0:00:02 > 0:00:06The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each, and one big challenge.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09- I'm here to declare war.- Why?
0:00:09 > 0:00:13Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:13 > 0:00:15- 15 quid.- No.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21But it's not as easy as you might think,
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- and things don't always go to plan. - Push!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29I'm going to go for it.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39This week, Mark Stacey and Anita Manning
0:00:39 > 0:00:41have travelled through Scotland
0:00:41 > 0:00:44to the picturesque north-east of England.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Oh, look at this, Anita, this looks very pretty.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- The sun is shining for us. - The sun is shining.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06And the sun, you know, Anita, only shines on the righteous.
0:01:06 > 0:01:10That counts you out, then, Mark. Mark, of course, is a valuer and dealer.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12What do you think? Is it me?
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Ooh, I dunno. Mark's penchant for a cheeky question sometimes just goes too far.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- Do you know, I'm going to ask you a little sneaky favour.- What's that?
0:01:20 > 0:01:21Can I just touch it?
0:01:21 > 0:01:23See what I mean?
0:01:23 > 0:01:28While Anita, an auctioneeress, is a woman who takes no prisoners.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Tell me your minimum.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- No, you tell me what... - No, tell me your minimum.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34See what I mean again?
0:01:34 > 0:01:38They began the week with £200 each
0:01:38 > 0:01:41and both have already more than doubled their money.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46Mark starts today with £684.86 to spend,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48while Anita is trailing,
0:01:48 > 0:01:51with a still impressive £458.74,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54but she's not giving up. Oh, no.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59The game isn't over until the fat lady sings.
0:01:59 > 0:02:00I hope you're not talking about me.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02ANITA LAUGHS
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Well, you did ask the question.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Anita and Mark have travelled from deep in the Cairngorms
0:02:08 > 0:02:12via the ancient charms of Edinburgh and Durham to North Yorkshire.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Today's leg kicks off in Richmond
0:02:16 > 0:02:21and heads towards a deciding auction in Huby, just north of York.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26Richmond offers today's first field of combat. Let battle commence.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32Well, Anita, here we are, the first of our buying trips.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36My last chance to make up that 200 quid with you.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37It's a big ask, Anita.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40I think you're going for gold that way, and I'm going downhill.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Oh, well, maybe that's the way for you!
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Anita's first stop is at Richmond Antiques.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Good morning.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Good morning.- Good moaning.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- Can I have a wee look around?- Yup.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57It's a shop full of interesting prospects,
0:02:57 > 0:03:00all to be bargained for with the owner, Harry.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02He's 83, don't you know.
0:03:02 > 0:03:07This has probably started its life off as a chair.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Someone, at some point in its history,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14has taken the back off and it now exists as a stool.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It's Victorian. Look at these wonderful legs...
0:03:19 > 0:03:21..with original castors on here.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25It was tucked away in a corner and I quite fancy it.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Harry? See because it's only a bit of something,
0:03:28 > 0:03:32- and the upholstery is not good, tenner on it?- Tenner.- Yeah.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Not content to rest on her laurels, whoever he is,
0:03:35 > 0:03:41nor her lovely new stool, Anita is looking to bring out the big guns.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44Probably ornaments for the side of your fire.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46They might be for holding pokers.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I'm sorry?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52If I buy these, would it blast me into profit?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55Heh-heh-heh. You set them up, I'll knock them down.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57- Harry?- Yeah? - Do you think they're fun?
0:03:57 > 0:04:00They're rubbish.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03Harry says they're rubbish.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Maybe from the 1940s?
0:04:05 > 0:04:08They've maybe been there since 1940. I don't know.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12I mean, there's some very, very good quality cobwebs on these.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16It takes me ages to get them cobwebs on, you see.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Harry, could you sell me this pair of mad cannons for a fiver?
0:04:20 > 0:04:24You're such a nice lady, you can have them for a fiver, dear.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- You are a darling. - I'll suffer the loss.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28ANITA LAUGHS
0:04:28 > 0:04:31I think I'm going to have to seal this deal with a kiss.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Is that all right?- Ohh... Look at that.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Well, you've made his day, anyway, Anita.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Now, calm yourself, comb up and concentrate.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46What about these glasses?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49I quite like them.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53They are copies of earlier glasses, continental.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57We have a nice little bit of etching here and they are very pretty.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01They don't appear to have a price on them.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04I don't think that they're terribly, terribly old
0:05:04 > 0:05:08but I think a nice set of glasses might be desirable.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Start at ten and argue?
0:05:10 > 0:05:11I got you down a wee bit on these,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15but I think I'm quite happy to pay that ten on those.
0:05:15 > 0:05:20- £15, Harry.- Yes, dear. Thank you very much.- Thank you very much.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- That's got me off the bread line. - ANITA LAUGHS
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Nothing funny about that.
0:05:24 > 0:05:2725 in total, including the old stool.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Hello, Mark's heard the rustle of money being spent
0:05:30 > 0:05:32and is heading in Harry and Anita's direction.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36I'm sure you've found all the bargains.
0:05:36 > 0:05:37Oh, shall I leave you to it?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- Or do you want me to point you in the right direction?- No, no.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- You go off, darling. You go off and have a little sit-down.- OK.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- Happy hunting.- Thank you. See you later.- Bye.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51There's quite a nice mixture of pieces in here, isn't there?
0:05:51 > 0:05:53This is quite fun. This is a sort of...
0:05:53 > 0:05:57for your hallway, it's for putting your coats on.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59I mean, it's not terribly old.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02A carved eagle. But he's got rather a cheeky face and I like his glass eye.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Harry, I think that's quite a fun piece, isn't it?
0:06:05 > 0:06:10- It's not an antique one but it's quite a decorative piece.- Oh, yeah.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- What price have you got on that?- £20.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15£20. Could you do anything on that?
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- Are you poor?- Very poor.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- 15 is my lowest.- 15.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Yeah, I think I'm going to take that. £15. I think that's quite reasonable.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27That's Harry's fourth sale of the day!
0:06:27 > 0:06:30But it seems this place may yet yield even more bargains.
0:06:30 > 0:06:35Now, I found down here this rather intriguing vase...
0:06:36 > 0:06:39..which I think would have had a lid on it originally.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43But it's rather fun, with these sort of grotesques on the side of it.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46And I love the Chinese panels on it.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49It's got the odd little chip and things there.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50Priced up at £25.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Mind you, I can see these should have little sort of lizards' heads
0:06:55 > 0:06:58or dragons' heads on them, and they're missing.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01But it's a heck of a lump for 25 quid, isn't it?
0:07:01 > 0:07:06- I mean, you've got 25 on it. Could you do anything on that?- 15.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- Thank you very much.- That's it.- No, that's kind.- I'll go home broke now!
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- You don't look broke to me, Harry. - Oh, aye.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Still, five items sold, Harry.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Lovely to meet you. Cheers. Bye.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20So a great start to the day.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23But Anita knows she has a lot of catching up to do
0:07:23 > 0:07:26at the final auction and she wants details.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28What did you buy? What did you buy?
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- Stop tickling me. - Did you find any silver?- No comment.
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Did you spend over £10? - Oh, look, trees!
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Are we nearly there yet, Mum?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40Fortunately for Mark,
0:07:40 > 0:07:45it's just an eight-mile drive from Richmond to Scorton,
0:07:45 > 0:07:47and the peace and quiet of Kiplin Hall.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51- Well, I'm running a bit late, with all your faffing about.- OK.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54- Well, I'll leave you to it, then. Bye, Anita.- OK. Bye-bye!- Bye.
0:07:56 > 0:08:02Kiplin Hall was built in the 1620s by George Calvert,
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Secretary of State to King James I.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09Over the years, the families that have owned the house
0:08:09 > 0:08:13have filled it with some spectacular furniture and works of art.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- Hello.- You must be Dawn. - Hi. Yes. Nice to meet you, Mark.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23Mark is shown round the hall by the curator Dawn Webster.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27She has picked out some of the finest pieces in the house to show Mark.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30We're up on the second floor now. But this you have to see.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35First, a painting of Venice,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38commissioned by Kiplin Hall's 18th-century owners.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41This is St Mark's Square during a carnival,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43and you can see the carnival masks.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47- It's by Luca Carlevarijs who was one of Canaletto's predecessors...- Wow.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51..and fantastic for painting people, figures, faces, dogs.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54Canaletto was mostly architecture, if you think of his paintings.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Carlevarijs filled his architectural spaces with people,
0:08:57 > 0:09:01and it's the most exquisite, jewel-like painting.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- I do love the fact that the people looks so identifiable.- They do.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- It doesn't look like made-up people. - Yeah.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10And this lady, with her fan, I'm not sure whether she is saying to you,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13"I love you," or "My husband is away, come up and see me later tonight."
0:09:13 > 0:09:15- I don't know. - It's the language of fans.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19I think it might be Anita Manning making sure I'm not getting any bargains.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Maybe it is! How did she get in there?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Oh, she's been around a long time.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Next, to the library
0:09:25 > 0:09:30and a relic from one of the country's most famous battleships.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35And here is something very special to show you, Mark.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37This is Lord Nelson's chair from onboard Victory
0:09:37 > 0:09:39- and it has a silver plaque to prove it.- Oh, gosh.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41I think it's wonderful.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44It's very typical of that period with those scrolling arms
0:09:44 > 0:09:48and those sabre legs at the front, isn't it?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Also, I can see...there's something rather nice about this chair.- It is.
0:09:51 > 0:09:56- It's metamorphic.- That's one of my favourite antique terms. Metamorphic.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57Cos it's like a caterpillar, really,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00it changes into an even more beautiful butterfly.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- These tip up, don't they? - That's right.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06- And then you'd have library steps so you can reach the books.- Yes.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- Bring it down, put it back and sit down and read your book.- Yes.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10And the funny thing is also,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13I'm told the cabin onboard Victory had a very low ceiling
0:10:13 > 0:10:17so exactly why he needed a metamorphic chair for his cabin, I have no idea.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- But there it is. All part of history. - Absolutely.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21And part of Kiplin's history as well.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Now part of Kiplin Hall's history. Wonderful.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And so Mark ends his visit to Kiplin Hall,
0:10:26 > 0:10:30bringing us to the end of an exceedingly good day.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Day two, and both our experts are feeling and looking a bit flush.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43I feel very confident, Anita.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46I've got lots of money burning a hole in my pocket.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49I want to get out there and spend, spend, spend.
0:10:49 > 0:10:54So far, Mark's spent a mere miserly £30 on two items.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57I'll go home broke now!
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Anita's got more for less, spending £25 on three items.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05She's still £200 behind Mark.
0:11:05 > 0:11:10Could this be the day she finds that special something to take the lead?
0:11:11 > 0:11:14OK, bye-bye, Harry, and thank you again.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Departing Richmond, Anita and Mark are pushing on to Masham
0:11:18 > 0:11:21via a little drop-off in Middleham.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Ah, wonderful, wonderful.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26Have a good time, and shop well.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29- And you, too, Anita. See you later.- OK.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33If I buy the wrong thing and it makes a big loss,
0:11:33 > 0:11:35it's all over.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Poor, tortured soul.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Anita, meanwhile, has found
0:11:40 > 0:11:43both a shop and a little something of interest.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46This is an interesting little album.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51We have several of these embroidered postcards,
0:11:51 > 0:11:55which are, in the main, from the First World War,
0:11:55 > 0:11:59and it was the type of thing that soldiers would send their waves.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04And this one is from someone who was in the Royal Engineers.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07"With love from yours." It's from Willie.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10And this was sent in 1916.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Just right in the middle of the First World War.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15"Good luck, your loving brother."
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Postcard collecting is very popular just now.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20It's looking back, it's nostalgia,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24it's seeing what the world was like at that time.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28Interesting, lovely items, but not particularly rare.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30In fact, an estimated 10 million
0:12:30 > 0:12:33were made during the First World War.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36This isn't going to make me a fortune if I buy this,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39what ever the price, but it's so irresistible!
0:12:39 > 0:12:41And for extra enticement,
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Angela pulls out something from her secret stash.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48- I've got some more postcards. - Ah, right.
0:12:48 > 0:12:49Mostly Raphael Tuck.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53As most deltiologists - or postcard collectors - will know,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Raphael Tuck & Sons were publishers to royalty
0:12:56 > 0:12:59in the 18th and 19th centuries,
0:12:59 > 0:13:02and by the First World War they dominated the postcard market.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07These two albums won't come cheap, but you just try telling Anita that.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I would be talking 100 for the two.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15And that is really, you know, because they are quite rare.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18I would be estimating at somewhere between 60 and 80.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Could you come to 75?
0:13:21 > 0:13:2280, 80.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Could you go to 75?
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Oh, go on! 75!
0:13:28 > 0:13:32It'll give me a chance. 75, I'd be happy.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35- Go on, then. - Oh, you're a darling!
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Hats off to Anita, then.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Meanwhile, Mark's reached Masham's Aura Antiques,
0:13:41 > 0:13:45full of big-ticket items, but there's the odd quirky thing within budget.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49That's quite an interesting jug, isn't it?
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Very brightly decorated - it looks almost modern, doesn't it?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56I would have thought, looking at the mark, this is going to be
0:13:56 > 0:14:00dating to a roundabout 1860, 1870, so a true antique.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03I quite like it with Newton on it.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I've never seen that before.
0:14:05 > 0:14:08And that's priced up at £25.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11Just checking.
0:14:11 > 0:14:13A very good way of...
0:14:13 > 0:14:15..checking for restoration.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20It feels very soft,
0:14:20 > 0:14:23whereas if it's perfect it feels quite hard and brittle.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Then something else throws Mark off balance.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30It's a bit of a wibbly wobbly, as Anita would call it, isn't it?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33But, actually, it's quite a fun shape.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35It's got a nasty split in the top there,
0:14:35 > 0:14:38and some of the little cabochons are missing.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40I like this little decoration there.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43It's got a very sort of odd feel to it.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Now, maybe it's just up here because it's going to be restored.
0:14:46 > 0:14:47We might ask and see how much it is.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49WHISPERS: Might be a bargain price.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Only one way to find out ask Robert.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55If you offered me a tenner, I'd take it.
0:14:56 > 0:14:57I'll give you a tenner for it.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59- Done.- Done.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Wow, that was easy!
0:15:03 > 0:15:06So far, Anita has bought two cannons, eight glasses,
0:15:06 > 0:15:08two postcard albums and a stool.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12But, still, she keeps on shopping.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15What we have here, it's a wee sort of mixture.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17There is nothing there of any great significance,
0:15:17 > 0:15:19and you probably know that yourself.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23What I'd be prepared to pay on that would be £8.
0:15:23 > 0:15:28Oh, no, I need more than that. I would want at least 25, at least.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29- 25?- Yeah.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32And now Anita has a go at some horse trading.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Angela?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- You are going to think that I am mad.- Yeah.
0:15:38 > 0:15:42I bought a pair of cannons like that,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45- and I thought it would be quite fun....- To put them together.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49What about if I paid £25 for that and that?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Yes, go on then.- Will you do 25?
0:15:52 > 0:15:55It's a pleasure to do business with you.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Back in Masham, a mysterious force - could it be gravity? -
0:16:00 > 0:16:04is pulling Mark back to the Isaac Newton jug.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08And I rather like the fact that this was Newton, which I presume is Isaac Newton.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- Must be.- Must be.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11I don't think that's Mrs Newton, somehow.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15But, Robert, I know it's cheeky of me, because you haven't priced it
0:16:15 > 0:16:18very highly, but is there anything you could do on 25?
0:16:18 > 0:16:19Yes, yes, I can.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25£15.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28- I can't really say no to £15, Robert. - That's what I thought you'd say.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- Because I really like that, thanks a lot. I appreciate that. - Thank you.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Well, there we are, another purchase, I love it.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Anita's bought enough items to start her own shop!
0:16:39 > 0:16:42OK, that's been a pleasure.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46But she can't stop hunting for one last item, bless her.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Yeah, it's a horse measuring stick,
0:16:48 > 0:16:52but it's in the form of a walking stick.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Silver-topped, Boyce & Rogers, Newmarket,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58so it's very important, probably used in the racing industry.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01So, what we do is we pull out the measuring stick
0:17:01 > 0:17:04from the body of the stick,
0:17:04 > 0:17:09and we can pull out this brass bar here, and this brass bar would be?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12It goes over the withers,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15and that's the point where they measure the horse.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Wee Angela is looking for £80 for this late 19th-century
0:17:18 > 0:17:20silver-topped measuring stick.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21Would you go 50?
0:17:22 > 0:17:26Go on, it's cash back in my pocket, yeah.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28- Thank you very much.- OK, thank you.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Amazingly, I think Anita's finally finished shopping.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34And talking.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36Meanwhile, Mark has spotted a last-minute item.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39This caught me out of the corner of my eye.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43Not terribly well carved - sorry to say that - on the hands and things,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45but there's just something about him.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47His eyes are quite nicely painted.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50It's all a little bit sort of amateurishly done,
0:17:50 > 0:17:53but there's something rather appealing about him.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57What I might do, you know, Robert, is put him, rather sneakily, with the jug,
0:17:57 > 0:18:01because he kind of has a little look of Isaac Newton about him.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Could I possibly get him for the same price as the table, a tenner?
0:18:07 > 0:18:09- Oh, go on then.- Yes?- Yes.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14That's item three from this shop - good work, Mark.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16Thank you very much indeed.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Our reunited road-trippers are moving on once more,
0:18:20 > 0:18:21heading for Northallerton.
0:18:23 > 0:18:29- This is the very last shop. - I know, and it's mine, it's all mine.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Mark makes for Cobweb Antiques for a serious rummage,
0:18:33 > 0:18:36with no distractions.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37Hello.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Have you come for a bit of attention, as well?
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Have you?
0:18:40 > 0:18:44What do you think of this lot? Yeah, rubbish!
0:18:44 > 0:18:45Wuff!
0:18:45 > 0:18:48These are lovely. I love wood, terribly tactile.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Gosh, you're sounding like Anita Manning.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52SHE LAUGHS
0:18:54 > 0:18:57As long as you weren't going to say Bernard Manning!
0:18:58 > 0:19:01LAUGHING: I feel that Mark needs some direction.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03This is quite fun, actually.
0:19:03 > 0:19:08It's a little travelling compass in a nine carat gold frame.
0:19:08 > 0:19:12Now, I'm not sure if the little chain mount on it is gold,
0:19:12 > 0:19:15but certainly the frame is.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16It's rather sweet, actually.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18Sweet price - £89.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22There's a lot of bargaining that needs to be done here.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24- Do that one for 75.- 75.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- I don't want to pay that.- No?
0:19:27 > 0:19:29But I had to buy it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- Would you lose at 60? - 65. That's the death.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Thank you, Susan.
0:19:35 > 0:19:37You're an angel, thank you so much for helping me out.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Compass in hand, Mark and his travelling companion
0:19:41 > 0:19:44must find their way to auction.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49Mark has spent £130 on five auction lots -
0:19:49 > 0:19:54the Newton portrait mug, combined with the carved wooden doll,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57the eagles head coat rack,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59the ironstone umbrella stand,
0:19:59 > 0:20:01the gold fob compass,
0:20:01 > 0:20:03and the wibbly wobbly table.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11Anita, meanwhile, spent £175 on... wait for it...
0:20:11 > 0:20:1412 separate items, thankfully combined into five lots.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18The engraved wine goblets, teamed with cannons
0:20:18 > 0:20:21and horse-drawn cart ornaments.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23The horse measuring stick.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27The art nouveau postcards, paired with World War I postcards.
0:20:27 > 0:20:28Phew!
0:20:28 > 0:20:31The pocket watch, cufflinks,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35tie pins and broken gold ring.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36And the Victorian upholstered stool.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Crikey!
0:20:38 > 0:20:40Oh, look at that, eh?
0:20:40 > 0:20:46But what do our big spenders think of each other's last chances?
0:20:46 > 0:20:50I love the walking cane with the horse measurer.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Silver-topped, good provenance. I could see that possibly making 100.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57As for his big Oriental-type vase, it's damaged!
0:20:57 > 0:20:59The heads are missing on the dragons.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02I think he'll have to be lucky to get his money back on that one.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07This leg of Mark and Anita's journey
0:21:07 > 0:21:09started in Richmond and will end in Huby,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11just outside York.
0:21:11 > 0:21:13They're taking their assorted antiques
0:21:13 > 0:21:15to be auctioned by Summersgills
0:21:15 > 0:21:18in the local village hall.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21I tell you what, I'm really excited now, Anita. This is our final sale.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- The day of reckoning. - The die is cast.
0:21:25 > 0:21:29A good crowd has gathered to inspect the items in this general sale.
0:21:29 > 0:21:33Auctioneer Tim Summersgill has cast his seller's eye
0:21:33 > 0:21:36over Anita and Mark's lots.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38A couple of lots I think we might struggle with.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42There's the three-legged table. We might be lucky to sell that.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46Probably one of the best lots we've got is the measuring stick. We've got a lot of interest,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49and probably quite a few commission bids, so I think it should fly.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51So, to the auction,
0:21:51 > 0:21:54with Anita needing to make up £200.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Are you feeling confident, Mark?
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Anita, I'm very, very nervous, I have to tell you.
0:21:59 > 0:22:00Oh, don't be nervous.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03I'm sure they'll be entranced by all the junk that you bought.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09First up, Mark's Isaac Newton jug, coupled with the doll.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12- Come on. Come on. - £20 bid here. £20. 22,
0:22:12 > 0:22:1324, 26, 28.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15Good, good.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17£30, then. On commission at 30.
0:22:17 > 0:22:2132 in the room. At £32 bid, at £32.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23All done at 32.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- Well done, well done.- Well, that is a bit of a profit, at least.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30A slow but steady £7 profit for Mark.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31You were lucky, Mark.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- You meanie. It's our last day together.- I'm not being a meanie.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Next are the two cannon,
0:22:39 > 0:22:43the horse and cart, and the eight glasses.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- We start at £20 bid on this one. - Starts at £20.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47£20 on commission. 25 anywhere else?
0:22:47 > 0:22:49£20 buys it...
0:22:49 > 0:22:51Just in time, 22.
0:22:51 > 0:22:5324 here. 26 there.
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- £26.- Yes!- 28 I'm looking for.
0:22:55 > 0:22:5826. Lady's bid.
0:22:58 > 0:22:59Another small profit.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Well, I've managed to wipe my face with that one.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05£6 profit, so the cannon didn't misfire completely.
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Now, you called me lucky, Anita.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I think you were jolly lucky with that.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14Mark is hanging high hopes on his carved eagle coat rack.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Quite a bit of interest on this one,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17so we start at £30 on this one.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Ooh, 30 straight.
0:23:19 > 0:23:2035 anywhere else?
0:23:20 > 0:23:2235, 38,
0:23:22 > 0:23:2340 at the back.
0:23:23 > 0:23:2540, 42,
0:23:25 > 0:23:2645, 48,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28- 50.- Yes!
0:23:28 > 0:23:30£50 then. In the doorway at £50.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- Oh, that was good.- That was good.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Sold for £50 minus commission.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Mark's eagle eye for a bargain didn't let him down.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42Next, Anita's horse measuring stick.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44Interest on this one,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47- so we start it at 130.- 130.- £130.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48140. 150.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50160 with you.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52£160 right at the back, at 160.
0:23:52 > 0:23:53- Yes!- All done at 160.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55All sure?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57- Yes!- Well done, Anita.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00- I said you'd make 100 on that, didn't I?- Yeah.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Well, I never did. £110 profit.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Much more of this and she'll be catching Mark up.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09- Congratulations. - Thank you, darling.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Next up, it's the lump -
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Mark's damaged vase. - Straight in at £30.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17- Oh!- £30.- 35 anywhere else?
0:24:17 > 0:24:20On commission at £30.
0:24:20 > 0:24:2135, I'm looking for.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23All done, then, at 30.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25No-one else?
0:24:25 > 0:24:26Newton.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28You got away with murder there.
0:24:28 > 0:24:33That's not a bad profit on an item that's missing most of its bits.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Well done, darling. That's put a smile on your face.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Ah, the postcard albums that Anita fought so hard for.
0:24:42 > 0:24:4440 in the doorway.
0:24:44 > 0:24:4542, 44,
0:24:45 > 0:24:4746, 48, is it?
0:24:47 > 0:24:4946 the lady. All done at 46.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51- Is that mine?- No.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53- 48. 50. 52.- It is.- No, it's not.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55- It is.- Is it?
0:24:55 > 0:24:56Lady's bid this time.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Oh.
0:24:58 > 0:24:59£50.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Come on, team, pay attention!
0:25:02 > 0:25:05£25 under the purchase price means the first loss of the day.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- I think it was at 50. - Was it 50 or 58?
0:25:07 > 0:25:0950, Mark. Come on. Moving on.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11The jewellery's next.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Items too numerous to mention.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- 193 - our watches, etc.- Exactly. - Quite a nice lot.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19Starting at £40.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23- They can occasionally give us a big surprise.- 55. 60.
0:25:23 > 0:25:2465. 70.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26- Is this mine?- 75. 80.
0:25:26 > 0:25:2985 with you. 90 there. 95,
0:25:29 > 0:25:31back with you. 95. 100 in the doorway.
0:25:31 > 0:25:32- 100!- 105, is it?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35105. All done at 105.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38That was excellent.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42Well, the mixed lot made lots. She's catching up.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43I'm delighted with that.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46I'm amazed with that. That was a fairly good price for that.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48This'll be interesting.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Remember, Mark fought hard to get the compass fob for £65.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54Now, a bid here of £20.
0:25:54 > 0:25:5625 with us. 25, 28.
0:25:56 > 0:25:5830, 35,
0:25:58 > 0:25:5940, 45,
0:25:59 > 0:26:0050, 55.
0:26:00 > 0:26:0155, then.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03All done at 55.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Ahhh, hard luck.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Ouch! That's a big smack in the wallet.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Next up, the wibbly-wobbly table.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Bidding starts at an optimistic £20.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15£20. Any interest?
0:26:15 > 0:26:17- Come on!- 15 I'm bid. 15, the lady.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Oh, thank goodness for that. It keeps us going.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23£15 only. Seems cheap enough at 15.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25No-one else?
0:26:25 > 0:26:26Ohhh.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Never mind. Well done. You made profit, Mark.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33A wibbly-wobbly profit on a wibbly-wobbly table.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35Are you upset?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37- Are you upset?- Oh, shut up, Anita.
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Come on, you two.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Toys back in the pram.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45- Finally, the stool that was once a chair.- 15, then, here to sell.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- 15!- £15 I'm bid. £15.
0:26:47 > 0:26:4816 anywhere else?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50All done at £15.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- Awww.- Well, that was fair, Anita. - I know.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Our last two lots made the same amount of money.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59£5 profit on that stool.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01I'm going to need a little sit-down.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02I think it just shows you
0:27:02 > 0:27:04what idiots we are.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06THEY LAUGH
0:27:06 > 0:27:08A good day at auction.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Anita did well,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12and I thought she might have caught him up.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Anita began this leg with £458.74.
0:27:16 > 0:27:20After auction costs, she made a bumper profit,
0:27:20 > 0:27:24so Anita ends her road trip with £575.66.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Ooh!
0:27:28 > 0:27:33However, Mark started with £684.86,
0:27:33 > 0:27:35and made a very small profit.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39But with a final total of £704.10,
0:27:39 > 0:27:42he is triumphant. Well done.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49So you're going to drive me off into the sunset?
0:27:49 > 0:27:51I am, and then I'm going to leave you there.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53THEY LAUGH Cos I've had enough of you.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- One week is enough!- No more antiques.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58That's us finished.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01What a road trip it's been.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Look, it's here. It's right turn.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Anita and Mark have crossed the border,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08and occasionally crossed the line.
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Oh, God.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14Oh!
0:28:14 > 0:28:16My mind's fried.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Aargh!
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Anita.
0:28:23 > 0:28:24Will you marry me?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26SHE LAUGHS
0:28:26 > 0:28:28Will I give you a surprise?
0:28:28 > 0:28:29Yes!
0:28:29 > 0:28:31THEY LAUGH
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Stop the road trip, I want to get off.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35We leave Anita and Mark,
0:28:35 > 0:28:39but stay in Scotland and join our next set of road trippers
0:28:39 > 0:28:40who go in search of antique treasures.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Still amongst the stunning Scottish scenery,
0:28:43 > 0:28:45we meet antiques experts
0:28:45 > 0:28:49Philip Serrell and Catherine Southon.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53I love the thought that we are now in the Highlands.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- And you're sharing it with me. - I know. The love of my life.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Philip Serrell began his career mucking out the sheep pens
0:29:00 > 0:29:02for a livestock auctioneer,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04and while some argue he'd found his calling
0:29:04 > 0:29:06then and there,
0:29:06 > 0:29:09he's gone on to become the consummate antiques auctioneer.
0:29:09 > 0:29:10What's your cheapest price?
0:29:10 > 0:29:13Our cheapest price is usually about 50p.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14I'll remember that.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19And former head of scientific instruments at Sotheby's,
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Catherine Southon is also an expert in maritime art.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24But don't be fooled by her charm.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26When it comes to striking a deal,
0:29:26 > 0:29:29she's a wolf in designer clothing, with spots.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30Are you sure you don't want to sell that?
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Positive.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Philip and Catherine are starting out with £200 each,
0:29:37 > 0:29:39hoping to turn in a tidy profit at auction.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43I'd be even more excited if I win.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Don't get too competitive on me.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Along with their shiny red Triumph convertible,
0:29:48 > 0:29:51they're travelling from the north-east of Scotland
0:29:51 > 0:29:54on to Glasgow and across the border to Carlisle,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57passing through the gorgeous Lake District
0:29:57 > 0:29:59and ending their journey in Liverpool.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02Today we're kicking off in Aboyne
0:30:02 > 0:30:06and concluding with an auction showdown in Dundee.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- What are we doing?- There's an antique fair over here, love.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- Antique fair?- Well, an antique car-boot jobby thingy.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- There's only about five cars.- Well, it still constitutes a car boot.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Stick with me, you'll be all right. Come on.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22You look like Frank Spencer.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Before you can say, "Ooh, Betty"...
0:30:26 > 0:30:28Is that R2 thingamy?
0:30:28 > 0:30:32Yes, it's R2-D2 and we have Darth Vader and we have C3PO.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35I tell you what I'll do, cos I'm feeling generous -
0:30:35 > 0:30:37all the toys there, I'll give you 50p for them.
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- That sounds absolutely splendid. - Have I just been robbed?
0:30:40 > 0:30:44I tell you what though, we're going to have to deal here. I've only got 40p in change.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47Oh, God. I feel I'm being swindled.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- I'm actually sure you're being swindled.- You're mad, Philip.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52How can I lose money on 40p?
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Come on, give this poor man some more money.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- Whose side are you on? - Not on yours, that's for sure!
0:30:57 > 0:31:00I'm going to go now. Sir, you're a gentleman.
0:31:00 > 0:31:01Thank you very much indeed.
0:31:01 > 0:31:04So says the last of the big spenders.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Next stop is slightly off the beaten track, if only they could find it.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14- Now, I've got to go left here and on up the road.- I think this is me.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- I'm just going to drop you out just here.- Don't forget me.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18I won't forget you - go on, off you go.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21OK. I've got to get out first. I can't get out!
0:31:21 > 0:31:25- OK, here we are. I've done it. - Dear me. Honestly.
0:31:25 > 0:31:30- Ciao. Arrivederci. - Yeah, yeah, no, it'll all be fine. Just don't worry.
0:31:30 > 0:31:36Catherine will try her luck at the aptly named Refined Antiques
0:31:36 > 0:31:38with its stock of gorgeous items.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42- Hi, Alex. Nice to meet you. This is a wonderful shop you've got here.- Oh, it's lovely.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45I'm very interested in these straightaway.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49I love apothecary jars for pharmaceuticals.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51Carboys. Very nice.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Carboys have been used as symbols for pharmacists for yonks.
0:31:57 > 0:32:01Although it's thought that they originate from the Middle East
0:32:01 > 0:32:04when medicines with coloured liquids were often stored.
0:32:05 > 0:32:09They are also something that could do very well at auction.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10They're lovely. How much are they?
0:32:10 > 0:32:14I think you'd be looking at about 150.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17- 150 for the two?- For the two.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19Yeah, I think that might be a bit too much.
0:32:19 > 0:32:23- I would really need to be under 100. - Under 100?
0:32:23 > 0:32:26Ah, well. Worth a try.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28In the neighbouring town of Dinnet,
0:32:28 > 0:32:32Philip's discovered The Old Alliance
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- a rather unusual shop owned by compulsive collector Dave.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41But amongst the thousands of handsome, eye-catching objects,
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Philip's opted to watch the birdie.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48Isn't that just fantastic, look?
0:32:48 > 0:32:50MIMICS MECHANICAL WHIRRRING
0:32:50 > 0:32:53- In technical terms, it's an automaton, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55And an automaton is a clockwork-driven toy,
0:32:55 > 0:32:58effectively, that does something. In this case it pecks,
0:32:58 > 0:33:00but you can have really grand automatons
0:33:00 > 0:33:03that play musical instruments and do all sorts of stuff.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06I've seen them - with eyes that roll around and such things.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10- It would be early 1900s, I'd have thought.- How much is he, Dave?- £25.
0:33:12 > 0:33:15Is this the exchange rate between Sassenachs and Scots?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17It'll be about 20 then.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Philip's clearly got toys on the brain,
0:33:19 > 0:33:23so David finds him something else to play with outside.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28These just remind me of my childhood. Do you know why I like that one?
0:33:28 > 0:33:31My grandmother bought me one of these.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33- When you were a little boy?- Yeah.
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Needless to say, packaging is all-important here
0:33:36 > 0:33:40and a mint-condition matchbox car can be worth up to twice as much
0:33:40 > 0:33:42if it comes with the original box.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45- A fiver each.- At five pounds each,
0:33:45 > 0:33:48there's room for a bit of negotiation, isn't there?
0:33:48 > 0:33:50- Ooh.- Ooh! You heard it here first, folks.
0:33:50 > 0:33:51DAVE LAUGHS
0:33:51 > 0:33:53And whilst Philip's caught off-guard,
0:33:53 > 0:33:56Catherine's caught between the pair of carboys
0:33:56 > 0:34:00and a pink pharmaceutical jar. Choices, choices.
0:34:00 > 0:34:04- Yeah, oh...- I think if you had to choose between here
0:34:04 > 0:34:06- and the two there... - MAN LAUGHS
0:34:06 > 0:34:10- I'm going to take you with me the whole way, actually.- Yes.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16Can we go... Can we do 110 on those?
0:34:16 > 0:34:18Oh, you're so lovely.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20< You're bullying her.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23She's so lovely. I felt the nod there.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26- No.- I'm sure there was a nod. 115.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28- Can we do 110...- No. - ..and then definite?
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Go on. Oh, please, Alex. Come on, 110.
0:34:32 > 0:34:37- Oh, it's a fiver - 110 and they're yours.- You are the best.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40- And I'm paying the other fiver. - THEY LAUGH
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Thus far, Philip's search for the daft and different
0:34:44 > 0:34:48has found him one wind-up bird, two Matchbox cars
0:34:48 > 0:34:53and now what might be a wool-winder, though there is some debate.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56That's got a metal base, which means it stronger.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59But you could use these for drying fishing line, couldn't you?
0:34:59 > 0:35:00Fishing line, socks...
0:35:00 > 0:35:03Yeah, I think there's probably more potential for salmon fishing line
0:35:03 > 0:35:05than there is dirty socks, personally.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10All Philip needs to complete the set is...
0:35:10 > 0:35:13It's a stag-horn three-piece carving set. I like that.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17The thing that I love about this is that if you want to go
0:35:17 > 0:35:21to a cook shop and buy a modern knife
0:35:21 > 0:35:23it's going to cost you £30-£40, isn't it?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25And yet you can come to Dave
0:35:25 > 0:35:27and buy something like this for probably about £15.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- Pardon?- You can come to Dave and buy something like this
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- for about £15.- I've lost my hearing.
0:35:32 > 0:35:36- Right, Dave, if I bought that, that was 25?- Yep.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38- And those were five each.- Yeah.
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- and if I bought those two together they would be...- 30.- 30.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45- And that was 25.- Yeah. - And that was 25?- Yeah.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- And if I bought those two together, how much would they be?- 40.- 40?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51And if I bought the whole lot together?
0:35:51 > 0:35:5360.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Double figures, eh? That's a lot of money for our Phil.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00- Go on, I'll have it all, Dave. 50 quid, wasn't it?- Pardon?
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- What was that?- 50 quid.- 50? 60.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08Oh, I tell you what. A fool and his money are soon parted, aren't they?
0:36:08 > 0:36:12- Dave, you're a gentleman. - It's sticking in your hand, man. - Get out of it.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15With Philip's rather eclectic shopping spree now over,
0:36:15 > 0:36:18the road trip is moving on.
0:36:18 > 0:36:2230 miles east to the important coastal city of Aberdeen,
0:36:22 > 0:36:25home to the Gordon Highlanders - a Scottish regiment
0:36:25 > 0:36:28formed in 18th century to help fight the French.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34And this museum celebrates their two centuries of history.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- Jesper, how are you doing? - Phil, good to see you.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41Jesper is the man to show our Philip around.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47From firearms to silverware, this regiment has quite a story to tell
0:36:47 > 0:36:50and in 1794, it all started with a kiss.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52Now, this is the bonnet of Duchess Jean,
0:36:52 > 0:36:55the wife of Alexander, Duke Of Gordon,
0:36:55 > 0:36:56who raised the Gordon Highlanders.
0:36:56 > 0:36:59The legend is is that new recruits to the Gordons
0:36:59 > 0:37:01received not only the king's shilling,
0:37:01 > 0:37:03but also a kiss from the fair duchess.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06- Really?- Absolutely. And she was a society beauty
0:37:06 > 0:37:10so how could any man resist such a wonderful...
0:37:10 > 0:37:13So she was like the best recruiting machine that you had?
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- She absolutely was.- How many did she get in? How many did she kiss?
0:37:16 > 0:37:19Well, when the Gordon Highlanders paraded for the first time
0:37:19 > 0:37:24in Aberdeen in June 1794, there were over 1,000 recruits.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Well, I tell you what - there's a bit of mileage in this. I should start doing this today.
0:37:28 > 0:37:30I think you are right, definitely.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33The collection includes some rather impressive silverware,
0:37:33 > 0:37:37but this isn't the only precious material in the museum.
0:37:37 > 0:37:42It's also home to 11 of one of the rarest medals in existence.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- That's a VC.- Yes, it is.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51Victoria Cross, the most important emblematic bravery medal
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- there is to be won, isn't there? - It is an absolute icon.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56And these were made from the bronze of a cannon
0:37:56 > 0:37:59from the Battle of Sebastopol in the Crimean War, weren't they?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Well, that's right, exactly.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05It was a captured Russian cannon that the medals are still cast from.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08This particular VC belonged to a legendary member
0:38:08 > 0:38:11of the Gordon Highlanders - Piper George -
0:38:11 > 0:38:17who fought on the Northwest Frontier - present-day Pakistan - in 1897.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21The Gordons charged forward over this open piece of ground
0:38:21 > 0:38:25with their pipers playing, urging the men on over the ground.
0:38:26 > 0:38:30Now, five pipers stood up and started playing when the charge began.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Only one of the pipers made it across
0:38:32 > 0:38:34that open piece of ground unscathed.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38One of the wounded was piper George Findlater.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40He was wounded in both ankles,
0:38:40 > 0:38:43but despite the fact that he was in a great deal of pain,
0:38:43 > 0:38:46he had blood seeping into the ground from his ankles
0:38:46 > 0:38:50and he was under constant murderous fire from the heights above,
0:38:50 > 0:38:55he propped himself up against a rock and carried on playing his pipes,
0:38:55 > 0:39:00urging his fellow Gordons on up the heights and to eventual victory.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06Do you know, there are things that you do in your life
0:39:06 > 0:39:09that make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end
0:39:09 > 0:39:12and this does because it's just like...
0:39:12 > 0:39:15It's just... Whoa. That's a moment, isn't it, really?
0:39:15 > 0:39:19To have in your hands a Victoria Cross.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Needless to say, a Victoria Cross isn't that easy to come by
0:39:22 > 0:39:26and at auction you can expect to pay upwards of a quarter of million.
0:39:26 > 0:39:31Here I am with a VC in my hand. That's a bit special, that.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Whilst it's a moment Philip doesn't want to end,
0:39:36 > 0:39:38I'm afraid there's a contest still to decide
0:39:38 > 0:39:43- and a fellow competitor very much in need of a lift.- Woo! Hello.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46- How are you, love? Are you all right? - Can I drive?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49That's better.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- Do you mind checking my insurance first?- Right.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- How do you get this into first gear? - Oh, Lord.- OK, ready?
0:39:56 > 0:39:58- ENGINE STALLS - Oh!
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- Legs apart, lift together. - Left down...?- Straight on.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09No, but what indicator?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Catherine, we're doing 22 miles an hour.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Shall we ring up the next shop and tell them
0:40:15 > 0:40:17we'll be there in about three days' time?
0:40:17 > 0:40:22Well, they're making their way - slowly - to our next port of call,
0:40:22 > 0:40:24the Aberdeen Antiques Centre.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27- Here we are.- Right, let's go.
0:40:27 > 0:40:28Be happy, come on!
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Despite Catherine's perky demeanour,
0:40:31 > 0:40:34she's actually a little worried
0:40:34 > 0:40:37about only having £90 still in the kitty.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40145. That's quite a lot of money.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- Can I have a look at that little thing down there, please?- Oh, look.
0:40:44 > 0:40:48Philip's found something and he's about to dig Doug out for a deal.
0:40:48 > 0:40:52This is a shooting butt marker and these little pegs,
0:40:52 > 0:40:56they're ivorine, so they are numbered
0:40:56 > 0:41:00and what you would do, you'd arrive at your shoot early in the morning
0:41:00 > 0:41:01and you'd mix all those up
0:41:01 > 0:41:05and then there's normally eight guns at a shoot
0:41:05 > 0:41:07and you'd get the first gun, who would normally be a guest,
0:41:07 > 0:41:10and you'd offer him one of these and he would just pick one of these out
0:41:10 > 0:41:13and his stand is number 5.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16And then you go on to the next gun until all eight guns
0:41:16 > 0:41:18have pulled out a number which would give them
0:41:18 > 0:41:20their position in the line on the first drive.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23It's basically just allocating your day
0:41:23 > 0:41:26for the whole of the shoot by luck
0:41:26 > 0:41:28and I just think that's a really nice thing.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31I mean, I'd really need to be brutal on that price.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33It's £42 it's marked as.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I was hoping it might be 24 and it was the wrong way round.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- I'll do it for £30 for you, Philip. - Oh, you're a hard man.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Can I just take them outside to the light?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Natural light really is the best way to view some objects.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49I think this is lovely, right? I really think this is lovely,
0:41:49 > 0:41:50but you get them in this light
0:41:50 > 0:41:52and they look really plasticky, don't they?
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- £20, Philip?- You're a gentleman. Thank you very much.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59- Let me give you some money. - And here we have it -
0:41:59 > 0:42:02another rare appearance of Philip Serrel's wallet.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05I love the pair of toast racks. They are very cute.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09And they are, sort of, about 1930s or something like that.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12I like those. I'm not so keen on that price though. What's that, £70?
0:42:12 > 0:42:15I could let them go for 50 for you.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17- 50?- If that helps you.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22I really don't think I can go beyond 30 on these though.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25Mm, I don't think I could go lower.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Oh, I'm not sure if I'd make a profit on that.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33- Well, what if we were to say 35? - 35. Now you're talking.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- I've got to take them at £35. - Thank you. You've got a deal.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- You're a lovely, lovely man. - There you are.- Thank you.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43If not, they'd make a great pair of earrings. Wouldn't they?
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- Absolutely.- Bet Lynch, eat your heart out.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50And with the last exchange of cash,
0:42:50 > 0:42:52so endeth day one of Serrel versus Southon.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Come on then. Home, James. Woo-hoo!
0:42:57 > 0:43:01The sun rises on another glorious road-tripping day
0:43:01 > 0:43:04leaving Aberdeen far behind and heading eventually
0:43:04 > 0:43:07for a head-to-head auction in Dundee.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13"Toads on road".
0:43:13 > 0:43:14Oh, don't run over any toads, Philip.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18So far, Philip's quest for the daft and different
0:43:18 > 0:43:22has cost him £80, leaving £120 to complete the mission.
0:43:24 > 0:43:29You go out buying all the goodies and I'm left looking like a lulu.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32- Oh, come on, Philip. - I'm going for the sympathy vote.
0:43:32 > 0:43:36Catherine, meanwhile, has boldly splashed out £145
0:43:36 > 0:43:40which leaves her just £55.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Your strength is playing this,
0:43:43 > 0:43:46"Oh, I really don't know," trick and you do so well.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48- Oh, shut up.- You do so well.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51The road trip waits for no man or woman
0:43:51 > 0:43:55so we head off down Scotland's eastern coast.
0:43:55 > 0:43:57The next stop is Montrose.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03On a remote farm miles from anything
0:44:03 > 0:44:06our duo are on the lookout - wait for it -
0:44:06 > 0:44:08for Steptoe's yard.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12We could find anything here.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14- We could find some real treasure. - We could find nothing.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17You're always so negative, aren't you?
0:44:17 > 0:44:19No, no, no. Well, my pint glass is just half empty.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21Lord above.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24Oh...my...word.
0:44:24 > 0:44:27I think I've died and gone to heaven.
0:44:27 > 0:44:31Incredibly, this is just the tip of the iceberg.
0:44:31 > 0:44:34Hi, Peter?
0:44:34 > 0:44:37I can't believe this place. It's really quite something.
0:44:37 > 0:44:38Something else, actually.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41- It is slightly different. - Can I have a look inside?
0:44:41 > 0:44:46Indoors, there's row after row after row of furniture -
0:44:46 > 0:44:50glass, china, brassware and seemingly non-stop knick-knacks.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54Oh...my...word.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57I'm just completely lost for words.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01You've got so much here. It's just vast.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03A farmer by trade, it was mad cow disease
0:45:03 > 0:45:06that inspired Peter to diversify and he's managed to gather
0:45:06 > 0:45:09all of this stuff in just six years. Oh, dear.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14- Does it ever stop?- Well, it stops when you get to the end.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17It doesn't feel like there is an end!
0:45:17 > 0:45:20And amongst this incredible collection,
0:45:20 > 0:45:23- Phil's taken a shine to... - HE LAUGHS
0:45:23 > 0:45:26..a 19th century cartwheel. As you do.
0:45:26 > 0:45:27Make me sensible offer.
0:45:27 > 0:45:30In my eyes, it's 30-35 quid's-worth, that's what I think.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32I would disagree a little bit.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Who's going to buy that off me? A bloke with a three-wheeled cart?
0:45:35 > 0:45:39- If you were to give me somewhere in the region of 55...- No.
0:45:39 > 0:45:44- ..I'd maybe do a deal with you. - 55 quid for a foreign cartwheel?
0:45:44 > 0:45:47Well, someone said to me that they thought it had been
0:45:47 > 0:45:50used for driving, possibly ropes or something like that.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53Do you know what I think you use it for?
0:45:53 > 0:45:55I think you use it for kippering poor Englishmen,
0:45:55 > 0:45:57that's what I think you use it for.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00Surprisingly, this is a very sound choice
0:46:00 > 0:46:03as cartwheels are extremely popular in garden make-overs
0:46:03 > 0:46:06and thus go very well at auction.
0:46:06 > 0:46:09But Peter's playing hard to get.
0:46:09 > 0:46:12This has got to be, what, turn of the last century? 1890, 1900?
0:46:12 > 0:46:14I would reckon so.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17And I think it's probably continental and as such clearly is not worth
0:46:17 > 0:46:20anything like the amount of money that an English one would be.
0:46:20 > 0:46:2335 quid is my best deal, that.
0:46:23 > 0:46:24No, come on. A little bit more.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26You've got to think of the poor Scotsmen.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30Unable to strike a deal, the search continues
0:46:30 > 0:46:33though I do believe that amongst all of this,
0:46:33 > 0:46:36Catherine's finally found something.
0:46:37 > 0:46:40I just think it's got a big split down it.
0:46:40 > 0:46:41That adds to the character.
0:46:41 > 0:46:44When did you ever see one that didn't have a split?
0:46:44 > 0:46:46How much could that be?
0:46:46 > 0:46:49You'd be looking at round about the 50.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52- Could it be 20?- No. Not quite.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55- What, 25 then.- No, 30.- 25. Come on, final offer.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58I was giving you a rock-bottom price.
0:46:58 > 0:47:0125 or we'll push it back in.
0:47:01 > 0:47:04- No.- Go on, Peter. Put it there. - I'll do it for 28 for you.
0:47:04 > 0:47:07- 25, come on.- 28. Come on.
0:47:07 > 0:47:1128, there you go. You'll get a big profit off that one.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13I haven't even seen the other side of that
0:47:13 > 0:47:16- so I'm hoping that's OK. - Well, you've bought it now.
0:47:17 > 0:47:21Now, it may look as if Philip's moved on from that cartwheel
0:47:21 > 0:47:24but nothing could be further from the truth.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Peter, we're going to have to have a deal on that cartwheel.
0:47:27 > 0:47:32- I need a little bit more than 35. - How much is a little?
0:47:32 > 0:47:35- If you give me 45...- Oh, that's not a little - that's a lot!
0:47:35 > 0:47:38- That's halfway between... - No, get out of here.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40You see, I thought a little was 36.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42The only reason I would even think about selling it
0:47:42 > 0:47:44is because it's to a needy case.
0:47:44 > 0:47:48You haven't got any violins around here, have you, that I could start strumming...?
0:47:48 > 0:47:50- I think there is one but it's not very good order.- No.
0:47:50 > 0:47:55- This is all I've got.- £40? You've got to admire his cheek.
0:47:55 > 0:47:58I'll tell you what I'll do - I'll sell you it for that
0:47:58 > 0:48:02provided I don't have to help to tie it on the roof of your car.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Thank you very much indeed.
0:48:05 > 0:48:09Having almost literally begged for the very best deals,
0:48:09 > 0:48:13Catherine and Philip must take their heaving swag bags to auction.
0:48:16 > 0:48:22Catherine spent £173 on just three auction lots -
0:48:22 > 0:48:26the teardrop pharmacy bottles, the silver toast racks -
0:48:26 > 0:48:30or are they earrings? - and the rustic pine trunk.
0:48:30 > 0:48:35Philip, however, spent just £120.40,
0:48:35 > 0:48:38but got five auction lots.
0:48:38 > 0:48:43The Victorian fishing-line dryer, the stag-horn carving set,
0:48:43 > 0:48:48the pigskin shooting markers, the vintage cartwheel
0:48:48 > 0:48:51and the matchbox cars combined with the wind-up bird
0:48:51 > 0:48:55and the Star Wars toys. May the force be with him.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00But do our experts like what each other has bought?
0:49:00 > 0:49:05His first item that he showed me was the fork/knife set.
0:49:05 > 0:49:07It's nice cos it's got "Aberdeen" on
0:49:07 > 0:49:10but I don't think that's going to get people particularly excited.
0:49:10 > 0:49:15I think her chemists' jars - if she can get a London price for them -
0:49:15 > 0:49:18she might get a couple of hundred pounds profit.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21I think the danger is, you know, we're in Dundee selling these things.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24The cartwheel really had his name written all over it.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27Nobody else would give it a second glance.
0:49:27 > 0:49:30The trunk is undoubtedly her worst item.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32She probably panic-bought that at the 11th hour.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34I don't know if he was just being kind
0:49:34 > 0:49:37or whether he's a sly old fox and he thinks they're going to bomb.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41I'm going to have to just watch my pockets
0:49:41 > 0:49:45over the next five days cos, yeah, she could be hard to beat.
0:49:45 > 0:49:47After kicking off in the village of Aboyne,
0:49:47 > 0:49:51this leg of the road trip comes to an end in sunny Dundee,
0:49:51 > 0:49:54the city that's famous for jute, jam and journalism.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58That's got to be the footy club, look, Catherine.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01East Fife 4, Forfar 5.
0:50:03 > 0:50:05Currently pulling up outside the auction rooms
0:50:05 > 0:50:08of Curr And Dewar, Philip and Catherine
0:50:08 > 0:50:11will soon discover who's in the money and who's in trouble.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13Our first auction. Oh, handbrake on.
0:50:13 > 0:50:16No, I live in hope that somebody'll nick it.
0:50:16 > 0:50:20- You're so miserable!- Me? Miserable? How could you say such a thing?
0:50:20 > 0:50:23- Oh, Philip. - Come on, lovely, come on.
0:50:23 > 0:50:25Already many a frugal Scot has gathered,
0:50:25 > 0:50:29but before auctioneer Stephen Dewar raises his gavel,
0:50:29 > 0:50:33let's see how he rates the chances of our two competitors.
0:50:33 > 0:50:36I quite like the butt markers. They're a nice, quirky little lot.
0:50:36 > 0:50:38Not something you see often.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41The trunk, I'm not so sure about that one, unfortunately.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Condition's a little bit against it.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46The cartwheel might show a little bit of interest.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49Whoever bought the cartwheel I think might get a little surprise today.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52Time to see who's really in the money.
0:50:52 > 0:50:54Let the auction begin!
0:50:54 > 0:50:59First to go under the hammer are Catherine's fabulous glass vessels.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01And to show them off to best effect,
0:51:01 > 0:51:03she's even splashed out 68p on cordial.
0:51:04 > 0:51:08If they sell for £50, Philip, I'm just going to cry.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12- They won't sell for £50. I'll have a wager with you.- Do you promise?- No.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15- Bonnie-looking pieces. - Bonnie-looking pieces.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Starts me off at £50.
0:51:17 > 0:51:19At £50. 60.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21- 80. 100. 120.- Come on.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24You know it's going to turn a profit, isn't it?
0:51:24 > 0:51:26This isn't looking good. Come on, Dundee, dig deep!
0:51:26 > 0:51:30- Are we all done? - A bit more. A bit more.
0:51:30 > 0:51:32- Five, thank you. - GAVEL BANGS
0:51:32 > 0:51:34Why did I buy those?
0:51:34 > 0:51:38Only a £10 profit there, and that's before commission.
0:51:40 > 0:51:44Next it's Philip's wool-winder, just one of his many £20 bargains.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47I liked it initially, now I've looked at it again,
0:51:47 > 0:51:50- I'm really not that keen. - It's horrible, isn't it? Yes.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53Interest starts me off at £15.
0:51:53 > 0:51:56At £15, a bit of vintage wares there.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59- 18. 20.- No.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02- 22. £22. - BANGS GAVEL
0:52:02 > 0:52:06- I'm sort of pleased to see the back of that.- £2 profit.
0:52:06 > 0:52:09- Well done, Philip.- Yeah. SHE LAUGHS
0:52:09 > 0:52:12So far, Catherine's ever so slightly in the lead,
0:52:12 > 0:52:17but let's see if Philip's Victorian carving set can cut things up.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20At £35 it is for the set of carvers.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23At £35. 40. Five.
0:52:23 > 0:52:2650. Five. 60.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29£60. Five. £65 are you all done?
0:52:29 > 0:52:32- Well done.- At 65 then. - Got a lot better, haven't they?
0:52:32 > 0:52:35- GAVEL BANGS - 65.- I'm actually really, really pleased with that.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37And so you should be, Philip. So you should, old boy.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41Next Catherine's Victorian trunk.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45Let's hope the good people of Dundee are mad keen for a bit of scumbling.
0:52:45 > 0:52:49Here we are. Rustic piece there, interest on it £10 bid.
0:52:49 > 0:52:53- At £10 it is, the Victorian trunk there at £10.- Oh, come on.- 12. £12.
0:52:53 > 0:52:5615. £15.
0:52:56 > 0:53:00- Any advance on 15? - Come on. Come on.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Oh, dear. This ain't looking good.
0:53:02 > 0:53:05Nobody? Is that our lot?
0:53:05 > 0:53:08- At £15, we're all done. - SHE SIGHS
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- GAVEL BANGS - £15 it is.- Oh, Catherine.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14Welcome to the unpredictable world of the Road Trip.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20Moving right along, it's Philip's toy collection next
0:53:20 > 0:53:24including the wind-up bird, most of which he picked up on the "cheep".
0:53:24 > 0:53:27£30. 35. 40.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31- Five. 50.- Oh, Philip.- £60.
0:53:31 > 0:53:35- How do you do this? - Commission bidder at £60. - There's a bit of luck in it, really.
0:53:35 > 0:53:38- £60, are you bidding? 60. - GAVEL BANGS
0:53:38 > 0:53:40Jammy old devil.
0:53:40 > 0:53:43I think if I'd taken those Star Wars figures out
0:53:43 > 0:53:45it might have made a bit more.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48That's a £40 profit,
0:53:48 > 0:53:52but how will the bidders feel about his butt markers in faux ivory?
0:53:52 > 0:53:54That's plastic to you and me.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56Unusual little lot. 20 bid.
0:53:56 > 0:53:5922. 25. 28. 30.
0:53:59 > 0:54:03- 32. 35.- You've done it again, haven't you?- 38. 40.
0:54:03 > 0:54:06Are you all done at 40? £40.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08I have to hand it to you, Philip.
0:54:08 > 0:54:13The man's unstoppable, so let's see what this feisty crowd of Scots
0:54:13 > 0:54:15make of his continental cartwheel.
0:54:15 > 0:54:19I've got a horrible feeling that you might double your money on that.
0:54:19 > 0:54:23Vintage metal-rimmed wooden cartwheel. Unusual item.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26I am bid £60 for it. At £60 for the cartwheel.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28At £60. At 60.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30Are you bidding, sir? 70.
0:54:30 > 0:54:3280. 90. 100.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35- I don't know. I...don't get that. - 110. 120.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39130 now. Any advance on 130?
0:54:39 > 0:54:42- I don't get that, Philip. - GAVEL BANGS
0:54:42 > 0:54:46That is a staggering £90 profit. Wow!
0:54:46 > 0:54:48I just can't believe that.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52Thankfully Catherine has one last ace up her sleeve.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55A pair of small, silver five-bar toast racks. Birmingham 1930.
0:54:55 > 0:55:00Mappin and Webb. Interest on these starts me off at £40.
0:55:00 > 0:55:04At £40. A pair of toast racks, there are, at £40.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08Five. 50. 50 bid. Five. 60.
0:55:08 > 0:55:13- 60 bid.- Come on.- At £60. Commission bidder at £60.
0:55:13 > 0:55:18- GAVEL BANGS - It's a good price, Catherine, but unfortunately not good enough.
0:55:18 > 0:55:22- Oh, I'm sorry.- No, you're not. - I am cos I feel guilty now.- God.
0:55:23 > 0:55:27Cor. There is no justice in this world.
0:55:27 > 0:55:32True. Philip started this leg with £200 and after auction costs
0:55:32 > 0:55:35made a profit of £139.54
0:55:35 > 0:55:41which means he ends round one with £339.54.
0:55:41 > 0:55:46Catherine also started with £200 but made a loss of £13.10,
0:55:46 > 0:55:50leaving her with a total of just £186.90.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53But don't worry, my girl - it's only day one
0:55:53 > 0:55:55and it's still anybody's game.
0:55:55 > 0:55:58I haven't liked today, Philip.
0:55:58 > 0:56:03- Well...- It's been a bad day. - Has it?- But hats off to you.
0:56:03 > 0:56:07- It's not going to be a long, painful journey home, is it?- No.
0:56:07 > 0:56:09- Do you know what my plan is next time?- What?
0:56:09 > 0:56:12Next place we go to, I'm going to buy five cartwheels.
0:56:12 > 0:56:16- Really?- And nothing else. And I'll make a loss.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18And we could call them Catherine Wheels.
0:56:18 > 0:56:20Next time we're off to Glasgow
0:56:20 > 0:56:23where Catherine turns up the charm to maximum...
0:56:23 > 0:56:28You'd make me so happy cos I just absolutely love this.
0:56:28 > 0:56:30..Philip puts his reputation on the line.
0:56:30 > 0:56:34There's every chance that everybody else is going to say I'm stark raving bonkers.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36- What can I say?- Right.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40- ..and there's tears before bed time. - You are horrid to me.
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