0:00:02 > 0:00:06It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11That hurts.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Have I got it the right way up?
0:00:14 > 0:00:19The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23I look like the Mad Hatter.
0:00:23 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30I'm only here to be Anita Manning's chauffeur.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:39 > 0:00:43We join Anita Manning and Philip Serrell in a 1965 Sunbeam Alpine,
0:00:43 > 0:00:46racking up the mileage across the North of England.
0:00:46 > 0:00:51Auctioneer Phil, from Worcester, is a man who likes to buy big.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54How much is the tractor?
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Anita, from Glasgow,
0:00:56 > 0:00:59also an auctioneer, sometimes forgets to buy at all.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02BONG!
0:01:02 > 0:01:05She is bonkers, honestly. Completely bonkers.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07Phil started this road trip with £200
0:01:07 > 0:01:13and has built that up to a handsome £475.86.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Anita also began with £200
0:01:15 > 0:01:21and has turned that into an only slightly less impressive £406.74.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23I don't want to do boring antiques,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25I want to go and buy something really daft.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28This road trip started out
0:01:28 > 0:01:30in Ford in the far North of England,
0:01:30 > 0:01:31ventured into Scotland,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33before winding its way southwards
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and will conclude at Harrogate in Yorkshire.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39This leg takes our pair of experts
0:01:39 > 0:01:40from Eccleston in Lancashire
0:01:40 > 0:01:42across the Pennines
0:01:42 > 0:01:45to the grand finale in Harrogate.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Eccleston sits on the River Yarrow,
0:01:50 > 0:01:54is one of the boroughs of St Helens and was once home to their rugby league team.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Hoping for conversions of bargains into profits,
0:01:57 > 0:02:00our two experts both start their shopping together.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- Here we are, eventually.- This place looks massive, doesn't it?
0:02:04 > 0:02:09Phil and Anita's first stop is Bygone Times in Eccleston...
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Good luck.- And to you. - Not too much.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15..a collection of individual stalls housed in an old weaving mill
0:02:15 > 0:02:20that used to make parachutes during the Second World War. Chocks away!
0:02:20 > 0:02:25The trouble with a place like this is that it's absolutely massive.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Anita has beaten a path to this big boy.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30Philip thinks I make a lot of noise.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35With that big drum, I could make a lot more noise!
0:02:35 > 0:02:40It must appeal to her BASS instincts. Ticket price, £58.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44I'm no expert on percussion, but I'd say that's working.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47That's great fun, isn't it?
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Come on, Phil, time to start buying.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52I think that's a really nice thing.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56That's a scribe for marking out mortise and tenon joints
0:02:56 > 0:02:58when you're making a piece of furniture.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00It's in rosewood and brass.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04You look at the calibre of that and the workmanship in that.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I think this man's got some cheap things.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08That's lovely, isn't it?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12I just think that's a really lovely thing.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16And what happens is that should move
0:03:16 > 0:03:19and then this thing here moves up and down there.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22And then you mark the piece of timber like that.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25This is a Stanley spirit level, isn't it?
0:03:25 > 0:03:28So this was made in 1896 and it's American, so...
0:03:28 > 0:03:33I never knew that. So, Stanley tools must have originated in America.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36At the other side of this huge complex, Anita is getting into her
0:03:36 > 0:03:40rhythm, haggling down the phone with the absent owner of the bass drum.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Can you bring that down to about 30 quid?
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Oh, that sounds great.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Now, what I want to do is to, um,
0:03:50 > 0:03:55to buy the wee music stand as well, you've got that in at £6.50.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Could I buy that at £5?
0:04:00 > 0:04:03The lot for 30? Oh, you are a darling.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Phil's thinking of making up a job lot of tools.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Can I have a look at that thing there, please?
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Which is a... What the hell is that?
0:04:12 > 0:04:17It's a Ward Payne mortise lock chisel.
0:04:17 > 0:04:18That's a serious...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Can I have a look at that as well, please?
0:04:24 > 0:04:29And that's a mortise chisel. So presumably, that would have...
0:04:29 > 0:04:32You'd have gouged the wood out with that, that you'd marked,
0:04:32 > 0:04:36so there's a bit of a connection between the two, isn't there?
0:04:36 > 0:04:38How much is that?
0:04:40 > 0:04:42That's £19. What else have we got?
0:04:42 > 0:04:4819 and 9 is... How much is 19 and 9?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50You should have bought a slide rule, Phil.
0:04:50 > 0:04:5228 and 12.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56That's, sort of, 40 quid, isn't it?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Inner sanctum. Come on, in we go.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Time for some tough talking, best done in the secrecy of the staff room.
0:05:02 > 0:05:0620 squid. You can't do any better than that? 20 squid.
0:05:08 > 0:05:1025?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14You're doing this job well, aren't you? Go on, 20 quid.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17- Go on, then. It's a deal.- You're a gentleman. Thank you very much.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Great, Phil is up and running
0:05:19 > 0:05:23and Anita's money is obviously burning a hole in her pocket.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- Is that modern, is that new? - It will be, yeah.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Do you like that type of stuff? I see it's got a sort of retro feel.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33I like it, but I wouldn't have it in my house.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37I wouldn't have it in my shed, even for a mere £12 asking price.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41I like it because it's so in-your-face.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46It's a thing that somebody will either love or hate.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49But it's a got bit of fun about it.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52You know, it's looking back to the 1960s.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Can you do me a deal on it? - We can do it for six.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59- You can do it for six?- Yes. - That's a deal. Thank you very, very much. Thank you.
0:05:59 > 0:06:03- Do you think I'll make a profit on that?- No!
0:06:03 > 0:06:05THEY LAUGH
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Now, what's Phil messing about with?
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Well, this is a wool-winder and you're in the wool area
0:06:13 > 0:06:16and mills are prevalent.
0:06:16 > 0:06:20This is an old mill. I just think this is just a real cool thing.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25Like an old married couple, Phil and Anita are starting to think with one mind,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28because on the other side of this huge emporium...
0:06:28 > 0:06:30And this is a wool-winder.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34And I think that this would be a nice thing
0:06:34 > 0:06:36to buy in this building.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39I think it must be Victorian. It's £175, which is a lot of money,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42but I want to spend some money.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Phil decides that his wool-winder is worth a punt.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47So it's off to the front desk
0:06:47 > 0:06:50to see if there's any give on the £30 ticket price.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54- Now, watch my lips, Paul. 25 quid. Go on, have a deal.- Go on, then.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Good man! Right, I've got to get polishing now.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Have you got any Brasso and a duster, please?
0:06:59 > 0:07:03Anita also wants to get a good price for her wool-winder.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05The dealer isn't around, so she must negotiate with Emma,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08one of the assistants at the centre.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11I can take 10% off that without contacting them.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Right, OK. It's at 175.
0:07:13 > 0:07:1810% off, that's taking me to about 160.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Would I be able to buy that for, say...
0:07:23 > 0:07:25..130?
0:07:25 > 0:07:27- Yeah, I'll do it.- You'll do that?
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Yeah. No problem.- You're a wonderful Lancashire lass.- No problem.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Two antiques experts, two wool-winders.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40There's the robust, down-to-earth model,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44and the classy, elegant, but more expensive end of the market.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Did you have a nice time? - I had a really good time.
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- Good, wasn't it?- Clearly you did well.- I enjoyed it, I enjoyed it.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Tell me a woman that doesn't enjoy shopping.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Huh! Anita has decided to go shopping on her own
0:07:55 > 0:07:57and drops Phil off, as he wants a wander.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59In the meanwhile, she drives herself
0:07:59 > 0:08:02an hour East, from Eccleston to Darwen.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04Anita has already bought three items
0:08:04 > 0:08:08and is hoping to find a couple more in this Aladdin's Cave.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12This is very, very interesting.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- Oh, it's lovely to see you. - Nice to meet you, lovely.
0:08:15 > 0:08:20This is fabulous. This is like an adventure playground.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23There is stuff everywhere.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Everywhere!
0:08:31 > 0:08:34If that's a watercolour, it's a nice watercolour.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38On the other hand, if it's a print, a copy of the original painting,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40it won't be worth nearly as much.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Shop owner Stephen can give us some background on the artist.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46He lives in the same village as me. Adrian Rigby.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50- He's quite well known. - Is this a watercolour or a print?
0:08:50 > 0:08:52I think so. I think it's a watercolour, yeah.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56I'm not sure. To be absolutely 100% sure, you'd need to have it out.
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Yeah, I know.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00- How much is it?- £80.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04£80? For what might be a print? Be careful, Anita.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07There's so much stuff here. I'm going to leave that there.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Shop owner Stephen can sense Anita is keen on the bird
0:09:10 > 0:09:12and comes up with an intriguing offer.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14A former colleague who actually bought this,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17he remembers he bought it from a charity shop.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20He thinks it's definitely a watercolour and he said
0:09:20 > 0:09:24if you buy it, he'll donate half back to the charity.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- No pressure there. - That sounds great.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32There's another thing I fancied. Something completely different.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I looked at this wee darling here.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38It's got a lovely, naive quality.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- The horse has a twinkle in its eye.- Yeah.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I quite like that as well. Is that very expensive?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- No, he's buyable, I think. - He's buyable.- I think it is.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- But you don't know how much money I've got left!- No, I don't.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- 85.- 85.- Yeah.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- Doesn't cost a lot to feed.- Doesn't cost a lot to feed!- It doesn't, no.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00If I bought the two of them together,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03could I be in the region of 100 quid?
0:10:03 > 0:10:08- GASPS - Is that sore?- Very sore!- Is it?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Is it lethally sore? - Almost.- Is it?- Almost.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15165 and you've offered 100.
0:10:16 > 0:10:21So what about we split the difference at 135?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24What about 125?
0:10:24 > 0:10:28- Done.- You are a darling. Thank you so much.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32So, Anita has now spent £291 on five lots
0:10:32 > 0:10:35and is nicely positioned for the auction in Harrogate.
0:10:37 > 0:10:40Anita is meeting up with Phil
0:10:40 > 0:10:43and the pair head off from Darwen to Haslingden.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49- This looks rather nice, Philip. - It's lovely, isn't it?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52- Oh! Oh! - SHE LAUGHS
0:10:52 > 0:10:55As Anita has finished her shopping,
0:10:55 > 0:10:59she has just come along for the ride, and to annoy Phil.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02He, on the other hand, only has a couple of auction lots,
0:11:02 > 0:11:04so he needs to get cracking,
0:11:04 > 0:11:07with £430.86 burning a hole in his pocket.
0:11:07 > 0:11:13Phil Serrell is under pressure and that's exactly where I like him to be.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17That's an interesting thing. What on earth is it?
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Maybe shop owner Peter can help him out.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21- What do you think that is? - We've had several ideas,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25but the one that we're settling on, we think it's a viscosity tester.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30Viscosity is the stickiness of liquid, for want of a better word, isn't it?
0:11:30 > 0:11:33So you actually put the oil on, put the block on,
0:11:33 > 0:11:37and then raise the gradient until, obviously, you get the movement
0:11:37 > 0:11:40to give you the viscosity of that liquid.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42I think you've got a very vivid imagination, sir.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46Phil's found another item that's just the ticket.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48It's a ticket collector's thingy, look,
0:11:48 > 0:11:50off a bus or a train or something.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Oh, I think we've got to have a look at that.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55How could you possibly live your life without having...?
0:11:55 > 0:11:59"Any more fares?" I think those are fun as well.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Those carpet bowls, we'd better have a look at those.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Phil lines up his three potential buys at the front desk.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07Time to start bargaining.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Right, we've got a real sporting lot here, haven't we?
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- That looks like you've got a price on for £28.- Yes.
0:12:13 > 0:12:18- That was priced up at how much?- 45. - Right, that's 45. And that's 42.
0:12:18 > 0:12:22- Well, individually, I mean, that could be 15.- OK.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26- That's going to have to be in the region of £30.- OK.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29- And these, again, in the region of £30.- Right.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32I'm going to pass on that. I think it's too much of a gamble at auction.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35OK, so now we're down to two items.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37The carpet bowls and the mystery slope.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40I'm going to definitely buy that, cos I think it's lunacy.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43I mean, how can you sell what you don't even know what it is?
0:12:43 > 0:12:46So, can I give you 30 quid for the two?
0:12:48 > 0:12:49No. No, I can't do that.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- If you do 35 for the two, I'll have the two.- I can do 40 for the two.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57OK. Put that one over there. What's the best on that one?
0:12:57 > 0:12:59- 15.- OK.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- I'm going to buy that. I'm definitely going to buy that. I'll have just that, thank you.- OK.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06It looks like Phil is walking away with just one item.
0:13:06 > 0:13:11Although the last minute arrival of the owner of the ticket machine could change things.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14I would give you a tenner for it, but I wouldn't give you any more.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Give us 15 quid and we'll call it right.
0:13:17 > 0:13:2012 quid and I'll give you a first-class ticket. Go on, then.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24You're a gent. Oh, hold on. Oh, look, it's broken now, look.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28- You've bought it now!- You're a gentleman. Thank you very much.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32Deal done, and Phil wastes no time in hitting the road.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35He takes Anita on a no-expense-spared,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38chauffeur-driven trip from Haslingden to Burnley.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Our duo couldn't really visit Lancashire
0:13:42 > 0:13:44without at least one trip to a cotton mill.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46And what a mill this is.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51Queen's Street Mill operated from 1895 until 1982,
0:13:51 > 0:13:56and once housed over 1,000 working looms.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Anita is meeting up with Conrad Varley.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01- Hello, Anita.- Hello.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Welcome to Queen's Street Mill. - Oh, thank you very much.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09I've been so excited about coming here because this is the last working mill.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11The last working mill, as such, in the world.
0:14:11 > 0:14:16I mean, at one period there was 100 mills of this size producing plain calico.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21So, at one period, there was more looms than people that actually lived in Burnley.
0:14:21 > 0:14:26By 1982, calico production on such a scale was no longer financially viable,
0:14:26 > 0:14:30and Queen's Street became a working museum.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34Over 300 working looms are preserved in the weaving shed.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39For once, Anita is not the loudest thing in the room.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Shame Phil's not here to see it.
0:14:42 > 0:14:43What a noise!
0:14:44 > 0:14:48You used to have to work in this eight hours per day.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52- How did they communicate?- Well, the method was called meemowing.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56- Meemowing?- Yes. That was sort of like reading people's lips.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59I would have said, "Hello, Anita."
0:14:59 > 0:15:04- And I would say back, "Hello, Conrad."- You've got it.
0:15:04 > 0:15:10These looms are still powered by the factory's huge tandem compound steam engine.
0:15:10 > 0:15:15The steam for that engine comes from the boilers, lovingly tended by boiler man Terry.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20It's a Lancashire boiler. It's 30 foot long.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It's eight foot in diameter.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27And, as you can see, the working level of water is water from there, right down to the base.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31And we are, in fact, boiling 5,000 gallons of water.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35So there's plenty of cups of tea or plenty of water for showers.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37What we have...
0:15:37 > 0:15:39- is that.- Wow!
0:15:39 > 0:15:40SHE CHUCKLES
0:15:40 > 0:15:45One man would actually run both boilers in his day.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50If you just have a look at the coal there, that was a morning's work.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53There's three tonne of coal there, approximately.
0:15:53 > 0:15:57He went through six tonne of coal per day, one man, all on his own.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Do you think if anybody can shovel coal, I could have a wee shot?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Oh, yes, certainly. We've got some gloves here.- All right.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05SHE LAUGHS
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- What we'll do is we just go through.- Uh-huh.- Right.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- Small bit.- Uh-huh.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14And try and swing.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Right.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Just a wee drop. Right.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Hey!
0:16:27 > 0:16:28You've done it before.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31That's the life of a Lancashire boiler man.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34As Anita struggles to build up a head of steam,
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Phil is in much the same position.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Needing to buy and buy quickly
0:16:39 > 0:16:41for the auction in Harrogate,
0:16:41 > 0:16:42he's heading to Whalley.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46This large village is famous for the Whalley Arches,
0:16:46 > 0:16:50a 48-span viaduct that crosses the Ribble Valley.
0:16:50 > 0:16:51It dates from 1850.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Phil will be hoping that Whalley has other old items of interest,
0:16:55 > 0:16:58as he still needs to fill his swag bag for the auction.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02So a quick hello to owner Philip Davies and he's up and running.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05How much is that? There's no price on it.
0:17:05 > 0:17:06I quite like those. How much are they?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09What about all these corkscrews? And how much is that one?
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I say, Phil, steady on.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Finally Phil sees sense and calls in a little local knowledge.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Right, I'm going to need your help.
0:17:17 > 0:17:22I'm thinking that I need to go down somewhere between the 20 and 40 quid route.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26I don't know. Is there anything you would suggest to me?
0:17:26 > 0:17:30The owner points Phil in the direction of a four-piece cruet collection.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34- Are these old figures, these? - 1900, 1920s.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36They're continental, aren't they?
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Either that or Scottish, you know, Portobello.
0:17:40 > 0:17:45Colourful little characters from Scotland? I'd have thought you'd had enough of them, Phil!
0:17:45 > 0:17:50- And how much are those? - They can be £10 each.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53I think I quite like those two. There's a salt and a pepper.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57- Can I give you 15 quid for those two?- No, they're 20.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Go on, then. I'll have those two off you.
0:17:59 > 0:18:05- There we are.- Thank you very much. - Thank you very much indeed. - Thank you, Philip.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Just across the road is a shop that Phil simply couldn't resist.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11The shop is called Country Furniture
0:18:11 > 0:18:14but that doesn't really do it justice.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17How much is the tractor?
0:18:17 > 0:18:22This is a shop that will appeal to Philip's penchant for the big bits of stuff.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Those are lovely. Those are hitching posts for horses.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30So you'd have those outside your, sort of, country house,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32and you just hitch up to them.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37Phil's favourite items are those that take at least three people to lift.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42These cast iron beauties are either hitching posts or stable ends,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45used as decoration in construction of riding stables.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48They have a ticket price of £100 the pair.
0:18:48 > 0:18:52I'm definitely going to have these, right? Definitely. I think they're great fun.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56You'll have to be quick, Phil.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Looks like there's another interested party.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01I'd like to try and buy them for 80 or 100 quid the two.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Phil has to pay the full 100 for the horses
0:19:04 > 0:19:06but that could still be a good each-way bet.
0:19:06 > 0:19:12He hands over the cash to the very shy shop owner and the deal is done.
0:19:12 > 0:19:17Phil's hoping these two will be cast iron certainties at the auction.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19And that wraps up the shopping.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Anita began with £406.74
0:19:25 > 0:19:29and she spent a total of £291
0:19:29 > 0:19:30on an Adrian C Rigby watercolour,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33a 19th-century wool-winder,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36a 1930s child's rocking horse,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38a 1950s bass drum
0:19:38 > 0:19:40and a retro-style lamp.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42It's great when you buy things that you love.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46Phil started out with £475.86
0:19:46 > 0:19:48and spent £192
0:19:48 > 0:19:50on a bus ticket machine,
0:19:50 > 0:19:53a pair of Edinburgh salt and pepper pots,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56an 1895 Stanley spirit level,
0:19:56 > 0:20:00together with a mortise scribe, two chisels and an engineer's slope,
0:20:00 > 0:20:03a pair of early 20th-century pitching posts
0:20:03 > 0:20:06and an 1867 wool-winder.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08You never know when a stretcher might come in useful.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Interesting items.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13But what do our experts think of each other's purchases?
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Well, I'm seriously underwhelmed by Philip's items.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20I think they're all right, but they're just all right.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22BUT he has been redeemed
0:20:22 > 0:20:27by buying those wonderful cast iron horse posts. I really like them.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30They might be the thing to get him out of a hole.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I like her watercolour, I think that's a good thing.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37And the old whirligig, the wool-winder, I love that to bits,
0:20:37 > 0:20:40so, you know, it'll be an interesting one, this.
0:20:40 > 0:20:41After starting out
0:20:41 > 0:20:43in Eccleston in Lancashire,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45our pair will end up in Harrogate,
0:20:45 > 0:20:47soon to be On-Sea
0:20:47 > 0:20:49if this rain keeps up!
0:20:49 > 0:20:52I don't care if I'm never, ever, ever
0:20:52 > 0:20:54sitting in this car, ever, ever, ever again.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- I love this little car.- You love it? Well, you're more than welcome.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00OK, Serrell.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05- That's just fantastic(!) - Stop moaning.- Shut up.
0:21:05 > 0:21:10Phil and Anita have entered their items into a general sale at Thompsons Auctions in Harrogate.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12It's all about winning, this.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19First, the ticket machine. Will this prove to be a first-class bargain?
0:21:19 > 0:21:23I have to start on commission here at £38. 40 anywhere?
0:21:23 > 0:21:28It is with me at 38. Do I see 40? It seems cheap at 38. 40. 42. 45.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31- 45?- That's ridiculous.
0:21:31 > 0:21:3448 with me. One more, you might be lucky.
0:21:34 > 0:21:3650, thank you. At £50.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38- £50!- It's good value at 50.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41All done, I'm going to sell at £50.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Well done, you big chancer!
0:21:45 > 0:21:48Who says you can't make money out of public transport?
0:21:48 > 0:21:51It's not about winning, as long as I do,
0:21:51 > 0:21:53it's just about taking part. All right?
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Second up today are Phil's salt and pepper pots.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Start here with me on commission at £18. 20 anywhere?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Bid is with me at 18. Do I see 20? 20, 22 and 25.
0:22:04 > 0:22:0725 in the room. At £25. At 25, any advance on 25?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09I haven't lost any money on those. I'm happy with that.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12£25, I'm going to sell at £25.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16It's what they deserved. A nice wee pair. You haven't lost money.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Phil salts away a £5 profit on the cruet set.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22It's your tools and that slopey-dopey thing.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25They've got "engineer's slope", not slopey-dopey.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- No, I thought engineer's slope.- It's a dopey that's bought the slopey.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34It's Phil's tools up next, sold as a combined lot of five.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Starting on commission at £28. 30, 32 and 35.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41In the room at 35, 38, 40, 42, 45.
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- You're in profit, Phil.- 50, 52, 55.
0:22:45 > 0:22:4855, sir? 55, 58, 60, 62.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50Go on, you beauty.
0:22:50 > 0:22:5265, 68. Are you sure?
0:22:52 > 0:22:54Smile.
0:22:54 > 0:22:5665 at the back. 68, new bidder.
0:22:56 > 0:22:5870, 72, 75,
0:22:58 > 0:23:0178, 80, 82.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03No, 80 at the back. At £80, at 80.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07Are we all done? I'm going to sell at £80.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- I'm pleased with that. - That's a great result.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Just the right tools for the job.
0:23:11 > 0:23:13Phil more than doubles his money.
0:23:13 > 0:23:18- Stop smiling.- Stop poking me, please.- Stop smiling!
0:23:18 > 0:23:21It's a shift change of the auctioneers.
0:23:21 > 0:23:26Kate Higgins takes over to try and sell the first of the two wool-winders.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29This is Anita's classy model.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33She's high hopes of making big money with this.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Start the bidding at 50. 55 anywhere?
0:23:35 > 0:23:3755 in the room.
0:23:37 > 0:23:3960 anywhere else? Gentleman's bid here at 55.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42Do I see 60? In the room at £55.
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Selling now at £55. 278.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49I bombed. I bombed.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Ouch. That hurts.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Anita's wool-winder winds up losing her £75.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58What's the state of play at the minute?
0:23:58 > 0:24:01It's too complicated. I'm too depressed to even count my money.
0:24:01 > 0:24:06Phil's cheaper lot is up now in the big battle of the wool-winders.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Start the bidding at 100.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09110 anywhere?
0:24:09 > 0:24:13On commission at 100. Do I see 110? 110, 120.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15No, still on commission at 120.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17130 now.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Have they got the right wool-winder?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22On commission at £120.
0:24:26 > 0:24:28I'm just absolutely flabbergasted.
0:24:28 > 0:24:32No, it's not a wind-up. Phil's wool-winder wins.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Actually, I'll tell you what, you've got to laugh, haven't you?
0:24:37 > 0:24:39So my wool-winder, my grotty little wool-winder,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41has made double what yours has made.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46Maybe this will drum up some much needed profit for Anita.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Start me at £20. 10 anywhere?
0:24:48 > 0:24:50I've just...
0:24:50 > 0:24:5415 with the lady. 20 anywhere else? Lady's bid here at 15. 20 now.
0:24:54 > 0:24:59In the room at £15. Selling now on my left at £15.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01You're having a good sort of day, really, aren't you, so far?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Anita is looking well and truly beaten.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08I think this is the one that I've got to put all the money on.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12- Is it?- Hi-ho, Silver. Let's hope he gets away.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Maybe the rocking horse will be a better bet.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19His name is Silver. Start me at £50. 20 anywhere? £20, surely.
0:25:19 > 0:25:2220 we have. Do I see 25?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Gentleman's bid here at 20. Five anywhere?
0:25:25 > 0:25:27In the room here at 20. Are we finished? 25.
0:25:27 > 0:25:3025? Oh!
0:25:31 > 0:25:3540 here. 45 anywhere else? Seated bid at £40. Are we finished?
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Selling in the room at £40.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Oh, Philip!
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Silver trails in at the back of the field
0:25:43 > 0:25:45and that's another loss for Anita.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48That was the one that I was counting on.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- So I'm going to struggle here. - That's sad(!)
0:25:54 > 0:25:57It's going to have to be green lamp to the rescue.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59Standard lamp with lime green shade, £10.
0:25:59 > 0:26:0310 anywhere? £5? Five do we have?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Oh, five!
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Five at the back of the room. Do I see eight?
0:26:07 > 0:26:11In the room at £5. Selling now at £5.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16- Has everything just dived? - Everything has not just dived.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18It has sunk to the bottom.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22Look on the bright side. At least you won't have to take it home!
0:26:22 > 0:26:27- Are you ecstatic?- No, I'm not. I'm getting very anxious about my bloomin' horse posts.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Back to Phil now and the hitching posts.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Start me at £50. £50 surely?
0:26:34 > 0:26:3850 we have. 60 anywhere? Gentleman's bid here at 50.
0:26:38 > 0:26:4260, 70, 80, 90. On my right here at 90.
0:26:42 > 0:26:44It's a result, I think.
0:26:44 > 0:26:49In the room at £90. Selling, gentleman's bid at £90.
0:26:49 > 0:26:55I know that in the right place, I think those are £200-£400's worth.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59Ah, you won't be the first punter to lose a tenner on the horses.
0:26:59 > 0:27:04My last lot is coming up, my very nice watercolour.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06And it's a good subject and I really like it.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10This really has to fly if Anita is going to catch Phil.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Signed Adrian C Rigby, watercolour of an eagle,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16and 40 bid. 45 now.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18On commission at 40, do I see 45?
0:27:18 > 0:27:20With me now at £40. Are we finished?
0:27:20 > 0:27:2345 in the room. 50 anywhere else?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25(Come on!)
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Gentleman's bid at £45.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30That's every single one.
0:27:30 > 0:27:34The eagle has failed and Anita's last hope has gone.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36Come on.
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Oh, dear. Anita lost money on every lot.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43She started this leg with £406.74
0:27:43 > 0:27:47and after auction costs has lost £159.80,
0:27:47 > 0:27:51leaving her with a total of £246.94.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58Phil fared a bit better. Starting with £475.86,
0:27:58 > 0:28:02he has made a profit of £107.30,
0:28:02 > 0:28:07giving him a total of £583.16.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13That makes Phil Serrell the winner. All the profits our experts make will be donated to Children In Need.
0:28:13 > 0:28:18Well, Phil, I really thought I had a chance of catching you up on that one.
0:28:18 > 0:28:21At the end of the day, it doesn't matter who wins or loses, does it?
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Ha-ha! Trust Phil to be a gracious winner.
0:28:26 > 0:28:28And as we wave them goodbye,
0:28:28 > 0:28:31we wave hello to another duelling duo,
0:28:31 > 0:28:33Mark Stacey and Mark Hales.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Two Marks in one car. Just "Mark" what I say, eh?
0:28:36 > 0:28:39Is it true, two Marks are better than one?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42- Absolutely right.- If you say so.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Veteran Road Tripper Mark Stacey is an auctioneer and valuer from Brighton.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51He's a smart operator whose wits are as sharp as his tongue.
0:28:51 > 0:28:54- Mark.- Yes.- You couldn't give me a hand, could you?
0:28:54 > 0:28:56Could I give you a hand?
0:28:56 > 0:28:58You asked for a hand!
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Ceramics expert Mark Hales runs a Devon auction house.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04He's a relative newcomer
0:29:04 > 0:29:07with just one previous Road Trip under his belt.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10So, could this upstart be hunting victory?
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- I've got to beat Mark over there, haven't I?- Definitely.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14- It's the name of the game. - He must be beaten.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19The Marks both start this leg with £200 to spend on antiques,
0:29:19 > 0:29:23which they will later sell at auction, aiming to make a tidy profit.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Our boys are driving a dashingly red
0:29:26 > 0:29:291968 Triumph Spitfire MK3.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32That's two Marks in a MK3.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Oh, good grief!
0:29:34 > 0:29:37I'm not terribly good on cars, but I do like the colour red.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40- It's a lovely red, isn't it? - I think we could have a hoot in it.
0:29:40 > 0:29:41Sexy red.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Now, don't get carried away!
0:29:44 > 0:29:48This week's epic journey sees the two Marks drive nearly 300 miles,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50from Finedon in Northamptonshire,
0:29:50 > 0:29:52through Norwich to East Anglia,
0:29:52 > 0:29:55to Colchester in Essex.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59On this leg, they're heading for auction
0:29:59 > 0:30:01in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05The pretty village of Finedon in Northamptonshire effortlessly
0:30:05 > 0:30:07combines the ancient and the modern.
0:30:09 > 0:30:10Right.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Oh, I'm itching to get started, aren't you?
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- The thrill of the chase. This is it. - Oh, gosh!
0:30:16 > 0:30:21Not as young as you used to be, are you, chaps?
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- I'm glad to be out of that thing! - I nearly had to ask you to help me out, then!
0:30:25 > 0:30:27I wouldn't have, I would have left you in there.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29More chance of me finding the bargains.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33First, Mark Hales is scouting out Affleck Bridge Antiques.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36Robert Cheney is on hand to give him a warm welcome.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- Hello, Robert, how do you do? - All right, thank you.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- Would it be all right if I have a browse?- Yes, carry on. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:30:45 > 0:30:50Does he have a master plan, other than just rubbing his hands?
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Well, no plan as such, just keep looking, keep looking,
0:30:53 > 0:30:55don't lose my cool.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57I am a little bit nervous, I'm always nervous
0:30:57 > 0:31:00until I've got that first buy out of the way.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06The mallet, Robert,
0:31:06 > 0:31:08- is it a presentation piece?- Yeah.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11It IS a presentation mallet, made for the builder
0:31:11 > 0:31:15of Chelmsford School in 1906 and crafted from ebony.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Mark's convinced it may be of interest to a particular buyer.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21- Builders love to collect things, don't they, Robert?- They do, yes.
0:31:21 > 0:31:25Builders, if you have 20 collectors in a room, I'm sorry,
0:31:25 > 0:31:28but probably 12 of them would be builders. Isn't that right?
0:31:28 > 0:31:32The ticket price is £65, can Mark haggle it down?
0:31:32 > 0:31:37Can I buy it for £35? Because that would give me a profit, won't it?
0:31:37 > 0:31:40- It would, but it wouldn't give us one.- £40.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42- Just.- Because if I bought that for £40,
0:31:42 > 0:31:46- I reckon I've got a profit in that, I really do.- That would be, yeah.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49As long as those collecting builders spot it,
0:31:49 > 0:31:50I think it could do well.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53- Yeah?- Yeah. - £40 for the mallet?- That's it, yeah.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Thank you, Robert, we'll have the mallet, thank you very much indeed.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, YES! We've started.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04Meanwhile, Mark Stacey is next door
0:32:04 > 0:32:09in MC Chapman Antiques, with proprietor, Mike.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12This Road Tripper is a formidable competitor
0:32:12 > 0:32:15but what does he make of his new rival?
0:32:15 > 0:32:18I think Mark's going to be very tough competition, actually,
0:32:18 > 0:32:22I think he jabbers a lot, because we've only just met,
0:32:22 > 0:32:25and he might be a little bit nervous, but I think he has a good eye.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Huh! Looks like he's not the only one!
0:32:29 > 0:32:33That's rather pretty as well, isn't it? It's a little...
0:32:33 > 0:32:36- I THINK it's continental silver. - I think so.
0:32:36 > 0:32:40There's some sort of mark on the bottom. I haven't got my eye glasses with me.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43What he's fiddling with here is a miniature white metal
0:32:43 > 0:32:47continental candleholder, list price, £22. And now,
0:32:47 > 0:32:49he's spied something else, too.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52- This is a rather unusual thing as well, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54What do you think it is?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57- Pin tray?- Yeah, mother-of-pearl?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Quite a big piece as well, mounted in a sort of...
0:33:00 > 0:33:02- Almost an Arts & Crafts... - It has actually,
0:33:02 > 0:33:04I can't see any marks on, but it feels silver.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06It feels silver, doesn't it, yeah.
0:33:06 > 0:33:11On the ticket, £55. Mark Stacey is an absolute magpie this morning.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15He's found yet another shiny object.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19My eyes are wandering and I'm seeing things I didn't see before.
0:33:20 > 0:33:23And it's just...oops!
0:33:23 > 0:33:26It's just good to have a look at things, because you never know,
0:33:26 > 0:33:30you might just find that extra something, you know?
0:33:30 > 0:33:34It's a little... You could call it a sort of compote,
0:33:34 > 0:33:36or a tazza, I suppose.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40A tazza is a shallow cup or vase, usually on a decorative pedestal.
0:33:40 > 0:33:441882, so it dates it to the late 19th century.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47- How much is that, Mike?- £45.- £45.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50In the other room, Mark's alighted on something else he likes.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54- There's no stopping him! - Gosh! That's rather nice.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Gosh, it's reasonable, isn't it?
0:33:58 > 0:34:01- Just lovely quality. - It's lovely quality.
0:34:01 > 0:34:05What we have here is a 19th-century cribbage board.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07This is all mother-of-pearl here
0:34:07 > 0:34:10and you've got... Is this rosewood?
0:34:10 > 0:34:13- If you got that made today, how much would it cost?- Well, yeah.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15£300 or £400, at least?
0:34:15 > 0:34:18Right, I've got to make some decisions, Mike, haven't I?
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Let's have a little look at what we've got.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23We've got that bit, which I quite like.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26That, which I like, this, which I like, and that, which I like.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29Four bits already, isn't it?
0:34:29 > 0:34:33The ticket price for all four items combined is £172,
0:34:33 > 0:34:37so what can masterful Mark get shaved off that hefty lump sum?
0:34:37 > 0:34:43- £145...so far, is that right, Mike? - Yeah.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47I've really pretty much given you...
0:34:47 > 0:34:51The best on the lot, so I can't twist your arm?
0:34:51 > 0:34:54- You can twist my arm for another fiver off.- I must be absolutely mad,
0:34:54 > 0:34:58but your charm has beguiled me
0:34:58 > 0:35:01- and I'm going to buy them, thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04He's managed to negotiate £32 off,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07so that's £140 for all four items.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- Good work! - I'll be quite honest,
0:35:10 > 0:35:12I've got my whole budget here.
0:35:12 > 0:35:16So, the easiest thing to do is just to take £60 away
0:35:16 > 0:35:18and give you the rest, actually!
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Thank you very much. - Thank you again.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23How's he feeling after his buying bonanza?
0:35:23 > 0:35:26I've been in a few awkward positions in my life
0:35:26 > 0:35:28but I've never been in this position before
0:35:28 > 0:35:31of having bought four items and spent most of my budget
0:35:31 > 0:35:33in the very, very first shop.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Meanwhile, Mark Hales is now in Mike's shop.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39It's been a boon for Mr Stacey,
0:35:39 > 0:35:42will Mark Hales hit the jackpot, too?
0:35:42 > 0:35:46He wastes no time and heads upstairs for a good rummage.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Happy as a king!
0:35:48 > 0:35:50Lovely!
0:35:50 > 0:35:53It's a coloured 19th-century print,
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Pears print, Pears soap
0:35:55 > 0:36:00and it's always been a favourite painting of mine. Mike!
0:36:00 > 0:36:04The print is of a painting by 19th-century artist William Collins.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07I'll help you with a fiver, I'll do you it for 20 quid.
0:36:07 > 0:36:10You know, that's what I was thinking of.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20Yes! Yes, I've got to have a go, haven't I? I've got to have a go!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Another buy for Mark Hales.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Actually, I'm as happy as a king.
0:36:25 > 0:36:29I'll do the jokes! Thank you, Mark.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34Time for the lads to leave Finedon
0:36:34 > 0:36:36and head 21 miles south to Northampton.
0:36:37 > 0:36:41This large market town boasts some fine architecture.
0:36:41 > 0:36:45The Grade II listed Northampton Guildhall was opened in 1864.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48But it's the local museum Mark's heading for.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Northampton has been the life and soul
0:36:50 > 0:36:53of the British shoe-making industry for centuries.
0:36:53 > 0:36:55He's come to meet Rebecca,
0:36:55 > 0:36:59who will walk him through the extensive collection of footwear.
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Shoemaking in the area is a proud tradition
0:37:05 > 0:37:07that survives today.
0:37:07 > 0:37:11Even the local football team is known as the Cobblers.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Rebecca and Mark are kicking off in a room
0:37:15 > 0:37:18that explains the traditional shoe-manufacturing process
0:37:18 > 0:37:21which has employed generations of local workers.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23So, in here we've got the shoe machinery
0:37:23 > 0:37:26and we start as well with the first, with the last.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- The last?- It's just really, usually,
0:37:29 > 0:37:32a wooden foot-shaped sort of block
0:37:32 > 0:37:35that the shoe is then moulded and made round.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38There were over 200 individual processes
0:37:38 > 0:37:40involved in the traditional manufacture of shoes.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42This room describes
0:37:42 > 0:37:46how each of them added up to an natty pair of brogues.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50As a special treat, Rebecca has agreed to show Mark
0:37:50 > 0:37:54behind-the-scenes at the museum. This is the backstage area
0:37:54 > 0:37:56where some of their rarest items are stored.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59This is where everything that's not on display is kept,
0:37:59 > 0:38:05- including the 11,000 pairs of shoes. - 11,000 pairs of shoes, right.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Promise me, you won't tell my wife!
0:38:08 > 0:38:13So, we have a few prime examples on the table here.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16So, I think maybe you ought to pop a pair of gloves on
0:38:16 > 0:38:20and uncover what lies in these boxes.
0:38:20 > 0:38:25- Right, yes.- This is one of our very earliest shoes in the collection,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- it's an Egyptian sandal sole.- Right.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30It's from 300 BC, actually.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34It's difficult to believe that's 300 years BC.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Next, Rebecca's got a surprise for Mark -
0:38:37 > 0:38:40a pair of shoes worn by a special lady on her very special day.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- It's not going to jump out at me, is it?- No.- No.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45It's not going to be the smelly pair?
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- These are probably one of our most popular pairs.- Really?- Yes.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53- They really...- Oh, goodness me!
0:38:53 > 0:38:5519th-century?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58- Yes, they're Queen Victoria's wedding shoes.- Wow!
0:38:58 > 0:39:02Just look at the size of the young Queen's feet, how delicate.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06They are. They are about a 3½. And incredibly narrow.
0:39:06 > 0:39:09- Could I possibly pick one up? - Yes, you can.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12If I'm very, very careful. Could you hold that for me?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15I mean, I have to hold... my hand's shaking...
0:39:15 > 0:39:18I have to hold Queen Victoria's...
0:39:18 > 0:39:19Oh, look at that!
0:39:19 > 0:39:22That's it - made by shoemakers to the Queen and the Royal Family,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25Gundry & Sons, in London.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27I think that's a bit of a special moment, don't you?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Isn't that fabulous?
0:39:29 > 0:39:33If you think of all the prints and paintings that you see of Victoria
0:39:33 > 0:39:39on her wedding day, and these are the actual shoes she was wearing.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- Rebecca, it's been absolutely fascinating.- Great.
0:39:42 > 0:39:47I mean that, thank you. I really have enjoyed myself, so, so much.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Thank you very much for having me. - You're welcome.- Thank you.
0:39:50 > 0:39:55Just down the road, Mark Stacey is continuing his shopping extravaganza.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57He's heading for Northampton's largest retailer
0:39:57 > 0:40:02of antique and vintage goods and proprietor, Gilly Burgess.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06- Hello.- I'm Mark.- Hello there, I'm Gilly.- Nice to meet you, Gilly.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09- Gosh, it's a lot bigger on the inside!- Size isn't everything!
0:40:14 > 0:40:17It's not long before Mark's spotted something -
0:40:17 > 0:40:20an Italian silver candlestick with a familiar motif.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Thank you, my love.
0:40:24 > 0:40:28I bought this cherub candlestick this morning and I was just thinking
0:40:28 > 0:40:32that if in the sale there was a cherub lover there...
0:40:32 > 0:40:36- It would complement it. - It might complement it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Sounds like it's time to strike a deal, Mark,
0:40:39 > 0:40:41but after your big spend this morning,
0:40:41 > 0:40:43what can you afford to offer?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45The candlestick is silver, after all.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49Do you think they would take £5 for it?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51LAUGHTER
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I think that's a no, then, is it?
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- Jog on!- I think that's a no, is it?
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- For your cheek, you can have it for £5.- Give me a kiss.
0:40:59 > 0:41:04- On one condition. - Oh, no! What's the condition?
0:41:05 > 0:41:08This comes with another cheeky bottom.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- Does it?- It's part of a pair. - Oh, yes?
0:41:12 > 0:41:17And if you will consent to take this other cheeky bottom with you
0:41:17 > 0:41:19and have it as part of your...
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- You can have that for £5. - What's the other cheeky bottom?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- I'll go and fetch it. - (What's going on here?)
0:41:27 > 0:41:32Do I look a cheeky bottom type of person? Don't answer that.
0:41:32 > 0:41:35Oh, I can't look. Shall I cover my eyes?
0:41:35 > 0:41:39- This week's objet d'art. - Is it really cheeky?
0:41:39 > 0:41:43- It's very cheeky. - Can I look?- You can look.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45LAUGHTER
0:41:49 > 0:41:54If you can shift that, I'll eat my hat.
0:41:54 > 0:41:57Cos I can't shift it.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04- Is that or is that not...- The vilest thing you've ever seen.- Yes!
0:42:04 > 0:42:05Words fail me.
0:42:05 > 0:42:10So, Mark's bagged himself a silver candlestick for a fiver
0:42:10 > 0:42:12and a cheeky bonus.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17Looking pleased with himself, Mark Stacey joins Mark Hales
0:42:17 > 0:42:19and they get back on the road.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22The boys head 10 miles west
0:42:22 > 0:42:24from Northampton to Weedon Bec.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29Heart of the shires. Oh, looks quite big.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31They're aiming for Shires Antiques,
0:42:31 > 0:42:34hoping to find their next round of bargains.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37I'm not sure that I want to share this shop with you.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41- Do you not like sharing, Mark? - I do with some people, Mark.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Both Marks are competing on the same turf.
0:42:43 > 0:42:47Old hand Mark Stacey is as gracious as ever.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50You stick down... Don't you dare follow me!
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Lawrence and Alison Spencer will be helping them.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Mark Stacey has £55 remaining.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59That's quite interesting, isn't it?
0:42:59 > 0:43:02Little sort of silver quality...
0:43:02 > 0:43:05unmarked silver-plated wine funnel.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07You'd serve your wine through this
0:43:07 > 0:43:11in the days when there was often a lot of sediment.
0:43:11 > 0:43:13That's right.
0:43:13 > 0:43:16You'd use this to pour through and the wine would pour out.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18I've got £55 left.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Is it worth having a little word with him?
0:43:20 > 0:43:24I'll quite happily give him a ring.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27That wine funnel was marked up at £85,
0:43:27 > 0:43:30so he's going to need a substantial reduction.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32On the other side of the shop,
0:43:32 > 0:43:36Mark Hales has found some picture frames that take his interest.
0:43:36 > 0:43:38He's got £140 left to spend.
0:43:38 > 0:43:40Alison's on hand to help.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Not my subject at all,
0:43:42 > 0:43:49but there's two of them here and it says,
0:43:49 > 0:43:53"Northumberland Fusiliers" and "York and Lancashire Regiment."
0:43:53 > 0:43:57- Militaria. Militaria's quite saleable, isn't it?- Very.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00Price on the ticket is £70.
0:44:00 > 0:44:04Without messing about, if I could buy the two for £45, I'll buy them.
0:44:04 > 0:44:09- Tell him I'm desperate.- Oh, dear! - I'm not really that desperate.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12You shouldn't admit things like that.
0:44:12 > 0:44:14And now we've got an answer from the dealer
0:44:14 > 0:44:16selling Mark Stacey's wine funnel.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20It's your lucky day, she's accepted your offer.
0:44:20 > 0:44:24And there's an answer for Mark Hales too.
0:44:24 > 0:44:2555 is her very best.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27- That's her bottom line, is it? - It is, yes.
0:44:27 > 0:44:31- I think I'd better buy, then, hadn't I?- Yeah.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35- I think I'd better buy them at £55, thank you very much.- You're welcome.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37Not quite the deal he wanted, unlike adversary Mark Stacey,
0:44:37 > 0:44:39who's bagged yet another item.
0:44:39 > 0:44:42It seems Mr Hales has some work to do.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43They're in the car again
0:44:43 > 0:44:47and heading the ten miles back towards Northampton.
0:44:48 > 0:44:53Mark Hales is in Old Bakehouse Antiques with Linda Grant.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56Thank you very much. Would it be all right
0:44:56 > 0:44:58- if I have a jolly good look around? - Of course.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08It seems he's spotted some 1970s retro chairs
0:45:08 > 0:45:11which just might turn a tidy profit.
0:45:11 > 0:45:15- Far out, man.- Blonde Ercol. - Yeah, they're all Ercol.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17I'm not very knowledgeable in retro but, you know,
0:45:17 > 0:45:19these have been quite popular.
0:45:19 > 0:45:24Founded in 1920, Ercol is a great British furniture manufacturer
0:45:24 > 0:45:26still going strong in Buckinghamshire.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Their vintage designs from the 20th century
0:45:28 > 0:45:32are popular with retro furniture enthusiasts.
0:45:32 > 0:45:34I've sold these in my auction room in Devon
0:45:34 > 0:45:38and I've sold them for £10 each, and I've sold them for £25 each.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41It just depends who's there on the day and what's happening.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45I can do a deal on those. You can have the four at £10 each.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47- That's 40, isn't it?- Correct.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50I'm not being mean or anything, I've got to ask anyway,
0:45:50 > 0:45:56don't be insulted, but I was thinking if I could get those for 30...
0:45:56 > 0:45:59- I mean, they take up space. - 35.- Oh, you're a hard woman.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02You've got profit, we've got profit.
0:46:02 > 0:46:05I can't say fairer than that. Fine, thank you.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Thank you, Linda, I've bought those, that's wonderful.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09Bye!
0:46:09 > 0:46:13Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. What have I done?
0:46:13 > 0:46:17Retro chair man. Right.
0:46:17 > 0:46:18Have faith, Mark.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21He now heads 30 miles in a north-easterly direction
0:46:21 > 0:46:23as he has more shopping to do
0:46:23 > 0:46:25in the ancient market town of Oundle.
0:46:25 > 0:46:31With £50 left to spend, he's heading towards Green Man Antiques.
0:46:31 > 0:46:32- Hi.- Hi!
0:46:32 > 0:46:34- I'm Mark. - I'm Vicky, nice to meet you.
0:46:34 > 0:46:36Hello, Vicky, how do you do?
0:46:36 > 0:46:39- Would it be all right if I had a browse?- Please do.
0:46:41 > 0:46:43Fabulous!
0:46:47 > 0:46:50With shopping time running out,
0:46:50 > 0:46:53Mark's resorting to an unusual shopping tactic.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56What springs to mind that's £50?
0:46:56 > 0:46:59A couple of barometers, wood-framed barometers.
0:46:59 > 0:47:02These. I didn't look at these.
0:47:02 > 0:47:08I could do the two of those for 46, but that is my absolute final.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12That's jolly reasonable, they're ever so good.
0:47:12 > 0:47:14They are beautiful.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17- And they're useable, aren't they? - They are, yes.
0:47:17 > 0:47:19That's the beauty of things like this.
0:47:19 > 0:47:20You hang them on the wall and use them.
0:47:20 > 0:47:23They're 19th century, aren't they, Vicky?
0:47:23 > 0:47:26They're 19th century and they're sort of... 1870s.
0:47:26 > 0:47:28- Yes.- That sort of period.
0:47:28 > 0:47:31They should be snatched from the shop, shouldn't they?
0:47:31 > 0:47:34- They should, before I change my mind.- Oh, bless your heart.
0:47:34 > 0:47:37- That was very good. - That's you told, Mark.
0:47:37 > 0:47:40Better hand over the cash and get out of there - quick.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47Right, that's good news, isn't it? That's good news. I've done it.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49I spent all my money. Well, £4 left.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Marvellous. So, that's the shopping sewn up.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55Mark Hales started with £200
0:47:55 > 0:48:00and has spent £196 on a set of 1970s Ercol chairs,
0:48:00 > 0:48:03two barometers, one with thermometer,
0:48:03 > 0:48:06a Pears soap advert, circa 1912,
0:48:06 > 0:48:10and an early 20th-century stonemason's mallet
0:48:10 > 0:48:13and a pair of photograph frames.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16Mark Stacey started with £200
0:48:16 > 0:48:20and has spent it all on a 20th-century pottery vase,
0:48:20 > 0:48:21a cribbage board,
0:48:21 > 0:48:24a late 19th-century plated bronze tazza,
0:48:24 > 0:48:26two cherub candleholders,
0:48:26 > 0:48:29a silver and mother-of-pearl pin dish
0:48:29 > 0:48:32and an early 19th-century Sheffield plated wine funnel.
0:48:32 > 0:48:37So, what do our experts think of each other's purchases?
0:48:37 > 0:48:40There's a lot of silver content there, so it could be scrapped,
0:48:40 > 0:48:42so the value's there.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45He can't go wrong. He's played it very, very, safely.
0:48:45 > 0:48:48I'm very pleased with the items I've bought
0:48:48 > 0:48:50and if there's any justice in the world
0:48:50 > 0:48:53they will do reasonably well, but Mark has surprised me.
0:48:53 > 0:48:55There's one or two things there that might sell very well.
0:48:55 > 0:48:56It's too close to call.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59On this leg of the road trip our two Marks have travelled
0:48:59 > 0:49:01from Finedon, Northamptonshire
0:49:01 > 0:49:04to end up at auction in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
0:49:04 > 0:49:08Stamford's proud past stretches right back to the Anglo-Saxon period.
0:49:08 > 0:49:12It's justly celebrated for its pretty, historic streets.
0:49:12 > 0:49:16- Well, here we are in Stamford. - Beautiful, sunny Stamford.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19A little bit of old England, isn't it?
0:49:19 > 0:49:22They're on their way to Batemans Auctioneers and Valuers.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25This family business is run by two generations of Batemans.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28Auctioneer David Palmer will be wielding the gavel.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32So, who will be victorious in the first all-Mark showdown?
0:49:32 > 0:49:34On your Marks! Oh, sorry.
0:49:34 > 0:49:38First up, Mark Hales's groovy Ercol chairs.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42Rather attractive design there. Put them in £20. 20 I'm bid.
0:49:42 > 0:49:4420, 22, 25, 28.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47At 28 now, I'll take 30. 30, 2, 32.
0:49:47 > 0:49:49You in again? 35.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50Goes then seated at 35... 38 net.
0:49:50 > 0:49:5338, 40. In the room at 40.
0:49:53 > 0:49:5550 in the room. Net, you out? 55.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58At 55. Done then, at 55.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01They sell on the net at 55. They are proper chairs!
0:50:01 > 0:50:03At 55. Is that a 60?
0:50:03 > 0:50:05- It is 60.- Oh, put the hammer down!
0:50:05 > 0:50:07- In the room at 60. - No, keep going, please!
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Take a five if you want.
0:50:09 > 0:50:10Nobody else at 60?
0:50:12 > 0:50:16Great start, and not one to be sniffed at.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19- It's terribly brave of me.- Was it?
0:50:19 > 0:50:22- That's the first bit of Ercol I've bought in my life.- Was it?- Oh, yes!
0:50:22 > 0:50:24I'm quite proud of myself, actually.
0:50:24 > 0:50:27Next, Mark Hales's pair of 19th-century barometers.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30But has he gauged the pressure of the saleroom correctly?
0:50:30 > 0:50:33These are the most fashionable and sought-after of all barometers.
0:50:33 > 0:50:37Put them in at, what, 20 quid? 20 I'm bid. Straight down the front.
0:50:37 > 0:50:39Yes, thank you. 20, two. Here at 22.
0:50:39 > 0:50:4125? 25.
0:50:41 > 0:50:42In the room at 25.
0:50:42 > 0:50:46- With you, sir, at 25. At £25. - That's not good at all.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48- Done and finished, then, at 25.- Oh!
0:50:49 > 0:50:53Oh, dear. A loss of £21.
0:50:53 > 0:50:56It was almost like a BOGOF, that. Buy one, get one free.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Good of you to point that out, Mark.
0:50:59 > 0:51:02Now, Mark Hales's print of Happy As A King is up,
0:51:02 > 0:51:05but will it put a smile on the punters' faces?
0:51:05 > 0:51:07£10?
0:51:07 > 0:51:11- Five anywhere?- It's a pretty picture, isn't it?- A fiver...
0:51:11 > 0:51:14Oh, dear, someone's looking glum. And it's not even his lot!
0:51:14 > 0:51:18For the Pears print. Five I am bid, thank you, sir. At five only.
0:51:18 > 0:51:19And I sell it then at £5.
0:51:19 > 0:51:21At a fiver, six.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Do you want seven? Seven.
0:51:24 > 0:51:29Eight, nine, ten. Ten down here.
0:51:29 > 0:51:31It goes at ten, and I sell at ten.
0:51:32 > 0:51:33All done at £10.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear. Another loss.
0:51:38 > 0:51:41You do know the nature of the game is to buy things
0:51:41 > 0:51:44- and then hopefully make a profit, Mark?- Oh!
0:51:44 > 0:51:45It's not to buy something
0:51:45 > 0:51:48and then sell it for half of what you paid for it.
0:51:48 > 0:51:49Profit, I remember that!
0:51:49 > 0:51:52So, let's see if you can do any better, Mark Stacey.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Here comes your inlaid cribbage board.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57I am not hopeful for this one, actually.
0:51:57 > 0:52:00But I do like it and I think it looks nice up there.
0:52:00 > 0:52:02And they are popular.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04Ten for it? Straight in at £10.
0:52:04 > 0:52:05Ten I'm bid.
0:52:05 > 0:52:07With the lady at ten, take two now.
0:52:07 > 0:52:1012, 15, 18, 20,
0:52:10 > 0:52:1322, 25, 28,
0:52:13 > 0:52:1530.
0:52:15 > 0:52:1932, 35, 38.
0:52:19 > 0:52:22At 38, I sell in the seats at £38.
0:52:22 > 0:52:23I sell at 38.
0:52:26 > 0:52:31Not so bright now, Mark Stacey. A £7 loss for you too.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34Well, that's one thing on my list now, no more cribbage boards!
0:52:34 > 0:52:35THEY CHUCKLE
0:52:35 > 0:52:38We're going to have a very long list of things not to buy.
0:52:38 > 0:52:43Let's see if Mark Stacey can redeem himself with his bronze tazza.
0:52:43 > 0:52:44Put it in at £30.
0:52:44 > 0:52:46- 30 to start.- Come on!
0:52:46 > 0:52:4830 I'm bid.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51At 30 now, I sell standing at 30, right at the back at 30.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53Take a two anywhere? It goes then at £30.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56In the blue at 30, the maiden bid of 30.
0:52:56 > 0:52:59- Sell, then, at £30.- Can you believe that?- Bid if you want it!
0:52:59 > 0:53:03- So it's not just me, then, is it? - 30.- £30.- Right at the back, 30.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05Nothing on the net? 32.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08Do you want 35? 35. In the room at 35.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- Every little helps. - In the room at 35.
0:53:11 > 0:53:14At 35, I sell with the sporting gent there at 35. Here at 38, 40?
0:53:14 > 0:53:16I'm getting too carried away here!
0:53:16 > 0:53:19- For God's sake, I think that's plenty, don't you?- I sell at 40.
0:53:21 > 0:53:22It holds its value
0:53:22 > 0:53:26but there's still a loss after the auction house has taken commission.
0:53:26 > 0:53:30I think we'll both have to chalk this down to experience today, Mark.
0:53:30 > 0:53:32We've got an awful lot of lots to go yet.
0:53:32 > 0:53:35It's not looking useful, it's not looking good.
0:53:35 > 0:53:37Another lot for Mark Hales now.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40Can he turn this around with his ebony presentation mallet?
0:53:40 > 0:53:43Let's start at £30. £30 for it?
0:53:43 > 0:53:4530 I'm bid. With the lady at 30.
0:53:45 > 0:53:47And I sell at £30.
0:53:47 > 0:53:5035. With the lady now at 35. 38.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52At 38, sell then.
0:53:52 > 0:53:54This is possibly the worst day of my life.
0:53:54 > 0:53:57- You are all out in front.- Oh, Mark!
0:53:57 > 0:53:59At 38, I sell on the net, then, at 38.
0:53:59 > 0:54:02- You're out in the room at 38.- Oh!
0:54:02 > 0:54:05It seems the builders Mark hoped might buy the mallet
0:54:05 > 0:54:09have not materialised. Another loss.
0:54:09 > 0:54:12- Poor Mike!- I have to say, Mark,
0:54:12 > 0:54:15that you're not having a good day, and it's not fair.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18Next, Mark Stacey's cunningly combined
0:54:18 > 0:54:20his two cherub candlesticks into one lot.
0:54:20 > 0:54:23Will it be enough to pull him out of this quagmire?
0:54:23 > 0:54:26£20 the two? Straight in, £20?
0:54:26 > 0:54:28- Come on!- 20? They're worth that, a tenner each.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30- Come on!- 20 quid. 20 I'm bid down here.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34- With the lady at 20, I'll take two. - Good, I've got my money back.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36Sell, then, at £20. 25. You in again, 28?
0:54:36 > 0:54:3828. At 28.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40- Internet bidding?- In the room at 28.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42A bit more.
0:54:43 > 0:54:45A modest profit. Rejoice!
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Is this the turnaround?
0:54:48 > 0:54:50I mean, I'm happy with a profit, at last.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54So fingers crossed anyway, I'm on my way uphill.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58We'll see, as his wine funnel goes under the hammer.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00Straight in, 20 quid? Decant your wine. 20 I'm bid.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03- At the back at 20. Take a two now. - What did it cost?- 55.
0:55:03 > 0:55:05Sell then, 22 on the net. 25 in the room.
0:55:05 > 0:55:0828. 30, £30.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10Back standing at 30.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13It goes, then, at £30. All done at 30.
0:55:15 > 0:55:17No! No turnaround there!
0:55:19 > 0:55:20I think it's...
0:55:20 > 0:55:23- I think we've entered a new phase of the competition, don't you?- Yes.
0:55:23 > 0:55:26- It's who can lose the most.- Yes.
0:55:26 > 0:55:28Oh, come on, boys, cheer up. It's not that bad.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32Next, Mark Hales and his regimental picture frames.
0:55:32 > 0:55:35£20 for them? 20? Put the appropriate photographs in them.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37- Don't start at 20.- £20?
0:55:37 > 0:55:40Oh! 22. Net at 22. Do you want 25?
0:55:40 > 0:55:4225. In the room, 25. 28.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44- That's ridiculous. - At £28 now. Here at £28.
0:55:44 > 0:55:49- Come on.- On the net at £28.- It should be £120.- 30 in the room.- 32.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51You in again? 35? 35.
0:55:51 > 0:55:5435, it's in the room. 38.
0:55:54 > 0:55:5640 now.
0:55:56 > 0:55:5838, 40, 45. The net at 45.
0:55:58 > 0:56:02- 45, there's two people on the net. - 55.- It's going on.
0:56:02 > 0:56:03- It should do.- 65.
0:56:03 > 0:56:07- At 70. At 75. - It's creeping up.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10It goes, then, at 75. No-one else at 75?
0:56:10 > 0:56:11MARK SIGHS
0:56:11 > 0:56:14A £20 profit will have to do.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18- It's such a shame, Mark. - Well, you can't win them all!
0:56:18 > 0:56:20Surely Mark Stacey's lovely little Arts & Crafts
0:56:20 > 0:56:24pin tray can tease this tough crowd.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27A tenner for it? £10, the dish? 10?
0:56:28 > 0:56:31At ten I am bid now, and I sell, then, at £10.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33It goes at ten. Take two.
0:56:33 > 0:56:3612 behind you. 15 in front. 15.
0:56:36 > 0:56:3918, 20? £20.
0:56:39 > 0:56:42In front at £20. With the gent there at £20. I sell at 20.
0:56:42 > 0:56:43All done at 20?
0:56:46 > 0:56:48Another lot nosedives.
0:56:50 > 0:56:52We can't have it our way every auction, can we?
0:56:54 > 0:56:56It was a tricky day, wasn't it?
0:56:56 > 0:56:59Well, never mind, boys. Here comes
0:56:59 > 0:57:02that vase that the dealer just wanted to get rid of.
0:57:02 > 0:57:04- This is seriously cool. - Fabulous piece.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07This in my opinion is the best bit in the sale.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Come on, I want everybody bidding.
0:57:09 > 0:57:11It is so cool. 20 quid for it?
0:57:11 > 0:57:13Straight in, £20.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15- 22 I've got on the net.- Oh!
0:57:15 > 0:57:17- On the net at 22.- Come on!
0:57:17 > 0:57:2025, at 25, down here at 25.
0:57:20 > 0:57:23Is that it? In the room now at 25. Anybody else?
0:57:23 > 0:57:2528? 30. 32.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27Well, blow me!
0:57:27 > 0:57:28- At 32.- Come on! One more!
0:57:28 > 0:57:31Goes, then, at £32 now. All done? At 32? Nobody else?
0:57:31 > 0:57:32Come on!
0:57:32 > 0:57:34Yes!
0:57:34 > 0:57:37Well, would you believe it?
0:57:37 > 0:57:42I think that was the most marvellous price.
0:57:42 > 0:57:46Sadly, though, no champagne for either of our experts.
0:57:46 > 0:57:50But, at the end of the auction, it's still a close call.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53Mark Stacey started today with £200 but after auction costs,
0:57:53 > 0:57:55he made a loss of £45.84,
0:57:55 > 0:58:02leaving him a slimline £154.16.
0:58:02 > 0:58:06Mark Hales also started with £200 and after auction fees,
0:58:06 > 0:58:09he made a loss of £25.44,
0:58:09 > 0:58:13giving him a healthy £174.56 to play with.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18Well, Mark, not our finest hour, I think.
0:58:18 > 0:58:20No, no, but it could have been worse.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22It could have been a lot worse,
0:58:22 > 0:58:24so, we have got at least some money to carry forward.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26Money? Oh, yes, I remember that, Mark!
0:58:29 > 0:58:31- So, put it down to bitter experience. - Yes.
0:58:31 > 0:58:35- And I'm not bitter.- Oh, really?!