0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
0:00:04 > 0:00:07with £200 each, a classic car
0:00:07 > 0:00:10and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12Going, going, gone!
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Yes!
0:00:13 > 0:00:14How do I look?
0:00:14 > 0:00:16The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:17but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Yes!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23I'm going to become a bin man.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25So, will it be the high road to glory
0:00:25 > 0:00:27or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I like it when you're chasing me.
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36Yeah!
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Jostling for pole position on the second leg of this week's road trip
0:00:42 > 0:00:46are intrepid master antiquarians Mark Stacey
0:00:46 > 0:00:48and Will Axon.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49I had a horrible nightmare last night.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- Oh, what?- I dreamt that we went to an auction
0:00:52 > 0:00:53with lots of treasure
0:00:53 > 0:00:55and we bombed.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57We were robbed and came home with nothing.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59That wasn't a nightmare, Will. It happened.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01I was afraid you were going to say that!
0:01:03 > 0:01:06With over 25 years' experience in the antiques trade
0:01:06 > 0:01:08and a veteran of the trip,
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Mark Stacey still hasn't quite got the hang of the show.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13I've seen a fridge freezer I quite like.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16While Newmarket-born auctioneer Will Axon
0:01:16 > 0:01:21does not want to suffer a repeat of the first auction debacle,
0:01:21 > 0:01:23so has arranged some extra protection.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25How do I look?
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Both Mark and Will started the week on £200
0:01:29 > 0:01:31and bombed at the first auction.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Mark lost £82.50,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35so starts today's trolley dash for treasure
0:01:35 > 0:01:38with £117.50.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44Will's losses amounted to a budget-slashing £101.60,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47so he starts today's antique adventure
0:01:47 > 0:01:49with only £98.40.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Mark and Will are kings of the road in this little white pearl -
0:01:54 > 0:01:56it's a 1963 Triumph TR4,
0:01:56 > 0:01:59but last time it was a little less than reliable.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Hang on, hang on - I'm going to try and coast it into this space.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Let's hope she behaves herself today.
0:02:06 > 0:02:07Come on, please make it.
0:02:07 > 0:02:08Go on!
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Otherwise you'll have to get out and push, Will.
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Our travelling antiquarians
0:02:12 > 0:02:16are cruising through no less than five counties.
0:02:16 > 0:02:17They started the week in East Sussex
0:02:17 > 0:02:20and will visit Kent, Essex, Suffolk
0:02:20 > 0:02:22and Hertfordshire,
0:02:22 > 0:02:25before ending up at an auction in the London suburb of Ruislip.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28On this leg, they'll start in Bilsington
0:02:28 > 0:02:31and end up at an auction not far away in Sandwich,
0:02:31 > 0:02:35but clocking up some 80-odd miles in between.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37I'm going to change my tactics, I think.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39I've been a bit soft.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Have you?- On the dealers, I think.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43I thought it was just you didn't buy very nice things.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48They are deep in the countryside in Kent,
0:02:48 > 0:02:50near a little village called Bilsington
0:02:50 > 0:02:53and Mark's dropping Will off at the first shop.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58It's time for Will to put his new tough-guy tactic into play,
0:02:58 > 0:03:02as he kicks off his bargain blitz at the Barn at Bilsington.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Watch out, Gabrielle - he means business.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09I'm going to get straight to the point
0:03:09 > 0:03:11and say my budget is even more limited
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- than it was in the first instance.- Right.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Well, give me an idea as to what your budget is.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Maybe I'll point you in a direction.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23I was looking to maybe buy a couple of items for £50.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Crikey! That went down like a lead balloon.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Gabrielle specialises in French country furniture,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32though you could be mistaken for thinking
0:03:32 > 0:03:34you were in her lavishly decorated home,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37complete with a fire in the hearth to get you warmed up
0:03:37 > 0:03:39and in the buying mood.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42But anyway, there's business to be done. Let's have a rummage.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44See? It works a treat.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52That's quite nice, isn't it?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Bone rather than ivory.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57And you've got this sort of penwork.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00It's almost got a sort of...
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Indian feel about it.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Gabrielle's glasses in there, and a little nail file.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12That's what they're used for - handy little box for knick-knacks.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16No price ticket on it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19That might be one to mention.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22These decorative little boxes are just the kind of thing
0:04:22 > 0:04:24that could fly at auction.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Hmm.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Nice Chinese blue and white vase.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39Got a mark underneath.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Always be slightly suspicious of the Chinese marks.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I believe that's the Kangxi mark.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49This pretty blue and white painted vase
0:04:49 > 0:04:51is 19th century Kangxi.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55The production of Kangxi ended in 1722,
0:04:55 > 0:04:58but the style was copied into the 1800s.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02It's got what I would call a sort of star crack
0:05:02 > 0:05:04to the body,
0:05:04 > 0:05:06and that has spread
0:05:06 > 0:05:07somewhat.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10Well, it's no Ming dynasty,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13so can Will stick to his new macho technique
0:05:13 > 0:05:15and get it within budget?
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- I found this upstairs.- Yes.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Which is interesting.- Mm-hm.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23But quite badly damaged.
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Can you see that nasty crack?
0:05:28 > 0:05:30- It's got age to it.- It has.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Um...
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Going to have met with some problems in its life.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Haven't we all, dear?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Can we say £40?
0:05:41 > 0:05:43And 5.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46Well, if I find something else and round it up to 50?
0:05:46 > 0:05:50- You've got quite a sweet little box next door.- Yes.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52That's more. That's got to be 25.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55So, £45 for the vase
0:05:55 > 0:05:58and £25 for the box is £70.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01But how much does Will dare to offer?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Could I have both for 60?
0:06:05 > 0:06:06That seems fair.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08To who? To you or to me?
0:06:08 > 0:06:10- To both of us!- Fair enough.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12- Can we do that?- Yes.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14I'm thrilled. Thanks very much.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Good. A pleasure.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18Ding-ding! Round one to Will.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22He's struck a good bargain, but £60 is over half his starting budget,
0:06:22 > 0:06:24so he only has £38.40
0:06:24 > 0:06:26for the rest of this leg. Pretty risky, this.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30Meanwhile, Mark's put his pedal to the metal
0:06:30 > 0:06:32and gone nearly eight miles southeast
0:06:32 > 0:06:34to a place called Appledore.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Not in Devon.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38It's a village known to generations of children
0:06:38 > 0:06:41as the setting for AA Milne's famous poem
0:06:41 > 0:06:44The Knight Whose Armour Didn't Squeak.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46DOOR SQUEAKS
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Mark's festival of fun is about to commence at the Old Forge,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52where he's already forging an alliance with storekeeper Jenny.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Look out, Jenny!
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Jenny, I've a good feeling we're going to do some business today.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59You have, and I've got you a cup of tea,
0:06:59 > 0:07:00because you must be frozen.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03I'm frozen. I know we're going to get on.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04You old charmer, you.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Thank you, Jenny.- It's a pleasure.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12This is the sort of thing I think might sell quite well.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15I'll lift it up. It's quite heavy, I should imagine.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Yes, it is.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I mean, how would you describe that?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Cheap? Concrete? Doorstep?
0:07:24 > 0:07:25I could go on.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27I think these are quite cheeky.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Painted in a nicer colour, I think that could be quite a fun item.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36It's a bit much at the moment - £22.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38And it just says "Doggy"!
0:07:40 > 0:07:42But I think she's rather sweet.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Look, there's a little bow. You can see a little bow.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I think you're barking up the wrong tree here.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49It's rough, rough, rough!
0:07:51 > 0:07:52Like a moth to a flame,
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Mark's alighted on an outrageous vintage 1970s lamp
0:07:56 > 0:07:59that is, frankly, camper than knickers.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01I think it's green and brown onyx.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03I suppose it is, yes.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06With these sort of gilt metal or brass mounts,
0:08:06 > 0:08:10with sort of caryatids on the base there.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12And this outrageous shade!
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Everybody comments on it, I have to say.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19You could almost get away with it at Ascot, at Ladies Day.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22But I think, to me,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25it sort of screams the 1970s. I don't know about you.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28- I think it probably is. - Abigail's Party and all that.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30There's no ticket price on the lamp,
0:08:30 > 0:08:32so let the tussle begin.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36What would be your bargain price? Because you've got to get rid of it.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38It doesn't fit in with your theme at all here.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40What - retro chic?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42- Um...35. - MARK GASPS
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Oh, lordy!
0:08:44 > 0:08:46What were you thinking?
0:08:47 > 0:08:49I might have to have a sit-down.
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Um...
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Oh, dear!
0:08:52 > 0:08:54The old ticker's going now - palpitations.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Am-dram, eat your heart out!
0:08:56 > 0:08:59But if I could get that
0:08:59 > 0:09:03for somewhere near £20, or in between 20 and 30...
0:09:03 > 0:09:05What about 25?
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Oh, Jenny, I've got to have it for £25.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11At the end of the day, the shade's worth that.
0:09:11 > 0:09:12Yeah.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14So, first deal of the day in the bag.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16But what about that concrete terrier?
0:09:16 > 0:09:20MUSIC: # How much is that doggy in the window? #
0:09:20 > 0:09:23Graham, the little doggy's owner, has arrived.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25So now they can have a pet talk.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27What could you do it for? It's marked as 22.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- Well, we would really like you to win.- Oh!
0:09:31 > 0:09:34So let's say...
0:09:34 > 0:09:36um...
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- 15. How's that, Mark? - MARK GASPS
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Ideally, I'd like to get it for a tenner or so.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Cheaper, Mark? You don't say.
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- If it's not possible...- Go 12.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Go 12 and we've got... we're there then.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50We'd like you to come back.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53And maybe spend a little more money!
0:09:53 > 0:09:56I would like to come back as well. I would like to spend more
0:09:56 > 0:09:58and I would like to win, which is why I need it for ten.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01I'll let you have it for ten if it'll help.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Thank you so much, Graham. You are a star.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05You're very welcome.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Mark's pleased at himself for scoring
0:10:08 > 0:10:10a couple of tasty treasures
0:10:10 > 0:10:14and is now scooting over to Hythe, around 17 miles eastwards.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20He's visiting St Leonard's church.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28At first glance, St Leonard's is like any other church,
0:10:28 > 0:10:32but below, there's a crypt with a rather gruesome secret.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35This kind of history is really not for the faint-hearted
0:10:35 > 0:10:37and some viewers may be shocked
0:10:37 > 0:10:39by what you're about to see.
0:10:39 > 0:10:40Mike Pearson is the man in the know.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43So this is the entrance to the crypt,
0:10:43 > 0:10:47which is underneath the chancel, the main chancel of the church.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50I'm not sure I'm ready for this!
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Well, it is quite frightening when you first open it.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- It gives you the heebie-jeebies, Mike, doesn't it?- It does.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11It's very frightening to start off with,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14but then, you can see what's here
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and how impressive it is,
0:11:17 > 0:11:21with the skulls and the bones, particularly in this main stack.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31The remains of about 2,000 bodies are collected here,
0:11:31 > 0:11:33but no-one knows exactly why.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38Past historians argued bones were placed in the crypt
0:11:38 > 0:11:40after removal from the graveyard
0:11:40 > 0:11:43when the church chancel was extended in the 13th century.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47And, as other cemeteries nearby became full,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49remains were dug up and placed here
0:11:49 > 0:11:51to make way for new graves.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54This practice in itself was not unusual in England,
0:11:54 > 0:11:56but the bones were usually dispersed,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58making this a rare collection.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02It's quite staggering. It looks... I don't know. It's weird,
0:12:02 > 0:12:07- seeing all these human beings piled up like this.- Yes.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10The bones were stacked this way in the early 20th century
0:12:10 > 0:12:11to preserve them.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Do you think they all died peacefully?
0:12:14 > 0:12:20Um, well, the original theories were they were warriors slain in battle.
0:12:20 > 0:12:27But because researchers recently have studied the skulls,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30they found that there were slightly more females than males.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34And there was an absence of wounds generally,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36so they're not warriors at all.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Although the skulls and bones belong to people long since passed away,
0:12:40 > 0:12:43they still tell a story of the lifestyle that they lived.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46They did have a hard life.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50For example, in terms of the teeth,
0:12:50 > 0:12:56here's an example of teeth where the teeth are very worn.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59That's because of the coarse diet.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02But they do not have holes,
0:13:02 > 0:13:06so that shows that there was an absence of sugar,
0:13:06 > 0:13:08but it does explain
0:13:08 > 0:13:12how hard... Although it's a hard life,
0:13:12 > 0:13:16the teeth were preserved, compared with modern-day teeth.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Researchers have been studying and cataloguing the remains
0:13:20 > 0:13:24and, alas, not everyone died peacefully of natural causes.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29That's called sharp-force trauma.
0:13:29 > 0:13:30- That looks pretty bad.- Yes.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33So, in actual fact, a sharp implement
0:13:33 > 0:13:35has been driven through the skull.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Whether that was in warfare or just a fight, we don't know.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41And this probably would have killed...
0:13:41 > 0:13:42This probably would have killed.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Although the way that has healed,
0:13:45 > 0:13:49means that he lived for a little bit afterwards,
0:13:49 > 0:13:51which must have been horrendous.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- It must have been so painful. - Very painful.- Gosh!
0:13:56 > 0:13:58- It's very macabre, isn't it?- Yes.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Cause of death? Diet and disease
0:14:00 > 0:14:02are some of the many things
0:14:02 > 0:14:05that have been discovered from recent research,
0:14:05 > 0:14:08but the question of why they were all collected here
0:14:08 > 0:14:09is still an open case.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- It's so strange, Mike. It's very uncomfortable.- Yes.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Holding a skull from a dead person.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It is when you first do it.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19- I think you do get used to it.- I'm sure you do.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23I can well understand how you feel.
0:14:23 > 0:14:24- It was a person.- Yes, it is.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- They lived a life. - And we have to recognise
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- everyone in this room was a person.- Exactly.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- But it's fascinating. It tells us so much...- Yes.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- ..about the past, doesn't it? - It does.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39So that we can have glimpses of how they lived
0:14:39 > 0:14:41and what they suffered from.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Thank you, Mike. I wasn't expecting to be holding a skull today,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48but it's been absolutely fascinating. Thank you so much.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50It's a pleasure. Thank you very much.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Gosh! Keeping his mind firmly on the competition is Will,
0:14:56 > 0:14:59who's made his own way ten miles northeast
0:14:59 > 0:15:02from the Barn in Bilsington
0:15:02 > 0:15:04to another barn in Bethersden.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08His crusade for curiosities continues.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- Hello there!- Hello there.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12- You must be Tony.- That's me.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- Nice to meet you. I'm Will.- And you.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Will's spotted a couple of decorative vases
0:15:20 > 0:15:22he wants to take a closer look at.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23I like those, in a way.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27And being damaged doesn't put me off that much,
0:15:27 > 0:15:30because I've already bought a damaged item today,
0:15:30 > 0:15:31so that might be my theme!
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Oh, lordy! Not another theme.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38They've got a Whitefriars look about them, haven't they?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Textured sort of bark finish, I would say.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43No marks. Ground pontil.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Whitefriars were Britain's longest running
0:15:45 > 0:15:47and most productive glass house.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Their glass always reflected the fashion of the day,
0:15:50 > 0:15:52but these are looky-likies.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54How much have you got on the ticket there?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Nine. £9 for two vases.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58That's well within my budget.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00I tell you what...
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Can I put those to one side for the moment?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06He's interested, but he's browsing on.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09And he's drawn to another set of vases just along the way.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11That's quite interesting.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Old shell cases.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16First or Second World War.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19They've been tooled or worked
0:16:19 > 0:16:21into a pair of vases.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Generally called trench art.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27For obvious reasons.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32What interests me is that there's no price ticket on them.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36I shall go and ask Tony.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39To be honest, I think they'll be out of my budget,
0:16:39 > 0:16:40but let's ask him anyway.
0:16:40 > 0:16:45Yeah, let's! And remember, you're a lean, mean negotiating machine.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Can they be...
0:16:49 > 0:16:50very affordable?
0:16:50 > 0:16:54- I'll try my best. Deborah, they're yours.- As I flutter my eyelids.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Are they? Oh, Deborah, face-to-face.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Ah, the boyish charm offensive.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02You can tell me where to stick 'em...
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- Go for it.- ..but would I be able to buy those for a tenner?
0:17:06 > 0:17:08That would really help me out.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- OK.- Yeah?
0:17:12 > 0:17:14It's working, it's working!
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Blimey! It is, too!
0:17:16 > 0:17:17I'm going to have those
0:17:17 > 0:17:20and I think I'm going to go for those two glass vases
0:17:20 > 0:17:21- at nine quid.- Fine.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24And I'm not even going to knock you down on the nine quid. How's that?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Wonderful.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27How very kind of you, Will.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31And with that, Will's bagged himself a veritable feast of vases
0:17:31 > 0:17:34and it's time to pack up and ship out.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Another dazzling day of dealing is at an end.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Time to rest up for the night.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46Sleep well.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55What-ho, men! A brave new dawn on this leg of the trip.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57Time to get up and at 'em.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02I'm admiring you. You're taking this...
0:18:02 > 0:18:05with determination and British spirit.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09Exactly. Stiff upper lip in the face of adversity.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Well, we are in adversity at the moment.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Well, actually, we're in Kent.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15THEY LAUGH
0:18:18 > 0:18:22So far on this leg, happy shopper Will has spent £79
0:18:22 > 0:18:26on not one, not two, or three, but FIVE vases.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Oh, and a bone box.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31He only has £19.40 left to splurge.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Whereas Mark collected only two items of treasure -
0:18:36 > 0:18:40a camp-tastic lamp and a concrete terrier,
0:18:40 > 0:18:41totalling £35,
0:18:41 > 0:18:46and so he has £82.50 to squander appropriately.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50The chaps are heading from Kent back into East Sussex.
0:18:50 > 0:18:52They're on their way back to historic Hastings.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55There was a battle here once, dontcha know?
0:18:55 > 0:18:581066 was another battle.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- It's not as big as our battle, though.- Not quite as epic.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04No.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Hastings is one of the Confederations of Cinque Ports,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11a historic series of coastal towns in Kent and Sussex,
0:19:11 > 0:19:14originally formed for the purposes
0:19:14 > 0:19:16of the military and trade.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21They're in King's Road, where Mark's continuing his treasure hunt.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23- Good luck.- See you later.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- Take it easy - don't spend it all! - I will.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Good work, Mark, good work.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32- Hi.- Hi. I'm Mark.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35- I'm Charles.- Charles, nice to meet you.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Oh, stop horsing around and get on with it, Mark!
0:19:49 > 0:19:53This is a little Chinese export ware bowl and cover.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Decorated with these little Chinese mons. You've got a dragon,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59an eagle, and these little peonies and flowers.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Painted in what's generally referred to as Imari colours -
0:20:03 > 0:20:06these iron reds, golds and blues.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10This early 20th century Imari bowl and cover
0:20:10 > 0:20:13have a ticket price of £25.
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Having had a thorough look round,
0:20:15 > 0:20:17he's hatched a new plan.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19I've made an executive decision.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21I'm going to go off-piste.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Quelle surprise!
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Mark's off to explore the rest of King's Road
0:20:25 > 0:20:29and is leaving the Chinese bowl with Charles for safekeeping.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32If you can have a little think about the very best price,
0:20:32 > 0:20:36and I don't want to in any way influence you,
0:20:36 > 0:20:38but about ten would be lovely.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- And I'll be back later to have a word with you.- Excellent.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Subtle as a brick.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48A couple of doors down,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51and Mark's already drawn to a cheeky turquoise vase.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54I really like this. The dealer's got it out of the cabinet for me.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56It's Chinese.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59I love the colour - that bright turquoise glaze.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04But I mean, this immortal sitting on this water bottle or wine bottle
0:21:04 > 0:21:07or sake bottle.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11He looks as if he's actually drunk the contents!
0:21:11 > 0:21:12I think you may be right there.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Sake is Japanese, not Chinese, Mark.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18He has a rather lovely expression on his face.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22There's no ticket on this jug, but Andy the dealer
0:21:22 > 0:21:25is offering it for a knockdown price of £15,
0:21:25 > 0:21:26which Mark cannot refuse.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29I think I'm going to have it for 15.
0:21:29 > 0:21:30Thanks very much, Andy.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32I love it. I think it's great.
0:21:32 > 0:21:34It's making me smile.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36And with that natty little purchase,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39it's time to hot-foot it back to King's Road Antiques,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42where Charles is waiting expectantly to complete the deal.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44- Charles, hello.- Hi.
0:21:44 > 0:21:45I'm back again.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Like a bad penny.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49The Chinese bowl had a ticket price of £25,
0:21:49 > 0:21:50but Mark wants it for a tenner,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52and he's not ready to settle.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55- You're going to squeeze me, aren't you?- I am. I'm sorry.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I've got to, because I'm so short of cash.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I'll do anything...within reason.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Well, a good squeeze sounds about right.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05- Could you?- I think we could do a tenner.- Are you happy with that?
0:22:05 > 0:22:07- I'm not squeezing you too much?- No.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- Gentle enough.- Shake my hand then. Thanks very much, Charles.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Mission accomplished. Two more items for auction
0:22:13 > 0:22:17for the princely sum of £25. Is there no stopping this man?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25This is Will's final opportunity to load up on swag,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28so he's snuck into Hastings Antiques Centre,
0:22:28 > 0:22:32where he's about to regale Rob with his tale of woe.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35As the viewers at home know, I got wiped out at the first auction.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- I'm on, like, half my money.- Right. - Bought a few things yesterday.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41I'm going to tell you straight out
0:22:41 > 0:22:45- that I've got just under 20 quid in my pocket.- Is that all you've got?
0:22:45 > 0:22:47That is all I've got. That is all the money I've got.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49- That's not good news. - It isn't good news.
0:22:49 > 0:22:52He's taken that well. Not.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I've bought a couple of glass vases that I think are Whitefriars type.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59I'm thinking maybe another bit of coloured glass
0:22:59 > 0:23:00or art glass.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03I've got some Whitefriars if you want some more Whitefriars.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05For that sort of money?
0:23:05 > 0:23:06Not likely!
0:23:06 > 0:23:09There's a couple of Whitefriars pieces here.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14Look at this - we're straight into business.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17And this is nice, because it's got the original label on it.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18That is nice.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20That's a nice thing.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Very nice!
0:23:21 > 0:23:23They would be nice for 30.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25And you'd get a profit.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27He's only got £19.40, Rob.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- I'm appealing to your good nature, Rob.- I know.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32- What do you reckon?- You know,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35I'm going to let you have them for £19.40.
0:23:35 > 0:23:36- Both of them?- Yeah.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38Oh, man!
0:23:38 > 0:23:40Today is just getting better and better!
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- Rob, you're a star, man! - That's all right.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44What a jammy so-and-so.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Another handsome deal struck, and he's all spent out.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50While Will's been blowing his budget,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Mark's popped off on his own to Rye,
0:23:53 > 0:23:56also one of the Confederations of Cinque Ports,
0:23:56 > 0:23:5812 miles northeast.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01It's his final push for plunder,
0:24:01 > 0:24:03as he drops into Wish Barn Antiques,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06where all your dreams come true.
0:24:06 > 0:24:07Well, maybe.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Hello. I'm Mark.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Mark, I'm Robert. How do you do? Nice to meet you.
0:24:12 > 0:24:15Very small on the outside, but it goes back forever.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- It's like the TARDIS.- It is.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Perhaps you'll find something to EXTERMINATE your competition!
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Will keeps saying he's going to spend all his money,
0:24:24 > 0:24:27so I feel obligated to try and match him.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30Because if I don't, it looks like I'm game-playing.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32And I don't like game-playing.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34I'm just an ordinary boy from the Valleys, really.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36Oh, here he goes!
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Mark's homed in on a pair
0:24:39 > 0:24:44of Victorian papier-mache folding shelves with a ticket price of £28.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45They're hand-painted
0:24:45 > 0:24:47with these sort of ship scenes,
0:24:47 > 0:24:51and this is little shell,
0:24:51 > 0:24:53sort of shell motifs.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55And then they hang on the wall like that.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58I think those are rather fine, actually.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02But I like them because they're that marine subject.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04And I keep thinking
0:25:04 > 0:25:07that the saleroom is on the coast.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Mark's putting the shelves aside with Robert
0:25:10 > 0:25:13while he takes his time finding something else to float his boat.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Mark's so drawn to highly decorative little pieces
0:25:19 > 0:25:21and today is no different.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Isn't this charming? It's a little chamber stick.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28This is something you'd have used in Georgian and Victorian times.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30And you would have had a little candle in here,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33so it would have sat on your bedside cabinet.
0:25:33 > 0:25:38And obviously, the drips would have fallen into the little leaf design.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40It's Staffordshire porcelain
0:25:40 > 0:25:42and priced at £16.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44The ticket says circa 1900,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46but I think it's a little bit earlier,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48so this could be a bargain worth keeping an eye on.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51They've even moulded some little berries there
0:25:51 > 0:25:54and hand-painted them again in the reds and the greens.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58He's hooked, so it's time to do some business.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00The papier-mache shelves and chamber stick
0:26:00 > 0:26:02have a combined ticket price of £44.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Is Robert in the mood for a deal?
0:26:04 > 0:26:08He's being ably assisted by his daughter, Frances.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10What if I said £35 for the two?
0:26:11 > 0:26:13That's not bad, is it?
0:26:13 > 0:26:16It's a substantial reduction, I would say, yes.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Substantial. Well...
0:26:20 > 0:26:23- We are in a very tight economy here, Robert.- We are.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26I'm sure you'll see a substantial return on your investment.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30I want that in writing!
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I think I'm going to have to go with that, Robert.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34- Thank you so much.- Thank you.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Ker-ching!
0:26:35 > 0:26:38A pretty hefty discount, I think we can all agree.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Job's a good 'un, Mark.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43That concludes his splash of cash for this leg.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Will too has made it to Rye to visit a remarkable old building.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Ypres Tower,
0:26:55 > 0:26:57or Wipers Tower, as it's known locally,
0:26:57 > 0:26:59was originally built for defence
0:26:59 > 0:27:01against invasion from the French,
0:27:01 > 0:27:04who burnt Rye to the ground on several occasions.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08The tower was one of the few buildings left standing,
0:27:08 > 0:27:11and its history spans over 750 years.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13Will's dropping in for a chat with Jo,
0:27:13 > 0:27:14who has all the info.
0:27:14 > 0:27:17The tower looks much as it would have when it was built,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20and has served the town as a fort, private dwelling,
0:27:20 > 0:27:22court hall, mortuary and prison. Wow!
0:27:22 > 0:27:251249, it was built as a castle.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29By 1262, we know it was actually being used as a prison,
0:27:29 > 0:27:32because we had two couples here charged with murder,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34in the King's Prison at Rye,
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- which I think is really quite nice. - Yes.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Ooh, lovely!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42The castle became a private house in 1430,
0:27:42 > 0:27:45when a man called John de Ypres bought it - hence the name.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Around 60 years later,
0:27:47 > 0:27:49it once again became a prison,
0:27:49 > 0:27:51and remained so until 1892.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55Among the prisoners who languished in Wipers Tower,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58awaiting punishment, were smugglers.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Smuggling in the area began in the 13th century,
0:28:00 > 0:28:04when Edward I introduced a tax on wool exports.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07This was a huge wool-producing area,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10so he would tax wool and the money was used to raise his armies.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13So, as soon as you put a tax on something,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16somebody wants to avoid it, so they started to smuggle wool out.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20In 1661, the export of wool was forbidden
0:28:20 > 0:28:22and smuggling became rampant.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24Wool would go out and luxuries would come in.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Smugglers became large, highly organised groups.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33- What's this fascinating object? - Well, that's very rare.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35It's a smuggler's lantern,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38and if you can imagine you had an oil lamp in that end
0:28:38 > 0:28:41and this would be pointing out to sea,
0:28:41 > 0:28:43and the only light could come out of here
0:28:43 > 0:28:45to your ship that was coming across from France.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48So if any Nosy Parker was down the shore from you...
0:28:48 > 0:28:49They couldn't see anything at all.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53If captured, smugglers could find themselves in Wipers Tower
0:28:53 > 0:28:56awaiting trial or punishment by burning.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Men, women and children were imprisoned together.
0:29:01 > 0:29:03So this is one of the cells?
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Yes. It wouldn't have been very pleasant.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07I'm sure there were quite a lot of creatures in the straw.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12- Oh, don't!- And several people, and also of course...one pot.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14- Oh, for doing the business?- Yes.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17And how many people would have been in a cell like this?
0:29:17 > 0:29:20- I would think probably maximum six or seven.- Six or seven?!
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Of course, no prison is complete
0:29:22 > 0:29:25without its own infamous inmate story.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27John Breads, he was a butcher,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30and he'd been accused by the townsfolk
0:29:30 > 0:29:33- of giving short measure in his meat.- Oh!
0:29:33 > 0:29:36So he went to court and was fined by the mayor.
0:29:36 > 0:29:37He bore a grudge
0:29:37 > 0:29:41and eventually decided he would get his own back.
0:29:41 > 0:29:43He stabbed who he thought was the mayor,
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- but it turned out to be the deputy mayor instead.- Oh, no!
0:29:46 > 0:29:48So he killed the wrong man.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51He was arrested and brought in here.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54He was tried, and who should be chairman of the bench
0:29:54 > 0:29:58but the man who was the intended victim, James Lamb.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I think the cards were stacked against him somewhat.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03So he was convicted and sentenced to death.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07Once dead, his body was placed in a cage
0:30:07 > 0:30:10and swung above the marshes for 70 years.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14Women of Rye stole his bones, boiled them
0:30:14 > 0:30:17and drank the infusion to aid rheumatism.
0:30:17 > 0:30:18Yuck!
0:30:18 > 0:30:22What's left of his skull still resides in Rye.
0:30:22 > 0:30:24And with that happy tale told,
0:30:24 > 0:30:26it's time for Will to take his leave.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28The spending extravaganza is completed
0:30:28 > 0:30:30and it's time for the grand unveiling.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- Ready?- Yes.- You're going to like these.- Am I?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Oh!
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Wait for it, wait for it!
0:30:40 > 0:30:41Well, William!
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Is that the first time you've been speechless?
0:30:43 > 0:30:45I'm not speechless. I've got plenty to say.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48Well, talk me through it.
0:30:48 > 0:30:51Two Whitefriars vases - one with original paper label.
0:30:51 > 0:30:54Yes, which is nice. Nice shape.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56- They're good, aren't they? - Very good.
0:30:56 > 0:30:58And very nice.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00They were £19.40.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02- So you spent everything? - I spent out again.
0:31:02 > 0:31:06And the shells, I'm not terribly keen on.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- Bit of trench art.- Well, they say trench art, but there we are.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11And...?
0:31:11 > 0:31:14- Two Whitefriars-type vases.- Type?
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Yes, I'm glad you added the word "type".
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Lovely textured bark finish.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21- Well, if you say so.- How much do you think they were?- No idea.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- £9.- For the pair?- Yes.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Well, do you know, I think your best buy is this.- Do you?
0:31:27 > 0:31:30I think that's absolutely wonderful.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Not all doom and gloom, then.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34- Now, do you want to see mine? - Yes, I do.
0:31:34 > 0:31:36I'm dying to see what you've bought.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38- Look...- I'm loving the dog.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Hey, look, you've done all right! And a bit of oriental as well.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Well, because I fell in love with it and I thought...
0:31:46 > 0:31:49He's actually really nicely modelled.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- I think it's quite nice. And people love dogs.- Yeah.
0:31:52 > 0:31:53And the garden's coming up.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56- So I thought that was OK.- I like him.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59- This is very you.- It's lovely, isn't it?
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Well, the dealer...got it wrong, I think,
0:32:02 > 0:32:05because he said it was circa 1900,
0:32:05 > 0:32:07and I think it's nearer 1840.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09I think it's a bit earlier.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12That's right. Staffordshire, hand-painted.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14- Perfect condition.- £10.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16- Good work.- It's all right.
0:32:16 > 0:32:19These I like, because I thought, we're going near the coast.
0:32:19 > 0:32:20Nicely painted.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23With a little candle on those, they'd burn rather nicely.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25Perfect. Good decorator's lot.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26That's my other lot.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28- The lamp in...?- Yes.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32I spotted that as we came in - I thought it was part of the decor!
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Ah! Well, I'm tricky, you see. This is my fifth lot.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38Because I thought it was so OTT.
0:32:39 > 0:32:42- And it's nice quality.- Well, I thought, you know,
0:32:42 > 0:32:44this sort of stuff is coming back, this retro stuff.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- How much?- 25 quid.- That's nothing.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- It's not, is it?- It's nothing.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51No, it is something - it's £25!
0:32:51 > 0:32:53I don't know what's going to happen, Will.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55We're at the mercy of the auction again.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57I can't go worse than last time, can I?
0:32:57 > 0:33:00Well, the only thing I'm bringing to the auction with me
0:33:00 > 0:33:02is a packet of tissues.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06It could all end in tears, but whose?
0:33:06 > 0:33:07Well, this is all very civilised,
0:33:07 > 0:33:10but now it's time to spill the beans.
0:33:10 > 0:33:11I am a little worried, actually,
0:33:11 > 0:33:14because when you look at my little selection,
0:33:14 > 0:33:15it's all a bit tame, isn't it?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17He's gone for it, you know.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19He's gone out and bought things he likes.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22He did go a bit quiet, didn't he, when I revealed my lots,
0:33:22 > 0:33:24which might be a good thing.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Maybe got him running scared a bit.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28I think my dog might surprise us.
0:33:28 > 0:33:32The dog... I mean, that's a bit of a garden centre lot, really.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35But did you see his face when he saw my lamp?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Surprised him with that!
0:33:37 > 0:33:39The chaps are hungry for a fight,
0:33:39 > 0:33:42and they're going to just the right place -
0:33:42 > 0:33:44the auction is in Sandwich.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47On the second leg of their road trip,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50these two daredevils have done a round trip from Kent,
0:33:50 > 0:33:52popping into East Sussex, then back to Kent,
0:33:52 > 0:33:55starting in Bilsington, ending in Sandwich for the auction.
0:33:55 > 0:33:56What a cat's cradle!
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Sandwich, with its many medieval buildings,
0:34:00 > 0:34:03landed the first captive elephant in 1255,
0:34:03 > 0:34:05which was taken on foot to London Tower Zoo
0:34:05 > 0:34:09as a gift from the French king to Henry VI.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13- How's that, Will?- Perfect, Mark.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Here we are - sunny Sandwich.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Sunny sandwich. Are you hungry?
0:34:17 > 0:34:19I am a bit peckish, actually.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21Oh, come on, chaps!
0:34:21 > 0:34:23You're making a meal of that joke.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28Pettmans Sandwich Auction has been established for over 50 years.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Originally selling cattle and furniture,
0:34:31 > 0:34:35it now specialises in fine art, antiques and collector's items.
0:34:35 > 0:34:40The man at the helm of today's auction is the lovely Kevin Hall.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Will seems to have done really well.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44He's bought an Indian bone pen box,
0:34:44 > 0:34:47which looks really nice, so that should do well.
0:34:47 > 0:34:51Then we've got the gilt and onyx standard lamp,
0:34:51 > 0:34:54and it's the sort of thing that'll either do really badly
0:34:54 > 0:34:56or just take off.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Mark Stacey set out on this leg
0:35:00 > 0:35:02with £117.50
0:35:02 > 0:35:04and forked out £95
0:35:04 > 0:35:07on six items for his five lots.
0:35:08 > 0:35:12Our William Axon began this leg with a lowly £98.40,
0:35:12 > 0:35:15but made every penny count on eight items
0:35:15 > 0:35:18that comprise five lots.
0:35:19 > 0:35:23Time for the gladiators of antiquity to enter the ring.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- It's a good crowd here.- Yes, it is.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28I like a general sale with plenty of people.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Absolutely.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33Can Mark's folding shelves with marine scenes
0:35:33 > 0:35:35make waves with today's crowd?
0:35:35 > 0:35:38£10 I have. Any advance on 10? Looking for 12.
0:35:38 > 0:35:4112. 14. 16. 18.
0:35:41 > 0:35:4420. 22. 24. 26.
0:35:44 > 0:35:4628. 30. 32.
0:35:46 > 0:35:4832 with you.
0:35:48 > 0:35:49Any advance on £32?
0:35:49 > 0:35:52- It needs to be a bit more. - Fresh bidder.
0:35:52 > 0:35:5534 with you. Any advance on £34?
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Selling for £34.
0:35:57 > 0:36:00Oh, well, there's a profit, but not much.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02Profit nonetheless.
0:36:02 > 0:36:06But this is how their first auction started, so let's hope it picks up.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Now Mark with a couple of crackers.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13His turquoise jug and the Imari bowl,
0:36:13 > 0:36:15which he's combined as one lot.
0:36:15 > 0:36:17- £10 I have. Any advance on 10? - Oh, come on!
0:36:17 > 0:36:2112. 14. 16. 18.
0:36:21 > 0:36:2320. 22. 24.
0:36:23 > 0:36:2626. 28. 30.
0:36:26 > 0:36:2832. 34. 36.
0:36:28 > 0:36:3038? 36 with you.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Any advance on £36, now?
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Selling for £36.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39Not the perfect pairing, but not a loss.
0:36:40 > 0:36:42MARK SIGHS
0:36:42 > 0:36:43Oh, well.
0:36:43 > 0:36:45- I tried.- I'm feeling for you, Mark.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Will's first lot. Hopefully, someone will shell out plenty
0:36:49 > 0:36:52for this pair of trench art vases.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54£10 I have. Any advance on 10?
0:36:54 > 0:36:56Looking for 12. 14.
0:36:56 > 0:36:58There's profit.
0:36:58 > 0:37:0020? 18 at the back.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02Any advance on 18? 20.
0:37:02 > 0:37:0422. 24. 26.
0:37:04 > 0:37:0728. 30.
0:37:07 > 0:37:0828 with you.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- I would like to get 30. - It's a profit, though.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13Selling for £28.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16- That's a good profit, Will. - Thank you, Mark.
0:37:16 > 0:37:18Well, those hit the spot!
0:37:18 > 0:37:19And Will is off and running.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22- I think that's good.- Thank you.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24I'm really pleased for you(!)
0:37:24 > 0:37:26WILL CHUCKLES
0:37:26 > 0:37:29Sincere as always, Mark.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Can Will's luck hold out
0:37:31 > 0:37:33with his Chinese vase?
0:37:33 > 0:37:34£40 I have.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36Oh, he's got 40.
0:37:36 > 0:37:3942. 44. 46.
0:37:39 > 0:37:4148. 50. 55.
0:37:41 > 0:37:4460. £60 with you.
0:37:44 > 0:37:45Any advance on £60 now?
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Selling for £60.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- 50% profit.- Yeah, good. Thank you.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56Two lots each, and Will's in the lead.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Can Mark's '70s lamp
0:38:00 > 0:38:02light up a profit for him?
0:38:02 > 0:38:03£40 I have.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05Oh, £40!
0:38:05 > 0:38:0742. 44.
0:38:07 > 0:38:0946. 48. 50.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11Come on, Mark Stacey!
0:38:11 > 0:38:1365. 70.
0:38:13 > 0:38:1575?
0:38:15 > 0:38:1970 with you. Any advance on £70?
0:38:19 > 0:38:22Are you all done at £70? Selling at £70.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I can't believe it - £70!
0:38:27 > 0:38:29He's cashing in on the kitsch.
0:38:29 > 0:38:30Mark now takes the lead.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Oh!
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I don't feel so bad now.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42Let's hope that there are some fans of Whitefriars glass in the crowd.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45First up are Will's genuine pair.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48£10 I have. Any advance on 10? Looking for 12.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Are you all done at 10? 12.
0:38:50 > 0:38:5214. 16?
0:38:52 > 0:38:54£14 with you.
0:38:54 > 0:38:5616. 18. 20.
0:38:56 > 0:38:5822. 22?
0:38:58 > 0:39:0220 with you. Any advance on £20 now?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Selling for £20.
0:39:06 > 0:39:0960p?! It cost more in petrol to get them here.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12Doesn't bode well for the other pair coming up later.
0:39:13 > 0:39:16It's the reconstituted stone dog next.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19Will it fetch Mark any cash?
0:39:19 > 0:39:21£10 I have. Any advance on 10? Looking for 12.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- Are you all done at 10?- Oh, no!
0:39:24 > 0:39:26£12 with you. Any advance on £12?
0:39:26 > 0:39:29Are you all done at £12?
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Selling for £12.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Oh, that's so disappointing!
0:39:34 > 0:39:36At least he's gone to a good home.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38I can't say I'm surprised.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39Still, Mark remains ahead.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41My poor little dog! If I'd have known
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- he was only going to make that, I would have kept him.- Aw!
0:39:44 > 0:39:48Will's Whitefriars-style vases are next.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Can they do better than the real McCoy?
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- Bit of damage on one. - Oh, there's a bit of damage?- Shh!
0:39:56 > 0:39:59£10 I have. Any advance on 10? Looking for 12.
0:39:59 > 0:40:0112. 14. 16. 18.
0:40:01 > 0:40:0320. 2. 24.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06- 24 with you.- Doing well.
0:40:06 > 0:40:0926. 28?
0:40:09 > 0:40:1326 with you. Any advance on £26 now?
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Selling for £26.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- I mean, that's good, Will. - It's profit.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21That's a big profit on £9.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24Crikey! Even better than the real thing.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26Will's catching up on Mark.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30At this rate, by Friday, we might have all our money back.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33This is his final lot -
0:40:33 > 0:40:36the carved bone box. Can his good fortune continue?
0:40:36 > 0:40:39£10 I have. Any advance on 10? Looking for 12.
0:40:39 > 0:40:4212. 14. 16. 18.
0:40:42 > 0:40:4520. 22. 24. 26.
0:40:45 > 0:40:4728. 30. 32.
0:40:47 > 0:40:5034. 36. 38.
0:40:50 > 0:40:5338 with you. Any advance on £38 now?
0:40:53 > 0:40:56Selling for... 40.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58- 42?- Don't lose it now, madam!
0:40:58 > 0:41:0044?
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Selling for £42.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05That's carved him another tiny profit
0:41:05 > 0:41:08and put him back in the lead. But there's not much in it.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- You should be pleased with that. - I'm very pleased today.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14- You've more than doubled your money there.- Yeah.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17Could there be light at the end of the tunnel for Mark
0:41:17 > 0:41:19with his Victorian chamber stick?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- Here we go.- This is it.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- £50 I have. Any advance on 50?- Oh!
0:41:24 > 0:41:26Looking for 55.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29- £50 I have. - The master strikes again!
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Selling for £50.
0:41:31 > 0:41:33Oh, I'm happy with that, Will!
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I tell you, Will, we're back up there.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38I'm still chasing you!
0:41:38 > 0:41:40I like that. I like it when you're chasing me.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42BOTH CHORTLE
0:41:42 > 0:41:46A tremendous tussle from the two titans of treasure
0:41:46 > 0:41:48and another win for Mr Stacey.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50- Thank you, Sandwich!- Come on, then.
0:41:53 > 0:41:58Will Axon leapt forth on this leg with £98.40 and spent the lot.
0:41:58 > 0:42:03After auction costs, he made £45.92
0:42:03 > 0:42:06and starts next time with £144.32.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10Springing into shopping mode,
0:42:10 > 0:42:16Mark spent £95 of his £117.50 starting budget,
0:42:16 > 0:42:19and after costs, made £70.64,
0:42:19 > 0:42:24giving him £188.14 to play with on the next leg.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Will, are you smiling?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Yeah, I think so, Mark, but you've done it again, mate.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31That last lot of the day...
0:42:31 > 0:42:34We crept up. I'm just under 200 now, Will.
0:42:34 > 0:42:35I think I'm just under 150.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Listen, we're on a roll.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40We can do this, you know. We can end the week where we started.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Come on! Brothers unite!
0:42:42 > 0:42:44THEY LAUGH
0:42:47 > 0:42:49Best foot forward, chaps.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:42:58 > 0:43:01new boy Will Axon has plenty to cheer...
0:43:01 > 0:43:04I think we may have hit a minor jackpot here!
0:43:04 > 0:43:07..Mark Stacey considers a new career...
0:43:07 > 0:43:08I'm going to become a bin man.
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