Episode 7 Antiques Road Trip

It is the nation's favourite antiques 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 end? To make the biggest profit at auction, but it is 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!

This week we're out on the road with antique aficionados Mark Stacey

and Paul Laidlaw.

That horrible word strategy comes up, but again I haven't

got one, actually, cos the one I used on the first occasion

didn't work, so I think I'll give up on them.

Antiques dealer Mark Stacey is a bit of a joker.

You know, I don't think Paul is very happy about being in this show.

No. I mean, he's furious.

And he is game for anything.

-Would you like to have a go?

-No, not really.

Auctioneer Paul Laidlaw simply fizzes with energy.

I want pieces that could fly, and that is a good feeling.

Loving it!

And he is a tough-talking Scotsman when it comes to naming his price.

I wish I hadn't asked you the price now cos I want to buy that

for a tenner, to be honest with you.

At the last auction, Mark's biggest profit was a measly £12.50.

Oh!

Paul, however, enjoyed small,

steady profits to make him the winner by a whisker.

Cheers, buddy.

From his original £200, Mark Stacey has a portly £186.46

rattling around in his back pocket.

And just ahead by a nose is Paul Laidlaw.

He managed to add just under a tenner to his £200 kitty,

giving him £209.92 to spend.

-The first day of our second leg, Paul.

-Yeah!

I've got you in my sights.

I've got that £24 lead in my sights.

The 1967 Sunbeam Alpine GT is the chaps' vehicle of choice,

and sometimes she ain't as smooth as she could be.

RATTLING

That doesn't sound good, does it?

Mark and Paul will, one way or another,

travel over 300 miles from Sabden, Lancaster,

to Bridgwater, in Somerset.

And on today's show, we begin our shopping

mission in the village of Holywell Green, West Yorkshire.

And we'll auction in Cobridge, in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

The boys are sharing their first shop of the day

in Barnyard Antiques.

Come on, stop gassing, we need to get in there.

Time is ticking.

Here's a tip, boys,

you're selling at a general auction that specialises in ceramics.

So, first to have a go is the ever-youthful Mark Stacey.

I have found this model of a collie dog.

You know, it's pottery.

Capstone pottery, and I've never heard of them.

It's priced at £15.

So, if we can get it for five or something,

that might be a possibility.

Well, Paul is also thinking ceramics.

Appears to be late 19th century

Austrian, Viennese porcelain.

Of its period.

A classical form to the urn,

but the prominent feature is a scantily-clad maiden.

But we turn it upside down and, yes,

we see the triangular pad mark

associated with Royal Dux.

But...at auction...

Price...£60.

And dealer Richard arrives to talk money.

Well, I'm just going to beg you, cos I don't want to waste your time.

I'll make you an offer and you can say, "No, it'll never happen."

I need to buy them for 20 quid.

-It needs to be more than that. I'd go to 40 quid.

-Nah.

I'll keep looking. You think about 20 quid.

But I'll keep looking.

I can't go to 40, I just... Bah!

We'll both do a bit of thinking and we'll come back.

Excellent, thanks very much.

Keep looking.

And it's not long before something else takes his eye.

Two vintage fishing reels.

Technically, they are centre pinned Nottingham wheels.

They could have been made anywhere, but they're decorative.

They're priced at 18 for the two.

If I could get those for a single-digit sum...

It's a big ask, but not a horrendous one.

I'm going to give that a go.

You know I'm going to be cheeky.

I'll try to be accommodative for everyone.

-Are they ever going to be 20 quid?

-I'll take 30 for them.

If I give you the 30 quid for them...

..can they be a pittance?

I could have 40 quid, I'd have to leave it at that.

I think I'm giving it to you as I am.

-Deal?

-You're a good man, good man.

So, £30 for the pair of the vases and ten pounds

for the fishing reels. It's a great start to the day, Paul.

Reel 'em in!

Finally, Mark gets a chance to speak with Richard.

-It's this.

-Oh, Lassie!

-Yeah.

I mean, you haven't got much on it anyway, but I think the price

that you've got on it, it's going to make that in the auction.

I've got to pay you a fiver for it, Richard.

I've got to, that's all I can pay for it.

Make it eight quid.

I tell you what, just could we go to seven?

OK, I've been fair with you both, then.

Lovely. Are you sure?

Thankfully, Mark has managed to buy something.

Well, you could say it's...interesting?

Seems Paul wants to spend, spend, spend today

because he's found something else.

-Riding crop?

-Yeah.

-For sale?

For a reasonable offer, yeah.

Can I have a look. Did it just come in?

Well, just one of my stalls, really.

I was going to do a bit more research on them before...

Quite right. Two Swaine and Adeney.

Swaine and Adeney were established in 1750

and were an exclusive London-based company

specialising in equestrian and leather goods.

Because they're relatively modern, late 20th century,

they are...they're usable.

-Can I just make you an offer?

-Yeah.

-40 quid.

You need to come a little bit more.

-I'll give you 50 quid.

-I think I've done well with you before.

And I think I'll have to stick at 60 quid.

-Meet me in the middle, fiver, 55.

-All right.

-Good man.

The first shop of the day has proved a mixed bag.

While Paul has splashed £95, Mark has spent

just seven pounds.

They're back on the road

and Paul is dropping Mark off five miles away in Sowerby Bridge.

The market town lies in the district of Calderdale

and is overlooked by Wainhouse Tower,

the tallest folly in the world.

Mark's visiting Bridge Antiques.

He's only spent seven pounds,

so will he spend more of the folding stuff in here?

-Hi, Mark, I'm Stan.

-Nice to meet you, Stan.

This is very vintage. This is very 1970s.

So, punch bowl, ladle and glasses.

So you could make your fruit cocktail punch in there

and then you come over with your glass, lift it up.

And pour it, either side actually, there is a little lip on both sides.

And I'm not sure how popular they are these days.

They are extremely fragile

and it is very unusual to find a whole set, actually.

No price, we might ask about that.

So, over to Stan to talk business.

Stan is holding the fort for the owner today.

-Do you know how much the punch set is?

-The punch set is £40.

£40, mmm...

Quite a fun set.

I have no idea what it would make in the saleroom.

Stan phones the owner to get the best price.

OK, very well, bye-bye.

-Yeah, so we will do it for 20.

-My God!

What have I done? I need a cocktail.

-Are you sure?

-Absolutely.

-Stan, thank you very much indeed.

-It's not a problem.

£20, how good is that?

It must be worth a go at £20, mustn't it?

You could say he's as pleased as punch with that buy.

I'm happy!

Paul, meanwhile, is on his way to Huddersfield.

Look at what Laidlaw has gone and done,

I've blown half my budget again!

With two more shots to go.

He who dares, wins.

That's the spirit, Paul!

Paul is visiting the Tolson Museum,

which houses collections on the history of Huddersfield.

He is meeting with Joanne Catlow to talk about the social

uprising of the Luddite movement.

Huddersfield has a strong link with radicalism and the museum has

a large exhibition dedicated to civil unrest.

Today, we often use the term Luddite to describe someone

who is stubbornly opposed to new technology.

But at the start of the 19th century,

the Luddites were mainly textile artisans who were fiercely

opposed to the new machinery that was going to replace their jobs

and make them destitute.

The museum has a model of the revolutionary shearing frame

that started the crisis.

A machine like this could do the work of five men.

Oh, my word, yeah.

An initial outlay for the mill owner,

but then you have got less workforce.

Yeah. Four men are going to be pretty upset...

-Absolutely.

-..at that prospect.

-Exactly.

-And so those four men were up in arms about this.

-Right.

-And wanted to get rid of this machinery...

-Yeah, sure.

..and so met in secret,

because it was illegal for groups of men to meet at that time.

-All right.

-Yeah, no trade unions.

They met in secret and planned their attacks on mills that had

-these type of shearing frames, to smash them.

-Right.

By 1812, the Industrial Revolution was gathering momentum

just as the attacks were increasing in and around Huddersfield.

Often they used these type of things.

It look like a hammer to me.

Your mill owners aren't going to take kindly to their new plant

-being smashed up.

-Not at all.

They did lots of things to defend themselves.

-Some people built barricades with cannons.

-Really?

And mill owners slept in their mills with the local militia.

In fact, they were so scared that they had 1,000 troops

-stationed in Huddersfield in 1812.

-Really?

The Luddites' fight for their livelihoods threatened social

harmony so much that the British government,

fearing revolution, committed more troops on the ground

in Yorkshire and Lancashire than they did in the field

against Napoleon.

The Luddites liked to use elements of surprise in their attacks.

That always worked.

A big, big attack on the mill

at Rawfolds near Cleckheaton,

where the mill owner was ready for them,

fired, two Luddites were killed

and that was the last big attack on their mill.

After that, they decided to attack the mill owners themselves.

Oh, my word.

And this sword was reputedly owned by William Horsfall,

-who was a local mill owner...

-Yeah.

..who had proudly stated that he would ride up

-to his saddle girth in Luddite blood.

-Bring it on.

Unfortunately for him, on his way home on 28th April, 1812,

he was ambushed and shot and killed.

And this was reputedly the sword he was carrying at the time.

It is down and dirty and really horrific, isn't it?

Because on either side, arguably,

there are parties fighting for their livelihood.

-That's right.

-The tensions are...

-It doesn't get any more important to you than that, does it?

-No.

Putting bread on the table.

So what is the upshot of this incident?

Well, after they had interrogated and rounded up a lot

of the suspected Luddites,

almost 70 of them that were put on trial at York Castle.

This is a pamphlet detailing the trial there.

Interestingly, the jury was all made of local landowners

and mill owners and magistrates.

-So really, they didn't really stand a chance.

-Good job.

In the end, three Luddites were convicted of the murder

of William Horsfall, the mill owner,

were sentenced to be hanged and dissected.

A few days later, 14 further Luddites were

sentenced to be hanged

for their party machine breaking and entering mills.

How big an incident is this within the scheme of the whole uprising?

The government wanted to quickly end this

because they were very scared of a revolution similar to France.

Oh, my word, of course.

That was a fascinating story, Joanne,

thanks very much for telling it to me.

-You are very welcome.

-Thank you.

While Paul has been having a lesson in social history,

Mark has travelled to the small town of Holmfirth, in West Yorkshire.

The town and the surrounding countryside is

the setting of the popular TV series Last Of The Summer Wine.

Hopefully, Mark won't bump into Nora Batty as he heads

for his last shop of the day.

-Hello.

-Hi, how are you? Rachel.

-Nice to meet you, Rachel.

-Nice to meet you.

-Right, tell me about this.

Well, we have got a bit of everything, really.

Just have a look around and see what you think.

I like a bit of everything. Darling, you and I are going to get on.

Nice wiggle, Mark, if you like that sort of thing.

Right, what have we got in here? Interesting.

Those are quite sweet, aren't they?

Little heart-shaped silver boxes for her lady to put her pills or

something like that in in her bag.

But there is a little bit of a problem with them.

When there's...

When you polish silver like this, it's quite thin.

And if you are over-vigorous with the silver polish, you can actually

wear the pattern away, and there is a little bit of wear on these two.

But they are only priced at £40 for the pair,

which is good because they're a cute shape, aren't they?

What would be the lowest on those?

Um...I've got 40 on them, they could be £30.

30. We couldn't get down to 25?

-Go on, then, 25.

-Are you sure?

-Yeah, that's it.

-I mean, that's what they're worth about.

-Thank you.

Well, after such a packed day of shopping, it's time for the boys

to put their feet up. Nighty-night.

The chaps are up and at it,

rejuvenated after a good night's rest.

You just don't know what you get, though, do you, Paul?

-Yeah, that's it.

-You just don't know.

No matter what plan you have, it goes out that window.

It goes out that window.

So far, that cautious cat Mark has spent £52 on three

auction lots - the Staffordshire collie dog,

the 1970s punch bowl set and a pair of hard-shaped pillboxes,

leaving 134.46 for the day ahead.

Meanwhile, Paul has gone hell for leather

and spent £95 in one shop, buying a pair of vases,

two fishing reels and a whip and riding crop.

This antiques booty has left him with £114.92 in his kitty.

Paul and Mark have left Holmfirth and are travelling to

the town of Oldham, in Greater Manchester.

During the Industrial Revolution, Oldham was the most

productive cotton-spinning mill town in the world.

-Cheers.

-See you later, Paul. Bye.

Mark is very kindly dropping Paul off at his next shop,

but it is no ordinary shop.

RJ O'Brien & Son is a huge warehouse selling to both trade

and the public.

-Whoa! Hello there, hi.

-Morning.

-Paul Laidlaw.

-Ronan O'Brien.

Ronan, you're the man with the name!

-You're right!

-Hi, how are you doing?

-I'm OK.

-And this is it?

-This is it.

-Expansive.

Goodness, what a shop, I hope.

Blimey, I think we might be here for some time.

Ah. Hummel.

Utterly distinctive modelling and decoration.

Now, is it Hummel or a looky-likey?

Hummel. That's the name, that's what they're looking for.

The Hummel figurines are based on the drawings

of German nun Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel.

The figurines became popular souvenirs with American GIs

stationed in Germany after World War II.

I hate it, that would give me nightmares.

But...

..that's a seller.

I'm going to put that down there.

There's a lot of stuff in there. Holy Moses!

How much time have we got?

Maybe there is just too much to look at, Paul.

I'll see you in a moment. Bric-a-brac overload.

But he's found something that has really grabbed his attention.

I think I love this.

I'm looking at a tea set.

I like the form, OK?

Let me show you the form first of all, OK?

I'm going to shock you folks. Because you're going to go, "What?"

What do you see there?

Are they swastikas?

You are thinking, "Oh, my word, it's German."

And that is arguably an offensive symbol.

Not so in this context.

We're not looking at a swastika, no, rule that out.

We're looking at a hooked cross.

Before the Third Reich claimed the swastika, it was an ancient

symbol of good luck in many cultures around the world.

It certainly has got wow on its side.

I really, really rate that.

And he's not finished yet.

I've never seen one of these.

What's inside?

What I would call a trio, which is a cup, saucer and tea plate.

In isolation, what's it worth?

Five to ten pounds would be a good result.

In its box, I think it is transformed.

Worth £20, £30.

£40 if you really like it.

Paul now has three things on his shopping list.

But will owner Ronan deliver?

Can I have, please, the Hummel lamp, the trio, the tea for not quite six?

-Yes.

-Tenner a pop and be cheeky and say...

-I spotted that wee punter on the way past.

-Yep.

-You throw him in?

-Yeah, of course we will.

-Gentleman.

-No problem.

-Thanks.

The Hummel figurine is a cheeky freebie, that's

another big Laidlaw swoop as he scoops four items for £30.

Mark, meanwhile has travelled north to Ramsbottom,

in the Borough of Bury, 16 miles away.

And he is ready for a rummage in Memory's Antiques.

Oh, no!

Where am I going to start?

Cabinets, cabinets, cabinets, cabinets...

This might be some time. Hello, ladies.

-ALL: Hello.

-How are we all?

We are all very well, thank you, and you?

-I am very well.

-Good.

-I think.

-I'm Mavis.

-Hello, Mavis, Mark.

-Hello.

-We can be M and M.

-We could, couldn't we?

Somebody might eat us.

Be rather nice, wouldn't it?

It's going to be one of those days, you know, I can feel it.

I know what you mean.

Now, this is rather nice.

This little box looks like tortoiseshell

but it is actually plastic, otherwise known as faux.

It is a little ladies' dressing table set.

These are silver gilt.

So, a little powder pot, a little pill jar there,

little nail file and cuticle thing.

And I love little boxes, I love little outiles.

This one is Edwardian, I think.

It is probably going to be looking at the mark, early 1900s.

1905, 1908, so an antique item.

Paul will be impressed, won't he?

An antique, from me!

LID SQUEAKS

That is saying, "Buy me, buy me, buy me."

Oh, that's rather interesting.

This is antique.

This is a jug, maybe from a set of three.

I love this sort of octagonal shape. It is copper lustre.

And then they have applied these little panels on so they

cut the panels out and then apply them on and fire them.

Now, date. This is a genuine antique, I mean, a real antique.

Cos the date on this would be something like 1850, 1860.

So, we're looking at something that is 160 years old.

But completely out of fashion.

And today this is priced up at...

..eight pounds. I think that is an amazing value.

But it is not amazing enough, not for me to try to get in lower.

Time to talk money with Mavis.

The jug is priced at a modest eight pounds,

but I would love to get it if possible, for five pounds.

-I think that would be fine.

-Is that all right?

-Yes, that's fine.

Let's count that as sold.

I'm going to have that one.

This little box is charming.

The manicure box belongs to another dealer,

so Mavis had a word with them about the price.

She thinks she would let it go at 60.

-60.

-Is that any use to you?

Is there any chance we could get nearer 50?

-If that was at all possible.

-I think she will be happy with 50.

-Are you sure?

-Yes, I'm sure she would.

Because, honestly, I don't know what it's going to do.

-She'd be happy with 50.

-Are you sure?

-Yes.

Then, Mavis, you have done a wonderful job for me.

-Thank you so much.

-You're welcome.

With his shopping done, Mark heads ten miles south to Rochdale.

Oh, wow.

Mark is visiting Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum.

Housed in a former fire engine workshop,

the museum was opened in 1983 to the public.

The collection tells the story of the proud achievements

and development of the Greater Manchester Fire Brigades.

Mark is meeting with Bob Bonner, retired fireman

and volunteer at the museum.

-Hello, I'm Mark.

-Hello. Welcome to the Fire Service Museum, I'm Bob.

The early 1800s hailed the beginning of the municipal fire service.

Prior to this,

fire services were only available to those who could afford insurance.

In the 1860s, Alfred Tozer arrived from London

to organise the fire service in Manchester

and developed one of the finest in the country.

As a result, thousands of lives have been saved.

Tozer began a dynasty of fire chiefs that continues to this day.

In the early days, firemen had to work

with some pretty primitive equipment.

We are going to have a look now

at what the earliest kind of fire engines looked like,

which were known as manual fire pumps. The clue is in the name.

They were manually operated by firefighters

and willing volunteers who would help them.

This is very typical of a small manual fire engine.

What age is this?

This is a typical mid-19th century one,

which was built by Tilley of London in 1847.

-Wow, it's that old?

-Yes.

I mean, looking at it as a layman,

how on earth can a cart help you fight a fire?

Well, inside the cart, is a fire pump, an iron fire pump.

The whole thing is just a wooden cart, as you say,

and the bottom part of it is known as a cistern, so that holds water.

It must be filled first before the fire engine will do anything.

So, water's poured into there from buckets

and sat inside the bottom of the fire engine is this fire pump...

-Oh, right.

-..which is then worked by the mechanism.

-You grab that end.

-So the firemen and the helpers would be pumping furiously like this.

-Yep.

And then something will be plugged onto this.

The hose pipe would be connected to the outwards and as we pump,

the water goes up the hose, back to the firefighter at the end.

As you are doing all of this,

you have then got a team of other helpers

who are filling that water all the time.

Yes, you continually need to keep it filled

unless it's set into a river or something.

But normally, you need a bucket changer to work very quickly

-to keep it supplied.

-Yeah, because... Yeah.

Because even doing this, you can feel it's really working.

-You would empty it very quickly.

-Yeah, you would. You can see that.

It's very efficient.

Lovely, that's my exercise for the day.

Who needs a gym? You just buy a fire pump.

Mark has spotted a pretty intriguing piece of wood.

What on earth is a mahogany door doing in the middle of this?

Isn't that a beautiful door? Very, very fond of that.

There is a very good reason why a door would be that shape.

Because behind that door is a hole in the floor.

Passing through the hole in the floor is the sliding pole.

So this is the way the firemen got from upstairs to downstairs

when there was a fire call.

So this is... This would've been completely open?

Completely open, you'd be looking down now onto the roof

of a fire engine.

You heard the bell and you just went instinctively.

-You don't jump, you grip it and slide.

-Grip it and slide.

This looks like I'm pole dancing.

And down you go.

And down you go. But how tall would this...?

This particular pole was in this building,

which was four storeys high.

-Oh.

-Most of them go down from one floor to the next floor.

-Wow.

The thing to remember with the firemen's pole is that

when you land at the bottom,

to run away quickly, else you'll have five more firemen on your head.

Yes. Well, I think that is amazing. I just love the door.

-Gorgeous door, isn't it?

-That...

I thought it was a library, a secret door.

That's wonderful, isn't it?

-Thank you very much for coming.

-You have been very entertaining.

-Lovely. Nice to meet you.

-Nice to have met you.

Good luck with the fund-raising.

-Yes, fingers crossed. Thank you.

-Bye-bye.

-Bye now.

It is now time for the boys to meet up with one another

and have a gander at their antiques booty.

-I don't believe it!

-Yeah.

There's certainly one thing - I would have never put Paul Laidlaw

and Hummel figures together in my life.

I am sorry, Paul, I'm going to have to...

Because I really don't believe this. I really don't believe this.

Oh, yes, it's marked West Germany.

-But it's a great find!

-It's everything there.

You simply can't go wrong, honestly.

Ten.

-For the two? Oh, that's cheap.

-Should be fine, shouldn't it?

-There's so much the falls in that category.

-Yes.

-Reproduction Royal Dux.

-But they are a pair and they're decorative.

You are being so kind.

There are large and they are a pair.

Well, listen, I don't...

I really don't know, this one.

I mean, I'm going to go, obviously,

for the - shall I say? - quality item.

-Whip and the crop.

-Nicely silver mounted there.

-Yep.

The most prestigious of retailers' makers.

-Swaine and Adeney, by appointment to HM.

-Oh.

-It depends what you paid for them.

-55.

-For the pair?

-Yeah.

That's cheap! Well, I congratulate you, Paul.

-I mean, you've shocked me here.

-I shocked myself,

believe me. Show me what you've bought.

I'm not sure you're ready for this.

I don't feel dirty.

But I am going to be very careful here, Paul,

because there is quite a bit.

-Explain.

-Well, that was my first purchase.

Look, I'm not going to pretend it's anything special, Paul,

but it was seven pounds.

-In the market we're going to...

-I know why you did it.

15 quid, 20 if you are lucky.

-Yeah.

-The jug, I wanted to get something antique.

It is a copper lustre jug.

I love the little spout, it's like a lion's had.

-OK, yeah, but it's damaged.

-There is a crack.

There is a crack in it.

-That was single-digit.

-Five quid.

-OK, fair enough.

-This I love.

-Yeah.

-I love it.

-OK.

-It was only 20 quid.

-For the lot. This was my really big purchase.

-OK.

-Silver guilt.

-Hallmarked on the hinges.

-Yeah, I see that.

-And I've actually cataloged it as faux tortoiseshell.

-Yeah, yeah.

-What did you pay for it?

-50.

-Seems all right.

-This is too close to call.

-I'm liking your work. This is going to be good, isn't it?

-I think so.

-Roll on the auction.

-Yeah.

-Well done.

-Roll on the drinkies.

-I'm off, are you coming?

-Yeah, come on, let's do that.

But what do they really think?

Who is going to win? Please, make it be me.

The jug, that's landfill, isn't it?

It is got a whopping big crack in it!

Please let it be me!

It has been an exciting second day, travelling from Holywell Green

by Sowerby Bridge, Huddersfield, Holmfirth, Oldham, Ramsbottom,

Rochdale to Cobridge, in Stoke-on-Trent,

the venue of today's auction.

Are you ready? Is this a crash and burn or...fortunes made?

This is it, come on, let's get in, shall we?

ASH Auctions has been established

since 1994 and hold weekly general sales.

Lee Sherratt is proprietor and auctioneer for today's proceedings

and he has a few thoughts on the chaps' wares.

My favourite item is the tortoiseshell and manicure set.

I'm sure it will sell well.

Is there anything I really don't like?

Um, the punch bowl.

They don't seem to realise a good price, really.

Mark Stacey started today's show with £186.43

and spent £107 on five lots.

Paul Laidlaw began with £209.92

and spent £125 also on five lots.

Oh, where are they?

Oh, yes, there they are, look.

First up, it's Mark's retro-style punch bowl set.

Big enough to drown your sorrows in, that.

Yeah, it is, I might need to.

Bid me on that little lot there, shall we say 25?

25, the punch set there?

25? 20? Get me somebody. Start me off. £15 for it.

-£15.

-Oh, no!

Ten I'm bid. Ten on the right-hand side at ten.

At ten. At 12 on the phone. 14.

14. 16. At 14 in the room, it's against you on the phone.

16. 18? 18. 18.

Right-hand side, against you on the phone again. 20.

At two. At 22. 22. 24, is it now?

At four. At six. At six.

26 is bid in the room. Against you on the phone, eight. At 30.

At 30 bid now. Two on the phone.

It's in the room, it's going to be sold.

At £30, once... Two. 32. 32. 32.

Against you, four. 34. At 34. 34.

Once, twice, third and final time at £34.

That'll be gone... Yes, no?

-£34.

-Good result.

-That is a £14 profit.

Get in!

Well, who would've thought it? A nice profit from the get go, Mark.

MARK SIGHS

It's going well.

Don't relax too soon,

Mark, it is your 19th-century jug with the hairline crack next.

Nice jug there, 15 for it. Ten for it quickly, let's get it going.

Ten pounds. Come on, it's worth ten. Ten pounds.

Ten on bid. Ten pounds. At ten. Ten pound bid.

Down here at ten pounds. Come on, keep going. At ten pounds. At 12.

Sell it for ten, first maiden bed.

I've doubled my money, I can't really argue with that.

So far, so good, Mark.

You are on a roll, Stinky!

It is Paul's two Victorian fishing reels next.

Can he reel in a corker of a profit?

Shall we say £20 for two fishing reels there?

Who's going to bid me? Come on, only ten. Ten on bid.

We're off at ten pounds. Where? All over the place. 12 on bid.

14. 16. 18.

-20.

-Come on.

-Valued at £20.

Two. At 22. 24.

26. 28. 30. 32. 34.

36. 38. 40. 42.

44. 46. 48.

48. 50.

£50. At £50 on the second row for the fishing reels, then.

At £50.

I can't believe it, Paul.

I'll do that all day long. Relief!

Well, he certainly did. Great start, Paul.

I'm just going to go home.

Oh, come on, Mark, it's early days.

It's Paul again with the Hummel lamp and figurine.

20. £20 for the two. 15 for the two. Come on, let's start.

15 I'm bid on the front row. At £15, bid only now.

16. We're off again at 16. 18 I'm bid.

At 20 bid now. Two.

22. 24. 26.

28 on the front row. 30. £30.

Against you on the phone, 32, is it now? 32. 34.

36? 36 on the phone, is it?

Now 36. 38? 38 in the room.

Is it 40 on the phone? 40 I'm bid.

42? 44. 46.

Are you saying no? At £44.

-Anybody else?

-Selling on the phone at £44.

Another hefty profit for Paul. Good steady work, Mr Laidlaw.

Paul is on again with these Royal Dux-style vases.

Come on, where are we going to start? Give me £30.

£30. 35. 40. 45.

50 flush money. 55. 60.

60 bid. 65.

At 65. 70. 70, yes or no?

70. 75. Keep going, show your money. At £70.

£70, on the right-hand side at £70.

At £70, sells, then, at 70 for the pair.

What a lovely pair, as they say,

and even better, it is yet another sizable profit for Paul.

-£70 is quite a lot for those.

-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Now, Mark, can your pottery doggie help you claim some lovely profit?

-Fingers crossed.

-Three, five, ten pound.

Somebody quickly at ten. On the phone, at ten.

12 all over the place. 12 on bid against you. 14 if you want it.

14 bid. 16 if you want it. 16 on bid. 18.

18 on bid now. Is it 20, yes or no? 18 in the front row.

20. Fresh money. At £20. 22? 24. 24 bid. 24. 26.

26 on bid. 28. 28 bid. 30.

£30 now. 32. 32. 34.

-34. 36.

-That's all right.

-Decent, yeah.

Are we all finished?

Well, Lassie really did come home with a profit.

It's definitely game on between these two chaps.

Get in, well done!

We are back with Paul.

He has combined the 1920s tea set

and the King Edward VIII coronation collection into one china lot.

Unusual decoration on this, ladies and gentlemen.

Unusual decoration, that's where it is.

Come on, let's start the bidding. Ten pounds the lot.

Unusual lot here. Ten I'm bid. 12 I'm bid.

14. 16. 18. 20. 22.

£20 I'm bid. At £20. Where's two?

At £20.

-You were right.

-Sorry.

Oh, dear, not the figure you were hoping for, Paul.

It's Mark's pretty faux tortoiseshell manicure box next.

Come on, it needs to be sold. £20 to get on.

£20, we're off. 20 bid now. 25. 25 on the right.

Decent bid increments as well.

40. 40 bid. 45. £40 bid, lady's bid at £40.

40 bid now. At 45.

In the room it goes, no mistake. At £40.

Mark's not wearing a happy face for that result.

-I mean, that was a steal for 40.

-Yeah.

It's Paul's last lot of the day, the exclusive riding crop and whip.

£20 I'm bid. Where's five?

25. 30.

35. 40?

40. 45? 45. 50? 50.

55. 60. 65 there. Bethany's bidding. 70.

Oh, and we have a very keen young lady bidding here.

I bet she's got a horse.

100 on Glenn's phone. 105.

She's still there at 105.

110. With you at 110.

115. 120, is it, yes or no?

120, is it, yes or no? 120, yes.

125 in the room.

125 is bid. 130?

125, is it 130, yes or no?

30. At 130. It's on Glenn at five.

At 135. At 135, it is with Bethany's bid at 140.

At 140 bid. At 145.

At 145. Can I see 150? 145. It's in the room at 145.

Once. 50. At 150.

150. She's still there. At 155.

At 155 against Glenn's phone. 160.

160. 165. 165.

165. 170. 165. 170.

The phone is now out. At 165, it is with you, Bethany, at 165.

At 165 once.

165 twice.

A third and final time at £165.

£165. 482.

Put your hands together, ladies and gents, to the little bidder.

My goodness, Paul, the biggest profit of the day

so far, thanks to the determined young lady.

Giddy-up!

I'll buy you a drink, you'll be better tomorrow morning.

Yeah, as well.

I might need a bottle.

Don't lose heart, Mark, you have one last item left.

It is the pair of pillboxes.

I hope that I might not need to take a pill after this sells.

What shall we say for the two of those?

-35.

-On commission, straight off at £35.

Oh, it was £50 profit.

-At £35. Can I see 40? £40 bid. 45.

-I'm out.

£40 sitting in the front row, at £40. Can I see five for the two?

At £40, I'm going to sell then.

-At £40.

-Oh, well.

-That went over all right.

It's not the biggie profit he needed,

but it is better than nothing.

-Jolly well done.

-Thanks. Let's have a wee drinky on me.

Come on. Let's have a wee drink on you.

Let's find out who today's winner is.

Mark started this leg with £186.46

and after paying auction costs,

made a small profit of £24.20,

leaving him with a respectable £210.66 to carry forward.

But there is no stopping Paul.

He began with £209.92 and after costs,

made a bumper £161.18 profit.

So that leaves him with a delightful £371.10 to spend next time.

And makes him today's winner. Well done.

Cheers, buddy. Can I say it? Ye of little faith, but it delivered.

For you.

Oh, dear.

Next time on the Antiques Road Trip,

Mark and Paul head for the county town of Stafford.

Mark goes too far with a bid.

I don't suppose we could say the two for £15?

Um...

Oh, it all depends.

And Paul is Mr Poker Face.

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