[MUSIC PLAYING] TIM WONNACOTT: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts.

What a job.

TIM WONNACOTT: With 200 pounds each.

You with me?

TIM WONNACOTT: A classic car.

Buckle up.

TIM WONNACOTT: And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

Oh, sorry.

Haha.

TIM WONNACOTT: The aim-- to make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

There'll be worthy winners, and valiant losers.

So will it be the high road to glory?

Or the slow road to disaster?

Have a good trip.

TIM WONNACOTT: This is the antiques road trip.

Yeah.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Prepare yourself.

It's the second helping of our road trip thrills with Margie Cooper and Paul Laidlaw.

Ooh, I'm fizzing with excitement.

Here we are again.

How are you feeling?

Fine.

Ready.

Fresh ready.

Excited.

TIM WONNACOTT: That's the spirit Margie girl.

And how often do you make a bad purchase?

Ah, uh, oof.

I'll tell you after the auction.

It ain't easy, this.

TIM WONNACOTT: You're telling me.

On this trip, manly, hirsute Paul, discovers a softer, feminine side.

Uh-oh.

You may be surprised Mr. Military goes and buys two items for the ladies.

TIM WONNACOTT: And Margie has a dilemma.

Is anybody going to want it?

And for what would they want it for?

TIM WONNACOTT: Good question.

Now, how about Paul when he was a wee bairn?

I wanted to be a punk.

But I was-- I was-- You were a gir-- you tell me once you were a girl.

I was a girl slightly.

[LAUGHTER] I can't believe you were-- Oh it can't be proven.

All the photographs to it destroyed.

TIM WONNACOTT: That's what he says.

From her original 200 pounds Margie now has 210 pounds and 60 pence.

Paul started with the same budget, but has increased it to a lovely 288 pounds and 40 pence.

We have the super cute Morris Minor 1,000 convertible.

A classic.

It's quite a nice little car, this.

Yes perhaps to be arguably.

It's an icon.

Is there any hipster-ism in your life, Margie?

No.

Strictly conventional.

Always have been.

TIM WONNACOTT: Okie dokie.

Our past road trip kicked off in Hemswell Cliff, in Lincolnshire.

We'll gallop around Yorkshire, take a spin around the Midlands, before concluding in Shrewsbury in Shropshire.

Today, our adventure begins in the spectacular city of York.

We conclude with a Darlington auction in County Durham.

Nobody should say we don't cover the land.

Heading to York.

Heading to the wonderful city of York.

Fabulous history.

Absolutely.

I think in the Civil War when I think of York.

Oh here we go.

Can't we have five minutes without you and your flipping Civil War.

TIM WONNACOTT: Oh dear.

Nowhere says medieval quite like York.

From the Minster to the Shambles.

History is around every corner.

Righty-o then.

Let's get stuck into a good bit of shopping.

Here we go.

You were going to park on a rug.

Hey standards, Margie.

From henceforth, we only park on rugs.

TIM WONNACOTT: Blimey, we've created a monster.

Have a good'n.

See you later.

See ya.

TIM WONNACOTT: Fully furnished is a warehouse stuffed to capacity with all things imaginable.

Stocks even spilling out onto the street.

Look at that lot.

A joy.

Look a that.

Look at the stands.

A good piece of furniture, legged furniture, should have a vitality.

That's John Bull.

That's not a chair, that's John Bull.

Tension.

Do you get that?

That little chair could run off.

TIM WONNACOTT: If you say so.

Right.

Let the methodical sifting begin.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Furniture.

Which is great.

I love my period furniture.

But you've got to work really hard to get me to take a piece to auction.

(LAUGHS) TIM WONNACOTT: Let's leave him to it and find Margie.

That's Mr. Laidlaw, plus beard.

Dropped off at the shop.

But he's ahead of me.

And I'm just hoping that the shop I'm is gonna be good for me.

TIM WONNACOTT: Margie's shopping at a different antique emporium.

Also in York.

There's 50 dealers selling goodies in here.

Can you guess what it's called?

Good Morning.

Hello.

Hi, welcome to the Red House.

TIM WONNACOTT: Got it?

- I'm Stephen.

- Brilliant.

- Good, good.

- I'm going to-- Have a good look around.

TIM WONNACOTT: Let the mooching begin.

Hello who's she?

Wow.

So many wares.

TIM WONNACOTT: It's a shop, Margie.

There's more.

TIM WONNACOTT: We'll leave Margie to browse.

I wonder if Paul's had any luck now he's found dealer, Dominic.

I'll tell you what.

This is a blast.

It's not, obviously, me, but-- so, (LAUGHS) are we-- powder compact-- what, 1950s?

1950s American powder compact.

20 quid on this, crazy money.

Modeled to be, to be packaged to go.

Tied, wax-sealed, and stamped.

Well that's a blast, but-- can that be cheap?

It's not fiver is it?

Well, as the sun's shining, why not?

OK, well.

That's probably sold.

But, eh, what's that?

In that box of costume jewelry, there's another powder compact, yeah?

One for the ladies?

Love hearts.

Enneso made in England.

Frankly I'm none the wiser for that.

The 40s, maybe?

[BOTH LAUGHING] Who knows?

Um, are these a fiver a piece, going rate?

Yeah, why not?

Well I think we do that.

That's done, yeah?

Bit of white metal.

TIM WONNACOTT: Gosh, this is a cabinet that just keeps giving.

PAUL: Georgian sugar tongs at 12 quid doesn't this sound crazy, either, though, by the way?

Nice place to sell.

That said, they're a bit as yesterday's news as they get.

We saw a wee continental strainer, Ro-- dah dah dah-- that's Roman isn't it?

Italian silver.

All the money and some.

Is there a deal to be done on the pair?

Yeah hit me with it, Paul.

Well if that, look, if that was 12, became 10-- DOMINIC: Yeah.

--but if I buy the pair, could that be 15 to 25 the lot?

Yeah, let's have a deal.

Yeah Let's have a deal.

Well that happened in the blink of an eye.

TIM WONNACOTT: Certainly did.

Thank you very much.

Well look, I have a rummage.

I'll come back for these.

Came over nowhere, that.

Now what did we buy?

Well you may be surprised Mr. Military goes and buys two items for the ladies.

No fortunes being made here, but profits and that's what I want.

Ha ha ha.

TIM WONNACOTT: So that haul of goodies consists of the rather lovely ladies compacts, the silver sugar tongs, and silver tea strainer.

For a total of 35 pounds.

Back to Margie in the lovely Red House.

Got it.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Seen something down here.

That doesn't have a price.

So ever the optimist, I'll have a look.

Oh, she looks all right.

Well, that's pretty.

I think it's bronze.

Obviously one of a pair, I should think.

Looks like she's going to sing, or something, doesn't she?

Bit of age to it.

It's probably early 20th century so it's probably 1910, 1920.

A bit of weight.

It's quite attractive.

Wonder how much is going to be, though?

How much are you going to be?

Haha.

TIM WONNACOTT: Bronze is often gilt, to give this decorative and attractive effect.

Let's get Stephen over, Stephen!

There's no price on it.

All right, I've only just brought that over.

Good.

I would do 65 pounds on that.

Easing on that, tiny little chip.

Uh, let me think.

I'll do-- - [INAUDIBLE] - --40 pounds.

- Right, OK. - 40 pounds.

- Right.

OK. OK?

Yeah.

I think she'll stand a small profit at 40 pounds.

Good.

Good.

Thanks, Stephen.

Thank you.

TIM WONNACOTT: I think she's happy with that little purchase.

Her first of this trip.

Well done, Marge.

In the meanwhile, Paul's traveled to the North Yorkshire village of Elvington.

He's come to the Yorkshire air museum.

Formerly RAF Elvington.

A World War II airfield extensively used by allied bomber crews.

Paul is meeting with museum director, Ian Reid.

To learn about one of the most important figures in the history of aeronautics, Sir George Cayley.

Just walked in past a host of iconic 20th century aircraft, but I believe you're going to take me beyond that, to the 18th century.

Absolutely.

To this man here, Sir George Cayley.

A Yorkshireman who lived very near here, but whose inventions changed the world.

From prosthetic limbs, to tracked vehicles.

Sir George Cayley was a brilliant inventor in the 18th century.

But it was his fascination with flight that would prove to be his biggest gift to the world.

He was the first person that actually designed and put an aircraft construction together.

He did experiments in lift, in drag.

All the things that are required to produce a modern aviation.

TIM WONNACOTT: The Mont Gauthier brothers ascent skywards in the first hot air balloon in 1783, fueled the imagination of the nine-year-old Sir George.

And it's said to have sparked a lifelong obsession with aeronautics.

In the early 19th century, Cayley began a series of experiments that would result in his large gliding machine taking flight.

This is an exact replica.

So here it is the governable parachute.

It's more than a touch of the Jules Verne about it but it predates Jules Verne.

Absolutely, yes.

You can see the streamlined shape.

It's almost like a boat.

It's got a tail on it.

It's all done on the lightest possible fabrics that there was in the early 19th century.

TIM WONNACOTT: Cayley established the modern configuration of an airplane as a fixed wing flying machine.

So, I take it some daring or crazy fool is rolled down a hill in this?

Yes, it was one of Sir George's footmen, was deigned, if you like, to fly it.

Yes, my lad.

And, he flew down Brompton Vale, and was the first adult to fly an aeroplane.

It did crash, it's quite heavy.

And it would come down with a thump.

TIM WONNACOTT: But this was a triumph.

And in the mid-seventies, the museum built this replica, which managed to become successfully airborne.

All testament to Cayley's detailed design.

Interestingly, there's a thing called wing warping on it.

One of the wires is connected to the very extremities of the wing.

So, if you pull it down, it will actually steer.

TIM WONNACOTT: This was the beginning of man's control of the skies.

Nothing like this had been done before.

Cayley was very much a modern man.

And he knew that the materials that he was using were really too heavy.

And the way to fly was to have an engine.

So he actually designed a propeller, and he experimented with engines that ran on gunpowder, and things like this.

But of course, they would be cast iron based, and far too heavy for a ship like this.

He foresees what we now know as internal combustion engine-- Very much so.

--propelling heavier than air aircraft.

Yes, he said as much in some of his papers.

That certain areas will need the advancement of time in order to make this better.

But he knew it worked.

TIM WONNACOTT: And so much so, the Wright Brothers acknowledged sir George Cayley's invaluable contribution to Aeronautics as inspiration for their own flying machine.

The museum also has a replica of this.

Here we are.

The Wright Flyer.

50 years after Cayley's governable parachute.

December 1903.

And you-- with this, the Wright brothers fulfilled Cayley's vision.

Using some of the principles that he's discovered.

Absolutely.

What an achievement.

Astonishing.

What a man.

I had no idea.

Ian, what a pleasure.

Great pleasure to have you.

TIM WONNACOTT: Sir George Cayley was the Yorkshire born aristocrat, who became a pioneering aeronautical engineer.

A groundbreaking scientist and inventor.

He truly is the father of aviation.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Meanwhile, Margie is on the ground.

Just outside the village of Barmby Moor.

I've got to be very careful, not squandering my money.

But think very very very very clearly about, don't buy with your heart, buy with your head, a bit to try and catch up with Paul.

TIM WONNACOTT: You can do it, Margie!

Bar Farm Antiques consists of four barns full of lovely things.

Plus a pretty big warehouse.

There's plenty to see here.

Margie's got a smidge over 170 pounds to spend.

Oh my goodness.

That's a clerk's slope, isn't it, like a desk top.

He'd be sitting at a chair, working, doing his figures, and doing his numbers, and doing all his accounts.

Back in the day.

1850, 1860, it's old.

That's how you did it in those days.

And he's got a punch there, for his paper.

Punches holes in there.

And then he's got his ancient pencil sharpener.

Nice thing.

A real antique.

TIM WONNACOTT: And it's priced at 95 pounds.

I hate the word quirky, but it's quirky isn't it?

I mean you find me another one.

Yeah that's the thing, isn't it?

But, is anybody going to want it, and what would they want it for?

TIM WONNACOTT: Oh, look.

It's friend of the road trip, dealer Greg.

Howdy, Greg.

MARGIE: So, what are we talking about price wise?

What were you thinking?

Well, I'm like Mr Scrooge.

All right put me in the mind of a Dickensian person.

Yeah.

I was thinking 38 quid.

GREG: 38?

I was thinking maybe 45, but yeah 38 is doable.

Is it?

Yeah.

Sure?

Yeah, positive.

Well, you wanted it 38.

I'll go for it.

TIM WONNACOTT: Looks like a good, solid piece, Margie.

Thanks for the generous discount, Greg.

I've just come across these.

This is absolutely lovely.

This is a little Hornby signal box.

You know, for people who collect model railways?

Sort of like, mid 20th century, 1950.

And in their original box.

TIM WONNACOTT: This is quite a specialist area in the world of collecting.

But, the condition and original boxes could attract bids at auction.

Go on, level with me.

I got the lever crossing, you've got a signal, and you've got the signal box.

Maybe, if he's had them a while, he might do me a deal.

So I'm going to ask him.

TIM WONNACOTT: Oh, Greg!

GREG: Yeah.

I've spotted these.

Don't know much about them.

But I do know Hornby is good, and I do know that railway-- people with train sets like to buy-- Yeah.

And, the box.

So if you tell me what you're thinking, and I'll tell you what-- I've got I've got a price in mind.

So you want all three of them?

Yeah, I think I've got to go for that, haven't I?

Somewhere around 70?

What were you thinking?

45?

Yeah, I could do that.

OK. Great.

All right.

Yeah.

TIM WONNACOTT: Well, there we have it.

A total of 83 pounds on the Victorian desk slope, and the assortment of Hornby train set items.

[MUSIC PLAYING] PAUL: Happy days, Margie.

Yeah.

Yeah, another good one.

Yeah not bad at all.

PAUL: Chops for dinner?

MARGIE: Yeah.

PAUL: The garlic butter and-- TIM WONNACOTT: Sounds delish.

Nighty night, you two.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Wakey wakey.

Our pair in the Moggy are on the move once more.

I had two-- at least two-- surreal nightmares.

You didn't.

No joke.

I was in the war.

There was prison.

Oh, no It was all going wrong.

There were heights.

Isn't it marvelous when you wake-- you're so glad you've woken up?

Oh what-- I had to go for a walk in the bedroom.

Drank out my head.

You know when you wake up, you're still there.

TIM WONNACOTT: Oh blimey.

Let's remind ourselves of what our lovely twosome have bought so far.

Margie has three lots.

The gilded bronze figure, the Victorian desk slope, and the assortment of Hornby train set items.

So much stuff.

TIM WONNACOTT: Margie has 87 pounds and 60 Pence left to spend.

Whereas Paul is buying unlikely Laidlaw things.

He has two lots.

The ladies compacts, and the combo lot of the George III silver sugar tongs and the silver tea strainer.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Leaving him a large kitty of 253 pounds and 40 Pence.

I want a coffee.

I want a coffee.

So, you've had nothing?

Nicht.

So just-- I'm a fighting machine, Margie.

I'm honed, and I can run on.

I can handle this.

TIM WONNACOTT: Yeah, right.

The big fella is dropping off his compadre in the city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

Yeah.

That ringing sounds ominous.

Might be a harbinger of the apocalypse.

Anyway, get out.

Have a good one, Margie.

TIM WONNACOTT: They are right couple of giggling flirty gerties, those two.

Margie's starting the day with some history at the city's museum.

Where local man and hero of Sir David Attenborough is celebrated.

He's Charles Waterton, a naturalist like no other.

Margie's meeting curator, John Whitaker.

- You must be John.

- Hi, there.

- Hi.

- Hi, Margie.

Yeah.

In the late 18th century, early 19th century, he was an extremely fascinating pioneering man.

Who traveled out to the wilds of South America, exploring.

In a time before many Europeans had been into the interior of the rain forest there.

TIM WONNACOTT: A man of the landed Gentry, Waterton's far flung travels saw him hunting specimens to bring back and create a museum within his home at Walton Hall.

Three miles South of Wakefield.

Whilst the idea of killing wild animals for research purposes might seem shocking today, early naturalists saw themselves as pioneers who had much to learn.

And how could they learn if they hadn't got any specimens?

So John what are we standing on?

It's amazing isn't it?

This is a caiman.

Yeah.

Which is a type of-- it's like a crocodile, like an alligator.

Yeah.

It's found in South America.

It's quite a large one.

That Waterton brought back in the 1820s.

Right.

We've got it under the floor in the museum because-- to get a Waterton eye view on it.

Because Waterton actually rode this out of the river.

He rode it out.

He rode it out of the Essequibo River in Guyana.

They'd reached a point, they got it on a hook-- Yeah.

--but they couldn't get it out.

So he leapt on its back, and helped it out of the water.

TIM WONNACOTT: Waterton's trip to South America allowed him to develop a fascination with the local culture.

Waterton was a pioneer in many many different ways.

Yeah.

When he traveled out in Guyana, he-- he made contact with the local tribes, the Micucci Tribe.

And he discovered how they made this special poison that we now call curare, he called it woorari at the time.

Yeah.

And it's what they used on their-- tip, their blow pipe darts with it, to hunt with.

Knock out the animal.

TIM WONNACOTT: This is when he had an idea to push the boundaries of medical science, by developing a more humane way of sedating animals.

He gave this woorari to a donkey, and he used a set of bellows to keep its lungs going-- Right.

--while it was under.

And they made a complete recovery and lived for 20 odd years afterwards.

And he proved that this substance could be used in anesthetics.

And it is-- a derivative of it, today is used in modern anesthesia.

TIM WONNACOTT: The Industrial Revolution was in full swing, and would make Waterton become one of the first campaigners against pollution.

Along with the museum, he created what we think is probably the world's first ever nature reserve.

He thought that animals and birds needed to be protected.

Because he lived in a time, in Victorian England, where industry was everywhere, and pollution was everywhere.

And he wanted to create a little safe haven for birds and animals to live in.

And as well as that, he wanted people to learn more about them.

There was a soap works near his home, that was polluting the land.

And he took them to court, which is completely unheard of in Victorian England.

He took an industry to court because it was polluting.

Yeah.

He was one of the first people to do that as well.

TIM WONNACOTT: Waterton won the case, and the soap factory had to move away from his estate.

Charles Waterton lived until the ripe old age of 83, and was dedicated to the environment until the day he died.

So, he must be a hero to modern day conservationists.

Absolutely a hero.

He believed that nature and people needed to find a balance.

And he fought to create a safe haven for nature and keep out polluting industries and challenge pollution.

That was considered eccentric and strange during his lifetime.

And it's taken us-- he's been dead for 150 years now-- it's taken us that long to catch up with those ideas, and those values, and those beliefs.

Yeah.

We look around us today and we now realize he was right.

We should be protecting these things.

[MUSIC PLAYING] [NATURE SOUNDS] TIM WONNACOTT: Let's return to our man in the Morris.

We are traipsing through Yorkshire.

Steeped in history.

And no doubt full of treasures.

Whether there are any such waiting for me at my next port of call, remains to be seen.

TIM WONNACOTT: The West Yorkshire town of Featherstone is Paul's next stop.

The A645 Trading Post is crammed with a plenitude of potential.

Let's see what he can find in here.

Can't afford that.

You know what that is, don't you?

It's one half of a pair.

There is its companion.

And these are andirons.

You may know them as fire dogs.

Know their origin is archaic.

Originally, these stands would be placed in the hearth, and logs or kindling, or whatever, could be laid across them and burnt.

You know, it's part-- it forms part of the hearth proper.

TIM WONNACOTT: And they're priced at 22 pounds.

Why am I looking at them?

Because, per se, not so appealing at the moment.

These, however, are appealing purely because of the aesthetic.

And they hail from, or they come from, within the arts and crafts movement.

TIM WONNACOTT: That's one potential.

Oh, blimey, that was quick.

Is this another?

I don't know enough about that.

That frustrates me.

But I know this much.

That is a little Islamic vessel.

Brass bodied.

But what I can't tell you, is what that exquisite calligraphy translates to, And I can't tell you how old it is.

But I wouldn't be standing here showing it to you, if I thought they were of no consequence.

What about all the white metal overlay?

This technique is called demascening.

TIM WONNACOTT: Or, damascening, which is the intricate art of inlaying different metals.

But this looks like on-laid silver.

This is quality workmanship.

And I love it.

I love it.

TIM WONNACOTT: I think he loves it.

What's it going to be priced at?

30 pound?

40 pound?

120 pound?

Five pounds.

That is low risk.

And I'm going to take that to auction.

And I'm going to see if someone out there, a specialist in the field of Islamic art and metalwork, doesn't take one look at that and go, oh my word, I'm having a go.

TIM WONNACOTT: Interesting find.

It looks as though it's got a story to tell.

Let's find dealer Linda.

Linda!

Right.

Right.

Islamic pot.

Pair of fire dogs.

Ooh 22?

22 pounds?

They're going to be very cheap!

Yes!

Yeah.

TIM WONNACOTT: All right Paul, cool it.

I'm saying nothing.

27 squids.

What are they going to be?

Right.

Don't say 26.

20 quid.

TIM WONNACOTT: For everything?

OK. No problem.

Linda.

They're lovely, aren't they?

I could live with them.

I kid you not.

I could-- I'd happily take those home and find a corner for them.

TIM WONNACOTT: Yeah, but you can't.

15 pounds for the pair of brass andirons, and 5 pounds for the Islamic vase.

That's cheap.

Go on, give it a bit of whirly.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Darling Margie has made her way to the village of Cawthorne, in South Yorkshire.

Her final shopping rendezvous is here.

Cawthorne Antiques.

Margie's purse still has 87 pounds and 60 pence inside.

Right, so I've spotted these Scottish brooches here, which I think are quite good sellers.

So, the two I'm going to go for-- one is 35, and one's been reduced to 40.

So, maybe I can get the cheaper sort of 40-ish, 40 odd.

I've got a chance.

TIM WONNACOTT: Let's get a better look.

So this one's typical Victorian, with that decoration round, isn't it Karen?

You see that a lot on Scottish brooches.

So there's the hallmark on the back, which is there.

And that's 35.

But that's really in pristine condition.

And this other one doesn't have a whole lot, but it feels silver-- you can feel it's silver.

TIM WONNACOTT: Right, let's talk money.

So, Karen these are really nice.

I haven't got that much money.

(LAUGHS) She smiled.

So what sort of deal-- if I had the two?

Two for 40?

So that pushing you?

Yeah that's fine.

Yeah what about 45?

45 pounds?

Thanks, Karen very much.

So give us some money now.

My money pocket.

TIM WONNACOTT: Well done, Margie, you honed in pretty quickly on those.

Right.

Let's find Paul.

Margie and I are heading to the same destination, which is always awkward.

Unless of course I get that first, and I stuff a lot of bargains.

TIM WONNACOTT: Sorry, Paul.

Margie's beaten you to it.

But there's plenty of space for both of you.

If you behave.

Nicely.

[MUSIC PLAYING] Oh look what the wind's blown in.

My friend, Mr. Laidlaw.

It's good here isn't it?

Yes.

- You not bought anything?

- Not yet.

You're joking.

I've not been through the door five minutes and I've got something.

You're a liar.

TIM WONNACOTT: Yeah, Margie.

He's a big fibber.

And a wind up merchant.

He really does need to get a move on though, if he is going to spend his 233 pounds before closing time.

Here we have a silver shoe.

A gentleman's shoe.

And I see marks.

Blanckensee and Son, Chester, an Edwardian piece.

Early 20th century.

And it has an oak sole.

There's not a lot of silver here.

And because this silver's relatively thin, it's crimped just a wee bit around there, the opening of the shoe.

And therein is some padding and some plush velvet.

Telling us that this was a hatpin stand.

I like the period.

I like its nature.

Hatpin stands sell.

And I like the humorous side to it.

Now, price.

It was 98.

They reduced it to 89.

And paying cash, which I will, was 25% off that.

So that's another-- it's gonna be 65 pounds.

TIM WONNACOTT: The hatpin cushion belongs to a dealer who's not there.

So, manager Margaret makes the call.

Go for it Mags.

Margaret.

45?

Is that of use?

That's very much of use, Margaret.

All right.

Thank you.

We're both gonna sleep well tonight, are we not?

Yeah.

You go that way.

I'll meet you the other side.

I will give you some money.

Right, thank you Paul.

And it happened.

TIM WONNACOTT: He's happy again.

The smart little silver shoe pincushion completes Paul shopping.

Now what of Margie?

I've just found this sweet little Edwardian chair.

It's probably about 1900, 1910.

This is when furniture became much finer.

After the very heavy Victorian furniture.

In fact, this is what we call Sheraton Revival.

This design was 100 years earlier, at the end of the 18th century.

So, this is a really sweet little chair.

I'm just looking at the price.

Ah.

Now this might be a bit of a sticker, maybe.

It's gone from 98, which is completely out of it, to 60 which is still too much.

TIM WONNACOTT: Yeah, especially as you've only got just over 40 pounds left, old girl.

So, Karen this little chair I found.

Sweet.

Oh, that's lovely.

Yeah it is, yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, I'm getting to the end of my purchases now.

Right.

Right.

It's already been reduced, as you can see.

But I haven't really-- I've only got-- very little money left.

So, I'm going to be really tough, now.

I'm going to offer 38 pounds.

(KAREN GASPS) Because, I've just about got that amount of money.

We've got to stick together as girls, so yeah.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Right.

Thanks very much indeed.

Thank you.

TIM WONNACOTT: The Edwardian child's chair signals the end of this shopping spectacular.

Next up Darlington Margie.

Here we come.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

You're happy with all your little purchases?

Happy enough not, not, not counting any chickens.

You?

Well, I just hope I can catch up a bit.

No, no, no, let's not go that far Margie.

Come on.

I mean, we can have as pleasant a time as we like, but make no bones about it-- You want to crush me.

TIM WONNACOTT: Crikey.

I think it's best you to get some shut eye, eh?

[MUSIC PLAYING] It's off to auction, we go.

We've made our way down to the town of Darlington in County Durham for our second leg decider.

How are you going to do?

How are we going to do?

TIM WONNACOTT: Today's sale is being held at Thomas Watson.

They've been holding sales here for yonks, don't you know?

Paul has been very frugal, with a total spend of just 100 pounds on five auction lots.

Margie has gone for broke, she's almost spent her entire kitty, with a total bill of 206 pounds, also on five lots.

Dish the dirt then, on one another's buys, please.

This looks as though it could be a bit of a worry.

I think it's an Islamic pot.

Which feels really right.

It looks really good.

It seems to have a lot of age.

I think he's paid very little for it.

So, I'm a bit scared of that one.

It's Bob Cratchit's desk, isn't it?

That's the-- it's the best we can do with it.

OK. Once upon a time, this was a desirable object.

Why?

I have no idea.

There's nothing the matter with it apart from who is going to want it?

25, 30 pounds.

TIM WONNACOTT: David Elstob is today's auctioneer.

What does he think of their offerings?

The compacts are really phenomenal, very vintage.

Very 1950s.

The celluloid one in particular, I think will have collectors excited.

I'm expecting quite a lot of internet bidding on this lot.

It's a nice look a group of railway items by Hornby, very collectible.

And they are vintage ones, so I think they'll do quite well.

TIM WONNACOTT: Thanks, David.

The auction is about to begin.

Wow.

TIM WONNACOTT: Today we're also open to internet bidders.

It's such a gorgeous building, isn't it?

TIM WONNACOTT: First up, it's Margie's gilt bronze figurine.

25 pounds on bid, I'll take 30.

30 bid in the room.

30 bid in the room.

Gentleman has bid a 30 pounds.

Finished at 30 pounds all done.

Margie, what happened there?

TIM WONNACOTT: Such a pity, eh?

But plenty more to go, Margie.

I mean in fairness, I did start a rumor in the room that it was plastic.

I thought they'd see the humor in it.

TIM WONNACOTT: Joker Paul's turn next, with the pretty compacts.

20 bid of 20 pounds.

25 bid.

25 30 5 40 5 40 on the gallery.

40 pounds it is on the gallery-- It's the little parcel.

At 40 pounds and fair warning.

At 40 pounds.

Nailed it.

TIM WONNACOTT: Decent sized profit, there Paul.

Pleased for you.

TIM WONNACOTT: Yeah, looks it.

Now your turn, Margie.

To pounce back with the assortment of Hornby train set items.

Collector's pieces.

35 bid.

35 on bid.

I'll take 40.

40 bid.

40 bid.

45 online.

50 in the room.

50 bid in the room.

At 50 I'll take 55.

60 sir.

One more.

55 it is on the internet, then.

All done and finished at 55 pounds.

All done.

TIM WONNACOTT: Not bad Margie.

Railway town Darlington gave you a bit of a profit.

A whopping tenner.

Profit's a profit.

A whopping tenner.

TIM WONNACOTT: Come on, Margie.

Be grateful for the small mercies, girl.

Next, Paul's combo lot of the George III silver tongs and the tea strainer are next.

I'll start with 45 pounds.

Oh, thank you.

45 bid to say 50.

And 45, 50, 55 bid.

It's trading.

At 55 then we've all done it finished.

Fair warning at 55.

I think you've been a bit lucky, then.

TIM WONNACOTT: Perhaps, maybe your luck will turn soon, Margie.

One makes one's own luck, Margie.

You know that's true.

Now shut up.

TIM WONNACOTT: She's a fiery one.

Now, wait for it.

The big Victorian writing desk is next.

This is the Antiques Road Trip.

So it's an antique.

Yeah.

Going back to the mid-19th century.

OK. Really.

I wish I hadn't bought it.

I'll start you with an impressive 40 pounds.

40 bid.

45 55 bid.

55 bid in the room.

Got a bid from South Africa.

60 pounds.

65, 65 bid in the room.

Turns out the Hortons are [INAUDIBLE].. 65 bid to see 70.

At 65 then fair warning.

Marvelous.

Knew it was a good-- [GAVEL BANGS] Thank you.

TIM WONNACOTT: It's your best profit so far.

Well done, Margie.

"I wish I hadn't bought it."

It seems so long ago now.

TIM WONNACOTT: Your turn, Paul with the shoe hatpin cushion, next.

40 bid 40 bid the pincushion of 40 take 5 50 5 bid 55 bid in the room.

55 bid 60 65 bid.

65, I'll take 70 75 bid 75 bid.

I'll take 80.

80 bid online.

80 bid it is on the internet.

Then at 80 pounds Fair warning.

At 80 pounds all done.

TIM WONNACOTT: Well done, Paul.

Good.

TIM WONNACOTT: Oh, dear.

Your turn Margie.

With the combo lot of the Scottish brooches.

25 bid 35 40 in the room.

40 bid.

40 bid.

45 50 45 in the room.

45 on bid.

50 I'll take.

55 on line.

60, sir.

55 it is on the internet, then at 55 pounds.

I'm the tenner queen.

TIM WONNACOTT: Oh dear.

She's a bit grumpy today, isn't she?

Still, a small return, Margie.

Don't blame yourself for buying that old fashioned casting.

TIM WONNACOTT: Talking of old fashioned, Paul's brass andirons are up next.

25 bid for these.

25 will take 30, 35, 40 mother 40 with you.

God bless her.

40 pounds in the room.

45 online.

[INAUDIBLE] 45 50 in the room.

55 online.

60 in the room.

60 bid.

60 bid, I'll take 5 65, 70 next.

At 65 then the room's out of the bids online at 65 pounds, all done.

Lovely.

TIM WONNACOTT: Another steady result from Paul.

Well purchased.

Is it going home time yet?

TIM WONNACOTT: Not quite, Margie.

Your Edwardian child's chair is up next.

25 bid 25 35 45 in the room.

50 on bid in the room.

With 50 pounds it is in the room then all done and finished are we.

Selling in the room.

At 50 pounds all done.

12 pence.

So we've gone from 10-- It's not enough.

--to 12 pence.

It's not enough.

You're still doing this in a decade, you could be in trouble.

TIM WONNACOTT: Oh blooming it, Margie.

Not quite what you wanted.

I'm stopping laughing.

You can't maintain that, Margie.

I told you, see?

Goodness-- goodness will out.

TIM WONNACOTT: It's the final lot.

Paul's mystery silver on-laid Islamic vase.

Well spotted.

Not as daft as you look, are you?

I'll start you with interest.

At 15 pounds.

Oh, God.

That's nothing.

15 bid the vase.

25 bid.

25 in the room.

30, 35, 35 bid, 35 bid, 40, 45.

45 anywhere.

40 I have bid in the room.

45, 50 sir.

55, 60.

[INAUDIBLE] 60 I'll take next.

The bids on the gallery at 55 pounds.

We all got it finished.

60 online.

65 the bid's on the internet at 60 pounds.

Fair warning at 60.

Congratulations.

As I say, this time with sincerity.

TIM WONNACOTT: Well that paid off.

Well done, Paul.

You've done all right there.

Ow!

Oh, did I catch you?

TIM WONNACOTT: Play nicely, Margie.

Let's work out the calculations.

Margie began with 210 pounds and 60 Pence.

And after so run costs, made a teeny tiny profit of 3 pounds and 10p.

Margie now has a total of 213 pounds and 70 pence.

Paul started the second leg with 288 pounds and 40 pence.

And made a splendid profit of 146 pounds.

Paul is victorious, once again.

And has 434 pounds and 40p for the next leg.

No wonder the boy's smiling.

Oh.

What are you huffing at?

Big profit, small profit, I'm getting mad.

But I like that.

Getting mad.

What do you mean?

It's gonna stop.

TIM WONNACOTT: Oh, she's fired up again.

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