Episode 10 Antiques Road Trip

It's the nation's favourite antique experts with £200 each...

I love that!

..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Yippee!

I want pieces that could fly.

The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Hello, ladies.

So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?

But there is nobody bidding!

This is the Antiques Road Trip.

Yeah!

Today, it's the final chapter in our road trip adventure with

boisterous antiques experts Mark Stacey and Paul Laidlaw.

Muahaha!

You really ought to go into pantomime.

I'll see you there.

Touche!

Mark Stacey is an antique dealer who demonstrates

he is a man of many talents.

I mean, this is going to look like I'm pole dancing or something.

And on this road trip adventure, he really knows his priorities.

Mine is normally quite strong tea.

OK, any sugar?

-One sugar, darling, please.

-One sugar, right.

This is auctioneer Paul Laidlaw and he's just a big boy at heart.

I've got to wave.

TRAIN WHISTLES

And he gets very excited when he finds that special something.

Mark has made some steady profits at auction.

But Paul is flying high with profit...

after profit...

after profit.

After four auctions, Mark has made progress,

but it's more pennies than pounds.

From his original £200,

he has a piffling £366.26 to splurge.

But the jubilant fourth-time winner, Paul Laidlaw,

is leaping ahead with a plentiful supply of riches.

From his original £200, he has a delicious £782.04.

It's true!

And the boys will be making their final road trip

in the Sunbeam Alpine GT.

Is there life after this week, Mark? How will I cope without you?

I'm not sure. I think I will try a go without you, Paul.

-You'll get morose, I'm telling you.

-I will.

-You'll be like a Greyfriars Bobby.

-I will.

Do you know? I'll waste away.

PAUL LAUGHS

Mark and Paul are journeying over 300 miles from Sabden,

in Lancashire, all the way south

to Bridgwater, in Somerset.

On today's show, first stop is the former seafaring city

of Bristol and they'll auction, in the Somerset town of Bridgwater.

Bristol is the birthplace of Archie Leach,

otherwise known as Hollywood darling Cary Grant.

-Paul, Paul Laidlaw.

-Deary me, what have I done now?

-Well, it's what you're about to do.

-What?

-Shopping, isn't it?

-Oh, yes.

I had you worried there for a minute. Yeah!

Paul is dropping Mark off in this fair city for a date with

an exceptional maritime landmark.

We'll catch up with Mark later.

-See you later!

-Go away from my ship!

PAUL LAUGHS

But first, Paul is motoring 24 miles south

to Pylle, near Shepton Mallet,

to begin his shopping mission.

And Pylle Emporium And Gallery is Paul's first shop of the day.

-Hello.

-Good morning.

-Are you Tony?

-I am Tony.

-I'm Paul, good to see you.

Paul has the stealth of a puma when hunting antiques.

Looks like he's found some possible prey.

Wristwatch.

Enamelled face, silver case. Why am I looking at it?

It's all pretty dull, isn't it?

Well... The label tells me that it is 1917.

These were favoured by and sold to...

..Army personnel serving in the trenches during the First World War.

And these have attracted over the last few years the term trench watch.

Asking price, £40.

But it's a good buy given that it's in running order.

And to be quite honest with you, on occasion, I wear such watches.

I think they are really super cool.

Never mind your big, blingy sports watches.

That is a gentleman's wristwatch.

What do you think? I love it!

And something else comes under the Laidlaw radar.

I'm looking at something that is way above average.

You have got a mahogany turned and carved column

of no mean quality

on four little cabriole legs, we'll call them.

But I am loving the fact that it purports to be a late

Victorian standard oil lamp converted to electricity who knows when,

whether it was done in 1910, 1920 or whether it was done recently,

I have no idea. I don't think it is a made-up piece.

The price tag is not offensive.

To be quite honest with you, if I were looking for it, at £95,

I wouldn't be quibbling.

So firstly, Paul asks Tony, the owner, for a price on the watch.

The best I could do would be 35.

And then a price for the lamp.

-Tony, that's it there, in the corner.

-We could do it for 70.

-70, is it?

-70 it is.

-Nothing in the middle, no more?

You can squeeze me for five pounds more, that's all.

Well, if 65 is the best you can do on that,

-is 35 the best you can do on the watch?

-Yes.

Not another fiver I can squeeze off that and sweeten the whole thing

and I'll buy two things?

I don't know.

Uh... Well, I'd like a sale, I suppose.

-Do you want to do it?

-Yep.

-Thank you very much. Good man, Tony.

-OK.

Phew! That was a big tricky, Paul. But your perseverance paid off.

Excellent start to the day.

While Paul has been getting his sleeves rolled up shopping, Mark

is stepping aboard Bristol's nautical jewel,

the SS Great Britain.

This revolutionary ship was the brainchild of 19th century

engineering giant Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

At the time of her launch in 1843,

the SS Great Britain was the largest ship in the world.

She was the first screw-propelled,

ocean-going, iron-hulled, steam vessel.

She became the model of modern ocean liners.

With a capacity of 252 passengers and 130 crew,

she was full of innovation and marked the dawning

of international passenger travel and world communications.

Now a museum open to the public,

Mark is meeting with Matthew Tanner,

the director of the SS Great Britain.

Yes, the Great Britain is Brunel's masterpiece.

It is really the world's first great ocean steamship.

She's been called the great-great-great-grandmother

of virtually every ship afloat today.

This is the first big one.

She was by far the biggest thing ever built in 1843,

-and she was built in this very dock in Bristol.

-Oh, wow!

-So, a really strong connection to Bristol?

-Absolutely.

The dock was made to build the ship.

In 1852, the SS Great Britain set sail to Australia

for the first time,

carrying hundreds of immigrants and gold seekers.

With this great ship on the route to Melbourne from Liverpool,

you could get there in about 60 days.

-Which is very fast.

-Very fast.

Sailing ships could take about 100 days.

And you were probably going to be alive when you got there,

-which is something we completely take for granted today.

-Yes.

Accommodation was split into first, second and third class.

Matthew gives Mark a tour.

-This is the first class promenade deck from the 1840s.

-Wow.

So, they would have socialized here?

Would they have played games, talked to each other?

It's one big central room with cabins off each side.

It is illuminated by these great skylights.

And the luggage would have been stacked here?

-Yes, a lot of luggage will be in the hold.

-Right.

But you need some luggage on a day-to-day basis.

-Of course you do.

-And cabins off each side. Come and have a look.

So, these are the first class cabins.

-Each cabin has two bunks in it.

-They are very tight, Matthew.

That's partly so you don't fall out of them. You are wedged in tightly.

And often they would sleep on deck if it was hot.

This is a double cabin.

-Oh, so this is for a family.

-That's right.

But that's actually quite nice, you have little seats you can sit

on and play with the children.

If you can manage the mal de mer, seasickness, of course.

Oh, yes, a major issue.

-Here's the bathroom.

-Oh, wow.

-This is for the crew, is it?

-This is for passengers.

Oh, this is for passengers?!

So, everyone from first class would use this one bath?

-That's right, but this is luxury.

-It is luxury, I suppose,

at that time, wasn't it?

From the Spartan luxury of first-class,

what about the poor folks in third class?

-So, all life was here really?

-That's right.

The diaries and letters of the passengers that sailed out

to Australia in this space are full

of the wonders of all the people around them,

but also the fighting and the flirting and the gambling.

And families would be packed in here, too.

We have some great diaries which actually sketch all of this area.

-Oh, really?

-Who was in which bunk.

So a really good insight on how it was laid out.

We re-created this space precisely according to that.

Fantastic, isn't it?

Sadly, we must leave Mark and the world of ocean liners.

And now, what's that Paul Laidlaw up to?

Well, he is travelling from Pylle

to Somerton, for his next shopping expedition.

Man, what an adventure! So, yeah, look, all positive.

We'll see what we can pull out of the hat this time, yeah?

And it is a glorious day of sunshine as Paul arrives.

After a scat about, he's found something he rather fancies.

As far as I'm concerned, that is an early 19th century,

I hope silver, that remains to be seen,

cream jug. The form is termed a helmet form.

And you're thinking to yourself, it doesn't look like a tin hat.

But if you picture it like that, it bears a resemblance to

certainly cavalry helmets that were worn

in the early 19th century. This is 1820, 1830.

-Andrew, do we know who owns this?

-Yeah, I can deal with that.

-Can you?

-Yeah.

-Well,

-it's priced at £36.

-Mm-hm.

-Um...

-Does it have to be £36?

-No.

I can do you a good bit of trade on that. How does 25 sound?

No point in beating around the bush with a price like that.

-It's a deal, man.

-You've got a deal. Thank you.

And again, he is never content with finding one thing.

The search for the next goodie continues.

That is a handsome piece of wood.

It is a press.

Books, certainly an option, but I daresay

it could also have been used in a domestic setting

for pressing textiles.

That's George III. That is 200 year old if it is a day.

The density of the timber, the richness of that colour

and the workmanship,

and then this hand-cut thread here.

Andrew comes over for Paul's second stab at negotiation.

-Go on then, what are you trying?

-I'm trying to get that slaughtered.

-I want that for ten or 20 quid.

-Ten or 20 quid?

Crikey, he doesn't mince his words, does he?

I can do that for 30 quid.

£30, sweet as a nut. Thanks, Andrew. Excellent.

Paul's on top form today. That is four for the swag bag.

Meanwhile, Mark is still in sunny Bristol

and he has found an antique shop to have a forage in.

Well, well, well.

This shop is so crammed with antiques there is barely enough room

to swing a cat. Meow.

Michael, what are those in the cabinet over there?

-Are they polar bears?

-They are polar bears.

And they are from the days of the showgrounds from the 40s, 50s.

They were given as prizes.

But you had to win a lot of prizes to get one of those.

I don't ever remember, and I worked on the shows, ever one being given.

Gosh, it is rather tricky to see those polar bears.

I'd love you to get them out and show me.

Oh, well done, Mark.

But I'm going to go outside because I can't look.

-All right?

-If you hear a crash...

Can I say, it's been nice knowing you.

Couldn't you have picked something that was easy to get to, Mark?

BREAKING GLASS

Oops!

HE LAUGHS

I'm going to have to go in and have a look, see how he is getting on.

-The price has gone up now.

-Oh, no! Don't say that.

Where is it? Oh, what a weird thing.

If you lift the glass out, you slide the glass out,

you fill it with... It's the correct one.

-Oh, yes, that's always been in there, hasn't it?

-Yes.

God, what an amazing item.

Well, you can imagine it with the fish in that, floating.

Little goldfish in there.

That's right. And this little...

I mean, you've got a family group.

She's sitting rather aloof, the mother, upstairs.

It is always a mother with the cubs.

And then he is climbing up to see her

and this one is looking down at the goldfish swimming in it.

Oh, Michael, I think that's amazing, you know?

What a cracker! What else does Michael have to offer?

So, what have we got here?

I'm not going to open it cos it's unlucky to open an umbrella inside.

Or a parasol.

Cos this must be a lady's version.

The Edwardian lady loved a decorative parasol and it was

the ultimate accessory when taking a stroll along the promenade.

I am convinced it is a swan.

And you've got the little bill there, as well,

which is has got the little marks on it.

Nicely chased.

I love the way the little eyebrow's in there, as well.

And then when we come to the side, we see a nice clear mark for London.

I'm guessing, Mike, I don't know the dates off the top of my head,

1905, 1908.

Now, what about a deal for the two items?

The starting price for the polar bears was £165

and for the parasol £160.

Seeing as you have had such a hard day or week,

we are going to make it a little bit easier for you.

-Do I need to sit down?

-I don't want to see you crying on the television.

You are a handsome man,

you don't want to be crying all over the place.

What I will do then, I'm going to sell you that for 85

and I am going to sell you this for 80.

It's 150 for the two.

-150 for the two?

-I should think that would... You knew that I knew that.

Cor! No hesitation there!

Mark sure knows a good deal when he sees one.

As the end of the day approaches,

it's time for the boys to have a much deserved rest.

Nighty-night.

A fresh new day and the boys are sad that their road trip

adventure is nearly over.

It might be many a moon till I'm next in a classic car

-having as much fun as this...

-Oh!

-..with a buddy like you.

-Oh!

Oh, please, where is the bucket?

PAUL LAUGHS

I think that is what I wrote down.

So far, Mark has spent £150 on two lots -

the polar bear fishbowl and the swan-headed parasol,

leaving a sum of £216.26 for the day ahead.

And Paul has spent £150 on four lots - the trench watch,

the standard lamp, the hopefully silver jug

and the mahogany press.

He's still got lots to spend though, with £632.04 to play with.

The boys are making their way to glorious Glastonbury.

Did you know that the renowned Glastonbury Festival actually

takes place in the village of Pilton, over six miles away?

Paul is dropping Mark off at their first shop of the day.

The beauty of searching for antiques is that you never know

what you might come across.

And Mark has certainly found something very unusual.

I think what we've got here is part of a Victorian carriage.

Because these wheels are obviously joined by this axle.

And I...you don't often see them joined like this.

Um... But I think, in the hands of the right person,

these would make a fantastic garden seat.

The ticket price on the carriage wheels is £175.

Mark finds owner James for a bout of negotiation.

I need to get them lower than that. Now, what about 70?

We can't do 70.

We can toss a coin between 80 and 85.

-OK then. Do I call or do you?

-No, you call in the air.

-OK.

-Tails. Ah!

-It is tails.

-Are you sure? Are you happy with that?

-That's fine, absolutely.

£80, thank you.

Great gamble, Mark, but will they be lucky for you at auction?

Paul has travelled 18 miles away to Blackford, near Wedmore.

With an already bulging collection of antiques,

he is happy to try and add some more.

Lemon Tree Antiques is owned by the quick-witted Les.

There's no messing about with hawk-eye Laidlaw, though,

he's straight in there.

I adore Georgian wine glasses.

There's great interest in such.

But interest falls off rapidly when we get into the 19th century.

Check this out.

What a colour!

Price tag, £55.

That is a lot of money for one wine glass, yeah?

But it's a gift for eight!

I think he likes them!

Check this out. If these are all good condition-wise,

I'm loving this.

Paul finds Les to talk money.

So, you said I can retire, sir, after this deal.

PAUL LAUGHS

They were in there. Eight wine glasses.

-One has got a chip and one has had a chip that has been ground out.

-Yeah.

There are up at 55, which I don't think is expensive.

Oh, she forgot the one in the front!

Oh! You can't get the staff, can you?

-Oh, dear. 48 quid.

-It's a deal.

-Done.

You're not a difficult man to do business with.

Well, Paul is certainly delighted with that buy.

Meanwhile, Mark has travelled from Glastonbury to Somerton.

Ah, Paul visited this shop yesterday,

but has he left anything for Mark?

Oh, now that's quite interesting.

Copper, of course.

A little tray, I suppose it is, for the hallway or something like that.

Maybe for handing out...

Your maid would come in with a calling card on a tray.

But you can see instantly by this hand-beaten designed

and this sort of hand-scalloped edge that it is going to be

from the Arts And Crafts period.

So maybe 1880 to 1900, 1905.

And Mark finds Andrew to start negotiation.

-Make me an offer.

-I need to get it for about 20 quid.

-Yeah, I can do that for you.

-20 quid?

-Yeah, go on then.

Thank you.

Not bad for £20, Mark.

Let's catch up with Paul now.

He has travelled 15 miles to Weston-super-Mare

for an action-packed adventure.

Paul's in for a great treat today.

He is visiting the world's largest helicopter museum.

From the mid-1930s, helicopters were recognised as an important

addition to the world of aviation

because of their unique takeoff and landing.

The Helicopter Museum has over 80 helicopters from a small

collection started by Elfan ap Rees in 1958.

The museum has grown and grown and grown.

An excited Paul is meeting with Elfan to find out more.

A lot of the aircraft here you won't see anywhere else

anywhere in the world.

And you certainly won't see them anywhere else in the UK.

My word! Well then, what are you going to show me?

Well, we'll start off with the very first helicopter I flew in,

-which was the beginning of the collection.

-And it's here?

It's here.

This is a 1951 Bristol Sycamore helicopter,

which actually took part in the Dutch floods disaster in 1953

and was the first helicopter I flew in the early 1960s.

-Wooden rotor blades in those days.

-Right.

Good old-fashioned piston engine.

And this one has quite a nice leather interior

because Bristol Airplane Company also owned Bristol Cars, of course.

Yeah, very smart.

Amongst the collection is a real world record breaker.

This is the world's fastest helicopter -

1986, still holds the world's speed record today.

And it was done not far from here, near Glastonbury,

on the Somerset Levels.

Nobody else has been able to do it since.

What an achievement, huh? An impressive achievement.

-Yes, absolutely.

-Wow! So, how fast is the record?

249.09 miles per hour.

And to complete the tour,

Elfan has acquired a pair of rather unique and very rare helicopters.

-This is it?

-Yeah.

That looks like a big workhorse, a big beast of a thing.

Yes, it is quite a big machine.

It is one of the Queen's flight helicopters what we have here.

This is the older one of the two.

Interestingly, the Queen was never allowed to fly in this one

because it only had one engine.

So she could only fly in an aircraft that had two engines.

This is the Wessex helicopter.

And when she visited this museum in 2007,

she called it her old washing machine.

THEY LAUGH

-That's crazy stuff.

-So, she obviously had an affection for it.

-Elfan, you've been magic. Thanks very much.

-A pleasure.

While Paul's been getting all boys and their toys,

it's Mark's turn to visit Lemon Tree Antiques and Blackford.

Mark is under pressure and needs a little help from Les.

I would hate to go home empty-handed.

You're not going home empty-handed. You'll buy something,

-I'll make sure of that.

-You are terrible.

-Yeah, I know.

-Don't look at them.

-No, don't look at those. OK, fine.

Magpie Mark finds a sparkly little gem.

It is a pretty little Victorian brooch,

and they've got a safety chain on it.

Yeah, it's no money, a tenner say.

Pretty enough thing, but...

-It looks gold to me, but we can't find a mark.

-Mm.

Looks like Les is keen to sell.

Keep the door locked, Mo, keep the door locked!

Quite right. He really does want Mark to buy, it's a lock-in.

Just to sweeten the deal, I will give you that, as well.

I told everybody in creation, "You'll get no freebies here,"

and here I am doling it out to you.

Ha, ha!

This snooker marker board would have been used to keep

score during the game.

And he has found something else.

That was an etui or something originally.

-I would think so.

-An etui case.

Victorian ladies would carry an etui,

which would hold small items like scissors and tweezers.

-I would say it is a period one.

-1850s, '60s?

-Yeah.

-It is a nice shape.

-Yeah.

-The shagreen is in good condition.

-It is.

-Nice greeny colour.

-You can have that.

-Now, you picked that up in a job lot.

-I did not.

-Tell me you picked that up...

-How much have I got on it?

-40 quid.

My memory ain't bad, is it?

-You said you had 116 quid?

-That's all I've got.

Give us your money and you got the two pieces.

And the snooker board and the brooch.

-Now, don't take the mickey, man.

-Come on, shake my hand.

Shake my hand. Yes! Done.

What just happened there? I don't know.

But I am quite excited, I think.

I think.

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

-It's a real mixed bag, Paul.

-God, it is!

Wow! I love that!

I thought you would hate it!

I mean, imagine, this is chalk. How many of them will survive?

That is one of the best things I've seen in years.

I'm never seen anything like it in my life.

And I was just torn to this little bear here.

He is looking at the goldfish as they are swimming around here.

-You know?

-I've got to ask the question,

what did you pay for that?

-Quite a lot of money.

-You didn't, did you?

-I did.

-What did you pay for that?

-£75.

-I think that's fantastic.

-I love it.

I'd love that. I'd love that!

And I think I might like more of what you've bought.

Uh...OK.

You could be lucky with that.

Some farmer could give you good money for that.

Do you know what I would do with it? I'd make it into a garden seat.

-Yeah, I hear you.

-And I just thought it was a really wacky item.

-It is!

Do you want to know what I paid for it?

-All right, what did you pay for it? Tenner?

-No, 80 quid.

-Are you weighing me up?

-No, 80 quid.

Moving swiftly on.

-I've got to have a look at this.

-I love it, Paul. I absolutely love it.

Partridge wood and assayed... palm wood and assayed silver.

-That's delicious!

-The quality, I thought, was there.

I know they are not as popular as waking canes.

75 quid I paid for that.

What's that worth, 120, 160?

I hope so. I hope so.

-What did you pay for this?

-My entire budget, £367.26.

-I would take it all.

-Every penny.

-Show me yours.

-Be nice to me.

-I will.

That'll be the day.

-Wow.

-OK.

-Well, I never.

-What do you think of my wines?

-I love the colour.

-Try a glass, though. Look at work.

I absolutely love the colour.

-All the stems..

-They're wonderful.

-And to get that number...

Such a sexy blue.

-Cheap?

-48 quid.

-They've got to be worth that.

-Good.

Now, I want to see what this is.

You might think this is dreary, to be honest with you.

Wow.

-I like it.

-Yeah, I know. It's very stylish.

Good to go, interior decorator's piece,

but good for the end user as well -

just pick your shade. Good thing.

-Very, very attractive.

-I hope.

-So, how much did you spend?

-188 quid.

OK. Right.

So I spent my entire budget and you spent a quarter of yours.

Yeah.

Well, I think we can shake hands on the winner now, Paul.

You know, I've got a slight tear. You know.

But come on, boys, what do you really think?

All in all...

..I'm a little disappointed, really,

that Paul couldn't spend a bit more money.

The bears, I think that's a magic lot. I think it is a magical lot.

It's lovely.

And I think a decent price was paid. Good work.

Let's hit the road and head to auction for the last time.

It has been an exhilarating finale

with the boys battling it out from Bristol, Pylle,

Somerton, Glastonbury, Blackford, Western-super-Mare,

and finally the Somerset town of Bridgwater.

Now, Bridgwater is a splendid, ancient town. It's mentioned in

the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, dating from around 800 AD

Look at us, an old married couple, 20 years later.

"You know, I can't stand the way you drink your soup."

Come here.

He-he. Tamlyns at Bridgwater have been established

from the late 19th century.

Taking to the rostrum today is auctioneer Claire Rawle.

What does she think about the boy's lots?

The carriage wheel is great.

Difficult to say how they are going to go.

The book press also could be a bit tricky,

mainly because it's big and people don't know what to do with them.

Mark Stacey started today with £366.26

and spent every penny on six auction lots.

Great.

Paul Laidlaw began with £782.04

and spent £198 on five lots.

For this week's final auction,

we will also be accompanied by an audience on the World Wide Web.

At 28...

First up, it's Paul's little cream jug.

Although it doesn't have a hallmark, it's tested positive for silver.

£20 anywhere for it? 20 straight in. It weighs four ounces. £20?

Thank you, 20 on the net.

Only the internet's bidding.

Do I see two anywhere? Bid's at 20. At 20.

-22. 25. 28.

-It's going up online, Paul.

But there is no-one in the room that would buy

a little Georgian silver cream jug?

At £35, it's a net bid, you're all done in the room.

-You are joking!

-At £35 then. All done... At 38.

At 38. Now 40. At £38 on the net. Want to come back again?

My other bidder. At 38 it is then.

You all done? Selling to the net then at £38.

It's a wee profit.

It's a profit, but I think you wanted more than that, didn't you?

Of course he did, Mark! He's not usually a stranger to profits.

Next, it is Mark's combined lot of the swan-headed parasol

and the brooch.

55 on the internet.

That's a good start. At 55. At 55.

Now 60 anywhere? At 60. 60 in the room.

At £60. Now five? At £60. 70 on the internet.

75 in the room. At 75.

Internet is waking up now. 75 I've got in the room.

At 75. 80.

85. At 85.

Now 90 if you want it out there.

At 85. 90. 95 in the room. At 95.

Now 100. 95 I've got in the room.

At 95. 100, thank you.

-110.

-Good.

-It's creeping up.

-Yeah. Could be good one, this.

One of you is going to have to be patient. 120. 130 in the room.

140 on the net. At 140. 150.

At 150. Now 160.

150. 160. 170 in the room.

At 170. Now 180. 180.

-190.

-This is it.

-200.

Your swan is in flight.

At 220 in the room. 250.

-Oh, 250!

-280. At 280.

-280!

-Jesu...!

At 280. Fill it up to 300 out there.

Yes, go on, fill it up.

Fill it up to 300.

Now 300! Don't drop out now, fill it up to 300.

Yeah, fill it up to 300! I like that expression.

At £280 then, you all done out there at 280...

Congratulations, Mark!

That is your highest profit this week. Well done.

I am very pleased with that, actually.

I'm coming back, Paul. I'm coming back.

Heaven help us!

Can Mark keep the profits high with his dainty etui case?

£50 to get it going, please, anywhere. 50?

50? Well, start me away.

-£20 then.

-It's for nothing. 20. Two. Five.

Eight. 30.

Two. Five. Eight. 40.

Two. Five. Eight. 50.

Five. 60. Five.

65. Lady's bid at 65.

-It's going to sell in the room at £65.

-Oh, no!

-Oh. That's a shame.

-Bargain.

Oh, dear. Just when we thought your luck was changing, Mark.

Back to Paul and his World War I trench watch next.

£20 anywhere for it, please? £20.

Thank you, at the back I've got £20. At £20. At 20.

I've got 22 on the net. At 22.

25 in the room. At 25. 28.

At 28. 30 I've got here. Do you want to go two? 32.

35. Now eight. 38.

In the room at 38.

At 38. 40. 42 in the room.

45. 48 in the room. Now 50. 50 I have.

50 on the net. You sure?

At £50. Don't lose it for five.

At £50. Net bid at 50.

At £50. Five. I knew he was hatching another. At 55.

Back of the room at 55.

At 55. 60 says the net.

-She is good.

-Yeah, she squeezed it.

-And she's not quick on the hammer.

-No.

All done out there then? At £60, absolutely sure?

Last chance. 60 it is then. At £60.

-Did a good job.

-It was a good result for the watch. Yeah, yeah, sweet.

Sweet indeed, Paul,

but it's not the usual highflying profits, though.

What about Paul's George III mahogany press?

It is next to tempt the bidders at Bridgwater.

20? Thank you, 20 I have. At £20. At 20. Back of the room at 20.

At 22 on the net. At 22. Oh, gosh, getting excited on the net, 28.

At 28. Do you want to come back? 30 I have.

In the room at 30. At £30. 32.

35. 38. At 38. Now 40. 40 I have.

At 40. At 40. 45 on the net. 48 in the room.

At £48. 50 here.

At 55 in the room.

At 55. Now 60. 60 I have. 65 in the room.

At 65. Now 70. At 65 is a room bid.

Gone a bit quiet out here now. At 65. 70, back again.

At 70. 75 in the room. 75. It's a room bid. 80 I have.

At 85. 85.

Somebody sees potential in it.

90 I have. 95 in the room.

At 95. Now 100.

100 I have. 110 in the room.

At 110. Room bid at 110. At £110. It's a room bid then.

You all done?

Well, Mark is flabbergasted at Paul's mighty result.

-I just can't believe it.

-You take it so badly! Bottle it up!

Show some grace!

It is another combined lot from Mark.

The copper tray and the, um, miniature watering can next.

And this one I have to start straight in at £30. At 30.

At 30. Do I see two anywhere? 32 on the net.

At 32. Clears me now. At 35 at the back.

At £35. Now eight.

At 35. It's in the room now at 38. Do want to go 40?

£40 I have in the room. At £40. At 40. 42. Now five?

45 at the back of the room.

At 45. Now eight here.

45, back of the room at 45. You are out, internet.

At £45 then. If you are all done...

Well done, Mark. That result should perk you up a bit.

It is Mark again with his snooker marker board.

I have got £20 on it.

At 22. 25 with me. 28 at the back of the room.

Clears me now. 28. 30. 32 on the net. 35.

Fresh bidder in the room. At £35. At 35. Now eight.

38 he says.

40 in the room. 42. No? You sure? At £42, all done?

Selling to the net then at £42.

You scored a whopper on that one, Mark.

That's what I call potting the black.

PAUL LAUGHS

Perhaps the usual polar bear fishbowl will help you inch nearer

to first place.

£20 anywhere for him? £20?

20? Nobody? Internet?

£10 then. Ah, everyone wants it now, you see.

10. 12. 15. 18. 20.

22. 25.

No. At 25. We got a little way. At 25.

At 25. Now eight anywhere? At £25.

Right at the back of the room at £25. You are sure?

It is going to sell then at £25.

No!

Peeved for you, mate.

What a jaw dropper of a result for Mark. An unexpected, sore loss.

-That's auctions.

-That's auctions.

My chances of catching up are slipping away, Paul.

It's Paul's turn with the carved mahogany and brass standing lamp.

Start me away, £30 anywhere for it. Thank you. 30 I have.

35 at the back. At 35. Now eight out here.

-At 35 in the room.

-No!

-At 38. £40.

42. 45. At 45.

Back of the room at 45.

At 45 then. The bid is in the room.

-You all sure? It's going to sell then at £45.

-Sure is.

-Well.

-Ouch!

Ouch indeed.

Another disappointing result for the boys.

I'm becoming quite unhinged.

You are just becoming or it's just dawning on you now?

Cheeky Paul.

Right, it's Mark's final lot of the day - the pair of carriage wheels.

£20 anywhere? Thank you, 20 I have.

At £20. At 20.

Must be somebody else here who fancies a pair of carriage wheels.

At £20. Going to go for a maiden bid of £20.

You all sure? All done.

There is someone hovering on the internet, this is exciting.

Build up. Come on. 22, I knew there was someone out there. 25. At 25.

Do you want to go to 28? Yeah, 28. 30 at the back. Come back with two.

At 32. We'll help you carry them onto your lorry. At £30.

There you are, did the trick. 32. At 32.

35 it is. At £35. don't go quiet on me now.

At £35, it is a room bid. You sure out there? 38.

At 38. 40. Yeah, I knew he'd go again. At £40. Now two.

At 42. At 42. You sure this time?

All done, selling to the net buyer at £42.

Certainly an exciting play between bidders,

but just not enough to help Mark.

I can relax now, it's down to your last lot.

It's the final lot of the day, Paul's stunning set of wine glasses.

£20? 20? All those glasses, 20?

£10 then. You see? Everyone wants it now.

Ten. 12. 15. Go on. 18.

18. 22 I've got on the internet now.

They're galloping off now, 28, 30.

At 32. 35. 38. 40. That's better.

42. 45. 48. 50. Five. At 55. 60. 70.

80. 90. 100. Excellent, £100.

At £100. On the internet at 100. Oh, he's back again at 110.

120. 120 it's going to be.

-We'll take that.

-Well done.

Another stonker of a profit from Paul.

So, for the fifth time this week,

he is the reigning supremo at auction.

You fancy a wee cruise in a classic car, maybe a pint at the end?

-Oh, go on then, if we have to.

-Can I tempt you?

-If we have to.

-Shall we?

-Come on.

Mark started today's show with £366.26 and,

after paying auction costs, made a small profit of £42.92,

bringing his final earnings to £409.18.

Paul started with a mighty £782.04

and after costs, made another whopping profit of £107.86,

giving him a wondrous £889.90 to finish on.

And that means he is crowned this week's jubilant winner.

All profits our experts make will go to Children In Need.

That's it, over for another year.

-Man alive! Belter, though.

-Oh, it was fabulous.

All you've got to do now, Paul, is drive me into the sunset.

-Come on then, amigo, let's do it.

-This way.

# Kisses for me Save all your kisses for me... #

Mark and Paul's road trip adventure has all too soon ended.

They made new friends.

Mark dished out the cuddles.

-Do a Reggie Perrin?

-After you.

And Paul was one tough talker.

-Show me those antiques!

-Yes, sir.

-Stacey!

-Yes, sir.

That's not an antique, boy!

But Mark didn't get upset.

What? I'm not upset, Paul.

I'm nowhere near upset.

We'll miss you, boys. Safe journey home.

# Bye-bye, baby, bye-bye. #

Next week on the Antiques Road Trip,

James Lewis gets his hands all dirty.

That is turtle poo.

While James Braxton is on cleaning duties.

-Would you clean all that up?

-Yeah, well, I was hoping you might.

-No.

You've got to be joking.

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