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: Today, it's the final chapter in our road trip adventure with boisterous antiques experts, Mark Stacey and Paul Laidlaw.

PAUL: Muahahahaha.

MARK: You really ought to go into pantomime.

PAUL: I'll see you there.

(LAUGHS) MARK: (LAUGHS) VO: Touché.

Mark Stacey is an antiques dealer, who demonstrates he's a man of many talents.

MARK: I mean... this is going to look like I'm pole dancing round it.

VO: And on this road trip adventure, he really knows his priorities.

MARK: Mine's normally quite strong tea with one sugar.

SALLY: OK, any sugar?

MARK: One sugar... SALLY: One sugar right.

VO: This is auctioneer Paul Laidlaw and he's just a big boy at heart.

I've got to wave.

VO: And he gets very excited when he finds that special something.

Mark has made some steady profits at auction.

(GAVEL) But Paul is flying high with profit, (GAVEL) after profit, (GAVEL) after profit.

(GAVEL) VO: After four auctions Mark has made progress but it's more pennies than pounds.

From his original 200 pounds, he has a piffling £366.26 to splurge.

VO: But, the jubilant fourth- time winner Paul Laidlaw is leaping ahead, with a plentiful supply of riches.

From his original £200, he has a delicious £782.04.

It's true.

VO: And the boys will be making their final road trip in the Sunbeam Alpine GT.

PAUL: Is there life after this week Mark?

How am I going to cope without you?

I'm not sure.

I think I'll try and cope without you Paul.

PAUL: You'll get morose.

MARK: I will.

PAUL: You'll pine.

You'll be like Greyfriar's Bobby.

MARK: I will...do you know, I'll waste away.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) VO: Mark and Paul are journeying over 300 miles - from Sabden in Lancashire; all the way south to Bridgwater in Somerset.

On today's show, first stop is the former sea-faring city of Bristol.

And they will auction in the Somerset town of Bridgwater.

VO: Bristol is the birthplace of Archie Leach, otherwise known as Hollywood darling, Cary Grant.

Paul, Paul Laidlaw.

Oh deary me, what have I done now?

Well, it's what you're about to do.

Oh my word.

Shopping isn't it?

Oh yes.

(LAUGHS) Got you worried there for a minute.

VO: Paul is dropping Mark off in this fair city, for a date with an exceptional maritime landmark.

We'll catch up with Mark later.

PAUL: See you later.

MARK: Go away from my ship.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) VO: But first Paul is motoring 24 miles south to Pylle near Shepton Mallet to begin his shopping mission.

VO: And Pylle Emporium & Gallery is Paul's first shop of the day.

PAUL: Hello... Tony?

TONY: Good morning, good morning.

I am Tony.

PAUL: I'm Paul, good to see you.

VO: Paul has the stealth of a puma when hunting antiques.

Looks like he's found some possible prey.

PAUL: Wristwatch.

Enameled face, silver case.

Why am I looking at it?

It's all pretty dull isn't it?

Well... the label tells me that it's 1917.

These were favored by and sold to army personnel serving in the trenches during the First World War and these have attracted over the last few years the term "trench-watch."

Asking price £40 but it's a good buy given it's in running order and to be honest with you on occasion I wear such watches, I think they are really super cool.

Never mind your big blingy sports watches - that is a gentleman's wristwatch.

What do you think?

I love it.

VO: And something else comes under the Laidlaw radar.

PAUL: I'm looking at something that's way above average.

You've got a mahogany turned and carved column of no mean quality on four little cabriole legs, we'll call them.

But I'm loving the fact that it purports to be a late Victorian standard oil lamp converted to electricity.

Who knows when - whether it was done in 1910, 20 or whether it was done recently I've no idea.

I don't think it is a made-up piece.

The price tag is not offensive to be quite honest with you.

If I were looking for it, at £95, I wouldn't be quibbling.

VO: So firstly, Paul, asks Tony the owner for a price on the watch.

The best I could do would be 35.

VO: And then a price for the lamp.

Tony, that's it there in the corner.

TONY: We could do it for 70.

PAUL: 70 is it?

70 it is.

Nothing in the middle?

No more?

You could squeeze me for £5 more, that's all.

PAUL: Well, if 65 is the best you can do on that, is 35 the best you can do on the watch?

Yes.

Not another fiver to squeeze off that and sweeten the whole thing and I'll buy two things.

I don't know...uh.

Well I'd like a sale I suppose.

Do you want to do it?

Yep.

Thank you very much.

Good one Tony.

OK. VO: Phew!

That was a bit tricky Paul but your perseverance paid off.

Excellent start to the day.

While Paul has been getting his sleeves rolled up shopping, Mark is stepping aboard Bristol's nautical jewel the SS Great Britain.

This revolutionary ship was the brainchild of 19th-century engineering giant, Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

At the time of her launch in 1843, the SS Great Britain was the largest ship in the world.

She was the first screw-propelled, ocean-going, iron-hulled steam vessel.

She became the model of modern ocean liners.

With a capacity of 252 passengers and 130 crew, she was full of innovation and marked the dawning of international passenger travel and world communications.

Now a museum and open to the public, Mark is meeting with Matthew Tenor, the director of the SS Great Britain.

MATTHEW: The SS Great Britain is Brunel's masterpiece.

It's really the world's first great ocean steamship and she's been called the great, great, great grandmother of virtually every ship afloat today.

MARK: Really?

This is the first big one.

She was by far the biggest thing ever built in 1843 and she was built in this very dock, in Bristol.

MARK: Oh wow.

So really strong connection to... MATTHEW: Absolutely the dock was made to build this ship.

VO: In 1852, the SS Great Britain set sail to Australia for the first time - carrying hundreds of emigrants and gold-seekers.

MATTHEW: With this great ship on the route to Melbourne from Liverpool you could get there in about 60 days.

MARK: Wow.

Which is very fast.

MARK: Very fast then, wasn't it?

Sailing ships could take up to about 100 days and you're probably going to alive when you got there which is something we completely take for granted today.

MARK: Of course, yes.

VO: Accommodation was split into first, second and third class.

Matthew gives Mark the tour.

MATTHEW: This is the first class promenade deck from the 1840s.

MARK: Wow.

So they would have socialized here would they?

Played games, talked to each other.

It's one big central room with cabins off each side.

It's illuminated by these great sky lights.

MARK: And the luggage would have been stacked here?

Yes, a lot of luggage would be in the hold...

But you need some luggage on a day-to-day basis.

Of course you do.

Of course you do, yes.

And cabins off each side.

Come and have a look.

So these are the first class cabins.

Each cabin has two bunks in it.

MARK: They're very tight, Matthew, aren't they?

MATTHEW: It's partly so you don't fall out of them - you're wedged in tightly and often they would sleep on deck if it was hot.

This is a double cabin.

MARK: Oh so this is for a family.

MATTHEW: That's right.

MARK: But that's actually quite nice with the little seats you can sit on and play with the children.

MATTHEW: If you can manage the mal de mer - sea sickness of course was a major issue.

Oh yes.

MATTHEW: Here's the bathroom.

MARK: Oh wow.

This is for the crew is it?

MATTHEW: This is for passengers.

MARK: Oh, this is for passengers?

So everyone from first class would use this one bath.

That's right.

But this is luxury.

MARK: It is luxury, I suppose at that time... VO: From the spartan luxury of first class, what about the poor folks in third class?

MARK: So all life was here, Matthew?

MATTHEW: That's right.

The diaries and the letters of the passengers that sailed out to Australia in this space are full of the wonders of all the people around them but also the fighting and the flirting and the gambling.

And families would be packed in here too.

We have some great diaries which actually sketch all of this area, saying who was in which bunk.

MARK: Oh really?

So a really good insight of how it was laid out.

MATTHEW: We've recreated this space precisely according to that diary.

MARK: Oh fantastic, isn't it?

VO: Sadly we must leave Mark and the world of ocean liners and now what's that Paul Laidlaw up to?

VO: Well he's traveling from Pylle to Somerton for his next shopping expedition.

Man, what an end of an adventure!

So yeah I look all positive.

Let's see what I can pull out of the hat this time, yeah.

VO: And it's a glorious day of sunshine as Paul arrives.

After a scout about, he's found something he rather fancies.

PAUL: As far as I'm concerned that is an early 19th-century - I hope silver but that remains to be seen - cream jug.

The form is termed a helmet form and you're thinking to yourself that it looks nothing like a tin hat but if you picture it like that it bears a resemblance to a certainly cavalry helmet that were worn in the early 19th century.

This is 1820, 1830.

Andrew, do we know who owns this?

Yeah, I can deal with them.

PAUL: Can you?

ANDREW: Yeah.

Well, it's priced at £36... ANDREW: Mm hm Um...

Does it have to be £36?

Speculator's purchase?

No, I could do you a bit of a trade on that.

How's 25 sound?

No point about beating around the bush at a price like that, it's a deal man.

ANDREW: Got a deal.

PAUL: Thanks Andrew.

VO: And again - he's never content with finding one thing.

(CLINKING) The search for the next goodie continues.

PAUL: That is a handsome piece of wood.

It's a press.

Books certainly an option but I dare say that it could also be used in a domestic setting for pressing textiles.

That's George III, that's 200 year old if it's a day.

The density of the timber, the richness of that color and the workmanship and then this hand- cut thread here... VO: Andrew comes over for Paul's second stab at negotiations.

ANDREW: Go on then, what are you trying to get me.... PAUL: I'm trying to get that slaughtered.

I want that for 10 or 20 quid.

ANDREW: 10 or 20 quid.

(WHISTLES) VO: Crikey he doesn't mince his words does he?

ANDREW: I can do that 30 quid.

£30, sweet as a nut.

Thanks Andrew.

Excellent.

VO: Paul's on top form today.

That's four for the swag bag.

Meanwhile Mark is still in sunny Bristol and he's found an antique shop to have a forage in.

Well, well, well.

VO: This shop is so crammed with antiques there is barely enough room to swing a cat.

Meow.

MARK: Michael, what are those in the cabinet over there?

Are they polar bears?

MIKE: They are polar bears and they're from the days of the show grounds, from the 40s, 50s and they were given as prizes but you had to win a lot of prizes to get one of those.

I don't ever remember - and I worked on the shows as well - ever one being given.

VO: Gosh - it's rather tricky to see those polar bears.

I'd love you to get them out and show me.

VO: Oh well done Mark.

MARK: But I'm going to go outside Mike, because I can't look... Alright?

If you hear a crash, if you hear a crash... Then it's been nice knowing you.

VO: Couldn't you have picked something that was easy to get to, Mark?

(BREAKING GLASS) VO: Oops!

I'm going to have to go in and have a look, you know, see how he's getting on.

The price has gone up by now.

MARK: Oh no, no don't say that.

Where is it?

Oh what a weird thing?

MIKE: If you lift the glass out, you slide the glass out, it's the correct one.

MARK: Oh yes that's always been in there hasn't it.

MIKE: Yeah, yeah.

God, what an amazing item.

MIKE: Well, you can imagine it with the fish in that floating about, the little gold fish in there.

MARK: That's right and I could...

This little...

I mean you've got a family group, she's sitting rather aloof - the mother upstairs.

MIKE: It's always a mother with the cubs.

MARK: And then he's climbing up to see her and then this one is looking down at the goldfish swimming... Oh Michael, I think that's amazing... you know.

VO: Oh what a cracker!

What else does Michael have to offer?

So what have we got here?

I'm not going to open it because it's unlucky to open an umbrella inside - or a parasol because this must be a ladies' version mustn't it?

VO: The Edwardian lady loved a decorative parasol and it was the ultimate accessory when taking a stroll along the promenade.

MARK: I'm convinced it's a swan and you've got the little bill there as well which has got the little marks on it.

Nicely chased, and I love the way the little eyebrow is in there as well and then when we come to the side we see a nice clear mark for London.

I'm guessing, Mike, I don't know the dates off the top of my head, 1905, 1908.

VO: Now, what about a deal for the two items?

The starting price for the polar bears was £165 and for the parasol £160.

Now seeing you've had such a hard day or week we're going to make it a little bit easier for you.

Gosh, do I need to sit down?

Now I don't want to see you crying on the television, cuz you're such a handsome man you don't want to be crying all over the place.

What I'll do then is I'm going to sell you that for 85 and I'll sell you this for 80.

It's 150 for the two.

MARK: 150 for the two.

MIKE: I should think that would.... MARK: 150.

MIKE: I knew that, I knew that.

VO: Cor!

No hesitation there.

Mark sure knows a good deal when he sees one.

As the end of the day approaches it's time for the boys to have a much-deserved rest.

Nighty night.

VO: A fresh new day and the boys are sad that their road trip adventure is nearly over.

It might be many a moon until I'm next in a classic car having as much fun as this with a buddy like you.

Aw, aw.

Oh please where's the bucket?

I think that's what I wrote down.

VO: So far, Mark has spent £150 on two lots - the polar bear fish bowl and the swan-headed parasol.

Leaving a sum of £216.26p for the day ahead... And Paul, has spent £150 on four lots - The trench watch, the standard lamp, the - hopefully-silver jug and the mahogany press.

He's still got lots to spend though, with £632.04 to play with.

VO: The boys are making their way to glorious Glastonbury.

VO: Did you know that the renowned Glastonbury festival actually takes place in the village of Pilton over six miles away?

Paul is dropping Mark off at their first shop of the day.

The beauty of searching for antiques is that you never know what you might come across.

And Mark has certainly found something very unusual.

MARK: I think what we've got here is part of a Victorian carriage, because these wheels are obviously joined by this axle.

And I... You don't often see them joined like this.

But I think in the hands of the right person these would make a fantastic garden seat.

VO: The ticket price on the carriage wheels is £175.

Mark finds owner James for a bout of negotiation.

I need to get them lower than that.

Now what about 70?

We can't do 70.

We could toss a coin between 80 and 85.

OK then.

Do I call or do you?

JAMES: No, you call in the air.

Tails.

It is tails!

Are you sure?

You're happy with that.?

That's fine, that's fine.

MARK: £80, thank you James.

VO: Great gamble Mark but will they be lucky for you at auction?

VO: Paul has traveled 18 miles away, to Blackford near Wedmore.

VO: With an already bulging collection of antiques, he's happy to try and add some more.

Lemon Tree Antiques is owned by the quick-witted Les There's no messing about with 'Hawk-Eye' Laidlaw though.

He's straight in there.

PAUL: I adore Georgian wine glasses, there's great interest in such but interest falls off rapidly when we get into the 19th century.

Check this out.

(WHISPERS) What a color!

Price tag £55.

A lot of money for one wine glass yeah.

But it's a gift for eight!

(LAUGHS) VO: I think he likes them.

Check this out.

If these are all good condition - I'm loving this.

VO: Paul finds Les to talk money.

LES: So you said I can retire, sir, after this deal, did you?

They were in there.

Eight wine glasses.

One's got a chip and one's had a chip that's been ground out.

LES: Yeah... PAUL: They're up at 55, which I don't think is expensive.

LES: Oh she forgot the 1 in the front.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) LES: You can't get the staff, can you?

48 quid.

PAUL: It's a deal.

LES: Done.

PAUL: Not a difficult man to do business with.

VO: Well Paul's certainly delighted with that buy.

VO: Meanwhile, Mark has traveled from Glastonbury to Somerton.

VO: Ah, now Paul visited this shop yesterday.

But has he left anything for Mark?

Oh, well that's quite interesting.

Copper of course, a little tray I suppose it is for the hallway or something like that.

Maybe for handing out... your maid would come in with a calling card on a tray.

But you can see instantly by this hand-beaten design and this hand-scalloped edge it's going to be from the Arts and Crafts period, so maybe 1890 to 1900, 1905.

VO: And Mark finds Andrew to start negotiation.

Make me an offer.

I need to get it for about 20 quid.

Yeah, I can do that for you.

MARK: 20 quid?

ANDREW: Yeah, go on then.

MARK: Thanks Andrew.

Thank you.

I suppose you want... VO: Not bad for £20 Mark.

Let's catch up with Paul now.

VO: He's traveled 15 miles to Western-Super-Mare for an action-packed adventure.

VO: Paul's in for a great treat today.

He's visiting the world's largest helicopter museum.

From the mid-1930s, helicopters were recognized as an important addition to the world of aviation because of their unique take-off and landing.

The helicopter museum has over 80 helicopters from a small collection started by Elfan ap Rees in 1958, the museum has grown and grown and grown.

An excited Paul is meeting with Elfan to find out more.

A lot of the aircraft here you won't see anywhere else anywhere in the world and you certainly won't see them anywhere else in the UK.

My word.

Well then, what you going to show me?

ELFAN: Well we'll start off with the very first helicopter I flew in which was the beginning of the collection.

And it's here?

It's here.

This is a 1951 Bristol Sycamore helicopter which actually took part in the Dutch floods disaster in 1953 and was the first helicopter I flew in, in the early 1960s.

Wooden rotor blades in those days, good old-fashioned piston engine and this one has quite a nice leather interior because the Bristol airplane company also owned Bristol cars of course.

PAUL: Yeah, very smart.

BOTH: (LAUGH) VO: Amongst the collection is a real world record-breaker.

ELFAN: This is the world's fastest helicopter.

1986 - still holds the world speed record today and it was done not far from here near Glastonbury on the Somerset Levels and nobody else has been able to do it since.

What an achievement eh?

And a British achievement.

ELFAN: Yes, absolutely.

PAUL: Wow.

So how fast is the record?

249.09 mph.

VO: And to complete the tour, Elfan has acquired a pair of rather unique and very rare helicopters... PAUL: This is it?

Yep.

That looks like a big work horse, a big beast of a thing.

ELFAN: Yes it is quite a big machine.

It's one of the Queen's flight helicopters that we have here.

This is the older one of the two.

Interestingly the Queen was never allowed to fly in this one because it only had one engine, so she could only fly in aircraft that had two engines.

This is the Wessex helicopter and when she visited this museum in 2007 she called it her old washing machine.

PAUL: That's great!

BOTH: (LAUGH) ELFAN: So she obviously had an affection for it.

Elfan, you've been magic.

Thanks very much.

A pleasure.

All the best.

VO: While Paul's been getting all "boys and their toys", it's Mark's turn to visit Lemon Tree Antiques in Blackford.

Mark is under pressure and needs a little help from Les.

MARK: No I would hate to go home empty-handed.

LES: No you're not going home empty handed Mark, You'll buy something, I'll make sure of that.

MARK: (LAUGHS) You are terrible.

LES: Yeah I will!

Don't look at them.

MARK: No, don't look at those.

OK... (LAUGHS) Fine.

VO: Magpie Mark finds a sparkly little gem.

MARK: It's a pretty little Victorian brooch and they've got a safety chain on it.

LES: Yeah it's no money - a tenner say.

Pretty enough thing, but... LES: It looks gold to me but we can't find a mark.

MARK: Hmm.

VO: Looks like Les is keen to sell.

LES: Keep the door locked Mo, keep the door locked!

VO: Quite right.

He really does want Mark to buy, it's a lock-in.

Just to sweeten the deal I'll give you that as well.

MARK: But what do I do... LES: I told everybody in creation, "you'll get no freebies here".

and here I am dolling it out to you.

VO: Haha!

This snooker marker board would have been used to keep score during the game... and he's found something else.

That was an etui or something originally.

I would think so.

Yeah an etui case.

VO: Victorian ladies would carry an etui, which would hold small items like scissors and tweezers.

I would say it's a period one.

LES: 1850s, 60s?

Yeah.

It's a nice shape, the shagreen is in good condition.

LES: It is.

Nice green-y color.

LES: Yeah, well you can have that.

MARK: Now you picked that up in a job lot?

LES: I did not.

Tell me you picked that up in a job lot?

LES: How much have I got on it?

BOTH: ..40 quid.

LES: There you are, my memory ain't bad is it?

You said you had 116 quid.

That's all I've got.

LES: Give us your money and you've got the two pieces.

MARK: And the snooker board and the brooch.

Now don't take the mickey, man.

Come on.

Shake my hand, shake my hand.

Yes.

Done.

What just happened there?

I don't know but I'm quite excited I think...I think.

VO: It's time for the boys to show one another their goodies.

Standby.

It's a real mixed bag, Paul.

PAUL: God it is!

Wow!

I love that... MARK: I thought you'd hate it!

Imagine this is chalk, how many of them will survive?

That is one of the best things I've seen in years... MARK: I've never seen anything like it in my life and I just was drawn to this little bear here, he's looking at the goldfish as they're swimming around here.

I love that Mark, I've got to ask the question, what did you pay for that?

Quite a lot of money.

PAUL: You didn't, did you?

MARK: I did.

What did you pay for it?

£75.

I think that is fantastic.

MARK: I love it.

I'd love that.

I'd love - that - and I think I might like more of what you've bought.

MARK: (CHUCKLES) Ah, OK. You could be lucky with that.

Some farmer could give you good money for that.

MARK: No, but do you know what I would do with that?

I'd make it into a garden seat.

PAUL: Yeah I hear you.

MARK: I just thought it was a really wacky idea.

PAUL: (LAUGHS) It is!

MARK: Do you want to know what I paid for that?

Eh... alright.

What you pay for it.

A tenner.?

No.

80 quid.

Are you winding me up?

MARK: No 80 quid.

VO: Moving swiftly on.

PAUL: Well I've got to have a look at this.

MARK: I love it Paul.

Mr Stacey.

MARK: I absolutely love it.

Partridge wood and assayed... palm wood!

Palm wood and assayed silver.

That's delicious!

MARK: The quality, I thought, was there.

I know they're not as popular as walking canes.

75 quid I paid for that.

PAUL: What's that worth, 120, 160?

MARK: I hope so, I hope so.

PAUL: What did you pay for this?

MARK: My entire budget, £366.26.

PAUL: My hat...

I would take it off.

Every penny.

Show me yours.

PAUL: Be nice to me.

I will.

VO: That'll be the day.

MARK: Wow.

OK. And... Well, I never.

PAUL: What do you think of my wines?

I love the color.

PAUL: Try a glass, though.

Look at the work.

Do you know, I absolutely love the color.

PAUL: All the stems... MARK: Oh, they're wonderful.

PAUL: And to get that number... MARK: Such a sexy blue.

Cheap?

48 quid.

MARK: They've got to be worth that.

PAUL: Good.

Now, I want to see what this is.

I think you might think this is dreary, to be honest with you.

MARK: Wow.

PAUL: I like it.

MARK: Yeah, no.

It's very stylish.

Good to go, interior decorator's piece, but good for the end user as well - just pick your shade.

Hm.

PAUL: Good thing.

MARK: Very, very attractive.

PAUL: I hope.

So, how much did you spend, Paul?

198 quid.

OK.

Right.

So I spent my entire budget and you spent a quarter of yours.

Yeah.

Well, I think we can shake hands on the winner now, Paul.

You know, I've got a slight tear.

You know.

VO: But come on, boys, what do you really think?

All in all...I'm a little disappointed, really, that Paul couldn't spend a bit more money.

The bears, I think that's a magic lot.

I think it is a magical lot.

It's lovely.

And I think a decent price was paid.

Good work.

VO: Let's hit the road and head to auction for the last time.

VO: It has been an exhilarating finale with the boys battling it out from Bristol, Pylle, Somerton, Glastonbury, Blackford, Western-super-Mare, and finally the Somerset town of Bridgwater.

VO: Now, Bridgwater is a splendid, ancient town.

It's mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, dating from around 800 AD.

PAUL: Look at us... MARK: Do you know, I'll be glad to see the back of you.

PAUL: ..an old married couple, 20 years later.

"You know, I can't stand the way you drink your soup."

MARK: Come here...

BOTH: (LAUGH) VO: He-he.

Tamlyns at Bridgwater have been established from the late 19th century.

Taking to the rostrum today is auctioneer Claire Rawle.

What does she think about the boys' lots?

The carriage wheel's great.

Difficult to say how they are going to go.

Book press also could be a bit tricky, mainly because it's big and people don't know what to do with them.

VO: Mark Stacey started today with £366.26 and spent every penny on six auction lots.

Great.

Paul Laidlaw began with £782.04 and spent £198 on five lots.

For this week's final auction, we will also be accompanied by an audience on the World Wide Web.

CLAIRE: At 28... VO: First up, it's Paul's little cream jug.

Although it doesn't have a hallmark, it's tested positive for silver.

£20 anywhere for it?

20 straight in.

It weighs four ounces.

£20?

Thank you, 20 on the net.

Oh the internet's bidding.

Do I see two anywhere?

Bid's at 20.

At 20.

22.

25.

28.

It's going up online, Paul.

But there is no one in the room that would buy a little Georgian silver cream jug?

CLAIRE: At £35, it's a net bid, you're all done in the room.

You are joking!

CLAIRE: At £35 then.

All done... At 38.

At 38.

Now 40.

At £38 on the net.

Want to come back again?

My other bidder.

At 38 it is then.

You all done?

Selling to the net then at £38... (GAVEL) It's a wee profit.

It's a profit, but I think you wanted a bit more than that, didn't you?

VO: Of course he did, Mark!

He's not usually a stranger to profits.

Next, it is Mark's combined lot of the swan-headed parasol and the brooch.

55 on the internet.

That's a good start.

At 55.

At 55.

Now 60 anywhere?

At 60.

60 in the room.

At £60.

Now five?

At £60.

70 on the internet.

75 in the room.

At 75.

Internet has woken up now.

75 I've got in the room actually.

At 75.

80.

85.

At 85.

Now 90 if you want it out there.

At 85.

90.

95 in the room.

At 95.

Now 100.

95 I've got in the room.

At 95.

100, thank you.

110.

Good-o.

It's creeping up.

Yeah.

Could be good one, this.

CLAIRE: One of you is going to have to be patient out there.

120.

130 in the room.

140 on the net.

At 140.

150.

At 150.

Now 160.

150.

160.

170 in the room.

At 170.

Now 180.

180.

190.

This is it.

CLAIRE: At 200.

Your swan is in flight.

CLAIRE: At 220 in the room.

250.

PAUL: (GASPS) MARK: Oh, 250!

280.

At 280.

280 now!

Jesu..!

(LAUGHS) 280.

At 280.

Fill it up to 300 out there.

Yes, go on, fill it up.

Fill it up to 300.

Now 300!

Don't drop out now, fill it up to 300.

Yeah, fill it up to 300!

I like that expression.

At £280 then, you all done out there at 280... (GAVEL) MARK: (GASPS) VO: Congratulations, Mark!

That is your highest profit this week.

Well done.

Oh, I am very pleased with that, actually.

I'm coming back, Paul.

I'm coming back.

VO: Heaven help us!

Can Mark keep the profits high with his dainty etui case?

£50 to get it going, please, anywhere.

50?

50?

Well, start me away.

£20 then.

It's for nothing.

20.

Two.

Five.

Eight.

30.

Two.

Five.

Eight.

40.

Two.

Five.

Eight.

50.

Five.

60.

Five.

65.

Lady's bid at 65.

It's going to sell... Oh no!

CLAIRE: ..in the room at £65... (GAVEL) MARK: Oh, no!

That's a shame.

PAUL: Bargain.

VO: Oh, dear.

Just when we thought your luck was changing, Mark.

Back to Paul and his World War I trench watch next.

£20 anywhere for it, please?

£20.

Thank you, I've got at the back £20.

At £20.

At 20.

I've got 22 on the net.

At 22.

25 in the room.

At 25.

28.

At 28.

30 I've got here.

Do you want to go two?

32.

35.

Now eight.

38.

In the room at 38.

At 38.

40.

42 in the room.

45.

48 in the room.

Now 50.

50 I have.

Oh dear, that's a shame.

50 on the net.

You sure?

At £50.

Don't lose it for five.

At £50.

It's a net bid at 50.

At £50.

Five.

I knew he was hatching another.

At 55.

Back of the room at 55.

At 55.

60 says the net.

She is good actually.

Yeah, she squeezed it.

And she's not quick on the hammer.

MARK: No, she's... PAUL: Yeah, yeah... CLAIRE: All done out there then?

MARK: ..giving them a chance.

CLAIRE: At £60, absolutely sure?

Last chance.

60 it is then.

At £60... (GAVEL) MARK: Did a good job.

PAUL: She did a good job.

It was a good result for the watch.

Yeah, yeah, sweet.

VO: Sweet indeed, Paul, but it's not the usual high-flying profits, though.

What about Paul's George III mahogany press?

It's next to tempt the bidders at Bridgwater.

20?

Thank you, 20 I have.

At £20.

At 20.

Back of the room at 20.

At 22 on the net.

At 22.

It's going away... Oh, gosh, getting excited on the net, 28.

At 28.

Do you want to come back?

30 I have.

In the room at 30.

At £30.

32.

35.

38.

At 38.

Now 40.

40 I have.

At 40.

At 40.

45 on the net.

48 in the room.

At £48.

50 here.

At 55 in the room.

At 55.

Now 60.

60 I have.

65 in the room.

At 65.

Now 70.

At 65 is a room bid.

Gone a bit quiet out here now.

At 65.

70, back again.

At 70.

75 in the room.

At 75.

It's a room bid.

80 I have.

At 85.

85.

PAUL: Somebody sees potential in it.

90 I have.

95 in the room.

At 95.

Now 100.

100 I have.

110 in the room.

At 110.

Room bid at 110.

At £110.

It's a room bid then.

You all done?

(GAVEL) VO: Well, Mark is flabbergasted at Paul's mighty result.

I just can't believe it.

I cannot believe it.

Oh, you take it so badly!

Bottle it up!

(LAUGHS) Show some grace!

VO: It's another combined lot from Mark.

The copper tray and the, um, miniature watering can next.

And this one I have to start straight in at £30.

MARK: Oh, phew!

At 30.

At 30.

Do I see two anywhere?

32 on the net.

At 32.

Clears me now.

At 35 at the back.

At £35.

Now eight.

At 35.

It's in the room now at 38.

Do you want to go 40?

£40 I have in the room.

At £40.

At 40.

42.

Now five?

45 at the back of the room.

At 45.

Now eight here.

At 45, back of the room at 45.

You are out, internet.

At £45 then.

If you are all done... (GAVEL) VO: Well done, Mark.

That result should perk you up a bit.

It is Mark again with his snooker marker board.

I have got £20 on it.

At 22.

25 with me.

28 either of you?

28 at the back of the room.

Clears me now.

28.

30.

32 on the net.

35.

Fresh bidder in the room.

At £35.

At 35.

Now eight.

38 he says.

40 in the room.

42.

No?

You sure?

At £42, all done?

Selling to the net then at £42.. (GAVEL) VO: You scored a whopper on that one, Mark.

That's what I call potting the black.

VO: Perhaps the unusual polar bear fish bowl will help you inch nearer to first place.

£20 anywhere for him?

£20?

20?

Nobody?

Internet?

£10 then.

Ah, everyone wants it now, you see.

10.

12.

15.

18.

20.

22.

25.

No.

At 25.

We got a little way.

At 25.

At 25.

Now eight anywhere?

At £25.

Right at the back of the room at £25.

You are all sure?

It's going to sell then at £25.. (GAVEL) No!

Peeved eh, mate.

VO: What a jaw-dropper of a result for Mark.

An unexpected, sore loss.

That's auctions.

MARK: That's auctions.

My chances of catching up are slipping away, Paul.

VO: It's Paul's turn with the carved mahogany and brass standard lamp.

Start me away, £30 anywhere for it.

Thank you.

30 I have.

35 at the back.

At 35.

Now eight out here.

At 35 in the room.

No!

You're kidding me on!

CLAIRE: At 38.

£40.

42.

45.

At 45.

Back of the room at 45.

At 45 then.

The bid's in the room.

You all sure?

It's going to sell then at £45.. Sure it is.

(GAVEL) MARK: Well.

PAUL: Ouch.

Ouch!

VO: Ouch indeed.

Another disappointing result for the boys.

I'm becoming quite unhinged.

You are just becoming, or it's just dawning on you now?

VO: Cheeky Paul.

Right, it's Mark's final lot of the day - the pair of carriage wheels.

CLAIRE: £20 anywhere?

Thank you, 20 I have.

At £20.

At 20.

Must be somebody else here who fancies a pair of carriage wheels.

At £20.

Going to go for a maiden bid of £20.

You all sure?

All done.

There is someone hovering on the internet, this is exciting.

Build up.

Come on.

22, I knew there was someone out there.

25.

At 25.

Do you want to go to 28?

Yeah, 28.

30 at the back.

At £30.

Come back with two.

At 32.

We'll help you carry them onto your lorry.

At £30.

There you are, did the trick.

32.

At 32.

35 it is.

At £35.

Don't go quiet on me now.

At £35, it is a room bid.

You sure out there?

38.

At 38.

40.

Yeah, I knew he'd go again.

At £40.

Now two.

At 42.

At 42.

You sure this time?

All done, selling to the net buyer at £42... (GAVEL) VO: Certainly an exciting play between bidders, but just not enough to help Mark.

I can relax now, it's down to your last lot.

VO: It's the final lot of the day, Paul's stunning set of wine glasses.

£20?

20?

All those glasses, 20?

£10 then.

You see, everyone wants it now.

10.

12.

15.

Go on.

18.

18.

22 I've got on the internet now.

They're galloping off now, 28, 30.

At 32.

35.

38.

40.

That's better.

42.

45.

48.

50.

Five.

At 55.

60.

70.

80.

90.

100.

Excellent, £100.

At £100.

On the internet at 100.

Oh, he's back again at 110.

120.

120 it's going to be... (GAVEL) PAUL: ..take that.

Cheers, man.

MARK: Well done.

VO: Another stonker of a profit from Paul.

So, for the fifth time this week, he is the reigning supremo at auction.

You fancy a wee cruise in a classic car, maybe a pint at the end of it, big man?

Oh, go on then, if we have to.

Can I tempt you?

...If we have to.

Shall we?

Come on.

VO: Mark started today's show with £366.26 and, after paying auction costs, made a small profit of £42.92, bringing his final earnings to £409.18.

VO: Paul started with a mighty £782.04 and after costs, made another whopping profit of £107.86, giving him a wondrous £889.90 to finish on.

And that means he is crowned this week's jubilant winner.

VO: All profits our experts make will go to Children In Need.

MARK: That's it, over for another year.

PAUL: Man alive!

Belter, though.

MARK: Oh, it was fabulous.

All you've got to do now, Paul, is drive me into the sunset.

Come on then, amigo, let's do it.

MARK: Let's go.

VO: Mark and Paul's road trip adventure has all too soon ended.

They made new friends... Mark dished out the cuddles.

Do a Reggie Perrin?

MARK: After you.

VO: And Paul was one tough-talker.

Show me those antiques!

Yes, sir.

PAUL: Stacey!

MARK: Yes, sir.

That's not an antique, boy!

VO: But Mark didn't get upset.

What?

I'm not upset, Paul.

I'm nowhere near upset.

VO: We'll miss you, boys.

Safe journey home.

VO: Next week on the Antiques Road Trip, James Lewis gets his hands all dirty.

That is turtle poo.

VO: While James Braxton is on cleaning duties.

DEALER: Would you clean all that up?

Yeah, well, I was hoping you might.

No.

You've got to be joking.

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