0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05I don't know what to do!
0:00:05 > 0:00:06PARP!
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 > 0:00:17The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction. But it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Back in the game!
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Ha-ha!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners,
0:00:22 > 0:00:24- and valiant losers.- Oh!
0:00:24 > 0:00:26So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:26 > 0:00:28or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Oh!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40We're back behind the wheel on an epic road trip
0:00:40 > 0:00:44with treasure hunters, Paul Laidlaw and Christina Trevanion.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- This is it! This is it! We're living the dream!- Living the dream.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51What's not to love? The weather's amazing, the car's fabulous...
0:00:51 > 0:00:54- The company, the company... - The sun is shining...
0:00:54 > 0:00:55HE COUGHS
0:00:55 > 0:00:57- The company!- The company's amazing!
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Oh, it is, isn't it? I feel exactly the same way!
0:00:59 > 0:01:00CHRISTINA LAUGHS
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Paul is the leader of this pack and he's using every trick in the book.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06If you keep my powder dry.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Whatever it takes.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11And if you need me crying, I can turn that on, just like that.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Challenger Christina is keeping her eyes peeled in her bid to catch up.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Ha-ha!
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Really, I can't see a price tag.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22But both our auctioneers are basking in profit.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Christina started the trip with £200
0:01:25 > 0:01:30and has nudged her total up to £218.14.
0:01:32 > 0:01:33Paul started with the same amount
0:01:33 > 0:01:40but made a smashing profit, and has £427.04 in his pocket.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45Impressive? Much like their 1999 HMC Mark IV.
0:01:45 > 0:01:46What's not to love, eh?
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Paul and Christina started their journey in Clare in Suffolk.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52They are careering through Worcestershire
0:01:52 > 0:01:55and the West Midlands and twisting up through Staffordshire before
0:01:55 > 0:02:00their journey of over 700 miles culminates in Northwich in Cheshire.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Our pair kicked off today's leg in the Herefordshire town of Leominster
0:02:04 > 0:02:08and head north for their next auction in Nantwich, Cheshire.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Leominster is a beautiful, chocolate-box village in
0:02:12 > 0:02:15the heart of the rolling borderlands between England and Wales.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18It's also Paul's first pit stop.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Meanwhile, Christina has toddled less than 25 miles
0:02:21 > 0:02:24along the road to Ledbury, where she is being
0:02:24 > 0:02:29shown around Rod's Curiosities, by none other than Rod himself.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Now, this is nice. Tell me about this. That's quite fun, isn't it?
0:02:32 > 0:02:37- This is a British Thomas Houston Bakelite cone speaker.- Speaker?
0:02:37 > 0:02:38- Yeah.- Ooh!
0:02:41 > 0:02:43See, I don't really know huge amounts about these
0:02:43 > 0:02:47but that looks...I mean, it's so typical of its time, isn't it?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Oh, it's absolutely of its era. - 1930s?
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Round about the '30s, yeah. - Beautiful.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I like that. OK, what have we got on that, then, Rod?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Well, at the moment, we've got £95 on it.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Do we think £25-30 might be beyond the realms of possibility?
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- We might be able to do something. - Do you think?- Yeah.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11- That would be exciting. - We might be able to.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- Because I've virtually got it free, really.- Brilliant.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18You're a man, you're a man of honour, Rod, I like that.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20I like that. Right, let's keep wandering
0:03:20 > 0:03:21and see what else we can find.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Not a bad price for a speaker that doesn't work!
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Something to think about.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Because so often now you see Staffordshire, don't you,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33and it's late Staffordshire that was mass-produced.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35And you can just tell, can't you?
0:03:35 > 0:03:40Look, the way the decoration's done is so much more hand-applied.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44That early Staffordshire figure has a ticket price of £35.
0:03:44 > 0:03:45What could you do on that?
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Bearing in mind I'm buying this with my heart, not with my head.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52It's not going to do particularly well at auction,
0:03:52 > 0:03:53but it's very sweet.
0:03:53 > 0:03:59- I really couldn't go below £20 on that, I'm afraid.- OK.
0:03:59 > 0:04:05So if we said 25 on the speaker and 20 on this,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08could you do 40 for the two?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- Since it's you... - No, not since it's me!
0:04:13 > 0:04:15SHE LAUGHS
0:04:15 > 0:04:17- Could you do it?- Yeah.- Could you?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Yeah. We could.- You're a legend, Rod.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Thank you very much. You're a gentleman. I love it!
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Great start, girl.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Thank you. Bye!
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Meanwhile, back in Leominster...
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I recently bought a piece of WMF metalwork,
0:04:35 > 0:04:40which didn't inspire me at all, it wasn't real good WMF, as far as I was concerned.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I think there's a good WMF group down there.
0:04:44 > 0:04:51Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik, or WMF, was one of the largest
0:04:51 > 0:04:54European manufacturers of metalwork in the late 19th century.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58They're not uncommon, so what's caught your eye here then, Paul?
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Look at the aesthetic here.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Some would be tempted to say Art Deco
0:05:02 > 0:05:08because the nature of the decoration is very geometric, a box grid,
0:05:08 > 0:05:10and that sounds pretty industrial and pretty harsh,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13but it is an aesthetic that I, for one,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17would associate with the designer Hoffman, Koloman Moser.
0:05:17 > 0:05:24These are giants, and I see their Wiener Werkstatte
0:05:24 > 0:05:28influence in this little christening set here.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31I'm pretty excited. That coming across?
0:05:31 > 0:05:32Certainly is, old bean!
0:05:32 > 0:05:37And with a ticket price of £25, time to call on Angela.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Ha-ha!
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Now that is a bunch of keys if ever I saw one.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43They're for the cabinet round here.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Right, Angela, so I spotted this early on.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48It's a pretty little WMF christening set.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52I think your only problem with a christening set is when it's been
0:05:52 > 0:05:55engraved, as this has, but otherwise I think that's fine and dandy.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59She already reduced it? I'll just check for you.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Nope.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04I can knock you 10% off, actually.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07I'm happy to take 10% discount on that. I think that's fantastic.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- That's lovely, yeah. - Yeah, I really like that.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11For a total of £22.50,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Paul has secured his first purchase of the day.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- That's great. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20- All the best to you. Thanks, Angela. See you.- Bye.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Meanwhile, Christina's heading for Great Malvern
0:06:25 > 0:06:28to discover how the water that springs from the nearby hills
0:06:28 > 0:06:32helped spark a Victorian health craze and put the town on the map.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36She's meeting curator Cora at the Malvern Museum.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39So why is Malvern so famous for its water?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43It's because most places that are famous for water are famous
0:06:43 > 0:06:48because their water has got minerals in it, but Malvern water
0:06:48 > 0:06:51is famous because it's hardly got any minerals in it at all.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55The dense, granite rocks that make up the eight-mile ridge of the
0:06:55 > 0:07:00Malvern Hills strip the minerals from the water flowing through it.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03In early medical treatments, it was understood that
0:07:03 > 0:07:06different minerals could be used for different ailments.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10By having so few minerals, Malvern's water was considered to be purer and
0:07:10 > 0:07:15was used by two pioneering doctors in their own brand of water cure.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19In the 19th century, we had two water cure doctors, Dr James Wilson
0:07:19 > 0:07:22and Dr James Gully, who came to Malvern
0:07:22 > 0:07:24and they set up hydropathic practices.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29And they encouraged wealthy people to come here
0:07:29 > 0:07:32because wealthy people had the sort of problems
0:07:32 > 0:07:35that could be treated with Malvern water.
0:07:35 > 0:07:36During Wilson's European travels,
0:07:36 > 0:07:40he encountered the work of a ground-breaking individual,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44Vincent Priessnitz, who had started to develop water cures
0:07:44 > 0:07:46based on his observations of animals
0:07:46 > 0:07:49submerging their injured limbs into water.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51Wilson, suffering from his own ailment,
0:07:51 > 0:07:56stayed at the pioneering clinic and was astounded by his work.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00He stayed about six months. He drank about 2,500 tumblers of water.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04He walked about 200 miles, and he got better.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09And he thought it was so surprising and dynamic,
0:08:09 > 0:08:13he decided he would like to set up a hydropathic institution in England.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17So he came back here, collected his friend, Dr Gully,
0:08:17 > 0:08:22inspired him with hydropathy and then the two of them came to Malvern.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Wilson and Gully opened their establishment in 1842
0:08:27 > 0:08:31and were among the first to create such a centre in Britain.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Malvern's pure water already had a reputation for healing properties,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38but Wilson and Gully's patients did not simply drink it.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41They were prescribed various bathing treatments
0:08:41 > 0:08:46to treat ailments as diverse as eye, skin and digestive disorders.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Forgive me for being a cynic
0:08:48 > 0:08:53but was there any science behind this theory
0:08:53 > 0:08:56- that Wilson and Gully had got together?- Oh, yes.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58It...you have to know
0:08:58 > 0:09:02just one or two rudimentary things about the body.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06If you get into a hot bath, your skin turns pink.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08That's because, without you doing anything, the body is
0:09:08 > 0:09:11naturally trying to cool itself down
0:09:11 > 0:09:13by bringing the blood to the surface.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15I thought I'm just turning into a lobster!
0:09:15 > 0:09:16THEY LAUGH
0:09:16 > 0:09:18If you get into a cold bath,
0:09:18 > 0:09:22without you doing anything, your body has the opposite effect
0:09:22 > 0:09:25and that is for the blood to go inwards
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- to keep your internal organs warm.- Yeah.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32So once you know that, then you know that you can move the blood
0:09:32 > 0:09:36around in the body just by the application of warm and cold water.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40Water therapy was used to stimulate the flow of blood
0:09:40 > 0:09:45and was combined with strict regimes of exercise and diet.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- This is a hip bath? - This is a hip bath.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50So, if you'd got some sort blockage in the lower
0:09:50 > 0:09:52bit of you around here...
0:09:52 > 0:09:54So digestive problems, right?
0:09:54 > 0:09:58Yes, in the lower digestive tract, this would be ideal for you.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59In the tub. It's cold, remember.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02To treat abdominal complaints, patients would
0:10:02 > 0:10:06sit in the bath with cold water and be wrapped in cold, wet towels
0:10:06 > 0:10:09to encourage blood vessels to contract.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Water cures caught the imagination of Victorian society
0:10:12 > 0:10:14and Malvern flourished.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Trade in bottled water from the town increased
0:10:16 > 0:10:18and grand hotels were built
0:10:18 > 0:10:21to accommodate the tourists brought by the new railway.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Thanks to the craze of water cures,
0:10:23 > 0:10:25the town became known across the country
0:10:25 > 0:10:28and the water that flows from its granite hills
0:10:28 > 0:10:30became the stuff of legend.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34How long am I prescribed to sit here? How long until I get better?
0:10:34 > 0:10:39Well, you've got 15 minutes in the tub twice a day, but actually, your
0:10:39 > 0:10:43complete treatment, seeing what state you're in, three to six months.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- Three, six months?- I'm going to leave you to it.- OK.
0:10:45 > 0:10:51All right, then. Right, three to six months? Am I in that bad shape?!
0:10:51 > 0:10:52Might be a year.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Looking better already! Ha!
0:10:57 > 0:10:58While she indulges her ailments,
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Paul is just a few steps along the road.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- Hello!- How you doing, all right? - Yes, I'm fine, thank you.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07That's the lovely Bridget, who's on hand to help.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- How much have you got to spend? - You see, that would be telling.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- That would be a rookie negotiating mistake from the off.- Right, OK.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15COUGHS: £300!
0:11:15 > 0:11:20- No, it's 400! 400, I've got.- Gosh. - You going to extract that from me?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Yeah. Hopefully!
0:11:22 > 0:11:23PAUL LAUGHS
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- I'll take him into that back room! - Ha-ha!
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Get medieval on me! Like it!
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Watch yourself, Paul!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Right, let's get spending some of that money.
0:11:34 > 0:11:41What we have here is one of a family of clocks that were made to
0:11:41 > 0:11:46government contracts in the 1930s, '40s.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48And they have certain features in common.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52The first and most important one, from a horological point of view,
0:11:52 > 0:11:55is that they have fusee-driven movements.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58A fusee was a technical advancement that regulates
0:11:58 > 0:12:01the power from the mainspring.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05This technology helped keep the clock accurate,
0:12:05 > 0:12:09but this one has a ticket price of £275.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Pricey, but one to consider.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14And he's already onto another timepiece.
0:12:14 > 0:12:20This time, it's a mid-20th century pocket watch with a ticket price of £68.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24To be honest with you, I think that's an unusual
0:12:24 > 0:12:26and not unattractive watch.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30Could you possibly... Now, that, for my purposes,
0:12:30 > 0:12:32is a country mile off £68.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34But I don't know what slack's in that.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Could you do me a massive favour and just see
0:12:36 > 0:12:39if there's any giveaway price on that?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- I'll ask. - And I'll just keep rummaging.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45There's no stopping Paul.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48He's already on to something else.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Some size of a perfume bottle, isn't it?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54It's not a perfume bottle. It's...
0:12:54 > 0:12:59This is saddlery, or this will be carried in saddlery.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03The discerning person's choice for taking refreshments on horseback,
0:13:03 > 0:13:06the flask would have been held on a gentleman's saddle
0:13:06 > 0:13:08by a leather pouch, which is sadly missing.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11The ticket price is £48.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14What price on that? What could that be?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- Make it cheap. Can something be cheap? Come on!- 48.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Tell me this came in, it was inexpensive.- 48.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- 40, that would be the best.- Oh!
0:13:24 > 0:13:26I do like clocks and watches
0:13:26 > 0:13:29and I am still thinking about that pocket watch.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31The unusual but high quality,
0:13:31 > 0:13:36the fusee-driven mantel clock in the oak case.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39That's a hell of a lot of my budget,
0:13:39 > 0:13:44but is there slack in the price of that? It's 275 squids.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46The one facing the door, aye.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Can that be cheap?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Is there SOMETHING can be cheap?
0:13:51 > 0:13:53We're selling that for someone so...
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- Oh, a private...- No, it is another dealer. We'll give him a call.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- No harm in it. I've no self-respect.- OK.
0:14:00 > 0:14:01OK, whatever it takes.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04And if you need me crying, I can turn that on just like that.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06It may come to that.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10I love the flask. I LOVE the flask.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13I wish I had the leather pouch, that's its Achilles heel.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- 175 for the clock.- 175.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20A good discount for the mantel clock and Bridget also offers
0:14:20 > 0:14:23£50 for the pocket watch and £40 on the saddle flask,
0:14:23 > 0:14:27but can Paul get a deal for all three from owner Nigel?
0:14:27 > 0:14:29On what he was quoted before.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34It's 175, 40 and 50 - 265 at the minute.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35230.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39That's a good offer.
0:14:39 > 0:14:45At £230 it certainly is, even if it was haggled across the room.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50It's a great discount and Paul snaps it up to secure all three items.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Bold move, Paul.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Thank you very much. Next time, I hope.- Bye-bye.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58And after a hard day of antique acquisition,
0:14:58 > 0:14:59it's time for some rest.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Sweet dreams, you two.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10The next morning, our curio crackerjacks are heading through
0:15:10 > 0:15:14the West Midlands on their way to the village of Balsall Common
0:15:14 > 0:15:16where they part ways once more.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Have a lovely time. - See you later.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21- See this afternoon. - All the best.- Bye.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24- Good morning. - Hello. Nice to see you.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26- Nice to see you. How are you? Are you well?- Fine.
0:15:26 > 0:15:31Antiques In A Barn is housed in a 200-year-old barn, funnily enough.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35With a lot of ground to cover, perhaps owner Diane can help out.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39I would quite like to have a look in this cabinet, if that's all right.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42I was looking at this fan.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- Now, is that the box for it there? - Yes.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50- Can I give you that then, my love? - OK.- Isn't that pretty?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53So, we need to have a look at the leaf and see if the leaf
0:15:53 > 0:15:55is in good condition, which it is.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58So often you find that they perish along these creases, don't they?
0:15:58 > 0:16:03And that actually looks as if it's got a little bit of damage on there.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06It's got this ivory...
0:16:07 > 0:16:10..obviously what they call the sticks here,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13and it's actually carved in there as well.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Now, ivory is quite controversial, isn't it?
0:16:16 > 0:16:20But as long as it's pre-1947 it is legal to sell ivory in this country,
0:16:20 > 0:16:24and I would say this is certainly 19th century French.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31Yes. Not to everyone's taste, but Christina seems smitten by it.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33Lovely. OK.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38So, what have we got on this, Diane? 19th century fan, £78 on there.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41What could be your death on that? For a trade buyer?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43I'll do you £50.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- £50 on it. And that... - That includes the box. Yes.
0:16:48 > 0:16:54That's a £28 discount, one to hang on to and to carry on rummaging.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59This is interesting and it's got "Macintyre & Co, Burslem" on here.
0:16:59 > 0:17:04James Macintyre founded a successful Staffordshire pottery in 1860.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07You've got "at fault" on there. Is that...?
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- Yes, there's a crack, unfortunately. - Oh, yes.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Oh, what a shame.
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Damaged or not, it's priced at £55.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22Because of the... I mean, perfect - 200, something like that?
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- Mmm.- But because of the damage... - It's not perfect, is it?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26No, it's not perfect.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29For the two, could we come up with like a combined price for the two?
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- £70 for the pair. - For the pair, for the two?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I mean, £50 on that is fine.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Could you meet me in the middle at 65? For the two?
0:17:39 > 0:17:42For the fan and the little...perfume bottle at 65?
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Yes, I'll do you 65.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46- Yeah?- Yes, yes.- OK. It's a deal. Brilliant.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49You're an angel, thank you, very much.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Oh, nice till!
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Great work, Christina, two items bagged for £65.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Reunited, back in the car,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02our twosome are travelling through some of Northamptonshire's
0:18:02 > 0:18:06finest countryside towards the village of Weedon Bec.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10Shall we just abandon the wheels here?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12THEY LAUGH
0:18:12 > 0:18:15I'm not entirely sure this is a parking space.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Neither am I.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19It's their last shop of this leg
0:18:19 > 0:18:22and Christina still has over £113,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26while Paul is holding over 170.
0:18:28 > 0:18:29Oh!
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- Oh, this looks good.- Is it big enough for both of us, do you think?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36You take that side, I'll take that side.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41What I find quite fascinating is that both Paul and I will
0:18:41 > 0:18:45walk in here and we'll both go for entirely different things.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48He will go for stuff that I probably wouldn't even look at
0:18:48 > 0:18:51and I will go for stuff that he probably wouldn't even look at.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53It is like we're yin and yang, isn't it?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56Yeah. And Paul's already yanging on to something.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59How far am I from the door?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Three paces.
0:19:05 > 0:19:06And that's what I'm buying.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07OK?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Hold on!
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Wait a minute, you may be wanting to know why and what.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- That would be nice.- OK.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16It's that.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19And it's going to cost me that.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23And it dates to 1740,
0:19:23 > 0:19:251750,
0:19:25 > 0:19:33and it's an incredibly scarce little Georgian English glass...
0:19:33 > 0:19:35For all the world...
0:19:37 > 0:19:41..it's like a tiny little sweetmeat dish, OK,
0:19:41 > 0:19:46or a miniature tazza. We would call a tazza, a cake stand.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49It's also a colossal bargain.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53The truth of the matter is I think that's worth,
0:19:53 > 0:19:54to a specialist collector...
0:19:55 > 0:19:57..£100 of anyone's money.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Incredible find, Paul.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Hurry up, Christina, would you? Come on! Christina!
0:20:03 > 0:20:07How long is this going to take? I'm done! Come on!
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Hang on a second, you're not supposed to heckle me from across an antique shop!
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- No pressure.- Are you done?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- Seriously?- Done. Done.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I hadn't even started looking. What?!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22He was quick.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24Would you be Lawrence, by any chance?
0:20:24 > 0:20:27- I would be, and I presume you're Paul.- Good to see you, my friend.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28- Are you all right?- Very well indeed.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- This it is going to be the quickest visit I've ever had to an antique shop.- Really?
0:20:32 > 0:20:36I found it within two paces of the door. I ain't going to haggle,
0:20:36 > 0:20:42- funnily enough, so I will give you all of...- £1!
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- Would you believe it, Lawrence? - That's very kind of you indeed.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I am going to shake your hand and run.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Can I have my glass?
0:20:51 > 0:20:52Thank you.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57Paul's eagle eye strikes again and no haggling indeed.
0:20:57 > 0:20:58What a spot, eh?
0:21:00 > 0:21:01What a little diamond?
0:21:01 > 0:21:04A pound note.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08A pound note. Three steps in from the door.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Right, Christina, the pressure's on now.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- Alison, could I have a look in this cupboard here?- Of course you may.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- We're selling in Cheshire. - Oh, right?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24So, I'm thinking footballers' wives, bit of bling.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Yes. And that's so unusual on the setting of the diamond.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29It looks it almost looks sort of Boodles or Chopard
0:21:29 > 0:21:31or something like that. It's quite sweet.
0:21:31 > 0:21:34- So what could your best trade price on that be?- £120.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Ah.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38OK.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Is there any chance we could go £100 on it?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Not really.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- Cos I haven't got £120 left! - Oh, dear.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50How much have you got left?
0:21:50 > 0:21:51Not that much.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55I was really hoping to sort of secure that for about £100
0:21:55 > 0:21:58if that's at all possible. What's your thoughts on that?
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Let me go and have a word with John that works for me
0:22:02 > 0:22:04because it's one of his pieces.
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Oh, OK, all right, brilliant.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13110 he said, he can't do 100.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- He can't do 100. - No, unfortunately not.- Oh.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Oh.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- Would he go 105?- No, I can't.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- Are you sure?- Positive, sorry.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- £110's the absolute death on that. - It is.- OK, 110.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- 110, thank you very much, that's great.- You're welcome.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33I owe you some money. That's beautiful.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35And with that, all our shopping for this leg is done.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Christina's spent £215 on the Bakelite speaker,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42the 19th century pearlware figure,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45the scent bottle, the silk fan
0:22:45 > 0:22:47and the diamond pendant.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50Paul bought the WMF christening set,
0:22:50 > 0:22:51the pocket watch,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53the glass flask,
0:22:53 > 0:22:54mantel clock
0:22:54 > 0:22:57and his bargain buy of the Georgian tazza,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00all for a total of £243.50.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05So, what do they make of each other's items?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09The little perfume, well, you see when I first saw that I panicked,
0:23:09 > 0:23:13I thought, "Oh, she's bought a Macintyre silver-mounted egg perfume."
0:23:13 > 0:23:15I thought I'd lost it all.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19Praise the Lord, it's damaged and I have been let off the hook.
0:23:19 > 0:23:24The guy is a genius, I mean buying a beautiful piece of very,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27very early glassware like that for £1 is just amazing
0:23:27 > 0:23:29and I was in the same shop as him.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31That's quite depressing.
0:23:32 > 0:23:33Do you know? You're right.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Our pair have trundled their way north
0:23:35 > 0:23:37from Leominster in Herefordshire
0:23:37 > 0:23:41and are headed for their last stop of this leg in Nantwich in Cheshire.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45You walk into a shop, the same shop as me, might I add,
0:23:45 > 0:23:49you walk into a shop, within two paces you have picked up
0:23:49 > 0:23:53the most beautiful 18th-century glass
0:23:53 > 0:23:55- for a pound! - PAUL LAUGHS
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Jealousy will get you nowhere, Christina.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02It's off to the auction, which today is being held in Nantwich.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06For the last 60 years the town has been home to Peter Wilson Auctions,
0:24:06 > 0:24:08and very nice it is too.
0:24:08 > 0:24:09Come on, then.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13In charge today is auctioneer, Chris Large.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16To me the main event, it's all about your glass.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20I think it doesn't matter what happens today.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21We'll have to wait for that.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Christina's Bakelite speaker is up first.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I'm bid £30 straight away on commission for this lot
0:24:26 > 0:24:27and I'm selling.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Internet's in here. 50.
0:24:29 > 0:24:3150's bid on the internet.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Five on the internet?
0:24:32 > 0:24:33Any further bids?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- I'll take that, I need it. - More than doubled your money.
0:24:38 > 0:24:43That broken old speaker's given Christina a fantastic start.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Next up is Paul's mantel clock he fell in love with.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- My prediction? - Yes.- 250 to 350 quid.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54I have £65 now straightaway.
0:24:54 > 0:24:5670, 75.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57- 80.- In the room.
0:24:57 > 0:24:5990, against the commission.
0:24:59 > 0:25:0195, 100, and ten now.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03120.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05120. 130.
0:25:05 > 0:25:06140.
0:25:06 > 0:25:0740, 50.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11160. 160's bid on the internet.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Another internet bidder.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15170. 180. 190. 190, 200.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17I'm safe now, come on.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19200. 220, now?
0:25:19 > 0:25:20It's still cheap.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22- £220. - Not expensive but I'll take it.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26At £220, I'm going to sell. If you're all happy now, at £220.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- I'll take it. I'll take that. - Well done.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32I'll just mop that brow.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Not quite your prediction, Paul, but still a strong profit.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38It's Christina's 19th-century silk fan.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41£35, the bid's going to be. 40, thank you.
0:25:41 > 0:25:4340 in the room. At £40.
0:25:43 > 0:25:4545 I'm looking for. At £40,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I'll sell if you're all happy. At £40 only.
0:25:48 > 0:25:53Sadly, the room doesn't love it quite as much as you did, Christina.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56That's great! No, I mean, no, no, what a disappointment.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02Now the hour has come for Paul's second timepiece of the day.
0:26:02 > 0:26:03His pocket watch.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Now we've got your really sweet little Art Deco pocket watch.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09And £20 I'm bid on commission here. With me I'm selling.
0:26:09 > 0:26:1225's on the internet, takes my bid out.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14At £25 the internet bidder has it.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- 30 I am looking for. - I'm making a loss.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17- £25.- It is an outrage!
0:26:17 > 0:26:20If you're all happy at £25 only.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22- This is an outrage.- Oh. Oh!
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- I demand a recount. - Lost it, you've lost it.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28Is there a chink in Paul's armour, after all?
0:26:28 > 0:26:30Still, only a small loss.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34Can Christina's Staffordshire figure land another blow?
0:26:34 > 0:26:37This lot I have £20 bid straightaway on commission
0:26:37 > 0:26:38for this lot and I'm selling.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41- Don't sell it straightaway! - 25 versus the commission.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44At £25 my commission's out and it's on the internet.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45It's got a little cheeky smile.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50£25, I'm going to sell to the internet bidder
0:26:50 > 0:26:51if you're all happy, £25 only.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57A small profit, but Christina has another chance to catch Paul.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Her scent bottle is next.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- It's sweet.- That does it for me.
0:27:04 > 0:27:0820 is the bid in the room. At £20 with the lady. 25 I'm looking for.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10£20 is bid. Any further bids?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13I'm going to sell if you're all happy. In the room at £20.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17That damage on the scent bottle seems to have been a problem
0:27:17 > 0:27:20and Christina makes a small loss.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24Next up is Paul's silver and glass saddle flask.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26I'll start the bidding off at £60 here with me.
0:27:26 > 0:27:2765 I'm looking for to continue.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30At 65, 70's there on commission, 75.
0:27:30 > 0:27:3375's on the internet. 80's on commission, 85.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- Someone's got the leather case for this, haven't they?- Yeah.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40At £80.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44At £80, and I'm going to sell if you're all happy at £80.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49Even without its leather pouch, Paul more than doubles his money.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Now, Christina has one last chance to catch Paul.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55It rests on her diamond and white gold pendant.
0:27:55 > 0:28:00- I can start the bidding at £135 here with me.- Oh.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03£135, the bid's here with me on commission and I'm selling.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05- 140, do I hear?- Come on!
0:28:05 > 0:28:08I'll sell to the commission bid if you're all happy at £135 only.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Any further bids?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11It's a good profit,
0:28:11 > 0:28:15but not enough to catch Paul, who still has two items to go.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18Paul was passionate about the WMF christening set,
0:28:18 > 0:28:20but will it set the auction alight?
0:28:20 > 0:28:23A lovely lot this. I'm only bid £40 on commission.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25It's a one-horse race, this.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27If you're all happy, at £40 only.
0:28:27 > 0:28:2945 just at the last minute.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34£45 the bid. At £45, 50 still on commission.
0:28:34 > 0:28:3655, can I tempt you, sir?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38- He's getting greedy now!- £55.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41At £55, the bid's in the room. Any further bids?
0:28:42 > 0:28:44That's, again, a great profit.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46A great profit.
0:28:48 > 0:28:49It is yet another profit.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54And now it is Paul's incredible find, his Georgian glass.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Estimate, would you like to tell everyone what they've estimated?
0:28:59 > 0:29:00- What is the estimate?- Estimate...
0:29:00 > 0:29:02How much did you buy it for?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05- I think, a pound.- 100 pence.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09And estimated at £80-£120.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Sorry, what was that? I missed that. Say it again.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14£8-£12!
0:29:14 > 0:29:16For this lot I have two conflicting bids straightaway.
0:29:16 > 0:29:20- I can start the bidding at £110 and I'm selling.- Well done!
0:29:20 > 0:29:22120 I'm looking for to continue.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25All right, the internet is running away with us. At 160 we're up to.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29160's bid on the internet, 170.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32- 180.- It is still going.- 180, 190.
0:29:32 > 0:29:33Tell me when it stops.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37200. £200. 220. At 240.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40At £240. 260. At £260.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43- 280.- £280. Two conflicting internet bidders.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Please join in in the room.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- 300. 300!- Oh, yeah.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51320. At £320.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53At 320. 340, do I hear?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55At £320 is bid.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57At 320, 340 now.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- At 340 now.- 360.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02OK, I'm just a passenger at this point.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04At 360, 380, do I hear?
0:30:04 > 0:30:07At £360.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Slightly over estimate.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Any further bids?
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Bravo. Well done. Well done.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Absolutely outstanding.
0:30:19 > 0:30:20An unbelievable profit.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22- Oh!- Wow, seriously.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28- I am not worthy, Paul Laidlaw. - That was my moment.
0:30:28 > 0:30:30Would you like a piece of cake?
0:30:31 > 0:30:36Christina started this leg with £218.14.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41After costs she's made a profit of £6.40,
0:30:41 > 0:30:44raising her total to £224.54.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48But, today's win makes it a hat-trick
0:30:48 > 0:30:53of auction success for Paul. He had £427.04
0:30:53 > 0:30:59and after costs he's run up an amazing profit of £353.30,
0:30:59 > 0:31:05taking his total to a whopping £780.34.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12With Paul out in front, it's time for the next leg
0:31:12 > 0:31:14and today our experts are in Shropshire.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18Their HMC Mark IV starts out in Shrewsbury,
0:31:18 > 0:31:21before making its way to an auction in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27Kicking off in the Salopian county town, Christina has first dibs
0:31:27 > 0:31:30at Junk 'n' Disorderly!
0:31:30 > 0:31:32- Hello. Hi, Christina. - Nice to meet you.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34- Hi. What's your name?- Jim.- Jim.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36- Lovely to meet you, Jim. - Handsome Jim.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Handsome Jim. That's the name, is it?
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Especially if you want a bargain, Christina.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- Has she found something already? - Oh, hello.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44Now, that's a bit of magic.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48Ah, a pair of Alexander Blaikley paintings, by the look of it.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50- Very nice, aren't they? - Aren't they just, yeah.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53So, they're a pair? Is that £195 for the pair?
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- No.- So you've got them individually priced, but you won't split them?
0:31:56 > 0:31:58I won't split them, yeah.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01- OK.- All right, I can do a deal on the pair, then. £250.
0:32:02 > 0:32:08- That's a good price.- They are very beautiful, but I don't have £250!
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- Then you can't have them, can you! - Exactly.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Have they got any provenance? Where have come from?
0:32:13 > 0:32:16I don't do the history, it costs extra(!)
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Fair enough, Jim. Scottish-born Blaikley was a 19th-century portrait
0:32:20 > 0:32:22painter, these two are very typical of his work.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24They look a bit faded to me.
0:32:24 > 0:32:27I would be looking to pay probably 150...
0:32:27 > 0:32:30Good Lord! I'll do you the pair for 200.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34- Now, that's a good deal. - Split the difference with me at 180.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38- Split the difference and go 190. - No, not going to go more than 180.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- 185?- Nope.- Oh, good Lord. There's a dog to be fed.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45Blimey, Jim. What on earth are you giving him?
0:32:46 > 0:32:49My issue is, obviously, there's a lot of damage to the frames and they
0:32:49 > 0:32:51have been re-lined. They've had new backs on,
0:32:51 > 0:32:53so somebody has taken them out.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56Somebody took them out to put money inside, covered it over and left it.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59- Gold sovereigns? - Well, could be.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02- I'm still thinking 150, 160.- No, you didn't, you went up to 170.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04- Yeah, well, I changed my mind. - You went up to 170.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06- I've changed my mind.- You can't go back down!
0:33:06 > 0:33:07It's a woman's prerogative.
0:33:07 > 0:33:11- She's right, Jim. - I think 160 would be a fair price on the two.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Good Lord, no! Can I go and make myself a cup of tea?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15- A man'll die of thirst here!- No!
0:33:15 > 0:33:17I leave you to it. That's it.
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- He's off again?- Jim? - That's robbery. Daylight robbery!
0:33:20 > 0:33:22- Jim? Jim?- Yes, darling.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26It's like some sort of courtship ritual, isn't it?
0:33:26 > 0:33:27- 160.- Nope.
0:33:27 > 0:33:28- 165?- No!
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Come on, a fiver.
0:33:30 > 0:33:34175. I'll start going up if you keep coming down.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35Do you feel insulted?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37I do. Highly.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39165, you've got a deal.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42And I'll get out of your hair for the rest of the day. Go on.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- OK, go on.- 165.- You bring tears to a glass eye, you know that?
0:33:47 > 0:33:50So, that's one deal happily arrived at.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52Bye, Murphy, bye.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53Bye. Bye.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58With her first items of the day in the bag,
0:33:58 > 0:34:01the coast is clear for Mr Laidlaw to drop by and lock horns with our Jim.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05This should be good. There'll be plenty to choose from,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08including some militaria.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11- Here we go. - Well, quite a lot, actually.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13A rack of uniforms.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15And that's my bag.
0:34:15 > 0:34:21However, that's post-war German, Bundeswehr.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24That's post-war dress, who cares!
0:34:24 > 0:34:28It's all well buying fancy dress, history is what we are looking for.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33This, however, is Second World War Royal Navy.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Right, OK. Watch this. Switch, geek mode! Anorak mode!
0:34:37 > 0:34:39This is called a jumper.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Yes, you think a jumper is a woolly pully,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43but in admiralty language this is a jumper.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46And it would indeed be worn with bell-bottomed trousers,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48with seven folds that represent the seven seas.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54These five stripes, here, are war service chevrons.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57These were given in the Second World War for each year of service,
0:34:57 > 0:35:02that guy served for the duration of the war, and he was still
0:35:02 > 0:35:06wearing this in 1944, because in 1944 he had earned four stripes,
0:35:06 > 0:35:08see this one is a bolt on.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Isn't that a great wee bit of detective work?
0:35:11 > 0:35:14We can pin this thing down to a period without a label or a date.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Clever stuff.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20Jim, though, wishes to put a more eccentric item forward.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- It's a good 'un.- It's all about the story, isn't it?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Well, I can give you any story you like!
0:35:25 > 0:35:30It's a mounted horse's hoof, complete with shoe,
0:35:30 > 0:35:35fitted with a brass collar and a hinged mahogany lid.
0:35:35 > 0:35:40It would serve as a baccy pot or a match pot, or whatever you want.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44I'm giving you 95. I'm open to a bit of hardball. Look, I've removed the
0:35:44 > 0:35:46price, what does that tell you? I'm ready for a sale.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49I need some money, I've a dog to feed, look at him.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Didn't he say the same thing to Christina?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54Just how much dog food does that dog want? He's so small.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58I reckon that's going to make 30-40 quid under the hammer.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00You're joking me! Give me 40 and I'll take it
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- and that's the end of it now. - Have you not listened to me?
0:36:03 > 0:36:07We've got an old uniform and a green helmet there.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10What would be the price if on the three pieces?
0:36:10 > 0:36:11And I don't rate them, by the way,
0:36:11 > 0:36:14I'm just trying to take the pain out of that.
0:36:14 > 0:36:17- Give me 75 for the lot.- No! - That's dirt cheap!
0:36:17 > 0:36:20- Because the blue uniform... - 50 quid, there you go.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- ..is neither here nor there. - That's what you wanted. 50 quid.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- Do you want to shake on it, yes or no?- Yeah.- Done.- No problem.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Well, Jim, yet again it's been emotional.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Well, I tell you what, you'll do well to get a tenner for it.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35This is no joking matter.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38- Look after yourself, my friend. - You too, man.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- All the best to you. - And I hope I don't see you again.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43I'll wash out my mouth, big man.
0:36:46 > 0:36:50Now, still in Shrewsbury, where's our local lass got to?
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- Bill, how are you?- Christina, how are you?- Nice to see you. Very well, thank you.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Oh, what a surprise. Nice of you to drop in.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- Yeah, I'm sorry about this gate-crashing. - You're always welcome.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02Now, I don't know about you but I reckon those two have met before.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06Could local knowledge help? It's certainly a very nice shop.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08- Oh, I tell you what I do like.- Oh, the tin-plate?
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- That's pretty cool, isn't it? - That's fabulous.- I like that.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15- OK, missing its front. - Yeah. There's bits wrong with it.
0:37:15 > 0:37:20- Oh, but look at him driving his train!- It is '50s. It is Japanese.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23It needs a little bit of care and attention.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26It does, doesn't it? But that's great. Does it work?
0:37:26 > 0:37:31Well, no, it doesn't. Well, I don't know if it's bad off working.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- The bits are there.- Oh, yeah. What have we got on it? £20.- Yep.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38- It looks great but... - It's a decorative object.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41- Like me, it has issues. - HE LAUGHS
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- Don't we all?- Speak for yourselves.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47- 12 quid, it's yours.- Yeah? - You'll make a profit.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49- Will I?- What do you think? - Can we make it a tenner?
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- Oh, sure.- Tenner?
0:37:51 > 0:37:54What have you got there? Is that a handshake or what?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- It's a handshake.- All right. - Thank you very much.- You're welcome.
0:37:57 > 0:37:58You're an angel.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Deal sealed and, issues or not, she should be chuffed
0:38:01 > 0:38:03about that little buy.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08But whilst Christina's been bargaining, Paul's back
0:38:08 > 0:38:12behind the wheel heading east towards the Birmingham suburb
0:38:12 > 0:38:17of Erdington, where inside this mysterious warehouse
0:38:17 > 0:38:20there's a wealth of incredible history.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- 'Good afternoon. Reception, can I help you?'- Paul Laidlaw.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26I've arranged to pop in and see you.
0:38:26 > 0:38:32Oh, look at that! Holy Moses, here it goes.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34Paul's about to get a close look
0:38:34 > 0:38:36at where the government keeps our wills.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39- Hello there, Phil. - Paul, good to see you.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- Good to see you.- Welcome to Iron Mountain.- Thanks very much. What a place this is!
0:38:42 > 0:38:48It certainly is because since 1858, when our wills were made public,
0:38:48 > 0:38:51they have been archived and there's an awful lot of them here.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55We store the wills, 80 million of them,
0:38:55 > 0:38:58on behalf of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service
0:38:58 > 0:39:01and we've got some really, really strict controls in place
0:39:01 > 0:39:04around the temperature, humidity and, as you've seen, security,
0:39:04 > 0:39:06- when you came through.- Indeed.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10Nowadays, they're hard at work digitising all this
0:39:10 > 0:39:11and putting it online for everyone,
0:39:11 > 0:39:13from those studying their family history
0:39:13 > 0:39:16to biographers of great Britons.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20- Oh, it is, it's amazing. This is Indiana Jones.- Oh, absolutely.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23But there's nothing quite like taking a close-up look
0:39:23 > 0:39:24at the originals.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27These are hundreds of thousands of people we're looking at.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Each one of these pages, each one of these documents
0:39:30 > 0:39:31can tell you a story, and then you've got
0:39:31 > 0:39:35the more interesting people such as Edward William Elgar.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38- Right, the composer. Right. - Absolutely.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41"I regret that owing to the sudden collapse of everything artistic
0:39:41 > 0:39:44"and commercial, I have found it necessary to revoke the will,
0:39:44 > 0:39:47"which I previously made and to make this present will."
0:39:47 > 0:39:50So even in the wills of famous people, of people that we know,
0:39:50 > 0:39:55there are still stories to be told about how fortunes were made
0:39:55 > 0:39:58and sometimes were lost or fortunes changed.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00So why has he rewritten the will?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03At this time in his life, you can see here that he's struggling with everything around him
0:40:03 > 0:40:06and that was caused by the death of his wife, Alice.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10- So tragic circumstances led to this. - It reads like a book.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13- It does.- Not how I expected. - Absolutely, yeah.
0:40:13 > 0:40:14Who else have you got?
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Straight away here is a name you may recognise.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22- Florence Nightingale, the lady with the lamp?- It is, absolutely.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- You could just keep doing this, blow my mind.- Followed by...
0:40:25 > 0:40:27HE GASPS
0:40:27 > 0:40:32Whoa! Winston Churchill. Just beyond belief.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34I know who that is - Beatrix Heelis
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- That's the married name of Beatrix Potter.- It absolutely is.
0:40:37 > 0:40:38Well, there you go.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41The lady that left all of her estate to the National Trust.
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Yup, they're all in here,
0:40:42 > 0:40:45everyone from your great-granny, to the Kray twins.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Take a look online at the YouGov website.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51After you.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54There's also a touch of the James Bond about this, is there not?
0:40:54 > 0:40:55There is.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Especially poignant on the centenary of the Great War,
0:40:58 > 0:41:02is a collection of almost 300,000 soldiers' wills.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05"In the event of my death I give the whole of my property
0:41:05 > 0:41:09"and effects to Mrs Catherine McCarthy."
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Signed 6184 Private McCarthy. Deary me.
0:41:13 > 0:41:17Such different circumstances than some of the other wills that we saw.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Who died in their bed, the great and the good.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22This guy in the mud of France and Flanders,
0:41:22 > 0:41:25an officer saying, "You'd better fill that in."
0:41:25 > 0:41:27And it could be tomorrow that it's applicable.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30And nothing brings it home more than the pocketbook
0:41:30 > 0:41:33that we've got in front of us. It's actually got a bullet hole in it.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35The soldiers carried their pocketbooks around with them
0:41:35 > 0:41:39when they were on the front line and probably one of the last things
0:41:39 > 0:41:42that was ever written in here was the will.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- So that's the reason...- That's why it's here?- That's why it's here. Absolutely, yeah.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48And quite interesting with the will that we've got here,
0:41:48 > 0:41:52a request from the soldier, Horace Henry Cook, saying,
0:41:52 > 0:41:56"Had not the hand of the Almighty intervened,"
0:41:56 > 0:41:59the lady in question would have been his wife,
0:41:59 > 0:42:02so he's asking in this for his girlfriend
0:42:02 > 0:42:05to be treated as though she would have been his wife
0:42:05 > 0:42:07had he not gone to war and had he not died.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10I would never have guessed walking in here that I'd be so moved.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14Acres and acres of paper but it's much more than that, isn't it?
0:42:14 > 0:42:15It absolutely is, yeah.
0:42:19 > 0:42:24Now, they have a saying hereabouts, "All around the Wrekin."
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- Driving off into the sunset. - This is it.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29It means, "Taking the scenic route."
0:42:29 > 0:42:31- Thelma and Louise. - Night-night, you two.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38It's another lovely day and our first shop this morning
0:42:38 > 0:42:42is in the Shropshire town of Shifnal.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Nothing quite like a shared shop to up the ante.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48- Hello! Hi. Hello. Hi. Christina. Nice to meet you.- Hello.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- What was your name?- I'm Jackie. - Jackie. Lovely to meet you, Jackie.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54- How are you doing, Jackie? I'm Paul. - Hello, Paul.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56You don't need to know him.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58What did I say? Deep breaths all round.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02- I'm going this way. - Plenty to choose from, you two.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05This is quite fun, what's this?
0:43:05 > 0:43:08This is a display cabinet for cigars and it's something that we've had
0:43:08 > 0:43:14that we use to display cigarettes, lighters and cigarette cases in.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18- Is it for sale?- Well, if you'd like it, yeah.- I quite like that.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21So what would you price that at?
0:43:21 > 0:43:27- I would probably put something like £45 on it.- Oh, would you?
0:43:27 > 0:43:31- I wouldn't be looking to pay that for it.- But I am open to offers.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35Would you be very, very insulted if I said a fiver?
0:43:35 > 0:43:39- Not really.- Really?- Mm. - Could I have it for a fiver?
0:43:39 > 0:43:42- Yeah, you can have it for £5. - Are you sure?
0:43:42 > 0:43:44- Yes, I'm positive. - Are you happy at that?- Yep.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49Deal. Brilliant. Jackie, you're a star.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Paul seems to be taking a brief detour
0:43:53 > 0:43:55getting to know the trading estate.
0:43:55 > 0:43:58Bureau - £10. It's for sale, this stuff.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03- Vintage bike... - Who's behind all of this treasure?
0:44:03 > 0:44:06- Hello.- Hello there.- It looks like you're selling, yeah?
0:44:06 > 0:44:10Yes, I'm selling a few things to try and get rid of them.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Sounding cheap.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15- Is your clock running, or no? - No, it's not.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17I don't know whether it's worth me bothering or not.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19I've been told what it's worth.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21He says he wants about 20 quid for it.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Now, there's nothing Paul likes more than a wonky clock.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28These are commonly referred to as anniversary clocks.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30This is a torsion clock.
0:44:30 > 0:44:34So, instead of a swinging pendulum you have got
0:44:34 > 0:44:39an oscillating, rotating weight here.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42Now, your average domestic clock will run for eight days,
0:44:42 > 0:44:44which means you've got to wind it once a week
0:44:44 > 0:44:47and if you forget, you've got a day to remember.
0:44:47 > 0:44:52Your torsion clock is a fantastic piece of engineering.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54It's so sophisticated.
0:44:54 > 0:44:59We wind our torsion clock typically once every 400 days.
0:44:59 > 0:45:03What do you think of that for horological sophistication?
0:45:03 > 0:45:07You've got to wind it once a year and what day might you wind it on?
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Why don't you wind it on your anniversary? Anniversary clock.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14And if it slips your mind, you've still got 35 days to remember.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17I suspect there's not much missing there.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21Would you take a wee cheeky offer on your clock as a project?
0:45:21 > 0:45:24- Well, yes, I would. - I'm no interested in 20 quid.
0:45:24 > 0:45:29It's... There's too much uncertainty in it.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32If a fiver would buy it, I'll shake your hand.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35- I wouldn't do it at a fiver. - There was no harm in asking.
0:45:35 > 0:45:39- It would have to be a tenner. - A tenner? Take a punt...
0:45:39 > 0:45:42Nah. A fiver if it will buy it but that's it.
0:45:42 > 0:45:46- Yes. Oh, go on. I'll take a fiver. - I'll take a punt, then.
0:45:46 > 0:45:50How badly wrong can it go for a fiver?
0:45:50 > 0:45:55- Well, I thank you very much.- Thank you very much. Cheers.- Cheers.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57He just couldn't resist, could he?
0:45:57 > 0:46:00Christina, meanwhile, is likewise exploring
0:46:00 > 0:46:02her inner rag-and-bone woman.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04It's a mangle. That's fab, isn't it?
0:46:04 > 0:46:10- What have you got on your mangle? - I've got... I think it's £60.- Is it?
0:46:10 > 0:46:13- Would you be open to a deal on that? - Yeah, I think so.
0:46:13 > 0:46:14Squeeze out a profit maybe?
0:46:14 > 0:46:17For our younger viewers, a mangle was once how we dried
0:46:17 > 0:46:20our newly-washed clothes, as Christina demonstrates.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23What can the price be squeezed down to?
0:46:23 > 0:46:27- Would you take very little for it? - How little is very little?
0:46:27 > 0:46:30I don't need a wee, I'm just very nervous.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33- Would £20 be too much?- Oh...
0:46:33 > 0:46:36What would be the very, very least you could do it for?
0:46:36 > 0:46:39- 10?- It's a deal.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Thank you very much. The sun shines on the righteous, Jackie.
0:46:42 > 0:46:46- Yes, definitely. - Oh, my God, I just bought a mangle!
0:46:46 > 0:46:51Yes, and spent a mere £15 in total for that and the display cabinet.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54- You're an angel.- There you go. - Thank you very much. What a star.
0:46:54 > 0:46:56- Thank you.- So, with Christina out of the picture,
0:46:56 > 0:46:59Paul now has the shop to himself.
0:46:59 > 0:47:01- Right.- Oh, I feel liberated.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04They're sweet, aren't they? Those wee coffee spoons, there.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08- Cute little terminals with the little bird feeding the chicks.- Mm.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11I think they've got novelty and jam by the bucket-load.
0:47:11 > 0:47:15- Can I just make you an offer? - Yeah.- 25 quid for those.
0:47:15 > 0:47:17I think I can accept that.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21Have you played this game before?
0:47:21 > 0:47:24- You're supposed to go, "No, I couldn't possibly!"- No.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27And given that you're clearly a joy to do business with,
0:47:27 > 0:47:31- I'll just shake your hand and give you some money.- OK.- That was easy.
0:47:31 > 0:47:32To the victor! The spoons.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38But back on the banks of the River Severn,
0:47:38 > 0:47:42Christina's made her way to beautiful Bewdley
0:47:42 > 0:47:47- for just one more shop. - Hello.- Hi.- Hello, hi.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49- You must be Christina. - I am, yes, for my sins.- Matt.
0:47:49 > 0:47:51Matt. Lovely to meet you, Matt.
0:47:51 > 0:47:56Only £34 left now, Christina, so choose wisely.
0:47:56 > 0:47:57Ooh, this is very Laidlaw.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01- Ooh, shall I buy some militaria? - Why not? Everybody else does.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04- I don't know anything about militaria.- Nor does anybody else.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07World War II astrocompass.
0:48:07 > 0:48:11It looks very complicated, very scientific.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13- SHE GASPS - Shall I phone Paul and ask him?
0:48:15 > 0:48:17Wouldn't Matt be a better choice?
0:48:17 > 0:48:19- Could I have a look in one of your cabinets?- Of course you can.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22And I know nothing about it. I'm guessing.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25All bearings white... Declination...
0:48:25 > 0:48:29I'm guessing it's some form of aircraft, isn't it?
0:48:29 > 0:48:34- Possibly a Lancaster but it's actually Ian's, this is.- Who's Ian?
0:48:34 > 0:48:38- He's the chap that's stood outside. - Oh, why's he stood outside?
0:48:38 > 0:48:40Cos it's sunny, isn't it?
0:48:40 > 0:48:43Well, let's hope someone can throw some light on it.
0:48:43 > 0:48:48- They were used by the RAF during the war.- What sort of plane? Lancaster?
0:48:48 > 0:48:50Lancasters and Wellingtons... Halifax, yeah.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53Really? Would I make a profit on it at auction? That's the key.
0:48:53 > 0:48:57Paul is beating me hands down and I'd love to buy a bit of militaria
0:48:57 > 0:48:59- cos you know he loves his militaria. - I tell you what,
0:48:59 > 0:49:03he's putty in your hands if you look at him with a sort of...
0:49:03 > 0:49:05- I think we may be close. - What could that be, Ian?
0:49:05 > 0:49:09- In money?- Yeah. Well...in sweets?
0:49:09 > 0:49:11- What's it down for? 30?- 30, yeah.
0:49:11 > 0:49:16- 15.- 10 or £15? - Where did she get 10 from?
0:49:16 > 0:49:20- No, I quite like that. £10? - Mm-hm.- With the instructions?
0:49:20 > 0:49:23- Yeah, with the instructions. - You can't go wrong with that.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25No, exactly. Thank you, Ian. Thank you, Matt.
0:49:25 > 0:49:30Well, despite her sketchy grasp, it's not a lot of money.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35Paul, meanwhile is en route to Kidderminster.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41- Hello, are you the man? - Ian.- Ian, I'm Paul.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42Hi, nice to meet you.
0:49:42 > 0:49:47Ian has quite an assortment on display here.
0:49:47 > 0:49:48Good things.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50Plus, there's the stuff out the back.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Feast your eyes on this lot.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55A box to make one particular customer very interested.
0:49:55 > 0:49:59What a lovely portrait.
0:49:59 > 0:50:01A major in the Royal Tank Regiment.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03"An expression of our gratitude to our liberators."
0:50:03 > 0:50:06- Yeah.- Fantastic.
0:50:06 > 0:50:09So these are all items from the life of one soldier.
0:50:09 > 0:50:14So he was East Riding Yeomanry into the Royal Tank Regiment.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16You've got somebody's life there, haven't you?
0:50:16 > 0:50:18Birth certificate, yeah.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20That's his war identity.
0:50:20 > 0:50:21I've never seen one of those
0:50:21 > 0:50:23in that format.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25There he is.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27Temporary Major Scott. EJ Scott.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Royal Armoured Corp. Born 1908.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33We've even got. These are all his buttons
0:50:33 > 0:50:37off his tunics and his pips and everything else in there.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40We've got his miniatures. I haven't, sadly, got his full set of medals.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43And there's a named medal in there as well, isn't there?
0:50:43 > 0:50:44A territorial medal.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47So he's got 30 quid's worth of medals there.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50But if you had that one named medal, you're onto a lot.
0:50:50 > 0:50:52Is it dear?
0:50:52 > 0:50:54£65 for the lot.
0:50:54 > 0:50:56There's no point in clowning about. Take my paw.
0:50:56 > 0:50:58Thank you very much.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01Accepted with enthusiasm and no wonder.
0:51:01 > 0:51:04That's a very moving collection.
0:51:04 > 0:51:05- All the best.- Take care. Thank you.
0:51:05 > 0:51:08Now, let's take a look at what they've bought.
0:51:08 > 0:51:13Paul parted with just over £145 for a helmet, a naval uniform,
0:51:13 > 0:51:19some silver spoons, a torsion clock, a horse's hoof's box
0:51:19 > 0:51:22and a box containing some mementos of a soldier.
0:51:22 > 0:51:28Whilst Christina spent £200 on a toy train, a cigar display case,
0:51:28 > 0:51:33a mangle, an astrocompass and two Victorian portraits.
0:51:33 > 0:51:37He spent no money whatsoever, which frankly,
0:51:37 > 0:51:41when you've got SO much money to spend, is rude.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45Pictures... That's the one to watch. Who knows?
0:51:45 > 0:51:49It could be bad news for me but it could be what saves my bacon.
0:51:49 > 0:51:51After setting off from Shrewsbury in Shropshire,
0:51:51 > 0:51:53our experts are now heading north
0:51:53 > 0:51:55for an auction in Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent.
0:51:55 > 0:52:00- Ta-da!- Fantastic. Well done, pilot. - The auction awaits, milady.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04ASH Auctions takes its name from the initials of the founders.
0:52:04 > 0:52:08The auctioneer today is Lee Sherratt.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11Let's begin with the tin plate train.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13I think I bought it for £10.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16You bought everything for £10.
0:52:16 > 0:52:19Apart from my pictures which I accidentally spent a fortune on!
0:52:19 > 0:52:23- I've got £18 bid straight on. - Oh, it's my train! Here we go!
0:52:23 > 0:52:28I'm going to sell. £20. Where's 2? At £20 it's in the room. Where's 2?
0:52:28 > 0:52:31- At £20, have we gone? - Double my money!
0:52:31 > 0:52:32- GAVEL BANGS - Come on!
0:52:32 > 0:52:36Great start but it will take a bit more than that to catch Paul up.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39Next, it's Paul's little chick spoons.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41A nice little set there in the original box.
0:52:41 > 0:52:4525. 25, somebody. Come on. Where are you £20? Go on, 15?
0:52:45 > 0:52:4915, I'm bid at 15. 16 anywhere quickly? At 15. All over the place.
0:52:49 > 0:52:52- You've got bidders all over it now. - ..18, 20,
0:52:52 > 0:52:5522, 24, 26.
0:52:55 > 0:52:59- Your turn, 28...- Oh, look at the leg, look at the leg!
0:52:59 > 0:53:02- It's gone, hasn't it? - Hey, well caught, knee camera.- ..32!
0:53:02 > 0:53:04Selling at £30 only...
0:53:04 > 0:53:06- GAVEL BANGS - You come across so confident
0:53:06 > 0:53:08and then the leg starts going. I can feel it!
0:53:08 > 0:53:10Good. But no cigar.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13And look what's next! Christina's case.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15£5. 5 there.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18At 6, 8, 10, 12, 14?
0:53:18 > 0:53:2112 on my right. £12. 14, surely?
0:53:21 > 0:53:24- 14 now...- A man with style.- 16, 18? - A man with style.
0:53:24 > 0:53:26At £16, right-hand side.
0:53:26 > 0:53:3018, 20? 20, 22?
0:53:30 > 0:53:3322, 24? 24, 26?
0:53:33 > 0:53:35At £24 it's being sold...
0:53:35 > 0:53:38- GAVEL BANGS - We've spent the last three days,
0:53:38 > 0:53:40just messing about.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Catching up VERY slowly.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45Not bad. Are you scared yet?
0:53:46 > 0:53:49Time for Paul's navy jumper and green hat.
0:53:49 > 0:53:54Did you ever go out as a teenager?
0:53:54 > 0:53:58- No?- We have our resident modeller modelling this.
0:53:58 > 0:54:03- She's tried it on, it won't fit.- Aw! - But the hat does. The hat fits.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06- Fantastic. - Well, I think it suits her.
0:54:06 > 0:54:0925 for it, somebody. 25. 20 bid me.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12A tenner? 10 I'm bid. 12 anywhere?
0:54:12 > 0:54:15He's going to sell it for a tenner? Never mind that...
0:54:15 > 0:54:18Come on, it's only money. £10. It's got to be 10. All done?
0:54:18 > 0:54:20GAVEL BANGS I've lost money on military.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24- Oh! You've made a loss!- I'm going. I've had enough of this.
0:54:24 > 0:54:28Paul makes a loss on militaria. Hold the front page.
0:54:28 > 0:54:33I would laugh so much if my militaria made more than your militaria.
0:54:33 > 0:54:34No, let's not.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36- Go, Christina.- What is it?
0:54:36 > 0:54:39An astrocompass. A navigator's tool.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43- An air navigator's tool. - Oh.- Yeah.- Is that good?
0:54:43 > 0:54:4625 for it. Come on, where are we? £20...
0:54:46 > 0:54:49- I thought you'd get 20 or 30 quid for it.- 15 then, somebody 15.
0:54:49 > 0:54:5115, I'm bid there at 15.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Where's 16 now? At £15...
0:54:53 > 0:54:5616, 18, 20,
0:54:56 > 0:54:5822, 24...
0:54:58 > 0:55:00- What did I pay for this? - £10! A tenner.
0:55:00 > 0:55:04..I'm going to sell it at £22. The hammer's up. All finished?
0:55:04 > 0:55:06- GAVEL BANGS - Yours then at £22. Number 107.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08Amazing.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Well done. A bit of a militaria coup.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13Never talk to me again.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15My militaria made more than your militaria.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Time for Paul's prize lot, a soldier's life.
0:55:20 > 0:55:24- I've got a commission of £31.- A long way off.- We should have a riot here.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27- 32, 33... - We should have a riot here.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30..34, 36, 38, 40.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33At £38. I'm going to sell then at £38.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36Last call at £38. Are we done?
0:55:36 > 0:55:38- GAVEL BANGS - That's yours.- Crying on the inside.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45Call that a riot? Seems a modest sum for all those memories.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47Now, from the sublime...
0:55:47 > 0:55:52£20, can I see 20? 15 for him, somebody? 15 for the mangle there.
0:55:52 > 0:55:5310 to go, somebody.
0:55:53 > 0:55:57£10. 10 I'm bid on my right. At £10, where's 12 now?
0:55:57 > 0:56:01- 12...- Tell them it's the folding version.
0:56:01 > 0:56:03- A rare folding version! - ..I'm selling it.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05GAVEL BANGS Don't these fools know?
0:56:05 > 0:56:08It's all profits for Christina today.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10Small ones anyway.
0:56:10 > 0:56:12Time for Paul's equally attractive hoof.
0:56:12 > 0:56:15- What shall we say? 50? 40? 30? - BIDDER: 34.
0:56:15 > 0:56:19- 34 is bid on commission...- £80. If it doesn't make £80...
0:56:19 > 0:56:22I'm going to sell. No, I'm not. 36 standing.
0:56:22 > 0:56:2538? 38, 40? We've got a riot now. 38...
0:56:25 > 0:56:28- He's got a riot. - He's got another riot.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31- Call the police!- ..at £38, the hammer's up.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33- GAVEL BANGS - £38, there it is.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36Well, it's a profit at least. A bit lame though.
0:56:36 > 0:56:38Now for his bargain clock.
0:56:38 > 0:56:41I've got £25 commission. It's on sale, I'm looking for 30 now.
0:56:41 > 0:56:44- At £25... - Nobody's yelling about 25 quid
0:56:44 > 0:56:46but it's my first piece of profit of the day.
0:56:46 > 0:56:48..at £25...
0:56:48 > 0:56:51GAVEL BANGS That's why I bought it.
0:56:51 > 0:56:53His little stroll off-piste paid off.
0:56:53 > 0:56:56- I can see you bought that with soul. - I'm not proud of that.
0:56:56 > 0:57:02But Christina is very proud of these Alexander Blaikley portraits.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04- Are they in the right auction though?- The moment of truth.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07- Don't look, don't look.- No, I can't watch. I can't hear anything.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10We won't sell from the word go, ladies and gents,
0:57:10 > 0:57:12- £40, I don't believe it. - SHE GASPS
0:57:12 > 0:57:17- Now we can see 50...- 60.- ..60, 70?
0:57:17 > 0:57:20- 70...- That's all mine out. - It's in the room at £70.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23- They've got to be worth more then this, surely?- Yes!- At £70.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26I'm going to sell them at £70. 80, surely?
0:57:26 > 0:57:29At £70. This is for nothing.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31- GAVEL BANGS - I thought they'd have gone for
0:57:31 > 0:57:33a lot more than that. £70.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35She needs a hug after that.
0:57:35 > 0:57:37Someone has picked up a bargain.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39My heart is actually broken.
0:57:39 > 0:57:41Do you think there's a cake big enough in the world
0:57:41 > 0:57:46- to fix your heart?- No.- Let's try and find it anyway.- Let's, yeah.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48- Yeah. We could try.- A big cake. - Yeah.- Come on.
0:57:48 > 0:57:53Christina started out with £224.54 and made,
0:57:53 > 0:57:57after paying auction costs, a loss of £78.64,
0:57:57 > 0:58:02leaving her with £145.90 to spend next time.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04Bad luck.
0:58:04 > 0:58:08While Paul began with £780.34
0:58:08 > 0:58:12and, after paying auction costs, made a loss of £29.38.
0:58:12 > 0:58:18So, he's the winner today and still leaves with £750.96.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Give me the keys and don't talk to me!
0:58:20 > 0:58:23HE LAUGHS
0:58:23 > 0:58:25This is just all going very wrong!
0:58:25 > 0:58:29- Oh, wait a minute!- Sorry. - Wait a minute!- Bye!
0:58:29 > 0:58:30- Bye!- Christina!