of the room at 25?
0:52:00 > 0:52:03Are we done, then, at £25? Fair warning at 25...
0:52:03 > 0:52:04Ooh. Net! Net!
0:52:04 > 0:52:07- 25.- Internet! - LAUGHTER
0:52:07 > 0:52:08- 27, thank you.- Oh, thank God.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11- Oh!- Blimey, Christina, well spotted.
0:52:11 > 0:52:1230 at the back.
0:52:12 > 0:52:13£30, the room has it at 30. All done?
0:52:13 > 0:52:16£30. Fair warning at £30...
0:52:16 > 0:52:19- You took five years off that poor auctioneer's life.- I think I...
0:52:19 > 0:52:24Verbally assaulted him, there. "Internet! Oi!"
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Well, always nice to get involved, isn't it?
0:52:27 > 0:52:30Paul's double-action corkscrew is up next.
0:52:30 > 0:52:34Where shall we go with that? £100 for it? I'm looking for £100.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36- Should be.- Go 50 for it, then. Come on.
0:52:36 > 0:52:38- Surely £50. - Internet, straight in at £50.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40- Straight away. Go on. - Net has it at 50.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43At 50, I'll take five. 55.
0:52:43 > 0:52:4560 on the net. Five.
0:52:45 > 0:52:46At 65 in the room.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Looking for 70, now.
0:52:48 > 0:52:49- 75, come on. - The net has it now at 75.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52- I've not even broken even yet. - 80, do you want, sir?
0:52:52 > 0:52:54£80 I've got. In the room at 80, and five.
0:52:54 > 0:52:5690 on the net. At £90.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59- Are we all done, then, £90? - Come on... Come on.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03Fair warning, and we're selling at £90...
0:53:03 > 0:53:05No. Cheap corkscrew.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08Cheap corkscrew...
0:53:08 > 0:53:11Not what you were hoping for, but still a profit, Paul.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Christina fought hard to secure a good price for her
0:53:13 > 0:53:16copper-and-brass bucket. Was it worth it?
0:53:16 > 0:53:18I've got some interest on commission.
0:53:18 > 0:53:19I can start that off at £50.
0:53:19 > 0:53:21- The bid's with me at 50.- How much?
0:53:21 > 0:53:24At £50, I'm looking for 55 now.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27At £50, the bid's here. 55, 60.
0:53:27 > 0:53:28Five, 70.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30- Five, 80.- Oh, my God.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Are you out? At £80, the bid is still with me on the book at 80.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35At £80, are we all done, ladies and gentlemen?
0:53:35 > 0:53:38- This never happens to me. - I'm selling at £80...
0:53:38 > 0:53:40- They stuck in it... - Did you just get £80 for that?
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Yeah.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44You might not believe that, Christina,
0:53:44 > 0:53:49but that holey bucket has done the business with a £71 profit.
0:53:49 > 0:53:53Paul will be hoping to close the gap with his military lot.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55- On commission with me at 10. - Commission at £10.- Looking for 12.
0:53:55 > 0:53:5710. 12, I've got.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00Back to me at 15. 17.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02Back to me at 20. Are you out?
0:54:02 > 0:54:04At 20. Are we done, then?
0:54:04 > 0:54:07- And I'm selling at £20. - Double your money.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09- Sold at 20.- Well done. Well done. - It's all right - a small step.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12Despite a 100% profit for Paul,
0:54:12 > 0:54:16Christina is still out in the lead on today's auction,
0:54:16 > 0:54:18and it's her display cabinet up next.
0:54:18 > 0:54:2020. I'm on the net at 20.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22- Are you joking?- Net's at 20. 22.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24- 25. At 27.- What's happening to me?
0:54:24 > 0:54:26£30. 32.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28At 32, with you, sir.
0:54:28 > 0:54:31Net comes in at 35. 37.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33At 37. 40 on the net.
0:54:33 > 0:54:3545, sir. 45.
0:54:35 > 0:54:37- In the room at 45.- I was just trying to spend the money.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39At 45. 50 on the net.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41At £50, and I'm selling at £50...
0:54:43 > 0:54:45I'm really sorry.
0:54:45 > 0:54:48It seems to be Christina's lucky day.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50Paul's pinning his hopes of a comeback
0:54:50 > 0:54:52on his 19th-century portrait.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55And I can start this at £100 on commission.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57- £100.- With me at £100. At £100.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00- See? £100.- I'm back in the game. - I'm looking for 110, now.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02Yeah, I'm looking for 110 as well.
0:55:02 > 0:55:03110.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05120.
0:55:05 > 0:55:06At 130.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08- See?- 140.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10- With me on the book at 140. - £100 clear profit.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13- Are we done, then? £140. - That's brilliant.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15Well done.
0:55:15 > 0:55:19That fantastic profit brings our experts almost neck-and-neck.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22Next up is Christina's matchbox-holder.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24I've got commissioned interest.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27- I can go in at £35 on this. - Straight in. You're clear.
0:55:27 > 0:55:2940. 5. 50.
0:55:29 > 0:55:31Same as the book but you take preference.
0:55:31 > 0:55:32It's in the room at 50.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36Fair warning at £50...
0:55:36 > 0:55:40I'm afraid that's a loss after auction costs,
0:55:40 > 0:55:44which leaves the door open for Paul and his Zulu staff.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47Does £30 start me, then? Come on, surely. 30, I'm bid.
0:55:47 > 0:55:49- Thank you, sir, at £30, it's in the room at 30.- The net...
0:55:49 > 0:55:52- Look, there, 5, 37... - Two net bidders. Two net bidders.
0:55:52 > 0:55:5437, 40, and the net's running with this.
0:55:54 > 0:55:5755 on the internet, ladies and gentlemen. Looking for 60 now.
0:55:57 > 0:55:58Are we done, then?
0:55:58 > 0:56:00- Fair warning at £55... - WOMAN:- No, you're not.
0:56:00 > 0:56:02It's a new bidder in the room now.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05- It comes into the room at £60. - Good God. Bless you.- Oh, really? No.
0:56:05 > 0:56:06Come on, net.
0:56:06 > 0:56:0965 on the net. At 65, 60...
0:56:09 > 0:56:10£70, back in the room.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13- Good man.- At £70.- Someone kick him. - The room has it at 70,
0:56:13 > 0:56:15and I'm selling at 70.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17Sold at £70.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Paul has turned it around and moves ahead,
0:56:20 > 0:56:23but Christina has one item left - her silver snuffbox.
0:56:23 > 0:56:24What shall we say?
0:56:24 > 0:56:26- £30, start me there, please?- Oh!
0:56:26 > 0:56:27Looking for £30.
0:56:27 > 0:56:28No. Net's in, net's in, net's off.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30On the net at 30.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32- The net's just taken off. - I can't watch.
0:56:32 > 0:56:34Net, 50. On the internet at 50.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37At 50, comes back into the room at 55.
0:56:37 > 0:56:38Quite rightly so.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40- It's a lovely thing. Yes. - The room has it at 55.
0:56:40 > 0:56:41At 55 in the room.
0:56:41 > 0:56:45- Are we all done, ladies and gentlemen, at £55?- Oh, my God, no.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47Sold, 55.
0:56:47 > 0:56:49Like a dagger through my heart.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54That's a tough one to take,
0:56:54 > 0:56:57and Paul still has his dress sword to go.
0:56:57 > 0:56:59And I can start this at £50.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01No, you're joking. There's a countryman laughing.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03- That's what I'm telling you.- Net.
0:57:03 > 0:57:06- 55 and the net's running now with this at 75.- Five, 80, 5...
0:57:06 > 0:57:09- 90,- 5... 90, 5, 100...
0:57:09 > 0:57:1210... Oh. I'm redundant!
0:57:12 > 0:57:14The internet bidders have come alive.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16170.
0:57:16 > 0:57:20170, ladies and gentlemen, on the internet at £170.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Are we done, then?
0:57:22 > 0:57:24Fair warning and I will sell at £170.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26All done?
0:57:26 > 0:57:27Sold at 170.
0:57:27 > 0:57:29Hooray!
0:57:30 > 0:57:31Well done.
0:57:31 > 0:57:34What a fantastic way to end the auction,
0:57:34 > 0:57:37as Paul completes his comeback with his second three-figure profit
0:57:37 > 0:57:39of the day. Wow.
0:57:39 > 0:57:43I'm done. I resign. Has anyone resigned after two days? Have they?
0:57:43 > 0:57:44There we go. That's me.
0:57:44 > 0:57:50Christina started this leg with £182.84.
0:57:50 > 0:57:52After auction costs are deducted,
0:57:52 > 0:57:57she's made £35.30 in profit,
0:57:57 > 0:58:02taking her total to £218.14.
0:58:04 > 0:58:05After auction costs,
0:58:05 > 0:58:10Paul made £186.80 profit,
0:58:10 > 0:58:15taking the day with a total of £427.04.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17Wow.
0:58:18 > 0:58:21- Goodness me.- Look at that filthy car. Where's ours?
0:58:21 > 0:58:22I will drive because then I will take
0:58:22 > 0:58:24responsibility for the filthy car.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27Yeah, you will drive cos you're taking it to have it valeted.
0:58:28 > 0:58:31ENGINE PURRS Cheerio till next time.