0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts...
0:00:04 > 0:00:05- What a job.- ..with £200 each...
0:00:05 > 0:00:07- You with me?- ..a classic car...
0:00:07 > 0:00:09Buckle up.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11..and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- Ooh, sorry.- Ha-ha!
0:00:13 > 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 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:23- Yes!- ..and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory...
0:00:25 > 0:00:27..or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29- Have a good trip! - SHE LAUGHS
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Hang about!
0:00:42 > 0:00:44It's only the fourth leg of the road trip with auctioneer
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Paul Laidlaw and dealer Margie Cooper.
0:00:47 > 0:00:48Here we go.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50Penultimate day!
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Past the halfway point.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54And I'm feeling quite happy this morning.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Hmm, positively perky.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59This is the bit I like. I like the bit where we're just tootling about.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- I know.- When auctions are behind us, shops are ahead of us,
0:01:03 > 0:01:09but for now, no pressure, good company, hey - pleasant sunshine.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Sounds too good to be true.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14From her original £200,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Margie now has...
0:01:19 > 0:01:21Despite losing at the last auction,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Paul is still in the lead
0:01:23 > 0:01:27with a kitty of...
0:01:28 > 0:01:30- Ah!- I was just relaxing into this, and
0:01:30 > 0:01:33now I've got to put my game face back on.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36Dust it off and put it on.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38- Yes.- And put up with your gloating.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Crumbs.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46They're in a Morris Minor which was first registered in 1963.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Seems Paul's a bit hot under the collar this morning.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Yeah. I can see in my rear-view mirror now.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55I thought I was leaving you behind at the start line!
0:01:55 > 0:01:56Cheeky.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03Our pair's road trip kicked off and Hemswell Cliff in Lincolnshire.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06They will gallop around Yorkshire and take a spin around the Midlands
0:02:06 > 0:02:09before concluding in Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Today, our adventure begins in Chesterfield in Derbyshire,
0:02:12 > 0:02:16and we end with an auction in Leicester in the East Midlands.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Well, we're going to kick off...
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- Yeah.- ..in this, under the same roof, Margie, you and I.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Oh, no.- That's lovely, isn't it?
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- It's nice to be together, isn't it? - You, you hanging around!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32"What's he looking at? What's he picking that up for?"
0:02:32 > 0:02:34They're best friends, really.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38Told you.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Hey!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42And good job their first shop is big enough for the two of them.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Here we are. How are your jolliness levels?
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Are they still high? In fact, adios.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50I'm chomping at the bit.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52No time for stragglers.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57Come on. Let's go find some treasure.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Bossy, isn't he? Olympia House is an emporium full of traders
0:03:01 > 0:03:03dealing their wares.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- Right, then.- Right. I am going to peel off left, yeah?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Oh, nice.- Yeah.
0:03:10 > 0:03:11- See you.- See you later!
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Don't follow me.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Right. What can you get your hands on in here, then, Margie?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Oh, God, I hate these things.
0:03:32 > 0:03:38Keep calm and take any advantage you can of the situation.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39He's geared up.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46There's an English classic, and an English classic that's had a life.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49That is the Windsor armchair.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53A design that goes back to, certainly, the 18th century, and
0:03:53 > 0:03:58characterised by the use of bent wood elements.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00What on earth are you talking about, Paul?
0:04:00 > 0:04:04I am talking about, for one, the hoop back there,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08and this horseshoe arm.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10How on earth do you bend that wood without snapping it?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Well, you steam it.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13You steam it, makes it pliable.
0:04:13 > 0:04:19That one there is going to be all of 150-year-old if it's a day.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21It's priced at £50.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Sounds like a strong possible.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27Look at that.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Bagatelle. Don't you know what...? It's a game.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33And you put your balls in there.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Fire it, and then it's whoever scores the most,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38where the ball lodges.
0:04:38 > 0:04:41I rather like the look of that.
0:04:41 > 0:04:47Popular in 19th century taverns, bagatelle originates from billiards.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51I think that's got quite a good look about it.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53But not for £30!
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Oh, Paul looks pleased with himself.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Come on, you've got to love this.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06That is a London Transport Company toy ticket machine.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08This is a Clippy's ticket clipper.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12And here we go, we're playing buses, come on, let's play buses.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14Have you got your wee ticket?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17Give me your ticket, ma'am.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Stick it in there and your ticket goes,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23a bit of paper goes in there and we go click, click, and
0:05:23 > 0:05:27a wee punch you've made. "There you go, see you later."
0:05:27 > 0:05:30You don't buy sweets.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Is that not tremendous? I mean, is that not tremendous?
0:05:33 > 0:05:37Certainly is. And I think you've played that game before.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Look at the price tag on this, a piece of nostalgia.
0:05:40 > 0:05:431950s/1960s, yeah, £8.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44That's nothing. £8.
0:05:44 > 0:05:51£8! And if you are a collector of transport memorabilia or toys...
0:05:51 > 0:05:53..I'm sure that is a gift.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Whether it's for me remains to be seen.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59And I'll tell you what, you'd be damned unlucky not to make money on that at auction.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Uh-oh. What's this?
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Yeah. I just think it's nice to have interesting things.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15And that's interesting.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19I reckon that this must be 100 years old.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22In the days where they docked horse's tails...
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Cos let's face it, it's like having long hair, isn't it?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Tails were a flipping nuisance to be looked after, they all soiled up.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31It feels great. It's very tactile...
0:06:31 > 0:06:34..like these things are. It's part of our history.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I know it's gruesome, but it's part of what happened.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Horses, especially those used for hunting,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43would have had their tails docked, a practise now illegal.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Horses have their tails plaited instead.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49But it's £45, and I'm not buying it for £45.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Dealer Debbie is on hand to help our Margie.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Whose is this little bit, section?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- One of the traders.- Is it?
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- Yeah.- Yeah, but I mean, he's put here, he's only knocking £4 off.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03You know, I'd be looking to buy that much cheaper.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Cos it's... I don't know whether they'll even...
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- You know?- I don't know, I just think they're really unusual.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- Yeah.- They're not something that you would see every day.- No, I absolutely know that.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Ooh, we've got an interloper.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17There's big business going on here.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19You need any mirrors? Would you like windows?
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- It's all frosted. Makes you look better.- Oh, I like his beard.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- I think it suits him.- He looks very handsome.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I'm having a job to keep my hands off him.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Are you, really? I would be, too.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Yeah.- Yeah.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35I am, in a minute.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Control yourself, ladies. I think we all need to calm down.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Let's get back to business, eh?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Er...30 quid.
0:07:44 > 0:07:4632.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- I've obviously got to do the best for the trader.- I know.
0:07:50 > 0:07:51- I understand that.- So...
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Oh, go on. Let's go for it.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54- 32.- Yeah. Thank you.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- Fabulous.- Yeah.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57And while we're at it...
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Debbie, what about this bagatelle?
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Well, unfortunately, it's only just come into the shop last week.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08And I have been told I can only knock £5 off,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10which would make it 25.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12Aw! Can't it just sneak under 20?
0:08:15 > 0:08:1820 would be the bottom line on it.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19OK, I'm not going to argue any more.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Yes. OK?- Right, so that's two items.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Margie has spent a total of £52.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Now, is Paul still playing at buses?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31- Is it Sophia?- It is.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Good to see you. I'm Paul.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33Nice to meet you.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Very nice to be here. I've recced your joint.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Have you found something?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41Yeah, a piece of frivolity but it is charming.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45One wee vintage toy, tin-plate Clippy's machine...
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- Yes.- ..with a modest price tag.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54I hate to haggle over such modest sums but, somehow,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I dig deep and I find the stamina to do so.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Right.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00Is there anything can be done on that price tag?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Could that be a fiver?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03It can't be five.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- What can it be?- It can be six.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- It is six, then.- Yeah.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- There we are. Easy.- Easy peasy.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Lemon squeezy.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14But what about that charming Windsor armchair?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17My offer is 35.
0:09:17 > 0:09:18I can ring them and ask them.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20- Would you?- Yeah. Anna, it's Soph.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27Would you accept £35 on that Windsor chair in your space?
0:09:27 > 0:09:30- ON PHONE:- Yeah, that's fine, yeah.- Yeah? That's great stuff. Thank you.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32- All right.- All right, thanks, bye.- Bye.
0:09:34 > 0:09:3535 it is.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Easy peasy!
0:09:37 > 0:09:39Great result. Two lots for auction.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42£6 for the toy clipping machine
0:09:42 > 0:09:44and 35 for the lovely Windsor armchair.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Ooh! I like that.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Meanwhile, Margie has made her way to the town
0:09:53 > 0:09:54of Bakewell in Derbyshire.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00She must have been behaving herself, because look where she's headed.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03The lavish Chatsworth House.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07It may seem like the unlikely inspiration for today's global
0:10:07 > 0:10:11banana industry, but the majority of bananas eaten in the Western world
0:10:11 > 0:10:15are directly descended from a plant grown in a hothouse on this very
0:10:15 > 0:10:18estate, 180 years ago.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Yes, really.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21- Hello.- Welcome to Chatsworth.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- Thank you very much. - Come on in.- Great.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Head gardener Steve Porter is going to tell us more about the
0:10:26 > 0:10:30green-fingered genius that made it all happen, Joseph Paxton.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36So, Steve, I know Joseph Paxton was a famous gardener,
0:10:36 > 0:10:38so how did he come to be in Chatsworth?
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Well, he was spotted by the sixth Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick House in London,
0:10:42 > 0:10:43where the sixth Duke had a home.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46- Yeah.- And he was obviously really impressed by Paxton, because in
0:10:46 > 0:10:491826, he offered him the job of head gardener here at Chatsworth,
0:10:49 > 0:10:52and Paxton was only 23 at that point.
0:10:52 > 0:10:56The talented gardener continued to impress with several incredible
0:10:56 > 0:11:00creations, including the Emperor's Fountain,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02which was twice the height of Nelson's Column.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04But his experimentation in
0:11:04 > 0:11:08glasshouses was the beginning of his fascination with tropical fruit.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11As the years went on, he got more adventurous, and the glasshouses got
0:11:11 > 0:11:13bigger and they got different shapes.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15And he also worked with engineers to
0:11:15 > 0:11:18develop bigger panes of glass and different ways of arranging the
0:11:18 > 0:11:20glass so the light levels were better.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25And this pioneering work with hot houses would be a fruitful project.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30South-east Asian farmers first domesticated the banana, but Paxton
0:11:30 > 0:11:33came across a specimen imported from Mauritius.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Wow! Gosh.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Amazing place.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- Warmer in here.- Yeah!
0:11:41 > 0:11:44The crowning glory, really, is the Cavendish Dwarf banana and the
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Cavendish banana's named after the family here, the Cavendish family.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51And Paxton, back in 1836, had obtained the plant and he bought
0:11:51 > 0:11:55it here and he cultivated it. And he got it to flourish and flower and fruit.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57And it was a huge success, so he was very proud
0:11:57 > 0:11:59of this particular banana.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Some of Chatsworth's bananas were given to a missionary, John Williams,
0:12:03 > 0:12:07who took them to the new colonies like Fiji and Tahiti.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10The Cavendish Dwarf banana prospered abroad.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Time for Margie to channel her inner David Attenborough.
0:12:16 > 0:12:17Ooh!
0:12:17 > 0:12:19I feel as though I'm in the jungles of Borneo.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Yeah, yeah.- So how many crops do you get?
0:12:22 > 0:12:23It varies from year to year.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26Some years, like this year, we'll have six or seven bunches,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29but the bunches have 100 bananas on, maybe, so, you know,
0:12:29 > 0:12:31600 or 700 bananas.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Some years, we have much less.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35But these are probably the plants that Paxton were growing.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36Because they don't produce seed.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39You can't produce them from seed. You have to take a bit of the plant
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and grow it again, so there's every chance these plants have just been
0:12:42 > 0:12:43perpetuated over the years.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- So we've got to treasure these. - Yeah.
0:12:46 > 0:12:4955 million tonnes of Cavendish bananas
0:12:49 > 0:12:51are grown annually worldwide.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54That's a lot of bananas.
0:12:54 > 0:12:55And is that the end of the story?
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Well, no. In the 1950s,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00a disease called the Panama disease came along and wiped out many of the
0:13:00 > 0:13:03bananas around the world. Lots of the commercially grown bananas
0:13:03 > 0:13:04were just wiped completely away.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Luckily, the Cavendish Dwarf was immune.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11So the Cavendish Dwarf survived, carries on, and still produces most
0:13:11 > 0:13:12of the bananas grown around the world.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14And, to this day,
0:13:14 > 0:13:17seems to be immune to the disease and seems to follow it on.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18And it all started here.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20It all started back here, in the 1830s.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25With more than 100 billion bananas being munched every year,
0:13:25 > 0:13:29it's truly wonderful that the success of the Cavendish Dwarf
0:13:29 > 0:13:31banana is all down to a Chatsworth
0:13:31 > 0:13:33gardener with a passion for hothouses.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40Right, let's seek out Paul and the Morris.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42Don't panic, don't panic.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46I think Margie is going to get a bit overconfident.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50I suspect she thinks she's back in the zone.
0:13:50 > 0:13:56She's rediscovered her mojo and she's going to overstep the mark.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57I hope!
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Welcome to Sheffield.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05The city of steel is the hunting ground for Paul's next antiques mission.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Dronfield Antiques is a family-run establishment.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13- Is it Howard?- Yes, it's Paul.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Good afternoon.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Paul's wallet is bulging.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19He's got just over £366.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21In the Gods!
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Let me show you a scarce mirror.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28It's all about the decoration, ornament, round and about.
0:14:28 > 0:14:32The surmount incorporates a scroll with the welcoming message.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Look at this. "Welcome, welcome thrice."
0:14:36 > 0:14:41Either side, we've got these pooti, or amarini, and then this pendant,
0:14:41 > 0:14:46floral swagger, ribbon-tied swag.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49It really is, it's a jewel, is it not?
0:14:49 > 0:14:50A confection.
0:14:50 > 0:14:53But it's going to be about 1870, let's say.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57I think, frankly, if you want it,
0:14:57 > 0:15:02if you've got the right corner of the hall for it, that's worth...
0:15:02 > 0:15:03It's cheap at £150.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04And not inexpensive at 250.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06I kid you not.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07What's it worth at auction?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09All bets are off then.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14But it's a good thing. I'm going to leave it at that.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16You still don't like it, do you?
0:15:16 > 0:15:17Trust me, it's a rarity.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22And it's not priced.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Let's continue the foraging expedition.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34You've got to ignore this.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37That's the red herring, because what it's not
0:15:37 > 0:15:40is an ornament to sit on a sideboard.
0:15:40 > 0:15:46What it is is an ornament to go atop a flag standard and these were
0:15:46 > 0:15:50carried by armies, going back to the year dot.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53I put it to you that that is European
0:15:53 > 0:15:55and probably, I would think,
0:15:55 > 0:15:59if not a German state, Austrian, Imperial Austrian.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01And date-wise,
0:16:01 > 0:16:06I'm going to suggest the First World War and I think this is a trophy of war.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And someone took it home in their kit bag or whatever and got home and
0:16:09 > 0:16:11thought, "Well, there you go.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12"That's my little souvenir of war.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15"What I'm going to do, take it down the cabinet-makers."
0:16:15 > 0:16:20And they turned up this nice oak sockle to display it.
0:16:20 > 0:16:25That is a fabulous object by any measure - and scarce.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27It's ALSO not priced.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Let's seek out dealer, Howard.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Howard?
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Fabulous mirror.- Nice, isn't it?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35- Very unusual.- Can we play the game as we do?
0:16:35 > 0:16:38- Go on, then. Fire away. - 50 quid?- Ugh!
0:16:41 > 0:16:43No, I'd need a bit more than that.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45I'll give you a bit more than that.
0:16:45 > 0:16:4675 would buy it?
0:16:48 > 0:16:49Another tenner off it.
0:16:49 > 0:16:5165.
0:16:52 > 0:16:5470 would be better, wouldn't it?
0:16:55 > 0:16:59Now, what about the First World War flag standard finial?
0:16:59 > 0:17:0120 quid.
0:17:03 > 0:17:0485 the two.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09- Have we got a deal?- We've got a deal.- Excellent.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11Operation Antiques was a great success.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16£70 for the Victorian cast-iron wall mirror, and 15 for the
0:17:16 > 0:17:18First World War flag standard finial.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21And that concludes today's shopping.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25So what's it going to be, the usual?
0:17:25 > 0:17:27I don't know what I fancy.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32- What do you fancy?- No idea, until the menu is brought out to me.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Wondered what they were talking about there!
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Time for dinner, then, and some rest, so - nighty-night.
0:17:40 > 0:17:41Wakey-wakey! Buckle up,
0:17:41 > 0:17:45because we're back on the road for another fabulous day of adventure.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Our experts certainly scrub up well.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51You're looking very smart today.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Why thank you, Margie.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57You know, are you like a jeans man on your quiet days?
0:17:57 > 0:17:59No, no, no. Sometimes tweed shorts
0:17:59 > 0:18:02or, if I'm swimming, tweed trunks!
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Well, you look very smart.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Well, you are very kind.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Blimey, they're polite.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09That won't last, of course!
0:18:11 > 0:18:14Let's refresh our minds of what our luvvies have bought so far.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Margie has two lots - the antique
0:18:16 > 0:18:20horse-tail docker and the retro bagatelle.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22I rather like the look of that.
0:18:22 > 0:18:27Margie has £271.32 for the rest of the day.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Paul has four very different lots.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34The Windsor armchair, the Victorian cast-iron wall mirror,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37the First World War standard flag finial
0:18:37 > 0:18:39and the child's Clippy machine.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43You'd be dammed unlucky not to make money on that at auction.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47£281.06 is the sum he's still got to play with.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Trackie bottoms?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54Tartan trackie bottoms. I have a pair of tracksuit bottoms.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57I wore them the one time I went to the gym.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00That was a mistake, so I'm still paying that subscription!
0:19:01 > 0:19:03I can't imagine him in joggers!
0:19:05 > 0:19:08The Nottinghamshire town of Newark is next for Paul.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Albert Street Antiques Centre has over 50 dealers selling under its
0:19:14 > 0:19:19roof, and Paul's got just over £280 to spend.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26What have we here?
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Eggs in a basket.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Yeah.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Label tells us John Grensell.
0:19:32 > 0:19:38Silver-plated with pottery egg, salt and pepper.
0:19:38 > 0:19:45So that wants to be a novelty cruet set, but where is the third pot?
0:19:45 > 0:19:46Mustard, most likely.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47My problem is...
0:19:48 > 0:19:50..I don't think they belong together.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Because they're rattling all over the place, are they not?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Now, if you know your stuff,
0:19:57 > 0:20:03there's one name you think about when you think about ceramic eggs.
0:20:04 > 0:20:10James Macintyre and Co produced extremely finely decorated examples,
0:20:10 > 0:20:14commonly silver-mounted as little scent bottles.
0:20:14 > 0:20:20Perfumes. And they are a joy and they're somewhat valuable.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23James Macintyre and Company were a great pottery
0:20:23 > 0:20:24in the late 19th century
0:20:24 > 0:20:27and even had William Moorcroft working there for a time.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31What on earth is that staple doing there?
0:20:31 > 0:20:36Well, that staple and that one there is holding it together.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41Because the poor little pepper pot was dropped and the wee egg burst.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45But someone thought this was so valuable, so precious to them,
0:20:45 > 0:20:48that they had the repair carried out.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51One to think about. Anything else?
0:20:54 > 0:20:56I like that.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57This is good fun.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01It's also silver.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05English silver, fully assayed, early 20th century.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Why am I looking at it?
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Not because it's silver, not because it's an egg cup -
0:21:09 > 0:21:12because it's an egg cup that has features
0:21:12 > 0:21:15drawn from a Scottish object, the Quaich.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18Yeah, you know what a Quaich is.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Distinctly Scottish drinking vessel.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24It's also by luxury goods company Mappin & Webb,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28which can trace its origins back to a silver workshop
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- in the late 18th century. - I like that.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33It's got something going on.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35I'm going to find Simon.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37And have a wee conversation.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42It's priced at £22.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Simon, how you doing?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46- All right, you?- Good, thanks.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Having a ball, having a ball.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52One little early George V silver egg cup.
0:21:53 > 0:21:58Before, a cabinet had a little cruet and two bird eggs in.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Yeah.- £22 and if we cut to the chase,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05what could both lots be together?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Egg cup, eggs?
0:22:08 > 0:22:12Yeah. £30 the pair.
0:22:12 > 0:22:1315 and 15.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15That's not daft.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19- OK.- Thank you, sir.- Thank you. - Wonderful.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21That's a pretty unusual lot. Well done, Paul.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Let's join our friend Margie.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29I'd like to spend a bit, buy something now.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34I bought sort of weird quirky things yesterday.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Right you are!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38The town of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire
0:22:38 > 0:22:40is where she's motoring too.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44There are 20 dealers in here.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Margie's got a lot of ground to cover and she's got over £270.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55Flies!
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Maybe owner Rich can point you in the right direction.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02What is that?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05That, Margie, is actually a honey separator.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Well, how amazing.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08It looks like a bicycle chain.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10It's quite interesting, isn't it?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12- Yeah.- It came from a smallholding.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Can't remember where, but...
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Do you know how it works?
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Put your honeycomb in there.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19- Yeah.- Give it a whizz round.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20Yeah.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23Yeah?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25- And it separates.- Yeah!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Is there a tap or something down there, or...
0:23:27 > 0:23:31The honey separator is priced at £110.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33How did you value that?
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Did you think of a number and double it?
0:23:36 > 0:23:37Well...
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Yes! If I'm honest.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44She's having a great time.
0:23:44 > 0:23:45What's next?
0:23:48 > 0:23:49That's quite nice, isn't it?
0:23:50 > 0:23:54Not English. It's got a good age.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Yes, I think it's a wine or a liqueur decanter.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Probably German, mid-19th century.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02It's got this nice gold decoration here,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05there's a nice young chap going through the forest.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09An exotic sort of bird here.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12More little birds.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17Yes, it's a good-looking thing, isn't it?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19I like that.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21It's priced at £75.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Let's get Rich over.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I was thinking more in the way of...
0:24:26 > 0:24:27- ..like 45.- 45.
0:24:29 > 0:24:30It's your lucky day today.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32£45 and it's yours.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- All right.- OK?- Thank you very much indeed.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Right, I'm just going to have a final little click up here.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38- OK.- And see if I'm on for it.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40- But thank you very much.- No problem. - Yeah.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45So do I go for this or not?
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Or...
0:24:46 > 0:24:48I am thinking
0:24:48 > 0:24:51about the honey separator as well.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53Oh, blooming heck, Margie!
0:24:53 > 0:24:57Now then, Margie. I've had a word with him, the gaffer.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58- He's the gaffer, is he?- Yeah.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01Well, likes to think there is, anyway. Yeah, actually.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04- It actually doesn't owe him that much.- I didn't think it would.
0:25:04 > 0:25:09Right. So, he says to you, £50.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11- OK?- Well, that's very good of him.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12That's...!
0:25:12 > 0:25:14That's a huge discount, Margie.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16- Decision time. - What if I had the two?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Could it be eased a bit more?
0:25:18 > 0:25:19I'll knock you a tenner off.
0:25:21 > 0:25:22Deal?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Yeah. Thanks very much.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25- We'll do it.- No problem.
0:25:25 > 0:25:27I must be mad.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31You have the patience of a saint, Rich.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Thank you for your generosity.
0:25:33 > 0:25:3740 for the glass wine ewer and 45 for the honey separator.
0:25:37 > 0:25:38Dear, oh, dear.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44Next, Paul's Nottingham bound.
0:25:45 > 0:25:51The city is home to the legendary outlaw Robin Hood but it is also the
0:25:51 > 0:25:54birthplace of another hero, the father of the Salvation Army,
0:25:54 > 0:25:55William Booth.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- Hello, Julie.- Hello.
0:25:58 > 0:26:03Curator Julie Obermeyer is going to tell Paul more about this great man.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07150 years since its creation,
0:26:07 > 0:26:10this Christian movement with the military flavour
0:26:10 > 0:26:13has become one of the largest distributors
0:26:13 > 0:26:16of humanitarian aid in the world.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18What's the significance of this room?
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Well, we're standing in the bedroom, where William Booth was born.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24On the 10th of April 1829.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27It's a fine Georgian residence, Sue.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29What was his background?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32- Was it well-to-do?- You could say the Booth family were comfortably
0:26:32 > 0:26:34well-off in terms of having enough food
0:26:34 > 0:26:37and having comfortable surroundings.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42But when William was 13, his father became bankrupt and suddenly
0:26:42 > 0:26:44life took a very different turn.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47William couldn't continue with his school,
0:26:47 > 0:26:50because they couldn't pay for it any longer so he was taken out and
0:26:50 > 0:26:53apprenticed to a pawnbroker in Nottingham
0:26:53 > 0:26:57and that would've been a real change for a young William Booth,
0:26:57 > 0:27:00because he would have seen destitution,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03people living hand-to-mouth, feeding, you know,
0:27:03 > 0:27:06back in each week just to try to make ends meet.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10Life as a pawnbroker wasn't to be.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11In his teens,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15he had started attending a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Nottingham
0:27:15 > 0:27:20and was so moved by his experiences there that, walking home one night,
0:27:20 > 0:27:25he had a conversion experience and is decided to dedicate his life to
0:27:25 > 0:27:27preaching the gospel.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32In his mid-20s, Booth met Catherine, a fellow preacher.
0:27:33 > 0:27:38The genesis of the Salvation Army began when they met like-minded
0:27:38 > 0:27:42preachers within a group called the East London Revival Society.
0:27:42 > 0:27:4613 years later, rebranding of the group took place,
0:27:46 > 0:27:48thanks to Booth's son.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51William was writing that the Christian mission
0:27:51 > 0:27:52is a volunteer army,
0:27:52 > 0:27:54waging a war against sin.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59His son Bramwell overheard him and said, "Dad, I'm not a volunteer.
0:27:59 > 0:28:00"I'm a regular."
0:28:02 > 0:28:06And so, William struck out the word volunteer and put in the word
0:28:06 > 0:28:10salvation, and the name really stuck since that time and it just gathered
0:28:10 > 0:28:13momentum, this idea of an army.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17The Salvation Army grew in popularity
0:28:17 > 0:28:20but thanks to its abstinence policy,
0:28:20 > 0:28:22publicans were up in arms.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Riots became commonplace.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Members were in danger and needed protection,
0:28:26 > 0:28:30so a unique form of bodyguards were born.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34It was a Methodist family, Charles Fry and his three sons,
0:28:34 > 0:28:37and they just happened to all play brass instruments
0:28:37 > 0:28:41which worked really well at obviously drowning out opposition
0:28:41 > 0:28:44and hecklers and it sort of developed from there, really.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48Almost really naturally all over the country within about four or five
0:28:48 > 0:28:53years, you had up to about 400 Salvation Army bands
0:28:53 > 0:28:54all over the country.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56And on that note...
0:28:56 > 0:28:58BAND PLAYS A CAROL ARRANGEMENT
0:29:19 > 0:29:20Superb.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Gentlemen, that was fantastic and of course, now it's Christmas!
0:29:24 > 0:29:26And it gets you there.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28It's such a sound.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32I've got to say, you've got the cool kit with the heavy artillery.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- What is that?- It's a tuba. Do you want a shot?
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Are you serious?
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- Yeah.- Come on! You're a gentleman.
0:29:42 > 0:29:44Gentlemen, come on. Clearly, I'm a virtuoso here.
0:29:44 > 0:29:45A natural talent. Set me up.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48There must be a few bars of something you can play
0:29:48 > 0:29:50to end with this.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51BAND PLAYS
0:29:56 > 0:29:57HE PLAYS A ROUGH NOTE
0:29:57 > 0:29:59THEY CHEER
0:30:02 > 0:30:03What a beautiful day.
0:30:05 > 0:30:07I feel great. I feel very relaxed. The sun is shining.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11Margie has made her way to Bolsover in Derbyshire.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16Bolsover Antiques Centre, brace yourselves.
0:30:16 > 0:30:17Our Margie is on the mooch.
0:30:24 > 0:30:26I don't want to do handbags, do I?
0:30:28 > 0:30:30With a little under £200,
0:30:30 > 0:30:33she's got a decent amount tucked away in her purse.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38The man in charge today is Andy.
0:30:38 > 0:30:39Lovely.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Brass-bound, lovely bit of mahogany.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46Is it mahogany?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48I think it's rosewood.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Is it? Yeah, Oh, yeah.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52It is. Look, I can see. I love rosewood, don't you?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54- I do.- It's a really good hardwood.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Yes, has it got a whatsit?
0:30:57 > 0:30:58- Secret drawer?- Yeah.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Pull one of these up.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Yeah. Pull one of those.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05That one? Wahey!
0:31:05 > 0:31:06They always fly out.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Good fun finding them. Put all your love letters in there, Andy!
0:31:09 > 0:31:12Yeah. Don't get many of those.
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Don't you? Ah, what a shame.
0:31:13 > 0:31:17- I don't, either!- I refuse to believe it, Margie!
0:31:17 > 0:31:22This is an antique and legal to sell, but the international trade in
0:31:22 > 0:31:24rosewood is strictly controlled.
0:31:24 > 0:31:28- No sovereigns, unfortunately. - No, how many people have left the deeds
0:31:28 > 0:31:30- of their houses and things in there?- True.- Yeah.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Right, so how much is that?
0:31:32 > 0:31:33I've got 120 on it.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37It's a nice clean thing, isn't it?
0:31:38 > 0:31:39It's nice. Thank you.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41- That's OK.- Yeah.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48After a final mooch and a mull, it's time to talk money.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51So, like, something like 68 is out of the question?
0:31:52 > 0:31:56It is, yeah. Really, it's got to be 80.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00I could probably squeeze to 75 at the most.
0:32:00 > 0:32:01Yeah. I like it.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03- So I'll have it.- OK. Lovely.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- Thanks very much, Marg½ret. - No messing about there, Margie.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10The Georgian writing box with a very generous discount from Andy.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12That's it. We've completed the shopping for this trip.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13Hurray!
0:32:13 > 0:32:16MUSIC: Do You Know The Way To San Jose? arrangement
0:32:17 > 0:32:21So, do you know...the way to San Jose?
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Do you know the way to Leicester? Cos that's where we're going, kiddo!
0:32:25 > 0:32:29No-one said anything about navigating.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31I was just going to be chauffeured.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34You're in for a shock, then.
0:32:34 > 0:32:35Time for a bit of shut-eye.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42We're off to the city of Leicester in the East Midlands for
0:32:42 > 0:32:45the penultimate auction.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50Churchgate Auctions is the place to test the profit-making skills of
0:32:50 > 0:32:51Paul and Margie.
0:32:51 > 0:32:52- Nearly there.- The second last one.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55- It is.- Wait till you see what I've bought, Margie.
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Oh, don't start!
0:32:56 > 0:32:57Trying to wind me up.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01You're going to love it.
0:33:04 > 0:33:08Margie has gone large and spent £212 on five auction lots.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13Whereas Paul is being frugal by comparison.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17He's totted up a sum of £156, also on five lots.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Dish the dirt on one another's buys, please.
0:33:23 > 0:33:24Well, I'm lost for words.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I think Paul's on a flight of fancy.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32This is a child's ticket puncher.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34This does not look like Paul Laidlaw, does it?
0:33:35 > 0:33:39What a lovely piece of 19th-century glass.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41And nobody cares.
0:33:41 > 0:33:46I think she's going to struggle for no other reason than fashion.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49Ouch! Great news.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51I've never seen anything like this.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55I'd be really interested to see how he gets on with this.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57I don't like it but I think it's a good thing.
0:33:59 > 0:34:02Dickon Dearman is today's auctioneer.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Now, what are his thoughts on our experts' buys?
0:34:06 > 0:34:08My favourite item in the sale today
0:34:08 > 0:34:10is the Georgian rosewood writing box.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12It's got a very good interior.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15It's also got the secret drawer and secret compartment.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17It's got the original key with it, which is always a bonus.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21The First World War Austrian flag standard finial is probably the most
0:34:21 > 0:34:25unusual item in the sale today and I think that that's certainly an item
0:34:25 > 0:34:28to look out for. It would definitely be one of the most unusual pieces
0:34:28 > 0:34:30that I've seen this year.
0:34:30 > 0:34:31Thanks, Dickon.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35The auction is about to begin.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36Blimey, it's a packed house, look!
0:34:37 > 0:34:38Exciting!
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- It's busy.- Nice to see a busy auction house.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Must have heard about my lots.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48- The word's out.- Be quiet!
0:34:48 > 0:34:52Zip it, Paul. Margie's horse tail docker is first to go.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55I'm opening the bidding here at £30 on this.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56£30 being bid. Do I see 35?
0:34:56 > 0:35:0240. 45. 50. 55. 60. 65.
0:35:02 > 0:35:0365 now.
0:35:03 > 0:35:0565. Is there anyone at 65?
0:35:05 > 0:35:06New bidder. 70.
0:35:06 > 0:35:07£70 now.
0:35:07 > 0:35:08£70. Is there anywhere?
0:35:08 > 0:35:10Do I see 70?
0:35:10 > 0:35:11£70 being bid.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Do I see 75 now?
0:35:13 > 0:35:1675 is there? Selling then for £70.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Redeemed!
0:35:19 > 0:35:20Certainly has!
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Even though it's gruesome.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Note to self, love every one of my deals.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31Well, it's your turn now to test the water with the well-loved Windsor
0:35:31 > 0:35:33- armchair.- £50, any interest at 50?
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- £50 being bid.- Yeah, not bad.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38£60. 60. £70.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- Oh!- 80. 90. £100
0:35:41 > 0:35:43has been bid just there. £100.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44- I see 110? 110.- Well done.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46110 I have just there, madam.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- 110. 120.- Character.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- 130.- Character.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52Gosh. Who'd have thought that would have run?
0:35:52 > 0:35:54140 do I see?
0:35:54 > 0:35:57No further interest. Selling for £130.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02My goodness, that's a heck of a way to start, Paul.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05Someone shares your passion.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08I think you were a bit lucky with that.
0:36:08 > 0:36:12Well, let's see if you can score high with the bagatelle, Margie.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15I'm opening the bidding here at £30 on this.
0:36:15 > 0:36:16- That'll do.- Do I see 35 now?
0:36:16 > 0:36:1835 just there.
0:36:18 > 0:36:20£40. 45. 50, madam.
0:36:20 > 0:36:2455. 55, 60. 65 there.
0:36:24 > 0:36:2565 just there.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27£70 now. £70.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Selling then, to you, sir, for £65.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Don't look so surprised.
0:36:33 > 0:36:36I knew it was going to fetch that.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Fibber! Well done.
0:36:38 > 0:36:39It's a lovely thing.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42We are flying, Margie.
0:36:42 > 0:36:44Yeah, aren't we?
0:36:44 > 0:36:46Long may it continue.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49Paul's child's clipping machine is next.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- Cheapskate!- Opening the bidding here at £20 on this.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54£20 has been bid.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Do I see £22? 22, 24.
0:36:55 > 0:37:0126, 28, £30. 32, 34, 36 now.
0:37:01 > 0:37:0236 now.
0:37:02 > 0:37:0436, is there anywhere?
0:37:04 > 0:37:0536 do I see?
0:37:05 > 0:37:07Selling now for £34.
0:37:07 > 0:37:09Oh, my giddy aunt!
0:37:09 > 0:37:12Would you make some mayonnaise with those words?
0:37:13 > 0:37:15Double helping, I think!
0:37:15 > 0:37:16This is great.
0:37:16 > 0:37:17Another chunky profit.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20Well, that's very good.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22How many percentage profit is that?
0:37:22 > 0:37:23Millions and trill...
0:37:23 > 0:37:25Gazillions!
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Yeah! Not quite.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Time for Margie's honey separator.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31It's different.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32Any interest at 50?
0:37:32 > 0:37:34£50 has been bid. Thank you, madam.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Do I see 55 now?
0:37:36 > 0:37:3955. 55. Is there anyone at 55?
0:37:39 > 0:37:41Stop, stop, stop. No, don't bid.
0:37:41 > 0:37:4565, 70. 75, 75. £80. £80
0:37:45 > 0:37:47has been bid. Do I see 85 now?
0:37:47 > 0:37:50Is there anywhere? Selling, then, for £80.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- That'll do.- Outrageous!
0:37:55 > 0:37:58Unusual sells, and this is a fabulous return.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02We haven't had a loss yet, have we?
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Don't jinx it.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Look what's next.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Paul's super heavy cast iron Victorian mirror.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10£50 have been bid. Thank you. Do I see 55?
0:38:10 > 0:38:1255. 55 just there.
0:38:12 > 0:38:1960. 65. 70. 75. 80. 85, now, 85,
0:38:19 > 0:38:2185 - do I see any further bids?
0:38:21 > 0:38:23No? Selling, then, for £80.
0:38:23 > 0:38:24- Thank you.- Look at that.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- I took a punt.- Yeah, you did.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31It's good to take risks and it still made a little something.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Was it the lowest profit of the day?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36I can't remember. Really no idea.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Don't listen to her, Paul.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Margie's 19th-century glass wine ewer is next.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47Tenner if you like, then. £10, 12, £14, sir.
0:38:47 > 0:38:5114. 16. £16, 18, £18,
0:38:51 > 0:38:57over there. 20. £20. 22, 24, £24, 26, 28.
0:38:57 > 0:39:05£30, 32, 32. 34, 36. 38, £38. 38, 40. £40.
0:39:05 > 0:39:0940 on the front. Back to you for 42, sir.
0:39:09 > 0:39:10No. 42 now.
0:39:10 > 0:39:1142, is there anywhere?
0:39:11 > 0:39:1242, do I see?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15Selling down here, then, for £40.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17Thank goodness for that.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22See what happens when you become too smug, Margie?
0:39:22 > 0:39:25This audience here seem to know what they're doing.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28I think... Do you know what, you're right.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32Let's see how savvy they are with Paul's First World War standard flag
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- finial.- Any interest at 50?
0:39:34 > 0:39:35£50 has been bid straightaway.
0:39:35 > 0:39:36Thank you. Do I see 55?
0:39:36 > 0:39:4260? 65? 70? 75? 80. 85.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47- 90. 95. £100.- You paid 15?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- Oh, God.- 110 do I see?
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Any further bids? No.
0:39:50 > 0:39:54Selling over there to you, sir, for £100.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Well, someone knew what it was.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04Another high profit for Paul.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06I'm not going to be with you any more.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13Patience, Margie, your top-quality Georgian writing box is next.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15I'm opening the bidding here at £80 on this.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17- Bang on.- £80 on a commission bid.
0:40:17 > 0:40:18Do I see 85 now?
0:40:18 > 0:40:2185. 85. Is there anywhere, 85, do I see?
0:40:21 > 0:40:2285 just there.
0:40:22 > 0:40:23£90 now.
0:40:23 > 0:40:2590, 90 just there.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26- 95.- It's going to creep.
0:40:26 > 0:40:2895. £100.
0:40:28 > 0:40:29£100, thank you, madam.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30- £100. 110.- Well, I liked it.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32110. 110, I have just there.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33You bought well.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35110 has been bid. 120 now.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38120. 120. Is there anyone at 120, do I see any further bids?
0:40:38 > 0:40:40It's about right for it, isn't it?
0:40:40 > 0:40:43It was. It was well bought.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Not bad, Margie. It is a thing of beauty.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Look at us. Look at as with our profits!
0:40:52 > 0:40:54Isn't it wonderful? Last lot.
0:40:54 > 0:40:59Paul's George V silver egg cup and little egg cruets.
0:40:59 > 0:41:0020, if you like, then.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01£20. £20 just there.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03It has been bid. Do I see 22 now?
0:41:03 > 0:41:0822, £22, 24, 26, 28, £30.
0:41:08 > 0:41:1132, 35, 37, £40, madam.
0:41:11 > 0:41:1340. 42, yes, 45.
0:41:13 > 0:41:1747. £50. 55.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19It looks like it.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Yes, 70.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23£70 now. £70 now.
0:41:23 > 0:41:2570, do I see? 70, a new bidder just there.
0:41:25 > 0:41:2875. 75.
0:41:28 > 0:41:29Is there anywhere 75?
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- Well done.- 75, £80.
0:41:31 > 0:41:3380, madam, just there.
0:41:33 > 0:41:3585 now. 85 is there?
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Selling, then, for £80.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38Thank you.
0:41:38 > 0:41:40Well done. Over doubled.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Lovely way to finish.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- What an auction!- We've done OK, haven't we?
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Should we just go home early now?
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Yeah.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50Not do any more buying and selling.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52I think we might have peaked, Margie.
0:41:52 > 0:41:56- We've peaked.- Come on, let's just blow the profits on a day's outing.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Come on!
0:41:58 > 0:42:00No, you will not.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Let's get the abacus out and tot up the figures.
0:42:05 > 0:42:12Now, Margie began with £323.32, and after saleroom costs,
0:42:12 > 0:42:18she's made a profit of £87.30, giving her £410.62
0:42:18 > 0:42:19for the next leg.
0:42:20 > 0:42:26£407.06 was the starting figure for Paul. After all auction
0:42:26 > 0:42:31costs, he made a marvellous profit of £191.68.
0:42:31 > 0:42:39Paul is today's winner and starts the finale with £598.74.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40Well done.
0:42:42 > 0:42:43Hey, not a bad day.
0:42:43 > 0:42:44Superb.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48I'm flying and you're soaring.
0:42:48 > 0:42:49That's my problem.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50It's all good, Margie.
0:42:50 > 0:42:52Come on. Let's soar over here.
0:42:54 > 0:42:57Next time on Antiques Road Trip, things are hotting up for the final,
0:42:57 > 0:42:59I think.
0:42:59 > 0:43:01- How are you, my friend? - Perishing, Margie.
0:43:01 > 0:43:03Get your coat!
0:43:03 > 0:43:05Pull over and give me a big hug.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Paul's going great guns.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12It's child's play for Margie.
0:43:12 > 0:43:13Whee! I'm getting good.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15I am getting better.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Paul gets on his bike
0:43:17 > 0:43:19and can Margie sniff out a deal?
0:43:19 > 0:43:22Yeah, I can.