0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- With £200 each... - I want something shiny.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- I like a rummage.- I can't resist.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17BELL RINGS But it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Why do I always do this to myself?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21- There will be worthy winners... - Give us a kiss.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- ..and valiant losers. - Come on, stick 'em up.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26- So, will it be the high road to glory?- Onwards and upwards.
0:00:26 > 0:00:29- Or the slow road to disaster? - Take me home.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40Welcome to the ancient county town of Yorkshire
0:00:40 > 0:00:43in the company of Natasha Raskin and Paul Laidlaw.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46Look at that. Absolutely superb.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48And now you are in medieval York.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- Vroom! Time travel. - It is though, isn't it?
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Yes, they're manoeuvring the Mercedes through the heart of a city
0:00:56 > 0:01:00that's dominated by one of the great European cathedrals.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03- There it is, there's the Minster. - Look at that.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Oh! Look at that light on it.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Is that English Gothic, Gothic Perpendicular? One or the other.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12If I don't see a flying buttress, I don't know what I'll do, Paul.
0:01:12 > 0:01:17Architecture enthusiast and art lover Natasha from Glasgow...
0:01:17 > 0:01:19No-one really likes these any more but I do.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22..is already more than a wee bit behind her countryman.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- You've got all the money. - Well, not all the money.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- I don't have all the money.- You've got a lot more money than I've got.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32And importantly, you've got more than what we started with.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34Yeah, good point.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Paul from Carlisle, an auctioneer who even lists his guilty pleasure
0:01:38 > 0:01:41as buying antiques...
0:01:41 > 0:01:42It's good this, isn't it?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44..started off with a full head of steam.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- AUCTIONEER:- 240... - It's not funny!
0:01:46 > 0:01:49And shows little sign of cooling down.
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- Set off in Ayrshire, a gei dreich of course.- Aye.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Now, glorious sunshine in York.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Keeps going like this, it'll be taps-aff weather.- For you, maybe.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01I'm not taking my top off for anyone.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03No, and neither am I.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Natasha began with £200 and has thus far
0:02:06 > 0:02:09managed to slim that down to 192.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Whilst Paul, who started out with the same sum,
0:02:13 > 0:02:16is well on his way to having increased it by three-fold
0:02:16 > 0:02:20with £562 and 22 pence.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23I seem to remember there's a random Roman pillar here. There is.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28- See that? That's a random Roman column.- How odd.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29A Roman punctuation mark.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32I would have walked straight past it, but thank goodness you're here
0:02:32 > 0:02:34to tell me what it is.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37After kicking off on the west coast of Scotland,
0:02:37 > 0:02:42our crazy Caledonian couple will motor south, tootling towards
0:02:42 > 0:02:45the eastern coast of England before arriving in Norfolk at Diss.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Today, we'll be heading for East Anglia
0:02:48 > 0:02:50and an auction at Downham Market,
0:02:50 > 0:02:54but starting out in the aforementioned city of York
0:02:54 > 0:02:57where, in the shadow of the mighty Minster...
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Have a great time. Bye, Paul.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03..Paul's about to take the retail plunge at this centre.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07The sheer scale of which would have his antiques antenna
0:03:07 > 0:03:09all of a tiz-was.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Cabinets are wonderful, but they scare me,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14all these spotlights and price tags.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I like a rummage.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Quite right. That looks more like it.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Although you might need to breathe in if you need to go any further.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Here we go.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27You're looking at that and thinking,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30"That's just like my granny's whisky water jug that sits in her cabinet
0:03:30 > 0:03:32"with her finest cut crystal."
0:03:32 > 0:03:34This is considerably older.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36This is late Georgian, this is early 19th century.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38In its day, this was an expensive thing.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Cut glass was very fashionable, it worked the light.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45If you think of this in a candlelit room, flickering light,
0:03:45 > 0:03:50glancing off all these surfaces, do have a magical effect.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53And yet the ticket price is just £28.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56I want to tell you how I can date this jug
0:03:56 > 0:03:58and here's a wee trick of the trade.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Look at the handle.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Your glass blower worked a rod of glass.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07He affixed it at the top and then worked it round,
0:04:07 > 0:04:12it's soft and it's molten, to the bottom, press it and there you go.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17There's a key change in manufacturing techniques
0:04:17 > 0:04:20around 1820, 1830.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22And from that point on to date,
0:04:22 > 0:04:25the handle is put on the other way around.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29And you can tell because there's a blob on the bottom.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31So I can assert that, stylistically,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34that's a Georgian piece, but it's not a reproduction.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36The truth of the matter is
0:04:36 > 0:04:39you stick that in a general auction, and you know what it is?
0:04:39 > 0:04:42It's your granny's old crystal water jug.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45I am heartbroken. Take it to auction and they'll walk past it.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47D'oh!
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Shrewd, Paul.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52Still on the ball, despite his winnings.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57But while Paul departs in search of a profit...
0:04:59 > 0:05:03..Natasha is elsewhere in York seeking out one of the world's
0:05:03 > 0:05:06most famous trains at the National Railway Museum.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- Good morning. Hello, I'm Natasha. - Hi, Natasha, I'm Andrew McLean.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- I'm the head curator at the National Railway Museum.- Lovely to meet you.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16So lovely to see such a busy museum.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18This is the cathedral of British railways,
0:05:18 > 0:05:20the country that gives railways to the world.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23I know that I'm here to learn about dozens of interesting locomotives,
0:05:23 > 0:05:25but one in particular.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27We've got one very special locomotive
0:05:27 > 0:05:29that came back into steam earlier this year.
0:05:29 > 0:05:30It's called Flying Scotsman
0:05:30 > 0:05:32and we're going to learn a bit more about it.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- If you'd like to follow me. - I sure would, thank you.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37But the name Flying Scotsman doesn't only refer
0:05:37 > 0:05:40to this speedy 20th century locomotive
0:05:40 > 0:05:43because there's been a service between London and Edinburgh
0:05:43 > 0:05:46bearing that name for over 150 years.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49The Flying Scotsman service becomes the most famous train service
0:05:49 > 0:05:52in the world. It opens up the tourism markets in Scotland.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55Queen Victoria was populising Scotland at the time...
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- Of course. Balmoral.- Exactly.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00People want to visit these places so it becomes a crucial train
0:06:00 > 0:06:03that unites the two capitals of Scotland and England
0:06:03 > 0:06:06and famous people like Charles Dickens use the train,
0:06:06 > 0:06:08so it has a great reputation long before Flying Scotsman,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11the locomotive, was even constructed.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14But just like today, there were two routes,
0:06:14 > 0:06:16with a rival West Coast Main Line between London and Glasgow
0:06:16 > 0:06:19providing stiff competition in the race
0:06:19 > 0:06:22to supply the fastest and most efficient service.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- To the Dynamometer. - To the Dynamometer.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Hence, this vitally important collection of gadgetry
0:06:28 > 0:06:31dedicated to making the trains go faster.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33This is a mobile laboratory.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36So in here you have all sorts of equipment and technology.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39The locomotive was out here so you have on the floor here,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41these big armoured cables.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43They were attached out the windows to the loco itself.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46The information from the loco is being transmitted through these
0:06:46 > 0:06:49to a series of dials the chaps are sitting at, noting down
0:06:49 > 0:06:52all the various things to do with the power and the fuel efficiency,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55but most importantly for the Flying Scotsman story
0:06:55 > 0:06:56also the speed as well.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01This car dates from 1906 so had already been in service
0:07:01 > 0:07:06for almost 20 years when the LNER launched the flagship locomotive
0:07:06 > 0:07:10that we now associate with the Flying Scotsman name.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13This ground-breaking early British sound film
0:07:13 > 0:07:17with a thrilling chase, in which actors like Pauline Johnson,
0:07:17 > 0:07:19did their own highly dangerous stunts.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23The real star though was the engine itself and the movie was
0:07:23 > 0:07:28great publicity for its pursuit of the 100mph rail land speed record.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32What was really spurring them on? What was it all for?
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Why did they have to make 100mph?
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Because of the competition.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39By the 1930s, you also have car ownership taking over,
0:07:39 > 0:07:42you had buses coming on the scene as well.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45The railways were trying to keep ahead of the game and any advantage
0:07:45 > 0:07:47that they could get would help to increase
0:07:47 > 0:07:50the passenger numbers, so speed was a great seller.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54So the Flying Scotsman had to live up to its name.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56And that world record, fully authenticated
0:07:56 > 0:08:00by this very Dynamometer on the 30th November 1934,
0:08:00 > 0:08:04ensured the Flying Scotsman's place in history.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07So there she is, Andrew, beautiful in racing green.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- She's spectacular. - She is indeed.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11When we first met, you used a lovely phrase,
0:08:11 > 0:08:13"She's been recently brought back to steam."
0:08:13 > 0:08:15When did she stop steaming?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17She came out of service in 1963
0:08:17 > 0:08:19with the advent of the diesel locomotives.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- She was earmarked for the- scrapyard. Genuinely?
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Genuinely, yeah. And she was rescued by a debonair businessman
0:08:25 > 0:08:27who'd been a fighter pilot in the Second World War.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30She's recently been restored back into working service.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32You can't travel on board the Queen Mary,
0:08:32 > 0:08:33you can't travel on board Concorde,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35but you can still get on board Flying Scotsman.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38I think we can get into the cab to have a look.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41After a huge campaign, the old loco was bought
0:08:41 > 0:08:43by the National Railway Museum in 2004.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- Oh, hello!- Hello.- Hello, I'm Tasha. - Hiya, I'm Clive.- Clive...
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- Your hands, unsurprisingly, are boiling.- They're just a bit warm.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55- And mine instantly are black. - That's the colour we come in.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- I've got to ask, am I allowed?- You certainly are.- To toot the whistle?
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- Blow the whistle.- Right, are you ready for this?- Go on, go for it.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Here goes, lads.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04WHISTLE BLOWS
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Not feeling quite so chuffed is the other Scotsman -
0:09:07 > 0:09:10the fleeing one.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Now departed from York and just pulled into Pocklington,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17also the proud possessor of a prominent church tower.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- Hi, I'm Paul.- Hello, I'm Pat.- Lovely to see you.- Nice to see you too.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27- This is lovely, is it not? Three storeys?- Three storeys, yes.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Do you know what? I cannot resist that staircase.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- I'm going to head north and work my way down.- You go and have a look.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35- See you in a minute.- OK. - Cheers, Pat.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Yes, no time to waste.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39He's already had a bevy of browsing today.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41I adore this.
0:09:41 > 0:09:47Mid-20th century kitchen utility cabinet and it does everything.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54Post-war austerity, small homes built for soldiers
0:09:54 > 0:09:57returning from the war, setting up families.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02This is your larder, this is your work-surface all in one.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07You can have all your tins of Spam and dried eggs
0:10:07 > 0:10:12and, rather usefully, this extending enamel work-surface.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Absolutely wonderful.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Now, few years ago this was little better than firewood.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Today, the price tag on your little kitchenette - £220!
0:10:23 > 0:10:25What's that going to get you?
0:10:25 > 0:10:30It's going to get you a square foot of marble work-surface.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Pants to that.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I love it, but it's not helping me today.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Looks like spending those squillions is proving almost as tough
0:10:40 > 0:10:42as acquiring them in the first place. What about Natasha?
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Behind the wheel of the Mercedes, eh?
0:10:46 > 0:10:51No such worries, it seems, as she takes our road trip out west
0:10:51 > 0:10:56towards Boroughbridge and her first opportunity to start catching up.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58OK. Let's do some shopping.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03- Hello, good afternoon. I'm Natasha. - How do you do? James.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Lovely to meet you, James. Thank you for having me along.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08Nice place. What's the plan?
0:11:08 > 0:11:12I need to find something...something fun that's going to help me
0:11:12 > 0:11:17close the gap because I'm way behind Paul at this point.
0:11:17 > 0:11:18This could be quite fun.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21I did quite well with my non-operational
0:11:21 > 0:11:24growling German teddy bear.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27And he was, kind of, in not the best working order.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30This wee penguin is quite similar.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Here you can see his little feet have burst through.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38It's probably late Victorian, could be 20th century Edwardian.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Look at how his wee head moves.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45He's saying, "No, no, you cannot catch up with Paul Laidlaw."
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Is this anything but good clean fun?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50No price on him, though.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Ah, backstage...
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Oh! I have it on good authority from James
0:11:54 > 0:11:57that I'm allowed to go anywhere in the shop.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59How about an old gun case?
0:11:59 > 0:12:04The exterior doesn't really reflect the glorious interior.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08This case has been made by Edward Whistler of London,
0:12:08 > 0:12:1011, The Strand.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14Maybe this is one those instances - don't judge a book by its cover.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17Don't judge a case by its exterior, look inside.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20It smells so good.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23It smells of the grease that's been used to clean the barrels
0:12:23 > 0:12:24and I like it.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26I just need to find out how much it is
0:12:26 > 0:12:28because, crucially, there's no price tag.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31But while the Boroughbridge rummage continues,
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Paul, still empty handed, has arrived at a third shop
0:12:35 > 0:12:38just outside Pocklington at Baaar Farm.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39GOAT BLEATS
0:12:39 > 0:12:44- Greg.- Hello.- How are you doing? - Nice to meet you, Paul.- It is...
0:12:44 > 0:12:47I would say it's nice to be here, but that would be an understatement.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50In terms of first impression, today in this sunshine,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53I love what I've walked into.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Oh, good. It's always like this.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57PAUL LAUGHS
0:12:57 > 0:12:59I think Paul may be pinching himself.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02I am happy as Larry.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Suddenly, barns of the stuff.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Some containing militaria!
0:13:07 > 0:13:10That's an ammunition box for a Lewis machinegun.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15Great War period, an ingenious American design,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17manufactured under licence
0:13:17 > 0:13:20by the Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Birmingham Small Arms Limited, BSA,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25the same people that made the bikes.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Lewis machinegun is the one you've seen in the movies
0:13:29 > 0:13:33that has the disc shaped magazine on top of the gun.
0:13:33 > 0:13:38This magazine box is specifically designed to carry these disc,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41or drum, magazines.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43This one is in immaculately good condition.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46The leather handle is missing and that is commonly the case.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49That's priced up at £40.
0:13:49 > 0:13:53Its value to a specialist buyer - £100 to £150.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57But you think to yourself, "Done it again, Laidlaw, fantastic."
0:13:57 > 0:13:59But here's my problem.
0:13:59 > 0:14:00Too clever for his own good.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02He takes this to an auction
0:14:02 > 0:14:08where it's seen as another old deed box and it makes all of £5.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09See the frustration?
0:14:09 > 0:14:11He's definitely on the case.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15And back in Boroughbridge, so is Natasha.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17She's found a bit of a "barn-I-like", too.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Now, these are quite cool.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Are these proper stained glass?
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Let's have a look.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Are they windows? No, they've got handles.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30OK, let's see. Ah!
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Steady.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Proper stained glass, not painted.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Nicely leaded. It's quite an attractive pattern, isn't it?
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Very Art Nouveau, but not as old as that.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45You can say that again.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Modern handles. So when was this cabinet, or whatever it was, made?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51Probably 1960s, '70s?
0:14:51 > 0:14:53The first one's not cracked.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57I don't see any cracks in the second.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59No, they're in pretty good nick.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01No price again, though.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05I don't really want to offer more that about £40 for the whole lot.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07That's about a tenner a pane.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10It is a "pane."
0:15:10 > 0:15:15There you are. Don't get up, please. You look so relaxed.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18I feel like this is sort of Godfather negotiations
0:15:18 > 0:15:22- and you're sitting in the Godfather chair!- Now, my dear, what can I do?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Softening him up, get ready for an offer he could well refuse.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28There are a few things that have caught my eye,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31the lovely leaded and stained glass panels in the shed.
0:15:31 > 0:15:32They are about £30.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- £30 a panel. And the gun case. - And the gun case.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37The canvas gun case with that lovely green interior.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40I was looking for about £75.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45If I could tempt you to do the two items...
0:15:45 > 0:15:48for £90? What do you think?
0:15:48 > 0:15:52- Could we make it just a little... 110.- 110.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56In the spirit of good fun and meeting one another halfway,
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- should we say 100?- 105.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02We could keep going all day!
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- 105 and we've got a deal. - Oh, for goodness' sake, go on!
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Go on!
0:16:07 > 0:16:10And she's still got a little bit left.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- You'd better win.- Thank you!
0:16:14 > 0:16:16So while Natasha goes to grab her purchases,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20her wealthy chum is still down on the farm.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23One ammo box pending, he's thinking of leaving
0:16:23 > 0:16:26his usual comfort zone with a few rustic items.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31Daft garden pieces like your hoes and...
0:16:31 > 0:16:33That's really nice, I'm no farmer or anything,
0:16:33 > 0:16:35but it's supposed to be, I believe, for potato...
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- That's for hoeing. - For breaking up the soil on it.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40What buys something like that?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I don't know what price we have on it,
0:16:42 > 0:16:45it's probably very reasonably priced anyway. 65.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49I could do a little better on it if that's something.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- I think we're going down the right lines.- OK.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Or furrow.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57If I could come away with a piece or three like that...
0:16:57 > 0:16:59In for a penny, eh, Paul?
0:16:59 > 0:17:02What about the likes of these Mexican hat troughs?
0:17:02 > 0:17:03Yeah. Pig feeders.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06We got them initially because we had pigs.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07As you do.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09What are these like to sell?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11They do better at auction, really, to tell you the truth.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15- OK, what's the price on them? - I think 120, something like that.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20- 120.- Yeah, 120. But usually at auction they go anywhere
0:17:20 > 0:17:21from 80 on up.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23That's a lot in there, isn't there?
0:17:23 > 0:17:26That's just it, they are very cumbersome and heavy,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- but they make a real nice garden feature.- I can see that.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Are you watching, Philip Serrell?
0:17:32 > 0:17:35That's a charming thing by any measure.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Not how most people would describe a humble seed drill.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40So, you've got your blade, your hopper
0:17:40 > 0:17:43and these fantastic wrought wheels.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- Late 19th, early 20th-century. - Maybe '30s.- As late as that?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49So, what buys something like that?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Got 65 on this, but if you look at the inside,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55and it's not working right now, you'd need to mess with it.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59It's rusted up, but this would be spinning, as you push it,
0:17:59 > 0:18:02the wheel would drive this brush and shoot this seed down
0:18:02 > 0:18:04this little hole into the ground.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Utterly charming. I see why people are into these.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10What could possibly top that?
0:18:10 > 0:18:13That's just a lovely object by any measure.
0:18:13 > 0:18:18It's a cart jack for changing a wagon wheel.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22So you adjust the height on that pin, how do you lock it up?
0:18:22 > 0:18:24I don't think you lock it up.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26I think someone needs to just hold it.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30- So somebody you trust when you're underneath the axle?- Exactly.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Price on that is £46.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- 40 would buy it.- Doesn't sound dear.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41OK, Greg's got his pencil and paper, time to do that deal.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45We've got the jack and the jack can be...
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- 40.- 40.- Yeah.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50We've got the Mexican hat troughs.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52All right, so you're thinking about those.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- Yeah, I'm thinking about one. The bottom line on one of those?- 65.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- The seed drill.- 50.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- Put it on the list. Potato rake. - I think that was 65 on that, too.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09- But it could be... - Again, it could be 50.- OK.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12So, what does all that lot come to?
0:19:12 > 0:19:13- It comes to 205.- 205.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17- You want all four.- I might do! - If the price is right.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20If you tempt me with numbers.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- All right.- 160 quid means 40 quid a piece.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24I don't know if I can do that.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26190 would be it.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28- So 190.- For all four.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Wait there.- Yes. - Don't go anywhere!- OK.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Looks like I'm going to have to throw in a freebie.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Just something a bit more familiar.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I came here with nothing.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40At this rate, I could walk out with five items.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43And how I'm going to move them, I've got no idea!
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Right, old ammo box.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50- That is a big price tag.- You think?
0:19:50 > 0:19:55I don't, actually, but I'm going to say it is.
0:19:55 > 0:19:56£40, viewers.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00We're at 190, what buys five things?
0:20:00 > 0:20:02230.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03What?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05220.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08You like it? Good luck.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Crikey, Paul. Let's hope that none of that old ironwork
0:20:12 > 0:20:13ended up in the boot.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Nighty-night, guys.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22Now, usually at this point, we feature shots of a classic car
0:20:22 > 0:20:24whizzing through some lovely landscape.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Sorry.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29- What did you do to the car yesterday?- Oh, I was driving.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33- The car was fine!- It was making the odd squeak, I'm not going to lie.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35SHE MIMICS CAR SQUEAKING
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Part of its Germanic charm.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Anyway, yesterday, Paul was our bulk buyer
0:20:41 > 0:20:45acquiring a smallholding's worth of agricultural oddments
0:20:45 > 0:20:50including a potato rake, a seed drill, a pig trough and a cart jack.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53That's just a lovely object, by any measure.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Plus an ammo box,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59leaving him with almost £350 for future purchases,
0:20:59 > 0:21:04while Natasha plumped for some stained-glass windows
0:21:04 > 0:21:05and a gun case.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09I normally buy the opposite of this sort of item. I'm quite drawn to it.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13Enough to reduce her float to just £87.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18Now, sit back and enjoy this 2008 Skoda Octavia.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20I'm still new to driving it so I do enjoy it,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22but I quite enjoy being driven around, don't you?
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Maybe this is a new show, the Taxi Road Trip.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Nice, but not enough jeopardy.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Later, they'll be heading south to an auction in Norfolk
0:21:32 > 0:21:35at Downham Market, but our first stop is the Yorkshire village
0:21:35 > 0:21:37of Cullingworth.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Once part of the old West Riding.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Thank you! Take care!
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- See you later.- Bye-bye!
0:21:47 > 0:21:49And famous for worsted production.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50Hello, good morning, I'm Tasha!
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Hello, Natasha, welcome to Antiques at the Mill, I'm Cherry.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Cherry, lovely to meet you, thank you very much for having me along.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- All I can think of is "trouble at mill".- Quite possibly.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04I don't see why, Natasha. More like grist to the mill, darling.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07This is big.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10Exactly. The only thing that isn't is your wee fund.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14I've not even got £100 left and I've got a lot to buy,
0:22:14 > 0:22:18so I'm going to have to think cheap, but not common.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19Whatever that means.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Not sure. How about that?
0:22:21 > 0:22:25In Glasgow, there's nothing we like more than a hot wash
0:22:25 > 0:22:27and here is what I'd call a pulley.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30You'd do your washing and if the weather's not good,
0:22:30 > 0:22:33which by the by in Scotland it usually isn't,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36then you have the pulley in your kitchen,
0:22:36 > 0:22:37in the heart of the home.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40You've got the range going, you'd hang it on the pulley,
0:22:40 > 0:22:44pull it up, and then the heat in the kitchen would dry the clothes.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48Yes, it might smell a little bit of the stew on the stove,
0:22:48 > 0:22:51but never mind that. These are great things. What's it got on it?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Oh, they've described it as a criel. I've never heard of that.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56In Scotland, a creel's for catching lobsters,
0:22:56 > 0:22:58but maybe that's another word for a pulley.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Proper Yorkshire dialect, actually. £75.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03These are quite nice, actually.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Very old spool!
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Genuine Yorkshire mill mementoes.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Right place, then.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13So you've got a set of six skittles, and handily,
0:23:13 > 0:23:16you've got the two wooden balls as well.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Now, the label here is lovely.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22"Have hours of fun with durable wood toys originally created
0:23:22 > 0:23:25"for the children of mill workers almost a century ago."
0:23:25 > 0:23:27You get them for bobbins too.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Ah, more wood.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33This appeals to me purely because, A, it's pretty good quality,
0:23:33 > 0:23:36and B, because it's functional. It's not just a pretty thing.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41People would buy this to sit in it. It's actually really attractive.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43It's got a nice smooth seat
0:23:43 > 0:23:46with a little bit of a drop for your bottom.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49It's got this balustrade at the top here
0:23:49 > 0:23:52and you've got this shell carving at the top as well.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55It's £50. Perhaps I could get it for 20.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Then you'd be sitting pretty.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Definitely worth talking about.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02I think the only trouble at this mill
0:24:02 > 0:24:04will be you deciding what to buy.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07This would have been very much a gentleman's item.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09A little pipe cabinet.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Look how sweet it is!
0:24:10 > 0:24:14It's got little hinged brackets there and they fall down.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Space for three pipes on one side, space for three pipes on the other,
0:24:17 > 0:24:21and inside, space... more for display,
0:24:21 > 0:24:23maybe your finer pipes go in the back there
0:24:23 > 0:24:27and then a handy wee drawer that you see in all smoker's cabinets.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29It's not that old. When's that from?
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Probably the 1950s, judging by the handles and the condition.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35£40 it has on it.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38That is probably, if bought by somebody who collect pipes
0:24:38 > 0:24:41and uses pipes, going to be used.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44It's more for function as opposed to form. I quite like that.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46So over to Cherry.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50There is a pipe cabinet on the wall marked up at 40.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53I was hoping that maybe we could do that for £20.
0:24:55 > 0:24:5725.
0:24:57 > 0:25:0125... Could we do it for 22?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Go on, then, 22.- OK, cool!
0:25:06 > 0:25:10Not so cool is the fact that the other stuff she is after
0:25:10 > 0:25:13belongs to a dealer who is currently elsewhere, so gird your loins.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- Would you like to speak to her, shall I?- I'll give it a bash.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Hi, Sharon, how are you?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22I like your stand, it's supercool.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Quite keen on the rocking chair.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28You've got £50 on it, OK, and then I love the pulley and I love also
0:25:28 > 0:25:32the skittles, the vintage skittles which have been recycled.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35The pulley's on at 75 and the skittles are on at 10.
0:25:35 > 0:25:41My maths is quite poor, and to me that adds up to about £60?
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Titter ye not!
0:25:43 > 0:25:4575. OK.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49And what if we take the pulley out of the equation
0:25:49 > 0:25:55and if we did the chair for 20 and the skittles for five,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57could we do 25?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59We can do 30?
0:25:59 > 0:26:01OK, well, I think that's really generous,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04and I'll go for 30 for the chair and the skittles.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08Well, all that went smoothly, so £52 paid for those three items.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- Don't come again.- I'll only come back if I make a profit. How's that?
0:26:11 > 0:26:14- I'm just kidding.- Oh, you will, you will.- I believe you, Cherry.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Bye.- Bye, Cherry.- Taxi!
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Not the same one, of course. Paul has that.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25En route to the nearby city of Bradford,
0:26:25 > 0:26:28and the National Media Museum...
0:26:28 > 0:26:30- Thank you, mate.- Aye, see you.
0:26:30 > 0:26:35..to discover more about a form of photography he finds fascinating.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Witness this find from the last series.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Stereoscopy. Incredible subject.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Photographs through a viewer, giving a 3-D effect.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- But does he know it all started with the Victorians?- Hello, Colin?
0:26:48 > 0:26:52- Paul. Welcome. Welcome to the National Media Museum.- Lovely.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54What an amazing looking building!
0:26:54 > 0:26:58Amongst the huge collection of objects and images in here
0:26:58 > 0:27:03is a section dedicated to the very earliest days of photography.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05This is an example of a daguerreotype,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08the earliest photographic process. At the same time,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11- there was a chap called William Henry Fox Talbot.- Indeed.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Who invented a different process using paper negatives, and we've got
0:27:14 > 0:27:18some examples here of photographs taken by Talbot in the 1840s.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I daresay, in 1840, this was shocking.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26If I had walked up to Joe Public and said, "Look at that," it wouldn't...
0:27:26 > 0:27:28- Shockingly real. - Talbot actually described this,
0:27:28 > 0:27:31"A little bit of magic realised," and they are magical.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33The fact that you could just use light alone
0:27:33 > 0:27:36to capture a scene and to retain it permanently.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Chemistry had suddenly put those pioneers
0:27:39 > 0:27:41on a par with the great artists.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44But photography remained equally two-dimensional
0:27:44 > 0:27:47until it was combined with the work of another Victorian inventor,
0:27:47 > 0:27:49Sir Charles Wheatstone.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52Stereoscopy actually predates photography.
0:27:52 > 0:27:57- Right.- In 1838, he wrote about the theory of binocular vision.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00So, can I take it that this pair of photographs
0:28:00 > 0:28:04- lead us into stereoscopy?- Initially, you might think they're identical.
0:28:04 > 0:28:06But if we look closely, they're not identical,
0:28:06 > 0:28:09there's a subtle difference, and the difference is
0:28:09 > 0:28:12this photograph is taken from the viewpoint of your right side
0:28:12 > 0:28:14and this from the viewpoint of your left eye.
0:28:14 > 0:28:15If you put these together
0:28:15 > 0:28:17in a special instrument called a stereoscope,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21your brain converts this into a three-dimensional image.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23That's astonishing.
0:28:23 > 0:28:27Stereoscopy and photography have an intimate relationship that goes back
0:28:27 > 0:28:28right to the origins of both.
0:28:28 > 0:28:33In 1840, Wheatstone was awarded the Queen's Medal by the Royal Society
0:28:33 > 0:28:36for his work on binocular vision,
0:28:36 > 0:28:40and the stereoscope soon ushered in a fascinating era of depth.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42Into the parlour.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46As his idea of capturing two images from slightly different positions
0:28:46 > 0:28:49- revolutionised the new art form. - Do you want to have a try?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- May I? Yes.- Have a go.- Look at this.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55And it works immediately.
0:28:55 > 0:28:56PAUL LAUGHS
0:28:56 > 0:28:58The effect is still quite magical.
0:28:58 > 0:29:03It's genuinely a 3-D image. You feel you could reach into it.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07And you could buy views, which could be travel views, they could be works
0:29:07 > 0:29:12of art, sculpture, celebrities from stage, from literature, politicians,
0:29:12 > 0:29:14or they could be something a bit more racy,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16like this, from the theatre.
0:29:16 > 0:29:17- PAUL LAUGHS - Showing a glimpse of ankle.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Not quite right, but here's an idea
0:29:21 > 0:29:24of what was keeping them so entranced. 3-D?
0:29:24 > 0:29:26So you could buy these,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28take them home and view them in the comfort of your home.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31So you could travel the world without leaving your armchair.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34So you may not be able to afford the Thomas Cook ticket to Egypt,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38but you probably can afford the viewer and the album of views
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- and travel the world that way.- Yes.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Sometime around the turn-of-the-century,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45the fad began to wane, though.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Perhaps obscured by the rise of the moving pictures,
0:29:48 > 0:29:51but it was always ripe for reinvention.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54We're into the 1950s and beyond here,
0:29:54 > 0:29:56where stereoscopy has become 3-D.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00- Fantastic stuff.- But it's not all about entertainment.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02It also has a vitally important application,
0:30:02 > 0:30:04and believe it or not, in this little wallet,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06I've got an instrument here
0:30:06 > 0:30:08which helped us to win the Second World War.
0:30:08 > 0:30:09Go on, you've got my attention now.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14This is a War Department type D stereoscope.
0:30:14 > 0:30:15And this is the sort of instrument
0:30:15 > 0:30:18that was used in the Second World War by the RAF analysts
0:30:18 > 0:30:21to analyse the aerial photographs in 3-D
0:30:21 > 0:30:24to actually work out where the launch sites were
0:30:24 > 0:30:27for the doodlebugs so that the RAF could go over and bomb them
0:30:27 > 0:30:28before they could blitz Britain.
0:30:28 > 0:30:33So we've come from the pastimes of the Victorians in their parlours
0:30:33 > 0:30:37to secret military intelligence during the Second World War?
0:30:37 > 0:30:41Right the way through to today - virtual reality and apps
0:30:41 > 0:30:45for your smartphone where we still see 3-D stereoscopic images.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Colin, that's an astonishing history,
0:30:48 > 0:30:50and thank you for explaining it
0:30:50 > 0:30:52and showing me all these wonderful artefacts, Colin.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54It's been a real pleasure, Paul. Thank you.
0:30:59 > 0:31:00Now, where's Natasha got to?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03The Pennines, that's where -
0:31:03 > 0:31:06at Hebden Bridge in the happy Calderdale Valley.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12No smiley face for the cash she has left to spend, though.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Scary.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15Yep. Just £35.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18So choose wisely.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20It's a pipe in the form of a clog.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Look how cute that is - just a tiny wee one.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- Just... - SHE IMITATES PUFFING
0:31:24 > 0:31:27Wooden tobacco section, Bakelite mouthpiece,
0:31:27 > 0:31:29probably from around the 1930s or so.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33And does it not fall into the novelty category?
0:31:33 > 0:31:34Would go with her rack!
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but at...
0:31:37 > 0:31:40£10, it's not exactly going to break the bank.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42I'll put it in my pocket, keep it with me.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I was hoping to find something a wee bit more sophisticated.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46The pipes are definitely calling.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Seek and ye shall find.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Here is a nice pipe.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Now, compare that in quality
0:31:53 > 0:31:54to the clog.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59You can see, instantly, that, A, it's more sophisticated,
0:31:59 > 0:32:01and, B, it's probably an earlier model.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04The quality is there.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06This here...
0:32:06 > 0:32:07Now, what is that?
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Do you know, that's so light and thin...
0:32:13 > 0:32:17Could that be the spine of a feather?
0:32:17 > 0:32:18£38?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20I think I'll have a bash at the two of them.
0:32:20 > 0:32:21Remember, she only has 35.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24- Hello, I'm Natasha.- Hiya. Nice to meet you, I'm Peter.- Peter?
0:32:24 > 0:32:27I have come across these two pipes.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30£48 full price here.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32What if I offered, for the two...
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- ..£20? - HE EXHALES
0:32:35 > 0:32:36HE SUCKS AIR
0:32:36 > 0:32:39- That would be a... a real bargain, wouldn't it, at 20?- It would be.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42Shall we try...
0:32:42 > 0:32:43£40 for two?
0:32:43 > 0:32:45I simply can't afford £40.
0:32:45 > 0:32:49I think my very top offer... Is it too cheeky?
0:32:50 > 0:32:51It's going to be 25.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54Can we just push it to 30, and I might be able to meet you there?
0:32:54 > 0:32:56Can we make it 27?
0:32:56 > 0:32:57- Yes, go on, then.- We could?
0:32:57 > 0:32:59For you, yes, we'll do 27.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01I thought you were going to tell me to pipe down!
0:33:01 > 0:33:02THEY LAUGH
0:33:02 > 0:33:03Just squeezed in.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05- Well, that's brilliant. Wish me luck.- Good luck.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07- Thank you, Peter, bye-bye.- Bye.
0:33:07 > 0:33:10So while those two take a look at each other's lots,
0:33:10 > 0:33:13why don't we do likewise?
0:33:13 > 0:33:16Natasha spent £184
0:33:16 > 0:33:17on some stained-glass windows,
0:33:17 > 0:33:19a gun case, the skittles,
0:33:19 > 0:33:21rocking chair,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23smoker's cabinet and pipes.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26While Paul parted with £220
0:33:26 > 0:33:29on an ammunition box,
0:33:29 > 0:33:30a Mexican Hat trough,
0:33:30 > 0:33:33a potato rake, a cart jack,
0:33:33 > 0:33:34and a seed drill.
0:33:36 > 0:33:39So who's about to harvest a profit, eh?
0:33:39 > 0:33:41What's to be said about a pile of scrap iron?
0:33:41 > 0:33:43What on earth was I thinking?
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Paul's clearly become a farmer in his spare time, so I'll go with it.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50The gun case, I like.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52The label makes it.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55£40 paid, and that could make double that.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58I've gone a bit traditional, a bit brown.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00A little bit smoky.
0:34:00 > 0:34:02I think we'll just pass over the windows, shall we?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Second-hand, nasty,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08'80s, '90s - they may not get a bid.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10Crikey!
0:34:10 > 0:34:12After starting off from York,
0:34:12 > 0:34:14our experts are now on their way to auction
0:34:14 > 0:34:16in Norfolk at Downham Market,
0:34:16 > 0:34:18and back in their shiny Mercedes.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21What about all your sort of farming stuff?
0:34:21 > 0:34:22- It's consistent.- It is consistent.
0:34:22 > 0:34:26You can actually find this auction with a magnetic compass.
0:34:26 > 0:34:31The Hawkins family have been doing this for over 150 years.
0:34:31 > 0:34:33- This is our spot. - THEY LAUGH
0:34:34 > 0:34:38Let's hear the thoughts of great-grandson-of-the-founder Barry.
0:34:38 > 0:34:39One gun case.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43The size for the stock in there is a bit on the short side,
0:34:43 > 0:34:45so we may have a problem in making much more
0:34:45 > 0:34:46than a tenner off it, if that.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50The potato harrow, it is an interesting item.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53I don't think I've ever actually ever seen one before.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Could make something in there, £30-50.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Stained-glass windows, they are, in actual fact, fairly modern.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02£1 or so.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04Thanks, Barry. I think.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08Oh, we've got front-row seats.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10And here they are, in their glory, Natasha.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12£20?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14A tenner? A fiver?
0:35:14 > 0:35:15- £5 I'm bid. 8. - You've got a hand up.
0:35:15 > 0:35:1812, 15, 18, 20.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- PAUL:- Still this lady here.
0:35:20 > 0:35:2122, 25?
0:35:21 > 0:35:2328 in the corner.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25At 30.
0:35:25 > 0:35:2630, 35? 40.
0:35:26 > 0:35:2745.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31- Ooh!- All done at 45?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Seriously, I think that's a result.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35I think you might be right.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Done with such style, too.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41Barry is the fastest auctioneer in the west.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Or, no, are we in the east?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Now, I think this may be our very first cart jack.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Starting at £50?
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Tuppence-ha'penny, then?
0:35:50 > 0:35:542, 5, 8, 10.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57The cart jack at 10, 12, 15.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59At 15... Look, it goes well in the garden, if nothing else.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02At 15, 18, I'm bid at 18. 20.
0:36:02 > 0:36:0420, the bidder's right there.
0:36:04 > 0:36:0620, all done at £20?
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- I'm taking some pain here. - Oo-o-oh.- Ouch.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12And I think there could be more of that to come.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13Could Paul have got this one wrong?
0:36:13 > 0:36:17Is Downham not the market for this sort of stuff?
0:36:17 > 0:36:18Have you seen the wee lot indicator?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20It's so cool!
0:36:20 > 0:36:22He does cricket scoring at the weekend(!)
0:36:22 > 0:36:25You could get a job as the lot number clicker.
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Ah!
0:36:26 > 0:36:29Any pipe smokers in?
0:36:29 > 0:36:30At least two, ideally.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33I don't know if we're going to do £49.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Don't say "we". Did you say "we" or "they"?
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Don't drag me into the mess.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39There we are, £1,000, then, this time?
0:36:39 > 0:36:40LAUGHTER
0:36:40 > 0:36:422 I'm bid.
0:36:42 > 0:36:435, 8, 10.
0:36:43 > 0:36:4515. Come on! 18.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47At 20. 22.
0:36:47 > 0:36:4925. Come on!
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- Yeah, come on. - Shouting at them, that's great.
0:36:52 > 0:36:53"You, bid!"
0:36:53 > 0:36:55- 40. 45.- Wait a minute. Wait a minute.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56You all right?
0:36:56 > 0:36:58You're good.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01At 55, right-hand, quickly, at 55?
0:37:01 > 0:37:03The man commands bids.
0:37:03 > 0:37:04Wait a minute, we started at five.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07We got 55 because he just shouted at them.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Via two come ons!
0:37:09 > 0:37:11That one was definitely down to Barry.
0:37:12 > 0:37:13A big fan of Mexican food?
0:37:14 > 0:37:19Yes, let's think positive for Paul's second bit of farminalia.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23It's a beautiful day, people could be inspired by gardening items.
0:37:23 > 0:37:26You're good at... You're like a tonic.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28- David, I asked you to hold this up, didn't I?- No.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Oh, dear. Start that one £50 or 60?
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Surely. Go on.
0:37:33 > 0:37:34A tenner? A fiver?
0:37:34 > 0:37:368, 10, 12, 15.
0:37:37 > 0:37:3918, 20, 22.
0:37:39 > 0:37:4125, 28, 30.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43At £30. £30!
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Oh, no, come on, come on, come on.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47At £30.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49SHE GROANS
0:37:51 > 0:37:53You seem like you're about to implode.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Huh! He's not used to this.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57You look like you just had, like, a jalapeno.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Natasha's turn. Her skittles.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Tenner? 2 I'm bid.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05At 4?
0:38:05 > 0:38:074, 6.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Come on!
0:38:09 > 0:38:10£8.
0:38:10 > 0:38:1210, 12. 12.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Do you know, what are you hesitating? 12, 15.
0:38:17 > 0:38:1915, 18.
0:38:19 > 0:38:20At 18. Come on!
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- I'm getting frightened.- At 18.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26I'm glad I'm selling, not buying.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29Imagine you were on the receiving end of "come on!"
0:38:29 > 0:38:31"That poor man traumatised me.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34"And I bought some stained glass windows I didn't want."
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Yes, but, strangely, it's only working for Natasha's lots.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38So maybe it's just you.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Perhaps a bit of trademark militaria can turn things round.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45Nice little ammunition box.
0:38:45 > 0:38:46It's a nice little ammunition box.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Start that one £20 or £30?
0:38:48 > 0:38:49A tenner?
0:38:49 > 0:38:525? 5 bid here.
0:38:52 > 0:38:5410, 12, 15, 18, 20.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Oh, it's flying.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58- 22, 22, 22, 25.- That's better than I thought. It's still cheap.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00At 25, at 25.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02Closing at 25.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04- Commission bid's got it.- £25.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06You know what? I'll take that.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09That's a loss, and I am not disappointed.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Yes, things are almost looking up(!)
0:39:11 > 0:39:14Natasha's case. The gun one.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16Is that more of a Paul thing?
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Just trying to be cool in front of you, and it's not really working,
0:39:19 > 0:39:21so I bought something about which I know nothing.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Here we are, lovely little gun case, then, for you.
0:39:24 > 0:39:25Work it, Barry, work it.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26A tenner? A fiver?
0:39:26 > 0:39:28At £10.
0:39:28 > 0:39:3112, 12.
0:39:31 > 0:39:3215, 18.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35- 20, 22.- Plenty of people are playing at it.
0:39:35 > 0:39:3825, 28, 28, 28... Come on!
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- At 28. There at 28. - "Are you a man or a mouse?"
0:39:41 > 0:39:43- Aw, Paul, it's going.- £28.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46SHE GROANS
0:39:46 > 0:39:49- "I know nothing."- Neither do I!
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Well, that's three of us.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I think I should actually just give up
0:39:52 > 0:39:54and become the clicker of the lot numbers.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56That's all I'm qualified to do.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Perhaps spuds are more the thing.
0:39:59 > 0:40:00Paul's latest rusty offering.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03Right, there we are, look, being held up for you.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05Right, you all know what it is? Right.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07- Start me at £100?- Ooh.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09- 50? A tenner?- I like the optimism.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11At £10.
0:40:11 > 0:40:12£10!
0:40:12 > 0:40:13SHE SQUEALS
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- 12, 15, 18, 20.- Man!
0:40:16 > 0:40:18£20, 22, 25.
0:40:18 > 0:40:2028. £30, 30.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23Oh, don't want to wear David out. You can put it down.
0:40:23 > 0:40:2528, 30.
0:40:25 > 0:40:2635, 40.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- Wait a minute, wait a minute.- At 40?
0:40:28 > 0:40:30Almost not lost money.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33At £40.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Didn't quite rake in the profit I'd hoped for, did it?
0:40:35 > 0:40:36- SHE GROANS - Boom. Did you hear that?
0:40:36 > 0:40:37Did you see that?
0:40:37 > 0:40:39A few more pounds off his pile.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41Anything else, Paul?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44It's more cast iron garden scrap.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45It's a seed drill.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48She's right, invented by Jethro Tull.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51Before the whole rock thing took off.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53£40 or £50? A tenner?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56I love his optimism at the beginning of these things,
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- and then it just... - It's a quick job.- It is.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01Now, all begin to wake up? At 5, 8, 10.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04- At 10, 12, 15. - We've been here before.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06At 18, 18 on the floor.
0:41:06 > 0:41:0720, 22.
0:41:07 > 0:41:0922, 25.
0:41:09 > 0:41:10On my book at 25.
0:41:10 > 0:41:1425, quickly out at 25?
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Was that my worst result at auction ever?
0:41:17 > 0:41:21The Antiques Road Trip annals are being consulted as I speak.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23I got two chapters of my memoir today.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26One, just Barry L Hawkins, the man.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30And then another chapter which is Laidlaw. Worst day ever?
0:41:30 > 0:41:33Someone might read it while sat in this very chair, Natasha.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35- Can you hold it up, David? - Yes, David.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38That chair, then, start that one at £50?
0:41:38 > 0:41:39A tenner?
0:41:39 > 0:41:4210, 12, 15, 18, 20.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45- 25, 28, come on.- That'll do.
0:41:45 > 0:41:4730, 35.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- The lady, it's against you there. - Shout, shout!
0:41:50 > 0:41:52- At 35...- Shout. Scream at them.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54I'm trying!
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Where did I get to? Now I'm lost.
0:41:56 > 0:41:5728, 30.
0:41:57 > 0:42:0032, 35.
0:42:00 > 0:42:0235, 38.
0:42:02 > 0:42:0340, at £40.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- Come on!- Yeah!
0:42:06 > 0:42:08The bid is here at 40.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10It's got history to it now.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12At £40, 40.
0:42:12 > 0:42:1445, 50.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- SHE GASPS - It's flying!
0:42:16 > 0:42:17£50, in the door at £50.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19You're done at £50.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Natasha's had a comfortable victory today.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Let's get out of here and, erm...
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- do a reality check. - Yeah, yeah, OK.
0:42:30 > 0:42:31Paul began with...
0:42:33 > 0:42:36He made a loss after auction costs of £105.20.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40So he's ended up with...
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Whilst Natasha started out with...
0:42:46 > 0:42:51And after a much smaller loss of £23.28 after costs,
0:42:51 > 0:42:52she has just...
0:42:54 > 0:42:56..for next time.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59Still a long way behind, but she's the winner today.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Pinch yourself, Paul.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05- That was real.- Oh, dearie me!
0:43:05 > 0:43:06Cheerio!
0:43:06 > 0:43:08You get over there!
0:43:08 > 0:43:11Next on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:11 > 0:43:13Natasha does her homework...
0:43:13 > 0:43:15- I'm getting all excited. - SHE LAUGHS
0:43:15 > 0:43:17..and Paul goes old school.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Many an old boy has come back and they've had the cane in here.
0:43:20 > 0:43:21THEY LAUGH