0:00:02 > 0:00:05- It's the nation's favourite antique experts.- This is beautiful.
0:00:05 > 0:00:07That's the way to do this.
0:00:07 > 0:00:12With £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour for antiques...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14- Joy.- Hello!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17..the aim - to make the biggest profit at auction
0:00:17 > 0:00:18but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19THEY LAUGH
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
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 hand brake's on.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:42Welcome to a bracing Caledonian morn with Catherine Southon and Paul Laidlaw.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44I trust you've had your porridge this morning.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46You'll be set up for the day.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48After starting out back in Northern Ireland,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52they're now deep in the Scottish Borders. Look at that.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56People say, "Oh, the Highlands!" But it's lovely round there, isn't it?
0:00:56 > 0:00:57- Yes.- It's beautiful.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Especially in that yellow Morris Minor,
0:00:59 > 0:01:03which dates from an era before seatbelts were mandatory.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Makes you want to get out your easel and your paint brush.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- Well, we're glad you like it. - I do, I do. And it's so green.
0:01:11 > 0:01:16On this trip, auctioneer Paul has mostly steered clear of his
0:01:16 > 0:01:21trademark militaria, profitably exploring his feminine side instead.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Oh, yes.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27Twee little tea set which did you proud. You bought them beaded bags.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30For goodness sake! Come on, they were dirt cheap, weren't they?
0:01:30 > 0:01:33They were, they were. Which, in truth, was the appeal!
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Not that rival auctioneer Catherine can really claim to have
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- scaled the moral high ground. - It's just amazing.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44With a similarly shrewd purchase to her name.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Yeah, we're in the rag trade now!
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Antiques rag trade!
0:01:48 > 0:01:49CATHERINE LAUGHS
0:01:49 > 0:01:55Ha-ha! Catherine has so far shrunk her £200 stake to £169.96.
0:01:55 > 0:02:03While Paul, who began with the same sum, has £372.76 to spend today.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06He's got oodles.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11- I'm rich like Croesus! - Oh, you've got so much money, you don't know what to do with it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I had Warren Buffett on the phone this morning, asking me
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- if he could borrow some money from me.- Oh, yes.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Our journey started out in Portrush, County Antrim.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22After exploring Northern Ireland, they crossed the sea towards
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Scotland and will finish several hundred miles later in Aberdeen.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31But today, we begin in Melrose in the Borders and then head
0:02:31 > 0:02:33north towards an auction in Edinburgh.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40At the foot of the ancient Eildon Hills, Melrose,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43with its magnificent ruined abbey, is quite a spot.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Paul's got the place to himself as well,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50having dropped Catherine off a little earlier.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Hello, there. Is it Susan?
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- Yes.- Lovely to see you.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57To see you, nice! Lovely shop, too.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Ever so cream.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Fabulous stuff. Very nice indeed.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06But where are the bargains?
0:03:06 > 0:03:10My task, of course, is not just to find a fabulous object,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12anyone with an eye can do that.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15It's to find the object with the profit left in it.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17And here, we're in a very, very smart -
0:03:17 > 0:03:20and I'm going to see sophisticated - environment.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23My hope levels are down at one little bar.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Keep digging! Dog's life, eh?
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Let me show you something.
0:03:27 > 0:03:33A late 20th century rod and lamp or wine table.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37What on earth is Laidlow up to?
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Forget the table. Look at the top.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44If the stand dates to the 1970s,
0:03:44 > 0:03:49the tiles in the top may date to the 1670s.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Actually, I think they're a bit earlier than that. Come closer.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57You expect, for a piece that should be 350-year-old, some flaking,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00losses to the glaze. We get all of that.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02We get the wear and tear that we want,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05so the hallmarks of age and we look at the subject matter
0:04:05 > 0:04:07and Laidlaw's eyes light up,
0:04:07 > 0:04:15because here we have a splendid pair of 17th-century musketeers.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17And here we have the chap and his characteristic wide,
0:04:17 > 0:04:23floppy-brimmed hat with bandoliers draped round his body.
0:04:23 > 0:04:29These bandoliers carried typically 12 little wooden containers
0:04:29 > 0:04:31with a measure of powder.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35And these little vessels that we can see draped here,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37were termed The 12 Apostles.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42This is an accurate depiction by an artist who saw these guys
0:04:42 > 0:04:46marching down the high street, parading on a Sunday afternoon.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Time travel, I love it!
0:04:48 > 0:04:54I like the juxtaposition of the 17th century with the 20th century.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59Yeah, that said, I'd really rather hack them out!
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Best buy it first, Paul. The ticket price is £65.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Susan, I love your wee wine table.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Yes, it's lovely, but the tiles especially.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Aren't they just? Is there much margin in that?
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Is there slack in that price? - There is, a little.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- Are you going to hit me with it?- 50? - Dare I push you any further?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21You can push me a little but not very much.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- I need a three at the beginning of that price.- No, I can't, sorry.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Give me the bottom line. - 45 would be the bottom line.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Thank you, that's all I need to know.- We are getting close.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36If you would sell that to me for £40, that fiver will seal the deal.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- OK.- Thank you very much. - You're welcome.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Gosh, all very convivial
0:05:43 > 0:05:46and a lot quicker than it seemed it might be, too.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Just in time for elevenses, eh?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50It's my lucky day, is it not?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53From an antique shop, straight into a good Scots butchers advertising
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Scotland's finest Scotch pies.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- HE LAUGHS - When in Rome and all that!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Quite! So, while Paul samples certain local delicacies,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03let's see where Catherine has got to.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Deep in the woods, at the Dawyck Botanic Garden....
0:06:14 > 0:06:17..she has come to find out about an Edwardian adventurer
0:06:17 > 0:06:20who hunted exotic plants.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Hi, there, it's nice to meet you. - And you, too.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24- A beautiful garden.- It is, isn't it?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27You are very lucky to work somewhere like here.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Dawyck is now part of Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden
0:06:29 > 0:06:33but as archivist Leonie reveals, in the 19th century,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35it belonged to the wealthy Balfour family.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39It is a garden with a long history of being associated
0:06:39 > 0:06:40with plant collectors.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Well, I'm familiar with antique collecting
0:06:42 > 0:06:44but where does plant collecting come from?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47It is a similar thing - you would go out to different parts
0:06:47 > 0:06:52of the world and collect whatever plants, flowers, trees as well...
0:06:52 > 0:06:56You would take a plant cutting or you could collect the seeds from
0:06:56 > 0:06:59the plant, send them back home and people were able to grow the plants
0:06:59 > 0:07:02that you have seen growing in the world in various parts of the world.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05The profitable pursuit of plant collecting for the gardens
0:07:05 > 0:07:09of the rich has been around for hundreds of years.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11But it was once highly dangerous.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12So George Forrest,
0:07:12 > 0:07:17a 30-year-old herbarium clerk may not have been the obvious choice,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20but in 1904, the rookie collector set off for China
0:07:20 > 0:07:23in search of exotic plants. What fun!
0:07:23 > 0:07:26There is an area in south-west China in the province of Yunnan,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28cos there had been plant collectors
0:07:28 > 0:07:30on the east coast of China before
0:07:30 > 0:07:33but this part of China in the south-west was relatively unexplored.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35It is where the end of the Himalayas hooked down into it,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37so you have got these huge, high mountain ranges
0:07:37 > 0:07:39and then these low, tropical river valleys,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42so you were able to get whatever environment or climate
0:07:42 > 0:07:45you were looking for fairly close at hand.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Obviously, all you had to do was get there.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51A look around the gardens reveals that Forrest was to become
0:07:51 > 0:07:54one of the most successful plant collectors of all time.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57But history could have turned out very differently.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02So, how successful was the first expedition?
0:08:02 > 0:08:04It started off fairly quietly, actually.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Forrest arrived too late in the season to collect any plants.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12- Oh, no.- But it was OK. He spent the time usefully here.
0:08:12 > 0:08:13He scoped his way around Yunnan,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16working out where the best place to collect plants would be.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21So 1905 finds him up the Mekong River in Yunnan, staying at a mission,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24but this is where it all starts to go wrong for Forrest.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27It's been illustrated quite nicely with this map that Forrest drew himself.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32To the north are missions that were under siege by some irate locals
0:08:32 > 0:08:35at the time, I think, quite fed up with western influence
0:08:35 > 0:08:38so Forrest is basically in a position, knowing that any moment,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41these men could come down and do the same
0:08:41 > 0:08:43and that is exactly what happens.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- He finds himself...- It must have been terrifying.- Absolutely terrifying.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Yes, they found themselves having to flee in the dead of night
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- and this map shows the little... - Oh, is that his escape route?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54It is his escape route, indeed.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Unfortunately, they are not able to evade these men for long.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01The attack eventually does happen and it is every man for himself.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05What followed was a massacre, from which only a very fortunate few,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08including Forrest, survived.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- Oh, is this him?- This is him, yes.- He looks completely different.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Completely different, yes, he has been starved, hunted.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15He looks a lot thinner.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18But after that, Forrest actually does then go
0:09:18 > 0:09:22and have a very successful plant collecting summer in 1906
0:09:22 > 0:09:27and returns back to Edinburgh in 1907 with a massive haul of plants.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29And then, as his fame grows,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32he goes on to do another six expeditions out to China.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Altogether, Forrest brought back as many as 31,000 specimens,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39including many new discoveries, but having ensured a place
0:09:39 > 0:09:45in scientific history, his seventh trip in 1932 was to be his last.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48He is just about to return home and he has a heart attack
0:09:48 > 0:09:52in the hills outside Tengchong and he dies there and is actually...
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Oh, he dies there!
0:09:53 > 0:09:55..buried out there in the hills that he loved, yes,
0:09:55 > 0:09:57so he never made it back to Edinburgh.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00But thanks to his extraordinary photographs
0:10:00 > 0:10:05and immaculate record keeping, Forrest's plant collecting legacy lives on.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08So this is all listed in a number of field books, all
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- the different specimens that he was picking up?- Yes.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14- There's about 25 volumes of them that we have.- Goodness.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17And they're still used today. That's the nice thing about these archives.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18Although he was writing these
0:10:18 > 0:10:21almost 100 years ago we can still take a record such as this
0:10:21 > 0:10:24one here, the Rhododendron species that he collected in June 1918,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27and we can now just walk just up the road here
0:10:27 > 0:10:30and have a look at this plant actually growing here now.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32That's incredibly special, isn't it?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35- And here it is.- So what is this particular plant?
0:10:35 > 0:10:37This is Rhododendron roxieanum.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39I quite like the fact that it's named after
0:10:39 > 0:10:42the wife of a friend of George Forrest's as well.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Of course, Forrest could never have foreseen that several
0:10:44 > 0:10:49of the plants he brought home would become threatened back in Yunnan.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54But in the herbaria he helped to create, biodiversity is in good hands.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58If plants are in danger, or they're suffering in their native habitat,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01we now have a lot of plant material we can now send back to China
0:11:01 > 0:11:03and plant it in the botanic garden there.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06And we can also make people more aware about their biodiversity.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09I shall certainly look at a Rhododendron in a totally
0:11:09 > 0:11:10different way now.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Thank you ever so much.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Meanwhile, Paul has got some collecting of his own to
0:11:18 > 0:11:20attend to, taking our route a little
0:11:20 > 0:11:21closer to the border to Hawick,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25the riverside town that is famous for its knitwear factories,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29manufacturing luxurious cashmere and merino products.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Not that Paul will have time for jumpers...
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Don't judge me.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38..once he's polished off that pie, that is.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40HE CHUCKLES
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- Hello there. Is it Morris?- It is. Hello, Paul.- Good to see you.
0:11:44 > 0:11:48- Good to see you.- You too. - What a structure.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- Is it a mill we're in? - It were a cashmere mill, yeah,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52up to about ten years ago.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Recently transformed into this huge antiques emporium.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Containing an awful lot of fine furniture.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Give it a rub, eh?
0:12:01 > 0:12:0718th century gate leg table. Nice little size. It's £245.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09It's £245.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14I think even our hard-hearted expert is tempted.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15I like that.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18I like that.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Face it, Paul, those aren't for you.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26This is the densest room in the building for smalls.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29I keep looking at this stick stand here. There's good workmanship there.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34Don't write this off as the work of some 1960s blacksmith.
0:12:34 > 0:12:40I think there's real quality in terms of design and execution here.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43What makes it for me are these scrolls.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Slightly naturalistic, asymmetric.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50And see the way that scroll wraps itself around the upright member.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51That's good work.
0:12:51 > 0:12:56But it's very black and that's not everyone's cup of tea.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00It's also got some problems. It's a wee bit drunk.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Indeed this little pan didn't sit right in the first place
0:13:04 > 0:13:07because this replacement bowl is too long.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Ticket price £75. I'll tell you what.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12You're not going to find anyone that could make anything of that
0:13:12 > 0:13:14quality for £75.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19I think his mojo is working again. Must be the pie.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Time to get a price from Morris.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25- 60. 60-ish. 60 quid. - I'm a long way off.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- I'm a 40 quid job on that.- Can I let you know?- Yeah, do. Yeah, yeah.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32- Absolutely. But I'm seriously interested.- Right.
0:13:32 > 0:13:36Sounds like Morris may be biddable. Anything else?
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Look at that nice little burr walnut veneered collector's cabinet
0:13:40 > 0:13:42with that little string inlay there.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Wrong! It's all tin plate.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Tin plate at that time, as it still is today, was used commonly to
0:13:50 > 0:13:53package sweets.
0:13:53 > 0:14:00And this one is issued for our world famous Victory V gums
0:14:00 > 0:14:05and lozenges. "The world's winter sweetmeats." Get in!
0:14:05 > 0:14:11Invented in 1864, the first recipe contained chlorodyne,
0:14:11 > 0:14:13a mixture of laudanum, cannabis and chloroform.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Advertising packaging, vintage material, sells.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21It's a hot market.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Now I don't think this is the most exciting tin plate
0:14:24 > 0:14:27box in the world but it's not the most dreary either.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30It taps into an iconic brand.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33No price label though.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Something to ask about, I'd imagine.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Only issue I could find was the top drawer is snagged.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I don't think that is a difficult fix.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44But you know what it might be?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47It might be a lever for me to get this at the right price.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52Morris is still considering Paul's proposal of £40 for the stick stand.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53Gird your loins.
0:14:53 > 0:14:58- There's a tin plate chest of drawers, it's a Victory V's thing. - Yeah.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02- It's a bit buckled. I can't get top drawer open. 10 or 20 quid.- Right.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06- The stick stand which I offered 40 quid on and the box...- Uh-huh.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11- £50 the two. We've got a deal. - Pleasure, Morris. Sweet as a nut.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- You're welcome.- I'll give you some money.- That sounds good.
0:15:14 > 0:15:15THEY LAUGH
0:15:15 > 0:15:19No sign of Paul's little fortune going to his head just yet, is there?
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Ah, now, here's Catherine, hands in her pockets.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25That cheeky Laidlaw is already here.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Yep, and he's looking suitably smug.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- Well, well, well. What are you doing sitting here?- Don't interrupt me.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36- Have you shopped up?- Uh... I've bought a few things. - I don't believe you.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- I don't believe you.- What have you been doing? Where have you been?
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- I've been on an adventure. - You'll love it by the way.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Huge. Nothing left of course.
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Take no notice.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50But Catherine seems to be adopting a different approach,
0:15:50 > 0:15:54ignoring the furniture and letting Morris be her guide.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58- Maybe this case.- This one? - Let's have a look.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Nice quality. Japanese.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04- Cigarette.- That is nice quality, isn't it?
0:16:04 > 0:16:06- With Mount Fuji in the background. - That's right.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09So fresh it hasn't got a ticket on it yet.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12So this is probably going to be produced in the early part of the
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- 20th century, I would say. - I would think so, yeah.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16So you would have put your cigarettes all in here.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- Sometimes people use these today as cardholders or something like that. - Yeah.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22- So this is all lacquered here. - Mm-hm.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27- What's the best on that then, Morris?- 55.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30If you'd said to me yesterday, yes, I probably would have paid 55
0:16:30 > 0:16:35but I'm struggling on the cash front at the moment so...
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Is a possibility... Is there any chance that we can deal a bit
0:16:39 > 0:16:42- lower or should I look for something else.- How much lower?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Would it be really cheeky to say 35?- I'll take your £35 for that.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- Right, OK. - So we've got a deal on one thing.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Not a lot of shaking on just yet though. Anything else?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56That's got a good look to it. I like that.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58- How old is this one do you think? - 1950s, I would think.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02I've got another one upstairs, another pond yacht.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- I think it's upstairs anyway. - Is it a good one?- I don't know.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07It's all right.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10Meanwhile there's a pair of decanters to take a peek at.
0:17:10 > 0:17:15- I've only got £30 on the pair. - They look pretty good, don't they?
0:17:15 > 0:17:20- But they don't excite me like the case did.- OK.- Unless they're dirt cheap.
0:17:20 > 0:17:2315 quid. That's £7.50 each.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26That is cheap. Still no deal though.
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- Now for his other yacht. - Quite a nice thing actually.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- That is a proper pond yacht.- Yeah.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- 200...- £80.- £80.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Quite a reduction.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42What can that really go for at auction? What can I see that making?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- 200, 300.- No, it won't make as much as that.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47I think it's a bit tatty.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50I like it but it's a bit tatty so I think I'd have to...
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- Knock me down a lot.- Yeah, I would.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Honestly I'd probably see that at £40.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58HE GULPS
0:17:59 > 0:18:0150 quid.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Let me... Do you know what? I'm not shaking on anything
0:18:04 > 0:18:07at the moment because I'm... I've got a lot to think about.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11I'm beginning to lose track of the contents of Catherine's growing pile.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12There's more too.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16How about this little tobacco jar? Victorian, cast iron.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21Love the shape. Octagonal shape. Nice. It's cast iron. Nothing to it, is there?
0:18:21 > 0:18:22Original tobacco press.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Everything is there. Little brass finial.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31- Fiver.- That's a possibility.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34OK, are we about to witness a handshake?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Hello.- There you be. Are you ready for this?- Go on.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40I'm deciding not to go for the decanters although I like them.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42Then there was three items.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- There was the lacquered card case. - Card case, yeah.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- There was the little Victorian tobacco press.- Mm-hm.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51There was the pond yacht.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54So those three together with the prices that we discussed was 80.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Can I come down to 65, 70?
0:18:57 > 0:19:03- Yeah, go on, then.- Which one?- 70. Not 65. 70.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- Thank you very much indeed.- OK. You're welcome.- I'm really grateful.
0:19:07 > 0:19:11Phew! They've both had quite a start.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Three items. Happy days.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16But what will tomorrow bring?
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- Do you know what would be my dream? - Go on.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23- Is that you would go out and spend £200 on something... - And it makes 20!
0:19:23 > 0:19:25And it makes... Oh! Oh!
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Are you enjoying that? Are you enjoying that?
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Ha-ha! Nighty night.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Next day there is an "offal" lot to talk about.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Right next door to the first antique shop I was in,
0:19:38 > 0:19:44face lit up when I saw the finest Scotch pie emporium in Scotland.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49I bought haggis, white pudding... Have you had mealy pudding?
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- White pudding?- No. Don't like the sound of that.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53HE LAUGHS
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- Sounds horrible. Do you eat it? - It's gorgeous.
0:19:55 > 0:19:59And when he wasn't scoffing he found time to buy some tin drawers,
0:19:59 > 0:20:04a stick stand and a tile top table...
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I'd really rather hack them out.
0:20:06 > 0:20:12..which set him back £90, leaving just over 280 in his wallet.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16While Catherine's haul included a tobacco jar, a cigarette case
0:20:16 > 0:20:18and a pond yacht. As you do.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- Is it a good one?- I don't know.
0:20:21 > 0:20:22It's all right.
0:20:22 > 0:20:28Hey. All for £70. Meaning she has less than 100 at her disposal.
0:20:28 > 0:20:33- Any windfalls?- There's nothing I'm going to make a lot of money on.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37That's all right then. I don't care any more. Aren't the views nice?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Later they'll be heading for an auction in Edinburgh
0:20:40 > 0:20:44but our next stop is in Innerleithen, Tweeddale.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50Yes, he was here.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Plus this spa town was immortalised in Saint Ronan's Well,
0:20:53 > 0:20:57the only contemporary novel by Sir Walter Scott.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Have a good one, you.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03- Thank you. Wish me luck. - See you later.- Ciao.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10- Hello, there.- Hi. Hi. Lovely to see you.- Hi. You are?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- Margaret.- Hi, Margaret. Nice to meet you.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16It's a small space but it's absolutely rammed full, isn't it?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19You took the words right out of my mouth, Catherine. Look at that lot.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23- Is that silver, the golfing one or...?- Yes, it is.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- I've got 35 on that one. - Are you a golfer, Margaret?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28No, I'm not a golfer.
0:21:28 > 0:21:29THEY LAUGH
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Quite a few are in Edinburgh though.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36Stamp 925 sterling so probably not English silver I wouldn't say.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39I think it's really interesting. You've got a man there in his
0:21:39 > 0:21:43plus fours taking a swing. And what could you do on that, Margaret?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45I could do 28.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Well, I'll have a look to see if there's anything else
0:21:47 > 0:21:50because at 28 it might be a bit much.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54One little item under consideration already.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Oh! They are being watched.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- That's my speciality, is the dolls and the teddy bears.- Is it?- Yeah. - How is the market?
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- It's not as good as it used to be, is it?- No.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06But there's still doll collectors who come to me
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- and want to find a doll. - They look good up there, don't they?
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- They're watching over you, Margaret. - They come out at night and have fun.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18This is turning into Toy Story. I bet those two join in.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Puppets. You sell a lot of puppets, do you?
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Not really but that's Sooty and Sweep there, which is a 1950s Sooty
0:22:24 > 0:22:27- and Sweep. - I loved Sooty and Sweep.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30These are the earlier ones, the '50s ones, when they came out earlier.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33You'll notice actually that Sooty doesn't have black ears
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- in that one. He has brown ears. - Do I buy the brooch?
0:22:37 > 0:22:39I do buy the brooch. Oh!
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Consulting Sooty, eh? I didn't see that coming.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Does Sweep concur?
0:22:44 > 0:22:49They're in agreement. They're fantastic. I'm tempted to buy these.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- So who were these made by? Chad Valley...?- Chad Valley.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53It's got the label there somewhere on the side.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- This one's not in bad condition.- No.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- Sometimes you get the noses repaired and they've been re-sown.- Yes.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01- But I don't think...- No, that's not had anything done, I don't think.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06No surgery then. But his mate's looking a bit worse for wear.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08Sooty, I think you're kind of past it a bit.
0:23:08 > 0:23:14- I thinks Sooty's maybe been the one that was the most cuddleable. - Yeah...
0:23:14 > 0:23:18The ticket price for the furry pair is £48.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22That to me doesn't even look like Sooty. Are we definitely Sooty?
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Erm... Well, they came together.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26He's not Basil Brush, Catherine(!)
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- Where did you get them from actually?- From a toy museum.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33- Did you?- So that's why I felt reasonably confident that they were right.
0:23:33 > 0:23:38- The fact that we've got a bit of provenance behind that, a bit of history...- Yeah.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Sounds like Sooty's passed the test but where are we on the deal, children?
0:23:42 > 0:23:46What could you really do on these? Could you do 50 for the two?
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Because that, I think this is mid-20th century.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52- But I think 25 is top whack. - OK.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56And then I think 25 on that is just a punt
0:23:56 > 0:24:01- and a bit of fun.- OK, then. We'll go for 50.- Is that all right?- OK.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04- Done.- I'm going to shake your hand. - Hope they do well for you.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06I really hope they do. Yeah.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I mean that face, it says, "Come on, buy me," doesn't it?
0:24:09 > 0:24:14Oh-ho-ho! I think we might have struck gold, don't you? Oh, yes.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Bye-bye.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23Elsewhere in the Borders, Paul's making his way to another place
0:24:23 > 0:24:26with strong literary associations,
0:24:26 > 0:24:30towards the county town of Tweeddale in Peebles, where he's come
0:24:30 > 0:24:34to find out more about the incredible real life adventures of the
0:24:34 > 0:24:40Scottish writer of The Thirty-Nine Steps, one of our most influential spy novels.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44- Hello, Deborah.- Yes, Paul. How very nice to meet you.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Thank you very much for coming.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49The museum dedicated to Deborah's grandfather John Buchan is
0:24:49 > 0:24:51located here in the Borders
0:24:51 > 0:24:56because this was where he spent time as a young man and set
0:24:56 > 0:25:00some of the most exciting passages of his man on the run thriller.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03You think of Richard Hannay running across these moors,
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- and you know how bare those hills can be...- Indeed.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09- ..and that you would see a fugitive running.- Yes.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Particularly if you had a monoplane.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16I read it as a teenager and it is one of the best reads of my life.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Buchan, the son of a Scottish minister,
0:25:18 > 0:25:21had already been a published author for several years when he wrote
0:25:21 > 0:25:27The Thirty-Nine Steps while recovering from an illness on the eve of World War I.
0:25:27 > 0:25:33He was sent to bed in August 1914 with a terrible stomach complaint.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36He ran out of thrillers to read and he said to my grandmother,
0:25:36 > 0:25:40"I want to write a book where the writer cares what happens to
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- "both the victim and the perpetrator."- Mm-hm.
0:25:43 > 0:25:49And him and his daughter Alice were convalescing in Kent, in Broadstairs,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53and she was running up and down the steps that led down to the beach.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- And she ran up and she said, "Daddy, there are 39 steps."- Oh!
0:25:56 > 0:26:00And that's supposed to be from where he got the title.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03- Well, the source of the story is quite good.- Yes.
0:26:04 > 0:26:09Buchan's tale of one man's fight against German spies was an immediate
0:26:09 > 0:26:12hit, with huge numbers delivered to the troops.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15He went on to write a further four novels featuring hero
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Richard Hannay, but the author himself,
0:26:17 > 0:26:21although too ill for active service, was to play quite a part in the war.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27- He becomes a Times correspondent during the war.- A war correspondent?
0:26:27 > 0:26:28A war correspondent.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32But all the time he is writing a contemporaneous
0:26:32 > 0:26:36history of the war published fortnightly in The Times.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40- Then he joins Earl Haig's staff. - I see. In intelligence or...?- Yes.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46- In uniform?- In uniform.- So he ends up on active service regardless? - Yes.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51By the end of hostilities, during which both his brother and his
0:26:51 > 0:26:56best friend died, Buchan occupied a senior propaganda post in Whitehall.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00He then turned to politics and became a Member of Parliament.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05He's a good MP but he's not a successful politician
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- because he can always see the other person's point of view.- Right.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12I mean, for example, he was great friends with Jimmy Maxton of the
0:27:12 > 0:27:13Red Clydesiders.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18And he found it very difficult to adhere to a party line.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Throughout, Buchan continued to write, eventually
0:27:21 > 0:27:25publishing around 100 works of both fact and fiction.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29And it was during his late 50s that a writing job led to his last
0:27:29 > 0:27:31great public role.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34He's commissioned to write the Jubilee book for King George V.
0:27:34 > 0:27:39And probably as a result of spending a lot of time with
0:27:39 > 0:27:43the king, the king decided to send him as governor general to Canada in 1935.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47My word. That is some career.
0:27:47 > 0:27:53- You say not a successful politician but that's some achievement.- Yes.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58But if his never out of print shocker remains Buchan's greatest
0:27:58 > 0:28:02legacy, it's thanks in part to the 1935 movie version by a
0:28:02 > 0:28:04young Alfred Hitchcock.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Although as anyone who's experienced them both
0:28:07 > 0:28:10can tell you, it's a somewhat free adaptation.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14The film premiered in London just before JB left to be
0:28:14 > 0:28:18governor general of Canada, and in the interval Alfred Hitchcock
0:28:18 > 0:28:21came to him and said, "Tell me, my Lord, how are you enjoying the film?"
0:28:21 > 0:28:24And he said, "Well it's very good, Mr Hitchcock, but can you tell me
0:28:24 > 0:28:26"how it ends?"
0:28:26 > 0:28:27HE LAUGHS
0:28:27 > 0:28:31That's the anecdote of this encounter for me.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39Now, with our two chums back together and back on the road...
0:28:39 > 0:28:43This is just beautiful. There's more sheep than anything here.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46It makes you feel good to be alive, doesn't it?
0:28:46 > 0:28:49..it's time to head off to South Lanarkshire
0:28:49 > 0:28:51and the village of Wiston.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- Sheepie, sheepies.- There's so many mutton pies there.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Paul, they're not all to eat!
0:28:56 > 0:28:59One last shop to share. Nicely.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Right then. Elbows at dawn?
0:29:02 > 0:29:04Let the shop name be your guide.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- Oh-ho-ho! Hello.- Hello. I'm Mark.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- I'm Catherine.- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.- How are you doing, Mark?
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- Are you all right. - Hi. I'm fine, Paul.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Delightful place but it might be a bit of a squeeze.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18- Would you mind if I head that way? - With your new friend?
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- With my new friend.- Good idea. - You just kind of go that way,
0:29:22 > 0:29:24wherever you want, and I'll go with Mark.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- At what point did I become the gooseberry?- Yeah, exactly.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30So while Paul makes himself scarce...
0:29:30 > 0:29:33You've got some fantastic pieces round here.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36There's plenty of things hidden away. In under things.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38There are, aren't there? That's what I like.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- Nice... This octant has seen better days, hasn't it?- Yes.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43Missing the scale and the vernier.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Still looks good though doesn't it? Looks nice.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- Yeah, a nice decorative thing for the wall now.- Absolutely.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- It makes it cheaper as well. - Good point.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54But after her happy shopping thus far I don't think she's too
0:29:54 > 0:29:56bothered about buying more.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Paul however is definitely in the market.
0:29:59 > 0:30:06So I've just picked up a wee plastic box full of bits and bobs.
0:30:06 > 0:30:12That is a little Scottish brooch set with polished hard stones.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15One couldn't call that a lot.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18That's a little fob, Royal Highland Agricultural
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Society of Scotland Long Service.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24HE YAWNS
0:30:24 > 0:30:28Women's Voluntary Service, a little badge worn by people to say,
0:30:28 > 0:30:31"Look, I'm doing my bit for the war effort."
0:30:31 > 0:30:33For me the most interesting little object is here.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37Nice little silver lapel badge.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39If you don't know your armorials you've got no idea.
0:30:39 > 0:30:46However I do recognise the device of the three cannon and the three shot.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48That's the badge of the Ordnance,
0:30:48 > 0:30:52the government department that deals with munitions and supplies.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54None of that particularly stands out.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58However, show me a fistful of it and I will show you an auction lot.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02A bit distracted, Catherine?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Ah, Paul, just the person.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07You're good at crosswords.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08HE LAUGHS
0:31:08 > 0:31:09No, come back, come back.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12You know what your problem is, Catherine? It's work ethic.
0:31:12 > 0:31:16If you wouldn't mind getting me a coffee because I'm almost done with this crossword.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19I think she's done with shopping too.
0:31:19 > 0:31:20Ah. That's familiar.
0:31:20 > 0:31:24You've seen a mariner's sextant before.
0:31:24 > 0:31:26This is a variation on the theme called an octant.
0:31:26 > 0:31:32That was used to measure the angle of elevation above the horizon
0:31:32 > 0:31:39of a given celestial object. And thus one can determine longitude.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43It was developed around 1730 with both an Englishman and
0:31:43 > 0:31:48an American having independent and equal claims to have got there first.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50That's early 19th century.
0:31:50 > 0:31:56I adore scientific instruments. However, this one is incomplete.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00It is lacking, for one, a register here
0:32:00 > 0:32:03that would have been inset into that channel,
0:32:03 > 0:32:07it's an engraved scale from which one can take readings.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10So as far as I'm concerned it's too far gone.
0:32:10 > 0:32:17However... Maybe in that condition it's buyable. We'll ask the question.
0:32:17 > 0:32:23- Mark? Octant?- Very much so, yes. - Wrecked. Very much so, yes.- Seen better days, yes.
0:32:23 > 0:32:24PAUL LAUGHS
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- It's dead and gone to heaven. - Not in my opinion.
0:32:28 > 0:32:29HE LAUGHS
0:32:29 > 0:32:32In your opinion what's it worth then?
0:32:32 > 0:32:34- Well, I have £100 on it at the moment.- Too much.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Are you open to offers, cheeky offers, insulting offers?
0:32:38 > 0:32:41- Borderline insulting offers? - Make it 50.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45- 50 quid, eh? A thought for you. - Mm-hm.- Spotted that earlier.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49Box full of random fobs, commemorative medallions,
0:32:49 > 0:32:55- military insignia and brooches. - I would do the whole lot for 25.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00So the total currently stands at £75.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02I'm breaking one of my cardinal rules here which is to never
0:33:02 > 0:33:06buy anything you have to apologise for.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11A very good rule of thumb. But do we spy a deal on the horizon?
0:33:12 > 0:33:17Now you can't sell that damaged piece to me for 40 quid
0:33:17 > 0:33:25and I can't pay 50 but if I float you an offer of 65 quid
0:33:25 > 0:33:32- on the two I will convince myself I got it for 40.- I'll go 70.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36- I'm really...- For a fiver?- Yeah, I'm really struck now. 70 quid.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39- That's it. I know when the bottom line's been reached.- OK.- Good.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- We did it.- We got there.- Phew!
0:33:43 > 0:33:45With those final buys wrapped up, let's take a peek at what
0:33:45 > 0:33:47they'll be bringing to auction.
0:33:49 > 0:33:53Paul parted with £160 for a table, some tin drawers,
0:33:53 > 0:33:58various badges, a stick stand and that octant.
0:34:00 > 0:34:05While Catherine spent £120 on a cigarette case, a golf
0:34:05 > 0:34:10brooch, a pond yacht, a tobacco jar and two vintage glove puppets.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Who did good?
0:34:12 > 0:34:16She's going to make money and there are some killers in there perhaps.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19That stand. I'm surprised he paid so much for that.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21He may have a little wobble with that.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Glove puppets, not my thing.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27£25 paid, however, and if the specialists out there go,
0:34:27 > 0:34:32"That's the rare early one that you never see," it could be a good margin in it.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35After setting off from Melrose, our experts are now heading
0:34:35 > 0:34:38towards an auction on the outskirts of the capital.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40It doesn't feel like we're anywhere near Edinburgh.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Turn this corner, you'll be able to see Edinburgh
0:34:43 > 0:34:47because there are the Pentland Hills and just to the north-east of those you've got Edinburgh.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51I've got my own little navigational...
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- Oh!- My little map here, haven't I? - Am I like your little Sherpa? That's right.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58I can translate, I can show you the right fish and chip bars.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01If you're looking for a bottle of Buckie in a brown paper bag...
0:35:01 > 0:35:02HE LAUGHS
0:35:02 > 0:35:05You know how to treat a girl, don't you(?)
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Welcome to Rosewell, the home of the long established
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Thomson Roddick Scottish Auctions.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Here we go.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Are you ready for a slaughtering?
0:35:13 > 0:35:14HE LAUGHS
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Listen to you. Get in there.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20I wonder what auctioneer Sybelle Thomson thinks will get
0:35:20 > 0:35:21everyone hot under the collar.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Sybelle?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25Toys are very popular here and there's already been a few
0:35:25 > 0:35:29commissions left on Sooty and Sweep and I think they'll make £30, £40.
0:35:29 > 0:35:33The ebony and brass inlaid octant, unfortunately it is missing
0:35:33 > 0:35:38a small section, but I still think it will fetch in the region of £60 to £80.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40OK, eyes down, everyone.
0:35:40 > 0:35:41Hotting up in here.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43HE LAUGHS
0:35:43 > 0:35:44# Feeling good. #
0:35:44 > 0:35:45You ain't seen nothing yet.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47# Feeling good. #
0:35:47 > 0:35:51First at the hammer is Paul's slightly tatty table featuring
0:35:51 > 0:35:52two exquisite tiles.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54People will see beyond the table.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57They will see just the tiles, I think.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59As long as nobody's a mug on them.
0:36:00 > 0:36:05- Two bids on this, can start at £25. - What a start.- 25. 25.
0:36:05 > 0:36:11Who's going on at 25? 28, 30, two, five, eight, 40.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- Two, 42.- Close.
0:36:13 > 0:36:18You're all out in the room at 42. Anyone else going on at £42?
0:36:18 > 0:36:19HAMMER THUDS
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- Oh!- Close but no cigar.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Not a bad start.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26We'll move on.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28HE MUTTERS
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Catherine's turn. Her Japanese cigarette case.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33INDISTINCT
0:36:33 > 0:36:35- Good.- Yes.- Good. Keep talking.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37And I can start straight in at ten bid.
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- Ten bid for a nice cigarette case. - Come on.- Ten.
0:36:40 > 0:36:41INDISTINCT
0:36:41 > 0:36:4712, 15, 18, 20, two, 25, eight, 30,
0:36:47 > 0:36:51- two, five, eight, 40.- It's going to do it.- Yes.- £40...
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Come on, a bit more. A bit more.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Anyone else going on at £40?
0:36:57 > 0:36:59HAMMER THUDS
0:36:59 > 0:37:00That's better than my table.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Yep, it's warming up.
0:37:03 > 0:37:09So now we have your box of rust. Your rusty box.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13Or an early 20th-century chest of drawers modelled in tin
0:37:13 > 0:37:14advertising Victory Vs.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17I remember the sweets when I was younger.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- They were really, really... - Astringent.- Very strong.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23- Clean your tubes.- I'm going to start this at ten bid.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Ten bid, ten bid, ten bid.
0:37:25 > 0:37:29- 12, 15, 18...- Well done.- Bid's with the lady at 18.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32- Anyone else going on?- Made a profit there.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37- The lady seated at 18. 20... - It's got life in it yet.- 22.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40On my right at 22. At 22.
0:37:40 > 0:37:41HAMMER THUDS
0:37:41 > 0:37:44- Happy days.- I take it all back about a rusty box.
0:37:44 > 0:37:50Definitely V for victory. Now for Catherine's tobacco jar.
0:37:50 > 0:37:55- A fiver. A fiver.- A bit of jealousy there?- A bit?!
0:37:55 > 0:37:58£20 for this. 20, £10.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01£10. £5.
0:38:01 > 0:38:02Five bid, everywhere,
0:38:02 > 0:38:05- eight, ten...- Everywhere. I don't like the sound of that.
0:38:05 > 0:38:11- ..15, 18, 20, 22, 25...- Yes.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14- 28. The lady standing at the back at 28.- Keep going.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Anyone else going on at £28?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19HAMMER THUDS
0:38:19 > 0:38:21- 28.- Loved that.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Are you sure, Paul?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25I may have to lie down somewhere.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30Mr Laidlaw, are you jealous of that purchase? Go on, admit it. Go on.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32He picked this stick stand up pretty cheaply too.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34£30 for this. 30, 20...
0:38:34 > 0:38:40- She's got nothing.- £10. Ten bid. 12, 15, 18, 20...
0:38:40 > 0:38:42They didn't miss it. They walked round.
0:38:42 > 0:38:50..Eight, 30, two, five, eight, 38. Bid's on the right at 38.
0:38:50 > 0:38:5240, 42, 45...
0:38:52 > 0:38:54- People appreciated it like you did. - ..at 45.
0:38:54 > 0:38:55It's just going to wash its face.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58HAMMER THUDS
0:38:58 > 0:39:00It's flat, this. For me, it's flat.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04An unusual experience for our Paul.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06I am really enjoying this.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10- Bring it on. What's next for you? - You're cold!
0:39:10 > 0:39:14They're supposed to be quite keen on golf round here.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17I have two bids on this and we start at 15 bid.
0:39:17 > 0:39:22- 15 on commission, 18, 20, two, five, eight, 28...- 28.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24..anyone else for 30?
0:39:24 > 0:39:2830, 30, standing right at the back at 30.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Who am I missing for golfing interest? At £30.
0:39:31 > 0:39:32HAMMER THUDS
0:39:32 > 0:39:36We're not seeing the auction we would have liked today, are we,
0:39:36 > 0:39:37with our purchases?
0:39:37 > 0:39:40I think any golfer would be pleased with that.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43This could be divisive, the octant Catherine rejected.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46If this one just makes it over the line
0:39:46 > 0:39:50and no more, as my other lots have, I'm doomed.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54Anyone else going on? 38.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56There are two bids on this and we must start straight in
0:39:56 > 0:39:59at 55 bid, 55.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03- 55, 60, five...- Come on.- ..70, five...- No.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06..80, £80. You're all out in the room.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10- Make no mistake, selling on commission.- On commission.- £80.
0:40:10 > 0:40:11Any advance on £80?
0:40:11 > 0:40:13HAMMER THUDS
0:40:13 > 0:40:14I'll take it.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16The best profit of the day.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Now, "Izzy wizzy, let's get busy."
0:40:20 > 0:40:22Did you not have a Sooty and Sweep?
0:40:22 > 0:40:27- Are you a bit old for that? - How very dare you, madam?
0:40:27 > 0:40:33- And I can start this straight in at 20 bid, 20 bid...- What?
0:40:33 > 0:40:37- ..22, 25, 28, 30...- She's off.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41..two, five, eight, 40, £40, on my right at 40...
0:40:41 > 0:40:42Keep going.
0:40:42 > 0:40:45Anyone else going on at £40?
0:40:45 > 0:40:47HAMMER THUDS
0:40:47 > 0:40:49- Yes. - HE GROANS
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Take that, Teletubbies!
0:40:51 > 0:40:52Phew!
0:40:52 > 0:40:54THEY LAUGH
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Paul reverts to type with his next lot.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59Very interesting collection of military and other badges.
0:40:59 > 0:41:01"Very interesting collection."
0:41:01 > 0:41:04I can start straight in at 10 bid, ten bid for military badges,
0:41:04 > 0:41:12- at 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, two...- Oh, no.- ..five, eight, 30, £30...
0:41:12 > 0:41:16- Not enough. You've done it.- ..30. anyone else going on at 30?
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Hammer down.- Interesting lot. At £30.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20HAMMER THUDS
0:41:20 > 0:41:24- I'm so sorry.- You've beat me and you've got a lot to go.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Never nice to see a grown man cry.
0:41:26 > 0:41:27I like auctions here.
0:41:27 > 0:41:30I think maybe we should come back here.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Yes, she's cruising towards victory today.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35£50 for it. 50, 30?
0:41:35 > 0:41:37She's stabbing me in the heart.
0:41:37 > 0:41:45£20 for a pond yacht. 20 bid, 22, 25, 28, 30, 30, 30, 32...
0:41:45 > 0:41:50- No.- ..35, 38, 40, £40. On my left at £40.- Come on.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- Anyone else going on? On my left... - No-one else, I would hope.
0:41:54 > 0:41:55..at £40.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57HAMMER THUDS
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Southon... Loving your work.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05No losses and some tidy profits leaves Catherine set fair.
0:42:05 > 0:42:10Oh-ho-ho-ho! Let's go and party.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13I don't feel in a party mood, funnily enough. I don't know what it is.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16Come on, don't be a party pooper.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18SHE HUMS
0:42:18 > 0:42:20We could do the conga.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22SHE HUMS
0:42:22 > 0:42:26Paul produced a profit of £19.58 after paying auction costs
0:42:26 > 0:42:30so has £392.34 in his kitty...
0:42:31 > 0:42:37..while Catherine started out with £169.96 and after costs she made a
0:42:37 > 0:42:41profit of £25.96 so wins the day and
0:42:41 > 0:42:45has £195.92 to spend next time.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47# At auction. #
0:42:47 > 0:42:52- Oh!- There's only one way I'm going now and that is up.- What?!
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Fighting talk.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57You've beaten me by a fiver and you've taken off like a rocket!
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- Listen. Hare and tortoise, remember that.- Oh!
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Next on Antiques Road Trip, Catherine bets on black...
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Yeah!
0:43:10 > 0:43:13..and Paul sees red.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16Philistines! Ignorance!