0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:06I want something shiny.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11- I like a rummage.- I can't resist.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18- but it's no mean feat. - Why do I always do this to myself?
0:00:18 > 0:00:22- There'll be worthy winners...- Give us a kiss!- ..and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25- Come on, stick 'em up!- So will it be the high road to glory...
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- Onwards and upwards! - ..or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:33- Take me home! - This is Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36Yeah!
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Excitement reigns once more with the return of dealer Mark Stacey and
0:00:44 > 0:00:45auctioneer Christina Trevanion
0:00:45 > 0:00:48and the third instalment of their road-tripping
0:00:48 > 0:00:53spectacular. Oh, it's spooky this morning, though.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57- It's quite scary, this mist. - It's quite eerie, isn't it?
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- It is very eerie. Let me see your teeth.- What?
0:01:01 > 0:01:02- Let me see your teeth.- Why?
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Ah, that's all right, your fangs aren't out yet.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Not yet! If I start going for your neck...
0:01:06 > 0:01:10- Keep away from my neck. - SHE SNARLS
0:01:10 > 0:01:17Blimey, don't worry, dear viewers, Christina's not a vampire.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- # The hills are alive with the... # - Not with THAT angelic voice.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23# ..Sound of Music. #
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Well, I'm afraid it would be a no from me.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27What? What?!
0:01:27 > 0:01:31- HE MIMICS BUZZER - You're out!- Next!
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Surely it would be "fab-u-lous!"
0:01:35 > 0:01:38No, darling, it would definite be that was GHASTLY!
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Oh, come on! - It would be a ten from me.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Come on, Mark, you've got to win an auction now.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- I'm relying on you. - Christina, don't worry about me.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- I like being the underdog. - Really?
0:01:51 > 0:01:56From his original £200, Mark has £273.90.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Christina also began with £200,
0:01:59 > 0:02:05but she's sneaking into the lead with the sum of £330.90.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08It's a close one.
0:02:08 > 0:02:14And this 1977 Alfa Romeo Spider is their lovely little motor of choice.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17At least you're concentrating on driving so well.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21- It's these hills again, isn't it? - She really doesn't like hills.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24This does not bode well.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Christina and Mark began in West Sussex,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33jollied their way north as far as Merseyside and have auctions in
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Manchester to look forward to.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39They will conclude their adventure in Bolton, in Greater Manchester.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43This leg begins in the Staffordshire town of Leek.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47And the auction will take place in the town of Wotton-under-Edge in
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Gloucestershire. Lovely.
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Oh, here we are, Odeon Antiques.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Oh, I'll drop you around the corner here.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Can you? Oh, that looks wonderful.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Now, there's a woman on a mission if ever I saw one.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06- Oh, hello.- Hello!
0:03:06 > 0:03:09This fine establishment is owned by Steve, with four floors,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11jam-packed with fine antiques.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13This should be a good start for Christina.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15There's plenty to look at.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Oh, Christina, loving the Gregory Pecks!
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Are they new?
0:03:25 > 0:03:27I love it when you walk in to somewhere
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and people thought of things you don't necessarily think of before,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33like, for example, they've turned amp metres, volt metres,
0:03:33 > 0:03:37whatever they are, into lamps.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Love this shop. Oh, dear!
0:03:39 > 0:03:42That means I'm in danger of spending far too much money.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Never worried you before, love!
0:03:50 > 0:03:52What's this? Looks interesting.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I love this.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Oh!
0:03:56 > 0:04:00A little model of Doncaster railway station.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02What does that say? Waiting room.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05So, all hand=painted, dining room...
0:04:05 > 0:04:11Booking office. This has probably been from somebody's little model
0:04:11 > 0:04:13railway they've built at home.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16It would have been part of a much larger, whole massive track,
0:04:16 > 0:04:19railway configuration.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22Obviously we've only got the station there, but
0:04:22 > 0:04:24I love the fact that it's been hand painted.
0:04:24 > 0:04:29Somebody has lovingly made this for their own little railway set.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34That's quite cool. One thing that's not cool is that there's no price.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39It's a bit worrying. I'll have to go and get Steve.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40OK.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44But before that, anything else catch your fancy?
0:04:46 > 0:04:481950, 1960.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Now we're finding that at the moment these at auction are selling really
0:04:51 > 0:04:57well. This is what we call a valet and they were used in a gentleman's
0:04:57 > 0:05:00bedroom to put his jacket on and his various bits and bobs,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03trousers over there. Last one I saw for £45.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05That's marked up at £36.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08So that potentially could be a good buy.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11While Christina has a ponder, let's catch up with Mark.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16I'm stuck because the moo-cows are coming.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18Just have to sit and wait.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- CATTLE LOW - Morning.- Mornin'!
0:05:21 > 0:05:24Hello! Oh, I'm not that frightening.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28- Oh, I've frightened her.- I don't blame her, you old bull.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33"Moo-ving" on to pastures new,
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Mark's travelled north-west into Cheshire
0:05:35 > 0:05:37and the environs of Congleton.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42Victoria Mill Antiques is located in one of the town's old mills and is
0:05:42 > 0:05:45home to a number of dealers.
0:05:45 > 0:05:49So, Mark can you find the antique that will give you
0:05:49 > 0:05:53a Christina-crushing profit?
0:05:53 > 0:05:54Oh, hello!
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Hello. Who's this?
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- Tinkerbell.- Tinkerbell!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Are you a Tinkerbell? Are you?
0:06:01 > 0:06:04Look at her. She's such an attention-seeker.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- Aren't you? - Takes one to know one!
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Dear girl.- Aw, she is lovely.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14What's he sniffed out now?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I quite like portrait miniatures.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18These were commissioned by
0:06:18 > 0:06:22the fairly rich and affluent, by specialist
0:06:22 > 0:06:23portrait miniaturists,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26and they create these wonderful little works of art.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28And often you'd find whole families of them,
0:06:28 > 0:06:31husband and wife and sometimes generations of them.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Those are quite rare to find a series of them.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36And it's marked up at £18.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Where's dealer Julia to chat cash?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Julia.- Yes.- Hello.- Hi.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46I've found something very little, I'm afraid, but isn't she pretty?
0:06:46 > 0:06:49- Very pretty.- And it is a watercolour.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52I am not convinced it's Georgian, myself, to be honest with you.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55But I think it would look nice in a general sale.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Very decorative.- But do you think I can get a good price on that?
0:07:00 > 0:07:03As it's you, £10.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Julia! I must have it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Now, will you keep it for me? - Yes.- And I'll keep looking.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11- Absolutely.- Thank you, Julia. - Not a problem.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15First purchase of this leg. Well done, Mark.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Back to Christina, and she's still in Leek.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22MUSIC: Addams Family Theme
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Er...and she's in a rather grisly corner of the shop.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Ear, ear!- Oh, my goodness.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Wow! It's all quite macabre.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36(But I quite like it.)
0:07:36 > 0:07:39That's cool.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43Look at that, vintage, oversized dental human jaw model.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47"Jaw further dissects to reveal the roots and nerves of the teeth."
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Eurgh! Feel like I need to get plastic gloves on or something.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Latex, if you're not allergic.
0:07:53 > 0:07:58I mean, I hate the dentist at the best of times,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01but I find that really quite gruesomely fascinating
0:08:01 > 0:08:04and it's really trendy at the moment,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06and also you have to think,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10a dentist might want this as a bit of a desk toy, maybe.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I'm not sure. But look at this!
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Can you take that one out, or are they glued in?
0:08:15 > 0:08:19It's amazing. It shows you all the bits and the veins.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- I love this! - It might seem a bit gruesome,
0:08:22 > 0:08:23but vintage medical items
0:08:23 > 0:08:26are carving a real niche in the antiques market.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29TIM LAUGHS
0:08:29 > 0:08:32Time to have a jaw with dealer Steve.
0:08:32 > 0:08:38This anatomical over-bite sports a price tag of £95.
0:08:38 > 0:08:4185 on that. But I will just have to go and check.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43She may knock a little bit more off, hopefully.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46- Splendid.- OK?- OK. Let's have a look at the wish list.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49Prepare yourself, Steve.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52So, Steve, the other thing that I saw was this...
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Yes.- ..which isn't really its best side, this side.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- No.- But it hasn't got a price on it.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59No, I don't quite know what happened with that one.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01It was £95, that one.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- Is this one yours?- This one's mine.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07I can do that for, erm, £60.
0:09:10 > 0:09:17- OK.- And Christina's third possible is the valet, marked up at £36.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Right, OK, 20 on that one.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- Yes.- That was easy.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Now, all that's left to do is make
0:09:26 > 0:09:29a quick call to the vendor of the model jaw.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33I've said she can have it for 85. Is that the best you could do?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Right. OK. That's great.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Thanks very much. Thank you.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Bye-bye, bye-bye.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- 65.- Really?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Really?- Yeah. Is that OK? - What was her name?- Jan.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Jan? I think I love Jan!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- Seriously, I'm not going to haggle on that.- She's very nice.- £65.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Absolutely. Yes, that's good.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Oh, no, hang on a second.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Take that back because we've got exciting things, haven't we?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- We've got the jawbone at £65.- Yep.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05- The valet at 20?- Yep.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07So, 85.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09I just think that railway station's charming.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Right.- What can you do that for me?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Don't make me haggle! Don't make me do it!
0:10:14 > 0:10:16£50 would be the absolute best on that one.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19- OK, so where did we get to, 85? - Yep.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20- So that will be 135.- Yep.
0:10:20 > 0:10:24Would you do 120 all in? And I haven't haggled.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26- Erm... Yeah. That's fine.- 120?- Yeah.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29- You're a gentleman. Thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34That breaks down to £65 for the anatomical oversized jawbone,
0:10:34 > 0:10:38£20 for the gentleman's valet and £35 for the model railway station.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41What a great haul, eh?
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Back to Mark and he's still in Congleton
0:10:43 > 0:10:46and still on the prowl, looking like a lumberjack.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51Ooh, now this does look interesting.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56I love these little table spirit barrels.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59They come in all shapes and sizes and they're made from all sorts of
0:10:59 > 0:11:04material. This is obviously modelled as a coopered beer barrel, really.
0:11:04 > 0:11:08And it's made of light oak, but I do like this silver plating,
0:11:08 > 0:11:11particularly on the feet.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Because it looks quite proud and expensive
0:11:14 > 0:11:15and pleased to have been made.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Unfortunately, the stopper is missing,
0:11:18 > 0:11:20but I don't think that's the end of the world.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23The price is marked up at 47.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Now, Julia was quite nice to me with the miniature.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28I wonder if she'll be as nice to me with this.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30Well, she's very kindly called
0:11:30 > 0:11:32the vendor for his very, very, very best price.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36He's in a very good mood today,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39and so, as it's you...
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- £35 would be his very, very best. - £35 would be his very best.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Well, I do like it.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- Yes.- I think I'll go for it. Thank you very much.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52The portrait miniature and the little spirit barrel
0:11:52 > 0:11:56for a total of £45. That's a good start, Mark.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Meanwhile, Christina has happily
0:12:00 > 0:12:04made her way to the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09It's known as the Gateway to the Peak District, don't you know!
0:12:09 > 0:12:12What a funny-looking bus.
0:12:12 > 0:12:17Christina's visiting this lovely town to shop, right here.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Oh, he looks scary!
0:12:20 > 0:12:22- Hello.- Hi, there.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Hi. Christina.
0:12:24 > 0:12:25- Julia.- Julia, lovely to meet you.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29- You too.- Hi. My goodness, this is a treasure trove, isn't it?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31- Mmm!- Stuffed to the gunnels.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Do you mind if I have a quick squiz round?
0:12:32 > 0:12:35- No. Help yourself.- Is that all right?- Yes, that's fine.
0:12:40 > 0:12:45After that squiz around, what's Christina uncovered?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Phillip's popular mannequin. Tell me about this.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Right, this is in remarkable condition.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53I've had several of these before, but
0:12:53 > 0:12:57the contents have never been in such good condition.
0:12:57 > 0:13:02- OK.- So, here, this is what's usually in a bit of a state,
0:13:02 > 0:13:04but this is in fantastic condition.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09- Wow!- So, for a medical student or something, it's quite something.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12- Gosh, that's amazing, isn't it? - All the lids open.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13So you've got the muscular system.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18You've got all the nervous system and then you've got all the organs.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Organs, you've got your intestines...
0:13:21 > 0:13:23I think he might need to have his spleen out.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27- Do you think? - THEY LAUGH
0:13:28 > 0:13:32In the late 19th century, publishers George Philip and Son
0:13:32 > 0:13:34moved from printing maps to producing a
0:13:34 > 0:13:39series of anatomical foldouts, such as this one.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43What an intriguing item. We'll return to Christina later.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46But now, let's catch up with Mark.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50He's motored the Alfa Romeo to the town of Macclesfield.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Mark's visiting a building that was once at the centre of the town's
0:13:54 > 0:13:56booming silk industry.
0:13:56 > 0:14:00Two locals who know a lot about the silk history of Macclesfield are
0:14:00 > 0:14:05museum director Sue Hughes and tour guide Derek Isherwood.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Welcome to Paradise Mill.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10We're going to go in the lift to learn all about silk.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12- That doesn't look like paradise. - It IS paradise.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Is it? Come on then, show me.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19Paradise Mill was built around 1860 and formed a major part of
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Macclesfield's silk production.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25How old is the lift?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27- 1930s.- And you have to operate it by hand?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- You do, all the time.- Don't tell me it breaks down!
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Never.- I don't believe you! - THEY LAUGH
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- LIFT CLATTERS TO STOP - Whoops!
0:14:38 > 0:14:40HE PULLS LEVER
0:14:40 > 0:14:43- Oh, no! - SHE LAUGHS
0:14:43 > 0:14:46- Crumbs! This is a bit of a pickle. - Derek, please tell me you're joking!
0:14:46 > 0:14:49I'm afraid it's the first time it's ever happened.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52- Sue?- No, it's the first time it's ever happened.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I can't believe it!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56- We're stuck in a lift.- We're stuck in a lift, in Macclesfield.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Only one thing for it.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- Go on!- All right. Thank you.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- SIREN WAILS Crikey!- It's an air raid shelter.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Was that an alarm or an air raid warning?
0:15:09 > 0:15:12- An air raid!- It's all happening.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Gosh! Stuck in a lift with Mark Stacey.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18While they wait rescue,
0:15:18 > 0:15:22let's zip back to Buxton and that anatomical foldout.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24I really like that.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Tell me, has it got a fantastic price?
0:15:26 > 0:15:31Well, in mint condition I've been told by the bookshop at the top of
0:15:31 > 0:15:36the hill that it's about 120. But I've actually got 85 on it.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39- You've got 85 on it?- Yeah.- What's your very best price?
0:15:39 > 0:15:43So that I get a teeny, weenie smidgen of a profit,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47£60.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49Deal! £60.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- Fabulous! I'm a happy lady. What shall we call him?- Anthony.- Anthony.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54Nowadays, Tony!
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- Anthony. Anthony Philips. - Anthony Philips. Yes!
0:15:59 > 0:16:02£60. I'm very happy with that. It's brilliant.
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Let's hope Anthony does make you a profit.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08£60 for the Philips' Popular Manikin.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Interesting buy, that, Christina.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Right, back to the lift in Macclesfield.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17Don't worry, dear viewers, they eventually managed to escape.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19- So I'm a hero, really. - You really are.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Flailing!
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Spirits revived, we can now get down to business.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30This Cheshire town was once a powerhouse of silk production
0:16:30 > 0:16:34and has long been regarded as the end of the famous Silk Road,
0:16:34 > 0:16:39the ancient trade route between the Far East and the West.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42A once closely guarded secret of the Chinese,
0:16:42 > 0:16:47the luxurious fabric made its way to these shores around the mid-17th
0:16:47 > 0:16:51century when this northern town became renowned for exquisite silk
0:16:51 > 0:16:54buttons. Silk production boomed,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57with ground-breaking technology in the early 19th century.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Originally, they would have done it all by hand,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04but in 1801 a new loom came in called the Jacquard loom.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08That made intricate patterns a lot easier and cheaper.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10How does that machine work?
0:17:10 > 0:17:14So, it actually starts off with the pattern.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16This is drawn onto squared paper.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19That pattern is then transferred on to these cards,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22which are called Jacquard cards or punch cards.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- So these simple cards create this wonderful design?- They do.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29If there's a hole in the card it means the needle can go through.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32If there's no hole in the card it means the needle can't go through
0:17:32 > 0:17:35and that's how you create those fantastic, elaborate patterns.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Amazing, isn't it?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41It is, yeah. And this is the birth of computers, basically.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44This is where it all came from.
0:17:44 > 0:17:50This simple binary system was cutting-edge technology in its day.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54In 19th-century Macclesfield there were 70 mills
0:17:54 > 0:17:57producing silk clothing for royalty and the wealthy,
0:17:57 > 0:18:01but during the Second World War the mills swapped exotic garments for
0:18:01 > 0:18:04parachute silk.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07And an important contribution particularly to the D-Day landings.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10They were really important, but more important here were
0:18:10 > 0:18:12actually making silk maps for the airmen
0:18:12 > 0:18:15and in Macclesfield they developed a system where they could print on
0:18:15 > 0:18:19both sides and of course it meant they couldn't get torn, or ripped,
0:18:19 > 0:18:22or destroyed and they could be folded up to tiny little pieces
0:18:22 > 0:18:24and sewn into their clothing...
0:18:24 > 0:18:26- And hidden anywhere.- Yeah, so they could take them with them.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Now, let's see the machines in action.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39To produce approximately one inch of that woven silk would be 200 of
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- these treadle movements...- No!- ..and a good weaver,
0:18:43 > 0:18:48on a good working week, could produce about 12-15 yards of silk.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- Good Lord.- So would you like to try weaving, Mark?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53I'd love to have a go, but I'll be very slow, Derek.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Don't you worry. Let me come this side.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58This is when it goes horribly wrong.
0:18:58 > 0:19:03Don't tempt fate, Mark, you already did that in the lift early year on.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07- So, I push that back. Foot down.- Bring it across.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09That's it. You did it.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12I did it. I think I'm going to quit while I'm ahead.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- Good idea!- I think you would make a weaver, after all.- Oh, thank you!
0:19:15 > 0:19:19For four centuries, Macclesfield has been home to silk production and to
0:19:19 > 0:19:24this very day still is home to companies continuing to make
0:19:24 > 0:19:27thousands of kilometres of finished silk fabric every year.
0:19:31 > 0:19:35It's been a busy day, and time for a rest, so nighty-night.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Morning has broken and Mark's getting a grand tour
0:19:43 > 0:19:44of Christina's home turf.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Also, my friends, the Applebys, live here, so they produce cheese,
0:19:47 > 0:19:49that's Hawkstone Abbey Farm.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52And that is literally just behind Hawkstone Hall,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54so they're big cheesemakers,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57I think one of the last farm producers in the w...
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Oi!- Oh, sorry, sorry.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- I'm so sorry. Were you saying something?- Yes, I was!
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- CHRISTINA:- You are rude!
0:20:08 > 0:20:10He's a cheeky blighter.
0:20:10 > 0:20:16Let's refresh our memories with what our two luvvies have bought so far.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Christina's been very busy and has four lots.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22The oversized jaw,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25the gentleman's valet, the model railway station
0:20:25 > 0:20:29and, of course, Anthony, or, to give him his proper name,
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Philips' Popular Manikin.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Christina still has £150.90 for the day ahead.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Mark has two lots. The portrait miniature
0:20:39 > 0:20:43and the late Victorian spirit barrel.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Mark has £228.90.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48So he's got some catching up to do.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54Our pair are headed for Christina's hometown of Whitchurch, Shropshire.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- MARK:- Here we are. - CHRISTINA:- Here we are.
0:21:02 > 0:21:08- I see you've already got your fans out.- Ha-ha! Yes.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Give them a cheery wave! - Absolutely.- Let's go!
0:21:11 > 0:21:16Whitchurch Antiques Emporium's Simon and Linda are on hand to show our
0:21:16 > 0:21:18twosome around.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20BOTH: Hello!
0:21:20 > 0:21:22How are you? Ooh, don't know which way round to go!
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- Good.- I'm dying to get inside. Aren't you?- Go ahead.
0:21:26 > 0:21:27Go for it. Right.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32- Now, which way do we go, Christina? You know it.- I'll go this way.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36- Ah, I'll go this way, then, I guess. - I'll go with you.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39It's stuffed to the rafters in here and, with over two floors,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42I'm sure these two can find something.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Oh, he's nice.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51My eye is instantly drawn to this... What's this behind here?
0:21:51 > 0:21:54There's a beautiful bed, and what's that?
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Four-poster.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58What's that?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01That says Floating Bridge, Shirley.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06- Am I allowed to sit on this? - 'No, you just did.'
0:22:06 > 0:22:08This is Southampton!
0:22:08 > 0:22:12It's believed to have been on a tram.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Royal Pier, Holyrood, Bassett Junction, Depot Only, Special,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18East Street via St Mary's... I used to live in St Mary's.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- Well, there you go!- Winn Road, Bitterne Park Triangle,
0:22:21 > 0:22:22University Road...
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Because I was at university in Southampton.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28- Oh, right!- So it would've been on the front of a tram or a bus,
0:22:28 > 0:22:31wound up in a spool, and, as you went to the next junction, you'd...
0:22:31 > 0:22:37Yes. The driver would change it, so people would know each destination.
0:22:37 > 0:22:41Brilliant. That's really cool. So how much is that?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45"Southampton...vintage bus route, £125."
0:22:46 > 0:22:50- I really like that. - 'No hanging around.'
0:22:50 > 0:22:53'Time to get the vendor on the blower.'
0:22:54 > 0:22:56- Hi, Molly?- 'Hello, Christina.'
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Hi, Molly, how are you? It's Christina Trevanion here.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Hello, my love. I'm just looking at your amazing bus route thingummy.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08What sort of price could you do it for?
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- '90 is the best I could do it for.' - 90 is your absolute death on that?
0:23:12 > 0:23:17- 'Absolutely.'- Well, I'm happy at £90, I think it's brilliant.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Thanks, Molly, bye now, bye, love, bye.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Well, I think that's fantastic. I'm thrilled to bits with that.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27I can't believe I found a bit of my university nostalgia in my hometown.
0:23:27 > 0:23:31No, there you go. That's really good luck.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Will a Southampton bus route sell in a Cotswold auction?
0:23:36 > 0:23:38We'll soon find out. Christina's all done.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41How's Mark getting along?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Gosh.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Well, I've never seen one of those before.
0:23:45 > 0:23:49Don't worry, I'm not armed and dangerous.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54- 'Not much(!)'- This is apparently a dummy training Home Guard rifle.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57£75. It's got the weight of a rifle, you know.
0:23:57 > 0:24:02Simply made of a shaped piece of wood, and a solid barrel,
0:24:02 > 0:24:04so you can't fire anything through this.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06'I gathered that!'
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I wonder if I could shoot a hole in Christina's profit with this.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Let's find out. Simon?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Hello.
0:24:15 > 0:24:16I have no idea what this is.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20According to the description it's a Home Guard training gun.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22I imagine that's pretty accurate.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24It's got a good weight, the weight of a rifle.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27They had Lee-Enfield 303s back in the day.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32- Oh!- But they didn't have enough to give to the Home Guard,
0:24:32 > 0:24:35so when they first came out, the Dad's Army movie,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37they started off with the broomsticks.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Then they moved on to things like this - you are very
0:24:39 > 0:24:41Captain Mainwaring.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Don't tell them your name, Mark! Hee-hee!
0:24:44 > 0:24:47- He's going for a deal.- I would like to pay £60 for it.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52- £60...- Because I think, I have no idea whether it worth 20 or 120.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57And I think if I can get it for 60, it stands me with a better chance.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00She's written on here, "Do not sell to Mark".
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Has she?! That's Christina's handwriting!
0:25:02 > 0:25:05I think, it is a one-off, though, it is a one-off.
0:25:05 > 0:25:09Come on, Simon, shake hands at 60? As friends.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12- Thank you.- Go on, then.- I just happen to have some money, there.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15- £60.- Let me check this. Oh!
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Thank you, I'll let you go, I'll let you go.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Thank you again. Thank you.
0:25:22 > 0:25:27The unusual World War II Home Guard practice rifle, for £60.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30Meanwhile Christina is back in the trustee Alfa Romeo.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36I think it's quite a girlie car, because the pedals are quite close together.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39So, it's quite handy to drive in my heels.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40Quite!
0:25:43 > 0:25:47Christina's headed somewhere just outside Nantwich.
0:25:47 > 0:25:52Amidst this rural area lies a once top-secret bunker.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54One of 12 in the UK,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Hack Green was built in 1976
0:25:57 > 0:26:01to house regional government in the event of nuclear war.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06From the rise of the Berlin Wall to Glasnost in the late 1980s,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10the world seemed on a permanent countdown to Armageddon.
0:26:10 > 0:26:14The existence of the covert bunkers would have allowed Britain to make
0:26:14 > 0:26:18plans to rebuild the country, should such an attack occur.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Christina is meeting with museum
0:26:20 > 0:26:23director Lucy Siebert to find out just
0:26:23 > 0:26:26how vital the bunker was to Britain's survival.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Hi, welcome to Hack Green secret bunker.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Shall we take a look?- Yeah, let's!
0:26:33 > 0:26:36An abandoned radar site at Hack Green became the headquarters for
0:26:36 > 0:26:40the local defence region.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43In the event of an attack,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47the Queen and the government would have been dissolved of power.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51The Civil Defence network takes up control of the country.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53And the 12 defence regions
0:26:53 > 0:26:56the country is split into would be headed up
0:26:56 > 0:26:59by regional commissioners and they would have been in control
0:26:59 > 0:27:01of their particular region.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05Ours is ten two, which takes a big piece out of Cheshire
0:27:05 > 0:27:08and Manchester and Merseyside.
0:27:08 > 0:27:09We were in charge of making sure
0:27:09 > 0:27:12that everything happened when it needed to be
0:27:12 > 0:27:16because the hardest thing to repair after any disaster,
0:27:16 > 0:27:19whether it's natural or man-made, is the basic infrastructure.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23Roads, supplies, water, communications,
0:27:23 > 0:27:27basic things that people needed to continue.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31At a cost of around £32 million - ha! -
0:27:31 > 0:27:36the bunker was transformed into a vast underground complex that would
0:27:36 > 0:27:38allow 135 civil servants
0:27:38 > 0:27:42and military personnel to survive a nuclear attack.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46In 1984 it became fully operational.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50So, did this bunker provide communication?
0:27:50 > 0:27:54We had communications for all sorts of different things -
0:27:54 > 0:27:56including talking to the Queen herself.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58- Really?- Yes, I can show you one of such phones.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01You had a hotline to the Queen?
0:28:01 > 0:28:05They were for calling her to make sure she could give Royal Assent
0:28:05 > 0:28:07to enact the Emergency Powers Act,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10which puts us on the highest state of alert.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14But just how protected was this bunker from a nuclear attack?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17We can actually take everything up to a direct hit.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20We can take one megaton up to 500 yards away.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24One megaton is the size of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26While the bunker may have been secure,
0:28:26 > 0:28:29what measures would have been taken to protect the British public in the
0:28:29 > 0:28:32event of a nuclear attack?
0:28:32 > 0:28:34So, there's a lot of machines around me here.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Who am I? Who would have sat here?
0:28:36 > 0:28:41You were in charge of receiving and giving out the four-minute warning
0:28:41 > 0:28:44which is how long you've got, at home, until the bombs actually hit.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46OK.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48SIREN SOUNDS
0:28:48 > 0:28:50- Pick that phone up.- OK.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54- Say, "Attack warning red".- Attack warning red, attack warning red!
0:28:56 > 0:29:01Now, you are going to set the sirens off for the entire defence region
0:29:01 > 0:29:04to let the people at home know there's an imminent attack.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05So all of that area ten two?
0:29:05 > 0:29:09Yeah, and we're going to put this one into attack mode.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10Attack. OK.
0:29:12 > 0:29:16So that's telling you that it's powering up the system,
0:29:16 > 0:29:21it's sending the message, and pretty soon a siren should go off.
0:29:21 > 0:29:22SIREN SOUNDS
0:29:22 > 0:29:25There you go. And that's what you'd hear on the outside.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989,
0:29:31 > 0:29:35the real threat of nuclear war began to fade.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Hack Green, though, serves as a reminder of how Britain prepared
0:29:39 > 0:29:43itself for the worst possible outcome.
0:29:45 > 0:29:46Back to Mark now,
0:29:46 > 0:29:51and he's in the town of Market Drayton in North Yorkshire.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55He's got £168.90 to spend.
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Hello, I'm Mark.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58- Hi, Mark.- Nice to see you.
0:29:58 > 0:30:01- Can I have a look?- Please feel free.- Lovely. Thank you.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09John, I saw a pair of candles in the window.
0:30:09 > 0:30:12- Can I have a look at them?- Yeah, I'll just go and get them for you.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14There you go.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Great, thank you. I love this style.
0:30:19 > 0:30:24It's sort of Adams revival, isn't it? Classical 18th-century shape.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27With that sort of spiral, fluted urn.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30I guess these are sort of 1920s.
0:30:30 > 0:30:31I like the shape.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33They're very classical. It's nice to have a pair them.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35And there's no price on those, are they free?!
0:30:35 > 0:30:37I'm a bit naughty on that.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39- £30.- £30 for the pair?
0:30:39 > 0:30:41- Yes.- Those are quite nice, actually.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44I like those.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47I think I'm going to have those as a consideration.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- OK. I'll put them to one side. - I'm going to put them down here.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54So we have a possible on the oak candlesticks.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Anything else?
0:30:57 > 0:30:59Oh, gosh.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Those are really heavy.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05Think they might be lead, actually. Feels like lead.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08How much are these? Lead doorstops, £15 each.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14They are quite quirky. And dogs are quite popular.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17They're quite crudely made, so I don't know when
0:31:17 > 0:31:19they were manufactured.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22Time for a chat with John.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26I would like to try and buy the pair of candlesticks
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- and the two charming little doggies. - Right.
0:31:29 > 0:31:33So you said 30 on those, and they're 15 each, so another 30.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37- Yes.- What about £30?
0:31:37 > 0:31:40I'll do them for 40.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42I think that seems very reasonable, actually.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- I think that's very fair.- Lovely.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48That's our shopping complete for this road trip.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Mark adds a pair of candlesticks and doggy doorstops to his haul of
0:31:52 > 0:31:55goodies which include the portrait miniature,
0:31:55 > 0:31:59the spirit barrel and the Home Guard practice rifle.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03In total, Mark has notched up a spend of £145.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Christina has also bought a total of five lots.
0:32:06 > 0:32:12The oversized jaw, the gentleman's valet, the model railway station,
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Philips' Popular Manekin and the Southampton bus route indicator.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20Christina has spent a total of £270.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24Come on, you two, what do you think of each other's extraordinary buys?
0:32:24 > 0:32:30I adore your anatomical jaw. It's wonderful.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34The doorstops, hmm, they're all right, but for the price he paid,
0:32:34 > 0:32:38- can't be bad.- Your bus sign from Southampton I think is wonderful
0:32:38 > 0:32:40but £90, Christina?
0:32:40 > 0:32:44I think he's done very well, but I think he's also played it very,
0:32:44 > 0:32:47very safe, because he hasn't spent a lot of money.
0:32:47 > 0:32:48It's auction time,
0:32:48 > 0:32:52and we're heading our way to the town of Wotton-under-Edge,
0:32:52 > 0:32:57nestled in the Southern Cotswold Hills in Gloucestershire.
0:32:57 > 0:32:58And look, we've got a new car!
0:32:58 > 0:33:02This updated version of the Alfa Romeo Spider
0:33:02 > 0:33:05replaces a kaput original.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07It's wonderful, though, isn't it?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10It really is. And we can move our in our seats.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13And it's leather. We've got leather upholstery.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Electric windows...
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Electric windows. Oh, stop it, Christina!
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Certainly looks very luxurious.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23They're headed for Wotton Auction Rooms.
0:33:24 > 0:33:28- Look at this, isn't it beautiful? - It's an old chapel.
0:33:28 > 0:33:29We could pray for profits.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32Well, I think I might have to.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36- Let's get in. Come on, dear. - She's not your granny, Mark.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Philip Taubenheim is the gentleman wielding the gavel today.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43What do you think of Christina and Mark's lots, Philip?
0:33:43 > 0:33:46The spirit barrel, I think that was an ideal size for the rostrum!
0:33:46 > 0:33:48I don't see why we can't have one there ourselves.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50The jaw model, now, that's caused a bit of excitement here.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54I think somebody will buy that for a bit of fun.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Today's auction is also live on the web.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59Time to take your seats, please.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02- Oh, gosh, here we are, Christina. - Here we are.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06- I've got squeaky shoes today. - It's hot. I brought my own fan!
0:34:07 > 0:34:10You've only got the one! How very diva.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Your little doggy doorstops are up next.
0:34:14 > 0:34:18- Thank you.- Oh, I know my place!
0:34:18 > 0:34:2220, the two, 20, the two. And £20, I'm bid for the two doorstops.
0:34:22 > 0:34:2530 online.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28The room's coming back now, at £30, I'm bid, at £30.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30At 35 at the back of the room...
0:34:30 > 0:34:3235 at the back of the room. Come on, 40.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34- Come on, internet!- Back of the room. At 35. Anybody moving?
0:34:34 > 0:34:37All happy with that? No mistake, then. £35.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Take them away.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44- A howling success, my love. Howling!- Woof, woof!
0:34:44 > 0:34:46He's barking, you know!
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Wonderful start there, Mark.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50Oh, I'm relieved.
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Good. I'm very nervous now.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55Keep the faith, Christina.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59It's your home-made, Doncaster railway station next.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01At £20, four and £20 I'm bid.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04At £20, here we go. At 20, I'm bid. At £20, I'm bid.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07There it starts, and over there it stops.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10Haven't left the station yet. At 25, I'm bid.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12At 25, 30, I'm bid. At £30 I'm bid.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15At £30. Against you now. At £30 I'm bid.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17At £30. 35. £40.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19- Oh!- 40.- Ooh! Lord!
0:35:19 > 0:35:22£40 it remains, then. At £40, I'm bid. Who moves it along at £40?
0:35:22 > 0:35:27We're all out, then? You sure? £40 this time and at £40, then, 306.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30Wow! It wasn't as bad as it could've been.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33No, could have chugged out a lot slower than that.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37- Precisely but remember, it's only your first lot.- Never mind.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- Don't buy another Doncaster station, will you?- I'll remember why!
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- I'll know for next time.- You will.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Onwards we go. Mark's spirit barrel is next.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50£20 but better than that, isn't it at 20?
0:35:50 > 0:35:5320, I'm bid. 25, I'm bid. 30, I'm bid.
0:35:53 > 0:35:5535, I'm bid. 40, I'm bid.
0:35:55 > 0:35:59- At £40, I'm bid.- No, come on. - Keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:35:59 > 0:36:01- Where's the internet? - At £40, I'm bid.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- Out?- Are you sure? Happy enough with that? At £40.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07- No mistake, then, at 40. - All that for a fiver.
0:36:07 > 0:36:12- Oh!- It's just the way of the auction, Mark, but don't fret.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14We've still got a way to go.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Hey, all hope is not lost.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18No, it's not.
0:36:18 > 0:36:19- Who is Hope, anyway? - Where is she?
0:36:19 > 0:36:22She might be outside enjoying the sun.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25It's where we should be. I think she's just left in the car!
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Never mind about Hope,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29it's Christina's foldout Anthony next.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- I called him Tony.- Tony? After whom?- Anatomy.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Anato... anato-Tony!
0:36:38 > 0:36:4220. 20 for the book. At £20, I'm bid. £20.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- Oh, 25.- At £30, I'm bid, 35, I have.
0:36:45 > 0:36:51- 35.- Yeah, right.- £35, I'm bid. At £40, I'm bid.
0:36:51 > 0:36:52On the internet, £40, I'm bid.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54You're having another go. At £40, I'm bid.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Bid lies online at £40.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59- Come on!- No.- Because it is great, actually.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01- Really?- No, I love it.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03No, I do. Seriously.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05- Down the hammer come. - BOTH: Aw! Aw!
0:37:05 > 0:37:07No, indeed.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11What a shame. That's a real bargain for some lucky bidder.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Like a stake through my heart.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16If I had a heart. I'll borrow his heart!
0:37:16 > 0:37:20Onwards and upwards, eh? It's Mark's portrait miniature next.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22£20, I'm bid. £20, I'm bid.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24- Doubled your money already. - We've got 20.
0:37:24 > 0:37:2625 online. 25, I'm bid.
0:37:26 > 0:37:2830 in the room. At £30, I'm bid.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- £30, I'm bid. £30, I have. The room holds it.- Oh, no!
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Where's the internet?- Anybody coming back out?
0:37:33 > 0:37:35As 30, I'm bid. All out?
0:37:35 > 0:37:39You're quite happy with that? At £30, and it's sold at £30, then.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44Even though the portrait looks a bit glum, it's a sizeable profit.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Hey, that's not bad. £20 profit.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48It's not bad, it's not bad, but I just thought, you know...
0:37:48 > 0:37:50- Yeah.- That might...
0:37:50 > 0:37:52Takeoff. Yeah. I was hoping it might...
0:37:52 > 0:37:56but must be grateful for a profit.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58That's the spirit. Now, watch out.
0:37:58 > 0:38:02It's the giant-sized jawbone next.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04£30. £30 online.
0:38:04 > 0:38:07Where would you get another? £30 I'm only bid.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Where would you get the pair? At £30, £40, I'm bid.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12At £40, I'm bid. Bids online at £40, I'm bid.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14At £40, I'm bid. 45 on commission.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17It's not the kind of thing that the room would buy, though, is it?
0:38:17 > 0:38:19It was 45 on commission...
0:38:19 > 0:38:21Anybody want it now? It's cheaper, that!
0:38:21 > 0:38:23How can you value it, really? £45, I'm bid.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- All done. You happy enough with that at 45?- Oh.
0:38:26 > 0:38:27- Oh!- 45, then.
0:38:27 > 0:38:32Ouch! That's taken a bite out of Christina's profit.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35- That was great, you know. I loved that.- Well, me, too.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Sorry.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41Dry your eyes, eh?
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Mark's Home Guard practice rifle next.
0:38:44 > 0:38:47It's great, because it's the right weight and I've never seen anything
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- like it.- 50, I'll take.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51£30, I'm bid. Thank you. 30, I'm bid. Oh, 30.
0:38:51 > 0:38:55At £30 here on the commission book at 30, I'm bid.
0:38:55 > 0:38:5835 on commission. 40 on commission. 45, I'm bid.
0:38:58 > 0:39:00- 50, I'm bid.- Come on!
0:39:00 > 0:39:04Five, 70. Five.
0:39:04 > 0:39:06With you. 75, thank you.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- 80, I'm bid.- In a Home Guard museum, it would be brilliant.
0:39:09 > 0:39:1280, I'm bid. At £80. Commission bid at £80.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- Oh, magic!- At £80.
0:39:14 > 0:39:15Anybody moving it along now, you sure?
0:39:15 > 0:39:17At £80, it's sold at 80.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22Great shot, Mark. Another profit.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24- Well done.- Well, know, I'm relieved.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26There's not much profit in it, Christina,
0:39:26 > 0:39:28but it sort of justifies why you bought it.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31- Exactly.- And somebody else appreciated it.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35- Exactly.- Next up, Christina's Southampton bus route indicator.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37It would look great in a hallway, wouldn't it?
0:39:37 > 0:39:39- Yes.- Just on the wall.- Oh, amazing.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41Particularly if you lived near Bassett Junction.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Exactly, or if you lived, near, you know, near Special!
0:39:44 > 0:39:46- Well!- At £50, I'm bid.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Online at 50. And five in the room.
0:39:48 > 0:39:52At 50, I'm bid. 55, I'm bid. 60, I'm bid. 65 in the room.
0:39:52 > 0:39:53At 65, I'm bid.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55A long way to go before I start make profit.
0:39:55 > 0:39:5870, I'm bid. A £70 commission bid.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02At £70. 75.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Oh, in the room!- And 80, I'm bid. £80, I'm bid. Shakes his head.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06And five. 85.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- Oh!- Oh!- 85, bid's there.
0:40:08 > 0:40:13At £85 I'm bid. 90, anywhere? At £85 and it's sold.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15- Buyer 72.- Well... - It could have been a lot worse.
0:40:15 > 0:40:18It could have been a lot worse!
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Yeah, it's not your day, Christina.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Sort of story of my life. Missed the bus!
0:40:28 > 0:40:31It was a gamble, but a buy that didn't pay.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Next, Mark's Edwardian candlesticks.
0:40:33 > 0:40:3520 for the two.
0:40:35 > 0:40:3620, I'm bid. Thank you.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Well, we've got 20. I've got my money back.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Who wants them now at £20 I'm bid? 20, 25 I'm bid.
0:40:42 > 0:40:4630, I'm bid. 35, I'm bid. At £35, I'm bid.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- At £35, I'm bid. - That's all right, then.- £35!
0:40:49 > 0:40:51At £35, I'm bid.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54You're out. You're sure? At £35 and they go.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Well, it's a profit.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59That's a profit on every lot today for Mark.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03You're an absolute golden boy today, aren't you?
0:41:03 > 0:41:06He liked that, Christina. It's the last lot now.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Christina's gentleman's valet.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13This could claw you back, because I know they are fashionable.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15£20, the lot. £20.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17- Come on.- 30. 35, 45.
0:41:17 > 0:41:21- This is the internet.- Aw, Lordy! Look!- At £60 I'm bid.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- Oh! God, Christina! - At 65, I can't believe it!
0:41:24 > 0:41:25- 65.- £65!
0:41:25 > 0:41:26At £65 I'm bid.
0:41:26 > 0:41:2870, I'm bid. He goes on another five.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- Right, put the gavel down.- Yeah!
0:41:30 > 0:41:32£70, I'm bid.
0:41:32 > 0:41:34And five again! At 75, I'm bid.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36At £75, I'm bid.
0:41:36 > 0:41:4080 anyway now? At £75, right, we're sure?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Hammer's up at £75, and it's sold.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- Well done, you!- What a way to end, Christina!
0:41:46 > 0:41:48It's the biggest profit of the day.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- Well, I'm blowed!- Right, we'll do some sums?
0:41:51 > 0:41:53Oh, do we have to? I was quite happy till now!
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- Oh, really? Shall we just go and sit in the sun!- Yeah.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01Yeah! Let's find out who clinched victory today.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05Christina began with £330.90.
0:42:05 > 0:42:11And after auction costs, made a small loss of £36.30.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16This gives Christina £294.60 to begin the penultimate leg.
0:42:18 > 0:42:23Mark began with £273.90
0:42:23 > 0:42:25and made a profit of £35.40,
0:42:25 > 0:42:30so Mark wins today and now takes the lead
0:42:30 > 0:42:34with a grand total of £309.30.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35Christina!
0:42:35 > 0:42:37You've got £15 ahead of me, I think.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39So it's still all to play for?
0:42:39 > 0:42:43It's all to play for, darling, into the next leg.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48- All righty!- Are you buckled up? - I am and ready to get going again.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Or should I say, belt up? - Well, you do, regularly!
0:42:52 > 0:42:54- Ready?- Yeah.- We're off.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Eh, cheerio, road trippers!
0:42:57 > 0:43:02Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Mark offers up a pearl of wisdom.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05It could be worth thousands. It could be worth ten quid.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09- Oh, my goodness! - And Christina invests in the exotic.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12- I just bought a dragon. - As you do.