0:00:02 > 0:00:06It's the nation's favourite antiques experts, with £200 each,
0:00:06 > 0:00:07a 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 > 0:00:21- There'll be worthy winners... - Yes!- We've done it.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25You are kidding me, oh...
0:00:25 > 0:00:27So will 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 > 0:00:33This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah...
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Welcome to the glorious dawn of our fourth leg,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45with auctioneer Paul Laidlaw and dealer Margie Cooper,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48newly arrived in Wales.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Look at that, come on! Is this the Bristol Channel, or is this...?
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- It is the Bristol Channel. - This is as good as Cornwall.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00Which was where their vintage Alfa Romeo set out from,
0:01:00 > 0:01:02hundreds of miles ago.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05They've since had plenty of fun but precious few profits -
0:01:05 > 0:01:07until the last auction, that is.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Fantastic!
0:01:09 > 0:01:13When Margie's shrewd acquisition of some Scottish brooches
0:01:13 > 0:01:17rather eclipsed Paul's trademark militaria, for once.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19If I see another brooch... MARGIE CHUCKLES
0:01:19 > 0:01:23- ..in your grubby mitts.- Excuse me!
0:01:23 > 0:01:28- I'm being bombarded with boring old military bits.- Oh!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31That fetch tons of money!
0:01:31 > 0:01:35I get enough of boring military when I'm at home, thanks very much.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38I'll be blowed if I'm having it in this car, Margie.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43They both set out with £200 and Margie
0:01:43 > 0:01:47so far increased that to a very respectable £333.78.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53While Paul amassed a lead of over £100
0:01:53 > 0:01:57with £451.64 to his name.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Perhaps a semblance of home advantage, eh?
0:02:01 > 0:02:04You are in the car on a road trip with a Celt.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Right...
0:02:06 > 0:02:11So we've got Celts in Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, Ireland...
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- Cheshire.- Oh, no, not in Cheshire. We don't have Celts in Cheshire.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Our trip starts close to England's most westerly point at St Buryan
0:02:20 > 0:02:22and heads both north and east.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25We then take a roundabout trip through Wales
0:02:25 > 0:02:27before arriving at Newent in Gloucestershire.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Today we begin just outside Cardiff, at Penarth,
0:02:31 > 0:02:35and end up at a Carmarthenshire auction at Llandeilo.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Just around the corner from Cardiff Bay, Penarth was a popular
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Victorian resort known as The Garden By The Sea.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Its fine pier dates from 1895 and, just two years later,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54the British impressionist Alfred Sisley honeymooned here
0:02:54 > 0:02:58after tying the knot at a Cardiff registry office.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02He painted half a dozen oils during his stay, too.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Margie Cooper...
0:03:04 > 0:03:07- So you're off to your shop. - I'm off to make my fortune.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Wish me luck.- No.
0:03:11 > 0:03:12Bye!
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- Good morning, how are you? - Very well, good to see you. I'm Paul.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19- I'm Gitty.- Gitty, it is a pleasure.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Gitty that!
0:03:21 > 0:03:24This little island of antiques is just the sort of shop to
0:03:24 > 0:03:26get our Paul excited and mischievous.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30I would love to buy a brooch and make money in the next auction,
0:03:30 > 0:03:34given Margie's great success in the last with such.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37But rest assured, she's out there looking for militaria,
0:03:37 > 0:03:40no two ways about it.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41Eh, I don't think so, Paul.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Just like that Ruskin brooch is not for you. This is more like it.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49We've got this illuminated, hand-painted document
0:03:49 > 0:03:52and we have various scrolls and legends.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56"Dominica Heroes," it says at the top and at the bottom another scroll,
0:03:56 > 0:04:01"Presented by HRH The Prince Of Wales November 1887."
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Poignant stuff. Fantastic history.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06What on earth was going on in Dominica?
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Dominica 1805
0:04:08 > 0:04:13refers to the principal battle honour of the 46th South Devonshire,
0:04:13 > 0:04:17which was merged into the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry in 1881.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20What do you know about your Duke Of Cornwall's...
0:04:20 > 0:04:24I don't know much about it at all. It came out of a local house.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27It's a pretty thing - is it dear? Have you got high hopes for it?
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- Or is it reasonably priced?- It's 85. - Oh, yeah...
0:04:31 > 0:04:35He's clearly intrigued, but for £85 not yet convinced.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36The rummage goes on.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40- Dare I ask what's in the basement, then?- Everything and anything.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44There is furniture, pictures, pottery, porcelain...
0:04:44 > 0:04:47You name it, it's down there.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51What red-blooded antiques expert could ever resist a trip to a dark cellar, eh?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Holy Moses, yeah!
0:04:53 > 0:04:57It could be where the treasure's buried, after all.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00I've only got so long to spend here.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02WHISPERS: If this is anything to judge by,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05the last guy was here a very long time.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I hope it was worth his while.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13Paul Laidlaw, antique hunter - a bit like Indiana Jones in tweed.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Well, well, well...
0:05:17 > 0:05:21Is it made up by a wood turner with no great talent?
0:05:21 > 0:05:26Is it someone's O-level woodwork gone horribly wrong?
0:05:26 > 0:05:30Or is it something out of Africa?
0:05:30 > 0:05:34I need it to be old, and not just tourist fodder.
0:05:34 > 0:05:3720th-century tourist fodder. What am I looking for?
0:05:38 > 0:05:39That's a shrinkage crack.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42A hallmark of some age.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Patina - it's certainly treacly,
0:05:45 > 0:05:46but I've got a killer for you, here.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Look at that.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53That's old baize cloth.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57Yeah? Not modern felt, old baize.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00I postulate this was taken home in the late Victorian era,
0:06:00 > 0:06:03or early 20th century, and someone thought,
0:06:03 > 0:06:06"I don't want it scratching my polished wooden floors"
0:06:06 > 0:06:08and they tacked on some green baize.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11I assure you, that's not modern.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13That'll be 100-year-old.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Bingo!
0:06:14 > 0:06:17It's period ethnographica.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18Now we're in business.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Well, it was worth all the cobwebs, then.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23He's not finished yet.
0:06:23 > 0:06:251950s, Susie Cooper.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28A coffee service.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30What's not to like. Sweet!
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Burslem-born Susie Cooper OBE
0:06:32 > 0:06:35was one of the most important women in British pottery.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Her motto was "elegance combined with utility".
0:06:39 > 0:06:41I see a price tag. I do, don't I?
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Is this going to be cheap? It's £125.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47She's got 1930s, do you think it is prewar? I'd like it to be.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52It's too much money. Oh, hopes built up and dashed.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55I think it's worth £40 to £80 at auction.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57All I can do is ask the question.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00- Are you still alive down there? - PAUL LAUGHS
0:07:00 > 0:07:03Time to emerge, blinking, into the daylight to talk to Gitty.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Can I ask you about this? I thought I'd found something.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09I thought, surely if it's down here it's incomplete, or it's broken,
0:07:09 > 0:07:13but you've got a Susie Cooper complete coffee for six there.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16I can't find the coffee pot, at the moment.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20A coffee set with no pot! That's why it was down there, then.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- You think that's prewar? - Oh, yes, it is because, I mean,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26- it's got a prewar number.- Yeah.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- They were all hand-painted.- You see, Gitty, you're selling it to me.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33- I know.- You're a bad woman. - What's the price on it?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35- 125.- 125. - PAUL CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:07:35 > 0:07:40Well, how about if I let you have the lot for 60?
0:07:41 > 0:07:43It's a hell of a discount.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47- Well...- But I'm going to say can you make me 30?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Sorry. That's pushing, pushing your luck a bit.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Forgive me that.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55That's all right.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57How about 45?
0:07:58 > 0:08:00- How's about this?- Mm.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05- 40, which is the compromise, but there's a "but" here.- But...
0:08:05 > 0:08:10- You see this mystery wooden African stool, whatever it is...- Yeah.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13- Throw that in with it.- Why not?
0:08:13 > 0:08:14Basement prices, eh?
0:08:14 > 0:08:18He's got the ethnographica for next to nought.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21But what about the mysterious militaria?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23You have got to buy my picture.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25You're not going out without that!
0:08:25 > 0:08:26PAUL LAUGHS
0:08:26 > 0:08:29In theory, it is dead easy to sell me that.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32But, at the end of the day, unless you get
0:08:32 > 0:08:35the Duke of Cornwall's light infantry collector,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37no-one else is going to care.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Down in Cornwall, it's a flyer.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Anywhere else...
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Yeah, Llandeilo, in this case.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46It's a strange thing to sell in South Wales.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- I'd pay 20 quid for that. - No, I can't do 20 on that.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54- I'll do 40 but I won't do 20.- Yeah.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Hang on, this isn't over yet. We're only having a ceasefire.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01- You know you've got me, don't you?- Yeah.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- I'm like a little fish, a little hook in there.- I'm reeling you in.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10I will gamble on it at 30 quid, if you can sell it for that.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- That's fine. I'll sell it for 30. - Gitty, we've bought three things.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Marvellous, that's what I like to see!
0:09:15 > 0:09:17I told you I'd thin this place out.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20That's £70 for three auction lots.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24While Paul was doing his bit of cellar-clearing,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Margie's headed north.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Manoeuvring her motor from Penarth to Tongwynlais...
0:09:32 > 0:09:35..and a fantasy castle in the woods.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Croeso Castell Coch.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40- What does that mean? - Welcome to Castell Coch.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Thank you, I wish I could respond. But I can't.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- My word! What a place!- It is.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Castell Coch, with its three great towers,
0:09:52 > 0:09:53topped by conical roofs,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57was created by the fabulously wealthy John Crichton-Stuart,
0:09:57 > 0:10:013rd Marquess of Bute, and his architect William Burges.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05The Marquess's father helped turn nearby Cardiff into a major port,
0:10:05 > 0:10:10exporting iron and coal, but by 1871, his son was dreaming
0:10:10 > 0:10:13of Britain's pre-industrial past.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15How old is it?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- Many people think this is a sort of Victorian fantasy.- Yeah.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22But there's the substantial ruins of an important medieval castle,
0:10:22 > 0:10:24and, if you look at the tower behind us, the Well Tower,
0:10:24 > 0:10:28you can see there is a distinct change in colour in the stonework.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32What's below is from the 12th/13th century
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- and what's above is from the middle of the 19th century.- Right.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39The whole castle is based around a motte-and-bailey
0:10:39 > 0:10:43and towers were added through the 12/13th centuries.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47It was an important little castle in the Lordship of Glamorgan.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48What's that red thing there?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50That's what they call a brattish
0:10:50 > 0:10:53and it's part of the Victorian recreation.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57It's following the Middle Ages and it's a structure to allow people
0:10:57 > 0:11:01to drop missiles on anyone trying to get through the drawbridge.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04The Marquess of Bute and William Burges, they loved this sort of thing.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06They loved playing at the Middle Ages.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08This whole castle is a bit of fun.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12The castle was to be an occasional country retreat
0:11:12 > 0:11:15but no expense was spared as both patron
0:11:15 > 0:11:20and architect set about creating a sort of medieval utopia.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23The Marquess had a scholarly fascination with the period
0:11:23 > 0:11:26and Burges, like his contemporary, William Morris,
0:11:26 > 0:11:30favoured traditional craftsmanship over mass production.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32We're in the banqueting hall.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36- This is the main eating room, the table's in front of us.- Yeah.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38And this is the only room that was completed
0:11:38 > 0:11:42while William Burges was alive. He died in 1881.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44Oh, so he never saw it finished.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46He never saw all the building finished,
0:11:46 > 0:11:47but he saw this room finished.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51And it's in his favourite Victorian Gothic revival style.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56And it draws upon influences from France or the work that Pugin
0:11:56 > 0:11:59had been doing in the Houses of Parliament, for example.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02This is intended to be 13th-century
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Gothic architecture and decoration.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08And despite Burges's death, the work at the castle
0:12:08 > 0:12:10continued for another ten years,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14with Lady Bute's bedroom amongst the most fabulous interiors.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17But most agree that the octagonal drawing-room
0:12:17 > 0:12:19is the castle's masterpiece.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Oh, my goodness me!
0:12:23 > 0:12:26So many different styles and...
0:12:26 > 0:12:27Oh, it's beautiful!
0:12:31 > 0:12:33It's a sort of allegory of the world.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36We are standing on the green grass of the field,
0:12:36 > 0:12:41we are surrounded by the flowers of the field in this nice panelling.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45And then we can see the animals, these are Aesop's Fables.
0:12:45 > 0:12:49And then you look higher and you see the birds of the air
0:12:49 > 0:12:52and then the stars in the firmament
0:12:52 > 0:12:55and finally the sun in the top of the room.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- But as we look this way towards the fireplace...- Yes.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04..we begin to recognise our own role in the firmament
0:13:04 > 0:13:07because these are the three Fates.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10You've got childhood, the prime of life and old age.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13And the three Fates are spinning the thread of life.
0:13:13 > 0:13:20And ultimately, the one on the right cuts that thread and our life ends.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23Not only did Burges fail to see his work completed,
0:13:23 > 0:13:28but sadly, the Marquess also passed away just a few years later in 1900.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34From the early 20th century, it was hardly used at all, if ever.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37And during the war, it was requisitioned,
0:13:37 > 0:13:39so the Army were living here.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44- I'm told they used to have dances in this room.- Oh, no!- In the war.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46And then, just after the war,
0:13:46 > 0:13:51the Marquess's son had to pay... There had to be death duties paid
0:13:51 > 0:13:55and he sold up his estates, most of his estates here in South Wales.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00Thankfully, Castell Coch is now owned by the Welsh people.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04So we can all appreciate what was once the Marquess's country retreat.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09But if you prefer a fantasy des-res in the heart of the city,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12then back in Cardiff you can visit another Bute castle,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15also given the Victorian high Gothic treatment by William Burges.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18Or, like Paul, you can just pop into the antique centre.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20Ha-ha!
0:14:20 > 0:14:23Folks. Margie after a bad auction.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27Margie trying to solve her problems.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Margie now, after a good result.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Well, there's something concrete for you.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38- Hello there.- Hello, good afternoon. - You look in charge behind there.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41- I certainly am.- Are you Sue? - I am Sue, yes. Hi.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43Lovely to see you, I'm Paul.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45- Nice to meet you.- Are you all right?- Fine, thank you.
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Welcome to the Pumping Station. Amazing, isn't it?
0:14:48 > 0:14:50A structure, astonishing!
0:14:50 > 0:14:53It looks like you've managed to fill it.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Oh, yes, we're very full.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59Yes, this grade-II listed piece of Victorian industrial architecture
0:14:59 > 0:15:02seems really quite replete.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Paul can afford to take his time and be choosy here.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07He's had a good morning, after all.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11God, that is cheap. I don't know if I want it, but it's cheap.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14RAF souvenir.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18Some guy serving in occupied Germany
0:15:18 > 0:15:21in 1948, with the RAF.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23How's that? 15 quid.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25It's a gift.
0:15:25 > 0:15:27But it's not for me.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31Margie's arrived and she may feel a little differently.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35She's never been a fan of the giant antique centre.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37She prefers the personal touch.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41I do hate it when the dealers aren't here.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43It's very difficult.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45And it's a bit late in the day too.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48So just getting her hands on some of the stock could be a problem.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52You always want to go places you can't go, don't you?
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Breathe, Margie. Something will turn up. Just don't worry about Paul.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58He's in here somewhere, isn't he?
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- WHIP CRACKS - Yeah!
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Lordy! He certainly is. And he seems to be interested in something.
0:16:06 > 0:16:11We have a clock garniture here. A figural clock garniture.
0:16:11 > 0:16:17We have the clock surmounted by this figure here...
0:16:17 > 0:16:20in chains. And what's he doing?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24Surely he's trying to break his chains.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26Precisely the same figure is one of
0:16:26 > 0:16:28the flanking elements of the garniture.
0:16:28 > 0:16:33The other one, this chap here, lost his chains.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Looks like he's launching a brick.
0:16:35 > 0:16:41Is he breaking down the walls that make him captive?
0:16:41 > 0:16:46Surely they represent liberty from slavery.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49The origin, I think, is German.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52I think it's under the influence of the Jugendstil movement,
0:16:52 > 0:16:53the "youth style" movement,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56that comes about in Austria in the very late 19th century.
0:16:56 > 0:17:01Jugendstil was the artistic equivalent of Art Nouveau
0:17:01 > 0:17:04in German-speaking and Scandinavian countries.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07It's unusual and I like unusual. It's complete and the condition is good.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11Is it treasure? No, because it's a bit black, it's a bit unsettling,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14- the whole slavery thing. - And the clock doesn't work.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Price?
0:17:16 > 0:17:19What do we have here? The trio, £97.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22If you want it, it's no money.
0:17:22 > 0:17:26If you want to sell it at auction, it's way too much money.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31Margie, meanwhile, is also looking into something.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34It's just an attractive gilt mirror, isn't it?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37With that nice bit of hand-painting there.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Gilded gadrooning, bet it's early 20th century.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43I think that's quite attractive.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Not the price, though, is it?- £75.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Right, let's put it back.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52There's only one way to find out if it can be any cheaper, Margie.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I quite like that. I just thought it attracted me,
0:17:55 > 0:17:58so maybe it would attract somebody else.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02I will give the tenant a ring and see if I can do anything better.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05- See how much they want.- Normally, they do tell us 10% on it.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07And no more.
0:18:07 > 0:18:08I think Margie will be after
0:18:08 > 0:18:11a slightly bigger reduction than that, Sue.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14You've got it marked up for 75,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18but the lady wondered whether you'd be able to move any more on it.
0:18:18 > 0:18:23Back to Paul's clock. Adrian is trying to get him a deal on it.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27I want to pay 40 quid for them. And I know that's brutal...
0:18:27 > 0:18:30- 55.- Nah.
0:18:30 > 0:18:3449 is the absolute best, is it?
0:18:34 > 0:18:3749 is so close I can smell a deal.
0:18:38 > 0:18:4145 and I'll buy them.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Say 45 and he'll buy them.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Yes, he'll do it.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Tell him he's a good man. - Tell him he's a good man.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Another deal for Paul. But no such luck with Margie's mirror.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56The dealer's best price was £55
0:18:56 > 0:18:59and that was still a little high for her.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02It's very nice, but 55 is a gamble, isn't it?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05I think I'm going to say no to that.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Time's up and Margie's funds remain untapped.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Not that she seems too bothered about that.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Do you like the country or the seaside?
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Er...both, but the seaside first.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20- Yourself?- No, country.- Really?- Yes.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Isn't that funny?
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Well, we never thought they were like peas in a pod, did we?
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Sweet dreams.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30Next day, Margie's feeling curious
0:19:30 > 0:19:33about what her fellow tripper has been up to.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- How's it going for you?- Not bad.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38I have bought a handful of things.
0:19:38 > 0:19:42I'm still shopping, but I don't feel under pressure. Yourself?
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Gulp! Margie didn't get a single thing yesterday.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47It's my nervous whistle.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49SHE WHISTLES
0:19:49 > 0:19:55Which means she has lots to buy and £333.78p to buy it with.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Whilst Paul has set off at his usual storming pace
0:19:58 > 0:20:01with this Susie Cooper coffee set,
0:20:01 > 0:20:02the clock garniture
0:20:02 > 0:20:04an African stool,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07and a piece of militaria, all snapped up.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10I'm reeling you in.
0:20:10 > 0:20:11These cost £115,
0:20:11 > 0:20:16leaving him with over £336 still in his wallet.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19No wonder he's happy to be driving Miss Margie.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24I've got this man, I think he's Pict or a Celt or something.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27Don't understand a word he says, but he gets from A to B.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31Later, they'll be landing up at an auction in Llandeilo.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33But our next stop is in Carmarthen.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Now, many of you will no doubt recall that this road trip started
0:20:38 > 0:20:42in Cornwall and visited Tintagel where some say King Arthur was born.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Well, Carmarthen was allegedly the birthplace of Merlin -
0:20:45 > 0:20:48in a cave, of course.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- There you go, Margie. - Right, have a great day.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52Shop till you drop, Margie.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55One legend on record as coming from Carmarthen though,
0:20:55 > 0:20:56is Nicky Stevens,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59singer in Eurovision winners Brotherhood of Man.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03So, is Margie feeling under pressure to...
0:21:03 > 0:21:06# Buy, buy, baby, buy, buy? #
0:21:06 > 0:21:09I'm sort of getting an old hand now at this Road Trip.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12But if I'd been in this position on my first Road Trip,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I think you'd probably have had to stretcher me in.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Sage words, Margie.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21And this looks just the place to break that duck.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22- Hiya.- Hello.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26- Good morning.- Hello, good morning. - Margie.- Viv.- Hi, Viv.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28- So you're going to be my helper. - I am indeed.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- Right, so what goes on in here? - We've got 40 dealers altogether.
0:21:32 > 0:21:3340? Right.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- So you've got jurisdiction to maybe deal a bit?- We have indeed, yes.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41Everything is negotiable. OK? Everything is negotiable.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Just what Margie needed to hear, I'm sure.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45Sounds like those two are already in tune.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49A conductor's baton.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Ah, teeny-weeny Worcester.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55It's got three handles, which are sometimes called a tyg, T-Y-G.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58Then you've got a little two-handled mug.
0:21:58 > 0:21:59Sweet, hand-painted.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02It's like a loving couple really.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04£48 each.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07First chance now for a bit of that promised negotiability.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11- How much are the pair of those? - I can do the pair for 40 for you.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15- As good as her word. - The pair for 40.- Yes.- Delightful.
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- They are, they're immaculate. - I've got to say yes to those.- OK.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20- Thanks very much, Viv. - That's all right.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Off and running, Margie. Or should that be marching?
0:22:23 > 0:22:24Oh, look at my soldier.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27I've been with my soldier boy all week.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30It's Paul Laidlaw, this, isn't it?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34I'd just love to buy it for a laugh.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39- Or a wind-up.- He looks a bit younger than Paul, doesn't he?
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Keeps better time, too.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Trouble is it's £95. Tinplate mechanical toy by Marx.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50Marx was a very successful American toy manufacturer.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Founder Louis Marx was known as the Henry Ford of toys.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- How much could this be?- £70.
0:22:57 > 0:23:0070? Ugh!
0:23:00 > 0:23:02This time, Viv needs to call the dealer.
0:23:02 > 0:23:0570 is too expensive.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06It needs to be cheaper.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Right, I've spoken to the dealer, 65 is his best on it.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17- He's selling on behalf of someone else.- I really fancy him.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19I can't see me losing on that.
0:23:19 > 0:23:20I think he approves.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I just think he's OK for 65, I really do.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Oh, yes, I've got to have him. Go on, I'll have you.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29- I'll have him.- Brilliant, lovely.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32So, with Margie busy loosening the purse strings,
0:23:32 > 0:23:36where's our other little soldier got to?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Driving from Carmarthen down to Tenby, that's where.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45The town's Welsh name translates as "little fortress of the fish"
0:23:45 > 0:23:49and Tenby's strategic position on Britain's western coast meant
0:23:49 > 0:23:53it was an important settlement long before it became a seaside resort.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57But Paul's in no position to pull up a deck chair just yet.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59Not with shopping still to do.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02- Mr Bull, I presume.- How you do?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03- I'm Paul.- Hi, Paul.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06Johnny to his friends, Paul. Nice shop too.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Worth your usual close inspection.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12I've got my eye on you, Cooper.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16Yesterday, there was no coffee pot. What is it today, I wonder?
0:24:16 > 0:24:18We're missing the sugar basin, aren't we?
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Maybe not. There's sure to be something else.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23Perhaps another clock, Paul.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Certainly quite a bit bigger than the last one.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30This is rather a smart grandmother clock, we'd call it.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33Which is a short longcase clock.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Brass-faced with a silver chapter.
0:24:36 > 0:24:41It's in the style of the mid 18th century.
0:24:42 > 0:24:46However, I think it was probably made in the 1920s.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49And it's priced at £150.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Very reasonable indeed.
0:24:51 > 0:24:54However, the movement is faulty.
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Just like yesterday's, then.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59What on earth am I doing thinking about spending
0:24:59 > 0:25:02so much money on a broken clock?
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Johnny? Step into my office.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08You'll have seen me play with your...
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- With the clock, yes. - What are you like with prices?
0:25:11 > 0:25:13Are you a man I can haggle with?
0:25:13 > 0:25:17- Well, you can haggle with me so far and then...- Fair enough.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19What have I got on the ticket on the clock?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22- One-and-a-half on that.- 125.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23125.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25I need to pay...
0:25:25 > 0:25:27100 for it.
0:25:27 > 0:25:30I'll sell you the clock for 105.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32Gosh, that's not bad!
0:25:32 > 0:25:36Time to take five minutes. Not that our clock will be much use for that.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39I want the clock. But it is a gamble.
0:25:39 > 0:25:43If I'm right, I might be able to get it sort of working.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46If I can, then not only will I buy it, I'll be happy about buying it.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Now, then.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57What do you think of that, eh?
0:25:59 > 0:26:02We've got a working timepiece.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Well, we have to hand it to you, Paul.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Let's hope the price doesn't go up again.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10- She's a goer.- I'm impressed.- You've got a deal, so thank you very much.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Thank you very much.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15So, Paul is the proud owner of a working clock for £105.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19How about Carmarthen?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Has Margie continued her fine start to the day?
0:26:22 > 0:26:26I've seen something in here if it could be reasonable.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29- Sounds promising.- Isn't that cute?
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Yeah. A little Art Nouveau job.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34You've got copper and brass,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37a lovely, typical...1900?
0:26:37 > 0:26:38Absolutely lovely.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40It's just got a right feel about it.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42For use with miniature cups, perhaps?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44We think it's a calling card tray.
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- Your butler would come along and introduce it on that.- You could do.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51- What's he up to?- It's a woman, she supposed to be milking the cow,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54the cow isn't coming up to her and he's just sneaking up behind.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56What are we getting into here?
0:26:56 > 0:26:58The ticket price is £32,
0:26:58 > 0:27:01but I'm sure Margie will be keen on a reduction.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03That's got to be cheap and cheerful.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I think Viv's got the message, Margie.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06I can do 15.
0:27:07 > 0:27:12- I was really thinking about 10 quid. - Go on, then.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I know what I bought it for. You can have it for £10.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16Oh, Viv, you're too good to me.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18She certainly is.
0:27:18 > 0:27:22But having splashed out over £100 on four items,
0:27:22 > 0:27:24Margie's still on the hunt for more.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27I like this. I think it's a pastel.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31I think it says here 01. Could that be 1901?
0:27:31 > 0:27:34That is a really good sketch of a horse.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36And he's such a toff, look.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39That guy's just got attitude.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41He loves himself.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Looks in the style of Cecil Aldin,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46a British illustrator who often worked in pastels
0:27:46 > 0:27:48and was very fond of rural scenes.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52Oh, crikey! It's over 100 quid.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54I'm not risking that.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57This could be Viv's greatest challenge yet.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Have you got a minute, Viv, darling? - Yes.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I've just spotted this.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Yes, lovely, there's a lot of interest in that. It's just come in.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08- It's lovely.- Has it just come in? - Yes, not long.- Oh, God!
0:28:08 > 0:28:12- There is some room in that.- Is there?- We can go down quite a bit.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15What are you thinking of? Where do you need to be?
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Please don't ask her that.
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- I can be round about 50.- Yeah.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22If you shake my hand at 40, I'll have it.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27- Yeah, go on. Go on, go on, you've done well.- I can't look.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29No, 40, it's yours.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Wow, another whopping discount!
0:28:32 > 0:28:35All they've got to do now is get it off the wall.
0:28:35 > 0:28:36Ah, well done!
0:28:36 > 0:28:42- Plan B, if you hold that.- Yes. - It should be. Hang on.- Ah!
0:28:42 > 0:28:47We've just got one problem here. You want to swap? There we go.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50That was some shop, Margie. Five buys.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52Now, time to pay up.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54So, how much do I owe you?
0:28:55 > 0:28:59I don't know. I don't know, I haven't got a clue.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02I'm not surprised after that flurry of activity.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04It was £155, actually.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07But will her little haul get Margie back in the game?
0:29:07 > 0:29:09It's all down to the auction now.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12I'm not blaming me. Blame the auction.
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Hey, what could possibly go wrong?
0:29:18 > 0:29:21But in Tenby, Paul has also finished shopping.
0:29:21 > 0:29:24You could say he's clocked off, in fact.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26So he's headed to the Norman castle
0:29:26 > 0:29:29and Wales's oldest independent museum to find out about
0:29:29 > 0:29:33the inventor of a little something it's hard to imagine doing without.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37- Hello, is it Sue?- It is.- Lovely to see you.- Very nice to meet you.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41Overlooking the Victorian fort on St Catherine's Island,
0:29:41 > 0:29:44the castle is the best place to appreciate
0:29:44 > 0:29:48what during the late Middle Ages was the biggest port in Wales.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51Henry Tudor sheltered here during the Wars of the Roses,
0:29:51 > 0:29:53but Tenby's cleverest offspring
0:29:53 > 0:29:57was undoubtedly the mathematician Robert Recorde.
0:29:57 > 0:30:00He was born in Tenby around 1510, 1512,
0:30:00 > 0:30:03we can't be absolutely certain of the date. His father
0:30:03 > 0:30:08was the mayor of Tenby and probably a merchant, so Robert would
0:30:08 > 0:30:10have grown up with the transactions
0:30:10 > 0:30:13- going on between different merchants.- I see, yes.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16That maybe is what sparked off his interest in mathematics.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Young Robert left for Oxford University to study mathematics
0:30:20 > 0:30:24and medicine aged 15, and within a few years,
0:30:24 > 0:30:26he was both a doctor and an author.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30And then he wrote his first book about mathematics
0:30:30 > 0:30:33in 1543.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37- OK.- He was the first person to write a book about mathematics
0:30:37 > 0:30:40- in English.- Really?- Yes.
0:30:40 > 0:30:45Up until then, books for learned people, mathematical books,
0:30:45 > 0:30:49all those sorts of things had been written in either Greek or Latin.
0:30:49 > 0:30:55That work, Arithmetic, or The Ground Of Arts, was so successful that it
0:30:55 > 0:30:59remained in print for over 150 years and was reprinted about 45 times.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04In this book, he explains in very simple terms
0:31:04 > 0:31:08mathematics to a complete amateur.
0:31:08 > 0:31:11Recorde had cleverly answered a great need,
0:31:11 > 0:31:14because in the 16th century, whilst British trade was booming,
0:31:14 > 0:31:18maths was known only to a fortunate few.
0:31:18 > 0:31:22Presumably, the businessman buying this book and studying it
0:31:22 > 0:31:27and learning it had an advantage over his competitors?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Absolutely right. And when you think that
0:31:29 > 0:31:33different commodities had different measurements...
0:31:33 > 0:31:35So beer came in a firkin,
0:31:35 > 0:31:37a kilderk or a "barrell"
0:31:37 > 0:31:41and it contains 9, 18 or 36 gallons.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45Herrings... A butte, a barrell, a bar, a firkin, and so on and so on.
0:31:45 > 0:31:49You had to be pretty good at maths to be able to deal with all of this
0:31:49 > 0:31:54when you're trading, so this was a really important step forward.
0:31:54 > 0:31:58But Recorde, who was to become controller of the Royal Mint,
0:31:58 > 0:31:59didn't stop there,
0:31:59 > 0:32:04introducing algebra into British mathematics and devising new ways
0:32:04 > 0:32:09of using the square root, and in The Whetstone Of Wit, he made perhaps
0:32:09 > 0:32:12his most lasting contribution - the equals sign.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16Howbeit for easy alteration of equations
0:32:16 > 0:32:22and to avoid the tedious repetition of these words, "is equal to".
0:32:22 > 0:32:25You can tell how fed up he was!
0:32:25 > 0:32:28"I will use a pair of parallels, thus: =
0:32:28 > 0:32:32"Because no two things can be more equal.
0:32:32 > 0:32:33"And now mark these numbers."
0:32:33 > 0:32:36And that's the very first use of the equals sign.
0:32:36 > 0:32:41- There you have it, longer than we use today...- Yes, very long.
0:32:41 > 0:32:45It wasn't universally adopted immediately, because other people
0:32:45 > 0:32:48were writing, don't forget, and using other different symbols.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- Yeah.- But it's such an easy thing and such a natural thing that it
0:32:52 > 0:32:55became the universal symbol for equality.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00Unfortunately, Tenby's brilliant mind didn't live to an old age,
0:33:00 > 0:33:03because after being sued for defamation by a political enemy,
0:33:03 > 0:33:08Robert Recorde died at a debtors' prison in 1558.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11I did more than my fair share of maths at university.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14But I had no idea that this Welshman,
0:33:14 > 0:33:18this man of Tenby came up with the equals sign.
0:33:18 > 0:33:22I'll tell you what, next time I'm doing some homework with the bairns,
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I'll do my bit and spread his name.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27Now, without too much complicated arithmetic,
0:33:27 > 0:33:31let's see the sum of what our two have bought.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34Paul has acquired an African stool,
0:33:34 > 0:33:36a grandMOTHER clock,
0:33:36 > 0:33:40some militaria, a coffee set
0:33:40 > 0:33:42and a clock garniture for £220.
0:33:44 > 0:33:46While Margie has a clockwork toy,
0:33:46 > 0:33:48some miniature mugs,
0:33:48 > 0:33:51a little tray
0:33:51 > 0:33:54and a picture for £155.
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Margie is looking good again, looking strong.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00Two Worcester hand-enamelled miniatures.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Yesterday's news! Dull, but profitable.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05He's bought a grandmother clock
0:34:05 > 0:34:10and he's managed to get it working! That could be a bit of a worry.
0:34:10 > 0:34:12The tray - nasty.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16£10 paid, but if there's any justice in the world, that's a struggle.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20He's £100 ahead, which is not that much, really.
0:34:20 > 0:34:23But I think I'd put money on Paul Laidlaw!
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Oh, Margie!
0:34:25 > 0:34:27After starting out
0:34:27 > 0:34:29in South Glamorgan at Penarth,
0:34:29 > 0:34:31this leg of the road trip concludes at an auction
0:34:31 > 0:34:34in Carmarthenshire, in Llandeilo.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38- Can you hear that noise? Can you hear that?- What?
0:34:38 > 0:34:40Sounds like a clock ticking!
0:34:40 > 0:34:45On the western edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Llandeilo
0:34:45 > 0:34:51is named after St Teilo, who was a contemporary of St David.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55For almost 800 years, they hosted an annual fair in the churchyard here.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00- Another auction house.- They say there's an amazing clock in the sale!
0:35:02 > 0:35:05Hang on, your clock doesn't seem to have got the good people
0:35:05 > 0:35:08at Jones and Llewelyn into too much of a lather just yet,
0:35:08 > 0:35:11and the auction's not online, either!
0:35:11 > 0:35:15Listen carefully to what auctioneer Michael Jones makes of it all.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18I think the clock is a bit messy, it's been worked on.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20It's in bits, actually!
0:35:20 > 0:35:23- IN STRONG WELSH ACCENT - Lovely cups I'd use myself.
0:35:23 > 0:35:27Might get £20 for it if you're lucky. I wouldn't want in the room.
0:35:27 > 0:35:29If they think they're going to make a profit, they'll be lucky.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Crikey(!)
0:35:31 > 0:35:34What's more, they seem to be having a bit of difficulty with his accent.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37When he's talking to the people who are bidding, he talks in Welsh.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40- Have you sussed that? - I thought it was all Welsh!
0:35:40 > 0:35:43There's English in there as well?
0:35:43 > 0:35:44Of course there is, Paul(!)
0:35:44 > 0:35:46You just have to pay attention.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- What's up first?- Drummer boy. - Duh-duh-duuuh!
0:35:52 > 0:35:55Margie's little soldier leads the charge.
0:35:55 > 0:35:58I go straight in, a bid of £20, I've got, 20, I've got. £20, I've got.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01Any advance on £20? 22, 24 now on my left.
0:36:01 > 0:36:0324, 26 back here. 28.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06- 28 I've got. 30. - I'm having a job to understand.
0:36:06 > 0:36:11- Don't worry, Margie, it's all bad. - Any advance on £30? 32.
0:36:11 > 0:36:16Back in at the last second. 34 back here. Selling at £34, then.
0:36:16 > 0:36:20A shocking start, but our two don't seem to have quite got it yet.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23What did it make? Excuse me...
0:36:23 > 0:36:27- Yes?- What did Lot 170 make?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30I bought it.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- YOU bought it? He BOUGHT it! - For how much?- 34 quid!
0:36:34 > 0:36:38Hopefully, they'll be a bit more on the ball from now on.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40My tray is next.
0:36:40 > 0:36:45Paul hates it, but that's no reason for it not to make a fine profit.
0:36:45 > 0:36:50- £10 bid I've got.- It's got a tenner straightaway.- 12 now, 14 is there.
0:36:50 > 0:36:5414 you've got, 16, 18. Selling at £18, all done?
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Cheap enough, selling at £18, all done. Sold.
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- 18 it is.- You've got to be happy with that, holy Moses!
0:37:01 > 0:37:04Goodness gracious, I'm sure she is!
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Just wait till your lots come up!
0:37:06 > 0:37:10I'm worried now. I'm the guy that went in heavy.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Paul's coffee set without the pot, there.
0:37:13 > 0:37:18I've got a few bids here, 15, £20 I've got. 22 now, any advance on 22?
0:37:18 > 0:37:24- No!- All done?- Too cheap.- 22 it is, then, selling at £22, 24.
0:37:24 > 0:37:2826 back there. 26, I've got. Go for it, don't be daft!
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Go for it, don't be daft!
0:37:29 > 0:37:3028 it is.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32Selling at £28, then.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Close, but no cigar!
0:37:35 > 0:37:38No, a bigger loss after auction costs, though.
0:37:38 > 0:37:41The lucky winner just needs a pot, now.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Time for Paul's bit of Jugendstil.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46- Lovely man.- It's standout.
0:37:46 > 0:37:47Very handsome man.
0:37:47 > 0:37:51I've got 35, 40, 45, I've got. 45 I'm bid.
0:37:51 > 0:37:53Cheap enough.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Don't know about cheap enough. Too cheap.
0:37:55 > 0:37:5955, here, that gentleman there. Any advance on 55?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02It's cheap. Selling at £55, then - all done?
0:38:02 > 0:38:05It's a profit, love. Chuck!
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Barely, Margie.
0:38:08 > 0:38:11Now, if you don't exactly fancy a full cup of tea,
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Margie's Worcester tyg will do the trick.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15You're going to make money on these, aren't you?
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Did I say that with sufficient menace?
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- £10 on it.- Oh, God.
0:38:22 > 0:38:2612 here, 14, 16 here. 18 I've got. 20?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Book is at £20.
0:38:28 > 0:38:3122, 24, 26, I'm out. 26 I've got.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Any advance on £26? Selling at £26.
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Another little disappointment.
0:38:38 > 0:38:43- Can her loving cup do any better, though?- I've got 10, £15 I've got.
0:38:43 > 0:38:4715, 17, 19, 20. 22. 24 is there.
0:38:47 > 0:38:5026. 26 is out. Any more?
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Both gone for 26 quid!
0:38:53 > 0:38:56- £26 then, 126.- Oh, well.
0:38:56 > 0:38:57Hey-ho!
0:38:57 > 0:39:00So, neither of Margie's cups runneth over.
0:39:00 > 0:39:05Just be grateful you didn't spend £105 on something!
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Oh, dear.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09If we were in Cornwall, or at least online,
0:39:09 > 0:39:12I'd have high hopes for Paul's militaria.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16- This is the best thing in the saleroom.- Don't be cocky!
0:39:16 > 0:39:18I'm desperate!
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Nice little thing there.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23£10 start it? Anyone £10.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26What is happening?
0:39:26 > 0:39:3112 here. 14 behind you. Nice one.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34- You're loving it!- I'm not! Honest!
0:39:34 > 0:39:37All done, selling at £14? £16.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40This is insane.
0:39:40 > 0:39:4216 it is.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45That's ridiculous.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48A rare reverse for Paul's stock in trade.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51But a bargain for someone!
0:39:51 > 0:39:54We're taking a bit of a hammering here, aren't we?
0:39:54 > 0:39:55That's preposterous.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Margie's picture.
0:39:58 > 0:40:00Paul was a bit worried about this.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Straight in, I've got a bid of £40.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05- Straight in.- 40, 45.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09I've got 50 back here. 55, 60 here. 65, I'm out.
0:40:09 > 0:40:1165 I've got. Any advance on 65?
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- Go on!- All done?
0:40:15 > 0:40:18- That's pretty healthy.- 20 quid?
0:40:18 > 0:40:21Don't knock it, Margie - it could be the profit of the day.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26Margie, the leg's gone. It's off.
0:40:26 > 0:40:27I'm not surprised, Paul.
0:40:27 > 0:40:30Your clock suddenly looks like an even bigger gamble.
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Where are we starting?
0:40:33 > 0:40:36100 quid? 50, then? No. £20?
0:40:36 > 0:40:40- Where do you want to start? £20, I've got.- He's got 20 quid.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43He's got 20 quid.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Any advance on £20? No? £20 it is.- No!
0:40:46 > 0:40:50£20. 25. 30 now.
0:40:50 > 0:40:54You're kidding me. It's the price of a mantel clock!
0:40:54 > 0:40:57It's the price of a mantel clock!
0:40:57 > 0:41:00£30, 35. 35 now.
0:41:00 > 0:41:0340 now. £40 I've got.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06You're getting there, you're getting there.
0:41:06 > 0:41:08All done? £40. 45. 45 there.
0:41:08 > 0:41:11Bid! Bid! Bid, people!
0:41:11 > 0:41:15- What?- I think you lost money there!
0:41:15 > 0:41:17Calm down, Paul.
0:41:17 > 0:41:22- You'll snap a mainspring.- Aww, there's no justice there.- Margie!
0:41:22 > 0:41:24- Margie!- You've gone a bit pink!
0:41:24 > 0:41:28But that gigantic loss means Margie is firmly in the lead.
0:41:28 > 0:41:33Margie, Margie, Margie, I'm losing it! I'm losing it!
0:41:35 > 0:41:39Maybe your African stool might pull you out!
0:41:39 > 0:41:42Yes, that can't fail, surely?
0:41:42 > 0:41:44I've got five, £10 on that.
0:41:44 > 0:41:48£10 bid I've got, 15 now. Selling at £15? All done. 20.
0:41:48 > 0:41:5220 now. 25. 25 I've got.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Still cheap, but I'll take it.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58Selling at £25 then, all done. Selling at 25, last chance. 27.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Just! 27, 29.
0:42:02 > 0:42:0531. 33.
0:42:05 > 0:42:09- Give it another hour, he could make 50 quid!- £33 and all done.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12Not exactly a big finish, but at least it's a profit for Paul.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16- Not enough to beat Margie, who will be the winner today.- Margie!
0:42:16 > 0:42:18What?!
0:42:18 > 0:42:22Paul began with £451.64
0:42:22 > 0:42:24and after paying auction costs,
0:42:24 > 0:42:26he made a loss of £74.86,
0:42:26 > 0:42:31leaving him with £376.78 to spend next time.
0:42:34 > 0:42:39Whilst Margie, who started out with £333.78,
0:42:39 > 0:42:43made, after paying auction costs, a loss of £16.42.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46She now has £317.36
0:42:46 > 0:42:49and is less than £60 behind.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Congratulations are in order. Hang on, I'm going to put these on,
0:42:54 > 0:42:57because I don't want others to see that I've been crying!
0:42:57 > 0:43:00Have I won an auction? Have I?
0:43:00 > 0:43:02Will you stop going on about winning this auction?!
0:43:02 > 0:43:07I'm going through hell in here!
0:43:07 > 0:43:08Next on the Antiques Road Trip...
0:43:08 > 0:43:10how to make toast.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13Look at this! I could do this all day, I'm in my element.
0:43:13 > 0:43:17- Pun intended! - And how not to make a bean.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- Crumbs!- I've dropped it.