0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
0:00:04 > 0:00:10with £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13Going, going, gone!
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 > 0:00:18but it's no mean feat!
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Yes!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24I'm going to become a bin man.
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30I like it when you're chasing me!
0:00:30 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:37 > 0:00:41The Garden of England awaits on the third leg of their Road Trip
0:00:41 > 0:00:44for our antiques experts Mark Stacey and Will Axon.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49There is some nice countryside around, isn't there?
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Yes. Let me know when you find it!
0:00:52 > 0:00:57Road Trip veteran and antiques expert Mark knows exactly how to uncover a bargain.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00And he has a great moral fibre, to boot.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02I promise not to nick anything!
0:01:05 > 0:01:06Newmarket newbie Will, though,
0:01:06 > 0:01:09has been suffering from a bit of cabinet fever so far
0:01:09 > 0:01:12and needs to get his head back in the game.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14It's bad. I need to focus.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Both Mark and Will started the week with £200
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and despite making a profit at the last auction,
0:01:19 > 0:01:21they still find themselves in the red.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25Let's do the biz.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Mark's opening losses were nearly offset by his second-leg profit.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34But he still only has £188.14 to start this leg.
0:01:34 > 0:01:39A disastrous beginning to Will's Road Trip means he'll need to get in gear
0:01:39 > 0:01:43to improve on his budget of £144.32.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46With such a poor start to their Road Trip,
0:01:46 > 0:01:51it seems ironic that they're sitting pretty in a classic Triumph!
0:01:51 > 0:01:56And this 1963 TR4 is certainly attracting some admiring attention.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Wa-hey!
0:01:58 > 0:01:59What-ho, boys!
0:02:01 > 0:02:03"What-ho, boys"?!
0:02:03 > 0:02:06WILL LAUGHS
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Our travelling treasure-hunters
0:02:08 > 0:02:10are cruising through a whopping five counties.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12They started the week in Hastings, East Sussex,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15and will circumnavigate the south-east,
0:02:15 > 0:02:18before ending up at an auction in the London suburb of Ruislip.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23On this leg, they'll start in the coastal town of Deal
0:02:23 > 0:02:26and end up at an auction in Chiswick,
0:02:26 > 0:02:29clocking up nearly 130 miles along the way.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36Well, Mr Stacey, we have arrived.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Well driven, I have to say. Can I make that absolutely clear?
0:02:40 > 0:02:43I've thrown off the mantle of driver error!
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Long may it continue, in my opinion.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48But please, please, Will, tell me - where are we?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Allow me! Once the busiest port in England,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Deal is now a quiet seaside resort town
0:02:54 > 0:02:59though its maritime history pervades the quaint surroundings.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04The coast of France is approximately 25 miles away and is visible on a clear day.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06- Mark, you're on that way. - Am I? Good luck. Happy hunting.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09- Happy hunting, mate.- Don't find too much!- See you later!
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Thankfully, Mark's found an antiques shop, run by Mick,
0:03:16 > 0:03:20and he's hoping it's flush with bargains that get him back in the black.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- Hello.- Hello, there.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- I'm Mark.- Mick. How do you do? - Nice to meet you, Mick.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30The shop seems well stocked with items to catch Mark's eye,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33and even has a canine security system,
0:03:33 > 0:03:35attack dog Jasper.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37The wagging tail's a bit of a giveaway, though!
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Heading for auction in Chiswick, the boys need to tailor their buys
0:03:42 > 0:03:44to the demands of that fussy London market.
0:03:44 > 0:03:49You've got to look for those quirky items that just might appeal there.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50Found something quirky, have you, Mark?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53It's a pottery garden seat.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57These were used in the Victorian period as conservatory seats.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00They're often made of majolica.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04This has got a nice high-fired blue glaze on it
0:04:04 > 0:04:08with bubbles on the top where the glaze has blistered.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11It's a lovely octagonal shape,
0:04:11 > 0:04:12in a sort of Chinese style.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17It's priced up at £55. It needs to be a lot less than that.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20So I might have a word with Mick.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21And right on cue...
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Go on, then. Make me an offer.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25What about 20 quid, Mick? Cash.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- 25.- Oh, come on. You know you want me to win. You want me to win.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34- OK.- Shall we shake hands at 20, then?- Done.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Thanks a lot. I'm really pleased with that.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40Well, it looks like there's a good deal to be had in Deal! Eh, Mark?
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Meanwhile, Will's arrived at Inside-Out Antiques.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45I wonder if he can make a quick deal, too.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- Hello, there.- Hiya. - Hi. You must be Vince.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50- I am.- I'm Will. How do you do?
0:04:56 > 0:04:58- What's that, a skull?- Yes.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Would have been the lid of something or other?
0:05:00 > 0:05:05- A poison bottle?- I would say more of a walking stick.- Cane handle.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- Cane handle. Very interesting.- That is quite interesting. Quite quirky.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11I've got 60 on that.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Let's have a look in there. Why can't we get in there?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Well, it's bronze.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21A sort of memento mori.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Maybe to perhaps just remind you of your own mortality,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29every morning as you take your cane out of the cane stand.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Yeah. I'm asking 75 for it.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34I thought it was 60 a minute ago!
0:05:34 > 0:05:36So did I!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Play that back! I want proof!
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- I've got 60 on that. - 'I thought so!'
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Who said antiques was a fair game?
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Yeah. Might be.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52What sort of age do you think it's got? Early 20th, late 19th?
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Always difficult to tell on that type of thing. Very difficult to tell, in fact.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Got a bit of wear on the... the "pateena" there. The patina.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04Potato, "potahto". Either way, looks like he's holding on to that one.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13That's got something about it. Where did that come from?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15China, I'd say.
0:06:15 > 0:06:2120th century. Looks like a bronze censer case, or incense burner, as it's better known.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23What's the ticket price?
0:06:23 > 0:06:24No price on it?
0:06:24 > 0:06:27- No.- It must be cheap.
0:06:28 > 0:06:2955.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH
0:06:33 > 0:06:38What if I came in, really cheeky, and said I could have them both for 50 quid?
0:06:38 > 0:06:40I'd say, "Bloomin' cheek!"
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Can't do it. Can't do it.
0:06:42 > 0:06:4475, you've got a deal.
0:06:44 > 0:06:4670 quid.
0:06:46 > 0:06:4870 quid, Vince. Go on. Five quid luck money.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Luck money?- For me. 70 quid.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Yeah! You're a man! You're a man! Good work.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Crikey Moses! £70. That's nearly half your remaining budget, Will.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Although they do say, "Go big or go home."
0:07:04 > 0:07:06- Whoa! What are you doing here? - Hello, Mark.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08This is a fortuitous meeting.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Are you my lift?- Yeah. Why, are we done here?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13- I think so, don't you? - Yeah. Have any luck?
0:07:13 > 0:07:17- Shall we go to Margate? - Yeah, come on, then!
0:07:22 > 0:07:24With items in their bag already,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27the chaps are making the short trip 16 miles up the Kent coast
0:07:27 > 0:07:29to Margate.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31For the last 250 years,
0:07:31 > 0:07:36the town of Margate has been a leading seaside resort in the UK,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38drawing Londoners to its beaches.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41But it's the antiques that have drawn our Mark here,
0:07:41 > 0:07:44starting with Paraphernalia.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50I suppose it's meant to look like a fan.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Often fans are framed in frames like this.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56The frame is later, I think.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59But it suits it quite well. There's a little bit of damage on the frame.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04So I think it's a 19th-century engraving of an 18th-century scene.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07But I just think that's rather fun.
0:08:07 > 0:08:12If it was - how shall I put it delicately? - cheap.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Well, it's one to bear in mind.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16But owner Andrew has a jasperware flask
0:08:16 > 0:08:18that's caught Mark's eye.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Gosh, that's rather fun, isn't it? It's a Wedgwood-type thing.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Yes, it is. And it's got a silver top.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27It's rather sweet, isn't it?
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Sweet, but not antique. '70s, I'd say.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35So it's really like a model of an 18th-century one?
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- That's correct, yes.- They obviously did a little series here.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41"Jasperware perfume bottle collection."
0:08:41 > 0:08:44- It's a nice collector's piece. - I rather like that, Andrew.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Oh, dear! I've just seen the price!
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Really. Do tell.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52I'm disappointed cos it's got two figures.
0:08:54 > 0:08:55I'll put that over there. Can we?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58The two figures being 2 and 5.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00But knowing you, Mark, you can get that price down.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Now, can we do a really good deal on those?
0:09:05 > 0:09:06Um... OK.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08I don't like the sound of that.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12There was a long pause and a very, very non-committal response.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14What kind of deal?
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Oh, I hate doing this, cos I don't like asking for anything off.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19What?!
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Cos I find it very hard to negotiate.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Oh, here we go!
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Where do you need it to be?
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I need it to be £20, really.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32And then I would pay 15 for that.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35- OK. Let's do that.- Are you sure? - Yeah, yeah.- Happy with that?
0:09:35 > 0:09:39- And I can come back and visit you again?- You can any time, and I can eat tonight.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43- We've got a deal. Thank you, Andrew. - You're welcome.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47Nice work. That's two items bought for just £35.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Take note, Will.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52He's popped along the road to try and uncover the mystery
0:09:52 > 0:09:55surrounding one of Margate's top tourist attractions,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58where something quite extraordinary exists
0:09:58 > 0:09:59two metres under a garden.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Will's meeting up with Sarah for the guided tour.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Thanks very much. I'm really looking forward to this visit.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08I've read and seen a lot about The Grotto.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Nothing quite prepares you for the actual thing, though.- I can imagine.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14The story goes that in 1835,
0:10:14 > 0:10:19James Newlove lowered his young son Joshua into a hole in the ground
0:10:19 > 0:10:22that had appeared during the digging of a duck pond.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Joshua emerged describing tunnels adorned with shells.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29He had discovered the Shell Grotto.
0:10:29 > 0:10:35However he came upon it, James Newlove could see the commercial benefit of his find.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40The Grotto, with its 4.6 million shells, opened its doors to the public in 1838
0:10:40 > 0:10:43and came as something of a surprise to the people of Margate.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50How do you bring four-point-whatever million shells
0:10:50 > 0:10:54to a small garden or a small point,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57without anyone knowing or noticing or...?
0:10:57 > 0:11:01That's... That's a difficult question.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03I just don't know the answer to that.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Maybe it was built long enough before the 1830s
0:11:06 > 0:11:11- for it just to have been forgotten. - Forgotten in local folklore.- Yeah.
0:11:11 > 0:11:16Or maybe it was built in secret. But that's difficult to imagine.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19In modern times, grottoes have served as chapels or shrines.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24But at first glance, the design here only adds to the confusion,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27with cockles, whelks, mussels and oysters
0:11:27 > 0:11:29creating an array of patterns.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Since the first paying customers descended the chalk stairway,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36debate has raged about its origins,
0:11:36 > 0:11:41whether as an ancient temple or a meeting place for a secret sect.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46There's one theory that the grotto was meant to represent a journey through life and death.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50So you crawl down your chalk passage, that represents birth.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55- Yes.- This rotunda, this circus, we're in a circular passage here,
0:11:55 > 0:11:58this has got lots of flowering forms,
0:11:58 > 0:12:00a couple of phallic symbols over there.
0:12:00 > 0:12:05The panel that I'm standing in front of is generally referred to as a womb.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08I can see it now, yes!
0:12:08 > 0:12:12And as you go further down, the bottom room becomes much more geometrical
0:12:12 > 0:12:15with suns and stars and moons.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20So the theory is that you travel through life and death to the afterlife.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24But people who think this was some kind of garden fancy or folly
0:12:24 > 0:12:26just see patterns.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30And with nearly 180 years' worth of embellishment,
0:12:30 > 0:12:34there seems little chance of discovering the truth behind its mysterious beginnings.
0:12:34 > 0:12:36For what it's worth,
0:12:36 > 0:12:41it might have been dug out for smugglers to hoard their secret stash of contraband,
0:12:41 > 0:12:45a practice rife for centuries along the south coast.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49But whatever its origins, it's certainly a magical, mysterious place.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55With three purchases already in the old bag,
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Mark's still scouring the shops at Margate before they close, looking for more bargains.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Hello, Mark. Pleased to meet you. I'm Ron Scott. How are you?
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Well, I'm so underdressed!
0:13:06 > 0:13:11Nice hat! It's late in the day and it seems Mark has got his work cut out for him
0:13:11 > 0:13:12if he's going to get round this place!
0:13:12 > 0:13:17- How long have we got?- We should have been closed half an hour ago, but I'll stick with it for you.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I think I'll still be here on Series 12!
0:13:21 > 0:13:24Crikey! You'd best get looking, quick smart!
0:13:28 > 0:13:29Oh, gosh!
0:13:30 > 0:13:32It never ends! Look!
0:13:32 > 0:13:35It just carries on and carries on.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42Do you know, I'm beginning to absolutely hate antiques!
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Pull yourself together, man.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46There must be one item in here!
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Ooh, looks like he's found one.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52The smallest thing, possibly. A silver-topped dressing table jar.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Now, this is broken.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Probably beyond repair. But it is silver-topped, actually.
0:13:58 > 0:14:03And nicely, it still has its stopper in it, which is unusual.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05That's only priced at 15 quid.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07You must admit that is realistically priced.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09It is realistically priced, Ron.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11But it is broken!
0:14:12 > 0:14:15- Let's be honest.- If 12 quid's good for you, it's good for me.
0:14:15 > 0:14:19- I think we're going to do that. Are you happy with that?- I am. Good man.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Thank you.- Thanks, Ron. - Thank you very much, Mark.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Finally! Thank goodness for that!
0:14:24 > 0:14:27Thanks very much, Mark. Let me get the door for you!
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- Thank you, Ron. See you again. - Bye! Thanks very much.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Oh, I need a lie-down!
0:14:36 > 0:14:41A spectacular day of seaside spending is at an end.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Time to rest those purse strings.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Nighty-night!
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Morning has broken, and the boys are back on the road.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56Scream if you want to go faster, Mark!
0:14:58 > 0:15:00So far, Will has only visited one shop
0:15:00 > 0:15:03and already he's offloaded half of his budget,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06spending £70 on two pieces.
0:15:06 > 0:15:09I'm sure he'd have bought the grotto, too, if he could have.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12He has £74.32 to part with...
0:15:14 > 0:15:17..whereas Mark's collected four pieces of bounty.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19With a thrifty bit of business,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22he got it all for just £67.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27So he still has £121.14 to spend accordingly.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32The boys are heading across Kent to the outskirts of the town of Westerham,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35where Mark is visiting a rather important house.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43When he wasn't in residence at Number 10, Downing Street,
0:15:43 > 0:15:49Chartwell House was the family home of arguably Britain's greatest prime minister, Sir Winston Churchill.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Even at the height of World War II,
0:15:51 > 0:15:54this retreat was to be his sanctuary,
0:15:54 > 0:15:58living here between 1924 and the end of his life.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01That entranceway looks grand.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Bit of a pile, isn't it?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04Have fun. Behave yourself!
0:16:04 > 0:16:09- Wish me luck.- Good luck.- And I hope at the end of this, I'll go like that!
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Victory! Take care, Mark.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16V is also for View,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20which Alice is providing Mark with, on their guided tour starting on the pink terrace.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- This is an amazing view, isn't it? - It is.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28It's one of the prime reasons that Churchill bought this property in the first place.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30I can understand. It looks out forever.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32What are we looking at here?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33We're looking over The Weald of Kent,
0:16:33 > 0:16:39and it's a view that Churchill once remarked was worth fighting for, and I agree.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41It represents England, doesn't it?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43It really does. And we are in the Garden of England.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Inside, the rooms remain much as they were when he lived here,
0:16:50 > 0:16:52the pictures, books and personal mementos
0:16:52 > 0:16:59evoking the career and wide-ranging interests of a great statesman, writer and painter.
0:16:59 > 0:17:03An accomplished artist, part of the house was set aside for his passion,
0:17:03 > 0:17:07a creativity that yielded more than 500 pictures.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Mark's attention has been drawn to a portrait of the great man,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13which hangs in Lady Churchill's sitting room.
0:17:13 > 0:17:20That's by Oswald Birley. He's wearing his iconic siren suit that he's very well known for.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24What I like about the portrait is that if you didn't know who it was,
0:17:24 > 0:17:26which is impossible of course, but if you didn't,
0:17:26 > 0:17:29that would just be a kindly grandfather, wouldn't it?
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Don't you think? The eyes are so warm.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34They are. It's a very nice portrait.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38- It's one of the family's favourite of him, summing him up.- It's lovely.
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Churchill was also well known for his writing,
0:17:42 > 0:17:46and won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1953.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Welcome to Sir Winston's study.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52This is really the beating heart of the house.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55This is where he would have written most of his works,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58History of the Second World War, History of Marlborough,
0:17:58 > 0:18:00and it was also a room that had to be quiet for him,
0:18:00 > 0:18:02so children not allowed in here.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06- If he was working, even Lady Churchill would slip notes under the door.- Really?
0:18:06 > 0:18:10And this is the desk he used? As you said, nothing has changed.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12No. He would read at the desk
0:18:12 > 0:18:14and perhaps open his correspondence,
0:18:14 > 0:18:19- but he used to like working standing up.- Really?
0:18:19 > 0:18:21That's quite odd, isn't it?
0:18:21 > 0:18:24Most writers, I would have thought, would prefer to be sitting down,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27in these days of the laptop. Why did he like standing up?
0:18:27 > 0:18:29He was a very natural orator,
0:18:29 > 0:18:33and I think to really get into your stride, you have to be standing up.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37The writing flows from that, I suppose, if you're standing up.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39It's a wonderful room.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44Alice, thank you so much for just a little glimpse of Chartwell.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49- A pleasure.- I hope some day I can come back and have a proper look round. Thank you.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55We leave one great British hero
0:18:55 > 0:19:00to join Will, another, who has made the short journey from Westerham to Brasted,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03where he's checking out the wares at Courtyard Antiques.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05That's quite interesting.
0:19:13 > 0:19:19Stoneware. Blue and white. Obviously got a bit of age to it.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Probably mid-19th century.
0:19:21 > 0:19:26Nicely decorated, and I love this sort of deep blue
0:19:26 > 0:19:28contrasting with the lighter blue.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30It gives a bit of depth to it.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33You've got this almost stylised chinoiserie decoration,
0:19:33 > 0:19:39and these have a slightly European slant on them, the flowers.
0:19:39 > 0:19:42But it's sweet. Nice-shaped border.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46And it looks in pretty... pretty good condition.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49That's quite interesting.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51It's obviously had a price on it.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54He hasn't been able to sell it, so he's reduced it to 45,
0:19:54 > 0:19:56which is kind of within my budget.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Well, only just.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Let's see what owner Barry has to say.
0:20:00 > 0:20:05What really interested me was the fact that it looks like it's had a price on,
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- it's been unsold.- Yeah.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10He's reduced it. It's still unsold.
0:20:10 > 0:20:17So I was going to ask if I could make an offer for that of £20.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- I think I've got to make a phone call.- That's fine.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25Looks like Will's decided to have a one-to-one with the seller himself.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29I was wondering if I might be able to take a punt on it as such
0:20:29 > 0:20:31at sort of £20.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37That's really kind of you. Thanks very much. I'll pass you back to Barry to say goodbye.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Cheers. Thank you. Bye!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Result!
0:20:41 > 0:20:44Hello, Chris? Is that all right?
0:20:44 > 0:20:48I wish I'd known you were that accommodating!
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I'd have bought it myself a long time ago!
0:20:50 > 0:20:54That man is making a move now! Too late, Barry, I'm having it! Thank you!
0:20:56 > 0:20:59Well, I never! I'd pay up quick, if I were you!
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Uh-oh. Something tells me he's not finished yet.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Elaine's the lady to talk to.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11I've been looking at your canes. Some very nice ones there.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15But yesterday, I bought a cane handle but without a cane.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19You wouldn't happen to have in your workshop or knocking around anywhere
0:21:19 > 0:21:21a cane without a handle?
0:21:21 > 0:21:25- Actually, I do have an ebony one. - Really?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28- Any chance I could have a look at that?- Actually, yes.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Elaine's gone off for a rummage.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32But where's Will going?
0:21:33 > 0:21:35Now what's he up to?
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Come on, mate.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42This is interesting.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Do you know what? I've got a good feeling about this.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54- He seems to fit on there pretty well.- Very nice. Yes.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58What sort of money are you asking on the cane?
0:22:00 > 0:22:0125.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03£18.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06- Then at least you know it's gone to...- 20.
0:22:06 > 0:22:0720...
0:22:07 > 0:22:10You shook my hand before I could even think about it.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Elaine, I'm not going to quibble over a couple of quid with you.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I think £20 is a fair price,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18because together, they stand a chance.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Do you know, Will, I think you might be right.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25And while you were attempting to blow your entire budget,
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Mark's travelled the seven-mile journey ahead to Otford.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Located on the River Darent,
0:22:33 > 0:22:36it was voted Village of the Year in 2006
0:22:36 > 0:22:39and the sort of place where you can find a bargain on the street.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Otford Antiques.
0:22:44 > 0:22:46These are quite funky.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47As soon as you see this type of shape,
0:22:47 > 0:22:52you're imagining the 1960s, '70s.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55It's got that sort of '70s look about it.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58When we look underneath,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00yes, we've got a maker's name here.
0:23:00 > 0:23:05"Uldum Mobelfabrik. Made in Denmark."
0:23:05 > 0:23:08A lot of the value in this type of retro vintage furniture
0:23:08 > 0:23:10is who the designer is.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12If it's a really good designer,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15then they can be worth quite a lot of money.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19If it's just run-of-the-mill mass-produced, not so good.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23If you're going to do these things, you've got to go on your own gut feeling.
0:23:23 > 0:23:27But we'll go in and find out and see whether we can pick up four chairs.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30- They belong to this place, do they? - Yes, they belong to Jackie here.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- They're mine.- Oh, Jackie is my favourite girl's name!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Oh, he's a smooth operator.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39Jackie, how much do you really want for them?
0:23:39 > 0:23:43- 60 would be the price.- If I could get them for about 50 quid...
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- Can't do 60?- I'd love them for 50, honestly.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49That look tells me Elaine has an opinion on this, too.
0:23:50 > 0:23:56If you add another £10 onto that, you can have them. That gives Jackie a little profit
0:23:56 > 0:23:58and gives you a good chance of a profit as well.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- Ooh. We've got a businesslady here! - It's like the Mafia!
0:24:03 > 0:24:06We've got a "Donness", here, not a Don!
0:24:06 > 0:24:08I can't believe this!
0:24:08 > 0:24:11- I'm being... I'm... I'm... - She's my friend!
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I'm being mugged! What's the number for Crimewatch... Crime Fighters?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- Could we split in the middle? - Tell you what... Yes.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22So we'll say 55.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Would you be happy at 55? Promise me, Jackie?- Yes, fine.
0:24:25 > 0:24:29- Cos I don't want to go away if you don't say...- It's fine.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32If you then say, "That horrible Mark Stacey was over"...
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- If you do think I'm horrible, I'm James Lewis!- I won't talk about you.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36Or somebody like that!
0:24:36 > 0:24:41Thank you very much. We'll call that a deal, but I'm going to keep on looking, if that's all right.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Look out! The opposition has arrived,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47but with £34.32 left in his pocket,
0:24:47 > 0:24:50he'll have to dig deep to find a bargain here.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55Will's heading upstairs to see what Mark has overlooked.
0:24:57 > 0:24:58What's this buried?
0:24:59 > 0:25:01That's quite nice, you know.
0:25:01 > 0:25:06Buried under the books, for good reason, is a book slide.
0:25:06 > 0:25:07Hello.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17I think we may have hit a minor jackpot here.
0:25:17 > 0:25:18Make sure Mark's not around.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22Look at this. This is a book slide, yeah?
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Blimey, he's excited.
0:25:23 > 0:25:29It's obvious what it does. You put your books, it can go left or right.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33But what has got me quite excited about this,
0:25:33 > 0:25:36it's cracking quality.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39It's actually in coromandel wood,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42which is a family of the rosewood.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It's similar to my cane, actually.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49And this I have not seen very often.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52It has got a cracking little label,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55"Farthing & Thornhill, Makers. Cornhill", in London.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58To put a maker's mark on a book slide,
0:25:58 > 0:26:00you know this has got to be super quality.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03And do you know the best bit?
0:26:03 > 0:26:05It's 28 quid!
0:26:07 > 0:26:09Whoo! And look at the dust!
0:26:09 > 0:26:13It's been there for months, years, perhaps.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16I'll tell you, it just goes to show.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18Just dive in and have a look.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I couldn't see it because of the books,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23but a little bit of effort, a little bit of searching,
0:26:23 > 0:26:28and that, my friends, I think is a super little lot.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33I'm not even going to guesstimate what it could make at auction,
0:26:33 > 0:26:38but I've seen them make a lot more than £28 and they're nowhere near as good as this.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42So, I don't think that's even a maybe. That's a definite.
0:26:44 > 0:26:46Now, what's this Mark's got his eye on?
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Looks like Denby pottery.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52Denby's striking designs graced the 1970s with flair.
0:26:52 > 0:26:57Although typically painted in browns and oranges, the bulb pattern is somewhat unusual.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Do you know, I'm rather taken with this vase.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02But I don't know why, really...
0:27:03 > 0:27:05..because I don't know anything about it.
0:27:06 > 0:27:11And it's a heck of a lump, really, for... It's got £28 on it at the moment.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13It goes... CLANGING
0:27:13 > 0:27:14Careful!
0:27:14 > 0:27:16Who did that?
0:27:16 > 0:27:17It goes quite nicely with the chairs.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Yes, put it down!
0:27:19 > 0:27:22It's time to do battle with our Jackie again. Stand by!
0:27:23 > 0:27:29- Hello, Jackie. I don't know what it is, but I'm in a '70s mood today. - Good! Retro.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31I'm looking back. Looking back, you know.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35- Of course, I wasn't around in the- '70s(!) Of course not!
0:27:35 > 0:27:37- What about 15?- No, can't do 15.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- You're adamant!- It's far too cheap. - Adamant.- Yes.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- What about 14?- No. 18?
0:27:43 > 0:27:45We're very close.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- We want to do a deal on this, don't we?- We do.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51How much did we say? 16?
0:27:51 > 0:27:53No. 17.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- Are you going to be determined on 17?- Mm.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59- Really?- Yes.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03- It's a good price.- Go on, then. 17. Thanks, Jackie.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05£17.
0:28:05 > 0:28:07If I can't make a profit on that...
0:28:11 > 0:28:13..I'm going to become a bin man!
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Oh, you do talk a lot of tosh!
0:28:16 > 0:28:19But whilst Mark's tipping over the edge,
0:28:19 > 0:28:20Will's on the slide.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- I found a little book slide upstairs.- OK.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25Buried under... Now,
0:28:25 > 0:28:2628 that's got on it.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29What's the absolute death on this?
0:28:29 > 0:28:32A sliding book... We've got 28.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37- 20 quid?- 20? ..Yes.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41OK. So that's a deal. That's a deal, £20.
0:28:42 > 0:28:45He's still not finished, yet, don't you know?
0:28:46 > 0:28:48Chinese rice paper paintings.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54They're usually for export, and they show traditional Chinese customs,
0:28:54 > 0:28:56traditional Chinese costumes,
0:28:56 > 0:29:01and the really sought-after ones traditional Chinese tortures and crime punishment.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04There's no...
0:29:04 > 0:29:06no price on it...
0:29:07 > 0:29:09..which might be a good thing.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14That's worth an ask. I'm going to go and say, "Can that be 15 quid?"
0:29:14 > 0:29:16I reckon that's worth a go.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21Hey, Will! You do know you only have £14.32 left, don't you?
0:29:21 > 0:29:25Beryl's calling the painting's owner, so fingers crossed.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27OK. Thank you. Bye.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31- All done. 14. - Ooh, thank you very much!
0:29:31 > 0:29:33- What did he say the price was on it, ten?- 15.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Was it?
0:29:37 > 0:29:39Well, it's better to be lucky than good.
0:29:39 > 0:29:43Will's finished shopping, with a whole 32p warming his pocket,
0:29:43 > 0:29:48which wouldn't even buy a drink, but nevertheless, the boys have gone to the pub to reveal their lots.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- Shall I show you?- Yeah.
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Ta-da!
0:29:54 > 0:29:55Ooh.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59It's quite odd, isn't it? It's an odd selection.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02It's an eclectic mix, Mark!
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- I know. I think this is amazing. - Let's have a look.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06It's an engraving.
0:30:06 > 0:30:11But it's actually framed as a fan and printed as a fan.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13I like the frame as well.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- How much was that?- 20.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- Not a lot, is it?- I thought it was quite sweet.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21From the sweet to the swirly.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- You've gone a bit retro today. - I love this. Don't you?
0:30:25 > 0:30:26Denby Ware. Have you ever seen it?
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- Not in that pattern.- I love it.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32And this was only 17 quid.
0:30:32 > 0:30:34- That's not a lot, is it? - It's not a lot of money, really.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- And Denby's on the way up, isn't it? - It is.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38I think it's quite collectable.
0:30:38 > 0:30:40And these are Danish, with the maker's name underneath.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46- It's a set of four.- So two more. I could see those retailing for 80 quid.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49If they retail for 80 quid, I'm going to lose money.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51- How much did you pay?- 55.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53You could make a small profit!
0:30:53 > 0:30:56I've shown you mine. Now show me yours.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57No funny faces to camera!
0:31:03 > 0:31:07- You little fibber! You're jumping around inside!- No, I'm not!
0:31:07 > 0:31:09I'm just looking. Oh, this is nice.
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- That is an absolute belter. - That's lovely, isn't it?
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Coromandel.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Oh, that's lovely, actually.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18It's just the sort of thing I like.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20- I mean, it was cheap, wasn't it? - Yeah.
0:31:20 > 0:31:25- It had 28 quid on the ticket. - No money at all.- I got it for £20. - Oh, that's nothing.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27There's got to be a profit in that.
0:31:27 > 0:31:32- Got to be. A little Chinese rice paper painting.- That's pretty.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- Sweet, isn't it?- Of a little junk. - You'd estimate that 20 to 30 quid whatever, wouldn't you?
0:31:36 > 0:31:40- Would you?- I would.- I don't think you would. It would be a job lot.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43- For crying out loud!- These are very collectable if you have a set of them.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48- Yes.- A single one on its own is, I think, difficult to sell. - We shall see.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50A Chinese...
0:31:50 > 0:31:55Oh, you and your Chinese! You're desperate to find something that will make a lot of money!
0:31:55 > 0:31:57- I just like it!- You are, Will! - I just like it!
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- Put it away.- Thank you. That wasn't a lot of money.- Jolly good.
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Now, this...
0:32:02 > 0:32:07- In one shop I bought the bronze head.- Yes.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09- Da-da-da!- Oh, you've glued it?
0:32:09 > 0:32:11- No!- Is this allowed in the rules?
0:32:11 > 0:32:14And in the other shop, the lady had a cane with no head.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Here's one I made earlier!
0:32:16 > 0:32:18I stuck it together with double-sided sticky tape!
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- But you don't think it's modern? - Look at that.- I do.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24# There may be trouble ahead... #
0:32:24 > 0:32:26It's like Fred and Ginger, isn't it?
0:32:26 > 0:32:28So the total price of this?
0:32:30 > 0:32:3155.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35- It's a specky little lot. Someone might give me 60... - "Specky little lot"?
0:32:35 > 0:32:39- Ooh, gosh.- It's the technical term. - This time next year, we'll be millionaires!
0:32:39 > 0:32:41We'll be millionaires, Mark!
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- Listen, well done.- Good work, mate.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46I've enjoyed it again and I look forward to the auction.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- I'm looking forward to it. Thanks.- Good work.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51Listen, we're fun, and we're still friends.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53They might well say that, but what do they really think?
0:32:53 > 0:32:55Looking at the table on the reveal,
0:32:55 > 0:32:59I was kind of more happy with my items than his.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01The walking stick is genius. Absolute genius.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04To marry a 19th-century cane
0:33:04 > 0:33:10with what I think is a very modern cast skull is genius!
0:33:10 > 0:33:15I'm fairly confident that this auction will be mine!
0:33:15 > 0:33:21It's time to get back on the road and head to the den of antiquity, Chiswick Auctions.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26On the third leg of their Road Trip, our doughty dealers
0:33:26 > 0:33:29have crossed the breadth of Kent and into London,
0:33:29 > 0:33:32starting in Deal and ending in Chiswick for the auction.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35But the main thing is we are having fun.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38We are having fun, and we're round and round the round-around!
0:33:38 > 0:33:40I know. Or even the roundabout!
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Around about the roundabout!
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Don't worry, guys. I'll do the talking!
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Chiswick, a well-to-do suburb of west London
0:33:50 > 0:33:52and the birthplace of Dame Helen Mirren,
0:33:52 > 0:33:56provides the end to the third leg of our Road Trip.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58- This is it.- Here we are, Mark.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Let's rock this saleroom!
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Rock something, anyway! Come on.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06Chiswick Auctions have been in business for only 15 years,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09but have gained an excellent reputation,
0:34:09 > 0:34:12and are frequently featured on TV.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15They specialise in fine art, antiques and collectables.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19The man at the helm of today's auction with his gavel at the ready is William Rouse.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22We've got a set of four rosewood dining chairs
0:34:22 > 0:34:25which is just the thing that's in vogue at the moment.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27People like retro items.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29There's also a very nice coromandel book slide.
0:34:29 > 0:34:34It isn't always necessarily the most commercial of items in terms of practicality,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36but it's a really nice-quality thing.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38And quality tends to sell.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Quite right.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44Mark Stacey set out on this leg with £188.14
0:34:44 > 0:34:49and forked out 139 smackers on six items for his five lots.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54Will Axon began this leg with a lowly £144.32
0:34:54 > 0:35:01and once again spent all but a few pennies also on six items that comprise five lots.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04- Are you fluttering?- No. - No?- Confident.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Really?
0:35:06 > 0:35:08Right, chaps, let battle commence.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14First up is Will's chinoiserie platter, circa 1840.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17I've got interest on this on the book,
0:35:17 > 0:35:21I'm sure you'll be pleased to know. And I'm straight in at £15.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- Oh, well, that's good.- £15.
0:35:23 > 0:35:2618. 20. 22. 25.
0:35:26 > 0:35:2825 is bid. 28 I'll take.
0:35:28 > 0:35:3228. 30. 32.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34In the doorway, then, at £32.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37£32. Are you all done and finished at £32?
0:35:37 > 0:35:3932.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Well done. I'm surprised at that.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46A steady £12 profit for Will's platter. Good start.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50It's Mark's garden seat next,
0:35:50 > 0:35:52with pierced decoration.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- Interest in this on the book. I'm straight in at £35.- That's good.
0:35:57 > 0:36:0035. 40. 45.
0:36:00 > 0:36:0245 is bid, then. At £45.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07Anybody else, then? At £45 I'm going to sell it. 45.
0:36:07 > 0:36:11A healthy £25 profit for Mark. This is going rather well!
0:36:11 > 0:36:1545. I thought it might be more. They'd just started to bid then.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Then they realised what they were doing!
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Now, now, boys!
0:36:21 > 0:36:25It's time for Will's bronze censer case.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27What's it worth? Start me. £30 for this lot.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- Speculative lot. I'm bid 30. - This is worth 30.
0:36:30 > 0:36:3335. 38. 40.
0:36:33 > 0:36:3642. 45. 48.
0:36:36 > 0:36:3750. £50.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40£50 in the middle of the room. At 50.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44Anybody else? All done and finished at £50. I'm going to sell.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46At 50 it goes.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50- You were lucky with that one. - I was not!
0:36:50 > 0:36:51I'm not sure about luck,
0:36:51 > 0:36:55but I do know it's another profit for Will.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56Told you we'd have a good day!
0:36:56 > 0:37:00Cheer up, Mark. It's your fan-shaped engraving next.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04What's it worth? Start me at £30.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07£20, the lot to go for £20, surely?
0:37:07 > 0:37:10For this framed fan, anybody?
0:37:10 > 0:37:14- Oh, dear. £10 start me.- Oh, no! - Start me at ten here.
0:37:14 > 0:37:1712. 14. 16.
0:37:17 > 0:37:1918. 20. 22.
0:37:19 > 0:37:25- £22 in front of me. Anybody else at £22?- It's another shame.
0:37:25 > 0:37:2725 there. 28. 30.
0:37:27 > 0:37:3032. 35. 38.
0:37:30 > 0:37:3340. 42. 45.
0:37:33 > 0:37:3945 there. Away there at 45. Bit more respectable. £45.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42- That was close!- I hope you brought a change of trousers!
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Fear not, Mark. You're on a roll.
0:37:45 > 0:37:47Another £25 profit.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49I thought that was going to struggle.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53- You hoped it was going to struggle! - I did not!- Of course not, Will(!)
0:37:53 > 0:37:56- 45...- Let the viewers make up their own mind.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59That's you told, Will.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01Handbags at the ready,
0:38:01 > 0:38:05let's see if the auction room gets as excited about the book slide
0:38:05 > 0:38:06as you did, Will.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09Nice-quality object.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11And I'm straight in at £60.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14£60 I'm bid. 65. 70.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1775. 80 is my last. 85 in the room.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- That's very good.- Need someone to go with him, now.
0:38:20 > 0:38:22At £85 in the room. Anybody else want to come in?
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I can sell the lot. 85 it goes, then.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28I think that's a jolly good price.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Well, how sporting of you, Mark.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33A cracking result for Will there.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36Do I smell a profit here?
0:38:36 > 0:38:39It's Mark's scent flask and dressing table jar.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Must be worth £30. £15 each for them.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46- 30 I'm bid. 32.- That's good. - 32 I'm bid.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48At £32. Come along.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50£32 is all I'm bid.
0:38:50 > 0:38:51Seems so cheap. Can't believe it.
0:38:51 > 0:38:5335. Thank you.
0:38:53 > 0:38:5635 there. In the middle of the room.
0:38:56 > 0:38:5838. It's amazing where they come from.
0:38:58 > 0:39:0040. 42.
0:39:00 > 0:39:02£42. Here we are.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05At £42. Are you all done and finished?
0:39:05 > 0:39:06£42.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08I was very lucky with that one.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12A £15 profit, Mark. But you'll need to do better to win this auction.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18Eyes up. It's Will's pith painting next.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Somebody likes it. I've got a start-off bid of £30 with me.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24- That's all right.- I'm pleased with that.- 32 I'll take in the room.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26It's with me, then, on a commission bid of 30.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28Anybody else want to come in against commission?
0:39:28 > 0:39:32With me, then, at £30. I'm going to sell it at 30. Sold.
0:39:32 > 0:39:35A commission bid is a bid left by someone
0:39:35 > 0:39:37who can't be at the auction.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41How will the Chiswick bidders react to Mark's big purchase,
0:39:41 > 0:39:43the Danish dining chairs?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Somebody offer me £20 to start me.
0:39:45 > 0:39:47£20 for the four chairs.
0:39:47 > 0:39:51That's absolutely... £10, then?
0:39:51 > 0:39:52Uh-oh!
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Bruno can't resist a bargain.
0:39:54 > 0:39:5712. OK. Suddenly things are beginning to move.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58Someone's had a go...
0:39:58 > 0:40:01Too much. Dear, oh, dear. £12.
0:40:01 > 0:40:03£14 in the blue.
0:40:03 > 0:40:0616. £16 standing, then.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08At £16. Oh, dear!
0:40:08 > 0:40:10£16. I'm going to sell them.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14Oh, dear, indeed. The dining chairs were a sitting duck.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17That's a loss of £39.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Mark, you were unlucky with them.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Well, that's the way it goes. It's life.
0:40:24 > 0:40:27Now, how will the bidding go on Will's last lot of the day,
0:40:27 > 0:40:30his cleverly amalgamated skull and cane?
0:40:32 > 0:40:34- This is a nice bit of fun. - Yes, it is!
0:40:34 > 0:40:38Somebody likes it. I'm straight in at £40. With me at £40.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I've got bids everywhere.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43Leaping to bid on it. 45.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- 50.- They all want it.- 55. 60.
0:40:45 > 0:40:4765. 70.
0:40:47 > 0:40:4975. 80.
0:40:49 > 0:40:5085. 90.
0:40:50 > 0:40:5295. 100.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55- 110. 120.- This is ridiculous!- 130.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57- 140.- Go on!- 150.
0:40:57 > 0:40:59160. 170. 180.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02- 190.- Oh, it's a good thing, Mark.
0:41:02 > 0:41:04- It's not a good thing!- £200 there.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Thanks for the bid. At £200. Anybody else want to come in?
0:41:07 > 0:41:09Unusual lot. £200. I'm going to sell it.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Ooh!
0:41:11 > 0:41:13Now I know what it feels like!
0:41:13 > 0:41:15I think it's brilliant, Will.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Say it like you mean it, Mark!
0:41:17 > 0:41:20A stonking profit for Will. Bravo!
0:41:22 > 0:41:25It's Mark's last chance to catch up.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27But his Denby pottery vase will have to go some
0:41:27 > 0:41:30for him to stand a chance of victory at today's auction.
0:41:30 > 0:41:34- There we go. £20 for this. The Denby vase for 20.- Come on!
0:41:34 > 0:41:3620 I'm bid here.
0:41:36 > 0:41:4022. 25. 28. 30 in front of me here.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42At £30. Still at 30.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46- It's a profit at least. - £30. I'm going to sell it for 30.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Well, it's a profit, Will.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50Little consolation there for Mark.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53After auction costs, that's a small profit
0:41:53 > 0:41:55and nowhere near enough to win today
0:41:55 > 0:41:57as Will takes the spoils.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01It's been a tremendous auction for our new boy of knick-knacks
0:42:01 > 0:42:04against the Titan of treasure.
0:42:04 > 0:42:05So, the tables have turned.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09Mark started this leg with £188.14
0:42:09 > 0:42:14and after costs made a disappointing £6.96 profit,
0:42:14 > 0:42:18giving him £195.10 to play with on the next leg.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Will Axon, though, went forth and multiplied.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27He kicked off this leg with £144.32
0:42:27 > 0:42:32and after auction costs made a whopping £181.54
0:42:32 > 0:42:36and starts next time with a bumper £325.86.
0:42:36 > 0:42:38Well done!
0:42:38 > 0:42:40What a contrast, William.
0:42:40 > 0:42:43My first taste of victory, Mark!
0:42:43 > 0:42:46It was quite a taste of victory as well, you know.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- But it's raining. Shall we go? - Get in the car.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53So, we've got a real contest now.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56In your own time, Will!
0:43:00 > 0:43:03Next time on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:04 > 0:43:07..Mark Stacey can't refuse an "amuse-bouche".
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Ooh, lovely! I'll come back here again!
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Whilst Will Axon's just easily amused!
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