0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:07- That's cracking. - ..with £200 each...- Wonderful.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14- That's exactly what I'm talking about.- I'm all over a-shiver!
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:18but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- No-brainer.- Going, going, gone.
0:00:20 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- So, will it be the high road to glory...- Push!
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- ..or the slow road to disaster? - How awfully, awfully nice.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:39SHEEP BLEATS
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Welcome to the fifth and final leg of the trip.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44My, how time flies.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Our experts, Philip Serrell and Catherine Southon,
0:00:47 > 0:00:50find themselves driving through a sunny South Wales
0:00:50 > 0:00:53in a 1970 Citroen DS 20.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Phil's built up a cracking lead,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59but Catherine might just have worked out the secret to his success.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- Is your scarf a lucky thing? - Absolutely right.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04You don't think I'd wear this for pleasure, do you?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07- Is it a lucky charm?- Yeah! - Oh, is it?- Yeah.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11- Oh, I'm going to take it off... - No, no, no!- You made me jump!
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Both experts started with £200.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20After four auctions, Catherine now has £250.38 to play with.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Philip, though,
0:01:22 > 0:01:27has a very healthy £394.42 to spend on this trip's last leg.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Jolly up, Phil.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- We're right at the end now.- Yeah.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33We are at the end of our road trip, which is actually quite sad.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34I'm really sad.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I'm really sad. Chin up, though, it's not over yet.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40This pair's road trip kicked off in Coleshill in Warwickshire,
0:01:40 > 0:01:42meandered around the Midlands,
0:01:42 > 0:01:44before heading due south to the coast,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46turning west down to the tip of Cornwall,
0:01:46 > 0:01:47nipping briefly into South Wales,
0:01:47 > 0:01:49and will finish up at an auction in Wells.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Today, our experts start off in the seaside town of Barry,
0:01:54 > 0:01:57and end up at auction in that elegant cathedral city in Somerset.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02The family-run Hawkins Antiques is our experts' first shop.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Where have you brought me to?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Well...I know this man, cos he comes to my sales and buys.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Ohh!- And his dad used to come to my sale and buy.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15Better watch you don't end up with some of it back again, then, Philip.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- Hello.- Hello. - Anthony, how are you?- Hello!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20- Hello, you're...? - I'm Terence.- Terry.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- Terence.- Anthony.- Anthony. OK.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28- Lead the way, Terence. Is it Terence or Terry?- You can call me Terry.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- There you go. See, I'm in already. - Can I call you Anthony?- You can.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33I'll take you through here, Philip.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37What should I be looking at, Anthony?
0:02:37 > 0:02:39You can look at anything, Philip.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41There's all shapes, all sizes and prices.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44And how much is that little Omega?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45That could be £120.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- That's a nice one. - Can I have a look at that?
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Yeah, certainly. Yeah, you can have a look at that.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51It's just a nice little watch.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54What's nice about this is, it's got the Omega mark just there, you can see that there,
0:02:54 > 0:02:58and you can see that there - it's clearly the Greek letter omega.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Can I think about that, Anthony? - Certainly, yeah.- Can I be sneaky?
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Can I put it in my pocket, just in case Catherine comes along?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- Now, now, Philip.- Certainly, providing you don't forget about it.
0:03:08 > 0:03:09As if I would. As if I would.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Anyway, how IS Catherine getting on?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15My goodness. You've got stuff everywhere.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- OK.- I'm so glad I wore high heels today.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Ah, Terry's got some stock that's a little familiar.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Phil bought an Edwardian bijouterie table.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- This was a couple of days ago.- Yeah?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28He paid about £100 for it.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29That's right, Catherine,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31and it made a healthy profit.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32- Well done.- Thanks.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35It's got pierced fretwork top there.
0:03:35 > 0:03:40It's mahogany, circa sort of 1880-1900.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42But there's no ticket price, Terry.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I did say I'd do you a good deal.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- £50.- Gosh, that's cheap!
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- Would you?- And I'm 100% sure that you'll do well on that.
0:03:50 > 0:03:51- We can't lose, can we?- Deal.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- We can't lose?- No, we cannot lose. - We cannot lose! We cannot lose.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58We're in this together, Terry. Right, I'm having that.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Let's leave Catherine browsing with Terry
0:04:00 > 0:04:02and see what's occurring with Philip.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04That little brass plaque.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06- Is that by anybody? - That's bronze, that is.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- Who's that by, then?- I don't know who it's by, in all honesty.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13We'll have a look. It could be £60.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15I quite like that.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21It's a well-made thing, isn't it? And if you can see just here, look,
0:04:21 > 0:04:23there's the signature of the person that's made it.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26And it's got that clip there that's just meant to hang on
0:04:26 > 0:04:27- someone's wall, isn't it?- Yep.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- It looks to me like it's '20s, almost, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- I'm going to have to think about that.- Fair enough.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Meanwhile, Anthony is showing Philip a coffer bach.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40A traditional Welsh chest to you and me.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44You know, it's a nice piece, untouched, original, oak.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46What date's that, then, Anthony?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I'd say that's 1820, 1840, Philip.
0:04:49 > 0:04:51Oh!
0:04:52 > 0:04:56People talk about the shadow and if you look at this here,
0:04:56 > 0:05:00you can see that that from there down
0:05:00 > 0:05:03is a lot darker than from there up.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05And that's because this little sliver here
0:05:05 > 0:05:08has always been hidden by this and it just shows that it is as honest
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- as the day is long, isn't it?- Yeah. - And how much is that, Anthony?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14That could be 120, Philip. It's a good price.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Now, you told me not to walk out
0:05:16 > 0:05:18with that watch in me pocket, didn't you?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Well remembered, Mr Serrell.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Those, to me, look like they're 150 quid the two.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26I couldn't do them for 150, Philip.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28- What could you do them for, then? - 200.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30100 quid each.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32See, my maths is good. I'd worked that out.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35I'm going to ask you now, what is your very, very, very best price?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37180 quid the two, Philip,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and you're having two for the price of one there.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Go on, I'll have those two. You're a gentleman, thank you.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Now, while I'm at it,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46what do you think about that little bronze plaque?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48It's a good piece.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49And what's the finish on that?
0:05:49 > 0:05:5130.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I haven't got any change, though.
0:05:53 > 0:05:5420, would that buy it?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59You're a gentleman, Anthony, thank you.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01He's a lovely lad, isn't he?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Right, that's £200 spent, isn't it?
0:06:04 > 0:06:06Yes. £100 on the watch,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08£80 on the coffer bach
0:06:08 > 0:06:10and 20 for the bronze plaque.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Now, where's Catherine got to?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Oh, I like that casket.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- Yeah, that's lovely, isn't it? - For letters.- Yeah.- What's on this?
0:06:19 > 0:06:21I quite like that. It needs a bit of work.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24It's actually £200 but look at that, though.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26- Yeah, it's lovely.- I think it's gilt bronze.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28It looks like it's bronze.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- Beautiful, isn't it?- I love these little masks on the feet.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35It's lovely. Could you get slightly under 100? Like, 95?
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Erm...
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Why don't we shake on 100?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43That would be the most I've spent on the whole road trip.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44I will do 95.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47- Will you?- Yeah, cos I want you to do well.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Oh, thank you, cos I really love that.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I love that more than the table
0:06:52 > 0:06:56and I know you really believe in the table. I just love this.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59I think you've got two items now that you're going to do well in.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02So, Catherine is going for the gilt-bronze casket
0:07:02 > 0:07:05and the bijouterie table for £145.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08- Thank you very much.- Lovely.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10Thank you. I love this. Thank you very much.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Well, Catherine's done some really good business there.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15But Philip's not done just yet.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18He's made his way down to the town of Newport,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21where he's visiting the Strawberry Water Junk Company.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Should suit him down to the ground, that.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- Hi. Philip. How are you? - Hello. John.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Nice to meet you. I love that lampshade.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- It's great, isn't it? - It's special, isn't it?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- How much is that? I really love that.- 600 quid.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I don't like those at all really.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I thought that might change your mind, Phil.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44- You've got an office chair here, John.- It's nice, isn't it?
0:07:44 > 0:07:45Yeah, I quite like that one.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48You've got a price ticket here, haven't you?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Oh, gosh, I'm poles away from you on that.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53You've got 145 there.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Lovely chair.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Lovely price, though.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57We're open to offers.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I do like a compromise.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00I don't want to insult you,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03but it's the one thing in your shop that I'd like to buy, I think.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05So we've got a...a mahogany.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Probably Art Nouveau in a way.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- 1885-1895. - Going towards that, I think.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Swivel office armchair, isn't it?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18I'm a long, long, long way off your price.
0:08:19 > 0:08:20What's a long way?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23In my eyes, I've got to buy that for 40 quid.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26I thought you'd say that.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29I think it's a lovely chair. Is 40 any good to you?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Honestly, it's my best shot. I've had a bad time.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I've had a really bad time.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36TIM SOBS The old sympathy card!
0:08:36 > 0:08:37That's enough, Phil!
0:08:37 > 0:08:39You've got us all at it.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41You've tried to sell me a canoe
0:08:41 > 0:08:44that has got more holes in it than a sieve.
0:08:45 > 0:08:4640 quid.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50- This is Bafta stuff now!- Oh, go on. - You're a gentleman.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Thank you ever so much. You're a star.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Let me pay you, thank you. You've been very kind to me. Thank you.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57A comfy chair for £40.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Just as well Phil's got to wait for Catherine.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Nice ice.
0:09:03 > 0:09:04Nighty-night, then.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Morning, everyone. Who's jogging?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Oh, no, here we go.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Philip's in the driving seat and our experts are heading out of Wales.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Certainly no hanging about this morning. First stop is in Bristol.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- See you later.- Bye!
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Philip is dropping Catherine off at the newly opened
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Rachel's and Michael's Antiques.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- Hello.- Hello.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28I recognise you two!
0:09:28 > 0:09:31You used to have a shop next door, didn't you?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33I had a shop called Rachel's and Dad had a shop
0:09:33 > 0:09:36called Michael's Antiques next to each other and now
0:09:36 > 0:09:38we've got Rachel's and Michael's Antiques under one roof.
0:09:38 > 0:09:39Under one roof.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Talk about keeping it in the family, eh?
0:09:41 > 0:09:44So we meet again. And you haven't aged a thing.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46That Michael's a smoothie.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48The problem is, of course, I haven't got a lot of money to spend.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Did I have quite a bit of money last time?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53Well, you did, but we couldn't get it off of you.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55CATHERINE LAUGHS
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Nothing new there, then. She has £105 this time round.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Have a look in there, cos these are things I haven't appraised
0:10:01 > 0:10:02or done anything with.
0:10:02 > 0:10:03A couple of little watches.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05That's quite a cute little thing.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07And they're both 14-carat, I think.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Well, that's cute, isn't it?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12That's like a little half... half-hunter. But a fob.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15A half-hunter pocket watch allows you to read the time
0:10:15 > 0:10:17when the cover is closed.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18And we know that one's gold.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21But this one, you see, came in with it and that one is definitely gold.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24That's quite sweet, isn't it? Being a little kangaroo.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Yeah, unusual. Never seen one.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28I'm going to put that there as a possibility.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30What about the half-hunter, then?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33We haven't done nothing to retouch it, so...
0:10:33 > 0:10:34But it's not working?
0:10:35 > 0:10:38No, we've got to sell it as it is, love.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40So we could do the both for 45.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42That's a possibility, definitely.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45That's two things to consider. Anything else?
0:10:45 > 0:10:50A little milk churn type thing. What would you do with that?
0:10:50 > 0:10:54- Rachel?- Yes?- What's this for? - I think it's a milk churn.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Is it, Dad?
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Yeah, it's definitely a milk churn because it seals.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Might be for cream or, you know, something a bit...
0:10:59 > 0:11:02You've got 35 on it, which is a lot more than I was thinking.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04What's the worst price for you
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- that you can do on that? - THEY LAUGH
0:11:07 > 0:11:09The worst price for you and the best for me.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Erm... £20.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13I do like that and I do like the fob watch.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Because in my mind I think this is quite a...
0:11:17 > 0:11:18..a nice little piece.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22I don't think that I've seen anything like that before.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26I think if this was 25 and that was 15, that would be 40.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Can you do that?
0:11:28 > 0:11:30£45 and that's it. I think you'll do...
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- That will scrap higher than that probably.- 45?- Yeah.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36- Yeah?- I think you've had a real good deal. All right, then.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38- You should shake my daughter's hand. - Thank you so much.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- And you know what? It's been lovely seeing you both again.- And you.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I'd like to say I'll be back, but you probably don't want me.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- You'll shut down the shop! - Well, we'll move again.
0:11:48 > 0:11:52That's £30 for the half-hunter and £15 for the butter churn.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53See you again, bye-bye!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Across Bristol, Philip is visiting
0:12:00 > 0:12:04one of the city's most famous institutions, the Old Vic Theatre.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07This year marks its 250th anniversary,
0:12:07 > 0:12:12making it the longest continually running theatre in the UK.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Philip's meeting chief executive Emma Stenning.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19The theatre then was founded in 1766, the reign of King George III.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Absolutely. It absolutely was, and in fact,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25we've got records back from 1764, 1765 of merchants meeting
0:12:25 > 0:12:28in the pubs and the inns on Jacobs Wells Road
0:12:28 > 0:12:30and declaring that they needed
0:12:30 > 0:12:33to club together to build a fine theatre for the city of Bristol.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35And that's what they did.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39And eventually, 50 of them all chucked in and gave £50 each -
0:12:39 > 0:12:4247 men and three women, I always like to say...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44Quite right too.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47They all put in £50, with which they bought the plot of land where
0:12:47 > 0:12:49the theatre is and they funded
0:12:49 > 0:12:51the building of the theatre itself back then.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55In return, these new patrons received a silver token
0:12:55 > 0:12:59that allowed the holder free entry to any show any time.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- If I appeared at the desk now with one of these...- Yeah.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04- ..would they still let me in? - Absolutely.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Yeah, and we'd want to know all about how you came across it,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09because one of our great passions now
0:13:09 > 0:13:11is about tracing the heritage of the tickets.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13In its early years, how did it progress?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15It was really, really successful.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17People were flocking here, but of course,
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- back in those days, it wasn't legal. - Why?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22It wasn't legal to put on the performance of plays because
0:13:22 > 0:13:24actually people were worried about
0:13:24 > 0:13:26how insightful and political things might get.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29So what the theatre here did, it was very, very clever,
0:13:29 > 0:13:32it sort of hid the fact that there were plays being performed.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34And if you look at the flyers and the posters from the time,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37they often promote concerts of music,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40so you might have something that says in big letters, "Tonight,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43"you will see a performance of Handel's Messiah" or whatever,
0:13:43 > 0:13:46and then in the smallest of prints down at the bottom,
0:13:46 > 0:13:49it will say, "And in the interval, a performance,
0:13:49 > 0:13:50"The Tragedy Of Othello."
0:13:50 > 0:13:53And it wasn't until 20 years later that the Royal patent was granted
0:13:53 > 0:13:56and suddenly it could put on the plays.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02This is just lovely, isn't it?
0:14:02 > 0:14:05I love all these pillars and these wooden boxes.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09These days, actually, you can see the echoes of where the boxes were,
0:14:09 > 0:14:11but if you imagine, the entire theatre
0:14:11 > 0:14:14would have been boxed up, so when you came to the theatre,
0:14:14 > 0:14:16you didn't really buy a seat, you bought a box.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Actually, you went to an office to buy your box, and that's why today
0:14:19 > 0:14:22we still call the place you buy your tickets the box office.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25If we were down in the pit, it would have been wooden benches.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Most of our historians actually say that if you were in the pit,
0:14:27 > 0:14:30you would have spent most of the show standing up, because of course
0:14:30 > 0:14:34- it would have been a terrifically crowded space.- Goodness me.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- These days, we can seat 450 people. - And then?
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Then, 1,500.- 1,500 people?
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Yeah. It would have been absolutely ram-packed.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47The Bristol Old Vic was typical of theatrical venues of the time
0:14:47 > 0:14:49and the shows were attended by all levels of society.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52The prostitutes were sitting over there, because they really
0:14:52 > 0:14:53weren't here to see the show.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56They were here to be seen, so at the interval,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59you can imagine all sorts of deals being done and people nipping off
0:14:59 > 0:15:02into the boxes for... a different time at the interval.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Huh! It's a wonder that this theatre is still standing today.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09The average lifespan for a theatre built in 1766 was 17 years.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12They all burnt down. There was candlelight,
0:15:12 > 0:15:15there were sets made from straw bales and things.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17It was a very, very volatile place to be, actually.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21So the fact that this one is here 250 years later is a real miracle.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24I've always felt that somewhere there's a stage built for me.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27- Is that the one?- Quite possibly. Let's go and take a look.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Once more unto the breach, dear Philip.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32- This is awesome, isn't it?- Isn't it?
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- This, then, in 1766 is where I would have been performing.- It is.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38But what are these contraptions here?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Well, these are some old props really.- Really?
0:15:40 > 0:15:41If I do the spin on this one,
0:15:41 > 0:15:44you'll see exactly what it's here for, so...
0:15:44 > 0:15:46WHOOSHING
0:15:46 > 0:15:48If you give a little spin on that,
0:15:48 > 0:15:50then we'll really get the storm going.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52RATTLING
0:15:54 > 0:15:57I never, ever, ever thought I would stand on a stage and say,
0:15:57 > 0:15:58"I've got the wind."
0:15:58 > 0:16:00He's here all week, folks.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01So in the last 250 years,
0:16:01 > 0:16:04there must have been some really famous people stood on here.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Yes, some of our most famous alumni.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Daniel Day-Lewis, the greatest Oscar-winning actor of our day.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12He trained here and performed here. And of course, way back then,
0:16:12 > 0:16:15it would have been Garrick and Siddons and Cibber and...
0:16:15 > 0:16:18The finest actors have always come through Bristol Old Vic.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Meanwhile, Catherine is on the other side of Bristol
0:16:25 > 0:16:27visiting her last shop.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31Odds & Todds have been trading here for over 20 years.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Good afternoon.- Good afternoon.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- How are you?- Hi, there. Catherine.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- And you are?- I'm Jay. Nice to meet you.- Hi, Jay.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Right, OK, so we've got...
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Oh, we haven't got much in here, have we(!)
0:16:42 > 0:16:45- Just a little bit to look at, isn't there?- Oh, my goodness me!
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Where's the best place to start looking?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49You've got the cabinets in here.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52A few old gems in there, nice little group of tea caddies in there.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54A few gems in there? Right, OK.
0:16:54 > 0:16:55Nice leather bag.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57I was just looking at that.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Very, very...
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- It's really nice, isn't it? - Good quality, yeah.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05The weight of it. That's got a little bit of a maker's name
0:17:05 > 0:17:07on there of some description.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09No, I think that's some sort of military mark
0:17:09 > 0:17:11or something, isn't it?
0:17:11 > 0:17:13The stitching and the way that's been made as well...
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Yeah, and the rivets in there. Brass rivets.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19Tear at the back. You kept that one quiet!
0:17:20 > 0:17:24- It's nice, though.- Ticket price is £45.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26I wouldn't go anywhere near that, though.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28I'm really sorry. Can I make you an offer?
0:17:28 > 0:17:31You can make me an offer and see how we go.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34I'll offer you that...for the bag.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36He's not biting, Catherine.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- Have we got a deal?- £22.50.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41Oh, come on! I can't break into any more.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- Go on, then.- Go on, then. - We'll have a deal.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45- Good man.- No problem. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:17:45 > 0:17:46There you go.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50Catherine's shopping might be done
0:17:50 > 0:17:55but Philip is just arriving in the splendid Georgian city of Bath.
0:17:55 > 0:17:56Now, so far on this road trip,
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Philip has managed to spend every penny on every leg.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Can he make this a clean sweep?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05It might be difficult, because Michael Saffell Antiques
0:18:05 > 0:18:07only specialises in one thing.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10- Hello, there.- Hello.- Now...
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Bit of a strange request, this, but...
0:18:14 > 0:18:16don't suppose you've got any biscuit tins, have you?
0:18:16 > 0:18:20I think you might be in luck, Mr Serrell. This is a tin shop.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23I might be able to lay my hands on one or two, yes.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Ms Southon will be jealous.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27Catherine, who I'm competing against,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- she bought a biscuit tin and did really rather well on it.- Right.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I love that.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36- That's like a Japanese vase, isn't it?- That's a lovely thing.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40It's a Huntley and Palmer tin from 1928, and as you can see,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42there's even a hole in the top.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44- And that's priced at £58?- Yeah.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47- I dare say I might be able to knock a little off.- A little?
0:18:47 > 0:18:51- Yeah, I could do a deal, anyway. - OK, well, I want to buy more.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52That all sounds good.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55- I like those over there, those baggy ones.- Oh, right.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Some lovely tins really.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01Some rare and not so rare, but these two here, made in 1904, again...
0:19:01 > 0:19:04- They're like Gladstone bags, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Which is the rarer one of those two?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Condition-wise, this is better,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10but I'm selling the two as a package, really.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13- Oh, how much for the two, then? - Erm...
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- 60 quid for the two.- See?
0:19:15 > 0:19:18You know, I am warming to you, Michael, a lot.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Those are 60 for the two.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21How much is that one?
0:19:21 > 0:19:23That's 50. Was it?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- Yeah, 50, that one.- And this is...
0:19:25 > 0:19:27I like this one here.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31That one I could do for 60.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33That's a Victory V tin.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35It's not biscuits, though, is it?
0:19:35 > 0:19:36Not biscuits, but...
0:19:36 > 0:19:38It's got a brand name on.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41There's a little railway type trunk here.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46This one, more expensive, this is a Macfarlane and Lang biscuit tin.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48That one I could do for 75.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51We're sort of almost getting there. Well, I'm almost getting there.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- You might not be.- Not quite.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55What would those make at auction?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Would they make £40, £50 each?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Well, they should at least.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03OK. Now, do you want the bad news now?
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- Yeah, give it to me, yes. - Are you ready for this?- Yeah.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08- I've only got a certain amount of money.- Yes.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10It does go to three figures.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12But only just?
0:20:12 > 0:20:14No! Yeah. I can't lie.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- I have got 150...- Right.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19I haven't finished yet.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Four. And I've got 42 pence.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I do not have any more money and I would love to buy those off you,
0:20:24 > 0:20:26if you could see your way to helping me.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29I'd feel very bad about taking your 42 pence...
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- No, no, no, I insist! No, I insist.- Erm...
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- OK.- Oh, you're a gentleman. Thank you.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38That's very kind, Michael.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41Philip's picked up the five tins with a great discount.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Thank you! See you soon.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Bravo, that man. He's done it again -
0:20:46 > 0:20:48every last penny spent.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51That's got to be some kind of record.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54He adds the collection of confectionery tins
0:20:54 > 0:20:55to the Art Deco plaque,
0:20:55 > 0:20:56the coffer bach,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58the gold watch
0:20:58 > 0:21:00and the Art Nouveau chair.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Catherine's spent £210 on the Edwardian bijouterie table,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06the gilt-bronze casket,
0:21:06 > 0:21:08the lady's half-hunter pocket watch,
0:21:08 > 0:21:11the milk churn and the military bag.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14So, what do our experts make of each other's buys?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Your pocket watch, 14-carat gold, and I know there's a bit of damage
0:21:18 > 0:21:22to it, but at £30...it will go in the melting pot for more than that.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25I think I have given you a bit of a run for your money this time.
0:21:25 > 0:21:30So, Mr Serrell, have I left the best till last?
0:21:31 > 0:21:33After starting off in Barry,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36our experts are heading for their final auction in Wells.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Today's sale is at McCubbing and Redfern,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Somerset's oldest auction house.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46What does auctioneer Allen Mechen make of our pair's lots?
0:21:47 > 0:21:50My favourite lot is the tins.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53So hopefully we have the collectors here today.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56The least favourite is certainly the churn,
0:21:56 > 0:21:59because we get so many of them coming through the auction house.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01That may be...
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- a no-sell.- Crikey!
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Let's hope things don't turn sour for Catherine.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08The auction house also accepts internet bids.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Are you ready?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Experts, take your seats.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17First up is Catherine's Edwardian bijouterie table.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20I'm starting the bidding on this at £40.
0:22:20 > 0:22:2345, 50, 55, I'm out at the moment.
0:22:23 > 0:22:2460 anywhere?
0:22:24 > 0:22:2660, new bidder.
0:22:26 > 0:22:2965, 70, 75, 80, 85.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31- 85.- No, keep going!
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Looking for 90.
0:22:33 > 0:22:3485, all done?
0:22:34 > 0:22:36I believe we are.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38Sold at 85.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40That's a great start for Catherine.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44Can Philip follow suit with his Art Nouveau office chair?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46We've got plenty of bids here.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48£40, 45 I will take.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51£40, 45 I will take...
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Oh, the last one we sold for an awful lot more than that.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Are we all done at 40?
0:22:56 > 0:22:58That's disappointing.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Looks like we are.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Sold at 40.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Well, that just about wiped its face.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06Next up is Catherine's leather military bag.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08I've got three bids on this one.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- £45.- Yes!
0:23:10 > 0:23:11Looking for 50.
0:23:11 > 0:23:1545 and going straight in, looking for 50.
0:23:15 > 0:23:16Keep going.
0:23:16 > 0:23:1845, looking for 50.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21- Are we all done?- Ooh!
0:23:21 > 0:23:2350, I've got 55 here.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Madam, 60? No.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27It's still with me at 55.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Any advance to 60?
0:23:29 > 0:23:32At £55, all done?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Blimey, Catherine's marching on.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37That's another good profit.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39It was small, but it was perfect.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Can Philip get a result with his Art Deco bronze plaque?
0:23:44 > 0:23:47£25 I'm starting out, looking for 30.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48That's a profit anyway.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Looking for 30.
0:23:50 > 0:23:51At 25.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53No further bids in the room?
0:23:53 > 0:23:5425.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57At £25.
0:23:57 > 0:23:58Sold at 25.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Well, a lucky bidder's going home happy.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Coming up next is Catherine's vintage churn.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Let's hope it can surpass expectations.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08What are we looking at this one?
0:24:08 > 0:24:10£30.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Start me at 20?
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Oh...
0:24:13 > 0:24:15They all wanted it in Bristol.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Start me at ten?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Ten is bid. It's in the doorway.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20- Come on!- 15 anywhere?
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Sold to the man in the straitjacket.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24At £10...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Are we all done at ten? I believe we are.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27Sold at ten.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Well, I suppose the writing was on the wall with that loss.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32What's next?
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It's coming up now, look.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36I'm really going to scream in a minute.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39He's excited because his coffer bach is coming up next.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42I've got cross bids here at £100.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44So I'm going to go in at 110.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46That's a relief.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49110. 120, 130 and I'm out.
0:24:49 > 0:24:50130, it's in the room.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52140 here.
0:24:52 > 0:24:53150, sir?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56160, 170, 170...
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Oh, God, I'm going to really scream in a minute.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00180 with you, madam.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01All done?
0:25:01 > 0:25:03Sold at 180.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Do you know, it could have done a little bit better,
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- really, couldn't it? - Oh! Just be grateful and shut up!
0:25:08 > 0:25:10That's a stonking profit for Philip.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12- He's annoying, isn't he, madam? - He is a bit.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Hey, whose side are you on?
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Not yours by the sound of it, Philip.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Really? That's harsh!
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Anyway, back to the auction with Catherine's gilt-bronze casket.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I forgot about that casket.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24I spent loads on that.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- That was a massive risk. - SHE GASPS
0:25:27 > 0:25:29- Forgot about that one. - PHIL SNORTS
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Loads of bids on this one.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34£130, 140 I will take.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Yes, get in there!
0:25:35 > 0:25:39130. 140, 150, 160?
0:25:39 > 0:25:40No, 150 with me.
0:25:40 > 0:25:41- Keep going.- 150.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43160 anywhere else?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45160, it's in the room.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47170 I will take.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50At £160, fair and final warning.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Sold at 160.
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Oh!
0:25:53 > 0:25:55My word! Another great profit for Catherine.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58SHE SINGS
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Ah, someone's a happy camper.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02But can Philip extend his lead with his collection of biscuit
0:26:02 > 0:26:04and confectionery tins?
0:26:04 > 0:26:05- A lot of bids.- A lot of bids.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Two extremes between the two.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11But I'm going straight in at £100, and 110 I will take.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13At £100.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16- At 100?- Ouch.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Appears the collectors are not in today.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20- I think we're all done at 100. - Ouch, ouch.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22I'll give it a second or two longer.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24At 100.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25Sold at 100.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Lordy, someone's got a bargain.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31They were genuine good, good things.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34I'm tapping now, aren't I? I'm tapping now.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36This means the result of this road trip
0:26:36 > 0:26:38is down to the battle of the watches.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40First up is Philip's gold wristwatch.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43I'll start at £90.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- 100 I'll take.- Thought he was going to say £900 then.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49100, 110, 120, I'm out.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51- 120 in the room. - That's cheap. That's cheap.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53130 I'm looking for.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55120 in the room.
0:26:55 > 0:26:56130. 140, sir?
0:26:56 > 0:26:59150, 160?
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Hopefully, the internet will come in.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02170.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04180? No, 170.
0:27:04 > 0:27:05It's with the saleroom.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08At 170, it's with the saleroom...
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Sold at 170.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13That is a very decent profit.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Still a cheap watch, but at the moment, you are ahead.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20But you can still steal the show with your half-hunter pocket watch.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21I've got four bids here.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23£80 I'm going in at.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25- 85 I'm looking for.- Get in there!
0:27:25 > 0:27:2885, 90, 95 and I'm out.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- 100 I would like. - Yes!
0:27:31 > 0:27:34100, 110, 120, 130?
0:27:34 > 0:27:35No. 120 I've got.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37How did that happen?
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Has he got the right lot?
0:27:39 > 0:27:40£120 with you, sir, at the moment.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41At 120.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43- No further bids.- Really?
0:27:43 > 0:27:46At 120, it's in the room.
0:27:46 > 0:27:47Yes!
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Whoo! Sorry.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52I'm very excited about that.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55We can tell that. Catherine's made some amazing profits,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57but has it been enough to catch Philip?
0:27:57 > 0:28:02Catherine began with £250.38, and after auction costs
0:28:02 > 0:28:07she's ended up with a profit and a total of £392.98.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12Philip started off with £394.42, and after saleroom fees
0:28:12 > 0:28:16he just about managed to hold Catherine off with a grand total
0:28:16 > 0:28:22of £422.30, making him this road trip's overall winner.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25All profits go to Children In Need.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Well, I won, so I should...
0:28:27 > 0:28:29I thought...
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- I'm driving.- You won.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33- How does that work?- You drive!
0:28:34 > 0:28:36It's been a great trip.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40But before we all get upset about one trip ending...
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Hip, hip, hooray! We're off on a new adventure
0:28:47 > 0:28:50with veteran antique-er Paul Laidlaw, and look!
0:28:50 > 0:28:53There's a new girl in town, auctioneer Claire Rawle.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Do you have specialisms that could be my downfall in this game?
0:29:00 > 0:29:01Well, I do hope so.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03- I do hope so. - HE LAUGHS
0:29:03 > 0:29:04Hey, you'd better watch her, Paul.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07Claire's been in the antiques business for over 30 years.
0:29:07 > 0:29:08She started as a child.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10So what is your taste?
0:29:11 > 0:29:14I suppose, very eclectic. Very eclectic.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17I love collectors' items, so that covers quite a vast field, really.
0:29:17 > 0:29:22- Anything from sort of ephemera to militaria and...- What? What?
0:29:22 > 0:29:26- Yeah, I love militaria. - Get off my manor!- Yeah, yeah.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Ha, this should be an interesting road trip.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32Each of our rascals have £200 in their pocket.
0:29:32 > 0:29:37They're scooting about town in a fruity 1968 TVR Tuscan.
0:29:38 > 0:29:42Paul and Claire will set off from Wooler in Northumberland.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45They'll take in the sights of the north-east, traversing through
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Yorkshire to finally land in the
0:29:47 > 0:29:50town of Stamford in Lincolnshire.
0:29:50 > 0:29:54Our adventure begins today in the Northumberland town of Wooler.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56And we will auction later,
0:29:56 > 0:29:58in Darlington in County Durham.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- Well, then. It begins. - Absolutely. This is it.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06- The moment we've been waiting for. - Good luck! Enjoy!
0:30:06 > 0:30:11- Looks... Well, it's pretty enough. - It's all right, isn't it?- Very nice.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13We'll catch up with Paul later.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17But this is Claire's first chance to demonstrate her buying prowess.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- Hi.- Hello, Mark.- Yes, nice to meet you.- Hello, I'm Claire.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24- Hiya, Claire. Nice to meet you. - Yeah, yes.
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Mark's got a fair bit of stock crammed into this tiny shop.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31What can Claire find?
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Oops. What's lurking in there?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44Men's hairbrushes. Don't think so.
0:30:44 > 0:30:48Everyone's looking for the unusual, something different. Oh! OK.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Hey, look at these!
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Wow! Imagine having to...
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Cor, you'd have to be quite tall for that as well.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58SHE LAUGHS
0:30:58 > 0:31:02I quite like those, pair of old wooden crutches.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04Well, they're certainly different,
0:31:04 > 0:31:08and appear to have been handcrafted in the 19th century.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10But is there a deal to be done?
0:31:11 > 0:31:13- Mark...- Hi.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14There's a couple of...
0:31:14 > 0:31:17- There's a pair of old wooden crutches out the back, there...- Yes.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- ..which I quite like.- Yes.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21I mean, I've got a price in my mind that's
0:31:21 > 0:31:24a lot less then you've got, because you've got them marked up at 75.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27So I'm wondering, you know, it's a bit cheeky of me to come down a lot.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29What sort of price did you have in mind?
0:31:29 > 0:31:31I'm a long, long way away from you and I don't want to offend you
0:31:31 > 0:31:34- by saying the price, but I'm... - Not easily offended.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37OK, well, I was hoping for about £20, £30, you see. Yeah.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40- You're getting close to offending. - Yeah, yeah, I thought I would.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43If we go to 35, I'll give you them for that. Unusual.
0:31:43 > 0:31:45When was the last time you've seen a pair?
0:31:45 > 0:31:46SHE LAUGHS
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Doesn't always make them make money, though, does it? Really?
0:31:48 > 0:31:50You wouldn't think of 32?
0:31:50 > 0:31:54- Erm... Yeah, I'll do them for 32 for you.- 32. OK, 32 it is, then.- OK.
0:31:54 > 0:31:56- Better give you some money, I guess. - Yes, yes. It's always nice.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Yeah, yeah. Ooh, my hands are cold. I can't part with them. Here we go.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02I've got no change. Is that OK?
0:32:02 > 0:32:04THEY LAUGH
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Where have I heard that before?
0:32:06 > 0:32:08He's not kidding, you know.
0:32:08 > 0:32:11- Oh, no!- I'm short of change meself.
0:32:13 > 0:32:15I've got £7.20. Would you be happy
0:32:15 > 0:32:18for that as change? And I owe you 80p.
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- Oh, OK, OK. What's that? Luck money up here, is it?- Yes.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25- That's one for luck.- OK. - Thank you very much.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- Thanks, Mark. Pleasure to meet you. - Thank you very much.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29Bagful of... Right.
0:32:29 > 0:32:30One down.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Lack of change means the final price for today's first buy
0:32:36 > 0:32:39on the road trip is £32.80.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Meanwhile, Paul has travelled south to the village of Powburn,
0:32:47 > 0:32:49which nestles at the foot of the Cheviot Hills.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51What can he rustle up in here?
0:33:04 > 0:33:05And he's got something!
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I've found something I love!
0:33:12 > 0:33:13But I'm not sure.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20Check out two of the most unusual...
0:33:21 > 0:33:24..condiments, shall we call them?
0:33:24 > 0:33:25A salt and pepper.
0:33:25 > 0:33:26..that I've ever seen.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30The bodies, they are shells.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32But it frustrates me.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37If these were silver, undeniably silver,
0:33:37 > 0:33:43the price tag of £22 would, in my opinion, be a gift,
0:33:43 > 0:33:45because I think they are great fun.
0:33:45 > 0:33:46Yeah.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48He's tracked down owner Beryl
0:33:48 > 0:33:50to find out about his next item of choice.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54- What a piece of glass!- Hm.
0:33:54 > 0:33:58And no doubt that would have sat, resplendent,
0:33:58 > 0:34:04behind the bar of some fantastic Victorian inn or hotel.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Beautiful thing.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09You can dispense me with my whisky out of that any time you like.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15Whisky was extremely popular in the 19th century. And remains so.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17The spirit would be poured into large,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20elaborate cut-glass dispensers that complemented the fine
0:34:20 > 0:34:23interiors of a Victorian public house.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28During its life, it's taken a few knocks there.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32You know, that is a splendid, splendid thing.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35The ticket price is £120.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39Well, I could do... Well, £40, how about that?
0:34:39 > 0:34:40How's about 30 quid?
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- And I'll buy something else. - SHE LAUGHS
0:34:44 > 0:34:46- You'll buy something else.- Well, let me get something else.- Go on, then.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Can I do that? I'm going to put something in front, there,
0:34:49 > 0:34:50- and see if we can do a deal.- OK.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Hang on in there, Beryl.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56- I knew you'd go for those. - Really? Tell me why.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59- Just because they're different.- They are, aren't they?- They're fantastic.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02So there you go, two purchases.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04What about 50?
0:35:04 > 0:35:06What about 45 quid?
0:35:06 > 0:35:10- Go on, then. Being as it's you. - Wonderful.- Yes.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Get your money out, Paul.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13- There you go.- Thank you very much.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- I bid you adieu.- Paul's achieved a very generous deal, there.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23£15 for the salt and pepper pots
0:35:23 > 0:35:26and £30 for the whopper of a whisky dispenser.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Back to Claire. She is hot on Paul's heels.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37The village of Powburn is her next shopping destination too.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Hedgeley Antiques, watch out.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Claire's looking to spend some cash.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51With over ten dealers here, there should be lots to choose from.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53She's quick to spot something.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Golf clubs.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58These are types that you do see quite a few of.
0:35:58 > 0:36:02But having the hickory shafts makes them much more interesting.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I mean, but, you know, these are...
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Well, they date from sort of time of the First World War, really.
0:36:08 > 0:36:13So they're asking between £12 and £14 for each of those.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16What I'd really like to do is get all four for £12.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17Pull all those out.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Right, see if I can do a deal. Brian!
0:36:22 > 0:36:26- Are you there?- Watch yourself, Brian.- Golf clubs.- Oh, right.
0:36:26 > 0:36:31- So, I know they're marked up at £12, £14 each...- Right.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34I was hoping I could do a deal on these.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36I'm going to be really cheeky and say £12 for the four.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38£12 for the four?!
0:36:38 > 0:36:40THEY LAUGH
0:36:40 > 0:36:42You call that cheeky?
0:36:42 > 0:36:44£12 for the four.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47You know, they've got a little bit of wear here and there.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Yeah. 14.
0:36:49 > 0:36:5014.
0:36:50 > 0:36:54- Excellent.- OK, 14. - Thank you very much. Thank you.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57Wow, very generous of you, Brian. £14 for the lot.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59And Claire's not finished yet.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03There are some interesting things in here.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06There's a little...little brooch at the back there.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11A little dog sitting on, like, a sailing boat. Quite unusual.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Now, let's get Brian back over to look at the little doggy brooch.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Which one is it?- It's that one at the back there.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19- Is it all right if I just grab it? - Just help yourself.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Right, OK. I just think that's just unusual.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23That's quite sweet.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26It's not made of any precious metal, so it all comes down to price now.
0:37:26 > 0:37:27- So...- What's on it?
0:37:27 > 0:37:31- It's got £14 on it.- Right.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Um, but I'd really quite like to buy it for about six.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Right. OK, six.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39- Six, excellent.- OK? - Thank you very much.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Thank you.
0:37:41 > 0:37:45- And she's going for another brooch. - It's five pounds.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50It's only sort of white metal, just sort of pressed out.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53I don't know whether... if I could get it for a pound.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54HE LAUGHS
0:37:54 > 0:37:56It would go nicely with my little dog.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59It would look very nice for a pound, wouldn't it?
0:37:59 > 0:38:03- If you say so, yes.- Well, it would for a pound.- Yes, I'm sure it would.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06I don't want to pay five pounds for it, yeah. Yeah. Yeah?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09- OK.- Yeah, excellent.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Blimey, the bird brooch for a pound?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Just when we think it's all over...
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Oh, this is rather nice, isn't it? This trench periscope.
0:38:18 > 0:38:24Trench periscope. 1917, um, marked, so it's a nice thing.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Because, of course, it would have been...
0:38:26 > 0:38:28- Well, it was used as a trench periscope...- That's right.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31So rather than stick your head up above the parapet, stick that up.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33It's not so bad if that gets shot,
0:38:33 > 0:38:35it's not so good if your head gets shot.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38The ticket price is £140.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39Yikes!
0:38:39 > 0:38:42I tell you what. 50 quid.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46- Need to go a bit below that, though. - What?! Below 50?!- Yeah.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50- 30.- 30?! I'll split it with you. 40.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- That's the death.- 35. Be better, death.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- Go on. - HE SIGHS
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Probably just to see the look on Paul's face, 35.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- SHE LAUGHS - OK, you're on.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Blimey, what a gaggle of goodies.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14The dog and bird brooches for £7,
0:39:14 > 0:39:19£14 for the golf clubs, and the officer's trench periscope for £35.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Meanwhile, Paul's travelled south to the town of Morpeth.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31He's having a breather from shopping to find out about
0:39:31 > 0:39:33a sporting Mecca that happened right here
0:39:33 > 0:39:36in this small town in Northumberland.
0:39:36 > 0:39:37# Can you jump?
0:39:37 > 0:39:38# Or can you wrestle?
0:39:38 > 0:39:40# Can you tug-of-war?
0:39:40 > 0:39:44# Or maybe want a wager or a bet?
0:39:44 > 0:39:48# Well, this is what the working man's been waiting for
0:39:48 > 0:39:53# And the Morpeth Olympics are as good as it can get. #
0:39:53 > 0:39:57We're all familiar with the international Olympic games.
0:39:57 > 0:39:59But over 140 years ago,
0:39:59 > 0:40:03before there was even a sniff of the famous global extravaganza,
0:40:03 > 0:40:07people would come in their thousands to watch everything from
0:40:07 > 0:40:11wrestling to pole vaulting at the Morpeth Olympics.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Paul is meeting with local historian Kim Bibby-Wilson to hear more.
0:40:15 > 0:40:19It wasn't like the modern Olympics, an amateur meeting, it was
0:40:19 > 0:40:24for professional working-class sportsmen, and the spectators
0:40:24 > 0:40:27as well were the working-class people who came
0:40:27 > 0:40:29for a good day out, and they had something like 15,000 people
0:40:29 > 0:40:32at the heyday on the site,
0:40:32 > 0:40:34watching the games that were going on.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36And the prize money was quite substantial, because the local
0:40:36 > 0:40:40businesses sponsored it, in order to bring people into the town.
0:40:42 > 0:40:46Quickly, the annual Morpeth Olympics became one of the top events
0:40:46 > 0:40:48in the UK sporting calendar.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Kim has some rare footage from the 1950s.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Oh, very grand. Look at that. Look at the colour.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Oh, that's a big site...
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- It is a really big site. - ..and a big crowd.- It is, yeah.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02If you get to the top of the hill, you can see down,
0:41:02 > 0:41:05just how big an arena it was and such an amphitheatre
0:41:05 > 0:41:08for the spectators to be able to see what was going on.
0:41:08 > 0:41:10- And we're somewhere here. - Yes.- Very good.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14And they're pole vaulting as well. Oh, I see.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17And for all the world, it looks like your pole-vaulters have got
0:41:17 > 0:41:20- a hard landing ahead of them there. - Oh, yes, yes, yes.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24This wasn't a well-appointed sports field.
0:41:24 > 0:41:27And the wrestlers, head to toe in their...
0:41:27 > 0:41:30Yes, it's the sort of Cumberland and Westmorland style of wrestling,
0:41:30 > 0:41:32a bit like the Ancient Greek wrestling,
0:41:32 > 0:41:35although we tended to use legs and the lower part of the body as well,
0:41:35 > 0:41:37so it's a bit more vicious.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40You can see that they've got the long trousers and the tops,
0:41:40 > 0:41:43and they've got the Superman pants on the outside.
0:41:43 > 0:41:44HE LAUGHS
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Quite right too. It's fantastic stuff.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49And this brings to life the site.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52I can now picture the crowds on the rise there,
0:41:52 > 0:41:54and I can hear the cheering.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59The Morpeth Olympics offered lucrative cash prizes for winners.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01Sports funding at this time was scarce,
0:42:01 > 0:42:04so athletes flocked in their droves.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Morpeth Town Hall holds some artefacts from the games.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10So we've got these fantastic posters
0:42:10 > 0:42:13dating all the way back to 1914.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14They tell you a little bit about how
0:42:14 > 0:42:17the prize money went up over the years.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19So I think, on this one,
0:42:19 > 0:42:23it's a £20 prize for the 110 yards foot handicap, and
0:42:23 > 0:42:29by 1930, it's gone up to £100, so that the prize money's gone up.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33And they were claiming back in 1914, "Great increase in the prize money,"
0:42:33 > 0:42:35so this was the lure for people to take part.
0:42:35 > 0:42:40It's a draw, isn't it, clearly? All about the money.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43After the heyday of thousands attending the event,
0:42:43 > 0:42:48by 1958, figures had dwindled to a mere 800.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50How does it peter out?
0:42:50 > 0:42:53It's a combination of circumstances, really.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55The prize money couldn't match what
0:42:55 > 0:42:58professionals were getting elsewhere.
0:42:59 > 0:43:05The social spectator sport became less popular as leisure habits
0:43:05 > 0:43:09changed and people had other means of entertaining themselves.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14So what is the legacy of the Morpeth Olympics?
0:43:14 > 0:43:18The ordinary man could rise to great heights through his efforts
0:43:18 > 0:43:21and be applauded for his efforts.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24And if there was some money in it, you know, so much the better.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27But it was part of that legacy which means that we still have
0:43:27 > 0:43:31people valuing the trophies that their ancestors won.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35# Well, this is what the working man's been waiting for
0:43:35 > 0:43:40# And the Morpeth Olympics is as good as it can get. #
0:43:43 > 0:43:47After all that talk of exercise, it's time for a nice lie down.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49Nighty-night!
0:43:52 > 0:43:55# Good morning, world, it's a brand-new day... #
0:43:56 > 0:43:57Good morning, you two.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01Claire's in command of the TVR Tuscan as our pair get set
0:44:01 > 0:44:04for another day of high jinks.
0:44:04 > 0:44:08First stop this morning is the leafy suburb of Jesmond.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10It's Paul's turn to kick things off.
0:44:10 > 0:44:16With £155 to spend, he's in for a spot of Gallic loveliness,
0:44:16 > 0:44:18at Antiquites Francaises.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20- Hello there. Is it Babette? - Yes, it is!
0:44:20 > 0:44:23Pleased to meet you, Paul, I've seen you on the television so many times.
0:44:23 > 0:44:24It's nice to meet you in person.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28- With the Scots and the French, it's the Auld Alliance!- Yes!
0:44:28 > 0:44:33- Let's hope it remains amicable! - Oh, yes, absolutely.
0:44:35 > 0:44:39Can he find some of his beloved militaria in here?
0:44:40 > 0:44:44No, he's stepping out of his comfort zone with this little beauty.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48The wee tin-plate doll's pram.
0:44:48 > 0:44:52- Yes.- That's a sweetie as well! - It is really sweet.
0:44:52 > 0:44:57- That's got to be 1930s, hasn't it? - It has. I would say, yes, 1930s,
0:44:57 > 0:45:01- or just after the war, I would say. - But charming little thing.
0:45:01 > 0:45:05That is priced at...
0:45:06 > 0:45:09..65.
0:45:09 > 0:45:12- I could come down to 50.- 50, OK.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14So, not so much slack in that one.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Maybe 48. 48 could be OK.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Pitching at 35, is that too far?
0:45:20 > 0:45:22It's a little...
0:45:22 > 0:45:26- Right, no, it's fine, absolutely, 35...- Are you sure?- Absolutely fine.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29- OK?- Babette, thank you very much. - Thank you very much.
0:45:29 > 0:45:36The very kind Babette has generously sold the little pram for £35. Aww!
0:45:36 > 0:45:40Elsewhere, Claire has made her way to the historic town of Hexham.
0:45:40 > 0:45:45She has over £100 left to splash, and her last emporium of the day
0:45:45 > 0:45:49is Malcolm Eglin antiques, owned by Malcolm. Obviously.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53Oh, I say!
0:45:53 > 0:45:55Gosh, wasn't expecting this. Isn't it lovely?
0:45:55 > 0:45:57It's like an Aladdin's cave!
0:45:57 > 0:46:00OK, I'm just going to go trundling in the back here.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05I've spotted something I quite like.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Go on, get stuck in, girl!
0:46:08 > 0:46:10Okey dokey. Leather suitcase.
0:46:10 > 0:46:14Now, these were made in the days when you had servants
0:46:14 > 0:46:16or porters on the station,
0:46:16 > 0:46:19because by the time that's got clothes in it, it weighs a tonne!
0:46:19 > 0:46:23And it's got the remains of a label on it, I always like to see that.
0:46:23 > 0:46:25You can imagine it's been travelling all over the world.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29I actually quite like that. Can't actually see a price on it.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32Might have to go and ask Malcolm about this one.
0:46:32 > 0:46:34Yoo-hoo, Malcolm!
0:46:34 > 0:46:38- I spotted, round the corner here, a leather suitcase.- Yeah, sure.
0:46:38 > 0:46:39But I can't find a price on it.
0:46:39 > 0:46:41Could you go to £20 for it?
0:46:41 > 0:46:44We'd love you to win and spoil Paul's day,
0:46:44 > 0:46:47so, if that's any good to you at all?
0:46:47 > 0:46:50Actually, that's a very, very fair price,
0:46:50 > 0:46:53because that was about what I was thinking for it.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56- So, £20.- Absolutely, no problem. - OK, fine. Better shake on that.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59I expect you'd like some money, wouldn't you?
0:46:59 > 0:47:01Well, that would be good, yes!
0:47:01 > 0:47:05£20 for an early-20th-century leather suitcase? Not bad, Claire.
0:47:08 > 0:47:13Also in Hexham, Mr Laidlaw has one last shop to go
0:47:13 > 0:47:17and he's on familiar ground at Ashbourne House Antiques. Hello!
0:47:17 > 0:47:20- Beryl!- Hello again!- How are you? - Fine, thank you.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24- It's good to see you!- Right. - Brilliant!
0:47:24 > 0:47:26What's changed, what's fresh?
0:47:26 > 0:47:28Um, not a lot!
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Better get to it, then, Paul.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39Ah, something's caught his eye.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41May I have a look at the little North African
0:47:41 > 0:47:43or Middle Eastern cruet set?
0:47:43 > 0:47:46Oh, yes, that's interesting.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49- That's great, thanks very much. - I think that's got a date on.
0:47:52 > 0:47:57On the base, there's a clue to its origin, it all becomes clear now.
0:47:57 > 0:48:03Engraved "Iran, 1946". So, just the end of the Second World War.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06I like that very much.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08And the price tag says...
0:48:08 > 0:48:10£59.
0:48:10 > 0:48:15- Anything on that?- OK, 40 on the cruet.
0:48:15 > 0:48:17- OK.- Now, that can't be bad.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19If I was taking it home, I'd think it was a gift!
0:48:19 > 0:48:21There you go, then!
0:48:21 > 0:48:24So, that's a deal of £40 for the cruet set.
0:48:24 > 0:48:27But is there anything else that might tempt Paul?
0:48:29 > 0:48:35Now, that, we thought, was for signalling.
0:48:35 > 0:48:37- OK.- I don't know whether you've seen one of those.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41It's either an electric miner's lamp,
0:48:41 > 0:48:43which is a possibility...
0:48:43 > 0:48:47It might just be my preferred option of
0:48:47 > 0:48:51a diver's lantern. The whole point in this is, it's waterproof.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53It's an interesting lantern, that.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56With a ticket price of £95.
0:48:56 > 0:48:58What can that be, then?
0:48:58 > 0:49:00- Is that something you can... - Oh, I could make that half.
0:49:00 > 0:49:0220 quid?
0:49:02 > 0:49:03So it's got to be worth 30.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06I should be on your side, shouldn't I?
0:49:06 > 0:49:09We both seem to be haggling wi' me!
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Well, you've got a fair bit off that, come on, now.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18- Cheers.- Ha-ha!
0:49:18 > 0:49:19- It's always good fun, is it no'? - It is!
0:49:19 > 0:49:21Ha-ha! That's how you do it.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25So, with shopping complete, let's take a peek at the purchases.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30Paul adds his waterproof lantern and his Iranian cruet set
0:49:30 > 0:49:33to the salt and pepper pots...
0:49:33 > 0:49:34the whisky dispenser...
0:49:35 > 0:49:36..and the doll's pram.
0:49:36 > 0:49:40That's five lots for a total of £150.
0:49:41 > 0:49:46Newbie Claire has five lots, including the 19th-century crutches,
0:49:46 > 0:49:48the unusual animal brooches,
0:49:48 > 0:49:49the golf clubs
0:49:49 > 0:49:52and the World War I trench periscope.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55Claire has spent a total of £108.80.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58What do they think of one another's buys?
0:49:58 > 0:50:04OK. An interesting offering, diverse, but, um,
0:50:04 > 0:50:09all the time that I'm talking, there is only one word in my mind,
0:50:09 > 0:50:10and it's periscope!
0:50:10 > 0:50:14I love the spirit urn, that glass item.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16It's a shame about the damage, but do you know,
0:50:16 > 0:50:19that's a really showy piece, I think that's his best bit.
0:50:19 > 0:50:23I am in a world of pain!
0:50:23 > 0:50:26I think Paul might be a bit jealous of my periscope.
0:50:26 > 0:50:28Just a tad.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Our road-trip rascals are heading to their first auction,
0:50:31 > 0:50:33in Darlington in County Durham.
0:50:33 > 0:50:38The auction is being held at Thomas Watson Auctioneers.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40Our auctioneer today is Peter Robinson.
0:50:40 > 0:50:43Thoughts, please, about our pair's lots.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49Large 19th-century glass whisky dispenser -
0:50:49 > 0:50:52I mean, pieces like this do make a big presence
0:50:52 > 0:50:55if you stick it on your sideboard in your dining room.
0:50:55 > 0:51:00The World War I periscope, which is a really nice item,
0:51:00 > 0:51:04it's my favourite, and it certainly does work, because I've tried it.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07This is exciting! The auction is about to begin.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12- I wish you luck, Claire.- Really? - In moderation... Yeah, really!
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Ha! How generous of you, Paul.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16First up, Claire's brooches.
0:51:16 > 0:51:1915, 20. 25 I'm bid.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21At £25 for the two brooches.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24At £25. 30 I'm bid. 30, sir.
0:51:24 > 0:51:31At £30, on my right, 35, 40, 45. I'm bid in the room at £45.
0:51:31 > 0:51:35On my right. Out on the internet at £45 for the two pieces,
0:51:35 > 0:51:36selling at £45.
0:51:36 > 0:51:38GAVEL BANGS
0:51:38 > 0:51:40Hey, remarkable result there, Claire.
0:51:40 > 0:51:43She is sailing high from the get-go.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46OK, no pressure!
0:51:46 > 0:51:50Let's see how your little doll's pram fares.
0:51:50 > 0:51:5525 on the net, at 25, the doll's pram, at £25. 30 bid.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58At £30, in the balcony, at £30.
0:51:58 > 0:52:0235, 40, 40 in the balcony, still, at £40.
0:52:02 > 0:52:05The bid's at 40. 45, thank you. 50, sir. Sure?
0:52:05 > 0:52:10Being sold now at £45 for the lot. All done?
0:52:10 > 0:52:13- £45.- Well, it didn't move backwards,
0:52:13 > 0:52:16but it doesn't counter your brooch assault!
0:52:16 > 0:52:20A decent profit, but not enough to take on the might of our new girl.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24Now, how will she fare with her golf clubs?
0:52:24 > 0:52:27£20 to start me, for the vintage golf clubs, 20 to start. 15?
0:52:27 > 0:52:31- 15, 20, 25, internet bidding. - That's all right.- It'll do.
0:52:31 > 0:52:37Four in the lot. Four golf clubs. At £25. 30 in the balcony. At £30.
0:52:37 > 0:52:4135, another bid, anywhere? Being sold, then, at £30.
0:52:41 > 0:52:43- That's all right. - Oh, that's better than all right!
0:52:43 > 0:52:45- That's doubled your money. - I'm pleased with it.
0:52:45 > 0:52:49Nice one, Claire, another great profit to add to the kitty.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52Paul loved his salt and pepper pots.
0:52:52 > 0:52:54Can they help him climb into the lead?
0:52:54 > 0:52:58£20. 25, 30 I'm bid. At £30, 35?
0:52:58 > 0:53:00I'll take that, it's all right.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Thank you, madam, 35 bid.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05At £35 in the saleroom. 40 now?
0:53:05 > 0:53:08At £35, the lady's bid at £35.
0:53:08 > 0:53:12Being sold, then, at £35.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15Back in the game, maybe, that's all right.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17Paul is creeping up behind you, Claire!
0:53:18 > 0:53:21It's Claire's turn now, with the vintage suitcase.
0:53:21 > 0:53:25£20. 25, 25?
0:53:25 > 0:53:27- At £25.- We're there.- Small profit.
0:53:27 > 0:53:3035, 40, 40 in the balcony.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32At £40 for the vintage suitcase.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36At £40, the bid's in the balcony at £40. Is it 45 anywhere?
0:53:36 > 0:53:41- Being sold... 45, thank you. - Oh, excellent! I love the internet.
0:53:41 > 0:53:46£45, being sold, now, at £45, to the internet bidder.
0:53:47 > 0:53:50Hey, Claire knows what she's doing. Another lovely profit.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53Claire is still out in the lead,
0:53:53 > 0:53:56but Paul's sizeable spirit dispenser is next.
0:53:56 > 0:53:57£30 for the large piece of Victorian glass.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00It's all right, you've got some here.
0:54:00 > 0:54:04- Internet.- 40, 45, at £45 in the room here. 50, 55, sir?
0:54:04 > 0:54:08- At £50, £50...- No, it's not enough.
0:54:08 > 0:54:0960, 60 bid.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11OK, I'm crying on the inside!
0:54:11 > 0:54:16£60, 65, 70, Colin? At £65, on the internet bid, at £65.
0:54:16 > 0:54:1970, another internet bidder.
0:54:19 > 0:54:21Oh, it's slowly creeping!
0:54:21 > 0:54:25£70, for the whisky dispenser, being sold, internet bidder.
0:54:25 > 0:54:2675, quickly, please...
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Oh, my word!
0:54:28 > 0:54:30£75, can we have 80?
0:54:30 > 0:54:34£75, being sold, then, this time, at £75, internet bidder.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39- Well, that's fair enough.- That's all right. Are you pleased with that?
0:54:39 > 0:54:42We are probably even Stevens now.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44Not quite, Paul. You're just behind.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47But a substantial profit, nevertheless.
0:54:47 > 0:54:51What about Claire's interesting choice of a pair of crutches?
0:54:51 > 0:54:53£20, can we have, to start for the pair?
0:54:53 > 0:54:5815? £15. £15, 20, 25, internet bidder.
0:54:58 > 0:55:02- £25 for the pair of crutches. - Go on a bit more, please, please!
0:55:02 > 0:55:06£25, going to be sold at £25, are we all finished at £25?
0:55:06 > 0:55:10Being sold at £25.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13- Oh, OK.- Limped home. You can afford that, Claire Rawle!
0:55:13 > 0:55:15Actually, she can't.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18This means Paul takes the lead by a smidge.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22It's Paul's lantern next. Lovely thing.
0:55:24 > 0:55:28I suspect people that know what it is and care are rarer
0:55:28 > 0:55:30than the lamp itself!
0:55:30 > 0:55:31This could be my problem.
0:55:31 > 0:55:36£50, 185, at 50. At £50, at £50.
0:55:36 > 0:55:38I'll take that, it's not a loss.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41£50, all finished at £50 this time?
0:55:41 > 0:55:44All done at £50.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47- Short and sweet.- I'll take that. - Bit of profit.- Came out of nowhere!
0:55:47 > 0:55:50Striding into the lead here, Paul.
0:55:50 > 0:55:55And it's Paul's again, with the silver Iranian cruet set.
0:55:55 > 0:55:59£20 to start, at £20 for the silver cruet.
0:55:59 > 0:56:01At 25, 30 bid, 35 I have.
0:56:01 > 0:56:02Oh, it's going all right.
0:56:02 > 0:56:0840 bid, 45 I have, at £45. 50, 55.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11- 60, 65.- Just about. - No!- That'll do me.
0:56:11 > 0:56:1470 anywhere? £70 bid now.
0:56:14 > 0:56:16I'm liking it more by the minute!
0:56:16 > 0:56:21£75, at £75 for the silver cruet. All done?
0:56:21 > 0:56:25Hey, sitting comfortably in the lead, Paul.
0:56:25 > 0:56:27Do you know what, it's all going to come down...
0:56:27 > 0:56:29It's all about the periscope.
0:56:29 > 0:56:34Indeed it is, Paul. It's the one he's been dreading.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38Commission bids here, we've got 35 to start us off, low start.
0:56:38 > 0:56:4335, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60 bid.
0:56:43 > 0:56:4860 bid. 60 bid, in the room is the bid, at 60... 65, 70.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51- £90 I have here.- Oh, that's better. - What just happened?
0:56:51 > 0:56:53I blacked out for a second!
0:56:53 > 0:56:57At £90, against the internet at £90, 95, 100.
0:56:57 > 0:56:58That's what I said!
0:56:58 > 0:57:01At £100 now, the internet bidder. 110, thank you.
0:57:01 > 0:57:03Make it stop, Mummy, please make the man stop!
0:57:03 > 0:57:06In the room at 110, internet bidder at £110 for the periscope.
0:57:06 > 0:57:09Selling it at £110.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11- All finished? - GAVEL BANGS
0:57:11 > 0:57:15- Excellent.- What we said! - OK, 110, that's good.
0:57:17 > 0:57:19I'm feeling your pain, Paul.
0:57:19 > 0:57:23That's a whopper of a profit, Claire, well done.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26You owe me tea and sympathy, I think!
0:57:26 > 0:57:28Not too much sympathy.
0:57:28 > 0:57:31- Right... - Come on, then.- Lead the way.
0:57:31 > 0:57:33Who will reign supreme for the first leg?
0:57:33 > 0:57:35Let's work out the numbers.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38Paul started leg one with £200,
0:57:38 > 0:57:41and after auction costs made a profit of £79.60.
0:57:41 > 0:57:46Paul's grand total to carry forward is £279.60.
0:57:48 > 0:57:50Claire also began with £200
0:57:50 > 0:57:53and blasted veteran Laidlaw from the top spot
0:57:53 > 0:57:57with an excellent profit of £100.30.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00Our road-trip new girl takes the lead for leg one
0:58:00 > 0:58:04and has a sizeable £300.30 for the next leg.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08I've got to give it to you, Claire, it's yours.
0:58:08 > 0:58:10Not a lot in it, though.
0:58:10 > 0:58:12- No.- No more periscopes, right?
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Cheerio, chaps.
0:58:19 > 0:58:23Next time on Antiques Road Trip, Paul's hungry for a bargain...
0:58:23 > 0:58:24Chomping at the bit, Alan!
0:58:24 > 0:58:27..and Claire talks to the animals.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30What do you think, mate? "Meow!"