0:00:02 > 0:00:05- It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...- This is beautiful!
0:00:05 > 0:00:06That's the way to do this.
0:00:06 > 0:00:12..with £200 each, a classic car and a goal, to scour for antiques...
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Joy! Hello!
0:00:13 > 0:00:16..the aim to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19But it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23Sorry!
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29The handbrake's on!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Say hello to Stirling,
0:00:41 > 0:00:45the brooch which clasps Bonnie Scotland together.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48- This is a beautiful town, isn't it? - It's a joy, is it not?
0:00:48 > 0:00:52And this morning, the light is good, the air is good.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- You bottle this up and sell it. - Oh!
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Sniffing the heather hard are auctioneers Paul Laidlaw
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- and Catherine Southon. - And the people are so friendly.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04They are lovely. There are a few exceptions...
0:01:04 > 0:01:05WE ARE FRIENDLY!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10Yes, and you may have already detected only one of our plucky
0:01:10 > 0:01:12pair is indigenous.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I think we'll be all right, because the Scots, they like their own.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Oh, wait a minute, it's just me that's Scots.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20Awks...
0:01:20 > 0:01:23If you take a Scotsman, an Englishwoman and a Morris Minor,
0:01:23 > 0:01:24what do you get?
0:01:24 > 0:01:27A car which dates from before the time seat belts were mandatory
0:01:27 > 0:01:31and has been taken to auction already three times this week.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Somebody's walking out with a big smile on their face,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35and it's not just me.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38And although Paul has thus far delivered a textbook profit
0:01:38 > 0:01:42performance, Catherine remains a model of composure.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45My plan is to have no plan and just let it happen. Let it happen!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47That I like.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51Except you don't see me in the shops going, "What am I going to get?!
0:01:51 > 0:01:54"How am I going to do?! Laidlaw, Laidlaw!"
0:01:54 > 0:01:56No, I'm so cool.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Catherine has transformed her £200 stake
0:02:00 > 0:02:03into £195.92,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07whilst Paul, who began with the same sum, has almost doubled it,
0:02:07 > 0:02:12with £392.34 to spend in Scotland today.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14Do you know what? I could move here.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17Would you then run away, if I moved up to Scotland?
0:02:18 > 0:02:20"No...!"
0:02:20 > 0:02:23The journey began in Portrush, County Antrim
0:02:23 > 0:02:27and explored Northern Ireland before crossing the sea towards Scotland.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31They take in a lot of the Lowlands before arriving several
0:02:31 > 0:02:33hundred miles later in Aberdeen.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37But today, we start shopping in Callander and, after a thorough
0:02:37 > 0:02:42exploration of central Scotland, conclude at an auction in Kinbuck.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Perched on the edge of the Trossachs - sounds painful - the delightful
0:02:49 > 0:02:53town of Callander is known as the Gateway to the Highlands.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56But will it be Catherine's portal to profit?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- Good morning!- Good morning. How are we?- I'm good, thank you.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- You must be Mr George. Your name is outside.- It is.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04That's so I can't run away.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08This shop is so full that you have to look in every direction.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13CRASH
0:03:13 > 0:03:14- Oh! - TIM LAUGHS
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Whoops! - Sorry!
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Carry on. Just act naturally.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Black I win, red Laidlaw wins. Here we go.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25No further bets!
0:03:25 > 0:03:27It's...
0:03:27 > 0:03:28- 22 black. - Black.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- What did I say I was? - Lordy!
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Now, what does George reckon is a good bet?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Nice little country-interest snuff box.- Oh, that's nice!
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Always happy to help. - A little bit of treen there.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45And you've got a nice little riding interest. See, that's nice.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- But how nice? - 20. 15.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Ten. Eight. Five. Two?
0:03:51 > 0:03:53SHE LAUGHS
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Give me £20, you can have that, and there's a profit in it.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57One to think about...
0:03:57 > 0:04:01This is just the sort of thing that I was looking for.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06It's nicely turned with the applied horseshoes and the crop there
0:04:06 > 0:04:10on the top, and I think it's just the sort of thing that would appeal.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12At £20, there's not a lot of profit,
0:04:12 > 0:04:16because I wouldn't have thought that would go past 30.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18I think that's probably about its limit.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22But it's a nice piece, and it's a very good start.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Keep 'em coming.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29A bit of Scottish jewellery. Hallmarked.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31It's an amethyst!
0:04:32 > 0:04:36A little scratch there. A little bit of a scratch across it.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38What's your price on that?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- HE INHALES - What do you think it should be?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Seeing as you had an intake of breath, I start to wobble and worry.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45What do I think it should be?
0:04:45 > 0:04:4615.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51- 15? No, it's a bit too far away. - What are we, then?- 40.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- I thought you were going to say 14. 40? Oh, no.- We're not a boot sale.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I feel a parcel coming on.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58I'll keep looking, as well,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01because I don't like anyone going out of here empty-handed.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- I do like it when you do the job for me, actually.- Oh, quite.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06But you can join in, Catherine.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10That's quite sweet, a little Art Nouveau pendant.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11That's quite pretty. What's on that?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15That's a bargain. That's 15 on it, but we can...
0:05:15 > 0:05:18I love the "But we can..." and then you stop.
0:05:18 > 0:05:19Yeah, "But we can..."
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Just leading you in.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25I'll sort a few things out and I'll give you a little groupie deal.
0:05:25 > 0:05:29- A groupie deal. - Very rock and roll!
0:05:29 > 0:05:32- You a golfer?- No. - Curler, then?
0:05:32 > 0:05:35I really like this. How much is this?
0:05:35 > 0:05:38That's probably about your range.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42£48, actually, which I'm fairly sure she'll consider a bit steep.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- Can that be sort of dirt-cheap? - What's dirt-cheap?
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Dirt-cheap is, like, £15, £20.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51Cos I probably will get a little groupie going down there.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Sort a group out and we'll sort you a price out.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- We're getting a fairly large group together! OK.- Gird your loins.
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Do they say that in curling?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02I'm going to put this here with my ever-expanding...
0:06:02 > 0:06:07- It's a buffet of bargains.- It is, it is. It's a smorgasbord we have here.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Yeah, which, for the record, is the brush, the snuff box,
0:06:10 > 0:06:12the brooch and pendant.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- Can we do more sort of 12 on that?- No.- 15, then.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Come on, that's... 15. And then I've got a bit of a chance.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24- Do you 17 on that. - OK, 17 on that. That's fine.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- Yeah.- 40 is way, way too high for me.- Mm-hm.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29I think I'd probably quite like to put those two bits
0:06:29 > 0:06:32together in a little group.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- So what could they be, the two? - Do you 40 for the two.
0:06:36 > 0:06:4035 on those. That will give me a little chance.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44Do you 35 on that, 25 and 17.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- That's got to be more like 15, surely.- 20 on that.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- You've never seen another one. - I think she has.- Come on, 15.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Go on, George. Go on, George.- 18. - Go on, George.- 16.- Go on, George.
0:06:54 > 0:06:55It's so there. Go on, 15. Come on.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- I tell you what, roulette, red or black.- Ahhh!
0:06:58 > 0:07:02- That never works for me! - Makes a change from tossing a coin.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06- Right, red or black? - It's got to be black. Come on...
0:07:06 > 0:07:08It worked before...
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Yeah!
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It's yours.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15And the winner pays £67.
0:07:15 > 0:07:16TIM CHUCKLES
0:07:20 > 0:07:25So, with Catherine sweeping all of Callander before her, whither Paul?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28On the road to Dunfermline, that's where,
0:07:28 > 0:07:32the town in Fife that's full of reminders of its most famous son,
0:07:32 > 0:07:35the entrepreneur and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Paul's come to find out more about the Scot who was once
0:07:38 > 0:07:40one of the richest men on earth.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43- Hello!- Is it Morna?- Hi, Paul. Yes, that's right.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- This is the Carnegie Birthplace Museum.- Indeed!
0:07:47 > 0:07:48Yes, Carnegie,
0:07:48 > 0:07:52the contradictory figure who made millions before giving away
0:07:52 > 0:07:57almost all of his vast fortune, came from this tiny Dunfermline dwelling.
0:07:57 > 0:07:58When was he born?
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- On the 25th of November 1835. - Humble beginnings, clearly.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- It was, very, yes. - What was his family background?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07His father was a handloom weaver,
0:08:07 > 0:08:11and he made the best-quality damask linen in a workshop downstairs.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16It was humble. They didn't have running water, toilets were outside,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19all that kind of thing, but at the same time,
0:08:19 > 0:08:23the weavers were actually quite well off in the status of working people.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Young Andrew even received a rudimentary education and showed
0:08:27 > 0:08:31early promise in memorising the poetry of Rabbie Burns.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36But the coming of steam power made his father's trade obsolete.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38He was struggling to make a living, his father,
0:08:38 > 0:08:42and his mother had twin sisters in Pittsburgh already, and she was
0:08:42 > 0:08:46the driving force. She was quite a formidable lady, as they say!
0:08:46 > 0:08:49So she's the one that made them go to America.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52His father didn't really want to go.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56In 1848, Carnegie began his working life in a Pittsburgh cotton
0:08:56 > 0:09:00mill before progressing to telegraph operator.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03The clever and hard-working young man
0:09:03 > 0:09:06was already impressing some important people.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10He became the personal assistant to Thomas Scott,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14who was a superintendent on the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Thomas Scott suggested that he invest in a company called
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Adams Express, which became American Express,
0:09:21 > 0:09:22so it was a good investment.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25So he started putting money into shares.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28His mother acquired the money for him.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- She remortgaged their house to get the money.- Right!
0:09:32 > 0:09:34So she had great faith in Andrew,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37and I don't think I would do that for my son!
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Although much of his early investment was with the help from both
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Scott and the railroad president, John Edgar Thomson,
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Carnegie was clearly the right man at the right time.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55So, he's not a maker of things, he's an investor, he's a Warren Buffett.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56What else is he investing in?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Essentially, it was all to do with the iron industry to start
0:10:00 > 0:10:02- with, so iron rails, iron bridges.- Oh, I see.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06And then later in life he discovered that you could make steel more
0:10:06 > 0:10:08cheaply than you could initially,
0:10:08 > 0:10:11so then he moved into building steelworks.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15It's America growing, railroads crossing this huge country.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19- Absolutely.- And what do they need? They need steel.- Yes.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24But the tough capitalist who formed a vast steel empire to make rails,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28bridges and then skyscrapers was to surprise the world when, during
0:10:28 > 0:10:32his thirties, he started sharing, and philanthropy began at home.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36The first gift was when he was 38, and he gave Dunfermline
0:10:36 > 0:10:40the swimming baths, and that was followed by the very first library.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43We're talking about a man making his wealth out of steel and iron,
0:10:43 > 0:10:45but I can't help but notice a big piece of silver in front of us.
0:10:45 > 0:10:50Absolutely, yes. This is from the Stevens Institute in America.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53He gave money to fund the engineering laboratory,
0:10:53 > 0:10:56and so it was a thank you for his philanthropy.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- That's a railway line.- It is. - Or a bit of one, I daresay.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02And this was inside the casket as part of the gift,
0:11:02 > 0:11:06- so something that Carnegie would appreciate, I'm sure.- I see.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08And of course I guess these guys are rolling...
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- Yes, they're rolling steel rails, that's right.- Yeah.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Education and the arts were amongst the biggest benefactors, with
0:11:15 > 0:11:20New York's Carnegie Hall becoming perhaps his most famous monument.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24He was in many respects the embodiment of the American dream
0:11:24 > 0:11:29and, despite evidence of some rather ruthless business practices,
0:11:29 > 0:11:32clearly a man of noble intent
0:11:32 > 0:11:36determined to distribute his wealth so that others might thrive.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41He believed in Chartism and that all men should get the vote
0:11:41 > 0:11:44and that everyone should be equal, treated as equal.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Interestingly, he would have people like the King to dinner
0:11:47 > 0:11:50and he would have all his Dunfermline aunts and uncles,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53and they would all sit together at dinner.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54So he was very...
0:11:54 > 0:11:56"Egalitarian" I think is maybe the word!
0:11:56 > 0:11:59- That's Carnegie's roll-top desk. - It is indeed, yes.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03That makes you stop and think. Out of all things, the desk.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06It paints this picture of the industrious, the busy man.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Absolutely, and he wrote a lot of books.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13He wrote Triumphant Democracy and The Gospel Of Wealth.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15There's an interesting title. Tell me more about that.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Well, in that, there's a quote, "He who dies thus rich dies disgraced."
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Having explained how wealthy you might be,
0:12:22 > 0:12:27you should get rid of the money. If you keep it, you die disgraced.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30He was as good as his word, because when he died,
0:12:30 > 0:12:35on the 11th of August 1919, he'd given away about 90% of his
0:12:35 > 0:12:39fortune and encouraged several others to follow suit.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42He gave away 350 million in his lifetime, which is
0:12:42 > 0:12:44worth billions now.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48I mean, we say Bill Gates is worth about 53 billion.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52- Well, this was between 100 and 150 billion.- That he gave away?
0:12:52 > 0:12:57That he gave away before he died. So a tremendous amount of money.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59And that work continues to this day.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03There are institutions spending Carnegie's money
0:13:03 > 0:13:06at the rate of 150 every minute of every day.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- So in a sense, the old boy's still giving.- He is.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Meanwhile, on the other side of the Forth Valley, Catherine's
0:13:20 > 0:13:25travelled south to Falkirk, a town with landmarks to spare.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30- Ooh! Hello!- Hello.- I'm Catherine. - David. Pleased to meet you.- David.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- Pleased to meet you. And you're...?- Yasmin.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Yasmin, pleased to meet you, too.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38- This is good! This all looks very tidy in here.- It is.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I hope you haven't tidied up just for me.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42THEY LAUGH
0:13:42 > 0:13:45It might mean David knows exactly where his bargains are.
0:13:45 > 0:13:50Two can play at the Victory V game, Mr Paul Laidlaw.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Yeah, Paul unearthed a similar tin earlier this trip.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I know he would love that. I know he would love that.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58It sounds like I'm buying a present for Paul Laidlaw.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59I'm really not.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02His was Victory V-related, as well.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Other lozenges are available.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06That's quite nice, sort of Austrian, isn't it?
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- You've got, like, a mountain scene or something here.- Mountaineer.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13I love the shape of the vase. The handles here are lovely.
0:14:13 > 0:14:16I mean, they're very typical Art Nouveau,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19which I would say dates this to early 20th century.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25- Right, let's think about that. Can I put that to one side?- OK.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Catherine's off to a bit of a flier
0:14:28 > 0:14:31while Paul, today's late starter in the shopping stakes,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34is making has way to South Queensferry, where,
0:14:34 > 0:14:37in the shadow of this mighty construction,
0:14:37 > 0:14:41the world's second-longest single-cantilever span,
0:14:41 > 0:14:44he's desperately seeking his first retail opportunity.
0:14:45 > 0:14:51- How you doing? Hello!- Hello.- The Sea Kist?- Yes.- Right on the Forth.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- Absolutely. - What a prospect you have got!
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Is that looking out or in? Both are appealing.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Reel me in. - THEY LAUGH
0:14:59 > 0:15:01You've got me!
0:15:01 > 0:15:03The clue's in the name.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06It's a little marine Aladdin's cave, is it not?
0:15:06 > 0:15:11- Nirvana for the nautically inclined. - I like your teak books...
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- No, they're bookends, aren't they?- Yes, yes.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18And they're actually made from the wood of HMS Ganges.
0:15:18 > 0:15:23Oh, is that a wee brass plaque? It's one of those!
0:15:23 > 0:15:28That's pleasingly wrought. Yeah, that's not bad work.
0:15:28 > 0:15:33The last sailing ship to serve as a seagoing flagship,
0:15:33 > 0:15:36and at this point, between the wars, they're breaking up a lot of
0:15:36 > 0:15:40vessels, relics of the First World War and so on, and there's this...
0:15:40 > 0:15:42industry on the back of that,
0:15:42 > 0:15:46turning out all sorts of tat - in this instance, not tat -
0:15:46 > 0:15:49- from the ships' timbers. - That's right.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Yeah. And you've either side. You've a pair of those.- Yes, that's right.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56- I see a price on those of £55. - Mm-hm.- Slack in that?
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Yeah, they could be 40.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Anything for landlubbers?
0:16:00 > 0:16:05Ooh, I like your dressing-table set in Lucite. That's a sexy thing!
0:16:05 > 0:16:09- Very Art Deco.- Ohhh! Any problems with it? No fractures or losses?
0:16:09 > 0:16:11There's not fractures.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14I mean, there's some signs of wear, but you can have a look at it.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18Oh, if it's got signs of wear, it's going to be wrecked, then, isn't it?
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Is that an expensive thing? - £45 for that.- Ohhh!
0:16:21 > 0:16:25Is that your starting price, or is that...?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Oh, that's always negotiable.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31On that highly promising note, let us return to Falkirk,
0:16:31 > 0:16:35where Catherine, with an early-20th-century advertising
0:16:35 > 0:16:38piece under consideration, is still on the hunt.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I love little cabinets like this.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44I love going to someone's house, as well,
0:16:44 > 0:16:48and if they've got, like, a little bijouterie table, you can just stand
0:16:48 > 0:16:52there and look for ages and see all these wonderful little curios.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53There's a little knife there,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56a little sort of fruit knife, penknife.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57Now, this is interesting.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59With the little hook, it might have been
0:16:59 > 0:17:02part of a chatelaine or something like that.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05So perhaps a lady would have had her belt here
0:17:05 > 0:17:09and then might have had something like that hanging down.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I just think that's quite pretty.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15This is actually made from bone, you can see the little flecks there.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17But the detail on there where you've
0:17:17 > 0:17:21got the lady's boot, right at the bottom there,
0:17:21 > 0:17:22all the buttons and the hooks.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24I think it's absolutely smashing.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28I would say that it is probably early to mid Victorian.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31The ticket price is £42.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32Could there be a deal afoot?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36What is your absolute rock bottom price?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39As it's you, I could do it for £32.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Is that going to make a profit on £32?
0:17:41 > 0:17:4428.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47- That will be my best. - And what about the tin that we saw?
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- Would that be, like, silly money? - That could be very cheap.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- Oh, could it?- Yes.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56How about if I did you the knife and the tin for £30?
0:17:56 > 0:17:57That sounds very tempting.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00OK, so...
0:18:00 > 0:18:02- That I'm going to say 25.- OK.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05And then your tin, I'm going to say 5. So £30 in total.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07£30 for the two.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10- Is that all right?- Yeah. - Put it there, my friend.- Thank you.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12Thank you very much indeed.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Dave, it has been a pleasure.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Catherine's had a very fruitful day.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Things are also looking shipshape beside the Forth.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23- That's a soldier's strongbox, isn't it?- It is.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Is it dated on the inside?
0:18:24 > 0:18:27They sometimes have dated plaques on the underside of the lid.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- I don't think that one has. - Are you sure?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32No, I'm not sure because I can't remember the last time
0:18:32 > 0:18:34- I looked at it.- May I?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Yeah, yeah.- So the hasp is a replacement.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40That latch is missing. This one's here.
0:18:40 > 0:18:45And underneath there, there is a plaque with a date, 1916.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47We knew he'd be right, didn't we?
0:18:47 > 0:18:50Were you going to try and sell that or was that hidden on the way
0:18:50 > 0:18:52out the door just to get rid of?
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- It was propping up a few other things.- Wasn't it just.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Now, I tell you what, let's park that because
0:18:57 > 0:18:59what I'm going to do is try and buy something
0:18:59 > 0:19:02off you properly and I'm going to ask for that
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- at a pittance thrown in the deal. - Right.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08What about the dressing table set you took a fancy to earlier, then?
0:19:08 > 0:19:13It's Lucite, which you and I both know is another term for Plexiglas
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- in America and Perspex to you and I. - Yes.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21All the same, aircraft windshields, that's what you're looking at.
0:19:21 > 0:19:22There's a bit missing off it.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- Is there?- That's supposed to continue to there.- Right.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- That changes everything, doesn't it? - Could do, yes.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Right, a revised price.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35Cheapy cheapy cheap cheap cheap cheap cheap?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39What did I say? 45.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- 30.- What?! What?!
0:19:42 > 0:19:44What were you thinking?
0:19:44 > 0:19:4820 quid for that and the box means I might make a wee bit of profit.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51I was thinking more 25 for the two.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53I bet you were.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Any other desirable items we could include in this deal?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57What's the story with the tiny little rocking crib?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Is there age to that? - Would you like to see it?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02That's the first rule of selling, isn't it?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Get it into the mug's hand.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I reckon it's a wee charmer. It's too long.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13It's a pretty spindly bairn that rattles about in there.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- How interesting. What's the price on that?- £20.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- It's not a lot of money, is it?- Nope.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22It's almost too good to be true, that.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Because, apart from that, has got some patina on it.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28A plan is hatched.
0:20:28 > 0:20:29Can we do a deal?
0:20:29 > 0:20:34Three things, the Lucite, moderne dressing table set,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37there's the little throw away steel box
0:20:37 > 0:20:39and then we've got our little
0:20:39 > 0:20:4419th century dolls, or toy, rocking cradle.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49I'm going to be brutal and say I'd like to give you 15 for that.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52That would make three things for £35.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55Can we do this?
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Yeah, I think we can, yep.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Is that just to get rid of me?
0:21:01 > 0:21:03No, not at all! No, no!
0:21:05 > 0:21:08But there's the door, Paul.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10Nighty-night.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Next morning, Catherine's feeling encouraged.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Well, I've got a little challenge. I've purchased something which is
0:21:17 > 0:21:20very similar to what you purchased once upon a time.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Mine is bigger, mine is better and more classy.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27Did my, whatever it was, make money?
0:21:27 > 0:21:28Come on, do I look stupid?
0:21:28 > 0:21:31Would I have bought something that didn't make money?
0:21:31 > 0:21:32Fair enough, yeah!
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Catherine is, of course, archly referring
0:21:35 > 0:21:37to the sweet tin vase she purchased,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41along with the brooch, a pendant, a pen knife, a snuff box
0:21:41 > 0:21:44and a curling broom.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Or it could be a brush for a very small house.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51Those cost £97, leaving her with just under £100 available for today.
0:21:51 > 0:21:57While Paul's haul included a military strongbox, a doll's cradle
0:21:57 > 0:21:59and a pink dressing table set.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It's the work of the devil, that frivolity.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04All for a mere 35.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07He still has a small fortune of over £357.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Not such a moo, eh?
0:22:09 > 0:22:12I embraced my feminine side, yet again.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17- Oh, no, handbags! Was it handbags again?- I couldn't possibly comment.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I think you'll go, "Not Laidlaw, but I like!"
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Later they'll be heading for an auction in Kinbuck.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26But the next stop is Helensburgh, beside the Firth of Clyde...
0:22:29 > 0:22:33..where, behind some very distinctive gates, Catherine has come to see one
0:22:33 > 0:22:39of the greatest architectural gems of Glasgow's Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Lucky girl.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- Good morning.- Good morning, Catherine.- Hello.- Welcome.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45- And you are?- I'm Lorna Hepburn.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47Lorna, lovely to meet you.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50The moment you walk in,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53you see a real Charles Rennie Mackintosh statement.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59Mixing arts and crafts, Scottish Baronial and Art Nouveau,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Hill House was designed in the early years of the 20th century
0:23:02 > 0:23:05as a family home for a Glasgow publisher.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10- It's quite asymmetrical.- Yes. - And it's not, sort of, traditional.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I mean, is that where we're going in?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- That's where we're going in. - So that's the front door?
0:23:15 > 0:23:16The front door and lots of
0:23:16 > 0:23:19people can't find it because they're looking for something grander.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21The young architect and designer,
0:23:21 > 0:23:25who's name is now synonymous with Glasgow Style, had just created
0:23:25 > 0:23:30the School of Art when he received this rare domestic commission.
0:23:30 > 0:23:31Isn't it amazing?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Mackintosh believed in architecture as art and his ideas were
0:23:36 > 0:23:39given full expression at Hill House.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41It's the colours.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46It's the dark wood and then that beautiful soft purple.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49Soft purples, yes. Lots of purples, blues.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52We often think of this space as an enchanted woodland
0:23:52 > 0:23:55- with the trees rising up. - With the trees coming up.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58You can see that, can't you? All these panels of wood
0:23:58 > 0:24:00and it does feel like you're almost in a forest.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03It's almost a bit fairy-tale like.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Yes, yes, and the Blackie family did publish a lots of fairy tales
0:24:06 > 0:24:08and that's a recurring theme.
0:24:08 > 0:24:13These distinctive motifs had been developed by Mackintosh during the
0:24:13 > 0:24:171890s, while creating the interiors of various Glasgow tea rooms.
0:24:17 > 0:24:18But just outside the city,
0:24:18 > 0:24:21his admiration for Japanese simplicity
0:24:21 > 0:24:25resulted in a more calming, modern space.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Oh, my goodness me.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31Every single corner is simplicity but real beauty.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33It's stunning.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36People come into this room and they look round, they take in the
0:24:36 > 0:24:40peace and the tranquillity and then they start to look at the detail.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Again, Mackintosh creating an indoor garden in this room.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48Bringing elements from the outside, like the roses,
0:24:48 > 0:24:52into the living space as decorative features.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55He wanted to keep his buildings very Scottish,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58so he's referencing Scottish tower houses, for example, but he's
0:24:58 > 0:25:03also thinking about creating modern buildings for modern people.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05But the architect was not working alone
0:25:05 > 0:25:09because Mackintosh's greatest collaborator was his wife, Margaret.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12Their marriage grew out of what had become a very creative and close
0:25:12 > 0:25:14and intimate partnership.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16We don't know who did what
0:25:16 > 0:25:19but certainly they must have been exchanging ideas.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22But there are items in this room, objects in this room,
0:25:22 > 0:25:25which are by Margaret.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27Tucked away at the far end of the sitting room is
0:25:27 > 0:25:30one of Margaret's masterpieces.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35That's just breathtaking. It's so beautiful.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37The couple contributed to exhibitions throughout Europe
0:25:37 > 0:25:39and Margaret's work was especially
0:25:39 > 0:25:44influential on the artists of Vienna Secession, such as Gustav Klimt.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46- What is...- It's gesso.- It's gesso.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50It's plaster of Paris and rabbit glue and all sorts of things
0:25:50 > 0:25:54- and the colour is dropped on. - But I love the style, the technique.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59This, almost, like, it's being piped with an icing bag.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02It makes it look so soft and so romantic as well.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04It is very romantic.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Very appropriate to have the sleeping princess in a house
0:26:08 > 0:26:10where you have four young woman growing up.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13Yet, despite international acclaim,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16commissions back home proved hard to come by.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Within a few years the Mackintosh's had moved away from Glasgow and
0:26:19 > 0:26:22all but given up on architecture.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25So they didn't quite go down the avenue that they thought
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- they were going to go down. - He was an accomplished artist.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31He designed amazing furniture.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34There were lots of avenues he could have gone down,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37but the architecture one pretty much closed down.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Partly because of the war
0:26:39 > 0:26:43and partly because of his temperament and his feeling
0:26:43 > 0:26:49he wasn't appreciated, he wasn't understood by they establishment.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Thankfully the handful of great works Mackintosh did manage to see
0:26:53 > 0:26:56built are now amongst the country's most treasured buildings.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04And talking of Scottish treasures, Paul's motored on,
0:27:04 > 0:27:07taking our route around Gairloch towards Kilcreggan
0:27:07 > 0:27:10where, at the very end of the Rosneath Peninsula,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12not only is there and antique shop,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15but they have a sale on.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- Good morning.- Ah, good morning. - How are you doing?- I'm very good.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- I'm Roo, nice to meet you.- It is a pleasure to meet you, Roo.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Welcome to Kilcreggan Antiques.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27Just like Paul's shop yesterday, this establishment has a view to die for.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31- But what bargains have washed up on this shore?- Right then.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34You know the drill, clockwise from the door.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Thorough as always.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38You're shocked and appalled
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- because Laidlaw is looking at brass candle sticks.- Erm, well...
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Actually, that's not unattractive. - But who cares,
0:27:44 > 0:27:45it's Victorian brass candlestick.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Your point being?
0:27:47 > 0:27:50This is not a Victorian brass candlestick.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52That's George III.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57That could be the thick end of a 100 year older than the aforementioned.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00How do you know that, Laidlaw? It's the form.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05That is, we could say, Adam influenced.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08He's just warming up.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Now, when this was made, which I suspect would have
0:28:11 > 0:28:16been 1780, brass was more expensive than it is in 1880.
0:28:16 > 0:28:22And they make these in parts, as opposed to casting that in one,
0:28:22 > 0:28:26but actually in two thin halves that are braised together
0:28:26 > 0:28:28and we look for a seam.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31That's what you see there.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34Then we look to the base and we have a little tongue there,
0:28:34 > 0:28:36a little tail.
0:28:36 > 0:28:39That is a steel wire that is a push-eject.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41The problem is when your candle burns down,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43what do you do with the stump?
0:28:43 > 0:28:46You push here and out it pops.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48That shone some light on it.
0:28:48 > 0:28:51He's a full period. And nobody cares!
0:28:51 > 0:28:55Because the problem is, they are still a pair of brass candle sticks.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57You stick them in the auction and the auctioneer
0:28:57 > 0:28:58sticks them on a table,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01as we see them here, and everybody is blind to them.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04People walk past and think, "Brass candlesticks, who cares?"
0:29:04 > 0:29:06What do they scrap at at the moment?
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Because they're philistines.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11- Ignorance.- Crikey!
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Price tag on these? Now £12.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16And I may buy them.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Anything else you'd like to get off your chest?
0:29:19 > 0:29:21Well, you've got the longbow with the arrow
0:29:21 > 0:29:24and you've a couple of African axes.
0:29:24 > 0:29:25I don't like the prices.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29Are you stuck on those? Are you flexible?
0:29:29 > 0:29:33I'm flexible to the right buyer, of course.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36- Promising, but the ticket price is £118.- Shall we go and have a look?
0:29:36 > 0:29:40- Let's have a peek.- Come on then.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42All right.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46We have some form of longbow of indeterminate origin,
0:29:46 > 0:29:50whether it is South Asian or African. I cannot tell you.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52It's the nature of the longbow.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57The axe, on the other hand, we can absolutely assert are African.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00So we are looking for an honest aged patina. Do you know what?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02I think I see it there.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I love ethnographica. It transports me.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I am in darkest Africa,
0:30:07 > 0:30:12or deepest South Asia exploring.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- And antiques should transport you. - Well, they should.- They do.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- They'd make beautiful wall pieces. - Don't they?
0:30:17 > 0:30:21These would have to be very reasonably priced for me
0:30:21 > 0:30:24to justify the business transaction.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26So are you thinking as a set of three to get more
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- value for you at auction?- I am.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33My estimate on the three, as an auctioneer, is £40-70.
0:30:33 > 0:30:34Right, OK.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39So I'd need to buy them south of that for it to work.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43- What are you thinking?- I'll offer you £40.- Would you go to 45?
0:30:43 > 0:30:4645, 45, 45.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- Done deal.- You did it, you did it.- No worries.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50That's a good negotiating tool by the way,
0:30:50 > 0:30:52when you've got that in your hand.
0:30:52 > 0:30:56- As is one of those.- I spied a pair of brass candlesticks next door.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- Right, OK.- They are marked up at 12 quid at the moment.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02Are they the ones that are reduced from £18?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05They may have been reduced, I guess.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- Georgian, 220 years old.- No! No, no!
0:31:08 > 0:31:10It's a hidden gem in amongst the
0:31:10 > 0:31:15- rest of the mundane brass candle sticks.- No! That's not fair!
0:31:15 > 0:31:19And a keen eye at auction would spot those and grab them very quickly.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22Sounds like Paul needs to keep his voice down a bit in future.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25- You can have them for 10. - I'll give you a fiver for them.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29- Seeing as you went to 45, you can have them for- £5. Well said, Roo.
0:31:30 > 0:31:35- You've been brilliant.- So have you. Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:31:35 > 0:31:39Now, away from all that delightful scenery, Catherine has a pile
0:31:39 > 0:31:44of salvage to get stuck into on the outskirts of the City of Glasgow.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Get ready to rummage!
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Wow! OK!
0:31:48 > 0:31:50This is a bit different.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52It's a wee bit jam-packed.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55Tina's is a bit of an upcyling evangelist.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58Anything that she can save from landfill, she will.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- It's piled high!- Oh, yes.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06What about that chair? That little kiddies chair.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09That's a refurbishment job.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- It's not for sale, I'm afraid. - That's for sale, though.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15Love the look of these, love the colour.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Very retro.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Glad they're not working, actually,
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- because I don't want to give away my weight.- Don't be so vain, Catherine.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Wouldn't go into the average bathroom. Anything else inside?
0:32:26 > 0:32:30- Can I have a little look in your chaotic mess here?- Absolutely.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32I like a bit of chaos.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36You've got his little watch case and it's been made into a brooch.
0:32:36 > 0:32:37Which is very clever.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41With lots of different watch parts and a feather behind it.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45If the watch doesn't work anymore, I'll take it apart and use the cogs.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- You did this?- M-hm. - Oh, that's very clever.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51That must take a fair bit of time there, though.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53If you pardon the pun.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55SHE LAUGHS
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Sorry!
0:32:56 > 0:32:58How much is little silver... It's not silver.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- How much is that little brooch? - Smooth, Catherine.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03You can have it for eight quid.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Might fit in with the jewellery she bought yesterday.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10She's already got plenty for the auction. But it's that kind of place.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Oh, these are fun. Ration tins.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16So these are the days in WWII when the lady of the house
0:33:16 > 0:33:20would have gone with her little ration book
0:33:20 > 0:33:26and collected her tins of tea, pre-cooked rice.
0:33:26 > 0:33:27Yum!
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Sugar and instant coffee.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Tina, where did you get these from?
0:33:33 > 0:33:35They were from a house clearance.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39Opened up a beautiful vintage suitcase,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42which had caught my eye, and these were in it.
0:33:42 > 0:33:43These were inside.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45They were going to get thrown out.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- The sweets, they were part of it as well.- Ah, sweeties.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51- They've all gone a bit yuck.- I don't know if I would eat them.- No.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55These must be quite rare. How much is the collection?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58All the tins, 55 quid.
0:33:58 > 0:33:59Can I throw in the sweeties for free,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01so they get to go with their friends?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04They look quite tasty, don't they? But the brooch is cheap.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07And what's it made of again?
0:34:07 > 0:34:10I'm just looking at it purely because, as you turn it over, there
0:34:10 > 0:34:16are three little marks on there and that tells me that it's silver.
0:34:16 > 0:34:19What's your very, very best on that?
0:34:19 > 0:34:24£6. Is there any chance you can push it down to a fiver for me?
0:34:24 > 0:34:26SHE SIGHS
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- Will you come back? - I will certainly try.- OK then.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33Fantastic. There we are.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37That piece of silver salvage completes our buys.
0:34:37 > 0:34:41But with the auction beckoning, what lots have they got?
0:34:41 > 0:34:45Paul parted with £85 for a strongbox, some brass candlesticks,
0:34:45 > 0:34:50a dressing table set, some ethnographica and a toy cradle.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56While Catherine spent £102 on a penknife, a curling broom,
0:34:56 > 0:35:02two brooches and a pendant, a sweet tin and a snuff box.
0:35:02 > 0:35:05What did they make of each others purchases?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Strongbox, £1?!
0:35:07 > 0:35:11How can he possibly pay £1 for anything?
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Victory V lozenge tin, the cheek of it!
0:35:14 > 0:35:16It was cheaper than mine
0:35:16 > 0:35:20and so it should have been because it's not as good, is it?
0:35:20 > 0:35:23I don't think there is anything that is going to fly.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26I think she might make profits across the board, but I think after
0:35:26 > 0:35:29charges she's not, she's going to make a small step again.
0:35:29 > 0:35:34I won the last auction. Do you know what? I could do it again.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36Bring it on.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39After setting off from Callander, our experts are now
0:35:39 > 0:35:44making for an auction not far from where they began, in Kinbuck.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Can you curl?
0:35:46 > 0:35:50Not your hair, obviously. But have you ever done that?
0:35:50 > 0:35:52- No, I never have.- I find that mesmerising. It's from the broom.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55- It's wonderful. - Show me that action again.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57SHE MIMICS CURLING
0:35:57 > 0:36:00- That's Olympic.- But what do you think of my curling broom?
0:36:00 > 0:36:03You're upset that you haven't got one, aren't you?
0:36:03 > 0:36:05That's what it is.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07They're in tennis territory
0:36:07 > 0:36:10because Andy Murray hails from nearby Dunblane.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16But what does auctioneer Struan Robertson think will be a smash?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18The penknife is one of my favourite items in the auction today.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Something about the shape of this
0:36:20 > 0:36:23and the lady's boot just makes it really different.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26I think we'll get between £80-120 for that.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28The candlesticks have a bit of age to them.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30They look like 18th century.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32It's a shame that one of them is a bit squint,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35but I think it will go between £20-30 today.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Well, Kinbuck is certainly eager for something.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41- This is heaving!- Even the local wildlife has an interest.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47Catherine starts off with her lozenge receptacle.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49You cannot lose your fiver for it.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52I can't lose, can I Paul?
0:36:52 > 0:36:56Who will give me £20? £20 for the tin. £20.
0:36:56 > 0:36:5715, 10, £10 start.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Come on, guys. Nice and unusual piece for a tenner. 10 bid there.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Advance on 10. Keep it going. Advance on 10, 12.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10Advance on 12, 14. 14, 16. Advance on 16. Advance on £16.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- All out on £16 then, ladies and gentlemen.- I'll take that.
0:37:14 > 0:37:18- I'll take that.- All day long you'll take that.- I will take that.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22Good start. What about Paul's slightly random choice?
0:37:22 > 0:37:29- It just doesn't say Paul Laidlaw.- If anything it says funky Manchester.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- London.- Funky?!
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- Yeah, come on! It's cool. - It's not cool.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Who will give me £40? £30, 20.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40£20 then. £20. Come on, guys. Nice set there for £20. 20 bid.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42An advance on 20.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46Advance on £20, going cheap. 22, 24.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48He's got commission bids.
0:37:48 > 0:37:5130, 32, 34, 36. Advance on 36.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Does nobody have any style?
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Still going cheap, guys. Nice set there for £36.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58All out on £36 then.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00Na-na-na-na-na!
0:38:00 > 0:38:03It is not cool!
0:38:03 > 0:38:05The object or Paul's mature response to profit?
0:38:07 > 0:38:10How will Kinbuck rate Catherine's little collection.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12I'll bid 18.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16An advance on 18. 22, 24. I'm going to go to 25.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18An advance on 26. 28.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Advance on 28. Advance on £28.
0:38:21 > 0:38:24- Don't stop at £28.- Going cheap, guys. 30. An advance on 30. 32.
0:38:24 > 0:38:30- It's got legs.- 34, 36. Advance on 36. Still going cheap.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33All out on £36 then.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- That was really cheap, wasn't it? - A temporary setback, I'm sure.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Time for Paul's bargain militaria.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43I'll bid 10. An advance on 10. An advance on 12. Going cheap.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45An advance on £12.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47All out on £12, guys. Going cheap.
0:38:47 > 0:38:5014, 16, 18, 20. An advance on 20.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54- 22, 24.- Oh, you've got it here. - All out on £24.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57A margin, that'll do.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59That's quite a return.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03How can you get something for £1 and turn it into £24? That's magic.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06I'd have rather of got it for a tenner and sold it for 240.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08That would have been magic.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Now, there have already been a few people sniffing around this.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15Got a number of bids. I'll start the bidding of at 20. An advance on 20.
0:39:15 > 0:39:20- Good.- Nice wee item here, guys. 22. Advance on £22. 24, 26.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- Advance on 26. 28. Still going cheap.- It is cheap!
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Come on you horse lovers here. 30.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28An advance on 30. All out on £30 then.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- Last chance.- I'm happy.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33You're going to be happy.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35And why not? A fine profit.
0:39:35 > 0:39:40Paul spent over half of his meagre outlay on these beauties.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42I'll bid 30. An advance on 30.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Advance on 30. 32, 34.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47Advance on 34. £34.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49They're faltering. I'm going to lose money.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52All out at £34 then.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Does that hurt?
0:39:54 > 0:39:55HE WHINES
0:39:55 > 0:39:58His first loss of the trip.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59Makes it competitive at least.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02Swift return to form with his cradle?
0:40:02 > 0:40:03Nice wee piece here.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04Been kept in good condition.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06It's a shame about the wee break at the end.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08(Don't mention that!)
0:40:08 > 0:40:09I'll bid 12. An advance on £12.
0:40:09 > 0:40:12- Come on, guys. It's going cheap. - That's got to be 40/50 quid.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15- That is gorgeous.- He's going to sell it for 12 quid.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18All out on £12 for the rocking cradle then.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20What just happened?
0:40:20 > 0:40:23- What just happened? - Straight face, Catherine.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Do you remember all of those conversations I've said, "auctions
0:40:26 > 0:40:29"terrify me because of the uncertainty"? I rest my case.
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Now, she's already sold a Sooty and a Sweep on this trip.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34How often do these come up?
0:40:34 > 0:40:36They never come up because no auctioneer would
0:40:36 > 0:40:38stick a lot number on one.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41This is something quite different.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Oh, no! He loves it, he loves it!
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I'll bid 15.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49An advance on £15 in the room. 18, 20, 22. An advance on 22.
0:40:49 > 0:40:56Come on, if you don't like curling you can use it for the floors.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00- Come on!- Advance on 22. All out on 22. 24. Advance on 24.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03All out on 24 then.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- He's still bidding.- 26. An advance on 26. Advance on £26.
0:41:07 > 0:41:08Somebody make it stop.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11All out at £28.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- I was actually hoping for a bit more, to be honest.- What?!
0:41:14 > 0:41:16She smells blood.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19I've got the Laidlaw nervous twitch.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Is it catching? It's catching!
0:41:23 > 0:41:25Jig along because you're little bit of bijouterie is up next.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27I'll bid 80.
0:41:27 > 0:41:31An advance on 80. 8, 90. Advance on 90. Advance on 90.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Still going cheap.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37An advance on 90. All out at £90 then.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39That was fantastic.
0:41:39 > 0:41:40Where did that come from?
0:41:40 > 0:41:43This is turning out to be another great auction for Catherine.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47I didn't even get the chance to get into that. It was just...
0:41:47 > 0:41:49SHE MUMBLES
0:41:50 > 0:41:55Come on Kinbuck. Prove Paul wrong by bidding on his Georgian candlesticks.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57I've got a cold sweat on.
0:41:57 > 0:42:03Who will give me £40? £40. 35, 30 then. £30. 20 to start me.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06£20 for the 18th century candlesticks there. 15 then.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09Tenner starts. £10 for the candlesticks. 10 bid there.
0:42:09 > 0:42:13An advance on 10. Going very cheap, guys. An advance on 10.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15All out on £10 on the candlesticks.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Well, I didn't lose money.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Over 200 years old. Lordy!
0:42:21 > 0:42:23Very good auction.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26Interesting. Lovely. Want to come back here. When's the next one?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- Let's go.- Get out of here.
0:42:29 > 0:42:34Paul started out with £392.34 and after paying auction costs,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37he made a profit of £10.12.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40So he has £402.46.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46Catherine began with £195.92.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51And after auction costs she made a profit of £62.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56So she wins today and has £257.92.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00It's not much but it's in the right direction and I beat you.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04What do you mean it's not much? What?!
0:43:04 > 0:43:06Take me to lunch, driver.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Next on Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:08 > 0:43:11How to make friends...
0:43:11 > 0:43:12You tantalise me, Colette.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14SHE PURRS
0:43:14 > 0:43:17- ..and influence people. - I wouldn't offer any more than £10.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- Are you familiar with the term "on your bike"?- Oh!