0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:06I want something shiny.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10..a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- I like a rummage! - I can't resist.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17But it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Why do I always do this to myself?!
0:00:19 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22- Give us a kiss!- ..and valiant losers.- Come on, stick 'em up.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So will it be the high road to glory...?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- Onwards and upwards!- ..or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Take me home!
0:00:30 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Today we're kicking off a shiny new road trip in the company of two
0:00:40 > 0:00:42lovely freshfaced auctioneers.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Paul Laidlaw and Natasha Raskin.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Well, one's lovely anyway.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48This is the start of our trip.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Oh, here we go, here we go.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Full of optimism. Do you feel lucky, punk?
0:00:53 > 0:00:55I do. Are you talking to me!
0:00:58 > 0:01:00You and I aren't the full shilling.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02But to be fair, we look really normal.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04That's the thing! That's the thing.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Sadly, though, we've developed something of a reputation.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09You certainly have!
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Auctioneer, Natasha, is an expert in contemporary art
0:01:13 > 0:01:15and is filled with enthusiasm, bubbling...
0:01:15 > 0:01:17How good is that!
0:01:17 > 0:01:20..and really takes her shopping to heart.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24I'm a bit terrified, because you're so good at this!
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Oh, I feel like a lamb to the slaughter here, honestly.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Yes, antiques adversary, Paul, is an expert in militaria
0:01:31 > 0:01:34and is a gentleman who really knows what he's talking about.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Fact!
0:01:36 > 0:01:40Armed with £200 each, our pair are taking to the open road
0:01:40 > 0:01:43in this classic convertible 1981 Mercedes.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46So this is a bit of home turf for us.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48It is! But we're heading south.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- I know.- Big stylee.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52Starting off in the west coast of Scotland,
0:01:52 > 0:01:56our intrepid twosome will head across the border into England and
0:01:56 > 0:01:59meander south and east, visiting auctions in Yorkshire,
0:01:59 > 0:02:00Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03And will wrap up their journey in Diss, Norfolk.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11Their adventure begins today in the coastal town of Prestwick in
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Ayrshire and they'll be heading for an auction in Hamilton,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16south Lanarkshire.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Time for Natasha to get things underway.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21OK, here we go.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23Right. Oh!
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Have a good day.- See you later! - Bye!
0:02:25 > 0:02:28She's kicking off today's shopping in Prestwick.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Hi there.- Hi there, how are you? - I'm very well, thank you.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Tasha. Nice to meet you. Lovely to meet you.- Gary.- Gary.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38- Welcome to Nae-Sae-New.- Thanks, Gary. Delighted to be here.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Right, Natasha, it's the start of a new trip.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45There's money in your pocket, and the world is at your feet.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46What takes your fancy, girl?
0:02:46 > 0:02:48It's a carved wooden salmon.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Oh, dear.- It's particularly hideous.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53It's awful. It needs a good wash.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55And it's covered in cobwebs.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58But, I don't know, I strangely like the salmon!
0:03:00 > 0:03:01Do you know something, so do I.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03But maybe there's something else.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Yes.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09I love the fish, not going to deny I love the fish.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Well, who wouldn't, particularly with chips?
0:03:11 > 0:03:16But a typewriter as good-looking as this is much more my speed.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18These are so popular just now.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21And what a beautiful piece.
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Erika is the make.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27And blow me down, it's not a QWERTY keyboard.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29It's got umlauts and all sorts on it.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32So this is a German make.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33A German keyboard.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36It's made its way over here somehow to Ayr.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39And it's got its original case too.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41I love it. And I just... I don't know why,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43I just love the notion of portable things.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44And right beside it...
0:03:44 > 0:03:48I'm sure Gary has curated this shop perfectly on purpose,
0:03:48 > 0:03:49because right beside it is...
0:03:49 > 0:03:53..da-da-dah, a portable gramophone.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54There's a record on it.
0:03:54 > 0:03:55Are you ready for this?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Do we have a choice?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01Well, here it comes. How good is that scratchy sound!
0:04:01 > 0:04:03MUSIC PLAYS
0:04:03 > 0:04:06How good is that!
0:04:06 > 0:04:12Does that not appeal, does that not just stir your inner sort of grandad?
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I absolutely love it.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16SINGING
0:04:18 > 0:04:19So this is lovely. It's Decca.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22It's the name in gramophones.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26It's got not much damage going on, a wee rip there,
0:04:26 > 0:04:27nothing to worry about.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29This is probably '40s, '50s.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33The typewriter maybe a wee bit earlier, if we're lucky, '20s, '30s.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37So together, they're portable, they're charming, I'm asking Gary.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- I can't resist.- And she's off!
0:04:39 > 0:04:40- Gary.- Hello.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Oh, there you are. Let me ask you about these items.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- Yeah.- I absolutely love them.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47They're in nice condition, aren't they?
0:04:47 > 0:04:50I mean, can you imagine me just jumping in to the car with Paul Laidlaw?
0:04:50 > 0:04:54I could write him a love letter whilst he serenades me to the sound
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- of Beautiful Dreamer! Can you see it? Can you see it?- Yeah, yeah.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59No, sorry, I can't see it.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03What kind of price is it?
0:05:03 > 0:05:0565, 85.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Really? Oh, Gary, that's terrifying.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11It's not that bad. Is that not that bad?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13I was thinking of combining the two.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Right.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Help me, Gary. Help me.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Best price on the record player, if I go for it on its own?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- 55.- 55.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Best price if I go for the typewriter?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I'll do that for 30. That's 85 for the pair.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Oh, hold on a minute. Now we're going back to the pair?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Basically, it's buy one get one free.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Oh, I don't know if I can handle it. - Just to put a spanner in the works.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43And if we just keep standing here, will the price keep going down?
0:05:43 > 0:05:45No, I think that's it.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46Nice try!
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I'm going to keep looking, because this is my first shop,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50- and I think I'm just getting a bit excited.- No problem.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Gosh, you've given me so much to think about! You're a cruel man!
0:05:53 > 0:05:54I'm terrified. Thank you.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56We'll leave you to regain your composure, then,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58and check in with your sparring partner.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02Paul's made his way to Glasgow, where, in the East End of the city,
0:06:02 > 0:06:04is Randall's Antiques.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07There are lots of different stalls and dealers in here,
0:06:07 > 0:06:09so plenty of different things about.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12This should be interesting!
0:06:12 > 0:06:14MUSIC PLAYS
0:06:26 > 0:06:29What are those wee things there, wee dishes with the clips?
0:06:29 > 0:06:30You tell me!
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Is it a test?!
0:06:35 > 0:06:37They come apart. There's three things there.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41They look like dining accessories to me. Thoughts, Paul?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43I'm having a little grape because, I say,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45it's just the thing of an afternoon like this,
0:06:45 > 0:06:46where does one put the pips?
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Well, in polite society, one does not go...
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Or... As I would, at the kids, back of the neck.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55No, no, no. You have a little dish like that,
0:06:55 > 0:06:57pop the little pips in the side of there.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01Well, quite. One is silver while the other two are electroplate.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03Time to talk cash, not pips.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07- What do you want for the three of them?- 15.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12There'll be a wee bit of wriggle room?
0:07:12 > 0:07:14It's not a lot of money, a wee bit of wriggle room?
0:07:14 > 0:07:15Can I offer you a tenner, or no?
0:07:15 > 0:07:1612 quid.
0:07:18 > 0:07:1912 quid does it.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22- Cheers, man.- Well done, Paul.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26Three dishes, all for £12. And he's not done yet.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29May I see the ink stamp? Thanks very much.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32There's two there.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35They are something to do with NATO.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37That's what I saw in this one.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39I got them in Northern Ireland.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44The NATO, is it, commanding officer, COMNORLANT, is that something?
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Yeah, that threw me.
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Convex mirror, this is going to be challenging!
0:07:50 > 0:07:53That says, COM-NOR-LANT.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54It certainly does.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59It's an abbreviation for the submarine commander of NATO and
0:07:59 > 0:08:02dealers Anne and Andre are looking for £20 for each.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06I'm going to make you a cheeky offer, and I don't mind you saying
0:08:06 > 0:08:09"No, do you know what, if I wait a fortnight, I'll get my money."
0:08:09 > 0:08:13I'd buy them at a tenner, but that's me out of the game.
0:08:13 > 0:08:14- For both?- Yeah.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17- Oh.- Say no, I don't mind that.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- It's your call.- Go on, then.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- Seriously?- Yeah.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- I'll take a punt at a tenner. - There you go.
0:08:24 > 0:08:25I don't think a fortune's going to be made,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27but they're interesting things.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28- Thank you.- Top work, Paul.
0:08:28 > 0:08:34And that's two NATO desk stamps for £10.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Now, are things still exciting back in Prestwick?
0:08:38 > 0:08:43Here we go. If this is what I think it is, it's really cool.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46OK.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51Let me impress you with something really impressive.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Here we go.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Look at this.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00It's got its original label, by the looks of it.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05It's a Celfix Cine Screen.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09And do you know what it has? That gorgeous 1950s font on that label.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12It's almost like a government issue thing.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17But to have that original label and to have what looks to be a screen in
0:09:17 > 0:09:22such good condition, I can't believe my luck.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25Ticket price says £45. Time for Gary.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29Keeping in line with the sort of gramophone,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- typewriter style...- Entertainment. - How could I resist this?
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- I love it.- It's really cool. - The quality of it.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35And it is a quality thing, right?
0:09:35 > 0:09:39It is. The screen's actually ground glass to give a better quality
0:09:39 > 0:09:43- reflective picture.- What would be your best price, Gary?
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Are you ready for this? Mm-hm.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46On all three.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51I already said I'd do 85 for the typewriter and record player.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56I would knock that down to 25 and that would be 110 for all three.
0:09:56 > 0:10:02- 110 for all three?- Yeah. - Gary, it's over half my budget.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06But I'm in love with every single one of those items.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- Shall we do it?- Yep.- £110.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Thank you very much.- You're my new best friend!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13- I hope you do so well.- Let me give you some money.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15That's £55 for the gramophone,
0:10:15 > 0:10:1930 for the typewriter and 25 for the projector screen.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20Nicely done!
0:10:20 > 0:10:24- See you later.- Take care.- Bye-bye. - Safe journey.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Paul is on his way to the coastal town of Irvine where he has a date
0:10:34 > 0:10:36with the Scottish Maritime Museum.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45He's here to discover the tale of Scottish nautical history's
0:10:45 > 0:10:48forgotten icon, the puffer boat.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56Curator, Abigail McIntyre, is on hand to tell all.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- Hello, Abigail.- Hello, Paul, nice to meet you.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- Welcome to the Scottish Maritime Museum.- Thank you.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10The characteristic puffs of steam and distinctive sound rising from
0:11:10 > 0:11:13the boat's funnel gave the puffers their name.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15And they became a familiar sight.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20A puffer is a small cargo vessel that was powered by steam.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23It was one of the workhorses of the industry.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It would be carrying cargo along the Forth and Clyde Canal and
0:11:26 > 0:11:30Crinan Canal and it also had the benefit of being able to go to the
0:11:30 > 0:11:33islands and the Highlands of Scotland and the remote areas where
0:11:33 > 0:11:35it would be able to discharge its essential cargo.
0:11:35 > 0:11:41Scotland has almost 100 inhabited islands and the puffer's ability to
0:11:41 > 0:11:46travel on both inland and coastal waterways made them a vital link.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49One of the main features of a puffer boat is they had a very
0:11:49 > 0:11:54shallow hull, so it was able to float into islands that didn't have a pier.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56They could go in high tide, and as the tide receded,
0:11:56 > 0:12:01they were able to settle onto the beach itself, discharge all their cargo,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04wait for the tide to come back in when it would re-float and float out
0:12:04 > 0:12:05and go on its journey.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Oh, that's amazing.
0:12:07 > 0:12:08And you're out on the Isles,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11you see that little puffs of smoke coming over the horizon,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13this is your lifeline.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16It's your fuel, your food, for all I know it might be your mail,
0:12:16 > 0:12:17- I dare say.- Yes.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21These little boats could access locations that other vessels simply
0:12:21 > 0:12:23wouldn't dare to reach.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26And for over a century, puffers like Spartan,
0:12:26 > 0:12:28on display here at the museum,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30worked tirelessly to connect rural Scotland.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42It's hard to imagine the work that was done on this vessel over all its working life.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Yes, it's had a very long working career and has seen many puffer crew
0:12:46 > 0:12:48- come and go.- Indeed.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50And there wasn't a lot of room to manoeuvre,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53so the crews had to get to know each other really quite well!
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Puffers generally had a crew of four men.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Below deck, accommodation was cramped and basic.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01There was little protection from the elements,
0:13:01 > 0:13:04and life onboard was tough, physical work.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10This is an image of two workers in the puffer.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12You can see them hard at work there,
0:13:12 > 0:13:15they've almost emptied the cargo hold.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17And they all look very happy and cheery.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20It might have something to do with the fact that they were often
0:13:20 > 0:13:24involved with the carrying of whisky from the islands down to the mainland!
0:13:26 > 0:13:31There are lots of stories of trying to beat the Customs and Excise men.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34They would tap a little hole in the side of the whisky barrels,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38drain just enough out of it to have a drink or two and maybe some for
0:13:38 > 0:13:40later, possibly even some for trading.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43And they would then put a small wooden plug back into the hole that
0:13:43 > 0:13:46they'd drilled and then they would sand it down.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51So once the cargo reached the other end, there would be no visible signs
0:13:51 > 0:13:55of the little amount that they had taken for their own purposes.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00As the puffers landed supplies on the islands,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04they also took cargo that would ultimately mean their own decline.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08They provided materials to build new roads and better piers,
0:14:08 > 0:14:10allowing new opportunities to reach the islands.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13The roll-on roll-off ferry,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16the first one was introduced in 1966 to the Isle of Islay.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21It revolutionised how cargo was carried in Scotland.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25It meant that cargo could be loaded on to a lorry at one point,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28it could then be driven onto the ferry and driven straight off at the
0:14:28 > 0:14:30other end.
0:14:30 > 0:14:31After years of decline,
0:14:31 > 0:14:36the last of the puffers stopped their working life in the 1990s.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41By then, these tireless workhorses had served the remotest of
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Scotland's communities for over a century.
0:14:43 > 0:14:47And their effort to keep that vital lifeline running made these little
0:14:47 > 0:14:49boats the stuff of legend.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51With Paul finding his sea legs,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Natasha has made a bid for some familiar ground.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59She's journeyed north to Glasgow, where she's walking the leafy
0:14:59 > 0:15:02surroundings of her hometown's West End.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06When I was a student there was no better place to come.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I'm not a student, but I've got the same budget as a student, pretty much.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11So hopefully they can sort me out!
0:15:11 > 0:15:13Well, let's see what your £90 will buy you.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16- Hi there, Steve. How are you?- Hello there, how are you doing?
0:15:16 > 0:15:19- Nice to see you. Are you well?- Yes, fine. Yourself?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21I'm good, but here's the dilemma.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24I'm looking for stuff, sort of arts and crafts, Art Nouveau.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27But I'm on a little bit of a budget.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Do you have anything that fits the bill, early 20th-century, gorgeous?
0:15:31 > 0:15:36I don't know about gorgeous, but there are a couple of poker work frames.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- OK.- They're arts and crafts. Early 20th century.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41What you mean, you don't know about gorgeous!
0:15:41 > 0:15:42They're lovely! Oh, I like these.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44And what do you make of the quality?
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Do you think these are maybe amateur lady's work?
0:15:47 > 0:15:50I think so, I think it's good amateur, it's nice with the flowers.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53And a lot of work involved heating a little bit of metal to
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- make all these burn marks.- I know. - Nice shape, too.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58It's such a lovely style.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01Steve's got a ticket price of £60 on the pair.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03I mean, I have to say, I like them.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06They fit the bill. Thank you for pointing them out to me.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- What's the very best on them? - The very best is 45.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- 45.- That's it, I'm not going to come any lower than that.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15- No lower than 45? - I think they're a nice pair.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19These, for sure, will attract attention, won't they?
0:16:19 > 0:16:23But I think I'm going to go with your gut.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25You thought of these when I asked you.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28I think they're lovely, I think I'm going to go for it!
0:16:28 > 0:16:29- Good.- What do you think?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- Go for it!- Oh, you were going to say that, of course!
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- Right, OK. I'm just going to shake your hand.- Right.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37I think you jolly well should!
0:16:38 > 0:16:42With shopping for the day complete, time for a well earned rest,
0:16:42 > 0:16:43don't you think?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Nighty night, then.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54It's a new day and our pair are back on the road.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I say, "Tally Ho, off to the shop we go!"
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Oh, well, I can't say that I'm disappointed that the roof's up
0:17:05 > 0:17:06because it's much more hair friendly!
0:17:06 > 0:17:08But what's going on with the weather, Paul?!
0:17:08 > 0:17:10We know we're in Scotland now, don't we?!
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- Absolutely!- I mean, look how misty it is. It's like a soup!
0:17:14 > 0:17:18Back in sunnier times, when the skies were clear,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21Natasha grabbed herself an impressive four items.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24A gramophone, the German typewriter, a projector screen,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27and a pair of poker worked picture frames...
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Thank you very much.- You're my new best friend!
0:17:29 > 0:17:31I hope you do so well.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34..leaving herself a mere £45 to spend today.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Paul, on the other hand, pocketed a pair of electroplate dishes,
0:17:37 > 0:17:42a silver grape seed dish, and a pair of NATO desk stamps.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- As you do.- I don't think a fortune's going to be made,
0:17:45 > 0:17:46but they're interesting things.
0:17:46 > 0:17:50Leaving him a princely £178 to spend.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Yesterday, successful for you?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I've not spent any money, I'll confess.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Oh, Paul. Do you recall, you said, "I spend all the money."
0:18:00 > 0:18:04And I said, "I never do that. I'm too cautious."
0:18:04 > 0:18:07I took your advice. I'm nearly spent up.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10Oh, you're very easily manipulable, aren't you?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12LAUGHTER
0:18:13 > 0:18:16Blimey! With the competition heating up,
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Natasha and Paul are headed for the town of Kilbarchan.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Once at the heart of Scotland's weaving industry,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27our duelling twosome are hoping that Gardens Antiques will be just the
0:18:27 > 0:18:30place for their vastly different budgets.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31OK, here we go.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34I don't care.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Look at this.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41- Oh, my word.- What's my memory doing to me? This place is massive!
0:18:41 > 0:18:42I thought it was tiny!
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- Hello, nice to see you. Tasha. - It's nice to meet you. David.- Hi.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52- David, Paul.- David.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- Hi, how are you doing?- I'm all right, I'm all right.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57- Good.- Itching to get in amongst this!
0:18:57 > 0:19:00Itching for the map, David! I feel I might need one!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02It's a bit like that, there's a bit of ground to cover!
0:19:02 > 0:19:04Are you going one way and I'm going the other?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07- Well, clearly!- All right, OK, well you go that way, then!
0:19:07 > 0:19:09- Up the stairs with you!- Be gone, peasant!
0:19:09 > 0:19:12- See you later.- See you later.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Right, you two. Off you go.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26This shop smells fantastic!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32If you like that sort of thing, I suppose.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35There's so much stuff, and it's a double whammy.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39I'm overwhelmed by the amount and I'm terrified of Paul's finesse.
0:19:39 > 0:19:40He is petrifying.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45I'd keep an eye on him if I were you.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52- Natasha.- Oh, don't!
0:19:53 > 0:19:55What's wrong with you!
0:19:55 > 0:19:57We're in a shop filled with antique stuff, you can't give me a fright!
0:19:57 > 0:20:00Natasha, how are your nerves?
0:20:00 > 0:20:04Right. Any chance of getting some shopping done?
0:20:04 > 0:20:07Why isn't it easier? Why can't it just be really easy?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Where's the fun in that?
0:20:11 > 0:20:15Maybe if this is silver, this would be a really cute thing.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18Oh, I'm going to pray for a really low price.
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Look at this. It's a little collector's spoon with a
0:20:24 > 0:20:25curling stone terminal at the top.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Now I'm hoping... Yes, it is silver.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Edinburgh marks. Doesn't look terribly old.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33You can see that from the style. It's probably what, 1970s, 1980s?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35It could even be 1990s.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37But it's such a cute thing.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38It's a curling stone.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42What's it got on it? £19.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44It's got to be the one. It's about the only thing I can afford.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48David, I wonder if I could chat to you about this wee spoon.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Yes. There certainly is a fair interest in curling,
0:20:51 > 0:20:52particularly around this area.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56- So what would the best price be on the spoon?- It's going to be £16.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58And £16 is the very death?
0:20:58 > 0:21:00- Absolutely it is, yes.- Absolutely is?
0:21:00 > 0:21:04Well, in that case, I think I'm going to pay £16 for a spoon
0:21:04 > 0:21:08with no case and it's a bit tarnished and no nothing and it's going to happen.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Well, tarnish is easily fixed.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- Tarnish is easily fixed. - It is, yes.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Well, David, you had me at tarnish is easily fixed.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19£16 seals Natasha's last purchase of the leg.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Well done.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24How is it going?
0:21:24 > 0:21:28I've got something. Which means that I've bought everything.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32And I have spent almost every single penny of the money, Paul.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Good for you.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39But that's what you told me to do.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Ever the encouraging mentor.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Come on, moneybags.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46While Natasha heads for the hills,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49you still have some serious shopping to do.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50How ghastly is that?
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Last time you saw something like that,
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Rex or Rover had just finished his dinner.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04Because that is a whopping great big lump of cow bone.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08No more, no less.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10I can actually tell you how old it is.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14Because that is 100 years old.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16It dates to the Great War.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I'll go further and I'll tell you who made it.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22Or, rather, his country of origin.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Because he was German.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26I can also tell you his plight.
0:22:26 > 0:22:31He was a prisoner of war, because such artefacts, carved,
0:22:31 > 0:22:35rather naively in cow or mutton bones,
0:22:35 > 0:22:40were produced by German prisoners of war in captivity here in Blighty,
0:22:40 > 0:22:46in Britain. Price tag says £38, so I think we're in safe-ish territory.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50And, do you know what, I think I'm going to go buy it.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54David, how are you doing?
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Yes, well...
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Hugely impressed.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02- And I walk out with a piece of bone. - Well, an attractive piece of bone.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05- A good back story. - Yes.- A good back story.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09They're not my cup of tea, but I get what's behind them.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11- A bit of interest in them, yes. - Yes.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14- What can that be?- £32.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16- £32, it's sold. - OK.- Thank you very much.
0:23:16 > 0:23:21That's a discount of £6 and another item in the old bag for Paul.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25Well done. Meanwhile, now that Natasha has some silverware which
0:23:25 > 0:23:29might be of interest to curling enthusiasts, she's hoping to learn
0:23:29 > 0:23:34more about this ancient sport as she heads for the village of Mauchline.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38This Ayrshire village boasts a proud curling history and Natasha is here
0:23:38 > 0:23:41to meet third-generation stone maker Jimmy Wylie,
0:23:41 > 0:23:46to hear about a sport that's been popular since the 15th century.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Way back in those days, curling would just take place,
0:23:50 > 0:23:56obviously outdoors, in the winter time, when the rivers and lochs and ponds froze over.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58In those days, it would be mostly people...
0:23:58 > 0:24:01Well, most people would work on the land and in the winter time,
0:24:01 > 0:24:05when everything was frozen, there wouldn't be much chance to work,
0:24:05 > 0:24:06so they thought they would play.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13Curling is regarded as one of the oldest team sports in the world,
0:24:13 > 0:24:16and at its inception, any stones would have done.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Some would gather river stones that had been worn flat by the water,
0:24:20 > 0:24:24and weavers were reported to have used the weights from their looms as
0:24:24 > 0:24:27primitive stones, or loofs, as they were called.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32Just ten miles off the Ayrshire coast is the island of Ailsa Craig.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37When curling was first played, the island was inhabited and its
0:24:37 > 0:24:40gravity used for homes and the castle.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44The rock here is more densely packed than other forms of granite
0:24:44 > 0:24:48and those qualities made it ideal for the rough-and-tumble of curling.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53An industry sprang up to produce curling stones hewn from this unique
0:24:53 > 0:24:57and very remarkable Ailsa Craig rock.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Well into the 19th century,
0:24:59 > 0:25:04before any form of a sort of mechanisation was introduced,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07probably the very late part of the 19th century,
0:25:07 > 0:25:12this part of the world here in Ayrshire, there were three or four
0:25:12 > 0:25:17different establishments who set up in business making curling stones.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21- OK.- But it wasn't really until after the Second World War,
0:25:21 > 0:25:25well into the late 1940s and 1950s,
0:25:25 > 0:25:31when indoor curling on artificially controlled ice really blossomed.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Another thing I'm curious about, Jimmy, is the name curling.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Can't quite get my head around where it comes from.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38So please explain.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41It comes from the fact that when the stone is travelling up the ice,
0:25:41 > 0:25:45Natasha, it takes a path which is not a straight line.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49A stone doesn't travel in a straight line, it travels in a curve,
0:25:49 > 0:25:53either the outturn, which is going up the right-hand side of the ice rink,
0:25:53 > 0:25:58or the in-turn, which goes up left-hand side of the rink.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01So it's like the same as bias on bowls.
0:26:01 > 0:26:07So that the stone goes up and it curls, it goes out and it curls back in.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08But it's totally evenly weighted,
0:26:08 > 0:26:12so the skill is with the curler then to get it to go in that direction?
0:26:12 > 0:26:14The curler, in parts, the bias.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17The bias is not in the stone as in bowls,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19the bias is imparted by the player.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23But I hear that it's also had other monikers in its time.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27Yes, traditionally, it would be referred to as the roarin' game.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29The roarin' - no G there, the roarin' game.
0:26:29 > 0:26:30The roarin' game, yes.
0:26:30 > 0:26:36And that was from the noise which the stone makes as it's travelling
0:26:36 > 0:26:39along the ice. That's where the roar comes from.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42Some people perhaps thought it was the players,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44or the spectators that were roaring,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47but it's actually the stones that do the roaring.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Time to hear the stones roar, then.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Natasha is hoping that her Scottish heritage extends to being a natural
0:26:54 > 0:26:58curler. Luckily, she has an expert in Graham Adams from
0:26:58 > 0:27:02the Royal Caledonian Curling Club to help her find her feet.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05I'll try and teach you 40 years in an hour.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09- 40 years in one hour, let's do it. - We grab the stone like that.
0:27:09 > 0:27:10- OK.- Right.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13And just move forward slowly.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Oh, wait a minute, I've kind of lost my grip.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18- I push myself off of this?- You can come back a wee bit, first.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20That's it. Push yourself off with the other foot.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27That's not bad for starters.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31- It's all right, isn't it? - Yeah, well played.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34- You can take me on soon. - Take you on?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Do you want to do it now? Shall we have a competition?
0:27:36 > 0:27:37- Right.- Oh, let's.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41Curling has been compared to bowls, but the crucial difference of
0:27:41 > 0:27:45sliding large stones down 45 metres of ice seems to be making a difference to Natasha.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47It's so hard!
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Nice.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58OK, I see what's happening here, I see what's happening.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Maybe a bit more practice required.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03We'll leave you to it.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07While Natasha finds her feet,
0:28:07 > 0:28:12Paul has travelled 28 miles east with £146 in his pocket to Newhouse
0:28:12 > 0:28:15for his final shopping stop of the leg.
0:28:15 > 0:28:20He's got plenty of cash to spend at Greenside Antiques and he's not
0:28:20 > 0:28:24- wasting any time.- I think they're a pair of Chinese scales.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Curious little objects. They turn up now and again.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Little beam scale.
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Dealer, Alan, has the keys.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35These fellas here. That's the ones.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38All the bits. Thank you very much.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39Very good.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Once seen, never forgotten.
0:28:42 > 0:28:43At this stage, what do we have here?
0:28:45 > 0:28:47Ta-da.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49The contents reveal themselves.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53Here we have scales that are commonly referred to as opium scales.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57Despite their name, they were used to weigh anything from precious
0:28:57 > 0:28:59metal to medicinal powders.
0:28:59 > 0:29:05This set consists of a beam of what would likely be made of ox or
0:29:05 > 0:29:08buffalo bone, and a brass pan. But the set looks incomplete.
0:29:08 > 0:29:15Yeah, I strongly suspect there must be a sliding element of fixed mass.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19And I suspect it lives, or lived, in there.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24But that's what you've got. Date-wise, they're going to be 19th century,
0:29:24 > 0:29:26aren't they? How cheap could they be?
0:29:27 > 0:29:33I think I had 50 on it, but, seeing as it's you, 25?
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Can we just put that to one side is one to think about?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38- Left for you. Yes. - Interesting object.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41That's a cracking 50% discount on offer.
0:29:41 > 0:29:42But Paul's not done yet.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46A pile of maps.
0:29:46 > 0:29:53Not tedious old Ordnance Surveys, or road transport maps, oh, no.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59How's about German Third Reich maps of Great Britain,
0:29:59 > 0:30:03prepared for invasion or bombing use?
0:30:03 > 0:30:06What do you reckon to that?
0:30:06 > 0:30:11I reckon that same militaria shaped glint in Paul's eye.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Better get Alan in quick.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15Right. So, what have we got?
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Here we go.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22HE SPEAKS GERMAN
0:30:24 > 0:30:25Gesundheit.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28"Nur fur den Dienstgebrauch."
0:30:28 > 0:30:32"Not for distribution," I guess, "over England."
0:30:32 > 0:30:36"Norsost-England." North-east England,
0:30:36 > 0:30:37if my German's half good.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39You know what the Germans did?
0:30:39 > 0:30:44They got their hands on the AA Handbook to Britain
0:30:44 > 0:30:47and reproduced it for Wehrmacht issue.
0:30:47 > 0:30:48- Fact.- Crafty.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Isn't that astonishing? Absolutely superb.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53So, what they'll do is,
0:30:53 > 0:30:55they'll commonly take British maps, reprint them,
0:30:55 > 0:30:58but overprint them with strategically important information,
0:30:58 > 0:31:03- and I think that's the purple stuff here.- Factories, all that stuff.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05South Wales, you've got a mixture.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08So the carton says you've got north-east,
0:31:08 > 0:31:10but you've got maps from all over, haven't you?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16North Midlands. Why would you have a...
0:31:16 > 0:31:20The Germans do not misplace their maps, but do you know who do?
0:31:20 > 0:31:24Rifling British Tommys going, "Whoa, I'll have that
0:31:24 > 0:31:27"Have you got London? I'll swap you for Edinburgh.
0:31:27 > 0:31:31"Get it in a kit bag, get in the jeep, let's get out of here."
0:31:31 > 0:31:33- And that's what's happened. - At some point, yeah.
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Grabbed in haste.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Manchester. Fantastic.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39Tell me what they can be.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- Can they be cheap or not? - 60 - whole lot.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46If I bought those and the Chinese scales,
0:31:46 > 0:31:50at the moment we're looking at 60 and 25 - 85.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52- Yes.- What's the bulk discount price?
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- HE CHUCKLES - 80?
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- Looking upset. - HE LAUGHS
0:31:57 > 0:31:58- No...- 75.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00- Deal.- Yeah?
0:32:00 > 0:32:01- Alan, you're a gentleman.- Yeah.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- 40, 60, 70, 75.- Top work, Paul.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07And just like that, shopping for this leg is complete.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11Paul spent £55 for the German maps
0:32:11 > 0:32:13and 20 for the Chinese scales,
0:32:13 > 0:32:16which he adds to his silver grape seed dish
0:32:16 > 0:32:17and the pair of electroplate dishes,
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Nato desk stamps,
0:32:19 > 0:32:21and a carved bone vase.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Natasha, on the other hand, has gathered up
0:32:25 > 0:32:27a German-made typewriter,
0:32:27 > 0:32:29a pair of poker work frames,
0:32:29 > 0:32:32a silver spoon with curling stone terminal,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35a mid-20th century projector screen, and a gramophone.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36What a mixture.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39But what do they think about each other's purchases?
0:32:39 > 0:32:41I've bought the most typical stuff -
0:32:41 > 0:32:43a record player, a typewriter -
0:32:43 > 0:32:46and Laidlaw comes up with 11 original maps
0:32:46 > 0:32:48and some sort of grape pip extravaganza.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Is this how it means to go on?
0:32:50 > 0:32:52Because, if it is, I'm up a gum tree.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Oh, I don't know how to put this.
0:32:54 > 0:32:57I'm worried about Natasha's purchases...
0:32:57 > 0:32:58for Natasha.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Cheeky. HE LAUGHS
0:33:01 > 0:33:03After a couple of days solid antiquing
0:33:03 > 0:33:04on the West Coast of Scotland,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07our couple are heading for an auction in Hamilton,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11but Paul seems to have an unexpected passenger or two.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15Notice anything superfluous to this exercise?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Answer me this. We're on our way to the auction
0:33:17 > 0:33:19- and yet you're holding two of your lots.- Yeah.- What's going on?
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Oh, Natasha, I've forgotten to stick two things in the auction!
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Quick, foot down!
0:33:24 > 0:33:25Not quite.
0:33:25 > 0:33:29It's important to ensure that everything going for auction
0:33:29 > 0:33:31is suitable for sale in the UK.
0:33:31 > 0:33:36Just to be sure, this auction house has a blanket ban on all bone items.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39So, while Paul's items are perfectly legal for sale,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41he'll leave these for the next leg.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- So you're out.- These... - THEY LAUGH
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Bye!
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Actually, I'd be quite happy for you to do that. No problem.
0:33:48 > 0:33:51I think there is money to be made in those wee beasts.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54Well, there's still plenty of opportunities to make a profit today
0:33:54 > 0:33:57at the packed sale room of L.S. Smellie and Sons.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Paul, here we are. Smellie's of Hamilton.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02When we walk out of here,
0:34:02 > 0:34:05are we in ascent, or are we in recovery mode?
0:34:05 > 0:34:07I think it will be one of each
0:34:07 > 0:34:09- and I think I know who'll be in each position.- Oh, behave yourself.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12- Come on.- Let me go prove you right. - PAUL LAUGHS
0:34:12 > 0:34:15What does auctioneer James Henderson make of it all?
0:34:16 > 0:34:21The silver curling spoon - nice, quite collectable.
0:34:21 > 0:34:24Price-wise, though, commercially, I don't think a great deal.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27I think you're talking round about the kind of £20 mark,
0:34:27 > 0:34:28something like that, maybe 25.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30The Second World War bomber maps, that's the item.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33That's the thing that could be the wee sleeper today.
0:34:33 > 0:34:35We think we could be onto a winner with that one today.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Paul's split his pip dishes into two lots,
0:34:38 > 0:34:43meaning he spent £77 on four lots.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Natasha spent £171 and has five lots.
0:34:47 > 0:34:48Time to get down to business.
0:34:48 > 0:34:52- PAUL LAUGHS - Aw, excellent. This is good.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Why did you get the big stool, by the way? What's all this about?
0:34:55 > 0:34:56NATASHA LAUGHS
0:34:56 > 0:35:01And the first lot of the day is Natasha's silver curling spoon.
0:35:01 > 0:35:03Bid of £5. 6 now.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05- And- 8. Ooh, ooh.- 10 now.- Ooh.
0:35:05 > 0:35:0712. At 12, 14.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10At 16. at 16, 18.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11- Yeah!- At 18 bid.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Straight in the back at £18.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16- At 18 bid, 18 bid, 18 bid, 18 bid. - THEY LAUGH
0:35:16 > 0:35:19All done at £18.
0:35:19 > 0:35:21Just a small profit,
0:35:21 > 0:35:23but it starts the day on a high note.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Hopefully a sign of things to come.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28We've kicked off profitable.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- OK. I like your optimism.- And it should be profits from now on.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- You reckon?- I'm lying.- All right!
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Well, that didn't last long.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37OK, Paul, these seed dishes don't pop up too often.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39But, will the sale room like it?
0:35:39 > 0:35:41£20.
0:35:41 > 0:35:4310, then. £10, the seed dish.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- 10, I'm bid. At £10... - Look at you go.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48I'm bid 10, 12 now.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49At 12, at 14.
0:35:49 > 0:35:5116. And 18.
0:35:51 > 0:35:52At 18, bid 18.
0:35:52 > 0:35:55At 18. 20. At 20, bid two.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- At £22. Five. At 25. Eight. - It's very rare, isn't it?.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01And 30 now. At 30. Bid two, and five.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04At 35. Eight. At 38. 40.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06At 40 bid. At 42.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Five now, at 45.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10At 45. Eight. At 48.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11At 48, 50.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13At 50, bid. At 52, at 52.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17At 52 bid, two bid, two bid, 52 bid. Two bid, five now.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19At 55. And eight.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22At 58, at 58 and eight, and eight.
0:36:22 > 0:36:2558. All done at £58!
0:36:26 > 0:36:27Look at that!
0:36:27 > 0:36:30If my maths is right, that's over 750% profit.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Not a bad start, Mr Laidlaw.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- That was so good, that was so good! - Wasn't it?- Well done!
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Right, profits all round to start with,
0:36:38 > 0:36:42but will Natasha's gramophone be playing the same tune?
0:36:42 > 0:36:4320, I'm bid at 20.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Five, now. 30.
0:36:46 > 0:36:47Five.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- At £35...- Oh, Phil. No, keep going!
0:36:49 > 0:36:50- 40 now.- Yes! Yes.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53- Now, is he begging? - No, keep going!
0:36:53 > 0:36:56At 40, bid 40, bid 40, bid 40.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58- All done at £40!- One more, one more!
0:36:58 > 0:36:59Oh, well!
0:36:59 > 0:37:03It was closed, but it ends with the first loss of the day.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- I've got to say, it made its money. - It did, it did.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Natasha's loss means Paul has a chance to extend his lead
0:37:09 > 0:37:11with the electroplated pip dishes.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13£5, surely. A bid at 5.
0:37:13 > 0:37:166 now. At 6, at 6 I'm bid.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19At 6, and 8. At 8, 10 now.
0:37:19 > 0:37:20- It's climbing.- At 10, I'm bid 10.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23At 10, bid 10, bid 10, bid 10...
0:37:23 > 0:37:26- Oh, no, come on!- All done at £10!
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- What?- That's all right!
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Another profit for Paul.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- You can't predict this game, can you?- No.
0:37:34 > 0:37:38- But it's all right! - THEY LAUGH
0:37:38 > 0:37:41And that's why it's so much fun!
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Now, time for Natasha's German-made typewriter.
0:37:44 > 0:37:4620, I'm bid at 20.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Two. And five. And eight.
0:37:49 > 0:37:5130. Five. 40.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54- What did I tell you? - And five. And 50.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56At 50 bid, at 50 on my right, here.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- Well done.- How exciting. - At 50. Bid five.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01At 55. At 55.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03And 60. Five.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06- Oh!- That's a rare typewriter!- At 65.
0:38:06 > 0:38:08How about 70 now. At 70.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10- It's still going!- At 70.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Bid 70, bid 70, bid 70, bid 70, bid 70.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16All done at £70!
0:38:16 > 0:38:19- Get in! - THEY LAUGH
0:38:19 > 0:38:20That had you shocked!
0:38:20 > 0:38:24A great profit brings Natasha storming back into the game.
0:38:24 > 0:38:28- Oh.- Magic!- I love it, I love it!
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Hey, settle down!
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Paul's Nato desk stamps are next up.
0:38:33 > 0:38:3420 bid. At 20 bid...
0:38:34 > 0:38:36I'd take that.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38At 22. Five. And eight.
0:38:38 > 0:38:4130. At 30, bid at the back now.
0:38:41 > 0:38:44At 30. Fresh bidder at two. At 32.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46Five. And eight. And 40.
0:38:46 > 0:38:51- And two. And 45.- Paul! - Well, I'm happy at that.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54- You were asking how's the market? - God bless this man.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56- Apparently it's all right!- Yes!
0:38:56 > 0:39:00At 48, at 48, 48...
0:39:00 > 0:39:03All done, at £48!
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- Wow! Well done!- That's all right!
0:39:06 > 0:39:08King of the understatement, eh?
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Paul clocks up another impressive profit.
0:39:10 > 0:39:14All those books you've been reading, Paul, it's all paying off!
0:39:14 > 0:39:16THEY LAUGH
0:39:16 > 0:39:19No friends, and I don't care!
0:39:19 > 0:39:21We still love you, Paul.
0:39:21 > 0:39:25The next big feature is Natasha's projector screen.
0:39:25 > 0:39:2710 I'm bid. 10. At 10 I'm bid.
0:39:27 > 0:39:29- Come on!- At the back at £10. At 10.
0:39:29 > 0:39:3412, 14, 16, 18, 20, two...
0:39:34 > 0:39:37- And five.- Bingo. - Right, it's broken even.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40- No, don't shake your head. - At 25, at 25.
0:39:40 > 0:39:41- Eight now.- Ooh!
0:39:41 > 0:39:44At 28, at... 30.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45At 30 for the screen now.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48At 30, at 30, at bid 30, bid 30.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49At 30, bid two.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51At 32. Surely more.
0:39:51 > 0:39:55At £32. All done at £32!
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- Bonus!- Who knew?- Total bonus. - Who knew?
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Hey, more B-movie than Blockbuster,
0:40:01 > 0:40:02but a nice little profit, all the same.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Get into screens, buy every one you can get!
0:40:04 > 0:40:08- Buy, buy, buy!- Buy every one under £50, every single one!
0:40:08 > 0:40:12Natasha is up again, this time it's the poker worked frames.
0:40:12 > 0:40:1410, I'm bid. At 10 for the pair.
0:40:14 > 0:40:1810, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20,
0:40:18 > 0:40:21two, five, eight, 30...
0:40:21 > 0:40:23- Rising.- I paid £45. - Five, 40, five...
0:40:23 > 0:40:25It's going up in fives, you're laughing.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- And 50. At 50 bid for the pair. - A wee bit more, a wee bit more!
0:40:28 > 0:40:32At 50, bid 50, bid 50, bid 50, bid 50, bid 50.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- Come on, one more.- All done at £50.
0:40:34 > 0:40:35Oh!
0:40:35 > 0:40:39Yet another profit for Natasha, but will it be enough?
0:40:39 > 0:40:41I think you could have done better with those.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43- Oh.- I think they were cheap. - Actually, I was worried.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45It is our final lot,
0:40:45 > 0:40:48the auctioneer had high hopes for Paul's maps,
0:40:48 > 0:40:50but what does the saleroom think?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52£50, 50 for them.
0:40:52 > 0:40:5450 for the maps, 50 I'm bid.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Five. 60.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Five. 70.
0:40:58 > 0:40:59Five.
0:40:59 > 0:41:0180. Five.
0:41:01 > 0:41:0390. Five.
0:41:03 > 0:41:04100.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05And ten.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06120.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07130.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- Look at them fly!- 140.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10150.
0:41:10 > 0:41:12At 150, 160.
0:41:12 > 0:41:14170 now.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16180, at 180.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Fresh bidder at 185.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20- At 185...- Fresh bidder, good!
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Five, five, 185. 190 now.
0:41:23 > 0:41:25At 190. 195.
0:41:25 > 0:41:26200.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28At 205. At 205.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31At 210, at 220. 230.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34- 240, 250...- It's not funny!
0:41:34 > 0:41:35At 260.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38265. At 265.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40270. At 270. Five if you like.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43At 280, 280 all done.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45At 280.
0:41:45 > 0:41:47It's a direct hit!
0:41:47 > 0:41:50It's certainly a strike on Natasha's hopes.
0:41:50 > 0:41:51What a cracking profit!
0:41:51 > 0:41:54That's it, well done, you were so good!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56- Aye, likewise. - Will you make any more money?
0:41:56 > 0:41:59What do I know about typewriters! Come on.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Time to find out what that does to today's totals.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08Natasha started the day with £200.
0:42:08 > 0:42:13After auction costs, she made a dinky profit of £1.20,
0:42:13 > 0:42:17nudging her total up to £201.20.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Paul also had a starting kitty of £200.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21After a couple of big profits,
0:42:21 > 0:42:26he made a whopping £247.72 after costs,
0:42:26 > 0:42:30leaving him with a total of £447.72.
0:42:30 > 0:42:32Well done, maestro!
0:42:32 > 0:42:35- Oh, how good was that?- How good?
0:42:35 > 0:42:38All smiles at Smellies, can you say that?
0:42:38 > 0:42:42Well, smiles for you, because you have made nearly £250!
0:42:42 > 0:42:44- No jokes. - HE LAUGHS
0:42:44 > 0:42:45I've made a profit of £1.20!
0:42:45 > 0:42:47- What?! - SHE LAUGHS
0:42:47 > 0:42:49- Wait a minute, how does that add up?!- I don't know!
0:42:49 > 0:42:51I don't even want to actually think about it!
0:42:51 > 0:42:55£1.20, you're nearly at £450, and I'm back where we started!
0:42:55 > 0:42:56Shall we not dwell on that?
0:42:56 > 0:42:57Yes, shall we carry on?
0:42:57 > 0:42:59- Shall we? - I'll keep my chin up, Paul.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01And find another auction as good as this!
0:43:01 > 0:43:02I know, we'll be hard pushed.
0:43:02 > 0:43:04Uh-huh. Cheerio!
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Next time on the Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:07 > 0:43:10it gets emotional in the search for antiques,
0:43:10 > 0:43:14as Natasha falls head over heels for a new friend.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Look how cute he is!
0:43:16 > 0:43:19While Paul is swept off his feet by the past.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21There's history, is it not?