0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques' experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07With £200 each, a classic car...
0:00:07 > 0:00:08We're going round!
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 > 0:00:15The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction,
0:00:15 > 0:00:17but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18Oh, no!
0:00:18 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22We've done it.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23..and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25You are kidding me. Oh...
0:00:25 > 0:00:27Will it be the high road to glory
0:00:27 > 0:00:29or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:29 > 0:00:31- What am I doing? - You've got a deal.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah...
0:00:39 > 0:00:44Welcome to Wiltshire, as our great western wanderers approach halfway.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Is Wiltshire north of the Arctic Circle?
0:00:46 > 0:00:48MARGIE LAUGHS
0:00:48 > 0:00:51It feels like it!
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Ah, the joys of open-top motoring through the English countryside,
0:00:55 > 0:00:59in spring, in the company of Paul Laidlaw, Margie Cooper
0:00:59 > 0:01:00and a vintage Alfa Romeo.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04And you end up looking like something a dog's brought in.
0:01:04 > 0:01:05PAUL LAUGHS
0:01:05 > 0:01:07And your mate's that weird bloke.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Is he wearing a tartan shawl, looking like a fish wife?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12Yes, believe it.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Believe it or not, our eccentric couple are actually
0:01:15 > 0:01:17highly respected in their fields.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20Margie's a silver spotter of some renown.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- I found it.- Are we buying?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Whilst Paul's a militaria man.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29He certainly knows his Battle of Arras from his Elba.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Fascinating stuff, these Victorian colonial wars.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34The trouble is, their campaign has turned into something
0:01:34 > 0:01:39approaching trench warfare, with ground gained at a premium.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42You are kidding me! Oh, no! That's ludicrous.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47They both started out with £200, but Margie has gone backwards,
0:01:47 > 0:01:50to just £145.44.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Whilst Paul's barely inched forward,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56with £248.62 to his name,
0:01:56 > 0:01:58but at least he's thinking big.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- It's only two days into it.- I know.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Anything can happen, it turns on one lot.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07That's the spirit!
0:02:07 > 0:02:10Our trip begins close to England's most westerly point
0:02:10 > 0:02:14at St Buryan, and heads both north and east.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16We then take a roundabout trip through Wales
0:02:16 > 0:02:20before arriving at Newent in Gloucestershire.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23Today we are starting out in Wiltshire, at Kington St Michael,
0:02:23 > 0:02:26and ending up at a Cotswolds auction in Stroud.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28Lovely!
0:02:28 > 0:02:32John Aubrey, the first writer to attempt a study of English place names,
0:02:32 > 0:02:37making him a toponymist, was born here at Kington St Michael,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40actually called Kington Minchin until the 13th century.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Interesting, don't mention it.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46- Hey, that'll do.- Oh, no! A campaign bed!
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Is that military in there?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51What's the market like for that? Does it sell at all well?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52Just go! Go! Go!
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Not only am I going, I'm taking the blanket.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Don't you dare!
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Leave me with the blanket.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Margie, you and the blanket, have a good 'un. See you later.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07- Hi.- Morning.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- I'm Paul.- Hi, Paul, I'm Richard. - Pleased to see you, Richard.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14- It's good to see you. This is your emporium?- Yes, sir.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15Good stuff.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17We will be able to do something here, I'm sure.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Richard has got quite a mix in here.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26What might especially appeal to Paul is the almost wartime
0:03:26 > 0:03:27feel about a lot of it.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30That's jazzy, isn't it?
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Utility...
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Rationing, that sort of thing.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36How many posters have you got left of your civil defence posters?
0:03:36 > 0:03:38There's four of these.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Filton is the airfield over in Bristol
0:03:40 > 0:03:44- where Concorde was returned to... - Oh, yes.- ..and grounded.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Yes, the British prototype was built at Filton,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49which also gave us Bristol cars.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Interesting.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53That sounds a tad encouraging.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57In the window, Richard has some trench art from The Great War.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59I actually found it, it's a dog tag.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02So it is, yeah, a wrist item.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04It's absolutely non-regulation,
0:04:04 > 0:04:07but there was this vogue for wrist identity discs.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10You'd get them in aluminium, salvaged from aircraft.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13This could be a slice of a brass shell case, in all honesty.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17What makes it more interesting, as well, it's got "1918" on it.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20He was fighting in Italy. A poignant thing, beautifully executed.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Fascinating.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25A series of battles were fought on the Italian front
0:04:25 > 0:04:28at the border between Italy and Austria.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31In 1917, the Italians were joined by Brits, who became the first
0:04:31 > 0:04:36British troops to cross pre-war boundaries into enemy territory.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38I like that. Have you got high hopes for it?
0:04:40 > 0:04:41There's always high hopes.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42PAUL LAUGHS
0:04:42 > 0:04:46Is his militaria reputation preceding him, I wonder?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Luckily, he's got plenty of other strings to his bow.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53What's the story with the tapestry that you're using as a backdrop?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Honestly, I don't know.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58It came in with a box of things and bits and bobs.
0:04:58 > 0:05:00It may be a pain in the neck to get out,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- but it wouldn't be dear, would it? - No.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04I think we can pull something out of the hat here.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08He's not giving much away, is he? Canny. Ready to bargain, though.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11This is me taking a liberty.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I'll give you 20 quid for the military stuff and that tapestry.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19- I couldn't do that.- OK. What can they be?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21We can do something here, I'm sure.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23£35 for all of it would be the best.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28You know what I'm going to say, don't you? 30 quid and we do it.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Easy as that. Cheers, Richard.- Thank you.- That was painless, wasn't it?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Good man. That is worth taking a punt at.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36I'll tell you what, I'll give you some money.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40Paul seems to have acquired a bit of a spring in his step from that deal.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Am I happy? Oh, yes.
0:05:42 > 0:05:48Essentially, two lots there for £30. £15 a lot.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49For your first £15,
0:05:49 > 0:05:53you get a cracking First World War
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Royal Engineers trench art identity bracelet
0:05:56 > 0:06:01and Second World War civil defence posters. Great!
0:06:01 > 0:06:05But the tapestry, I think, is the better.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07I had to play down in the shop.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09It's a Victorian tapestry,
0:06:09 > 0:06:12beautifully set up,
0:06:12 > 0:06:14fringed, bordered, lined.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18The lining cloth's fabulous, let alone the tapestry.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20That could do me proud.
0:06:20 > 0:06:25I think I could double or triple my money on each of those purchases
0:06:25 > 0:06:27without too much trouble at all.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31While Paul's been in a nice, warm shop,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Margie's braved the keen, spring breezes...
0:06:36 > 0:06:38..motoring from Kington St Michael
0:06:38 > 0:06:43to Lacock, to visit the grand home of a great Victorian inventor.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Lacock Abbey was once the location of a series of experiments
0:06:48 > 0:06:51which made owner William Fox Talbot
0:06:51 > 0:06:54one of the fathers of photography.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56Ah...
0:06:56 > 0:06:59- You must be Roger?- I am. You must be Margie.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- Wow!- It's a nice old place. - It certainly is.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05The Abbey, which dates from the 13th century,
0:07:05 > 0:07:09was inherited by William Fox Talbot in the 1820s.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Wow! My word!
0:07:11 > 0:07:14A maths graduate and English gentleman with time on his hands,
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Fox Talbot was a true polymath,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21a student of everything from Egyptology to philology.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24When did all this idea with photography begin?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26It happened on his honeymoon.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29His wife, his sister was there, typical Victorian honeymoon.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Various other family members.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35They are all doing sketching and drawing on the shores of Lake Como.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- He found that he was a really rubbish artist.- Yeah.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42So he started thinking about maybe there's a scientific solution
0:07:42 > 0:07:47to try and figure out how to make science create images all by itself.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49That's when he got the first idea.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52Fox Talbot's knowledge of chemistry soon enabled him
0:07:52 > 0:07:55to start making rudimentary pictures called photograms
0:07:55 > 0:07:59by placing objects between sunshine and light-sensitive paper.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03So he thought if we can put this paper in a camera obscura,
0:08:03 > 0:08:07as they were called at the time, which was a box with a lens on the front,
0:08:07 > 0:08:10and expose it to the scene, perhaps the light off the scene
0:08:10 > 0:08:13would change the paper and give you an image.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- That's what he did. - Oh, it's amazing.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20This is a replica camera.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- It's just like the little Mousetrap Cameras that Fox Talbot had.- Yes.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26It's basically just a brass tube with a lens in it
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- and a little wooden box. - That's the beginnings?- That's it.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32You open the back door, you put your sensitive paper inside...
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Gosh.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Close it back up, the lens is on.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Then you find a convenient place to set it down for the next
0:08:40 > 0:08:45couple of hours, because the exposures were extraordinarily long.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Talbot's first negative probably took about two to three hours
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- for the image to make.- Really?
0:08:51 > 0:08:54This window is the most famous in photographic history.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58Fox Talbot photographed the lattice window at Lacock on a sunny day
0:08:58 > 0:09:02in August 1835. The negative is considered the oldest in existence.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It is a bit of a boring window, really. Why did he choose that?
0:09:07 > 0:09:11It is, and a lot of people have commented on the fact that it was probably a boring shot.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14What he was looking for was something that was going to emphasise
0:09:14 > 0:09:17the light and the dark, and this is a south-facing window,
0:09:17 > 0:09:20so plenty of light. And the latticework across it was going to
0:09:20 > 0:09:21leave traces behind, as well.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24When he made the exposure, after he had finished,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27he said that you could take a magnifying glass
0:09:27 > 0:09:30and you could count the panes of glass in the window.
0:09:30 > 0:09:31How exciting.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36His Wiltshire home was captured in evermore sophisticated images,
0:09:36 > 0:09:39as the tests continued, and Fox Talbot moved towards
0:09:39 > 0:09:42his most significant invention.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45He discovered what we call the latent image,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47and that's where you take a very short exposure
0:09:47 > 0:09:49and the paper looks unchanged,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52but when you put it into the chemistry, the chemistry
0:09:52 > 0:09:56brings up the image and you end up with paper negatives like this one.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00But the negative was a magical thing because, from that,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- you could make as many prints as you wanted to.- Right. That's amazing.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06I would have been shouting from the rooftops, wouldn't you?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- I would have, yes, but he didn't. - He didn't.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11No, the extremely modest photographer even christened
0:10:11 > 0:10:14his invention the calotype, meaning beautiful drawing,
0:10:14 > 0:10:18when his somewhat pushy mother might have preferred the Talbotype.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21By 1835, he had created this process.
0:10:21 > 0:10:25In 1836, he had a dinner party here with a number of scientists and it
0:10:25 > 0:10:29would have been a perfect opportunity for him to announce it,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32- but he didn't. He didn't tell anybody.- Why?
0:10:32 > 0:10:35I think that he was waiting for later developments.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- He was going to work on it more later.- He still wasn't happy.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41He had reached a plateau and was going to move on from there.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Then, in 1839, came the shocking news from France
0:10:45 > 0:10:49that Louis Daguerre had invented a very different method of photography
0:10:49 > 0:10:51using metal plates.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54It prompted Fox Talbot to finally reveal his own experiments
0:10:54 > 0:10:57and also try to perfect the process.
0:10:57 > 0:11:01There were a number of people who were experimenting at that time
0:11:01 > 0:11:04on different things along this line, but Talbot
0:11:04 > 0:11:08and Daguerre were the two that reached the finishing line first
0:11:08 > 0:11:11and had a final product to show to the public.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- But Daguerre really stole his thunder just a teeny bit.- He did.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Daguerre went on living for another 12 years
0:11:18 > 0:11:21and at the time of his death, the daguerreotype was still the king.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25But Talbot wins in the end because the positive/negative process
0:11:25 > 0:11:29is the one we continued using all the way through the 20th century.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Back to snapping up bargains, and as with photography,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39a spot of sunshine always comes in handy.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41This is what it's all about, Margie.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I'm shocked to say I'm quite enjoying this!
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Our two confederates are making their way across Wiltshire,
0:11:48 > 0:11:51from Lacock to Hungerford in Berkshire.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Situated on the border between south-west
0:11:56 > 0:11:59and south-east England, the town is a transport hub.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Its Saxon name means hanging wood ford,
0:12:01 > 0:12:05and Hungerford is very fond of antiques.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- BOTH: Wey-hey! - We've arrived! Ready?
0:12:09 > 0:12:13As I'll ever be. It's big enough.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- It is big enough. - But is it big enough for both of us?
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- Margie, I think the door is round there.- No, it's round there.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22- Yeah, just round there.- You...! - THEY LAUGH
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Cheeky beggar!
0:12:24 > 0:12:29I sometimes wonder whether Paul could be a little more gentlemanly.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Oh, my goodness!
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Choice won't be an issue here.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Huge is one way of describing the Hungerford Arcade.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- SHE SIGHS - So much to see.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49- (It's too big!) - Or you might opt for enormous.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- Amazing place. - Thank you! I'm glad you like it!
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- How many dealers?- 115.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58- Good gracious me! And you are in charge?- Yes.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Our two are facing up to the task in hand
0:13:00 > 0:13:02with customary pluck and determination.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Paul adopting his usual clockwise crawl.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09It's a mirror! Praise the Lord! I thought this place went on forever.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Whilst Margie, after nicely swerving those elephant bookends...
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I don't want to talk about it.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19..seems to have engaged the services of a personal shopper.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23I've seen a funny thing up here. I thought that was a bit of a laugh.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28- It IS a laugh. Is it '50s? - Czechoslovakia, isn't it?
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- 28. This is not my cup of tea.- No. - But...- It's fun.- It's fun.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35What do you think? Take a punt on that.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37I think it all depends on price, doesn't it?
0:13:37 > 0:13:41It certainly does. Stand by, Adrian.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45Francis, I've got a nice lady here looking at a boat.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- How dirt cheap can you get it? - I hardly dare look.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52And she really needs it ever so, ever so cheap.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57Actually, even GIVEN would be great! 15. Do it, do it, do it, do it!
0:13:58 > 0:14:03Yeah, OK. 15, if it's any good. Thank you.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06I'm nearly there. I'm nearly there.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- You really worked it there, didn't you?- Yeah.- "Yeah!"
0:14:09 > 0:14:12How does he rate in Margie's Nice Dealers Guide, I wonder?
0:14:12 > 0:14:17- Adrian is 10 out of 10. 10 plus. - Lovely. I like you!
0:14:17 > 0:14:19While Margie's mulling that one over,
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Paul's military know-how must be paying off once again.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27What's the chances of me finding something everyone else has missed?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Don't get excited, it's not the Holy Grail. However, look at this.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35Cracking little veneered paperweight. I thought it was a box.
0:14:35 > 0:14:38With this applied badge on the front.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43It says, "Wooden paperweight with monogram. £16.95."
0:14:43 > 0:14:45It's certainly military.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- Let's go and have a close look. - Ah. The long arm of the Laidlaw.
0:14:51 > 0:14:56We've got it. OK, so, it's all about this badge.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Now, for my money, that's silver.
0:15:00 > 0:15:07And that badge, we have the Imperial Crown, an A with a central cross.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12This is the badge of the Green Howards.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15As our Paul well knows, the regiment got their name to distinguish
0:15:15 > 0:15:20themselves from another regiment also commanded by a Colonel Howard.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- Laidlaw was right.- So, they used uniform colours to tell them apart.
0:15:24 > 0:15:27So, what is this badge, exactly?
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Well, it was either a silver cap badge or collar badge, I suspect.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35This badge has been mounted on a rather unattractive little block
0:15:35 > 0:15:42to serve as a high-class paperweight on the desk of some officer or other.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46What we're looking at ain't a fortune but it's a profit,
0:15:46 > 0:15:49and I'll take that all day long.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51I think we'll hold on to that one, do you think?
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Sounds like, even at the asking price, it might pay off.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Margie has heard the call of a more expensive item.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03- Look out.- That's quite nice. White onyx. That's been there a while.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06You shouldn't say that!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09That's a little bronze bird that's been painted, cold painted.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11That's it, yeah.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14The term refers to a bronze that hasn't had the colour
0:16:14 > 0:16:18enamelled on - simply painted on cold.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22I do think that cold-painted bronzes do sell,
0:16:22 > 0:16:24although it's not terribly old.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27No, it's not the really early pieces that would demand
0:16:27 > 0:16:31really good money, but it's got something about it.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35- It's nice and clean and it's...a charm.- It is.- A charm.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37It's a charming little thing
0:16:37 > 0:16:40and it stands a chance of somebody else thinking it's charming.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- It's 65, but there is a discount. - And you're going to have a word.
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- I will have a word. He's a very nice chap.- Is he? Sounds great.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52Cor! Having seen Adrian in action, I'm sure he's as good as his word.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Careful, here's the opposition!
0:16:55 > 0:16:58Oh! Oh!
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Look at him! He's swaggering.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Oh, no! We've got to beat him, knock that swagger away!
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Adrian, you're certainly entering into the spirit of this.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11- But what can he do this time? - Hello, Don. It's Adrian here.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14I'm ringing up about your cold-painted bronze.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17I know you've got some discounts on it. It's 65.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20Can you please give me your very best?
0:17:20 > 0:17:25You're saying 35? They're really looking at the £20 mark.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- I don't think I've got it for 20 quid.- Ah! That's more like it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:34- Brilliant! Right. £25.- Right. Is that the...
0:17:34 > 0:17:36That's the end of it, is it?
0:17:36 > 0:17:39That's what he said, but I've got a slight feeling,
0:17:39 > 0:17:43if I get a squeeze out of this, a little...I can get 20.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- I'll have it for that. I'll do anything!- Lovely!
0:17:46 > 0:17:48I like it. I like the squeeze bit.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- I'm a married woman, you know. - Oh, no!
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I really shouldn't be squeezing anybody.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56- Are you sure he's going to be OK? - Doesn't matter!- Thank you very much.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- These two are quite a pair, aren't they?- OK.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03You can go and wrap that now. I'm finished with you now.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Talk about fickle, eh?!
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Talking of twos,
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Paul has found a couple of decanters moored alongside Margie's boat.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16This one, I'm afraid, has got a broken stopper. So that is worthless.
0:18:16 > 0:18:20Gone. Kaput. So why are you still looking at this?
0:18:20 > 0:18:24Well, the form is rather elegant. Good form, nicely cut.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27The stopper is rather a modern disc stopper,
0:18:27 > 0:18:29but absolutely right for it, this is a modern piece.
0:18:29 > 0:18:35We've got some etchings here, the arms of Vintners' Hall in London.
0:18:35 > 0:18:40We've got the date 1671-1971, so it's a tercentenary celebratory piece.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43The Vintners' Hall is next to the Thames at Southwark Bridge
0:18:43 > 0:18:47in Vintry ward. Nearby Garlickhythe was a dock where French garlic
0:18:47 > 0:18:49and wine used to be landed.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54If you are a wine buff, I think that's pretty good.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56But look at the bottom.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00Hand-blown, but engraved into the foot here
0:19:00 > 0:19:03is the name Orrefors and a serial number.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09Vintners' Hall is a wealthy body,
0:19:09 > 0:19:13commissioned amongst the best of Scandinavian glassworks
0:19:13 > 0:19:16to produce this decanter.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18£58, the pair.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21That would have been a gift, in my opinion, but it's not a pair.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23It's one good one.
0:19:23 > 0:19:28Now, if you said half of the 58, £30. Would I pay £30 for it?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31It's not an antique, but it's a good thing. Interesting.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33We'll think about it.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36But after scouring the entire shop, he has now found something else
0:19:36 > 0:19:41- just a few feet away. - That's a case for a carriage clock.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43The carriage clock was meant to be carried.
0:19:43 > 0:19:47Press button, hidden pressed button to release it.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51A velvet-lined interior and a little window here that can be drawn out
0:19:51 > 0:19:54so you can look at the clock face.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Why is there a hole there and a button?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01There was a button because the clock that went in there was a repeater.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04A repeating carriage clock is an expensive commodity.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07The device would, at the depression of a button,
0:20:07 > 0:20:10strike the hours.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14So in the middle of the night, we don't have illuminating,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17digital screens back in 1880 or whatever.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21You fumble over, press the button. "Ting, ting, ting."
0:20:21 > 0:20:23It's three o'clock in the morning.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26If you've got a repeating carriage clock,
0:20:26 > 0:20:31that adds a lot more value to the whole than the £23 asking price.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33That's a bargain.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36- Hello there. How are you doing? - Hello, Paul. I'm fine, thank you.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39- How are you?- Time to enlist his own helper. Meet Rita.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- What kind of things do you like? - Bargains.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46- You won't get any in there. - I know. I can guess as much.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48Rita sounds like another excellent guide.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51What's her telephone manner like?
0:20:51 > 0:20:54They've taken a shine to your wooden paperweight
0:20:54 > 0:20:58with the monogram on, and asked if you could do it for £10?
0:20:58 > 0:21:02£12.50. Brilliant.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Thank you very much, Avril. - Persuasive, I'd say.- Bye-bye.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- Hello, Paul.- How are you doing? Any joy?- Yes.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13I've spoken to the dealer about the paperweight.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16- Her very best on that is £12.50. - It's fair. It's fair.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19The decanter and the carriage clock case,
0:21:19 > 0:21:22- you can have both of those for 30. - That's fair as well.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24You're tempting me now, Rita.
0:21:24 > 0:21:27I think Paul is quite pleased with those prices.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Now, where has Margie got to?
0:21:29 > 0:21:32Right. I will wait for Mr Rooter,
0:21:32 > 0:21:35who looks as though he might be making another purchase.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I'll take the paperweight, decanter and that.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- And I'm delighted to give you money. - Excellent.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44I owe you £32. Is that right? £42. £42.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- No.- Erm, think again.- 30...
0:21:49 > 0:21:52- £42.50.- That'll do me nicely.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56Every penny, Paul. You've not spent many today after all.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01- Come on, time to go home.- Please, Mum, can I stay a bit longer?
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- No, you can't.- I want to play some more.- Mummy's hand.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Mummy's hand. Come along.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09She's awfully strict, isn't she? Sweet dreams.
0:22:12 > 0:22:17Next day they've got Margie's bottom-line firmly in mind.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19What would you like to buy?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Apart from the obvious, the Holy Grail for a pound.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24To be honest with you, if I can make a profit
0:22:24 > 0:22:27on the shop owner's sandwiches, I'd buy them.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32Yesterday Margie hardly got started, managing just a white onyx ashtray.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36I've finished with you now!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38That cost a mere £20 and a squeeze,
0:22:38 > 0:22:44which means she has plenty to buy and £125 to spend today.
0:22:44 > 0:22:48But it was a very good day for Paul, with a bargain tapestry,
0:22:48 > 0:22:53a paperweight, an Orrefors decanter, a carriage clock case,
0:22:53 > 0:22:57an identity bracelet and some posters all included in his haul.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59We can do something here, I'm sure.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02That little lot set him back just £72.50,
0:23:02 > 0:23:07leaving almost £180 for a rainy day. Speaking of which...
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- Do we have permission?- What?
0:23:11 > 0:23:12To put the hood up.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14HE LAUGHS
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Cosy in here now. I'm happy now.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22Well, if you're happy, Margie, WE'RE happy.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Later, they'll be making for an auction in Gloucestershire
0:23:25 > 0:23:29at Stroud. But our next stop is back in Wiltshire, at Semley.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Dorset's very close by.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37Just stand on Gold Hill at nearby Shaftesbury,
0:23:37 > 0:23:40and you can see it stretching to the south.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43So it's no surprise that cattle and pasture dominate the landscape
0:23:43 > 0:23:49around here, or that Margie's shop once had quite a different usage.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53- Hello, morning.- Hi. We have coffee for you.- Oh, my goodness.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56- You realise how cold it is in that car.- It's freezing today.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- Margie.- Trix.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00Drink it up quickly, Margie,
0:24:00 > 0:24:03because we don't have until the cows come home, you know.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05All right. Just getting the geography.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09Three floors to explore and, with this being an antiques centre,
0:24:09 > 0:24:11potentially a lot of dealers to call.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14That's a nice little thing, isn't it?
0:24:14 > 0:24:18£60. Each! I thought they were a pair.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Oh, life's full of disappointments.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Although there's always time for Frankie Vaughan impressions.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25# Give me the moonlight
0:24:25 > 0:24:27# Give me the sun
0:24:27 > 0:24:31# And it's too dear so I'm putting it back. #
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Hm. Needs some work, I'd say. Now, that looks the part.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38They're rather nice, these Scottish brooches. Not very old, it's 1980s.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Edinburgh silver. But they do sell them, they're very attractive.
0:24:41 > 0:24:46It's £39. Quite nice. I wonder if she's got anything else.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48Margie's picked up the scent here.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51That's a bit older. That's 1920s.
0:24:51 > 0:24:55Yeah, Glasgow. Celtic one. That's £30.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59Trix is poised to call the dealer, when a third one turns up.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01They're coming down in price.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03This is 1950s.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07And this is down to £20.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09And it's Glasgow hallmarked again.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12I'd love to have what they call a parcel in this trade.
0:25:12 > 0:25:14I'll bet you would, Margie.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17You have £125, and they're £89,
0:25:17 > 0:25:19so let's hope Trix can do her magic.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Hi, Carol, can you give me ring
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- for some prices on some jewellery, please?- Oh, she's not there.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- Well, that's a cracking start(!) - I'll try the mobile.
0:25:27 > 0:25:28Oh, dear.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31I'm drained at the end of this programme.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34With Margie on edge and the phones on the blink, it's all down to Trix.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36Go, Trix, go.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- The trade price would be 80.- Yeah.
0:25:38 > 0:25:42But as it's you.... I think we could go to 50.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- Oh, that's very kind of you. - Would that be OK?- Oh, yeah.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Would that help?- Yes!
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Yes, thank you so much. Those are lovely.
0:25:50 > 0:25:51That's a great relief,
0:25:51 > 0:25:55and Margie's decided to auction each one as a separate lot.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Not that she's finished in here just yet.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02It's a travelling leather case for...
0:26:02 > 0:26:04It's for hunting or drinking.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Sorry?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09I've never seen them with the shaped bottles before.
0:26:09 > 0:26:14- No, it's just a travelling case for bottles for...- Decanting something.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17Well, that's perfectly clear(!) No?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20OK, what we do know is the ticket price is £44.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22That's too much for me to make a profit.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- Cheers.- Would 15 quid buy it?
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- I don't know, but I can find out. - Can you? Is it a ring job?
0:26:27 > 0:26:29- It is a telephone job. - OK, thank you very much indeed.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Crikey, Margie. You're bargain crazed today.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34Hi, Susan, it's Trix at Dairy House.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Your little travelling case with the three bottles?
0:26:38 > 0:26:40It's marked at £44.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44Wondered if you could possibly do it for 15?
0:26:45 > 0:26:49OK, she said the very, very best could be 20.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51What I was thinking was 18.
0:26:51 > 0:26:53She said could you possibly go to 18?
0:26:53 > 0:26:57I'm sure she'll be very grateful. All right, thank you.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00We've done it.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Trixie, we've done it.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Beginning to feel like Attila the Hun here.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Yeah, and he's not noted for his love of antiques and collectibles.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10But we know what she means, eh?
0:27:10 > 0:27:12I'm just going to settle up now.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Would Attila ever have said that?
0:27:14 > 0:27:16That's OK.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22Got my brooches. Got my little leather case. I'm off.
0:27:22 > 0:27:27Now, while Margie's been busy buying brooches, what's Paul been up to?
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Clearly enthral to the Alfa's vintage charms,
0:27:31 > 0:27:35he's motored from Wilshire into Somerset - mind the jogger -
0:27:35 > 0:27:39making his way from Semley to Farleigh, Hungerford,
0:27:39 > 0:27:43and a medieval castle beside the River Frome.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45- Hello, is it Amanda?- It is.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48- Hi, I'm Paul.- Nice to meet you. - Great to see you.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56The castle, which has no connection with their Berkshire destination,
0:27:56 > 0:28:01was built in the late-14th century by a Sir Thomas Hungerford.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Although it's been a ruin for almost 300 years,
0:28:04 > 0:28:08you can still detect the outline of the original quadrangular design.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11It had a tower on each corner, so four high towers.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14You can see by the one in front of us, the Lady Tower.
0:28:14 > 0:28:19Everything was self-contained inside. There's a Great Hall.
0:28:19 > 0:28:23There were kitchens down at the bottom, a bakery,
0:28:23 > 0:28:25and a little courtyard in the middle.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27This must have been chosen because it's defensible.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30It LOOKS as though it's a good defensive position
0:28:30 > 0:28:33but it's not particularly because, although we are on a small hill,
0:28:33 > 0:28:37there are higher hills all around. It was a status symbol.
0:28:37 > 0:28:39It's a des res, is it?
0:28:39 > 0:28:42- It is indeed, you know, "Look at me..."- Right.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44"..I've got all this money, here's my castle."
0:28:44 > 0:28:47Actually, he did get into trouble for crenellating his castle
0:28:47 > 0:28:50without permission, which basically he got away with.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52He was fined a pittance, as far as we know.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53The crenels are the battlements,
0:28:53 > 0:28:57- the little steppy bit that we associate with castles.- Yes.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59- He needed the King's permission to do that...- Yes, he did.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02- ..but was naughty and didn't ask. - No, he didn't.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06Sir Thomas may have got off lightly, thanks to his close relationship
0:29:06 > 0:29:08with the powerful John of Gaunt.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11He was also the first recorded Speaker of the House of Commons.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14His son, Walter, the first Baron Hungerford,
0:29:14 > 0:29:17who fought at the Battle of Agincourt,
0:29:17 > 0:29:20set about expanding Farleigh Castle.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Walter Hungerford enclosed all the buildings
0:29:23 > 0:29:25with a curtain wall and a moat.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Enclosed the chapel.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31And built a new one up the road for the local parish
0:29:31 > 0:29:34so that this one was solely for the use of the Hungerfords.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Fortunately, that little chapel has survived a good deal longer
0:29:37 > 0:29:40than any of Sir Thomas' towers.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Oh, my word. This is lovely, isn't it?
0:29:45 > 0:29:47So, here we are.
0:29:47 > 0:29:51What a lovely space.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Dominated by a huge mural of St George and the Dragon,
0:29:59 > 0:30:03it remains the best place to get a sense of what 15th-century life
0:30:03 > 0:30:04was like here.
0:30:04 > 0:30:09I am an anorak of armour. That's what I study in the dark hours.
0:30:09 > 0:30:13I love the mail and the plate, the greaves and sabatons,
0:30:13 > 0:30:16and to see a picture like this from the time...
0:30:16 > 0:30:18- Yes, it's wonderful, isn't it? - Tremendous.
0:30:18 > 0:30:22It was almost certainly commissioned by Sir Walter.
0:30:22 > 0:30:25On the wall to the right of George, just there,
0:30:25 > 0:30:29there's a very faint image, which is called the Kneeling Knight.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33There's a very faint trace of the Hungerford Arms.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36- And we think it's probably Sir Walter.- I see.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40St George was the patron saint of the Order of the Garter.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45Lord Walter was admitted to the Order of the Garter.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48- That's high status, isn't it? - Absolutely.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Those are the knights closest to the King.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Yes, absolutely, and a real honour.
0:30:53 > 0:30:54But it didn't last.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58In the 17th century, Sir Edward, the last of the line, not only fell out
0:30:58 > 0:31:04of favour but also spent and gambled away the entire family fortune.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07He sold Farleigh Castle in 1686 and it soon fell into decline,
0:31:07 > 0:31:11with the walls used as salvage for other great houses.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15The anthropomorphic lead coffins of the final few Hungerfords
0:31:15 > 0:31:17can be found in the crypt.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20Are there remains inside these coffins?
0:31:20 > 0:31:24There are. There are probably only bones now.
0:31:24 > 0:31:29The bodies were embalmed and then encased in the lead coffins,
0:31:29 > 0:31:31and then the lead encased in wood.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Is this a common practice? I've not seen anything like this before.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37It's not particularly common.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39There are other lead coffins
0:31:39 > 0:31:42but this is the best collection that there is in the country.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45- And the date...- The Civil War.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48- Mid-17th century.- Yes.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52The others, we think, are probably
0:31:52 > 0:31:54the spendthrift's family,
0:31:54 > 0:31:59so the last Hungerford who wasted all the money.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- These look child-sized.- Yes.
0:32:01 > 0:32:06- This one here is very lifelike. - It is. And the features, you can see
0:32:06 > 0:32:10the nose looks as though it's been broken. It may seem a bit strange,
0:32:10 > 0:32:14but whenever I open up in the mornings or close in the evenings
0:32:14 > 0:32:18I always say good morning and good evening to them.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20- That's... It's respect, isn't it? - It is respect.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- It's their castle, after all. - It is their castle.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27- Think we should say goodbye.- I think we should. Good night, ancestors.
0:32:32 > 0:32:37Now, I'm not sure anyone's likely to make a king's ransom at the auction,
0:32:37 > 0:32:40but what did they buy? Well, Paul picked up a tapestry,
0:32:40 > 0:32:42a World War I identity bracelet,
0:32:42 > 0:32:47some civil defence posters, a leather clock case,
0:32:47 > 0:32:51a decanter and a Green Howards paperweight.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53While Margie bagged an ashtray,
0:32:53 > 0:32:55a travelling case with bottles,
0:32:55 > 0:32:58and several silver brooches.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02I think Margie could be looking at a clean sweep of profits.
0:33:02 > 0:33:03Yikes.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07The Swedish decanter, that won't do brilliantly.
0:33:07 > 0:33:13The little ashtray. Keyword there - "ashtray." They are unloved objects.
0:33:13 > 0:33:16I really envy him his carriage clock case.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19They are like hen's teeth, and what a marvellous thing to have found
0:33:19 > 0:33:21for £10.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24Who's going to come out on top?
0:33:24 > 0:33:26It's me again, isn't it?
0:33:26 > 0:33:30Ha-ha! After starting out in Wiltshire, at Kington St Michael,
0:33:30 > 0:33:35this leg of our trip concludes at an auction in the Cotswolds at Stroud.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37I think we've got a good day ahead.
0:33:37 > 0:33:41- Yeah!- The sun's shining, the car's beautiful,
0:33:41 > 0:33:42the company could be better!
0:33:45 > 0:33:48Tucked away at the meeting point of five valleys,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51the town's woollen mills once produced military uniforms
0:33:51 > 0:33:55coloured "Stroudwater Scarlet". Lovely.
0:33:55 > 0:34:00Plus, one of the aforementioned valleys is the bucolic Slad Valley
0:34:00 > 0:34:02of Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie.
0:34:02 > 0:34:06- Our auction, though, is bang - up-to-date. Online, we're online.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08- Oh-ho-ho!- Yeah!
0:34:08 > 0:34:10God bless the internet!
0:34:10 > 0:34:12Welcome to the Stroud Auction Rooms,
0:34:12 > 0:34:15where the bad news awaiting Margie
0:34:15 > 0:34:18is the undeniably military flavour of today's sale.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22So what does auctioneer Nick Bowkett think of what our two have to offer?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24My favourite lot of Paul's
0:34:24 > 0:34:26is definitely the Green Howards paperweight,
0:34:26 > 0:34:28and if you were a collector of that regiment,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30I think you'd almost certainly want to own it.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Out of Margie's items, I think probably the plaid brooch,
0:34:33 > 0:34:36and we have had interest from Scotland.
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Marge is probably going to swing it, I think,
0:34:38 > 0:34:40but a lot will hang on the paperweight.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43Well, I wonder what they'll make of those views in the pews.
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Got to get into the black today,
0:34:45 > 0:34:48otherwise you're going to have a really grumpy partner.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51First under the hammer is Margie's ashtray.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53Cold-painted bronze?
0:34:53 > 0:34:55You can't go wrong with that, can you?
0:34:55 > 0:34:57Birdies.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58£40 for it somewhere?
0:34:58 > 0:35:00£40 I'm bid, straight in.
0:35:00 > 0:35:01Austrian internet.
0:35:01 > 0:35:0342, 42 now.
0:35:03 > 0:35:0545, net bid.
0:35:05 > 0:35:0745, 8, 50.
0:35:07 > 0:35:08- Oh.- £50, 50 it is.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12Selling at £50.
0:35:12 > 0:35:13Brill.
0:35:13 > 0:35:14Really brilliant.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- Yeah!- Nice result, well done.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Things are looking distinctly chirpy already.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24How many Green Howard collectors are online, I wonder?
0:35:24 > 0:35:29It's going to make 20-25 on a bad day. On a good day, 45 quid?
0:35:30 > 0:35:32£50 to start?
0:35:32 > 0:35:3450 bid, straight in at 50.
0:35:34 > 0:35:35How did that happen?
0:35:35 > 0:35:37For 5, £50.
0:35:37 > 0:35:395? 55.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41On the phone at 55. 60. 5?
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- 65. - THEY GASP
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- You've got a telephone bid. - Come to Daddy!
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- I'm frightened to look.- 75, 80.
0:35:48 > 0:35:505? This is awful.
0:35:51 > 0:35:5390, 5?
0:35:53 > 0:35:5595.
0:35:55 > 0:35:56For 100? 100.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59110? 110 on the phone.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00For 120? 120.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02130?
0:36:02 > 0:36:03I can't believe it.
0:36:03 > 0:36:05130 on the phone. 130.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08£130...
0:36:08 > 0:36:09All credit to you, mate.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12All credit to you.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Well said, through gritted teeth.
0:36:16 > 0:36:19Would it help if you just punched me square in the face right now?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21Do you want to? I'll take these off, it's all right.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23I can take it, I'm a big boy.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26I'm trying to be a good sport. It's difficult.
0:36:26 > 0:36:28Now for Paul's bargain tapestry,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30a piano shawl, apparently.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32But I think they're missing it.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Oi! Pay attention, you lot.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Someone open the bidding up for me, £20.
0:36:36 > 0:36:3820 I'm bid, thank you,
0:36:38 > 0:36:40on the net straightaway. 22.
0:36:40 > 0:36:4122 now, 25.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43Come on, you two, pay attention!
0:36:43 > 0:36:4428, 30.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47£30, any advance on 30... 32.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Thank you.
0:36:49 > 0:36:5035, 35.
0:36:50 > 0:36:528 bid, 38 now.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- It's on the net... - Really, look at 'em!
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Another nice profit, completely missed by our experts!
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Next it's Margie's bottles and case,
0:37:04 > 0:37:06possibly for a dressing table, we now think.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Two identical bids,
0:37:08 > 0:37:10I'll take the first.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12£20, it is, £20.
0:37:12 > 0:37:1422, 25, 32.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17£32, takes both my commission bids out.
0:37:17 > 0:37:1935, 38 net bid.
0:37:19 > 0:37:2240. Room's quiet, it's on the net at 42 now.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25- 45.- Ooh! That's doing better than it should.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27On the net at £45.
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Fantastic.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Yes, someone out there really wanted them. Good stuff.
0:37:35 > 0:37:39More militaria now - Paul's civil defence posters with local interest,
0:37:39 > 0:37:42plus the Italian front trench art.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46I can open the bidding up at £30, 30 bid.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47Oh, he's off again.
0:37:47 > 0:37:4932, net bid. 35, 35.
0:37:49 > 0:37:5138, 40.
0:37:51 > 0:37:5240 it is.
0:37:52 > 0:37:5542, 45. 45.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Surrender! Surrender!
0:37:59 > 0:38:00For 5, 60.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03£60, £60, 5, 70.
0:38:03 > 0:38:0770 I'm bid. I'm selling at £70.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08What am I going to do with you?
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Er, answers on a postcard, please.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15I'm going to go home and buy a big book on militaria.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18And hit me with it!
0:38:18 > 0:38:22Now, can Paul decant some more profit with this?
0:38:22 > 0:38:25I can open the bidding up at £10,
0:38:25 > 0:38:2610 I'm bid.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28For 12. 14, 14.
0:38:28 > 0:38:3214, 16, 18, room bid. 22?
0:38:32 > 0:38:33No, decides not to.
0:38:33 > 0:38:3528, 28?
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Selling, then...
0:38:37 > 0:38:3830, £30, 30 it is, now.
0:38:38 > 0:38:4032.
0:38:40 > 0:38:41Nice decanter.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43- Decanters don't sell very well.- Hmm.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46Thanks for that. Where were you when I was buying it?
0:38:46 > 0:38:5038 and selling at £38.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54Certainly nothing to sniff at there.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Paul's got his nose in front.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57So it's these brooches.
0:38:57 > 0:38:59Silver, Scottish...
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- IN SCOTTISH ACCENT:- I bought these with you in mind, Mr Laidlaw.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Time for Margie's big brooch sale.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07She's especially PINNING her hopes on this one.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09A lot of Scottish interest in it
0:39:09 > 0:39:10and the bidding up at £40.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13Lot of interest, straight in at 40, straight in at 40!
0:39:13 > 0:39:15£40. 2 anywhere?
0:39:15 > 0:39:1742, 45, 48.
0:39:17 > 0:39:1948, I'm bid. 50, 5, 55.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21It's about what it's worth now.
0:39:21 > 0:39:2365, for 70.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26It's on the books, 75. 80 anywhere?
0:39:26 > 0:39:2880, 5, 85.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30For 90? 90, 5...
0:39:30 > 0:39:32- You've done it!- I've never seen Margie look so euphoric.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34It is a good one.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36For 120. 120, 130.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38130 is with me.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39I feel queasy.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40£130.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44- Yeah!- Margie!
0:39:44 > 0:39:46What just happened?
0:39:46 > 0:39:49Margie's just made her biggest profit on the trip so far,
0:39:49 > 0:39:52- good girl.- It's not worth that!
0:39:52 > 0:39:55I can't believe it's worth that.
0:39:55 > 0:39:57Now, brooch number two. Can she do it again?
0:39:57 > 0:39:59£20 for it?
0:39:59 > 0:40:0120 bid, 20 net bid. 22, 25...
0:40:01 > 0:40:03Look at this, here we go.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06Room's quiet, 30 it is. £30.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08£30, 32, 35.
0:40:08 > 0:40:0935, 8...
0:40:09 > 0:40:11Do you not think he's labouring this?
0:40:11 > 0:40:12Not think he could go a bit quicker?
0:40:12 > 0:40:1542 now? 42, 45, 48? No?
0:40:15 > 0:40:1645?
0:40:16 > 0:40:18No? Up to 50 now on the net.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20For 5.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22I was enjoying this! A minute ago...
0:40:22 > 0:40:24It wasn't long ago this was a good auction. I'm hating it now.
0:40:24 > 0:40:2670.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28£70 now, net bid.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31I'm selling on the net at £70.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33That will do!
0:40:33 > 0:40:35It certainly will!
0:40:35 > 0:40:37- It's a mad, mad world of antiques, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39It's a mad, mad world.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- Better when it's mad going my way. - Paul's worried.
0:40:42 > 0:40:44How much will her third brooch bring?
0:40:44 > 0:40:46Start the bidding at £20.
0:40:46 > 0:40:4820, I'm bid. Thank you, 20 it is.
0:40:48 > 0:40:5022, 25, 28,
0:40:50 > 0:40:5228, 30. 30, I'm bid, now.
0:40:52 > 0:40:5432, 35, I have.
0:40:54 > 0:40:5635, 38 takes the book out.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58Mmm!
0:40:58 > 0:41:00New bidder on the net, £40.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02- Aw, here we go.- 40, it is.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05It's going away on the net at £40.
0:41:05 > 0:41:0742, someone else came in.
0:41:07 > 0:41:1042, selling at £42.
0:41:11 > 0:41:14Well done, Margie. Quite a result there, girl.
0:41:14 > 0:41:17You paid £50 for three brooches
0:41:17 > 0:41:20and turned it into £250!
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Margie's about to win this auction.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30Only Paul's highly fancied carriage clock case can stop her.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33- 20 bid.- There you go - drunk dealers on the net.
0:41:33 > 0:41:3630. 32, 32 I'm bid.
0:41:36 > 0:41:3932 now, 40. 48.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- I told you. - Come on, I need it badly.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44£50, it's on the net and selling.
0:41:44 > 0:41:45£50.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48..55 there.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Did that come in after?
0:41:50 > 0:41:51It did! It did! Take it!
0:41:51 > 0:41:5455, 55 - it came in before I dropped the hammer.
0:41:54 > 0:41:55£60, then.
0:41:55 > 0:41:5760, I have.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01£60. Selling, then, at £60.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- Thank you.- That was money in the bank from the minute you bought it.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Margie's had an amazing auction,
0:42:05 > 0:42:09but that late drama means Paul's just pipped her to the post.
0:42:09 > 0:42:10A rough patch in the middle for me.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13I came over all uncomfortable, for some reason.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14Come on, let's go.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Margie began with £145.44
0:42:19 > 0:42:21and, after paying auction costs,
0:42:21 > 0:42:24she made a profit of £188.34,
0:42:24 > 0:42:29leaving her with £333.78 to spend next time.
0:42:29 > 0:42:31Well done.
0:42:31 > 0:42:35Whilst Paul, who started out with £248.62 made,
0:42:35 > 0:42:40after paying auction costs, a profit of £203.02,
0:42:40 > 0:42:46so he now has £451.64 and a substantial lead.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48- We should salute him. - That was brill!
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Brill!
0:42:50 > 0:42:51Anyone would think, based on that,
0:42:51 > 0:42:54we had someone idea what we were talking about, Margie!
0:42:54 > 0:42:57- What a great auction.- Yeah, but one thing moving forward?- Yeah?
0:42:57 > 0:43:01If I see a brooch, it's over between us!
0:43:05 > 0:43:07Next on Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Raider Of The Lost Artefact...
0:43:11 > 0:43:14..versus Paul Laidlaw and the Basement Of Doom.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17The last guy was here a very long time.