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It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each... | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
-I want something shiny. -..a classic car... CAR HORN | 0:00:05 | 0:00:08 | |
-..and a goal to scour Britain for antiques. -I like a rummage. | 0:00:08 | 0:00:11 | |
I can't resist. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:13 | |
The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction. But it's no mean feat. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:17 | |
-Why do I always do this to myself? -There'll be worthy winners... | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
-Give us a kiss. -..and valiant losers. -Come on, stick 'em up. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:23 | |
So, will it be the high road to glory... | 0:00:23 | 0:00:25 | |
-Onwards and upwards. -..or the slow road to disaster? -Take me home! | 0:00:25 | 0:00:29 | |
This is Antiques Road Trip. | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
Yeah! | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
Welcome to the second leg of our road trip, with delightful experts | 0:00:37 | 0:00:41 | |
Paul Laidlaw and Natasha Raskin, | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
who are revelling in each other's company. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:45 | |
I'm so pleased at how well we're getting on. It's lovely. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:48 | |
I thought I'd be terrified. I thought, because you were so | 0:00:48 | 0:00:51 | |
into militaria, it was going to be morning inspections... | 0:00:51 | 0:00:53 | |
-PAUL LAUGHS -..rations for lunch... | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
I'll have you whipped into shape, Raskin! | 0:00:55 | 0:00:57 | |
Steady on! | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
Their snappy 1981 Mercedes is marching through the Cumbrian | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
countryside this morning, home turf for one of our antiquing pair. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:07 | |
How cool are you in the town? Is it, "There's Paul Laidlaw"? | 0:01:08 | 0:01:10 | |
Do people take photos of you in the street, | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
or do they tend to shy away from you and cross the street? | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
-They throw blossom... -Oh, right! -..in my path as I walk. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
That's really nice, isn't it? | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
When he's not being adored by the local population, | 0:01:20 | 0:01:23 | |
-our Paul has been clocking up a tidy profit... -Fantastic! | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
-..while Natasha has been indulging her passions. -I can't resist. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
Starting out with £200, | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
Natasha has managed to eke her total up by just £1.20 | 0:01:35 | 0:01:40 | |
- ha! - while Paul, who started out with the same sum, | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
has racked up a staggering £447.72. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:47 | |
Again, well done. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
You're Paul Laidlaw, I can't compete with that. It's just terrifying. | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
You're the PL. You're the portable Paul Laidlaw. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:01:56 | 0:01:59 | |
PL and NL started off their big journey south | 0:01:59 | 0:02:02 | |
in the Ayrshire town of Prestwick. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:05 | |
They're winding their way to auctions in Yorkshire, | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, before wrapping up in Diss in Norfolk. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
Paul's in charge of navigation today as they start in his home county | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
of Cumbria, in the village of High Hesket. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
They're heading for a Yorkshire auction in Harrogate. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
Ah, I'm trying to forget about the two items that you rolled over | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
into the next auction. But how can I? Because they are there | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
on the back seat, like two sweet little passengers | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
just following you around, | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
saying, "Paul, take it easy today!" | 0:02:33 | 0:02:35 | |
Hey, I was just getting to that. | 0:02:35 | 0:02:36 | |
A very strict policy on bone and ivory items at the last auction | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
means Paul has a set of Chinese scales and a Great War bone vase | 0:02:39 | 0:02:43 | |
tucked away for sale this leg. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
Lucky boy! | 0:02:45 | 0:02:46 | |
I think I'll have this morning off. Yeah. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
-Two boxes ticked, half-day today, I think! -No slacking, Paul. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:56 | |
There was a discovery of Viking artefacts here in High Hesket. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
We don't expect such riches today, | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
but the village is home to an antique shop, so you never know. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:05 | |
If there's any treasure... | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
please let me have it! | 0:03:07 | 0:03:08 | |
-I'm sure there'll be plenty for everyone. -Oh, Paul, this is big! | 0:03:10 | 0:03:14 | |
-Big enough for both of us. -Yeah. Which way are you going? | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
-Which way are YOU going? -Towards the treasure? -It's over there. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
Like I said, I always do as you tell me. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
-You can have that one. -NATASHA LAUGHS | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
Nice stuff in here. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
Mmm. | 0:03:37 | 0:03:39 | |
This is cool. How lovely is this? | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
So, first glance, | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
this looks like the bracelet of a wristwatch that has lost its watch. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
But in fact, that's exactly what it is. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:52 | |
It is just the bracelet strap and the mount for your wrist, | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
but for a pocket watch. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
Wristwatches came into their own around the First World War. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
When you couldn't be frittering around with your pocket watch | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
in the trenches, you had to have a wristwatch to keep track of time. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
And here are ladies still not quite convinced about wristwatches, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
it's halfway between the two. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:11 | |
You've got your pocket watch, but if you like, you can place it | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
into this little retractable mount and wear it on your wrist. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:18 | |
It's £25. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
Is it really worth that as a bit of base metal? No. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
But does it have enough social history attached to it | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
to get some competition in the auction? | 0:04:27 | 0:04:29 | |
I think so. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:31 | |
Stand by, she's spotted something else! | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
This miniature here is of Beatrice Cenci, | 0:04:33 | 0:04:37 | |
16th-century daughter of a nobleman. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
She looks perfectly innocent, | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
she's purposefully painted in white to appear even more innocent | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
than she was, because believe it or not, this beautiful young girl | 0:04:45 | 0:04:48 | |
was a murderer. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
Yes, the image of this 16th-century tragic figure, | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
executed for killing her violent father, | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
has been replicated many times in various forms. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
This one is painted on ivory, | 0:04:58 | 0:04:59 | |
which is far from everyone's ideal medium, but it was made long before | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
the 1947 Cites agreement, so it's legal to sell in the UK. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:08 | |
If we slide open the back, I'll bet she shines beautifully through. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:14 | |
Look at that. The mirror image is perhaps even more beautiful. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:18 | |
In fact, it looks like a halo illuminating this angelic figure. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
But angelic she was not. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
And she's not priced. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
So while Natasha browses on, let's catch up with Paul. What's he found? | 0:05:26 | 0:05:30 | |
Oh! | 0:05:31 | 0:05:33 | |
I keep being tempted by furniture, arguably fatal. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:37 | |
But I can't resist. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
Focus, Laidlaw. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
Is Paul thinking about furniture? Not like him. Oh, no. Moving on. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:48 | |
How's about a bar of soap modelled as a bust of Lord Kitchener? | 0:05:48 | 0:05:54 | |
Oh, yeah! Get me that for Christmas. I'm going to love it. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
Kitchener made his fame as a soldier in the late 19th century | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
and, of course, during the Great War. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
You know the poster, "Your country needs you"? | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
Big moustache? That's Lord Kitchener, is it not? | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
Ah, this is the Paul we know and love, | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
finding militaria in a 100-year-old bar of soap. Ha! | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
That's a bar of soap, and that's got to be its original little carton, | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
albeit it's all very plain. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
Rare soap. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:25 | |
I wish they hadn't spotted that it was so rare. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:28 | |
"Bust of Kitchener, circa 1914, £48." | 0:06:28 | 0:06:31 | |
Well, if I gave you £400, never mind 48, could you get me another? | 0:06:31 | 0:06:36 | |
-No, you could not! -The soap bar challenge. Sounds like fun. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:41 | |
No time for that now, though, | 0:06:41 | 0:06:42 | |
-cos dealer Carol is here to talk money. -So that's exactly your scene? | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
Yes, it's very much my thing. It explains why I smell so strange. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:50 | |
Isn't it amazing it's lasted? | 0:06:50 | 0:06:52 | |
Isn't it amazing? | 0:06:52 | 0:06:53 | |
Is there much room in your...? | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
-I don't think it's dear. -What would you like to...? -Er... | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
That's a good approach. I'd like... | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
-Well, I think at auction, I think it's a £30, £40 piece. -Right. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
So I'd need to pay £30 for it to give myself a chance. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
Well, that's fine by me. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
-You, madam, are wonderful. -I know! | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
-THEY LAUGH -You are good yourself. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
-Thank you very much. -OK. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
Nicely done. That's £30 for an antique bar of soap. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
So, while Paul heads for the hills, what's Natasha up to? | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
Look at this wee painting. | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
This is no great painting, I'm going to say, | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
but it harks back to a lovely era when ladies, | 0:07:32 | 0:07:36 | |
and I'll bet this was done by a lady, were obsessed, | 0:07:36 | 0:07:39 | |
for some reason, with painting kittens and puppies. | 0:07:39 | 0:07:42 | |
I'm thinking of Henrietta Knip from the Netherlands, | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
I'm thinking of Bessie Bamber from Victorian England. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
And this unknown artist was following very much | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
in their female footsteps. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
It's dated 1922. There is a monogram, which is kind of smudged. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:59 | |
But it's not about the monogram, it's not about the date. | 0:07:59 | 0:08:02 | |
It's about these two wee kittens, | 0:08:02 | 0:08:05 | |
desperate to get the scraps that little puppy here has left behind. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:10 | |
And I'll bet this is cheap because no-one really likes these any more. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
But I do. What have we got? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:16 | |
£23.50. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:17 | |
Well, if I can haggle that down to about 12, 15 quid, | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
I reckon people would go for this in the auction. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:24 | |
Because there's not much like it out there. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
Well, it's your lucky day, dearie. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:29 | |
Dealer Martin owns all three items under your watchful eye. | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
-Hello, you must be Martin. -Hello. -Hi, I'm Tasha. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
I'm interested in a couple of things. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
So I know the price of the pocket watch holder, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:39 | |
but I don't know the price of the miniature. I'm a bit afraid. | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
What's its current price? | 0:08:41 | 0:08:43 | |
Its current price is 120, but I think I'm negotiable to you. | 0:08:43 | 0:08:46 | |
That is music to your ears. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
So all the items have a combined ticket price of £168.50. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:53 | |
Over to you, Natasha. | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
What about, if I asked you really kindly, like really nicely, | 0:08:55 | 0:08:59 | |
with my best manners, | 0:08:59 | 0:09:00 | |
please could we do it in two figures? | 0:09:00 | 0:09:03 | |
Even if it was just in two figures, like around £95 for the three? | 0:09:03 | 0:09:08 | |
-Really? Are you sure? -Yeah. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
-Oh, Martin. That's great! Are you sure? -I am. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
-95 for three? -All three. -That's so generous of you. Thank you so much. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:19 | |
-Oh, I'm excited now! -I bet. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:21 | |
That's £25 for the watch wristlet, | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
£55 for the miniature | 0:09:25 | 0:09:26 | |
and 15 for the painting. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:27 | |
That is top-hole. Good work. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:30 | |
Meanwhile Paul is heading into the isolated hills | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
surrounding the village of Shap. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
I should be missing Natasha, but up here... | 0:09:38 | 0:09:43 | |
-HE SNIFFS THE AIR -..taking in those views and those smells, | 0:09:43 | 0:09:46 | |
do you know what, life is good, even on my own. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:49 | |
There's another treat in store for Paul. | 0:09:49 | 0:09:51 | |
He's here to discover the secrets of an unlikely camp | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
for German prisoners of war. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:56 | |
Manager of the Shap Wells Hotel Stephen Simpson is here to explain. | 0:09:56 | 0:10:00 | |
-Hello, Stephen. -Hello. -Lovely to see you. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
Look, not my first time here, | 0:10:03 | 0:10:04 | |
but until now I did not realise it had a peculiar role during the war. | 0:10:04 | 0:10:09 | |
Yes. POW camp for German officers. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:14 | |
Around 400,000 prisoners of war were held on British soil | 0:10:14 | 0:10:18 | |
during the course of World War II, | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
but the German officers who were sent to Shap Wells | 0:10:20 | 0:10:22 | |
were treated to a certain degree of comfort. | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
If you're a lowly foot soldier, it's wooden barracks and barbed wire. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:30 | |
-Yep. -But officer class... -..you get reasonably good accommodation. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:34 | |
-My word! -Yeah. Nothing much has survived, I'm afraid. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
We have these, which is a camp newspaper from August 1943. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:42 | |
-What, prepared by the inmates themselves? -Yep, yep. -Oh, my word. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:47 | |
-It's an original document? -That's an original document, yep. -Wonderful. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
And then we have photographs of them. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
This is a group photograph of prisoners who were here | 0:10:54 | 0:10:56 | |
at that time. And it shows you the bars on the window. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
-I see, all long gone now, of course. -The bars are gone. | 0:11:00 | 0:11:04 | |
-That makes it very real. So there's barbed wire over there... -Yep. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:07 | |
-..watchtowers... -Watchtowers. -..and bars on the windows? | 0:11:07 | 0:11:10 | |
And bars on the windows, yeah. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
The hotel was chosen because of its remote location, | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
and that would help prevent an escape, | 0:11:15 | 0:11:17 | |
which meant the German officers here | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
could be granted a little bit of extra freedom. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
-They were allowed to go for walks. -Really? | 0:11:22 | 0:11:25 | |
They gave their honour that they wouldn't try and escape, | 0:11:25 | 0:11:27 | |
so they would take a couple of prisoners and maybe one guard. | 0:11:27 | 0:11:31 | |
-Really? For all this you're not going to leg it? -Yep. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:34 | |
Over 200 prisoners were incarcerated here, in what could be considered | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
rather palatial surroundings. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:41 | |
Is this the kind of luxury that the prisoners lived in? | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
Well, to some extent. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:44 | |
They had the hotel bedrooms with the bed linen, | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
they used the dining room with all the hotel china and crockery | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
and the hotel cutlery, silver-plated. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:52 | |
The prisoners had a fairly luxurious existence. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
Despite rations that were far better quality than those enjoyed | 0:11:55 | 0:11:57 | |
by the guards, the comfortable surroundings didn't stop | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
a few prisoners attempting daring escapes. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
-We've got a number of escape attempts. -There's not a tunnel? | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
We do have a tunnel, yes. They made a tunnel out of the kitchen. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
Didn't get under the perimeter fence. | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
It came up in the boiler house, | 0:12:14 | 0:12:15 | |
because the ground here is very stony, and they lost their way. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:19 | |
A number of the German officers made a bid for freedom, with prisoners | 0:12:19 | 0:12:23 | |
producing false documents to aid their escape. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:26 | |
But ultimately, every attempt proved unsuccessful. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
In December '43 it became a re-education camp. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:33 | |
Go on, tell me more. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:34 | |
All the German officers were classified according to their | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
moral and political views. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:40 | |
This was done by interviews, by secret listening. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
And they were either black, white or grey, | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
blacks being people who were out-and-out Nazis, | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
greys being people who were indeterminate, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
and whites being people | 0:12:50 | 0:12:52 | |
who had some political and moral views that the Allies thought | 0:12:52 | 0:12:56 | |
would be compatible with democracy | 0:12:56 | 0:12:58 | |
and the things they were fighting for. | 0:12:58 | 0:13:01 | |
And this became a camp for those prisoners. | 0:13:01 | 0:13:04 | |
The white prisoners? | 0:13:04 | 0:13:05 | |
The white prisoners, who were going to be re-educated | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
and effectively to run Germany after the war. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:12 | |
The camp at Shap Wells closed in 1947, | 0:13:12 | 0:13:15 | |
its lavish rooms once again open to paying guests, | 0:13:15 | 0:13:18 | |
and its vital role in Britain's war effort was consigned to history, | 0:13:18 | 0:13:23 | |
with much of the public unaware of the luxury enjoyed | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
by enemy soldiers. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
Meanwhile, 30 miles away in the heart of the Lake District | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
is the bustling town of Keswick, where Natasha's hoping | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
to make use of her remaining £106.20. | 0:13:37 | 0:13:42 | |
-Hello. -Hello, Natasha, are you all right? | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
Nice to meet you, yes, I'm very well, thank you. | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
-Thank you for welcoming me to Keswick. -No problem. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:48 | |
-This is a sweet little town, and a sweet little shop. -It really is. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:52 | |
But I don't think owner Mark will be falling for flattery. | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
There's just so much great turn-of-the-century | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
and Art Deco stuff, and it is just gorgeous. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:03 | |
I think I have to stop looking at things with three-figure price tags, | 0:14:05 | 0:14:09 | |
and maybe start looking at things like this. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:12 | |
-Hello to you, my little friend. -Really? | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
He's a little bit of porcelain. | 0:14:15 | 0:14:17 | |
He's been precisely, I would say, hand-painted. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:21 | |
And do we have any marks on the bottom? Sure. | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
"Made in Japan." | 0:14:24 | 0:14:26 | |
So what you've got here is a little bit of fun export. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:29 | |
This is probably around the 1950s, | 0:14:29 | 0:14:32 | |
but it's got that early, quirky cartoonish style. I quite like it. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:36 | |
I might have to ask Mark about this, because there aren't | 0:14:36 | 0:14:40 | |
going to be two of these in any auction that we go to. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
I think that's a safe bet, then. Ticket price is £34. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
-Stand by, Mark. -For some reason... -It's robbery, isn't it? | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
..I'm quite surprised at £34 from our Japanese little friend. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
I wasn't expecting a two-figure sum. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
But I think I'd be willing to offer you as much as £10, Mark. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:59 | |
I know it's exciting, and I don't want you to faint or anything... | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
-No, it's a lot of money. -It is a lot of money. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:05 | |
-A crisp little note in your hand. -It is, isn't it? | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
-I THOUGHT you were going to say a tenner. -Did you? | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
-Should I pop it in a bag for you? -Oh, I don't know. I don't know. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
-I'll be back in one sec. -Go for it. -Hold on. -What IS she up to? | 0:15:12 | 0:15:17 | |
So, I spotted this little fellow earlier on. He isn't smiling. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:22 | |
He isn't sad. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
He almost looks like he's crying out for someone to pick him up | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
and to love him. But look how cute he is! | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
His head just sort of lolls around. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:32 | |
He's very much on his last legs, | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
and his arm is very much on its last socket. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
I'm going to talk to Mark about him. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:38 | |
He was very flexible with our Japanese little friend, | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
so let's see how he is with the teddy. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:45 | |
-And, Mark... -Oh, let's have a look. What have you got here? | 0:15:45 | 0:15:49 | |
What have I got here? Surely the most exciting thing in the shop. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
How could you put a little price on that face? | 0:15:53 | 0:15:55 | |
Well, you have put a price on it. You've put £45 on it. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
What on earth inspired such a high ticket price? | 0:15:58 | 0:16:02 | |
Well, you'll hurt his feelings if you don't pay that, won't you? | 0:16:02 | 0:16:05 | |
He might be right. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:07 | |
Would someone want to give Ted a home, | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
or would they be more inclined to take wee cartoon lion home? | 0:16:09 | 0:16:16 | |
-It would be the Ted, wouldn't it? -It would be the Ted? Bigger market? | 0:16:16 | 0:16:19 | |
Bigger market. He's not in the best condition, I have to admit, but... | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
That's not much of an admission. I clocked that myself. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:25 | |
-You may have noticed that. -I did, I did. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
I don't have time to repair it before it goes to auction. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
-Would 20 quid do it for you? -It still scares me, if I'm honest. | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
-No, I understand that. To me, he's worth 20 quid. Handshake? -Ah... | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
Will I shake his hand at £20? | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
-Go on, Ted. -Go on, then. -20 quid, it's yours. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
A great sales technique from the bear means he has a new home, | 0:16:44 | 0:16:48 | |
while the pincushion heads back to the shelves. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
It's been a busy day for our pair. Time for a well-earned rest. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
Nighty night. | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
-It's a new day, and we're back on the road. -It's so gorgeous. | 0:17:01 | 0:17:05 | |
I mean, obviously right now it's pretty hedgey. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:08 | |
But behind these hedges, I'm sure there are beautiful views. | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
-You rest assured. -Wait a minute, we're coming to the end of a hedge! | 0:17:11 | 0:17:15 | |
-It's glorious. -Ta-da! -It's glorious! | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
So far Natasha has secured herself a fine collection of items. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:23 | |
Her 20th-century painting, a painted miniature, a pocket watch wristlet | 0:17:23 | 0:17:28 | |
-and a cuddly toy, as you do. -Look how cute he is! | 0:17:28 | 0:17:31 | |
All of that leaves her with £86.20 to spend today. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:35 | |
Bye! | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
Paul has bagged just one item, | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
an antique bar of soap in the form of Lord Kitchener, of course... | 0:17:39 | 0:17:43 | |
Could you get me another? No, you could not. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:46 | |
..which means he still has a whopping £417.72 as they continue | 0:17:46 | 0:17:51 | |
their Cumbrian adventure. | 0:17:51 | 0:17:54 | |
How long have I lived in Cumbria? | 0:17:54 | 0:17:56 | |
On and off for 30-odd years. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
-And you're still a newcomer? -Still a Scot. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
Still a potential invader. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:02 | |
There's still a bylaw in Carlisle that Scots have to pay | 0:18:02 | 0:18:06 | |
-some sort of toll to get in! -No, there's not! | 0:18:06 | 0:18:09 | |
And it's still pinned to the citadel. I kid you not. | 0:18:09 | 0:18:12 | |
Hopefully no tolls for our tartan twosome today. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:16 | |
Paul's next shopping stop is in Kendal. Lovely. | 0:18:16 | 0:18:20 | |
-How are you doing, Andrew? -Hello, Paul. Nice to see you again. | 0:18:20 | 0:18:23 | |
-It's been a few years. -About three years, I think, since you last... | 0:18:23 | 0:18:27 | |
-And here I am, tripping again! -The road trip never stops for you, Paul. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:32 | |
This 17th-century building is packed to the period rafters | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
with all kind of collectables. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
It's basically a playground for Paul. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
It's good, this, isn't it? | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
Oh, what am I doing? | 0:18:51 | 0:18:53 | |
Some places you shouldn't try and get to. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
Ordinarily, you will not see me picking up ashtrays. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:59 | |
However, I know the origins of this. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:03 | |
The clue is in the lead plaque, | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
because you know who that visage belongs to. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:10 | |
That's Winston Churchill himself. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:12 | |
And it's dated 1941. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
This stone, this comes from the bombed Houses of Parliament. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:22 | |
Boom, what do you think of that revelation? | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
The Houses of Parliament were bombed during the Blitz. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:28 | |
A load of the stone was crafted into various objects, | 0:19:28 | 0:19:32 | |
match pots, paperweights, | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
and they all bear one common element, | 0:19:35 | 0:19:38 | |
and it's this cast lead seal. There's history, is it not? | 0:19:38 | 0:19:43 | |
A bit more than a stone ashtray, do you think? | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
Yep, I do, but there's no ticket price. Best to ask Andrew. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:50 | |
-That's not expensive. -That's not expensive. -This much I know. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:53 | |
-Is it a tenner? -You could have it for 15. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:56 | |
I will have it for 15, Andrew. But I hope that's just a start. | 0:19:56 | 0:19:59 | |
A starter for 15. | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
You want to get some more money out of me than that, for goodness' sake. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
I have no doubt Andrew will try. Providing you can get out of there! | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
Have you seen The Karate Kid? That's the move he does at the end. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
Hoo! | 0:20:14 | 0:20:17 | |
Ah! | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
Like a tweed-clad ninja. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:21 | |
While Paul keeps looking, | 0:20:21 | 0:20:24 | |
Natasha seems to be enjoying the fresh air of the Lake District. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
-Where are we, Kendal? -It seems a bit rural. Are we lost? | 0:20:27 | 0:20:32 | |
I'm surprised this is the first time this has happened | 0:20:32 | 0:20:34 | |
on the trip thus far. | 0:20:34 | 0:20:36 | |
This is a wee bit hairy. This is good. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
-This is putting my driving to the test. -Yeah. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:40 | |
While Natasha continues to test her navigational skills, | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
Paul's been tempted by something shiny. | 0:20:43 | 0:20:45 | |
There's a little gold Tudor... | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
-You know, that... -A Rolex... Yeah. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
A nice subsidiary dial. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:53 | |
In the 1920s, Hans Wilsdorf, the man behind Rolex, | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
created a range of timepieces at a more modest price. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
He named these watches Tudor. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
That's either well looked after or well serviced recently. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
It's the radial nature of the dial decoration that I like. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
-That's very pleasing. -That's a very beautiful little watch. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
-That's got a good face on it as well. -Mm. -It's '60s again, isn't it? | 0:21:12 | 0:21:16 | |
-Late '50s? -Yes. -Yeah. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
A £585 price tag is too steep for you, Paul. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:23 | |
I'm going to ignore that price tag and just ask you what | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
the bottom line is on that. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:27 | |
-How about £350 for you, which is a very sporting chance? -Argh... | 0:21:27 | 0:21:34 | |
Is that the sound of Paul's wallet groaning? | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
Ha, generous offer, but he's spotted something else. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
I like that. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:41 | |
That's a nice wee box, isn't it? | 0:21:41 | 0:21:43 | |
It is, it's a neat little box. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:45 | |
18th century, a wee piece of hardwood... | 0:21:45 | 0:21:49 | |
-HE TAPS THE BOX -..walnut and mahogany, | 0:21:49 | 0:21:51 | |
chip carved. | 0:21:51 | 0:21:54 | |
Just charming! | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
-Something like that, what's that going to cost? -£45. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
It's not a lot of money. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:00 | |
So that's a snuffbox to consider, too. Hang on, there's more. | 0:22:00 | 0:22:04 | |
There's all sorts in here! | 0:22:04 | 0:22:07 | |
Now, that's a gentleman's pen. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:09 | |
-There we go. -But maybe not 1760, more like 1960. | 0:22:09 | 0:22:14 | |
A Parker rolled-gold, bark-effect fountain pen. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:19 | |
-What's the price on something like that? -Oh, £35. Not bad, is it? | 0:22:19 | 0:22:23 | |
You're starting to tempt me. | 0:22:23 | 0:22:25 | |
Right, Paul, you're piling up the options here. Wait! | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
Andrew's thought of something else. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:30 | |
Now, isn't that exquisite workmanship? | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
Rifle Brigade, early 20th century. | 0:22:36 | 0:22:39 | |
Rosy gold, pretty little thing. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
Our rifleman or officer wore this as a watch fob. | 0:22:41 | 0:22:46 | |
You think he'd have it as a fob? | 0:22:46 | 0:22:47 | |
-I think it's a good-looking thing. -Mm. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
Not a lot of gold in there, | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
so that's not going to make it hugely expensive. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
-What could that be? -£85. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:57 | |
Are any of these buyable within my expectations, | 0:22:58 | 0:23:01 | |
or am I heading that way? | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
No, we can do you a deal on any of those pieces. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
How many of those are you actually thinking about buying, Paul? | 0:23:08 | 0:23:11 | |
-If I buy a pen, a gold watch... -Yes. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:13 | |
-..a gold fob and a snuffbox... -Yes. | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
..what am I going to have to pay you? | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
You'd be looking in the region of 300, wouldn't you, at your prices? | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
We are looking at less than 300 at my prices. | 0:23:21 | 0:23:23 | |
So where would you be at your prices? | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
I'll bid you 250 quid as an opening offer. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
Crumbs, bold move. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
How about we met at 275, | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
and then you've got yourself a real good deal? | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
How about 260, and we have a deal? | 0:23:35 | 0:23:39 | |
We have a deal. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:40 | |
You've extracted a lot of money out of me. Not a lot of people do that. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:47 | |
-Wow. -They certainly don't. Thanks to Andrew's amazing generosity, | 0:23:47 | 0:23:51 | |
Paul has bagged himself the Tudor watch for £190, | 0:23:51 | 0:23:55 | |
a snuffbox and Parker pen for £20 each, | 0:23:55 | 0:23:59 | |
and a rifleman's watch fob for £30. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
Add in the Churchill ashtray for £15 | 0:24:02 | 0:24:05 | |
and Paul is walking away with an armful of items. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:08 | |
Elsewhere, Natasha's found her bearings and is heading for Kendal | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
to discover how a legendary slab of sugary peppermint | 0:24:15 | 0:24:19 | |
made it all the way from this Cumbrian market town | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
to the top of the world. | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
Oh, this... | 0:24:25 | 0:24:26 | |
SHE SNIFFS THE AIR | 0:24:26 | 0:24:27 | |
..is weird! | 0:24:27 | 0:24:29 | |
How good it must be to work here. | 0:24:29 | 0:24:31 | |
SHE SNIFFS | 0:24:32 | 0:24:34 | |
I've definitely come to the right place. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
She's visiting the factory of Romney's, | 0:24:37 | 0:24:39 | |
one of the oldest producers of Kendal Mint Cake, | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
to learn about the local delicacy from fourth-generation | 0:24:42 | 0:24:46 | |
mint-cake maker John Barron. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
-Hello! -Hello. -You must be John. -I am, yes. | 0:24:48 | 0:24:50 | |
-Tasha, lovely to meet you. -Pleased to meet you. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
There's a nice overall and hat for you. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:54 | |
OK, shall we start with the overall? OK. There we go. OK. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:59 | |
-Will you help me out? -Yep, I will. -OK. -Pop that on. Whoop! | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
-Have I covered your head? -Oh, this is cool! How do I look? | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
-Do I look like a Kendal cake maker? -You look superb. | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
-Right, well, you're the boss, I'll follow you. -OK, come with me. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:12 | |
-This way, yep. -This is great! | 0:25:12 | 0:25:14 | |
Kendal Mint Cake is the archtypical walkers' companion. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:20 | |
It was created here in the Lake District, where hiking | 0:25:20 | 0:25:22 | |
is serious business, but legend has it that it was invented | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
almost 150 years ago completely by accident. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:29 | |
Joseph Wiper, the founder of Kendal Mint Cake, | 0:25:30 | 0:25:33 | |
-was basically trying to make a glacier mint. -Oh. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:36 | |
When he was making that mint, it went a bit pear-shaped | 0:25:36 | 0:25:40 | |
and it didn't quite come out like he wanted it to. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
So rather than tip the thing away, he poured it out, | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
and it came out to be Kendal Mint Cake. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
We may never know how the first recipe came about, | 0:25:49 | 0:25:52 | |
but mint cake became a huge success. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:55 | |
Its high sugar content meant that some of the world's | 0:25:55 | 0:25:59 | |
greatest explorers have used it for energy. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:01 | |
Ernest Shackleton of Antarctic fame, | 0:26:01 | 0:26:05 | |
and for Edmund Hillary's successful summit of Mount Everest, | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
there was only one energy food on his mind. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
So here we have a letter from the expedition | 0:26:12 | 0:26:16 | |
-asking if we could supply them with mint cake. -Oh, look at this quote! | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
"Experience has shown this to be an excellent high-altitude food." | 0:26:20 | 0:26:25 | |
-That's it, yes. -How good is that? | 0:26:25 | 0:26:27 | |
Oh, so it says here they need 38 pounds of Kendal Mint Cake. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:31 | |
It's not an insignificant order in 1952 terms. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
It was very difficult, because the rations were on then, | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
-after the war. -1952, still rationing? -That's it, yeah. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:39 | |
So we were struggling to get the ingredients, | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
so kindly some of our staff did give their ration tickets up, | 0:26:41 | 0:26:46 | |
so we could get all the ingredients for this order, yeah. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:49 | |
That's amazing. | 0:26:49 | 0:26:50 | |
So would one of your family members have been working here in 1952? | 0:26:50 | 0:26:53 | |
Yeah, it was my grandfather and my father. They were both here. | 0:26:53 | 0:26:57 | |
My father helped pack the chest of mint cake for them. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:01 | |
-That must have been a really proud moment for them. -Yes, definitely. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:05 | |
Very little has changed in the process of making | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
Kendal Mint Cake over the years. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:10 | |
The simple mixture of water, sugar and glucose | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
is still closely tended to by hand, | 0:27:13 | 0:27:15 | |
including the addition of some very strong peppermint. | 0:27:15 | 0:27:19 | |
-So this is it, this is the mint? -This is the mint, yeah. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
-Very strong mint, yep. -Look at that. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
Ah, it smells amazing. | 0:27:24 | 0:27:26 | |
Oh, oh! | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
-There's the hit. -That's it, yep. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:31 | |
Oh, that's like eating a thousand mint cakes at once. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:34 | |
The mixture is ladled into moulds by hand, and as it cools it takes on | 0:27:34 | 0:27:39 | |
-its distinctive cloudy hue. -Do I get to taste it here? | 0:27:39 | 0:27:43 | |
-You can have a taste, yep. -Oh, it's still warm! | 0:27:43 | 0:27:45 | |
Mm. I've had it before. I forgot how much it melts. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:52 | |
That is so good. I'm going to be running around these antique shops | 0:27:53 | 0:27:57 | |
like a mad person, going, "Whoo!" full of sugar! | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
-That has been really wonderful. Thank you so much, John. -No problem. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:03 | |
I tell you what, I'm off. And I'm taking this with me. | 0:28:03 | 0:28:05 | |
Thank you very much! Take care, bye. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
While Natasha lets her blood sugar settle, | 0:28:09 | 0:28:12 | |
Paul's heading to Lancaster. | 0:28:12 | 0:28:14 | |
He already has six items, | 0:28:14 | 0:28:15 | |
plus another two carried over from the last leg. | 0:28:15 | 0:28:19 | |
-But with £90 in his pocket, he can't resist one last shop. -Hello, Paul! | 0:28:19 | 0:28:24 | |
-Allan. -Welcome to GB Antiques. | 0:28:24 | 0:28:27 | |
I'm lost! This place is cavernous. | 0:28:27 | 0:28:31 | |
With over 100 dealers on display, | 0:28:31 | 0:28:33 | |
it's big enough to petrify even the hardiest of antiquers. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:38 | |
For once, the fear isn't that I'll find nothing, | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
the fear is I'll find something! | 0:28:41 | 0:28:43 | |
-Yep, you do seem rather flush for items today. -Oi, oi, oi... | 0:28:45 | 0:28:50 | |
It just keeps going on. It's huge! | 0:28:52 | 0:28:55 | |
Let's leave Paul to peruse and catch up with Natasha, | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 | |
who's made a beeline for her final shop of the day | 0:28:58 | 0:29:01 | |
in Low Newton. | 0:29:01 | 0:29:03 | |
It's my last chance to buy something. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
I might actually make some money. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:08 | |
There's an interesting and eclectic mix of collectables | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
spread throughout this converted barn. Plenty to get stuck into. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:17 | |
OK! | 0:29:17 | 0:29:19 | |
-This is not what I was expecting. -Expect the unexpected, eh? | 0:29:19 | 0:29:24 | |
What does this look like to you on first glance? | 0:29:26 | 0:29:29 | |
It looks like, to me, a Cornish pasty. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:33 | |
But actually, inside it's really dainty. | 0:29:33 | 0:29:36 | |
Because look, it's got this lovely Art Deco manicure set inside. | 0:29:36 | 0:29:40 | |
Now, the earth is not being asked for this. £24 only. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:45 | |
But I just don't think it sits very well with me. | 0:29:45 | 0:29:48 | |
-I think on this occasion I'll go vegetarian. -All right. | 0:29:48 | 0:29:51 | |
Anything else catching your eye? | 0:29:51 | 0:29:53 | |
Pfft, tools. | 0:29:53 | 0:29:55 | |
I've bought tools before, and I've never made a fortune on them. | 0:29:55 | 0:29:59 | |
And everyone else has bought tools before. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:01 | |
It's not Philip Serrell you're up against. | 0:30:01 | 0:30:04 | |
Surely your opponent today is considering something | 0:30:04 | 0:30:06 | |
much more refined? | 0:30:06 | 0:30:07 | |
What do you mean, why is he looking at tools? | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
-I'm a bloke, of course I'm looking at tools! -Oh, Paul. Come on. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:15 | |
What are you up to? | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
Well, you'd be amazed the amount of military hardware | 0:30:18 | 0:30:20 | |
that ends up in toolboxes, | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
so I'm not actually looking for that rare, valuable Spiers of Ayr... | 0:30:23 | 0:30:30 | |
plane, I'm looking for the bit of military kit that's snuck in there | 0:30:30 | 0:30:34 | |
and been missed by our tools specialist. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:37 | |
You see? | 0:30:37 | 0:30:38 | |
That's more like the Paul we know. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:40 | |
Not today, though. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:43 | |
With no hidden gems amongst the wrenches, | 0:30:44 | 0:30:47 | |
and a boot full of booty already, Paul decides enough's enough. | 0:30:47 | 0:30:52 | |
But over in Low Newton, Natasha still has some work to do. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:59 | |
-Hello. Hi, there. -Hello. -I'm Tasha. -Hello, I'm Chris. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
-Nice to meet you, Chris. How are you? -I'm very well, thank you. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:05 | |
Which is your stuff? | 0:31:05 | 0:31:06 | |
This is my corner here, which is mostly leather and antique luggage. | 0:31:06 | 0:31:10 | |
That's what I specialise in. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:12 | |
Walking round the corner there, | 0:31:12 | 0:31:13 | |
out of the corner of my eye I sort of glanced at these boots. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
They're spectacular. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:18 | |
-They're actually beater's boots. -OK. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:20 | |
Beaters being the people who would go and flush out the game | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
on a shoot. They look like waders, but they're not waterproof. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:26 | |
They're bracken proof, so it's to protect the legs of the beaters. | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
Yeah. I mean, they are lovely in their condition. | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
I take it, as leather is your game, | 0:31:32 | 0:31:34 | |
you've brought these up with the nice polish and looked after them? | 0:31:34 | 0:31:37 | |
-Yeah, everything is hunky-dory. -OK. -Because they're a size nine, | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
-they're eminently wearable. -Have you tried them on? | 0:31:40 | 0:31:43 | |
-No, because I'm a ten. -NATASHA LAUGHS | 0:31:43 | 0:31:46 | |
But a pair of boots that quality | 0:31:46 | 0:31:47 | |
-it's worth cutting your toes off for, you know. -Blimey. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:51 | |
-That's a selling technique. How much? -OK, 65. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:54 | |
And I think that's pretty competitively priced. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
-But I WOULD say that, wouldn't I? -Well, you would. -Obviously, yeah. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:02 | |
I'd probably be looking for a bit of a better price, although I feel bad | 0:32:02 | 0:32:05 | |
saying that, because you already feel they're competitively priced. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:08 | |
Um... I could do 50. | 0:32:08 | 0:32:11 | |
-You could do them for 50? -Yeah, that's really the best I can do. | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
Well, in that case, I say let's go for it, | 0:32:14 | 0:32:17 | |
because I absolutely love them. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:18 | |
Nicely done. That deal brings shopping to an end for this leg. | 0:32:18 | 0:32:22 | |
Natasha settles up for the extraordinarily long boots, | 0:32:22 | 0:32:26 | |
which she adds to the 20th-century painting, teddy bear, | 0:32:26 | 0:32:30 | |
miniature of Beatrice Cenci and pocket watch wristlet, | 0:32:30 | 0:32:34 | |
giving her five lots for auction. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:37 | |
Paul adds the two items carried over from the last leg | 0:32:37 | 0:32:40 | |
to his new purchases to make up six lots. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:42 | |
The rifleman's watch fob, prisoner of war bone vase | 0:32:42 | 0:32:47 | |
and Lord Kitchener soap make up a single World War I-inspired lot. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:51 | |
They go alongside the Chinese scales, | 0:32:51 | 0:32:54 | |
a Tudor wristwatch, | 0:32:54 | 0:32:56 | |
Churchill ashtray, Parker fountain pen | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
and 19th-century snuffbox. | 0:32:59 | 0:33:01 | |
Phew! Ha. But what do they make of each other's offerings? | 0:33:01 | 0:33:06 | |
Savvy Paul Laidlaw has made a whole World War lot out of his soap, | 0:33:06 | 0:33:10 | |
his bone vase and his medal. But I've got a plan. | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
A bucket of water and a bar of soap do not like one another, | 0:33:13 | 0:33:17 | |
so I might just drop Kitchener in it. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:19 | |
The bear. Well, it's shocking, isn't it? | 0:33:19 | 0:33:22 | |
But you know what else it is? It's charming. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:25 | |
And people, I fear, could fall in love with poor little Teddy. | 0:33:25 | 0:33:29 | |
But am I quaking in my boots? No. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:31 | |
After a busy couple of days antiquing, | 0:33:33 | 0:33:35 | |
our twosome have made their way from High Hesket in Cumbria | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
and are heading for the Yorkshire Moors | 0:33:38 | 0:33:39 | |
and an auction on the outskirts of the spa town of Harrogate. Oh, yes. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:43 | |
Do you think we have bought the quality of objects | 0:33:44 | 0:33:47 | |
that the discerning, affluent buyers of Harrogate | 0:33:47 | 0:33:50 | |
are looking for at auction? | 0:33:50 | 0:33:52 | |
Well, I mean, I'm trying to think outside the box here. | 0:33:52 | 0:33:54 | |
It is a spa town. Does that mean they like to wash? | 0:33:54 | 0:33:57 | |
-So maybe your soap will go down well? -Yeah, won't it? | 0:33:57 | 0:34:00 | |
-I mean, that's a bit of a tenuous link. -THEY LAUGH | 0:34:00 | 0:34:03 | |
I don't think we'll go for a wash at the spa, but a launderette... | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
Not like the public baths. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:08 | |
One takes the waters, darling, one takes the waters! | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
There will be plenty of time for that later. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:16 | |
For now, our pair have arrived at Thompson's Auctioneers. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:19 | |
Is it all downhill from here? | 0:34:19 | 0:34:20 | |
Oh, don't say that! Get in. | 0:34:20 | 0:34:24 | |
The man with the gavel today is auctioneer Lawrence Peet. | 0:34:24 | 0:34:27 | |
What does he think of our pair's lots? | 0:34:27 | 0:34:29 | |
The boots are incredible. I've never had a pair through like that before. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
We're in a rural area. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:33 | |
I think they should do quite well. I think the estimate's about £30-£40. | 0:34:33 | 0:34:36 | |
I think they'll be fine. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:38 | |
The strongest lot, without a doubt, will be the Tudor Rolex watch. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:41 | |
It's a good name, and it always attracts a lot of interest. | 0:34:41 | 0:34:45 | |
Well, time will tell. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:46 | |
The saleroom is filling up as our pair take their seats | 0:34:46 | 0:34:49 | |
for the second auction of the trip. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:51 | |
Very busy. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:52 | |
Our first item is Paul's Chinese scales, | 0:34:54 | 0:34:57 | |
carried over from the first leg. | 0:34:57 | 0:34:59 | |
Surely £10? 10 to the hand at 10, at 10. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:02 | |
Any advance on £10? I can't believe it. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:04 | |
-At £10... -I can't believe it! That's two of us can't believe it. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:07 | |
Any advance on 10? Hold on, maiden bid, selling at 10... | 0:35:07 | 0:35:10 | |
HAMMER | 0:35:10 | 0:35:12 | |
Ouch. Not a perfect start to the day. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:14 | |
-How does this feel? -Wait, I get it. I'm dreaming, aren't I? | 0:35:15 | 0:35:18 | |
-I'm dreaming. I'm going to wake up. -No, you're not. | 0:35:18 | 0:35:20 | |
That was definitely a pinch. | 0:35:20 | 0:35:23 | |
Let's see if Natasha's charming, but damaged, teddy bear can fare | 0:35:23 | 0:35:27 | |
-any better. -Commission starts here with me just at £15. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:30 | |
I need 20 to move on. 20 has it, with the lady at £20. | 0:35:30 | 0:35:34 | |
Any advance on 20? 22, thank you. | 0:35:34 | 0:35:36 | |
-Oh! -25, 28... -He's after my baby. -32? No, 30 with the lady. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:40 | |
-32, new bidder. 35. -This is all right! | 0:35:40 | 0:35:45 | |
40, £42? 42, thank you. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:47 | |
45, he's back in at 45. 48. No? | 0:35:47 | 0:35:51 | |
45 here, at £45, at 45, | 0:35:51 | 0:35:54 | |
-all done at £45. -Oh, my days! -HAMMER | 0:35:54 | 0:35:56 | |
Great start for Natasha. | 0:35:56 | 0:35:58 | |
She's more than doubled her money, and Ted has a new home. Aw. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:02 | |
-That's all right! -It's better than all right! -There's hope for us yet. | 0:36:02 | 0:36:07 | |
Now, can Paul's combined lot of First World War items | 0:36:09 | 0:36:13 | |
get him back on track? | 0:36:13 | 0:36:15 | |
It starts here with me at £45. I need 50 to move on. | 0:36:15 | 0:36:17 | |
The bid is with me at 45. 50, 55, 60. I have to go 62, and 65. | 0:36:17 | 0:36:23 | |
65 takes it in the room now, £65. Are we all done? | 0:36:23 | 0:36:26 | |
-I shall sell at £65... -In the spa town? | 0:36:26 | 0:36:29 | |
-HAMMER -Oh, no! It's a loss. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:31 | |
It is, and losing on a militaria lot is a tough one to take | 0:36:31 | 0:36:34 | |
for Mr Laidlaw. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
Oh, swallow it, swallow it! | 0:36:37 | 0:36:38 | |
It's sore! | 0:36:38 | 0:36:40 | |
-Use the pain, Paul, use the pain. -Channel it, channel it! | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
A chance, then, for Natasha | 0:36:45 | 0:36:46 | |
to extend her lead with her hand-painted miniature. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:49 | |
£50, 50? | 0:36:49 | 0:36:51 | |
40? 40 has it, | 0:36:51 | 0:36:53 | |
at £40, at 40. It's no money at £40. Any advance on 40? | 0:36:53 | 0:36:57 | |
-That's got to make more. Come on. -At £40, 42, 45, | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
48, 50, 52, 55, 58. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:04 | |
-Yes, yes. -Are you sure? -Yes, you are. -55 here, at £55... | 0:37:04 | 0:37:09 | |
58, new bidder. 60. No? | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
58 in the middle here, at £50. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:14 | |
-Any advance on 58? -That's so good! -Are we all done? | 0:37:14 | 0:37:16 | |
I shall sell at £58... | 0:37:16 | 0:37:18 | |
HAMMER | 0:37:18 | 0:37:20 | |
Expectations were a little higher, but it's still a small profit. | 0:37:20 | 0:37:24 | |
I should have taken that home with me. It's so good! | 0:37:24 | 0:37:27 | |
With Paul still seeking his first profit of the day, | 0:37:27 | 0:37:30 | |
it's time for his Parker fountain pen. | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
Commission takes me in, really, straight at £90. 100 anywhere? | 0:37:33 | 0:37:37 | |
The bid is with me at 90, do I see 100? At £90, at 90? | 0:37:37 | 0:37:41 | |
On commission, all done, I shall sell at £90... | 0:37:41 | 0:37:44 | |
HAMMER | 0:37:44 | 0:37:45 | |
It's another maiden bid that wins it, | 0:37:45 | 0:37:48 | |
-but this time it's a superb profit for Paul. -Wait a minute. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:51 | |
All of a sudden, you look a lot happier. | 0:37:51 | 0:37:53 | |
A couple of losses, forget about those. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:55 | |
Next is Natasha's painting of the kittens and puppy. | 0:37:55 | 0:38:00 | |
And commission starts here with me just at £20. 22, anywhere? | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
-Come on. -It is with me at 20, it's no money. 22 in the room now, at 22. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:07 | |
Any advance on 22? It's a cheap picture at 22. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:10 | |
Any advance on 22? All done, selling at £22... | 0:38:10 | 0:38:13 | |
HAMMER | 0:38:13 | 0:38:14 | |
It's over in a flash, but there's another profit for Natasha. | 0:38:14 | 0:38:18 | |
-Relief, relief from this camp. -Disappointment in this camp! | 0:38:18 | 0:38:23 | |
Next up, it's Paul's snuffbox. | 0:38:24 | 0:38:27 | |
And commission starts here with me just at £32. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:30 | |
35, anywhere? 35, thank you. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:33 | |
-38, 40. Nope, 38 still with me. -Are you sure? | 0:38:33 | 0:38:36 | |
38, at 38. Are we all done? | 0:38:36 | 0:38:38 | |
-I shall sell at £38... -HAMMER | 0:38:38 | 0:38:41 | |
Paul bags a second profit of the day. Relieved, old bean? | 0:38:41 | 0:38:44 | |
Well done. | 0:38:46 | 0:38:47 | |
Right, Natasha's early-20th-century pocket watch wristlet | 0:38:49 | 0:38:52 | |
-is next. -£5 anywhere? | 0:38:52 | 0:38:54 | |
Surely, £5? £5, 5 in the middle. At 5, at 5? | 0:38:54 | 0:38:58 | |
Any more interest at £5? | 0:38:58 | 0:39:00 | |
I shall sell, maiden bid at 5... 8, thank you. 10? | 0:39:00 | 0:39:03 | |
12? Nope, 10 in the middle, at £10, at 10. Are we all done? | 0:39:03 | 0:39:07 | |
-I shall sell at £10... -HAMMER | 0:39:07 | 0:39:09 | |
-Oh, that's a bit sad. -That wasn't mine, though, was it? -No. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:13 | |
Someone has got themselves a bargain, | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
but it's the first loss of the day for Natasha. | 0:39:15 | 0:39:18 | |
-There are odd bargains here, which is great for the punters. -Yes. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:22 | |
Confound them! | 0:39:22 | 0:39:23 | |
Now, Paul had high hopes for his Houses of Parliament ashtray. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:29 | |
Time to find what the saleroom thinks. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:31 | |
-Commission starts here with me just at £5. -What?! -8 anywhere? | 0:39:31 | 0:39:34 | |
8 has it, at £8, at 8. | 0:39:34 | 0:39:36 | |
-10, 12, 15... -Someone shrieked! -22, 25... -It could be me. -25, 28. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:41 | |
-It's going, it's going. -32, 35, 38, | 0:39:41 | 0:39:44 | |
40, 42. 40 the middle. 42, ladies. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:48 | |
-Are you sure? Go on! It's only money. -Go on. -It's only money! | 0:39:48 | 0:39:53 | |
-That's right. -£42, seated here at £42... | 0:39:53 | 0:39:55 | |
Seated, all done. I shall sell at £42. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:58 | |
HAMMER | 0:39:58 | 0:39:59 | |
Paul's comeback continues with another great profit. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:03 | |
-Well done. That's so good, isn't it? -Yeah, relief. Yeah, relief. | 0:40:03 | 0:40:07 | |
Natasha's final lot of the day is the pair of beater's boots. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:12 | |
-Commission starts here with me just at £40. -No! -42, 45, 48... | 0:40:12 | 0:40:17 | |
48, 50, and 5 to move on. Yeah? | 0:40:17 | 0:40:21 | |
55 has it at the back, at 55... Any advance on £55? | 0:40:21 | 0:40:25 | |
At the back, are we all done? I shall sell at £55... | 0:40:25 | 0:40:28 | |
HAMMER | 0:40:28 | 0:40:30 | |
It's pretty much what I paid for them, Paul. Sad. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:33 | |
It's a bit more than you paid, and it is, of course, a small profit. | 0:40:33 | 0:40:38 | |
I'm learning. I'm learning how to cope! | 0:40:38 | 0:40:41 | |
It's our final lot of the day, Paul's Tudor wristwatch. | 0:40:41 | 0:40:45 | |
We have two telephone bids on this one, | 0:40:45 | 0:40:47 | |
-and I can go straight in here with me at £160. -Oh, come on, telephone. | 0:40:47 | 0:40:53 | |
-The bid is with me at 160. 170, 180 and 190. -Come on, phones. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:58 | |
-£200, 210... Sorry, 210, 220. -He doesn't know where to go. | 0:40:58 | 0:41:03 | |
-There's so many bidders. -240... 250, 260. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
270...280...290...300. | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
310... No, 300, here... 310, Mike? | 0:41:13 | 0:41:17 | |
310, 320. 330. No? | 0:41:17 | 0:41:23 | |
330 with Kate. At £330, are we all done? | 0:41:23 | 0:41:26 | |
I shall sell at £330... | 0:41:26 | 0:41:28 | |
-HAMMER -20196. -Thank you. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
-You're a genius. -That'll do. -You're a genius! | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
That's another outstanding profit for Paul. | 0:41:34 | 0:41:37 | |
I'm going to see the therapist straight after this, | 0:41:37 | 0:41:40 | |
and she said everything's going to be OK. That was good fun. | 0:41:40 | 0:41:44 | |
-Therapy it is, then. -Therapy. -Let's go, shall we? -You don't need any! | 0:41:44 | 0:41:48 | |
Come on. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:49 | |
Let's find out what all those highs and lows have done | 0:41:51 | 0:41:54 | |
to today's figures. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:56 | |
Natasha started this leg with £201.20. | 0:41:56 | 0:42:00 | |
Despite a number of promising profits, after auction costs, | 0:42:00 | 0:42:04 | |
she made a small loss of £9.20, | 0:42:04 | 0:42:07 | |
taking her total to £192. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:11 | |
Paul had a palatial £447.72 at the start of the leg, | 0:42:13 | 0:42:19 | |
and after costs, he's racked up a £114.50 profit, | 0:42:19 | 0:42:24 | |
which gives him a superb total of £562.22, | 0:42:24 | 0:42:29 | |
giving him a win today, and keeping him out in front after two legs. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:34 | |
-How good was that? -Aye, it's a roller-coaster, though, is it not? | 0:42:34 | 0:42:37 | |
I think that I'm on the descent, and you're going up the way. | 0:42:37 | 0:42:40 | |
But there's a big bounce at the bottom, | 0:42:40 | 0:42:42 | |
and then the biggest height in European auction history. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:45 | |
-I like your positive attitude! -Did you see that? -Yes! | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
-I like the sound of your theme park. -Get in! -It sounds fictitious! | 0:42:48 | 0:42:52 | |
A fantasy! OK. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:55 | |
ENGINE REVS | 0:42:56 | 0:42:58 | |
Onwards and upwards. | 0:42:58 | 0:43:00 | |
Cheerio, chaps! | 0:43:01 | 0:43:02 | |
-Next on Antiques Road Trip, heavy metal... -There's a weight in them. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:09 | |
-..soft toys... -He's saying no-no. | 0:43:09 | 0:43:12 | |
You cannot catch up with Paul Laidlaw. | 0:43:12 | 0:43:14 | |
-..and the hard sell... -Come on! -Yeah! | 0:43:14 | 0:43:17 |