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!
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Tempus fugit, eh?
0:00:43 > 0:00:47It's the penultimate instalment of our road-tripping escapade
0:00:47 > 0:00:50with auctioneers Paul Laidlaw and Claire Rawle.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54And Claire's feeling the pressure of the Laidlaw's successes.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58What shop am I going to be in? Will I find anything?
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Oh, my God, the Laidlaw.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02The Laidlaw will just march in... "Thank you."
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Do the deal, walk out, make a profit.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06What am I going to do?
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Come on, Claire. Paul's your number one fan.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12God darn it, you're formidable.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Formidable...!
0:01:14 > 0:01:16When was the last time you said that?
0:01:16 > 0:01:20I don't... I'm not sure anyone's said it to my face before.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Well, someone just has.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27From her original £200, Claire's purse is full,
0:01:27 > 0:01:30with £466.84.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Paul also began with £200.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35He's made excellent progress and is the current leader
0:01:35 > 0:01:39with £611.90.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41That's a lot of money.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Yeah...
0:01:43 > 0:01:46The trusty 1968 TVR Tuscan is their racy little number,
0:01:46 > 0:01:49getting them from A to B.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52You know what? Who does not want to do this?
0:01:52 > 0:01:56- Yeah.- English countryside, we're taking in the history,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59the views, the topography, the wildlife...the rays.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02We're catching rays in Yorkshire! Who knew?
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Yeah.
0:02:03 > 0:02:04You lucky beggars.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Paul and Claire set off from Wooler in Northumberland.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12They began in the north-east of England
0:02:12 > 0:02:14and will traverse through South Yorkshire
0:02:14 > 0:02:17to finally land in the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22The city of Hull is our first stop,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25and later, we'll auction in the city of Nottingham
0:02:25 > 0:02:26in the East Midlands.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I have had to use your...your good advice, you know.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- "If you don't see anything, just keep looking."- Yeah.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Keep digging, keep digging. - Did I really give you that advice?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- You did, I'm afraid. - You fool! What?!
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Oh, and there's the Humber Bridge.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Gosh.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Here we go. This looks good.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Now, Claire's first to get stuck in.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Brilliant. - Well, enjoy, what can I say?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Good luck, it looks good.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55It looks all right, a bit interesting, doesn't it?
0:02:55 > 0:02:57She's been dropped off at the deceptively large
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Kevin Marshall Antiques Warehouse.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02- See you later. - Oh, don't get too many bargains.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04We'll catch up with Paul later.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Bye!
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Every inch is crammed full.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14This is an amazing place.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Isn't it just?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18It is just fabulous.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Great advertising stuff in here.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29Big enamel signs.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32These are so, so popular at the moment.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Oh, wow, another one.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Bristol Tips cigarettes this time.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43And it's in its wooden frame, as it would have been mounted.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Single-sided, obviously, to put on a wall.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49That's a nice thing.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54It's just everywhere you walk, each room opens up
0:03:54 > 0:03:56and there is just more treasure.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Whilst Claire's in her antiques dream world...
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Oh...!
0:04:03 > 0:04:05..what's our old chum, Paul, up to?
0:04:05 > 0:04:07No good, I suspect.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10She's good. I mean, she's frighteningly good, isn't she?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I mean, if I'm being really honest with you,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I have looked at some of her lots
0:04:14 > 0:04:18and thought, "Railway lantern? Suitcase?"
0:04:18 > 0:04:19HE YAWNS
0:04:19 > 0:04:23And she consistently hammers home good profits.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Could our antiques ace be feeling the heat a little?
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Back to Claire.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32I love going to the back of these places.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35You are never quite sure what you're going to find.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37There could be more luggage in the back here.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Looks like the sort of place that will have luggage.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Oh, she loves her leather goods.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Oh, wow, OK. I have just noticed some amazing...
0:04:44 > 0:04:48Hey, fancy tripping out in that?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50You know, Hull nightlife.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Very Elton John, aren't they? Aren't those fantastic?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Goldfish in your heels?
0:04:54 > 0:04:56SHE LAUGHS
0:04:56 > 0:04:59I hear Paul has the very same pair.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01What I was also heading for is this rather nice...
0:05:01 > 0:05:03We're back to luggage, now, you notice.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05..rather nice domed trunk here.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08It's leather-covered, brass-studded.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Handle either side for carrying it.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14And then, if you lift it up, let's see...
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Oh, that's nice. Original lining of...
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Sort of cotton lining, so that your clothes don't snag on the wood.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25Cos obviously, basically, it's made of wood.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Very early trunks and things were made like this.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30We're going back to the, sort of, the 16th, 17th century.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33And then it was carried forward into the 19th century,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36which...I'm fairly sure this one's a 19th-century one.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39It's got that good shabby quality about it, I quite like that.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Yeah, the trunk and the advertising sign don't have a ticket price,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45so time to chat money.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Here's the man. Hello, Kevin. - Hi, Claire.- Hi. Good to meet you.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- And you. - I love...I love your warehouse.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Oh, thank you.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54What would the Bristol one be, that's in the...?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Well, for the Bristol, I could maybe do for £85.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02OK. Just behind us here, this lovely domed leather trunk.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- What sort of...? - Yeah, I think it's French.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06You know, I wondered if it was continental or not.
0:06:06 > 0:06:07It's got a bit of age to it, hasn't it?
0:06:07 > 0:06:09- It has got some age to it. - Yeah, yeah.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14- If it had to go today, maybe 135? - OK.
0:06:14 > 0:06:15What I might do is have a wander,
0:06:15 > 0:06:18cos I haven't actually ventured upstairs yet.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- Yeah.- Talk about an Aladdin's Cave, it's just fantastic.
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Claire's in her element.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Wonderful.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27Now, what about Paul?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31He's travelled west to the village of South Cave
0:06:31 > 0:06:33in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Oh, yes.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Paul's visited this fine establishment before,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40which you'll recall...if you're a fan.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Hello, Mr Cheeky.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45How are you doing?
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Hey - Mr Cheeky?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- We meet again.- Come on in.
0:06:48 > 0:06:49A bit personal.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Paul's £135 ahead of his compadre,
0:06:54 > 0:06:58and he's ruminating on his buying strategy.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59It's not fear of...
0:06:59 > 0:07:01It's not competition that keeps me going here.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04It's the love of the...
0:07:05 > 0:07:07The thrill of the chase.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Oh, dear. You seem to have grown some antlers, Paul.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10TIM CHUCKLES
0:07:10 > 0:07:13What about Claire? No horns on her.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16She's still in Hull, but now upstairs in her first shop.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17And what's she found?
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Mm...nice Deco clock at the back.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Arts and Crafts.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Mm - it's got a ticket price of £70, and is worth a closer look.
0:07:26 > 0:07:27If she can get to it.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33That's got more damage. It's lifting quite badly at the back of it,
0:07:33 > 0:07:34I can feel now.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37The face is a bit dished in as well.
0:07:37 > 0:07:38Aren't we all?
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Maybe this will help get a reduced price from dealer Kevin.
0:07:41 > 0:07:42Kevin?
0:07:42 > 0:07:44I did move a bit of stuff to get at it, so...
0:07:44 > 0:07:46So I'll go and have a look at it.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48Go and have a look and then come back and tell me what you think.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50- Yes.- Brilliant.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52That was quick, Kev.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Well, I've had a look at it, Claire, and it is definitely ripply.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56Yeah. It is a bit ripply.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00It's sucked in some damp over the years it's been hung there.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03So I wouldn't want to spend much more than about 25, 30 on it.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06Claire has a combo buy in mind.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10The prices, so far, are 85 for the sign,
0:08:10 > 0:08:11135 for the trunk,
0:08:11 > 0:08:14and 35 for the clock with the bished-in face.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16200 quid, then.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17Oh, hang on a minute...
0:08:17 > 0:08:19£200 for the lot?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22Yeah, 70, 100, and 30 quid for the...
0:08:22 > 0:08:2470, 80, 90...
0:08:24 > 0:08:25- Are you happy?- I'm happy.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- Thank you so much.- You're welcome. - It's been an absolute pleasure.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Blimey! A £90 discount for Claire's three lovely lots.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Thank you, Kev.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35HE WHISTLES
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Let's catch up with Paul.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38He's still mooching around in his first shop
0:08:38 > 0:08:40and it looks like he's found something.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47I do like something that is not priced.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51Tell you what you've got. You've got pukka period lighting,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54and you know how I feel about that.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Excited, eh?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58This is a pendant gaslight.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03And this would have hung in your hall or vestibule
0:09:03 > 0:09:05back in the late Victorian era.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08See how it works.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10So you look at this form, here,
0:09:10 > 0:09:16which is inverted, truncated pyramidal -
0:09:16 > 0:09:19to be very geometrically precise...
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Oh, I'd hate to play Scrabble with him.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24It's in brass. Now oxidised.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Between you and me...
0:09:27 > 0:09:30..I LOVE it. I love it, I love it, I love it.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Why?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36A, scarce, B, not been converted to electricity.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Rare survivor.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41What's wrong with it?
0:09:41 > 0:09:42Any fool can tell you -
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I shouldn't be able to do that.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47It's missing all its panes.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Which is a bit of a PAIN.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Boom-boom. He's here all week, folks.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56What is that? It's more trouble than it's worth.
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Do I love it?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01PAUL CHUCKLES
0:10:01 > 0:10:02Of course I love it.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06OK, then - let's talk money with Fiona.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Pendant gaslight.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10With the glass missing?
0:10:10 > 0:10:14And the tab's broken, and it's black as the Earl of Hell's waistcoat.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16And it doesn't have a price on it.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19And I'm hoping that is something that you'd go,
0:10:19 > 0:10:22"Yeah, do you know what? I can do you a deal on that."
0:10:22 > 0:10:25- Take a punt on it.- Tenner,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- and I'm serious. - 15 and it's yours.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Let me dig my heels in for once.
0:10:30 > 0:10:3215 and it's yours.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34The hand is there, look.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36It's that you're meant to do.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Looks like I did it, then, didn't I?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40THEY LAUGH This is unusual.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42I'm easy. I'm easy to deal with.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- Yeah.- I bought something. Yeah, magic.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I thought you were going to dig your heels in.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51The Victorian pendant lamp for £15.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Meanwhile, Claire has travelled north-west
0:10:56 > 0:10:59to the village of Barmby Moor in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Now, is Bar Farm Antiques ready
0:11:03 > 0:11:05for the rummaging hands of the lovely Claire?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- Hello, Greg.- Claire?- Hi, I'm Claire. - Nice to meet you.- Good to meet you.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13Nice beard, Greg. He's from Louisiana, you know.
0:11:13 > 0:11:14Welcome to Bar Farm.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20There's a lot of outbuildings here, stuffed full of juicy plunder,
0:11:20 > 0:11:22and she's going to have a good sniff around.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Right, this is the treasure chest I'm looking for.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Oh, what's that? Oh, dear.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Oh. Leg of mutton gun case.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Nice old one, leather.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Nice brass clasp on it, got a bit of age.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44In quite good order.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45They are quite collected.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49People, you know, people shooting these days wouldn't use these now.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Um...
0:11:52 > 0:11:53£85. OK.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Need to do a bit of a deal on that.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59That's one possible - what's next?
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Familiar territory again. Back to the suitcases.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07That's the best one. That's the leather one.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Typical of its type. Good brown leather, solid...
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Stitching's good.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Let's have a look inside.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Bit mouldy, but...
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Fairly standard. Handle's good.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Most important - handle must be good.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25It's so expensive to replace those.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Top tip, Claire.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30A couple of things to talk to him about.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35It's priced at £46. Time to talk money, Greg, yeah?
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Well, I just, I found...
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Leg of mutton gun case, which I quite like.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42- Oh, right.- You've got 85 on it. - Uh-huh?
0:12:42 > 0:12:45I'm wondering if you can come down a fair bit on that.
0:12:45 > 0:12:46Like, what's a fair bit?
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Well...if I could get it for much nearer, sort of, 50, really,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53sort of just under, it would see me with perhaps a bit of profit.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55But...
0:12:55 > 0:12:5955? It really needs to be...?
0:12:59 > 0:13:02- If I could, yeah...- Yeah...
0:13:02 > 0:13:04But there is another thing I want to ask you about,
0:13:04 > 0:13:05so we could always come back.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Yeah, that's... We've got a general idea.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Yeah.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Now, will Greg give a good deal if there is a multi-buy in the offing?
0:13:12 > 0:13:17Both of them for 70, yeah. Take both of them for 70.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Gosh.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Now you've put me in a quandary.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26So that would be counting that as 50 and this as 20, really.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- Yeah, I think I'll do it. - That's all right? You like that?
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Good.- Thank you very much. - Well, good luck.- Thank you.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36Gee, she does love leather goods. That's £70 for the two.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Paul, meanwhile, has travelled back to the city of Hull.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46A seafaring port for centuries, the city has offered a vital link
0:13:46 > 0:13:50between continental Europe and the rest of the world.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53That link became ever more vital in the late 19th century
0:13:53 > 0:13:57when thousands of Jews were desperate to flee persecution
0:13:57 > 0:13:59from Tsarist Russia.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01With a bleak future in their homeland,
0:14:01 > 0:14:05they were eager to escape persecution and poverty.
0:14:05 > 0:14:09Hull became a gateway port to enable the very much desired freedom
0:14:09 > 0:14:13of a new life in the booming cities of the West.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Paul's meeting with Dr Nicholas Evans
0:14:16 > 0:14:18from the University of Hull
0:14:18 > 0:14:21to find out just how crucial the city's port was
0:14:21 > 0:14:23to thousands of Jews.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Back in 1880 or 1900,
0:14:25 > 0:14:29is this water full of vessels with migrants?
0:14:29 > 0:14:32This really is the Ellis Island of Britain,
0:14:32 > 0:14:34the entry point on which many people
0:14:34 > 0:14:36would then have a subsequent rail journey -
0:14:36 > 0:14:39to Leeds, to Manchester - or further afield
0:14:39 > 0:14:43to the great cities of America - New York, Chicago, Boston,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46those great industrial cities where Jews could have a new life
0:14:46 > 0:14:49in the safety of America.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52As Russia expanded in the 18th century,
0:14:52 > 0:14:55she acquired the largest population of Jews in Europe.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57The restrictions then imposed
0:14:57 > 0:15:00caused great poverty and overcrowding.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02From 1881 to 1914,
0:15:02 > 0:15:05an estimated half a million Jews came through Hull
0:15:05 > 0:15:06en route to America.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10We just can't imagine the conditions,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13the experiences these individuals went through
0:15:13 > 0:15:15in order to flee oppression
0:15:15 > 0:15:17and in order to provide a safe place,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20where all they wanted to do was earn a wage,
0:15:20 > 0:15:22to be able to worship freely,
0:15:22 > 0:15:25and to be able to enjoy life and get a basic education.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27The basic things in life.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Many of them were really in a terrible condition.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32They'd eaten very little food, many had been ill,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35and so, therefore, the assistance they received here was important.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39From the state, they received medical offers of health assistance.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43If you were ill, you were taken to a nearby isolation hospital.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45If you were in need of food,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48there was kosher food provided nearby at a nearby lodging house.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50That surprises me and moves me.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53You think Victorian times - harder times than today,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55but you're telling me the state,
0:15:55 > 0:15:59as well as the local population and various local communities,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02step up to welcome and support these migrants?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05The community and the indigenous populations,
0:16:05 > 0:16:08they certainly didn't want more people arriving,
0:16:08 > 0:16:10but if they did stay here, they would welcome them.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12The key here for the Jewish community
0:16:12 > 0:16:16was to ensure they were not an economic burden, these migrants.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Therefore, the poorhouse was not being overwhelmed.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22With a mass exodus of migrants,
0:16:22 > 0:16:25plans were put in place to allow for onward rail travel.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Nick, how did the railways handle
0:16:28 > 0:16:30these increased numbers of people coming through?
0:16:30 > 0:16:32You can see it precisely here.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34You have the main railway station to our left
0:16:34 > 0:16:38and on the right, we have a separate emigrant waiting room.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Along here, we've got one of
0:16:40 > 0:16:42the longest railway platforms in Britain,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45a separate facility, purely for the migrants.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47And tracks either side.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Yes, you can see just how long this facility is.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52On some days, when it was very busy,
0:16:52 > 0:16:55you would have very long trains on both sides of the platform,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58and they were taking people on a nonstop train journey
0:16:58 > 0:17:01over to Liverpool, to the opportunities
0:17:01 > 0:17:02in the New World.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04The city of Hull proved to be
0:17:04 > 0:17:07a gateway to a new life for the impoverished
0:17:07 > 0:17:11and helped contribute to the improvement of millions of lives
0:17:11 > 0:17:16from 1851 to 1914, half a million of which were Jewish.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Hey, what a wonderful day.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24But it's time for a much-needed rest.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25Nighty-night, you two.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30It's a misty morning
0:17:30 > 0:17:34as our pair tootle about in the West Yorkshire countryside.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36You know what we've done, Claire, don't you?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- We've broken the weather. - Yeah. I blame you for this.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42I blame you entirely.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46What a pair! Let's remind ourselves of their shopping bounty thus far.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Claire has transformed from cautious to bold,
0:17:51 > 0:17:53with five lots in the bag.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55She's going after the lead with a vengeance.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59She has the advertising sign, the travelling trunk,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01the wall clock,
0:18:01 > 0:18:07the leather gun case, and of course, the beloved leather suitcase.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Claire has £196.84 for the day ahead.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17Our current leader Paul - stop the press - has only one item,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19the Victorian hall lantern,
0:18:19 > 0:18:21which means he is overflowing with pounds and pence.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25He's got £596.90 for the day ahead.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28(Psst, he's rolling in it.)
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Our Paul is astonished by Claire's mighty haul of goodies.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Five things in one day!
0:18:36 > 0:18:39Let me see what a smug face looks like on Claire.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40No.
0:18:40 > 0:18:42- Go on, give me some smug.- No.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44It's there, under the surface.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- No...!- I can see it. It's there! It's there!
0:18:46 > 0:18:48THEY LAUGH
0:18:48 > 0:18:52What larks, eh? But Paul's got to start spending and fast.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Pontefract is his first shopping location today.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58I love a cake, me.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Here we go.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- Do you like my cat? - Yeah, that's good, isn't it?
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Big black pussycat and the sheep and the cockerel.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Enjoy yourself in the farmyard, there.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- Bye.- Have a good 'un. - Thank you.- See you later.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16With the stealth of a wild cat, what will Paul pounce on in here?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19There's loads to choose from.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Oh, look, a nice horn, he's spotted.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Come on, Paul.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34You've only bought one item.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Get a wiggle on.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38That's rather grand, is it not?
0:19:39 > 0:19:42It does not have a price attached to it,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44so it's an unknown quantity in that regard.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Well, it looks perhaps more grand than it is.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50It dates to the late 19th century
0:19:50 > 0:19:54and I think this was probably rather affordable in its day.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56This isn't for the big house.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59This is a middle-class piece, is it not?
0:19:59 > 0:20:00This is for the professional.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Do I like it? Well, why not?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07As a furnishing piece, a statement piece, that works,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09and I'm telling you now, it'll run away merrily.
0:20:09 > 0:20:14It is a two-train movement, which means it strikes on the hours.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Shall we test it? You want me to test it, don't you?
0:20:17 > 0:20:18Go on, then. Test it.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21CLOCK CHIMES
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Not exactly Big Ben, but it works.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Ta-da!
0:20:29 > 0:20:34What a testament to 19th-century engineering.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37But sadly, demand for such has fallen away
0:20:37 > 0:20:40and while it was worth maybe £150, £200 ten years ago,
0:20:40 > 0:20:44today at auction, that's worth £50 to £100.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Is that value for money or what?
0:20:47 > 0:20:48It is, yeah? No-brainer.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Right, where's Mark to try and STRIKE a deal?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Ha!
0:20:53 > 0:20:55Well, I would ask 50.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Would you haggle on 50?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- To what?- Let's see.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- I'll show you something else. - Go on, then.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Paul fancies having a go at the hunting horn he spied earlier.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11So copper, brass and nickel hunting horn.
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Not a really early one.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Early, I'd want to see dovetail seam,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17or a seam at least - it's a spun one.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21But it's named and it's not been abused.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23- Yes.- It's not got dents and bends.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26What's that priced at? Or what could it be?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32This only came in yesterday. I would've given it a little polish.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34- How fresh to the market is that? - How about that?
0:21:36 > 0:21:37Somewhere around 50 for that.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40That seems too much for me.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43Well, I'll offer you 20.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Could you go a little bit more?
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- Why don't we join them together, then?- All right, then.
0:21:48 > 0:21:5050 for the pair?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52But that might be too hard to swallow.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Could you go to 60? Could you stretch to 60?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Yeah, I could.- Go on, then. - That's fair. Meeting in the middle.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- OK.- Mark, what a pleasure. - Thank you.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05We're gathering momentum, Paul.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09The mantle clock for £35 and the hunting horn for £25.
0:22:09 > 0:22:10Well done, boy.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Meanwhile, Claire has travelled to Leeds.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19As we know, Claire loves everything railway
0:22:19 > 0:22:21and, as a special treat,
0:22:21 > 0:22:25she's off to find out about a pioneer of steam power.
0:22:25 > 0:22:26Oh, goody!
0:22:29 > 0:22:31The invention that changed the world,
0:22:31 > 0:22:35the steam railway locomotive, has been around for over 200 years.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39Names such as James Watt and George Stephenson
0:22:39 > 0:22:42are synonymous with steam locomotives
0:22:42 > 0:22:45but ingenious engineer, and adopted son of the county of Leeds,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Matthew Murray is a forgotten hero
0:22:48 > 0:22:51of this once ground-breaking industry.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Without him, things could have been very different.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Claire is meeting with historian Neil Dowlan
0:22:57 > 0:22:58at the Middleton railway.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00How lovely.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Matthew Murray has no small role to play
0:23:02 > 0:23:05in the development of what we would now think of
0:23:05 > 0:23:07as classic Victorian engineering.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Greek and Roman columns on beam engines,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12all beautifully cast, beautiful lines.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16A lot of that is down to people like Murray
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and he's one of the very earliest who are doing it.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21By the year 1810,
0:23:21 > 0:23:24the Napoleonic Wars were gripping Europe.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26There was a block on imports of grain
0:23:26 > 0:23:29and with the burgeoning war effort,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31there's a high demand for horses and hay.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34Horses were vital to the local mines,
0:23:34 > 0:23:38therefore an alternative to horsepower was greatly needed.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41The estate manager at the time for the colliery,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44a man called John Blenkinsop, had to find a different solution to that
0:23:44 > 0:23:48and the solution he came up with was a locomotive railway.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50This is what Murray gets involved with.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54The project itself, if you like, is masterminded by Blenkinsop.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57He patents the rack motion
0:23:57 > 0:24:02which actually allows the locomotive to adhere to the track.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03The year was 1812.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07Along with Blenkinsop's innovative rail design,
0:24:07 > 0:24:10Murray manufactured the first commercially successful
0:24:10 > 0:24:13steam locomotive in the world, the Salamanca.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18However, Murray wasn't quick to patent his ideas
0:24:18 > 0:24:22which meant others had free rein on his ground-breaking creations.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28His locomotives were apparently seen by people like George Stephenson
0:24:28 > 0:24:31and, as a result, Stephenson takes some of Murray's ideas
0:24:31 > 0:24:33and uses them to create Puffing Billy.
0:24:33 > 0:24:34And...
0:24:36 > 0:24:39..he becomes famous for locomotives, perhaps more than Murray is.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Murray's role slightly forgotten
0:24:41 > 0:24:45but still absolutely vital in the development of these machines.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48It is the kick-start for the development of Leeds
0:24:48 > 0:24:50as an engineering site as well,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52and particularly locomotive engineering.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56And within a mile of here, by the late 19th century,
0:24:56 > 0:24:59there are about half a dozen locomotive manufacturers.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Without Murray's inventive mind,
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Leeds wouldn't have been on the right track for steam power.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10The cutting-edge developments here were leading the world
0:25:10 > 0:25:12in replacing beast with machine.
0:25:12 > 0:25:17And now for the bit Claire's been waiting for.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19WHISTLE BLOWS
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- So, Neil, this is really where it all started, isn't it?- In a way.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40Every railway line around the world starts here.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42This is the first steam railway
0:25:42 > 0:25:45but he's forgotten because his name isn't on the patent.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47But, without Murray, it probably wouldn't have happened.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51He's not bothered about whether he's famous.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54He's more interested in the spread of ideas.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58His legacy is actually that he created something
0:25:58 > 0:26:01that would change the 19th century.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Humble and modest,
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Matthew Murray cared more about the development and progress of man
0:26:07 > 0:26:09than profits and patents.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13His designs and skills proved so innovative
0:26:13 > 0:26:14that he created the blueprint
0:26:14 > 0:26:17for commercially successful steam locomotives.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23Paul, meanwhile, has travelled 15 miles
0:26:23 > 0:26:25to the town of Barnsley
0:26:25 > 0:26:26in South Yorkshire.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31He is on the hunt to harpoon some antiques booty.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33Can he find it in here?
0:26:40 > 0:26:43And he's got the Laidlaw eye on something.
0:26:44 > 0:26:51What am I looking at? A broken pot priced at £225.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Why exactly?
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Well, this is no ordinary pot.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57You are likely to know, but you may not,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59that that's a puzzle jug
0:26:59 > 0:27:04which has a tradition certainly going back to late medieval times.
0:27:04 > 0:27:09This vessel has one, two, three spouts.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10Do you know what this is?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12This is Russian roulette for drinkers.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Because if I go to have a wee sup out of here
0:27:15 > 0:27:16and pick the wrong one,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19it's going to pour all over me out of the other.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21We don't want that.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23That's the wager. It's a puzzle jug.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27The puzzle being, "Which is the right spout to quaff from?"
0:27:27 > 0:27:31The medium here is tin-glazed earthenware
0:27:31 > 0:27:34and that accounts for all the damage
0:27:34 > 0:27:40because if you look here, there are glaze losses everywhere.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42I would call that fritting.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45And worse still, there's a spout detached.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48But the fritting is a hallmark of authenticity
0:27:48 > 0:27:53and confirms an 18th-century date of origin.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54What a lovely thing.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56The very helpful Rachel is phoning the dealer
0:27:56 > 0:28:01for the very best price on the £225 jug.
0:28:01 > 0:28:02Bye-bye, bye-bye.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05PAUL LAUGHS
0:28:05 > 0:28:07I'm not an optimistic man.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09What was the damage on that? 200 quid.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11No. Slightly better.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14OK. It would need to be a lot better but slightly is interesting.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17OK, it would be 180.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21I don't think it's dear, but it's not for me.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Right, OK.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24If I wanted to take it home for myself,
0:28:24 > 0:28:26I wouldn't haggle at 180 quid.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29- Really?- But as a business proposition...
0:28:29 > 0:28:31OK, no success there.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33What's this, then?
0:28:34 > 0:28:35Oh, yes.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39I'm an expert. You're asking the right man.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40I've no idea.
0:28:40 > 0:28:41Yes, you do.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Well, I might have an idea.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45I think it's a smoke bell.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47It is indeed a 19th-century smoke bell
0:28:47 > 0:28:49to be hung over a candle lamp
0:28:49 > 0:28:51to stop the soot staining the ceiling.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53He knew that all along.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55No price tag.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58I'd buy that as a curio but I wouldn't pay much for it.
0:28:58 > 0:28:59- Should I ask?- Go on, then.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01I should ask, shouldn't I?
0:29:01 > 0:29:02It would be the only one in the auction.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- Yeah, come on. - Well, there you go.
0:29:06 > 0:29:11- There's no price tag on this. Shall I show you where it was? - Yes, please. Thank you very much.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15It was sitting precisely there.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18On our sale shelf, Paul. It could well be your lucky day.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21It's a sale shelf! It's a sale shelf.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23This could be exciting for you.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26That's going to be no money, I guess.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30- I guess you're right. - Single digit, just to take it away.
0:29:30 > 0:29:32- Right, fine.- Fiver.
0:29:32 > 0:29:33Five quid.
0:29:33 > 0:29:36You know what? I think we could do that for you.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38I'm going to buy it and stick it in an auction and see what happens.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- OK, go for it.- Before I do that, I'll shake your hand.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42- OK.- Magic.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45Interesting, but not what you'd call a big-money buy,
0:29:45 > 0:29:49but something is still on his mind.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Oh, yes. He's asked Rachel
0:29:51 > 0:29:53to phone the owner of the puzzle jug once again -
0:29:53 > 0:29:57this time, with a death-defying bid of £100.
0:29:57 > 0:29:58Steady...
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Wow, that was quick. Was it shockingly quick?
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- I know.- Never phone me again.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I didn't expect this at all.
0:30:07 > 0:30:08- OK.- But...
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Yeah.
0:30:10 > 0:30:15He's actually agreed to 100 quid on it.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Didn't expect that at all, but he has.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21What I'm trying not to do here...
0:30:21 > 0:30:23What I'm trying to do is maintain a professional demeanour,
0:30:23 > 0:30:27but what I want to do is along the lines of, you know,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29fist pumping and all that, so...
0:30:29 > 0:30:31THEY LAUGH
0:30:31 > 0:30:33- Understood. - Let's stick to plan B, shall we?
0:30:33 > 0:30:36We'll do this professionally and say, "Thank you very much, Rachel, very kind of you",
0:30:36 > 0:30:38as opposed to, "Get in, give me a hug!"
0:30:38 > 0:30:39SHE LAUGHS
0:30:39 > 0:30:45There's no word I can say, is there? Apart from, get in, give me a hug!
0:30:45 > 0:30:47I don't know what you have on that person
0:30:47 > 0:30:49but it's obviously very powerful.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Well, one tries, one tries.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Can't imagine what.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I think you could say he's pretty joyful about his purchases -
0:30:56 > 0:30:58the smoke bell for £5
0:30:58 > 0:31:01and the fascinating puzzle jug for £100.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06As Claire makes her way to her next shop,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08she is in full-on rival mode.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I mean, one hopes he's under pressure
0:31:10 > 0:31:12and makes the odd bad decision.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15One can but hope the pressure will get to him and he'll crack.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Naughty Claire!
0:31:17 > 0:31:20She's made it to her final shopping emporium
0:31:20 > 0:31:22in the town of Featherstone in West Yorkshire.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Now, she already has a total of five lots
0:31:27 > 0:31:29but she's still on the hunt for more, bless her.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- Hello, Linda.- Hiya, Claire. Pleased to meet you.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33Good to meet you.
0:31:40 > 0:31:44Claire is under no pressure to buy, but something's tickled her fancy.
0:31:47 > 0:31:51OK, crested china is not exactly doing what it used to,
0:31:51 > 0:31:55but it's the more unusual pieces that are still quite collected.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59This is a Scarborough piece, a bathing hut.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00The Shelley potteries were renowned
0:32:00 > 0:32:04for producing china souvenirs of British holiday resorts
0:32:04 > 0:32:06for over 100 years.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09There's a fish round here. Let's just see where that was...
0:32:11 > 0:32:13It's another Shelley one.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14"Fleetwood."
0:32:14 > 0:32:16I reckon, if I can get those really cheap,
0:32:16 > 0:32:18I might just have a stab at them.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21The bathing hut is priced at £10
0:32:21 > 0:32:23and the little fish doesn't have a price.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Linda, where are you? Claire wants to make a deal.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30I picked out things that, you know, weren't expensive.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32That's fine. We'll do the pair for 12.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- Is that acceptable?- Oh, I was hoping you might come down below the 10,
0:32:35 > 0:32:37sort of, 5 or 6.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41If I do that one at... I'll do that one at 7 and that one at 3.
0:32:41 > 0:32:42£10 is my best.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46Could we throw in, for good measure,
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Whitley Bay?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50How about throwing that in to add to it at a tenner?
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- That's fine.- Is that all right? - That's fine.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Brilliant, thank you very much. Thanks.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58Claire adds the three pieces of crested pottery
0:32:58 > 0:33:00to the rest of her haul -
0:33:00 > 0:33:03the advertising sign, the travelling trunk,
0:33:03 > 0:33:06the Arts and Crafts wall clock,
0:33:06 > 0:33:08the gun case and the leather suitcase,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10which makes a total of six lots.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17Claire has dug deep and spent £280 exactly.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Paul has a total of five lots -
0:33:19 > 0:33:22the Victorian hall lantern,
0:33:22 > 0:33:24the 19th-century metal clock,
0:33:24 > 0:33:26the hunting horn,
0:33:26 > 0:33:27the smoke bell
0:33:27 > 0:33:29and the 18th-century puzzle jug.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33Paul has spent a total of £180.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35Right, my darlings,
0:33:35 > 0:33:38thoughts on one another's collections, please.
0:33:38 > 0:33:39Leather...
0:33:39 > 0:33:40HE YAWNS
0:33:40 > 0:33:41Leather suitcase.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44You know what, if there's any justice,
0:33:44 > 0:33:48her luck with regards to suitcases ends here.
0:33:48 > 0:33:52The lantern? Difficult to actually tell on that one.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55He didn't pay an awful lot of money for it.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Doesn't look that exciting.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Am I worried? Well, I would be
0:34:00 > 0:34:04if I wasn't in the lead and I hadn't bought five excellent lots myself.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06I'm absolutely going to thrash him.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Yeah, look out, Paul, I'm coming along, yeah!
0:34:09 > 0:34:12Oh, I'm excited about this!
0:34:12 > 0:34:15We're heading south for the penultimate auction
0:34:15 > 0:34:16in the city of Nottingham
0:34:16 > 0:34:18where the girls are so pretty and all that.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22For no reason whatsoever, I will be the Sheriff of Nottingham.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Oh, you're going to be the baddie.
0:34:24 > 0:34:26- You're going to go baddie. - Mwah-ha-ha!
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Oh, he'd be great in panto.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Arthur Johnson and Sons have been in the auction biz
0:34:33 > 0:34:34for over a century.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39Philip Poyser is wielding the mighty gavel today.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43What are your thoughts on Paul and Claire's gaggle of goodies, then?
0:34:43 > 0:34:47The crested Shelley jugs, I think we're going to struggle a bit.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50There aren't that many buyers of crested ware at the moment.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53My personal favourite is the Delft jug.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Yeah. It's 250 years old.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59There are easily damaged, yet it has survived.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02Thanks, Philip. The auction's about to begin
0:35:02 > 0:35:04and we're live for Internet bidding, too.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- Here it goes.- Yeah.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- Big crowd.- Busy, busy, isn't it?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14It's a packed house.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18And Paul's 18th-century puzzle jug is up first.
0:35:18 > 0:35:22Identical puzzle jug to this, identical,
0:35:22 > 0:35:25made £840 at auction
0:35:25 > 0:35:28about four years ago.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Well, here's hoping, then.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Various bids on the book to start.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36Going to start at 75. 75 bid, 80? 90, 100.
0:35:36 > 0:35:40110, 120, 130, 140, 150,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43160, 170, 180 190, 200.
0:35:43 > 0:35:45210...220.
0:35:45 > 0:35:49230, 240, 250. 250.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53In the room at 250. 260 online. 270 in the room.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54In the room!
0:35:54 > 0:35:56280 online.
0:35:56 > 0:35:57290 in the room.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00300 online.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03She shakes her head. Don't shake your head.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04OK... 320.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- God bless that woman.- At 320.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08350. 350.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10At £350 online...
0:36:10 > 0:36:13Being sold, then, at 350.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15Very well done.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17And to you.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21OK. What a way to start.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24A phenomenal £250 profit.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28No pressure on me now, then, eh?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Well, you never know.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34Someone might really want your crested china. Maybe.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36£10.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37Well, I'll take five.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Oh, no!
0:36:39 > 0:36:40£5, anybody, for the crested ware.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42Thank you, £5. £5 bid.
0:36:42 > 0:36:43This is going well, isn't it?
0:36:43 > 0:36:44£8, thank you, sir.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46One more will do it.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48At £8, bid at eight. Make it 10?
0:36:48 > 0:36:50- At £8, bid on my right, it goes. - Ooh...!- Done.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Sold at 8.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54Oh, no, that'll teach me a lesson.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57I'm saying nothing.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59Just bought them to wind you up, really.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01I thought they were quite sweet.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02Backfired, that one, Claire, didn't it?
0:37:02 > 0:37:03Yes, won't do that again.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07It's Paul's hunting horn next.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10I'm going 25 to start.
0:37:10 > 0:37:1130, in the room now.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13At 30. £30 bid. At 30.
0:37:13 > 0:37:145 online.
0:37:14 > 0:37:1840 in the room. 45 online.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20It goes online, then, at 45.
0:37:20 > 0:37:21All out in the room.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24- Did think it'd get more than that. - That's enough.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26"That's quite enough from you, Laidlaw."
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Absolutely!
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Yeah! Claire needs a fighting chance, Paul,
0:37:31 > 0:37:33but it's still a £20 profit.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40Next up, Claire's 19th-century travelling trunk.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42£65 bid.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45At 65. 70? 70. 70 in the room, 75 online.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Then it's coming in, the room's in, commissions are out.
0:37:48 > 0:37:5085 online. 90 in the room.
0:37:51 > 0:37:5395 online.
0:37:53 > 0:37:54- 100 in the room.- There we go.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56110 online.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57120 in the saleroom.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59130 online.
0:37:59 > 0:38:00140 in the saleroom.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02- It's determined.- 150 online.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04150 bid.
0:38:04 > 0:38:06Oh, they've stopped. Oh, keep going.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08Last look around. It goes at 150.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11That's more like it, Claire.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14A profit, long may it continue.
0:38:14 > 0:38:19That's a good buy by you and by the next buyer.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Paul's next with the unusual smoke bell.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26Beautiful piece of glass and utterly useless.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28£12, I've got. 12 with me.
0:38:28 > 0:38:29At 12. 12 bid, 15.
0:38:29 > 0:38:3118, 18 bid, 20.
0:38:31 > 0:38:3220 bids in the aisle at 20.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33I'm looking for 25, now.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35£20. At 20.
0:38:35 > 0:38:36Last call, then. It goes.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Done. Sold at 20.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Well, it's not exactly practical but it's still a beauty.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44And a profit, to boot.
0:38:46 > 0:38:50Claire's leg of mutton gun case is next to go.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51£20.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Well, 10. 10 I've got, 10.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- 10 bid, 10. - Well, this is going well.
0:38:56 > 0:38:5812. 12 bid. This is for nothing.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00At £12. At 12.
0:39:00 > 0:39:0315. 18. 20.
0:39:03 > 0:39:05Five? 25 at the back now.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07At 25, 25 bid.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09This is not good.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- At 25, make it 30, please. - Gee...- At 25, at the back.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Sold. It goes. Done.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15- At £25.- Oh, that's cheap.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17- That was cheap, wasn't it? - Yeah, yeah.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20Someone's definitely got a good buy there.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24It's Paul's mantle clock next.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27I've got five absentee bids here.
0:39:27 > 0:39:28I can start the bidding at 75.
0:39:28 > 0:39:33No! You jammy toad.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35- GASPING:- Madame!
0:39:35 > 0:39:37At 75. £75 bid.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Well, it's going to the highest of the absentee bids, then.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43At £75. I sell at 75.
0:39:43 > 0:39:45- Well, fainting in shock. - I'll take that.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47Of course you will, Paul.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51You're having a consistent run of profits so far.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53Now, I've got to try and get my happy face on.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55- Well done. - PAUL LAUGHS
0:39:55 > 0:39:57I hate you! I hate you!
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Keep it together. Claire loves a suitcase.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02She's tasted success at two previous auctions.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Fingers crossed. Well, everything crossed, actually.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Give me £20 to start this please.
0:40:07 > 0:40:0910? Bid.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10Thank you. 10, 10, I've got.
0:40:10 > 0:40:1110 bid. At 10.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Front row at 10. £10 bid, at 10.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16- I'll take 12 now. - Oh, goodness' sake.- Oh...
0:40:16 > 0:40:19It's going to the opening bid then.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21At £10. Being sold, and it goes.
0:40:21 > 0:40:22Done at 10.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- Bombed out in Nottingham. - Gone on holiday.- It has.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Cheer up, Claire - things might get better.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Right. That's the last time I buy a suitcase.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33It's not, though, is it?
0:40:33 > 0:40:35No. It won't be. No, no.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Claire's Art and Craft clock next,
0:40:37 > 0:40:38with the biffed-in face.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41£20, then. Bid. Thank you. 25.
0:40:41 > 0:40:4225 bid. 30. 30 bid.
0:40:42 > 0:40:4435. 35 bid.
0:40:44 > 0:40:4640. 40 bid. I have 40.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Gentleman's bid at 40. Against you online, as well.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50At 40. 40, and I sell.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52It goes at £40.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56Good on you, Claire. A much-needed profit.
0:40:56 > 0:41:01I'll try and take that as some sort of hope for the future.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Up next, it's Paul's hall lantern.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06£40 bid. 45.
0:41:06 > 0:41:0850. 55.
0:41:08 > 0:41:1060. £60 bid.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13- At 60.- It's a good day for you, isn't it?
0:41:13 > 0:41:14What did I tell you?
0:41:14 > 0:41:16On the hall lantern at 60.
0:41:16 > 0:41:17£60 bid, and I sell.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20It goes, done at £60.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Cor! Profit's with Paul today.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Yet another goodie, eh?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Looked like an elephant had sat on it, but it was fine.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Did really well.
0:41:30 > 0:41:31THEY LAUGH
0:41:32 > 0:41:33Claire's feeling the pain.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37Can her advertising sign rescue her from the doldrums?
0:41:37 > 0:41:39With me at 70. 70 bid, 75.
0:41:39 > 0:41:4180. 85.
0:41:41 > 0:41:4290. 95.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44100.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- £100 bid.- Some bidders... Net.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48At 100. At 100 bid.
0:41:48 > 0:41:49The bid's on commission. £100.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52I'll take 10. At £100.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54I sell. It goes. Done at £100.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58- Well, it made a profit. - Can't argue with that.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01And a pretty good one, Claire.
0:42:01 > 0:42:06- Plenty profits. Shall we?- Yeah, we'd better go. Onto the next. Yeah.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Let's tot up the sums, eh?
0:42:10 > 0:42:15Claire began the penultimate leg with £466.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18And, after auction costs, she's made a tiny loss.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21£6.94.
0:42:21 > 0:42:27Claire begins the final leg with a respectable £459.90.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29No shame in that.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Paul, though, began with £611.90
0:42:33 > 0:42:37and has made a whopper of a profit of £271.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39Nice work, that man.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42The mighty Laidlaw has a hat-trick of auction wins
0:42:42 > 0:42:48and has a king-sized £882.90 for the final leg.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51We've got one more crack at this.
0:42:51 > 0:42:55- One more round of shopping. - My last big chance.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Bye-bye, road trippers.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:03 > 0:43:07It's the last leg and Claire and Paul are bonding.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09What he eats!
0:43:09 > 0:43:11I can't tell you!
0:43:11 > 0:43:12It's not nice.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15You don't like my garlic aftershave, after all?
0:43:15 > 0:43:16Ugh...