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. - HONK
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 is no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- Back in the game. - HE LAUGHS
0:00:19 > 0:00:23- Charlie.- There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26SHE GASPS So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:26 > 0:00:28or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Oh!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Today is the second helping of our Road Trip escapade
0:00:41 > 0:00:44with auctioneers Mark Stacey and Thomas Plant.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- I don't think I'm a Superman. - No, no.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49I think you are more like an overweight Lois Lane.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53HE CHUCKLES
0:00:53 > 0:00:54That is so harsh.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57If I'm an overweight Lois Lane,
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- God only knows what that makes you. - Oh, don't. Don't.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Oh, they love one another really.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08Mark is having a go at a spot of clairvoyance.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10If only I could say, "Mirror, Mirror on the wall,
0:01:10 > 0:01:12"who's going to make the greatest profit of them all?"
0:01:15 > 0:01:20Thomas dazzles us with his encyclopaedic knowledge of antiques.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23This looks like, almost like, a female bottom.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24Do you know, he's right.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27And they are putting their foot down in this racy little number,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30the 1978 MGB GT. I had one of those.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Well, I have to say, Tom, she's doing all right at the moment,
0:01:35 > 0:01:37- isn't she, the car?- Yes, and you...
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- It's a she, is it, in your world? - Well, as all cars should be.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Well, some of them are men, some of them are boys,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44but I don't know what to call her, actually.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- Beauty. A black beauty. - A black beauty.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Glad we cleared that up.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Our Road Trip buddies started off with £200,
0:01:57 > 0:02:02but their first auction saw Mark make a big loss on the dreaded cannonball.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08This leaves him with £107.50 for the second leg.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13HAMMER KNOCKS
0:02:13 > 0:02:16But Thomas has edged ahead with a much smaller loss,
0:02:16 > 0:02:21so has a lovely wodge of £194.30.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27Mark and Thomas will be making a trip of over 500 miles
0:02:27 > 0:02:28from Sittingbourne, Kent
0:02:28 > 0:02:32and will wind all the way along the South East and East Anglia
0:02:32 > 0:02:34through Norwich and finally land
0:02:34 > 0:02:36in Oakham in the East Midlands.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Today's journey begins in the village of Otford, in Kent,
0:02:39 > 0:02:41and the auction will take place
0:02:41 > 0:02:43in Paddock Wood, also in Kent.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50And get this, Otford boasts quite possibly the only roundabout
0:02:50 > 0:02:53in Britain to have its very own duck pond.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54Ha!
0:02:54 > 0:02:55Ducky.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00- Well done. I could get used to this. - Could you, what?
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- You driving me around. - I'm not going to drive you.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05I might offer you a job as a driver, Tom.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I'm not going to be your driver, not on that money you've got to spend.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- Oh, don't, Thomas. - I mean, you know...
0:03:10 > 0:03:12THOMAS CHUCKLES Don't rub it in, Thomas.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Our Road Trip pals are sticking together for the first
0:03:15 > 0:03:17- shop of the day.- After you.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- Oh, no. Age before beauty. - Oh, thank you.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Did you just say what I thought you said?- I did. I did.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Well, you know, I've always been told.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25- Hello!- Hello.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28This is my colleague, Thomas, who is competing against me.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- So, we mustn't be too nice to him because he's leading.- OK.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33We're going to have a look around and then we'll come back
0:03:33 > 0:03:34and have a word. Is that all right?
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- Yeah, that's fine. Lovely. - Thank you.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Right, Mark, you got bit of catching up to do today.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Got any ideas, mate?
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I've got to think of some sort of a plan, so I'm going to try and find
0:03:45 > 0:03:49interesting objects at, maybe, ten pounds
0:03:49 > 0:03:52that might sell for £30 or £40.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55So, even after commissions and things, there's a sizable profit.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Just to start getting me back in the rhythm.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02And of course, the one thing I'm completely going to avoid...
0:04:02 > 0:04:04is cannonballs.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Hm, don't worry. I don't think you'll find any in there.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11If only I could say, "Mirror, Mirror on the wall,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14"who is going to make the greatest profit of them all?"
0:04:14 > 0:04:15It won't answer me, of course.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18And if it did, it'd probably say, "Thomas Plant."
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Oh, dear. Feeling a bit sorry for yourself?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24This is rather attractive, actually.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27There's only one period, date this could have been made.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Probably around about 1900, 1905,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33but I love these sinuous lines
0:04:33 > 0:04:36with the lily pads
0:04:36 > 0:04:39and these sort of stylised berries
0:04:39 > 0:04:40and lis here.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Art Nouveau is one of the first modern styles of the 20th century
0:04:44 > 0:04:47and takes inspiration from the natural world.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51The ticket price is £28. That seems cheap.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Do know what? I think I might be a bit cheeky. I'll go and find Jackie.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Jackie?
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- Time to talk money, eh?- Oh, Jackie.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03I'm doing very well. I've been in here five minutes
0:05:03 > 0:05:06- and I've already found this dish. - Right.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08I'm in a real predicament, Jackie. I'll explain to you
0:05:08 > 0:05:11and this is no word of a lie.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- So, put on your caring face for me. - I will. I'll try.- Thank you. Try.
0:05:15 > 0:05:16I've had my first auction
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- and I shot myself in the foot with a cannonball.- Yes.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21So, I'm going to be terribly mean to start off with
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- and she's going to tell me to get out of the shop.- Yes, give me a
0:05:24 > 0:05:27- price. Probably will.- I would love to buy it for ten pounds.- Ooh!
0:05:27 > 0:05:28Um...
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Oh.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Ask her what she would be comfortable with. Thank you.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33All right, then.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35What are you doing, Mark?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38Dealer Wendy is just downstairs.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Mark wants the best price on this. - Best price on this.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43He's made an offer, which I daren't tell you at the moment,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45but he is offering ten.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- Oh, no. - THEY LAUGH
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Um, 15?
0:05:53 > 0:05:58- 18.- Right. I'll go and see what he says and that really is...?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- It is really.- It's got to have 18.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06- Oh, Jackie, hello.- You're not going to be happy.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Oh, I'm not? No.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- 18.- 18. Oh, gosh.- And I tried. I really tried.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12She's been really generous, isn't she? I mean, look...
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- HE WHISPERS:- ..it's not a lot of money, is it, really?
0:06:15 > 0:06:18And she has been very kind to me, actually.
0:06:18 > 0:06:19- Jackie, thank you.- OK.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- Let's call that sold, all right? - OK. That's lovely.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23And I'll carry on browsing.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- I'll take it downstairs for you. - Thanks so much. I do appreciate it.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Well, as you can see, I'm firmly sticking to my ten-pound challenge.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33And I've now spent on my first item £18,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37so I'm already 80% over what I said I wouldn't pay.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39It's going very, very well(!)
0:06:40 > 0:06:46Still, a good discount from the original £28 ticket price, Mark.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Now, what about Thomas?
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Right, Mark. - Oh, my gosh, Thomas!- Like Thor.
0:06:52 > 0:06:53In your mind, Thomas.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Well, I was going to smash some of your profits.
0:06:56 > 0:06:58- Oh, well, you've already done that. - HE LAUGHS
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Well, that's kind of true, actually.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Time to get delving, Thomas!
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Well, this is wonderful.
0:07:06 > 0:07:07In a real kitsch sort of way.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09It's got "foreign" on the base.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14"Foreign" was placed on quite a lot of Japanese-based goods
0:07:14 > 0:07:16because after the war,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19they didn't think that their products would be bought
0:07:19 > 0:07:21and therefore by putting "foreign" on,
0:07:21 > 0:07:24it would come from a foreign country
0:07:24 > 0:07:26and they wouldn't necessarily know where.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29It is an antique and it is collectible,
0:07:29 > 0:07:31but is simply dreadful.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36Hm. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38What do you think that looks like?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- Erm...- A bottom.- Yes.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44And it is called a coco de mer.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47The sea pod from the Seychelles.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50It's almost like a female bottom, if you can imagine.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52They are quite sensual.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54There's the bottom and the legs, etc.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55You get them in different sizes.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58This one has been made into a tray, a cutlery tray with a handle here.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01It would have all been covered.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03And it's been designed... And it's a tourist piece.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07This is the largest seed in the plant kingdom and due to its rarity,
0:08:07 > 0:08:11the Seychelles native has been protected by law since 2010.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14And it's just a lovely piece of natural sculpture.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Could be my first purchase of this leg.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21Thomas is sure this piece is late 19th or early 20th century.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Ticket price is £65.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28- Hi, Berryl?- Yes.- I found this.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Let me see who it belongs to.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33I just worked out what your necklace is.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35It's a fox, isn't it, or something?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- It's a hedgehog.- A little hedgehog. It's sweet, isn't it?
0:08:38 > 0:08:40- It's looking at you. - Oh, it's wonderful.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Looks like the coco de mer is working its lovey-dovey magic.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48I'd like to ask if it's possible to buy it for 40.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50because of the cracks. If it wasn't cracked,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- I haven't got a problem. - Yeah, so you are talking about...
0:08:53 > 0:08:54- 40 quid.- 40.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58After a quick call to the dealer, Berryl has a price for Thomas.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00What do you think you can do?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- Shall I just go and ask him?- Yes.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Would you meet them at 50?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- 45.- What about 45?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- Go on, then.- Is that all right?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Thank you, Barry. Thank you.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23- Cheerio.- Love you, Barry.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25- 45.- Brilliant.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29What a charmer! The first purchase of leg two for Thomas.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- There's 45.- Thank you. Thanks for coming.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- Thank you very much.- The fascinating coco de mer polished nut.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Great.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Mark is 15 miles away in the village of Wateringbury,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45near Maidstone, in Kent.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Where Memories Meet is Mark's second shop of the day.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Joseph is the proprietor here.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- Hello.- Hello.- I'm Mark. - Hi, I'm Joseph. How are you?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- Nice to meet you, Joseph.- Nice to meet you.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02I thought I was going to an antique shop. It looks more like a cafe.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04Yeah, we try to mix it all up, really.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06I'm not sure whether to order a cream tea
0:10:06 > 0:10:08or try and look for some china.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I'm...I'm confused. Utterly confused.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13What's new?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15The antiques are downstairs, Mark.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19But at least you got a guaranteed cuppa, though.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Got you a cup of tea here. - Thank you so much.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23I'm looking forward to this.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Oh, tea-time. No cake, I noticed.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Come on! Get to work. Ha!
0:10:29 > 0:10:32This is an extending book rack,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34so you can have your books there,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36but then as your collection of books expands,
0:10:36 > 0:10:40you can stretch this out. It is a good, decorative thing.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I love the carving and I quite like Indian items.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46I'm not even going to look at the price of that.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I'm going to put that as a possibility.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Cos I think maybe Joseph might want to get rid of that
0:10:53 > 0:10:56cos there will be some more room for cups and saucers there then,
0:10:56 > 0:10:59which he probably sells more of than sliding book slides.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02It just goes to show
0:11:02 > 0:11:06there are purchases to be made amongst the cakes and pots of tea.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08And look! He has found something else.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10But it's like a sort of pedestal comport.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13You got sort of metal base with a dolphin
0:11:13 > 0:11:16and then a sort of domed pedestal.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Little flower head inside.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21A comport is simply a footed bowl or plate.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24And it has taken Mark's fancy.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28If that was illustrated and catalogued nicely,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31somebody looking round online will think, "Oh, that looks rather nice.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33"I'd quite like that for the centre of my table."
0:11:34 > 0:11:36And they might pay a reasonable sum for it.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39So actually, that might be a possibility.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Sounds like it's about time to talk money to me.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Oh! Joseph.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Oh.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Wow. Can see you found a couple of pieces.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Well, I have and I've had a jolly good look round.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56- You've got some fascinating objects. - Wow, fantastic.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58- I'm going to tell you what I'm going to try to achieve.- OK.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01OK. I had a very difficult first auction.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02I lost quite a lot of money.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05FEIGNS CRYING: I've heard this story before.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09But I have found two items, but I've got to be terribly mean with you.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Mm-hm.- I haven't looked at the prices,
0:12:11 > 0:12:12so I don't know what they are.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14- They could we thousands for all I know.- Doubt it.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18But I need to buy the two of them for £20...
0:12:18 > 0:12:20for me to get a profit at auction.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23The original price on the book slide is £25
0:12:23 > 0:12:26and the comport is £26.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Do you think you are going to win?
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I...I would like to think so, yes.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32And I think these might help me achieve that.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Well, if you think you are going to win,
0:12:34 > 0:12:37I'm happy to sell them to you at that price.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Joseph, you are a star.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Certainly in a generous mood. Huh!
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Two items at less than half price, should help you out there, Mark.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- Thank you very much for supporting us.- Perfect! Perfect.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54£20 for the book slide and the comport!
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- Thank you, Joseph. Good luck. - Yeah. Perfect.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00Ha! Well done, Mark. You now have three lovely lots.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09Thomas travelled 14 1/2 miles south for a taste of old England
0:13:09 > 0:13:12in the glorious village of Penshurst, in Sevenoaks.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Thomas is stepping back in time to visit Penshurst Place.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25This medieval manor house is steeped in royal history.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Literally fit for a king, Henry VIII used the estate as a hunting lodge.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34But for the last 460 years,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38it's been in the continuous ownership of the Sidney family.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42But there is one Sidney that holds a dazzling torch in the family history.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Thomas is meeting Philip Sidney, the second Viscount De L'Isle,
0:13:46 > 0:13:47to find out more.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49- Hello, Lord De L'Isle. - Good afternoon.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- How nice to see you, Thomas. - So, tell me
0:13:51 > 0:13:54where actually are we in Penshurst Place?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56We are standing in the oldest part of the house,
0:13:56 > 0:13:58which was built in 1341.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00And when did your family move here?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Well, we were given it, luckily, by Edward VI.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07Philip's namesake, Sir Philip Sidney,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11was a great figure of the English Renaissance, a romantic poet,
0:14:11 > 0:14:15a charismatic Elizabethan courtier and a heroic soldier.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17He was a big hit with the medieval crowds
0:14:17 > 0:14:22and would give many of today's A-list celebs a run for their money.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24- Here we are.- Gosh!
0:14:24 > 0:14:26This is the state dining room.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31These are all sort of the early portraits.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33This one here is Sir Philip Sidney
0:14:33 > 0:14:35but it's actually an 18th-century picture.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Philip was born at Penshurst in 1554.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41He showed great intelligence from an early age
0:14:41 > 0:14:45and at 17 he began a four-year tour of Europe
0:14:45 > 0:14:47that would shape the rest of his life.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49When he returned to England, he entered court
0:14:49 > 0:14:53as the leading advisor to the Queen on international relations.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55He was just 21.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Why was he so important?
0:14:57 > 0:15:00He just was the Renaissance man.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03He even... In the 1950s, someone wrote about him,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06"Even at this distance, Sidney is dazzling."
0:15:06 > 0:15:10You bet. Not just a statesman, Philip was also a prolific writer
0:15:10 > 0:15:13and worked to raise the standards of literature in England.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17His writing is said to have inspired Charles Dickens
0:15:17 > 0:15:19and been likened to the great Bard.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Shakespeare, obviously, is famous,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25but if you go and talk to academics,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28they all bring him up as being one of the leading lights.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31He was known for being quite irascible,
0:15:31 > 0:15:35but he always managed to charm, particularly the Queen,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37to get back in her good books.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41This charismatic gentleman blessed with dashing good looks
0:15:41 > 0:15:45rose through Elizabeth's court becoming an ambassador at 22,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49an MP at 27 and was knighted at just 29.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55Because he was, you know, a poet and quite good-looking,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58he'd always sort of known the Queen held a candle for him.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00He went off to take ship
0:16:00 > 0:16:05with Sir Francis Drake, a mate, to go to the Americas.
0:16:05 > 0:16:06To Virginia.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08He got down to the port
0:16:08 > 0:16:11and the Queen sent a messenger to get him back.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13She wanted him around.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19Despite the Queen preventing him putting himself in danger,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21Sir Philip aspired to be a soldier.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24During the Eighty Years' War in Europe, he picked up arms
0:16:24 > 0:16:28and, fighting for Elizabeth's Protestant cause
0:16:28 > 0:16:30against the Spanish, paid the ultimate price.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Fighting against the Spanish, he met a sticky end, didn't he?
0:16:34 > 0:16:37His great friend, Fulke Greville,
0:16:37 > 0:16:40turned up without his side arm on his legs
0:16:40 > 0:16:43and so Sir Philip said that it was a chivalrous act.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45"If you haven't got yours on, I won't have mine on."
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Silly boy.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49And he got a musket ball in the leg.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51He died six weeks later.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53But what a brave man to take off his armour.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Well, I think it was foolhardy.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Oh, probably, yes, but we all think... And how old was he?
0:16:58 > 0:16:5932 when he died.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03Oh, that's no age, is it? 32 and he had achieved so much.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Upon Sir Philip's tragic death,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09his great champion, Elizabeth I decreed
0:17:09 > 0:17:12that he be given a state funeral.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15The first commoner to be graced with such an honour.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Ever.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19So, this is what I was going to show you.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21It's Sir Philip's funeral helm.
0:17:21 > 0:17:22It looks big.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24It is larger than life-size.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28And it was probably made at the armoury at Greenwich.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30He was granted a state funeral.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35The first commoner to have a state funeral and the next one was Nelson.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37It must have been a vast expense.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Most imagine that it would have run into millions of pounds...
0:17:39 > 0:17:42- In today's money.- ..in today's money.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44A fitting end for a noble statesman,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48a valiant soldier and one of the greatest Elizabethan writers.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Talking of sparking luminaries,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55our lovable duo are reunited once again.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59Time for a rest before they get going again tomorrow.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01So, nighty night, chaps.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05The heavens have descended, but it isn't dampening the spirits
0:18:05 > 0:18:08of our Mark and Thomas. Oh, no.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12I have not bought a cannonball.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14HE LAUGHS
0:18:14 > 0:18:17You're going to have to buy something spherical.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20- But I'm with you. You're slightly spherical.- Mark...
0:18:20 > 0:18:22THEY LAUGH
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I am not at all slightly spherical.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Ha-ha! No, you are a fine figure of a man!
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Let's remind ourselves of their shopping trip so far.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Mark didn't have the biggest budget,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38but still acquired three items.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40He bought the Art Nouveau silver-plated fruit dish,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42the carved book slide
0:18:42 > 0:18:45and the porcelain and gilt comport.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48He still has £69.50 to spend today.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52Thomas needs to put his foot down
0:18:52 > 0:18:54cos he has only bought one item -
0:18:54 > 0:18:58the rather fascinating coco de mer, polished tray, shell, nutty thing,
0:18:58 > 0:19:03which means he's got £149.30 for the day ahead.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Thomas and Mark are starting their morning
0:19:06 > 0:19:10in the village of Chart Sutton, in Kent.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12I'm looking forward to our shared shop.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14I do like a shared shop. I like annoying you in the shop.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17- I like you annoying me, Thomas. - THOMAS CHUCKLES
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Fortunately, you are one of those people I can just rise above.
0:19:20 > 0:19:21And...
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- Am I just white noise? - THOMAS LAUGHS
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Kind of, yes.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Charming.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30They are both shopping in Chart Sutton Antiques.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32I do hope they behave themselves.
0:19:32 > 0:19:33Fat chance!
0:19:33 > 0:19:35- Oh! What are you doing?! - Oh, hello.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37Handbrake! Oh, God.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I tell you, you're never driving again!
0:19:40 > 0:19:44- Look at you! - Oh, stop moaning and get in!
0:19:45 > 0:19:48They should come with a health and safety warning, those two.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Hello. I'm Mark. - How nice to meet you.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- Nice to meet you too.- Hello, I'm Thomas.- Hello, Thomas. I'm Trevor.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- Hi, Trevor.- Nice to meet you both.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58- So, you're looking for some bargains?- I am looking for some
0:19:58 > 0:20:00- bargains.- Well, you won't find them in here.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02No. Let's go, then. Let's go.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Off to a good start, chaps.
0:20:05 > 0:20:09Now, if they could just get along in such close quarters, we'll be fine.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12- I'm watching you.- I can hear you.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- I'm watching you, Thomas. - I'm watching you.
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Just like children.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18There's a lot to choose from here and Mark has spotted something.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20This is charming,
0:20:20 > 0:20:24but this is really nice cos it's modelled as a lady's shoe.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27At least it's not another lady's bottom. Ha!
0:20:27 > 0:20:31But sadly, the end of the foot is missing there,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35which is a real shame, actually. Priced up at £20.
0:20:35 > 0:20:39- I mean, that's quite cheap. - Lovely. Ooh!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Look, he is onto something else now.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44This is a...what I would call a cigarette box,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46but I like the inscription.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51"Presented to Lieut. FC Rogers by his brother officers
0:20:51 > 0:20:56"on the occasion of his marriage, July 18, 1934."
0:20:56 > 0:21:00That is priced up at £48, which is quite a lot of money.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03But I mean, it is a nice presentational piece
0:21:03 > 0:21:05and I like that, actually.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07I might have to go over the ten-pound challenge
0:21:07 > 0:21:08with this, mightn't I?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Trevor is on hand to assist and luckily Robin,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16the owner of the cigarette box, is also here.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19I think it is beautifully done and I love the presentation.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21It is a piece of history.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Maybe we should take advantage of the owner being present
0:21:23 > 0:21:25if we're going to negotiate a price.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- The owner is heading to his local pub, so...- Oh, is he?
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Yes. Better make this quick then, Mark.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I had the most disastrous first auction.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Oh, here we go again.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I think this could be quite interesting.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Of course, I don't want to push you.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43- Not much.- Not much anyway.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47But I really could do with a little bit of a leg up, if I can.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Do you want me to give you some money to take it away?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52- Would you mind? - LAUGHTER
0:21:54 > 0:21:55You're very good.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58Look, I'm going to be terribly mean
0:21:58 > 0:22:00and then you can come back to me, all right?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02What about 20 quid?
0:22:02 > 0:22:04- No way, sir!- Oh, come on.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- No, no, no.- What do you think? - I'll go down to £40.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Oh, no, I can't do it for £40.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15Could we possibly do it for £30? And I will shake the hand.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I think you'd take my hand off as well if we did that.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25I wouldn't ask if I wasn't so desperate.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27- THOMAS:- Don't do it!- Shut up.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30Don't do it. Stay true.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Thomas, concern yourself with your own shopping, please.
0:22:35 > 0:22:40£32. And you have really, really done well in that.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- £32. Thank you, it's very nice of you.- Good luck to you.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46With an original ticket price of £48,
0:22:46 > 0:22:51Mark has got another generous deal for the very stylish cigarette box.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55Now, what about that little fruit knife?
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Can that be terribly, terribly, terribly cheap?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It depends what terribly cheap is, really, doesn't it?
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Starting point I'm going to suggest to you is a fiver.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- THEY LAUGH - £12.- £12...
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I think if we can say ten pound, I'll have it.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17Because then I think it might make £20 at auction.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21- Can we split the difference and do £11?- No, we cannot. Over a pound.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23- HE LAUGHS - For goodness' sake.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- I mean, I know times is 'ard, but... - Times IS 'ard!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27..you know, it is much 'arder for me.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- Oh, go on, say a tenner.- Tenner.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31- Are you sure?- It's yours.- Happy? - Happy.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33- Thank you very much. - No problems at all.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Cor, more generous deals for Mark.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38The cigarette box and the little knife
0:23:38 > 0:23:39now give him a total of five items.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43But how is that Thomas getting on?
0:23:43 > 0:23:48It's very off-putting listening to him rabbiting on,
0:23:48 > 0:23:49trying to do a deal.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Oh, he's done it.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55- Finally.- Yeah.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59Despite the distractions, Thomas soon sniffed something out.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01That looks quite fun. That is 19th-century.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04I bet you that is a vest case.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07So, a match strike. It's just really unusual.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Wouldn't mind looking at that.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Trevor's services are required once more.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16It is just this creel here.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20It is quite sweet that, isn't it?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22This little vesta box dates from the 19th century
0:24:22 > 0:24:25and is priced at eight pounds.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27- If that's going to be a fiver, that would be fabulous.- OK.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Well, we could...I'm sure we could do something, Thomas.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32I'm sure we can do something.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36That creel is more Mark's budget. But it's dead sweet.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38You've got the actual...
0:24:38 > 0:24:41It's well-modelled, it's in brass, it's 19th-century.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46It appeals to two different types of collectors.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50And fishing is the most popular pastime in this country.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Online, it would look brilliant if they photograph it well.
0:24:53 > 0:24:57- This could be a winner, Thomas. - Can I talk about that creel?
0:24:57 > 0:24:59- Yes, of course. - Do you think it could be...
0:24:59 > 0:25:02- It can be five pounds. - Can it?- Yes, it can.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03- That is a definitely buy.- Good.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05- Thank you very much.- Lovely.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- I'll give you a fiver, if that's all right.- OK.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10- OK. Thank you.- That was quick.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Although, with two items,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Thomas is still lagging behind his rival on the buying stakes.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19Mark, meanwhile,
0:25:19 > 0:25:20has finished shopping
0:25:20 > 0:25:22and is heading for two miles north
0:25:22 > 0:25:24to the historic town of Rochester.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27I am so looking forward to seeing the castle.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29I believe it is quite historical.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32It is. Mark is visiting Rochester Castle,
0:25:32 > 0:25:36one of the best preserved Norman fortifications in Europe.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43It is here that the most famous siege in Medieval history took place,
0:25:43 > 0:25:45a battle that would ultimately decide
0:25:45 > 0:25:49whether the Crown of England would stand or fall.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Mark is meeting with education officer Jeremy Clarke
0:25:53 > 0:25:56to find out more about this bloodthirsty tale.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- Hello.- Hello, Mark. I'm Jeremy. - Nice to meet you, Jeremy.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05- Welcome to Rochester Castle.- Shall we go in?- Let's go in.- Why not?
0:26:09 > 0:26:13In 1215, this castle was central to King John's struggle
0:26:13 > 0:26:15to retain power in the country.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17He was famously unpopular for raising taxes
0:26:17 > 0:26:21and harshly exploiting his feudal rights.
0:26:21 > 0:26:24This bred deep discontent with the ruling barons.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26They decided to take action.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Jeremy, why have we arrived at this part of the castle?
0:26:30 > 0:26:34This is the best place for us to pick up the story of 1215,
0:26:34 > 0:26:36the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40The Magna Carta was first drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury
0:26:40 > 0:26:45in 1215 to make peace between King John and the rebel barons.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Amongst the many conditions, it promised access to swift justice.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Neither side stood by their commitments.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Battle preparations began immediately.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Anyone who's heading for the interior of Britain
0:26:59 > 0:27:01is probably going to end up going through Rochester
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- and across Rochester Bridge.- Gosh.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07So, the barons tried to anticipate what is going to happen
0:27:07 > 0:27:09by holding the bridge, holding the castle
0:27:09 > 0:27:12and preventing John getting anywhere near London.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16King John was determined to hang onto his land and his crown.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20- John moves very quickly and he is at Rochester within three days.- Gosh.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23And sieges were complicated in the Middle Ages,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25but a large part of them was negotiation.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27You didn't want to lose men yourself.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29You wanted, if possible, to gain your objectives
0:27:29 > 0:27:32- without any bloodshed...- Yes. - ..or as little as possible.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35But John turns up and he attacks. Straightaway? Straightaway.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41A bloody civil war began with the barons holed up inside
0:27:41 > 0:27:46and King John and his men outside trying to blast the walls down.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48He seems to have been initially successful
0:27:48 > 0:27:51in bringing down the outer walls,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55but his siege engines failed to make any impression on this keep.
0:27:55 > 0:27:56So, he changes his plan.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00They attempt to undermine a corner of the tower.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Very quickly, King John's men chipped away at the keep,
0:28:03 > 0:28:06pickaxing their way deeper and deeper
0:28:06 > 0:28:08and replacing stones with wooden pit props.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17- John sent a writ, an order, for the fat of 40 pigs...- Gosh.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20..of the sort...the least good for eating.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23So, that is the fattiest of fatty pigs.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26The soldiers would then get hold of the pork fat
0:28:26 > 0:28:29and push it into the hole, round the pit props, grease everywhere
0:28:29 > 0:28:33so that when they set fire to it, it burned really fiercely,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37which would crack and collapse the pit props,
0:28:37 > 0:28:40and this entire quarter of Rochester Castle keep
0:28:40 > 0:28:43came crashing to the ground.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Uh! With the King's men inside,
0:28:45 > 0:28:49the barons retreated behind the safety of a second thick wall.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54But the siege soon came to an end when all provisions ran out.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57John does actually have to starve them out.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00- They're reduced to eating their horses.- Ugh.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04After two months of stallion and chips, the barons surrendered.
0:29:04 > 0:29:08King John's advisers dissuaded him from killing all the survivors,
0:29:08 > 0:29:10who were instead imprisoned.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Gosh.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16- What a very splendid view up here, Jeremy.- It is wonderful, isn't it?
0:29:17 > 0:29:22So...King John has won Rochester Castle back.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Things go badly for him after that.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26Um...he loses the Crown Jewels
0:29:26 > 0:29:29attempting to cross The Wash in East Anglia,
0:29:29 > 0:29:32contracts dysentery and dies soon after.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35But curiously, the tide turns back in favour of the Crown.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37With the tyrant king now dead
0:29:37 > 0:29:41and the crown handed to John's nine-year-old son,
0:29:41 > 0:29:45the Magna Carta was reinstated by the rebel barons in 1217.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49It became the foundation for future government and, as such,
0:29:49 > 0:29:52remains a powerful symbol of liberty around the world.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58Thomas has travelled 15 miles north to the town of Strood
0:29:58 > 0:30:00and he has still got a bit to buy.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Cottage Style Antiques is Thomas's last shop,
0:30:10 > 0:30:14and he has got just over £144 to spend.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17- Hello, Bill.- Hello, Thomas. - Nice to see you.- And you.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19- God, you've got a lot of stuff in here.- I know. It's loaded.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- HE LAUGHS - It is loaded, isn't it?!
0:30:22 > 0:30:24There is certainly a lot to choose from here.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Two little Poole pots, hand-painted.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30These are very Deco, with this dash design to the rim.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33They are definitely a possible purchase.
0:30:33 > 0:30:38These little Poole pottery salts date from the 1930s and are a fiver each.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40Look at this.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42You may hate it, you may love it,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45but this is real West German Pottery.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Looks like lava dripping down a column.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Hm, I'm feeling sick.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52The Fat Lava style of West German Pottery
0:30:52 > 0:30:55is still very much in its infancy as a collectable,
0:30:55 > 0:30:59but some pieces can command hundreds, even thousands of pounds.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02This one, though, has a ticket price of £20.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Being German, it has got to be efficient.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Now, on here is the number 26.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12Cos it's German, that 26 means it's 26cm high.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16No word of a lie, every bit of West German Pottery
0:31:16 > 0:31:19has its size on it, so you don't have to do it.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21So, that definitely could be a purchase.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24And these two little salts.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27And they're different sizes, but I think if I bought them,
0:31:27 > 0:31:29I think it would quite annoy Mark.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Which I'd quite enjoy.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35I just hope it doesn't end in tears.
0:31:38 > 0:31:43So, this is a walking cane. I think it is probably horn from a goat.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47In the 19th century, these sticks were sometimes used
0:31:47 > 0:31:51as sort of rent sticks, and that means over 100 years ago,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54you'd knock on your tenant's door - knock, knock, knock -
0:31:54 > 0:31:58and got your rent and if they got angry with you or if you got...
0:31:58 > 0:32:03Yes, they were used as sort of persuaders, I would say, to pay up.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08Yeah. Rent sticks were often used in the 18th and 19th centuries
0:32:08 > 0:32:11by tyrant landlords as weapons against tardy tenants.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14I think this is certainly one which would be good.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17It is of beautiful shape and form.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21It has got a ticket price of £48, so let the haggling commence.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- What could it be?- £38.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28£38. Can it be £28?
0:32:31 > 0:32:33- I'll let you have it for £30. How's that?- £30.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- So, that would be... - That's ever so fair.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- That IS ever so fair, isn't it? - Ever so fair.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40What about the Poole salts and the West German vase?
0:32:42 > 0:32:44- They've got £30 on them, haven't they?- Yeah.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46And I suppose you want them for next to nothing.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Not necessarily, but I want to give you something for them.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50That is good of you, Thomas. Gosh.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- What about £20?- Perfect. OK.
0:32:53 > 0:32:57- £50 for the lot, you've got a deal.- Yep.- Yeah?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Well, that completes Thomas's shopping.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04He has a total of five items, including the coco de mer tray,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07the vesta fishing creel, the Fat Lava vase,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10the pair of Poole pottery salts and the 19th-century rent stick.
0:33:10 > 0:33:14Thomas was thrifty with his cash, spending just £100,
0:33:14 > 0:33:16but what a variety of stuff.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20Mark worked with extreme caution. He also bought five items.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22The silver-plated dish, the book slide,
0:33:22 > 0:33:25the continental comport, the fruit knife
0:33:25 > 0:33:29and the silver cigarette box, spending a cautious £80.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36But what do they think of each other's bag of treasures?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39I love that coco de mer basket.
0:33:39 > 0:33:42I think it is wonderful, absolutely wonderful.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46They can make serious money, so that's really, first of all,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48got me worried, because he only paid £45 for it.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51He's bought a lovely Art Nouveau tray for £18.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55I think that is a great-looking thing and I really, really like it.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57He's lost half his money.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00He really needs to do well this time,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03so if he beats me and he does well, I don't mind.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06I think he's going to walk away with another auction here,
0:34:06 > 0:34:07and I'm not happy.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10No, you're not!
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Our Road Trip rascals are heading to
0:34:12 > 0:34:14their second auction 19 miles away
0:34:14 > 0:34:15in the rural town of Paddock Wood
0:34:15 > 0:34:18near Tonbridge in Kent.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20So, Mark, you bought quite differently this time
0:34:20 > 0:34:22than you did...
0:34:22 > 0:34:25Yes. Well, there was one decision I made quite firmly, Tom,
0:34:25 > 0:34:27and that's not to buy another cannonball.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30- Strange that, isn't it? - That is strange, isn't it?
0:34:30 > 0:34:32- Did you see any, though, to buy? - No, no.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34When you were in the castle, did they mention cannonballs?
0:34:34 > 0:34:36- No, they didn't. - THOMAS CHUCKLES
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Oh, you cheeky scamp, Thomas.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41The auction is being held at Hop Farm Auctions,
0:34:41 > 0:34:44a rather beautiful setting, fellas.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47- Watch the plant pots! - I'm watching the plant pot.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49I thought you'd be used to that plant.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Great, come on, hurry up. Turn the engine off.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56- HORN BEEPS - Oh! Hello.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- Are you announcing yourself? - I've announced that I'm here.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02It is all fun and games for now. Huh!
0:35:04 > 0:35:07Our auctioneer today is Alexander Jenkins.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09What does he think of Mark and Thomas's lots?
0:35:10 > 0:35:14The coco de mer tray is lovely, but personally,
0:35:14 > 0:35:17I would rather see it as a whole item and not carved.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19There is a little bit of damage there.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22The items that I'd like to see do well are the fruit knife,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25and the vesta I think will catch people.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27I think people will just like that.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29But I think the pear knife, the smallest item of the lot,
0:35:29 > 0:35:32I think that is the little winner of the lot.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35All quiet. The auction is about to begin.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39First up is Thomas's Fat Lava vase.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Ten pounds anywhere? Ten pounds?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Five. Five pounds, surely.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Six behind you, seven. Eight, nine, ten.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Nine pounds there, ten.
0:35:47 > 0:35:5012, 14, 16...
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- Ooh, you're in profit.- ..18.
0:35:52 > 0:35:53Go on.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55- 18 is there. 20.- 20.- 22.
0:35:55 > 0:36:00Have another one. 20 is here. 22 anywhere?
0:36:00 > 0:36:01£22 in the room.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04And selling at 22.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08- I take my hat off to you. You made a profit.- Well, I knew it would.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Oh, did you? Of course, you did, Thomas.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Of course, he did! Good profit to start us off with, though.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19Next up is Thomas's fascinating carved coco de mer tray.
0:36:19 > 0:36:2244, 46, 48, 50.
0:36:22 > 0:36:2450 is there. 52 anywhere?
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Oh, the hands fly up. 52...
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Let's just call 60. £60, 70.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31- 80, 90...- Told you.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34..110, 120. 120 anywhere?
0:36:34 > 0:36:38110 I have got here. 120, 130.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- 140, 150...- I told you.- 160.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Come on, now, stop pursing your lips. Get that bid out. 160?
0:36:44 > 0:36:47160 is there. 170?
0:36:47 > 0:36:48- Well done.- 170's there.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51170, it is going. Last chance.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53170 it is.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57- Well done.- Thank you. Yeah, it's pulled well.
0:36:57 > 0:36:58I'm not even sure
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- I want to stay for my lots now... - THOMAS LAUGHS
0:37:02 > 0:37:04TIM CHUCKLES Excellent result.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Thomas has quite the lead now.
0:37:08 > 0:37:12It is Mark's first lot of the day, the carved book slide.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13Start it off at 30.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16£30 for it, £30 for the book slide. Quite right too.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- £30 has tripled my money, anyway. - That's brilliant.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22£32 anywhere? 32, 34, 36,
0:37:22 > 0:37:2538, 40, 42,
0:37:25 > 0:37:2744, 46.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Go on! 48, 50.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33£48 here. £48...
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- That is really good, isn't it? - I'm pleased with that.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- 48.- Do you know, that is not a bad price.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Thank you so much, Joseph. I am so pleased I went to that cafe.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45At last, all smiles from Mark.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Good return under on your ten-pound spend.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52Back to Thomas. It is the 19th-century rent stick next.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55£20 for it. Come along, 20.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58£20 anywhere? 20 I've got, thank you.
0:37:58 > 0:38:0022 anywhere. Should be. 22 anywhere?
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- £20 in front.- That's a shame.
0:38:03 > 0:38:04At 20 I sell, then.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08- That's your first loss. - It is, isn't it?
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- £20, lost ten pounds on it. - And a bit more.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14Thomas's first loss. But he is still out in front.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Next up, it is Mark's continental comport,
0:38:18 > 0:38:21another one of his tenner buys.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Starts off here with me at £20.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Do I see 22?- Oh, my God. You've doubled your money.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29£22 anywhere? 22? £20 I have. 22?
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Come along. 22 anywhere?
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- I know you shouldn't complain... - Come on.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37- £20.- I doubled my money, Thomas.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38Congratulations.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43He's happy with that. Your tenner tactic is working so far.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44Now Mark again,
0:38:44 > 0:38:49with the slightly dearer £18 silver-plated Art Nouveau tray.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52And we have auctioneer Paul at the rostrum now.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Start me at 20. £20.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55Oh, no. Come on.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57Ten pounds, then. Silver plate.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Ten I'm bid at the back, 12 I'm bid, 14.
0:39:00 > 0:39:0216, 18 at the back, 20 online if you want.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Come on, 20. 22.
0:39:05 > 0:39:0622, 24 online.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- That's a little bit of a shame. - £22 is a shame.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10- It should be £30, shouldn't it? - Yeah.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11Oh, that is disappointing.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- I am...feel a bit let down.- I thought that might do a bit better.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Hey, it is still a profit, Mark.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Next up are Thomas's Poole pottery salts.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Eight pounds. Anyone at eight pounds?
0:39:24 > 0:39:28Start me at five pounds, I'm bid. Six anywhere else? Five pounds.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30One bid takes it at five pounds.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Seven pounds I'm bid on my left.
0:39:32 > 0:39:33Last time, 1090.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35All done at seven pounds.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38That's really good, Tom. It was well worth spending a fiver.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- It is well worth doing that, isn't it?- Really tactical.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Well done. It paid off.
0:39:45 > 0:39:46A small profit for Thomas there.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53Can Mark's elegant little fruit knife help him catch his rival?
0:39:53 > 0:39:56£20 for the fruit knife. Got to have 20.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- Come on.- 20 pounds.- Go on.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Ten pounds is there, 12.
0:40:00 > 0:40:0312, 14, 16, 18, 20.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- Oh, there you are.- At £20.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08£20 online.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12Small, incy-wincy profit. Those low punches, back in the ring again.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14- Back in the ring. - You're dancing around.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16But still not getting anywhere.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19Come on, Mark! You've doubled your money with that little knife.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24It's Thomas's fishing creel vesta box next.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Another nice little thing.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28£30. 30 online, is there 32?
0:40:28 > 0:40:3132. I knew you were waiting, sir.
0:40:31 > 0:40:3334. Online if you want.
0:40:33 > 0:40:3736. 36 I'm bid. 36, 38?
0:40:37 > 0:40:3938, 40 online if you want.
0:40:39 > 0:40:4340, 42. 42 I'm bid, 44?
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Oh, it's good.- That's good.- Yeah.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49At £42. One more, 1040, if you want.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53- 44, 46.- 44.- That is a good price.
0:40:53 > 0:40:55- That is a good price. - And it's worth that.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- Oh, it's lovely. - That's a beautiful vase.- Yeah.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00At £44, last time at 44.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- Brilliant.- I think that is brilliant.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06- It deserved to make that money. - Yeah.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08- It did.- And a bit more. I wouldn't have been surprised.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- If it made...- 50 quid.- Yes. He tried 50.- So, well done.
0:41:12 > 0:41:13You bet. Amazing profit
0:41:13 > 0:41:15built on a five-pound stake.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20It is the last item, a last chance for Mark -
0:41:20 > 0:41:23the elegant silver cigarette box.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26£100 for the silver box. Anyone at £100?
0:41:27 > 0:41:30- £80, anyone at 80?- Oh, come on.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Silver box there for £80.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34£80.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Start me at 50, then. Anyone at £50?
0:41:36 > 0:41:40I'm bid. 55, 60, 65.
0:41:40 > 0:41:4270 anywhere? At 65.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- Well, there we are, Thomas. That was my last chance.- Doubled your money.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48Well, I made £33 on it, which is good.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Thank goodness for that. Great profit.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Who will be the jubilant winner of the second leg?
0:41:56 > 0:41:57Let's work out the maths.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04Mark started this leg with £107.50.
0:42:04 > 0:42:10After auction costs are deducted, he has totted up a profit of £63.50,
0:42:10 > 0:42:14so Mark's grand total for next time is £171.
0:42:15 > 0:42:21Thomas began with £194.30 and, after auction costs,
0:42:21 > 0:42:25made an excellent profit of £150.66,
0:42:25 > 0:42:28so he is the triumphant winner of today's leg,
0:42:28 > 0:42:33carrying £309.96 into the next leg.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34Well done, boy.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Well, you have done it again, Mr Plant. Well done.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- Thank you, Mark.- But I've crept up a little,
0:42:41 > 0:42:43- so I'm quite pleased. - You have, haven't you?
0:42:43 > 0:42:44Are you going to drive?
0:42:44 > 0:42:47I will drive you because you've been successful, as well as I have.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- Oh, you are... - I feel you need your energy.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52I do need my energy.
0:42:52 > 0:42:53I need more than that, I need a drink.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Bye-bye, chaps. See you next time.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05Next time on Antiques Road Trip, Mark turns on the charm...
0:43:05 > 0:43:08This has always been my problem. I am too generous.
0:43:08 > 0:43:11..while Thomas changes his tactics. BLOWS WHISTLE
0:43:11 > 0:43:14Yeah, that works, so maybe I'll be able to call Mark.