VOICEOVER (VO): It's the nation's favorite antiques experts with £200 each...

I love that.

VO: ..a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Yippee!

I've got pieces that could fly.

VO: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners... ...and valiant losers.

Hello, ladies.

VO: So will it be the high road to glory or the slow road to disaster?

But there's nobody bidding.

VO: This is the Antiques Road Trip!

VO: Yeah!

VO: This week, we're out on the road with antique aficionados - Mark Stacey and Paul Laidlaw.

MARK: That horrible word strategy that one thinks of.

Again, I haven't got one actually cuz the one I used on the first occasion didn't work.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) So I think I'll give up on them.

BOTH: (LAUGH) VO: Antiques dealer Mark Stacey is a bit of a joker.

You know, I don't think Paul was very happy about being in this shop.

(WHISPERS) No.

I mean look he's furious.

VO: And he's game for anything.

Would you like to have a go?

No, not really.

VO: Auctioneer Paul Laidlaw simply fizzes with energy.

I've got pieces that could fly.

And that's a good feeling.

Lovin' it.

VO: And he's a tough-talking Scotsman when it comes to naming his price.

I wish I hadnae asked you the price now because I wanna buy that for a tenner to be honest wi' you.

VO: At the last auction, Mark's biggest profit was a measly £12.50.

Oh, come off!

VO: Paul, however, enjoyed small, steady profits to make him the winner by a whisker.

Cheers buddy.

VO: From his original £200, Mark Stacey has a paltry £186.46 rattling around in his back pocket.

VO: And just ahead by a nose is Paul Laidlaw.

He managed to add just under a tenner to his £200 kitty, giving him £209.92 to spend.

MARK: The first day of our second leg Paul.

PAUL: Yeah.

MARK: You know, I've got you in my sights.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) MARK: I've got that...I've got that £24 lead in my sights.

VO: The 1967 Sunbeam Alpine GT is the chaps' vehicle of choice and sometimes she ain't as smooth as she could be... (ENGINE SPUTTERS) It doesn't sound good, does it?

VO: Mark and Paul will, one way or another, travel over 300 miles from Sabden, Lancashire to Bridgwater in Somerset.

And on today's show, we begin our shopping mission in the village of Holywell Green, West Yorkshire, and we will auction in Cobridge in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

VO: The boys are sharing their first shop of the day in Barnyard Antiques.

MARK: Come on, stop gassing, we need to get in there... MARK: ..time is ticking.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) VO: Here's a tip boys - you're selling at a general auction that specializes in ceramics.

VO: So first to have a go is the ever-youthful Mark Stacey.

I have found this model of a collie dog.

You know, it is pottery Capstan Pottery, England - I have never heard of them.

It is priced at £15.

So if we can get it for a fiver or something that might be a possibility.

VO: Well!

And Paul is also thinking ceramics.

Purports to be late 19th century, Austrian, Viennese porcelain.

Of its period, a classical form to the urn but the prominent feature is our scantily-clad maiden but we turn her upside down and yes we see the triangular pad mark associated with Royal Dux but reproduction.

Price, £60.

VO: And dealer Richard arrives to talk money.

PAUL: Well look, I'm just going to bid you then, because I don't want to waste your time, I'm just going to make you an offer and you can say, "Nah, it is never going to happen."

I need to buy them for 20 quid.

Hm.

They'd need to be more than that.

I'd go to 40 quid.

Nah!

I'll keep looking.

You think about 20 quid but I'll keep looking.

I cannae go to 40, I just... RICHARD: We'll both do a bit of thinking and we'll come back.

Excellent, thanks very much.

RICHARD: Continue looking.

VO: And it's not long before something else takes his eye.

PAUL: Two vintage fishing reels.

Technically they are center pin Nottingham reels.

Could have been made anywhere but they are decorative, they are priced... at 18 for the two.

If I could get those for a single digit sum.

It is a big ask but not a horrendous one.

I'm going to give that a go.

But you know I am going to be cheeky.

I try to be accommodative of everyone.

Are they ever going to be 20 quid?

RICHARD: I'd take £30 for them.

PAUL: If I give you the 30 quid for them, can they be a pittance?

I'd come down for 40 quid for the pair of them, I'd have to leave it at that.

I think I'm giving it to you as I am.

Deal.

Cheers Richard.

Yeah, good man, good man.

VO: So £30 for the pair of vases and £10 for the fishing reels; it is a great start to the day Paul.

Reel 'em in.

Finally, Mark gets a chance to speak with Richard.

MARK: It's this.

Oh Lassie.

MARK: Yeah.

I mean you haven't got much on it anyway but I think the price that you have got on it - it's going to make that in the auction.

I have got to pay a fiver for it Richard.

I have got to, that is all I can pay for it.

RICHARD: Make it eight quid.

I tell you what, just... could we go to seven?

RICHARD: Well, OK, I've been fair with you both then.

Lovely.

Are you sure?

RICHARD: Yeah.

VO: Thankfully Mark has managed to buy...something.

Well, you could say it's...interesting?

Seems Paul wants to spend, spend, spend today because he's found something else.

Riding crop.

RICHARD: Yeah.

PAUL: For sale or... At a reasonable offer yeah.

Can I have a look?

They just come in?

Em...well just one of me stores really.

I was going to do a bit more research on them before... Quite right too.

Ah Swaine and Adeney.

VO: Swaine and Adeney were established in 1750 and were an exclusive London- based company specializing in Equestrian and leather goods.

Because they are relatively modern, late 20th century, they are...very useable.

Look, can I just make you an offer?

Yeah.

Eh 40 quid.

You need to come a little bit more... PAUL: I'll give you 50 quid.

RICHARD: I think I have done well with you before, and I think I will have to stick at 60 quid.

PAUL: Meet me in the middle, fiver.

55.

Alright.

Good man.

VO: The first shop of the day has proved a mixed bag, while Paul has splashed £95, Mark's spent just £7.

VO: They are back on the road and Paul is dropping Mark off five miles away in Sowerby Bridge.

VO: The market town lies in the district of Calderdale and is overlooked by Wainhouse Tower, the tallest folly in the world.

Mark's visiting Bridge Antiques.

He's only spent £7, so will he spend more of the folding stuff in here?

Hi Mark, I'm Stan.

Nice to meet you Stan.

MARK: This is very vintage, this is very 1970s.

It's a punch bowl, ladle and glasses.

So you could make your fruit cocktail punch in that and then you would come over with your glass, lift it up and pour it either side, there is a little lip on both sides.

And I'm not sure how popular they are these days, they are extremely fragile and it is very unusual to find a whole set actually.

No price, we might ask about that.

VO: So, over to Stan to talk business.

Stan is holding the fort for the owner today.

MARK: Do you know how much the punch set is?

STAN: The punch is £40.

MARK: £40...It's quite a fun set I have no idea what it would make in the sale room.

VO: Stan phones the owner to get the best price.

STAN: OK very well, bye bye.

Yes so we will do it for 20.

MARK: (GASPS) My God, what have I done?

I need a cocktail.

Are you sure?

Absolutely.

Stan, thank you very much indeed.

STAN: Not a problem.

MARK: £20.

How good is that?

It must be worth a go at £20 mustn't it?

VO: You could say he's as pleased as punch with that buy.

MARK: I'm happy.

VO: Paul, meanwhile, is on his way to Huddersfield.

PAUL: Look what Laidlaw's gone and done, I have blown half my budget again with two more shops to go to... (LAUGHS) He who dares wins.

VO: That's the spirit Paul.

Paul is visiting The Tolson Museum, which houses collections on the history of Huddersfield.

Hi, is it Joanne?

VO: He's meeting with Joanne Catlow, to talk about the social uprising of the Luddite movement.

Huddersfield has a strong link with radicalism and the museum has a large exhibition dedicated to civil unrest.

Today, we often use to the term "Luddite" to describe someone who is stubbornly opposed to new technology.

But, at the start of the 19th century, the Luddites were mainly textile artisans who were fiercely opposed to the new machinery that was going to replace their jobs and make them destitute.

The museum has a model of the revolutionary shearing frame that started the crisis.

JOANNE: A machine like this could do the work of five men.

Ah my word, yeah yeah.

Initial outlay for the mill owner but then you have got less work force.

Yeah, but four men are going to be pretty upset... JOANNE: Absolutely.

PAUL: ..at that prospect.

Exactly and so those four men were up in arms about this.

PAUL: Right.

JOANNE: And wanted to get rid of this machinery.

PAUL: Yeah sure, sure.

JOANNE: And so they met in secret because it is illegal for groups of men to meet at that time.

PAUL: Oh right.

It is yeah, no trade unions, they met in secret and planned their attacks on mills that had these type of sheering frames, to smash them.

PAUL: Oh right.

VO: By 1812, the Industrial Revolution was gathering momentum just as the attacks were increasing in and around Huddersfield.

Often they used these type of things.

PAUL: Looks like a hammer to me.

Your mill owners aren't going to take kindly to their new plant being smashed up.

Not at all, they did lots of things to defend themselves.

People built barricades with cannons and shots.

PAUL: Really?

JOANNE: And mill owners slept in their mills with the local militia.

In fact, they were so scared that they had 1,000 troops stationed in Huddersfield in 1812.

VO: The Luddites' fight for their livelihoods threatened social harmony so much, that the British government - fearing revolution - committed more troops on the ground in Yorkshire and Lancashire than they did in the field against Napoleon.

The Luddites liked to use the element of surprise in their attacks.

Not always works.

A big, big attack on a mill in Rawfolds, near Cleckheaton, where the mill owner was ready for them, fired, two Luddites were killed and that was their last big attack on a mill.

PAUL: Right.

After that they decided to attack the mill owners themselves.

PAUL: Oh my word.

JOANNE: And this sword was reputedly owned by William Horsfall who was a local mill owner.

Yup.

Who had proudly stated that he would ride up to his saddle girth in Luddite's blood.

PAUL: Bring it on.

JOANNE: Unfortunately for him, on his way home on the 28th of April, 1812, he was ambushed and shot and killed and this was reputedly the sword he was carrying at the time.

It's down and dirty and it is really horrific isn't it?

Because on either side, arguably there are parties fighting for their livelihood.

That is right yeah.

The tensions are...it doesn't get anymore important to you than that to you does it?

JOANNE: No, no...

Putting bread on the table.

PAUL: So what's the upshot of this incident?

Well after they'd interrogated and drowned an awful lot of the suspected Luddites, almost 70 of them were put on trial at York Castle.

And this is a pamphlet detailing the trial there.

Interestingly, the jury was all made up of the local landowners and mill owners and the magistrates.

So really, they didn't really stand a chance.

PAUL: A stitch up!

In the end, three Luddites who were convicted of the murder of William Horsfall, the mill owner, were sentenced to be hanged and dissected.

A few days later, 14 further Luddites were sentenced to be hanged for their part in machine breaking and entering mills.

PAUL: How big an incident is this within the scale of the whole uprising?

The government wanted to quickly end this because they were very scared of a revolution similar to France.

PAUL: Oh my word, of course.

That was a fascinating story Joanne, thanks very much for telling it to me.

You are very welcome.

Thank you.

VO: While Paul's been having a lesson in social history, Mark has traveled to the small town of Holmfirth in West Yorkshire.

VO: The town and the surrounding countryside is the setting of the popular TV series, "Last of The Summer Wine".

Hopefully, Mark won't bump into Nora Batty... as he heads for his last shop of the day.

MARK: Hello.

RACHEL: Hi I'm Rachel.

Nice to meet you Rachel.

Nice to meet you.

Right, tell me about this, what is it?

Em, well we have got a bit of everything really.

Just have a look round and see what you think.

MARK: I like a bit of everything.

Yeah.

And anything really.

MARK: Darling, you and I are going to get on.

VO: Nice wiggle Mark, if you like that sort of thing.

MARK: Right, now what have we got in here?

Interesting.

Those are quite sweet aren't they?

Little heart-shaped silver boxes for a lady to put here pills or something like that in her bag.

But there is a little bit of a problem with them.

When there's...you polish silver like this, it is quite thin, and if you are over vigorous with the silver polish, you can actually wear the pattern away; there is a little bit of wear on these two but they are only priced at £40 for the pair which is quite cheap cuz they're a rather cute shape aren't they?

What could be the lowest on those?

RACHEL: Em...

I've got 40 on them, they can be £30.

MARK: 30.

We couldn't get down to 25?

Go on then, 25.

MARK: Are you sure?

RACHEL: Yeah that's it, yeah.

I mean that is what they are worth scrapped.

MARK: Thank you.

VO: Well, after such a packed day of shopping, it's time for the boys to put their feet up.

Nighty Night!

VO: The chaps are up and at it, rejuvenated after a good night's rest.

MARK: You just don't know until you get there, do you Paul, this is the thing.

PAUL: The thing is though... MARK: You must obey.

PAUL: No matter what plan you have.... PAUL: Goes out that window.

MARK: Goes out the window.

MARK: Goes out that window.

VO: So far that cautious cat Mark has spent £52 on three auction lots.

The Staffordshire collie dog, the 1970s punchbowl set, and the pair of heart-shaped pill boxes, leaving £134.46 for the day ahead.

VO: Meanwhile Paul has gone hell for leather, and spent £95 in one shop buying a pair of vases, two fishing reels and a whip and riding crop.

This antiques booty has left him with £114.92 in his kitty.

VO: Paul and Mark have left Holmfirth and are traveling to the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester.

During the Industrial Revolution Oldham was the most productive cotton- spinning mill town in the world.

Cheers man.

See you later Paul.

Bye.

VO: Mark is very kindly dropping Paul off at his next shop but it's no ordinary shop, RJ O'Brien & Son is a huge warehouse selling to both trade and the public.

RONAN: Hello.

PAUL: Hello there.

Hi.

RONAN: Good morning.

PAUL: Paul Laidlaw.

Ronan O'Brien, nice to meet you.

PAUL: Ronan!

You're the man with the name!

You're it!

(LAUGHS) PAUL: Hi, how are you doing?

RONAN: OK. PAUL: This is it.

RONAN: This is it.

PAUL: Expansive.

Kid in a sweetie shop.

I hope.

VO: Blimey, I think we might be here for some time.

PAUL: Ah, Hummel.

Utterly distinctive modeling and decoration.

Now is it a Hummel or a looky-likey?

Hummel.

That is the name, that is what they are looking for.

VO: The Hummel figurines are based on the drawings of German nun, Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel.

The figurines became popular souvenirs with American GIs stationed in Germany after World War II.

I hate it.

That would give me nightmares.

But...that is a seller.

I am going to pop that down there.

A lot of stuff in there.

Holy Moses, how much time have we got?

VO: Uh, maybe there is just too much to look at Paul?

PAUL: Will see you in a moment.

Bric-a-brac overload.

VO: But he has found something that has really grabbed his attention.

(RINGING) Oh!

I think I love this.

I am looking at a tea-set.

I like the form, OK, I am going to show you the form first of all OK.

I am going to shock you folks, because you are going to go "what!"

What do you see there?

VO: Are they swastikas?

PAUL: You are thinking, 'oh my word, it's German.'

And that is arguably an offensive symbol.

Not so in this context, we are not looking at a swastika.

No, rule that out.

We are looking at a hooked cross.

VO: Before the Third Reich claimed the swastika, it was an ancient symbol of good luck in many cultures around the world.

It has certainly got wow on its side.

I really, really rate that.

VO: And he's not finished yet.

PAUL: I have never seen one of these.

What is inside?

What I would call a trio, which is a cup, saucer and tea-plate.

In isolation, what is it worth?

£5-10 would be a good result.

In its box, I think it is transformed.

Worth £20-£30.

£40 if you really like it.

VO: Paul now has three things on his shopping list.

But will owner Ronan deliver?

PAUL: Can I have please: the Hummel lamp, the trio, the tea for not quite six.

RONAN: Yes.

PAUL: Tenner a pop.

No problem.

And be cheeky and say, spotted that we punter on the way past.

Could you throw him in?

Yeah, course we will.

We have a deal.

PAUL: Gentleman.

RONAN: No problem.

PAUL: Thanks Ronan.

RONAN: Thank you.

VO: The Hummel figurine is a cheeky freebie.

That is another big Laidlaw swoop, as he scoops four items for £30.

VO: Mark meanwhile has traveled north to Ramsbottom, in the borough of Bury, 16 miles away.

VO: And he is ready for a rummage in "Memories Antiques".

(GASPS) Oh no!

Where am I going to start?

Cabinets, cabinets, cabinets, cabinets, cabinet.

This might be some time.

Hello ladies.

LADIES: Hello.

MARK: How are we all?

We are all very well thank you, and you?

I am very well.

I think.

MAVIS: (LAUGHS) I'm Mavis.

MARK: Mavis, hello Mavis.

I'm Mark.

Hello.

We can be M&M.

MAVIS: We could couldn't we?

Somebody might eat us.

MAVIS: (LAUGHS) Be rather nice, wouldn't it.

MAVIS: (LAUGHS) Uh, it's going to be one of those days you know.

I can feel it.

VO: Hm.

I know what you mean.

Now this is rather nice.

VO: This little box looks like tortoise shell but it is actually plastic.

Otherwise known as faux.

It's a little lady's dressing table set.

These are silver guilt, so a little powder pot, a little pill jar there, a little nail file and cuticle thing.

And I love little boxes, I love little etuis.

This one is Edwardian I think.

It is probably going to be, looking at the mark, early 1900s...1905, 1908 so an antique item.

Paul will be impressed, won't he, an antique...from me.

(HINGE CREAKS) That is saying buy me.

Buy me.

Buy me.

Now, that is rather interesting.

This is antique, this is a jug, maybe from a set of three.

I love this sort of octagonal shape.

And it is copper luster and then they have applied these little panels on.

So they cut the panels out and apply them on and fire them.

Now date, this is a genuine antique, a real antique.

The date on this would be something like... 1850/1860.

So we are looking at something that is 160 years old... ...but completely out of fashion.

And today, this is priced up at... ..£8.

I think that is amazing value.

Of course, not amazing enough, not for me to try and get it lower... (LAUGHS) VO: Time to talk money with Mavis.

MARK: The jug is priced at a modest £8 but I would love to get it if possible for £5.

I think that would be fine.

Is that alright?

Yes that's fine.

Well let's count that as sold, OK. MAVIS: Right.

MARK: I'm going to have that one.

And this little box is charming.

VO: The manicure box belongs to another dealer, so Mavis had a word with them about the price.

She thinks she would let it go at 60.

MARK: 60.

That any use to you?

MARK: Is there any chance we could get nearer 50?

If that was at all possible.

MAVIS: I think she would be happy with 50.

MARK: Are you sure?

Yes I am sure she would.

MARK: Because...

I honestly don't know what it's gonna do.

MAVIS: She would, she'd be happy with 50.

MARK: Are you sure?

MAVIS: Yes.

Then Mavis, you've done a wonderful job for me.

MARK: Thank you so much.

MAVIS: You're welcome.

VO: With his shopping done, Mark heads the 10 miles south to Rochdale.

MARK: Oh wow.

VO: Mark is visiting greater Manchester Fire Service Museum.

Housed in a former fire-engine workshop, the museum was opened in 1983 to the public.

The collection tells the story of the proud achievements and development of the Greater Manchester fire brigades.

Mark is meeting with Bob Bonner, retired fireman and volunteer at the museum.

Hello, I'm Mark.

Hello Mark, welcome to the fire service museum.

I'm Bob.

VO: The early 1800s hailed the beginning of the municipal fire service.

Prior to this, fire services were only available to those who could afford insurance.

In the 1860s, Alfred Tozer arrived from London, to organize the fire service in Manchester and developed one of the finest in the country.

As a result, thousands of lives have been saved.

Tozer began a dynasty of fire chiefs that continues to this day.

In the early days, firemen had to work with some pretty primitive equipment.

BOB: We're going to have a look now at what the earliest kind of fire engines looked like, which were known as manual fire pumps.

And the clue is in the name, they were manually operated by firefighters and willing volunteers who would help them.

This is very typical of a small manual fire engine.

What age is this?

This is a typical mid- 19th century one.

This was built by Tilley of London in 1847.

MARK: Wow.

It's that old is it?

BOB: Yes.

MARK: I mean looking at it as a layman Bob, how on earth can a cart help you fight a fire?

BOB: Well inside the cart is a fire pump, an iron fire pump.

The whole thing is just a wooden cart as you say, and the bottom part of it is known as a cistern, so that holds water, which must be filled first before the fire engine will do anything.

So water is poured into there from buckets and sat inside the bottom of the fire engine is this fire pump... Oh right.

...which is then worked by the mechanism.

MARK: You grab that end.

So the firemen and the helpers would be pumping furiously like this.

BOB: Yeah.

And then something would be plugged onto this?

BOB: A hosepipe would be connected to the outlet.

And as we pump, the water goes up the hosepipe to the fire fighter at the end.

As you are doing all this, you have then got a team of other helpers who are filling that water all the time?

BOB: Yes, you continually need to keep it filled.

Unless it is set into a river or something.

MARK: Yes, exactly.

But normally you need a bucket chain to work very quickly to keep its supply.

Yeah because... Cuz even doing this, you can feel it's really working that pump.

BOB: You will empty it very quickly.

Yeah you would, you can see that.

Actually it's very efficient.

Lovely, that is my exercise for the day.

BOB: (LAUGHS) Em... who needs a gym, you just buy a fire pump.

BOB: (GIGGLES) VO: Mark has spotted a pretty intriguing piece of wood.

MARK: What on earth is a mahogany door doing on the middle of this?

BOB: Isn't that a beautiful door?

MARK: It's fantastic.

BOB: I'm very, very fond of that and there's a very good reason why a door would be that shape, because behind that door is a hole in the floor.

Passing through the hole in the floor... MARK: Oh wow!

...is the sliding pole.

So this was the way firemen got from upstairs to downstairs when there was a fire call.

MARK: So this...this would have completely open?

BOB: This would have been completely open and you would be looking down now onto the roof of a fire engine.

And you heard the bell and you just went instinctively straight down the pole.

BOB: You don't jump, you grip it and slide.

MARK: You grip it and slide.

This is like I am pole dancing.

BOB: (LAUGHS) BOB: And down you go.

And down you go.

But how tall would the... BOB: This particular pole was in this building which was four stories high.

MARK: Oh wow!

Most of them go from one floor down to the next floor.

Wow!

BOB: The thing to remember with the fireman's pole is when you land at the bottom to run away quickly, else you'll have five more firemen on your head.

MARK: (LAUGHS) Yes.

I think that is amazing.

I just love the door.

BOB: It is a gorgeous door.

I mean that was the...

I thought it was a library, a secret door.

It is wonderful isn't it?

BOB: Thank you very much for coming.

MARK: And you have been very entertaining.

BOB: Lovely.

Nice to meet you.

MARK: Nice to have met you.

BOB: And yourself.

MARK: Good luck with the fund-raising.

BOB: Yes fingers crossed Mark, thank you.

MARK: Alright, bye bye.

BOB: Bye now.

VO: It's now time for the boys to meet up with one another and have a gander at their antiques booty.

I don't believe it.

There is certainly one thing - I would never have put Paul Laidlaw and Hummel figures together in my life.

I am sorry Paul I am going to have to... PAUL: (LAUGHS) Contaminate yourself.

MARK: I really don't believe this.

I really don't believe this.

Oh yes, it is marked West Germany.

But it has got its fans.

It is everything there.

MARK: You simply can't go wrong honestly.

PAUL: 10.

MARK: For the two?

Oh well that is cheap enough.

PAUL: Should be fine, shouldn't it?

And there is so much that falls in that category?

Well... yes.

PAUL: Reproduction Royal Dux.

But they are a pair and they are decorative and...they... PAUL: You are being so kind.

(LAUGHS) They are large and they are a pair.

BOTH: (LAUGH) Well listen, I don't...

I...really don't know that is what.

I mean I'm going to go obviously for the... ...shall I say quality item.

PAUL: Whip and the crop.

MARK: Nicely silver mounted, Paul.

The most prestigious of retailers-makers.

Swaine and Adeney by appointment to H.M. Oh.

Depends what you paid for them.

55.

MARK: For the pair?

PAUL: Yeah.

That is cheap isn't it?

MARK: Well I congratulate you Paul, I mean you've shocked me.

PAUL: Shocked myself, believe me.

Show me what you've bought.

Shall I?

Well I am not sure you are ready for this.

I don't feel dirty but I am going to be very careful here Paul because there is quite a bit.

PAUL: Explain.

Well, that was my first purchase.

I mean I am not going to pretend it is anything special Paul but it was £7... ..and in the market we're going to... PAUL: I know why you did it... MARK: 15 quid... PAUL: I know why you did it.

MARK: 20 quid if you're lucky.

PAUL: Yeah, yeah.

yeah.

The jug, I wanted to get something antique.

It is a copper luster jug.

I love the little spokes; it is like a lion's head.

OK but is there damage?

There is a crack.

There is a crack in it.

But that was single digit?

£5.

PAUL: ..Two quid, five quid, OK, fair enough.

This, this... MARK: This I love.

PAUL: Yeah... MARK: I love it.

PAUL: Yeah, OK... MARK: But it was only 20 quid.

For the lot.

MARK: This was my really big purchase.

PAUL: OK... Silver guilt.

MARK: Hallmarked on the hinges as well.

Yeah I see that, yup.

MARK: And I've actually catalogued it as faux tortoiseshell.

PAUL: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

What you pay for it?

50.

Sounds alright.

This is too close to call.

I am liking your work, this is going to be good isn't it?

I think so.

Bring on the auction.

PAUL: I cannot wait, yeah!

MARK: Well done.

Roll on the drinkies, I am offski, you coming?

MARK: Yeah come on.

PAUL: Let's do it.

VO: But what do they really think?

Who is going to win?

Please make it be me.

PAUL: The jug, that is landfill isn't it?

It has got a whopping great big crack in it.

Please let it be me.

VO: It's been an exciting second leg, traveling from Holywell Green, via Sowerby Bridge, Huddersfield; Holmfirth, Oldham, Ramsbottom, Rochdale... to Cobridge in Stoke-on-Trent, the venue of today's auction.

MARK: Are you ready for this?

PAUL: Is this the crash and burn or..?

MARK: This is... this is it.

Fortunes made!

MARK: This is it.

Come on, let's get in.

VO: A.S.H.

Auctions has been established since 1994 and hold weekly general sales.

Lee Sherratt is proprietor and auctioneer for today's proceedings and he has a few thoughts on the chaps' wares... My favorite item is the tortoiseshell manicure set.

And I am sure it will sell well.

Is there anything I really don't like?

Em... the punch bowl.

They don't seem to realize a good price really.

VO: Mark Stacey started today's show with £186.46 and spent £107 on five lots.

VO: Paul Laidlaw began with £209.92 and spent £125 pounds, also on five lots.

VO: Oh, where are they?

Oh yes there they are, look!

First up is Mark's retro-style punch bowl set.

Big enough to drown your sorrows in that!

Yeah.

The thing is I might need to.

Bid me on that little lot there, shall we say 25.

25 for the punch set there.

25, 20, maybe somebody start me off?

LEE: £15 for it?

£15... MARK: Oh no.

10 I am bid on the right-hand side at 10.

12 on the phone.

14, 14, 16, at 14 against you on the phone.

At 16, 18, 18, 18 right-hand side, against you on the phone again.

20, at two, at 22, 22, 24 is it now.

At four, at six, at six, 26 is bid in the room, against you on the phone.

At eight.

At 30, 30 bid now, on the phone, it's in the room, it has got to be sold.

£30 once, two, 32, 32, 32, 32, against you, four.

34.

At 34, 34, once, twice, third and final time at £34.

Have we gone... yes?

No?

PAUL: Well done!

MARK: £34.

Good result That is £14 profit actually.

PAUL: Get in!

VO: Well who would have thought it?

A nice profit from the get-go, Mark.

Oh!

Phew!

It looked precarious for a while.

VO: Don't relax too soon, Mark, it's your 19th-century jug with the hairline crack next.

Nice jug there, at 15 for it.

10 for it quickly let's get it gone.

£10, come on, it is worth £10?

10 I am bid, at £10, £10 bid, £10 bid, down here at £10.

Come on keep going.

At £10, at 12, I will sell it for a tenner, first maiden bid.

Well I have doubled my money, I can't really argue with that.

VO: So far so good Mark.

You are on a roll Stacey.

VO: It is Paul's two Victorian fishing reels next.

Can he reel in a corker of a profit?

LEE: So, what do we say for those?

£20, £20 for the two fishing reels there, who's going to bid, come on where are we, 10, 10 on bid, we're off at £10, where's...all over the place, 12 on bid, 14, 14, 16, 16, 18, 18, 20, £20, 22... Come on.

LEE: ..£20, standing at £20, two at 22, 24, 26, 26, 28, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 48, 50, £50.

LEE: At £50 on the second row for the fishing reels at £50.

I can't believe it, Paul.

I'll dae that all day long!

Relief!

VO: Well, he certainly did.

Great start, Paul.

I'm just going to go home.

VO: Oh, come on, Mark.

It's early days.

It's Paul again with the Hummel lamp and figurine.

20, £20 for the two, 15 for the two, come on let's start at 15 bid on the front row, at £15, 16 we're off again at 16, 18, 18 I'm bid and 20 bid now two, 22, 24, 24, 26, 26, 28 on the front row, 30, £30, against you on the phone, 32 is it now, 32, 34, 34, 36, 36 on the phone is yes or no?

36, 38, 38 in the room, is it 40 on the phone?

40 I'm bid, 42, 44, 46, he's saying no, at £44...

Anybody else?

Sold at £44.

VO: Another hefty profit for Paul.

Good, steady work Mr Laidlaw.

Paul is on again with these Royal Dux-style vases.

Come on, where will we get started, give me £30, £30, 35, 35, 40, 40, 45, 45, 50 fresh money, 50, 55, 55, 60, 60, 60 bid, 65, at 65, 70, 70 yes or no?

70, 75, keep going, show your money, at £70, at £70 on the right hand side, it's £70, sells then at £70 for the pair.

VO: What a lovely pair as they say and even better, it's yet another sizable profit for Paul.

£70 is quite a lot for those, it's enough money to be honest.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

VO: Yeah, yeah, yeah, now Mark, can your pottery doggy help you claim some lovely profit?

Fingers crossed.

LEE: Three, five, £10 here now, somebody quickly, 10.

On the front row at 10, 12, all over the place, 12 I'm bid against you, 14 if you want to.

14, at 14 bid, 16 if you want it, 16 I'm bid, 18?

18 I'm bid, now is it 20, yes or no?

18 on the front row.

20, fresh money, at £20, 22, 22, 24?

24 bid, 24, 26?

26 I'm bid.

28?

28 I'm bid, 30?

£30 now, 32?

32, 32, 34?

34, 36?

Well that's alright, I'm happy with that.

LEE: Have we all finished?

VO: Well, Lassie really did come home with the profit.

It's definitely game on between these two chaps.

Get in, well done.

VO: We're back with Paul - he's combined the 1920s tea-set and the King Edward coronation collection, into one china lot.

Unusual decoration on this, ladies and gents...

Unusual decoration.

That's where it is.

LEE: Come on, let's start the bidding.

10 the lot?

Unusual lot here.

10 I'm bid, 12 I'm bid, 14?

14, 16, 18?

18, 20.

22?

£20, lady's bid at £20, where's two?

At £20.

You were right.

Sorry Paul.

Dull, dull.

VO: Oh dear - not the figure you were hoping for Paul.

It's Mark's pretty faux tortoiseshell manicure box next.

LEE: Come on, it's here to be sold.

£20 to get on?

£20, we're off.

At £20, 20 bid, now is it 25?

25 we've got on the right...

Decent big increments as well.

Forty?

40 bid, 45?

£40 bid, the lady's bid at £40, at £40 now, is it 45?

In the room.

It goes, have no mistake, at £40... VO: Mark's not wearing a happy face with that result.

I mean, that was a stealer for 40.

Yeah, yeah.

VO: It's Paul's last lot of the day, the exclusive riding crop and whip.

£20 I'm bid, where's five?

25, 20... 30.

35?

40?

40.

45?

45.

50?

50.

55, 60, 65 bid.

Bethany's bidding.

70... VO: Oh and we have a very keen young lady bidding here.

Perhaps she's got a horse.

LEE: 100 on Glen's phone, 105.

She's still there, 105.

110?

If you... Yeah, 110, 115?

120, is it yes or no?

120 is it, yes or no?

120, yes.

125 in the room.

125 is bid.

130?

125, is it 130?

Yes or no?

At... 130.

At 130, it's on Glen... Five.

At 135.

At 135, it's with Bethany's bid at 140.

At 140 bid.

At 145.

At 145.

Is it 150?

At 145, it's in the room at 145.

Once... 50... At 150.

155, she's still there.

At 155.

At 155.

It's against you on Glen's phone.

160.

160.

165.

165, 165.

170?

165.

170?

The phone is now out.

At 165, it's with you Bethany at 165.

At 165 once.

165 twice.

The third and final time at £165.

£165, 482.

Put your hands together, ladies and gents, (APPLAUSE) She's a belter little bidder.

VO: My goodness, Paul - the biggest profit of the day, so far - thanks to the determined young lady!

Giddy up!

I'll buy you a drink and you'll be better the morrow morning.

Yes, well.

Might need to be a bottle.

VO: Don't lose heart, Mark - you have one last item left.

It's the pair of pill boxes.

I'd hope that I might not need to take a pill after this sells.

LEE: OK, what shall we say for the two of those?

MAN: 35.

On commission straight off at £35.

Oh, that's £15 profit.

LEE: At £35, then, can I see 40?

£40 bid.

45?

MAN: I'm out.

£40, it's in the room on the front row at £40, can I see five or a two?

At £40.

I'm gonna sell then.

At £40... MARK: Oh well.

Ah, went out on a high note, it's alright.

VO: It's not the biggie profit he needed, but it's better than nothing.

Jolly well done.

Let's have a wee drinkie on me.

Come on.

Let's have a wee drink on you.

VO: Let's find out who today's winner is!

VO: Mark started this leg with £186.46 and, after paying auction costs, made a small profit of £24.20, leaving him with a respectable £210.66 to carry forward.

VO: But there's no stopping Paul.

He began with £209.92, and after costs made a bumper £161.18 profit.

So that leaves him with a delightful £371.10 to spend next time...and makes him today's winner.

Well done!

Cheers buddy.

Come on.

Can I say, ye of little faith, but they delivered.

For you.

VO: Oh dear.

VO: Next time on the Antiques Road Trip, Mark and Paul head for the county town of Stafford.

Mark goes too far with a bid...

I don't suppose we could say the two for £15?

DEALER: Em... Ooh.

Ooh, the pain's growing.

VO: And Paul is Mr Poker-Face.

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