0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- I don't know what to do. - HORN TOOTS
0:00:06 > 0:00:11..with £200 each, a classic car and 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 > 0:00:20Back in the game. Charlie!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24SHE GASPS
0:00:24 > 0:00:26So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- or the slow road to disaster?- Oh!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Today heralds the start of a shiny new Road Trip
0:00:40 > 0:00:44with old hands Mark Stacey and Thomas Plant.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- We're in Kent.- Yes. - The Garden of England.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50- It is rather beautiful. - And we're two orchids,
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- so it's a good way of starting, isn't it?- We're two what?- Orchids.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- Orchids?- Yes.- I've never been described as an orchid.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58I may be a Plant...
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Auctioneer Mark doesn't stand any nonsense.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Take a strong pill cos I'm quite a hard negotiator.- I know.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09You know that, don't you?
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Snapping at his heels is lovable auctioneer Thomas,
0:01:15 > 0:01:17a man of many talents.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20I used to be a championship fencer.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Our Road Trip pals have packed their suitcases
0:01:25 > 0:01:27and have £200 each to spend.
0:01:27 > 0:01:33They will zip around the country in the racy 1978 MGB GT.
0:01:33 > 0:01:35- GEARS GRIND - Oh!- Ooh!
0:01:35 > 0:01:38- Oh, dear, Thomas! - Watch the gears, Thomas.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Watch the reverse! Oh, no.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44I'm sure Thomas will get the knack.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49Mark and Thomas will be making a trip of over 500 miles
0:01:49 > 0:01:51from Sittingbourne, Kent and will wind all the way
0:01:51 > 0:01:53through the south-east of England
0:01:53 > 0:01:55through Norwich to finally land
0:01:55 > 0:01:57in Oakham in the East Midlands.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Today's journey begins in Sittingbourne, Kent,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06and the auction will take place in Rye, East Sussex.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13- Right, Mark, here you are.- Thomas, enjoy whatever you're doing next.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Enjoy your first shop. Buy well, not too.
0:02:17 > 0:02:18- Bye.- Bye.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Mark's gearing up to spend some money in his first shop of the day.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Nice to meet you, Richard. Now, tell me about this place.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30From the outside, it doesn't look anything,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33so I'm hoping it's going to be better inside.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Charming as ever, I see, Mark.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Wildwinds is 18 months old. - Oh, gosh!- 12 of us here.
0:02:39 > 0:02:45- Am I going to find a bargain? - That's for you to discover.- Oh!
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Well, look, I'll have a look round
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- and then I can negotiate with you, can I?- Yes, that's right.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53Take a strong pill cos I'm quite a hard negotiator.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54- I know.- You know that, don't you?
0:02:54 > 0:02:59Gosh, not had your toast and marmalade this morning, Mark?
0:02:59 > 0:03:02After a good old rummage, Mark finds something rather nifty.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05It could have been a conductor's baton or something like that.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09It has a lovely little plaque. I like things with dates on it.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14It says "Reverend Frank Jones, Christmas 1896"
0:03:14 > 0:03:17but it's priced at £120
0:03:17 > 0:03:20and that's too much of a risk. Lovely thing though.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24Mm. He looks a bit like a mature Harry Potter.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Those eyes would put a spell on anyone.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28MUSIC: Harry Potter Theme Song
0:03:31 > 0:03:34This is quite an interesting thing. It's a brass candlestick.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38What is quite fun about it is that it has a little section here
0:03:38 > 0:03:42that you can pull out to keep your vestas, your matches in,
0:03:42 > 0:03:44and you can strike them on here.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47I haven't seen anything like that and I'm sure it's got a bit of age.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I might ask Richard about that.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Brace yourself, Richard.
0:03:55 > 0:04:00I've found a quirky little item which I think is rather charming.
0:04:00 > 0:04:05It's got a story to tell and it's had a bit of a life, like you and I.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08The problem is, I don't want to pay the ticket price.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Do you think they'd take a really ridiculous offer?
0:04:11 > 0:04:13- I suspect not.- Oh.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17This little item is owned by one of the 12 dealers here.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19The ticket price is £28.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25If they can let me have that for £10, I'd really love it,
0:04:25 > 0:04:27so have a little word with them for me,
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and I'm relying on you, Mr Richard.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Will they accept Mark's cheeky offer?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- How did you get on? - Gwyneth says, "As it's you."
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- HE GASPS - I rather like Gwyneth.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I wonder if she's generous enough to negotiate over something else.
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Fuelled by Gwyneth's generosity, Mark has a go at the baton.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Now, she might not be as happy about this but that's quite fun, isn't it?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53It is. It's a nice piece.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Do you think you could find out what Gwyneth would let me have that for?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59What's your best offer?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Well, she's not going to like it and she can beat me with it -
0:05:02 > 0:05:04as long as she lets me have it for that price, of course -
0:05:04 > 0:05:07but I've got to think of what the auctioneer will say.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09I'll whisper it to you.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11(£40.)
0:05:11 > 0:05:15Mark's offering £40 but it's priced at 120.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Stand by.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Gwyneth says that her best is £50.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I've gone quite off Gwyneth, actually.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Do you think she might do 45?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- Arise, Sir Richard. - 45 it is.- Are you sure?
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Yes.- So that's 55 in total? - That's correct.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37I'll shake your hand. Thank you so much.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Did he cast a spell on Richard?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41Lovely. Thank you very much.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Mm. £10 for the Victorian brass chamberstick
0:05:43 > 0:05:48and a very generous deal of £45 for the magic wand.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I mean, the Victorian conductor's baton.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59Meanwhile, young Thomas is motoring to his first shop, eight miles away,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01in the charming town of Faversham.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10This fine emporium is run by Ann and Conon.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Hello.- Oh, hello.- I'm Thomas.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- How do you do?- An old, traditional antiques dealer.- Yes.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19God, you're a rare breed, aren't you?
0:06:19 > 0:06:22You're almost as rare as some of the antiques now.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Mm. Not sure if that's a compliment.
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- You've got some nice hatpins here. - Mm.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Hatpins are funny things, aren't they?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32I think they need to come back into fashion.
0:06:32 > 0:06:37- Are these ones by the great one, the great maker?- Yes.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Charles Horner of Chester.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43The changing fashions of the late 19th and 20th centuries
0:06:43 > 0:06:48saw a trend for more and more elaborate headgear and Charles Horner
0:06:48 > 0:06:51was the market leader in good-quality hatpins for the masses.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Ladies could always defend themselves with one of those
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- if...they had a problem.- If they had an unsolicited advancement?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Yes. People wouldn't like to... - No, they wouldn't, would they?
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Well, laws were passed in 1908 to limit the length of hatpins
0:07:06 > 0:07:11due to concern that suffragettes would use them as weapons.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15It almost looks like a giant humbug sweet, doesn't it?
0:07:15 > 0:07:18I think a little collection of hatpins, three of them in a lot,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21would be quite a nice lot to sell at auction.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23We'll have a look at those,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- see what we can do price-wise on those.- Right.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30The original combo ticket price is £141.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34This is a Japanese bead.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37It's got some age to it, as well.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41It's a Meiji, isn't it? Meiji period, so about 1860s to 1900s.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Samurai were banned from wearing their swords
0:07:43 > 0:07:46and so all the craftsmen had to make other things,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48and that's the kind of thing they made.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- Do you think £20 is a reasonable...? - I think that's immensely fair.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Do you?- I do. I think it's really fair.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Well, you would say that, wouldn't you, Thomas?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57And then you've got these two little things.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01He's also uncovered an Arts and Crafts brooch
0:08:01 > 0:08:05- and a little Celtic cross. - Could we do both of those for 15?
0:08:05 > 0:08:0715 for those and 20 for that one.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10What have you thought about these? These are quite expensive, aren't they?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14They are quite dear. What do you want to do, 100 for the three?
0:08:14 > 0:08:16It's a lot of money to spend, £100.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Is there any chance that you would possibly...?
0:08:20 > 0:08:26- If I gave you £100 for the lot, that would be a deal.- Erm...
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- No, I don't think so.- No? - No.- I had to ask.
0:08:29 > 0:08:36I'm only charging you £25 each, and I do think that's really cheap,
0:08:36 > 0:08:41and £50 for the very traditional looking Horner.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43120 and you've got a deal.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46No, I don't want to cos they're just so nice.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- I say meet him halfway.- Yeah?- 125?
0:08:50 > 0:08:54God, that's wonderful. You're a star. Thank you very much.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56- No, he is. - Well done. Thank you for that.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58That's really good. That's brilliant.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01- I'd better give you some money.- OK.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06What have I done? £125 within the first shop. Thank you very much.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Right, OK. Cheerio.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11Ann and Conon have been very generous.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14£90 for the collection of hatpins, £20 for the brooch,
0:09:14 > 0:09:18and the Celtic cross and the Japanese bronze bead for £15.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20A bold start for Thomas.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Mark is also in Faversham in Medway Antiques.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- Hello.- Good afternoon.- I'm Mark. - Good to see you.- Nice to meet you.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Chris is the owner of this fine establishment.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Well, I'm on the hunt for bargains.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46I've got to buy something to take to auction.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49There's plenty of little bits and pieces to have a look at.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51I've just sold this piece, which is quite nice.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- So you're feeling in a very generous mood?- I am in a generous mood.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- I like the sound of that. - Sounds promising, Mark.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- Well, I'll have a little look round if I can.- Yeah.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00That picture's really weird.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04The wood has supposedly come out of a church in the north
0:10:04 > 0:10:07and I think it's one of the great and good of the church.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10- Is it for sale?- It's for sale. - Is it a lot of money?
0:10:10 > 0:10:11No, it's very little money.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16How much is very little?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I think I could let him go for £45.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Good Lord. It does sort of remind me of someone.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28I was thinking of Thomas Plant. I think it's rather fun, actually.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32This painting is almost 400 years old, but it could be a gamble
0:10:32 > 0:10:36because it's a small section salvaged from a much larger work.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40Well, shall I throw a figure at you and then you can ask me to leave?
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- OK.- Don't look so upset. I haven't said it yet.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47What about 30?
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- 40 would leave me a small profit. - Would it?- Yeah.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- How would that do?- I think I'll take a chance for 40. I like him.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Excellent.- If it doesn't make a profit I can blame Thomas
0:10:58 > 0:11:01cos I'm sure it's a long-lost relative.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06Enough, Mark. Now, give the man some money.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I'm quite pleased with that, actually. Why have I bought it?
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Well, because I think it looks quirky.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13It's interesting, it's got age to it...
0:11:13 > 0:11:15I mean, he does look like a puritan.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18The face is so full of character and life.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Well, hailing from the late 17th century,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22it's certainly steeped in history.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25So, somewhere, Chris, I've got the 40 quid here for you.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28- Excellent.- There we are. Thank you again.- Thank you very much.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Wish me luck.- Good luck.- Thanks.
0:11:30 > 0:11:31I think you might need it.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Thomas, meanwhile, is back in the car
0:11:38 > 0:11:44and tootling 27 miles east to the seaside town of Ramsgate in Kent.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48Its coastal location made it a vulnerable target during wartime
0:11:48 > 0:11:52so, perhaps unsurprisingly, it's home to the largest air-raid shelter
0:11:52 > 0:11:55in the UK - the Ramsgate Tunnels.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I had no idea Thomas' fan base was quite so huge.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Thomas is meeting volunteer guide Derek Smith to find out more
0:12:05 > 0:12:08about the tunnels that saved thousands of lives
0:12:08 > 0:12:12during World War II and, over 75 years later,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15are once again open to the public.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17- Hi, Derek. It's good to see you. - Good to see you too.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- You're going to need one of these. - Oh!
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- My own hard hat with my name on - Tom.- Absolutely, yes.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- So, an air-raid shelter in a tunnel.- Yes.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- Here in Ramsgate, on the coast... - Yup.- Why?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Well, it was built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway
0:12:31 > 0:12:34to serve the great big terminal station that was outside
0:12:34 > 0:12:35the entrance you've just come into.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41The Victorian railway tunnel was built here in 1863
0:12:41 > 0:12:45but, as it closed in 1926, it was the perfect starting point
0:12:45 > 0:12:47for a massive underground shelter.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51In the lead-up to World War II,
0:12:51 > 0:12:55local mayor Arthur Kempe headed a campaign to construct the ambitious
0:12:55 > 0:12:58new tunnel system that would provide shelter for what was to come.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02The tunnels made up a system
0:13:02 > 0:13:03of over three miles and had
0:13:03 > 0:13:06a capacity for sheltering 60,000 people.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11The plans were given the green light in 1939
0:13:11 > 0:13:17and cost around £40,000 to construct, around £3 million in today's value.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21There were 80 men working shifts, just using the basic tools,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23and you can see from the way the walls are,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25just the way they were hewn out of it, really.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27That's a real feat, isn't it?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29It is, yeah, to do three and a quarter miles.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31In the time, March to October.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34That's right, and all the entrances as well. There are 12 entrances.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40By June 1939, the first section of the tunnels was complete.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Three months later, on September 3, war was declared.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- RADIO BROADCAST:- We shall not call a halt until the oppressor is beaten.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51The tunnels were built to shelter the entire town,
0:13:51 > 0:13:56but little did Mayor Kempe realise how vital the tunnels would become.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59The German bombers dropped something like 500 bombs in five minutes
0:13:59 > 0:14:01on the town of Ramsgate,
0:14:01 > 0:14:04so it was the very, very first civilian bombing raid.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06You would expect hundreds of casualties
0:14:06 > 0:14:09but, in fact, 29 civilians and two service personnel
0:14:09 > 0:14:12were killed during that raid cos everyone else was down here.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19With 1,200 homes left in ruins, local people not only used the tunnels
0:14:19 > 0:14:22as a makeshift shelter, they began to move in.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28At the end of 1940, the census said that there were 1,000 people
0:14:28 > 0:14:31who were giving their permanent address as the Ramsgate Tunnels.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Any interesting stories?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35I do like the little line that says
0:14:35 > 0:14:37on the permit that you use to get...
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Underneath it said, "For sleeping purposes only."
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Oh, right. Do you think there might have been a bit of...erm...?
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Well, we did hear a rumour that there were
0:14:45 > 0:14:47a couple of children born in the tunnels.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I just wondered whether you'd like to look at one of the loos.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Now, there's an offer you don't get every day, Thomas.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58How many of these were there?
0:14:58 > 0:15:03There were 500 individual loos amongst potentially 60,000 people,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06so it was probably best to go before you came down.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09- Who emptied them?- Well, there were two men who used to come round
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- every morning from Margate. - Two men? 500 lavatories?
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Yeah. I think en suite would not be quite the word you could use
0:15:16 > 0:15:19about these tunnels first thing in the morning.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Well, it certainly wasn't the lap of luxury but, over the four years,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25the tunnels' occupied living arrangements
0:15:25 > 0:15:27became ever more elaborate.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30They would start off with something like this.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32The council donated the deck chairs, but the idea was
0:15:32 > 0:15:35that people would just come here and they would just use them
0:15:35 > 0:15:38as they were more comfortable than the benches.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41But there was no privacy, so what they did then
0:15:41 > 0:15:44was to look at this sort of thing,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47which was a bit more private.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- Did they have post delivered here? - Yes, they did.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52Yeah, they had post delivered and newspapers,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54and people set up businesses down here,
0:15:54 > 0:15:56a barber and all that sort of thing.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Did any families, here living in tunnel town, want to stay?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01No, I don't think so.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04- I think everyone was quite pleased to get out.- I'd imagine.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- There were no wannabe hobbits? - Oh, no, no, no.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09Not that we've ever found, anyway.
0:16:09 > 0:16:14The tunnels' legacy isn't just that they saved countless lives,
0:16:14 > 0:16:18as their impact was seen across the entire country.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22When Winston Churchill saw the devastation of the town,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25he was moved to revisit national policy,
0:16:25 > 0:16:28rebuilding homes destroyed in the war.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30From those dark days until the present,
0:16:30 > 0:16:36the town below lives on as an important chapter in British history.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Back together again, our couple of rascals are heading
0:16:39 > 0:16:43for a well-earned rest. The adventure continues tomorrow.
0:16:49 > 0:16:50SHEEP BLEAT
0:16:54 > 0:16:58It's a beautiful morning, here in the county of Kent.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01- So, Mark, you're driving me. - How's it going?
0:17:01 > 0:17:05So far I haven't had to hold on to the front cos I'm so scared
0:17:05 > 0:17:09and also I'm not using the pedals as my feet, you know, the break.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Are you worried when I drive you?
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I was a bit nervous, a bit apprehensive.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Not so with the shopping yesterday though.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Mark had a rare old time of it.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24He bought the Victorian Art Nouveau chamberstick,
0:17:24 > 0:17:25a Victorian baton
0:17:25 > 0:17:28and a late-17th-century oil painting.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33He totted up a bill of £95, leaving him with a nice wodge
0:17:33 > 0:17:36of £105 to splash today.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Thomas went for a collection of hatpins,
0:17:42 > 0:17:46an Arts and Crafts brooch and Celtic cross,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48and a Japanese bronze bead.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51He's still got £75 for the day ahead.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Thomas is beginning his day in the village of Barham, in Kent.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02BELL RINGS
0:18:04 > 0:18:06That's quite loud!
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Yes, it's meant to be, Thomas, honest.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- Hi.- Good morning. - Thomas.- How are you?
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- On a day like this, it's perfect, Thomas.- So this is it, is it?
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- This is it.- This is the showroom.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23This fine establishment is family run and jam-packed with curios.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28It's quite a... That's a big one, isn't it?
0:18:28 > 0:18:31We love a big candelabra.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33Now, what Mark doesn't know...
0:18:33 > 0:18:35CLATTERING Oh, careful!
0:18:35 > 0:18:40- ..is that I used to be a championship fencer.- Really?
0:18:40 > 0:18:43En garde, Mark. Maybe I can be a cut above you.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Maybe you should concentrate on some shopping.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Quite a nice decorative propeller, this.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56- Christian?- Yes. - What do you know about this?
0:18:56 > 0:18:58I know it's a lot smaller than it used to be
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and I think it would be something that maybe
0:19:01 > 0:19:08you'd put a clock face in, hang it. It would be a decorative piece.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Upcycling wooden propellers like this one into decorative clocks
0:19:12 > 0:19:16- is a bit of a trend, so this could be a savvy buy.- What can you do on that?
0:19:16 > 0:19:21- You've got 95 on it.- Right. - So, deal of the century, Christian.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25- Well, make me an offer.- Oh, I don't know. How does 30 quid grab you?
0:19:25 > 0:19:30- Oh, £30. That's a fair old whack off.- It is, isn't it? I know that.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32What about £50?
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Chocks away at 42.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- Chocks away.- Chocks away? - Well done.- You're a good man.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- A smooth landing there for Thomas' fourth item.- There's 40...
0:19:44 > 0:19:48- Many thank yous.- ..and I've got £2. - A little gold one.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50A little gold one, yeah.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54A rather decorative aeroplane propeller for £42.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56What will he buy next?
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- Time to fly home.- Yeah.
0:20:01 > 0:20:05Mark, meanwhile, has travelled on to the White Cliffs of Dover...
0:20:07 > 0:20:12..ready to be illuminated by the history of South Foreland Lighthouse,
0:20:12 > 0:20:15a stunning landmark on the White Cliffs.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18The lighthouse was built in the middle of the 19th century
0:20:18 > 0:20:20to warn mariners of shifting sands
0:20:20 > 0:20:23and guide them through the treacherous waters.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26A place of innovation and science,
0:20:26 > 0:20:30and the first ever lighthouse in the world to shine an electric light.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- Curator Ellie Watson is Mark's guide. - Good morning, I'm Mark.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- Good morning. Nice to meet you. - What a lovely morning for coming to look at a lighthouse.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I know, it's incredible. Welcome to South Foreland.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Thank you. Now, why is there a lighthouse situated
0:20:47 > 0:20:50- on this foreland? - It's a very busy area of the coast.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53The sandbank is particularly treacherous.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57Up to 2,000 ships have actually been lost on the Goodwin Sands.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00For most of the time, it's covered by sea and ships can run aground.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03- Can run aground.- Yeah, exactly. - Of course.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05And what makes this lighthouse so special?
0:21:05 > 0:21:08There's been a light on this site, probably since the 14th century...
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Gosh, really?- Yes. ..with the first light that you would recognise
0:21:11 > 0:21:14as a lighthouse being built in about 1635.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16That seems a good point to go in and learn more.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20The first lighthouses would have had constantly-burning fires
0:21:20 > 0:21:22to shine onto the seas below.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24Basically, the first lighthouses were brick chimneys
0:21:24 > 0:21:27with a fire on top, and it would have been someone's unlucky task
0:21:27 > 0:21:31- to keep the fire going all night. - In all weathers, as well?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Yes, all weathers, yeah. - There's no covering to it?
0:21:33 > 0:21:36No. No cover, so it wouldn't have been the nicest job
0:21:36 > 0:21:37when there was a storm.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42The use of fires was both dangerous and unreliable,
0:21:42 > 0:21:46so scientists set about trying to find another way.
0:21:47 > 0:21:52Michael Faraday was one of the most influential scientists in the world.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56In 1836, he was appointed scientific adviser for Trinity House,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58an official lighthouse authority.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03It must have been such an exciting time then,
0:22:03 > 0:22:08learning all about radio waves and electricity.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Michael Faraday is a really interesting character.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13He didn't actually have the most auspicious start in life.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17- He wasn't from a very wealthy family.- It must have been difficult.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20It was a long process to get the experiment to take place at all
0:22:20 > 0:22:24and they originally set out two months and £400.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28- Gosh, £400. A lot of money in 1853. - Yes, exactly.
0:22:28 > 0:22:3221 years before the world was to see Edison's light bulb,
0:22:32 > 0:22:36Faraday was already experimenting on a monumental scale.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39His ground-breaking work with generators made him
0:22:39 > 0:22:43the perfect person to bring electric light into practical use
0:22:43 > 0:22:45for the first time ever.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50The beam emitted by South Foreland was a historic achievement.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52It must have been quite an event locally.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55I mean, the local villagers and people from miles around.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58It must have been awe-inspiring. Lighthouse keepers on this side
0:22:58 > 0:23:00of the coast, and across the Channel in France,
0:23:00 > 0:23:01were keeping logs on the light -
0:23:01 > 0:23:04what it was doing, how well they could see it -
0:23:04 > 0:23:06so it was a real collective effort.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10It wasn't just Michael Faraday here, at the lighthouse, on his own.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Wonderful.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Ground-breaking though his work was,
0:23:14 > 0:23:18it was still 68 years before technology caught up
0:23:18 > 0:23:23because it wasn't until 1926 that the majority of homes in the UK
0:23:23 > 0:23:25saw the benefit of mains electric light.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28But even with the convenience of electricity,
0:23:28 > 0:23:32a lighthouse keeper's job still required some elbow grease.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35What is this fierce-looking crank thing here?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37This is the mechanism that turns the optic,
0:23:37 > 0:23:39so it's not actually the light that flashes.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42The optic rotates around with the panes of glass causing the flash.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- So am I able to have a go at this? - Yes, you can do.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48- So, which way do I turn it? - You need to turn it clockwise.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Put your back into it, Mark.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- They'd have to be quite fit, these lighthouse keepers.- Yes, exactly.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58And no lighthouse has the same flash pattern for 100 miles.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02- It's going. It is, look.- Yeah. It's really going now.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- That's wonderful, isn't it? - It's brilliant. It's amazing.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Ellie, thank you so much. It's been a wonderful visit.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10- I've learned so much. - Thank you, Mark.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15South Foreland Lighthouse - a great example of pioneering ingenuity
0:24:15 > 0:24:19and the views are breathtaking. Not a bad life, is it, Mark?
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Back together again,
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Mark and Thomas are snaking their way
0:24:29 > 0:24:31to sunny Sandgate, near Folkestone.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- So, we're going to share a shop today.- We are.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35I'm looking forward to that, Tom.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38- Are you?- Yeah, I am, actually.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Well, I haven't got any money, really, to be spending.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46Indeed. £33, to be exact, compared to Mark's 105 big ones.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49I will hopefully see things that you will be buying
0:24:49 > 0:24:52at huge amounts of money and I'll just swoop in,
0:24:52 > 0:24:56and they'll feel so good about taking money off you
0:24:56 > 0:25:00that I'll get a real bargain on something.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Mm. This could be interesting.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Oh, well done.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- We've got here.- We've got here.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11First one in the shop gets first dibs.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13- I'm like a gazelle! - Oh, you are wicked, Thomas.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Come on, Mark. Come on!
0:25:16 > 0:25:18It's like dealing with an old man.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Yeah, he is taking his time.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27Well, Gabrielle, if I find anything, can I shout for you?
0:25:27 > 0:25:30- I think you can.- Lovely. See you in a moment.- OK.
0:25:30 > 0:25:34I don't mind being in a shop with Thomas cos I sent him downstairs,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36as I think he's very much a downstairs sort of person,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40- and I'm more the upstairs. - If you say so, Mark.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43He tells me he's bought four items
0:25:43 > 0:25:47and spent nearly the entire budget, and he wants to spend everything.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50I've got £105 to spend and, if I can't find anything,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I won't spend anything.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55But quickly Mark spots a little something.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59This is quite wacky, isn't it? Really jazzy and colourful.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Poole Pottery and they've marked it there
0:26:01 > 0:26:06with their dolphin mark in England. This is very 1970s, '80s.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10The only thing is, it doesn't have a ticket price.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Gabrielle, could I have a word with you?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14I've got a limited budget as usual.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Right.- I did find this, this Poole Pottery vase,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21which does look a bit out of place amongst all these lovely pieces.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Yeah, you'd be doing Gabrielle a favour, wouldn't you?
0:26:24 > 0:26:28Well, I can do it at £30.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Gabrielle, you're breaking my heart. You're breaking my heart.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- I think that's what it would make. - You love it.- I do like it,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37but I've got to be sensible cos actually it WAS very popular,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39it isn't so popular these days.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- Who said that?- I'm saying it and I always tell the truth.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47I can see your nose growing, Mark.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Well, let's make it 25.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54- You're a lovely, lovely person. - No, don't be creepy.- Oh, I will.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58I've got to try. I think 20.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00- Oh, get away. All right. - Are you sure?
0:27:00 > 0:27:04- Yeah, but only because you're a friend.- Oh.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08That Poole Pottery vase for £20 makes a total of four items for Mark.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12How's Thomas getting on downstairs?
0:27:12 > 0:27:14- CREAKS - Hello, nice to meet you.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Would you be a better travelling companion than Mark?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Yeah, I think you would. You just wouldn't answer back, would you?
0:27:22 > 0:27:24You wouldn't shout at me, you wouldn't have a go at me
0:27:24 > 0:27:28about my driving and you wouldn't moan, so thank you.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29The mind boggles.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34What's he got his eye on now?
0:27:34 > 0:27:35A riding crop.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39That's quite a fun thing, really. I could give Mark a good...
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Ouch! Ow!
0:27:42 > 0:27:44Steady on.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- Hi, Warren.- Hello, there. - What do you know about this?
0:27:46 > 0:27:50This has no price tag on. Does it belong to you? Is it free?
0:27:50 > 0:27:51All these questions.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Well, this is actually used for turning our lights on and off
0:27:54 > 0:27:56- when we can't reach them. - Oh, really?
0:27:56 > 0:27:58HE LAUGHS Unusual but practical.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01- Is it for sale?- I'm sure it is.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- Is it expensive? - I don't think so.- No?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- No, I don't think it is at all. - What could it be?
0:28:06 > 0:28:09I haven't got very much money. I'm very, very poor.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11How much do you want to spend...
0:28:11 > 0:28:14for our baton for switching the lights on?
0:28:14 > 0:28:15That's wonderful.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18You can't even make that up. That's a fabulous story.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20I can see the switch now.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23And that's probably where these little dings have happened.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- Probably.- Oh, dear.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Could I be cheeky and offer you a tenner for it?
0:28:29 > 0:28:32- 20 is probably more... - 20. Is it really?
0:28:32 > 0:28:36- You're going to say, "OK, well, 15." - Yeah, OK, 15.- So 15 is fine.- Yeah?
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- OK.- Deal, sir. So £5 would be absolutely delightful.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42- I shall get you your change. - Thank you.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46That's wonderful. Fifth item done. Over the moon.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52Thomas has got himself a 19th-century riding crop-cum-light switcher
0:28:52 > 0:28:56for only £15, so the pressure's off.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Thomas? What are you doing?
0:29:01 > 0:29:05Well, I'm imagining directing an international film
0:29:05 > 0:29:07cos I am the international film director.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10I can tell you what, you're not. You're looking very relaxed.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- What's happened?- Well, I'm done. - You're done?- Yeah.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- What do you mean, you're done? - Well, I've bought all my items.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17- Five items. - And how much have you spent?
0:29:17 > 0:29:21- I've got the grand total of £18 left.- So you've spent £182?
0:29:21 > 0:29:23- Oh, yeah.- Thomas!
0:29:23 > 0:29:27- That's not bad.- That's not bad, so I've got the rest of the day for me.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28Not so for Mark though.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33This is rather interesting.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37It says, "Napoleonic War period cannonball.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39"18-pounder.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44"Used in Blomefield Pattern cannons circa 1800."
0:29:44 > 0:29:46But it is priced up at £130.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51- Warren, is this yours? - Yes, it is, yes.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57I have to say, I've never dreamt of buying a cannonball before.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- You're sure it's Napoleonic? - Pretty much.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- The research that I have done on it, yeah.- I think it's quirky.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09I think, if it was going into a sale on the internet,
0:30:09 > 0:30:13then it would be actually quite a good buy because people would
0:30:13 > 0:30:17find it on the internet, but in a general sale it could just be lost.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20You're right, Mark. As the auction isn't online,
0:30:20 > 0:30:23this specialist item could be a risky buy.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25What sort of price could it be?
0:30:27 > 0:30:28It could be...
0:30:29 > 0:30:31It's 130. I could...
0:30:32 > 0:30:3595, only because it's you.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Yes, I know. I know that.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41- I know that and it's very generous. - Well, if it helps, 90.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46We couldn't get it to 80?
0:30:48 > 0:30:53I think, if you said 80, I'd be mad enough to have a go at it, actually,
0:30:53 > 0:30:56just because I think it's interesting and it's historical.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- Sure. OK.- So £80 then?- OK.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Oh, gosh. I can't believe this, Warren.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06I don't know how you've managed to do this, but you've managed
0:31:06 > 0:31:10to persuade me to part with all my money except a fiver.
0:31:10 > 0:31:15- Well, thank... Good.- So I've now spent more than Mr Plant.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19- Thank you very much.- Oh, gosh. Well, I hope I haven't shot myself.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24No, but you have blasted a hole in your budget.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31The cannonball is Mark's fifth and final item, bought for £80.
0:31:34 > 0:31:38He also has the Victorian chamberstick, the Victorian baton,
0:31:38 > 0:31:41the 19th-century oil painting
0:31:41 > 0:31:44and the 1970s Poole Pottery vase.
0:31:44 > 0:31:49In total, he spent £195. Bravo.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Thomas went for it, buying a huge bag of treasures -
0:31:54 > 0:31:58the collection of hatpins, the Arts and Crafts brooch
0:31:58 > 0:32:02and Celtic cross, the 19th-century Japanese bronze bead,
0:32:02 > 0:32:05the aeroplane propeller
0:32:05 > 0:32:06and the riding crop.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11Thomas managed to buy the lot for £182.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22So, what do the boys make of each other's purchases?
0:32:22 > 0:32:26He's bought the cannonball for £80 and I bought my hatpins for 90,
0:32:26 > 0:32:29so it's all about those two big buys.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32I like the hatpins. They're not really my sort of thing.
0:32:32 > 0:32:33I think some of them are very decorative -
0:32:33 > 0:32:37I like enamelled ones. But he's got a good name in there,
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Charles Horner, one of the best names. 90 quid.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44That's a gamble, Thomas, and I do like you when you take a gamble.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48It's neck and neck. I really can't call this one.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52It all depends on how the ball does and how the pins do.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55I think Thomas does have a bit of a whisker though.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58He does have a bit of an edge on me. I'm a little bit worried.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Thomas and Mark are heading to their first auction of the trip
0:33:04 > 0:33:08in the fortified hilltop town of Rye in East Sussex.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17- Well, Mark, auction day. - Oh, don't, Thomas.- Auction day! Rye!
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- A-day is here.- A-day is here.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22A-day in Rye.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27It's been good fun, Tom, and, whatever happens...
0:33:27 > 0:33:28we'll carry on smiling.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Here we are, Thomas.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- Thank you, Mark. Yes, we are. - Can I just say something?- What?
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- Well-driven.- Oh, it was, wasn't it? I was well-driven.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45- Well-driven, Tom. - Right, who can get out first?
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- I can't wait, can you, Mark? - I think I probably can, actually.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Enthusiastic as usual, Mark(!)
0:33:51 > 0:33:55Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Rye Auction Galleries.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Our auctioneer today is Kevin Wall.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01What does he think of Mark and Thomas' offerings?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04The thing I do like in the auction room today most of all
0:34:04 > 0:34:08would be the early 1900s wooden propeller.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Shame that the tips have been clipped.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14They do fetch very, very good money when they're complete.
0:34:14 > 0:34:15The oil on canvas portrait,
0:34:15 > 0:34:18we've had our expert look at it, she's gone through it.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21She's not very keen on it, shall we say.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23We think that could be the major flop of the day.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28Oh, crikey. Don't let Mark hear you. Now, quickly, take your seats.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31- The auction is about to begin.- OK.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36First up is Thomas' 19th-century riding crop.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- Lot number 120.- This is it.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42I've got 12, 15. I've got 15. Who's got 18 now?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44- You've covered your money. - I've covered my money.
0:34:44 > 0:34:4718 is with you, sir. I am out. 18, 20. At £20.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- No, only £20.- Do I see 2?
0:34:49 > 0:34:54- At £20 and selling then. - It's a work-in...- You've done it.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58- You've got out a profit there, Tom. - VERY small.- A work-in profit.
0:34:58 > 0:35:03Nice start, Thomas. A good profit from the get-go.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06Next up, it's Mark's unusual little chamberstick.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Very quirky little item here. I've got conflicting bids
0:35:10 > 0:35:15and I've got to start them both at 22. 22 I'm bid.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18At 25. 25. 28, sir?
0:35:18 > 0:35:22- 28. 30?- 30.- 35, 38...
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- Get in there! - ..38, 40? At 38 with the new bidder.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- At 38. Do I see 40 now? At £38 on my right.- Well done, Mark.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- That's all right, isn't it? - Well done.- 45?
0:35:33 > 0:35:38- At 42 on my right still.- Is it still going? 42.- It's not bad, is it?
0:35:38 > 0:35:40- 42. - GAVEL BANGS
0:35:40 > 0:35:43- Yes! Well done, you.- That's all right, isn't it? £32 profit.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- Oh, I'm so pleased! - Cracking start, Mark.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48More than doubled your money there.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51I'm just hoping that might help save me on some of the other ones.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54So pleased. It's such a nice thing. I'm so pleased.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56It is such a nice thing. I'm so glad I found it.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02Can Mark's 1970s Poole Pottery vase put more winnings in the kitty?
0:36:02 > 0:36:04- £10 for it? - MARK GASPS
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- You can't go £10, Tom! - £10 I'm bid. £10. Who's got 12 now?
0:36:08 > 0:36:09At £10 it's away.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- At £10. Do I see 12? - Ooh, 12.- 12, new bidder.
0:36:12 > 0:36:1515? At £12 on my left with the young lady here.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20- At £12. Do I see 15?- Oh, no, Tom! - That's terrible.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- At £12. Are you sure and finished? - Oh, come on.- At 12...
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- GAVEL BANGS - I feel like weeping for you.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29- Go on, then, weep. - HE SNIFFS
0:36:29 > 0:36:33Hang on. It's not that bad, fellas, and it's still early days.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Next, Thomas' Japanese bronze bead.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- Fortunately, you can't see it very well.- No, you can't, can you?
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Lot 169. It's 10 then. Let's get going. 10 I've got.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48- 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25? - That's more like it.
0:36:48 > 0:36:5222 is at the back. At 22 with you, sir. At 22. Do I see 25?
0:36:52 > 0:36:56- At 22. Don't miss it.- Any more? - At £22 then, are we all done?
0:36:56 > 0:37:00- That's it?- Are you sure? At 22.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02- GAVEL BANGS - I am shocked at that, Thomas.
0:37:02 > 0:37:06- Why are you shocked? - Because it's worth 30, 40, £50.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11It is, it is, but we are in a general sale in Rye, not online.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13- And it's a profit.- It's a profit. - It's a profit.
0:37:13 > 0:37:17That's the spirit, boys. And a small profit for Thomas.
0:37:20 > 0:37:24Next up, it's Mark's Victorian conductor's baton.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27I'm hoping, Tom, this might do all right. I'm hoping.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- 20 we have. 20 here. 2 is it now? - Oh, my word.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35- At 22. At 28. It's very, very cheap, this.- That is cheap.- It is.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40Are you all done? Are you sure? And finished at 28.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- GAVEL BANGS - Mark.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46I can't help but be a little disappointed at that, Tom.
0:37:46 > 0:37:50Commiserations, Mark. Not the best performance,
0:37:50 > 0:37:51but it's not over yet.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Everything to play for with Thomas' Arts and Crafts brooch
0:37:56 > 0:37:58and the little Celtic cross.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02- Should be somewhere round about £50. - Oh, my gosh.- No?- No.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03I daren't look.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Somebody start me at 20 then. Let's get going.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07- Oh, you've got 20.- 22, 25, 28?
0:38:09 > 0:38:1325 is with me. At 25. Do I see 28 now?
0:38:13 > 0:38:19At 25, at 25. It's Ruskin. At 25. Do I see 28?
0:38:19 > 0:38:24- 28, new bidder.- 28. Good.- At £28. I've got to sell it then.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- It's a small profit. Very small. - At £28...
0:38:27 > 0:38:29- GAVEL BANGS - 640.
0:38:29 > 0:38:33- You're making profits on everything. - Creeping.- You're a creeper.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35No need to be personal. Ha!
0:38:35 > 0:38:39It's Mark's late-17th-century oil painting up next.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42- 30 to 40 is the estimate. - What did you pay?- 40, I paid.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Somebody start me at £30. Let's get it going.
0:38:46 > 0:38:4730 for it.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50- Killed it.- Damn.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52Silence. Deathly silence.
0:38:52 > 0:38:57Somebody start me at £10 then. £10 I'm bid. At £10 on my right.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- At £10. This does seem very cheap. - That is cheap.- Cos it is.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05At £10. Are you sure? At £10.
0:39:05 > 0:39:1015, 18, 20, 22, 25.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12At £25 and selling, then.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- GAVEL BANGS - I've only made one profit.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- But it's a healthy one. - Yeah, £32, but I lost...
0:39:18 > 0:39:21- Oh, yes, you've lost, yeah. - I've just lost...
0:39:21 > 0:39:23How much did they sell it for? ..£15 on that.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Mm. The losses are stacking up for Mark.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31Maybe his last item, the cannonball, will launch him back into the game.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33- Lot 232.- There it is, a lump of old metal.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36It's the circa 1800 20lb cannonball there.
0:39:36 > 0:39:40Somebody start me at £50 for it. Let's get going. £50 to start.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43- Oh, no.- £50?
0:39:45 > 0:39:49It'd make a good doorstop. Oh, dear. We are coming down.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55I'll take your £10, sir. It's a bid. I will take it.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Now we've got them going. 12, 15?
0:39:58 > 0:40:0112 is there. 15 I have here. 18, sir?
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- 18. The bid is with you, sir, at 18. - He's working. He's working.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09Do I see 20 now? At 18. £18. At £18 only.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10At £18 are we all done?
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- I knew it.- Absolutely terrible. - Why did I buy that?
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- GAVEL BANGS - 18 buys it.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Do you know, as soon as I bought it, I thought, "Why did I do that?"
0:40:19 > 0:40:22- Oh, no.- Ouch. That's a heavy loss for Mark.
0:40:24 > 0:40:29It's all resting on Thomas now. The pricey hatpins are next.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33I've got 30 to start. 30 with me. 35, is it?
0:40:33 > 0:40:3535 is here. 35. Do I see 38 now?
0:40:35 > 0:40:39- At 35...- A lot paid. A lot paid. - At £35.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Where's all the hatpin buyers this week?
0:40:41 > 0:40:45At £35 on my right. Are we all done and finished?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- At 35. - GAVEL BANGS
0:40:48 > 0:40:51- Gone.- £65 loss. - That was a bargain.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55- That was a big loss. - That was a bargain for somebody.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Great price for the buyer but a big risk that didn't pay off, Thomas.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Can he recoup on his loss with the aeroplane propeller?
0:41:06 > 0:41:07I can start the little ones.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12We'll get the little ones out the way first at 25, 30, 35, 40,
0:41:12 > 0:41:1675, 80, 5 and 90. 5, 100, 110...
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Yes!- ..is with you, sir.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24110. I am out with both of you, but you are leading with 110.
0:41:24 > 0:41:29- 110. Do I see 120? At 110 on my right.- Go on!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31A bit more. We need to make some money back.
0:41:31 > 0:41:38At 110. This is still very cheap. At £110, have we all finished? At £110.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42- Wow.- All sure and finished?
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- 110 is 16...- I'm pleased about that. - I'm so utterly pleased for you, Tom.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48That's very kind.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51I can't tell you how thrilled I am by that whole experience.
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Very sporting, Mark.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57I'm going to keep buying cannonballs until one of them makes a profit.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Quite right. A thrilling result for Thomas,
0:42:01 > 0:42:05but who will be the winner of leg one? Let's work out the sums.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09Both chaps started this Road Trip adventure with £200 each.
0:42:09 > 0:42:15After paying auction costs, Mark made a loss of £92.50,
0:42:15 > 0:42:19leaving him with £107.50 for the next leg.
0:42:21 > 0:42:26Thomas made a small loss of £5.70, which crowns him today's winner.
0:42:26 > 0:42:32He has a lovely £194.30 to carry forward.
0:42:32 > 0:42:36- Thomas, congratulations.- Oh. - No, to the victor, the spoils.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- I shall drive.- I'm being driven! - I shall be your chauffeur, Thomas.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44- A man of your standing needs it. - Well, yeah. My limited means.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47They're not less limited than mine, Thomas.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- ENGINE REVS - I lost £92.50.- Oh...
0:42:51 > 0:42:53- It's a big'un.- That is a big'un.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56Until next time then, chaps. Cheerio.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05Next time on Antiques Road Trip, Mark is a stickler for detail...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Ooh, tea time. No cake, I noticed.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11..and Thomas wows us with his expertise.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13What do you think that looks like?
0:43:13 > 0:43:15A bottom.