Episode 11

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...

0:00:04 > 0:00:08- What a job.- ..with £200 each... - Are you with me?- ..a classic car...

0:00:08 > 0:00:12- Buckle up.- ..and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.

0:00:12 > 0:00:14Oh, sorry.

0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction.

0:00:17 > 0:00:19But it's no mean feat.

0:00:19 > 0:00:23- There will be worthy winners... - Yes!- ..and valiant losers.

0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster?

0:00:27 > 0:00:29Have a good trip!

0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!

0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!

0:00:38 > 0:00:42Look lively, we're off on an antiquing expedition in Lincolnshire

0:00:42 > 0:00:45with swashbuckling auctioneer Paul Laidlaw

0:00:45 > 0:00:47and glamorous dealer Margie Cooper.

0:00:47 > 0:00:49- But which is which? - I don't know much about it.

0:00:49 > 0:00:53- Airfields - Lincs, East Coast. - Yeah.- I've got to bring the war up.

0:00:53 > 0:00:54Fabulous cathedral.

0:00:54 > 0:00:58Oh, don't, you're not going to start with all this war stuff, I hope.

0:00:58 > 0:01:00- Come on!- Cripes.

0:01:00 > 0:01:03My tactic is... But you won't, I'm sure this won't upset you.

0:01:03 > 0:01:06I will just be hovering behind, ready to snatch.

0:01:09 > 0:01:12- Is that the best you can do? I'll take it!- Don't you dare! Don't you dare.

0:01:14 > 0:01:15The fight is on.

0:01:17 > 0:01:20Our pair are all set for their thrilling escapade.

0:01:20 > 0:01:23Each have £200 in their pockets and they have the super,

0:01:23 > 0:01:28lovely Morris Minor 1000 convertible to pad around town and city.

0:01:29 > 0:01:31Quintessentially English, isn't it?

0:01:31 > 0:01:34Yeah, it's a great car, absolutely great car.

0:01:34 > 0:01:37And it's a nice one, no roof.

0:01:37 > 0:01:38You are observant, Paul.

0:01:41 > 0:01:45Our pair's road trip kicks off in Hemswell Cliff in Lincolnshire.

0:01:46 > 0:01:47They'll gallop around Yorkshire,

0:01:47 > 0:01:49take a spin around the Midlands

0:01:49 > 0:01:51before concluding in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

0:01:52 > 0:01:56Today, our cheeky chumsters are headed for the village

0:01:56 > 0:01:59of Hemswell Cliff in North Lincolnshire,

0:01:59 > 0:02:03and will auction in the North Yorkshire town of Harrogate. Lovely.

0:02:04 > 0:02:05I reckon...

0:02:07 > 0:02:10..we may end up in the same shop this morning.

0:02:10 > 0:02:13- Sniffing around. - I'm talking about militaria.

0:02:13 > 0:02:15Oh, no!

0:02:15 > 0:02:16Please!

0:02:16 > 0:02:19You're not still buying that old rubbish, are you?

0:02:19 > 0:02:21What?

0:02:21 > 0:02:23Crumbs!

0:02:23 > 0:02:25This is going to be interesting.

0:02:25 > 0:02:26- There is a sign.- Yeah.

0:02:27 > 0:02:29Yeah, right.

0:02:29 > 0:02:32- What does that say?- We've got, like, four centres.

0:02:33 > 0:02:35- Thataway then, eh? - Shall we divide and conquer?

0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Definitely.- I'll just abandon you by the roadside.

0:02:41 > 0:02:47Charming. Once part of RAF Hemswell, home of the Lancaster bomber,

0:02:47 > 0:02:51this is now the site for Europe's largest antiques centre.

0:02:51 > 0:02:53Let's begin with Paul in his Martin Bell suit.

0:02:58 > 0:02:59This is the cool corner.

0:02:59 > 0:03:01You can see that.

0:03:01 > 0:03:04Buying on trend.

0:03:04 > 0:03:08Gramophone horn converted to a ceiling light shade.

0:03:08 > 0:03:11- HE CHUCKLES - This is where it's at at the moment,

0:03:11 > 0:03:14from a popular interior design point of view.

0:03:14 > 0:03:18Sadly, however, prices are bang on trend as well.

0:03:18 > 0:03:21I see no profits here.

0:03:21 > 0:03:22So I'm off.

0:03:26 > 0:03:27Where's our lovely Margie, then?

0:03:33 > 0:03:34Noddy.

0:03:36 > 0:03:37That's happy memories.

0:03:38 > 0:03:39I'm the Noddy era.

0:03:39 > 0:03:43I love Noddy. Absolutely adored him, still like him.

0:03:43 > 0:03:44Oi, less nostalgia.

0:03:44 > 0:03:47How about some buying?

0:03:47 > 0:03:49What's Paul found, the old fox?

0:03:49 > 0:03:52HE MUTTERS

0:03:54 > 0:03:56Two questions.

0:03:56 > 0:03:58Is it bronze and is it old?

0:03:58 > 0:04:02Now, just because you spy that little treasure in the cabinet and

0:04:02 > 0:04:04it's dark chocolate brown,

0:04:04 > 0:04:07don't assume for a moment it's necessarily metallic bronze.

0:04:07 > 0:04:10What do we look for? We look for that.

0:04:10 > 0:04:12That coppery hue.

0:04:12 > 0:04:13That is bronze.

0:04:14 > 0:04:17First box ticked, good news.

0:04:17 > 0:04:19It's priced at £35.

0:04:19 > 0:04:21But is it old?

0:04:21 > 0:04:25Now, I'd like it to date to the late 19th or early 20th century.

0:04:25 > 0:04:29And if it does... Do you know what, I think it does,

0:04:29 > 0:04:33I think you could put it under the umbrella of the animalia school.

0:04:33 > 0:04:34And this is

0:04:34 > 0:04:40a group of sculptors that's focusing on a very naturalistic depiction

0:04:40 > 0:04:42of animals and wildlife.

0:04:44 > 0:04:45Let's find manager Penny.

0:04:45 > 0:04:47How you doing, Penny?

0:04:47 > 0:04:51- Good, thank you.- Wee fox, £35. - Yeah...

0:04:51 > 0:04:52- It's nice, isn't it?- Yeah, he is.

0:04:52 > 0:04:54Will there be a wee bit of slack, or not?

0:04:54 > 0:04:56Yeah, I think so. 1240...

0:04:56 > 0:04:58I think he'll be all right with straight 30.

0:04:58 > 0:05:01Sounds all right to me. Can I leave that with you?

0:05:01 > 0:05:02Yeah, of course you can.

0:05:02 > 0:05:04One item bought, but still more to see.

0:05:05 > 0:05:07How's Margie getting on?

0:05:09 > 0:05:14That's...that's an old gardener's watering can.

0:05:15 > 0:05:16Ten pints in there.

0:05:16 > 0:05:21Gosh, would you believe that, ten pints in there?

0:05:21 > 0:05:24That's got a really good old look about it, hasn't it?

0:05:24 > 0:05:26About 80 years old, I would think.

0:05:26 > 0:05:27And look.

0:05:27 > 0:05:29£12.

0:05:30 > 0:05:34I wonder, if the people of Harrogate would like that

0:05:34 > 0:05:37and give me a small profit?

0:05:39 > 0:05:41That's one to think about.

0:05:41 > 0:05:42I'll put that down there.

0:05:43 > 0:05:48I've just put that down and I've spotted this Victorian teapot.

0:05:48 > 0:05:51Looks the sort that you'd put over a witch's cauldron.

0:05:51 > 0:05:55Which my husband would say, "Perfect for you!"

0:05:55 > 0:05:56Cheeky devil!

0:05:57 > 0:06:00How good is that, gosh!

0:06:00 > 0:06:03That's well over, that must be about 120 years old.

0:06:04 > 0:06:07It's impossible to damage it, that's why it's survived.

0:06:08 > 0:06:10That's ticketed at £20.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12Looks Japanese to me.

0:06:12 > 0:06:14Yeah, I think I'm going to go for these two.

0:06:14 > 0:06:18They could either go together or I could sell them separately.

0:06:18 > 0:06:22But, you know, I just feel they're going to make a profit.

0:06:22 > 0:06:24Do you think I'm mad?

0:06:24 > 0:06:25- No comment. - Let's go.

0:06:29 > 0:06:30- CLUNK - Ooh!

0:06:30 > 0:06:35Oh, Lord! I thought you said they were impossible to damage?

0:06:35 > 0:06:38- CLUNK - Ooh! - Oh, no! For goodness' sake!

0:06:39 > 0:06:42OK, Esme's here to help. Esme, over to you.

0:06:45 > 0:06:46Would these be your choices?

0:06:46 > 0:06:48- I don't think so.- Very unusual.

0:06:48 > 0:06:51Very diplomatic, Esme. Mind the spout.

0:06:51 > 0:06:54The best price we can do on this watering can is £10.

0:06:54 > 0:06:58- I thought you might say that. - And this one has to be 18.

0:07:00 > 0:07:01And nothing for two together?

0:07:01 > 0:07:03- No, sorry.- So it's 28?

0:07:03 > 0:07:06- Yes, please.- Thank you very much indeed.- Thank you very much.

0:07:06 > 0:07:10The Victorian watering can for £10 and the Victorian kettle -

0:07:10 > 0:07:11looks Japanese - for 18.

0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Oh, looks very good in here. - Whoa, whoa, whoa!

0:07:17 > 0:07:18Hi!

0:07:18 > 0:07:20Are you familiar with the concept of trespassing?

0:07:22 > 0:07:24- I thought you were... - I am allowed to go where I want to.

0:07:24 > 0:07:26I was told.

0:07:26 > 0:07:27How's it going?

0:07:27 > 0:07:29- All right.- You shopping, buying?

0:07:29 > 0:07:31Yeah, yeah, yeah. Bought a couple of bits.

0:07:31 > 0:07:35- Are you finished?- Mind your... What is this, an interrogation?

0:07:35 > 0:07:37You come in here, you trespass, you interrogate me.

0:07:37 > 0:07:41I'm going now. Because I don't want to spoil your chances.

0:07:43 > 0:07:44I've secured mine.

0:07:44 > 0:07:47Oh, you've secured your future profitability.

0:07:47 > 0:07:49- See you, darling.- See you later. - Bye!

0:07:49 > 0:07:50Cheerio, darling Margie!

0:07:52 > 0:07:53Now, what's next for Paul?

0:07:54 > 0:07:56This is worth...I have tried these in the past.

0:07:58 > 0:08:01That just looks like a slightly comical...

0:08:03 > 0:08:05..copper and brass...

0:08:06 > 0:08:08..jug.

0:08:08 > 0:08:09I can tell you who designed it.

0:08:09 > 0:08:13That was designed by WAS Benson,

0:08:13 > 0:08:18perhaps the most prolific and certainly one of the most important

0:08:18 > 0:08:22English designers of the tail end of the 19th century.

0:08:22 > 0:08:28William Arthur Smith Benson is credited as a genius of the Arts and Crafts movement.

0:08:28 > 0:08:33Prove it, Laidlaw, prove that's the work of the great WAS Benson.

0:08:35 > 0:08:38Well, if you know what you're looking for and where to look,

0:08:38 > 0:08:42it says there, Benson's patent on the handle.

0:08:42 > 0:08:45It's small, it's hardly visible, it's polished.

0:08:45 > 0:08:47But that's what it is.

0:08:47 > 0:08:51And this is one of a series of his patent hot water jugs.

0:08:51 > 0:08:52Whole series of these.

0:08:52 > 0:08:57And it's lined, it has an enamelled vessel within,

0:08:57 > 0:08:59but it was an insulated jug.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02It just kept... It's like a Thermos, wasn't it?

0:09:02 > 0:09:05But when you know the background to that, the importance of the man,

0:09:05 > 0:09:11does that not talk to you and does it not seem cheap at £15?

0:09:11 > 0:09:13Looks plenty.

0:09:13 > 0:09:16Let's find Penny to chat cash.

0:09:16 > 0:09:19Penny, I'm back. I won't keep you.

0:09:19 > 0:09:22I'm interested in that. See what we can do on the price?

0:09:22 > 0:09:24£13 sound all right?

0:09:24 > 0:09:25It's going to have to be all right.

0:09:25 > 0:09:30- Yeah.- It's all right.- Yeah. - Yeah, we're going to take a punt.

0:09:30 > 0:09:35Success for Paul. The rather lovely WAS Benson copper hot water jug

0:09:35 > 0:09:39and the animalia bronze fox for a total of £43.

0:09:39 > 0:09:40Good stuff.

0:09:44 > 0:09:47Meanwhile, Margie has made her way to the North Lincolnshire town

0:09:47 > 0:09:48of Barton-upon-Humber.

0:09:50 > 0:09:51It's back to school for Margie.

0:09:51 > 0:09:55She's going to learn about one of the most important schools in the world,

0:09:55 > 0:10:00set up by a founding father of modern-day education, Samuel Wilderspin.

0:10:02 > 0:10:06Margie's meeting with John French to find out more.

0:10:06 > 0:10:07Hello, you must be John.

0:10:07 > 0:10:08You must be Margie.

0:10:08 > 0:10:12- That's right.- Welcome to the Barton Wilderspin National School.

0:10:12 > 0:10:15- Thank you very much. - Can I show you around?

0:10:15 > 0:10:19Built in 1844 and still wonderfully complete,

0:10:19 > 0:10:21this former church school is unique

0:10:21 > 0:10:26as it's the only surviving Wilderspin school and playground.

0:10:26 > 0:10:29So, John, who was Samuel Wilderspin?

0:10:29 > 0:10:32He was born in 1791 in Hornsey, London.

0:10:32 > 0:10:37- Really?- His father taught him initially and he couldn't understand

0:10:37 > 0:10:41why children on their way to whatever schools there were

0:10:41 > 0:10:46in those days - Sunday schools or dame schools - cried.

0:10:46 > 0:10:50And eventually, his father had to send him to school

0:10:50 > 0:10:53and he learnt why these children were so unhappy.

0:10:53 > 0:10:56They were caned, for instance,

0:10:56 > 0:10:59- for not knowing what they hadn't been taught.- Oh!

0:11:00 > 0:11:04As a young man Samuel became a teacher, and in 1818

0:11:04 > 0:11:09found employment at England's first infant school in Westminster.

0:11:09 > 0:11:14From this, he managed a second infant school in Spitalfields, in London.

0:11:14 > 0:11:16A curriculum hadn't been established,

0:11:16 > 0:11:20so Samuel experimented with ideas of his own.

0:11:20 > 0:11:22It was a very poor area.

0:11:22 > 0:11:26And when Wilderspin and his wife went to this place,

0:11:26 > 0:11:30they found a room full of children, probably 200 little tots,

0:11:30 > 0:11:33and they were all crying for their mother.

0:11:33 > 0:11:35And he said, well, what can we do?

0:11:35 > 0:11:37He couldn't quieten them down.

0:11:37 > 0:11:39So he took his wife's hat,

0:11:39 > 0:11:45put it on a stick and went down on all fours and he went into this room

0:11:45 > 0:11:48and the children were quiet.

0:11:48 > 0:11:51And he realised that that you have to attract,

0:11:51 > 0:11:53gain the children's attention.

0:11:53 > 0:11:56He didn't believe in corporal punishment at all.

0:11:56 > 0:11:59The cane was completely banned in his schools.

0:11:59 > 0:12:01He believed in love.

0:12:01 > 0:12:04That was his method of getting over to children.

0:12:04 > 0:12:08And he also realised the importance of play.

0:12:09 > 0:12:11In the early 19th century,

0:12:11 > 0:12:14Wilderspin helped set up the Infant School Society, that

0:12:14 > 0:12:18believed that poor children should be given the principles of virtue

0:12:18 > 0:12:20and kept from a life of crime.

0:12:20 > 0:12:27For the next 20 years, until 1844, he toured the country, helping

0:12:27 > 0:12:34found infant schools, and he actually helped promote and found

0:12:34 > 0:12:39hundreds, probably 2,000 infant schools in this country.

0:12:39 > 0:12:41Wilderspin then moved to Barton

0:12:41 > 0:12:46and created his model school, which he helped design and equip.

0:12:46 > 0:12:49He taught here with his wife and daughter, and used it as a base

0:12:49 > 0:12:53for his promotion of enlightened education throughout Britain.

0:12:53 > 0:12:57Children all over the world have Samuel Wilderspin to thank for playtime.

0:12:57 > 0:13:00He was a pioneer of the playground, and believed that schools

0:13:00 > 0:13:04should be a place of education and fun.

0:13:04 > 0:13:08This is the gallery, one of Wilderspin's inventions,

0:13:08 > 0:13:12and he realised that children had to be in a position

0:13:12 > 0:13:14to see and be seen.

0:13:14 > 0:13:17And this would accommodate 150 children.

0:13:17 > 0:13:21The lower steps are only six inches high -

0:13:21 > 0:13:24- they're for the young children, the really young ones.- Little legs.

0:13:24 > 0:13:25Little legs, that's right.

0:13:25 > 0:13:27And what are these?

0:13:27 > 0:13:30These are the lesson posts, the teaching posts.

0:13:30 > 0:13:31The lesson posts here.

0:13:31 > 0:13:36And the children would gather round and be taught in small groups.

0:13:36 > 0:13:38So where are all the desks?

0:13:38 > 0:13:40There weren't any desks in here.

0:13:40 > 0:13:44- Yeah.- The children would be encouraged to sit in the gallery

0:13:44 > 0:13:47or the benches around the wall there.

0:13:47 > 0:13:50- Yeah.- Or they would be gathering around the lesson posts,

0:13:50 > 0:13:52the teaching posts here.

0:13:52 > 0:13:56So his ideas, Samuel's ideas have been beneficial to us all?

0:13:56 > 0:13:57Very much so, yes.

0:13:57 > 0:14:00In most schools, in fact, all schools,

0:14:00 > 0:14:03Wilderspin's ideas are there, really.

0:14:03 > 0:14:06The basis for modern teaching lies with Wilderspin.

0:14:10 > 0:14:12Now, how's Paul in the Morris?

0:14:17 > 0:14:21It is a competition. Ain't no bones about it.

0:14:21 > 0:14:24But I find it hard, you don't want to hear this,

0:14:24 > 0:14:27but I'm going to find it hard to see it as such

0:14:27 > 0:14:29because I love Margie to bits.

0:14:29 > 0:14:31I think we're just

0:14:31 > 0:14:35two happy-go-lucky antiques-y types

0:14:35 > 0:14:40in a quaint car...having fun.

0:14:40 > 0:14:42Let's see if you feel the same at the end of the week.

0:14:44 > 0:14:47Paul's journeyed his way to the Lincolnshire town of Gainsborough.

0:14:49 > 0:14:54Pilgrims Antiques Centre has been in business for over 30 years.

0:14:54 > 0:14:57Paul has £157 left to spend in here.

0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Hello, there.- Afternoon.

0:14:59 > 0:15:01Afternoon it is, how are you?

0:15:01 > 0:15:04- Fine, thank you.- I'm Paul. - I'm Michael.

0:15:14 > 0:15:19This is a sweet little Georgian single-compartment caddy.

0:15:19 > 0:15:24Caddies commonly had two compartments or three.

0:15:24 > 0:15:27You could have green tea, gunpowder tea,

0:15:27 > 0:15:30an aperture for a mixing bowl.

0:15:30 > 0:15:33This, one variety of tea.

0:15:33 > 0:15:40And I think its near cubic nature lends it charm.

0:15:41 > 0:15:43And it's priced at £35.

0:15:43 > 0:15:44Quite cubic. Anything else?

0:15:52 > 0:15:55- That's all right.- Yes, it's better than you think, that one.

0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Isn't it?- It gets better.

0:15:58 > 0:16:00- Really?- I'll let you discover it.

0:16:00 > 0:16:04These Victorian leather-bound portable desks,

0:16:04 > 0:16:06jewellery caskets, whatever,

0:16:06 > 0:16:11I adore, but they're always too worn for me to live with.

0:16:11 > 0:16:13But you've got the one that was looked after.

0:16:13 > 0:16:17- Exactly. - It's a portable writing box.

0:16:17 > 0:16:23So stationery, I assume, in the drop-down lid.

0:16:23 > 0:16:27Hinge intact, never the case.

0:16:27 > 0:16:29Now, does that self support if I drop?

0:16:29 > 0:16:33- It does, yeah.- Pen tray.

0:16:33 > 0:16:34Are these portable inkwells?

0:16:34 > 0:16:37- They are.- With a sprung lid.

0:16:37 > 0:16:39Wow!

0:16:39 > 0:16:43- What?- Look at that, he's getting excited.

0:16:43 > 0:16:45The price on that is £30.

0:16:45 > 0:16:4625.

0:16:54 > 0:17:01Right, OK. And the wee caddy, was it, it is 30 on there, 30...

0:17:01 > 0:17:03- I can't quite remember.- Give me a little bit, I'll be two ticks.

0:17:05 > 0:17:08That tea caddy from earlier is still a hot contender.

0:17:08 > 0:17:1035 on the wee Georgian caddy.

0:17:10 > 0:17:14Right. That can be 30, round it off, 30.

0:17:15 > 0:17:19Michael, I'm not a fool.

0:17:19 > 0:17:21Michael, thank you very much indeed.

0:17:21 > 0:17:25- You're welcome.- Right, I'm going to settle my debt.

0:17:25 > 0:17:28That last purchase from Paul concludes today's shopping.

0:17:31 > 0:17:33I think this car suits our style.

0:17:33 > 0:17:34It does. A bit cosy, though.

0:17:36 > 0:17:37Don't like it?

0:17:37 > 0:17:39Not much room for my legs.

0:17:39 > 0:17:41Yours look a bit, it's a funny angle.

0:17:41 > 0:17:44Get some rest, you two. Nighty-night.

0:17:53 > 0:17:55Good morning, campers!

0:17:55 > 0:17:57Ready for another fun-filled day?

0:17:57 > 0:17:59How did you sleep, Margie?

0:17:59 > 0:18:02Very well, very well, I'm a very, very good sleeper.

0:18:02 > 0:18:04- This is good.- Yeah.

0:18:04 > 0:18:08I'm not exactly a calm person but I sleep well, which amazes me.

0:18:08 > 0:18:11You'd think I'd be up all night worrying about you.

0:18:11 > 0:18:15Another day in paradise with this pair.

0:18:15 > 0:18:17Paul's been working like a trooper.

0:18:17 > 0:18:22He has the animalia bronze fox, the Arts and Crafts hot water jug,

0:18:22 > 0:18:23the George III tea caddy

0:18:23 > 0:18:25and the Victorian leather-bound stationery box.

0:18:25 > 0:18:28This is my kind of material.

0:18:28 > 0:18:30Leaving him £102 for the day ahead.

0:18:32 > 0:18:35Margie has the Victorian watering can and the Victorian kettle.

0:18:35 > 0:18:36Do you think I'm mad?

0:18:38 > 0:18:41She has £172 left to spend.

0:18:42 > 0:18:44- What did you buy?- I'm not telling you.- How much did you spend?

0:18:46 > 0:18:48- 28 quid.- On two things?

0:18:49 > 0:18:53- Yes. 28 quid.- Are you coming over all canny and shrewd?

0:18:53 > 0:18:57Lovely Margie is dropping her Road Trip pal at his first shop

0:18:57 > 0:18:59of the day in the West Yorkshire town of Ossett.

0:18:59 > 0:19:01Spa Farm Antiques.

0:19:01 > 0:19:04Here we are, that looks very nice to me.

0:19:04 > 0:19:06Doesn't that look amazing, Margie?

0:19:06 > 0:19:08Oh, I love that architectural stuff.

0:19:08 > 0:19:11Can you smell that? Coffee and cakes.

0:19:11 > 0:19:14- Don't! - Cheers, Margie.- Bye!

0:19:14 > 0:19:17Spa Farm Antiques does look rather wonderful.

0:19:17 > 0:19:19Hi, Paul. So lovely to meet you.

0:19:19 > 0:19:21How are you?

0:19:21 > 0:19:22I'm good, I'm good to be back.

0:19:22 > 0:19:24- I know.- It was a few years ago.

0:19:24 > 0:19:27- You were, and it's really nice to see you again.- It really is.

0:19:37 > 0:19:40He's definitely patrolling the premises.

0:19:40 > 0:19:41Now, what's this?

0:19:43 > 0:19:44That's a Second World War...

0:19:46 > 0:19:51..or pre-Second World War RAF officer's cap.

0:19:51 > 0:19:53They're quite glamorous things,

0:19:53 > 0:19:56because one thinks of what this chap may have seen.

0:19:56 > 0:19:57There's some initials there.

0:19:57 > 0:20:02GHW, 1845. That clearly isn't a date, that must be a service number.

0:20:07 > 0:20:10It's lacking a patent leather chinstrap, there's a problem.

0:20:10 > 0:20:14And priced at £45.

0:20:14 > 0:20:16A quandary.

0:20:16 > 0:20:19Never buy anything you'd have to apologise for.

0:20:19 > 0:20:20Sorry, it doesn't have a chinstrap.

0:20:20 > 0:20:23Oh, blimey.

0:20:23 > 0:20:26Let's leave him to it and check in with our Margie now.

0:20:26 > 0:20:28Not too sure about yesterday's purchases,

0:20:28 > 0:20:31but I've really got to shape up today...

0:20:32 > 0:20:34..because you really can't trust Paul Laidlaw.

0:20:34 > 0:20:38You know, when I leave him like I've just done, going into the shop,

0:20:38 > 0:20:41you know that you've really got to be on your mettle,

0:20:41 > 0:20:44otherwise he's going to beat you.

0:20:44 > 0:20:48We're accompanying Margie to the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield.

0:20:49 > 0:20:53Serendipity Antiques is next for Margie to have a good old rummage.

0:20:54 > 0:20:56So you must be Sam.

0:20:56 > 0:20:58- Good morning.- Good morning.

0:20:58 > 0:21:00Plenty to look at here.

0:21:00 > 0:21:01- Thank you.- Going to take me ages.

0:21:01 > 0:21:03- It might do.- And are you around if I want you?

0:21:03 > 0:21:05Yeah, if you need any help, just give me a shout.

0:21:05 > 0:21:07We've got three floors, and you just wander around.

0:21:07 > 0:21:09And watch the haunted room upstairs.

0:21:09 > 0:21:10- Haunted room?- Yeah.

0:21:11 > 0:21:12Ooh-ooh!

0:21:12 > 0:21:16As long as it's a friendly ghost, she'll be all right.

0:21:16 > 0:21:20Margie's got £172 weighing down her blazer pockets

0:21:20 > 0:21:22and that's a lot of brass.

0:21:22 > 0:21:25This is the haunted, the haunted room.

0:21:25 > 0:21:26It's quite small.

0:21:28 > 0:21:31Can you feel atmosphere? Is there anybody there?

0:21:32 > 0:21:36I shouldn't laugh, because I don't disbelieve,

0:21:36 > 0:21:39but I'm not sure I believe either, so I'm going.

0:21:39 > 0:21:40I don't blame you.

0:21:42 > 0:21:44Now, what's this?

0:21:44 > 0:21:46Ah!

0:21:46 > 0:21:50There's Royal Dux porcelain there which looks very attractive.

0:21:50 > 0:21:53You can tell by the colours, the lovely greens and creams.

0:21:55 > 0:21:57And there should be a lozenge mark underneath.

0:21:57 > 0:21:59And there it is.

0:21:59 > 0:22:02This raised triangle of clay is one of the most distinctive marks

0:22:02 > 0:22:04found on porcelain.

0:22:04 > 0:22:10Just having a look at it. Yeah, we've got a bit of a flaw here.

0:22:11 > 0:22:14That's the trouble with porcelain,

0:22:14 > 0:22:16you've really got to keep your eye out.

0:22:16 > 0:22:18It doesn't have a price tag.

0:22:18 > 0:22:19Where's dealer Sam? Sam?

0:22:21 > 0:22:25If it was perfect, I'd be looking around about the £300 mark.

0:22:25 > 0:22:28Good pieces of Royal Dux are...

0:22:28 > 0:22:30and it's a centrepiece.

0:22:30 > 0:22:31Yeah, but it's damaged.

0:22:31 > 0:22:32It's only the tail.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35OK. Because it's damaged, I'd...

0:22:35 > 0:22:38..be prepared to let it go for...

0:22:39 > 0:22:41..60 quid.

0:22:41 > 0:22:44So, is 60 your final word?

0:22:44 > 0:22:46Because I really like it.

0:22:46 > 0:22:48Well, I've got 40 quid in it.

0:22:48 > 0:22:51I'd let you have it for 50, that honestly would be...

0:22:51 > 0:22:53- We'll have it for 50. - Lovely.- Thanks, Sam.

0:22:53 > 0:22:55- You're welcome.- Nice work, Margie.

0:22:57 > 0:23:00While she browses on, let's return to Paul over in Ossett.

0:23:02 > 0:23:06There we have, apparently, old binoculars, £5.

0:23:08 > 0:23:09They look pretty standard...

0:23:09 > 0:23:12..prismatic field glasses.

0:23:12 > 0:23:15But it's all about the markings there.

0:23:15 > 0:23:18And that says Dienstglas 6 x 30.

0:23:18 > 0:23:22A serial number and then DDX.

0:23:22 > 0:23:24Dienstglas, German,

0:23:24 > 0:23:28Third Reich, Wehrmacht issue binoculars.

0:23:28 > 0:23:30Second World War.

0:23:30 > 0:23:33This is right up Paul's boulevard.

0:23:33 > 0:23:38Look at what else I've got in my hand. Ta-dah!

0:23:38 > 0:23:41We've got the RAF versus arguably the Luftwaffe here

0:23:41 > 0:23:43because these could have been carried by a Luftwaffe chap.

0:23:43 > 0:23:48And together, don't they make an interesting lot in auction?

0:23:48 > 0:23:51You get a lot for your bucks now.

0:23:51 > 0:23:54- You with me?- Yes, sir.

0:23:54 > 0:23:55Walk this way.

0:23:55 > 0:23:56Achtung, pet.

0:23:56 > 0:23:58Time to chat with that lovely Judith.

0:23:58 > 0:24:00- Hello, there.- Hi, how you doing?

0:24:00 > 0:24:01- I found stuff.- Have you?

0:24:01 > 0:24:03- I've found stuff.- Amazing.

0:24:03 > 0:24:04Um...

0:24:06 > 0:24:09- Amazing but with a problem. - Right.

0:24:09 > 0:24:11- It ain't the price.- OK.

0:24:11 > 0:24:13They're meant to have a patent leather chinstrap.

0:24:13 > 0:24:16And then you've got an old set of binoculars

0:24:16 > 0:24:18which you cannae argue with the price over.

0:24:18 > 0:24:20Can you do me a deal on the two of them?

0:24:20 > 0:24:21What were you thinking?

0:24:21 > 0:24:24Keep that as it is, because it's cheap enough, I think.

0:24:24 > 0:24:26Yeah, yeah. Well, a long way off that.

0:24:27 > 0:24:31Is 25 too far away for reality?

0:24:31 > 0:24:34I think so. I think I'd rather take 30 for that.

0:24:34 > 0:24:37And I think that at that price is absolutely fabulous.

0:24:37 > 0:24:41Why don't you and I agree that that's absolutely fabulous

0:24:41 > 0:24:44- and I give you the money? - That sounds good.

0:24:44 > 0:24:46Yeah. Definitely.

0:24:46 > 0:24:47There we have it.

0:24:47 > 0:24:52He sniffed out some militaria in the guise of the World War II RAF cap,

0:24:52 > 0:24:56and the German Wehrmacht binoculars for total of £35.

0:24:57 > 0:25:00Back to Margie in Huddersfield.

0:25:00 > 0:25:01Oh, look.

0:25:02 > 0:25:06It's a toddy ladle, a Georgian toddy ladle.

0:25:08 > 0:25:10And that has survived roughly,

0:25:10 > 0:25:15just roughly - there's some hallmarks in the middle there...

0:25:15 > 0:25:20That's late 18th century, so that's 220 years old.

0:25:20 > 0:25:26It's got a twisted horn handle and it's for scooping out mulled wine,

0:25:26 > 0:25:29you know, toddy, putting into your glass.

0:25:29 > 0:25:32Every Georgian house of some note would have one.

0:25:32 > 0:25:37Ladles date back to the Romans, but it wasn't until the 18th century

0:25:37 > 0:25:42that a companion to the newly-created soup tureen was needed.

0:25:42 > 0:25:46And then, in turn, a small ladle for punch or hot toddy.

0:25:46 > 0:25:47Oh, Sam?

0:25:47 > 0:25:50How much are we talking about, Sam?

0:25:50 > 0:25:51Georgian toddy spoon?

0:25:51 > 0:25:53Yeah.

0:25:53 > 0:25:55Um... Good condition, £60.

0:25:55 > 0:25:57- Yeah.- Well, it's not in good condition, there's a few...

0:25:57 > 0:25:59- A little split.- Yeah.

0:25:59 > 0:26:01Can I come back at you?

0:26:01 > 0:26:03Will you be offended?

0:26:03 > 0:26:05No, I'll never be offended, you're a very charming lady,

0:26:05 > 0:26:07I'll never be offended.

0:26:07 > 0:26:09So, how about 45?

0:26:12 > 0:26:15Yeah, that'll be all right, that'll be all right.

0:26:15 > 0:26:17Our Margie doesn't hang about.

0:26:17 > 0:26:20I'll put it with your other items, Margie.

0:26:20 > 0:26:24While you're passing that shelf, I've actually seen some pens.

0:26:24 > 0:26:27- Can I just have a quick look? - Yeah, course you can.

0:26:27 > 0:26:30Could that be a trio-buy in the offing?

0:26:30 > 0:26:32- You mean these?- Yeah, yeah, yeah, I do, actually.

0:26:32 > 0:26:35Well, they're on the £20 shelf.

0:26:35 > 0:26:37£20 shelf, I like it.

0:26:37 > 0:26:41- Parker 45. Original in its box. - And we've got these here, which are,

0:26:41 > 0:26:43what's that one?

0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Has it got a name?- They've only just come in but this is...

0:26:46 > 0:26:49- That's an old one.- Yeah, it's early Edwardian, I think it's Serpentine,

0:26:49 > 0:26:51it's a pen...propelling pencil.

0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Oh, that's nice. - You've got a Parker pen there,

0:26:54 > 0:26:56with a 14 carat nib.

0:26:56 > 0:26:59That's two boxes of pens priced at £20 each.

0:26:59 > 0:27:03So, how much are we saying for the lot, then?

0:27:03 > 0:27:04A little parcel.

0:27:04 > 0:27:06And then I'm going now.

0:27:06 > 0:27:08£30 for the two?

0:27:10 > 0:27:12Yeah, that should be all right, shouldn't it?

0:27:12 > 0:27:13Thank you.

0:27:13 > 0:27:16And that swift purchase gives her three lovely lots for a total

0:27:16 > 0:27:18of £125.

0:27:19 > 0:27:22The town of Pontefract in West Yorkshire

0:27:22 > 0:27:26is where Paul's next headed. He's come to learn about

0:27:26 > 0:27:31the favourite sweetie namesake of the town, the Pontefract cake.

0:27:31 > 0:27:34But there's an intriguing link to modern-day democracy too.

0:27:36 > 0:27:38- Hi, is it Dave?- Hi, yes, Dave.

0:27:38 > 0:27:40- Welcome.- Good to see you.

0:27:40 > 0:27:42Dave Evans, curator of the Pontefract Museum,

0:27:42 > 0:27:45is going to enlighten us further.

0:27:45 > 0:27:49What's its origin, how far back does this sweet or foodstuff go?

0:27:49 > 0:27:51Well, as far as we know,

0:27:51 > 0:27:53liquorice goes back thousands of years

0:27:53 > 0:27:56and it starts out as a medicine,

0:27:56 > 0:27:59particularly good for stomach upsets and chest problems.

0:27:59 > 0:28:03It's widely believed that liquorice arrived in Pontefract either from

0:28:03 > 0:28:06Crusaders returning from their campaigns

0:28:06 > 0:28:09or with 14th-century Dominican monks who settled

0:28:09 > 0:28:12at Pontefract Priory.

0:28:12 > 0:28:14So it's not native to the British Isles?

0:28:14 > 0:28:16Liquorice itself isn't, no.

0:28:16 > 0:28:18It grows in most places around the world, but

0:28:18 > 0:28:22we're right on the northern extreme here of where you can grow it.

0:28:22 > 0:28:24And what part of the plant's the good bit?

0:28:24 > 0:28:28Surprisingly, it's the root that's used to make the liquorice.

0:28:28 > 0:28:32It grows very deep and that's why Pontefract is so successful

0:28:32 > 0:28:37in growing it, because it has very deep, rich, well-drained soil

0:28:37 > 0:28:40so the roots grow down four, six feet,

0:28:40 > 0:28:43and then you leave them to grow for about five years,

0:28:43 > 0:28:44then dig the root up.

0:28:44 > 0:28:47Pontefract guarded the growing of liquorice,

0:28:47 > 0:28:51and laws passed forbidding anyone else from growing the herb.

0:28:51 > 0:28:54By 1700, Pontefract is growing lots of it,

0:28:54 > 0:28:57particularly around the castle area.

0:28:59 > 0:29:02In 1760, local apothecary George Dunhill was

0:29:02 > 0:29:06the first to add sugar and create a sweetie that could be chewed.

0:29:06 > 0:29:10Dunhill's discovery made Pontefract liquorice world-famous.

0:29:10 > 0:29:13Most of the fields in the area were involved, and by the end

0:29:13 > 0:29:18of the 19th century, around 100 tons of liquorice was being produced.

0:29:20 > 0:29:25When the sweets really take off in the middle to late-19th century,

0:29:25 > 0:29:30production runs away ahead of what Pontefract can cope with,

0:29:30 > 0:29:34and they start importing it, mainly from Spain and Turkey.

0:29:34 > 0:29:38Quite why they were called cakes is lost in time,

0:29:38 > 0:29:41but since the 17th century, Pontefract cakes featured

0:29:41 > 0:29:46the local castle stamped into every sweetie to signify quality.

0:29:46 > 0:29:49This stamp would go on to play a critical part

0:29:49 > 0:29:51in a political first too.

0:29:52 > 0:29:55OK, what have we here?

0:29:55 > 0:29:58Well, this is a ballot box that was used in the first

0:29:58 > 0:30:02British Parliamentary election held by secret ballot,

0:30:02 > 0:30:06which was a by-election here in Pontefract in August, 1872.

0:30:06 > 0:30:11And its connection to liquorice is that they closed the boxes,

0:30:11 > 0:30:14locked them and needed to seal them,

0:30:14 > 0:30:17and they needed to seal them with something that was common

0:30:17 > 0:30:20across all five polling stations.

0:30:20 > 0:30:23So they used wax and the Pontefract cake stamps

0:30:23 > 0:30:26from the local company Wilkinson's.

0:30:26 > 0:30:28What a survivor.

0:30:28 > 0:30:31And what a history. So we've gone from medieval medicine to Georgian

0:30:31 > 0:30:36sweets to Victorian politics all by virtue of this little sweet.

0:30:36 > 0:30:38- Right.- Amazing.

0:30:38 > 0:30:42Well, it's been fascinating and I'd love to cap it all off with a sweet.

0:30:42 > 0:30:44Do you fancy going and getting some?

0:30:44 > 0:30:46Yeah, we just happen to have a few here.

0:30:46 > 0:30:48As if by magic!

0:30:48 > 0:30:50- You like these things? - Yes, in moderation.

0:30:50 > 0:30:52Well, one for you and one for me.

0:30:52 > 0:30:54- Cheers, Dave.- Cheers.

0:30:54 > 0:30:57Let's leave them to chomp on their sweeties.

0:31:00 > 0:31:03Margie is off to the village of Dodworth in South Yorkshire.

0:31:04 > 0:31:07I'm hoping that this shop's going to be good.

0:31:07 > 0:31:09Quite exciting, really.

0:31:09 > 0:31:11You never know what you're turning up to.

0:31:13 > 0:31:16Margie's visiting Locked In Time,

0:31:16 > 0:31:19with £47 burning a hole in her pocket.

0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Hi, David.- Hello, Margie, all right?

0:31:21 > 0:31:23- Lovely shop.- Yes, thank you.

0:31:23 > 0:31:24Right.

0:31:24 > 0:31:26What's ripe for Margie in here, then?

0:31:37 > 0:31:39Gosh.

0:31:39 > 0:31:40Keep your food warm.

0:31:42 > 0:31:44It's 25 quid.

0:31:45 > 0:31:46Cover a meat dish.

0:31:49 > 0:31:52A good Edwardian house would have these of all different sizes

0:31:52 > 0:31:55to keep the food warm when it's coming from the kitchen.

0:31:56 > 0:31:59That's really nice, it's called a key pattern.

0:31:59 > 0:32:01Very old pattern. It's called a key pattern.

0:32:01 > 0:32:03You've got all that lovely engraving.

0:32:03 > 0:32:05Still a useful item.

0:32:05 > 0:32:07You know the problem? Who wants to clean it?

0:32:09 > 0:32:11And who wants to use it? It's lost its use.

0:32:12 > 0:32:14Moving on, then.

0:32:14 > 0:32:17I've just found these.

0:32:17 > 0:32:20And these are rather nice brass church sticks.

0:32:20 > 0:32:21Don't they look lovely?

0:32:21 > 0:32:24I mean, they're in every church that you go into.

0:32:24 > 0:32:27A good age, they'll be mid-Victorian.

0:32:28 > 0:32:32And alongside are these little brass candlesticks with the pushers

0:32:32 > 0:32:33that push the candle out, there.

0:32:35 > 0:32:39And they are probably earlier, Georgian, they're probably late Georgian.

0:32:40 > 0:32:43Not worth a lot of money but if I can buy them cheaply

0:32:43 > 0:32:46I could put them maybe with one of the things I bought yesterday,

0:32:46 > 0:32:48like maybe the kettle or something.

0:32:48 > 0:32:51They don't sport a price, though.

0:32:51 > 0:32:53Let's see if David is up for a deal.

0:32:53 > 0:32:56So, running out of time, running out of money.

0:32:56 > 0:32:58So, how much?

0:32:58 > 0:32:59I'd say about £35.

0:32:59 > 0:33:01Yeah, you're near.

0:33:01 > 0:33:02- I'm near, am I?- 25?

0:33:04 > 0:33:05Yeah, I think that's not too bad.

0:33:05 > 0:33:08Is that all right? Sure? Absolutely sure?

0:33:08 > 0:33:10Blimey, Margie doesn't waste her time.

0:33:12 > 0:33:15Those candlesticks are the final purchase of this first leg.

0:33:15 > 0:33:19So now let's cadge a lift with our chirpy Road Trippers.

0:33:21 > 0:33:23Harrogate, here we come!

0:33:23 > 0:33:25Feeling good?

0:33:25 > 0:33:28Yes. Feeling good, optimistic.

0:33:28 > 0:33:30- What?- Optimistic.

0:33:30 > 0:33:32I don't want optimism from the opposite camp, Margie,

0:33:32 > 0:33:34I want despondency.

0:33:34 > 0:33:36No, that comes after.

0:33:36 > 0:33:40Oh, blimey. Time, I think, now for a bit of shuteye.

0:33:46 > 0:33:48Get set, it's auction day.

0:33:48 > 0:33:51And we're in the heart of Yorkshire, the Victorian spa town of Harrogate

0:33:51 > 0:33:55to be precise. A proper tea and bun destination.

0:33:56 > 0:33:58- Excited?- Yeah.- Nervous?

0:33:58 > 0:34:01Yeah, always nervous, auction day, and you don't help.

0:34:04 > 0:34:07Thompsons Auctioneers is hosting today's showdown.

0:34:08 > 0:34:10- It's big enough. - It is, plenty to see.

0:34:10 > 0:34:12- Are you going for a mooch?- I am.

0:34:12 > 0:34:15- Which way are you going? - See you later.

0:34:15 > 0:34:18Let's have a refresher on how our Road Trip buddies have fared.

0:34:19 > 0:34:23Margie's spent £178 on five lots.

0:34:25 > 0:34:29Paul, well, he's been a bit more frugal, spending £133,

0:34:29 > 0:34:31also on five auction lots.

0:34:34 > 0:34:38Now for the verdict on one another's buys.

0:34:38 > 0:34:41Margie has gone and bought brass candlesticks and a watering can.

0:34:43 > 0:34:44She's crazy, yeah?

0:34:44 > 0:34:46Surely, madness.

0:34:46 > 0:34:48On the contrary.

0:34:48 > 0:34:52Shrewd. For me, these steal the show.

0:34:52 > 0:34:56Belting pair, ecclesiastical brass candlesticks, and frankly,

0:34:56 > 0:35:00I think they're worth more than the £35 she paid for the lot.

0:35:00 > 0:35:03Well, this is a typical Paul Laidlaw lot, isn't it?

0:35:03 > 0:35:06Which puts you into a quandary and slightly worried.

0:35:06 > 0:35:08To me, it's just an officer's cap

0:35:08 > 0:35:11from World War II. But I think these might be

0:35:11 > 0:35:14the things that's going to make the lot expensive.

0:35:14 > 0:35:17Military, obviously, World War II.

0:35:17 > 0:35:19Absolutely not a clue.

0:35:19 > 0:35:22£35.

0:35:22 > 0:35:24Going to be a worry, I think.

0:35:24 > 0:35:26It's a general sale today.

0:35:26 > 0:35:30What does auctioneer Kate Higgins make of Paul and Margie's purchases?

0:35:30 > 0:35:32Go on, Kate, spill the beans.

0:35:32 > 0:35:37The retro Parker pen, there's a pencil and three other pens.

0:35:37 > 0:35:41We find a lot of people do collect fountain pens and what have you,

0:35:41 > 0:35:43we do have other lots in the sale today.

0:35:43 > 0:35:46I expect it to probably do £40 or £50.

0:35:46 > 0:35:49The RAF peaked cap by Burberry and the binoculars,

0:35:49 > 0:35:53it's one of my favourite lots in this week's sale.

0:35:53 > 0:35:57I think you get a collector on that, it should do £80-£100.

0:35:58 > 0:36:01Right! Let's take our seats.

0:36:01 > 0:36:03Oh, they are comfortable.

0:36:03 > 0:36:05They are very comfortable.

0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Well, there's nowhere to hide now, Margie.- Absolutely.

0:36:10 > 0:36:12Let's get jolly well started, then.

0:36:12 > 0:36:15Paul's George III tea caddy is up first.

0:36:15 > 0:36:17Here we go, come on.

0:36:17 > 0:36:19I am 25 bid, 30 now.

0:36:19 > 0:36:2130, five.

0:36:21 > 0:36:2440. 40 with the lady, five anywhere else?

0:36:24 > 0:36:26Lady's bid here.

0:36:26 > 0:36:27- It's lean.- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

0:36:27 > 0:36:29On my right, now, at 45. 50 anywhere?

0:36:29 > 0:36:31I shall sell at 45.

0:36:31 > 0:36:33- Well done.- It's a profit.

0:36:33 > 0:36:34- You're in.- It's a start.

0:36:34 > 0:36:39Certainly is, Paul. Long may the good fortune continue.

0:36:39 > 0:36:41I'd be liking more than that, though, I don't mind telling you.

0:36:41 > 0:36:43How greedy am I?

0:36:43 > 0:36:45I couldn't possibly comment.

0:36:45 > 0:36:47Margie's Victorian watering can

0:36:47 > 0:36:49and brass candlesticks combo lot is next.

0:36:52 > 0:36:54Commission starts at 25, 30 now.

0:36:54 > 0:36:58With me here at 25, 30, five, 40 in the room.

0:36:58 > 0:37:0145, 50. 55, 60.

0:37:01 > 0:37:0560 here, gentleman's bid here is 60, do I see five?

0:37:05 > 0:37:07I shall sell at 60.

0:37:07 > 0:37:10- That's OK.- Happy days, Margie.

0:37:10 > 0:37:14Well done, Margie. That result places you ahead of Paul.

0:37:14 > 0:37:16Two profits in two lots.

0:37:16 > 0:37:19Gosh. We're on a roll, Margie.

0:37:22 > 0:37:27Here's hoping. Time for Paul's Arts and Crafts copper jug.

0:37:27 > 0:37:29I am ten bid, 15 now.

0:37:29 > 0:37:3115 we have, do I see 20?

0:37:31 > 0:37:32Do we see 20, five?

0:37:32 > 0:37:34Somebody's picked up on it.

0:37:34 > 0:37:3630, five.

0:37:36 > 0:37:3940. Your bid, sir, at 45.

0:37:39 > 0:37:41- Take it.- In the room at £40.

0:37:41 > 0:37:43I shall sell at 40.

0:37:43 > 0:37:44That's very, very good.

0:37:45 > 0:37:46Marvellous result.

0:37:46 > 0:37:49You're firmly back in the lead, Paul.

0:37:51 > 0:37:52And that was my weak lot.

0:37:52 > 0:37:55You did well to spot the name because you could hardly see it.

0:37:57 > 0:37:59He's not just a pretty face, Margie.

0:37:59 > 0:38:02Let's see how your Georgian silver toddy ladle fares.

0:38:02 > 0:38:05Commission starts at 25, 30 now.

0:38:05 > 0:38:0830, five, 40.

0:38:08 > 0:38:11Standing at 40. Five. 45 seated now.

0:38:11 > 0:38:13- Oh, please.- You're out.

0:38:13 > 0:38:14- Oh, no!- 50, five.

0:38:14 > 0:38:1755, still with you sir, 60 now?

0:38:17 > 0:38:18I shall sell at 55.

0:38:18 > 0:38:208565.

0:38:20 > 0:38:22Wee profit.

0:38:22 > 0:38:25Someone's got a real bargain there.

0:38:28 > 0:38:30On the other hand...

0:38:31 > 0:38:33It's not over yet, mate.

0:38:35 > 0:38:36I'm counting no chickens.

0:38:36 > 0:38:38You certainly can't in this game.

0:38:40 > 0:38:45Paul's Victorian leather-bound stationery box is next to go.

0:38:45 > 0:38:48There's lots of boxes in the world, aren't there?

0:38:48 > 0:38:50Steady, Margie, steady.

0:38:50 > 0:38:52Stationary box, £10.

0:38:52 > 0:38:56Ten for it, ten, 15, 20, five, 30, five,

0:38:56 > 0:38:5840. Five.

0:38:58 > 0:39:00- 50.- We're safe.- Standing bid at 50.

0:39:00 > 0:39:03- It's still cheap. - Gentleman's bid here at £50,

0:39:03 > 0:39:06I shall sell in the room at 50.

0:39:06 > 0:39:07I think that's a gift.

0:39:07 > 0:39:10- It's a profit but it's too cheap. - Yeah.

0:39:10 > 0:39:12Great result, Paul.

0:39:12 > 0:39:15Are you going to do that with your moustache when you're pleased?

0:39:15 > 0:39:17Be contemplative.

0:39:17 > 0:39:18Mmm!

0:39:20 > 0:39:22Oh, blimey.

0:39:22 > 0:39:26Margie's propelling pencil and golden nibbed fountain pen are next.

0:39:26 > 0:39:29Commission starts at 60, do I see 65?

0:39:29 > 0:39:31It's too much, £15 too much, you said.

0:39:31 > 0:39:34On commission at £60, I shall sell at 60.

0:39:34 > 0:39:3511445.

0:39:38 > 0:39:40Well done, Margie.

0:39:40 > 0:39:43You've overtaken big beardy.

0:39:43 > 0:39:46Hey, we're doing well today, aren't we?

0:39:46 > 0:39:48It's the auctioneer's favourite,

0:39:48 > 0:39:50Paul's RAF cap and Wehrmacht binoculars.

0:39:50 > 0:39:53- Watch out.- Here we go, come on.

0:39:53 > 0:39:54Oh, I can't look.

0:39:54 > 0:39:56Commission starts at 75.

0:39:56 > 0:39:57Yes!

0:39:57 > 0:39:59With me here at 75, do I see...

0:39:59 > 0:40:01Oh, it's all on commission.

0:40:01 > 0:40:03On commission, I shall sell at 75.

0:40:03 > 0:40:05I'll take it, though, yeah.

0:40:05 > 0:40:07Yeah, that's fair enough.

0:40:07 > 0:40:11Your expertise has paid off, Paul - nice finds.

0:40:11 > 0:40:14Oh, we are doing all right, aren't we?

0:40:14 > 0:40:17Oh, my word, we're doing all right.

0:40:17 > 0:40:19Swimmingly.

0:40:19 > 0:40:21Margie's Victorian kettle is next to go.

0:40:21 > 0:40:24I think it's a nice kettle.

0:40:25 > 0:40:27I hope somebody else does.

0:40:27 > 0:40:30On commission at 20, do I see five?

0:40:30 > 0:40:3225 we have, 30 now.

0:40:32 > 0:40:35In the room, I shall sell at 25.

0:40:35 > 0:40:36It's not a lot.

0:40:38 > 0:40:40Come on, Margie, it's still a profit.

0:40:40 > 0:40:42I'm happy.

0:40:42 > 0:40:44And that's all that counts, Margie.

0:40:45 > 0:40:48Paul's bronze animalia fox is next.

0:40:48 > 0:40:50Commission starts at 60, five now.

0:40:50 > 0:40:53- You're right.- With me here at 60, do I see five?

0:40:53 > 0:40:57On commission at £60, I shall sell at 60.

0:40:57 > 0:40:59- That's good. Double your money. - I'll take it.

0:41:00 > 0:41:02This auctioneer doesn't hang about.

0:41:02 > 0:41:04Well done again, Paul.

0:41:04 > 0:41:07- I'll take it! - You've done very well with that.

0:41:07 > 0:41:10Nine out of nine lots making profits.

0:41:10 > 0:41:12Well done indeed. But can Margie's last lot,

0:41:12 > 0:41:14the damaged Royal Dux figurine,

0:41:14 > 0:41:16make it a clean sweep?

0:41:16 > 0:41:19£20. 20 for it.

0:41:19 > 0:41:2120 we have, do I see five?

0:41:21 > 0:41:2325. 30.

0:41:23 > 0:41:26Nope, on my right at 30, five anywhere else?

0:41:26 > 0:41:28In the room at £30.

0:41:28 > 0:41:29I shall sell at 30.

0:41:32 > 0:41:34You scared me then.

0:41:34 > 0:41:37Well, that is a blow.

0:41:39 > 0:41:41The first and only loss of the day.

0:41:41 > 0:41:43Bad luck, Margie.

0:41:43 > 0:41:45Margie, four profits!

0:41:45 > 0:41:48- Four profits.- And you've got five.

0:41:48 > 0:41:52I know, but if I could give one of them back, I would.

0:41:52 > 0:41:53Oh, you little liar.

0:41:53 > 0:41:56You little liar.

0:41:56 > 0:41:57He jests, Margie.

0:41:59 > 0:42:01Will you take me for a coffee?

0:42:01 > 0:42:04Of course, with my profits, I'll buy you a bun as well.

0:42:04 > 0:42:05Come on.

0:42:06 > 0:42:09Who will be triumphant at the first auction, then?

0:42:09 > 0:42:11Let's work out the numbers.

0:42:13 > 0:42:17Margie began with £200, and after all saleroom costs,

0:42:17 > 0:42:18made a profit of £10.60.

0:42:19 > 0:42:21She begins the second leg with...

0:42:25 > 0:42:27Paul also kicked things off with £200

0:42:27 > 0:42:30and he has soared into the lead

0:42:30 > 0:42:32with a profit of £88.40.

0:42:32 > 0:42:38Paul claims the first leg and has a delightful £288.40 for next time.

0:42:40 > 0:42:42- Well.- All right?

0:42:42 > 0:42:45- Not bad.- Yeah, better than all right - nine out of ten.

0:42:45 > 0:42:47- Yeah.- Yes?- Yes.

0:42:47 > 0:42:49- Going to do more of this? - Yeah, could do.

0:42:49 > 0:42:52- Shall we, then? - Yeah. See you tomorrow.

0:42:52 > 0:42:54Can't wait, Road Trippers.

0:42:56 > 0:42:59Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Margie's on the warpath.

0:42:59 > 0:43:01I think of the Civil War when I go to York.

0:43:01 > 0:43:03Oh, here we go.

0:43:03 > 0:43:05Paul believes in sprinting furniture.

0:43:05 > 0:43:08That little chair could run off.

0:43:08 > 0:43:11Margie's employing fearless bargaining.

0:43:11 > 0:43:14I'm going to offer £38.

0:43:14 > 0:43:17While Paul is Mr Wind-up Merchant.

0:43:17 > 0:43:19- Have you not bought anything? - Not yet.- You're joking.

0:43:19 > 0:43:22I've been through the door five minutes and I've got something.

0:43:22 > 0:43:23You're a little liar.