0:00:02 > 0:00:06The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Well, duck, do I buy you or don't I?
0:00:08 > 0:00:10Who can make the most money
0:00:10 > 0:00:12buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:12 > 0:00:13I must be mad.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim is trade up and hope that each antique turns a profit.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18But, it's not as easy as it looks
0:00:18 > 0:00:21and dreams of glory can end in tatters.
0:00:21 > 0:00:22What am I going to do?
0:00:22 > 0:00:25So, will it be the fast lane to success
0:00:25 > 0:00:26or the slow road to bankruptcy?
0:00:26 > 0:00:29Wish I'd just kept my money in my pocket.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40All this week, we've been on the road with Mark Stacey and Margie Cooper,
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and there's been some fierce competition.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- Are you teasing me?- No, I'm not!
0:00:46 > 0:00:49I am teasing you. I'm playing with your emotions.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53Mark took the early lead and hung on tight
0:00:53 > 0:00:55until it all unravelled yesterday.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57£80 down.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01After a sticky start, Margie's been pulling in the profits
0:01:01 > 0:01:05and now finds herself back in contention.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Bye.- Good luck!- Thank you.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12From his original £200, Mark's had plenty of ups
0:01:12 > 0:01:15and then one enormous down,
0:01:15 > 0:01:19leaving him with £281.86 to spend today.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21- Well done.- I'm pleased with that.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Meanwhile, Margie also started the week with £200
0:01:25 > 0:01:32and a few smart buys later, she now has £245.86 to play around with.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I thought it was going to go for about 80-90.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Yeah, well, think again.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Our experts started their week in Chilham, Kent,
0:01:42 > 0:01:45and have travelled over 250 miles across southern England,
0:01:45 > 0:01:49where they faced their final showdown in Torquay, Devon.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53We kick off in Hele near Exeter
0:01:53 > 0:01:56and will conclude at an auction in Torquay.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03Holding up traffic as they motor along in their 1960 MGC,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Mark and Margie are heading into their final day.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11With only £40 separating them, our pair are on a mission.
0:02:11 > 0:02:16Get on our hands and knees, get in that dust, get in that dirt, and find something!
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Overlooking the pretty village of Hele is the local paper mill,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24fed by the soft waters of the River Culm.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28The Victorians built it to make high-quality writing paper.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Since then, it's produced the paper for five pound notes
0:02:32 > 0:02:34and now makes the paper for teabags.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38No tea for our experts, though, there's shopping to do
0:02:38 > 0:02:41in one of the largest antiques emporiums in the south-west of England.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Mark's been here before and knows the owner, Chris Strong.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53So, he's keen to use his insider info to get ahead of the competition.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- Hello, Mark.- Nice to see you again. Are you well?- Yeah, fine.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00The thought of coming back to your place terrifies me.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04It's so big and you've got so much to look at and it's so confusing.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- I have got a special room.- Have you? - Well, it's my sorting office.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11- It's fresh stock coming in. - Can you show me, Chris?
0:03:11 > 0:03:12I'll allow you to go up there.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Oh, wonderful. Going to the sorting office!
0:03:15 > 0:03:17What a relief!
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Going round the rest of this place could have taken hours and hours.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Ah...
0:03:25 > 0:03:27We're surrounded by lots of things here
0:03:27 > 0:03:31which I think have been here probably for decades.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34I have found something. Now, we all know what this is.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37This is Wemyss pottery from Scotland.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Very, very fragile pottery.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42It chips and flakes and breaks very easily
0:03:42 > 0:03:45and it's had a little bit of a chip there.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Chris, can you come round here a sec? How cheap can that be?
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Oh...- And I mean cheap.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55- Please.- It's Wemyss, my boy! - It's what? What's Wemyss?
0:03:55 > 0:03:56I thought you said Wemmies!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59You can have that for 30 quid.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03I'm sorry to be mean and I know you'll forgive me.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- I mean, how close can we get to £10? - Nowhere near it.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- 25.- OK.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Well, we're getting closer, we're getting closer.
0:04:11 > 0:04:16I'm going to hang onto this because I know we'll squeeze a bit more blood out of you.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28Got the old taxidermy here. Oh, dear.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31That one's going to escape, he's got the glass off!
0:04:31 > 0:04:35I always think that these places are like men's haunts.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39I don't think it's really a place for women.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Dear me!
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Yes, Mark seems quite at home and now he's unearthed something else.
0:04:46 > 0:04:51This has got a church influence because of all this gothic decoration
0:04:51 > 0:04:56and then when you look closely, it's got traces of writing on it.
0:04:56 > 0:05:01So, it says "Congregational Church...
0:05:01 > 0:05:05"Founded in 1790, rebuilt in 1883."
0:05:05 > 0:05:09I think it's very good for interior design/
0:05:09 > 0:05:12If you've got a big Gothic house, i would be great in a kitchen.
0:05:12 > 0:05:18Chris does know his stuff and I'm not going to pick this up for a song,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21not even a Sunday school song.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23The Gothic frame is priced at £120,
0:05:23 > 0:05:27but Mark and Chris might not be singing from the same hymn sheet.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30How much is it, Chris?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34- 80 quid.- Oh, gosh. - That is such a good deal.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38I was thinking they'd probably put something like 50-80 on it.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Hm... I would have said 80-120.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43So, we're not one million miles away, but...
0:05:43 > 0:05:46- I'll do another 10 on there.- So 70?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Hm. But don't ask for any more.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51- Am I pushing you?- Yes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- Can I ponder it a bit?- Of course.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57I really do like it, actually. HE SIGHS
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Margie's grabbed Chris now.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06She's found a little corner with something more up her street.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09It's quite nice, that, isn't it? And not very old.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Well, it is old, it's 80-years-old.
0:06:12 > 0:06:13"The Sailor's Tear.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15"He thought of those he lov'd the best
0:06:15 > 0:06:17"A wife and infant dear
0:06:17 > 0:06:19"And feeling fill'd the sailor's breast
0:06:19 > 0:06:22"The sailor's eye - a tear."
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Oh!- You can have it for 20 quid, now you've said that.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Oh, no. It's not going to make much, is it?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Oh, here we go!
0:06:31 > 0:06:37- All right, 15 quid. If you'll stop whining.- A tenner.- No!
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Oh, God help us. I quite like that.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43All right, a tenner! I'm losing money.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46So, the deal is done at a tenner
0:06:46 > 0:06:49and Margie's snapped up her first purchase of the day.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Mark's praying Chris will be kind to him too.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- Christopher?- Yes?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00I don't know why, but that thing is talking to me downstairs, the churchy thing.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04- I would say so. - And I do like Wemyss.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09- So, what I'm thinking, if I may... - 100 quid, the two?- No.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13- Just to tempt you, is there any way we can do the two for 80?- No.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- Can we get close-ish to that?- 100.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19- No, that's a bit too much, Chris. - Split it, then.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Because, we've got 70 on the other thing...- Split it.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24..and you already said 25 on that.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- We'll split at 90.- 85.- 90.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Come on, 85. You want to, really. Come on, 85?
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Seeing as I've had it for so long.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33- Thank you. Thanks a lot. - All right.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Phew!
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Margie's trip to Fagin's is over. She now has a treat in store.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47She's travelling 15 miles south from Hele to Kenton,
0:07:47 > 0:07:49to Powderham Castle.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Gosh, this is lovely, isn't it?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02A beautiful day to see a beautiful castle like this.
0:08:02 > 0:08:07She's here to meet the estate director, Simon Fishwick,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09who will be her guide for today.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Simon.- Hello!- I'm Margie. - Lovely to meet you.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- Welcome to Powderham. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Powderham Castle was first built back in 1391.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28600 years later, it's still in the same family,
0:08:28 > 0:08:34with each generation leaving behind startling evidence of their power and wealth.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Their forefathers arrived from France during the 12th century
0:08:38 > 0:08:41and apparently, married into money.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45So, this is Sir William Courtney, him up in the portrait up here.
0:08:45 > 0:08:51This is called a swagger portrait, by the sheer size and scale of it.
0:08:51 > 0:08:57It was done to impress. It's done in a grand style, grand setting.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00The interesting thing is the table in the middle,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04which he's resting on, is that table over there.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06That is wonderful, isn't it, to see that?
0:09:09 > 0:09:13Along with works of art, the first viscount also commissioned
0:09:13 > 0:09:17some staggeringly beautiful and unique pieces of furniture.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19So, this is the anteroom.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23This is where the women would withdraw to after dinner
0:09:23 > 0:09:26so the men could then sit and enjoy themselves
0:09:26 > 0:09:27and talk and things like that.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31The main interest in this room are these two magnificent bookcases.
0:09:31 > 0:09:37They are the first example of brass inlaid work in this country.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40They are very, very interestingly made.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43The first time I opened them, I almost had a heart attack.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- Go on, show me.- Just watch this.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51Oh, my goodness!
0:09:51 > 0:09:53- The whole thing moves. - Goodness gracious me!
0:09:53 > 0:09:57And that huge pillar, when I was opening it, I thought it was going to fall.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01- Was going to just collapse?- Yes. - Gosh, it's like a piece of engineering, isn't it?- Yes.
0:10:01 > 0:10:06Each successive generation made additions and changes to the castle.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10The third viscount added a huge, grand room to the library.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12But where is?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15There is a door somewhere. Let me show you.
0:10:15 > 0:10:22- Is something going to move? Ah! - A secret passage.- Oh, my goodness!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27The castle is full of secret passageways,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31designed for the servants to have discrete access into the grand rooms.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39This is the music room, which was built for the third Viscount
0:10:39 > 0:10:43to celebrate his coming-of-age. Designed by James Wyatt.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48And, unfortunately, as per nowadays, it wasn't quite ready
0:10:48 > 0:10:53for his party, so he had to have his party in marquees in the park.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- But, obviously, it's a spectacular room.- Nothing changes, does? - No, no, no.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59Well, it was definitely worth the wait.
0:10:59 > 0:11:05But now, for Margie, sadly, it's time to leave Powderham Castle behind her.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Meanwhile, Mark's praying he'll find a bargain.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11He's travelled to Newton Abbot to St Leonard's.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13CHURCH MUSIC
0:11:14 > 0:11:17But this is no church any longer.
0:11:17 > 0:11:25It's been reincarnated into an antique hunter's paradise with a host of interesting items.
0:11:25 > 0:11:32- But will anything receive Reverend Mark's blessing? - This is a tile-top table.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36The tiles form the county of Devon, including Torquay down here,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40which is where of course we're going to hold the auction.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44But it's says, "Not for sale". That's a good start, isn't it (?)
0:11:44 > 0:11:49"Not for sale - display only"... That's for sale either.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55- It's a bit frustrating, really. - Come on, Mark! This place is huge.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57There's got to be something.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01# Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
0:12:01 > 0:12:06# Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! #
0:12:06 > 0:12:11It's very plain. It's got this quite nice, soft-textured, ribbed base to it.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14And it's marked underneath, "Doulton", and says £54,
0:12:14 > 0:12:19which we're going to totally ignore, because there's no way I'm paying anywhere near £54 for it.
0:12:19 > 0:12:23But I think, if I shout over the top of the wardrobes,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26do you think Derek will come running? Shall we give it a go?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- Derek!- Hello!
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Here!
0:12:30 > 0:12:34- Hello. How are you?- Yes, fine.- Are you in a happy mood?- Yes, very good.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Cos you might be after I've made you an offer on something.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40But I quite like this, because it's quite contemporary.
0:12:41 > 0:12:42But I don't like the price.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47And I think they would estimate something like £20-£30.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52- 32, how's that? - Well, that's above the estimate.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56I mean, that's a good discount, but I honestly don't...
0:12:56 > 0:13:00- I think that will struggle to give me a profit once I've given...paid the commission.- 30, then.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03- OK.- If that's convenient.- £30. - If you're happy with that.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Surprise, surprise! Mark's not happy with that.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- Even with £24 off the asking price. - I do like that, but £30 is too much.
0:13:10 > 0:13:15So I'm going to be absolutely fair with Derek and I would put my offer - a £20 note -
0:13:15 > 0:13:20in the vase and see if he takes it.
0:13:20 > 0:13:26Derek! I do want to buy this, but I've left my offer inside there,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29which you can have a look at in a moment.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34I'm going to go off to the gentleman's room and when I come back, don't be rude.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39- You can say yes or no. Is that fair? - Yes.- See you in a moment. - Yes, certainly.
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- And I do mean I'm going to the loo. - Hurry, Derek. You haven't got long.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50FLUSHING
0:13:50 > 0:13:52What am I meant to say? Yes or no?
0:13:54 > 0:13:58- Well, Derek, what you think? - It's a deal.- Thank you very much.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01I hope he's washed his hands!
0:14:01 > 0:14:05And I don't know about you, but I could certainly do with a lie-down,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08which is just what our dear experts need too.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09Night-night.
0:14:13 > 0:14:19Day two finds our two experts contemplating the end of their journey together.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22- MARGIE: Are you going to miss me when I'm gone?- Who said that?!
0:14:22 > 0:14:29I think it'll take me a while to get to know how to finish a sentence again without being interrupted.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36Yesterday, Mark spent £105 on three lots - a broken Wemyss marmalade pot,
0:14:36 > 0:14:38a Gothic pine frame from a chapel
0:14:38 > 0:14:40and a Royal Doulton stoneware vase,
0:14:40 > 0:14:43leaving him with £176.86 to spend today.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- See you later.- Yeah.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Whilst Margie spent a tiny £10 on an Adams cup and saucer,
0:14:53 > 0:14:57decorated with a galleon, leaving her with the gargantuan sum
0:14:57 > 0:15:01of £235.86 to splash about today.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Good. Well you at least bought something.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Our experts have left Newton Abbot behind and are heading
0:15:07 > 0:15:13for the town of Ashburton, the southern gateway to the Dartmoor National Park.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15With just one day's shopping left,
0:15:15 > 0:15:17the competition is really hotting up.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20I'm excited, aren't you?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Yes, we're at the end of the road, at the end of the road.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Thanks to its position in the wilds of Dartmoor
0:15:27 > 0:15:30with its rich deposits of tin,
0:15:30 > 0:15:34the town of Ashburton has long been a prosperous place.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Oh, this is all messy!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- This could take some time(!) - You try!
0:15:40 > 0:15:42I'm so relieved.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45It's nearly over, trying to get in and out of this car.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47Well done for eventually reversing(!)
0:15:47 > 0:15:49No time to waste now.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52These are the very last three shops of the week.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57- While Mark heads into one... - Hello! The Shambles.- Indeed!
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- It's what I feel like this morning.- Look it too(!)
0:16:00 > 0:16:03..Margie has made a beeline across the road to Apollo.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06This place might have everything she could possibly desire.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11We got Aladdin's lamp, here.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13What shall I buy?
0:16:14 > 0:16:19And it doesn't take long before she spots something grisly.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24Oh! Look at him. He's cute, isn't he? I love desk blotters.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28He's got Brunnen written on the side.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33And he's a little Swiss carved wooden bear,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36from the early part of the 20th century.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38£35.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Mmm. He's got a bit of a chipped ear.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45I've picked him out because these little bears are quite popular.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Going to have to be considerably cheaper.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51That's one to BEAR in mind!
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- Now, what's in the cabinet? - A little hunting flask glass.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Got your nice little case, here,
0:16:57 > 0:17:01which is nicely worn but in good condition.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04A nice little glass bottle.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07Just enough to put a bit of whisky in there or whatever you want,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10and there, you get your little collapsible cup
0:17:10 > 0:17:13so you needn't swill out the glass.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16It is plated. If it was silver it would be a fortune.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20The price on it is £38.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23So if I can get that down
0:17:23 > 0:17:26to say 20,
0:17:26 > 0:17:27I'll have a little go on that.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29MUSIC: "Frog Chorus" by Paul McCartney
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Across the road, Mark's found something to lurve(!)
0:17:34 > 0:17:36"Cast-iron frog, AF", it says.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40AF means "as found", and you can see, unfortunately,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42his back foot is missing. What a shame!
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Don't you think that's rather amusing?
0:17:45 > 0:17:49So I think, in somebody's pond, that would look rather fun.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Maybe he could dip his leg in something and hide it?
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Go to sleep, little froggy!
0:17:55 > 0:17:57I wonder,
0:17:57 > 0:18:01am I leaping in to profit? Or leaping into the unknown?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I might be hopping mad after the sale.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08I could go on forever with these puns, you know!
0:18:08 > 0:18:11But it really could, I could croak it on this auction with this(!)
0:18:11 > 0:18:14That's quite enough of that.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Time to shave a few of the £58 off the asking price. Ribbit(!)
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Rob, I've rather fallen in love with your cast-iron
0:18:21 > 0:18:23frog here with the missing flipper.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26So I want to pay £20 for him...
0:18:26 > 0:18:28cash.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30- Unfortunately, you're not going to buy it.- Oh.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- Really?- No, you're not. - No?- No.- Oh well!
0:18:33 > 0:18:35- I'm sorry about that. - What price were you hoping for?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38The lowest I'll go on it's £45.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Gosh, that's not a lot off really, is it?
0:18:41 > 0:18:46If I went to 30, what could you come down to, if at all?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- We'll do it for 30.- Can we? Oh, Rob, thank you.- It's OK.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Rob, thanks, that's really kind of you.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- But you've got to carry it out yourself!- I think I can do that.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01So a quick-fire buy for Mark who decides
0:19:01 > 0:19:03to pop along the road to another shop,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- little realising he's been spotted.- Look who's there.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Don't look now.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Look at him, he was only supposed to be going to one shop.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Look at him!
0:19:13 > 0:19:16And then he spots something, too.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19Those look quite interesting. Let's go in.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22- Are they pewter coasters or...- Yes.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25They're unusual. Art Nouveau.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27They look very much Art Nouveau, don't they?
0:19:27 > 0:19:30With those sort of stylised marigolds or whatever.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31I think we've got six.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34So you would place these, you see, on your table.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37That would have been in the centre, and then you could have
0:19:37 > 0:19:40put those for you to put your plates down for six people.
0:19:40 > 0:19:43And you have got the six, and as you say, on some of them,
0:19:43 > 0:19:46there are signs of wear, so people had a jolly good dinner party.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I think they've been well used.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Oh, and there's a little buckle here as well, and what's this?
0:19:52 > 0:19:57- This is generically called a nurse's buckle, isn't it?- That's right.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59- Just a little bit different with the dragons.- Yes.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01And actually, if you look...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03closely, I think it's got, actually,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05the Prince of Wales' feathers there as well.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08And at the bottom, it's got daffodils, I think.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09My only problem, of course, is
0:20:09 > 0:20:13sentimentally, I quite like it, being Welsh, but...
0:20:13 > 0:20:15is that going to fly in Torquay?
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I'll have to have a ponder, you know.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23In Apollo, Margie's fallen for the bear desk blotter
0:20:23 > 0:20:28and the hunting flask, but can she get a good deal from Dani?
0:20:28 > 0:20:33It's got 38 on it. You got a rough idea of where you're aiming at?
0:20:33 > 0:20:35I'm looking at, like, £20.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39It's a very good thing.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42It is nice. And that's a very kind offer...
0:20:42 > 0:20:43- Yes.- ..however...
0:20:43 > 0:20:46- She's well mannered.- However...
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- What were you thinking?- 25.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49- 25.- Yeah.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52So what if I bring this little chap in as well?
0:20:52 > 0:20:55- Original ticket price at 35.- Yeah.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57I mean, quite frankly, his ears are a bit chewed -
0:20:57 > 0:20:59someone's chewed his ear.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01But bears are always popular and...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04I think 15 is the furthest I can go for him.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Because, you know...
0:21:05 > 0:21:11I can't. I can do 20 on him and, as I say, 25 on that.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15If I could walk out of this shop with the two of them...
0:21:15 > 0:21:17- Yeah.- ..for...
0:21:20 > 0:21:21..for 38.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26I think I've got a chance.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- I can do 40.- Yeah.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36- And that's it?- And that is absolutely bang on, I'm afraid.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Right, well, I'm going to go there.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40- Yeah?- Thank you, Dani. - You're more than welcome.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- Or not!- Right, yeah.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Yes, Dani, I sympathise completely.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Do you know,
0:21:46 > 0:21:49I think our Margie seems to be getting the hang of this.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- That's lovely. - Thanks very much indeed.- Thank you.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53But she's not finished yet.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Robert.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57- Hello, how are you?- Margie. - Nice to meet you.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Yeah, under a bit of pressure now.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02You certainly are, Margie.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05But don't worry - Rob might have something to tempt you,
0:22:05 > 0:22:09a Victorian extendable book stand, made of mahogany.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14They're pretty, aren't they?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Mm, that's quite a nice thing, and it's not damaged.- Yes.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18And it's how much?
0:22:18 > 0:22:19£38.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22I don't know how I do it so cheap.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26It would have to be something really annoyingly cheap, like 20 quid.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27- 20?- Yeah.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29- OK. I'd like you to win.- Would you?
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- Did you say that to Mark as well? - No, I didn't like him very much.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Well, I never! Ha! Blatant favouritism!
0:22:37 > 0:22:40The man in question is still with Mike and Theresa,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42considering his buckle and coasters.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44- Out of the two items...- OK.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47..the safer one for me, to be honest with you, is the coasters.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49I think, if they were going into auction,
0:22:49 > 0:22:53they would estimate them at something like £20-30.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56So I need to try and get them for about 15.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- What about 18? - MARK GASPS
0:22:58 > 0:23:0016.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03- 16, we've got a deal.- Thank you so much. That's my fifth item.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Thanks, guys, I really appreciate it.
0:23:07 > 0:23:08Well, that was painless.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11So with his final purchases in the bag,
0:23:11 > 0:23:13at last, Mark can afford to relax.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18No such luck for Margie.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22It's her turn to head along to Ashton House Antiques.
0:23:22 > 0:23:23I do hope you're keeping up.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27And straight away, she picks up something Mark put down.
0:23:27 > 0:23:28Typical.
0:23:28 > 0:23:34Then we've got the good old nurses' buckles. So, what, 1980s?
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Erm, early '70s, I think.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39- Is it? I'm trying to see the mark. - '71, '72, like that.- Yeah, yeah.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41But I think you've got the dragon,
0:23:41 > 0:23:44the Prince of Wales' plumes and daffodils at the bottom,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47just in case there's any doubt that it's Welsh!
0:23:47 > 0:23:48THEY LAUGH
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- So it's 68?- Yep.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56It's not very old, but I know it's the silver content. So what...?
0:23:56 > 0:23:59How much do you think we could do a deal with that?
0:23:59 > 0:24:03- If I said that was £40 to you...- Mm.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06..hopefully, that would be saleable to somebody
0:24:06 > 0:24:08apart from a scrap dealer.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12- Right, yeah.- And make it an attractive item for someone to buy.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15- So you're not going to play at 38, are you?- OK, 38, yes.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- You're very sweet. Thank you very much.- You're welcome.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Phew! That's Margie's shopping all finished at last.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Meanwhile, Mark's got the wind in his hair
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and his foot to the floor -
0:24:27 > 0:24:31he's travelling 20 miles north to the city of Exeter...
0:24:31 > 0:24:36where he'll be visiting a guildhall that is over 500-years-old.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Waiting to meet him is project manager Mike Walker.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- Hello. Is it Mike?- Yes, Mark. Hello, good to meet you.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- How are you? - Welcome to Tuckers Hall.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I'm very grateful to be here. I can't wait to go inside.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- Do come in.- Thank you.
0:24:49 > 0:24:53Tuckers Hall was built back in 1471
0:24:53 > 0:24:56for the Guild of Weavers, Tuckers and Shearmen -
0:24:56 > 0:24:59a group of craftsmen who controlled the business
0:24:59 > 0:25:02of the cloth-making industry in the south-west.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06A tucker was someone who softened woven cloth
0:25:06 > 0:25:08by beating and trampling it in the water.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11The trade was so prosperous, it turned Exeter into a great city,
0:25:11 > 0:25:15with the Guild's reach stretching out far beyond our shores.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Some people have described it as the first cash crop.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Instead of just making cloth for your family to wear,
0:25:20 > 0:25:22this was something you could sell.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25You weren't just bartering it for a pig or a loaf of bread,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27- it was a cash crop. - It was a quality.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29And it went all over the world, the cloth.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33The East India Company sold Devon cloth to Cathay, to China.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35I'm not sure where, but as far as that.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40It went to the Eastern Seaboard of what's now the United States.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Throughout the Baltic, Devon cloth was found.
0:25:42 > 0:25:47They wanted Devon cloth to be seen around the world.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Such a powerful guild was determined to maintain high standards,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03so the Hall also functioned as a court
0:26:03 > 0:26:05for any members who stepped out of line.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09The court would sit in session,
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- a bit like a criminal court, I suppose.- Oh, OK.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16And anyone who transgressed was invited to represent themselves
0:26:16 > 0:26:17and be judged.
0:26:17 > 0:26:21And the offender, once found guilty, I guess,
0:26:21 > 0:26:23was invited usually to pay a contribution.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- This was the fine box, money in there.- Oh, yes.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- There were three keys. Sadly, one is missing.- Yes.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31But the under warden, the head warden and the master
0:26:31 > 0:26:33each had a key, and I suspect what happened
0:26:33 > 0:26:36was on a regular basis, perhaps once a month, they came,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39unlocked, emptied, and took the money out.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40I'll just try...
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Sadly, not, no. There might be a bit of a candle in there, nothing much.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50The fine craftsmanship as a display of wealth and power
0:26:50 > 0:26:53is carved into every detail of the Hall.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59The panelling, put in between 1634 and 1639, really, I think,
0:26:59 > 0:27:04an expression of, "We've arrived, and we're a powerful organisation.
0:27:04 > 0:27:10"We're beginning to become wealthy, we're controlling the cloth trade, and this is a demonstration of that."
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Here is some of the artefacts of the cloth trade that have been carved in,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17and this is called a sleigh, that's part of the weaver's loom.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21- This carving is still so crisp. - It looks good, doesn't it?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24You could have said that was done a few weeks ago.
0:27:24 > 0:27:29Eventually, the cloth industry was to disappear from Exeter,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31but luckily, this hall has survived 500 years of history,
0:27:31 > 0:27:36not to mention a near miss in the bombing in the Second World War.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I've had a really fun afternoon, thank you very much.
0:27:39 > 0:27:40Yeah, thank you for coming.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Now, Mark has a pressing engagement with Margie.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48It's time to reveal to each other what they bought.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51First up, Margie's cup and saucer.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54It's not that old, looking at the mark on it, Adams Ware.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56I mean, that's certainly 20th century.
0:27:56 > 0:27:58Well, I'm not worried about that, am I?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01How much did you pay, Marjory?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03£10.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Well, it's not a lot of money, is it?
0:28:05 > 0:28:07Well, I won't bore you with the sailor's tear.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10- You don't want me to read it to you? - No.- All right.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Something tells me they're not his cup of tea.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Ta-da! It's Mark's gothic frame.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Found in 1780, re-built in 1883,
0:28:19 > 0:28:23and then it's got various things about when the services are
0:28:23 > 0:28:25and when the Sunday school classes are,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27but it's in that wonderful Gothic frame.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30Well, it's most unusual. And what did you pay?
0:28:30 > 0:28:33I paid £70 for that.
0:28:33 > 0:28:37- It's a very, very nice thing. - I think that's very cheap.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40- Anyone for a tipple? - Is it silver-topped?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Unfortunately not. It would be way out of my budget if it was.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45- Edwardian?- I would think so.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49It's very nice. And what did you pay for that?
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- £20.- Well, that sounds very reasonable to me.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Mark's Doulton vases, next.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58I just thought it was a nice little piece of Doulton stonework.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Yeah, I love the colours. One of a pair, yeah?
0:29:01 > 0:29:04Possibly, yes, but I think it would stand on its own
0:29:04 > 0:29:07in a small apartment or something. I thought it was very decorative.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10- Very nice.- 1900, 1910, something like that.- How much?- 20.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12- It's fair enough, isn't it? - Which I think there's...
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- I don't know there's a huge profit in it.- No.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16I would be happy with anything over £30.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19I always liked these. These little...
0:29:19 > 0:29:22- The Black Forest-y things? - Yeah.- Is he all perfect?
0:29:22 > 0:29:25- Uh, he is. He's got a little bit of a chewed ear.- Nibble.- Yeah.
0:29:25 > 0:29:28- Oh, and his leg has gone. - Oh, no, it hasn't.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31But I only paid...£20.
0:29:31 > 0:29:35Oh, well, that seems reasonable. I mean, it seems reasonable to me.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38Will Margie find this jar sweet?
0:29:38 > 0:29:41But I thought it was a nice, commercial little piece,
0:29:41 > 0:29:43and I think it was very cheap.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45Well, it must have been with this damage, here.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48Well, it's not a lot of damage, Margie, I mean, a lot of Wemyss...
0:29:48 > 0:29:53I don't know if you handle china a lot, but a lot of Wemyss is restored. And it was £15.
0:29:53 > 0:29:57- SHE SIGHS - Which I think is very reasonable. That should double its money.
0:29:57 > 0:29:58I mean, I should get £30 for that.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Well, you obviously know all about Wemyss.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- I should get 30 quid for it.- It's lovely. Very colourful. Very nice.
0:30:04 > 0:30:05Good.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10- You've probably seen this, cos I saw you coming out of the shop.- Mm-hmm.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Oh, yes, I did. Yeah, I did.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- And it's early 1970s, so it's modern.- Mm-hmm.
0:30:15 > 0:30:20But I think it maybe coincided with Prince Charles' investiture.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23- Well, it's a bit late for that. - Well, no, wasn't that early 70s?
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- No, 1969.- Was it? Well, hang on. How old was he? 21?
0:30:27 > 0:30:31- Yeah, but it was 1969.- Are you sure? - I'm Welsh, Margie.- Oh, yes, well...
0:30:31 > 0:30:34I think I know when the Prince Of Wales was invested.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- 59, 60... So, he was 20. - It was 1969, Margie.- Was it really?
0:30:38 > 0:30:41Ooh. Is it me, or is this getting a bit tetchy?
0:30:41 > 0:30:44And I paid 38.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47- I think it's a jolly good item.- It's lovely.- I'm glad one of us bought it.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Mark's coasters now.
0:30:50 > 0:30:51How many have we got, here?
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Uh, six of those, as I just said to you, Marjory.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- Well, I didn't hear you.- And one of these, which is seven.- Yeah.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- Very nice.- It's rather nice, Marjory, isn't it?
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- And how much did you pay for those?- £16.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05A little sliding book-press?
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- Yeah, it is.- Very nicely carved. Late Victorian?
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- Uh, a little bit later, I think. - Do you think?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12Mm, I thought, sort of, about 1910.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14I thought it was a bit earlier than that, actually.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16That's nice. That's an added bonus.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20Uh, he was very nice and he let me have that for £20.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Now, that's not bad.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Last up, Mark's little precious.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29- Unfortunately, he's lost his back foot. - SHE LAUGHS
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Which is, I suppose, another thing I found...
0:31:32 > 0:31:33But it's damned heavy, you know.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37And I just think he has the sweetest face. I mean, look at him, Marjory.
0:31:37 > 0:31:41Oh, well, you're really pleased, aren't you? I'm so pleased that you're pleased.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44Mm. Well, go on, then. Let's hear what you really think.
0:31:44 > 0:31:48His church piece, you know? The pitch-pine piece. He's really excited about it.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51I'm not sure I would have spent £70, but he really loves it
0:31:51 > 0:31:54and if you really love something then you've got to go for it.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58I mean, the cup and saucer. I don't really know what to say about it.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00I mean, I know ceramics. That would be the sort of thing
0:32:00 > 0:32:02you'd find in a job lot of ceramics.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05I can't see a profit in that, I'm afraid.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10The final leg of Mark and Margie's road trip began in Hele near Exeter
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and will conclude at the auction in sunny Torquay.
0:32:15 > 0:32:17Our experts have certainly had some tense moments,
0:32:17 > 0:32:20but as they head towards the auction, their spirits are high.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23It must be the sea air.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26You can almost smell donkeys. Can you smell donkeys?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28Sorry about that, I think it's my breath.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Pooh! The final showdown will take place
0:32:30 > 0:32:33at the West Of England auctions.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36We've got to do it, Margie. Let's go and see what our fate is.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38- We've got each other. - We have, if nothing else.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40If all else fails, Margie.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45So, what does auctioneer Warren Hunt think of our experts' choices?
0:32:45 > 0:32:48The Edwardian hunting flask with a little plated top to it is nice,
0:32:48 > 0:32:52but it's not going to make a lot of money.
0:32:52 > 0:32:57The worst, in today's auction, I think might be the Gothic sign.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00If the lettering was on there, the sky was the limit on that item,
0:33:00 > 0:33:02but unfortunately, heavily rubbed out,
0:33:02 > 0:33:06I don't think it's going to do very well at all.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10Now, Margie Cooper spent £108 on five auction lots,
0:33:10 > 0:33:16including an Edwardian hunting flask and a large Adams cup and saucer.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19Oh, a tenner. Oh, I'm losing money.
0:33:19 > 0:33:25Whereas Mark Stacey spent a little more - £151 on five auction lots,
0:33:25 > 0:33:29including the 19th-century Gothic pine frame
0:33:29 > 0:33:32and a cast-iron model of a frog.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34You go to sleep, little froggy.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Could turn out to be a toad. Well, this is it.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41No going back now, there's only £40 separating our two experts.
0:33:41 > 0:33:44This really could be anyone's auction.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47You've just got to be hopeful. Well, at least we've got each other.
0:33:47 > 0:33:48We've got each other,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51I'm not quite sure what a consolation prize that is, Marjory,
0:33:51 > 0:33:53but he have got each other, darling.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56First under the hammer, though, is Mark,
0:33:56 > 0:33:59with his Art Nouveau coasters.
0:33:59 > 0:34:01- Start the bidding at £5.- £5?!
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Start me at five... five is bid, thank you, can I see six?
0:34:04 > 0:34:08Got a six is bid, eight? Ten. 12. 14.
0:34:08 > 0:34:1216. 18? Are you all done at 16?
0:34:12 > 0:34:15- GAVEL BANGS - That's a loss, Marjory. - Not exactly a cracking start.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19Not a great beginning, there. A break even in a loss, actually,
0:34:19 > 0:34:22once the auction house takes off its commission.
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Well, it could have been worse, I think.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27Well, it should have made a profit, Marjory. They were nice.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32Margie's cup and saucer are up next. The ones Mark hated.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- Five is bid, thank you, sir.- You've got a fiver, it's creeping up.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38That's a five opening bid, can I see six?
0:34:38 > 0:34:41Six is bid, seven? Eight. Nine.
0:34:41 > 0:34:42Ten. 12.
0:34:42 > 0:34:4514. 16. 18.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- £16, can I see 18?- Yes!
0:34:49 > 0:34:51£16. Are we all done at 16?
0:34:51 > 0:34:55- GAVEL BANGS - I just can't believe it. - Thanks, dove.
0:34:55 > 0:34:59A bitter pill to swallow for Mark, because Margie's made a profit.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02- Who'd have believed it?- Nobody. - SHE LAUGHS
0:35:03 > 0:35:05Mark's frame is next.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08The auctioneer wasn't keen on it, but what about the bidders?
0:35:08 > 0:35:09Gothic pine frame, there,
0:35:09 > 0:35:13it's a shame the writing's been slightly rubbed out.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14Oh, well, thanks for selling it(!)
0:35:14 > 0:35:1630 straight away, looking for 35.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- There you go.- 35 I'm bid. 40. 45.
0:35:20 > 0:35:24- There you go.- 50. 55.- There you go.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26At £50. Going to go at 50.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30- GAVEL BANGS - Well done to that lady for getting a bargain.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33But a big blow for Mark. Margie's catching up.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36It's a general sale, it should have made more in my opinion,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39but that's the way it happens on the day.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41Marge's flask is up next.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Five is bid, thank you. Six, sir? Seven?
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Eight. Nine.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Ten. 12, madam?
0:35:47 > 0:35:4814? 16.
0:35:48 > 0:35:5118. 20. 22. 24.
0:35:51 > 0:35:5324, new bidder.
0:35:53 > 0:35:5426.
0:35:54 > 0:35:5728. £26.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59GAVEL BANGS Oh.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Another small profit for Margie. Steady gains.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04I think that should have made more, you know,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07because it had that lovely little top on it, which collapsed.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- They didn't show it. - And it was in the fitted case.
0:36:10 > 0:36:14Now, will someone love Mark's frog as much as Mark?
0:36:14 > 0:36:1614. 16. 18.
0:36:16 > 0:36:1720.
0:36:17 > 0:36:1922. 24.
0:36:19 > 0:36:2126. 28.
0:36:21 > 0:36:2430. 32. 34.
0:36:24 > 0:36:2736...38.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- It's a profit at the end on this. - There is.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34At last. Well, I paid £30 for that and it went to 38.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36A well-needed profit.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39Someone's keen on animals, out there.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Anyone for a bear...hug?
0:36:41 > 0:36:4230.
0:36:42 > 0:36:4532. 34. 38.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- Black Forest.- Well done.- 40.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51- Wow. The bear's quite a hit.- 42.
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Can I see 44? New bidder at 44.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55- My word.- Well done.
0:36:55 > 0:36:5948. 50.
0:36:59 > 0:37:0152.
0:37:01 > 0:37:0354.
0:37:03 > 0:37:0656. 58.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- 60.- You never know.- 65.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- 65? 70.- You never know.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- £65.- For £20- All done, 65?
0:37:15 > 0:37:19- GAVEL BANGS You never know.- £45 profit, Marjory.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- Somebody wanted it.- Well done. Several people wanted it.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25That has completely turned the tables.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Margie's edging ahead.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Well, would you believe the little bear.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33Well done. That wrong toe.
0:37:33 > 0:37:38And she's up again with the buckle that Mark might have bought.
0:37:38 > 0:37:3920. Two? 24?
0:37:39 > 0:37:4326. 28. 30.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46Two. 34. 36.
0:37:46 > 0:37:4838. 40.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Two. At £40.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53Are we all done at 40?
0:37:53 > 0:37:57- GAVEL BANGS - I thought that should have made more - I thought that was a better lot.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01Sadly, after commission, that's actually a loss.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03£40, Marjory?
0:38:03 > 0:38:06Now, that's a disappointment. I'm surprised at that.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09It's Margie's last lot now.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12- Her book stand.- Start with £10.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Oh, come on.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17Starting at ten, got to have ten. Ten is bid, thank you, sir.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20And 12 is bid. 14. 16.
0:38:20 > 0:38:2218. 20. 22?
0:38:22 > 0:38:2420 in the front here, can I see 22?
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Come on. Surely it's worth more than that.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29At 20... 22 is bid.
0:38:29 > 0:38:3224. 26. 28.
0:38:32 > 0:38:3430. 32. 34.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- That's more like it, Margie. - 32 in the front.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Are you all done at 32?
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- GAVEL BANGS - Well done, Margie. - That's the last one.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- Gosh.- £12 profit.- What a relief.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48It's another solid profit for Margie.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- Well done.- Thank you, love.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54Margie's now well ahead, but Mark still has two lots to go.
0:38:55 > 0:38:58His Doulton vase is next.
0:38:58 > 0:39:0130. 32. 34. 36.
0:39:01 > 0:39:02- There you go.- £34, can I see 36?
0:39:02 > 0:39:05Oh, well, that's a reasonable profit.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- There you go.- 40. 42. 44.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- (There you go.)- 46. 48.
0:39:12 > 0:39:1550. 55, madam.
0:39:15 > 0:39:1660.
0:39:16 > 0:39:1955? Are you all done at 55?
0:39:19 > 0:39:20Well, I wasn't expecting that.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- GAVEL BANGS Has that cheered you up? - A little bit.
0:39:23 > 0:39:28An excellent profit, and our pair are once again neck-and-neck.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30That's your best of the day
0:39:30 > 0:39:33- and you thought it was a bit boring, didn't you?- It was.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- Do you know what I'm going to do now?- What?- Buy boring bits.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38THEY LAUGH
0:39:38 > 0:39:41It all comes down to the last lot of the day.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44If Mark makes the profit he hopes for, he'll be the winner. Tension.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49And we are so close. This is going to be the decider.
0:39:49 > 0:39:54Hold on to your hats - the deciding lot is Mark's Wemyss ware.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Start me at £20.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59- Oh, come on.- 10 to be off.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03- Come on.- Got to have £10. - Oh, come on.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Ten? Ten is bid, thank you, madam.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08Can I see 12? There's a £10 opening bid.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Oh, this is silly.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14- 12 is bid. 14.- There you go.- 16. 18.
0:40:14 > 0:40:16£18, can I see 20?
0:40:16 > 0:40:19At £18.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Gosh, this is cheap.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24- Are we all done at 18? - This is for nothing.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28That's absolutely for nothing, I'm afraid.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32- Maybe because it was broken, Mark. - There you go, Margie.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34That's it. It's all over.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- It's over.- Bar the crying.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Now, let's see where that leaves us.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44And remember - all profits go to Children In Need.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49Mark Stacey started the final leg with £281.86
0:40:49 > 0:40:53and made a loss of £5.86 after auction costs,
0:40:53 > 0:40:58leaving him with exactly £276 at the end of the journey.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00I'm going to have to have a fan.
0:41:00 > 0:41:06Whereas Margie Cooper kicked off with £245.86 today,
0:41:06 > 0:41:10and made a profit of £38.78, after auction costs,
0:41:10 > 0:41:14leaving her with a total of £284.64,
0:41:14 > 0:41:18just nudging her into the winning position by a mere £8.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I can't believe it. Eight quid.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25I won by £8 and I've beaten Mark Stacey on my first series.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29I cannot believe it. I'm delighted.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Oh, Margie. You'll have me going in a minute!
0:41:33 > 0:41:36- Ho-ho! No wonder you're smiling. - I can't believe it.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- We've had our highs and lows, haven't we?- What a journey.
0:41:40 > 0:41:44- Shall we walk off into the sunset? Together? Hand in hand?- Definitely.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Are we still talking? - I think we are!
0:41:47 > 0:41:49What a week it's been.
0:41:50 > 0:41:56Our Road Trip rookie, Marjory, has defeated a Gaelic Goliath in Mark,
0:41:56 > 0:41:58but it wasn't always plain sailing.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01MUSIC: "Madness" by The Specials
0:42:01 > 0:42:04Oh, look at the cows. Oh, no, they're horses.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07There was panic aplenty.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09I'm in desperation and I haven't got a clue.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12What am I going to do? It's a bit panicky now.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13I'm beginning to panic.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15Just getting a bit panicky.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- BELL TINKLES - Time's up.- Very funny.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21And some unconventional bargaining.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- I have never sold a pair of police... - OBJECT CLATTERS
0:42:24 > 0:42:27If you can stand a bit closer, darling. I haven't got BO.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32Let's try it again, shall we? I've never sold a pair of policeman's...
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- Handcuffs. - Thank you, I'll try it again.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- Where's the money? - THEY LAUGH
0:42:39 > 0:42:43Despite the odd testy moment, Margie and Mark have struck up a friendship
0:42:43 > 0:42:47as they've wound, wend and shopped their way from east to west.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51You know what they say - the sun only shines on the righteous.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Next week, we're with veteran Road Tripper Thomas Plant
0:43:02 > 0:43:04and new boy Mark Hales.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09Thomas will try anything to melt the dealer's heart.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11Halfway at 65.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13- Oh, you do drive a hard bargain. - I'm only trying.
0:43:13 > 0:43:15Although it doesn't always work.
0:43:15 > 0:43:1740.
0:43:17 > 0:43:18SHOPKEEPER LAUGHS
0:43:18 > 0:43:23Mark may be new, but he doesn't mess about striking a deal.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Yup. Wrap it up for me, that's brilliant.
0:43:25 > 0:43:28And he's a real animal lover.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30So. An animal in distress. What do we do?
0:43:30 > 0:43:32We give him a home, don't we?
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