0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each,
0:00:05 > 0:00:09a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10That hurts.
0:00:13 > 0:00:18The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:22- There'll be worthy winners and the valiant losers.- So much?!
0:00:22 > 0:00:27So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29SHE LAUGHS
0:00:29 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:33 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:40It's the fourth leg of our Antiques Road Trip
0:00:40 > 0:00:43with the best of buddies David Barby and Margie Cooper
0:00:43 > 0:00:46in their open-topped 1979 Mercedes 350 SL.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50They've both done well so far, but with three victories in a row,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53David has some words of comfort for his rival.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Oh, I thought you were going to be quite adventurous
0:00:55 > 0:00:58now you've got some money to spend.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02I'm going to keep trying, and I'm going to keep hopeful.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04And I'm going to burst into tears in a minute!
0:01:04 > 0:01:07David has a certain charm when it comes to buying...
0:01:07 > 0:01:09That's the best bit!
0:01:09 > 0:01:13..and he uses it to full advantage.
0:01:13 > 0:01:19Margie, on the other hand, prefers to laugh her way to a bargain.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- SHE LAUGHS - I always laugh, this is serious!
0:01:23 > 0:01:26You're amazing, you know, absolutely amazing.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Over the last three auctions,
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Margie has increased her spending power
0:01:32 > 0:01:34to a considerable £373.80,
0:01:34 > 0:01:36which is certainly not to be laughed at.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40David, on the other hand,
0:01:40 > 0:01:43has more than trebled his original £200 budget
0:01:43 > 0:01:47to an impressive £623.44 to spend on today's road trip.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55I could... I could afford to buy... five objects, £100 each!
0:01:56 > 0:01:57The route for the week
0:01:57 > 0:02:00takes our intrepid travellers from Alnwick in Northumberland
0:02:00 > 0:02:02down the North East coast
0:02:02 > 0:02:06and on to the final destination of Lincoln.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08But today's trip begins in Sheffield
0:02:08 > 0:02:10and finishes at auction in Nottingham.
0:02:10 > 0:02:16Sheffield, home of the three esses - snooker, steel and...sunshine.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Oh, this looks exciting! - Look at this glorious day.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23- Oh, there's the Emporium over there. - I'm fancying that one.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Which, the Emporium?- Yeah.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Am I allowed, seeing as like I'm losing?
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Well, lady's prerogative, isn't it, really? Best of luck.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33See you later. Mwah!
0:02:33 > 0:02:37Mwah! The first stop for David is the Sheffield Antiques Centre,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- where owner Danny is waiting. - Hello, good morning, David.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42My word! What a treasure trove!
0:02:46 > 0:02:50Word soon spreads amongst the dealers that David Barby is in the building,
0:02:50 > 0:02:53and he's in demand with the ladies,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56but who can resist the charms of the old fraud?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59- Hello!- Hello. - What have you got to show me, then?
0:02:59 > 0:03:00Easy, tiger!
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Vanity Fair prints. There's a set of three.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- I can do you a good price if you're interested.- What's a good price?
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Well, make me an offer.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15- They're marked up for 68.- Oh!
0:03:15 > 0:03:16Where's the smelling salts?!
0:03:16 > 0:03:19That's not too bad, they're good stuff.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20They're all the Spy section.
0:03:20 > 0:03:26Spy cartoons were drawn by portrait artist Sir Leslie Ward.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Between 1873 and 1911,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31he caricatured over 1,300 popular public figures
0:03:31 > 0:03:34for the Vanity Fair magazine.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37They've got to be very, very, very, very reasonable.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41I'll do half price, seeing it's you and you're good-looking.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44You've spoken one truthful word, yes.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- Shameless!- So...
0:03:46 > 0:03:49I'll drop another tenner if you give us a kiss.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- Oh, you know you want to. - So that brings it down to how much?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- What were we on? Say 60 is 35... - That's 20.- Probably about 25 now.
0:03:57 > 0:04:0125... Two kisses would reduce it to...five.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Yeah, not that bloody good!
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Right, so you're offering me these at about £18, aren't you?
0:04:07 > 0:04:11I am, really, when you do the sums right, yes.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Go on, remember the kisses.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16They're a bonus, by the way.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Not a punishment!
0:04:22 > 0:04:25£15.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- Deal.- Come on, then, pucker up.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Oh! Two, you said.
0:04:31 > 0:04:33That's the best bit!
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- Sealed with kisses, a deal done at £15.- Oh, gosh, what have I done?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39What have I done is what I'm worried about!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41# Kiss me... #
0:04:41 > 0:04:44OK, shall I continue looking whilst I'm here?
0:04:44 > 0:04:49Cartoons and kisses under his belt, David is left wanting more.
0:04:50 > 0:04:56Well, this is, erm... It purports to be a charcoal drawing.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58And this is the sort of image
0:04:58 > 0:05:01that you would have had drawn for Punch magazine
0:05:01 > 0:05:03by Gunning King.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07I'm interested in that one, I've bought the Spy prints,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- and I think that could go with the Spy prints.- OK...
0:05:10 > 0:05:14So I've got...I've got cartoons of round about the same period,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18so that would have been Vanity Fair, and that's probably Punch
0:05:18 > 0:05:20or some ecclesiastical magazine or something like that.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23That's 23, it's a little on the top side.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28It's no frame and it's badly stained. What's the best you'd do on that?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Is that with or without more kisses, David?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32# Kiss me... #
0:05:32 > 0:05:34£18 for you, sir.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- 18?- Yes.
0:05:36 > 0:05:42OK, so that's £18 and 15 on those. Super, er... Can I settle up in a...
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Do you want to take that down, and I'll settle up down there?
0:05:44 > 0:05:48- Yes, certainly. - Shall I settle up with you here now?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50We've... Yes, I've got to give you the money.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Penny, are you going to take the money for me?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55There's five, ten,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57and that's £15.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- I think I ought to have those wrapped up, don't you?- David, crisis!
0:06:00 > 0:06:04- What?- As we put them back down again, one of the frames broke.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09- Sorry.- Oh!- I know... We were being so careful.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13HE SIGHS HEAVILY
0:06:13 > 0:06:15What do you think?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Can you make some allowance, please? - You've had kisses.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25- I know. Can you let me have the three at tenner, then?- Yeah, deal.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29- Well, that's...- Penny, money back. Give the gentleman £5 back.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Thank you very much indeed. OK, I do appreciate that, thank you.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Over at the Antiques Emporium, Margie isn't doing quite as well.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40I haven't got a clue, it's not like going to the fish shop,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43"Shall I have plaice or haddock?" is it?
0:06:43 > 0:06:45No, you just don't know what's going to...
0:06:45 > 0:06:48You can't say, "Oh, today I'm going to buy
0:06:48 > 0:06:51"a silver cream jug, Georgian," because you might not find it!
0:06:51 > 0:06:54So that's why it's so difficult.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Come on, Margie, David manages.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Oh, he manages!
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I will! At the end of the day,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07but this is a little bit sort of... a bit trinkety here, a bit trinket.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11That's a nice piece of furniture - it's a Georgian corner cupboard,
0:07:11 > 0:07:17very plain, very simple, probably around about 1760, 1780.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I think it's probably been altered as regards shelves,
0:07:20 > 0:07:24because you can see one shelf has been removed, you see there?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26So it has been altered in its time.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30145 for that one.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36- Well, he won't want to pay that! Anything else?- Not bad.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39- Oh, that's nice.- Yes.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42- Have you just done that up? - Just brought that one in, yeah.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48What's that? Eeh, it's been restored on that corner, hasn't it, there?
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Yeah, it's been split and just...
0:07:50 > 0:07:52And what's the price on that one?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- 65...- 45 to you.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01But David's noticed the table is a marriage,
0:08:01 > 0:08:05where two pieces of different furniture have been combined.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- How much might did you say?- 45.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09That's a marriage.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11DANNY CHUCKLES
0:08:13 > 0:08:1435.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- 40.- 35.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Go on, then.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Thank you very much. - Thank YOU very much.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Thank you very much. Right! Oh!
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Oh! I feel... I'm shaking all over.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31What, at the thought of parting with some cash?!
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Huh!
0:08:33 > 0:08:36Right, let's have a look at these corner cupboards now.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40I can do that one... I'll do that one for 75.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41And that's your best on that?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45That'd be 60. It's got to be worth 60.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Missing shelf inside.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- 55. It's got to be about £55. - It's got to be 50.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- It's got to be 55.- 50, sir.
0:09:00 > 0:09:02I've already bought one object from you.
0:09:04 > 0:09:05Oh...
0:09:06 > 0:09:10Go on, then, because things are so bad, I'll take it, yeah!
0:09:12 > 0:09:13Right, OK.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Thank you very much, so I owe you how much? Erm, 80...
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- 85.- 85, £85, right. Oh, well, that's good.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26I've bought three objects at this establishment, so I'm quite happy.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Margie hasn't been quite so lucky.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Empty-handed, she's itching to get into the Antiques Centre.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36I think there's something going on down there,
0:09:36 > 0:09:40which means I can't go in the shop, because he's bought something
0:09:40 > 0:09:43and they're trying to smuggle it out without me seeing.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Panic stations!
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Oh, God...
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Where is he, holding me up? How are you getting on?
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- Hello, I'm fine! - Now, what's been going on?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I have been held up, I haven't been able to come into this place.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- Why not? - Because something is going on.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Ha-ha! No, I'm going on a visit now. Have a lovely lunch.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08See? He's getting out of it. He's not telling me!
0:10:08 > 0:10:10SHE LAUGHS
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- See you later! - Bye-bye, have fun!- Bye!
0:10:12 > 0:10:16That was a one-sided conversation, wasn't it?
0:10:16 > 0:10:19He has no intention of telling me anything.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24Lagging behind, Margie makes a beeline for what she knows best,
0:10:24 > 0:10:25the silver.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Hatpins, I like hatpins.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29Now then...
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Ah...
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Oh, that's a Charles Horner. They're nice, very collectable.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Charles Horner of Halifax
0:10:38 > 0:10:42made his fortune making thimbles in the 19th century,
0:10:42 > 0:10:44allowing him to invest in more decorative silverware,
0:10:44 > 0:10:46such as hatpins.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- I've been having a long root in your cupboard.- Right.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51And you've got some very nice things.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54So...the dreaded...chat.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58- How much for that one? - So if I bought all three...- Yeah.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03You've got £30 on each. Could you talk 70 for those?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07I'm not making anything!
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- Oh, dear.- No, so 25 each is the bottom line, really.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17- You're getting tough with me. - Yeah.- I don't blame you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20So we're saying £75, yes? For the three.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23- Thank you very much, thank you. - And I'm going to pay you.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26So I'm going to put them down for a moment,
0:11:26 > 0:11:27go into my pocket.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30So here we go, 20.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33Once she starts spending, there's no stopping her,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36and it doesn't take long before something else catches her eye.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Oh, my goodness, what is that?
0:11:39 > 0:11:43If that was refurbed, I could see that fetching really strong money.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47- Really?- I could, yeah. - You do surprise me!
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I think there's a definite future, as they say, in that one.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52SHE LAUGHS
0:11:52 > 0:11:54- It definitely looks antique.- Yes.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56- That's got a fantastic look about it.- Yeah.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- I've just...- How much is it?- £25. - SHE LAUGHS
0:12:00 > 0:12:03£25, and I think you're going to be pleasantly surprised.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Oh, gosh... Well, I must admit, I quite like it.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11SHE MOUTHS
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Oh, God, I quite like those as well.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17These are really interesting, actually.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21- They were full of acetate diagrams of machinery.- Yeah.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- And railway signage. - They seem to be just boxes there.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26- And they're just boxes.- Right.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31And I see those, I see the whole package at...
0:12:31 > 0:12:33SHE LAUGHS
0:12:33 > 0:12:35I always laugh, this is serious!
0:12:35 > 0:12:37I see the whole package at 65.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39I can't, I just can't do it, no.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42£85 for the boxes and the fan.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49While Margie splashes the cash,
0:12:49 > 0:12:52David has jumped in the jalopy
0:12:52 > 0:12:55and is heading 30 miles to Buxton.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57It's unbelievable, we've just left Sheffield,
0:12:57 > 0:13:00and yet we're almost in the Peak District!
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Beautiful countryside, what a lovely spot, isn't it, really?
0:13:11 > 0:13:16David has travelled to the Buxton Museum to meet curator Ros Westwood
0:13:16 > 0:13:20to find out all about the Douglas Collection and the man behind it.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24- Hello!- Hello, I'm Ros. - Hello, David Barby.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27I've come to see something rather special.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31- You've come to see something which isn't normally on show...- Oh, right!
0:13:31 > 0:13:33..and, er...which is very popular,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36and we're the only museum, I think, in the country
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- with Houdini material. - Houdini material.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44Hungarian-born but American-raised, Erik Weisz was a global phenomenon.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Better known as Harry Houdini,
0:13:46 > 0:13:50he became the greatest illusionist of the 20th century.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52And how did you get hold of this?
0:13:52 > 0:13:56It comes to us from Randolph and Hetty Douglas.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01Local lad Randolph Douglas loved locks.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04Son of a silversmith, he had a fascination with
0:14:04 > 0:14:08the mechanics of keys, padlocks and escapology.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10His life was to change at the age of nine-years-old
0:14:10 > 0:14:16after meeting Houdini at the Sheffield Empire in 1904.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Randolph Douglas went to the stage door
0:14:20 > 0:14:24- and said, "I think I know how your trick worked."- Oh, really?
0:14:24 > 0:14:28And Houdini thought, "Hmm, better check this out,"
0:14:28 > 0:14:31and he went round to the house for supper.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Yes.- And...- He knew the trick.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36- Randolph had worked out the trick. - Goodness me!
0:14:36 > 0:14:42And in honour of his hero, he called himself Randini.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45It's said that if Houdini was playing in England,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Douglas was behind stage.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51From that initial meeting, the pair became lifelong friends.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53Houdini would send Douglas
0:14:53 > 0:14:56postcards and artefacts from all over the world
0:14:56 > 0:14:58which later formed his collection,
0:14:58 > 0:15:00now preserved in the vaults of the museum.
0:15:01 > 0:15:07- Is this Houdini or...? - This is Houdini as a young man.
0:15:07 > 0:15:13But you can see, "Best wishes, your friend, Houdini."
0:15:13 > 0:15:18And dated, er...1920, that one is.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Oh, that is lovely.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25- What an elegant guy. - He was quite a stunner.- Yeah.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27Inspired by his handsome hero,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30Douglas would practise great tricks of his own
0:15:30 > 0:15:34under the guise of his alter ego, the Great Randini.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- This is Randini.- Oh, that's...- 1913.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- That's him in a suitcase or box. - Turn it over.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43And try and read.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45"Endurance test.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49"Remained in steel trunk in upside-down position
0:15:49 > 0:15:51"three hours and ten minutes.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56"The only means of getting air, through the hinge gaps in the trunk."
0:15:56 > 0:16:01Erm... "Rather cramped but no worse for my siege."
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Imagine three hours ten minutes just doing nothing!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Oh, dear, I find that quite uncomfortable.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Not from the point of view of being in a trunk,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16but, erm...being incarcerated in something like that, yeah.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Douglas designed many tricks of his own,
0:16:18 > 0:16:21and whenever he met Houdini, they would exchange ideas.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23But there was one in particular
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Douglas created especially for the great illusionist.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31On one occasion, Douglas invites Houdini back to the house
0:16:31 > 0:16:34and demonstrates the hanging upside down
0:16:34 > 0:16:36and getting out of a straitjacket trick.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Within two years, Houdini has perfected that
0:16:41 > 0:16:44and is doing it on the bridges in America
0:16:44 > 0:16:47to rave crowds watching it.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Oh, there he is, upside down.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51And this is the upside-down trick on which...
0:16:51 > 0:16:57- erm, which is based on Randini's designs.- Ideas.- Ideas.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Sadly, Douglas never made it as a performer,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02but he lived his dream through Houdini
0:17:02 > 0:17:04and his collection of press cuttings.
0:17:04 > 0:17:08And so the pages go on until we get a whole pile of blank pages.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12And the blank pages go on and on and on
0:17:12 > 0:17:14until all of a sudden...
0:17:15 > 0:17:19..you get the news, November 14th 1926,
0:17:19 > 0:17:20and the death of Houdini.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25And you sort of... just those empty pages,
0:17:25 > 0:17:29you can feel Douglas getting a real hit in the stomach
0:17:29 > 0:17:32with the loss of his friend.
0:17:32 > 0:17:33But why the empty pages?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Probably because he had the cuttings
0:17:37 > 0:17:39and he would have done it later.
0:17:41 > 0:17:42But then, all of a sudden...
0:17:44 > 0:17:47..the news comes through, and those have to be put in first.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49And then he loses...
0:17:49 > 0:17:52You know, his friend has gone, and you just sort of get so...
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I always feel very sad when I get to this.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58There are just four pages, and that's it.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Ros, I...I don't really know what to say,
0:18:02 > 0:18:06because there's overwhelming sadness.
0:18:06 > 0:18:10You show me two lives, intertwined.
0:18:10 > 0:18:16Houdini and then his adoring fan, Randini, or Mr Douglas.
0:18:16 > 0:18:17And they're so close,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21and such a relationship developed between the two of them,
0:18:21 > 0:18:23that I feel it's so poignant.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26And what's wonderful about any museum and this in particular,
0:18:26 > 0:18:31that people can come and study, look at the archives,
0:18:31 > 0:18:35and this is the beauty of a museum, that it educates.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Thank you very much indeed. It's been absolutely fascinating.
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Back on the road, Margie has made a quick escape of her own
0:18:44 > 0:18:47to carry on shopping in Chesterfield.
0:18:47 > 0:18:51Come on, Margie, last shop of the day!
0:18:51 > 0:18:52Chop chop, girl!
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Ooh!
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- Hello.- Yeah! Hi, I'm Margie.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- Hello, how are you? - I'm very well indeed.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Right, it all looks very, very interesting.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Ah! Ah-ha-ha! What are these?
0:19:10 > 0:19:11Ah...
0:19:11 > 0:19:12These look nice.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Four...silver...salts.
0:19:18 > 0:19:24Normally, you have a...a salt and a little salt spoon.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Everybody can have one, can't they?
0:19:26 > 0:19:30Rather than keep... offering the salt pot around.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34So they're 135, which is just a little bit...
0:19:34 > 0:19:35which is too much for me.
0:19:35 > 0:19:40- So what can you do for me? - Well, I can do you those for 75.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Yeah, 75, right.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- Bearing in mind... - To give you a chance.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Bearing in mind I've got to sell them at auction mighty quick.
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Yes, exactly, but... - So a teeny bit more?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54- Erm...70?- I was thinking 65.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- OK, yeah. You got me. - That's fantastic.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00- Give you a chance.- That gives me a chance, thank you very much.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02- I'm going to pay you. - Lovely. That's what I like to hear.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04You'll be paid some money.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07One, two, three...four - that's 80 and no change.
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- So you want £15, right.- I do, that makes all the difference to me.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13That's, er... Thank you very much.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Oh, thank you, that's marvellous.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17Terrific! Shake hands.
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Bye, thank you!
0:20:20 > 0:20:23So David said I'm good at buying silver.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26That's what I've done. And I'm very pleased.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Let's hope she's still smiling when it gets to auction.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Night-night, you two.
0:20:34 > 0:20:39The sun is shining as our experts head out in their classic car
0:20:39 > 0:20:42for another day of vintage shopping.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46So far, David has spent £113 on three lots.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50A set of Vanity Fair prints and a Punch cartoon.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52A George III oak table, sort of,
0:20:52 > 0:20:55and a George III oak corner cupboard,
0:20:55 > 0:20:59which leaves him with £510.44 left to spend.
0:21:00 > 0:21:06Margie, meanwhile, has spent £225 on four items -
0:21:06 > 0:21:07an early electric fan,
0:21:07 > 0:21:09a set of storage boxes,
0:21:09 > 0:21:11three Charles Horner hat pins
0:21:11 > 0:21:17and a set of silver salt cellars, leaving her with £148.80 in hand.
0:21:23 > 0:21:28It might be early in the day, but David is driving Margie to drink.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31At the Yew Tree Inn in Cauldon,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34one of the most unusual pubs in Staffordshire.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- OK, David? - Shall I come in for a pint?
0:21:37 > 0:21:38No you will not! This is my visit,
0:21:38 > 0:21:40and you've got lots of shopping to do.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43That's true. I must get my star buy.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Well, I'm sure you will.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47What a lovely yew tree. Gorgeous!
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- That's why it's called the Yew Tree Inn.- Oh, yes!
0:21:49 > 0:21:52Aww, goodness' sake!
0:21:52 > 0:21:56This is a lively, traditional pub for the regulars, atmosphere
0:21:56 > 0:21:58and, er, antiques.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01Indeed, there are curios here of all shapes and sizes
0:22:01 > 0:22:03belonging to landlord Alan East.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05- Hello.- Alan.- Nice to meet you.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06I'm Margie.
0:22:06 > 0:22:11And I was told I was going to come to a pub with a bit of a difference.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14- A big difference, I suppose. - It is, isn't it?
0:22:14 > 0:22:16It's through people's rubbish they threw out years ago.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18And how long has all this been here?
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Well, we've been here, in our 51st year.
0:22:20 > 0:22:24Which is quite a long time for a publican nowadays.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27The pub is a living museum with exhibits you can play,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30touch and even sit on.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Alan's collection contains everything
0:22:33 > 0:22:37from Queen Victoria's stockings to an antique dog carrier.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40But he has a particular love of all things clockwork,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42including a polyphon.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- So, what is a polyphon? - Well, it is a disc machine.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50They call them polyphons, but the second one is a Symphonion.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52And what is the difference?
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Not a lot. Just a different firm.
0:22:55 > 0:23:00- They are works of art, aren't they?- Yes. Made in Leipzig, Germany.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I'll drop you a coin in this one,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04and give you an idea what they sound like.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- Still in working order?- Yeah.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08WARM, CHIMING TONES
0:23:08 > 0:23:12At the end of the 19th century, these early jukeboxes
0:23:12 > 0:23:16were often found in train stations and amusement parks.
0:23:16 > 0:23:17But, they didn't last long
0:23:17 > 0:23:21with the advent of the smaller and more portable gramophone.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Does that need a change of discs every now and then?.
0:23:24 > 0:23:28Yes, yes, they are in the base. That is what the bins are for there.
0:23:28 > 0:23:29Got a faster one?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31And then, just one tune on one disc.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33And it came with all these discs?
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Yes, some of them are for other machines.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Amazing. It's amazing how they do that.
0:23:40 > 0:23:42You see these at auction, don't you?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Yeah, that's true. Yes.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48But you've got enough. Don't buy any more!
0:23:48 > 0:23:49Yes, there's more than enough.
0:23:49 > 0:23:56In fact, over 20 clocks, 30 music boxes and several gramophones.
0:23:56 > 0:23:57But, if you prefer more modern music,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00there's always one of Alan's four pianolas -
0:24:00 > 0:24:04a self-playing piano, which runs on pedal power.
0:24:04 > 0:24:06Go for it, Margie!
0:24:06 > 0:24:10It's good exercise! It's good exercise for your feet.
0:24:10 > 0:24:11Is it with my feet, or...?
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Just put your feet on the pedals. Pedal away.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Right, get cracking.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21JAUNTY RAGTIME TUNE PLAYS
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Yeah!
0:24:30 > 0:24:33APPLAUSE
0:24:33 > 0:24:36As Margie stops for a swift half, David is off for a leak.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I mean, to Leek. It's his age, you know!
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Isn't that a stunning view? It really is lovely.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Only joking! Following the Industrial Revolution,
0:24:45 > 0:24:48Leek became a major producer of textiles and silk.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Now many of the town's mills have been converted into flats
0:24:52 > 0:24:56and even antique shops. Like this one.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00- Hi, David Barby.- Hello David, how are you?- I'm fine. Your name is?
0:25:00 > 0:25:01- John.- pleased to meet you, John.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Thanks, John. This emporium covers 40,000 square feet.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Wow! Better get a shift on, David.
0:25:10 > 0:25:14Looking at that barometer, my colleague, Marge,
0:25:14 > 0:25:18she had one that she bought very cheap, and everybody thought
0:25:18 > 0:25:22it was going to make a profit, but it didn't, it failed.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Oh!
0:25:23 > 0:25:26You've just lost £10. It's not much, but...
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Shouldn't have bought it, really. I'm a bit sick, I must say.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33But this is a nice barometer. This one here is a beauty.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36In fact, there is a picture with that. I'll go and get it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43So despite Margie's disaster,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46it seems David's warming to the barometer.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49All right, David. Actually, this came from the same house.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52I believe they came together.
0:25:54 > 0:25:59I can see the association now. The sailors, and the anchor.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Yep, lovely, isn't it? Nice oval mount.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07And what's the price on that?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10If you would like to give me, say, £30 for the barometer,
0:26:10 > 0:26:15- I'll throw the picture in, because I'd like to keep them together.- £30.
0:26:15 > 0:26:19I've just looked at the face and it's a paper face.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Oh, God.
0:26:21 > 0:26:2425 for the two pieces. That's the best I can do.
0:26:26 > 0:26:27Hmm.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32You've twisted my arm.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34You've broken mine!
0:26:34 > 0:26:36THEY LAUGH
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Oh, dear.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44With the clock ticking, David still needs to find that star buy.
0:26:44 > 0:26:45Could it be here?
0:26:45 > 0:26:48Hello, it's David Barby. You're...?
0:26:48 > 0:26:50- Robert.- I have a limited time to find a bargain.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52I'm sure you'll find one in there somewhere.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54- Will you help me? - I will, come on, then.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Hot on David's heels - look who's rolled into town.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02Ah, what a massive place.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Tick-tock then, Margie. No time to hang about, darling.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27This is quite an interesting piece of furniture.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Although it has been altered in its day.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33It dates from probably the beginning of the 20th Century.
0:27:33 > 0:27:40Round about sort of 1910, 1915, before the First World War.
0:27:40 > 0:27:45And it smacks of the sort of style that we know as Vienna Secessionist.
0:27:45 > 0:27:46And this was a group of artists
0:27:46 > 0:27:51that broke away from the mainstream art style, which was Art Nouveau.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54One thing that worries me very much
0:27:54 > 0:27:57is that it's not in its original state.
0:27:57 > 0:28:04You know, we've got one, two, three, four original sections missing,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08haven't we? And they would have been projecting hooks there and there.
0:28:08 > 0:28:13And probably larger ones, for hats. So that all is replacement.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Which would be for hats and coats and things.
0:28:17 > 0:28:20It's wonderful what you can pick up in French flea markets for £20!
0:28:20 > 0:28:22- HE LAUGHS - Cheeky!
0:28:23 > 0:28:25An old drain cover.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Looks like Margie's found the outdoor section.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33Looks like, is that a genuine one?
0:28:33 > 0:28:35That's a lot, 75 quid.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Oh, it weighs a ton.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42It's got that nice little fleur-de-lis there.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Which has broken off, there.
0:28:45 > 0:28:49These Victorian hoppers were part of the household guttering system.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52I think I'll just have a word with that chap downstairs.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Both decorative and functional,
0:28:55 > 0:28:57they would have funnelled rainwater into the down pipes.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Interesting, eh?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02I just thought it was quite interesting.
0:29:02 > 0:29:03That's lovely.
0:29:03 > 0:29:06- Yeah, and a very faded ticket. - Is it?
0:29:06 > 0:29:11The faded owner says...£40.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15£40. Is there a little bit more?
0:29:15 > 0:29:17Does 38 sound better?
0:29:17 > 0:29:19Shall we go for 35?
0:29:19 > 0:29:20No.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21THEY LAUGH
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Oh, God. She's beating me up. I'll go to 35.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Fantastic! Thanks, mate, very much.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31- How much is it?- 275. - That your very best on that?
0:29:34 > 0:29:35Your very best?
0:29:35 > 0:29:40I'll strike a deal with you. If it'll help you, I'll do it at 225.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Let's have a look at it from a distance.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45I'll pull it out.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55It is a monster. Could you do it at 200? Give me a margin.
0:29:59 > 0:30:01I'll go 210.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02210.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06£210.
0:30:07 > 0:30:11We all have to take a gamble from time to time.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13I know, I know.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14All right, 210.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Oh, my God, what have I done?
0:30:17 > 0:30:18£210.
0:30:18 > 0:30:24Every time I make a big, big purchase, it goes backside uppers.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25HE LAUGHS
0:30:25 > 0:30:27Backside up is the polite way of putting it.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30Absolutely. Oh, my God, he's smiling too much!
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Rob, thank you very much indeed. Appreciate that.
0:30:34 > 0:30:35David, thank you, sir.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38OK, let me settle up with you. Dear, oh dear.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Crikey, so David gets his star buy,
0:30:42 > 0:30:46but at £210, could it go "backside up"?
0:30:48 > 0:30:5180, 200, and the ten, can I get some change?
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I'm sure I can fix you up with some.
0:30:53 > 0:30:56Dammit! HE LAUGHS
0:30:56 > 0:30:58I'll go and get you a pen, shall I? Thank you very much, sir.
0:30:58 > 0:31:01- And thank you. - I'm sure you will do well with it.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08What's up, David? Surely you haven't made a big Barby boo-boo!?
0:31:14 > 0:31:17- Ah, look who's here! - Have you done well, love?
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- You'll never guess what I bought.- Really?
0:31:19 > 0:31:22- Did I miss something in there? - I think you did, actually.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- What did you buy? - You'll have to find out, won't you?
0:31:24 > 0:31:27It's for me to know and you to find out!
0:31:27 > 0:31:30All shopped out, David and Margie
0:31:30 > 0:31:32finally get to see each other's items,
0:31:32 > 0:31:36and with the sun splitting the sky, they're meeting up on the roof.
0:31:36 > 0:31:40I hope you don't mind me wearing this, but it's so hot!
0:31:40 > 0:31:44- And my little bonce is burning. It really hurts.- Very trendy.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46- Is it, really? - It is, it's a new look.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Let's have a look, then.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49OK. Are you ready?
0:31:54 > 0:31:57Oh, how interesting.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Are the blocks what you bought?
0:32:00 > 0:32:06These had acetate diagrams in them, rolled up, from old architecture.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07Oh, I know, I know.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I just thought someone might want to put them in their house
0:32:10 > 0:32:13and have them as sort of like a table or something like that.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16They're clever. How much did you pay for those?
0:32:16 > 0:32:20I paid £60, which I thought was quite a lot.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Right. You've got such unusual things.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27What I have seen already, the Charles Horner hat pins.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- These are nice, aren't they? - How much did you pay for those?
0:32:30 > 0:32:33I paid £25 each.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35- I think those are lovely.- Thank you.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Why did you buy the hoppers? I love the one with the date on it.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Well, the chap was very nice.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44I bought that, £35, noticed the damage,
0:32:44 > 0:32:48he was a really nice chap, so, he threw another one in as well.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51- I think that's most intriguing. Is it my time to reveal?- It is.
0:32:51 > 0:32:54You are going to scream, because you're going to see something there.
0:32:54 > 0:32:56- Oh! - SHE LAUGHS
0:32:56 > 0:32:58HE LAUGHS
0:32:58 > 0:33:00A barometer! You brave man!
0:33:00 > 0:33:04- I know! I know! I know! - Ahh... I love your table.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06That is so sweet.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09There are certain problems with it, really.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13I think that block has been taken from another piece of furniture.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- But what I liked... It was so delicate.- It is.- And for £35...
0:33:17 > 0:33:21- That's great.- It's a nice little table that somebody can buy,
0:33:21 > 0:33:23take it away, use it as a wine table...
0:33:23 > 0:33:27- Nothing will fall over the edge. - Good. Like it.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31And talking of furniture, what's happened to David's Star Buy?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Follow me, follow me. Careful as you go.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37- Right, stand here and look over there.- What is it? A washstand?
0:33:37 > 0:33:38- It's a hall stand.- A hall stand!
0:33:38 > 0:33:41- And how much?- Hm, well, that's it.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43- I paid 210 for it.- Did you?
0:33:43 > 0:33:47- Well, I hope it pays up for you, dear.- Well, £210...- Not too much!
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Maybe £20 or so.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55Come on, Margie. Spill the beans. Tell us what you really think.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58I was really surprised at what he bought this time.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02The table... It'll scrape a profit. And as for his hall stand,
0:34:02 > 0:34:03that he's so excited about...?
0:34:03 > 0:34:07Interesting item, but is that going to make the money?
0:34:07 > 0:34:10And he spent over £200 on it. Bit of a worry for him, I think.
0:34:10 > 0:34:16So, have I got a chance? Maybe. I've got some quirky items there.
0:34:17 > 0:34:21I think she's chosen exceedingly well. And quite varied.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25She bought those, what I thought rather uninteresting hatpins,
0:34:25 > 0:34:27for £75, which was an absolute gift.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30And I can see those going for over £100.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34One of the things I'm worried about it is my biggest expenditure,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36which is the Secessionist hall stand.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40It was exciting to spend over £200.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44Whether, in fact, I shall be excited at the auction, I don't know!
0:34:46 > 0:34:50It's been a busy old trip from Sheffield
0:34:50 > 0:34:51via Buxton, Chesterfield,
0:34:51 > 0:34:52Cauldon and Leek,
0:34:52 > 0:34:54and there's just one last jaunt -
0:34:54 > 0:34:56on to the auction in Nottingham.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02Do you realise this is our last but one, our penultimate auction?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04And it's going to be your day, Margie.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Feeling a bit confident.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08- Are you really?- Yeah, I am. - Oh, that's good.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13Today our experts are doing battle at Mellors & Kirk.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14Let's see if auctioneer Nigel Kirk
0:35:14 > 0:35:17is as impressed with their items as they are.
0:35:17 > 0:35:22It's a strange selection really. Hmm.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23Not a lot one can say about them,
0:35:23 > 0:35:26because they're rather depressing, I think.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28My least favourite item is the electric fan,
0:35:28 > 0:35:30which is really rather rusty and just...
0:35:30 > 0:35:34horrid. I think it might only make £5 or £10.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36The hall stand...
0:35:36 > 0:35:38It sort of has the look but doesn't quite get there.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Although the workmanship is good,
0:35:40 > 0:35:44it's probably worth under £100, I'm afraid.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46I think it could be summed up with the words, "could do better".
0:35:46 > 0:35:47Oh, dear!
0:35:47 > 0:35:53Nigel's taking no prisoners, then. I've got a bad feeling about this.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58David began today's road trip with a mighty £623.44
0:35:58 > 0:36:02and has spent £348 on five lots,
0:36:02 > 0:36:07leaving him with a cash stash of £275.44.
0:36:08 > 0:36:14Margie started out with £373.80 and has also bought five lots
0:36:14 > 0:36:21costing £260, leaving her with a reserve of £113.80.
0:36:24 > 0:36:25- AUCTIONEER BANGS GAVEL - Oh!
0:36:25 > 0:36:29Kicking off the auction it's Margie's well-seasoned
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Edwardian salt cellars.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33At £50 for these, please?
0:36:33 > 0:36:3430?
0:36:34 > 0:36:3730 I am bid. Thank you. At 30. Five? Five. 40? 40.
0:36:37 > 0:36:4145? 45. 50? £45.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44(Oh, you are joking...!)
0:36:44 > 0:36:4855. 60? £55 to sell?
0:36:50 > 0:36:54Oh, golly gee. That is a shock.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55Forget the table salt,
0:36:55 > 0:36:59it's smelling salts that Margie needs after that loss!
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Shall I lodge a complaint?
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Ten pounds? Oh!
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Can David do any better with his first item?
0:37:08 > 0:37:09The George III corner cupboard.
0:37:09 > 0:37:1120? 20 I am bid.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14£20 and five? 30?
0:37:14 > 0:37:1830. 35? £30.
0:37:18 > 0:37:22I shall sell it for 35. 40? £35.
0:37:22 > 0:37:26That is so stupid. Don't you think that that is ridiculous?
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Oh, dear. A loss for David too.
0:37:30 > 0:37:34- That is terrible.- It is terrible!
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- That's 15...- Oh, God. - Oh, dear, dear...!
0:37:38 > 0:37:41Can Margie's silver hatpins hold it together?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43I like these.
0:37:43 > 0:37:4430 bid, thank you.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47At 40. 50? 50. 60 for you?
0:37:47 > 0:37:4960 in the corner. 70?
0:37:49 > 0:37:5170 now. 80? 90?
0:37:51 > 0:37:548...£90. £80 rather! It's my bid.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57Here at £80. You're quite sure at the back? At 80.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59Well, at least they made a profit.
0:37:59 > 0:38:03Hooray! The first profit - £5 for Margie.
0:38:03 > 0:38:06So... shall we have an early lunch?
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Don't worry. Mine's next.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Yep, the pressure's on, David.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15It's his oak barometer and sailor picture, next.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17£20 for it, please. 20 I am bid.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Thank you. At 20 and five. Five.
0:38:19 > 0:38:2430? 30. 35? £30. Five anywhere?
0:38:24 > 0:38:25£30 all done.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28That's wiped out on the commission.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31A small ray of sunshine and a small profit,
0:38:31 > 0:38:33but not enough to get David out of the red.
0:38:33 > 0:38:37- Well, you couldn't expect any more, could you?- What was it - 35?
0:38:37 > 0:38:41- No, 30.- Oh, is that all?!
0:38:42 > 0:38:46Next up for Margie, it's the pair of cast iron rain hoppers.
0:38:46 > 0:38:47£30 for them, please?
0:38:47 > 0:38:5230 I am bid. Here on the book at 30. 35. 40 for them?
0:38:52 > 0:38:5540. 45. 50. 55.
0:38:55 > 0:38:5860. £60, against the room.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01With me the bid, and selling on the book at £60.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04- That is good! - Actually made a profit!
0:39:04 > 0:39:08At last! She's broken the downward trend.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Hallelujah. The dinner's on me.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13HE CHUCKLES
0:39:13 > 0:39:15A bag of chips each?
0:39:15 > 0:39:18David's prospects are looking sketchy.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21But can he boost his piggy bank with the cartoon collection?
0:39:21 > 0:39:24£30 for these please? 30? £20?
0:39:24 > 0:39:2720 I am bid. Thank you, at 20.
0:39:27 > 0:39:3025, madam. 30, sir? 30. 35?
0:39:30 > 0:39:32£30 only bid.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35I can't believe this... I can't believe this!
0:39:35 > 0:39:39£40, 45, and 50? £45 all done.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41All done at 45. 492.
0:39:41 > 0:39:46- That was OK, wasn't it?- At last, something for David to smile about.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48Or maybe not.
0:39:48 > 0:39:53That cartoon should have done 60 in its own right.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Margie's storage boxes are up next.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00But will they prove to be a DRAWER in the quiet auction room?
0:40:00 > 0:40:03£20 asked for them. 20. 30. 40? 40. 50 for them?
0:40:03 > 0:40:09£40. £50? 60? £50. Back of the room. Selling. £50.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11I've only lost a tenner.
0:40:11 > 0:40:12Not as bad as you thought.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Oh, thank you so much!
0:40:14 > 0:40:17What is going on? Another loss.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Perhaps the boxes should have been consigned to the archive!
0:40:20 > 0:40:27- It's over for me now.- You could still be the winner. Honestly.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Come on, David. You've got some catching up to do.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32With a pretty little oak table.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34£20 please? 20 I am bid. At 20.
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Five, 30. 35. 40? 45.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Oops! Seems to have cleared the auction room.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Selling at £45.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- Should've done better than that. - Yeah, should have done.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50With such small profits and so many losses,
0:40:50 > 0:40:52this auction could go either way for our experts.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57- It's lean times today, isn't it? - I do not have any hope.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02Can Margie's vintage fan create a stir?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05£20 for it, please? 20? 20 I am bid.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Thank you. At 20 and five?
0:41:07 > 0:41:1030? 30. Five? £30, in the front row.
0:41:10 > 0:41:11Any more?
0:41:11 > 0:41:14£30. I shall sell it.
0:41:15 > 0:41:18Another five. All we're capable of is fivers.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22Oh, dear. A cool response to the electric fan. But every fiver helps!
0:41:22 > 0:41:27It was hardly worth carrying it out of the shop!
0:41:27 > 0:41:29It weighs a ton!
0:41:29 > 0:41:33Now, David's Star Buy. The oak hall stand.
0:41:33 > 0:41:34£50 for it, please?
0:41:34 > 0:41:36£50, I am bid.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39At 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100.
0:41:39 > 0:41:46110, 120, 130 140, 150 for it?
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- £140!- Oh, no!
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Oh, no!
0:41:54 > 0:41:59A gob-smacking loss on David's most expensive item
0:41:59 > 0:42:01which can only mean one thing.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05- Congratulations, you've won today. - Sorry for your loss.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07But I'm still in the lead.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10- I know you are.- Come on, I'll buy you a cup of tea.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16I think you need to release all that tension, as well.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18SHE LAUGHS
0:42:20 > 0:42:23David started out with £623.44,
0:42:23 > 0:42:28but after auction costs, he's made a loss of £106.10,
0:42:28 > 0:42:32decreasing his stash of cash to £517.34.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Margie started with £373.80 and after auction costs,
0:42:40 > 0:42:44she's also made a loss of £34.50,
0:42:44 > 0:42:48decreasing her spending power to £339.30.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52- Well, Margie, well done!- Yep. - You've won at auction!- Yeah, great!
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- How do you feel?- It was a funny old day, wasn't it?- It was.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58But don't you feel elated?
0:42:58 > 0:43:02She does! She does! Margie finally claims her first victory. Yippee!
0:43:02 > 0:43:06But who will win at the final auction? Yikes.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08Which is in Lincoln!
0:43:08 > 0:43:09Right.
0:43:10 > 0:43:11- Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:43:15 > 0:43:17Next time on the Antiques Road Trip
0:43:17 > 0:43:20David lets the train take the strain...
0:43:20 > 0:43:22That's the train leaving King's Cross.
0:43:22 > 0:43:25TOOT! TOOT! Whoah...! There we are.
0:43:25 > 0:43:29..and Margie aims for a big finish.
0:43:29 > 0:43:30THEY LAUGH
0:43:32 > 0:43:34I'm first!
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