0:47:50 > 0:47:57.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03The nation's favourite antiques experts,
0:48:03 > 0:48:06£200 each and one big challenge.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08Well, duck, do I buy you or don't I?
0:48:08 > 0:48:10Who can make the most money
0:48:10 > 0:48:12buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:48:12 > 0:48:13I must be mad.
0:48:13 > 0:48:17The aim is trade up and hope that each antique turns a profit
0:48:17 > 0:48:21but it's not as easy as it looks and dreams of glory can end in tatters.
0:48:21 > 0:48:22What am I going to do?
0:48:22 > 0:48:25So, will it be the fast lane to success
0:48:25 > 0:48:26or the slow road to bankruptcy?
0:48:26 > 0:48:29I should have just kept my money in my pocket.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:48:37 > 0:48:42This week we're in a red 1960s MG with Mark Stacey and Margie Cooper.
0:48:42 > 0:48:44Are you in second gear?
0:48:44 > 0:48:47Margie is a dealer and a Road Trip newbie.
0:48:47 > 0:48:51Still finding her feet but learning fast.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53I didn't dare say ten, I'm not hard enough.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56While Mark Stacey, also a dealer, has been here before
0:48:56 > 0:48:58and it shows...kind of.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00You are a star. Thank you so much.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03Took half my hand away there!
0:49:03 > 0:49:06But after the last auction, where they both lost money,
0:49:06 > 0:49:07neither is happy.
0:49:07 > 0:49:09It's not going according to plan, is it?
0:49:09 > 0:49:13- Well, not really, I'm very disappointed.- Me too, we're down, Margie!
0:49:13 > 0:49:14Absolutely trounced we were!
0:49:14 > 0:49:17And it looks like things may be about to get even tougher.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20- I've heard...- Yeah. - ..on the grapevine,
0:49:20 > 0:49:24it's not quite a normal auction.
0:49:24 > 0:49:30Hmm, Mark Stacey began with £200 and has just £191.06 left.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32He doesn't look happy.
0:49:32 > 0:49:33Not happy.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36While Margie Cooper, who also began the £200,
0:49:36 > 0:49:41leads by just 80p with £191.86 to spend today.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47This weeks journey began at Chilham, in Kent,
0:49:47 > 0:49:51and traverses southern England to the West Country
0:49:51 > 0:49:53and a decider in Torquay.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58Today's shows starts out at Rochester
0:49:58 > 0:50:02and heads for an auction in Colchester, Essex.
0:50:06 > 0:50:10Just about everywhere you look in Rochester there is a fortification.
0:50:10 > 0:50:13- Oh, now, here's the castle on your left.- Oh, yes?
0:50:13 > 0:50:16It was a big naval base, wasn't it?
0:50:16 > 0:50:20Its Roman name translates as, "stronghold by the bridge,"
0:50:20 > 0:50:24and the town has always had great strategic importance.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28Thanks to a position near the confluence of the Thames and the Medway
0:50:28 > 0:50:30but before they start phase two of their campaign,
0:50:30 > 0:50:34Margie and Mark need to do some homework.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37Do you think it would be a good idea to actually call the auctioneer?
0:50:37 > 0:50:38That's a good idea.
0:50:38 > 0:50:42Just see what kind of things are going to be the sale.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44- Yeah, do that, go on. - Well, stay here
0:50:44 > 0:50:46cos you might have a few questions as well.
0:50:46 > 0:50:49I gather, we're coming to your sale soon
0:50:49 > 0:50:52but it's a bit of a specialist sale, isn't it?
0:50:52 > 0:50:55- What sort of pieces are going to be in that sale?- Yeah.
0:50:55 > 0:51:00- The second day has an automobilia section.- Yeah.- Yes.- Great!
0:51:00 > 0:51:03Coins and medallions.
0:51:03 > 0:51:08I don't think we'll be buying fur coats. It's not quite PC.
0:51:08 > 0:51:09Militaria, oh, it's getting better!
0:51:11 > 0:51:14I might as well go home now!
0:51:14 > 0:51:16MARGIE LAUGHS
0:51:16 > 0:51:18- And...?- Oh, no!
0:51:18 > 0:51:20And miscellaneous.
0:51:20 > 0:51:25Well, Margie will fit into that! Bye for now, bye.
0:51:25 > 0:51:27- Oh, my goodness! - Well, that went well.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Erm, I haven't got a clue, Margie.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32- I know nothing about any of these sections!- I know, old coins, militaria.- I don't know.
0:51:32 > 0:51:34We're stuffed!
0:51:37 > 0:51:40Right, so they're both out of their comfort zones.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42This should be interesting!
0:51:42 > 0:51:45Trying to buy something that'll go down a storm with the collectors.
0:51:45 > 0:51:51Like militaria for example, or toys, and if all else fails,
0:51:51 > 0:51:54say little prayer. Bless you!
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Arms and militaria, I mean, it's all very specialist.
0:51:57 > 0:52:02That's not good news, no. Can you see my shoulders drooping!
0:52:02 > 0:52:04From the stress!
0:52:05 > 0:52:08My mind is so confused by the sale but we're going to
0:52:08 > 0:52:11cos it is all the items I never look at.
0:52:11 > 0:52:15Now, that looks like it might blow them away, a gunpowder flask.
0:52:15 > 0:52:19- Looks quite nice. It's an American one, US.- Or useless.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22But when you know nothing else, how do you address the dealer?
0:52:22 > 0:52:25I'm in desperation and I haven't got a clue.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27Ah, pleading ignorance, good start!
0:52:27 > 0:52:34You've got 55 on it. If I decide to have a go at it...? Yeah.
0:52:34 > 0:52:38No, you wouldn't take 30 quid for it? OK.
0:52:38 > 0:52:42Right, well, thank you very much indeed for your help. OK, bye-bye.
0:52:44 > 0:52:49- No...whoops!- Steady on!- I don't think that's a very good idea really.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51- CLANGING AND CLATTERING - Oh!
0:52:51 > 0:52:55And calm down, dear! Ah, that looks a bit more like it.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58It almost looks like some sort of bomb casing.
0:52:58 > 0:53:02It's got that funny little bulb in there which am almost sure is impossible to replace.
0:53:02 > 0:53:08And it does say on here, "Oldham Lantern, 220 volts,"
0:53:08 > 0:53:11and then on the bottom we've got, "Admiralty".
0:53:11 > 0:53:15So, it is actually to do with the Navy.
0:53:15 > 0:53:16£75.
0:53:16 > 0:53:18Well, I have no idea.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22You see, if I was looking at that, I would've thought, at auction,
0:53:22 > 0:53:24that was going to be worth 25 or £30.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28- Are these medals yours?- They are, yes.- Can we get these out?
0:53:28 > 0:53:32I really, I think these are works of art, these. Don't you?
0:53:32 > 0:53:35- All this lovely enamelling. They put a lot into them.- They do.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Gilded silver.
0:53:37 > 0:53:42These are medals for, erm...Oddfellows
0:53:42 > 0:53:45- That's a funny old...- I don't know much about the Oddfellows.
0:53:45 > 0:53:48- It's a bit like, is it still going? - It's a club, sort of thing.
0:53:48 > 0:53:52- Is it a secret club? Like Masonic. - Well, men's, sort of, yes.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55The Oddfellows are not the Masons
0:53:55 > 0:53:58but one of Britain's oldest friendly societies.
0:53:58 > 0:54:02A forerunner of trade unions where people banded together
0:54:02 > 0:54:04to protect themselves against hard times.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07Nowadays they mostly raise money for charities.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10So, what's the whole lots, then? What are you asking for the whole lot?
0:54:10 > 0:54:16- 100.- Well, I can't afford that. So, 65 wouldn't buy...?- Not all of them!
0:54:16 > 0:54:18- Wouldn't buy...?- Three.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20- Would it buy three of them?- Yes.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24Right, so that one is 20 and that one is 22.
0:54:24 > 0:54:30So, that's 44 and that one is 30. So, that's 74.
0:54:31 > 0:54:37- So, what's the actual death on that? - What did I say?- Can't you remember!
0:54:37 > 0:54:38THEY LAUGH
0:54:38 > 0:54:43- I'm not telling you! - It's just this age thing.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45Yeah, I know.
0:54:45 > 0:54:51- So, would you sell.- 50.- 50.- What was you thinking?- 40.- Go on then.
0:54:51 > 0:54:53Oh, bless you!
0:54:53 > 0:54:55Meanwhile, Mark's gone one step further
0:54:55 > 0:54:59and got himself some proper militaria.
0:54:59 > 0:55:03We've got a full set of medals here, which are obviously continental.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05These look to be Belgian, I think.
0:55:05 > 0:55:07The real difficulty with these
0:55:07 > 0:55:10is I know nothing at all about any of them.
0:55:10 > 0:55:14These could be worth 50 quid or they could be worth £300.
0:55:14 > 0:55:18They're priced at 150 and they're pretty impressive to me
0:55:18 > 0:55:21but, you see, they could be everyday medals in Belgium.
0:55:21 > 0:55:26Actually, they include an Order of Leopold I, with swords,
0:55:26 > 0:55:29the Croix de Guerre, with palm leaf,
0:55:29 > 0:55:31a Military Cross and a Resistance Medal.
0:55:31 > 0:55:35I've spotted your group of Belgian war medals.
0:55:35 > 0:55:39I mean, you've got 150 on the main group of medals.
0:55:39 > 0:55:44I mean, what sort of price could you let them go for, Bob?
0:55:44 > 0:55:45..Oh, that's too much from me, Bob, I think.
0:55:45 > 0:55:49I don't want to push you too much, Bob, because you're a specialist in this area
0:55:49 > 0:55:50and you know your market.
0:55:50 > 0:55:52110.
0:55:52 > 0:55:54Yes.
0:55:56 > 0:55:58You can't do them for 100, I suppose?
0:55:58 > 0:56:02Because I think I'd have a gamble at 100, to be honest with you.
0:56:02 > 0:56:05I don't know anything about them but I'd take a risk.
0:56:05 > 0:56:09All right, lovely, I'll pay 100 for them. Thank you very much, Bob.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13Well, I've agreed to buy them for £100.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20I must be mad because I know nothing about them.
0:56:20 > 0:56:22Gwen, shoot me!
0:56:22 > 0:56:24While Mark shells out £100 for five Belgian honours...
0:56:24 > 0:56:28- Thank you, Gwen. - Thank you.- See you again.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32..Margie has grabbed the keys
0:56:32 > 0:56:35to see a bit more of the countryside around these parts.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38Travelling from Rochester to Higham.
0:56:43 > 0:56:44Much of this bit of Kent
0:56:44 > 0:56:48was immortalised in the novels of Charles Dickens.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50Especially higher Marsh,
0:56:50 > 0:56:53where Pip bumped into Magwitch in Great Expectations.
0:56:54 > 0:56:58And on the street with a splendidly Dickensian name,
0:56:58 > 0:57:01Margie's come to visit Gad's Hill Place,
0:57:01 > 0:57:04where he wrote many of his famous works.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07For several years the house has been a school
0:57:07 > 0:57:10but the writer's great, great, great granddaughter,
0:57:10 > 0:57:14part of a campaign to open Gad's Hill to the public,
0:57:14 > 0:57:15will show Margie around.
0:57:15 > 0:57:18- Hello, are you Marion Dickens? - I am.- I'm Margie Cooper.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21- Margie, nice to meet you. - And you too.- Come in!
0:57:21 > 0:57:22In his happy childhood, in Kent,
0:57:22 > 0:57:25he had often walked past it with his father
0:57:25 > 0:57:29and they'd always admired it and it was one of their favourite places that they came to walk past
0:57:29 > 0:57:31and his father famously said to him,
0:57:31 > 0:57:33"Well, if you were to be very persevering
0:57:33 > 0:57:35"and work very hard, maybe, one day, you could live in it."
0:57:35 > 0:57:38And, of course, that was just this impossible dream and indeed,
0:57:38 > 0:57:43And indeed, in 1856, when it came on the market, when he had the money,
0:57:43 > 0:57:47he jumped, I think he sent his agent down the next day
0:57:47 > 0:57:49and he was absolutely determined to buy it.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53By 1856, works like Oliver Twist,
0:57:53 > 0:57:56David Copperfield and A Christmas Carol
0:57:56 > 0:58:01had already made Dickens Britain's most successful living author.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04So this is his study?
0:58:04 > 0:58:05Oh, wow.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07It's great, isn't it?
0:58:07 > 0:58:11Yeah, lovely to be in here. So, have you read all his books?
0:58:11 > 0:58:13I knew you were going to ask me that!
0:58:13 > 0:58:16MARGIE LAUGHS
0:58:16 > 0:58:17Um, no.
0:58:17 > 0:58:19I love Bleak House
0:58:19 > 0:58:21but I absolutely adore Great Expectations,
0:58:21 > 0:58:23which he wrote here.
0:58:24 > 0:58:28Dickens died here aged just 58,
0:58:28 > 0:58:31causing the British public to buy thousands of copies
0:58:31 > 0:58:33of this poignant engraving -
0:58:33 > 0:58:36his desk and chair, just as the great man had left them.
0:58:36 > 0:58:41He was really one of the most famous and most loved men of his age
0:58:41 > 0:58:43because everybody read his books.
0:58:43 > 0:58:46He went into a shop. There was a woman in front of him
0:58:46 > 0:58:50- who was saying, "Have you got the next instalment of Nicholas Nickleby?"- Yeah.
0:58:50 > 0:58:53He was thinking, "Well, no, because I haven't actually written it yet.
0:58:53 > 0:58:55"I've just come to buy the paper!"
0:58:57 > 0:58:59Gads Hill was sold when Dickens died
0:58:59 > 0:59:02and, later, badly damaged during the war.
0:59:02 > 0:59:05But original features like this fine conservatory
0:59:05 > 0:59:10are now being restored to their 1870 condition.
0:59:10 > 0:59:12He built it on this end of the house
0:59:12 > 0:59:15because it had this wonderful view
0:59:15 > 0:59:18down over his favourite Kentish farmland,
0:59:18 > 0:59:21all the way down to Rochester and the river
0:59:21 > 0:59:23and the places that he loved best.
0:59:23 > 0:59:26Although THAT view isn't quite what it was,
0:59:26 > 0:59:30one little room that the writer knew well has survived intact...
0:59:30 > 0:59:33You must go and have a look in here. I'll let you go in.
0:59:33 > 0:59:37- ..despite constant use. - Charles Dickens' lavatory.
0:59:37 > 0:59:39- The great man sat on there. - It still works.
0:59:39 > 0:59:43- Does it?- Yeah, I have sat on it many times.- Have you?
0:59:43 > 0:59:44THEY GIGGLE
0:59:46 > 0:59:49Dickens did his writing at the end of the garden
0:59:49 > 0:59:52and had a tunnel especially built to get there.
0:59:52 > 0:59:54He came out of his house
0:59:54 > 0:59:56thinking about his books,
0:59:56 > 0:59:58ignoring the busy road above him.
0:59:58 > 1:00:00Um...
1:00:00 > 1:00:04- Through his tunnel...- Yeah? - which is still...
1:00:04 > 1:00:05it was terribly well built.
1:00:05 > 1:00:09Although the little Swiss chalet he wrote in
1:00:09 > 1:00:11is no longer on the other side,
1:00:11 > 1:00:15the walk in the shadows can put you in a suitably Dickensian mood.
1:00:15 > 1:00:17A lot of cobwebs, it's a bit spooky.
1:00:18 > 1:00:22- These cobwebs remind me of Ms Havisham's dining rooms. - Of course!
1:00:22 > 1:00:25- And her cobwebby old wedding dress. - How sad was that?
1:00:25 > 1:00:27Well, she was bitter.
1:00:27 > 1:00:30Well, you would be, though, wouldn't you?
1:00:30 > 1:00:33I know. And she taught Estella to hate men.
1:00:33 > 1:00:37While Margie departs with expectations nicely satisfied,
1:00:37 > 1:00:40Mark has remained
1:00:40 > 1:00:43in Rochester to seek out a few old curiosities himself.
1:00:43 > 1:00:44SHOP BELL
1:00:44 > 1:00:49When I walk into a shop like this, which is filled to the gunwales,
1:00:49 > 1:00:51and everything is dusty,
1:00:51 > 1:00:53your immediate thought, it says,
1:00:53 > 1:00:56"There's going to be some right royal bargains here."
1:00:56 > 1:01:00# We got you here selling rag and bone
1:01:00 > 1:01:03# Bring out your junk and we'll give it a home... #
1:01:03 > 1:01:05An interesting array of girds.
1:01:05 > 1:01:07# Come on, come on, come on and give it to me
1:01:08 > 1:01:09# Yeah
1:01:11 > 1:01:12Oh, my God.
1:01:12 > 1:01:15# Come on, come on, come on and give it to me. #
1:01:15 > 1:01:19I wonder sometimes who on earth comes and buys all of it.
1:01:19 > 1:01:21Or whether if I come in a year's time,
1:01:21 > 1:01:24it'll be the same lamps hanging up there
1:01:24 > 1:01:28and the same bits of metal around the roof rotting away.
1:01:28 > 1:01:33- Not if someone else buys it first, Mark.- It's an old...
1:01:33 > 1:01:35gramophone horn.
1:01:35 > 1:01:37Is it a saleable item? I don't know.
1:01:37 > 1:01:40I don't know whether these are common or rare,
1:01:40 > 1:01:44but it must slot into the gramophone through a tube or something,
1:01:44 > 1:01:49to let you get... What would we call it today? Surround sound.
1:01:49 > 1:01:54- Oh, well, maybe next year, then. - What on earth is this?
1:01:54 > 1:01:58It's got pinholes so it went up against a wall, like that.
1:01:58 > 1:02:03On the thing, it says "An early snooker cue holder."
1:02:03 > 1:02:06Actually, for a snooker collector or someone who's got
1:02:06 > 1:02:11a billiards room at home, that might be quite fun.
1:02:11 > 1:02:14I mean, how much is something like that worth?
1:02:14 > 1:02:16Don't know, Mark. Why not ask Bill?
1:02:16 > 1:02:19- Hello.- Hello. I'm sure he'll have some thoughts on it.
1:02:19 > 1:02:22I'll shake your hand, it's dusty, but I'm sure yours are as well.
1:02:22 > 1:02:25- You haven't taken all the dust off? - Well...- You have.
1:02:25 > 1:02:28- Is this really a snooker cue holder? - Yep.
1:02:28 > 1:02:31I'm thinking it's Edwardian, or something like that,
1:02:31 > 1:02:34but I've never bought one before, I have no idea the value of them.
1:02:34 > 1:02:39But I think £45 is too much for my needs. How negotiable are you?
1:02:41 > 1:02:4335.
1:02:44 > 1:02:46It's £10 off, isn't it?
1:02:46 > 1:02:50See, if I was putting that into auction, I'd put 20-£30 on it.
1:02:50 > 1:02:53- I'd probably buy it, then. - Ah, but you would.
1:02:53 > 1:02:55I just don't know how rare these are.
1:02:55 > 1:02:57And what about your handcuffs in the window?
1:02:57 > 1:02:59- Are they old ones?- Yeah.
1:02:59 > 1:03:03Real, genuine, with the key, you can use them on your mate,
1:03:03 > 1:03:06your mum, your wife, your mate's wife, anybody.
1:03:06 > 1:03:09- Steady on, this is a daytime programme.- Oh, yeah.
1:03:09 > 1:03:13- They're not Houdini's, are they? - No, no, they're mine.
1:03:13 > 1:03:16I think they're rather fun, but, again, you see,
1:03:16 > 1:03:17I can't see who's going to buy them.
1:03:17 > 1:03:22- £45 again, that's your magic number today.- Yes.- Everything's 45?
1:03:22 > 1:03:25- So you don't want them for 30 quid? - I don't, no.
1:03:25 > 1:03:27I mean, I just think they're quite fun
1:03:27 > 1:03:31but there might be thousands of them around.
1:03:31 > 1:03:33How many do you get in a week?
1:03:33 > 1:03:36First pair I've had in 27 years.
1:03:36 > 1:03:39- I don't believe it.- Straight up. - I don't believe it.- Straight up.
1:03:39 > 1:03:41Bill, you're not telling me the truth.
1:03:41 > 1:03:45I might have to put these on and cart you to the nearest to nick.
1:03:45 > 1:03:48- Would I lie to you?- Yes, you would!
1:03:48 > 1:03:49HE LAUGHS
1:03:49 > 1:03:53Now, is this another of Bill's dusty bargains?
1:03:53 > 1:03:55Now, what's this?
1:03:55 > 1:03:59Some people do collect these sort of things, these pipe racks,
1:03:59 > 1:04:01and you'll never guess the price.
1:04:01 > 1:04:03- In a million years.- £45?
1:04:03 > 1:04:05- It says 45.- Thought so.
1:04:05 > 1:04:08Why am I picking up everything that's got £45 on it today?
1:04:08 > 1:04:10Let's see what Bill says.
1:04:10 > 1:04:14- It HAS got a nasty bit of damage there.- Yes, that's why it's 45.
1:04:16 > 1:04:18Here we go.
1:04:18 > 1:04:19Bill, I've got to get that
1:04:19 > 1:04:23- a lot cheaper if I buy it because it's very plain. - It's with the pipes.
1:04:23 > 1:04:26Yeah, but the pipes aren't smokeable and they don't go with it
1:04:26 > 1:04:30and I think somebody who buys that might be a gentleman pipe smoker,
1:04:30 > 1:04:34actually, who just fancies that for his snooker room.
1:04:35 > 1:04:38- You see where I'm going? - Yes, I see. Yes.
1:04:38 > 1:04:39Are you following me?
1:04:39 > 1:04:42Yeah, you could be buying quite a bit today.
1:04:42 > 1:04:43MARK LAUGHS
1:04:43 > 1:04:44Now, steady on.
1:04:44 > 1:04:4750's pretty good on those two, isn't it?
1:04:47 > 1:04:52- That's pretty good.- Let's make it a bit better, please, Bill. Sorry.
1:04:52 > 1:04:54Can we say 40 for the two?
1:04:54 > 1:04:5740? That's less than half price!
1:04:57 > 1:05:01- But they have been here a while, Bill.- That's just come in...
1:05:01 > 1:05:03No, I'm lying, I've had that quite a while.
1:05:03 > 1:05:06And this has been up on the wall for quite a while, Bill, come on.
1:05:06 > 1:05:08And what about those?
1:05:08 > 1:05:10They will sell for 60 quid in auction.
1:05:10 > 1:05:12I don't know if they will, Bill, honestly.
1:05:12 > 1:05:14I'll tell you what, 80 quid
1:05:14 > 1:05:16- and we have got a deal. - For the three?
1:05:16 > 1:05:18Yes. That's... half price.
1:05:18 > 1:05:21If I were doing just those two, Bill,
1:05:21 > 1:05:23what would be the very lowest price on those two?
1:05:23 > 1:05:27Well, there's 90 on them, isn't there? 50 will be...
1:05:27 > 1:05:30- that's nearly half.- I know, I know.
1:05:30 > 1:05:33Oh, Bill, Bill, Bill. I don't know what to do.
1:05:33 > 1:05:35If I said 70...
1:05:36 > 1:05:39for all three, would you...?
1:05:39 > 1:05:44I can't afford to pay more than £60. £20 each, I'm sorry. I can't.
1:05:44 > 1:05:47- I can't do that.- OK. - I can only do 70, so...
1:05:47 > 1:05:51- we will have to part as friends. - As friends. Thank you very much.
1:05:51 > 1:05:55Then, just when it looks like the deal is dead,
1:05:55 > 1:05:58Mark finds something else to throw in.
1:05:58 > 1:06:00These are quite interesting. What does it say here?
1:06:00 > 1:06:02Mapograph.
1:06:02 > 1:06:04South America.
1:06:04 > 1:06:08It's like a printing disk...
1:06:08 > 1:06:09of some sort.
1:06:09 > 1:06:13So you presumably dip this in ink and then you roll it out
1:06:13 > 1:06:15and it gives you the outline of South America.
1:06:15 > 1:06:18And there's others from other continents and countries.
1:06:18 > 1:06:22Quite fun, aren't they, and I wanted something different.
1:06:22 > 1:06:24He's going to go mad with me.
1:06:24 > 1:06:27Bill, have you got the handle that should go on there?
1:06:27 > 1:06:30- At that price? No. - There's no price on the bag!
1:06:30 > 1:06:32£2 each.
1:06:32 > 1:06:35- Oh, that's too much, Bill. - You said that without even thinking!
1:06:35 > 1:06:39Well, I've got to say that, haven't I, really. £2 each?
1:06:39 > 1:06:43- So, how many are there, do you know? - Eight, with the one you've got.
1:06:43 > 1:06:4415 quid.
1:06:44 > 1:06:47So, if I bought these, and this
1:06:47 > 1:06:50and this, what would they come to?
1:06:50 > 1:06:5260 quid.
1:06:52 > 1:06:5460 quid. So, that would be 20, 40...
1:06:54 > 1:06:56- oh, gosh.- What?
1:06:56 > 1:07:00- Is that too much? - A little bit.- Gosh.
1:07:00 > 1:07:03A little bit, Bill. Could we shake on 50, because you don't want these.
1:07:03 > 1:07:06- They're only cluttering up the shop.- They're lovely.
1:07:06 > 1:07:08The school were going to have them.
1:07:08 > 1:07:10They'll clutter, they've got computers now, Bill.
1:07:10 > 1:07:13They've got computers with everything on them.
1:07:13 > 1:07:16They wouldn't want these. The kids wouldn't know what to do with them.
1:07:16 > 1:07:18They'd only throw them at each other.
1:07:18 > 1:07:23- Meet me halfway. 55. I've been so generous.- William. William!
1:07:23 > 1:07:26You know you want to, Bill. Don't fight it.
1:07:26 > 1:07:2750 quid? You'd have to...
1:07:27 > 1:07:29Yeah. All right.
1:07:29 > 1:07:32You ARE a star. Thank you so much.
1:07:32 > 1:07:33Took half my hand away.
1:07:33 > 1:07:34MARK LAUGHS
1:07:34 > 1:07:37- WHISTLES - Good job Margie's driving -
1:07:37 > 1:07:41Mark might need a good old lie down after that.
1:07:43 > 1:07:48Day two and Margie and Mark have ventured into Essex,
1:07:48 > 1:07:53fully prepared to buy yet more stuff they know absolutely nothing about.
1:07:53 > 1:07:56- I think we'll have a good time. - I'm sure we are.
1:07:56 > 1:08:01Provided we buy the right things, dear. Fur coats.
1:08:01 > 1:08:05Yesterday, Margie bought just one lot,
1:08:05 > 1:08:07a set of three Oddfellows medals for £40.
1:08:07 > 1:08:09What did I say?
1:08:09 > 1:08:11Can't you remember?
1:08:13 > 1:08:16Meanwhile, Mark also acquired medals,
1:08:16 > 1:08:19Belgian ones, plus a few other interesting items.
1:08:19 > 1:08:20Total cost, £150,
1:08:20 > 1:08:23leaving him with just over £40 to spend today.
1:08:26 > 1:08:29I must be mad because I know nothing about them.
1:08:31 > 1:08:34The two are heading for that auction in Colchester,
1:08:34 > 1:08:37but their first stop in Essex is the village of Blackmore.
1:08:39 > 1:08:42Despite apparently being named after a local swamp,
1:08:42 > 1:08:45Blackmore is a very nice place indeed.
1:08:45 > 1:08:47In fact, on several occasions,
1:08:47 > 1:08:49it's been voted best kept village in the county.
1:08:57 > 1:09:00Oh, this looks pretty. Lovely, what a lovely shop.
1:09:00 > 1:09:02Let's go in and...
1:09:02 > 1:09:03have a look around.
1:09:05 > 1:09:06Hello?
1:09:06 > 1:09:08- Hello.- Oh, hello.
1:09:08 > 1:09:12- Height, I'm Margie Cooper. - I'm Judy Wood. Nice to meet you.
1:09:12 > 1:09:14A quick look around confirms
1:09:14 > 1:09:18that Jericho Cottage is really quite traditional.
1:09:18 > 1:09:21- There's some nice things. I'm enjoying myself.- Yes.
1:09:21 > 1:09:25But how would any of it go down at a collectors' sale?
1:09:25 > 1:09:29Is that, I wonder, the nearest thing to a fur coat they have here?
1:09:29 > 1:09:31These boxes fascinate me.
1:09:31 > 1:09:33You see loads of these
1:09:33 > 1:09:36and they're made from porcupine quills.
1:09:36 > 1:09:38I mean, where did they get all the porcupines from?
1:09:39 > 1:09:43That's £38 but it's got a lot of this inlay missing,
1:09:43 > 1:09:45so not really interested, but...
1:09:45 > 1:09:47yeah, they fascinate me.
1:09:47 > 1:09:50Hang on, the shopkeeper's coming up with something.
1:09:50 > 1:09:52They're ARP cycle lamps,
1:09:52 > 1:09:56cos in the Blitz you weren't allowed to have light.
1:09:56 > 1:09:58Air raid precaution wardens needed to see
1:09:58 > 1:10:00during the blackout of World War II
1:10:00 > 1:10:03and these little hoods stopped the light shining upwards
1:10:03 > 1:10:05and giving them away.
1:10:05 > 1:10:10- They're actually 12 each. - £12 each, right.
1:10:10 > 1:10:14Judy's supplied the tip-off, but the lamps belong to someone else.
1:10:14 > 1:10:17Can you reduce them for me or...? Because I don't know what I'm doing.
1:10:17 > 1:10:19It's supposed to be cheap.
1:10:19 > 1:10:20Like 15 quid?
1:10:21 > 1:10:23Yeah.
1:10:23 > 1:10:26Would that be all right? OK. That's very kind.
1:10:26 > 1:10:27I'll leave the money here.
1:10:27 > 1:10:30All right, yeah. Good luck and thank you.
1:10:30 > 1:10:33- He's agreed 15, the two?- Yes. - That went well.
1:10:33 > 1:10:37- Has Judy got anything else up her sleeve?- Not really.
1:10:37 > 1:10:41My husband's got a garage out there, probably,
1:10:41 > 1:10:44but he's not likely to have anything much... Oh, yes he has!
1:10:44 > 1:10:46THE LADIES LAUGH
1:10:46 > 1:10:49Tell you what, they make all sorts of money, they do.
1:10:49 > 1:10:51- And it's got proper shell top.- Yeah.
1:10:51 > 1:10:55That would go in the back of a car?
1:10:55 > 1:10:58On the side of the running board of the early cars.
1:10:58 > 1:11:00So, how much could that be to me?
1:11:00 > 1:11:03- It wants a little bit of a clean up, perhaps.- Right.- A fiver.- Oh.
1:11:03 > 1:11:06- I think you could make a profit. - Oh, that's great.
1:11:06 > 1:11:07Bundle that with that.
1:11:07 > 1:11:11- So 20 for the three?- Yeah, sounds OK to me.- Oh, that's all right.
1:11:11 > 1:11:12Yeah, great stuff.
1:11:12 > 1:11:14Automobilia and militaria boxes ticked,
1:11:14 > 1:11:19Margie still has plenty of cash left.
1:11:19 > 1:11:20Time for one last peak.
1:11:20 > 1:11:23That's quite nice. Look at that.
1:11:23 > 1:11:24Horse's hoof.
1:11:24 > 1:11:26It's a bit gruesome, but they're quite...
1:11:26 > 1:11:29I quite like these.
1:11:29 > 1:11:32Some dearly beloved pony's been turned into a little box.
1:11:32 > 1:11:36Taking the hoof of a favourite steed and creating a snuffbox
1:11:36 > 1:11:40or inkwell was especially popular with the Victorians,
1:11:40 > 1:11:43although when it was done to one of the Duke of Wellington's horses,
1:11:43 > 1:11:44he wasn't at all pleased.
1:11:44 > 1:11:46BELL DINGS
1:11:46 > 1:11:48Love those. I've got one of those in my hall.
1:11:48 > 1:11:50BELL DINGS
1:11:50 > 1:11:53Great? Hotel bell.
1:11:53 > 1:11:55"Edwardian Bell" here.
1:11:55 > 1:11:58I suppose you could have it in the house if you wanted
1:11:58 > 1:11:59to call one of your servants.
1:11:59 > 1:12:01BELL DINGS
1:12:01 > 1:12:04Yeah, I rather like this. I could get used to doing that.
1:12:05 > 1:12:07- Judy, you around?- Yeah.
1:12:07 > 1:12:09What are you looking at?
1:12:09 > 1:12:13- Well, I'm looking at these two. I always quite liked those.- Yeah.
1:12:13 > 1:12:15They're nice, aren't they?
1:12:15 > 1:12:17That would've been a table snuff, I would've thought.
1:12:17 > 1:12:20- Yeah, yeah. - Somebody's favourite horse.
1:12:20 > 1:12:23- And then these, which I love. - I do. I've got one upstairs...
1:12:23 > 1:12:25- I've got one too.- ..from childhood!
1:12:25 > 1:12:27The person who brought those in
1:12:27 > 1:12:30- has given me a certain amount of discretion.- Right.
1:12:30 > 1:12:32So although they're not mine,
1:12:32 > 1:12:34I've got a certain amount of discretion.
1:12:34 > 1:12:37- Right, so that's 36.- Yeah, well,
1:12:37 > 1:12:40the bottom line on that I'm supposed to be paying him is 24.
1:12:40 > 1:12:45- Right. And the bottom line on that?- On that is 18.
1:12:46 > 1:12:48Which comes to 42.
1:12:48 > 1:12:51While Margie ponders that sum, the dealer is consulted.
1:12:51 > 1:12:54Any chance of a bigger discount?
1:12:54 > 1:12:56- You're in luck, Margie.- Oh!
1:12:56 > 1:13:00- He actually says you can have them both for 35.- Brilliant.
1:13:00 > 1:13:04- Thank you so much.- That's all right. - I think I've got a real chance.
1:13:04 > 1:13:05I love that.
1:13:06 > 1:13:11So, Margie is now the proud owner of a pony hoof, a bell,
1:13:11 > 1:13:14two ARP lamps, and a petrol can.
1:13:14 > 1:13:18- Bye!- Good luck.- Thank you. - Take that, collectors of Colchester.
1:13:19 > 1:13:23But while Margie's been grabbing all that,
1:13:23 > 1:13:25Mark's taken a ride.
1:13:25 > 1:13:28Travelling from Blackmore to Ingatestone.
1:13:32 > 1:13:36Where, believe it or not, he is visiting Ingatestone Hall.
1:13:36 > 1:13:38This 16th century manor house
1:13:38 > 1:13:42was founded by Sir William Peter, Lord-Lieutenant of Essex
1:13:42 > 1:13:47and one of Queen Elizabeth I's most trusted ministers.
1:13:47 > 1:13:51- Hello, Lord Peter.- Hello. Good morning.- Very nice to meet you.
1:13:51 > 1:13:53Very nice to see you.
1:13:53 > 1:13:56John Peter is the 18th Baron and the family still lives here.
1:13:56 > 1:14:00I suppose I should point out Sir William Peter,
1:14:00 > 1:14:03who was the founder of the family fortunes.
1:14:03 > 1:14:04He was Secretary of State
1:14:04 > 1:14:09to four Tudor monarchs in succession, without a break.
1:14:09 > 1:14:12Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and then Elizabeth.
1:14:12 > 1:14:15He has been called the first civil servant.
1:14:15 > 1:14:18He wasn't trying to grind his own axe,
1:14:18 > 1:14:21which was a rather unusual thing in 1561.
1:14:22 > 1:14:25The Hall and lands were surrendered to Henry VIII
1:14:25 > 1:14:27during the suppression of the monasteries,
1:14:27 > 1:14:29and when Sir William set up home here,
1:14:29 > 1:14:32he demolished the old house and built anew.
1:14:32 > 1:14:33Slightly ironic,
1:14:33 > 1:14:38considering the faith of Sir William and the dynasty that he established.
1:14:38 > 1:14:41We've always been a Catholic family, so during the...
1:14:43 > 1:14:47..16th and 17th century, Catholic priests did shelter here.
1:14:47 > 1:14:52And this is, quite possibly, one of the hiding places they used.
1:14:53 > 1:14:55Gosh, it's tiny, isn't it?
1:14:55 > 1:14:59One of the most well-known ones who sheltered here, John Payne,
1:14:59 > 1:15:03was subsequently betrayed by a servant from here,
1:15:03 > 1:15:06who'd sort of recognised him
1:15:06 > 1:15:09and, in the meanwhile, had become a professional
1:15:09 > 1:15:12betrayer of Catholic priests
1:15:12 > 1:15:15- and earned quite a good living from it.- I'm sure!
1:15:17 > 1:15:20Ingatestone Hall is one of the few properties in Britain
1:15:20 > 1:15:23to have not one but two priests' holes.
1:15:23 > 1:15:28And there are several other reminders of the Peters' faith.
1:15:28 > 1:15:31There's all sorts of knickknacks, if you like,
1:15:31 > 1:15:34objets trouves, and a lot of them we don't really know much about.
1:15:34 > 1:15:36We just discovered them in a drawer.
1:15:36 > 1:15:40For instance, this is a rather interesting piece.
1:15:40 > 1:15:43It's described as "A clock of the Passion,"
1:15:43 > 1:15:45but beyond that, it's a bit of a mystery
1:15:45 > 1:15:47as to actually what it is.
1:15:47 > 1:15:50Immediately, you can see it's absolutely beautifully made.
1:15:50 > 1:15:52And then you open it up,
1:15:52 > 1:15:54there are these extraordinary carvings.
1:15:54 > 1:15:57Oh, good heavens!
1:15:57 > 1:15:59Instantly, when you look at this shape,
1:15:59 > 1:16:01you think of an 18th-century fob watch,
1:16:01 > 1:16:03- gentleman's fob watch.- Quite so.
1:16:03 > 1:16:05If it was that,
1:16:05 > 1:16:09and you were trying NOT to show your religious leanings,
1:16:09 > 1:16:12then you'd think you'd have something innocuous on the front,
1:16:12 > 1:16:15- something quiet.- Absolutely, yes.
1:16:15 > 1:16:18And only you would know that next to you,
1:16:18 > 1:16:19whenever you felt the need to use it
1:16:19 > 1:16:21was something very important to you.
1:16:21 > 1:16:25- But this is blatantly saying this is what it is.- Absolutely.
1:16:25 > 1:16:27And this was surely not found in a box.
1:16:27 > 1:16:31Well, yes, just in a drawer, sort of thing, with a label attached,
1:16:31 > 1:16:33saying, "Clock of the Passion."
1:16:33 > 1:16:36- But...- It never happens to me at home.
1:16:36 > 1:16:38THEY LAUGH
1:16:38 > 1:16:42How Mark's managed to drag himself away from all those goodies,
1:16:42 > 1:16:44we'll never know.
1:16:44 > 1:16:45Dedication, I suppose,
1:16:45 > 1:16:48and the fact that he desperately wants to win at that auction.
1:16:50 > 1:16:54Picking up Margie to drive from Ingatestone to Battlesbridge,
1:16:54 > 1:16:59this is a huge place and it closes soon.
1:16:59 > 1:17:00How will our two cope?
1:17:00 > 1:17:02SIGHS
1:17:04 > 1:17:07I'm not that keen on these kind of centres.
1:17:07 > 1:17:10- There's a lot of reproduction. - Not well, it seems.
1:17:10 > 1:17:14It's a naval hat from HMS Pembroke.
1:17:14 > 1:17:18This is ridiculous now because I'm just finding things
1:17:18 > 1:17:21because they remind me of something. And Pembroke is in Wales,
1:17:21 > 1:17:23and I had a cousin who lived in Pembroke.
1:17:23 > 1:17:27But who on earth wants to buy an HMS Pembroke sailor's hat?
1:17:29 > 1:17:33Nothing there, nothing there. No, no.
1:17:33 > 1:17:37Art deco style but it's brand-new.
1:17:37 > 1:17:40SHE TAPS ON THE TABLE
1:17:40 > 1:17:41There's nothing here.
1:17:41 > 1:17:44It's all modern. Oh dear. Feeling depressed.
1:17:44 > 1:17:47A bit of silver. Oh, dear.
1:17:47 > 1:17:49This is getting to be a disaster, isn't it?
1:17:49 > 1:17:51SHE SIGHS
1:17:51 > 1:17:53A bit of a moaner today.
1:17:53 > 1:17:55I'm panicking now.
1:17:55 > 1:17:58I've not much time.
1:17:58 > 1:18:01You'll have to find something.
1:18:01 > 1:18:04Will I? Can you not point me in the direction? I'm overfaced.
1:18:04 > 1:18:07I've been looking!
1:18:07 > 1:18:09Mark doesn't have much time either.
1:18:09 > 1:18:15But then, with just over £40 left, perhaps he won't need much.
1:18:15 > 1:18:17This is quite fun.
1:18:17 > 1:18:21The only reason that I actually quite like this is...
1:18:21 > 1:18:24because it says 1964 and I was born in 1964.
1:18:24 > 1:18:28I'm guessing it's a sort of trade sample of cards
1:18:28 > 1:18:30that you could have bought.
1:18:30 > 1:18:33I don't know who on earth would want them. But then I don't know
1:18:33 > 1:18:36who on earth would want to buy the other things I've bought.
1:18:36 > 1:18:40£15. That's a possibility then.
1:18:40 > 1:18:43- Is this yours, Sheila?- Yes.
1:18:43 > 1:18:47You've got £15 on it. It seems an awful lot to me.
1:18:47 > 1:18:51- Is it a lot of money?- I gave a lot of money for it.- Did you?!- Yes.
1:18:51 > 1:18:56- Very, very best price would be 12.- £12? You've been so sweet to me.
1:18:56 > 1:19:03Because it's the same age as I am, very young, I shall take it for £12.
1:19:03 > 1:19:06There's less than half-an-hour left...
1:19:06 > 1:19:08I'm losing the will to live here.
1:19:08 > 1:19:12- ..but Margie might have something there.- Small advertising box.
1:19:12 > 1:19:16Nice, isn't it? I'm just scared that they're not right.
1:19:16 > 1:19:20They look as though they're right but maybe they're not.
1:19:20 > 1:19:23"Kosher seafood." That's interesting, isn't it? Monty Goldberg.
1:19:23 > 1:19:28- Are these repro things?- Yes. - They are, aren't they?- Definitely.
1:19:28 > 1:19:31I knew there was something fishy about those boxes(!)
1:19:31 > 1:19:34I'm sure there's a profit in them but I daren't risk it.
1:19:34 > 1:19:36I'm supposed to be buying antiques.
1:19:36 > 1:19:40Ah well. It looks like Margie's not going to spend her money today.
1:19:40 > 1:19:43Let's have a look at what they have managed to collect.
1:19:43 > 1:19:46I've bought things I don't understand at all.
1:19:46 > 1:19:48- Shall I show you my first? - You kick off.
1:19:48 > 1:19:52- It's a wall mounted snooker-cue holder.- Really?!
1:19:52 > 1:19:54Every home needs one(!)
1:19:54 > 1:19:58- Well, every snooker player home needs one.- That's a nice thing.
1:19:58 > 1:20:02- I thought it was quite a nifty little thing.- So, tell me how much.
1:20:02 > 1:20:05- £20.- That's OK, isn't it?- Is it?
1:20:05 > 1:20:08- I don't know. - I've never seen one before.
1:20:08 > 1:20:10I never want to see one again.
1:20:10 > 1:20:13Margie, show us your medals, love.
1:20:13 > 1:20:16Oh, those are nice! Are they Masonic?
1:20:16 > 1:20:20- No, they're not Masonic.- No? - They are what we call Oddfellows.
1:20:20 > 1:20:25- It was fellows from an odd assortment of trades.- Oh, right.- Oddfellows.
1:20:25 > 1:20:28They're gilded silver and I paid...
1:20:28 > 1:20:30How much?
1:20:30 > 1:20:3140 for the three.
1:20:31 > 1:20:34That doesn't sound too bad.
1:20:34 > 1:20:36One for the pipe collectors...
1:20:36 > 1:20:38I don't know why I bought this...
1:20:38 > 1:20:42- Nor do I.- ..but it's a little ebony pipe.- Clay pipes!
1:20:42 > 1:20:46I thought, it's quite a fun object. Silver mounted with a shield.
1:20:46 > 1:20:48Perfect for a collectors' sale.
1:20:48 > 1:20:51- £20, I paid.- That's all right. So what are you hoping for?
1:20:51 > 1:20:55I thought it might make 40 or 50 on a good day.
1:20:55 > 1:20:56I don't think it'll make 50.
1:20:56 > 1:21:00- Don't you?- No.- That was militaria. - Wait a minute.- Oh, a pair?
1:21:00 > 1:21:01Yes and...
1:21:01 > 1:21:03Ta da.
1:21:03 > 1:21:06- Shell Oil.- A can...
1:21:06 > 1:21:09- with a brass...- How lovely.
1:21:09 > 1:21:14- What do you think? Not what I would normally buy.- Really?!- No.
1:21:14 > 1:21:17- And what did you pay for this one lot?- What do you think?
1:21:17 > 1:21:19I don't know. 20 quid?
1:21:19 > 1:21:21Spot on.
1:21:21 > 1:21:23How will Margie greet this one?
1:21:23 > 1:21:25Oh, my goodness!
1:21:25 > 1:21:29- Do you know...- I saw that in there. - ..I was so desperate.
1:21:29 > 1:21:30That is all right.
1:21:30 > 1:21:34- The thing is, I was born in 1964... - Oh my goodness. You're a babe!
1:21:34 > 1:21:37..and I thought, not a mark on it.
1:21:37 > 1:21:41It's obviously a sort of tradesman's sample. I just thought it was great.
1:21:41 > 1:21:43- So what is it? A rep's sample? - Look at this one.
1:21:43 > 1:21:45"Happy birthday. Wet paint."
1:21:45 > 1:21:47SHE LAUGHS
1:21:47 > 1:21:49Then he's got it all on his back!
1:21:49 > 1:21:51So this is a representative's book?
1:21:51 > 1:21:56A wrapped up elephant, "Don't tell me you've already got one."
1:21:56 > 1:21:58I think they're so of their time.
1:21:58 > 1:22:01She said she paid a tenner so she let me have them for 12.
1:22:01 > 1:22:04- That's fine. - It's got to make £20 or £30.
1:22:04 > 1:22:08That's your best one up to now, isn't it?
1:22:08 > 1:22:10- Dingdong.- This is my last lot.
1:22:10 > 1:22:14- Is it?- Not terribly old. - No, I don't like that one.- No?
1:22:14 > 1:22:16We could have done with the name of the horse on there,
1:22:16 > 1:22:20which always makes it really nice. Or the pony. It's a pony.
1:22:20 > 1:22:25- So probably, a pit pony. - I like those. Do you find them a bit mawkish?- It's quite interesting.
1:22:25 > 1:22:30- I wonder what they did with the other three.- Would have been an inkwell originally.
1:22:30 > 1:22:34Well, yes. You could still put a little glass liner in there.
1:22:34 > 1:22:37- Yes, and there's a lovely little shoe on here.- 30 quid?- 35.
1:22:37 > 1:22:41I'm not impressed with the amount of money you've spent, Margie.
1:22:41 > 1:22:45It's my reckoning you've spent 70 - I'm talking -
1:22:45 > 1:22:48- 40, 75, £95?- Yes.
1:22:48 > 1:22:54- On four items?- Yeah.
1:22:54 > 1:22:57But I didn't plan to do that, I came here ready to spend
1:22:57 > 1:22:59and couldn't find anything.
1:22:59 > 1:23:02- Well, trot off with that one. - So, I'm finished.
1:23:02 > 1:23:04I'm not going to throw you all of my items,
1:23:04 > 1:23:06cos there's eight pieces in this item.
1:23:06 > 1:23:10I'm just going to show you one as a representative sample.
1:23:10 > 1:23:15- There's a set of eight of these, and they're mapographs.- Right.
1:23:15 > 1:23:17This one is England and Wales.
1:23:17 > 1:23:21I think you would have dipped them in ink and rolled them out.
1:23:21 > 1:23:23- And who would use those? - I don't know.
1:23:23 > 1:23:25- Who would want them?- Well...
1:23:25 > 1:23:28- I don't know.- I've never seen one.
1:23:28 > 1:23:32I've never seen one, I have no idea about them,
1:23:32 > 1:23:35but I bought them, £10.
1:23:35 > 1:23:38- LAUGHING:- So you've gone for medals, as well?
1:23:38 > 1:23:40Oh, they're nice, aren't they?
1:23:40 > 1:23:42They're Belgian.
1:23:42 > 1:23:45I thought they'd go lovely on a jacket.
1:23:45 > 1:23:47- They're in very good condition. - They are.
1:23:47 > 1:23:50- It's funny we've both gone for medally things.- It is,
1:23:50 > 1:23:53but I've gone for a lot more money than you have - £100.
1:23:53 > 1:23:56Will it be V for victory?
1:23:56 > 1:23:58Now, what do they really think?
1:23:58 > 1:24:01It's quite funny that he's bought medals, too,
1:24:01 > 1:24:04for the militaria thing, and he's paid quite a lot.
1:24:04 > 1:24:06I thought there must be a profit in them,
1:24:06 > 1:24:09but now I'm not sure how popular Belgian medals will be.
1:24:09 > 1:24:11I like the hoof, I like those,
1:24:11 > 1:24:13I think he thought it was a bit gruesome.
1:24:13 > 1:24:15I suppose other people might think so, too.
1:24:15 > 1:24:17I don't think it's gruesome at all.
1:24:17 > 1:24:22After starting out at Rochester in Kent,
1:24:22 > 1:24:25this leg of the trip will conclude at Colchester in Essex.
1:24:25 > 1:24:28Although the mood in the camp - don't laugh, Mark -
1:24:28 > 1:24:29is distinctly fragile.
1:24:29 > 1:24:32I suppose we can't do any worse than last time.
1:24:32 > 1:24:33Oh, I think we can.
1:24:33 > 1:24:35SHE LAUGHS
1:24:35 > 1:24:37Well done, Marjorie, here we are.
1:24:37 > 1:24:40Let go and see all our quality items, shall we? Mine, anyway.
1:24:40 > 1:24:42CAR HORN Oh, hello!
1:24:42 > 1:24:44Was that a commission bid?
1:24:44 > 1:24:47This car will be the death of me.
1:24:51 > 1:24:56Margie has spent £95 on three lots, including some Oddfellows medals,
1:24:56 > 1:24:57a petrol can and a pony hoof.
1:24:57 > 1:24:59And what will be will be.
1:24:59 > 1:25:02- Yeah.- Thank you.- Good luck.
1:25:04 > 1:25:08While Mark's blown £162 on five lots, including a pipe rack,
1:25:08 > 1:25:12several greetings cards and some more medals.
1:25:12 > 1:25:16I must be mad, cos I know nothing about them.
1:25:16 > 1:25:20So, while the collectors size it all up, let's hear the thoughts
1:25:20 > 1:25:24of auctioneer James Grinter on what Margie and Mark have come up with.
1:25:24 > 1:25:26Yes, the cue holder.
1:25:26 > 1:25:27It's a good-quality thing,
1:25:27 > 1:25:30but whether or not we'll get a queue of people wanting it,
1:25:30 > 1:25:32we'll have to wait and see.
1:25:32 > 1:25:35The ARP signal lamps and the Shell petrol can,
1:25:35 > 1:25:38if I had some petrol in that can I'd be pouring it over
1:25:38 > 1:25:40and setting it fire to the whole lot.
1:25:40 > 1:25:41Not very interesting, are they?!
1:25:41 > 1:25:43Oh dear!
1:25:43 > 1:25:45Good luck, everyone.
1:25:45 > 1:25:48- You're the first one. - I know, the weakest lot.
1:25:48 > 1:25:51With your horse's hoof - will it go clippity-clop or cloppity-clip?
1:25:51 > 1:25:54Under starters orders then.
1:25:54 > 1:25:55And they're off!
1:25:55 > 1:25:57£20 to start me, ladies entertainment.
1:25:57 > 1:26:00£20 to start me somewhere.
1:26:00 > 1:26:01Come on.
1:26:01 > 1:26:0310, then. £10, I have down there...
1:26:03 > 1:26:07- It's worse more than this, Margie. - 12, 14, on the internet at 14.
1:26:07 > 1:26:1116 at £16 bid? Against you, at 16.
1:26:11 > 1:26:17At £16, all done then at £16.
1:26:17 > 1:26:19Oh, Margie.
1:26:19 > 1:26:21Oh, for goodness sake.
1:26:21 > 1:26:25A loss of £19 - even bigger after commission.
1:26:25 > 1:26:29You've got plenty more star items to come.
1:26:29 > 1:26:34Next, Mark's dusty snooker cue rack.
1:26:34 > 1:26:36- 10 to start me... - Nobody's bidding.
1:26:36 > 1:26:40- 10 I have had £10, at £10 only.- No.
1:26:40 > 1:26:45At £10 only, it's going to be sold, all done at £10.
1:26:45 > 1:26:48Down £10!
1:26:48 > 1:26:52Well, at least it's less of a loss.
1:26:52 > 1:26:55Could we make a loss on every lot? Shall we go for it?
1:26:55 > 1:26:59Careful, Mark, your pipe rack's no cert.
1:26:59 > 1:27:00£20, the pipe holder.
1:27:00 > 1:27:02Oh, this is silly.
1:27:02 > 1:27:0315, then.
1:27:03 > 1:27:06£15, ladies and gentlemen.
1:27:06 > 1:27:08- 15 I have.- 15.
1:27:08 > 1:27:10Maiden bid of £15, at £15 in the room.
1:27:10 > 1:27:13- Oh, come on.- 16, 18...
1:27:13 > 1:27:18At £18, 20, at £20, 22 on the internet, £22 bid now,
1:27:18 > 1:27:2122 against you, 24, 26...
1:27:21 > 1:27:26- At £26 on the internet...- Oh, no!
1:27:26 > 1:27:27All done at £26.
1:27:30 > 1:27:32£6 profit?
1:27:32 > 1:27:35Barely enough to put in your pipe and smoke it.
1:27:35 > 1:27:39Tell you what, that could be the biggest profit today for us!
1:27:39 > 1:27:41Now Margie's Oddfellows.
1:27:41 > 1:27:44£30, start me.
1:27:44 > 1:27:47- 30 I have down here...- 30 in.
1:27:47 > 1:27:5232, 34, at 34 in the room now.
1:27:52 > 1:27:55- Come on, a bit more. - On the internet, 36, 38,
1:27:55 > 1:27:57At £38 down here now.
1:27:57 > 1:28:01In the room, 40, 42, at £42 in the room...
1:28:01 > 1:28:04- £2.- It's going up.
1:28:04 > 1:28:08At £44 on the internet now. All done now at £44.
1:28:08 > 1:28:11Well, it's a profit.
1:28:11 > 1:28:14Hardly, after commission.
1:28:14 > 1:28:19- Oh, don't they look lovely on the screen?- Yeah.
1:28:21 > 1:28:24Now for Mark's geography lesson.
1:28:24 > 1:28:2530?
1:28:25 > 1:28:29- 20 I have.- We've got 20, I've doubled my money.
1:28:29 > 1:28:31- At £20 only...- Come on, internet.
1:28:31 > 1:28:34...22, 24, 26, 28.
1:28:34 > 1:28:38At £28 bid, 30 anywhere?
1:28:38 > 1:28:40Come on, a bit more.
1:28:40 > 1:28:42All done at £28.
1:28:42 > 1:28:45- They said 40-60. - Yes, well they haven't.
1:28:45 > 1:28:48Come on, Mark, it's a profit.
1:28:48 > 1:28:49Be grateful.
1:28:49 > 1:28:53The book from the year that Mark was born.
1:28:53 > 1:28:55And I start the bidding at £40.
1:28:55 > 1:28:57Ooh!
1:28:57 > 1:29:00At £40, do we have 42? 42.
1:29:00 > 1:29:0244...
1:29:02 > 1:29:04Oh, well done.
1:29:04 > 1:29:09Still with me at £44, are you all done?
1:29:09 > 1:29:13- Pleased with that. - What did you pay, 15?- 12.
1:29:13 > 1:29:16That's put Mark into the lead.
1:29:16 > 1:29:19- That's fantastic. - I'm pleased with that.
1:29:19 > 1:29:22I might send myself a card for that saying, "Well done, Mark."
1:29:22 > 1:29:25Oh, no, time for Mark's medals now.
1:29:25 > 1:29:28He paid £100 for those.
1:29:28 > 1:29:29120...
1:29:29 > 1:29:32130, 140...
1:29:32 > 1:29:36..150, 160, at 160 on the internet now, 160.
1:29:36 > 1:29:38170 anywhere else? 170.
1:29:38 > 1:29:40170 is bid on the internet now, 170.
1:29:40 > 1:29:46At £170, all done at 170.
1:29:46 > 1:29:48- Oh, well done.- Pleased with that.
1:29:48 > 1:29:51So they really were worth something after all.
1:29:52 > 1:29:54I was so worried.
1:29:54 > 1:29:58Ah - the stuff the auctioneer was so rude about,
1:29:58 > 1:30:00and Margie's last chance to win.
1:30:00 > 1:30:03- £20.- Oh, come on.
1:30:03 > 1:30:06£20 for them. 10, then.
1:30:06 > 1:30:09£20 I have on the internet.
1:30:09 > 1:30:13£20 is bid on the internet, at £20.
1:30:13 > 1:30:16Any advance? I'm going to sell them, all done at £20.
1:30:16 > 1:30:19Told you it was a good buy, that petrol can.
1:30:19 > 1:30:22I tell you what, having that brass cap made all the difference.
1:30:22 > 1:30:25That result means that Mark carries the day.
1:30:25 > 1:30:27I think we've given it our best shot.
1:30:27 > 1:30:32Well, you've done really well. I give it my best shot and lost.
1:30:32 > 1:30:35Margie Cooper began with £191.86,
1:30:35 > 1:30:40and made a loss of £29.40 after auction costs.
1:30:40 > 1:30:44So, she has £162.42 to spend tomorrow.
1:30:44 > 1:30:47Oh dear, love, cheer up.
1:30:47 > 1:30:52Mark Stacey began with £191.06,
1:30:52 > 1:30:56and made a profit of £65.96 after auction costs.
1:30:56 > 1:31:02So, he now has £257.02 to spend tomorrow.
1:31:02 > 1:31:04So, the lead changes again.
1:31:04 > 1:31:08This is shaping up to be an exciting contest.
1:31:08 > 1:31:11- Goodbye to Reeman Dansie.- Buh-bye. - See ya!
1:31:14 > 1:31:19Join us tomorrow, when Mark revisits his very first antiques shop.
1:31:19 > 1:31:23Just think, from a couple of shelves I've ended up where I am now.
1:31:23 > 1:31:26And the pressure builds for Margie.
1:31:26 > 1:31:29What am I going to do? What am I going to do?
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