0:00:03 > 0:00:06It is the nation's favourite antiques experts with ?200 each...
0:00:06 > 0:00:07I love that.
0:00:07 > 0:00:11..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13Yippee!
0:00:13 > 0:00:15I want pieces that could fly.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it is no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Hello, ladies.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30But there's nobody bidding.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41We're out on the road with antique aficionados
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Mark Stacey and Paul Laidlaw.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48That horrible word strategy comes up, but again I haven't
0:00:48 > 0:00:51got one, actually, cos the one I used on the first occasion
0:00:51 > 0:00:54didn't work, so I think I'll give up on them.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Antiques dealer Mark Stacey is a bit of a joker.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03You know, I don't think Paul is very happy about being in this show.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06No. I mean, look, he's furious.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Auctioneer Paul Laidlaw simply fizzes with energy.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I want pieces that could fly, and that is a good feeling.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Loving it!
0:01:20 > 0:01:26From his original ?200, Mark Stacey has a paltry ?186.46
0:01:26 > 0:01:28rattling around in his back pocket.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33And just ahead by a nose is Paul Laidlaw.
0:01:33 > 0:01:38He managed to add just under a tenner to his ?200 kitty,
0:01:38 > 0:01:41giving him ?209.92 to spend.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49The 1967 Sunbeam Alpine GT is the chaps' vehicle of choice,
0:01:49 > 0:01:53and sometimes she ain't as smooth as she could be.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55RATTLING
0:01:55 > 0:01:58That doesn't sound good, does it?
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Mark and Paul will, one way or another,
0:02:03 > 0:02:07travel over 300 miles from Sabden, Lancashire,
0:02:07 > 0:02:08to Bridgwater, in Somerset.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11And on this leg, we begin our shopping
0:02:11 > 0:02:15mission in the village of Holywell Green, West Yorkshire.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19And we'll auction in Cobridge, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23The boys are sharing their first shop, Barnyard Antiques.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Come on, stop gassing, we need to get in there.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Time is ticking.
0:02:28 > 0:02:29Here's a tip, boys -
0:02:29 > 0:02:32you're selling at a general auction that specialises in ceramics.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36So, first to have a go is the ever-youthful Mark Stacey.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42I have found this model of a collie dog.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44You know, it's pottery.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Capstone pottery, and I've never heard of them.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49It's priced at ?15.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52So, if we can get it for five or something,
0:02:52 > 0:02:54that might be a possibility.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00Well, Paul is also thinking ceramics.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06Purports to be late 19th century
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Austrian, Viennese porcelain.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12Of its period.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14A classical form to the urn,
0:03:14 > 0:03:19but the prominent feature is a scantily-clad maiden.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23But we turn it upside down and, yes,
0:03:23 > 0:03:27we see the triangular pad mark
0:03:27 > 0:03:29associated with Royal Dux.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33But...at auction...
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Price...?60.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42And dealer Richard arrives to talk money.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Well, I'm just going to beg you, cos I don't want to waste your time.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I'll make you an offer and you can say, "No, it'll never happen."
0:03:49 > 0:03:51I need to buy them for 20 quid.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57It needs to be more than that. I'd go to 40 quid. Nah.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I'll keep looking.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03And it's not long before something else takes his eye.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07Two vintage fishing reels.
0:04:07 > 0:04:12Technically, they are centre pinned Nottingham wheels.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16They could have been made anywhere, but they're decorative.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21They're priced at 18 for the two.
0:04:22 > 0:04:27If I could get those for a single-digit sum...
0:04:27 > 0:04:30It's a big ask, but not a horrendous one.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32I'm going to give that a go.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Are they ever going to be 20 quid? I'll take 30 for them.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38If I give you the 30 quid for them...
0:04:41 > 0:04:44..can they be a pittance?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47I could have 40 quid, I'd have to leave it at that.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Deal? You're a good man, good man.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57So, ?30 for the pair of the vases and ten pounds
0:04:57 > 0:05:00for the fishing reels. It's a great start, Paul.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Finally, Mark gets a chance to speak with Richard.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09It's this. Oh, Lassie! Yeah.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12I mean, you haven't got much on it anyway, but I think the price
0:05:12 > 0:05:16that you've got on it, it's going to make that in the auction.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18I've got to pay a fiver for it, Richard.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22I've got to, that's all I can pay for it.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Make it eight quid.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27I tell you what, just could we go to seven?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30OK, I've been fair with you both, then.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31Lovely. Are you sure?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Seems Paul wants to spend, spend, spend
0:05:36 > 0:05:38because he's found something else.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Riding crop? Yeah. For sale?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44For a reasonable offer, yeah.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Can I have a look. Did it just come in?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Well, just one of my stalls, really.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54I was going to do a bit more research on them before...
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Quite right, too. Swaine and Adeney.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01Swaine and Adeney were established in 1750
0:06:01 > 0:06:03and were an exclusive London-based company
0:06:03 > 0:06:06specialising in equestrian and leather goods.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Because they're relatively modern, late 20th century,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12they are, um...they're usable.
0:06:12 > 0:06:17Can I just make you an offer? Yeah. 40 quid.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19You need to come a little bit more.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25I'll give you 50 quid. I think I've done well with you before.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28And I think I'll have to stick at 60 quid.
0:06:28 > 0:06:32Meet me in the middle, fiver, 55. All right. Good man.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36The first shop of this leg has proved a mixed bag.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38While Paul has splashed ?95,
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Mark's spent just ?7.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43They're back on the road
0:06:43 > 0:06:46and Paul's dropping Mark off five miles away in Sowerby Bridge.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Mark's visiting Bridge Antiques.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52He's only spent ?7,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55so will he spend more of the folding stuff in here?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58This is very vintage. This is very 1970s.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01So, punch bowl, ladle and glasses.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06So, you could make your fruit cocktail punch in there
0:07:06 > 0:07:10and then you come over with your glass, lift it up.
0:07:10 > 0:07:15And pour it, either side actually, there's a little lip on both sides.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17No price, we might ask about that.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21So, over to Stan to talk business.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Stan's holding the fort for the owner today.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Do you know how much the punch set is? The punch set is ?40.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29?40, mmm...
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Quite a fun set.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I have no idea what it would make in the saleroom.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Stan phones the owner to get the best price.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41OK, very well, bye-bye.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46Yeah, so we'll do it for 20. My God!
0:07:46 > 0:07:49What have I done? I need a cocktail.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52You could say he's as pleased as punch with that buy.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54I'm happy!
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Keen to keep his lucky streak going,
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Mark heads to the small town of Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06The town and the surrounding countryside
0:08:06 > 0:08:10is the setting of the popular TV series Last Of The Summer Wine.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15Hopefully, Mark won't bump into Nora Batty.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Hello. Hi, I'm Rachel. Nice to meet you, Rachel. Nice to meet you.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Darling, you and I are going to get on.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Nice wiggle, Mark, if you like that sort of thing.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Right, what have we got in here?
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Those are quite sweet, aren't they?
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Little heart-shaped silver boxes for her lady to put her pills,
0:08:41 > 0:08:44or something like that in in her bag.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47But there's a little bit of a problem with them.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50When there's...
0:08:50 > 0:08:53When you polish silver like this, it's quite thin.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57And if you're over-vigorous with the silver polish, you can actually
0:08:57 > 0:09:01wear the pattern away, and there's a little bit of wear on these two.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04But they are only priced at ?40 for the pair,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07which is good because they're a cute shape, aren't they?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09What could be the lowest on those?
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Um...I've got 40 on them,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13they can be ?30.
0:09:13 > 0:09:1630. We couldn't get down to 25?
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Go on, then, 25. Are you sure? Yeah, that's it.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22I mean, that's what they're worth about. Thank you.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28Paul and Mark have reunited and left Holmfirth,
0:09:28 > 0:09:32now they're travelling to the town of Oldham, in Greater Manchester.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36During the Industrial Revolution, Oldham was the most
0:09:36 > 0:09:40productive cotton-spinning mill town in the world.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Cheers. See you later, Paul. Bye.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Mark is very kindly dropping Paul off at his next shop,
0:09:48 > 0:09:50but it's no ordinary shop.
0:09:50 > 0:09:55RJ O'Brien Son is a huge warehouse selling to both trade
0:09:55 > 0:09:56and the public.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Whoa! Hello there, hi. Morning. Paul Laidlaw. Ronan O'Brien.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Ronan, you're the man with the name!
0:10:01 > 0:10:04And this is it? This is it. Expansive.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Goodness, away to shop, I hope.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Blimey, I think we might be here for some time.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Ah. Hummel.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Utterly distinctive modelling and decoration.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Now, is it Hummel or a looky-likey?
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Hummel. That's the name, that's what they're looking for.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33The Hummel figurines are based on the drawings
0:10:33 > 0:10:38of German nun Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41The figurines became popular souvenirs with American GIs
0:10:41 > 0:10:44stationed in Germany after World War II.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I hate it, that would give me nightmares.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49But...
0:10:51 > 0:10:53..that's a seller.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I'm going to pop that down there.
0:11:03 > 0:11:07I think I love this.
0:11:07 > 0:11:08I'm looking at a tea set.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09I like the form, OK?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Let me show you the form first of all, OK?
0:11:12 > 0:11:15I'm going to shock you folks. Cos you're going to go, "What?"
0:11:17 > 0:11:19What do you see there?
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Are they swastikas?
0:11:21 > 0:11:24You're thinking, "Oh, my word, it's German."
0:11:24 > 0:11:27And that's arguably an offensive symbol.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Not so in this context.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33We're not looking at a swastika, no, rule that out.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35We're looking at a hooked cross.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Before the Third Reich claimed the swastika, it was an ancient
0:11:40 > 0:11:43symbol of good luck in many cultures around the world.
0:11:43 > 0:11:48It's certainly got 'wow' on its side.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50I really, really rate that.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52And he's not finished yet.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I've never seen one of these.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57What's inside?
0:11:58 > 0:12:03What I would call a trio, which is a cup, saucer and tea plate.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05In isolation, what's it worth?
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Five to ten pounds would be a good result.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10In its box, I think it is transformed.
0:12:10 > 0:12:13Worth ?20, ?30.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15?40 if you really like it.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Paul now has three things on his shopping list.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21But will owner Ronan deliver?
0:12:21 > 0:12:27Can I have, please, the Hummel lamp, the trio, the tea for not quite six?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31Yes. Tenner a pop and be cheeky and say...
0:12:31 > 0:12:34I spotted that wee punter on the way past. Yep. You throw him in?
0:12:34 > 0:12:38Yeah, of course we will. Gentleman. No problem. Thanks.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41The Hummel figurine is a cheeky freebie,
0:12:41 > 0:12:46that's another big Laidlaw swoop, as he scoops four items for ?30.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50Mark, meanwhile has travelled north to Ramsbottom,
0:12:50 > 0:12:53in the Borough of Bury, 16 miles away.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58And he is ready for a rummage in Memory's Antiques.
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Hello, ladies.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02ALL: Hello. How are we all?
0:13:02 > 0:13:04We are all very well, thank you, and you?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I'm very well. Good. I think.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10I'm Mavis. Hello, Mavis, I'm Mark.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Now, this is rather nice.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20This little box looks like tortoiseshell
0:13:20 > 0:13:24but it's actually plastic, otherwise known as faux.
0:13:24 > 0:13:28It's a little ladies' dressing table set.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30These are silver gilt.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33So, a little powder pot, a little pill jar there,
0:13:33 > 0:13:36little nail file and cuticle thing.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39And I love little boxes, I love little outiles.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42This one is Edwardian, I think.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46It is probably going to be looking at the mark, early 1900s.
0:13:46 > 0:13:481905, 1908, so an antique item.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Paul WILL be impressed, won't he?
0:13:53 > 0:13:55An antique, from me!
0:13:55 > 0:13:59LID SQUEAKS
0:14:00 > 0:14:04That's saying, "Buy me, buy me, buy me."
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Oh, that's rather interesting.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14This is a jug, maybe from a set of three.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19I love this sort of octagonal shape. It is copper lustre.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23And then they have applied these little panels on so they
0:14:23 > 0:14:27cut the panels out and then apply them on and fire them.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30Now, date. This is a genuine antique, I mean, a real antique.
0:14:30 > 0:14:36Cos the date on this would be something like 1850, 1860.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39So, we're looking at something that is 160 years old.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42But completely out of fashion.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45And today this is priced up at...
0:14:46 > 0:14:49..?8. I think that is an amazing value.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Time to talk money with Mavis.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55The jug is priced at a modest ?8,
0:14:55 > 0:14:59but I would love to get it, if possible, for ?5.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I think that would be fine. Is that all right? Yes, that's fine.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Let's count that as sold.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12I'm going to have that one.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16This little box is charming.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20The manicure box belongs to another dealer,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23so Mavis had a word with them about the price.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26She thinks she'd let it go at 60.
0:15:26 > 0:15:3060. Is that any use to you?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Is there any chance we could get nearer 50?
0:15:33 > 0:15:37If that was at all possible. I think she'll be happy with 50.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Are you sure? Yes, I'm sure she would.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41Because, honestly, I don't know what it's going to do.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43She'd be happy with 50. Are you sure? Yes.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Then, Mavis, you have done a wonderful job for me.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47Thank you so much. You're welcome.
0:15:47 > 0:15:52With his shopping done, Mark heads ten miles south to Rochdale.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Oh, wow.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59Mark is visiting Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Housed in a former fire engine workshop,
0:16:02 > 0:16:05the museum was opened in 1983 to the public.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08The collection tells the story of the proud achievements
0:16:08 > 0:16:12and development of the Greater Manchester Fire Brigades.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Mark is meeting with Bob Bonner, retired fireman
0:16:15 > 0:16:17and volunteer at the museum.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Hello, I'm Mark. Hello. Welcome to the Fire Service Museum, I'm Bob.
0:16:23 > 0:16:27The early 1800s hailed the beginning of the municipal fire service.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28Prior to this,
0:16:28 > 0:16:33fire services were only available to those who could afford insurance.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38In the 1860s, Alfred Tozer arrived from London
0:16:38 > 0:16:41to organise the fire service in Manchester
0:16:41 > 0:16:43and developed one of the finest in the country.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46As a result, thousands of lives have been saved.
0:16:48 > 0:16:53Tozer began a dynasty of fire chiefs that continues to this day.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56In the early days, firemen had to work
0:16:56 > 0:16:58with some pretty primitive equipment.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59We are going to have a look now
0:16:59 > 0:17:01at what the earliest kind of fire engines looked like,
0:17:01 > 0:17:05which were known as manual fire pumps. The clue is in the name.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07They were manually operated by firefighters
0:17:07 > 0:17:09and willing volunteers who would help them.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Inside the cart, is a fire pump, an iron fire pump.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15The whole thing is just a wooden cart, as you say,
0:17:15 > 0:17:19and the bottom part of it is known as a cistern, so that holds water.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23It must be filled first before the fire engine will do anything.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25So, water's poured into there from buckets
0:17:25 > 0:17:29and sat inside the bottom of the fire engine is this fire pump...
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Oh, right. ..which is then worked by the mechanism. You grab that end.
0:17:33 > 0:17:38So the firemen and the helpers would be pumping furiously like this. Yep.
0:17:38 > 0:17:40And then something will be plugged onto this.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43The hose pipe would be connected to the outwards and as we pump,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45the water goes up the hose, back to the firefighter at the end.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Lovely, that's my exercise for the day.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54Who needs a gym? You just buy a fire pump.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Mark has spotted a pretty intriguing piece of wood.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59What on earth is a mahogany door doing in the middle of this?
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Isn't that a beautiful door? Very, very fond of that.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05There is a very good reason why a door would be that shape.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Because behind that door is a hole in the floor.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Passing through the hole in the floor is the sliding pole.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15So this is the way the firemen got from upstairs to downstairs
0:18:15 > 0:18:17when there was a fire call.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19So this is... This would've been completely open?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Completely open, you'd be looking down now onto the roof
0:18:22 > 0:18:23of a fire engine.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26You heard the bell and you just went instinctively.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29You don't jump, you grip it and slide. Grip it and slide.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32This looks like I'm pole dancing.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35And down you go.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37And down you go. But how tall would this...?
0:18:37 > 0:18:40This particular pole was in this building,
0:18:40 > 0:18:41which was four storeys high.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Oh. Most of them go down from one floor to the next floor. Wow.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Thank you very much for coming. You have been very entertaining.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Lovely. Nice to meet you. Nice to have met you.
0:18:52 > 0:18:53Well, that looked fun didn't it?
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Now both boys have finished their shopping,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58so let's remind ourselves of what they bought.
0:18:58 > 0:19:04Paul began this leg with ?209.92 and spent ?125 on five auction lots.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06They are a pair of Art Nouveau vases,
0:19:06 > 0:19:08two Victorian fishing reels
0:19:08 > 0:19:11a whip and a hunting crop,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14a Hummer Goebel lamp with a Hummel figure,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17and a coronation commemorative cup, saucer and tea plate,
0:19:17 > 0:19:20paired with a 1920s tea set.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Mark, meanwhile, started this leg with ?186.46
0:19:25 > 0:19:28and spent a total of ?107 also on five lots.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30A 1950s Staffordshire pottery dog,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33a 1970s glass punch set,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36two heart-shaped silver pill boxes,
0:19:36 > 0:19:38a 19th century copper lustred jug,
0:19:38 > 0:19:40and an Edwardian manicure box.
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Wow.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45So what do the chaps think of each other's purchases?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Who is going to win? Please, make it be me.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52The jug, that's landfill, isn't it?
0:19:52 > 0:19:56It is got a whopping great, big crack in it!
0:19:56 > 0:19:57Please let it be me!
0:20:01 > 0:20:05It's been an exciting second leg, travelling from Holywell Green
0:20:05 > 0:20:10via Sowerby Bridge, Holmfirth, Oldham, Ramsbottom,
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Rochdale, to Cobridge, in Stoke-on-Trent,
0:20:13 > 0:20:16the venue of today's auction.
0:20:16 > 0:20:22Are you ready? Is this a crash and burn or...fortunes made?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25This is it, come on, let's get in, shall we?
0:20:25 > 0:20:29ASH Auctions has been established
0:20:29 > 0:20:33since 1994 and hold weekly general sales.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35Oh, where are they?
0:20:35 > 0:20:40Ah, there they are. And auctioneer Lee Sherratt is poised to begin.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46First up, it's Mark's retro-style punch bowl set.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Big enough to drown your sorrows in, that.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Yeah, it is, I might need to.
0:20:52 > 0:20:5620? Bid me somebody. Start me off. ?15 for it.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58?15. Oh, no!
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Ten I'm bid. Ten on the right-hand side at ten.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03At ten. At 12 on the phone. 14.
0:21:03 > 0:21:0514. 16. 16. 18? 18. 18.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Right-hand side, against you on the phone again. 20.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10At two. At 22. 22. 24, is it now?
0:21:10 > 0:21:12At four. At six. At six.
0:21:12 > 0:21:1626 is bid in the room. Against you on the phone, eight. At 30.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18At 30 bid now. Two on the phone.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20It's in the room, it's going to be sold.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24At ?30, once... Two. 32. 34. At 34. 34.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Once, twice...
0:21:26 > 0:21:32?34. Good result. That is a ?14 profit.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33Get in!
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Well, who would've thought it? A nice profit from the get-go, Mark.
0:21:37 > 0:21:38MARK SIGHS
0:21:40 > 0:21:42It's going well.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Don't relax too soon,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Mark, it is your 19th-century jug next.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53Ten pounds. Come on, it's worth ten. Ten pounds.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56Ten on bid. Ten pounds. At ten. Ten pound bid.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Down here at ten pounds. Come on, keep going. At ten pounds. At 12.
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Sell it for ten, first maiden bid.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06I've doubled my money, I can't really argue with that.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08So far, so good, Mark.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13It's Paul's two Victorian fishing reels next.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16Can he reel in a corker of a profit?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Shall we say ?20 for two fishing reels there?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22Who's going to bid me? Come on, only ten. Ten on bid.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25We're off at ten pounds. Where? All over the place. 12 on bid.
0:22:25 > 0:22:2714. 16. 18.
0:22:27 > 0:22:3120. Come on. Valued at ?20.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33Two. At 22. 24.
0:22:33 > 0:22:3626. 28. 30. 32. 34.
0:22:36 > 0:22:3936. 38. 40. 42.
0:22:39 > 0:22:4144. 46. 48.
0:22:41 > 0:22:4248. 50.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46?50. At ?50 on the second row for the fishing reels, then.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48At ?50.
0:22:48 > 0:22:49I can't believe it, Paul.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52I'll do that all day long. Relief!
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Well, he certainly did. Great start, Paul.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57I'm just going to go home.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Oh, come on, Mark, it's early days.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03It's Paul again with the Hummel lamp and figurine.
0:23:03 > 0:23:0515 I'm bid on the front row. At ?15, 16.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08We're off again at 16. 18 I'm bid.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09At 20 bid now. Two.
0:23:09 > 0:23:1122. 24. 26.
0:23:11 > 0:23:1528 on the front row. 30. ?30.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Against you on the phone, 32, is it now? 32. 34.
0:23:18 > 0:23:1936? 36. 38?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Is it 40 on the phone? 40 I'm bid.
0:23:23 > 0:23:2442? 44. 46.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Are you saying no? At ?44.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Anybody else? Selling on the phone at ?44.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36Another hefty profit for Paul. Good steady work, Mr Laidlaw.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41Paul is on again with these Royal Dux-style vases.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Come on, where are we going to start? Give me ?30.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46?30. 35. 40. 45.
0:23:46 > 0:23:5050 fresh money. 55. 60.
0:23:50 > 0:23:5160 bid. 65.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54At 65. 70. 70, yes or no?
0:23:54 > 0:23:5770. 75. Keep going, show your money. At ?70.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59?70, on the right-hand side at ?70.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02At ?70, sells, then, at 70 for the pair.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05What a lovely pair, as they say,
0:24:05 > 0:24:09and even better, it is yet another sizable profit for Paul.
0:24:09 > 0:24:13?70 is quite a lot for those. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Now, Mark, can your pottery doggie help you claim some lovely profit?
0:24:20 > 0:24:24On the front row, at ten. 12 all over the place. 12 on bid against you. 14 if you want it.
0:24:24 > 0:24:2714 bid. 16 if you want it. 16 on bid. 18.
0:24:27 > 0:24:3018 on bid now. Is it 20, yes or no? 18 in the front row.
0:24:30 > 0:24:3520. Fresh money. At ?20. 22? 24. 24 bid. 24. 26.
0:24:35 > 0:24:3826 on bid. 28. 28 bid. 30.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41?30 now. 32. 32. 34.
0:24:41 > 0:24:4534. 36. That's all right. Decent, yeah.
0:24:45 > 0:24:46Are we all finished?
0:24:48 > 0:24:51Well, Lassie really did come home with a profit.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54It's definitely game on between these two chaps.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Get in, well done!
0:24:56 > 0:24:57We are back with Paul.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00He has combined the 1920s tea set
0:25:00 > 0:25:05and the King Edward VIII coronation collection into one china lot.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Unusual decoration on this, ladies and gentlemen.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Unusual decoration, that's where it is.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Come on, let's start the bidding. Ten pounds the lot.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14Unusual lot here. Ten I'm bid. 12 I'm bid.
0:25:14 > 0:25:1814. 16. 18. 20. 22.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20?20 I'm bid. At ?20. Where's two?
0:25:20 > 0:25:22At ?20.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Oh, dear, not the figure you were hoping for, Paul.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31It's Mark's pretty faux tortoiseshell manicure box next.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Come on, it needs to be sold. ?20 to get on.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37?20, we're off. 20 bid now. 25. 25 on the right.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Decent bid increments as well.
0:25:39 > 0:25:4340. 40 bid. 45.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46In the room it goes, no mistake. At ?40.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Mark's not wearing a happy face for that result.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55I mean, that was a steal for 40. Yeah.
0:25:55 > 0:26:01It's Paul's last lot of the day, the exclusive riding crop and whip.
0:26:01 > 0:26:0440. 45? 45. 50? 50.
0:26:04 > 0:26:0855. 60. 65 there. Bethany's bidding. 70.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11Oh, and we have a very keen young lady bidding here.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I bet she's got a horse.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15100 on Glenn's phone. 105.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17She's still there at 105.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19110. With you at 110.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22115. 120, is it, yes or no?
0:26:22 > 0:26:25120, is it, yes or no? 120, yes.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27125 in the room.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29125 is bid. 130?
0:26:29 > 0:26:32At 130. It's on Glenn at five. At 135.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35At 140 bid. At 145.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40At 145. Is it 150? At 150.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43150. She's still there. At 155.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46At 155 against Glenn's phone. 160.
0:26:46 > 0:26:51160. 165. 165. 170. 165. 170.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55The phone is now out. At 165, it is with you, Bethany, at 165.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57At 165 once.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59165 twice.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03A third and final time at ?165.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07?165. 482.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Put your hands together, ladies and gents, to the little bidder.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14My goodness, Paul, the biggest profit of the day
0:27:14 > 0:27:17so far, thanks to the determined young lady.
0:27:17 > 0:27:18Giddy-up!
0:27:18 > 0:27:21I'll buy you a drink, you'll be better tomorrow morning.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Yes, well...
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I might need a bottle.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Don't lose heart, Mark, you have one last item left.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33It is the pair of pillboxes.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37I hope that I might not need to take a pill after the sales.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39What shall we say for the two of those?
0:27:39 > 0:27:4235. On commission, straight off at ?35.
0:27:42 > 0:27:45Oh, it was ?50 profit.
0:27:45 > 0:27:49At ?35. Can I see 40? ?40 bid. 45. I'm out.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53?40 sitting in the front row, at ?40. Can I see five for the two?
0:27:53 > 0:27:54At ?40, I'm going to sell then.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58At ?40. Oh, well. That went over all right.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01It's not the biggie profit he needed,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03but it's better than nothing.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Jolly well done. Thanks. Let's have a wee drinky on me.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Come on. Let's have a wee drink on you.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13Mark started with ?186.46
0:28:13 > 0:28:16and, after paying auction costs,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19made a small profit of ?24.20,
0:28:19 > 0:28:25leaving him with a respectable ?210.66 to carry forward.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29But there is no stopping Paul.
0:28:29 > 0:28:33He began with ?209.92 and after costs,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37made a bumper ?161.18 profit.
0:28:37 > 0:28:43So that leaves him with a delightful ?371.10 to spend next time.
0:28:43 > 0:28:47And that makes him this leg's winner. Well done, Paulus.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Cheers, buddy. Can I say it? Ye of little faith, but it delivered.
0:28:51 > 0:28:53For you.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Never fear, Mark.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59There's still time to catch up, mate.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06Paul and Mark are travelling over 300 miles from Sabden, Lancashire,
0:29:06 > 0:29:08to Bridgwater in Somerset.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13On this leg, they're beginning in the county town of Stafford,
0:29:13 > 0:29:16and will auction 30 miles away in the town of Nantwich,
0:29:16 > 0:29:17in Cheshire.
0:29:20 > 0:29:21Stafford has a rich history
0:29:21 > 0:29:25and is home to the largest timber-framed town house
0:29:25 > 0:29:27in the country. But back to present day.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30Our antique hunters are ready to spend, spend, spend.
0:29:32 > 0:29:34Mark's first shop is just around the corner.
0:29:34 > 0:29:38He has ?210.66 to spend.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Assistant Maureen is on duty today.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43What a lovely little shop you've got here. It's gorgeous, isn't it?
0:29:43 > 0:29:46I love it. Curiosity Shop. It really is, actually.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49I don't know where to look first.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53This looks quite interesting, doesn't it?
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Because when you look at something like this,
0:29:55 > 0:29:57what's the first thing that comes to mind?
0:29:57 > 0:29:59You've got a sort of Eastern style,
0:29:59 > 0:30:02all this very busy chasing with foliage.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03This is almost certainly silver-plate.
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Now, there's three pieces to this.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11You've got the teapot, the rather big sugar bowl,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14again with the same sort of decoration,
0:30:14 > 0:30:18and you've got a charming little cream jug.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21Again, the same decoration.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26It's actually made in England for the Indian market.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30We're probably looking at something that was made in about 1860.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33The only problem is, again, the price.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36?150.
0:30:37 > 0:30:39The owner isn't here,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42so Mark gets on the telephone to find out the very best price.
0:30:43 > 0:30:46Could we do it for 50, please?
0:30:46 > 0:30:48Oh, please, 50.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53OK, listen, I'm not going to argue over a fiver.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Honestly, Stuart, that's very kind of you.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57If you are happy to let it go for 55.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01Listen, thank you so much. Bye-bye, Stuart.
0:31:02 > 0:31:07?55, Mark?! You're a very lucky boy.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10Paul and his ?371.10, meanwhile,
0:31:10 > 0:31:15are heading to Browse Antiques, also in Stafford.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19Hello. Hello. How are you doing? I'm Paul. Hello, Paul, Hugh.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21Pleased to meet you. This is your emporium? This is it, yep.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Come and have a wander around.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33Oh, what have you got there then?
0:31:33 > 0:31:38A carved meerschaum pipe.
0:31:38 > 0:31:42It is actually probably a cigarette pipe.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Meerschaum is a soft white mineral,
0:31:44 > 0:31:47often used to make highly decorative smoking pipes.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50We have what I think
0:31:50 > 0:31:54is a rather little charming 17th century tavern scene.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56OK, bank that.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01Paul definitely has an eye for the unusual,
0:32:01 > 0:32:04and now he has found a real little rarity.
0:32:04 > 0:32:09We have a little silver cylinder,
0:32:09 > 0:32:11this cockerel finial, I don't know what he's doing there.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16We've got this little knob here that clearly turns this carousel
0:32:16 > 0:32:19and they appear to be cocktail recipes.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Now, if I turn this, do these just like...?
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Look at... Oh!
0:32:23 > 0:32:24Oh, please!
0:32:27 > 0:32:28Oh, I love a gadget.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Bank that. What a hoot.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37Well, that's a good couple of items rooted out,
0:32:37 > 0:32:39maybe he'll start buying soon.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44Oh, hang onto your hats, Paul has that glint in his eye again.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47We see a little enamelled white metal brooch.
0:32:47 > 0:32:50I like that very much.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53Could this be Tut-mania?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55What, Tut-mania?
0:32:55 > 0:33:00Howard Carter, 1922 I think, has uncovered Tutankhamen's tomb.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04And there was a huge revival and interest in such,
0:33:04 > 0:33:07and we get all of these Egyptianate
0:33:07 > 0:33:11Tut-mania influenced pieces.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13And we have a little look
0:33:13 > 0:33:17and we see two cracking little initials - we see CH.
0:33:17 > 0:33:24CH is Charles Horner, famed for his enamelled silver work,
0:33:24 > 0:33:29his Art Nouveau silver work, small silver brooches, hat pins and so on.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31That's a name to conjure with.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Have we made a Road Trip discovery?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39Ten pounds?!
0:33:39 > 0:33:43We have also got a big smile on our face.
0:33:44 > 0:33:45Right, let's keep going.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49But before he begins negotiations,
0:33:49 > 0:33:52he wants to have a nosy in the back storeroom.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55He's just such good fun.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57We know the pe... we know the origin. Chinese.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00We know the period - it's going to be inter-war.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03In carved hardwood.
0:34:03 > 0:34:10But we have carved bone and horn eyes and a full set of dentures here.
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Look at his smiling face.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15We have the problem that it is lighting and lighting can frighten.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17You know I am passionate about it,
0:34:17 > 0:34:20But the end user at auction can worry. They go,
0:34:20 > 0:34:21"Who am I going to get to wire that?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24"Will I get a socket to fit? Does a modern bulb go in it?
0:34:24 > 0:34:25"Is it safe?"
0:34:25 > 0:34:31And this a hurdle you would overcome at auction, so ignore my enthusiasm.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34This is cold, rational... This is business.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Um... Is there money in it?
0:34:37 > 0:34:41We'll see. It starts at 75. That's a lot of money.
0:34:41 > 0:34:45Right. He's certainly picked out enough. Let's get buying Paul, eh?
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Hugh, how are you doing? Fine.
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Sort anything out? Uh, yeah.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52I mean, there are things I'm interested in.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Cheeky Paul asked for a combo price for the laughing Buddha,
0:34:56 > 0:34:59the pipe, the cocktail menu and the brooch.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03150, that sounds like a good price.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09And the brooch is in there?
0:35:09 > 0:35:14If you do it at 150, the brooch is in today.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Lovely work. Thank you. Yep. Excellent.
0:35:16 > 0:35:21?150? That's almost a quarter off the combined ticket price
0:35:21 > 0:35:24of ?195. Who's laughing now then, Buddha?
0:35:26 > 0:35:29Paul's shopping spree continues
0:35:29 > 0:35:32He's planning to splash his cash in Windmill Antiques.
0:35:32 > 0:35:37Our savvy Scot has already bought four items and he's hungry for more.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Ian? Hi, Paul. Yes, how are you? How are you doing?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Nice to meet you. Good to see you.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Is that a travelling pipe? It is, isn't it?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Yeah, I've seen them.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55They're mad, aren't they? It all disappears into itself.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57How totally insane.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Is that...? That's not dear, is it? What's the price on that?
0:36:00 > 0:36:06Out of interest. Tenner. I'm going to put it back, but it's...
0:36:06 > 0:36:09To be honest with you, I've already bought a pipe.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13And that's why it resonates. I knew what it was.
0:36:13 > 0:36:18In this treasure trove, it is not long before he finds something else.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Sugar tongs. Modelled as a wishbone.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Delightful. Good fun.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Decent set of assay marks.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32What's on those? ?20 to you, Paul.
0:36:32 > 0:36:3520 quid on the sugar tongs isn't expensive
0:36:35 > 0:36:39but you know I'm going to... bid you on it.
0:36:39 > 0:36:42HE LAUGHS
0:36:42 > 0:36:44That was a given. Right, yeah.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48So what am I really going to pay for them before I shake your hand,
0:36:48 > 0:36:49wish you well and bid you adieu?
0:36:49 > 0:36:53?15. As a goodwill gesture. I'm going to do it. Cheers, man.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54Thanks very much.
0:36:54 > 0:36:57I'll get you some money. One last parting shot.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01We looked at your wee travelling combination, your pipe thing.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05It is missing its... It is lacking that.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Take a couple quid for it? Parting shot? I don't see why not.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10You can put it with the others. Exactly.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12It all grist to the mill. Thank you.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14We keep doing this. I know. We're on a roll.
0:37:15 > 0:37:19Crikey Moses, with a total of six items, Paul's going to
0:37:19 > 0:37:22combine the small travel pipe with the meerschaum pipe
0:37:22 > 0:37:25and the silver sugar tongs with the silver broach. Got it?
0:37:26 > 0:37:30Time to hook back up with Mark, and they boys are raring to go,
0:37:30 > 0:37:32even though the heavens have descended.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Cheshire.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Footballers' wives territory. Absolutely.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39We don't fit into that category.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41I don't think, anyway. Are you a WAG?
0:37:41 > 0:37:44THEY LAUGH
0:37:44 > 0:37:45Ha, ha.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Mark and Paul have travelled to the village of Walgherton,
0:37:48 > 0:37:49in Cheshire.
0:37:49 > 0:37:54They're heading for Dagfields, a mecca for antique lovers.
0:37:54 > 0:37:59There are six giant antiques emporia, with over 200 dealers.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02Don't abandon, come on.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05You've got to at least give it a try, Mark.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07It's not over till it's over.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11It's not over, but it is over if you can't get out of the car. It is.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13That is a problem.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Stay.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18Come on, dearie, it's not that bad.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Mark is first to get stuck in.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23We'll have a little mooch in here, I think.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29Hello, good morning. I'm Mark. Pleased to meet you, Mark, I'm Jeff.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30Nice to meet you, Jeff.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32This is your shop, is it? It is, yes.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35What will tickle his fancy in here then?
0:38:35 > 0:38:38This is rather interesting. We've got...
0:38:38 > 0:38:40This is certainly 19th century.
0:38:41 > 0:38:47What I think we've got is four 19th century coloured aquatints
0:38:47 > 0:38:50or something like that in a later frame.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54But then somebody has drawn and water coloured all these
0:38:54 > 0:38:58wonderful birds and decoration around them.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01And the colours are still quite vibrant on it.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05And there's a cockatoo which doesn't look very happy, she's squawking.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09Then there is a hummingbird and various other birds.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11It's rather fun, though.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14It is priced up at ?49.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Which actually is reasonable for all that work, I have to say.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21And he's spied something else.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24It is a banister-shaped vase with gilt decoration, cobalt blue.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26No factory marks.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30It feels as though it has a little bit of age, though, I don't know.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Painted with a windmill scene.
0:39:32 > 0:39:36So it might be somebody who has just bought a blank and painted it.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39There's no hanging about with this Mark.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40He is going to strike up a negotiation.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Do you think, Jeff, that I would get this for a tenner?
0:39:47 > 0:39:49How about 15?
0:39:49 > 0:39:52?15...
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Tell me about this vase over here.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57I mean, I don't suppose we could say the two for ?15?
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Um... Oh. Oh, the pain is growing.
0:40:03 > 0:40:09Um, yes, seeing it's you. Are you sure? Yes, I am sure.
0:40:09 > 0:40:10What a chancer!
0:40:10 > 0:40:12Let's catch up with Paul.
0:40:12 > 0:40:16Although he has four lots, he just can't help having a good nosy about.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18The old pro.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20Check this out.
0:40:20 > 0:40:261920s, 1930s, we see a vogue for pewter tea sets, OK?
0:40:26 > 0:40:31What they tend to look like is pretty dull, olde English, yeah?
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Just dreary.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37And, of course, they oxidise to that pewter, that flat pewter grey,
0:40:37 > 0:40:39but in this instance, you've got this geometric form,
0:40:39 > 0:40:42you've got compressed forms,
0:40:42 > 0:40:45I love that to bits!
0:40:45 > 0:40:47And look at the price tag.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49?22.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52I'm going to have a word, but I need a give-away price.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55I'm going to ask... ?22, we'll see what happens.
0:40:58 > 0:41:00Philip is calling the dealer of the tea set to find out
0:41:00 > 0:41:03if Paul's bid of ?15 is acceptable.
0:41:03 > 0:41:05OK, Mark, thank you.
0:41:08 > 0:41:09He says for you, sir, he'll do it.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Because you are one of his favourite, he says.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13THEY LAUGH
0:41:13 > 0:41:15He is now one of mine.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20Maybe Mr Laidlaw needs to calm his jets.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Seven items and a total of five auction lots.
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Back together again, the Road Trip wheels are on the move once more.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Mark's being dropped off in Leek in Staffordshire.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Did you know that former five-times world professional darts champion
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Eric Bristow lives here?
0:41:42 > 0:41:43Not a lot of people do.
0:41:43 > 0:41:47Anyway, Mark is hoping to score a bull's-eye
0:41:47 > 0:41:48and take the lead from Paul.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51He is going for a mooch around in Christopher Mudd Design.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55I'm Mark. Dealer Natalie is manning the shop today.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58This is the sort of thing that Paul Laidlaw would like, you know.
0:41:58 > 0:42:00A pair of vases in brass.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05But they are made of old shell cases.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07And it's known as trench art.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09The soldiers in the trenches,
0:42:09 > 0:42:13when there were long periods of non-hostility,
0:42:13 > 0:42:18they would take these spent shells
0:42:18 > 0:42:22and use whatever primitive tools they had to sort of, in this case,
0:42:22 > 0:42:26planish the actual shaft of this with the little dots.
0:42:26 > 0:42:30And actually beat out that pattern and then shape the top.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34I mean, these are not terribly rare, but they are...
0:42:34 > 0:42:37they're great fun and really collectible.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40And I really like them because I think it just shows you that,
0:42:40 > 0:42:42you know, in amongst all that, um,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45carnage of the Great War,
0:42:45 > 0:42:48life in the trenches must have been absolute hell.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53The soldiers had to keep themselves busy
0:42:53 > 0:42:56and they turned out, you know, actually,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58wonderful pieces of art like that.
0:43:00 > 0:43:05And these are priced up at ?48 the pair, which is not very much.
0:43:05 > 0:43:11I love the thought of something that was causing such destruction has
0:43:11 > 0:43:16now been turned into, you know, a pair of lovely vases to use at home.
0:43:16 > 0:43:20Mark is on a mission to find out the very best price from Natalie.
0:43:20 > 0:43:24If I buy them, I have got to get them at a very cheeky price. Yes.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26OK. You can say no, of course.
0:43:26 > 0:43:29There is no obligation on your part, all right?
0:43:29 > 0:43:31I'm just trying it on a bit here.
0:43:31 > 0:43:35If I buy them, I need to get them for about ?10 for the pair.
0:43:35 > 0:43:40That's quite low. It is quite low, I know. 12? We could do 12.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42I'm not going to argue, that's fine. Thank you.
0:43:42 > 0:43:45Thank you very much, Natalie. You're welcome.
0:43:45 > 0:43:49And on that bombshell, let's catch up with Paul.
0:43:50 > 0:43:54Paul has travelled three miles away to the large village of Cheddleton,
0:43:54 > 0:43:56in the Staffordshire moorlands.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02He is visiting the unique Cheddleton Flint Mill, a site once
0:44:02 > 0:44:06highly important to the potteries industry in nearby Stoke-on-Trent.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Good for the soul.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13In the late 18th century,
0:44:13 > 0:44:16when pottery making was reigning supreme in the UK,
0:44:16 > 0:44:20Josiah Wedgwood was a pioneer of a type of English earthenware
0:44:20 > 0:44:22called creamware.
0:44:23 > 0:44:27It was discovered that the baked flint produced by the mills
0:44:27 > 0:44:31was an excellent ingredient to provide durability and strength,
0:44:31 > 0:44:35therefore allowing a cheaper alternative to expensive porcelain.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37At the peak of the pottery boom,
0:44:37 > 0:44:40there were dozens of flint mills in and around Stoke-on-Trent.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45The Cheddleton Flint Mill Preservation Trust
0:44:45 > 0:44:50was formed in 1967 to save the site from dereliction and ruin.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53Since then, the mill has undergone substantial renovation
0:44:53 > 0:44:55and is open to the public.
0:44:57 > 0:45:01Paul is meeting with Treasurer Helen Outram to find out more.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04You've got two water wheels here. Two, yes, we have.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06And I believe that is unique.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08In Britain, at any rate, yes.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11So, where does the whole process begin on site?
0:45:11 > 0:45:13It begins by the canal.
0:45:13 > 0:45:18So, the flint came in by narrow boat from the South East of England,
0:45:18 > 0:45:22Kent or Suffolk, or even from the coast of France.
0:45:22 > 0:45:26And was unloaded by the crane.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28Put into the kilns.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31It was layered - a layer of coal, a layer of flint,
0:45:31 > 0:45:34a layer of coal, a layer of flint until it was full.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37Then they set fire to it and it burned for two days.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40Then it was unloaded from the bottom of the kiln
0:45:40 > 0:45:46and loaded onto little trucks and it used to come right across here.
0:45:46 > 0:45:49And then it's ground in the mills. Right.
0:45:51 > 0:45:55This one is about 1800. The other one is earlier. Right.
0:45:55 > 0:45:58And this is the rest of the plateway, see?
0:45:58 > 0:46:00Oh, I see, yeah, yeah.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03And then it did actually turn into here, as well.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06That's cool. Yeah.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10Inside the mill, Helen has some examples of flint before
0:46:10 > 0:46:11and after baking.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14I see a couple of pebbles. That's right.
0:46:14 > 0:46:18Now, that's the raw flint, which is almost black. Yeah.
0:46:18 > 0:46:22And then after it's been calcined, it becomes white.
0:46:22 > 0:46:26It's like something you'd rake out the bottom of your hearth.
0:46:26 > 0:46:29That's right, and much easier to grind. I see.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32The heart of the mill is upstairs.
0:46:32 > 0:46:36So, here is the grinding pan. Wow.
0:46:36 > 0:46:40And the flints go into the grinding pan.
0:46:40 > 0:46:43So, what is the end product, Helen?
0:46:43 > 0:46:46The end product is a milky liquid
0:46:46 > 0:46:50which is actually a suspension of silica particles in water.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53And when it's to the right consistency, it is run off
0:46:53 > 0:46:58down the trench there and goes down into the wash tub,
0:46:58 > 0:47:01which is on the floor below.
0:47:01 > 0:47:05Once washed, the liquid would be baked in the drying kiln.
0:47:05 > 0:47:09The finished product would be clay-like blocks,
0:47:09 > 0:47:11which would then be transported to The Potteries to be
0:47:11 > 0:47:14used for the manufacture of creamware.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Helen, that's a fascinating tale.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19Thank you very much for letting me come here today
0:47:19 > 0:47:21on such a glorious afternoon.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Lovely to meet you. A real pleasure. Thank you very much.
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Thank you. Thank you.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32While Paul has been discovering the lost worlds of the flint mill,
0:47:32 > 0:47:35Mark Stacey is still in Leek, visiting P Antiques,
0:47:35 > 0:47:37his final shop of the day.
0:47:37 > 0:47:38Hello, Jo, nice to meet you.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41Mark is meeting with proprietor and dealer Jo.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44And, as usual, Mark likes to get to the heart
0:47:44 > 0:47:46of the dealer's fresh, unsorted stock.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50Oh, now what are these, Jo, covered in dust?
0:47:50 > 0:47:52There's something I've had for a while.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54We think they're Austrian silver,
0:47:54 > 0:47:56but we can't really find the hallmark. Oh, is it?
0:47:56 > 0:47:59I don't know where you can see. Probably go out there.
0:47:59 > 0:48:00Yeah, go outside.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08They are in good shape, aren't they? They are nice.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11They need a little bit of work on the bottom.
0:48:11 > 0:48:13They're all there, aren't they?
0:48:13 > 0:48:15I think they're quite nice.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18Sort of early 20th century, I would've thought.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21They have a slightly classical look, but in a 20th century style,
0:48:21 > 0:48:25haven't they? Yeah. They are filled silver, as you know.
0:48:26 > 0:48:28How much are they, Jo?
0:48:31 > 0:48:35If you don't beat me down, they're ?20 for the pair.
0:48:35 > 0:48:3720 for the pair.
0:48:37 > 0:48:41He's going to say, "Oh..." I'm not allowed to beat you down then?
0:48:43 > 0:48:45That's not fair. Go on, then, try.
0:48:48 > 0:48:52If I said ?10, you are going to come back at me and say... 15.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56?15. And I am going to say, "Jo, I'll take them."
0:48:56 > 0:48:58Thank you very much indeed.
0:48:58 > 0:49:02And with that, the boys' shopping is concluded.
0:49:02 > 0:49:05So let's refresh our grey matter as to what they bought.
0:49:06 > 0:49:11Mark kicked off this leg with ?210.66 and spent only ?97
0:49:11 > 0:49:13on five auction lots.
0:49:13 > 0:49:15They are a silver-plated tea set,
0:49:15 > 0:49:17a signed late 19th century vase,
0:49:17 > 0:49:19a painted photograph frame,
0:49:19 > 0:49:21a pair of trench art shell cases,
0:49:22 > 0:49:25and a pair of silver table candlesticks
0:49:26 > 0:49:32Paul, meanwhile, began with ?371.10 and parted with ?182 for five lots.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34He bought a carved figure of a Buddha,
0:49:34 > 0:49:39a 1930s silver-plated cocktail recipe menu set,
0:49:39 > 0:49:40a pair of pipes,
0:49:40 > 0:49:42a 1920s pewter tea service
0:49:42 > 0:49:45and an Egyptian revival silver brooch,
0:49:45 > 0:49:48paired with a pair of Victorian silver sugar tongs.
0:49:48 > 0:49:51So, what do our experts think of each others' items?
0:49:51 > 0:49:54HE GROANS
0:49:54 > 0:49:57If Stacey had a hat, he's got a rabbit in the hat.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59Where did he get the candlesticks from?
0:49:59 > 0:50:00Ah!
0:50:00 > 0:50:02Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05I shan't think Mr Laidlaw is very happy with me, do you?
0:50:07 > 0:50:09Let's get back on the road and head to auction.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15It has been a competitive third leg,
0:50:15 > 0:50:18starting in Stafford via Walgherton,
0:50:18 > 0:50:20Leek, Cheddleton,
0:50:20 > 0:50:23with the final destination of Nantwich on the horizon.
0:50:26 > 0:50:30Here we are, Paul. Looking good. The auction room.
0:50:30 > 0:50:33Sun shining on the righteous yet again. Absolutely.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Story of my life! Of course, Paul.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39Peter Wilson Auctioneers have been established
0:50:39 > 0:50:42in the town for many years and are renowned for their gallery
0:50:42 > 0:50:44and fine arts sales.
0:50:44 > 0:50:47Not only do we have a packed saleroom,
0:50:47 > 0:50:49but we also have an audience live on the web.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52And auctioneer Rob Stone is raring to go.
0:50:52 > 0:50:55First up, it's Mark's 19th-century vase.
0:50:55 > 0:50:56He thinks it could do pretty well.
0:50:56 > 0:50:59Who will give me ten to start this off? Ten anywhere?
0:50:59 > 0:51:00Do I hear it? ?10 surely.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Lovely decorative vase for somebody at ten.
0:51:02 > 0:51:04At ?10 only. Oh, come on.
0:51:04 > 0:51:0615. The internet like it.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08At ?15 bid. At 15. 20 is it now?
0:51:08 > 0:51:10?15 on the internet. At 15.
0:51:10 > 0:51:1220 is it now? ?15, bid's on the internet.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15?15 only then.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18Take hold of your money. It's a profit, isn't it?
0:51:18 > 0:51:21Not the profit you were expecting, though, Mark,
0:51:21 > 0:51:23but, yes, it is still a profit.
0:51:23 > 0:51:26Next up, it's Paul's laughing Buddha.
0:51:26 > 0:51:29Let's hope the smile attracts a nice big profit.
0:51:30 > 0:51:34I've got ?50 bid for this. Oh, 50 straight in. 55 is it now?
0:51:34 > 0:51:36?50 on bid.
0:51:36 > 0:51:3755. 60 on commission.
0:51:37 > 0:51:4065. 70. 75. 80.
0:51:40 > 0:51:4285. 90. 95.
0:51:42 > 0:51:44I'm liking it a lot more now.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46110. 120. 130?
0:51:46 > 0:51:48120 is here.
0:51:48 > 0:51:50130? 130.
0:51:50 > 0:51:53I'm liking it a lot more now!
0:51:53 > 0:51:55Anywhere else, at 130 bid? Where's the net? Come on.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58I like this very much. At ?130, bid is there.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00At 130 and going to be sold at 130.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03Paul definitely enjoyed that result.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05Not so sure about Mark, though.
0:52:05 > 0:52:06Quite ridiculous.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08HE LAUGHS
0:52:11 > 0:52:15Now, maybe Mark's unusual 19th-century decorative frame
0:52:15 > 0:52:19with photographs will claw back some winnings.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21I've got ?30. 30 straight in.
0:52:21 > 0:52:2535. 40 is it now? 35, bid at 35.
0:52:25 > 0:52:2640. 45. 50 now. 50 bid.
0:52:26 > 0:52:29And they're off. Yeah, that's going to do you.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31Come on, a little bit more. Come on, internet.
0:52:31 > 0:52:3350, it's your bid at 50.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36At ?50, had its chance, ?50 then and being sold at 50...
0:52:38 > 0:52:42Well, that was a great buy, Mark, with a wonderful slice of profit.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47Over to Paul and that rare little cocktail carousel.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49?50 bid, straightaway at 50.
0:52:49 > 0:52:5155 is it now? At ?50, and bid at 50.
0:52:51 > 0:52:52And five now do I hear?
0:52:52 > 0:52:5455 there. 60. 65.
0:52:54 > 0:52:5965 is it now? 65. 65. 65 there.
0:52:59 > 0:53:0065, the bid is there now. 70.
0:53:00 > 0:53:02Multiple bidding on the internet at 70.
0:53:02 > 0:53:04At 70. 75. 80.
0:53:04 > 0:53:07It's all the internet. It is now on the internet, 85.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10?80 we have. 85. 90 again on the internet.
0:53:10 > 0:53:1290 you are bidding. ?85 on bid.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15Is that 90? 90 bid now. At 90.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17At ?90 only, any more bids?
0:53:17 > 0:53:19It's a lovely thing. At ?90 only then.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Put the hammer down. Put the hammer down!
0:53:22 > 0:53:25OK, OK.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28Yet another sizable profit for Paul.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30This is all going very well.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34It's Paul again with the silver lot of sugar tongs
0:53:34 > 0:53:36and the Egyptian brooch.
0:53:36 > 0:53:38?50 bid straightaway.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41At 50. I bid at 50. And five now do I hear? 55.
0:53:41 > 0:53:4460 on commission. 65? 65.
0:53:44 > 0:53:4670. 75? 70 with me on commission.
0:53:46 > 0:53:4875, fresh bidder. 75.
0:53:48 > 0:53:5180 is it now? 75, your bid at 75.
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Going to be sold at ?75 then.
0:53:53 > 0:53:57Oh! Well, that's ?50, Paul.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00The bidders of Nantwich are loving Paul's lots.
0:54:00 > 0:54:02It is yet another chunk of profit.
0:54:05 > 0:54:10There, there, Mark. It is your turn next with the Indian tea set.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12It should make a ?100, but...
0:54:12 > 0:54:15At ?30. ?30 bid down here.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17At ?30. I have... 35 is it now?
0:54:17 > 0:54:19At 35. 35. 40 now. 40 bid.
0:54:19 > 0:54:2145. It's good value at 45.
0:54:21 > 0:54:24At 40, the bid is here. At ?40. At 45. Anybody else
0:54:24 > 0:54:27for a cup of tea? At ?40. The bid is here ?40.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29I can't believe it, Paul.
0:54:29 > 0:54:3145. 50 now? Are you sure?
0:54:31 > 0:54:3445, the bid is there at 45, going to be sold at 45.
0:54:34 > 0:54:38Bid's there at ?45. Going away at ?45 then.
0:54:38 > 0:54:39I just don't understand it.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42I don't understand that. I don't understand it, Paul, honestly.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44I'm not understanding.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46Sadly, it didn't make ?100.
0:54:46 > 0:54:49That is your first loss of the day, though.
0:54:49 > 0:54:53Over to Paul with the charming pipe duo lot next.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55At ?50 on bid.
0:54:55 > 0:54:5655? 55. 60. 65.
0:54:56 > 0:54:5970 is with me. 75 now.
0:54:59 > 0:55:01At ?70, the bid is with me at ?70.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03At 75 on the internet. 80 here.
0:55:03 > 0:55:0585 now. 85. 90.
0:55:05 > 0:55:0795 on the internet, at 95.
0:55:07 > 0:55:1095, your bid on the internet at 95.
0:55:10 > 0:55:13110. Multiple bidding on the internet. 110 now. 110.
0:55:13 > 0:55:15120 is there? 120. 130 now.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18130 bid. 140 is there?
0:55:18 > 0:55:21140 bid. 150 now. 150 do we hear?
0:55:21 > 0:55:24150. 150 bid. 160. Multiple bidding on the internet. 160.
0:55:24 > 0:55:27160. 170 now. Bid at 180 now.
0:55:27 > 0:55:29Bid at 180. At 190 we have now.
0:55:29 > 0:55:33At 190. Finished up on the internet? ?200, make it a nice round figure?
0:55:33 > 0:55:35200 bid now. At 200.
0:55:35 > 0:55:37The bid is there a ?200
0:55:37 > 0:55:40and will be sold at ?200 on the internet.
0:55:40 > 0:55:41Multiple bidding.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44Congratulations, Paul. Yes. Congratulations.
0:55:44 > 0:55:47If I smoked, I'd open a big fat cigar.
0:55:47 > 0:55:51What a cracking profit, Paul! That is the best result so far.
0:55:52 > 0:55:57It is Mark next with the trench art shell cases.
0:55:57 > 0:55:58Straightaway ?30 for these. ?30.
0:55:58 > 0:56:0135 anywhere now? 35 there. At 35.
0:56:01 > 0:56:0340 with me. 45 now.
0:56:03 > 0:56:0445, your bid at 45.
0:56:04 > 0:56:07At 50, fresh bidder. Oh, 50. Doing well.
0:56:07 > 0:56:0960 now. 60 bid. 65?
0:56:09 > 0:56:11At ?65, bid there. At 65...
0:56:11 > 0:56:15That was a good break, Mark. That was a very good price.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17It was indeed. Thankfully.
0:56:17 > 0:56:18That was a great buy, Mark.
0:56:19 > 0:56:22Next, it's Paul with the 1920s pewter tea set.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26?20 to start it off, please. At 20. 20 anywhere now?
0:56:26 > 0:56:2720 bid straightaway.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30Hand went up like a demon there. ?20 straightaway.
0:56:30 > 0:56:33At ?20. 25 is it now? Disappointing.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36What great value for money this is at 20. And five? 25.
0:56:36 > 0:56:3730 bid. 35 now.
0:56:37 > 0:56:4035, just one more. 35?
0:56:40 > 0:56:44At 30, being sold at ?30 then.
0:56:44 > 0:56:47Not one of your best results today, though, Paul,
0:56:47 > 0:56:48but every penny counts.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51You know, you have doubled your money, there is no shame in that.
0:56:51 > 0:56:52Yeah.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54Now for the final lot of the day,
0:56:54 > 0:56:57it's Mark's pair of silver candlesticks
0:56:57 > 0:56:58that he managed to buy for a song.
0:57:00 > 0:57:02I've got ?80 bid for them straightaway. ?80.
0:57:02 > 0:57:0585 is it now? ?80 on bid.
0:57:05 > 0:57:0785 now. What value for money. Come on, now.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10There's no bidding! There's the net.
0:57:10 > 0:57:1385. 90. 95 on the internet. 95.
0:57:13 > 0:57:14At 95. 100 anywhere else?
0:57:14 > 0:57:17It is going to be the net. But there's nobody bidding!
0:57:17 > 0:57:20Super value for money at ?95. And going to be sold at 95.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22I mean, this is just unbelievable.
0:57:22 > 0:57:26It had to be the damage. It's unbelievable.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Go on, Mark, it is an ?80 profit.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33Great results, but not enough to beat Paul.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38Congratulations. Cheers, man. The drinks AGAIN are on you.
0:57:42 > 0:57:46Mark started this leg with ?210.66,
0:57:46 > 0:57:51and after paying auction cost, made a profit of ?124.40.
0:57:51 > 0:57:56Mark has ?335.06 to carry forward.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02Paul, meanwhile, started with ?371.10
0:58:02 > 0:58:04and after auction costs,
0:58:04 > 0:58:07made a bumper profit of ?248.50
0:58:07 > 0:58:10That makes him the winner of this leg
0:58:10 > 0:58:14with a whopping ?619.60 to take forward.
0:58:14 > 0:58:17Well done, Paul.
0:58:17 > 0:58:20Well, Paul, congratulations again. Yes.
0:58:20 > 0:58:22I think I'll drive this time. Yeah, good.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26You can bask in your own glory.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28Home, Jeeves. Onwards and downwards, Paul.