0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06I don't know what to do. SHE SOUNDS HORN
0:00:06 > 0:00:11With £200 each, a classic car and a goal to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13What a little diamond.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim, to make the biggest profit at auction, but it's no mean feat.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Back in the game. Charlie!
0:00:20 > 0:00:23There'll be worthy winners and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Oh!
0:00:24 > 0:00:28So, will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:28 > 0:00:29Oh!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip.
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Today marks the start of a brand spanking new road trip,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47with a couple of our old favourites, David Harper and Anita Manning.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Well, David, here we are in Lancashire,
0:00:50 > 0:00:53at the beginning of our big adventure.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55You have no idea what's going to happen.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58I think part of the excitement of the trip
0:00:58 > 0:01:00is meeting all the characters.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03It draws in the eccentric, doesn't it?
0:01:03 > 0:01:05- Look at us.- Exactly.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07You're telling me.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Take a seasoned auctioneer, Anita, for example,
0:01:11 > 0:01:13she has certainly got an eye for a bargain.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16But does have a tendency to get distracted.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18A hula hoop.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21It is all the hip action. One, two, three.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22Whoo!
0:01:22 > 0:01:24THEY LAUGH
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Cor, what a mover. Ha!
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Her partner in crime is wheeler-dealer David Harper.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32He takes a more serious approach to his shopping.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35Is it a twizzly-wizzly? Look at that twizzly-wizzly!
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Normally...
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Oh! Ahem. Sorry about that, Roger.
0:01:39 > 0:01:40Mm.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Our lovable oddballs are starting this journey with £200 each.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Their mode of transport is an old favourite of Anita's,
0:01:49 > 0:01:52the 1965 Morris Minor convertible.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55I'm enjoying driving this little Morris,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58I think she's just a little beauty.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00I tell you what, this is like a glove to you.
0:02:00 > 0:02:05- It just fits you perfectly, doesn't it?- Oh, thank you, darling.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I think I'm more Morris 1000 than Maserati.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09DAVID LAUGHS
0:02:09 > 0:02:13Oh, I don't know, Anita's known for being a bit racy.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18- I've got on a Marks & Spencer silk vest.- Oh, hello.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Too much detail, I'd say.
0:02:21 > 0:02:26OK, this week David and Anita will be travelling over 700 miles,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30starting in Ramsbottom, Lancashire, before snaking through Yorkshire,
0:02:30 > 0:02:33all the way up to the town of Paisley in bonny Scotland.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Today, they begin in the market town of Ramsbottom,
0:02:38 > 0:02:41and head towards an auction in Knutsford.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46Ramsbottom is actually believed to mean "valley of the ram"
0:02:46 > 0:02:48as opposed to, well, you know...
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Bottom's up, eh?
0:02:51 > 0:02:52SHEEP BLEATS
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Speaking of which.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58I'm raring to go, Anita. Positively raring to go.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I will drop you here, David.
0:03:00 > 0:03:04And I want you, on our first day, to have lots and lots and lots of fun.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- Off we go.- Have a lovely time. - Thank you.- Bye.- Bye.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12David's first shop is Memories Antiques and Collectors,
0:03:12 > 0:03:14where he is meeting dealer John.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Hello, there, you must be John. - I am.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Hello, John, David Harper. - Hello, David.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- Very lovely to meet you. - Lovely to meet you.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- What a gorgeous, sunny day.- It is.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26- Are you in a sunny mood?- I am. - Marvellous. Is that good for me?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28- Possibly. - THEY LAUGH
0:03:28 > 0:03:29I like you, John.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Right, David, let's get going.
0:03:35 > 0:03:36Nice box.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41Look at this thing, it is completely unfashionable.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45But 15 or 20 years ago, everybody wanted one.
0:03:45 > 0:03:51It's a mid-19th century walnut, brass-bound writing slope.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54It is absolutely, to my mind, drop dead gorgeous.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56But in the market, nobody wants it,
0:03:56 > 0:04:01and that's why it's languishing now, in an antiques centre, at £68,
0:04:01 > 0:04:06when, years ago, that would have been two or three or even £400.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08It's an absolute stonker.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12I've found fantastic love letters in things like this.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Hidden away in secret compartments.
0:04:15 > 0:04:20What an old romantic. One to think about, perhaps.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22What else catches your eye in here, then?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24This better be good, this man cave, John.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- You'll love it.- Really?- You will. - I'll let you know.
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Ooh.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39Do you know what that is? Without reading the label.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Oh, no, no, I'm not.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43Doesn't that sink into the ground, is that something...
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- That's right. It is a boot scraper. - I like that.- Yes, it is very nice.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I like that.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52It is indeed a 20th-century blacksmith-made wrought iron
0:04:52 > 0:04:55boot pull and scrape. That's a bit of a tongue twister.
0:04:55 > 0:05:01- That sinks into about that level, yeah?- Yeah.- So it's nice and secure.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05You can scrape your boot on there and... You can remove your boot?
0:05:05 > 0:05:09- That's right, yes.- That's very good. Wrought iron.- Yeah.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13This is a proper man's cave object, isn't it?
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Ticket price is £65.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19- What sort of money could that be? - Er...
0:05:22 > 0:05:2445.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29- OK.- That's knocking...- That's OK, that's OK.- ..quite a chunk off.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- I think we'll have to say yes, don't you?- I hope so.- OK.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- We've done a deal. - Thank you very much.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40That generous discount gives David his first item.
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Meanwhile, Anita is heading just eight miles down the road,
0:05:47 > 0:05:49where she is on the hunt for a bargain in Bolton.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55She's visiting Bolton Antique Centre for a good old scout round.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- I'm always drawn to jewellery, I always like it.- Yeah, yeah.
0:06:10 > 0:06:15- And I noticed that you had a couple of Robert Allison pieces.- I have.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18I like his work.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Robert Allison is a renowned Glasgow silversmith
0:06:21 > 0:06:23and Anita is a right sucker for jewellery,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25especially with a Celtic theme.
0:06:25 > 0:06:30Both of these brooches are absolutely lovely. They're Scottish brooches.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34Why have I been drawn to Scottish brooches?!
0:06:34 > 0:06:36I can't imagine, Anita!
0:06:37 > 0:06:42- I'm finding these sort of irresistible, Rosemary...- Right.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Sort of irresistible.- Yes.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48The brooches have a combined price of £150 -
0:06:48 > 0:06:51quite a lot to blow so early on, Anita.
0:06:51 > 0:06:58- This one, I like it because it has the Celtic knot motifs.- Yes.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- I'm trying not to spend too much money...- I understand.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- This is my very first buy. - I understand.- My very first buy
0:07:04 > 0:07:09The Celtic cross brooch is cheaper and priced at £65.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14What's the very, very, very, very best you can do that?
0:07:14 > 0:07:1528.
0:07:15 > 0:07:1728? Let's go for it.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- That's absolutely wonderful.- Thank you.- I'm so pleased about that.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23I bought a Scottish thing, my very first buy!
0:07:23 > 0:07:25Excellent.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27That's a whopping £37 discount.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Off to a strong start here, girl.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35- So, I've got one thing.- Yes!
0:07:35 > 0:07:38There was another thing I was looking at here,
0:07:38 > 0:07:44which was a little pin with a wee diamond and pearl on it.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- Oh...- Like a freshwater pearl. - The...gold?- Uh-huh.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52We think that's possibly a South Sea Pearl.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- I don't know whether... - Have you got it hallmarked?
0:07:54 > 0:07:57I don't think it is, actually.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Anita's eye has been caught by another piece of jewellery -
0:08:00 > 0:08:03a diamond and pearl set stick pin.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05It's referred to as yellow metal rather than gold,
0:08:05 > 0:08:07as it's got no hallmark.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Ticket price is £95.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13What is the best that you could do on that?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Um...
0:08:15 > 0:08:1660.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21- If it was hallmarked, I would be more encouraged to go with it.- OK.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- But I still think it's a bonny thing.- Would 45 help?
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Oh, I'm so tempted!
0:08:32 > 0:08:35That's another great discount of over 50%!
0:08:36 > 0:08:39She's on a roll with Rosemary.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42You see these little horses, here.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Oh, yes. Nice, actually.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Little knife rests, would you say?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49They are, yes. A little set of four.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53- They're just white metal.- I think they're quite kind of fun.- Yes.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55You put them there...
0:08:55 > 0:08:59The only thing I worry a wee bit about is the age of them.
0:08:59 > 0:09:01I really don't know.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04- I've got a dilemma here.- OK.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Little pearl pin...
0:09:08 > 0:09:12Set of leaping, crazy horses.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16What's the best you can do on them?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18They're priced at £36.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Is 25 too much?
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Could I buy the two for 50?
0:09:25 > 0:09:2755, I'd be happy.
0:09:27 > 0:09:2955.
0:09:30 > 0:09:3152?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Go on, we'll do 52.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- Will we do 52?- 52.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- Thank you very much, that's great. - Pleasure.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41So that's the knife rests for £12,
0:09:41 > 0:09:43and the stick pin for 40.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Added to the earlier purchase of her brooch,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Anita's already parted with almost half her budget.
0:09:49 > 0:09:54Back in Ramsbottom, David's search for a deal continues with John.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- Eh, eh - car badges. Car-related stuff is good.- Yeah.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- Well, if you like car-related stuff...- I do.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Them gas headlights.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07Ah, interesting objects.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10They're from a very early vintage car, aren't they?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Ah, right - OK.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- Gas ones, so... - I think that would date them...
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- Edwardian - 1905, 1910.- Right.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Are these yours?
0:10:21 > 0:10:24These are not mine, these are another dealer's,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26who's not here today.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29In the early 20th century, cars were luxury items
0:10:29 > 0:10:32that only the very rich could afford,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35so quality and durability were paramount.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37- Can we have a look? - Course you can.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Right, get your eyes...
0:10:42 > 0:10:44over these babies.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I'm looking for a maker's mark.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51- There's nothing shouting out, there's no plaques.- No.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54These were made, what, 110,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57115 years ago and I bet you,
0:10:57 > 0:11:02- if you plumbed them in to a vintage car, they will work.- Yeah.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Look at the lenses - look at that glass.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- You can see, actually, that's hand-blown glass.- Yeah.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09David is smitten.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12But with a ticket price of £120,
0:11:12 > 0:11:14John needs to speak to the owner.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16David's bid is £60.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19You can have them for £60.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Thanks, John - bye.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Have we done it?- You've done the deal.- Marvellous, put it there.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30- Very good.- Fantastic. Two purchases down, that's not bad going, is it?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- First shop.- That's very good.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Not bad at all.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37But there's still one more item on his mind - or heart, I should say.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43So, Gina. The 19th-century writing box. Any price on that?
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- We had a chat, haven't we? 55.- 55.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53- It's devastating. - What were you thinking?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55I love it, I love it.
0:11:55 > 0:11:5730, I'd have a go, but I've still got a chance of...
0:11:57 > 0:12:00It could make 60, it could make 10 quid.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02What about 35 and we'll give you a pound back for luck?
0:12:05 > 0:12:07Go on, then - whose hand do I shake?
0:12:07 > 0:12:09I'm going to shake your hand as well.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11So, 35 and a pound back for luck.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13This is old school trading, isn't it?!
0:12:13 > 0:12:16OK, come on then, mathematician - how much do I owe you?
0:12:16 > 0:12:19£139, by my count.
0:12:19 > 0:12:2245 for the boot pull and scrape,
0:12:22 > 0:12:2460 for the gas head lamps
0:12:24 > 0:12:26and 34 on the writing slope.
0:12:26 > 0:12:29He's also parted with quite a chunk of his budget.
0:12:32 > 0:12:37It's been a productive morning and now Anita is on her way to Rochdale,
0:12:37 > 0:12:41a town that rose to prominence during the Industrial Revolution.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44While this new era in the 19th century
0:12:44 > 0:12:46brought great wealth to factory owners,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49it forced many skilled labourers into poverty.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53But a group of local men challenged these social inequalities
0:12:53 > 0:12:56by pioneering a cooperative movement that has gone on
0:12:56 > 0:13:00to improve the lives of millions of people worldwide.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06- Hi! I'm Anita.- Welcome to the Rochdale Pioneers Museum.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08I'm Gillian.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Was this one of the original cooperative shops?
0:13:12 > 0:13:14It's the one that set the model
0:13:14 > 0:13:17by which all cooperatives after worked,
0:13:17 > 0:13:22so they put all the ideas together into a really workable model.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25That's what makes the Rochdale Pioneers so important.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Between the 1820s and the 1840s,
0:13:29 > 0:13:33textile wages for skilled workers had actually halved.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37They were moving from woollen weaving into cotton weaving
0:13:37 > 0:13:41and throughout that period, food prices were going up and up.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44So there was a lot of poverty around the place.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47A group of 28 skilled labourers,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51who became known as the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers,
0:13:51 > 0:13:55decided to come together and form a cooperative.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58They opened a shop selling fresh and fair priced food -
0:13:58 > 0:14:01a rare turn of events in those times.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- Now, was there a money box here?- Yes.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- And...?- And their scales.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Very important to the Rochdale Pioneers
0:14:08 > 0:14:12that they put the scales on open show so everybody could see
0:14:12 > 0:14:15that they were getting fair weights and measures.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18A lot of private traders at the time were...
0:14:18 > 0:14:20a bit dodgy on their weights and measures.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23But this is where they sold, this is the counter
0:14:23 > 0:14:27and these are the items that they sold?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- Yeah.- There doesn't seem to be a lot on the shelves.- No.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33They did not have very much money.
0:14:33 > 0:14:38There were 28 of them originally and they put together £28.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41A lot of it went on renting the building.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43The commodities that they sold,
0:14:43 > 0:14:48they looked at the things people wanted, people needed to eat.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51They chose butter, sugar, flour and oatmeal.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Those four things, staples of the life.
0:14:54 > 0:14:59- So there was a basic desire for decency and fair trade.- Yes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02And also fair distribution of profit.
0:15:02 > 0:15:06All members had to buy into the co-op with any earnings
0:15:06 > 0:15:10shared equally based on each person's input.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13The principles of their cooperative
0:15:13 > 0:15:15were established at their weekly meetings.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20So this is the original minute book of the Rochdale Pioneers.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23It dates from their first-ever meeting,
0:15:23 > 0:15:25which was August the 11th, 1844.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29- So this is the very first meeting? - Yes, it is.
0:15:29 > 0:15:35- And these were guys that were coming in after doing ten hours' work?- Yes.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39There's a time when the building had been open for about a year
0:15:39 > 0:15:43when they decided they needed to do a stock take,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46so they chose the date, 25th of December,
0:15:46 > 0:15:48because it was the one day
0:15:48 > 0:15:50that everybody was available
0:15:50 > 0:15:52to do work in the society.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54- Christmas Day.- Yes.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59The cooperative was not a new idea in the UK,
0:15:59 > 0:16:03but few were as successful as the Rochdale Pioneers
0:16:03 > 0:16:06and many turned to copy their principles.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10As the movement grew, so did their wealth, providing new premises
0:16:10 > 0:16:13and, more importantly, the promotion of education.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17One of the first things they did when they got a building
0:16:17 > 0:16:20was to start discussion groups,
0:16:20 > 0:16:23getting together to learn from each other.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28Then they started bringing in university lecturers to give talks
0:16:28 > 0:16:31and set up their own libraries as well.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35So the range of educational activities that people could have
0:16:35 > 0:16:38through their cooperative society was amazing.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42So they were able to provide children and grown-ups
0:16:42 > 0:16:45with educational facilities that the state
0:16:45 > 0:16:49- wasn't able to provide them with? - Yes.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Yes, you could learn anything.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55They also used funds to create better housing stock
0:16:55 > 0:16:57for their members.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00The big objective that they had
0:17:00 > 0:17:04was to arrange the powers of production, distribution,
0:17:04 > 0:17:06education and government.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09They felt if those four things were done through cooperation,
0:17:09 > 0:17:11the world would be a better place.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13They really wanted to change the world.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17And they truly did.
0:17:17 > 0:17:21As the Pioneers' fame went global, their movement also gathered pace.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Many of their principles surrounding education, fair trade and housing
0:17:25 > 0:17:28are now enshrined in common law around the world.
0:17:30 > 0:17:31Out on the open road,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34David is heading to the picturesque town of Todmorden.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38He's visiting Picture House Antiques,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41clutching his remaining 61 smackers.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44Wa-hey!
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Gosh, quite a contemporary feel, don't you think,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50if you look around?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52Nicely spread out. Big, red walls.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Modern things...
0:17:54 > 0:17:56Well, modern - '60s, '70s, vintage, retro,
0:17:56 > 0:18:00mixed with 18th-century furniture - it just works.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- Now, you must be Roger. - Yes, how are you, David?
0:18:03 > 0:18:07The thing I'm interested in is a real antique,
0:18:07 > 0:18:09but it's got a contemporary feel about it.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12That's the copper Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts dish.
0:18:13 > 0:18:17I mean, it's pretty standard fare, isn't it?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19But because it's reasonably plain,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23it's got a bit of a modern look about it, hasn't it?
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- I think that's circa 1900, bang on.- Yeah.
0:18:27 > 0:18:31It's got the Arts and Crafts quality, as in it's handmade,
0:18:31 > 0:18:34hand-beaten and it's got the Art Nouveau decoration.
0:18:35 > 0:18:39I'd have it for 20 quid. I would say yes and shake your hand right there.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43Let me just consult with Pamela, because she knows this person.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47Quite right. That would be a 50% off the ticket price.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50So, let's hope Pamela's feeling generous.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54Can I then, Roger, Pamela, buy it for 20?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57Let's have a look.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58- Don't look, but say yes!- Yes!
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Can I? Marvellous! Thank you very much!
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Lovely to meet you and do a deal.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05And, Roger, thank you for that one.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11A cracking deal, eh? Anything else that would suit his meagre budget?
0:19:11 > 0:19:14- The trick I think, Roger... - How much have you got left?
0:19:14 > 0:19:18- I've got £41 left.- Yeah? - After I've bought this.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22Give me £41, you can have that piano stool, which sells for 100.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- I haven't seen the piano stool. - It's an American one - here.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28We're off somewhere else! Right.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31- That...- Oh, yeah?
0:19:31 > 0:19:33- ..I bought for a lot of money.- OK.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36- But with a lot of other things. - Is it a twizzly-wizzly?
0:19:36 > 0:19:39- It's a twizzly-wizzly. - Look at that twizzly-wizzly!
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Oh, Lordy.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42That is marvellous.
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Oh, yes.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45You had him at twizzly-wizzly, Roger.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48I've brought back several of these, because I brought a container,
0:19:48 > 0:19:52a 40-foot container of antiques back from America. Normally...
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Oh!
0:19:53 > 0:19:55- That's all right, it does that! - Sorry about that, Roger!
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Careful, David, eh?
0:19:57 > 0:20:00I thought I was spinning it in the correct direction.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03It's all right, that's what it does.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07The label reads Holtzman & Sons, Columbus, Ohio, who were,
0:20:07 > 0:20:11in their heyday, one of the largest manufacturers of piano stools
0:20:11 > 0:20:13and covers in the US.
0:20:13 > 0:20:18Such a maker's mark could add value to this piece at auction.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- This is probably not far off American Civil War.- No, it's good.
0:20:22 > 0:20:261865-ish. 1880, maybe.
0:20:26 > 0:20:28Sometimes they're a mixture of things.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31Don't you find that amazing, when you handle an object...
0:20:31 > 0:20:33that you know was either in existence
0:20:33 > 0:20:34during the American Civil War,
0:20:34 > 0:20:38or used by people who were there during the Civil War.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- And how much is it?- £41.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43- Roger THAT.- OK.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46And that's all my money gone.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51David has now bought a late 19th-century piano stool for £41,
0:20:51 > 0:20:54an Art Nouveau copper dish for £20...
0:20:54 > 0:20:58A brave move spending all his money on day one.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Back together again
0:21:01 > 0:21:05and it's time for our duo to rest up in preparation for another busy day.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Well, for Anita, anyway. So, nighty night!
0:21:13 > 0:21:15It's a dreary old morning,
0:21:15 > 0:21:19but there's no dampening the spirits of our intrepid adventurers.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21Isn't this wonderful?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24We're in New Brighton, we have the sea over here,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- we have palm trees back there. - We do not have palm trees!
0:21:28 > 0:21:31We COULD be in Monte Carlo!
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Well, the Wirral is not quite the French Riviera,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36but I suppose they do have a promenade.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Don't let anybody ever tell you
0:21:38 > 0:21:40that I don't take you to glamorous locations!
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Well, I'm sitting here in a little fast car...
0:21:45 > 0:21:46Sorry...
0:21:46 > 0:21:49- ..with a glamorous sort of guy... - Now you're right!
0:21:49 > 0:21:51..with designer stubble!
0:21:51 > 0:21:53What is that all about? Did you sleep in?
0:21:53 > 0:21:55HE LAUGHS
0:21:55 > 0:21:57I'd like to say it was intentional, but I just forgot to shave!
0:21:57 > 0:22:01- Oh, dear, dear, dear.- You can have a feel, if you like.- No thanks!
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Go on, have a feel! - No, thank you!- Make your day!
0:22:07 > 0:22:11He may not be Cary Grant, but David did shop boldly yesterday.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16He bought the early 20th-century boot pull and scrape,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19the motorcar head lamps,
0:22:19 > 0:22:20a walnut writing slope,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22a piano stool
0:22:22 > 0:22:24and Art Nouveau copper dish.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Spending all of his £200 budget.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Anita, on the other hand, was more prudent.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38She bought three lots for £80 - a Celtic brooch,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40four white metal knife rests
0:22:40 > 0:22:42and a diamond and pearl set stick pin,
0:22:42 > 0:22:45leaving her with £120 to play with today.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49HONK, HONK!
0:22:51 > 0:22:55David and Anita have raced along to Wallasey and Anita's first shop.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01In the late 19th century, Wallasey was a popular seaside resort
0:23:01 > 0:23:05and is currently undergoing regeneration.
0:23:07 > 0:23:12Anita is meeting Tina at the aptly-named Tina's Treasures.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Fingers crossed she finds some.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18And without further ado, she's off.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Just like a kid in a toy shop.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23I like hats. I really like hats.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26And toys too, apparently.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27Ah!
0:23:27 > 0:23:28THEY LAUGH
0:23:30 > 0:23:32What a lovely, smiley doll.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36This doll, she's so sweet.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39Hi! You're bringing a smile to my face.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44Tina, could you tell me a wee bit about this doll here?
0:23:44 > 0:23:48It's a...Norah Wellings, Islander.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52Yes, she made this range around the 1930s.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55Originally, I think it may have had feet,
0:23:55 > 0:23:57but because I haven't found one quite the same...
0:23:57 > 0:24:01But it's just beautiful features, isn't it? Really sweet.
0:24:01 > 0:24:05Norah Wellings was a highly esteemed soft doll maker.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09She designed all of her dolls herself.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Her motto was, "Quality, not quantity,"
0:24:12 > 0:24:16which obviously worked, as they're still very collectable today.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17Plenty more to see, though.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Or play with, in Anita's case.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24LOUD RASPBERRY
0:24:24 > 0:24:26I'm no good at that. No.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29It's not one of my talents,
0:24:29 > 0:24:31playing the didgeridoo.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33THAT is an understatement.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36But enough tomfoolery. Time for...
0:24:36 > 0:24:38A hula hoop.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Brace yourselves.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42- It's all the hip action. - It is, isn't it?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- Ready, and...- Go!
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Are you actually going to buy anything, Anita?
0:24:50 > 0:24:52- Tina.- Yes?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- I'm very tempted... - Go on, make me an offer.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57I'm very tempted with this doll
0:24:57 > 0:25:00and it's because she's such a cheery doll.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04The doll's priced at £55.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07Time for some serious haggling.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11What I would do, I'd probably put say...
0:25:11 > 0:25:1315 to 20 on it.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15How about 25?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Is it possible to...
0:25:19 > 0:25:21to say 20 on her?
0:25:21 > 0:25:22- I'll do 20 on her.- Will we do 20?
0:25:22 > 0:25:25- That'll give you a chance, then. - That'll give me a chance.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26- Look, she's smiling!- She is!
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- You've got a new mummy! - And she's going to have a new home!
0:25:30 > 0:25:33- Tina, thank you very much. - You're most welcome.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37I think she's great fun. I've enjoyed playing with all these toys.
0:25:37 > 0:25:41- I'm so glad you have.- I've had a great morning. It's terrific!
0:25:43 > 0:25:45So that's a Norah Wellings doll
0:25:45 > 0:25:48purchased for the bargain price of £20.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52David, meanwhile,
0:25:52 > 0:25:55is journeying across the Mersey.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Well, under it, actually.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- ENGINE PURRS - Ohh!
0:25:59 > 0:26:03Even the Moggy Minor sounds throaty going through this tunnel.
0:26:07 > 0:26:08Much of Liverpool's economic growth
0:26:08 > 0:26:11came from the Mersey and its maritime trade.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16# So ferry 'cross the Mersey
0:26:16 > 0:26:17# Cos this land's... #
0:26:17 > 0:26:21Sadly, and less well-known, is the fact that the cornerstone
0:26:21 > 0:26:25of this wealth was derived from its transatlantic slave trade.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28But one unsung hero fought for equality and justice.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33Edward Rushton was a poet and revolutionary.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35After losing his sight in his late teens,
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Rushton introduced facilities for the blind
0:26:38 > 0:26:41and played an important role in the abolition of slavery,
0:26:41 > 0:26:44even taking on the President of the United States.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47So, Alex, who exactly was Edward Rushton?
0:26:47 > 0:26:52Well, Edward Rushton was the man who dared to take on George Washington.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55- This is him here? - This is a portrait by Moses Horton.
0:26:55 > 0:27:00He was a boy who was at sea at the age of ten.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03His father apprenticed him to a slaving company
0:27:03 > 0:27:06and Liverpool, in the 1770s,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09was the capital of the slave trade.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13During this time, Edward witnessed first-hand
0:27:13 > 0:27:16the cruelty the slaves were forced to endure.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19He made a good friend in an African -
0:27:19 > 0:27:23a boy called Kwamina, who he taught to read.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Kwamina and he were in a boat that capsized
0:27:26 > 0:27:29and Kwamina actually saved his life.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33But in doing so, he lost his own.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36Greatly moved by his friend's sacrifice,
0:27:36 > 0:27:40Rushton devoted his life to championing all oppression,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43in particular the abolitionist cause.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46During one particular journey, he discovered many slaves were locked
0:27:46 > 0:27:50below deck due to a contagious eye infection that led to blindness.
0:27:52 > 0:27:56Appalled by their suffering, he insisted on taking them food.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00As a grim consequence, he too succumbed to infection
0:28:00 > 0:28:02and lost his own sight.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06As a result of this, he came home to Liverpool
0:28:06 > 0:28:08a blind man, impoverished.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10At what age?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12At what age? At only just 19.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16Despite his disability and with little assistance,
0:28:16 > 0:28:20Rushton took on various jobs, including editor of a paper.
0:28:20 > 0:28:24He continued to campaign against slavery through his poetry
0:28:24 > 0:28:25and more famously,
0:28:25 > 0:28:28a letter he sent to the first President of the United States.
0:28:28 > 0:28:35- In 1796, he writes a letter to George Washington...- Right.
0:28:35 > 0:28:40..lambasting him for being a personal owner of slaves
0:28:40 > 0:28:44and for failing to free the enslaved people
0:28:44 > 0:28:48when he beat the English and set up the American...
0:28:48 > 0:28:51Well, of course - he'd just fought the War of Independence, hadn't he?
0:28:51 > 0:28:53Giving freedom to all Americans,
0:28:53 > 0:28:58apart from, quite obviously, the slaves. Huge contradiction.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01How does he go about this letter?
0:29:01 > 0:29:03This is what he says -
0:29:03 > 0:29:07"Shame, shame that man should be deemed the property of man.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10"Or that the name of Washington should be found
0:29:10 > 0:29:12"among the list of such proprietors."
0:29:12 > 0:29:15Does George Washington respond to this?
0:29:15 > 0:29:19George Washington sent the letter back, apparently,
0:29:19 > 0:29:21with no word of reply.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Not to be deterred, Rushton published the letter,
0:29:26 > 0:29:28both in the UK and in the States.
0:29:28 > 0:29:33It went on to play an important part in the abolitionist campaigns,
0:29:33 > 0:29:35particularly in the US.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38You know, I think the irony is marvellous,
0:29:38 > 0:29:41because the insult was sent back, but he takes the opportunity
0:29:41 > 0:29:45to use that letter and reignites the abolition movement.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47The abolition of slavery
0:29:47 > 0:29:49was not the only movement Rushton was involved in.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52A passionate and outspoken revolutionary,
0:29:52 > 0:29:56he couldn't help but rail against the injustices he encountered.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59And, there was none more close to home
0:29:59 > 0:30:01than the plight of the visually impaired.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Now, Rushton, blind in the late 18th-century,
0:30:04 > 0:30:07that would have made life pretty difficult.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09At this time,
0:30:09 > 0:30:12there were no facilities in the UK to help the blind.
0:30:13 > 0:30:14Knowing just how difficult it was
0:30:14 > 0:30:17to support oneself with this impairment,
0:30:17 > 0:30:21Rushton campaigned to build a ground-breaking school.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24This was to open in January 1791.
0:30:25 > 0:30:31And the idea was that the people who would attend the school
0:30:31 > 0:30:34would be trained to be self-supporting.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Was this the first school of its type in Liverpool?
0:30:36 > 0:30:40It was, it was the first school of its type in the country.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43- My gosh.- And it's still going.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47King George IV was later to become a patron of the school
0:30:47 > 0:30:50and the number of students steadily grew.
0:30:50 > 0:30:54This school had 45 students within two...three years.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58And, by the end of the century, they were having to build
0:30:58 > 0:31:01because they had 80 people on the waiting list.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Rushton may have been forgotten for 200 years,
0:31:03 > 0:31:07but he was remembered in the blind school and that is his legacy.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11Rushton dedicated his life to battling oppression
0:31:11 > 0:31:14whenever he encountered it and remained politically active
0:31:14 > 0:31:17until his death in 1814.
0:31:17 > 0:31:20His school still exists today,
0:31:20 > 0:31:23a testament to its little-known founder
0:31:23 > 0:31:25and his incredible achievements.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Anita has now hotfooted it to Liverpool
0:31:34 > 0:31:38and is heading into Wayne Colquhoun Antiques.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41She's still got £100 left to spend.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43- Hello, I'm Anita.- How are you?
0:31:43 > 0:31:46I'm great. I love 20th-century design.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48Same here.
0:31:51 > 0:31:56- Wayne, there's a rather pretty mirror here in a box.- I know which one...
0:31:56 > 0:32:00- That's the expensive one! - Is it?! I've got good taste!
0:32:00 > 0:32:02Good taste that, yes, that's beautiful. It's a French one.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05- It's several hundred pounds, though. - Several hundred? Uh-huh.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07A tad on the pricey side.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12The hunt continues, Anita.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18- What about something as simple as a cocktail shaker?- Oh, yes.
0:32:18 > 0:32:19Full of fingerprints.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Uh-huh, yeah.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Yeah, that's...
0:32:24 > 0:32:26When that shined up and clean, and silver...
0:32:26 > 0:32:29All bright, it sort of sums up the age.
0:32:29 > 0:32:32- People would sit around and make their Martinis and things.- Uh-huh.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35Bet you do that at home now, yourself.
0:32:35 > 0:32:38- Saturday night! - Saturday night, my cocktails!
0:32:38 > 0:32:41Have a little shake and a shimmy.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43Is it...? It's empty.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46A bit early, Anita.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48It makes me think of Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51all those fabulous frocks and so on.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53I think she means she likes it.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Ticket price is £20.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Could that be bought...
0:33:00 > 0:33:02for a tenner?
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Not quite a tenner.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08Because it's a good one, that. It's a good, thick plate on that.
0:33:08 > 0:33:13- Let's do 15, but I couldn't go much below 15.- You couldn't go below?- No.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Could you go to 12?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- Don't if you don't want to.- Um...
0:33:20 > 0:33:22Go on, seeing as it's you. I'll do £12!
0:33:22 > 0:33:25I knew I was in for a rough ride!
0:33:25 > 0:33:27- Oh, thank you!- As soon as I saw you!- Thank you so much!
0:33:27 > 0:33:29Bottoms up, chaps.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32So, for £12, Anita has bought her final item -
0:33:32 > 0:33:35an Art Deco cocktail shaker.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38Which, along with her Celtic brooch,
0:33:38 > 0:33:40leaping horses knife rests,
0:33:40 > 0:33:43diamond and pearl set pin
0:33:43 > 0:33:45and Norah Wellings doll,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47cost her a total of £112.
0:33:50 > 0:33:52David went all-out
0:33:52 > 0:33:55and spent his full £200 on day one,
0:33:55 > 0:33:59picking up a 20th-century boot pull and scrape,
0:33:59 > 0:34:01some vintage motor car head lamps,
0:34:01 > 0:34:04a mid-19th century writing slope,
0:34:04 > 0:34:07a piano stool
0:34:07 > 0:34:09and an Art Nouveau copper dish.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14But what do they think of each other's purchases?
0:34:14 > 0:34:18Let's start from the top - boring, the stick pin.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21I mean, I have seen millions of those things
0:34:21 > 0:34:24and I don't dream about them.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28David has a mixed bag of items there.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Some of which I like and some of which I think are...weird.
0:34:32 > 0:34:36Then we move on to the...quite atrocious, let's be honest,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38knife rests.
0:34:38 > 0:34:41They were probably made on Wednesday of last week,
0:34:41 > 0:34:43I would guess, and a bit on the horrid side.
0:34:44 > 0:34:47Only time will tell who has bought best
0:34:47 > 0:34:51as our experts travel the final 30 miles to their first auction
0:34:51 > 0:34:53at Knutsford Fine Art Auctioneers.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Now, are you a wee bit worried, David,
0:34:56 > 0:35:00or do you feel confident that you're going to blast forward?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03No, I'm not confident! No, I'm not!
0:35:03 > 0:35:07I was trying to pull myself up, there, but no, actually, I'm not.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- Here we are.- Just in here, David.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14Get you right to the door, madam.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17"Auction today!" Hello!
0:35:17 > 0:35:19How very exciting.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23Our auctioneer today is Rachel Houston-Holland,
0:35:23 > 0:35:26who's had a look over our experts' lots.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30The Holtzman piano stool is rather interesting,
0:35:30 > 0:35:32really unusual glass ball feet.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Hopefully, that should do really well.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36And what of Anita's knife rests?
0:35:36 > 0:35:37Little bit of a gamble.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40If they were silver, they'd be fantastic,
0:35:40 > 0:35:43but unfortunately, they're not. Um... Yeah...
0:35:43 > 0:35:45I hope too much wasn't paid for those!
0:35:45 > 0:35:47Hmm, mixed reviews there.
0:35:47 > 0:35:49Let the auction commence.
0:35:51 > 0:35:55First up is David's Art Nouveau copper dish.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- Are you nervous? Are you nervous? - Yes! Aren't you nervous?
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- No.- No! I am.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00£20 to start.
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- Yes.- £10 then, if it helps. 10, I have. 10, 12,
0:36:04 > 0:36:0715, 18, 20, at £18...
0:36:07 > 0:36:10- Come on.- ..selling now at £18.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12At £18, selling now at 18.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13I want to shout, Anita.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16Oh! £2 down.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Yes, but it's a very small loss.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23Next, are Anita's leaping horse knife rests.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25£10. £10 for them, surely.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- £10.- Come on!- £10. Come on, £10.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Thank you, madam. £10.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Lady's bid now at £10, and 12, 15,
0:36:32 > 0:36:35- 15, 18...- Oh, oh.- ..20.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38- 22, 25...- Yes.- ..28,
0:36:38 > 0:36:4030. At £28...
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- Oh.- ..gentleman's bid now at £28.
0:36:42 > 0:36:46Are we all done now? Selling at 28.
0:36:46 > 0:36:47Yes!
0:36:48 > 0:36:50They may not have been silver,
0:36:50 > 0:36:53but Anita's more than doubled her money there.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Well done. Well done, very good start.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00Let's see if she can continue to stir things up
0:37:00 > 0:37:04with her self-polished Art Deco cocktail shaker.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06- £10 for it, £10, I have... - Oh, they're in, look.
0:37:06 > 0:37:0912, 15, 18, 20.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12- At £18, on my left, selling now at £18...- I love it, Anita.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Are we all done? Selling, £18.
0:37:16 > 0:37:19- Oh, check it. Well done, well done. - £18.
0:37:19 > 0:37:23Another profit for Anita. Cheers to that.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25You're on fire, missus. You're on fire.
0:37:25 > 0:37:30Back with David and his tongue twister of a boot pull and scrape.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32£20. £20, thank you, sir.
0:37:32 > 0:37:34Someone knows what he's doing there.
0:37:34 > 0:37:3620, 22, 25, 28.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38- A long way to go.- £25, seated.
0:37:38 > 0:37:43- Are we all done, surely, at £25?- No!
0:37:43 > 0:37:44Anita!
0:37:44 > 0:37:47That's another loss for David, I'm afraid.
0:37:48 > 0:37:50Ah, ah...
0:37:50 > 0:37:52ANITA LAUGHS
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Fingers crossed his walnut writing slope will put him back in the game.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01- And I must start the bidding now, at £30 commission...- Yes, yes.- Come on.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04Commission bid now, 32, 35, £38...
0:38:04 > 0:38:05Come on, come on.
0:38:05 > 0:38:10In the room, and 40, 42, 45, 48, 50.
0:38:10 > 0:38:11- 50 anywhere else?- Come on.
0:38:11 > 0:38:15£48, on my left. Selling. 50, fresh bidder. 55,
0:38:15 > 0:38:18- 60...- Yes.- Good.- Come on.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22No, at...£55, on my left, selling now, are we all done?
0:38:22 > 0:38:24- Oh!- 60, back in. 65...
0:38:24 > 0:38:28- He's got taste, this fella. - ..gentleman's bid at 60.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30- Marvellous.- Yes.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Marvellous, indeed.
0:38:32 > 0:38:35David followed his heart and with that one, it paid off.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- Are you happy now? - I'm delighted.- Ah.- I'm delighted.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- That's good, that's good.- Back on an even keel now, aren't I?- You are.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- So that's good.- Excellent.
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Now it is David's late 19th-century piano stool.
0:38:49 > 0:38:52A twizzly-wizzly, if memory serves.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55£40, surely, to start. Come on, £40.
0:38:55 > 0:38:5620?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59You all want it now, for £20.
0:38:59 > 0:39:04You, sir, right at the back at 20. 22, 25, 28, 30, 32, 35.
0:39:04 > 0:39:0535 anywhere else?
0:39:05 > 0:39:08- 35, thank you, 38.- Come on.- 40.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- Come on, come on.- 42, 45.- Come on.
0:39:11 > 0:39:16No? It's at £42. A gentleman, fresh bidder, 45, 48, 50.
0:39:16 > 0:39:1855, 60.
0:39:18 > 0:39:2065, 70.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- At £65...- Ooh! - ..on my left now, nice lot...
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- It is nice.- £65.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- Good.- Good, well, good. - Well done, David.- So...
0:39:29 > 0:39:33After a shaky start, that's a second good profit for David.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38- 24 profit.- Now, are you happy? - I'm happy. I've been happy all day.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39ANITA LAUGHS
0:39:39 > 0:39:40OK, Mr Happy.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42THEY LAUGH
0:39:42 > 0:39:46Back to Anita now, as her Norah Wellings doll is up next.
0:39:46 > 0:39:47£30.
0:39:47 > 0:39:4920 then, if it helps.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53£20 at the back, and 22 works, come on, it seems cheap, at £20...
0:39:53 > 0:39:57- Oh, that...- Oh...- ..22, 25, 28, 30.
0:39:57 > 0:40:01- No, it's at £28.- Oh.- On my left now at £28, are we all done?
0:40:01 > 0:40:05- Surely, at 28. - DAVID LAUGHS
0:40:05 > 0:40:08Anita has secured a profit on every item so far.
0:40:10 > 0:40:14David's final and most expensive item,
0:40:14 > 0:40:17the gas-powered car lamps were a bit of a gamble.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19£20 I have, at £20.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Standing now, are we all done? 22, 25.
0:40:21 > 0:40:23At 28, 30.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26- At £30, in the room now at £30. - Come on.- 32?
0:40:26 > 0:40:2832, 35. 38.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32At £35, standing now, are we all done?
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- Come on, guys.- At £35. 35.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Light the match, Anita.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39Say goodbye.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42- To tell you the truth, I'm surprised they went that far!- Oh, charming(!)
0:40:42 > 0:40:44THEY LAUGH
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Oh, bad luck, David.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49They could've fetched a good price for the collector,
0:40:49 > 0:40:51had this auction been online.
0:40:53 > 0:40:57But let's see if Anita's pin will keep up her run of profits.
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- I call gentleman's jewellery, gentleman's furniture.- Do you?
0:41:02 > 0:41:05- THEY LAUGH Yes!- Why?
0:41:05 > 0:41:06I don't know!
0:41:07 > 0:41:09I've got commission interest.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12- Yes, commission bid! - I'll start the bids at...
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- £28, to start.- Ooh. - £28 to start...- 28.- ..30,
0:41:15 > 0:41:1932, 35, at £35 on my left now, at 35.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22- Come on, come on! - Selling now at £35, are we all done?
0:41:22 > 0:41:25Selling at 35...
0:41:25 > 0:41:27- 35.- Mmm!
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Nearly made it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31- Nearly made it.- Mmm, nearly.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34Anita's first loss of the day, but it's a small one.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39That was a big diamond. Well, it was a little diamond.
0:41:39 > 0:41:42- No, but you bigged it up, that was good.- I bigged it up.
0:41:42 > 0:41:43THEY LAUGH
0:41:43 > 0:41:48It's their final item of the day, Anita's Robert Allison brooch.
0:41:48 > 0:41:49Last one.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53- £20. £20...- No... - ..come on, 10 then?
0:41:53 > 0:41:55£10. 10, I have, 12, 15.
0:41:55 > 0:41:5718, 20.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01At £18 at the back of the room now, at £18. Are we all done?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- Mm...- Selling now at £18...
0:42:05 > 0:42:06C2...
0:42:06 > 0:42:10- The two jewellery pieces brought me down there.- Yeah. Interesting.
0:42:10 > 0:42:14That's disappointing. Anita normally does well with jewellery.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17- This is a very complicated sum. - That's why I'm leaving it to you.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20- What are you going to do?- Have a cup of tea.- I'm going to come with you.
0:42:20 > 0:42:21Oh, come on then.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22Good idea. Ha!
0:42:23 > 0:42:24And the numbers are in.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Our two competitors started this road trip with £200 each.
0:42:28 > 0:42:33After paying auction costs, David made a loss of £33.54,
0:42:33 > 0:42:38leaving him with £166.46 to carry forward.
0:42:40 > 0:42:45Anita made a smaller loss of just £7.86
0:42:45 > 0:42:47and emerges victorious,
0:42:47 > 0:42:52with £192.14 for the next adventure.
0:42:52 > 0:42:54Onward, Macduff!
0:42:54 > 0:42:56McHarper! THEY LAUGH
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Bon voyage, chaps.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07Next time, Anita and David go deep undercover...
0:43:07 > 0:43:10- It will pop on your head. - Really?- Yes.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12Very Queen mother. SHE LAUGHS
0:43:12 > 0:43:14..with some royally good results.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17- Oh!- Yes! Yes! HE LAUGHS