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The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each and one big challenge.

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Well, duck, do I buy you or don't I?

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Who can make the most money

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buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?

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Look at the colour.

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The aim is trade up and hope that each antique turns a profit

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but it's not as easy as it looks,

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and dreams of glory can end in tatters.

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Thank you.

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So, will it be the fast lane to success

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or the slow road to bankruptcy?

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Bad luck for Thomas. £50 down.

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This is the Antiques Road Trip.

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This week, we're out on the road with a right pair of rascals -

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auctioneers Thomas Plant and Mark Hales.

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-Gentle as you can.

-I know! What are you talking about?

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-Beautifully, smoothly.

-Yeah, all right.

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Do you think I'm a back seat driver? I most definitely am.

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Thomas Plant isn't afraid to name his price.

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-How much is on it?

-350.

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What would you like it to be?

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I want it to be for nothing, really.

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And this is Mark Hales. He just loves antiques.

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That's made my day.

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Whatever happens to me now today, I'll still be smiling

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because I've seen that and I've held that.

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Thomas suffered more losses than profits yesterday

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but remained positive.

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Made money though, didn't it? Made money, made money.

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And Mark was rather boisterous at auction.

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Go, Floppy, go!

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From his original £200, Thomas now has a limp £209.75.

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Because we're about to buy in the Republic of Ireland,

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this converts to 226 euros and 53 cents.

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And just ahead by a nose is Mark Hales.

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He managed to add to his £200 kitty

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with a respectable figure of £223.89.

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Converted into euros, he has 241.80.

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The vintage 1967 Sunbeam Alpine is the stylish choice of automobile

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for this week's antiques adventure.

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This week, Thomas and Mark will travel all the way

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from Northern Ireland and will notch up a whopping 460 miles

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all the way to the beautiful village of Pontrilas in South Herefordshire.

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And on today's show,

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we start in Dublin with an auction showdown at Ballybrittas.

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The River Liffey flows through the centre of Dublin.

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What better place for the chaps to kick off today's rendezvous

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and indulge in a bit of shopping strategy?

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-A lovely big river.

-Very nice indeed.

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-Teeming with salmon and possible bargains in Dublin.

-I hope so.

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Are you going to strike hard bargains this time?

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Are you going to deal strongly?

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I think if you keep pushing, you make your own luck.

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You can't play too safe, Thomas, can you really?

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You have to step out of your comfort zone if you're going to win a round.

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Like you did with your spoons.

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You might have noticed that in the last round I bought silver.

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I know. Come on, less of this self-congratulation.

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-I told you I wouldn't mention it.

-This praise!

-One-nil.

-Let's go.

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One-nil!

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# One-nil! #

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Well, they're certainly playful.

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They're making their way

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to Dublin's Antiques Mecca, Francis Street.

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It's Mark's turn first.

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He's having a good old gander at Michael Connell Antiques.

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-Good morning, sir.

-Good morning, how are you?

-I'm Mark.

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-Michael Connell, pleased to meet you.

-How do you do, Michael?

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How refreshing to walk into a shop that is very much the real thing.

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-Thank you very much.

-Absolutely wonderful.

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Would it be OK if I had a jolly good look?

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-Have a good wander, there's loads of stuff here.

-Lovely.

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-Thank you very much indeed.

-No problem.

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Mark is a master spy of hunting down unusual antiques.

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He's a lovable charmer that knows how to work the room.

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He takes his time, slowly but surely narrowing down the items

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he wants to consider.

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-And then Bingo! He makes his move.

-Nice little camera here.

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These are very, very collectible.

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Maybe if we can get this for a good price, this might be worth a go.

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This little beauty is said to be an original spy camera from the 1940s.

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A lot of people will buy this sort of thing at auction to place online.

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Postage is very little, it's easy.

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It can be posted anywhere in the world easily and it's very collectible.

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It's got its original leather case. It's all working, it's all there.

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I'll have a little think about that.

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And as he thinks about it, the search continues.

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This just caught my eye because there's always RAF collectors.

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That's just come in, yes.

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There are in my part of the world anyway. I'm down in Devon.

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Whenever we have anything that's RAF,

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there's always somebody that wants to buy it.

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I just thought that's a bit of fun so that's definitely a maybe.

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Right, the camera, Michael. 60-odd euros.

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I'll do 50 on it, Mark.

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I'm out of my comfort zone as usual.

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I'll do 40 to bring you into your comfort zone.

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-Is it...?

-It's working.

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-Is it rare enough?

-It's rare.

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-It's a miniature spy, what they call, spy camera.

-And it's all there?

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The leather case, the lot.

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Little spy camera in its original leather case, 40 euros.

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-Oh, let's have a go. Let's have a go.

-Right.

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-All right, I'll have that, Michael. We'll shake on that one.

-Thank you.

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I'll have that one. I'll get the money out in a minute.

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What about this little match box holder? This has to be pennies.

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I'm not that enamoured with it, it's just RAF. It's a collectible.

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-If it's really cheap, I'll have a go.

-I'll do a tenner on it.

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All right, we'll have a go with that. Thank you, Michael. Shake on that as well.

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The job's a good 'un, Mark. It's an impressive start to your day.

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Meanwhile, Thomas Plant is making his way to St James's Gate in Dublin,

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the home of the world-famous Guinness beverage.

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Obviously, there are other stouts available

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but it would be rude not to visit whilst one's in Dublin.

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10 million glasses of this world-famous stout are enjoyed

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in 150 countries across the globe, but Thomas is not going for a drink.

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Oh no. He's here to find out about the history.

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It all started in 1759, when Arthur Guinness signed

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a rather unique lease for a disused brewery in Dublin.

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Archivist Evelyn Roche is Thomas's guide for today.

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-I keep on hearing about this famous lease.

-Absolutely.

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One of the most famous leases in Irish history, probably,

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and I've a copy of it here to show you.

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-OK.

-This is it.

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It's an indenture, the term that would have been used back in the 18th century.

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It was signed 252 years ago for an incredible 9,000 years.

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9,000 years!

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That is an extraordinary amount of time.

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Did he think, I may as well buy it?

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Very hard for us to conceive of 9,000 years as a period of time.

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I guess all you can say, about Arthur, he certainly had

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a belief in his beer and a belief that he was going to be around for 9,000 years.

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-I hear you've got something else to show me.

-I do indeed.

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I'll take you over here.

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This is one of the absolute gems that we hold here in the archive.

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It's a recipe book that dates right back to Arthur's time.

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It's a recipe that he himself would have brewed.

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What this shows is that he was actually brewing West India Porter.

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Why this particular recipe is of such interest to us

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here at Guinness is that it's the direct precursor

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of a beer that we still brew today over 200 years later

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here in St James's Gate which we call Guinness Foreign Extra Stout.

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That is fascinating, it really is.

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What are these here, these children's books?

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Sort of Alice in Wonderland?

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These are what are known as doctor's books.

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They're really, really highly illustrated booklets

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that were first produced in the early 1930s

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and they're called doctor's books because they were actually issued

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by Guinness to GPs, general practitioners,

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around Christmas time of every year as a thank-you gift to GPs

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who, at that point in time,

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would have been endorsing Guinness as a health tonic.

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Very much, you have to look at it as a point in time.

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This is the very first one here and it's based on Alice in Wonderland

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so would have been the Lewis Carroll centenary

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around the 1930s, so would have been very topical, I guess, at the time.

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What they would have done is just adapted a lot of the copy

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and a lot of the ditties to Guinness.

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This one here at the end is just one of my personal favourites.

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You have the hare here looking at his pocket watch and saying,

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"Oh my ears and whiskers! It's Guinness time!"

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Well, my ears and whiskers indeed.

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While Thomas enjoys a touch of the black stuff,

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Mark's still shopping in Dublin's Francis Street.

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-Good morning.

-Good morning.

-Good morning, I'm Mark.

-I'm Esther.

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-Hello, Esther. How do you do?

-Fine, thank you.

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-What a lovely day out there.

-It's lovely.

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-What a lovely shop.

-Thank you.

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-Would you mind awfully if I just have a little browse?

-No.

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Off we go again.

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This chap is a likeable fellow with a real love of antiques.

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Do you know, it sort of makes the day worthwhile

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when you see something like that. I absolutely love this.

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19th century French Rousseau.

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Superb. Acid-etched, look at the colour. That in front of the light.

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Unfortunately, a lot of damage. Actually, it's not for sale.

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Esther's keeping this and I really don't blame her

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because if I found this somewhere, I would keep it.

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Oh, wonderful piece of glass. That's made my day.

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Whatever happens to me now today, I'll still be smiling

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because I've seen that and I've held that.

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MUSIC: "Magic Moments" by Perry Como

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I think he likes it.

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But you're here to buy, Mark. Back to it!

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Have you got any little bits and bobs?

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Anything there's a profit left in. Anything I can turn a copper with.

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-I doubt it.

-Anything you've bought well.

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-This is a very English thing.

-I like that. Isn't it lovely?

-Yes.

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-Mother of pearl, little penknife, fruit knife.

-A fruit knife.

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Little ladies' penknife or fruit knife. Is that pennies?

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-Little penknife.

-There's 20 euro on it. We could do something.

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Could it be 10?

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-That will give me a chance, wouldn't it?

-It would.

-It would, wouldn't it?

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-It could be 10.

-Yes?

-Yes.

-Esther, I think I love you.

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I love that.

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-It must make more than that, mustn't it?

-It has to.

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Bless your heart, you're a lovely lady.

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-Thank you.

-Right, 10 euros. Thank you very much.

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Gosh, Mark really likes to dish out the kisses and the compliments.

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The charm seems to be working though.

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That's another cheeky lot to add to his bag of tricks.

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Thomas, on the other hand, has a lot of catching up to do.

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His first bout of shopping begins in Michael Connell Antiques.

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-Hello.

-Hello, how are you?

-Good, thank you. How are you?

-Not too bad.

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-Michael Connell, pleased to meet you.

-Michael, I'm Thomas Plant. Nice to meet you.

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Can I have a good scoot around?

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Feel free. Work away, take your time.

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Thomas loves sniffing out a bargain and like Mark,

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he loves to get stuck right in.

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I will ask Michael about this.

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A big decorative drum, isn't it? It's made of, this is pigskin.

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This is brass and this is wood round here.

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Somebody could have that on a sideboard or somebody

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could have that as almost like a coffee table now.

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They're quite decorative things. I quite like the painting around it.

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I think that's quite good fun. But it's got a lot of money.

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350 euros.

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The thing is, nobody's offended by an offer.

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-The drum.

-Yeah.

-What can that be?

-How much is on it?

-350.

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What would you like it to be?

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I want it to be for nothing, really.

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It can be 50.

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Eh? What's that you say? 50 euros!

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-You couldn't make it for 50 quid.

-No. And it's old as well.

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It's definitely Victorian, Edwardian, Victorian.

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It's got a bit of age to it.

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-If we said 40, would you do it?

-If we said 50, I'll do it.

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I am just now... Do you see the door there?

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It's a good price at 50.

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45. Thank you.

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HE LAUGHS

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-Oh, you're giving me a tip as well?

-No!

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Blimey, that was a super quick deal.

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Perhaps Thomas has got a lucky shamrock in his pocket.

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Bye, thank you very much.

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Meanwhile, we can't seem to get Mark away from Francis Street.

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He's still shopping there. This time it's Lantern Antiques.

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-Good afternoon, sir.

-Good afternoon.

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-I'm Mark.

-I'm John.

-How do you do, John?

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-Some very, very nice things here. Can I have a browse?

-Of course, yeah.

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Thank you very much, John. Thank you.

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Mark wastes no time having a good old rummage.

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And before too long, he spots a glass scent bottle.

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Have a good old dust.

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That's all right. A bit of dust is always very nice.

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-Helps the ageing process, doesn't it?

-Yeah.

-Lovely scent bottle.

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It's quite late, isn't it, John? Oh, yeah, I think so.

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-Bright gilding on it.

-Yeah.

-Is it pennies?

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-Did you buy it with other things?

-15 euro.

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Well, that's tempting, isn't it? I like that. It's very pretty.

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-Could it be 10 euros?

-12.

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Yes, yes, yes. I think we'll buy that.

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That's decorative and that's fun, isn't it?

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I think the ladies will like it. My wife would like that very much.

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She'd be quite happy to have that.

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But then she'd be quite happy to have anything I bought, frankly.

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There we have it.

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Mark has yet another goody to add to his collection.

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After all that excitement,

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Heaven knows what they'll get up to tomorrow.

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The boys are up nice and early.

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There's still more antiques to hunt down in Dublin.

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So far, Mark has spent 72 on three auction lots.

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The spy camera, so called,

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an RAF match box holder, the lady's fruit knife

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and the glass scent bottle, leaving 169.80 for the day ahead.

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Thomas, meanwhile,

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had a tremendous result with the fabulous deal on the Victorian drum.

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He spent a total of 45 euros on one lot.

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Goodbye, thank you very much.

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He has 181.53 to splash around town.

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So, onwards with our Irish adventure.

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Thomas needs to catch up with the old shopping.

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He begins his day where Mark ended his shopping yesterday.

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Its Lantern Antiques, located on the boys' beloved Francis Street.

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-Good morning.

-Morning.

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-I'm Thomas.

-Morning. Welcome.

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-Thank you very much. And you're?

-John.

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-Do you mind if I have a good look around?

-Of course.

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Thank you very much.

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Thomas has been a tough taskmaster when it comes to naming his price.

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Who knows what he will get up to today?

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Crumbs. That's a whopper.

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This is a Victorian brass grain measure, as it says on there.

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You can see it's Victorian because just here,

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you've got a Victorian mark - V.R. and the Crown.

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Then you've got these proof marks here.

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I rate that. I like that. I think it's a lovely thing.

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You must sort of scoop into the grain and then you sort of,

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off it comes, and then that's your measure of grain.

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Beautifully made. I might ask about it.

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Interesting item, Thomas. Let's hope it's in your price range.

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This is a Stilton waiter or Stilton stand. A cheese dish.

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It's mahogany and Georgian, I would have thought.

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Cheese coasters would have been used around the Georgian dinner-table

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to contain a round of Stilton.

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Normally they would have had casters for ease of use.

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It's the kind of thing which is still quite collectible

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because it's small and it would fit into a modern interior.

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There's no price on it so I'm going to have to ask John about it.

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Hold on to your hats! He's going in for the deal.

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It's the grain measure first.

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I mean, I know you've got quite a good price on it

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but obviously, I'm looking.

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-I'm sort of hoping.

-200.

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Really? You wouldn't sort of think again on that one?

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-Would you?

-150.

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-No less.

-Really?

-Yes.

-Go on.

-No.

-No way, no.

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It's worth a lot of money, that. What's your price then?

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-I'd like to give you 75.

-No way.

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-I can only ask.

-I'll split the difference.

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100 and something-five or something.

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-I want to get it under the three-figure.

-No. No less, no way.

1:07:121:07:16

-OK. We can just think about that for a second.

-OK, right.

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I want to ask you about something else.

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-Just up this way if at all possible.

-Of course.

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Can I ask you about this Stilton piece?

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Well, you know, it's incomplete. The wheels.

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-The wheels are missing.

-Yeah.

1:07:331:07:34

-I bought it and didn't realise that.

-Was that cheap?

-It is, yeah.

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-How much?

-80.

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Would you do a little bit less?

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-60 is my lowest now, OK.

-Halfway, 50.

-No, 60.

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-50, go on.

-No, no way.

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-With the grain thing, What about 140?

-OK, go on.

1:07:521:07:56

-If it will get rid of you, go on.

-You want to get rid of me!

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-Yeah, yeah.

-Really?

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You're certainly being tough today, Thomas.

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Remember, people do have to make a living.

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-Been a real pleasure.

-Thank you.

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Mark, meanwhile, has hopped in the car

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and is making his way to Sandycove, located eight miles south of Dublin.

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He has got an appointment with Robert Nicholson,

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curator of the James Joyce Museum.

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-Good morning, sir. You must be Robert.

-I am indeed.

-I'm Mark.

1:08:201:08:24

Morning, Mark. Welcome to the James Joyce Museum.

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-Why don't you come on in and I'll show you around?

-Thank you.

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James Joyce is considered one of the most influential writers

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in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century.

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The museum is situated in a Martello tower that was originally built

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by the British as a defence against the expected Napoleonic invasion.

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Joyce is best known for Ulysses, a landmark novel

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that features a day in the life of a fictional character in 1904 Dublin,

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which was considered rather experimental and controversial for the early 20th century reader.

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Here we are. This used to be the living room of the tower.

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We still have it more or less the way it was when Joyce was here.

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In 1904, James Joyce spent six nights here along with friend

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Oliver St John Gogarty,

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owner of the tower, and acquaintance Samuel Chenevix Trench.

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This is actually the room described in the opening chapter of Ulysses.

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You find the three men sitting here having breakfast.

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If you can imagine the whole room, as he describes it,

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filled with smoke from cooking breakfast.

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It's all full of fumes.

1:09:421:09:44

He describes rays of light coming down from the window shafts, there.

1:09:441:09:49

They meet in the middle of the room.

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-The rays cross and the smoke rising through it.

-I can smell it.

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I'm there. Wonderful. That is wonderful.

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Downstairs there's a very rare item that Mark must see before he leaves.

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Let me introduce you to the most famous

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and influential novel of the 20th century, Ulysses.

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This is one of the rare first editions.

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Joyce spent seven years writing Ulysses.

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It's an immensely complex book.

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The book was banned in America and London

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due to the risque nature of some of the chapters,

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hence the reason that its first publication was in Paris.

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It was finally published on James Joyce's 40th birthday,

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the 2nd of February 1922.

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It took another 12 years before the ban was raised

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in the United States and then Britain.

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This edition is limited to 1000 copies. Number 819. Wonderful.

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While Mark's been brushing up on Irish literature,

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Thomas has travelled from Dublin to Newcastle -

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that's Newcastle in the Republic of Ireland -

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to visit his last shop of the day.

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Thomas is going for a good old nosy in Foley's Storehouse.

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-Hello.

-How you doing?

-All right if I have a look around?

-No problem.

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Now, here he goes. Will his lucky run continue?

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# I feel lucky

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# I feel lucky, yeah

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# No Professor Doom gonna stand in my way

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# Mmm, I feel lucky today. #

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Antique Sevres painted double-handled urn with floral design

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and opposing English country scene.

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It's a nice thing.

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It's been completely off. It just needs complete restoration.

1:11:521:11:55

It's a nice thing, though.

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It's lovely, the harbour scene, isn't it lovely? Gorgeous. Love it.

1:11:581:12:03

Love the shape. It's classical. Again, it's a proper antique.

1:12:031:12:09

Looks like Thomas is ready to negotiate.

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Time to get manager Euan in on the action.

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-This, here.

-It's an interesting piece.

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It's whacked, it's completely been off its rim, hasn't it?

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-Can anything be done there? In terms of price?

-Price? Certainly.

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Well, let's just see. It's standing at 90 euros.

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I could do it for 70. How would you feel about that?

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I was thinking, because it's so badly damaged,

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I'll give you 20 euros for it.

1:12:421:12:45

-Hmm.

-Because it is whacked all the way around.

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It's an interesting thing.

1:12:491:12:51

-I love it for what it is, it's just a decorative item now.

-Right, OK.

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I follow you, I follow you. Look, I'll give it to you for 20.

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20? All right. Deal. That's a deal.

1:13:001:13:05

Good stuff, thank you.

1:13:051:13:06

What's wrong with you, Thomas? You really are pushing it today.

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Anyway, with the purchase of the vase,

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that means you have a total of five lots.

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Back to Mark.

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He's still in Sandycove

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and has decided to have a bit of a nose in Sandycove Antiques.

1:13:211:13:26

-Good afternoon, madam.

-How are you?

-I'm Mark, how do you do?

-I'm Fiona.

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-Hello, Fiona. Lovely things. Lovely shop.

-Thank you.

-Really nice.

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-Can I have a browse?

-You can.

-Is it OK? Thank you very much indeed.

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Our Mark loves a bit of a browse

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and he's not afraid to have a good old feel of the goods.

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But what's he in the mood for buying?

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I would love to buy a little bit of silver.

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But I would be very much in your hands.

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I know it's straightforward, but have you any Dublin silver?

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I have a few Irish silver spoons here. Two rat-tail spoons.

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Rat-tail was typically Irish. That's called rat-tail.

1:14:061:14:11

This is the bright-cut one I was going to show you.

1:14:111:14:14

That's bright-cut, it's called. Star pattern.

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-Isn't that lovely?

-How beautiful.

-Pretty.

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-1832. Lovely hallmarks.

-I like your spoons.

1:14:201:14:23

Can we put them on your desk?

1:14:231:14:26

Mark fared well with his Dublin spoons at yesterday's auction.

1:14:261:14:29

Perhaps another set of spoons is a shrewd and canny move?

1:14:291:14:34

These are Irish, here. They are a pair of brass button shiners.

1:14:361:14:41

Apparently the people in the army,

1:14:411:14:44

to shine the brass buttons on their uniform,

1:14:441:14:48

they would put this on to stop the...

1:14:481:14:51

-Aren't they lovely?

-They're Irish. It says FCA on them.

1:14:511:14:55

-What does the FCA stand for, do you know?

-I can't remember the name.

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-Is it military?

-It's military, yes.

-Irish military?

1:15:011:15:05

That's good, isn't it?

1:15:051:15:07

You're quite right, Mark. It is Irish military.

1:15:071:15:11

And it stands for Forsa Cosanta Aitiuil

1:15:111:15:14

which means Local Defence Force.

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The original ticket price for this shiny pair is 118 euros.

1:15:171:15:22

Aren't they fun?

1:15:221:15:23

If we put those on the desk, have a little think about those.

1:15:231:15:28

Let's say I've got about 110 euros to spend.

1:15:281:15:32

What can I buy there for 110 euros?

1:15:321:15:34

Perhaps those would be good and these lovely brass button shiners.

1:15:341:15:38

Is that a good buy at 55 euros? Can I get a profit at auction if I buy those for 55 euros?

1:15:381:15:44

I think 55's OK for those because they're Irish silver.

1:15:441:15:49

-The rat-tail appeals to people.

-Can I get a profit on those?

1:15:491:15:52

-That just seems a lot to me, 55. 35?

-What about 45?

1:15:521:15:58

I definitely wouldn't want to have a go at 45. Maybe I'd have a go at 40.

1:15:581:16:03

-At 40 it's 20 each.

-Do you think I should have a go at £40?

1:16:031:16:07

Just because they're military? All right. OK, Fiona. Thank you very much indeed.

1:16:071:16:13

And just when you think he's finished for the day...

1:16:131:16:17

You know the two pretty ones, they're Dublin as well?

1:16:171:16:20

-They are Dublin, 1832.

-How about all four?

1:16:201:16:27

£25 a spoon, isn't it?

1:16:271:16:30

-You're quite happy with these? Same deal with those?

-OK, I'll do that.

1:16:301:16:36

-We have a deal.

-Thank you very much. That's really sweet.

1:16:361:16:41

-I'm in a spoon-buying mood, you might have noticed.

-Good, I'm delighted you like the spoons.

-Thank you.

1:16:421:16:47

He loves a nice Irish spoon.

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And he's also one for kissing the ladies.

1:16:491:16:53

Maybe that's why he's always smiling.

1:16:531:16:55

It's time for the boys to show one another their antique goodies.

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My first item, Thomas.

1:17:011:17:03

Wonderful. A little micro camera?

1:17:051:17:08

-A spy camera, Thomas. And...

-Vesta case. That's very nice.

1:17:081:17:15

The camera cost 40 euros. The matchbox holder, the RAF matchbox holder, 10 euros.

1:17:151:17:22

-Good luck.

-Thank you very much, Thomas. That's it, is it? That's all you can say about them?

1:17:221:17:27

-That's all I'm going to say.

-Lovely(!)

1:17:271:17:29

Thomas isn't too impressed, it seems.

1:17:291:17:32

Quite heavy. Oh, my goodness me. What have we here, Thomas?

1:17:321:17:40

-Well, this, according to the antiques shop, is a measure for grain.

-A grain measure!

1:17:401:17:45

-It is bronze.

-That, I like.

-It is a thing of majesty.

1:17:451:17:49

-That is absolutely beautiful.

-90 euro.

-I like that a lot.

1:17:491:17:53

I think you did extraordinarily well, actually. Very well.

1:17:531:17:57

Mark is very impressed.

1:17:571:18:01

-Right.

-Oh! Look at that.

1:18:011:18:05

So, these are to polish your buttons on your military uniform

1:18:051:18:11

without getting the polish on your tunic.

1:18:111:18:15

Top marks, Thomas. A little bit of a chance on these. I just thought, well, have a go.

1:18:151:18:20

Best of luck. They will probably do you all right in the end.

1:18:201:18:24

-It's for your Stilton cheese.

-For your Stilton cheese.

1:18:261:18:29

It's in raw condition. It needs a bit of work.

1:18:291:18:33

But it's all there, really. That was 50.

1:18:331:18:36

I think that's safe enough, certainly.

1:18:361:18:38

There you are, Thomas. Look at that.

1:18:381:18:40

-A mother-of-pearl penknife?

-Yes.

-Birmingham.

-I bought it for 10 euros.

1:18:401:18:46

-Bargain. You will make a profit.

-I thought it would make 20.

-Perfect.

1:18:461:18:49

Thomas has a surprise up his sleeve.

1:18:491:18:53

He managed to return to Michael Connell Antiques and bag himself another bargain.

1:18:531:18:57

Goodness me. That's most unusual and very, very nice.

1:18:571:19:02

You wouldn't have spent more than let's say 35 euros on them?

1:19:021:19:07

-Less than that.

-A snip!

-20 euro.

1:19:071:19:10

Goodness me, that was a steal, Thomas.

1:19:101:19:13

Looks like a good buy, Thomas.

1:19:131:19:16

-Another little bricy-bracy thingy.

-Don't break it!

-I have to handle this one.

1:19:161:19:22

-It's a lovely little scent bottle, isn't it?

-Very, very pretty.

-Isn't that nice?

1:19:221:19:27

-Remove your finger.

-Oh, lovely.

-Lift the perfume, let the drops out.

1:19:271:19:33

I thought that was very pretty and very decorative.

1:19:331:19:37

There are always ladies at auctions. Surely it will be saleable.

1:19:371:19:41

You can see it's a big item. If I can wrestle it out of the bag.

1:19:411:19:46

-My goodness me.

-There we are.

1:19:461:19:48

I would like you to put into words,

1:19:481:19:50

words that people can understand, why you bought this drum.

1:19:501:19:54

It's in good condition.

1:19:541:19:56

What happens to these now

1:19:561:19:58

is they get made into very nice wine tables,

1:19:581:20:01

coffee tables, occasional tables.

1:20:011:20:04

Do you know, Thomas, I've got to be totally frank here.

1:20:041:20:07

-I really dislike your drum quite intensely.

-Really?

-It's quite fun.

1:20:071:20:11

-It's just all mucky and yellow and horrible and smelly.

-That's nice.

1:20:111:20:16

-I'm not very keen.

-It's nice! I'm taking it away, then.

1:20:161:20:20

I think we can safely say Mark doesn't like the drum.

1:20:201:20:23

Have a look at these.

1:20:231:20:26

We've got some Irish spoons here, Irish spoons.

1:20:261:20:30

-They're all Dublin.

-They're all Dublin, they're all Georgian.

1:20:301:20:33

They cost 100. What do you think?

1:20:331:20:36

You've got a profit there for sure, a profit.

1:20:361:20:39

So, Mark, this was my last shot.

1:20:391:20:41

There's the front, nicely painted.

1:20:411:20:45

I like that a lot.

1:20:451:20:47

That is so me, early 19th-century, soft paste, English porcelain.

1:20:471:20:52

You probably snatched it away for 30 euros.

1:20:521:20:56

-20 euros spent.

-Wonderful.

1:20:561:20:58

That's something I'd buy myself at home.

1:20:581:21:00

Because it was 20, it would go on the mantelpiece.

1:21:001:21:03

-To the auction.

-To the auction, Thomas.

1:21:031:21:05

To the auction indeed. Both boys are pretty pleased with their buys.

1:21:051:21:11

But what do they really think?

1:21:111:21:13

I've bought real antiques, real antiques and quality.

1:21:131:21:17

So...

1:21:171:21:19

Who knows? That risk is so big.

1:21:201:21:23

Mark seems to have spent all his money on not great hopes

1:21:241:21:28

apart from the spoons.

1:21:281:21:30

Out came the drum, there was my opportunity, I didn't like it.

1:21:301:21:35

It was smelly, horrible, the condition was appalling.

1:21:351:21:39

He's right, it was a Victorian drum,

1:21:391:21:41

but I can't see it fetching more than he paid for it.

1:21:411:21:46

It's been an exciting second leg from Dublin, Sandycove

1:21:461:21:51

and the village of Newcastle, County Dublin

1:21:511:21:54

to the final destination of Ballybrittas, Portlaoise.

1:21:541:21:57

Ballybrittas is a small village

1:21:591:22:01

located in the North East of County Laois, Ireland.

1:22:011:22:06

It's auction day as our dynamic duo arrive

1:22:061:22:09

at their second auction of the week.

1:22:091:22:11

Ashgrove Auction Rooms has been established since 2005

1:22:111:22:16

and holds two auctions per month.

1:22:161:22:19

Our auctioneer for today, and owner, is Sean Eacrett.

1:22:191:22:22

He has a few thoughts to share on our chaps' purchases.

1:22:221:22:26

The silver spoons will do extremely well. They should make their money.

1:22:271:22:32

The one I think is going to do the least well, I could be totally wrong, will be the scent bottle.

1:22:321:22:37

We haven't had a huge amount of interest in it,

1:22:371:22:40

but we have quite a lot of ladies here tonight and it's a more feminine piece.

1:22:401:22:44

Mark Hales started today's show with 241 euros and 80 cents.

1:22:441:22:50

He spent 212 euros on five lots.

1:22:501:22:53

Thomas Plant began with 226.53

1:22:551:22:58

and nearly blew the lot by spending 225 on five lovely lots.

1:22:581:23:05

It's the moment we've all been waiting for. Quiet please!

1:23:071:23:10

The auction is about to begin.

1:23:101:23:12

First up, it's Thomas' unusual cheese coaster.

1:23:121:23:18

We have bids taking us in here at 120.

1:23:181:23:22

You were right, Thomas, you're smiling now.

1:23:221:23:26

-130, 140. Any advance on 140?

-That's very good.

1:23:261:23:31

Are we all out and done?

1:23:311:23:32

Fair warning to you all at 140.

1:23:321:23:35

-We're happy now, aren't we?

-Yeah, absolutely.

1:23:351:23:38

That's a good... That's a good result.

1:23:381:23:41

It's a tidy profit for Thomas.

1:23:411:23:45

Next up we have Mark's military brass button polishers.

1:23:451:23:50

Can we see 30 for them, please? 20 is bid. 22 and I am out.

1:23:501:23:55

It's in the room at 22. Any advance on 22?

1:23:551:23:59

25, 28. Any advance on 28?

1:23:591:24:03

All out and done at 28.

1:24:031:24:05

You won't be buying them again, will you?

1:24:061:24:09

No, I think I'll give button shiners a miss for the rest of my life.

1:24:091:24:13

I would.

1:24:131:24:15

Button shiners clearly aren't so popular with this audience it seems.

1:24:151:24:19

And now for Thomas's pigskin drum, the one Mark hates.

1:24:191:24:26

-And we have commissions on the book.

-Oh, no!

-22 is bid. Any advance?

1:24:261:24:31

25, 28, 30, 32, 35 in the room on the left.

1:24:311:24:36

38, 40, 42, 42 there. Any advance on 42?

1:24:361:24:41

45, 48, 50, 60,

1:24:411:24:45

65, 70.

1:24:451:24:48

70 on the right. Selling at 70. A round of applause at 70.

1:24:481:24:54

Hey! Smelly, old drum.

1:24:541:24:57

It seems Thomas is rather chuffed with that result.

1:24:591:25:03

It's Mark's scent bottle next.

1:25:031:25:06

Maybe it'll lift him from loss into profit.

1:25:061:25:10

20 for this, please. A tenner?

1:25:101:25:13

Ten are bid. Any advance on 10? 12, 15,

1:25:131:25:17

-18, 20...

-We're there.

1:25:171:25:20

22, 25,

1:25:201:25:23

28, 30, 30 in front.

1:25:231:25:25

All out and done at 30.

1:25:251:25:28

Not so bad. That's OK.

1:25:281:25:31

You've got to be so pleased!

1:25:311:25:34

It's a small profit, but it's better than nothing.

1:25:341:25:38

It's Thomas's lovely English porcelain vase next.

1:25:381:25:43

We have a commission starting this one at 65 bid.

1:25:431:25:46

Any advance on 65? Selling on commission at 65.

1:25:461:25:50

70, 75, 80, 82.

1:25:501:25:54

I'll take 85. Are we all done and finished at 85?

1:25:541:25:58

Fair warning to you all at 85.

1:25:581:26:00

-Well done, Thomas. That's great, isn't it?

-That's a good result.

1:26:021:26:06

I'm very pleased with that.

1:26:061:26:08

It IS a good result. Yet another profit for Thomas.

1:26:081:26:11

Next up, it's Mark's quirky little camera and RAF matchbox holder.

1:26:111:26:18

And we have bids taking us in at 35, 38 bid here with me.

1:26:181:26:24

Need a lot more than that.

1:26:241:26:27

40, 42, 45, 48, 50 and I am out. In the room at 50.

1:26:271:26:32

55, 60, 65,

1:26:321:26:36

Any advance on 65? 70, 75, 80, 85,

1:26:361:26:41

90, sir?

1:26:411:26:44

90, 95,

1:26:441:26:46

100 on the right. Any advance on 100?

1:26:461:26:51

Fair warning to you all at 100.

1:26:511:26:54

You put your money on that.

1:26:541:26:57

I'm quite proud of myself because I'm not a cameraman.

1:26:571:27:00

Clearly.

1:27:001:27:01

Well, it's a nice little earner and your best result so far, Mark.

1:27:011:27:05

It's Thomas's rather lovely carving set next.

1:27:051:27:09

Here's to having another big slice of profit, Tom.

1:27:091:27:13

20 is bid. Any advance on 20?

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22, 25,

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28, 30, 32 and I'm out.

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Any advance on 32? To you, madam, selling at 32.

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-I think that's...

-I think that's very good.

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-No, it should have made 45.

-No, no, it made a profit, it's fine.

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Quite right, Thomas, at least it wasn't a loss.

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It's Mark's delicate, lady's fruit knife next.

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We have two bids, they're small, but 22 is bid.

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Any advance on 22?

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25, I'm out. On the right-hand side at 25.

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28 online.

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30 in the room.

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32, 32 online.

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Any advance on the online bidder at 32? Online at 32.

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Selling at 32.

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-That's a world record...

-It's very good, isn't it?

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..for a bent, silver, mother-of-pearl fruit knife.

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Thomas, how dare you? It was beautiful.

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That was unexpected. Well done, Mark.

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Thomas's turn now.

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How will the unusual, bronze grain measure fare?

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And we have...

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one, two, three, four, five, six bids...

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-Oh, really.

-..starting at 190.

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What did I say?

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Any advance on 190?

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200, 220, 240, 250, I'll take 260. 260 online.

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-that was a nice one, sir.

-Wonderful result.

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It's a quite unusual piece because of the handles.

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Normally you'd see them without handles. 260. Any advance on 260?

1:29:001:29:04

-Fair warning. 280, 300.

-It's getting better, Thomas.

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220, 320, 340,

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I'll take 350. 340 online.

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Any advance on 340 online?

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Any advance on 340? All out and done and fair warning to you all at 340.

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-A wonderful result.

-You're going to have rather a lot to spend in Wales.

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By jingo, that's a tremendous result.

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It's our final lot of the auction.

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Maybe Mark's spoons will get him back on the road to recovery.

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And we have commission starting in at 85.

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Go, go, go.

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85, 90, 95, 100, 110, 120, I'm out.

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120 on the left hand side. I'm selling at 120.

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130 online. 140.

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Need to be quicker online. I'm selling at 140.

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Fair warning at 140.

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-It could be worse for teaspoons.

-Brilliant.

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-It's a profit.

-Brilliant.

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Well, maybe not quite the result you were looking for

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and sadly not enough to achieve a lead today, Mark.

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It's only the second day in. There's still all to play for.

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Does one be cautious with one's profit? Or does one spend it?

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After paying auction costs, Mark has made a profit of 58.60.

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He has a total of 300.40 to carry forward.

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Thomas Plant is today's triumphant winner

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with a spectacular array of profits.

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He's made a wonderful profit of 321.94

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and therefore has a staggering 548.47 going forward.

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-Mark, are you driving?

-Thank you very much, Thomas, that's wonderful.

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I think we know who won, don't we? I think we know who won. I'm driving.

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It's just down to luck, isn't it? It's just down to sheer luck.

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-What a lovely, lovely evening.

-Nice people. Good auctioneer.

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That was good fun.

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Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, the chaps head to Wales.

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Mark is super tough when naming his price.

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Do you think she'd knock £1 off?

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And Thomas shows off his driving expertise.

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-I'm looking for more, Thomas.

-Are you?

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