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It's the nation's favourite antiques experts with £200 each, | 0:00:01 | 0:00:06 | |
a classic car and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:10 | |
-Going, going, gone. BOTH: -Yes! | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
-But it's no mean feat. -Yes! | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
There will be worthy winners and valiant losers. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
-Tails. -So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster? | 0:00:22 | 0:00:28 | |
Argh! Argh! | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
This is the Antiques Road Trip. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
Welcome to the final leg of our journey | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
into the philosophy of David Harper and Paul Laidlaw. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:44 | |
To buy, or not to buy - that is the question. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
The voices in my head are reassuring me. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
-"Buy it! It's gorgeous, it's rare!" -"Go on. Go on." | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
"No, you don't need it." | 0:00:53 | 0:00:55 | |
"But look, it's a lovely example of its kind." | 0:00:55 | 0:00:59 | |
Two curious experts and this time two classic cars | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
because although they started out in a red Triumph, | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
mechanical problems mean they will cross the line in a blue MG. | 0:01:05 | 0:01:10 | |
I feel sad for the Herald but goodbye. Hello, MG! | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
Auctioneer Paul is from Scotland | 0:01:14 | 0:01:17 | |
and is a maths graduate who almost became an accountant. | 0:01:17 | 0:01:21 | |
A self-confessed antiques geek, he has got quite an eye. | 0:01:21 | 0:01:24 | |
-I've got to come clean. It's a Stanhope. -It isn't! | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
Dealer David is from County Durham. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
He admits to never actually having a proper job | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
-but is also a lifelong collector. -That is Japanese silver, baby. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:38 | |
He's been chasing Paul all week | 0:01:38 | 0:01:40 | |
and last auction finally pipped him. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
I'll take that. It's pink troosers time. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
David began with £200 and after four trips to auction | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
he's increased that to £325. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:53 | |
Paul also started out with £200 and so far | 0:01:56 | 0:01:58 | |
he's managed to amass quite a bit more, with precisely £470.26. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:04 | |
David's not giving up though. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:07 | |
My self-confidence is ridiculously high, based on nothing. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:11 | |
On this trip, our chaps set off from Windermere | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
in the Lake District before travelling 600 miles | 0:02:15 | 0:02:18 | |
and reaching their journey's end in the city of Dundee, Scotland. | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
Today they kick-off in Glasgow and make their way north | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
and east towards the sea and the deciding auction at Dundee. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:30 | |
Welcome to the second city of the British Empire, Glasgow. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:37 | |
Once an industrial powerhouse it's packed with impressive architecture, | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
a fact not missed by Hollywood movie makers, who regularly film here. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:46 | |
-Glasgow is Gotham City. It is amazing, isn't it? -It is. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
It's a bit of a shock to both you and I | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
cos we are a bit country bumpkin at the end of the day, aren't we? | 0:02:52 | 0:02:56 | |
Once, all this fabulous sandstone was covered in soot | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
but the change in the city's industrial focus, | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
combined with the Clean Air Act, | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
means that Glasgow's old buildings are certainly worth looking up at. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
I'm going to go and leave you with your new mate. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
Try not to buy junk that's going to make massive profits | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
because that is really rather annoying! | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
-I'm getting a bit of a reputation. -See you later. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
While Paul gets shopping, | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
David has to concentrate on keeping that MG paintwork pristine. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
-Steady on. -Hello, there. A welcoming party! | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
I'm Paul. Hi, Paul. I'm Roz. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
-Roz. Great to see you. -Vincenzo. -Vincenzo! -Nice to meet you. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:38 | |
Like your style. I like this! | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
Located in the East End of the city at the famous Barras market, | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
antiques and collectables should offer up a bargain or two. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:49 | |
That is an early electric fire. | 0:03:49 | 0:03:52 | |
I think it's an accident waiting to happen. | 0:03:52 | 0:03:55 | |
We are never putting this near electricity. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:57 | |
Period-wise, late 1920s. | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
It is a traditional Glasgow design, | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
The city developed its own distinctive style, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
which you can glimpse in the most unusual places. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:11 | |
Maybe a bit too quirky for the folks at a general sale in Dundee, though, | 0:04:11 | 0:04:15 | |
plus with a healthy lead, it looks like he's playing it safe for now. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
If push came to shove, I would consider these at the right price. | 0:04:20 | 0:04:25 | |
Victorian shaft and globe heavily cut decanters, hollow blown stoppers. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:30 | |
The correct stoppers, which is important, and no damage. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
Not bad. Ticket price £40. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:36 | |
I wouldn't want to pay more than £10 or £15 for those. | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
Paul seems stuck in a bit of a quandary. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:43 | |
How will his opponent fare a little further along the Clyde, I wonder? | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
This place is on the large size, too. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
25,000 square feet, apparently. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
Better get to work, David, and try to close that gap. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
I would love to buy this. Wouldn't that be hilarious if I bought that? | 0:04:58 | 0:05:03 | |
That is one word for it. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:04 | |
Oh! It's £600! That would be brilliant, if I could buy that. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:09 | |
Laidlaw would go mad. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
I think we would all get a bit hot under the collar, actually. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:15 | |
Now, there is a dealer. What's he got? | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
Let's have a look at that. It's a Canterbury. Walnut... What is it? | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
-1880? -With a hint of Arts and Crafts. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
It has got a bit going on there, hasn't it? Yeah. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
-On its original porcelain casters, probably. -It is, yeah. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:30 | |
A Canterbury's a stand for holding loose leaves | 0:05:30 | 0:05:33 | |
of sheet music or magazines. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
In Georgian or Victorian homes | 0:05:35 | 0:05:37 | |
you could expect to find one beside the piano. | 0:05:37 | 0:05:40 | |
The name may derive from one Archbishop of the same name, | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
who allegedly commissioned an early example. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:46 | |
Is there a ticket price, I wonder? | 0:05:46 | 0:05:48 | |
It would have to be shockingly cheap. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:50 | |
-It is shockingly cheap. -What is shockingly cheap to you? | 0:05:50 | 0:05:53 | |
-£95 for that. -Crikey, Bruce, that sounds cheap! | 0:05:53 | 0:05:56 | |
-You can't go wrong. -You reckon? | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
That, now, sadly, the buyers of that are dropping off the market. | 0:05:58 | 0:06:02 | |
That's why it's that price. Ten years ago, £1,200. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
You could sell it like that. | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
-Will he take 50 quid for it? -I can't do that. -Is that too hard? | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
-It is too hard. -OK. Will he take 60 and we're done? -I'll take 75. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:15 | |
-I'll meet you at 70. -75. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:17 | |
Go on. Shake my hand. £75. Thank you very much. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
But that's good. It's nice to get a deal done. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:23 | |
Bruce has a slightly battered little inkwell he'd like to recommend. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
-That is an interesting little thing, isn't it? -On its base... | 0:06:26 | 0:06:30 | |
-It has a tiny chip on it, though. -Where is that? Oh, yeah. -It's tiny. | 0:06:30 | 0:06:34 | |
Sweet little inkwell, isn't it? A bonny thing. Glass top. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
So, again, a similar sort of period to the Canterbury, there. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:42 | |
-It is, actually. -1880, 1900 maybe. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
-What kind of money is it? -Dead cheap. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
I'll go with the dead cheap no haggling | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
-so if it doesn't feel right I'll just say no. -Yeah. £15. | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
-Go on then. -You can't lose, again. -Thank you very much indeed. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
No. I can't, I can't lose on that. That has to be a profit. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:01 | |
A flying start and perhaps some bargains for David. | 0:07:01 | 0:07:05 | |
What about his travelling companion? | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
Last time we saw him, Paul was thinking, | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
albeit not very hard, about those decanters. | 0:07:10 | 0:07:13 | |
No, we've moved on. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:15 | |
That's older than it looks. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
If that was teak you'd go, "That's 1970s, isn't it?" | 0:07:17 | 0:07:19 | |
"With that line there." | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
It's oak and I think it may be 1940s. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
Yeah, but what is it? | 0:07:26 | 0:07:28 | |
It's an oak cake stand. | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
We've got this whole cupcake revolution going on | 0:07:30 | 0:07:33 | |
and all of a sudden, auctioneers can sell cake stands. | 0:07:33 | 0:07:37 | |
Don't forget the auction is in Dundee as well. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
There you have it. Nice and compact. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
Pull this little... | 0:07:42 | 0:07:43 | |
Pull that off. HE WHISPERS | 0:07:43 | 0:07:46 | |
-Oops! -And then it... | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
Pop that in there, it secures it. That is a little diamond, isn't it? | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
-I think he's quite excited. -Easily missed. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
(If the dealer missed it, does he think it's another piece | 0:07:58 | 0:08:03 | |
(of '70s, maybe Scandinavian-inspired...) | 0:08:03 | 0:08:06 | |
Right. We've got something. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:08 | |
Sounds like Paul might be onto a bargain. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
Suddenly there is even more baking-related paraphernalia. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:14 | |
A big set of countertop beam scales. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:18 | |
In the '80s, when there was a vogue for kitchenalia, | 0:08:18 | 0:08:22 | |
these were heavily produced. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
This, however, is an original 19th-century, | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
set in brass and cast-iron, rather elaborate. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
Our Irvinware scales bear the trademark | 0:08:30 | 0:08:33 | |
of John White & Son of Auchtermuchty. | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
-How cool is that? -Well, I think that rather depends on the price. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:42 | |
There's £85 on the ticket. Right. Pondering done. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:45 | |
-Time to grab Vincenzo and get bargaining. -Hit me with prices. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
Number one, tell me how much are the beam scales in the window? | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
I couldn't do less than 85. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
And the cake stand? I'll give you a tenner for the cake stand. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:59 | |
-No, I paid more. -15 quid. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:01 | |
-As a start. -As a start. -That's one deal. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:05 | |
£15 not bad, Paul. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
-I'm offering you 50 quid. -No. I can't do that. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
-Look, I will do for you 70. -60 quid and that as well. 75 squids. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:18 | |
-Job done. -Geez, it's hard to make business with you. OK. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:22 | |
You know what? Let's do it. 60, 75 with the cake stand. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:26 | |
-It is a deal? -Pleasure, Vincenzo. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:29 | |
-Thanks for that one. -Thank you very much. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:32 | |
So, £15 for the cake stand and £60 for those scales. | 0:09:32 | 0:09:36 | |
He is underway. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
Back together again, but car lovers had better cover their ears. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:43 | |
I love this little car, Paul, I love it! | 0:09:43 | 0:09:47 | |
Our two have now left Glasgow and headed north | 0:09:47 | 0:09:50 | |
and east towards Falkirk. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
During the 18th and 19th centuries, | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
Falkirk became a major centre of Scotland's industrial revolution, | 0:09:56 | 0:09:59 | |
its wealth partly based on access to the country's | 0:09:59 | 0:10:03 | |
burgeoning canal network. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:05 | |
-Look at that! -My goodness me! | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
That is very, very high. | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
Vertigo sufferer Paul has come for a ride on the Falkirk Wheel - | 0:10:10 | 0:10:14 | |
an award-winning feat of Scottish engineering | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
which takes her canals into the 21st-century. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
You must be Richard. How are you doing? | 0:10:19 | 0:10:22 | |
-Paul. -Good to see you, Paul. -What a vision to behold! | 0:10:22 | 0:10:26 | |
Around 12 storeys high, the wheel | 0:10:26 | 0:10:29 | |
- yes, we know it's not really a wheel - | 0:10:29 | 0:10:32 | |
is a very modern and astonishingly simple device | 0:10:32 | 0:10:35 | |
- the final link in an £84.5 million project | 0:10:35 | 0:10:39 | |
to make the network navigable again. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
70 miles of canals had fallen into pretty bad disrepair. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
By the 1950s, they were looking to fill in this beautiful canal | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
-and turn it into motorways. -Really? Oh, my word! | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
Slowly and surely the momentum grew | 0:10:50 | 0:10:53 | |
and people's enthusiasm for it grew and they wanted to save it. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:56 | |
By far the biggest task Richard and his team faced | 0:10:56 | 0:11:00 | |
was replacing the 11 canal locks | 0:11:00 | 0:11:02 | |
required to join the lower Glasgow Canal | 0:11:02 | 0:11:05 | |
to the much higher Edinburgh route. | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
We wanted to make sure that we just didn't build another set of locks. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
That's what they would have done 250 years ago. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:15 | |
We wanted an icon for the 21st century. | 0:11:15 | 0:11:17 | |
We wanted something that would deliver so much more. | 0:11:17 | 0:11:19 | |
Great Scottish engineers Thomas Telford and James Watt | 0:11:19 | 0:11:23 | |
cut their teeth designing canals | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
so it's fitting that the wheel won so many design awards. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
Getting a strange sensation because I am a landlubber | 0:11:30 | 0:11:35 | |
so I'm already getting my sea legs. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
But then it is the world's first and only rotating boat lift. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:42 | |
Really simple in its design. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:53 | |
Everyone can understand quite how it works but in scale, | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
-it is a thing of beauty. -Now, you say very simple to understand. | 0:11:56 | 0:12:00 | |
Assume I'm very simple. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
These are like giant bathtubs, basically. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
And they have a gate on either side of them. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:08 | |
The wheel will then begin rotating around the big, | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
major cog up the top. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
Slowly and surely, the gondola at the top begins to come down | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
and it just swaps itself over. Both sides are always in balance. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:20 | |
Archimedes' principle allowed us to do that. | 0:12:20 | 0:12:23 | |
-Eureka! -Eureka! We have it! | 0:12:23 | 0:12:25 | |
Any size of boat that sails into this big bathtub here | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
displaces its own weight in water | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
so always up top, down bottom, always perfectly in balance. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:35 | |
On reaching the Union Canal via some very fine views, | 0:12:35 | 0:12:39 | |
it's easy to see why tourists love it. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
Even those with a fear of heights | 0:12:43 | 0:12:45 | |
have little to worry about on this gentle trip. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:48 | |
Sitting here in my bathtub, just looking out over the land, | 0:12:48 | 0:12:51 | |
that was all right. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:53 | |
And I'm not putting a brave face on it! | 0:12:53 | 0:12:55 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
But while Paul's been going round in circles... | 0:12:59 | 0:13:01 | |
..David's motored on, | 0:13:03 | 0:13:04 | |
manoeuvring the Midget from Falkirk to Dunblane in Stirlingshire. | 0:13:04 | 0:13:08 | |
David doesn't need encouragement in the competitiveness stakes, | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
of course, but shopping in Wimbledon champion Andy Murray's hometown | 0:13:14 | 0:13:18 | |
can only help, surely. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
Hi, there. This is lovely. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
-Hi. I'm David Harper. -I'm David. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
-David as well. That's easy, isn't it? -Two Davids. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
-We won't forget that, will we? -Not easily. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:31 | |
Ah well, I'm sure we'll cope. | 0:13:31 | 0:13:34 | |
Now it's time to take a good look around | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
and nestled nicely in the window is an oriental vase. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:40 | |
I wonder how long it will take our Chinese enthusiast to spot it. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
You've got a big old pot in the window, there. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:45 | |
Not long, then. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
I think it's going to be too far away... | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
-Too far. -Just try me. -I'll do it for three. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
-Yeah. -Sounds pricey. Any other oriental items? | 0:13:52 | 0:13:57 | |
-There's an Imari plate, there. -Imari plate, yeah. I saw that. | 0:13:57 | 0:14:00 | |
-I can do it for £40. -Right. Let's have a look at this together, David. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:04 | |
So, Japanese Imari. Typical thing, really, isn't it? | 0:14:04 | 0:14:09 | |
Decorated on the back, as almost all Japanese Imari pieces are. | 0:14:09 | 0:14:14 | |
Typical colours and shape and design. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
-Circa 1880, 1900 maybe. -1880s, yeah. -Made for our market. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:23 | |
-It's a mass-produced thing but still it's hand-painted. -Yes. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:26 | |
-It's nicely coloured. -Even at 40 quid I think we are too far away. | 0:14:26 | 0:14:31 | |
I'll do it for 30. That is a bargain. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
-If it was a tenner I'd have it but is that it? -No. -OK. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
No, quite. I don't think he's serious about it. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
Working up for another go at the Chinese vase, I fancy. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:45 | |
-That big old pot couldn't be £100, could it? -See what I mean? | 0:14:45 | 0:14:48 | |
-No. -No chance? I'm chancing my arm, I know I am. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:51 | |
-The best on the vase would be 250. -All right. Can I have a look at it? | 0:14:51 | 0:14:55 | |
-Can I bring it out? -Yeah. -Brilliant. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:59 | |
Right. Here we go. Big old lump. | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
Big enough for a tennis trophy, I'd say. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
OK. So it is famille rose. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:07 | |
Painted enamel. Again, typical scene. | 0:15:07 | 0:15:10 | |
Would have been one of a pair, obviously. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
Circa 1900. Might be 1920. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:14 | |
It's a tourist piece made for the West. | 0:15:14 | 0:15:16 | |
And it's the kind of thing | 0:15:16 | 0:15:18 | |
people might get carried away with at auction. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:21 | |
Any damage, David, do you know? | 0:15:21 | 0:15:22 | |
I think the rim has been done up here, hasn't it? | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
-It couldn't be 150, could it? -No, no. Sorry. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
-Really? -250. You get the stand with it as well. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:33 | |
Just trying to work out how much money I've got. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:36 | |
Shopkeeper David is standing his ground | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
but we've seen our David try his count-the-cash routine before. | 0:15:38 | 0:15:43 | |
Or maybe he doesn't really know how much he has got. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:46 | |
Would 160 get it? | 0:15:46 | 0:15:48 | |
I'd give it to you for 200 and that is it. | 0:15:48 | 0:15:50 | |
I'd go 160. There's the cash. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:52 | |
180 and you've got a deal. That's it. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:56 | |
-That is it. Who are you against? -Paul Laidlaw! He's a killer! | 0:15:56 | 0:16:02 | |
-But he's Scottish. -I know he is. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
Not sure that was a wise move, David. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
David, I'm going to be horrible. 170 and I'm done. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
-170. -Good man. Thank you. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:11 | |
-You've got a good deal, I tell you. -I think I've got a fantastic deal. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:14 | |
-You have. -I really appreciate it. And that is so up my street. | 0:16:14 | 0:16:17 | |
Right, now I've got to carry the blighter. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
No complaints, please, after a deal like that, David. | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
It's the end of another busy day. | 0:16:26 | 0:16:28 | |
Just one more sleep and the final auction will be almost here. | 0:16:28 | 0:16:32 | |
Nighty-night. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:33 | |
Next morning, Paul shares his breakfast secrets. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
You put salt in the porridge as you're making it | 0:16:39 | 0:16:44 | |
and then a wee bit of sugar on the top. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:46 | |
Oh, when no-one's looking? | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
David certainly set off at a canter yesterday, | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
spending £260 on an inkwell, a vase, and a very fine Canterbury, | 0:16:52 | 0:16:58 | |
leaving him just £65 to spend today. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:01 | |
-You can't go wrong. -You reckon? | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
While in-the-lead Paul was a great deal more cautious, | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
freeing just £75 from his overstuffed wallet for some | 0:17:07 | 0:17:12 | |
Victorian scales and a cake stand, | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
leaving almost £400 available for today's shopping. | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
That's a little diamond, isn't it? | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
Later, they'll be making for the auction up in Dundee, | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
but our next stop is in deepest Perthshire, at Rait. | 0:17:23 | 0:17:27 | |
-Feeling lucky, punk? -Of course I'm feeling lucky. | 0:17:31 | 0:17:33 | |
I always feel lucky, don't I? | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
-I know, and it'll happen one day. -One day! | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
They used to give lessons on getting out of these things gracefully. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:40 | |
-You just take your time. -I must sign up for one. | 0:17:40 | 0:17:43 | |
You're not getting any younger, are you? Let's be honest. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:47 | |
This is a substantial place. Lots of shops, lots of dealers. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
Room for them both to take a good look without | 0:17:50 | 0:17:53 | |
fear of discovering the other lurking around the corner. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:57 | |
That's a bit of a struggle, but delicious things. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:04 | |
Paul's already getting itchy feet. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
While David, with just £65 in his pocket, | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
is putting a brave face on some very nice things. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:14 | |
When you walk into a shop like this that looks absolutely | 0:18:14 | 0:18:18 | |
immaculate, half of your job has already been done. The stock is fab. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:23 | |
Now, all I need to do - sounds easy - | 0:18:23 | 0:18:26 | |
is buy something for very little money. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
Like these two, perhaps. Very David sort of items, I'd say. | 0:18:30 | 0:18:34 | |
A pair of jade cups in that cabinet. | 0:18:34 | 0:18:37 | |
-Probably no fantastic age to them. -I would have thought they're 1920s | 0:18:37 | 0:18:40 | |
but they're just quite a nice colour. | 0:18:40 | 0:18:42 | |
Andrew's ticket price is £65. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
They've got that mottled jade. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:46 | |
If you hold that up to the light, it just absolutely is magnificent. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:51 | |
I mean, that is... | 0:18:51 | 0:18:52 | |
Never mind 1920s, that is millions of years old, isn't it? | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
The piece of jade is, yeah. | 0:18:55 | 0:18:57 | |
The piece of jade is millions of years old. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:59 | |
As a rule of thumb, if it looks really crude and almost rounded | 0:18:59 | 0:19:02 | |
in its shape and not very detailed, that is their earlier jade. | 0:19:02 | 0:19:05 | |
These aren't ancient. I can just see the swirl marks there where it's | 0:19:05 | 0:19:08 | |
been turned on some kind of lathe. | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
So I rate those as very chancy pieces | 0:19:10 | 0:19:16 | |
and right up my street for Chinese. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:18 | |
They couldn't be 25 for the pair, could they? | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
-I think I would struggle at that, I think. -There are utterly gorgeous. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
Make them 30 and I'll have them. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
-Make them 35 and you've got a deal. -I'll have them. Thank you, Andrew. | 0:19:28 | 0:19:31 | |
-Thank you. -Absolutely marvellous. Thank you very much. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
Hang on. Here's Paul, look. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:36 | |
Still having trouble spending | 0:19:36 | 0:19:38 | |
but at least he's actually got some cash to worry about. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:41 | |
I know I'm being cautious, and looking for the safe bets. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:45 | |
That's not my style. | 0:19:45 | 0:19:46 | |
I'm still looking for good things but I'm thinking, | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
"Hmm, no, not that price." I'm losing my mojo. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:53 | |
It was only one reverse, Paul. Come on, get back on the horse. | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
Never mind that. I'll show you some things. | 0:19:57 | 0:19:59 | |
Finally. About to fork out, are we? | 0:19:59 | 0:20:01 | |
A pair of little pickle forks. Sweet. | 0:20:01 | 0:20:05 | |
Arguably redundant. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:08 | |
By Charles Horner. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
We associate Charles Horner, of course, | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
with fabulous or lovely Art Nouveau pieces of small jewellery and so on. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:18 | |
Hat pins and brooches. That name sells. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
May I have a look in this cabinet, please? | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
These don't disappoint. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:29 | |
I love the little terminals on those tines there. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:31 | |
There's little return and it just accentuates them. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:36 | |
A pair - that's a plus. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:39 | |
That said, they're not an easy sell and it's only | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
the Charles Horner thing that gives them a fighting chance. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
You've got 50 on them. Is there much slack in that? | 0:20:44 | 0:20:49 | |
There is a little bit. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:50 | |
35, I could do you those for. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
I'll no haggle any further. At 30, I'll just take them. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
Yeah, OK. | 0:20:57 | 0:20:59 | |
-Easy. -Deal. -Thank you very much, Andrew. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:01 | |
Whilst Paul's in reacquainting himself with his wallet, | 0:21:01 | 0:21:05 | |
David's slipped next door. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
-Hi there. I'm David Harper. -Hi. Hi. Rain. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
-Rain. Lovely to meet you. -You too. Hi. -Thank you very much. | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
-Fabulous things all over the place. -Great. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
-I'd love to find something really quirky. Odd. -Quirky. | 0:21:18 | 0:21:21 | |
You don't like the sort of Scottish vernacular stuff? | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
Yeah, I do. What have you got? | 0:21:24 | 0:21:26 | |
-An old door lock. -That's the sort of thing I love. -I do. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
-This is a bit mad. -Oh, he's clocked that. -It is, it is completely mad. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:35 | |
-I like a bit of madness. Does it work? -It doesn't work. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:38 | |
-No, not at the moment. -What have you got that described as? | 0:21:38 | 0:21:41 | |
Continental, isn't it? | 0:21:43 | 0:21:45 | |
Art Deco-y but it's one of those Art Deco made definitely | 0:21:45 | 0:21:50 | |
within period, probably 1935 but a cheap-y. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:54 | |
Not made for anyone with any money, that's for sure. How much? | 0:21:54 | 0:21:57 | |
-Because I literally have 25. -£25? -That's all I've got left. That's it. | 0:21:57 | 0:22:03 | |
30, actually, David. | 0:22:03 | 0:22:05 | |
-I can't do that for 25, I'm sorry. -Are you sure? -Yeah. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:10 | |
I just think it's got a great novelty funny value. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
-I know, but I paid more than that. -Are you sure? | 0:22:12 | 0:22:15 | |
Do you want to have a look at your book? | 0:22:15 | 0:22:16 | |
-Let me just go and check my book. -Go on, then. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:19 | |
So, while Rain checks what she paid for the clock, | 0:22:19 | 0:22:22 | |
David will hopefully have a bit of a recount himself. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
Before you say anything, | 0:22:26 | 0:22:27 | |
I have to come clean because I've just done my calculations | 0:22:27 | 0:22:30 | |
and I don't have 25, I've got 30 but I don't want to give you 30. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:35 | |
-I still want to give you 25. -Right, OK. | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
Having looked at my book, I was telling you a little porky | 0:22:39 | 0:22:43 | |
because it would give me a slim profit on that as it happens. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
-As it happens. -Shall we do it? -Yeah, why not? -Let's do it. -25. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:51 | |
-Thank you very much indeed. -OK, good luck with it. -Brilliant. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:55 | |
-All smiles again, then? That's a relief. -Thank you. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
All smiles on the road, too. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:02 | |
Travelling east from Rait towards the coast and St Andrews. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
In Medieval times, the town was an important centre of pilgrimage. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:16 | |
-What a lovely place, actually. -Very nice. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
There's a university here, isn't there? | 0:23:19 | 0:23:21 | |
Isn't it one of the oldest universities in Europe? | 0:23:21 | 0:23:24 | |
It is, but there's yet another venerable and prestigious | 0:23:24 | 0:23:28 | |
institution based in St Andrews, | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
namely the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
known worldwide as the home of the game. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
Did they film Chariots Of Fire on that beach? | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
-I think you can be quite correct. -Yes, that too. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:42 | |
David, although obviously not a golfer himself, | 0:23:43 | 0:23:46 | |
does have form having bagged a pile of golf gear early in the trip. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:51 | |
He must have got the bug because now he's come to take | 0:23:51 | 0:23:54 | |
a look behind the scenes at the museum dedicated to the sport. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:58 | |
-You must be Laurie. -Nice to meet you. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
Great to meet you and I must say, | 0:24:00 | 0:24:02 | |
-this is the furthest north I've been in Scotland. -Deary me. | 0:24:02 | 0:24:05 | |
-It's terrible. -Well, I'm glad you've made it up this far at least. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:08 | |
The game is said to have originated in Scotland | 0:24:14 | 0:24:16 | |
and the very first reference was back in 1457, when it was banned by | 0:24:16 | 0:24:22 | |
James II so as not to distract his subjects | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
from their archery practice. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
But although they were playing here at St Andrews back | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
in the 16th century, the first rules were actually written in Edinburgh. | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
This is the very first minute book of the Royal And Ancient Golf Club. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:37 | |
Would you like to have a look? I'd love to. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:39 | |
The book itself and the handwriting involved is just beautiful. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
-They are lovely artefacts in themselves. -I love the English. | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
-Articles and laws in playing the golf. -That's right. | 0:24:46 | 0:24:51 | |
What's rule number one? | 0:24:51 | 0:24:52 | |
You must tee your ball within a club length of the hole. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
That's fascinating. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:56 | |
The capital may have had quite a say, but St Andrews was | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
known as the metropolis of golf | 0:25:01 | 0:25:04 | |
and by the 19th century with the advent of professionalism, | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
players began looking to the Royal and Ancient | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
to govern the game. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:11 | |
The British open began in 1860, and local boy Tom Morris | 0:25:11 | 0:25:15 | |
was an early champion, striking the very first shot before winning several times. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:20 | |
In the store room, they have examples of Morris' home-made golf balls. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:24 | |
Wow! It just feels wonderful. It's not perfect in any way. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:29 | |
Is that because it's been beaten so many times? Would it have been an absolute perfect sphere? | 0:25:29 | 0:25:33 | |
It was certainly as spherical as they could get it. | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
It's basically made by stitching pieces of leather | 0:25:35 | 0:25:39 | |
and they're stuffed incredibly full with feathers. | 0:25:39 | 0:25:43 | |
-Feathers? -It could be light enough to be struck, | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
but also, as you can feel, it's very firm. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:48 | |
It's as tough as old boots, isn't it? It really is. | 0:25:48 | 0:25:50 | |
This is an example, again from about the 1850s, | 0:25:50 | 0:25:54 | |
this is a Hugh Philp of St Andrew's club. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:57 | |
This is the club you would have used alongside the feather ball. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:00 | |
You can see how incredibly elegant they are. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:03 | |
That is absolutely beauti... | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
-It's just a piece of art. -Philp himself one of the most renowned club makers of that period. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:11 | |
Sometimes called the Stradivarius of club making. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
Throughout its history, | 0:26:14 | 0:26:16 | |
the RNA has staunchly maintained a men only membership policy. | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
So it's surprising to discover that St Andrews was also where, | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
in 1867, the world's first women's golf club was born. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
Look at the clothing they're wearing there. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:30 | |
I mean, that must have been very difficult. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
It was incredibly restrictive. You can see them with their bonnets, | 0:26:32 | 0:26:36 | |
bustles, heavy volume skirts. Certainly very difficult to play in. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:41 | |
Indeed it was discouraged, if not impossible, | 0:26:41 | 0:26:44 | |
for the ladies to swing a club above their shoulders. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:47 | |
One of the more shocking exhibits at the museum is the cabinet | 0:26:50 | 0:26:54 | |
dedicated to Gloria Minoprio, famous not so much for her golfing prowess, | 0:26:54 | 0:26:59 | |
as for introducing, in 1933, a very practical innovation - trousers. | 0:26:59 | 0:27:04 | |
-That was a shock? -It certainly was, yeah. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
Even the Ladies Golf Union issued a statement deploring this move by her. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:13 | |
There were reports of her wearing the trousers as far away as Australia, | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
so it certainly made a big impression on the golfing world. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:20 | |
Did she go on to become anything special in the golfing world? | 0:27:20 | 0:27:22 | |
Not really, I'm afraid not. In fact, she then trained as a conjurer. | 0:27:22 | 0:27:27 | |
Ah! That is fantastic. I would love to have met a woman like that. | 0:27:27 | 0:27:32 | |
Trust David of the infamous pink strides | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
to identify with some scandalous trousers. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
But how about Paul? On the back nine and looking for a birdie or two? | 0:27:38 | 0:27:44 | |
Or better still, a rummage. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
-I'm Paul. -I'm Felicity. Hello. -Felicity, lovely to see you. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:49 | |
-Very nice to see you, too. -I like this - lovely feel. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:52 | |
Lovely feel. Great ambience. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
There's no way I am walking past your door, ever. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:58 | |
That's it, Paul. Get stuck in. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:01 | |
There's got to be treasure tucked away here somewhere. | 0:28:01 | 0:28:05 | |
-What's all that? -Aha! | 0:28:05 | 0:28:08 | |
Badges and so on. There's the good old Black Watch. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:11 | |
The Royal Highland Regiment. | 0:28:11 | 0:28:13 | |
-That's the Fife and Forfar... -What's that one? | 0:28:13 | 0:28:17 | |
-Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. -Oh, is it? | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
That's a signaler's qualification badge and a little bronze rank bit. | 0:28:19 | 0:28:22 | |
And that is a little Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders watch fob, I guess. | 0:28:22 | 0:28:28 | |
-That there, in a strip-sealed bag, is an auctionable lot! -OK! | 0:28:28 | 0:28:34 | |
-What's the price on it? -Well, what shall we say? | 0:28:34 | 0:28:37 | |
Don't be too ambitious. There's nothing in there that's in anyway rare, | 0:28:37 | 0:28:41 | |
and I'm going to be really straight with you, Felicity. | 0:28:41 | 0:28:44 | |
The best thing in there is the watch fob. | 0:28:44 | 0:28:46 | |
But there's a nice little puckle there. | 0:28:46 | 0:28:49 | |
-50? -No! | 0:28:49 | 0:28:52 | |
There is £25-£35 worth there, I reckon, nine times out of ten. | 0:28:52 | 0:28:59 | |
-So I'm going to give you 20 quid for them. -25? | 0:28:59 | 0:29:03 | |
This is me being very tough. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:07 | |
-30? -Very to... Do...! We shook! | 0:29:07 | 0:29:11 | |
-Shall I see if can spend something else? -Yes. -Great. -Yes. | 0:29:12 | 0:29:15 | |
Yes, a good find. Deserves a hand. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:19 | |
Now, what's that in the window? | 0:29:19 | 0:29:22 | |
We have early 20th century split cane, two-piece fly rod. | 0:29:22 | 0:29:30 | |
Look at that little, eh, turned keeper there. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:34 | |
-Did you hear that? -I heard a pop like a champagne cork. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:37 | |
That's precision! This was made by Robert Turnbull of Edinburgh. | 0:29:37 | 0:29:42 | |
-Was he famous? -He made rods for all the royal family and the tsars. | 0:29:42 | 0:29:47 | |
-And the last one of these made £70,000. -No way! | 0:29:47 | 0:29:51 | |
-I'm just making all of that up. -He made it up! You rotter! | 0:29:51 | 0:29:54 | |
-Really, Paul! -But it's as honest as the day is long | 0:29:54 | 0:29:58 | |
and it's straight. | 0:29:58 | 0:29:59 | |
It's not worth a great deal, you know that, I know that. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
-But you've not overcooked that at £18. -That's cheap. -Not cheap enough. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:07 | |
-Come on, Felicity, don't let him run rings around you. -17 for you. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:12 | |
We are not going down a pound, we'd be here forever, you know me! | 0:30:12 | 0:30:15 | |
Yes, we are, because this is your last shot. | 0:30:15 | 0:30:18 | |
-I know you've got plenty of money! -HE ROARS WITH LAUGHTER | 0:30:18 | 0:30:21 | |
-Well said! -Drat, drat, drat! | 0:30:21 | 0:30:23 | |
It is worth a tenner to me. Not worth any more, worth a tenner. | 0:30:23 | 0:30:27 | |
You are so tough. Tommy, come on. Come and negotiate. | 0:30:27 | 0:30:30 | |
Ah, back-up! | 0:30:30 | 0:30:32 | |
I refuse to see you bullied down... | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
See, I needed him! | 0:30:35 | 0:30:37 | |
..to this ridiculous price. | 0:30:37 | 0:30:40 | |
Oh, Lordy. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:42 | |
-Try for a 12. -Shall we try for 12? | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
Maybe £12.50. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
Felicity! | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
You're a right bad 'un for shaking the hand, then bumping it up again! | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
50 pence, we're not doing 50 pence! | 0:30:53 | 0:30:55 | |
£12. That's a lovely deal for both of us. Thanks again. Thank you. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
Now, let's get the purchases out in the open. | 0:31:00 | 0:31:05 | |
-Remember all those times you said to me, "Be gentle with me"? -Yes? | 0:31:05 | 0:31:09 | |
-Be gentle with me, David. -Really? You're not feeling confident? | 0:31:09 | 0:31:12 | |
Really! | 0:31:12 | 0:31:13 | |
-Mr Harper. -OK, go for it, you reveal. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
Oh, oh! | 0:31:16 | 0:31:19 | |
It doesn't look too bad now I see it again. | 0:31:19 | 0:31:20 | |
Actually, that's a good-looking Victorian scale. | 0:31:20 | 0:31:23 | |
-Wow! -Late 19th century, I'd assume? -Yep. | 0:31:23 | 0:31:27 | |
John White & Son of Auchtermuchty. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:29 | |
-IN A SCOTTISH ACCENT: -Auchtermuchty? No! | 0:31:29 | 0:31:32 | |
-This, I like. -Do you? -I do, very much. | 0:31:32 | 0:31:35 | |
I like the original bag, that's good. | 0:31:35 | 0:31:37 | |
This, your cake stand, good, fun thing. Nice design. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:42 | |
-It's got a very good style. -Glad you like that. | 0:31:42 | 0:31:44 | |
For me, it's my favourite lot. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
This is a very civilised affair. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:48 | |
Mother of pearl set. Are they hallmarked? Silver? | 0:31:48 | 0:31:52 | |
-Charles Horner. -Oh, very good make. | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
The last thing I would have looked at, but Charles Horner. | 0:31:54 | 0:31:58 | |
-Again, it's yesterday. -PAUL SIGHS | 0:31:58 | 0:32:01 | |
Welcome to the 21st century. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:02 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:32:02 | 0:32:04 | |
Here we go. Hang on. | 0:32:04 | 0:32:06 | |
What! | 0:32:06 | 0:32:07 | |
Hang on. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:09 | |
Ming, ding, dong. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:12 | |
Which we'll tell is now missing... | 0:32:12 | 0:32:14 | |
HE LAUGHS ..a family rose jardiniere. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:17 | |
That's more like it! | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
So there's been a massive chunk out of there. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:21 | |
-Not really. -What do you mean, "not really"? | 0:32:21 | 0:32:23 | |
Not a massive one. It's had wear, and it's been touched in, in places. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
You don't eat my wares! | 0:32:27 | 0:32:29 | |
-It's missing a massive chunk, that's all patched! -It's decorative. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:33 | |
PAUL ROARS WITH LAUGHTER | 0:32:33 | 0:32:34 | |
One item savaged. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:36 | |
Now, lovebirds. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:38 | |
Tell me the clock works? | 0:32:38 | 0:32:39 | |
-No, has that cheered you up? -PAUL LAUGHS | 0:32:39 | 0:32:41 | |
It's poor quality. I know that. | 0:32:41 | 0:32:44 | |
What will he make of the Canterbury? | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
Original handles, original porcelain feet. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:49 | |
1870, 1880, it's a very good thing. | 0:32:49 | 0:32:53 | |
I don't think you can buy cheap Canterburys. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
And that, I really like. What did you pay? | 0:32:56 | 0:33:00 | |
-35 quid. -Oh! | 0:33:00 | 0:33:02 | |
Interesting. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
Nailbiter, nailbiter. | 0:33:04 | 0:33:06 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:33:06 | 0:33:08 | |
But what do they really think? | 0:33:10 | 0:33:12 | |
I don't think Paul has anything of a super-duper merit, | 0:33:12 | 0:33:18 | |
apart from, possibly, the fishing rod. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
And the rest of it is ordinary, unexciting, | 0:33:21 | 0:33:27 | |
and not worth very much money. | 0:33:27 | 0:33:30 | |
It's all about the Canterbury. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:32 | |
He's got that at a hell of a price. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
Well done, that man. | 0:33:34 | 0:33:35 | |
If it does £250, that bridges the gap. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:41 | |
The Chinese vase is rubbish. | 0:33:41 | 0:33:45 | |
If he was unlucky, | 0:33:45 | 0:33:47 | |
he loses the profit that he makes on the Canterbury with the pot. | 0:33:47 | 0:33:51 | |
After starting out in Glasgow, | 0:33:51 | 0:33:53 | |
the final leg of our trip will conclude | 0:33:53 | 0:33:55 | |
on the east coast of Scotland, at Dundee. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:59 | |
Now, this town is justly famous for its jam, jute and journalism. | 0:33:59 | 0:34:04 | |
Meaning the cloth they used to make, the marmalade they still do, | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
and the publisher responsible for some of Britain's | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
most famous comics. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:12 | |
But, as well as that, Dundee gave us the Average White Band. | 0:34:12 | 0:34:15 | |
SONG: "Pick Up The Pieces" | 0:34:15 | 0:34:17 | |
Now, what's Paul got on? | 0:34:17 | 0:34:20 | |
It's pink trousers time again! | 0:34:20 | 0:34:22 | |
You know, they say, it takes a real man to wear pink, Paul Laidlaw! | 0:34:22 | 0:34:25 | |
-A real man. -PAUL LAUGHS | 0:34:25 | 0:34:27 | |
A real man. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:28 | |
Quite. | 0:34:28 | 0:34:30 | |
Welcome to Curr & Dewar | 0:34:31 | 0:34:34 | |
where I am sure the Dundonians will be anxious to pick up a few pieces. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:37 | |
I wonder if auctioneer Steven Dewar | 0:34:37 | 0:34:39 | |
considers any of our experts' lots above average? | 0:34:39 | 0:34:43 | |
I do like the Canterbury, that's a nice bit of figured walnut, | 0:34:43 | 0:34:47 | |
I think that one could do quite well. | 0:34:47 | 0:34:49 | |
The Chinese vase, it's a good size but it has restoration. | 0:34:49 | 0:34:54 | |
That, I think, could hold it back. | 0:34:54 | 0:34:56 | |
David began with £325, and he spent almost all of it. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
A total of £320 on five auction lots. | 0:35:02 | 0:35:06 | |
While Paul started out with £470.26, | 0:35:07 | 0:35:11 | |
and he's spent a mere £142 also on five lots. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:15 | |
The final auction approaches, and David, as always, is irrepressible. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:21 | |
Slightly nervous, but very excited. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:24 | |
Because the estimates are good. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:27 | |
Well, let's see how his bargain inkwell fares, for a start. | 0:35:27 | 0:35:31 | |
Nice item there. Onyx, and gilded, | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
interest on this, starting off at £20. | 0:35:33 | 0:35:37 | |
At £20 on commission. Take two anywhere for the inkwell? | 0:35:37 | 0:35:40 | |
At £20, are you sure, folks? | 0:35:40 | 0:35:43 | |
For the inkwell there, £20? | 0:35:43 | 0:35:45 | |
22. 25. | 0:35:45 | 0:35:47 | |
At £25, commission buyer. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:49 | |
At £25, last chance with me. | 0:35:49 | 0:35:52 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:35:53 | 0:35:55 | |
A profit, but it shouldn't disturb his rival. | 0:35:55 | 0:35:58 | |
I feel I got away lightly there. | 0:35:58 | 0:36:00 | |
Now for Paul's even cheaper fishing rod. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:04 | |
Start me off, £10? Surely now, for the split cane rod, £10. | 0:36:04 | 0:36:07 | |
Surely now, come on. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:09 | |
Surely now, 10 is the wave, sir. | 0:36:09 | 0:36:11 | |
Keep going, I need more than that. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:13 | |
£12. Are you sure? | 0:36:13 | 0:36:16 | |
-Get my money back. -£12 we have. | 0:36:16 | 0:36:19 | |
At £12. 15. | 0:36:19 | 0:36:20 | |
Slow, slow and steady. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:22 | |
At £15. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:25 | |
Is that a trickle of profit? | 0:36:25 | 0:36:27 | |
Quite a catch for someone. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:30 | |
-It's hardly a scorching start for us there. -No. | 0:36:30 | 0:36:33 | |
Paul has much higher hopes for his Auchtermuchty scales, though. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:38 | |
Who will start me off, £50? | 0:36:38 | 0:36:40 | |
30 only? | 0:36:40 | 0:36:42 | |
Surely, 30 in the middle. At 35. 40. Five. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:46 | |
50. Five. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:49 | |
60. Five. 70. Five. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:53 | |
80. Five. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:57 | |
90. Five. | 0:36:57 | 0:36:59 | |
95 with his bid. | 0:36:59 | 0:37:01 | |
-He's a nice auctioneer, isn't he? -Oh! -He's a nice man. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
100. And 10. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:07 | |
10 at the back. Last chance, sir. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:10 | |
At £110, all done. | 0:37:10 | 0:37:12 | |
Is it me, or did the sun just come out? | 0:37:13 | 0:37:16 | |
A fine profit puts Paul ahead. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:19 | |
Don't look round. | 0:37:19 | 0:37:21 | |
The back, you can't see the back wall for Chinese people on mobile phones. | 0:37:21 | 0:37:26 | |
What could they be here for? | 0:37:26 | 0:37:28 | |
There's only one Chinese object in here. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:30 | |
-What is that? -My vase. -No! | 0:37:30 | 0:37:33 | |
He's toying with you, David. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:36 | |
What will we say for this one, £100? | 0:37:36 | 0:37:38 | |
Or 50, there you go. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:40 | |
Surely now, £50. 30? | 0:37:40 | 0:37:43 | |
Oh, dear, David. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:44 | |
30 is bid. At £30 now. Any advance, at £30? | 0:37:44 | 0:37:48 | |
First bid in, £30. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:49 | |
Five anywhere? | 0:37:49 | 0:37:51 | |
At £30, surely? | 0:37:51 | 0:37:52 | |
He's trying his best. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:54 | |
At £30, the only bid we've received. | 0:37:54 | 0:37:55 | |
HE MUMBLES | 0:37:55 | 0:37:58 | |
Are you actually sure? Five. 40. | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
No. £40, at £40. Very, very cheap. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:04 | |
Drop the hammer. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:05 | |
Five. 50. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:08 | |
No, £50. | 0:38:08 | 0:38:11 | |
At 50 now, last chance, folks. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:13 | |
At £50. Are you sure? | 0:38:13 | 0:38:16 | |
DAVID LAUGHS Yes! | 0:38:16 | 0:38:17 | |
Mr Walsh, thank you. | 0:38:17 | 0:38:19 | |
THEY CHUCKLE | 0:38:19 | 0:38:22 | |
A loss that can, at best, be described as stonking. | 0:38:22 | 0:38:25 | |
So, I'm going to wish you all the luck in the world, | 0:38:25 | 0:38:29 | |
and I sincerely mean that. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
Now, presenting Paul's pickle forks. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:34 | |
Nice pair of forks there. Interest starts me off on commission at £20. | 0:38:34 | 0:38:39 | |
At £20 for the pair of forks there. 22. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
24 on commission. At £24. 26. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:46 | |
At £26. Any advance at 26? | 0:38:46 | 0:38:49 | |
£26. | 0:38:50 | 0:38:52 | |
Nothing like that vase, though. | 0:38:52 | 0:38:54 | |
Paul wasn't too excited about his militaria either. | 0:38:54 | 0:38:58 | |
But he knows his stuff, so let's just see. | 0:38:58 | 0:39:01 | |
What will start, £30? 20. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:04 | |
10 only? 10 is bid, militaria. | 0:39:04 | 0:39:07 | |
12, ma'am. 15. 18. | 0:39:07 | 0:39:09 | |
20. 22. | 0:39:09 | 0:39:11 | |
25. 28. 30. | 0:39:11 | 0:39:13 | |
32, 35. 38, | 0:39:13 | 0:39:16 | |
40. 42, | 0:39:16 | 0:39:18 | |
45. | 0:39:18 | 0:39:19 | |
45 in the front. At £45, any advance? | 0:39:19 | 0:39:23 | |
At 45 now? | 0:39:23 | 0:39:25 | |
45. | 0:39:25 | 0:39:26 | |
An honourable return on those. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
Time for David's crazy clock. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:33 | |
Interest on this one, what will we say, £30? | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
20? | 0:39:36 | 0:39:37 | |
15, folks? | 0:39:37 | 0:39:39 | |
Surely, good Art Deco style. 15 is bid. | 0:39:39 | 0:39:42 | |
At £15. Any advance at 15. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:44 | |
18. | 0:39:44 | 0:39:45 | |
20. £20, in the front here at £20. Anybody else? | 0:39:45 | 0:39:50 | |
For the clock there at £20, all done? | 0:39:50 | 0:39:53 | |
£20 now, thank you. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:56 | |
But a small loss. | 0:39:56 | 0:39:58 | |
I've worked out that, to beat you, | 0:39:58 | 0:40:00 | |
I need to sell the Canterbury for £46,000. | 0:40:00 | 0:40:02 | |
HE SNORTS | 0:40:02 | 0:40:04 | |
Quite an exaggeration, David. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
But it's not looking good, you're right, old fruit. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:08 | |
Perhaps your little goblets can help. | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
What will we say for these, £50? | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
Or 30? 20, and go? | 0:40:13 | 0:40:15 | |
Can I tempt you in? 20 only? | 0:40:15 | 0:40:19 | |
Surely we can get a bid for £20 out there for the pair? | 0:40:19 | 0:40:22 | |
-No interest? -Thinking of dead horses. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:25 | |
20 is bid, sir, thank you. | 0:40:25 | 0:40:29 | |
At £20. And five, anywhere? | 0:40:29 | 0:40:30 | |
At £20. First bidder, first price, all done. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:35 | |
Thank you. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:36 | |
It's all turning out very badly for David. | 0:40:36 | 0:40:38 | |
I can't sit by and watch this happen. | 0:40:38 | 0:40:40 | |
Come with me, it's going to be all right. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:42 | |
It is going to be a lot better. | 0:40:42 | 0:40:44 | |
Dundee, cakes, how can Paul's bargain stand fail? | 0:40:44 | 0:40:49 | |
Interest on this one, and a £25 commission. | 0:40:49 | 0:40:51 | |
£25. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:53 | |
30. Five. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:55 | |
Unbelievable. | 0:40:55 | 0:40:57 | |
It's a nice piece of furniture, that. | 0:40:57 | 0:41:00 | |
£35. Are you bidding? | 0:41:00 | 0:41:02 | |
Last chance, then. At £35, commission buyer. | 0:41:02 | 0:41:06 | |
Thank you, Wiseman. | 0:41:06 | 0:41:08 | |
Crumbs. Another profit for Paul. | 0:41:08 | 0:41:11 | |
You were right about pink trousers. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:13 | |
It changes your complexion, | 0:41:13 | 0:41:14 | |
everything's just gone swimmingly today. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:17 | |
Last lot is the Canterbury that Paul was rather afraid of. | 0:41:17 | 0:41:22 | |
It has to make an absolute fortune for David to win. | 0:41:22 | 0:41:25 | |
The Canterbury there, good-looking Canterbury. | 0:41:25 | 0:41:28 | |
And I have interest on my book which starts me off at £250. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:34 | |
At £250 for the Canterbury. 250. | 0:41:34 | 0:41:37 | |
At 250, on commission. At £250. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:41 | |
At 250, opening bid. Are you all done? | 0:41:41 | 0:41:43 | |
-Come on! -At 250. -Again, it's happened to me again. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:46 | |
-One bidder. -One bid. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:48 | |
250, thank you very much. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:49 | |
-Big result. What a way to go now. -Not really, not really. -Loser! | 0:41:49 | 0:41:54 | |
David began with £325. | 0:41:57 | 0:41:59 | |
Despite that final surge, he's made a small loss of £15.70, | 0:41:59 | 0:42:03 | |
after paying auction costs. | 0:42:03 | 0:42:06 | |
Leaving him with a total for the week of £309.30. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:11 | |
Paul started out with £470.26. | 0:42:11 | 0:42:15 | |
And, after paying auction costs, he's made a profit of £47.42. | 0:42:15 | 0:42:20 | |
So, Paul wins this leg, and the week's trip, with £517.60. | 0:42:20 | 0:42:27 | |
All profits donated to Children In Need. | 0:42:27 | 0:42:29 | |
Well done, chaps. | 0:42:29 | 0:42:31 | |
-Let your pink pants do the driving! -PAUL LAUGHS | 0:42:31 | 0:42:33 | |
-Victorious pink pants. -Welcome to your new life! | 0:42:33 | 0:42:36 | |
# If you're ever in a jam Here I am | 0:42:39 | 0:42:43 | |
I love that! | 0:42:43 | 0:42:44 | |
# If you're ever in mess, SOS! | 0:42:44 | 0:42:48 | |
No, no. | 0:42:48 | 0:42:50 | |
# If you ever feel so happy you land in jail, I'm your bail | 0:42:50 | 0:42:56 | |
# It's friendship, friendship | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
# Just a perfect friendship | 0:42:59 | 0:43:02 | |
I've always said you were amazing. | 0:43:02 | 0:43:03 | |
Paul, you know what? I think I love you. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:06 | |
# Ours will still be hot! # | 0:43:06 | 0:43:08 | |
Next on the Antiques Road Trip, | 0:43:08 | 0:43:10 | |
Charlie takes on the Iron Lady. | 0:43:10 | 0:43:13 | |
Margaret Thatcher. | 0:43:13 | 0:43:14 | |
This teapot's not for pouring. | 0:43:14 | 0:43:16 | |
And Thomas takes on Charlie. | 0:43:16 | 0:43:18 | |
Do I need this for Roscoe? | 0:43:18 | 0:43:21 |