0:00:01 > 0:00:06It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each,
0:00:06 > 0:00:10a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- Going, going, gone. BOTH:- Yes!
0:00:13 > 0:00:16The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19- But it's no mean feat.- Yes!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:28- Tails.- So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Argh! Argh!
0:00:30 > 0:00:33This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Welcome to the final leg of our journey
0:00:40 > 0:00:44into the philosophy of David Harper and Paul Laidlaw.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47To buy, or not to buy - that is the question.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50The voices in my head are reassuring me.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- "Buy it! It's gorgeous, it's rare!" - "Go on. Go on."
0:00:53 > 0:00:55"No, you don't need it."
0:00:55 > 0:00:59"But look, it's a lovely example of its kind."
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Two curious experts and this time two classic cars
0:01:02 > 0:01:05because although they started out in a red Triumph,
0:01:05 > 0:01:10mechanical problems mean they will cross the line in a blue MG.
0:01:10 > 0:01:14I feel sad for the Herald but goodbye. Hello, MG!
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Auctioneer Paul is from Scotland
0:01:17 > 0:01:21and is a maths graduate who almost became an accountant.
0:01:21 > 0:01:24A self-confessed antiques geek, he has got quite an eye.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28- I've got to come clean. It's a Stanhope.- It isn't!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Dealer David is from County Durham.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33He admits to never actually having a proper job
0:01:33 > 0:01:38- but is also a lifelong collector. - That is Japanese silver, baby.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40He's been chasing Paul all week
0:01:40 > 0:01:43and last auction finally pipped him.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46I'll take that. It's pink troosers time.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51David began with £200 and after four trips to auction
0:01:51 > 0:01:53he's increased that to £325.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Paul also started out with £200 and so far
0:01:58 > 0:02:04he's managed to amass quite a bit more, with precisely £470.26.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07David's not giving up though.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11My self-confidence is ridiculously high, based on nothing.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15On this trip, our chaps set off from Windermere
0:02:15 > 0:02:18in the Lake District before travelling 600 miles
0:02:18 > 0:02:21and reaching their journey's end in the city of Dundee, Scotland.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Today they kick-off in Glasgow and make their way north
0:02:26 > 0:02:30and east towards the sea and the deciding auction at Dundee.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37Welcome to the second city of the British Empire, Glasgow.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41Once an industrial powerhouse it's packed with impressive architecture,
0:02:41 > 0:02:46a fact not missed by Hollywood movie makers, who regularly film here.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Glasgow is Gotham City. It is amazing, isn't it?- It is.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52It's a bit of a shock to both you and I
0:02:52 > 0:02:56cos we are a bit country bumpkin at the end of the day, aren't we?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Once, all this fabulous sandstone was covered in soot
0:02:59 > 0:03:01but the change in the city's industrial focus,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04combined with the Clean Air Act,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08means that Glasgow's old buildings are certainly worth looking up at.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I'm going to go and leave you with your new mate.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Try not to buy junk that's going to make massive profits
0:03:18 > 0:03:21because that is really rather annoying!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23- I'm getting a bit of a reputation. - See you later.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25While Paul gets shopping,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29David has to concentrate on keeping that MG paintwork pristine.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- Steady on. - Hello, there. A welcoming party!
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I'm Paul. Hi, Paul. I'm Roz.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38- Roz. Great to see you.- Vincenzo. - Vincenzo!- Nice to meet you.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Like your style. I like this!
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Located in the East End of the city at the famous Barras market,
0:03:45 > 0:03:49antiques and collectables should offer up a bargain or two.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52That is an early electric fire.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55I think it's an accident waiting to happen.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57We are never putting this near electricity.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Period-wise, late 1920s.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02It is a traditional Glasgow design,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07The city developed its own distinctive style,
0:04:07 > 0:04:11which you can glimpse in the most unusual places.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15Maybe a bit too quirky for the folks at a general sale in Dundee, though,
0:04:15 > 0:04:19plus with a healthy lead, it looks like he's playing it safe for now.
0:04:20 > 0:04:25If push came to shove, I would consider these at the right price.
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Victorian shaft and globe heavily cut decanters, hollow blown stoppers.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33The correct stoppers, which is important, and no damage.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Not bad. Ticket price £40.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I wouldn't want to pay more than £10 or £15 for those.
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Paul seems stuck in a bit of a quandary.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47How will his opponent fare a little further along the Clyde, I wonder?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52This place is on the large size, too.
0:04:52 > 0:04:5525,000 square feet, apparently.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Better get to work, David, and try to close that gap.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03I would love to buy this. Wouldn't that be hilarious if I bought that?
0:05:03 > 0:05:04That is one word for it.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09Oh! It's £600! That would be brilliant, if I could buy that.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Laidlaw would go mad.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15I think we would all get a bit hot under the collar, actually.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Now, there is a dealer. What's he got?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Let's have a look at that. It's a Canterbury. Walnut... What is it?
0:05:21 > 0:05:24- 1880?- With a hint of Arts and Crafts.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27It has got a bit going on there, hasn't it? Yeah.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30- On its original porcelain casters, probably.- It is, yeah.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33A Canterbury's a stand for holding loose leaves
0:05:33 > 0:05:35of sheet music or magazines.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37In Georgian or Victorian homes
0:05:37 > 0:05:40you could expect to find one beside the piano.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44The name may derive from one Archbishop of the same name,
0:05:44 > 0:05:46who allegedly commissioned an early example.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Is there a ticket price, I wonder?
0:05:48 > 0:05:50It would have to be shockingly cheap.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- It is shockingly cheap. - What is shockingly cheap to you?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- £95 for that.- Crikey, Bruce, that sounds cheap!
0:05:56 > 0:05:58- You can't go wrong.- You reckon?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02That, now, sadly, the buyers of that are dropping off the market.
0:06:02 > 0:06:05That's why it's that price. Ten years ago, £1,200.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07You could sell it like that.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10- Will he take 50 quid for it? - I can't do that.- Is that too hard?
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- It is too hard.- OK. Will he take 60 and we're done?- I'll take 75.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- I'll meet you at 70.- 75.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Go on. Shake my hand. £75. Thank you very much.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23But that's good. It's nice to get a deal done.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Bruce has a slightly battered little inkwell he'd like to recommend.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- That is an interesting little thing, isn't it?- On its base...
0:06:30 > 0:06:34- It has a tiny chip on it, though. - Where is that? Oh, yeah.- It's tiny.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Sweet little inkwell, isn't it? A bonny thing. Glass top.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42So, again, a similar sort of period to the Canterbury, there.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46- It is, actually.- 1880, 1900 maybe.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48- What kind of money is it? - Dead cheap.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50I'll go with the dead cheap no haggling
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- so if it doesn't feel right I'll just say no.- Yeah. £15.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- Go on then.- You can't lose, again. - Thank you very much indeed.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01No. I can't, I can't lose on that. That has to be a profit.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05A flying start and perhaps some bargains for David.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07What about his travelling companion?
0:07:07 > 0:07:10Last time we saw him, Paul was thinking,
0:07:10 > 0:07:13albeit not very hard, about those decanters.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15No, we've moved on.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17That's older than it looks.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19If that was teak you'd go, "That's 1970s, isn't it?"
0:07:19 > 0:07:21"With that line there."
0:07:21 > 0:07:26It's oak and I think it may be 1940s.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Yeah, but what is it?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30It's an oak cake stand.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33We've got this whole cupcake revolution going on
0:07:33 > 0:07:37and all of a sudden, auctioneers can sell cake stands.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Don't forget the auction is in Dundee as well.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42There you have it. Nice and compact.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Pull this little...
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Pull that off. HE WHISPERS
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- Oops! - And then it...
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Pop that in there, it secures it. That is a little diamond, isn't it?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- I think he's quite excited. - Easily missed.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03(If the dealer missed it, does he think it's another piece
0:08:03 > 0:08:06(of '70s, maybe Scandinavian-inspired...)
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Right. We've got something.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Sounds like Paul might be onto a bargain.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Suddenly there is even more baking-related paraphernalia.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18A big set of countertop beam scales.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22In the '80s, when there was a vogue for kitchenalia,
0:08:22 > 0:08:24these were heavily produced.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27This, however, is an original 19th-century,
0:08:27 > 0:08:30set in brass and cast-iron, rather elaborate.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Our Irvinware scales bear the trademark
0:08:33 > 0:08:37of John White & Son of Auchtermuchty.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42- How cool is that?- Well, I think that rather depends on the price.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45There's £85 on the ticket. Right. Pondering done.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- Time to grab Vincenzo and get bargaining.- Hit me with prices.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52Number one, tell me how much are the beam scales in the window?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54I couldn't do less than 85.
0:08:54 > 0:08:59And the cake stand? I'll give you a tenner for the cake stand.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- No, I paid more.- 15 quid.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- As a start.- As a start. - That's one deal.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08£15 not bad, Paul.
0:09:08 > 0:09:12- I'm offering you 50 quid. - No. I can't do that.
0:09:12 > 0:09:18- Look, I will do for you 70. - 60 quid and that as well. 75 squids.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- Job done.- Geez, it's hard to make business with you. OK.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26You know what? Let's do it. 60, 75 with the cake stand.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- It is a deal?- Pleasure, Vincenzo.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- Thanks for that one. - Thank you very much.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36So, £15 for the cake stand and £60 for those scales.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38He is underway.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43Back together again, but car lovers had better cover their ears.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47I love this little car, Paul, I love it!
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Our two have now left Glasgow and headed north
0:09:50 > 0:09:52and east towards Falkirk.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56During the 18th and 19th centuries,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Falkirk became a major centre of Scotland's industrial revolution,
0:09:59 > 0:10:03its wealth partly based on access to the country's
0:10:03 > 0:10:05burgeoning canal network.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- Look at that!- My goodness me!
0:10:07 > 0:10:10That is very, very high.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Vertigo sufferer Paul has come for a ride on the Falkirk Wheel -
0:10:14 > 0:10:17an award-winning feat of Scottish engineering
0:10:17 > 0:10:19which takes her canals into the 21st-century.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22You must be Richard. How are you doing?
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Paul.- Good to see you, Paul. - What a vision to behold!
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Around 12 storeys high, the wheel
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- yes, we know it's not really a wheel -
0:10:32 > 0:10:35is a very modern and astonishingly simple device
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- the final link in an £84.5 million project
0:10:39 > 0:10:41to make the network navigable again.
0:10:41 > 0:10:4470 miles of canals had fallen into pretty bad disrepair.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47By the 1950s, they were looking to fill in this beautiful canal
0:10:47 > 0:10:50- and turn it into motorways. - Really? Oh, my word!
0:10:50 > 0:10:53Slowly and surely the momentum grew
0:10:53 > 0:10:56and people's enthusiasm for it grew and they wanted to save it.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00By far the biggest task Richard and his team faced
0:11:00 > 0:11:02was replacing the 11 canal locks
0:11:02 > 0:11:05required to join the lower Glasgow Canal
0:11:05 > 0:11:08to the much higher Edinburgh route.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12We wanted to make sure that we just didn't build another set of locks.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15That's what they would have done 250 years ago.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17We wanted an icon for the 21st century.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19We wanted something that would deliver so much more.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23Great Scottish engineers Thomas Telford and James Watt
0:11:23 > 0:11:25cut their teeth designing canals
0:11:25 > 0:11:29so it's fitting that the wheel won so many design awards.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35Getting a strange sensation because I am a landlubber
0:11:35 > 0:11:37so I'm already getting my sea legs.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42But then it is the world's first and only rotating boat lift.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Really simple in its design.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Everyone can understand quite how it works but in scale,
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- it is a thing of beauty.- Now, you say very simple to understand.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Assume I'm very simple.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05These are like giant bathtubs, basically.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08And they have a gate on either side of them.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10The wheel will then begin rotating around the big,
0:12:10 > 0:12:12major cog up the top.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Slowly and surely, the gondola at the top begins to come down
0:12:16 > 0:12:20and it just swaps itself over. Both sides are always in balance.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Archimedes' principle allowed us to do that.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25- Eureka!- Eureka! We have it!
0:12:25 > 0:12:28Any size of boat that sails into this big bathtub here
0:12:28 > 0:12:31displaces its own weight in water
0:12:31 > 0:12:35so always up top, down bottom, always perfectly in balance.
0:12:35 > 0:12:39On reaching the Union Canal via some very fine views,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43it's easy to see why tourists love it.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Even those with a fear of heights
0:12:45 > 0:12:48have little to worry about on this gentle trip.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Sitting here in my bathtub, just looking out over the land,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53that was all right.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55And I'm not putting a brave face on it!
0:12:55 > 0:12:57HE LAUGHS
0:12:59 > 0:13:01But while Paul's been going round in circles...
0:13:03 > 0:13:04..David's motored on,
0:13:04 > 0:13:08manoeuvring the Midget from Falkirk to Dunblane in Stirlingshire.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14David doesn't need encouragement in the competitiveness stakes,
0:13:14 > 0:13:18of course, but shopping in Wimbledon champion Andy Murray's hometown
0:13:18 > 0:13:21can only help, surely.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Hi, there. This is lovely.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- Hi. I'm David Harper.- I'm David.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- David as well. That's easy, isn't it?- Two Davids.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- We won't forget that, will we? - Not easily.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Ah well, I'm sure we'll cope.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36Now it's time to take a good look around
0:13:36 > 0:13:40and nestled nicely in the window is an oriental vase.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I wonder how long it will take our Chinese enthusiast to spot it.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45You've got a big old pot in the window, there.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Not long, then.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I think it's going to be too far away...
0:13:50 > 0:13:52- Too far.- Just try me. - I'll do it for three.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57- Yeah.- Sounds pricey. Any other oriental items?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- There's an Imari plate, there. - Imari plate, yeah. I saw that.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04- I can do it for £40.- Right. Let's have a look at this together, David.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09So, Japanese Imari. Typical thing, really, isn't it?
0:14:09 > 0:14:14Decorated on the back, as almost all Japanese Imari pieces are.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Typical colours and shape and design.
0:14:17 > 0:14:23- Circa 1880, 1900 maybe. - 1880s, yeah.- Made for our market.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26- It's a mass-produced thing but still it's hand-painted.- Yes.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31- It's nicely coloured.- Even at 40 quid I think we are too far away.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I'll do it for 30. That is a bargain.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- If it was a tenner I'd have it but is that it?- No.- OK.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41No, quite. I don't think he's serious about it.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45Working up for another go at the Chinese vase, I fancy.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48- That big old pot couldn't be £100, could it?- See what I mean?
0:14:48 > 0:14:51- No.- No chance? I'm chancing my arm, I know I am.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- The best on the vase would be 250. - All right. Can I have a look at it?
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- Can I bring it out?- Yeah.- Brilliant.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Right. Here we go. Big old lump.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06Big enough for a tennis trophy, I'd say.
0:15:06 > 0:15:07OK. So it is famille rose.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Painted enamel. Again, typical scene.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Would have been one of a pair, obviously.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Circa 1900. Might be 1920.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16It's a tourist piece made for the West.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18And it's the kind of thing
0:15:18 > 0:15:21people might get carried away with at auction.
0:15:21 > 0:15:22Any damage, David, do you know?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25I think the rim has been done up here, hasn't it?
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- It couldn't be 150, could it? - No, no. Sorry.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33- Really?- 250. You get the stand with it as well.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Just trying to work out how much money I've got.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Shopkeeper David is standing his ground
0:15:38 > 0:15:43but we've seen our David try his count-the-cash routine before.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46Or maybe he doesn't really know how much he has got.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Would 160 get it?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50I'd give it to you for 200 and that is it.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52I'd go 160. There's the cash.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56180 and you've got a deal. That's it.
0:15:56 > 0:16:02- That is it. Who are you against? - Paul Laidlaw! He's a killer!
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- But he's Scottish.- I know he is.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Not sure that was a wise move, David.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09David, I'm going to be horrible. 170 and I'm done.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- 170.- Good man. Thank you.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- You've got a good deal, I tell you. - I think I've got a fantastic deal.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- You have.- I really appreciate it. And that is so up my street.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Right, now I've got to carry the blighter.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23No complaints, please, after a deal like that, David.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28It's the end of another busy day.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Just one more sleep and the final auction will be almost here.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Nighty-night.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Next morning, Paul shares his breakfast secrets.
0:16:39 > 0:16:44You put salt in the porridge as you're making it
0:16:44 > 0:16:46and then a wee bit of sugar on the top.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Oh, when no-one's looking?
0:16:49 > 0:16:52David certainly set off at a canter yesterday,
0:16:52 > 0:16:58spending £260 on an inkwell, a vase, and a very fine Canterbury,
0:16:58 > 0:17:01leaving him just £65 to spend today.
0:17:01 > 0:17:03- You can't go wrong.- You reckon?
0:17:03 > 0:17:07While in-the-lead Paul was a great deal more cautious,
0:17:07 > 0:17:12freeing just £75 from his overstuffed wallet for some
0:17:12 > 0:17:14Victorian scales and a cake stand,
0:17:14 > 0:17:18leaving almost £400 available for today's shopping.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20That's a little diamond, isn't it?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Later, they'll be making for the auction up in Dundee,
0:17:23 > 0:17:27but our next stop is in deepest Perthshire, at Rait.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33- Feeling lucky, punk? - Of course I'm feeling lucky.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I always feel lucky, don't I?
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- I know, and it'll happen one day. - One day!
0:17:37 > 0:17:40They used to give lessons on getting out of these things gracefully.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- You just take your time. - I must sign up for one.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47You're not getting any younger, are you? Let's be honest.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50This is a substantial place. Lots of shops, lots of dealers.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Room for them both to take a good look without
0:17:53 > 0:17:57fear of discovering the other lurking around the corner.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04That's a bit of a struggle, but delicious things.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06Paul's already getting itchy feet.
0:18:07 > 0:18:10While David, with just £65 in his pocket,
0:18:10 > 0:18:14is putting a brave face on some very nice things.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18When you walk into a shop like this that looks absolutely
0:18:18 > 0:18:23immaculate, half of your job has already been done. The stock is fab.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Now, all I need to do - sounds easy -
0:18:26 > 0:18:28is buy something for very little money.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Like these two, perhaps. Very David sort of items, I'd say.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37A pair of jade cups in that cabinet.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- Probably no fantastic age to them. - I would have thought they're 1920s
0:18:40 > 0:18:42but they're just quite a nice colour.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45Andrew's ticket price is £65.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46They've got that mottled jade.
0:18:46 > 0:18:51If you hold that up to the light, it just absolutely is magnificent.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52I mean, that is...
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Never mind 1920s, that is millions of years old, isn't it?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57The piece of jade is, yeah.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59The piece of jade is millions of years old.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02As a rule of thumb, if it looks really crude and almost rounded
0:19:02 > 0:19:05in its shape and not very detailed, that is their earlier jade.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08These aren't ancient. I can just see the swirl marks there where it's
0:19:08 > 0:19:10been turned on some kind of lathe.
0:19:10 > 0:19:16So I rate those as very chancy pieces
0:19:16 > 0:19:18and right up my street for Chinese.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21They couldn't be 25 for the pair, could they?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24- I think I would struggle at that, I think.- There are utterly gorgeous.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Make them 30 and I'll have them.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- Make them 35 and you've got a deal. - I'll have them. Thank you, Andrew.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- Thank you.- Absolutely marvellous. Thank you very much.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36Hang on. Here's Paul, look.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38Still having trouble spending
0:19:38 > 0:19:41but at least he's actually got some cash to worry about.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45I know I'm being cautious, and looking for the safe bets.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46That's not my style.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I'm still looking for good things but I'm thinking,
0:19:49 > 0:19:53"Hmm, no, not that price." I'm losing my mojo.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57It was only one reverse, Paul. Come on, get back on the horse.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Never mind that. I'll show you some things.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01Finally. About to fork out, are we?
0:20:01 > 0:20:05A pair of little pickle forks. Sweet.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Arguably redundant.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11By Charles Horner.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13We associate Charles Horner, of course,
0:20:13 > 0:20:18with fabulous or lovely Art Nouveau pieces of small jewellery and so on.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21Hat pins and brooches. That name sells.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23May I have a look in this cabinet, please?
0:20:27 > 0:20:29These don't disappoint.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I love the little terminals on those tines there.
0:20:31 > 0:20:36There's little return and it just accentuates them.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39A pair - that's a plus.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42That said, they're not an easy sell and it's only
0:20:42 > 0:20:44the Charles Horner thing that gives them a fighting chance.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49You've got 50 on them. Is there much slack in that?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50There is a little bit.
0:20:50 > 0:20:5235, I could do you those for.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56I'll no haggle any further. At 30, I'll just take them.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Yeah, OK.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01- Easy.- Deal.- Thank you very much, Andrew.
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Whilst Paul's in reacquainting himself with his wallet,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07David's slipped next door.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13- Hi there. I'm David Harper. - Hi. Hi. Rain.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Rain. Lovely to meet you. - You too. Hi.- Thank you very much.
0:21:16 > 0:21:18- Fabulous things all over the place.- Great.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- I'd love to find something really quirky. Odd.- Quirky.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24You don't like the sort of Scottish vernacular stuff?
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Yeah, I do. What have you got?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29- An old door lock.- That's the sort of thing I love.- I do.
0:21:29 > 0:21:35- This is a bit mad.- Oh, he's clocked that.- It is, it is completely mad.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38- I like a bit of madness. Does it work?- It doesn't work.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- No, not at the moment. - What have you got that described as?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Continental, isn't it?
0:21:45 > 0:21:50Art Deco-y but it's one of those Art Deco made definitely
0:21:50 > 0:21:54within period, probably 1935 but a cheap-y.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57Not made for anyone with any money, that's for sure. How much?
0:21:57 > 0:22:03- Because I literally have 25.- £25? - That's all I've got left. That's it.
0:22:03 > 0:22:0530, actually, David.
0:22:05 > 0:22:10- I can't do that for 25, I'm sorry. - Are you sure?- Yeah.
0:22:10 > 0:22:12I just think it's got a great novelty funny value.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- I know, but I paid more than that. - Are you sure?
0:22:15 > 0:22:16Do you want to have a look at your book?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Let me just go and check my book. - Go on, then.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22So, while Rain checks what she paid for the clock,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26David will hopefully have a bit of a recount himself.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27Before you say anything,
0:22:27 > 0:22:30I have to come clean because I've just done my calculations
0:22:30 > 0:22:35and I don't have 25, I've got 30 but I don't want to give you 30.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39- I still want to give you 25. - Right, OK.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43Having looked at my book, I was telling you a little porky
0:22:43 > 0:22:47because it would give me a slim profit on that as it happens.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- As it happens.- Shall we do it? - Yeah, why not?- Let's do it.- 25.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- Thank you very much indeed. - OK, good luck with it.- Brilliant.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- All smiles again, then? That's a relief.- Thank you.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02All smiles on the road, too.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Travelling east from Rait towards the coast and St Andrews.
0:23:11 > 0:23:16In Medieval times, the town was an important centre of pilgrimage.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19- What a lovely place, actually.- Very nice.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21There's a university here, isn't there?
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Isn't it one of the oldest universities in Europe?
0:23:24 > 0:23:28It is, but there's yet another venerable and prestigious
0:23:28 > 0:23:30institution based in St Andrews,
0:23:30 > 0:23:32namely the Royal and Ancient Golf Club,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35known worldwide as the home of the game.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Did they film Chariots Of Fire on that beach?
0:23:38 > 0:23:42- I think you can be quite correct. - Yes, that too.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46David, although obviously not a golfer himself,
0:23:46 > 0:23:51does have form having bagged a pile of golf gear early in the trip.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54He must have got the bug because now he's come to take
0:23:54 > 0:23:58a look behind the scenes at the museum dedicated to the sport.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00- You must be Laurie.- Nice to meet you.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Great to meet you and I must say,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05- this is the furthest north I've been in Scotland.- Deary me.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- It's terrible.- Well, I'm glad you've made it up this far at least.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16The game is said to have originated in Scotland
0:24:16 > 0:24:22and the very first reference was back in 1457, when it was banned by
0:24:22 > 0:24:25James II so as not to distract his subjects
0:24:25 > 0:24:27from their archery practice.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30But although they were playing here at St Andrews back
0:24:30 > 0:24:34in the 16th century, the first rules were actually written in Edinburgh.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37This is the very first minute book of the Royal And Ancient Golf Club.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Would you like to have a look? I'd love to.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43The book itself and the handwriting involved is just beautiful.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46- They are lovely artefacts in themselves.- I love the English.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51- Articles and laws in playing the golf.- That's right.
0:24:51 > 0:24:52What's rule number one?
0:24:52 > 0:24:55You must tee your ball within a club length of the hole.
0:24:55 > 0:24:56That's fascinating.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01The capital may have had quite a say, but St Andrews was
0:25:01 > 0:25:04known as the metropolis of golf
0:25:04 > 0:25:07and by the 19th century with the advent of professionalism,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10players began looking to the Royal and Ancient
0:25:10 > 0:25:11to govern the game.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15The British open began in 1860, and local boy Tom Morris
0:25:15 > 0:25:20was an early champion, striking the very first shot before winning several times.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24In the store room, they have examples of Morris' home-made golf balls.
0:25:24 > 0:25:29Wow! It just feels wonderful. It's not perfect in any way.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33Is that because it's been beaten so many times? Would it have been an absolute perfect sphere?
0:25:33 > 0:25:35It was certainly as spherical as they could get it.
0:25:35 > 0:25:39It's basically made by stitching pieces of leather
0:25:39 > 0:25:43and they're stuffed incredibly full with feathers.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Feathers?- It could be light enough to be struck,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48but also, as you can feel, it's very firm.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50It's as tough as old boots, isn't it? It really is.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54This is an example, again from about the 1850s,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57this is a Hugh Philp of St Andrew's club.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00This is the club you would have used alongside the feather ball.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03You can see how incredibly elegant they are.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05That is absolutely beauti...
0:26:05 > 0:26:11- It's just a piece of art. - Philp himself one of the most renowned club makers of that period.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14Sometimes called the Stradivarius of club making.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Throughout its history,
0:26:16 > 0:26:20the RNA has staunchly maintained a men only membership policy.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23So it's surprising to discover that St Andrews was also where,
0:26:23 > 0:26:27in 1867, the world's first women's golf club was born.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Look at the clothing they're wearing there.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I mean, that must have been very difficult.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36It was incredibly restrictive. You can see them with their bonnets,
0:26:36 > 0:26:41bustles, heavy volume skirts. Certainly very difficult to play in.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44Indeed it was discouraged, if not impossible,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47for the ladies to swing a club above their shoulders.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54One of the more shocking exhibits at the museum is the cabinet
0:26:54 > 0:26:59dedicated to Gloria Minoprio, famous not so much for her golfing prowess,
0:26:59 > 0:27:04as for introducing, in 1933, a very practical innovation - trousers.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07- That was a shock? - It certainly was, yeah.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13Even the Ladies Golf Union issued a statement deploring this move by her.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16There were reports of her wearing the trousers as far away as Australia,
0:27:16 > 0:27:20so it certainly made a big impression on the golfing world.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Did she go on to become anything special in the golfing world?
0:27:22 > 0:27:27Not really, I'm afraid not. In fact, she then trained as a conjurer.
0:27:27 > 0:27:32Ah! That is fantastic. I would love to have met a woman like that.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35Trust David of the infamous pink strides
0:27:35 > 0:27:38to identify with some scandalous trousers.
0:27:38 > 0:27:44But how about Paul? On the back nine and looking for a birdie or two?
0:27:44 > 0:27:46Or better still, a rummage.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49- I'm Paul.- I'm Felicity. Hello. - Felicity, lovely to see you.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52- Very nice to see you, too. - I like this - lovely feel.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Lovely feel. Great ambience.
0:27:54 > 0:27:58There's no way I am walking past your door, ever.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01That's it, Paul. Get stuck in.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05There's got to be treasure tucked away here somewhere.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- What's all that?- Aha!
0:28:08 > 0:28:11Badges and so on. There's the good old Black Watch.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13The Royal Highland Regiment.
0:28:13 > 0:28:17- That's the Fife and Forfar... - What's that one?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- Fife and Forfar Yeomanry.- Oh, is it?
0:28:19 > 0:28:22That's a signaler's qualification badge and a little bronze rank bit.
0:28:22 > 0:28:28And that is a little Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders watch fob, I guess.
0:28:28 > 0:28:34- That there, in a strip-sealed bag, is an auctionable lot!- OK!
0:28:34 > 0:28:37- What's the price on it? - Well, what shall we say?
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Don't be too ambitious. There's nothing in there that's in anyway rare,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44and I'm going to be really straight with you, Felicity.
0:28:44 > 0:28:46The best thing in there is the watch fob.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49But there's a nice little puckle there.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- 50?- No!
0:28:52 > 0:28:59There is £25-£35 worth there, I reckon, nine times out of ten.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- So I'm going to give you 20 quid for them.- 25?
0:29:03 > 0:29:07This is me being very tough.
0:29:07 > 0:29:11- 30?- Very to... Do...! We shook!
0:29:12 > 0:29:15- Shall I see if can spend something else?- Yes.- Great.- Yes.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19Yes, a good find. Deserves a hand.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22Now, what's that in the window?
0:29:22 > 0:29:30We have early 20th century split cane, two-piece fly rod.
0:29:30 > 0:29:34Look at that little, eh, turned keeper there.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Did you hear that? - I heard a pop like a champagne cork.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42That's precision! This was made by Robert Turnbull of Edinburgh.
0:29:42 > 0:29:47- Was he famous?- He made rods for all the royal family and the tsars.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- And the last one of these made £70,000.- No way!
0:29:51 > 0:29:54- I'm just making all of that up. - He made it up! You rotter!
0:29:54 > 0:29:58- Really, Paul! - But it's as honest as the day is long
0:29:58 > 0:29:59and it's straight.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02It's not worth a great deal, you know that, I know that.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07- But you've not overcooked that at £18.- That's cheap.- Not cheap enough.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12- Come on, Felicity, don't let him run rings around you.- 17 for you.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15We are not going down a pound, we'd be here forever, you know me!
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Yes, we are, because this is your last shot.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- I know you've got plenty of money! - HE ROARS WITH LAUGHTER
0:30:21 > 0:30:23- Well said! - Drat, drat, drat!
0:30:23 > 0:30:27It is worth a tenner to me. Not worth any more, worth a tenner.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30You are so tough. Tommy, come on. Come and negotiate.
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Ah, back-up!
0:30:32 > 0:30:35I refuse to see you bullied down...
0:30:35 > 0:30:37See, I needed him!
0:30:37 > 0:30:40..to this ridiculous price.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Oh, Lordy.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- Try for a 12.- Shall we try for 12?
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Maybe £12.50.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49Felicity!
0:30:49 > 0:30:53You're a right bad 'un for shaking the hand, then bumping it up again!
0:30:53 > 0:30:5550 pence, we're not doing 50 pence!
0:30:55 > 0:30:58£12. That's a lovely deal for both of us. Thanks again. Thank you.
0:31:00 > 0:31:05Now, let's get the purchases out in the open.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09- Remember all those times you said to me, "Be gentle with me"?- Yes?
0:31:09 > 0:31:12- Be gentle with me, David.- Really? You're not feeling confident?
0:31:12 > 0:31:13Really!
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- Mr Harper.- OK, go for it, you reveal.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Oh, oh!
0:31:19 > 0:31:20It doesn't look too bad now I see it again.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23Actually, that's a good-looking Victorian scale.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27- Wow!- Late 19th century, I'd assume? - Yep.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29John White & Son of Auchtermuchty.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- IN A SCOTTISH ACCENT: - Auchtermuchty? No!
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- This, I like. - Do you?- I do, very much.
0:31:35 > 0:31:37I like the original bag, that's good.
0:31:37 > 0:31:42This, your cake stand, good, fun thing. Nice design.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44- It's got a very good style. - Glad you like that.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47For me, it's my favourite lot.
0:31:47 > 0:31:48This is a very civilised affair.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52Mother of pearl set. Are they hallmarked? Silver?
0:31:52 > 0:31:54- Charles Horner.- Oh, very good make.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58The last thing I would have looked at, but Charles Horner.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01- Again, it's yesterday. - PAUL SIGHS
0:32:01 > 0:32:02Welcome to the 21st century.
0:32:02 > 0:32:04HE LAUGHS
0:32:04 > 0:32:06Here we go. Hang on.
0:32:06 > 0:32:07What!
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Hang on.
0:32:09 > 0:32:12Ming, ding, dong.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14Which we'll tell is now missing...
0:32:14 > 0:32:17HE LAUGHS ..a family rose jardiniere.
0:32:17 > 0:32:19That's more like it!
0:32:19 > 0:32:21So there's been a massive chunk out of there.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23- Not really. - What do you mean, "not really"?
0:32:23 > 0:32:27Not a massive one. It's had wear, and it's been touched in, in places.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29You don't eat my wares!
0:32:29 > 0:32:33- It's missing a massive chunk, that's all patched!- It's decorative.
0:32:33 > 0:32:34PAUL ROARS WITH LAUGHTER
0:32:34 > 0:32:36One item savaged.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38Now, lovebirds.
0:32:38 > 0:32:39Tell me the clock works?
0:32:39 > 0:32:41- No, has that cheered you up? - PAUL LAUGHS
0:32:41 > 0:32:44It's poor quality. I know that.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47What will he make of the Canterbury?
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Original handles, original porcelain feet.
0:32:49 > 0:32:531870, 1880, it's a very good thing.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56I don't think you can buy cheap Canterburys.
0:32:56 > 0:33:00And that, I really like. What did you pay?
0:33:00 > 0:33:02- 35 quid.- Oh!
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Interesting.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Nailbiter, nailbiter.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08THEY LAUGH
0:33:10 > 0:33:12But what do they really think?
0:33:12 > 0:33:18I don't think Paul has anything of a super-duper merit,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21apart from, possibly, the fishing rod.
0:33:21 > 0:33:27And the rest of it is ordinary, unexciting,
0:33:27 > 0:33:30and not worth very much money.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32It's all about the Canterbury.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34He's got that at a hell of a price.
0:33:34 > 0:33:35Well done, that man.
0:33:35 > 0:33:41If it does £250, that bridges the gap.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45The Chinese vase is rubbish.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47If he was unlucky,
0:33:47 > 0:33:51he loses the profit that he makes on the Canterbury with the pot.
0:33:51 > 0:33:53After starting out in Glasgow,
0:33:53 > 0:33:55the final leg of our trip will conclude
0:33:55 > 0:33:59on the east coast of Scotland, at Dundee.
0:33:59 > 0:34:04Now, this town is justly famous for its jam, jute and journalism.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Meaning the cloth they used to make, the marmalade they still do,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10and the publisher responsible for some of Britain's
0:34:10 > 0:34:12most famous comics.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15But, as well as that, Dundee gave us the Average White Band.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17SONG: "Pick Up The Pieces"
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Now, what's Paul got on?
0:34:20 > 0:34:22It's pink trousers time again!
0:34:22 > 0:34:25You know, they say, it takes a real man to wear pink, Paul Laidlaw!
0:34:25 > 0:34:27- A real man. - PAUL LAUGHS
0:34:27 > 0:34:28A real man.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30Quite.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34Welcome to Curr & Dewar
0:34:34 > 0:34:37where I am sure the Dundonians will be anxious to pick up a few pieces.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39I wonder if auctioneer Steven Dewar
0:34:39 > 0:34:43considers any of our experts' lots above average?
0:34:43 > 0:34:47I do like the Canterbury, that's a nice bit of figured walnut,
0:34:47 > 0:34:49I think that one could do quite well.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54The Chinese vase, it's a good size but it has restoration.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56That, I think, could hold it back.
0:34:58 > 0:35:02David began with £325, and he spent almost all of it.
0:35:02 > 0:35:06A total of £320 on five auction lots.
0:35:07 > 0:35:11While Paul started out with £470.26,
0:35:11 > 0:35:15and he's spent a mere £142 also on five lots.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21The final auction approaches, and David, as always, is irrepressible.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24Slightly nervous, but very excited.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27Because the estimates are good.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Well, let's see how his bargain inkwell fares, for a start.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33Nice item there. Onyx, and gilded,
0:35:33 > 0:35:37interest on this, starting off at £20.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40At £20 on commission. Take two anywhere for the inkwell?
0:35:40 > 0:35:43At £20, are you sure, folks?
0:35:43 > 0:35:45For the inkwell there, £20?
0:35:45 > 0:35:4722. 25.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49At £25, commission buyer.
0:35:49 > 0:35:52At £25, last chance with me.
0:35:53 > 0:35:55Thank you very much.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58A profit, but it shouldn't disturb his rival.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00I feel I got away lightly there.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04Now for Paul's even cheaper fishing rod.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Start me off, £10? Surely now, for the split cane rod, £10.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Surely now, come on.
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Surely now, 10 is the wave, sir.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Keep going, I need more than that.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16£12. Are you sure?
0:36:16 > 0:36:19- Get my money back.- £12 we have.
0:36:19 > 0:36:20At £12. 15.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Slow, slow and steady.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25At £15.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Is that a trickle of profit?
0:36:27 > 0:36:30Quite a catch for someone.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- It's hardly a scorching start for us there.- No.
0:36:33 > 0:36:38Paul has much higher hopes for his Auchtermuchty scales, though.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Who will start me off, £50?
0:36:40 > 0:36:4230 only?
0:36:42 > 0:36:46Surely, 30 in the middle. At 35. 40. Five.
0:36:46 > 0:36:4950. Five.
0:36:49 > 0:36:5360. Five. 70. Five.
0:36:53 > 0:36:5780. Five.
0:36:57 > 0:36:5990. Five.
0:36:59 > 0:37:0195 with his bid.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- He's a nice auctioneer, isn't he?- Oh! - He's a nice man.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07100. And 10.
0:37:07 > 0:37:1010 at the back. Last chance, sir.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12At £110, all done.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16Is it me, or did the sun just come out?
0:37:16 > 0:37:19A fine profit puts Paul ahead.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Don't look round.
0:37:21 > 0:37:26The back, you can't see the back wall for Chinese people on mobile phones.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28What could they be here for?
0:37:28 > 0:37:30There's only one Chinese object in here.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- What is that?- My vase.- No!
0:37:33 > 0:37:36He's toying with you, David.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38What will we say for this one, £100?
0:37:38 > 0:37:40Or 50, there you go.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Surely now, £50. 30?
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Oh, dear, David.
0:37:44 > 0:37:4830 is bid. At £30 now. Any advance, at £30?
0:37:48 > 0:37:49First bid in, £30.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51Five anywhere?
0:37:51 > 0:37:52At £30, surely?
0:37:52 > 0:37:54He's trying his best.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55At £30, the only bid we've received.
0:37:55 > 0:37:58HE MUMBLES
0:37:58 > 0:38:01Are you actually sure? Five. 40.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04No. £40, at £40. Very, very cheap.
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Drop the hammer.
0:38:05 > 0:38:08Five. 50.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11No, £50.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13At 50 now, last chance, folks.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16At £50. Are you sure?
0:38:16 > 0:38:17DAVID LAUGHS Yes!
0:38:17 > 0:38:19Mr Walsh, thank you.
0:38:19 > 0:38:22THEY CHUCKLE
0:38:22 > 0:38:25A loss that can, at best, be described as stonking.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29So, I'm going to wish you all the luck in the world,
0:38:29 > 0:38:31and I sincerely mean that.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34Now, presenting Paul's pickle forks.
0:38:34 > 0:38:39Nice pair of forks there. Interest starts me off on commission at £20.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42At £20 for the pair of forks there. 22.
0:38:42 > 0:38:4624 on commission. At £24. 26.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49At £26. Any advance at 26?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52£26.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Nothing like that vase, though.
0:38:54 > 0:38:58Paul wasn't too excited about his militaria either.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01But he knows his stuff, so let's just see.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04What will start, £30? 20.
0:39:04 > 0:39:0710 only? 10 is bid, militaria.
0:39:07 > 0:39:0912, ma'am. 15. 18.
0:39:09 > 0:39:1120. 22.
0:39:11 > 0:39:1325. 28. 30.
0:39:13 > 0:39:1632, 35. 38,
0:39:16 > 0:39:1840. 42,
0:39:18 > 0:39:1945.
0:39:19 > 0:39:2345 in the front. At £45, any advance?
0:39:23 > 0:39:25At 45 now?
0:39:25 > 0:39:2645.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29An honourable return on those.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33Time for David's crazy clock.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36Interest on this one, what will we say, £30?
0:39:36 > 0:39:3720?
0:39:37 > 0:39:3915, folks?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Surely, good Art Deco style. 15 is bid.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44At £15. Any advance at 15.
0:39:44 > 0:39:4518.
0:39:45 > 0:39:5020. £20, in the front here at £20. Anybody else?
0:39:50 > 0:39:53For the clock there at £20, all done?
0:39:53 > 0:39:56£20 now, thank you.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58But a small loss.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00I've worked out that, to beat you,
0:40:00 > 0:40:02I need to sell the Canterbury for £46,000.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04HE SNORTS
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Quite an exaggeration, David.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08But it's not looking good, you're right, old fruit.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10Perhaps your little goblets can help.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13What will we say for these, £50?
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Or 30? 20, and go?
0:40:15 > 0:40:19Can I tempt you in? 20 only?
0:40:19 > 0:40:22Surely we can get a bid for £20 out there for the pair?
0:40:23 > 0:40:25- No interest? - Thinking of dead horses.
0:40:25 > 0:40:2920 is bid, sir, thank you.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30At £20. And five, anywhere?
0:40:30 > 0:40:35At £20. First bidder, first price, all done.
0:40:35 > 0:40:36Thank you.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38It's all turning out very badly for David.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40I can't sit by and watch this happen.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Come with me, it's going to be all right.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44It is going to be a lot better.
0:40:44 > 0:40:49Dundee, cakes, how can Paul's bargain stand fail?
0:40:49 > 0:40:51Interest on this one, and a £25 commission.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53£25.
0:40:53 > 0:40:5530. Five.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57Unbelievable.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00It's a nice piece of furniture, that.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02£35. Are you bidding?
0:41:02 > 0:41:06Last chance, then. At £35, commission buyer.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08Thank you, Wiseman.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Crumbs. Another profit for Paul.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13You were right about pink trousers.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14It changes your complexion,
0:41:14 > 0:41:17everything's just gone swimmingly today.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22Last lot is the Canterbury that Paul was rather afraid of.
0:41:22 > 0:41:25It has to make an absolute fortune for David to win.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28The Canterbury there, good-looking Canterbury.
0:41:28 > 0:41:34And I have interest on my book which starts me off at £250.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37At £250 for the Canterbury. 250.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41At 250, on commission. At £250.
0:41:41 > 0:41:43At 250, opening bid. Are you all done?
0:41:43 > 0:41:46- Come on!- At 250. - Again, it's happened to me again.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48- One bidder.- One bid.
0:41:48 > 0:41:49250, thank you very much.
0:41:49 > 0:41:54- Big result. What a way to go now. - Not really, not really.- Loser!
0:41:57 > 0:41:59David began with £325.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03Despite that final surge, he's made a small loss of £15.70,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06after paying auction costs.
0:42:06 > 0:42:11Leaving him with a total for the week of £309.30.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15Paul started out with £470.26.
0:42:15 > 0:42:20And, after paying auction costs, he's made a profit of £47.42.
0:42:20 > 0:42:27So, Paul wins this leg, and the week's trip, with £517.60.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29All profits donated to Children In Need.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Well done, chaps.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33- Let your pink pants do the driving! - PAUL LAUGHS
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- Victorious pink pants. - Welcome to your new life!
0:42:39 > 0:42:43# If you're ever in a jam Here I am
0:42:43 > 0:42:44I love that!
0:42:44 > 0:42:48# If you're ever in mess, SOS!
0:42:48 > 0:42:50No, no.
0:42:50 > 0:42:56# If you ever feel so happy you land in jail, I'm your bail
0:42:56 > 0:42:59# It's friendship, friendship
0:42:59 > 0:43:02# Just a perfect friendship
0:43:02 > 0:43:03I've always said you were amazing.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06Paul, you know what? I think I love you.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08# Ours will still be hot! #
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Next on the Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Charlie takes on the Iron Lady.
0:43:13 > 0:43:14Margaret Thatcher.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16This teapot's not for pouring.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18And Thomas takes on Charlie.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21Do I need this for Roscoe?