0:00:02 > 0:00:04It's the nation's favourite antiques experts.
0:00:04 > 0:00:05What a job!
0:00:05 > 0:00:06- With £200 each...- You with me?
0:00:06 > 0:00:08..a classic car...
0:00:08 > 0:00:09Buckle up.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12..and a goal - to scour Britain for antiques.
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Ooh, sorry!
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Ha-ha!
0:00:14 > 0:00:17The aim - to make the biggest profit at auction.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19But it's no mean feat.
0:00:19 > 0:00:20There'll be worthy winners...
0:00:20 > 0:00:21Yes!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..and valiant losers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27So, will it be the high road to glory, or the slow road to disaster?
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Have a good trip!
0:00:29 > 0:00:31This is the Antiques Road Trip!
0:00:34 > 0:00:35Yeah!
0:00:36 > 0:00:39Hail Caledonia!
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Our pair of professional auctioneers,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Charles Hansen and Anita Manning,
0:00:43 > 0:00:47continue their capers, careering about the scenic capital
0:00:47 > 0:00:50of Scotia in that 1972 Triumph Stag.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Edinburgh, like Rome, has seven hills.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Huh, that's a lot of ups and downs, just like the Antiques Road Trip...
0:00:57 > 0:00:59But fun.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02It can be a bit like snakes and ladders.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06You can go up, and you can come down.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07- Anita.- A roller-coaster.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Anita, I'm feeling slippy.
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Where's that clutch control gone?
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I'm slipping a bit here.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Oh, no.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20While it's true that Charles did indeed do some back-sliding
0:01:20 > 0:01:23earlier in the trip, he actually climbed back into profit last time
0:01:23 > 0:01:28and starts out today with £267.74.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34While Anita has stayed steady on her feet and kept well ahead,
0:01:34 > 0:01:39doubling her original stake to land her with £410.00 for this time.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42I cannot believe that you have hit the £400 barrier
0:01:42 > 0:01:46and a bit more, I'm languishing a long way back.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49We're both courageous, we both take a chance.
0:01:51 > 0:01:53Charles and Anita set forth from Kilbarchan,
0:01:53 > 0:01:56and are touring the B-roads on both sides of the border
0:01:56 > 0:01:58before a last auction in North Shields.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02I go to auction burning brightly
0:02:02 > 0:02:04to either fly high or collapse in your arms.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07- Oh, Charlie! - And that is the game, Anita!
0:02:07 > 0:02:11My heart is full, my wee Scottish heart is full.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14You have conquered Scotland, and you have conquered my heart.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19This time, their journey will take them through the Scottish Borders
0:02:19 > 0:02:22before auction at Kinbuck, Stirlingshire,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24but first, Edinburgh.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28Anita and Charles are driving through Holyrood Park this morning,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32skirting the slopes, lochs and cliffs of Arthur's Seat.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36There we go. On this gorgeous morning!
0:02:36 > 0:02:37What a beautiful spot!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39The sun is shining and you're looking mustard!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42As keen as mustard!
0:02:42 > 0:02:43OK, bye-bye, darling.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45See you later, bye, have a good day!
0:02:46 > 0:02:49While Charles heads to his first shop,
0:02:49 > 0:02:54Anita's making her way on foot over the causeway to her first emporium
0:02:54 > 0:02:57of the day, the Courtyard Antiques.
0:02:57 > 0:02:58Hi, I'm Anita.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Pleased to meet you, Anita.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05This is the most amazing, the most visually extraordinary shop
0:03:05 > 0:03:09that I've been in for a long time, bless you.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13Quite an eclectic array of the antique and vintage here.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18This is like the biggest toy shop in the world.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20It's all about fun.
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Hey, Trigger!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Trot on, doll.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26What's upstairs?
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Planes, boats, a bit like boys' toys.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34But I found this fabulous girls' tricycle.
0:03:34 > 0:03:40It's called the Sky Princess and I think it's an American bike.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43It's a bit like a kids' Cadillac.
0:03:45 > 0:03:50It's a wee bit dear at £190 because I'm taking it to auction,
0:03:50 > 0:03:54and this will have a very restricted market.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Time to summon Lewis.
0:03:56 > 0:04:02I found a girlie toy with these marvellous mud guards here
0:04:02 > 0:04:06which are a bit like, I suppose, a bit space-agey.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I thought it would be American, am I right there?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- It's American, yeah. - What sort of period?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I think it could be anywhere from the '40s to the '60s, really.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I would like to be paying in the region of 80 to 100
0:04:17 > 0:04:21because we've got some wee bits missing here.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Well, if we could agree on 100, I would be quite happy.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25100, let's go for it.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27I can't resist it.
0:04:27 > 0:04:28Thank you so much.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30I wonder, will it hold me?
0:04:30 > 0:04:32I think it would, yeah.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I am absolutely delighted with this and I'm going to keep on looking.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Great, thank you so much.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40With a lighter purse after that first buy,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42we'll leave her to carry on trawling.
0:04:42 > 0:04:43Time to catch up with Charles,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47who's on his way across Edinburgh to Brunt's Field,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51one-time home of Muriel Spark, who wrote The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55He's expected at his first shop by owner Anna and her dog,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57the eponymous Tippi. Good girl.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58Hi, there.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Good morning. How are you on this fine morning in Edinburgh?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02Very well, thank you.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04What a lovely shop!
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Thank you, this is Tippi.
0:05:05 > 0:05:07Hello, Tippi, good to see you.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Maybe Tippi can tip the scales in my favour.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Yes!
0:05:10 > 0:05:11There we go.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Go on, sniff out those bargains.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Dear, oh, dear.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Oh, what have we got there?
0:05:22 > 0:05:26To the unassuming, it might be a sewing box with a lid to open up.
0:05:26 > 0:05:31But would you believe it? It's true, isn't it, inside, look at that,
0:05:31 > 0:05:32there's a vacuum cleaner.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- I love it!- Imagine how much room that could free up
0:05:35 > 0:05:39- under your stairs.- Every Saturday afternoon, I do the hoovering.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43You can put Tim Wonnacott under the stairs if you've got one of those.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Put ME under the stairs?!
0:05:45 > 0:05:48It's an amazing object but it's not for me.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51I've never seen one before, it made my day. Thank you.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53So, what might you hoover up?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Ah, a wooden vase, it looks Georgian.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59I quite like this form,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02it's of ovoid outline, with a cover,
0:06:02 > 0:06:04on a circular pedestal.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07How much could that be? Has it come from somewhere local?
0:06:07 > 0:06:12It has, actually, it's a local house that I cleared.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16What do you reckon, Tippi? £15?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- Yeah.- The art of antiques is handling.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21And sometimes, you're best to go into a shop,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25go into an auction and just handle that tactile nature
0:06:25 > 0:06:27of what the object gives off.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31And this doesn't just have a great handle, it glows as well.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Your best price - £15?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Yes.- I'm going to tell you, Tippi, look at me!
0:06:35 > 0:06:39I'm going to say, going, going, give me a paw...
0:06:40 > 0:06:41..gone. Thank you very much.
0:06:41 > 0:06:44Time to PAUSE now - haha, who writes this stuff? -
0:06:44 > 0:06:48and catch up with Anita who's still on the hunt across town. Bless her.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52Isn't this just absolutely fabulous!
0:06:52 > 0:06:56It's a weighing machine that tells your fortune.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59It was designed by Joseph Sinel,
0:06:59 > 0:07:03an Australian architect who lived in America,
0:07:03 > 0:07:07and he would have designed this type of machine
0:07:07 > 0:07:09for a prestigious building
0:07:09 > 0:07:12like the Empire State Building.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18The shape is Art Deco, the materials are Art Deco,
0:07:18 > 0:07:20I'm going to step on it...
0:07:22 > 0:07:24..and see what happens.
0:07:30 > 0:07:36"Not willing to take a risk if you see the slightest chance of losing."
0:07:36 > 0:07:37Well, maybe that's true.
0:07:37 > 0:07:41As for the weight? Well, can't find that.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Maybe just as well.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45She is worth her weight in gold, that woman.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Now, anything else here?
0:07:47 > 0:07:52I love Art Nouveau, and this spirit kettle here
0:07:52 > 0:07:56is an example of probably Austrian Art Nouveau.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00And I'm very fond of that period and that area.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Spirit kettles date back to the days of Queen Anne.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07She used a burner to maintain a supply of hot water
0:08:07 > 0:08:10for topping up the teapot at elaborate tea parties.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13There's no price on this one, so, Lewis!
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Lewis, I really like this spirit kettle.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20I think that it's probably Austrian Art Nouveau.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Would you agree with me?
0:08:21 > 0:08:27- Yes.- What is the very, very, very best that you can do?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29The very, very, very, very best is 120.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30120.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34I'm going to go for it.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Thank you very much.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38So 120 for the kettle,
0:08:38 > 0:08:41100 for the bike, £220.
0:08:41 > 0:08:42OK, lovely.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- Thank you.- Pleasure.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Come on, Princess.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Just don't ride it, eh?
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Oh, no, here we go!
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Charlie can keep the Stag!
0:08:52 > 0:08:55On your bike, hen, as they say in Glasgow.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00Now, any advance on the mahogany vase over at Bransfield?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02I'm a man who likes classical ornament,
0:09:02 > 0:09:04and here you've got the Greek key.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08On this very nice, little, I suppose...
0:09:09 > 0:09:12..perhaps it looks likely to be part of a sideboard.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16And the quality of the mahogany, it says to me it's quite old.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- How much is it?- For you, 75.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23It's just a unit, isn't it?
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Been here a while?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26No.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29I just think...
0:09:29 > 0:09:31it's slightly out of my price range.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33And that would be your best price?
0:09:33 > 0:09:3450.
0:09:34 > 0:09:35Really?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40There's just something about it, that's all I'm going to say.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44I almost need a close look at it, Anna, because I love the form.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49We've got moulding all the way around
0:09:49 > 0:09:52which shows to me neither side was within.
0:09:52 > 0:09:57I feel like I'm Paul Daniels doing a little magic trick here.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01This is a lovely, I think, 1820s, in the manner of Gillow,
0:10:01 > 0:10:05in the manner of Thomas Hope, it's Grecian, it's Greek revival,
0:10:05 > 0:10:07it's rich Regency,
0:10:07 > 0:10:11it could be English but, my goodness me, it's small and has style.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14I quite like it. And sometimes when you're a passionate
0:10:14 > 0:10:16antique enthusiast, you can't say no.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21As Miss Brodie said, for those who like that sort of thing,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23that is the sort of thing they like.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28So, it's a deal at £65 for the vase and the cabinet.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31Is he going off with the dog?
0:10:31 > 0:10:32Pleasure doing business.
0:10:32 > 0:10:34- How much is she?- Priceless.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I thought so. I'll put you down, there we go.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Have a good day, Tippi, look after your mum.
0:10:38 > 0:10:40- Cheers.- Thank you.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42Bye-bye.
0:10:42 > 0:10:43I love it, I'm really happy.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47The next port of call for Anita is on the north side of Edinburgh
0:10:47 > 0:10:50where the city stretches down to the River Forth
0:10:50 > 0:10:53and the harbours of Leith, Newhaven and Granton.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57She is bound for Lady Haig's factory, where 40 ex-service men,
0:10:57 > 0:11:00many disabled, make the poppies for Armistice Day,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02symbols of remembrance and hope.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06She's meeting employee and former Scots Guard, Arthur Dyke.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Hello, I'm Anita.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09I'm Arthur. Nice to meet too.
0:11:09 > 0:11:14Lovely to meet you. So this is where millions of remembrance poppies,
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Scottish remembrance poppies, are made every year.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20We make 5.2 million poppies, but we make them all by hand.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22The poppies we're making,
0:11:22 > 0:11:24they're going to make money to help out service men and women
0:11:24 > 0:11:27and their families. So we're all very proud to work here.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32The first use of the poppy as a poignant war motif was in 1915
0:11:32 > 0:11:37in words written by a Canadian Army doctor, John McCrae.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39He wrote a very famous poem, In Flanders Fields.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42And from that poem, we now have the poppy.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45And this is the third verse from the poem.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47- If you'd like to...- Can I read it?
0:11:47 > 0:11:48Certainly.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Take up our quarrel with the foe:
0:11:50 > 0:11:53To you from failing hands we throw
0:11:53 > 0:11:56The torch, be yours to hold it high
0:11:56 > 0:11:59If ye break faith with us who die
0:11:59 > 0:12:02We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
0:12:02 > 0:12:05In Flanders Fields.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- It's very moving.- Very moving poem.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- So that was our first reference to the poppy?- Yes.
0:12:10 > 0:12:15This factory was set up in 1926 by Lady Haig,
0:12:15 > 0:12:18five years after poppies were worn for the first time.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22It was to produce poppies for Scotland
0:12:22 > 0:12:24because the factory set up in England
0:12:24 > 0:12:26to employ war veterans in 1922
0:12:26 > 0:12:28couldn't keep up with the demand.
0:12:29 > 0:12:34I believe the Scottish poppies are different from the English poppies,
0:12:34 > 0:12:36- am I right there?- Totally different, totally different.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Our poppy looked like a poppy.
0:12:39 > 0:12:40It's got four petals.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43The English poppy has got two petals and a green leaf,
0:12:43 > 0:12:45but it all goes back to that time when they just wanted
0:12:45 > 0:12:47- to do things differently. - Wanted it done her way.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52- The Scottish way. - The Scottish way, yeah!
0:12:52 > 0:12:57The poppy factory's mission is as important today as it was in 1926.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59It's keeping the men in a job,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03plus the poppies they make bring in about £2.5 million to help out
0:13:03 > 0:13:06service men and women every year.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Arthur, could I have a go at making poppies?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12You certainly can, come this way and we'll get you to make a poppy.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13This is John.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17John is a veteran who served in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19All you do is press it down.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23- OK.- That's it. And then pop your black stud on top.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28That is it. And you've made your first poppy.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31Tell me, John, how many poppies do you make a day?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35On average, about 2,500.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37That is absolutely wonderful.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40And how long have you worked here?
0:13:40 > 0:13:42A little over five years now.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47The camaraderie in the factory is good, and it helps me,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49I suffer with my nerves.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52I think that's great. All the guys are nice.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Well, I'd hope so, we try to be.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56I've been chatting everybody up.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Have you? That is wicked!
0:14:01 > 0:14:04But to do 10,000 in a week, I don't think I would...
0:14:04 > 0:14:06I'd need to do a lot of practice.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Yeah.
0:14:08 > 0:14:09You bet!
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Charles is on his way across the city now,
0:14:12 > 0:14:16buoyed up with two purchases already under his belt.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19I feel as though I've got a wand in my hand today,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22and I'm going to land on something that will say,
0:14:22 > 0:14:25"Look at me, I'm the gold
0:14:25 > 0:14:27"that will turn into a huge profit,"
0:14:27 > 0:14:31and finally see me leap over Miss Manning.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34At the moment, that would be more of a high jump,
0:14:34 > 0:14:36but we salute your optimism, sir.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41Charles is steering northwards now to his second shop of the day.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42Perfect.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Edinburgh Antiques Centre, owned by Campbell.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48- Mr Campbell. - Charles, nice to meet you.
0:14:48 > 0:14:52Have you anything really early or really interesting
0:14:52 > 0:14:54that may have just have landed?
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Well, we have got a new dealer in here that does a lot
0:14:57 > 0:14:59of ceramic tea bowls, especially early ones.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- Oh, really?- 1790s onwards.
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Oh, really, are they nearby?
0:15:03 > 0:15:06- They certainly are, just through here.- Come and show me.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10So this is basically the history of tea drinking
0:15:10 > 0:15:12going back to around 1810?
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Yeah, yeah, certainly is. I mean, there's earlier ones as well.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18This is just basically his collection that he's looking
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- to get rid of at the moment. - Good for him.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24Straight away, there's a tea bowl and saucer over here.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28It's cracked, but what's interesting is actually,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31an armorial tea bowl and saucer.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34So rather than being middle-class 1830,
0:15:34 > 0:15:39it's a Chinese tea bowl and saucer which carries a coat of arms
0:15:39 > 0:15:42for an important British family,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45and that puts it into a different league.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49And amazingly, it's only £11.
0:15:49 > 0:15:55For something from probably circa 1760.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Isn't that pretty?
0:16:02 > 0:16:04So, sadly,
0:16:04 > 0:16:08someone drank too much tea and tried to eat the tea bowl as well.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Yeah.- It's full of rich tea history.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- Certainly.- And for me, it's good to brew.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- How much could it be?- We can do it for you for nine.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19Made 240 years ago.
0:16:19 > 0:16:21For £9, it would be rude to say no.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24Yes. Going, going, gone.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26I'll take it. I'll put it on your counter.
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- I shall take it.- Thanks, Campbell.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30It's like picking sweets, it's so easy.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32It is.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34You're in Edinburgh, you'll have had your tea.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Now, is it time for a dance?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40What is Charles up to?
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Perhaps a little lie down.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Why not?
0:16:44 > 0:16:47Some lovely novelty silver, and just talking novelty silver,
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I do like that.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51It's almost a stoneware body.
0:16:51 > 0:16:53But, of course, what do you call this sport?
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- Curling.- Curling, curling.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00I like this because obviously, number one,
0:17:00 > 0:17:02it's got some age. We can see on the foot rim here,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05good signs of honest wear.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07More than that, it's decorative,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11serving the interests of a sporting collector.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13But of course, it's got the dual purpose
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- of not just being decorative, also being an inkwell.- It is.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20And on the inside, maybe it's missing its glass liner.
0:17:20 > 0:17:24But what's nice is you've got hints of the old ink
0:17:24 > 0:17:26and just general wear and tear.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Campbell, I quite like this.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29How much could that be? It's priced at 39.
0:17:29 > 0:17:3339, we could do that for...
0:17:34 > 0:17:35..say...
0:17:37 > 0:17:39We'll do it for 30.
0:17:39 > 0:17:40- Really?- We could do that for 30.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46I'm going to say to you, Campbell, it's a definite maybe.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Certainly.- So if you can look after it.
0:17:48 > 0:17:50- I will.- And I will then report back to you shortly.
0:17:50 > 0:17:52- Certainly.- Thank you very much. - No problem.
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Thank you. Like that.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00It looks like somebody has been antiquing far too long.
0:18:03 > 0:18:04I'm doing OK.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Quite like that.
0:18:11 > 0:18:15250. A bit out of my price range.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Time is marching on, Charles.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Make your mind up.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23To curl or not to curl?
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- That would be the question. - It is now.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30My thought is, for £30...
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- ..I'll play the game.- Perfect. - I'll take it as well.
0:18:33 > 0:18:35That's nine for the tea cup and saucer
0:18:35 > 0:18:38and 30 for the curling stone inkwell.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- There you are, sir.- It's amazing what you can buy for £39.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I'm so grateful for my...
0:18:44 > 0:18:46I hope so.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47- Thank you.- No problem.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- See you later.- Bye-bye.- Bye-bye.
0:18:49 > 0:18:54Job done. Time to call it a day and collect Anita.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55And get some supper.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58How about some haggis?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00I fancy a haggis, Anita.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02What exactly is a haggis?
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Well, it's a lot of sort of stuff all jumbled up in a sheep's stomach.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11Well, maybe not so much, Anita.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13Chips all round, then?
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Bon appetit and a nighty-night.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22No time for slumbering on the Antiques Road Trip.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Our experts are up at the crack of dawn
0:19:24 > 0:19:28and are off roving the beautiful roads of the Borders.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Charlie, let's stop, there's a lovely wee burn down there.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Pull in here, quick.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39Take in this wonderful wilderness.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Shall we go and see if there's some trout?
0:19:41 > 0:19:42Little stream.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44Some old trout.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Anyway, Anita yesterday found a few of her favourite things.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48A pink trike.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Charlie can keep the stag!
0:19:50 > 0:19:52And a bright copper kettle,
0:19:52 > 0:19:55which leaves her £190 in her warm woollen mittens.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00While Charles's brown paper packages contain a pier cabinet,
0:20:00 > 0:20:01a mahogany vase...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03I love it, I'm really happy.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07..a Chinese tea bowl and saucer and a curling stone inkwell.
0:20:07 > 0:20:08Like that.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13Which means he has £163.74 left.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16But will there be the sound of beautiful music
0:20:16 > 0:20:17at the end of the day?
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Oh, Charlie, I've had enough of this wilderness.
0:20:20 > 0:20:21Let's get back into the car.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Quick, let's go!
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Oh, that's better.
0:20:25 > 0:20:26Oh, it's a good life.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Dry cleaning bills notwithstanding.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30I'm a chancer.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32I'm a go-getter.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35I hope you've learned, I'm quite a wild guy.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37And I think you're quite a wild lady.
0:20:37 > 0:20:38Let's just go for it.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41We will spend the money, we will take a gamble.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44This is the same, we just love this stuff.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45Exactly!
0:20:45 > 0:20:47And so they do.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49Time now to part company but only for a while.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53Anita is bound for Kelso,
0:20:53 > 0:20:55home to one of the area's most famous abbeys
0:20:55 > 0:20:59and deemed by Sir Walter Scott the most beautiful village in Scotland.
0:20:59 > 0:21:04The first destination today for our Grand Dame of Scottish antiques
0:21:04 > 0:21:07is Eptas, where Tricia is keeping shop.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10- Good morning.- Hello, I'm Anita.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13Lovely to meet you, welcome, welcome.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15It's lovely to be here.
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Your shop looks so colourful and beautiful.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Oh, thank you.- I can't wait to have a look around.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Sure, please do, and if there's anything I can help you with,
0:21:22 > 0:21:24- just give me a yell.- Terrific.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26All right, thank you.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Amongst the gifts, curios, antiques and collectables,
0:21:29 > 0:21:31there's bound to be something to catch Anita's eye.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38I love these jewellery cabinets
0:21:38 > 0:21:41and I haven't bought any jewellery up until this point.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46And this might be my first jewellery buy.
0:21:46 > 0:21:52It's a rather pretty little pendant with a heart-shaped amethyst
0:21:52 > 0:21:54or amethyst glass stone.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Nice wee thing.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I'd like to think that it was gold, but I'd have to check it out.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03She's a canny one.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06The clasp is marked with the numbers 375,
0:22:06 > 0:22:09which means it is nine carat gold.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12There are no marks on the pendant
0:22:12 > 0:22:17so the pendant and the chain might not have started off life together.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21I think that the mount is very pretty.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23It's like a little crown.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Sounds promising. Anything else?
0:22:30 > 0:22:31Ah, more copper.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36I like this Art Nouveau plate.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41It has been handmade and hand-beaten and hand-embossed.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49On the bowl of the plate, we can see the little marks which indicate
0:22:49 > 0:22:54handwork, and this is where the craftsman has beaten out
0:22:54 > 0:22:57these circles with a tiny little hammer.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59And I think that it's very pretty.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01It's £32.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05I wonder if Tricia will be able to give me a discount
0:23:05 > 0:23:07if I buy two items in the shop?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Well, you can but ask.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Tricia, I like both of these items,
0:23:11 > 0:23:16- I think they're feminine items, don't you?- Yes.
0:23:16 > 0:23:1935 on that, 32 on that.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Would it be possible, if we put them both together,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25to buy them for £40?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28I don't think I could go as low as that.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30How about 55 for the two?
0:23:30 > 0:23:3255?
0:23:32 > 0:23:38Can you shave another little off of it and make it 50 for both?
0:23:38 > 0:23:39So, £25 each?
0:23:39 > 0:23:41- That's right.- Deal.
0:23:41 > 0:23:42Lovely. Oh, thank you very much.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- You're welcome.- £50.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- Thank you very much.- Bye-bye.
0:23:46 > 0:23:51And away she goes with £140 left in her pocket.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57Meanwhile, Charles is off 19 miles westward
0:23:57 > 0:24:01to one of the oldest royal boroughs in Scotland, Selkirk.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03A Borders town built on the wool trade,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06and that's what's attracting Charles today
0:24:06 > 0:24:11as he makes his way to the world's only mill entirely dedicated
0:24:11 > 0:24:15to tartan weaving, to meet tartan maker Nick Fiddes.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Charles, you made it. - Nick, you're in the tartan.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19- Come in.- I'm in the right place. - Welcome.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Tartan colours and patterns, or sets, as they're known,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26developed in Scotland from the 16th century and were created with
0:24:26 > 0:24:29the natural dyes of the area that they were woven in,
0:24:29 > 0:24:34but they may also have had associations with particular clans.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Nobody really knows where it started as a crisscross pattern,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40which goes back thousands of years.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41And for the best part of 100 years,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Scots weren't allowed to wear it.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Why was it banned?
0:24:45 > 0:24:49Because it was such a powerful symbol of identity, of rebellion,
0:24:49 > 0:24:53which is I think partly where its modern identity comes from too,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55because we're a feisty lot in Scotland.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Three quarters of a century
0:24:57 > 0:24:59after the Jacobites were crushed at Culloden,
0:24:59 > 0:25:03tartan was rehabilitated when George IV wore it on a visit
0:25:03 > 0:25:06to Edinburgh in 1822.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08He was mocked because his kilt was too short
0:25:08 > 0:25:12but tartan was taken up with enthusiasm by the Victorians.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17We basically kept a sample of every single different fabric
0:25:17 > 0:25:19that's been woven here since 1947.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21So I've never managed to count them,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23I think it's probably 7,000-8000, so it's probably
0:25:23 > 0:25:25the largest collection of tartan samples in the world.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29That brown there, in tartan terminology, we call ancient green.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32- Why?- Because it's as if it's been sort of buried in a bog
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- for a few hundred years and dug up and gone dark and mouldy.- Yes, yes!
0:25:36 > 0:25:39It's actually based on a sample that was dug up
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- from the Battle of Culloden.- Really?
0:25:42 > 0:25:46Which Dalgliesh analysed and tried to recreate the sorts of colours
0:25:46 > 0:25:50- using the same sorts of dyes, so we call this reproduction.- Amazing.
0:25:50 > 0:25:53Conventions about colours have developed over the years.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56- So, modern colours are sort of strong and bold.- Yes.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58They're called modern because they're Victorian,
0:25:58 > 0:25:59when chemical dyes came out.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02What's in the frame over here? It looks quite muted.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05This is the Balmoral tartan,
0:26:05 > 0:26:07woven exclusively for the Queen and her immediate family,
0:26:07 > 0:26:11and I believe her Royal Pipers are allowed to wear it but no-one else.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I think it was actually designed by Prince Albert.
0:26:14 > 0:26:18Perennially popular everywhere, from weddings to rugby matches,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21new tartans are being designed all the time.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23This one over here, I need my sunglasses on.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25It's almost like a rainbow of colours.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28It's actually called the Rainbow tartan because it's basically
0:26:28 > 0:26:30for gay and lesbian communities.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32It's a good example of how tartan has moved on
0:26:32 > 0:26:34from its traditional roots
0:26:34 > 0:26:36to being something for literally any community.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39There is no other fabric like tartan, in that,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42the way it can identify you, who you feel you are, who you belong to,
0:26:42 > 0:26:44who you love, from 20 paces.
0:26:45 > 0:26:50Everything in this mill is made by hand using traditional looms.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Time for our very own Sassenach to get weaving now,
0:26:53 > 0:26:56as Carol shows him her job, tying on.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59First of all, you have to tie this on, round your waist.
0:26:59 > 0:27:00- Carol.- Hook that through.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Yeah, OK, yeah, I'm on.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Yarn is joined together, thread by thread, in a special knot
0:27:06 > 0:27:07that will pass through the loom.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09But there's, how many threads are there?
0:27:09 > 0:27:111,200.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Done it. I've done it, haven't I?
0:27:15 > 0:27:17- Is that right?- Yes.- Yes!
0:27:17 > 0:27:19- Six out of ten.- Oh, six out of ten.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21While Charles has been at the loom,
0:27:21 > 0:27:26Anita has been weaving her way through Roxburghshire to Melrose,
0:27:26 > 0:27:30at the foot of the Eildon Hills, which gave the Romans the name
0:27:30 > 0:27:34Trimontium, three hills, for the fort they built here.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37And there's something of a Roman holiday going on today.
0:27:37 > 0:27:42This car is of Italian design, and I quite like that,
0:27:42 > 0:27:46because the Italians always had fabulous design.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48And you know,
0:27:48 > 0:27:52driving this car makes me feel a bit like Sophia Loren
0:27:52 > 0:27:54or Gina Lollobrigida.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Oh, la dolce vita, eh?
0:27:58 > 0:28:01Our leading lady is off to our last shop,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03Old Melrose Antiques and tearoom.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Where she can enjoy two of her favourite things.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08Hi, I'm Anita.
0:28:08 > 0:28:09Hi, Anita, I'm Greg.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Welcome to Old Melrose.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13Oh, yeah. This is wonderful.
0:28:13 > 0:28:14What was this before?
0:28:14 > 0:28:18It's been a farm, it's been a dairy, it's been a timber mill.
0:28:18 > 0:28:19And now it's an antique dealer.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21Yeah, so there's a lot of history here.
0:28:21 > 0:28:22There's a lot of history here.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25Oh, right, well, there's a lot of antiques as well.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28And I can't wait to whizz round and have a look at them.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Certainly, feel free to look around and if you need me,
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- I'll be in the workshop. - Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37These old agricultural buildings are surely bursting
0:28:37 > 0:28:39with possibilities, so crack on, Anita.
0:28:45 > 0:28:46I like this.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50This is a bar billiards table.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Now, this is probably a Victorian one.
0:28:53 > 0:28:58It's made of mahogany with this lovely inlay...
0:28:58 > 0:29:01It's some sort of satinwood and ebonised wood.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05And there's lots of little rows of holes
0:29:05 > 0:29:10and I think these would have been used for scoring.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14I love these wooden pockets for the balls.
0:29:14 > 0:29:17I'd love to see a maker's name.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20And there is one here.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23Piggott Brothers, Bishopgate, London.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26I don't know how to play billiards or snooker.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30But it looks like great fun.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33CUE purchase?
0:29:33 > 0:29:34Perhaps.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39Meanwhile, Charles has arrived, and if he's to catch up with Anita,
0:29:39 > 0:29:41he'll need to get a move on.
0:29:43 > 0:29:46There's me, the cock, and there's Anita, the pheasant.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48More of a hen bird, really.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Quite rare.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53At the moment pondering a cup of tea.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55Lovely.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59- Anita!- Charles, stop rushing about!
0:29:59 > 0:30:01Calm down.
0:30:01 > 0:30:02Play it cool, man.
0:30:02 > 0:30:07I know, this is the penultimate hour of our penultimate leg.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10- To dig deep.- Have you dug deep?
0:30:10 > 0:30:11No, not yet.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13I'm scavenging.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17And, by the way, just be careful, don't put any crumbs on the floor.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- There's a big mouse. - A mouse, Charlie, a mouse!
0:30:20 > 0:30:21Relax! I'll see you later!
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie!
0:30:26 > 0:30:29That got them moving.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Time to call in Tim and get down to some business.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34Could I kindly have a look in this cabinet here?
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Certainly, yeah.
0:30:36 > 0:30:40I like the pair of... sugar nips. Are they silver?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42- Yeah.- Quite lucky, aren't they?
0:30:42 > 0:30:45- They call this a wishbone. - Wishbones, yeah.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48This is hallmarked Sheffield, 1905.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50I quite like them. I'll make a wish.
0:30:50 > 0:30:52- Best price?- £20.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Bigger wish?
0:30:54 > 0:30:56- To a humble man?- 18.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00£18, that's a really good discount, so I'm going to think about them.
0:31:00 > 0:31:02- OK.- That's quite nice, Tim, I like that.
0:31:02 > 0:31:04It's a small little Vesta stand, so what you would do
0:31:04 > 0:31:08is put your matches in this, and of course,
0:31:08 > 0:31:09you would strike your match down.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Birmingham, 1915.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13It's priced at 25.
0:31:13 > 0:31:16What's your best on that, do you think?
0:31:16 > 0:31:17I could probably do £20 on that.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19Could you really?
0:31:19 > 0:31:20That's quite nice.
0:31:20 > 0:31:23The only issue is the hallmarks are rubbed.
0:31:23 > 0:31:25And that will affect value, but to me,
0:31:25 > 0:31:29you can see where it's been used, where matches have come out,
0:31:29 > 0:31:30and it just has a glow.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34I'm almost torn between whether,
0:31:34 > 0:31:39I can almost put some sugar in here and take the two together
0:31:39 > 0:31:42and nip, literally, out a price for the two of them.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47If I bought the two together, what could be your very best?
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- How about 32?- That's good.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53And I think, Tim, for £32, I will say, I can't say no.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55- Great.- Thank you. - Thank you very much.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57Yes, that's Charles done and dusted
0:31:57 > 0:32:00and Anita is taking Greg to the bar billiards board,
0:32:00 > 0:32:02which has no price ticket.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03That's lovely, isn't it?
0:32:03 > 0:32:05Lovely piece of mahogany.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Do you know how to play this game?
0:32:07 > 0:32:08Don't know the official rules, Anita,
0:32:08 > 0:32:11but we generally just roll the balls up and see what we can score.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14Can I have a go? I want to have a go.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Right, I'll do two at the same time.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22- Yay!- Well done, Anita.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Now, I'd love to buy it.
0:32:24 > 0:32:28- OK.- I'd like to pay £140 for it.
0:32:28 > 0:32:30What do you think?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32As its you, Anita, go on, then.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34Oh, thank you very much.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36You're welcome. You'll do well with it.
0:32:36 > 0:32:41Well, I'm going to give you £140, which is every cent that I've got.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43- OK.- Let's have another go.
0:32:43 > 0:32:44Sure.
0:32:44 > 0:32:45Game on.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48And that's Anita spending every penny.
0:32:48 > 0:32:49- Wow!- Well done.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52Her piggy is empty.
0:32:52 > 0:32:53- OK, Charlie.- Is there...
0:32:53 > 0:32:55ENGINE CHOKES
0:32:55 > 0:32:56Uh-oh.
0:32:56 > 0:32:57You OK?
0:32:59 > 0:33:00ENGINE STARTS
0:33:00 > 0:33:04Well done, Anita! Have my hat. I'll have yours.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Let's hit the road.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Hold on to your hats, son, time to head for some shuteye.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11What a lovely view.
0:33:14 > 0:33:18Pistols at dawn now, as we head to auction at Kinbuck in Stirlingshire.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22In 1715, during the first Jacobite rebellion,
0:33:22 > 0:33:26this quiet hamlet resounded to the steps of 6,000 troops
0:33:26 > 0:33:31crossing the River Allan on their way to fight the Hanoverians.
0:33:31 > 0:33:35Anita and Charles had a capital day in Edinburgh before wending through
0:33:35 > 0:33:37the Borders and north to Kinbuck,
0:33:37 > 0:33:40disturbing the peace again with a different battle cry.
0:33:40 > 0:33:42Profit, here we come!
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Come on! There we go, hop off.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48There we go, hop off.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Our saleroom today is Robertson's,
0:33:50 > 0:33:54a family business which has clocked up 40 years in the auction trade.
0:33:56 > 0:34:01Charles spent just over half his available cash, £136, on five lots.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06While Anita emptied her pockets completely,
0:34:06 > 0:34:11gambling every penny of her £410 on her five lots.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Time to size up each other's purchases.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16I love this kettle on a stand.
0:34:16 > 0:34:20It's Art Nouveau, it's organic, and Anita, this, I think,
0:34:20 > 0:34:21is a prized find.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25But could reach boiling point, it could fizzle away,
0:34:25 > 0:34:27it could make £40.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29I'm hoping it might be very cold.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30And what are you saying, Anita?
0:34:30 > 0:34:34Curling has been played in Scotland since the 1500s.
0:34:34 > 0:34:39And Charlie has bought tactically when he bought this little inkwell.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42The buyers are going to love it in this saleroom.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44He paid £30 for it.
0:34:44 > 0:34:48He won't double his money, but he will make a profit.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51But what does auctioneer Struan Robertson think?
0:34:51 > 0:34:55The cabinet, now, it is Regency so it's got age on its side,
0:34:55 > 0:34:57but brown furniture isn't doing great at the moment.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00The pink tricycle, now, that's something I've not seen before.
0:35:00 > 0:35:02It's a shame it's got the handlebars missing
0:35:02 > 0:35:04and it's got the seat pad missing.
0:35:04 > 0:35:05I think it will do quite well.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Settle down now for the off.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09You've got to make some money on this auction, Charlie.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Here it goes.
0:35:11 > 0:35:15And first up is Charles's mahogany ovoid vase and cover.
0:35:15 > 0:35:16Charlie, you found it in the basement?
0:35:16 > 0:35:20- Yes.- You got it at a bargain basement price.
0:35:20 > 0:35:21Lovely piece here, guys.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23Who'll give me £40?
0:35:23 > 0:35:25- It's such a good object.- £20.
0:35:25 > 0:35:26- Oh, 20.- Such a good object.
0:35:26 > 0:35:3022, 24, 26, 28.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32- Come on.- 28, 30. 32.
0:35:32 > 0:35:3434. 34, 36.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- Still in.- 38, 40, advance at 40.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39- Still in, Charlie, still in. - Advance at £45,
0:35:39 > 0:35:40how much do you want it?
0:35:40 > 0:35:42Advance at 45, 50.
0:35:42 > 0:35:4455, advance at 55.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Advance at 55.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48All out, then, at £55?
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Charlie, you've made a great start.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54He's nearly tripled his money there. Nice work.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58I'm just now opening up, I'm at the end of my week,
0:35:58 > 0:36:00I'm now just a bit more supple.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03And I'm running, baby, after you.
0:36:03 > 0:36:04But can he keep up?
0:36:04 > 0:36:07Anita's gold and amethyst pendant is next.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09Heart-shaped.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- There's love, there's love. - Romantic.- Oh, it gets better.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Is there love in the room?
0:36:14 > 0:36:15I can smell it, yeah. I can smell it.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18Who'll give me £50? 40, 30, £30?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- 30 bid.- Profit, profit.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21So, we're into profit.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Advance at £30?
0:36:23 > 0:36:25All out, then, at £30?
0:36:26 > 0:36:27- Profit.- £30.
0:36:27 > 0:36:30£5 profit to Ms Manning.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- A profit is a profit, Charlie. - Exactly.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Yes, it is.
0:36:35 > 0:36:38Time now for Charles's Regency mahogany pier cabinet.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41You're very brave, buying a piece of furniture.
0:36:41 > 0:36:43- Anita, I'm a man.- You're a man!
0:36:43 > 0:36:47And a man likes to buy masculine big objects.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49Lovely wee cabinet, there, who'll give me £100?
0:36:49 > 0:36:5290, 80, £80?
0:36:52 > 0:36:54- Come on!- Come on.- 50, start me.
0:36:54 > 0:36:5540, 30, 30 to go.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57- Come on, guys.- Oh, the shame.
0:36:57 > 0:37:00- Come on!- £30. 20, then.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02- Advance at 20.- Hallelujah. - Advance at 20, 22.
0:37:02 > 0:37:0622, 24. 26,
0:37:06 > 0:37:08advance at 26.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11- I'm a poor man! - All out, then, at £26.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13I'm a poor man. I am now.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15They think it's all over.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18Not yet, but it's a bit of an own goal.
0:37:18 > 0:37:19A £24 loss.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22I'm passionate for history, but that was history, it's gone.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24Forget it.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Will Anita's Austrian copper spirit kettle sing for her next?
0:37:28 > 0:37:31I'll bid 120, advance on 120?
0:37:31 > 0:37:33- Yes!- Looking good.- Well played.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36- Yes!- Advance at 120, advance at £120?
0:37:36 > 0:37:39All out then, at £120?
0:37:39 > 0:37:44I'm so relieved that I didn't lose money on it.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48Oh, well, it didn't quite hit the high notes.
0:37:48 > 0:37:53Charles's armorial china teacup and saucer are under the hammer next.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56You're always buying broken porcelain, Charlie.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Who'll give me £30. £30, 25, 20, £20?
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- Come on, come on.- 15, then?
0:38:02 > 0:38:03£15?
0:38:03 > 0:38:05I'll bid ten, advance at ten?
0:38:05 > 0:38:06Advance at 10, 12, I'm out, advance at 12?
0:38:06 > 0:38:08- Come on, come on.- Advance at £12?
0:38:08 > 0:38:11- All out.- Such good value.
0:38:11 > 0:38:14You have now become part of its history.
0:38:14 > 0:38:17£3 is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick.
0:38:17 > 0:38:19- Never mind.- Exactly, the show goes on, Anita.
0:38:19 > 0:38:21The show goes on.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25Show time now for Anita's pink American-style tricycle.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26How far can it go?
0:38:26 > 0:38:28And...80, advance on 80?
0:38:28 > 0:38:32- £80?- Advance on 80? Look at the condition as well,
0:38:32 > 0:38:34- being a children's toy? - That's fantastic.
0:38:34 > 0:38:35Advance on 90, 95, 100.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37I salute you, Anita Manning.
0:38:37 > 0:38:38Advance at £100?
0:38:38 > 0:38:41All out, then, at £100.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43Oh, Charlie.
0:38:43 > 0:38:48All I can say, Anita, to speculate with that, I just salute you.
0:38:48 > 0:38:53She speculated but didn't accumulate but will Charles's silver and glass
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Vesta striker and sugar tongs light the room up now?
0:38:56 > 0:38:59£30, 25, 20, £20, start me, let's go, come on.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01£20, 15, then.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03£15 bid, an advance on 15.
0:39:03 > 0:39:04An advance on £15.
0:39:04 > 0:39:07Advance at 15, 18, advance at 18, 20, advance at 20.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09- Any more?- Advance at £20?
0:39:09 > 0:39:12All out, then, at £20?
0:39:12 > 0:39:15- Oh, Charlie.- Well, that fizzled out,
0:39:15 > 0:39:16with a £12 loss.
0:39:17 > 0:39:23The auction room can be so inviting, yet at the same time disappointing.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26- I'm disappointed but that's life. - Oh, never mind.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30Next up is Anita's Arts and Crafts copperplate.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33It's the Art Nouveau, it's defined by the femme fatale, isn't it?
0:39:33 > 0:39:36- And you are the...- Do you think I'm a bit of a femme fatale?
0:39:36 > 0:39:38You are my femme fatale.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40You're organic, fluid.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43What's your old wife going to say about that?
0:39:43 > 0:39:45£40, 35, 30, £30?
0:39:45 > 0:39:4920, start me, let's go, 20 bit, advance at 20, advance at £20?
0:39:49 > 0:39:5022, advance at 22?
0:39:50 > 0:39:54- Come on, keep going.- 24, 26. 28, 30,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57advance at 30, advance at 30, 32, 34.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58Advance at 34, 36.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59- Yes!- Anita, I admire you.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03Advance at 36, all out then, at £36?
0:40:03 > 0:40:0536.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07Yeah, £11 profit on the plate.
0:40:07 > 0:40:13Anita, whenever you need a little Scottish dream, I fly beside you.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17I sit next to you and I watch and I admire.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19It's good.
0:40:19 > 0:40:20Now, Charles's last item.
0:40:20 > 0:40:23The curling stone inkwell.
0:40:23 > 0:40:25I'll bid 12, advance at 12?
0:40:25 > 0:40:2714, I need to go to 15, though.
0:40:27 > 0:40:2816, advance at 16.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Advance at 16, 18, advance at 18, 20, advance at 20, 22.
0:40:31 > 0:40:33Advance at 22.
0:40:33 > 0:40:34- Keep going.- Come on.
0:40:34 > 0:40:36Advance at £22.
0:40:36 > 0:40:38All out, then, at 22, 24...
0:40:38 > 0:40:42- Yes!- Go on, come on! - Advance at £24, 26, advance at 26,
0:40:42 > 0:40:44advance at £26.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46- One more.- £26?
0:40:46 > 0:40:49Sorry, sorry.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52Sorry. It's painful, Anita.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54It's painful.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Oh, dear. £4 of loss.
0:40:56 > 0:40:59Anita, what do I know about Scottish buyers?
0:40:59 > 0:41:03Not a lot. I lost £4 but I bought something for the home market.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06- Yeah.- And I tried.
0:41:06 > 0:41:07Yes, he sure did.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Now, cue the last item of the day.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Anita's mahogany table top billiards board.
0:41:13 > 0:41:18The item that could lose me all this profit is coming up.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20If you're having a party, this is exactly what you need.
0:41:20 > 0:41:23- Exactly, Anita.- It's party time.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24£80. 80, advance at 80.
0:41:24 > 0:41:2685. Advance at 85.
0:41:26 > 0:41:2990, advance at 90, 95.
0:41:29 > 0:41:34110, advance at 110, 120, advance at 120, advance at 130.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Oh, Anita Manning!
0:41:36 > 0:41:39Advance at 130, all out, then...
0:41:39 > 0:41:41- 140.- Rolling, rolling, rolling.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42- You've done it.- 140.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46At £140, last chance at 140.
0:41:46 > 0:41:52There wasn't a price on that, and I had £140.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54And I thought that's what it was worth.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Today, it just wasn't worth more.
0:41:59 > 0:42:03That's her third lot to break even, and despite two small profits,
0:42:03 > 0:42:05the commission is going to sting.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08One more auction to go. I'm still in it, Anita.
0:42:08 > 0:42:10- I'm still in it.- Are you going to go for it, Charlie?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12I'm going to go for it, baby.
0:42:12 > 0:42:13- Let's go.- Let's go.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Anita was riding high with £410
0:42:18 > 0:42:22but those saleroom charges have landed her
0:42:22 > 0:42:25with a net loss today of £60.68,
0:42:25 > 0:42:27and her piggy now contains...
0:42:31 > 0:42:36While Charles started out with £267.74,
0:42:36 > 0:42:40but a mixed bag of profits and losses have cost him
0:42:40 > 0:42:43£22.02 after auction fees.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46However, that makes him our winner today,
0:42:46 > 0:42:50with £245.72 for next time.
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Charlie, there's still one more leg to go and it could all change again.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Never over till it's over.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58The roller-coaster continues.
0:42:58 > 0:43:02Next time, Anita channels the Auld Alliance.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Ooh-la-la! I like this.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Scotland goes to Charles's head.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09Give you a tenner for it.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11What a final fling.
0:43:11 > 0:43:15"Burst oot greetin' " means burst into tears.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18You won't know whether to laugh or cry.
0:43:18 > 0:43:19Cheerio, chaps.