0:00:00 > 0:00:03It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- That's cracking.- With £200 each...
0:00:06 > 0:00:10- Wonderful.- ..a classic car and a goal, to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- That's exactly what I'm talking about.- I am over a-shiver.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19- No brainer.- Going, going, gone.
0:00:19 > 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 > 0:00:28..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.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:42 > 0:00:44I cannot believe it.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48We're dishing up the final portion of our Road Tripping spectacular
0:00:48 > 0:00:51with giggly auctioneers Paul Laidlaw and Claire Rawle.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56For a big finale, Paul's on the attack.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58Fight them in the streets, fight them on the beaches.
0:00:58 > 0:00:59- Yeah.- Fight them in the auction room.
0:00:59 > 0:01:04- Yeah, yeah.- He's developed a special tactic for disarming his opponent.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06What he eats!
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Can't tell you!
0:01:08 > 0:01:12- It's not nice. - It's only my garlic aftershave.
0:01:12 > 0:01:13It just comes out your pores.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Curry, garlic...
0:01:16 > 0:01:18Yuck.
0:01:18 > 0:01:24From her original £200, Claire has £459.90 stuffed in her old bag.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28Paul also began with £200.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30He's soaring like an eagle
0:01:30 > 0:01:33and so far is the auction hat-trick champ
0:01:33 > 0:01:38with a mighty jackpot of £882.90.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39He's loaded.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45The fruity and peppy 1968 TVR Tuscan
0:01:45 > 0:01:48is spinning them around town and dale.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50I've got to win!
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Yeah. I'm not desperate or anything.
0:01:53 > 0:01:56- No, not that I'm competitive, she says.- It's not about the winning.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58It's not about winning. No, no, no.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Yeah, it's the taking part(!)
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Huh!
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Anyway, Paul and Claire set off from Wooler in Northumberland.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08They began in the north-east of England
0:02:08 > 0:02:10and have snaked through South Yorkshire
0:02:10 > 0:02:13heading for their final destination of Stamford in Lincolnshire.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19The town of Matlock in Derbyshire
0:02:19 > 0:02:23is where we shall begin and we will have the grand auction finale
0:02:23 > 0:02:26later in the town of Stamford.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30But I suppose... Oh, sorry. Morning, Mr Magpie, Magpie, Magpie.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Oh, dear. That's not a good sign, is it?
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Oh, no, the magpies are haunting me.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- This is not looking good. - Come on, Claire.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41I'm sure your luck will change for the better.
0:02:41 > 0:02:42Maybe.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47You're the first to shop in the beautiful Derbyshire town of Matlock.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Let's have a try in Quirky Antiques.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03I'm just going to enjoy myself today.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04He can do what he likes.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06It's Paul Laidlaw at the end of the day.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08He's just Paul Laidlaw.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10So I think I'm going to have fun.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- I'm just going to have fun. - That's the spirit, old girl.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Now, what's this you've found?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18It is Chinese cloisonne
0:03:18 > 0:03:23and I noticed another little vase on my walk round.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Some of the early stuff makes huge money now.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27This has got a biff on the shoulder.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Which makes a lot of difference to value.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34But the intricate work where they have the copper body
0:03:34 > 0:03:38and then they lay down lines and then fill it with enamel,
0:03:38 > 0:03:39these wonderful intricate decorations,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42then fire it to give it a final glaze.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Lovely work and they've been doing it for centuries in China and Japan.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Priced at £12, it could be a good little purchase.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Not popular today, though.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Paul, meanwhile, has made his way to the city of Sheffield
0:03:55 > 0:03:58and he's on the prowl for antiques.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00He's rolling in it!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02He's just a few pounds shy of 900.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07Oh, loving the waistcoat.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22I would love, love to end this week with a four-figure profit.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23How cool would that be?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25£1,000.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29So, yeah, I am going to push myself
0:04:29 > 0:04:32to try and, over five lots,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34make a £150 profit.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36OK? Watch me.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37We will.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Let's leave Moneybags to stalk his prey.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45Claire's still in Matlock.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Now, how's she getting on?
0:04:47 > 0:04:52That's really pretty. I'll probably not be able to afford this one.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55- You might be surprised.- Whoops. Didn't see you there, Kelvin.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Please have a look at the price ticket.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Oh, OK. Oh, and it's yew wood.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02People are always looking for a little piece of furniture to fill a little hole
0:05:02 > 0:05:05and they think there's something that is practical and if in future
0:05:05 > 0:05:08they can move it to another house, even if they're downsizing,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12it is a useful piece of furniture which will stay in the family for quite a lengthy period of time.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- Yes, yes, yeah.- And it's pretty.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16It is pretty.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Kelvin's good at his sales pitch.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22At £195, though, it'll be a considered purchase.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Claire checks out vase number two.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31You've got the similar type of decoration,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34butterflies amidst flowers.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Now, then. Just have a good look round
0:05:37 > 0:05:40and see if there's any horrible damage.
0:05:44 > 0:05:45A bit of a dent there.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49It's not too bad. We're going back to the early 20th century, so,
0:05:49 > 0:05:51you know, we've got some age here.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Might be able to do something with the two of those, maybe.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Kelvin? Where are you?
0:05:58 > 0:06:00Kelvin, I spotted a couple of small things.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02This little cloisonne vase
0:06:02 > 0:06:05- and there's a little cloisonne pot over the other side.- Yes, yes.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08The pot has got damage to a couple of places on its shoulders.
0:06:08 > 0:06:13- That's correct.- That's marked up at £12, this is marked up at 18.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17With my sort of grasp of maths I think we're about 30, aren't we?
0:06:17 > 0:06:22- That's correct, yes.- So what would your very, very, very best price be?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25I think around about £25 for the pair.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28OK. Would you consider coming down to 20?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Can we tweak it down just a little bit more?
0:06:30 > 0:06:31I think if we said 22 I'd be happy.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- 22.- That's £18 for that one and £4 for the other one.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36You're virtually getting the other one for nothing.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Suddenly it's sounding a whole lot more attractive.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40OK. I think I'll do that.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42- Lovely, thank you.- Thank you very much indeed. Thank you.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44One deal down.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46What about the writing desk?
0:06:46 > 0:06:52I mean, that's at 195. What would your very, very best be on that one?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I think I know where we're going here, Claire.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57Shall we just say 150 now?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I'm not going to split at that. 150 it is. Thank you very much.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03A £45 reduction on the Victorian writing desk
0:07:03 > 0:07:06and £22 for the couple of cloisonne vases.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Nice work there, Clairey.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Back in Sheffield, Paul's still browsing in his first shop.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Shiny back!
0:07:14 > 0:07:16It looks like he's found something.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21The label says "Unusual monkey devil candlesticks."
0:07:23 > 0:07:26That's not a monkey devil,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28that's a Lincoln Imp.
0:07:28 > 0:07:33Is it not? I sincerely hope so, or I am a Scottish berk.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Ahem. The Lincoln Imp comes from a 14th-century legend
0:07:38 > 0:07:42where a pair of imps caused mayhem at the city's cathedral.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Danny's on hand to help you with the price.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Ordinarily, Lincoln Imp on your souvenir door knocker
0:07:50 > 0:07:54or letter knife or key ring fob is junk.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55These aren't quite junk.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56If you look at the base,
0:07:56 > 0:08:00at the quality of the casting in these almost Green Men type masks.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- That's good work.- Good quality.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03You couldn't model that.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- Good quality. - Date, no later than 1920s.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Probably 1920s, but potentially
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Victorian.- I would say late Victorian.- Yeah.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15They sport a ticket price of £30.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Do you think 20 could buy them?
0:08:19 > 0:08:2122. I'll squeeze 22.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Do I want to just plump for them and then that's one in the bag?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Yeah, I do.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Job done. Sweet.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35A pair of Lincoln Imp brass candlesticks for £22.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38That's the first of the Laidlaw purchases.
0:08:40 > 0:08:45Claire's travelled south to the town of Belper in Derbyshire.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Once famous for nail-making, don't you know?
0:08:49 > 0:08:52The Gatehouse has over 12 dealers selling their wares
0:08:52 > 0:08:54and Claire's ready to spend.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06That attracted my eye. Unusual things in this cabinet.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07Sort of photograph holders.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10I like those. Sort of Deco look about them.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13And it's priced at £75.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Now, we know you're partial to a walking stick or two.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18That's a nice one.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24I like the look of the handle, and feel, actually, it's nice.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28It has a nice patina. It's got a silver collar on it.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32And actually, it's just a little like what's known as a Sunday stick.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35If you're not playing golf on a Sunday and you're going for a walk
0:09:35 > 0:09:37but you feel like tapping a ball around
0:09:37 > 0:09:39when you're not really supposed to...
0:09:39 > 0:09:40just use the end.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42It's quite nicely weighted, that one.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46What have we got on it? Silver's dated London 1901.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49So that's nice, right at the end sort of Victoria Edwardian period.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50£40.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Dealer Charles is on hand to talk money.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59Oh! Charles, I've seen a couple of things I'm quite interested in,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- so I wondered if I could get your help on them a bit.- Yes?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Both are in this corner at the moment.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09There's the Art Deco French...
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Picture frame.- Picture frame.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Also, I quite like this walking stick.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Let's get a closer look at the Art Deco photo frame first.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24I like the fact it's actually in good order,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27that the base hasn't been damaged or chipped,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29which it so often has been.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34I like the colour of the leaping gazelles and the shape of them,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36they are very Deco.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39I think they appeal to this day's market because they're not fussy.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Charles has a word with the dealer,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45who is willing to accept £60 for the picture frame
0:10:45 > 0:10:47and £30 for the walking stick.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49You don't think you could squeeze him down to 20, then?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- For that?- Mm.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54SHE LAUGHS
0:10:54 > 0:10:56He's a big bloke but I'll go and ask him.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Fingers crossed.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Right, have you done with your squeezing?
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Good news, if you take the two, yes,
0:11:03 > 0:11:07- you can have that for 20 and that for 60.- Excellent. Good man.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09That's a deal. Thank you very much.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- Excellent.- £80 for the Art Deco photo frame
0:11:12 > 0:11:15and the unusual walking stick.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22Meanwhile, Paul has travelled to the town of Chesterfield in Derbyshire.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's here that the country's largest church has a curious,
0:11:26 > 0:11:30world-famous landmark studding the horizon.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32The aptly named Crooked Spire
0:11:32 > 0:11:37perches precariously on the medieval church tower
0:11:37 > 0:11:41and is a hot topic of folklore as to why its form should be this way.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43The church of St Mary and All Saints
0:11:43 > 0:11:46hails from the days of the 13th century,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49and although there are several crooked spires throughout the world,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Chesterfield's is the only one in the UK
0:11:52 > 0:11:56and boasts the greatest lean and twist of them all.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Paul is meeting with church warden Colin McKenna
0:11:59 > 0:12:03to get to grips with this quirk of medieval engineering.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06Well, look, I have beheld that spire from a distance but, my word,
0:12:06 > 0:12:09upfront it is a sight to behold, is it not?
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Spectacular, isn't it?
0:12:11 > 0:12:14And Paul's got the question that we've all been wondering.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16It wasn't intended to look like that?
0:12:16 > 0:12:20Now, that's where the stories start because there is a degree of opinion
0:12:20 > 0:12:23that says this is completely accidental.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26And there are other opinions that say, no, actually,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28it was intended to be twisted.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33The one thing that's for certain is the lean was not intended to happen.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37Currently the spire leans just under three metres to the southwest.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41That's nine and a half feet in old money.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Time to venture inside.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Oh, Colin, what an interior.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50I can smell the incense.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Well, it's interesting you mention that, Paul,
0:12:53 > 0:12:55because therefore brings in one details about the spire.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57One day the devil was on his way
0:12:57 > 0:13:00somewhere and he stopped off at the spire
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- to get his breath back.- Right.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05The smell of the incense wafting off from the service made him sneeze so
0:13:05 > 0:13:10violently that he spun round and twisted the spire as he twisted.
0:13:10 > 0:13:11Oh, fantastic!
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Feeling brave, Paul?
0:13:15 > 0:13:19- Who does not want to...? - Do you want to go first?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I think I do. My word, spiral staircase!
0:13:28 > 0:13:32We've lost our handrail and it's getting a bit cosy now, Colin.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34It gets narrower, Paul.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Don't tell him that, Colin.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44I can see through the floorboards to the belfry.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Is this right, Colin, yeah?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47It's very safe, don't worry.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49I think he already is.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Oh, my word, look at that!
0:13:51 > 0:13:54The inside of the famous Crooked Spire.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56There's a forest up there.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Actually looks like a jungle, it's difficult to discern the geometry.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03The spire was built not long after the Black Death,
0:14:03 > 0:14:08which is likely to have meant a lot of skilled craftsmen leaving the job
0:14:08 > 0:14:10to be completed by novices.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12So nobody knows for sure whether
0:14:12 > 0:14:14this is what it would have looked like,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17had it been built by the master craftsmen right from the beginning.
0:14:17 > 0:14:22Or is it a result of that mixture of skilled and unskilled work.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25But the inside only tells half the story.
0:14:25 > 0:14:29But to get a true sense of what the spire looks like
0:14:29 > 0:14:30we need to go outside.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34You're a brave man, Paul.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- OK, that's a bit high.- Very!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56Hold on, let me just get my bearings.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59OK.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02It's a view, I'm going to give you that.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04It's a beautiful view, isn't it?
0:15:04 > 0:15:09- Come this way. - I'm getting sensations in my legs.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Telling my brain, "You shouldn't be up here."
0:15:12 > 0:15:15This is better, the further away from the parapet.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17That's it. That's it.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19- Ohhh...- Paul?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- Have I got to do this?- Yes.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Oh, my word, that's amazing!
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Oh-ho-ho!
0:15:28 > 0:15:31MUSIC: Theme from Vertigo
0:15:31 > 0:15:32It is something else.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38I'll never forget this experience and I thank you for it.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Fascinating.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42And borderline overwhelming.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Sir, thank you very much, but it's time to head south.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48It's a pleasure, Paul. Let me lead the way for you.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- Please.- He's got some pluck. Dear, oh, dear.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Whatever the reason for the formation
0:15:56 > 0:15:58of this unique church spire,
0:15:58 > 0:16:01whether it be the sneeze of the devil
0:16:01 > 0:16:03or unskilled medieval workmen,
0:16:03 > 0:16:07it has survived for over 700 years and is quite rightly a global
0:16:07 > 0:16:11phenomenon. Best appreciated from terra firma, though.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Right, Paul?
0:16:14 > 0:16:15What a truly exciting day.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19But the evening is upon us and our duo really need their beauty sleep.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21So, nighty night.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31# Blue skies smilin' at me... #
0:16:31 > 0:16:32G'oh! What a beautiful morning.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35And our pair are up and at 'em.
0:16:35 > 0:16:36The sun is shining!
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I don't know how we did that.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40We obviously did something good.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43Perhaps we're being rewarded for it.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45# Singin' a song... #
0:16:45 > 0:16:47So where are we, exactly?
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Lincolnshire, us two treasure hunters, you know,
0:16:50 > 0:16:54we need to be looking for King John's lost gold, do we not?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Oh...- Lost in the Wash! - Didn't I tell you?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Damn!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- Is that why it's so heavy in the back?- Yeah.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Oh, dear. Let's remind ourselves of their shopping delights thus far.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Claire is determined to go all out on the last leg of the Road Trip.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15She's bought four lots.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19A writing desk, two cloisonne vases,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22an Art Deco photograph stand
0:17:22 > 0:17:25and the late-Victorian Sunday stick.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Claire has £207.90 for the day ahead.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Our current leader, Paul, has only bought one lot -
0:17:34 > 0:17:38the pair of Lincoln Imp brass candlesticks -
0:17:38 > 0:17:42and has, wait for it, £860.90.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Better start spending, fella!
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Claire's travelled to the Lincolnshire village of Stickney.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Clutterbugs is the next emporium
0:17:53 > 0:17:55for this Road Tripper to have a gander in.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59If she can get in, that is.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Ah, that's better.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11So, Alan, this is my last shop of the week.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Oh, right. You can have a bit of a rest now.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- This is it.- Yeah.- No, no, I've got to find the thing.- Indeed not.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Claire wants to take a good fight to her chum Paul.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22I think I might avoid the crested china this time.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I came a bit of a cropper on that.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Oh, no, that'll teach me a lesson.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Best forgotten, my love.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32That has caught my eye.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35It's brass, would be very nice if it was silver, but then
0:18:35 > 0:18:37it would be very expensive.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41It's the beginning of the 20th century into that Edwardian era.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Things are slightly less fussy than in the Victorian era.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Almost harking back to Georgian type style, really.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48I rather like that.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I know people don't like polishing brass and copper these days,
0:18:51 > 0:18:54but I think sometimes they make exceptions with inkwells.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59OK, yeah. Edwardian ink stand, £45.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03I'm just going to have a very quick look at the base.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Yep, nice quality.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Should be nicely finished.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Time, then, to chat money with Alan.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- This little desk stand. - It's a pretty little thing.
0:19:14 > 0:19:16You've got £45 on it.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20- Yeah.- I wondered what your very, very, very, very...- My very, very...
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Um, I'll touch your hand for 30.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Could we get nearer 25?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Could we go a bit higher than that?
0:19:28 > 0:19:29I'll meet you... 28.
0:19:29 > 0:19:3128. 28's a deal, then.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Yeah. That's great. Thank you very much indeed.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39- Thank you.- And the brass ink stand is Claire's fifth lot for £28.
0:19:39 > 0:19:44Meanwhile, Paul's travelled east to the town of Louth in Lincolnshire.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Uh-oh! He's got the swagger of a sergeant major!
0:19:52 > 0:19:55He's got over £800 to splash.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57This shop is huge!
0:20:01 > 0:20:03There's a plan, you know that.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05There's a way to do this.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08As I've said already, that waistcoat is spectacular.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10I want one.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Oh, hello.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Here's something I luuuurve.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Look at the furniture.
0:20:25 > 0:20:32Behold, a pair of interwar cinema folding benches.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34How cool are they?
0:20:34 > 0:20:40Seriously, who does not want the home cinema room with pukka seating?
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I love. Yes!
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Look at this.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46I want my popcorn.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Star Wars!
0:20:49 > 0:20:53The cinema seats are evoking old memories with our Paul.
0:20:53 > 0:20:55I probably shouldn't tell you this,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58but a certain picture house in Manchester,
0:20:58 > 0:21:01where my girlfriend studied,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03my now wife,
0:21:03 > 0:21:06there was a full period cinema -
0:21:06 > 0:21:10this is in the late 1980s now - the back row,
0:21:10 > 0:21:15the benches paired up, no armrest in the middle.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Hang on. Do we want to hear this?
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Happy days, but you have to get there early to get them!
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- True story.- Oh, you saucepot, you!
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Uber cool, are they not?
0:21:29 > 0:21:30But seriously, your application there,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33and here's me getting all romantic,
0:21:33 > 0:21:35am I not? I'm reliving my youth!
0:21:35 > 0:21:36Price tag...
0:21:38 > 0:21:41"1930s cinema seats." Happy with that.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47"Sale." The price tag says sale!
0:21:48 > 0:21:51£100. £100 in the sale.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Can I buy them, Mum? Can I? Oh, Mum, can I?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56My own pocket money?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59- Oh, I love them. - That's an understatement, then.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Where's Sandra to talk cash?
0:22:02 > 0:22:06They are priced at £100 at the moment.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Right. I can phone the dealer.
0:22:09 > 0:22:11Fingers crossed, then, Paul.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Thanks, Mel. All right, then, bye-bye.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17The best she can do is 95.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20I love everything about this place
0:22:20 > 0:22:23and I also love the fact that I've just bought
0:22:23 > 0:22:26a pair of interwar movie seats.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Well done. I love them.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- Good choice.- I kid you not.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30Thank you.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33What a romantic. One purchase down.
0:22:33 > 0:22:40Fuelled by his excitement, he's got his hands on something else.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43Why is there no price on that?
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Well, there is. "Halberd, £10."
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Well, a halberd is what I thought that was,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53but...
0:22:53 > 0:22:55your...
0:22:55 > 0:22:58ash, I guess, shaft,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00fits it frighteningly well.
0:23:02 > 0:23:07Now, if you're wondering what the heck a halberd is, I'll tell you.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09It's the melding of two weapons,
0:23:09 > 0:23:11the axe and the spear.
0:23:11 > 0:23:17Back in 1700, 1680, your town guardsmen,
0:23:17 > 0:23:21or your militiaman, would be standing there, yeah?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23And if you're causing a disturbance,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25or you're threatening my town's kin...
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- Crumbs.- And I think at some stage, this was found and somebody thought,
0:23:32 > 0:23:37"You know what? That'd be pretty handy for clearing the weeds."
0:23:37 > 0:23:40So they just put this shaft on it.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45And I have no doubt - there is wishful thinking -
0:23:45 > 0:23:47this is not what you're seeing now.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49That's what that is.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53That, at £10, is sold.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56No messing about there, then.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00And you won't believe it, but he's found something else.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02That one tickles my fancy.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04- Yes.- Can we run the numbers?
0:24:04 > 0:24:07- 75 on that?- I can take off 10%.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10- So...- 67 and a half quid makes that...
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- 67.50?- 67 and a half quid.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Which rounds to 65 nicely.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16- We're not dealing in two-and-a-half quids, are we?- Possibly.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18- But I'll have to check. - Can you firm up on that?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- The dealer's here at the moment. - Oh, brilliant.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22- So I'll just go and check. - Brilliant.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24While Sandra finds out a price...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26what have you got there?
0:24:26 > 0:24:30A big Victorian plant pot. Who cares, Laidlaw?
0:24:30 > 0:24:31You should care!
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Oh, lordy, really?
0:24:33 > 0:24:37I'll give you a name. Burmantofts were tile manufacturers.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42In the late 19th century, they moved into what we can call art pottery,
0:24:42 > 0:24:45based out of Leeds.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Actually highly collectable.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Quite an important name and no condition issues.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- Paul?- Sandra.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56OK, I've spoken with the dealer
0:24:56 > 0:25:00and the dealer has agreed to round it down to 65.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03You have just sold... a Burmantofts.
0:25:03 > 0:25:04Burmantofts.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06What a mighty haul of treasures.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09As well as the Burmantofts hunk of pottery,
0:25:09 > 0:25:14he's also got the cinema seats for 95 and the halberd head for £10.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18The village of Donington in Lincolnshire
0:25:18 > 0:25:20is next on Claire's list.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26This sleepy locale is the birthplace of a daredevil explorer
0:25:26 > 0:25:28that would sail the high seas
0:25:28 > 0:25:32and become the first man to fully circumnavigate Australia.
0:25:34 > 0:25:37That man was Captain Matthew Flinders.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Born in the late 18th century,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42his love of adventure led to an extraordinary career in the Navy
0:25:42 > 0:25:44from the tender age of just 15.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Claire is meeting his distant relative John Flinders
0:25:47 > 0:25:51at the village church, where Matthew's family are buried.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56As a young boy, he wanted to get out and see the world,
0:25:56 > 0:26:00get beyond the quiet areas here in Lincolnshire?
0:26:00 > 0:26:06He certainly did. He had a cousin who was a lieutenant in the Navy
0:26:06 > 0:26:09and he'd sailed in the South Seas and Jamaica
0:26:09 > 0:26:14and he came back and he would tell Matthew tales of the derring-do
0:26:14 > 0:26:17of what was going off down there.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21In 1792, Matthew joined the infamous Captain William Bligh
0:26:21 > 0:26:23and set sail for the South Seas.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Whilst receiving first-class sailing tutelage,
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Matthew honed his skills as an exceptional cartographer.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35The tropical journeys with Bligh all served to help prepare
0:26:35 > 0:26:39for Flinders' first voyage to Australia aged just 21.
0:26:40 > 0:26:46Matthew fully charted the coastline of Tasmania,
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Van Diemen's Land, and produced charts of the same.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52In doing so, in circumnavigating it,
0:26:52 > 0:26:54he also proved that it was an island.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57This was a great discovery because prior to this date,
0:26:57 > 0:27:04all vessels sailing that area had to go much further south and sail round
0:27:04 > 0:27:07Van Diemen's Land, Tasmania, to get to wherever they were going.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11Flinders' exceptional charts
0:27:11 > 0:27:14and maps from his travels around Van Diemen's Land
0:27:14 > 0:27:19ensured his captaincy of the appropriately named Investigator,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22a ship that set sail for little-known New Holland,
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Australia's original name.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27The year was 1801.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Am I right in thinking that at the time,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31they didn't know that Australia was this huge landmass,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34they thought it may be just a series of islands?
0:27:34 > 0:27:39Well, it was a huge landmass. They thought it may be split in two.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44The whole area of Terra Australis is the Southern Lands.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49Nobody knew how great it was, how big it was, where it went.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53Matthew had been married to his wife Ann for just three months
0:27:53 > 0:27:56when he was due to sail to Australia once more.
0:27:56 > 0:27:59Like the other high-ranking officers,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01he wanted to take his wife with him.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05The Lords of the Admiralty came on board the ship and found Ann in his
0:28:05 > 0:28:08cabin, not wearing her bonnet.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11And this was a very, very bad thing in the day.
0:28:11 > 0:28:16And they told Matthew, quite sternly, that it was not right,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19it wasn't to happen, and if he thought that his wife was going to
0:28:19 > 0:28:22Australia with him, then it wasn't going to happen
0:28:22 > 0:28:25and that if he didn't like it, then he wasn't going either.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29- Oh, my goodness.- And they would give the captaincy or the command
0:28:29 > 0:28:31of the ship to someone else.
0:28:32 > 0:28:34With a heavy heart,
0:28:34 > 0:28:39Matthew chose to sail without his wife and would not see her again for
0:28:39 > 0:28:41nine and a half years.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43During this time, Matthew's attentions
0:28:43 > 0:28:45were completely focused on creating
0:28:45 > 0:28:48meticulous accounts of his exploration
0:28:48 > 0:28:51which were compiled in three large volumes.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53These are very, very special.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57These are Matthew's first editions of the Voyage to Terra Australis.
0:28:57 > 0:29:01The books themselves are all the narrative of these journeys whilst
0:29:01 > 0:29:05circumnavigating Australia.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08There are pictures and plates within them.
0:29:08 > 0:29:12On board the Investigator, Matthew had two artists,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15also naturalists and miners,
0:29:15 > 0:29:17who would be doing geological surveys.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20They're very, very precious, these.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23The charts, up until a few years ago, they were still being used.
0:29:23 > 0:29:28They were incredibly accurate and I think the Australian Navy did
0:29:28 > 0:29:32satellite charts themselves and put them against Matthew's
0:29:32 > 0:29:35and they were almost identical.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39The tragedy is that Matthew didn't live to see the works in print.
0:29:39 > 0:29:45They were published the day before he died in 1814, aged just 40.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49When you consider the places he found and the things that he did
0:29:49 > 0:29:54are comparable with William Bligh, James Cook,
0:29:54 > 0:29:59so it's time that he was fully recognised.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Although largely forgotten here,
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Flinders is much celebrated Down Under.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06Regarded as a national hero,
0:30:06 > 0:30:08his name features throughout Australia
0:30:08 > 0:30:12and there are over 100 statues in his honour.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15The first man to circumnavigate Australia and provide maps
0:30:15 > 0:30:17with such startling precision,
0:30:17 > 0:30:19Matthew Flinders rightly and richly
0:30:19 > 0:30:23deserves a place in British history as one of our greatest explorers.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Meanwhile, Paul's travelled south-east
0:30:31 > 0:30:33to the seaside town of Skegness in Lincolnshire
0:30:33 > 0:30:35for his last shop of the trip.
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Paul's pockets are jangling with £690.90.
0:30:41 > 0:30:42What can he find in here?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- Hi, how are you?- Is it Des?
0:30:48 > 0:30:50- Yes, it is, yeah.- Good to see you.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- Look at this. - Do you want me to take your coat?
0:30:59 > 0:31:01- Very smart. - Thank you very much, sir.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03- Very smart.- Des, you're a gentleman.
0:31:03 > 0:31:06- By the way, charm will work. - Will it?
0:31:06 > 0:31:07Discounts work better.
0:31:07 > 0:31:09LOUD LAUGHTER
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Hyuck, hyuck, hyuck! Just like Sid James.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14And look, he's rooted something out.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Des, could I have a look at your wee toy projector?
0:31:17 > 0:31:20- Of course you can. - '50s thing, do you think?
0:31:20 > 0:31:22'50s? I think it's '50s, yeah.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26If I remember right, there's a couple of slides in with it.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28My word. I did not expect that.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- What on earth? - It's got more than a couple.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35Well, I'll put that there for now.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38So, it is...
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Film Stips projector.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43In the 1950s,
0:31:43 > 0:31:48Bedfordshire company Film Stips made pocket viewers along with their
0:31:48 > 0:31:52exciting film strips that featured everything from the royal family
0:31:52 > 0:31:53to gunfire westerns.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57They were an instant hit with young cine buffs.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59I'm opening this up. Are we doing this?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01Open it up. Nothing to lose.
0:32:01 > 0:32:02Surely there's a torch missing.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04There's no source of illumination.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06That might be a problem.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07But what about the strips?
0:32:10 > 0:32:11It's Laurel and Hardy.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Yeah, it's not for sale.
0:32:13 > 0:32:14LAUGHTER
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Way Out West!
0:32:16 > 0:32:20It's just stills from Way Out West.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- Oh, Des, it's just getting better for a geek like me.- I told you.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25The Mystery Of Flying Saucers.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26Come on!
0:32:26 > 0:32:28LAUGHTER
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Oh, it's proper flying saucers as well.
0:32:31 > 0:32:33Des, what was the price tag on that?
0:32:33 > 0:32:36It's gone up since you started looking.
0:32:37 > 0:32:38Pair of jokers.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Ten film strips, 18 quid.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43What could that be?
0:32:43 > 0:32:44What about 15?
0:32:46 > 0:32:48I think you've got me, Des.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Superb.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Well, that was a joyful experience
0:32:52 > 0:32:54and our shopping trip is now at an end.
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Along with the little projector and film strips,
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Paul has a total of five lots.
0:33:01 > 0:33:06The pair of Lincoln Imps brass candlesticks, the cinema seats,
0:33:06 > 0:33:09the halberd head, and the Burmantofts pot.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Paul has spent a total of £207.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Clare decided to have fun on her Road Trip finale.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19She also has five lots.
0:33:19 > 0:33:24The Victorian writing set, two cloisonne vases,
0:33:24 > 0:33:27an Art Deco photograph stand,
0:33:27 > 0:33:32a Sunday stick, and an Edwardian brass ink stand.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35Claire has spent a total of £280.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39Thoughts, please, on one another's goodies, or baddies.
0:33:39 > 0:33:43The desk. That is a fine piece of furniture.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44Now, the thing I like,
0:33:44 > 0:33:47and I know that he is going to be absolutely dead right on,
0:33:47 > 0:33:49is that halberd.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52The Sunday stick, the walking-stick-cum-golf-club.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Pleasing. Delightful.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57His brass candlesticks, the Lincoln Imps.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Well, could just be a bit like coals to Newcastle,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01we'll have to wait and see.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05My goodness, the auction is upon us.
0:34:05 > 0:34:11Claire and Paul are travelling to the Lincolnshire town of Stamford.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14- We've made some money, you and I. - Yeah!- Yeah.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16- What do you think of that?- Yeah,
0:34:16 > 0:34:19that's always a nice feeling as well.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Nice, slightly satisfactory, smug feeling comes over you.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25We could almost do this for a living, you and I.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26You reckon?
0:34:27 > 0:34:29I thought you DID.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37Batemans auctioneers is a well-established firm in the area
0:34:37 > 0:34:40and sells up to 10,000 lots per annum.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43The colourful David Palmer is our gavel-basher today.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Spill it about our duo's lots, please, David.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48Two old cinema seats.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51I mean, the time for those has gone.
0:34:51 > 0:34:56The gazelle photograph stand of the 1930s, I guess, mid-1930s,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59is wonderful.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03I hope that this makes the most money of all the items today.
0:35:03 > 0:35:06This is it. The auction finale is about to begin.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10We're also live on the internet.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Oh, it's a bit harder than I thought it was going to be.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13It's like a correction chair.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- It's good for the posture. - Very good, yes. Yes.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Well, we don't like slouching.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24Paul's pair of Lincoln Imp brass candlesticks are up first.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Claire. It's been magic.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28- It's been a pleasure.- Good luck.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31And you. And you.
0:35:31 > 0:35:34Anyone 20? 20 quid. 20, I'm bid. Down there at 20.
0:35:34 > 0:35:3522 here. 25?
0:35:35 > 0:35:3725. Goes at 25.
0:35:37 > 0:35:3928, 30. 30.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Net goes 32. 32, 35.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- No chance.- At 32.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46At £32 now and I sell at 32.
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Anyone else?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Well done, you.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53The little Imps made you a good profit.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54Well done, Paul.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00Claire's Edwardian ink stand is next to go under the hammer.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02I shall be really bitterly disappointed
0:36:02 > 0:36:04if those horrible imps make more
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- than my ink stand. - And I'll be like this.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Not very attractive, Paul.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Anyone 20? 20 I'm bid.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Down here at 20. Anyone else?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Goes at 20. In the sofa at 20.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17You at 20.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19A cheap buy.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Don't worry, Claire, you've got another four lots to go.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24Paul's projector next.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Do you predict a profit?
0:36:27 > 0:36:29£20. Come in at 20 again.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31And the original box. 20.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33Anyone 20? Are you bidding on the phone?
0:36:33 > 0:36:36Phone bidding? It's probably from another planet.
0:36:36 > 0:36:37At 20.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39I'm selling on the phone at 20.
0:36:39 > 0:36:43- A phone bid.- You could possess this and take it home.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45Hours of fun. I sell there at 20, then.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47With the phone at 20.
0:36:47 > 0:36:48Done and finished at 20.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53Someone loved it enough to give you a fiver profit, Paul.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55Oh, wow. That was really exciting.
0:36:55 > 0:37:00It didn't go anywhere but telephone bid and then nothing.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Tumbleweed. Whoosh.
0:37:02 > 0:37:03Come on, it's still a profit.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Claire's cloisonne vases next.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10£30. Oh, 30.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12Wish I'd said more. Take a two.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13Anyone else? I sell at 30.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Two if you like. These are rare.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18All done at 30. Is that it? 32, net.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Underbidder, go again.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23At 32. Original bidder, have another go.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26At 32...
0:37:27 > 0:37:29Well done, Claire. Nice little earner.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- That's all right. It's a profit. - Nothing to grumble about there.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35No, that's fine.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37- That's fine.- It surely is.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Paul's Burmantofts jardiniere is next.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Oh, gosh. It's like a big old strawberry.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45At 50, 30.
0:37:45 > 0:37:4730 I'm bid. 5.
0:37:47 > 0:37:4840. At 40 now.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Take 5 again. At 40.
0:37:49 > 0:37:525 if you like. Are you bidding over here?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54At 40. Is that it at £40?
0:37:54 > 0:37:56The strawberry pot goes at 40.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Nobody else at 40?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- And I thought that was cheap.- Yeah.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Someone's definitely got a good buy there.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Claire's Sunday stick is next up.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Start me at 50. Straight in at 50.
0:38:11 > 0:38:1240 then. 40 I'm bid.
0:38:12 > 0:38:1440. 5. 50 now.
0:38:14 > 0:38:15At 50. Take 5.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17At 50. And 5.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19This is probably someone really famous.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2055 on the phone.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22The phone at 55 now.
0:38:22 > 0:38:23And I sell at 55.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26It's still a result.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Stating the obvious, Paul.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30And it's the best profit so far.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38Wait for it. Paul's beloved cinema seats next.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Come in at £40. 40 I'm bid.
0:38:40 > 0:38:4240. 5. 50. 55 now.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44The bid's at 55. I'll take 60.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46At 55. Anyone else?
0:38:46 > 0:38:48All done at £55.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Oh, dear. Sad face for Paul.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56That bidder has got one heck of a bargain.
0:38:57 > 0:38:58- You like them.- Yeah.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00That's all that matters.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03I'd buy them again. Yeah.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Claire's photo frame is next.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Come in at £30 for it.
0:39:08 > 0:39:1030 I'm bid. 32. 35.
0:39:10 > 0:39:1238. 40. 45. 50.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16You at 50. 55. 60. 65. 70. 75 now.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19At 75. You, are you bidding again?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Take 80. At 75. Done at 75.
0:39:22 > 0:39:23Anyone else? At 75...
0:39:23 > 0:39:2580.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- 85.- The internet is coming.- I know.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29At 85. Done at 85.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31They look almost alive.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35At £85.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39- That's more like it.- That was good.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40Another chunky profit, Claire.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Well done.
0:39:43 > 0:39:44Justice. Justice.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Yeah, I think so.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49Paul loves the next lot.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52It's his ancient halberd head.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Anyone 30? £30.
0:39:54 > 0:39:5730 I'm bid. The net at 30. Take a 2 now.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58And I sell at 30.
0:39:58 > 0:40:002 if you like. 32.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03In the room at 32. 35. 38.
0:40:03 > 0:40:04At 38. 40. The net at 40.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Take your 5. Are you bidding?
0:40:06 > 0:40:09If you breathe I'll count it as a bid.
0:40:09 > 0:40:1045. At 45.
0:40:10 > 0:40:1250. The net at 50.
0:40:12 > 0:40:13Breathe again, sir. At 50.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15I'm selling on the net at £50.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18That's more like it, Paul.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Well done.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21There, you need money on it.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25Now it's Claire's Victorian writing desk.
0:40:27 > 0:40:31- And it's the last lot. - Of the whole thing.
0:40:32 > 0:40:3480 for it. Try 80.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Net straightaway.
0:40:36 > 0:40:3980 on the net. You go 85. 85 in the room.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Room at 85. 90. 95.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44At 95. 100. 110?
0:40:44 > 0:40:46At 110.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Back in the room now, 110.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Sell, then, in the room at 110.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Well, that's not too bad.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Loving your optimism, Claire.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00- Shall we go?- Shall we go? I think we should.
0:41:00 > 0:41:03- We'll buy a refreshing drink. - I think so.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04- Come on.- Lead on.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06I think you both deserved it.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Thank you.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Claire began the Road Trip finale
0:41:13 > 0:41:14with £459.90
0:41:14 > 0:41:16and after auction costs
0:41:16 > 0:41:19she's made a small loss of £32.36.
0:41:21 > 0:41:25Claire's final earnings are £427.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Despite winning the auction,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31she doesn't have enough in her kitty to match the mighty Laidlaw.
0:41:33 > 0:41:39For the fifth and final leg, Paul began with a colossal £882.90.
0:41:39 > 0:41:44After auction costs, he made a loss of £45.46.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46Although today's auction loser,
0:41:46 > 0:41:50he is the overall victor of this week's trip.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55Paul's final earnings are a massive £837.44.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57Well done, that man.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59All profits go to Children In Need.
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Claire, victorious in the last auction.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- Oh, thank you.- Thank you for being a magic travel companion.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10Oh, it's been an absolute joy, it really has.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13I am going to buy us a beverage.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- Oh, yes, please.- A nice, cold drink.
0:42:19 > 0:42:21What a hoot of a week.
0:42:21 > 0:42:23- EVIL LAUGH - You're the baddie.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26We've had some theatre from Paul.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30Begone, braggard, and don't be back or I'll call the peelers!
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Some class from our new girl, Claire.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Twist your bottom round and you put your legs out and then you stand up.
0:42:36 > 0:42:37Knees together, dear. Don't show any knicker.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40- Oh!- Some excellent discoveries.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43I think it's one of the best things I've ever found Road Tripping.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Even some that caused a bit of a stir.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48This is rather nice, isn't it? This trench periscope.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52If you get that, you can wind up Paul Laidlaw.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Militaria? What?
0:42:54 > 0:42:56That's my patch. Don't go there.
0:42:56 > 0:43:00But most of all, our Road Trip luvvies have had a blast.
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Go on, give me some smug.- No.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04- It's there. I saw the face.- No.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07I can see it. It's there, it's there!
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Bye-bye, Road Trippers.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12What a laugh.