New BBC Antiques Road Trip Record Profit By Paul Laidlaw

[@stumpy2000]

That scream you can still hear 3 years later is whoever sold it for £60…

[@smoll.miniatures]

The scream that’s only surpassed by the guy that threw away his hardrive with a half billion in bitcoin on it. 🤦‍♂️

[@rhyslewis4399]

Crying herself to sleep every night 🌙 😪

[@decodolly1535]

@@rhyslewis4399 Himself - Paul bought the camera from a man.

[@bokhans]

They actually talked to the sell and he was ok with his sell. He was an antique dealer…

[@Ach3y]

@@bokhans not a great advertisement for himself as a dealer if he let a 20 grand antique go for 60 pound!! 🤣

[@Monkey_Joe_Tokyo]

Some folk have footballers as their heroes, not me, Laidlaw is an absolute star. Well done mate.

[@Fitgirlkate]

A once in a lifetime find And the fact it went to charity, even better❤️❤️❤️

[@thebadguy4206]

Too bad charities are a scam for the most part

[@teclo1057]

HOPE IT WAS A SMALL LOCAL CHARITY, OTHERWISE THE MAJORITY OF THAT MONEY WILL BE LINING THE BOSSES POCKETS, WITH A SMALL PERCENTAGE GOING TO THE ACTUAL GOOD CAUSE. SHAME MORE PEOPLE DONT REALISE THAT FACT

[@brianharbut4054]

Paul is my favourite on the show, always a mine of information & a real funny guy 🌟

[@chriscooper4483]

Love the guy holding it , absolutely petrified of dropping, shaking like leaf 🤪

[@thatsmrtwattoyou]

As my grandad used to say..... "Shaking like a shitting dog"

[@ecosse1314]

100%

[@adamwilson7232]

🤣

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

@@thatsmrtwattoyouonly some dogs are shaky shitters. 😂

[@KenDay]

More likely to be early Parkinsons disease. 😔

[@dellzincht]

For anyone worrying about the person who he bought the camera from, the BBC often offer the sellers compensation if the item sells for a ridiculous amount. The profits on ART go to charity however, I believe the seller refused to accept any such compensation.

[@pirikaty]

I was wondering that; 10% compensation would have been fair, but respect to the original seller if they did refuse ...

[@king-white-cloud2518]

Del boys just fainted.

[@MA-ye1cg]

and Rodney's looking around wondering where his bruv' s gone 😂

[@chrisolagrim3597]

Trigger lost his dolphin.

[@nig3ldoug1as63]

Boycie found his hamster

[@imajinallthepurple]

My favorite episode ever! ❤️❤️❤️ (And I just love that it happened to Paul of all people - just love the guy!)

[@kayleighsmith9627]

Paul Laidlaw is the winner and the road trip record was my favorite episode.

[@stevendouglas3860]

Paul has the best knowledge . I like his his easy going Scottish personality.

[@stevendouglas3860]

@PetesUTubeSpace yeah

[@MA-ye1cg]

agree, the man's got the best sniffing-about and he's down to earth (or clay 😏)

[@eddie12454]

My favourite dealer. He knows his stuff and he's a great character.

[@stevendouglas3860]

@@eddie12454hope they make knew episode , his knowledge is Incredible.

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

The guy holding it for display, his hands started shaking more and more as the price went up. It was a bit like Del boys watch.

[@vilamor007]

U could not write this: absolutely brilliant and goes to charity, Take a bow Paul.

[@60march]

Paul is a legend and the whole lot goes to charity. Great stuff.

[@MrDaiseymay]

well, he is now

[@alexhamilton4084]

Trouble with that is £18000 will go on administration of the charity. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@mizofan]

@@alexhamilton4084 and the rest will simply save the govenment and their rich buddies money- they love charity instead of fair taxation, whihc is why charities are so heavily promoted and advertised nowadays

[@christinekirk1642]

Alex Hamilto

[@mikewatte4478]

Yep it adds 18 k to a directors salary

[@BeasleyStreet]

An absolute pleasure to watch,good to know the seller was happy about it....

[@ianbennett1491]

Of the experts Paul is by far the best.He really knows his stuff.

[@AntiquesUK]

Well done Paul....also the sometimes forgotten underbidders who battled it up to 20k...without them it don’t make the top end. 💰 🏆

[@jonfoxx9745]

Saw this when on tv...if I could go on bargain hunt, id want laidlaw as my expert and anita manning to be holding the auction, always good results

[@alansbinnie1446]

Couldn't agree more,

[@MrKapeji]

Yeah that's been my dream team for ages! No one gets people to bid like Anita.

[@herculean49]

Yeah whenever Anita was holding the auction she always started the bidding off at a huge price! Swear they always made money when she was on!

[@donfriend1035]

Absolutely. Spot on.

[@ammackay5041]

Canny Scots, mate 😉 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@madjazzmike]

Hello 👋 Paul should feel so proud to find this item ** he very often go’s for the unusual ! Cheers to him ✅

[@ianjeremy4471]

The dealer who sold it for £60 , Thought he did well 🙈🙈

[@Fitgirlkate]

He actually said it was for a good cause so he was happy. Well Thats what he said😂

[@mizofan]

@@Fitgirlkate i doubt he would have given that much to charity

[@jamesluby6705]

Yeah, that Paul Laidlaw, thinks he's so clever, I got 60 quid for that piece of crap... 🤪

[@binkyboobosh1]

During the bidding, Kate had a little spasm of emotion and shock which shows how important and unexpected this was. I remember something similar happening at a general sale auction when a diver's Rolex made £65000. The auctioneer become overcome at £30k and had to let someone else take over. Paul is exceptional and if anyone was going to pull in a profit like this, it was going to be him. All that money to 'Children in Need' What a great day it was...

[@chiefrocka8604]

Were the children from Africa Islamabad or rochdale ?

[@binkyboobosh1]

@@chiefrocka8604 All of them...

[@csb7376]

​@@chiefrocka8604Rochdale, as Children in Need is a British charity.

[@eileenpritchard9154]

​@@chiefrocka8604 Londonstan.

[@geoff1201]

That's a new name for it 😂.

[@johnwright9562]

Seen this a couple of times and it's just hot me I wonder what the person who sold it to him for £60 thought if they watched it go for £20,000 they most have been sick

[@Kanuck1818]

Or in cardiac arrest..

[@scottmargerison]

Laidlaw is the best antiques expert on TV by far

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

I agree, some that are on bargain hunt now are truly awful, worst is Roo Irvine closely followed by someone called Pratt lol.

[@Random-xw1fg]

​@Elenthearlofmars nooo, I like Roo

[@Charlieb82]

Ah man, why did the video cut-off before showing who won the episode.... now I'll never know 😱😭

[@johntulloch6424]

It’s not a one off episode as such. Both experts travel round an area of the country for a week, buying goods then selling them at auction. There are 5 shows, and the winner is whoever makes the greater profit at the end of the week.

[@Charlieb82]

@@johntulloch6424 yeah I know, I was being facetious - it was pretty obvious who would have won 😂 (although you wouldn't know that I'm from the UK and have seen the programme many times, so it at least explains it for others who don't know 👍🏻)

[@johntulloch6424]

@M C don’t understand your comment.

[@Aceman32YT]

@@johntulloch6424 he was sarcastic

[@MrLadeside]

Superb Paul.....well done !!

[@GTA40120]

The poor guy holding it, seems to be shaking badly

[@louismoran]

Alba Gu Bràth they film the porters holding the items before the auction

[@decodolly1535]

If you see the whole programme the porter was shaking like that with every item.

[@stulofty2008]

I think once it got to 10gs I'd have put it on the table

[@CFCVOLUNTEERUA]

Like a shitting dog

[@pmdk1953]

I was quite worried about that, too!

[@macstar2010]

got a tear in my eye when i watched this

[@boleslawlukaszczyk7619]

I can watch this time n time again

[@eddie12454]

Paul is my favourite dealer. Amazing knowledge. Likeable personality. Very entertaining. Sorry Tim.

[@underwaterbubbles]

£20,000 and the guy displaying it had shaking hands throughout.

[@dontaskme7004]

For antique lovers it's like an extreme sport to get the guy with parkinsons to display the item.

[@electronurd3234]

It's good to see that Gerry Adams has turned over a new leaf. From Ambush to Antiques who'd have known.

[@LeylaKazim]

that was totally mega, well done 💕

[@tylerdurden4730]

The auctioneer must have been terrified that he got shakey hands to hold it 😂

[@dancarm5428]

People talk about the dealer that sold it to Paul for £60... What about whoever sold it to that dealer? Glad it was Paul that got it, though.

[@danielmorley4667]

The guy holding it has the shakes he’s so excited.

[@paulfuray8557]

I’d be worried if he dropped it once the gavel went down. Guys hands were shaking from the start.

[@rickewilde]

£20,000 of antique in safe hands by the look of it.

[@roccomcg6910]

The Messi of the auction world ....A wonderful man who knows his trade inside out .

[@agt155]

Not as good as when those two brothers found a pocket watch in their garage and it fetched £7m @ auction.

[@SteveT--UK]

But didn't they have the pocket watch in the lock up the whole time .... .. gotta love only fools . 🙏🏻🫂😁👍🏻

[@khuramimtiaz4460]

Ah buddy, it made me wanna watch the show again! Classic

[@padstowphantom]

Love watching Paul Laidlaw on these shows. But I love love love Miss Bliss

[@airzulu2733]

Laidlaw is the Denis Law of antiques . Brilliant at his job .

[@gordonwilliams5394]

What a fantastic result, well spotted by Paul. And for charity.

[@grenvillegibbins3402]

BBC checked with the former owner who said he was pleased for Paul and the charity.

[@grenvillegibbins3402]

I think it was children in need

[@petert3355]

I thought they offered to split the result 50 50 with the original owner but when he found out that the BBC share was going to charity he said to give the whole lot. Don't know where I heard that, and I could be wrong.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@petert3355 down the pub

[@MrDaiseymay]

then shot himself

[@FishpondsLady]

As I remember there was a vignette with the vendor (an old guy with a beard) who said he was very pleased! Like Only Fools and Horses in real life!

[@airzulu2733]

Laidlaw in my view is the Denis Law of Scottish antiques. The best .

[@MrDaiseymay]

With runaway bidding like this, whether at this level, or world famous international Auction Houses. A kind of hysteria grips the bidder's, and they cannot stop , its a kind of madness.

[@tellyfanatic]

The man with the Midas touch.

[@darrenwilliams118]

You never see Paul Laidlaw on Antiques Road Trip or Bargain Hunt anymore which is a great shame as he was very knowledgeable and a great character.

[@jameswillan6635]

I only see him (in person) 2 or 3 times a year now when I've bought something from his auctions. I've known him since before he was on TV.

[@EAB1981]

I never thought Anita Manning's record would be broken! Well done him!

[@stephenwedderburn9307]

60 quid paid and 20 grand goin to charity! Not bad for a days work! It must have been extremely rare, but what a find! Brilliant

[@jgmediting7770]

Wonder how the person who sold it for £60 reacted when he saw this.

[@andreafry3428]

I remember watching that ! Amazing ! It was a very rare thing .

[@TajBop-oc7gb]

Paul is so knowledgeable and yet still quite humble . Ace guy

[@spotthecat2412]

I was waiting for the shaky porter to drop it, break the bottles and the auctioneer to say ......oh ! Has anybody got a tenner ?

[@pagg1111]

That would have been amazing

[@DavidHarperAntiques]

Seriously good that was!

[@oz1902]

I’m just off to retrieve my old Kodak box brownie from the loft. Las Vegas here I come.

[@rockartistet]

$10. Does not compare to the one sold

[@BigAli81]

Wow that’s proper money, he knew what it was straight away, that’s an immense spot!!!

[@cannyexplorer5357]

That’s a once in a lifetime experience.

[@Steviej148]

The dealer who sold it him for £60 must feel like topping himself . God forbid. Paul Laidlaw has forgot more about antiques than most of them will remember. Only James Lewis is up there with him.

[@sallymorgan5357]

Paul is my favourite, wonder how the seller is feeling??

[@shauntbarry]

He was the one holding it! :D

[@michaelsummers6014]

Imagine what the guy who sold it for 60 quid feels like 🤮

[@rato7718]

he said good luck and was offered haft of the profit but said no it was for charity.

[@martyne3325]

His 'Flabber' has never been so 'Gasted' :)

[@davidedwards3361]

So, a Frankie Howard fan!!

[@wandak3025]

Love this show.

[@williamhunter5830]

One word, “Awesome”.

[@tomgayle2849]

This smashed Anitas Manning's Budda .Paul is a legend .love the show.

[@willykutz67andrews34]

Laidlaw is the best expert

[@FishpondsLady]

And so modest too.

[@FishpondsLady]

I also love James Lewis!

[@FishpondsLady]

I was trying to think, if I ever got on Bargain Hunt, which expert I would choose, but I love all of them. I adore social history and it's all so interesting, but I'd go for either Paul or Charles Hanson. Or Phil, or Anita, or Kate, or David - such lovely people I can't choose! (But it might be Paul, I can't resist a Scot)

[@willykutz67andrews34]

@@FishpondsLady eye anita 👍

[@peterlewis3540]

Now that's going to be a record, thats hard to equal, let alone beat.

[@weezercollector]

Road Trip always shows that the experts DO know their stuff, as opposed to Bargain Hunt where they're not bothered what they pick up, as the profits don't go to charity as it does here.

[@Johnaubreyduncan]

Not true. How often do they make a loss on road trip. Most of the time.

[@GokulOnFire]

Do you donate all your earnings to charity?

[@scentdesigner1]

Paul, you knows what your doing

[@boleslawlukaszczyk7619]

Amazing few minutes of TV

[@baljitsidhu8912]

Cannot believe this,WOW.👍👍👍

[@johnbanks4761]

wow...finding that and getting the bargain of 60 quid..and seeing and hearing it go up and up...wow. I am going to small antique shops after this

[@Average_Joel_Runs]

The man is an antiques genius.

[@Parsley1968]

I love Paul Laidlaw. He’s such a dude!!!

[@stephenhaywood5672]

Respectdue Mr Laidlaw you are the man

[@emulus4000]

You remember the scene in the Simpsons when they tried to sell his glasses? That's what I was thinking about when I saw the guy's hands shaking while holding it

[@philiprice7875]

was a comedy sketch selling a stamp a rare 2c red misprint sells for £75000. item 2 a full sheet less one red 2c, can i start bidding at £0.50p

[@jaymcd8577]

Laidlaw the real life Lovejoy, a born divvy

[@mattwebb6056]

Can you imagine how the person feels now who sold it to them!

[@christopherdean1326]

Lovely genuine reaction from Kate when the hammer went down.

[@bottlecap57]

Wonder if this happened on the final day of the contest. If not, Laidlaw would have been using the 20 grand to buy more items.

[@scottk1987]

It was the second last day

[@ellso1922]

The sad thing is that I watch this avidly as a teenager

[@dez7250]

Don't worry...one of the best things on TV 👍

[@jamiec3719]

As a teenager you're in a great position. Get some books from the library and read up on antiques. Buy and sell a few things in your spare time and feel your way in the trade. There's nothing stopping you!!

[@kevinshanahan6064]

The aboriginal shield that had an estimate of £200/£500 that sold for £30,000 was the all time best.

[@mikewilliams4499]

The person who sold that camera for £60 must be sick as the proverbial parrot.

[@alexmarshall4331]

see the poor guy holding the camera...shaking like a leaf!

[@simonbaxter8001]

Hope they went back to the person they bought from for £60 and at least gave them another tenner! 😉😂

[@MrDaiseymay]

remember though he's Scot

[@allenwood1446]

Simon Baxter nice one

[@liverpool2sex]

All the profits made from the auction go to Children In Need plus it's not as if the bought it from a private seller it was bought from a business seller so he would have made a profit when he sold it to Paul anyway. I would imagine if the monies wasn't going to charity OR had been bought from a private seller they would have split the profits. I know on another show (not the Road Trip) where an item was auctioned off after they bought an item from a private seller and I think they got about £10k or more for the item the program contacted the private seller and gave them majority of the profits as they said on the program that it would not have been ethically correct to not have given them the majority of the profit as they had actually undervalued the item and did not realise how rare and valuable it was. I think the program was the Dickinsons Real Deal a few years ago?

[@GorgorothBergen-ns7il]

@@MrDaiseymay Definitely right 😄👍.

[@jameseadie7145]

Philip Croft what does that mean?

[@andyachilleos5013silvereagle]

Paul is thinking why don’t I buy something else and then go back in the shop and buy it for myself😂

[@TheBorderRyker]

Speechless

[@royksk]

Bugger, I missed that episode 😳

[@vantheman12welshman66]

Paul’s thinking why didn’t I keep this for myself!

[@graemeappleby2352]

I remember watching this on TV, unreal...

[@hikingwiththeshackletons]

I remember watching this, the shop he bought it from must have cried for days after this 😂😂

[@andygrimshaw7464]

I'm genuinely sure I heard the programme went back to the shop owner and told them it had made a lot of money and were happy to re-imburse him some of it and to the eternal credit of the owner he basically said no "I'm in the game" he had missed its value and that's how it goes.

[@priestland1]

Auction house did very well. seller’s commission at usually 20% and buyers premium also probably 20%. That’s £8000 they pocketed for this one lot.

[@marcelboogaard5449]

The higher the price went up the more the porter was shaking. Thought he was going to drop it 😂

[@1wongatonga]

I will keep my eyes peeled when I am on Bargain hunt in July....

[@stevenmichaellewis5720]

no wonder the guy holding it is shaking just in case he drops it ;-)

[@neilbowers6956]

Paul Laidlaw could pull a rabbit out of a hat when it came to getting a profit on this show. You could hear others groan when they were partnered with him.

[@StuFlyboyReay]

That Paul knows his stuff 👍🏻

[@horseandcart5978]

At that sort of value, you would think they would get someone with steady hands to hold it. Not someone with shaky hands.

[@robmaddison8645]

she reminds me a bit of Frank Langella in Masters Of The Universe

[@patmccaffery1543]

Bloody hell....whoever sold that for £60 must be on their way to Beachy Head.

[@John-ro1iv]

Sooo... did Gerry Adams get to keep a few quid for himself? Or did he deny that he had any hand, act or part in the making of this show?

[@barrysolly2637]

Paul found this in an store half a mile from where I live.

[@jgmediting7770]

So near....

[@TheWelwyn21]

Why was it so. Valuable

[@cyclingnut2122]

Bet the guy who sold it to Paul for £60 is pissed aff

[@stephenwedderburn9307]

Yeah, can you imagine him/her watching on t.v. and nearly chokin on his [insert whatever] when it got to a grand and lying on the floor crying their eyes out when it got to 20!

[@apmm4209]

Can anybody explain , why a £60 camera sold at auction for £20,000 ? I mean, that's an extreme jump in price !

[@chobson8602]

rare 19th-century find is a sub-miniature 37x37mm wet plate fixed-focus microscope camera. The lacquered brass camera came in its original mahogany case, with reagent bottles and accessories. Its brass inset plaque reads CHAMBRE AUTOMATIQUE DE BERTSCH BTE S.G.S. NO. 229.