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00:01It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
00:04Behind the wheel of a classic car
00:07This car dancing!
00:09And a goal to scar Britain for antiques
00:12The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction
00:16But it's no mean feat
00:18There'll be worthy winners
00:20And valiant losers
00:22Oh dear
00:23Will it be the high road to glory?
00:24I feel like we're in a James Bond film
00:26Or the slow road to disaster?
00:30This is Antiques Road Trip
00:34Yeah
00:39Neil!
00:40Yorkshire's calling
00:42Oh my good!
00:44The inimitable Margie Cooper
00:46With the ever effervescent Danny Sebastian
00:50Your enthusiasm is wearing me out
00:52I'm just starting
00:54Heading into round three of their best of five showdown
00:57Time flies when you're having fun
00:59Right
01:00Travelling low and slow
01:02In a 1991 Lincoln town car
01:05All-American elegance with presidential poise
01:08Cars going along nicely
01:10I always feel as I could fall asleep at a wheel
01:14No danger of that with Danny's witty wisecracks
01:18Your driving's been making me laugh
01:20Oh, I thought you might bring that up
01:21Oh, I thought you might bring that up
01:22Oh, I thought you might bring that up
01:23Oh, I thought you might bring that up
01:25Definitely payback time
01:27Last time out
01:30The Lake District spree was tranquil
01:33And rather restful
01:36Oh, that's nice
01:3840 bid, thank you
01:39At auction, there were cheers
01:40Yes!
01:42And chins on chests
01:43Sold at 70
01:46Oh, well done Margie
01:47Thank you, my darling
01:49But Margie reigns supreme
01:51Again
01:52Taking a 2-0 lead
01:56Well, Margie
01:57Triumphed again
01:58Triumphed again
01:59I can still win
02:00Of course you can
02:01Make no mistake
02:02You try
02:03Ooh, fighting talk that
02:05Don't get smarty-smarty pants
02:08Hard not to when you're ahead
02:10So you do want me to win one?
02:11I do
02:12I don't mind you winning two
02:15Well, you don't want me to win three
02:18Oh, Lordy
02:19Now they're a comedy double act
02:23It all began in bonnie Scotland
02:25Sweeping south for a scooter
02:27Around the lakes
02:28And now it's Yorkshire's turn
02:30Before the grand finale in Derbyshire
02:33What are you thinking of buying Margie?
02:34Oh, no idea
02:35I don't
02:36I never ever plan
02:37It's good to have a plan
02:39Well, all I want to buy
02:40Is something that's got a profit in it
02:42Oh, Margie
02:43Stop talking about profit
02:45Oh, Margie
02:47Oh, you two
02:48This trip's shop-athlorn
02:50Has them rummaging and rifling
02:52All the way to York
02:53But first, it all kicks off in Harrogate
02:57Once hailed as the English spa
03:00Harrogate made a splash
03:01With its mineral-rich waters
03:03Believed to cure everything from gout to gloom
03:07Our gleeful gurus are heading to West Park Antiques
03:10I'm going to escort you in
03:12Oh, come on
03:13Armed with a fresh £200
03:15There's treasures and trinkets by the barrel load
03:18All courtesy of over 40 dealers
03:20There's a lot to see
03:22Including Tim
03:23Great name
03:24That's a bit of love
03:26That's a bit of love
03:27Primped and preened
03:28Let the hunt begin
03:34I like that
03:35Bit face on that
03:37Isn't it nice?
03:38Nice little lad
03:39Art Deco tobacco pot
03:42Put it in the pipe
03:43Swooped away
03:45Just not the pot of gold he's after today
03:48Anything else?
03:49How lovely are these?
03:50What we've got is a late Victorian
03:53Early 20th century postal weighing spells
03:56Made of brass with a wooden plinth underneath
03:59These were used to weigh parcels and letters
04:02And determine the price you was going to pay
04:04By the weight that the object was
04:06These are lovely
04:09Inscribed on it you've got inland letter post
04:12Not exceeding four ounces
04:14What do I say when I look closely?
04:16Morden and Co
04:19Postal scales became essential in the mid-19th century
04:22After Roland Hill's reforms meant postage was paid by weight
04:26Not pages
04:27Samson Morden and Co
04:29Were a leading maker of scales
04:31Up until 1941
04:32When their factory fell victim to the London Blitz
04:36Looked fantastic I believe
04:38In someone's office
04:39Used as a paperweight
04:40The only thing that's really going against it
04:42Is we're missing the big weight
04:43And there's a great big gap in the wood
04:45Where it should have sat
04:46There's no price on it at all
04:48If I can get this at the right price
04:50It's coming to auction with me
04:52Wait for it
04:53Haha
04:54Get it?
04:55Wait for it
04:56Aha
04:57Pip to the post
04:58Alright then
04:59That's Danny
05:00Off to a good start
05:01Now, how's your compadre?
05:05Look, these are sweetheart brooches, right?
05:08Victorian and Edwardian
05:10Mainly Victorian
05:11A sweetheart brooch is what it says
05:13You would give this to a loved one
05:16Maybe you're being parted
05:17You're going to war
05:18You're going away
05:19And you would buy her
05:21A brooch to remember you by
05:23They're silver
05:24That work there is actually nine carat gold
05:27But they're so terribly out of fashion
05:30That somebody's taken the pin off the back
05:32And made them into lockets
05:34They've called it a Victorian brooch conversion
05:37It's turned a £30 brooch into a £98 brooch
05:42So it's no good for me to buy
05:44But I just think that's a flipping good idea
05:48Well done whoever's done that
05:50A gift from the heart
05:52Always in fashion
05:54I'll carry on with my search
05:56You never know what you might see
05:59What have you leant up against here?
06:02What?
06:03Here
06:04What?
06:05Here tell me
06:06I don't want to touch you
06:08What?
06:09You mean one of the
06:10What?
06:11That's part and parcel of the motif of the jeans
06:13Margie
06:14That's a design
06:15I'm sorry
06:16I thought you'd leant up against something
06:19Sorry about that
06:20Margie
06:21Yeah
06:22Get with it Margie
06:24Righto
06:25Back to the browsing if you please
06:30Now I've sold a few of these in me time
06:32Good old washing machine
06:34Well it was in the 1800s
06:36Known as the dolly tub
06:38The early ones were made of wood
06:40Then as time moved on
06:42They changed it to a metal one
06:43This is galvanised
06:45This is in fabulous condition
06:47Little bit of rust inside
06:48But I'm not bothered about that at all
06:50And what they're used for nowadays?
06:52Planters
06:53And let me tell you
06:54When these go to auction
06:56Everybody's after them
06:57It's priced up at £79
07:00If I can get my mate at the counter to knock a little bit off
07:04It's a guaranteed profit there
07:06That might be coming to auction with me
07:08You'll be after a banging deal then no doubt
07:11Better steady your nerves Tim
07:13There's the man
07:14There's the man
07:15Oh hello
07:16I must say you've got a lovely place here
07:18Thank you very much
07:19We do try hard
07:20There's a set of scales
07:21Uh postal scales
07:23Brass postal scales
07:24In the cabinets
07:25Beautiful
07:26Missing one weight
07:27And the price
07:28And the price
07:29£79
07:30Oh no
07:31On balance
07:32Not the number he was hoping for
07:34What do you think it's worth?
07:35Because I can do a deal
07:36I was hoping they were going to be about £50
07:39I thought you might knock a bit off
07:40But
07:41I can do £40
07:43How could you do £35?
07:45Erm
07:46Yeah I can do £35
07:47Because there's a weight missing
07:48I think that's
07:49Yeah I can do
07:50Yeah
07:51Do you want to shake on it?
07:52I'll shake on that straight away
07:53There you are
07:54One down
07:55On to go
07:56There's an old dollytub down there
07:58I know the one
07:59The death on that is £50
08:01Give us your hand
08:02I'll bet that
08:03Lovely
08:04£50 for the dollytub
08:06£35 for the scales
08:07£85 for both
08:09What a generous gent
08:10But with a name like Tim
08:12What else would you expect?
08:14And five
08:15Perfect
08:16Thank you very much
08:17I'll take it all
08:18Nice one
08:19Leaving Danny with £115
08:21Still in the coffers
08:23That just leaves Margie and her rummaging's
08:26What have we got here?
08:29A spinning wheel
08:31I'm drawn to the ticket
08:33Which says
08:34£22
08:36Ah that's got her attention
08:38Let me sit down
08:40Somebody's painted it
08:41Which has made it look a bit modern
08:45But these spools can fetch money on their own
08:48Look there's a nice old rusty winder on there
08:53It's decorative isn't it?
08:56Spinning wheels
08:57Which some believe originated in India
09:00Turned natural fibres into thread or yarn
09:03Long before the industrial revolution
09:05Long before the industrial revolution
09:06They were a household essential
09:08And the cornerstone of the textile industry
09:10So it's got interesting history
09:12And it looked great
09:14In a corner of somebody's room
09:16I'm going to ask Tim
09:17And see what he thinks
09:19And maybe a little wheeling and dealing
09:22Now then here she is
09:24What have you found?
09:26I've seen
09:27This sort of dodgy looking spinning wheel
09:30It's definitely got some age to it
09:32It has
09:33So how much is it?
09:34Well to you
09:35You can have it for a tenner
09:36And you
09:37If you can't make a profit on that
09:39I'll eat my hat
09:40Get your money out
09:41Get your money out
09:42Deal done
09:43Short, sweet
09:44And just £10 for the spinning wheel
09:45Leaving Margie
09:46With a healthy
09:47190 smackers for future finds
09:51Thank you very much Tim
09:52All right
09:53Don't bother
09:55Well then
09:56Margie
09:57You
09:58Can I help you?
09:59Where's your item?
10:00Err
10:01I'll tell you later
10:02You and your secrets
10:03I'll tell you
10:04The mystery wheel will be sent straight to auction
10:10Back on the road
10:11And it seems the scenery has turned their thoughts
10:13To all things floral
10:15What's your favourite?
10:16They're called GMs
10:18Oh no
10:19Do you know what a GM is?
10:20You don't know
10:21Of course
10:22Don't forget
10:23You haven't got a clue
10:24I'm an allotment man
10:25Oh are you?
10:26Don't forget
10:27You're growing veg
10:28Not flowers
10:29I grow flowers and veg
10:31Forget the gavel
10:32Give the man a garden fork
10:34Well I'm very surprised to hear you've got an allotment
10:37You don't look like an allotment man to me
10:39Talent, antiques and azaleas
10:42Which will come in handy as they head towards the outskirts of town
10:45To visit a Harrogate festival favourite
10:48Harrogate's flower shows are some of the most important events in the horticultural calendar
11:00Today the spring show is in full bloom
11:03The fabulous gathering
11:06Oh that looks great
11:08Margie and Danny are ready to dig in
11:11Let's begin by meeting show director Nick Smith
11:15Oh Nick
11:16Good morning folks
11:17Welcome to the show
11:18Thank you
11:19What was this show then?
11:20This show has been going for 105 years
11:21This is our 105th anniversary this year
11:23Gracious
11:24A great time to celebrate
11:26The show first blossomed into life in 1920
11:28Staged by the North of England Horticultural Society
11:31A charity devoted to championing gardening across the north
11:35Harrogate was chosen for its central location
11:38Providing the perfect showcase for plants and produce grown in cooler northern climates
11:44During the second world war
11:47The show paused as the society turned its efforts to the dig for victory campaign
11:53Rallying the nation to grow its own food
11:55Since then the event has flourished
11:58Growing into a twice yearly celebration of all things horticultural
12:02We start the year very much at appreciation of what's coming
12:06And then we end the year celebration of what we've done
12:08Gardening is for everyone
12:09Whether it's a parsley pot on your window ledge
12:11Or whether it's a beautiful big garden with a lawn
12:13The show brings together growers, nurseries and gardeners alike
12:17All proudly displaying their wares and garden designs
12:20Danny's making a beeline for a show garden by local charity Horticap
12:25He's meeting chief spade wielder Phil Airy with student Mark
12:30Morning
12:31You brought the sun
12:32I always bring the sun with me Phil
12:34I always bring the sun with me
12:35Tell me a little bit about Horticap
12:37Well Horticap is a charity based in Harrogate
12:40We celebrated 40 years last year
12:42And we teach students like Mark
12:44Yes
12:45We teach some horticulture
12:46Every single year at the Harrogate Flower Show
12:48We put up a fantastic showcase for what our students can do
12:52We've called it the quiet space
12:54A place where people can go sit and just chill
12:57Oh it's wonderful
12:59I'll tell you what Mark
13:00You could do with teaching me a trick or two
13:01Yeah
13:02Definitely
13:03You could try it out
13:04We could see how your green fingers are
13:06You're not going to get greener fingers than these
13:08I'll follow you
13:09Come on Mark
13:10Come on Nick
13:11Time for Danny to earn his gardening stripes with landscape designer Nick
13:16Nice to meet you Nick
13:17Well good man
13:18Right what we've been doing here is showing the public how we've put together these beautiful borders
13:21So we've got some hydrangeas of tiarella here
13:23What we tend to do is group some of the plants together to give the illusion of a bigger shrub
13:28Chuck them in and see
13:29So grab one of these
13:30Yes
13:31What anywhere?
13:32Yeah anywhere
13:33Artistic license
13:35License to shrub
13:37So most of the plants that you see in these boxes
13:40Yes
13:41Are still in their pots
13:42It's smoke and mirrors to be honest
13:44What we're doing is we're creating a snapshot in time with the show garden
13:46So it's almost like painting a picture with plants being the medium you know
13:50Shrubbery with a touch of magic
13:52Hey I tell you what
13:54I'm a dab hand at this
13:55Well you are
13:56You're going to steal my job
13:57Am I now a class as a gardener?
13:59Well honorary gardener I'll give you that
14:01Well done Danny
14:02Thank you very much
14:03Nicely planted Danny
14:05A man not afraid to get his hands dirty
14:08Now then what's caught Margie's attention?
14:10She's off for a florist tree lesson with local expert Sarah Richardson
14:15Sarah
14:16How you doing?
14:17Welcome
14:18So tell me what we're doing
14:19Well I'm going to teach you how to play with flowers today
14:21Right
14:22Nice relaxing
14:23Kind of making a beautiful little bouquet
14:24Then I'm going to show you how to wrap it
14:25Marvellous
14:26I've got some viburnum
14:27So this is from the hydrangea family
14:29We work with lots of Yorkshire growers
14:30So I like lots of texture
14:32A bit of a mixture
14:33You grab something
14:34Is that lilac?
14:35Yeah beautiful lilac
14:36So it smells
14:37I like to work with scent
14:38Yeah that's lovely
14:39So hold some lilac in your hand
14:40And then we're going to basically add these flowers in
14:42Right
14:43On a 45 degree angle
14:44Like this
14:45So that the flowers have their own little space to shine
14:47A touch of spring
14:48We're doing great
14:49One crisscross bloom at a time
14:51Lovely
14:52So yeah
14:53We've got your string in a loop
14:54String in a loop
14:55To keep those blooms in place
14:57There's always a nifty way of doing everything
15:00There's always a nifty way of doing everything
15:02And for the final flourish a wrap of paper
15:04A dash of ribbon
15:05And a bouquet
15:06Is complete
15:07Voila
15:08Beautiful
15:09Well done
15:10Thank you very much Sarah
15:12Now to catch up
15:13Where is she?
15:14With her green fingered jump
15:15Oh Margie
15:16Where have you bought those from?
15:17I have arranged these
15:20And I'm giving them to you
15:22With all my love
15:23Beautiful
15:24Oh they smell gorgeous
15:25They do
15:26Are you ready for?
15:27Back on the road
15:28I'm following you
15:29What a great day we've had
15:31Rooted in tradition and blooming with passion
15:34The Harrogate Flower Show continues to celebrate all things horticultural
15:39And looks set to flourish for another hundred years
15:42Back on the road and Margie has a bone to pick
15:49Danny you're a Londoner
15:51Yes Margie
15:52You've got a Yorkshire accent
15:53How have you managed that?
15:55You do it when in Rome you do as the Romans do
15:57So in London you speak London?
15:59Too right my dear
16:00Too right
16:01Why don't you just stick to what you are?
16:03Listen
16:04Don't worry about my accent
16:06You've got to worry about
16:08If you're going to make a profit on this road my dear
16:11If you're going to make a profit on this round
16:13Nicely sidestep Danny
16:16Nighty night you two
16:22Next morning Danny's behind the wheel
16:25Get up boy
16:27I'm fast
16:28And it's business as usual
16:30You're over the white line
16:32I'm not over the white line
16:33You are
16:34It's an optical illusion for left hand drivers
16:36To think that they're not over the middle line
16:39You're gobbledygook
16:41In the eyes
16:42Optician speak Danny style
16:46Oh come on
16:48Yesterday Margie was drawn to the charms of a spinning wheel
16:51There's a nice old rusty winder on there
16:54Spending just ten of her £200 budget
16:58While Danny got his hands on a dolly tub and a set of postal scales
17:04Wait for it
17:05Ha ha
17:06Get it?
17:07For the grand sum of £85
17:09Leaving him with £115 for today's shopping shenanigans
17:15Well Margie you've got plenty of money left
17:17I left
17:18I only spent £10
17:19So I'm all set now
17:20I'm ready to
17:21Ready and raring
17:22Spend
17:23Spend
17:24Spend
17:25Margie sounds keen
17:26Huh
17:27They've made their way to the historic market town of Knersborough
17:31Perched above the River Nyd
17:34And famed for its impressive viaduct
17:36The town hosts an annual bed race
17:39Where teams push beds on wheels through the streets
17:42And even across the river
17:44Margie's race for relics begins in donkeys years antiques
17:49Quite nice
17:50It's chock-a-block with trinkets, treasures and curios
17:53from, well, donkeys years ago.
17:56That's a big'un.
17:58Oh, he's so sweet. Look at him. Look at that little face.
18:03That'll be the shop mascot and his brother.
18:07Oh, that looks...
18:09That looks interesting. An Edwardian desk case.
18:13It's about 110 years old. 1910, I should think.
18:16Nice carrying handle.
18:18This is the Edwardian idea of a computer.
18:21People wrote letters all the time.
18:23It's lost its bottles, but that's not the end of the world.
18:26There's loads of ink bottles floating around.
18:29It's in very good name. It's his £58.
18:32So, say I can get that down to 30-something.
18:36Yeah, I like that.
18:38I'm going to move on, but I think I like that.
18:43Now, that's worth a drop of ink.
18:45Anything else catch your eye?
18:48Oh, look at him. A butcher's sign.
18:52Let's have a butcher's.
18:54He's cast ironing up.
18:56£88. Vintage, sort of 40 or 50 years old.
19:01But he is cast ironing. There's a bit of age there.
19:03And it's nice to buy different things.
19:06So, he stood outside the butcher's shop.
19:08And look, he's wearing a little scarf like Danny.
19:12Ever the dandy, oh, Danny.
19:15Yeah, 40, 50 years old. No older.
19:18But it's a bit of fun, isn't it?
19:20It's nice to buy things that are fun.
19:22If I can get that a bit cheaper.
19:24Oh.
19:25Yeah, you stay there.
19:26I'll come back for you, I think.
19:28Sounds like Margie's landed on the pig's back.
19:32Let's leave her to her rummaging's.
19:34Now, Knaresborough's 19th century viaduct
19:38still carries trains to this day.
19:40And Danny is making tracks for the station.
19:42But don't worry, he's not boarding the next train south.
19:46Never seen anything like this before.
19:48He's bound for Northern Line Antiques
19:51tucked inside a repurposed building
19:53on the station's historic platform.
19:55What a fabulous place.
19:57A waiting room wonderland for browsers,
20:00packed with treasures,
20:01and just the spot for a bit of railway honour.
20:04Oof.
20:06Now, look at these bad boys.
20:08These are nice.
20:10Scales again.
20:12Shop scales.
20:14Porcelain and chrome.
20:16Got some inscriptions on it.
20:18To weigh seven pounds.
20:20Weighwell, Liverpool.
20:22The Weighwell works in Liverpool
20:25was home to Bury and Warmington,
20:28specialists in weighing machine manufacture from 1921.
20:32Price on it.
20:3368 pounds.
20:36Mmm.
20:37Yep.
20:38Looks like Danny has to weigh up his options.
20:40They're big.
20:41They're nice.
20:42They're bright.
20:43They're clean.
20:44They're all there.
20:45The only thing that's really going against it
20:46is that I can't see any weights.
20:50No weights, but charm by the pound.
20:53But that said,
20:55you wouldn't really need weights
20:56because you're not going to be weighing with it, really.
20:59It's just a decorative crop,
21:00so that might work in my favour.
21:02I like them.
21:04What are they thinking about?
21:05Right.
21:06Tip the balance in their favour, perhaps?
21:09Let's see how Margie is faring up the road.
21:14Lots of furry friends.
21:16Or donkeys.
21:19Well, when in Rome.
21:22It caught my eye when I was coming in.
21:25That's been lying in a shed somewhere, hasn't it?
21:27But it's quite attractive.
21:28You could put a candle in it, couldn't you?
21:30Wouldn't bother rewiring it.
21:33It's, what, 1930s, 1940s?
21:35Now, if it was £60 or £70, you'd just walk past it.
21:39But it's £25.
21:41It's nearly had it, but it hasn't had it.
21:44So, if somebody wants to do a project,
21:47which you'd be surprised if you spent time in it,
21:49what it would look like.
21:50So, if somebody would only give me a little profit on that at auction,
21:53I'd be a very happy lady.
21:55Well, it would certainly brighten your day.
21:58Time for a chat with dealer Phil.
22:00Hi, Phil.
22:02Right, Phil.
22:03Margie, hi.
22:04I've had a jolly good look round.
22:05The lamp outside is 25.
22:07Mm-hm.
22:08Could that be, obviously, five or off?
22:10I'd do it for 20.
22:11I'd do it for 20.
22:12And then I saw that little Edwardian desk box.
22:16It's 58, I think it was.
22:17Yeah.
22:18Can it be?
22:20You want it for 30?
22:22Margie, you...
22:23There's the nod of agreement.
22:27Two things.
22:28And the third is Old Porky Pig.
22:30Oh, yes.
22:3188, which takes it a little bit out.
22:33I think the best would be 65.
22:36OK, that's fine.
22:38We're done.
22:39Let's top that up.
22:41£30 for the desk box,
22:4320 for the garden lamp,
22:44and 65 for the cast-iron pig.
22:47That's £115 after a very decent discount.
22:51Thanks, Phil.
22:52And after that shopping spree,
22:54Margie's still got £75 left to spend.
22:57Porky Pig's a bit heavy,
22:58so somebody else will have to carry that.
23:01Yeah.
23:02No need to go the whole hog, eh?
23:05Back to Danny.
23:06Still on track.
23:07Or has he been derailed yet?
23:09Say cheese!
23:10Ah, the glory days before selfies, eh, Ted?
23:13Oh, I've just spotted something.
23:16I don't know what this is doing right at the back of the cabinet.
23:19It should be at the front.
23:22Oh, this is nice.
23:23Careful.
23:24You break it, you buy it.
23:26This is a beauty.
23:27Art Nouveau screams it all day long.
23:30That's about 1910.
23:31Been in between the Edwardian and the Art Deco period.
23:35Absolutely lovely.
23:36WMF, one of the greatest German tableware manufacturers or factories
23:42that you'll probably find.
23:44Don't ask me to pronounce the German name.
23:47I'll get it wrong.
23:48But in the English terms, it's Württemberg Metalworks Factory.
23:53That'll be Württembergische Metalwarenfabrik.
23:57You're welcome.
23:59WMF began in Germany in 1853
24:02when mill worker Daniel Straub teamed up with two brothers
24:06to open a small metal plating factory.
24:09By the late 1900s, it had become the world's largest producer
24:13and exporter of household metalware.
24:17It's in pewter, beautiful little girl,
24:20just looking at the small snail.
24:22I mean, the craftsmanship on this is second to none.
24:25On the back, you've got 210, which is the design number.
24:30Oh, I'll tell you what.
24:32This gets your juices boiling, I tell you.
24:35Priced up 130.
24:36I'd like to get it a bit cheaper than that, to be honest.
24:39But, oh, that's cream.
24:41That is cream.
24:42Tell you what.
24:43If I buy this and Margie sees it, she'll be shaking.
24:49With just £115 in his kitty, Danny needs a fair shake
24:54and a cracking deal.
24:55Brace yourself, Tony.
24:57That's the man I'm looking for.
24:59Nice big set of scales.
25:01I think it's on your desk.
25:03Yes, it's very reasonable for I priced.
25:05Well, yeah.
25:06The thing is, they've got no weights.
25:08No, there's no weights for them.
25:09You're right, yeah.
25:10Well, it's priced up at £68.
25:12Yeah.
25:13I mean, could you do...
25:14Could you do £30?
25:16I couldn't do it for £30.
25:19I'm going to do it for £45.
25:20I think I know what's coming.
25:22Can you do £40?
25:23£40's good.
25:24That's £28 off, so that's quite good, I think.
25:26You're a star.
25:28All right, OK.
25:29There's another item.
25:30This item here.
25:31There's a little tray here.
25:33Well, it's marked up at £130.
25:36Could you do £60?
25:39I couldn't do it for half price.
25:41Do it for £85.
25:44I ain't got enough money.
25:48I'll do £65.
25:50£65 then, go on.
25:51£65, can you do it?
25:52Yeah, I'll do it.
25:53A very generous discount.
25:56£40 for the scales and £65 for the tray.
25:59That's £105 all in.
26:02Tony, you're a star.
26:03A star indeed.
26:05That's put a spring in Danny's step.
26:07But leaves him with just £10 in his pocket.
26:10Thank you, I'll come back for the scales.
26:12Yeah, off you pop.
26:13And reunite with your road trip pal in the low rider.
26:17And with a car like this, who wouldn't start reminiscing?
26:20This car was made in 1991.
26:22What were you doing in 1991?
26:24Well, I was born in 1990.
26:27You're 35?
26:28I'm 35 this year.
26:29Oh, I thought you were a bit older than that.
26:31Yeah, pull the other one Danny.
26:33I look about 30, I know I do.
26:35No, I didn't.
26:36The Lincolns, not the only classic on this trip, our merry duo is heading for the county town
26:42of Yorkshire.
26:43York, actually.
26:44Once the mighty Roman stronghold of Ibarakum and the Viking capital of Jorvik, it was also
26:52once known as the Chocolate City.
26:54Their shopping stop is the Antiques Centre York.
26:58Margie's pipped Danny to the post, who's running a few steps behind.
27:02There it is.
27:03Inside, over 120 dealers have packed three floors to the rafters with tempting treasures.
27:10Margie, armed with 75 pounds...
27:13Ooh, that's more silver in here.
27:15..is drawn towards familiar ground.
27:18Meanwhile, Danny, down to his last tenner...
27:21Da-da-da-da-doo, dee-doo.
27:23Nice trilby.
27:26Must cut his cloth to fit his budget.
27:31That's a silver playing card case.
27:35It looks to be complete, look.
27:37They've dated it to 1867, that's quite early Victorian.
27:42So look how that's stayed intact, in super condition.
27:47And that's why it's for 175 pounds.
27:49Lovely.
27:50Not on the cards today, then.
27:52Never mind.
27:52Plenty of silver.
27:54Yeah, Margie.
27:55We'll be in seventh heaven.
27:57How's Danny getting on, searching for a steal?
27:59Talk about wacky.
28:01One might say vintage.
28:04Oh, keep working.
28:07Danny here.
28:08That'll keep you out of mischief.
28:10That's quite unusual.
28:12Art and craft hammered copper biscuit tin.
28:16Quite nice.
28:17And then you've got a little...
28:18Is it a lion?
28:19That's quite nice.
28:20Yeah, king of the custard creams, clearly.
28:23Oh, it's 56.
28:24I thought it said 26.
28:26I thought I had a chance there, but it's not.
28:27It's 56.
28:29Very nice.
28:29Good age as well.
28:311890, it says on here.
28:33That's a shame, because I probably would have bought that.
28:37That took the biscuit.
28:38Don't worry, Danny.
28:39There's ample here for you and Margie
28:41to take a stroll down memory lane.
28:46Oh, look at that.
28:47Yeah.
28:48Nice.
28:49God, look at that, Danny.
28:50All these nice things.
28:52Look at that.
28:52Look at that.
28:53Do you remember those?
28:54Of course.
28:54How many have you got left?
28:56I've only got tenner.
28:57Oh, you remember those?
28:58Medicated toilet.
28:59I mean, that would be something like 1920s, wouldn't it?
29:02Properly in the 30s, I reckon.
29:04Tell you what, it's in good nick, isn't it?
29:05The eyes owl loo roll hit the shelves in 1922, medicated with disinfectant and famously unfit
29:14for purpose, but proudly marketed as a defence against infections.
29:18You buy that.
29:20Are you trying to get me to lose at the auction?
29:23Well, if you've only got £10, you're going to have a job to find something else.
29:26It's fun, that.
29:28That's fun.
29:29Fun.
29:30And at £9, affordable.
29:32Go on, get it bought.
29:34Look, you'll raise a laugh, but whether you'll raise a profit is another thing.
29:37Well, if I get a pound for every laugh, I'm having it.
29:40Go on, get it.
29:41Shut the cap back up.
29:42I'm a wolf.
29:44Back in the day, it sold for a shilling and tuppence.
29:46It's not the kind of deal Danny's likely to bag, though, but first he needs dealer Daisy.
29:51Last of the big spenders.
29:53I don't see these very often anymore.
29:55No, it's an interesting one, that's for sure.
29:57I quite like it.
29:58I hope it does well at auction.
29:59£9 to spend a penny, hey?
30:01That's inflation for you.
30:03That purchase almost wiped Danny's budget clean, leaving him with just £1 unspent.
30:09Splendid.
30:10Thanks very much, Daisy.
30:11No worries.
30:12Take care now.
30:12That just leaves Margie still loitering with intent around the silver cabinets.
30:17Ah, this looks quite sweet.
30:20Doesn't it?
30:21That's a little cream jar.
30:23It would have been part of a set, dressing table set.
30:27You'd have your cream in there for face cream or whatever.
30:31And it would be, there would be larger jars, smaller jars, probably a brush set.
30:36We're going to hunt the hallmark.
30:39The telltale sign of sterling.
30:41Right, and I've got it.
30:45Birmingham 1900.
30:46It's £42.
30:49Very nice, Nick.
30:50It might be my last buy.
30:52A little trick when you're looking for these.
30:55Hold it up to the light.
30:57And you see lots of holes, which you can't see when you look at it like that.
31:02So you look at it like that.
31:03Get it with a light.
31:05No holes in that.
31:07No holes.
31:08Whoops.
31:09Looks as though it was made yesterday.
31:12Perfect, Nick.
31:13No thanks to Margie.
31:15Thought that.
31:16Good at netball.
31:17Well, that's handy around the breaker balls.
31:20It's £42.
31:21So if I can just ease that a bit, I think that'll be my last buy.
31:25Sounds like it's deal time.
31:27So brace yourself, Daisy.
31:28Now then, Daisy, I found this in one of your many cabinets.
31:37It's £42.
31:39So can I be a bit cheeky and say we're 30 by it?
31:42Well, we can go 35.
31:4535, so 30 is out of the question.
31:47It is currently, I'm afraid.
31:49Sorry about that.
31:50OK, that's fine.
31:51Right.
31:5335 big ones, leaving Margie with 40 of her £200 budget unspent.
31:58Pleasure doing business.
31:59Lovely.
32:00Pleasure doing business.
32:01Bye-bye.
32:01And that's Danny and Margie's final shopping in the bag.
32:05Do you know what I was thinking?
32:06I was thinking, just in case your bits go down the pan when we get to auction,
32:10I've bought, I'm only joking with you, sweetheart.
32:13I predict that's the beginning of oodles of toilet jokes.
32:17Off they roll.
32:18Well, that was a very nice time in York, Yorking around.
32:22Yeah, it was lovely.
32:23It's been enjoyable.
32:26On to the auction, my friend.
32:28Might not be so enjoyable there.
32:30I know.
32:31For you.
32:33The Rascal.
32:35Time for shut-eye.
32:40Rise and shine.
32:42Auction day is upon us, and we've reached the halfway point.
32:46How are you feeling?
32:47Er, confident.
32:48Well, you've done well.
32:49She said.
32:51Let's see what the day brings.
32:52I'm getting in there first.
32:53Keeners mustered that one.
32:55After rooting and tooting through Yorkshire's finest emporiums, our pair have landed back
33:00in Middle Littleton in Worcestershire, ready for action at Littleton auctions.
33:05The sale room is filling up fast with bidders in person, online and on the blower.
33:11Calling the shots from the Rostrum today, that's Ben Homer.
33:15Sold.
33:16It's 70.
33:17Margie bought five auction lots and spent £160 in doing so.
33:23Any standouts, Ben?
33:25The cast iron pig butcher sign, very popular.
33:28We've seen a few of these.
33:29They always make good money.
33:31While Danny splurged a bit more on his five auction lots, £199 to be precise.
33:38Thoughts, Ben?
33:39The toilet paper, I'm not going to lie, it's not something that I've sold before or I've
33:43seen sold in auction, but I can tell you from looking online, it does already have bids
33:48on it.
33:49Here they come, hoping to flush those bidders out.
33:53Time to rock and roll.
33:55Are you ready for it?
33:56I'm ready for it.
33:57Ready for anything with you.
33:59Game on.
34:00Danny's in the hot seat, first with his galvanised dolly tub.
34:05I don't understand dolly tubs.
34:07I've got a washing machine.
34:08But have you got a planter?
34:10Let's go £20 for it, please.
34:13I'm at £35.
34:14Come on.
34:15£40 in the room.
34:16£40 at room.
34:17£40, £45 now.
34:18At £45 and £50.
34:20Oh, well done.
34:21Lovely at garden.
34:22I'm at £60 now, I'm not aware anyway, at £65 now.
34:26Mmm!
34:26Mmm!
34:28£70!
34:29Fair warning, at £70.
34:34Well done.
34:35Yes!
34:35I really didn't think you'd get that.
34:37Oh, ye of little faith.
34:39And the tidy profit, too.
34:41Well done, mate.
34:42I'm pleased for you.
34:43Mwah!
34:44Ah, the joy of friendly rivalry.
34:47Let's hope the good vibes boost the bids.
34:50And after that jolly start, we can move on to Margie's first lot, the desk box.
34:55She's Edwardian.
34:56You kept that one quiet.
34:57Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
34:59Start me at just £40 on it then, please.
35:01£40 bid, thank you.
35:02£40 and £5 now.
35:04At £45 and £50.
35:06That's your modern day email.
35:07£50, £55 now.
35:09On the web at £55.
35:10Are we all in?
35:11And fair one then at £55.
35:13£50.
35:15Well done, Margie.
35:16That's all I wanted for that.
35:18It had profit written all over it.
35:21Nice little thing, that.
35:22Yeah, I'm quite like it.
35:23I liked it.
35:25Danny's up now with his pistol scales and set of weights all by one.
35:30Start me at £30 then.
35:32Come on, less talking, more bidding.
35:35£20 to start me on the evening, surely.
35:37No, I'm not looking good.
35:38No.
35:39Start me at a £10 and then minimum bid.
35:41£10 bid, thank you.
35:42£12, £15.
35:43At £18 and £20.
35:45£22 now on the web at £22.
35:46Come on, come on, come on.
35:47£25 in the room now.
35:48Come on.
35:49£28, online at £28.
35:51Do you want £30?
35:53Back in just in time at £30.
35:54£30 quid.
35:55At £30 in the room at scabbles up.
35:59Well, there you go, so I've lost a fiver.
36:01Well, sorry.
36:02A small loss.
36:03Not much in the grand scale of things.
36:06They're nice things, but what do people want them for?
36:09It's a bit late telling me that now.
36:12And he's got another set coming.
36:14Margie's turn now.
36:15With this fine old thing, will it reel in the bidders?
36:19I bought a green painted spinning wheel for £10.
36:24Spinning wheel?
36:24You know, spinning wheel.
36:26Oh, for cotton?
36:27Yeah, spinning.
36:28What are you going to do with that?
36:29Sometimes you've just got to take a punt, haven't you?
36:33Well, you've definitely took a punt on that piece.
36:36Where are we going now?
36:36Give me £30, please, for the spinning wheel.
36:38Dodgy, dodgy wheel.
36:40Start me at £20, then.
36:42A fiver.
36:43Hey, don't tell me I've got to take it home with me.
36:45Start me at a £10 for it, then.
36:47£10 bid, thank you, at £10 with me in the room.
36:50Go on, then, sell it.
36:53And sold at just £10.
36:55Oh, that's lies full of disappointment.
36:57He didn't lose any money.
36:59Never mind.
37:00It's spun its way to a new home.
37:02Oh, let's forget that.
37:04I want to forget about spinning wheels.
37:06Consider the subject closed.
37:09On to Danny's priciest purchase, the Arnufo pewter tray.
37:13It's nice.
37:14Is it?
37:16It's nice.
37:17Well, I shall look forward to seeing it.
37:19It's nice.
37:21So nice, he said it thrice.
37:23I've got commission interest, and I can start you at just £25.
37:28I'm at £35 on the web now.
37:30At £40 and £5 at the back now.
37:32At £45 with me in the room, I'm £50.
37:35At £55.
37:37Come on.
37:38£60.
37:39At £60.
37:40Come on, mate.
37:41Are we all in?
37:41And fair warned, it's £60.
37:45Well done.
37:46I thought it was gorgeous.
37:48I'd have bought that.
37:49And certainly at that price.
37:52Lost a five, then.
37:53Never mind.
37:54Onwards and upwards.
37:56Ever the optimist, Mr Danny.
37:58Let's see how Margie gets on with the garden lamp that's seen brighter days.
38:02That's a jeopardy one.
38:04A jeopardy lamp.
38:06Where are we going with this?
38:06£100 for it, surely.
38:09Go £50 for it, then.
38:10You what?
38:11Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
38:12Start me at just £30 on this one, then.
38:15Start at a £10, you might.
38:16Start me at £20.
38:16I'm at £20, thank you.
38:18£22 in the room now.
38:19£25.
38:20£28.
38:21Have a good daft.
38:22£30.
38:23At £30.
38:25£35 now.
38:26Jeopardy over.
38:27£40 now.
38:27At £40.
38:28Do you want £45?
38:29Are we all in?
38:30And fair warned, £40.
38:34Oh, Margie, well done.
38:35You've done it again.
38:36That was a relief.
38:38Even a fixer-upper can turn a tidy profit.
38:41You doubled your money.
38:42It's a bit lucky there, but I liked it.
38:44You know when you like something?
38:45All of a sudden you like it.
38:47No, I did.
38:47It was jeopardy, but I liked it.
38:49I was wandering into jeopardy.
38:51Mind how you go, then.
38:53It could be a bumpy ride.
38:55Back to weighing scales again.
38:56This time, it's Danny's shop type.
38:59It's £100 to start me, surely?
39:00Start me at £50 on these, then?
39:04Yeah.
39:05Start me at £30, then?
39:08Are you sure?
39:08Is the internet broken?
39:09£30 bid, thank you.
39:10At £30.
39:10I'm on the web now.
39:11Come on.
39:12At £30.
39:12£35 now.
39:13Is that a bid?
39:14I'm at £35, and I have to call it.
39:17It's the gavel is up.
39:17It's only at £5.
39:18It's all right.
39:19You sell the money at £5.
39:20There's a lot of money when somebody else is making money.
39:22It's a balancing act, really.
39:25Scales.
39:27Pain.
39:28Pain.
39:28They are.
39:29I'm learning that now.
39:31I'm realising that now.
39:33Tips from the master, eh?
39:35Time now for Margie's jar to shine.
39:37Silver top and all.
39:39£20 bid, thank you, at £20.
39:41With me in the room at £20.
39:43I'm looking for £22.
39:43I reckon it'll wipe his face.
39:45£25.
39:46I liked it, though.
39:47At £28 now.
39:49Do you want £30?
39:50£30.
39:51£35.
39:52At £35, are we all in?
39:54And fair warned, at £35.
39:57Wiped his face.
39:58I told you it would.
39:59Mystic Margie strikes again.
40:02Well done.
40:04Very well-mannered.
40:06Well, I'm going to have to be.
40:07I'm on back foot at the minute.
40:09Let's see if Danny's fortunes can roll on with his final lot.
40:13It certainly stirred up a sailroom.
40:15Will his toilet tissue be flushed with offers or just go down the pan?
40:20It's the big moment.
40:23For your Aisle toilet roll.
40:24That's the one.
40:25In brilliant condition.
40:26Oh, it's light brown, no.
40:29You wouldn't want it to be used, would you?
40:30A minimum bid of £10 on this one.
40:33£10 bid.
40:34£12.
40:35Now we're in.
40:36We're £12.
40:36Keep going.
40:37£15.
40:37£15.
40:38£18.
40:39£20.
40:40New bidder at the back.
40:41Here we go.
40:42£22.
40:43£25 at the back of the room.
40:45They're going potty for it.
40:46This is your best profit.
40:48I'm £28 for a roll of toilet paper.
40:50£30 now.
40:51Keep going.
40:51£35.
40:53Going once at £35.
40:55Twice at £35.
40:57It's definitely deserved.
40:58Come on.
41:00That's got to be the world record for a toilet roll, surely.
41:03And the most competed-for lot of the sale.
41:07A lavatorial legend.
41:09I'm happy with that.
41:10Well done.
41:11Well done indeed.
41:14Putting a smile on everyone's face.
41:16Margie's final lot now.
41:18The butcher's pig.
41:20I bought a cast-iron pig.
41:22Why would you buy one of those?
41:23Because I thought it looked a bit...
41:25It's got a little scarf on.
41:27Don't say you thought it looked a bit like me.
41:29Surely £100 to start me.
41:31Fuck you off.
41:32Margie.
41:33£50 to start me then.
41:34£50 bid, thank you.
41:35I'm at £60.
41:36£65.
41:37It's going to go daft.
41:38£70.
41:39£75.
41:40£80 now.
41:41At £90.
41:42£100.
41:42There we go.
41:43At £100.
41:44We'll give it £110 now.
41:46I'm at £110.
41:47On the web at £110.
41:48£120 now.
41:49£130.
41:50Oh my goodness.
41:51£130, I'm going to call it.
41:55£130.
41:55The gavel is up.
41:56Well, I never...
41:59So you doubled your money?
42:00Yeah.
42:01Oh.
42:03Well, that certainly brought home the bacon.
42:06That's it, all over.
42:07Come on.
42:08A fine day for four-legged friends in the sale room.
42:12Let's see how the numbers stack up.
42:13Danny brought the laughs, but not the loot, with a loss of £34.16.
42:21Margie, meanwhile, waltzed away with a profit of £35.96, a hat-trick of triumphs, securing
42:29her place at the top.
42:31But with two legs to go, Danny's still in the game and playing for pride.
42:35All accumulated profits, at the end of the week, go to children in need.
42:40Marge, you don't need to smile like that.
42:43Have a little bit of pity on me.
42:45I know.
42:46Congratulations.
42:46You're right.
42:47You're a very good loser.
42:49I've got no choice.
42:51Grace in defeat.
42:55Next time, romance is in the air.
42:57Would you marry me?
43:00And Margie's feeling unstoppable.
43:02I've won a trophy.
43:03Danny has his game face on.
43:07Now, these are right up my alley.
43:09But can he bounce back with a big finish?
43:11I'm not a kid.
43:13Is he running out of juice?
43:33I'm not a kid.
43:34I'm not a kid.
43:34I'm not a kid.
43:35I'm not a kid.
43:35I'm not a kid.
43:36I'm not a kid.
43:36I'm not a kid.
43:37I'm not a kid.
43:37I'm not a kid.
43:38I'm not a kid.
43:38I'm not a kid.
43:38I'm not a kid.
43:39I'm not a kid.
43:39I'm not a kid.
43:40I'm not a kid.
43:40I'm not a kid.
43:41I'm not a kid.
43:42I'm not a kid.
43:42I'm not a kid.
43:43I'm not a kid.
43:44I'm not a kid.
43:45I'm not a kid.
43:46I'm not a kid.
43:47I'm not a kid.
43:48I'm not a kid.
43:49I'm not a kid.
43:50I'm not a kid.
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