0:00:01 > 0:00:05It's the nation's favourite antiques experts. All right, viewers?
0:00:05 > 0:00:08With £200 each, a classic car and a goal -
0:00:08 > 0:00:10to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12On fire! Yes!
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Sold. Going, going, gone.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15The aim?
0:00:15 > 0:00:18To make the biggest profit at auction but it's no mean feat.
0:00:18 > 0:00:1950p!
0:00:19 > 0:00:22There will be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:22 > 0:00:24Tricep dips!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Oh!
0:00:30 > 0:00:31It should be a good one!
0:00:31 > 0:00:35This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:38 > 0:00:42This week, we start a brand-new chapter with our illustrious road trippers,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Paul Laidlaw and Thomas Plant.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47There is no such thing as bad weather, is there?
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Back to the alley, back to the alley. You're drifting again.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57This is auctioneer Paul Laidlaw. He's very intuitive, you know?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I spotted it because of my antique sixth sense.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03And he's all man when it comes to choosing antiques.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Let me show you some tea and dinnerware.
0:01:08 > 0:01:12Thomas Plant is also an auctioneer but sometimes, away with the fairies.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14I love a seahorse. Do you like a seahorse?
0:01:15 > 0:01:19Seahorses, I think, are the most magical creatures.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22He knows a good antique when he sees one.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26- I particularly like this diamond bunny rabbit with the bowtie. - Cheeky!
0:01:28 > 0:01:32Our gents about town begin their adventure with a bulging wallet of £200 each
0:01:32 > 0:01:38and this isn't the first time they've had a good old joust in our antiques tournament.
0:01:38 > 0:01:44As I recall, back then in the heady days of 2000 and whenever it was.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46- 2000 and then.- Whenever!
0:01:46 > 0:01:49It was a fabulous result. You thrashed me!
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Their nifty little motor is the 1963 Sunbeam Alpine.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- We have no roof. - There is no roof!
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- What are we going to do when it rains?- Get wet.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07Paul and Thomas will, come rain or shine, travel over 600 miles
0:02:07 > 0:02:11from Morecambe in Lancashire to the county town of Bedford.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14But this is hopefully the beginning of a thrilling antiques adventure
0:02:14 > 0:02:17and we kick off in the popular seaside town of Morecambe.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Bring me back a stick of rock, fellas!
0:02:20 > 0:02:23They will auction later in Clitheroe, also in Lancashire.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28So, we're off to the not so sunny Morecambe.
0:02:28 > 0:02:34A young Eric Bartholomew grew up here, even taking his stage name from the town,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37becoming the showstopping Eric Morecambe.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41The sun may be well and truly hiding but a bit of cloud
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and drizzle won't dampen our boys' spirits.
0:02:44 > 0:02:50- Well driven, Laidlow, well driven. - Watch me just demolish this sea wall!
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Thelma and Louise moment at Morecambe!
0:02:54 > 0:02:58Can you get out from these straps? They're quite easy access, really.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I'm just worried about how my right cheek is going to react.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Too much information, boys!
0:03:03 > 0:03:07They're both quite big, strapping lads for the delicate little Sunbeam, though.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08Let's not hang about.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12You're sharing your first shop of the day in Northern Relics.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20Waiting to greet them are a big pair of giraffes, a pair of lions.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21I wonder is Noah is about.
0:03:21 > 0:03:26# The animals went in two by two, hurrah, hurrah... #
0:03:26 > 0:03:30One thing's for sure, they're a right pair of cheeky monkeys!
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Let's stick with tough talking Laidlaw. He's full of determination.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38I want to find amazing things. And blow good money on them.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42- He who dares wins and all that. - Blimey!
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Don't mess with him, Thomas. Fighting talk indeed.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Look at the startling originality of the design
0:03:51 > 0:03:54and then observe the quality of workmanship.
0:03:55 > 0:04:01We've got a bizarre fire screen.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06It's in wrought iron and copper.
0:04:06 > 0:04:13A touch of the ecclesiastical about it. That is seriously good work.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17I envy the talent.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Period? Period?
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Arts and crafts. Yeah, makes sense.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31So, late 19, let's say the 1920s.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37I love it, I absolutely love it.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41It's got that factor that you may not like me,
0:04:41 > 0:04:44but I defy you to ignore me.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Yeah?
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Are we talking about the antique?
0:04:48 > 0:04:50There's no price tag on it.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Well, he's certainly in love with this little number.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I wonder if he's unearthed a wonderful treasure.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Paul tracks down Chris, the owner, to talk money.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04- Chris, can I borrow you? - Of course you can.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09The last thing I thought I would ask about, but the fire screen there.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- There's nothing on it at all. - That is 50.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20I would buy this screen, don't get me wrong, I'm not just mucking about.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24But we're a country mile off.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29It works for me if it's cheap, not if it's got a big price tag.
0:05:29 > 0:05:34- What can it be?- What are you offering?- I'm offering a tenner.- No.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38Let me kick off with a cheapy at 15 and I promise I'll buy more stuff.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- All right.- Cheers, buddy.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45The steely but charming Laidlaw haggle has given Paul a great start to the day.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Now, where is that young Tom?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Is he parting with his pennies as quickly as Paul?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Come on, Thomas, snap out of it! You've got antiques to buy, you know.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03This is like a jerkin.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09A military jerkin. A really nice one.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13Of course I'm going to try it on, of course I'm going to try this on.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16As you can see, our Thomas is a real fan of dressing up.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22- I look like the dapper. - If you say so yourself, Thomas.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26It looks like he could be tempted. Now, focus, Tom.
0:06:26 > 0:06:32- There's a leather jerkin. - The coal man's.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33- Is it a coal man's thing?- Yeah.
0:06:33 > 0:06:38- Is that what it is?- Yeah.- Oh, right. It's quite nice actually.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Different, isn't it? It's clean for what it was.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44We're selling it on behalf of a rescue charity.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48That's just a donation to the charity, £20 donation to the charity.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Is that all it is? I think I've got to have it.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Remember, it's not for you, Thomas.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57A nice piece of social history, though.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00The faithful coal man was once an integral
0:07:00 > 0:07:04and important part of every British household.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05What has caught his eye now?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11A lovely leather case, super.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13John Taylor, opticians and jewellers.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15I found them on the bargain shelf.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17I don't know how much of a bargain they're going to be.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22It's like they're really well cased. A lovely thing really.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Yeah, I think I'm going to ask. Do you think those could be a £20 note?
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- Yeah, that'll do. - That's brilliant, thank you.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33I'm going to have a coal man's jacket,
0:07:33 > 0:07:38just because I tried it on and it fits! The spectacle case, we like.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44It's just a lovely thing. So, £40 I owe you.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Well, that was easy peasy, Thomas. Back to Paul.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49He's definitely on a mission.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Come into my office.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55He's never going to sell this.
0:07:55 > 0:07:59He's not trying to sell it, there's no price on it.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04It was against a pillar. I spotted it because of my antique sixth sense.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08It's a stick barometer. 19th-century affair.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Rosewood veneer, one of my favourite veneers.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16We've got a central glass column, which was once filled with mercury.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I don't think there's much, if any, in there now.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22The stick barometer was first made as a scientific instrument,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26but as the popularity grew, so did their decoration.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29They were often considered prize pieces of furniture.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32I just have a bit of a hunch that I will be able to buy that.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Before he does, the Laidlaw radar has detected something else.
0:08:37 > 0:08:43- Let me show you, let me show you some tea and dinnerware. - Oh, yes, please, Paul.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48Behold, for my money, and extremely elegant,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51porcelain tea and dinner service.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57You've got to bear with me here because it's not wearing its quality
0:08:57 > 0:09:01on its sleeve, it's not shouting out, "look at me, I'm fabulous."
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Let me show you a muffin dish first.
0:09:03 > 0:09:10Look at that! Good form, tasteful decoration.
0:09:11 > 0:09:19Oh, and what do we have here? Made in France by Havilland and Company.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24In 1842, David Havilland crossed the Atlantic to set up a porcelain
0:09:24 > 0:09:28company and ever since has been renowned for quality
0:09:28 > 0:09:31and prestige across the world.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36By this, you've got antique French porcelain dinnerware,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38extremely elegant and at the very least,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42we can get a good and extensive tea service out of this.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47What do reckon, a couple of hundred quid?
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Maybe, wait until I get my specs on, Paul.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52What, £35.
0:09:52 > 0:09:59That's the value that's to be had buying antiques. Astonishing!
0:09:59 > 0:10:05- Stick barometer, this, and Chris. I'll be two ticks.- Rightio.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Blimey, there's no messing about with this one.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12I'm going to try and spend some proper money with you now.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Does that ring a bell?
0:10:14 > 0:10:19It was buried against a pillar, but between the pillar and the cabinet.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22- Has it been forgotten about?- No.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- I've got 150 quid on it. - No, I can't.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Here's one for you, this could seal the deal.
0:10:29 > 0:10:34Of all the things to look at, I'm looking at your tea and dinner service.
0:10:34 > 0:10:40I'm not interested in the dinnerware at all.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43I'm interested in a good half of it.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49I'll give you 120 quid but I want that.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51130 and you've got a deal.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54120 and that's how we divide it up.
0:10:54 > 0:11:00- We've bought the screen as well. - Go on, then.- Good man, thanks.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Well, Paul is definitely showing his rugged determination.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06That's £15 for the fire screen, £100 for the barometer
0:11:06 > 0:11:09and £20 for the part tea set.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Both boys are working their socks off.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15But, the call of the road trip beckons
0:11:15 > 0:11:18and our fellas must buckle up and move on.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23The boys are snaking six miles northwards to the small town of Carnforth.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27Ever the gent, Paul is dropping off young Thomas at his second shop of the day.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Any shop, any shop that I'm denied
0:11:30 > 0:11:32could be the one with The Holy Grail in it.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34I want to get in there.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37You never know, I might find it.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41We'll catch up with Tom later but for now, let's follow Mr Laidlaw.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44He doesn't have a care in the world, he's got a bag of antiques already
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and he's travelling just up the road
0:11:46 > 0:11:49to inspect a rather special furniture dynasty.
0:11:51 > 0:11:58Leighton Hall is a grand residence with a history spanning over 750 years.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01Paul is excited by his invitation because for two centuries,
0:12:01 > 0:12:07it has been home to the famous Gillow family, renowned for their exquisite furniture business,
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Gillow and Co of Lancaster.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12It was founded in 1730 by Robert Gillow.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Susan and Richard Gillow Reynolds are the current owners of the hall
0:12:16 > 0:12:20and passionate guardians of some very rare Gillow pieces.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Paul is meeting with Susan to find out more.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28- Hello, Paul, welcome.- A pleasure to meet you.- Very nice to see you.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31What a pleasure to be here at Leighton Hall.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33It is the Gillow family home
0:12:33 > 0:12:37and we do have a lot of lovely pieces that people come to see.
0:12:38 > 0:12:44So, Robert, was he a cabinetmaker or joiner when he settled in Lancaster?
0:12:44 > 0:12:45No, he wasn't.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47The Gillows were farmers
0:12:47 > 0:12:52and Robert should have gone into that farming tradition
0:12:52 > 0:12:55but he came to Lancaster to be near his father
0:12:55 > 0:12:58and to support himself.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01The story is, he started, really, with a joinery business,
0:13:01 > 0:13:03quite a modest business.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08It just gradually built up and furniture commissions came in.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Then that side of the business began to take over.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14The business really took off with Robert's son, Richard.
0:13:14 > 0:13:21He was a craftsman and inventor and his designs included billiard and telescopic tables.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I recognise this dining table as
0:13:26 > 0:13:32- Gillow's patented extending table, isn't it?- You do.
0:13:32 > 0:13:39They invented this so-called telescoping mechanism that works this table.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42The important thing to know about it is that it is a telescoping table,
0:13:42 > 0:13:44it's not one of these that you wind out,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48you pull it out as you would a telescope.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50You stretch it right out, bring the extra leaves in
0:13:50 > 0:13:54and pop them all in and then you seat all these people.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58In the mid-1800s, the company worked on the interiors of the Palace of Westminster,
0:13:58 > 0:14:01later diversifying into fitting out passenger liners
0:14:01 > 0:14:04such as the Lusitania, at the time, the world's biggest ship.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09Before Paul leaves, Susan wants to show him
0:14:09 > 0:14:12a rare piece of furniture within the collection.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15This little piece is very much a family piece.
0:14:15 > 0:14:20It's something that was made for Elizabeth Gillow.
0:14:20 > 0:14:24This is probably the youngest piece of Gillow that we have.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29You can see tremendous change in style and design,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32running into the early 19th century.
0:14:32 > 0:14:37This was made in 1810, 1815. It was made especially for her.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42She was a very religious lady, so first of all, her favourite Bible
0:14:42 > 0:14:46stories are carved into these ebony panels, set in all around.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50The figures, the ivory figures, were hers.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54She asked that they be cut down and set in the alcoves at the top.
0:14:54 > 0:14:58You can see they have just been chopped in half and put in it.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Christ and the Virgin Mary there?
0:15:02 > 0:15:07Absolutely and then lots of space for storing her bits and pieces.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11When you open it, you've got a nice deep drawer at the top.
0:15:12 > 0:15:16Then, in the middle, we've got a little cupboard in here
0:15:16 > 0:15:21and in the cupboard, she probably stored her household books,
0:15:21 > 0:15:23her diaries and things like that.
0:15:23 > 0:15:27Oh, and apparently, a skipping rope. I don't think so!
0:15:27 > 0:15:31- This lady was the mother of 16 children.- Oh, my word!
0:15:31 > 0:15:34So maybe this belonged to one of the children.
0:15:34 > 0:15:39Underneath, in the smaller drawer, I will just take the key here.
0:15:39 > 0:15:45It's very neat this. It's all fitted out as a tiny writing compartment.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49You've got a leather top piece to press on to write your letters.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53What an exquisite and ingenuous piece of furniture
0:15:53 > 0:15:56but all the more special because it's a family commission.
0:15:56 > 0:16:01I hope that wherever you go in the world, you'll never find another one like it!
0:16:01 > 0:16:04If you do, don't come and say, all right?
0:16:04 > 0:16:07What a treat for Paul, you lucky old thing.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09If you want to experience it too,
0:16:09 > 0:16:13this exquisite collection is open to the public.
0:16:13 > 0:16:18Now, we'd better check up on that other cheeky scamp, Thomas.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21He's having a good old nosy in Vicary Antiques,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24owned by the rather lovely Michael.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28Wonderfully sort of cramped, which is fabulous!
0:16:28 > 0:16:33- Can I have a good look?- You may. As long as you don't get lost!
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- Is there a risk of that?- Yes, people go in the backroom.
0:16:36 > 0:16:37And never come out?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Yes, absolutely. - Better watch yourself, Thomas.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45There's certainly plenty to choose from.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48This is a Japanese fan box, or a glove box.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Made from inlaid pieces of wood.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56These stylised metal handles
0:16:56 > 0:16:59in the form of chrysanthemums,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02almost like a Japanese mon.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06With a lacquered interior.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09Just exquisitely done.
0:17:11 > 0:17:17This box would have been rather important in keeping the fans' delicate silks dirt free.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19Priced at £50, it's a possibility.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26What has he unearthed now?
0:17:26 > 0:17:29Very attractive Carlton Ware.
0:17:29 > 0:17:33Early, early Carlton. Persian pattern as you can see.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36The Persians here, against the royal blue.
0:17:39 > 0:17:44Early Carlton Ware, Persian Ware, the early mark with the bird.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46It does have a hairline crack in it.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48With a mountain of antiques to get through,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51Thomas comes across something else he likes the look of.
0:17:51 > 0:17:57This looks like an onyx ink stand, or desk stand.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Probably in the Art Deco... Well, it is Art Deco.
0:18:03 > 0:18:10You have lovely hinges here in gilt metal.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12A real gift for somebody, isn't it?
0:18:12 > 0:18:14It looks like he's going in for a deal.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18So, the Japanese box and the ink stand,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22and the Carlton Ware at £100 for now.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26So, to clarify, ladies and gents, £20 for the vase,
0:18:26 > 0:18:31£35 for the Japanese box and £45 for the ink stand. Got it?
0:18:31 > 0:18:34Thank you very much, Michael.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36With a total of five items in the bag,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Thomas has certainly been a very busy boy.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41It's now time for the chaps to rest
0:18:41 > 0:18:43because our adventure continues tomorrow.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Night-night.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51It's the start of a brand-new day
0:18:51 > 0:18:55and it is Thomas's turn to get behind the wheel of the Sunbeam.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- Do you like the car?- I do,
0:18:59 > 0:19:01but she's wanting to go.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04She doesn't like idling, does she?
0:19:05 > 0:19:09You're right about the posture.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12It's very upright and very narrow.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17So far, Paul has spent £135 on three items.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21The fire screen, the part tea set and the rosewood barometer.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25Paul has £65 left to splurge.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Thomas has been a very industrious bee, he spent £140 on five items.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34The coal man's waistcoat, the dainty little spectacles,
0:19:34 > 0:19:39the Japanese fan box, the Carlton vase and the Art Deco ink set.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Thomas has £60 for the day ahead.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46We're off for a spot of shopping in the town of Chorley.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48Hopefully they'll get there.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Young Thomas doesn't quite seem to have mastered the old driving yet.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55Sorry, I'm in the wrong gear.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- And on the wrong side of the road. - Oh!
0:20:00 > 0:20:03She's quite difficult to drive!
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Maybe you should get behind the wheel, Paul.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Well, here we are.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- Thank you, driver. - Well, that's all right.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14- That's all right, sir. - I'd say well driven but...- Really?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Come on, Paul!
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Hang on, hang on! I just want to get it just there. There we are.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21- I want out.- I don't blame you, Paul.
0:20:22 > 0:20:26Next stop is the sumptuous Heskin Hall Antiques
0:20:26 > 0:20:29where numerous traders sell their wares.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Young Thomas is rather relaxed
0:20:33 > 0:20:37cos he's already got a treasure trove of antiques.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40Paul has lots of ground to cover but after searching the place
0:20:40 > 0:20:43high and low, he's finally found something.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48- I've got a present for Tom.- Cheeky!
0:20:54 > 0:20:57This is as close as I've got. Shall I tell you about it?
0:20:57 > 0:21:03There is one deck here, actually, I think it is a nice little cabinet.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05It's the pocket adding machine.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Calculating machines are hot and getting hotter.
0:21:08 > 0:21:12That's an early little pocket calculating machine.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Blaise Pascal invented the mechanical calculator
0:21:15 > 0:21:18in the mid-17th century but this little number
0:21:18 > 0:21:22was a handy pocket size for the thrifty Victorians.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27Find an interesting thing at the right price and I will be impressed.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29£16.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Not bad. Sounds like a good contender.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37Right. I think I've seen everything I need to see.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40By that I mean everything.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42I think it's time to ask about that cabinet.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Paul fetches Lynne, the lady in charge,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- to begin negotiations on the little adding machine.- Hi, Lynne.- Hello!
0:21:48 > 0:21:52I've seen some things in a cabinet in that room there.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Is it possible to have a wee look? It's up in there, if I may.
0:21:59 > 0:22:06Would our friend here with an eye for the unusual like to haggle?
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Lynne is unable to get hold of the dealer on the phone
0:22:10 > 0:22:15- so she makes an offer on his behalf. - I reckon I could do...
0:22:17 > 0:22:22- Would he kill me? That's the next question.- Run the risk!
0:22:22 > 0:22:27- Run the risk! I know!- It'll be all right. He's lovely.- Oh, yeah.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- Yeah. I could do that for 12. - Could we round it down to 10?
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I like tens and 15s and 20s but I'm not offering you 15!
0:22:33 > 0:22:35SHE LAUGHS
0:22:35 > 0:22:38- I can only do 12, I'm sorry. I shouldn't be...- That's all right.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41- Without speaking to him... - No, no, not a problem.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- Let me give you some money.- That's a total of four antiques for Paul.
0:22:44 > 0:22:49Hurrah! Meanwhile, young Thomas is leaving empty-handed.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56He's off on a solo adventure, travelling south
0:22:56 > 0:22:58to the village of Aspull near Wigan.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03And it's with some trepidation that Thomas parks up
0:23:03 > 0:23:06beside the rather scary sounding Snake Pit
0:23:06 > 0:23:09but there's nothing to fear, Thomas.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12Not quite yet. This is the home of catch wrestling.
0:23:15 > 0:23:20For many centuries, Wigan was famous as a prime coal-mining district.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22At its peak there were 1,000 pit shafts
0:23:22 > 0:23:25within five miles of the town centre.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Most families in the area had a connection with mining
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and it was from this tough, dark world
0:23:30 > 0:23:34that the global phenomenon of catch wrestling evolved.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37This was real fighting for real men.
0:23:38 > 0:23:43Thomas is meeting with former catch wrestler and top coach, Roy Wood.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46- Thomas.- Hello, Thomas. Pleased to meet you.- Pleased to meet you.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48- What's your name?- Roy.- This is a particular type of wrestling.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50It's catch-as-catch-can wrestling.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53It's the old Wigan style, the old miner's type of wrestling.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55I don't know anything about wrestling.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59It's not even entered any part of my life, not even the modern stuff.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01- Are you going to lead on and educate me?- Yes.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05- I think you'll be a bit wiser when you leave.- Brilliant.
0:24:06 > 0:24:12- What are the rules involved?- Well, the rules are very, very simple.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14There's no time limit on it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:17They just wrestle until one of them couldn't stand up or he submitted.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21The idea is get your opponent on his back and then it's finished.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Or put a submission on and then as soon as he says, "right, that's it",
0:24:24 > 0:24:26then the job is finished.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29I think they call it catch-as-catch-can
0:24:29 > 0:24:31because you could grab anywhere you wanted.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34They'd give you their leg and you grab the leg and they counter it.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36They'd give you their arm.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39You'd try and move and counter to that move you were trying.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42It was very, very technical, actually.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Roy learned the tricks of the trade from famous catch wrestler
0:24:45 > 0:24:47and local man, Billy Riley.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51In Billy's day, matches were highly illegal.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53They would be set up in fields where people would
0:24:53 > 0:24:55gamble on who would be the winner.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Billy became so good that he went on to claim a very important title.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03He actually went...
0:25:03 > 0:25:05to Johannesburg
0:25:05 > 0:25:07and wrestled in Johannesburg.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11He went by boat. I think it took him two or three months.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15- And he wrestled for the British Empire Belt.- Really?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18He wrestled a fellow called Johnson and I believe Billy
0:25:18 > 0:25:23broke this fellow's arm and he came back the British Empire Champion.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- Did you ever meet him? - He was my coach.- Was he?- Yeah.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28He was an old man when he coached me.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33And with the help of Roy, Thomas is about to take on the past.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32Don't worry, young Tom did escape the snake pit.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35Meanwhile, Paul is still in a determined mood
0:26:35 > 0:26:37to find one last antique.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40He's travelled eastwards to the town of Darwen.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43Owner Stephen has been running the business for many years
0:26:43 > 0:26:47and has amassed everything you could possibly think of.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Good luck, Paul. You might be in here for some time.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54- Hello. Hello.- Hello.- I'm Paul. - Hello, Paul.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56- I'm Stephen.- Good to see you. - Nice to see you.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Here's an interesting place you've got, isn't it?
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- I hope you find something.- Dare I say, it could be my kind of place.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06- Just have a browse, is that all right?- Of course you can, yeah.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09Let the Laidlaw thorough inspection begin.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18Eventually he does uncover something that rather delights him.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22It ain't me, don't get me wrong, but that is a stunner.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24What is not to like?
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Speakers...lateral speakers, stereophonic.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35- Amazing knobs. Love it. - I think he likes it.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39So after a good look round, he has a couple of options to play with
0:27:39 > 0:27:42but which will he sink his teeth into?
0:27:42 > 0:27:44I thought you'd disappeared. HE LAUGHS
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Man, it took some doing. Some place!
0:27:50 > 0:27:53I don't know what your memory's like. I bet it's darned good.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56I'll run a few things past you to hit me with some prices.
0:27:56 > 0:28:01- Starting... Actually, starting up here. That.- The trunk.- Yeah.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07- A gentle one.- All right. Well, 75.- That's pretty fair. Nah.
0:28:08 > 0:28:15Downstairs a '70...late '60s, early '70s record player.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19- A real funky looking thing. - It's quite an upmarket looking one.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23- Not like the...better than the Dansette.- Absolutely. Really funky.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25I'll do that for 25.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28So, the trunk or the record player?
0:28:28 > 0:28:31The decision is yours, Paul.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33What's the death on the record player?
0:28:33 > 0:28:39- The bottom line? Say 25, 20 quid. - 20.- So it's 20 and 60.
0:28:42 > 0:28:47- I'm buying the record player. - The record player.- Cheers.- Very good.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49And that's the last deal of the day.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53The boys are meeting up to give one another's treasures the once over.
0:28:53 > 0:28:57# Dun-dun-duuun. # That random assortment of stuff.
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Should that be lying down or is there a fixed reservoir under there?
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- It's empty. There's very little mercury left.- Very little, OK.
0:29:04 > 0:29:09- What is that?- This is uber cool. This is where it's at.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- The future of collecting. - If you say so, Paul.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17I can't believe you bought that, Paul Laidlaw. It must have been a fiver.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23- I paid £20 for that.- Did you?- How very dare you!- How very dare you!
0:29:23 > 0:29:28- Diss my retro!- Ghastly! What is that? A pocket...
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Little late Victorian/Edwardian pocket adding machine.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Little tin plate affair.
0:29:33 > 0:29:35There's a little stylus and you move the digits and so on.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Now for the important bit. How much did they cost?
0:29:39 > 0:29:43The barometer, stick rosewood barometer.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- I imagine that was £80 or something like that.- £100.- £100.
0:29:46 > 0:29:51- It's a punchy, punchy thing. A fiver for a pocket calculator?- 12.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53- Right order of magnitude.- Yeah, yeah.
0:29:53 > 0:29:58And 20 for that, you've told me. That's so lovely, that's profit, profit, profit.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02Your turn now, Tom. Show Paul what you got.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07- 19th century spectacles. Silver framed or...- No!- Nickel? OK.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Nice little leather case. Sweet.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12- Those were £20? - I did get those for £20.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15- And you're going to do all right with those.- I think so.
0:30:15 > 0:30:21- Now, I do like...Japanese glove box? - Glove or fan, whatever.
0:30:21 > 0:30:26- But that, I thought, is the nicest... - Geometric parquetry all over?
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- It's lovely.- I've got...I've got...
0:30:28 > 0:30:30- Go on! Go on! Go on!- Am I going to be dazzled?- No, no, no.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33- Just a box?- It's just a box. - Lacquered interior.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35Yeah, fair enough. Erm...
0:30:35 > 0:30:37I don't know. That's really nice. It's lovely, isn't it?
0:30:37 > 0:30:42In a sea of bland such items, that's really nice. I like that.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43I like that a lot.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47And you might have got that cheap because it's a brown box.
0:30:47 > 0:30:52- Not really.- 30 or £40?- 35. - Bang on! We're doing all right here.
0:30:52 > 0:30:55- And is that Carlton Ware? - Carlton Ware.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59- Did you have to wade in deep for that?- No, no.- Cheap?
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- Well, I bought all of this for £100. - OK. So how are you dividing...
0:31:03 > 0:31:0620, 45, 35.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09My word! A nailbiter.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13Thomas, well done, my man. I cannot wait.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16So, let's hear what our chaps really think.
0:31:16 > 0:31:20My poor record player! He was harsh! I thought he'd like it!
0:31:20 > 0:31:22I'm surprised at Laidlaw.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26I thought Laidlaw would have bought really good quality items, yeah.
0:31:26 > 0:31:29The barometer's lovely but it's missing its mercury
0:31:29 > 0:31:31and it's yesterday's news.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36It's been a jolly jape of a first leg.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39We began our journey in Morecambe, travelling via Carnforth,
0:31:39 > 0:31:44Chorley, Aspull and Darwen, finally arriving in Clitheroe in Lancashire.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Nestled in the Ribble Valley, the town is home to Clitheroe Castle,
0:31:49 > 0:31:53thought to be the smallest Norman keep in England.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56But it's auction day as our boys arrive in town.
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- I'm feeling very relaxed.- What happened to your trousers, Thomas?
0:32:02 > 0:32:05We do have standards on this show, you know.
0:32:05 > 0:32:10Silverwood is one of the North's leading antiques auction houses.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13Wilf Mould is today's auctioneer and has a few thoughts
0:32:13 > 0:32:15on Paul and Tom's lots.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18The pine stereophonic projection system,
0:32:18 > 0:32:20we do have various collectors for that sort of stuff
0:32:20 > 0:32:22so I could imagine it could do quite well.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25The Coleman's waistcoat...
0:32:28 > 0:32:30Quirky thing. It's one of those daft things.
0:32:30 > 0:32:34It could be a tenner or it could be 70 or £80.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Paul Laidlaw started the day with his full allowance of £200
0:32:38 > 0:32:42and spent £167 on five auction lots.
0:32:43 > 0:32:47Thomas Plant took his £200 and exercised a little more caution
0:32:47 > 0:32:52and spent £140, also on five auction lots.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55All eyes to the front. The auction is about to begin.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Here we go.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02To start us off we have Paul's rather stylish record player.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Who will start me at what for this one?
0:33:04 > 0:33:06£40 for it. 40 anywhere? 30, then.
0:33:06 > 0:33:1230, quickly. I'll take 20 this time. 20's all over. 22. 25.
0:33:12 > 0:33:16- There you are.- 30. £30. 32. 35. 38.
0:33:16 > 0:33:20- 40. 42.- Ye of little faith!
0:33:20 > 0:33:22- 45. 48.- Ye of little faith!- 48.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26- 50. 55.- Laidlaw!- 55, new bidder. 55 and 60.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29- New bidder!- 65. 70, now.
0:33:30 > 0:33:3370. And five, sir? 75. And 80?
0:33:33 > 0:33:37- What?- £80. 85.- It is back in.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40- 85 if you like, sir?- Scorchio! - No? Anybody else?
0:33:40 > 0:33:43All finished at £80 this time? It's going.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46Music to your ears, Paul. A lovely profit from the get go.
0:33:46 > 0:33:49- Long may it continue.- 80 quid!
0:33:50 > 0:33:52OK, I'll take that. I'll take that.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55I think I might just hand in my hat and disappear.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Don't do that, Thomas. We're sticking with Paul.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02It's the Arts and Crafts fire screen next.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04Can he continue with yet another lovely profit?
0:34:04 > 0:34:07At 45. 50. 55. 60 now, sir.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- £60.- It's in there. - At 60, are we bid?
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Where's 65 for this one? At £60.
0:34:12 > 0:34:15I tell you what, if this is cheaper than the record player
0:34:15 > 0:34:19- it speaks volumes for the market. - At £60.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22Looks like Laidlaw's on a roll today.
0:34:22 > 0:34:28I tell you what, I can explain this heat because I'm on fire.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33Don't let's get cocky, Paul, it's your rosewood barometer next.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36Here's hoping we're not in for stormy weather.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39I will start it at £60.
0:34:39 > 0:34:4360, bid. 65 if you like. At £60. Five. 70. 75. 80.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45- 85.- It's got 100.- 90.
0:34:45 > 0:34:5095. 90 with me. Where's 95? New man. 95. 100.
0:34:50 > 0:34:57- 110. 110 in the room.- It's cheap. It wants to do 200.- At £110.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Where's 120 this time? Next to you. 120.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03- 130. 140.- It's going to do it.
0:35:03 > 0:35:10I'll have 130 next to you. 140 if you like? All done at £130.
0:35:10 > 0:35:15The sun is certainly shining for Paul. The profits are mounting up.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19- How are you feeling?- All right. All right.- You've done really well.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22I'll admit the shorts were a good idea.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24Jacket's coming off.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28SINGS "THE STRIPPER"
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Moving swiftly on, it is Thomas's turn to shine
0:35:31 > 0:35:34with the sturdy leather Coleman's waistcoat.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37Never saw one of these before so it will test me as much as you. Right.
0:35:37 > 0:35:42Start we at what for this one? £50, any of you, for this one? 50.
0:35:42 > 0:35:48- 30, then. £30. 20. 20 bid. 20 and 22 now.- Straight in.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51- There's no harm in that.- 22. Anybody else for the waistcoat?
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- 22.- They're off!- 25. 28.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57- 30.- Fun thing.- 40 quid coming.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01At £30. And 32. At 32. At £30 and 32.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06Anybody else? At £30 and 32 for the waistcoat.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08All quite sure at £30?
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Well, it's a start, Thomas, and it's still a profit
0:36:11 > 0:36:13but you've got a bit of catching up to do.
0:36:13 > 0:36:17- Can't argue with that.- Can't argue with that.- No harm in that.
0:36:17 > 0:36:21Back to Paul and the rather elegant Haviland tea service.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25£80 for the whole service. 80, any of you? £80.
0:36:25 > 0:36:2950, then. 19 pieces of Limoges porcelain.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32£50, quickly. I'll take 40.
0:36:33 > 0:36:3830, if you like. Nobody wanting it? 20, surely.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40- Hands everywhere.- 22.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44- 25. At 22 bid. You can bid more than once.- 25. 22 quid!
0:36:44 > 0:36:47- It's got to do 40 plus.- At £28.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50Looking for 30. £30. New man. £30.
0:36:50 > 0:36:52- 32.- Still profit, don't worry about it.
0:36:52 > 0:36:5635, 38. 40, now. £40. 42. 45.
0:36:56 > 0:37:01At £42 and it's going. This time at 42.
0:37:01 > 0:37:05Yet another profit. He's pretty good at this, you know?
0:37:05 > 0:37:09- So far so good. Relief.- Well done.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13It's Paul again with the dinky Victorian adding machine.
0:37:13 > 0:37:18- Can he make it five in a row? - £30 for it. 30. 20.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21Good little fun item. Is there £20, any of you?
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Comes complete with a stylus. Tenner, then.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Start at a tenner, just get it started.
0:37:26 > 0:37:28Little adding machine. Five? Five here. Six.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31It's got to make a profit. It has got to win pounds. Help me here.
0:37:31 > 0:37:3510, 12, 15. 18. 15 is bid.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40- They will be disappointed when they buy it, when they see it.- £15.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44Are we all done? Have we all finished at £15?
0:37:44 > 0:37:46That was your last lot of the day, Paul,
0:37:46 > 0:37:49and it's been profit all the way.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52The difference is you know about it.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55You know about it. That's what's so good.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59You know how it works and all of these things. They might not know.
0:37:59 > 0:38:01If I looked at it I'd have thought,
0:38:01 > 0:38:05"All right. I could spend 18 quid on that. What is it?"
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Over to you, then, Thomas.
0:38:07 > 0:38:11Show us with what you're made of. It's the spectacles next.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Nice little lot here, complete with lenses.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15Start me at what for those?
0:38:15 > 0:38:18£30, including the case. £30. 20, then.
0:38:18 > 0:38:2220, any of you? 10.
0:38:22 > 0:38:2610 and 12, if you like. At £10 right in the middle. At £10.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29I'm looking for 12 now. £12. 15. 18.
0:38:29 > 0:38:34At £15 bid. At 15, only bidding 18. Anybody else? At £15.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36- Where's 18 for the spectacles? - Oh, dear.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38At £15. Where's 18 now?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- All done at £15?- Oh, dear.
0:38:40 > 0:38:44Not what you were expecting but it's not over yet, Tom.
0:38:45 > 0:38:49- Bother. No great pain taken. - No, no.- It's this vase.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52This is the one, I'm telling you.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Perhaps the early Carlton Ware vase can come to the rescue.
0:38:55 > 0:38:59Start me at what for this one? £60 and set me off.
0:38:59 > 0:39:0160, any of you? 50, then.
0:39:01 > 0:39:0550, anywhere? I'll take 30 for a start. £30.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Come on, you should be jumping up and down at that money.
0:39:07 > 0:39:1130 bid. 32. At £30 and 32 where?
0:39:11 > 0:39:15At £30. 32, sorry. 32. 35.
0:39:15 > 0:39:1838. 40. And two. 45.
0:39:18 > 0:39:2048. 50.
0:39:20 > 0:39:24- It's looking good for you. - At £40. 50, if you want.- Go on!
0:39:24 > 0:39:28- It's too much now.- It's going at 48. 50 this time, now?
0:39:28 > 0:39:32No. All done at £48. Where's that?
0:39:33 > 0:39:37- Sorry, I couldn't see you. £50. - No, over here!
0:39:37 > 0:39:43- You did come again then! £50.- £50. "You did come again!" I love that!
0:39:43 > 0:39:4652. All done and £50 in the room, then.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49That's more like it. A nice tidy profit, Thomas.
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- But still not enough to overtake Paul.- Well done.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- It's all right, isn't it? - That's a lovely result.
0:39:56 > 0:40:02- That's a lovely result.- I say lovely, I mean nauseating.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Why?- I'm happy for you. - Laidlaw, Laidlaw, Laidlaw.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08I've been happy for all your great results.
0:40:08 > 0:40:11You know, and I'm such a relaxed...
0:40:11 > 0:40:15Yeah. You're a delicate flower and you're lovely through and through.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Naturally.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21- It's Thomas again with a beautiful Japanese box.- £50 for it,
0:40:21 > 0:40:26for the glove box. 50. 30, then. £30. Nice little piece.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30- Even at a distance, that's a good looking thing.- Where is 20?
0:40:30 > 0:40:34Did I see 20 from anywhere? Thank you. £20. 20.
0:40:34 > 0:40:37- 22, we're looking for. At £20. - No, that's a huge loss.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40You've got more interest there. These guys know it.
0:40:40 > 0:40:4328. 30. Either of you?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I've got the lady there, £30.
0:40:45 > 0:40:4832. 35. 38. 40.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50- And two.- Getting there. - 40 bid.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53Your turn now. 42, if you like. At £40. 42, anywhere else?
0:40:53 > 0:40:55At £40 away on my left.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58- It's very minor. I'll take it. I'll take it.- No shame in that.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- No shame.- That's the spirit, Thomas,
0:41:02 > 0:41:04but you're still lagging way behind.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08I'm worried about this onyx stand. It's going to bomb.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11- You want to be worried. - I am worried.- We're setting this up.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13We're setting this up beautifully.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16You're worried about it, I'm sticking the boot in.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- It's going to make £100.- Lovely if it did but it ain't going to.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22I can tell you, it's going to bomb.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26It's great to have so much faith, Thomas.
0:41:26 > 0:41:29Anyway, it's the last lot of the day with the Art Deco ink stand.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34£30 for it. 25, then.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Who will start me at 20 for this one?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Tenner, straight off. 10 right at the front here.
0:41:39 > 0:41:4210 and 12. At £10. Come on, help yourself.
0:41:42 > 0:41:4612. 15 now, sir. At £12 bid and 15 where?
0:41:46 > 0:41:51- At £12 bid and 15 this time.- It was a weak moment. Weak moment. Awful.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54- Awful.- £12. It's going at 12.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Whoops! It bombed.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Your prediction sadly came true, Thomas.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03- Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.- Delicate flower.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- Oh, it landed badly.- Landed really badly.- I feel quite sick.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- Medic! Medic! - THEY LAUGH
0:42:09 > 0:42:11I need to go.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13- What did that make?- I don't know.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- 12?- 12 quid! Come on. Let's go and cool down.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20- It's so hot!- Come on.
0:42:20 > 0:42:23Our chaps started today's show with £200 each.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27Right, let's find out who has triumphed at today's auction.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33After paying auction costs, Thomas made a small loss of £19.46.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Plant has £180.54 to carry forward.
0:42:41 > 0:42:46Paul, meanwhile, is storming ahead with a mighty profit of £101.14.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51Paul Laidlaw is today's winner and has £301.14 to start the next leg.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Well done.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Well then, Mr. HE LAUGHS
0:42:57 > 0:43:00- Well done.- Cheers, buddy. Cheers, buddy.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Paul Laidlaw talks tough
0:43:08 > 0:43:12- to stay in the lead.- I'm not going to make you a reasonable offer.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14I'm going to make you a bad offer.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18And we'll see if there's more to Thomas Plant than just antiques.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20HORN SOUNDS Yeah, that works.