NARRATOR: It's the nation's favorite antiques experts.

With 200 pounds each.

I want something shiny.

NARRATOR: A classic car.

And a goal to scour Britain for antiques.

I like a rummage.

I can't resist.

NARRATOR: The aim?

To make the biggest profit at auction.

But it's no mean feat.

Why do I always do this to myself?

NARRATOR: There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.

Come on, stick them up?

NARRATOR: So will it be the high road to glory?

Onwards and upwards.

NARRATOR: Or the slow road to disaster?

Take me home.

NARRATOR: This is "Antiques Road Trip."

Yeah.

Excitement reigns once more with the return of dealer Mark Stacey an auctioneer Christina Trevanion and the third installment of their road tripping spectacular.

Oh, spooky this morning, though.

It's quite scary, this mist.

It's quite eerie, isn't it?

It is very eerie.

Let me see your teeth.

What?

- Let me see your teeth.

- Why?

Oh, that's all right.

Your fangs aren't out yet.

No, not yet.

If I start going for your neck.

Keep away from my neck.

NARRATOR: Blimey.

Don't worry, dear viewers.

Christine is not a vampire.

The hills are alive-- NARRATOR: --not with that angelic voice.

With the sound of music.

Well, I'm afraid it would be a no from me.

What?

What?

Err.

You're out.

Next.

So it will be fab-u-lous.

No, darling, it would definitely be, that was ghastly.

Oh, come on.

NARRATOR: It would be a 10 from me.

Come on, Mark.

You've got to-- you've got to win an auction now.

I'm relying on you.

Christina, don't worry about me.

I like being the underdog.

NARRATOR: Really?

From his original 200 pounds, Mark has 273 pounds and 90 pence.

Christina also began with 200 pounds, but she's sneaking into the lead with a sum of 330 pounds and 90 pence.

It's a close one.

And this 1977 Alfa Romeo Spider is the lovely little motor of choice.

Well, at least you're concentrating on driving so well.

Well, it's these hills again, isn't it?

She really doesn't like hills.

NARRATOR: This does not bode well.

Christina and Mark began in West Sussex, jolling their way north as far as Merseyside, and have auctions in Cheshire, Gloucestershire, and Manchester to look forward to.

They will conclude their adventure in Bolton in Greater Manchester.

This leg begins in the Staffordshire town of Leek, and the auction will take place in the town of Wotton-under-Edge in Gloucestershire.

Lovely.

Oh, here we are.

Odeon Antiques.

Oh, I'll drop you around the corner here.

Can you?

Oh, that looks wonderful.

NARRATOR: Now there's a woman on a mission if ever I saw one.

Oh, hello.

Hello.

NARRATOR: This fine establishment is owned by Steve, with four floors jam-packed with fine antiques.

This should be a good start for Christina.

There's plenty to look at.

Oh, Christina.

Loving the Gregory Pecks.

Right.

NARRATOR: Are they new?

I love it when you walk into somewhere and people have thought of things that you don't necessarily think of before.

Like, for example, they've turned meters, volt meters, whatever they are, into lamps.

Love this shop.

Oh, dear.

That means I'm in danger of spending far too much money.

NARRATOR: Never worried you before, love.

Oh, what's this?

Looks interesting.

I love this.

Oh.

A little model of Doncaster railway station.

What does that say?

Waiting room.

So all hand-painted.

Dining room.

Booking office.

This has probably been from somebody's little model railway that they've built at home.

It would have been part of a much larger whole massive track railway configuration.

And obviously we've only got the station there, but I love the fact that it's been hand-painted.

Somebody has lovingly made this for their own little railway set.

That's quite cool.

The one thing that's not cool is that there's no price.

It's a bit worrying.

I'll have to go and get Steve.

OK. NARRATOR: But before that, anything else catch your fancy?

1950, 1960?

Now, we are finding that at the moment, these at auction are selling really well.

These are-- or this is what we call a valet, and they were used in a gentleman's bedroom to put his jacket on and his various bits and bobs, with his trousers over there.

The last one I sold for 45 pounds.

That's marked up at 36 pounds, so that potentially could be a good buy.

NARRATOR: While Christina has a ponder, let's catch up with Mark.

I'm stuck because the moo cows are coming.

I just have to sit and wait.

Morning.

NARRATOR: Morning.

Hello.

Oh.

I'm not that frightening.

Oh, I frightened her.

NARRATOR: I don't blame her, you old bull.

Mooving on to pastures new, Mark's traveled northwest into Cheshire and the environs of Congleton.

Victoria Mill Antiques is located in one of the town's old mills and is home to a number of dealers.

So, Mark, can you find the antique that'll give you a Christina-crashing profit?

Oh, hello.

Hello.

Who's this?

Tinkerbell.

Tinkerbell.

Are you a Tinkerbell?

Are you?

Yes.

Look at her.

She's such an attention seeker, aren't you?

NARRATOR: Takes one to know one.

Oh, don't go.

NARRATOR: Oh, she is lovely.

What's he sniffed out now?

I quite like portrait miniatures.

These were commissioned by the fairly rich and affluent by specialist portrait miniaturists.

And they create these wonderful little works of art, and often you find whole families of them.

A husband and wife, and sometimes there's generations of them.

Those are quite rare to find a series of them.

NARRATOR: And it's marked up at 18 pounds.

Where's dealer Julia to chat cash?

Julia.

JULIA: Yes.

Hello.

JULIA: Hi.

Now, I found something very little, I'm afraid, but isn't she pretty?

Very pretty.

And it is a watercolor, and it's an envelope so I'm not convinced it's Georgian myself, to be honest with you, but I think it would look nice in a general sale.

Very decorative.

But do you think I can get a good price on that?

As it's you, 10 pounds.

Julia, I must have it.

Now, will you keep it for me?

Yes.

And I'll keep looking.

- Absolutely.

- Thank you, Julia.

Not a problem.

NARRATOR: First purchase of this leg.

Well done, Mark.

Back to Christina, and she's still in Leek.

Er, and she's in a rather grisly corner of the shop.

Ear, ear.

Oh my goodness.

Wow.

It's all quite macabre, but I quite like it.

Oh, that's cool.

Look at that.

Vintage oversized dental human jaw model.

The jaw will further dissect to reveal the roots and nerves of the teeth.

Ooh.

I feel like I need to get plastic gloves on or something.

NARRATOR: Latex if you're not allergic.

I mean, I hate the dentist at the best of times, but I find that really quite gruesomely fascinating, and it's really very trendy at the moment.

And also, you have to think, a dentist might want this as a bit of a desk toy, maybe.

I'm not sure, but look at this.

And look, can you take that one out or are they glued in?

That's amazing.

Look, it shows you all the bits and the veins.

Oh, I love this.

NARRATOR: Might seem a bit gruesome, but vintage medical items are carving a real niche in the antiques market.

Time to have a jaw with dealer Steve.

This anatomical overbite sports a price tag of 95 pounds.

So 85 on that.

But I will have to just go and check.

She may knock a little bit more off, hopefully, so.

Splendid.

OK. OK. Well, let's, let's see-- let's have a look at the wish list.

NARRATOR: Prepare yourself, Steve.

Right, OK.

So, Steve, the other thing that I saw was this, which isn't really its best side, this side.

No, no, no, no.

But it hasn't got a price on it.

No.

I don't quite know what happened with that one.

It was 95 pounds, that one.

Is this one yours or is this-- This one's mine.

Aha.

We could do that for 60 pounds.

OK. NARRATOR: And Christina's third possible is the valet, marked up at 36 pounds.

Right.

OK, 20 on that one?

Yep.

NARRATOR: That was easy.

Now, all that's left to do is make a quick call to the vendor of the model jaw.

I've said that she can have it for 85.

Is that the best you could do?

Right.

OK, that's great.

Thanks very much.

Thank you.

Bye bye.

Bye bye.

65.

Really?

Yeah.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Is that OK?

What was her name?

Jan. Jan.

I think I love Jan. Do you know, seriously, I'm not going to haggle on that.

- She's very nice.

- 65.

Absolutely.

Yes, that's it.

Right.

Oh, no, hang on a second, no, take that back, because we've got-- - All right.

We've got exciting things, haven't we?

We've got the jawbone at 65, the valet at 20, so 85.

I just think that railway station is charming.

Right.

What can you do that for me?

And don't make me haggle.

Don't make me do it.

50 pounds would be the absolute best on that one.

OK.

So where did we get to?

85.

Yep.

So that would be 135.

Yeah.

Would you do 120 all in and a 1/2 pound.

- Yeah, that's fine.

- 120?

I think that's fine.

Yeah.

You're a gentleman.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: That breaks down to 65 for the anatomical oversized jawbone, 24 the gentleman's valet, and 35 for the model railway station.

What a great haul, eh?

Back to Mark, and he's still in Congleton, and he's still on the prowl, looking like a lumberjack.

Oh, now this does look interesting.

No, I love these little table spirit barrels.

They come in all shapes and sizes, and they're made from all sorts of material.

This is obviously modeled as a coopered beer barrel, really.

And it's made of light oak, but I do like this silver plating, particularly on the feet, because it looks quite proud and expensive and pleased to have been made.

Unfortunately the stopper is missing, but I don't think that's the end of the world.

The price is marked up at 47.

Now, Julia, was quite nice to me with the miniature.

I wonder if she's going to be as nice to me with this.

NARRATOR: Well, she's very kindly called the vendor for his very, very, very best price.

He's in a very good mood today, so-- and as it's you, 35 would be-- 35.

--his very, very best.

35 would be his very best.

Well, I do like it.

Yes.

I think I'll go for it.

Thank you very much.

NARRATOR: The portrait miniature and the little spirit barrel for a total of 45 pounds.

That's a good start, Mark.

Meanwhile, Christina has happily made her way to the spa town of Buxton in Derbyshire.

It's known as the gateway to the Peak District, don't you know?

What a funny-looking bus.

Christine is visiting this lovely town to shop right here.

Oh, he looks scary.

Hello.

Hi there.

Hi.

Christina.

- Julia.

Julia.

Lovely to meet you, Julia.

You too.

My goodness, this is a treasure trove, isn't it?

Stuffed to the gunnels.

Right, do you mind if I have a quick squiz round?

- No, help yourself.

- Is that all right?

Yes, that's fine.

NARRATOR: After that squiz around, what's Christina uncovered?

Philips' Popular Manikin.

Tell me about this.

Right, this is in remarkable condition.

I've had several of these before, but the, the contents have never been in such good condition.

OK.

So here, this is what's usually in a bit of a state.

Yeah.

But this is in fantastic condition.

Wow.

So for a medical student or something, you know, it's quite something.

Gosh, that's amazing isn't it?

All the ribs open.

Gosh, so you've got the muscular system.

You've got all the nervous system.

Yeah.

And then you've got all the-- God, has he got your intestines?

All the organs.

Oh, I think he might have-- need to have his spleen out.

Do you think?

NARRATOR: In the late 19th century, publishes George Philip and the Son moved from printing maps to producing a series of anatomical foldouts such as this one.

What an intriguing item.

We'll return to Christina later, but now, let's catch up with Mark.

He's motored the Alfa Romeo to the town of Macclesfield.

Mark's visiting a building that was once at the center of the town's booming silk industry.

Two locals who know a lot about the silk history of Macclesfield are museum director Sue Hughes and tour guide Derek Isherwood.

Welcome to Paradise Mill.

Yes, we're going to go in the lift to go and learn all about silk.

Well, that doesn't look like paradise.

It is paradise.

Is it?

Come on then, show me.

NARRATOR: Paradise Mill was built around 1860 and formed a major part of Macclesfield's silk production.

How old is the lift?

1930s.

And you have to operate it by hand?

You do, all the time.

Don't tell me it breaks down.

Never.

I don't believe you.

Oops.

SUE: Oh no.

NARRATOR: Crumbs.

This is a bit of a pickle.

Derek, please tell me you're joking.

I'm afraid it's the first time it's ever happened.

Sue?

No, it's the first time it's ever happened.

I can't believe it.

We're stuck in a lift.

We're stuck in [INAUDIBLE] in Macclesfield.

NARRATOR: Only one thing for it.

Go on then.

SUE: All right, thank you.

[ALARM BLARING] NARRATOR: Crikey.

It's an air raid shelter.

Was that an alarm or an air raid warning?

Air raid.

It's all happening.

NARRATOR: Gosh.

Stuck in a lift with Mark Stacey.

While they wait rescue, let's zip back to Buxton and that anatomical foldout.

I really like that.

Now, tell me, has it got a fantastic price?

Well, in mint condition, I've been told by the book shop at the top of the hill that it's about 120.

Yeah.

But I've actually got 85 on it.

You've got 85 on it?

Yeah.

What's your very best price?

So that I get a teeny weeny smidgen of a profit, 60 pounds.

Steal.

60 pounds.

- Fabulous.

- I'm a happy lady.

Good.

What should we call him?

Anthony.

Anthony.

Nowadays Tony.

- Anthony.

- Anthony.

Anthony Philips.

Anthony Philips.

Yes.

60 pounds.

I'm very happy with that.

I think it's brilliant.

NARRATOR: Well, let's hope Anthony does make you a profit.

60 pounds for the Philips' Popular Manikin.

Interesting buy there, Christina.

Bye bye.

NARRATOR: Right, back to the lift in Macclesfield.

Don't worry, dear viewers.

They eventually managed to escape.

So I'm a hero, really.

You really are.

Flailing again.

NARRATOR: Spirits revived, we can now get down to business.

This Cheshire town was once a powerhouse of silk production, and has long been regarded as the end of the famous Silk Road, the ancient trade route between the Far East and the West.

A once closely guarded secret of the Chinese, the luxurious fabric made its way to these shores around the mid 17th century when this northern town became renowned for exquisite silk buttons.

Silk production boomed with groundbreaking technology in the early 19th century.

Originally, they would have done it all by hand.

But in 1801, a new loom came in called the Jacquard loom, and that made intricate patterns a lot easier and a lot cheaper.

How does that machine work?

So it actually starts off with the pattern.

This is drawn onto squared paper.

That pattern is then transferred onto these cards, which are called Jacquard cards or punch cards.

MARK: So these simple cards create this wonderful design.

They do.

So if there's a hole in the card, it means that the needle can go through.

If there's no hole in the card, it means that the needle can't go through, and that's how you create those fantastic, elaborate patterns.

MARK: Amazing, isn't it?

It is, yeah.

And this is the birth of computers, basically.

This is where it all came from.

NARRATOR: This simple binary system was cutting edge technology in its day.

In 1970 in Macclesfield, there were 70 mills producing silk clothing for royalty and the wealthy.

But during the Second World War, the mills swapped exotic garments for parachute silk.

An important contribution, particularly in something like the D-Day landings.

They were really important, but more important, here we're actually making silk maps for the airmen.

And in Macclesfield, they develop a system where they could print on both sides.

And, of course, it meant that they couldn't get torn or ripped or destroyed, and they could be folded up to tiny little pieces and sewn into their clothing.

MARK: And hidden anywhere.

Yeah, so they could take them with them.

NARRATOR: Now let's see the machines in action.

To produce approximately one inch of that woven silk would be 200 of these treadle movements.

MARK: No.

And a good weaver on a good working week could produce about 12 to 15 yards of silk.

MARK: Good lord.

So would you like to try weaving, Mark?

I'd love to have a go, but I'm going to be very slow doing it.

Don't you worry.

Let me come this side.

You know this is where it goes horribly wrong.

NARRATOR: Don't tempt fate, Mark.

You already did that in the lift earlier on.

Don't press anything.

So I push that back.

Foot.

Press down.

Bring it across.

That's it.

You did it.

I did it.

I think I'm going to quit while I'm ahead.

NARRATOR: Good idea.

I think you would make a weaver after all.

Oh, thank you.

NARRATOR: For four centuries, Macclesfield has been home to silk production, and to this very day still is home to companies continuing to make thousands of kilometers of finished silk fabric every year.

It's been a busy day, and time for a rest, so nighty night.

Morning has broken, and Mark's getting the grand tour of Christina's home turf.

Oh, so my friend the Applebees live here.

So they produce cheese.

That's Hawkston Abbey Farm.

And that is literally just behind Hawkston Hall.

So they're big cheesemakers.

I think one of the last farm producers in the world.

Oi!

- Oh, sorry.

Wake up.

Sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Where you saying something?

Yes, I was.

You are rude.

NARRATOR: He's a cheeky blighter.

Let's refresh our memories with what our two luvvies have bought so far.

Christina has been very busy and has four lots.

The oversized jaw, the gentleman's valet, the model railway station, and, of course, Anthony, or to give him his proper name, Philips' Popular Manikin.

Christina still has 150 pounds a 90 pence for the day ahead.

Mark has two lots, the portrait miniature and the late Victorian spirit barrel.

Mark has 228 pounds and 90 pence, so he's got some catching up to do.

Our pair are headed for Christina's hometown of Whitchurch in Shropshire.

Here we.

Here we are.

I see you've already got your fans out.

Give them a wave, a cheery, cheery wave.

Absolutely.

Oh.

Let's go.

NARRATOR: Whitchurch Antiques Emporium's Simon and Linda are on hand to show our twosome around.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Morning.

- How are you?

How are you?

[INTERPOSING VOICES] I'm good.

I'm dying to get inside, aren't you?

- Go for it.

- Go ahead.

Go for it.

Right.

Now, which way do we go, Christina?

You know it.

- I'm going to go this way.

Oh.

Well, I'll go this way, then, I guess.

I'm with you.

NARRATOR: It's stuffed to the rafters in here, and with over two floors, I'm sure these two can find something.

Oh, he's nice.

My eye is instantly drawn to this-- what's this thing behind here?

There's a beautiful bed, and what's it-- That's a [INAUDIBLE] poster?

What's that?

That says Floating Bridge, Shirley.

Oh, Am I allowed to sit on this?

NARRATOR: No.

You just did.

This is Southampton.

It's believed to have been on a tram.

Royal Pier Holyrood, Basset Junction, Depot Only Special, East Street via-- I used to live in St. Mary's.

Oh, there you go.

Winn Road, Bitterne Park Triangle, University Road.

[INAUDIBLE] because I was at university in Southampton.

Oh, right.

So it would have been on the front of a tram or a bus, wound up in a spool, and as you went to the next junction, you'd-- Yes.

The driver would change it so people would know its destination.

That's brilliant.

That's really cool.

So how much is it also?

Oh, Southampton vintage bus route.

Oh, 125 pounds.

I really like that.

NARRATOR: No hanging around.

Time to get the vendor on the blower.

Hi, Molly?

MOLLY (ON PHONE): Hello, Christina.

Hi, Molly.

How are you?

It's Christina Trevanion here.

Hello, my love.

I'm just looking at your amazing bus route thingumie dingumie.

What sort of price could you do it for, Mol?

MOLLY (ON PHONE): 90 is the best, Christina.

90 is your absolute death on that?

MOLLY (ON PHONE): Absolute.

OK, all right.

Well, 90 pounds, I am happy at 90 pounds, Mol.

I think it's brilliant.

Thanks, Molly.

Take care now.

Bye, love.

Bye.

Well, I think that's fantastic.

I'm absolutely thrilled to bits with that.

I can't believe I found a bit of my university nostalgia in my hometown.

No, there you go.

That's really good luck.

- Brilliant.

Really good luck.

NARRATOR: Will a Southampton bus route sell in a Cotswold auction?

Well, we'll soon find out.

Christina's all done.

How's Mark getting along?

Gosh.

Well, I've never seen one of those before.

Don't worry, I'm not armed and dangerous.

NARRATOR: Not much.

This is apparently a dummy training Home Guard rifle.

75 pounds.

It's got the weight of a rifle, you know.

But it's simply made of a shaped piece of wood and then a solid barrel.

So you can't fire anything through this.

NARRATOR: I gathered that.

I wonder if I could shoot a hole in Christina's profit with this.

Let's find out.

Simon.

Hello.

I have no idea what this is.

According to the description, it's a Home Guard training rifle.

I would imagine that's pretty accurate, because-- Because it's got a good weight.

It's the weight of a rifle, isn't it?

Yeah, because it would have been, like, what'd they have?

Lee Enfield 303s back in the day.

Oh.

But they didn't have enough to give to the Home Guard, and so when they first came out, I don't know if you saw the "Dad's Army" movie.

- I love "Dad's Army."

They started off with the broomstick.

I love "Dad's Army."

And then they moved on to things like this, so you are very Captain Mainwaring.

NARRATOR: Don't tell them your name, Mark.

He's going for a deal.

I would like to pay 60 pounds for it.

60 pounds for it?

Because I think I have no idea whether it's worth 20 or 120, and I think if I can get it for 60-- Yeah.

It gives me-- it stands me in at a chance, I think.

No, she's written on here, "Do not sell to Mark."

- Oh, has she?

- Yeah.

That's Christina's handwriting.

Yeah.

I think it is a one-off, though.

It is a one-off.

Come on, Simon.

Shake hands at 60.

As friends.

Thank you.

Go on then.

And I just happen to have some money there.

60 pounds.

- Let me check this.

And I'll take-- Oh.

Oh.

You're all right.

I'll let you go.

I'll let you go.

- Chat to you again.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: The unusual World War II Home Guard practice rifle for 60 pounds.

Meanwhile, Christina is back in the trusty Alfa Romeo.

I think it's quite a girly car because the pedals are quite close together, so it's quite handy to drive her in heels.

NARRATOR: Quite.

Christina's headed somewhere just outside Nantwich.

Amidst this rural area lies a once top secret bunker, one of 12 in the UK.

Hack Green was built in 1976 to house regional government in the event of nuclear war.

From the rise of the Berlin Wall to Glasnost in the late 1980s, the world seemed on a permanent countdown to Armageddon.

The existence of the covert bunkers would allow Britain to make plans to rebuild the country should such an attack occur.

Christina is meeting with museum director Lucy Siebert to find out just how vital the bunker was to Britain's survival.

Hi.

Welcome to Hack Green's secret bunker.

- Thank you very much.

- Should we take a look?

Yeah, let's.

NARRATOR: An abandoned radar site at Hack Green became the headquarters for the local defense region.

In the event of an attack, the queen and the government would have been dissolved of power, the civil defense network takes up control of the country, and the 12 defense regions that the country's split into would be headed up by regional commissioners, and they would have been in control of their particular region.

Ours is 10-2, which takes a big piece out of Cheshire and Manchester and Merseyside.

We were in charge of making sure that everything happened when it needed to be, because the hardest thing to repair after any disaster, whether it's natural or man made, is the basic infrastructure.

Roads, supplies, water, communications, basic things that people need to continue.

NARRATOR: At a cost of around 32 million pounds, the bunker was transformed into a vast underground complex that would allow 135 civil servants and military personnel to survive a nuclear attack.

In 1984, it became fully operational.

So did this bunker provide communication?

We had communications for all sorts of different things, including talking to the queen herself.

CHRISTINA: Really?

Yes.

I can show you one of such phones.

You had a hotline to the queen?

They were for calling to make sure she could give royal assent to enact the Emergency Powers Act, which puts us on the highest state of alert.

NARRATOR: But just how protected was this bunker from a nuclear attack?

We can actually take basically everything up to a direct hit.

We can take one megaton up to 500 yards away.

So one megaton is the size of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

NARRATOR: While the bunker may have been secure, what measures would have been taken to protect the British public in the event of a nuclear attack?

So there's a lot of machines around me here, Lucy.

Who, who am I?

Who would have sat here?

You're in charge of receiving and giving out the four minute warning, which is how long you've got at home until the bombs actually hit.

OK. [ALARM BLARING] CHRISTINA: Oh.

LUCY: Pick that phone up.

OK. LUCY: Say Attack Warning Red.

Attack Warning Red.

Attack Warning Red.

Now, you are going to set the sirens off for the entire defense region to let the people at home know that there's an imminent attack.

So all of that area 10-2.

Yeah, and then you're going to put this one into attack mode.

Attack.

OK.

So that's, that's telling you that it's about-- it's powering up the system.

OK.

It's sending the message, and pretty soon a siren should go off.

[ALARM BLARING] There you go.

That's what you would hear on the outside.

NARRATOR: Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the real threat of nuclear war began to fade.

Hack Green, though, serves as a reminder of how Britain prepared itself for the worst possible outcome.

Back to Mark now, he's in the town of Market Drayton in North Shropshire.

He's got 168 pounds and 90 pence to spend.

Hello.

I'm Mark - Hi, Mark.

I'm John.

- Nice to see you.

Can I have a look around?

- Please feel free.

- Lovely.

Thank you.

John, I saw a pair of candlesticks in the window.

Can I have a look at them, please?

Yeah, I'll just go and get them for you.

There you go.

Great.

Thank you.

I love this style.

It's that sort of Adams revival, isn't it?

That sort of classical 18th century shape with that sort of spiral fluted urn.

I guess these are sort of 1920s.

I like the shape.

They're very classical.

It's nice to have a pair of them.

And there's no price on those, John.

Are they free?

I am a bit naughty on that.

They're 30 pounds, those.

30 pounds the pair.

For the pair, yes.

Well, those are quite nice, actually.

I like those.

I think I'm going to have those as a consideration, John.

OK. We'll put them to one side.

I'm going to put them down here.

NARRATOR: So we have a possible on the oak candlesticks.

Anything else?

Oh, gosh.

Those are really heavy.

I think they might be lead, actually.

Feels like lead.

How much are these?

Lead doorstops, 15 pounds each.

Well, they're quite quirky.

And dogs are quite popular.

I mean, they're quite crudely made, so I don't know when they were manufactured.

NARRATOR: Time for a chat with John.

I would like to try and buy the pair of candlesticks and the two charming little doggies.

Right.

So you said 30 on those and they're 15 each, so they're 30.

Yes.

MARK: What about 30 pounds?

I'll do them for 40.

40?

For the two.

I think that seems very reasonable, actually.

I think that's very fair of you, John.

Lovely.

NARRATOR: That's our shopping complete for this road trip.

Mark adds a pair of candlesticks and doggie door stops to his haul of goodies, which include the portrait miniature, the spirit barrel, and the Home Guard practice rifle.

In total, Mark has notched up a spend of 145 pounds.

Christina has also bought a total of five lots.

The oversized jaw, the gentleman's valet, the model railway station, Philips' Popular Manikin and the Southampton bus route indicator.

Christina has spent a total of 270 pounds.

Come on, you two, what do you think of each other's extraordinary buys?

I adore your anatomical jaw.

It's wonderful.

The doorstops, they're all right.

But for the price he paid, can't be bad.

Your bus sign from Southampton I think is wonderful, but 90 pounds, Christina?

I think he's done very well, but I think he's also played it very, very safe, because he hasn't spent a lot of money.

NARRATOR: It's auction time, and we're heading our way to the town of Wotton-under-Edge, nestled in the southern Cotswold hills in Gloucestershire.

And look, we've got a new car.

This updated version of the Alfa Romeo Spider replaces a caput original.

It's wonderful, though, isn't it?

It really is.

And you can-- we can move in our seats.

We can move.

And it's leather.

We've got leather upholstery.

Yeah, leather.

Electric windows.

Electric.

Oh, stop it, Christina.

NARRATOR: Certainly looked very luxurious.

They're headed for Wotton Auction Rooms.

Look at this.

Isn't this beautiful?

It's an old chapel.

We could pray for profits.

Well, I think I might have to.

Come on, dear.

Let's get in.

NARRATOR: She's not your granny, Mark.

Philip Taubenheim is the gentleman wielding the gavel today.

What do you think of Christina and Mark's lots, Philip?

Spirit barrel, I thought that was an ideal size for the rostrum, actually.

I don't see why we don't have one there ourselves.

The jaw model, now that's caused a bit of excitement here.

I think somebody will buy that as a bit of fun.

NARRATOR: Today's auction is also live on the web.

Time to take your seats, please.

Oh, gosh.

Here we are, Christina.

- Here we are.

I've got squeaky shoes today.

- Have you?

- Yeah.

- Well it's hot, isn't it?

I brought my own fan.

Oh, did you?

NARRATOR: You've only got the one.

How very diva.

Your little doggy doorstops are up next.

Thank you.

Oh, I know my place.

30 the two.

20 the two.

At 20 pounds I'm bid for the two doorstops.

Oh, 30 online.

At 30 pounds I'm bid.

Is the room coming back now?

At 30 pounds I'm only bid.

At 30 pounds.

Anybody moving them?

At 35 at the back of the room.

35 at the back of the room.

Come on, 40 into that.

At 35.

Back of the room at 35.

Anybody moving them along?

All happy with that?

No mistake, then.

35 pounds takes them away.

A howling success, my love.

A howling success.

Woof, woof, woof.

NARRATOR: He's barking, you know.

Wonderful start there, Mark.

Oh, I'm relieved.

Good.

I'm very nervous now.

NARRATOR: Keep the faith, Christina.

It's your homemade Doncaster railway station next.

At 20 pounds.

We're only bid [INAUDIBLE] 20 pounds I'm bid.

At 20 pounds.

There we go.

At 20 I'm bid.

At 20 pounds I'm bid.

Any advance on that?

CHRISTINA: There it starts.

And there it stops.

No start then.

Haven't left the station yet.

At 25 I'm bid.

At 25 I'm bid.

At 25, 30 I'm bid.

At 30 pounds I'm bid.

At 30 pounds.

Going to you now.

At 30 pounds I'm bid.

At 30 pounds.

35.

40 pounds.

40.

Oh, lord.

40 pounds it remains then.

At 40 pounds I'm bid.

Who moves it along at 40 pounds?

You're all out then?

You're sure?

At 40 pounds this time and at 40 pounds then.

306 is the buyer there.

Thank you, 306.

Well, it wasn't as bad as it could have been.

No, I think it could have-- it could have chugged out a lot slower than that.

NARRATOR: Precisely.

But remember, it's only your first lot.

Don't buy another Doncaster station.

No, I'll remember.

I'll know for next time.

You will.

NARRATOR: Onwards we go.

Mark's spirit barrel is next.

20 pounds, but better than that, isn't it?

At 20 I'm only bid.

At 20 I'm bid.

At 20 pounds.

25 I'm bid.

30 I'm bid.

35 I'm bid.

40 I'm bid.

At 40 pounds I'm bid.

Oh, no, come on.

Keep going, keep going, keep going.

Where's the internet?

At 40 pounds I'm bid.

At 40 pounds I'm bid.

You're out.

You sure?

Happy enough with that at 40 pounds?

No mistake then at 40.

All of that for a fiver.

Oh.

NARRATOR: It's just the way of the auction, Mark.

But don't fret.

We've still got a way to go.

Hey, all hope is not lost.

No.

No, it's not.

Who is Hope anyway?

Where is she?

She might be outside enjoying the sun.

Which is where we should be.

I think she's just left in the car.

NARRATOR: Never mind about hope.

It's Christina's foldout Anthony next.

I called him Tony.

Tony?

After who?

Anatomy.

Anato-- anato-- anato-Tony.

20.

20 with the book.

At 20 pounds I'm bid.

We're away at 20 pounds.

Oh, 20 pounds.

Oh, 25.

At 30 pounds I'm bid.

35 I have.

35.

At 35 I'm bid.

At 35 pounds I'm only bid.

40 I'm bid.

At 40 pounds I'm bid.

On the internet, 40 pounds I'm bid.

You're having another go.

At 40 pounds I'm bid.

Bid lies online at 40 pounds.

Come on.

Because it is great, actually, Christina.

Really?

No, I love it.

No, I do, seriously.

Down the hammer comes.

Oh.

NARRATOR: No indeed.

What a shame.

That's a real bargain for some lucky bidder.

Like a stake through my heart.

If I had heart.

I'm going to borrow his heart.

NARRATOR: Onwards and upwards, eh?

It's Mark's portrait miniature next.

20 pounds I'm bed for it.

And 20 pounds I'm bid.

- 20 pounds.

- Oh, have I got 20?

- You got your money already.

- I have got money.

25 online.

25 I'm bid.

30 in the room.

At 30 pounds I'm bid.

At 30 pounds I'm bid.

At 30 pounds I have.

The room holds it.

Oh, no, where's the internet?

Anybody coming back now?

At 30 I'm bid.

All done.

You quite happy with that?

At 30 pounds, and it's sold at 30 pounds then.

NARRATOR: Even though the portrait looks a bit glum, it's a sizeable profit.

Hey, that's not bound.

20 pounds profit.

It's not bad.

It's not bad.

But I just thought, you know, that that might-- - That it might take off.

- Yeah.

I was thinking it might.

But, look, I must be grateful for a profit.

NARRATOR: That's the spirit.

Now, watch out.

It's the giant sized jawbone next.

30 pounds.

30 pounds online.

Where would you get another?

At 30 pounds I'm only bid.

At 30 pounds.

Where would you get the pair?

30 pounds.

40 pounds I'm bid.

At 40 pounds I'm bid.

Bid's online.

At 40 pounds I'm bid.

At 40 pounds I'd bid.

45 on commission.

It's not the kind of thing that the room would buy, though, is it?

Well, it's 45 on commission.

Anybody wants it now?

It's cheap at that, isn't it?

How can you value it, really?

But at 45 pounds I'm bid.

All done.

You're happy enough with that at 45?

Oh.

Oh, Christina.

45 then.

NARRATOR: Ouch.

That's taken a bite out of Christina's profit.

That was great, you know.

I loved that.

Well, me too.

Sorry.

NARRATOR: Dry your eyes, eh?

Mark's Home Guard practice rifle next.

It's great, because it's the right weight, and I've never seen anything like it.

50 I'll take.

30 pounds I'm bid.

Thank you.

At 30 I'm bid.

Oh, 30.

At 30 pounds here on the commission book.

At 30 I'm bid.

35 on commission.

40 on commission.

45 I'm bid.

50 I'm bid.

- Come on.

- 60.

5.

70.

See, see, see.

It's with you.

75, thank you.

80 I'm bid.

I mean, isn't there a Home Guard museum?

It would be brilliant.

At 80 I'm bid.

At 80 pounds.

Commission bid at 80 pounds.

Oh, [INAUDIBLE].

At 80 pounds.

Anybody moving it along now?

Are you sure?

At 80 pounds it's sold.

At 80.

NARRATOR: Great shop, Mark.

Another profit.

Well done.

Well, do you know, I'm relieved.

I mean, there's not much profit in it, Christina, but it sort of justifies why you bought it if somebody else appreciated it.

Exactly.

NARRATOR: Next up, Christina's Southampton bus route indicator.

It would look great in a hallway, wouldn't it?

- Yeah.

- Just on a wall.

Oh, it would look amazing, yeah.

Particularly if you lived near Bassett Junction.

Exactly.

Or you live, you know, near Special.

Oh, well.

At 50 pounds I'm bid.

Online at 50 I'm bid.

At 50.

And 5 in the room.

At 50 I'm bid.

55 I'm bid.

60 I'm bid.

65 in the room.

At 65 I'm bid.

We've got a long way to go before I start making any profit whatsoever.

- No, come on.

Come on.

- 70 I'm bid.

A 70 pounds commission bid.

At 70 pounds.

75.

- Oh, in the room.

- At 80 I'm bid.

At 80 pounds I'm bid.

Shakes his head.

And 5, 85.

Oh.

85 bids there.

At 85 pounds I'm bid.

90 anywhere?

At 85 pounds and it's sold, buyer 72.

Well.

Could have been a lot worse.

It could have been a lot worse, Christina.

NARRATOR: Yeah, it's not your day to day, Christina.

That's the whole story of my life.

Missed the bus.

NARRATOR: Hi, ho, then.

It was a gamble, but a buy that didn't pay.

Next, Mark's Edwardian candlesticks.

20 for the two.

20 I'm bid.

Thank you, we're away at 20.

- Yeah, rightly so.

- Well, we've got 20.

I've got my money back.

- At 20 pounds I'm bid.

Who wants them now?

At 20 pounds I'm bid.

At 20, 25 I'm bid.

30 I'm bid.

35 I'm bid.

At 35 pounds I'm bid.

At 35 pounds I'm only bid.

Look, 35 pounds.

At 35 pounds I'm bid.

You're out.

You sure?

At 35 pounds and they go.

Well, it's a profit.

NARRATOR: That's a profit on every lot today for Mark.

You're the absolute golden boy today, aren't you?

You like that, Christina.

It's the last lot now, Christina's gentleman's valet.

This could claw you back, you know, because I know they are fashionable now.

20 pounds the lot.

20 pounds.

Come on.

30.

35, 45, 55.

- This is the internet.

- Oh, lordy.

Look.

At 60 pounds I'm bid.

Oh.

Go on, Christina.

At 65.

I can't believe it.

65 pounds I'm bid.

65 pounds.

At 65 pounds I'm bid.

70 I'm bid.

It goes on another 5.

All right, put the gavel down.

At 70 pounds.

Is there any-- and 5 again.

At 75 I'm bid.

At 75 pounds I'm bid.

80 anywhere now?

At 75 pounds we're out.

We're sure?

Hammer's up at 75 pounds.

And it's sold.

Well done, you.

NARRATOR: What a way to end, Christina.

It's the biggest profit of the day.

Well, I'm blowed.

Right, we're going to do some sums.

Oh, do we have to?

I was quite happy till now.

Oh, really?

Should we just go and sit in the sun?

Yeah.

NARRATOR: Yeah.

Let's find out who will clinch victory today.

Christina began with 330 pounds and 90 pence, and after all auction costs, made a small loss of 36 pounds and 30 pence.

This gives Christina 290 pounds and 60 pence to begin the penultimate leg.

Mark began with 273 pounds and 90 pence, and made a profit of 35 pounds and 40 pence, so Mark wins today and now takes the lead with a grand total of 309 pounds and 30 pence.

Christina.

You've got 15 pounds ahead of me, I think.

15 quid.

So its still all to play for, isn't it?

It's all to play for, darling.

Into the next leg.

Off.

All righty.

Are you buckled up?

I am.

And ready to get going again.

Or should I say belt up, Christina?

Well, you do, regularly.

- Ready?

- Yeah, let's go.

We're off.

NARRATOR: Hey, cheerio, road trippers.

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