0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- This is beautiful! - That's the way to do this.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10With £200 each, a classic car, and a goal -
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- to scour for antiques.- Joy.- Hello.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19LAUGHTER
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Sorry!
0:00:23 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29The handbrake's on!
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41We're starting the final leg of this road trip
0:00:41 > 0:00:43in beautiful Dumfries & Galloway in Scotland.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46And Philip's keen to get going.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Anita, fire up the Fiat.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- That sounds poorly, doesn't it? - Phil, it's not going to start.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58We had this on the first day, didn't we?
0:00:58 > 0:01:00And now it's the last day, and the thing's haunting us.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- What will we do? I mean, you're a man.- Really?- Can you can fix it?
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Oh, yeah, leave it to me.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Good luck with that.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:01:13 > 0:01:16So, Philip - diagnosis, please.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19- Now, that's dead. - Come on. Let's go, close it up.
0:01:19 > 0:01:24I'm just hopeful. Leave the keys in it because someone might nick it.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- Give me your hand.- Here we go.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Our two auctioneers, Philip Serrell and Anita Manning,
0:01:32 > 0:01:34have had quite a week of it.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37So, it all comes down now to the final leg.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40- 70, 80, 90...- This is looking good.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42They set out with £200 each.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47Although Anita raked in big profits at the start of the week...
0:01:47 > 0:01:49I think you've brought the right thing to this room
0:01:49 > 0:01:50and I don't think I have.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53..Philip's fought back, winning the last two auctions.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55150, right across that side.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59I knew that would do well.
0:01:59 > 0:02:05On this final stretch, Anita has £294.24 at her disposal.
0:02:07 > 0:02:13Philip, however, has £469.58 to spend.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18Anita and Phil set off from the Lake District and travelled north.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21They've dipped into Scotland, before returning south back over the border
0:02:21 > 0:02:25into England, and will end their trip in Crooklands, Cumbria.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31This leg kicks off in Castle Douglas, in Kirkcudbrightshire,
0:02:31 > 0:02:35and finishes with the final auction in Crooklands.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Philip's first out of the traps and diving into his first shop of the day.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Hazel, how are you, my love? - I'm very well.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46- How are you?- Long time since I was here.- Three, four years.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Well, it is full by the looks of things.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Right, I'm going to go down here and see what I can find.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- That's fine.- All right? - You carry on.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58The shop is packed, quite literally, to the rafters.
0:02:58 > 0:02:59Look at that!
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- Those look like they're old military binoculars, don't they? - Yeah, they do.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07You're right.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12They're a pair of First World War German-issue army binos,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14priced at £45.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16What's the best you can do on those?
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- 30, bottom.- Try again.- No.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21I'll tell you what, I think there's
0:03:21 > 0:03:24a bit of room for manoeuvre there, isn't there?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Go and put them up by the counter, Hazel.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28And we'll have a look at those.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- We'll speak later. - We can talk later.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- We can perhaps do a little bit of a package deal here.- OK.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33I'll put them at the desk.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39One contender, and still time for another nosy around.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- I like that.- Nice little table.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Well, it's not always been a table, has it?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51If you imagine no top on this and,
0:03:51 > 0:03:54like, a broom handle up there, and then...
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Your pull-screen on the top.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58A screen there like that,
0:03:58 > 0:04:02and the screen was designed to keep the heat off
0:04:02 > 0:04:05the lady of the house's face so that her make-up didn't melt.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07It's a plausible theory.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10- How much is it, Hazel?- 75.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13I tell you what I'll do, I'll give you...
0:04:14 > 0:04:17..£60 for the binoculars and the table.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20I think you're going to give me
0:04:20 > 0:04:23£70 for the binoculars and the table.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Why do you think that?
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Because you're so nice and you've a lovely smile,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30and you're going to do it, I know you are.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Hazel, you're full of it. - Absolutely.- 65 quid.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Thank you, Hazel.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Hazel's been very generous.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Hazel, as ever, it has been a pleasure.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- Thank you very much. - You're an angel.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- Thank you very much.- Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Good job, Philip.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Anita, meanwhile, has made her way
0:04:52 > 0:04:55ten miles south-west to Kirkcudbright.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59She's come to see why this picture-perfect harbour town
0:04:59 > 0:05:02is so highly regarded in the art world,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and why locals will be forever indebted to one pioneering artist,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08whose generous legacy has left
0:05:08 > 0:05:11a unique collection hidden within his former home.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- Hello.- Hello, Anita. Welcome to Broughton House and Garden.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- Lovely to have you here. - Oh, it is wonderful to be here.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22This is a fabulous house. Tell me a bit about it.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27The home of artist Edward Atkinson Hornel from 1901 until 1933.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29He was a local lad made good,
0:05:29 > 0:05:31and he is the foundation of
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Kirkcudbright's reputation as an artists' town.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36- I can't wait. Can we go in? - Of course, come on.- Let's go.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Edward Hornel was born in 1864.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45He grew up in Kirkcudbright,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49before studying at art school in Edinburgh and Antwerp.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52After completing his studies, he felt creatively inspired,
0:05:52 > 0:05:54ready to take on the establishment
0:05:54 > 0:05:57and rebel against the traditional way of painting.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02He became friends with like-minded artists,
0:06:02 > 0:06:07including John Lavery, James Guthrie and George Henry.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10They became known as the Glasgow Boys.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13It was almost like an explosion of new ideas, new thought,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17about making art about real people, real places and real things.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Glasgow was becoming a very, very prosperous city.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Ordinary people had more money to buy art
0:06:22 > 0:06:25and they wanted to see themselves reflected in that.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28At first, critics derided their work,
0:06:28 > 0:06:29but the public loved
0:06:29 > 0:06:33the Glasgow Boys' new and exciting approach to art.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38They were soon regarded as Scotland's own Impressionist artists.
0:06:38 > 0:06:39Within a few years,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43their exhibitions were shown around the world to much acclaim.
0:06:43 > 0:06:48The Glasgow Boys' achievement was to be the most significant art movement
0:06:48 > 0:06:52in Britain since the romantic artists of Turner and Constable.
0:06:52 > 0:06:58So, they were rejecting the establishment's idea
0:06:58 > 0:07:02of painting, drawing and art.
0:07:02 > 0:07:03Yes, very much so.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05And Hornel's work was highly decorative.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07And beautiful colour harmonies.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Wonderful sense of movement in his paintings.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Was that at the time when he became successful,
0:07:13 > 0:07:14or financially successful?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17That's really the start of his financial success
0:07:17 > 0:07:19and making his name as a painter.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23While some of his contemporaries were moving to the big cities
0:07:23 > 0:07:27to find fame and fortune, in 1901, Hornel bought
0:07:27 > 0:07:32one of the grandest properties in his hometown of Kirkcudbright.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37As other artists came to visit, they too fell in love with the town.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39It really was a sort of a snowballing effect.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Hornel was part of the core of that,
0:07:42 > 0:07:44that attracted other artists to come here,
0:07:44 > 0:07:46and it became a very successful place.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49- It must've been a wonderful place to go about in those days.- Oh, yes.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51You would be hobnobbing with artists every time you
0:07:51 > 0:07:52walked down the street.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55It is said the quality of light in Kirkcudbright
0:07:55 > 0:07:57was the main draw for many artists.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00A favourite subject for Hornel was the local people.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03One of his most recognised works is
0:08:03 > 0:08:08Brighouse Bay, Wild and Burnet Roses, from 1919.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13And this one here, so typical of his work, with these wee girls.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Were these wee girls local girls? - Yes, they were.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20And in latter days they came back as old ladies to visit,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and their relatives still do get in touch to say,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24"Oh, it was my great-auntie",
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- or, "It was my granny that used to pose for him."- Wow.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Hornel was a passionate collector.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32From pottery to sculpture, to books.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35His library is still one of the world's biggest collections
0:08:35 > 0:08:38of works by Robert Burns.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It cost him tens of thousands of pounds in today's money,
0:08:41 > 0:08:46and includes an incredibly rare first edition of Burns poems.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49That is a very warming thought,
0:08:49 > 0:08:54not only did he love Kirkcudbright and the people of Kirkcudbright,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57but I'm sure the people of Kirkcudbright did,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59and still do, love him.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Very much so. He was a benefactor for the town in many ways.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06Hornel died in 1933.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09Today, his work sells for tens of thousands of pounds.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Yet he bequeathed his own art collection, his home,
0:09:13 > 0:09:16and other contents to the people of Kirkcudbright.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Today, Broughton House is a library
0:09:19 > 0:09:21and art gallery open to anyone
0:09:21 > 0:09:23wishing to appreciate the life works
0:09:23 > 0:09:26of one of Scotland's greatest artists.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34The next stop is across the border in Cumbria.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37In the small village of High Hesket.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Both our experts will be shopping in the Cumbria Curiosity Shop,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43but Philip arrives first.
0:09:43 > 0:09:4525 dealers trade from here.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Philip soon spots something he likes.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54- What are those there? Are they portals?- Yeah, brass portals.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- And how much are they?- £70 each.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Aye, aye, Captain.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05Phil still has £404.58 to spend.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Let's put that one down there.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I think a pair of those would make 80-120 at auction.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- That's what I think it would make. - Right.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Which means I've got to try and buy them
0:10:16 > 0:10:19for just under the "£80 the two" mark.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23- I'll do them for 85. - Right. Job's a good 'un.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Well done, Phil. First deal bagged before Anita arrives.
0:10:28 > 0:10:29Speak of the little devil.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37Anita has £294.24 in her purse.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38What's this?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I think it's a magazine rack.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43It is made of pine.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48What I like most about it is this leather on the front.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51It's rather a nice thing.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54It's priced at £28.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I'm going to have a go at that.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01Meanwhile, Phil's found a stag and a dealer called Martin.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Right, I've been building up for this now for a long time,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09and I just want ask you one question.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11This isn't a little "dear", is it?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Oh, just a little bit dear.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Priced at £250.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20- So, this is a coal-painted Viennese bronze, isn't it?- Yes.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25And that refers to the process in which it's made. I like that.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28I tell you what. Let's put him down, because I like him a lot.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- We'll have a deal on that.- Yes.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33But I'd like to go and have a look at that little table over there.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Let's go have a look, thank you. - Anita's found Ben.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Are you able to negotiate a deal on this with me?
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I'm sure I can come down a little bit.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45I'd be looking round about the £20 mark or...
0:11:45 > 0:11:49- 20.- Yeah.- Could you do 16?
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- Go on, then.- Oh, OK, that's great.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54That is great.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56£12 knocked off the ticket price,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00and this magazine rack becomes Anita's first buy today.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Back to Philip and that table.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Martin's asking £140 for it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:12But I'm not convinced that top and bottom have always, always,
0:12:12 > 0:12:15always been together.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19OK, this is my one offer, OK? I'll give you £140 for the two.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24That's my one offer. No more. That's it finished.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29Well, you've got to have a percentage to win this game,
0:12:29 > 0:12:33- and I think that should give you about that.- You're a gentleman.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. Thank you.
0:12:35 > 0:12:41Crikey. That's the £250 bronze stag for just £100,
0:12:41 > 0:12:44and £100 off this gateleg table.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49Meaning, with the portals, he's spent £225 in total.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Anita's not finished either.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57This is a rather sweet wee box.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00This little pillbox look like the sort of thing
0:13:00 > 0:13:04made for a Georgian lady, although it may date from a bit later.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09It's made up a yellow metal, not gold. There is no hallmark on it.
0:13:09 > 0:13:14But what I do like about it is the lapis inset
0:13:14 > 0:13:17on the lid and the bottom.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21And I love lapis lazuli. It's the most beautiful colour,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23that wonderful singing blue,
0:13:23 > 0:13:27and for me, it is the stone that makes this little box.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32Priced at £25, but is Ben open to another deal?
0:13:32 > 0:13:36I quite like this wee box. What's the best that you can do on that?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40- How's about 20? Is that all right? - 20 is wee bit much on it.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Can you come down another wee bit?
0:13:43 > 0:13:4618, I can do. The best on that.
0:13:46 > 0:13:4818, yeah, we'll go for that. That's lovely.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53So, that's the pillbox and magazine rack for £34.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- So, how much did you spend? - About 30-odd quid.
0:13:57 > 0:14:0030-odd quid?
0:14:00 > 0:14:05Well done, both of you. After all that walking today, a rest beckons.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08Sadly, the little Fiat's still struggling.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11But what will tomorrow bring? Nighty night.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Good morning. And good news.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21The car is dead. Long live the car!
0:14:21 > 0:14:26A shiny 1969 Triumph Herald keeps our pair on the road today.
0:14:26 > 0:14:34This is the type of car that a guy would take a gal out on for a hot date.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Shall we pretend that you're taking me on a hot date?
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Well, fine.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44Hey, no time for romance. Best get a move on.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47The first stop is the Cumbrian town of Cockermouth.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- Perfect, perfect, darling. - There we are. You have a good day.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Have a great time. Bye.- Bye, now.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The lady in charge of Anita's first shop is Gwenda,
0:14:57 > 0:15:01who's been in the antiques biz for well over 30 years.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Hello.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05How are you? Welcome back to Cockermouth.
0:15:05 > 0:15:10It's lovely to see you again and to be back in this Aladdin's cave.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Yeah, there's lots here. Better get to it.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Ah, found something?
0:15:18 > 0:15:22I must say that I'm not particularly drawn to football things,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25but I quite like this item.
0:15:25 > 0:15:31It's an inkwell and we have a lid which opens here,
0:15:31 > 0:15:34and inside would have been a glass or a porcelain inkwell.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36It's missing but...
0:15:36 > 0:15:39It wouldn't be much to get a new one there.
0:15:39 > 0:15:44And I think I might have a wee go at that.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Gwenda!- Yep?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- You know, Glasgow's daft about football.- Yeah.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52I'm not football-daft myself,
0:15:52 > 0:15:57but I was kind of drawn to that we thing because I liked the figure.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59It sports a ticket price of £45.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00What can Gwenda do?
0:16:00 > 0:16:02How about 32?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04How about 32?
0:16:04 > 0:16:08- Let's go for that. That's smashing. Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10I think that's a great thing.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13That's a swift deal. And still plenty more to see.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18This plaque looks like it could tell a story.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Gwenda, I quite like this.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24It's an image of the Carmanian.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Workington? Is that near here?
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Yes, it's six miles up the road and it was a very busy port.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35- So, this is maybe of local interest? - Very much of local interest, yeah.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38The Carmanian was a cargo ship built just down the road
0:16:38 > 0:16:41and launched in 1897.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44While returning from Buenos Aries in 1916,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47she was sunk by a German U-boat.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49This plaque commemorates not only the ship,
0:16:49 > 0:16:52but a once-thriving local industry, too.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Priced at £95.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57But what's Gwenda's best?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59I'll come down to...
0:17:00 > 0:17:05- ..68. But that is the absolute... - 68, 68.- ..bottom line on it.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07I can't even negotiate further than that.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09- You can't? You definitely can't?- No, I can't, no.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- You couldn't come to 60? - I really couldn't.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- OK, I'm going to go for that.- You're going for that one?- 68.- Yes, 68, OK.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- That's absolutely fine. - Let's shake on that.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Thank you very much. Thank you. - OK, right, okie-doke.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26With the footballer inkwell, Anita's spent a total of £100.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Well done, Anita.
0:17:34 > 0:17:40And sticking with Anita, she's made her way to Keswick in the beautiful Lake District National Park.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45Where she's going to grab another bargain hopefully in dealer Mark's shop.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49- I'm Anita.- Hello, Anita. Nice to meet you.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Anita still has £160.24 to spend.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57I am very, very tempted with this cabinet.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00We've got wonderful Victorian examples,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03we've got everything that a girl might want.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08But...I'm going to have a good look around
0:18:08 > 0:18:12and not give into temptation just immediately.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15She is showing restraint.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18But she did spot something on her way in.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Looks heavy, though.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21Oh! Oh, no!
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Well, this certainly isn't a wee brooch.
0:18:25 > 0:18:29But it's a very interesting object.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31It is a book press.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34I'm not exactly sure how this works,
0:18:34 > 0:18:38but it is such a visually exciting object,
0:18:38 > 0:18:43and it is part of our industrial history.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46It sports John Christie's name.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48A book publisher working in the late 19th century,
0:18:48 > 0:18:50it is priced at £125.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54I'm going to see if I can do a deal on it.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Careful, Anita.
0:18:59 > 0:19:00SHE LAUGHS
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Would you like a hand with that, Anita?
0:19:03 > 0:19:05I think this is a great object,
0:19:05 > 0:19:06but I am struggling with the weight of it.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08It is a bit heavy.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14First of all, where did you get it?
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- It is actually a family piece. - Oh, no!- It is a family piece, yeah.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22I remember that being in my dad's shed.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26Oh, fabulous. I would like to be buying it for about 50 quid.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I'll be honest with you. I was thinking if I got 70 quid for it,
0:19:29 > 0:19:32you are not going to be far off on that.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34I would be happy at 70 quid.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36- I'm going to take a chance on it. - Excellent.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39Put it there. Thank you very much.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42Mark has kindly knocked £55 off
0:19:42 > 0:19:47and Anita has her fifth and final lot for auction.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51So, whilst she's all wrapped up, Phil's still on the hunt for a bargain.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58In Cockermouth, not far from the River Cocker,
0:19:58 > 0:20:00is Castle Antiques and Curios.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05Philip has just under £180 left to spend.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Dealer Matt knows all about Phil's wily ways
0:20:07 > 0:20:12as he has had the pleasure of his custom on a previous Road Trip.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14- Matt, how are you?- Hi, Phil.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18- Lovely to see you again. Are you busy?- Yeah, not bad.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20I will just stop you straightaway.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24I am not giving the game away here, but my hero.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29- Leonard, yeah.- I am a massive Star Trek fan.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- Could be the thing for you, then. - Live long and hopefully prosper.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34- Can we just have a look at him? - Yeah, sure.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36The man is a legend, isn't he?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38And Leonard Nimoy just recently died, didn't he?
0:20:38 > 0:20:40He dead, not too long ago.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Oh, look at it, the man is so cool.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45In all seriousness, this is, what, a 1980s...?
0:20:45 > 0:20:47Just to show my Trekkie knowledge here,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50this would have been the journey home, The Wrath of Khan,
0:20:50 > 0:20:52that would have come out, wouldn't it?
0:20:52 > 0:20:53So how much is that, Matt?
0:20:53 > 0:20:55£15.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I am not even going to bid you for that, Matt.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I've got my hero, look.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Hello, Spocky.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03Lordy, that was quick.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06He's boldly gone and bought it.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08He didn't even try to haggle.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11That's a Road Trip first for Serrell.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15- Matt, you've been a star. Thank you very much.- No problem.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Let's remind ourselves who bought what.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Philip parted with £305
0:21:19 > 0:21:22for a pair of German army issue binoculars,
0:21:22 > 0:21:25a mahogany table, two brass portholes,
0:21:25 > 0:21:28an oak gate-leg table,
0:21:28 > 0:21:33a cold-painted bronze stag and a cardboard Mr Spock.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34What a mixture.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37While Anita lavished £204
0:21:37 > 0:21:40on a magazine rack, a pillbox,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42an inkwell, a local plaque
0:21:42 > 0:21:45and a Victorian book press.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48What do they make of each other's buys?
0:21:48 > 0:21:50The lot that worries me more than any is that footballer,
0:21:50 > 0:21:53because he could just turn out to be a match-winner.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Everybody's a Trekkie. £15 for all that fun?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00That's a bargain.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02I just think it's all about...
0:22:02 > 0:22:05live long and prosper, Jim.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Tim, not Jim.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09After setting off from Castle Douglas,
0:22:09 > 0:22:14our pair will now boldly go where experts have been before.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Not the final frontier but auction just outside Kendal,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20in the village of Crooklands.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Hey, Fiat's back.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26I'm so pleased that we are back in our own wee car again.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- Are you not happy about that?- No.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31SHE LAUGHS
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Aw, cheer up, Phil.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Today's sale is at Eighteen Eighteen Auctioneers.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40Our very, very last auction.
0:22:40 > 0:22:41I'm terribly sad.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Now, I might need some help getting out of here.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Hang on, darling, I'll give you a wee hand.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Gordon Bennett!
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Aw!
0:22:50 > 0:22:51Do you want a piggyback?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53SHE LAUGHS
0:22:53 > 0:22:55I think I'll probably break your back.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Auctioneer Kevin Kendall is brandishing the gavel. Go, Kev.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02- Last auction.- Yeah, it is.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- Good luck, though.- And to you, too.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10First to go today is Anita's pillbox.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Start me at 30, then, for a quick start.
0:23:12 > 0:23:13£30, thank you...
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- £30 start.- Straight into profit there.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18- 35, 38... 40 now.- (Come on!)
0:23:18 > 0:23:2242, 45, 48.
0:23:22 > 0:23:2550, 5, 60.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26£60, then, in the centre.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30£60, are we all done this time? At 60...
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Yes!
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Bang on the money, isn't it?
0:23:33 > 0:23:34- Yes.- Isn't it?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Oh!
0:23:36 > 0:23:40She's happy, more than tripling her money from the off.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42What a great start.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Next, Philip's German military binoculars.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Start with £20, then.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48£20, thank you, sir.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50You're away, Phil.
0:23:50 > 0:23:5222, 25,
0:23:52 > 0:23:5428, 30.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56£30 now. 30 in the room.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57I'm selling, all done,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59at 30.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Philip's first profit, albeit a small one.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04They all count.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Now the turn of Anita's magazine rack.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08£10, thank you, £10 bid.
0:24:08 > 0:24:1010, 12, 15.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12£15 now.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14£15, 18.
0:24:14 > 0:24:1620, £20.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19I'm going to sell if we are all done at 20.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Another profit.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I am not quite snapping at your heels but I am...
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Now Philip's favoured buy, his cardboard Spock.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33£20, start me, then. A bit of fun.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34£20?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Mm, tough crowd.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37Start me at 10, then, if you like.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Only £10 for a legend.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Where are the Trekkies?
0:24:40 > 0:24:42£10? £10, thank you.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- £10 bid.- We're away, we're away.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47£10 bid. I feel like being beamed up now.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49£10 bid. All done
0:24:49 > 0:24:52at 10...
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Oh, bad luck, Philip.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Now it is Anita's local commemorative plaque.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02£30, thank you. £30 on the internet.
0:25:02 > 0:25:0430 on the internet.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- 32.- Struggling.
0:25:06 > 0:25:0938 now. 38. £40 now on the internet.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- There's interest on the internet. - £40, and selling.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15To the internet buyer then. Have you all done this time?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18At 40...
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Bad luck, Anita! Your first loss.
0:25:21 > 0:25:26Philip's big buy is next - his stag set him back quite a bit.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29- And I have got interest.- Yes, yes. - Starting with me at £50 only.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31That's not bad.
0:25:31 > 0:25:3450 bid. 5. 60. 5. 70. 5.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39- Telephone... Phil...- 5. 95. 100.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42Have to be 10 now.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46110 now. 110. 110 on the telephone. Have you all done?
0:25:46 > 0:25:49At 110...
0:25:49 > 0:25:53A small loss after costs, but he's just about got away with it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Next up, Anita's book press.
0:25:55 > 0:26:00- At £30. £30 bid. 32. - It's a piece of industrial history!
0:26:00 > 0:26:0235. 8 on the net? 38. 40.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06£40 bid now. 42. 48 on the net. £50 on commission now.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08- 55. 60.- 60!
0:26:08 > 0:26:11£60 bid now. 60 bid. 60 bid.
0:26:11 > 0:26:1465 in the room. 65. New bidder in the room.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- 65. 70.- 5. Yes!
0:26:17 > 0:26:20- 75. 75.- Yes!- 75.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- 80.- Yes!- 85.- Yes!
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Are you all done this time? At 85...
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- See, that's just stood still, hasn't it?- I'm very, very...
0:26:30 > 0:26:32happy!
0:26:32 > 0:26:33LAUGHTER
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Ha-ha! Philip, not so happy.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Well done, Anita, another profit sees you streaking ahead.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43- The money doesn't matter. I just... - Can I just say something to you?
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- What?- It does!- Yes, it does!
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Taking to the rostrum now is auctioneer Rob Kerr.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52The first of his two tables is next.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Start me, £70, for it please.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56£70. 70...
0:26:56 > 0:26:5830 will go, then.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Oh, dear, Philip.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Thank you very much, madam. £30 bid.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Are you all out in the room otherwise?
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- £30, maiden bid. - It's so, so cheap, isn't it?
0:27:10 > 0:27:13That's Philip's third loss today.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17Now, it's Anita's inkwell. Can it score her another profit?
0:27:17 > 0:27:22And I have commission interest, so it's with me at £38.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24£38 bid on commission.
0:27:24 > 0:27:2740. 2. 5. 8. 50.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Commission's done. £50 in the room. Any further interest?
0:27:31 > 0:27:33I will sell at the 50.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35All done.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37I'm happy at that.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40And so you should be. It helps further increase your lead.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43This is going to be a lot closer
0:27:43 > 0:27:45than I'd like it to be, I think.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Yeah.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50There's still only a few pounds in it at the moment
0:27:50 > 0:27:52and your second table is up now.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54£30. £30 somewhere.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56They're not liking it, Philip.
0:27:56 > 0:27:5720 then.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00£20, thank you, sir. 20 bid. 22.
0:28:00 > 0:28:0225. 28.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Somebody's holding a bid.
0:28:04 > 0:28:0828, if there's no further interest...
0:28:08 > 0:28:09SHE GASPS
0:28:10 > 0:28:14This all helps Anita catch up, you know.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Philip's portholes are our pair's final lot.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20A big loss here may decide our Road Trip winner.
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Start me £40, please.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Ouch.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26No interest? £30, then. 30 for a start, please.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28- Go on.- 20, then, I'll take.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Oh, Philip!
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- Thank you, madam. £20. - That is for nothing, really.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35- Philip.- Online now.
0:28:35 > 0:28:3825 fresh bidder. Thank you, sir.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41- 28. Is it 30, madam? - Am I still in with a chance?
0:28:41 > 0:28:43No further.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Well, this makes for an exciting finale, eh?
0:28:47 > 0:28:49Is it possible Anita has pipped him at the post?
0:28:49 > 0:28:53- Let's go and do the sums. - I think it could be quite close. - Yes!
0:28:53 > 0:28:57After five incredible auctions, the results are in.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Anita started with £294.24.
0:29:00 > 0:29:05After auction costs, she made a profit of £5.10.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Meaning she ends the road trip with £299.34.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14Philip set out with £469.58.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19After fees, he made a loss of £109.84,
0:29:19 > 0:29:24meaning his grand total is £359.74.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27Although Anita's won this leg,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Philip's crowned this Road Trip's winner
0:29:30 > 0:29:33and all profits from the series go to Children In Need.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Congratulations, darling.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- It's been a good old week. You're driving.- It's been fabulous.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- You're driving, my love.- Off we go.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43I'm never going to wash that cheek again.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45So long, you two.
0:29:49 > 0:29:50Oh, hello!
0:29:50 > 0:29:53We're onto a shiny new Road Trip with old hands
0:29:53 > 0:29:56Mark Stacey and Thomas Plant.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59- We're in Kent.- Yes. - The Garden of England.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- It is rather beautiful. - And we're two orchids,
0:30:02 > 0:30:06- so it's a good way of starting, isn't it?- We're two what?- Orchids.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- Orchids?- Yes.- I've never been described as an orchid.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10I may be a Plant...
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Auctioneer Mark doesn't stand any nonsense.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- Take a strong pill cos I'm quite a hard negotiator.- I know.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22You know that, don't you?
0:30:24 > 0:30:27Snapping at his heels is lovable auctioneer Thomas,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29a man of many talents.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32I used to be a championship fencer.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37Our Road Trip pals have packed their suitcases
0:30:37 > 0:30:39and have £200 each to spend.
0:30:39 > 0:30:45They will zip around the country in the racy 1978 MGB GT.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47- GEARS GRIND - Oh!- Ooh!
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- Oh, dear, Thomas! - Watch the gears, Thomas.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Watch the reverse! Oh, no.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56I'm sure Thomas will get the knack.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Mark and Thomas will be making a trip of over 500 miles
0:31:01 > 0:31:04from Sittingbourne, Kent and will wind all the way
0:31:04 > 0:31:05through the south-east of England
0:31:05 > 0:31:08through Norwich to finally land
0:31:08 > 0:31:10in Oakham in the East Midlands.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Today's journey begins in Sittingbourne, Kent,
0:31:15 > 0:31:18and the auction will take place in Rye, East Sussex.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- Right, Mark, here you are.- Thomas, enjoy whatever you're doing next.
0:31:25 > 0:31:28Enjoy your first shop. Buy well, not too.
0:31:29 > 0:31:30- Bye.- Bye.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37Mark's gearing up to spend some money in his first shop of the day.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40Nice to meet you, Richard. Now, tell me about this place.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42From the outside, it doesn't look anything,
0:31:42 > 0:31:45so I'm hoping it's going to be better inside.
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Charming as ever, I see, Mark.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52After a good old rummage, Mark finds something rather nifty.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55It could have been a conductor's baton or something like that.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59It has a lovely little plaque. I like things with dates on it.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03It says "Reverend Frank Jones, Christmas 1896"
0:32:03 > 0:32:06but it's priced at £120
0:32:06 > 0:32:10and that's too much of a risk. Lovely thing though.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14Mm. He looks a bit like a mature Harry Potter.
0:32:14 > 0:32:18This is quite an interesting thing. It's a brass candlestick.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22What is quite fun about it is that it has a little section here
0:32:22 > 0:32:26that you can pull out to keep your vestas, your matches in,
0:32:26 > 0:32:28and you can strike them on here.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I haven't seen anything like that and I'm sure it's got a bit of age.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33I might ask Richard about that.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Brace yourself, Richard.
0:32:35 > 0:32:40I've found a quirky little item which I think is rather charming.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45It's got a story to tell and it's had a bit of a life, like you and I.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48The problem is, I don't want to pay the ticket price.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Do you think they'd take a really ridiculous offer?
0:32:51 > 0:32:54- I suspect not.- Oh.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57This little item is owned by one of the 12 dealers here.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59The ticket price is £28.
0:33:01 > 0:33:05If they can let me have that for £10, I'd really love it.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Will they accept Mark's cheeky offer?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10- How did you get on? - Gwyneth says, "As it's you."
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- HE GASPS - I rather like Gwyneth.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18I wonder if she's generous enough to negotiate over something else.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22Fuelled by Gwyneth's generosity, Mark has a go at the baton.
0:33:22 > 0:33:27Now, she might not be as happy about this but that's quite fun, isn't it?
0:33:27 > 0:33:29It is. It's a nice piece.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Do you think you could find out what Gwyneth would let me have that for?
0:33:33 > 0:33:36- What's your best offer? - I'll whisper it to you.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39(£40.)
0:33:39 > 0:33:44Mark's offering £40 but it's priced at 120.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48- Stand by. - Gwyneth says that her best is £50.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50I've gone quite off Gwyneth, actually.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Do you think she might do 45?
0:33:56 > 0:34:00- Arise, Sir Richard. - 45 it is.- Are you sure?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03- Yes.- So that's 55 in total? - That's correct.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05I'll shake your hand. Thank you so much.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09- Did he cast a spell on Richard? - Lovely. Thank you very much.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11Mm. £10 for the Victorian brass chamberstick
0:34:11 > 0:34:15and a very generous deal of £45 for the magic wand.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18I mean, the Victorian conductor's baton.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27Meanwhile, young Thomas is motoring to his first shop, eight miles away,
0:34:27 > 0:34:29in the charming town of Faversham.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36This fine emporium is run by Ann and Conon.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38- Hello.- Oh, hello.- I'm Thomas.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42- How do you do?- An old, traditional antiques dealer.- Yes.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45God, you're a rare breed, aren't you?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47You're almost as rare as some of the antiques now.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Mm. Not sure if that's a compliment.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53- You've got some nice hatpins here. - Mm.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Hatpins are funny things, aren't they?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57I think they need to come back into fashion.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00I think a little collection of hatpins, three of them in a lot,
0:35:00 > 0:35:02would be quite a nice lot to sell at auction.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05We'll have a look at those,
0:35:05 > 0:35:07- see what we can do price-wise on those.- Right.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11The original combo ticket price is £141.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16This is a Japanese bead.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19It's got some age to it, as well.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23It's a Meiji, isn't it? Meiji period, so about 1860s to 1900s.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Samurai were banned from wearing their swords
0:35:25 > 0:35:28and so all the craftsmen had to make other things,
0:35:28 > 0:35:30and that's the kind of thing they made.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- Do you think £20 is a reasonable...? - I think that's immensely fair.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- Do you?- I do. I think it's really fair.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Well, you would say that, wouldn't you, Thomas?
0:35:37 > 0:35:39And then you've got these two little things.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43He's also uncovered an Arts and Crafts brooch
0:35:43 > 0:35:47- and a little Celtic cross. - Could we do both of those for 15?
0:35:47 > 0:35:4815 for those and 20 for that one.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52What have you thought about these? These are quite expensive, aren't they?
0:35:52 > 0:35:56They are quite dear. What do you want to do, 100 for the three?
0:35:56 > 0:35:58It's a lot of money to spend, £100.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Is there any chance that you would possibly...?
0:36:01 > 0:36:08- If I gave you £100 for the lot, that would be a deal.- Erm...
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- No, I don't think so.- No? - No.- I had to ask.
0:36:11 > 0:36:17I'm only charging you £25 each, and I do think that's really cheap,
0:36:17 > 0:36:23and £50 for the very traditional looking Horner.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25120 and you've got a deal.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27No, I don't want to cos they're just so nice.
0:36:27 > 0:36:32- I say meet him halfway.- Yeah?- 125?
0:36:32 > 0:36:36God, that's wonderful. You're a star. Thank you very much.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38- No, he is. - Well done. Thank you for that.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40That's really good. That's brilliant.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- I'd better give you some money.- OK.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48What have I done? £125 within the first shop. Thank you very much.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Right, OK. Cheerio.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52A bold start for Thomas.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Mark is also in Faversham in Medway Antiques.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03- Hello.- Good afternoon.- I'm Mark. - Good to see you.- Nice to meet you.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Chris is the owner of this fine establishment.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- Well, I'll have a little look round if I can.- Yeah.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10That picture's really weird.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14The wood has supposedly come out of a church in the north
0:37:14 > 0:37:17and I think it's one of the great and good of the church.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- Is it for sale?- It's for sale. - Is it a lot of money?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- No, it's very little money. - How much is very little?
0:37:23 > 0:37:25I think I could let him go for £45.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Good Lord. It does sort of remind me of someone.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35I was thinking of Thomas Plant. I think it's rather fun, actually.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39This painting is almost 400 years old, but it could be a gamble
0:37:39 > 0:37:43because it's a small section salvaged from a much larger work.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Well, shall I throw a figure at you and then you can ask me to leave?
0:37:46 > 0:37:51- OK.- Don't look so upset. I haven't said it yet.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53What about 30?
0:37:54 > 0:37:57- 40 would leave me a small profit. - Would it?- Yeah.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02- How would that do?- I think I'll take a chance for 40. I like him.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- Excellent.- If it doesn't make a profit I can blame Thomas
0:38:05 > 0:38:08cos I'm sure it's a long-lost relative.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Enough, Mark.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12So, somewhere, Chris, I've got the 40 quid here for you.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15- Excellent.- There we are. Thank you again.- Thank you very much.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- Wish me luck.- Good luck.- Thanks. - I think you might need it.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Thomas, meanwhile, is back in the car
0:38:23 > 0:38:30and tootling 27 miles east to the seaside town of Ramsgate in Kent.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Its coastal location made it a vulnerable target during wartime
0:38:34 > 0:38:38so, perhaps unsurprisingly, it's home to the largest air-raid shelter
0:38:38 > 0:38:40in the UK - the Ramsgate Tunnels.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44I had no idea Thomas' fan base was quite so huge.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51Thomas is meeting volunteer guide Derek Smith to find out more
0:38:51 > 0:38:54about the tunnels that saved thousands of lives
0:38:54 > 0:38:57during World War II and, over 75 years later,
0:38:57 > 0:39:00are once again open to the public.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02- Hi, Derek. It's good to see you. - Good to see you too.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05- You're going to need one of these. - Oh!
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- My own hard hat with my name on - Tom.- Absolutely, yes.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- So, an air-raid shelter in a tunnel.- Yes.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14- Here in Ramsgate, on the coast... - Yup.- Why?
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Well, it was built by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway
0:39:17 > 0:39:19to serve the great big terminal station that was outside
0:39:19 > 0:39:21the entrance you've just come into.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26The Victorian railway tunnel was built here in 1863
0:39:26 > 0:39:31but, as it closed in 1926, it was the perfect starting point
0:39:31 > 0:39:33for a massive underground shelter.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36In the lead-up to World War II,
0:39:36 > 0:39:40local mayor Arthur Kempe headed a campaign to construct the ambitious
0:39:40 > 0:39:44new tunnel system that would provide shelter for what was to come.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47The tunnels made up a system
0:39:47 > 0:39:49of over three miles and had
0:39:49 > 0:39:52a capacity for sheltering 60,000 people.
0:39:53 > 0:39:57The plans were given the green light in 1939
0:39:57 > 0:40:00and cost around £40,000 to construct,
0:40:00 > 0:40:03around £3 million in today's value.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06There were 80 men working shifts, just using the basic tools,
0:40:06 > 0:40:08and you can see from the way the walls are,
0:40:08 > 0:40:11just the way they were hewn out of it, really.
0:40:11 > 0:40:12That's a real feat, isn't it?
0:40:12 > 0:40:14It is, yeah, to do three and a quarter miles.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16In the time, March to October.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19That's right, and all the entrances as well. There are 12 entrances.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25By June 1939, the first section of the tunnels was complete.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Three months later, on September 3, war was declared.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- RADIO BROADCAST:- We shall not call a halt until the oppressor is beaten.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37The tunnels were built to shelter the entire town,
0:40:37 > 0:40:41but little did Mayor Kempe realise how vital the tunnels would become.
0:40:41 > 0:40:45The German bombers dropped something like 500 bombs in five minutes
0:40:45 > 0:40:46on the town of Ramsgate,
0:40:46 > 0:40:50so it was the very, very first civilian bombing raid.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52You would expect hundreds of casualties
0:40:52 > 0:40:54but, in fact, 29 civilians and two service personnel
0:40:54 > 0:40:57were killed during that raid cos everyone else was down here.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02With 1,200 homes left in ruins,
0:41:02 > 0:41:06local people not only used the tunnels as a makeshift shelter,
0:41:06 > 0:41:08they began to move in.
0:41:09 > 0:41:14At the end of 1940, the census said that there were 1,000 people
0:41:14 > 0:41:17who were giving their permanent address as the Ramsgate Tunnels.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Any interesting stories?
0:41:19 > 0:41:20I do like the little line that says
0:41:20 > 0:41:23on the permit that you use to get...
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Underneath it said, "For sleeping purposes only."
0:41:25 > 0:41:28Oh, right. Do you think there might have been a bit of...erm...?
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Well, we did hear a rumour that there were
0:41:30 > 0:41:32a couple of children born in the tunnels.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38I just wondered whether you'd like to look at one of the loos.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41Now, there's an offer you don't get every day, Thomas.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43How many of these were there?
0:41:43 > 0:41:48There were 500 individual loos amongst potentially 60,000 people,
0:41:48 > 0:41:52so it was probably best to go before you came down.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54- Who emptied them?- Well, there were two men who used to come round
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- every morning from Margate. - Two men? 500 lavatories?
0:41:58 > 0:42:01Yeah. I think en suite would not be quite the word you could use
0:42:01 > 0:42:05about these tunnels first thing in the morning.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Well, it certainly wasn't the lap of luxury but, over the four years,
0:42:08 > 0:42:11the tunnels' occupied living arrangements
0:42:11 > 0:42:13became ever more elaborate.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15They would start off with something like this.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18The council donated the deck chairs, but the idea was
0:42:18 > 0:42:21that people would just come here and they would just use them
0:42:21 > 0:42:23as they were more comfortable than the benches.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26But there was no privacy, so what they did then
0:42:26 > 0:42:29was to look at this sort of thing,
0:42:29 > 0:42:32which was a bit more private.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- Did they have post delivered here? - Yes, they did.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Yeah, they had post delivered and newspapers,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39and people set up businesses down here,
0:42:39 > 0:42:41a barber and all that sort of thing.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45Did any families, here living in tunnel town, want to stay?
0:42:45 > 0:42:47No, I don't think so.
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- I think everyone was quite pleased to get out.- I'd imagine.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52- There were no wannabe hobbits? - Oh, no, no, no.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Not that we've ever found, anyway.
0:42:55 > 0:43:00The tunnels' legacy isn't just that they saved countless lives,
0:43:00 > 0:43:04as their impact was seen across the entire country.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07When Winston Churchill saw the devastation of the town,
0:43:07 > 0:43:11he was moved to revisit national policy,
0:43:11 > 0:43:13rebuilding homes destroyed in the war.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16From those dark days until the present,
0:43:16 > 0:43:21the town below lives on as an important chapter in British history.
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Back together again, our couple of rascals are heading
0:43:25 > 0:43:28for a well-earned rest. The adventure continues tomorrow.
0:43:33 > 0:43:37It's a beautiful morning here in the county of Kent.
0:43:37 > 0:43:41- So, Mark, you're driving me. - How's it going?
0:43:41 > 0:43:45So far I haven't had to hold on to the front cos I'm so scared
0:43:45 > 0:43:48and also I'm not using the pedals as my feet, you know, the break.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Are you worried when I drive you?
0:43:51 > 0:43:53I was a bit nervous, a bit apprehensive.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56Not so with the shopping yesterday though.
0:43:56 > 0:44:02Thomas is beginning his day in the village of Barham, in Kent.
0:44:02 > 0:44:07This fine establishment is family run and jam-packed with curios.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12Quite a nice decorative propeller, this.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15- Christian?- Yes. - What do you know about this?
0:44:15 > 0:44:17I know it's a lot smaller than it used to be
0:44:17 > 0:44:21and I think it would be something that maybe
0:44:21 > 0:44:27you'd put a clock face in, hang it. It would be a decorative piece.
0:44:27 > 0:44:31Upcycling wooden propellers like this one into decorative clocks
0:44:31 > 0:44:35- is a bit of a trend, so this could be a savvy buy. - What can you do on that?
0:44:35 > 0:44:40- You've got 95 on it.- Right. - So, deal of the century, Christian.
0:44:40 > 0:44:44- Well, make me an offer.- Oh, I don't know. How does 30 quid grab you?
0:44:44 > 0:44:49- Oh, £30. That's a fair old whack off.- It is, isn't it? I know that.
0:44:49 > 0:44:51What about £50?
0:44:51 > 0:44:54Chocks away at 42.
0:44:55 > 0:44:59- Chocks away.- Chocks away? - Well done.- You're a good man.
0:44:59 > 0:45:03- A smooth landing there for Thomas' fourth item.- There's 40...
0:45:03 > 0:45:07- Many thank yous.- ..and I've got £2. - A little gold one.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10A little gold one, yeah.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13A rather decorative aeroplane propeller for £42.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15What will he buy next?
0:45:15 > 0:45:17- Time to fly home.- Yeah.
0:45:20 > 0:45:21Back together again,
0:45:21 > 0:45:24Mark and Thomas are snaking their way to sunny Sandgate,
0:45:24 > 0:45:26near Folkestone.
0:45:26 > 0:45:27We've got here.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29First one in the shop gets first dibs.
0:45:29 > 0:45:32- I'm like a gazelle! - Oh, you are wicked, Thomas.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Come on, Mark. Come on!
0:45:35 > 0:45:38It's like dealing with an old man.
0:45:38 > 0:45:39Yeah, he is taking his time.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Well, Gabrielle, if I find anything, can I shout for you?
0:45:46 > 0:45:49- I think you can.- Lovely. See you in a moment.- OK.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52Quickly Mark spots a little something.
0:45:52 > 0:45:57This is quite wacky, isn't it? Really jazzy and colourful.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59Poole Pottery and they've marked it there
0:45:59 > 0:46:04with their dolphin mark in England. This is very 1970s, '80s.
0:46:04 > 0:46:08The only thing is, it doesn't have a ticket price.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10Gabrielle, could I have a word with you?
0:46:10 > 0:46:12I've got a limited budget as usual.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14- Right.- I did find this, this Poole Pottery vase,
0:46:14 > 0:46:18which does look a bit out of place amongst all these lovely pieces.
0:46:18 > 0:46:22Yeah, you'd be doing Gabrielle a favour, wouldn't you?
0:46:22 > 0:46:25Well, I can do it at £30.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29Gabrielle, you're breaking my heart. You're breaking my heart.
0:46:29 > 0:46:31- I think that's what it would make. - You love it.- I do like it,
0:46:31 > 0:46:34- but I've got to be sensible. - Well, let's make it 25.
0:46:34 > 0:46:40- You're a lovely, lovely person. - No, don't be creepy.- Oh, I will.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43I've got to try. I think 20.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45- Oh, get away. All right. - Are you sure?
0:46:45 > 0:46:49- Yeah, but only because you're a friend.- Oh.
0:46:49 > 0:46:53That Poole Pottery vase for £20 makes a total of four items for Mark.
0:46:55 > 0:46:56How's Thomas getting on downstairs?
0:46:56 > 0:46:58A riding crop.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02That's quite a fun thing, really. I could give Mark a good...
0:47:02 > 0:47:06- Ow! Thrashing. Ow!- Steady on.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09- Hi, Warren.- Hello, there. - What do you know about this?
0:47:09 > 0:47:13- This has no price tag on. Is it for sale?- I'm sure it is.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15- Is it expensive? - I don't think so.- No?
0:47:15 > 0:47:18- No, I don't think it is at all. - What could it be?
0:47:18 > 0:47:22I haven't got very much money. I'm very, very poor.
0:47:22 > 0:47:23How much do you want to spend?
0:47:23 > 0:47:26Could I be cheeky and offer you a tenner for it?
0:47:26 > 0:47:28- 20 is probably more... - 20. Is it really?
0:47:28 > 0:47:32- You're going to say, "OK, well, 15." - Yeah, OK, 15.- So 15 is fine.- Yeah?
0:47:32 > 0:47:36- OK.- Deal, sir. So £5 would be absolutely delightful.
0:47:36 > 0:47:39- I shall get you your change. - Thank you.
0:47:39 > 0:47:42That's wonderful. Fifth item done. Over the moon.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50This is rather interesting.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54It says, "Napoleonic War period cannonball.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56"18-pounder.
0:47:56 > 0:48:01"Used in Blomefield Pattern cannons circa 1800."
0:48:01 > 0:48:03But it is priced up at £130.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07- Warren, is this yours? - Yes, it is, yes.
0:48:08 > 0:48:13I have to say, I've never dreamt of buying a cannonball before.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15- You're sure it's Napoleonic? - Pretty much.
0:48:15 > 0:48:19- The research that I have done on it, yeah.- I think it's quirky.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21What sort of price could it be?
0:48:23 > 0:48:29It's 130. I could... 95, only because it's you.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31Yes, I know. I know that.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34- I know that and it's very generous. - Well, if it helps, 90.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36We couldn't get it to 80?
0:48:38 > 0:48:43I think, if you said 80, I'd be mad enough to have a go at it, actually,
0:48:43 > 0:48:46just because I think it's interesting and it's historical.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49- Sure. OK.- So £80 then?- OK.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Oh, gosh. I can't believe this, Warren.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56I don't know how you've managed to do this, but you've managed
0:48:56 > 0:49:00to persuade me to part with all my money except a fiver.
0:49:00 > 0:49:02Well, thank... Good.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05Oh, gosh. Well, I hope I haven't shot myself.
0:49:06 > 0:49:09No, but you have blasted a hole in your budget.
0:49:12 > 0:49:17The cannonball is Mark's fifth and final item, bought for £80.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21He also has the Victorian chamberstick, the Victorian baton,
0:49:21 > 0:49:23the 19th-century oil painting
0:49:23 > 0:49:27and the 1970s Poole Pottery vase.
0:49:27 > 0:49:32In total, he spent £195. Bravo.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35Thomas went for it, buying a huge bag of treasures -
0:49:35 > 0:49:39the collection of hatpins, the Arts and Crafts brooch
0:49:39 > 0:49:43and Celtic cross, the 19th-century Japanese bronze bead,
0:49:43 > 0:49:47the aeroplane propeller and the riding crop.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50Thomas managed to buy the lot for £182.
0:49:51 > 0:49:55So, what do the boys make of each other's purchases?
0:49:55 > 0:49:59He's bought the cannonball for £80 and I bought my hatpins for 90,
0:49:59 > 0:50:02so it's all about those two big buys.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05I like the hatpins. They're not really my sort of thing.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07I think some of them are very decorative -
0:50:07 > 0:50:10I like enamelled ones. 90 quid.
0:50:10 > 0:50:15That's a gamble, Thomas, and I do like you when you take a gamble.
0:50:15 > 0:50:16Thomas and Mark are heading to their
0:50:16 > 0:50:18first auction of the trip
0:50:18 > 0:50:23in the fortified hilltop town of Rye in East Sussex.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26- Well-driven, Tom. - Right, who can get out first?
0:50:26 > 0:50:30- I can't wait, can you, Mark? - I think I probably can, actually.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32Enthusiastic as usual, Mark(!)
0:50:32 > 0:50:36Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Rye Auction Galleries.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39Our auctioneer today is Kevin Wall.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42- Now, quickly, take your seats. The auction is about to begin.- OK.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48First up is Thomas' 19th-century riding crop.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50- Lot number 120.- This is it.
0:50:50 > 0:50:53I've got 12, 15. I've got 15. Who's got 18 now?
0:50:53 > 0:50:56- You've covered your money. - I've covered my money.
0:50:56 > 0:50:5918 is with you, sir. I am out. 18, 20. At £20.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01- No, only £20.- Do I see 2?
0:51:01 > 0:51:06- At £20 and selling then. - It's a work-in...- You've done it.
0:51:06 > 0:51:10- You've got out a profit there, Tom. - VERY small.- A work-in profit.
0:51:10 > 0:51:15Nice start, Thomas. A good profit from the get-go.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Next up, it's Mark's unusual little chamberstick.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19I've got conflicting bids
0:51:19 > 0:51:23and I've got to start them both at 22. 22 I'm bid.
0:51:23 > 0:51:27At 25. 25. 28, sir?
0:51:27 > 0:51:31- 28. 30?- 30.- 35, 38...
0:51:31 > 0:51:35- Get in there! - ..38, 40? At 38 with the new bidder.
0:51:35 > 0:51:39- At 38. Do I see 40 now? At £38 on my right.- Well done, Mark.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42- That's all right, isn't it? - Well done.- 45?
0:51:42 > 0:51:48- At 42 on my right still.- Is it still going? 42.- It's not bad, is it?
0:51:48 > 0:51:4942.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52- Yes! Well done, you.- That's all right, isn't it? £32 profit.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55- Oh, I'm so pleased! - Cracking start, Mark.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57More than doubled your money there.
0:51:58 > 0:52:03Can Mark's 1970s Poole Pottery vase put more winnings in the kitty?
0:52:03 > 0:52:04- £10 for it? - MARK GASPS
0:52:04 > 0:52:08- You can't go £10, Tom! - £10 I'm bid. £10. Who's got 12 now?
0:52:08 > 0:52:09At £10 it's away.
0:52:09 > 0:52:12- At £10. Do I see 12? - Ooh, 12.- 12, new bidder.
0:52:12 > 0:52:1515? At £12 on my left with the young lady here.
0:52:15 > 0:52:20- At £12. Do I see 15?- Oh, no, Tom! - That's terrible.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23- At £12. Are you sure and finished? - Oh, come on.- At 12...
0:52:23 > 0:52:26I feel like weeping for you.
0:52:26 > 0:52:30- Go on, then, weep. - HE SNIFFS
0:52:30 > 0:52:33Hang on. It's not that bad, fellas, and it's still early days.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37Next, Thomas' Japanese bronze bead.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40It's 10 then. Let's get going. 10 I've got.
0:52:40 > 0:52:44- 12, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25? - That's more like it.
0:52:44 > 0:52:4822 is at the back. At 22 with you, sir. At 22. Do I see 25?
0:52:48 > 0:52:53- At 22. Don't miss it.- Any more? - At £22 then, are we all done?
0:52:53 > 0:52:56- That's it?- Are you sure? At 22.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59I am shocked at that, Thomas.
0:52:59 > 0:53:02- Why are you shocked? - Because it's worth 30, 40, £50.
0:53:02 > 0:53:08It is, it is, but we are in a general sale in Rye, not online.
0:53:08 > 0:53:10- And it's a profit.- It's a profit. - It's a profit.
0:53:10 > 0:53:14That's the spirit, boys. And a small profit for Thomas.
0:53:14 > 0:53:18Next up, it's Mark's Victorian conductor's baton.
0:53:18 > 0:53:21- 20 we have. 20 here. 2 is it now? - Oh, my word.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25- At 22. At 28. It's very, very cheap, this.- That is cheap.- It is.
0:53:25 > 0:53:30Are you all done? Are you sure? And finished at 28.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Mark.
0:53:33 > 0:53:37I can't help but be a little disappointed at that, Tom.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Commiserations, Mark. Not the best performance,
0:53:40 > 0:53:42but it's not over yet.
0:53:44 > 0:53:47Everything to play for with Thomas' Arts and Crafts brooch
0:53:47 > 0:53:49and the little Celtic cross.
0:53:49 > 0:53:53- Should be somewhere round about £50. - Oh, my gosh.- No?- No.
0:53:53 > 0:53:54I daren't look.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56Somebody start me at 20 then. Let's get going.
0:53:56 > 0:53:58- Oh, you've got 20.- 22, 25, 28?
0:54:00 > 0:54:0425 is with me. At 25. Do I see 28 now?
0:54:04 > 0:54:10At 25, at 25. It's Ruskin. At 25. Do I see 28?
0:54:10 > 0:54:15- 28, new bidder.- 28. Good.- At £28. I've got to sell it then.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17- It's a small profit. Very small. - At £28...
0:54:17 > 0:54:20640.
0:54:20 > 0:54:24- You're making profits on everything. - Creeping.- You're a creeper.
0:54:24 > 0:54:26No need to be personal. Ha!
0:54:26 > 0:54:30It's Mark's late-17th-century oil painting up next.
0:54:30 > 0:54:32Somebody start me at £30. Let's get it going.
0:54:32 > 0:54:3430 for it.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- Killed it.- Damn.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Silence. Deathly silence.
0:54:40 > 0:54:44Somebody start me at £10 then. £10 I'm bid. At £10 on my right.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48- At £10. This does seem very cheap. - That is cheap.- Cos it is.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52At £10. Are you sure? At £10.
0:54:52 > 0:54:5715, 18, 20, 22, 25.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00At £25 and selling, then.
0:55:00 > 0:55:02I've only made one profit.
0:55:02 > 0:55:05- But it's a healthy one. - Yeah, £32, but I lost...
0:55:05 > 0:55:08- Oh, yes, you've lost, yeah. - I've just lost...
0:55:08 > 0:55:10How much did they sell it for? ..£15 on that.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13Mm. The losses are stacking up for Mark.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18Maybe his last item, the cannonball, will launch him back into the game.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22Somebody start me at £50 for it. Let's get going. £50 to start.
0:55:22 > 0:55:24- Oh, no.- £50?
0:55:27 > 0:55:31It'd make a good doorstop. Oh, dear. We are coming down.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37I'll take your £10, sir. It's a bid. I will take it.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39Now we've got them going. 12, 15?
0:55:39 > 0:55:4312 is there. 15 I have here. 18, sir?
0:55:43 > 0:55:46- 18. The bid is with you, sir, at 18. - He's working. He's working.
0:55:46 > 0:55:51Do I see 20 now? At 18. £18. At £18 only.
0:55:51 > 0:55:52At £18 are we all done?
0:55:52 > 0:55:56- I knew it.- Absolutely terrible. - Why did I buy that?
0:55:56 > 0:55:5718 buys it.
0:55:57 > 0:56:01Do you know, as soon as I bought it, I thought, "Why did I do that?"
0:56:01 > 0:56:04- Oh, no.- Ouch. That's a heavy loss for Mark.
0:56:06 > 0:56:11It's all resting on Thomas now. The pricey hatpins are next.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15I've got 30 to start. 30 with me. 35, is it?
0:56:15 > 0:56:1735 is here. 35. Do I see 38 now?
0:56:17 > 0:56:21- At 35...- A lot paid. A lot paid. - At £35.
0:56:21 > 0:56:23Where's all the hatpin buyers this week?
0:56:23 > 0:56:27At £35 on my right. Are we all done and finished?
0:56:27 > 0:56:30At 35.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33- Gone.- £65 loss. - That was a bargain.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36- That was a big loss. - That was a bargain for somebody.
0:56:36 > 0:56:41Great price for the buyer but a big risk that didn't pay off, Thomas.
0:56:44 > 0:56:48Can he recoup on his loss with the aeroplane propeller?
0:56:48 > 0:56:49I can start the little ones.
0:56:49 > 0:56:53We'll get the little ones out the way first at 25, 30, 35, 40,
0:56:53 > 0:56:5875, 80, 5 and 90. 5, 100, 110...
0:56:58 > 0:57:01- Yes!- ..is with you, sir.
0:57:01 > 0:57:06110. I am out with both of you, but you are leading with 110.
0:57:06 > 0:57:11- 110. Do I see 120? At 110 on my right.- Go on!
0:57:11 > 0:57:13A bit more. We need to make some money back.
0:57:13 > 0:57:20At 110. This is still very cheap. At £110, have we all finished? At £110.
0:57:20 > 0:57:24- Wow.- All sure and finished?
0:57:24 > 0:57:28- 110 is 16...- I'm pleased about that. - I'm so utterly pleased for you, Tom.
0:57:28 > 0:57:29That's very kind.
0:57:29 > 0:57:33I can't tell you how thrilled I am by that whole experience.
0:57:33 > 0:57:35Very sporting, Mark.
0:57:35 > 0:57:39I'm going to keep buying cannonballs until one of them makes a profit.
0:57:41 > 0:57:43Quite right. A thrilling result for Thomas,
0:57:43 > 0:57:47but who will be the winner of leg one? Let's work out the sums.
0:57:47 > 0:57:51Both fellas started this Road Trip adventure with £200 each.
0:57:51 > 0:57:57After paying auction costs, Mark made a loss of £92.50,
0:57:57 > 0:58:00leaving him with £107.50 for the next leg.
0:58:02 > 0:58:08Thomas made a small loss of £5.70, which crowns him today's winner.
0:58:08 > 0:58:13He has a lovely £194.30 to carry forward.
0:58:13 > 0:58:18- Thomas, congratulations.- Oh. - No, to the victor, the spoils.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22- I shall drive.- I'm being driven! - I shall be your chauffeur, Thomas.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26- A man of your standing needs it. - Well, yeah. My limited means.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28They're not less limited than mine, Thomas.
0:58:28 > 0:58:33- ENGINE REVS - I lost £92.50.- Oh...
0:58:33 > 0:58:35- It's a big'un.- That is a big'un.
0:58:35 > 0:58:38Until next time then, chaps.