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.