0:47:50 > 0:47:57.
0:48:02 > 0:48:04The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each,
0:48:04 > 0:48:06and one big challenge.
0:48:06 > 0:48:07I'm here to declare war.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09Why?
0:48:09 > 0:48:13Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:48:13 > 0:48:15- Can we make it...- No!
0:48:15 > 0:48:19- The aim is to trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.- Ouch!
0:48:19 > 0:48:21But it's not as easy as you might think,
0:48:21 > 0:48:23and things don't always go to plan.
0:48:23 > 0:48:24Push!
0:48:24 > 0:48:28So will they race off with a huge profit or come to a grinding halt?
0:48:28 > 0:48:29We're doomed!
0:48:29 > 0:48:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:48:37 > 0:48:40It's the penultimate day for our dashing duo,
0:48:40 > 0:48:44Thomas Plant and Paul Laidlaw, and it's all to play for.
0:48:44 > 0:48:49I think my modus operandi is to buy tat again!
0:48:49 > 0:48:51And turn it into gold!
0:48:51 > 0:48:56It's clearly working for you! You've got the junk Midas touch!
0:48:56 > 0:49:00Thomas Plant is an auctioneer and jewel expert,
0:49:00 > 0:49:04but when it comes to decisions, well, it can take some time.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07I need something to come out and grab me.
0:49:07 > 0:49:13- Hmm...- Our proud Scottish expert, Mr Laidlaw, is a lifelong collector
0:49:13 > 0:49:17with a passion for all things military.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20He loves a bargain and seldom backs down.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23I think my estimate in an auction is £30-60 on that.
0:49:23 > 0:49:25Can we do it? Thank you very much indeed!
0:49:25 > 0:49:301387, it's a hallmarked silver-cased trench watch.
0:49:30 > 0:49:34At yesterday's auction, Paul was playing it safe
0:49:34 > 0:49:38and stuck with what he knows best, militaria.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40Well done, a big well done, that's a really good profit.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43And it certainly worked.
0:49:43 > 0:49:44Show me the money, more money!
0:49:44 > 0:49:51After a disappointing start, he's now on the up with £255.88.
0:49:51 > 0:49:54But can he catch his fearsome competitor?
0:49:54 > 0:49:57Thomas is keeping his chin up,
0:49:57 > 0:50:00despite a gut-wrenching loss at the last auction.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03Where do we see it? Who's going to start me, £30?
0:50:03 > 0:50:05£30 online, at £30...
0:50:05 > 0:50:07Ouch!
0:50:09 > 0:50:11Sadly, two of his lots didn't impress,
0:50:11 > 0:50:14leaving him with £305.20. He's still on top,
0:50:14 > 0:50:17but he definitely needs to up his game.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19But it's a new day,
0:50:19 > 0:50:24and keeping them on track is their sporty Alfa Romeo Spider.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Lovely day, isn't it? You know, it's just...
0:50:27 > 0:50:31Laidlaw and Plant in their little Italian hairdryer.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33Starting in Skipton,
0:50:33 > 0:50:36Thomas and Paul will travel over 400 miles south
0:50:36 > 0:50:38through the beautiful Yorkshire Dales,
0:50:38 > 0:50:42the Home Counties of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire,
0:50:42 > 0:50:45before arriving in Pewsey for the final auction.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49It's the penultimate trip, and they're leaving Towcester behind
0:50:49 > 0:50:52heading for auction four in Watlington.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55First stop is the beautiful market town of Olney.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00Olney is known for its pancake race,
0:51:00 > 0:51:05which has been run in the town every Pancake Day since 1445.
0:51:05 > 0:51:09But it's perhaps best known
0:51:09 > 0:51:11as the place where the Olney Hymns were written.
0:51:11 > 0:51:17# Amazing grace
0:51:17 > 0:51:23# How sweet the sound... #
0:51:23 > 0:51:28John Newton, the author of the hymn Amazing Grace,
0:51:28 > 0:51:32was curate of Olney and is buried here.
0:51:32 > 0:51:37No pancakes on the menu today, and, as the boys go their separate ways,
0:51:37 > 0:51:40Mr Laidlaw's first shop of the day is Dodo Antiques,
0:51:40 > 0:51:43where he's meeting proprietor Owen.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45Do you own this material,
0:51:45 > 0:51:48or are you representing lots of different sellers?
0:51:48 > 0:51:52A bit of a combination. Most of the furniture is mine.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56There's a cabinet in each room pretty much rented out.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59My word, what a lovely offering!
0:51:59 > 0:52:00It just feels lovely in here.
0:52:00 > 0:52:04And it just gets better and better for Paul.
0:52:04 > 0:52:07Look at these fabulous Art Deco cloud chairs round there.
0:52:07 > 0:52:10Fabulous burr veneer table.
0:52:10 > 0:52:13But, between you and me, price is my problem at the moment.
0:52:13 > 0:52:14Not choice, price.
0:52:14 > 0:52:19You've got £200 to spend - surely there's something you can afford.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21It's a dinner gong.
0:52:21 > 0:52:25It's missing a chord at the moment, but let's do the business, shall we?
0:52:25 > 0:52:29- GONG RINGS - Lovely tone, very Oriental.
0:52:29 > 0:52:30That's a shell case.
0:52:32 > 0:52:36You really are drawn to all things military, aren't you, Paul?
0:52:36 > 0:52:38It's a British naval shell
0:52:38 > 0:52:43and from the markings looks to date to January 1898.
0:52:43 > 0:52:46This was kept as a souvenir and actually re-used,
0:52:46 > 0:52:49but don't they make a handsome gong? Now, what's it on?
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Rather architectural, rather classy.
0:52:51 > 0:52:55Some of these are junk, but this absolutely is not.
0:52:55 > 0:52:59Whopping great big piece of mahogany.
0:52:59 > 0:53:03So far as they go, it's a superior example.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05It's a pretty unique item,
0:53:05 > 0:53:08and I'm sensing Paul has fallen for its charm.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11I can't see a price on it to start with.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13We could do that for £45 for you.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20- Can you think harder about that? - I'm thinking pretty hard!
0:53:20 > 0:53:24- I think that's not expensive. - It's not.- But it's not a bargain yet.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27- So what is a bargain?- 20 quid's a bargain.- 20 quid's scrap!
0:53:27 > 0:53:29- PAUL LAUGHS - That's it!
0:53:29 > 0:53:32We'll see if we can find a few things and do a deal.
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Why don't we? I like that.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37While Paul hunts for potential bargains,
0:53:37 > 0:53:42Thomas is across the road in Leo's Place, and feeling the pressure.
0:53:42 > 0:53:45Oh, it's difficult, isn't it?
0:53:45 > 0:53:48You see, Paul's got this vision of me just buying tat.
0:53:48 > 0:53:54The thing is, I just know what sells, especially in that jewellery world.
0:53:54 > 0:53:58I mean, he knows about his military thing. Oh, more military stuff!
0:53:58 > 0:54:01It might be draining, Thomas,
0:54:01 > 0:54:04but it's the military stuff that's keeping him hot on your tail.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06With a bit of help from shop manager Di,
0:54:06 > 0:54:09Thomas starts to make progress.
0:54:09 > 0:54:13Is it all right if I just pick out things I'm interested in?
0:54:13 > 0:54:17- Not at all, Martin.- Thomas.- Thomas!
0:54:17 > 0:54:20- Where does Martin come from? - I don't know, is that ridiculous?
0:54:20 > 0:54:22I've never been called a Martin.
0:54:22 > 0:54:25Robert I get a lot of, because of Robert Plant.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27But Martin...
0:54:27 > 0:54:31I think you might have to enlighten Di on that one.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33The singer, Led Zeppelin singer.
0:54:33 > 0:54:37# And as we wind on down the road... #
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Glad you cleared that up, Martin. Now, back to business, Thomas.
0:54:40 > 0:54:43You see, I am drawn to this.
0:54:43 > 0:54:46But this looks like it's been in there a long time.
0:54:46 > 0:54:48It could be an old friend.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52I've put these two to one side, 38 and 9.50.
0:54:52 > 0:54:55It's German, 1920s, 1930s,
0:54:55 > 0:55:00that sort of fashion for that Egyptian-style jewellery.
0:55:00 > 0:55:07I don't even think it's silver... I mean, it's too rich for me at £38.
0:55:07 > 0:55:12- Would you be interested in it? - I would, but it's a real low figure.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14- Real low figure.- How low?
0:55:14 > 0:55:17I mean, it's so low I don't expect people to accept it.
0:55:17 > 0:55:21- 20?- No, it's too much, I'm afraid.
0:55:22 > 0:55:26- How much too much? - If it was a tenner, I'd have it.
0:55:26 > 0:55:30A tenner?! Thomas, I think you could be pushing your luck here, boy.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33And then there's this brooch, which I'm interested in.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37I like these from the point of view that these are smoky quartz.
0:55:37 > 0:55:40- Yes.- Not the greatest stone ever to walk this earth,
0:55:40 > 0:55:42but still, it's smoky quartz.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45You know the interesting thing about it? The backing on it,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48so it's foil-backed, so it dates it to 19th century.
0:55:48 > 0:55:52I tell you what... You see, I've got this £20 sitting here.
0:55:52 > 0:55:57I'd give you that for those two, so that makes that 15 and that five.
0:55:58 > 0:56:00Because it's you, Tom...
0:56:01 > 0:56:03..I'll accept 20.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05- Oh! Brilliant.- Thank you. - Thank you very much.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08Well done, Thomas, that's a great buy.
0:56:08 > 0:56:11Time for Mr Laidlaw to show us what he's got.
0:56:11 > 0:56:16All, some or none of these could end up worth buying,
0:56:16 > 0:56:18but let's see what we've got.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22Lovely little pocket notepad, nice!
0:56:22 > 0:56:24Pocket fruit knife.
0:56:24 > 0:56:26This is a bit of decadence for you.
0:56:26 > 0:56:30Cocktail swizzle stick, because isn't it so tiresome
0:56:30 > 0:56:33when one's champagne is just a tad too effervescent?
0:56:33 > 0:56:34Like those.
0:56:36 > 0:56:40He's also found an English silver cigar cutter,
0:56:40 > 0:56:43a silver penknife, as well as a lorgnette.
0:56:43 > 0:56:46I say! Isn't Mrs Smith's behaviour
0:56:46 > 0:56:50scandalous in the village at the moment?
0:56:50 > 0:56:52It's a great collection of silver,
0:56:52 > 0:56:59but at £171 it would only leave him with £84.88 to spend.
0:56:59 > 0:57:02- How are you getting on? - If there's any way you can look at
0:57:02 > 0:57:05what can be squeezed on... all of that, potentially.
0:57:05 > 0:57:09OK. I'll go and give the dealer a ring, see what I can do.
0:57:09 > 0:57:14Be warned, Owen, our Mr Laidlaw loves a good haggle.
0:57:14 > 0:57:16Is that the best?
0:57:16 > 0:57:19Thank you, see you later.
0:57:21 > 0:57:25She's saying really the best she could do would be 145 on the lot.
0:57:25 > 0:57:28And what did we start at? I never even added them up.
0:57:28 > 0:57:32- You've got 15% off there.- 15?! She's not even trying, is she?
0:57:32 > 0:57:36OK. I could throw something else in to try and sweeten it for you.
0:57:36 > 0:57:38- Liking the sound of that. - I've got something over here.
0:57:38 > 0:57:42This kind of negotiation is right up Paul's street.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44We've had this a little while.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47- For a while! - PAUL LAUGHS
0:57:47 > 0:57:50Owen has two classic mirrors.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53They're priced at £80 and £95.
0:57:53 > 0:57:58Last time, Paul's mirror did well, much to Thomas's disappointment.
0:57:58 > 0:58:01You've made steady profits on all of them.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05So we've a reproduction, late Georgian style.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08Oval framed, satinwood stringing to the edges.
0:58:08 > 0:58:12There's nothing the matter with it apart from nobody wants it
0:58:12 > 0:58:15and the Victorian one is like a tombstone, isn't it?
0:58:15 > 0:58:20Mr Laidlaw, I'm shocked. I thought you'd be snapping them up.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22I can do them for a tenner each.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25What a bargain! How can you refuse?
0:58:25 > 0:58:29My fear at the moment is I'm shooting all my bolts.
0:58:29 > 0:58:31But I'm still talking to you.
0:58:31 > 0:58:34Where were we with the gong, was it 40?
0:58:34 > 0:58:35I'll go to 30 on the gong.
0:58:35 > 0:58:38Now we're talking about a gong, couple of mirrors
0:58:38 > 0:58:41and a handful of silver and plate.
0:58:41 > 0:58:44- Give me the last price on the lot then.- Best price is 190.
0:58:44 > 0:58:46Give me a wee bit off it.
0:58:46 > 0:58:4920 quid off that, 170 quid, cash, job done, I'm out of here.
0:58:52 > 0:58:55- Everybody wins. - I'll drop it to 180.
0:58:55 > 0:58:57170.
0:59:00 > 0:59:02- You want to do it. - All right then.
0:59:02 > 0:59:05What a result. How do you manage it, Paul?
0:59:05 > 0:59:08One shop down and already he's bought four lots.
0:59:08 > 0:59:11The pressure's back on you, Thomas.
0:59:11 > 0:59:15After a great buy with the brooches, Thomas is hoping for another bargain.
0:59:15 > 0:59:18He's met Alan, one of the dealers.
0:59:18 > 0:59:21- Ooh, we've got the same watch. - There's good taste for you.
0:59:21 > 0:59:25Alan rents space in the shop for his collection of clocks and watches.
0:59:25 > 0:59:28That's a lovely Albert, isn't it.
0:59:28 > 0:59:31Gorgeous fob as well. A lot of gold.
0:59:31 > 0:59:32Beautifully enamelled centre.
0:59:32 > 0:59:36Named after Queen Victoria's beloved consort Albert,
0:59:36 > 0:59:39it consists of a T bar and two complete chains.
0:59:39 > 0:59:43Basically you'd wear this in your waistcoat here,
0:59:43 > 0:59:46so your watch would have been clipped on.
0:59:46 > 0:59:49Here it is look, being clipped on like this.
0:59:49 > 0:59:54Clip it on. You've got a watch on there.
0:59:54 > 1:00:00That would have gone in to your waistcoat pocket in there,
1:00:00 > 1:00:03and this would have gone into the button hole of your waistcoat.
1:00:03 > 1:00:05That's rather handsome.
1:00:05 > 1:00:11So is that something you're willing to sort of sell to me, at a deal?
1:00:11 > 1:00:13I'd always be willing to sell you something.
1:00:13 > 1:00:16Well, I know you would, but, you know...
1:00:16 > 1:00:19- You mean at the right price. - At a good price.
1:00:19 > 1:00:22Would you consider £90 a reasonable price?
1:00:24 > 1:00:25Well, that's OK.
1:00:25 > 1:00:28I had another figure in mind.
1:00:28 > 1:00:29A bit less.
1:00:29 > 1:00:33But I know that I'm being sort of pushing.
1:00:33 > 1:00:37I'll take another five off - 85 - which is very reasonable.
1:00:37 > 1:00:41- You wouldn't go as low as 70? - No.
1:00:41 > 1:00:44You said you'd take a fiver, would you take a bit more off?
1:00:44 > 1:00:47- Not really. - Really? Go on.- No.- No?
1:00:49 > 1:00:52I'll do it for 80, but that's it.
1:00:52 > 1:00:53£80.
1:00:53 > 1:00:57- Yes, that's it.- Well, I like you. I'm going to say yes.- OK.
1:00:57 > 1:01:02You've got a deal. Thank you very much. It's a very nice thing.
1:01:02 > 1:01:05I hope it's not the undoing of me!
1:01:05 > 1:01:09Now all that's left is for Thomas to dish the dosh to Di,
1:01:09 > 1:01:11but not before he's had one last try.
1:01:11 > 1:01:16We agreed on 80. He wasn't going down any more, was he? That was it.
1:01:16 > 1:01:19A bit of profit. By the time he's paid commission...
1:01:19 > 1:01:22- How much commission is he going to pay?- Well...
1:01:22 > 1:01:26- Could you give me the commission off?- I can't. I'm so sorry.
1:01:26 > 1:01:29I had to ask!
1:01:29 > 1:01:34Meanwhile, after a mammoth shopping spree, Paul drives 14 miles south
1:01:34 > 1:01:35to Bletchley Park.
1:01:36 > 1:01:39This looks promising.
1:01:41 > 1:01:45"Welcome to Bletchley Park National Code Centre."
1:01:49 > 1:01:52Bletchley Park is the historic site
1:01:52 > 1:01:56of secret British code breaking activities during World War Two.
1:01:56 > 1:02:01The museum reveals the incredibly complex processes needed to
1:02:01 > 1:02:04break the German codes that proved so important in winning the war.
1:02:07 > 1:02:08Hello, is it John ?
1:02:08 > 1:02:11Being a military enthusiast, Paul is extremely excited
1:02:11 > 1:02:15to be shown round by volunteer John Jackson.
1:02:15 > 1:02:18- Shall we go in?- Thank you very much. Expensive technology.
1:02:18 > 1:02:19Yes.
1:02:21 > 1:02:26Enigma is perhaps the best-known cipher machine of all time,
1:02:26 > 1:02:28and Bletchley Park has the largest collection of these machines
1:02:28 > 1:02:30on public display in Europe.
1:02:30 > 1:02:34What we have here is the standard three-wheel Enigma machine
1:02:34 > 1:02:37used by the German armed forces throughout the Second World War.
1:02:37 > 1:02:41This machine was used under battlefield conditions.
1:02:41 > 1:02:44Wherever the German military machine went
1:02:44 > 1:02:46during the Second World War,
1:02:46 > 1:02:49around 50,000 of these machines went with them.
1:02:49 > 1:02:52The Enigma machines were designed and used by the Germans
1:02:52 > 1:02:54to send each other encrypted messages.
1:02:54 > 1:02:57It was these messages that were picked up
1:02:57 > 1:03:00and sent to Bletchley Park for the code breakers to crack.
1:03:00 > 1:03:06So I'm sitting here and I have a secret message to get back to HQ,
1:03:06 > 1:03:10and here is the message, and for every letter I put in
1:03:10 > 1:03:15- I get a different and encrypted or enciphered letter out.- Yes.
1:03:15 > 1:03:19If Bletchley Park had broken a particular code during the day,
1:03:19 > 1:03:23they had to start all over again, as every night at midnight
1:03:23 > 1:03:28the German operators changed the settings on their Enigma machines.
1:03:28 > 1:03:32When that key was set up for the day,
1:03:32 > 1:03:40the odds against finding it were one in 158 million million million.
1:03:40 > 1:03:45And when you consider that getting the winning ticket in the Lottery
1:03:45 > 1:03:49is only one in 14 million, you understand why the Germans were
1:03:49 > 1:03:52so confident about the security of this machine.
1:03:52 > 1:03:55In order to decipher the German Enigma messages,
1:03:55 > 1:03:59the British designed a machine called the bombe, and this became
1:03:59 > 1:04:05the primary tool used at Bletchley Park to crack the Enigma messages.
1:04:05 > 1:04:07This is the bombe rebuild.
1:04:07 > 1:04:11This is Helen, one of the bombe demonstration team.
1:04:11 > 1:04:15It took the team 12 years to rebuild.
1:04:15 > 1:04:17It has got 12 miles of wiring in it.
1:04:18 > 1:04:22It has got 17,000 screws keeping it together,
1:04:22 > 1:04:27and during the course of the Second World War, these machines broke
1:04:27 > 1:04:332.5 million messages enciphered on the Enigma machine.
1:04:33 > 1:04:35Astonishing!
1:04:35 > 1:04:39It is said that Bletchley Park probably shortened the war
1:04:39 > 1:04:41by as much as two years.
1:04:41 > 1:04:44And the great tragedy of these machines is that, the day
1:04:44 > 1:04:48after the war ended, they began breaking them up.
1:04:48 > 1:04:53It wasn't until 1974 that anybody outside of Bletchley Park
1:04:53 > 1:04:55even knew that they had existed.
1:04:55 > 1:04:591,600 Wrens worked on the bombes at Bletchley Park,
1:04:59 > 1:05:03eight-hour shifts, 24/7, right up until 8th May 1945.
1:05:03 > 1:05:08Conditions were hard, they were in bombproof buildings with no windows
1:05:08 > 1:05:12and the need for speed and accuracy made the work relentless.
1:05:12 > 1:05:15The crucial thing about the job they did
1:05:15 > 1:05:20was all the clever interception and all the genius of the code breakers
1:05:20 > 1:05:24would have fallen down if the Wrens had not been 100% accurate
1:05:24 > 1:05:27when they plugged up the bombe.
1:05:28 > 1:05:31If they got it wrong, everything went wrong.
1:05:31 > 1:05:35But they were wonderful young women and they did an outstanding job.
1:05:35 > 1:05:40Churchill called the work at Bletchley Park his ultra secret
1:05:40 > 1:05:45and at one time thanked the Wrens for laying the golden eggs without clucking.
1:05:47 > 1:05:49What a fascinating place,
1:05:49 > 1:05:53and who would have thought that just six miles down the road in Woburn
1:05:53 > 1:05:56another great piece of history took place.
1:06:00 > 1:06:03This was the venue for my wedding. Woburn Abbey.
1:06:03 > 1:06:05A few years down the line, here I am back again,
1:06:05 > 1:06:08and it brings back very, very happy memories.
1:06:08 > 1:06:10So what a lucky boy!
1:06:10 > 1:06:14Hopefully your luck will continue as you head to the old Town Hall,
1:06:14 > 1:06:17aptly named Town Hall Antiques,
1:06:17 > 1:06:20where owner Alvin is on hand to help.
1:06:20 > 1:06:23Well, I wouldn't mind looking in your friend's cabinet.
1:06:23 > 1:06:26- Let me get the key. - Thank you very much. Thanks.
1:06:26 > 1:06:29I haven't seen that. She's only just put that in.
1:06:29 > 1:06:35- Looks like a nice object. - A Viennese bronze of a swallow.
1:06:36 > 1:06:38It's well done.
1:06:38 > 1:06:41Just tap it with your ring.
1:06:41 > 1:06:45Obviously, if it's another metal, it doesn't ring as well as bronze.
1:06:45 > 1:06:47That's got a really nice ring to it.
1:06:47 > 1:06:49That's got 125 on it.
1:06:49 > 1:06:50What's she like? Good or bad?
1:06:50 > 1:06:52- She's mean as anything.- Really?
1:06:52 > 1:06:55- Really hard, yes. - Really hard.
1:06:55 > 1:06:58I should say 115.
1:06:58 > 1:06:59Really?
1:06:59 > 1:07:02- But I could squeeze to 110.- Really?
1:07:02 > 1:07:05I love that swallow.
1:07:06 > 1:07:09She wouldn't come down any more on that if you gave her a call?
1:07:09 > 1:07:12I'll take another five, but not a penny less.
1:07:14 > 1:07:17105. I think that's quite a good buy.
1:07:17 > 1:07:21So I think you're being very mean if you're not happy to pay 105.
1:07:21 > 1:07:23What about 100?
1:07:23 > 1:07:25No. No. Not at all.
1:07:25 > 1:07:26105.
1:07:26 > 1:07:28I just think it's slightly out of fashion.
1:07:28 > 1:07:30Well, start a new fashion.
1:07:31 > 1:07:35- Me be the trend setter?- Yeah. You've got the auction to do it.
1:07:36 > 1:07:39Oh dear, has the Plant charm lost its sparkle?
1:07:39 > 1:07:41I don't know. I'm in two minds.
1:07:41 > 1:07:46I'm about to spend £105 on a bronze figure,
1:07:46 > 1:07:48but it is just not fashionable?
1:07:48 > 1:07:52Alvin, he's a nice guy, he knows his stuff.
1:07:52 > 1:07:56I don't think I can push him that much further. I might get thrown out if I do.
1:07:56 > 1:07:59Time for a change of tactics.
1:08:01 > 1:08:04Thomas is looking for something to pair with the swallow
1:08:04 > 1:08:08in the hope that Alvin will do him a deal.
1:08:08 > 1:08:09These are cultured pearls
1:08:09 > 1:08:14so the beads have been implanted inside the oyster.
1:08:14 > 1:08:16They're quite nice though.
1:08:17 > 1:08:20They've got this creamy colour to them -
1:08:20 > 1:08:22but look how they change colour.
1:08:22 > 1:08:25Creamy colour against my skin - you see that?
1:08:25 > 1:08:29But put pearls against white and look what happens.
1:08:29 > 1:08:32They come alive. Isn't that amazing?
1:08:32 > 1:08:34Do you think...
1:08:34 > 1:08:39you would do me a deal on these two items?
1:08:39 > 1:08:40On that and the swallow?
1:08:40 > 1:08:46We got these at 59 and I've got the swallow at 125.
1:08:46 > 1:08:49That's 184.
1:08:49 > 1:08:52If I say 150 for the two items.
1:08:54 > 1:08:57Could I sneak a little bit more?
1:08:57 > 1:08:58I really don't think so, no.
1:08:58 > 1:09:00Are you sure?
1:09:00 > 1:09:01I'm sure.
1:09:02 > 1:09:04150 for the two items.
1:09:04 > 1:09:08- And are you really positive...- I'm absolutely...- ..you couldn't do 140?
1:09:08 > 1:09:11Woah, woah, no, no, definitely not.
1:09:11 > 1:09:14- Definitely? - 150 is my absolute death.
1:09:14 > 1:09:16- You're sure not 140? - No, definitely not.
1:09:16 > 1:09:18- 150.- Meet me halfway?
1:09:18 > 1:09:20No. 150 is the deal.
1:09:20 > 1:09:22- Just do it for 145.- No.
1:09:22 > 1:09:25- 150. But I will toss a coin for it. - All right!
1:09:25 > 1:09:27- Call.- Heads.
1:09:27 > 1:09:29Tails it is.
1:09:29 > 1:09:33That means I would've spent 250 in my first day.
1:09:33 > 1:09:35Go on. Well done.
1:09:37 > 1:09:39Who'd have thought it?
1:09:39 > 1:09:43Thomas has bought five lots in the first day.
1:09:43 > 1:09:45The competition's heating up
1:09:45 > 1:09:48but for now our antique hunters need their beauty sleep.
1:09:56 > 1:09:59It's a new day and our chaps on the road again.
1:09:59 > 1:10:03What are you going to buy? More things? You've bought four already.
1:10:03 > 1:10:06Yeah, look, I'm on a roll. I can't help myself.
1:10:06 > 1:10:08One expensive item. Go on!
1:10:08 > 1:10:12So far you haven't bought one item over three figures yet, have you?
1:10:12 > 1:10:18# No, you haven't. No, you haven't. Not a single item. #
1:10:18 > 1:10:19LAUGHTER
1:10:20 > 1:10:24So far Paul's spent £170 on four lots.
1:10:24 > 1:10:28The dinner gong, a Victorian dressing mirror,
1:10:28 > 1:10:33a Sheraton string inlaid mirror as well as a collection of silver delights,
1:10:33 > 1:10:37leaving £85.88 for the day ahead.
1:10:37 > 1:10:41Thomas, meanwhile, hit the first day's shopping hard,
1:10:41 > 1:10:45spending a colossal £250 on five lots -
1:10:45 > 1:10:48an Egyptian brooch, a smoky quartz brooch,
1:10:48 > 1:10:50a double Albert watch chain,
1:10:50 > 1:10:53a figurine of a swallow and a pearl necklace.
1:10:53 > 1:10:57He has just £55.20 left to spend.
1:10:57 > 1:10:59- Pretty good fun, huh!- Yeah.
1:10:59 > 1:11:01They're leaving Woburn behind
1:11:01 > 1:11:05and chauffeur Paul is dropping Thomas in Shuttleworth,
1:11:05 > 1:11:06where he's in for a treat.
1:11:06 > 1:11:09- Chocks away!- Chocks away for me!
1:11:09 > 1:11:12I feel like a very lucky spoilt boy!
1:11:12 > 1:11:17With all his shopping done in the first day, Mr Plant is off to a flying start
1:11:17 > 1:11:20so he's come to the Shuttleworth aerodrome.
1:11:20 > 1:11:23Good luck! Spend all your money!
1:11:23 > 1:11:25Yeah(!) Enjoy!
1:11:25 > 1:11:30The Shuttleworth Collection is an assortment of working aircraft and automobiles
1:11:30 > 1:11:32founded by the young aviator, Richard Shuttleworth.
1:11:33 > 1:11:35Showing Thomas around is Tony Podmore.
1:11:35 > 1:11:37Come on in.
1:11:37 > 1:11:41I'm fascinated by the collection and how it came to be.
1:11:41 > 1:11:45Obviously there was a Mr Shuttleworth.
1:11:45 > 1:11:48Richard Shuttleworth was born in 1909.
1:11:48 > 1:11:53He had inherited his grandfather and father's flair for all things mechanical.
1:11:53 > 1:11:56Richard Shuttleworth was passionate about cars
1:11:56 > 1:11:58and became a motor racing driver,
1:11:58 > 1:12:03taking part in the first ever British Grand Prix in 1935.
1:12:03 > 1:12:07But after a nasty accident, his career was cut short.
1:12:07 > 1:12:11He decided, however, to take an interest in flying
1:12:11 > 1:12:14because he thought it was so much safer!
1:12:14 > 1:12:17This "never give up" attitude, this "never die" attitude.
1:12:17 > 1:12:19It's terribly British.
1:12:19 > 1:12:23And Richard's gung-ho attitude didn't stop there.
1:12:23 > 1:12:27When war broke out, he volunteered as a pilot for the Royal Air Force.
1:12:27 > 1:12:32It was during, very sadly, a night-flying sortie
1:12:32 > 1:12:38at RAF Benson in Oxfordshire that he suffered a fatal crash.
1:12:38 > 1:12:39He was only 31.
1:12:40 > 1:12:45In 1944, Richard's mother set up a trust in his memory
1:12:45 > 1:12:50and today the collection houses some of Richard's most prized possessions.
1:12:50 > 1:12:51There she is!
1:12:52 > 1:12:56The world's oldest air-worthy aeroplane.
1:12:56 > 1:12:58The 1909 Bleriot.
1:12:58 > 1:12:591909!
1:12:59 > 1:13:01- Isn't she amazing?- It is amazing.
1:13:01 > 1:13:05Richard believed that the very best form of preservation
1:13:05 > 1:13:08was to keep everything in working order.
1:13:08 > 1:13:09Has this ever been up?
1:13:09 > 1:13:10- Oh, yes.- Really?
1:13:10 > 1:13:11Absolutely. Yes.
1:13:11 > 1:13:13It goes up in the air?
1:13:13 > 1:13:14Yes.
1:13:14 > 1:13:16In view of the rarity value of this aeroplane,
1:13:16 > 1:13:19it is the only one of its kind in the world,
1:13:19 > 1:13:24we restrict it to what we affectionately call hops.
1:13:24 > 1:13:26- Oh, right!- This is where it goes down our runway,
1:13:26 > 1:13:31the aircraft comes off the ground and just hops along.
1:13:35 > 1:13:39It looks like one of those model aero engines I sell at actions!
1:13:39 > 1:13:42There's no chance we can hop with this one today?
1:13:42 > 1:13:44No, but I tell you what we can do.
1:13:44 > 1:13:46We can actually fly one for real for you.
1:13:46 > 1:13:48Not one of these though?
1:13:48 > 1:13:52Not the Bleriot. Vintage 1931 de Havilland Tiger Moth.
1:13:52 > 1:13:53Yes!
1:13:53 > 1:13:54This way.
1:13:56 > 1:13:58While Thomas gets kitted out,
1:13:58 > 1:14:03Paul's taking his £80.55 south to Hemel Hempstead.
1:14:03 > 1:14:09After World War II, Hemel Hempstead was designated a new town
1:14:09 > 1:14:12for people displaced by the London Blitz.
1:14:12 > 1:14:14Interesting wee neck of the woods.
1:14:14 > 1:14:18The original part of Hemel Hempstead is still known as the old town
1:14:18 > 1:14:21and it's where Paul is on the hunt.
1:14:23 > 1:14:25That looks the part, doesn't it!
1:14:25 > 1:14:27Off The Wall.
1:14:27 > 1:14:29Eccentric European collectables.
1:14:29 > 1:14:32That's got Laidlaw written all over it. But closed.
1:14:32 > 1:14:36Never one to be defeated, he's on the phone to track the owner down.
1:14:36 > 1:14:38Why not?
1:14:38 > 1:14:41In for a penny. Give it a try.
1:14:41 > 1:14:43Where are you?
1:14:43 > 1:14:45When I need you?
1:14:45 > 1:14:47'Can't answer your call right now.'
1:14:48 > 1:14:53As he patiently waits for news, Thomas is ready for action.
1:15:13 > 1:15:15That's fabulous. You look great. How do you feel?
1:15:15 > 1:15:16I feel ready to do it.
1:15:29 > 1:15:31Up, up and away!
1:15:31 > 1:15:33Hold on tight, Biggles!
1:15:33 > 1:15:36The de Havilland Tiger Moth is a 1930s byplane,
1:15:36 > 1:15:39designed by Geoffrey de Havilland
1:15:39 > 1:15:43and was operated by the Royal Air Force as a primary trainer.
1:15:43 > 1:15:48The Tiger Moth remained in service with the RAF until 1952.
1:15:53 > 1:15:56Thomas, it looks as if you're having a ball!
1:15:58 > 1:15:59That was just awesome.
1:16:01 > 1:16:03Absolutely awesome.
1:16:03 > 1:16:04Absolutely wonderful.
1:16:04 > 1:16:08Very honoured and as you can tell by my big smile,
1:16:08 > 1:16:10it's been a wonderful trip up.
1:16:13 > 1:16:14Mmm. Awesome(!)
1:16:14 > 1:16:19While Thomas is on cloud nine, Paul's prayers have been answered.
1:16:21 > 1:16:23Shop owner Michelle opened up
1:16:23 > 1:16:28but in order to get in, he needs to help move stuff out.
1:16:30 > 1:16:33This is like the auction room again!
1:16:36 > 1:16:38Michelle has owned the shop for 11 years
1:16:38 > 1:16:41and it's bursting at the seams.
1:16:41 > 1:16:42Good luck, Paul!
1:16:43 > 1:16:45This place is like an antiques Tardis!
1:16:45 > 1:16:47Have you seen round here?
1:16:49 > 1:16:50Look at this!
1:16:50 > 1:16:51You know what I need?
1:16:51 > 1:16:56One of those big long poles, that's what I need. Tightrope.
1:17:01 > 1:17:04That is a Georgian cribbage board.
1:17:04 > 1:17:07I love cribbage - my favourite card game.
1:17:07 > 1:17:09I played too much of this in 6th form.
1:17:09 > 1:17:13So how does one use a cribbage board for playing crib?
1:17:13 > 1:17:17Well, you get points for certain card combinations
1:17:17 > 1:17:22and I start at this end and you may start at the other
1:17:22 > 1:17:24and we race one another round the board.
1:17:24 > 1:17:27This is just a score-keeping board.
1:17:27 > 1:17:32People played crib round this, maybe 150, maybe even 200 years ago
1:17:32 > 1:17:36in a tavern, smoking a clay pipe.
1:17:36 > 1:17:39I think it's charming.
1:17:39 > 1:17:41It is £3.
1:17:47 > 1:17:49Now, what have you spotted?
1:17:49 > 1:17:52It is a Chinese armchair.
1:17:52 > 1:17:54A striking piece of furniture.
1:17:54 > 1:17:56You have to come and have a look.
1:17:56 > 1:17:59I don't know if there's any tremendous age to it.
1:17:59 > 1:18:02Never mind the quality, feel the weight.
1:18:02 > 1:18:05I'd like it to be 18th or 19th century,
1:18:05 > 1:18:11brought back in some tea clipper or in someone's military baggage train.
1:18:11 > 1:18:14What I don't want is it to have been brought over 30 years ago
1:18:14 > 1:18:18in a shipping container with a whole lot of other looky-likies.
1:18:19 > 1:18:24After his antique assault course, it's time to talk numbers.
1:18:24 > 1:18:28I think I paid about £90 for it about 15 years ago.
1:18:28 > 1:18:29Wow. Wow. Ouch.
1:18:29 > 1:18:33How about 50 for the chair and you've got a deal?
1:18:33 > 1:18:35OK.
1:18:35 > 1:18:37You might see me looking at the cribbage board.
1:18:37 > 1:18:40Am I feeling a buy one get one free moment coming on?
1:18:40 > 1:18:42Oh! You could read minds as well!
1:18:42 > 1:18:43I'm psychic.
1:18:43 > 1:18:47I'm sticking my neck out with the chair. That is a gamble.
1:18:47 > 1:18:49It could go the other way, it could work for me.
1:18:49 > 1:18:52If you give me the chair for 45, throw that in as a wee freebie,
1:18:52 > 1:18:55I'll take a punt at the chair.
1:18:56 > 1:18:57OK.
1:18:57 > 1:19:00The chair takes up more room in this very overcrowded shop.
1:19:00 > 1:19:01LAUGHTER
1:19:01 > 1:19:03It's empty!
1:19:03 > 1:19:04True.
1:19:04 > 1:19:09With his last two lots secured, it's time for Mr Laidlaw to show Mr Plant his treasures.
1:19:12 > 1:19:14Did you spend all your money?
1:19:14 > 1:19:15I spent a goodly sum.
1:19:15 > 1:19:19- Come on, show me. - Prepare to be underwhelmed.
1:19:19 > 1:19:20Come on, just get on with it!
1:19:20 > 1:19:22LAUGHTER
1:19:23 > 1:19:24I'm so bored!
1:19:25 > 1:19:30When you're gifted, you find it difficult to walk past mirrors.
1:19:30 > 1:19:31LAUGHTER
1:19:32 > 1:19:34- A tenner.- No!
1:19:34 > 1:19:35- Get in!- A tenner?!
1:19:35 > 1:19:37That's amazing. Well done you.
1:19:37 > 1:19:39So, this...
1:19:39 > 1:19:40Oh my word.
1:19:40 > 1:19:42Nine carat silver.
1:19:42 > 1:19:45With a lovely enamel and silver...
1:19:45 > 1:19:48With gold on it. But I paid 80.
1:19:48 > 1:19:52If you want one, try and find me better. I defy you.
1:19:52 > 1:19:55- Gorgeous quality. - Speaking of gorgeousness...
1:19:55 > 1:19:57Oh, for God's...
1:19:57 > 1:19:59No! Not another one!
1:19:59 > 1:20:01Why did you buy an Edwardian one?
1:20:01 > 1:20:04That was cheap so that one was 70.
1:20:04 > 1:20:07No, it wasn't 70. Don't be so ridiculous!
1:20:07 > 1:20:08A tenner.
1:20:08 > 1:20:10Is there a pattern here?
1:20:10 > 1:20:15The pattern is - Laidlaw bought a good thing at a killer price again!
1:20:16 > 1:20:18- There we are. - Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:20:18 > 1:20:21King Tut, is it 1920s Egyptian revival?
1:20:21 > 1:20:231920s Egyptian revival.
1:20:23 > 1:20:25OK, but it's not...
1:20:25 > 1:20:28No, but it's £15!
1:20:28 > 1:20:29How can you go wrong with that?
1:20:29 > 1:20:31£15, you can't.
1:20:31 > 1:20:33If you're lucky, double your money?
1:20:33 > 1:20:35£20 or £30 if it goes.
1:20:35 > 1:20:38It's gonna make more than 15. It's a good-looking thing.
1:20:38 > 1:20:41Close your eyes. Trust me.
1:20:41 > 1:20:43Can I open them?
1:20:43 > 1:20:46GONG SOUNDS
1:20:46 > 1:20:51- Oh, God.- You're weeping at the splendour of my dinner gong.
1:20:51 > 1:20:57So a shell in a fire iron set, attached to it with a bit of string.
1:20:57 > 1:21:03It's fun but did you spend more than £35 on it?
1:21:03 > 1:21:05Would that be a bad thing if I had?
1:21:05 > 1:21:07Personally, yes.
1:21:07 > 1:21:10Paid £30 for it.
1:21:10 > 1:21:14So I think it's a silver, bronze.
1:21:14 > 1:21:15It cost me 100.
1:21:15 > 1:21:19- I'm loving that.- It's a good thing. - What a great thing.- Lovely thing.
1:21:19 > 1:21:22So, come on.
1:21:22 > 1:21:24Gone to the microscopic now.
1:21:24 > 1:21:28Onto this titchy-witchy, lovely silver fruit knife.
1:21:28 > 1:21:31£20. 18? Oh no, come on.
1:21:31 > 1:21:33I know when he's pleased with himself.
1:21:33 > 1:21:37So this is a little Laidlaw lot? These are nice, gold lorgnettes
1:21:37 > 1:21:40Well, I don't know. I did not buy them as gold.
1:21:40 > 1:21:44- That's just part of it. - Oh no! Oh, and another one.
1:21:44 > 1:21:46- Oh yes, sweet. - That's better by far.
1:21:46 > 1:21:49- Let's be sensible.- Yeah. You're not gonna get that cheap.
1:21:49 > 1:21:54I would say that lot cost you £65.
1:21:54 > 1:21:57- 120.- 120, no, that's fine.
1:21:57 > 1:22:00It's a nice lot and it's gonna make that.
1:22:00 > 1:22:04- But that's not the lot. I got that. - And something else, come on.
1:22:04 > 1:22:07Tripping over it.
1:22:07 > 1:22:08Oh, and a cigar cutter.
1:22:08 > 1:22:12- And, er, what's this?- No. - What's this then?
1:22:14 > 1:22:16- A swizzle stick?- Yeah.
1:22:16 > 1:22:21120 all of that? That's a very, very good lot.
1:22:22 > 1:22:25OK, it's smokey quartz, nine carat.
1:22:25 > 1:22:28Yeah, it is gold. 19th century setting.
1:22:28 > 1:22:30- Obviously it would have been part of a brooch.- OK.
1:22:30 > 1:22:33- You got that dirt cheap, you paid £15 for that. - I paid a fiver.
1:22:33 > 1:22:37- Oh!- £5.- You're romping home with that. That's not a problem.
1:22:40 > 1:22:41OK, Chinese chair.
1:22:41 > 1:22:44Yeah. All the hallmarks of authenticity.
1:22:44 > 1:22:45Yeah, yeah.
1:22:45 > 1:22:48- What did you pay for it?- 45.
1:22:48 > 1:22:49That was cheap.
1:22:50 > 1:22:53I would have to be unlucky to lose on that.
1:22:53 > 1:22:58The thing is I was so disappointed with these, but they were only a tenner each.
1:22:58 > 1:23:00You're not walking past those, are you?
1:23:00 > 1:23:03- I'm walking past those. - A tenner?- I'm not interested.
1:23:03 > 1:23:07Oh, you're interested in diamante, I forgot.
1:23:07 > 1:23:10I've got a string of pearls. They're lovely, creamy pearls.
1:23:10 > 1:23:13- Very sutterly graded. - Yeah, they're not bad.
1:23:13 > 1:23:17And a wee sterling clasp. I've seen these picking up.
1:23:17 > 1:23:19Did you buy these for £80 under the hammer?
1:23:19 > 1:23:21- Yeah, they were 50 to me.- Yeah.
1:23:21 > 1:23:24- Are we done?- Wait a minute, wait a minute.
1:23:24 > 1:23:25I got a freebie.
1:23:27 > 1:23:31Why did you get that free? You shouldn't be getting free things.
1:23:31 > 1:23:34- If I was you I'd put it with that lot. - Can somebody pick up Tom's dummy.
1:23:34 > 1:23:36He spat it over there.
1:23:36 > 1:23:40- No, it is quite nice. It's gonna make 20 or 30 quid. - Absolutely!
1:23:40 > 1:23:43I don't mind saying you've done really well.
1:23:43 > 1:23:47Well, it's all sounding very nice, isn't it? Time to hear what they really think.
1:23:47 > 1:23:52I am really nervous what's gonna happen at the auction because he's bought really well.
1:23:52 > 1:23:54Although I've bought well,
1:23:54 > 1:23:57that silver lot is gonna eclipse everything!
1:23:57 > 1:23:59As soon as that came out I went, "Oh!"
1:23:59 > 1:24:05I think this is the auction where it turns in my favour.
1:24:05 > 1:24:07Well, maybe.
1:24:07 > 1:24:10It's been a fabulous jaunt, though, delightful Olney,
1:24:10 > 1:24:13via Woburn and Hemel Hempstead
1:24:13 > 1:24:16with the auction house in Watlington firmly in their sights.
1:24:16 > 1:24:20I feel pretty confident, Paul. You've got some great lots coming up.
1:24:20 > 1:24:21I've played a good hand.
1:24:21 > 1:24:27Reputedly England's smallest town, nestling in the shadows of the Chiltern Hills,
1:24:27 > 1:24:31Watlington offers a traditional market town welcome.
1:24:31 > 1:24:35Just what our cheeky chaps need on auction day.
1:24:36 > 1:24:39Kicking things off today is auctioneer, Simon Jones.
1:24:39 > 1:24:43But first, what does he think of their choices?
1:24:43 > 1:24:46There's a good cross-section. The bronze bird will do well
1:24:46 > 1:24:48because it's a pretty little thing.
1:24:48 > 1:24:51My favourite item will be the chair,
1:24:51 > 1:24:54simply because you don't see many of them and it's a lovely object.
1:24:54 > 1:24:59Paul began this leg with £255.88
1:24:59 > 1:25:04and has since spent £215 on six auction lots.
1:25:06 > 1:25:10As for Thomas, he started with £305.20
1:25:10 > 1:25:14and threw caution to the wind spending £250 on five auction lots.
1:25:17 > 1:25:20It's the moment of truth. Let the auction begin.
1:25:22 > 1:25:25First up it's Paul's dressing mirror.
1:25:25 > 1:25:29What can we say for that? 50, £60 for it?
1:25:29 > 1:25:3140 then to start me for the toilet mirror.
1:25:31 > 1:25:3440 I'm bid, 42 anywhere?
1:25:34 > 1:25:37All done then at 40.
1:25:37 > 1:25:44Excellent start, but will the dinner gong strike the right note?
1:25:44 > 1:25:4650 or £60 for it?
1:25:46 > 1:25:47£50? 50 I'm bid.
1:25:47 > 1:25:5255 before I go to the phone. Coming to you at 55, Kay.
1:25:53 > 1:25:5555 I'm bid. 60 anywhere?
1:25:55 > 1:25:57At 55 then, 60.
1:25:57 > 1:26:0165, 70.
1:26:01 > 1:26:0370 I'm bid. 75.
1:26:03 > 1:26:05Come to daddy.
1:26:05 > 1:26:0975, 80? 80 I'm bid, 85?
1:26:10 > 1:26:16At £80 then, it's in the room at £80.
1:26:16 > 1:26:18Well done.
1:26:18 > 1:26:20We did it, we planned.
1:26:20 > 1:26:22Well done, Paul. You're off to a flying start
1:26:22 > 1:26:26and it can only get better as your next lot was the freebie!
1:26:28 > 1:26:32Lot 110 is the Treen cribbage board. Sweet, little chap this.
1:26:32 > 1:26:34What can we say for that? 40, £50 for it?
1:26:34 > 1:26:36That will do.
1:26:36 > 1:26:3720 to start me. 15 to go.
1:26:37 > 1:26:39Weird that.
1:26:39 > 1:26:42Anyone want a cribbage board? Ten?
1:26:42 > 1:26:44- Ten I'm bid. - Dirt cheap, dirt cheap.
1:26:44 > 1:26:47I would give you more than that for it.
1:26:47 > 1:26:50At £10 then, all done at ten.
1:26:50 > 1:26:52Oh, well, it was a tenner.
1:26:52 > 1:26:54It cost you nothing, it owes you nothing. It's £10.
1:26:54 > 1:26:59Three lots down and Paul's hot on your heels, Thomas.
1:26:59 > 1:27:00Let's hope your figurine pays off.
1:27:00 > 1:27:05Lot 116 is the bronze figurine of a swallow.
1:27:05 > 1:27:08Silver plated on a little circular base there. £100 for it?
1:27:08 > 1:27:10- He's asking big money.- 80 to start.
1:27:10 > 1:27:1250 then?
1:27:12 > 1:27:1450 I'm bid, 55 anywhere? At £50.
1:27:14 > 1:27:1755? Yes, 55.
1:27:17 > 1:27:1860, 65?
1:27:18 > 1:27:23At £60, right at the back of the room. At 60.
1:27:23 > 1:27:26Somebody got a bargain, Thomas. You were unlucky there.
1:27:26 > 1:27:28- Somebody got a bargain.- Oh dear!
1:27:28 > 1:27:32It was always going to be risky. Now for Paul's second mirror.
1:27:32 > 1:27:36128 is the Sheraton string in-laid dressing mirror.
1:27:36 > 1:27:3840 or £50 for this.
1:27:38 > 1:27:4030 then to start me.
1:27:40 > 1:27:4220 for the dressing mirror.
1:27:42 > 1:27:44A little Sheraton one, shield shape.
1:27:44 > 1:27:46£20 I'm bid.
1:27:46 > 1:27:48All done at 20.
1:27:48 > 1:27:51- I can thank the auctioneer. - £10 profit.
1:27:51 > 1:27:55Back to Thomas for his pearls. Fingers crossed.
1:27:55 > 1:27:58Lot 330 is a string of graduated culture pearls with a silver
1:27:58 > 1:28:01and Marquisette clasp.
1:28:01 > 1:28:0240, £50 for it?
1:28:02 > 1:28:0630 to start me then.
1:28:06 > 1:28:10Don't tell me pearls are out of fashion.
1:28:10 > 1:28:13£20 I'm bid. 22 anywhere? At £20, all done at 20.
1:28:13 > 1:28:14Ouch!
1:28:14 > 1:28:16Oh, go on, give him a hug.
1:28:16 > 1:28:18- Well.- A hug?
1:28:18 > 1:28:20- No.- You want a hug?
1:28:20 > 1:28:23- No.- Later?- No hugs later.
1:28:23 > 1:28:28Surely his silver double chain and fob will get him back in the game.
1:28:28 > 1:28:31What are you going to start me? 40 I'm bid. 42, 44?
1:28:31 > 1:28:34£42 seated, 44 anywhere?
1:28:34 > 1:28:38At £42 then all done. At 42.
1:28:40 > 1:28:45Do you want me to start bidding on your stuff because I've a lot of money to burn.
1:28:45 > 1:28:48Keep positive, Thomas. Things can only get better.
1:28:48 > 1:28:50350 is an enamel 1930s Egyptian brooch.
1:28:52 > 1:28:55In a little box there. 30, £40 for this?
1:28:55 > 1:28:57It's what it should do.
1:28:57 > 1:28:5820 then to start me.
1:28:58 > 1:29:01£20 I'm bid, 22 anywhere for the brooch?
1:29:01 > 1:29:0422, 24, 26, 28.
1:29:04 > 1:29:0630, 32, 34, 36.
1:29:06 > 1:29:0838, 40, 42?
1:29:08 > 1:29:12At £40 all done at 40?
1:29:14 > 1:29:16- Sweet.- That's more like it!
1:29:16 > 1:29:21Now for Thomas's last stab, the double smokey courts brooch.
1:29:22 > 1:29:24£30 for it?
1:29:25 > 1:29:2725 I'm bid. 28?
1:29:27 > 1:29:29£25 then for the smokey quartz.
1:29:29 > 1:29:32£25, are you all done at 25? With Alan.
1:29:32 > 1:29:33Fair enough.
1:29:33 > 1:29:35The brooches were your saving grace.
1:29:37 > 1:29:39Now for Paul's collection of silver.
1:29:39 > 1:29:42I'm nervous about this, here it comes.
1:29:42 > 1:29:45£100 to start me. £100 I'm bid.
1:29:45 > 1:29:49110 anywhere? 110, 120, 130, 140.
1:29:49 > 1:29:53150? 140 then standing at the back of the room.
1:29:53 > 1:29:54140. 150 anywhere?
1:29:54 > 1:29:57- Cheap for all that stuff. - 140, all done.
1:30:00 > 1:30:03It's Paul's last stab at a big profit.
1:30:03 > 1:30:06A Chinese chair. What can we say for that?
1:30:06 > 1:30:10£100 to start me for it. £100 I'm bid.
1:30:10 > 1:30:14110? At £100, are you all happy at £100.
1:30:14 > 1:30:16A maiden bid of £100, are you all done?
1:30:18 > 1:30:21Can you lend me some money?
1:30:21 > 1:30:23Can you lend me some money?
1:30:23 > 1:30:27In spectacular fashion, Mr Laidlaw wins the day.
1:30:28 > 1:30:35Thomas started today's show victorious with £305.20.
1:30:35 > 1:30:40After commission he's made a hideous loss of £96.66, giving him
1:30:40 > 1:30:45a meagre £208.54 to spend tomorrow.
1:30:47 > 1:30:51Paul, meanwhile, started with £255.88.
1:30:51 > 1:30:57He made a fabulous profit of £104.80,
1:30:57 > 1:31:03so with a whopping £360.68 in the kitty he's firmly in the lead.
1:31:03 > 1:31:07- What a roller-coaster!- Tell me.
1:31:07 > 1:31:10I feel like I've been on the helter-skelter, you know.
1:31:10 > 1:31:14It's going to make for an interesting shop in the last leg.
1:31:14 > 1:31:17- All to play for, for me.- Yeah. - I'm going for it.
1:31:17 > 1:31:21We've heard that before! Next time on the Antiques Road Trip it's the grand finale.
1:31:21 > 1:31:23Thomas is playing catch-up.
1:31:23 > 1:31:28My shop closes in three-quarters of an hour, time is against me.
1:31:28 > 1:31:31I'm going to have the devil chasing me on my back.
1:31:31 > 1:31:34And has Mr Laidlaw met his match?
1:31:34 > 1:31:38Make it £28 and I will buy it.
1:31:38 > 1:31:39I can't!
1:31:39 > 1:31:41You're good!
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