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 > 0:00:13- ..with £200 each, a classic car and a goal - to scour for antiques.- Joy!
0:00:13 > 0:00:14- Hello!- The aim?
0:00:14 > 0:00:18To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Sorry! Sorry!
0:00:24 > 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 Roadtrip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:42Somewhere in this Scottish mist are Catherine Southon and Paul Laidlaw.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Oops.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47This may be dank and misty, and arguably foreboding,
0:00:47 > 0:00:52- but it's gorgeous!- Yeah.- This is a bit Macbethian. Can I say that?
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- Dramatic!- It is dramatic. A dramatic final.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58- HE CHUCKLES BOTH:- Oh!
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Our two auctioneers are making their way through the murk towards
0:01:02 > 0:01:04a thrilling showdown in Aberdeen.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Should one of us go and sell our soul to some witches in
0:01:10 > 0:01:12- return for victory at the auction? - Oh, don't!
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Who knows what can jump out from behind this hedgerow?
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Maybe after their Morris,
0:01:18 > 0:01:22even though it does date from an era before seatbelts were mandatory.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26They've certainly come a long way together.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29I'm quite upset actually, Paul, that it's our last...
0:01:29 > 0:01:32What a jolly it's been, from Northern Ireland to...
0:01:32 > 0:01:35- Well, we're touching on the north of Scotland.- Yeah.
0:01:35 > 0:01:40- And it's been glorious.- Profitable too. Especially for Paul.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Although, he was rocked by some rare losses last time...
0:01:44 > 0:01:46Oof! What just happened?
0:01:46 > 0:01:49..leaving Catherine feeling rather joyful.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- So you know what?- Yeah. - We are actually...
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Well, we're not equal on money, but we're equal on the auctions.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- Don't say that! - You've won two and I've won two.
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Ho-ho! Tiebreaker, is it?
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- You're getting a bit hot under the collar already, aren't you?- Nah!
0:02:02 > 0:02:07Catherine started out with £200, which has been nudged up to £257.92.
0:02:09 > 0:02:14While Paul's identical stake has thus far more than doubled to £402.46.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- It could still happen! - One canny purchase or one disaster
0:02:21 > 0:02:24and that's that bridged.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Our journey began in Portrush, County Antrim,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31and after exploring Northern Ireland, crossed into Scotland,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34taking in a lot of the Lowlands before arriving,
0:02:34 > 0:02:38several hundred miles later, in Aberdeen.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43Today's last leg starts out in Doune and heads in a north-easterly
0:02:43 > 0:02:46direction towards that deciding auction in Aberdeen.
0:02:48 > 0:02:49Still foggy though!
0:02:49 > 0:02:52They used to make pistols here long ago.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56In fact, one of the town's claims to fame is that a Doune pistol
0:02:56 > 0:03:00fired the first shot in the American War of Independence.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Oh, dear.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- Be off with you! - Oh, Catherine!- This is my territory.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11It's a very large establishment you have all to yourself.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14It's exciting, isn't it?
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Yes, all this stuff belongs to a whole heap of dealers.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20It's just a question of tracking one down.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25There's a chap there who has got his hands in the cabinet.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27I'm guessing he's got to be a dealer.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31I'll go and have a word with him. It could save me hours.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36- Sir, I presume this is your stand? - This? Yes.- Catherine.- Hiya. David.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38David. Hi, David. Good to see you.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- So, what's revolving?- Oh, Louis Wain. What's that Louis Wain book?
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- Have we got to wait for it to revolve?- Yes.- It doesn't just stop?
0:03:45 > 0:03:46No.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Patience, Catherine. Patience.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52- Oh, in the meantime... Hold on. - Yeah.- What's that?
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Oh, that's quite cute, isn't it? - Yes, compact.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Little Deco compact. I like that.- 1930s, yeah.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03- It's quite a nice design, isn't it? - Yes.- What are you asking for that?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Dare I look?- It's £48 on it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08What's your best on that, then?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Maybe 40.- Oh, really?
0:04:12 > 0:04:1420?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- No.- Can't go that low.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17What would you do on that?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Erm, 28.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Getting close. Quick! The book is back.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23There we go.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- See, what drew me to this was the whole Louis Wain thing.- Yes.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Louis Wain, quite a famous artist
0:04:28 > 0:04:33who was just mesmerised by cats, did lots of cat illustrations.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35But what is this? Can you tell me a bit about this?
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Obviously this is an early book. It's very rare.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Circa 1908.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44The downside, of course, is the condition. The spine is not...
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Because it's early.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Antiques, eh?- Also at the front, "Daisy" - I think -
0:04:48 > 0:04:51who once owned it. I mean, we used to do that.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53In pencil - it can be rubbed out.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55He's good, isn't he?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57I like that. What have you got on that, David?
0:04:57 > 0:04:59- 75.- Right.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00But what would you offer me on it?
0:05:00 > 0:05:04Ideally, I would love to pick up something like that for about 35.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07- Make it 40 and you can have it. - What do we say on this?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Say 28 on that.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- Can I just have a little think? - What about if I did the two for 65?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Mmm...
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Take your time, love.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19I tell you what, if you could nudge it slightly under 60,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I will definitely shake your hand and run away with both of them.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Right, what about if we say 60, then?
0:05:25 > 0:05:2658 and you've got a deal.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- OK.- Yeah?- 58.- Is that all right? - Yeah, that's fine.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Thank you very much indeed.
0:05:34 > 0:05:39So, while David gets back to his cabinet, Catherine's work is done.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45But away from downtown Doune town,
0:05:45 > 0:05:49the clouds have parted for Paul in the Highlands.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52He is heading for the World War II POW camp at Cultybraggan
0:05:52 > 0:05:55where, in the shadow of the mountains,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57he has come to discover the secrets
0:05:57 > 0:06:01of the place where they locked up the most dangerous Nazi prisoners.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03- Hi, is it Ann?- Yes, hi.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08It looks incredibly intact and well preserved.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- It is like driving back into time. - It is.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13It has 96 Nissen huts on site,
0:06:13 > 0:06:17over 100 different buildings that are historically important.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21They were only designed to last for 15 years but they have survived.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23- They're a leftover.- Indeed.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Built in 1941 as a high-security facility,
0:06:27 > 0:06:30camp number 21 soon became much better known
0:06:30 > 0:06:32as the Black Camp of the North.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35It was Germans from all forms of the Army
0:06:35 > 0:06:38and also we had a lot of SS officers that were sent here.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42- I see.- A lot of the soldiers who came here had been Hitler Youth
0:06:42 > 0:06:44and then they had gone into the SS.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47They were the hardest, the most fervent Nazis.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52And I daresay its location up here in Scotland is to keep them
0:06:52 > 0:06:54as remote as possible.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Yeah, we classified our political prisoners -
0:06:57 > 0:07:00white if they were not really adherents of national socialism
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- and black if they were fully committed to it.- Hardcore.- Yeah.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06And this camp was full of black Nazis
0:07:06 > 0:07:10and it had a reputation for violence.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Yeah, the tough regime meant the guards at Cultybraggan were Polish
0:07:13 > 0:07:16because it was felt that British troops would be too nice
0:07:16 > 0:07:17to the prisoners. Aww!
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Red Cross reports reveal that the rations supplied here
0:07:20 > 0:07:22were basic at best.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25This building was the canteen for compound B
0:07:25 > 0:07:30and you can see that for breakfast they would have tea, bread,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33margarine, marmalade. Bean soup for dinner.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36So it wasn't an extensive diet but it was equated with
0:07:36 > 0:07:39the experience of British soldiers who were being kept in Germany.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- I see.- So the soldiers here would have been able to still
0:07:42 > 0:07:44wear their uniforms, for example,
0:07:44 > 0:07:47because we wanted our soldiers to be able to wear their uniform.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Cultybraggan's reputation became even grimmer
0:07:52 > 0:07:57when a white Nazi was murdered here by his fellow prisoners.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00But from early 1945, the horrors of the Black Camp gradually began
0:08:00 > 0:08:04to fade thanks to the arrival of a charismatic German
0:08:04 > 0:08:06in a British Army uniform.
0:08:06 > 0:08:11Herbert Sulzbach was just an extraordinary individual.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16He won an Iron Cross at the Somme and won another Iron Cross in 1918.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20But in 1937 he had to flee Germany because he was a Jew.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23So he came to London and of course,
0:08:23 > 0:08:26when the Second World War broke out, he actually volunteered for
0:08:26 > 0:08:28the British Army and one of the first places
0:08:28 > 0:08:31that we sent him to was Cultybraggan.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34His job was to re-educate the Nazis.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38It was the de-Nazification of the Germans.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42So he talked about how knocking down their ideology
0:08:42 > 0:08:46was like knocking dust from a roof - it was easy for him.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Sulzbach believed that the men were essentially good
0:08:49 > 0:08:53and set about undermining national socialism with books like this,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55A Short History Of America.
0:08:55 > 0:09:00A German language book from a British prisoner of war camp
0:09:00 > 0:09:03to re-educate Germans about Allied Western ideals.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Yeah, absolutely.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10Despite working for the enemy, Sulzbach was listened to and trusted.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15When the concentration camps were discovered,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19he showed the prisoners films of Belsen and they rioted,
0:09:19 > 0:09:20they threw things around,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23they didn't believe that it was true, they wouldn't accept
0:09:23 > 0:09:26that the Fatherland had committed these crimes.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29So he used all sorts of different devices to get through to them
0:09:29 > 0:09:31and by November 1945,
0:09:31 > 0:09:34he is able to invite all the prisoners to meet him
0:09:34 > 0:09:37on a parade ground to come and commemorate the dead,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40whether they were enemy or whether they were comrade.
0:09:40 > 0:09:433,500 come out onto the parade ground and he reads them
0:09:43 > 0:09:46John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49And he wants them to go home and to be good Europeans,
0:09:49 > 0:09:53- and that's what they do. - What a good, good man.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56Yeah, a really, truly good person.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Cultybraggan became a British Army training camp after the war
0:09:59 > 0:10:03and later the site of a nuclear bunker before it was taken over
0:10:03 > 0:10:06by the local community in 2007.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Meanwhile, in another bonny bit of the Scottish countryside,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Catherine is off to her next retail experience
0:10:16 > 0:10:18in Perth and Kinross, in Rait.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22Does that make it "bonny Rait"? Ha!
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Hi. Catherine.- Hi, I'm Andrew. - Hi, Andrew.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28This looks beautiful in here.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32Yeah, shame you have less than £200 left to splash.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36What's that little bell? That's nice.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38It has been a hotel bell, I think.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41But it is actually gilded, so it has got a fair bit of age to it.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Probably late-19th century Victorian.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Yeah, I would have said it is about 1870, 1880.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- Yeah, can you do a good deal on that?- I'm sure I probably could.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53I love a bell. It is slightly wonky, or is that me just being fussy?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56You have got to be fussy at this stage in the game.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- BELL DINGS - Nice ring to it.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Come on, then, what's your best on that?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06That is the sort of thing I am guessing you picked up
0:11:06 > 0:11:09in a big job lot of stuff at an auction.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I don't buy job lots.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Oops! The ticket price is £50.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- You couldn't do 20 on it? - No, sorry.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22- 30, then it would show me a £5 profit.- OK, right.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25I'm going to put that there.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27There is a nice early wineglass up there,
0:11:27 > 0:11:29that gilded one at the front, which is quite nice.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- Unfortunately it is only a one, but...- Is it champagne, or...?
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- I would think it is a champagne flute, yeah.- That is lovely.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39And it's gilded as well with the most beautiful decoration.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41- And again, late Victorian?- Yeah. - Would you think a bit earlier?
0:11:41 > 0:11:44It might be earlier because when you hold it up to the light
0:11:44 > 0:11:46you can see there's imperfections in it.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48That was the thing with the Victorians,
0:11:48 > 0:11:49if they were going to decorate something
0:11:49 > 0:11:52they were really going to go for it and you can see that here.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54There is a bit of wear.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- Well, you might be a bit worn if you were as old as that!- Oh!
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Fair point.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- What have you got on that?- Erm...
0:12:01 > 0:12:04- Can that be, like, 20, then? - Not quite.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06But 30, I will do it for.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- OK. Can I put this in with my little bell?- Certainly.
0:12:09 > 0:12:13We are having a bit of a Victorian selection here.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15There is a lot of it about.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Carpet bowls.
0:12:19 > 0:12:20They're made of turned lignum vitae.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Each one is engraved with a different number
0:12:23 > 0:12:25and then that one is your jack,
0:12:25 > 0:12:28and they are pretty smart.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32I have sold these before and I have done quite well with these.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33115.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I wonder if he can do a good deal on those.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- Your lignum carpet bowls.- Yes.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Do you play?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- I do play green bowls, yes. - Oh, do you?- I do, yes.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47That's the small talk over with, then.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51Can something be done on that, something substantial?
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Erm...
0:12:52 > 0:12:57It is a nice little set. There is a bit of wear to it but...
0:12:57 > 0:12:58Strangely enough.
0:12:58 > 0:13:0075 would be the absolute best on those.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- Right.- Right!
0:13:04 > 0:13:08The carpet bowls are on the list and I think she has designs on the lot.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11So, we have Victorian bell, Victorian glass,
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Victorian carpet bowls -
0:13:13 > 0:13:15three completely different items!
0:13:15 > 0:13:20Can a deal be done if I took all these beautiful items from you?
0:13:20 > 0:13:23- Initially we said about 30 for that, right?- Yeah.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25And then you said 30 for that.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29I was thinking of a bit less and I was thinking maybe 50 for the two.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Right? Stay with me, hear me out.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I'm listening.
0:13:33 > 0:13:36And then I thought maybe we could come down a bit on these
0:13:36 > 0:13:38and maybe say 50, so £100 for the lot.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40I can't come down to 50 on those
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- because they cost more than that, unfortunately.- Right, OK.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47What about £110 for the lot? That's fair, isn't it?
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I'm really struggling at 110. Make it 115.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53115 and that would make you...?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55I might be able to have a fish supper tonight, if I'm lucky.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- Aww, I don't want that! Go on, then. - Thank you.- I can't do that to you!
0:13:58 > 0:14:02- You have got to have a decent supper.- Sweet.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07So that is £30 for the glass, £20 for the bell and £65 for the bowls,
0:14:07 > 0:14:10plus haddock and chips for Andrew later. Yum, yum.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Meanwhile, back on the higher ground, Paul is making his way
0:14:16 > 0:14:18to his very first shop of the day
0:14:18 > 0:14:21at the delightful village of Comrie.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Situated on the Highland Boundary Fault Line,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Comrie once experienced more earth tremors
0:14:27 > 0:14:31than anywhere else in Britain, hence its nickname of Shaky Toon.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36- Hi, Paul.- Hello, is it Debbie? - Yeah, pleased to meet you.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- Lovely to see you. - Welcome to Comrie Antiques.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39Thank you very much.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Off you go, then, Paul.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45That polygonal-sectioned shouldered baluster...
0:14:45 > 0:14:46That's gorgeous.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49- But it's not for me.- Oh.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Oh, my word, that's delicious.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54- What's the price on that?- 900.
0:14:54 > 0:14:55It's well worth that.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Sadly, you'd need to give me another fortnight of auctions
0:14:59 > 0:15:00to work up the budget to buy it!
0:15:01 > 0:15:03We rummage on.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- What about the stick stand? Is that dear?- Price on it is 78.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10That's elegant, narrow, but it's way too much for me.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13What are you like on flexibility?
0:15:13 > 0:15:14Well, offer me a price.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17I think it's worth £40-£60.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20I like that, but that's a £35 purchase to me, that.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Of course, Paul has already bought a stick stand this week.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Candlesticks, too.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Oh, it's deja vu all over again.
0:15:28 > 0:15:34- The bolts that secure the dividers on that are loose.- OK.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38And you can't get at the heads of them because they are concealed.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41So the darned things twist and turn.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45See, that is how it should be - nice and rigid, fantastic.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50That is a real annoyance because you stick your brolly in there and it
0:15:50 > 0:15:54goes skewwhiff and if you're like me, you then can't sleep at night.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56Thankfully, the rest of us aren't so afflicted.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59So I'm offering 35 quid.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02- OK.- Seriously?- OK, yeah.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03- Got a deal?- Yeah, deal.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Wonderful, thank you very much.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I'll give you some money and I'll be gone.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Yeah, that'd be good. - Brilliant.- Thank you very much.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Now the hard work is done.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Time to get ready for tomorrow, so nighty-night.
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Next day, it's not so much Scottish play, more Saint-Tropez.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25Paul, we've taken a wrong turn.
0:16:25 > 0:16:29- Go on!- We have!- We've not. - We are in the South of France.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33This weather is amazing.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Well, Catherine can afford a leisurely day in the sun
0:16:36 > 0:16:39because she did plenty of shopping yesterday,
0:16:39 > 0:16:40acquiring a compact,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42a glass,
0:16:42 > 0:16:44a cat book,
0:16:44 > 0:16:45some carpet bowls
0:16:45 > 0:16:47and a desk bell.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49- BELL DINGS - Nice ring to it.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52That lot set her back £173,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56leaving less than 100 for any further purchases,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59while Paul's haul was just one solitary stick stand...
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Got a deal?- Yeah, deal.- Wonderful.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04..costing him £35,
0:17:04 > 0:17:08meaning he still has over £350 left.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- Shall we spend all our money? Shall we?- No, you may.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- You may!- Oh, come on!
0:17:16 > 0:17:18- Let's go for it. Let's be united. - PAUL CHORTLES
0:17:18 > 0:17:21It's not stupid! Why are you laughing?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Because it's a trap.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Oh, you never play the game, do you?
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Oh, yes, he does, Catherine.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Later, they'll be making for that deciding auction in Aberdeen,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35but our next port of call is Arbroath.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Famous for its unique brand of smoked haddock
0:17:41 > 0:17:46and the fact that in 1885 Arbroath Football Club beat
0:17:46 > 0:17:50a side from Aberdeen by the record score of 36 goals to nil. Ha!
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Hello, how are you doing? I'm Paul.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Hiya, Paul, nice to meet you, I'm Colette.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- Good to see you, Colette.- And you.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01- This is your emporium. - It is that, yes.- Very good.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04There's a lot of choice. Look at that!
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I've got a few really nice things in the back.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Oh, you tantalise me, Colette.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13SHE GROWLS
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Oh, yes. Mention the back and our lot are all of aquiver.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- The nerve centre, is it? - This is the nerve centre.- Right.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25This is all stuff that's not been priced up yet.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27You trust me just to have a wee rummage, then?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29Not half!
0:18:29 > 0:18:31I've just picked up something randomly,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34but I think it's delicious. Take a look at that.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36This is a brooch.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38We have enamelling
0:18:38 > 0:18:43over what legally we always call white metal
0:18:43 > 0:18:45but actually is silver.
0:18:45 > 0:18:51In black enamel, in silhouette, this dancer.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53And whose music is she dancing to?
0:18:53 > 0:18:56That of a fawn, half chap, half goat.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Each to their own.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03That works, that's charming. It dates to the 1920s, 1930s.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Does it appeal today?
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Oh, come on!
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Here is the problem - ta-da.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11The pin is a paperclip.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16What you do is you go to your local charity shop or whatever,
0:19:16 > 0:19:19you buy a cheap throwaway brooch and you swap the pin.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- That's a start, is it not?- Yeah.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Well, he has certainly confounded us
0:19:23 > 0:19:25with a few of his purchases this week.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Add to that these assorted silver thimbles.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32The piece for me is the royal commemorative.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Now, which royal commemorative is that?
0:19:36 > 0:19:41The coronation in 1910 of George V.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- No...- It's Elizabeth. - It's Elizabeth.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47How about we halve them
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- and you have half and I have half? - OK, right.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- What's the price on those?- About 55.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- Throw something else into the melting pot.- That is lovely.
0:19:58 > 0:20:02What's the price on a wrecked brooch and thimbles?
0:20:02 > 0:20:04How about we do 65 for the lot?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06I am not going to give in that easily.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09How about I come down a tenner?
0:20:09 > 0:20:12So basically you're getting that for free.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Basically, Colette, you've got a deal.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Love working with you.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20Once Colette has put him down,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23he's got a much more Paul object in mind.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27This tool is a clinometer.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31A clinometer allows us to measure angle of elevation
0:20:31 > 0:20:34of the barrel of a three-inch mortar.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39A mortar is a type of artillery for infantry use.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41That's neither use nor ornament.
0:20:41 > 0:20:42But it is what it is -
0:20:42 > 0:20:46it is utterly authentic Second World War ordnance equipment.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50And because of that, Laidlaw is a little drawn to it.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52- You've heard all of that, haven't you?- I have, yes.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55I couldn't help but notice in the back you've got other
0:20:55 > 0:20:57little bits and bobs that are similar to this
0:20:57 > 0:20:59- in so far as they are brass and military.- Yeah.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Put them on the table and see what we can do?- Yeah.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03- Give me a second... - You can get them.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07This is turning into Supermarket Sweep.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Those are artillery buttons.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11The motto of the artillery is "ubique",
0:21:11 > 0:21:13which is Latin for "everywhere".
0:21:13 > 0:21:15- Right.- These buttons are everywhere.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19That's the cap badge of the Royal Scots Fusiliers
0:21:19 > 0:21:22and that is...you get yourself a big brass nut
0:21:22 > 0:21:26and then all you need are a couple of coins to solder either side
0:21:26 > 0:21:28and you've created a vessel
0:21:28 > 0:21:30which can be made into a little petrol lighter.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34Now, while I might not be passionate about these things individually,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36that is an auctionable lot.
0:21:36 > 0:21:37But I need them to be cheap
0:21:37 > 0:21:40and I'm just going to hit you with a little offer.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Oh, hit me, hit me.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Erm, a tenner.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Oh!- Yeah.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- What about 22?- Oof, seriously?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51I am going to pitch 15 quid.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54How about 18? And then we're both happy.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56All right, then.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59So, that was 55 and 18.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- £73.- £73.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- It is, isn't it?- Mm-hm.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06And I've got no money, so I was just wasting your time.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Take no notice, Colette.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12- Colette, you've been an absolute diamond.- It's been great.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- You look after yourself.- And you. - Next time.- See you again.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Now, while Paul sniffs out a smokie,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21Catherine is headed down the beach to find out about one of Britain's
0:22:21 > 0:22:25greatest feats of engineering, the Bell Rock Lighthouse.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31- Hi, there. Catherine.- Good morning. - Very nice to meet you.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34I am Colin Easton, the curator for the Signal Tower museum
0:22:34 > 0:22:36and if we go indoors, I can show you a little bit more.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37Lead the way, Colin.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40Constructed 11 miles off the Angus coast
0:22:40 > 0:22:44by the Glasgow-born lighthouse engineer Robert Stevenson,
0:22:44 > 0:22:50the beacon and Arbroath Signal Tower were the solution to a pressing need.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- I'm guessing this is Bell Rock. - This is the Bell Rock.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55It was called the Bell Rock
0:22:55 > 0:22:58because one of the abbots of the abbey here in Arbroath
0:22:58 > 0:23:02a few hundred years ago thought it would be a bright idea
0:23:02 > 0:23:05to mount a bell on it, mounted on a wooden structure
0:23:05 > 0:23:09tethered to the rock so that it would be a warning to passing ships
0:23:09 > 0:23:11that there was a dangerous rock there.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14That bell was allegedly stolen by a Dutch pirate.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18And by the time of the Industrial Revolution, with shipping greatly
0:23:18 > 0:23:22increased, a manned lighthouse was required to keep mariners safe.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27This is a copy of the original 1806 parliamentary act just giving
0:23:27 > 0:23:30permission for a lighthouse to be constructed.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33You can see this is dated 21st of July, 1806,
0:23:33 > 0:23:37and August 1807 was when they set off from Arbroath to actually
0:23:37 > 0:23:39begin the construction process.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Although the contract was awarded to the experienced John Rennie,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45the design, which featured interlocking stones
0:23:45 > 0:23:50for strength against the elements, was a Robert Stevenson feature
0:23:50 > 0:23:53and it was he who supervised the hazardous building work.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57If you're 11 miles offshore on a rock peeping up
0:23:57 > 0:23:58out of the sea where the tide rises
0:23:58 > 0:24:01and there's only a few hours each day that you can actually
0:24:01 > 0:24:05work at low tide and you're exposed to the wind and the weather,
0:24:05 > 0:24:09the rain and everything, the conditions were harsh.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11I can see there's the model there.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Am I right in thinking that this here,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16that's like the foundation, that's the beginning of it?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18But what's that at the back of it there?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20That was built as a beacon originally,
0:24:20 > 0:24:23but then it was converted into what they called the barracks.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26As the tide rose, instead of having to go onto one of the support ships,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29they could go into the barracks, maybe have something to eat.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31But they also slept in it during storms as well.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34The lighthouse took just over three years to construct
0:24:34 > 0:24:38and began operating in early 1811.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42It's a testament to the engineer that in over 200 years
0:24:42 > 0:24:45there have been only two recorded shipwrecks.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48So, do you think the Bell Rock Lighthouse was one of the real
0:24:48 > 0:24:50models for others lighthouses?
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Robert Stevenson and several generations of his family
0:24:53 > 0:24:55went on to be a dynasty of lighthouse builders,
0:24:55 > 0:24:57learning from experience
0:24:57 > 0:25:01and trial and error that they went on to use in later projects.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06One other key element was the question of communication,
0:25:06 > 0:25:07hence the signal tower.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Although it's now a museum and the lighthouse has been fully automated
0:25:13 > 0:25:17since 1988, the link between them was once vital.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19- Wow, this is amazing!- It is.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22So, how would communication actually work?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25The basic communication method was this metal pole
0:25:25 > 0:25:28with originally a copper ball, and it's painted red now but
0:25:28 > 0:25:30originally it would have been a copper ball
0:25:30 > 0:25:32that would have reflected the sun.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35If they raised the ball to the top of the pole in the morning out on
0:25:35 > 0:25:39the lighthouse, that was the signal that all was well in the lighthouse.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42If the ball in the lighthouse was still at the bottom of the pole,
0:25:42 > 0:25:44that meant there was a problem so the keepers
0:25:44 > 0:25:47had to dispatch someone out to investigate.
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Does this still work today?
0:25:48 > 0:25:51The mechanism still works today and I can demonstrate it for you,
0:25:51 > 0:25:53- if you like.- Oh, yes, please.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- Turning this handle just raises the ball.- Look at that!
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Oh, that's fantastic.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00And good exercise as well.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Now, on the subject of feats of engineering,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Paul has tootled a little further into Angus towards
0:26:10 > 0:26:14the town of Montrose where, just up the road from the lagoon known
0:26:14 > 0:26:19as the Montrose Basin, Paul's off to his very last shop of the week.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22- Hi, George.- Hello there. - Good to see you.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25I love the feel of this place, I don't mind telling you.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27This is my kind of shop.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29Yes, I think the expression "old school"
0:26:29 > 0:26:32might be appropriate in this instance.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34What's the story of the mirror in the doorway?
0:26:34 > 0:26:38- Is it anything or nothing? - It is probably Edwardian.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41That could be yours for 40.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Who knows what he'll emerge with?
0:26:44 > 0:26:48This is a big lump of pot.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50I would call it a cachepot,
0:26:50 > 0:26:54which is a French word that translates to "hide the pot".
0:26:54 > 0:26:56You might call it a jardiniere.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Basically, you stick your plant pot in there.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01How do we tell a cachepot?
0:27:01 > 0:27:04A cachepot won't, and this doesn't, have a hole in the bottom.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06There is no ticket price, either.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08It's made by Bretby.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11Now, listen up, Bretby Collectors' Club,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14loads of Bretby stuff is pig ugly.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Get over it.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Which is why I have never bought a piece of Bretby in my life.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24This, however, I am going to concede to you.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26It's about 100 years old.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29It was pre-First World War, so let's call it belle epoque.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34I think this juxtaposition of the big, heavy,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37bold bronze decoration
0:27:37 > 0:27:39with this delicate,
0:27:39 > 0:27:45almost aesthetic depiction of birds and blossom works.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47It's a standout thing. Let's have a wee look.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49POT CLANGS
0:27:49 > 0:27:51Well, it sounds fair enough.
0:27:51 > 0:27:56Dusty, honest, nobody has tried to improve it and no restoration.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59But while Paul wrestles with that pot,
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Catherine's headed further north to the most northerly point
0:28:03 > 0:28:05of our trip at Newmachar,
0:28:05 > 0:28:08the Aberdeenshire village formerly known as Summerhill.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12- Hello there.- Hi.- Hi.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16- And your name is?- Brian. - Hi, Brian, good to see you.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19What else can Catherine squeeze into her trolley?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22You could do some serious damage with these.
0:28:22 > 0:28:26- Look at those callipers, they're fabulous! Brian...- Yeah.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28These callipers, where have they come from?
0:28:28 > 0:28:32They came along with a load of cooper's tools that I bought.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34Cooper's is a local...?
0:28:34 > 0:28:38Cooper...for barrel-making. Cooperage.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40Right. Oh, OK.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44So associated with either the whisky industry
0:28:44 > 0:28:46or barrels for holding herring.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- They are meaty, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53You have got 32 on those. I mean, is there a lot of movement in them?
0:28:53 > 0:28:55There's a bit of movement in the price, yeah.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I wouldn't offer any more than £10.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Are you familiar with the term "on your bike"?
0:28:59 > 0:29:01- Oh...- She is, Brian.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03I thought we were getting on so well!
0:29:03 > 0:29:04Hmm, moving on.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09So we've got a refracting telescope as opposed to
0:29:09 > 0:29:11a reflecting telescope.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15This is probably going to be third-quarter 19th-century,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17about 1860, 1870.
0:29:17 > 0:29:21Hasn't got its lens cap, which is such a shame. Price...
0:29:21 > 0:29:24- 78. Your telescope, Brian.- Mm-hm.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26It's a nice little telescope.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29The big, big downfall is the fact that you haven't got your lens cap.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Yeah, I was wondering that. I mean, it's pretty good.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35It's got the name on it, the maker.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Nice that you have got a nice Scottish name on it.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Would these have been used just for pleasure purposes?
0:29:40 > 0:29:45Yeah, absolutely. I mean, this is just a gentleman's pocket telescope.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47And lovely that you've got the, you know,
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- the eight sections, that it really does...- Yeah.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- I hadn't seen them with as many sections before.- Yeah.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55It's just that, for me, is a number one issue
0:29:55 > 0:29:57cos that's what people look for.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00- Mmm, that is a shame. - What can you say, eh, Brian?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03OK, keep looking and we can see what we can do.
0:30:04 > 0:30:05Her search continues.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Back in Montrose, however, they are getting down to brass tacks
0:30:10 > 0:30:13with the pot and the mirror under consideration.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15They were both 40 each...
0:30:16 > 0:30:20..but there's more of a margin on the Bretby.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24Time for a closer look, then.
0:30:24 > 0:30:29That could be a wall mirror or, by virtue of this easel back,
0:30:29 > 0:30:31it could adorn your dressing table.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34It would be late Victorian.
0:30:34 > 0:30:39It's all about this extremely rich
0:30:39 > 0:30:42embossed facing.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46The manufacturer of this wanted it to look like silver,
0:30:46 > 0:30:48back in the day, but it's not.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51This is electroplate, I'm quite sure.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55A rich thing in its day. Flamboyant, but just affordable.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56Back to George.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58- The Bretby.- Yeah.- The mirror.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01If I bought the pair of them, squeeze another fiver off them
0:31:01 > 0:31:04- so I can make them 30 quid a pop? - We could indeed.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07- Looks like a deal, then. - Perfect, thank you.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08Spot on. Thank you.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11That £60 completes Paul's purchases.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14But what about our Newmachar correspondent?
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Back in those cabinets again, eh, girl?
0:31:17 > 0:31:21Look at that sweet little pillbox.
0:31:21 > 0:31:28Opening up these two little hinged lids there for little pills.
0:31:28 > 0:31:31Now, the thing about this is it is beautifully embossed
0:31:31 > 0:31:36around the sides with sheaves of corn and also
0:31:36 > 0:31:37on the top there.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Really, really nice quality.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41However, it is not hallmarked.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44You would expect something of this quality, if it was silver,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47to be hallmarked, so it's definitely not English.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48£38 is on this.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I'm going to see if I can do something,
0:31:50 > 0:31:53a really good deal on this.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Seconds out, round three.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Brian...- Yep.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59..I just found your little pillbox.
0:31:59 > 0:32:04I am really concerned that it might be plated and not solid silver.
0:32:04 > 0:32:05You've got £38 on it.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07I think if you're in any doubt
0:32:07 > 0:32:09you're probably as well just to pass on it.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10I like Brian!
0:32:10 > 0:32:13I was thinking maybe of taking a little gamble with it.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14What were you thinking?
0:32:16 > 0:32:18£20.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23I was thinking 15, to be perfectly honest with you.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26OK, well, let's make it 18 and we can do a deal at that.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30- If we weren't going for that, then maybe the telescope.- Mm-hm.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34The telescope I like, but at £78...
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Yeah, that missing lens cap.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39So, what would work for you on the telescope?
0:32:39 > 0:32:4030-ish.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43We could make it 35, I could do it for that.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Can you come down to 30 on that and then I'm done?
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- Yes.- Oh!- Hoorah!
0:32:51 > 0:32:54This is it, this is the end of the road for me!
0:32:55 > 0:32:59So, with everything in the bag, let's take a sneaky peek.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Paul's pot, with £168 for a stick stand,
0:33:04 > 0:33:06some silver thimbles,
0:33:06 > 0:33:08a Bretby pot,
0:33:08 > 0:33:09a brooch,
0:33:09 > 0:33:12a mirror and a collection of militaria,
0:33:12 > 0:33:17while Catherine has lavished £203 on a telescope,
0:33:17 > 0:33:18some carpet bowls,
0:33:18 > 0:33:20a cat book,
0:33:20 > 0:33:21a desk bell,
0:33:21 > 0:33:24a compact and a glass.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26How is the mood in the two camps?
0:33:26 > 0:33:29Am I worried? Oh, yes, I am.
0:33:29 > 0:33:35The champagne glass, it needs five friends to be worth money.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39I particularly adore his brooch.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43That is exquisite and he paid £10.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46The book, I just don't know.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49If it makes £120...
0:33:49 > 0:33:52that's bad news for me.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54After setting off from Doune, our experts are now
0:33:54 > 0:33:58making for their final auction of the week at Aberdeen.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01And still as fiercely competitive as ever.
0:34:01 > 0:34:02It's a horrible thing to say,
0:34:02 > 0:34:06but I would be so happy if I could be the one person
0:34:06 > 0:34:10in the whole of the history of the Antiques Road Trip
0:34:10 > 0:34:12to beat Paul Laidlaw.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Welcome to Aberdeen, the granite city and hometown of Denis Law,
0:34:16 > 0:34:20although the local football team's record score line
0:34:20 > 0:34:23remains a piffling 13-0.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Well, it's last chance saloon, this.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Er, get it?
0:34:28 > 0:34:31So, what might our final score be?
0:34:31 > 0:34:34The thoughts of auctioneer Steven Donaldson, please.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37The telescope, an eight-draw, it's quite a nice thing.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39A Scottish scope and a good size.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41There's been a little bit of interest in it.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45The lot with the buttons, the clinometer and the trench lighter,
0:34:45 > 0:34:46I think this might do quite well today.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49We've got a lot of other military items in the sale.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52I think £40-£60 for this lot and possibly a touch more.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Cor, that will please Paul.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57It's got a great feel, this auction, hasn't it?
0:34:57 > 0:34:59Good crowd here today.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Mm, bums on seats.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04First under the hammer is Paul's bargain brooch.
0:35:04 > 0:35:0630 for this lot.
0:35:06 > 0:35:0720.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09- 10.- Oh!
0:35:09 > 0:35:1110, 12, 15,
0:35:11 > 0:35:1318, 20, 22...
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- Got a little friend bidding on it.- ..25, 28, new place.
0:35:16 > 0:35:1930, 32, 35...
0:35:19 > 0:35:22- Darn.- ..38, 40,
0:35:22 > 0:35:2442, 45,
0:35:24 > 0:35:2748, 50,
0:35:27 > 0:35:2955, 60,
0:35:29 > 0:35:3265, 70, 75...
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- No! Stop!- ..80, 85,
0:35:35 > 0:35:3790, 95...
0:35:37 > 0:35:39100, sir, rounds it up.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43105, 110 - he's back. 115.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45£115.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49All done, sure and selling at 115...
0:35:49 > 0:35:50GAVEL BANGS
0:35:50 > 0:35:54What a great start, eh? Hard to see Catherine overtaking him now.
0:35:54 > 0:35:59Do you know what? I don't even know what it made. After 100, I cried.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Another Paul purchase - the pot.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05£60 for this lot.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Come on.- 40, 30, 20.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- Oh, please.- 10.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Nobody interested? 10 here.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Any advance? 12 - we're off now.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- Oh, don't be off now.- 15, 18, 20,
0:36:17 > 0:36:2022, 25. 25...
0:36:20 > 0:36:25- No. No, no, no.- Shut up! - How can that happen?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26- That's it. - GAVEL BANGS
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Oh, I'm so happy.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Oh, well, he really mustn't grumble.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34These people are going already.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36These people that were bidding on your lots...
0:36:36 > 0:36:37- They're going.- Don't go!
0:36:37 > 0:36:41Quite. But not when her carpet bowls are up for grabs.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43£50 for these nice bowls.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48- 30, 10.- Oh...- No-one's interested? £10. 10 bid, thank you, sir.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- One bid at 10 for the Victorian carpet bowls.- No!
0:36:51 > 0:36:54Going to be sold at £10 only.
0:36:54 > 0:36:5612, 15, 18, 20...
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- Come on!- ..22, 25.
0:36:59 > 0:37:0325. All done and finished at 25.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04GAVEL BANGS
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Ouch. I mean...
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Not convincing, Paul.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Someone has got some nice lumps of lignum vitae there.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16I would be genuinely upset if it was you.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- No, you wouldn't!- I would! - You'd be dancing a jig.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Time for Paul's stylish stick stand.
0:37:22 > 0:37:2430 for the stand.
0:37:24 > 0:37:2520.
0:37:25 > 0:37:2820, 22, 25, 28,
0:37:28 > 0:37:3230, 32, 35 - new place.
0:37:32 > 0:37:3338, 40...
0:37:33 > 0:37:35- Fresh outbreak. - They all want it now.
0:37:35 > 0:37:3845 - I'll be with you in a minute. 48...
0:37:38 > 0:37:40They're queuing up, forming a queue. Form an organised queue.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42I'll sell for 50. Are we all done?
0:37:42 > 0:37:44GAVEL BANGS
0:37:44 > 0:37:47That's all right, that's all right, that's all right.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49Like the man said, a fair reward.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53How will her colourful compact fare?
0:37:53 > 0:37:5520.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58£10 for the Art Deco. 10 bid.
0:37:58 > 0:38:0012, 15, 18,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- 20, 22, 25...- All right.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Going to sell it, if we're all done and sure, at £25.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08GAVEL BANGS
0:38:08 > 0:38:10No shame. No glory, but no shame.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Don't gloat.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16A loss after costs, but she just about got away with that one.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20Time for one of Paul's stranger buys - the thimbles.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23£30, then, for the silver thimbles.
0:38:23 > 0:38:2420.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Bid. Any advance on 20?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30I've got one bid standing in the room at £20.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- One bidder.- All finished at 20...
0:38:32 > 0:38:33GAVEL BANGS
0:38:33 > 0:38:36# So happy I could do a dance! #
0:38:36 > 0:38:40The huge profit from the brooch more than makes up for it.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Catherine's big draw - no lens cap, remember, though.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48And I'll start bidding with me at £40 on this lot.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53Is there any advance on 40 for the scope? It's on commission at 40.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- Oh, come on.- Are we all done and all sure at £40?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59- GAVEL BANGS - That's all right, you did OK there.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Yeah, buck up! A clear profit.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Now it's champagne for one.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06£10 for the champagne glass.
0:39:06 > 0:39:085 for a nice decorative glass.
0:39:08 > 0:39:105 bid.
0:39:10 > 0:39:12- This should make 60.- 10, 12,
0:39:12 > 0:39:1415, 18.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17I am going to sell for 18 if we're all done.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20- GAVEL BANGS - No! Why?
0:39:20 > 0:39:22Why?
0:39:22 > 0:39:24If only we knew.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27What can Paul's shiny mirror manage?
0:39:27 > 0:39:2940 for this Victorian mirror.
0:39:29 > 0:39:3130.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34£20 only for the mirror is bid. Thank you, sir.
0:39:34 > 0:39:3722, 25, 28, 30.
0:39:37 > 0:39:3930, then, back where we started.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Are we all done and sure at 30? I will sell at 30.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44GAVEL BANGS
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- Is it a loss?- After taxes. - Brilliant.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49I'm going out with a whimper.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51He can afford it, mind you.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56Now, will Catherine finally ring up a profit with this?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58My stomach's going over and over.
0:39:58 > 0:40:01This is not good, I'm not normally like this.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03£30, then, for this bell.
0:40:03 > 0:40:0520.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- £10.- Why isn't he ringing it?
0:40:07 > 0:40:09Is bid, 10 with the gentleman.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11- Any advance on 10?- It's been broken!
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Not exactly tolling.
0:40:13 > 0:40:1620, 22.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18It's 22 with the lady. 25.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21- Come on.- Any advance on 25?
0:40:21 > 0:40:23I'm going to sell it at 25.
0:40:23 > 0:40:24GAVEL BANGS
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- It's a profit.- Yeah. - But it's minimal.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30It's a faint tinkle, that's what it is.
0:40:30 > 0:40:34Remember the auctioneer predicted good things for Paul's militaria.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38- Some interest on the sheet starts me at £40 for this.- What?!
0:40:38 > 0:40:41It's a commission bid at 40, 42, 45,
0:40:41 > 0:40:44- 48, 50...- Oh, Paul.- ..52,
0:40:44 > 0:40:4755, 58, 60,
0:40:47 > 0:40:4965, then, clears me.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53Is there any advance on 65? Being sold at 65, all sure?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- GAVEL BANGS - Slightly awkward.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Aberdeen wanted it, whatever it was.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03Almost everyone likes cats, don't they?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06This book has to make
0:41:06 > 0:41:10about £450 for me to be on the same level as you.
0:41:10 > 0:41:1240.
0:41:12 > 0:41:1330.
0:41:13 > 0:41:1620. I've got 20 on my right.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19- Come on.- 22, 25, 28, 30,
0:41:19 > 0:41:2432, 35, 38, 40.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27- Come on.- OK, 40, then, back where we started.
0:41:27 > 0:41:28Are we all done and selling at 40?
0:41:28 > 0:41:31He's back at 42, 45, 48...
0:41:31 > 0:41:36- Yes!- ..50, 55, 60.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38- At 60 on my right again.- Please!
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Is there any advance on £60?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42GAVEL BANGS
0:41:42 > 0:41:44I'm coming back, I'm coming back.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48Well, it was certainly good to end on a profit.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51Right, come on, that was brilliant.
0:41:51 > 0:41:57Catherine started out with £257.92 and after paying auction costs,
0:41:57 > 0:42:01she made a loss of £44.74,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04leaving her with £213.18.
0:42:04 > 0:42:09While Paul began with £402.46,
0:42:09 > 0:42:15after paying auction costs he's made a profit of £82.10.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19So his final total is £484.56.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23All profits, of course, go to Children In Need.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- Go on, then, be nice, be nice - for once.- Your chariot awaits.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30- Oh, thank you, sir. It's been fun, hasn't it?- Yeah.- It's been amazing.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- And at the last minute, you peaked. - Over the horizon once again.
0:42:33 > 0:42:35Off we go.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38- The end.- Almost!
0:42:38 > 0:42:40And what a week they've had, eh?
0:42:40 > 0:42:41Oh!
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Could be a brush for a very small house.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Do I buy the brooch?
0:42:49 > 0:42:51I do buy the brooch. Oh!
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Yeah!
0:42:53 > 0:42:54The Philistines!
0:42:56 > 0:43:00Would you please remove yourself from this cabinet?
0:43:01 > 0:43:02SHE HUMS
0:43:02 > 0:43:03Whoo-hoo!
0:43:03 > 0:43:06PAUL LAUGHS
0:43:07 > 0:43:12Next time, Charles Hanson takes Margie Cooper for a spin...
0:43:12 > 0:43:14That's going fast!
0:43:14 > 0:43:17- ..Margie spots great deals... - Going to point to you now.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20..and Charles sniffs out bargains.
0:43:20 > 0:43:21Yes, yes.