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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
00:20And 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!
00:35Hello, howdy and hey hey
00:37To our delightful couple in the Opel Manta A
00:41We've not heard the horn yet
00:42Here we go, ready?
00:45Yeah
00:47Not the most effective hooter though, is it?
00:51Just honk if you're wingwoman Izzy Balmer
00:54And driver Mark Hill
00:55You're wearing the most fantastic jacket
00:58I think I've ever seen
00:59Look what the cat dragged in
01:01It's a bit like a patchwork quilt but in jacket form
01:04Brightly coloured, all over the place
01:06Bonkers
01:07Exactly the personality type we require
01:10So that's Izzy from Bristol
01:13Auctioneer and Ace Theat
01:15I'm a woman of expensive taste
01:17And London and Mark also an auctioneer and equally discriminating
01:21It just says one word to me
01:24It says style
01:26Plus they now share something else as well
01:29The lead
01:30Come on, it's moving, it's moving, it's moving
01:31After Mark scored a thrilling equaliser last time out
01:3655 pounds
01:38Making it one auction each with three still to go
01:43Well done, congratulations
01:44Hey, back in the game
01:46You are back in the game
01:48Back in the game
01:48Here we go
01:49Indeed, with 200 pounds each
01:51Once more in our best of five
01:53This time in East Anglia
01:55Have you just been hunting in Norfolk, before Mark?
01:58I have
01:59So have you got an advantage?
02:01I always have the advantage
02:02Cheeky
02:03It all began back in Barnard Castle
02:05And they've been sticking pretty closely to the East Coast ever since
02:10With Lewis their eventual destination several hundred miles southerly
02:15We're sort of poo
02:16Oh, sorry
02:17Hopefully that's not a sort of omen for the rest of the day
02:21Knock on wood, eh?
02:22Well, wood effect anyway
02:24The very first stop on their latest shopping leg is in Kings Lynn
02:30Birthplace of Formula One driver Martin
02:33Brum, brum, Brundle
02:34And we're there also very keen on Speedway
02:38Destination?
02:39The warehouse antique and collectibles Emporium
02:41With Izzy on pole
02:47Big place, isn't it?
02:50So, deep breaths
02:54And ease yourself in
02:55Two hundred pounds each to spend in here, remember
03:02And wow
03:04Two local boys, I think here
03:07Instantly recognisable from their very thin stem here
03:11This dark blue glass and this sort of tea light shape at the top
03:14What we're looking at are a pair of candle holders
03:16Designed by a British mid-century modern glass designer called Ronald Stennett Wilson
03:23So, in 1967, he founds Kings Lynn glass to produce the British take on sort of Scandinavian modern glass
03:31And this is one of his key designs
03:34Named Brancaster after a Norfolk village
03:37This blue is typical
03:38You've also got sort of tangerine oranges
03:40The colours of the 70s
03:42How much?
03:44Twenty-nine pounds
03:46And we've got a pair
03:48You know what?
03:49Even if I manage to negotiate a discount
03:51I don't think these are going to give me a good return at auction
03:55So, I'm going to pop them back on there
03:57Take one last admiring look
03:59And shop on
04:00Oh well, there's plenty more to choose from
04:05Aye, aye
04:06What a beautiful box
04:08We've got this Art Nouveau copper panel
04:10Then we've got what looks to be oak
04:14In fact, every side of this box has got these polished copper panels
04:19Now, I suspect what this is is repousse
04:21Where the copper has been pushed out
04:24And we've got these raised sections here
04:27And what might it have contained?
04:30You open it up and then the front comes down
04:32So, inside it's got a fitted interior
04:35So, presumably this was to hold cigarettes or cigars
04:40Doesn't smell of anything
04:41Smoking ephemera is out of fashion
04:44And, unfortunately, Art Nouveau items
04:46They are on a bit of a downer
04:48They're not doing as well as they used to
04:50How much are you?
04:52Ooh!
04:54Okay, this one is not for me
04:55It is more than my budget
04:56It's £230
04:57So, I like you, but you are too much money
05:00Not even close
05:02How's Mark progressing?
05:05Hey, hey!
05:06A piece of studio pottery
05:09So, studio pottery, sort of loosely defined
05:12Is pots made where the designer and the potter are the same person
05:16And there's been an enormous boost in the market over the past 15 or 20 years or so
05:22With names such as Lucy Rhee and Hans Koper and Bernard Leach
05:27Fetching, actually, sometimes even hundreds of thousands of pounds
05:31And I can't walk past a studio pottery anything without having a good look
05:36And here we have on the bottom a mark which looks like a monogram
05:40And I think that's SW for Stuart Walsh
05:43Who was a Lincolnshire-based potter
05:46And it's all about the name here
05:47If they've got a following, it's a good thing
05:50Is this an antique of the future, however?
05:53I think it is
05:54See you later
05:55In a few years' time, Mark means
05:59A bit like Goldilocks
06:00He's rather undecided today
06:03Er, is he?
06:05Gotta be done
06:07I've gotta gong a gong
06:09She's right, of course
06:11But can we please buy something?
06:14This is my favourite sort of stand
06:17Everything half marked price
06:20Well, don't hold back then
06:23There it is
06:25I recognise this as a piece of Medina glass
06:28And Medina glass was made on Malta
06:30The company was founded by a really progressive British studio glass maker
06:36An educator called Michael Harris
06:38And this is a recognisable shape by Harris
06:41But what really makes my heart skip a beat
06:44Is that this is an early one
06:46So how do I know?
06:48This one's in purple
06:49And this sort of browny purple was only produced for a few years
06:52At the very beginning of Michael's time at Medina glass
06:56And small button rims like this date from about sort of 1969
07:00So really right at the start of when Harris was working at the company
07:05And just after he founded it
07:06Harris left Medina in 1972
07:10And began glass making on the Isle of Wight instead
07:13It's not signed but it's not uncommon to find them unsigned
07:17And Medina glass has rocketed in desirability over the past sort of 15 or 20 years
07:22The price is £44 but everything half marked price
07:28So my early piece of Medina is going to be £22
07:32Do I think I'm going to return from that at auction?
07:36Oh boy yes I do
07:37Date with a dealer me thinks
07:39Claire hello
07:40Hello there
07:41There is so much to see
07:43There absolutely is
07:44But alas I have chosen one
07:46Now it's got 44 on it
07:48But it came from the everything half marked price
07:52Claire knows what that means
07:54So that takes us to 22
07:5522 is good
07:56Well absolutely
07:57With 178 left over
08:02Excellent
08:02Thank you very much
08:03Thank you very much
08:04Take care
08:05And after that modest outlay
08:07Let's catch up with Izzy
08:09I'm always really drawn to glass
08:11Especially since meeting Mark
08:13He's inspired me with glass
08:14Oh hello little fishies
08:18Aren't you rather charming?
08:19We've got a pair of fish
08:21They're Murano
08:22Another glass maker based on an island
08:24Beginning with M
08:25They're likely to be by Vincenzo Nasson
08:29So I say likely because
08:31When one of the Murano designers
08:33One of the manufacturers made something that was popular
08:35Then everyone copied it and jumped on it
08:37So he was the original designer of the fish
08:40And they do look like they could be by him
08:42But without them being marked
08:43It is difficult to say with 100% certainty
08:47I have just noticed however
08:49That one of them is missing its little nose
08:51But they're still quite nice aren't they?
08:54I mean they're not going to be big money
08:55They're sort of 15 to 20 pounds
08:57But they're very charming
09:00What's the price?
09:02Well that's not a lot of money
09:04Three pounds for the pair
09:05Which probably takes into account
09:06That one of them's been chipped
09:07Crikey
09:08Not cheapskates are they by any chance?
09:12Hello Claire
09:13Hello there
09:13I was a little overwhelmed
09:15Rather disappointingly for you
09:17I'm buying possibly the cheapest item
09:18That I've found in here
09:19They're three pounds
09:20However
09:21I like them
09:22So here's three pounds
09:24One hundred and ninety seven remaining
09:27Thank you very much
09:28Take care
09:29See you soon
09:29Bye bye
09:30No splurging just yet then
09:32Ma
09:32Yes my dear
09:33We've both bought glass
09:34We're both wearing robes
09:36She's right
09:36We need to not hang around each other as much
09:39This is definitely becoming something
09:41We call it road trip syndrome
09:44Caused by all that time spent in the narrow confines of a classic car
09:49So Mark
09:50You know in some places you can have free roaming sheep
09:53Uh huh
09:54Well in Norfolk you can get free roaming cows
09:56And the cows have the right of way
09:59Blimey
10:00I'm not going to have an argument with a cow
10:01Not in this
10:02I shall go slow
10:04Smart move
10:08Ha
10:09Although they find themselves in one of our lesser live stocked counties
10:14And about to take a brief break from the shopping to discover what might just be Norfolk's signature veg
10:21Close to the little village of Bintree where Algy Garrard grows sugar beet on the farm that was started by
10:28his grandfather almost 100 years ago
10:31Ahoy there
10:32Hi there
10:33Hello
10:34The main source of sucrose for the British sugar industry sugar beet is perfectly suited to East Anglia
10:41It's close to the coast so frost is rare
10:44And the sandy loam soil hereabouts is ideal
10:49Really dry at the moment
10:50We need water for good growing conditions
10:53These guys are not suffering too much
10:54They're now putting roots down deep in the soil
10:57If you'd like to try and dig one up and we'll see we'll have a look at the root
11:01Just a tiny part of the over two and a half million tonnes
11:05Wiggle it
11:06Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
11:07Okay
11:08And then back
11:09And then back
11:10But Norfolk grows every year
11:11Keep going
11:14Oh it's a wee baby
11:16So you can see
11:17So you can see the seed is still visible and the root has started to go down
11:22What you're looking for is a nice straight root
11:24Our target is to produce average weight sugar beet of a kilo
11:29If we can get every single sugar beet delivered and we have 100,000 plants per hectare
11:36That gives us the holy grail of 100 tonnes a hectare and that's a really good crop
11:42The sugar beet is a member of a subspecies that includes beetroot, Swiss chard and the manglewurzel
11:50But although they've been cultivated since the early 1800s in climates too cold for another source of sucrose, sugar cane
11:59It wasn't until the beginning of the 20th century that a Dutch grower first brought them to Norfolk
12:04It's changed massively from being hand pulled
12:08They used to squeeze them out of the ground and they called it knocking and topping
12:12I'm sort of imagining a really giant parsnip, is that what it's like?
12:16Yeah, I mean a parsnip is a root crop and it's storing energy in the root
12:20And it does that because the next year it wants to produce seed and it gets that energy from the
12:26root
12:26Is it just sugar that comes from it or is there a by-product as well?
12:30The by-product after the sugar is being removed is a fantastic animal feed called beet pulp
12:36Can you get golden syrup from sugar beet?
12:38Yes you can!
12:40No wonder that Norfolk sugar beet accounts for one in six spoonfuls of British sugar
12:46And although the basics have pretty much stayed the same, in recent years mechanisation has taken over
12:52And now Izzy and Mark are about to try their hand
12:55Afternoon!
12:56Hello!
12:57So this must be 21st century farming then?
13:00It most definitely is, yeah
13:01It certainly is
13:01What do they do?
13:02So we've got a cultivator in front of the seed drill
13:05And he's just making the soil nice and fine ready for me to put the seed in
13:08That sounds exciting
13:08Yep, so ready to jump in the seat?
13:11Yeah
13:11Sounds good
13:11Let's go for it
13:13Mark will be working with Guy while Izzy has Marshall
13:18It's quite tall up here isn't it?
13:20Long way, three steps to heaven
13:24So set off
13:25Yeah
13:26Click this forward
13:27Yeah
13:27And then push it forward into there
13:29Okay
13:30What's the thing on the back?
13:31Basically just ripping up the soil
13:33Then make the conditions better for the seed going in the ground
13:36I see
13:37It's now going to steer itself onto the line
13:40Nooo
13:40So you now do not touch the steering wheel
13:42And now your drill's in the ground
13:44We're farming!
13:45You are officially planting sugar beet
13:47So now you just sit and chill?
13:49Sort of yeah
13:50Sweet
13:51You might even say
13:52Oh
13:53So behind us is the sugar beet drill
13:55Which is nine metres wide
13:57And they're planting a seed every 15 centimetres
14:00So this is computer controlled
14:03But that is going to be like the starship enterprise
14:06Even more
14:07How long have you been farming for?
14:08I've been working on the farm since I left school at sort of 16
14:12Every season is ever so different
14:13But sugar beet is something that I've done every year
14:16Yeah, Norfolk crop
14:17Norfolk boy
14:18Love it
14:18Now, what about the Londoner?
14:20I feel like I need to turn now
14:22I'm heading towards a hedge
14:23So you turn your steering wheel
14:24And then go round in a loop
14:26So like this
14:27Left handed
14:28You want to go the wrong way
14:29In safe hands, huh?
14:31But although most of the sugar grown here is headed elsewhere
14:35They do hold on to a small quantity
14:37To sweeten a certain homemade tasty snack
14:42I wondered where you'd got to
14:44This is the biggest bag of popcorn in all of Norfolk
14:48You do look very pleased with yourself
14:49Come on then, let's try some
14:51Absolutely
14:52Oh no
14:56Oh, so nearly
14:58Come on, let's go and get some dinner
14:59Not that we've got, you know, enough of a snack here
15:03Be sure to brush your teeth
15:05Nighty night
15:12Next morning
15:13They still seem to be experiencing a bit of a sugar rush
15:16Here we go
15:17Oh, look at the excitement
15:19I've always excited you
15:21And who knows what we will find
15:22Quite
15:23Indeed
15:24Because they failed to come up with much yesterday
15:27With Mark acquiring only a budget-friendly Mdina vase
15:31Do I think I'm going to get a return from that?
15:33Oh boy, yes I do
15:35Leaving him with £178 for today's purchases
15:40While Izzy somehow spent even less for her Murano fish with chips
15:44I have just noticed that one of them is missing its little nose
15:48Meaning she still has £197 in her kitty
15:52The best thing about not having spent so much money so far
15:57Is that we've got loads of money spent
15:59So we could, like, blow it all on one big, massive, huge bargain
16:04All of which all depends on actually finding one, of course
16:07So today has to be about rummaging
16:10And where better to begin than the county town
16:14Also a great city, of course
16:16Which has been consistently named one of the UK's best places to live
16:21And our pair will be very much in their happy place today
16:25Starting at what was once a famous Norwich cook shop
16:29And is now all about antiques and vintage
16:31This one's for Mark
16:36They kept the Lucy's name, though
16:42And you'll note several items that could have been found here previously
16:48Mark can muster a humongous serving of money, of course
16:53Oh, no, I like these
16:55So I think these are by a studio potter called Bernard Rook
17:00So Bernard Rook was a mid-century modern studio potter
17:04And he's best known for his brutalist style
17:07There's a great feeling of earthiness
17:09And primitive art within his work
17:11But he's best known for his lamps
17:14So huge, great big sort of totem pole-like lamp bases
17:18So although I don't see his tableware very often
17:22I think I'm going to leave these behind at £28 each
17:27Because that's just not what collectors are looking for
17:30Thus, the cash stays firmly in his pocket
17:34Izzy now
17:35And although this place doesn't look your typical retail outlet
17:39She will shortly find herself just as much at home as her chum
17:44Because the former All Saints Church has likewise been successfully repurposed
17:50And Izzy has that 197 burning a hole in her pocket
17:57Oh wow, this cabinet is absolutely rammed
18:01You really do have to look sometimes with antiques
18:04Like there are things at the back and I'm still on my tip pose trying to see them
18:09Have you ever seen a pair of opera glasses as beautiful as these?
18:16Aren't these absolutely exquisite?
18:18So they're enamelled and then they're Mappin and Webb
18:20So a really great maker
18:21And around here, the eyepiece
18:24It's all in Mother of Pearl
18:26So this is just of superb quality
18:29Also known as Galilean binoculars
18:32But there is a big problem with them
18:35The enamelling
18:36Look what's happened to the handle
18:38And the enamel is absolutely smashed
18:40However, what's really interesting to see
18:44Is this is enamelled onto silver
18:46So this is a really high quality pair of opera glasses
18:50Now, what's the price?
18:53Hmm
18:54Well, I can't afford them
18:57£465
18:57And to be honest with you, I'm not surprised
19:00Because even with the condition issues to them
19:02I haven't seen a pair as beautiful as this
19:04They are simply stunning, exquisite
19:08I'll pop those back
19:09Has to be done
19:11And after all that saving up as well
19:14Claire will be the person to talk to when she eventually finds something
19:19Well, I'm not normally attracted to things that match my hair
19:22However, I do make exceptions
19:24This is an Art Deco necklace
19:26And it's what we call cherry amber bakelite
19:28Very popular during the 1920s and 30s
19:32And here we have a set of graduated beads
19:35Also very typical of the period
19:37Ticket price?
19:39£25
19:39Now, these are the smaller beads
19:42So they're not as valuable as the larger beads
19:45However, these should still be making £60 to £100 at auction
19:49So at £25, I'm absolutely having those
19:52Well, anything's better than three, I suppose
19:55What else?
19:56Oh, I like you
19:57Although, you're a little tired
20:00Now, this isn't signed
20:03But I suspect this is Moser
20:04Moser is a glass manufacturer
20:06Established in the mid-19th century
20:08But became really popular when he became the court supplier
20:12To Edward VII in the early 20th century
20:14Also beginning with M, the Moser factory
20:18Was in the beautiful Bohemian spa town of Carlsbad
20:22Now known as Karlovy Vary
20:24Now, this is a scent bottle
20:26However, I don't think this is original
20:29It's loose, it wouldn't be loose
20:31It would fit much better
20:32However, it completes it
20:34And Moser glass is lead crystal
20:37So it's superior quality glass
20:40And we have this collar here, which is silver
20:43We have a hallmark there
20:44It's a little rubbed
20:46I think it is really lovely
20:48It's going to depend on the price with this one
20:50£60
20:54Thoughts please?
20:57Do you know what?
20:58I think that stands a chance
21:00It's happening
21:02Hello Claire
21:03Oh hello Izzy, how did you get on?
21:05I've done alright
21:05So, cherry amber baker like beads
21:08£25 on those
21:09Very happy to pay that
21:10Brilliant
21:10Now this one, the Moser scent bottle
21:13It's priced at £60
21:15Is there any wiggle room?
21:17I think because it's obviously not the original stopper
21:20We could do £50 for you
21:22Thank you very much
21:23Thank you very much
21:24Making 75 in total
21:26I'm going to go and enjoy the sunshine
21:27Thank you, bye bye
21:29Well that all went very well
21:32Ah
21:35122 left over
21:38Now with a mark
21:39Who, when last seen
21:40Was still a pondering
21:42With nothing exactly moving him
21:45I mean I'm more rock and roll
21:50But that, that big band
21:52One for the kids
21:54Trothy coffee anyone?
21:56If you were a stylish person
21:58In 1950s Italy
22:00You may pick out this
22:02From your kitchen
22:03What a handsome thing
22:05Now looking at the way this is made
22:07Leads me to think that this is by a company called Mancioli
22:11And they were founded in Montelupo Fiorentino
22:14We've got this monochrome black and white colour palette
22:17Which was really popular during the 1950s
22:20Then you've got these starbursts
22:22Which can almost appear sort of biomorphic in a way as well
22:25They sort of look like little cells expanding under a microscope
22:29Achieved with what's called scraffito decoration
22:33From the Italian verb to scratch
22:35Much as I love it, my big worry
22:38Is that Italian mid-century modern pottery
22:40Doesn't always find its place
22:42It's 28 pounds
22:44Do I risk it at auction?
22:46Or do I not?
22:48Well my heart is sort of going
22:49Boom titty boom titty boom
22:51And that's a good sign
22:52You know what?
22:53I think it's always safest to buy something that you love
22:57Hoping that there's someone else out there
22:59Who loves it too
23:00That is a mid-century modern maybe
23:05Magari
23:05Finally got it thumping
23:08Wow!
23:09I haven't seen such a big one for ages
23:13What we're looking at is an example of Art Deco cloud glass
23:18Produced by a company called Davidson's
23:20Who were based in Gateshead
23:21But strangely, not beginning with M
23:23Ha!
23:24No ticket price
23:25Cloud glass was made by effectively taking a lighter colour of glass
23:29You would put the gob of glass into the press mould
23:32And you'd inject a darker colour over the top
23:35But it's the size
23:38This is enormous
23:39I'm in love with it
23:40I love glass
23:41I love colour
23:42I love the deco movement
23:44Got all three
23:45Could be a winner
23:46Over to Pat then
23:47No, that's Cruffy
23:50Hello!
23:51How are ya?
23:51Well I've spotted a couple of things
23:53There's a large blue cloud glass bowl
23:56There's no price on it
23:58It's £70
23:59And then there's like Italian mid-century modern pottery
24:03There's 28 on it
24:04It could be 25
24:06How close to 70 could we get for the two?
24:12We'll have a deal, 70
24:13Pooch not included
24:15That's 20 for the ceramics and 50 for the cloud glass
24:19With £108 left for further purchases
24:24But let's catch up with Izzy
24:26Now no longer in Norwich and ruminating on her chum and rival
24:31Mark is such a dream
24:33And just being together again has reminded me what a good friend I have in him
24:37So I don't mind at all that Mark's clawed an auction back
24:40It also makes it a bit more zesty and spicy
24:43So who knows what's going to happen?
24:46Exactly
24:47Although we do know that the very next place is going to be Watton
24:52At the Antiques and Collectibles Centre
24:54Where Izzy will get first dibs
24:57Mark will be along in a jiffy of course
24:59But for now
25:01It's all up for grabs
25:04Well anything costing less than £122 is anyway
25:14Wow
25:14What is it?
25:16There's a cylindrical jar with a lid and there's a stand
25:18I suspect it's a tea caddy
25:20It's likely to be Thai or Burmese
25:25Unmarked silver
25:27How do I know it's silver?
25:28Well
25:29It's very fine
25:30It's very fine
25:31So I'm giving it a little squeeze
25:32And there's some give in it
25:33Silver plate just doesn't have give
25:35But what's so great about it is that it is so finely detailed and so finely worked
25:43And actually Thai, Burmese silver can do very well
25:47Now we've got these lovely figures
25:49We've got animals, we've got birds
25:51It's just a lovely scene
25:53Ticket price £75
25:56How old is it?
25:57Well that's a tricky one
25:58I would have thought turn of the century
26:01Maybe a little bit older
26:03But it's a nice thing
26:05Off to quite a start
26:07And look who's turned up
26:09Straight out of Norwich
26:15Not quite as wealthy as his buddy at this point of course
26:18Although £108 is definitely not to be sniffed at
26:24Hey hey
26:26We talk about going to the flicks
26:28But once upon a time you might have gone to see somebody performing with one of these
26:34And what we're looking at is a magic lantern
26:36And this dates from the Victorian period
26:38But its origins go way, way back
26:41And this is an early, if you like, film projector
26:44For showing delightful period glass slides
26:48These were used by travelling entertainers
26:52This one is a pretty good one
26:54Dates from the Victorian period
26:55It's mahogany and brass, which is what I'd expect
26:58It's a nice thing
26:59But it's £125
27:02And although this is a sort of piece of pre-cinema history
27:06Am I going to get anything back at auction with that?
27:10Do you know, I just don't think so
27:12Yep, stay focused
27:13Last shot, remember
27:15Plus, they have glass
27:17Spa glass
27:18I always like to pick these up
27:22Because sometimes they can have rather interesting engraving
27:25So I said spa glass
27:26Because in order to take the waters
27:27And benefit from their health-giving properties
27:30You could buy a glass and stick it under the mineral water
27:33And then down your daily dose
27:35And feel all the better for it
27:38And as those watering places boomed
27:41So did the sale of commemorative merchandise
27:44The engravings on this one are rather interesting
27:47So these to me look masonic
27:49What have we got here?
27:50We've got the compass and the square
27:52A couple of columns
27:53And then running around the top
27:55We've got a sort of snake band
27:57I think this would probably date from the mid to late 19th century
28:02Ticket price, £45
28:04I don't know what the symbols mean
28:06But I wonder whether I can build on that
28:09At auction
28:10He's off and running
28:13Sue's the woman in charge by the way
28:15And Izzy has this tea caddy under consideration of course
28:19Anything else?
28:20Oh
28:23Hmm
28:24What have we got here then?
28:26Well our dealer clearly knows that this stick pin is broken
28:30Because it says AF on the label
28:31As found
28:32And that indicates damage
28:34And it also says 9 karat gold
28:36Do you know living in Bristol
28:38This really appeals to me
28:39Because we have the balloon fiesta every August
28:42And what's very charming about this one
28:44Is it's a big traditional balloon
28:46In bi-colour gold
28:47So we've got yellow gold and white gold
28:49Such a shame that it's broken
28:51But it wouldn't be a difficult repair
28:55Also just £23
28:58Hardly inflated
29:00And then here we've got a much earlier stick pin
29:03And we've got the sort of little fine rope work decoration
29:07Now it's fairly lightweight
29:09But it's £12
29:1015 karat
29:11Late Victorian
29:12Edwardian
29:13What is not to like?
29:14So what's that?
29:15£35 for the two
29:17Absolute bargain
29:18Very happy with that
29:19It's what they call a no brainer
29:21So you are a busy bee
29:23Hi Izzy
29:23I found a few bits
29:25So £12, £23
29:27Very happy to pay £35 on those
29:29OK
29:30This silver tea caddy
29:32It's priced at £75
29:35Can I make you a very cheeky offer?
29:38OK
29:39Could I offer you £40 for it please?
29:41I know the dealer
29:43And I'm sure he would agree to that
29:45Thank you so much
29:46Fantastic
29:47Thanks Sue
29:48£75 in total with £47 unspent
29:53Back to Mark now
29:54Last seen admiring this glass priced at £45
29:59Now this is right up my street
30:02I always try to look for things that have a cross market interest
30:07So they're going to appeal to a lot of different people in different markets
30:11And I see three here with these tiny silver spoons
30:16So the first market is the name George Jensen or Jörg Jensen
30:20Who's perhaps one of the most famed Danish silversmiths
30:24And we've got two caddy spoons and that's number two
30:28Caddy spoons are really sought after by collectors
30:30And thirdly, the weight
30:33So these are sterling silver
30:36And there's going to be a sort of base value to these
30:39Just purely on the metal weight themselves
30:42Too nice for melting though surely
30:44Those three things combined to make this an absolute must have
30:48Bring down that gavel
30:51But what do I do?
30:53Do I sell them as one lot or do I sell them as two lots?
30:56I think these need to be two lots
30:59Because caddy spoon collectors might want one or the other
31:03I think they'll do much better as separate lots
31:06Small as they are, small is beautiful
31:09It's a plan alright
31:11Sue!
31:12Oh hi Mark
31:13Hello
31:14I found three fabulous quality things
31:18Yes of course
31:19So we've got this spa glass
31:20Yes
31:21And these two darling little George Jensen silver caddy spoons
31:24And I'm going to ask whether we can do a deal
31:28Yes I'm sure we can
31:29So you've got 40 on each of the caddy spoons
31:31And 45 on that
31:33Yes
31:34Tempt me
31:37How do you feel about 35?
31:42Could we possibly do 30 each on the spoons?
31:46How does that sound?
31:47And another 35 on that is £95
31:50Yes
31:51Do you know what? We most definitely can
31:53Very convivial
31:56Just £13 left over
31:58Oh it's nice out here
31:59Norfolk's been kind to us
32:01What did you get?
32:02I've gone for this and a few little bits in my pocket
32:04You both bought silver
32:05Of course they have
32:08Now back to the manta
32:10Ready for you know what number three
32:13So Mark
32:14I know
32:15It's that time again
32:16It's bloody hang time
32:17See I've got used to it now
32:19And he tipped there
32:21Now for some shut-eye
32:26Here we are in Morley
32:28A town in West Yorkshire
32:30After having a very nice time in Norfolk
32:33They've headed back up north
32:35In the pursuit of profits
32:37At Morley Auctioneers and Valuers
32:39Selling on the net, on the phone and in the room
32:42With auctioneer Bernie Neal
32:44The man in the cab on the podium
32:46Are we done then at £85?
32:49This is where it happens
32:51And after you my dear
32:52Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you
32:54So well brought up these two
32:56Mark spent £187 on six auction lots
33:00But what's Bernie's little precious?
33:03Well a lovely classic George Jensen spoon there
33:06From the 1930s, 40s
33:08Always very popular at auction
33:10Classic design
33:11That will do well at auction
33:12Izzy parted with £153 for her five lot
33:16With pins together
33:18Thoughts please Bernie
33:20The cherry amber baker-like beads
33:22I've got a lot of interest in those
33:24Right on trend at the moment
33:26I think they will do very well at auction
33:28He's hoping then, not that they need any encouragement
33:32Are you excited?
33:34I'm excited, yes
33:35How are the hands?
33:36Clammy yet?
33:37Bit sticky
33:38Little bit damp
33:39Well it's one to you and one to me
33:42Yes
33:42Everything to play for
33:44Yes
33:44Oh yes, Mark gets us underway
33:47With Danish spoon number one
33:49I have to admit, I am somewhat peeved
33:53That you saw not just one
33:55But two Georg Jensen silver spoons
33:58In a shared shop
34:00It's like London buses
34:02I'm in at 35 bid
34:05Profit
34:05I just 38 bid
34:0640 pound bid
34:072 bid
34:0745 pound room bid
34:09Okay we've got room in the net
34:10That's good
34:1045 pound internet
34:1148 this time
34:1250 pound room
34:14All fair warned at 50 pounds
34:15All finished at 50
34:18I don't mind that I didn't see them now
34:21Well you would say that wouldn't you
34:23Still a tasty profit however
34:26Somebody will be making an extra special cup of tea tonight
34:31Izzy's wee stick pins are next
34:33As found
34:34One is late Victorian Edwardian
34:3615 karat gold
34:38Not worried about that one
34:39The other one is a hot air balloon
34:41Blue gold
34:42But not marked
34:43And broken
34:45So full of hot air or will prices rise?
34:48Wow
34:4980 pound for that quickly
34:51Come on 80 pounds
34:52Oh no surely
34:5370 pounds
34:54Oh no
34:55Quickly
34:55It's gold
34:57Silence
34:58Why?
35:00Finally we have a bid of 60 pounds
35:02Oh thank you
35:02Thank you
35:03Sympathy bid there
35:04At 60 pounds
35:05Where's five?
35:07At 60 pound a bid then it's a gift sir
35:09I sell then sir to you
35:12It is a profit
35:13I do feel a little bit
35:15Deflated
35:16That's just the word
35:17My hot air balloon never really got off the ground
35:21And continuing the airborne analogies
35:24Mark's cloud glass
35:26I love it it's a really big size
35:28But cloud glass has kind of had its day
35:31So have it been living in the past Izzy is the question
35:33Starting me at 50 pounds people
35:35So lovely pieces
35:36That would be break even
35:3740 pound low start
35:38It's a huge size
35:39Don't normally get them this big
35:41Thank you
35:41We have a bid of 30 pounds
35:43Should be getting double
35:44At 30 pound a bid
35:45Two
35:45I'll take two quickly
35:46At 30 pounds
35:48Are we done?
35:49Last chance
35:53Should we just gloss over this one?
35:56Yeah
35:56Good idea
35:57Cloud glass?
35:59Pfff
35:59What cloud glass?
36:01I feel pretty blue I have to say
36:03Oh well
36:04You don't look it
36:04Thank you
36:05You look quite
36:07More Izzy and more glass
36:09Her Moza scent bottle
36:11You and I have both attempted dressing table items
36:16Neither of us did as well as we hoped
36:17We should have learned
36:19We were straight in on commission
36:21Two bids
36:22I started bidding at 5,000
36:2445 pounds
36:25Bernie
36:26At 45 pound bid
36:28At 45
36:29I thought I was going to say 500 then
36:30I was like
36:3045 pound bid
36:31I'll take 48 now
36:32Anybody else coming in at 48?
36:34Doesn't look like it does it?
36:36At 45 pound only bid
36:37No I won't let you put the hammer down
36:39What are you going to go up and grab it?
36:41I'm going down at 45
36:42It's going down
36:43No
36:43It's down
36:45Had to be done
36:46Never mind
36:48Well what I've learnt is
36:49Perfume bottles
36:50No no
36:51Mark's Ndina now
36:53Bought in the sale
36:55The market is booming
36:57So I'm hoping
36:58That this will do well
37:00Look we've both got our legs crossed
37:01We've got our fingers crossed
37:02Hang on isn't that bad luck though
37:03Double crossing
37:04Are you wishing me bad luck?
37:06I'll uncross
37:07Alan Cross
37:07Where should we be?
37:0840 pound to start me
37:09Rare piece of glass
37:10This one at 40 pounds
37:11Surely
37:12I'll take 30 pounds then
37:13Come on you've got to start me somewhere
37:15I'll take 20 pounds then quickly
37:17Oh my
37:18We're in at 22 pound
37:19At 25 bid
37:21Now at 25
37:21At 28
37:22And 30 bid
37:23Hey now we're getting an auction
37:25At 30 pound 32
37:25Come on
37:26Yeah this is more like it
37:27We are having an auction finally
37:28At 35
37:29Hey
37:30That's more like it
37:31Don't stop 38
37:3240 pound bid
37:33At 42
37:34Asking 5
37:35Last chance then
37:36We sell our way then
37:37At 42 pounds
37:39Well it was a profit
37:40I'm happy with that
37:41That's probably doubled your money
37:42Yeah
37:43That's a spirit
37:44The mood has lifted
37:46It could have gone a little bit higher
37:47I can't lie
37:49Yet more glass
37:50This pair
37:52The cheapest of them all
37:53Is he?
37:54Well I paid three pounds
37:56Okay
37:56Three, hang on
37:58Three pounds
37:59Yeah
37:59Start me at 30 pound for the pair
38:01That'd be amazing
38:0320 pounds
38:0410 bid
38:05Yes
38:0610 bid
38:07At 10 pound a bid
38:08Now I'll take 12
38:09Buy those fish over there for 10 pound if you wish
38:11At 10 pound
38:12Only bid
38:12Any further interest
38:13Oh look I've got real fish
38:15Oh
38:15All done at 10
38:17Aren't they sweet?
38:18Yeah
38:19They are
38:20Also fully intact
38:21They'll never make antique though
38:23He worked so hard for me
38:25I'm happy
38:26I can't answer more
38:26He really tried
38:27Mark's turn now
38:29His mid-century Italian wear
38:31It's a good name
38:33But is it ready for auction?
38:36Oh
38:36Mmm
38:37Oh
38:3915 pounds
38:40Come on
38:4210 pounds
38:43Did he hear five?
38:45No I'm joking
38:45No I'm joking
38:46That was a bid
38:47That was a bid
38:48I'm joking
38:488 pound online
38:50Yay
38:52Tenner
38:53We've got 10 pound now
38:54It's moving
38:5412 pound thank you
38:5615 I'm asking now
38:57We're creeping up at 15 pounds
39:00At 15
39:00Gosh these buyers are wine
39:02And I don't blame them
39:03But they're really wanting things
39:05So as cheap as possible aren't they
39:0615 pounds
39:07That is an antique of the future I tell you
39:10But for now
39:11It ranks just above goldfish
39:13Buy it all up
39:14Store it at home
39:15And sell it at 10 years time
39:16Absolutely
39:16More on the food and drink theme
39:19Izzy's silver tea caddy
39:21It should do very well
39:23I really really hope so
39:25I will be devastated if it doesn't
39:27We've got a bid at 60 pounds
39:29I'll take five
39:30Have a break everyone
39:31Have a cup of tea
39:31Anybody in the room?
39:32It's a lovely piece
39:3465 pounds
39:36Any further than
39:37With 70
39:38Oh
39:39Just in five
39:4070
39:40Come on
39:41I sell this time
39:42Reluctantly
39:4370 pounds
39:4675
39:46Oh
39:47Okay
39:48That last minute bid is good
39:50I like these
39:51Would you like 80?
39:52The answer's always yes
39:5375 pounds
39:55Are you done?
39:56Fair warning now
39:57Last chance forever
39:59You still did okay with it
40:00I still did okay
40:01Sure did
40:02Almost doubled her money
40:04Really pretty thing
40:05Now
40:06Can Mark's spoon 2
40:08Outdo spoon 1?
40:10I have high hopes for this one
40:12It should at least double its money
40:15Oh fully
40:1640 pounds
40:16Oh
40:1740 pound bid
40:1842
40:1845
40:1948 pound asking 50
40:21Come on
40:21Where's 50?
40:2250 pound room
40:235 online
40:2460 pound room
40:25Take 5
40:2665 online
40:27Yes
40:27Go on
40:28Try one more
40:2870 pound online
40:30Yay
40:30That's 75 pound asking 80 now
40:33It's all about the pattern
40:34This is what it should be making
40:36Any further than
40:3775 pound I call fair warning then
40:39All done
40:41That's much much better
40:42Yes
40:43Yes
40:43And a very shrewd decision to split them up
40:46Well done
40:47That was worth buying
40:48Last lot for Izzy now
40:50Her cherry Bakelite beads
40:53I have a feeling you're going to do alright
40:56Well I hope so
40:56I mean it depends what I've paid for them of course
40:59How much?
40:59How much?
40:59How much?
41:0025 pounds
41:02I had a bid on the book of 35 pounds
41:05Oh
41:05Which I've surpassed by going to 170
41:08Oh
41:08There you go
41:10170 bid
41:11170
41:12That's amazing
41:13We're still going at 190 bid
41:14At 200 pounds
41:15220 bid
41:16This is fantastic
41:17220 bid now
41:18At 220
41:19260 bid
41:20Now that we're at 260 I feel nervous
41:22At 260
41:23Any of us on 260?
41:25I've got a sit bag anywhere
41:26So you're fair worn then at 260
41:31Fabulous
41:31Well done
41:32I am rather fabulous aren't I?
41:35And her beads are venerable
41:38We may already have a winner
41:39Can't quite believe that
41:41So it's all down to Mark now
41:43Could this masonic spa glass restore his fortunes?
41:47Should we do a secret handshake? What's ours going to be?
41:50I don't know
41:50That
41:51That
41:52That
41:52To success
41:55I've only got 90 pounds as a start bid
41:5890 pound bid
42:00That's 90 pound
42:01Straight in
42:01I'll take five at 90 pound
42:03Any further than
42:05In and out then at 90 pounds
42:08Well done
42:09That's good news
42:10That is super news
42:11That is good news
42:13His masonic gamble definitely paid off
42:19But it almost certainly won't be enough to catch Izzy
42:24Mark started out with 200 pounds and after auction costs ended up with a profit of 35 pounds and 37
42:30pence
42:31So not too shabby
42:34But Izzy took her initial 200 and also after auction costs made a whopping great profit of 187 pounds and
42:4380 pence
42:44So she goes back in the lead with two still to go and any accumulated profit at the end will
42:50go to children in need
42:52Well congratulations
42:53Bravo
42:54Thank you thank you
42:55Must get me some cherry bake light necklaces
42:57I can help you
42:59Next time coastal capers continue
43:02Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
43:06One
43:07Two
43:08And shop shenanigans
43:09Three
43:10As the race rolls on
43:12This always reminds me of sweeties
43:13Along with their taste for curios
43:15It's quite warmed my heart
43:17On their penultimate adventure
43:28One
43:40Next time zone
43:41With the speed of this
43:41Of移 You
43:44Kindle
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