0:00:01 > 0:00:04The nation's favourite antiques experts,
0:00:04 > 0:00:06one big challenge -
0:00:06 > 0:00:09who will make the most profit buying and selling antiques
0:00:09 > 0:00:11as they drive around the jolly old UK?
0:00:11 > 0:00:14- Six pounds.- Five pounds.- Done!
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Is that your very best you can do?
0:00:15 > 0:00:18At the end of their trip they should have made some big money.
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Yes!
0:00:19 > 0:00:21But it's not as easy as it sounds.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25And only one will be crowned champion
0:00:25 > 0:00:27at the final auction in London.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38Kicking off the competition
0:00:38 > 0:00:42are antiques experts David Barby and Anita Manning and lucky them!
0:00:42 > 0:00:46They're driving the back roads in a 50-year-old Austin Healey.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50David's a freelance auctioneer and valuer
0:00:50 > 0:00:52and has specialist knowledge of porcelain.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54You can tell by the weight,
0:00:54 > 0:00:58the glaze and the finish on the bottom,
0:00:58 > 0:01:01that this is a copy.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Competing against him is Anita Manning.
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Anita was Scotland's first ever female auctioneer and has run
0:01:07 > 0:01:11one of the country's most successful auction houses for over 20 years.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15I like these a lot but there's damage
0:01:15 > 0:01:19and keep away from anything with damage.
0:01:19 > 0:01:20Och aye!
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Each expert has a budget of £200 to buy some killer antiques
0:01:23 > 0:01:26to sell at auction at the end of each leg.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Whatever money they have after each leg
0:01:29 > 0:01:31will be their budget for the next leg and so on
0:01:31 > 0:01:34until they reach the end of their road trip.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37By then they should have a lot more than £200,
0:01:37 > 0:01:40but buying and selling antiques is a fickle old business.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45I can carve your cows or sell your furniture, whichever suits you!
0:01:48 > 0:01:52This week, Anita and David's road trip will take them
0:01:52 > 0:01:53from the north-east of Scotland
0:01:53 > 0:01:55to Leyburn in North Yorkshire.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59The first leg of the competition starts in Aberdeen
0:01:59 > 0:02:03and our experts are making their way to auction in St Andrews.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09The Granite City. Aberdeen started off as a fishing settlement
0:02:09 > 0:02:12but thrives on other riches of the seas today.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15The North Sea oil and gas industries fuelled
0:02:15 > 0:02:17its regeneration in the 1970s,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20making Aberdeen Scotland's third largest city.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Ah, isn't this fabulous?
0:02:24 > 0:02:28- So where are these antique shops? - Well, let's have a look here.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- We have our A To Z.- Anita...
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- Good luck, darling.- Best of luck. Should I have said that?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35SHE LAUGHS
0:02:35 > 0:02:37See you later.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Our two experts have agreed a game plan to shop separately.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45Anita's got another more ticklish tactic up her velvet sleeve.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47David loves porcelain.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50I would like to buy a piece
0:02:50 > 0:02:53just to annoy David Barby.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56I really want to see what's available on the market.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58That's going to be my plan of action.
0:02:58 > 0:03:02Meet one or two dealers, see if they can advise me what to buy,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04and we'll go from there.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06Anita can't resist a bit of sparkle
0:03:06 > 0:03:09and makes straight for the jewellery.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13They say that diamonds are a girl's best friend
0:03:13 > 0:03:18but I favour this lovely Scottish jewellery.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21We have this selection of polished stones here
0:03:21 > 0:03:23and we have the carnelians.
0:03:23 > 0:03:27We have this nice banded agate here, where we have the black
0:03:27 > 0:03:32and this lovely beige colouring and nice stripe there.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35I would say that this bracelet is probably late Victorian,
0:03:35 > 0:03:38early Edwardian, around about the 1900s.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41- Yes, circa 1900.- 1900s.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46I think it's very appealing. The price on it is £95.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- I can do a bit on it for you. - Can you? That would be great.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53- Just a little bit.- Just a little bit. What could you take off?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55- I can do it for 85 for you.- 85.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Interesting tactic.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Anita is prepared to blow nearly half her budget
0:04:00 > 0:04:01in the first hour of shopping.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04- I think we'll have that.- Fantastic.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06Oh, Anita, remember this is a competition
0:04:06 > 0:04:10and you're meant to make a profit at the auction.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12David's been busy too.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15That brown paper parcel suggests he's bought something.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17We'll find out what it is later.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Well, Mrs Beeton's Book Of Household Management - new edition.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23This is quite good.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27This dates from the beginning of the 20th century, 1906,
0:04:27 > 0:04:30but it's a wonderful publication
0:04:30 > 0:04:32and this was the Bible of chefs.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36And the recipes are still used today.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40But it's the illustrations all the way through,
0:04:40 > 0:04:45of how things were presented on the Edwardian tables of the day,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49late Victorian and Edwardian tables, like Dover sole and crab.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Isabella Beeton's famous book was first published in 1861
0:04:54 > 0:04:56when she was just 24.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59It contained over 900 recipes but amazingly,
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Mrs Beeton herself couldn't cook!
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Her masterstroke was to compile
0:05:03 > 0:05:07a collection of recipes in one fat volume.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10I like that immensely. I'm just going to check on the price. Hello.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- Hello.- This wonderful book of Mrs Beeton.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15It's a rather late edition, 1906.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18What sort of price is this?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20(Just check.)
0:05:20 > 0:05:22I'm asking £40 for it
0:05:22 > 0:05:24but I could do a little bit off that.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26It's such a late edition.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29What's the very best?
0:05:30 > 0:05:32I could do it for 32.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35BUSINESS OWNER LAUGHS
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Is that your very best?
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I think it's got to be tucked more towards...
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- ..25.- Really?- Yeah.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48If you give me £26 I'd make a proud profit.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- At £26 I'll have it.- Very good. - Thank you very much.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Gosh, what have I done?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Bled this poor man dry?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58That was an impulsive buy.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I was going to look at silver and jewellery and porcelain
0:06:01 > 0:06:04and ended up with a book on cookery because I like cooking.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09And hard bargaining! That's what this competition is all about.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12So, the shopping is well underway
0:06:12 > 0:06:14and they haven't even left Aberdeen yet.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Time to hit the road.
0:06:17 > 0:06:18BLEEP.
0:06:20 > 0:06:21Not literally, David.
0:06:21 > 0:06:25And you'd better get a move on. The weather's closing in.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Where's the little catch down now? SHE LAUGHS
0:06:28 > 0:06:30- David!- What?- Help me!
0:06:30 > 0:06:33It's like The Generation Game.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34Son and mother.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Done something wrong.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42- Oh, there we are!- Yeah, yeah.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Ooh, it's great having a man about the house.
0:06:51 > 0:06:56With the roof finally up, David and Anita head west of Aberdeen.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59David's steering them towards the village of Dinnet,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01where he's heard there's a dealer worth visiting.
0:07:01 > 0:07:08- Next stop, David?- Well, this is my little outing, Anita.
0:07:08 > 0:07:12David's getting out here with difficulty while Anita heads to the next village.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15There we are. It's all yours, darling.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18They're really off the beaten track here.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21Dealer Dave Hendry is a compulsive collector
0:07:21 > 0:07:23and it's a treasure trove inside.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27What a fantastic collection!
0:07:27 > 0:07:31- Do you think? - It's so eclectic, isn't it?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34You've got something of everything here. I love your Happy Hours clock.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- Probably around 1900. - I would have thought about that.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41The internal movements have been restored and everything.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- So it works.- What's the price?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- What does it say on it?- £1.50!
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- God, that's cheap!- I'll have it.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Nice try, David, but no-one's falling for that.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56- How much?- It says 150...- Oh, sugars!
0:07:56 > 0:07:58That's far too much money.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Now, I would have said that a special today's price - 40.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04DAVID SIGHS
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- I think he likes you. - He does actually. He's smiling.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09I am charmed by it, I must confess.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11Let's look what else you've got.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14It's clear that Dave has some unique stock,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16but then Dave's quite a unique guy.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19He brought a lot of his stuff over from France
0:08:19 > 0:08:23where he used to live in a hut in the woods.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- It's a total shambles up here. - Goodness me.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- So who comes up here? - Well, nobody really.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32- It's just a storeroom.- A storeroom? - I'm not very organised.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I buy something, I take it up, I find a space, I dump it down.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Then that goes in front of something and that goes in front of something.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- And then I forget all about it. - And discover it years later.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Years and years later. I say, "Oh my God!"
0:08:45 > 0:08:47That's the frame department.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Isn't that interesting?- Now that, I bought in auction in Elgin.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55In actual fact, that's what's on the reverse.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57I'll show you what's on the other side.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00When the auctioneer held it up, he held it like that.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03Then he moved round like that and that was behind it.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07What a wonderful story.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09I think it's Glasgow school.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11But it's not just paintings.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Dave's attic is home to pretty much everything
0:09:14 > 0:09:15from porcelain to pendulums.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17Oh, look at that pendulum!
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- Isn't it fabulous?- Isn't that absolutely unbelievably fabulous?
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Mother-of-pearl. Boxwood.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Cant believe this. What was the motivation?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29To sell or to make a profit?
0:09:29 > 0:09:32- I'm just an impulsive buyer. - You're rather like me actually.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I like pictures, I like paintings.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Something comes up, I've just got to have it.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41David, what's that up there?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43That's my girlfriend!
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Would you like to have a more intimate...?
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Could I? I'd like to have a feel of the metal.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50There you are.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Now, why I wanted to have a feel of the metal
0:09:54 > 0:09:57was because of the nature of spelter.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01It was one of these cheap man's bronze type figures.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05You could feel all the bumps and the blemishes,
0:10:05 > 0:10:06but this is very smooth.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09- It is.- Very, very smooth.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13It's got an extra polish on the backside, hasn't it?
0:10:13 > 0:10:16It's very strange, isn't it?
0:10:16 > 0:10:21What I like about this is that it's the epitome of Art Deco.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Er, this almost nubile figure.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Very much in the manner of the later Nazi movement,
0:10:29 > 0:10:30which was joy through health.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36And we have this very iconic female figure
0:10:36 > 0:10:38that you would find in Hollywood
0:10:38 > 0:10:42and, in fact, right across the art world,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46where the female figure was glorified in all its nudity.
0:10:46 > 0:10:51This one might have held up a huge circular glass panel
0:10:51 > 0:10:53with a light behind it.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56But that fitment has gone. Where did it come from?
0:10:56 > 0:11:00I just don't remember. I think I brought that back from France.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- You brought it back from France? - I bought that in Brittany, yeah.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- I think it's probably German-French origin.- Quite possibly, yeah.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12- How much is this?- Er...
0:11:13 > 0:11:17I could let you have it for about £80.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21I would normally ask for a lot more.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24- But it hasn't got its fitment at the top.- I know it hasn't.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- That does make a world of difference. - I know, yeah.
0:11:26 > 0:11:31It makes a world of difference. Is that your very best you can do?
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Well...- She's crying for a new home. Heavens.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36- Has she fallen in love with you? - Yeah.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Well, 65.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- 50.- Hm.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- 50.- 55.99.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48We'll go for 52.50.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Done.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54What have I done?
0:11:55 > 0:11:56An incomplete object.
0:11:56 > 0:12:03You were right to bargain hard, David. It's risky buying an incomplete or damaged object.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Hi!
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Hi.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Oh!
0:12:10 > 0:12:13- David, you haven't bought more stuff?- I have!
0:12:13 > 0:12:15- You're a shopaholic.- Absolutely.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17HE ROARS WITH LAUGHTER
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Come on, let's go.- Let's go, then. - I'll let you go up to 20 mph.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Come on! Come on!
0:12:23 > 0:12:26But David's not the only one who's been buying things.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Anita has also made another purchase
0:12:28 > 0:12:31but they won't be showing each other what they've bought
0:12:31 > 0:12:34until they've finished all their shopping.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38It's a beautiful, sunny morning in Angus
0:12:38 > 0:12:44as our two experts set off from Edzell and head south-west to Perth.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46They'll finish up in St Andrews for the auction
0:12:46 > 0:12:50at the end of this particular leg. Anita still has
0:12:50 > 0:12:53£95 left from her £200 starting budget,
0:12:53 > 0:12:56while David's got £107.50.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Anita's great passion is Scottish glassware.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08She especially loves Monart glass, which was made here in Perth,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11and the museum has a fantastic collection.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14This is what I wanted to see.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16What a display.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20The colour! I love Monart.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25Ironically, this iconic Scottish glassware
0:13:25 > 0:13:29was made by a flamboyant Spaniard - Salvador Ysart and his family.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34They worked in Scotland between 1924 and 1961.
0:13:34 > 0:13:39The finest pieces are highly collectable, fetching up to £4,000.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42The only way Anita's going to get her mitts on them
0:13:42 > 0:13:47is with protective gloves under the watchful eye of curator Sandra Martin.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Do you have a favourite?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52I think I'm particularly fond
0:13:52 > 0:13:55of the piece that's directly in front of me
0:13:55 > 0:13:58just because there's quite a nice story that goes with that.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02There are some silver flecks on the top of the piece here
0:14:02 > 0:14:05and these are actually from a local Woolworths store.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07It was only available around Christmas time
0:14:07 > 0:14:09so I think that's a lovely story.
0:14:09 > 0:14:14My favourite is this one here.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19In this one I see the fire and the colour of Spain
0:14:19 > 0:14:22into the wonderful green of Scotland.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27That is telling me the story of Monart.
0:14:27 > 0:14:28Yes, absolutely.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32While Anita is indulging her passions,
0:14:32 > 0:14:37David is heading for an antiques centre in the village of Rait.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41With eight shops, he's confident he's going to bag himself a bargain.
0:14:41 > 0:14:46Remember, David, you've got £107.50 to spend.
0:14:46 > 0:14:50What a great place! What sort of price is this?
0:14:50 > 0:14:55That is £785, which is great value for money.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00- 1,200.- 1,200? That's very good.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Come on, focus on your buyer. What would they really want?
0:15:03 > 0:15:08This is a must-have, except probably it's a little bit too big!
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Anita's been inspired by the Monart collection
0:15:15 > 0:15:19and has gone in search of a piece she can afford.
0:15:19 > 0:15:20This looks promising!
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Could I see this little one, please?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27It just is so typically Monart,
0:15:27 > 0:15:29with the gold flecks.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33And if we turn it over, we see this typical base of Monart,
0:15:33 > 0:15:38where we have the polished rim and the polished pontil there.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40I think it's quite a sweet little pin dish.
0:15:40 > 0:15:46- It's a beautiful colour.- Yes. How much, Helen?- £30 for that piece.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47That's not bad!
0:15:47 > 0:15:52I mean, £30 for a piece of quality Scottish glass.
0:15:52 > 0:15:53A piece of Monart.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- I think I'll have that. - Good, sold to the lady.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- I've still got a wee bit of money left.- Right.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Could I have a look at the pink one, please?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Ah, lovely. Now, let's have a look here.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10It's Strathearn glass, which is, I suppose, the grandchild of Monart.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15This piece is pre-Second World War and this is post-60s.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Again, I love it with these whirls and swirls
0:16:18 > 0:16:21and little flashes of red and orange.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25Dare I ask how much?
0:16:25 > 0:16:27Well, that piece is £50.
0:16:27 > 0:16:31£50. I can still do it! I'm going to have that as well.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33I'll have both of them.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Well, you can afford them, Anita,
0:16:35 > 0:16:39but I'm not sure there's a profit in them and THAT'S the name of this game.
0:16:41 > 0:16:43Now, how's David getting on?
0:16:43 > 0:16:45That light-blue glass, purple to blue,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48- that's Monart glass. - Monart, Perth. Yes.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- Could I have a look at that, please? - Pleasure.- Thank you.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Monart glass, eh, David?
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Oh, it's beautiful.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00I love the subtle change from blue into purple.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02It's very nice.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- The pinks and oranges tend to be more popular.- That's right.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07The vibrant colours.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12This isn't so common, not so popular, but...
0:17:12 > 0:17:15- Hence your price of £40. - That's right.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19What I like is this inclusion here of these almost featherlike swirls.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21That's right. If you get the light behind it,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24it comes through beautifully.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27That is exquisite. So what's the date of this? About 1948?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Yes. Late '40s, 1950.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32What would be your best price on it?
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I'm not going to pay £40 for it.
0:17:38 > 0:17:3935.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44I'm going to say 30.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Crisp new notes that you've made today?
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- Absolutely.- Go on, then. We'll have a deal.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Thank you very much indeed.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57Let me settle up.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00Cor, that's how to negotiate a bargain, David.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03It's the end of the day. Anita's spent out,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06and David doesn't want to spend any more.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09So they're meeting up to show each other their purchases.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12Hello. It's Christmas time again!
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Now what have you got?
0:18:14 > 0:18:18First item is a bracelet.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22We have the carnelian in the centre.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- We have these polished moss agate. - Yes.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30And we have some striped agate here.
0:18:30 > 0:18:33And these stones were found in the Highlands, round about here,
0:18:33 > 0:18:38sent down to Edinburgh, polished and then mounted in silver.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- This type of thin is popular just now.- Yup.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- And how much did you pay for that?- £85.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46- Oh, that's very reasonable.- Yeah.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Are you sure?
0:18:48 > 0:18:49Let's see your first item.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54First item that I happened to find was a little engraving.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Of?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59St Andrews.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Ah, David's brown paper package, eh?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03It contains an item cleverly bought
0:19:03 > 0:19:06with the auction location in mind - St Andrews.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08- How much?- £40.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11David, I don't think that's bad at all. Well done!
0:19:11 > 0:19:14Anita also bought a Copenhagen vase.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18Scandinavian, 20th-century design.
0:19:18 > 0:19:24High glaze, well hallmarked, with this rather pretty iris pattern.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27- How much was this?- £20.- Oh!
0:19:28 > 0:19:30I can't match it!
0:19:30 > 0:19:33What will Anita think of David's antique cookery book?
0:19:33 > 0:19:39It is a social history of culinary art.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43Because there we have Mrs Beeton's Book Of Household Management
0:19:43 > 0:19:47and this is the new edition, 1906.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51- No home should be without one, David!- This is true.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53Tell me how much you paid for it.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- I paid £26 for this.- Uh-huh.
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Let's see your next piece.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02Right, there we have a piece of Art Deco. I find this quite exciting.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06The point is it was an electric light fitment at one stage.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09Complete, I think it would be £150-£200.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11He sold me this for £52.50.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16I love the Art Deco period. It's where style met glamour.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19- And, David...- What? - Sex always sells.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Oh, do you think she looks sexy?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- Your third item?- This morning, David,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29I visited the Perth Museum with their exhibition of...
0:20:29 > 0:20:32- BOTH:- Monart glass.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34And I was so inspired
0:20:34 > 0:20:39that I've found this little pin dish.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Oh, that is so sweet.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Typical of Monart with the gold aventurine,
0:20:45 > 0:20:46the beautiful polished base.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52It's such a sweet little thing and it's in the typical Monart green.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55£30. What a buy, David!
0:20:55 > 0:20:57Absolute bargain.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00But I look down and lo and behold...
0:21:01 > 0:21:04..I found another piece of Scottish glass.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06- I paid £50 for it.- Right.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10- I couldn't resist it. - You buy what you love.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14- So you want to see my fourth object? - Yes.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Well, I had to buy this. I fell in love with it.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20Just as much as you like Monart glass, so do I.
0:21:20 > 0:21:24Oh, David, that's absolutely beautiful.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26And it's bigger than mine!
0:21:26 > 0:21:28DAVID LAUGHS
0:21:28 > 0:21:30How much did you pay for this?
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- Tell me how much I should have paid for it. - I think that piece is worth £180.
0:21:35 > 0:21:39- How much did you pay?- 30.- £30?- Yes.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Did they know it was Monart?
0:21:44 > 0:21:45Jealous, Anita?
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Our steely antique hunters
0:21:51 > 0:21:53have put their shopping behind them.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56It's auction day in St Andrews, the home of golf.
0:21:57 > 0:22:02St Andrews has been a magnet for hunter-gatherers for 8,000 years,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05and today they still come in every shape and form.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Well, David, here we are.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11- I've got my fingers crossed and everything else.- Let's go.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14MacGregor's holds a general auction every two weeks,
0:22:14 > 0:22:18selling anything from porcelain to vacuum cleaners.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21As for Anita and David's items,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24auctioneer Ian Urie has some bad news.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26The biggest disappointment is going to be
0:22:26 > 0:22:29what you probably thought was the best,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- which is the blue and purple Monart glass vase.- Yes?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Which I'm afraid is damaged.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39- Damaged? In what context?- At one time it's been bruised and cracked.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- So it's going to affect the price a great deal.- Cracked?
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Is there a crack in it.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47Unspotted by David when he bought the vase,
0:22:47 > 0:22:50the hairline crack could be a disaster at the auction,
0:22:50 > 0:22:52so David wants proof.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- Is that it?- That's a crack, yes.
0:22:54 > 0:22:59- Hardly noticeable.- Very tiny, uh-huh. - Very, very tiny.
0:22:59 > 0:23:04If this was perfect, what sort of price would it be? 180?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06No, you might have got a little bit more for that.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08- Probably over 300 if it had a proper label.- 300?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11So what do you think it's going to go for?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13£30 may be pushing it a little bit.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Crikey, Moses. The tiny crack could shatter its value.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19It's enough to bring a grown man or doll, like Barby, to tears.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23The auction's about to begin, there's no going back.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Anita's expensive bracelet is up first.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30The bidding is with me at £8.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Nine, 10. 11, 12.
0:23:33 > 0:23:3413, 14.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Och, that's a low start.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39It looks like Anita could be in trouble here.
0:23:39 > 0:23:4134, 36,
0:23:41 > 0:23:4438. 42.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Any advance on £42?
0:23:47 > 0:23:51- Oh, that's disappointing. - How much have you lost?
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- I've lost £43.- £43.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Well, it's early days, Anita.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Next it's David's Mrs Beeton's book.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04And the bid is with me at £18.
0:24:05 > 0:24:1018, 19, 20. 22, 24, 28,
0:24:10 > 0:24:1230.
0:24:12 > 0:24:1436, 38.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18Any advance on £38?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- That's a £10 profit. - Well done, well done.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28Actually, David, it's £12 profit. Just as well one of us is counting.
0:24:28 > 0:24:31Next, it's Anita's Copenhagen vase.
0:24:32 > 0:24:37The bid is with me at £6. Any advance on £6?
0:24:37 > 0:24:38Seven, eight,
0:24:38 > 0:24:41nine, 10.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Any advance on £10?
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Bad luck. What she needs now is a winner.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53But it's her Strathearn glass bowl next
0:24:53 > 0:24:54and she's not hopeful of a profit.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58And this is the one that I thought I'd go down on.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00And the bid is with me at £12.
0:25:00 > 0:25:0212!
0:25:02 > 0:25:0313. 14.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Any advance on £14?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10God!
0:25:10 > 0:25:13Anita! How much did you pay for that?
0:25:13 > 0:25:1450!
0:25:14 > 0:25:16THEY LAUGH
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I think I'm better on the other side of the rostrum.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Well, maybe.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23She's now pinning everything on her little green pin dish.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25But before that,
0:25:25 > 0:25:27it's David's incomplete Art Deco figurine.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31And the bid is with me at £48.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33You've started well.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36- 54. 56.- You're doing well!- 70.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38That's a bit more like it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:4098. 100.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43- Yes!- 105. 110.
0:25:43 > 0:25:44115.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48Any advance on £115?
0:25:48 > 0:25:50I'm not greedy but oh!
0:25:50 > 0:25:53- That's good. - You really are the master.
0:25:53 > 0:25:54Well, I don't know about that.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Next, it's David's cracked Monart vase.
0:25:57 > 0:26:00This could be his downfall.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03Any advance on £24?
0:26:03 > 0:26:0526.
0:26:05 > 0:26:0730. 32.
0:26:07 > 0:26:0934. 36.
0:26:09 > 0:26:1160. 62.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Any advance on £62?
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Oh, David!
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- That was good! - Lady Luck is smiling on you today!
0:26:24 > 0:26:26She certainly is.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29But it only takes one good or bad buy for everything to change,
0:26:29 > 0:26:33so will Anita's Monart pin dish rescue her fortunes?
0:26:34 > 0:26:38Mere pound for it. Pound I'm bid. Two. Three.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Four. Five.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Six. Seven.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Eight. Nine.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Ten. 11. 12.
0:26:46 > 0:26:4713.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Any advance on £13?
0:26:54 > 0:26:56That's very cheap.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58- That's very cheap, David.- £13.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Their first auction has been a disaster for Anita.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Four losses in a row.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05David's picture of St Andrews,
0:27:05 > 0:27:09bought with this sale in mind, is their last lot.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15And the bid is with me at £24. 26.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Any advance on 26? 28...
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Could this be David's first loss?
0:27:20 > 0:27:2328. 30.
0:27:23 > 0:27:2632, 34,
0:27:26 > 0:27:2836, 38.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32Any advance on £38?
0:27:32 > 0:27:33One more go!
0:27:33 > 0:27:36I've lost £2!
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Oh, my heart bleeds for you(!)
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Well, the only thing that I can say
0:27:42 > 0:27:45is I'll be paying less commission than you!
0:27:45 > 0:27:48That's something. So David goes straight into the lead.
0:27:48 > 0:27:52David started with a budget of £200.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54After he's paid the auctioneer's commission,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57he's made a profit of £60.83.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02So David has a new total of £260.83 for the next leg.
0:28:05 > 0:28:09Anita, meanwhile, has made the most frightful bog of it.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10From her £200,
0:28:10 > 0:28:16she's now down to a paltry £80.37 to spend on the next leg.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23I'm a bit disappointed, David, but I'm very pleased for you.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25That's very nice.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28I would like us both to have made some profit, quite honestly.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Next time, David, next time!
0:28:30 > 0:28:34The pressure's on if Anita is to turn her fortunes around.
0:28:34 > 0:28:38I'm thinking bargain basement price, perhaps.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41And David's lead is under threat.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Last call at 70.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Oh!
0:28:45 > 0:28:47It's not long before they'll be back on the road again
0:28:47 > 0:28:49to sniff out a few antiques
0:28:49 > 0:28:51that will hopefully make them a decent profit.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55And will Anita be able to muster a fight back? We're about to find out.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58Now for a quick reminder of where we are.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Former Warwickshire chorister David Barby is a buyer, seller,
0:29:01 > 0:29:05collector and valuer. He's been weighing up the challenge.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07The difficulty in buying antiques at the moment
0:29:07 > 0:29:11is trying to judge what's going to be in fashion.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Natural born seller Anita Manning wields her auctioneer's hammer in Glasgow.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16She's got to toughen up.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Bargaining is not in my nature.
0:29:19 > 0:29:23I'm an auctioneer and I see everything as beautiful
0:29:23 > 0:29:25and like it to be the best price possible,
0:29:25 > 0:29:27so I've got to keep the price down.
0:29:27 > 0:29:28Not good for the hair, though!
0:29:28 > 0:29:31The next leg of their journey sees them travelling
0:29:31 > 0:29:33from Aberdeen in north-east Scotland
0:29:33 > 0:29:35to Leyburn in North Yorkshire.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37Today, they're leaving St Andrews
0:29:37 > 0:29:39and heading for their next auction, in Edinburgh.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Anstruther is their first stop.
0:29:43 > 0:29:48After a cracking start, David's £200 fund has swollen,
0:29:48 > 0:29:51giving him £260.83 to spend today.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55But Anita had a disastrous first auction.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57What did you pay for that?
0:29:57 > 0:30:02She's now only got £80.37 to play with.
0:30:02 > 0:30:04The only way is up, Anita!
0:30:05 > 0:30:08David and Anita are driving through some of Fife's
0:30:08 > 0:30:11most tantalising coastal towns,
0:30:11 > 0:30:14hoping to find a magical crock of gold somewhere over the rainbow.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Or possibly in an antiques shop. Maybe in Anstruther?
0:30:23 > 0:30:25I love that first glimpse of the sea.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27It reminds me of when I was a child.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31You were going away your holidays and you saw the sea there.
0:30:31 > 0:30:32It was fabulous.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35Anstruther is one of the best fishing ports in Scotland,
0:30:35 > 0:30:37and fish curing remains important,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40along with rope, sail and oilskin factories.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Now, Anita, what are we going to do,
0:30:42 > 0:30:45bearing in mind the auction yesterday?
0:30:45 > 0:30:49Yeah, that was pretty bad news for me, David.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52- I mean, I brought really pretty things.- Hmm.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54And you bought, um...
0:30:54 > 0:30:56You CAN say it.
0:30:56 > 0:31:03An unrare book, a lamp that was incomplete and a broken vase.
0:31:03 > 0:31:08And you made £100 profit and I made £100 loss!
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- So how much have you got to spend now?- £80.- £80!
0:31:13 > 0:31:19- I've got £260.83, and I'm so worried what I'm going to do with the 83p. - Oh, I know!
0:31:21 > 0:31:22My heart bleeds for you.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26David heads off in search of some regional craftwork.
0:31:26 > 0:31:30And Anita? Well, she needs to toughen up and stop being so nice.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Well, I've got to be very, very careful today, very careful.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38I've only got £80 left.
0:31:38 > 0:31:43Two pieces of advice to myself - number one, be cautious, Anita.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47The other thing, don't let your heart rule your head.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49A wee bit canny.
0:31:50 > 0:31:55First up for the underdog, a trip to an Anstruther Aladdin's cave.
0:31:55 > 0:31:59Anita must be hoping for a bit of magic.
0:31:59 > 0:32:03You know, I was curious, how did the name Jean Genie come about?
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Right. Well, when I took the shop on, I wasn't sure what to call it,
0:32:07 > 0:32:11but I knew I wanted on the windows "for all things old and new",
0:32:11 > 0:32:14so, I thought, "I'm Jean, my granny was Jeannie, so she's the old."
0:32:14 > 0:32:17I thought, "I'll have my name and my granny's name, Jeannie."
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Just roughly the same time, David Bowie came out with the record Jean Genie.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25- So you knew it must have been right? - It had to be that, yes.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29It's one of those shops you've just got to really root around in.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34What I'm looking for, Jeannie, is something with a rock bottom price,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37because I haven't got a lot of money to spend.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40It's a wee vesta box. Oh, it's a tape measure.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42And you wind the tail.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45- The tail winds it in. - Oh, that's very, very good.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Yeah, it's just a novelty.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51The thing is, in today's market, people are looking for...
0:32:51 > 0:32:53It's a wee, odd and unusual thing, isn't it?
0:32:53 > 0:32:58But at £30, I think it's too pricey for you, Anita.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Jeannie, could I have a wee look at that watch there?
0:33:01 > 0:33:05It's got a wee look about it. It's never been a fine thing,
0:33:05 > 0:33:07but it's got a wee look, you know?
0:33:07 > 0:33:10I quite like that type of thing and I like that period.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12I think it's got style.
0:33:12 > 0:33:17The diamantes are good, but I like the green, round here.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19It's got a nice kind of '50s stuff
0:33:19 > 0:33:21and that's becoming a wee bit more popular now.
0:33:21 > 0:33:24It's collectable.
0:33:24 > 0:33:26- It has got one diamante missing. - Yes.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31My other problem is the price,
0:33:31 > 0:33:34and it's the type of thing that I could buy
0:33:34 > 0:33:38if it was totally and absolutely...
0:33:40 > 0:33:44- ..rock bottom. - What would you offer?
0:33:46 > 0:33:50- I mean, it's really...- 10? No?
0:33:53 > 0:33:57If there's a possibility of it at a couple of pounds?
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- But I don't want you to be unhappy. - No, that's all right, no.
0:34:01 > 0:34:04I don't want you to be unhappy. I really don't.
0:34:04 > 0:34:07Blimey, that is tough negotiating, Anita!
0:34:07 > 0:34:11It's what I can offer because I've got to try and sell it again.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14What do you think you'd get for it?
0:34:14 > 0:34:19- I'm hoping I would get maybe about 10, 12 for it.- Right.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- And I'm a long, long way behind. - Would you go five?
0:34:23 > 0:34:25If it was in good condition.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28It's chrome, it's not silver or white metal,
0:34:28 > 0:34:30- so we know it's not a precious thing.- No.
0:34:30 > 0:34:34But we know that it's got a bit of style about it.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39Is it doable, Jeannie? If it's not, say no.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41Yes, I'll let you have it for two.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43I don't believe it!
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Well, Anita did very well there.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48In fact she couldn't have got that watch any cheaper without...
0:34:48 > 0:34:51Well, nicking it!
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Meanwhile, David's in no hurry to spend his dosh.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Being a fan of porcelain figures, he's taken a detour
0:34:59 > 0:35:00to the village of Ceres
0:35:00 > 0:35:05to meet respected artisan Griselda Hill.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11Griselda has revived a traditional craft
0:35:11 > 0:35:15that was started locally in Fife in 1882.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21- What a fabulous shop! David Barby. - Very pleased to meet you.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24- Griselda Hill. - What's it like being a living legend?
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Well, I don't think I'm quite a living legend!
0:35:26 > 0:35:28You're so well-known with the Wemyss fraternity.
0:35:28 > 0:35:33The world-famous Wemyss Ware was invented by a local pottery owner,
0:35:33 > 0:35:36Robert Heron, together with Karel Nekola,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39a gifted designer from the former Czechoslovakia.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43The pottery in Kirkcaldy closed in 1957,
0:35:43 > 0:35:46but Griselda bought the copyright for the designs,
0:35:46 > 0:35:48prized for their free-flowing
0:35:48 > 0:35:52and naturalistic hand-painted techniques.
0:35:53 > 0:36:00Do you feel yourself as a revivalist or continuing a pottery tradition?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02We certainly revived the pottery,
0:36:02 > 0:36:06but I certainly feel that I'm allowed to do my own designs
0:36:06 > 0:36:09within the umbrella of the Wemyss tradition.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12I think these are lovely. When did you start putting...
0:36:12 > 0:36:16- Are they glass eyes on the cats?- Yes, yes.- Where did you get those from?
0:36:16 > 0:36:18- From a special company or something? - Well, yes,
0:36:18 > 0:36:21- a taxidermist, who we get some from.- Is it?!
0:36:21 > 0:36:24- Can we go and see how the potting is done?- Of course you can, yes.
0:36:30 > 0:36:34- Gosh, that's quite wet, isn't it? - Yes.- It really is.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36- And it's very heavy.- Yes, it is.
0:36:36 > 0:36:38Well, that would be left to dry.
0:36:38 > 0:36:42This is what it looks like once it's been fired. That's bisqueware.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Yes, and it's so much lighter
0:36:45 > 0:36:47- because it's had all the moisture... - That's right.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Here we've got the painting room.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51This is where everything gets painted,
0:36:51 > 0:36:53then it goes back to get fired in the kiln.
0:36:53 > 0:36:56This is where it gets its identity for Wemyss, doesn't it?
0:36:56 > 0:36:59It certainly does. This is very classic Wemyss.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01The cabbage rose pattern
0:37:01 > 0:37:03has a unique, three-dimensional effect,
0:37:03 > 0:37:07and it takes the artist more than two years' training
0:37:07 > 0:37:09to master the skill.
0:37:09 > 0:37:13If an original pair of Wemyss cats came up for sale,
0:37:13 > 0:37:17let's say this height, we would be talking, what, £2,500, £3,000?
0:37:17 > 0:37:21- Yes. Per cat.- They're as expensive as that, are they?- Yes.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25- What sort of price are yours? - Well, this one is £180.
0:37:26 > 0:37:29- That's a great differential, isn't it?- Yes, it's a bargain!
0:37:29 > 0:37:31Has David got the Wemyss bug now?
0:37:31 > 0:37:35He's leading the contest by a mile, but Anita might have just bought
0:37:35 > 0:37:37a nice little earner.
0:37:37 > 0:37:41Following her quick getaway from Jean Genie,
0:37:41 > 0:37:43Anita is continuing her search for good investments
0:37:43 > 0:37:48and aiming to part with as little money as possible.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52Make yourself at home, you could be here for hours.
0:37:52 > 0:37:55We have everything apart from space in here.
0:37:55 > 0:37:57That's the only thing that's at a premium.
0:37:57 > 0:38:00Anita has found something.
0:38:00 > 0:38:05It's a typical Victorian oil on canvas Highland landscape
0:38:05 > 0:38:07with a little loch here.
0:38:07 > 0:38:12There's a signature here, David Watts. Condition isn't good.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14There's no date,
0:38:14 > 0:38:18but I would put it late 19th, early 20th century.
0:38:19 > 0:38:24Hm, interesting. We'll keep that in mind.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27And there's a second canvas.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Same artist, David Watts.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35That type of picture, not as popular as it was before,
0:38:35 > 0:38:39a wee bit of damage on the canvas, unframed,
0:38:39 > 0:38:43that's what I'm thinking. Bargain basement price, perhaps?
0:38:43 > 0:38:47- Perhaps.- Can I be absolutely straightforward?- You can indeed.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49I wouldn't expect you to be any other way.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53- You can throw me out of the shop if you wish.- He might!
0:38:53 > 0:38:57Could I pay £15 for both?
0:38:57 > 0:38:59You can pay £20 for both.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02Can you pull it down to, say, 16?
0:39:02 > 0:39:04You're a hard woman, Anita Manning!
0:39:04 > 0:39:07I'm not, I'm a wee softy!
0:39:07 > 0:39:09You can have them both for £16.
0:39:09 > 0:39:11- Oh, that is wonderful. - You're welcome.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15I hope that I make a couple of bob out of these pictures.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19- If I do, I'll come back and buy you a cup of coffee, or a wee half. - That's a date.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22Ooh, steady on, Anita!
0:39:22 > 0:39:26But then, desperate times call for desperate measures.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29And Anita's certainly fighting back with gusto.
0:39:30 > 0:39:35David's now moved on to the pretty seaside town of Pittenweem.
0:39:35 > 0:39:39What will he find in his first antique shop of the day?
0:39:41 > 0:39:45The difficulty in buying antiques at the moment is trying to judge
0:39:45 > 0:39:50what's going to be in fashion, and those items that are completely
0:39:50 > 0:39:53out of fashion, but might come back, you can never tell.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56This is quite interesting.
0:39:56 > 0:40:02Because this is Scottish vernacular furniture in miniature.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05This is a child's doll's cradle.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09And what is so nice is the 19th-century decoration,
0:40:09 > 0:40:12which is this scumble work.
0:40:12 > 0:40:14Scumble work is a decorative painting technique
0:40:14 > 0:40:17to make wooden items look more interesting.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22It's often used on pine, which some people find a bit boring.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Oh, dear, poor little thing!
0:40:25 > 0:40:28We only have the upper section of the doll.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31That's why we have these heavy quilts in front of it.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33But I like the cradle.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Bit old to be playing with dolls, aren't you, David?
0:40:37 > 0:40:41- Right.- She's a funny baby! - Isn't she just? Yes.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43They're called cradle dolls.
0:40:43 > 0:40:47Because you never see the lower section. So how much is the cradle?
0:40:47 > 0:40:51The cradle as such would be...
0:40:51 > 0:40:52..90.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54HE GASPS
0:40:54 > 0:40:58- How much did you think? Much less? - Oh, much less, yes.
0:40:59 > 0:41:03- Dare I throw a figure at you? - Mm-hmm.- 30.
0:41:03 > 0:41:07- No. No, no way. - Compromise, 35.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12OK. And would you like this?
0:41:12 > 0:41:14Oh, how kind of you.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Oh, you must have that inside.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18What a cosy deal!
0:41:18 > 0:41:20Does she sit nicely inside?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25- There you are.- Thank you very much indeed. That is so kind of you.
0:41:29 > 0:41:32Well, that was a charming lady.
0:41:32 > 0:41:37I almost feel guilty because this was such a very good buy.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39Almost, David, but not quite, eh?
0:41:41 > 0:41:45A busy day's hunting draws to an end, and it's time to relax.
0:41:45 > 0:41:50- David, it's so nice to see you being mummy!- Ha-ha!
0:41:50 > 0:41:53I've been everything else today. So how did you get on?
0:41:53 > 0:41:57- I had a wonderful day.- And did you buy? That's the important thing.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Yes, I bought some modest items.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Really? With due respect, Anita,
0:42:03 > 0:42:06you couldn't afford to buy anything else, could you?
0:42:06 > 0:42:08Oh, you besom!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Ooh! So what will another day
0:42:11 > 0:42:14hold in store for our two intrepid experts?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Will David's comfortable lead ease him to the finish line first?
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Or will the underdog have her day?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Another beautiful day
0:42:24 > 0:42:27and frontrunner David is still looking confident.
0:42:27 > 0:42:31He's bought one item and still has £225.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Meanwhile, the pressure's on Anita to claw her way back,
0:42:34 > 0:42:37and she's done some hard bargaining.
0:42:37 > 0:42:39She started with £80, she bought a couple of items
0:42:39 > 0:42:42and she's still got £62.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46But it's old moneybags in the driving seat today.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51David and Anita leave Cupar and enter Stirlingshire.
0:42:51 > 0:42:56David's heading for Auchterarder after dropping Anita in Callander,
0:42:56 > 0:42:58which lies in the heart of the Trossachs.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03Close by is Loch Katrine, which was the setting
0:43:03 > 0:43:07for Sir Walter Scott's famous poem The Lady Of The Lake.
0:43:07 > 0:43:11As David's got more money to spend than Anita,
0:43:11 > 0:43:12he can afford to be more choosy.
0:43:12 > 0:43:18He's seen a shop in Auchterarder which deserves closer inspection.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21There's a barometer over there. Not fashionable, with that rounded top,
0:43:21 > 0:43:24but it's a good period one.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27What I like about it is the mother-of-pearl and the rosewood.
0:43:27 > 0:43:31Hello, there. What's the best on that?
0:43:31 > 0:43:33The best price on that would be £100,
0:43:33 > 0:43:37- that's really the best I can do.- You can't tug it under?- No, I'm sorry.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Cor, that's a lot of money! It's certainly a gamble
0:43:40 > 0:43:43if David's right about barometers being unfashionable.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47Meanwhile, the recent past beckons Anita
0:43:47 > 0:43:49in a retro emporium in Callander.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56It may not be big on traditional antiques,
0:43:56 > 0:43:59but it's great for quirky collectables to invest in.
0:43:59 > 0:44:02Look at what you've got here. That's great! Can I have a wee look round?
0:44:02 > 0:44:05Have a look round, yes. There's quite a selection.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09Owner George Johnson has some fun arcade machines,
0:44:09 > 0:44:11which can be very revealing.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16Here's 10p. I thought we could test out what your personality is like.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20- I mean, the machine never lies.- I'd love to know.- Well, there you go.
0:44:21 > 0:44:23Place your 10p in the slot, pull the handle
0:44:23 > 0:44:26and we'll find out what your true nature is.
0:44:26 > 0:44:28We've got spendthrift or tight!
0:44:30 > 0:44:32I'd rather be red hot!
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Now, pull the handle.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38Amorous. Come here!
0:44:38 > 0:44:43Not sure if this kind of personality is going to get Anita very far in George's shop, eh?
0:44:44 > 0:44:47My word, this is an extensive showroom, isn't it?
0:44:47 > 0:44:50I love those glass panels. Those are superb.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53They're very pretty, very good quality.
0:44:53 > 0:44:56Absolutely. Have you got any other stained glass?
0:44:56 > 0:44:59There's another panel round here with an armorial.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02- It's a Scottish lion rampant on it. - I like that.
0:45:02 > 0:45:06- What's the price of that? - That's £120.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08120. I notice there's some damage here.
0:45:08 > 0:45:11That, I think, is quite difficult to have restored.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14These pieces are quite easily done, the clear glass.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17This piece, we'd have to repaint, have a new piece made.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21- What's the very best on it? - That piece I could do for £90.
0:45:21 > 0:45:24For £90, I like that. I can see a profit margin in that.
0:45:24 > 0:45:30What I was looking for here was the wow factor.
0:45:30 > 0:45:35Something that I'd stand back and say, "Ah, that is superb!"
0:45:35 > 0:45:39I've got it with the armorial device, I think that's very good.
0:45:39 > 0:45:44The barometer, it doesn't necessarily have that wow factor,
0:45:44 > 0:45:48but thinking in terms of Edinburgh, the type of housing there,
0:45:48 > 0:45:51and it has that quality.
0:45:51 > 0:45:56Very wise, David, thinking ahead to the type of buyers who might be at the Edinburgh auction.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00- I'd love to buy that brooch. - It's a beautiful brooch.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04- But that's way beyond the... - You might be surprised.
0:46:04 > 0:46:10- £95. It's a 1920s costume piece. - Right.
0:46:10 > 0:46:11I am so tempted!
0:46:11 > 0:46:15I am so tempted, but what I have left is not a lot of money.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17Well, you've got £62.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20And I'm going to say something really daft to you.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23- And you can throw me out of this shop if you want.- Go on.
0:46:27 > 0:46:29I've got 20 quid to spend!
0:46:33 > 0:46:36I'm sure I can find you something else for £20,
0:46:36 > 0:46:39but it won't be that brooch.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42Nice try, but George isn't falling for Anita's guile.
0:46:42 > 0:46:46Meanwhile, it's all going swimmingly for David in Auchterarder.
0:46:46 > 0:46:52I'd like the armorial window panel, at 90.
0:46:52 > 0:46:55- All my worldly goods, I thee endow. - Thank you very much.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58David's thrown caution to the wind.
0:46:58 > 0:47:02Looks like the stained-glass window wasn't the only purchase here.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05That shapely package looks rather familiar.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08But where can Anita go to catch up?
0:47:08 > 0:47:11Well, given her teeny budget,
0:47:11 > 0:47:14she's drawn to an unexpected opportunity back in Callander.
0:47:14 > 0:47:17Looks like a wee car booty up there.
0:47:17 > 0:47:21Oh, I might be in a bit of luck here! Let's go and have a look.
0:47:21 > 0:47:25The situation that I'm in, this is great news.
0:47:25 > 0:47:28Well, you never know what's going to turn up.
0:47:28 > 0:47:32People are clearing out the garage or clearing out...
0:47:32 > 0:47:37Just things they no longer use, so you can occasionally find something
0:47:37 > 0:47:43which is just a nice wee absolutely wonderful piece.
0:47:43 > 0:47:45Looks like she's found something
0:47:45 > 0:47:48from a mystery stallholder who likes his privacy. Don't you, John?
0:47:48 > 0:47:52- How much are they?- £30.- £30?
0:47:52 > 0:47:54- Would you take 20?- No.
0:47:54 > 0:47:56I can get 24 in scrap.
0:47:56 > 0:47:59Could you come down at all, John?
0:47:59 > 0:48:01I'll give you a bargain.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04- I'll give you them for £24, that's the scrap value.- 24.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08- Can't knock that back, can I? - It's a deal.
0:48:08 > 0:48:12So you don't always need antique shops to find old treasures.
0:48:12 > 0:48:17If those gold cufflinks turn out to be worth their weight in, well, gold,
0:48:17 > 0:48:20then Anita's fortunes may be about to turn.
0:48:20 > 0:48:22- Want a wee tune? - OUT OF TUNE STRUM
0:48:22 > 0:48:24Lovely. Not!
0:48:25 > 0:48:29The hills are alive with the sound of, well, not exactly music...
0:48:29 > 0:48:30MOOING
0:48:30 > 0:48:33..but David and Anita certainly found their rhythm today
0:48:33 > 0:48:37and both came away with rather interesting and diverse items.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39Now it's time to show and tell.
0:48:39 > 0:48:41Oh-ho-ho!
0:48:41 > 0:48:44- I really want to see what you've got.- I think this is super.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46That's a sweet thing.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49This is a little Scottish cradle, probably made in Fife,
0:48:49 > 0:48:51and she's included in it.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54And it's only the upper torso.
0:48:54 > 0:48:55You big sissy!
0:48:55 > 0:48:58THEY CHUCKLE
0:48:58 > 0:49:03- Now what about yours?- I was thinking about the Edinburgh young girls,
0:49:03 > 0:49:07- wearing 1950s vintage clothes. - Bling-bling!
0:49:07 > 0:49:09Bling-bling. It's a diamante watch.
0:49:09 > 0:49:14- How much did you pay for that? - £2.- Oh, that's ridiculous!
0:49:14 > 0:49:17- That really is. There's a profit there.- I hope so, David.
0:49:17 > 0:49:19Oh, there's a profit there.
0:49:19 > 0:49:21Is that a piece of stained glass?
0:49:21 > 0:49:24- It is indeed. Once I get it out. - Is it in good condition?
0:49:24 > 0:49:26(No, it's not!) HE LAUGHS
0:49:26 > 0:49:29So you've have bought a load of old broken junk again!
0:49:29 > 0:49:31THEY LAUGH
0:49:31 > 0:49:34So I think this is absolutely super. Look at the colour of the glass.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37A little bit of damage here and there, but not excessively.
0:49:37 > 0:49:42I bought two Scottish scenes,
0:49:42 > 0:49:44a rather nice loch scene here,
0:49:44 > 0:49:47with this silver birch, which is beautifully done,
0:49:47 > 0:49:52and this sort of thundering sky,
0:49:52 > 0:49:56with the loch and the hills in the background.
0:49:56 > 0:50:00The artist is not a well-known artist.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- How much did you pay? - £16 for the two.
0:50:03 > 0:50:0516? That's ridiculous.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07You must have smiled!
0:50:07 > 0:50:10I smile all the time, David.
0:50:10 > 0:50:14We were walking along the street and we found a car boot sale.
0:50:14 > 0:50:19And I managed to find a pair of nine carat gold cufflinks.
0:50:19 > 0:50:24- They could be from the 1930s, 1940s.- Very good.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Price, what do you think on price?
0:50:26 > 0:50:30- I would have thought you would pay about £40.- 24.
0:50:30 > 0:50:32That's very good. That's very good.
0:50:32 > 0:50:37David's turn to reveal the barometer he couldn't resist.
0:50:37 > 0:50:40That's a very nice barometer, David.
0:50:40 > 0:50:45The whole thing reeks of quality. Round about, I suppose, 1835, 1840.
0:50:45 > 0:50:50- It's an earlier one. How much did you pay for it?- £90.
0:50:50 > 0:50:51Mm-hmm.
0:50:52 > 0:50:56- I was looking for that wow factor. - Yes. It doesn't have that!
0:50:56 > 0:51:00Don't hold back, Anita!
0:51:00 > 0:51:04I think she was looking at it from the auctioneer's eye point.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07The barometer... Barometers are out.
0:51:07 > 0:51:11The watch, I thought, was dreadful.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14At £2, I'd be surprised if the auction house
0:51:14 > 0:51:15put it in as a separate lot.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17He's bought some nice items,
0:51:17 > 0:51:21I can't tell you if they're going to make a profit or not.
0:51:21 > 0:51:25I hope they don't! That's not nice, is it?
0:51:25 > 0:51:30So the gloves are off and only the auctioneer's hammer will decide who is today's champion.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35Our two experts finally arrive in Edinburgh.
0:51:37 > 0:51:38It's auction day.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42Scotland's stunning capital,
0:51:42 > 0:51:45a jewel set amongst majestic hills,
0:51:45 > 0:51:48home to some of the most beautiful public buildings in the world,
0:51:48 > 0:51:50and also, the Scottish Parliament.
0:51:51 > 0:51:53Well, David, here we are.
0:51:53 > 0:51:55- Are you looking forward to it? - Apprehensively.
0:51:57 > 0:51:59- Let's go, David.- There we are.
0:51:59 > 0:52:03THEY CHUCKLE OK, keep your fingers crossed.
0:52:03 > 0:52:05The Ramsay Cornish auction house
0:52:05 > 0:52:08has regular sales in arts, antiquities and furniture.
0:52:08 > 0:52:13It also features antique toy sales and is popular with collectors.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17David started this leg with £260 and he spent £215.
0:52:17 > 0:52:21He's as nervous as a baby.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23How much is the barometer going to make?
0:52:23 > 0:52:26Traditionally, barometers have always done well,
0:52:26 > 0:52:29but at the moment, the market for clocks and barometers is a bit flatter.
0:52:29 > 0:52:33I would estimate at somewhere between £80 and £120 at auction.
0:52:33 > 0:52:37Anita's only spent £42 of her £80,
0:52:37 > 0:52:39but she can't afford to lose any more.
0:52:39 > 0:52:41What about the pictures? David Watts.
0:52:41 > 0:52:45They're really nice. As you know, he was an RSA.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48I've got someone who is quite interested in these, so fingers crossed.
0:52:48 > 0:52:50- Excellent. - We'll do quite well for you.
0:52:51 > 0:52:56It's the moment of truth. Will Anita's hard bargaining pay off?
0:52:56 > 0:53:01First lot is lot number one. And we have
0:53:01 > 0:53:04a very nice 1950s diamante and white metal fob watch.
0:53:04 > 0:53:0920 I'm bid. 20 I'm bid. 22, 24, 26, 28, 30.
0:53:09 > 0:53:1132, 34.
0:53:11 > 0:53:16£34, the nice diamante watch at £34. I'm only bid.
0:53:16 > 0:53:20Last call and I'm selling it at £34, 34.
0:53:20 > 0:53:22Carried at 34.
0:53:22 > 0:53:23That was a good start.
0:53:23 > 0:53:26Well done, Anita. Mind you, no sign
0:53:26 > 0:53:31of any guilt at striking such a hard bargain for that watch.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34Next, it's those car boot cufflinks that Anita
0:53:34 > 0:53:36really did get from the back of a lorry!
0:53:36 > 0:53:3820, I'm bid.
0:53:38 > 0:53:4222, 24, 26, 28,
0:53:42 > 0:53:4830, 32, 34, 36, 38.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50Lady's bid, on my right, 40.
0:53:50 > 0:53:55- Hey!- Still a bargain. 42. At £42, at 42.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58- To 26, thank you.- Gosh, how much did they cost you?
0:53:58 > 0:54:00Er, £24.
0:54:00 > 0:54:04That is good! It's nice to see you smiling.
0:54:06 > 0:54:10Now, will David's doll's cradle rock the saleroom?
0:54:10 > 0:54:1150 for this, to start it off. 50 I'm bid.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14For the doll's cradle etc, at £50. 55.
0:54:14 > 0:54:2060, at £60. Nobody else going? At £60. At 60.
0:54:20 > 0:54:21Not bad.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27The pressure's on with David's unfashionable,
0:54:27 > 0:54:30un-wow-factor barometer.
0:54:30 > 0:54:3150, I'm bid.
0:54:31 > 0:54:3455, 60, 65, 70.
0:54:34 > 0:54:39At £70, at £70. For the barometer at £70.
0:54:39 > 0:54:41Last call at 70.
0:54:44 > 0:54:48Ouch! That's a bad loss.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50It's giving Anita the chance to catch up.
0:54:50 > 0:54:51Lot 50 is David Watts, a RSA,
0:54:51 > 0:54:55showing here on the left-hand side.
0:54:56 > 0:54:5950, I'm bid. 55, 60, five,
0:54:59 > 0:55:0370, five, 80, five, 90,
0:55:03 > 0:55:06five, 100, 110,
0:55:06 > 0:55:09120. 120.
0:55:09 > 0:55:13At £120, bidding on the left at 120. Last call.
0:55:13 > 0:55:17You have it, 120. Thank you.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Anita sure knows her Scottish artists.
0:55:20 > 0:55:22And that hard bargaining has really paid off.
0:55:22 > 0:55:27Lot 51. A very nice stained-glass panel. 100, I'm bid.
0:55:27 > 0:55:32£100, I'm bid. The stained-glass panel. 110, 120, 130,
0:55:32 > 0:55:37140, 150, 160, 170, 180, 190,
0:55:37 > 0:55:41200, 210, 220.
0:55:41 > 0:55:45At £220, 230, 240, 250,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48260, 270, at £270.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51Seated at £270 for the lot.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Mr Scott, 270, thank you.
0:55:53 > 0:55:55Congratulations!
0:55:58 > 0:56:04David started today's programme well ahead on £260.83.
0:56:04 > 0:56:08He spent £215, the gamble paid off, and after auction fees,
0:56:08 > 0:56:11he now has a fantastic £369.96.
0:56:12 > 0:56:17Anita started this leg of the road trip with £80.37.
0:56:17 > 0:56:22She spent £42 and made a stonking profit of £154.
0:56:22 > 0:56:27After paying commission, she's on a whopping £197.18.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30Who would have thought it? The underdog is back in the game.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33I think we should both congratulate each other.
0:56:33 > 0:56:36Yes, why don't we celebrate? Come on.
0:56:36 > 0:56:41In the next episode, the road trip takes David and Anita from Edinburgh
0:56:41 > 0:56:45to Anita's home patch in Glasgow, where she plays even tougher.
0:56:45 > 0:56:49Could you go 25? You know this isn't like me!
0:56:49 > 0:56:52And David gets carried away on a charger.
0:56:52 > 0:56:53But here's the rub.
0:56:53 > 0:56:58I've only got £233, so I'll negotiate.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd