0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06with £200 each, a classic car...
0:00:06 > 0:00:08We're going roond!
0:00:08 > 0:00:11..and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques...
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I want to spend lots of money!
0:00:13 > 0:00:16..the aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:16 > 0:00:17but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Oh, it's you!
0:00:18 > 0:00:21There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:21- Yes!- We've done it!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25You are kidding me on!
0:00:25 > 0:00:29So, will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- What am I doing?- Got a deal.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Welcome back to Wales
0:00:40 > 0:00:43and the final instalment of Laidlaw versus Cooper,
0:00:43 > 0:00:44that's auctioneer Paul
0:00:44 > 0:00:47and dealer Marvellous Margie.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Well, I'm not talking to you. THEY LAUGH
0:00:50 > 0:00:54You might no' be talking but you're breathing down my neck!
0:00:54 > 0:00:58I'm not talking to you cos I don't want you to read my mind.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Oh, come on, you two! Don't go keeping mum.
0:01:01 > 0:01:06All this way as friendly rivals and now it's suddenly nip and tuck.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Here she comes, here she comes! - I'm coming. I'm a-coming!
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- Right, I'll tell you what.- Yep?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I preferred it when I was miles ahead of you!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Perhaps it's the damp weather that has brought about a cooling
0:01:18 > 0:01:20in the Alfa Romeo Spider.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Or it might well be Paul's calamitous purchase of
0:01:22 > 0:01:24a grandmother clock!
0:01:24 > 0:01:27- Any advance, £20? No? £20 only.- No!
0:01:27 > 0:01:30That certainly swung the pendulum in Margie's direction.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- What?!- I think you lost money there.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Margie set out with £200, and her roller-coaster ride has
0:01:38 > 0:01:42so far brought her £317.36.
0:01:44 > 0:01:49While Paul, who also began with £200, has about £60 more,
0:01:49 > 0:01:54with £376.78 and a suspicious mind.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Are you dressed to kill by any chance?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Is this another strategy?
0:01:58 > 0:02:03"Mr and Mrs Antique Dealer, is there any way those brooches could be...?"
0:02:03 > 0:02:05THEY LAUGH
0:02:05 > 0:02:07You've got it in one!
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Ooh, I love it when they talk tactical.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15Our trip begins close to England's most westerly point at St Buryan,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17and heads both north and east.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19We then take a round-about trip through Wales
0:02:19 > 0:02:22before arriving at Newent in Gloucestershire.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Today we're starting out in Monmouthshire at Chepstow,
0:02:27 > 0:02:30and ending up at our deciding auction in Newent.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37On the border between England and Wales, Chepstow is noted
0:02:37 > 0:02:41both for its racecourse and its fortress on the River Wye.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44A ruin since the Civil War, the castle was built by the Normans
0:02:44 > 0:02:47as a base for their conquest of South Wales.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51It's reckoned by some to be the oldest surviving castle in Britain.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54- Hello, good morning. - Good to see you, I'm Paul.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- Good morning, welcome to Chepstow. - And you are?- Dawn.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Dawn, it is great to be here.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Dawn patrol, eh? And he's off, leading by a short head
0:03:02 > 0:03:04with the winning post in sight.
0:03:04 > 0:03:09Stand out at auction and likely to generate a profit.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Yep, that's the mantra, Paul.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14Maybe I should be playing a tactical game here.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18If I buy five things and make a little profit on each of them...
0:03:20 > 0:03:21..I could win this.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24It's certainly been done.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Parking the bus, I think they call it.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Just a nice little Japanese lacquered box.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33It's lacquered and then gilded, but the gilding's raised.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36This is a technique called "takamakie".
0:03:36 > 0:03:38It's not a throwaway piece.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40This isn't junk.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43It's priced like junk.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46So, he is boxing clever. There's another!
0:03:46 > 0:03:51That's a model of Buckingham Palace, is it not?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55Tin plate, embossed, transfer printed.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57See the window recesses there?
0:03:57 > 0:04:01And then here, look inside, very pleasingly done.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02But read this.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06It's a model of the Queen's doll's house.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11Chubb & Son's Lock & Safe Company supply a miniature Chubb safe
0:04:11 > 0:04:14to protect the Queen's dolls' jewels.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16That's great, isn't it?!
0:04:16 > 0:04:19What a lovely little object. Not come across one before.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22No money, look at that, £12. Easy peasy.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Nice, but is that the best you can come up with?
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Time for a word with Dawn.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I'm struggling, I don't mind telling you. What have I missed?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31We do a lot of antique jewellery here.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34It's something I specialise in, the antique jewellery.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37- So is that yours, the material over there?- Yes.- In that cab...
0:04:37 > 0:04:39The very rich cabinet to the right.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Sounds like he might be about to stray into Margie territory.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- It's a little mourning piece that, erm...- Turquoise and pearl?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Turquoise and pearl but it's in lovely condition, nine carat gold.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The Victorians popularised these lockets,
0:04:52 > 0:04:55often containing a lock of the deceased's hair.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Minute you get hair inclusions half your audience are icky.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02- Americans love it. The Americans do love mourning jewellery.- Yeah?- Mm.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04And that can be 45.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- You're a temptress, Dawn.- I know. Well, I want you to win, don't I?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10- You're a...! - THEY LAUGH
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Hey! Dawn also has a gold chain for Paul to peruse.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- I love guard chains, yeah. - Yes, it's quite nice. I do too.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20A guard chain is a very long neck chain,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23and it would be worn by ladies, certainly in the latter half
0:05:23 > 0:05:29of the 19th century with perhaps a swivel to carry their fob watch.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33This one, er, of pretty dull belcher links
0:05:33 > 0:05:39is elevated immensely by these, er, little jewels.
0:05:40 > 0:05:45And that transforms it from just a long neck chain to something
0:05:45 > 0:05:46altogether superior.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I wonder what it'll cost, though.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52I think a fair price on that for you to sell on, maybe 160.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Crikey!
0:05:53 > 0:05:56- You've utterly seduced me, Dawn. - Oh!
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I'm sure she has, Paul!
0:05:58 > 0:06:00A deal can't be far away now.
0:06:00 > 0:06:04I spotted this earlier on and fell in love with it.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09And you also showed me the pearl and turquoise mourning locket.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11Mourning locket, yes.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13What's the price on the three?
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Yes, I can see... I can feel it working for you now!
0:06:18 > 0:06:22I know you've got a price in mind, I can almost see that!
0:06:22 > 0:06:23200 the lot, bargain.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Pleasure, Dawn.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28Lightning quick.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31That is the thick end of two thirds of my budget
0:06:31 > 0:06:34you've just extracted from me. That's not easily done.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37I've had a lot of practice.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Thanks to Dawn, the floodgates have opened.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42It's amazing what a bit of gold can do.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Now, time to get back on the road,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51motoring from Chepstow over to Newport.
0:06:53 > 0:06:54In the city centre,
0:06:54 > 0:06:56there are several fine statues including those which
0:06:56 > 0:07:01commemorate the Chartist uprising of 1839 as well as one of
0:07:01 > 0:07:05the Newport poet WH Davies.
0:07:05 > 0:07:06He penned the lines,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08"What is this life if full of care?
0:07:08 > 0:07:11"We have no time to stand and stare."
0:07:14 > 0:07:18- Right, I wish you well.- Good luck. We're both lying to one another!
0:07:18 > 0:07:21I'm not supposed to be talking to you!
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- Get in there and buy a clock!- Bye!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- John. Hi, John, I'm Margie. - Hi, nice to meet you.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Right, so I'm just going to have a quick look round if I may.- Yep.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Now, I wonder how Margie's going to play this one.
0:07:36 > 0:07:40She's so close to Paul that one good buy could easily put her ahead!
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Certainly won't be buying one of those, will I?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Just as one mistake might mean the end!
0:07:46 > 0:07:50- I've bought tools before, John, and fell flat on my...- Your bum.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52That's enough. No sale.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54She's clearly learned from her error.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Oh, I don't know what to do.
0:07:56 > 0:07:57This could take some time.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Margie's other notable blunder on this trip was
0:08:00 > 0:08:01a pair of wooden elephants.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06But this time she's got something very different in mind - crocodiles!
0:08:06 > 0:08:09- What is it, Mr and Mrs, is it? - Brother and sister.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11MARGIE LAUGHS
0:08:11 > 0:08:15- So they're what? £25. - It's a bargain.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17D'you think so? MARGIE LAUGHS
0:08:17 > 0:08:18And if the old crocs don't do the trick,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21there are always John's lions.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- Oh-h!- These are apparently done by, erm, Polish prisoners of war.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Prisoner or war work? So there's a prisoner camp nearby?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- Yeah, about 20 miles down the road. - Yeah. Right.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33What sort of money are these, then? £24 for the pair?
0:08:33 > 0:08:36So you're not highly rating these, are you?
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Not a great deal, I think you're in with a chance, though.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43Time to introduce the pride to the rest of her fledgling ark
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and get down to brass tacks.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- They're a gamble, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Life's a gamble, though, innit? - Oh, yes.
0:08:50 > 0:08:54- You know what? £18 a pair, there you go.- £18 for the pair.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Then we've got these two fierce little chaps.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- So how much are those, then, John? - 18 quid the pair.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06- 18, it's like this is your price today, innit?- Seems to be.
0:09:06 > 0:09:11Despite John's generous discounts, Margie's dithering continues.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Time for one more trip around the shop.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I've always wondered what I'd look like...
0:09:16 > 0:09:18blonde.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Nah, I wouldn't look right blonde.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22I wouldn't like to be blonde, I'd rather be natural.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25But with the animals still on hold,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29there's still a bit of carving to be considered.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Ignore the price on that.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Sounds promising.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Aren't they clever, these things?
0:09:34 > 0:09:36You see these quite a lot without the lids on
0:09:36 > 0:09:39and they're made out of bamboo and they're sort of called brush pots,
0:09:39 > 0:09:42whereby they stand their brushes in them.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44- There's a bit of paper inside. - Is there?
0:09:44 > 0:09:47- Which...- That says? - ..strangely says more like, erm...
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- ..circa 1840.- Really? Who said that?
0:09:52 > 0:09:54No idea. It came with the box.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Has that been another dealer had that?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- Might have been. - These antique dealers,
0:09:59 > 0:10:00they get very optimistic, don't they?
0:10:00 > 0:10:02MARGIE LAUGHS
0:10:02 > 0:10:05Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plants on Earth.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09When conditions are right, it can grow almost in front of your eyes.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Now, can Margie just move along a bit quicker?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14So 45,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18but it's going to have to be a real cheap deal, that.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19How about 25?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- 20 quid, then.- 20 quid. Oh, yeah, got to go for it.- OK.- Yes.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- Hope it does well for you. - Yeah, so do I, John, so do I!
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Well done, Margie! Finally off the...
0:10:34 > 0:10:37A-a-agh!
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Oh! Whoops.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Oh, dear.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Oh, no, John, what have I done?
0:10:41 > 0:10:42I've dropped it.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44SHE SIGHS ANGRILY
0:10:46 > 0:10:47And now it's split there.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48Oh, no.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I've already bought it, haven't I? That's it.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54I'll tell you what, if you still want it, it's yours for a tenner.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56- Oh, now I feel awful! - Well, it'll save your bacon.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Oh, gosh!
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Are you sure?- Mm.
0:11:00 > 0:11:01What a nice man, eh?
0:11:01 > 0:11:04Oh, you're very kind. Thank you very much indeed.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06I think you got off there very lightly, Margie.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09No clangers dropped, just a bamboo pot!
0:11:09 > 0:11:12There's surely a profit now despite the crack.
0:11:14 > 0:11:15Meanwhile...
0:11:16 > 0:11:18..up the Taff Valley...
0:11:19 > 0:11:22..Paul's steamed on towards Merthyr Tydfil, the location
0:11:22 > 0:11:27in 1804 of the world's first railway steam locomotive journey.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Hard to believe that this cradle of the Industrial Revolution,
0:11:33 > 0:11:36a very long way from Ogden, Utah,
0:11:36 > 0:11:40is also the town that the Osmond family traced their Welsh roots to.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- I'm Paul. You are?- Kelly.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Kelly, it's lovely to see you.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Gee whizz! I can't imagine Paul will struggle to buy
0:11:47 > 0:11:49at this establishment. Look at this lot.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51God, I love that. A telly, isn't it?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Despite ominous reminders of a previous gaffe...
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Steady on!
0:11:57 > 0:12:00You know what? I could murder a slice of toast.
0:12:00 > 0:12:01Ta-da!
0:12:01 > 0:12:05Here's one I prepared earlier. Nice slice of bread.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Hey, are we watching a cookery programme all of a sudden?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10- HE SNIFFS - Oh, that smells lovely, doesn't it?
0:12:11 > 0:12:13Did you see it?!
0:12:13 > 0:12:15It's like Nigella in tweed(!)
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Once more, look at this! I could do this all day.
0:12:17 > 0:12:18Give me some time.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Simple pleasures, eh?
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I'm in my element. Pun intended.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29But there are a few more practical items to be found up here as well.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31This is the one I'm interested in.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Bow fronted, pierced,
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Georgian, early 19th century,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40steel fender.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42And it sits in front of the hearth
0:12:42 > 0:12:46and it protects to a degree against sparks and so on.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50The bolts are handmade, they're offset, and this is what
0:12:50 > 0:12:53marks this out as full period as opposed to reproduction.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56Be interested to see the price on that.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01That's actually a door porter. Door porter is a door stop, yeah?
0:13:01 > 0:13:03An interior door stop.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06And typically they are somewhat tall
0:13:06 > 0:13:09and have a handle so they can be moved about.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12This is a Victorian cast iron affair.
0:13:12 > 0:13:17And it depicts this knight here underneath this Gothic canopy, see?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19And that's a good thing.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Two good pieces of 19th century domestic metalwork.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24I rate those. These are good.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Time to consult Kelly.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Dear? Cheap?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Somewhere in between?
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Or cheap? Did I say cheap?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35THEY LAUGH
0:13:35 > 0:13:40- If we say 55 for the two, is that too much?- Aw-w, it is.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- Old iron, any old iron.- Yeah.
0:13:42 > 0:13:46- Erm, could offer you 20 quid for the two.- Aw-w!
0:13:46 > 0:13:48- Hey!- I think they cost me more than that to buy
0:13:48 > 0:13:53so probably about 35 would be the best for the two.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Don't get me wrong, I do like them.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Yeah, I think he does.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00We just need something else.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Fireside reading maybe?
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Practical Masonry back in the day.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06Gilt tooled spine.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08And it's quite solid. Oh, look at that!
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Gilt tooled calf bookplate.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Thomas Conwell owned this book in 1840, that's a joy.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20But look at these diagrams. They are joyous, are they not?
0:14:20 > 0:14:22There you go!
0:14:22 > 0:14:26Thomas Telford's suspension bridge over the Menai Strait!
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Isn't that good fun? I love it.
0:14:29 > 0:14:33- What's the price on that?- 25.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Was exactly the right thing to say, Kelly.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Oh, I only wanted to buy one thing in your shop,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41but I don't mind telling you, you've got me hooked, because
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I like the two pieces of metalwork and I like the book as well.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Can we do a wee bit of a deal on the lot? That was 35.
0:14:48 > 0:14:53That was 25. Can we knock a fiver off each of them? 30 and 20?
0:14:53 > 0:14:58- Yeah, go on.- Kelly, wonderful! I shall give you £50.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Thanks very much.- Thank you.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03- I'm going with my booty. See you later.- Bye.
0:15:03 > 0:15:08While Paul's been getting to grips with Practical Masonry,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Margie's let her hair down in the mountains.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15I must say, this car's really grown on me,
0:15:15 > 0:15:19so I'm prepared to accept that I'm going to get my hair blown around.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Margie's making her reckless way to Craig-y-Nos Castle
0:15:24 > 0:15:27in the Brecon Beacons National Park,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31once the home of the world's greatest opera singer.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33- Hi, Len!- Hello, Margie.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35What a fantastic place.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Yes, it is, isn't it? - And a lovely situation.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41Craig-y-Nos was first built in the early 1840s by a local
0:15:41 > 0:15:45magistrate, and then just over 30 years later, it was snapped up
0:15:45 > 0:15:48and extensively remodelled by Adelina Patti,
0:15:48 > 0:15:52the Italian prima donna, then at the height of her fame.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54She would visit this part of the world.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56She met up with Lord Swansea
0:15:56 > 0:15:59and she said that she was looking for a new home...
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- Mmm.- ..and he said, "Well, Craig-y-Nos is for sale."
0:16:03 > 0:16:05She came up and saw it and bought it.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08The Gothic part on the right finishes here
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- directly in front of us.- Yeah.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12And then the red sandstone,
0:16:12 > 0:16:16which continues all the way round to the clock tower and beyond...
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- Right.- That was built in the 1880s by Patti.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24By now she was commanding £100,000 for a tour.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Good gracious!
0:16:26 > 0:16:28That is mega!
0:16:28 > 0:16:30All of the extension...
0:16:30 > 0:16:31- Yeah.- ..cost £100,000.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34So she financed it on a tour.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Impressive, isn't it?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42But while today's rock stars might content themselves with
0:16:42 > 0:16:44building a pool or a recording studio,
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Patti's new pad simply had to have an opera house.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52This miniature version of the Milanese La Scala seats 150
0:16:52 > 0:16:54and features a mechanical floor
0:16:54 > 0:16:57which can be raised to create a ballroom.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Look at that.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Oh, isn't that amazing?
0:17:01 > 0:17:06That's Patti herself in the backdrop riding a chariot in a Rossini opera.
0:17:06 > 0:17:10She came here in 1878 and obviously fell in love with the place...
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Yeah.- ..because she stayed here for the rest of her life.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15But she travelled all over the world from here?
0:17:15 > 0:17:18All over the world, yes, from here.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20The train would take her anywhere,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22and she would contact the railway company
0:17:22 > 0:17:25and they would send an engine up.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28And a very old signalman once told me
0:17:28 > 0:17:32that all of the lights were on green until she landed in her destination.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- So she was like royalty? - She was. Absolutely.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- She was a family friend of the Tsar. - Yeah.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41- Personal friend of the Kaiser.- Mm.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Napoleon III was at her wedding.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48Oh, gosh! MARGIE LAUGHS
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- And she sang to Queen Victoria for 25 years.- Yes.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Born in Madrid to opera-singing parents, Patti sang professionally
0:17:56 > 0:18:00from childhood and remained at the very top for years.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03She even achieved what Henry VIII famously failed to by having
0:18:03 > 0:18:06her marriage annulled by the Pope.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08- Girl power, yeah?- Girl power, yes,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11although she belonged to the time before feminism.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14- Yes, the Suffrage Movement. - I'm not quite sure when that began,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18but it certainly wasn't in the 19th century.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- But she overcame...- She did! - ..all of the disadvantages...- Yeah.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25..of being a woman in those days.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30Unfortunately, Patti's prime came before the invention of
0:18:30 > 0:18:32sound recording, and at the end of the 19th century,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35when it became possible to make phonograph cylinders,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37the soprano was reluctant.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39But surely that would be very exciting for her.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Why didn't she want to?
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- Well, because of the quality of the recordings in those days.- Yeah.
0:18:44 > 0:18:49But then, at the end of the 1890s, the gramophone was perfected
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- and she was asked again and she said she would.- Right.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56But only here at Craig-y-Nos, in her boudoir.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59CRACKLY RECORDING: "Home Sweet Home"
0:18:59 > 0:19:04The technique was that you had to withdraw on the high notes
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- from the horn.- Right.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09And then go into the low notes into the horn.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12If you did it the other way around, it was unintelligible.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15She had to be grasped around the waist and pulled in and out
0:19:15 > 0:19:18according to the technical needs of the time.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21But she got through the first one,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25and she said, "Before I continue, I want to hear this."
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- And she listened, and then she said, in French, so I understand...- Yeah.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36"Now I know why I'm loved so much."
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Recording resumed, and those precious tracks which sold so well
0:19:40 > 0:19:43that they are credited with transforming the industry
0:19:43 > 0:19:47and are now all we have to remind us of the voice of the queen of song.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53But as well as a glorious soprano,
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Margie still has a certain "tenner" on her mind.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59I only bought one item,
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- and guess what I did - I dropped it after we'd done the deal?- What?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05- I dropped it!- What?!
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Nothing like a bit of sympathy, is there? Night-night, you two.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12COWS MOO
0:20:12 > 0:20:17As the deciding day dawns, our two look back on a tumultuous week.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Ups and downs, ups and downs.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Have you ever played Buckaroo?
0:20:21 > 0:20:23THEY LAUGH
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Yesterday, Margie managed just one tiny purchase...
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Oh, no!
0:20:28 > 0:20:30..which she then broke.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34But the shopkeeper kindly reduced it to just £10,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37leaving her with over £300 to spend today.
0:20:37 > 0:20:41Paul, meanwhile, just about bought the shop, picking up a book,
0:20:41 > 0:20:45a moneybox, some old iron, a locket
0:20:45 > 0:20:48and gold guard chain for £250...
0:20:48 > 0:20:50You have utterly seduced me, Dawn.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53..leaving him with just over £125 in his wallet.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- What's platinum scrapping at at the moment?- Very funny!
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Let the mind games commence!
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Later, they'll be making for their showdown auction at Newent,
0:21:05 > 0:21:07but our next stop is Narberth.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12Down in Pembrokeshire in south-west Wales,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Narberth was where the leaders of the Rebecca Riots were imprisoned.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Nowadays this splendid little town
0:21:20 > 0:21:23boasts carnival parades in both summer and winter,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26plus several independent shops.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30There's quite a few antique outlets in Narberth as well,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33although our two are about to share
0:21:33 > 0:21:34and that rarely bodes well.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37- Good morning!- Good morning!- Hello.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39- Welcome to the Malthouse in Narberth.- Thank you.- I'm Paul.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41I'm Peter, this is Jimmy.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- So, is everyone introduced now? - Jimmy, Peter.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Margie, without wishing to be unfriendly, is frantic to get away
0:21:49 > 0:21:53and start scouring for the several purchases she needs to make.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54Sharpish.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56HOLLOW WOODEN KNOCKING
0:21:56 > 0:21:57That's my knees knocking!
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Ha-ha! Settle down, Margie.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01Less cowbell, more Meakin.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05That was my first dinner set when I first got married.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07God, doesn't it look dated now?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09Maybe not.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12While Paul's in an altogether different frame of mind.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15I'm looking for that thing that if I don't buy it, Margie might.
0:22:15 > 0:22:16HE LAUGHS
0:22:16 > 0:22:19At that price, I've got to buy it, I've got to buy it!
0:22:19 > 0:22:21I've got to stop her buying it.
0:22:21 > 0:22:22That's terrible, isn't it?
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Shame on you, Paul. Margie's got enough to worry about.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29207 for a glass ventilator?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Here comes trouble.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Margie, Margie, Margie!
0:22:34 > 0:22:37That's not a good look. You're sweating, you're sweating!
0:22:39 > 0:22:41You're not wrong. You're not wrong!
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Why not cool off in another part of the shop, then?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Quite nice. White mirrors,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50probably early 20th century, that.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55But we've got a heart-shaped ticket that says 165 quid.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Is the heart shape to soften the blow?
0:22:58 > 0:23:01I can't see that coming down to my level.
0:23:01 > 0:23:02Time to reflect.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06No need to worry about Paul, either, Margie.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Languor with just a hint of smug, I'd say.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14I wonder what Pete makes of the mirror, especially the price bit.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16I just quite liked it.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18But I don't think it's very old.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- Has it got a price on it?- Yeah, it has, it's got 165 smackers on it.- Oh!
0:23:22 > 0:23:25What were you thinking, we'd be looking at, 90?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27What price have you got in mind?
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Yes, do tell, Margie.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I suppose I would want to be buying that for about 70 quid.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35Pete's gone a bit pale.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38I think 75 would be a fair price.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40I've gone from laughing to drumming.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43Could you go from drumming to yessing?
0:23:43 > 0:23:45Are we still negotiating here?
0:23:45 > 0:23:46We are. I think we might be.
0:23:46 > 0:23:49You're in it for the long haul with Margie.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52- It's not very old, is it?- No. - It's decorative, that's one thing.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54- I'm old. Does that help?- So am I.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57We've all just aged considerably, Pete.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00If I go away with it at 65,
0:24:00 > 0:24:02if I make a tenner, I'll be happy.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05I won't dither any more.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08- OK. It's a deal. - That's it, we've done it.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10A rapid response! Well, that's a relief(!)
0:24:12 > 0:24:16I just hope the rest of her shopping won't be quite so protracted.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21But whilst Margie's been struggling,
0:24:21 > 0:24:24Paul's taking a leisurely drive towards the Pembrokeshire coast.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Travelling from Narberth to Fishguard.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31This historic port on the coastline,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34once regularly raided by the Vikings,
0:24:34 > 0:24:36was the site of the last invasion of Britain.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41In 1797, a French force of 1,200 men landed near Fishguard
0:24:41 > 0:24:44and after being foiled by a combination of British troops
0:24:44 > 0:24:47and stout locals, they soon surrendered.
0:24:49 > 0:24:54Paul's here to see a 1997 tapestry which tells this fascinating story.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58- Hello. Would you be Mary?- Yes. Welcome, Paul.- How are you doing?
0:24:58 > 0:25:02It's good to see you. And this is it. It's exquisite, isn't it?
0:25:02 > 0:25:04From the artistry to the execution,
0:25:04 > 0:25:06it's a joy.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08And we're very proud of it here as well.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12The work, cheekily inspired by the Bayeux version of that other,
0:25:12 > 0:25:15more successful, 1066 invasion,
0:25:15 > 0:25:16is over 30 metres long
0:25:16 > 0:25:19and took four years to complete.
0:25:19 > 0:25:23Some people locally, they say this isn't the Bayeux Tapestry,
0:25:23 > 0:25:25this is the Down Bay-eux Tapestry.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28The French hadn't really intended to invade Fishguard.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32The force that came here had been headed for Bristol,
0:25:32 > 0:25:36just as other divisions made for Newcastle and Ireland.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40They thought that the British were ready for invasion, you know,
0:25:40 > 0:25:45that the peasants, the workers from the North, they were ready to be...
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Ready for revolution?- Yes.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51But bad weather meant that only one of the three armies landed,
0:25:51 > 0:25:55and that legion straightaway encountered fierce resistance.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58The local people are also getting involved.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01- These are the ones with the pitchforks!- Yes.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- This is no skirmish. - No.- This is serious.- Yes.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08The Pembroke yeomanry were soon on the march from nearby Haverfordwest,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11coming to the aid of the Fishguard soldiers.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15But the real work, it seems, was done by everyday heroes.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20This is Jemima Nicholas, who was known locally as Jemima Fawr,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23which in English means "Big Jemima".
0:26:23 > 0:26:25And she, legend has it,
0:26:25 > 0:26:31walked around a local hillock called a bigney with a group of local women
0:26:31 > 0:26:33dressed in traditional Welsh costume,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37which, of course, is the red shawl and the black hat,
0:26:37 > 0:26:39to trick the French into thinking
0:26:39 > 0:26:42that there were more soldiers than there were.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46She's now rounded them up and she's taking them to St Mary's Church,
0:26:46 > 0:26:47which is across the road.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50- Right, so she got in the thick of it as well.- She certainly did.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52I wouldn't like to meet Big Jemima
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- with her pitchfork on a dark night, I'll tell you.- No.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57The invaders didn't stand a chance
0:26:57 > 0:27:01and unconditional surrender soon followed on Goodwick Sands
0:27:01 > 0:27:04with the formalities concluded down in the pub.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07What becomes of them? Do they ever see France again?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10- I know a lot escaped...- Really?
0:27:10 > 0:27:14..on the route to Haverford West and funnily enough, there is
0:27:14 > 0:27:19- quite a few names, Martineau and Devereux...- In these parts?
0:27:19 > 0:27:22- In these parts. - That's a great thought.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24As well as the incredible tapestry,
0:27:24 > 0:27:29they also have genuine artefacts from the 1797 invasion,
0:27:29 > 0:27:33- chilling proof that this ripping yarn was very real.- May I?
0:27:33 > 0:27:36- Certainly.- Astonishing. - But don't point it at me.
0:27:39 > 0:27:44Well, do you know, appreciate these for what they are but,
0:27:44 > 0:27:51to hold one that we know was carried in anger in these parts,
0:27:51 > 0:27:56what a thought. Now it becomes real, doesn't it? We're touching history.
0:27:56 > 0:27:57Yes, definitely.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01There was one other lasting consequence of the
0:28:01 > 0:28:05- Battle of Fishguard, however. - A bank note?- A bank note.- Go on.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09I see a date there. This is our date.
0:28:09 > 0:28:13As you can imagine, people in Britain were very afraid
0:28:13 > 0:28:18and started to hoard their gold and there was a run on the Royal Mint,
0:28:18 > 0:28:20so they decided to issue the first paper pound.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24There were no wallets or purses today,
0:28:24 > 0:28:29we're holding things that come about, in a sense, because of this.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- Yes.- How fantastic.
0:28:34 > 0:28:36Now, hopefully, Marge is about to splash out,
0:28:36 > 0:28:39just a wee bit more than £1,
0:28:39 > 0:28:43as our trip moves a few miles up the coast to another Newport.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48There's little danger of confusing this destination with the city
0:28:48 > 0:28:50we shopped in earlier.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Little Newport's Welsh name means "town on the beach" and our
0:28:54 > 0:28:59somewhat desperate Margie's on her way to its only antique shop.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03- Good luck, everyone.- Hello, I'm Margie.- Heather.- Hello, Heather.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05- Anne.- Hello, Anne.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Anne's got a very nice shop here, but what's already dawning on Margie
0:29:10 > 0:29:14is that most of what's for sale is a bit of a foreign land to her.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18- No silver, no jewellery? - We don't do silver and jewellery.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22- We do do a lot of other things, though.- Right.- Like tools, Margie.
0:29:22 > 0:29:26Railway armour too. Lots of that, just up your street.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33It's a tricky one, isn't it? Do you understand all this stuff?
0:29:33 > 0:29:35Yes, I've been specialising in railway things
0:29:35 > 0:29:38- for quite a few years now.- Tell me. That's a whistle.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- That's from a shunting engine.- Yeah.
0:29:41 > 0:29:46This one dates from 1950 and it's a British Rail one.
0:29:46 > 0:29:50And that's £40? Are you sure this has nothing to do
0:29:50 > 0:29:52with Thomas the Tank Engine?
0:29:52 > 0:29:54It should be, shouldn't it?
0:29:54 > 0:29:56Not her field.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Ah, Skimbleshanks, he's got to be lucky, that fella.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03You've got a nice little marking, haven't you, hey?
0:30:03 > 0:30:06Doubtful provenance, though. How about a whip holder instead?
0:30:06 > 0:30:08For when you're driving your carriage.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12You store your whip in there and then it's ready to use.
0:30:12 > 0:30:16- A Victorian one. - I should think so, yes.- It's 35.
0:30:16 > 0:30:18Interesting little curiosity.
0:30:18 > 0:30:20It would be on the side of the carriage
0:30:20 > 0:30:24and he'd have his whip in there for when he wanted to whip his horses.
0:30:24 > 0:30:27It was a convenient place to put it.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29If you put it anywhere else, you'd lose it, wouldn't you?
0:30:29 > 0:30:32Course you would. Go on, have a crack at it, Margie.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36- 15 wouldn't buy it? - No, that is too little, really.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39- What's in your mind?- 25 would be OK.
0:30:40 > 0:30:46- No, not 20?- I don't normally do that amount but, I suppose...
0:30:46 > 0:30:48- I'll have it for 20.- Yes, OK.- OK.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54Good work and it now seems there's some silver here after all.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58- I found this...- Oh! - ..this unwanted item.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00I must admit, it got lost at the back of the cupboard.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03- You never thought to get that out for me?- No.- I thought it was plate.
0:31:03 > 0:31:07I had seen it and I just thought it was plate because it looks awful.
0:31:07 > 0:31:13- It's actually silver.- Ticket price is £48 but it's a bit damaged.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16- What are you offering for it? - What am I offering?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Seeing as it's been in the back of the cupboard for a while,
0:31:19 > 0:31:23- I'll admit... - I was going to say 15, 18.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27If you give me 20 for it, I'll go for that.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30I'm not going to argue. I'm in too much trouble to argue.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Thank you very much.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Margie is after just one more purchase
0:31:34 > 0:31:37but I think she may have to head off piste again to get it.
0:31:37 > 0:31:40I think a surveyor would have used this tripod.
0:31:40 > 0:31:48Put his equipment on there to do his surveying and nowadays,
0:31:48 > 0:31:52it would probably be a quite good, decorative piece to put a lamp on,
0:31:52 > 0:31:55you know, these spotlights or these film lights.
0:31:55 > 0:31:58That would look very trendy in a corner of a room.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01It's just in, though, so there's no ticket price yet.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Anne, darling, dearest.
0:32:04 > 0:32:07I want to end this. I've been in here too long.
0:32:08 > 0:32:13We're all a bit weary. What's the very best on that?
0:32:13 > 0:32:18- 30 would be the best for that. - Will it? Not another fiver?
0:32:18 > 0:32:20No, I think 30 really is the best.
0:32:23 > 0:32:28- Oh, God, what's a fiver between friends?- Well...
0:32:28 > 0:32:31- You're getting this fiver. - OK. Thank you.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34Well, that's quite a little collection you now have, Margie.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37All for £70.
0:32:37 > 0:32:42Gosh, after all that. We did it.
0:32:42 > 0:32:46So, shopping completed, let's have a look at what they've got.
0:32:48 > 0:32:54Paul acquired a gold guard chain, a locket, a moneybox,
0:32:54 > 0:32:57some ironwork and an ancient tome for £250...
0:32:58 > 0:33:03..while Margie plumped for a whip holder, tripod, a bamboo box,
0:33:03 > 0:33:09a cruet set and a mirror for £145.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13The mirror, the mirror, the mirror, the mirror, bling-y,
0:33:13 > 0:33:18looks like a profit. Holy Moses, it could make £200.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22The locket should be 85, paid 40,
0:33:22 > 0:33:27don't know what he did in that shop but whatever he did, he can't lose.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31The question is, has she pulled it off. The answer is no.
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I'm going to jump off the edge. Bye.
0:33:35 > 0:33:39After starting out beside the River Wye at Chepstow, this final leg
0:33:39 > 0:33:44of our trip concludes at an auction in Gloucestershire at Newent.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48Have you practised your, "I'm dying but I'm cool with that smell?"
0:33:48 > 0:33:51Have you practised that? Is that rigor mortis?
0:33:52 > 0:33:59- I can take this with good humour. - I'm a good sport.- I want them dead.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Newent was the birthplace of legendary rock'n'roll producer,
0:34:04 > 0:34:05Joe Meek.
0:34:05 > 0:34:10His 1962 hit, Telstar, made The Tornadoes the very first
0:34:10 > 0:34:15- British group to top the US charts. - Turn it on, Margie, this is it.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18But which of our pop pickers is going to make it here?
0:34:18 > 0:34:22Let's hear what auctioneer, Rita, makes of her prospect.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25The surveyor's tripod, that's a little bit trendy for us
0:34:25 > 0:34:28here in Newent. I'm not sure about that one.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30I quite like the fender, it's a really nice traditional,
0:34:30 > 0:34:33classic antique, very tasteful.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36It may not perform as well as I would like it to.
0:34:36 > 0:34:40- Take it away, Rita and the team. - All girls, all ladies.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43- Oh, wait a minute.- Wait a minute.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46First, we have Margie's silver cruet.
0:34:47 > 0:34:52Someone start me at £30. £30 for the cruet set. Start me at 30.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57Oh, I've got 32 on the net now. 34 now.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Look at your little face lighting up.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02- 36, 38, looking for 40.- I said 40.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07- 42, looking for 44.- Margie.
0:35:07 > 0:35:1044, 46, then, looking for 48.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13- I've come over all cold. - 46 in the room, then. You all done?
0:35:13 > 0:35:17You all finished? Selling at £46, then.
0:35:17 > 0:35:23- Lovely lady on the rostrum.- Oh, Margie, strong start.- Yes, it is.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26She's already cut your lead a little, Paul.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28Time to fight back with your fender and door porter.
0:35:28 > 0:35:32Interesting, this. Start me at £30 and I'm looking for 32.
0:35:32 > 0:35:38- We're away, we're away.- 32, 34, 36, at £36.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40Cheap.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45- Up, I want.- At £36, then, are you all done?
0:35:45 > 0:35:49That was it, Margie. It went with a whimper, but it went.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51A bit of a disappointment, though.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57- But can Margie's bamboo with a crack do better?- Can I see £20 for it?
0:35:57 > 0:36:02- £20 I'm bid. Looking for 22. - Grateful.
0:36:02 > 0:36:0524, 26, 28, looking for 30, 32.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08I've got 30 in the room.
0:36:08 > 0:36:1132, 34, 36 on the net, looking for 38.
0:36:11 > 0:36:1440 now. Looking for 42, at 42,...
0:36:14 > 0:36:19- Bless it and I dropped it. - Perhaps you should drop it again.
0:36:19 > 0:36:20At £44, are you all done?
0:36:24 > 0:36:29Margie is closing in now. Time for Paul's big buy.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31It's still a very good price, though.
0:36:31 > 0:36:34I feel sorry for the woman you bought it off. Poor soul.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36She obviously rather liked you.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38It's taking me 40-odd years
0:36:38 > 0:36:40and I've found a woman that liked me.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45- Someone start me at £200. - That should be easy.
0:36:45 > 0:36:49It must be worth that. £200. Coming in online?
0:36:49 > 0:36:53- 150, I have in the room... - What's happening?
0:36:53 > 0:36:58- What's happening? Come on. - £150 in the room at 150. 160 online.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01170, looking for 180.
0:37:01 > 0:37:07- Scrap at 280.- It's getting there. - 190, looking for 200. 200. 210.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12Looking for 220. 220. 230. At £220.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Put the hammer down, will you, please, love?
0:37:15 > 0:37:17Love...put the hammer down.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19All done, selling at 220.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24It could have been worse... for Margie.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27I'm surprised you didn't do better with that, I really am.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28HE LAUGHS
0:37:28 > 0:37:31Watch out, Margie, it's Paul's other bit of jewellery.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Is this the same lady that you were left alone in the shop with?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Very suspicious.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41- Commission interest starts me at £50.- Keep quiet.
0:37:41 > 0:37:46- Now I'm looking for 55 and some.- 55 I have. I'm out looking for 60 now.
0:37:46 > 0:37:51- At £55.- 55 quid.- At £55, then.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53- You're not very lucky, are you? - And what is that?
0:37:53 > 0:37:55£55.
0:37:55 > 0:37:56GAVEL BANGS
0:37:56 > 0:38:00Another profit. But Paul can still be caught.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03He's got high hopes for his Practical Masonry, though.
0:38:03 > 0:38:05I feel one of my headaches coming on.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09Interest in this starts me on commission at £30.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14- And I'm looking for 32. - Come on, come on.- 32. At £30.
0:38:14 > 0:38:1732 on the net and I'm out, looking for 34.
0:38:17 > 0:38:23- At £32, then, are you all finished? I'm selling at £32.- Oh, gosh.- £32.
0:38:23 > 0:38:27£300 to £500 book just made 30 quid.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31Oh, well, that's the way of the trip sometimes.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34I did something really bad in a past life, didn't I?
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Now, what does Newent see in Margie's mirror?
0:38:37 > 0:38:39See if this mirror takes off like a rocket.
0:38:39 > 0:38:41THEY LAUGH
0:38:41 > 0:38:43I shall demand a recount.
0:38:43 > 0:38:44SHE LAUGHS
0:38:44 > 0:38:48Someone like to start me at £50? £50 for the mirror? 50 anywhere?
0:38:49 > 0:38:52Start me at 30, then. £30 for it.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55- £30.- Oh, dear.- £20.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01- 20, someone start me at £20. £20 for the mirror.- This is embarrassing.
0:39:01 > 0:39:09£10 for the mirror. 10, must be worth that, must be worth £10.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11Nobody want it? No offers?
0:39:13 > 0:39:16No? I think we'll have to pass that lot.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18THEY LAUGH
0:39:18 > 0:39:22- What am I going to do with it? It's the last auction.- Never mind.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26It will grace the Road Trip office I'm sure. Paul's looking pleased.
0:39:26 > 0:39:27Unsold!
0:39:27 > 0:39:29HE LAUGHS
0:39:30 > 0:39:34If only you had a whip to go with your holder, eh, Margie?
0:39:34 > 0:39:3820 for the whip holder. £20. 20 anyone?
0:39:38 > 0:39:41- Oh, everything's going wrong. - £10, then. Start me at 10.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44At £10 in the room, looking for 12.
0:39:44 > 0:39:49At £10 now. At £10, then, selling at 10 in the room.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I'm on the "slippery" now.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55She's right. The game looks to be up.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58Paul's little doll's house moneybox now.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02It's charming, this little box, it's going to make...
0:40:02 > 0:40:06- I honestly refuse to make any forecast.- Very wise, Margie.
0:40:06 > 0:40:13Someone start me at 20. 20 anyone? £20? Someone start me at £10, then.
0:40:13 > 0:40:15Not again.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17Nobody want it for 10?
0:40:17 > 0:40:20THEY LAUGH
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Nobody want it for £10, then. No?
0:40:24 > 0:40:26So much for our experts, eh?
0:40:26 > 0:40:30But at least Paul's lost a lot less than Margie.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Oh, got my tripod. Oh.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37The auctioneer predicted this might be a bit trendy for Newent.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39I'm frightened. I'm not just desperate.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43I'm frightened now because we've got the mirror in the back of the car,
0:40:43 > 0:40:45how are we going to get a tripod?
0:40:45 > 0:40:47You could always leave Paul behind.
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Interest in this starts me at £32.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54- That is a relief.- 36. 38.
0:40:54 > 0:41:00At 38 now, looking for 40. 40 on the net. 42, 42, looking for 44.
0:41:00 > 0:41:0546, 46, looking for 48. 48, 50.
0:41:05 > 0:41:06Getting out of jail.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07At 48 on the net.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10At 50 on the net now. Looking for 55.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14- Well, blow me down with a feather. - 55 now. Make it 60 online, then.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17- At 55...- We don't know nothing about this trade, do we?
0:41:17 > 0:41:22Are you all finished online? Selling at £55, then.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Hip, hooray!
0:41:24 > 0:41:27Finally, a sale.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Should help a couple of badly bruised egos.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33- I'm telling no-one about this. - Right, OK.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37- Seriously, we're in this together. Right?- Yes.- It didn't happen.
0:41:37 > 0:41:41Your secret's safe with us, Paul. No-one need ever know.
0:41:41 > 0:41:46Margie, who started out with £317.36, she made,
0:41:46 > 0:41:48after paying auction costs,
0:41:48 > 0:41:55a loss of £17.90 leaving her with a final total of £299.46.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59Paul began with £376.78
0:41:59 > 0:42:04and after paying auction costs he made a profit of £31.26,
0:42:04 > 0:42:09which means he's the winner with £408.04.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12All profits to Children In Need.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Right. Margie!
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Margie? Margie?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24- Is the coast clear?- Come on!
0:42:24 > 0:42:29Now, remember, drive safely and always check your mirror.
0:42:32 > 0:42:37- It's quite handy, actually.- It's been a wonderful week for our duo.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Thank you.
0:42:40 > 0:42:41# Just me and you. #
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Look at the views, look at the views.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45# I like the way you walk. #
0:42:45 > 0:42:46Get in!
0:42:46 > 0:42:48# I like the things you do. #
0:42:48 > 0:42:49Yes.
0:42:49 > 0:42:51# Oh-h! #
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Oh, no.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55# One and one is one
0:42:58 > 0:42:59# Little darling now
0:43:00 > 0:43:03# One and one is one
0:43:07 > 0:43:10And on the next Antiques Road Trip we have a brand-new
0:43:10 > 0:43:14pair of experts, Thomas Plant and Anita Manning.
0:43:14 > 0:43:16Anita gets all competitive...
0:43:16 > 0:43:18Am I going to be the winner on this one?
0:43:19 > 0:43:23- ..and Thomas dazzles us with his knowledge.- It's a bike.