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00:01It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
00:04Buying the wheel of a classic car.
00:06This car dancing!
00:08And a goal to scar Britain for antiques.
00:12The 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.
00:22Oh dear.
00:23Will it be the high road to glory?
00:24I feel like we're in a James Bond film.
00:26Or the slow road to disaster?
00:28Oh!
00:29This is Antiques Road Trip.
00:34Yeah.
00:35Hello, howdy and hey hey.
00:38To our delightful couple in the Opel Manta A.
00:41We've not heard the horn yet.
00:43Here we go, ready?
00:45Yeah.
00:47Not the most effective hooter though, is it?
00:51Just honk if you're wingwoman Izzy Balmer and driver Mark Hill.
00:55You're wearing the most fantastic jacket I think I've ever seen.
01:00Look 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.
01:11So that's Izzy from Bristol, auctioneer and aisteet.
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.
01:32After Mark scored a thrilling equaliser last time out.
01:3555 pounds.
01:38Making it one auction each with three still to go.
01:43Well done, congratulations.
01:45Hey, back in the game.
01:47You are back in the game.
01:48Here we go.
01:49Indeed, with 200 pounds each, once more in our best of five.
01:54This time in East Anglia.
01:55Have you been antiques 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.
02:15Sorry.
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 Brum Brum Brundle.
02:35And we're there also very keen on Speedway.
02:38Destination, the 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.
02:56Two 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 designed by a British mid-century modern glass designer called
03:21Ronald 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, the colours of the 70s.
03:42How much?
03:4529 pounds.
03:46And we've got a pair.
03:48You know what?
03:49Even if I manage to negotiate a discount, I don't think these are going to give me a good return
03:54at auction.
03:55So, I'm going to pop them back on there, take one last admiring look and 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.
04:11Then 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 repoussé, where the copper has been pushed out.
04:24And we've got these raised sections here.
04:27And what might it have contained?
04:29You 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.
04:40It doesn't smell of anything.
04:42Smoking ephemera is out of fashion.
04:44And, unfortunately, Art Nouveau items, they 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 pounds.
04:57So, I like you, but you are too much money.
05:01Not even close.
05:03How's Mark progressing?
05:05Hey, hey!
05:06A piece of studio pottery.
05:10So, studio pottery, sort of loosely defined, is pots made where the designer and the potter are the same person.
05:17And 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, who was a Lincolnshire-based potter.
05:46And it's all about the name here.
05:48If 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 is 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.
07:07Harris left Medina in 1972 and 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 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?
07:35Oh boy, yes I do.
07:37Date with a dealer, me thinks.
07:39Claire, hello.
07:41Hello 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, but 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.
07:58With 178 left over.
08:02Excellent.
08:03Thank you very much.
08:03Thank you very much.
08:04Take care.
08:05After that modest outlay, let's catch up with Izzy.
08:09I'm always really drawn to glass, especially since meeting Mark.
08:13He's inspired me with glass.
08:15Oh, 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, beginning with M.
08:26They're likely to be by Vincenzo Nasson.
08:29So I say likely because when one of the Murano designers, one of the manufacturers made something
08:35that was popular, then everyone copied it and jumped on it.
08:37So he was the original designer of the fish and they do look like they could be by him,
08:42but without them being marked, it is difficult to say with 100% certainty.
08:47I have just noticed, however, that 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, but they're very charming.
09:00What's the price?
09:02Well, that's not a lot of money.
09:04Three pounds for the pair, which probably takes into account that one of them's been chipped.
09:08Crikey.
09:09Not cheapskates, are they by any chance?
09:12Hello, Claire.
09:13Hello there.
09:14I was a little overwhelmed.
09:15Rather disappointingly for you, I'm buying possibly the cheapest item that I've found in here.
09:19They're three pounds.
09:21However, I 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.
09:45Caused by all that time spent in the narrow confines of a classic car.
09:49So, Mark, you know in some places you can have free-roaming sheep?
09:53Uh-huh.
09:54Well, in Norfolk, you can get free-roaming cows and the cows have the right of way.
09:59Blimey.
10:00I'm not going to have an argument with a cow.
10:02Not in this.
10:03I shall go slow.
10:04Smart move.
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.
10:42It's close to the coast, so frost is rare, and the sandy loam soil hereabouts is ideal.
10:49Really dry at the moment.
10:51We 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.
10:58If 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...
11:06Wiggle it.
11:07Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.
11:08Okay.
11:08And then back.
11:09...that Norfolk grows every year.
11:11Keep going.
11:15Oh, it's a wee baby.
11:16So 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, that gives us
11:37the 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.
11:49But 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.
12:05It'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 and it does that
12:21because the next year it wants to produce seed and it gets that energy from the root.
12:26Is it just sugar that comes from it or is there a by-product as well?
12:30By-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. No 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 and now Izzy
12:53and Mark are about to try their hand.
12:55Afternoon. Hello.
12:57So this must be 21st century farming then?
13:00It most definitely is, yeah. It certainly is.
13:01What do they do?
13:02So we've got a cultivator in front of the seed drill and he's just making the soil nice and fine
13:06ready for me to put the seed in.
13:08That sounds exciting.
13:09Yep. So ready to jump in the seat?
13:11Yeah.
13:11Time's good. Let'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.
13:26Yeah.
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, then 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.
13:39No.
13:40So you now do not touch the steering wheel.
13:43And now your drill's in the ground.
13:44We're farming!
13:45You are officially planting sugar beet.
13:48So now you just sit and chill?
13:49Sort of, yeah.
13:50Sweet, you might even say.
13:53Oh!
13:53So behind us is the sugar beet drill, which is nine metres wide.
13:57And they're planting a seed every 15 centimetres.
14:01So 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, Pop?
14:08I've been working on the farm since I left school at sort of 16.
14:12Every season is ever so different.
14:14But sugar beet is something that I've done every year.
14:17Norfolk crop, Norfolk boy, love 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 need to turn your steering wheel and then go round in a loop.
14:26So like this.
14:27Left handed.
14:28Ooh, you want to go the wrong way.
14:30In safe hands, huh?
14:31But although most of the sugar grown here is headed elsewhere,
14:35they do hold on to a small quantity to 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.
14:50Come on then, let's try some.
14:51Absolutely.
14:52Oh, no.
14:57Come on, let's go and get some dinner.
15:00Not that we've got, you know, enough of a snack here.
15:03Be sure to brush your teeth.
15:05Nighty night.
15:12Next morning, they still seem to be experiencing a bit of a sugar rush.
15:17Here we go.
15:18Oh, look at the excitement.
15:19I'm always excited you.
15:21And who knows what we will find?
15:23Quite.
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.
15:53The best thing about not having spent so much money so far
15:57is that we've got loads of money spent so we could, like, blow it all on one big, massive, huge
16:03bargain.
16:04All of which all depends on actually finding one, of course.
16:08So, today has to be about rummaging.
16:10And where better to begin than the county town?
16:14Also a great city, of course, which 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.
16:32This 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.
16:49Mark can muster a humongous serving of money, of course.
16:54Oh, no, I like these.
16:56So, I think these are by a studio potter called Bernard Rook.
17:01So, 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 and 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.
17:28Because that's just not what collectors are looking for.
17:30Thus, the cash stays firmly in his pocket.
17:34Is he 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?
18:15Aren't these absolutely exquisite?
18:18So, they're enamelled and then they're Mappin and Webb,
18:21so a really great maker.
18:22And around here, the eyepiece, it'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 is 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.
18:58And 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.
19:29Very 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?
19:38£25.
19:40Now, these are the smaller beads, so 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.
19:56What else?
19:57Oh, I like you.
19:58Although, you're a little tired.
20:00Now, this isn't signed, but I suspect this is Moser.
20:05Moser is a glass manufacturer established in the mid-19th century,
20:08but became really popular when he became the court supplier to Edward VII in the early 20th century.
20:15Also beginning with M, the Moser factory was 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.
20:30It's loose.
20:30It wouldn't be loose.
20:31It would fit much better.
20:32However, it completes it.
20:34And Moser glass is lead crystal, so it's superior quality glass.
20:40And we have this collar here, which is silver.
20:43We have a hallmark there.
20:45It'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.
21:04How did you get on?
21:05I've done all right.
21:06So, cherry amber baker-like beads, £25 on those.
21:09Very happy to pay that.
21:10Brilliant.
21:11Now, 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.
21:24Making £75 in total.
21:26I'm going to go and enjoy the sunshine.
21:29Bye-bye.
21:30Well, that all went very well.
21:35122 left over.
21:38Now, with a mark, who, when last seen, was still a pondering.
21:43With nothing exactly moving him.
21:48I mean, I'm more rock and roll, but that, that big band.
21:53One for the kids.
21:55Trothy coffee, anyone?
21:56If you were a stylish person in 1950s Italy, you may pick out this from your kitchen.
22:04What a handsome thing.
22:05Now, looking at the way this is made leads 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, which was really popular during the 1950s.
22:20Then you've got these starbursts, which 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, from the Italian verb, to scratch.
22:35Much as I love it, my big worry is that Italian mid-century modern pottery doesn't always find its place.
22:42It's £28. Do I risk it at auction or do I not?
22:48Well, my heart is sort of going boom-titty-boom-titty-boom, and that's a good sign.
22:52You know what? I think it's always safest to buy something that you love, hoping that there's someone else out
22:59there who loves it too.
23:01That is a mid-century modern maybe.
23:05Magari finally got it thumping.
23:08Wow! I haven't seen such a big one for ages.
23:13What we're looking at is an example of Art Deco cloud glass, produced by a company called Davidson's, who were
23:20based in Gateshead.
23:21But strangely, not beginning with M. No 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, and you'd inject a darker colour over the top.
23:35But it's the size. This is enormous. I'm in love with it.
23:40I love glass. I love colour. I love the deco movement.
23:44Got all three. Could be a winner.
23:46Over to Pat then. No, that's gruffy.
23:50Hello. How are you?
23:51Well, I've spotted a couple of things. There's a large blue cloud glass bowl. There's no price on it.
23:58It's £70.
24:00And then there's like Italian mid-century modern pottery. There's 28 on it.
24:05It could be 25.
24:06How close to 70 could we get for the two?
24:12We'll have a deal, 70.
24:14Pooch not included. That'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.
24:34And just being together again has reminded me what a good friend I have in him.
24:38So I don't mind at all that Mark's clawed an auction back.
24:41It also makes it a bit more zesty and spicy.
24:43So who knows what's going to happen?
24:45Exactly.
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, it's all up for grabs.
25:04Well, anything costing less than £122 is anyway.
25:14Wow. What is it?
25:16There's a cylindrical jar with a lid and there's a stand.
25:19I 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, it's very fine.
25:31So I'm giving it a little squeeze and there's some give in it.
25:33Silver plate just doesn't have to give.
25:36But 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.
25:48Now, we've got these lovely figures.
25:49We've got animals, we've got birds.
25:52It's just a lovely scene.
25:54Ticket price, £75.
25:56How old is it? Well, that's a tricky one.
25:59I would have thought, turn of the century, maybe 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.
26:19Although £108 is definitely not to be sniffed at.
26:24Hey, hey.
26:26We talk about going to the flicks.
26:29But 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.
26:39But its origins go way, way back.
26:41And this is an early, if you like, film projector.
26:44For showing delightful period glass slides.
26:49These were used by travelling entertainers.
26:52This one is a pretty good one.
26:54Dates from the Victorian period.
26:56It'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.
27:14Last shot, remember.
27:15Plus, they have glass.
27:17Spar glass.
27:19I always like to pick these up.
27:22Because sometimes they can have rather interesting engravings.
27:25So I said spar glass because in order to take the waters and benefit from their health-giving properties,
27:30you could buy a glass and stick it under the mineral water and then down your daily dose and feel
27:36all the better for it.
27:38And as those watering places boomed, so 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, a couple of columns.
27:53And then running around the top, we'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, but I wonder whether I can build on that at auction.
28:11He's off and running.
28:13Sue's the woman in charge, by the way, and Izzy has this tea caddy under consideration, of course.
28:20Anything else?
28:21Oh.
28:23Hmm.
28:24What have we got here, then?
28:26Well, our dealer clearly knows that this stick pin is broken because it says AF on the label, as found.
28:32And that indicates damage.
28:34And it also says 9 karat gold.
28:36Do you know, living in Bristol, this really appeals to me because we have the Balloon Fiesta every August.
28:42And what's very charming about this one is it's a big traditional balloon in bi-colour gold.
28:47So we've got yellow gold and white gold.
28:50Such a shame that it's broken.
28:51But it wouldn't be a difficult repair.
28:56Also, just £23.
28:58Hardly inflated.
29:00And then here, we've got a much earlier stick pin and we've got the sort of little fine rope work
29:07decoration.
29:08Now, it's fairly lightweight, but it's £12.
29:10£15.
29:1015 karat, late Victorian, Edwardian, what is not to like?
29:14So what's that?
29:1635 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, very happy to pay 35 on those.
29:29Okay.
29:30This silver tea caddy, it's priced at £75.
29:35Can I make you a very cheeky offer?
29:38Okay.
29:38Could I offer you £40 for it, please?
29:42I know the dealer and I'm sure he would agree to that.
29:45Thank you so much.
29:47Fantastic.
29:48Thanks, Sue.
29:4975 in total with 47 unspent.
29:53Back to Mark now.
29:55Last seen admiring this glass, priced at £45.
30:00Now, 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, who's perhaps one of the most famed Danish
30:23silversmiths.
30:24And we've got two caddy spoons, and that's number two. Caddy spoons are really sought after by collectors.
30:31And thirdly, the weight.
30:33So these are sterling silver.
30:36And there's going to be a sort of base value to these, just 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 bring 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, because Caddy spoon collectors might want one or the other.
31:03I think they'll do much better as separate lots, small as they are.
31:08Small is beautiful.
31:09It's a plan, all right.
31:11Sue. Oh, hi, Mark.
31:13Hello. I found three fabulous quality things.
31:18Yes, of course.
31:19So we've got this spa glass and these two darling little George Jensen silver Caddy spoons.
31:25And 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 and 45 on that.
31:33Yes.
31:36How do you feel about 35?
31:42Could we possibly do 30 each on the spoons? How does that sound?
31:47And another 35 on that is £95.
31:51Do you know what? We most definitely can.
31:54Very comfortable, Neil. Just £13 left over.
31:58Ooh, it's nice out here.
32:00Norfolk'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.
32:06Of course they have.
32:08Now, back to the manta.
32:10Ready for you-know-what number three.
32:13So, Mark.
32:14I know.
32:15So tired again.
32:16Bloody hang time.
32:18See, I've got used to it now.
32:20And he tipped there.
32:21Now for some shut-eye.
32:26Here we are in Morley, a town in West Yorkshire.
32:30After having a very nice time in Norfolk, they've headed back up north in the pursuit of profits.
32:37At Morley Auctioneers and Valuers, selling on the net, on the phone and in the room.
32:42With auctioneer Bernie Neal, the man in the cab on the podium.
32:47Are we done then at £85?
32:49This is where it happens.
32:51And to pass to you, my dear.
32:52Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
32:54So well brought up, these two.
32:57Mark spent £187 on six auction lots, but what's Bernie's little precious?
33:03Well, a lovely classic George Jensen spoon there from the 1930s, 40s.
33:08Always very popular at auction.
33:10Classic design.
33:11That would do well at auction.
33:13Izzy parted with £153 for her five lot with pins together.
33:18Thoughts, please, Bernie.
33:20The cherry amber baker-like beads have a lot of interest in those.
33:25They're right on trend at the moment.
33:27I think they will do very well at auction.
33:29He's hoping then, not that they need any encouragement.
33:33Are you excited?
33:34I'm not excited, yes.
33:35How are the hands?
33:36Clammy, yeah?
33:37Bit sticky.
33:38A little bit damp.
33:39Well, it's one to you and one to me.
33:42Yes.
33:43Everything to play for.
33:44Oh, yes.
33:45Mark gets us underway with Danish spoon number one.
33:50I have to admit, I am somewhat peeved that you saw not just one, but 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.
34:0538 bid, £40 bid.
34:07Two bid.
34:07£45 room bid.
34:09OK, we've got room in the net.
34:10That's good.
34:11Internet.
34:1148 this time.
34:13£50 room.
34:13All fair worn at £50, all finished at 50.
34:18I don't mind that I didn't see them now.
34:22Well, 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, as found.
34:34One is late Victorian Edwardian, 15 karat gold.
34:38Not worried about that one.
34:39The other one is a hot air balloon.
34:41It's gold, but not marked.
34:43And broken.
34:45So full of hot air, or will prices rise?
34:48Wow.
34:49£80 for that, quickly.
34:51Come on, £80.
34:52Oh, no, surely.
34:53£70.
34:54Oh, no.
34:55Quickly.
34:56It's gold.
34:57Silence.
34:58Why?
35:00Finally, we have a bid at £60.
35:02Oh, thank you.
35:03Sympathy bid there, at £60.
35:06Where's five?
35:07At £60 a bid, then it's a gift, sir.
35:10I sell then, sir, to you.
35:12It is a profit, but I do feel a little bit...
35:15Deflated?
35:16That's just the word.
35:18My hot air balloon never really got off the ground.
35:21And continuing the airborne analogies, Mark's cloud glass.
35:26I love it.
35:27It's a really big size, but cloud glass has kind of had its day.
35:31So have I been living in the past, is it, is the question.
35:34Starting me at £50, people.
35:35So lovely pieces.
35:36That would be break-even.
35:37£40, low start.
35:38It's a huge size.
35:40Don't normally get them this big.
35:41We have a bid at £30.
35:43Should be getting double.
35:44At £30 a bid.
35:45Two.
35:45I'll take two, quickly.
35:47At £30.
35:48Are we done?
35:49Last chance.
35:53Shall we just gloss over this one?
35:56Yeah.
35:57Good idea.
35:58Cloud glass?
35:59Pfft.
35:59What cloud glass?
36:01I feel pretty blue, I have to say.
36:03Oh, well.
36:04You don't look it.
36:05You look quite...
36:07More Izzy and more glass.
36:10Her 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...
36:24£45.
36:25Bernie!
36:26At £45 bid.
36:28At £45.
36:28I thought I was going to say £500 then.
36:30I was like...
36:30At £45 bid.
36:31I'll take £48 now.
36:33Anybody else coming in at £48?
36:34Doesn't look like it, does it?
36:36At £45 only bid.
36:37No, I won't let you put the hammer now.
36:39At £45.
36:40No!
36:41I'm going down at £45.
36:42No!
36:42It's going down.
36:43No!
36:44It's down.
36:45Had to be done.
36:46Never mind.
36:48Well, what I've learned is perfume bottles...
36:50No, no.
36:51Mark's Ndina now.
36:53Bought in the sale.
36:55The market is booming.
36:57So, I'm hoping that 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?
37:06No!
37:06I'll uncross.
37:07I'll uncross.
37:07Where should we be?
37:08£40 to start me.
37:10Rare piece of glass this one at £40 surely.
37:12I'll take £30 then.
37:14Come on, you've got to start me somewhere.
37:15I'll take £20 then quickly.
37:18Oh my.
37:18We're in at £22.
37:20At £25 bid.
37:21Now at £25.
37:22At £28 and £30 bid.
37:23Hey, now we're getting an auction.
37:25At £30, £32.
37:26Come on.
37:26Yeah, this is more like it.
37:27We are having an auction finally at £35.
37:29Hey!
37:30At £35 bid.
37:31That's more like it.
37:32Don't stop.
37:32£38.
37:32£40 bid.
37:33At £42, asking five.
37:35Last chance then we sell away then at £42.
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.
37:48I can't lie.
37:50Yet more glass.
37:51This pair, the cheapest of them all.
37:53Is he?
37:54Well, I paid £3.
37:56Okay.
37:57Three?
37:57Hang on.
37:58£3?
37:59Yeah.
37:59Start me at £30 for the pair.
38:01That'd be amazing.
38:03£20.
38:04Ten bid.
38:05Yes!
38:06Ten bid.
38:07At £10 a bid.
38:08Now take £12.
38:09Buy those fish over there for £10 if you wish.
38:11At £10.
38:12Only bid.
38:12Any further interest than at £10?
38:14Oh look, I've got real fish.
38:15Oh.
38:15All done at ten.
38:17Aren't they sweet?
38:18Yeah.
38:19They are also fully intact.
38:22They'll never make antique though.
38:24He worked so hard for me.
38:25I'm happy.
38:26I can't answer more.
38:26He really tried.
38:28Mark's turn now.
38:29His mid-century Italian wear.
38:31It's a good name.
38:33But is it ready for auction?
38:36Oh.
38:37Oh.
38:37Oh.
38:39£15.
38:41Come on.
38:42£10.
38:43Did you hear five?
38:45No, I'm joking.
38:45Stop.
38:46That was a bid.
38:47That was a bid.
38:48I'm joking.
38:49£8 online.
38:50What?
38:51Yay.
38:52Tenner.
38:53We've got £10 now.
38:54It's moving.
38:55£12, thank you.
38:56£15 I'm asking now.
38:57We're creeping up at £15.
39:00At £15.
39:00Gosh, these buyers online and I don't blame them.
39:04They're really wanting things as cheap as possible, aren't they?
39:06£15.
39:07That is an antique of the future, I tell you.
39:10But for now, it ranks just above goldfish.
39:13Buy it all up, store it at home and sell it at ten years' time.
39:16Absolutely.
39:17More on the food and drink theme.
39:19Izzy's silver tea caddy.
39:22So it should do very well.
39:24I really, really hope so.
39:25I will be devastated if it doesn't.
39:27We've got a bid at £60, I'll take five.
39:30Have a break, everyone.
39:31Have a cup of tea.
39:32Anybody in the room?
39:33It's a lovely piece.
39:35£65.
39:35Any further then, we're 70.
39:38Oh, just in time.
39:4070.
39:40Come on, I sell this time, reluctantly, at your £70.
39:4675.
39:48That last-minute bid is good.
39:50I like these.
39:51Would you like 80?
39:52The answer's always yes.
39:54£75.
39:55Are you done?
39:56Fair warning then, last chance forever.
39:59You still did okay with it?
40:00I still did okay.
40:02Sure did.
40:02Almost doubled her money.
40:04Really pretty thing.
40:06Now, can Mark's spoon two outdo spoon one?
40:10I have high hopes for this one.
40:13It should at least double its money.
40:15Oh, fully.
40:16£40.
40:17Oh.
40:17£40 bid.
40:18£42.
40:19£48.
40:20Asking 50.
40:21Come on, where's 50?
40:22£50 room.
40:23Five online.
40:25£60 room.
40:25Take five.
40:2665 online.
40:27Go on, try one more.
40:29£70 online.
40:30Yay.
40:30That's £75 asking 80 now.
40:33It's all about the patterns.
40:35This is what it should be making.
40:37Any further then, at £75 I call fair warning then.
40:39All done.
40:41That's much, much better.
40:43Yes.
40:44And a very shrewd decision to split them up.
40:46Well done.
40:47That was worth buying.
40:49Last lot for Izzy now.
40:51Her cherry Bakelite beads.
40:53I have a feeling you're going to do all right.
40:56I hope so.
40:57I mean, it depends what I've paid for them, of course.
40:59How much?
40:59How much?
41:00£25.
41:02I had a bid on the book of £35.
41:05Oh.
41:05Which I've surpassed by going to £170.
41:08Ooh.
41:09There you go.
41:11£170 bid.
41:11£170.
41:12That's amazing.
41:13We should go in at £190 bid.
41:14At £200.
41:15£220 bid.
41:16This is fantastic.
41:17At £220 bid now.
41:18At £220.
41:19£260 bid.
41:20Now that we're at £260, I feel nervous.
41:23At £260.
41:23Any of ours 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.
41:40Can't quite believe that.
41:41So, it's all down to Mark now.
41:43Could this masonic spa glass restore his fortunes?
41:47Shall we, like, do I see your handshake?
41:49What's ours going to be?
41:50I don't know.
41:50That.
41:51That.
41:52That.
41:54To success.
41:56I've only got £90 as a start bid.
41:59£90 bid.
42:00That's £90.
42:00Straight in.
42:02I'll take five at £90.
42:03Any further than in and out then at £90.
42:08Well done.
42:10That's good news.
42:11That is super good news.
42:11That is super good 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.
42:23Mark started out with £200 and after auction costs ended up with a profit of £35.37.
42:31So, not too shabby.
42:34But Izzy took her initial £200 and also after auction costs made a whopping great profit of £187.80.
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.
42:55Must get me some cherry-baked light necklaces.
42:57I can help you.
42:59Next time, coastal capers continue.
43:03Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside.
43:06One.
43:07Two.
43:08And shop shenanigans.
43:10Three.
43:10As the race rolls on.
43:12This always reminds me of sweeties.
43:14Along with their taste for curios.
43:16It's quite warmed my heart.
43:17On their penultimate adventure.
43:19.
43:20.
43:20.
43:20.6.
43:21. .
43:29.
43:29.
43:29.
43:30.
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