0:00:02 > 0:00:05The nation's favourite antiques experts, £200 each, and one big challenge.
0:00:05 > 0:00:12- Testing. Testing.- Who can make the most money buying and selling antiques as they scour the UK?
0:00:12 > 0:00:13Got to make a profit!
0:00:13 > 0:00:17The aim is trade up and hope each antique turns a profit.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20But it's not as easy as it sounds and there can only be one winner.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22That could have done better.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26So, will it be the highway to success or the B road to bankruptcy?
0:00:26 > 0:00:28- That would be 100.- Not 40, then?
0:00:28 > 0:00:32This is the Antiques Road Trip. Yeah!
0:00:38 > 0:00:41On the road this week, David Harper and Anita Manning.
0:00:41 > 0:00:47They're at the wheel of the little red devil, a 1971 Triumph Spitfire.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50This is lovely! This is the life!
0:00:50 > 0:00:53I know. I tell you I could do this every day, couldn't you?
0:00:55 > 0:01:00David Harper is an antique dealer. Well, he's not that old, actually,
0:01:00 > 0:01:05but he is the reigning Road Trip champion and he delights in pushing down prices.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- Would you be happy with 45? - Ha! Sadly not.
0:01:08 > 0:01:15Anita Manning runs one of Scotland's most successful auction houses and has done for over 20 years.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20A lover of all things Arts and Crafts and she has a winning charm.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23- What's wrong with going with your heart?- Yeah.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Both experts started the week with a £200 float.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30After buying bumper booty, they faced off at auction in Heathfield, East Sussex.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32- Yes!- £25?
0:01:32 > 0:01:35I shouldn't have got too excited.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39Now, what's in each of their pockets is another tale indeed.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41It's been an absolute pleasure.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44David is romping ahead.
0:01:44 > 0:01:51He's turned his original £200 into an impressive £386.16.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56But Anita wasn't quite such a cash magnet.
0:01:56 > 0:02:02From her original £200, she is starting today's show with £221.92.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- That was a good buy, that was a good buy.- Fantastic. Fantastic.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10This week's Road Trip, a marvellous
0:02:10 > 0:02:14meander across England's stunning south coast from Dover
0:02:14 > 0:02:18all the way west to Bideford, North Devon.
0:02:18 > 0:02:25Today's leg begins with our dazzling duo zipping off from Heathfield, East Sussex.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29They'll head South to Lewes, Brighton and Arundel,
0:02:29 > 0:02:33with their auction showdown taking them to Chippenham in Wiltshire.
0:02:33 > 0:02:38Well, it certainly blows the barnacles off you driving about in this wee thing.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41It doesn't half, and the thing is we are doing 48 miles an hour
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and it feels like we are doing 100!
0:02:45 > 0:02:47Lewes is a tourist hotspot,
0:02:47 > 0:02:53but it's also a draw for the antiques trade with emporiums and boutiques sprouting across town,
0:02:53 > 0:02:57a good place to begin today's proceedings.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Right, OK, then, Mrs Manning
0:03:00 > 0:03:04which direction do you want to go in? What does your instinct tell you?
0:03:04 > 0:03:08- I want to go that way.- All right, well, I want to go that way.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- OK, good luck.- Have a nice time. - Remember - stick to the rules!
0:03:12 > 0:03:15- No rules for me, baby!- Bye-bye.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18David's heading to a little independent shop which sells
0:03:18 > 0:03:23antiques lovingly restored by shop owner Patricia Pavey.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- Hello, Patricia, Do you mind if I have a look around?- Not at all.- OK.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Almost all of Patricia's items are brass or copper
0:03:30 > 0:03:36and like a veritable magpie, David is attracted to shiny things.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Has that been restored?
0:03:38 > 0:03:42That has been restored as everything else in the shop has been restored.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46That, I suppose, is a double-sided coal bucket.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49And it has the marking here, the Victorian mark.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54There you go VR, Victoria Regina, so that was made within her long reign.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- So 1837 to 1901.- Yes.
0:03:56 > 0:04:03The drawing room and its fireplace were the focal point of a well-to-do Victorian home.
0:04:03 > 0:04:09It was a stage from which to project good taste, wealth and social standing.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13So the humble coal bucket could no longer be just that.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- I think that was manhandled by servants.- Correct, yes.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20Because if you think about it, if they needed a double bucket,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22it so going to be a big fire, isn't it?
0:04:22 > 0:04:28Because David is an antiques dealer, he always pushes for trade prices.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30And on the Road Trip this is his key tactic.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31What's trade on him?
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- The very best on that would be 100. - Not 40, then?
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- No.- Just out of interest.
0:04:37 > 0:04:40I spent that much on having it restored.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Did you, really? That's a double whammer, isn't it? That's really mint.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49- Sell me that bucket for 45? - I couldn't.- Couldn't you?
0:04:49 > 0:04:50- I really couldn't.- Are you serious?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Patricia isn't budging.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56She's met David's sort before.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59It's been great meeting you. Thank you. You have got a lovely place.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04But David can't resist trying one last time.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07It's been a delight meeting you, thank you very much.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09Are you sure £50 wouldn't get that?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Yes, OK, I will do it for 50.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- Really, are you sure?- You are so charming, how can I refuse?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Oh, stop it! Lovely, thank you very much indeed.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Meanwhile, Anita can be found sifting through the wares of several
0:05:22 > 0:05:28different dealers at one of Lewes's biggest antiques centres.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31This is a Piquotware tea service.
0:05:31 > 0:05:35Unfortunately, this one isn't in the best of condition,
0:05:35 > 0:05:41but it does have its original tray and there are the four other pieces.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47Piquotware began life in the 1930s when vacuum-cleaner makers
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Burrage and Boyde began experimenting with aluminium and magnesium.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56They created magnalium, an alloy with a silver-like finish.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Still made today, a new set would cost around £500.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02It's £12, that's not bad.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07In good condition in a saleroom
0:06:07 > 0:06:12I have had up to £60 for those, but condition is very important.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Jamie, there is a tea set there.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18The condition of it is not as fresh.
0:06:18 > 0:06:23It's obviously been used many, many times to make a nice wee cup of tea.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24I'm sure.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Would I be able to buy that for £5?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Well, 10 would be the logical best price on it. It's only £12.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35But the final decision doesn't rest with Jamie.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39Anita needs to phone the owner directly.
0:06:39 > 0:06:40Hello, Pete.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44I was interested in the little Piquotware tea set.
0:06:44 > 0:06:50I was wondering if I could buy the tea set for £5.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57OK. So there is no deal on that.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Oh, but thank you for talking to me anyway.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01OK. Bye-bye.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09He said, "I think we should end this conversation now!"
0:07:10 > 0:07:14David's next port of call is also an antiques centre.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16There are wares on sale here belonging to 60 dealers.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21But will our man be able to get a good deal?
0:07:21 > 0:07:25We have got it described as an Art Nouveau leather blotter.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27Yeah. Arts and Crafts.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29Yeah, it's absolutely bang-on.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Actually, you could use that, couldn't you, as just a plaque.
0:07:34 > 0:07:38Yes, you could do. Or for it's original purpose, but it's a nice
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- decorative piece.- It is, it's actually a good thing, that.
0:07:41 > 0:07:48It's got some writing in here, a name, Miss somebody Morgan.
0:07:49 > 0:07:51This mopped up surplus ink.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Pop a letter in between the folds along with blotting paper,
0:07:55 > 0:07:58and voila, nasty smudges are avoided.
0:07:58 > 0:08:03But what's really attractive is the copper design on the front.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05It's £45 to you and me.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Art Nouveau, which is very much that, began about 1890 and came to
0:08:09 > 0:08:13a crashing halt at the beginning of the First World War in 1914,
0:08:13 > 0:08:18because nobody really felt like that when horrible things were happening
0:08:18 > 0:08:21in the trenches in Northern France.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25So everything became much more sombre and all this flamboyancy and this
0:08:25 > 0:08:29beauty and all this organic growth just came to a halt completely.
0:08:29 > 0:08:32So that must be 1900, 1905-10, somewhere around there.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36But David faces the same problem as Anita.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39The owner of the item isn't here.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42We couldn't give Steve a call and tell him to hurry on up?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45He doesn't do mobiles, but he is probably on his way down right now.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49- He doesn't do mobiles? Why doesn't he do mobiles?- I don't know.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I want to meet him! He sounds very interesting.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55I mean, can you send a pigeon with a message to try and
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- tell him to hurry up!- No.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Which means a lot of hanging about for David.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04# So tired Tired of waiting
0:09:04 > 0:09:09# Tired of waiting for you. #
0:09:09 > 0:09:14With no sign of the owner of the blotter, David will have to come back later.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16But what about Anita?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Has she found Lady Luck?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21That is a sweet wee thing there.
0:09:21 > 0:09:27Dating back to around the 1940s, this is a Windsor-type chair designed for small people.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31It would have sat in the nursery. It's priced at £28.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I like that.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Nice wee sort of country child's chair and, of course,
0:09:40 > 0:09:45people like these for showing off dolls and teddies and so on.
0:09:45 > 0:09:51Would I be able to buy that for £10?
0:09:51 > 0:09:53I think ten is pushing it a little.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55I mean, I would do it for £20.
0:09:55 > 0:10:00- 20?- Yeah.- Could you bring it down a wee bit, say to 15?
0:10:00 > 0:10:04Well, I did have another one and I made some money on that so, yeah, OK, I'll do 15.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07That is lovely. 15, then. Thank you very much.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Well done, Anita, you could be on a roll. Better than a bun.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13So why not have a scout about for something else?
0:10:13 > 0:10:17Now, it's by Foley, not a bad factory,
0:10:17 > 0:10:22the design is April and we have a designer's name here.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Now, I can't make out the surname but it is good that we have that.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Indeed it is, Anita.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32The designer is Maureen Tanner.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36She created whimsical designs for china makers Foley.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Tanner was a graduate of the Royal College of Art,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42and today her pieces are extremely collectable.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- It has a price of £9 on it.- Yeah.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Is there anything that you could take off that?
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Well, we don't normally do discount under a tenner,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- but I suppose we could knock a pound off it.- A pound off.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00- Jamie, every pound counts! - I know it does.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06Not Scottish for nothing. Finally a spot of success. But it's not been easy.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Perhaps our pair will strike gold in this establishment.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13OK, David, we are both in together,
0:11:13 > 0:11:15but I think we should go to separate ends.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Can't we stay together? You don't want to be with me?
0:11:18 > 0:11:24It's David who spots the first gem, and an unusual one at that.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27A 19th-century coconut shell transformed into a bowl.
0:11:27 > 0:11:32You would have to be a sailor or a merchant or an incredibly wealthy traveller to go to the lands where
0:11:32 > 0:11:38these coconuts were grown, so they were sought-after novelty pieces that you would show off at a dinner party.
0:11:38 > 0:11:43They were so highly prized that they would spend a fortune in sending it
0:11:43 > 0:11:46to a silversmith and glamming it up and making it all posh.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48It's absolutely amazing.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51£150, I can't make a profit on that.
0:11:51 > 0:11:58With no fruits to be gained from the nut, David is heading off to see a man about an ink blotter.
0:11:58 > 0:12:03However, Anita's spied an object with a bit of spiritual promise.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04Here we are.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08- This is obviously not an old thing? - Not very old, no.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12- But these are quite collectable figures.- It is Minton's as well.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13We have this sort of
0:12:13 > 0:12:16copperised material here and the white porcelain.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24Minton's, a famous Stoke-on-Trent factory, made bone china.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28In the 1970s, they created a series of bronze and porcelain figurines
0:12:28 > 0:12:30that quickly became collectors' items.
0:12:30 > 0:12:34The Sage is a rare piece costing £45.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39Could that be done for £30?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I think £35 would be more acceptable.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- £35?- Would that be OK?
0:12:44 > 0:12:50- It is just a wee bit, tilting it over a wee bit?- Would £30 buy it?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- 30, I am happy with.- OK.
0:12:53 > 0:12:54Thank you very, very much.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Very sage.
0:12:56 > 0:13:02Round the corner, David is hoping to finally do battle with dealer Stephen Furniss.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04You know, the bloke who doesn't do mobiles.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Now, your stall is round here. Can I talk to you about a few things?
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- Sure.- Let's see what you have.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16- I think you have a very good eye, I have to say.- Thank you kindly.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21You can turn on the charm all you like, David, but beware,
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Stephen does not zip up the back.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29In fact, he knows exactly how to deal with a man who's always looking for trade prices.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31And you are a bit of a trade man, I hear.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36- I am to a certain extent.- Oh, dear, that is not such a good thing.
0:13:36 > 0:13:42But before David even gets to the blotter, he's been drawn to a spot of sparkle.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Oh, they are quite grand, aren't they? Sheffield plate?
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Sheffield plate, yeah.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51- Early 19th century?- Yeah. They are going to be 1830-1840, I would think.
0:13:52 > 0:13:57Sheffield Plate was invented by Thomas Bolsover in 1743.
0:13:57 > 0:14:02He fused thin sheets of silver to copper, which resulted in a new
0:14:02 > 0:14:06material resembling solid silver in appearance,
0:14:06 > 0:14:10but it was only a third of the price of the solid silver.
0:14:10 > 0:14:11What's trade on those?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Er... They are up at 85 on the pair.
0:14:15 > 0:14:16They would be 75 for the pair.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Hmm... Would £50 buy them, Steve?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21I would feel happier with £55.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25- Would you? Would you feel really happy at £45?- No!
0:14:25 > 0:14:29David's now going to try and get a deal on the candlesticks
0:14:29 > 0:14:33and the Art Nouveau ink blotter priced at £45.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35How about £60 for the lot?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- No.- Let's try something else.
0:14:39 > 0:14:43What have you got to really tempt me?
0:14:43 > 0:14:45This came at no money.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47- It's a pie dish.- Oh, a pie dish.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50It's in from porcelain, it's almost certainly come from Germany.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55It's a very continental numeral underneath and we couldn't compete with Germany for price,
0:14:55 > 0:15:00so they flooded Europe and America with inexpensive porcelains from the 1860s onwards.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04- This one is probably 1890, something like that.- I think so.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07- The ticket price is £45. - I really like it.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10But Stephen is feeling generous.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12OK. Let's do £20 for that.
0:15:12 > 0:15:17- So, what are we talking?- I am going to squeeze you to £85 for the three.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Go on, you good man. It's been worth the wait.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I have been waiting hours to see you.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29That's £15 for the Art Nouveau blotter, £55 for the candlesticks and £15 for the pie dish.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30Not a bad result.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33- What a mixture.- Thank you very much.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37- I'll see you again.- Surely. - Things are also on the up for Anita.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Dealer Michelle Doyle has found her another possibility.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Anita, have you seen this?
0:15:44 > 0:15:45Oh, Michelle,
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- that's wonderful cloisonne work, isn't it?- So fine.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51I mean, that is an item of quality.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Perfect condition, Michelle.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Cloisonne is an ancient way of decorating metal
0:15:57 > 0:15:58pioneered by the Chinese.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02On this cup and saucer, a design would first have been drawn in ink
0:16:02 > 0:16:05and then fine wires were fused along the inked lines
0:16:05 > 0:16:07and coloured enamels
0:16:07 > 0:16:09were applied within the wires.
0:16:09 > 0:16:12The ticket says £60.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14It's an antique. A proper antique.
0:16:14 > 0:16:18It's just been reduced, but you could have it for 40.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- I think you can double up on that.- Se if we did 30 on it?
0:16:20 > 0:16:22I know you have come down a lot.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- Can you do £35?- Taking the chance on it for its beauty.
0:16:26 > 0:16:27Can you do 35?
0:16:27 > 0:16:31- Yeah, let's go for it!- OK.- What's wrong with going with your heart?
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Perfect condition, intricate work.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37It's got to make a profit!
0:16:37 > 0:16:44It's been a long day for both Anita and David. Time to get back on the road.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48They're taking a picturesque open-top drive to Brighton
0:16:48 > 0:16:53to enjoy the glorious evening sunshine and the beach.
0:16:53 > 0:16:58Brighton is just 11 miles from Lewes, and well worth the journey.
0:16:58 > 0:17:01First of all, it's the boots and the socks and then I'm going to do
0:17:01 > 0:17:03what every self-respecting Englishman
0:17:03 > 0:17:06does at the seaside - roll his trousers up.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09All you need is one of these wee hankies for your head.
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Here we go.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- Oh, no, it's too cold!- Uh!
0:17:16 > 0:17:17Go in further David, further!
0:17:17 > 0:17:22- Come on in! Get those pink boots off. Come on, let's be having you. - Too cold!
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Anita, you don't know what you're missing.
0:17:26 > 0:17:31That, honestly, was worth all the hours of toil that we have been through today.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33I don't believe you!
0:17:33 > 0:17:36I promise you, honestly. It's fantastic, it's made my day.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Early morning and both experts are raring to go.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50David's starting off on foot, while Anita's at the wheel of the Spitfire.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53There's never a booster seat when you need one. Can she see?
0:17:55 > 0:18:01They bought four lots each. David has spent £135 on the brass coal bucket, the Sheffield plate
0:18:01 > 0:18:08candlesticks, and the Art Nouveau blotter and the German pie dish...
0:18:08 > 0:18:09- All right.- Good man.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11..while Anta has been much more conservative.
0:18:11 > 0:18:17She's spent just 88 wee pounds on the Maureen Tanner cup and saucer,
0:18:17 > 0:18:19the child's chair,
0:18:19 > 0:18:24the bronze and ivory figurine, and the cloisonne enamel.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26I absolutely love them.
0:18:26 > 0:18:32She's heading 15 miles from Brighton to Charleston House near Firle.
0:18:34 > 0:18:40This was the country HQ of a band of writers, painters and intellectuals
0:18:40 > 0:18:42known as the Bloomsbury Group,
0:18:42 > 0:18:48so called because most of them lived in the Bloomsbury area of London.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Some of the most prolific were Virginia Woolf, her sister Vanessa Bell,
0:18:51 > 0:18:59economist Maynard Keynes, author EM Forster and artist Duncan Grant.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01- Oh, it is so lovely to meet you.- Hi. - Are you going to show me around?
0:19:01 > 0:19:04Yes. Welcome to Charleston, come on in.
0:19:04 > 0:19:10Curator Wendy Hitchmough will reveal to Anita the fruits of this union of friends
0:19:10 > 0:19:12who challenged the religious, artistic,
0:19:12 > 0:19:17social and sexual taboos of the early 20th century.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22Wendy, I'm so overwhelmed, my eyes are being pulled from the pictures to the furniture.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25In 1916, Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant
0:19:25 > 0:19:29rented this picturesque haven from a local farmer.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Far away from the hustle and bustle of London's Bloomsbury,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37this was to be a place of artistic toil.
0:19:37 > 0:19:42After breakfast, the artists would return to their studios to paint and the writers would go to
0:19:42 > 0:19:46their rooms to work, and if you didn't have work with you, you would be given work to do.
0:19:46 > 0:19:50So the Bloomsbury group, in actual fact, were very disciplined?
0:19:50 > 0:19:52Yes, Charleston was absolutely about working.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56There is a wonderful portrait of Vanessa Bell by Duncan Grant
0:19:56 > 0:20:00painted just a year after they moved to Charleston in a red headscarf showing what a bohemian,
0:20:00 > 0:20:05what a radical character she was, and equally a self-portrait
0:20:05 > 0:20:07by Duncan Grant in a turban.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14What's most famous about Charleston is that the walls, fireplaces
0:20:14 > 0:20:17cupboards, tables and chairs are all covered with
0:20:17 > 0:20:24paintings and decorations inspired by Italian fresco painting and post-impressionism.
0:20:24 > 0:20:29Another thing that interests me, Wendy, is the painted furniture.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30This is absolutely charming
0:20:30 > 0:20:36and the complete opposite of what was popular at the time. Why did they do this?
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Well, it was partly a matter of economy.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41The furniture was drawn from lots of different sources.
0:20:41 > 0:20:46One of the ways that the interiors became harmonious was because so much of it is painted.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49I recognise this image immediately.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54Yes, this is the original plaster bust of Virginia Woolf by Stephen Tomlin.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Strong features, strong face.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02She hated sitting for her portrait, so he had to do that in just a very few sittings, very quickly.
0:21:04 > 0:21:08The walled garden is another of Charleston's treasures.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14It was laid out with ponds, statues and pathways to resemble the great gardens of Southern Europe.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17And when the Bloomsbury Group did take time out from working,
0:21:17 > 0:21:22there was a very special room from which to enjoy the incredible view.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27This is the garden room, and they would gather in here in the evenings after dinner.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- To have some fun?- Absolutely, yes.
0:21:29 > 0:21:35- To have a drink.- They would have a drink and coffee and they would sit with the French windows open
0:21:35 > 0:21:41and the scent of cigar smoke drifting out into the garden and the scent of nicotianas drifting in.
0:21:41 > 0:21:47It is s an absolutely wonderful room. It is a period that appeals to me so much, I love the decoration,
0:21:47 > 0:21:53I love the feel of this, I would love to have been sitting with them at that time.
0:21:53 > 0:21:54It's just so wonderful.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Back on the coast, David's sniffing out the wares in Brighton.
0:22:02 > 0:22:09This seaside town first became popular in the 1800s thanks to the Prince Regent's patronage.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Nowadays, it's Brighton Pier which draws the crowds.
0:22:12 > 0:22:19When the sun shines, this could be mistaken for a holiday destination on the continent. Ah!
0:22:19 > 0:22:23But David's socks and shoes are firmly back on
0:22:23 > 0:22:27as he immerses himself in a substantial antiques market.
0:22:27 > 0:22:32- OK just to have a wander round? - Feel free. Find a bargain.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35I'm looking for a bargain. That's exactly why I'm here.
0:22:35 > 0:22:41There's a variety of possibilities here belonging to about 60 dealers.
0:22:41 > 0:22:46There's only one thing on David's mind, though, and it's absolutely filthy!
0:22:46 > 0:22:51It's quirky, it's battered, and it's obviously been in a barn or something for donkey's years.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57Chinese moon flasks often carried water or wine.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Very rare ones were buried with noblemen
0:23:00 > 0:23:03to help them on their way to the afterlife.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08This flask isn't quite so grand and is priced at 17 smackers.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11It's hand-painted, it's got a big dent in it,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14it's got age, but how much? It might have
0:23:14 > 0:23:1720 or 30 years or it might have 80 years.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Right. I think nearer 20 or 30.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I agree with you. I would love to clean that up.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25So it's out into the sunshine
0:23:25 > 0:23:28to apply a bit of elbow grease and polish.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30See, it is coming up already.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32It is coming up already. It's got a layer of rust.
0:23:32 > 0:23:36You don't want to make it look too new. Shabby chic is right in.
0:23:36 > 0:23:37It's got bits of insects in it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42- You can't be putting bits of insects on a nice antiquity. - Have you actually bought this yet?
0:23:42 > 0:23:44It depends what it looks like when it comes up.
0:23:44 > 0:23:47I'll get myself in all sorts of trouble here.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48So how much is it going to be?
0:23:48 > 0:23:50It's £15 to you.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Look at that. It's coming up beautiful.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55We should set up a new business...
0:23:55 > 0:23:58Marks and Harper Restoration Specialists.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59There you go, £15.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01Thank you very much indeed.
0:24:01 > 0:24:04And I will see you again and I do owe you a pint.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09Someone else is keen to do a spot more shopping.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Anita's back at the wheel and heading west.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18She's travelling the 33 miles from Firle to Arundel.
0:24:18 > 0:24:23Straddling the River Arun, just five miles from the sea,
0:24:23 > 0:24:27and formerly a busy international port which thrived
0:24:27 > 0:24:33under the control of the Dukes of Norfolk, who have had their seat here since the 16th Century.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37It's also a popular stop-off point for antiques lovers.
0:24:37 > 0:24:42Just have a look at this Moorcroft here, it is absolutely beautiful.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44The colours are singing at me.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47I'd love to buy a piece of this.
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Too dear to make a profit. Not dear, but too dear to make a profit.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56I have decided that what I should do is stick with what I have got,
0:24:56 > 0:25:00hope for a profit on that and bank the rest of my money.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I hope that this is the right tactic.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05I wonder what David's done.
0:25:06 > 0:25:11He's also given up shopping in favour of something much more highbrow.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17David's visiting Brighton's Royal Pavilion,
0:25:17 > 0:25:23a magical party mansion created for the Prince Regent, later George IV.
0:25:23 > 0:25:27He was the son of George III, who famously went mad.
0:25:27 > 0:25:34Building began in 1787 and was mostly the work of architect John Nash.
0:25:34 > 0:25:39It's been described as everything from Brighton's Taj Mahal
0:25:39 > 0:25:41to a Norfolk turnip.
0:25:41 > 0:25:46The effect is gloriously OTT, and what's inside is even more so.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47I am David. How do you do?
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Hello. Welcome to the Royal Pavilion.
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Art historian Alexandra Loske will give David an insight into
0:25:54 > 0:25:59the world of the Royal Pavilion's mastermind, George IV himself.
0:25:59 > 0:26:03The palace as you see it now took 40 years to develop.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Apparently, he burst into tears when he first saw it in its finished state.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10This was the music room. Well, the band would have been playing here,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13George had his own band and sometimes he would sing himself.
0:26:13 > 0:26:17- Was he a good singer?- We don't know, but of course, you had to be polite.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23In the banqueting room, glamorous creatures such as Lord Byron made merry.
0:26:23 > 0:26:28Guests like him would regularly dine on sumptuous meals of French cuisine
0:26:28 > 0:26:31which could last four hours or more.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- Alexandra, this is... - Quite, quite. I know.
0:26:34 > 0:26:39But what's most incredible is that this oriental wonderland
0:26:39 > 0:26:43was born completely out of George IV's imagination,
0:26:43 > 0:26:47because he never actually travelled any further east than Germany.
0:26:48 > 0:26:51So, a bedroom, I assume?
0:26:51 > 0:26:53This is one of the few bedrooms, yes.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56George's brothers, would have stayed here,
0:26:56 > 0:26:59- so this is the Duke of York's room. - This is a very vibrant yellow.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02It is chrome yellow, very vibrant,
0:27:02 > 0:27:07first commercially available here from about 1818.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10And then, of course, George being George, he wanted it.
0:27:13 > 0:27:18Alexandra will also reveal one of George's personal possessions
0:27:18 > 0:27:19kept in his royal apartments.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22This is an inkwell where the ink would have gone.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23I see. So you lift the crown.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25You lift the crown.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Very small inkwell
0:27:26 > 0:27:29for such a fantastically grand item.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30I assume it is silver?
0:27:30 > 0:27:32It is silver gilt.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Oh, my God, that is extravagant in the extreme.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38So we have got a solid piece of silver made by?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Rundell, Bridge and Rundell.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44So we have an incredibly well-known and top-end maker.
0:27:44 > 0:27:49And George owed them a lot of money. He gilt everything.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53Would this have been specifically designed for him with his input?
0:27:53 > 0:27:57He probably commissioned this and he probably came with his design ideas.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02- So that is the only one in existence. - Probably.- Oh, gosh.- Do you want it?
0:28:02 > 0:28:05- Can I have it, would you mind? - How much would you pay for it?
0:28:05 > 0:28:09- £75?- Oh, not enough, not enough!
0:28:09 > 0:28:10I won't let it go for that.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16This leg's Southern shopping spree has been a struggle
0:28:16 > 0:28:23for both David and Anita, with dealers standing their ground spectacularly along the way.
0:28:23 > 0:28:26So have they actually bought well?
0:28:26 > 0:28:30- Time to reveal those wares to one another.- OK.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33First item, it's a little figure.
0:28:33 > 0:28:39- It's Minton's, ivory porcelain... - Can I grab him?- ..and bronze.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40The Sage. What's he worth?
0:28:40 > 0:28:43He would have been a lot of money when he was new.
0:28:43 > 0:28:48He would have been a lot of money when he was new. I paid £30 for him.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50Well, he doesn't sound dear. Very nice.
0:28:50 > 0:28:53Right, here we go. That's a bit of you, isn't it?
0:28:53 > 0:28:56- Absolutely lovely. - Very Glasgow, is it not?
0:28:56 > 0:28:58And that is bang-on Art Nouveau.
0:28:58 > 0:29:02Oh, it's a blotter, that makes it even more desirable, David.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05And in original condition, a nice leather backing, bound well.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08It's not going to make a fortune, but I paid £15.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10- That is very cheap.- It's a bargain.
0:29:10 > 0:29:16Now for Anita's 1950s Foley cup and saucer designed by Maureen Tanner.
0:29:16 > 0:29:21The collectors of that period and of that artist will love it.
0:29:21 > 0:29:25- What's that, £20 or £30? - Well, I paid £8 for it.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27I'm not going to make a huge amount, David.
0:29:27 > 0:29:31- Well, you're certainly not going to lose very much, are you?- Promise?
0:29:31 > 0:29:35These, Anita, I'm hoping you're going to be impressed with.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37David, I love these.
0:29:37 > 0:29:41I love these, I think they're quality. How much did you pay?
0:29:41 > 0:29:44You're going to be surprised, because there's no rubbing.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47I can't see any, you know the bleeding that comes through on
0:29:47 > 0:29:51- an old Sheffield plate when it's been rubbed. 55.- That's a good price.
0:29:51 > 0:29:58It's a little piece of 19th-century cloisonne. Look at the detail on it.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00That is singing quality.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03This is a little work of art.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05I like that. Now, £60 ticket.
0:30:05 > 0:30:10- What did you pay?- I paid 35 for it.
0:30:10 > 0:30:14- Well, you did a good deal. - Following on, David's pie dish.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Now, you'd want to eat that, wouldn't you?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19It has the look. Tell me how much you paid for that?
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Well, cheap. £15.
0:30:22 > 0:30:2515. That's not too bad. OK, my last item, David.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28It's a girly pink stool.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32I know. It's the type of thing that's bought these days
0:30:32 > 0:30:35to display teddies and dolls and so on.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- I paid £15 for this. - OK, what's it going to do at auction?
0:30:39 > 0:30:42- It might do 20.- Close your eyes. - Close my eyes.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44You may be impressed...or may not.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Feast your eyes on the most magnificent,
0:30:50 > 0:30:53Chinese, cloisonne in style -
0:30:53 > 0:30:58now, come on, you're not looking very enthusiastic - moon flask.
0:30:58 > 0:31:00HOLLOW RING
0:31:01 > 0:31:05- Bring it over to me, bring it over. - HE LAUGHS
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Tell me, what is it saying to you, Anita Manning?
0:31:09 > 0:31:13I think it's a great decorator's piece, David.
0:31:13 > 0:31:15I think that's a great decorator's piece.
0:31:15 > 0:31:19I think that in auction with a couple of private buyers
0:31:19 > 0:31:22or interior designers thinking it could look well inside a hallway...
0:31:22 > 0:31:25It would even sit outside architecturally in a garden.
0:31:25 > 0:31:29- The best of luck, David.- I haven't told you how much I've paid for it.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31- Tell me how much.- 15.
0:31:31 > 0:31:38- That's OK.- Plus £2 cost for a spray of polish and a rag. £17.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43And finally, the 19th-century brass coal bucket.
0:31:43 > 0:31:48I think that it's a splendid big cracker.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Cracker, yeah, yeah.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53But I'm not convinced about the age of it.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57I knew you were going to say that, because I've had this situation before.
0:31:57 > 0:32:04Now, I am convinced, because I've had some of these things restored, and they do come up like this.
0:32:04 > 0:32:10You see, once I see that tinting on a base, on an inside,
0:32:10 > 0:32:12it makes me suspicious.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- I feel it's a period thing. - Are you trying to persuade me?
0:32:15 > 0:32:20I am, I am, but in a way, I don't think it matters even if it isn't.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23No, it's a reasonable buy for £50.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26It's a big, shiny lump of brass
0:32:26 > 0:32:30and it would look wonderful in any house.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33I detected a bit of polite disagreement there.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35Let's hear the real verdict.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39On the coal bucket. I think that this is a modern item.
0:32:39 > 0:32:44I don't see any quality in any of the fittings.
0:32:44 > 0:32:51I know Anita does not think my big coal bucket is a Victorian one.
0:32:51 > 0:32:55I can't be 100% sure, but I am buying them like that these days.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57There are people mega-restoring them.
0:32:57 > 0:33:02I think that my items deserve more than David.
0:33:02 > 0:33:06They are nicer items, there is a wee bit of quality there.
0:33:06 > 0:33:13David and Anita have ripped their way through several antique hot spots on the south coast.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18They've gone from Lewes to Brighton, then on from Firle to Arundel.
0:33:18 > 0:33:24Now they're heading 125 miles northwest to Chippenham in Wiltshire.
0:33:24 > 0:33:30Here our dynamic duo will go head to head at the second auction of the week.
0:33:30 > 0:33:32Forward, Macduff!
0:33:32 > 0:33:37Chippenham sits on the River Avon. In 1812, Robert Peel was MP
0:33:37 > 0:33:43before becoming most famous for creating the Metropolitan Police.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46The town's motto is "unity and loyalty",
0:33:46 > 0:33:50irrelevant, really, if you're two competitive antiques experts
0:33:50 > 0:33:53trying to get one over on each other.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Full of anticipation.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Full of anticipation. Full of enthusiasm.
0:33:58 > 0:34:03Wessex Auctions deal in everything from fine art to sports memorabilia.
0:34:03 > 0:34:08Today is a general sale where decorative items and affordable antiques do well.
0:34:08 > 0:34:16Good news, you'd think, except David and Anita are still at loggerheads over that brass coal bucket.
0:34:16 > 0:34:17Brand-new!
0:34:17 > 0:34:22David's description for the auction is that it's a rare 19th-century item.
0:34:22 > 0:34:27Anita disagrees, she thinks it's a reproduction, so David's pretty peeved.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31You can't tell me that ain't a period piece, but Anita is going around
0:34:31 > 0:34:35the saleroom saying, "It's new, it's new." Anita, for goodness
0:34:35 > 0:34:37sake, don't tell the world you think it's new!
0:34:37 > 0:34:42With trouble brewing it's time to call in auctioneer Peter Wessex.
0:34:42 > 0:34:46- What do you think? I mean, I love it. - We're a little bit split between two or three of us.
0:34:46 > 0:34:50The general feeling is probably is 19th-century, but the way it has
0:34:50 > 0:34:53been restored it gives the impression of being more modern.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56I think that is where the question mark has
0:34:56 > 0:34:59come over it, but look at it, it is a fine piece.
0:35:01 > 0:35:04And in the antiques game, if the auction house is comfortable with
0:35:04 > 0:35:07an item's description, it's on with the proceedings!
0:35:08 > 0:35:11David began this leg with £386.16.
0:35:11 > 0:35:17He's bought five lots and spent £152.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21While Anita started with £221.92.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25She has nabbed four items and forked out just £88.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30With a truce declared, the auction can finally begin.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32I start this...
0:35:32 > 0:35:33I feel nervous.
0:35:33 > 0:35:35But you're always nervous.
0:35:35 > 0:35:38- You shouldn't be nervous, David. - I'm a nervous person.
0:35:39 > 0:35:42Up first, Anita's Minton figure.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45What shall we say, will someone start me at £100?
0:35:45 > 0:35:49100? 50, then? 30, then?
0:35:49 > 0:35:5030 I've got, low start.
0:35:50 > 0:35:55Where's 32? 32, 34, 36, 38, 40,
0:35:55 > 0:35:5942, 44, 46, 48.
0:35:59 > 0:36:03Anywhere else, are you sure? Selling, then, at £46 at the back.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06I'm happy enough. I'm happy enough.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08A cracking start, Anita,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11proving that this piece is extremely collectable.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- Anything over 40 I would have been happy with.- Yes.
0:36:14 > 0:36:20David's stunning Sheffield plate candlesticks are up next.
0:36:20 > 0:36:2242, 44, 46, 48, 50,
0:36:22 > 0:36:2555, 60, 65, 70.
0:36:25 > 0:36:2865 in the corner, where's 70?
0:36:28 > 0:36:3170 anywhere else? 70, come back in.
0:36:31 > 0:36:3375? 80?
0:36:33 > 0:36:3775 stays there. 80 anywhere else?
0:36:37 > 0:36:39Selling at only £75.
0:36:39 > 0:36:40Thank you, sir.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43Never mind, David, you made profit.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48- A little bit, a trickle.- Which is definitely better than nothing!
0:36:48 > 0:36:49Well done.
0:36:51 > 0:36:56Can Anita follow up on the profit stakes with the child's chair?
0:36:56 > 0:36:5912, 14. 16 in the room. Commission's out.
0:36:59 > 0:37:02Looking for 18. 16 only, any advance?
0:37:02 > 0:37:0418 anywhere else?
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Selling in the room at only £16.
0:37:08 > 0:37:10£1 profit on paper.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13On paper. Och, well, there we are.
0:37:13 > 0:37:18That's right, it's actually a small loss after commission.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21I knew it wasn't a £60 to £80 shot.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24For the Art Nouveau lovers out there,
0:37:24 > 0:37:27it's David's leather and copper blotter next.
0:37:27 > 0:37:30Start at 20, that's really low, looking for 22.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33- Started in profit. - Any advance on 20?
0:37:33 > 0:37:3422, 24, 26?
0:37:34 > 0:37:3726. Commission's out. 28?
0:37:37 > 0:37:42In the room at 26, that's no money, look at this piece! £26 only!
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Selling, then, at only £26. Thank you, sir.
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Oh, that could have done so much better.
0:37:48 > 0:37:49Yes, it should have,
0:37:49 > 0:37:54proving yet again just how unpredictable auctions can be.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56It's not going to buy lunch, is it?
0:37:56 > 0:38:01Now for the piece that's had both our experts in a tiz-woz.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05The rare 19th-century double-sided, recently restored coal bucket,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08stamped VR for Victoria Regina.
0:38:08 > 0:38:10Let's start nice and low, start me at £100.
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Straight in at £100, there it is, look how impressive that is.
0:38:13 > 0:38:17£100. 100? 50 and away, then?
0:38:17 > 0:38:20- Anybody at £50? Surely for that, 50? - What?!
0:38:20 > 0:38:2330, see what happens.
0:38:23 > 0:38:2430 there, 32, 34?
0:38:24 > 0:38:2734, 36?
0:38:27 > 0:38:2938, 40.
0:38:29 > 0:38:3342, 44, 46, 48, 50 only. Where's 55?
0:38:33 > 0:38:37Late 55. 60, 65, 70, 75?
0:38:38 > 0:38:4170 only with the lady with the hand at 70. Are you all done?
0:38:41 > 0:38:44Expected three times as much as that. 75 anywhere else?
0:38:44 > 0:38:46You won't see another one like it...
0:38:46 > 0:38:49Selling, then, at just £70.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50Thank you.
0:38:50 > 0:38:57That is the price of an item which is modern.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02- It's not modern! It's not modern. - A period one would be £200-£300.
0:39:02 > 0:39:03Well, maybe it's the wrong day.
0:39:03 > 0:39:09Oh, dear, Anita still isn't convinced this is 19th-century
0:39:09 > 0:39:12and nor does the market, and that's the ultimate test.
0:39:12 > 0:39:16Moving on, David's moon flask takes the stage.
0:39:16 > 0:39:18Nice decorative piece.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22We thought it might be a giant's perfume bottle when we saw it
0:39:22 > 0:39:26but there we go, start me at £30 for this. Nice decorative piece.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- £30? 20 and away, then?- Come on!
0:39:29 > 0:39:32£20, surely? Look at all that item, £20?
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Start me at 10, then.
0:39:34 > 0:39:3710. I've got lots of hands, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18,
0:39:37 > 0:39:4020, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43Only £30. Still no money, 32 anywhere else?
0:39:43 > 0:39:47- Go on!- Selling to the gent sat down at £30.
0:39:47 > 0:39:48Thank you, sir.
0:39:48 > 0:39:50A bit of profit, anyway.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52And it was fun doing it. It was fun.
0:39:52 > 0:39:56For a profit like that, it was well worth the elbow grease.
0:39:56 > 0:40:00- Hasn't been so bad, has it, really? - No. It's a decorative piece.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04Anita's Maureen Tanner cup and saucer is up now,
0:40:04 > 0:40:07and a lot of bids are expected on the internet.
0:40:07 > 0:40:1112, 14? 16 online, 14 in the room, then.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Are you all done at only £14?
0:40:13 > 0:40:1716 anywhere else? Selling, then, at just 14.
0:40:17 > 0:40:1916 online, thank you, online. 18?
0:40:19 > 0:40:2118. Make it 20 online.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Don't lose it online, think of the petrol you saved not coming here.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Make it 20.
0:40:26 > 0:40:3018 going to take it, then, last chance online, 20 anywhere else?
0:40:30 > 0:40:32Selling at £18 in the room.
0:40:32 > 0:40:33Thank you, sir.
0:40:33 > 0:40:35Well done, it's a good piece.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37That was all right, It's doubled its money.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41That's a good result for Anita.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43Well done. You took it out and you made money.
0:40:45 > 0:40:48Another cup and saucer now - Anita's 19th-century cloisonne ware.
0:40:48 > 0:40:5120 online. Thank you, online, looking for 22.
0:40:51 > 0:40:53Only £20, is that a bid, sir?
0:40:53 > 0:40:57Make it 24. 24 online. It's against you online.
0:40:57 > 0:41:0224, 26. 24 is going to take it, it's here to be sold.
0:41:02 > 0:41:0426. Thank you, sir. Make it 28 online.
0:41:04 > 0:41:0830, make it 32 online? Make it 32 online?
0:41:08 > 0:41:12Make it 34? 32 online, any advance?
0:41:12 > 0:41:1634 anywhere else, are you all done? Fair warning. I sell online at £32.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Thank you, online.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23I'm disappointed with that one, because that was an item of quality.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26It just wasn't the right sale.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Despite the interest on the internet,
0:41:28 > 0:41:31that has turned a surprising loss.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35- That's what happens.- There you go, Anita.- C'est la vie, c'est la vie.
0:41:35 > 0:41:39The final lot of the day, David's pie dish.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Let's start at £10, see where we end up.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45£10? 10 I've got, thank you. 12, any advance on 10?
0:41:45 > 0:41:5212, is it? Are you all done, selling to the lady at £10.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54We've both made one loss.
0:41:54 > 0:41:59That's David's first loss of the competition. Never mind.
0:41:59 > 0:42:00That's all right.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02I think we've escaped quite well.
0:42:02 > 0:42:03We've done all right.
0:42:04 > 0:42:09It's been a tough auction for both our experts in more ways than one.
0:42:10 > 0:42:17After paying the auction costs, Anita has made just £4.26 in profit,
0:42:17 > 0:42:22giving her £226.18 to take on to the next leg.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28David Harper has beaten Anita for the second time this week.
0:42:28 > 0:42:32After paying commission he's made a profit of £21.81,
0:42:32 > 0:42:38giving him £407.97 to buy with from tomorrow.
0:42:39 > 0:42:43But is this the end of a beautiful friendship?
0:42:43 > 0:42:47She is a bit grumpy with me, if I'm honest, and she is stomping around,
0:42:47 > 0:42:51but you know, it's a competition, isn't it?
0:42:51 > 0:42:52I think he was lucky.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55In another auction, he might not be as lucky.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Let's wait and see.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02So, with the white flags out, it's back on the road.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05- Let me take you for a drive. - Oh, lovely.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06Next time on the Antiques Road Trip,
0:43:06 > 0:43:11David breathes new life into the term butterfingers.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- Cannonball.- Wey! My goodness me.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17And Anita gets an eyeful of a different sort.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20She's lost her top!
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