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00:01It's the nation's favourite antiques experts
00:04Behind 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?
00:29This is Antiques Road Trip
00:33Yeah
00:38Heyo
00:40Yorkshire's calling
00:41Oh my good
00:44The inimitable Margie Cooper
00:46With the ever effervescent Danny Sebastian
00:49Your enthusiasm is wearing me out
00:52I'm just starting
00:53Heading into round three
00:55Of their best of five showdown
00:57Time flies when you're having fun
00:59Right
00:59Travelling 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 if 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
01:22Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
01:25Definitely payback time.
01:29Last time out, the Lake District spree was tranquil.
01:34And rather restful.
01:36Oh, that's nice.
01:3840 bid, thank you.
01:39At auction, there were cheers.
01:41Yes!
01:42And chins on chests.
01:45Sold at 70.
01:46Oh, well done, Margie.
01:47Thank you, my darling.
01:49But Margie reigns supreme again,
01:52taking a 2-0 lead.
01:56Well, Margie.
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.
02:16Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
02:18Oh, Lordy.
02:19Now they're a comedy double act.
02:23It all began in bonny Scotland,
02:25sweeping south for a scooter around 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 never, ever plan.
02:37It's good to have a plan.
02:39Well, all I want to buy is something
02:41that's got a profit in it.
02:42Oh, Margie, stop talking about profit.
02:45Oh, Margie.
02:46Oh, you two.
02:48This trip's shopathlon has them rummaging and rifling all 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 with 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.
03:11Oh, 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.
03:24Great name.
03:25That's a bit of love.
03:27Primped and preened.
03:29Let the hunt begin.
03:34I like that.
03:36Get face on that.
03:37Isn't it nice?
03:38Nice little lad.
03:40Art Deco tobacco pot.
03:42Put it in the pipe.
03:44Swooped away.
03:46Just not the pot of gold he's after today.
03:49Anything else?
03:50How lovely are these?
03:51What we've got is a late Victorian,
03:53early 20th century postal weighing scales
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.
04:07These are lovely.
04:10Inscribed on it,
04:10you've got inland letter posts
04:12not exceeding four ounces.
04:15What do I say when I look closely?
04:17Morden and Co.
04:19Postal scales became essential in the mid-19th century
04:22after Roland Hill's reforms
04:24meant postage was paid by weight,
04:26not pages.
04:28Samson, Morden and Co.
04:29were a leading maker of scales
04:31up until 1941
04:32when their factory fell victim to the London Blitz.
04:36It looked 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.
04:47There's no price on it at all.
04:49If I can get this at the right price,
04:51it's coming to auction with me.
04:52Wait for it.
04:53Ha-ha, get it?
04:54Wait for it.
04:55Ha-ha.
04:56Ha-ha, pip to the post.
04:58All right, 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,
05:09mainly 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 a brooch
05:21to 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
05:29that somebody's taken the pin off the back
05:32and made them into lockets.
05:35They've called it a Victorian brooch conversion.
05:37Ha-ha.
05:38It's turned a £30 brooch
05:40into 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 lent up against here?
06:02What?
06:03Here.
06:04What?
06:05Here, tell me.
06:06I don't want to touch you.
06:08What?
06:08You mean, what am I?
06:09Turn around, turn around.
06:11That's part and parcel
06:12of the motif of the jeans.
06:13That's a design.
06:15I'm sorry.
06:15I thought you'd lent up again to something.
06:19Sorry about that.
06:20Marty.
06:21Yeah, get with it, Marty.
06:24Right-o.
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.
06:47A little 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.
07:01If I can get my mate at the counter
07:03to 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.
07:14There's the man.
07:15Oh, hello.
07:16I must say, you've got a lovely place here.
07:18Thank you very much.
07:18We do try hard.
07:19There's a set of scales.
07:21Er, postal scales.
07:23Postal scales.
07:23Brass postal scales in the cabinets.
07:25Beautiful.
07:26Missing one weight.
07:27And the price, £79.
07:30Oh, no.
07:30On balance,
07:31not the number he was hoping for.
07:33What do you think it's worth?
07:35Because I can do a deal.
07:36I was hoping they were going to be about £50.
07:39Now, I thought you might knock a bit off, but...
07:41Well, I can do £40.
07:43How could you do £35?
07:45Erm, yeah, I can do £35,
07:47because there's a weight missing.
07:48I think that's...
07:48Can you do £35?
07:49Yeah, I can do.
07:49Yeah.
07:50Do you want to shake on it?
07:51I'll shake on that straight away.
07:53There you are.
07:54One down, on 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.
08:03Deal.
08:03I'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.
08:11But with a name like Tim,
08:12what else would you expect?
08:14And five.
08:15Perfect.
08:15Thank you very much.
08:16I'll take it all.
08:17Nice one.
08:18Leaving Danny with £115,
08:21still in the coffers.
08:23That just leaves Margie
08:24and her rummagings.
08:26What have we got here?
08:28A spinning wheel.
08:30I'm drawn to the ticket,
08:32which says £22.
08:36Ah, that's got her attention.
08:38Let me sit down.
08:40Somebody's painted it,
08:42which 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.
09:05They were a household essential
09:08and the cornerstone of the textile industry.
09:10So it's got interesting history.
09:13And it looked great
09:14in a corner of somebody's room.
09:17I'm going to ask Tim
09:17and see what he thinks.
09:19Maybe a little wheeling and dealing?
09:23Now then, here she is.
09:25What have you found?
09:26I've seen
09:27this sort of bit dodgy-looking spinning wheel.
09:30It's definitely got some age to it.
09:31It has.
09:32So how much is it?
09:33Well, to you,
09:34you can have it for a tenner.
09:36And if you can't make a profit on that,
09:39I'll eat my hat.
09:40Get your money out.
09:41Deal done.
09:42Short, sweet,
09:43and just £10 for the spinning wheel,
09:45leaving Margie
09:45with a healthy 190 smackers
09:48for future finds.
09:51Thank you very much, Tim.
09:52All right.
09:53Don't bother.
09:54Well, then.
09:56Margie.
09:57Can I help you?
09:58Where's your item?
09:59Er, I'll tell you later.
10:01You and your secrets,
10:03I'll tell you.
10:04The mystery wheel
10:05will be sent
10:06straight to auction.
10:09Back on the road,
10:10and it seems the scenery
10:11has turned their thoughts
10:13to all things floral.
10:14What's your favourite?
10:16They're called GMs.
10:18Oh, no.
10:19And do you know
10:19what a GM is?
10:20You don't know.
10:21Oh, of course.
10:22You haven't got a clue.
10:23I'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
10:35to hear you've got an allotment.
10:36You don't look like
10:37an allotment man to me.
10:39Talent,
10:39antiques and azaleas,
10:41which will come in handy
10:43as they head towards
10:44the outskirts of town
10:45to visit a Harrogate
10:46festival favourite.
10:53Harrogate's flower shows
10:54are some of the most
10:55important events
10:57in the horticultural calendar.
10:59Today,
11:00the spring show
11:01is in full bloom.
11:04The fabulous gathering.
11:06Oh, that looks great.
11:08Margie and Danny
11:09are ready to dig in.
11:11Let's begin by meeting
11:12show director Nick Smith.
11:14Oh, Nick.
11:16Good morning, folks.
11:17Welcome to the show.
11:18So, how old is this show, then?
11:19This show's been going
11:20for 105 years.
11:21This is our 105th anniversary
11:23this year,
11:23so a great time to celebrate.
11:26The show first blossomed
11:27into life in 1920
11:28staged by the North of England
11:30Horticultural Society,
11:31a charity devoted
11:32to championing
11:34gardening across the north.
11:36Harrogate was chosen
11:37for its central location,
11:38providing the perfect
11:39showcase for plants
11:41and produce
11:42grown in cooler
11:43northern climates.
11:45During the Second World War,
11:47the show paused
11:48as the society
11:50turned its efforts
11:51to the Dig for Victory campaign,
11:53rallying the nation
11:54to grow its own food.
11:56Since then,
11:56the event
11:57has flourished,
11:59growing into
11:59a twice-yearly celebration
12:00of all things
12:02horticultural.
12:03We start the year
12:04very much at appreciation
12:05of what's coming
12:06and then we end the year
12:07celebration of what we've done.
12:09Gardening is for everyone,
12:10whether it's a parsley pot
12:11on your window ledge
12:11or whether it's a beautiful
12:12big garden with a lawn.
12:14The show brings together
12:15growers, nurseries
12:16and gardeners alike,
12:18all proudly displaying
12:19their wares
12:19and garden designs.
12:21Danny's making a beeline
12:22for a show garden
12:23by local charity
12:25Horticap.
12:26He's meeting
12:26Chief Spade Wielder
12:28Phil Airey
12:29with student Mark.
12:30Morning.
12:31You brought the sun?
12:32I always bring the sun
12:33with me, Phil.
12:34I always bring the sun
12:35with me.
12:35Tell me a little bit
12:36about Horticap.
12:37Well, Horticap
12:38is a charity
12:39based in Harrogate.
12:40We celebrated
12:4140 years last year
12:42and we teach
12:43students like Mark.
12:44Yes.
12:45We teach some horticulture.
12:47Every single year
12:47at the Harrogate Flower Show
12:49we put up a fantastic
12:50showcase for what
12:51our students can do.
12:53We've called it
12:53the quiet space,
12:54a place where people
12:55can go sit
12:56and just chill.
12:58Oh, it's wonderful.
12:59I'll tell you what, Mark,
13:00you could do
13:00with teaching me
13:01a trick or two.
13:01Yeah, definitely.
13:03You could try it out.
13:04We could see
13:04how your green fingers are.
13:06You're not going to get
13:07greener fingers than these.
13:08I'll follow you.
13:09Come on, Mark.
13:10Come on, Nick.
13:11Time for Danny
13:12to earn his gardening stripes
13:14with landscape designer Nick.
13:16Nice to meet you, Nick.
13:17Good man.
13:18Right, what we've been doing here
13:18is showing the public
13:19how we've put together
13:20these beautiful borders.
13:21So we've got some
13:22hydrangeas, some tiarella here.
13:23What we tend to do
13:25is group some of the plants
13:26together to give the illusion
13:27of a bigger shrub.
13:28Chuck them in and see.
13:29So grab one of these.
13:30Yes.
13:32What, anywhere?
13:32Yeah, anywhere.
13:34Artistic license.
13:36License to shrub.
13:38So most of the plants
13:39that you see in these boxes,
13:40yes, are still in their pots.
13:43It's smoke and mirrors,
13:43to be honest.
13:44What we're doing
13:44is we're creating a snapshot
13:45in time with the show garden.
13:47So it's almost like
13:47painting a picture
13:48with plants being the medium,
13:50you know?
13:50Shrubbery with a touch of magic.
13:53Hey, I tell you what.
13:54I'm a dab hand at this.
13:56Well, you are.
13:56You're going to steal my job.
13:58Am I now a class as a gardener?
14:00Well, honorary gardener.
14:01I'll give you that.
14:01Well done.
14:02Well done, Danny.
14:03Thank you very much.
14:04Nicely planted, Danny.
14:05A man not afraid
14:06to get his hands dirty.
14:08Now then,
14:08what's caught Margie's attention?
14:10She's off for a floristry lesson
14:12with local expert Sarah Richardson.
14:15Sarah.
14:16How are you doing?
14:17Welcome.
14:17So tell me what we're doing.
14:19Well, I'm going to teach you
14:19how to play with flowers today.
14:21Nice, relaxing,
14:23kind of making a beautiful little bouquet,
14:24then I'm going to show you
14:24how 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,
14:31a bit of a mixture.
14:33You grab something.
14:34Is that lilac?
14:34Yeah, beautiful lilac.
14:35So it smells,
14:36I like to work with scent.
14:37Yeah, that's lovely.
14:38So hold some lilac in your hand
14:40and then we're going to basically
14:41add these flowers in.
14:42Right.
14:43On a 45 degree angle,
14:44like this,
14:45so that the flowers
14:45have their own little space to shine.
14:47A touch of spring.
14:49We'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.
14:59There's always a nifty way
15:01of doing everything.
15:02And for the final flourish,
15:04a wrap of paper,
15:04a dash of ribbon
15:05and a bouquet is complete.
15:08Voila.
15:09Beautiful.
15:09Well done.
15:10Thank you very much, Sarah.
15:12Now to catch up.
15:13Where is she?
15:14With her green-fingered chum.
15:16Oh, Margie,
15:17where have you bought those from?
15:18I have arranged these
15:20and I'm giving them to you
15:21with all my love.
15:23Beautiful.
15:24Oh, they smell gorgeous.
15:25Me too.
15:26Are you ready for back on the road?
15:28I'm following you.
15:29What a great day we've had.
15:31Rooted in tradition
15:33and blooming with passion,
15:35the Harrogate Flower Show
15:36continues to celebrate
15:37all things horticultural
15:38and looks set to flourish
15:40for another hundred years.
15:45Back on the road
15:46and 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,
15:56you do as the Romans do.
15:57In London, you speak London.
15:59Too right, my dear.
16:00Too right.
16:01Why don't you just stick
16:02to 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
16:09on this round, my dear,
16:11if you're going to make a profit
16:12on this round.
16:14Nicely sidestepped, Danny.
16:16Nighty-night, you two.
16:22Next morning, Danny's behind the wheel.
16:25Get up, boy!
16:27I'm...
16:27And it's business as usual.
16:30You're over the white line.
16:32I'm not over the white line.
16:33It's an optical illusion
16:34for left-hand drivers
16:36to think that they're not
16:37over the middle line.
16:39You're gobbledygook in the eyes.
16:42Opticians speak Danny style.
16:46Oh, come on.
16:48Yesterday, Margie was drawn
16:49to the charms of a spinning wheel.
16:51There's a nice old rusty winder on there.
16:54Spending just ten
16:55of her £200 budget.
16:58While Danny got his hands
17:00on a dolly tub
17:01and a set of postal scales.
17:04Wait for it.
17:05Get it?
17:06For the grand sum of £85,
17:09leaving him with £115
17:11for today's shopping shenanigans.
17:14Well, Margie,
17:15you've got plenty of money left.
17:17I only spent £10,
17:18so I'm all set now.
17:20I'm ready to...
17:21Ready and raring.
17:22Spend, spend, spend.
17:24Of course, she sounds keen.
17:26They made their way
17:27to the historic market town
17:29of Nairsborough.
17:31Perched above the River Nid
17:33and famed for its impressive viaduct,
17:36the town hosts an annual bed race
17:38where teams push beds
17:40on wheels through the streets
17:42and even across the river.
17:44Margie's race for relics
17:46begins in donkey's years antiques.
17:49Quite nice.
17:50It's chock-a-plock
17:51with trinkets, treasures
17:52and curios from, well,
17:54donkey's years ago.
17:56That's a big'un.
17:58Oh, he's so sweet.
18:00Look at him.
18:00Look at that little face.
18:03That'll be the shop mascot
18:05and his brother.
18:07Oh, that looks...
18:08That looks interesting.
18:10An Edwardian desk case.
18:13It's about 110 years old.
18:151910, I should think.
18:16Nice carrying handle.
18:18This is the Edwardian idea
18:20of a computer.
18:21People wrote letters all the time.
18:23It's lost its bottles,
18:24but that's not the end of the world.
18:26There's loads of ink bottles
18:27floating around.
18:29It's in very good name.
18:30It's his £58.
18:32So, say, I can get that
18:33down to 30-something.
18:36Yeah, I like that.
18:37I'm going to move on,
18:38but I think I like that.
18:42Now, that's worth a drop of ink.
18:45Anything else catch your eye?
18:49Oh, look at him.
18:50A butcher's sign.
18:52Let's have a butcher's.
18:54It's cast ironing up.
18:56£88.
18:58Vintage, sort of,
18:5940 or 50 years old.
19:00But he is cast ironing.
19:02There's a bit of age there.
19:03And it's nice to buy different things.
19:06So he stood outside the butcher shop.
19:08And look,
19:09he's wearing a little scarf like Danny.
19:13Ever the dandy,
19:14our Danny.
19:15Yeah, 40, 50 years old.
19:17No older.
19:18But it's a bit of fun, isn't it?
19:20It's nice to buy things that are fun.
19:21If I can get that a bit cheaper.
19:24Oh.
19:25Yeah, you stay there.
19:26Oh, I'll come back for you, I think.
19:28Sounds like Margie's landed on the pig's back.
19:31Let's leave her to her rummagings.
19:34Now,
19:35Nairsborough'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,
19:43he's not boarding the next train south.
19:46Oh, never seen anything like this before.
19:48He's found for Northern Lion Antiques
19:50tucked 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.
20:05Oh.
20:06Now, look at these bad boys.
20:09These are nice.
20:10Scales again.
20:12Shop scales.
20:14Porcelain and chrome.
20:16Got some inscriptions on it
20:17to weigh seven pounds.
20:20Weighwell, Liverpool.
20:22The way well works in Liverpool
20:25was home to Bury and Warmington,
20:27specialists in weighing machine manufacture
20:30from 1921.
20:32Price on it,
20:3368 pounds.
20:36Mmm.
20:36Yep.
20:37Looks like Danny has to weigh up his options.
20:40They're big.
20:40They're nice.
20:41They're bright.
20:42They're clean.
20:42They're all there.
20:44The only thing that's really going against it
20:46is that I can't see any weights.
20:50No weights,
20:51but charm by the pound.
20:53But that said,
20:54you wouldn't really need weights
20:56because you're not going to be weighing with it, really.
20:58It's just a decorative crop,
21:00so that might work in my favour.
21:03I like them.
21:04I'm thinking about...
21:05All right.
21:06Tip the balance in their favour, perhaps?
21:10Let's see how Margie is faring up the road.
21:14Lots of furry friends.
21:17Or donkeys.
21:19Well, when in Rome.
21:22It's 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?
21:31Wouldn't bother rewiring it.
21:33It's, what, 1930s, 1940s?
21:35Now, if it was £60 or £70,
21:37you'd just walk past it.
21:39But it's £25.
21:41It's nearly had it,
21:42but 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
21:51a 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.
22:03Harvey, hi.
22:03I had a jolly good look round.
22:04They all lamp out size 25.
22:07Mm-hm.
22:08Could that be, obviously, five or a half?
22:10I'd do it for 20.
22:11I'd do it for 20.
22:12And then I saw that little Edwardian desk box.
22:1658, I think it was.
22:17Yeah.
22:18Can it be?
22:20You want it for 30.
22:22Margie, you're...
22:23I've got it.
22:25There'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.
22:40£30 for the desk box,
22:4320 for the garden lamp,
22:44and 65 for the cast-iron pig.
22:46That's 115 pounds after a very decent discount.
22:50Thanks, Phil.
22:51Thank you very much.
22:51See you again.
22:52And after that shopping spree,
22:54Margie's still got 75 pounds left to spend.
22:57Porky Pig's a bit heavy,
22:58so somebody else has to have to carry that.
23:01Yeah.
23:02No need to go the whole hog, eh?
23:04Back to Danny.
23:06Still on track.
23:06Or has he been derailed yet?
23:08Say cheese.
23:09Ah, the glory days before selfies, eh, Ted?
23:14Now, I've just spotted something.
23:16I don't know what this is doing
23:17right 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.
23:29That's about 1910.
23:31Been in between the Edwardian
23:32and the Art Deco period.
23:35Absolutely lovely.
23:36WMF, one of the greatest
23:38German tableware manufacturers
23:41or factories that you'll probably find.
23:43Don't ask me to pronounce the German name.
23:47I'll get it wrong.
23:48But in the English terms,
23:49it's Wuttenberg Metalworks Factory.
23:53That'll be Wuttenbergische Metalwarenfabrik.
23:57You're welcome.
23:59WMF began in Germany in 1853
24:01when mill worker Daniel Straub
24:04teamed up with two brothers
24:06to open a small metal plating factory.
24:08By the late 1900s,
24:10it had become the world's largest producer
24:13and exporter of household metalware.
24:17It's in Pewter.
24:18Beautiful little girl.
24:20Just looking at the small snail.
24:21I mean, the craftsmanship on this
24:23is second to none.
24:25On the back, you've got 210,
24:27which 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,
24:38to 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,
24:47she'll be shaking.
24:48With just £115 in his kitty,
24:52Danny 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.
25:02I think it's on your desk.
25:03Yes, it's very reasonably far priced.
25:05Well, yeah,
25:06the thing is,
25:07they've got no weights.
25:08No, there's no weights for them,
25:09you're right, yeah.
25:09Well, it's priced up at £68.
25:12Yeah.
25:12I mean,
25:14could you do,
25:15could you do 30?
25:17I 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?
25:2440's good.
25:24That's 28 quid off,
25:25so that's quite good, I think.
25:26You're a star, thank you.
25:28All right.
25:28There's another item.
25:30This item here,
25:31there's a little tray here.
25:33Well, it's marked up at 130.
25:37Could you do 60 quid?
25:39Oh, I couldn't do it for half price.
25:42Do it for 85.
25:44I ain't got enough money.
25:48I'll do 65.
25:5065, then, go on.
25:5165, can you do it?
25:52Yeah, I'll do it.
25:53A very generous discount.
25:56£40 for the scales
25:57and £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.
26:10I'll come back for the scales.
26:12Yeah.
26:12Off you pop
26:13and reunite with your road trip pal
26:15in the low rider.
26:17And with a car like this,
26:18who wouldn't start reminiscing?
26:20This car was made in 1991.
26:22What were you doing in 1991?
26:25Well, 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.
26:34I know I do.
26:36The Lincolns,
26:37not the only classic on this trip.
26:39Our merry duo is heading
26:41for the county town of Yorkshire.
26:43York, actually.
26:44Once the mighty Roman stronghold
26:47of Ibarakum
26:48and the Viking capital of Jorvik,
26:51it was also once known
26:52as the Chocolate City.
26:54Their shopping stop
26:55is the Antiques Centre York.
26:58Margie's pipped Danny to the post,
27:00who's running a few steps behind.
27:02There it is.
27:04Inside, over 120 dealers
27:06have packed three floors to the rafters
27:08with tempting treasures.
27:10Margie, armed with 75 pounds...
27:13Ooh, lots more silver in here.
27:15..is drawn towards familiar ground.
27:17Meanwhile, Danny,
27:18down to his last tenner...
27:23Nice drill, baby.
27:25Must cut his cloth
27:26to fit his budget.
27:30That's a silver
27:32playing card case.
27:34It looks to be complete.
27:36Look.
27:37They've dated it to 1867,
27:40and that's quite early Victorian.
27:41So look how that stayed in intact, in super condition,
27:46and that's why it's £475.
27:48Lovely.
27:49Not on the cards today, then.
27:52Never mind. Plenty of silver.
27:53Here, Margie, will be in seventh heaven.
27:56How's Danny getting on, searching for a steal?
27:59Talk about wacky.
28:01One might say vintage.
28:03Oh, keep working.
28:07Penny here.
28:08That'll keep you out of mischief.
28:10Heh. That's quite unusual.
28:12Arts and craft hammered copper biscuit tin.
28:16Quite nice, and then you've got a little... Is it a lion?
28:19That's quite nice.
28:20Yeah, king of the custard creams, clearly.
28:22Oh, it's 56.
28:24I thought it said 26.
28:25I thought he had a chance there, but it's not. It's 56.
28:28Very nice. Good age as well.
28:311890, it says on here.
28:33That's a shame, because I probably would have bought that.
28:36That took the biscuit.
28:38Yeah, don't worry, Danny, there'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, doesn't it?
28:50All these nice things, look at that, look 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?
28:58Ledicated 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?
29:07The Aizal loo roll hit the shelves in 1922,
29:11medicated with disinfectant and famously unfit for purpose,
29:14but proudly marketed as a defence against infections.
29:19You buy that.
29:20Are you trying to get me to lose at the auction?
29:23Well, if you've only got ten pounds,
29:24you're going to have a job to find something else.
29:26It's fun, that.
29:28That's fun.
29:29Fun, and at nine pounds, affordable.
29:32Go on, get it bought.
29:33Look, you'll raise a laugh,
29:35but 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, go on.
29:41Shut the cap back up.
29:42I'm off.
29:43Back in the day, it sold for a shilling and tuppence.
29:46Not the kind of deal Danny's likely to bag, though,
29:49but first he needs dealer Daisy.
29:51Last of the big spenders.
29:53Don't see these very often anymore.
29:55No.
29:55It's an interesting one, that's for sure.
29:57I quite like it.
29:58Hope it does well at auction.
29:59Nine pounds to spend a penny, hey?
30:01That's inflation for you.
30:03That purchase almost wiped Danny's budget clean,
30:07leaving him with just one pound unspent.
30:09Splendid.
30:10Thanks very much, Daisy.
30:11No worries.
30:12Take care now.
30:12That just leaves Margie still loitering with intent
30:15around 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.
30:27It would have your cream in there for face cream or whatever.
30:32And it would be a really larger jar, smaller jar,
30:34probably a brush set.
30:36We're going to hunt the hallmark.
30:38The telltale sign of sterling.
30:41Right, and I've got it.
30:44Birmingham, 1900.
30:47It's 42 pounds.
30:49Very nice, Nick.
30:50That might be my last buy.
30:52A little trick when you're looking for these.
30:55Hold it up to the light and you see lots of holes,
30:59which you can't see when you look at it like that.
31:02So you look at it like that, get it with a light.
31:05No holes in that.
31:07No holes.
31:08Whoops.
31:09Looks as though it was made yesterday.
31:11Perfect, Nick.
31:13No thanks to Margie.
31:15Thought that.
31:16Good at netball.
31:17Well, that's handy around the breaker balls.
31:19It's 42 pounds, so if I can just ease that a bit,
31:23I think that would be my last buy.
31:25Sounds like it's deal time, so brace yourself, Daisy.
31:31Now then, Daisy, I found this in one of your many cabinets.
31:37It's 42 pounds, so can I be a bit cheeky
31:40and say we're 30 by it?
31:43Well, we can go 35.
31:4535, so 30's out the question.
31:47It is currently, I'm afraid.
31:48Sorry 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
32:08when we get to auction,
32:09I've bought a money joker with you, sweetheart.
32:12I predict that's the beginning of oodles of toilet jokes.
32:17Off they roll.
32:18Well, that was a very nice time in York,
32:21yorking around.
32:22Yeah, it was lovely.
32:23It's been...
32:24Oh, enjoyable.
32:25Enjoyable.
32:26On to the auction, my friend.
32:28Might not be so enjoyable there.
32:30I know.
32:31For you.
32:31He-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he-he
32:34-he-he-he-he-he.
32:40Rise and shine, auction day is upon us
32:43and we've reached the halfway point.
32:46How are you feeling?
32:47Er, confident.
32:48Well, you've done well, she said.
32:51Let's see what the day brings.
32:52I'm getting in there first.
32:53Keen has mustered that one.
32:55After rooting and tooting through Yorkshire's finest emporiums,
32:59our pair have landed back in Middle Littleton in Worcestershire,
33:03ready for action at Littleton auctions.
33:06The 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 at 70.
33:18Margie 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,
33:36£199, to be precise.
33:38Thoughts, Ben?
33:39The toilet paper, I'm not going to lie,
33:41it's not something that I've sold before or ever I've seen sold in auction,
33:45but I can tell you from looking online, it does already have bids on 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.
34:04I 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.
34:12I'm at £35.
34:14Come on.
34:15You have a £40 in the room.
34:16£40 in the 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.
34:23I'm not aware anyway.
34:24At £65 now.
34:26Mmm!
34:26Mmm!
34:27Mmm!
34:28£70.
34:30Fair warning.
34:31At £70.
34:34Well done.
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.
34:44Ah, the joy of friendly rivalry.
34:47Let's hope the good vibes boost the bids.
34:50And after that jolly start,
34:51we can move on to Margie's first lot,
34:54the desk box.
34:55This is Edwardian.
34:56You kept that one quiet.
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.
35:15Well 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, I liked it.
35:25Danny's up now with his pistol scales
35:27and 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 easy, surely.
35:37I'm looking good.
35:38No.
35:39Start me at a £10 and then minimum bid.
35:41£10 bid, thank you.
35:42£12, £15 at £18 and £20.
35:45£22 now on the web at £22.
35:46Come on, come on.
35:47£25 in the room now.
35:48Come on.
35:49£28, online at £28.
35:51Do you want £30?
35:52Back in just in time at £30.
35:55£30.
35:55At £30 in the room, it's gobbles up.
35:59Well, there you go, so I've lost a fiver.
36:01Well, that's all right.
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?
36:10It's a bit late telling me that now.
36:11And he's got another set coming.
36:14Margie's turn now.
36:16With 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.
36:27What 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.
36:39Dodgy.
36:39Dodgy.
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 lice 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.
37:04OK.
37:04I want to forget about spinning wheels.
37:06Consider the subject closed.
37:08On to Danny's priciest purchase, the Arnufo pewter tray.
37:13It's nice.
37:14Is it?
37:15It'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.
37:36Come on.
37:38£60.
37:39At £60.
37:40Come on, mate.
37:41Are we all in?
37:41And fair warned, it's £60.
37:42£50.
37:45Well done.
37:46I thought it was gorgeous.
37:47I'd have bought that.
37:49And certainly at that price.
37:52Lost a five in.
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?
38:07£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 tenner, you might.
38:16Start me at £20.
38:17I'm at £20, thank you.
38:18£22 in the room now.
38:19£25.
38:20£28.
38:21Have a good job.
38:23£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.
38:32£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?
39:02Yeah.
39:02Start me at £50 on these, then?
39:04Yeah.
39:05Start me at £30, then?
39:07Are you sure?
39:08Is the internet broken?
39:09£30 bid, thank you.
39:10At £30.
39:10Put me 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.
39:30I'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, we'll be 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 my 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 cell room.
40:15Will his toilet tissue be flushed with offers
40:18or just go down the pan?
40:21It'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 nude.
40:28You 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.
40:38£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.
40:59That'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.
41:08I'm happy with that.
41:10Well done.
41:11Well done indeed.
41:13Putting 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.
41:31You're off.
41:32Margie.
41:32£50 to start me then.
41:34£50 bid.
41:35I'm at £60.
41:36£60, £65.
41:37It's going to go daft.
41:38£70, £75, £80 now.
41:41At £90, £100, there we go.
41:43At £100, we'll give it £110 now.
41:46I'm at £110, on the web at £110.
41:48£120 now and £130.
41:50Oh my goodness.
41:51At £130, I'm going to call it, £130.
41:55The gavel is up.
41:58Well, I never...
41:59So you doubled your money?
42:00Yeah.
42:01Oh, God.
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 sailroom.
42:11Let's see how the numbers stack up.
42:14Danny brought the laughs, but not the loot,
42:17with a loss of £34.16.
42:21Margie, meanwhile, waltzed away
42:23with a profit of £35.96.
42:26A hat-trick of triumphs.
42:29Securing her place at the top.
42:31But with two legs to go,
42:33Danny's still in the game and playing for pride.
42:35All accumulated profits, at the end of the week,
42:38go to children in need.
42:40Marge, you don't need to smile like that.
42:43Have a little bit of pity on me.
42:45And congratulations.
42:47You'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.
43:05Danny has his game face on.
43:07Now, these are right up my alley.
43:09But can he bounce back for the big finish?
43:13Is he running out of juice?
43:14We'll see you then.
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