It's the nation's favorite antiques experts!
I think I've found something.
Pretty good, yeah.
Behind the wheel of a classic car.
- Oh!
- Stop it!
And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
- Ooh!
- I think it's brilliant.
The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
- (GAVEL) - But it's no mean feat.
You're some man!
There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
- (LAUGHS) - No!
Will it be the high road to glory... ..or the slow road to disaster?
- (GEARS CRUNCH) - Oh, no!
This is the Antiques Road Trip!
Aha!
VOICEOVER (VO): Say ciao to another immaculately tailored edition of Antiques Catwalk.
Steven, are you doing a bit of moonlighting on this trip?
Eh, in what way?
Are you gonna, like, have an ice cream stall or something?
VO: Really!
Of course, the true fashionista will always have his knockers.
Shall we try Just One Cornetto?
I'm not a very good singer, you know.
No, well, I'd gathered that.
It's a bit like my dancing.
VO: Looking his usual, nicely-turned-out self, it's the Geordie Gucci, Steven Moore.
And at his side, Angus Ashworth.
Say it loud, he's Yorkshire and proud!
This is called style, something you wouldn't know about.
Hey.
Wait till we get to Yorkshire, I'll show you style.
VO: But of course, our trendsetting chums would be nowt without their 1960s Super Minx called Betty.
You know, she's a vintage, a vintage collectable.
She's older than me.
Just older than me, I hasten to add.
- Yeah.
VO: Steven, a Road Trip newbie, is a former dealer, auctioneer and museum curator...
This is actually the most amazing Victorian tea party.
..and a familiar face on our TV screens.
While auctioneer Angus is equally fond of headwear... A bit different from my flat cap.
..And history too, of course, especially the military variety.
Oh, yes, and did we mention predicting the future?
Steven makes a huge profit at auction, then we go to Yorkshire and fortunes change.
(EVIL LAUGH) VO: Well, he certainly foresaw Steven's cost-effective carthorse.
All out at £550.
(GAVEL) VO: So, will the second part of the prophecy come about when they reach that fateful county?
I think the gap's narrowing, it's getting interesting now.
VO: Not half!
Angus started out with £200 and hasn't really moved much since.
In negative equity at the moment with £173.62.
(GAVEL) While Steven, who began with the same sum, has had a few more ups and downs.
But he's currently sitting pretty with £404.50.
ANGUS: Are you enjoying it?
I am, actually, it's great fun.
I mean, you've been a marvelous companion.
- Oh, thank you.
- Despite everything.
VO: Quite.
Our pair got going from Melrose in the Borders and took off on a tour of the lovely Scottish lowlands, subsequently slipping down to England to visit territory that's a bit nearer home turf for both of them, before one last dash back up north to a saleroom in Dundee.
(COWS MOO) Morning, cows!
This time they'll be auctioning in Bedale in North Yorkshire, but the fun begins in Derbyshire at Belper.
In the Amber Valley.
The name is thought to be a corruption of "beaurepaire", meaning beautiful retreat, where Steven, having already dropped his buddy off, gets to shake a leg in a former hosiery mill.
I've got over double the money I started with.
Last time I spent big and I made big losses as well.
So today...
I'm going to be a bit more cautious.
VO: We did wonder!
Clearly wants to stay ahead.
Ooh.
This is Derbyshire Blue John.
There's two places in Derbyshire where it's been dug from Roman times.
But look at it.
I mean, it is the most beautiful stone, it's a kind of fluoride.
It has these blue and yellow bands.
Nobody really knows where the name comes from.
People say it's from "bleu jaune", blue yellow in French.
But it is gorgeous.
VO: Ticket price, £82.
Now, if only we were buying in Yorkshire and bringing it to Derbyshire, I would be buying this cos this one's expensive.
But we're buying in Derbyshire and selling in Yorkshire, so I'm going to put that back in the cabinet.
But imagine if that was a brooch, it'd be gorgeous.
VO: Indeed.
(LAUGHS) Now, let's catch up with our other happy shopper, not so far away in Heanor... ..another mill town and home to Planet Antiques.
Take me to your leader!
Hello!
Hello, pleased to meet you.
- And you.
Angus.
- Right.
Billy.
Billy.
Brilliant.
Wow.
Yeah, it's... We specialize in furniture.
VO: He's not wrong there.
Oodles.
Quite a lot else though, besides.
Ah!
Finally some military interest for me.
Here we go, this big colored print here, and this relates to the Boer War.
The Boer War was fought in South Africa between the British and the Boers, which were sort of Dutch origin, over the control of South Africa.
VO: From 1899 to 1902.
ANGUS: They've got this lovely illustrated map of the time.
It's decorative, it's a little bit different.
There are a few holes and things on it, but it's lovely.
I've been there, I've done all the battlefield tours.
I've been to Pretoria, so it's quite a reminiscence piece for me.
No price on it, but I have to buy a bit of militaria on this trip, don't I?
So that's a very strong possibility.
VO: Off to a fly.
And anything else on this planet?
Ooh, what have we got in here?
This is nice.
Look at that.
This cased, North American Indian birch bark canoe.
This is something that has probably been in a museum or a school as a teaching item.
So it's a scale model and this is all bark off a tree to make this canoe.
Really well crafted.
Age-wise, it's probably mid 20th century I would've thought.
A lovely lovely thing.
And actually these sort of display pieces have become really popular and sometimes they sell really well.
And North American pieces in particular are very collectable.
I like that.
The sale we are going to, I think are going to like that.
If it sells well, Steven's going to be up a creek without a paddle.
VO: Very droll.
How is Steven faring, back in Belper?
Planter's chair.
Here.
Take baby off.
Always turn it over.
Now, it's interesting, people think, 'Why do you turn a piece of furniture upside down?'
When you're looking at the side the piece presents to the world, you're seeing the bit that has been maybe polished or restored.
So whilst this has got an upholstered top to it, turn it over, you can see it's been caned in rattan originally, which makes sense cos this is a planter's chair.
This is what something like a tea planter would be carried out by his servants into the tea gardens.
And the rattan foot space on the chair would allow the air to circulate, it would be very hot and humid.
VO: He's very fond of anything tea-related.
£140.
So this is the height of Empire.
This is late Victorian, early Edwardian, 1890, 1900 or so.
Does it pass the chair test, however?
How comfortable is it?
I think I could... Ready to inspect my tea now.
Sir?
Oh, well, perhaps not.
I'm gonna have to walk.
VO: Shanks' pony, Steven?
Does look nice, though.
I think I need to find out how much this can be.
Dan?
Dan?
VO: The antiques man!
Here he comes.
Tell me about this chair.
Um...
I've tried it for size, it does fit.
Do you think it could be any cheaper?
Let me have a look.
Tempt me.
Tempt me to open my purse.
Yeah, she's saying that she will go to 100 on that.
She doesn't have another figure hidden away?
She said to get it sold so I'd probably... Oh!
..give it a little bit further to 95.
Right.
- Thank you.
- That is a deal.
VO: Steven's also in a decisive mood, eh?
Now, let's hear from Heanor.
Already got his eye on both the Boer War map and the model canoe.
Hmm.
Bit different.
The body of it is lovely decorated, all hand worked.
You've got the dove, symbol of peace, the fleur-de-lis.
And then you've got this central panel here with the three fish.
VO: Representing the Holy Trinity of father, son and holy spirit.
Really nicely worked.
I mean, the quality of the body would suggest to me something like Newlyn School or one of the arts and crafts ones there.
Then we've got the spout, which is a little bit crude.
I don't think it's had a spout originally cos you can see the detail underneath where the spout goes right over the top of one of those doves.
And the handle again feels a bit clumpy compared to the rest of the body.
So I think really, the answer to that is see what it is on price.
VO: Time to talk to Billy.
Billy.
Fantastic shop you've got.
I've found loads of things that I love.
One is the, you know, that Boer War picture.
- Yep.
- The other one is that canoe.
The North American canoe, yeah.
Yeah.
And the other thing is, there's jug with the fish on it.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
I'm interested in those three.
What sort of prices are we looking at?
Well, I want you to win.
- Do you?
Oh!
- I want you to win.
Thank you very much!
Good.
So do I!
Yeah.
What I'll do, I'll do a one price deal on the whole lot.
- Yeah.
- £35 an item.
OK. That's... 90, that's 105, is it?
Yep.
Can we call it a straight hundred?
Brilliant.
VO: That is a very fine haul.
Can Steven match it in Belper?
Already sealed the deal on the planter's chair, of course.
So, this is a display of Derbyshire pottery.
But look at this.
It's a dog bowl.
People love their dogs and, you know what, it's priced at £55.
It's got a couple of cracks, but it's good and heavy and I don't think they've realized how rare these are.
These were made by Bourne in Denby.
This is about 1900, 1910, so it's an antique.
And it's even got some antique dog spit in it.
- How cool is that?
- VO: Yuck!
Dan?
Are you free?
Sort of feel like Captain Peacock.
VO: Eh, one for the younger viewers!
I've spotted this dog bowl.
Is it a generous owner?
Em... it... it can be.
He's got 55 on it.
Do you think you could do any better?
Well, he normally only offers 10%.
Hm, OK.
But I know that that's got a crack in it.
Yeah.
It does say it on the ticket, so I think we can go to 45 on it.
Could he go to 40, do you think?
Let me have a look.
VO: Watch out for the spit, Dan!
Yes, we... we probably can go to the 40.
VO: 135 for the two.
I'm off!
VO: Not taking his chair, though, we note.
Still got nearly £270 to spend.
Bye bye, Belper!
Hello, Derwent Valley, where Angus, taking a brief break from the business of antique acquisition, has come in search of what may well be the world's oldest working... Well I never!...
..underwear factory.
Ha!
In the village of Lea Bridge.
Just two miles from the spot where Richard Arkwright built his historic cotton mill, in 1771, is Lea Mills.
It was established a few years later by one of Arkwright's associates, in partnership with a man called John Smedley.
That, actually, is the side of the original mill building.
Oh, OK. VO: One of his descendants today is company director Robert Marsden-Smedley.
Oh wow, what... what have we got in here?
Well, this is the washroom.
Water was the foundation of the whole business.
This area could be argued to be the cradle of the industrial revolution and water was absolutely essential.
It powered the entire mill.
There was no other form of power.
But also, the water around here is very very soft.
And it gives the garments a really comfy, soft, silky feel.
VO: Although the company started out spinning cotton, they soon began to manufacture clothing as well.
And it was under the founder's son, John Junior, that Lea Mills really came to prominence.
He served a seven-year apprentice under his father, and we've got the apprentice document somewhere.
But it states that during his seven-year apprentice, he is not allowed to visit taverns, nor may he take a wife!
(LAUGHS) Wow.
I'm told these were standard conditions at the time but we don't write them into contracts these days!
(LAUGHS) He went from cotton spinning to spinning and manufacturing wool.
And soft, fitted wool makes lovely, warm underwear and John Smedley saw a niche in the market and put himself into it.
VO: Thereafter, Lea Mills became synonymous with long johns, and some even claim the underwear was named after Smedley Junior himself.
ROBERT: These date back to about 1860.
There was no elastic in those days.
So, we have this button-up top to hold them tight, but you could attach your braces to them to hold them up.
And each knitter would put their own mark on the garments they produced.
This was really important because they were paid by piecework, so at the end of the day they could work out which ones they'd made and thus make sure they were paid.
VO: And 235 years after the factory was built, the workers here are still getting paid.
No mean achievement, when so many other mills are either long gone or else transformed into things like antiques centers.
Ha!
But could our expert cut it on the shop floor, do we think?
Sandy, I've been told to report to you.
You've got a little job for me to do.
Yeah.
Yeah, I have.
I'd like you to learn how to check these garments for me.
OK. First of all, you put it over the lights and then you have to try to check all of these little stitches by pulling it apart, like that.
Em...
I don't think so.
You don't think so?
No.
You're gonna point a load out now, are you?
There's one there.
- Oh, I see.
Yeah.
- And it's a half stitch.
Oh, my word.
So, we have to be very vigilant to be able to see that.
You've got the eyes of an eagle, haven't you?
VO: Come on, Angus!
Do you think there could be a... a job for me here?
Well, yeah, but you'll have to try a lot harder!
(LAUGHS) Why?
What was wrong with that?
I could be your apprentice.
VO: No visits to taverns allowed, mind!
Luckily, there's one task he might just about manage here, though.
Stand still and model!
(LAUGHS) Now, let's get back to our ever-popular shopping yarn, featuring the further adventures of Steven and Betty.
You know, I'm going to miss this old girl when it's time to say goodbye, because we've become quite good friends.
We love you, Betsy!
And what could be nicer than driving around our beautiful country roads?
VO: And this particular country road will be taking them all the way to Bakewell... ..in the Derbyshire Dales, where, as our chief pastry correspondent well knows, they make a very tasty almond and jam pudding.
Clearly, antiques can wait!
Would you pudding me, please?
Of course.
I need some sustenance for shopping.
VO: Oh, does look yummy.
Ooh-ho-ho-ho!
VO: Those ducks are to cover the slightly unedifying minute or so it took to polish it off, though.
Ha ha!
And we move swiftly on, to Steven's next shopping challenge.
Almost £270 in his purse, remember.
Why isn't this program called Fantasy Antiques Road Trip?
Because in my fantasy world, I'd be buying this.
It's Faberge.
What's better than that?
It's a letter opener.
Can you imagine the letters this might have opened?
This could have opened letters that have changed history.
VO: Solid silver, needless to say.
Marked, "From Oscar," for £3,850.
But I mean, it is the most exquisite, beautiful thing.
- VO: Oh well.
- Hm.
VO: Keep looking.
There must be some affordable luxury.
So, this is a marble paperweight.
It's from an age of elegance where people wrote things at desks, and they wanted something to keep their papers down.
It seems crazy now.
We'd put our phone on top of it.
It's inlaid stone, which we call pietra dura.
What's nice about it is they've used different colored stones, but also, when you turn the edge over, it's not just a flat edge - they've curved the edge as well.
And also, look at the profile of it.
It's slightly shaped as well.
It's the little extra sign of quality.
They make great coasters.
If somebody comes round in the evening for a glass of champagne, you just wipe them clean, or pop them in the dishwasher - they're perfect.
It's priced at £55.
I don't think that's expensive.
Nathan?
Nathan?
- Hello!
- Oh, you're here!
Sorry.
Em, I quite like this.
Can it be any better?
We could do you 10% on it.
So, the very best would be 49.
(SIGHS) Go on.
49.
- OK.
I think I'll take it.
- Thank you very much.
VO: Now, after a quick pause for reflection, anything else?
I've just seen this.
I mean, you look, you see the duck.
I'm not interested in the duck.
We can get rid of him, or her.
This is actually a not bad, good-sized Chinese jardinière.
It's not of any great age.
But put it back down.
And... (TAPS SIDE) ..it rings as clear as a bell.
VO: Meaning crack-free.
Think about its history.
This is some time in the 20th century, so it might be 60, 70, 80 year old, perhaps.
It's £145.
Now, I don't think that's bad, but it's bad for me.
But if I can get that at 100 or less, the first part of the auction is oriental items.
This could be the right time.
It just needs to be the right price.
I just need to find Nathan.
Nathan?
Nathan?
Oh!
You keep hiding from me!
Sorry, Steven.
How can I help?
Um, I hate to say this, but... how much can that be?
It's 145 at the moment.
This one we know we can be a little flexible on.
- OK. - Have you got a price in mind?
I'd like to hear your price first.
Ooh!
(LAUGHS) In... in that case, our very best on it is 110.
There... there's... there's absolutely no way it could be £100?
Not even for ready cash?
I can't do it for 100.
I can use my discretion and do it for 105.
That's the very best.
I'm not going to mess around.
105.
VO: Nicely done.
So, 154 in total for his two buys.
(TAPS JARDINI RE) Still sounds good!
We're not tripping.
VO: Glad to hear it.
It means he still has over £100 for further shopping.
ANGUS: Are you quite excited about tomorrow?
What's happening tomorrow?
We're going into Yorkshire.
Oh, sorry.
I'd forgotten about that.
VO: Ha ha, he's teasing - I think!
Nighty night.
Hm!
Seems to have turned out nice again.
Another beautiful morning.
Dappled sunshine.
I like that phrase.
It's very flattering for the face.
VO: Gorgeous!
Yesterday, they were both as busy as ever.
Angus picking up three items, including an arts and crafts jug, a Boer War map and a model canoe... Steven could be left up a creek without a paddle.
..which means he has just over £70 to spend today.
While Steven managed to bag even more.
A planter's chair, a jardinière, a paperweight and a dog bowl... How cool is that?
..leaving his funds at almost £120.
But what's going to be best for Bedale?
I mean, I probably should have told you this at the beginning, Steven, but I think auction number four, the penultimate auction, is probably the most important.
I think this could be a real deciding point of the trip.
I know.
VO: Plus, there's the prophecy.
Later, they'll be off to you know where.
But the first stop today is in Bolsover... ..justly famous for its magnificent 17th century castle on the hill.
Look at that!
What an impressive castle.
That is incredible.
It's my ambition in life to own my own castle.
Don't think I'll be able to have one that size, though.
VO: Our fortification-fixated friend is on his own for this one.
This looks good!
VO: He's in a sunny mood today.
Get 'em, tiger!
That screams Angus.
Not quite sure what it is, but it looks... Oh, it's letters for post.
A little letterbox.
That is lovely.
Late 19th century there, a sort of real aesthetical sort of movement there, this almost sort of Gothic style.
It's a little bit Puginesque, sort of.
That is a little bit different and we know I love a little bit different.
Different sells.
That could be a big possibility.
What have we got on the ticket?
Ooh.
VO: Whoops.
£295.
Let's just gently put that down there.
I obviously have an expensive taste.
Lovely, but no.
VO: Good idea.
A man must know his limits.
£74 and something pence.
That's close enough to his handicap!
(LAUGHS) Look at that.
What a sweet little thing.
That is just joy.
I love that.
A little miniature woodworking plane.
It's a lovely thing.
Beautiful bit of wood on it, as well.
All fully working.
It's got a proper cutting piece in there.
I mean, you could actually use this.
I think that is a proper piece.
We've even got a name on it there.
"A Darby".
Miniature wooden boat plane.
So, this would have been used for very small intricate work.
I think that is lovely.
And at £20, it's fun, it's novel, it's tactile.
Probably not gonna make huge amounts of profit, but that's easily 30-50 at auction.
I love it.
I'm having it.
I think we might be about to witness some "plane" dealing.
(LAUGHS) - Hi.
Andy, isn't it?
- It is, yeah.
- Angus, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you, Angus.
Great.
Loads of stuff you've got here, which is brilliant.
Yes, lovely, isn't it?
I found that.
Oh.
Little treasure, yeah.
I love that.
I'm going to take that.
- Great.
- £20.
That's superb.
Thank you very much.
I'm not even going to argue on price.
There we go.
Brilliant.
Lovely.
Thank you.
Hope you fare well with it.
- I hope so too.
Thanks.
- Thank you.
- Bye.
- Bye.
VO: He's all over Bolsover.
(CHUCKLES) Tell you what.
"Plane" sailing on this trip.
VO: Plane-ly enough puns, though.
So, while the Minx motors on with a nifty £50 on board, you'll never guess where Steven's got to.
Cut!
Yep, Yorkshire, that much-mentioned county and the steel city.
He's made his way to Sheffield, to find out more about one particular aspect of its great industrial heritage.
Because, well-dressed chap that he is, he owes an awful lot of his style to scissors.
Cut!
Sally, how do you do?
I'm Steven.
VO: And Sally Ward is a director of William Whiteley, last industrial scissor maker in a city, which, in the late 19th century, boasted 60 such companies.
Why did Sheffield become such a center of scissor production?
We have everything we need.
We've got five rivers coming into Sheffield for the water power.
We've got iron ore nearby, and the limestone, also, which is used in the steel-making process.
- So, a confluence of nature... - Yes.
..brought about a confluence of industry.
Yes, exactly that.
And when did your family start making scissors?
Before 1760.
So, what generation of the family are you?
Eleventh.
VO: But any list of the steel city's abundance of natural resources should, of course, include the skills and ingenuity of its people.
Because although similar implements had been with us for thousands of years, it wasn't until a Sheffield manufacturer called Robert Hinchliffe began to mass produce them in 1761 that the modern pivoted steel scissor was born.
Sally, tell me what's going on here.
We're hardening the blades.
They go into a salt bath furnace, which is over 800 degrees.
We dip the blades in.
So, do a good roast?
More than a roast!
(LAUGHS) And why do you do that?
Because we want to make that metal very hard and so the starting point of hardening it is to get it very hot.
And then we cool it down really quickly... called quenching.
We tend to think of metal as being hard, but what you're saying is the metal that the scissors are made from isn't hard enough and has to be processed.
Exactly.
Britain's industrial decline is well documented and, of course, mechanization is often presented as the panacea, but this company appears to have bucked that particular trend.
The scissors that come through the shop floor are completely made by hand and every operation, as you can see, is a hand operation.
Even if some machinery is involved, it's guided by a skilled person who knows what they're doing.
And how long do they take to learn?
Andrew, who is on one of the grinding horses now, I would say it took him at least five years to learn.
And how long has he been doing that?
Well, he's been with us since he was 15 and he's the only one left now.
- The only one... - The only one... ..here or the only one...?
No, the only one, I think, in the country who can hand grind a blade.
VO: Crikey.
It seems that technological advances elsewhere in the process allow the time required for all that artisanal attention.
But how can our man make himself useful at least?
Andrew, let's make some scissors.
Steven, nice to meet you.
You too.
What we gonna do here?
Right.
What we're going to do, this is final assembly.
OK. And what's this called here, this?
Your...
This...
This... this is an old-fashioned term.
We call it a stiddy.
OK. People would know it as an anvil, but we call it a stiddy.
And how... how old is that?
Well, I've been here 45 year and that were here long time before me.
This'd be 75, 100 year old at least.
So, it's an antique.
VO: Always on the lookout!
Right, Steven, are you gonna have a go at this?
Well, I'll try.
- Yeah.
- So, that one?
- Yeah.
- And then... like that?
Like that.
And then onto there like that.
OK. That's all fired up for you.
Yeah.
Look at that action.
- Lovely.
- Right.
- Nut.
- OK. - Other way.
- I don't... Screw onto the top.
I wouldn't get 1,500 a month, though, I don't think.
OK.
So... Yeah, next.
Next thing.
That feels perfect to me.
Actually, it does.
Oh, well, there we are, you see.
To the manner born!
There you go.
Put your first pair of scissors together.
VO: Good work.
Cut!
(LAUGHS) Meanwhile, not so very far away, Angus is en route to their final retail opportunity today.
Heading into the suburbs of Sheffield.
We're in Yorkshire, so I'm happy.
But I want to get to the shop before Steven so I can find those bargains.
VO: Looks like we're close.
That'll be it.
Very impressive looking building.
VO: An old bank.
I think I might have beaten Steven.
VO: Safe bet.
He has just over £50 to deposit in this establishment.
What have we got here?
Ha!
I love quirky and that is quirky.
Tribal bits and...
I can never say the word, but "ethni-gologer".
I can never say it.
But anyway... VO: I think he means ethnographic.
This is a terracotta clay mask.
It's got little pin holes in there, so it probably would have been sewn onto something.
You would have had something coming off it.
Painted detail.
It's got, like, a bird's hook mouth almost.
Very interesting little piece.
Now, ticket price, £38 on it.
At £38, that is well worth a gamble.
But there's other things I've seen that I like, so... he might be staying here.
Or her.
Can't tell.
VO: What a cheek, eh?
Now, whither Steven?
Just arrived, it seems, and having a bit of a rummage outside.
Over £100 left.
What thoughts?
Four carved oak panels.
It's been carved by hand.
They're oak.
It's got fabulous grain.
There's typical what we call worming in the back and sort of a light and dark color.
Unstained.
Edwardian, 1910, so these are 100 years old.
Everything kind of tells a story.
So, if you look around the outside, you can see the darker... Look at the back.
These have been panels which have been set into a paneling scheme that could have been in a back boardroom, a private home, even.
And, at some point, that house or that boardroom has been demolished, but somebody has kept the decorative panels.
And they're here today and they're £10 each!
VO: Sounds like a man whose mind is made up.
Oh.
Do you know where they came from?
They're French oak.
Eh, only came in a couple of days ago.
OK.
So, fresh stock.
VO: (FRENCH ACCENT) Very fresh and very French!
I'm gonna take them.
I'll take all four.
Thank you very much.
VO: £40 paid.
(YORKSHIRE ACCENT) Hey, what news from upstairs, aye?
This ticks all the boxes for me.
The auction that we're going to is in my neck of the woods, so I know the market.
This sort of thing sells really well for me in my auction house.
But it's also got a strong oriental section.
This fits into that.
1920s chinoiserie mirror.
You've got this lacquer and this over-painted detail.
Very popular in the '20s.
And, actually, has become really popular again.
That is a good commercial saleable piece.
It's beveled-edged as well which is just an extra sign of quality.
It's not a bad reflection, either, actually.
VO: Lordy!
Ticket price, £45.
Just don't sing.
- Paul?
Paul, there you are.
- Hello.
- Now, then, are you alright?
- Aye.
Yeah.
Grand stuff.
How you doing?
Pleased to meet you.
I'm alright.
Found this nice wee mirror here.
- Right.
- Right.
You know, it's...
Very good choice.
Oh, it is a good choice, innit?
Thank you.
- Very good choice.
- I mean, it's got a few... Yeah.
..faults on it.
We would, wouldn't we, after 100 years?
- Haven't we all?
- Aye.
VO: Aye.
It's like Monty Python.
So, what can we do on it?
Eh... what's it priced at?
45.
- 45, yeah.
- What about £40?
And for a fellow Yorkshireman?
35.
35?
So, we can't just call it a straight 30?
No, I'll...
I'll stick at 35.
Oh, that's a shame, in't it?
It is, but you know... Well, I suppose I'd best take it, then.
- Very good.
- Yeah, 35.
- Thank you.
- Thank you very much.
VO: And with that... (YORKSHIRE ACCENT) ..by gum, their shopping's done.
I've banked a few good things in there.
Have you really?
I don't believe you.
(LAUGHS) VO: Good idea, Steven.
Best ignored.
- On to the auction.
- On to the auction.
It's like Christmas for me, this.
Helps if I put it in gear, doesn't it?
Yeah, it does.
Now, what's Yorkshire for shut-eye?
Here we go.
Will mystic Angus' prophecy turn out to be Hogwarts or hogwash?
After beginning in Belper and seeing bits of both Derbyshire and Yorkshire, they're now headed up north towards a Bedale sale at Elstob and Elstob, with internet bidding.
(SNIFFS) What's that smell?
It is clean Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, air.
Isn't it wonderful?
Beautiful sunny Bedale.
Bidet?!
- No, Bedale!
Bedale!
- Oh, Bedale!
VO: Bedale or be square.
What gorgeous surroundings.
Angus bought five lots for a grand total of just £155.
This might be his sleeper.
It's not a doll's plane, it's a real plane for some obscure job.
It's got a maker's name on the front and people love tools.
And how cute is that?
VO: Steven, meanwhile, spent over twice as much.
Five lots for £329.
This is excellent.
I'm a little bit envious of Steven on this.
I think he's gonna do really well with that.
It's quite a rare thing.
Ticks a lot of boxes.
I think that could be the star of the show today.
VO: What, more than the fabulous neoclassical ceiling?
Ha.
Not more than hirsute hammerer David Elstob, surely?
(GAVEL) I really like the brass jug which Angus bought.
Really nice piece of arts and crafts.
Nicely decorated.
I think it will do reasonably well.
I really like the planter's chair.
I mean, you can just imagine that in the 19th century on a plantation.
I'm not sure the market's great for those things nowadays, but it's a very interesting piece.
VO: Hear, hear.
Now, let's get started.
I could get used to this, Steven, couldn't you?
It's the Yorkshire life, Angus.
It is.
See!
(CHUCKLES) You noticed.
I told you you'd feel good in Yorkshire.
Absolutely.
VO: Well, why not reserve judgment until your biggest spend has been successfully sold?
The jardinière.
I'll start you at £55.
55 bid.
55.
60 online.
On... online.
60 bid.
At £60, then.
It's on the internet.
Oh no.
Are we all done and finished at £60?
(GAVEL) £60.
Oh, dear.
VO: Yes, that could never be described as a good start.
You got over 50% of your money back.
VO: Time for Angus' opening sortie, the mirror.
I'll start you at £25.
£25 bid.
Ooh, 25, that's a bit low.
30 online.
30 bid.
£30's the bid.
35, I'll take.
Profit.
- £30 on the internet, then.
- One more.
Are we all done and finished?
At £30, all done.
(GAVEL) A modest loss, but, you know... VO: Indeed.
Come on, Yorkshire!
You can definitely do better.
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?
Yorkshire!
(LAUGH) VO: Steven's French panels are next.
Surely a profit beckons?
I'll start you at £25.
25 bid.
25.
30 I'll take.
It's not my day, is it?
- 30 online.
- Oh!
30 online.
30!
30.
Getting excited now.
30 I'll take.
At £30, then.
Are we all done and finished?
(GAVEL) Oh.
Another £5 loss.
Em...
I'm afraid it was 10.
10?!
Yeah.
You made 30.
VO: Well, I suppose he had to find out sometime.
(SIGHS) I will live to spend another day.
You will.
VO: Still awaiting a profit, though.
Can Angus' jug improve matters?
You've suddenly started buying antiques for a change.
(LAUGHS) You cheeky devil.
70 online.
70 bid.
£70 online.
70.
I'll take five.
£70 in the saleroom.
Five I'll take next.
70.
Go on, a little bit more.
All done.
(GAVEL) 35.
So I've doubled.
That was good.
Bravo.
VO: Yes, nice to see it can be done.
Well, you see, we're at a fine art sale, so, you know.
- It's a good sale.
- Exactly.
It's a good auction.
VO: Which today includes Steven's dog bowl.
I'll start you at £25.
25 bid.
25.
65 online.
65 here.
70, madam.
No?
65.
65, I'm bid.
Online bid of 65.
70.
75.
75.
Are we all done and finished?
80 now.
80.
80.
Well, we said £80, didn't we?
- It's creeping up.
- At 85.
Five had come in.
They dropped out and they've come back in.
At 85, then.
Are we all done?
£85.
All done.
Come on!
(GAVEL) Well, I said 80, 120.
85.
More than double.
More than doubled my money.
VO: Nicely sniffed out, Steven.
That's alright.
Yeah, yeah.
I'm very happy with that.
VO: Time for Angus' tiny plane.
It'd make a nice paperweight.
It would make a nice paperweight.
I might take your paper and put it down.
No, it was cute.
With commission bids, I've got to go straight in at £60.
60 bid.
I'll take five.
65.
70.
Five, sir.
75 in the room.
75.
In the room.
He might know what it's for.
Fair warning at 75.
All done.
(GAVEL) Well done.
That's a result, wasn't it?
VO: It is.
Looks like the tide may have turned.
I'm happy with that.
Yeah.
I would be happy with that, as well.
VO: Well, sit tight.
Your planter's chair is next.
I'll start you at £30.
30, I'm bid.
30's bid.
30, I'm bid for it.
£30, I'm bid.
I'll take 35.
He's got a bid.
£30, I'm bid.
35, I'll take.
Oh!
Oh, it's... racing away now.
Jumping up.
35 bid.
At 35 bid.
Do I see 40?
At £35, are we... Oh.
..all done and finished?
Fair warning.
It's all done.
(GAVEL) I think you did very well there.
(LAUGHS) Well done.
It was a... a... a winning loss.
VO: Took it very well, I thought.
It was different, it was quirky, but the market was always going to be against it, I think.
I know.
VO: Time to pedal Angus' next lot.
I think this canoe could be the make or break of me.
35.
£45 online.
45, I'll take 50.
50 bid.
Five bid.
60.
Ooh, we're getting a big run now.
65, 70.
Five.
75 bid.
Keep going, keep going.
Five.
90.
(GASPS) - Five.
- Ooh.
100.
110.
10, 110.
Shall I shout out "there's only one paddle"?
At 110 bid, then, all done and finished at 110.
(GAVEL) Well, bravo.
Thank you very much.
VO: Yes, he's slowly but surely catching up today.
Drinks are definitely on you tonight.
VO: Glass of bubbly perhaps?
We now know Steven's coaster of choice.
I'll start you £20.
20 bid.
At £20.
25 in the room.
25, I'll take 30.
I have 25 bid then.
- He's trying.
- He's trying.
Are we all done and finished?
At £25.
All done.
(GAVEL) - I'm sorry, Steven.
- I'm sorry as well.
But, you know, it was a nice thing, and...
It was a nice thing.
..I would have happily taken that home.
VO: As will some other lucky soul.
We can't win them all, can you?
- No, we can't.
- No.
VO: Angus' last lot.
The Boer War map.
What am I losing money on next, or is it you?
It's me, and, to be fair, it's the item that I'm least confident about.
OK.
I'll start you £20.
20 bid.
25 bid in the room.
25 bid.
25.
I'll take £30.
- 30'd be nice.
- For 30.
Ah.
35 bid.
40 online.
45 in the room.
You're quids in there.
50 online.
55 in the room.
I see what your tactics are, sir.
"Oh, it's not gonna sell, no one wants it."
Ka-ching!
Steven, it's at...
It's at 70 quid.
- 75.
80.
85.
- VO: Gosh!
Well, you know, obviously, militaria's my main area and I think I knew this would do well.
- 110.
- It's a... 110 in the room.
120.
130.
- VO: And still going.
- 140.
I mean, militaria is where the hit's at.
I mean, I was very confident about this coming in.
One...
It's gonna get... You might get 200.
180.
190.
200.
220.
(LAUGHS) 240.
260 in the room.
Going up in 20s now.
No messing about.
280.
300.
300 bid.
300.
You knew what this was, didn't you?
No, you didn't.
VO: Well, someone clearly thinks it's worth a bit.
400'd be nice, wouldn't it?
400 online.
(LAUGHS) 420 bid.
At 420 bid, then, fair warning.
Are you all done?
(GAVEL) - Well... - Yeah.
Congratulations.
It was a very rare map, that.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
Didn't you just not know it?
(LAUGHS) VO: Well, whatever his reasons, that astonishing result has almost certainly catapulted him into the lead.
I think I did alright today.
You're back in the game.
I am back in the game.
It is game on, Steven.
I can't wait to get buying some more stuff.
Come on.
To the antiques.
VO: Well, hold on.
Let's just take a good look at today's events first.
Steven started out with over £400, and, after costs, he's made quite a loss, ending up with £268.20.
(GAVEL) While Angus, who began with less than 200, has also after costs, made great big profits.
So he wins today and finds himself out ahead with £596.72.
And well done.
Oh, look at this, it's raining.
That's not rain, they're my tears.
- Oh!
It's not that bad.
- It is.
No, it's brilliant!
(LAUGHS) Ah, brilliant for you!
VO: Next time on Antiques Road Trip, tiny treasures... Oh!
You could've warmed them!
(LAUGHS) Oh, very nice!
..big spenders... Two...
I'm a bit light-headed.
I've never parted with this much for a single item.
..and squeal deals!
That's 100% profit.
I'd be as happy as a pig after he's had the spa day.
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