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It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...

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I don't know what to do!

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PARP!

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..with £200 each, a classic car

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and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

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What a little diamond!

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The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction. But it's no mean feat.

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Back in the game!

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Ha-ha!

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There'll be worthy winners,

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-and valiant losers.

-Oh!

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So, will it be the high road to glory

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or the slow road to disaster?

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Oh!

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This is the Antiques Road Trip!

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Yeah!

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We're back behind the wheel on an epic road trip

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with treasure hunters, Paul Laidlaw and Christina Trevanion.

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-This is it! This is it! We're living the dream!

-Living the dream.

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What's not to love? The weather's amazing, the car's fabulous...

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-The company, the company...

-The sun is shining...

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HE COUGHS

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-The company!

-The company's amazing!

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Oh, it is, isn't it? I feel exactly the same way!

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CHRISTINA LAUGHS

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Paul is the leader of this pack and he's using every trick in the book.

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If you keep my powder dry.

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Whatever it takes.

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And if you need me crying, I can turn that on, just like that.

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Challenger Christina is keeping her eyes peeled in her bid to catch up.

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Ha-ha!

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Really, I can't see a price tag.

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But both our auctioneers are basking in profit.

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Christina started the trip with £200

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and has nudged her total up to £218.14.

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Paul started with the same amount

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but made a smashing profit, and has £427.04 in his pocket.

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Impressive? Much like their 1999 HMC Mark IV.

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What's not to love, eh?

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Paul and Christina started their journey in Clare in Suffolk.

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They are careering through Worcestershire

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and the West Midlands and twisting up through Staffordshire before

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their journey of over 700 miles culminates in Northwich in Cheshire.

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Our pair kicked off today's leg in the Herefordshire town of Leominster

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and head north for their next auction in Nantwich, Cheshire.

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Leominster is a beautiful, chocolate-box village in

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the heart of the rolling borderlands between England and Wales.

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It's also Paul's first pit stop.

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Meanwhile, Christina has toddled less than 25 miles

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along the road to Ledbury, where she is being

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shown around Rod's Curiosities, by none other than Rod himself.

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Now, this is nice. Tell me about this. That's quite fun, isn't it?

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-This is a British Thomas Houston Bakelite cone speaker.

-Speaker?

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-Yeah.

-Ooh!

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See, I don't really know huge amounts about these

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but that looks...I mean, it's so typical of its time, isn't it?

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-Oh, it's absolutely of its era.

-1930s?

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-Round about the '30s, yeah.

-Beautiful.

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I like that. OK, what have we got on that, then, Rod?

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Well, at the moment, we've got £95 on it.

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Do we think £25-30 might be beyond the realms of possibility?

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-We might be able to do something.

-Do you think?

-Yeah.

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-That would be exciting.

-We might be able to.

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-Because I've virtually got it free, really.

-Brilliant.

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You're a man, you're a man of honour, Rod, I like that.

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I like that. Right, let's keep wandering

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and see what else we can find.

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Not a bad price for a speaker that doesn't work!

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Something to think about.

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Because so often now you see Staffordshire, don't you,

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and it's late Staffordshire that was mass-produced.

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And you can just tell, can't you?

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Look, the way the decoration's done is so much more hand-applied.

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That early Staffordshire figure has a ticket price of £35.

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What could you do on that?

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Bearing in mind I'm buying this with my heart, not with my head.

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It's not going to do particularly well at auction,

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but it's very sweet.

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-I really couldn't go below £20 on that, I'm afraid.

-OK.

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So if we said 25 on the speaker and 20 on this,

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could you do 40 for the two?

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-Since it's you...

-No, not since it's me!

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SHE LAUGHS

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-Could you do it?

-Yeah.

-Could you?

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-Yeah. We could.

-You're a legend, Rod.

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Thank you very much. You're a gentleman. I love it!

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Great start, girl.

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Thank you. Bye!

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Meanwhile, back in Leominster...

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I recently bought a piece of WMF metalwork,

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which didn't inspire me at all, it wasn't real good WMF, as far as I was concerned.

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I think there's a good WMF group down there.

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Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik, or WMF, was one of the largest

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European manufacturers of metalwork in the late 19th century.

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They're not uncommon, so what's caught your eye here then, Paul?

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Look at the aesthetic here.

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Some would be tempted to say Art Deco

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because the nature of the decoration is very geometric, a box grid,

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and that sounds pretty industrial and pretty harsh,

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but it is an aesthetic that I, for one,

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would associate with the designer Hoffman, Koloman Moser.

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These are giants, and I see their Wiener Werkstatte

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influence in this little christening set here.

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I'm pretty excited. That coming across?

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Certainly is, old bean!

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And with a ticket price of £25, time to call on Angela.

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Ha-ha!

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Now that is a bunch of keys if ever I saw one.

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They're for the cabinet round here.

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Right, Angela, so I spotted this early on.

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It's a pretty little WMF christening set.

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I think your only problem with a christening set is when it's been

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engraved, as this has, but otherwise I think that's fine and dandy.

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She already reduced it? I'll just check for you.

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Nope.

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I can knock you 10% off, actually.

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I'm happy to take 10% discount on that. I think that's fantastic.

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-That's lovely, yeah.

-Yeah, I really like that.

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For a total of £22.50,

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Paul has secured his first purchase of the day.

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-That's great.

-Thank you very much indeed.

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-All the best to you. Thanks, Angela. See you.

-Bye.

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Meanwhile, Christina's heading for Great Malvern

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to discover how the water that springs from the nearby hills

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helped spark a Victorian health craze and put the town on the map.

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She's meeting curator Cora at the Malvern Museum.

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So why is Malvern so famous for its water?

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It's because most places that are famous for water are famous

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because their water has got minerals in it, but Malvern water

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is famous because it's hardly got any minerals in it at all.

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The dense, granite rocks that make up the eight-mile ridge of the

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Malvern Hills strip the minerals from the water flowing through it.

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In early medical treatments, it was understood that

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different minerals could be used for different ailments.

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By having so few minerals, Malvern's water was considered to be purer and

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was used by two pioneering doctors in their own brand of water cure.

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In the 19th century, we had two water cure doctors, Dr James Wilson

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and Dr James Gully, who came to Malvern

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and they set up hydropathic practices.

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And they encouraged wealthy people to come here

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because wealthy people had the sort of problems

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that could be treated with Malvern water.

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During Wilson's European travels,

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he encountered the work of a ground-breaking individual,

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Vincent Priessnitz, who had started to develop water cures

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based on his observations of animals

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submerging their injured limbs into water.

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Wilson, suffering from his own ailment,

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stayed at the pioneering clinic and was astounded by his work.

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He stayed about six months. He drank about 2,500 tumblers of water.

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He walked about 200 miles, and he got better.

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And he thought it was so surprising and dynamic,

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he decided he would like to set up a hydropathic institution in England.

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So he came back here, collected his friend, Dr Gully,

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inspired him with hydropathy and then the two of them came to Malvern.

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Wilson and Gully opened their establishment in 1842

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and were among the first to create such a centre in Britain.

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Malvern's pure water already had a reputation for healing properties,

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but Wilson and Gully's patients did not simply drink it.

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They were prescribed various bathing treatments

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to treat ailments as diverse as eye, skin and digestive disorders.

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Forgive me for being a cynic

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but was there any science behind this theory

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-that Wilson and Gully had got together?

-Oh, yes.

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It...you have to know

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just one or two rudimentary things about the body.

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If you get into a hot bath, your skin turns pink.

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That's because, without you doing anything, the body is

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naturally trying to cool itself down

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by bringing the blood to the surface.

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I thought I'm just turning into a lobster!

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THEY LAUGH

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If you get into a cold bath,

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without you doing anything, your body has the opposite effect

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and that is for the blood to go inwards

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-to keep your internal organs warm.

-Yeah.

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So once you know that, then you know that you can move the blood

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around in the body just by the application of warm and cold water.

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Water therapy was used to stimulate the flow of blood

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and was combined with strict regimes of exercise and diet.

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-This is a hip bath?

-This is a hip bath.

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So, if you'd got some sort blockage in the lower

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bit of you around here...

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So digestive problems, right?

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Yes, in the lower digestive tract, this would be ideal for you.

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In the tub. It's cold, remember.

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To treat abdominal complaints, patients would

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sit in the bath with cold water and be wrapped in cold, wet towels

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to encourage blood vessels to contract.

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Water cures caught the imagination of Victorian society

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and Malvern flourished.

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Trade in bottled water from the town increased

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and grand hotels were built

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to accommodate the tourists brought by the new railway.

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Thanks to the craze of water cures,

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the town became known across the country

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and the water that flows from its granite hills

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became the stuff of legend.

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How long am I prescribed to sit here? How long until I get better?

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Well, you've got 15 minutes in the tub twice a day, but actually, your

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complete treatment, seeing what state you're in, three to six months.

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-Three, six months?

-I'm going to leave you to it.

-OK.

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All right, then. Right, three to six months? Am I in that bad shape?!

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Might be a year.

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Looking better already! Ha!

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While she indulges her ailments,

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Paul is just a few steps along the road.

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-Hello!

-How you doing, all right?

-Yes, I'm fine, thank you.

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That's the lovely Bridget, who's on hand to help.

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-How much have you got to spend?

-You see, that would be telling.

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-That would be a rookie negotiating mistake from the off.

-Right, OK.

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COUGHS: £300!

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-No, it's 400! 400, I've got.

-Gosh.

-You going to extract that from me?

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Yeah. Hopefully!

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PAUL LAUGHS

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-I'll take him into that back room!

-Ha-ha!

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Get medieval on me! Like it!

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Watch yourself, Paul!

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Right, let's get spending some of that money.

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What we have here is one of a family of clocks that were made to

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government contracts in the 1930s, '40s.

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And they have certain features in common.

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The first and most important one, from a horological point of view,

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is that they have fusee-driven movements.

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A fusee was a technical advancement that regulates

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the power from the mainspring.

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This technology helped keep the clock accurate,

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but this one has a ticket price of £275.

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Pricey, but one to consider.

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And he's already onto another timepiece.

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This time, it's a mid-20th century pocket watch with a ticket price of £68.

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To be honest with you, I think that's an unusual

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and not unattractive watch.

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Could you possibly... Now, that, for my purposes,

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is a country mile off £68.

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But I don't know what slack's in that.

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Could you do me a massive favour and just see

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if there's any giveaway price on that?

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-I'll ask.

-And I'll just keep rummaging.

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There's no stopping Paul.

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He's already on to something else.

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Some size of a perfume bottle, isn't it?

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It's not a perfume bottle. It's...

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This is saddlery, or this will be carried in saddlery.

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The discerning person's choice for taking refreshments on horseback,

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the flask would have been held on a gentleman's saddle

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by a leather pouch, which is sadly missing.

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The ticket price is £48.

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What price on that? What could that be?

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-Make it cheap. Can something be cheap? Come on!

-48.

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-Tell me this came in, it was inexpensive.

-48.

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-40, that would be the best.

-Oh!

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I do like clocks and watches

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and I am still thinking about that pocket watch.

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The unusual but high quality,

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the fusee-driven mantel clock in the oak case.

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That's a hell of a lot of my budget,

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but is there slack in the price of that? It's 275 squids.

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The one facing the door, aye.

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Can that be cheap?

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Is there SOMETHING can be cheap?

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We're selling that for someone so...

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-Oh, a private...

-No, it is another dealer. We'll give him a call.

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-No harm in it. I've no self-respect.

-OK.

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OK, whatever it takes.

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And if you need me crying, I can turn that on just like that.

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It may come to that.

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I love the flask. I LOVE the flask.

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I wish I had the leather pouch, that's its Achilles heel.

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-175 for the clock.

-175.

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A good discount for the mantel clock and Bridget also offers

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£50 for the pocket watch and £40 on the saddle flask,

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but can Paul get a deal for all three from owner Nigel?

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On what he was quoted before.

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It's 175, 40 and 50 - 265 at the minute.

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230.

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That's a good offer.

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At £230 it certainly is, even if it was haggled across the room.

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It's a great discount and Paul snaps it up to secure all three items.

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Bold move, Paul.

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-Thank you very much. Next time, I hope.

-Bye-bye.

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And after a hard day of antique acquisition,

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it's time for some rest.

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Sweet dreams, you two.

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The next morning, our curio crackerjacks are heading through

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the West Midlands on their way to the village of Balsall Common

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where they part ways once more.

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-Have a lovely time.

-See you later.

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-See this afternoon.

-All the best.

-Bye.

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-Good morning.

-Hello. Nice to see you.

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-Nice to see you. How are you? Are you well?

-Fine.

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Antiques In A Barn is housed in a 200-year-old barn, funnily enough.

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With a lot of ground to cover, perhaps owner Diane can help out.

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I would quite like to have a look in this cabinet, if that's all right.

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I was looking at this fan.

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-Now, is that the box for it there?

-Yes.

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-Can I give you that then, my love?

-OK.

-Isn't that pretty?

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So, we need to have a look at the leaf and see if the leaf

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is in good condition, which it is.

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So often you find that they perish along these creases, don't they?

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And that actually looks as if it's got a little bit of damage on there.

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It's got this ivory...

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..obviously what they call the sticks here,

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and it's actually carved in there as well.

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Now, ivory is quite controversial, isn't it?

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But as long as it's pre-1947 it is legal to sell ivory in this country,

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and I would say this is certainly 19th century French.

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Yes. Not to everyone's taste, but Christina seems smitten by it.

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Lovely. OK.

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So, what have we got on this, Diane? 19th century fan, £78 on there.

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What could be your death on that? For a trade buyer?

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I'll do you £50.

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-£50 on it. And that...

-That includes the box. Yes.

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That's a £28 discount, one to hang on to and to carry on rummaging.

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This is interesting and it's got "Macintyre & Co, Burslem" on here.

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James Macintyre founded a successful Staffordshire pottery in 1860.

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You've got "at fault" on there. Is that...?

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-Yes, there's a crack, unfortunately.

-Oh, yes.

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Oh, what a shame.

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Damaged or not, it's priced at £55.

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Because of the... I mean, perfect - 200, something like that?

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-Mmm.

-But because of the damage...

-It's not perfect, is it?

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No, it's not perfect.

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For the two, could we come up with like a combined price for the two?

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-£70 for the pair.

-For the pair, for the two?

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I mean, £50 on that is fine.

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Could you meet me in the middle at 65? For the two?

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For the fan and the little...perfume bottle at 65?

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Yes, I'll do you 65.

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-Yeah?

-Yes, yes.

-OK. It's a deal. Brilliant.

0:17:440:17:46

You're an angel, thank you, very much.

0:17:460:17:49

Oh, nice till!

0:17:490:17:51

Great work, Christina, two items bagged for £65.

0:17:510:17:55

Reunited, back in the car,

0:17:570:17:59

our twosome are travelling through some of Northamptonshire's

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finest countryside towards the village of Weedon Bec.

0:18:020:18:06

Shall we just abandon the wheels here?

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THEY LAUGH

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I'm not entirely sure this is a parking space.

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Neither am I.

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It's their last shop of this leg

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and Christina still has over £113,

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while Paul is holding over 170.

0:18:220:18:26

Oh!

0:18:280:18:29

-Oh, this looks good.

-Is it big enough for both of us, do you think?

0:18:290:18:33

You take that side, I'll take that side.

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What I find quite fascinating is that both Paul and I will

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walk in here and we'll both go for entirely different things.

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He will go for stuff that I probably wouldn't even look at

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and I will go for stuff that he probably wouldn't even look at.

0:18:480:18:51

It is like we're yin and yang, isn't it?

0:18:510:18:53

Yeah. And Paul's already yanging on to something.

0:18:530:18:56

How far am I from the door?

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Three paces.

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And that's what I'm buying.

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OK?

0:19:060:19:07

Hold on!

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Wait a minute, you may be wanting to know why and what.

0:19:100:19:12

-That would be nice.

-OK.

0:19:120:19:14

It's that.

0:19:140:19:16

And it's going to cost me that.

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And it dates to 1740,

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1750,

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and it's an incredibly scarce little Georgian English glass...

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For all the world...

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..it's like a tiny little sweetmeat dish, OK,

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or a miniature tazza. We would call a tazza, a cake stand.

0:19:410:19:46

It's also a colossal bargain.

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The truth of the matter is I think that's worth,

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to a specialist collector...

0:19:530:19:54

..£100 of anyone's money.

0:19:550:19:57

Incredible find, Paul.

0:19:570:20:00

Hurry up, Christina, would you? Come on! Christina!

0:20:000:20:03

How long is this going to take? I'm done! Come on!

0:20:030:20:07

Hang on a second, you're not supposed to heckle me from across an antique shop!

0:20:070:20:11

-No pressure.

-Are you done?

0:20:110:20:13

-Seriously?

-Done. Done.

0:20:130:20:16

I hadn't even started looking. What?!

0:20:170:20:20

He was quick.

0:20:200:20:22

Would you be Lawrence, by any chance?

0:20:220:20:24

-I would be, and I presume you're Paul.

-Good to see you, my friend.

0:20:240:20:27

-Are you all right?

-Very well indeed.

0:20:270:20:28

-This it is going to be the quickest visit I've ever had to an antique shop.

-Really?

0:20:280:20:32

I found it within two paces of the door. I ain't going to haggle,

0:20:320:20:36

-funnily enough, so I will give you all of...

-£1!

0:20:360:20:42

-Would you believe it, Lawrence?

-That's very kind of you indeed.

0:20:430:20:46

I am going to shake your hand and run.

0:20:460:20:49

Can I have my glass?

0:20:490:20:51

Thank you.

0:20:510:20:52

Paul's eagle eye strikes again and no haggling indeed.

0:20:520:20:57

What a spot, eh?

0:20:570:20:58

What a little diamond?

0:21:000:21:01

A pound note.

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A pound note. Three steps in from the door.

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Right, Christina, the pressure's on now.

0:21:080:21:10

-Alison, could I have a look in this cupboard here?

-Of course you may.

0:21:120:21:16

-We're selling in Cheshire.

-Oh, right?

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So, I'm thinking footballers' wives, bit of bling.

0:21:210:21:24

Yes. And that's so unusual on the setting of the diamond.

0:21:240:21:27

It looks it almost looks sort of Boodles or Chopard

0:21:270:21:29

or something like that. It's quite sweet.

0:21:290:21:31

-So what could your best trade price on that be?

-£120.

0:21:310:21:34

Ah.

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OK.

0:21:370:21:38

Is there any chance we could go £100 on it?

0:21:390:21:42

Not really.

0:21:430:21:45

-Cos I haven't got £120 left!

-Oh, dear.

0:21:450:21:48

How much have you got left?

0:21:480:21:50

Not that much.

0:21:500:21:51

I was really hoping to sort of secure that for about £100

0:21:510:21:55

if that's at all possible. What's your thoughts on that?

0:21:550:21:58

Let me go and have a word with John that works for me

0:21:580:22:02

because it's one of his pieces.

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Oh, OK, all right, brilliant.

0:22:040:22:05

110 he said, he can't do 100.

0:22:100:22:13

-He can't do 100.

-No, unfortunately not.

-Oh.

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Oh.

0:22:180:22:20

-Would he go 105?

-No, I can't.

0:22:200:22:23

-Are you sure?

-Positive, sorry.

0:22:230:22:25

-£110's the absolute death on that.

-It is.

-OK, 110.

0:22:250:22:29

-110, thank you very much, that's great.

-You're welcome.

0:22:290:22:31

I owe you some money. That's beautiful.

0:22:310:22:33

And with that, all our shopping for this leg is done.

0:22:330:22:35

Christina's spent £215 on the Bakelite speaker,

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the 19th century pearlware figure,

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the scent bottle, the silk fan

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and the diamond pendant.

0:22:450:22:47

Paul bought the WMF christening set,

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the pocket watch,

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the glass flask,

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mantel clock

0:22:530:22:54

and his bargain buy of the Georgian tazza,

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all for a total of £243.50.

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So, what do they make of each other's items?

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The little perfume, well, you see when I first saw that I panicked,

0:23:060:23:09

I thought, "Oh, she's bought a Macintyre silver-mounted egg perfume."

0:23:090:23:13

I thought I'd lost it all.

0:23:130:23:15

Praise the Lord, it's damaged and I have been let off the hook.

0:23:150:23:19

The guy is a genius, I mean buying a beautiful piece of very,

0:23:190:23:24

very early glassware like that for £1 is just amazing

0:23:240:23:27

and I was in the same shop as him.

0:23:270:23:29

That's quite depressing.

0:23:290:23:31

Do you know? You're right.

0:23:320:23:33

Our pair have trundled their way north

0:23:330:23:35

from Leominster in Herefordshire

0:23:350:23:37

and are headed for their last stop of this leg in Nantwich in Cheshire.

0:23:370:23:41

You walk into a shop, the same shop as me, might I add,

0:23:410:23:45

you walk into a shop, within two paces you have picked up

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the most beautiful 18th-century glass

0:23:490:23:53

-for a pound!

-PAUL LAUGHS

0:23:530:23:55

Jealousy will get you nowhere, Christina.

0:23:550:23:58

It's off to the auction, which today is being held in Nantwich.

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For the last 60 years the town has been home to Peter Wilson Auctions,

0:24:020:24:06

and very nice it is too.

0:24:060:24:08

Come on, then.

0:24:080:24:09

In charge today is auctioneer, Chris Large.

0:24:090:24:13

To me the main event, it's all about your glass.

0:24:130:24:16

I think it doesn't matter what happens today.

0:24:160:24:20

We'll have to wait for that.

0:24:200:24:21

Christina's Bakelite speaker is up first.

0:24:210:24:24

I'm bid £30 straight away on commission for this lot

0:24:240:24:26

and I'm selling.

0:24:260:24:27

Internet's in here. 50.

0:24:270:24:29

50's bid on the internet.

0:24:290:24:31

Five on the internet?

0:24:310:24:32

Any further bids?

0:24:320:24:33

-I'll take that, I need it.

-More than doubled your money.

0:24:350:24:38

That broken old speaker's given Christina a fantastic start.

0:24:380:24:43

Next up is Paul's mantel clock he fell in love with.

0:24:440:24:48

-My prediction?

-Yes.

-250 to 350 quid.

0:24:480:24:52

I have £65 now straightaway.

0:24:520:24:54

70, 75.

0:24:540:24:56

-80.

-In the room.

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90, against the commission.

0:24:570:24:59

95, 100, and ten now.

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120.

0:25:010:25:03

120. 130.

0:25:030:25:05

140.

0:25:050:25:06

40, 50.

0:25:060:25:07

160. 160's bid on the internet.

0:25:070:25:11

Another internet bidder.

0:25:110:25:12

170. 180. 190. 190, 200.

0:25:120:25:15

I'm safe now, come on.

0:25:150:25:17

200. 220, now?

0:25:170:25:19

It's still cheap.

0:25:190:25:20

-£220.

-Not expensive but I'll take it.

0:25:200:25:22

At £220, I'm going to sell. If you're all happy now, at £220.

0:25:220:25:26

-I'll take it. I'll take that.

-Well done.

0:25:260:25:29

I'll just mop that brow.

0:25:290:25:32

Not quite your prediction, Paul, but still a strong profit.

0:25:320:25:35

It's Christina's 19th-century silk fan.

0:25:350:25:38

£35, the bid's going to be. 40, thank you.

0:25:390:25:41

40 in the room. At £40.

0:25:410:25:43

45 I'm looking for. At £40,

0:25:430:25:45

I'll sell if you're all happy. At £40 only.

0:25:450:25:48

Sadly, the room doesn't love it quite as much as you did, Christina.

0:25:480:25:53

That's great! No, I mean, no, no, what a disappointment.

0:25:530:25:56

Now the hour has come for Paul's second timepiece of the day.

0:25:580:26:02

His pocket watch.

0:26:020:26:03

Now we've got your really sweet little Art Deco pocket watch.

0:26:030:26:06

And £20 I'm bid on commission here. With me I'm selling.

0:26:060:26:09

25's on the internet, takes my bid out.

0:26:090:26:12

At £25 the internet bidder has it.

0:26:120:26:14

-30 I am looking for.

-I'm making a loss.

0:26:140:26:16

-£25.

-It is an outrage!

0:26:160:26:17

If you're all happy at £25 only.

0:26:170:26:20

-This is an outrage.

-Oh. Oh!

0:26:200:26:22

-I demand a recount.

-Lost it, you've lost it.

0:26:220:26:25

Is there a chink in Paul's armour, after all?

0:26:250:26:28

Still, only a small loss.

0:26:280:26:30

Can Christina's Staffordshire figure land another blow?

0:26:300:26:34

This lot I have £20 bid straightaway on commission

0:26:340:26:37

for this lot and I'm selling.

0:26:370:26:38

-Don't sell it straightaway!

-25 versus the commission.

0:26:380:26:41

At £25 my commission's out and it's on the internet.

0:26:410:26:44

It's got a little cheeky smile.

0:26:440:26:45

£25, I'm going to sell to the internet bidder

0:26:470:26:50

if you're all happy, £25 only.

0:26:500:26:51

A small profit, but Christina has another chance to catch Paul.

0:26:530:26:57

Her scent bottle is next.

0:26:570:27:00

-It's sweet.

-That does it for me.

0:27:000:27:04

20 is the bid in the room. At £20 with the lady. 25 I'm looking for.

0:27:040:27:08

£20 is bid. Any further bids?

0:27:080:27:10

I'm going to sell if you're all happy. In the room at £20.

0:27:100:27:13

That damage on the scent bottle seems to have been a problem

0:27:140:27:17

and Christina makes a small loss.

0:27:170:27:20

Next up is Paul's silver and glass saddle flask.

0:27:200:27:24

I'll start the bidding off at £60 here with me.

0:27:240:27:26

65 I'm looking for to continue.

0:27:260:27:27

At 65, 70's there on commission, 75.

0:27:270:27:30

75's on the internet. 80's on commission, 85.

0:27:300:27:33

-Someone's got the leather case for this, haven't they?

-Yeah.

0:27:330:27:37

At £80.

0:27:370:27:40

At £80, and I'm going to sell if you're all happy at £80.

0:27:400:27:44

Even without its leather pouch, Paul more than doubles his money.

0:27:440:27:49

Now, Christina has one last chance to catch Paul.

0:27:490:27:52

It rests on her diamond and white gold pendant.

0:27:520:27:55

-I can start the bidding at £135 here with me.

-Oh.

0:27:550:28:00

£135, the bid's here with me on commission and I'm selling.

0:28:000:28:03

-140, do I hear?

-Come on!

0:28:030:28:05

I'll sell to the commission bid if you're all happy at £135 only.

0:28:050:28:08

Any further bids?

0:28:080:28:09

It's a good profit,

0:28:090:28:11

but not enough to catch Paul, who still has two items to go.

0:28:110:28:15

Paul was passionate about the WMF christening set,

0:28:150:28:18

but will it set the auction alight?

0:28:180:28:20

A lovely lot this. I'm only bid £40 on commission.

0:28:200:28:23

It's a one-horse race, this.

0:28:230:28:25

If you're all happy, at £40 only.

0:28:250:28:27

45 just at the last minute.

0:28:270:28:29

£45 the bid. At £45, 50 still on commission.

0:28:290:28:34

55, can I tempt you, sir?

0:28:340:28:36

-He's getting greedy now!

-£55.

0:28:360:28:38

At £55, the bid's in the room. Any further bids?

0:28:380:28:41

That's, again, a great profit.

0:28:420:28:44

A great profit.

0:28:440:28:46

It is yet another profit.

0:28:480:28:49

And now it is Paul's incredible find, his Georgian glass.

0:28:510:28:54

Estimate, would you like to tell everyone what they've estimated?

0:28:560:28:59

-What is the estimate?

-Estimate...

0:28:590:29:00

How much did you buy it for?

0:29:000:29:02

-I think, a pound.

-100 pence.

0:29:020:29:05

And estimated at £80-£120.

0:29:050:29:09

Sorry, what was that? I missed that. Say it again.

0:29:090:29:12

£8-£12!

0:29:120:29:14

For this lot I have two conflicting bids straightaway.

0:29:140:29:16

-I can start the bidding at £110 and I'm selling.

-Well done!

0:29:160:29:20

120 I'm looking for to continue.

0:29:200:29:22

All right, the internet is running away with us. At 160 we're up to.

0:29:220:29:25

160's bid on the internet, 170.

0:29:250:29:29

-180.

-It is still going.

-180, 190.

0:29:290:29:32

Tell me when it stops.

0:29:320:29:33

200. £200. 220. At 240.

0:29:330:29:37

At £240. 260. At £260.

0:29:370:29:40

-280.

-£280. Two conflicting internet bidders.

0:29:400:29:43

Please join in in the room.

0:29:430:29:45

-300. 300!

-Oh, yeah.

0:29:450:29:48

320. At £320.

0:29:480:29:51

At 320. 340, do I hear?

0:29:510:29:53

At £320 is bid.

0:29:530:29:55

At 320, 340 now.

0:29:550:29:57

-At 340 now.

-360.

0:29:570:30:00

OK, I'm just a passenger at this point.

0:30:000:30:02

At 360, 380, do I hear?

0:30:020:30:04

At £360.

0:30:040:30:07

Slightly over estimate.

0:30:070:30:10

Any further bids?

0:30:100:30:12

Bravo. Well done. Well done.

0:30:130:30:16

Absolutely outstanding.

0:30:160:30:19

An unbelievable profit.

0:30:190:30:20

-Oh!

-Wow, seriously.

0:30:200:30:22

-I am not worthy, Paul Laidlaw.

-That was my moment.

0:30:240:30:28

Would you like a piece of cake?

0:30:280:30:30

Christina started this leg with £218.14.

0:30:310:30:36

After costs she's made a profit of £6.40,

0:30:360:30:41

raising her total to £224.54.

0:30:410:30:44

But, today's win makes it a hat-trick

0:30:460:30:48

of auction success for Paul. He had £427.04

0:30:480:30:53

and after costs he's run up an amazing profit of £353.30,

0:30:530:30:59

taking his total to a whopping £780.34.

0:30:590:31:05

With Paul out in front, it's time for the next leg

0:31:090:31:12

and today our experts are in Shropshire.

0:31:120:31:14

Their HMC Mark IV starts out in Shrewsbury,

0:31:140:31:18

before making its way to an auction in Stoke-on-Trent.

0:31:180:31:21

Kicking off in the Salopian county town, Christina has first dibs

0:31:220:31:27

at Junk 'n' Disorderly!

0:31:270:31:30

-Hello. Hi, Christina.

-Nice to meet you.

0:31:300:31:32

-Hi. What's your name?

-Jim.

-Jim.

0:31:320:31:34

-Lovely to meet you, Jim.

-Handsome Jim.

0:31:340:31:36

Handsome Jim. That's the name, is it?

0:31:360:31:38

Especially if you want a bargain, Christina.

0:31:380:31:40

-Has she found something already?

-Oh, hello.

0:31:400:31:43

Now, that's a bit of magic.

0:31:430:31:44

Ah, a pair of Alexander Blaikley paintings, by the look of it.

0:31:440:31:48

-Very nice, aren't they?

-Aren't they just, yeah.

0:31:480:31:50

So, they're a pair? Is that £195 for the pair?

0:31:500:31:53

-No.

-So you've got them individually priced, but you won't split them?

0:31:530:31:56

I won't split them, yeah.

0:31:560:31:58

-OK.

-All right, I can do a deal on the pair, then. £250.

0:31:580:32:01

-That's a good price.

-They are very beautiful, but I don't have £250!

0:32:020:32:08

-Then you can't have them, can you!

-Exactly.

0:32:080:32:11

Have they got any provenance? Where have come from?

0:32:110:32:13

I don't do the history, it costs extra(!)

0:32:130:32:16

Fair enough, Jim. Scottish-born Blaikley was a 19th-century portrait

0:32:160:32:20

painter, these two are very typical of his work.

0:32:200:32:22

They look a bit faded to me.

0:32:220:32:24

I would be looking to pay probably 150...

0:32:240:32:27

Good Lord! I'll do you the pair for 200.

0:32:270:32:30

-Now, that's a good deal.

-Split the difference with me at 180.

0:32:300:32:34

-Split the difference and go 190.

-No, not going to go more than 180.

0:32:340:32:38

-185?

-Nope.

-Oh, good Lord. There's a dog to be fed.

0:32:380:32:41

Blimey, Jim. What on earth are you giving him?

0:32:430:32:45

My issue is, obviously, there's a lot of damage to the frames and they

0:32:460:32:49

have been re-lined. They've had new backs on,

0:32:490:32:51

so somebody has taken them out.

0:32:510:32:53

Somebody took them out to put money inside, covered it over and left it.

0:32:530:32:56

-Gold sovereigns?

-Well, could be.

0:32:560:32:59

-I'm still thinking 150, 160.

-No, you didn't, you went up to 170.

0:32:590:33:02

-Yeah, well, I changed my mind.

-You went up to 170.

0:33:020:33:04

-I've changed my mind.

-You can't go back down!

0:33:040:33:06

It's a woman's prerogative.

0:33:060:33:07

-She's right, Jim.

-I think 160 would be a fair price on the two.

0:33:070:33:11

Good Lord, no! Can I go and make myself a cup of tea?

0:33:110:33:13

-A man'll die of thirst here!

-No!

0:33:130:33:15

I leave you to it. That's it.

0:33:150:33:17

-He's off again?

-Jim?

-That's robbery. Daylight robbery!

0:33:170:33:20

-Jim? Jim?

-Yes, darling.

0:33:200:33:22

It's like some sort of courtship ritual, isn't it?

0:33:220:33:26

-160.

-Nope.

0:33:260:33:27

-165?

-No!

0:33:270:33:28

Come on, a fiver.

0:33:280:33:30

175. I'll start going up if you keep coming down.

0:33:300:33:34

Do you feel insulted?

0:33:340:33:35

I do. Highly.

0:33:350:33:37

165, you've got a deal.

0:33:370:33:39

And I'll get out of your hair for the rest of the day. Go on.

0:33:390:33:42

-OK, go on.

-165.

-You bring tears to a glass eye, you know that?

0:33:420:33:45

So, that's one deal happily arrived at.

0:33:470:33:50

Bye, Murphy, bye.

0:33:500:33:52

Bye. Bye.

0:33:520:33:53

With her first items of the day in the bag,

0:33:550:33:58

the coast is clear for Mr Laidlaw to drop by and lock horns with our Jim.

0:33:580:34:01

This should be good. There'll be plenty to choose from,

0:34:010:34:05

including some militaria.

0:34:050:34:08

-Here we go.

-Well, quite a lot, actually.

0:34:080:34:11

A rack of uniforms.

0:34:110:34:13

And that's my bag.

0:34:130:34:15

However, that's post-war German, Bundeswehr.

0:34:150:34:21

That's post-war dress, who cares!

0:34:210:34:24

It's all well buying fancy dress, history is what we are looking for.

0:34:240:34:28

This, however, is Second World War Royal Navy.

0:34:280:34:33

Right, OK. Watch this. Switch, geek mode! Anorak mode!

0:34:330:34:37

This is called a jumper.

0:34:370:34:39

Yes, you think a jumper is a woolly pully,

0:34:390:34:41

but in admiralty language this is a jumper.

0:34:410:34:43

And it would indeed be worn with bell-bottomed trousers,

0:34:430:34:46

with seven folds that represent the seven seas.

0:34:460:34:48

These five stripes, here, are war service chevrons.

0:34:490:34:54

These were given in the Second World War for each year of service,

0:34:540:34:57

that guy served for the duration of the war, and he was still

0:34:570:35:02

wearing this in 1944, because in 1944 he had earned four stripes,

0:35:020:35:06

see this one is a bolt on.

0:35:060:35:08

Isn't that a great wee bit of detective work?

0:35:080:35:11

We can pin this thing down to a period without a label or a date.

0:35:110:35:14

Clever stuff.

0:35:140:35:16

Jim, though, wishes to put a more eccentric item forward.

0:35:160:35:20

-It's a good 'un.

-It's all about the story, isn't it?

0:35:200:35:23

Well, I can give you any story you like!

0:35:230:35:25

It's a mounted horse's hoof, complete with shoe,

0:35:250:35:30

fitted with a brass collar and a hinged mahogany lid.

0:35:300:35:35

It would serve as a baccy pot or a match pot, or whatever you want.

0:35:350:35:40

I'm giving you 95. I'm open to a bit of hardball. Look, I've removed the

0:35:400:35:44

price, what does that tell you? I'm ready for a sale.

0:35:440:35:46

I need some money, I've a dog to feed, look at him.

0:35:460:35:49

Didn't he say the same thing to Christina?

0:35:490:35:51

Just how much dog food does that dog want? He's so small.

0:35:510:35:54

I reckon that's going to make 30-40 quid under the hammer.

0:35:540:35:58

You're joking me! Give me 40 and I'll take it

0:35:580:36:00

-and that's the end of it now.

-Have you not listened to me?

0:36:000:36:03

We've got an old uniform and a green helmet there.

0:36:030:36:07

What would be the price if on the three pieces?

0:36:070:36:10

And I don't rate them, by the way,

0:36:100:36:11

I'm just trying to take the pain out of that.

0:36:110:36:14

-Give me 75 for the lot.

-No!

-That's dirt cheap!

0:36:140:36:17

-Because the blue uniform...

-50 quid, there you go.

0:36:170:36:20

-..is neither here nor there.

-That's what you wanted. 50 quid.

0:36:200:36:23

-Do you want to shake on it, yes or no?

-Yeah.

-Done.

-No problem.

0:36:230:36:26

Well, Jim, yet again it's been emotional.

0:36:260:36:29

Well, I tell you what, you'll do well to get a tenner for it.

0:36:290:36:31

This is no joking matter.

0:36:330:36:35

-Look after yourself, my friend.

-You too, man.

0:36:360:36:38

-All the best to you.

-And I hope I don't see you again.

0:36:380:36:41

I'll wash out my mouth, big man.

0:36:410:36:43

Now, still in Shrewsbury, where's our local lass got to?

0:36:460:36:50

-Bill, how are you?

-Christina, how are you?

-Nice to see you. Very well, thank you.

0:36:500:36:54

Oh, what a surprise. Nice of you to drop in.

0:36:540:36:56

-Yeah, I'm sorry about this gate-crashing.

-You're always welcome.

0:36:560:36:58

Now, I don't know about you but I reckon those two have met before.

0:36:580:37:02

Could local knowledge help? It's certainly a very nice shop.

0:37:020:37:06

-Oh, I tell you what I do like.

-Oh, the tin-plate?

0:37:060:37:08

-That's pretty cool, isn't it?

-That's fabulous.

-I like that.

0:37:080:37:11

-OK, missing its front.

-Yeah. There's bits wrong with it.

0:37:110:37:15

-Oh, but look at him driving his train!

-It is '50s. It is Japanese.

0:37:150:37:20

It needs a little bit of care and attention.

0:37:210:37:23

It does, doesn't it? But that's great. Does it work?

0:37:230:37:26

Well, no, it doesn't. Well, I don't know if it's bad off working.

0:37:260:37:31

-The bits are there.

-Oh, yeah. What have we got on it? £20.

-Yep.

0:37:310:37:35

-It looks great but...

-It's a decorative object.

0:37:350:37:38

-Like me, it has issues.

-HE LAUGHS

0:37:380:37:41

-Don't we all?

-Speak for yourselves.

0:37:410:37:44

-12 quid, it's yours.

-Yeah?

-You'll make a profit.

0:37:440:37:47

-Will I?

-What do you think?

-Can we make it a tenner?

0:37:470:37:49

-Oh, sure.

-Tenner?

0:37:490:37:51

What have you got there? Is that a handshake or what?

0:37:510:37:54

-It's a handshake.

-All right.

-Thank you very much.

-You're welcome.

0:37:540:37:57

You're an angel.

0:37:570:37:58

Deal sealed and, issues or not, she should be chuffed

0:37:580:38:01

about that little buy.

0:38:010:38:03

But whilst Christina's been bargaining, Paul's back

0:38:060:38:08

behind the wheel heading east towards the Birmingham suburb

0:38:080:38:12

of Erdington, where inside this mysterious warehouse

0:38:120:38:17

there's a wealth of incredible history.

0:38:170:38:20

-'Good afternoon. Reception, can I help you?'

-Paul Laidlaw.

0:38:200:38:23

I've arranged to pop in and see you.

0:38:230:38:26

Oh, look at that! Holy Moses, here it goes.

0:38:260:38:32

Paul's about to get a close look

0:38:320:38:34

at where the government keeps our wills.

0:38:340:38:36

-Hello there, Phil.

-Paul, good to see you.

0:38:360:38:39

-Good to see you.

-Welcome to Iron Mountain.

-Thanks very much. What a place this is!

0:38:390:38:42

It certainly is because since 1858, when our wills were made public,

0:38:420:38:48

they have been archived and there's an awful lot of them here.

0:38:480:38:51

We store the wills, 80 million of them,

0:38:510:38:55

on behalf of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service

0:38:550:38:58

and we've got some really, really strict controls in place

0:38:580:39:01

around the temperature, humidity and, as you've seen, security,

0:39:010:39:04

-when you came through.

-Indeed.

0:39:040:39:06

Nowadays, they're hard at work digitising all this

0:39:060:39:10

and putting it online for everyone,

0:39:100:39:11

from those studying their family history

0:39:110:39:13

to biographers of great Britons.

0:39:130:39:16

-Oh, it is, it's amazing. This is Indiana Jones.

-Oh, absolutely.

0:39:160:39:20

But there's nothing quite like taking a close-up look

0:39:200:39:23

at the originals.

0:39:230:39:24

These are hundreds of thousands of people we're looking at.

0:39:240:39:27

Each one of these pages, each one of these documents

0:39:270:39:30

can tell you a story, and then you've got

0:39:300:39:31

the more interesting people such as Edward William Elgar.

0:39:310:39:35

-Right, the composer. Right.

-Absolutely.

0:39:350:39:38

"I regret that owing to the sudden collapse of everything artistic

0:39:380:39:41

"and commercial, I have found it necessary to revoke the will,

0:39:410:39:44

"which I previously made and to make this present will."

0:39:440:39:47

So even in the wills of famous people, of people that we know,

0:39:470:39:50

there are still stories to be told about how fortunes were made

0:39:500:39:55

and sometimes were lost or fortunes changed.

0:39:550:39:58

So why has he rewritten the will?

0:39:580:40:00

At this time in his life, you can see here that he's struggling with everything around him

0:40:000:40:03

and that was caused by the death of his wife, Alice.

0:40:030:40:06

-So tragic circumstances led to this.

-It reads like a book.

0:40:060:40:10

-It does.

-Not how I expected.

-Absolutely, yeah.

0:40:100:40:13

Who else have you got?

0:40:130:40:14

Straight away here is a name you may recognise.

0:40:140:40:17

-Florence Nightingale, the lady with the lamp?

-It is, absolutely.

0:40:170:40:22

-You could just keep doing this, blow my mind.

-Followed by...

0:40:220:40:25

HE GASPS

0:40:250:40:27

Whoa! Winston Churchill. Just beyond belief.

0:40:270:40:32

I know who that is - Beatrix Heelis

0:40:320:40:34

-That's the married name of Beatrix Potter.

-It absolutely is.

0:40:340:40:37

Well, there you go.

0:40:370:40:38

The lady that left all of her estate to the National Trust.

0:40:380:40:41

Yup, they're all in here,

0:40:410:40:42

everyone from your great-granny, to the Kray twins.

0:40:420:40:45

Take a look online at the YouGov website.

0:40:450:40:48

After you.

0:40:480:40:51

There's also a touch of the James Bond about this, is there not?

0:40:510:40:54

There is.

0:40:540:40:55

Especially poignant on the centenary of the Great War,

0:40:550:40:58

is a collection of almost 300,000 soldiers' wills.

0:40:580:41:02

"In the event of my death I give the whole of my property

0:41:020:41:05

"and effects to Mrs Catherine McCarthy."

0:41:050:41:09

Signed 6184 Private McCarthy. Deary me.

0:41:090:41:13

Such different circumstances than some of the other wills that we saw.

0:41:130:41:17

Who died in their bed, the great and the good.

0:41:170:41:20

This guy in the mud of France and Flanders,

0:41:200:41:22

an officer saying, "You'd better fill that in."

0:41:220:41:25

And it could be tomorrow that it's applicable.

0:41:250:41:27

And nothing brings it home more than the pocketbook

0:41:270:41:30

that we've got in front of us. It's actually got a bullet hole in it.

0:41:300:41:33

The soldiers carried their pocketbooks around with them

0:41:330:41:35

when they were on the front line and probably one of the last things

0:41:350:41:39

that was ever written in here was the will.

0:41:390:41:42

-So that's the reason...

-That's why it's here?

-That's why it's here. Absolutely, yeah.

0:41:420:41:46

And quite interesting with the will that we've got here,

0:41:460:41:48

a request from the soldier, Horace Henry Cook, saying,

0:41:480:41:52

"Had not the hand of the Almighty intervened,"

0:41:520:41:56

the lady in question would have been his wife,

0:41:560:41:59

so he's asking in this for his girlfriend

0:41:590:42:02

to be treated as though she would have been his wife

0:42:020:42:05

had he not gone to war and had he not died.

0:42:050:42:07

I would never have guessed walking in here that I'd be so moved.

0:42:070:42:10

Acres and acres of paper but it's much more than that, isn't it?

0:42:100:42:14

It absolutely is, yeah.

0:42:140:42:15

Now, they have a saying hereabouts, "All around the Wrekin."

0:42:190:42:24

-Driving off into the sunset.

-This is it.

0:42:240:42:26

It means, "Taking the scenic route."

0:42:260:42:29

-Thelma and Louise.

-Night-night, you two.

0:42:290:42:31

It's another lovely day and our first shop this morning

0:42:350:42:38

is in the Shropshire town of Shifnal.

0:42:380:42:42

Nothing quite like a shared shop to up the ante.

0:42:420:42:45

-Hello! Hi. Hello. Hi. Christina. Nice to meet you.

-Hello.

0:42:450:42:48

-What was your name?

-I'm Jackie.

-Jackie. Lovely to meet you, Jackie.

0:42:480:42:51

-How are you doing, Jackie? I'm Paul.

-Hello, Paul.

0:42:510:42:54

You don't need to know him.

0:42:540:42:56

What did I say? Deep breaths all round.

0:42:560:42:58

-I'm going this way.

-Plenty to choose from, you two.

0:42:580:43:02

This is quite fun, what's this?

0:43:020:43:05

This is a display cabinet for cigars and it's something that we've had

0:43:050:43:08

that we use to display cigarettes, lighters and cigarette cases in.

0:43:080:43:14

-Is it for sale?

-Well, if you'd like it, yeah.

-I quite like that.

0:43:140:43:18

So what would you price that at?

0:43:190:43:21

-I would probably put something like £45 on it.

-Oh, would you?

0:43:210:43:27

-I wouldn't be looking to pay that for it.

-But I am open to offers.

0:43:270:43:31

Would you be very, very insulted if I said a fiver?

0:43:310:43:35

-Not really.

-Really?

-Mm.

-Could I have it for a fiver?

0:43:350:43:39

-Yeah, you can have it for £5.

-Are you sure?

0:43:390:43:42

-Yes, I'm positive.

-Are you happy at that?

-Yep.

0:43:420:43:44

Deal. Brilliant. Jackie, you're a star.

0:43:460:43:49

Paul seems to be taking a brief detour

0:43:510:43:53

getting to know the trading estate.

0:43:530:43:55

Bureau - £10. It's for sale, this stuff.

0:43:550:43:58

-Vintage bike...

-Who's behind all of this treasure?

0:43:590:44:03

-Hello.

-Hello there.

-It looks like you're selling, yeah?

0:44:030:44:06

Yes, I'm selling a few things to try and get rid of them.

0:44:060:44:10

Sounding cheap.

0:44:100:44:12

-Is your clock running, or no?

-No, it's not.

0:44:120:44:15

I don't know whether it's worth me bothering or not.

0:44:150:44:17

I've been told what it's worth.

0:44:170:44:19

He says he wants about 20 quid for it.

0:44:190:44:21

Now, there's nothing Paul likes more than a wonky clock.

0:44:210:44:24

These are commonly referred to as anniversary clocks.

0:44:240:44:28

This is a torsion clock.

0:44:280:44:30

So, instead of a swinging pendulum you have got

0:44:300:44:34

an oscillating, rotating weight here.

0:44:340:44:39

Now, your average domestic clock will run for eight days,

0:44:390:44:42

which means you've got to wind it once a week

0:44:420:44:44

and if you forget, you've got a day to remember.

0:44:440:44:47

Your torsion clock is a fantastic piece of engineering.

0:44:470:44:52

It's so sophisticated.

0:44:520:44:54

We wind our torsion clock typically once every 400 days.

0:44:540:44:59

What do you think of that for horological sophistication?

0:44:590:45:03

You've got to wind it once a year and what day might you wind it on?

0:45:030:45:07

Why don't you wind it on your anniversary? Anniversary clock.

0:45:070:45:10

And if it slips your mind, you've still got 35 days to remember.

0:45:100:45:14

I suspect there's not much missing there.

0:45:140:45:17

Would you take a wee cheeky offer on your clock as a project?

0:45:170:45:21

-Well, yes, I would.

-I'm no interested in 20 quid.

0:45:210:45:24

It's... There's too much uncertainty in it.

0:45:240:45:29

If a fiver would buy it, I'll shake your hand.

0:45:290:45:32

-I wouldn't do it at a fiver.

-There was no harm in asking.

0:45:320:45:35

-It would have to be a tenner.

-A tenner? Take a punt...

0:45:350:45:39

Nah. A fiver if it will buy it but that's it.

0:45:390:45:42

-Yes. Oh, go on. I'll take a fiver.

-I'll take a punt, then.

0:45:420:45:46

How badly wrong can it go for a fiver?

0:45:460:45:50

-Well, I thank you very much.

-Thank you very much. Cheers.

-Cheers.

0:45:500:45:55

He just couldn't resist, could he?

0:45:550:45:57

Christina, meanwhile, is likewise exploring

0:45:570:46:00

her inner rag-and-bone woman.

0:46:000:46:02

It's a mangle. That's fab, isn't it?

0:46:020:46:04

-What have you got on your mangle?

-I've got... I think it's £60.

-Is it?

0:46:040:46:10

-Would you be open to a deal on that?

-Yeah, I think so.

0:46:100:46:13

Squeeze out a profit maybe?

0:46:130:46:14

For our younger viewers, a mangle was once how we dried

0:46:140:46:17

our newly-washed clothes, as Christina demonstrates.

0:46:170:46:20

What can the price be squeezed down to?

0:46:200:46:23

-Would you take very little for it?

-How little is very little?

0:46:230:46:27

I don't need a wee, I'm just very nervous.

0:46:270:46:30

-Would £20 be too much?

-Oh...

0:46:300:46:33

What would be the very, very least you could do it for?

0:46:330:46:36

-10?

-It's a deal.

0:46:360:46:39

Thank you very much. The sun shines on the righteous, Jackie.

0:46:390:46:42

-Yes, definitely.

-Oh, my God, I just bought a mangle!

0:46:420:46:46

Yes, and spent a mere £15 in total for that and the display cabinet.

0:46:460:46:51

-You're an angel.

-There you go.

-Thank you very much. What a star.

0:46:510:46:54

-Thank you.

-So, with Christina out of the picture,

0:46:540:46:56

Paul now has the shop to himself.

0:46:560:46:59

-Right.

-Oh, I feel liberated.

0:46:590:47:01

They're sweet, aren't they? Those wee coffee spoons, there.

0:47:010:47:04

-Cute little terminals with the little bird feeding the chicks.

-Mm.

0:47:040:47:08

I think they've got novelty and jam by the bucket-load.

0:47:080:47:11

-Can I just make you an offer?

-Yeah.

-25 quid for those.

0:47:110:47:15

I think I can accept that.

0:47:150:47:17

Have you played this game before?

0:47:190:47:21

-You're supposed to go, "No, I couldn't possibly!"

-No.

0:47:210:47:24

And given that you're clearly a joy to do business with,

0:47:240:47:27

-I'll just shake your hand and give you some money.

-OK.

-That was easy.

0:47:270:47:31

To the victor! The spoons.

0:47:310:47:32

But back on the banks of the River Severn,

0:47:360:47:38

Christina's made her way to beautiful Bewdley

0:47:380:47:42

-for just one more shop.

-Hello.

-Hi.

-Hello, hi.

0:47:420:47:47

-You must be Christina.

-I am, yes, for my sins.

-Matt.

0:47:470:47:49

Matt. Lovely to meet you, Matt.

0:47:490:47:51

Only £34 left now, Christina, so choose wisely.

0:47:510:47:56

Ooh, this is very Laidlaw.

0:47:560:47:57

-Ooh, shall I buy some militaria?

-Why not? Everybody else does.

0:47:570:48:01

-I don't know anything about militaria.

-Nor does anybody else.

0:48:010:48:04

World War II astrocompass.

0:48:040:48:07

It looks very complicated, very scientific.

0:48:070:48:11

-SHE GASPS

-Shall I phone Paul and ask him?

0:48:110:48:13

Wouldn't Matt be a better choice?

0:48:150:48:17

-Could I have a look in one of your cabinets?

-Of course you can.

0:48:170:48:19

And I know nothing about it. I'm guessing.

0:48:190:48:22

All bearings white... Declination...

0:48:220:48:25

I'm guessing it's some form of aircraft, isn't it?

0:48:250:48:29

-Possibly a Lancaster but it's actually Ian's, this is.

-Who's Ian?

0:48:290:48:34

-He's the chap that's stood outside.

-Oh, why's he stood outside?

0:48:340:48:38

Cos it's sunny, isn't it?

0:48:380:48:40

Well, let's hope someone can throw some light on it.

0:48:400:48:43

-They were used by the RAF during the war.

-What sort of plane? Lancaster?

0:48:430:48:48

Lancasters and Wellingtons... Halifax, yeah.

0:48:480:48:50

Really? Would I make a profit on it at auction? That's the key.

0:48:500:48:53

Paul is beating me hands down and I'd love to buy a bit of militaria

0:48:530:48:57

-cos you know he loves his militaria.

-I tell you what,

0:48:570:48:59

he's putty in your hands if you look at him with a sort of...

0:48:590:49:03

-I think we may be close.

-What could that be, Ian?

0:49:030:49:05

-In money?

-Yeah. Well...in sweets?

0:49:050:49:09

-What's it down for? 30?

-30, yeah.

0:49:090:49:11

-15.

-10 or £15?

-Where did she get 10 from?

0:49:110:49:16

-No, I quite like that. £10?

-Mm-hm.

-With the instructions?

0:49:160:49:20

-Yeah, with the instructions.

-You can't go wrong with that.

0:49:200:49:23

No, exactly. Thank you, Ian. Thank you, Matt.

0:49:230:49:25

Well, despite her sketchy grasp, it's not a lot of money.

0:49:250:49:30

Paul, meanwhile is en route to Kidderminster.

0:49:320:49:35

-Hello, are you the man?

-Ian.

-Ian, I'm Paul.

0:49:380:49:41

Hi, nice to meet you.

0:49:410:49:42

Ian has quite an assortment on display here.

0:49:420:49:47

Good things.

0:49:470:49:48

Plus, there's the stuff out the back.

0:49:480:49:50

Feast your eyes on this lot.

0:49:500:49:52

A box to make one particular customer very interested.

0:49:520:49:55

What a lovely portrait.

0:49:550:49:59

A major in the Royal Tank Regiment.

0:49:590:50:01

"An expression of our gratitude to our liberators."

0:50:010:50:03

-Yeah.

-Fantastic.

0:50:030:50:06

So these are all items from the life of one soldier.

0:50:060:50:09

So he was East Riding Yeomanry into the Royal Tank Regiment.

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You've got somebody's life there, haven't you?

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Birth certificate, yeah.

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That's his war identity.

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I've never seen one of those

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in that format.

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There he is.

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Temporary Major Scott. EJ Scott.

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Royal Armoured Corp. Born 1908.

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We've even got. These are all his buttons

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off his tunics and his pips and everything else in there.

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We've got his miniatures. I haven't, sadly, got his full set of medals.

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And there's a named medal in there as well, isn't there?

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A territorial medal.

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So he's got 30 quid's worth of medals there.

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But if you had that one named medal, you're onto a lot.

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Is it dear?

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£65 for the lot.

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There's no point in clowning about. Take my paw.

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Thank you very much.

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Accepted with enthusiasm and no wonder.

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That's a very moving collection.

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-All the best.

-Take care. Thank you.

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Now, let's take a look at what they've bought.

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Paul parted with just over £145 for a helmet, a naval uniform,

0:51:080:51:13

some silver spoons, a torsion clock, a horse's hoof's box

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and a box containing some mementos of a soldier.

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Whilst Christina spent £200 on a toy train, a cigar display case,

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a mangle, an astrocompass and two Victorian portraits.

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He spent no money whatsoever, which frankly,

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when you've got SO much money to spend, is rude.

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Pictures... That's the one to watch. Who knows?

0:51:410:51:45

It could be bad news for me but it could be what saves my bacon.

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After setting off from Shrewsbury in Shropshire,

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our experts are now heading north

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for an auction in Staffordshire at Stoke-on-Trent.

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-Ta-da!

-Fantastic. Well done, pilot.

-The auction awaits, milady.

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ASH Auctions takes its name from the initials of the founders.

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The auctioneer today is Lee Sherratt.

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Let's begin with the tin plate train.

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I think I bought it for £10.

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You bought everything for £10.

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Apart from my pictures which I accidentally spent a fortune on!

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-I've got £18 bid straight on.

-Oh, it's my train! Here we go!

0:52:190:52:23

I'm going to sell. £20. Where's 2? At £20 it's in the room. Where's 2?

0:52:230:52:28

-At £20, have we gone?

-Double my money!

0:52:280:52:31

-GAVEL BANGS

-Come on!

0:52:310:52:32

Great start but it will take a bit more than that to catch Paul up.

0:52:320:52:36

Next, it's Paul's little chick spoons.

0:52:360:52:39

A nice little set there in the original box.

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25. 25, somebody. Come on. Where are you £20? Go on, 15?

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15, I'm bid at 15. 16 anywhere quickly? At 15. All over the place.

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-You've got bidders all over it now.

-..18, 20,

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22, 24, 26.

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-Your turn, 28...

-Oh, look at the leg, look at the leg!

0:52:550:52:59

-It's gone, hasn't it?

-Hey, well caught, knee camera.

-..32!

0:52:590:53:02

Selling at £30 only...

0:53:020:53:04

-GAVEL BANGS

-You come across so confident

0:53:040:53:06

and then the leg starts going. I can feel it!

0:53:060:53:08

Good. But no cigar.

0:53:080:53:10

And look what's next! Christina's case.

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£5. 5 there.

0:53:130:53:15

At 6, 8, 10, 12, 14?

0:53:150:53:18

12 on my right. £12. 14, surely?

0:53:180:53:21

-14 now...

-A man with style.

-16, 18?

-A man with style.

0:53:210:53:24

At £16, right-hand side.

0:53:240:53:26

18, 20? 20, 22?

0:53:260:53:30

22, 24? 24, 26?

0:53:300:53:33

At £24 it's being sold...

0:53:330:53:35

-GAVEL BANGS

-We've spent the last three days,

0:53:350:53:38

just messing about.

0:53:380:53:40

Catching up VERY slowly.

0:53:400:53:42

Not bad. Are you scared yet?

0:53:420:53:45

Time for Paul's navy jumper and green hat.

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Did you ever go out as a teenager?

0:53:490:53:54

-No?

-We have our resident modeller modelling this.

0:53:540:53:58

-She's tried it on, it won't fit.

-Aw!

-But the hat does. The hat fits.

0:53:580:54:03

-Fantastic.

-Well, I think it suits her.

0:54:030:54:06

25 for it, somebody. 25. 20 bid me.

0:54:060:54:09

A tenner? 10 I'm bid. 12 anywhere?

0:54:090:54:12

He's going to sell it for a tenner? Never mind that...

0:54:120:54:15

Come on, it's only money. £10. It's got to be 10. All done?

0:54:150:54:18

GAVEL BANGS I've lost money on military.

0:54:180:54:20

-Oh! You've made a loss!

-I'm going. I've had enough of this.

0:54:200:54:24

Paul makes a loss on militaria. Hold the front page.

0:54:240:54:28

I would laugh so much if my militaria made more than your militaria.

0:54:280:54:33

No, let's not.

0:54:330:54:34

-Go, Christina.

-What is it?

0:54:340:54:36

An astrocompass. A navigator's tool.

0:54:360:54:39

-An air navigator's tool.

-Oh.

-Yeah.

-Is that good?

0:54:390:54:43

25 for it. Come on, where are we? £20...

0:54:430:54:46

-I thought you'd get 20 or 30 quid for it.

-15 then, somebody 15.

0:54:460:54:49

15, I'm bid there at 15.

0:54:490:54:51

Where's 16 now? At £15...

0:54:510:54:53

16, 18, 20,

0:54:530:54:56

22, 24...

0:54:560:54:58

-What did I pay for this?

-£10! A tenner.

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..I'm going to sell it at £22. The hammer's up. All finished?

0:55:000:55:04

-GAVEL BANGS

-Yours then at £22. Number 107.

0:55:040:55:06

Amazing.

0:55:060:55:08

Well done. A bit of a militaria coup.

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Never talk to me again.

0:55:110:55:13

My militaria made more than your militaria.

0:55:130:55:15

Time for Paul's prize lot, a soldier's life.

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-I've got a commission of £31.

-A long way off.

-We should have a riot here.

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-32, 33...

-We should have a riot here.

0:55:240:55:27

..34, 36, 38, 40.

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At £38. I'm going to sell then at £38.

0:55:300:55:33

Last call at £38. Are we done?

0:55:330:55:36

-GAVEL BANGS

-That's yours.

-Crying on the inside.

0:55:360:55:38

Call that a riot? Seems a modest sum for all those memories.

0:55:410:55:45

Now, from the sublime...

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£20, can I see 20? 15 for him, somebody? 15 for the mangle there.

0:55:470:55:52

10 to go, somebody.

0:55:520:55:53

£10. 10 I'm bid on my right. At £10, where's 12 now?

0:55:530:55:57

-12...

-Tell them it's the folding version.

0:55:570:56:01

-A rare folding version!

-..I'm selling it.

0:56:010:56:03

GAVEL BANGS Don't these fools know?

0:56:030:56:05

It's all profits for Christina today.

0:56:050:56:08

Small ones anyway.

0:56:080:56:10

Time for Paul's equally attractive hoof.

0:56:100:56:12

-What shall we say? 50? 40? 30?

-BIDDER: 34.

0:56:120:56:15

-34 is bid on commission...

-£80. If it doesn't make £80...

0:56:150:56:19

I'm going to sell. No, I'm not. 36 standing.

0:56:190:56:22

38? 38, 40? We've got a riot now. 38...

0:56:220:56:25

-He's got a riot.

-He's got another riot.

0:56:250:56:28

-Call the police!

-..at £38, the hammer's up.

0:56:280:56:31

-GAVEL BANGS

-£38, there it is.

0:56:310:56:33

Well, it's a profit at least. A bit lame though.

0:56:330:56:36

Now for his bargain clock.

0:56:360:56:38

I've got £25 commission. It's on sale, I'm looking for 30 now.

0:56:380:56:41

-At £25...

-Nobody's yelling about 25 quid

0:56:410:56:44

but it's my first piece of profit of the day.

0:56:440:56:46

..at £25...

0:56:460:56:48

GAVEL BANGS That's why I bought it.

0:56:480:56:51

His little stroll off-piste paid off.

0:56:510:56:53

-I can see you bought that with soul.

-I'm not proud of that.

0:56:530:56:56

But Christina is very proud of these Alexander Blaikley portraits.

0:56:560:57:02

-Are they in the right auction though?

-The moment of truth.

0:57:020:57:04

-Don't look, don't look.

-No, I can't watch. I can't hear anything.

0:57:040:57:07

We won't sell from the word go, ladies and gents,

0:57:070:57:10

-£40, I don't believe it.

-SHE GASPS

0:57:100:57:12

-Now we can see 50...

-60.

-..60, 70?

0:57:120:57:17

-70...

-That's all mine out.

-It's in the room at £70.

0:57:170:57:20

-They've got to be worth more then this, surely?

-Yes!

-At £70.

0:57:200:57:23

I'm going to sell them at £70. 80, surely?

0:57:230:57:26

At £70. This is for nothing.

0:57:260:57:29

-GAVEL BANGS

-I thought they'd have gone for

0:57:290:57:31

a lot more than that. £70.

0:57:310:57:33

She needs a hug after that.

0:57:330:57:35

Someone has picked up a bargain.

0:57:350:57:37

My heart is actually broken.

0:57:370:57:39

Do you think there's a cake big enough in the world

0:57:390:57:41

-to fix your heart?

-No.

-Let's try and find it anyway.

-Let's, yeah.

0:57:410:57:46

-Yeah. We could try.

-A big cake.

-Yeah.

-Come on.

0:57:460:57:48

Christina started out with £224.54 and made,

0:57:480:57:53

after paying auction costs, a loss of £78.64,

0:57:530:57:57

leaving her with £145.90 to spend next time.

0:57:570:58:02

Bad luck.

0:58:020:58:04

While Paul began with £780.34

0:58:040:58:08

and, after paying auction costs, made a loss of £29.38.

0:58:080:58:12

So, he's the winner today and still leaves with £750.96.

0:58:120:58:18

Give me the keys and don't talk to me!

0:58:180:58:20

HE LAUGHS

0:58:200:58:23

This is just all going very wrong!

0:58:230:58:25

-Oh, wait a minute!

-Sorry.

-Wait a minute!

-Bye!

0:58:250:58:29

-Bye!

-Christina!

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