0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- That's cracking. - ..with £200 each...
0:00:06 > 0:00:07Wonderful.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..a classic car, and a goal - to scan Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13That's exactly what I'm talking about.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14I'm all over ashiver.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:16 > 0:00:17But it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- No-brainer.- Going, going, gone.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So will it be the high road to glory...
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- Push! - ..or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30How awfully, awfully nice.
0:00:30 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43We're back on our road trip escapades
0:00:43 > 0:00:47with auctioneers Paul Laidlaw and Claire Rawle.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50And Claire's feeling the pressure of the Laidlaw's successes.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53What shop am I going to be in? Will I find anything?
0:00:53 > 0:00:54Oh, my God, the Laidlaw.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58The Laidlaw will just march in... "Thank you."
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Do the deal, walk out, make a profit.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01What am I going to do?
0:01:01 > 0:01:05Come on, Claire. Paul's your number one fan.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07God darn it, you're formidable.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Formidable...!
0:01:09 > 0:01:11When was the last time you said that?
0:01:11 > 0:01:15I don't... I'm not sure anyone's said it to my face before.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Well, someone just has.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22From her original £200, Claire's purse is full,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25with £466.84.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Paul also began with £200.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31He's made excellent progress and is the current leader
0:01:31 > 0:01:34with £611.90.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36That's a lot of money.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Yeah...
0:01:38 > 0:01:42The trusty 1968 TVR Tuscan is their racy little number,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44getting them from A to B.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48Paul and Claire set off from Wooler in Northumberland.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50They began in the north-east of England
0:01:50 > 0:01:52and will traverse through South Yorkshire
0:01:52 > 0:01:55to finally land in the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00The city of Hull is our first stop,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and later, we'll auction in the city of Nottingham
0:02:03 > 0:02:04in the East Midlands.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07Here we go. This looks good.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09Now, Claire's first to get stuck in.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- Brilliant. - Well, enjoy, what can I say?
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Good luck, it looks good.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16It looks all right, a bit interesting, doesn't it?
0:02:16 > 0:02:18She's been dropped off at the deceptively large
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Kevin Marshall Antiques Warehouse.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- See you later. - Oh, don't get too many bargains.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25We'll catch up with Paul later.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Bye!
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Every inch is crammed full.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35This is an amazing place.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Isn't it just?
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Great advertising stuff in here.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Big enamel signs.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46These are so, so popular at the moment.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Oh, wow, another one.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Bristol Tips cigarettes this time.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56And it's in its wooden frame, as it would have been mounted.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Single-sided, obviously, to put on a wall.
0:03:02 > 0:03:03That's a nice thing.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I love going to the back of these places.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08You are never quite sure what you're going to find.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Oh, wow, OK. I have just noticed some amazing...
0:03:11 > 0:03:15Hey, fancy tripping out in that?
0:03:15 > 0:03:17You know, Hull nightlife.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20Very Elton John, aren't they? Aren't those fantastic?
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Goldfish in your heels?
0:03:21 > 0:03:22SHE LAUGHS
0:03:22 > 0:03:25I hear Paul has the very same pair.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28What I was also heading for is this rather nice...
0:03:28 > 0:03:29We're back to luggage, now, you notice.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32..rather nice domed trunk here.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34It's leather-covered, brass-studded.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Handle either side for carrying it.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40And then, if you lift it up, let's see...
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Oh, that's nice. Original lining of...
0:03:44 > 0:03:45Sort of cotton lining.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49Right. That's a couple fo things to consider. No ticket prices, though.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52Mm...nice Deco clock at the back.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56Mm - it's got a ticket price of £70, and is worth a closer look.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57If she can get to it.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03That's got more damage. It's lifting quite badly at the back of it,
0:04:03 > 0:04:05I can feel now.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07The face is a bit dished in as well.
0:04:07 > 0:04:08Aren't we all?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Maybe this will help get a reduced price from dealer Kevin.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Kevin?
0:04:13 > 0:04:14It is definitely ripply.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Yeah. It is a bit ripply.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19It's sucked in some damp over the years it's been hung there.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22So I wouldn't want to spend much more than about 25, 30 on it.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26Bold bid. Kevin has already put a price of £85 the sign,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28and 135 on the trunk,
0:04:28 > 0:04:32but Claire's looking for a combo price on all three. So, Kevin?
0:04:32 > 0:04:33200 quid, then.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Oh, hang on a minute...
0:04:35 > 0:04:37£200 for the lot?
0:04:37 > 0:04:40Yeah, 70, 100, and 30 quid for the...
0:04:40 > 0:04:4270, 80, 90...
0:04:42 > 0:04:43- Are you happy?- I'm happy.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- Thank you so much.- You're welcome. - It's been an absolute pleasure.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Blimey! A £90 discount for Claire's three lovely lots.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Thank you, Kev.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53HE WHISTLES
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Now, what about Paul? He's travelled west to the village of South Cave
0:04:58 > 0:05:01in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Oh, yes.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Paul's visited this fine establishment before,
0:05:05 > 0:05:08which you'll recall, if you're a fan.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Hello, Mr Cheeky.- How you doing? - Hey, Mr Cheeky?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- We meet again.- Yes, come on in. - Bit personal.
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Paul's £145 ahead of his compadre
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and it looks like he's found something.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29I do like something that is not priced.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33Tell you what you've got. You've got pukka period lighting,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35and you know how I feel about that.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Excited, eh?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40This is a pendant gaslight.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44And this would have hung in your hall or vestibule
0:05:44 > 0:05:47back in the late Victorian era.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50It's in brass. Now oxidised.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Between you and me...
0:05:52 > 0:05:56..I LOVE it. I love it, I love it, I love it.
0:05:56 > 0:05:57Why?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01A, scarce, B, not been converted to electricity.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Rare survivor.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06What's wrong with it?
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Any fool can tell you -
0:06:08 > 0:06:10I shouldn't be able to do that.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12It's missing all its panes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Which is a bit of a PAIN.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Boom-boom. He's here all week, folks.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21What is that? It's more trouble than it's worth.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24Do I love it?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26PAUL CHUCKLES
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Of course I love it.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31OK, then - let's talk money with Fiona.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Pendant gaslight.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35With the glass missing?
0:06:35 > 0:06:39And the tab's broken, and it's black as the Earl of Hell's waistcoat.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42And it doesn't have a price on it.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44And I'm hoping that is something that you'd go,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47"Yeah, do you know what? I can do you a deal on that."
0:06:47 > 0:06:50- Take a punt on it.- Tenner,
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- and I'm serious. - 15 and it's yours.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56Let me dig my heels in for once.
0:06:56 > 0:06:5815 and it's yours.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59The hand is there, look.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02It's that you're meant to do.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Looks like I did it, then, didn't I?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06THEY LAUGH This is unusual.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08I'm easy. I'm easy to deal with.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10- Yeah.- I bought something. Yeah, magic.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13I thought you were going to dig your heels in.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16The Victorian pendant lamp for £15.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Meanwhile, Claire has travelled north-west
0:07:21 > 0:07:24to the village of Barmby Moor in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Now, is Bar Farm Antiques ready
0:07:28 > 0:07:31for the rummaging hands of the lovely Claire?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Hello, Greg.- Claire?- Hi, I'm Claire. - Nice to meet you.- Good to meet you.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Nice beard, Greg. He's from Louisiana, you know.
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Welcome to Bar Farm.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45There's a lot of outbuildings here, stuffed full of juicy plunder,
0:07:45 > 0:07:47and she's going to have a good sniff around.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Right, this is the treasure chest I'm looking for.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59Oh, what's that? Oh, dear.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Oh. Leg of mutton gun case.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Nice old one, leather.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Nice brass clasp on it, got a bit of age.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09In quite good order.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Um... £85. OK.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Need to do a bit of a deal on that.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17That's one possible - what's next?
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Familiar territory again. Back to the suitcases.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26That's the best one. That's the leather one.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Typical of its type. Good brown leather, solid...
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Stitching's good.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Let's have a look inside.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Bit mouldy, but... Fairly standard. Handle's good.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Most important - handle must be good.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43It's priced at £46. Time to talk money, Greg.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45Well, I just, I found...
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Leg of mutton gun case, which I quite like.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- Oh, right.- You've got 85 on it. - Uh-huh?
0:08:51 > 0:08:53I'm wondering if you can come down a fair bit on that.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55Like, what's a fair bit?
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Well...if I could get it for much nearer, sort of, 50, really,
0:08:59 > 0:09:02sort of just under, it would see me with perhaps a bit of profit.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04But...
0:09:04 > 0:09:0755? It really needs to be...?
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- If I could, yeah...- Yeah...
0:09:11 > 0:09:13But there is another thing I want to ask you about,
0:09:13 > 0:09:14so we could always come back.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Yeah, that's... We've got a general idea.
0:09:16 > 0:09:17Yeah.
0:09:17 > 0:09:21Now, will Greg give a good deal if there is a multi-buy in the offing?
0:09:21 > 0:09:26Both of them for 70, yeah. Take both of them for 70.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Gosh.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31Now you've put me in a quandary.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34So that would be counting that as 50 and this as 20, really.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37- Yeah, I think I'll do it. - That's all right? You like that?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- Good.- Thank you very much. - Well, good luck.- Thank you.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44Gee, she does love leather goods. That's £70 for the two.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Hey, what a wonderful day.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52But it's time for a much-needed rest.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Nighty-night, you two.
0:09:57 > 0:09:58It's a misty morning
0:09:58 > 0:10:02as our pair tootle about in the West Yorkshire countryside.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04You know what we've done, Claire, don't you?
0:10:04 > 0:10:08- We've broken the weather. - Yeah. I blame you for this.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I blame you entirely.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Paul is getting things underway today
0:10:12 > 0:10:14in the market town of Pontefract.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Here we go.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- Do you like my cat? - Yeah, that's good, isn't it?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Big black pussycat and the sheep and the cockerel.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Enjoy yourself in the farmyard, there.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- Bye.- Have a good 'un. - Thank you.- See you later.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32He's certainly not short of cash, with a little under £600 to spend.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Oh, look, a nice horn, he's spotted.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Come on, Paul.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46You've only bought one item.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Get a wiggle on.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50That's rather grand, is it not?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54It does not have a price attached to it,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57so it's an unknown quantity in that regard.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Well, it looks perhaps more grand than it is.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03It dates to the late 19th century
0:11:03 > 0:11:07and I think this was probably rather affordable in its day.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09This isn't for the big house.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11This is a middle-class piece, is it not?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13This is for the professional.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Shall we test it? You want me to test it, don't you?
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Go on, then. Test it.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20CLOCK CHIMES
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Not exactly Big Ben, but it works.
0:11:26 > 0:11:27Ta-da!
0:11:27 > 0:11:32What a testament to 19th century engineering.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Right, where's Mark to try and STRIKE a deal?
0:11:35 > 0:11:36Ha!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Well, I would ask 50.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41Would you haggle on 50?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- To what?- Let's see.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- I'll show you something else. - Go on, then.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Paul fancies having a go at the hunting horn he spied earlier.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54So copper, brass and nickel hunting horn.
0:11:54 > 0:11:55Not a really early one.
0:11:55 > 0:11:59But it's named and it's not been abused.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- Yes.- It's not got dents and bends.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04What's that priced at? Or what could it be?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Somewhere around 50 for that.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12That seems too much for me.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Well, I'll offer you 20.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Could you go a little bit more?
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Why don't we join them together, then?- All right, then.
0:12:20 > 0:12:2250 for the pair?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24But that might be too hard to swallow.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Could you go to 60? Could you stretch to 60?
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Yeah, I could.- Go on, then. - That's fair. Meeting in the middle.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35- OK.- Mark, what a pleasure. - Thank you.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37We're gathering momentum, Paul.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41The mantle clock for £35 and the hunting horn for £25.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42Well done, boy.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Meanwhile, Claire has travelled to Leeds.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49And, as a special treat,
0:12:49 > 0:12:53she's off to find out about a pioneer of steam power.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Oh, goody!
0:12:57 > 0:12:59The invention that changed the world,
0:12:59 > 0:13:04the steam railway locomotive, has been around for over 200 years.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Names such as James Watt and George Stephenson
0:13:07 > 0:13:10are synonymous with steam locomotives
0:13:10 > 0:13:14but ingenious engineer, and adopted son of the county of Leeds,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16Matthew Murray is a forgotten hero
0:13:16 > 0:13:19of this once ground-breaking industry.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Without him, things could have been very different.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Claire is meeting with historian Neil Dowlan
0:13:25 > 0:13:27at the Middleton railway.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28How lovely.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Matthew Murray has no small role to play
0:13:31 > 0:13:34in the development of what we would now think of
0:13:34 > 0:13:36as classic Victorian engineering.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Greek and Roman columns on beam engines,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41all beautifully cast, beautiful lines.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44A lot of that is down to people like Murray
0:13:44 > 0:13:47and he's one of the very earliest who are doing it.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50By the year 1810,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53the Napoleonic Wars were gripping Europe.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55There was a block on imports of grain
0:13:55 > 0:13:58and with the burgeoning war effort,
0:13:58 > 0:14:00there's a high demand for horses and hay.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Horses were vital to the local mines,
0:14:02 > 0:14:07therefore an alternative to horsepower was greatly needed.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09The estate manager at the time for the colliery,
0:14:09 > 0:14:13a man called John Blenkinsop, had to find a different solution to that
0:14:13 > 0:14:16and the solution he came up with was a locomotive railway.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19This is what Murray gets involved with.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23The project itself, if you like, is masterminded by Blenkinsop.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26He patents the rack motion
0:14:26 > 0:14:31which actually allows the locomotive to adhere to the track.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32The year was 1812.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Along with Blenkinsop's innovative rail design,
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Murray manufactured the first commercially successful
0:14:39 > 0:14:42steam locomotive in the world, the Salamanca.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47However, Murray wasn't quick to patent his ideas
0:14:47 > 0:14:51which meant others had free rein on his ground-breaking creations.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56His locomotives were apparently seen by people like George Stephenson
0:14:56 > 0:15:00and, as a result, Stephenson takes some of Murray's ideas
0:15:00 > 0:15:01and uses them to create Puffing Billy.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03And...
0:15:05 > 0:15:08..he becomes famous for locomotives, perhaps more than Murray is.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Murray's role slightly forgotten
0:15:09 > 0:15:13but still absolutely vital in the development of these machines.
0:15:13 > 0:15:17It is the kick-start for the development of Leeds
0:15:17 > 0:15:19as an engineering site as well,
0:15:19 > 0:15:21and particularly locomotive engineering.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25And within a mile of here, by the late 19th century,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28there are about half a dozen locomotive manufacturers.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Without Murray's inventive mind,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Leeds wouldn't have been on the right track for steam power.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39The cutting-edge developments here were leading the world
0:15:39 > 0:15:41in replacing beast with machine.
0:15:41 > 0:15:45And now for the bit Claire's been waiting for.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47WHISTLE BLOWS
0:16:01 > 0:16:05- So, Neil, this is really where it all started, isn't it?- In a way.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Every railway line around the world starts here.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11This is the first steam railway
0:16:11 > 0:16:14but he's forgotten because his name isn't on the patent.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16But, without Murray, it probably wouldn't have happened.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19He's not bothered about whether he's famous.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23He's more interested in the spread of ideas.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27His legacy is actually that he created something
0:16:27 > 0:16:30that would change the 19th century.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32Humble and modest,
0:16:32 > 0:16:36Matthew Murray cared more about the development and progress of man
0:16:36 > 0:16:38than profits and patents.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41His designs and skills proved so innovative
0:16:41 > 0:16:43that he created the blueprint
0:16:43 > 0:16:46for commercially successful steam locomotives.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Paul, meanwhile, has travelled 15 miles
0:16:52 > 0:16:54to the town of Barnsley
0:16:54 > 0:16:55in South Yorkshire.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59He is on the hunt to harpoon some antiques booty.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Can he find it in here?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11And he's got the Laidlaw eye on something.
0:17:12 > 0:17:19What am I looking at? A broken pot priced at £225.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Why exactly?
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Well, this is no ordinary pot.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26You are likely to know, but you may not,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28that that's a puzzle jug
0:17:28 > 0:17:33which has a tradition certainly going back to late medieval times.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37This vessel has one, two, three spouts.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Do you know what this is?
0:17:39 > 0:17:41This is Russian roulette for drinkers.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Because if I go to have a wee sup out of here
0:17:44 > 0:17:45and pick the wrong one,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48it's going to pour all over me out of the other.
0:17:48 > 0:17:49We don't want that.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53The medium here is tin-glazed earthenware
0:17:53 > 0:17:56and that accounts for all the damage
0:17:56 > 0:18:02because if you look here, there are glaze losses everywhere.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04I would call that fritting.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08And worse still, there's a spout detached.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10But the fritting is a hallmark of authenticity
0:18:10 > 0:18:15and confirms an 18th-century date of origin.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16What a lovely thing.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19The very helpful Rachel is phoning the dealer
0:18:19 > 0:18:23for the very best price on the £225 jug.
0:18:24 > 0:18:25PAUL LAUGHS
0:18:25 > 0:18:27I'm not an optimistic man.
0:18:27 > 0:18:29What was the damage on that? 200 quid.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32No. Slightly better.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35OK. It would need to be a lot better but slightly is interesting.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38OK, it would be 180.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41I don't think it's dear, but it's not for me.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42Right.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44OK, no success there.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47What's this, then?
0:18:47 > 0:18:48I've no idea.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Yes, you do.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Well, I might have an idea.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I think it's a smoke bell.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56It is indeed a 19th-century smoke bell
0:18:56 > 0:18:57to be hung over a candle lamp
0:18:57 > 0:19:00to stop the soot staining the ceiling.
0:19:00 > 0:19:01He knew that all along.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03No price tag.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06I'd buy that as a curio but I wouldn't pay much for it.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07- Should I ask?- Go on, then.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I should ask, shouldn't I?
0:19:09 > 0:19:11It would be the only one in the auction.
0:19:11 > 0:19:12- Yeah, come on. - Well, there you go.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19- There's no price tag on this. Shall I show you where it was? - Yes, please. Thank you very much.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23It was sitting precisely there.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26On our sale shelf, Paul. It could well be your lucky day.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29It's a sale shelf! It's a sale shelf.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31This could be exciting for you.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34That's going to be no money, I guess.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- I guess you're right. - Single digit, just to take it away.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40- Right, fine.- Fiver.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Five quid.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44You know what? I think we could do that for you.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46I'm going to buy it and stick it in an auction and see what happens.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- OK, go for it.- Before I do that, I'll shake your hand.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50- OK.- Magic.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Interesting, but not what you'd call a big-money buy,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57but something is still on his mind.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Oh, yes. He's asked Rachel
0:19:59 > 0:20:01to phone the owner of the puzzle jug once again -
0:20:01 > 0:20:05this time, with a death-defying bid of £100.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Steady...
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Wow, that was quick. Was it shockingly quick?
0:20:11 > 0:20:13- I know.- Never phone me again.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I didn't expect this at all.
0:20:15 > 0:20:16- OK.- But...
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Yeah.
0:20:18 > 0:20:23He's actually agreed to 100 quid on it.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Didn't expect that at all, but he has.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29What I'm trying not to do here...
0:20:29 > 0:20:31What I'm trying to do is maintain a professional demeanour,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35but what I want to do is along the lines of, you know,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37fist pumping and all that, so...
0:20:37 > 0:20:39THEY LAUGH
0:20:39 > 0:20:40- Understood. - Let's stick to plan B, shall we?
0:20:40 > 0:20:44We'll do this professionally and say, "Thank you very much, Rachel, very kind of you",
0:20:44 > 0:20:46as opposed to, "Get in, give me a hug!"
0:20:46 > 0:20:47SHE LAUGHS
0:20:47 > 0:20:52There's no word I can say, is there? Apart from, get in, give me a hug!
0:20:52 > 0:20:55I don't know what you have on that person
0:20:55 > 0:20:57but it's obviously very powerful.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Well, one tries, one tries.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Can't imagine what.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I think you could say he's pretty joyful about his purchases -
0:21:04 > 0:21:06the smoke bell for £5
0:21:06 > 0:21:09and the fascinating puzzle jug for £100.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Meanwhile, Claire has made her way to her final shopping emporium
0:21:16 > 0:21:18in the town of Featherstone.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20She already has five lots
0:21:20 > 0:21:23but still has almost £200 to play with.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25- Hello, Linda.- Hiya, Claire. Pleased to meet you.
0:21:25 > 0:21:26Good to meet you.
0:21:33 > 0:21:38Claire is under no pressure to buy, but something's tickled her fancy.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42OK, crested china is not exactly doing what it used to,
0:21:42 > 0:21:46but it's the more unusual pieces that are still quite collected.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49This is a Scarborough piece, a bathing hut.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51The Shelley potteries were renowned
0:21:51 > 0:21:54for producing china souvenirs of British holiday resorts
0:21:54 > 0:21:57for over 100 years.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00There's a fish round here. Let's just see where that was...
0:22:01 > 0:22:03It's another Shelley one.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05"Fleetwood."
0:22:05 > 0:22:07I reckon, if I can get those really cheap,
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I might just have a stab at them.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11The bathing hut is priced at £10
0:22:11 > 0:22:14and the little fish doesn't have a price.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17Linda, where are you? Claire wants to make a deal.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I picked out things that, you know, weren't expensive.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23That's fine. We'll do the pair for 12.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Is that acceptable?- Oh, I was hoping you might come down below the 10,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29sort of, 5 or 6.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33If I do that one at... I'll do that one at 7 and that one at 3.
0:22:33 > 0:22:34£10 is my best.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Could we throw in, for good measure,
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Whitley Bay?
0:22:39 > 0:22:42How about throwing that in to add to it at a tenner?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- That's fine.- Is that all right? - That's fine.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Brilliant, thank you very much. Thanks.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49Claire adds the three pieces of crested pottery
0:22:49 > 0:22:51to the rest of her haul -
0:22:51 > 0:22:55the advertising sign, the travelling trunk,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57the Arts and Crafts wall clock,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59the gun case and the leather suitcase,
0:22:59 > 0:23:02which makes a total of six lots.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Claire has dug deep and spent £280 exactly.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11Paul has a total of five lots -
0:23:11 > 0:23:13the Victorian hall lantern,
0:23:13 > 0:23:15the 19th-century metal clock,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17the hunting horn,
0:23:17 > 0:23:18the smoke bell
0:23:18 > 0:23:21and the 18th-century puzzle jug.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Paul has spent a total of £180.
0:23:25 > 0:23:26Right, my darlings,
0:23:26 > 0:23:29thoughts on one another's collections, please.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Am I worried? Well, I would be
0:23:32 > 0:23:36if I wasn't in the lead and I hadn't bought five excellent lots myself.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I'm absolutely going to thrash him.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Yeah, look out, Paul, I'm coming along, yeah!
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Oh, I'm excited about this!
0:23:44 > 0:23:47We're heading south for the penultimate auction
0:23:47 > 0:23:48in the city of Nottingham.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Arthur Johnson and Sons have been in the auction biz
0:23:51 > 0:23:52for over a century.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56Philip Poyser is wielding the mighty gavel today.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00What are your thoughts on Paul and Claire's gaggle of goodies, then?
0:24:00 > 0:24:04The crested Shelley jugs, I think we're going to struggle a bit.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07There aren't that many buyers of crested ware at the moment.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10My personal favourite is the Delft jug.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13Yeah. It's 250 years old.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16They're easily damaged, yet it has survived.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19Thanks, Philip. The auction's about to begin
0:24:19 > 0:24:21and we're live for Internet bidding, too.
0:24:23 > 0:24:24It's a packed house.
0:24:24 > 0:24:28And Paul's 18th-century puzzle jug is up first.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30Various bids on the book to start.
0:24:30 > 0:24:34Going to start at 75. 75 bid, 80? 90, 100.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37110, 120, 130, 140, 150,
0:24:37 > 0:24:40160, 170, 180 190, 200.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42210...220.
0:24:42 > 0:24:47230, 240, 250. 250.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50In the room at 250. 260 online. 270 in the room.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52In the room!
0:24:52 > 0:24:53280 online.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55290 in the room.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58300 online.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00She shakes her head. Don't shake your head.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01OK... 320.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- God bless that woman.- At 320.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05350. 350.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08At £350 online...
0:25:08 > 0:25:11Being sold, then, at 350.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Very well done.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15And to you.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17OK. What a way to start.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21A phenomenal £250 profit.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23No pressure on me now, then, eh?
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Well, you never know.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Someone might really want your crested china. Maybe.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32£10.
0:25:32 > 0:25:33Well, I'll take five.
0:25:33 > 0:25:34Oh, no!
0:25:34 > 0:25:35£5, anybody, for the crested ware.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Thank you, £5. £5 bid.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39This is going well, isn't it?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40£8, thank you, sir.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41One more will do it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43At £8, bid at eight. Make it 10?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46- At £8, bid on my right, it goes. - Ooh...!- Done.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48Sold at 8.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Oh, no, that'll teach me a lesson.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I'm saying nothing.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Just bought them to wind you up, really.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55I thought they were quite sweet.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Backfired, that one, Claire, didn't it?
0:25:57 > 0:25:58Yes, won't do that again.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01It's Paul's hunting horn next.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I'm going 25 to start.
0:26:03 > 0:26:0430, in the room now.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06At 30. £30 bid. At 30.
0:26:06 > 0:26:075 online.
0:26:07 > 0:26:1140 in the room. 45 online.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12It goes online, then, at 45.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14All out in the room.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Did think it'd get more than that. - That's enough.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19"That's quite enough from you, Laidlaw."
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Absolutely!
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Yeah! Claire needs a fighting chance, Paul,
0:26:24 > 0:26:26but it's still a £20 profit.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Next up, Claire's 19th century travelling trunk.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33£65 bid.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36At 65. 70? 70. 70 in the room, 75 online.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Then it's coming in, the room's in, commissions are out.
0:26:39 > 0:26:4185 online. 90 in the room.
0:26:42 > 0:26:4495 online.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45- 100 in the room.- There we go.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47110 online.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48120 in the saleroom.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50130 online.
0:26:50 > 0:26:51140 in the saleroom.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53- It's determined.- 150 online.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55150 bid.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Oh, they've stopped. Oh, keep going.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Last look around. It goes at 150.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02That's more like it, Claire.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05A profit, long may it continue.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10That's a good buy by you and by the next buyer.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Paul's next with the unusual smoke bell.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16£12, I've got. 12 with me.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17At 12. 12 bid, 15.
0:27:17 > 0:27:1918, 18 bid, 20.
0:27:19 > 0:27:2020 bids in the aisle at 20.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21I'm looking for 25, now.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23£20. At 20.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24Last call, then. It goes.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Done. Sold at 20.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Well, it's not exactly practical but it's still a beauty.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32And a profit, to boot.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Claire's leg of mutton gun case is next to go.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40£20.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Well, 10. 10 I've got, 10.
0:27:42 > 0:27:44- 10 bid, 10. - Well, this is going well.
0:27:44 > 0:27:4712. 12 bid. This is for nothing.
0:27:47 > 0:27:48At £12. At 12.
0:27:48 > 0:27:5215. 18. 20.
0:27:52 > 0:27:53Five? 25 at the back now.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55At 25, 25 bid.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57This is not good.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- At 25, make it 30, please. - Gee...- At 25, at the back.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01Sold. It goes. Done.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- At £25.- Oh, that's cheap.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- That was cheap, wasn't it? - Yeah, yeah.
0:28:06 > 0:28:09Someone's definitely got a good buy there.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12It's Paul's mantle clock next.
0:28:13 > 0:28:15I've got five absentee bids here.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17I can start the bidding at 75.
0:28:17 > 0:28:21No! You jammy toad.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23- GASPING:- Madame!
0:28:23 > 0:28:25At 75. £75 bid.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Well, it's going to the highest of the absentee bids, then.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31At £75. I sell at 75.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- Well, fainting in shock. - I'll take that.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Of course you will, Paul.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39You're having a consistent run of profits so far.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Claire loves a suitcase.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43She's tasted success at two previous auctions.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46Fingers crossed. Well, everything crossed, actually.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Give me £20 to start this please.
0:28:48 > 0:28:5010? Bid.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51Thank you. 10, 10, I've got.
0:28:51 > 0:28:5210 bid. At 10.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Front row at 10. £10 bid, at 10.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57- I'll take 12 now. - Oh, goodness' sake.- Oh...
0:28:57 > 0:29:00It's going to the opening bid then.
0:29:00 > 0:29:02At £10. Being sold, and it goes.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03Done at 10.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Bombed out in Nottingham. - Gone on holiday.- It has.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09Cheer up, Claire - things might get better.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11Right. That's the last time I buy a suitcase.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13It's not, though, is it?
0:29:13 > 0:29:15No. It won't be. No, no.
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Claire's Art and Craft clock next,
0:29:17 > 0:29:18with the biffed-in face.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21£20, then. Bid. Thank you. 25.
0:29:21 > 0:29:2225 bid. 30. 30 bid.
0:29:22 > 0:29:2435. 35 bid.
0:29:24 > 0:29:2740. 40 bid. I have 40.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Gentleman's bid at 40. Against you online, as well.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30At 40. 40, and I sell.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32It goes at £40.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35Good on you, Claire. A much-needed profit.
0:29:35 > 0:29:40I'll try and take that as some sort of hope for the future.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Up next, it's Paul's hall lantern.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45£40 bid. 45.
0:29:45 > 0:29:4750. 55.
0:29:47 > 0:29:4960. £60 bid.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52- At 60.- It's a good day for you, isn't it?
0:29:52 > 0:29:54What did I tell you?
0:29:54 > 0:29:55On the hall lantern at 60.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57£60 bid, and I sell.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59It goes, done at £60.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Cor! Profit's with Paul today.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Yet another goodie, eh?
0:30:05 > 0:30:08Looked like an elephant had sat on it, but it was fine.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09Did really well.
0:30:09 > 0:30:10THEY LAUGH
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Claire's feeling the pain.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17Can her advertising sign rescue her from the doldrums?
0:30:17 > 0:30:19With me at 70. 70 bid, 75.
0:30:19 > 0:30:2080. 85.
0:30:20 > 0:30:2290. 95.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23100.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25- £100 bid.- Some bidders... Net.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27At 100. At 100 bid.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29The bid's on commission. £100.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31I'll take 10. At £100.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34I sell. It goes. Done at £100.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38- Well, it made a profit. - Can't argue with that.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40And a pretty good one, Claire.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Let's tot up the sums, eh?
0:30:42 > 0:30:47Claire began the penultimate leg with £466.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50And, after auction costs, she's made a tiny loss.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52£6.94.
0:30:52 > 0:30:59Claire begins the final leg with a respectable £459.90.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00No shame in that.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04Paul, though, began with £611.90
0:31:04 > 0:31:08and has made a whopper of a profit of £271.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Nice work, that man.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13The mighty Laidlaw has a hat-trick of auction wins
0:31:13 > 0:31:20but what will he do with his king-sized £882.90
0:31:20 > 0:31:25as we dish up the final portion of our road trip spectacular.
0:31:27 > 0:31:28I've got to win!
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Claire seems focused.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31I'm not desperate or anything.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- No, not that I'm competitive, she says.- It's not about the winning.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36It's not about winning. No, no, no.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Yeah, it's the taking part(!)
0:31:38 > 0:31:39Huh!
0:31:39 > 0:31:41The town of Matlock in Derbyshire
0:31:41 > 0:31:46is where we shall begin and we will have the grand auction finale
0:31:46 > 0:31:48later in the town of Stamford.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Claire's getting things underway in Quirky Antiques.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59Now, what's this you've found?
0:31:59 > 0:32:00It is Chinese cloisonne
0:32:00 > 0:32:04and I noticed another little vase on my walk round.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Some of the early stuff makes huge money now.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09This has got a biff on the shoulder.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12Which makes a lot of difference to value.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15But the intricate work where they have the copper body
0:32:15 > 0:32:19and then they lay down lines and then fill it with enamel,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21these wonderful intricate decorations,
0:32:21 > 0:32:24then fire it to give it a final glaze.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Lovely work and they've been doing it for centuries in China and Japan.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Priced at £12, it could be a good little purchase. Anything else?
0:32:32 > 0:32:36That's really pretty. I'll probably not be able to afford this one.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40- You might be surprised.- Whoops. Didn't see you there, Kelvin.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42Please have a look at the price ticket.
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Oh, OK. Oh, and it's yew wood.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48At £195, though, it'll be a considered purchase.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Claire checks out vase number two.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55You've got the similar type of decoration,
0:32:55 > 0:32:58butterflies amidst flowers.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Now, then. We've got some age here.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Might be able to do something with the two of those, maybe.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Kelvin? Where are you?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Kelvin, I spotted a couple of small things.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12This little cloisonne vase
0:33:12 > 0:33:14- and there's a little cloisonne pot over the other side.- Yes, yes.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18The pot has got damage to a couple of places on its shoulders.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23- That's correct.- That's marked up at £12, this is marked up at 18.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27With my sort of grasp of maths, I think we're about 30, aren't we?
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- That's correct, yes.- So what would your very, very, very best price be?
0:33:31 > 0:33:35I think around about £25 for the pair.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37OK. Would you consider coming down to 20?
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Can I tweak it down just a little bit more?
0:33:39 > 0:33:41I think if we said 22 I'd be happy.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- 22.- That's £18 for that one and £4 for the other one.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46You're virtually getting the other one for nothing.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Suddenly it's sounding a whole lot more attractive.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50OK. I think I'll do that.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- Lovely, thank you.- Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54One deal down.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56What about the writing desk?
0:33:56 > 0:34:01I mean, that's at 195. What would your very, very best be on that one?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04I think I know where we're going here, Claire.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Shall we just say 150 now?
0:34:06 > 0:34:09I'm not going to split at that. 150 it is. Thank you very much.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13A £45 reduction on the Victorian writing desk
0:34:13 > 0:34:16and £22 for the couple of cloisonne vases.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Nice work there, Clairey.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Paul, meanwhile, has made his way to the city of Sheffield
0:34:21 > 0:34:24and he's on the prowl for antiques.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29He's rolling in it. He's just a few pounds shy of 900.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34Oh, loving the waistcoat.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45And it looks like he's found something.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50The label says "Unusual monkey devil candlesticks."
0:34:51 > 0:34:54That's not a monkey devil,
0:34:54 > 0:34:56that's a Lincoln Imp.
0:34:56 > 0:35:01Is it not? I sincerely hope so, or I am a Scottish berk.
0:35:01 > 0:35:06Ahem. The Lincoln Imp comes from a 14th century legend
0:35:06 > 0:35:10where a pair of imps caused mayhem at the city's cathedral.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Danny's on hand to help you with the price.
0:35:14 > 0:35:19Ordinarily, Lincoln Imp on your souvenir door knocker
0:35:19 > 0:35:22or letter knife or keyring fob is junk.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23These aren't quite junk.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25If you look at the base,
0:35:25 > 0:35:28at the quality of the casting in these almost Green Men type masks.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- That's good work.- Good quality.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31You couldn't model that.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34- Good quality. - Date, no later than 1920s.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Probably 1920s, but potentially
0:35:37 > 0:35:41- Victorian.- I would say late Victorian.- Yeah.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43They sport a ticket price of £30.
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Do you think 20 could buy them?
0:35:47 > 0:35:5022. I'll squeeze 22.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Do I want to just plump for them and then that's one in the bag?
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Yeah, I do.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59Job done. Sweet.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03A pair of Lincoln Imp brass candlesticks for £22.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06That's the first of the Laidlaw purchases.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13Claire's travelled south to the town of Belper in Derbyshire.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16The Gatehouse has over 12 dealers selling their wares
0:36:16 > 0:36:18and Claire's ready to spend.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24That attracted my eye. Unusual things in this cabinet.
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Sort of photograph holders.
0:36:26 > 0:36:29I like those. Sort of Deco look about them.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32And it's priced at £75.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Now, we know you're partial to a walking stick or two.
0:36:35 > 0:36:37That's a nice one.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39It's got a silver collar on it.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43And actually, it's just a little like what's known as a Sunday stick.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46If you're not playing golf on a Sunday and you're going for a walk
0:36:46 > 0:36:48but you feel like tapping a ball around
0:36:48 > 0:36:50when you're not really supposed to.
0:36:50 > 0:36:55Ticket price is £40. That's two things to consider.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Let's get dealer Charles in.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Oh! Charles, I've seen a couple of things I'm quite interested in,
0:37:01 > 0:37:05- so I wondered if I could get your help on them a bit.- Yes?
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Both are in this corner at the moment.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11There's the Art Deco French...
0:37:11 > 0:37:12- Picture frame.- Picture frame.
0:37:12 > 0:37:16Also, I quite like this walking stick.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Let's get a closer look at the Art Deco photo frame first.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26I like the fact it's actually in good order,
0:37:26 > 0:37:29that the base hasn't been damaged or chipped,
0:37:29 > 0:37:31which it so often has been.
0:37:31 > 0:37:36I like the colour of the leaping gazelles and the shape of them,
0:37:36 > 0:37:37they are very Deco.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Charles contacts the dealer for the best price on both items.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Good luck, Claire.
0:37:42 > 0:37:43Good news, if you take the two,
0:37:43 > 0:37:46- you can have that for 60 and that for 20.- Excellent.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48That's a deal. Thank you very much.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51- Excellent.- £80 for the Art Deco photo frame
0:37:51 > 0:37:53and the unusual walking stick.
0:37:56 > 0:38:00Meanwhile, Paul has travelled to the town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04It's here that the country's largest church has a curious,
0:38:04 > 0:38:08world-famous landmark studding the horizon.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12The aptly named Crooked Spire
0:38:12 > 0:38:16perches precariously on the medieval church tower
0:38:16 > 0:38:21and is a hot topic of folklore as to why its form should be this way.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23The church of St Mary and All Saints
0:38:23 > 0:38:26hails from the days of the 13th century,
0:38:26 > 0:38:29and although there are several crooked spires throughout the world,
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Chesterfield's is the only one in the UK
0:38:31 > 0:38:35and boasts the greatest lean and twist of them all.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38Paul is meeting with church warden Colin McKenna
0:38:38 > 0:38:41to get to grips with this quirk of medieval engineering.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Well, look, I have beheld that spire from a distance but, my word,
0:38:44 > 0:38:47upfront it is a sight to behold, is it not?
0:38:47 > 0:38:49Spectacular, isn't it?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52And Paul's got the question that we've all been wondering.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54It wasn't intended to look like that?
0:38:54 > 0:38:59Now, that's where the stories start because there is a degree of opinion
0:38:59 > 0:39:01that says this is completely accidental.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04And there are other opinions that say, no, actually,
0:39:04 > 0:39:06it was intended to be twisted.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11The one thing that's for certain is the lean was not intended to happen.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16Currently the spire leans just under three metres to the southwest.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19That's nine and a half feet in old money.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21Time to venture inside.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26Oh, Colin, what an interior.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28I can smell the incense.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31Well, it's interesting you mention that, Paul,
0:39:31 > 0:39:34because therefore brings in one details about the spire.
0:39:34 > 0:39:35One day the devil was on his way
0:39:35 > 0:39:38somewhere and he stopped off at the spire
0:39:38 > 0:39:40- to get his breath back.- Right.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44The smell of the incense wafting off from the service made him sneeze so
0:39:44 > 0:39:48violently that he spun round and twisted the spire as he twisted.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49Oh, fantastic!
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Feeling brave, Paul?
0:39:53 > 0:39:57- Who does not want to...? - Do you want to go first?
0:39:57 > 0:39:59I think I do. My word, spiral staircase!
0:40:06 > 0:40:10We've lost our handrail and it's getting a bit cosy now, Colin.
0:40:10 > 0:40:12It gets narrower, Paul.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Don't tell him that, Colin.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22I can see through the floorboards to the belfry.
0:40:22 > 0:40:23Is this right, Colin, yeah?
0:40:23 > 0:40:25It's very safe, don't worry.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28I think he already is.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Oh, my word, look at that!
0:40:30 > 0:40:32The inside of the famous Crooked Spire.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35There's a forest up there.
0:40:35 > 0:40:39Actually looks like a jungle, it's difficult to discern the geometry.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41The spire was built not long after the Black Death,
0:40:41 > 0:40:46which is likely to have meant a loss of skilled craftsmen - leaving the job
0:40:46 > 0:40:48to be completed by novices.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50So nobody knows for sure whether
0:40:50 > 0:40:52this is what it would have looked like,
0:40:52 > 0:40:56had it been built by the master craftsmen right from the beginning.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00Or is it a result of that mixture of skilled and unskilled work.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03But the inside only tells half the story.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07But to get a true sense of what the spire looks like
0:41:07 > 0:41:09we need to go outside.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12You're a brave man, Paul.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- OK, that's a bit high.- Very!
0:41:32 > 0:41:34Hold on, let me just get my bearings.
0:41:36 > 0:41:37OK.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40It's a view, I'm going to give you that.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42It's a beautiful view, isn't it?
0:41:42 > 0:41:47- Come this way. - I'm getting sensations in my legs.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Telling my brain, "You shouldn't be up here."
0:41:50 > 0:41:53This is better, the further away from the parapet.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55That's it. That's it.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Ohhh...- Paul?
0:41:59 > 0:42:02- Have I got to do this?- Yes.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Oh, my word, that's amazing!
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Oh-ho-ho!
0:42:06 > 0:42:09MUSIC: Theme from Vertigo
0:42:09 > 0:42:11It is something else.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16I'll never forget this experience and I thank you for it.
0:42:16 > 0:42:17Fascinating.
0:42:19 > 0:42:20And borderline overwhelming.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Sir, thank you very much, but it's time to head south.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26It's a pleasure, Paul. Let me lead the way for you.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29- Please.- He's got some pluck. Dear, oh, dear.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Whatever the reason for the formation
0:42:34 > 0:42:36of this unique church spire,
0:42:36 > 0:42:39whether it be the sneeze of the devil
0:42:39 > 0:42:41or unskilled medieval workmen,
0:42:41 > 0:42:46it has survived for over 700 years and is quite rightly a global
0:42:46 > 0:42:49phenomenon. Best appreciated from terra firma, though.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51Right, Paul?
0:42:52 > 0:42:53What a truly exciting day.
0:42:53 > 0:42:57But the evening is upon us and our duo really need their beauty sleep.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59So, nighty night.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04G'oh! What a beautiful morning.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07And our pair are up and at 'em.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11Paul's travelled east to the town of Louth in Lincolnshire.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15He's got over £800 to splash.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17This shop is huge!
0:43:22 > 0:43:23Oh, hello.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Here's something I luuuurve.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29Look at the furniture.
0:43:30 > 0:43:36Behold, a pair of interwar cinema folding benches.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39I love. Yes!
0:43:39 > 0:43:41Look at this.
0:43:41 > 0:43:42I want my popcorn.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Star Wars!
0:43:46 > 0:43:48Uber cool, are they not?
0:43:49 > 0:43:50Price tag...
0:43:50 > 0:43:54"Sale." The price tag says sale!
0:43:56 > 0:43:59£100. £100 in the sale.
0:43:59 > 0:44:01Where's Sandra to talk cash?
0:44:01 > 0:44:04They are priced at £100 at the moment.
0:44:04 > 0:44:07Right. I can phone the dealer.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09Fingers crossed, then, Paul.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11Thanks, Mel. All right, then, bye-bye.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15The best she can do is 95.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18I love everything about this place
0:44:18 > 0:44:21and I also love the fact that I've just bought
0:44:21 > 0:44:24a pair of interwar movie seats.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26- Well done.- I love them.
0:44:26 > 0:44:27- Good choice.- I kid you not.
0:44:27 > 0:44:28Thank you.
0:44:28 > 0:44:30One purchase down.
0:44:30 > 0:44:37Fuelled by his excitement, he's got his hands on something else.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40Why is there no price on that?
0:44:40 > 0:44:43Well, there is. "Halberd, £10."
0:44:45 > 0:44:48Well, a halberd is what I thought that was,
0:44:48 > 0:44:50but...
0:44:50 > 0:44:52your...
0:44:52 > 0:44:55ash, I guess, shaft,
0:44:55 > 0:44:57fits it frighteningly well.
0:44:59 > 0:45:03Now, if you're wondering what the heck a halberd is, I'll tell you.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06It's the melding of two weapons,
0:45:06 > 0:45:08the axe and the spear.
0:45:08 > 0:45:13Back in 1700, 1680, your town guardsmen,
0:45:13 > 0:45:17or your militiaman, would be standing there, yeah?
0:45:17 > 0:45:20And if you're causing a disturbance,
0:45:20 > 0:45:22or you're threatening my town's kin...
0:45:25 > 0:45:29- Crumbs.- And I think at some stage, this was found and somebody thought,
0:45:29 > 0:45:33"You know what? That'd be pretty handy for clearing the weeds."
0:45:33 > 0:45:37So they just put this shaft on it.
0:45:37 > 0:45:42And I have no doubt - there is wishful thinking -
0:45:42 > 0:45:44this is not what you're seeing now.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46That's what that is.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49That, at £10, is sold.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53No messing about there, then.
0:45:54 > 0:45:57And you won't believe it, but he's found something else.
0:45:57 > 0:45:59That one tickles my fancy.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01- Yes.- Can we run the numbers?
0:46:01 > 0:46:04- 75 on that?- I can take off 10%.
0:46:04 > 0:46:07- So...- 67 and a half quid makes that...
0:46:07 > 0:46:09- 67.50?- 67 and a half quid. Which rounds to 65 nicely.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12- We're not dealing in two-and-a-half quids, are we?- Possibly.
0:46:12 > 0:46:14- But I'll have to check. - Can you firm up on that?
0:46:14 > 0:46:16- The dealer's here at the moment. - Oh, brilliant.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18- So I'll just go and check. - Brilliant.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20While Sandra finds out a price...
0:46:20 > 0:46:22what have you got there?
0:46:23 > 0:46:27A big Victorian plant pot. Who cares, Laidlaw?
0:46:27 > 0:46:28You should care!
0:46:28 > 0:46:30Oh, lordy, really?
0:46:30 > 0:46:35I'll give you a name. Burmantofts were tile manufacturers.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39In the late 19th century, they moved into what we can call art pottery,
0:46:39 > 0:46:43based out of Leeds.
0:46:43 > 0:46:45Actually highly collectable.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48Quite an important name and no condition issues.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52- Paul?- Sandra.
0:46:52 > 0:46:54OK, I've spoken with the dealer
0:46:54 > 0:46:57and the dealer has agreed to round it down to 65.
0:46:57 > 0:47:01- Dealer just sold... a Burmantofts.- Burmantofts.
0:47:01 > 0:47:03What a mighty haul of treasures.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06As well as the Burmantofts hunk of pottery,
0:47:06 > 0:47:11he's also got the cinema seats for 95 and the halberd head for £10.
0:47:14 > 0:47:18Claire's travelled to the Lincolnshire village of Stickney.
0:47:19 > 0:47:21Clutterbugs is the next emporium
0:47:21 > 0:47:24for this Road Tripper to have a gander in.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29So, Alan, this is my last shop of the week.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Oh, right. You can have a bit of a rest now.
0:47:31 > 0:47:34- This is it.- Yeah.- No, no, I've got to find the thing.- Indeed not.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37Claire wants to take a good fight to her chum Paul.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40That has caught my eye.
0:47:40 > 0:47:43It's brass, would be very nice if it was silver, but then
0:47:43 > 0:47:44it would be very expensive.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48It's the beginning of the 20th century into that Edwardian era.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52OK, yeah. Edwardian ink stand, £45.
0:47:53 > 0:47:56I'm just going to have a very quick look at the base.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Yep, nice quality.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02Should be nicely finished.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Time, then, to chat money with Alan.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08- This little desk stand. - It's a pretty little thing.
0:48:08 > 0:48:09You've got £45 on it.
0:48:09 > 0:48:13- Yeah.- I wondered what your very, very, very, very...- My very, very...
0:48:13 > 0:48:16Um, I'll touch your hand for 30.
0:48:16 > 0:48:18Could we get nearer 25?
0:48:18 > 0:48:21Could we go a bit higher than that?
0:48:21 > 0:48:23I'll meet you... 28.
0:48:23 > 0:48:2428. 28's a deal, then.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27Yeah. That's great. Thank you very much indeed.
0:48:27 > 0:48:33- Thank you.- And the brass ink stand is Claire's fifth lot for £28.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36Meanwhile, Paul's travelled south-east
0:48:36 > 0:48:39to the seaside town of Skegness in Lincolnshire
0:48:39 > 0:48:41for his last shop of the trip.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46Paul's pockets are jangling with £690.90.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48What can he find in here?
0:48:51 > 0:48:53- Hi, how are you?- Is it Des?
0:48:53 > 0:48:55- Yes, it is, yeah.- Good to see you.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03And look, he's rooted something out.
0:49:03 > 0:49:06Des, could I have a look at your wee toy projector?
0:49:06 > 0:49:09- Of course you can. - '50s thing, do you think?
0:49:09 > 0:49:11'50s? I think it's '50s, yeah.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15If I remember right, there's a couple of slides in with it.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17My word. I did not expect that.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21- What on earth? - It's got more than a couple.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24Well, I'll put that there for now.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27So, it is...
0:49:27 > 0:49:30Film Stips projector.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32In the 1950s,
0:49:32 > 0:49:36Bedfordshire company Film Stips made pocket viewers along with their
0:49:36 > 0:49:41exciting film strips that featured everything from the Royal Family
0:49:41 > 0:49:42to gunfire westerns.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47It's Laurel and Hardy.
0:49:47 > 0:49:48Yeah, it's not for sale.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50LAUGHTER
0:49:50 > 0:49:51Way Out West!
0:49:51 > 0:49:55It's just stills from Way Out West.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58- Oh, Des, it's just getting better for a geek like me.- I told you.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01The Mystery Of Flying Saucers.
0:50:01 > 0:50:02Come on!
0:50:02 > 0:50:04LAUGHTER
0:50:04 > 0:50:07Oh, it's proper flying saucers as well.
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Des, what was the price tag on that?
0:50:09 > 0:50:11It's gone up since you started looking.
0:50:12 > 0:50:14Pair of jokers.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Ten film strips, 18 quid.
0:50:16 > 0:50:18What could that be?
0:50:18 > 0:50:19What about 15?
0:50:21 > 0:50:23I think you've got me, Des.
0:50:23 > 0:50:26Superb.
0:50:26 > 0:50:27Well, that was a joyful experience
0:50:27 > 0:50:29and our shopping trip is now at an end.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Along with the little projector and film strips,
0:50:34 > 0:50:36Paul has a total of five lots.
0:50:36 > 0:50:41The pair of Lincoln Imps brass candlesticks, the cinema seats,
0:50:41 > 0:50:45the halberd head, and the Burmantofts pot.
0:50:45 > 0:50:48Paul has spent a total of £207.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53Clare decided to have fun on her Road Trip finale.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55She also has five lots.
0:50:55 > 0:51:00The Victorian writing set, two cloisonne vases,
0:51:00 > 0:51:03an Art Deco photograph stand,
0:51:03 > 0:51:08a Sunday stick, and an Edwardian brass ink stand.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11Claire has spent a total of £280.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14Thoughts, please, on one another's goodies, or baddies.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17The walking-stick-cum-golf-club.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21Pleasing. Delightful.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23His brass candlesticks, the Lincoln Imps.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25Well, could just be a bit like coals to Newcastle,
0:51:25 > 0:51:27we'll have to wait and see.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30My goodness, the auction is upon us.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33Claire and Paul are travelling to the Lincolnshire town of Stamford.
0:51:33 > 0:51:38Batemans auctioneers is a well-established firm in the area
0:51:38 > 0:51:41and sells up to 10,000 lots per annum.
0:51:41 > 0:51:45The colourful David Palmer is our gavel-basher today.
0:51:45 > 0:51:47Spill it about our duo's lots, please, David.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50Two old cinema seats.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53I mean, the time for those has gone.
0:51:53 > 0:51:57The gazelle photograph stand of the 1930s, I guess, mid-1930s,
0:51:57 > 0:52:00is wonderful.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04I hope that this makes the most money of all the items today.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07This is it. The auction finale is about to begin.
0:52:07 > 0:52:11We're also live on the internet.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13Oh, it's a bit harder than I thought it was going to be.
0:52:13 > 0:52:15It's like a correction chair.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17- It's good for the posture. - Very good, yes. Yes.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21Well, we don't like slouching.
0:52:21 > 0:52:24Paul's pair of Lincoln Imp brass candlesticks are up first.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Anyone 20? 20 quid. 20, I'm bid. Down there at 20.
0:52:27 > 0:52:2822 here. 25?
0:52:28 > 0:52:3025. Goes at 25.
0:52:30 > 0:52:3228, 30. 30.
0:52:32 > 0:52:34Net goes 32. 32, 35.
0:52:34 > 0:52:36- No chance.- At 32.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39At £32 now and I sell at 32.
0:52:39 > 0:52:40Anyone else?
0:52:41 > 0:52:44Well done, you.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46The little Imps made you a good profit. Well done, Paul.
0:52:46 > 0:52:50Claire's Edwardian ink stand is next to go under the hammer.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53Anyone 20? 20 I'm bid.
0:52:53 > 0:52:54Down here at 20. Anyone else?
0:52:54 > 0:52:57Goes at 20. In the sofa at 20.
0:52:57 > 0:52:59You at 20.
0:52:59 > 0:53:01A cheap buy.
0:53:01 > 0:53:04Don't worry, Claire, you've got another four lots to go.
0:53:04 > 0:53:06Paul's projector next.
0:53:06 > 0:53:08Do you predict a profit?
0:53:08 > 0:53:10£20. Come in at 20 again.
0:53:10 > 0:53:12And the original box. 20.
0:53:12 > 0:53:13Anyone 20? Are you bidding on the phone?
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Phone bidding? It's probably from another planet.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18At 20.
0:53:18 > 0:53:20I'm selling on the phone at 20.
0:53:20 > 0:53:23- A phone bid.- You could possess this and take it home.
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Hours of fun. I sell there at 20, then.
0:53:25 > 0:53:27With the phone at 20.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29Done and finished at 20.
0:53:30 > 0:53:33Someone loved it enough to give you a fiver profit, Paul.
0:53:33 > 0:53:35Oh, wow. That was really exciting.
0:53:35 > 0:53:40It didn't go anywhere but telephone bid and then nothing.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Tumbleweed. Whoosh.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44Come on, it's still a profit.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48Claire's cloisonne vases next.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50£30. Oh, 30.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52Wish I'd said more. Take a two.
0:53:52 > 0:53:53Anyone else? I sell at 30.
0:53:53 > 0:53:55Two if you like. These are rare.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58All done at 30. Is that it? 32, net.
0:53:58 > 0:54:00Underbidder, go again.
0:54:00 > 0:54:03At 32. Original bidder, have another go.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06At 32...
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Well done, Claire. Nice little earner.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13- That's all right. It's a profit. - Nothing to grumble about there.
0:54:13 > 0:54:15No, that's fine.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17- That's fine.- It surely is.
0:54:17 > 0:54:20Paul's Burmantofts jardiniere is next.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22Oh, gosh. It's like a big old strawberry.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25At 50, 30. 30 I'm bid. 5.
0:54:25 > 0:54:2640. At 40 now.
0:54:26 > 0:54:27Take 5 again. At 40.
0:54:27 > 0:54:305 if you like. Are you bidding over here?
0:54:30 > 0:54:32At 40. Is that it at £40?
0:54:32 > 0:54:34The strawberry pot goes at 40.
0:54:34 > 0:54:35Nobody else at 40?
0:54:37 > 0:54:39- And I thought that was cheap.- Yeah.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Someone's definitely got a good buy there.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Claire's Sunday stick is next up.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Start me at 50. Straight in at 50.
0:54:47 > 0:54:4840 then. 40 I'm bid.
0:54:48 > 0:54:5040. 5. 50 now.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52At 50. Take 5.
0:54:52 > 0:54:53At 50. And 5.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55This is probably someone really famous.
0:54:55 > 0:54:5655 on the phone.
0:54:56 > 0:54:58The phone at 55 now.
0:54:58 > 0:54:59And I sell at 55.
0:55:01 > 0:55:02It's still a result.
0:55:02 > 0:55:04Stating the obvious, Paul.
0:55:04 > 0:55:06And it's the best profit so far.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14Wait for it. Paul's beloved cinema seats next.
0:55:14 > 0:55:16Come in at £40. 40 I'm bid.
0:55:16 > 0:55:1840. 5. 50. 55 now.
0:55:18 > 0:55:20The bid's at 55. I'll take 60.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22At 55. Anyone else?
0:55:22 > 0:55:25All done at £55.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29Oh, dear. Sad face for Paul.
0:55:29 > 0:55:32That bidder has got one heck of a bargain.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36Claire's photo frame is next.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38Come in at £30 for it.
0:55:38 > 0:55:4030 I'm bid. 32. 35.
0:55:40 > 0:55:4238. 40. 45. 50.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46You at 50. 55. 60. 65. 70. 75 now.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49At 75. You, are you bidding again?
0:55:49 > 0:55:52Take 80. At 75. Done at 75.
0:55:52 > 0:55:53Anyone else? At 75...
0:55:53 > 0:55:5580.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57- 85.- The internet is coming.- I know.
0:55:57 > 0:55:59At 85. Done at 85.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01They look almost alive.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05At £85.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09- That's more like it.- That was good.
0:56:09 > 0:56:10Another chunky profit, Claire.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13Well done.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16Paul loves the next lot.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18It's his ancient halberd head.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21Anyone 30? £30.
0:56:21 > 0:56:2330 I'm bid. The net at 30. Take a 2 now.
0:56:23 > 0:56:25And I sell at 30.
0:56:25 > 0:56:272 if you like. 32.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29In the room at 32. 35. 38.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31At 38. 40. The net at 40.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33Take your 5. Are you bidding?
0:56:33 > 0:56:35If you breathe, I'll count it as a bid.
0:56:35 > 0:56:3745. At 45.
0:56:37 > 0:56:3850. The net at 50.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40Breathe again, sir. At 50.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42I'm selling on the net at £50.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45That's more like it, Paul.
0:56:45 > 0:56:46Well done.
0:56:46 > 0:56:47There, you made money on it.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52Now it's Claire's Victorian writing desk.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55- And it's the last lot. - Of the whole thing.
0:56:57 > 0:56:5980 for it. Try 80.
0:56:59 > 0:57:01Net straightaway.
0:57:01 > 0:57:0480 on the net. You go 85. 85 in the room.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07Room at 85. 90. 95.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09At 95. 100. 110?
0:57:09 > 0:57:11At 110.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13Back in the room now, 110.
0:57:13 > 0:57:16Sell, then, in the room at 110.
0:57:16 > 0:57:18Well, that's not too bad.
0:57:18 > 0:57:20Loving your optimism, Claire.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Claire began the Road Trip finale
0:57:27 > 0:57:29with £459.90
0:57:29 > 0:57:31and, after auction costs,
0:57:31 > 0:57:34she's made a small loss of £32.36.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40Claire's final earnings are £427.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42Despite winning the auction,
0:57:42 > 0:57:46she doesn't have enough in her kitty to match the mighty Laidlaw.
0:57:48 > 0:57:54For the fifth and final leg, Paul began with a colossal £882.90.
0:57:54 > 0:57:59After auction costs, he made a loss of £45.46.
0:57:59 > 0:58:01Although today's auction loser,
0:58:01 > 0:58:03he takes this Road Trip crown,
0:58:03 > 0:58:09with a spectacular final total of £837.44.
0:58:09 > 0:58:11Remarkable.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14All profits our experts make will go to Children In Need.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18Claire, victorious in the last auction.
0:58:18 > 0:58:22- Oh, thank you.- Thank you for being a magic travel companion.
0:58:22 > 0:58:24Oh, it's been an absolute joy, it really has.
0:58:24 > 0:58:27I am going to buy us a beverage.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30- Oh, yes, please.- A nice, cold drink.
0:58:30 > 0:58:32Bye-bye, Road Trippers.