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00:01It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
00:03Behind the wheel of a classic car
00:06This car dances!
00:08And a goal to scar Britain for antiques
00:11The aim? To make the biggest profit at auction
00:15But it's no mean feat
00:17There'll be worthy winners
00:19Tickety-boo
00:20And valiant losers
00:21Oh dear
00:22Will 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
00:33Yeah
00:35This one starts out in the north of England
00:37Bit like Wuthering Heights
00:39Do you know what I'm really looking forward to with you?
00:43Your sparkle
00:44Your scintillating sparkle
00:46Aww
00:46Only, instead of Cathy and Heathcliff
00:49We've got Izzy and Mark
00:51If you were a drag queen
00:53What would you call yourself?
00:54Is he Barmer?
00:55Hey
00:56Nice
00:57And no one ever said that in a Bronte book
00:59How about you?
01:00Over the hill really
01:01Oh
01:02Not bad either
01:04So that's dealers Mark Hill and Izzy Barmer
01:07In a splendid red 1972 Opal Manta
01:12But unlike Wuthering Heights
01:13This one's a sequel
01:15We had fun on the last one, didn't we?
01:17And who won?
01:18Oh, I don't quite remember
01:19I think we can have a jolly good guess
01:22200 pounds apiece
01:24With the aim of coming out on top at each auction
01:27Best of five wins
01:28We are going to the seaside
01:30We are
01:31In fact, we're not just going to one seaside
01:33We're going to a load of seaside
01:34Not half
01:35Their trip will take them towards the north Yorkshire coast
01:39Thence to Lincolnshire, East Anglia, Kent
01:42And finally Sussex by the sea
01:45Do you know the east coast well?
01:47I do actually
01:47Long walks on sort of gusty cliffs
01:50I knew there was something wuthering about it all
01:53But their very first shopping destination
01:56Will be a little more inland at Barnard Castle
02:00On the River Tees
02:03Road trip regular David Harper lives around here somewhere
02:06Not there though
02:08They're in this one together
02:09After you
02:12Ooh
02:12Now Mark, you've been here before, haven't you?
02:15I haven't
02:15It's enormous
02:16Do you know exactly where to look?
02:18Is it this way?
02:19Yeah, it is exactly that
02:20That way, yeah
02:21It's not, is it?
02:22It's not
02:23Calm down
02:24I'm sure it's all nice
02:26With over 40 dealers in here selling a huge variety
02:36Circling like a hawk
02:38Exactly
02:38On a mission
02:39At Mission Hall Antiques
02:43What's in here?
02:45These are a set of cocktail sticks
02:48They're Mother of Pearl
02:48And they've got the cockerels on the top
02:50And you would pop your cherry
02:52Or perhaps even your olive on these
02:54Ticket price, £34
02:56I do like these
02:57They are unusual
02:58And the Mother of Pearl itself is beautifully turned
03:01There's no damage to it
03:02Maybe we should all be putting cherries on a cocktail stick
03:05And maybe if we all had a set of cocktail sticks
03:07That's exactly what we'd do
03:08I'm as indecisive as ever
03:09I do quite like them
03:10Don't like the price
03:11So I'm going to ask what they can be
03:13That was quick
03:15£200 to spend, remember?
03:17I can't resist a piece of brightly coloured glass
03:21And I think I know what this is
03:23So the North East has a long tradition in glass making
03:27And if I'm right, this is by a company called Hartley Wood
03:31So if I look at the bottom, there is the H, there is the W
03:35This is Hartley Wood
03:36But those dates under here
03:40Mean that this is an anniversary piece produced in the late 20th century
03:44And collectors really want this sort of lumpen, clumpy, misshapen
03:50Fabulously sort of rustic looking pieces from the 1930s
03:54And £68, do I really think that this is going to make a return for me at auction?
04:00Much as I love it, I don't think it will
04:04So, bye bye
04:07Keeping his powder dry, Izzy expressed an interest in these
04:11But it's what we call a fluid situation
04:16Oh, I love these Japanese and Chinese jewellery cabinets
04:20This one looks Japanese to me
04:22But you've got this lovely mother-of-pearl lily pad with the frog on the top
04:25And then the bulrushes
04:27And then here we've got this sort of moonlit, serene, night-time watery scene
04:32We've got our birds
04:33And then these fabulous hinges
04:37Priced at £68
04:39It's got some good age to it
04:41It's early 20th century
04:42And I love that it looks like a miniature wardrobe
04:45And then you open up the doors of the jewellery box
04:47And inside you've got individual drawers here
04:50And then this larger drawer at the bottom
04:52And you would have this in your bedroom
04:55And as well as being a container for your jewellery
04:58It looks beautiful
05:00And you would have had a key, so you could have locked this
05:02Still quite portable, of course
05:04They can be very popular
05:06They can do very well
05:09I'm just a little concerned about the damage on this one
05:13I think I'm possibly talking myself out of this
05:16Which is a shame, because I really like it
05:18But I need to think with my head
05:21And not my heart
05:22And whilst my heart says yes, my head says no
05:26Heavily underlined
05:28Mark?
05:30Amidst all the antiques here
05:33I'd like to go for something that's mid-century modern
05:36Now I'm hoping that this bowl is designed by an Italian designer called Piero Fornicetti
05:42And if I turn it upside down, indeed there's his mark
05:45Now Piero Fornicetti is a fascinating character
05:48He was an Italian, born in Milan in 1913
05:51And he looks back to classical architecture and classical prints
05:56And that's where you get this sort of stylised acanthus leaf inspiration from
06:02All his pieces, when they were produced, were relatively expensive
06:06And it still is today
06:08Fornicetti was also fascinated with screens
06:11And in 1958 created this huge work
06:14La Stanza Metaphysica
06:17But at the other end of the scale
06:19My concern with it
06:21Is its diminutive size
06:24But it is only £20
06:26For a really great name in Italian design
06:30It's a real risk at auction
06:33But you know what, I'm going to take that risk
06:35And I think that is one I'm coming back for
06:38His first modest purchase in Prospect
06:42Is he?
06:43Oh, hello
06:43Oh, look at this
06:45Two more Cockrell cocktail sticks
06:47Well, a set of six is good
06:49A set of eight, however
06:51That might be even better
06:53£14 for the pair
06:55I'll definitely see if they can be added to the other set
06:58But it still comes down to price on those
07:00Quite rich altogether though
07:01Out else in there?
07:04Oh, I love intaglios
07:05So an intaglio is a stone or an item that's had something carved into it
07:11So here we've got our figure carved into the stone
07:13The figure is quite crude
07:15There's not a huge amount of detail
07:17It is quite worn and rubbed around it though
07:20And what you want with intaglios, you want them to be Roman
07:22The Roman intaglios are really collectible
07:24And they're very often repurposed into jewellery in the 19th century
07:28The Romans were masters of the technique
07:31Often mounting them onto rings
07:33Or a fob like this one
07:34To verify authenticity
07:37You would write your letter
07:39You would melt your wax
07:40You'd pop your letter in your envelope
07:43And then you press in with your seal
07:46Now I'm not convinced it's got the quality of a Roman intaglio
07:51But it has got some good wear, some good age on it
07:55Now I want it to be set in gold
07:57There are no markings on here
08:00I suspect it's gold plate
08:03Ticket price £45
08:06Too much if it's not a Roman intaglio
08:08And if it's not in gold
08:12But...
08:13I'm going to ask and I'll see about those cockerels as well
08:16Time to talk turkey
08:18Hello Dale
08:19How are you?
08:20I'm good thank you
08:20I'm going to pop this here
08:22Just to tempt you with what's on offer
08:24The wads out
08:26I've seen two items that I think I'm probably interested in
08:30But it does come down to price
08:32There are the six cockerel cocktail sticks
08:35Yep
08:36Priced at £34
08:37There's another two that I saw in a different cabinet priced at £14
08:41So I'm half wondering do I take my set of six and turn it into a set of eight
08:45Adding up to £48
08:46And there is the seal fob which is priced at £45
08:52Right, yep
08:53What can that be?
08:5538
08:56Making £86 for everything
08:58Can I offer you £60?
09:00Look it's here
09:02Fluttering at you
09:03Right, okay we can do that
09:05Fantastic
09:06Thanks Dale, very kind
09:08So that will be £30 for the intaglio fob
09:11And another £30 for the sticks
09:14With £140 left over
09:17Just needs a few olives now
09:20And we'll discover how Mark's progressing
09:24Ready to plump for that wee Italian bowl, remember?
09:27But will there be more?
09:30What a round and rotund chap
09:33But what is he?
09:35I rather like him, he's got some appeal
09:37He is a box
09:41People love boxes
09:43You can keep all sorts of different things in them
09:45Rings or whatever it may be
09:46But there's a rather strange hole
09:48Where his tie should be
09:49I wonder whether he's a string box
09:53He looks a bit like John Ball
09:55With the girth but without the understated waistcoat
09:58But what I really love about this
10:01Is the wear on it
10:02This shows that this is a functional item
10:05Something that's been used
10:07And at £45 I think he's rather good fun
10:11Time to tie up a deal
10:13Dale, hello
10:14Hello Mark, you alright then?
10:15I am very alright
10:17It's a smorgasbord of delights here
10:19But I've chosen two things
10:21This little tea bowl
10:22And the string box
10:25What's your best price
10:27If I were to take the two together?
10:30£65 altogether
10:31How does £55 sound?
10:34Oh, here we go
10:36£50?
10:38I'm not just pushing my luck
10:39I think I'm pushing my knees at this stage
10:41No, no
10:41I'm going to get up and shake your hand
10:43Get back, man
10:43Good decision
10:45£30 for the string man
10:47And still £20 for the bowl
10:49And off we join, we'll go
10:51Thank you, bye
10:54£150 left
10:55That was fun
10:55It was, I enjoyed that
10:56Are you a happy bunny?
10:57Very happy bunny
10:58I'm a happy bunny
10:59Two happy bunnies
11:00Just as well
11:01Just as well because they're about to take a brief break from shopping
11:05And hop around 30 miles east towards Stockton-on-Tees
11:10Which, in 1825, became the site of the world's first passenger steam railway
11:16And our pair are headed to Preston Hall
11:19Formerly the home of a captain of industry
11:22Look, this is a very grand Victorian house
11:24It's stunning
11:25But now a museum with a leaning towards that era
11:29Hi
11:30Hello Sarah, I'm Mark
11:31Nice to meet you
11:32Hello
11:33Resident historian Sarah Fortune
11:35We're really looking forward to this
11:38Behind the facade of the main house, there's a complete replica of a 19th century street
11:43With many of the businesses you could once have seen
11:47Wow
11:49You do feel like you've stepped back in time here
11:51But for Izzy and Mark, it's John Walker's Kenist
11:55Which once stood on the local high street that's of particular interest
11:59Because they've come to find out about Victorian skincare routines
12:04So who was the sort of style guru?
12:06Who was the leader of the look?
12:08It was actually Queen Victoria
12:10She set the tone
12:11Because in Georgian times, it used to be about being very extravagant
12:15You would have the big wigs, you would have the make-up
12:17And then Queen Victoria wouldn't even let people go to court with any make-up on
12:23She just wanted everyone to look as natural as possible
12:26In theatre, people would wear a lot of make-up to be seen
12:29But they were seen as showy, cold-painted ladies, quite vulgar
12:33Do you want to go in?
12:34Love to
12:36Soothing powders, I love the idea of that
12:38Queen Victoria was, of course, a famously strong figurehead
12:41Who'd resided over a period of enormous change
12:44Yet the ideal of womanhood she helped to construct
12:49Was sweet, mild and submissive
12:53So the ladies would come in here
12:55And they would ask for certain products to help their complexion
12:58And make them look brighter and more youthful
13:01One example would be a rouge like this
13:04Very dainty pot
13:06If you couldn't afford a rouge though, ladies would often just use crushed beetroot
13:10To get that right colour on their cheeks
13:13Or even just pinching their cheeks would do the trick
13:16Like so many aspects of Victorian life
13:19The prevailing attitude towards make-up was full of contradictions
13:23As a society which considered itself respectable
13:26And tried to conceal anything which didn't quite fit that image
13:30They didn't dispense with the stuff
13:33They just got better at hiding it
13:35It was a very light translucent skin that they wanted with powder
13:39It was about your complexion as well
13:41Queen Victoria did have smallpox
13:43So she had scarring
13:45So she would add creams such as these creams to help improve your skin
13:50Hang on, so she wanted a natural look, she didn't like make-up?
13:53Yeah, yeah, so it was fine for her
13:55But she didn't overly promote what she did
13:57But there's something very sort of pure
13:59And dare I say sort of innocent about the desired look
14:02It was, it was that idea that you were blessed with good natural beauty
14:07And it was to be celebrated and not hidden with layers upon layers of make-up
14:12Like in the theatre
14:12I dread to think what goes into the make-up we use today
14:15But what was the make-up made of?
14:17Certainly some of the make-up had really deadly ingredients
14:20Such as arsenic was one
14:22They used to eat arsenic wafers to make their skin lighter and more translucent
14:27Also, they wanted that big, bright eyes
14:30So they would use something called belladonna, which is deadly nightshade
14:34That they would then drop in their eyes and it could lead to blindness
14:38If they couldn't get access to that, squeezing lemon juice could do the trick for them
14:44Crikey, now time to see if our pair can emulate that Victorian look
14:48While laying off the riskier ingredients, of course
14:52But you've kind of got a lead on me with this
14:54I mean, I don't think I've applied make-up to myself for ages
14:56I can do it for you if you like
14:58Do you know, that might be an answer
15:01We've got things like pressed powder
15:03So they would want that translucent skin, so you could give that a word
15:06I could do with translucent skin, I think
15:08And I suppose that comes from that if you were wealthy you wouldn't work in the field
15:12So your skin would be a light colour
15:14Exactly, yes
15:15Is this getting better?
15:17Eminently Victorian, I'd say
15:18Do my lips look naturally tinted?
15:20You look like that English rose look
15:22What's this bright red stuff?
15:24You could put that on your cheeks
15:26This is when I begin to look like Aunt Sally
15:27I don't need much
15:29No, just a tiny bit
15:31Is that better?
15:33I can actually see with Mark, he has got that sort of natural, dewy cheeks
15:38Dewy cheeks
15:40I'm sure that Queen Victoria herself would have approved
15:46Mark, I've really got to say, you have done this natural Victorian beauty look remarkably well
15:51Well, it's only because I'm inspired by you, I just want to make sure I've got all that blooming face
15:55powder off
15:55I think you're good to go
15:56Fabulous
15:58What a busy first day of the road trip it's been
16:01Back to the motor for a full debrief
16:04Do you know what I love most about the Victorian period?
16:07No
16:07Stuff
16:09Oodles and oodles of stuff, stuff everywhere
16:12Stuff, stuff!
16:13I love stuff!
16:15That's why we're here
16:18Nighty night
16:21Next day, we have a change behind the wheel
16:24This is quite easy to drive
16:26I think I'm going to be quite revvy
16:28I hope that's alright
16:29Revvy's good for me
16:30Vroom vroom!
16:32Although they didn't exactly put foot to floor yesterday
16:35With Izzy acquiring an intaglio fob seal and a set of cocktail sticks
16:40I'm a sucker for a bit of mother of pearl
16:42Leaving her with £140 for today's purchases
16:47While Mark spent even less on a string box and a piece of Italian pottery
16:51My concern with it is its diminutive size
16:55Meaning he still has 150 in his kitty
16:59What are we calling opal?
17:01Opal, manta, manta ray
17:03Okay
17:04Sort of like that flat sort of, you know, zushi kind of
17:08I like this word zushi, what does it mean?
17:10It means this, it means us, we're zushi
17:13Are we zush or zushi?
17:14Oh, we're definitely zushi
17:16Not zushay
17:19That's that sorted then
17:20And it'll be non-stop shopping from here on in
17:24Starting out close to the North Sea coast
17:26At the wonderfully named Mask by the Sea
17:31Where our expert Mark by the Sea
17:34Here we go
17:35Gets first dibs at Vintage by the Sea
17:39A delightful spot for which he has 150 left to spend
17:44Not sure what that is in doubloons
17:51Profits ahoy
17:53Aye aye, Captain
17:55Now I know what this is
17:57And this is something that I really consider to be an antique of tomorrow
18:03So what we're looking at is a set of five coffee or tea cups
18:07With this sort of retro, funky, vintage pattern on the front
18:11I mean, they could have been designed today
18:14But these were designed in 1968
18:17I believe by a lady called Susie Cooper
18:20And if I pick up the bottom, there is her mark with her name
18:24Ms Cooper started out attending night classes at this establishment
18:27The Burslem School of Art
18:30The pattern is called Nebula
18:32And this shows how adaptable and how clever a designer she was
18:37Because she constantly moved with the times and the fashions of the day
18:40My only problem is
18:42One, two, three, four, five, there should be six
18:45And even at £15
18:48It's just not prime Susie Cooper
18:50It's yet to be appreciated and yet to be understood
18:54For three quid for a cup and saucy, you can't go wrong
18:57But right now, at auction, that's not my cup of tea
19:02Fair enough
19:03Let's leave him a-looking and find out where Izzy's got to
19:07Recognise it?
19:09Yes, it could only really be Whitby
19:12A place that's as famous for one fictitious resident
19:16As for its association with real historical figures
19:20Just wait till she gets stuck into Whitby antiques and collectibles
19:25Ooh, this looks rather lovely
19:28We're counting on it
19:31Hello
19:32Good morning
19:32Can I have a look round?
19:34Yeah, of course you can
19:34That was Marion, by the way
19:36And while she's doing said looking around
19:39High five
19:40She will, no doubt, be bearing in mind the 140 she still has in hand
19:47I wondered when I'd spot some Whitby jets
19:50We are in Whitby
19:51This bit looks rather lovely
19:54In some ways
19:56This is quite a simple piece of Whitby jet
19:59And what it is, it's a fossilised wood
20:01It's from the monkey puzzle tree
20:02And millions of years ago
20:04When the monkey puzzle trees were along the coast
20:06It was then fossilised
20:08And what we now have today is jet
20:11So you've got this very shiny, very reflective luster on Whitby jet
20:15Whereas jet that comes from other countries
20:16It's more brittle, it's not as durable
20:19And it doesn't take such a high polish
20:21Jet is a gem
20:22Which isn't a mineral
20:24But a mineraloid
20:25Because of its woody origins
20:28Wow, I'm not surprised at the price
20:31£695
20:31So maybe not for me today
20:34But it's lovely to be here in Whitby
20:36And to see such a fantastic collection of Whitby jet
20:39Time to jet back to mask now
20:42Where Mark is still all at sea
20:45Although Sharon can help him navigate I'm sure
20:49Interesting thing this
20:51It's kind of speaking to me
20:53So when you see globes like this
20:55They're most commonly associated with the sort of late 18th century
20:58And even the early 19th century
21:01This one is much, much later in date
21:04It's a looker
21:05Nice wooden base
21:07And it's got a little cable coming out of the bottom
21:09And I believe
21:12It's illuminated
21:13What more could a man want?
21:16Quite
21:16But for me this is interesting
21:19Because you get the look for a lot less
21:21Yes
21:22No price on it
21:23But it's got something
21:25That I think I'm going to have to investigate
21:27That could rock my world
21:29Better talk to the boss
21:31And Ruby
21:32Sharon
21:32Sharon
21:33Hello
21:34Hello Ruby
21:35The table globe
21:37Right
21:37Didn't have a price on
21:40£40
21:40Would you take £30 for the globe?
21:43Yes, yeah, that's fine
21:44You would?
21:45That's fine
21:46In that case we have a deal
21:47Thank you so much
21:48And thank you Ruby
21:49Not costing the earthen
21:51And he has £120 still remaining
21:54With one shopped to go
21:57I've got the whole world in my hands
22:00But with a whippy
22:02Where Izzy has thus far admired some of the famous jet
22:05But not actually lined anything up
22:09Marion is still on hand for any deals that need doing
22:14They're rather elegant aren't they?
22:17They're a little bit of a conundrum however
22:20So the bead itself is what we call cherry amber bakelite
22:24Making them likely to be about 100 years old
22:28I suspect what they probably are
22:30Are two beads that have been taken from a necklace
22:32And turned into earrings
22:34But the chain itself
22:36Does look like it might be a very fine gold
22:39But I just think they're really elegant
22:42Very wearable today
22:44There's nothing really not to like there
22:46What's the price?
22:47£15 for 1920s, 1930s beads
22:51Do you know what?
22:52For probably one of the first times in my life
22:55I'm going to be decisive
22:56I'm going to get those
22:58Hurrah!
22:58Anything else while you're at it though?
23:01Ooh
23:03Get comfy
23:04I know what I want this to be
23:06This shape looks as though it might be shelley
23:10It's very similar to the dainty shelley
23:13The pattern is called dainty
23:14Shelley being the name of a famous pottery dynasty
23:17If this is shelley
23:18There are collectors for early shelley
23:21Shelley before he became shelley as we think of today
23:24So what I wanted to see is this
23:28CW, Charles Weilman
23:29Shelley worked at Charles Weilman in the 1890s
23:34And he left in the 1900s to set up shelley
23:37So some of his early designs were when he worked for Foley, Charles Weilman
23:44It's just am I confident enough that it is shelley?
23:48It's £20
23:50My heart is telling me that it could be shelley
23:54Which is why I'm going to go with it
23:56Heart wins that one
23:57With quite a bit of head thrown in
24:00Hello Marian
24:01Oh hello, have you found something?
24:03I have
24:04These lovely charming earrings at £15
24:07Right
24:07I've also seen a cup and saucer
24:10Which I'm hoping is shelley
24:11Yes
24:11It's priced at £20
24:12So £20 plus £15 is £35
24:15However, can you help me out at all?
24:17I could probably take a couple of pounds off the shelley cup
24:20So can we say £30 for the two?
24:23Yes, I think that would be alright
24:25Making the brace of items now £15 a piece
24:28Have a lovely day
24:29And you as well
24:31And leaving £110 still in the kitty
24:35Precious load
24:37Time for a brew
24:38Always
24:40But what about Mark?
24:41Out in the manta
24:43I'm loving the colour
24:44And I feel a little bit like I should be in
24:47Some kind of 1970s cop show or something
24:51He's definitely got style
24:53He'll be able to flaunt a style
24:55In front of some actual people shortly
24:59When he arrives at the fair town of Scarborough
25:02Seaside resort and the birthplace of Oscar winning movie actor Charles Lawton
25:07And there goes our plucky performer
25:10About to strut the boards of the Scarborough Antiques Collective
25:21Sure to find a treasure or two in here
25:24I'm feeling every single square foot
25:26There's so much to see
25:28He has £120 still in his pocket, of course
25:36I do love a single chair
25:38I'm a real sucker for single chairs
25:40Partly because I feel sorry for them
25:42But partly because they're so very practical
25:45And this one's a sort of mish-mash of styles
25:48In essence, it's sort of got this Art Nouveau feeling to it
25:52And we've got very light shades of Mackintosh
25:55With this very tall, high back
25:57And then you've got these beautiful sort of heart motifs that are cut out here
26:02And here they've been inlaid with Mother of Pearl
26:04It would certainly keep you sitting upright
26:07I love the sweeping curve of the top rail here
26:11It's a nice, diminutive size
26:14It's not a great lumpen chair
26:16It's just a practical thing
26:17Made out of mahogany
26:19The only thing it doesn't have is a price
26:22Well, he could always talk to Simon about that one
26:26But let us look into Izzy's movements
26:28Since we last glimpsed her
26:30Now also in Scarborough
26:32But heading to a different retail outlet
26:35The Antique and Collectors Centre
26:40Hello
26:42That was Matt, by the way
26:43His dad first opened the shop over 60 years ago
26:47And Izzy, should she require it, has £110 left
26:57Oh, I love these
26:58These are coin purses
26:59And look how detailed it is
27:02So you've got this almost crocheted little purse
27:05And then decorated with beads
27:06You see them in the Regency period
27:09And then into the 19th century
27:10But this one's really unusual
27:12Because this one's got this metal mount
27:14And then there's this little greyhound
27:16Set on the top there
27:17Good for putting a few bob on the dogs
27:20But there is a little catch just here
27:23So here we've got a little vinaigret
27:25So you would have in here
27:28Some cotton wool or a sponge
27:30Steeped in some perfume or a nice scent
27:33So that if you wander past an unpleasant smell
27:36You can just have a little sniff
27:38Also useful for doggies
27:40This is a beautiful item in lovely condition
27:43Considering it's not far off 200 years old
27:47What's the price? £350
27:50Well, I'm a woman of expensive taste
27:52So I think I'll be popping this one back
27:54Because I can't afford that
27:56But I just love the little greyhound
27:58I think he might be my favourite part
28:02Sadly, not a runner
28:04It's not all about winning though
28:05I really want to get Mark a postcard
28:07I feel like you come to Scarborough
28:09It's a holiday destination
28:10The sun's shining
28:12Izzy, I've got a postcard to show you
28:13Oh yeah?
28:14It's a suffragette float outside our shop
28:17Probably from around 1910
28:19Oh wow! So which one's your shop?
28:21This is ours just at the bottom
28:22And two doors up that used to be the Women's Social and Political Union
28:26This is incredible
28:27Not only for the fact that it shows the suffragettes
28:29But also that it's got your shop in it
28:31And because of that it's not for sale
28:32That was going to be my question! How much?
28:35The search goes on
28:37Back to Mark, who's also still empty handed
28:41Having decided against that very stylish but not awfully comfy chair
28:46Anything else sit well?
28:48No, I do like that
28:50So this sort of tapering form with this ball on top
28:54If I pull on the bottom, that turns into a cup
28:58And then if you open this here and unscrew it
29:03You can tip your favourite tipple into the cup
29:08And have a quick sort of pick-me-up
29:11Why use single-use plastic cups
29:13When you can use something as elegant as this?
29:16So we've got a cut glass body
29:18And then a nickel-plated metal part
29:21And that is going to last another century
29:24When does this date from?
29:25Probably sometime around the Edwardian period
29:27Ticket price? £25
29:29What I really like about it is that it comes with its original carrying case
29:33People often ask, what am I going to do with it when they look at antiques?
29:37But for me, the use of this and the decorative appeal of this are very clear
29:42And I think that's a great deal
29:45It's certainly a start
29:47Keep looking
29:53Hang about
29:54Wow!
29:55I'm a huge fan of modern British art
29:59And that...
30:01Boom! It's right there in your face
30:03What a fantastic picture
30:06There's so much going on
30:09It's got everything about that sort of mid-century modern British art
30:14That people are looking for
30:16These abstracted forms
30:17Use of different materials
30:20These wonderful strong tones
30:22There's drama here as well
30:24But the one thing there isn't
30:26Is a signature
30:28So let's swizzle it round
30:31And there it is
30:34Langton, 64
30:35I wonder whether that's John Langton
30:38A Yorkshire-born artist
30:40It's £95
30:42Just described as mid-century art
30:45Which seems like a real deal
30:48The problem is, do I take a risk?
30:51Do people collect Langton?
30:53Will people collect Langton?
30:55I think it's an absolute cracker
30:57This is the sort of thing I would buy and hang in my home
31:00And I think that that is something for me
31:02Gird your loin son
31:05Simon, hello
31:06Hello Mark, how are you?
31:07I'm really well
31:09I just found two things
31:11A modern British canvas
31:12If I were to combine that
31:15With the tapering glass flask
31:18We've got 95 and 25
31:21Which is 120
31:23What is the very best you can do?
31:27The very best mark is £100
31:29Well I fall in love with the canvas
31:32We have a deal
31:33So that makes the painting 90
31:36And the cup just 10
31:38All done with 20 left over
31:40Profits, here I come
31:42He hopes
31:44Elsewhere in Scarborough
31:45Izzy's still pondering
31:47With Matt standing by
31:50If there's something sparkly to be found
31:52You can guarantee I'll find it
31:55Aren't they just the cutest?
31:57I'm presuming they're earrings
31:58And they're enamelled
32:00They've not got any great age to them
32:01They are vintage, the latter half of the 20th century
32:04But they're just ever so sweet
32:06The enamelling is in lovely condition
32:08Priced at just £10
32:11They're not gold
32:12They might be gold plated onto silver
32:15But there are no marks on there identifying them as that
32:18Do you know what, I'm going to get them
32:19I just think they're so sweet, they're so wearable
32:22I just think what's not to like with them
32:24Sorry Matt, slim pickings in prospect
32:27Oh, hi Izzy
32:28Hello
32:29I'm afraid I'm not going to be spending a lot of money with you today
32:32I found a very pretty pair of earrings
32:34Very nice
32:35So I will get you £10 immediately
32:37Don't blink or you'll miss it
32:39Wish me luck
32:40Thank you, good luck
32:41So that's Izzy, also finished with £100 unspent
32:46Time now to repair to the Opal
32:49And get ready for what must come next
32:51Do you get nervous about the auction?
32:54I do, I really do
32:56Always get nervous about auctions
32:58And do you know I get sweaty palms
33:00Oh I've noticed that
33:03It's auction nerds, it does it every time
33:06Not something you can easily shake off either
33:09Shut eye please
33:15Doesn't look like your typical sale room location does it?
33:19Welcome to Middle Littleton
33:21After coasting around the north-eastern Yorkshire
33:26They've brought their precious purchases
33:29At Littleton Auctions
33:30Selling on the net, on the phone and in the room
33:33With auctioneer Martin Homer on the podium
33:37At £65, are we all done?
33:40At £65
33:42So here is it
33:43Look at you, all chirpy
33:46Absolutely, well I'm back with you again
33:48This is great
33:49But you're remembering that you won our last road trip
33:52Challenge is set
33:54How are those palms we wonder?
33:56Mark spent £180 on five auction lots
34:00What makes Martin rub his hands?
34:03I quite like the Edwardian cut glass travelling flask
34:07Especially because it's got its original leather case
34:10And the collectors will really go for that one
34:12I think that'll do particularly well
34:14Izzy partied with only half of her cash
34:17Just £100 for all five lots
34:20Martin?
34:21The set of eight cocktail sticks
34:24Are one of my favourite lots
34:26Very collectible, very quirky
34:28And I think they'll do very well
34:30Take your seats please
34:32Here we go
34:33Here we jolly well go
34:35Feeling nervous?
34:36Always
34:37I am too
34:38It is the moment of truth
34:40If not the moments of truth
34:42It's the reckoning isn't it?
34:43It is
34:43Mark gets us underway with his wee string dispenser
34:47He's a jolly fellow
34:49I mean who can't resist a jolly fellow after all
34:51I can start at £20
34:52Good, it's a start
34:53At £20, we're at £22
34:56It's got to be £22
34:58Both platforms
34:59Looking for £25 now
35:00We're at £28
35:02Looking for £30
35:03I'm getting that
35:04At £35
35:07And he's on the go
35:08He's moving
35:09He's moving
35:11Yes, we have it inter-platform war
35:16Are we done ladies gentlemen at £45
35:19Fair one at £45
35:22I think that's a good result
35:23Yeah, I'm happy with that
35:24And so you should be
35:26Bodes well
35:27We're off to a good start
35:28Now for Izzy's much fancied cocktail sticks
35:32With cockerels on top
35:33It's just unusual to have that set of eight
35:36Rather than a set of six
35:37It's good, you lose two, get a bit squiffy
35:39You've still got your six to that day
35:41And I come straight in at £30
35:43That's what I paid for then
35:45Looking for £35 now
35:47We're at £40
35:47At £40, where's five?
35:50These are lovely
35:51Are we all done ladies and gentlemen?
35:52At £40
35:53£45.50 we're at
35:54Oh, it's moved
35:55At £50
35:56Last minute action
35:57£50
35:58All done
35:59Do you know what?
36:00It's always great when there's a last minute flurry of bidding
36:02Absolutely
36:03They certainly stirred things up
36:05They're just ever sort of useful
36:07Only you would say a cocktail stick was useful
36:11Here's something a bit more everyday
36:13Not much though
36:15Marks, flask and case
36:16Classy
36:17Sophisticated
36:19Charming
36:20Stylish
36:21Now, I'm thinking you're doing a little overboard
36:26£30 I'm bid, thank you, at £30
36:28Straight in there, straight in
36:31We're at £30
36:32Looking for £35
36:34I'm at £40 now
36:35At £40, where's five?
36:37£45 we're at now
36:38£45 now?
36:39So it's over double, I'm happy with this
36:41This is good news
36:42It's quadruple
36:43We're all done then, £45
36:46This is fantastic
36:47That I'm happy with, thank you my dear
36:49They're both flying so far today
36:52A fellow gentleman has probably purchased that
36:55Tea time, Izzy's lonely cup and saucer
36:58It's pretty, it's very feminine
37:00And very collectible, with a name like Shelley and Wildman, that's a good thing
37:04That's what I'm banking on
37:08£20 I'm bid, thank you, straight in at £20
37:10Straight in
37:11Worth more, but yes
37:12Won't be greedy
37:13£22 now
37:15At just £20
37:16It's cheap, guys
37:17Oh, it is cheap
37:18£22, £25
37:19What's wrong?
37:20At £25, where's £28?
37:22We're into a gallop
37:22At £25
37:23All done and fair, woman
37:26£25
37:26Oh, come on
37:28What we needed was for you and me to be bidding
37:30Because we both love it so much
37:31We're not taking it to whatever
37:32Yes
37:32Not quite the Shelley collector's bonanza she had in mind
37:36Oh well, there goes my high hope
37:40Mark's turn now, his mid-century work of art
37:43Now the question is Mark, is that the, which way?
37:47Is it vertical? Is it horizontal? Is it upside down? Is it back to front?
37:51It could be anything you want, providing you bid on it
37:54Straight in at £50, add £50, we're looking for £55 now
37:58£55, platform two
37:59Come on, wake up
38:00No, they are
38:01At £60 on platform one
38:02At £60, where's five?
38:05At £60, are we done?
38:07At just £60
38:08Melting
38:09Going once, going twice, guvels up
38:12Broken
38:13Hang on, let me give you a little hug then
38:15There, there
38:15Oh well, it's always a gamble
38:17And it could easily have turned out worse
38:20Happens
38:22Surely not a gamble at all next
38:25Izzy's Cherry Bakelite earrings
38:26Swish
38:28Just like you
38:28Stylish
38:29Thank you
38:30Why are you trying to button me up?
38:32Surely £20 to start on those
38:34Surely £20, £10 a piece
38:36Cherry Amber Bakelite yellow drop earrings
38:38£20 for them
38:39Is that tumbleweed?
38:41Oh dear
38:41How about, there we go, 20 we're bid
38:43That's it
38:44Oh, at last
38:45Thank goodness
38:46At £22, where's five?
38:48£25 now
38:49Oh
38:49£25
38:50Looking for £28
38:52Fairwarn's at £25
38:55I was hoping for a bit more, but that's okay
38:57It's non-stop profits for Izzy today
39:00Somebody will look fabulous in those
39:02Mark's Globe, can it be a money spinner?
39:05Even though it's not Georgian, it's got the lookest
39:07And you know what, even better
39:08As the light draws in, you can turn it on
39:11It's lit from the inside
39:12Stop it
39:13How about £30 then?
39:14Come on
39:14£30
39:17Surely £30
39:18Come on guys
39:19Someone
39:19Maybe they aren't aware that it lights up
39:21£20 there
39:22£20 for it
39:23No
39:23There we go, 20 I'm bid
39:25Thank you
39:26OK, it's a start
39:27£22 now
39:28At £22, where's five?
39:30I'm crawling
39:31£25 now
39:32£28
39:33Can you squeeze, I can see pips
39:35At £30
39:36OK
39:37At £30
39:38Is it five anywhere?
39:39Got to be
39:40Going once
39:41Going twice
39:42Gobbles up
39:44Shall we spin the globe
39:45Put a finger on it
39:46And that's where we're going
39:47That's where we're going
39:48Well, I just hope it says Lincoln Sheridan
39:51The very next leg of their trip
39:53The fate's not with me today
39:55More Izzy earrings now
39:56This time even cheaper
39:58They would look fantastic on your lapel
40:00They would look good
40:00Yeah, I could wear them there
40:02I could put them on my little tiny lapels
40:04Bid me what, £30 for them?
40:06Let's see if he gets it
40:08Confident style
40:09Give me £20 for them then
40:10Come on
40:10£29 bid, thank you
40:11At £20
40:12Is it two anywhere?
40:14I want them to fly off into success
40:16Going to sell at £20
40:19I was hoping for a little more, but it's OK
40:21Don't be greedy
40:22Exactly
40:23Doubling your money is never bad
40:27Mark's last lot
40:28His four nasetti bowl
40:30You could put a few nuts or crisps or sweets or whatever in
40:33It is only a few
40:34I mean this is the snack bowl for the not hungry person
40:37Caviar
40:38Caviar, that's more like it
40:39Now we're talking
40:40£20 please
40:41Come on, it's good to be £20
40:42Come on
40:43Give me £15 to start me then, come on
40:45Oh my
40:45£15 anyway
40:47Oh my Piero, close your ears
40:48Who's Piero?
40:50The designer did
40:51I'll give you £19 bid, thank you
40:52£18 now
40:54Comes into the room at £20
40:55Looking for £22 now
40:57£25
40:58£28
40:59Hey we're nearly there
40:59Oh good
41:01£28
41:01At £30
41:02At £30
41:03Are we all done?
41:04At £30
41:06£35
41:07Oh, last minute flutter
41:09At £35
41:11Fairwarned at £35
41:13I'm happy with that, that's okay
41:15Molto bene
41:16He's ended up with a very nice reward
41:19It's a bit stressful at the start, wasn't it?
41:22Now last, but definitely not least, is his intaglio fob seal
41:27These are really popular right now
41:29I mean it could be Roman
41:30Imagine if it's Roman
41:32I'm hoping it's Roman
41:33Give me £30 to start that one please
41:35£50
41:36I'm at £50
41:37That's good
41:38So is it £55 anywhere?
41:40Come on in Tom
41:41Come on
41:41Come on
41:42At £55
41:43Where's £60?
41:45Let's have a little bit
41:46At £55
41:47Three more
41:47Come on
41:48Don't be greedy
41:49£60
41:49Where's £60
41:52£65
41:52Come on sir
41:53At £65
41:54Where's £70
41:55At £65
41:58Bingo
41:59Well done
41:59Thank you very much
42:00I'm pleased with that
42:01Was it Roman?
42:02Seems like someone thought so
42:04It's hard to call this one Mark
42:06Oh no it's not
42:07You totally got this one
42:09Shall we go and do the math?
42:11Come on
42:11Yeah let's go do it
42:14Mark was right
42:15He started out with £200
42:17And after auction costs ended up with a wee loss of £27.28
42:24While Izzy took her initial £200 and also after auction costs made a small profit for £28.48p
42:33So she grabs the first one of our best of five and any accumulated profits at the end of the
42:39week will go to children in need
42:41And she takes it
42:42Well done
42:43Thank you
42:43That was great
42:44Thank you I'm pleased
42:45Now I think nearly a profit on everything
42:48Yes
42:48She says sagely yes
42:50I'm just gonna be humble
42:51Humble in the winning
42:52Well done
42:53Really fabulous
42:54Thank you
42:55Challenge is set
42:57Next on Antiques Road Trip
42:59Cunning plans
43:00I have a strategy
43:01Oh do you?
43:02To win
43:03Bolts from the blue
43:04Selling them £15
43:09I'm flabbergasted
43:10And the gift that keeps on giving
43:12No maker's mark
43:14But I love the name
43:17Still has a place
43:17And now single price
43:35No maker continues
43:36Yon
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